Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

The attack on the Zhechen Department this time is due to its "must fight" reasons-firstly, Nurhachi has already received news that the rest of the Jiefanzhai have united with the Zhechen Department and are ready to work together to deal with Jianzhou Zuowei; Now, the place where the Zhechen tribe is based is the only way to Erhun, where Nikanwailan is hiding now; and there are only two ways to reach Erhun through the Zhechen tribe, one is To establish a friendly relationship with the Zhechen tribe and form an alliance, another method is to conquer them and take their land as their own; now that the Zhechen tribe has united with Jiefanzhai, the first method will not work, except There was no alternative to World War I.

Therefore, Nurhachi actively prepared to attack the Zhechen tribe, and sent troops as scheduled in April; because he had accumulated experience in many wars and the confidence to win every battle, he was extremely handy when preparing for the war; In addition, after more than two years of hard work, the size of Jianzhou Zuowei has expanded several times, and the army is well-trained, with sufficient horses, weapons, and food and grass. And Nurhachi personally has accumulated a lot of experience during this period, including the war and the political affairs and people of Jianzhou Zuowei, and he has gained a lot; The bits and pieces about politics and war that I have read in books, I experimented and applied them in reality one by one, and then corrected my approach according to the reaction—his innate charisma and leadership ability also played a role The great effect, not only E Yidu, An Fei Yanggu and other important cadres respected him sincerely, but also everyone in the army after intensive training swore allegiance to him, showing absolute centripetal force—— All of this made him full of confidence in winning the attack on the Zhe Chen Department this time.

Unexpectedly, there is still a gap between facts and assumptions, and no matter how meticulous a person's thinking is, there will still be some omissions; when he led five hundred troops to set out for the Ministry of Zhechen, he encountered flood. In his heart, he reviewed his negligence very annoyed: "Why was I negligent again—I didn't notice that it was going to snow when I attacked Dong Ebu last time, and I have already learned a lesson. Why didn't I notice the flood this time?" thing?" Although all changes in nature are irresistible to human beings, he believes that those who are good at using soldiers should take all changes in nature into consideration in advance in order to create "sure" results.

"Zhuge Liang knows astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom..." He immediately thought of the importance of reading—of course, these thoughts were all just passing by, and he couldn't think about them at all; right now, he had to face this negligence, make correct judgments and decisions decisively, and choose the most perfect treatment. "When the army goes out to fight, it will return without success when it encounters floods. I'm afraid it will affect the morale of the army; if it is serious, some people will think that it is God's blessing when I encounter floods..." His mind was thinking quickly: "At least I also want to charge for a while, and show some majesty to the people of the Zhechen Department—but it is difficult for infantry to wade through the water, and if a person is washed away by the flood, they will die in vain; let's just take the cavalry!"

Having made up his mind, he immediately ordered all the infantry to retreat to the left guard of Jianzhou, leaving only 80 cavalry to follow him and continue to advance. Among the eighty cavalry, thirty were warriors in iron armor and fifty were warriors in cotton armor—all of them were trained by him himself, and he believed in their combat capabilities.Then, he divided the 80 cavalry into two teams, led the 40 cavalry ahead and waded straight to the Hun River, leaving the rear post to advance slowly as a response. However, accidents usually come without warning—he didn’t expect that the Zhechen Department had already planned to deal with him, and had sent many eyeliners to pay close attention to his movements. They knew everything about this time’s dispatch of troops. Also already made preparations.

The Zhechen tribe united the forces of the five cities of Tuomohe, Zhangjia, Barda, Sarhu, and Jiefan. There were a total of 800 people and they gathered together; When the news came that the lone army of ten horsemen was going deep, they drove the team of 800 people to the bank of the Hun River, and formed an array, ready to wait for work with ease and strike widows with crowds. Nurhachi didn't know the news at all. Instead, Zhang Jingnenggude, who was walking slowly at the rear post, accidentally got the news during the march, so he rushed forward to report to Nurhachi, but unexpectedly went astray. He lost his way, but failed to catch up with Nurhachi's team—in this way, without knowing it, Nurhachi led the team towards the dangerous situation step by step.

