Nilan, the leader of the Jurchen Suksu Protectorate in Jianzhou, led his tribe to greet the king: "Nilan, please pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Pingshen." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Nilan stood up carefully, shrinking back and not daring to cause any offence.
The Sukesuhu tribe can also be called the "Suzihe tribe", which is the collective name for the Jurchen tribes that settled along the Suzi River.
The Jurchen tribe in Sarhu Village has nothing to do with the Guarjia clan at present, and belongs to the Jianzhou Youwei who are about to attack. However, they are weak and relatively obedient, and they are blocking the westward march of the Jianzhou Youwei.
The emperor wanted to attack their leader, so these guys directly became the leading party, and Yuan Da's vanguard guide came from Sarhu Village.
Don't blame the Su Kesu Guards for being traitors. Who allowed the Jianzhou Right Guards to continue to encroach on their territory?
Nilan ordered the tribesmen to receive him warmly and bring out everything they could, whether food or drink, to honor the emperor. Although they were very poor, they knew the way and knew that the emperor would not treat the party that led the way badly.
Zhu Houzhao was indeed very satisfied and said with a smile: "The Jurchens are also people of the Ming Dynasty. As long as they are sincere and loyal, they will naturally be treated leniently and rewarded!"
Several carts of cotton cloth were transported into the village, all produced by the Tianjin Weaving Factory, which made Nilan and his tribe smile silly.
Wang Yuan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, please set up Sarhu guards!"
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Then we will set up a guard to lead Su Kesu's protection department."
Nilan was so ecstatic that he knelt down and shouted: "Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty!"
In Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty, there were hundreds of guard posts, with Hans and Jurchens accounting for about half each. Especially for the Jurchen guard posts, one guard could be set up in each village. To put it bluntly, the court was not well-intentioned and wanted to divide and rule the Jurchen tribe.
Cai Tianyou of the Liaodong Branch Patrol suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Nuergandusi already has Sarhu Guards. To avoid confusion, the Sarhu Guards can be changed to Sukesu Guards."
"That's right," Zhu Houzhao said.
After staying in Sarhu Village for one day, Zhu Houzhao went to Jiefan Village opposite.
Jiefan Village is located at the confluence of the Hun River and Suzi River. It faces the river on both sides and is backed by Tiebei Mountain. The terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it guards the main transportation road. If Jianzhou right guards want to go north, they must capture Jiefan Village and get stuck in Jiefan Village.
The northward throat of Zhouyouwei.
Historically, Nurhaci first occupied Hetuala, and then occupied Gule City in the right guard of Jianzhou. Then he captured Jiefan Village, expanded it into a mountain city and "moved the capital", and then finally jumped out of the mountains.
Jiefan Village is currently the home base of the Hunhe tribe of Jurchens in Jianzhou. This tribe is vacillating and will follow whoever offers benefits.
Fortunately, Dole, the chief of the right guard of Jianzhou, had only been in power for a few years and his influence was not very great. Otherwise, Wang Yuan would have had to fight here first.
The old tricks are repeated and a good show is staged.
"Your Majesty, please set up a border guard!" Wang Yuan advised on the spot.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Yes."
The Jurchen chief of the Hunhe tribe was also overjoyed and knelt down to thank him.
It doesn't actually matter whether he is the leader of the guard station or not. The real benefit is that he can go to Beijing to pay tribute, and he can also go to Liaoyang and open trade with Yuan.
Wang Yuan's intentions were very vicious. He separated the Su Kesu Guards and the Hunhe Tribe from the Jianzhou Right Guards. After these two separate guards were established, the Jurchens in Western Jianzhou were completely divided, and Nurhaci's ancestors would be completely destroyed.
Blocked in the mountains.
Of course, he was afraid that if a commander-in-chief of Liaodong, who looked up to the bandits and respected himself, would appear and watch the various Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou unify, then all Wang Yuan's hard work would be ruined.
Continuing to march, Wang Yuan said to Zhu Houzhao on the way: "Your Majesty, please note that the Sukesu Hu tribe and the Hunhe tribe have a good degree of Chineseization of the Jurchen tribes. Since we have already set up a guard, why not take the opportunity to set up a health school and allow the two tribes to
People study for imperial examinations?"
Zhu Houzhao said: "I'm afraid no scholar is willing to teach the barbarians."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "We can issue an edict and let the students from each province sign up. As long as they teach in the Jurchen tribe for five years, they can be selected as Imperial College students. During the period of teaching, they will receive a full seventh-grade salary."
Cai Tianyou praised: "This method is very good, and poor scholars must sign up for it. These two Jurchens are relatively close to the Han people, and there are health studies to spread the sage's teachings. A hundred years later, they will definitely be devoted to the Han people, or even directly become
Han Chinese."
