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De Gray, Duo Erhong, Duo Duo, and Hauge were covered in sweat.

Abahai's military order to the elite of the two white flags, two yellow flags, and the positive blue flag was to launch an attack on the white road behind Kuku and Tuncheng Mountain on May 26 and May 27 at the latest.

Because May 26 or May 27 is the time when Abahai calculated that Azig launched in Zhangjiakou.

De Gray led the army all the way, and many of the soldiers' horses died of exhaustion.

In the end, the two white flags left by the first emperor lived up to their trust, and they followed the four Taiji before the other flags to arrive at the north entrance of Baidao on May 26.

The pioneer Tanma caught a raw hole in a nearby village and learned that the people near Kuku and Tun had transported their goods and livestock to the Yellow River, and that there was very little property left at home. The strange thing is that there are people in every household.

Under torture, it turned out that the current Tumut prince Omubu was selected by Lin Dan of Chahar after the old prince Tumut died in battle five years ago.

The prince of Omubu has a weak personality and is dedicated to the Buddha.

The prince and the people of Kuku and Tun had already made up their minds that the Manchurian army would surrender as soon as it came, and the Manchurian army would leave and surrender to Chahar.

In the pious heart of the prince of Omubu, evil forces like Chahar and Manchukuo have their own Buddha punishment!

Dolred suggested to De Gray: "The white road is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now Kuku and Tun are defenseless. Take the white road overnight, and tomorrow you will be able to enter Kuku and Tun! ”

De Gray confirmed to Doerhong: "The armor is tired like this, can you still fight?" ”

Duo Erhong said: "I don't dare to say to others, the armor of the two white flags is definitely capable of fighting!" ”

De Gray gritted his teeth and said, "Good! Rest tomorrow in the city! ”

At present, the plan of the four Taiji has been decided, with Duo Erhong leading the two white flag guards as the vanguard, Hauge leading the two white flags in armor to respond, De Gray leading the two yellow flags and the blue flag in the center, Duo Duo tail, and the starry night to attack Baidao.

Duo Erhong sent six soldiers to escort the captured Mongolian Shengkou back to report to Huang Taiji, and asked Huang Taiji to take Da Beile and Mang Gurtai to be stationed in Kuku and Cantonment.

When the moonlight was dim that night, Duo'er Hongqin led five hundred guards with the rank of horses and hooves to touch the north entrance of the White Road, and the Mongolian soldiers on duty in the city were shot into hedgehogs with bows and arrows as soon as they asked who they were.

Duo Erhong was the first to rush into the barrier city and ordered, "Leave no one alive!" Dozens of Mongolian soldiers guarding the north entrance of Baidao turned into decapitated ghosts in an instant.

Duo Erhong did not hesitate, and ordered the guards not to raise fires, not to make noise, and to quickly pass through the white road overnight.

The winding white road is built on the mountain, and it is named after the white clay.

The white road was narrow, the two carriages could not run in parallel, and the Manchurian army was like an army of ants marching in the army, turning the white road into an underworld.

From time to time in the night, tired and sleepy Manchurian soldiers stumbled and fell off the cliffs.

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How history was formed

The events of Chongzhen's five-year Manchurian army's conquest of Kuku and Tun are not recorded in detail in the Ming Dynasty history books and Mongolian history books, and all the current historical sources are Manchu Qing materials.

In the source position of the Manchu Qing materials, the earlier "Manchu Old Files" and "Qing Taizong Records" were written.

"Manchu Old Files" is actually a re-copy during the Qianlong period.

The original "Manchu Old Files" found in modern times is called "Manchu Original Files".

Comparing the old file and the original file, there is no difference in substance between the two descriptions of the battle, except for a few word changes. But

It was found in the "Original File" that there was a fragment attachment that also recorded the war in Chongzhen's five years, but it was not copied into the "Old File".

The attachment of the original file was seriously smeared and deleted, and the last page had the words "Zhang Tong'a, Ren Shen Nian". The fifth year of Chongzhen is the year of Renshen, so it is highly suspected that this annex is a post-war summary or propaganda draft of that year.

The contents recorded in the annex of the original file are quite different from the records recorded by month and day, and many of the contents are consistent with the records of the Qing Taizong, so it is suspected that the annex is the source of the compilation of the Qing Taizong Records.

The "Records of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty" was revised in the Shunzhi Dynasty, rebuilt once in the Kangxi Dynasty, and rebuilt again in the Qianlong Dynasty. There is only a Qianlong Dynasty version in China, and it is estimated that the previous versions were all burned by Qianlong Ye by taking the opportunity of "Siku Quanshu".

Fortunately, a copy of the Kangxi version of "Qing Taizong Records" was found in Japan in modern times, hehe, it is estimated that Qianlong Ye forgot to go to Japan and North Korea to burn books at that time.

The records of the Kuku and Tun wars in several versions are listed for comparison, and the key contents are marked in parentheses:

"Manchu Original Files" and "Manchu Old Files":

On the 26th, he was stationed in Podoc.

