Although Borta claims to be a descendant of the great Mengge Timur, he is a tough guy who will never reveal the whereabouts of his tribe to the Ming army, and will never be a traitor. But under the unique torture of the Ming army, he still surrendered. He told Xu Guan the specific location of the Jurchens in Jianzhou and the tribal defenses.
Xu Guan immediately summoned the generals to discuss the expedition. This meeting was held secretly to prevent the news from leaking out. Only a few senior generals in Liaodong could attend.
Xu Guan ordered his people to draw a rough map of what Borta said and showed it to the generals:
"We must keep this battle secret and give the Jianzhou Jurchens a heavy blow, Yuan Guang!"
"The mark is on."
"In this battle, your 8,000 troops will set off first and sneak into the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou. Be sure to remove all their outposts. After they are removed, continue to pursue me fiercely."
"I'll give you the order." Yuan Guang went out to receive the military order and immediately went to prepare.
"Yanchun."
"The mark is on."
"For this battle, you have five thousand troops. You must lead the army immediately. You must make a big circle around the Lingfeng slope behind the Jurchens in Jianzhou. Rest here and prepare to set up an ambush. Remember to let their leading army pass and launch from the middle Block them and be sure to split them into two parts for me.”
"Mark the command."
After Xu Guan finished his instructions, he glanced at the generals, thought for a while and said to the garrison commander Lu: "Go to Li Chao, tell them the battle plan, act as their guide, and form an encirclement together."
"Mark the command."
"Everyone, please remember that this battle must be kept secret. Anyone who dares to leak information privately will be killed! We will break camp at midnight tonight!"
The Ming army has completed the arrangements and is proceeding quietly, but the Jianzhou Jurchen side is completely unaware of it. Inside the large Jurchen tent in Jianzhou.
"Chief, the Haixi Jurchen tribe is really ungrateful. We haven't beaten him yet, but they have come to provoke us. We need to show them some color!" Bai said.
Tuoluo did not speak. He always felt that something was a little strange. Why did the Haixi Jurchen suddenly declare a challenge to himself? Could it be that Borta, who is far away in Liaoyang, has succeeded in his plan? The Ming army turned its anger on the Haixi Jurchens, but did the Haixi Jurchens find out that it was the Jianzhou Jurchens who were responsible? If this is the case, then the Haixi Jurchens have nothing to fear. Without the protection of the Ming Kingdom, you, the Haixi Jurchen, are like a tiger without teeth. If this is a plan by the Haixi Jurchens to lure the enemy, then if he rashly leads the army to fight against the Haixi Jurchens, there will be no guarantee for the rear.
Tuoluo did not dare to act rashly, so he asked Uncle Han, who was always very resourceful.
As expected, Hanerbo still expressed his objection. He said: "It's not yet sure whether Borta's plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf has been successful. But what is certain is that the Haixi Jurchen Department should have known that we framed the blame on them. We are not sure yet. Whether the military believes in us or not, we must not rush out to fight. In my opinion, we should stay away from the Haixi Jurchens for the time being and wait on the sidelines to wait for the Ming army to send troops before making a judgment!"
"Judgment, judgment is nonsense, Han'erbo, you are a coward. Even if you don't dare to fight with the Ming army, you are even afraid of the Haixi Jurchen. Isn't it a branch hanging on your waist instead of a saber? Isn't what you're drinking mare's kumiss?" Water?" Tuo Yuanbao scolded.
The other generals were also dissatisfied and protested one after another. Indeed, judging from the personality of the nomads, they regarded it as a humiliation not to fight and to run away.
Seeing that everyone was dissatisfied, Tuoluo gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will follow your instructions and fight with the Haixi Jurchen! Of course, what Han'erbo said is not unreasonable. We have to ensure the stability of our rear. Han'er I will leave you three thousand cavalry and you will be responsible for guarding the rear. If there is any trouble, please send your horse to notify me immediately!"
Seeing this, Uncle Han'er remonstrated: "Chief, shouldn't we be wary of the Ming army? The combat effectiveness of the Ming army cannot be compared to the Haixi Jurchens!"
Tuo Yuanbao snorted coldly: "The grassland is so big, can the Ming Dynasty know where our tribe is? By the time they go around in circles on the grassland, we will have already finished dealing with the Haixi Jurchens!"
Tuoluo smiled and said: "Okay, my son is so ambitious! Everyone listens to the order and breaks camp tonight. We can deal with the Haixi Jurchen by surprise!"
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A few days later, eight thousand Ming troops, led by Yuan Guang, had quietly reached the Jurchen camp in Jianzhou.
"Kill!"
In the dark night, the three Ming armies lined up in order, holding bright torches, stampeding with smoke and dust, the ground shaking, and aggressively launched a fierce attack on the Jurchen front post in Jianzhou, which was ten miles away.
"Hold on tight and send people to ask for help from the leader!" shouted a Jianzhou Jurchen general. He gritted his teeth and commanded the Jianzhou Jurchens to resist stubbornly, using the fortification trenches to fire random arrows at the Ming army. Ask the leader for help.
