Gao Pingshi said that he also guessed the same way, and Qi Jiguang couldn't help but smile and said: "It seems that Jingtai also thinks that Burihatu wants to make a Yelu Dashi?"
"Hahahaha..." Gao Pingshi laughed out loud in a rare way, and then said with emotion: "Burihatu is a Mongolian hero, and he is not an enemy or an enemy. I really want to make friends with him. It's such a pity.
Already."
Qi Jiguang smiled and nodded: "This is what is called heroes cherishing each other."
"Qi Shuai said he wanted to make the Yelv Dashi..." Gao Pingshi paused, frowned and said, "Then who is Emperor Tianzuo? They don't look alike."
The situation Gao pragmatic mentioned here was a series of events caused by Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom in 1124 AD, despite Yelu Dashi's dissuasion, and insisted on counterattacking the Jin Dynasty. As soon as this happened, Yelu Dashi said to his cronies in private: "
The foolish king will perish sooner or later, and we must not be foolish and loyal."
So he quickly killed the emperor's ears and eyes, led two hundred cavalry to escape at night, and proclaimed himself king. Not long after, Emperor Tianzuo was defeated and captured.
After Gao Pangshi asked this question, Qi Jiguang did not immediately answer directly. Instead, he thought for a moment and then said, "Does the Jingtai also feel that Burihatu and Yelv Dashi are somewhat similar?"
Uh... To be honest, before Burihatu clearly revealed that he wanted to lead the Chahar tribe to move to the west, Gao Pragmatic actually didn't compare him with Yelu Dashi. It was precisely because of this rare move to the west that
Gao Pingshi was reminded of Yelu Dashi, and then discovered that Burihatu and Yelu Dashi were somewhat similar.
Yelu Dashi was the eighth grandson of Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty. This person was characterized by both civil and military skills. He passed the Jinshi examination in 1115 and became the only Khitan Jinshi in the entire Liao Dynasty. Because his official title was Hanlin bachelor, he was called Hanlin in Khitan
It is called "Lin Ya", so people often call it "Big Stone Lin Ya".
This is very similar to Burihatu. Although there are no imperial examinations in Mongolia at this time, it is already known to everyone that Burihatu is proficient in Sinology. Not only that, Burihatu is not a rote scholar, but can
He can learn and apply it flexibly, and he is also good at leading troops. It is not an absurd compliment to praise him for being both civil and military.
However, their abilities may be similar, but from the current point of view, there are still some differences in their personal experiences and status in the country.
Let’s talk about the Yelu Dashi first. After the rise of the Jin Dynasty, the Liao army was defeated one after another and soon lost a large area of land. In 1122, the Jin army defeated Zhongjing and Xijing. Emperor Tianzuo desperately fled westward. In the panic, he even lost his jade seal.
into the Sanggan River. After Emperor Tianzuo fled into Jiashan, the Jin army was unable to invade and could only garrison outside the mountain to prevent Emperor Tianzuo from leaving eastward.
At the same time, Prime Minister Li Chuwen believed that Emperor Tianzuo's whereabouts were unknown, so he, Yelu Dashi and others jointly supported Yelu Chun as emperor. Yelu Chun knew that the Liao Dynasty was declining, so he refused, so someone put the imperial robe on him.
After Yelu Chun was forced to ascend the throne, he enfeoffed all the ministers, and Dashi was promoted to commander-in-chief of the three armies.
Regardless of whether the previous rejection was true or false, now that the emperor had become emperor, in order to secure the throne, Yelv Chun offered to the Song Dynasty to exempt him from the annual coins that he dedicated to the Liao Dynasty, and also expressed his willingness to become a minister to the Jin Dynasty. However, it was a pity.
Both the Song and Jin Dynasties ruthlessly refused. Soon after, Song Huizong ordered Tong Guan to lead his army in the northern expedition to Yanyun. As a result, the Song army, which had an absolutely superior force, was defeated by Yelu Dashi and his inferior force.
In June, Yelu Chun died of illness. Song Huizong thought there was an opportunity and sent troops to the north again. However, they were defeated by the Liao army again. In December, the Jin army marched south to Yanyun. The Liao people in Yanyun surrendered one after another because the situation was over.
