Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1705 Cutting Yuan (Fifth Ninth) Kanglong Has Regrets
Gao Wushi said that he also guessed the same way, Qi Jiguang couldn't help showing a smile, and said: "It seems that Jingtai also thinks that Buri Hatu wants to be a Yelu Dashi?"

"Hahahaha..." Gao Wushi laughed out in a rare way, and then said with emotion: "Burihatu is truly a Mongolian hero, the fault is not the enemy's fate, I really want to make friends with him, what a pity gone."

Qi Jiguang smiled and nodded: "This is the so-called heroic sympathy."

"Qi Shuai said he wanted to be Yelu Dashi..." Gao Wushi paused, and frowned, "Then who is Emperor Tianzuo? Tumen don't look like that."

The situation mentioned here by Gao Yushi is a series of incidents caused by Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom in 1124 AD, regardless of Yelu Dashi's dissuasion, insisting on counterattacking the Jin Dynasty.As soon as this incident happened, Yelu Dashi said to his cronies in private: "Sooner or later, a foolish king will perish the country. We must not be foolish and loyal."

So he quickly killed the eyes and ears of the emperor, led two hundred cavalry to escape at night, and proclaimed himself king.And not long after, Emperor Tianzuo was defeated and captured.

After Gao Wushi asked such a question, Qi Jiguang did not immediately answer directly, but thought for a while, and then asked: "Jingtai also thinks that Burihatu is similar to Yelu Dashi?"

Uh... To be honest, before Brihatu made it clear that he would lead the Chahar tribe to move to the west, Gao Wushi actually did not compare him with Yelu Dashi.It was precisely because of this rare move westward that Gao Wushi thought of Yelu Dashi, and then found that Buri Hatu and Yelu Dashi were somewhat similar.

Yelu Dashi is the eighth grandson of Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji.This person is characterized by both civil and military skills. He passed the Jinshi examination in 1115 and became the only Khitan Jinshi in the entire Liao Dynasty.Because of its official homage to Hanlin scholars, the Khitan language called Hanlin "Linya", so people often called it "Great Stone Linya".

This is very similar to Buri Hatu. Although Mongolia has long since lost its imperial examinations, it is well known that Buri Hatu is proficient in Sinology.Not only that, but Burihatu is not a dead book, but can use what he has learned. In addition, he is also good at leading the army. It is definitely not a false praise to praise him for being both civil and military.

However, the abilities of the two of them may be similar, but from the current point of view, there are still some differences in their personal experience and status in China.

Let me talk about Yelu Dashi first.After the rise of the Jin Dynasty, the Liao army was defeated one after another, and soon lost a large area of ​​land. In 1122, the Jin army defeated Zhongjing and Xijing, and Emperor Tianzuo fled westward desperately. In the panic, even the jade seal was thrown in the Sanggan River.After Emperor Tianzuo fled into Jiashan, the Jin army could not enter, so they had to garrison outside the mountain to prevent Emperor Tianzuo from going east.

At the same time, Prime Minister Li Chuwen believed that Emperor Tianzuo's whereabouts were unknown, so he, together with Yelu Dashi and others, supported Yeluchun as emperor.Yeluchun knew very well that the Liao Dynasty was in decline, so he refused to comply, so someone put an imperial robe on him.After Yeluchun was forced to ascend the throne, he enfeoffed all the ministers, and Dashi was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

Regardless of whether the previous refusal was true or not, since the emperor has already become the emperor, in order to secure the throne, Yeluchun proposed to the Song Dynasty to exempt him from the yearly coins he donated to the Liao Dynasty every year, and expressed his willingness to become a minister to the Jin Dynasty, but unfortunately, Both Song and Jin ruthlessly refused.Soon after, Song Huizong ordered Tong Guan to lead an army to attack Yanyun in the north. As a result, the Song army, which had an absolutely superior force, was defeated by Yelu Dashi's inferior force.

