Chapter 22 Chapter 22

Nurhachi announced to everyone: "I decided to find someone who has read books to teach you Chinese characters and Chinese books..." As soon as the words were finished, they immediately attracted unanimous surprised looks, and Shuerhaqi was the first to ask uncontrollably: "Why? We Jurchens never read Chinese books—why do Jurchens Do you want to read Chinese books? It has never existed since ancient times, and I have never heard of it..." Nurhachi ignored him first—he had considered this matter for a long time and made a decision that he didn't need to consider other people's opinions; so he went on: "I thought about it, this person is not easy to find. ——People with a lot of knowledge will not come to Liaodong except to be officials; those who come to Liaodong to be officials will not come to teach Jurchens; therefore, the teacher I want to hire has to be found separately "For someone who can teach you how to read, first keep an eye on it and take your time; now, it will be much easier to find someone who can teach you Chinese characters first!"

Then, he handed over the task of this work to E Yidu - E Yidu's personality is not only more lively and outgoing than the taciturn Anfei Yanggu, but also not as impetuous as Shuerhazi, and he has always been good at getting along with others; therefore, He believes that E Yidu will be able to successfully complete the task: "There are quite a few Han Chinese who come to Liaodong to discuss life and do business. You can ask them one by one patiently. As long as they are literate, they are willing to live in Feiala for a year. Of course, we won’t treat him badly—if you find this person, you can tell him that as long as he is willing to teach with his heart, there will be no shortage of gifts!”

As he said that, his forehead nodded again and again, and it happened because Shu Erhaqi found a boring former prisoner, so he didn't dare to ask anything, he just answered "yes" and took it. Task. However, Nurhachi didn't want him to do things in a daze - after explaining the task, he first gave Shuerhaqi a cold look, and then slowly said to everyone: "I have read Qi Jiguang's book very carefully. I wrote "Records of Military Training" and "Ji Xiao's New Book". I think those who lead troops to fight must read through these two books. Blind people are no different; all of you don’t know Chinese characters, so if you don’t hurry up and find someone to teach you, is there any other way?”

After saying a few words, Shuerhachi blushed immediately, lowered his head, and didn't dare to say more; but Nurhachi immediately continued in a deep voice: "When people are invited, everyone should be careful." If we want to be as powerful as the Ming Dynasty, we Jurchens must first learn all their skills; if we want to learn their skills, we must first learn their characters, read Other people's books!" After speaking, he exited the hall without looking back, leaving a room full of people to exchange ideas with each other quietly. The embarrassed Shuerhaqi said repeatedly: "Yes—brother has a vision—sees far, thinks far..."

A few days later, Er Yidu successfully completed the task and found a Chinese who was literate and willing to live in Feiala. Running at both ends, he only bought some other property and a concubine in Liaodong; later, his parents and wife died in Zhejiang, and he lost his relatives, but the concubine in Liaodong gave him children. Liaodong is home and I will not go back to Zhejiang. "I have read some books, but I only have a rough grasp of writing and ink, so I haven't taken the exam. I can't compare with the knowledge of scholars and scholars; I have done business, I can write ordinary characters, and I can make accounts..."

Gong Zhenglu looked to be at least fifty years old on the outside, and he spoke very maturely and prudently, saying that the few words of "ink" in his stomach were neither bragging nor perfunctory; therefore, Nurhachi felt that he was speaking sincerely. , In fact, I have a good impression of him, and said to him very politely: "We Jurchens don't have our own characters yet, we have always used Mongolian characters, and there are very few people who know Chinese characters, but now Jianzhou Zuowei I have formally paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and there are often exchanges of documents. If I don’t know Chinese characters, I can’t handle it at all—fortunately, I have invited you, sir, who is willing to live in Feiala and teach Chinese characters. I have two trusted generals and four younger brothers. , I ask you to take the trouble to teach them all; moreover, I would trouble you to deal with the documents of Jianzhou Zuowei!"

Therefore, he formally ordered that Gong Zhenglu be called the "Master of the Han people", and ordered Shuerhaqi, E Yidu and others to set aside one hour every day to learn Chinese characters from him, and the rest of the time to lead people to hunt and practice as before. soldiers and horses. He personally designed a set of "hunting" that combined hunting and combat training - this hunting method is different from previous hunters acting alone or in groups of a few or a dozen people, but hundreds or thousands of people. Therefore, a hunting activity is also a military exercise, which can not only obtain beasts, but also hone combat skills, team spirit, tacit understanding, and even familiarity with orders, Obedience helps in every way.

