Chapter 15 Chapter 15 The Battle of Gule Mountain

A fierce bloody battle ensues: Nurhachi accurately controlled the time. The army stationed in Zhaka City went to bed immediately after dinner, got up at the second watch, and at the third watch, the whole army had prepared everything. Set off. An army had already been sent to ambush on Gule Mountain. At five o'clock, the army led by Nurhachi arrived, and after the rendezvous, they took their positions according to the original deployment... When it was dawn, the nine coalition forces led by Nalinbulu also dispatched. Among the nine coalition forces, Nalinbulu is the supreme commander in the west, but in fact, each team is still led and commanded by the ministers of each department; the leaders of the various departments who came in person are:

Hadabel Mengbulu Urabel Buchantai Huifa Baylor Bayindari Adai and Manggusi in Horqin Beleweng, Mongolia In Yehe's tribe, Buzhai, the former head of the village, also personally led the troops. Therefore, the army of the headquarters was also led by Buzhai; ", because there is no minister to lead, it is directly under the command of Nalin Bulu. Regardless of who is in command, the combined army of these nine divisions actually numbered 30,000. When the horn was blown, all of them came to Heijige City together. The scene was very large and spectacular. However, this large army turned away before reaching the city of Hezig...

Gule Mountain is opposite to Heijige City. When Nalinbulu's whereabouts just appeared from the ground, Nurhachi, who is condescending on Gule Mountain, has already seen it clearly; when Nalinbulu's team approaches Gule When he was on the mountain, he made a gesture, and the dozen or so drummers beside him immediately beat the drums with all their strength, and the two or three hundred people standing behind them also shouted together. As soon as Nalinbulu looked up, he saw Nurhachi on the mountainside. From a distance, Nurhachi's figure was pitifully small, and the so-called "army" only had two or three hundred people. He immediately sneered contemptuously: "Things who are overwhelmed - want to stand on the mountain and show off their power when they are about to die?"

So, with a bright whip, he immediately ordered the whole army to turn around, abandoning Heizige City, which was originally to be attacked, and turned to attack Gule Mountain. There is a wilderness at the foot of Gule Mountain, and his army crossed it easily and quickly without encountering any ambushes or sneak attacks. After a short gentle slope, the next mountain road became difficult to walk, narrow, steep, and rugged, and the horses couldn't let go of their hooves at all. However, seeing that Nurhachi, who is a few generals, was not far ahead, he was really unwilling to let go of this great opportunity to kill Nurhachi; so he ordered the cavalry to dismount and go up the mountain on foot.

However, even on foot, it was impossible to line up because of the narrow mountain road, so the whole team had to form a long line and advance. How would you know, after walking for a short distance, an accident happened... First, a horn sounded for no reason, and one of Nalin's reactions was that Nurhachi led his men to rush down to fight, so he quickly ordered the whole army to stop and prepare to fight; Only then did it come out that Nurhachi's first ambush on the mountainside had already been launched, and in an instant, the rocks and giant trees rolled down together, smashing towards his giant team without thinking.

Under such an attack, the team immediately became a mess, screaming and screaming again and again; fortunately, he had rich experience in war and his adaptability was not weak. Although he was attacked suddenly, he was calmed down after a little chaos. Hold your ground. He bellowed orders to the troops: "Don't panic—hide in the woods—into the hills—" On the side of the mountain in the forest, the rolling log ring can hit less, and there are trees to cover and block some, and the army can avoid it in time, and the damage can be reduced a lot; therefore, he himself rushed into the woods at the head of the team. Then they followed up one after another, and finally avoided this ambush.

"At least one or two hundred people were lost—" He gritted his teeth in his heart, complained endlessly, and became more and more furious, eager to rush to Nurhachi to fight him to the death; so he quickly ordered the whole army to form a team as soon as possible, count the number of people and set off. However, the situation did not allow him to wish at all—the nine-part coalition army, which had just been raided by the rolling wood and rocks, screamed everywhere and had lingering fears. It only took a while to regroup, and the accident happened again. This time it was a crossbow that flew over.

As soon as the same trumpet was sounded, arrows were fired in unison at once, and it was as heavy and fast as torrential rain, immediately covering the bright sky with darkness. Nalinbulu could only hear the whistling of feathers and arrows, and the howls of his own side rang out again. While holding up his shield to block the arrows, he yelled again and ordered the whole army to respond calmly, the anger in his heart When it reaches the boiling point, the mood becomes even more irritable. Therefore, as soon as the ambushing arrows slowed down, he immediately ordered the whole army to prepare to rush through the arrow array and head straight for the decisive battle in front of Nurha's red formation.

