"I'm finally back!"

Huang Taiji looked at the city walls of Hetuala, his heart filled with emotion and joy. Looking back on the hardships along the way, he didn't know how he got through it.

After the failure of the Battle of Ningyuan, he escaped with his men and entered the Songling Mountains. However, how could they pass through safely due to the cold weather and the lack of supplies.

In desperation, he could only kill the horses, eat the cold horse meat and blood, and lead the remaining tribesmen step by step over the mountains and ridges to the grassland. In their current state, even if they followed It is impossible to go back to Daling River. Maybe we will fall into the siege of the Ming army.

In this battle, all the elite Jurchens came out, and the whole army was annihilated. Liaoyang, Shenyang, Kaiyuan, and Tieling could not be defended by all the troops. They could only concentrate their forces and use all their strength to defend their base, Hetuala.

He himself had no confidence in whether Hetuala could be defended, but judging from the situation of the Ming army, he would definitely not be able to return home from Liaodong and would have to go through Mongolia.

This is the only road they can take. The horses and baggage are scarce, so they must find a place to make repairs first, otherwise most people here will not be able to return home.

Fortunately, at this time, Mongolia was divided into pieces. Even Monan Mongolia had Lin Dan Khan, and it was divided into more than a dozen tribes, especially those close to Liaodong. The Han tribe, the Duoyan tribe, the Khalkha tribe, and their tribe this time The target, the Haraqin tribe, has so many shortcomings that it is enough to provide sufficient supplies and population for Huang Taiji.

After crossing the Songling Mountains, Huang Taiji was lucky enough to find a nomadic tribe. After plundering them, he finally obtained some supplies and horses. After that, Huang Taiji did not go home, but began to travel on the grassland. plunder and conquest.

At this time, the Jurchens were on the rise, and the Eight Banners soldiers had just emerged from ignorance and were extremely physically strong. Many of them were powerful warriors who could wear double armor and move freely. Even if there were only 10,000 people, they were not unique to Mongolia, which was gradually declining. Can resist.

After a series of expeditions from east to west, several Mongolian tribes near western and eastern Liaoning almost all surrendered. In these months of battles, life-saving supplies were sent to the Jurchen headquarters, Hetuala, to help them survive. After this difficult winter and solving the most critical material problem, Huang Taiji finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to Hetuala with his men and horses and a selection of 20,000 Mongolian cavalry.

Three months of continuous battles made Huang Taiji look weathered, but he was in good spirits. At least the tribe was saved. After losing 50,000 greens, not many people in the Jurchen tribe died throughout the winter. This was the best. The result is.

The same goes for the army behind him. The 10,000 best-equipped Jurchen cavalry were full of murderous intent, and the smell of blood filled their bodies. Months of bloody killings, rape, and looting had completely restored their morale, and they even looked stronger and more powerful. .

Being able to struggle to survive from the ice and snow, and going through a lot of cruel killings, why not make them even more powerful. Behind them are 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, which Huang Taiji has already surrendered to from Naiman, Aohan, and Bahrain. , the elites drawn from the tribes of Zarut and Horqin.

These tribes are all located in the northeastern region. As early as the Nuerhaci period, they submitted to the Jurchen. This time, it was with the support of these tribes that Huang Taiji was able to plunder the Chahar tribe and obtain the necessary supplies for the winter. supplies.

The reason why all the warriors from these tribes were brought here today is because today's matter is extremely important, and it is related to the ownership of the Jurchen Khan. Of course, on the surface, Huang Taiji was brought back in the name of preventing the Ming people from attacking.

"Great Khan, you are finally back." After standing under the city wall for a while, Jierhalang, the oldest of the four little beles, came with a group of people. After dismounting, he tightly dragged Huang Taiji.

sleeves, shouting with a choked look.

Huang Taiji was stunned. The other party's title was beyond his expectation, but he reacted quickly after all, patted the other party's shoulder and said comfortingly, "Jilharang, it's okay, I'm back."

"Fourth brother!" Behind Jierhalang was sixteen-year-old Azig. He also looked at Huang Taiji with red eyes, his expression was choked, and tears were streaming down his face.

Since the news of the Battle of Ningyuan came back to Hetuala, the whole Jurchen has almost looked like the end of the world. In this expedition to the Ming Dynasty, Nuerhaci took away most of the Qingzhuang and generals in the tribe. Now in this battle

The destruction was simply a disaster for the newly unified Jurchen tribe.

The entire tribe was in a panic, and they were very worried about whether the Ming army would attack and destroy the Jurchens. Some people advocated holding on, while others advocated moving north. The messy suggestions made people feel distracted.

Fortunately, Jirharang stood up at this time. He first persuaded Azig, the twelfth son of Nurhaci, to issue an order in the name of both of them and stabilize Hetuala. Then, they withdrew to Liaoyang.

