The determination was made, and in Nurhachi's style, of course, he did it as he said. Various preparations were immediately taken into action, including gathering food and grass. However, in addition to his own preparations, Nurhaci learned a lesson this time and sent people to Liaoyang and Guangning separately to report on the war he was about to launch.
Liaoyang is the residence of the governor of Liaodong, and the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang is also stationed in this city, while Guangning is the residence of the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.
Due to the previous victory in the Battle of Southern Liaoning, the Ming Dynasty took back the Liaohe River Hetao area that was originally occupied by speculation. Therefore, the defense zones of the Liaodong General Army and Deputy General Army are now pushed northward from Dongchang Fort in the past, along the Liaohe River It is divided into two parts: east and west.
Relatively speaking, due to geographical reasons, the vast majority of the Liaohe Hetao area, which was the result of the victory in the Battle of Southern Liaoning, has been transferred to western Liaoning, which has become Li Chengliang's defense area.
Li Song, the governor of Liaodong, had launched a campaign for this not long ago, believing that a border wall should be built along the line between Zhenjingbao in western Liaoning and Pinglubao in Liaodong to protect the entire Liaohe River Loop.
Zhu Yijun was quite interested in this idea and summoned Liang Menglong to the Wenhua Hall for questioning. Liang Menglong himself agreed with this idea, but he emphasized the current financial difficulties of the Ming Dynasty and reminded the emperor that he should first ask Gao Pragmatism.
Zhu Yijun said that he must ask, but there is a lot of noise now about the Ministry of Household's tightening of financial power, and he planned to ask after this period of time.
Judging from the current actual situation in Liaodong, it is natural for Nurhachi to send troops to use force against the Dong'e tribe of his Jianzhou left guard, so he should report to Li Song, the governor of Liaodong. However, he should go to Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, but not Cao Yan, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang. It's weird - after all, Cao Yun is now fully responsible for the defense east of the Liaohe River.
Of course Nurhachi was not confused, on the contrary, he was extremely sober. Gao Pragmatic, his disciple Cao Yu, obviously has a repressive attitude towards him. Although Li Song and Li Chengliang cannot see a clear attitude, "no clear attitude" is itself a kind of ambiguity.
According to Nurhachi's understanding, as long as he showed his sincerity, Li Futai and Ning Yuanbo would most likely side with him. Therefore, Nurhachi spent a lot of money, prepared generous gifts for both Li Song and Li Chengliang, and went to "report".
Next, Nurhaci turned his attention to Wengguo Luocheng of Dong'e tribe.
At this time, an episode happened to occur: a man named "Sun Zha Qin Guanggun" who was born in Wanyan tribe in Jianzhou was one of the small leaders of the tribe. This person was involved in a previous incident where Wanyan tribe and Weng Kuo fell into the city. During the battle, he was captured by Wengguoluo soldiers. After being captured, he was humiliated by Wengguoluo tribesmen, and later escaped by luck.
He heard that Nurhaci's last attack on the Dong'e tribe failed and returned without success, so he has been secretly calculating opportunities. This time Nurhachi wanted to raise troops again, so he immediately came from Wanyan tribe to ask for a meeting.
Sun Zha Qin Guanggun said to Nurhachi: "The city lord of Wengguo Luocheng is my enemy. I ask Beile to lend me an army to help me capture Wengguo Luocheng to relieve my hatred."
Nurhaci thought, I was unlucky last time I sent troops and failed to capture the city of Qijida. This time we send troops to seize the enemy first. Qijida City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, so we can leave it later. If Wengguo City can be captured first, it will not only weaken Dong E's effective strength, but also avenge Sun Zha Qin Guanggun. Becoming an ally with Wanyan tribe can kill two birds with one stone, why not?
Therefore, Nurhachi happily agreed to Sun Zha Qin Guanggun's request.
Sun Zha Qin Guanggun had a nephew named Daidu Mergen. He had a close friendship with the city lord of Wengguo Luocheng. When he learned that Sun Zha Qin Guanggun was looking for Nurhachi, he guessed that his uncle must have borrowed troops to avenge him. So he sent people to Wengguo Luocheng to inform the city lord of the possible situation and let him prepare in advance.
The Lord of Wengguoluo City was shocked after hearing this, and hurriedly sent spies to find out Nurhachi's movements, and assembled his troops to defend the city.
