The adverse impact of the Little Glacier climate on the Jurchens in Jianzhou was more serious than that of the Ming Dynasty. The main motivation for Nurhachi's process of unifying the Jurchen tribes since the 13th year of Wanli was actually to rob other tribes of food and livestock and avoid their own tribes.
The subjects starved to death, and the words of great talent and foresight were all whitewashed words after the Qing Dynasty took over the Central Plains. At that time, Nurhachi, like the bandit leaders Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, led a group of hungry people to forage and plunder.
The Jianzhou Jurchens robbed other tribes and killed other tribes' populations to alleviate the pressure on food and survive the famine——
From the spring of the second year of Tianming to the present, there has been a severe drought in Jianzhou, all vegetation has withered, and countless cattle, sheep and livestock have died. Nurhachi is anxious. If there is not enough food reserves to cope with the coming cold winter, a large number of his subjects will starve to death or be displaced.
, he has no other strategy to govern the country and enrich the people, he only knows how to use force to rob. However, now that all the Jurchen tribes have perished except for the Ye He tribe, pretending to be a small group of horse thieves and jumping into the Ming Dynasty to plunder is a drop in the bucket, unable to deal with large-scale natural disasters.
Therefore, a large-scale war must be launched to pass on the survival crisis, and attacking the Ming Dynasty is imperative!
After Huang Taiji preached about the invincibility of the Eight Banners Army and the cowardice and incompetence of the Liaodong Ming Army, Nurhachi began to conduct actual combat analysis. He said that when fighting the Ming Army, do not force yourself to capture cities and seize territory. Attack what you can.
Those who can't do it must try to lead the enemy troops outside the city for field battles. How can we fight when we are outnumbered and outnumbered? Once the troops are sent out, each cow will record fifty armored troops, leaving only ten people to guard.
City, the remaining forty men went to battle, and each sergeant was not allowed to leave his Niulu flag without authorization...
Nurhachi had been fighting for many years and had rich experience. He gave a eloquent explanation, and then let all ministers of Beile express their opinions. Dabeile Daishan advocated attacking North Korea, because Nalanbakshi went to North Korea in May with a mission to borrow food from North Korea for disaster relief.
Now that Gwanghaejun has been deposed, North Korea has completely turned to the Ming Dynasty and become the enemy of Jianju. Since it is impossible to borrow food, then go and rob and conquer North Korea——
Huang Taiji did not agree to attack North Korea, because if the main force of the Eight Banners Army could not escape from North Korea quickly, it would be attacked from both sides. North Korea was a small country with limited grain reserves. It was not worth going to war. Attacking North Korea was tantamount to declaring war with the Ming Dynasty. Why not simply attack Liaodong, as long as
If the Ming army in Liaodong is defeated, Korea can be defeated without a fight.
Nurhachi accepted the advice of the eighth son Huang Taiji. Then he signaled the seventh son Abatai to come out and said: "Abatai, you went to Fushun last month. Please tell me about the reality of Fushun City."
Abatai had a look of resentment on his face and said: "My people in Dajin suffered from natural disasters and their food supplies were out of stock. I went to Fushun last month to discuss the trade issues of the horse market with Fushun guard Wang Mingyin and guerrilla Li Yongfang. Li Yongfang was greedy and treacherous, and took advantage of
The natural disaster caused by the founding of the state suppressed the selling price of our ginseng, antler and mink skins. The same amount of mink skins and ginseng can be exchanged for less than half of the food in previous years. It is really hateful to take advantage of people's danger."
Nurhachi said in a deep voice: "First agree to his conditions. I will ask him to pay back ten times as much as he swallows."
Abatai said: "Li Yongfang's troops in Fushun only have 1,500 men. In July, 500 more sergeants were sent, for a total of 2,000 men. They are all keen on trade and have poor military discipline. How can they be our rivals in the Eight Banners Army?"
Nurha Chidao: "There are many wealthy merchants in Fushun City, and they have a lot of savings. If Fushun is captured, our Dajin people will not have to worry about surviving the winter. Do you have any good strategies for attacking the city?"
Huang Taiji suggested: "We can ask Li Yongfang to open a horse market again and agree to sell ginseng antler, mink skin, Dongzhu, and fine horses at low prices to attract merchants from Liaodong to come to Fushun. Once the horse market opens, Fushun's border must be cleared, and
We can order fifty warriors to pretend to be horse merchants and drive five routes into the city to form a city. When my army attacks the city, we can cooperate with the inside and outside, and attack from both inside and outside. Fushun can be captured."
