As expected, Cao Yu's troops arrived at Hetuala in the morning of the next day, stopped on the other side of the river in the west of the city, and began to camp. As previously expected, the Sukeshu River was still frozen at this time, and the ice surface was very thick. The river itself did not pose a serious obstacle to the advance, but the "road surface was slippery".
Of course, both Cao Yu and Nurhaci knew that setting up camp here did not mean they would launch an siege in this direction. Cao Yu stayed here just to wait for Yang Yuan to arrive. When the three armies successfully join forces in Hetuala, the Ming army will definitely adjust their deployment - most likely they will launch offensives in the south and east of the city.
Cao Yu had just finished inspecting the temporary buildings and carefully arranged various arrangements to prepare for sneak attacks. He was very satisfied with his choice to camp in Hexi first, because although Hexi was inconvenient to attack the city directly, Nurhachi also could not easily cross the glacier to attack.
This is easy to understand: firstly, the glacier is "slippery", and although it can be crossed, it is difficult to cross it quickly; secondly, there are no obstacles on the glacier, and the view is extremely clear, even at night, so this The location basically eliminates the possibility of being attacked by sneak attacks.
After Cao Yu finished these things, he called Qi Jin, and sent someone to notify Ma Chengxun to come to discuss military affairs. This action was a bit redundant, because Ma Chengxun had already arrived when the people he sent out had just left the camp.
"Hahahaha, Ma Shenrong is really impatient." Cao Yan was quite polite to Ma Chengxun. Although he was a Shangguan, he would not go out to greet him at the camp, but he also walked outside the commander's tent to greet him.
Ma Chengxun knew what Cao Yun meant by this move. It was not because he, Ma Chengxun, had much respect as a junior in the army, but because he, Ma Chengxun, represented General Xuanda, and General Xuanda was Gao Situ in the army. The most die-hard group of cronies.
Cao Yun was not respectful to him, but to Gao Situ behind him.
People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. When Ma Chengxun saw Cao Yu coming out to greet him, he quickly knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Ma Chengxun, the general of Kaiyuan, will be sent to the general army."
Cao Yu wanted to stop him, but he was too far away and had only time to help him up. After helping him up, Cao Yan looked at him and asked with a smile: "You can wear armor so soon? How is the injury? The smell of medicine on your body is not light."
Ma Chengxun laughed and said: "The military doctor said that the bidder was very lucky and did not hurt the vital parts. It's just that he can't use his left hand temporarily. As for this medicine, General Rong should also know that it was given to the chief executive by the Liu family. Nong’s golden sore medicine is now divided into Wanying Baibao Dan and Wanying Baibao Powder.
Biaoxia passed out at that time, and his subordinates immediately stuffed a panacea into Biaoxia's mouth and gave him wine. Not to mention, this thing is really powerful. Not to mention the flesh and bones of the living dead, but with one Hundred Treasure Pill, any injury such as blood loss and death will be fine. "
That's natural. The main ingredient of Yunnan Baiyao is Panax notoginseng. Li Shizhen also said in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that this medicine "stops bleeding, disperses blood and relieves pain. It can be chewed for injuries caused by golden-edged arrows, cane sores from falls, and bleeding that does not stop." If it's rotten or mixed with it, the bleeding will stop."
Although the folk prescription that Liu Xian accidentally obtained in the southwest may not be exactly the same as the Yunnan Baiyao of later generations, it is also a golden sore medicine based on Panax notoginseng. After this medicine was dedicated to Gao Pragmatic, the Department of Medicine of Jinghua Artisan School has made improvements through countless practices over the years. Now it is said to be basically similar to Yunnan Baiyao, so there must be no big problem.
In later generations, Yunnan Baiyao became famous both at home and abroad. Earlier, the public only knew that it was "made from several precious medicinal materials." It has the effects of removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It is mainly used clinically to treat bruises, gunshot wounds and knife wounds. Injuries, sores, swelling and pain, stomach pain and dysmenorrhea, etc.
Anyone who has used this medicine in the early years must have noticed that when you open the bottle cap of Yunnan Baiyao, you will find a red particle the size of a Po Chai Pill "lying" on it. That is called an "Insurance Pill", and the people directly give it A common name: life-saving pill.
Although this insurance pill is small, it may actually be more valuable than the powder inside. This insurance pill is for emergency use. Because of its strong medicinal properties, it is generally only used for severe bruises or internal bleeding. Moreover, this insurance pill can only be taken orally once, and the method of taking it is relatively strict: it is best to take it with rice wine.
In Gao Pragmatic's previous life, his father had been a demolition soldier in the northwest frontier, and he had the experience of saving a life with Yunnan Baiyao Insurance Pills, so that whenever he mentioned this medicine later, he could not help but act as a free salesman of the medicine in front of his son. , so Gao Pragmatic was extremely impressed.
