Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 197

The 14th person, Wanyan Zonghan, a fierce general of the Jin Dynasty, also known as Nianhan, has a force of 99, a commander of 99, an intelligence of 84, and a politics of 80;

Wanyan Zonghan, formerly known as Nian Wudao, who was mistaken for Nian Han in Chinese, was the eldest son of Prime Minister Sa Gai.When he was 17 years old, his bravery was admired in the army.When discussing the attack on the Liao Kingdom, Zong Han agreed with Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda.

Wanyan Aguda defeated the Liao army at the border and captured Yeluxie Shi.Sa Gai asked Zong Han and Wan Yan Xi Yin to come to congratulate the victory, and celebrated by proclaiming himself emperor.The clan officials under Wanyan Sheng all persuaded Wanyan Aguda to proclaim himself emperor, but Wanyan Aguda still gave way.

Zong Han, A Li He Sui, Pu Jia Nu and others said: "If you don't enthronement and establish a title in time, you will not be able to maintain the hearts of the world." Wanyan Aguda's opinion was finally decided.Yelu Eriduo, the capital of the Liao Kingdom, led an army of more than 20 soldiers to guard the frontier, Wanyan Aguda led an army to fight back, and Zong Han served as the right army, defeating the Liao army in the ancient city of Dalu.

In April of the fifth year of Tianfu (1121), Wanyan Zonghan wrote in a memorial: "The Lord of the Liao Dynasty has lost his virtue, and the hearts of people inside and outside the court have turned away. We have raised troops in the court, and although the great cause has been determined, the root of the disaster has not been eliminated, and it will definitely become a disaster in the future. Now take advantage of them During the gap, you can attack and capture him. This is a God-given opportunity that can be done and cannot be missed."

Wanyan Aguda agreed with him and ordered all armies to prepare for war.On May [-]th, a willow shooting ceremony was held to entertain all officials.Wanyan Aguda turned back to Zonghan and said: "We are now discussing the Western Expedition. Most of the plans you have proposed are in line with my wishes. Although there are people older than you among the royal family members, if a marshal is appointed, no one can replace you. . You should organize the army and wait for the day to raise the army." Wanyan Aguda personally poured wine for him, ordered him to drink it all, and took off his royal clothes for him to wear.The ministers said that it was just the beginning of summer, so they stopped.Not long after, Zong Han made a campaign to move Laibo Jilie, and as the deputy general of the Pu family slaves, he went west to attack Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao Tianzuo, but he failed in the end.

In November of the same year, Wanyan Zonghan asked again: "The armies have been stationed for a long time, the people are eager to try, and the horses are also very strong. We should take advantage of this time to enter Zhongjing." Zong Han's strategy.Therefore, Hulu Boji Liegao led all the troops inside and outside, with Pu Jianu, Zong Han, Zong Gan, and Zong Pan as lieutenants, and Zong Jun concurrently serving as Hezha Meng'an, all of whom received the gold medal. Namely Beijing.After conquering Zhongjing, Zong Han led part of the army to Bei'an Prefecture, joined forces with Lou Shi and Tudan Chuoli, and defeated Xi Wang Xiamo, and Bei'an Prefecture surrendered.

Zong Han stationed troops in Bei'an, sent Wan Yan Xiyin to manage the nearby area, and captured Yelu Xinilie, the guard of the Liao Kingdom. From this, he learned that Yelu Yanxi was hunting in Yuanyangluo and killed his son Jin Wang Aoluwo. The soldiers and horses of the northwest and southwest routes are very weak and cannot be called.Zonghan sent Niwan Wendu and Yisabao to report to Du Tonggao, saying: "The Lord of Liao is in a critical situation in Shanxi, but he still hunts. He doesn't pay attention to the danger and kills his own son. The subjects are very disappointed. The strategy of attacking him, I hope to give instructions quickly. If there are different suggestions, we can send non-main forces here to conquer."

