Chapter 65: To Each His Own (8)
Behind is the surging Songhua River, the front, left and right are black and oppressive ironclad cavalry, smoke and dust cover the sky and the sun, the army is rolling to the ground, the sound of horses' hooves is shocking, shouting and killing shakes the four fields, looking at the blood-stained robes around them, all of them are wounded, physically and mentally exhausted troops, Wanyan Tongxu has tears in his eyes, angrily pulled out his knife, and said loudly: "Kill!" We Jurchens are eagles on horseback! I will not be a slave of the Ming people until I die! We fought with Akito! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”。
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
Looking at the remnants of the Jurchens who were still fighting in the trapped beasts, Li Yuan, an Pingbo on the high post, sneered twice: "Beat the drums, plant the red flag, and kill the Jurchens, leaving no one behind!" ”
"Yes!"
"Good!"
Xiong Hai, who was charging, found the red flag, and couldn't help laughing, raising his arms and shouting: "Kill the order!" Good! Good! Li Yuan, this sissy is finally a man! Kill me! Kill all these Jurchen Miscellaneous! ”
The cavalry under his command was like a mad tiger, shouting with Xiong Hai, killing and slashing!
It's a bit of black humor, most of the cavalry under Xiong Hai's command are actually Jurchens who were attached to the middle of Hongwu, but they shouted "Jurchen miscellaneous" but they didn't have any psychological burden at all, and they were even more ruthless when they killed "Jurchen miscellaneous".
As for the Third Cavalry Army on the other side, they are even more at ease, most of them are from Shaanxi, they are authentic northwest Han people, for these Northeast barbarians, not to mention how easy it is to kill.
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Speaking of this Jurchen rebellion, in fact, it was foreshadowed, and the instigation of the Dibao Nu was only an introduction, and the weapons and personnel they supported only strengthened the courage of the Jurchens.
Even if there were no land protectors, the Jurchens would have rebelled sooner or later.
In fact, all this stems from the Ming Dynasty's ethnic policy in the northeast, that is, "scattered tribes, land for agriculture".
Regarding this policy, Cheng Benli, the governor of Jihei, who was also in charge of the civil affairs of the two provinces, immediately wrote to oppose it, believing that the northeast is barbarian, nomadic, fond of fishing and hunting, and forced corrections are prone to chaos, and it is recommended to slowly try to do so.
However, the song was directly rejected by the emperor, and there was only one sentence on it: "If you are in chaos, you will be killed!" ”
Cheng Benli read the instructions and could only do so, but at the same time, he issued a war warning to the imperial court, the Jilin Metropolitan Division, and the Heilongjiang Metropolitan Division.
Different from Cheng Benli's expectations, Li Yuan, Xiong Hai, Wang Zhong and others were all overjoyed and cheered, fearing that the Jurchens would not be chaotic.
The reason is very simple, the generals have no military merits and are not promoted, and now the Ming soldiers are strong and strong, who are you afraid of?
......
It really made Cheng Benli right.
Since the fierce Timur was ambushed, the Jurchen tribes in the Northeast have surrendered and are willing to be obedient to the people.
But it's not the end of the story.
The Northeast soon implemented the ID card system, and began to count Dingkou, and those who did not have ID cards were regarded as homeless people, and once caught, they were immediately sent to various places to build roads.
Under the saber and iron hooves of the Ming army, the various ministries complied, although there were some hidden secrets.
Soon, the officials of the Ming Dynasty came again, divided the tribes according to the number of people, distributed land and property to everyone, and others were not allowed to infringe, which caused the dissatisfaction of many tribal nobles, but they could not get the support of the people, even if they rebelled, they could not make any waves, so the few who did not open their eyes were quickly pacified by the Ming army.
In this way, "scattered tribes, land for farming" was realized.
However, the Jurchens were really not good at farming, and under the bewitchment of the tribal nobles, they did not take the allocated land seriously, and sold the land when they had no money, so that the land gradually returned to the hands of the tribal leaders, and the ordinary people were happy to be free.
It's a pity that when the Ming officials came to collect taxes, the Jurchen people were dumbfounded.
The contract between them and the tribal leaders was not recorded with the government, and the government did not approve it, so the taxes still fell on the common people.
At this time, the tribal leaders came forward to negotiate with the officials of the imperial court, willing to bear part of the tax burden, but demanded the restoration of the previous system, they paid taxes on behalf of the people, but the court did not care what the people did.
