Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 572 Emperor Tianzuo was captured (please subscribe!)

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The seventh year of Xuanhe was also the fifth year of Baoda in the Liao Kingdom, which was the last year of the Liao Dynasty.

In February of this year, Emperor Tianzuo was captured by the Jin army, marking that the Liao Empire, which had gone through nine generations of emperors and spanned 210 years, finally came to an end.

The empress of Xixia Emperor Li Ganshun was named Yelu Nanxian, Princess Cheng'an of the Liao Kingdom, and the nominal daughter of Emperor Tianzuo.

At the beginning of Li Qianshun's accession to the throne, in order to consolidate the relationship between Xixia and Liao, Li Qianshun proposed marriage to Liao many times.

Later, Emperor Tianzuo adopted Yelu Nanxian, the daughter of the clan, as his daughter and named her Princess Cheng'an, and married Li Qianshun.

Li Qianshun also became the son-in-law of Emperor Tianzuo.

When Emperor Tianzuo was in trouble, Li Qianshun also tried his best to help Emperor Tianzuo restore his country.

No matter what!

Emperor Tianzuo is another fool!
After Emperor Tianzuo was defeated by Li Yan, he fled back to Jiashan.

Soon after, Li Qianshun was annoyed that Jin Guo broke his promise and did not give him the land of Yunyou, so he invited Emperor Tianzuo to live in Xixia for a long time.

Emperor Tianzuo was very restless during his stay in Xixia, he knew that the Jurchens would not let him go.

really!

Soon Jin Guo sent envoys to enter Xia Dynasty, and proposed to Li Qianshun: If Emperor Tianzuo fled into Xia territory, he should be captured and sent to Jin Guo.If the State of Xia can serve the State of Jin with the ritual of serving the Liao State, then the State of Jin can cede the land in the northwest of the former Liao State to the State of Xia.

Li Qianshun saw that the demise of the Liao Kingdom was a foregone conclusion, so in order to preserve the Xia Kingdom, he agreed to the conditions proposed by the Jin Kingdom.

Yelu Nanxian secretly told Emperor Tianzuo the news, and Emperor Tianzuo was afraid of being given to the Kingdom of Jin by Li Qianshun, so he left Xixia quickly.

Emperor Tianzuo then returned to Jiashan base camp, and was surprised to find that the left behind had gathered thousands of soldiers and horses.

Later, the Maocutishi tribe of the Yinshan Tatars also came to Jiashan to seek refuge with Emperor Tianzuo.

With these two teams, Emperor Tianzuo claimed to be blessed by God, and his confidence was greatly increased. Therefore, despite the dissuasion of everyone, he insisted on sending troops out of Jiashan to recover the lost land in Yanyun area.

Last winter, Emperor Tianzuo heard that Wanyan Zonghan had gone back to Beijing, and Wanyan Xiyin was acting as Marshal in Yunzhong. He thought that the time was ripe, so he led a total of 5 Khitan and Tatar troops out of Jiashan and went down to the fishing village. Yangling, and then captured Tiande Army, Dongsheng, Yunnei, Ningbian and other prefectures one after another. .

The real purpose of Emperor Tianzuo's trip to the south this time was not to regain Yanyun's lost land, but to take the opportunity to seek refuge in Song State.

There is evidence for this.

Emperor Tianzuo not only took away all the army and horses in Jiashan this time, but also brought several concubines and his second sons Qin Wang and Zhao Wang and their clansmen.

In addition, Emperor Tianzuo also carried all the treasures he owned.

Obviously, this is a big move planned by Emperor Tianzuo.

The reason why Emperor Tianzuo wanted to flee to Song State was because Tong Guan was ordered by Zhao Ji to lure Emperor Tianzuo to Song State.

Tong Guan therefore recommended a foreign monk to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji ordered the fan monk to secretly go to Jiashan to contact Emperor Tianzuo with his imperial pen and silk script.

Fan Seng came to Jiashan to find Emperor Tianzuo, and then handed Zhao Ji's autographed letter to Emperor Tianzuo.

In the letter, Zhao Ji assured Emperor Tianzuo: "If you come to my Song Dynasty, I will treat you as an elder brother. Your status is above my two younger brothers, King Yan and King Yue. I will give you a thousand houses and treat your daughter Three hundred, I will treat you preferentially."

Emperor Tianzuo was overjoyed, so he made an appointment with the monk to meet him.

In fact, Jin Guo already knew about Song Guo's small actions, and was waiting to catch Emperor Tianzuo.

Just as Emperor Tianzuo led his army through Yunzhong, he suddenly received a report that Wanyan Xiyin had covered his way back with soldiers; later he received a report that Wanyan Zonghan had already returned to Yunzhong and sent a large army to pursue him.

Emperor Tianzuo was shocked and hurriedly ordered the army to advance towards Wuzhou.

