Chapter 6 Chapter Six Arrow Wind Arrow Rain

On the way back from the Maldunzhai class teacher, Nurhachi heard the spies report to him the news from the Dong E tribe several times in a row, forcing him to think carefully about how to deal with the Dong E tribe. It turned out that the Dong'e Department and Jianzhou Zuowei had been attacking each other and fighting endlessly for many years; about ten years ago, Ahanawozig, the son of Jue Chang'an's youngest brother Baoshi, and Kezhe Bayan, the head of the Dong'e Department, had an affair. As a result, Dong E's troops repeatedly sent troops to attack Jianzhou Zuowei.At that time, the son of Suo Chang'a, Jue Chang'an's third brother, was Hadawan Khan's son-in-law, so he borrowed Hada soldiers to help out. After building a stockade, Dong E's department stopped attacking Jianzhou Zuowei.

However, in the last few days, a few Baylors from the Dong'e tribe saw that Nurhachi had won every battle in this short period of one year, conquered many fortresses, and greatly increased the strength of the left guard in Jianzhou; Seeing that they were jealous, they began to prepare to attack Jianzhou Zuowei again by force. While actively making python blood poisonous arrows as weapons, they sent assassins to assassinate Nurhachi. Unexpectedly, things changed unexpectedly. The large-scale attack on Jianzhou Zuowei had not yet begun, but civil strife broke out in the Dong'e tribe itself. Due to the unequal distribution of power and interests, several Baylors fought among themselves... …

After hearing these news, Nurhachi thought carefully for a few days, and finally made up his mind to send troops to attack Dong E's tribe. "Preemptive strike..." He proposed this decision to everyone, and explained in detail: "The battle between Dong E's tribe and our Jianzhou Zuowei has been going on for decades. If there is no thorough settlement, it is like a person hiding with a knife. Under your bed, maybe at any time, he will jump out and stick a knife in your heart. Now is the right time, when they are in civil strife, their strength is scattered, and they are busy dealing with their own people, If we are negligent in guarding against outsiders, if we attack by surprise, the odds are great..."

He talked eloquently, but unexpectedly, after a paragraph of words was finished, the reaction in return was silence—the mouths of all the people present seemed to be sewn shut, and no one uttered a single word; What's more, even the breathing seemed to stop all at once, so that suddenly there was a very solemn atmosphere in the surroundings, which was not seen in all the previous meetings. Of course, Nurhachi felt the brunt of this abnormal atmosphere. He was taken aback for a moment, and then he blurted out intuitively, "What? Don't you agree?" After his question, the big guys looked at each other unconsciously, and finally E Yidu said first: "Dong E is a large army, and it is not as easy as we used to capture the small towns and villages in the past-we have to do this. Think about it!"

Then, Shuerhaqi also expressed his opinion: "The Dong'e tribe has a total of 20 to 30 fortresses. In terms of strength, it is several times ours; in the past, the Jianzhou left guard relied on the help of the Hada tribe to fight back They—for the past few years, as long as Dong E's troops don't come to attack us, we are already thankful, and if we want to attack them, it is something we dare not even think about!" Chang Shu said: "You once said: 'Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will win a hundred battles.' However, we don't know much about Dong E's tribe—even among the few of us, none of us have been to Dong E's tribe, and we don't know much about it. People from the Dong E tribe—strictly speaking, the Dong E tribe is completely unfamiliar to us; if we rashly send troops to attack them, what chances of victory will we have?"

After listening to these opinions, Nurhachi was silent for a while, then, his eyes swept over everyone's face one by one, and finally stopped on E Yidu's face, and then said at a leisurely speed: "Er Yidu Du, just four years ago, when we first met, do you still remember what I said to you and Ha Sihu?" E also unconsciously nodded his head twice, but Nurhachi's voice seemed a little sad: "Now, Ha Sihu is gone, and there is one less person to complete the ambition of the year - but Ha Sihu will always remember it. In my heart, what we said at that time will always be remembered in my heart; the three of us told the glorious history of the Jurchens who established the Great Jin Kingdom in the past, and also talked about the current situation of the Jurchens, and even thought about the future of the Jurchens ..."

As soon as he said these few words, the memories, ambitions, and passion in E Yidu's heart were all inspired together, and he immediately responded to him and said: "Yes——I still remember you saying that the Jurchens will now encounter anyone. The fate of being bullied and slaughtered by people is mainly caused by killing each other—you also said that to make the Jurchens strong and restore the prestige of the former Dajin Kingdom, the most important thing is to unite!" In response to his words, Nurhachi nodded vigorously twice, then looked at everyone again and said: "Everyone knows why I wanted to attack Dong E's tribe? I didn't want to kill some of them, or to grab a few cities. I even want to avenge the previous attacks on each other - even if they send assassins to assassinate me, I can forgive them, do I still want to settle old scores with them? However, if the future of the Jurchens is considered , then, I must send troops to attack them; because only by defeating them can the war between the Dong E tribe and Jianzhou Zuowei, which has lasted for decades, be completely resolved; Wei poses a threat at any time—not just the Dong E tribe, but from now on, I will unite with all the Jurchen tribes one by one!"

