The majestic mountains and rivers turn into silvery white as soon as the winter comes. When the sun shines, it reflects the light, like wearing a golden dress. It is so beautiful that you can't help stretching your arms and chanting loudly—— From the towering Changbai Mountains to the endless Songliao Plain, no matter the trees and stone houses or the fertile fields in Pingchou, they are all crystal clear and white snow, vast and majestic; Simple and unpretentious, it reveals a broad and lofty atmosphere everywhere, full of vitality and majestic atmosphere everywhere. On the vast land, the Heilongjiang River is frozen, the Songhua River is frozen, the Liaohe River is frozen - the Sukesuhu River is also frozen.

The frozen river is as hard and solid as flat ground, and it is connected with the snow-covered land, arching the city of Hetuala standing by the river, which is even more imposing. But the city of Hetuala is lively—— No one was shivering because of the ice and snow all over the sky—everyone showed strong vitality and high will in the busyness, the sky and the earth were all silvery white, only the cheeks of the people here showed red light, their eyes A flourishing. This day is New Year's Day, and the soldiers and civilians in the whole city are celebrating and ringing their whips to welcome the bright future years, while making final pre-war preparations—the army is scheduled to depart on the second day of the lunar new year.

The work of preparing for the war that lasted for several years is finally coming to an end, and everyone is gearing up. The target of using troops is the Ula tribe—the unification of the various tribes in Liaodong was a predetermined goal decades ago, and now it is only implemented in the most concrete way; Step by step, until now. And this step-by-step slow action was also formulated by Nurhachi after careful thinking; he not only told all his disciples and subordinates personally again and again, but also ordered him to write it into an article and copy it in multiple copies. , issued to everyone, so that they often read and recite, keep in mind:

If you want to cut a big tree, how can you break it suddenly?It must be cut with an axe, and it will gradually become fine, and then it can be broken.If a country of equal size wants to take it all at once, how can it be completely destroyed?And the city that belongs to it will be flattened as much as possible, and its capital will be left alone.If so, why should there be no servants as masters?How can no one be king? In this approach, he actually had multiple intentions. In addition to letting everyone understand his intention to unify Liaodong by "slowly proceeding", he is also warning a few radicals.

Several people, including his eldest son, Chu Ying, already had the phenomenon of "too hasty" in thinking about many things-when the Jianzhou Army won every battle and the strength of Jianzhou was expanding rapidly, the youthful spirit Sheng Chu Ying sometimes can't help thinking of all things very simply, as if she can reach the sky in one step with her hand; Chu Ying once said to Renda behind his back: "The Ula tribe has long since died, as long as my father agrees When I went out to fight, I took these oxen under my command, worked hard, and came back with Bu Zhantai's head within two days!"

This is certainly a youthful arrogance, but he frowned unconsciously when he heard it. He is not in favor of "radical". Therefore, he used the opportunity of gossiping about family affairs many times to call his adult sons to his side, and first explained to them the two methods of "slow" and "urgent" indirectly and carefully. He mentioned his life experience accumulated over the years: "For a person with great ambition and sufficient ability to accomplish a great event, in addition to working hard, there is another major key to success and failure, that is The choice of method - if you choose the right one, things will be done; The most important key; if the thing that should be done in a hurry slows down, the opportunity will be missed; if the thing that should be done slowly is rushed, it will be a bad thing!"

He gave a very specific example to illustrate: "Fifteen years ago, Japan sent a large army to fight North Korea. They were defeated by Japan, and they lost miserably. The soldiers and civilians were killed countless times. While fleeing, the king of Korea sent people to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty; the Ming Dynasty sent Li Rusong to rescue..." He re-analyzed the situation at that time in detail, and repeated the history of the three-party war, and finally reminded: "You all know the result of that battle-Li Rusong won first and then lost, and the Japanese army also won first. Lose later!"

This is the lesson: "Small victories lead to big defeats. This is a common occurrence on the battlefield. We must never make the same mistake!" As he spoke, he secretly observed the reactions of his sons; he found that the eighth-ranked Huang Taiji was the one who listened most intently and absorbedly, with light in his eyes and nodding frequently. Huang Taiji has never really been on the battlefield, but he seems to have an innate talent for war—— He was secretly relieved to see it, but also disappointed: "I originally said this to Chu Ying, and I want to warn him not to be radical..."

