The generals of the Bohai tribe who led their troops to surrender the city were very close to my Ming Dynasty.

This guy's name is Da Mingzhen!

The royal family of the Bohai Kingdom is surnamed Da, and the names of the people of the great clan since the Sui and Tang dynasties are unique: Dawuyi, Daxingguo, Damingjun, Dachangtai......

There used to be a famous doctor in Bohai, whose name was directly called Daming.

During the period of Zhao Guangyi, there was also a Da Luanhe who led 300 Bohai cavalry to the Song Dynasty.

The Manchu Qing shouted the slogan "Manchu and Mongolian family", and Aguta also had the saying "Jurchen Bohai family".

This is because the Jurchen and Bohai tribes are of the same origin, and both have been oppressed by the Liao State for a long time. In the case of the sparse population of the Jurchens, Aguta naturally chose the Bohai tribe as an ally.

Therefore, in the first decades of the Jin state, the political status of the Bohai people was second only to that of the Jurchens.

The Bohai clan had the privilege of intermarrying with the Jurchen nobles, and four of the nine emperors of the Jin Kingdom had Bohai women whose own mothers were.

When the Bohai Kingdom was destroyed by the Liao State, about 100,000 Bohai people fled to Goryeo.

When the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, tens of thousands of Bohai people fled to Goryeo.

Jin promised to cede Baozhou to Goryeo, in addition to Goryeo's submission to the table, there was also a condition for the return of the tens of thousands of Bohai refugees.

The Bohai general Da Mingzhen, who surrendered this time, was the Qu Shuai who was repatriated from Goryeo.

At that time, Gao Yongchang opposed Liao and established himself as emperor, and the entire Liaodong fell into war.

Da Ming Zhen was forced to submit to Gao Yongchang, and when he fought against the Liao State, his people had already suffered heavy losses. Seeing that Gao Yongchang couldn't hold on, he fled to the south of the Yalu River with the rest of his people, and collected a large number of Bohai refugees on the way.

A few years ago, Goryeo declared himself a vassal to the Jin State, repatriated about 10,000 Bohai people, and quietly hid 20,000 or 30,000.

Because of Da Myeongzhen's fame, Goryeo did not dare to take it in.

He originally planned to return to his hometown with his clansmen, but most of the land in his hometown had been divided among the Jurchens, and the rest were also occupied by the Han and Khitan people who had moved in.

It happened that Zhang Jue rebelled in the western Liaoning corridor, and in addition to Jinzhou and Zongzhou, the rest of the prefectures and counties were slaughtered by the Jin State.

As a result, Da Mingzhen and more than 3,000 Bohai people were collectively resettled in the area of Xingzhou Haibin County. (At this time, the seaside county was dozens of miles west of Xingcheng in later generations).

These Bohai people, in terms of language and customs, are no different from the Han people in the north.

Most of them were thrown away to farm, and the craftsmen stayed in the city, and hundreds of young men were recruited and handed over to the army under the command of Da Ming Zhen.

Li Bao had just returned from Tokyo, and only half a month later, someone rowed a small boat to approach Juehua Island.

When the navy's patrol ships found out, they immediately kidnapped the people.

"The seaside guards plan to surrender the city?" Li Bao felt outrageous when he heard it.

The liaison envoy said: "The name of the subordinate is Da Mingyi, and the elder brother of the subordinate is called Da Mingzhen, who is the deputy general of Xingzhou, and he was ordered to be stationed in Haibin County, the city of Zhou. ”

Li Bao thought he had misheard: "What do you call yourself?" ”

The messenger repeated: "The lower brother is called Da Mingyi, and the younger brother below is called Da Mingzhen." ”

Li Bao clapped his hands and praised: "This name is good, if you don't surrender, your parents will name you for nothing." Tell me, why do you want to surrender? ”

Da Mingyi said in detail: "Because there are the largest salt farms in eastern and western Liaoning, there are many ethnic groups in Haibin County, and the population of Haibin County is second only to Jinzhou. The salt workers were settled along the coast, the rest of the artisans lived in the state towns, and the peasants were settled along the Liuzhou River. ”

"Last year, the general plundered the salt works across the sea many times, and the salt workers were killed and taken away. Later, he followed the mouth of the Liuzhou River and plundered the farmers in the lower reaches of the Liuzhou River. This made it impossible to collect the salt tax in Haibin County, and a small half of the county's land endowment was lost. ”

"There was a time last year when military rations passed here, and everyone still had something to eat at that time."

