After Dang Shantong's affair with his favorite concubine Abahai was confirmed, Nurhachi was furious.
Although the eldest concubine is not Daishan's biological mother, she is still his mother and queen in terms of seniority and status.
Although Daishan is a few years older than the concubine, he is still his son in name.
Although Nurhachi once expressed his hope that Daishan could take care of his concubines and young son after his death, Jurchens do have sons who inherit the tradition of their father's women!
But these are things after Nurhachi's death.
Now that my old father is still alive and well, is it okay for them to do such a shameful thing?
Although the Jurchens' views on human ethics are quite different from those of the Ming people, no man can tolerate this kind of thing!
Not to mention a man, even a eunuch!
Wei Zhongxian robbed Yinyue, his "brother", Wei Chao's rival, and Wei Chao also wanted to fight with him!
Huang Taiji had his father Khan under control.
He had already mastered the "dirty information" about Big Beile's sadistic son having an affair with the concubine, but he just lacked a suitable opportunity.
The Khan was very sensitive when he was injured, so Daishan returning to Hetuala privately would definitely arouse his suspicion.
If these black materials are revealed at this time, Daishan will definitely be deposed.
It's just that Huang Taiji himself didn't expect that Daishan would actually kill his son. This was really his own fault.
Nurhachi soon deposed Daishan as the crown prince on the grounds that he had mistreated his son and was unworthy of the throne.
However, at this time, the Ming army was pressing down on the territory, and Daishan held the two red flag elites, and controlled the Kuandian area and North Korea, so Nurhachi did not dare to push him too hard.
Nurhaci wanted to swear on behalf of Shan and his brothers that if he harbors any grudge against the Baylors and ministers in the future, he would be willing to be punished by heaven and earth.
After that, he still retained the identity of Daishan's great Baylor, and did not deprive his subordinates of Niu Lu. He is still the first of Daikin's "four great Baylors".
Originally, Amin died, and Nurhachi intended to promote Abahai's son, Azig, the current leader of the Lanlan Banner, to one of the four Baylors.
But after this incident, Azig's "Four Big Belles" are definitely out of business.
The family scandal should not be publicized, so Nurhaci had no choice but to abandon the concubine Abahai on the grounds that she had stolen gold and silk.
Although she was expelled, she was still given a residence in the inner city of Hetuala and allowed to continue to raise the young Dorgon and Dodo.
At this time, Li Xianzhong had led his troops to the bastion of Gule Village.
This expedition to the grassland was full of rewards. Not only did they extort 150,000 taels of silver from Lin Dan Khan, but they also obtained thousands of cattle and horses.
However, those 20,000 sheep became a real problem. The pastures in Kaiyuan and Tieling simply could not raise so many sheep.
So Li Xianzhong directly enclosed two pastures outside Zhenbeiguan and Xin'an Pass in Kaiyuan for sheep herding.
This can be regarded as an opportunity to expand Ming's power to the grassland.
Now "Telhan" Zasai is aggressively attacking Chaohua and preparing to unify all the tribes in Inner Khalkha. Naturally, he has no time to take care of the pastures outside Kaiyuan Pass.
With the help of cement, it was very convenient for the Ming army to build several small forts and beacon towers along the grassland.
Li Xianzhong also asked Zaisai for hundreds of captured tribesmen from the Chaohua tribe to use for his grazing.
However, the money coming from animal husbandry is really slow.
Under today's conditions, mutton simply cannot be stored for a long time.
Although there are hot pot restaurants opened by Li Xianzhong in Kaiyuan, Shenyang and Liaoyang that specialize in selling these freshly killed "hot mutton".
But after all, the number of people in Liaodong who could afford mutton was limited, and most of the sheep were used to improve the food for meritorious sergeants and craftsmen who made outstanding contributions.
The preservation of dairy products is even more difficult. In addition to being made into traditional cheese and butter tea, more cow and goat milk is made into milk powder.
The process of making milk powder existed in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Mongols also carried milk powder with them when they went on expeditions.
It's just that the production process is relatively rough, using primitive heating to remove moisture.
The storage time is also relatively short, only two or three months, but compared to the shelf life of fresh milk, it is already a major breakthrough.
Many problems were also exposed in this battle of Gule Village. The biggest contradiction was the rate of fire of Rumi Gun.
Li Sanshun, Man Gui and others concluded that it is currently impossible to rely on pure firearms troops to defend the bastion.