Wang Yuan added: "If the Jurchens want to participate in the imperial examination, they must change their Chinese names."
For such a trivial matter, Zhu Houzhao immediately agreed to Wang Yuan's suggestion with just one sentence.
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The vanguard cavalry advanced along the river valley, only twenty miles away from Gule Village.
The Sentinel Cavalry observed the situation along the way and became more cautious as they got closer to the enemy city.
"Third brother, something is wrong!" A sentry rider squatted on the ground to check.
The flag officer immediately got off his horse, lay on the ground and observed, "They are human footprints, mixed with horse hoof prints. It rained last night, and the footprints are still fresh. They must have been stepped on this morning."
"Blow the whistle!" the flag officer ordered.
A sentry rider immediately put his hands in front of his mouth and blew a whistle that sounded like a bird. They had two companions who climbed up the mountain to observe. They could reply immediately when they heard the whistle.
There was no reply, and the mountain was silent. The two people who climbed the mountain to explore the path were probably dead.
The flag officer was shocked and said: "Go back quickly and report the news. The enemy troops have circled around the mountain and are probably ambushing us behind!"
The sentry cavalry turned around and galloped away. After only two miles, the Jurchen cavalry rushed down from the mountain, trying to kill them all. The Jurchen infantry ran along the mountain because they could not wait for the Ming army to enter the ambush circle.
, you can only take the initiative to kill it and attack from the side of the hillside.
There were 12 people in this Ming army sentry cavalry team. There was a river on one side and a mountain on the other side. As the way back was blocked by the surprise attack, only three of them rushed over on horseback. Two others were killed on the mountain, and the remaining seven all jumped into the river to escape.
Otherwise, you have to explain everything here.
"There's an ambush! There's an ambush!"
The three sentry riders who fled towards the main force were blowing horns and shouting.
Cui Xian, deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang, quickly said: "Go back quickly!"
This is a river valley area, and the river beach is slightly narrow, so the cavalry cannot form a formation at all. Even if they want to engage the enemy in battle, they must retreat first and choose a relatively open river beach.
The retreat was a little slow because the troops still had baggage.
Although the combat supplies were carried on donkeys, mules and horses, making them an all-animal unit, they slaughtered several villages and robbed a lot of supplies, which added a lot of burdens.
Yuan Da ordered: "Throw away all the baggage!"
Cui Xian said: "No need to throw it away, it is more than enough to retreat."
"Fart! Do you know how to fight?" Yuan Da was extremely angry, "I also threw away all the heads you chopped off and took them to see the King of Hell?"
There are nearly a thousand heads, specially carried on mules and horses.
"Don't throw it away, hasten your retreat!" Cui Xian was reluctant to part with his military exploits and property.
This dignified deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang was born in the Cui family, one of the three major families in Liaoyang. He did not lack power or money, and he actually held on to nearly a thousand heads and a few belongings.
"Idiot!" Yuan Da wanted to chop Cui Xian with a knife.
Unfortunately, Yuan Da was not a civil servant, let alone Wang Erlang, so he did not dare to kill the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang.
Before the forward troops could retreat to the open area, the Jurchen infantry came after them from the mountains, and the Jurchen cavalry also came after them from the river valley.
There were probably more than a thousand enemy cavalry, and there was no way to count the infantry. Only shouts of killing could be heard from the mountains and forests, and arrows were shot from time to time. It seemed that the mountains and fields were full of enemies.
Cui Xian finally panicked: "Throw away the baggage and retreat!"
Two thousand auxiliary soldiers hurriedly unloaded their baggage and fled on donkeys, mules and horses. The five hundred cavalry led by Cui Xian were also running. The terrain was not suitable for cavalry to fight. Staying and fighting was simply seeking death.
As the pursuers got closer and closer, their running turned into a rout.
Cui Xian didn't rein in his troops, so he just retreated. They couldn't escape due to the terrain of the river valley anyway. Once they retreated far away, they could just reorganize their troops and fight back. Only a few auxiliary soldiers would die in the process of fleeing.
In the land of Liaodong, there are a lot of auxiliary soldiers, no matter how many people die, it will not hurt.
"Three thousand battalions are cut off!" Yuan Da shouted.
When the order was sounded, the five hundred cavalrymen of the Beijing camp stopped retreating and formed an irregular diagonal line of three columns on the river beach.
"Raise the gun and let go!"
Five hundred light cavalrymen all raised their muskets, and they were rear-mounted flintlock muskets, and the ammunition was all paper-cased, quantitative granular gunpowder.
