Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Destroying Yehe

Xiong Tingbi entered Liaoyang City, the capital of Eastern Liaodong, on August 3, and officially assumed the post of manager. Nurhachi had already made comprehensive pre-war preparations. A few days later, Houjin's Eight Banners force of 40,000 horses was mobilized. However, the two did not meet or confront each other—this time, the purpose of Houjin's battle was to eliminate the last remaining Yehe tribe among the four tribes of Hu Lun. Before the army set off, Nurhachi summoned the conscripted Zhubeile and generals to talk; he first said a sentence with a lot of emotion: "We have been entangled with the Yehe tribe for so many years. Now, we should also bring out Here comes the result!"

Of course, there are many past events in his heart, grievances, hatred, entanglements, nearly forty years before and after, and all the feelings, he no longer wants to say it out of his mouth, he can only turn it into action . "This time to conquer Ye He, if I can't completely eliminate Ye He, I swear I won't return!" These words were actually a firm oath, and after that, he stopped talking, just like the prelude to launching other wars, he ordered people to open the detailed map drawn. And everyone present is very familiar with Ye Hebu, and there is nothing unclear—— Yehe Zongzhai is divided into east and west two cities, and the distance between the two cities is three miles. It is called Yehe Mountain City, which was originally the base camp of Nalinbulu. After Nalinbulu died, it was handed over to his younger brother Jintaishi to be stationed.

The ability of Jintaishi is much worse than that of Nalin Bulu. Therefore, Yehe Mountain City is no longer to be feared in terms of force. What we should pay more attention to is its terrain and architecture—— The main structure of Yehe Mountain City is that the outer city is mainly built of stacked boulders, with a wooden fence on the outside and a wooden city inside.There are three big moats inside and outside the city, among which the strong point is a mountain, which was dug into a hill, and the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty were cut off, and then a stone city was built on the mountain.The city is also a wooden city, and there is an octagonal Minglou in the wooden city, which is the command center and the place where the residence and property are stored.In this way, there are four floors of the city and one floor of the wooden fence.

Although the mountain city is dangerous and strong, the army has no more than 10,000 people-Ye He has been killed by the "city circle plan" set up by Li Chengliang since the eleventh year of Wanli, and the vitality has been suppressed. Serious injuries; even in the 19th year of Wanli, the "Nine Allied Forces" were launched to attack Jianzhou. After another disastrous defeat, the strength and prestige were greatly damaged, and gradually declined from the original No. 1 strongest department; when Nalin Bulu died In the past ten years, Ye He has been an insignificant small army in essence; at present, Ye He's army has no more than 10,000 people, and the armor is no more than a thousand; and it has not won a battle for a long time.

Nurhachi certainly has the confidence to win—— "Our Empress Jin army not only defeated Hada, Shouhuifa, and Fawula previously, but also won three of the four tribes of Hulun; the recent battles of Sarhu, Kaiyuan, and Tieling all defeated the Ming army-how can we win? How about a little Yehe?" His strength ebbs and flows. Back then, when he faced Ye He's strong forces with bare hands, he fought big with small things; now, after the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the national power is booming. Compared with Ye He, who is declining day by day, he fights small with big ones—he I know that, as long as I send any one of the Eight Banners under my command to conquer Ye He, it is enough to destroy Ye He and return in triumph.

However, he still did not take it lightly, and still laid out a careful strategy as usual. Like him, he personally led the army to go out, supervised the central army, and assigned various tasks to the other troops: "Er is also responsible for leading the vanguard; pretending to be a Mongolian soldier, and galloping towards Yehe Mountain City..." "Dabeile Daishan, Erbeile Amin, Sanbeile Manggurtai, Sibeile Huang Taiji and others led half of their banners, falsely claiming to conquer Mongolia, sneaked around the road, and went straight to the west city where Yehebeile Buyanggu was stationed. attack……"

On August 22, two teams surrounded Yehe's east and west cities respectively. Belebuyanggu, the western city with weak troops, had originally received news that the Later Jin Dynasty would conquer Mongolia. Therefore, they focused on the battle situation in Mongolia. Unexpectedly, they were the real targets of attack; In danger, he panicked in a hurry; and the east city was surrounded by the Houjin army, and he could not come to support at all; first he and his cousin Wu Daha led the troops to patrol the four gates, and personally went into battle to resist the offensive of the Houjin soldiers. After supporting for more than an hour, the city wall was still broken by the brave Hou Jin army.