On that day, Cherge and Chahara each selected two of them to wear armor and went to the Yellow River to obtain boats.

On the same day, the departing Zhubel sent Turushh and Rausa to capture a Mongol from the village of Zakha, and sent him to the six messengers who were walking with him.

The Mongols were interrogated, and they said that the Chahar side heard the news of our army's coming, and transported goods and livestock to the Yellow River, and there were very few survivors and many people who took them away, [there were people in every household in Banshengli].

The forward army marched through the night and galloped to the plate on the 27th. On that day, the Khan was stationed in the treasury and cantonment camp of Gegen Khan. and plundered the men and animals according to the villages into which they entered.

Before the original file is altered:

The marching troops entered the Bodok Pass, galloped in overnight on the 26th, and [the next day the two wings of the army entered together].

When he entered the night after night, he sent Turushh and Laosa to capture one of the Mongols and send them to the Khan, and the news was that Chahar Khan heard that the [love recruits] had entered Bansheng, and had transported the goods and livestock of Bansheng across the Yellow River, and there were few survivors, many people were transported, and [there were also poor people left].

At noon that day, Khan went to Kuku and set up camp.

[As a result, the soldiers of Aixin galloped 700 miles in one day, reaching the Yellow River in the west, the mountain of Munahan, and the Xuanfu in the east]. From Kuku and Tun to the south and to the border of the Han Chinese, [the people who live there are all captured, their men are killed, and their wives and children are captured], and the subordination is compiled into the household registration. [Destroy their cities, burn their houses, and ravage their grain. 】

After the original file is altered:

The marching troops entered the Bodoc Pass, galloped in overnight on the 26th, and the next day both flanks entered together.

When he entered the night after night, he sent Turushh and Rausa to capture one of the Mongols and send them to the Khan, and the news was that Chahar Khan heard that the [Manchurian soldiers] had entered Bansheng, and had transported Bansheng's goods and livestock across the Yellow River, and there were few survivors, many people were transported, and there were also poor people left.

At noon that day, Khan went to Kuku and set up camp.

As a result, the Manchurian army galloped 700 miles in one day, reaching the Katun River in the west, the Munahan Mountain, and the Xuanfu in the east. From Kuku and Tun to the south and to the border of the Han Chinese, [the people who live there are all captured, their men are killed, and their wives and children are captured], and the subordination is compiled into the household registration. [Destroy their cities, burn their houses, and ravage their grain. 】

"Qing Taizong Record" Kangxi Edition

Guihai, the advance troops entered the Bodoc Pass by night.

Jiazi, the soldiers on both wings entered the pass.

When galloping in by night, he sent Turush and Laosa to capture the Mongols and send them to him, and the news was cloudy, [Chahar Khan heard that the Manchurian soldiers had entered the country, and he transported all his people, livestock, and property across the Yellow River to escape], and now there are few people, and there are many people who are transported, and [the ears of the poor people are left behind].

At noon that day, they went up to the city of Guihua to set up camp, and the soldiers galloped about 700 miles in one day, west to Munahan Mountain of the Yellow River, and east to Xuanfu. Since the south of the naturalized city and the border of the Ming Dynasty, the residents who have fled have been "plundered", [killed their men, captured their women,] and those who returned to it were registered as household registrations.

"Qing Taizong Record" Qianlong Edition

Guihai, the advance troops entered the Bodoc Pass by night.

Jiazi, the two wings of the soldiers entered the pass, and sent Turushh and Laosa to capture one of the Mongols and send them to the city, and informed Chahar Khan that when he heard that [I] soldiers had entered the country, he crossed the Yellow River with his people, livestock, and property, and left the poor people behind.

At noon that day, the army marched about 700 miles in one day, reaching the Yellow River Munahan Mountain in the west and Xuanfu in the east. Since the south of the naturalized city and the border of the Ming Kingdom, the residents who have fled are known as [captured], and those who belong to it are compiled as household registration.

It can be clearly seen that with the passage of time, the historical record of Huang Taiji's thousand-mile long march has become more and more martial and benevolent, and there is no mention of the massacre of the people by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Later, in the official history of the Qing Dynasty, this battle was recorded as "700 miles a day", "all the prisoners", and then stopped with great brilliance. The well-known fact that Huang Taiji burned down Kuku and Tuncheng is such a major event that there is no mention of it in all versions.

In fact, the attachment of the original file has a circled text at the beginning:

On the first day of the first month of the summer of the sixth year of the reign of Congrui Khan, the army of Aixin went to Chahar, and when Chahar Khan heard about it, he abandoned the nomadic homeland where he lived and fled to the land of [Kle Azilhan and Krulun].

The Aixin army pursued for less than forty days, and the outpost army pursued to the land of Karamanai and Yitu.

After that, the Aixin army returned to the division and collected all the land that lived in Chahar Kuku and Tun, Bayan Sumu and the city government where goods were stored.

……

After that, on the way back to the division, the soldiers [entered the Ming Realm but did not get enough food], and [extremely exhausted]. Marching back in April.