Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 196

No. 13 people, Wanyan Zongbi, the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Jin, also known as Jin Wushu, with a force of 100, a commander of 98, an intelligence of 86, and a politics of 80;

Wanyan Zongbi's real name is Wochu, and he is also known as Wushu (zhú), Wuzhu, Wochu, and Huangwochu.The fourth son of Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda (recorded as the sixth son in "Dajin Guozhi").People in the Song Dynasty often called him the "Fourth Prince".Mother Yuanfei Wugu Lunshi.Zong Bi was a man of boldness, courageous and courageous, good at shooting with ape arms, and good at using soldiers.

When Wanyan Agu fought against the Liao Dynasty, Wanyan Zongbi was still underage.After the founding of the Jin Dynasty, there were frequent wars against the Liao Dynasty. Wanyan Zongbi's half-brothers Zong Jun, Zong Gan, Zong Wang, and Zong Fu were all important generals of the Jin Army. They were brave and good at fighting, and had a strong influence on him.

In December of the fifth year of Tianfu (1121), Jin Taizu launched the second large-scale anti-Liao war. Zongbi put on armor for the first time, and followed his uncle Guolun Hulubo to conquer Yan Gao (Xieye).

In the first month of the sixth year of Tianfu (1122), the Jin army conquered Liao Zhongjing (now Ningcheng, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia). Zong Han learned that Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty was hunting in Yuanyangluo (now Angulinao, Zhangbei, Hebei). The troops were divided into two groups to attack Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty. At that time, Zongbi and Zongwang were in Wanyan Gao's army.After the army crossed Qingling, they knew that there were more than [-] Liao soldiers not far away. Zong Wang led Zong Bi, Monk Ma and a hundred cavalry to pursue them. Zong Bi was exhausted in the battle, so he seized the guns of the Liao soldiers, killed eight of them alone, and captured five of them alive. .Zong Bi showed superhuman bravery when he participated in the battle for the first time, which impressed the Jurchen soldiers.

In October of the third year of Tianhui (1125), Jin Xing attacked the Song Dynasty, and the army was divided into two groups. The West Route Army was led by Zuo Deputy Marshal Zong Han.The Eastern Route Army was commanded by Dutong Zongwang, and Zong Bi was in the Eastern Route Army with thousands of marching troops.The East Route Army dispatched troops from Pingzhou (now Lulong, Hebei), captured Yanjing (now Beijing) in December, and immediately defeated Zhongshan, Zhending, and Xinde.

In the first month of the fourth year of Tianhui (1126), Zong Wang sent Zong Bi to capture Tangyin County. The city was destroyed and 3000 Song soldiers were captured.The Eastern Route Army forcibly crossed the Yellow River. Zong Bi led the vanguard with [-] horsemen and approached Kaifeng. Hearing that Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty fled south from Kaifeng, Zong Bi chose [-] Xiaoqi riders to chase after him.The Jin soldiers surrounded Kaifeng, and the Song Dynasty sued for peace on the terms of ceding the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian to the Jin Dynasty. The Jin army returned to Yanjing.In August of the same year, Zong Bi went south again with Zong Wang, the right deputy marshal.In April of the following year, the Jin army captured Kaifeng, Emperors Huizong and Qinzong surrendered, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed.

In June of the fifth year of Tianhui (1127), Zong Wang died of illness, and Zong Fu succeeded the right deputy marshal.In December, Zongfu was ordered to pacify the anti-golden armed forces in Zi and Qing (in Shandong). Zongbi first defeated the tens of thousands of troops of Zheng Zongmeng of Song Dynasty and defeated Qingzhou.After attacking Linqu, near Linqu, Zong Bi first defeated the anti-gold armed forces led by Zhao Cheng, and then defeated Song Huangqiong's army and occupied Linqu.In the first month of the sixth year of Tianhui, when the Zongfu army returned to the division and crossed the Qinghe River, they were attacked by more than 3 Song troops. Zongbi defeated them and killed more than [-] people. Hebei.Zongfu left Zongbi to guard Hejian Mansion, and led his army back to Yanjing.

