Starting in Saarhu, it is a bit difficult to make a comeback.

Chapter 39 Discovering Fan Wencheng (please read the new chapter)
Hetuala is a typical mountain city, located on a platform, with Yangbi Mountain to the south, Suzi River to the north, and Hulan Hada Mountain in the distance.

The city lies between the surrounding mountains and consists of two cities, the inner and outer cities.With a radius of ten miles, the terrain of the city is high in the south and low in the north, surrounded by city walls built of earth and stone.

There is a deep well in the low-lying middle of the inner city, which provides water for the whole city and also avoids the dilemma of water shortage due to long-term siege by the enemy.

Among them, the outer city is about 1300 meters long from east to west, north to south, with a circumference of about 5200 meters, and the city is more than 4 meters high.

The inner city of Hetuala is mainly a residential area, and the outer city is home to cavalry and important military facilities. There are more than 2 households and more than [-] people living in the city.

Houjin's horse racing workshops, granaries, weapons workshops and other important facilities are almost all in the outer city.

The 4-meter city wall is nothing compared to the Ming Dynasty's cities. Even the small Qinghe Fort capital is more than 6 meters high, let alone some big cities.

However, because his location is on a high hill, surrounded by undulating peaks and surrounded by water.

It is almost impossible for the Ming army to attack this place without any siege equipment.

Therefore, whether he was attacking Wuji Pass or walking around the north of the city, Li Xianzhong had only one purpose, which was to lead out the Xianglan Banner from the city.

It's a pity that He Heli in the city is like an old monk in meditation. No matter how the Ming army moves, he remains unmoved.

Li Sanshun said with regret: "Finally, we have enough time to capture Hetuala this time. It is a pity that these Tatars dare not leave the city."

Jianzhou Jurchens live in the mountains, and most of their mountain villages are mountain towns that rely on geographical advantages, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Therefore, even the "Plowing Courts and Sweeping Caves" during the Chenghua Period only temporarily weakened the Jurchens in Jianzhou, and it won't be long before they will make a comeback!

In fact, the Jianzhou Jurchens began to rise during the Chenghua period. Every time the Ming Dynasty attacked Jianzhou, it was almost always because the Jianzhou Jurchens invaded and robbed the border people of Liaodong.

But for more than 100 years, no matter whether the Ming Dynasty adopted conquests or allowed internal strife to consume each other, it was never able to completely eliminate this hidden danger, leading to today's disaster.

Even though the Ming army severely damaged Nurhachi's Eight Banners this time, as long as the Ming Dynasty's national power cannot support a long-term continuous conquest, they will come back before long.

However, Li Xianzhong's main purpose of going deep into Hetuala this time was to force Nurhachi to retreat. I believe Lao Nu will receive the news soon.Since they couldn't take advantage in Hetuala, the Ming army simply went all the way north to sweep other Jurchen strongholds to further weaken his war potential.

After all, all the men in the Jurchen village had been recruited by Nurhaci, and even a bunch of old, weak, women and children could not withstand the Ming army's attack.

Going north along the Suzi River, there are many Jianzhou Jurchen villages along the way, the most famous of which are Mardun Village and Gule Village.

These are also the two largest settlements in Jianzhou besides Hetuala.

Maldun means barrier and steepness in Manchu.Maldun was originally the name of a mountain village at the traffic junction from Jianzhou to Fushun. It was located on the top of Qinglong Mountain and the terrain was extremely steep.

Nashen, the leader of Maldun Village, once relied on the danger of the village to prevent Nurhachi from growing stronger. However, the village was eventually conquered by Lao Nu, and now it has become a larger Jurchen gathering place in Jianzhou.

In addition to the old village on the top of the mountain, the area of ​​the village has also expanded a lot to the surrounding areas. Now it is a place with tens of thousands of people living in a radius of several miles.

Mardun is located between Hetuala and Sarhu, 60 miles northwest of Hetuala.

The Ming army galloped northwest for less than two hours and finally arrived here.

Nowadays, everyone knows that Hou Jin completely annihilated the two northwest armies of the Ming Dynasty near Sarhu, so Maldun Village did not have any defenses.

Li Sanshun led 300 people to put on Zhenghongqi's armor, easily arrived at the gate of the stronghold, and then took advantage of them and rushed directly into the stronghold.

The establishment of the state this time can be said to be a mobilization of the entire clan. Not to mention their own banner men, even the strong Bao Yi were recruited together to work as logistics auxiliaries.

