Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 215

Brother Yeluxiu, the general under Abaoji,

Brother Yeluxiu (?—998), a famous general of the Liao Dynasty.The word Xunning, Khitan nationality.Military strategist, clan, official to Yuyue in Liao Kingdom, named King of Song Dynasty.Grandson of Sui King Yelu Shilu, son of Nanyuan Yili Su Yelu Wansi.In the first year of Qianheng (979), the Song army besieged Nanjing (i.e. Youzhou), and asked to lead an army to rescue them. The troops of the Sixth Academy split up and attacked together, defeating the Song army at the Gaoliang River and breaking the siege of Nanjing.In the same year, Han Kuangsi, the governor of the capital, attacked Song Mancheng, saw through the attempt of the Song general to feign surrender, and persuaded Kuangsi to stand up for battle, but Kuangsi refused to listen, and was defeated.

Brother Yeluxiu attacked with the whole army, repelled the Song army, and awarded the king of Beiyuan with his meritorious service.In the second year of Qianheng (980), he attacked Song Dynasty from Liao Jingzong, led the vanguard to encircle Waqiaoguan, killed Song guard Zhang Shi, and sent reinforcements to Nanyi Shuinan after the defeat, and also awarded it to Yue.In the first year of Tonghe (983), he served as a left-bearer in Nanjing, in charge of military affairs in the south, persuading agriculture and mulberry, repairing military equipment, and governing the border.In the fourth year of Tonghe (986), the Song army attacked Liao in three routes, and Cao Bin's army on the east route approached Nanjing with 10 troops.

Before the reinforcements arrived, Brother Yeluxiu avoided the sharp edge of the enemy. He used the tactics of bluffing elites during the day and sending light cavalry to harass them at night.When Cao Bin's army attacked again, with the reinforcements of the Empress Dowager Chengtian Xiao Chuo, they defeated the Song army in the battle of Qigouguan and became the king of Song Dynasty with their meritorious service.At the end of the same year, he joined forces with the Queen Mother and wiped out tens of thousands of Song troops in the Battle of Junziguan.

In the seventh year of Tonghe (989), he fought with Song general Yin Jilun in Xuhe, north of the city, and was injured and defeated.Yeluxiuge was resourceful, well-predicted the enemy, and had outstanding military exploits. In his later years, he advocated resting the army and resting the people, and maintaining peace with the Song Dynasty.He died of illness in the 16th year of Tonghe (998).

Brother Yeluxiu had a public assistant when he was young.During the period of Emperor Muzong of Liao Dynasty, Wugu and Shiwei rebelled against the Liao Kingdom. Brother Yeluxiu followed Xiao Wo, the Prime Minister of Beifu, to fight against Wugu and Shiwei, and the rebels returned.In 968 A.D. (the last year of Emperor Muzong Yingli in Liao Dynasty), he was promoted to Tiyin.

In 979 A.D. (the first year of Emperor Jingzong Qianheng), the Song army conquered Liao in the north, and Nanjing (now Beijing) was besieged.Jingzong ordered Yeluxiu to lead the army of the Fifth Academy to rescue Nanjing and resist the Song army.So Brother Xiu led his army to Gaoliang River, and met Song Dajun led by Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty.Brother Yeluxiu and Yelu Xiezhen split into two groups to attack the Song army. The Song army was defeated with many casualties.Brother Yeluxiu also suffered from three wounds.The next morning, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi fled to the south. Brother Yeluxiu was unable to ride a horse due to injury, so he led his soldiers in a light cart to chase him to Zhuozhou (now Zhuoxian County, Hebei Province), but he was unable to catch up and returned.

The victory of Gaoliang River was rewarded by Emperor Jingzong of Liao Dynasty. Brother Yeluxiu was known to Emperor Jingzong of Liao for his military exploits, and he has been in charge of the military power of Liao Kingdom since then.

In the winter of this year, Emperor Jingzong ordered Han Kuangsi and Yelusha to attack Song Dynasty to avenge the encirclement of Yan by Song soldiers last time.Brother Yeluxiu led his troops to fight in Mancheng with Han Kuangsi and Song soldiers.The battle will resume on the second day, and the Song people please surrender.Han Kuangsi believed it was true.Brother Xiu said: "The army is numerous, well-organized, and vigorous. They will not surrender. This is a trick to lure me. We should treat them strictly." Han Kuangsi refused to listen.So Brother Xiu led his troops to climb up to watch. After a while, the soldiers of Song Dynasty arrived, and the sound of military drums shook the sky and the earth, and all the soldiers came galloping.Han Kuangsi didn't know what to do in a hurry, and the Liao soldiers also abandoned their flags and fled.Brother Xiu hurriedly mobilized his troops to attack, and the Song soldiers retreated a little.When Emperor Jing heard about it, he ordered Brother Yeluxiu to lead the troops stationed in the south and become the king of the North Court.