All the Baylor ministers praised the clever plan. Nurhaci immediately ordered Abatai to rush to Fushun City to meet with Wang Mingyin and Li Yongfang to discuss the opening of the horse market. He also said to everyone in the hall: "If I, Dajin, want to start a war with the Southern Dynasty, we must fight against the enemy."
Being famous, this can boost morale, the Southern Dynasty killed my father and ancestors; supported my feuding Hada tribe, and the Yehe tribe was my enemy; the Han people crossed the border to collect ginseng and cut wood, but they forced me to kill ten of them at the foot of Fushun City; this time they killed my adopted son.
, and he kidnapped me, Erdeni, to Beijing. He humiliated me too much, and he must raise an army to take revenge. Heihuan, please find a few subordinates who are proficient in Chinese to draft a "Book of Apology" to write down the Southern Dynasty's treatment of our country in the past hundred years.
I can't tolerate the oppression, so I raised an army to resist. I am a righteous teacher." He also said: "I am extremely sad that Erdeni was captured. If possible, I will try to rescue him."
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Just when Hou Jin was actively preparing to attack Fushun, Li Yongfang, the guerrilla general in Fushun City, was busy making money. Li Yongfang had guarded Fushun for many years and had a good understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Jianzhou Eight Banners Army. He knew that Fushun's
Two thousand troops could not compete with the Eight Banners Army. However, Nurhaci did not dare to confront the Ming Dynasty because he believed that the national power of the Ming Dynasty was far greater than that of Jianzhou. He only pretended to be thieves and robbed some merchants. Last year, Han people who crossed the border to log trees were killed.
Didn't Nurhaci eventually be forced to capture dozens of Jurchens and kill them at the gates of Fushun City before giving an account to the Ming Dynasty?
No need to delve into it——
Last year, after Nurhachi founded the country and proclaimed himself Khan, the governor and the governor of Liaodong issued orders to strictly prohibit Fushun, Kaiyuan and other border towns from trading with Jianzhou and Kaima City. However, due to the benefits, these orders became a dead letter. Even Lu Huai, the eunuch guarding Liaodong,
They all sent caravans to Fushun to do business. How could Li Yongfang strictly implement the order to close the horse market? Moreover, Li Yongfang also knew that the drought in Jianzhou was serious. If they did not trade with Jianzhou at all, those barbaric Jurchens would be driven by hunger.
It’s hard to predict what crazy move he will make next. Therefore, opening a horse market can alleviate the food famine in Jianzhou, and merchants in Ming Dynasty can make money. It can be said to be mutually beneficial. As for lowering the price of ginseng and velvet horses, there is nothing to say. I am willing to buy it.
Selling it is because you Jurchens are asking for it from me, so I will naturally make a profit from it.
The day before yesterday, a detective reported to Li Yongfang that the Jurchens in Jianzhou had recently sent hundreds of people into the mountains to cut wood. Li Yongfang had some doubts in his heart. When he sent people to investigate again, the report said that the Jurchens were building stables to let their horses survive the winter. Li Yongfang
I was relieved. In fact, Nurhachi was preparing tools to attack the city.
One side is preparing intensively and actively for war, while the other side is arrogant and arrogant and vying for wealth. The outcome of this battle has already been determined.
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On September 28, the second year of Tianming in the Later Jin Dynasty, Nurhaci led 20,000 cavalry to invade the Ming Dynasty. Before the expedition, they held a grand ceremony of killing horses and offering sacrifices to heaven.
Hate", said:
"Not a single blade of grass or an inch of land was damaged on the border between my father and the emperor. He paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty and had been loyal and obedient for a long time. However, during the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty suddenly executed my father and grandfather for being innocent. This is a shame.
Although I killed my father and ancestors, I was still willing to repair it and set up a monument to swear that I would not cross the border. However, the Ming Dynasty betrayed the oath and crossed the border with their troops. The guards assisted Ye He. Ye He and Jianzhou were both barbarians. There was a quarrel between our two families. Ming Dynasty
It is okay for the court to resolve disputes directly, but why should I help the soldiers, horses, and firearms to defend the enemy and reject me? It is too light and too heavy, and both of them will be sad. This is the second hatred;
The inscription on the boundary of the monument reads: "Any Han who goes out of the country privately will be killed; a barbarian who enters the country privately will be killed." However, the Han people along the border went out of the country privately to dig for ginseng, thinking that the benefits of the mountains and rivers were for my livelihood, so I repeatedly reported to my superiors.
