Chapter 12 3. Capture the thief and capture the king, intelligently break the nine coalition forces

In the process of unifying the ministries of Manchuria, in addition to conquering the city and expanding the territory, Nurhaci still insisted on relying on the prestige of the Ming Dynasty politically to call on the Jurchen ministries to strengthen their own strength;This has won the support of more and more people, which is an important reason why Nurhachi was able to quickly unite the Jurchen ministries.However, the growth of Nurhachi's power made the leaders of Haixi's various ministries very jealous.Nalin Polo of Beiguan Yehe had long wanted to dominate the Jurchen tribes. At this time, he felt that Nurhachi was a stumbling block in his development, so he tried every means to make Nurhachi obey his orders, and openly proposed territorial claims to Manchuria, but Nurhachi rejected him. reject.Nalin Polo felt unwilling, and then joined forces with Hu Lun's four tribes to send envoys to Manchuria again.The negotiations broke up unhappy, and the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger at this time.In this atmosphere, a big battle gradually revealed its clues.

The enmity between the two sides has been forged, and Nalin Boluo and Buzhai, who are full of anger, correct the Hada, Ula, and Huifa tribes in Baylor, and gather Hulun's four troops to plunder the Hubucha village in Manchuria.In order to retaliate, Nurhachi personally put on his armor and mounted his horse and led the army to gallop to the Hada tribe, looting Fuljiaqi village, and at this time repelled hundreds of Hada tribe's chasing troops.This further exacerbated the tension between Manchuria and the Fourth Hulun tribe.Nalin Boluo and Buzhai of the Yehe tribe, Mantai and Buzhantai, the leaders of the Ula tribe, all thought that Nurhachi was just an unknown "son of a bearded man", but he suddenly became the great leader of Manchuria and was promoted to the governor; They are all direct descendants of famous chiefs from generation to generation, each from a famous family. Wouldn't it be a shame to compare them with Nurhachi.Therefore, they decided to join forces to destroy the emerging Jurchen country in one fell swoop.

Yehebeile Buzhai and Nalin Polo and Hadabel Menggu Polo, Urabele Mantai's younger brother Buzhantai, Huifabeile Baijiandari, united Changzheshan Zhusheli and Neyin Division 2, Horqin, Mongolia The three tribes of Yehe, Xibo, and Guercha formed a nine-army coalition headed by Yehe, claiming 30,000 people. In September of the 21st month of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the troops were divided into three groups, and they went straight to Foala. Come. After Nurhaci received the information that the Nine Allied Forces were attacking Manchuria, he was very disturbed. He did not expect that they would be able to gather the forces of the Nine Departments at once.In contrast, his own strength is only half of the enemy's, and he is obviously at a disadvantage.Therefore, he was restless all day long and actively fortified.

In order to grasp the military situation, Nurhachi sent the most experienced Wuli to reconnaissance.That night, Wu Li hurried back to report: "The nine coalition forces set out from the direction of Zhaka and reached the north bank of the Hun River in the evening. The bonfires in the camp stretched all the way to the sky, connected with the stars in the sky. It’s not clear where the stars are and where the bonfire is. They plan to march towards us overnight after dinner, and they will probably meet with swords and soldiers tomorrow morning.” Hearing the news of the enemy's invasion, Nurhachi began to think about how to retreat from the enemy.He thought that the army of the Nine Alliances was twice as large as his own, and he could not compete with them in terms of his current strength.But in the so-called Nine-Party Alliance, except for Ye Hebu who regards himself as a thorn in the side, the other tribes usually don't have much hatred against him.And the strongest among them is the Yehe tribe. If the army of the Yehe tribe can be defeated, the other troops will flee without fighting.But how can the Yehe tribe be separated from other tribes?He thought of Gule Mountain.Gule Mountain is not far from Heizige City, and the terrain is dangerous. If all the troops are concentrated there to ambush, and another army is sent to draw the enemy, Yehe Beilebuzhai and Nalin Boluo of the Yehe tribe will definitely lead The soldiers rushed to the front.Leading the enemy army to the foot of Gule Mountain for a surprise attack, the enemy army is bound to be in chaos. At that time, it is not a problem to deal with Yehe's army alone with its own strength.As long as Yehe's attack can be defeated, the other armies will not be a cause for concern.

Nurhachi stroked the beard on his chin and pondered for a while, made up his mind, and said to the people around him: "Send the order, the whole army rests, and send troops at dawn." After speaking, he began to fall asleep with his head covered. The general was stunned for a moment, wondering what the leader was trying to sell, the enemy was in front of him, why he seemed to be fine.But after thinking about it, I immediately passed on the news. It was almost dawn, and the sound of the enemy's battle horns came from time to time, and the whole Buddha was panicked.Nurhachi's stepwife, Fucha Gundai, was very panicked. She stood by the window and listened for a while, but she saw no movement. Don’t worry about the sound of the battle horn? I really don’t know if you are confused or scared.”

Nurhachi raised his eyelids, closed them again, and said with a smile, "If I was afraid, would I still be able to sleep so soundly? Because I am not afraid of the Nine Allied Forces coming, that's why I slept so peacefully." Fucha's Gundai was a little confused, thinking that Nurhachi was sick and talking nonsense, so he touched his forehead with his hand. Nurhachi dodged and said: "Do you think I have a fever and talk nonsense? I slept so peacefully because I had already made arrangements. At the beginning, I heard that Ye Hebing invaded from three directions, but no date was set. I was very disturbed. Now Now that Ye He's army has arrived, my heart is relieved." After speaking, he continued to sleep.