At this time, Cheng Benli and others found out that they had been deceived by the Jurchen nobles, but this matter was not up to them, so they could only write a letter to ask for guilt and explain the truth of the matter.
After Zhu Yunwen learned about it, he trembled with anger, and he wanted to cut Cheng Benli, but after thinking about it again, he only severely reprimanded him and fined him for one year, but resolutely rejected the matter of the tribal leader collecting taxes on his behalf. The tax of the Jurchen people was temporarily reduced to 30%, but only this once, not as an example.
It's a pity that the implementation of this policy also has problems, in order to pay taxes, the Jurchen people owe a lot of usury to the leaders, and the hatred in the hearts of the Jurchen people burns like wildfire, and the formation of the loan relationship also separates the tribe and becomes a dead letter.
The Jurchen lords also said that we Jurchen people used to live freely, but now we are burdened with heavy taxes, which are all done by the Ming people......
There are also people who say that which dynasty and which generation did not treat us Jurchens like this, even the Khitans and Mongols only need to pay tribute, why can't they go to the Ming people?
In the ninth year of Jianwen, the situation worsened day by day, coupled with the support and provocation of the Mongols, the Jurchens formed an alliance and elected Wanyan Tongxu, the leader of the Wanyan tribe, as the leader of the alliance, and raised troops against the Ming, which was known as the "Second Jurchen Rebellion" in history, also known as the "Wanyan Rebellion".
At the same time, the Jurchen tribes in Korea, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places responded one after another, and for a time it became a prairie fire, which shocked Geng Xuan, who was in charge of military affairs in the northeast, and immediately ordered the guards to pacify the place, and at the same time sent Li Yuan to lead the Third Guards Cavalry Army to encircle and suppress the Wanyan Army, and sent Xiong Hai to lead the Eighth Guards Cavalry Army to clear the Jurchen rebels in Jilin and Heilongjiang......
It is precisely because of this that Geng Xuan refused Ping'an's request to transfer the nearest guards, so Ping'an had to transfer the guards from Suiyuan, which delayed Ping'an's departure.
At the same time, because the corn in the northeast has entered the harvest period, a large number of manpower in the guard station is occupied, and a small number of soldiers have to resist the attack of the Jurchens, so Geng Xuan's troops are seriously insufficient, and there are only 10,000 people in the two cities of Shuangliao, and there are almost no soldiers to defend the next Siping, which is also the reason why Geng Xuan had to take the risk of attacking.
Although he won by luck, Geng Xuan still didn't dare to take it lightly, the land security slave was cunning and cunning, it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, no matter how careful he was, he couldn't be too careful.
Since July, Li Yuan's army has pursued Yan's troops and won many battles.
On July 13, Li Yuan led his army to defeat the Jurchen coalition army under Wangjia City, beheading more than 5,000 people.
On July 17, Li Yuan led his army to catch up with Wanyan Tongxu by the Yalu River, beheaded more than 500 people, captured more than 1,000 people, and fled to Changbai Mountain.
On 19 July, Li Yuan's subordinate Guan Tong ambushed Wanyan Tongxu at the southern foot of Changbai Mountain, killed more than 3,000 people under Wanyan Zhenjin, the younger brother of Wanyan Tongxu, and captured countless cattle, sheep and horses.
Although Wanyan Tongxu collected the Jurchen tribes all the way, under the pursuit of the Ming army, his subordinates continued to disperse.
On September 2, Li Yuan and Xiong Hai surrounded more than 5,000 remnants of Wanyan Tongxu's army on the plain not far from the confluence of the Songhua River and the Mulanda River, and the battle was carried out from morning to noon.
After this battle, the Jurchen tribes completely bowed their heads and officially implemented the "scattered tribes and divided the land into agriculture", and the Jurchen nation gradually dissipated in the long river of history......
When cleaning the battlefield, Li Yuan received Geng Xuan's order, and immediately summoned Xiong Hai to discuss, and soon divided labor according to Geng Xuan's order, Li Yuan led the Third Cavalry Army to Shuangliao, while Xiong Hai left a place to bomb and suppress, in case the Jurchens made waves again.
Of course, Xiong Hai was unwilling, but he didn't dare to disobey the military order, so he had to watch Li Yuan lead the army away......