Due to the distance, after Dinghai's inspection in the capital was over, it was not until Gao Qiuzhen became Gao Rixin and began to build the Rixin Building that Li Chengliang of Liaodong learned that Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, in order to protect him, had even learned from the old camp in Jiangnan. A lot of interests were given up, and a group of Nanjing Xinxue officials were pulled down by Hai Rui.
This incident made Li Chengliang feel guilty and nervous. What makes me feel guilty is that if he hadn't acted secrecy, these losses could have been avoided. Although he, Li Chengliang, was not the leader of the Xin School, he was responsible for the current situation, so he would inevitably feel regretful.
However, Li Chengliang was not only guilty about this, but also very angry. He felt that he should have been sold by Tumen - or, more likely, by Burihatu.
If the leak was really because Tumen was sloppy, then it wouldn't matter, but after thinking about it, Li Chengliang felt that no matter how rash Tumen was, he couldn't be this sloppy. After all, he is the "Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty", but he doesn't even have anyone around to take care of the documents?
Therefore, the most likely scenario is that Burihatu leaked it deliberately. The reason is not complicated. If he left such a tail, the Ming Dynasty would probably give up further pursuit of the Mongols after the Battle of Northern Liaoning because it wanted to strictly investigate the internal affairs. Even if the Ming Dynasty originally There is no such plan, but as Tumen's military advisor, Burihatu must always be prepared for this.
Obviously, Li Chengliang was unfortunately thrown out by Burihatu as the tail.
In addition to feeling guilty and angry, Li Chengliang is also very nervous now. Although Shen Yuanfu persisted and helped him eliminate the responsibility, the matter itself treated the symptoms rather than the root cause: Shen Shixing could not eliminate the evidence. He only achieved a temporary solution through interest exchange and high pragmatism. Consistently, once Gao pragmatically regrets it afterwards, he can bring the matter up for "discussion" at any time.
This was of course too dangerous, so Li Chengliang had to find ways to eliminate hidden dangers. The evidence in Gao Pangshi's hands is nothing more than letters found in the Beilebuzhai Mansion in Yehexi City. It is impossible for him to invite Tumen and Burihatu to the capital for questioning, so this evidence itself is isolated evidence.
Isolated evidence is not accurate. If Gao Pragmatic really wants to continue to be entangled in this matter, then he will most likely have to follow these letters to find the person who wrote the letter - he is still here with Li Chengliang, so Li Chengliang has to hide him.
This matter is not difficult to handle. Although Li Chengliang no longer listens to Li Chengliang's greetings east of the Liaohe River, he is still a local emperor here in the west of Liaohe. What does it mean to hide someone?
However, Li Chengliang felt that he could not always be so passive. He had to find something to prove that his sword was immortal. Liaodong still couldn't do without his uncle Ning Yuan, so that he could truly be at peace.
Looking for trouble was a job Li Chengliang was very familiar with. Liaodong had really had some trouble recently, but it was a bit troublesome to get it related to him, Li Chengliang.
What is the matter? It turned out that Nurhachi was restless again.
Not long after Nurhachi raised his army two years ago, he was playing a game of chasing each other with Nikan Wailan. At that time, a war broke out on the south bank of the Hun River, from Jiefan to Nanshan (later east of Fushun County, Liaoning Province) with Zhechen and other tribes and Wuzhai. Coalition operations.
At that time, the Zhechen tribe was subordinate to Nikan Wailan. After Nikan Wailan abandoned the city and fled, Nurhaci took over the city. In April of that year, he personally led 500 infantry and cavalry to conquer the Zhechen tribe.
But things were quite unlucky. The floods were flooding and the march was difficult. Nurhachi ordered all the troops to return to the stronghold and continued northward with only 50 elite Mianjia and 30 iron armor men from his own army and his younger brother Shuerhaqi's own army. The five villages of Tuomuhe, Zhangjia, Barda, Saarhu and Jiefan, which were also subordinate to Nikanwailan, combined 800 troops to jointly stop the Nurhaci brothers.
Perhaps because of the flood, the sentinels sent by Nurhachi failed to report the enemy's situation in time. As a result, when Nurhaci and Shuerhaqi led their troops to the vicinity of the Hun River, the coalition forces were already in standby positions from Hun River, Jiefan to Nanshan.