It must be supplemented by a strong heavy infantry defense.
As long as the Tatars invest thousands of troops in a desperate attack, it will be difficult for the Rumi Gun to eliminate them under the city.
In addition, the ignition rate of the flintlock gun will decrease after continuous shooting. If not every gunman is equipped with two Lumi guns this time, the problem may be more serious.
However, Hongtian Lei is very useful, and Li Sanshun suggested that specialized grenadiers should be incorporated into the firearms unit in the future.
Of course, another problem is that the cost of both explosive bombs and thunderbolts is relatively high, and the current production capacity is obviously insufficient.
The Pinglu Guards persisted in the bastion for three days and almost used up Hongtianlei's inventory, and there were not many explosive shells left.
Although the bastion can kill a large number of enemies in a short period of time, it is also a "behemoth" that swallows ammunition.
The biggest difference between hot weapons and cold weapons is that hot weapons have a cost to use, unlike cold weapons which only have a manufacturing cost.
Behind the large amount of ammunition consumption is money. It is obvious that in addition to the musket and artillery factories in Pinlubao, the ammunition production capacity will also be increased.
Otherwise, the army's expedition will be affected.
The Ming army is currently stocking up on ammunition in preparation for a larger-scale attack.
In addition to the Gule Village in front of them, they also have to face the Mardun Village and Hetuala City.
Although the bastion was used to eliminate more than 10,000 Tatar soldiers, the Tatars still had a large number of troops and had a huge demand for explosive ammunition.
Now it is impossible for the Tatars to take the initiative to attack the bastion.
Gule Village naturally lost the meaning of its continued existence.
Soon the Ming army's gunners pushed the Hongyi cannon to the gate of Gule Village again.
Next to Hongyi Cannon were the Liaodong cavalry, each with distinct armor and neatly arranged.
This scene made Zhenglan Qi in the city shudder. It seemed that the Ming army was about to launch a general attack.
They knew very well that as soon as the shelling was over, the Ming army's gunmen would use their range advantage to suppress them, and then these god-like Liaodong cavalry would rush into the city and kill them without hesitation.
There are still 3,000 Zhenglan Banners in the city. Gushan'er Zhenmang Gurtai has long been killed, and Meile'er Zhen on his left and right were also ambushed by the Ming army when they cooperated with the main force to attack the fortress.
At this moment, Jiala'e Zhensamutai was the highest commander in the city. He raised his sword and shouted: "The gunmen of Niulu of the Han army should be careful to hide. After the bombardment, those Liaodong cavalry will definitely rush into the city. When they arrive, Then use the blunderbuss to greet them."
"Jianzhou Niulu will follow me to fight with the Ming army in close combat. We must severely damage the Ming army and avenge Sanbeile!"
It's a pity that Samutai ignored the actual situation in the city. Although the Eight Banners of Jianzhou still accounted for 40% of the three thousand Zhenglan Banners, it was a pity that almost all those who dared to fight were wiped out by the Ming army during the last attack.
Today, among the remaining 1,200 Jianzhou Eight Banners, there are more than a thousand Korean Jurchens.
There are only 1,050 Korean Jurchens in the Zhenglan Banner. With the overall death rate in the Zhenglan Banner being as high as 70% and the death rate in Jianzhou Niulu being as high as 86%, only 50% of these Koreans were killed. Ten people are less than five percent of the total number.
Their fighting will can be imagined.
At this time, the Ming army began to fight again. A Ming army envoy said loudly: "Uncle Ning Yuan has ordered that as long as they are not Jurchens of Jianzhou's own clan, other people who were forcibly recruited into the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, regardless of whether they are Hainan The various tribes of the Western Jurchens, as well as the "savage Jurchens", or the Koreans or the Han army, can avoid death as long as they surrender!"
The reason why no one from the Eight Banners of Jianzhou surrendered before was because of their system. If they surrendered, their families would be implicated; more importantly, the Ming army did not leave any survivors at all.
Jianzhou also attached great importance to publicity. Although it was impossible for these Eight Banners soldiers to hear the original text of Li Xianzhong's "Appeal to the Prisoners of Jianzhou", almost everyone knew Li Xianzhong's sentence "take down his leader, destroy his city, and exterminate his clan".
Everyone knew that the Ming army was coming to destroy the city and exterminate the clan this time, so they had no choice but to fight to the death.
