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Liangshan, Juyi Hall!

Zhang Zhengdao sat at the main seat and listened to Zhu Fu's report on the developments in Jeju Prefecture.

"Master of the village, the governor of Jeju seems to want to send troops to attack the village, and is currently recruiting ships." Zhu Fu said.

Zhang Zhengdao asked: "Have you ever found out how many soldiers and horses have been mobilized and who is leading them?"

Zhu Fu replied: "I heard that Huang An, the Jeju regiment training envoy, has taken charge and has mobilized more than 2,000 troops."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "The governor of Jeju underestimated the strength of my cottage."

Now Liangshan's three armies, infantry and horse, total more than 7,000 people. Even if the Jeju government sends more than 10,000 officers and soldiers to conquer, it will be difficult to conquer Liangshan.

The leaders sitting in the hall also laughed when they heard this.

While he was talking, he saw a young man running in and reporting: "The leader of the village, Ruan Xiaoertou has led back to the mountain."

Zhang Zhengdao showed joy and stood up and said: "Brothers, come with me to greet Brother Ruan."

It has been nearly a month since the four ships from Liangshan carried the first batch of immigrants to sea. There has been no news. Although Zhang Zhengdao was worried, he had no choice but to sit in the village.

Wait patiently.

Everyone left the Juyi Hall, and at the second level, they met Ruan Xiaoer, the "Li Di Tai Sui" who was returning to Liangshan Dazhai.

The man shouted: "Fortunately, the leader of the village has lived up to his command, Tamna... No, it's Jeju Island, it's been captured."

Zhang Zhengdao said with great joy: "Second Brother Ruan, come to Juyi Hall quickly and tell us the specific situation."

Everyone did not bother to reminisce about the past, so they returned to the Juyi Hall.

After all the leaders were seated, Ruan Xiaoer clasped his fists and said: "Captain, there were only 200 Korean defenders on Jeju Island, and they were all captured and killed by the Hanshan Army that night."

"In addition, we acquired another horse farm and captured a thousand fine horses. This time, I brought back a total of 500 horses." Ruan Xiaoer laughed.

Zhang Zhengdao asked in confusion: "How many locals are there on the island? How come there are only 200 Korean troops stationed on the island?"

Ruan Xiaoer replied: "The village owner doesn't know something. There are only more than 5,000 local people on the island. Most of them are old and weak women and children, but there are only a few middle-aged men."

"Why?" Zhang Zhengdao was puzzled. It stands to reason that although Tamluo Island is small, it does not have such a small population.

Ruan Xiaoer replied: "At first, Military Advisor Wen also thought it was strange. Later, he severely interrogated the Korean general guarding the island, and only then did he know the reason."

"It turns out that in the winter five years ago, the Koryo Kingdom mobilized an army of 170,000 troops to attack the Jurchens. They attacked a place called Lalandang bordering the Jurchens, expanded the land for more than 300 miles, and built nine

This city. All the defenders and local men on Jeju Island were drafted away at that time." Ruan Xiaoer looked solemn and continued: "I just never expected that the 170,000-strong army of Goryeo Kingdom would be recruited.

The 60,000 Jurchens were completely defeated, with more than 100,000 casualties."

Ruan Xiaoer took out a letter from his arms, stood up and handed it to Zhang Zhengdao, saying: "This is the letter written by Military Advisor Wen to the leader of the village."

Zhang Zhengdao took the letter and read it carefully.

Wen Huanzhang wrote in detail what he had learned about the war between the Goryeo Kingdom and the Jurchens.

It turns out that as early as when Wang Yong, King Suzong of Goryeo, was in power, Goryeo had frequent conflicts with the Jurchens, and both sides had their own victories and defeats.

When the Jurchen tribe of the Wanyan tribe became stronger, their troops became more capable, and their harvests continued to grow, and they began to rise and expand, Suzong of Goryeo sent envoys to make good friends with them.

