Chapter 36 Chapter 32 Siblings

Nikan Wailan still escaped... Nurhachi's judgment was not wrong. He indeed went straight to Donghekoutai along Fushun, intending to cross the border and enter the Ming Dynasty; Nurhachi chased all the way, and caught up with Nikanwailan 30 miles before the border. However, just when the Ming army was about to be captured, the Ming army of the brigade was dispatched, and the flags were covered in the sky, and the sky was filled with dust; Nurhachi didn't want to act rashly before he knew whether the Ming army was going to help Nikanwailan, so he stopped. Go forward and set up camp on the spot; who knows, at night, Nikan Wailan found a chance to escape.By the time Nurhachi figured out that the reason for the large-scale deployment of the Ming army on the border was to expel Nikan Wailan and prevent him from crossing the border, rather than to help him fight, Nikan Wailan had already disappeared without a trace!

Because of this matter, Nurhachi vomited terribly; he retreated back to Jianzhou Zuowei, and inspected the soldiers, horses and property captured by the troops this time. It cannot but be attributed to Nomina: "Hateful Nomina and Nekada—if the two brothers hadn't tipped off the news, Nikanwailan's head would have already been in my hands!" Harrison said: "I thought about it carefully, Nomina, when we elected you as the leader of the Fourth Department, he acted very reluctantly; he broke his alliance twice and sent letters to Nikanwailan. In my opinion, he doesn’t necessarily want to serve Nikan Wailan, but he wants to be the leader himself, so he plays this kind of trick!”

These words immediately drew a sneer from Yang Shu: "He wants to be the leader? Who is going to recommend him? Don't even look in the mirror—go! Let's send troops immediately to show him some color!" He was so impulsive that he jumped up immediately, wishing he could kill Sarhu City immediately; however, although Nurhachi was furious, his heart was full of calmness and reason, he stopped Yangshu and said: "The strength of Salhu City is not weak, we have to make careful calculations before dispatching troops!" However, at this time, the envoys sent by Nomina and Naikada arrived at Jianzhou Zuowei.

The envoy came to Nurhaci to convey the words of Nomina and Naikada brothers: "Hangjia and Zakumu Erlu in the Hunhe Department have always been friendly to me. You can't invade them. The cities of Dongjia and Barda are my enemies. You should send troops to attack them. After capturing their cities , please give me the land there, otherwise, your army will not be able to pass through my land in the future!" These words made Nurhachi almost speechless, while Chang Shu and Yang Shu shouted loudly: "What kind of talk is this! It's so conceited! Who is he? We want to take the land and give it to him! Otherwise we won't be allowed to pass by? It's just farting!"

Hath Tiger also said: "It's too much! Arrogance..." Then, he made a suggestion to Nurhachi: "This time, we must take down Sarhu City; otherwise, everyone will think that you are afraid of him and affect the prestige of the leader; and If he breaks the covenant, breaks the oath, and is arrogant but not punished, who will automatically abide by the covenant in the future?" Nurhachi answered him without thinking: "certainly." So, he came up with a way to attack the city of Salhu; he first replied to Nomina and Nekada, expressing his acceptance of their request, and then agreed on a date to jointly send troops to attack the city of Barda.

When the soldiers approached the city of Barda, Nurhachi said to Nomina: "You take the troops from Salhu City to attack the city first!" However, Nomina wanted to maintain his strength and refused to make the first wave of attacks, so he said to Nurhachi: "No, you go first, I will sweep the formation for you!" Nurhachi said: "Okay! I'll lead people to attack the city first - but, my subordinates don't have enough weapons, please lend me your subordinates' weapons first!" Nomina agreed, and ordered his men to lend their weapons to the Jianzhou Zuowei's men first; he never imagined that as soon as Nurhachi got the weapons, he did not attack Barda City, but captured him first. with Naikada...

The problem of Sarhu City was solved quickly and neatly. Nomina and Naikada were captured immediately. Nurhachi declared their crimes of breaking the alliance, breaching the oath and collaborating with the enemy and immediately executed them on the spot. The unarmed soldiers So they all surrendered; Nurhachi didn't want to kill too many people, and after recruiting them, he asked them to keep Saerhu City—but Saarhu City became his territory from then on. This time, he took Saarhu City without a single soldier, and punished Nomina who did not keep the covenant. He has everything in Saarhu City, and his strength has increased a lot; The regret has not diminished - Nikan Wailan is still at large, and he will only be reconciled if he catches Nikan Wailan.