Since Nurhaci can pour water on the Jianzhou Jurchen, Li Xianzhong can naturally restore it.
Pick out those who were forced to make up numbers from other ethnic groups.
His move worked quickly, because most of Zhenglan Banner's core members had died in the battle.
If we follow Li Xianzhong's calculation just now and only kill the real Jianzhou Jurchens, then there won't even be 50 of these three thousand people.
Even Jia La'e Zhen Samutai is not a Jianzhou Jurchen. He was originally from the Haixi Jurchen Huifa tribe. After being incorporated into the Zhenglan Banner, he rose to his current position because of his repeated military exploits.
At this moment, Samutai also figured it out. If his wife is gone, he can remarry, and if his child is gone, he can have another child. He is not a Jurchen from Jianzhou, so why should he be buried with Nurhachi?
So Samutai ordered the dozens of real Jianzhou Jurchens to be tied up, and then went out of the city to surrender to the Ming army.
This ended the forty-day "Battle of Gule Village".
The Ming army led by Li Xianzhong achieved the first major victory in the "Fourth Wanli Campaign".
After Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, verified the results of the battle on the spot, he jointly sent a report to the court about the "Great Victory in Gulezhai".
In this battle, the Ming army captured Gule Village and the surrounding areas for more than a hundred miles. Killed Sanbeile Mang Gurtai in Jianzhou, completely annihilated and captured 10,000 Zhenglan Banner soldiers, including 5,000 Jurchens in Jianzhou.
Then they used the built bastion to annihilate 11,000 soldiers from the Xianghuang Banner and Zhengbai Banner who came to attack, including 3,500 Jurchens from Jianzhou.
In addition, the Ming army's Hongyi artillery also wounded Nurhachi himself.
Along with this "Victory at Gulezhai" were sent to the capital the body of Mang Gurtai and the heads of five thousand Jianzhou Jurchens.
Previous intelligence said that the Eight Banners of Jianzhou had a total of 80,000 soldiers. The first assistant, Ye Xianggao, and the Minister of War, Xiong Tingbi, did not expect that Li Xianzhong achieved such results with only 20,000 troops.
Not only did the enemy troops annihilated exceed the total number of troops sent, but less than a thousand Ming troops died in the battle.
Although Li Xianzhong launched the expedition against Jianzhou in the name of the "Fourth Wanli Campaign" on the orders of the late emperor, this was after all the first major victory for the new emperor after he ascended the throne.
Naturally, it deserves praise. After all, the cabinet and the Ministry of War also contributed to this.
However, there were also many Korean heads included, and in the end the Ministry of War only confirmed level 3,500.
The bounty is naturally the old rule, you owe it first.
Soon the news that Nurhachi was injured by the Ming army was confirmed. After all, Fan Wencai had sought medical treatment and medicine in order to bring Daishan back.
The spies from Dongchang and Jinyiwei have double confirmed the authenticity of the news.
Now that the war is not over yet, the cabinet finally decided to suspend the reward.
In addition, Li Xianzhong, as deputy economic envoy of Liaodong, and Yan Mingtai, governor of Jiliao, jointly submitted a letter to the Ministry of War.
Request that the three thousand prisoners this time be organized into a surrender army to cooperate with the Ming army in combat.
This unit is called Huang Ming Xie Congjun, or "Huang Xie Army" for short.
He also requested the imperial court to confer Samutai as a general of Zhenglan Banner of the Imperial Association Army.
This was the first time that the Eight Banners had organized a large-scale surrender.
Jia La'e is really equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's general, and he can also be regarded as a mid-level and senior general.
Samutai, as the first senior general of Jianzhou to become Ming Dynasty, will naturally receive preferential treatment.
However, Li Xianzhong's combat prowess had already made the late emperor fearful.
Allowing him to recruit a surrender army at this time is tantamount to strengthening his strength.
Moreover, there is drought everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that taxes in many places will be greatly reduced, and it is impossible to increase the expenditure for reducing the army.
In the end, the chief assistant Ye Xianggao decided to agree to the establishment of the Imperial Association Army.
However, the Imperial Association Army did not enjoy the imperial establishment, and the food and grass it needed was raised by the Liaodong Governor's Yamen itself.
Li Xianzhong could appoint generals of the Imperial Association Army in the name of Deputy Economic Envoy of Liaodong, and they needed to report to the Ministry of War. However, these generals, like the Imperial Association Army, were only paid in name by the court.
