Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 229

Monk Wanyanchen is from Fengzhou. According to the genealogical relationship, he came from the grandson of King Xiao. His father, Wanyan Qige, participated in the war with the Song Dynasty in the sixth year of Zongtaihe in Jinzhang (1206), and taught Tongzhi the rank of the military with his military exploits.Later, the Southern Song Dynasty counterattacked the Jin Dynasty and occupied Jiezhou. Wanyan Qige died in a fierce battle, and died on the bank of the Jialing River.Monk Wanyan Chen grew up in the family of generals, and was deeply influenced by his father during his growth.

In the early years of Jin Xuanzong Zhenyou (1213), the Mongolian army invaded the Central Plains and plundered Fengzhou (the former site of Fengzhou is near Baita Village, about 20 kilometers southeast of Hohhot today). The Mongolian army took him captive, and the general of the Mongolian army liked him very much and kept him by his side.At this time, Monk Chen's mother was still living in Fengzhou, and was taken care of by his elder brother Wanyan Xilie.Monk Chen stayed in the north for more than a year, and asked to return home under the pretext of visiting his mother. The general of the Mongolian army sent soldiers to monitor him and arrived in Fengzhou together.Then Monk Chen and Xie Lie robbed and killed the guarding soldiers, took more than ten horses, and served their mother who fled south to Jin.Unexpectedly, they were discovered by the Mongolian soldiers, and they assembled the cavalry to chase them, and they changed to another direction to escape.The horse was lost on the way, and the mother was too old to walk, so they were carried on a human-powered cart. The two brothers dragged it together, walked south, crossed the Yellow River and returned to the Kingdom of Jin. Jin Xuanzong valued them very much. The hereditary official position was appointed as the capital. Monk Chen tried to be a guard, and soon he was transferred to Fengyu.

Ya Hao Literature and History
When Xie Lie went to Shouzhou and Sizhou Marshal's Mansion, he invited Monk Chen to go with him, and the imperial court appointed Monk Chen to prosecute Xuancha and wear a golden talisman.

Soon after, Wanyan Xilie took up the post of Marshal of Xingshou (now Fengtai, Anhui) and Si (now Northwest Xuyi, Jiangsu), and asked Monk Chen to go with him.Xie Lie respects the virtuous and corporal, and takes Taiyuan Wang Wo (named Zhongze) as his experience.Wang Wo's essays are discussed on a par with Leiyuan and Li Xianneng, famous scholars in the late Jin Dynasty, and are highly valued.Monk Chen is extremely intelligent and loves literature and history.When he served as a guard and lived in confinement, he had the reputation of being a scholar.Wang Wo taught him the "Book of Filial Piety", "The Analects of Confucius", "Spring and Autumn", and "Zuo Shi Zhuan", which fully understood their meaning.When there was nothing to do in the army, he would practice writing small characters under the window, like a poor scholar who looked down on all kinds of happiness in the world.

Sent to jail
In the second year of Zhengda (1225), Xie Lie was dismissed as commander-in-chief and replaced as general commander. Monk Chen followed his brother to guard Fangcheng (now Henan).He participated in or understood all the affairs in the army.When Xie Lie was ill, the lieutenant general Li Taihe and the Fangcheng garrison general Ge Yiweng fought each other and complained in front of Monk Chen.Ge Yiweng had a violent and fierce personality. He felt ashamed of accepting the cane with reason, and died depressed. His last words asked his wife to avenge him.His wife filed a complaint against Monk Chen, saying that Monk Chen violated other people's duties due to personal grievances and intentionally killed her husband. She appealed to Yushitai, Shangshusheng, and the near servant respectively, and piled up firewood in the south of Longjin Bridge, claiming that If Monk Chen's crimes were not punished, he would set himself on fire to apologize to his husband.

Therefore, Monk Chen was imprisoned. The Taiwanese admonishment officials suspected that he had been in the Imperial Guard and had military power. He must have been arbitrarily arbitrary and violated the national law.They reported this opinion to Jin Aizong, but due to insufficient evidence, they have not been able to make a decision.Monk Chen was in prison for eighteen months, gathering books to read, and dealing with it calmly.