However, the morale of the Nine Allied Forces, which had been attacked twice in a row, had already dropped; It was lying around, making everyone's hearts shrouded in shadows, and even some sergeants began to retreat in their hearts, secretly preparing to escape. In this way, the speed of the whole team naturally slowed down, and everyone seemed to be slowly killing time as long as they could delay; this phenomenon, in the eyes of Nalin Bulu, made Nu Huo intensify again However, he also knows that the morale of the entire army has been lowered due to continuous blows. At this time, if the army is forced to improve efficiency by high-pressure methods, it will only have the opposite effect; Only by mobilizing the fighting will of the whole army can improvement be possible.

So, he forced himself to suppress his temper, hold back his temper, and said to the whole army with good words: "In this battle, all the spoils you get belong to yourself-everyone must go forward bravely!" These words were still a bit effective, and the attitude of the sergeants began to become more positive. Nalin Bulu quickly shouted again in a more emphatic tone: "Nurhachi is not far ahead, he only has dozens of soldiers, let's rush up, Fight him out in one go, and the wealth of his entire Jianzhou will be shared equally by everyone!" He took the mentality of "people die for money, birds die for food" and shouted to the whole army; sure enough, when the word "profit" was used, the people's reaction was different, the action became faster, and the morale that was originally low was also lifted. signs of recovery.

