Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Before leaving, Wanyan Yinshu was about to demolish Kedun and other four cities to vent his anger, but was stopped by Wanyan Zonghan.

Wanyan Zonghan told the generals that the grasslands are no better than the inland farming areas. Whether it is the Khitan people of the Yelu Dashi tribe or other nomadic tribes, they all move indeterminately based on water and grass.Therefore, these small cities are insignificant to Yelu Dashi.

Wanyan Zonghan said that what is needed to fight on the grassland is to find the camp of the enemy's main force, annihilate the enemy's troops, and weaken the enemy's strength.

Occupying these uninhabited cities, or destroying these cities, actually did no harm to the Liao army, and it was just ridiculous.

In fact, leaving these empty cities can be used as a bait to lure Nayelu Dashi back.The next time the Jin army marches west, at least there is a chance to catch the Yelu Dashi army here.

If the city is destroyed, Yelu Dashi will live in no fixed place on the grassland in the future. Wouldn't it be even more difficult for the Jin army to catch his trace?

After listening to Yan Zonghan's words, the generals understood his ambition and planned to march west again.

The generals cheered up one after another, and followed Wanyan Zonghan's army across the desert to return east.

The first thousand and fifty-five chapters of restraint

Crossing the Water Margin: Ximen Grand Officials Volume 55 Chapter [-] The act of restraint When Wanyan Zongpan received the news of the defeat of the Jin army in the Western Expedition, and planned to seize military power with Guo Yaoshi and others, in Bianliang City, Tokyo in the south, Ximen Qing Detailed information on the battle was also received.

From the Mongolian part of the Mobei Grassland to Linhuang Mansion, Datong Mansion, Yanjing Mansion, and Taiyuan Mansion, there are unique sources of information about Ximen Qing.

Therefore, Emperor Ximenqing of Qi's understanding of this battle was not inferior to that of Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai of Jin.

Regarding the defeat of Wanyan Zonghan, Prince Wanyan Zongpan couldn't wait for it, and Emperor Jin Wanyan Wu begged for help, but he seemed to have a premonition about Ximen Qing.

Because Ximen Qing knew some history, and knew that although the Jin Kingdom was powerful, it had never been able to conquer the grassland tribes like the Khitans.

In the original history, after the Kingdom of Jin fell to the Kingdom of Liao, it once wanted to conquer the grassland like the Khitans.

However, the Jin army used troops against the Mongolian tribes several times, but they were all defeated by the Mongolians on the grassland.

Afterwards, the Kingdom of Jin had to confer the title of Ximenqing's wife-in-law, Borjijinhebul Khan, as the king of Mongol, and recognized the independent status of the Mongolian tribe in exchange for a strike and truce with the Mongolian tribes.

Therefore, the Jurchens are obviously inferior to the Khitans in terms of conquering the various tribes in the grassland.

This is not because the Jurchens are not brave enough, but because their place of survival for generations and their production and lifestyle limit their development on the grasslands.

Because the Jurchens are a half-fishing and half-farming people living in the Liaodong Plain and the land of white mountains and black waters, not a nomadic people like the Khitans.

The settlement habits of the Jurchens made them handy when attacking the cities and villages of the Liao and Song dynasties.

Moreover, the Jurchens who had learned farming liked the vast land cultivated by tribute in the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty.

However, the nomadic people on the grassland live in no fixed place, they are difficult to manage and they are not used to the nomadic life on the grassland.

For the Khitan, who were originally the most powerful tribe on the grassland, it was not difficult to conquer and manage nomadic tribes that were weaker than themselves.

For the Jurchens who are accustomed to fishing, hunting and farming, playing hide-and-seek with nomadic tribes on the grasslands is their weakness.

What's more, the main force of Jurchens' cavalry is armored heavy cavalry, which is extremely powerful when the two armies confront each other, but their mobility on the grassland is obviously not as good as that of nomadic light cavalry.

As long as Yelu Dashi is not stupid enough to organize a large corps to fight Wanyan Zonghan head-on, the Jin army should not be able to do anything to Yelu Dashi's Liao army.

Based on historical battles and an analysis of the respective characteristics of the commanders and arms of the Jin and Liao armies, Ximenqing had already guessed in advance that Yelu Dashi would avoid the battle, and Wanyan Zonghan, who had worked hard on the expedition, returned without success.

However, Ximenqing did not expect that the Jin army's army would be defeated so badly. This is a defeat that has never been seen since the Jin army rebelled against the Liao Dynasty.

Ximen Qing keenly sensed that there might be a problem within the Jin Army.But before the lack of key information, Ximen Qing could not accurately judge where the problem of Jin Jun was.

However, although the situation is still unclear, Ximenqing believes that the Jin army suffered such a big defeat, and there may be some changes in the country, and Qi State also needs to be prepared to deal with it.

