Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 159: Dajin Raises the Flag Today
After the Ming Dynasty's punishment measures against the Jianzhou Jurchens were announced in the court bulletins and the Jinling Daily, officials, civilians, and even the military throughout the country, except Zhu Youdong, all felt that it was justified.
When Zhu Youdong saw the contents of this imperial edict, his first reaction was: The Ming Dynasty is so overbearing? The hint I gave to Li Sancai only asked him to send Huang Taiji to Yanjing as a hostage and to drag Shuerhaqi out. I thought this condition was enough to stimulate Nurhaci to go crazy. I didn't expect that you guys proposed something even more cruel than mine?
But after thinking about it for a while, he smiled - as a time traveler, his sense of national pride and self-confidence were, to some extent, not as good as those of the current Ming army and civilians.
No one in the Ming Dynasty knows how far this seemingly submissive Jianzhou Jurchen would have grown in the future if there had been no time travelers. So everyone's view of the Jianzhou Jurchens is actually similar to the feeling of an ordinary person looking at an anthill: an anthill is a bit troublesome to clean up because there are too many ants, but it is only a bit troublesome.
Besides, what kind of country is our Ming Dynasty? We don't have the marriage alliance with the Han Dynasty, nor the annual tribute of the Song Dynasty. The emperor guards the national gate, and the king dies for the country. You barbarians, who dares to make trouble? I can't kill you!
Therefore, the emperor, his ministers and the people of the Ming Dynasty felt that this punishment was reasonable.
But Jianzhou will naturally go crazy.
When the Ming officials came to Hetuala to announce the decree, Nurhaci did not say much, and did not reduce the silver that should be given to the announcers. He just said that he knew about the matter, but it would take some time to execute the matter because there were so many things to do at home. He asked the emperor to explain that it would be difficult to complete it in June, and he would try his best to complete the relevant matters in August.
Such a humble attitude made the official who announced the decree feel a little embarrassed. Besides, since he had received money from others, it was not easy to say harsh words to their faces. So he could only ask General Longhu to complete the relevant matters quickly and go to Yanjing to apologize as soon as possible. The emperor was magnanimous and as long as the general was sincere, it might be possible to get over it.
However, after respectfully seeing the envoy off, the entire Jianzhou Jurchen army immediately began to operate at full capacity at an extremely high speed.
The first thing was to call out Shulhaci who was imprisoned in the high walls.
"Shuerhazi, my brother, you have lived behind the wall for so many years, have you ever regretted it?"
"Brother, when you were little, you were stubborn and disrespectful to your stepmother, and you were kicked out. But didn't we, your younger brothers, follow you out? In those years, we dug ginseng, picked wood ears, and gathered pine nuts together... We suffered from hunger and cold, and we went through all kinds of hardships with you. When you started the army, your younger brothers did just as much as you did. It's just that because you are the eldest brother, everyone regards you as the leader. But what did you do after you made great achievements? You used all kinds of clumsy means to shamelessly confiscate your younger brothers' troops and deprive them of their wealth. You used all kinds of trumped-up charges to punish or even kill your younger brothers' loyal subordinates. Why should I repent to a brother like you?"
Although he had been confined within four high walls for several years and his muscles had atrophied due to long-term lack of exercise, the weak Shuerhaqi was still not afraid of the ferocious Nurhaci.
"It's fine that you deal with your brothers, but you are also deliberately trying to start a war against the Ming Dynasty! Brother, do you know what you are doing? You want to destroy our Jurchen race!"
"Shut up!" A whip hit Shuerhaci's face without any scruples: "What do you know? If we Jianzhou can't concentrate our limited manpower and material resources, let alone Ulayehe, even Nikan Wailan can destroy us! Besides, I am already the Khan of Jianzhou Jurchens. Although I don't have much treasure and women, they are enough for me to enjoy. Why should I continue to fight desperately? Isn't it just to find better land for us Jurchens? Why can those corrupt southern barbarians occupy warm and fertile land? Why can we only starve in this cold place? When we see those weak southern barbarians, we have to kneel down and greet them?"
