Chapter 168: Civil War
Ancient and modern, at home and abroad, in the face of supreme power, the so-called family affection is always so weak, and if you want to become the final winner, you can only pave the way with blood and put your head on your feet.
That night, Mang Gurtai, who thought he was well prepared, took the lead in attacking, and the 5,000 troops were divided into two routes, one led by him to attack Huang Taiji, and the other led by his military advisor Sun Dong to kill Dai Shan.
Mang Gurtai's idea is fine, as long as he kills these two people, the other ministers will obediently obey his orders, and then he is in control of his father's Khan Palace, and everything will be in his hands.
The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.
As soon as Mang Gurtai's army arrived at Huang Taiji's mansion, they were met by the long-awaited army of the White Banner.
Mang Gurtai's blue flag had already been divided, but Huang Taiji's men and horses did not, so as soon as the battle began, it was already doomed.
Mang Gurtai and his army soon found themselves surrounded, and there was no time to think about the problem at this time, only a bitter battle might have a chance to survive.
As a result, Mang Gurtai's fierce nature was completely aroused, and he led his subordinates to fight with Huang Taiji's subordinates.
Because of his special identity, the soldiers with the white flag did not dare to force it too much, so that the white flag, which was twice as large as the blue flag, was on par with the blue flag for a while.
When Huang Taiji heard the report, his nose was almost crooked, so he said one less word, why are the heads of his generals so unenlightened? Kill that man, kill him, I'll be the boss!
Immediately decreed, no matter who it was, launching a rebellion would be a capital crime, and there would be no forgiveness for killing!
Of course, it would be easy to have an order from the leader, and the soldiers with the white flag suddenly became as fierce as chicken blood, only killing Mang Gurtai and his men and retreating, looking at this situation, it was only a matter of time before they were defeated.
The other team was also treated in the same way, and after seeing the ambush, Sun Dong shouted and rushed forward, but he was quietly retreating, and disappeared in the chaos in a short time.
The soldiers with blue flags without command were suddenly chaotic, and as soon as they engaged Dai Shan's Zhenghong Banner, it almost became a one-sided massacre.
The soldiers of the Red Banner were instructed by Dai Shan to kill all the invading enemies, no matter who was inside.
With this order, then what is there to be afraid of? Kill! For a while, only the corpses of the soldiers with the blue flag were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, and after a while, the soldiers with the blue flag began to disperse, and then scattered and fled.
In this case, the situation that both Daishan and Huang Taiji ignored happened, because they did not control the perimeter well, so that the rebels fled into the homes of the people and ministers everywhere.
No matter where they are, the rebels are the most terrible, these people have no goal, they have lost the restraint of the leadership, and they begin to indulge.
It didn't take long for the whole part of Hetuara to fall into general chaos, some of the powerful families were better off with caretakers, and those of the lower officials and the more affluent were punished.
Burning, killing, looting, these rebels can be said to do all kinds of evil, especially among the rebels, a group of fat men led by the rebels are the most ferocious, this group of people do not go to the homes of ordinary officials and ordinary people, the target is the Baylor banner lord and important ministers.
These rebels numbered about a hundred, they were well-armed, well-trained, and had a very disciplined approach between attack and defense, and ordinary caretakers were no match for them at all.
After rushing in, it is a killing, and if you can bring gold and silver treasures, you can take them, and if you can't take them, you will burn them.
Led by this group, Hetuara fell into even greater chaos, with cries and shouts of killing everywhere.
The elite of the two yellow banners guarding Hetuara and Nurhachi Khan's palace could only watch the chaos happen, but did not dare to make any moves, because compared to the chaos in the city, the safety of the Great Khan was the most important.
No one expected that Nurhachi, who was very Xiaoqiang and had tried almost all the medicines, suddenly woke up at this critical moment.
Nurhachi is not an immortal after all, he has just woken up, and his body still needs to recover, but such a big thing happened in the city, and the shouts of killing have been transmitted to the Khan Palace, and it is impossible to hide it if you want to.
After the weakened Nurhachi understood the situation, he immediately sent someone to send a decree to Huang Taiji and Dai Shan, stop the fight with Mang Gurtai, and put the seriously injured Mang Gurtai in prison.
It can be said that Nurha's awakening was very timely and did not let the civil strife in Jianzhou expand, but the civil strife that occurred in the Dajin Capital City this time still seriously injured the vitality of the Jurchens.
According to later statistics, in this civil strife, a total of more than a dozen important ministers Baylor's homes were ransacked, and three Baylor, five Beizi, and more than a dozen ministers died, almost all of these ministers were elites in various departments, and their deaths caused losses to Daikin were no less than a defeat, or even more so.
Although the rebels killed a lot, the most ferocious rebels evaporated from the world and were never found again.
By this time, fools knew that someone had provoked this civil unrest.
After torture and interrogation of Mang Gurtai's subordinates, Dajin immediately issued a sea fishing document to Sun Dong, but this thing only worked in Jianzhou, and it was a piece of handpaper when it came out of the Jurchen territory.
Immediately, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, who was carried by his subordinates, went to the Khan Palace to plead guilty to Nurhachi.
Nurhachi was indeed very angry, Huang Taiji, who he had high hopes for, would actually do such a stupid thing, and even more stupid was the reckless Gurtai who was provoked and still didn't know about it, and at the same time was ambitious.
However, how to deal with Mang Gurtai is a bit embarrassing for Nurhachi, because he has already given a son to death, Mang Gurtai and Chu Ying are different in nature, although they have the intention of seizing power, they have not cursed him, and they are not as jealous of the ministers as Chu Ying.
After thinking about it for a long time, Nurhachi finally issued an order to demote Mang Gurtai to a commoner and ban him forever.
Out of dissatisfaction with Huang Taiji, Nurhachi officially handed over the blue flag to Dai Shan and ordered him to reorganize the blue flag.
This news is both a good thing and a bad thing for Dai Shan, the good side is naturally that he has mastered the strength of another banner, and the bad side is that the Jurchen is short of people!
It was quite enjoyable when I was killed, but now I think about it, the Jurchens only have a total of more than 60,000 troops, and if you put aside these battles of Tieling, plus the losses last night, there are more than 50,000 people left, and now it is definitely too late to encourage production, so where should the soldiers come from?
It's not that Nurhachi is unaware of this realistic problem, but difficulties have never been what leaders think, otherwise what's the use of asking you sons and ministers?
Dad didn't have any further instructions, so Dai Shan had no choice but to bite the bullet and figure it out on his own.
In fact, the issue of soldiers is important, but what Nurhachi is thinking about is more important, that is, how to deal with the next reaction of the Ming Dynasty, to be precise, how to deal with Ye Xun.
The loss of the six forts of Kuandian has undoubtedly become a thorn in Nurhachi's heart, and he believes that Ye Xun will definitely use this place to better curb the development of Jianzhou, and North Korea will also jump out to hook up with Ye Xun.
North Korea is not a cause for concern, but North Korea's strategic resources are important for the development of Jianju, so it is necessary to recapture the six forts of Kwandian as soon as possible.
But how can you get rid of that little thief?
Thinking of Ye Xun's underbeaten face, Nurhachi couldn't help but fall into deep contemplation...