As the pioneer of the Jurchen nation's spontaneous establishment to resist the reactionary separatist group headed by Nurhachi, the head of the Daming Jianzhou Loyal and Brave Warrior Regiment for Protecting the Country and Returning to the Hometown, and awarded the rank of guerrilla general of the emperor's pro-army, Comrade Fan Hun of the original Jianzhou Eight Banners was awarded the title of "Ming Hero" by the emperor's pro-army admiral and eunuch Wei Liangchen in Japan in September of the 46th year of Wanli, and was highly praised by the emperor's pro-army base camp.

"Comrade Fan Hun led the warriors of the regiment to return to their hometowns to effectively deal a blow to the arrogance of the reactionary clique in the vast white mountains and black waters, and contained a considerable number of reactionary clique troops, thus playing an exemplary role in the national unity of our emperor's pro-army in the Nuergandusi area."

According to the instructions of Wei Liangchen's father-in-law, and under the guidance of his father-in-law's tactical thinking of "On Guerrilla Warfare", Fan Hun led the Jianzhou Returning Hometown Regiment to take the initiative to go deep into the Laozhai area of Jianzhou after the main force of the Ming Dynasty returned to Yizhou, where he extensively mobilized the masses to persistently crack down on the reactionary clique, and composed a loyal hymn.

Within half a year, the officers and men of the Returning Township Regiment successively recovered 21 large and small villages and checkpoints in Jianzhou, such as Xianghualing, Sashizhai, Wuwolfzhai, Hahe, and Wujiguan, killing and wounding more than 350 Jianzhou puppet soldiers, and beheading 5 officers who were strong and even had to be pulled. More than 3,000 Jurchens and people of all ethnic groups who were fished for meat by reactionary groups were liberated.

Play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses!

Fan Hun is well aware of the shortcomings and strengths of the Returning Warrior Regiment, in view of the fact that the officers and soldiers of the Returning Hometown Regiment are mainly composed of the two white flag captives of the original Jianzhou, and lack of war horses and attacking strength, so he avoids competing with the elite of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, and mainly chooses to attack the sparsely populated Laozhai area.

In this way, he slowly strengthened his own strength and gained a base, so that he could persist in the struggle for a long time and contribute to the final settlement of the Jianzhou rebel group by the Ming Dynasty.

After Nurhachi built the city of Heituala and used it as the political, economic, and military center of the state, there were only a small number of Eight Banners garrisons in the original Laozhai areas, such as Dongguzhai, Shenhezizhai, and Auerhazhai, and some areas even appointed local tribal leaders to be responsible.

Fan Hun, who had been personally cultivated by Wei Gonggong himself, paid great attention to the two methods of beating and pulling, and he sent troops to attack the villages that were stubborn and insisted on acting as lackeys for the reactionary clique. Even at night, there would be officers and soldiers of the Returning Home Regiment who sneaked into the barracks to erase the necks of the night patrol soldiers and cut off their heads.

In addition to sending people to publicize the brutality of the Nurhachi reactionary clique, Fan Hun paid more attention to the liaison between officers and soldiers and the locals, and enabled the local tribes to support the return to their hometowns through various working methods.

I have to say that Fan Hun's achievements are outstanding, which can be seen from the reaction of Jianzhou. Zhengbaiqi, who is mainly responsible for the maintenance of public order in the Laozhai area, has sent troops to encircle and suppress the return to the hometown regiment three times, but each time it has been in vain, which has made the prince Yuying, who is far away in Heituala, deeply criticized by the minister.

After Nurhachi decided to rebel, he repeatedly considered that the Laozhai area was the foundation of the Jurchens, although there was not much population now, but it was the passage for the Jurchens to the north to catch the Jurchens, if it fell into the hands of the Returning Township Regiment, it would be difficult for the Eight Banners to capture the Shengfan Replenishment Soldiers from the North, and behind the Returning Township Regiment was the Yizhou Ming Army.

Therefore, Nurha's red minister Hu Erhan was personally responsible for the encirclement and suppression of the return group. At the same time, the officers and soldiers stationed in the Zhengbai Banner, who were originally responsible for exterminating the return to their hometowns, were withdrawn to Heituala, and 6 Niu Lu, 5 Niu Lu with yellow flags, 7 Niu Lu with white flags, and other soldiers and horses were transferred to the Amin Department of the Zhenglan Banner, and a total of more than 14,000 soldiers and horses formed an encirclement and suppression army.