In the third year of Zhengda (1226), Xie Lie recovered from his illness. Emperor Aizong of Jin ordered him to raise troops to guard the west. Is it because the lawsuit has not yet been resolved? Go ahead, I will pardon him now." However, because the officials of the Yushitai and the Remonstrance Council raised their opinions again, Jin Aizong did not dare to pardon him.

Soon, Xie Lie passed away.After Jin Aizong learned about it, he sent someone to pardon Chen Monk. Jin Aizong said: "A minister accused you of killing people out of personal grievances. Your elder brother died, and I lost a famous general. Now, because of your elder brother, I will pardon you in vain. Someone will definitely talk about me. From now on, you must work hard to build fame, and the country will receive your great support, and people in the world will always think that I am not arbitrarily pardoning you." Monk Chen cried and worshiped, and his sad mood moved everyone around him. , I couldn't even say a word of thanks.

Repeatedly broke Mongolia
Monk Chen served as the commander of the Ziwei Army.

In the fourth year of Zhengda (1227), he was transferred to the Zhongxiao Army to prosecute.The Loyalty and Filial Piety Army was composed of Huihe, Naiman, Qiang, Hun, and Central Plains people who had been captured and evaded crimes. The situation was complicated and difficult to control.Monk Chen governed well, and the loyal and filial soldiers bowed their heads and obeyed orders.In all the states and towns they passed, there was no crime in autumn, and there was no more noise from them in the streets and alleys. In every battle, they would be the first to fall into the battle, as fast as the wind and rain.

In the fifth year of Zhengda (1228), the Mongolian army attacked Dachangyuan (now southeast of Ningxian County, Gansu). The commander-in-chief Pingzhang Zhengshi Wanyan Heda asked who could be the forward, and Monk Chen responded.He has bathed and changed clothes, vowed to fight to the death, put on his armor and mounted his horse, and went away without looking back.On this day, Monk Chen led the Zhongxiao Army with [-] cavalry to fight, and defeated [-] Mongolian soldiers. The soldiers of the three armies participated in the battle bravely and won the victory of Dachangyuan. It has been more than [-] years since the Jinmeng War. Such a big victory for the first time.When reporting meritorious service to the imperial court, Monk Chen ranked first in terms of meritorious deeds. Jin Aizong personally issued an order to commend and encourage him.

Monk Chen and the Zhongxiao Army led by him are relied on by all the armies.

In the seventh year of Zhengda (1230), Shi Tianze, a ten thousand household in Zhending, Mongolia, led Hebei Mongolian and Han armies to besiege Weizhou (now Ji County, Henan). He led the loyal and filial army as the vanguard, defeated the Mongolian army, and relieved the siege of Weizhou.

In the eighth year of Zhengda (1231), the Mongolian Subotai tribe attacked Shaanxi and sent troops to Tongguan. He led the loyal and filial army to rescue him, defeated the Mongolian army, and chased him to Daohuigu (now southeast of Lantian, Shaanxi).In the four or five years after his release, Monk Chen made many military exploits, and he was even an official who insulted Zhonglang General.

Monk Chen is upright and upright. Although the deputy privy envoy Yicipua is the commander-in-chief of the Jin army, he has no long-term plan.He often led his troops to plunder people and livestock in nearby areas occupied by the Mongolian army, which made the soldiers exhausted, and no one in the army dared to dissuade them.Chen Monk said privately to his colleagues: "As a general, the deputy privy secretary Shi is engaged in robbing people's money. One day they capture 300 people, and tomorrow they get one or two thousand cattle and sheep, but they don't care about how many soldiers die from exhaustion. The accumulated troops will one day be completely lost by these people."

Someone told Pua these words. One day, Pua held a banquet and invited all the generals to drink. When the wine was poured to Monk Chen, Pua asked: "You once talked about me and said that the country's military strength will be completely lost by me. Is it true? Is something wrong?" Monk Chen finished his drink and said calmly, "Yes." Pua saw that he had no fear on his face, so he had to give up and said something decent: "I made a mistake, you should argue it to my face, not behind my back. .