But Chu Ying's reaction was not as good as Huang Taiji's——Chu Ying seemed to have nothing to do, careless—he secretly sighed in his heart, thought silently, and said to himself: "No wonder the ancients said that the dragon has nine sons. All of them are different; also, children and grandchildren have their own blessings—what I say, it’s up to them to understand how much they understand!” It's not that Chu Ying has no advantages. She takes the lead as soon as she goes to the battlefield, and is extremely brave, so she frequently makes meritorious deeds; but in terms of wisdom, she seems to be somewhat inferior to Huang Taiji——

However, he immediately stopped his thoughts from developing further, and returned to the topic of educating his sons—after all, at this time, giving his sons correct guidance and education is better than secretly comparing their talents, strengths and weaknesses It is much more important—so he continued: "Go back, take three days, think carefully about what I just said, and think more clearly about the principles of 'slow' and 'urgent' Some, come up with something new, come and talk to me carefully!" However, when Chu Ying came to him three days later, he didn't say a word at all, but Huang Taiji talked eloquently, and used the records in books to confirm his words: "I read the history of Liao Xing recorded in "Liao History". The historical event of Zong's conquest of Xixia - Liao Xingzong committed the problem of "radicalism", and drove straight all the way to attack Xixia, but was defeated by Xixia Jingzong Li Yuanhao's strategy of "strengthening the wall and clearing the wild" As a small country, the national power and military strength are extremely disparate between the two sides; Liao Xingzong was eager to win, and launched a large-scale attack. The process and result were just like what Father Khan said, "a small victory is a big defeat"..."