In the last sentence, he said it with such vigor that everyone was moved, but he still didn't stop, and continued loudly: "Only by uniting can the Jurchens have a future, otherwise, it will be like this." Wang Gao, Atai, Qing Jiani, Yang Jipi, and even my grandfather and father lost their lives for no apparent reason—this is the answer I got after thinking for a long time; today, I will tell you First, let everyone understand the reason why I want to attack Dong E's tribe, and second, let everyone understand the direction of our future efforts..." What he said made everyone's blood boil with enthusiasm, and no one objected to sending troops to attack Dong E's department anymore; as soon as the meeting was over, everyone immediately started to carry out their assigned tasks and actively prepared for battle.

In September, all pre-war preparations were completed, and Nurhachi personally led 500 elite soldiers to attack Qijida City, where Ahai Bayan, the leader of the Dong'e tribe, lived. The Dong E tribe, which was in the midst of civil strife, was attacked by foreign enemies to make matters worse. Ahai Bayan had to adopt the strategy of closing the city and sticking to it; Poison arrows came to defend the tower. Because the arrows were poisonous, Nurhachi did not adopt the strategy of attacking and grabbing, and surrounded Qijida City in a group, preparing to fight with Ahai Bayan; Minfang used this method to force Ahaibayan to surrender.

Unexpectedly, the weather is not good, the first heavy snow of this year fell early, the method of "fire attack" is not very effective, every time the fire is set off, the fire will not expand easily when encountering snow water, instead it will be thickened and obliterated ;Subject to such time constraints, he had no choice but to order a temporary withdrawal of troops back to Jianzhou Zuowei. However, when he retreated, he ordered the soldiers to go first, and he personally led twelve guards to lie in ambush among the dense smoke. Sure enough, Ahai Bayan had fallen for the trick - he saw Nurhachi's troops moving away from a distance, and thought that all the left guards in Jianzhou had retreated, so he opened the city gate and brought some troops out to fight the fire .Unexpectedly, Nurhachi and others who were ambushing in the thick smoke rushed out in one fell swoop, killed many people, and took two sets of armor, and then walked away...