Gao sent Benjian and Yisabao to come back together and report: "I just received the imperial decree and ordered not to rush to Shanxi immediately. I have to inspect it in detail and plan slowly." When Zonghan sent someone to report to Gao, he had already rectified the army. , waiting for the date of raising troops.It wasn't until Yu Jian came that he realized that Gao had no intention of entering the army. Zong Han was afraid that he might lose his fighting chance when Gao made a decision, so he decided to enter the army.He sent Yichabao to report to Dutong again: "Although the order was not ordered to attack Shanxi immediately, it was allowed to act according to the situation.

It can already be seen that the Liao people can be captured. Once the opportunity is lost, it will be difficult in the future.Now that I have entered the army, where should I join the army, I hope to reply. "Zong Gan persuaded Gao to follow Zong Han's strategy, and then Gao made up his mind and agreed to meet and discuss at Xiwangling.

Zong Han came to Xiwangling and met with Du Tonggao.Gao sent troops from Qingling, Zong Han sent troops from Piaoling, and agreed to meet at Luoyang, Yangcheng.Zong Han led [-] elite soldiers to attack Yelu Yanxi. Hearing that Yelu Yanxi came to resist from the Department of the Fifth Academy, Zong Han redoubled his journey and arrived after only one night. Yelu Yanxi fled.Zong Han sent Xi Yin and others to pursue them.

Xijing rebelled again, and Geng Shouzhong led 1000 soldiers to rescue him. When he arrived forty miles east of the city, Pucha Wulie and Gu Chipi attacked him first, killing more than [-] people.Zong Han, Zong Xiong, Zong Qian, and Zong Jun rushed over one after another. Zong Han led his men to attack the center of the enemy army, and let other soldiers dismount and shoot arrows beside them.Geng Shouzhong was defeated and his army was wiped out.Zong Han's younger brother Zabaodi was killed.During the Tianjuan period, Wanyan Aguda presented Zabaodi as a special advance.

After Zong Han pacified the tribes in Xilu Prefecture and County, he went to see the king at his residence, and then followed Wanyan Aguda to attack Yanjing.After Yanjing was pacified, Wanyan Aguda rewarded Zonghan, Xiyin, Talan, Yelu Yujian and others with different amounts of gold vessels.Wanyan Aguda had given Yanjing to the people of the Song Dynasty and had returned to station his troops in Yuanyangluo. He was ill and was about to return to the capital.Zong Han was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and Zhan Bojilie Yu and Diebo Jilie Oru were appointed as deputy commanders, and they stationed troops in Yunzhong.

In the seventh year of Tianfu (1123), Wanyan Aguda died, and Wanyan Sheng ascended the throne. He issued an edict to Zonghan saying: "I will give you the power of a region. If there are people who should be promoted to official positions, you can appoint them as appropriate." So the vacant quota of one hundred Xuantou was given to him.People from the Song Dynasty came to ask for the city, and Zong Han reported to the two prefectures of Wuwu and Shuo, pleading: "If the people of Song Dynasty don't send back the defectors from our army, they will block the way to and from Yanshan, and they will definitely destroy the covenant in the future. Please don't cede Shanxi counties." Wanyan Sheng said, "The previous emperor promised that they should be ceded to them."

The generals captured Yelu Mage, and Zong Han took him back to the capital.Wanyan Sheng issued an edict to award [-] horses to Zonghan's army, and donate [-] shi of grain seeds and [-] shi of rice to the newly attached people.The imperial decree said: "The newly attached people, when the farming season is busy, divide the land for them to live in." Zong Han asked for some elite soldiers from Zongwang, Talan, and Shi Gunai to conquer the tribes.

Wan Yancheng ordered: "Zongwang's army cannot be separated, and he will be given another five thousand elite soldiers." Zong Han paid homage to the tomb of Taizu, entered the palace to meet the king, and said: "When the former emperor was alive, Shanxi, The Han officials and generals of all tribes in Nanjing can be appointed according to the emperor's order. Now Nanjing follows the old system, and only Shanxi receives the order of the imperial court and receives preferential treatment." Acting according to the imperial decree, you should be promoted to official positions according to the hard work of each of you."

