In the 13th year of the Qingli reign of the Song Dynasty and the 7th year of the Xianyong reign of the Liao Dynasty, in August of autumn, on the banks of the Dafu River southwest of Changchun Prefecture, Huanglongfu of the Liao Dynasty.
Wanyan Wugunai was riding on a warhorse. In the distance, on the south bank of the Dafu River, there were countless Liao people who had been defeated. In front of him and around him were Jurchen warriors who were as surging as waves.
He was watching from a small hill about two or three meters high, slightly in the middle of the battlefield. Under his command, the Liao people suffered an unprecedented defeat.
After this battle, the Liao people no longer had the ability to compete with him in the wild, and even after one battle, the Khitan people might only end up destroyed.
"My lord, the Liao dogs have already rolled out of Liaodong. We can continue to penetrate their hinterland and completely wipe them out."
General Wanyan Qialu came back on horseback, wearing thick armor and holding a bloody mace.
"Father, are we still chasing?"
Another war horse came back, and it was a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old named Wanyan Hezhe. He was the eldest son of Wanyan Wugunai and the elder brother of Wanyan Helibo, the founder of the Jin Dynasty.
Wanyan Wugunai was still sitting on his warhorse, gazing deeply into the distance, without answering his son and subordinates.
He is only 33 years old this year. He gave birth to his eldest son Wanyan Hezhe at the age of 16, and his second son Yan Helibo at the age of 18. At the age of 20, he conspired with his mother to kill his younger brother Wanyan Wuguchu, and since then he has become the only heir of the Wanyan tribe.
After the death of his father Wanyan Shilu, he took control of the entire tribe.
In the following period, Wanyan Ugunai betrayed the Jurchen tribes, became an enemy of his own nation, and was willing to be a lackey of the Liao Kingdom, taking the opportunity to make his own tribe stronger.
Then he plotted to kill Wanyan Shixian, his enemy who had killed his father, and conquered many Jurchen tribes. Finally, in the seventh year of the Qingli period, the Liao Kingdom suffered a crushing defeat and lost the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which was the second year after that, in the eighth year of the Qingli period, he launched a rebellion.
Because the Liao Dynasty was unpopular, he used the Liao Dynasty's influence to make the Wanyan tribe the most powerful among the Jurchen tribes. Therefore, Wanyan Wugunai quickly persuaded the other Jurchen tribes that Wanyan Wugunai had surrendered to the Liao Dynasty in order to develop their tribes' strength and wait for the right time to rebel against the Liao Dynasty.
As a result, under such rhetoric, the uneducated Jurchen tribes quickly accepted Wanyan Ugunai's statement. They unanimously decided to form an alliance, nominate Wanyan Ugunai as the king, and lead the Jurchen tribes to resist the Liao Dynasty.
So in the next five years, Wanyan Ugunai rebelled against and surrendered to the Liao Kingdom, constantly testing the bottom line of the Liao Kingdom, while also trying his best to strengthen the strength of the Jurchen tribe.
He bought all kinds of weapons, armor and cold weapons from the Song Dynasty, and bribed the Liao Dynasty's dignitaries with a large sum of money to obtain a lot of firearms.
Because the Song Dynasty had very strict control over firearms, all the old-fashioned firearms were confiscated and transported to Bianliang, and they had no channels to purchase new firearms on a large scale.
Even though there is always a brave man under a large sum of money, it is still easy to find fearless officers or soldiers from the Song border army to purchase some new rifles. However, those few guns cannot affect the war situation at all, and they do not have the ability to imitate them.
Therefore, Wanyan Wugunai was very smart and did not have any bad ideas about the new firearms of the Song Dynasty, but instead targeted the grenades and artillery of the Liao Dynasty.
These weapons did not require high technical content and did not require industrialization. All he needed was the ability to produce wrought iron and the formula for gunpowder. He then hired skilled Han craftsmen from Liaoyang at a high price, and he quickly made a lot of grenades and cannons.
At this time, Wanyan Ugunai finally had the strength and confidence to overthrow the Liao Kingdom, and officially began his rebellion last year.
The Liao people originally wanted to raise a dog to help guard the sheep pen, but they didn't expect it to become a wolf. The high regard they had for Wanyan Wugunai eventually backfired.
"Bang the gong, call the soldiers back!"
Wanyan Wugunai said.
"My lord, are you not going to chase me anymore?"
Wanyan Qialu went up and wondered, "Perhaps we can take this opportunity to capture Shangjing. Even if we don't attack Shangjing, it would be good to capture Ningzhou."
"Retreat back to Changchun Prefecture!"
Wanyan Wugunai said seriously.
"Forehead"
Wanyan Qialu went straight up and hesitated.
But the soldiers nearby had already started to call back their troops.
Soon, the soldiers of the Wanyan tribes began to move closer and eventually returned to the rear.
The leaders and generals of each tribe were puzzled for a moment. Now was a good time to hunt them down, so why did they suddenly retreat?
So they all ran to Wanyan Wugunai to inquire about the situation.
However, Wanyan Ugunai did not explain immediately. Instead, he ordered all tribes to retreat to Changchun Prefecture first, and then convened a meeting of tribal leaders in Changchun Prefecture.
Although the tribal leaders had doubts at the moment, they had no choice but to do as they were told.
This place is not far from Changchun Prefecture. They captured Changchun in May and took this opportunity to cut off the connection between Linhuang Prefecture and Huanglong Prefecture, bringing Huanglong Prefecture under the rule of Wanyan Wugunai.
Yelu Chongyuan was horrified and had no choice but to send a large army to encircle and suppress the Liao army. However, Wanyan Ugunai set an ambush along the way and defeated the Liao army on the banks of the Dafu River less than 30 miles away from Changchun.
Therefore, Changchun has become Wanyan Wugunai's territory.
By the afternoon, the army returned to Changchun, and the soldiers went back to their camps to rest. Wanyan Ugunai summoned the leaders of various tribes to hold a meeting at the general's camp in Tahucheng, Changchun Prefecture, the original base of the Shaoyang Army.
The people present at the meeting included the generals of the Wanyan tribes.
There were also many tribal leaders and generals such as the Wendihen, Wule, Tudan, Wulinda, Shuhu, Pushan and Ugun tribes.
The number of people reached more than 30, which can be said to have gathered the main forces of the major Jurchen tribes.
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