Yelu Dashi was unwilling to surrender, so he took Empress Dowager Xiao hostage and went to Jiashan to seek refuge with Emperor Tianzuo.
As soon as Emperor Tianzuo saw Yelu Dashi, he asked: "How dare you make Yelu Chun the emperor while I am still alive?" Yelv Dashi replied seriously: "With the power of the whole country, your majesty cannot resist the enemy and abandons the country to flee.
It makes the people miserable. Even if ten Yeluchuns are established, they are all descendants of Taizu, so it is better to beg others!"
Emperor Tianzuo knew that he was in the wrong, so he no longer held Dashi responsible for his "crime". Instead, he had to give him food and wine, reinstate him as the capital, and pardon all the people who supported Yelv Chun as emperor in order to appease people's hearts. Of course, these are all
It was only a temporary measure. The narrow-minded Emperor Tianzuo soon executed Empress Dowager Xiao and demoted Yelu Chun to a commoner.
In April 1123, the main force of the Jin army marched westward and encountered the Liao army led by Yelu Dashi in the east of Fengshengzhou City. Yelu Dashi was defeated and captured. The Jin tied Dashi with ropes and forced him to lead the way to guide the Jin army in a sneak attack.
Emperor Tianzuo's camp. The unsuspecting Emperor Tianzuo escaped by chance, but most of his children and concubines were captured by the Jin army.
Afterwards, Taizu of the Jin Dynasty issued an edict to praise Yelu Dashi and gave him wives and concubines, hoping that he would surrender to the Jin Kingdom. Although Yelu Dashi was forced to lead the way for the Jin army, he was still unwilling to pay the gold in his heart. So he and the Jin Renxu had an argument.
Secretly waiting for the opportunity, he followed the Jin soldiers on their way to the west, fled into the mountains, and gathered up the defeated troops.
In September, Yelu Dashi returned to Jiashan with more than 7,000 troops and horses. At this time, Jin Taizu died of illness, and Emperor Tianzuo, who was supported by Yelu Dashi and Mo Geshi, wanted to take the opportunity to send troops eastward. However, Yelu Dashi firmly opposed Tianzuo.
The emperor's risky behavior persuaded him to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity, so the previous scene happened.
The departure of Yelu Dashi made Emperor Tianzuo weaker, but Emperor Tianzuo did not wake up and still insisted on sending troops. In February 1125, Emperor Tianzuo was captured alive by the Jin army, and the Liao Dynasty was destroyed. At this point, the Liao Dynasty
The only remaining force of the dynasty was the Liao army led by Yelu Dashi.
The deeds of Yelu Dashi will be mentioned here first, because this was his main activity track before the Western Expedition. Comparing Burihatu, it is obvious that the situations of the two are quite different.
Burihatu, who is also a "royal", at least did not do such a thing as supporting a new king. On the contrary, he "took away" Hannaji from Tumote Chechen when his biological father Xin Ai was supported by the Ming Dynasty.
After taking the throne, Tumen Khan defected.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The difference between the two people in this experience is very big. Because Yelu Dashi supported Yelu Chun, it was obviously impossible for him to be trusted by Emperor Tianzuo. In addition, he
When he went to seek refuge with Emperor Tian Zuo again, he brought with him many direct troops, which made Emperor Tian Zuo even more wary.
Burihatu was different. He went to Tumen Khan when he was desperate. At that time, his own strength was not worth mentioning in front of Tumen Khan, so Tumen Khan could use him boldly without any worries.
He poses no threat to his rule.
Immediately afterwards, the situations of the two people were similar, but also different. The similarity was that both of them suffered defeats, but the difference was that not only was Yelu Dashi defeated and captured, he also served as a guide and led the way.
Emperor Zuo was almost cheated to death.
However, after Yelu Dashi made a circle, he actually went back, and there was a very important condition here that he brought back 7,000 soldiers and horses - just because he was returning with troops, Emperor Tianzuo, who was in urgent need of strength support, could only continue to pinch
He admitted it with a pinched nose and didn't mention anything about being tricked before.
