"It's time to enter the customs again. Our Xianglan Banner will draw ten bannermen for each Niulu, and Master Erzhen gave me one of the places." Helichi replied in a loud voice, "Little girl! Hurry up.
Dig out the armor and weapons from the collection and clean them tonight. Then go to my uncle's house to ask for some water and wine, and have a good drink in the evening."
Fujia's face suddenly fell, and her face was full of worry. The only son of her family died in Guan during the Jisi Incident ten years ago, and even the body was not brought back to the capital.
Fortunately, his son died to save Master Ezhen at that time, so when Master Ezhen came back, he gave the white pig to his family as a wrapping slave, and he has been taking care of his family all these years, making his family's life comfortable.
But now that her husband is going to war again, how can Mrs. Fujia not be anxious?
But Helichi is the head of the family, and the Eight Banners is a system where all soldiers are soldiers. Although Helichi is old enough not to go to the battlefield, the Fujia family still abides by Niulu'ezhen's top-down system, and with Helichi
The rule of male and female inferiority was strictly adhered to, so she hurried to her brother's house without saying anything and begged for some wine and meat.
…
After Fujia went out, not only wine and meat came back with her, but also Helichi's brother-in-law and several flag men with blue flags from the village. All the people who came were guests, so Fujia cooked the food herself.
A table of dishes was served, and everyone started drinking happily.
After a hearty meal, the guests all dispersed, leaving only the leftovers on the table. Fujia entered the room and was about to clean up, when Helichi waved to her and said with a loud tongue: "Little girl! I'm happy today.
. Just stop taking action and let the white pig take care of it. You can drink two cups with me."
"You still want to drink?" Fujia sat down in front of Helichi. Seeing that he was finally alone, Fujia boldly spoke out what was in his heart, "Master! There are always risks in war, and your age is also
It’s too big. It’s better to tell Mr. Ezhen and let’s go to someone else!”
"What do you know?" When he was drunk, Helichi's movements were a bit big, and a lot of wine sloshed out of the wine glass he was holding.
Helichi felt quite distressed when he saw the wine spilled. He quickly drank the rest of the wine in the glass, then shook his wine-red face and said to Fujia: "Do you know what happened when you entered the customs this time?
How tight is the number of flag men? It’s hard to break your head outside. That is to say, Mr. Erzhen has been nostalgic for the past, so he thought of our family. Besides, when I was young, Helichi also hunted black bears and followed Lao Khan to fight Chinese dogs.
Why don't you replace him? I can't afford to lose this person."
"But if anything happens to you, there are only two women in the house, Xiaoya and me." Fujia said anxiously. So she moved their granddaughter Xiaoya out.
"Do you think today's Han dogs can still fight? They have been defeated by our Jurchens. Last time the two white flags entered the pass, not many died at all, but they brought back so many coats and livestock, which other flags did not
Are you jealous? The Han Dogs are so rich that they are just picking up money. And look at the way we are wearing blue flags, we have been living a hard life among the Eight Banners. Who wouldn’t want to go if we have such an opportunity?"
Hurley Equator.
The earliest flag owner of the Xianglan Banner was Nurhaqi, Nurhaci's younger brother. Later Nurhaqi was imprisoned by Nurhaci and died. The flag owner was succeeded by his eldest son Amin. Later Amin was imprisoned by Huang Taiji until his death. The flag owner was
Amin's younger brother, Prince Zheng Jierhalang, is in charge.
So among the Eight Banners, the Xianglan Banner is like a stepmother. In addition, after Prince Zheng Jierhalang succeeded, he obeyed Huang Taiji and never asked for anything for the Xianglan Banner, so the Xianglan Banner was created.
The dirty work is the most, but the benefits are the least. Therefore, the flag men with the blue flag have long been jealous of the other flags. With this opportunity to enter the customs, how could they not be enthusiastic?
"But..." Fujia looked at Helichi helplessly, not knowing what else to say to persuade him.
Helichi grabbed Fujia's hand and said softly: "Actually, Lord Ezhen has one more thing to ask me for. When we come back this time, Lord Ezhen's fourth son will be engaged to Xiaoya. Lord Ezhen is important.
In terms of friendship, I have also seen the fourth son of his family. He is a good and heroic boy. But our Jurchens value our mother's family and wife's family the most. Our family cannot embarrass Lord Ezhen, and we must earn face for our grandson-in-law. This time
I entered the customs to earn more dowry for Xiaoya."
"Also, if I have to find a female slave for you, you are too old to work hard. White Pig is a boy, and there are always some women who are not good at their jobs. It will be much easier if you have a female slave."
After hearing Helichi's words of concern, Fujia was also very tender. She whispered: "Then master, be careful."
"Hahaha——!" Helichi laughed all of a sudden, "Xiao Nizi! You are still the silly little girl! Do you think I am going alone? I just made an agreement with my brother-in-law and the others.