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In the first year of Tianxing (1232), Wanyan Heda and Yicipua stationed in Dengzhou wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Mongolian army, but the Mongolian army commander Tuo Lei avoided the main force of the Jin army and split his way to Kaifeng.In the first month, Wanyan Heda and Yicipua led 2 cavalry and 13 infantry, and rushed from Dengzhou to Kaifeng. Monk Chen was also in the army.The Mongolian army adopted a flexible and changeable tactic of avoiding the reality and constantly inviting the Jin army to go north. The soldiers of the Jin army fought all the way and were exhausted.Entering Sanfeng Mountain in Junzhou (now southwest of Yuxian County, Henan Province), there was heavy snowfall. The sergeant had not eaten for three days, and stood stiff in the snow in armor, and his spear was as frozen as rafters.The Mongolian army took advantage of the opportunity to fully rest, and then attacked across the board, and the Jin army suffered heavy losses.In the end, the Mongolian army deliberately gave way to a road leading to Junzhou, let the Jin army go north, took advantage of the momentum to attack, and the entire Jin army was wiped out.Yicipua was captured, and Wanyan Heda and Wanyan Chen led hundreds of remnants of the Jin army and were defeated into Junzhou (now Yu County, Henan).

The Mongolian army invaded Junzhou. Monk Chen fought tenaciously with the sergeants and was finally captured.Monk Chen said to the Mongolian soldiers: "I am the general of the state of Jin. I want to see you generals to discuss matters." The Mongolian soldiers surrounded him with cavalry and came to the general's account.

The general asked his name, and Monk Chen said, "I am Monk Chen, the commander-in-chief of the Zhongxiao Army. I am the one who defeated Dachangyuan, I was the one who defeated Weizhou, and I was the one who defeated Dahuigu. If I die in the rebellion, people will I thought I had betrayed the country, and today I die clearly, there must be someone who understands me." At this moment, the general wanted to make him surrender, but Monk Chen would rather die than surrender, first chopped off his feet, broke his shin, and then cut him open from mouth to ear Monk Chen spurted blood and screamed until he died.I was 41 years old at the time.The general of the Mongolian army admired his loyalty and prayed with wine: "Good man, if you are born again in the future, let me have it."

In June of the same year, Emperor Aizong of the Jin Dynasty commended Monk Wanyan Chen for his loyalty and decree as a gift to the Jiedu Envoy of the Zhennan Army. A statue was erected in the Baozhong Temple, and a stone monument was carved to record his deeds.

Historical evaluation
"Golden History": Monk Chen is highly talented, elegant and good at literature and history.As a result, Wo gave the "Book of Filial Piety", "Primary School", "The Analects of Confucius", "Chunqiu Zuo's Biography", and they have a little understanding of their meanings.If there is nothing wrong in the army, there will be small letters written under the windows, like a man in poverty, who looks at the world with indifference.

"The Monument to the Death of Liang Zuo, the Jiedu Envoy of Zhennan Army": China has only raised one monk Chen's ear for more than a hundred years.

Yuan Haowen: The reason why your majesty is the imperial general and why Zhennan serves the country is that the monarch and his ministers can be worthy of the ages.

Liu Qi: Loyalty and bravery are famous.Tasted into the Northern Dynasty, died and returned, promoted Shuai Shousi, with great prestige.Good sex, the shogunate extends to literati.Changed to Captain Anping.Feeling angry and depressed, there is nothing to do, and he gets sick and dies.Liang Zuo, since his elder brother was in the army, was brave for a while, tried to kill people without authorization, and he would die.As the commander-in-chief of the Zhongxiao Army, he was promoted to the general of Zhonglang.Tianxing was changed to the Yuan Dynasty, and the northern soldiers entered Henan. Liang Zuo joined forces from Wanyan to fight against Juntai. The army was defeated and captured.Liangzuo loved scholars and bureaucrats, and Wang Wozhongze was in his brother's shogunate. Liangzuo followed him and learned Zhongze's books, which is very impressive.He also lectured on Confucian classics and studied non-stop. He was also a good general and brother for a while.