Zhizhen Taoist priests developed a method of refining gunpowder from urine, and other physics students also continued to improve flintlock devices. Wang Yuan also invented a method of casting steel and determined the paper-shell particle ammunition. Naturally, he had to first equip the Leopard Room New Army and Shen
Machine camp.
Zhu Houzhao loved fighting so much, and he was most enthusiastic about this kind of thing. He took a lot of money from the inner treasury to redress the new army.
The three thousand cavalrymen in the Beijing camp are now all musketry cavalry!
At this moment, the five hundred cavalrymen were smiling and not at all panicked.
They followed Wang Yuan to conquer the Western Regions, followed Wang Yuan to kill the little Mongolian prince, and won the battle with their old noses. They had seen too many big scenes, so why were they afraid of these poorly equipped Jurchens?
Damn Jiang Bin and Xu Tai, they actually sent such powerful troops to Nanchang to torture the people for money. It was like using a golden spoon to scoop up dung!
"boom!"
The first column fired a volley, and several Jurchen cavalrymen fell off their horses.
"boom!"
The second column fired a volley, and more than 20 Jurchen cavalrymen fell from their horses.
"boom!"
The third column fired a volley, and more than fifty of the Jurchen cavalry who came running fell from their horses.
Jianzhou Youwei Jurchen has not fought a major battle for more than thirty years. Each time, small groups of troops plundered Han people sporadically. Only a few years ago, they fought a decent battle, and they took the initiative to set up an ambush and captured thousands of people.
Yu Ming's army was defeated at the first touch.
Even their men and horses had never experienced a volley of firearms.
Let’s not talk about soldiers first, let’s talk about war horses.
The war horses did not receive special training. When they heard the loud noise of musket fire for the first time, they were frightened and lost control in an instant. For a while, people fell on their backs and made a mess on the river beach, and the troops fell into complete chaos.
"kill!"
Yuan Da put away his musket, waved his sword and led the charge, ignoring the arrows shot from the forest on the side hillside.
Those Jurchen infantrymen were mostly hunters and farmers in the mountains. Some were in good health and ran fast, while some were in poor health. They hadn't arrived on the battlefield yet, and their arrow volleys hadn't formed yet. They just hid in the forest and fired arrows in the cold. They were afraid of nothing.
, the five hundred cavalry led by Yuan Da, although they are light cavalry, are all wearing cotton armor.
"kill!"
Five hundred cavalry formed three columns and charged towards the already chaotic Jurchen cavalry. Their equipment was crushed, their morale was crushed, and their formations were crushed. The charge was like chopping melons and vegetables. Countless Jurchen cavalry jumped into the river to escape, and some escaped.
Go up the hillside and hide in the forest.
In just a few minutes, the Jurchen cavalry was defeated by Yuan Da.
The Jurchen infantry who came from the mountains had just barely completed their assembly at this time. They rushed to the river beach as a whole, right in the middle of Yuan Da's cavalry and Cui Xian's defeated troops.
"Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet!" Yuan Da urged.
The trumpet sounded here, and Cui Xian, who was running away, immediately reined in his horse and stopped. He looked back and shouted: "General Zhao has won, follow me and fight back!"
Yuan Da and Cui Xian turned around and charged at the same time, and the Jurchen infantry was instantly attacked from both sides.
Even so, the Jurchen infantry did not need the leader to order a retreat. The Jurchen infantry ran away on their own. They went back to where they came from and disappeared into the mountains and forests. It was not convenient for the Ming army cavalry to go up the mountains and into the forests to catch up.
Cui Xian smiled and said: "General Zhao is really brave. I only need fifty heads for these heads. How about it?"
"It's all yours," Yuan Da didn't bother to give any more face, and said to his cavalry, "sons, follow me straight to Gule Village and take away the lair of Jianzhou Youwei Jurchen!"
Cui Xian hurriedly stopped: "General Zhao, we are the vanguard, it is better to wait for His Majesty's army."
Yuan Da sneered and said: "What a waste of waiting. Wait for the Jurchen infantry to escape and the Jurchen cavalry to swim back before you can form an army to fight with us? Soldiers are very fast. With such a good opportunity, we should attack the enemy's vital points directly!"
After saying that, Yuan Da didn't even bring any luggage, but only took three days of rations and a few bags of ammunition for each person, and then rode towards Gule Village, the enemy's lair.
Cui Xian was stunned, looking at the corpses on the river beach, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "I will try my best. I will leave a thousand auxiliary soldiers to clean the battlefield and escort the baggage, and the rest of the sergeants will follow me to kill the enemy! Sons and gentlemen, seal your wives."