To the north of Yanyun, there lives a group called the Jurchens. They have been living in this area since the Han Dynasty, and this is their homeland.

However, time has passed, and the Jurchens have not felt the charm of civilization in these long years. They still believe that the knife in their hands, savagery, is the nature of the nomadic people.

But no matter how savage people are, there will always be one or two people who are not satisfied with the status quo.

Wanyan Wugunai was deeply appreciated by the Liao Emperor for his bravery in battle, and he was able to participate in the military and political affairs of the Liao State and came into contact with the culture of the Central Plains.

After that, Wanyan Wugunai discovered one thing, that is, the attitude of the Liao State towards their Jurchens was completely like that of livestock.

The seeds of rebellion took root in his heart, but Wanyan Wugunai knew that he couldn't do it by himself.

So he took advantage of his convenience as an official in Liao State to start the journey of unifying the Jurchen tribe.

During this period, the Jurchens were divided into large and small tribes, which spread throughout the area north of Yanyun. Wanyan Wugunai came to lobby, and if he refused, he forcibly conquered it by force.

Later, he died of illness when he was old, and his son Wanyan Impeachment Libo succeeded him as the head of the tribal alliance, and at the same time inherited his career. After Yan Impeachment and his younger brother Yan Yingge defeated the Muddy Water Tribe, the tribal alliance had expanded to include thirty tribes.

At this time, the Jurchens had gradually taken the rudiments of a country, but the arrogant Liao people obviously did not take them seriously.

In 1092, Wanyan impeached Libo and died, and he was replaced by Wanyan Aguta.

Wanyan Aguta is a Jurchen who is very similar to the Song people, although he has the characteristics of this Jurchen who is brave and good at fighting, but he does not have the barbarism of the Jurchens. He is smart and reasonable, and in the past, the merchants of the Great Song Kingdom were reluctant to do business with the Jurchens, because the Jurchens liked to change hexagrams.

However, after Yan Agu came to power, he began to restrain the Jurchens, and the Song people also had business dealings with the Jurchens.

There are many good specialties in the Jurchen region, such as ginseng, mink, famous horse, northern pearl, junying, beeswax, linen and so on...... There are many of them, all of which are good things that are highly sought after by the Song people.

After Tao Fugui was accepted by Tang Ning, he followed Tang Ning's instructions and began to do business with the Jurchens.

He is Wanyan Aguta's favorite merchant of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no one. Because other merchants of the Song Kingdom all took silver, tea, and salt to exchange materials with themselves, but this person was the only one who used to exchange materials for weapons.

When Tao Fugui first started this business, his legs were weak. Selling arms to foreign forces without permission is not an ordinary crime.

However, as he spent more and more time in business, he realized Tang Ning's intentions.

The Jurchen people have always been an ethnic group oppressed by the Liao people, and playing Jurchen games is very popular among the Liao army. Not only did the Liao people ask the Jurchens to regularly pay tribute to the Liao State, but border officials, officials, and profiteers often went to the court to buy Jurchen goods at low prices.

All in all, the Jurchens' hatred for the Liao State filled their hearts and lungs. Even Tao Fugui could see that sooner or later, one day, the Jurchens would rise up, and the first one to kill was Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi.

Tao Fugui's business was done, and he handed over 700 sets of armor and 260 weapons to Wan Yan Aguta. Ah Guta was very grateful and wanted to give him a large amount of local products in return, but Tao Fugui only accepted some ginseng and did not ask for anything else.

On the occasion of parting, Aguda personally sent him off. He hugged Tao Fugui vigorously and said, "Brother Tao, cherish all the way!" Hopefully, the next time I see you, you'll be safe and sound. ”

It's not that Ah Gu beats the crow's mouth, but from the Song Kingdom to the Jurchen tribe, there are often patrols from the Liao State. They are not willing to reason with a Song man who has just come out of the Jurchen tribe, it is already a common thing to rob all the goods, and it should be a pleasure to leave a small life.

Reluctantly sent Tao Fugui away, Ah Guda stroked the ordnance brought by Tao Fugui as gently as caressing his lover.

Since this Song merchant first came to the Jurchen tribe five years ago, everything he brought with him has been of great help to the Jurchens.

He brought a lot of armor and weapons, and every time he equipped them with the brave Jurchen warriors, Ah Guta's belief in his heart was strengthened.