The enemy is facing a formidable enemy, and Nurhachi takes the lead in taking the lead in the battle. Seeing that the enemy's position was motionless, he decided to dismount and lead his brother and four others into the encirclement, and immediately shot more than 20 people to death.
Although the coalition forces were numerous, they did not belong to each other. Seeing Nurhachi's fierce approach, the camp was in chaos, and they all crossed the river to escape. Nurhachi took a short rest, and when the follow-up troops arrived, he reorganized his armor and continued to pursue the enemy until victory.
It stands to reason that the scale of this "Battle of Hunhe" was not large, and the two sides combined only invested less than a thousand people. However, because the brothers Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi actually fought eighty against eight hundred, so although Although the victory was won, there were also many casualties under his command. The warriors who could just be named such as Yabahai, Buha, Bayan, Sunzhaqin, Yamubang Yuli, Lange, Shirtai, Dumubu, etc. all fought with all their strength. die.
Considering that Nurhachi's strength was very limited at that time, this battle was of course still very important. At that time, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Nurhachi also carried out a large-scale memorial service to the souls of the dead.
Judging from this battle, there are two points worth noting: First, the role of elite soldiers is obvious. Nurhaci originally brought 500 men to the battle, but once the situation was difficult, he simply chose to bring only elite troops. This shows that he was very confident in the 80 elite armored troops under his command at that time. Judging from the results, his self-confidence is really well-founded.
The second is that the "coalition" thing is very unreliable. It can be completely defeated even if it is 800 or 80, so what else is there to say? If we ask for a high pragmatic evaluation, since you are not elite soldiers, then just rely on your superior strength to hold on to the city. Although you lack initiative in fighting such a stupid battle, Nurhachi's losses will be greater.
Considering that Nurhachi's capital at that time was actually only those 80 elite troops, maybe he would have simply withdrawn his troops after losing a large number? It can be seen that this Nikan Wailan is really full of beasts, and even the level of his subordinates is all bronze.
But it is true that in the so-called "Jurchen Unification War" in later generations, the most famous battle between Nurhaci and Ye He was also when Nurhachi defeated the invading Ye He's "nine-unit coalition" with his own power - it seems that the Jurchens cannot When building a coalition, at least you cannot build a coalition without a clear core, otherwise it will be a mess without any combat effectiveness.
However, after this victory, Nurhaci had no time to "eliminate the roots" and went back to chase Nikan Wailan. Therefore, in July of the following year, Nurhachi had his hands free and led his troops to attack Tuomohe City again. However, unfortunately, there was a thunderstorm. Nurhaci felt that God would not allow him to win at this time, so he stopped his troops.
It didn't take long for Nikan Wailan to finish playing, so Nurhaci personally led his troops to appease and capture the city without attacking it.
At this time, the Zhechen tribe was already dying, with only the last village left. Nurhaci originally planned to capture it, but it happened that Tumen sent troops to Yehe and invited Nurhaci to divide it, so it was delayed.
After the Battle of Northern Liaoning, Nurhaci had no choice but to withdraw his troops from Hada in despair due to high pragmatic constraints and the oppression of Ming Dynasty. Originally, he planned to go back to Jianzhou directly, but halfway through, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, when he suddenly discovered that the remnant Zhechen tribe's stronghold was not far away. So Nurhaci, who was full of empty fire and had no place to vent his anger, led his troops to attack the rest of Zhechen again, conquered the mountain stronghold, and killed its leader Altai.
That was the end of the Zhechen tribe. However, it was not the destruction of the Zhechen tribe that made Li Chengliang change his mind. The Zhechen tribe was actually just an appetizer, and Nurhachi came up with the idea after he returned to Hetuala after destroying the Zhechen tribe.
This time, Nurhachi targeted Dong E's tribe, which made Li Chengliang's heart move and even tighten.
The Dong'e tribe is a tribe with noble blood. Who are their ancestors? It will definitely surprise many people to say that the Dong'e tribe is actually a descendant of the Zhao family of the Northern Song Dynasty.