In July of the sixth year of Tianhui (1128), Jin Taizong issued an edict to pursue Song Gaozong who had fled in Yangzhou, and Zong Bi led his headquarters to go south with Zong's auxiliary army.Zongfu army set out from Hebei, Zongbi led his troops as the vanguard, successively captured Puzhou, Kaide, Daming and other places.At the beginning of the seventh year of Tianhui, Zong Bi was promoted to Marshal Youjianjun.Zonghan, Zongfu sent Talan, Zongbi, Balisu, and Ma Wu to go south, and Song Gaozong fled south from Yangzhou.

Zong Bi entered Song Huainan West Road, marched into Song Guide's mansion, and would attack it, and Song Shou would surrender.The prefectures and counties that Zongbi passed along the way were destroyed in one blow, or he surrendered without a fight, and he fought all the way to the north bank of the Yangtze River, occupying Hezhou (now Hexian County, Anhui Province), an important town in the north of Songjiang River.Zong Bi wanted to cross the river from Caishiji, but at the ferry, he was blocked by Guo Wei, the governor of Taiping Prefecture in the Song Dynasty, and could not cross for three consecutive days.

In November of the seventh year of Tianhui (1129), Wanyan Wushu army crossed the river from the Ma family in the southwest of Jiankang Prefecture.The Song Dynasty navy commanded Shao Qing with only one warship, and led [-] sailors to intercept it. Zhang Qing, the boatman, was shot with [-] arrows.In November, Zongbi led his army across the river, defeated the Song army led by Du Chong, captured Jiankang, and dispatched generals to approach the land. Zongbi personally led the army to take Song Guangde Junlu, Huzhou (now Zhejiang), and arrived at the Song Dynasty. Lin'an Mansion (now Hangzhou).Song Gaozong heard that Lin'an was not guarding, and rushed to Mingzhou (now Ningbo, Zhejiang).Zongbi sent Ali and Puluhun as vanguards to lead [-] elite soldiers to pursue Song Gaozong;Ali's army defeated the Song army and approached Mingzhou. Song Gaozong boarded a boat and fled into the sea.Zongbi then led his army to arrive, took Mingzhou City, Ali and Puluhun sailed to Changguo County (now Zhoushan Island, Zhejiang Province), captured Song Mingzhou prefect Zhao Boer, learned that Song Gaozong had fled to Fuzhou via Wenzhou, and went into the sea to pursue him. They retreated only when they were blocked by the Songhai navy.Zong Bi led his army back to Lin'an.

In February of the eighth year of Tianhui (1130), Zong Bi claimed that the search of mountains and seas had been completed, and he returned north along the canal with a large amount of gold and silver looted from various places in the south of the Yangtze River.Before leaving, the ancient city of Lin'an, which has a civilization of hundreds of years, was burned.Burning, killing and looting continued along the way, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River suffered an unprecedented catastrophe.In March, when Zong Bi's army arrived in Zhenjiang, it was intercepted by Song general Han Shizhong.The warships of Han Shizhong's navy were tall and guarded the river mouth, and the Jin army could not pass through.Although the Jin army had a large number of soldiers, they were small and had few ships, and they were not good at water warfare. After dozens of rounds of fighting, the Jin army suffered heavy losses, and the Khitan and Han troops lost more than [-] men.

The two sides held each other for 48 days, but Zong Bi was still unable to cross the river, so he had to go back to the west of the Jiangxi, drove to Jiankang, and traveled to Huangtiandang. Zong Bi's army followed the old road of the Old Stork River and dug a [-]-mile-long canal overnight to the Qinhuai River. , was able to escape back to Jiankang.Han Shizhong pursued to Jiankang and blocked the river with warships.Zongbi set up a reward list and recruited people to propose a plan to cross the river by destroying a sea-going ship. A Fujianese surnamed Wang was greedy for rewards and offered a proposal: the sea-going ship would not move in the absence of wind.Zong Bi rushed to make the rocket overnight.

On the 25th, there was no wind on a beautiful day, and Han Shizhong's fleet stopped on the river and could not move. Zong Bi ordered the soldiers to drive a small boat and shoot rockets at its sails. Guabu abandoned the boat and fled back to Zhenjiang by land.