Within five years, Tao Fugui had delivered a staggering amount of ordnance to Aguta.

13,000 pieces of armor, 3,000 eyebrow knives, 1,600 moon occultation knives, 4,000 waist knives, and 600 longbows. Although they are all eliminated products that fell when the Song army changed equipment, this is of great significance to the Jurchens who are still in the stage of ignorance.

You must know that five years ago, there were only 2,500 warriors in the entire Jurchen tribe who could shout at one voice. With these weapons, some older or younger Jurchens could also go to war.

Ah Guda originally planned to wait for Tao Fugui to leave this time, and then he rose up. But he was not in a hurry, but first sent Xi Gunai into the Liao State, in the name of chasing the defected tribesmen, to explore the reality of the Liao State.

After Yelu Hongji's death in February this year, he was succeeded by his grandson Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Yanxi is even more outrageous than Zhao Ji. After Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, he pretended to be for a year or two. But Yelu Yanxi was too lazy to pretend, and after taking the throne, he began to have fun all day long and did nothing.

When the ministers told him that he would not listen, the ministers suggested that he should take care of it.

After a long time, the power will fall. When the officials saw the emperor,

So he also began to do the best things. At the same time, Yelu Yanxi's colleagues in China did not forget to provoke foreign countries, and the Jurchen tribe was attacked no less than six times in the nine months after he succeeded to the throne.

This is also the main reason why Wanyan Agu can't bear it.

In December, Xi Gunai returned from the Liao State and returned to the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi's arrogant and lax rule. Aguta built a castle, repaired equipment, and prepared to attack the Liao Dynasty in the south.

Yelu Yanxi ordered the commander of the army, Xiao Tzu Buye, and led 800 Khitan and Bohai soldiers to be stationed in Ningjiang Prefecture for defense.

At the same time, an incident also happened in the Song Dynasty.

The envoy of the Liao State in the Song State killed people in the street after drinking, and when the people were boiling, the envoy of the Liao State made this move, causing chaos in the city. He killed only three people, but hundreds died from the stampede.

Zhao Xu was furious and wanted to capture the envoy of the Liao State for interrogation. However, the Liao envoy was beaten to death by the angry people of the Great Song Dynasty, and only one corpse was brought up.

His entourage was also killed, so Zhao Xu revised a letter and sent an envoy to the Liao State to question the Liao Emperor in person.

Yelu Yanxi is different from his grandfather, Yelu Hongji attaches great importance to the relationship between the Liao State and the Song State, but Yelu Yanxi feels that the Liao State is so powerful, so he is naturally not afraid of heaven and earth.

He said to the messenger: "What if you kill it?" ”

The messenger fainted with anger on the spot.

After returning to the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu was furious and decided to attack Liao. The civil and military officials didn't dare to speak even if they wanted to persuade them, after all, this time it was really the Liao people who did too much.

It's good to apologize for killing someone, and it's so reasonable.

However, there are still reasons, Song Liao has not been at war for a hundred years, the peace situation is not easy to come by, and everyone does not want a war to break out between the two countries.

But the main battle faction still accounted for the majority, and Zhang and Zeng Bu both agreed with Zhao Xu's decision.

The year 1102 is destined to be an unquiet year.

In February, the Privy Council ordered Tang Ning to lead the town ** to the east of the river, Liu Fa to lead the Lanzhou army, You Shixiong to lead the Shanzhou army, Lu Huiqing to lead the Qinzhou army, the soldiers were divided into three routes, and marched to Liao Datongfu.

Chong Pu led the Western Army to stay on Jingyuan Road to prevent the Western Xia people from fishing in troubled waters.

The troops mobilized before the war reached as many as 160,000, and truckloads of grain and grass were transported from various places to the border gates.

Tang Ning was ordered to go on an expedition, led the town of **50,000, and arrived at the East Hebei Road a month later, facing the heavily guarded Liao army.

Many ministers in Liao have written to persuade Yelu Yanxi not to be too tough, but Yelu Yanxi doesn't care so much. He even sent someone to send the war letter to the Song State first, which undoubtedly annoyed Zhao Xu.

Half a month later, a surprise attack from the Liao State officially started the first battle between the Song and Liao countries in a hundred years.