In June, Yeluchun died of illness. Song Huizong thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and sent troops to the Northern Expedition again, but was defeated by the Liao army again.In December, the Jin army went south to Yanyun, and the Liao people in the land of Yanyun surrendered one after another in view of the general situation.Because Yelu Dashi was unwilling to surrender, he hijacked Empress Dowager Xiao and went to Jiashan to join Emperor Tianzuo.

As soon as Emperor Tianzuo saw Yelu Dashi, he asked scoldingly: "I am still alive, so you dare to support Yelu Chun as emperor?" Yelu Dashi replied seriously: "Your Majesty, with the power of the whole country, cannot resist the enemy, abandon the country and flee far away. Make the people miserable. Even if there are ten Yeluchuns, they are all descendants of Taizu, so it is too much to beg others!"

Emperor Tianzuo knew that he was in the wrong, so he no longer pursued Dashi's "criminal responsibility".Of course, these were only temporary measures. The narrow-minded Emperor Tianzuo executed Empress Dowager Xiao shortly after, and demoted Yeluchun as a commoner.

In April 1123, the main force of the Jin army marched westward and encountered the Liao army led by Yelu Dashi in the east of Fengshengzhou City. Yelu Dashi was defeated and captured.The Jinren tied the boulder with ropes and forced him to lead the way, leading the Jin army to attack Emperor Tianzuo's camp.The unsuspecting Emperor Tianzuo escaped by chance, but most of his children and concubines were captured by the Jin army.

Afterwards, Jin Taizu issued an edict to praise Yelu Dashi, and gave him a wife and concubine, hoping that he would return to the Kingdom of Jin.Although Yelu Dashi was forced to lead the way for the Jin army, he was still unwilling to surrender the gold in his heart.So he and the Jinren pretended to be snakes, but secretly waited for the opportunity. On the way to follow the Jinbing westward expedition, he fled into the mountains and gathered the rout soldiers.

In September, Yelu Dashi returned to Jiashan with more than 7000 soldiers and horses.At this time, Jin Taizu died of illness, and Emperor Tianzuo, who was supported by Yelu Dashi and Mogeshi, wanted to take the opportunity to send troops eastward.However, Yelu Dashi resolutely opposed this risky behavior of Emperor Tianzuo, and persuaded him to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity, so the previous scene happened.

The departure of Yelu Dashi made Emperor Tianzuo's strength weaker, but Emperor Tianzuo did not wake up because of this, and still insisted on sending troops. In February 1125, Emperor Tianzuo was captured alive by the Jin army, and the Liao Dynasty perished.So far, the remaining power of the Liao Dynasty is only the Liao army led by Yelu Dashi.

The deeds of Yelu Dashi will be mentioned here first, because this is the main track of his activities before the westward expedition.Comparing Brihatu, it is obvious that the circumstances of the two are quite different.

Burhatu, who is also a member of the "royal family", at least never did such a thing as supporting a new king. On the contrary, he was "taken away" by Ming's support from his biological father, Xin Ai. Tumen Khan who defected after the Khan took the throne.

There is a big difference between the two people in this period of experience. Because Yelu Dashi supported Yeluchun, it was obviously impossible for Emperor Tianzuo to trust him. In addition, when he went to join Emperor Tianzuo again, he brought a lot of soldiers directly under him. Emperor Tianzuo was even more wary.

Brihatu was different, he defected to Tumen Khan when he had nowhere to go. At that time, his own strength was not worth mentioning in front of Tumen Khan, so Tumen Khan could use him boldly without worrying. He poses no threat to his rule.

Immediately afterwards, the circumstances of the two have similarities and differences.The similarity is that both of them were defeated. The difference is that Yelu Dashi was defeated and captured, and even acted as a leading party, almost killing Emperor Tianzuo.