The team went straight to the bank of the Hun River, and the group of people discovered from a distance that the enemy's 800 troops had already formed a battle formation by the river. As soon as people saw this team of only forty people coming, they immediately waved their flags and shouted like a demonstration. There was a huge disparity in the number of people on both sides, and of course the volume of 800 people shouting in unison was far greater than that of 40 people, so it had an immediate effect. Nurhachi's cousin, Zaqin Sanguri, the grandson of the Fifth Patriarch Baolang'a, saw the enemy's 20 times the number of people, and heard the eight hundred soldiers who were shaking like the earth. The people shouted in unison, and first of all they became afraid, took off their armor and handed it to others, ready to run away.

Seeing this behavior, Nurhachi was furious. He immediately swung his whip and cursed loudly: "You useless thing! You are as timid as a mouse! You will only show off your power in the village, and you will become a fool when you go to the battlefield." Useless!" He was angry in his heart, so he simply reached out and took the big army flag beside him, held the big flag high and rushed towards the enemy line, and rushed to the front of the enemy line in one breath; this time, every horse behind him was attacked. Encouraged, he ran forward closely behind him, and no one was afraid anymore.

When he ran to the distance between the two armies, Nurhachi saw that all the troops had followed up, and the morale was high. Everyone was moving forward bravely. He immediately made a decision in his heart. His team shouted loudly: "You sweep the formation for me, and wait for me to kill the enemy single-handedly!" At this time, Murhazi had already rushed to his side, upon hearing this, he hurriedly stopped him. "Brother, don't risk yourself!" Nurhachi raised his head proudly and said: "Guan Yunchang can win the head of a general among millions of troops, and Zhao Zilong can be as good as a hundred in Changbanpo - can't I?"

Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed out like an arrow. Murhazi was worried and jumped out after him, and the two guards Yan Bulu and Wulingga also rushed out ;So, the four fought side by side and rushed into the camp of 800 people together. "The winner lives, the loser dies..." Nurhachi yelled again, and rushed into the enemy's formation in a majestic manner. First he drew his bow and shot arrows, and after rushing into the crowd, with a long spear in his hand, he danced until the silver light turned into blood; Fighting bravely, unstoppable; in an instant, four people killed more than 20 enemy soldiers.