In 979 A.D. (the second year of Qianheng), King Jingzong of Liao Dynasty attacked Song Dynasty, led the forward army to encircle Waqiaoguan (now Xiongxian County), killed the Song guard general Zhang Shi, and then defeated the Southern Song Dynasty reinforcements in Nanyi Shuinan, and the squadron returned to It was awarded to Yue in the future.

In 983 A.D. (the first year of Tonghe), he served as a left-behind in Nanjing, in charge of military affairs in the south, persuading agriculture and mulberry, repairing military equipment, and governing the border.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have always been a heart disease of the two emperors Taizu and Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty. They always wanted to take it back from the Khitan people by force.In January 986 AD, Song Taizong once again decided to send troops to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.This time, the Song army launched an attack in three groups. The commanders of the three armies were all famous generals at that time.

Song Taizong's strategic intention was to launch a three-pronged attack. Cao Bin's troops stationed in Xiongzhou and Bazhou, carried out a feint, prudently and slowly, and claimed to take Youzhou, so as to attract the main force of the Khitan army to the east, so that they would have no time to look west and protect the central area. , the west route captured the states behind the mountains, and finally united the three armies to capture Youzhou.

Three Song armies set off one after another. Due to strict confidentiality measures, the Liao State did not receive the news until March 3 of the same year.In response to the pressing situation of the Song Army's three armies pressing down on the border, Xiao Chuo, the Queen Mother of Chengtian who was shrewd and good at using troops, adopted various countermeasures and decided to concentrate superior forces to deal with the most threatening Song East Route Army first, look for opportunities to annihilate it, and then transfer its forces to deal with the stronger forces. The weak Song Army of the Second Route of China and the West.Therefore, Xiao Chuo, the Empress Dowager of Chengtian, ordered Brother Yelu Xiu to lead the army to deal with Cao Bin's tribe of the Song Army on the east route first; he sent General Yelu Xiezhen to lead his army to reinforce the states and deal with the Song Army's Tian Chongjin Division on the middle route and Pan Mei's tribe on the west route; Empress Dowager Xiao He and Liao Shengzong then personally led tens of thousands of fine cavalry south to fight.

At the beginning of March, the Song army began to attack. The Song army on the East Road defeated the Liao army in a row and captured Qigouguan (now East Laishui, Hebei) and other cities in Liao.Yeluxiu, the general guard of Nanjing (i.e. Youzhou) in the Liao Kingdom, knew he was outnumbered before the reinforcements arrived, so he avoided competing with the Song army. Its food road exhausted the Song army.After Cao Bin's Song army occupied Zhuozhou for only more than 3 days, they withdrew to Baigou (now northeast of Rongcheng, Hebei) because of insufficient food and grass.Tian Zhongjin, the Central Route Army, defeated the Liao army at Feihukou, captured the Liao general Dapeng Yi, and captured many cities.The U.S. army in Xilupan also defeated the Liao army and captured many cities successively.

At this time, Song Taizong believed that the retreat of the Song army under Cao Bin was a major mistake, and strictly ordered Cao Bin to lead the army to march along the Baigou River, raise troops and livestock, and wait for the opportunity to advance northward.Cao Bin's generals heard that the Chinese and Western Route Army had won many battles in Kezhou County, so they were eager to seek merit and all advocated going to war.Cao Bin listened to the opinions of the generals, and after replenishing food, he led his army north across the Baigou River to confront Yeluxiu's army.The Song army formed a square formation, marched on both sides of the trench, and marched towards Zhuozhou.Brother Yeluxiu blocked the Song army on the east road with a force, causing the Song army to march and fight at the same time, and the action was slow, and it took 100 days to walk 20 miles.Due to the lack of water on the way, Cao Bin's Song army was destitute.

After arriving in Zhuozhou, Cao Bin learned that Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong had led an army 50 miles east of Zhuozhou, and they were about to join forces with Yeluxiu's army to attack the Song army on the east road.Therefore, Cao Bin ordered Lu Bin to lead the people in the city to retreat to the south first, and personally led the main force to cut off the rear.After discovering that the Song Army was retreating, Brother Yeluxiu quickly seized the opportunity and immediately led the Jingqi to launch a pursuit.