Of course, Nalinbulu understood the principle of "not to miss the opportunity", and immediately repeated the previous words, and then hurriedly urged people to go on the road; thus, this mighty nine-part coalition once again launched a magnificent army, and went to Nurhachi ran up the mountainside where Nurhachi was. Looking down from the halfway up the mountain, the troops of this brigade looked very powerful, and there were so many people that they surged up wave after wave. Nurhachi stared at the large team with a fixed gaze. After watching carefully for a while, a very special smile suddenly appeared on his face. Then, he said to Eyidu who was standing behind him, "You are Quan Jian. The most valiant generals in the state are the most suitable forwards—you bring a hundred elites to face the battle, and first defeat the enemy's morale!" Then, he said to An Feiyangu and Fei Yingdong: "You two are in charge of the second wave, and you must kill the enemy!" The voice and tone of his speech are firm, sure, and full of confidence, which is particularly powerful in the ears of his subordinates, which further enhances the courage to fight, and everyone who receives the order is more eager to step forward ... Although E Yidu only brought a hundred horses to face the enemy, everyone, including himself, is a warrior who can fight against a hundred. Although the number is small, they all have the belief that they will win, and everyone is full of energy set out to fight. Nalinbulu's vanguard met the team when they turned halfway up the mountain; looking up from the bottom, only the team of hundreds of riders was not spectacular, and they even retreated ten steps behind; Standing alone with his head held high, Eyidu looked as huge as a giant at first glance. He had a quiver on his back, a short knife across his waist, and a bright spear in his hand. With a half-smile and half-smile teasing expression, it seemed that he didn't pay attention to the thousands of enemy troops in front of him at all. This kind of imposing manner was the first to catch people's attention, and several enemy soldiers who had confronted him first stopped in unanimous agreement, and no one had the courage to step forward to challenge him. The forehead is also majestic and majestic, shaking the spear in his hand, a few silver flowers danced naturally on the tip of the spear; he smiled at the enemy in front of him and said: "Lai Toad who wants to invade Jianzhou - whoever comes up first will eat me!" gun!" No one dared to challenge him, but he would not retreat because of this. With a wave of his spear, he took the lead in attacking and pounced on the incoming enemy. Now, the few enemy troops who were too timid to go forward had no choice but to fight, relying on the large number of people, they surrounded him in the center. What E Yidu is serving is his own superb martial arts, a long spear dances in his hand as nimbly, sharply and sharply as a silver snake - a forward thrust, followed by a scream of "ah", Like silver and snow, the gleaming tip of the gun has already turned scarlet. "it is good--" The 100 brothers he led burst into thunderous cheers and applause, and the praise and applause continued for a long time, causing the entire mountain to echo. The smile on E Yidu's face became brighter, and the spear in his hand danced more vigorously; the large group of people surrounding him panicked and flinched because their courage and morale were damaged. On the contrary, Yiduo couldn't use his hands and feet, and even if he couldn't eat, he sprinted single-handedly, screaming one after another; a group of Yehe soldiers who followed behind, saw this scene, they were too shocked to fight, turned around and went to the battle. Flee down the mountain. The crowd surrounding Eyidu had already fought to the point where only two people were left, and there were several corpses lying on the ground in disorder. Without paying attention, one of the horses under the seat tripped over the corpse and fell off the horse; Leaving him alone, he was so frightened that his soul flew away, how could he dare to fight with E Yidu again, as soon as he turned his horse's head, he hurriedly fled down the mountain. Er Yidu had no intention of chasing him, nor shooting him with arrows, but waved his hand behind him, laughed loudly and said, "In the first round, our side won a great victory——when the second wave of enemy soldiers came up, it was just It's up to you!" The hundred riders behind him shouted in unison: "We will surely win—" Two people also came up and took Ye Hebing who fell off the horse into custody. The man cried and begged, "Forgive me not to die, I am willing to surrender!" E Yidu nodded with a smile, and said to the two people who detained him: "Take him to see Baylor and say that he is willing to surrender!" He had just finished speaking, and the sound of troops and horses could already be heard in his ears—the second wave of enemy troops rushed up. It turned out that after the first team fled, they immediately reported the situation of Eyidu blocking the road and single-handedly fighting alone to the two leaders of the team, Yehebel Buzhai, Jintaishi and Mongolia Horqin Belmingan; the three discussed for a while Afterwards, they thought that the team led by the three of them had as many as ten thousand riders, and Er Yi could not lead more than a hundred riders. up. However, E Yidu showed no fear, smiled calmly at his subordinates, and said with joy, "Today, let's see our Jianzhou hero show his might." After all, he retreated to the team and carefully watched the movement in front of him. When the invading enemy army appeared in front of him, he stretched out his arm and waved, and a row of feathered arrows flew out like a gust of wind. Immediately, the enemy army cried out in ghostly cries, and immediately after, a group of cavalry rushed out under the cover of feather arrows, and launched a desperate battle with the enemy. Of course, E Yidu himself would not be left behind. He rushed into the enemy army and killed him so much that his whole body was splashed with the enemy's blood. It looked like he was wearing a set of red armor; But it can't take advantage of anything. Immediately afterwards, the Second Route Army led by An Fei Yanggu and Fei Yingdong also arrived and immediately joined