Section 1: Red Cliff
In October of the second year of Taichang, She Chongming took command of Chongqing and ordered Fan Long and She Yin to lead tens of thousands of troops to march towards Chengdu. The rebels successively captured Fushun, Neijiang, Ziyang, Jianzhou and other places.
On October 18, the rebels surrounded Chengdu.
On October 20, Zhang Yijing, a demon man from Yunyang Prefecture in Huguang, led the White Lotus cultists to revolt in Pofang County. They led the refugees to cross the Baihe River, cross the Wu River, enter Chongqing Prefecture, and approach Fengjie City, echoing the chieftain rebels from east to west.
Emperor Taichang was worried that the White Lotus Sect would merge with the chieftain rebels, so the cabinet made an emergency vote to promote Zhu Xieyuan to the position of governor of Sichuan, and dispatched Yang Yumao as the chief military officer of Sichuan to go to Sichuan to quell the rebellion.
In early November, Shizhu's Xuanwei envoy Qin Liangyu and his nephew Qin Jianxun led a thousand white-pole soldiers to Nanpingguan to block the return of the Chongqing rebels.
On the evening of November 3rd, on the south bank of the Jialing River and on the beach at Nanpingguan, white mist filled the air.
Qin Liangyu, Shizhu's Secretary of Propaganda and Comfort, gave his nephew Qin Jianxun full responsibility for commanding the night attack.
Qin Jianxun experienced the Battle of Kaiyuan and the bloody battle of Hunhe River, and gained experience in blood and fire, and he was strong enough to stand on his own.
"Zhengnan Qibei (seriously) tell you, She Chongming is a turtle grandson, and Japanese and other immortals are stern. This Mangtuo dares to attack Chongqing and threatens to massacre the Shizhu soldiers, just because we didn't fight with him. Let’s rebel together! What can we do if we all agree?”
After hearing this, all the generals held their arms and said angrily:
"Turtle son, let him come!"
"Shovel, the hands are broken, the legs are broken! The head is broken, and the throat is smashed to pieces!"
Qin Jianxun looked around and saw familiar faces in front of him. Some of them were his elders, brothers with his dead father and uncle.
Brothers fighting tigers, father and son go into battle.
"The Kuang Kuang soldiers who chopped off my head at the time (Note 1) hid gunpowder and sulfur at the dock and will transport it to Chengdu tomorrow. Wait for Ha'er to light the gunpowder first, and then go to the boat to set fire. When the Kuang Kuang soldiers come down to put out the fire, give it to me. Kick your legs (kill)!"
Immediately disperse the generals in all directions and arrange for the white-pole soldiers to prepare fire sticks.
There was an endless stream of red horse boats moored on the Jialing River (Note 2), and Qin Jianxun cursed in his heart.
"She Niangang, you killed so many people and still want to be the emperor, I'm going to burn Chibi today! Burn all your ships! Let's see how your son-in-law comes back!"
The days are short in winter, the sun sets in the west, the mist disperses, and a waning moon rises on the Jialing River.
The moonlight shrouded Nanpingguan, and under the moonlight, groups of soldiers with white poles holding waist knives and bucklers sneaked towards Wanglongmen Pier.
The winter night was freezing. Qin Jianxun wore a layer of cotton armor on the inside and a layer of chain mail on the outside. He still felt cold on his body.
Wanglongmen Wharf is located between Fotuguan and Nanpingguan. It is an important channel for the Kuangyang Army to transport grain and soldiers. The main force of the She Chongming rebels has already gone to Chengdu to attack the city.
She Chongming planned to capture Chengdu and completely control Sichuan, and then go north to conquer Shaanxi, or east to enter Huguang.
Look at the Longmen Pier as bright as day.
Next to several piles of dark tents, the rebels lit a bonfire on the dock and gathered around the bonfire to drink and eat meat. There were some men and women in ragged clothes tied to the ground, many of whom had lost their breath.
As the twelfth lunar month approaches, the riverside is wet and cold.
I don’t know how many people in Chongqing died tonight.
For these rebels, even though they had wine, meat and women, many of them could not bear the cold night and sneaked back into the city.
There were only two to three hundred people guarding the dock.
