Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1027 Jurchen Situation

In the battle of southern Liaoning, Gao Yushi was promoted to the governor of Liaodong due to his meritorious service. He delayed for a short time to show his humility, and then he took up his new post in Liaoyang. Letters were exchanged to exchange views, and when things were settled and Shangshu recommended Cao Yu, it was almost the end of the year.

During this period of time, many important things happened around Liaodong.

First of all, after Zaisai and Nuantu returned to the old camp of Huahua with their remnants, the Huahua Department could not settle down until the news came from Yanjing: Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty decreed that the Huahuaxiao's head should be shown to the public and passed on to the Nine Sides , and offered sacrifices to the Taimiao.

Originally, after Chaohua was captured, Zai Sai and Nuantu disagreed on how to "rescue" Chaohua Taiji. Nuantu believed that Daming should be softened, and made a blood alliance to say that the headquarters would not invade Mingjing again, in exchange for Chaohuatai. Ji; and Zai Sai believed that the Ming army won consecutive victories this year, and would not care whether the Chaohua Department was submissive, so he could only retaliate with a more decisive bandit, forcing the Ming court to return the Chaohua Taiji.

In fact, neither of them really want Chaohua Taiji to return, especially Zai Sai, his idea of ​​continuing to be a sidekick is obviously to put Chaohua to death.As for the reason, it is very simple, Zai Sai is currently the strongest in the Chaohua Department, as long as Chaohua himself cannot come back, he is sure to persuade Ha Tun to marry him instead, and then inherit the Chaohua Department.

And Nuantu is not necessarily so selfless, because according to the habits of the Ming people, once the Chaohua Department is attached, Mingren will neither consider letting Nuantu or Zai Sai take the position, but let the son of Chaohua Inherit the Taiji position of fried flowers.

At this moment, Nuantu's strength in the Chaohua department is slightly inferior to Zaisai. If it is an internal competition, the possibility of losing to Zaisai is very high, but it will be different if Daming joins in. Daming attaches great importance to seniority and ethics, and the son of Chaohua will succeed After Taiji, because he was still young, he definitely needed a person who would assist the government. At this time, his seniority of Nuantu played a role. In addition, he was the first person to persuade him to join him, so he was appointed by the Ming court as the assistant government of the Huahua Department. The possibility is extremely high.

However, their dispute has not yet come to fruition, and Zhu Yijun took the head of Chaohua directly and decisively. Now, all the contradictions can no longer be covered up.

Ha Tun believes that Daming is her husband's vengeance, so he decides to marry Zai Sai, who "resolutely opposes Ming". Be loyal to him or kill him.

Who knew that walls have ears, and this plan was quickly learned by Nuantu. Although Nuantu was furious, after the news of Hatun's remarriage came out, he was no longer Zaisai's opponent.

Just do what you say, that night, Nuantu led his men and horses to pull out the camp overnight, and ran to the northeast. Where is this northeast direction?
To the west of Daming Tielingwei, and to the southwest of Jurchen Yehe.

Nuantu chose this place to stay, not because he was in a hurry, he had his own intentions: if Zai Sai insisted on chasing and killing him, he would directly detain Da Ming; The Hebu teamed up and went to the Hada department to grab a ticket for the winter—the battle between Ye He and Hada is imminent, everyone can see this, and of course he Nuantu can.

As for Zai Sai, after learning the news that Nuantu ran away suddenly, he was really furious at first, but soon he calmed down again, because he found that Nuantu had the advantage of running away.

After losing the Nuantu Department, his relative strength in the Huahua Department will be stronger, and if he wants to take down the Nuantu Department by force, he will inevitably suffer a lot of losses. Save him trouble.

Therefore, Zai Sai didn't care about Nuantu's escape, and began to marry Hatun with peace of mind, preparing to digest the legacy left by Chaohua Taiji.

As for Nuantu, after discovering that Zai Sai did not intend to kill him, he immediately contacted Ye Hebu and offered to join Ye Hebu in the crusade against Hada.

Of course Ye He's tribe couldn't wish for it, so the two sides made an alliance first, and planned to discuss the matter of sending troops later.

Who knew that the Hada tribe had an accident first, and the leader of the Hada tribe, Wan Khan (Chinese name Wangtai), died of illness.

The death of Wan Khan made the Hada tribe even worse.Because Wan Khan failed to train and establish a good monarch for the Hada tribe, the Hada tribe has never had a leader with considerable appeal.

Wan Khan has one "empress" and one "concubine", and has six sons.The eldest son Huerhan, the second son Sanmatu, the third son Shatai, the fourth son Gangshi, the fifth son Mengge Bulu, and the sixth son Kang Gulu. The "Queen" gave birth to four princes, and the "Princess" Wen Jie who was born in Yehebu gave birth to Mengge Bulu, and her sixth son, Kang Gulu, was an illegitimate child. [Note: Yehe, Hada and other Jurchen tribes all claim to be "countries". ]
When Wan Khan died of illness, his second, third and fourth sons all died young.According to the rule of establishing a descendant, Hu Erhan, the eldest son of the descendant, became the king of the Hada tribe.But Kang Gulu refused to accept it, and bumped into Xinhan Hu Erhan all day long.