As the Jurchens of the Wanyan tribe gradually grew in strength, disputes over the ownership of the Haolandian area bordering the Goryeo Kingdom gradually surfaced.

As a result, the Kingdom of Koryo began to have friction with the Jurchens of the Wanyan tribe, which eventually turned into a large-scale war.

Starting from the third year of Xining in the Song Dynasty, the two sides launched a war. Goryeo suffered consecutive defeats and was forced to conclude a city alliance with the Jurchens of the Wanyan tribe. Suzong Wang Yong was very unwilling and regarded it as a great shame and humiliation. He angrily swore to the gods of heaven and earth: "I would like to use my shadow to help me.

Wipe out thieves' territory, but still allow Buddha's space to be created there!"

Therefore, Suzong Wang Yong appointed Yin Guan, the envoy of the Privy Council, to be the commander of the army and horses in the camp, and established the elite military "Bie Wu Ban".

With the support of Suzong Wang Yong, Yin Guan recruited troops and horses on a large scale. From civil and military officials to merchant servants, all men in Goryeo were mobilized. Among them, those with horses belonged to the Divine Cavalry Army, and those without horses were divided into

The Shenbu, Tiaodang, Gonggong, Jingxu, Fuhu and other armies. The Shenbu Army is the main force of the "Biewu Ban". In addition to domestic soldiers, all men over twenty years old belong to it. It is composed of Wuban and various towns.

Government soldiers undergo four-season training.

In addition, Yin Guan also selected monks to form an army to conquer demons.

With the efforts of the entire country, Koryo trained its soldiers day and night and stockpiled food and grass, hoping to avenge its previous humiliation.

In the first year of Daguan in the Song Dynasty and the seventh year of Emperor Qiantong in Liao Dynasty, at the turn of autumn and winter of that year, the Goryeo border general reported that the Jurchens were harassing the border castle and gathering in secret with ulterior motives.

At that time, Sujong Wang Yong died, and his son Wang Ma inherited the throne of Goryeo.

Wang Maru took out the oath written by his late king Suzong Wang Yong and reiterated the conquest of the Jurchens. The civil and military officials of the entire court unanimously agreed.

Although ministers from the Prime Minister's Office and the Shu Office requested a battle, Wang Ma was hesitant, so he ordered Prime Minister Cui Hongsi to divine in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and found that the hexagram "Kan" was a good omen.

Wang Ma decided to send troops to attack the Jurchens, so he appointed Yin Guan, the minister of Pingzhang, as the commander-in-chief, and Wu Yanchong, the minister of the Privy Council, as the deputy commander, responsible for the crusade against the Jurchens.

Before the army set off for the expedition, Yin Guan said to Wang Ma: "I have been entrusted by the Holy Spirit to examine the secrets, and now I have accepted the strict order. I dare not to unify the three armies, break down the enemy's fortress, expand our territory, and avenge the national humiliation!"

Although Wu Yanchong was the deputy commander of the "Bie Wu Ban", he did not have high hopes for this battle. He quietly expressed his worries to Yin Guan. Yin Guan retorted with emotion: "Wei Gong or me, who can escape from the land of ten thousand deaths?

To avenge the country's shame? The policy has been decided, so why doubt it?"

In the first year of Daguan in the Song Dynasty and on the first day of the twelfth month in the seventh year of Qiantong in the Liao Dynasty, Wang Ma, the lord of Goryeo, awarded the Yue to Yin Guan in front of Taizu Zhen Palace in Xijing.

Therefore, Yin Guan and Wu Yanchong took the "Bie Wu Ban" as the main force, commanded the 170,000 troops in Goryeo, known as 200,000, and marched toward the Jurchen Helaandian area.

On the fourth day of December, the army was stationed at Changchun Station in the southwest of Dingzhou, and troops and horses, judges Cui Hongzheng and Huang Junshang, were sent to Ding and Chang Erzhou to lure the Jurchen chiefs into the pass.

They also set up an ambush in separate lanes to trap and kill Wanyan Aju, Wulin Shengkun and other 400-member envoys.