However, Yelu Dashi actually went back after turning around, and there is a very important condition here that he brought back [-] soldiers and horses—because he returned with troops, Emperor Tianzuo, who was in urgent need of support, could only continue to squeeze He admitted it with a straight nose, and didn't mention the thing about being cheated at all.

It is difficult to explain that Emperor Tianzuo was eager to fight the Jin army again, because under the circumstances at that time, any normal person could see that the Liao army could not beat the Jin army. To fight.

If his so-called counterattack at this time is actually just to weaken Yelu Dashi, then there is really no need for him to continue after Yelu Dashi runs away.But otherwise, Emperor Tian Zuo still insisted on attacking, and finally managed to hit GG for himself-this is really inexplicable, and Gao Yushi can only say: "I don't understand, but I am greatly shocked."

Compared with Yelu Dashi's boss Tianzuo Emperor, Burihatu's boss Tumen Khan can be called Mingjun.He has enough trust in Burihatu. Although after acquiring Burihatu, Chahar still lost two consecutive defeats in Monan and Liaobei, but Tumen Khan never felt that Burihatu was to blame for the failure. Hattu, on the contrary, relied more on it.

Therefore, although Yelu Dashi led the troops to the West Expedition was a forced move, and Buri Hatu's plan for the West Expedition was also a forced move, but Yelu Dashi has no one to help him, so he can only take the position by himself, Buri Hatu's boss But he is a good boss. The situation of the two is obviously different.

That being the case, Qi Jiguang wanted to strengthen the impression that "Burihatu and Yelu Dashi are very similar" that Gao Yushi was not very firm in the first place. Why?

Gao Wushi raised this question with some puzzlement, then saw Qi Jiguang smiled slightly, and said: "The final general met Tumen before the battle, and even shot him with an arrow... If Tumen's behavior at that time was not fake, The general thought that he might not have much time."

"Oh?" Gao Wushi was really surprised, and said in astonishment: "The military newspaper only said that Tumen was hit by an arrow, but I don't know that this arrow was actually shot by Qi Shuai himself? Haha, Qi Shuai is indeed a treasured sword that is not old, admiration!"

Unexpectedly, Qi Jiguang waved his hands again and again: "He has been over-reputed, this man really can't refuse his old age. To be honest, even ten years ago, the arrow of the last general could kill Tumen on the spot, but now But it really doesn't work... As the saying goes, you can't rely on your muscles and bones, it's true."

Seeing Qi Jiguang's sad face, Gao Wushi couldn't help but recall the old coach's first battle of his debut decades ago.

At that time, he was also considered a fledgling, and the soldiers under his hands were completely inexperienced.The two armies faced each other, and the Ming army collapsed as soon as they saw the Japanese pirates.Qi Jiguang was shocked, jumped to a high place, bent his bow and shot the two leaders of the Japanese pirates directly. The Ming army saw that their master was so good, turned around and rushed around, which saved the defeat.

If it weren't for Qi Jiguang's sharp shot, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to say that he "has had more than a hundred battles in the north and south in the past 30 years, and he hasn't lost a single one."Thinking of this, Gao Wushi couldn't help realizing it. No wonder Qi Jiguang felt this way. Although he emphasized the role of military training over generals' personal military strength throughout his life, in fact, deep down, he was quite confident in his own military strength.

However, Qi Jiguang obviously just felt emotional for a while, and quickly brought the topic back, saying: "The general heard that Bu Rihatu commanded Buyan Huangtaiji in the battle of Lightning Lake?"

Gao Wushi's heart moved, he nodded in agreement, and at the same time thoughtfully said: "Qi Shuai means... Once Tumen is gone, Chahar will be a strong minister and a weak ruler?"

"It's more than that." Qi Jiguang's eyes were fixed: "As far as the general knows, Buyan Huangtaiji is far less generous than Naifu."

As a professional conspirator, Gao Wushi immediately laughed: "That's wonderful! Tumen gave Burihatu the Nine-White Banner. During the Battle of Lightning Lake, Burihatu kept fighting Wearing the Nine-White Banner. This is good, after Tumen dies, Buyan will probably not be able to tolerate Bu Rihatu after he professes his sweat."

