Through the interrogation of the prisoners, it was learned that the Niu Lu of the small Dian Fort was not a Jurchen soldier, but a Korean soldier, with a total of more than 1,000 flag soldiers in three and a half Niu Lu, and more than 1,000 Korean women and children living around Changdian Fort.

Within Jianzhou, these Korean soldiers were called Goryeo Zuoling, and they were all Koreans who had been taken from North Korea by Jianzhou in the past 20 years, and some of them took the initiative to defect.

Although the three and a half North Korean soldiers are subordinate to the Yellow Banner, three are coated Niulu, and only half of them are under the banner. The one who ruled them was really a Korean named Kim Deok-kyeong, and the three Niulu (Zuo Ling) under him were also two with the surname Kim and one with the surname Han.

According to the confession of the captives of Changdian Fort, the Jiala Ezhen Kim Deqing of Xiaodian Fort was originally a general of Jianzhou, and later took the initiative to sneak back to North Korea to move his family over, thus gaining the trust of Nurhachi, so he compiled the flag into the Zhenghuang Banner, and promoted him to Jiala Ezhen, and placed the returning Koreans in Xiaodian Fort.

Nurhachi's move was to attract more North Koreans to vote, and at the same time, he used Xiaodian Zhubao as a base to further encroach on North Korean territory and expand Jianzhou.

Nurhachi has always been eyeing North Korea, and has been in constant conflict with North Korea for decades, encroaching on a lot of land that was originally under the jurisdiction of North Korea, such as a large area of land further north of Kwandian Liubao originally belonged to the Varkha tribe, which was close to North Korea, but Nurhachi put pressure on North Korea through Li Chengliang and ordered the North Koreans to hand over this territory to them.

Since then, it has continued to cross the border to loot North Korea, which made the North Korean side extremely angry and asked the Ming Dynasty to sanction it, but these were suppressed by Li Chengliang.

And in order not to be attacked by the imperial court, Nurhachi also continued to write to the imperial court to show his loyalty, and even swore in front of the imperial court envoys: "Protect the nine hundred and fifty miles of the heavenly and earthly boundaries, and I will take care of it for thirteen years after the fact, and I will not dare to commit a border, and I will not be obedient!" ”

Why did Li Chengliang connive at Nurhachi's invasion of Korean territory, which naturally made Wei Gonggong think of Li Chengliang's intention to be the king of Joseon.

Xiaodianbao was garrisoned by Korean flag soldiers, and it was not surprising that Gonggong Wei knew that whether it was the Later Jin period or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were Koreans as officials in the Eight Banners.

If the Eight Banners of Pure Manchu are described as a joint-stock company, the Koreans can hold about 3 percent of the shares, the Han Chinese hold 35 percent, the Mongols hold more than 20 percent, and the real Manchurians, that is, the Jurchens, only account for about 30 percent. The Japanese also have shares, less than one percent.

However, in this joint-stock company, the Jurchens dominate, and the rest of the ethnic groups exist in a pyramid manner, with strict hierarchies. Later, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were the outer edges of this hierarchy, and in the end, the originally hybrid Eight Banners became the so-called Manchurian clan.

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The geographical location of Xiaodian Fort is very important, and it is a necessary place to pass through the forts of Changdian, Dadian, Yongdian and Kuandian. Capturing Xiaodian can pose a threat to the rest of the forts at the same time, so in terms of the number of garrisons alone, Xiaodian is second only to Kuandian, the main fort of the six forts of Kuandian.

In view of the importance of Xiao Dian, Father-in-law Wei personally led the army to attack.

This is also the first time that my father-in-law has ridden a big yellow dog since he was a man in two lifetimes... Riding a big yellow horse, he personally led the soldiers of the imperial army to charge into battle.

Before the war, when he was in Uiju, his father-in-law emphasized that the target of this operation was mainly people, but the principle of action was to be fast.

This is as fast as lightning, and when the rest of the fortresses in Kuandian knew nothing, they were hit by the strong attack of the Ming Emperor's infantry and cavalry, and they collapsed instantly.

The specific way is to seize a fort, garrison it with only a small number of soldiers and horses, transfer the prisoners, and continue the main force to the north, with the cavalry as the lead, and the battle is quickly resolved.