"At least for a while, give Ahaibayan a blow and make him terrified..." When he reunited with the troops, he casually narrated what had happened to everyone, and then made a conclusion: "In the future, as long as he hears the name 'Jianzhou Zuowei', he will first feel fear in his heart!" While talking, he began to think about the next plan to attack Dong E's tribe; he first reviewed the reason for his failure to return this time, mainly because he didn't know enough about Dong E's tribe, so he didn't expect the weather to change in advance—— Regarding this point, he thought over and over again, and blamed himself: "Ah, how could I be negligent? In war, the change of the weather is also one of the keys to victory or defeat! Borrowing arrows and burning Chibi, isn’t it because you can control the changes in the weather that you win the victory?” He is familiar with the novels, and he is familiar with the characters, stories, tactics, and strategies in the novels; when he thinks of these two allusions, he feels ashamed and firmly says to himself: "Next Never make this mistake again..." Therefore, he sent two careful subordinates, disguised as hunters, to infiltrate the Dong'e tribe to collect information on various aspects. One of the tasks he specially assigned was to inquire about the climate of the Dong'e tribe in detail from the local residents. The changed situation will be used as a reference for him to draw up the next battle plan to attack Dong E's tribe. However, an "accidental" event changed his plan to attack Dong E's tribe: Sun Zha Qin Guanggun of Wang Jia's tribe came to Jianzhou Zuowei, asked him to see Yili, and explained his purpose: "I would like to lead Wang Jia's tribe to join Under your command, I only ask you to avenge my shame——I have a grudge against Onklo City. A few days ago, I was captured by them alone, tied to a stake, and abused in every possible way. I managed to escape Come out, save a life; but, I think about it, without your help, I can't get rid of this shame..." After talking, his eyes turned red and his voice seemed choked up. Seeing his appearance, Nurhachi also felt a little more compassion; after careful consideration, his goal of uniting the various Jurchen ministries must also be laid down through conquests in the first stage. Basically, why not take advantage of Sun Zha and Qin Guanggun's request, and help him capture Wengkeluo City, and capture Wengkeluo City and Wang Jia's tribe with one stone? Therefore, he immediately agreed to Sun Zha and Qin Guanggun: "Then we will make a deal—I will send troops to attack Wengkeluo City to avenge your shame, and you will lead Wang Jia's troops to Jianzhou Zuowei!" Moreover, he immediately ordered his men and horses, ready to send troops to attack the city of Wengkeluo. Since Sun Zha and Qin Guanggun had been captured and escaped from Wengkeluo City, he was very clear about the situation in Wengkeluo City, so he dictated the situation in Wengkeluo City for Nurhaci to draw up a reference for the battle plan; therefore, This time the siege plan was very comprehensive and detailed. It's just that no one thought that there would always be times when things were always secret; Sun Zha and Qin Guanggun didn't even know that the reason why he missed being captured by the people of Wengkeluo City was because his nephew Dai The betrayal of Du Moergen, of course, is even more unthinkable. Dai Du Moergen has notified the city of Onkelo in the original form of his plan to ask Jianzhou Zuowei for help this time, and together send troops to attack the city of Wengkeluo. so that they can take precautions in advance... Before setting off, Sun Zha and Qin Guanggun reminded Nurhachi again: "There are two good archers in Wengkeluo City, one named Ergoni and the other named Luo Ke. !" Nurhachi nodded and said: "I have ordered all the soldiers to wear heavy armor, and the soldiers only have light armor, but they all wear shields. Be careful against arrows!" With that said, he led the crowd on their horses and set off towards Onklo City. The Wengkeluo people, who had known for a long time that Nurhachi was coming to attack the city, also followed Ahaibayan's method of defending Qijida City. Respond to the battle; I intend to use this method to delay the time of the war, so that the attacking party will automatically retreat because it is marching outside and there is no food. Nurhaci also used the old method of attacking Qijida City to attack the city - setting fire to the city towers and houses in the village, so as to force the defenders to be unable to hold on due to the spread of the fire, and then stepped up the attack when the city was in chaos due to the fire. city. The luck of Ongkeluo City was not as good as that of Qijida City. The sky did not rain another heavy snow to save the fate of the city from being breached. Fighting to put out the fire, when the crossbow arrows and stones were slowing down, he smashed open the city gate with a giant log and rushed into the city in one fell swoop. However, the defenders of Onklo City resisted tenaciously. Even though the city gate was breached, they refused to surrender. The two sides exchanged knives and spears, axes and spears stabbed in thrilling hand-to-hand combat. The scenes and sounds of blood and flesh flying and screaming and wailing came and went. It's worse than worse—and because of the street fighting in the city, many innocent people have been affected, and many souls have been added. Nurhachi himself also got off his horse because of the unfavorable horses galloping in the street battle, climbed onto the roof, stood on the ridge and shot arrows at the defenders in the city; He was excited to shoot, and even shot a string of arrows, and the successive arrows knocked down a row of people like a gust of wind... However, at the same time that he shot down a row of people, there was a sudden "swoosh", and a feathered arrow shot towards him; fortunately, his reaction was sharp, and he immediately used the bow in his hand to deflect the flying arrows. The feathered arrow that came; who knew that this feathered arrow was not an ordinary feathered arrow, it was shot by Ergoni, the master archer of Onkeluo City, and the arm strength of the person who shot the arrow was several times stronger than that of ordinary people , He raised his bow and flicked it, but he didn't flick the feathered arrow, but just deflected the arrow a bit; however, the arrow was so strong that it passed through the iron plate made of his body with a "sudden" sound. The finished heavy armor penetrated into his left shoulder as deep as a finger. But he didn't make a sound, pulled the arrow out of the flesh with his backhand, turned the arrow, and shot at the enemy, and immediately another enemy fell down; he didn't let the enemy have a chance to breathe, A row of feathered arrows shot down a row of people one after another... Blood gurgled from the wound on his left shoulder, and flowed down the armor all the way to his feet, as if a red belt was wrapped around his body; however, his energy was all focused on fighting fiercely on the battlefield, and he didn't realize the pain of the wound at all. , the power of will supports the body even more, making him fight bravely even after being wounded by arrows, shooting arrow after arrow towards the enemy. "If you don't capture this city, you will never give up..." There was a powerful voice shouting in his heart, and the power of this voice was greater than the power of pain. But at this time, a new crisis came again; Rocco, another sharp archer in Onklo City, saw that his left shoulder was injured, and estimated that his sensitivity, attention and reaction acuity would be affected. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he took advantage of the cover of the burning flames everywhere in the city, and the roar of killing noises, quietly pushed behind him, aimed at his head and neck, and shot an arrow. Nurhachi was firing an arrow into the enemy army, when the arrow hit him unexpectedly, it hit his neck, pierced his chain mail armor, and passed through his neck; A, a heart-wrenching feeling surged up, his huge body shook twice and almost fell down, but he clenched his teeth and forcibly held back, standing upright; then, he raised his hand to hold The shaft of the arrow gritted its teeth fiercely, and pulled out the feathered arrow that passed through the neck from the armor and flesh. flow; but he supported it with all his strength, neither making a sound, but still standing upright. The guards beside him and Eyidu and Murhazi, who were killing the enemy not far away, saw the arrow in his neck and hurried over; the guards even rushed to his side, trying to help him out of the house But although he was seriously injured, his mind was still very clear. He whispered to the guards: "Don't come to help me, I will go down by myself-now the enemy doesn't know that I am seriously injured, don't let them know, Otherwise, they will catch up and chase them down. It is very dangerous for us to be on the roof; if I walk down by myself, they will not think that I am seriously injured..." So, he mustered all his willpower, supported his body, covered the wound on his neck with one hand, and leaned on the bow with the other hand, and slowly stepped out and walked down the room; Every time he took a step, he felt dizzy for a while, and blood gushed out from the two arrow wounds, dyeing his whole body into a bloody man—however, he gritted his teeth firmly, Supporting his limbs, he didn't accept the support of the guards until he got out of the house surrounded by several Jianzhou left guards; but when the two guards supported him together, he suddenly looked As soon as he closed it, he passed out straight away.