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After this explanation, Gao Wuzheng finally understood what his brother meant, but he still had another problem that he didn't understand. He said doubtfully: "Brother is far-sighted, and I admire him very much. But in my opinion, these three major Jurchen parts are obviously also It’s not really a threat. Is it really necessary that my brother designed such a long-term... uh, long-term weakening strategy for it?"
When Gao Wuzheng said this, another brother-in-law, Gao Wuruo, also raised the same doubt and said: "Yes, brother, the three major Jurchen divisions - or including the Ula tribe, let's take a look at the four major Jurchen divisions. The strongest one is Ye He, who can usually draw 20,000 troops.
The remaining three divisions only have a strength of more than 10,000 troops under normal circumstances. These four divisions combined together have a strength of only 60,000 to 70,000, or 70,000 to 80,000 troops. Let's just treat it as 80,000. What's the use of 80,000 Jurchen soldiers? Our Liaodong Army alone has more than 200,000 soldiers. If the Jurchens really dare to have second thoughts, it would be easy for the Liaodong Army to defeat the four armies. "
Gao pragmatically asked: "The Liaodong Army does have more than 200,000 people, but how many of them can fight? If I transfer the Xuanda elites among them back to this town, how many local elites will be left in Liaodong? Among the local elites in Liaodong, , how many direct descendants are Li Chengliang, Li Rusong and his son?"
The three secretaries from Gao Pangshi's family have not followed him on expeditions once or twice, and they still have some understanding of the military affairs of the Nine Borders, especially the intelligence secretary Gao Qi, who knows all about it.
As soon as Gao Pingshi asked this question, he immediately replied: "My uncle asked how many people in Liaodong can fight. My nephew thought that the so-called able to fight should refer to those who can fight in the field with the enemy in a majestic formation. If we divide it according to this, Liaodong There are about 130,000 to 140,000 capable soldiers in the army. If the Xuanda elites are withdrawn to their own towns as my uncle said, the local elites in Liaodong who are "capable of fighting" will be about 80,000 to 90,000.
Among these 10,000 troops, there are about 40,000 who are direct descendants of Li Chengliang and Li Rusong. They are also the most elite group in the Liaodong Army. However, after several battle losses, although 40,000 troops have been replenished, the combat effectiveness may be somewhat lower. decline.
Among the other approximately 40,000 to 50,000 people, the Li family's military affiliates such as Zu Chengxun, Zha Damou, Yang Yuan, etc. each have approximately 500 to 3000 to 4000 servants, totaling approximately 30,000. The rest are controlled by the generals of the Feili clan in Liaodong, headed by Cao Yun brothers and others, with about 15,000 servants. "
After Gao Qi finished speaking, Gao Wuzheng said with a smile: "Look, brother, the Li and Cao families combined to rob tens of thousands of Jiading. This power is in Liaodong. So what if the four major Jurchen tribes rebelled together? Isn't it just wiped out in one fell swoop?"
Gao Pragmatic had always regarded Nurhaci as a major hidden danger. Now after hearing these words, he couldn't help but realize: Yes, my hard work over the years has not been in vain!
Internally, Liaodong's strength has not declined significantly, and due to the military reform and the clearing of Mongolia, the weapons and equipment far exceed the original historical level, the supply of horses is also sufficient, and horse breeds are even being improved. .
Externally, the strength of the Jurchen tribes is relatively more balanced. Nurhaci tried to fish in troubled waters several times but was frightened back by his own beatings. Although he still let him make up for it among the Yalu River tribes, he gave up the Jianzhou right guard. He became independent.
On the whole, Nurhachi is now at least half weaker than this period in history. Taken together, Liaodong's strength at this time is completely capable of crushing Nurhachi.
As for Ye He and Hada, at least for now, these two families definitely dare not start a fight - there is no need! Ye He is married to me no matter what, and he is doing quite well in Manchuria. Are they crazy enough to rebel?
As for Hada, after some civil strife, the Hada tribe now has eight thousand soldiers and horses, which is enough to fill the teeth in front of the Liaodong Army. Moreover, if the Hada tribe has second thoughts, I am afraid that the first one to worry about is Ye He, worried that Ye He will take the opportunity to annex them with the support of the Ming Dynasty.
So no matter how you look at it, unless Nurhachi is cheating and relies on less than 20,000 Jianzhou Left Guard troops to sweep across and integrate all the Jurchens in a flash, otherwise as long as it is a little slower, in a month or two, the Liaodong Army will gather eastward to march there. Everything is over.
No matter how weak Ye He, Hada, and Jianzhou Youwei are, they can't be settled by Nurhachi in a month or two, right? What's more, it's not that easy to organize an army. Could it be that you, Nurhaci, are so capable that you can hold a "Gutian Conference" in Jurchen?
Of course, the level of integration of Nurhachigan in the original history was not bad. When Gao Pragmatic thought about this, he thought of the destruction of the Yehe tribe in history and some situations after that.
