Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1043 Killing
The Drum Tower Campus in Kaiyuan City was bloody killed by the Jianzhou Zuowei commanded by Nurhachi, but fortunately the number of people on both sides was limited and the scale of the killing was not large. On the contrary, the situation outside the city at this time was even more brutal than inside the city. point.

The battle outside the city and the battle inside the city broke out almost at the same time. Of course, there is no doubt that Cao Yu, the deputy general guarding Liaoyang, will be the main general of this battle, but the candidate for the deputy general is quite unexpected. .

Meng Gebulu attaches great importance to this battle, because he has been confirmed by Gao Yushi. As long as he wins this battle, he can officially inherit the position and canonization of his old father Wang Tai (Wan Khan) in Daming, and he will become Hada The only leader of the Ministry.

I really can't be unhappy about this, because Wang Tai used to be Daming's number one younger brother among the Jurchen ministries. Like the general Jurchen "captive chieftain", the word "death" can be expressed.

And Wangtai's position and "title" are also very remarkable. They are "Youzhu Kingdom, General Dragon and Tiger, King Khan of Zhenfu Manchukuo" conferred by Zhu Yijun. Hi, at that time they were all canonized as the governor of the Hada tribe, Baylor.

To be honest, Meng Gebulu himself never thought that he would be able to become the "Khan of the Manchukuo Kingdom". According to his thinking, it would be good to be able to inherit his position-the Hada Department's position is the position of the left guard of the Daming Pagoda Mountain. The highest is Tashan Zuowei Zuo Dudu.

[Note: "Manchuria" is not a geographical term, but a tribal term.According to the "Records of Emperor Gao of the Qing Dynasty": "The word Manchuria has not been of long origin, and it indicates the name of the tribe, such as Sushen, Wuji, and Jurchen, not a place name."

According to the "Manchurian Origin and Development" record: "Tested by the national book, the Manchu book is Manzhu, and the two characters are all read equally. I went to Guangqi to the east, and every year Tibet presented alchemy books, and they were all called the emperor Manzhushili. Translation The name is Manzhu, and the Chinese language is wonderful and auspicious... Today’s Chinese characters are Manchu, and the meaning of Gaiyinzhou is close to the name of the place, so it is borrowed and used, so it is used in the ear, but in fact it is a tribe, not a place name, and the rules can be tested.”]
Regarding the history of the Hada tribe and Wang Tai's proclaiming Khan, there are also some origins that must be mentioned, otherwise many issues will be unclear.

The Hada tribe belonged to the Nala clan (namely Nala clan), and its ancestors originally lived in the area around the Hulun River (Hulan River).In the fourth year of Yongle, Daming set up Tashanwei in this area, with Tacichi as the commander and acquaintance.

In the 11th year of orthodoxy, Tashan Guard commanded Jin Shifu to go out, because there were a lot of people under his control, "It is inconvenient to report the news, please set up a guard to seal it", under the protection of the governor of Wuhan River Guard and Zhini Hada, The Ming court agreed to analyze the Tashan Guard and replace it with the Tashan Left Guard.Tashan Zuowei is located from the east of Hulan River to the west of Yilan County.

The members of the Hada tribe originated from Tashan Zuowei. Therefore, according to historical records, the Hada tribe and the Ula tribe from Tashanwei are the same ancestor-Naqibulu (suspected to be the sound of Taci).From the sixth biography of Naqi Bulu to Suheite (that is, Kexina) as the leader of the left guard of Tashan, it was also called "the governor of the left guard of Tashan".

[Note: Later, the "Tashan Zuowei Seal" was unearthed in Taonan County, Jilin Province, indicating that when Suheit arrived at the latest, Tashan Zuowei had moved from the east of Tashanwei to the south of Tashanwei, and they were distributed in Fuyu, Jilin Province. , Nong'an County and the area around the former Guoerluosi Mongolian Autonomous County. ]
Suheituo was the great chief among the Haixi Jurchen in the early years of Jiajing, and "all tribes fear him".But around the 12th year of Jiajing, Su Heite was killed by his clansman Badai Darhan, and his descendants fled.The second son Wangji Wailan (namely Wang Zhong) led part of the tribe to flee to the Hada River (later Xiaoqing River, Xifeng County, Liaoning Province) area outside Guangshun Pass, where he was called Minister and became the founder of the Hada tribe.

Guangshun Pass is also known as "South Pass" [Note: Corresponding to the "North Pass" mentioned in the previous book by which Ye He entered Kaiyuan].The eldest son of Wangji Wailan, named Wan, Wangtai, fled to "Suiha City of Xibobu", which is west of Jilin City in later generations.