For this reason, when it was later revealed on the Internet that the medicinal ingredients contained in the formula of Yunnan Baiyao were announced abroad, Gao Pragmatic was very concerned. Among them, the most impressive ones were Artemisia annua and Cao Wu.
Modern medical clinical research believes that Artemisia vulgaris is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste. Highly toxic. It can dispel wind and dampness, reduce inflammation and analgesia. It is used for rheumatic bone pain, swelling and pain due to falls and toothache, with remarkable curative effect. It is also clearly pointed out that most of them are for external use and should be used with caution when taken internally. They should be taken under the guidance or supervision of a physician.
This product was officially included in the "Drug Standards of Yunnan Province" in 1974, and in the "Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China" in 1977. Because of its severe toxicity and the therapeutic dose is similar to the toxic dose, it is listed as a national specially controlled drug.
Aconite also contains aconitine, which is a highly toxic substance. Once used improperly, it can easily cause poisoning.
However, although Gao Pragmatic is a medical layman, he also knows that talking about toxicity aside from dosage is a hooliganism. What's more, Chinese medicine is quite special. Different combinations of medicinal materials and different production processes will completely alienate the final medicinal properties or toxicity.
The same is true for Yunnan Baiyao. The reason why that insurance pill is extremely effective but cannot be taken too much is actually the balance between controlling the toxicity and extracting the medicinal properties.
Ma Chengxun came forward and told Cao Yuan: "After I woke up, I only felt numbness in my shoulder socket, but I didn't feel any pain. I could even move and there was no blood. I felt fine after three days. If the military doctor hadn't told me, I would have even thought about it." Try your hand at shooting a bow."
Cao Yan had actually seen many wounded people and was very familiar with the efficacy of the Wanying Baobao Pill. Hearing this, he just laughed and said, "That won't work. Although this medicine is analgesic and can stop bleeding, but your... The injury is still there. You must rest when you need to, otherwise the wound will still open if you exert force."
After Cao Yu finished speaking, Qi Jin also showed concern, and the three of them entered the tent talking and laughing.
After sitting down with different official titles, Cao Yu said: "Ma Canrong, you came here one day early. Have you noticed anything strange in Hetuala?"
"I was about to talk to the commander in chief." Ma Chengxun said sternly: "Nurhachi seems to have done nothing, but Shuerhaqi has. He quietly sent someone to see the bidder."
Cao Yan also straightened up his face when he heard this, and asked attentively: "Oh? What does he want to see you for?"
"Shulhaqi said that Nurhachi was suspicious of him, and he is quite passive in the city now." Ma Chengxun's right hand was intact, and he took out a sketch from his arms. With the help of Qi Jin, he showed it in front of Cao Yun He spread it out on the commander's desk and said: "This map is the defense map of Hetuala City. It was sent by Shuerhaqi."
Cao Yu glanced at it, shook his head and said: "The picture may be true, but this defense map is not very useful."
This seems strange to say. The enemy's defense map should be a very important military secret after all. How come it is of little use? However, both Ma Chengxun and Qi Jin understood the intention of Cao Yu's words.
In the current situation, all the opponent's forces are in the city, and because of the glacier, it is impossible for the west and north sides of Hetuala to be used as the launching point for the siege - the artillery battalion cannot be placed on the glacier to fire, because the artillery is all The shock force when shooting was too strong, even stronger than thousands of cavalry galloping past. God knows whether it would collapse the ice.
In this way, Nurhachi only needs to leave a very small number of troops in the west and north for "battlefield surveillance" to ensure that the Ming army does not have a sudden "attack". Most of the remaining troops must be in the east. , South City Gate.
Cao Yan could basically guess the number of troops Nurhachi currently had, which was only about seven thousand. Seven thousand people can only be placed at the two southeastern gates. No matter what the ratio is, Cao Yun's response method will not change much, because it is not necessary. In this case, what's the point of the defense map?
To put it bluntly, if Cao Yu decides which city gate to use as the main attack direction, Nurhachi must tilt more troops in that direction - what does it mean to have the initiative on the battlefield?
But Ma Chengxun's behavior was rather weird. He smiled and said, "That's not the case. President Rong, just draw a line on this picture and you will know the meaning of this picture."
Cao Yu was really surprised, raised his eyebrows and said, "Really? Okay, then you draw."
Ma Chengxun took out a Jinghua charcoal pencil commonly used by military scouts, drew a circle on the south side of Hetuala City, and at the same time said slowly: "The soldiers led by Shuerhaqi, They are all in this circle, about three thousand in total."