Zong Han also reported: "When the first emperor conquered the Liao Kingdom, he hoped that the Song Dynasty would be able to attack with the same force, so he promised them the land of Yan. After the Song people made a covenant, they proposed to increase money in exchange for the towns in Shanxi. Refuse to allow more money. The alliance book said: "Do not harbor fugitives, lure and harass border residents." Now several regions in the Song Dynasty recruited defectors, and rewarded them generously.

He recorded the defector's name several times and asked Tong Guan for it. He even set a date and wrote an oath, but found nothing.The covenant has been less than a year, and it has already been like this. If we want to keep the covenant forever, can we count on it?Moreover, there is no peace in the western frontier, and the cession of the counties in Shanxi will cause the armies to lose their bases. If there is a plan in the future, it may not be sustainable. Please keep these places for the time being, Your Majesty, and do not cede them. "Wanyan Sheng obeyed Zong Han's request.

Because of Zong Han's defeat of the Liao army, Wanyan Sheng prompted Xia Guoxian to declare himself a vassal. He appreciated his achievements very much and gave ten horses to Zong Han to choose two for himself, and gave the rest to the generals.

Later, Wulu reported that the Song Dynasty did not give away old coins for household registration, and said that he would change the covenant, so he had to be on guard.Emperor Taizong ordered Zong Han to fetch the household registrations from all walks of life and ask for old coins according to the household registrations.The mother once again reported that the Song people had broken the covenant, and Zong Han and Zong Wang jointly requested to attack the Song Dynasty.Therefore, Ban Bo Ji Lie Gao also served as the Marshal of the capital and lived in the capital. Zong Han served as the Deputy Marshal of the Left and sent troops from Taiyuan Road to attack the Song Dynasty.

Zong Han set out from Heyin, then surrendered Shuozhou, conquered Daizhou, and besieged Taiyuan Prefecture.The 1 troops from Hedong and Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty rescued Taiyuan, but were defeated on the north side of the Fen River, and more than [-] people were killed.Zong Wang rushed from Hebei to Bianzhou, but he heard nothing for a long time, so he left Yin Shuke and others to besiege Taiyuan, and Zong Han led his army southward.

In the fourth year of Tianhui (1126), Zong Hanping recruited and surrendered the counties and the Weisheng army, and captured Longde Mansion, that is, Luzhou.When the army arrived in Zezhou, the envoys of the Song Dynasty came to the barracks, and Zong Han knew about the peace talks between the three towns.Lu Yundi brought the edict of the Song Dynasty ceding Taiyuan, but the people of Taiyuan did not accept the edict.Zong Han captured Wenshui and Yu County, and left Yinshu Ke to besiege Taiyuan.Zong Han returned to Shanxi.

Song Qinzong Zhao Huan lured Xiao Zhonggong to write a letter to Yelu Yujian, impressing him with the words of revitalizing the country of Liao.Xiao Zhonggong presented the letter, and Wan Yansheng issued an edict to attack the Song Dynasty again.In August, Zong Han set off from Xijing.On September [-], Zong Han conquered Taiyuan and captured Zhang Xiaochun, the economic envoy of the Song Dynasty and others.Fulshahu captured Pingyao and surrendered Lingshi, Jiexiu, Xiaoyi and other counties.On November [-], Zong Han rushed from Taiyuan to Bianjing to surrender the Weisheng Army, attacked Krond Mansion, and then occupied Zezhou.

Sarata and others had already broken through Tianjing Pass first, pushed forward to Heyang, defeated tens of thousands of Song soldiers, and surrendered the cities of Song soldiers.Zong Han attacked Huaizhou and broke the city. On the 26th, the army crossed the Yellow River.In the eleventh month of leap, Zong Han arrived in Bianzhou and joined Zongwang's army.The Song Dynasty agreed to draw the Yellow River as the boundary, and once again asked for peace and repair.The peace talks were unsuccessful. On the 25th, Yinshuke and others captured Bianzhou.