It is difficult to explain that Emperor Tianzuo was eager to fight the Jin army again, because under the situation at that time, any normal person could see that the Liao army could not defeat the Jin army. The so-called decisive battle must be to kill people, but Emperor Tianzuo insisted
To fight.
If his so-called counterattack at this time was actually just hoping to weaken Yelu Dashi, then there was really no need for him to continue to execute it after Yelu Dashi ran away. But otherwise, Emperor Tianzuo still insisted on attacking, and finally succeeded in hitting GG for himself——
This is really inexplicable, and Gao Pragmatic can only say: "I can't understand it, but I am greatly shocked."
Compared with the weird boss of Yelu Dashi, Emperor Tianzuo, Tumen Khan, the boss of Burihatu, can be called a wise king. He trusts Burihatu enough, although after getting Burihatu, Chahar still
He defeated Monan continuously and suffered two major defeats in Northern Liaoning, but Tumen Khan never felt that the blame for the failure lay with Burihatu, and instead relied more heavily on him.
Therefore, although Yelu Dashi was forced to lead the Western Expedition, and Burihatu was forced to plan the Western Expedition, Yelu Dashi had no one to assist him and had no choice but to take the position himself. Burihatu's boss
But he is a good boss. Their situations are obviously different.
In this case, Qi Jiguang wanted to strengthen the impression that Gao Pragmatic was not very firm in the first place: "Burihatu is very similar to Yelv Dashi". Why is this?
Gao Pangshi asked this question with some confusion, and then saw Qi Jiguang smile slightly and said: "The final general saw Tumen in front of the formation and shot him with an arrow... If Tumen's performance at that time was not fake,
The general thought that he might not have much time left."
"Oh?" Gao Pingshi was indeed a little surprised, and said in astonishment: "The military report only said that Tumen was hit by an arrow, but he didn't know that the arrow was actually shot by Qi Shuai himself? Haha, Qi Shuai's sword is indeed immortal, I admire him!"
Unexpectedly, Qi Jiguang waved his hands repeatedly: "The platform has been overly praised. This man really has to obey me. To be honest, even ten years ago, the final arrow could have killed Tumen on the spot, but now
But it really didn’t work... As the saying goes, one cannot rely on one’s muscles and bones for strength, and it is true.”
Seeing Qi Jiguang's expression of sadness, Gao Pingshi couldn't help but recall the veteran coach's first battle decades ago.
At that time, he was considered a fledgling, and his soldiers were completely useless. When the two armies faced each other, the Ming army collapsed as soon as they saw the Japanese pirates. Qi Jiguang was shocked, jumped to a high place, bent his bow and shot two Japanese pirates with two arrows.
The leader was shot and killed. When the Ming army saw how good their leader was, they turned around and rushed in disorder, thus saving the defeat.
If Qi Jiguang hadn't had this magic shot, he might not have been able to say that he had "never lost a hundred battles on land and water in the north and south in the past thirty years." Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but realize it. No wonder Qi Jiguang would have such emotion, he
Although he has emphasized throughout his life that military training is more important than a general's personal force, deep down in his heart, he is quite confident in his own force.
However, Qi Jiguang obviously just sighed with emotion, and quickly brought the topic back, saying: "General, I heard that Burihatu commanded Buyan Huangtaiji in the battle of Lightning Lake?"
Gao Pingshi's heart moved, he nodded in approval, and at the same time said thoughtfully: "What Qi Shuai means... once Tumen is gone, Chahar will be a strong minister and a weak king?"
"More than that." Qi Jiguang's eyes narrowed: "As far as I know, Buyan Huangtaiji is far less thoughtful and broad-minded than his father."
As a professional conspirator, Gao Pragmatic suddenly laughed: "That's great! Tumen gave the nine-pin white scroll to Burihatu as the acting heir. During the Battle of Lightning Lake, Burihatu was surrounded by enemies.
It's a nine-pin white silk scroll. This is great. Once Tumen dies and Buyan becomes Khan, I'm afraid there won't be room for Buyan Hatu."