But later, he didn't dare to take the Panhai Road to transport military rations, and there was no grain in the county. Salt workers and peasants were relocated from the sea, and the mouth of the Liuzhou River, where the land was most fertile, did not dare to grow grain. The salt workers could no longer cook salt to survive, and the Jurchen nobles initially recruited them as soldiers, but later they were dismissed due to lack of food, and they were all driven to the mountains north of the county to open up wasteland. ”

"In winter, a group of salt workers have starved to death and froze to death, and the peasants are not having a good time. After the beginning of spring, everyone thought that Liaoxi would bring grain. Who knew that not only did they not transport grain, but the Jurchen nobles also ordered grain to be collected, saying that there was also a shortage of grain in western Liaoning, and the Haibin County garrison could only collect grain locally. ”

"We moved in more than 3,000 people (actually Bohai refugees, who put gold on their faces), and now hundreds have died, and some have been taken captive by the general. If this continues, more people will starve to death, so we will discuss returning to the Celestial Empire. ”

"Just ......"

Li Bao already believed in these words a little, and asked, "Just what?" ”

Da Mingyi said: "Just ask the general to transfer some grain, and after taking the city, save the people here!" ”

Li Bao asked, "How many defenders are there in the city?" ”

Da Ming Yi said: "At the beginning, there were 200 Jurchen soldiers and 500 Bohai soldiers. There is also a Jiangnan water division to protect the safety of the salt works. ”

"Last year, when the military rations passed, 500 Jurchen soldiers and 1,000 Liaodong Han soldiers were replenished, and 1,000 salt workers were recruited as troops to prevent the generals from robbing grain and seizing cities."

"Later, the military rations did not go here, and the newly replenished Jurchen soldiers and Han soldiers left, and they took the excess military rations away."

"Later, the army was not rich enough to disperse all the salt soldiers recruited, and all the Jiangnan Naval Divisions took refuge in the general."

"Now there are only 200 Jurchen soldiers and 500 Bohai soldiers left in the city. However, if the general leads troops to attack, the city can still recruit thousands of people to defend the city. If the general comes slowly, he will be able to issue another one or two thousand militiamen. ”

Li Bao asked, "How do you plan to sacrifice the city and return to Shun?" ”

Da Mingyi said: "The fourth day of the first lunar month next month is my mother's 60th birthday. The elder brother planned to feast on the Jurchen nobles, and when the time came, he would kill all the Jurchen generals, and the remaining Jurchen soldiers would not have anything to fear. But there must be Jurchen soldiers who fled to report the news, and with a few hundred soldiers in the hands of the elder brother, they could not stop the Jurchen army from counterattacking. The general must lead his troops into the city to defend the city by the sixth day of the next month at the latest. ”

Li Bao thought about it carefully: "When I led the troops over, you opened all the city gates and planted three flags on the city tower in the south. ”

Da Mingyi said: "Don't be so troublesome, if the booby trap plan fails, my whole family will definitely die." If the booby trap plan succeeds, the elder brother personally led his troops out of the city to meet the general. If the general suspects that we will rebel, he can settle my whole family in Shandong and ask the Ming court to give him a piece of land. ”

"Jun is a loyal man!" Li Bao was overjoyed.

These Bohai people really don't want to live in the north anymore.

At first, it was violently expropriated by the Liao State, and then it was a series of wars, the Liao soldiers came to burn and loot, and the Jin soldiers also looted and burned. Tens of thousands of Bohai refugees would rather flee to Goryeo to open up the wasteland, but they were repatriated by Goryeo.

And he couldn't go back to his hometown, so he was scattered and placed in Haibin County, and was soon burned and looted by Li Bao, Zhao Li and others across the sea.

There is not a single day of peace!

They can't care about the hatred of the country or something, they just want a place to live.

Da Mingyi said that he was willing to take the whole family hostage, but in fact, he didn't want to pick a place to live? When the family went to Shandong, it was not to be a hostage, it was to "enjoy happiness".

