Chapter 247 Duoyan’s Three Guards Moved! Mite Qing ancestors are ungrateful!
When he arrived at the pass, he was supposed to be greeted by the commander of Shanhaiwei, but it was actually his deputy general. King Yan Zhu Di asked: "Where is Commander Li?" "Back to Your Highness, the three Duoyan guards have been busy lately. The commander is patrolling the side wall and has no time to spare. I will make amends on my behalf at the end of my life." After hearing this, everyone stood up and dismounted. King Yan Zhu Di asked with concern: "Oh, is there anything strange happening in the three guards of Duoyan again?" The Duoyan Sanwei refers to the Mongolian tribes east of the Greater Khingan Mountains. A few years ago, they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty after the Battle of Lanyu Yuerhai.
The three guards of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu were set up. The three guards are mainly composed of Mongolians from three tribes: the Ulyanha Tribe, the Ongniut Tribe and the Uqiyete Tribe. Originally, Chen Han and others were optimistic that it was just the Jurchen tribe in Liaodong that was ready to make trouble, but they didn't expect that the Duoyan Sanwei started to cause trouble again. Chen Han and the three princes looked at each other. Chen Han said: "It seems that Liaodong is too far away and we got the news too slowly. Li's North Korea was really stimulated this time and actually made such a big effort." Meng Tinghe, the deputy general of Liaodong, asked: "What is going on with the Duke and several other princes?
The imperial court seems to know more than our border officials. " Chen Han did not answer him, but asked: "Tell us first about your current situation." Meng Tinghe didn't know what the key point was, so he could only tell what happened near the city gate recently. Chen Han is actually very strange. He has not left seclusion yet and is still on the border of Liaodong. Something strange happened. Because at this stage in the 25th year of Hongwu, the defense of Shanhaiguan was not very important. As an important pass to prevent the Mongols and Jurchens from invading the Central Plains from Liaodong,
The Ming Dynasty still had this absolute control over Liaodong, but the Jurchen tribe itself had frequent internal conflicts. Judging from the fact that Shanhaiguan was located too far back,
Shanhaiguan is idle most of the time. It is far less important than Shanhaiguan in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, especially in the Wanli year. Moreover, during the Wanli period, the main role of Shanhaiguan was to prevent Jurchens from entering. At that time, Jianzhou Jurchen Nurhaci unified Liaodong and established the Hou Jin regime, and then it was necessary to enter the Central Plains through Shanhaiguan. The main role of Shanhaiguan now is probably to watch over Duoyan Sanwei. So Meng Tinghe simply said, "There is not much movement on our side, but for some reason the three guards of Duoyan have been mobilized frequently in the past few days, and even several groups of outposts are approaching the bottom of Guancheng. The commander felt something was wrong, so he went out to inspect the city wall many times. " King Zhu Di of Yan was quite satisfied. The area around Peiping belonged to his defense zone.
It is also satisfying to see my subordinates working so hard. But they reacted quickly. Especially Chen Han said: "Princes, do you think it was the Jurchen tribe that sent a message to the three guards of Duoyan? Once they start fighting in Liaodong, Peiping's defense forces may be mobilized to Shanhaiguan, or even leave the customs to Liaodong. , At that time, Shanhaiguan, which is not that important, will be even weaker. In this case, if the Duoyan Three Guards go south, it will be obvious what will happen. Thinking of this, King Yan Zhu Di's eyes became deeper. He already knew what to do.