Around the 22nd year of Jiajing, Wang Zhong, who moved to Guangshun Guandong, built another Hada City sixty miles east of Kaiyuan City, and then attached himself to Daming.At this time, Hada became the northern barrier of the Ming Dynasty, gradually showing signs of strength. No matter the Jurchen tribes or the surrounding Mongolian tribes, they all respected him as the leader and paid tribute every year.Even the distant "savages" Jurchen tribes often send people to pay tribute to various products, claiming to be "a constant stream of foreigners".

In the 30th year of Jiajing, Wang Zhong killed Yehebeilezhu Kongge at that time, Yehe's land Bajiba Taizhai and other thirteen cities were occupied by Wang Zhong, and a large number of edicts originally belonging to Yehe's tribe were robbed-this is Haixi There are 999 edicts in total, but Yehe, as a large tribe, only has more than 100 edicts left.

Afterwards, Zhu Kongge's son Taichu took over his father's position. To avenge his father, he frantically harassed Hada and plundered Kaiyuan and Chaihebao in Mingbian—so Taichu was later captured by Wang Tai and sent to Daming for execution.Since then, the hatred between the two sides has accumulated deep.

But in the same year, there was another civil strife in Hada, and Wang Zhong was killed by the rebel tribe. His son Boerkun, in order to avenge his father, and his clan brother Dexi went to Suiha City to welcome his cousin Wangtai back to the Hada tribe.From then on, Hada began to prosper, and established the powerful Hulun Four-Nation Alliance—in fact, it is the Four-Nation Alliance, but it is not only the four countries. Members of the alliance—thus ordering the Jurchen and Mongolian ministries (including Xibo at this time).Since then, Liaodong has enjoyed farming and hunting peace for more than [-] years.

In the third year of Wanli, Li Chengliang conquered Wang Gao. Wang Gao was defeated and defected to Wangtai, but was directly captured by Wangtai and sent to Daming for execution.It is precisely because of this incident that Zhu Yijun (in the original history, Zhang Juzheng was in charge at this time, in this book, Gao Gong was in charge) named Wangtai "Youzhu Kingdom, General Dragon and Tiger", "King of Khan of the Manchukuo Kingdom", " (called "Wan Khan" in the historical data of the Qing Dynasty), Dexi was granted the title of Baylor, the governor of the Hada tribe.

As for the later situation, it has been stated in the previous article, so I won't repeat it here, but I will only add one thing, which is about the surname issue.

The Yehenala family is called "Nara with a different surname", so it must have a real surname or a Nala with the same surname, and as I said just now, the lords of Ula and Hada were originally the same ancestors, both of whom were "Naqibulu". "The offspring.

The difference between Ula and Hada is that the Ula faction in the Juhulun headquarters still uses "Nala (Nala)" as the surname to the outside world. In history, the descendants of the Qing Dynasty and later mostly used the surnames "Na" and "Zhao".However, the Hada faction outside the Kaiyuan Wei Guangshun Pass who moved south to the north of Liaoning still used the old surname "Wanyan". , "Bu" and other surnames.

Therefore, Wang Zhong and Wang Tai are actually Wanyan Zhong and Wanyantai. There may be some meaning of "Ming-style transliteration".

Speaking of which, the reason why Meng Gebulu did not dare to expect to inherit the so-called "Manchurian lord" is mainly due to his current limited strength: the Hada tribe had already shown a tendency to decline in the later period of Wangtai's rule, and there was a faint feeling of being suppressed. The trend of Ye He overshadowing, after Wang Tai's death and Ye He's attack, the original "fear of all tribes" has long since ceased to exist.

And there was a big problem inside Hada. First, Hu Erhan ran to fight with Nurhachi of Jianzhou Left Guard for no reason. He was beaten violently, and after going back, he may have become more and more angry when he thought about it, and in the end he died.

Immediately after is Hada three points, Kang Gulu and Daishan (also known as evil merchants) each have their own mountains, Meng Gebulu only barely occupied an orthodox name with the support of his mother, sister Wen, and the actual number of troops is relatively limited ——His soldiers and horses came from the fact that after the death of Wangtai, Sister Wen was regent for a short period of time according to the Mongolian and Jurchen traditions, and controlled part of the elite of Wangtai's direct lineage.

So in this case, Meng Gebulu originally thought that it would be good to be the commander of the Tashan Zuowei. It would be even better if he was the commander of the capital. Lord of the Kingdom" I dare not even think about it.