But how could the few troops at the Jurchen frontier in Jianzhou be able to withstand the sudden attack of the Ming army, which was more than ten times their size. In a short while all positions were destroyed.
Yuan Guang did not stay for a while and continued to lead the Ming army to attack the Jurchen base camp in Jianzhou.
The Ming army with high morale resolved the battle in less than half an hour, Han'erbo was captured alive, and the two thousand Jianzhou Jurchens were basically wiped out.
At this time, Tuoluo led more than 20,000 cavalry and approached the Haixi Jurchen camp. During the day, the two sides met and started a battle. Because the Jianzhou Jurchens traveled a long distance, while the Haixi Jurchens were waiting for work, the result of the field battle during the day was a great victory for the Haixi Jurchens and a great defeat for the Jianzhou Jurchens. After the war, the Jianzhou Jurchens were like a defeated rooster, and their morale was low.
Suddenly there was a heavy fog at night. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Toluo decided to take his son Yuanbao and the fierce general Bai Yi, and selected three thousand elite cavalry to prepare for a night attack on the Jurchen camp in Haixi.
An hour later, Tuo Luo, Tuo Yuan Bao and Bai Yi led three thousand cavalry and quietly approached the Haixi Jurchen camp.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, everyone controlled the bridle and walked slowly along the way. Don't ride your horse or whip your whip, lest you disturb the enemy's scouts. Because of the heavy fog and confusion, we didn't encounter a patrol team along the way, which made everyone secretly surprised.
Estimating that there were still four or five miles to go from the Haixi Jurchen camp, Tuoluo reined up his horse and lowered his voice to his sons Tuoyuanbao and Bayi: "It's only just a few hours now. If the Hada tribe is prepared, the enemy will The army will definitely be on guard at this moment. Why don't we hide here until the end of Yin Shi, when the sky is about to dawn. At that time, we are tired and sleepy, and the army's morale is slack. If we rush in unexpectedly, we will definitely win!"
"This is a great plan, chief!" Bai Yi and Tuo Yuan Baoju both nodded in agreement with Tuo Luo's proposal.
Everyone knew in their hearts that even with more than a thousand people on their own, they could not achieve much lethality. The main purpose was to dampen the spirit of the Haixi Jurchen Army. Boost our military morale. As long as you can rush in and harass them, you can retreat safely. The strategic goal was achieved.
Haixi Jurchen Army Camp.
Although they won a victory during the day, Suheite and the leader of the Yehe tribe, Esutu, were not dazzled by the victory. While holding a banquet to celebrate, several thousand households were ordered to be on strict guard against the Jurchens in Jianzhou hijacking the camp.
Five thousand Haixi Jurchen soldiers each armed with bows and crossbows lay in ambush around the surrounded Gulieyan. They waited until the fourth watch, but could not hear any movement. At this time, the fog was getting thicker and thicker, and the sky and the earth were vast.
"Ah wu..."
After fighting for a day and staying up for most of the night, the Haixi Jurchen soldiers reached the most tired and sleepy moment. They yawned one after another, and each one became languid. They squatted on the ground and dozed off.
After sleeping for two hours, Suheite went out to patrol the night. When he saw the white mist between the sky and the earth, and the soldiers all yawning, he ordered the whole army to go back to camp to rest and recharge themselves to fight tomorrow. Only some of the soldiers who had rested in the first half of the night were left to patrol. Seeing that the sky was about to get brighter in the next hour, I thought that the Jurchens in Jianzhou were killed during the day and were too timid to throw themselves into the trap again.
Guessing that at the end of the Mao period, the world was still in chaos, Tuoluo picked up his sword, mounted his horse, and shouted: "Follow me, Jurchen warriors of Jianzhou, and chop off the enemy's heads!"
The soldiers who had just fallen asleep in the Haixi Jurchen camp had no idea that death had come to them. The three thousand Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry who were recharging their strength roared and rushed down from around the Haixi Jurchen camp. Many Haixi Jurchen soldiers were killed by a knife before they could even shout.
"It's not good! It's not good! Jianzhou has robbed the camp!"
The Haixi Jurchen army that had just relaxed suddenly fell into chaos, shouting one after another. In the vast darkness of night, no one knew how many Jianzhou Jurchens came, but they just shouted in panic to remind their companions to take precautions.
"Set me an arrow!"
Turo took the lead on horseback, waving his saber and leading the cavalry to charge from east to west. As long as he met any living person along the way, he would kill everyone regardless of their identity.
The three thousand Jurchen cavalrymen of Jianzhou stretched their bows on their horses, lit the rockets dipped in sulfur and pine resin, and shot out like raindrops towards the tents in all directions. The fire was ignited immediately, and the tents connected to each other quickly started a prairie fire with the help of the wind.
Suheite had just returned to the tent to sleep. She thought that the night would pass peacefully, but unexpectedly something happened at the moment when dawn was about to come. He hurriedly got up, not even bothering to put on his armor, and rushed out with his saber in hand.
"Don't panic, sons and daughters. Assemble each team for me. The commanders of hundreds and thousands of households will form an array around Gu Lieyan. Don't run around, lest you trample on each other!" Suheite held a saber and restrained loudly. Team.
