Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 154: Continue to develop obscenely
Xiao Bozhi was gone, but the situation in Jianzhou was in uproar.
"Father Khan! The southern barbarians are so rude! Why not just raise the flag?"
"Yes, Great Khan! The southern barbarians have insulted us too much. We can tolerate it once, twice, but are we going to tolerate it forever?"
In the meeting room of Hetuala, Nurhaci and his nephews were on the right, including Chu Ying, Daishan, Manggurtai, Huang Taiji, Amin, etc. On the left were generals such as Fei Yingdong, Eyidu, Huerhan, He Heli, Anfeiyanggu, etc. For a moment, the meeting room with only more than ten people was filled with extremely loud voices, which seemed to have the momentum to overturn the roof.
Among this angry crowd, except for Nurhaci who was sitting in the main seat with a gloomy face, only Huang Taiji sat quietly in his chair without saying a word.
After everyone's anger was somewhat vented, Nurhaci raised his finger and pointed at the Eighth Prince: "Huang Taiji, tell me, can we raise the flag now?"
"To reply to my father Khan, no."
"Eighth brother! What nonsense are you talking about? If it were you, when that southern barbarian Xiao Bozhi was at the border, you shouldn't have stopped your second brother. You should have just let your second brother beat him up, and he would have behaved himself."
Ignoring Manggurtai, who was dressed like a ball and looked slovenly, Nurhaci continued, "Tell me, why not?"
"Ming is not completely rotten yet. We are not strong enough yet."
"Eighth brother, this time I'm going to criticize you too! Aren't the southern barbarians bad enough? Look at the southern barbarians in Liaodong, whether it's Tieling, Fushun or Kuandian, their generals are all greedy for money. Take Xiao Bozhi for example, when he first came to Hetuala, he was fussy and found fault with us, but when we sent the woman to his room, didn't his tone become much softer the next day?"
"Yes, Eighth Brother. Xiao Bozhi alone doesn't prove anything, but looking around, all the military commanders in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty have a family that is well-fed and well-dressed. But what do their soldiers eat? What do they wear? Except for a few servants, they are just a bunch of poor ghosts and starving people! We in Jianzhou are indeed living a tight life, but who below the father Khan can't share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers? Isn't there a saying among the Han people? Those who share the same desire will win! Now we have occupied this saying, and the southern barbarians are getting further and further away from it!"
"Eighth brother." Manggurtai, who had the best personal relationship with Huang Taiji, also stood up and patted Huang Taiji on the shoulder: "In addition to what the two brothers said, have you forgotten? We also have new iron cannons sent by our Japanese friends!"
"Haha." Huang Taiji was not angry after being interrupted by his three brothers. He stood up and unnoticedly let his shoulder get rid of Manggurtai's right hand with uneven nails, nail grooves and fingers covered with various black unknown substances. Then he showed his two white hands from the thick sleeves and bowed to everyone according to the Han etiquette: "Father Khan, brothers, uncles, what the eldest brother, second brother, and fifth brother said just now are all very reasonable. But if we raise the flag at this time, the old general is still in the west. In the south, the army in Kuandian is completely different from those beggar soldiers inside the Liaodong border wall."
Since he did not give up Kuandian, he was not impeached on a large scale. Therefore, Li Chengliang still sits firmly in the position of General of Liaodong.
Old Li was already 84 years old this year, and he couldn't ride a horse or fight in a battle. But the population of Liaodong Town had exceeded 4 million. As long as Old Li was there, with his prestige in Liaodong for many years, if he really wanted to fight for his life, he could easily arm 100,000 people to fight Jianzhou, and these people would fight seriously!
As for Jianzhou, it only has a population of about 300,000 to 400,000 people, and can mobilize a maximum of 40,000 to 50,000 troops.
As we all know, the fundamental political and military system of the Jianzhou Jurchens, or the later Houjin and the Qing Dynasty, was the Eight Banners, and the basic unit in the Eight Banners was the Niulu, which was the name of a very ancient social organization of the Jurchens.
During the process of Nurhaci's uprising and continuous expansion, he reformed the Niulu, the basic social unit of the Jurchens. For every 300 soldiers, there was a Niulu Ezhen, five Niulu had a Jiala Ezhen, and five Jiala had a Gushan Ezhen - Gushan was the largest unit, because each Gushan had a flag of a different color, so the Gushan Ezhen was the flag.