In May of the same year, the Jin army crossed the river from Jing'an Town (northwest of Nanjing today) and returned north. When returning north, they set fire to Jiankang City.In the eighth year of Tianhui (1130), Yue Fei set up an ambush on Niu Shou Mountain. Yue's army took stones from the spot, built fortifications, and ambushed Jin soldiers.After the great victory in Niu Shou Mountain, he took advantage of the victory and pursued, drove the Jin soldiers across the river, and recovered Jiankang.Wanyan Zongbi's army was attacked by Song Yuefei's troops, and the Jin army suffered heavy losses.After Zong Bi returned from the north and south of the Yangtze River, he advocated not going south to attack the Song Dynasty, which shows that the lessons of the battle of Huang Tiandang are very profound.

In the autumn of the eighth year of Tianhui (1130), Jin Taizong transferred the right deputy Marshal Zongfu to command the Shaanxi armies to attack Sichuan and Shaanxi, and Wanyan Zongbi led his headquarters to be transferred there.In September, Zongfu marched into Luoshui, with Lou Shi and Zongbi as the left and right wing governors, and jointly launched a joint attack, which opened the prelude to the Battle of Fuping.At that time, Zhang Jun, the Xuanfu governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty, also took Liu Xi as his commander, and assembled an army led by generals such as Liu Kai, Zhao Zhe, and Wu Jie, which was several times larger than the Jin soldiers. The army launched a decisive battle in Fuping (north of Fuping County, Shaanxi today).

In this battle, the famous Southern Song Dynasty generals Zhang Jun, Liu Qi, Zhao Zhe, Wu Jie and Qinfeng Road's strategic envoy Sun Wo took Xihe Road's envoy Liu Xi as the capital to control 18 generals and horse infantry, known as forty. Fuping and Zhang Jun sat in Binzhou to supervise the battle.During the battle, the Song army took the Jin army led by Wanyan Zongbi as the focus of attack, and the offensive was fierce. Zongbi's army was heavily surrounded. From noon to dusk, they fought hard without giving up, restraining the main force of the Song army and gaining time to reverse the situation of the battle. .Jin general Chi Zhanhui's entire army was wiped out. General Han Chang was shot and wounded in one eye, but he refused to retreat.

At this time, the Jin general Wanyan Loushi found the weakness of the Song army-the Song army led by Zhao Zhe, so he charged all the elite cavalry he led to Zhao Zhe's army. Zhao Zhe's army collapsed at the touch of a touch. The morale of the army was greatly boosted, causing the 18 troops of the Southern Song Dynasty to collapse in an instant.The Jin army took advantage of the victory and pursued, winning more with less, and won the victory in the Battle of Fuping.

In this battle, on the one hand, Zhang Jun relied on his own strength and made mistakes in judgment. He did not take advantage of the enemy's weakness and our strength, and the enemy's troops were divided into two groups. He launched an attack decisively, delaying the opportunity to fight. On the other hand, it was also due to Wanyan Zongbi's bravery and restraint. The main force of the enemy was defeated, and it ended with a great victory of the Jin Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty lost most of the Fifth Road of Shaanxi.

Soon after the Battle of Fuping, Wanyan Loushi died of illness.Zongfu took Wanyan Zongbi as the right-wing governor and Alubu as the left-wing governor, and recruited and surrendered the prefectures and counties in Shaanxi that had not yet been captured.

In the first month of the ninth year of Tianhui (1131), Song Jingyuan and Xihe Roads were captured by the Jin Army. Zong Fu returned to Yanjing, and Zong Bi became the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi Jin Army.In October, Wanyan Zongbi led his army to take Sichuan from Shaanxi and passed Heshangyuan (now southwest of Baoji, Shaanxi). This is Zong Bi's worst defeat since he joined the army.