The defenders in Shenyang, Kaiyuan, Tieling, and Fushun also recruited all bannermen over the age of twelve, and gathered 20,000 people and placed them near Sarhu. Then, relying on the supplies sent back from Shenyang and Liaoyang in advance, they

After the first panic month.

After being frightened for a month, they found that the Ming army did not attack them, but only took over the previously lost territory and was busy consolidating the interior. Therefore, they felt relieved a little, but they were still on high alert for fear that the Ming people would come and kill them.

Fortunately, at this time, Huang Taiji finally came out of the Songling Mountains, entered Mongolia, and began to plunder the Chahar tribe. At the same time, he sent people to transport the first batch of support materials. After learning that Huang Taiji survived, the entire Hetuala

They all breathed a sigh of relief. After receiving the supplies, Azig secretly sent a letter, saying that Huang Taiji would come back to take charge of the overall situation.

In the letter, he said that Hetuala was unstable, and there were rumors circulating about letting Jirharang succeed him, take over the throne, and stabilize the situation. Some old people also made such noises. Azig was young and had no experience in the army.

The power is naturally no match for Jierhalang, so he can only pin his hopes on his fourth brother.

At this time, Dorgon and Duoduo were only nine years old and seven years old, so they could not play any role at all. The real bloodline left by Nuerhachi still depends on Huang Taiji.

To be honest, if Nuerhaci and the four great Beile were killed by the Ming people, Jierhalang would have taken advantage of the chaotic situation to exert all his strength, and it would be possible for him to ascend to the throne of Khan. He had this intention in the first place.

Taking advantage of the fact that Azig is the heir of the Khan of Destiny, he occupies the great cause, controls the situation, and then uses the connections he has to seize the throne.

This was the reason for the previous rumors, but unfortunately, Huang Taiji did not die in the battle of Ningyuan, but escaped back, which made all Jierhalang's plans aborted.

After Huang Taiji received Azig's letter, he didn't do anything. He just sent a batch of supplies and slaves back again. This measure completely calmed down the storm in Hetuala. Without Huang Taiji, they would not have been able to survive.

However, in this harsh winter, and Huang Taiji still had the remaining soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners, it was self-evident that the Khan's position would belong to him.

However, Huang Taiji was still not careless. When he returned this time, he brought all his bargaining chips to prevent changes, and secondly, to prevent the Ming army from suddenly attacking.

However, it is obvious that in this scene, Jilharang has given up some of his little ideas and directly admitted that he is the next Great Khan.

Huang Taiji is not pretentious. This is an extraordinary period. Apart from him, there is really no one more suitable to be the Great Khan.

"Let's go, let's talk after we go in." Huang Taiji waved his hand and entered the city first.

In the afternoon of the same day, Huang Taiji took over the throne of Khan and named himself Tiancong Khan. Although it was an extraordinary period, all the elders and clan elders who could speak in the Eight Banners came to watch the ceremony. With Huang Taiji's return and succession to the throne, the entire

The Jurchens suddenly became peaceful, and the faces of the bannermen who had been worried for months finally showed smiles.

To be honest, although the Ningyuan battle severely damaged the Jurchen energy, for Huang Taiji, it reduced the resistance to his accession to the throne and the resistance to his reforms. Within a few days of taking power, he completed the internal integration, and the entire

Jurchen was suddenly left with the only voice of Huang Taiji.

As soon as Pu came to power, he dismissed the banner boy boys under the age of fourteen. These were still children and could not participate in the war. As for those over the age of fourteen, they were already considered adults and could participate in the battle. In this way, the troops in his hometown

There were only about 10,000 people left, and including the ones he brought, there were only 20,000 Jurchen soldiers.

Afterwards, he immediately stepped up his efforts to collect wild Jurchens, sending all his 20,000 Eight Banners soldiers and 20,000 Mongolian soldiers into the deep mountains and forests to search for the wild Jurchens living in the far east, increasing the population of the Eight Banners, and expanding

manpower.

At that time, the Jurchens were divided into two parts, Jianzhou and Haixi. After the unification of Nuerhaci, they were all organized into eight banners. The Jurchens were unified and their capital was Hetuala. In addition to these two parts, there was also a group of scattered people farther east.

Jurchens, they are scattered in the north of Heilongjiang and east of Ussuri River, and are called wild Jurchens.

The level of civilization of the savage Jurchens is much lower than that of the other two. They have no culture and are just collectively called Jurchens according to custom. Some of them were included in the Manchu cultural circle, and some remained unchanged, and later formed other ethnic minorities in the Northeast.

, such as the Oroqen people, etc.

Now Huang Taiji's target is them. These wild Jurchens are also called raw Jurchens. Although they are savage and ignorant, their bodies are extremely strong. They are much tougher than the Jurchen Eight Banners. They are just wild and untamable and difficult to control. But at the moment, the Eight Banners are suffering heavy losses.

In front of us, we don't have to worry about so much. We must first obtain enough combat power to withstand the pressure of the Ming Dynasty and defend the front lines of Fushun, Kaiyuan and Tieling.
Chapter completed!