Hao Jing: Chen Hou is brave and brave, and he once fell deeply into the enemy.One night, the horse leaped back south, and the chasing horse was afraid of the prestige and dared not catch up.After entering the imperial court and being envoy again as a general, Ling Ge Xiao Ran was in awe.Zhengnan has always had a habit of age, and the courteous receptionist especially backed down.Knowing the enemy's situation, he has repeatedly offered advice, and often talks without feeling displeased.Worried about the secrets of the country, when I sit, I shake my legs, weep, and I am speechless, heavy with melancholy.Sanfeng lost and was arrested, Zhili was furious.Both of them are good at each other, and if they lose, they will die.At the end of his life, he shouted Miao Jilie, and the leopard died and left the skin today.Zhuangzai, there are no scholars in the country today, and once he dies, he wins and moves the assassination capital.

Li Dongyang: Who is your official?General Kim.What is your name?Monk Chen.Good man, know how to die.People who give birth to gold, ghosts who die from gold.The shin can be broken, the kiss can be split, and the seven-foot body is full of blood.The Jin people wept angrily, and the Yuan people boasted, wishing to come to my house again.Wow!It is not shameful to dress with the left lapel, as is the case with Yi and Di officials.

Zhang Lun: "At the end of the Jin Dynasty, there was Monk Wanyan Chen, who was a mighty general at one time. When Mongolia first entered the Central Plains, it won three battles and three victories, and the northern soldiers won the battle."

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"Golden History Biography No.60 One"

1. "Golden History": Monk Wanyan Chen, named Yi, styled Liangzuo, also written in small characters, from Fengzhou.It is the descendants of King Xiao.Father Qige, Taihe Nanzheng, taught the military of Tongzhi Jiezhou with meritorious service, and Fujiezhou of Song Dynasty. Qigege died in the battle of Jialing River.In Zhenyouzhong, Monk Chen was more than twenty years old and was plundered by northern soldiers. The commander loved him very much and put him under his tent.At that time, Monk Chen's mother was staying in Fengzhou, and she was very careful from her elder brother Anping Duwei Xie Lie.Monk Chen, who was over the age of Bei, entrusted his provincial mother to beg for her return.The commander-in-chief used the soldiers to supervise the most abundant, but he and Xie Lie robbed and killed the prisoners.Seizing the horse and following his mother to run southward, the soldiers realized that they rode together and chased him, and he was spared by another way.Then the horse was lost, and the old mother couldn't walk, so they carried a cart with antlers, and the brothers took the lead and crossed the river to the south.Xuanzong Qizhi.Xie Lie was awarded the capital by a world official, and Monk Chen tried to make up for the guard, and soon he was transferred to the imperial court.

2. "History of Gold": As for Xie Lie Xingshou and Marshal Si's affairs, Monk Chen followed him by himself, ordered him to serve as a prosecutor to prosecute, and wore a golden talisman.Xie Lie made Wang Wo of Taiyuan his experience.Wo Zizhong Ze, the article discussion is comparable to Lei Yuan and Li Xianneng, so he is a teacher and friend.Monk Chen is talented, elegant and good at literature and history, he considers himself a day of imperial guards, and is regarded as a scholar.As a result, Wo gave the "Book of Filial Piety", "Primary School", "The Analects of Confucius", "Chunqiu Zuo's Biography", and they have a little understanding of their meanings.If there is nothing wrong in the army, there will be small letters written under the windows, like a man in poverty, who looks at the world with indifference.

3. "Golden History": In the second year of Zhengda, Xie Lie was dismissed from the post of commander, for example, the commander-in-chief, Tunfang City.Monk Chen followed the past, and all the affairs of the brothers in the army were foreseen.When Xie Lie was ill, Li Taihe, who was in the army, fought with Ge Yiweng, a defense army in Fangcheng Town, and sued Monk Chen.Yi Wengsu was fierce, he was ashamed of reason and accepted the stick, and died in depression, leaving a message to his wife that he must report to Monk Chen.The wife sued Monk Chen for invading the government due to personal anger, so she killed her husband, and sued in Taiwan Province. She was a close attendant, and she accumulated salary in the south of Longjin Bridge.Therefore, Monk Chen was imprisoned.The discussants suspect that Monk Chen, who is too close to the ban and relies on the weight of the army, will violate the law arbitrarily and illegally, so it should be eradicated.It will not be decided for a long time.Monk Chen gathered books and read them in prison, and there are eight months in ten.Next year, Xie Lie recovered from his illness, and ordered his troops to go west and enter the court. Ai Zong blamed him for being so thin, and asked: "Qing Ning said that Fangcheng Prison is pending? You can do it, and I will pardon him now." If you have something to say, you dare not forgive me.Not long after, Xie Lie died.According to the above news, Shi Chi pardoned Monk Chen, saying: "There is a minister who killed you out of personal anger. When your brother died, I lost a general. Now, because of your brother, if you are pardoned by the law, there will be people in the world who will criticize me. In the future, You have worked hard to make a name for yourself, and the country has gained your power, so I will not be forgiven in vain." Monk Chen wept and bowed, his grief moved him, and he couldn't say a word of thanks.