He retreated into the building where he lived, surrounded by dozens of personal guards, and the situation was extremely dangerous. However, after the Houjin soldiers surrounded his wooden building, they seemed to intend to let him live, and did not launch an offensive to press him; instead, Dabeile Daishan came to meet him alone and persuaded him to surrender . How could he have any room for hesitation or consideration?Opening the door and surrendering is the only option—— The task of the four great belors was completed quickly, and when Daishan accepted the surrender of Buyangu and his whole family, a messenger came to deliver Nurhachi's new order: "The Great Khan ordered the big belors and two or three Baylor stays in the west city and returns after finishing all the aftermath; just ask the four Baylors to rush to the east city to help the battle, there is no need to lead other troops, just come in person!"

Of course Huang Taiji took the order, so he left the west city with the messenger alone and headed straight for the east city. He asked the messenger: "How is the battle in the East City?" The messenger told him with a smug smile: "It has been defeated a long time ago——Although the mountain city of Yehe is located in the sky, what is it in the hands of the Great Khan?" Then, he described the situation in detail: Hou Jin's Eight Banners force set off as a whole team at dawn, and before the hour was over, the army had already surrounded Yehe Mountain City. Of course, Jintaishi would not be captured without a fight—he had about six or seven thousand men under his command, and they gathered together to resist tenaciously.

The mountain city is condescending, and the most appropriate strategy is to set up obstacles according to the danger, and shoot arrowheads, throw boulders, push rolling logs, and throw firearms from top to bottom to prevent the enemy from climbing the city and win the victory. However, how could the Hou Jin Army, who has experienced many battles, fail to use these simple defensive tactics? "Didn't Da Khan think of carrying a plank to block arrows and fire when he was fighting Qinghe? What's the problem?" "Father Khan's tactics are of course superior to others..."