The navy, on the other hand, continued to move north along the Yalu River, setting up transfer points in the tributaries that could be navigated, and transporting prisoners and captured materials back to Uiju as soon as possible.

The Zhongyi Advance Brigade carried out the "clean-up" work behind the main force, killing all the fish that slipped through the net, and at the same time undertook part of the task of destroying the local farming and living systems.

Gonggong Wei emphasized that when necessary, it should be burned all.

The battle for the small Dien Fort took place at noon, just as it was time for dinner.

The main force of the attack was cavalry, a total of 400 people.

Among them, 220 are elite cavalry drawn from the Imperial Army, and most of them are the Liaodong Flying Tiger Army. The rest are elite families led by He Shiyi, the general of Yizhou.

The battle situation and the pre-war deduction of Gonggong Wei are the same.

Xiao Dian's Korean flag soldiers, who were completely unaware of the fall of Changdian Fort in front of them, were caught off guard at the first time and were killed more than two or three hundred people on the spot.

Fearing the Ming army's offensive, he jumped out of the window and fled when he fell into a panic in the fort. About 100 North Korean flag soldiers fled with him.

Jin Deqing did not dare to run on the road leading to the rest of the castles, but chose a reed swing not far away. The reeds were swamps, and the reeds in them grew taller than a man, and it was impossible for a person to be found if he ran into it and hid in it. After discovering that Ezhen had run away with people, many North Korean soldiers, women and children also fled, and for a time there were North Koreans with old belts everywhere in front of the reeds.

Only the leader surnamed Han did not escape, but led his subordinates to resist stubbornly by virtue of the terrain of the fort, which made it difficult for the imperial cavalry to free up their hands to pursue the fleeing flag soldiers and flag people in a short period of time, and it was impossible to eliminate those flag soldiers who hid in the house and were condescending.

Gonggong Wei noticed this situation in time, and immediately ordered the troops to be collected, and He Shiyi, the general of Yizhou beside him, said: "The remnants are not enough to worry about, and the strong attackers will increase the casualties, so we should chase and kill the soldiers and horses of Jianzhou who fled with cavalry, block the road, and prevent the news from leaking." As for the remnants here, we will solve them when the infantry brigade arrives. ”

"Yes, father-in-law!"

He Shiyi also knew that the gains of using cavalry to attack those stubborn Jianzhou soldiers outweighed the losses, so he hurriedly complied with the order to collect his troops, and ordered his troops and the cavalry of the Duke of Wei to block the main roads.

"Come with me."

Although there were still many remnants and the soldiers who fled from Jianzhou, women and children, Gonggong Wei did not worry about the change in the war situation at all. He galloped up a high slope with a knife in his hand, and he was really a horizontal knife and arrogant. It's just that when he was just running, his treasure knife had never been unsheathed and drank human blood, and he couldn't help but regret it while being arrogant.

Regretful, I couldn't help but ask left and right: "Just now, our family was a thief, but did you see it?" ”

Both left and right were stunned when they heard the words.

The father-in-law was so good that he didn't sweep his sex, but there were several soldiers in his sight who were swinging their horses and trying to slash and kill a few people who fled in front of him, and the father-in-law couldn't help but be furious, and galloped to stop the sergeant, shouting: "Our family has repeatedly emphasized that people are the primary productive forces, and this time we have come to the north, we would rather live than die, how can you kill people indiscriminately." ”

All the soldiers were frightened, and did not dare to swing their swords and slash again, so they only pulled back the ropes of those bannermen.

Seeing this, the father-in-law's face softened slightly, and he nodded slightly. Then a soldier came to report, and about 1,000 people fled into the reeds, which was difficult to search.

When he heard that there were more than 1,000 people, his father-in-law was overjoyed, and he hurriedly led people to inspect it, and found that it was a reed swing with no end in sight. The reeds on the side of the swing are folded innumerable, needless to say, I don't know how many people are hidden inside.

The father-in-law ordered a Korean sergeant to come and shout, asking the people to come out and surrender, so as to ensure the safety of their lives. He shouted a few times, but no one answered.

"Set fire to smoke them out!"

The father-in-law was furious.

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