Nurhaci led his troops to Wengguoluo City. He saw that the city gates were tightly closed and the defense on the city was strict and orderly. He could not find a breakthrough to attack the city, so he ordered to continue the fire attack strategy and used archers to fire a large number of rockets into the city. The city towers and village shops were burned down.
Nurha said heartily: "This strategy already worked when I attacked Qijida City, but God did not bless me and forced me to withdraw my troops. If I use this method to attack Wengguo Luocheng today, God will never go against me again!"
When Nurhaci saw thick smoke rising from several places in the city and fire on the city tower on his horse, he seemed to have seen the hope of victory. Looking at the charging soldiers, he couldn't help but jump off his horse and walk quickly to a cottage outside the city. He personally found a ladder, climbed up to the roof, used the chimney as a cover, bent his bow and shot arrows into the city.
At this moment, Nurhachi was still in his thirties, and he was at the peak of his bravery. He almost forgot his identity as Baylor and seemed to be just a warrior.
However, Nurhachi's attire was quickly noticed by a guard in the city. The guard concluded that this man was definitely not an ordinary soldier, but a general.
The guard general's name was Orgoni, and he was an expert archer. He wielded a stiff bow and could pierce the Yangtze River with a hundred steps. He fought bravely and steadily. He used the battlements as cover, fully drew his bow and fired a powerful arrow at the target.
Nurhaci was caught off guard and was shot in the head. The arrow penetrated his helmet and pierced his scalp nearly a finger deep. Nurhaci said "Ah", instinctively stretched out his hand to hold the arrow shaft, and pulled out the arrow with all his strength. I don't know if it was the blessing of anger, but he endured the pain and used this arrow to shoot towards the city again.
However, the arrow did not hit Orgoni, but a small leader next to him. Nurhachi sneered, then took out an arrow and shot again. At this time, his own blood had flowed from his head to his feet, but the wild boar skin was really brave at this time. He didn't bother to care about it at all, and shot several soldiers of the opponent with arrows in succession.
Wengguo Luocheng may be rich in sharpshooters. There is a young general named Luo Ke on the tower who is also a good shooter. He was filled with hatred when he saw a general on the rooftop opposite shooting several soldiers on the city with only a chimney as cover. He hid aside and observed calmly, catching the moment when Nurhachi stretched out his head to look left and right after shooting an arrow, and suddenly shot an arrow.
This arrow was more powerful than Orgoni's arrow. It penetrated the collar of the chainmail and hit the lower left side of Nurhachi's neck, only an inch away from the middle of his throat.
Nurhachi followed suit and reached out to pull out the arrow again. However, this arrow was different from the previous one. There were barbs on the arrow like hooks. The pulled arrow had not only bright red blood, but also a small piece of torn... Meat.
Fu Yi, who was directing the soldiers to fire arrows into the city under the house, saw the scene that just happened. He shouted out loud: "No, Dabeile (Dabeile is a relative term. At this time, Jianzhou's subordinates called Shuerhaqi Erbeile was hit by an arrow!" He hurriedly called on several soldiers to run down the house, trying to climb up the ladder to help Nurhachi down.
Nurhachi was very conscious at this time and knew that he could not let the enemy know that he was injured, especially not let them know that he was injured in a vital part such as the edge of the throat. He had to act as if nothing was wrong. So he waved his hand to prevent the soldiers from coming up: "Don't panic, don't be confused, it doesn't matter to me, let me go down slowly."
Er Yidu was a general after all. He knew what the chaos meant at this time, so he ordered all the archers to shoot arrows at the city to cover Nurhaci.
At this time, Nurhachi was bleeding from his head and neck, and his armor was almost stained red, but he was still conscious. He covered the wound on his neck with one hand and used the bow as a staff with the other hand to support his body. He slowly walked down from the roof. Several soldiers immediately went up to help him. Not far away, Nurhachi suddenly lost strength in his legs and fell to the ground with a bang. Everyone hurriedly lifted him up and moved him to a safe place.
This arrow almost sealed Nurhachi's throat, almost killing Nurhaci on the spot. After being hit by an arrow, he was unconscious for a long time, but his stubborn temper that refused to admit defeat supported his will to survive. He struggled to wake up and stared at the men around him with firm eyes, but soon fell into unconsciousness again.
