The Jurchen tribes were mainly divided into two camps: pro-Liao and anti-Liao. Wanyan Ugunai was the leader of the pro-Liao camp, and Shi Xian was the leader of the anti-Liao camp.
The anti-Liao camp was very powerful because the Jurchen tribes were unrestrained and did not want to be enslaved by the Liao Kingdom. Therefore, facing years of extortion from the Liao Kingdom, they had been resisting continuously and various uprisings had occurred frequently.
However, the Liao Dynasty's military strength has been strengthened in recent years. Except for the Jurchens, many other ethnic groups, such as the Mongols, Bohais, and Shiwei, who rebelled, were quickly put down by the Liao people. Therefore, the Jurchens were still full of awe for the powerful Liao Dynasty.
With Yelu Zongzhen coming in person this time, and Wanyan Ugunai sowing discord among them, many Jurchen tribes thought that as long as Shi Xian went over to explain and find a random excuse, they should be able to get away with it.
So everyone agreed to let Shi Xian go to Shenyang Prefecture to meet Yelu Zongzhen in person. After all, the people who went to Liao were not the chiefs of the tribes, and had nothing to do with them. It would rather die than let my fellow Taoist die.
Although Shi Xian didn't want to agree, he was unable to do anything on his own since everyone agreed. He thought that since he was only blocking the eagle's route and not openly rebelling, the Liao Kingdom would not do anything to him.
But what Shi Xian never expected was that as soon as he arrived in Shenyang Prefecture, he was immediately captured and then exiled to Mongolia in the northwest of the Liao Kingdom, and disappeared without a trace since then.
As soon as he disappeared, the Wulinda tribe was leaderless. The Liao Kingdom appointed Wanyan Wugunai as the governor of the Jurchen tribe. His position was higher than that of Datiyin. Even in the Liao Kingdom, he was a powerful official. Wanyan Wugunai took the opportunity to annex the Wulinda tribe.
The Jurchen tribes immediately realized that Shi Xian was being plotted against by Wanyan Ugunai. They were outraged and full of contempt for his blatant betrayal of the Jurchen tribe and his own nation.
But no matter what, this was already an established fact. The tribes did not dare to become enemies with the Liao Kingdom and could only accept it with a pinch of their noses.
Amidst this chaos, the Liao Kingdom reorganized its troops and in August, it recruited a number of soldiers from the Wanyan tribes. Led by Wanyan Ugunai, they officially marched south and began to approach Goryeo.
(End of this chapter)
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