But if he heard nothing, he had no way to complain, so he had no choice but to kill him according to the agreement. The Ming Dynasty accused me of betraying the alliance and killed him without permission, and arrested Gangguli who I sent to Guangning.
Tie up with iron ropes and force me to hold the border where ten people are killed, these are the three hatreds;
Hada helped Ye He and sent troops to invade me twice. I fought back and God gave me Hada. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty helped Hada again and forced me to restore Hada's original place. The Hada people I returned were captured by Ye He.
People conquer each other, those who are not in heaven are defeated and die, and those who are in heaven are victorious and live. Is it unreasonable to force me to return the captives I have captured? These are the four hatreds;
Brother Ye Hedong, I was betrothed to marry him, but later he turned out to be a member of the Chongqing Alliance and refused to marry me. Even though he was like this at that time, he did not dare to accept others lightly. However, with the help of the Ming Dynasty, he remarried to a Western captive. It was such a shame.
, who can be willing to do so, these are the five hatreds: The people in my tribe who are watching the border have been living nearby for two hundred years. Later, the Ming Dynasty believed Beiguan's false accusations and sent troops to force my tribe to retreat thirty miles.
Erecting monuments on the land, burning down the houses, discarding the crops, leaving our tribe without shelter and food, leaving everyone waiting to die, these are the six hatreds;
In the past year, there was a drought in Jianzhou and the people had no food. I sent my envoy Nalanbakshi to Korea to borrow food. Zhang Yuan, the envoy enshrined in the Ming Dynasty, actually kidnapped my envoy to Beijing. This was an extremely humiliating and unbearable situation, so I used the Seven Hate to raise an army.
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Because Nalanbakshi was captured, Nurhachi had no capable civil servants. This letter of apology was not clear and clear, but all the hatred that should be written was written. As for the death of Huerhan, although Nurhachi was
Chiji hated the incident, but Huerhan was shot to death at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain outside Lianshan City as a horse thief. This was not very honorable and affected morale, so it is omitted.
After praying to the sky and burning the watch, Nurhachi led his army to set off. The 20,000 cavalrymen who went out this time were the elite of the Eight Banners Army. They were only allowed to win but not lose. If they lost, Jianzhou would be destroyed. Although Nurhachi was alive
After hundreds of battles, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. When I rested in Gule Mountain that night, it rained heavily. Nurhachi frowned and hesitated in the tent. He said to Zhu Beile, ministers and flag masters: "It is rainy and it is not convenient to advance the army. I want to withdraw the troops and return them."
, what do you think?"
Nurhaci was testing this to see if everyone had the confidence to fight the Ming army decisively.
Dai Shan, the leader of the four Baylors, said loudly: "Now that the troops have arrived, they have retreated. How can we hide the fact that we have raised troops to worship heaven and start a war with the Ming Dynasty! Although it is rainy, our army's bows and arrows are all equipped with rain-prepared equipment, so we are not afraid of the rain."
We are getting wet, and the heavy rain from the sky has made the Ming army's defenses even more lax. This rain is good for me, but bad for him. Father Khan, don't worry too much, capture Fushun, and there is nothing wrong with it."
Nurhaci praised Daishan for being right, and other Baylor ministers also expressed that it was imperative to attack Fushun.
At the end of the fourth watch the next day, Hou Jin's 20,000 troops were divided into eight groups and set out. Eight thousand troops from the four banners on the left attacked Dongzhou and Magendan; Nurhachi personally led 12,000 troops from the four banners on the right to attack Fushun, and in front
In two days, fifty warriors from Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner disguised themselves as horse merchants and sneaked into Fushun City. They waited for Nurhachi's army to attack outside Fushun City, raised their cannons as a signal, and attacked from both inside and outside. At the same time, another man was allowed to attack.
The Han captives went to Fushun to see Li Yongfang with a letter of surrender. They threatened that if they surrendered, they would avoid death and get married. If they did not surrender, the city would be massacred and the entire clan would be slaughtered. They wanted Li Yongfang to not lose the chance to survive. This was called psychological warfare - (to be continued)