Chapter 21 Fire Smoke
The garrison of Changdianbao was Zhenghongqi Niulu, but the garrison of Xiaodianbao was Zhenghuangqi. Through interrogation of prisoners, it was learned that the garrison of Xiaodianbao was not Jurchen soldiers, but Korean soldiers. There were three and a half Niulu about a thousand flag soldiers, and more than a thousand Korean women and children lived around Changdianbao.
In Jianzhou, these Korean soldiers were called Goryeozo. They were all Koreans who had been captured from North Korea in Jianzhou in the past 20 years, and some of them took the initiative to surrender.
Although the three and a half Niulu Korean soldiers were under the jurisdiction of the Huangqi, three were Baoyi Niulu, and only half of them belonged to the Niulu. The Jialae who was in charge of them was really a Korean named Jin Deqing. The following three Niulu (Zuling) also had two Jin surnames and one Han surname.
According to the confession of the prisoners of Changdianbao, the Jialaezhen Jin Deqing of Xiaodianbao was originally a joint mission in Jianzhou. Later, he took the initiative to sneak back to North Korea to move his family over, which won the trust of Nurhaci. He then incorporated the banner into Zhenghuang Banner and raised it to Jialaezhen, and the Koreans who returned in the future were placed in Xiaodianbao.
Nurhaci's move is to attract more Koreans to join in. At the same time, he uses Xiaodianzhubao as a base to further erode North Korea's territory and strengthen Jianzhou.
Nurhaci has always been eyeing North Korea and has been in conflict with North Korea for decades, occupying a lot of land originally under the jurisdiction of North Korea. For example, a large area of land north of Kuandian Liubao was originally a Varkha tribe. This tribe has a close relationship with North Korea, but Nurhaci put pressure on North Korea through Li Chengliang and ordered the North Koreans to hand over this territory to them.
Since then, it has continued to cross the border and plunder North Korea, which has made North Korea extremely angry and requested the Ming Dynasty to impose sanctions, but these have been suppressed by Li Chengliang.
In order not to be attacked by the court, Nurhaci also kept writing to the court to express his loyalty, and even swore in front of the court envoy: "Conserve the 950 miles of the territory of the Celestial Empire. I will be in charge of the thirteen years after the incident. I dare not offend the border, so I am not obedient!"
Why did Li Chengliang indulge Nurhaci invade North Korea's territory? This naturally reminded Eunuch Wei of Li Chengliang's intention to be the King of Korea.
Xiaodianbao was stationed by Korean flag soldiers, and Eunuch Wei was not surprised. He knew that no matter whether it was the Later Jin Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, there were Koreans as officials in the Eight Banners.
If the Chunman Eight Banners are described as a joint-stock company, the Koreans can account for about 3% of the shares, the Hans can account for 35%, the Mongolians can account for more than 20%, and the Zhen Manzhou, that is, the Jurchens, account for about 30%. The Japanese also have shares, and they do not reach about 1% (fleeing to Japan).
However, the Jurchens dominated this joint-stock company, and the other tribes existed in the form of a pyramid, and the hierarchy was very strict. Later, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Eight Banners of Han were the outer edge of this hierarchy. In the end, the Eight Banners, which were originally hybrid, became the so-called Manzhou tribe.
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The geographical location of Xiaodianbao is very important, and it is the only place for the joint management, Dadian, Yongdian, and Kuandian forts. Seizing Xiaodian can pose a threat to the other forts at the same time. Therefore, in terms of the number of troops garrisons, Xiaodian is second only to Kuandian’s main fortress Kuandian.
In view of the importance of Xiao Dian, Eunuch Wei personally led his army to attack.
This is also the first time in two lives that my father-in-law has ridden a big yellow dog... on a big yellow horse, and personally led the soldiers of the imperial army to charge into battle.
When he was in Yizhou before the war, his father-in-law emphasized that the goal of this battle was mainly human, but the principle of action was to be fast.
This was as fast as lightning. When the Jianzhou soldiers in the other forts in Kuandian were ignorant, they were hit hard by the infantry and cavalry of the Ming Dynasty Army, and collapsed instantly.