He immediately looked at Huang Taiji with admiration—even, he praised him in an unconsciously surprised tone: “Very good—you can think about the historical events recorded in the book so clearly, and you can use them to confirm your eyes—very good! The books are all read to you!" And in front of all the grown-up sons, his praise for Huang Taiji stopped here, he didn't say any more, but quietly put his sense of relief in his heart; but, the most important goal was still not achieved——Chu Ying didn't seem to be much affected by these conversations, he was still troubled. So, he thought of another educational method—a few days later, he adopted this method, writing articles in pen and post, and ordering everyone to read them from time to time, so as to penetrate into their hearts. Of course, the specific implementation methods he adopted were all based on this principle. He used troops gradually, using small-scale, less attention-grabbing campaigns to reduce Ula's strength and increase Jianzhou's strength. In July of the thirty-ninth year of Wanli, he sent troops to conquer the Wuerguchen and Mulun roads of the Woji tribe. In December, he sent He Heli and others to conquer Huerha tribe, Kezakuta City, and appease the nearby residents. In September of the 40th year of Wanli, he personally led his troops to conquer the six cities near the river in the Wula tribe. In this battle, he also deliberately reduced the scale, and found an excellent excuse to send troops. But in essence, he made it clear to everyone: "It has been 19 years since we captured Buzhantai on the battlefield of Gule Mountain-I plan to destroy Ula in 20 years. It's the last year of preparation; this time, let's cut down his sanitation cities first, and make an outpost for next year's big expedition!" At the same time, he issued conquest documents against the Ula tribe, accusing Buzhantai of breaking the alliance several times, and this time he shot Shuerhaqi's daughter, E Enzhe, who was married to Buzhantai—all these are unforgivable thing. Of course, he didn't wait for Bu Zhantai to make any statement after receiving the document before leading the army to set off. This time, the two sons he chose to go with him were Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji. Mang Gurtai had already performed well before, and it was the first time for Huang Taiji to go to the battlefield—he had already valued Huang Taiji very much in his selfish heart, and believed that Huang Taiji was very talented. In order to make the development of Huang Taiji better, increase the actual war experience. Before leaving, he specially called Huang Taiji to tell him: "No matter what you do, the most important thing is to 'do your best' and 'do your best'. The same goes for fighting..." He believed that Huang Taiji could understand—— When it was time to assign tasks, he even deliberately sent Huang Taiji as the vanguard, instructing him: "Lead 3,000 troops, the vanguard go first, go down the Wula River, and attack the six cities in the west of the river..." After that, he personally led the Chinese army, and the troops of the brigade marched out under the leadership and command of the four banners of yellow, red, blue and white. The journey from Hetuala to the Wula River is not that short, and it will take several hours to rush forward; because of the small number and high speed, Huang Taiji's vanguard team arrived an hour earlier than the main army, and immediately launched a campaign to attack the city and seize the gate. action. Although Huang Taiji was on the battlefield for the first time, he practiced martial arts since he was a child. Not only is he good at riding and shooting, but he is also proficient in various weapons such as swords, guns, swords and halberds. When the army arrived, Huang Taiji had already led 3,000 forwards to break through the first city; then, the two armies joined forces, becoming more and more powerful, and soon even the sixth Hexi city of the Keula tribe, at a distance of two miles from the west gate of Wula city. Jinzhou City is stationed and camped. Bu Zhantai didn't dare to fight at all, so he just sailed to the middle of the Wula River in a canoe to ask for peace, and repeatedly begged for mercy in a low voice. After sternly accusing him, Nurhachi accepted his peace proposal, and then announced his withdrawal-this "pre-war battle" of a demonstration nature was over, and then, a large-scale battle to eliminate Ula began. The yellow, red, blue, and white four brightly colored flags were unfurled again in mid-air, rattling against the strong wind, extending the declaration of the document, and also symbolizing the destructive power of the army. Behind the big banner is a magnificent military appearance. This time, there were as many as 30,000 troops on the expedition, and the generals leading the army included Nurhachi's most important subordinates and nephews—E Yidu, Fei Yingdong, An Feiyanggu, He Heli, Hu Erhan, Chu Ying, Dai Shan, A Min, Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji—— In the city of Hetuala, only Yarhaqi, Murhaqi and Bayara were left to garrison-this was a major battle, and Nurhachi not only fought it himself, but also ordered all the elite to go out. After 20 years of preparation, the significance of this battle is extraordinary-although the strength of the Wula tribe is far from being the enemy of Jianzhou, the significance of the war represents the fate of the fourth Hulun tribe that is about to end. He didn't overestimate the Wula tribe, but valued the real significance of this battle; at the same time, he hinted again at the Yehe tribe—— History is about to enter a new page. On this day, he got up as soon as the rooster crowed, took a shower, put on brand new clothes, put on a newly forged chain mail, put on a gleaming helmet, and carried his four-color flag with his own hands— Before departure, everything was carried out according to his usual habits. Before dawn, all the people and horses had gathered and lined up in a neat line, waiting for him to appear on the stage to worship heaven; then, all the people and horses flew into the air like a whirlwind run out. The mighty team rushed like raging waves, and the horseshoes stepped on the ice, and the momentum was as loud as thunder. And fate is an irresistible magic—— Bu Zhantai, who was on the verge of a mental breakdown, had been sleepless for several days. With red eyes, he paced around the room anxiously, rubbing his hands together, and muttering to himself incessantly: "What to do—how good is it?" ——how to block—ah, where to escape…” He had already ordered someone to send a letter to Ye Hebu to ask for help, but he didn't get any reply. All the subordinates were called together to discuss, and they talked for two days and two nights, but they still couldn't come up with any good way to deal with the Jianzhou Army. They want to concentrate their forces and resist Jianzhou's attack with all their strength, but there is no hope of victory at all. The total number of troops in the Ula tribe is not small, and the total number of each army is about 30,000; however, the morale is low and the combat effectiveness is weak, and everything is incomparable to the Jianzhou army. He thought with a mournful face: "A few years ago, in Wujieyan - I brought 10,000 horses, and the sum of those little boys was only a thousand - and it turned out that I was beaten to pieces - let alone now !" This time, I became more and more regretful: "After the Battle of Gule Mountain, Nurhachi treated me very well. Why did I just go to Ye He to deal with Jianzhou in a way that is obsessive? Oh, Ye He is not helping now. I……" He almost let out a whine: "It's heaven that kills me..." However, it was useless to whine, and it was useless to be anxious like ants on a hot pot—two days later, the news came to kill him like knives and arrows: "Jianzhou Army has crossed the Wulahe River. The three cities of Duo and Ermo fell..." The soldiers are approaching the city—of course he knows the geographical environment of the Wula tribe very well. As soon as the Wula River is crossed, the cities on the river east will sink, and within two or three days, the Jianzhou Army will advance to the main city of Wula up. A sense of fear quickly rose from the bottom of his heart and quickly spread to his whole body. His whole body was frozen. However, as the head of a department, he had to face it. The subordinates rushed to talk to him: "Master Baylor, make a quick decision-it's a war, it's a peace, make a decision early, and lose the opportunity if it's too late!" He became more and more flustered, and his head was battered—in panic, he almost yelled at his subordinates: "It's the same as smashing to pieces..." However, the words were finally swallowed back on the tip of the tongue, replaced by the stammering and trembling voice spoken by the two rows of teeth colliding with each other: "Nurhachi - there will be no peace - Let's fight..." Then, tremblingly, he ordered: "Go—gather all the men and horses—let's go beyond the city of Huerha and meet..." He had to bite the bullet—of course, he still didn't forget to send someone to Ye He's department to ask for help immediately before going into battle.

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