He came up with such a "multifunctional" method of action. First, he personally led the troops to practice several times. After receiving remarkable results, he also asked Shuerhaqi, E Yidu and others to lead the team respectively. The actions of subordinates give full play to the effect of "hunting" in order to win a big victory in the next war. He had already begun to secretly think about the next target to send troops to. On the one hand, he paid more attention to Li Chengliang's movements. In addition, E Yidu and An Feiyanggu should be given some opportunities to be independent, and he himself should allocate more time to plan the future of Jianzhou Zuowei - the "country" in his mind should be like the Han people The same scale and system; at present, although the scale of Jianzhou Zuowei is not large, including all the old and weak, women and children, it is less than 5,000, but they have stayed in the world of Han people for six years. But he deeply understands the importance of the system, and he must formulate it as soon as possible.

So, whenever he could, he consulted with a "Han master"; who knew that Gong Zhenglu was exactly as he himself said, only "proficient in writing and ink", and knew nothing about laws and regulations, laws and etiquette. , asked urgently, and he could only speak of some superficial social norms—in this way, he didn't even have anyone to discuss with, and everything depended on himself. Fortunately, things are not very difficult; due to the small population and simple structure, the required systems and laws do not need to be too complicated; after thinking hard for a period of time, he planned a few major principles: Prohibition of riots and private Fighting, serious robbers and thieves - after making up his mind, he divided these major principles into more than a dozen sub-points and announced them - there are two ways to announce them, one is to send people to gather the masses, I explained it one by one; the other is to make a big wooden sign, write these contents in Mongolian characters, and hang it on the gate of the city.

After completing this matter, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and was also satisfied with what he had done—after all, the scale had already begun to be established, and with this step, there would be a second, third—step Step by step, a small scale can also develop from a small scale to a large scale... "One day, the scale will be bigger than the Ming Dynasty..." He has a beautiful vision in his heart, and he is doing his best to move towards that vision; therefore, his heart is filled with substantial happiness, and his life is full of endless hope and confidence.