On the [-]th, Song Qinzong came to the army and abandoned Qingcheng.On December [-], Song Qinzong submitted a memorial to surrender.Wan Yansheng ordered the Marshal's Mansion to say: "For generals and soldiers who have made meritorious service, they will be promoted and rewarded according to their merits. For those who died in battle and died for the great cause of the royal family, their families should be lavishly compensated and sealed. Officials must be gifted with honors and honors." Wanyan Sheng sent Mao Li to the army to reward Zong Han and Zong Wang, and asked him to shake each of their hands to express condolences.

In April of the fifth year of Tianhui (1127), Zong Han and others took the two monarchs of the Song Dynasty and more than 470 people from their clans, as well as Wang Guizhang, Baoyin, Dagon crown, vehicles, sacrificial vessels, musical instruments, Lingtai, books and other items, with the army Return to the north together.In July, Wanyan Sheng gave the iron coupon to Zong Han, and no one except the rebels would bother.In addition, he gave Zong Han a generous reward.

Zong Han reported that the prefectures, towns and counties in Hebei and Hedong requested to select capable and capable officials from the former officials to appease the newly attached people.Wanyan Sheng sent Yeluhui and others to go with Zong Han, and ordered Huanglongfu Road, South Road, and Dongdong Road to select people like Yeluhui from among their subordinates to send them with them.Zong Han rushed to Luoyang.In the Song Dynasty, Dong Zhi led troops to Zhengzhou, and Zhengzhou rebelled again.

Zong Han sent various generals to attack Dong Zhi's army and occupied Zhengzhou again.After that, Zonghan moved the residents of Luoyang, Xiangyang, Yingchang, Ru, Zheng, Jun, Fang, Tang, Deng, Chen, Cai and other places to Hebei, and sent Lou Shi to pacify Shaanxi prefectures.At this time, there were still many bandits and thieves in Hedong, so Zong Han left his soldiers to guard on both sides of the river, and returned to Shanxi by himself.Song Huizong wrote: "Please make Mrs. Zhao the head of the monarch, and let him keep his position and make contributions in governance. The people will be happy. This is the interest of all generations." Zong Han did not reply to his letter.

Zhao Gou sent Wang Shizheng to receive the letter and secretly write letters to lure the Khitan and Han people to surrender.These letters were harvested and reported to Wanyan Sheng.Wan Yansheng issued an edict to attack Zhao Gou.The generals in Hebei wanted to stop attacking Shaanxi, and joined forces to conquer south.The generals in Hedong disagreed, saying: "Shaanxi and Xixia are close neighbors, and the relationship is very important, so we cannot withdraw troops."

Zong Han said: "At the beginning, we made an appointment with the Xixia Kingdom to attack the Song people, but Xixia did not agree. But Yelu Dashi is in the northwest and associates with Xixia. I abandoned Shaanxi and joined forces in Hebei. They must think that I am in urgent trouble. Hebei is not worth worrying about. We should deal with Shaanxi first, pacify the Five Routes, weaken Xixia, and then attack the Song Dynasty."

Zong Han probably intended to approach the Xia people, but after discussing for a long time, he could not make a decision. He asked Wan Yancheng, who said: "As for King Kang, we should find the place where he is and pursue him. When the Song Dynasty is pacified, people like Zhang Bangchang should be established." Fanfu. The right area of ​​Shaanxi cannot be set aside and not attacked." So Lou Shi and Pucha led the army, Shengguo and Poluhuo supervised the battle, and captured Shaanxi.Yinshu can be stationed in Taiyuan, and Yeluyu can stay in Xijing.

Zong Han joined the Eastern Army at Liyangjin, and then joined Ruizong at Pu.When the army entered Dongping, Quan Bangyan, the prefect of the Song Dynasty, abandoned his home and fled at night. Zong Han took over Dongping City and stationed troops fifty miles southeast of Dongping.Xuzhou was captured again.Prior to this, all the gold coins transported by the Song people from the Yangtze River and Huaihe River were in the Xuzhou official treasury. At this time, Zong Han obtained them all and distributed them to the various armies.