Finally, Li Xianzhong officially appointed Samutai as the general of Zhenglan Banner of the Imperial Association Army, and continued to lead his troops to fight for the Ming Dynasty.
Then some guerrillas, Qian Zong, Ba Zong and Baihu were appointed.
The Imperial Association Army will be used as a servant army of the Ming Army in the future. These people do not receive monthly salary, but they can receive bounties and extra meals based on their military merits.
Those with outstanding performance can also be formally incorporated into the Ming Army.
Changing gear was out of the question and they continued to use existing equipment.
Of course, the Ming army would provide them with long-range fire support in future sieges, and dangerous tasks such as filling trenches and breaching the city would be left to the Imperial Alliance Army.
Although there is currently only Zhenglan Banner, he believes that with this example, other banners will continue to join in.
In the future, he will use these imperial troops to expedition to Japan and expand territory for the Ming Dynasty.
After the Imperial Alliance Army was incorporated, news came from the Intelligence Department that the Daishan reserve position had been abolished.
Everyone was excited when they heard that there was internal strife among the Tatars and that Huang Taiji was plotting against Dai Shan, so that his reserve position was deposed.
This is really a blessing from God!
Mao Yuanyi said: "It's a pity that our army is pressing down on the border at this time. It is impossible for Huang Taiji and Daishan to meet each other in battle."
Li Xianzhong naturally understands this truth.
After the "Victory of Gulezhai", Li Xianzhong issued a list of supplies to the court and requested the court to allocate supplies and weapons to deal with the subsequent war.
Now that the imperial court is unwilling to allocate supplies, it is naturally difficult to urge Li Xianzhong to attack Hetuala.
However, in order to reduce the pressure on Nurhaci, he ordered the "Imperial Association Army" to launch several feint attacks on Mardun Village.
On August 25, the "Imperial Association Army", under the cover of the Ming Army's Hongyi artillery, launched successive exploratory attacks on the Maldun Village guarded by Du Du.
However, due to the tenacious defense of the white flag, the Imperial Association Army failed to achieve a breakthrough, but instead suffered hundreds of casualties.
Soon the news of the "Maldunzhai victory" spread back to Hetuala.
Seeing that the Ming army's attack was thwarted, Nurhaci finally let go of his hanging heart.
If the Ming army breaks through Mardun Village, they will have to attack the city of Hetuala.
After Nurhachi was injured, medicinal materials became a big problem.
Jianzhou did not produce several key medicinal materials for treating Dahan's injuries, so he had to come up with a solution from the Ming Dynasty.
After the Ming Dynasty learned that Nurhaci was seriously injured, it completely blocked the pass and strictly prohibited any medicinal materials from flowing to the border. It was discovered that those who brought medicinal materials privately would be killed without mercy.
In the end, they spent a hundred times the price to buy the required medicinal materials from Fan Yongdou!
Although Dr. Liu kept changing his dressing, Dahan's injury became more and more serious. His wound could not heal at all and was obviously infected.
Not only did a large amount of foul-smelling pus flow out, but the pain was so unbearable that he couldn't sleep at all.
Liu Langzhong was also puzzled by this.
At first, he suspected that profiteers were passing off inferior medicinal materials and selling them to Jianzhou. However, he personally checked and found that there was nothing wrong with the medicinal materials used.
If you are an experienced imperial physician, you will definitely find that although some medicinal materials appear to be of high quality, they have been boiled in water and then dried in the sun, and 70% to 80% of their medicinal power has been evaporated.
The smell of these medicinal materials is not emitted by itself, but is contaminated with these smells after being kept together with other good medicinal materials for a long time.
As long as it is blown by the wind, the smell of the medicinal materials will be much lighter.
Although Dr. Liu's medical skills are good, he is not a famous doctor after all, and he can't see the secret behind it.
As for those doctors in Jianzhou, they don't understand even more.
In order to cure the Great Khan, they even hired shamans and witches to exorcise the evil spirits, but no matter how hard they tried, the Great Khan's injury just didn't get better.
Nurhachi's extremely strong body is now losing weight day by day.
In addition to strictly sealing the border and prohibiting the flow of medicinal materials into Jianzhou, the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited the flow of medicinal materials into Jianzhou. Soldiers were even sent to protect famous doctors in the Liaodong area, so that even several waves of spies who went to "request miracle doctors" were not captured by the Ming army.