The specific method is to seize a fort, garrison with only a small number of troops, transfer the prisoners, and continue to advance northward, with cavalry as the leader, and fight quickly.
The navy continued to advance north along the Yalu River, set up transfer points among the tributaries that could enter, and transported the captured and seized materials back to Yizhou as soon as possible.
The Zhongyi Advance Team carried out "cleaning" work behind the main force, killing all the fish that missed the net, and also taking on some tasks of destroying the local farming and living systems.
Eunuch Wei emphasized that if necessary, all should be burned out.
The battle against Little Dienburg took place at noon, when it was time to eat.
The main force of the raid was the cavalry, with a total of 400 people.
Among them, 220 were elite cavalry recruited by the Imperial Army, most of which were the Flying Tiger Army in Liaodong. The rest were elite servants led by Yizhou general He Shiyi.
The situation of the war and Eunuch Wei’s pre-war deduction were as if it had been withdrawn.
The Xiaodian North Korean flag soldiers who had fallen in Changdian Fort in front were caught off guard at the first time and were killed more than two or three hundred people on the spot.
Fearing the Ming army's offensive, Jialaezhen Jin Deqing jumped out of the window and fled when he was in panic in the fort. About a hundred Korean flag soldiers fled with him at the same time.
Jin Deqing did not dare to run on the road leading to the other forts, but chose a reed marsh not far away. This reed marsh is a swamp, and the reeds inside are taller than people. It is impossible for people to hide in it after they run in. After discovering that Erzhen took people away, many Korean soldiers and women and children also fled closely. For a moment, there were Koreans carrying old belts everywhere in front of the reed marsh.
Only one of the leaders of the Han surnamed Zuo did not escape, but led his subordinates to resist stubbornly with the terrain of the fort, which made it difficult for the imperial cavalry to free up their hands to pursue the escaped flag soldiers and flag citizens in a short period of time, and it was impossible to eliminate the flag soldiers hiding in the house and condescending to the high.
Eunuch Wei noticed this situation in time and immediately sent an order to withdraw the troops. He Shiyi, the governor of Yizhou, beside him, said: "The remnants of the enemy are not worth worrying about, and the enemy is forced to attack and increase the casualties. Cavalry should be used to chase and kill the soldiers and horses flee to Jianzhou, block the road, and prevent the news from leaking. As for the remnants of the enemy, it will be resolved when the infantry brigade arrives."
"Yes, father-in-law!"
He Shiyi also knew that using cavalry to attack the stubborn Jianzhou soldiers was not worth the loss, so he hurriedly obeyed the order to withdraw the troops and ordered his troops and the cavalry of the Eunuch Wei to block the main roads.
"You follow me."
Although there were still many women and children in the remnants of the bandits and the soldiers who fled Jianzhou, Eunuch Wei did not care about the situation of the war at all. He rode his horse onto a high slope with a knife in his hand. He was really a straight sword, and he was so proud. But when he was just running, his sword had never been shedded and drank human blood. He was also very proud.
Unfortunately, I couldn't help asking around: "Our family killed a thief just now, but did you see it?"
Everyone around heard this.
My father-in-law was so angry that he was not sweeping his spirit, but there were several soldiers in his sight traversing horses and swaying to kill several people in front of him. My father-in-law couldn't help but be furious, and ran away to stop the soldiers and shouted: "Our family repeatedly emphasizes that people are the primary productive forces. When we come north, we would rather live than die. How can we kill people randomly?"
All the soldiers were frightened and dared not slash the swords and killed them again, so they only pulled the flags and civilians back with ropes.
Seeing this, my father-in-law looked slightly slower and nodded slightly. Then a soldier came to report that about a thousand people fled into the reed marsh, which was difficult to search.
When I heard that there were more than a thousand people, my father-in-law was overjoyed and hurriedly took people to check it out. He found that the fruit was a reed marsh that could not be seen. There were countless reeds on the side. Needless to say, there were countless people hiding inside.
My father-in-law ordered a Korean soldier to come and call for the people who were in trouble, which would ensure their lives and safety. However, there were a few calls, but no one responded.
"Start the fire and smoke them out!"
Chapter completed!