444 [Striker's Affair]

The founder of Jianzhou Youwei, named Fancha, had seven sons and two daughters.

Fan Cha was imprisoned and killed in Liaodong because of repeated offenses. His eldest grandson, Nalangha, succeeded to the throne and was beheaded by the Ming army for committing many border offenses. Fancha's second son Bu Huabald succeeded to the throne, but he still committed more than one side, and Zhengde died of illness in the second year.

After that, the Jianzhou Jurchens fell into complete chaos, and the tribal chiefs fought among themselves because of the struggle for power.

A few years ago, Fancha's grandson Dole became the chief of the right guard of Jianzhou by force. However, his influence is limited to the area of Gule Mountain, and the surrounding tribes do not obey him very much.

Cui Xian, deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang, commanded 500 Liaodong cavalry as the vanguard; Jingwei commanded Yuan Da, and commanded 500 cavalry of the Beijing battalion as his deputy general.

The two set off three days in advance and went straight to the old nest of Jianzhou Right Guard - Gule Village!

Located at the foot of Gule Mountain, Gule Village is still only a village, and has not established a city, let alone become the royal city of Jianzhou Jurchen.

However, this battle is really not easy to fight, because the stockade is in the mountains.

A thousand vanguard cavalry set out from Liaoyang, and when they reached Bailong Mountain, they turned to the southeast, and after Salhu, they were all mountains. The mountains are not steep and cannot be compared with Guizhou, but the degree of development is very low, and there are primeval forests everywhere, and it is easy for outsiders to get lost without guides.

Several sentry horses rushed back and reported: "General Cui, General Zhao (Yuan Da), there is a Jurchen village in front." ”

"Take it!" Choi Hyun was overjoyed.

Yuan Da led his subordinates to ride in Beijing, followed Cui Xian and rushed forward, and soon saw a village.

It is a very shabby village, and there can be dozens of families to die.

"Kill!"

Cui Xian gave an order and rushed over with the cavalry.

As soon as they arrived at the outskirts of the village, they were discovered by the Jurchens who were farming, and they immediately ran away frantically and shouted, and some even hurriedly shouted in Chinese: "The officers and soldiers are coming, run!" ”

Yuan Da followed Wang Yuan on expeditions many times, and he was not interested in this kind of rotten battle, so he approached slowly with his troops, and casually asked the local guide: "How can there be Han Chinese?" ”

The guide explained: "It may have been taken captive by the Jurchens. When the Han people are taken captive, they will become slaves of the Jurchens, and the Jurchens are called 'Aha' on this side. ”

Yuan Da was puzzled: "Since it is a Han who has been taken captive, when he sees the officers and soldiers killed, he should welcome Wang Shi." How can you run faster than the Jurchens? ”

The guide was a little embarrassed: "Maybe it's because I'm afraid that the officers and soldiers will be killed by mistake." ”

The real situation is a bit difficult to tell.

The Han people, who were doing quite well themselves, really wanted to escape after being kidnapped by the Jurchens. But if they live at the bottom, those Han people are slaves to the Jurchens, and there are really many people who can't think about it.

The Jurchens are still very weak, and they are poor one by one.

It is a Jurchen aristocracy, and there are only a few slaves in a family at most. And ordinary Jurchens, it would be nice to have one or two slaves, and their attitude towards slaves was like treating livestock at home - try to think, your family is poor, but there is a ploughing cow, what will you do to it?

Of course, it is very precious, for fear that the livestock will die of illness and exhaustion, which is the most valuable property of the whole family!

Ordinary Jurchens worked with Han slaves every day, ate at the same table, and even slept on the same kang. Because there is only one kang at home, and it is very cold in winter, Han slaves are not allowed to sleep together, and it is difficult to catch another one back if they freeze to death.

Some impoverished Liaodong military families would rather be slaves for the Jurchens than go back to be serfs for officers.

It was only because the Jurchens cherished the "livestock", but the officers did not care about the life or death of the "serfs".

Very reality!

Cui Xian, deputy chief soldier of Liaoyang, took the lead, as if he was incarnated as a peerless general. He led his team into the village, slashing countless along the way, and laughed: "Kill them all, not a single one will be left!" ”

"Spare your life! I am Han, I am Han! Seeing that it was difficult to escape, one person quickly knelt on the ground and shouted.