Qin Jianxun led three hundred soldiers with white poles and gradually reached the edge of Wanglongmen Pier.
A woman screamed in the distance, and Qin Jianxun cursed:
"This group of scumbags who cut off their heads at the time did not go to Liaodong to fight the Tatars, but stayed in Chongqing to harm the people!"
In the spring of the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the Shizhu Baigan soldiers and the Yongning Kuangang soldiers were recruited by the court to aid the Liao Dynasty at the same time. The Baigan soldiers traveled thousands of miles and arrived at the battlefield as scheduled. However, the Kuang Kuang soldiers delayed again and again, and kept entrenched in Chongqing. When all the people from all walks of life went north, She Chongming took the opportunity to rebel.
One of the reasons why the Baigan soldiers suffered heavy casualties in Hunhe was because She Chongming planned a rebellion for his own selfish purposes and deliberately delayed the march.
If the 20,000 Kuang Kuang soldiers can go north on time, join the Zhejiang Army, Baigan soldiers and other powerful armies at Hunhe River, and fight with all their strength against the Jianzhou Eight Banners, the final outcome of the Hunhe battlefield is hard to say. .
Under the moonlight, a figure staggered towards Qin Jianxun. The drunk man turned his back to the bonfire and lay on a large tallow tree to urinate.
Qin Jianxun blew the whistle softly. When the soldiers heard the whistle, they woke up immediately and ran towards the bonfire without even putting on their pants.
He had a big mouth, and just as he was about to call out, the soldiers with white poles in the front row pulled the crossbow.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several short arrows shot out quickly, piercing the darkness and hitting the man's vest.
Within five or six steps, the short crossbow easily penetrated the leather armor of the rebel and shot the man to death.
Next to the bonfire, an extremely strong leader of the Kuang Kuang heard the noise behind him and suddenly grabbed the mace placed beside the bonfire.
He was about in his early thirties, and was the strongest under Chieftain Yongning. His eyes were awe-inspiring. He looked at the white-pole soldiers hiding in the night, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said to the two soldiers beside him:
"Adara, Deha, summon the warriors in the banner (Note 3) to kill the white pole soldiers!"
Qin Jianxun pointed to the dark tent in front of the campfire, pulled out his Miao sword, and said to the white-poled soldiers behind him:
"The gunpowder of the Kuang Kuang soldiers is in the tent. Thirty people go over and light the fire. Thirty people go to burn the boat. The rest follow me to kill the Kuang Kuang soldiers!"
The image of his father's uncle dying tragically on the Hunhe battlefield appeared in front of Qin Jianxun's eyes.
She Chongming's father and uncle died tragically in Hunhe, and She Chongming was absolutely inseparable from their involvement.
Today I will avenge the hatred of my country and my family.
The leader of the gang carried a mace as thick as a human leg, followed by a dozen strong Yongning chieftain soldiers. They walked against the light of the fire and strode towards the white pole soldiers. The chieftain soldiers were illuminated by the fire and turned blood red, as if Demons from hell.
"Sure, kill them all!"
Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.
Miao Dao crashed into the mace.
Qin Jianxun's jaw went numb for a while, and he was shaken by the huge impact and took several steps back.
Just as he was about to raise the short crossbow, there were dense explosions all around, and the gunpowder on the shore was detonated by the white pole soldiers.
The leader of the gang picked up the mace and smashed it all the way. The mace was like a tiger, and the attack was fierce and fierce. Qin Jianxun was so shocked that he just raised his knife to block and retreated repeatedly.
An explosion sounded from behind, and the pair of chieftain soldiers who were fighting for their lives were lifted up by the shock wave and flew away with the wind.
The Jialing River was blazing into the sky, and the densely packed boats were engulfed by the fireworks one after another, making crackling sounds of wood. The sleeping Kuang Kuang soldiers in the boats woke up one after another, screaming and jumping into the freezing cold Jialing River.
The firelight illuminated the figures of the chieftain soldiers running hastily at the Nanping Pass of Fotu Pass.
On Wanglongmen Pier, countless weapons collided and broke, and entered the opponent's body.
Two chieftain soldiers who hated each other exchanged their lives endlessly under the night fire of hell.