The allied forces in the five cities were overwhelmed by Nurhachi's arrogance and bravery. The team of 800 people couldn't resist the four of him rushing back and forth, and the formation began to become chaotic; When they faced the 800 with four people, not only did they not retreat, but instead charged alone, they thought that they still had a backup army that would arrive, so they were confident--thinking of this, they suddenly became short in their hearts. Once being disturbed by Nurhachi, he was even more flustered and lost his mind. In a panic, some people turned around and fled across the river. As a result, the morale of the army was in turmoil—the sergeants were already awed by Nurhachi's amazing courage and martial arts, and when they saw that their own people started to retreat, they immediately turned around and fled one after another, scrambling to cross the Hun River... The team of 800 people broke up immediately, and everyone rushed to cross the river, and it was inevitable that things would crush each other, and even trampled to death; Like a nest of ants, small black dots moved chaotically on the river surface. But Nurhachi didn't immediately take advantage of the victory to pursue - after a burst of fighting just now, he was sweating all over his body, and he felt as uncomfortable as being steamed in the iron armor; he was so hot that he didn't even have time to untie the armor, so he broke the button , dismounted and sat on the ground to rest; after a while, his physical strength gradually recovered, just as the forty riders from the rear sentry also arrived. Shu Erhaqi, who led the team, saw that the troops of the Five Cities Alliance had crossed the Hun River in a mess, and couldn't help but stamped his feet and said, "Oh, it's time to chase them down while they're crossing the river! But I missed the opportunity!" Nurha asked coldly, "Where were you when they crossed the river?" One sentence reminded Shuerhaqi of his responsibility, and he immediately blushed, lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "We accidentally went astray!" Nurhachi said angrily: "During a war, if you make a mistake, you may lose your life. It seems that you are courageous and not afraid of death. You dare to make such a mistake!" As he said that, he stood up with a "tiger" sound, ignored Shuerhaqi at all, put on his armor, and led his team to chase and kill the coalition forces in Wucheng. Shuerhaqi, who was full of shame, didn't dare to say another word, and set off silently behind him; once in battle, Shuerhaqi fought the enemy bravely as if trying to make up for his mistakes, and his performance was very outstanding. After rushing down, another forty-five enemy soldiers were beheaded. Nurhachi was not satisfied with such achievements, and led Murhaqi to chase all the way, until he chased into a Jilin hill with a narrow terrain in Jiefan territory. The two stood on the hill and scouted the surrounding terrain. Suddenly, he saw fifteen enemy soldiers approaching the hill from a distance; Nurhachi quickly took off the red tassels on his helmet so as not to reveal his whereabouts, then he and Murhazi hid behind a tree, holding their breath and waiting. When the group of people approached, Nurha shot an arrow "swish" from behind the tree without hesitation, and then Murhazi also shot an arrow. Both arrows hit the enemy's vital points. Passing through the body, the person hit by the arrow was killed immediately; the enemy was caught off guard by a surprise attack, and two people were killed before they saw the opponent. After eliminating this group of people, Nurhachi happily patted Murhazi on the shoulder and said: "Today, my brothers fought side by side, brothers united, and killed the enemy with fear!" Murhaqi was usually taciturn. Although he was in a happy mood at this time, he also couldn't say anything. He just smiled at Nurhachi and said softly, "It's the eldest brother who leads well..." Nurhachi stretched out his hand, patted him on the shoulder, and then changed the subject: "We fought two times today and took almost a hundred lives, which is enough to make them terrified; The enemy's territory is really risky, so it's not suitable to stay for a long time, since you have already achieved good results, the trip is worthwhile!" Therefore, he ordered the troops to be withdrawn, assembled, and counted the number of people; as a result, not only did the original eighty cavalry lose half-man, half-horse, but also snatched a lot of enemy horses, armor and weapons; watching the sergeants gather and line up The neat team, every face showed a victorious smile, Nurhachi was deeply touched, but he announced loudly to everyone: "In today's battle, we defeated the opponent's 800 people with four people. , This is God helping us to win, everyone should thank God together!" Then he took the lead and shouted: "Thank God!" As soon as he shouted, the eighty people below immediately shouted in unison: "Thank God! Thank God..." In this way, the "Battle of Hunhe", which set a brilliant record of defeating the masses with a few, became an example of "the fate of destiny". Most of the eighty people experienced the battle in person. People also deeply believe that it was God's help that enabled Nurhachi to win this incredible victory... However, Nurhachi's "statement" has achieved the expected success and benefits. The eighty cavalry firmly believed in this "God's help theory", which made these people who had witnessed Nurhachi's unstoppable spirit on the battlefield double strengthen their respect for Nurhachi. Personal hero worship, and word of mouth, attracted more people to join Jianzhou Zuowei—on the way back to Jianzhou Zuowei, there were already many people who heard the news and joined the team. Followed all the way to Jianzhou Zuowei. Therefore, after the class teacher returned to Jianzhou Zuowei, Nurhachi spent several days in order to reorganize these volunteers; Erhaqi, Yan Bulu, and Wulingga were rewarded; for Shuerhaqi, his merits and demerits were equalized, and both rewards and punishments were exempted; for his father Sanguri's attempt to escape, which affected the morale of the army, he gave a heavy punishment , And he was transferred from the iron armored cavalry team to the cook team who only chops firewood and cooks. After finishing all these tasks, he gave himself some time to reflect and review his own gains and losses in this battle; first of all, of course, he repeatedly blamed himself for neglecting the flood, but he was surprised by himself. The strategy he decisively adopted after the incident was quite satisfactory—in this way, after repeated thinking, his cultivation of "war" has accumulated new growth. Five months later, he once again led the troops to go out in person, without any negligence, and completed the task effortlessly - he successfully captured the city of Antuguaerjia, and killed the city lord Nuo Yimohun .