Qi Jiguang cupped his hands and said: "Although the situation is as it is, I'm afraid we still need to add some fuel to the situation."
"Don't worry, Qi Shuai, the headquarters has its own thoughts on this matter." Gao Pingshi said this very confidently - well, although he has a great reputation in the field of war, his family knows about his family affairs, and he knows that he can use force to win.
Use military means. If a matter can be solved by political means, he will definitely not choose military means.
"But..." Gao Pingshi suddenly changed the subject and frowned: "Although this plan is clever, if Buri Hatu refuses to surrender by then, I am afraid that Buyan Huang Taiji will not be his opponent, and once Buri Hatu wins, then
But it really became the Yelv Stone of Western Liao."
Qi Jiguang was slightly surprised and asked: "Jingtai thinks he, the 'Xi Liao', will still have the power to invade the Ming Dynasty in the future?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Although he has no strength to attack, I cannot allow him to gain a foothold. Qi Shuai, the Western Region is the key point of the Silk Road, and it is also the barrier of Gansu and Han Dynasty. If this place is controlled by heroes like Burihatu,
It’s really not a good thing for me.”
This was the first time Qi Jiguang knew that Gao Pangshi was also interested in the Western Regions. Hearing his tone, it seemed that he had long been determined to restore the old borders of the Han and Tang Dynasties. He couldn't help but be speechless for a moment, then took a deep breath and said: "Jingtai is so big-hearted.
It’s a pity that after this battle, I’m afraid it will be difficult to serve in the army again.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "What do you mean by Qi Shuai's words?"
Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly but did not answer. He just shook his head slightly. Gao Pingshi thought of the historical fact that Qi Jiguang died of illness in the 16th year of Wanli. He thought he was ill, but after thinking about it, he realized something was wrong.
Historically, Qi Jiguang's death was due to the liquidation after Zhang Juzheng's death. As Zhang Juzheng's trusted general, he was implicated. He was first transferred to Guangzhou, and then directly impeached. He contracted lung disease on his way back to his hometown and died soon after. Gao Pragmatic had always suspected this.
The most important thing may not be that he was infected with lung disease, but that Qi Jiguang was depressed at the time. The reason for his death may be more likely to be heart disease.
In this life, because of his relationship with someone higher than him, Qi Jiguang, as the commander of the Imperial Guards, was ranked as the number one general in the military, so he could not have any heartache. Similarly, he would not have returned home in poverty and contracted an illness on the way, so
He is in good health now. If that's the case, why did he say that?
Qi Jiguang saw Gao Jingshi's doubts, but still refused to speak. Gao Jingshi reacted and said to the generals: "You guys go to rest first."
All the generals had pricked up their ears, but now they were all disappointed, but they did not dare to have any dissatisfaction, so they all quickly stood up and left.
After everyone left, Gao Pragmatic looked at Qi Jiguang and waited for his explanation. Qi Jiguang showed a wry smile and sighed softly: "Jingtai, the term of the commander of the Imperial Guard is about to expire, and now in this battle, he has
Give me some credit..."
Gao pragmatic understood immediately: indeed, the court may no longer be able to use him.
The first half of Qi Jiguang's words was just a truthful statement, while the second half was obviously self-effacing.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic told the emperor when he established the Imperial Guard that the commander of the Imperial Guard could not serve for a long time, and the commander of the Imperial Guard was the de facto military commander with the highest power, so it would have been difficult for Qi Jiguang to arrange it after he resigned.
.In addition, he made the greatest contribution in the battle against Yuan Dynasty, defeating the main force of Chahar head-on and shooting and wounding Tumen Khan himself. Once the merits are rewarded after the war... he will probably be knighted.
A military commander might not necessarily be unable to lead troops if he was ennobled, but if the former was added, then someone would definitely insist that Qi Jiguang stay with Li Chengliang and stay in Beijing to retire as an honorable minister.
The worst thing is that not even Gao Pragmatic can intervene in this matter, because after this battle, Gao Pragmatic's own situation will probably be no better than Qi Jiguang's!
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