At that time, the Ming army was defeated in Sarhu, and the situation in Liaodong was in a state of decay. The Ming Dynasty was no longer able to protect the surviving Ye He tribe. Nurhaci took advantage of the remaining power of Sarhu's victory and commanded Yehe City. At that time, Bu Zhai and Nalin Bulu were no longer alive, and Jintaishi and Buyangu guarded the east and west cities respectively. Huang Taiji personally visited the city and persuaded his two uncles to surrender, but they were rejected.
A brutal siege began. Later, the Jin army dug underground caves, causing the city wall to collapse, and invaded the east city. Jin Taiji set fire to the city and tried to escape in the chaos, but was captured. Seeing that the situation was over, Buyanggu sent an envoy to ask Daishan to surrender.
Since his sister was Daishan's successor, Daishan agreed to spare the life of Yehebel and swore an alliance with Buyangu and his mother. However, this oath was not kept.
After Buyangu surrendered, both Buyangu and Jintaiji were hanged, and Urabelle Buzhantai, who had previously defected to them, had died. All the Belles in the four parts of Haixi had been wiped out, except for Buyangu's younger brother Buer. Hanggu was spared and was taken back by Daishan.
According to legend, before being hanged, Jin Taiji uttered a curse: "Even if one of my descendants has a woman, they will overwhelm Manchuria!".
The Yehenara family is an old Jurchen surname, which means rising sun. They have constant entanglements with Aixinjueluo. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the two sides fought against each other for the Yehe River area.
Legend has it that the leader of the Aixinjueluo tribe pointed to the earth and said arrogantly to the Yehe people: "We are the most noble gold on the earth!" - "Aixinjue" in Manchu means gold. Chief Yehenala laughed when he heard this, pointed at the sun in the sky and said, "This is our last name!"
At that time, Yehenala easily defeated Aixinjueluo. However, time passes and things rise and fall. They were eventually defeated by their former defeated generals and had to submit to the strong rise of Nurhachi and his descendants.
Jintaiji was killed, and his sons Derger and Niyaha surrendered. Niyaha belonged to the Zhenghuang Banner and was the left leader of an arrow. He later married the daughter of Azig, the thirteenth son of Nurhaci. Their son was the most powerful minister in the Kangxi Dynasty. Nalan Xingde, the son of Mingzhu, was an extremely talented poet, even in the Qing Dynasty. Both Eastern and Western Yehe came from Qingjia Niu and Yang Jiniu.
Another branch of the Yehe royal family is the descendant of their uncle Nyanyyaka. After being merged into the Eight Banners, this branch was also very distinguished, not inferior to the Jintaishi branch.
Nyaniyaka's grandson Ashdar Khan came from the second house, and Gu Santai came from the third house. They were both important ministers of the Eight Banners. Gu Santai's niece is Huang Taiji's concubine and the biological mother of Prince Zhuang Shuosai. Suna, the grandson of Niyanyaka's second son Albu, married Nurhachi's sixth daughter and gave birth to Suksaha. Suk Saha belonged to the Zhengbai Banner. He was highly valued by Emperor Shunzhi for exposing Dorgon. He was one of the four ministers of Gu Ming in the Kangxi Dynasty.
Generally speaking, the main branch of Yehe tribe is divided into white flag and red flag.
In the original history, Huang Taiji's mother Meng Guzhezhe was the daughter of Dongye Hebeile Yang Jiniu and the sister of Nalinbulu and Jintaishi. Therefore, the main branch of the Dongye He tribe was divided into his Zhengbai Banner, which was later known as the Zhenghuang Banner. The stepwife of Daishan, the leader of the two red flags, is the granddaughter of Xiye Hebele Qingjiali and the sister of Buyangu. Their son Saha Lian later became the leader of the Zhenghong Banner. So this Ye He tribe entered the red flag.
The famous curse before Jin Taiji was hanged led to folklore that Aixinjueluo would not marry Yehenara as a ban. But this argument does not stand up to scrutiny. Not to mention that the mother of Huang Taiji, Meng Guzhezhe, was from Yehenala, and after the curse of Jintaiji, Kang Mazi’s concubine Hui was the granddaughter of Delger, another son of Jintaishi, and the biological mother of Emperor Kangxi’s eldest son Yinti . Emperor Qianlong's concubine Shu was also Yehenala.
Later, Cixi listened to politics behind the curtain, and became dim in her later years, pushing the Qing Dynasty into the abyss. The Qing Dynasty was destroyed when her niece Queen Mother Longyu hung up the curtain again, and it was only these two aunts, Yehenala, who reminded the down-and-out bannermen of this curse. It is obviously nonsense to attribute the disaster of the country to a curse.