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Section 2: Fighting
October 15th, the second year of Taichang.
Liaodong, Hetuala, Gaogang on the north side.
The Hall of Honor in the Khan Palace.
This large yamen, which once served as the power center of the Later Jin Dynasty, provided the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty with managing state affairs, issuing decrees, and receiving envoys. A series of changes occurred one year after the bloody battle of Hunhe River.
The royal desk from the Nurhaci era has been removed and replaced with an ordinary pear wood desk table, which is placed in the middle of the Yamen lobby.
The number of seats placed under the imperial desk has increased from five to six, and the owners of the seats have also changed.
From west to east, they are Daishan, the leader of Zhenghong Banner, Jierhalang, the leader of Xianglan Banner, Abatai, the leader of Xianghong Banner, Degelei, the leader of Zhenglan Banner, and Azige, the leader of Xiangbai Banner.
The two yellow flags and the Zhengbai flag were commanded by Huang Taiji himself.
Mang Gurtai, Du Du and others died or surrendered in the bloody battle of Hunhe River. They should be kicked out of the highest power center of Hou Jin Dynasty.
Amin, who had died countless times, was sent to Yehe City to stay in the isolated city closest to Kaiyuan.
The Eight Banners system established since the Lao Nu era has been developed by two generations of post-Jin Dynasty Khans and has become quite mature. Each banner restrains each other and is independent of each other, maintaining the stability of the post-Jin Dynasty's power center.
Of course, it needs to be added that Huang Taiji is not the Great Khan of Houjin yet.
It’s not that Huang Taiji is not strong enough to bear the crown, it’s just because he has always insisted:
Seeking false fame and causing disaster is not what a wise man should do.
Unlike Liu Zhaosun who was in full swing in Liaodong and Shandong, Huang Taiji has been keeping a low profile for more than a year, and even made Kaiyuan's gang mistakenly believe that Babeile had an eye disease and died.
In the second year of Taichang, for a whole year, Marquis Pingliao was busy running around.
Starting from the first month of the first month, Marquis Pingliao began to organize internal affairs, then got married, and then hurried to North Korea. After fighting with the Koreans, he occupied the small islands and iron mines in North Korea. Soon after returning to Liaodong, he began to exterminate the Wenxiang Sect again, and is now said to be busy dealing with the Chongqing chieftain rebellion.
When Liu Zhaosun was advancing in Shandong and robbed Yan Shenggong, he turned a blind eye to the enemy in Liaodong.
After the bloody battle of Hunhe, Liu Zhaosun, Kang Yingqian and others carefully evaluated and determined that the national power of the Later Jin Dynasty was greatly damaged, and the Dingkou of each banner could not return to its former state within three years.
In other words, Liu Zhaosun believed that no Jiannu would dare to go to war with Kaiyuan within three years.
Based on this judgment, Liu Zhaosun put Huang Taiji, who was blind in one eye, behind him and spent his main energy on farming, mining and robbing labor force.
He forgot about this most powerful opponent on the Hunhe battlefield - although the two did not fight - he forgot to take good care of this son of the plane and pay special attention to him.
This mistake will cost Liu Zhaosun his life.
Huang Taiji sat alone on the pear wood desk, opening an urgent newspaper that had just been sent from Ye Hecheng with both hands.
He spread the newspaper flat on the table and looked at it carefully, with an incredible expression on his face.
Dai Shan, who was sitting below, saw Huang Taiji frowning and the expression on his face kept changing. He finally couldn't help but ask.
"Khan, what did Amin say?"
Huang Taiji glanced at him and put down the newspaper. He knew that Daishan was illiterate.
"Liu Zhaosun is coming to Liaodong to sweep holes and plow the courts."
Daishan and others looked confused and stretched their necks to look this way. Most of them were illiterate.
Among the several flag owners, only Jierhalang knew Chinese characters. After he became the flag owner of the Xianglan Banner, he studied hard and became an important confidant of Huang Taiji.
Jierhalang took the newspaper and read it carefully.
"Liu's thieves divided their troops into three groups, one going south, passing Fushun, and approaching Liao Town; the other group was preparing to attack Ye He City. I begged the Great Khan to send troops to rescue Ye He."