They were taken captive to the north during the Jin Dynasty and "became natives for a long time and became Jurchens." In the fifth year of Zhengtong, he moved westward with Jianzhou Zuowei and reached the area specified by the Ming court. He settled on the Donggu River and took the place as his surname, calling him Dong'e. As the population multiplied, it formed its own tribe, called the Dong'e tribe.
Specifically, the Dong'e tribe was located southeast of the Sukesu River, that is, the lower reaches of the Hunjiang River Basin in later generations, and lived along the tributaries on the west side of Pozhu River. To the south were Aiyang and Kuandian Liubao, and its main city was Huanren in Dandong, Liaoning Province.
The Dong'e tribe also belonged to Jianzhou Jurchen, a tribe of Jianzhou Zuowei, and later became the strongest tribe among the five Jianzhou tribes. Since Nurhachi regarded himself as the leader of the founding of the state, he would not let go of the Dong E tribe. In fact, in the second year after he inherited his father's business, he had already conquered the Dong E tribe once. At that time, he first pointed his finger at Qi Ji of the tribe. The city was defeated, but because it was not captured, they diverted to attack another city in the department, called Wengguo Luocheng.
The problem is, even though Nurhaci is the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard, you can't beat your "subordinates" for no reason, right? So there is also a trigger for war.
The trigger for this conquest was a woman.
Ahana, the second son of Baoshi, the sixth ancestor of Nurhachi, wanted to marry the sister of Bashan, the minister of Sakda. Unexpectedly, Bashan thought Ahana's family was poor and firmly disagreed with the marriage. Soon after, Bashan married his sister to Elji, the son of Don'e Minister Keche Bayan.
One day, Elji went out and passed by Abdaligan (later the junction of Xinbin and Huanren counties in Liaoning Province), and was killed by a group of thieves. During the fight, the murderers called each other. One of them once called Anaha's name, which was remembered by one of Elgi's followers.
After the follower fled back to the Don'e tribe, he told Elegi's father, Don'e Minister Kechebayan, that the person who killed Elegi was Ahana. He must have married Bashan's sister because he did not marry him. Elji had a grudge.
In fact, this was a misunderstanding. It was not this Ahana who killed Elgi. It was just a coincidence that one of the murderers was also named Ahana. But it was this misunderstanding that caused a deep hatred between Minister Dong'e and Nurhaci's six grandfathers (known as Ningutabel in history), and they constantly led troops to plunder Ningutabel's territory.
Nurhaci's six grandfathers suffered heavy losses due to the invasion of Kecheba'e, so they all got together to find a solution. Someone said: "We are all born from the same ancestors, but due to the proliferation of population, we are now divided into twelve places to live. This scattered state has made each of us weak and unable to deal with the enemy's invasion. We should gather the whole clan into a big city so that we can have the strength to defend against the enemy's attack."
This proposal was immediately opposed by Wu Tai, the son of the third ancestor Suo Chang'a. He said: "Everyone lives together in one place, and the safety is somewhat guaranteed, but how can our livestock survive! The pasture is limited, the livestock cannot eat enough, and it is difficult for them to reproduce and thrive. We might as well borrow troops from Hadawan Khan and attack Dong'e. Ministry. Only by defeating our opponents can we gain real security."
But it is obvious that Wan Khan in his later years was unable to save himself when crossing the river, so he had no time to deal with such nonsense, so the matter was temporarily ignored. It was not until Nurhaci took over the "legacy" of his father and began to unify and establish the state that this matter was The matter was brought up again and used as a pretext for war.
In the autumn of the twelfth year of Wanli, Nurhachi led an expedition of 500 troops to Dong'e. At this time, Keche Bayan's younger brother Ahai Bayan served as the minister of Dong'e Department. Ahai Bayan lived in Qijida City in the Dong'e region (at the confluence of the Hun River and Laha River in the eastern part of Huanren Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning Province). The city was surrounded by water and mountains, and the situation was very dangerous.
Ahai Bayan believes that Nurhachi led his troops from afar, and the advantage is to fight quickly, which cannot last long. Therefore, he evacuated the residents outside the city into the city in advance, transported all the new grain that had just been harvested to the city and stored it, selected 400 elite soldiers for city defense tasks, and closed the city gates tightly, leaving a strong wall and clearing the fields to wait for work, waiting for Nurhachi to come. attack.
