Yelü Xiezhen

Timeline

1. 969–982Upper Capital Linhuo Prefecture · Barin Left BannerIn Baoning 1 he was employed through Xiao Siwen's recommendation, his answers on great military and state affairs hitting the mark; he married the empress's niece and served successively as commander of the armies of the southwestern front, Great King of the Southern Bureau, and Great King of the Northern Bureau. In Qianheng 1 he and Yelü Xiuge jointly attacked Song forces at Gaoliang River; before Jingzong's death he already held a key post in northern military and civil affairs.
2. 983–999Liao Southern Capital · BeijingEarly in Tonghe the empress dowager assumed regency and appointed him Privy Councilor of the Northern Bureau, he and Han Derang dividing military and civil authority. In Tonghe 4 he led an army that subdued the Jurchens; during Tonghe he and Xiao Paiya and others recovered captured cities in Shanxi and several times campaigned into Song territory. He died in September of Tonghe 17 on a southern campaign, and Han Derang succeeded him as Privy Councilor of the Northern Bureau.