On December 14, the Goryeo army advanced by land and water, and divided its troops into five groups to attack Haolandian.

The army successively attacked Dongyin City, Shi City, Yiweidong Jincheng and other places. They destroyed more than a hundred villages along the way, killed more than 5,000 Jurchens, captured more than 2,000 people, and surrendered more than 3,000 people.

For a time, the Goryeo army gained great power!

Subsequently, Yin Guan successively built the two prefectures of Xian and Yi and the three towns of Tongtai, Pingrong and Gonggui. Together with the four prefectures of Ying, Xiong, Fu and Ji, they are collectively known as the "Nine Northeastern Cities".

It also set up a large governor's office in Xianzhou, called the Zhendong Army, set up the Anling Army in Yingzhou, and set up the Ning Navy in Xiongzhou. It set up a monument at Xianchunling in Gongwei Town to define the boundary, and moved the southern boundary to Dinghu to enrich it.

In addition, there are Chongning, Zhenyang and Xuanhua towns.

On February 13th, the second year of Daguan in the Song Dynasty and the eighth year of Qiantong in the Liao Dynasty, Wang Maru appointed Liuze as the envoy to the governor's office of Xianzhou, and set up defense envoys in the four prefectures of Ying, Xiong, Fu, Ji and Gonggui Town.

The Kingdom of Goryeo suddenly broke the treaty, trapped and killed two envoys, and built nine cities in the Haolandian area. Wanyan Wuyashu, the head of the Jurchen tribe alliance, urgently returned to his headquarters to discuss countermeasures.

Although the Jurchen tribe was furious, they all believed that fighting with the Goryeo Kingdom might lead to the accusation of the Daliao Kingdom, and they believed that they should not start a war without permission.

Only Wu Yashu's younger brother Wanyan Aguda advocated the counterattack, saying: "If we don't raise our troops, we will not only lose our land, but we will not own all the tribes!"

Wanyan Wuyashu then appointed his half-brother Wanyan Osai as the chief general, Gai Guhuo Ni Zhuo, and Pucha Digu as deputy generals. He led an internal and external army of 60,000 to recover Haolandian.

The two sides started a war, with each winning or losing!

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month in the second year of Daguan in the Song Dynasty and the eighth year of Qiantong in the Liao Dynasty, the Jurchens set up an ambush on a dense forest road outside Jiahan Village to surround and kill Yin Guan. Eight thousand elite soldiers led by Wu Yanchong were rescued by Goryeo general Tuo Junjing.< /p>

On the 28th of the first lunar month, tens of thousands of Jurchen troops besieged Xiongzhou City.

On February 11, Goryeo general Cui Hongzheng launched an attack at the four gates of Xiongzhou City and defeated the Jurchen army besieging the city, but the city was still besieged.

Goryeo's Dingzhou reinforcements defeated the Jurchen army in Jizhou. At this point, the Jurchens' first counterattack came to an end.

On March 29, the Jurchen army besieged Yingzhou City, and the Goryeo army defeated them.

On March 30th, Yin Guan presented the prisoners and the construction of the Nine Cities was completed.

On the 9th day of April, Yin Guan and Wu Yanchong returned to the capital in triumph, returned the yue, and were worshiped as servants under the sect. They were awarded the title of "Meritorious Ministers who promoted loyalty, assisted in Pingrong, and conquered the country". The other meritorious personnel also received awards.<

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On April 11, Wangma, the lord of Goryeo, went to Changling, the mausoleum of the founder of Goryeo, to worship and wrote a poem to commemorate the pacification of the Jurchens.

Just in Yinguan, Wu Yanchong just led the main force, and the 10,000 Jurchen army advanced by land and water, and surrounded Xiongzhou City on April 8th.

On April 23, the king of Goryeo, Wang Ma, sent deputy marshal Wu Yanchong to lead 10,000 elite troops to rescue.