At that time, it was raining heavily, and the retreating Song army trudged through the mud, their morale was low, and the generals were unable to control them. In early May, Yeluxiu's cavalry caught up with the fleeing Song army at Qigou Pass. This exhausted army collapsed in an instant. Cao Bin led the defeated army to rush across the Juma River overnight. When others drowned in the river, the remnants of the Song army fled to the south bank of Yishui, and were overtaken by Yeluxiu's cavalry. Tens of thousands of people died before and after.

Song Taizong was shocked when he heard the news of the disastrous defeat of the Song Army on the East Route, and urgently ordered the Army of the Middle Route to retreat to Dingzhou, and the Army of the West Route to retreat to Daizhou.Subsequently, the Liao army quickly launched an attack on the Song army on the middle and west roads.As a result, the Song Army on the Central Road retreated without a fight, leaving only the Song Army on the West Road led by Pan Mei and Yang Ye hanging behind the enemy, and the situation was critical.Wang You, the supervisor of the Songxi Route Army, ordered Yang Ye to lead his troops to attack in the case of a huge disparity in troop strength.Yang Ye originally did not agree to go deep into the army alone, but Wang You, the supervisor of the army, ridiculed Yang Ye and said: "You are known as invincible. Now that you see the enemy teasing you and don't fight, do you have other ambitions?" Yang Ye was forced to lead his troops into battle. As a result The entire army was wiped out.Yang Ye himself was also captured by the Liao army after being seriously injured, and died of a hunger strike for 3 days.So far, Song Sanlu's army has all been defeated, and the prefectures and counties taken have been lost again.

After the Song army suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Qigou Pass, the Northern Song regime completely lost its strategic offensive capabilities and was forced to shift to strategic defense.Brother Yelvxiu was granted the title of King of Song Dynasty for his meritorious service.At the end of the same year, he joined forces with the Queen Mother and wiped out tens of thousands of Song troops in the Battle of Junziguan.

In the winter of 988 AD (the sixth year of Tonghe), Yeluxiu led the Liao army to invade southward, conquered Zhuozhou, and fell into the mouth of the Great Wall.Li Jilong led the troops north to reinforce and lost to brother Yeluxiu, and the Song army retreated to Beiping village.Brother Yeluxiu led [-] fine riders and continued southward, trapped the city, and went southward to Qizhou.Li Jilong went to the battle again, and after encountering the enemy on the road, he gained a lot, and finally surrendered to Tanghe according to Song Taizong's order.Brother Yeluxiu led his elite cavalry straight to Tanghe.On the one hand, Li Jilong recruited Guo Shouwen from the capital of Zhenzhou to deploy Guo Shouwen as reinforcements, and on the other hand, he set up [-] ambush soldiers on the north bank to prepare for a sneak attack from behind.

Brother Yeluxiu soon discovered the ambush of the Song army, and he first attacked the ambush of the Song army.Seeing that the situation had changed, Li Jilong immediately ordered Jing Si to go to the rescue. Jing Si entered the siege to rescue the ambush soldiers, quickly retreated to the river, divided the army into three formations, and resisted against the water.General Yeluxiu of the Liao Dynasty personally led the main force of the cavalry to the beacon tower to seek battle, and then charged with all his strength.The brave general Jing Si resisted tenaciously. After several rounds of fighting, Jing Si's army could not resist the enemy and retreated to the south bank to join Li Jilong's main force.Seeing the situation, the Liao army quickly killed across the river bridge.

Li Jilong ordered Tian Min to lead hundreds of his Jingsai cavalry to the front of the battle. Tian Min lived up to expectations and led the cavalry to "break the front and enter first."Li Jilong, Jing Si, and Guo Shouwen took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. The Liao army was defeated and corpses were everywhere. The Song army pursued all the way to the city, beheading [-] people and capturing [-] horses. Brother Yeluxiu suffered his first defeat.