Cao Yan and Qi Jin stared at the map at the same time. Not long after, Qi Jin said "Huh", frowned at Ma Chengxun, and asked: "Shurhaqi's troops are all in this area, and the surrounding areas are all They are Nurhachi's soldiers... What's the matter, do they want a brother to join in the fight against the enemy?"
It happened that Cao Yu also noticed it at this time, frowned and said: "It is a good thing that their brothers are fighting against each other, but if it happens now, I feel that it does not meet the expectations of Da Sinong."
If Gao Pragmatic were serious about this, he would definitely appreciate Cao Yan's overall view, because he really did not want to see Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi brothers turning against each other at this moment.
In the original history, Shuerhaqi and his brother Nurhachi depended on each other since childhood. When they grew up, they lived and died with their brother, and became his brother's assistant and main general on the battlefield. In the battle to unify the Jurchen tribe, Shuerhaqi relied on his bravery and resourcefulness to become the second-largest figure after his brother, and was even on an equal footing with his brother in many cases. Whether it was the chief paying homage or the North Korean envoy paying homage, the two brothers were congratulated at the same time and sat down separately, just like Beile in the two cities east and west of Yehe.
The falling out between the two brothers has been mentioned in the previous article, so I won’t go into details here. What Gao Pragmatic is more concerned about is what happened after Nurhaci imprisoned and killed Shuerhaqi, and what can be deduced from these events.
Nurhachi first imprisoned Shuerhaqi, and then beheaded his two nephews. Later, he wanted to kill his younger brother's second son, Amin, but was stopped by others. Although Nurhachi had killed countless people during decades of fighting on the battlefield, he also softened his heart at that time.
In order to make his nephews surrender to him wholeheartedly, Nurhachi killed his younger brother in tears two years later. But he never expected that this sword strike would bury the three hundred years of hatred between the two Aixinjueluo clans.
The descendants of his younger brother Shuerhaqi always remember the hatred of that year. Amin, who had survived under his uncle, even though he later became the second in the top four Baylors, he still could not forget the hatred.
Hatred cannot allow him to work with his uncle's descendants. Even if they don't fight each other, they have to establish another family. Therefore, after Amin led the army to defeat North Korea, he once wanted to occupy North Korea, live here for a long time, and establish himself as king. Unfortunately, like his father, he failed and was eventually assassinated by his cousin Huang Taiji.
However, Shulhaqi's son did not withdraw from the political stage, because he still held one of the eight flags in his hands. After Amin's death, his sixth brother Jierharang replaced his elder brother and entered the political arena.
Jierhalang is very self-aware and knows that he is not Huang Taiji's opponent, so he has been suppressing his hatred. However, after Huang Taiji died, Dorgon suppressed Jierhalang again, so that he never dared to expose anything. It was not until Dorgon's death that Jierhalang's hatred broke out. He accused Dorgon of being domineering and arrogant, which eventually led to Dorgon being whipped to death.
Although Jierhalang was named Prince Heshuo Zheng and was the only person in the history of the Qing Dynasty besides Dorgon to be titled "Uncle King", he never forgot the hatred of his father's murder.
Later, after the death of Prince Zheng Jierhalang, his descendants were named Prince Jian. The reasoning of the Tatar and Qing court at that time was that the title of Prince Zheng was given due to his outstanding military exploits. His descendants did not have such great merits and could not withstand the title even if they were given it, so they changed it to Prince Jian.
It was not until the Qianlong Dynasty that Prince Zheng's title was restored and he was listed as one of the eight hereditary princes with iron hats. However, their descendants have always kept the hatred of their ancestors in mind, and the reason why they still work for the Qing court is because they believe that they are not working for their enemies, but for the Manchu world.
After the Xinyou coup occurred, Prince Gong Yixin and Cixi ordered the death of Prince Zheng Duanhua, and beheaded his brother Sushun. It can be said that old hatreds were added to new hatreds.
The final result is even more bizarre: Shuerhaqi's descendants don't know what they think. They will worship Chongzhen Mausoleum on the Qingming Festival after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, but they have never had any contact with Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. It seems that they have no contact with the emperor. It no longer matters that he is Aixinjueluo.
Gao pragmatically deduced these circumstances and believed that the root of the problem lay with Shuerhaqi himself - he probably sincerely believed that Ming's support for him at that time was from the heart, so he believed that he was the legitimate Jianzhou Jurchen. "Baylor" should replace Nurhaci.
When Shuerhaqi was strong, his sons were influenced by him. When he "rebelled", his sons Amin and Jierhalang were already adults and had already formed their own three views - they must have believed that the Ming tendency was their father.
The Ming Dynasty is the orthodox one, and the Jurchens follow the Ming Dynasty as the main one. Since my father has the trust of the Ming Dynasty, he should naturally be the one who obeys and prospers. You, Nurhaci, go against the will of heaven, and you are really a slave who betrays your master!
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