Qi Jiguang cupped his hands and said: "Although the situation is as it should be, I'm afraid we still need to add more firewood through Taiwan."

"Don't worry, Qi Shuai, this matter is our own concern." Gao Wushi said this confidently—well, although he has a great reputation in the field of war, his family knows his own affairs, and he knows very well that he can use power to win. Use troops.If a matter can be settled by political means, he will definitely not choose military means.

"However..." Gao Wushi suddenly changed the subject, and frowned, "It's a good plan, but if Burihatu refuses to be captured at that time, I'm afraid Buyan Huangtaiji is not his opponent, and once Burihatu wins, then But it really became the Xiliao Yelu Dashi."

Qi Jiguang was slightly surprised, and asked: "Jingtai thinks that he, the 'Xiliao', will still have the strength to attack Daming in the future?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "Although he has no strength to attack, I can't allow him to gain a foothold. Qi Shuai, the Western Region is the key point of the Silk Road, and it is also the barrier of Handi in Gansu. If this place is controlled by a hero like Buri Hatu, It's not good for me."

It was the first time Qi Jiguang knew that Gao Yushi was actually interested in the Western Regions. Hearing his tone, he might have long wanted to restore the old frontiers of the Han and Tang Dynasties. It's a pity that after this battle, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the final general to serve in the army again."

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "What do you mean by Qi Shuai's words?"

Qi Jiguang smiled wryly but didn't answer, just shook his head slightly.Gao Wushi thought that Qi Jiguang died of illness in the 16th year of Wanli in history, and thought that he was in poor health, but after thinking about it, he found something wrong.

In the original history, Qi Jiguang died of illness because Zhang Juzheng was liquidated after his death. As Zhang Juzheng's trustworthiness, he was implicated. He was first transferred to Guangzhou, and then he was directly impeached.Gao Yushi always suspected that the most important thing here might not be the infection of lung disease, but that Qi Jiguang was in a depressed mood at that time, and the reason for his death was more likely to be heart disease.

And in this life, because of his relationship with someone Gao, Qi Jiguang, as the commander of the imperial guards, can be called the number one general, so it is impossible for him to have any heart problems.In the same way, I will not return to my hometown under poverty and get sick halfway, so I have been in good health now.That being the case, why did he say that?
Qi Jiguang saw Gao Pragmatic's doubts, but he still refused to speak.Gao Wushi reacted, and said to the generals: "Go and rest first."

All the generals pricked up their ears, but now they were all in vain, but they didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction, so they got up and left quickly.

After everyone left, Gao Yushi looked at Qi Jiguang, waiting for his explanation.Qi Jiguang smiled wryly, and sighed softly: "Jingtai, the term of the commander of the imperial guards is almost up, and now he has made some contributions in this battle..."

Gao Wushi immediately understood: Indeed, the imperial court may not be able to use him anymore.

The first half of Qi Jiguang's statement was just a truthful statement, while the second half was obviously self-effacing.

In fact, Gao Wushi had told the emperor that the commander of the Imperial Guard could not hold office for a long time when he set up the Imperial Guard, and the commander of the Imperial Guard is the de facto position with the highest real power in the military general, so it was difficult to arrange for Qi Jiguang after he left office. .In addition, he made the number one contribution in this battle against the Yuan Dynasty, defeating Chahar's main force head-on and shooting Tumen Khan himself, once the meritorious service is rewarded after the battle... probably he will be knighted.

It is not necessarily impossible for a military general to lead troops, but if the previous item is added, then some people will insist that Qi Jiguang go to accompany Li Chengliang and stay in Beijing as an honored minister for the elderly.

The worst thing is that even Gao Yushi can't intervene in this matter, because Gao Yushi's own situation after this battle is probably not much better than Qi Jiguang's!
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