4. He was commanded by the Ziwei Army in white collar, and transferred to the Zhongxiao Army for prosecution after a year.In five years, when the northern soldiers entered Dachangyuan, Pingzhang Heda asked who could be the vanguard, and Monk Chen responded.If you have already bathed and changed your clothes, if you are in a daze, you will not look back when you put on your armor and mount your horse.On that day, 20 riders defeated [-] people, and the soldiers of the three armies were eager to think about the battle. Gai had this victory since the [-]th year of Junxing.He was the first in meritorious service, handed down an edict of praise, awarded general Dingyuan, judge of Pingliang Prefecture, and hereditary strategy.A day of fame moves the world.The loyal and filial army, all Huihe, Naiman, Qiang, Hun, and the Central Plains were captured and escaped from crimes, and they were fierce and aggressive, and their numbers were difficult to control.Monk Chen is well-mannered, sitting, moving, advancing and retreating are all in the right order, and the prefectures and towns he passed by are not violated by the outside autumn. Heavy.In six years, there was a victory in Weizhou.In eight years, there is the victory of returning to the valley.Since the prisoner, he has been moved four or five times to be a general in the middle of the imperial court.The vice-pivot moved Rapua without a strategy of prudence. He tried to drive two hundred miles a day and night to make small profits. No one in the army dared to advise against it.Monk Chen privately said that Tong Lie said: "The deputy chief uses the general as a matter of plagiarism. Today he will have three hundred lives, and tomorrow he will have one or two thousand cattle and sheep. The death of soldiers will not be counted. The country has accumulated for several years. Once it is necessary This is for the people to destroy it all." Or tell Pua, one day, set up a wine party for all the generals to drink, and the wine went to Monk Chen, and Pua said: "You have detrimental to me, and you said that the country's military strength should be completely destroyed by me. Is there any sincerity?" Monk Chen finished drinking, Xu said, "Yes." Pu'a saw that he had no fear, and said in a pleasant way: "If there is a face-to-face discussion, there is no further words."

5. "Gift of the Zhennan Army Jiedu Envoy Liangzuo Monument": In June Yihai, the first year of Tianxing, Shangshu Zuo Chengchen was on the road, so he insulted Zhonglang General Chen Monk's death festival, and said: "The minister sent the mission to the end In Shuofang, there is a minister who said: "For more than a hundred years in China, there is only one monk Chen's ear." Begging for compliments is like a story, to persuade the world." After hearing about it, he ordered it to be given to the Jiedu envoy of the Zhennan Army.

6. "Golden History": In the first month of the ninth year, Sanfeng Mountain was defeated and went to Junzhou.The city is broken, and soldiers enter, that is, the vertical army fights in the street.Monk Chen tended to avoid a hidden place, and after a while of killing and plundering, he came out and said to himself, "I am a general of the Kingdom of Jin, and I want to see something for nothing."Asked his name, he said: "I am the leader of the loyal and filial army, Monk Chen. I am the winner of Dachangyuan, I am the winner of Weizhou, and I am the winner of Dahuigu. When I die in the army, people will say I am responsible for the country, and today I know death, there must be someone in the world who knows me." When he wanted to surrender, he chopped off his feet and shins and did not bend, his mouth was cut to the ear, and he bleeds and bleeds until he dies.The general Yizhi, who gave him a horse, wished: "Good man, if you are born again in the future, let me have it." At the age of 41.In June of that year, an imperial edict was given to the Jiedu envoy of the Zhennan Army, a statue to praise the Zhong Temple, and a stone to mark his loyalty.

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