Wu Yanchong's troops were divided into four groups, advancing by land and water. They fought fiercely with the Jurchen army at Wuyinzhi and Shawu Mountains, and defeated them. The siege of Xiongzhou was relieved on the fourth day of May.

In June, tens of thousands of Goryeo troops fought with the Jurchen army. Wanyan's mediation divided the soldiers into ten teams and took turns fighting. They defeated the Goryeo army. The main force of the Jurchen army then entered the Goryeo castle and the battle began to reverse.

On the seventh day of July, Yin Guan once again took command and went on an expedition.

On August 13, Wang Ma dispatched nine military envoys to select strong men and replenish the supply of troops. Goryeo's military strength gradually became insufficient.

In mid-September, after the Battle of Shazhiling, the war between the Jurchens and Goryeo fell into a stalemate.

Because the Jurchen army leader Wanyan Olu's mother was seriously ill, he was recalled back to the tribe. Wanyan Olu, who led the army on his behalf, responded to the enemy's strategy by building another nine cities to confront the Goryeo nine cities.

During the stalemate between the two armies, Goryeo generals returned to Kaijing one after another to accept rewards.

However, the Jurchens did not give up. The next year, the Jurchen army leader Wanyan Osai returned to the army and used the nine cities built by Wanyan Olu to attack the Goryeo army.

The Jurchens used the strategy of "containing foreign aid and cutting off their salary channels", and the nine cities in northeastern Goryeo were once again in a tight situation.

In the third year of Daguan in the Song Dynasty and the ninth year of Qiantong in the Liao Dynasty, on the ninth day of March, the king of Goryeo sent generals Lin Yan, Wang Zizhi, and Tuo Junjing to the front line to fight.

On the fourth day of April, Wu Yan was awarded the 鈇yue and ordered to go out to rescue the nine cities.

At the end of April, the Jurchens sent envoys to make peace, but Goryeo did not accept it.

In early May, the Jurchen army invaded Xuande Town within the Great Wall, and the Nine Northeast Cities outside the Great Wall were in danger.

Jizhou, which is closest to the Jurchens, has become the focus of the main battle between the two armies.

On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, Yin Guan was sent by Wang Maru to the Ancestral Temple, Sheji and the tombs of the nine generations of ancestors to pray for victory.

Six days later, Wu Yanchong was blocked by the Jurchen army in the process of rescuing Jizhou. The Goryeo army suffered heavy losses, with numerous casualties and casualties. The remaining soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor and scattered into various cities.

The 60,000 Jurchen army took advantage of the victory and attacked the city. There were only more than 2,000 defenders in the city. Just when Jizhou City was about to be lost, Goryeo defenders Xu Zai, Jin Yiyuan, and Li Guanzhen built 26 heavy walls overnight, delaying the

The time when Jizhou fell.

In addition, five Goryeo castles including Xiongzhou City along the coast were successively captured by the Jurchen army.

As the war situation was unfavorable, the voice of the anti-war faction in Goryeo headed by Jin Incun was rising. Influenced by this, Wang Maru planned to abandon the nine northeastern cities. After listening to the request of the Jurchen envoys and seeking the consent of the Goryeo ministers, Wang Ma decided to do so on the third day of July.

Japan decided to withdraw its troops and abandon the city, returning the Nine Cities to the Jurchens.

On July 14, the two sides made an oath of alliance outside Xianzhou City, agreeing that Goryeo and the Jurchens would not invade each other. The Goryeo army would withdraw from the nine northeastern cities, return the land of poverty, and return the Jurchens who had defected to Goryeo.

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This war lasted for two years. The Goryeo Kingdom frequently mobilized troops, collected grain and fodder, and replenished troops across the country. Famine and plague occurred in some places, causing public resentment and domestic turmoil.

Wen Huanzhang finally wrote in the letter: "After this battle, the country of Goryeo is empty and all its elite troops have been lost. If Liangshan has 50,000 elite soldiers, Goryeo can be defeated in one battle."