After four rounds of waking up, falling into coma, waking up again, and falling into coma again, the generals took turns waiting around Nurhachi. It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the bleeding on Nurhachi's neck stopped.
Nurhaci returned to the earth from the side of death. After waking up, he reached out for water. The soldier brought him a bowl of water, and he opened his mouth wide and drank it all. When the subordinates saw this, their worried hearts were relieved. Everyone told Nurhachi that they had sent someone to notify Erbeile, and that the old camp was safe and sound, so there was no need to worry.
Nurhaci nodded, but said nothing more. Although the wound on his neck was covered an inch thick, blood was still oozing out. When Sun Zha and Qin Guanggun saw that Nurhaci was so seriously injured for revenge for him, he felt very uncomfortable and shed tears. He knelt in front of Nurhachi and kept blaming himself: "You blame me! Dabeile, you must come through!"
Nurhachi glanced at him, waved his hand, and still said nothing.
The coach was injured, and the attack on the city was fruitless. Although there were several fires in the city, there was no chaos. It was impossible to capture the city of Wengguo, so Nurhaci ordered the withdrawal of the troops. Taking advantage of the darkness, the generals carried Nurhachi and quietly evacuated Wengguo Luocheng, once again leaving the territory of Dong E's tribe.
The successive defeats in the attacks on Qijida and Wengguoluo made Nurha, who had won more victories and lost less in the past few years, feel very unhappy. However, due to injuries, he had to focus on recuperating.
During a month of recuperation, Nurhachi quietly reflected on himself: Our Jurchens are now divided into three parts (referring to Jianzhou, Haixi and Donghai), and each large part is divided into many small parts. Take Jianzhou as an example, it was divided into seven small tribes: Sukesu Huhe Tribe, Hunhe Tribe, Wanyan Tribe, Dong'e Tribe, and Changbai Mountain Nayin Tribe, Yalujiang Tribe and Zhusheli Tribe (Zhechen Tribe has been destroyed, Otherwise it should be eight).
In each small tribe, the village leaders are not convinced by each other and work on their own. To unify so many tribes, large and small, is the only way to conquer them by force? In the Suzihe (i.e. Sukesuhu River) department, I have conquered Tulum, Sekeji, Mardun, Sarhu and other fortresses by force, but there are also two village owners of Jiamuhu and Zhanhe who can voluntarily surrender. Be my ally.
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So, through appeasement, will other people submit? It should work too. Since appeasement can also unify, I shouldn't just think about fighting every time. I must adopt two methods of moral subjugation and military attack, that is, those who obey will be subdued with virtue, and those who are rebellious will be attacked with troops. Isn't this the case for Ming people? If they can do it, so can I!
Thinking of this, Nurhaci slowly calmed down.
It seems that the name "Wild Boar Skin" was not given for nothing. Nurhachi's arrow injury improved in only about a month. He was very tenacious and led his troops to raid Wengguo Luocheng again.
It is now the coldest time of the year in Liaodong. The north wind is biting, the mountains are high and the snow is thick. Most of the mountain people are staying at home to prepare for the New Year. Wengguo City is also enveloped in the atmosphere of cat winter.
The soldiers and civilians in the city never expected that anyone would send troops to fight in such bad weather, especially since the news that Nurhaci had been seriously injured had spread, leaving them completely unprepared.
Nurhachi's soldiers suddenly pressed forward and launched an attack on the city. The soldiers and civilians in the city were in chaos, and Nurhaci invaded the city without much effort. The two sharp archers who almost killed him, Orgoni and Rocco, were both captured.
When the two of them were brought before Nurhachi, the generals unanimously demanded that they be pushed out of the account immediately and beheaded in public to relieve their hatred. The two of them also expected death at this time, and looked at each other with determination on their faces.
Unexpectedly, Nurhachi actually smiled and said to his subordinates: "The two armies are determined to win, with the ultimate goal of winning the final victory. At that time, we were attacking the city, and they were defending the city for their master. It was reasonable for them to shoot me with arrows. If possible, It would be unreasonable to shoot but not shoot.”
Then he paused and smiled again: "But if they are used by me, then won't their arrows shoot at my enemies? People as brave and powerful as them, even if they die in the battle between the two armies, Before, people felt pity for them. Now that they are captured by me, how can I kill them just because they shot me in front of the battle?"