After learning that the Jianzhou side had sent the minister Hu Erhan to come, Fan Hun did not feel afraid, and led the officers and soldiers of the Returning Regiments to swear to defeat the enemy's sweep, so that they would know that the awakened Jurchen people were invincible!

Under the leadership of Fan Hun, the Returning Home Regiment took the initiative to attack, and took advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to launch nine battles, killing more than 90 enemies. And once captured the crow pass, an important town for the Jin army to enter and exit the Laozhai area.

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Hu Erhan immediately sent troops and horses to search around, and ordered the Jinguo villages and checkpoints on the front line of the old village and the old border wall to organize manpower to clear the nearby woods, and for some remote villages and checkpoints, he organized the evacuation, and implemented the policy of small villages and large villages, so as to cut off the source of grain and grass supply for the returning regiments.

At the same time, the encirclement and suppression army was strictly ordered to increase the number of posts, and the patrol team was to go back and forth from time to time to be on guard. As a result of these measures, the regiment had to abandon its attack on the enemy's barracks.

Hu Erhan also felt that it was effective, but soon found that the return group did not flee, but aimed at his own flood soldiers, as well as weak post soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers who transported grain and grass.

In the New Year's offensive, the losses of the Jin army became greater and greater, and 28 soldiers were killed and more than a dozen truckloads of grain were looted on the largest day.

Huerhan was furious and began to fight back. Ordered the encirclement and suppression army to go out on a large scale, sweep the official road and the mountainous areas on both sides of the post station, and increase the garrison of each checkpoint and main road. And said that as long as the people who returned to their hometowns could voluntarily surrender, Daikin would forgive them for their previous crimes.

Under the strong counterattack of the Jin army, the return to the hometown regiment suffered great losses, especially the surrender of some officers and soldiers, so that the true situation of the return to the hometown regiment was slowly grasped by the Jin army.

By the first month, there were less than 3,000 people in the homecoming regiment who were still resisting, and most of these people had been screened and presented to the Ming army. Major generals such as Tofl, Gurto, and others were the main culprits in the death of the third elder brother Abai, so it was impossible for them to surrender again.

"There are fewer people, but our determination is greater, our cohesion is greater, and our combat effectiveness is greater!"

Fan Hun comforted his subordinates in this way, and decided to divide his troops with the deputy head of the regiment, Toefl, to support each other.

The Jin army's sweeps became more and more brutal, and even some villages that had provided food to the returning regiments were mercilessly slaughtered by them.

In the face of the enemy's frenzied suppression, the scope of activities of the homecoming regiment continued to shrink, and finally Fan Hun decided to join forces with the deputy head of the regiment TOEFL again, but when he crossed the old border wall, he was suddenly ambushed by the 7 Niu Lu of the Zhenglan Banner.

The officers and men of the Returning Home Regiment fought bravely, but because of the guerrilla tactics they had been using all along, the officers and men suddenly faced a large-scale battle and found it difficult to adapt, so they lost hundreds of people.

The battle lasted until the evening, and Fan Hun was able to lead the rest of his troops to break through at night.

At the end of the first month, Fan Hun and TOEFL successfully met and held a meeting in the Huerha area. The meeting decided to temporarily abandon the Laozhai area and instead break through to the Kuandian area in the southeast, in order to gain the support of the Ming army in Yizhou and regroup to fight again. If it really doesn't work, the whole group retreats to Uiju City to rest.

On 7 January, more than 2,000 officers and men of the Returning Regiment began their eastward crusade, and on the 9th, they broke through the blockade line set up by Huerhan and entered the Kuandian area. But then it was attacked by the pursuers of the Jin army, and the battle was fierce.

Under the command of Hu Erhan, the siege of the Jin army became more serious, and the troops of the return regiment were seriously reduced on the way to the transfer. As a last resort, Fan Hun and TOEFL had to divide their divisions again, with TOEFL leading a group of wounded soldiers to continue to break through to Yizhou, while Fan Hun led more than 800 officers and soldiers back to the division to the north to attract enemy troops.

By March, the situation of Fan Hun was already extremely difficult, and Squadron Leader Tatam led some of his soldiers to surrender. At this time, only some officers and soldiers of Fan Hun were wearing cotton clothes that were hung in tatters by tree branches, and the cotton wool was exposed. The warriors who did not wear cotton clothes were wrapped in quilts; If you don't have a hat, you can only wrap a few layers of cloth around your head to keep out the cold.

And to eat, almost nothing.

However, even so, Fan Hun is still insisting!

He believes,

Da Ming will never abandon him.