In 989 AD (the seventh year of Tonghe), Yeluxiu led [-] cavalry to invade the south again, aiming to cut off the supplies of the Welu army.There was a fierce debate within the Song Dynasty, and some people suggested that the Weilu Army should be abandoned.Li Jilong objected. He summoned tens of thousands of elites from Zhen, Ding, and Gaoyangguan, and resolutely set off to transport grain. After crossing the Xu River on the way home, he was chased by Brother Yeluxiu.Li Jilong sent Yin Jilun, a general under his command, to sneak into the back of the Liao army.In the early morning, Yin Jilun took advantage of Brother Yeluxiu's unpreparedness and suddenly attacked the Liao army from behind. The Liao army was eating and couldn't be prepared, and suddenly fell into chaos.Yin Jilun entered the headquarters of the Liao army. Brother Yeluxiu was eating at this time. Seeing this situation, he dropped his chopsticks and was cut by short soldiers and injured his arm. He was seriously injured and retreated in embarrassment.

But after all, the Liao army had a large number of people and quickly organized a counterattack. Yin Jilun gradually couldn't support it and retreated continuously.At this moment, Li Jilong and generals Wang Gao and Fan Tingzhao led troops to reinforce.According to the "History of the Song Dynasty", the defeat of the Liao army "killed one of its generals, Pi Shi. The Khitan Prime Minister and the Khitan soldiers were defeated, and the soldiers were crushed and killed countless people." The Song army pursued for dozens of miles, and the Liao army was in Caohe was ambushed by Song Army Kong Shouzheng, and suffered many casualties.

In the same year, the Song Dynasty sent Liu Tingrang and others to attack Yizhou when the water rose in summer.The Liao guard general in Yizhou was quite afraid.Brother Yelvxiu led his elite troops to fight north of Shahe River, killing and wounding tens of thousands of Song soldiers, and gained an incalculable amount of baggage, all of which were presented to the court.Empress Dowager Xiao rewarded brother Xiu for his merits, and ordered that he would be exempted from worship and no need to be named after entering the court.From then on, Song soldiers did not dare to send troops to invade the north again.

In 998 AD (the 16th year of Tonghe), Yeluxiu died.

Ye Luzhao: "A famous general in ancient times made great achievements in Anbian, but his virtue is not outstanding. Therefore, Xie Xuan broke Fu Jian's million with [-], Brother Xiu defeated Cao Bin with [-] with five teams, and he was able to die because of his kindness. power too."

Tuotuo's "History of Liao Dynasty": "Song took advantage of Taiyuan's sharp edge, surrounded Yan with his teachers, and sent Cao Bin, Yang Ye, etc. to fight separately. It is also two battles, and Liao is also in danger! Brother Xiu fought hard in the In Gaoliang, the enemy troops were defeated, fought again at Qigou Pass, and regained their old territory. Since the Song Dynasty, they no longer penetrate deeply, the country is solid and the border is peaceful. Although it is worthy of the famous ancient generals, it is worthy of it."

Wang Shizhen's "Wang Yanzhou Chonglun": "Uncle Yang's so-called benevolent people, but I read the history of Liao Dynasty, and thought that Brother Yeluxiu's filling Yan was better than uncle Ziyuan. Uncle filling Xiangyang, he forgot to take Wu for a day. The reason is encouraging He is benevolent. What Lao Tzu said is that if you want to take what you want, you must give it to you. Brother Xiu is also a fierce captive. Captives are greedy and like to kill, and they regard killing as benevolence and fighting as virtue. Thousands of people. The prestige of sudden victory at the table. To suppress the Song Dynasty. And none of the generals of the Song Dynasty can make a difference. Gu Du said to protect the environment and keep the people safe. Let all the subordinates be transformed. Don't take it lightly. Li Daosheng said that Mr. Hugh is benevolent and ashamed of China's bloodthirsty people."

Chu Ren obtained the "Jianhu Collection": "The history of the Liao Dynasty Yeluxiu was an official in Yue, and he defeated the Song teacher several times. The Song people did not dare to go north. At that time, the Song people wanted to stop their sons from crying. They were afraid that they would go too far. The children kept silent. .These people. The name can scare the sick. The graphics can cure ghosts and heal malaria. When they face the enemy in a decisive battle, they are invincible. Think about it.”

Cai Dongfan's "Romance of Song History": "Brother Yeluxiu, a good general of the Khitan, did not fail to make mistakes. Daizhou was earned by Zhang Qixian, and Xu He was defeated by Yin Jilun. It was Brother Xiu who was not really invincible. Generals, most of them are like He Lingtu, wanting to strive for merit without merit, boasting of talent without talent, dying at the present time, before he realizes it, he was slaughtered by Brother Xiu."

Zhang Shuangxi's "Chinese Military Encyclopedia Military History Volume": "Xiu God is resourceful, good at predicting the enemy, and has outstanding military exploits.

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