Chapter 107: Nurhachi Dispatches Troops

No one knows what will happen to Mongolia in the future, but the variables caused by the Mongol attack on Yeh are certainly not small.

After the death of Qingjiatong and Yang Jitong, Yehe was in internal chaos for a while, and finally a new two cities, Beile in the east and west, were born, Beile in the east was the son of Yang Jitong, Nalin Bulu, and Beile in the west was Buzhai, the son of Qingjiatong.

Although Narimbulu and Buzhai are new Baylors, they are both adults, and it has not been too long to stabilize Yehe's interior. It's just that due to the previous blow, Ye He has not been able to regain his strength until now.

The last time in Kaiyuan, although Ye He's East and West Erbeile seemed to have only lost about 2,000 people, these two thousand were not the other two thousand, this was Ye He's most elite core, comparable to the Ming army's family members, so this loss was close to the loss of "breaking the backbone".

The losses are so serious, it stands to reason that they and Gao Pragmatic can be regarded as a blood feud, but the amazing thing is that this kind of thinking does not work in the Jurchens.

Although there are rules to follow in the Ming Dynasty's suppression of the Jurchen tribes, not everyone can understand this "chapter", and the vast majority of Jurchens do not understand it.

As a result, in the past two hundred years, the Jurchens often don't understand why they were beaten by the Ming Dynasty, which also gave rise to a kind of thinking: who the Ming wants to beat does not need too many reasons, many times as long as the Ming thinks that you are disrespectful, it is likely that the backhand is a slap.

The reason why this kind of thinking is formed is because there is another contrast, that is, sometimes a certain part of the Jurchen clearly shows "disobedience", but the Ming may not fight.

They don't understand that the Ming Dynasty's suppression of a certain ministry is not just based on whether it is "obedient" or not, in fact, whether there is a trend that is greater than that of the Jurchen ministries is the root cause of the Ming Dynasty's consideration.

But after the formation of this kind of thinking, it is not completely without benefits, the advantage is that the two new beylers of Narimbulu and Buzhai did not list Gao Shishi as the enemy of killing their father, but instead skipped the real culprit and regarded Mengebulu of the Hada Department and Nurhachi of the Jianzhou Left Guard as enemies who did not share the same heaven.

Of course, this approach is not surprising, didn't Nurhachi not regard Li Chengliang as a mortal enemy? In comparison, in fact, everyone is only half a catty, and the eldest brother is not laughing at the second brother. This is caused by a huge gap in strength, and it is not transferred by the mood of a certain character, unless this person is really an old birthday star who eats arsenic and lives impatiently.

Because of such a mentality, and Gao Pragmatic did not chase after him at that time - that was not in line with the purpose of the Ming Dynasty - Yehebu did not collapse, but its strategic posture changed from active expansion to licking wounds, and no longer fought with the Hada Department.

Not only that, but under the mediation of Sister Wen, the mother of Mengebulu, the two sides not only ceased fighting, but also shook hands and made peace, and there was a tendency to form an alliance at any time.

But an alliance is actually impossible, because Yehe is just taking the opportunity to recuperate, and Menggebulu just wants to stabilize the outside, and then clean up Kanggulu and Daishan internally. In the final analysis, Ye He and Hada are not at war anymore, but they just have more important things to do.

However, the sudden handshake between Yeh and Hada was not good news for Nurhachi.

Not long after Nurhachi defeated Nikan Wailan, he wanted to kill them all, but Nikan Wailan ran to Daming, relying on Gao Shishi's original orders, and was taken in by Cao Yan.

Nurhachi was fighting a succession at that time, and it was inevitable that he was a little inflated, and he felt that the war between him and Nikan Wailan had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, but the internal war of the Jurchens, and the cause was that he was in charge - he was avenging his father - so he asked the Ming border general to hand over Nikan Wailan to him for disposal, and even caused the Shenyang guerrilla Qi Jin to personally lead his troops to Fushun Pass in case of accidents.

This incident caused discord within Liaodong, Li Song and Li Chengliang believed that Nikan Wailan should be returned, but Cao Yan, the deputy commander-in-chief who was directly in charge of military affairs east of the Liaohe River, thought that Gao Shipra had an order first, and insisted on taking Nikan Wailan, so the lawsuit went to the imperial court.

After asking Gao Pragmatic's opinion, Zhu Yijun was unsurprisingly persuaded by Gao Pragmatic and issued an order to protect Nikan Wailan. At the same time, Gao Shishi personally repaired a letter to Nurhachi and forced him to withdraw from the army.