Of course, in practice, he still adopted a prudent and prudent approach—even though the plan to attack the Zhechen Department had already been drawn up, he still waited and watched Li Chengliang's movements first, and determined that Li Chengliang's main attention was still on the When the local barbarians attacked, he started to attack the Zhechen tribe. In June, he personally led the army to attack the Zhechen tribe, conquered the village like a bamboo, and killed the village owner Aertai; For nothing. For the next goal, he aimed at Nashen and Bamuni who had assisted Jiefan City to deal with his Balda City; and, as he had considered earlier, he decided to give Eyidu a chance to be alone. E Yidu got the chance to be the coach for the first time, and he was very excited; he first selected 200 cavalry and 300 infantry from the warriors who were usually trained by him and went hunting with him, and then imposed more Intensive and more rigorous combat skills training, and to strengthen their familiarity with orders, they achieved 100% obedience between advance and retreat. Then, based on the collected information, he drew up a strategy for sending troops this time after careful evaluation and research... Before he set off, he ordered people to prepare dozens of bundles of thick and strong hemp rope and bring spares. Everyone was confused by this order and didn't know what he was going to do; but when they arrived at the Hunhe River, These dozens of bundles of hemp ropes were of great use—the river rose in autumn, and the entire Hun River rose by more than half a height compared to when the water was shallow in summer, and there was no way to wade through it; He ordered the men and horses to be lined up in several straight rows, tied around the waists of each person one by one with hemp ropes, connected in rows and then crossed the river one by one, so that none of the men and horses tied together crossing the river were caught Washed away - now, everyone admired his wisdom, and the morale of the whole army was even stronger. And the residents of Barda, who thought that there was a natural danger of the flood of the Hun River and that it would be difficult for the enemy to cross, had no expectation and preparedness at all, and it was too late to resist the attack—on the night after crossing the Hun River, E Yidu took advantage of the high morale of the whole army, led his troops into the city of Barda in one go, and killed them by surprise... He took the lead with thirty of the bravest warriors, climbed up the city tower first while in the dark, and opened the city gate to allow the army outside the city to attack smoothly; while half of the defenders of Barda city were asleep, after hearing the siren Only then did they rush out to meet the enemy, and the two sides launched a fierce battle. Relying on his superb martial arts skills, Eyidu stood on the battlements and fought with the oncoming enemy soldiers; he was proficient in various martial arts, and when fighting at close range, he abandoned the long spear and long knife and used a machete instead, and danced It is more flexible and easy to use. Every enemy who pounces on him will soon become the soul of his sword. However, the number of the enemy and us is a huge disparity after all. The battlements he fought on were small in size but the targets were obvious, and the feathered arrows fired by the enemy were easy to hit. Bright red blood oozes from his upper body, legs, and arms one by one. Fortunately, it is not serious. In addition, he has a reckless personality when fighting, so he didn't take these minor injuries seriously at all. Wielding a scimitar, he slashed at the oncoming enemy army, shouting in his mouth, directing other people to attack. Unexpectedly, the enemy army standing opposite him shooting arrows, seeing him responding to the battle while being distracted from commanding, felt that there was an opportunity, and all the feather arrows shot at him densely; he swung his scimitar and shot down many successive arrows The feather arrow came, but unexpectedly, when he was distracted, he was still hit by an arrow on his thigh, and the strength of this arrow was so strong that it pierced through his thigh and then shot into the city wall behind him, nailing him alive On the battlements. The situation was extremely dangerous, and several soldiers not far away saw it and rushed towards him as quickly as possible; but after all, he was extremely brave and adaptable, and cut off the gap between his leg and the wall The arrow hilt was not in a hurry to pull out the broken arrow hilt left in the leg, and immediately continued to fight with the scimitar... At dawn when the sky was slightly bright, the city of Barda was captured. Except for the corpses strewn all over the ground, all the living people bowed their heads and surrendered; The preparations for the escort were completed, so the army of Jianzhou Zuowei began to make a triumphant march. E Yidu himself was lying on a stretcher and returned to Jianzhou Zuowei - he suffered more than 50 wounds all over his body. Although none of them were fatal, he fainted once due to excessive bleeding, and the injury It was inconvenient for him to ride a horse, so he was forced to lie on a stretcher under the kind force of the soldiers. Nurhaci had already been notified before the team arrived, and he immediately took the people around him out of Feiala City to meet him, and received the returning troops on the way. When he received the report, he had already heard that Eyidu was injured, and he was a little worried at first, but now, seeing a stretcher in the team, Eyidu was not in the usual high spirits Riding on the horse, my heart felt tense, I quickly jumped off the horse, and ran to the stretcher to visit in person. E Yidu's face and body were covered with blood, but he grinned and smiled. He looked very cute, which made him look like a baby who had just been born with blood all over his body; because he was on a stretcher, he In fact, he had already woken up after passing out, and all his energy was supported by the excitement of winning the battle, and his eyes were shining and piercing. Seeing Nurhachi, An Feiyangu and others appearing in front of his eyes, he seemed to have forgotten that he was seriously injured, and his whole body recovered, and immediately described the process of this battle to a group of people: "Baer The people in Dacheng never thought that we would cross the Hun River by knotting ropes, and when they heard the siren in the middle of the night, they either didn’t know what was going on, or they panicked..." When he talked about the brilliant battle, he became even more elated; he spoke elatedly, foaming at the mouth, a wound on his shoulder that had stopped bleeding burst due to excessive force, and blood flowed from his armor again. When An Feiyanggu saw it, he couldn't help but persuade him: "Your body is injured and you can't exert your strength, so you should talk less and rest first!" Unexpectedly, E Yidu said in amazement: "My tongue is not injured, why should I talk less?" When Bayara heard this, he burst out laughing from behind Nurhachi and said, "Brother Eyidu can't fight any battles, but if he is not allowed to speak, he will be suffocated to death!" An Fei Yanggu couldn't help laughing at these words, but he tried his best to sullen his face, stared at Bayara and said, "Kids, don't hold back your mouth! Die, die..." However, E Yidu's reaction showed no taboo at all, he said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Bayara is right, I can't fight to death, and I will suffocate to death if I don't talk—come on, come on, Bayara, Brother Anfeyangu is too serious, ignore him; come here, I will tell you about the war..." So, Bayala jumped over happily, squatted down beside Eyidu's stretcher, and went to chat and laugh with him, while Anfei Yanggu had no choice but to let them go with a sigh. But this scene was all captured in Nurhachi's eyes, but his reaction was different from everyone's - seeing E Yidu's life and death, and how he got along with several people like brothers, his heart was moved wave after wave. Expand and form a huge heat flow deeply. "They are all my good brothers - with them, the future will be more developed and better..." He said to himself over and over again in his heart, and secretly made some decisions; when all the troops returned to Feiala City, he immediately announced that he would give it to "Batulu", which symbolizes the land of bravery. All the people, livestock, and property captured during the conquest of Barda this time belonged to Eyidu. He also chose a clan girl with outstanding moral character and appearance to marry Eyidu as his wife.