Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen Eve
Back in the city of Feiala, Nurhachi was in a great mood; first he rewarded all the sergeants who fought the enemy bravely, and distributed all the property they got; His heroic performance at that time gave him the title of "Master Korobatulu".
However, while he was happy, he was not overwhelmed with pleasure because of the victory of this "war before the war" - after the meritorious deeds were rewarded, he immediately called his subordinates to hold a meeting.
"This battle, of course, was a big victory for our side, which gave Nalinbulu a big blow; however, this is just a small setback for Nalinbulu. His strength cannot be ignored. We must not win because of the victory. I am complacent about this battle, but I must immediately prepare for the next bigger war!"
He took the lead in speaking, and the first sentence clearly revealed the theme of the meeting to everyone; then, he made a detailed review: "This time, the first reason for our victory is that the information was inquired correctly and delivered quickly, which made us Fang was prepared so that Nalinbulu could not sneak attack—intelligence work is very important in war, so we must work harder!"
In this regard, he decided to send more people in order to create better results based on the original good foundation; thus, he called out the ideal person he had considered for a long time in his mind: "Wu Likan——"
The crowd came out in response, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Wu Li is here!"
He is a strong man in his thirties. He is usually very popular, very careful in his work, good in observation, reaction, and secret. Different, Wu Yi can be considered as a secondary consideration, and Wu Likan was selected based on the ability of observation and judgment: "You go to pick two hundred brothers to be responsible for the second-line reconnaissance work-you two hundred people, divided into groups of ten , scattered around the East Road, paying special attention to Nalin Bulu's movements; among the ten people, they took turns in two shifts, day and night, and must not miss a single moment; and reported your reconnaissance results to me twice a day, morning and evening!"
This task is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say easy, but Wu Likan accepted the order with confidence without any hesitation; he first uttered a loud voice: "Wu Likan accepts the order—"
However, next, he made a suggestion to Nurhachi instead: "At this time, Nalinbulu must be recruiting troops everywhere. Do we want some of our two hundred brothers to pretend to seek refuge and mix into Nalinbulu's army?" ?”
Nurhachi considered for a while before adjusting the mission assigned to him: "I have already made arrangements for Nalinbulu's army - now you need to mix in, but Hada, Huifa, and Ula - well, you choose the brothers When the time comes, leave the people who speak with these accents first, and wait for me to explain otherwise!"
Wu Likan said: "What about the Mongolian accent? Do you want to stay?"
One sentence reminded Nurhachi, and he whispered with an "ah": "I was almost negligent-Ye Heben is a Mongolian, and when Nalin Bulu is eager to unite with other tribes to annex Jianzhou, of course he will try to win over him." Mongols joining his side--this is indeed inevitable!"
So, he asked Wu Likan: "Some of the brothers speak with a Mongolian accent? Are they from the Mongolian capital?"
Wu Likan replied: "I only know two people, neither of them are Mongolians, but they have only lived and traveled in Mongolia for a long time, so they speak with a Mongolian accent!"
From this point of view, the two people were not the people of Jianzhou, but the Jurchen "vagrants"; however, Nurhachi had already determined that they were "useful", so he told Wu Likan: "Stay here--bring They came to see me!"
Then, he ended the assignment of tasks in this area and issued other orders: "Intelligence work is only preliminary. Once the war starts, it will be a real confrontation. Therefore, we must not neglect any aspect!"
He appointed E Yidu and An Fei Yanggu to step up the training of soldiers, Fei Yingdong and He Heli stepped up to prepare weapons, food and grass, and Hu Erhan followed him in the middle to command; he also announced a new military training: "every ten days , all the men and horses are divided into half and take turns to go out for exercises, and each time the location is different-we must be familiar with every place that may become a battlefield!"
He prepared for the battle with all his strength, every small link was conceived as much as possible, and he tried his best to make the most thorough preparations.
At the age of thirty-five, he is mature in mind and has rich experience in war, and he has a particularly deep understanding of this battle: "Nalinbulu's ambition is to be the co-lord of the Jurchen - the outcome of this battle is determined by It's not just the rise and fall of Jianzhou and Haixi, but also the future fate of all the Jurchens!"
"It's not that I don't want to submit to Nalinbulu, but that he is not suitable to be the co-lord of the Jurchens at all—he is rough and violent, only has the courage of a man, but has no vision, no wisdom, and no tolerance—if Letting him be the co-owner of the Jurchens will bring the Jurchens into a dangerous situation!"