In November of the 11th year of Tianhui (1133), Zong Bi sent troops again, defeated Wu Lin's army, and captured the monk Yuan.In February of 1134 AD (the 12th year of Tianhui), he led an army to attack Xianrenguan, the gateway to Sichuan, and was defeated by Song Wujie's army, and retreated to Fengxiang Mansion (now Fengxiang, Shaanxi).In March, Zong Bi returned to Yanjing from Shaanxi.Seeing that the Wu brothers were good at fighting, Zong Bi no longer fought with them, and only used his wisdom to outwit them.It was not until 1141 A.D. (the first year of Huangtong), when Zong Bi wrote to Song Gaozong Zhao Gou to order the Wu brothers to retreat, that they won without a fight, and they could safely control the Sichuan-Shaanxi area.

In the 12th year of Tianhui (1134), Jin ordered Liu Yu to puppet Qi, and sent troops to capture Xiangyang Mansion (now Xiangfan, Hubei) and other six counties.From May to July, Song ordered Yue Fei to lead his army to recover Xiangyang and other six counties.In September, Wanyan Zongbi and the puppet Qi army jointly launched an offensive to the Lianghuai area, which was resolutely resisted by Han Shizhong and Yue Fei's army. Later, because Jin Taizong was critically ill, the Jin army crossed Huaibei and withdrew.

In the first month of the 13th year of Tianhui (1135), Emperor Taizong of Jin died, and Emperor Xizong of Jin ascended the throne. He immediately began to reform the political system of the Jin Dynasty. Zong Bi was one of the important figures who assisted Xizong in carrying out the reform.

In the 15th year of Tianhui (1137), Wanyan Zongbi was promoted to the right deputy marshal and the title of King of Liang.In November, the "Puppet Qi" regime was abolished and the decree was returned to the imperial court.Liu Yu was deposed as the king of Shu, and the Xingtai Shangshu Province was established in Bianjing.

In the first year of Tianjuan (1138), Zongpan and Zongjun, the leaders of the three provinces, were in charge of the imperial court, and the deputy marshal of the left, Tarlan, ceded Henan and Shaanxi to the Song Dynasty.In this regard, Zong Bi supported Zong Qian and others in the court and firmly opposed it.

In the second year of Tianjuan (1139), Jin Xizong punished Zongpan and Zongjun for the crime of treason, and lifted the military power of Talan.Bai Zongbi was the marshal of the capital, and he was named the king of Yue.

In the third year of Tianjuan's reign (1140), Talan and the people of the Song Dynasty communicated and received bribes. Xizong ordered Zongbi to punish Talan, named him the Taibao, and also led Yanjing Xingtai Shangshu Province.At Zongbi's request, Xizong launched another war against the Song Dynasty and sent troops to retake the lands of Henan and Shaanxi that had been returned to the Song Dynasty.Since most of the guards in Henan and Shaanxi were former Jin and "Qi" officials, the Jin army attacked and surrendered one after another.

Within one month, the Jin army captured most of Henan and Shaanxi, Song Yuefei and other troops retreated to the south of Yingchang (now Xuchang, Henan), and Zong Bi successfully entered Bianjing.

Zongbi tried to take advantage of the situation to occupy the area north of the Huaihe River, and then sent his army southward. He was defeated by the Liuqi tribe of the Song Dynasty in Shunchang (now Fuyang, Anhui), and was defeated by the Yuefei tribe in Yancheng and Yingchang. Zongbi was almost captured.The situation was extremely favorable for the Song Dynasty, and Yue Fei also took advantage of the victory to advance, and he was likely to regain Henan and attack Hebei.However, Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty ordered Yue Fei's class to be a teacher, so all Song troops withdrew from Henan.

In September, when Zongbi entered the court, Xizong visited Yanjing in the south, and Wanyan Xiyin, Prime Minister of Zuo, was also among the accompanying officials.Zong Bi wanted to return to the Marshal's Mansion (which was stationed in Qizhou), and at the farewell banquet, Xi Yin and Zong Bi disagreed with each other, and Zong Bi was furious.When he bid farewell to Empress Pei Manshi the next day, he explained the matter in detail, saying that Xiyin had misbehaved.After Zongbi left, the queen made a statement to Xizong, and Xizong sent people to recover Zongbi, and Xu Zongbi punished Xiyin.Then he killed Xiyin and his two sons, and Xiyin's confidant, You Cheng Xiao Qing and his son.In the following year, Zong Bi was promoted to Prime Minister Zuo and a servant, and he was still the Marshal of the capital, leading the Tai Shangshu to save trouble.