Li Bao sent a boat by night to send Da Mingyi back and landed more than ten miles away from the city.

Da Mingyi was sent out to the city to collect grain, he followed the mouth of the Liuzhou River, returned to the Bohai village at night, and forcibly requisitioned a small amount of military food into the city.

The officials at the Xingzhou and Haibin county levels are all from the Bohai clan in Liaoyang. These guys have to be killed too, and there's no way they're going to surrender.

There are only 200 Jurchen soldiers in total, and there are not many Jurchen generals. Even the grassroots officers were invited to a birthday banquet by the brothers Da Mingzhen and Da Mingyi.

"Food, wine and meat are not enough, please also invite you Haihan," Da Mingzhen raised his glass and apologized, "My family's treasured good wine has been taken out today, and you nobles will rest when you get drunk!" ”

There were only two tables in the inner courtyard, both of which were from the big clans, Bohai civil officials, and Jurchen generals.

There were five tables in the outer courtyard, which were state and county officials, Jurchen grassroots officers, and Bohai officers.

Sixty birthdays, only seven tables, is really shabby enough.

This did not arouse suspicion, and now the entire Jin country is short of food, and the prefectures and counties in the western Liaoning corridor are even poorer.

As long as there is wine, the civil and military generals are greedy, and those who push the cup and change the lamp will not refuse.

When everyone was almost drunk, Da Mingzhen put the wine glass away, and said in a strange manner: "I miss my big clan, the descendants of the Bohai royal family, and I am displaced and slaughtered." It's a loss of face for the ancestors! ”

Zhizhou was concurrently served by the Jurchen generals, and he was drunk and didn't understand.

The county order was the Bohai Li clan from Liaoyang, and he didn't think much about it under alcohol anesthesia, and said with a big tongue: "There is also a big clan in Liaoyang, and when you can wait for the time, the general can go to Liaoyang to visit relatives." ”

The Liaoyang clan is indeed awesome and can intermarry with the Jurchen nobles.

Da Mingzhen sneered: "The big clan there, the family has a big business, and they won't take care of a small sect like us." ”

"Where's the general? They are both Bohai tribes, and they are all one family. "Li County Order hasn't come back yet.

Da Mingzhen pretended to toast, and walked behind the Jurchen general with a wine glass, and his younger brother Da Mingyi also toasted at another table.

The brothers suddenly took out short blades from their sleeves, pressed the heads of the two Jurchen generals and wiped their necks.

Da Mingzhen shouted: "Kill! ”

Admiral Bohai, who was drinking with the officials and officers in the outer courtyard, took out the weapons hidden on his body when he heard the shouting.

Bloody birthday feast.

Even the brothers' mother, unaware of their plan, was so frightened that they retreated and hid. But the old lady quickly regained her composure, for she had seen a more terrible scene than this.

The Jurchen generals and officers were all dealt with in a drunken state.

The brothers rode out on horseback to gather an army and slaughter the unsuspecting Jurchen soldiers. Not only were the Jurchen soldiers not commanded by officers, but they didn't even get all together, and at least a quarter of them fled to Zongzhou in fright.

The next day, Li Bao came with troops in a boat.

Da Mingzhen and Da Mingyi really led their troops out of the city, and brought the whole family.

At the same time, the four gates of the city were wide open.

Although Li Bao loves to take risks, he is cautious at critical times. First, several teams were sent to enter through different gates, and they searched the city carefully, and then climbed the city wall and waved the flag to indicate safety.

Seeing the banner at the head of the city shaking, Li Bao took Da Mingzhen's hand and said: "Your Excellency has returned to the right this time, and the Ming court will definitely reuse it." Your family's family doesn't have to go to Shandong, they can all go to Tokyo to enjoy their happiness. ”

Da Mingzhen and Da Ming Yi brushed and knelt on the ground, probably rehearsed: "I am willing to die for Da Ming!" ”

The Liaoning West Corridor was cut off by Li Bao.

Next, I am afraid that the Jin Kingdom will fight back wildly, and the loss of this city will simply make the Jin Kingdom like a fish in the throat.

(End of chapter)