Reborn Yue Feizhi returns my rivers and mountains

Yue Fei trained his sergeants every day in Tangyin County and accumulated experience in running the army. Not to mention it for now, but a major event happened in the court.

In the second year of Xuanhe, Emperor Huizong sent his envoy Zhao Liangsi to send gold again in the name of selling horses, and concluded an alliance with Jin to attack Liao. Since the alliance with Jin was still a secret on the surface at that time, the Song Dynasty did not use credentials, but Huizong's. The imperial pen personally wrote: "According to Yanjing and the prefecture and city under its jurisdiction, it was originally Han territory. If it is allowed to return to the old state, I will hand over the Jilai and Khitan silver silk to discuss it. Although I have no national trust, I will not lie."

Originally, Emperor Huizong planned to take back the hometown of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but because he was timid, he only mentioned the prefectures and cities under the jurisdiction of Yanjing and tied his own hands, which also left an excuse for the Jin Army to regret it later.

Speaking of this alliance, we have to mention the Liao Kingdom. This Liao Kingdom was originally founded by the Khitan people in the north. It first became famous during the Eastern and Western Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties. Its people lived in pursuit of water and grass, and they were typical northern nomads.Later, as their power gradually grew, they continued to invade the south, causing countless traumas to the people of the Central Plains.

However, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan people had been suppressed by various ethnic groups in the Central Plains and found it difficult to resist until the appearance of Yelu Abaoji, the Taizu of the Liao Dynasty.This man was both civil and military. He took advantage of the rise of heroes at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the endless wars in the Central Plains to unify the tribal alliance and became the khan of the Khitan tribes.In the end, he was honored by his ministers as the Great Sage and Emperor of Tomorrow, also known as the Taizu of the Liao Dynasty in history. Yelu Abaoji had the desire to conquer the South throughout his life, but he died of illness on his way back from the Eastern Expedition to the Bohai Kingdom.

After that, several generations of emperors inherited the wishes of Taizu of the Liao Dynasty and invaded the Central Plains several times. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Central Plains countries were divided into separate countries. They continued to develop and became a decisive force in the north.However, as the country's national strength grew stronger, large-scale corruption and rebellion also occurred within the Liao Kingdom, which made the Liao Kingdom almost fall apart.

After Chai Rong, Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, succeeded to the throne, he worked hard to govern and was committed to the great cause of unification, and established the ambition of "expanding the world in ten years, raising the people in ten years, and achieving peace in ten years."During his reign, he reorganized the army and trained soldiers, eliminated redundant and weak people, recruited exiles, reduced taxes, and revised rituals, music, systems, and criminal laws. This made the politics of the later Zhou Dynasty clear and the people prosperous, and the economy of the Central Plains region began to recover.

The Liao Kingdom felt threatened by the increasingly powerful Later Zhou Dynasty, so it united with the Southern Tang and Northern Han Dynasties to fight against the Later Zhou Dynasty.However, the later Zhou Dynasty was unmoved, and Chai Rong personally led the troops to launch the Northern Expedition. The generals of the Liao Kingdom were dismayed, and the then emperor Liao Muzong once intended to abandon the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.Unfortunately, when Zhou Shizong wanted to make a big move and take Youzhou directly, he returned south due to serious illness. After Mozhou and Yingzhou returned, Zhou took possession of them, but the Liao army strengthened its defense and did not dare to go south.

After Mu Zong was killed, Liao Jingzong succeeded to the throne. This man was also a heroic leader of the Liao Kingdom. He recuperated internally and only aided the Northern Han Dynasty externally.At this time, the Northern Song Dynasty was fighting in the south and north, and had no time to take care of other things, which also gave the Liao Kingdom an opportunity to develop.

Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, attacked and destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, intending to take the opportunity to recapture Youzhou, so he officially started a war with the Liao Dynasty. At this time, the Liao Kingdom was no longer the nomadic Khitan tribe of the past. Facing the offensive of the Northern Song Dynasty, it also showed its fangs. .At that time, the Liao State sent famous generals such as Yelu Sha, Yelu Xiuge, and Yelu Xiezhen to lead their troops to fight the Song Army in the Gaoliang River and successfully defeated the Song Army. Song Taizong was defeated. Even he was wounded by an arrow and fled back in a hurry.Unwilling to accept this defeat, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty organized another Northern Expedition, but was still defeated by the Liao State. From then on, the Northern Song Dynasty began to take a defensive position against the Liao State and was unable to make any further progress.

After Jingzong died of illness, Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and his mother, Queen Mother Xiao, came to serve as regent. She was also a strong woman of the generation. During Song Taizong's second Northern Expedition, she personally led the army and supervised the battle, and defeated the Song army Cao Bin's army at Qigou Pass. After crossing the Juma River all night, countless people drowned.The remaining troops fled to Gaoyang, and were attacked and attacked by the Liao army. Tens of thousands of them died, and discarded armor piled up like mountains.Then the Song army was besieged in Lianglang Mountain, causing Yang Ye, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty, to die for his country.Empress Dowager Xiao also ordered Yang Ye's head to be cut off, put into a box, and sent to various border areas.The morale of the Liao army was greatly boosted, but the defenders of the Song Dynasty were severely hit. They lost confidence before facing the enemy and were unable to hold on to the land they had won. The Liao Kingdom successfully recovered all its territory and entered its heyday.