"There are wooden fences on the periphery of Yehe Mountain City. The Khan ordered the brothers to go there. There is no need to charge, but to hide from below and cut off the lower part of those wooden fences. Sure enough, the wooden fences fell down without hitting. Then, Hollowing out the foot of the stone city - within a long time, no matter how strong the city wall is, it will fall down; how can the soldiers defend it? As soon as our men and horses rush over, they will die and fall; the third encirclement is the wooden city , let alone trouble, it won't take long!" He said it very easily, but Huang Taiji still couldn't help asking: "How about the casualties of our army?" The messenger replied to him: "It's not very serious—in fact, even the casualties of Ye He's soldiers are not very serious; Ye He's entire army has no fighting spirit, morale is very low, and many people surrendered; He will not make things difficult for the surrendered soldiers, even those who are wounded in the surrendered soldiers will be healed together, and on the contrary, many people have been saved!" When Huang Taiji heard this, he felt a surge of emotion in his heart: "The most important thing in a confrontation between two armies is fighting spirit and morale; Ye Hebu has no fighting spirit, no wonder the 'one-sided' victory for us..." He had experienced the Battle of Saerhu, and felt that this time, the conquest of Yehe was just a small-scale battle: "Brothers must kill 'not fun'..." However, I couldn't help muttering in my heart: "Since we have won a complete victory, how can Father Khan ask me to 'help'? The mountain city has fallen, so what else can I help?" I asked the messenger at the exit, but the answer I got was: "When the Great Khan ordered me to pass the order to Xicheng, it was the moment when Jintaishi retreated and fled to the octagonal building where he lived. Our army chased him all the way; the Great Khan ordered I sent the order, and I sent it according to the Great Khan's order, but I don't know why..." And after arriving in Dongcheng, Huang Taiji suddenly realized—— The buildings of Yehe mountain city have collapsed, collapsed, and the natural danger can no longer be occupied. Yehe's army has completely disintegrated; and as the messenger said, the war was not fierce, and those who surrendered There were many dead and injured, so the situation at the scene was not a gruesome picture of blood flowing into rivers and corpses everywhere; moreover, the Houjin soldiers who surrounded the octagonal building of Jintaishi did not launch an offensive—just like besieging the west city. Like Buyangu, Nurhachi deliberately wanted to let Jintaishi out—— A complicated feeling suddenly arose in Huang Taiji's heart, and he barely controlled it to show on his face; then, he rode forward to see Nurhachi. Nurhachi's expression is also calm - he is sitting under an open big yellow umbrella, staring at the octagonal building not far away; the eight command flags in his hand have been rolled up, and the ten thousand people present Although some of the sergeants surrounding the octagonal building had bows and crossbows stretched, no one fired them, and no one shouted to kill or charge; the atmosphere was quite peaceful, not like a battlefield. In August, the sun is shining brightly, the clear weather is calm and windless, and all the thrills are hidden and lurking in people's hearts. Huang Taiji dismounted and walked up to Nurhachi. "Father Khan summons, the child takes orders..." Nurhachi turned his eyes to look at him, then nodded and said, "Jintaishi is just upstairs in front of him, and he has no fighting strength; his eldest son, Delgler, has surrendered, and his younger son and his wife are upstairs with him." He was just yelling that he wanted to set himself on fire, yelling..." As he spoke, Yu Feng changed his mind: "He is your uncle, go and persuade him to surrender!" Huang Taiji lowered his head, not daring to raise his eyes to look at him, he only responded loudly: "Yes--the child takes orders..." Turning away, he walked silently to the octagonal building alone. Hou Jinbing, who surrounded the octagonal building, automatically gave up a gap and let him walk to the front of the building. He raised his head, but his eyes were stung by the bright sunlight, so he had to narrow them into a line; then, he shouted loudly: "Uncle—uncle—please have a word with me? " On the octagonal building, only a few sergeants Ye He remained guarding the platform, holding their bows and guns, as if they were ready to die at any time; After accepting it, he stretched out his half body from upstairs to talk to Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji tried his best to say to him in a gentle tone: "Uncle, this is the end of the matter, you should take the initiative to come downstairs and surrender to my father Khan!" However, Jin Taishi's reaction was a sad smile: "My Yehe tribe has been against Jianzhou several times, and your father Khan has hated our tribe for a long time—you will never forget it, your father Khan How many times have I gritted my teeth and said that he, Yehe, and Nalinbulu are inseparable; now that he is strong and Yehe is weak, if I want to join him and let him kill me, I might as well die in my own home Woolen cloth!" Huang Taiji said to him cautiously: "Father Khan hates Uncle Narinbulu, not you—you don't need to worry about it!" Jin Taishi sneered and said, "I'm Nalinbulu's own younger brother, it's no wonder he doesn't blame me for it!" Huang Taiji said: "No - otherwise, Father Khan wouldn't have specially asked me to rush over from Xicheng to persuade you!" Jin Taishi said hesitantly: "That's just putting on a show, let everyone see it, he has done his best, and asked my nephew to persuade him to surrender!" As he said that, he waved his hand and said impatiently to Huang Taiji: "Okay, if you don't believe me, you can ask him, if I surrender, how will he treat me? Or, you can ask him for a promise to let him I swear to God that I will be kind to me..." At this time, Huang Tai was extremely troubled, and thought to himself: "Father Khan will never make such an oath to the sky..." At this moment, Jin Taishi's wife stretched out half of her body from upstairs and said to Huang Taiji: "Dergler has already surrendered, if your father and son treat him kindly, my youngest son Shahun will also surrender! " Huang Taiji immediately said to her as if he had met a savior: "Auntie, the situation is stronger than others! Please persuade uncle! If you surrender, you can protect your family!" As he spoke, he ordered someone to bring Delgler who had surrendered, so that everyone could see that he was safe and sound; then he shouted: "Auntie, auntie——Dergler and Shahun are both my cousins!" Before the conversation stopped, Jin Taishi's wife took Shahun's little hand with one hand and stepped down the escalator with the other. Huang Taiji hastily stepped forward to greet him, but unexpectedly, he took Shahun's mother and son out of the siege. Suddenly, a large blaze burst out from the octagonal building. He was startled and chilled, and said in panic: "Oops! Uncle Self-immolation!"