When Nurhaci led his troops to Qijida City, he saw that the city gate was closed tightly and the soldiers on the city were waiting with their bows drawn. They knew that Ahai Bayan wanted to defend the city with a fortified city. But as Ahai Bayan expected, Nurhachi came from afar and did not have much food and grass. After arriving at the city, he did not dare to delay and personally led his soldiers to launch a strong attack.
Unexpectedly, the soldiers defending the city were very tenacious. They all resisted desperately, and the ladder could not be erected at all. The soldiers in the front suffered heavy casualties, and there was no progress in the first day's attack.
On the next day, Nurhachi asked his soldiers to prepare a large number of rockets - these so-called rockets are arrows with flammable materials tied to the arrows. They are different from the Ming army's gunpowder thrust rockets. The Ming army's rocket launchers are actually a bit like those of later generations. (historical facts).
On the third day, Nurhaci said to his soldiers: "Ahai Bayan has evacuated all the residents outside the city into the city. Although it is beneficial to defend the city, the food and grass in the city are piled up and there are many people. As long as there are a few places on fire, it will inevitably Chaos.”
So he asked Er Yidu to lead 200 archers to concentrate on firing rockets at the tower and the city. He asked Anfeyangu to lead the remaining soldiers to prepare for the attack. When the fire broke out in the city, he immediately set up ladders to attack Qijida City.
This plan worked as expected. After a large number of rockets were fired into the city, first the towers caught fire, and then the fire inside the city shot into the sky. The soldiers on the city wall were in chaos, and cries continued to be heard in the city.
Nurhaci was overjoyed. He was about to order an attack on the city, but who would have thought that God had made a big joke on Nurhachi. Because it was late autumn in September, the climate in the mountains of Liaodong not only got cold early, but was also unpredictable. A heavy snow suddenly fell from the sky, and it became heavier and heavier. Soon, the firelight in the city gradually disappeared, and only the bursts of thick smoke were very conspicuous among the white snow flakes.
With such heavy snow, it was difficult for the soldiers to climb the ladder to attack the city. Nurhachi sat on his horse and looked at the snowflakes flying in the sky. He was stunned for a long time, and he had no choice but to shake his head: "Since God is not willing to help, we have to withdraw our troops temporarily."
Nurhaci ordered that Ahai Bayan not be allowed to leave a house outside the city and all the houses outside the city should be burned down. In order to avoid being extinguished by the heavy snow, they lit a fire from inside the house and waited until it burned to the outhouse. Even if it was extinguished by the snow, the house was about to collapse. So it wasn't until all the villages outside the city were set on fire that Nurhaci's soldiers began to evacuate Qijida City.
Originally, the matter should have come to an end at this point, but Ahai Bayan refused. When he was in Qijida City, he saw that the heavy snow had extinguished the fire in the city, and Nurhachi's soldiers had retreated. He couldn't help laughing and said: "God has eyes, Nurhachi little thief, since you are already here, why bother?" Let’s go!” So he ordered: “Soldiers, come out of the city to chase me!” He led his soldiers to rush out of the city while shouting.
Unfortunately, Nurhaci had already been prepared for this. As soon as Ahaibayan left the city, he saw a group of people coming out of the city shrouded in thick smoke. The leader was Nurhachi.
Ahai Bayan was startled and hurriedly responded in panic. Nurhaci didn't say a word, and slashed at the Dong'e soldiers with his sword. In a moment of fighting, four soldiers died under Nurhaci's sword.
When the other soldiers saw that they had been ambushed as soon as they came out of the city, and it was impossible to see how many ambush soldiers there were in the smoke, they were so frightened that they hurriedly fled back to the city. In order to ensure the safe retreat of his soldiers in this battle, Nurhachi only led twelve of the bravest soldiers to set up an ambush. As a result, Albayan's pursuers were killed and defeated.
Although this battle failed to determine the real winner, the gap between the two families has become stronger and stronger. Nurhaci, who withdrew from Hada to Jianzhou and was reprimanded by the Ming Dynasty, was still angry and made a decision: Since the Ming Dynasty did not allow me to touch Ye He and Hada, then I would beat up my own disobedient subordinates in Jianzhou. This You have nothing to say, right?
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