Therefore, after retreating back to Jianzhou Zuowei, he almost didn't even take a breath and immediately dispatched people to inquire about Nikan Wailan's whereabouts; a few days later, he finally got news back; Kanwailan was backed by the Ming Dynasty and the people who followed him, after witnessing the Ming soldiers not allowing Nikanwailan to enter, all discussed privately with each other: "Nikan Wailan was chased by Nurhachi and had nowhere to escape. He wanted to cross the border into the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming soldiers would not allow him to enter - so it seems that Nikan Wailan did not get the support of the Ming Dynasty at all. Why help him build the city and support him as the co-lord of the Jurchens?"

As a result, Nikan Wailan's former subordinates and those who had mistakenly believed the rumors and joined him not long ago all began to betray him one after another, and they fled within two days. The few remaining brothers and subordinates continued to flee far away, and now they have fled to Erhun, which is about 30 miles southwest of Longjiang River. As soon as he heard the report, Nurhachi immediately began to plan to attack Erhun again; but firstly, Erhun was far away from Jianzhou Zuowei, and the secret report he got was not detailed enough; There was a big deal to be done, and after weighing it up, he decided to suspend sending troops to Erhun, and deal with the big things in front of him first.

The so-called "big event" is the lifelong event of Ni Chuhe and Ha Sihu... It was the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival when the moon was full, and he personally sent Nichuhe to Jiamuhu Village to marry Ha Sihu in accordance with the Jurchen custom of "sending off relatives". The women in the family had already prepared a brand new red wedding dress for Ni Chuhe, and he personally selected many precious items as her dowry; as he was the only younger sister, in the festive atmosphere, he hid a deep feeling in his heart. Feeling of loss, so I chose more high-value things as dowry to make up for the loss in my heart...

