Chapter 18 Going to Play with Fire
Zhang Yong smiled and said, "Xu Baihu, don't listen to my elder brother. He is not good at using his brain. He only knows about war and knows nothing about other aspects. Xu Baihu, don't mind."
I damn, I actually said that my brain was not good at using it. Gao Shixin said in his heart. In his previous life, Zhang Yong's previous life, Zhang Zhigang often said that Gao Shixin's brain was not good at using it in his previous life, especially when he was arguing between the eunuch party and the Donglin party, he even mocked him: Are your ancestors high officials or landlords? He took the life of Guanyin land, but fucked the heart of the Donglin party.
Gao Shixin didn't know what his brother was thinking now, but since he was already a father-in-law, he was destined to be a eunuch in the future. It was just that Gao Shixin hoped that his brother would stay away from Wei Zhongxian and curry favor with Cao Huachun in the future.
It seems that Zhang Yong would be a good helper if he could enter the palace. Xu Xianchun thought to himself, and when he thought of this, he smiled on his face: "Brother Zhang Yong, actually Xu didn't mean to blame Gao Zhuangshi, he was also for Xu's good. But Xu felt that Xu could not do it if he wanted to join people like Luo Sigong. But please don't worry, I, Xu, will definitely do what I promised by Xu, and I will naturally send you back to the capital safely. After returning to the capital, you go home first. If you want to stay in the military office as a small flag, you can stay; if you don't want to be in the military office, just come to the Jinyiwei to find me."
"Thank you Xu Baihu!" Gao Shixin and Zhang Yong thanked at the same time.
After handing Zhang Yong to Xu Xianchun and taking it back to the capital, Gao Shixin felt relieved.
The next morning, Gao Shixin and Mangui set out with their small team of less than 100 people, with dry food, fire-driven objects and Jurchen costumes. They were all carefully selected good horses. Gao Shixin also chose two horses, one was an ordinary Mongolian horse riding during the march, and the other was the Wuzhumuqin horse produced by the Jurchens in Haixi.
The Wuzhumuqin horse is a kind of cold-resistant and top-notch horse. It is a good horse loved by Jurchen heavy cavalry or scout cavalry. It has the endurance of a Mongolian horse, as well as the weight-bearing and sprinting speed of a Hequ horse. Later, the white-armored soldiers of Jianzhou liked to ride this kind of horse.
"Jiannu hid in the deep mountains and forests, how do we find them?" Man Gui asked.
Gao Shixin laughed: "Brother Man, you don't have to think too much about anything, just go play with me to play with fire."
Man Gui touched the back of his head in confusion. After a moment, he understood: "It turns out that my brother is planning to burn the mountains and forests and burn Jiannu out."
"That's true. Didn't Jiannu hide in the forest? We set fire to the mountains and burned the forest. Where did Jiannu hide in the forest? We stayed outside the jungle and saw that Jiannu was burned out, so we killed them." Gao Shixin said with a smile.
After leaving Shenyang City, he went north and entered the vast wasteland. The Northeast Plain of this era was sparsely populated. From Shenyang to Tieling, the eyes were either grassland or wasteland. To the north of Shenyang is Tieling, and to the north is Kaiyuan. Last year, Nurhaci raised his army with seven major hatreds, and not long after, he broke through the three cities of Dongzhou, Magendan and Fushun. The Ming general Li Yongfang surrendered to the enemy and became the first Ming general to surrender to the enemy.
The three cities of Dongzhou, Magendan and Fushun were captured, and more than 300,000 Liao people were captured and slaves. At this time, the Liao people who originally lived here were moved to the mountainside by the Jurchens and were under the control of the Jurchens. As a result, the vast plains were sparsely populated and deserted land.
Man Gui suddenly considered this and asked, "Brother, Jiannu put the Han people outside the mountains and forests. If our army burned the mountains, it would be alarming the Han people. It would be nothing to alarm the Han people. But once Li Yongfang knew about this, he reported to Jiannu that Jiannu's army would be brought out of the mountain, wouldn't we, a hundred people, fall here?"
Gao Shixin smiled and said, "What's the difficulty in this matter? We just destroy the fields that the Liao people planted for Jiannu and rescue the Han people as much as possible. If there are Han people who have shaved their hair and braids, they will be regarded as Jiannu and will be killed!"
"What if the Jiannu army came out?"