Three days later, Ma Kuo, the minister of the Ministry of War, was ordered to take Dr. Zhang Zeduan, Wang Yi and others from the Imperial Academy to Huining, the capital of the Jin Kingdom. The actual task was to investigate the situation of the Jin Kingdom along the way and draw a more detailed traffic map of the Jin Kingdom.

In addition, Ximenqing also sent secret envoys to Daming Mansion and Datong Mansion to meet Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zonghan respectively, and express condolences to them.

Wanyan Zongbi disappeared and Wanyan Lou Shi died in battle. The army of these two people was wiped out, which hit Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zonghan deeply.

Of course, Ximen Qing wanted to express his solidarity to the two.

After Yan Zonghan led the army back to Fengsheng Prefecture, he was exhausted physically and mentally, but he still had to work hard to take care of the beginning and end of the Western Expedition.

Not to mention the low morale of the retreating Golden Army generals who need to be revived, nor the fluctuating hearts of the surrounding vassal tribes who saw the results of this battle and need to be reassured by kindness and power. Suddenly vigilant.

Because, after returning to Baishuiluo in Fengsheng Prefecture, Wanyan Zonghan just got the accurate news that Yelu Yujian, who fought with Wanyan Loushi army, was not killed or disappeared, but led the army back to Heishui City in defeat.

In the battle report sent by the court of the Kingdom of Jin, Yelu Yujian's troops struggled to break through the siege of the Liao army and retreated southward to Heishui City. In pursuit of Yelu Dashi's army, Yelu Yujian held on to the city and repelled the attack of Yelu Dashi's army The attack thinned the territory around Heishui City without losing it.

Judging from the battle report, because of Yelu Yujian's hard work, the Kingdom of Jin was able to stabilize the situation on the western frontier and successfully prevented the remnant Liao forces from expanding to the Jin army.

It seems that Yelu Yujian's army has become the only highlight of this western expedition

Wanyan Zonghan couldn't believe that when Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Zongbi and others were all defeated and killed, Yelu Yujian was able to retreat completely and repel the attack of the Liao army alone.

Yes, although Wanyan Zongbi's body was not found in Kedun City after efforts to identify it, in the hearts of Wanyan Zonghan and the generals of the Jin Army, the missing Wanyan Zongbi had already died for the country by default.

Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Huonv, Wanyan Zongbi, Han Chang and other fierce generals all died in battle. Yeluyu saw how he narrowly escaped death

Wanyan Zonghan, as a famous commander of the Jin Army, immediately thought of a possibility, that is, Yelu Yujian's army fled before the battle, causing Wanyan Loushi and other generals to be surrounded. Only in this way can we explain why Yeluyu Jian's army, which is even worse in combat effectiveness, was able to break through the encirclement safely .

However, Heishui City is thousands of miles away from Fengsheng Prefecture, and now it is full of Yelu Yujian's subordinates, and it is not under Wanyan Zonghan's control.

With no evidence and no evidence, it is difficult for Wanyan Zonghan to prove his judgment, let alone punish Yelu Yujian with military law.

In fact, regardless of whether Wanyan Zonghan believed in Yeluyu's reported achievements or not, in terms of form, His Majesty Wanyan Wu begged for money in Huining City, but he showed his conviction.

What Wanyan Zonghan received was not only Yelu Yujian's battle report, but also the reward and promotion of Yelu Yujian from Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai of the Kingdom of Jin.

After Wanyan Wu begged for the death of Wanyan Wulu, Yelu Yujian was given the undecided position of the capital of Xijing, and he was appointed as Wanyan Zonghan's deputy to command the Northwest and Southwest armies, and was responsible for dealing with Yelu. The defensive operations of the Dashi Army.

That is to say, not only was Yelu Yujian not affected by this defeat, but he gained even greater real power because of it.

Xijing, Yanjing, Hebei, Hedong and other places are mostly within Wanyan Zonghan's sphere of influence. Wanyan Zonghan was very angry about this appointment that he did not approve of.

Obviously, the emperor Wanyan Wu begging for money did not really trust Yelu Yujian completely.His majesty's move was clearly to take advantage of Wanyan Zonghan's defeat and his prestige to drop, so he extended his hand into Wanyan Zonghan's base camp.

Praising Yelu Yujian wantonly, isn't it secretly belittling Wanyan Zonghan who returned without success in this battle?

This time, Yelu Yujian, who is not Wanyan Zonghan's confidant, was promoted to his deputy, so there was no intention of restricting him.

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Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Chapter 56

In Heishui City, Yeluyu saw that he had received a new appointment from the court, but fell into deep thought.

As a waver who stirred up the Jin army's western expedition and determined the success or failure of the two armies, Yeluyu saw that he needed to carefully weigh the pros and cons and assess the political and military risks of returning to Datong Mansion.