"Hmph, big brother." Shuerhaqi sneered and said, "What you said is nothing but your personal ambition. Tell me, how many battles have you fought for Yehe's Dong Ge? How many people died ? You are like this for a woman. How much will you sacrifice for the throne?"
"Snap!" Another whip hit Shurhaci's face: "You idiot! Did I fight with Yehe just for a woman? Forget it, I thought you had changed your mind after so many years, but you are still a big stone!" After saying this, Nurhaci waved his hand, and Chu Ying next to him handed the imperial edict that Jianzhou Jurchen had just received to Shurhaci with a bad face.
"Hahahaha~~Brother, are you panicking now? Are you scared?"
"What do you think?"
Hearing Nurhaci's cold voice, Shuerhaqi, who had just been whipped twice without changing his expression, shuddered unconsciously: "Brother, are you going to kill me as a sacrifice?"
"My brother." Nurhaci's tone softened. "You have two choices. First, go out and denounce the shamelessness of this imperial edict in front of all the soldiers, and express your willingness to fight to the end as a Jurchen. If you do this, I will return your women and children to you. When the Ming Kingdom attacks, I will let you lead a Niulu as the vanguard! Second, I am your eldest brother after all, and I will not kill you with my own hands. Just commit suicide!"
"Haha." After a sad smile, Shuerhaci said, "Brother, you'd better kill me yourself. But I beg you to spare my son Tulun. He is weak and sickly. He can't ride a warhorse or pull a bowstring. But because of this, if you are defeated by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will see that I prevented you from being killed, and may let Tulun lead the remaining Jianzhou Jurchens. In this way, our tribe will not be completely destroyed!"
"...You make a lot of sense. How about this, when the day comes to raise the flag, I will personally send you off at the parade ground in Hetuala!"
On June 10, 1611, the imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty court reached the Jianzhou Jurchens.
On the 11th, Nurhaci led an army of 40,000 from Hetuala, marching at a very high speed to attack the Yehe tribe.
On the 15th, the Jianzhou army arrived at Yehe and immediately began to attack with all their might without any formalities. They arrived at the city of Yehe on the 17th.
On the 19th, 2,000 reinforcements from Tielingwei, Liaodong Town, arrived. Nurhaci continued to paralyze the Ming army with his previous humble and flattering attitude, while secretly mobilizing troops. Then he launched a surprise attack on the night of the 19th, and almost all of the 2,000 Ming troops were wiped out.
On the 20th, the city of Yehe, which had no external aid, was destroyed and the Yehe tribe was destroyed. Nurhaci took Donggo as his concubine and moved all the 60,000 people of the Yehe tribe to the vicinity of Hetuala.
On July 1, Nurhaci issued a Khan's decree to expand the four Jianzhou banners into eight banners. Nurhaci led three banners himself, and the remaining five banners were led by Chu Ying, Daishan, Manggurtai, Huang Taiji, and Shuerhaci's second son Amin. At this time, the eight banners were supplemented by the Yehe tribe, so they were more powerful than the original eight banners in history. Overall, there were about 65,000 soldiers.
On July 6, the expanded Jianzhou Jurchens held a grand military parade in Hetuala. On the parade ground, Nurhaci personally killed Shuerhaci as a sacrifice. After that, it was officially announced that Jianzhou Jurchens were no longer a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. After the independence, the country was called "Dajin" and the reign was Tianming. Nurhaci himself was known as the wise Khan who nurtured various countries.
After that, Yingming Khan widely distributed edicts, calling on the Jurchens, Han Chinese, and Mongolians throughout the Northeast, no matter who they were, as long as they were dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, the Great Jin would welcome them with open arms. After that, Yingming Khan changed his previous humble attitude and wrote a letter to Du Song, the new Liaodong general, in a strong tone: Give up Kuandian, and we can be good neighbors. Otherwise, come and fight me!