Nurhachi was not only afraid of Jinghua's prestige in the Battle of Southern Liaoning, but also the economic lifeline (ginseng trade) was also pinched by Jinghua, so he naturally did not dare to be naughty and obediently retreated. But as a result, he became more anxious about his situation and always wanted to find an opportunity to break it.

Yeh's handshake with Hada, and even the possibility of an alliance at any time, obviously pushed Nurhachi's anxiety to the top. He was worried that Ye He would rely on Sister Wen's relationship (Sister Wen's surname was Yeh Nala) and join forces with Hada to attack.

This concern is legitimate, because at this time, Yeh and Hada, if not either, are far stronger than Nurhachi - on paper, of course.

Even if Ye He lost 2,000 elites, because it was a big tribe in itself, now as long as he wanted, he could still raise 20,000 troops, and he was crowned Jurchen.

Hada was also very strong during the Wanhan period, but the misdeeds at the end of the Wanhan period caused many small tribes to flee and Hada's strength gradually declined.

After the death of Wan Khan, after some civil strife and foolishness (as mentioned above, I will not repeat it here), the military strength of the Hada Department has declined significantly, and there are only about 15,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized to fight.

And these 15,000 people, still in the hands of three people, all commanded so that because of the support of Gao Shishi at that time, Meng Gebulu mastered about half of the men, about 7,000, and the main force was Wan Khan's original headquarters. Kanggulu and Daishan each had about 4,000 people, nominally at the behest of Mengebulu, but in fact they were in their own affairs, and if something really happened, the devil knew whether they obeyed Menggebulu's orders or not.

Although Yehe has lost the core and main force, and Hada is a "three-point in the world" within Hada, no matter what, the strength of the two of them on paper is far beyond Nurhachi, and the total number of troops that can be used is as high as 35,000, which is seven or eight times that of Nurhachi.

If the two of them really want to join forces to launch a blow against Nurhachi, even if Nurhachi looks down on his opponent from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't dare to say that he can win - everyone is a Jurchen, and the opponent is not a guy who can only do business like Nikan Wailan, so why can't he beat himself with seven or eight times the force? (Note: Nurhachi has not yet established the Eight Banners, so he has no obvious advantages in terms of military system)

And just when Nurhachi was worried, while seizing the time to digest the population and territory taken from Nikan Wailan, while sending many detailed efforts to inquire about Yehe and Hada, and at the same time trying to get in touch with Li Chengliang, the envoy of Buri Hatu came to the door and proposed a plan to divide Yehe and Hada that made Nurhachi excited.

The plan itself was not very rigorous, because Buzhihatu was not very skilled, and his envoys were not of the same level, but he only proposed some basic principles to Nurhachi. In general, it can be simply expressed in one sentence: Mongolia takes Yehe, and establishes a state to seize Hada.

As for how to fight, Buzhhatu did not say, and the envoy did not know anything.

However, this was not difficult for Nurhachi, who was not politically adept, but his military talent was indeed not bad, and he believed that he had a good chance of defeating Hada in the case of the Mongol Great Khan's personal conquest of Yeh.

Although the total strength of Hada is three times that of their own, they are in the hands of three people, and the most important thing is that the contradictions between these three people are irreconcilable, which can obviously be used.

The situation of Hada is like this: after the death of Wan Khan, the eldest son succeeded to the throne, messed around, and ended up playing himself to death, leaving a son named Dai Shan, but Dai Shan had just reached adulthood, and there was no one to support him, so he only got 4,000 people.

Wan Khan's widow Sister Wen took advantage of this to take control of Wan Khan's headquarters, which was dissatisfied with Wan Khan's eldest son, and strongly promoted her son Meng Gebulu to inherit the throne of Wan Khan, and received the support of Gao Shishi, the governor of Liaodong at the time, so Meng Ge Bulu became the nominal leader of the Hada Ministry.

In addition, Wan Khan also had an illegitimate son named Kanggulu in his early years, who was characterized by tall cattle and horses, and his personal strength was relatively strong, so he also received the support of many people, with 4,000 people.

Sister Wen didn't know whether it was for personal reasons or out of the mentality of pulling allies for her son, so she quickly hooked up Kang Gulu and persuaded Kang Gulu not to compete with Meng Gebulu for the position of commander of the capital, barely maintaining the situation of the Hada Department.

This is very understandable, because Menggebulu and Kanggulu have more than twice the strength of Dai Shan, Dai Shan will definitely not jump out to find death, not to mention that Meng Gebulu has the recognition of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and Dai Shan of course can't act rashly.

But Nurhachi knew that this "unity" of the Hada tribe was simply unreliable. In a sense, this so-called unity is almost formed by Sister Wen relying on her "advantage" as a beautiful woman to charm Kang Gulu, and this kind of "control" is not firm at all.