It didn't take long, and when I arrived at the foot of Guancheng, I suddenly looked up and saw the three characters "piece of stone" written on the lintel of the central doorway, and my expression suddenly changed. When the city was built, in order to prevent flood erosion from damaging the city wall, more than 12,000 giant water-crossing stones were laid on the river bed. Dovetail grooves were cut on the stones, and silver ingot buckles were cast with molten iron to stabilize the river bed, making it look like a piece of stone. A huge stone slab, a piece of stone got its name from this. Lord, is there anything wrong with it? " It’s inappropriate, haha, of course it’s inappropriate. The historical events that happened in Yiyishi are quite sad. The Dashun Army led by Li Zicheng fought fiercely with Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan at that time. Guan Ning's cavalry, known as the strongest cavalry, was beaten by Li Zicheng's Dashun army and lost its armor. However, at that time, Wu Sangui was furious because Li Zicheng tortured his father Wu Xiang in the capital and even robbed his concubine Qin Huai, the famous prostitute Chen Yuanyuan. There was a deep hatred between them, so Wu Sangui resolutely surrendered to Dorgon of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time. At that time, Li Zicheng did not realize that the Manchu cavalry and Chen Bing's border were just to burst out suddenly when Li Zicheng and Guan Ning's cavalry were fighting to the death. The Dashun Army, which was once brave and good at fighting, had long been proud and underestimated the enemy because of its successive victories. Moreover, they had just fought a fierce battle with Wu Sangui. How could the Dashun army, which had been fighting for several days and nights, still be able to fight against the Qing army at that time. Li Chuang's Dashun army collapsed here, the Eight Banners of Manchuria swept across the Central Plains, the Yangzhou Tenth Day, the Jiangyin Three Days, the Jiading Three Massacres, the bloodbath of Guangzhou, the massacre of Sichuan... everything started from this. It all seems like it happened yesterday. They did not stop at Shanhaiguan. After King Zhu Di of Yan learned about the movements of the three guards of Duoyan, he waited until Li Jiancheng, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, hurriedly came to receive them. After everyone learned about the current situation, they found that Li Jiancheng was still very conscientious and did not relax his vigilance because Shanhaiguan's defense was far behind and there were not many defense targets. According to Li Jiancheng, since Duoyan Sanwei surrendered and was arranged by Lan Yu outside Shanhaiguan, In fact, they also know what is going on. It is to ask Shanhaiguan to monitor and use Duoyan Sanwei. It's just a pity that although the three guards of Duoyan are very capable in fighting, they have not completely surrendered yet. He probably still wants to be able to soar into the sea one day and achieve great success. After King Zhu Di of Yan confirmed his ability, he set out for Liaodong early the next morning. …… This journey lasted more than half a month. Wait until they arrive. When we were at Crow Pass, we received a series of military intelligence. Through this information, Chen Han and the others finally understood what happened to the Jianzhou Jurchens this time?
At this time, Jianzhou Jurchen was just a general name. They are the Hurgai Jurchen and Handoli Jurchen tribes united together.
There are still two tribes in Jianzhouwei during the reign of Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty. And these two tribes already have a form of union. And their tribal leader, who was also Zhu Di’s father-in-law, was also Aha Chu who made many contributions to the entire Jianzhou Jurchen.
This Ahachu can be said to be a powerful figure among Jianzhou Jurchens. Unlike other Jurchens, he did not advocate invading the Han settlements in the south, nor did he advocate conflict with the Ming court. On the contrary, he has always set an example, whether in the Hongwu period or the Yongle period,
He acted as the loyal commander of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did he recruit the Haixi Jurchens and Savage Jurchens in the north for the Ming Dynasty, He also made great contributions in the construction of Tielingwei. The Tieling Guards back then were not in the current Liaodong Capital Division. Instead, it penetrated deep into the northwest of Lee's Korea and became a key pass that restricted Lee's North Korea's development to the north and its approach across the Yalu River to Liaodong. Therefore, the Lee family of Korea has always regarded Tielingwei as a thorn in their flesh.
The main source of combat power of the Tieling Guards is the Huergai Jurchen cavalry, which is also the unit led by Aha. Therefore, this time Li Chenggui of the Li family wanted to support the Jianzhou Jurchens and frequently harassed Liaodong. On the one hand, it was because Prince Zhu Biao stopped their tribute trade, causing them huge losses. At the same time, the large army stationed on Tsushima Island by the Dongyang Branch of the Ming Dynasty Chamber of Commerce threatened Busan Hepo in the south of Lee's Korea. The Li family knew that if they really had a head-on confrontation with the Ming Dynasty, there would be absolutely no good fruits to be gained. But if you, the Jurchen tribe in Northeast Korea, can be allowed to create some chaos for the Ming Dynasty,
Then when the time comes, the Ming Dynasty is bound to encircle and suppress the Jurchen tribe, and bring along the Li family to encircle and suppress the Jurchen tribe.
If I can make a contribution to its construction, then when I ask for credit from the Ming court, I can let the Dongyang branch hold my nose and buy my own high-priced grain. This was used to offset the deficit in very cheap cotton from the Ming Dynasty. Li Chenggui of the Li family in Korea had such a good thing in mind. At the same time, he even thought that it would be best if he could unite with the Ming Dynasty to encircle and suppress the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, and extend his sphere of influence further to the northwest, or even across the Yalu River. What these young people think is perfect,
In order to make the Ming Dynasty recognize their contribution, This gives them the opportunity to raise food prices,
I also thought I could take advantage of the land. To be honest, I can't hide this little scheme from others, but it's another conspiracy. It's very simple. Although the Ming Dynasty set up Nurgan Dusi in Liaodong and even north, the control was not very strong.