Hu Erhan didn't know how to be sympathetic to the people, and he was addicted to drinking and killing. These things showed up when Wan Khan was still there, and even Wan Khan couldn't change him.Now that he has become the "king of a country", no one can restrain him.

Soon, there was a catastrophe within Hada.The concubine Kang Gulu and Hu Erhan competed for his father's business and started a civil war.

One day several years ago, Wan Khan took his attendants to Dongshan for hunting. He met a hunting girl and saw that the girl was pretty, so he doted on her.Then he took the woman back to the palace, and later gave birth to Kang Gulu.Soon the woman fell ill, and although Kang Gulu was several years older than Sister Wen's son Menggebulu, her status was behind.

This Kang Gulu is tall and powerful, with a fierce personality, and has a certain influence in the Hada Department.Long before Wan Khan passed away, Sister Wen had foreseen that there would be a struggle for the throne among the princes.In order to quell the dispute between the princes, she intends to establish the prestige of her eldest son Hu Erhan and win over the mighty Kang Gulu.

After Wan Khan's death, the 26-year-old Princess Wen was pursued by Kang Gulu.For the stability and prosperity of the Hada tribe, Sister Wen is determined to marry Kang Gulu, who is five years younger than her.The purpose of Sister Wen's doing this is to win over Kang Gulu and not cause civil strife, so the two of them lived together not long after, and got together every night.

However, although the Yehe tribe is famous for producing beauties, beauties do not necessarily have political talents. Sister Wen thought that she did this for the stability of the Hada tribe, but Hu Erhan believed that it was Kang Gulu who wooed Sister Wen, and then challenged him. .

And so civil war broke out.

At this time, Kang Gulu did not have enough strength to compete with Hu Erhan, the leader of the Hada tribe, who was justified, and soon lost and fled to Yehe.But Hu Erhan didn't know where he got the news. He knew that Nurhachi, the left guard of Jianzhou in the south, had recognized the identity of Yehe's son-in-law, and inexplicably ordered to attack the left guard of Jianzhou.

Now a catastrophe happened. At that time, the forward of the Hada army attacked the Huji village of Jianzhou Zuowei. This village was actually a small village, and there were few people in the village. Only a dozen people could really fight, but the person in charge of the village It's not easy, he led a dozen people to defeat Hada's former army, and Hu Erhan was so shocked that he fled back overnight.

This person's name is An Fei Yanggu, and he was one of the "Five Ministers of the Founding of the Later Jin Dynasty" in the original history.

What's even more amazing is that after Hu Erhan fled back to Hada, he was inexplicably terrified and died of illness within a few days.

When Ye He heard the news, he immediately invited Nuantu to attack Hada without hesitation.

It was at this time that Gao Wushi received the news of Hu Erhan's death in Liaoyang, and Sister Wen's request in the name of regent to ask Daming to confer his son Meng Gebulu as the leader of the Hada tribe.

However, Gao Wushi's focus at this time may be a little bit off. In the flower hall, he faced the respectful Cao Yan and asked: "The headquarter has not been in Liaodong for a long time, and I don't know much about the situation of the Jurchen ministries. But it is really hard for the headquarters to understand that An Fei Yanggu defeated Hada's former army with 12 people, can Cao Furong explain one or two for the headquarters?"

Cao Yu was a big man in his forties, with a burly frame, but a little thin. Hearing Gao Yu's words at this time, he quickly bowed and said: "Futai came to Liaodong for the first time, and I don't know much about these barbarians. It makes sense. In the middle, the last general will try to tell the story of Futai."

Gao Wushi just nodded and didn't say anything more.

Cao Yu said: "Actually, the strength of Jurchen's various ministries is constantly changing. Whoever has more edicts in his hands will be stronger, and if he loses the edict or is captured by others, his strength will become weaker. The reason why I am in the mutual market in Ming Dynasty is also because during the process of the mutual market, the Jurchens often secretly buy armour."

Cao Yu said: "Judging from the experience of guarding Liaodong in recent years, most of the Jurchens are physically strong, but if they gather as an army, they are not to be feared..."

"Oh?" This statement obviously surprised Gao Yushi.

Seeing that Gao Wushi looked surprised, Cao Yu wanted to show his face in front of this young and outrageous Futai, and hurriedly said: "It's not that the last general is brazen, the fact is true, because these Jurchens are physically strong because of fishing and hunting all year round. They are strong, but they are not good at fighting in the army, they can only... well, fight in groups. In battles with more than two or three hundred people, they often have difficulty in commanding, and they go their own way when fighting. A small gang of ten is difficult."