He thought about these words countless times in his heart, and occasionally said them to E Yidu, An Feiyangu and others.
In fact, it has not been a short time since Nalinbulu's ambitions and plans were gradually exposed, and everyone has already realized in their hearts that this battle will happen sooner or later, but they can't say when it will happen. One day it will happen; therefore, the shadow of war always hangs in front of the eyes, becoming a heavy pressure; on the contrary, at this time, everything is clear, and the time of war is approaching, these shadows and pressure are miraculous. Swept away, replaced by a strong will and faith.
"We must win this extremely important battle—"
Stretching out strong, strong arms, the hands of several people were tightly held together, holding this common belief together.
Nurhachi was in the middle, circling everyone's palms; the weather was hot, and he only wore a collarless cloth shirt, so the scar on his neck was clearly visible in front of everyone's eyes; Gu is a person who has personally experienced the battle of Onkolo City, and he knows very well about his almost life-threatening scar. When he sees his bulging scar, he can't help being shaken in his heart Although Fei Yingdong, He Heli and Hu Erhan did not witness the process with their own eyes, they had already heard about it, and when they saw it, their hearts were also pounding.
On the contrary, Nurhachi himself didn't care much—after the injury on his neck healed, there was a raised scar left on the wound, which he often touched with his fingers inadvertently, but he didn't feel much in his heart anymore— —Actually, apart from the neck, there are more scars left on the body, chest, back, limbs, I don’t even bother to count them.
He doesn't think it's very important, physical trauma, appearance changes, he won't take it to heart.
After ten years of fighting, his appearance has changed significantly; his originally dark skin has become even darker, and wrinkles have begun to appear on his thin and strong face; his originally sharp eyes have become more ugly and deep and restrained , with a beard on his lips, but the lines on his entire face have become extraordinarily firm and powerful—at the age of thirty-five, the indomitable spirit in his heart gradually permeated his appearance concretely.
Therefore, he has a deeper understanding of his mission.
"We want to lead all the Jurchens to a broad road!"
This is the goal that he will fight for all his life, and it is also the goal that he will do his best to win this battle...
And Nalinbulu was also actively preparing for the war, preparing to annex the entire Jianzhou; in September, his operation started.
In the past three months, he has tried his best to prepare for the battle for the shame of the defeat of Fuljia Qizhai; The appeal among them was also great, and with one shout, they gathered nine people to form a community that obeyed him—in addition to Hada, Ula, and Huifa who had already acted with him, he also drew them to Mongolia. The three tribes of Horqin, Xibo, and Guercha, plus the two tribes of Zhusheli and Neyin who had already attached to him in Changbai Mountain, formed a total of nine tribes, forming an alliance-the nine tribes had a total of 30,000 elite soldiers. There are so many, the momentum can't be considered huge.
He divided the 30,000 elite soldiers into three groups, and the strategy he adopted was to encircle the three groups, attack Jianzhou directly, and wipe out Jianzhou in one fell swoop with "forced pressure".
Since the army was much stronger than the opponent, he was sure of winning this battle. Before leaving, he hosted a banquet in honor of the leaders of the other eight armies who came to the meeting. He looked up to the sky and laughed and said to everyone: "Jianzhou's three guards, the other two guards have long since existed in name only, and only Nurhachi's left guard is left, so what is it? But he still wants to be arrogant, conquer everywhere, expand his domain, and don't put us in his place. In my eyes—the last time I asked him for two pieces of land, he dared to say no. He will swallow the word 'no' back!"
In his words, he deliberately skipped the defeat of Fuljia Qizhai, and directly jumped to the end of this war—and it was the final decision after the complete victory: "This time, I will win Jianzhou Zuowei, All the gains, regardless of land, city, wealth, people, and livestock, will be divided equally among the nine parties—"
He spoke happily, as if the war had already been won, and his wishful thinking jingled; however, his exaggerated, arrogant attitude of distributing the spoils before the war even had a positive effect—— Everyone at the meeting was infected by the atmosphere, and everyone had the illusion of "winning a big victory", which greatly improved morale and made fighting more vigorous.
As a result, the 30,000-strong army set off immediately, marching towards Jianzhou in mighty force, and the first target of the attack was the Gule Mountain on the south bank of the Huhe River in Sukesu.
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