Wanyan Xiyin formed the vanguard of Han'er township soldiers from Weizhou, Yingzhou, Fengshengzhou and Yunzhong Prefecture to pursue Emperor Tianzuo, and ambushed more than a thousand Jurchen cavalry in the valley that Emperor Tianzuo must pass through , Waiting for work with ease.

Emperor Tian Zuo led his army to the west of the dying water, when Jurchen cavalry suddenly rushed out from behind the Tatar army, and the Tatar army was immediately defeated.

After some fighting, the Liao army suffered numerous casualties.

Emperor Tianzuo fled to the south in a hurry, Wanyan Xiyin sent Wanyan Loushi to lead [-] cavalry in hot pursuit all the way.

Emperor Tianzuo planned to go directly to Wuzhou, and then went south to Song State.

But when Emperor Tianzuo ran to the vicinity of Wuzhou, a monk accompanied him advised Emperor Tianzuo not to go to Song Dynasty. If Mo Ruo returns to Jurchen, he will be king."

Perhaps Emperor Tianzuo felt that the monk's words were reasonable, so he changed his plan and fled westward, finally fleeing to Shanjinsi.

In the first month of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Dangxiang Xiaogulu tribe sent people to Shanjinsi to ask Emperor Tianzuo to go to them.

The Xiaogulu tribe is a very small tribe in Dangxiang, distributed between the Tiande Army and Yunzhong, and has always been subject to the Liao Kingdom.

Emperor Tianzuo planned to take refuge in Xixia with the leader of the Xiaogulu tribe, so he hurried to the Tiande army, planning to cross the desert from there and enter Xixia.

On the way, Emperor Tianzuo and his party suddenly encountered Jin Bing, and Emperor Tianzuo fled in embarrassment.

Emperor Tianzuo ushered in the worst moment in his life. He was so miserable that he ran out of food several times on the way, even to the point of eating snow to satisfy his hunger.

Later, Emperor Tianzuo came to a farm to stay overnight, and the family knew his identity. The family immediately knelt down to worship Emperor Tianzuo, and took out all the food in the house to honor Emperor Tianzuo.

Emperor Tianzuo felt his loyalty, and granted the post of Jiedushi to the male master of the family.

After going through untold hardships, Emperor Tianzuo finally arrived at Xiaogulubu.

Emperor Tianzuo immediately appointed the leader of the Xiaogulu tribe as the envoy and chief military officer in the southwest.

The leaders of the Xiaogulu tribe respected Emperor Tianzuo very much, and they didn't feel bad for his ministers because Emperor Tianzuo lost his country.

But as soon as Emperor Tianzuo arrived at the Xiaogulu Department, Yan Zonghan led his army to kill him after finishing his back foot.

All the entourage of Emperor Tianzuo were arrested, and only Emperor Tianzuo escaped.

In order to prevent Emperor Tianzuo from fleeing to Xixia, Wanyan Zonghan ordered Chen Bing to set up a three-hundred-mile-long battle net on the border between Yunzhong and Xixia, waiting for Emperor Tianzuo to throw himself into the net.

At the same time, Wanyan Zonghan suspected that Emperor Tianzuo had fled to Song State, so he sent someone to ask Tong Guan for it.

Of course Tong Guan said that he had never seen Emperor Tianzuo, because Emperor Tianzuo was really not in the Song Dynasty.

But the gold people didn't believe it.

There was no other way, Tong Guan could only send his generals to the border to search, and ordered: If there is a person with a different color, kill him without asking, and give his head to the Jinren.

One day in February, on the vast snow field sixty miles east of Yingzhou Xincheng, a group of cavalry under Wanyan Loushi was on a routine patrol, when he suddenly saw a man riding a fine horse in the east, holding two horses in his hand, looking north. .

The cavalry surrounded it.

Emperor Tianzuo probably didn't want to run away anymore, so he got off his horse and said, "I am Emperor Tianzuo of Daliao."

Wanyan Zonghan has always suspected that Song Guo hid Emperor Tianzuo just like he hid Zhang Jue.

Now, Emperor Tianzuo has been captured by the Jin army, and the matter has finally subsided.

At the end of February, Wanyan Zonghan sent people to Taiyuan to present victory to the Xuanfu Division, and asked to advance 20 silver silk from the old coins to reward the army.

Tong Guan agreed to Wanyan Zonghan's request.

Soon, Tong Guan made a list of He Yelu's demise.

Li Ren'ai, the prince of Xixia, was very sympathetic to what happened to his grandfather Emperor Tianzuo. Hearing that Emperor Tianzuo had been escorted to Shangjing, he died of depression at the age of 17.

In the same month, Yelu Nanxian was sad because of the death of his beloved son, pained because of the death of the motherland, and angry because of Li Qianshun's ruthlessness, so he went on a hunger strike and died.

The Liao Kingdom was completely reduced to history.

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(End of this chapter)