Gao Yushi frowned, feeling something was wrong.If what Cao Yu said is true, then what happened to Nurhachi's rise later?I never heard that Nurhachi can only command a mere 300 people.

But Cao Yu continued: "In addition, in the Jurchens, whether they can fight or not has a lot to do with whether they are armored... Futai, the last general said just now, the Jurchens are powerful, but the only ones on the battlefield are Strong strength doesn’t matter, the arrows and blades don’t have eyes, you’ll die if you’re cut, you’ll die if you’re shot...but it’s going to be a big difference if the Jurchens wear all kinds of armor, especially cotton armor (This thing is not just made of cotton, it has iron pieces inside) etc. With the Jurchen's bravery, even if she wears two layers of armor, it will not affect her actions, but her strength is infinite, and the armor makes her unafraid The blade of the arrow turns into an armored beast, extremely unstoppable..."

When Cao Yu said this, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Nurhachi's troops were not rich, but I heard that he married Ye He, maybe Ye He sent him a batch of soldiers, so that Anfei Yanggu The 12 people led that day were all top-tier, plus the three hundred forwards from the Hada department, they probably did not expect that An Fei Yanggu dared to resist, so they were caught off guard."

Gao Wushi nodded noncommittally, but he was thinking in his heart: The battle of Anfeyangu may only be explained in this way. After wearing armor, the Jurchen's combat power has greatly improved. I have heard of this before, but your so-called Jurchen I don't know how to work in the army, so I really can't believe you.

Gao Yushi pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of one thing: the Jurchens might not know how to join the army before, but after Nurhachi they did!Because the Nurhachi brothers, as Li Chengliang's groom, have fought with Li Chengliang for several years, and this fellow has long had "big ambitions", so how could he not observe and learn?
As for whether Nurhachi regards "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as the standard as in the legend, that is irrelevant, because Gao Yushi suddenly figured out one thing: Nurhachi's later Eight Banners were actually based on Li Chengliang's Li Jiajiading. .

If you want to make an analogy, the Eight Banners are equivalent to Li Chengliang Jiading, and the Han Army Banner is equivalent to the Guards. The resources in Nurhachi's hands are all tilted towards the Man Eight Banners. Form an army.

And the rewards of the Eight Banners also have the demeanor of Li Chengliang leading the servants. They often support the battles and take the captured as rewards, so that the Eight Banners always yearn for the "next battle". There are similar reasons for liking to fight Jurchens, because beating Mongols rewards more, and Jurchens' heads are not as valuable as Mongols' heads.

No wonder someone later said that Li Chengliang was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. From this point of view, he really is!
Li Chengliang's servants are an army that fights for money. As long as the money is in place, their combat effectiveness is guaranteed; Nurhachi's Eight Banners are also an army that fights for "money". Combat power is also guaranteed!

It may be for this reason that the Eight Banners fell so quickly after entering the Central Plains—there is nothing to grab.

After probably understanding this, Gao Wushi asked, "What do you think is the best attitude for me, Ming, to take on the dispute between Yehe and Hada?"

Cao Yu said: "A few years ago, the Hada tribe was the head of the Jurchen tribes. Now that the tiger is dead, it still has some prestige. The general thought that it would be better to let Ye He kill Hada's prestige... If Ye He The momentum has risen again, and it will be the same if I, Daming, suppress Ye He again."

Gao Wushi nodded slightly, and after a while, he suddenly asked again: "The headquarters heard about the marriage between Ye He and Nurhachi, and now it is just an agreement, and the marriage has not been completed yet?"

Cao Yu said: "Yes, the last general has found out, the previous news was wrong."

"What's wrong?" Gao Wushi asked.

Cao Yu said: "Firstly, it was not Qing Jiani who agreed to marry a daughter to Nurhachi, but Yang Jipi; secondly, although Yang Jipi had an eldest daughter, he promised his youngest daughter to Nurhachi. It is more suitable, but the general thinks this is just a delay. He is to see if Nurhachi can gain a firm foothold in Jianzhou Zuowei. If he can, this daughter will marry after she gets married. If she can't... then find a reason to regret the marriage That's good, maybe even Nurhachi himself died."

Gao Wushi frowned and said, "But it was reported earlier that when Nurhachi returned to Jianzhou from the Yehe tribe, he did bring his female relatives with him."

"This is painting a tiger but not an anti-dog. She learned from our Han people's liaison girl... In fact, she is Meng Gu Zhezhe's maid."

"Meng Gu Zhezhe?" Gao Wushi murmured, "Is this the name of Ye He's youngest daughter?"

Cao Yu nodded and said: "Yes, Futai, this girl is young, she seems to be only eight years old this year, and Nurhachi will have to wait several years to marry her."

Gao Yushi was a little distracted at this time, and it took a long time before he suddenly came back to his senses: Meng Gu Zhezhe?Fuck, isn't this Huang Taiji's old lady? ——
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