After dawn, Nurhachi dressed neatly, and led all the soldiers to gather on the flat land of Toxo at the ferry, and asked the soldiers to take off their wrist guards, neck guards and even armor.So the army set off with light clothes, marched towards Gule Mountain, and quietly set up an ambush on the mountain. The nine coalition forces entered Manchuria after a day and a night, and they first surrounded Zakazhai.The terrain of Zakazhai is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. After several attacks, it is still unable to attack.The nine coalition forces seemed impatient, so they turned to attack Heizige City and set up camp there.

The leader of Yehe, Bu Zhai, put his helmet on the table, with a nervous expression on his face.Upon seeing this, Lin Polo asked, "Is there something wrong? Why is your face so ugly?" Bu Zhai sighed and said, "The spies we sent just came back to report that the whole army of Nurhachi has not moved at all. There is not even a light on in the barracks, and they all went to rest. Don't you think it's abnormal and strange?" ?" Aimeng Horqin was walking towards the tent, when he heard the conversation, he immediately laughed and said: "You are being too cautious, they are actually trying to imitate the ancients and give us a 'false array', so that we can't touch it." Clear their reality. This low-level strategy can't fool my eyes, but it blindfolds you."

Bu Zhai said: "Maybe I'm too caring, but Nurhachi is insidious and cunning, we'd better be careful." Nurhachi led his troops to mount Gule Mountain not far from Heizige City, and first seized the favorable terrain.Before doing this step, he had been worried that the nine coalition forces would occupy this place before him, so he came up with a method of standing still and waiting for changes to confuse the enemy.Sure enough, the enemy was fooled. They thought Nurhachi was putting on a cover, and they were not in a hurry to send troops first. Nurhachi sent the brave general E Yidu to lead a hundred elite soldiers to challenge near the city of Heijige.Seeing Man Bing coming so suddenly, Bu Zhai felt a little doubt in his heart, didn't he set up a "false formation"?Why did it suddenly change again? Could it be that I made a mistake in my estimation?Things can only be blocked by soldiers now, and water comes and soil is hoarded. "Give up the siege plan and kill the entire army!" He shouted to the herald.

The two armies fought for several rounds, and Eyi turned his horse's head and pretended to be defeated, leading the army to run back.The coalition forces didn't know what to do, so Lin Polo yelled at the soldiers: "Catch me, don't let them run away." The soldiers chased Man Bing to the foot of Gule Mountain.At this time, E Yidu suddenly turned his horse back, rushed towards the enemy, hacked and killed nine people in a row, and the enemy's front troops suddenly became chaotic. Bu Zhai arrived afterward, E Yidu saw this and urged his horse to run up the mountain.Bu Zhai yelled, "Are all the soldiers fighting and running like this? I'm so ridiculous, I'll let you have a taste of what it's like to be beaten to death while running!" Bu Zhai led the troops up the mountain chase after.

Nurhachi was watching the battle from the top of the hill, and when he saw that E Yidu had rode his horse to the top of the hill, Bu Zhai led his troops in hot pursuit.Then he ordered to the deputy general beside him: "Put down the rolling logs and rocks!" There was a loud bang, and rolling logs and rocks were thrown towards the mountainside one after another. At this time, Bu Zhai happened to lead his troops to chase here.A log fell on the head of Bu Zhai's horse, and Bu Zhai was thrown to the ground. He struggled to get up, but was stabbed to death by a Manchu soldier named Wu Tan who rushed down the mountain. Seeing that Bu Zhai was killed, Na Lin Polo in the back screamed that it was not good, and stretched out his hand to stop the soldiers who continued to move forward, crying bitterly: "Nurhachi is a trickster among us, retreat quickly!" The leaders of the various ministries saw this situation greatly weakened , had no intention of fighting, and before Lin Polo called out "withdraw troops", they all rode their horses and fled the battlefield. Gule Mountain is famous for its ruggedness and steepness. The west bank of the Sukesu Moat at the foot of the mountain is a swamp. Thirty thousand soldiers crowded together like a long snake.The panic-like fear caused the Long Snake Formation to collapse quickly. Seeing that the coalition forces fled in defeat, Nurhachi ordered the conch horn to be blown. In an instant, ambushes were everywhere, and Nurhachi yelled and led the soldiers to rush over.The Manchurian army descended like a tiger and approached the coalition forces, immediately cutting off the coalition forces' retreat. At this moment, the coalition forces could not find their way to the east, west, north, south, and just buried their heads in their escape. Seeing that there were also full troops blocking the front, they circled around in a small space for a while.Nurhachi led his troops into the coalition army, slashed wildly with his knives, and killed the coalition army on their backs. People shouted and neighed, resounding throughout the valley. The Allied forces failed in this war terribly. Mongolian Horqin Belemingan, who fled in a hurry, lost his helmet and armor because his horse got stuck in the quagmire. Without any clothing to cover his body, he jumped on a bareback horse naked and fled in embarrassment.This soul-stirring battle was later called the Battle of the Nine Allied Forces. Although Nurhachi's strength has greatly improved compared with before, it is still slightly inferior to the Nine Parts Alliance.In the face of the menacing alliance army, it would seem powerless to be an enemy of Jiubu.But if you face one of them alone, you can still have some advantages.Nurhachi chose the Yehe tribe, because the Yehe tribe is the strongest among the nine tribes, and they have the greatest hatred against him.Defeating them is a deterrent to other tribes. Those remaining tribes have no great hatred against themselves, and there is no need to fight to the end. The so-called alliance will naturally disintegrate. The ingenious use of the "king" strategy.