Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 157 Takechiyo's Assist
"Father Khan, my elder brother has already climbed up the tower first!"
"Good! My Chu Ying, you are truly worthy of being the Baturu of our Jurchens!"
In April 1611, Nurhaci led 10,000 elite troops to attack the Ula tribe in the north again. It took less than a month to break through the Ula tribe, which was known as the largest of the four tribes in Haixi, and directly approached the city of Ula.
During Nurhaci's uprising, Ula did not take him seriously at first. When Nurhaci was about to unify Jianzhou Jurchen, Yehe, Ula and other Haixi tribes panicked and hastily gathered a nine-tribe coalition to attack Nurhaci. As a result, the coalition was defeated by Jianzhou, and Buzhantai, the second Beile of Ula at that time, became a prisoner of Nurhaci.
At that time, Nurhaci was not strong enough and had no intention of attacking the Haixi tribes. Therefore, he treated Buzhantai with good wine and good food, and even married his daughter and niece to Buzhantai.
After the death of Mantai, the great prince of Ula, Nurhaci sent his capable generals and troops to escort Bujantai back to Ula to take up the post of leader. For the next five or six years, the two sides maintained a close alliance. Bujantai also married his brother's daughter Abahai (the mother of Ajige, Dorgon, and Dodo) to Nurhaci.
At that time, Nurhaci was mainly expanding eastwards. With his ally Ula blocking the arch-enemy Yehe in the north, Jianzhou's eastward expansion was very smooth.
When Nurhaci's power grew to a certain extent and the hundreds of thousands of people in the deep mountains and forests in the east of the Donghai Jurchen tribes could no longer satisfy his appetite, the Jianzhou Jurchens turned their expansion goals to the north.
It was only at this time that Bujantai woke up from his dream, but unfortunately the isolated and weak Ula tribe suffered a series of defeats against the well-fledged Nurhaci.
Behind Ula was Yehe, and because the Yehe tribe was close to Zhenbei Pass, it was always protected by the Liaodong Town of the Ming Dynasty, so it had always lacked a sense of crisis. So, watching Ula being beaten, Yehe did not take action.
Of course, Yehe still cheered for Wula: Fight well, kill Nurhaci, and we will marry Donggo, the most beautiful among the Jurchens, to you, Buzhantai...
In the past, although Jianzhou and Ula had fought many times, Nurhaci did not want to destroy Ula: Yehe could not be destroyed before the Liaodong Town of Daming collapsed. If Ula was destroyed, it would directly border Yehe. And Ula's territory was too far away from the core area of Jianzhou.
Therefore, Nurhaci has repeatedly defeated Bujantai in recent years, but he never destroyed Ula. On the contrary, he married another daughter to Bujantai. In short, he still wanted to win over the Ula tribe: Face the reality, you were indeed the largest and strongest tribe , but now you have completely declined. Why don't you obey me, be my little follower, and continue to defend the north for me?
Unfortunately, Buzhantai refused to do so: If I lose the fight, I can kneel down and beg for mercy, and I can marry your daughter. But I cannot surrender completely!
And this guy is really a scumbag: Not only can you not beat someone's father, but you even take it out on someone's daughter - this guy shot his own wife with an arrow, and then imprisoned her with a high wall, leaving only two holes for food...
In short, after so many years of repeated tug-of-war, Nurhaci's patience was completely gone. In addition, due to Xiao Bozhi's provocation and the fact that Kuandian Liubao always blocked Jianzhou's expansion to the southeast, Jianzhou's population growth in recent years was not very ideal. Therefore, Nurhaci's idea this time was to completely destroy the Ula tribe and capture all 50,000 to 60,000 people from the tribe to supplement his own strength.
This meant that the nature of this war changed from punishment to annihilation of the country.
Unfortunately, facing Nurhaci who had established four banners and militarized the entire Jianzhou Jurchen, the militia of the Ula tribe was completely inadequate.
First, there was a field battle between 30,000 and 10,000 people, and the 30,000 militiamen of the Ula tribe were defeated at the first blow. Then, in the current battle for the defense of Ula City, despite the advantage of occupying the fortress, the Ula militiamen still couldn't hold out for long. It took the Jianzhou Jurchens only more than two days to capture the city!