However, Gao Yushi Gao Futai was extraordinarily generous, saying that as long as he can perform outstandingly in today's World War I, let alone the highest position of the Hada tribe "Tashan Zuowei Zuo Dudu" will still be awarded to Meng Gebulu, even the Manchurian ruler You can continue to let the Hada tribe inherit—that is, he, Menggebulu, inherits.

Faced with such a big pie falling from the sky, how could Menggebulu not be excited!
Meng Gebulu knew very well that normally speaking, whether the Jurchen tribes could get the canonization of Ming Dynasty depends on blood lineage and strength.There is no problem with his blood, but there is a big problem with his strength. If there is no accident, the Manchurian ruler must be out of the question, and now not only is there a role, but the task does not seem to be very difficult.

Although Ye He had 700 cavalry outside the city, the group had no leader. The two Baylors brought each of their sons and the leading general Bai Huchi into the city. The [-] cavalry outside the city did not have a unified command at all.

And although he, Meng Gebulu, only brought a thousand cavalry to Kaiyuan, but these thousand cavalry were the personal guards of the Great Khan of Wangtai in the past, and his combat power was the mainstay of the Hada tribe. What he brought to Gao Pragmatic Review—in other words, this is the most handy thousand cavalry.

Of course, because the Hada tribe was frightened by Ye He not long ago, Meng Gebulu was still a little guilty just relying on the thousand cavalry, but at this time there were still three thousand elites of the Ming army outside the city. In Liaodong, the family of Cao Yu, the deputy commander in chief of Liaoyang, who is second only to Li Chengliang and Uncle Li, now Meng Gebulu became more courageous.

Not to mention that there are still 3000 people in Liaodong Fubiao in Kaiyuan City at this moment, of which [-] cavalry are the absolute elites of the Allied Forces who broke the Tumen half a year ago. Out of town to help.

Hmph, with Da Ming's father in command, who am I, Meng Gebulu, afraid of?

The battle outside the city started simultaneously after the cannon fired inside the city.

Cao Yu's [-] family members have already replenished their horses with the support of Gao Yushi (after he was imprisoned before, Cao Jian could not support these many horses and sold some of the horses), and now he is counting on this battle to make a big contribution, which is easy to use The imperial court's reward repaid the interest-free loan given by Gao Futai, so the fight was extraordinarily hard.

The temporary garrison of Yehe's cavalry was in the north of Kaiyuan City. At this time, Cao Yu and Menggebulu had already quietly surrounded it. Among them, Cao Yu's [-] soldiers and horses were in charge of the west and north sides, and Menggebulu was in charge. To the east and south is the north gate of Kaiyuan City, so it doesn't matter, Yehe's cavalry can't get in anyway-not to mention that Kaiyuan North Gate may kill Liaodong Fubiao cavalry at any time.

Four thousand encircled and suppressed one thousand seven, the Ming army has a clear advantage in strength, and in terms of fighting desire, the Ming army is now crushing the Yehe cavalry: Cao Yu is eager to win this battle, because he wants to prove himself to the court ability, but also want to earn rewards and pay back the money, when not responsible at this time?
The servants also know that this battle is of great importance. From now on, whether they want to eat food and drink spicy food or drink wind and smoke depends on today's battle, so it is no longer a matter of their hard work. For soldiers of the guard, running away is really not as good as dying in battle, at least the reward for dying in battle is very generous, and running away means that if you can escape, the monk can't escape the temple. The family members are all in the master's house, wives, children, parents and even young siblings, which one? Don't raise it yourself?
The situation of the Yehe tribe is the other way around. When the cannons rang out in the city before, the cavalrymen outside the city of Yehe tribe were first taken aback, not knowing what was going on in the city, and then thinking about it, it might be the habitual skills of the Ming people. After intimidating the two Baylors, they felt relieved and continued to make a living—they thought they could go to the city for a meal, but now the governor of Liaodong can't eat the meal, so of course they have to cook it themselves.

However, before they could cook, the killing of Cao Yu and Meng Gebulu came unexpectedly.

Cao Yu's West Route Army led by Congzheng's younger brother Cao Jian came from the west, Meng Gebulu's thousand cavalry came from the east, and Cao Yu himself led an army directly from the north.

Looking at the encirclement of the three parties, it is clear that there is no way out, the purpose of the Ming army's battle is not to defeat, but to completely wipe out.