the battle. On the top, when confronting the enemy, he held the belief of victory and went forward bravely without fear of death. This time, he killed the enemy army with few victories and retreated steadily. Some of Ye He's soldiers had already started to abandon their weapons and surrender. Seeing that his side's victory was in sight, Fei Yingdong shouted loudly: "Buzhai, Jintaishi, Ming'an—you surrender!" As he shouted, he shot another arrow with a "swish", killing one enemy soldier, and two more surrendered; however, Buzhai, Jinshitai and Ming'an not only refused to surrender, but even gritted their teeth Furious, he rushed towards Fei Yingdong; Jintaishi was the first to arrive, and he rushed forward with a spear, Fei Yingdong raised a thick-backed long knife to fight; The two cavalry under Eyidu surrounded him, one against two, and the battle was extremely difficult for him. But Buzhai's luck was much worse than the two of them - he rode his horse to fight, but the horse stumbled, surrounded by the crowd in the fierce battle, he lost control and fell off the horse; his guards They were about to rush over to rescue him when a clever Jianzhou infantryman named Wu Tan jumped off and rode on him, preventing him from getting up. After two blows, Wu Tan pulled out his waist knife and killed him. A few Jianzhou soldiers nearby shouted excitedly: "Buzhai is dead——" Wu Tan raised his knife and cut off Buzhai's head. He held it up high, but he didn't think it was high enough, so he simply jumped on the horse's back, raised it even higher and shouted: "Buzhai is dead—— " All the Jianzhou soldiers cheered in unison, and everyone in Ye He's tribe was in a panic. Jin Taishi is the younger brother of Nalin Bulu, and he is a cousin of Bu Zhaiyi. He is not old enough and experienced enough, and he can't bear such a sudden change in the battle; he burst into tears, Immediately turned the horse's head and rushed to the place where the dead body was lying in Buzhai; Of course Fei Yingdong would not let him go, he drew his bow, and shot him in the back shoulder with a "whoosh"; . Ye He's soldiers saw one of their own leaders dead and one wounded, and the situation that had already been defeated immediately accelerated and doubled. Everyone had no intention of fighting, and more surrendered. Those who didn't want to surrender hugged Jintaishi and started to retreat. The scene was chaotic. At this time, the troops led by Nalinbulu arrived, but no matter how brave and skilled he was, it was hard to stop the decline—he just turned up the mountain road, and was first thrown into disarray by his own retreating remnants. Once he received the wounded Jintaishi and heard the news of Buzhai's death in battle, he had no intention of fighting again, and he couldn't control his already broken team, so he had to order a retreat, planning to go back down the mountain before making any plans. However, the situation has become chaotic. Even if they retreat without a fight, their own troops are scattered, scrambling to escape, pushing and trampling each other, causing many casualties; the situation of the Horqin troops in Mongolia is even worse. Few, he suffered a double loss when he was defeated or pushed, even "running away" was useless, Mingan Baylor lost his number during the run, fell to his knees and couldn't get up, he had no choice but to abandon He took off his saddle and armor, jumped onto another stallion naked, and fled in a panic. But the situation for them is "the house is leaking and it rains all night" - just as the scene was full of ghosts and gods, and everyone was busy escaping for their lives, another humming horn sounded from the Jianzhou side, and Nurhachi personally led the With the army chasing down. Surrounded by the guards, Nurhachi was like a dazzling golden light; he pointed the whip in his hand forward, and all the troops rushed forward like a thunderbolt, catching the enemy's tail, Chased all the way down... The men and horses of the nine allied forces fled and fought, while the elite troops of Jianzhou pursued them closely, and ambushed four times along the way, killing and wounding the nine allied forces all the way, with corpses scattered all over the field, crying endlessly; they finally escaped to Chaihe, the border of Hada Seeing that the sky was getting dark in the dark place in the south of the village, they reluctantly stopped to take a breath and counted the troops, less than half of the 30,000 people were left. No matter how irritable his nature was, Nalinbulu could no longer be vicious after such a defeat. He was dejected and tried to comfort his subordinates with good words. While estimating the situation, he let half of the troops rest and half of them took charge. On the other hand, he simply discussed the next move with the leaders of Menggebulu, Buzhantai, Baiyindari, Ming'an, Weng Adai and other ministries; his heart was still hanging, so he proposed His opinion is: "Although this is already the border of Hada, the strength of the garrison here is not strong, and the terrain is not dangerous, but we have to guard against Nurhachi catching up; let's continue on the road after a short rest, and wait until we return to Hada. Village or Yeheben Village, you can really relax!" However, most of the other people held the opposite opinion. Meng Gebulu was the first to say: "Our troops set off before dawn, and at dusk on the scene, it has been a whole hundred days. The Mercedes-Benz has hardly stopped for a moment, it has already made people tired and exhausted, how can they continue on the road?" Bu Zhantai also said: "The entire army has not eaten for a whole day, and they have suffered another major defeat, and their morale has already been demoralized. surrendered to Jianzhou!" Nalinbulu was stunned for a moment, and was about to refute, but Weng Adai opened his mouth to smooth things over; he said: "People are driven by flesh and blood, and no matter what our situation is, the soldiers and horses in Jianzhou are the same. After running around and fighting all day, do they still have the energy left to catch up? What's more, it's getting dark and Jianzhou soldiers and horses are not familiar with the terrain here, but we have Hada troops on our side, even if Nurhachi If you dare to take the risk to catch up, wouldn't our chances of