Jirharang's throat squirmed, and he had no time to care about Amin who was far away in Yehe.
What did Liu Zhao and Sun want to do by dividing their troops to fight? It should be noted that dividing troops is a taboo for military strategists at any time.
"The last road..."
Huang Taiji stretched out his hand to interrupt Jierhalang, turned around and looked at the blue-flag Bagara:
"Go back and tell your master that those who attack Yehe City should be Liu Zhaosun's partial troops, and tell him not to be afraid. Liu Zhaosun will divide his troops, but we will not divide our troops. Therefore, you must defend Yehe City! Hold back Kaiyuan's army."
Huang Taiji smiled and said:
"I met him once in Hunhe. We haven't seen each other for a long time. He is still young and frivolous. These days, Xiang Lanqi is deliberately showing weakness. I didn't expect Liu Zhaosun to take it seriously and want to come to sweep the hole and plow the court."
There was a burst of laughter all around.
Jierhalang thought for a moment, looked up at Huang Taiji and said:
"Great Khan, let Liu Zhaosun fight wherever he likes. If we can't defeat him in the field, we will defend the city. Finally, send someone to Ningyuan to give Zu Dashou some more money. When fighting starts here, let Liao Town also beat the drum. , doesn’t Liu Zhaosun want Liaonan? Zu Dashou will definitely be willing to help us. "
Huang Taiji nodded in approval.
"That's good. Shandong can also do it."
Dai Shan echoed from the side: "As expected of Yang Hao's son-in-law, he dares to divide his troops into three groups with less than 30,000 troops. In this case, let's wait for the three groups to be defeated together!"
Everyone looked at each other and said something, and while they were talking, a low conch trumpet sounded outside the Khan's Palace.
Everyone looked at each other.
A Bagala with a yellow flag on his back rushed to the door of the Yamen and shouted:
"Great Khan, Liu Zhaosun personally leads the Kaiyuan Army! Those coming from Fushun are attacking Ximen."
"Okay, good time!"
Huang Taiji held his hands and laughed, the scar on his right eye pulling at his pain.
He recalled the surprise Liu Zhaosun gave him at Kaiyuan City.
"I ordered Wu Zhenhachao to prepare well. I also want to give Liu Zhaosun a surprise this time."
Fan Wencheng spent a lot of gold and 150,000 taels of silver to train the Wu Zhenha super fusiliers.
The flintlock weapon was equipped with Wuzhenchaoha, which was firmly opposed by Daishan and others.
Finally, with the strong promotion of Huang Taiji, the training of fusiliers was carried out.
In addition to the improvement of weapons, Hou Jin also tried his best in terms of troops and supplies.
They just want to live.
For more than a year, the warriors of the Eight Banners traveled over the mountains and ridges to the bitter cold places farther north, where they went to capture the virgins and replenish the Dingkou of each banner for the real decisive battle with Liu Zhaosun in the future.
Daishan and several banner owners, under heavy guard, made several trips to Horqinduoyan and other Mongolian tribes, and through friendly negotiations, asked for food and population from these poor relatives.
Huang Taiji worked hard and endured, canceled the Houjin Khan, increased the power of the Han people, and eliminated more than a dozen disobedient Niulu Ezhen and Jiala Ezhen through physical elimination.
In order to consolidate his power, he even spared his own fortune.
They have paid so much just so that the Jianzhou Jurchens can continue to live.
Now, Ping Liaohou made a mistake.
In this way, Jianzhou can not only live, but also live well.
Note:
(1) The old name for the Yi people. Gu Yanwu's "Book of Benefits and Diseases of Prefectures and Countries in the World·Jiaozhi, Yunnan and Guizhou": "The name Cuanman has been used for the longest time, and there were many kinds of it at first. There was a person named Luluman, but now it is mistakenly called Kuangkuang." In the chaos of She'an, She Chongming The main force of the rebels is the Kuang Kuang soldiers.
(2) A kind of small boat in the Sichuan and Chongqing river basins, with cloth tied as a sail and a small hull.
(3) The chieftains in Yongning, (En) Shinan and other places, and the military organization of the native soldiers are flags, with each flag ranging from ten to dozens of people.
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