The restraint policy can only work when there are no major natural or man-made disasters. Once heavy snow closes the mountains and the Jurchen tribe feels that they have no food to eat, they will still turn into bandits and robbers who go south to rob. This is the only rule for their survival. Not many people would be as loyal and filial to the Ming Dynasty as this Ahachu. And if he does this, do you really think he is doing it for the development of the entire tribe? No, it's just a survival strategy. But no matter what, this Ahachu is a political broker at best. He has done a pretty good job and has been repeatedly praised by Emperor Hongwu.
So much so that he has a high prestige among the entire Jurchen tribe.
Even among the three tribes of Haixi Jurchen, Yeren Jurchen and Jianzhou Jurchen, his prestige is at its peak.
It seems to be the same in the future, especially after Ming Chengzu ascended the throne and married his daughter, he seemed to regard himself as the head of the country and worked even harder for the Ming Dynasty. It's just that another tribe in Jianzhou Wei, the Jurchen tribe of Handoli, often doesn't cooperate, especially the chief Mengge Timur, who is even more ambitious. In the Ming Dynasty, this person was not a person who could make much waves.
But his descendant, the wild boar Pinurhachi, developed and expanded Jianzhou Jurchen on this basis.
And unified the entire Jurchen tribe, and then took the entire Liaodong into his hands, Then they broke through Shanhaiguan and entered the Central Plains, and from then on they established their rule over the Han people. And now the information Chen Han and the others have received shows that this Ahachu is the leader who is devoted to the imperial court.
It was precisely because of these policies of his that he suppressed the entire Jurchen tribe and relied on robbery to survive, and Ahachu gained the supreme status.
They also received support from the imperial court, but the leaders of the tribes, led by Mengge Timur, were very unconvinced. In their eyes, you are nothing more than a lackey of the imperial court. You sacrificed the future of the entire Jurchen tribe, but instead pushed your own personal interests to the extreme. Who do you think you are? Under this situation, he himself did not have much strength to fight against Ming. But just when he was in embarrassment, an envoy from Li's Korea in the south came to find him directly.
There were temptations presented to him that were irresistible. First of all, according to the custom of the Yuan Dynasty at that time, he was granted a title of tens of thousands of households. Wanhu is an official position, and it is a chief whose rule reaches above Wanhu. Tens of thousands of households have added several other rights above this level. Timur, the fierce brother, readily accepted the canonization of Li's Korea, and then hooked up with Li's Korea. On the one hand, Li's North Korea provided food, grass and weapons to Timur, the fierce brother, and even provided them with a lot of information about the deployment of the Ming army in Liaodong. The reason why Li's North Korea knew the Ming Dynasty's deployment was because they were very close to the Liaodong capital. When Goryeo was still there, the entire Goryeo Kingdom had planned more than once to take the entire Liaodong into its hands. Therefore, during the Yuan Dynasty, they took the opportunity of many missions to conduct large-scale exploration of the terrain in Liaodong.
So to put it bluntly, the terrain information of Liaodong in the hands of Li's North Korea was more detailed than that of the Ming Dynasty. They know all about the trails in the large number of virgin forests in Liaodong. So under this situation, they provided this information to Meng Brother Timur, which made Meng Brother Timur's strength suddenly increase. But it couldn't stop the anger. Aha Chu noticed the collusion between Meng brother Timur and Li's North Korea, and he suddenly became furious. Aha Chu found the fierce brother Timur and confronted him. Although there are marriages between the two tribes, I usually marry your daughter, and your son marries my daughter. But this kind of marriage pales in comparison to interests. Therefore, there is no real relationship between the two. On the contrary, Aha angrily accused Timur, the fierce brother, of being ungrateful. It was clear that the Ming court treated the entire Jurchen tribe so favorably.
However, Meng Ge Timur's move was tantamount to pushing the Jurchen tribe to annihilation. However, Aha's profound understanding of justice did not make Meng Brother Timur, the white-eyed wolf of the Aixinjueluo family, show no repentance. On the contrary, I feel that if you, Aha, give me a promotion, you will be promoted to a higher position. And they have news that the entire Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou will soon undergo major rectifications.
At that time, the two major tribes of Ehurgai Jurchen and Handoli Jurchen will be merged to form Jianzhou Guard, and the commander will be Aha Chu. This opinion was proposed by Ah Chu to Ming Ting. Ming Ting thought it was quite good, so it has been slowly implemented. This news reached Timur, the fierce brother, and immediately aroused the anger of the Aixinjueluo family. Because in their eyes, the real king is their Handoli Jurchen, and although the Hurgai tribe is the same as them, there were ten thousand households in the Yuan Dynasty, But the Handuoli Jurchens are more powerful, especially the fierce brother Timur. He feels that he is stronger than Aha in terms of strength and prestige, so he is very unconvinced...
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