winning be greater?" He was older, and his manner of speaking was more calm, and he talked with reason, but Nalin Bulu was speechless, so he sighed and said: "Okay! Let's camp here to rest, Let’s start again tomorrow morning!” Having made such a decision, he stopped thinking about the possible actions Nurhachi might take, and simply examined Jintaishi's injury in detail. Jintaishi's arrow wound was not very serious, so he bandaged his wound and sat on the ground to rest. However, the two brothers couldn't help feeling sad when they thought of the Buzhai that was killed in battle. "Brother Buzhai's body is still on Mount Gule—" Jin Taishi was young, and when he uttered a word, two lines of tears fell down together uncontrollably. Nalinbulu slapped himself on the thigh, and said through gritted teeth, "When we return to Yehe, we will regroup and come back to find Nurhachi to return the body." Although his voice was sad and indignant, his aura was no longer loud.Looking at the remnants and defeated soldiers in front of us, almost all of them were wounded, their expressions darkened, and they said to Jinshitai unknowingly: "Now, I only ask Brother Buzhai to intimidate you." Spirit bless—bless you all to return to Yehe Department!" He spoke subconsciously, but Jin Taishi was terrified when he heard it, and said in a panic, "Brother Buzhai—you must protect us!" As he spoke, he began to cry again. This crying made Nalinbulu feel even more annoyed by his crying, and couldn't bear to scold him, so he had to leave him and go outside the tent to breathe. The night is coming, and in the late autumn of September, there will be frost as soon as the night falls, and the moonlight will reflect a cold and clear light, illuminating the surroundings fairly clearly. When the wind blows, the shadows of the trees shake, like ghost shadows. However, the ghost shadow of Buzhai did not appear, but Nurhachi's soldiers and horses came again... In the dark night, the originally quiet crowd fell asleep due to exhaustion, and Nalinbulu was the only one left, who was so upset that he couldn't fall asleep, so he personally inspected every soldier in charge of guarding; , raised his head suddenly, and saw a faintly dancing shadow in the distance; he quickly bent down, put his ears on the ground, listened carefully, and judged. Then, with a "tiger" sound, he snatched the gong from the guard's hand and struck it vigorously. He was in a hurry, and with desperate force in his hands, the gong made a shrill sound as if it was on the verge of madness. There was a commotion at once, and other soldiers in charge of patrolling also beat the gong together, and then, the horn sounded. There was also a sound; all the people who were resting in the tent were of course alerted, and a group of people who were highly alert and quick-moving had already put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and jumped out of the tent; The camps were simple and crude, and several of them were knocked down one after another by the crowd rushing out from inside. The scene was in chaos, with gongs and horns and people neighing, tangled together in the dark night, adding to the atmosphere of panic and fear; Nalinbulu flew on his horse and shouted hoarsely: "The whole team—ready to fight— —” Commanders Menggebulu, Buzhantai, and Baiyindari, who were the leaders of the various armies, also stepped on their horses and called loudly for their troops to assemble; however, it was too late. Nurhachi took the lead and led Jianzhou's soldiers and horses to rush over... He solved the problem of unfamiliar terrain and difficulty in distinguishing things in the dark—he first sent He Heli and Hu Erhan, along with a few brothers who responded very well and were careful and discerning, to walk quietly, circling the retreat of the Nine Allied Forces with ropes all the way. As the first line to intercept and kill the nine coalition forces, they used it as a dense circle of "rope resistance"; A bright yellow cloth scarf was tied on the arm for easy identification, and the flag was also changed to bright yellow so that the soldiers could see it at a glance. When he set off, he gave the order to silence, put his horse on his head, and quietly approached the camp where the nine coalition forces were stationed; when Nalinbu heard the sound of thousands of galloping horses, the team had already approached... Nurhachi raised the yellow flag in his hand, pointed forward, and shouted: "shoot--" The shouting did not stop, and the two rows of "good archers" at the front of the line had already released arrows like a rainstorm. In an instant, the entire sky was blocked by the rain of arrows, and the moonlight and starlight disappeared. All I could hear was the whistling of feathered arrows piercing the air, the mournful hissing of war horses, and the screaming of wounded soldiers; Nalinbulu jumped wildly, brandished the big knife in his hand, urged the horse forward, and roared: "Nurhachi—I'm with you!" Desperately—” Jin Taishi followed him with an arrow wound, but his heart was calmer than him. Seeing that the general situation was over, he quickly ordered a few guards, dragged Nalin Bulu desperately and shouted to him: "If you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of death." Firewood—” Chai Gebulu also advised him: "Go back to the village first, and then find Nurhachi another day and decide to fight to the death!" In a panic, several people ordered the whole army to retreat and retreat back to the village. However, the situation turned out to be worse than they had imagined—at this critical juncture, Nurhaci earlier arranged for the counter-insurgency of the Nine Allied Forces to start operations. In the camp tent, a raging fire was burned immediately, illuminating the whole camp like daylight. Now, the goal of the nine coalition forces became more obvious, and the power of Nurhachi's "good archer" was fully exerted. Moreover, the cavalry team, which is good at sprinting and extremely powerful, also rushed forward bravely under the cover of feather arrows, overwhelming the mountains. There are nine coalition forces around like a trapped beast. Overnight, the number of casualties and captivity of the nine coalition forces set a record for the highest civil war in the history of the Jurchen tribe in hundreds of years.