Each of their families has a family, and I have four children accompanying me. With them, we can take care of each other."
"But didn't Master Zhen only promise you one place?" Fujia asked strangely.
"Claim to the outside world that you are my wrapper. Anyway, if more people go, Lord Zhen will be blinded. Doesn't he want more people to go? More people will bring more things!" Helichi said
smiled.
"But what if I get another shot in Niulu?"
"Don't worry about that. The people I promised to have at least three people at home. Even if they draw two from each household, it's no problem. I've thought of this a long time ago."
"Oh! And! I'm going to bring the white pig here this time. Wait! White pig! White pig!" Helichi shouted.
There was a sound of trotting outside the house, and the white pig rushed into the inner room, nodded and bowed and said: "Master! Why do you call me a slave?"
"Have all those armors and weapons been wiped down?" As soon as he saw the white pig, Helichi straightened his back, looking like a master.
"It's all very polished! Master!"
"That's good! Don't forget to feed the horse night food at night. Feed more concentrate to make it gain more fat. But don't eat it secretly?"
"Yes! Master!"
"Also, prepare yourself this time and enter the customs with me. Take good care of me and find you a Han dog woman so that you can have a baby in the future." Seeing the white pig in a daze, Helichi immediately got excited.
He raised his voice and shouted: "Did you hear that?"
"Yes! Master!"
"Then you go down first!"
When the white pig left, Fujia couldn't help but said: "This Chinese dog is not well-raised. Why should I let him enter the customs out of kindness? What will happen if he runs away?"
Because of the death of their only son, both Helichi and Fujia hated the Han people, so they gave the coat the name "White Pig".
"Where can he go? He's dressed like a Jurchen, why should he go to the Han dogs and send them to be killed? One more person like him is like one more donkey, and he can carry more things on his back. Besides,
How can one wrapper be enough? I also hope that he will give birth to a few more little slaves to serve our family for the rest of his life." Helichi said with a smile.
"Then you should be more careful. It turns out that there is a pair of armor at home. Hey!" Thinking of the only son left behind in the pass, Fujia couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Helichi was silent for a while, then she forced a smile and comforted Fujia: "Don't worry! Master Erzhen promised to lend me a pair of armor. Besides, Xiaonizi, you took a fancy to me back then, wasn't it because I was riding and shooting?
Is it top-notch? Even now, who in the village has better archery skills than me? I taught those kids their horse riding and archery skills."
"That's true!"
On the third day, when Helichi took five people to gather at Niulu Ezhen's place, he was surprised to find that the other flag officers who were transferred were more or less wearing some real or fake wrappings. So everyone gathered there
While waiting, I laughed tacitly.
They didn't stop making noise until Niu Lu'erzhen left the house with more than a dozen people. Niu Lu'erzhen looked around at the people who were about to set off with a half-smile, and didn't say much, just drove away.
The horse said: "Let's go!"
Among the ten flag men recruited by Helichi, Niu Lu, more than fifty people finally set off.
Because the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty regarded this southern expedition as a banquet, in the end, even Huang Taiji could not suppress the anger among the Eight Banners. For this reason, Huang Taiji could only mobilize troops and generals to strengthen the southern expedition.
levied troops.
At the end of August, Huang Taiji issued an edict: Dorgon should be appointed as the general in command, and Yue Tuo should be the general in charge of Yangwu. Dorgon should be in charge of the left-wing troops, with Hauge and Abatai as his deputy; Yue Tuo should be in charge of the right-wing troops, and Du Du could be the deputy general.
Deputy, march in two directions.
During this southern expedition, more than 4,000 bannermen from the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing dynasties were gathered in Shengjing. However, the number of bannermen who actually arrived was more than 13,000, real and fake. In addition, there were 3,000 bannermen from the Eight Banners of the Mongolia and Sanshun.
Wang and Duke Xushun, as well as 5,000 people under the Han banner, and more than 1,500 gunmen mobilized from Korea, totaling more than 22,000 troops.
After that, the army headed west and first came to the Mongolian Horqin tribe. Dorgon held a ceremony with his father-in-law, Zaisang Buhe, and the great Zasak of various Mongolian tribes.
A grand expedition banquet.
Then Dorgon's father-in-law began to work hard. In fact, he didn't need to work hard. When he heard the news that the Qing army was marching south again, the Horqin, Chahar, Duoyan and other Mongolian tribes rushed to mobilize their troops and generals.
Some Mongolian herdsmen carrying broken knives and wooden spears joined this large army, thus gathering together more than 11,000 Mongolian soldiers and herdsmen.
Huang Taiji personally led a large army, roaming between Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan, feigning attacks, putting pressure on the Ming army on the Ningjin defense line, and preventing them from entering the pass to return reinforcements.
On September 22, Yue Tuo led more than 17,000 troops on the right wing and broke through the wall at the entrance of Qianzi Ridge in the northeast of Miyun. On September 28, Dorgon led 18,000 troops on the left wing.