"Father Khan, the gate is open and the army has begun to enter the city."
"Well... pass the word down. Everyone else should try their best to capture him and send him back to Hetuala. As for Bujantai, let him go."
"Father Khan, this guy is so shameless. Not only has he repeatedly broken his promise, but he has also abused our sister. This time, shouldn't we catch him and tear him into pieces?"
"Haha." Nurhaci looked around and suddenly remembered that his cleanest and smartest son, Huang Taiji, was not around, so he had to explain himself: "Manggurtai, my silly son, if we capture all the people of the Ula tribe and bring them back to Hetuala to be Aha. Then, can Bujantai still be his Ula Beile?"
"Of course not! A Beile without his generals and soldiers is like an eagle without its wings. And without Baoyi and Aha, it is like an eagle without its claws."
"Yes! You are right!" Nurhaci stood up happily and patted Manggurtai on the shoulder: "So, if we let Bujantai go this time, where do you think he will go?"
"Yeh He!"
"Then what?"
"Hahaha, then we have an excuse to beat Ye He!"
"Well, my silly son finally got it." Nurhaci smiled and nodded: "Go and tell your eldest brother what I mean. Let that ungrateful man go, but do it skillfully. It would be best if he could make it look like he fought his way out."
"Scum! My son understands!"
The war against Ula ended very smoothly. Nurhaci was happy but also felt bored: for him, there was no one left in the entire Jurchen world who could fight.
However, his good mood was completely ruined at the celebration banquet in the evening.
"Father Khan, this corner of wine is for you. It took you only a little over a month to completely destroy the Ula that used to dominate Haixi. Your achievements are the highest among us Jurchens!"
"Hahaha~~ Chu Ying, my good son! I like your bravery very much. I'll drink this wine!"
"Father, after my son came down from the city, he heard from the servants down below that the old man in Liaodong has been captured by the tyrant ruler of the southern barbarians?"
"Hic~~~ Who is this slave gossiping again? What did he get arrested for? Earl Ningyuan left Liaodong, but the Emperor of Ming only asked him to retire. Do you understand what "retire" means? It means he is old and wants to take a rest."
"Father Khan, whether he was arrested or retired, in short, the old guy has left Liaodong."
"Chu Ying, what do you want to say?"
"Father Khan! Liaodong is really hard to fight with that old guy in charge. But now that the old guy is gone, shouldn't we raise the flag? I really can't stand the days of kneeling on the ground and calling me master every day when I see a southern barbarian official! Really, I can't stand this day! Father Khan, let's raise the flag!"
"Yes, Khan, what the eldest brother said makes sense. Even if we don't take the initiative to raise the flag, after we go back and rest for a while, we should send troops to Yehe! Yehe Beile Buyanggu has been pushing his sister out to marry this and that all day long, and no one has really married Donggo. As a result, these guys are all against our Jianzhou because of this shameless fake marriage! Khan, didn't Yehe rely on the old man to protect them? This time, the old man is gone, we must destroy Yehe!"
"Yeah." He stood up, paced to the courtyard, then turned around and paced back. Under the blazing candlelight, his strong and honest back looked particularly tall.
"Fei Yingdong said it very well just now. Let's hold off on raising the flag. After all, the old man just left, and there is still some heat in Liaodong Town. And even if we win a few battles after raising the flag, the emperor of Ming will send the old man back. However, we can indeed attack Yehe now! Even if Ming's Tieling Guards send troops to help Yehe this time, we will still fight!"
"The Khan is wise!"
"Great Khan, we in Jianzhou have never used the iron cannon troops in these years, but we are still invincible! If we add iron cannons, we will be invincible even against those southern barbarians!"
"Invincible! Invincible!"
"Long live the Khan!"
"Hahahahaha~~~" Having completely wiped out the enemy that had been entangled with him for many years, Nurhaci was already very proud of himself. Coupled with the collective cheers of the crowd, Nurhaci, who had drunk a lot of wine, naturally became unrestrained.
pity……
A familiar figure rushed in with a look of panic and embarrassment.
"Eighth brother? Why are you here?"
"Father Khan, it's bad. The fleet of Japanese friends transporting iron cannons for us was sunk by the Ming navy. Our iron cannon troops were also discovered by the southern barbarians !"