At the same time, Mengebulu's own attitude was crucial - Kanggulu, who had been his contemporary, and was only an illegitimate child, had now hooked up with his mother, and it was clear from his toes how happy he would not be.

Even if the Jurchens, like the Mongols, have the tradition of "inheritance", it does not mean that Menggebulu does not have a mustard in his heart, not to mention that he is still the head of the Hada tribe at this time. It can be said that as long as Kanggulu is alive, it will be a mockery for Mengebulu.

Thanks to Meng Gebulu, who has never read the books of the Han people, and does not know Chang Yu's famous saying: "I am the false father of the King of Qin" and the story that followed, otherwise this seemingly united situation would have broken down long ago.

Since there is such a big hidden danger in the Hada Ministry, Nurhachi is naturally not afraid, and he thinks of Yehe again. He calculated, Ye He has now lost the most elite two thousand main forces, and although there are still a lot of troops left, it is impossible to beat the Mongol Great Khan no matter how you look at it, and he doesn't have to think about what pressure Ye He can bring.

Then, the only problem is the attitude of the Ming side.

The attitude of the Ming Dynasty was almost the most difficult for the Jurchens to grasp, and the vast majority of the Jurchen leaders did not know how to deal with the officials of the Ming Dynasty, especially the civilian officials. For example, before Gao Pragmatism, Nurhachi felt extremely tricky, when Kaiyuan ambushed Yehe Erbele, Nurhachi thought that he was half killed by Gao Pragmatism, and he didn't dare to say anything. If all the officials of the Ming Dynasty are like this, it is difficult to say whether Nurhachi dares to move or not.

This time, though, Nurhachi thinks he's found Ming's weakness. This weakness also happened to be discovered by him the last time he failed to hunt down Nikanwailan.

Li Chengliang and Gao's pragmatic attitudes were inconsistent, resulting in the current Ming army in Liaodong splitting into two factions (the current Nurhachi has not yet seen the level of the upper echelons of the imperial court).

Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army, now seems to have a Fu-oriented attitude towards the Jurchens, and since he conquered Gule Zhai for the second time, he seems to have been reluctant to continue to move troops east of the Liaohe River.

Nurhachi didn't understand the reason at first, but later vaguely felt that this might be due to Li Chengliang's main responsibility for military affairs in western Liaoning, and there were some old grudges between him and Cao Yan (as mentioned above, that is, Cao Yan was unexpectedly defeated, and Li Chengliang did not support him because he wanted to annex Cao Yan's family, and later Cao Yan was rescued by Gao Pragmatic, and the relationship with Li Chengliang collapsed), so he didn't want Cao Yan to make military achievements.

Although Nurhachi's judgment did not identify the root cause of the problem, it happened that the result was correct, and Liaodong is really not recognized by the two factions now, and in fact formed a place of war between the real school and the heart school.

Governor Li Song and General Soldier Li Chengliang have both taken refuge in the Xinxue faction, and have become the only "seedlings" of the Xinxue faction in the important towns of the nine sides, which is the key for the Xinxue faction to prepare to compete with the Shixue faction for the great merit of destroying the Yuan in the near future, and it is obviously impossible to make concessions.

Cao Yan, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang, was already a hardcore realist general, plus Gao Pragmatic had arranged and gathered many generals in the area east of the Liaohe River, and actually controlled most of the military strength east of the Liaohe River, so even if it was difficult to control western Liao, he had a lot of say in the east of the Liaohe River.

In addition, these arrangements of high pragmatism are actually preparations for the possible future rebellion of Renchen, and it is obvious that the practical school cannot make concessions at this time, which will definitely lead to the two factions in various affairs east of the Liao River to have different opinions, and finally was keenly discovered by Nurhachi.

If Liaodong is monolithic, Nurhachi will definitely not dare to provoke if his strength is insufficient now, but now that Liaodong is in internal discord, Nurhachi naturally feels that there is a great opportunity.

Of course, this opportunity is not to take refuge in the real school that has an obvious hard-line attitude, but to hug the thigh of the heart school.

Nurhachi couldn't contact Li Song, and because Gao was too impressed by him, he didn't want to deal with the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, so when he decided to send troops to Hada, he immediately sent someone to prepare a generous gift to visit Li Chengliang.

Nurhachi took this matter very seriously and sent his number one henchman, his half-brother Shulhaqi.

On the same day, Nurhachi poured out his troops and led the main force of 4,500 Jianzhou Left Guards to attack Hada in the north, and the battle outside the Ming Realm of Liaodong began.

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