The reaction of Ye He's cavalry was not too fast, after all, they did not expect this to happen at all, but they were not too slow, after all, the appearance of the Ming army might make them hesitate, but Meng Gebulu's appearance did not What's the controversy - Ye He and Hada have long been enemies!
When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous, and Ye He's cavalry shouted to find their own mounts, get on their horses, and began to fight.

However, due to the absence of a leader, the performance of the elite of Ye He's troops at this time is not very good - most of them subconsciously go directly to Mengge Bulu to fight, but only a few Ye He who are too close to the west and north The cavalry had no choice but to resist the offensive of Cao Yu and Cao Jian.

The situation soon became uncontrollable. Although Menggebulu's side was in a hard fight, the Hada cavalry, under the pressure of Da Ming's father, was obviously more than twice as powerful as when they faced Ye He alone. The Yehe cavalry, who came to kill and had no fewer troops than them, were not afraid at all. The two sides killed evenly, and even under the personal leadership of Meng Gebulu, they gradually gained a little advantage.

On the other hand, Cao Yu and Cao Jian almost formed a huge four-on-one advantage because of Menggebulu holding back their hatred. They quickly broke through the blockage of Yehe's scattered cavalry and completely surrounded the main force of Yehe's cavalry.

At this time, the Yehe cavalry had lost more than 300 cavalry, and more than a thousand cavalry were compressed in a very cramped farmland. At this time, the land in northern Liaoning had not yet thawed. It was said that it was farmland, which was actually no different from flat land How many.

Da Ming's father began to show his advantages. After Gao Wushi took office, the Wanli Type [-] musket (short-barreled cavalry style) that Gao Wushi replaced Cao Yu's troops once again showed his arrogance. However, Huan began to practice a new set of tactics learned from Ma Dong's exchange: wall push.

The wall-style cavalry charge is considered to be a classic move of the French later. Although Gao Pragmatic only knows the shape, he has real cavalry experts under his command, so after discussing with Ma Fang many times, Ma Fang asked Ma Dong to try a The new tactic is to advance slowly with the "wall form" proposed by Gao Futai, that is, a dense formation, and in the process of advancing, it is divided into several rows, showing a tendency to overlap and advance. When each row turns to the front row, according to the Order to fire at the same time.

This tactic has relatively large limitations. For example, overlapping advances will reduce the density of the formation, and cavalry advances slowly, which is not conducive to the accelerated charge and engagement in the later stage.

But at this time, the Wanli Type [-] musket has comprehensive advantages in four aspects: range, accuracy, loading speed and lethality, which can greatly make up for these limitations. Although this tactic is difficult to use frequently, as long as there is a chance to use it, The effect is still barely noticeable.

The Yehe cavalry quickly tasted the power of the "muskee cavalry wall advance". They originally planned to charge back as a whole team, but they were beaten up by three waves of salvos when they were still in the team formation stage. At least a hundred people (cavalry) lost their combat effectiveness directly. , or was shot dead on the spot, or fell off the horse, and his life and death are uncertain.

Without the methods of training and battle formation that Nurhachi learned from Li Chengliang and the addition of the Eight Banners system, the Jurchens have no advantage in the strict military formation of the Ming army. The fight was so overwhelming that everyone was in a hurry and couldn't care less about the whole team, and they fought each other in twos and threes.

Some bold ones shouted directly to charge towards the Ming army—well, now only one person can charge; Go, hoping to break the siege of the Hada tribe and escape.

In their consciousness, the Hada tribe is a defeated general, and it is far easier to attack the Hada tribe cavalry than to attack this group of Ming army guards who are advancing like a wall-this is also one of the advantages of the wall cavalry. It looks like "unmovable", which can be referred to the iron floating map in the heyday of the Kingdom of Jin.

However, Meng Gebulu's eyes were red at this time. Seeing that victory was in sight, the "Lord of Manchuria" was already beckoning to him. How could he tolerate falling short?
He shouted angrily at that time: "Hata warriors! Revenge and revenge, today! Kill me—"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!--"

Even Cao Yu was taken aback by the sudden outburst of hatred from the Hada cavalry, but after all, he is a general with many years of experience in battle. It can be seen that Meng Gebulu himself rushed to the front with three layers of armor , where would such a good opportunity be missed?
"Da Ming - Wan Sheng!"

Cao Yu yelled: "Change the formation - rush to the formation! Kill!"

"Da Ming—Wan Sheng! Kill!"

The turbulent Ming army cavalry launched a general attack at this moment.

This piece of fertile land will soon be completely covered with blood...

(End of this chapter)