After Jin regained Henan and Shaanxi, Xingtai Shangshu Province moved from Yanjing to Bianjing, mainly in charge of the former "pseudo-Qi" ruled area.Wanyan Zongbi abolished the bad government of "Qi" in Xingtai, adopted Fan Gong's suggestion, reduced the old tax by one third, and the people were able to recover.He also ordered the soldiers of the original "Qi" army to be disarmed and returned to the fields, which made people happy.Strictly implement the rule of law, select capable officials, pay attention to the use of money, and value literati.

Select more than ten famous people to serve as officials.Zhao Yuan, a native of Fanyang in Zhuozhou, had been in Xingtai for ten years. The officials were very smart, and Zongbi knew it very well. If he came to the prime minister's office for something during his tour, Zongbi would ask, "Is there ever a time when Zhao Yuan was not there?" He saw this.Zongbi selected creditworthy Cai Songnian, Cao Wangzhi, Xu Lin, Zhang Zhizhou, etc., who were all famous financial ministers until King Hailing and Sejong.The social economy of the north has been restored to a certain extent.

Most of the Han officials supported by Zongbi were former officials of the Song Dynasty, and they had conflicts with Han Qixian, Meng Hao, Tian Jue and others who were reused by the former Han officials of the Liao Dynasty in the early Jin Dynasty.Zonggan died in May of the first year of Huangtong, and soon Zongbi returned to the capital to assist Xizong.

In the sixth year of Huangtong, Han Qixian, the prime minister of the right, died of illness, and Tian Jue was pushed out of the court by Zongbi.In June of the seventh year, Tian Jue, Xi Yi and many other people were killed under pretext. Meng Hao and other 34 people were accused of migrating to the sea with the same party.Shangshu Province was empty.The new Hanguan group supported by Zong Bi replaced the old Hanguan group.

After the defeat of Shunchang and Yingchang in the third year of Tianjuan (1140), Zong Bi did not give up his plan to draw Huaihe River as a boundary with Song Dynasty.At Zongbi's request, Jin Xizong issued an order to attack Song Dynasty.

In February of the first year of Huangtong (1141), Keluzhou.He fought with the Song Army in Zhegao Town, was defeated, and each returned to the army. [15] Zong Bi sent a secret letter to Qin Hui, Prime Minister of Song Dynasty, requesting that "Yue Fei must be killed before peace can be negotiated", [16] urging Song Gaozong to cede land and negotiate peace.In September, Zong Bi first released the two Song envoys detained, expressing his willingness to negotiate a peace, and then led an army to cross the Huaihe River, breaking through Sizhou, Haozhou and other places.Song Gaozong sent an envoy to express his willingness to accept the terms of the peace negotiation.

In February of the second year of Huangtong (1142), the two parties formally signed a contract, which was the 12th year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty. It was known as the "Shaoxing Peace Conference" (or "Huangtong Peace Conference") in history: the two countries were bounded by the Huai River in the east and Dasanguan in the west. As a boundary, half of the Tang and Deng states in the upper reaches of the Huai River and half of the Shang and Qin states in the west were ceded to the Jin Dynasty.In the Southern Song Dynasty, he professed his ministers to the Jin Dynasty and gave in 25 taels of silver and silk. [19] In March, Zong Bi returned to the court, and supervised the revision of national history.

Since the imperial peace talks, Zongbi has always adhered to the policy of "reconciliation between the north and the south" and advocated that the Song Dynasty be destroyed in one fell swoop when the time is right.Therefore, until King Hailing invaded the south (1161), there was almost no war on the Jin-Song border for 20 years, which had a positive effect on the economic and cultural development of both sides.

In the seventh year of Huangtong (1147), he served as the grand master, commanded the three provinces, was the marshal, and held the military and political power alone.

In August of the eighth year of Huangtong (1148), Zong Bi entered "Records of Taizu".In October, he died of illness.In the 15th year of Dading (1175), Jin Shizong pursued him as Zhonglie.In the 18th year of Dading (1178), Zongbi was able to share the Taimiao.

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