By 1610, Nurhaci had completed the organization of the four flags of red, blue, white and yellow. Theoretically, each flag had 25 Niulu, and each Niulu could provide 300 soldiers. At this time, Jianzhou could mobilize 30,000 people to participate in the war.
But the reality is that due to years of war and plunder, the population actually controlled by Jianzhou has far exceeded the theoretical establishment of the "banner". For example, the Zhenghuang Banner led by Nurhaci at this time has 45 Niulu, and this banner alone can provide 13,500 combat soldiers.
In short, at this time in Jianzhou, the four banners were already overflowing, but expanding it to eight banners was obviously not enough. If it was really fully mobilized, it could probably produce about 40,000 to 50,000 combat soldiers.
Obviously, Jianzhou has no chance of winning against Liaodong, which will never act independently under the command of Lao Li. Not to mention that Jianzhou has the support of Kuandian, an extremely powerful army.
"As for the new iron cannons that our Japanese friends gave us, I must admit that they are really useful. But how many do we have? Only 2,000 iron cannons, and we have only stored 100,000 rounds of ammunition. With this little inventory, we will have nothing left after one battle. And once we raise the flag, how can we completely defeat the Ming Dynasty in one battle? Moreover, the slaves we sent to the south have already sent back reports saying that the southern barbarians in Kuandian also have such iron cannons. When they practice, the ammunition seems to be unlimited..."
After Huang Taiji's detailed analysis, the people who had just been roaring and shouting for raising the flags lowered their heads one after another.
Nurhaci, who was sitting in the main seat, finally stood up at this time: "Old Eighth spoke very well just now. You should learn from Old Eighth and read more books about Han people. Doesn't the "Three Kingdoms Commentary" tell such a story? Liu Xuande took in Lu Bu, but when he went out to fight, Lu Bu attacked Xuzhou by surprise, and his wife and daughter also fell into Lu Bu's hands. Then what did Liu Xuande do? He returned to Lu Bu, let Lu Bu take control of Xuzhou, accepted Lu Bu's charity, and settled in Xiaopei... What was the final result? Liu Xuande said a word to Cao Mengde, and Lu Bu was killed. Therefore, only by being able to endure what others cannot endure can we achieve great things in the end! Facing the shameless and greedy southern barbarians, we have endured for more than 20 years. I firmly believe that our endurance will not be too long! One day, we will return all the insults we have suffered in the past few decades to the southern barbarians without leaving a single bit!"
"Father Khan (the Great Khan) is wise! We will see the day when we can avenge our hatred and eliminate the shame!"
"Of course, although we have to be patient now, it's not like we do nothing. Huang Taiji, you have to entertain Mr. Yagyu of Japan. Winter is coming and there are few . It's a good time for us to intensify the training of the iron cannon troops. You have to let Mr. Yagyu contact the Japanese side and send us the next batch of ammunition as soon as possible. If they can also send one or two of the legendary large barrels, it will be even better. For this purpose, I have prepared the best oriental pearls, mountain ginseng and bear paws. Doesn't the Tokugawa general of the Japanese shogunate like to raise eagles? The Saker Falcon between the Black Mountains and White Waters is the most handsome! This winter, find a way to send two to General Tokugawa."
"Damn it, father, I will definitely get this done."
"Also, it's winter now, so if you have nothing to do, go to each Niulu, boost morale, and train the soldiers. Next spring, we'll go north to Ula. I gave Bujantai so many chances, and even married my most beloved daughter to him, but he still flirted with Yehe. This time, we must completely wipe out Ula and capture that abominable Bujantai!"
"Scum, your servant (son) and I will obey the Khan's order!"
"Finally, I want to say that your understanding just now is absolutely correct. That is, the southern barbarians are basically rotten. Apart from other things, several imperial censors in Beijing accept the silver and mountain products we send every year. He Heli, this year you go to Peking to pay New Year's greetings to those southern barbarian officials we have, and ask them to write a letter to impeach that bear barbarian in Kuandian!"
"Scum, I will definitely get this done!"
