Chapter 12: Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia
Update time:2012-09-24
After the vehicle formation was set up, Li Dashan hurried to Shi Dayong with his three commanders. First, he cursed at Daling Hecheng, "Grandma is a bear, Zu Dashou is not authentic!" Then he couldn't wait to ask Shi Dayong: "
Sir, the vehicle formation has been set up, should we fight or retreat?"
"Why are you panicking? Are the Tatars coming towards us?" Shi Dayong ignored him and looked steadily in the northeast direction.
Li Dashan and the three generals also turned to look northeast, only to find that the Tatar cavalry was not charging this way, nor was it heading towards the Daling River, but was more than three miles away.
Stopped on a small high slope.
Several knights ran out of the team. The knight on the horse pointed at Daling River City with a whip and did not know what he was talking about.[
There was no attacking Houjin cavalry, and there was something strange about the quiet city inside and outside.
The current situation is very delicate. The Houjin cavalry is observing the city outside the city. The gates of the defenders in the city are closed. They are also nervously looking at the Houjin soldiers outside the city. However, the Songshan army in the southwest is like a vacuum. Who is watching from both sides?
Didn't even look this way.
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On the slope, Niulu Zhentu Lai, who had a gold-encrusted yellow flag on his forehead, looked disdainfully at the Daling River City in front of him. He raised his riding whip arrogantly and asked the Mongolian Taiji Gurbusch behind him: "Gurubus, you used to follow me.
When dealing with Ming people, have you ever seen such cowardly Ming people?"
The wrinkled Gurbusch bowed respectfully and replied almost flatteringly: "As the general said, in the eyes of us Mongolians, the people of the Ming Dynasty have always been as timid as mice!"
Gulbus was not a Manchu, but a Mongolian from Khalkha. In the sixth year of his destiny, he led 430 households to join Houjin. The old Khan Nurhachi gave his tribe the title of Mongolian Yiniulu and named him a first-class Taji.
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Taiji is a title awarded to various Mongolian tribes by the Hou Jin Dynasty. It is second only to princes, princes and Baylor. Gulbushu is a first-class Taiji. According to the title, it is more expensive than just Niulu'e Zhentu Lai, but in ancient times
Erbush, however, did not dare to be on an equal footing with Tulai. Instead, he humbly bowed and obeyed his orders when he went south. He even respectfully called Niu Lu a general.
The reason why Gulbusch was willing to pay tribute to Tulai was that Tulai's father was Fei Yingdong, one of the famous founding ministers of the Jin Kingdom.
Of course, the main reason is that Tulai is a Manchurian and Gulbushe is a Mongolian.
"General, King Khan asked us to investigate the movements of our people. Now that we have found out what is true, shall we return to Yizhou and report back to Lord Beile?"
The mission has been completed. Although the Ming army in the opposite city has closed its gates and dare not go out to fight, after all, there are more than 10,000 elite Ming troops in the city. If they suddenly charge out, Gurbusch does not dare to ensure that he can retreat completely.
The most important thing is to return to Uiju. This place is too dangerous and it is really not advisable to stay for a long time.
He didn't want to cheat but he waved his hand, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "I'm not busy. Now that I'm here, I can't go back empty-handed."
The riding whip in his hand suddenly moved from Daling River City to the southwest, pointed there and said: "Did you see that the people of the Ming Dynasty locked up their grain and grass troops outside the city! Haha, when he was in Shenyang, King Khan often said that Zu Dashu
He is a tiger general from the Ming Dynasty. I have to be careful and not act rashly. But now it seems that this so-called tiger general is just a wasted reputation. Humph, a general who even abandons his own grain transport team outside the city.
How can he be a tiger general!"
"What the general said is true!"
Gulbusch hurriedly agreed, and then asked doubtfully: "What does the general mean?"
Tu Lai's smile slowly stagnated, a fierce light shot out from his eyes, and he said in a vicious voice: "We Manchus will never give up the fat meat that is brought to our mouths!" He turned his head sharply and shouted: "You guys, pull it out!
Draw your swords, draw your bow strings, and let the horse hooves of the Manchu warriors frighten the courage of those Ming people!"
When he heard that Tulai was going to attack the Ming Dynasty's grain transport team, Gulbusch was secretly surprised. When he arrived on the slope, he noticed the Ming army in the southwest. Judging from the size of the convoy, the Ming army escorting them was
There must have been a thousand people, and it was obviously an empty carriage returning to Jinzhou from Daling River.
A convoy without food is like a bone without meat, which is really meaningless to chew. Moreover, there is still the main force of the Ming army in the city, so it is too dangerous to risk attacking the food transport team.
With this in mind, Gurbusch decided to dissuade Tulai from attacking. He hesitated and reminded Tulai: "General, if the Ming army in the city breaks out during our attack, we will not be able to take advantage.
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After hearing this, Tulai glanced at Gulbusch sideways and said sarcastically: "Gulbushu, you are old and no longer the eagle on the grassland! Your worries are totally unreasonable. Look,
If they had the courage to leave the city, they wouldn’t be like this!”
Hearing this, Gulbusch blushed and secretly slandered the arrogant Eight Banners Niulu, but at the same time he agreed with Tu Lai's analysis. Yes, the Ming army in Dalinghe City did not
Those who dared to leave the city were stunned by the bravery of the Eight Banners warriors.
"Gulbus, if your people don't have the courage to attack, then let my Manchu warriors fight!"
Tu Lai didn't want to waste any more time. He didn't want the Ming army's grain transport team to run away, so he waved his hand and ordered the 120 horse-armor soldiers belonging to Niulu to prepare for the attack.
Not wanting to, Gulbus suddenly raised his voice and said: "General, since you have decided, then leave the offensive task to my people!"
"Leave it to your person?"
Tulai narrowed his eyes and nodded. This time, he and Gulbusz came from Yizhou on orders from Belazig to investigate the movement of the Ming army in rebuilding the Daling River. They did not bring many troops. His troops
Niulu only has 300 men and only 120 armored soldiers. If they attack the Ming army's grain transport team, they will definitely suffer some damage. Although the damage may be small, it is certainly best to avoid losses. Based on this idea,
Tu Lai naturally agreed to let the Mongols of Gulbusch tear apart the Ming army's defense line, so that he could preserve the strength of his Niu Lu, and anyway, the final credit would still be his own.
"Well, Gurbusch, let your men show their skills this time. You go attack the Ming Army's grain team, and my men will hold the battle formation for you!"
"Yes, General!"
Gulbusch's old face became hot again, but this time it was not red, but bloody. Tu Lai just said that he was old, and later he would let him see if I, Gulbusch, was old!
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Notes: 1. Before the founding of the Qing Dynasty by Huang Taiji, the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Army were a mixture of Manchus, Mongols, and Han people. The Manchus were the dominant ones, followed by the Mongols and Han people. However, these people have been Manchuized, that is, the Manchus must be bannermen.
, the banner people may not necessarily be Manchus. The Niulu of Gurbus belongs to the Mongolian Niulu of the Manchu Eight Banners in the later Jin Dynasty, not the Mongolian Eight Banners in the future.
Second, the name of the country "Qing" was changed from the Later Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty in 1636, that is, in the ninth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. Before the Later Jin Dynasty was changed to the Qing Dynasty, the corresponding description in this book adopts the Later Jin Dynasty system, not the Qing system.
3. Jurchen clan name: In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji abolished the old clan name "Zhushen" (Jurchen) and named the clan "Manzhou". For the convenience of reading, this book still uses "Manzhou" before the name change.