The curse of Jin Taiji is just a legend, and the only truth is that the Yehe tribe was destroyed. This also marks the end of the Jurchen tribal era in Liaodong. The five Jianzhou tribes, the three Changbai tribes, and the four Haixi tribes, or the four Hulun tribes, have all become history.
After that, they and some of the wild Jurchens were merged under the Eight Banners. Only in the vast cold forests of the East China Sea, there are still some wild Jurchens scattered - they will later be robbed or recruited one after another and join the Eight Banners. For example, Hailancha, the famous general of the Qianlong Dynasty, was born in the Sauron tribe of the Barbarian Jurchen.
So what are the specific manifestations of Nurhaci’s integration methods? In order to appease the Yehe tribe, Nurhachi treated Burhanggu, the younger brother of Buyangu, in the west Yehebele, and Derger, the son of Jintaji in the east Yehebele, favorably.
At that time, Houjin set up ten rulers of Baylor. In addition to Nurhaci, they are Daishan, the leader of the two red flags of Aixinjueluo, Amin, the leader of the bordered blue flag, Mang Gurtai, the leader of the Zhenglan flag, Huang Taiji, the leader of the Zhengbai flag, Degelei, Azige, and the leader of the bordered white flag. Dudu, and then there are Burhanggu and Derger of the Yehe tribe.
Of course, this arrangement was only seen in the Five Inner Khalkha Alliance between the Later Jin Dynasty and Mongolia. The purpose is to show Mongolia that Nurhachi has the capacity to accommodate people. However, in fact, Burhangu and Delger soon lost their title of ruling Baylor, and they could not even talk about Baylor.
Therefore, Nurhachi's display of capacity is just a temporary measure. His fundamental purpose has always been a monopoly-style integration, and such integration relies more on power than system, let alone personality charm or political ideals.
Gao Pragmatic can rate him as "just okay" only because he has succeeded in history. However, compared with the significance and height of the Gutian Conference, the two are indistinguishable.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic himself could not bring about a Gutian Conference. The highest goal of military reform he could achieve in his life was to turn a feudal army into a modern army, and he did not dare to think about anything further.
Seeing Gao Yingshi deep in thought, Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo looked at each other, thinking that they had stopped their invincible brother, fearing that he would become angry without the steps, so they panicked for a moment. I just hate myself for talking too much.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Gao Pragmatic suddenly came back to his senses and sighed: "What you said is not unreasonable. At this time and at that time, my worries about the Jurchens may indeed be too much."
Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that their backs were soaked with cold sweat. Gao Wuzheng said quickly: "Brother, you are serious. It is precisely because you deal with everything with the most complete plan that you can be invincible... It's all my little brother Meng Lang. I know I was wrong."
Gao Wuruo also hurriedly said: "Brother, why do you want me to behave like this? Li Zhi said, 'Zhuge is only cautious in his life, but Lu Duan never messes up in big things.'" Over the years, you have often taught me and others to be cautious in everything, but it is a pity for me and others. You are stupid, you can't even do 'big things without being confused', and you need to wake up more."
The reaction of the two of them made Gao Pragmatic a little alert. It seems that although he is not particularly strict on weekdays, he may have been mythized in the eyes of people around him, so that even if he admits his mistakes, others will find it difficult to accept them.
It's like being pragmatic is definitely not wrong. If they feel that being pragmatic is wrong, then they will reflect on themselves and think that it must be their own problem and it cannot be a problem of being pragmatic.
I have just been granted the title of Marquis, and yet I have already become a myth like this. If there is another "progress" in the future, wouldn't it mean that no one around me would dare to dissuade me?
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic suddenly understood the meaning of the so-called "lonely person", and somehow felt a little depressed, and even lost interest in continuing the conversation.
When Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo saw that their brother was silent, they were even more upset and quickly motioned to Gao Qi for help. Gao Qi is the son of Gao Wuben, the fifth member of the Gao family, and he is a nephew to the three of them. If he comes to smooth things over, Gao Qi will always give his cousin some face, so it will be easier to talk things over.
Gao Qi coughed slightly and was about to speak when he suddenly heard footsteps outside. He subconsciously kept silent. As expected, a report came from outside: "Master, General Liu has sent a message, saying that the whereabouts of the Japanese pirate army going south have been found out and they are requesting to send troops." !”
Gao Jingshi was silent for a moment, and then ordered: "Bring it in." If Liu Wei wanted to send troops, he would not just send a verbal message, he would have to write a personal letter, so Gao Jingshi asked his servant to send it in.
After reading Liu Wei's autographed letter, Gao Pingshi smoothly conveyed the news he mentioned to his three secretaries, saying: "Liu Wei said that he had contacted Li Rumei and learned that the main force of the Japanese army going south was attacked by Li Rumei along the way. Dozens of small and medium-scale harassment and sneak attacks, although the loss of soldiers was only about a thousand, the whole army was still exhausted, so he planned to go north to meet the enemy near Sanjia on behalf of him. What do you think about this? "
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