In desperation, Nurhaci had no choice but to post a notice in the city of Hetuala. No matter what his identity, anyone who could cure the wound on Dahan's back would be promoted to the third level and rewarded with thousands of gold!
Both Daishan and Huang Taiji valued this golden opportunity.
If Huang Taiji can cure the Khan's injury, he will definitely be favored, and it is also possible to succeed him as the crown prince.
Daishan was currently ordered to reflect on his mistakes in the palace. If the person he recommended could cure the Great Khan's injury, not to mention restoring the position of the kings, he could at least regain the Great Khan's trust.
Huang Taiji knew very well that the Great Khan was afraid of Daishan's strength, so he did not dare to deal harsh blows to him.
The plot of the eldest son Chu Ying being killed by the Great Khan is impossible for Dai Shan.
If the Great Khan has three advantages and two disadvantages now, it will be very detrimental to him.
After the Zhenglan Banner was wiped out by the Ming army, only seven of the Eight Banners remained.
Daishan himself directly controls the two red flags, and Du Du, the leader of the Xiangbai Banner, has long been attached to Daishan. Needless to say, Xiangbai Banner is definitely on Daishan's side.
The blue flag, the second largest flag in Jianzhou after the Zhenghuang flag, is in the hands of Azige. Azige's mother-in-law, Abahai, had an affair with her contemporaries.
If the Great Khan dies, Abahai will definitely be attached to Daishan, and then Xianglan Banner will definitely be on the side of Daishan, the Great Beile.
After the death of the Great Khan, the two yellow flags will definitely abide by their neutrality and obey the orders of the new Great Khan.
If the Great Khan dies at this time, it is obvious that the position of Khan will still fall into the hands of Great Beiledaishan, and he will not have the slightest chance.
So for Huang Taiji, he also needs to sweat profusely and stay healthy.
At this time, Fan Wencai appeared again, and he said: "Even if Si Beile can cure Dahan's injury, it cannot change the fact that Da Beile is stronger than you."
Huang Taiji asked: "I wonder what Mr. Fan has to say?"
Fan Wencai said with a smile: "Although we are not able to cure the Khan's injuries, we can make the Khan believe that Da Beile is going to harm him. Only when Dai Shan becomes the second Chu Ying can Si Beile sit back and relax!"
Huang Taiji understood that his power was too weak at this time. If he could do what Fan Wencai said, it would be a shortcut.
Just when everyone was helpless about Da Khan's injury, Dabeile Daishan recommended a doctor who claimed to be able to cure Da Khan's illness.
The person he recommended was named Cui Sihang, a Korean doctor in his forties. This man claimed that he had been practicing medicine for generations, and his ancestors had been the imperial doctors of the Goryeo Dynasty.
After the Lee Dynasty replaced Goryeo, his ancestors kept the integrity of the previous dynasty, so they no longer served as imperial doctors.
He claimed that he was proficient in surgery and was absolutely sure that he could cure the sweat's wounds.
This Cui Shixing spoke so eloquently that he really frightened everyone.
Even Huang Taiji felt that he had made a mistake. He just thought of finding famous doctors from the Ming Dynasty and why he forgot about North Korea.
Did Daishan really find a famous North Korean doctor?
It wasn't until he saw Fan Wencai's confident eyes that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After examining Nurhachi's wound, Cui Shixing said, "Dahan's wound has been completely infected. Conventional methods may not be effective. I have a method, but I don't know if Dahan dares to try it?"
Nurhachi was already tortured by his back injury, and said impatiently: "Just tell Mr. Cui what you can do, I have nothing to fear!"
Cui Shixing said: "For this plan, I will first use a knife to gouge out the rotten flesh on the Khan's back, and then use a knife calcined with fire to forcefully close the wound on the Khan's body!"
Huang Taiji said: "Isn't this equivalent to giving the Khan the punishment of a branding iron? How can the Khan's body bear it?"
At this time Nurhachi asked: "Does Dr. Liu think this method is feasible?"
Liu Langzhong said: "This method is called 'fire therapy', and I have indeed seen it recorded in medical books, but this method is extremely dangerous, so please think twice!"
What this North Korean doctor said is clear and logical, and it really makes people believe that he has this ability.
So Nurhachi gritted his teeth and said: "I am willing to give it a try!"
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