Before leaving the house, Nichuhe cried for several days reluctantly; however, when a girl grows up, she is going to get married after all. After crying, she will finally put on her wedding dress with tears in her eyes, bid farewell to her relatives, and get on a horse and go. Along the way, the maple red is everywhere, dotted with thick autumn light, and the scenery is very pleasant; E Yidu and several of his apprentices are also traveling with him. E Yidu has a cheerful and outgoing personality, lively and optimistic, and he believes in this in his heart. What was going on back home was a "great event", and he was so happy that he laughed. He couldn't feel the sense of loss in Nurhachi's heart and the sorrow of Ni Chuhe's parting. Nurhachi is emotionally low-key. However, at the wedding banquet after the wedding, Nurhachi somehow got very drunk—he usually holds a very good amount of alcohol, and he never gets drunk, so he has never been drunk before, but this time At the wedding banquet, he only drank dozens of bowls, and his eyes began to dim. After drinking a few more bowls, his steps faltered. When most people were still drinking, he was already drunk and didn't know what to do. At this moment, E Yidu was surprised, but he couldn't wake him up no matter what, let alone ask questions, so he had to suppress his doubts and help him go to sleep first; the next day, when he returned to Zuowei in Jianzhou On the way, he got a chance to ask: "Nurhachi, how did you get drunk so quickly last night? Did you have something in mind, so you got drunk so quickly?" Nurhachi pondered for a while, and finally told him the truth: "Nichuhe is married—I can't bear it!" The amount is also surprised: "Why do you care about this? Ha Sihu will treat her very well!" "Of course I know that Ha Sihu will treat her very well—but, she is my only younger sister. She married out at once and became someone else's wife. She can no longer hang around in front of me every day. I feel in my heart It looks like something is missing!" After hearing this, Er Yidu looked at Nurhachi carefully and said: "I don't have a younger sister, so it's hard to understand how you feel about marrying a younger sister, but it doesn't seem like you feel like marrying a younger sister—hey, you probably love my younger sister the most!" Nurhachi sighed and said: "Han people often say that brothers are like siblings—brothers are siblings, so why not sisters?" I also heard him say that, and couldn't help sighing: "I was born without siblings, I really envy you for having so many siblings!" Nurhachi looked at him and said with a smile: "Am I not your brother?" Hearing these words, Echi looked up to the sky and burst out laughing: "Yes—of course!" As they spoke, the two of them laughed loudly and hurried back to Jianzhou Zuowei together; however, as soon as the two returned to Jianzhou Zuowei, they saw from a distance that the guards on the city gate seemed to be more vigilant. Usually, the strictness was a bit tight, but he didn't feel suspicious in his heart, so he immediately quickened his pace, and Shuerhaqi and Yaerhaqi, who were guarding on the tower, also saw them, went down the tower to greet them, and when they met, Nurhachi After listening to them, I realized that on the day when he "send off his relatives", another accident happened... That was Kang Jia, the son of Nurhaci's sixth uncle Baoshi. He recruited the tribe's accomplices, led the army of the Hada tribe, led by Li Dai, the mayor of Zhaojia City from the Hunhe tribe, and robbed Huji, who had always been attached to the left guard of Jianzhou. village, and divide up property on the way. An Fei Yanggu was hunting outside with a few people at that time, when he heard that someone had robbed Huji Village, he immediately chased out twelve people including Baxun, and after chasing the robbers, the thirteen cavalry bravely charged into the enemy group In the process, he defeated the Hada soldiers, killed forty people, took back the looted property and returned it... After listening to this narration, Nurhachi felt angry in his heart, and he cursed: "Kang Jia and Li Dai are two bastards, fortunately he is still our clansman! He actually went to collude with the Hada soldiers to rob him, he really deserves to die..." As soon as he spoke, the idea of ​​conquest of Zhaojia City had already arisen in his heart, but he did not forget to remind everyone to plan ahead: "Generally, for those who have evil intentions, once they make a move, if they don't succeed, there will usually be a second or third attack; from now on, everyone should be more careful on guard - according to my guess, the robbers will come again; and, They have already missed once in the open robbery, and they may also change into stealth robbers; this requires more careful precautions. The Han people often say: "It is easy to hide the open spear, but it is difficult to prevent the hidden arrow", which means that it is more difficult to deal with the secret sneak attack... " His guess was right. Not long after, the thieves really sneaked in from the dark. It was a gloomy night in September, and everyone was asleep, but Nurhachi heard a dog barking faintly in his deep sleep. "Is it Tang Guha's bark?" He felt something in his heart, and he immediately became sober. A thought flashed through his mind: "Tang Guha usually wouldn't bark like this. Could it be that some thieves broke in?" So, he gently got up from the kang, put on his clothes, pushed Zhaqing awake, picked up Dongguo and Chu Ying, and asked her mother and son to hide in the cabinet, while he took a knife, a bow and arrow, and hid himself by the window facing her. look outside. It was pitch black outside the window, but if you look carefully, you can still vaguely see a few figures, and several people have already pulled out the wooden stakes and entered the house. He estimated that the time was urgent, and it was too late to notify the people sleeping in other rooms Yes, in desperation, he let go of his voice and shouted loudly: "Who is that person coming from outside? Come in if you have the guts, and watch me beat you to death!" As he spoke, he tapped on the window lattice with the back of his knife, and shouted again: "If you dare not come in, I will go out and kill you. Let's see who will try my knife!" While talking, he kicked the window vigorously, then picked up a chair casually, and threw it out of the window with a "clang" sound, pretending to jump out of the window, but at the same time rushed through the door Going out, as soon as he took the bow, a "swish" arrow shot a person to death. As a result, all the people were awakened from their deep sleep, and they went out of the room with torches and weapons to respond; Nurhachi took advantage of the bright lights and shot someone with another arrow; Panicked, they all ran away at once. After the thieves retreated, Nurhachi led everyone to inspect the front and back of the house with torches, only to find that Pahai, who was sleeping outside the window, had been stabbed to death by the thieves in his sound sleep. Looking at Pahai's body, Nurhachi felt very sad, and kept flashing past scenes in front of his eyes. He clearly remembered how Pahai went to Li Chengliang's mansion to look for him, kneeling in the snow and refusing to get up... "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known what happened to my grandfather and father!" He murmured to Pahai's body, "You have been with me for more than half a year, you have been loyal and willing to bear the burden of hard work—who knew that you died unexpectedly , teach me not to hurt!" So he buried Pahai with his own hands.

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