So when Li Sanshun and the others raised their butcher's knives, they did not encounter too strong resistance.

Soon the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, with the support of Li Sanshun and others, also rushed into the stronghold.

Although these Jianlu didn't know why the Ming army suddenly appeared in their stronghold, they were skilled in bow and horse after all, and some elderly Jurchens still took up weapons to fight the Ming army.

Of course, facing the most elite cavalry of the Ming army, their struggle was in vain.

The Ming army kept waving the swords in their hands, and those who fell to the ground were the old and the weak one by one.These old and weak people who built the captives were definitely not the main force in production. The ones who were mainly engaged in heavy physical labor such as farming were captured slaves, mainly Han people, but of course there were also Mongolians and Jurchens from other tribes.

However, since Nurhaci established Houjin, in order to enrich the Jurchen population, all Jurchen tribes have been basically classified into various banners, including the Haixi Jurchens.

Those captive Han people were still the lowest slaves, often called "coated aha".

Of course, strictly speaking, there is a slight difference between "Baoyi" and "Aha". "Baoyi" generally refers to domestic slaves, while "Aha" is the lowest slave.

In addition to the [-] old and weak soldiers in Mardun Village, there are also nearly [-] "coated Aha".

How to deal with these "coated aha" has become a troublesome matter.

If you kill them all, many of them are border residents who were robbed by the Jianqi from Fushun and Qinghe last year, and they are quite innocent.

If not killed, these people would continue to work for Hou Jin, supply resources, and some would even act as spies.

After all, this place is still seventy or eighty miles away from the Liaodong Border Wall in Fushun. It is unrealistic to take them there. If they are allowed to go by themselves, they probably won't be able to reach the border wall, and they will have to be captured by Jianlu to continue to be slaves.

At this time, Li Xianzhong was already murderous. After all, this was within the territory of Jianzhou. Even if he said he would kill all these people, he would still be unaware of it.

Just when he was about to order all of them to be slaughtered, a tall and tall young man suddenly walked out from the group of "coated aha".

I saw this man salute to Li Xianzhong and said: "The general must be worried about how to deal with us captive border residents. If my prediction is correct, the general wants to kill us people to avoid future troubles."

Li Xianzhong did not hide his thoughts and said with a smile: "You are just slaves of the Tatars if you stay here. Rather than spend the rest of your life like a pig or a dog, it is better to help you escape in advance."

Li Xianzhong did not deny it, which was beyond his expectation, so the young man said: "Thank you general for your candor. We and other captured border residents are also innocent people. Although some of them have taken refuge with the Jianlu and served them wholeheartedly, most of them Some of them are ordinary people.”

"There is a way to get these people back to the Ming Dynasty safely. I wonder if the general can be lenient?"

Since this person can see through his own thoughts at a glance, he must have some abilities.

Li Xianzhong said: "You tell me first and listen!"

The young man said: "This place is still 75 miles away from Fushun Pass. If we walk, I'm afraid we will be captured eventually; but if we ride horses, we can reach it in less than half a day."

"Although there are not many horses here, there is a horse farm owned by Jianlu in Gule Village 20 miles away, with thousands of good horses. Even if we walk the 20 miles, it will only take more than an hour. General, please wait for me a way out."

After saying that, the young man knelt on the ground, and the people behind him also knelt down and shouted: "Please general, please wait for me a way out!"

Although the main force of Jianlu should not be able to return so quickly, after all, they are now in Jianzhou, and Li Xianzhong originally did not want to bring these burdens with him.

But thinking about it, it would be too much of a disadvantage if I just returned to Fushun from Jianzhou with nothing.Bringing these border residents with them would at least have someone to carry some supplies, and even those thousands of good horses would be a considerable income.

So he said: "I will temporarily recruit you to be our army's handymen, but I will say something ugly at the beginning. You only have one and a half hours. If you can't reach Gule Village after one and a half hours, then I will take care of you." I will live or die without you."

After Li Xianzhong finished speaking, those people quickly kowtowed and expressed their gratitude!

He still admires this young man very much and intends to recruit him under his command.

So he asked: "I don't know your surname?"

The young man said: "Fan Wencheng, a young man from Shenyang Zhongwei, is a scholar in the 45th year of Wanli!"

Fan Wencheng's words almost made Li Xianzhong's jaw drop. Fan Wencheng, a notorious traitor in history, was actually dressing someone in Maldun Village.

A trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

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