After dawn, corpses were everywhere in the Haixi Jurchen camp. Suheita gritted his teeth and said, "I will make you pay with your blood for this debt!"
The Jianzhou Jurchens, under the leadership of their leaders Tuoluo, Tuoyuanbao and Baiyi, achieved miraculous results in conquering the western Haixi Jurchens.
On the way back to the camp, Tuo Yuanbao said with a smile: "Father, I have told you a long time ago that the Haixi Nuzhen are the lackeys of the Ming Dynasty. They have nothing to fear!"
Tuoluo also won the battle. At this time, a triumphant smile appeared on his tired face. Suddenly a Tanqi came running and shouted: "The leader is in trouble! The leader is in trouble!"
Upon hearing this, Tuoluo glanced behind him and ran towards him on horseback.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
The detective said breathlessly: "Our base camp has been captured by the Ming army, and they are coming here now!"
Tuoluo was shocked when he heard this: "Did you see clearly? It is indeed the Ming army?"
Tanqi said: "It is indeed the Ming army. They are all wearing Ming army uniforms."
But Tuo Yuanbao asked nonchalantly: "How many people have they come? It's just time for us to learn from the Ming army."
"Going back to the leader, I don't know how many people from the Ming army came. I only know that their shouts are everywhere in the mountains and plains."
Tuoluo turned around and glared at Tuo Yuanbao and said angrily: "You bastard, how can you be so ignorant of the heights of the world! Do you think the Ming army is as vulnerable as Haixi?"
"Where's Uncle Han?"
The Tanqi sighed and said, "I was ordered by Han'erbo Wanhu to break through the siege and deliver a message to the leader. Before I left, the camp had been breached by the Ming army!"
Tuoluo closed his eyes in despair and sighed: "I really regret not listening to Han'erbo's advice! Now that we are attacked from both sides, we must not be impulsive and must save our troops. As long as there are people, horses, and swords, there is still a chance to kill You're back! Bai Yi, go back and reorganize your army and horses quickly, we will retreat towards Lingfengpo!"
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In Lingfengpo, the Ming army led by Yan Chun had already been ambushed in advance. At this time, they were eating and drinking well, waiting for the Jianzhou Jurchens to enter the ambush.
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed soldier saw the Jianzhou Jurchen team and shouted in surprise: "General, Jiannu is here!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Chun immediately cheered up, raised his hand and whispered softly: "Give me the order, and let the vanguard of Jiannu go over in a while and hit him in the middle."
The news that the Jianzhou Jurchens' base camp had been captured by the Ming army quickly spread throughout the army. At this time, the Jurchens were all in low morale and were walking aimlessly with the army.
"Chief, why does the Ming army know about our base camp? Could it be..."
"Impossible, Uncle Borta is not that kind of person." Toharabo naturally knew what Bai wanted to say and quickly interrupted him.
Toro looked at the army behind him and sighed: "I hope Borta is not that kind of person."
"If there is an ambush by the Ming army on this road, then Borta is a traitor! Only we Jianzhou Jurchens know this road."
As soon as Bai Yi finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of cannon fire, and the Ming army ambushing on the hillside immediately put up their bows and strings. Seeing this, Tuoluo was shocked and said: "We've fallen into the trap, hurry up and break out!"
At this time, the Ming army all over the mountains and plains rushed down, shouting loudly, cutting off the Jianzhou Jurchens at the waist and dividing them into two parts, the front and the back.
The Jianzhou Jurchens who were behind had already been chased by Yuan Guang and other tribes as well as the Haixi Jurchen tribes. Tuoluo saw that there were Ming troops behind him, so he had to abandon the troops behind him and lead the front troops to prepare for a breakout.
Shortly after breaking out of the encirclement, Tuoluo took a deep breath and said, "We can't gather together anymore if we don't have any members. We can't stay here any longer, so we'd better move north.
At this moment, Li Chao's army suddenly appeared in front of Tuoluo. They were arranged neatly and seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
Bai Yi said desperately: "Chief, it must be damned Borta who betrayed us. It's okay this time, we are surrounded and can't get out!"
Tuo Yuanbao drew his saber and shouted angrily: "Father, fight them!" "
Tuoluo held Tuoyuanbao's hand and said: "No, if we fight with them, then our entire Jurchen army in Jianzhou will be annihilated! Tuoyuanbao, please remember that you are the noble leader of Mengge Timur." Descendant, after my death, you will be the leader of the tribe!"
"Father, what are you going to do? Let's get on our horses and fight out together?"
Tuoluo smiled bitterly and said: "The Ming army will not kill us all. In a moment, you will give them my head and blame all the murder of the Li Dynasty envoys on me. Son, remember, Ming The military strength is too strong, we must not fight forcefully! If you want to revive the Jurchen tribe, you must unite with the Haixi Jurchens, unite the Mongols, and unite all the enemies of the Ming army!"
Tuoyuanbao cried out in despair: "Father..." Tuoluo pushed Tuoyuanbao away, and before he could regain his senses, he suddenly swung his knife and killed himself!
On June 1, the first year of Hongzhi, Tuoluo, the leader of the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, died.
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