Cui Xian ignored it, ended it with a knife, and asked his relatives to cut off people's heads.

Yuan Da was very disgusted by this, and he chased after him and shouted: "General Cui, don't kill the Jurchen slaves!" ”

Cui Xian said with a smile: "General Zhao (Yuan Da) doesn't know that although these slaves are Han Chinese, they have forgotten their roots very much, and they have long forgotten their ancestors. ”

Yuan Da said angrily: "No matter what, the Han people can't be killed!" ”

After all, Yuan Da is Wang Yuan's fellow villager and friend, and he is highly valued by the emperor, Cui Xian does not want to make trouble, so he only said perfunctorily: "Just according to General Zhao, the cubs are listening, don't kill the Han people again." ”

In less than half a day, this Jurchen village was slaughtered, and a few people who wanted to flee into the mountains were also chased by the officials and soldiers and shot to death by random arrows.

A total of 269 people, including the elderly, the weak, women and children, were killed. Three horses, more than 10 head of livestock, and some grain were seized. also rescued two Han slaves, but looking at it like that, the Han slaves did not want to be "rescued".

This was the war, and the village had to be slaughtered to prevent them from going to Gulshan to report the news, which was one of the duties of the vanguard.

Not to mention the treatment of foreign races, even if China fought a civil war and encountered important military operations, the vanguard troops often slaughtered villages.

What's more, the Jurchens did not have a standing army.

These Jurchen people in front of them, as long as the Jurchen leaders issue a summoning order, they can be converted from peasants to soldiers at any time, otherwise where did their slaves come from?

And when fighting against the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen tribes can borrow troops from each other.

Afterwards, everyone shared the spoils together, just like doing business in partnership. If the trade is lost, the tribe that started the war must pay compensation. If they can't afford it, their villages will be looted to make up for the losses of friendly tribes, and the Jurchen tribes rob each other.

"General Zhao, how about dividing half of your head?" Cui Xian asked with a smile.

"Ten is enough." Yuan Da actually didn't want a head, he couldn't make a meritorious contribution with it, and accepting ten of them was purely for the other party.

"General Zhao is arrogant." Cui Xian was even happier and had a good impression of Yuan Da.

The captured supplies were given to the auxiliaries in their care.

A thousand cavalry forwards, with two thousand auxiliaries, all with donkeys, mules, or horses.

For several days in a row, the forward troops slaughtered four villages, and it was inevitable that some Jurchens would be let go, and the right guard of Jianzhou had already received news of the war.

……

Gule Village.

Dole convened his subordinates to discuss: "The imperial court has sent troops, and there are two or three thousand forwards. Whether it's a fight or a run, you all add it up. ”

"I said a long time ago, don't provoke the court, it must be the trouble caused by looting Kaiyuan." Dole's cousin Buha Yin Yang Strange Qi Dao, this old guy is in his sixties, and he belongs to the disgruntled people who have failed to compete for the throne.

Dole's supporters immediately said: "Our people have a feud with the imperial court, how can we not take revenge?" Didn't the people who stole the goods from Kaiyuan get it to you? ”

Another leader with a calm personality suggested: "Hide in the mountains, and wait for the officers and soldiers to leave before coming out." ”

Buha sneered: "It's almost winter, and if you hide in the mountains at this time, I don't know how many people will freeze to death." ”

"Then offer the goods and ask the court for forgiveness. By the way, buy the eunuch, the eunuch is easy to talk! "Someone else proposed.

Buha ridiculed again: "The imperial army has been killed, and when you buy the eunuchs, Gule Village will have already been captured!" ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, how do you say to deal with it?" One of the leaders was furious.

Buha said with a cold face: "Escort Dole to atone for his sins, and change someone as the leader, and the imperial army will naturally retreat." ”

"Bastard!"

"You're a traitor!"

“……”

The council hall was in an instant noisy, and Buha was scolded in turn.

"That's it!"

Dole slapped the table: "Gather all the troops and horses, set up an ambush in the mountains, if you can defeat the advance of the Ming army, you can find a way to negotiate peace with the imperial court." If the court is unwilling to negotiate peace, it is not too late to flee into the mountains. ”