In order to prevent Goryeo from forming an alliance with the Northern Song Dynasty and threatening the eastern part of the Liao Kingdom, the Liao State launched the Goryeo-Khitan War and the Eastern Expedition to surrender Goryeo.After resolving the threat from Goryeo, the Liao Kingdom wanted to further resolve the long-term confrontation between the Liao and Song Dynasties and prevent the Khitan nobles from threatening the imperial power.Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong personally led an army deep into the Song Dynasty. At that time, Song Zhenzong was afraid of the enemy and wanted to move the capital to the south. However, Prime Minister Kou Zhun insisted and went to Chanzhou to supervise the war.The Song army's morale was greatly boosted when they saw the imperial commander marching in person, and they defeated the Liao army's forward in one fell swoop.The Liao army was afraid of being attacked from both sides and proposed a peace treaty.Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, who advocated peace, concluded the Chanyuan Alliance with the Liao Dynasty. It was agreed that the Song Dynasty would give the Liao 10 taels of silver and 20 bolts of silk every year. More than a hundred years.Later, Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty formed a close alliance with the Xixia Dynasty, and the Xixia Dynasty also vacillated between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty in order to survive, thus forming a situation in which the three dynasties of the Liao, Song, and Xia Dynasties were at odds with each other.

During the period of Emperor Weizong, because of the peace of the Liao Kingdom for more than a hundred years, several emperors were arrogant and extravagant. Until Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty went to Chunzhou to summon the chiefs of the nearby Jurchen tribe to come to court. After getting drunk during the banquet, he ordered the chiefs to dance for him. Only Wanyan Agu refused.From then on, Wanyan Aguda was at odds with the Liao Kingdom, stopped obeying the imperial edict, and began to use troops against the Jurchen tribes who disobeyed him.

In the fourth year of Zhenghe's reign in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wanyan Aguda officially launched an army to rebel against the Liao Dynasty.At first Emperor Tianzuo did not regard Wanyan Aguda as a major threat, but all the troops he sent to suppress Wanyan Aguda were defeated.In the fifth year of Zhenghe in the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Tianzuo ordered a personal expedition in order to deal with the Jurchen threat. However, the Liao army was defeated everywhere by the Jurchen army.At the same time, a rebellion also broke out within the Liao Kingdom. Although the rebellion was quickly put down, it divided the Liao Dynasty.In the same year, Wanyan Aguda proclaimed himself the emperor and founded the country. The country was named Dajin, the reign was named Suzhou, and the capital city was settled in Ning.In the autumn of the same year, the Jin army captured Huanglong Mansion in the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom suffered a serious blow.Later, Wanyan Aguda took advantage of the Bohai State's rebellion and self-reliance to occupy Liaodong and Shenzhou.

At this time, Song Huizong, Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others believed that the Liao was imminent and the Jin would replace it, so they decided to join forces with the Jin to attack the Liao, not only to show peace with the Jin, but also to regain the Yanyun Sixteenth State that had been ceded to the Jin for 200 years. State land.

In the first year of Zhenghe, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty sent Tong Guan as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom to inquire about the internal situation of Daliao.Ma Zhi, a native of the Liao Dynasty, paid a visit to Tong Guan at night to offer him strategies for destroying the Liao Dynasty. Tong Guan took him seriously and asked Ma Zhi to return.After the founding of the Jin Kingdom, Ma Zhi immediately secretly submitted a letter to Song Xiongzhou, the magistrate of Song Dynasty, clearly expressing his intention to vote for Song Dynasty. He said in the letter: "Recently, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Dynasty has rejected Zhongliang, citing the small group, the invasion of Jurchens, and the rise of thieves. The people are in ruins and the clan is in danger. Although I am ignorant, I foresee that the Liao Kingdom will perish." The secret letter was quickly sent to the capital. Seeing that this person was available, Huizong ordered him to be secretly brought into the country and summoned in person.

Ma Zhi met Song Huizong and offered advice: "The Liao Kingdom will undoubtedly perish. This dynasty can send envoys across the sea to make friends with the Jurchens and make an appointment with them to jointly plan for the Liao Dynasty. If the Jurchens succeed, they will strike first, and this dynasty will strike later. If you control others, things will not work out." Huizong was overjoyed when he heard this and gave Ma Zhi the name Li Liangsi, and later gave him the surname Zhao.

"The second volume starts from here. It mainly tells the story before and after the Jingkang scandal. This chapter is a bit boring, but because it involves the background of the entire story later, I have to write it. Please bear with me for the time being."