Xiqing Mansion came to surrender.Liu Yu, the governor of Jinan Prefecture in the Song Dynasty, sacrificed his city and surrendered to Tarlan.Zonghan sent Ba Lisu, Wulin Dayu, and Ma Wu to Yangzhou to attack King Kang. Before walking 150 miles, Ma Wu led [-] cavalry to the city of Yangzhou first.King Kang heard that the army was coming and had already crossed the river the day before.At this time, Kang Wang wrote to ask for the preservation of Zhao's community.

Prior to this, King Kang had written to the Marshal's Mansion, saying that "Emperor Song sent a letter to the Marshal's tent", but at this time he lowered his trumpet and called himself "Song Kangwang sent a letter to Marshal Your Excellency".The same is true of the two letters he wrote in April and July.The Marshal's Office replied to his letter and invited him to surrender.At this time, Talan, Zongbi, Balisu, Ma Wu and others split up and went south.

Zongbi's army crossed the river to attack Jiankang and entered Hangzhou. Zhao Gou entered the sea by boat. Ali, Puluhun and others traveled three hundred miles from Mingzhou to the sea, but they did not catch up with Zhao Gou.Zong Bi then returned to the army.Later, Zong Han wanted to appoint Xu Wen to plan to conquer the south of the Yangtze River, but Ruizong and Zong Bi did not agree with each other, so they gave up.Guide rebelled, and the capital ordered Daji to quell it.

In the tenth year of Tianhui (1132), Zong Han returned, Wanyan Cheng suffered a stroke and was bedridden, and the Crown Prince Pan Bo Ji Lie Xie (Gao) had also been dead for two years. Zong Pan regarded himself as the eldest son of Taizong, and Jin Taizong also No intention of standing up for others.Zong Han sought to establish the young Wanyan Aguda's grandson Hesa ​​(Wanyan Quan), because he was young and easy to control.So he discussed with his confidant Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Zongqian (the adoptive father of Heca), and they jointly spoke to Taizong, and they talked again and again.Taizong took this as his ancestral law, and Zonghan and others were all ministers, and they followed it, so they established a joint assassin as a proficient Banbo Jilie.Heshi was the later Jin Xizong.

Since then, Zong Han's influence in the Central Plains has further developed, and his strength can even compete with the imperial court.When Wanyan Sheng was alive, he tried to restrict and seize some powers of the Marshal's Mansion controlled by Zong Han.For example, in August of the 11th year of Tianhui, an edict was issued to seize the power to appoint officials in the Marshal's Mansion, and the imperial court selected notes instead.

In the first month of the 13th year of Tianhui (1135), Jin Xizong came to the throne. With the assistance of Wanyan Zongqian and others, he abolished the imperial court's Bojilie system and changed to the three-province system to take over the military power of Yi Zonghan's faction.

Zong Han was removed from the post of You Bo Ji Lie and the Marshal of the capital, and served as the Taibao, Shangshuling, and leader of the three provinces. He was named the king of Jin and ranked under Zongpan and Zonggan.

Wanyan Xiyin was dismissed from the post of Marshal Right Supervisor, and was reassigned as Minister Zuo Prime Minister and Attendant.Gao Qingyi was removed from Xijing's left-behind position and changed to Shangshu Zuocheng.Xiao Qing was dismissed from his position as Yin in Pingyang and changed to Youcheng, Shangshu.As for Han Qixian, he was called to Beijing in the Taizong Dynasty and served as the right prime minister of Shangshu.At this point, Zong Han and his confidants lost their military power and left the North China region they controlled, completely emptying themselves.

Two years later, Jin Xizong beheaded Gao Qingyi for corruption and implicated many of Zonghan's cronies.Zong Han, who was irritable by nature, sat by and watched his confidantes be killed, powerless, and died of anger in less than a month at the age of 58.After his death, except for Han Qixian, his confidants, Wanyan Xiyin and others were dismissed from office and killed one after another.

Zong Han was regarded as the first hero in the founding of the country by the monarchs of the Jin Dynasty. After his death, Xizong named him King of Zhou and Song Dynasty, King Hailing named him King of Jinyuan County, Shizong changed him to King Qin, and reburied Sagai and Zonghan. Han is twenty miles southwest of the imperial mausoleum.

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