"We will just leave the Jiannu army! Thirty-six strategies are the best. But we are not just leaving. Taking advantage of their army's opportunity to rush out and chase us, we will send a few people to sneak into the forest and set fire, and the Jiannu army will inevitably withdraw."
Man Gui raised his thumbs up and praised him: "It's amazing! Brothers are indeed a clever plan!"
Gao Shixin didn't reply, but thought to himself: In fact, strength is the most important thing. If you can crush your strength, any conspiracy will be a cloud. His strength is the same as that of a cheat. His archery can ignore the heavy armor of the Later Jin soldiers. Although the speed of archery is not as fast as a machine gun, it is almost the same as a semi-automatic rifle. As long as the arrow can be supplied unlimitedly, it is a semi-automatic rifle that will never hit the barrel. Moreover, he also has a blood recovery function. As long as the enemy is not shot into the vital point, he will never die.
He wore an excellent six-petal steep iron helmet, a pair of masks made of fine iron on his face, and a chain mail with thick heart protection glasses. As long as he ensures that his head and heart are not shot to death without being shot.
Nurhaci's old nest is in the Dunhua area in the upper reaches of the Suzi River in Jianzhou, which is today's Panshi area. It has high mountains and dense forests and complex terrain. Once the Han army enters, it will be very passive because it is not familiar with the terrain. The Jurchens grew up in the mountains and forests and live by fishing and hunting. The mountains and forests are their best main battlefield.
Gao Shixin would not think about taking out the old slave's nest. After all, he had to explain it when he was hit on the head with a mace. So the first thing he wanted to do was to clear the farmland and residences of Liao slaves outside the old slave's nest.
When passing by Tieling City, Man Gui asked, "Brother, are we going to the city to ask for some dry food? The dry food we carry may not last a few days."
"Don't go in. There are mixed fish and dragons in Tieling City, and there are Jiannu's works hidden. We don't know who Jiannu's works are. Once the whereabouts are exposed, we will go to trouble Jiannu again. Wouldn't we fall into the trap?" Gao Shixin said.
Man Gui was shocked and widened his eyes: "Jiannu Xiaozhu? If we don't go into the city to inform us, once Jiannu attacks the city, I'm afraid Xiaozhu will respond in the city!"
"If we rashly enter the city, we will not only be unable to report Jiannu's detailed work, but will put ourselves in danger! Brother Man, please remember one thing: if you want to destroy the enemy, you must first save yourself better!" Gao Shixin reminded.
Gao Shixin and the others did not enter the city, but turned eastward. The small team went straight to the eastern mountainous area of Liaodong, which was occupied by the Later Jin Dynasty. After passing Kaiyuan, they changed into the Jurchen costumes, disguised themselves as Jurchens, and continued to attack the Changbai Mountains.
This small-scale cavalry traveled 120 miles a day, from Chenyang to Hada (now the Meihekou area), more than 500 miles away. It took only four days for Gao Shixin and his team to arrive near Huifa tribe. From here, we went eastward to the Changbai Mountains where the Jianzhou Jurchens lived.
Originally, there was a Jurchen of the Hada tribe under the Huifa tribe. In the 27th year of Wanli, twenty years ago, the Hada tribe was annexed by the old slave. Shortly after Menggebulu was captured, he was found a rebellion by the old slave and was executed for murdering the old slave. Who knew whether these charges were true or false. In short, Menggebulu was killed by the old slave, and the once powerful Hada tribe was destroyed from then on. Irgen Jueluo Gagai was also executed with Menggebulu.
The Huifa tribe was also destroyed by the old slave.
The four tribes of the Haixi Jurchens, Huifa, Hada, Ula and Yehe, are now only the Yehe tribes who survive.
Originally, the Jianzhou Jurchens were not that powerful, and the wild boar skin was actually not a Jurchen. It is said that they escaped from Tungus and were taken in by Li Chengliang. The wild boar skin became Li Chengliang's slave.
That is, Li Chengliang played a balance and arranged a Tungusian wild boar skin that was not originally a Jurchen, and used the wild boar skin to deal with the Jurchens. In the end, he took off his hair, causing a disaster. After Li Chengliang's death, the wild boar skin rose up and rebelled.
"We are almost at Jiannu's territory. Let's change our clothes and prepare to burn wild boar skins." Gao Shixin said.
Chapter completed!