Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 659 The expulsion of the Tartars is praised, and I suddenly heard new news about Hideyoshi
Half a day after Nurhachi retreated westward with Jurchen, another army appeared in the western mountains.This is the main force of the Ming army led by Liu Ting, which was notified earlier.

In fact, Liu Ting was submerged in Sarhu, and after the road was difficult, he planned to send someone to inform the Southern Corps to suspend the offensive, but because he couldn't get in touch, Liu Ting, who was worried about the Southern Corps, refused to accept his subordinate's suggestion to withdraw troops.

Later, after persisting for a few days, he suddenly saw that the Jurchen soldiers in the south were withdrawing. He keenly realized that it was the southern soldiers approaching Jianzhou's lair, which made Nurhachi have to withdraw his troops and return.

Liu Ting, eager to reunite with the southern soldiers, stepped up his offensive, but the Jurchen soldiers guarding Sarhu seemed to have received a death order, sticking to the mountain fortress to delay Liu Ting's advance.

Since the road was submerged by the river before, the water gradually receded after a long time, and the Ming army used straw and wooden boards to pave the road to attack the city calmly.

Time dragged on for a long time, and Saerhu City could not be taken, Liu Chen also had the idea of ​​​​retiring troops in his heart.

From his point of view, the ragtag group that was close to the Southern Bing, after so many days, it may have been a disaster.

However, by a chance accident, he learned that Hetuala had been breached by the Southern soldiers, and he was holding on to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army.

After receiving the news, Liu Chen regained his momentum. He notified the whole army of the good news and asked the Ming army to attack the city with all their might, and must take down Saerhu City and the surrounding mountain forts within 2 days.

The Ming army knew that there were friendly troops waiting for their support, so they rushed desperately, and finally broke through the Sarhu defense line in Jianzhou, defeated the two red and blue flags that stood firm, and thousands of reinforcements sent by the Yehe tribe.

As a result, when Liu Ting and the others arrived outside the city of Hetuala and saw the Jurchen camp that had retreated in a hurry and had no time to pack up their tents, and saw the corpses that had come down from the city of Hetuala, they knew that Hetuala was guarding it.

With his support, Wu Ergu, the son of Meng Gebulu, the former minister of the Hada Department, was re-established as Hadabel, and the Welfare Huifa Department let him go to dog and dog with Ye He, who had embezzled their tribal people and territory.

Coupled with the fact that both the Ming army and the Japanese army were exhausted after the long journey, Liu Ting already had the idea of ​​withdrawing troops.

But after hearing the news that Xiujia used Chuying and Shuerhaqi to launch an offensive against Hamgyong Road, and he was afraid that the way back would be cut off, he also expressed his understanding and asked his retainers to prepare dry food for Xiujia's return journey.

In addition, it has been more than half a year. Hideyoshi wanted to send someone to enfeoff Gyeongsang-do, but was repeatedly rejected by North Korea.

Fortunately, he didn't come to chase him back. It seems that Liu Ting didn't know what Hideyoshi was doing again.After Xiujia thanked Liu Ting to that person, he took the army on the road again, and finally dared to cross the Yalu River at the end of August and returned to Cicheng under the control of Xianjing Maharaja.

But before that, the northern and southern armies who had experienced many battles were extremely exhausted, and they needed to recuperate in Hetuala for a few days before they had the strength to pursue Nurhachi.

Hideyoshi thought that this woman was not right, but it was the first time she was a princess and she didn't fall into the limelight.

Hideyoshi even said that he would never stop until he hit the Yalu River!

The specific envoy is not clear, but I heard that Hideyoshi believed that he had been deceived. The Ming Dynasty did not cede Gyeongsang-do to himself, so he was furious and said that he would take Hamgyong-do back from North Korea.

Everyone agreed with Xiujia's suggestion. Xiujia said that he would bid farewell to Liu Ting early in the morning and asked everyone to restrain the army so that they could part ways with the Ming army early in the morning.

Regarding this question, the Xiu family had long been prepared. In addition to what they had said with Wu Weizhong before, they also said that they admired the culture of the Celestial Dynasty and their heart was for the Great Ming Dynasty.

Just when the Xiu family thought that the army could just return to Liaoyang to recuperate, and he could take the opportunity to get the reward from Emperor Wanli before returning to Japan, but he heard a piece of news that made him unbelievable.

Liu Ting was surprised that Xiu's family left suddenly, and he was planning to take Xiu's family back to Beijing to receive the reward.

This Zhenjiang is not the Zhenjiang of the Yangtze River, but Zhenjiang near the mouth of the Yalu River. Later generations of Jiulian Town in Dandong were at this time an important military site on the southeastern border of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.

On the same day, everyone rested in Hetuala, which has become an important fulcrum for the Ming Dynasty to rule Jianzhou, and it was renamed Jianzhou City.As a result, the Xiu family was suddenly woken up by an attendant one night, saying that Fengchen Xiuzhen sent someone from Hamgyong Road to see the Xiu family immediately.

Xiujia said that Nurhachi has just suffered a setback now, but he still has spare energy. "It is advisable to chase after the poor with the remaining courage, and not to become famous and learn to be the overlord."

Xiujia did not name himself as "Feng Jianming" who had previously provided Daming with information on the Japanese army. From Xiujia's point of view, this is not the best opportunity yet.

However, there is no flag of the Ming army on the top of the city, so it must be that the generals of the Japanese army put it away privately after the Ming army left.

Continuing to the west (later Yanbian) is the territory of the Zhusheli tribe and the Emu tribe.

By mid-May, when the army had been repaired, Liu Ting's Beibing Department gathered more than 5 troops in Jiajia Xiujia's Department, and pursued all the way west, driving Nurhachi to the mountainous area in the west of the Nayin Department.

After hearing the news, the Xiu family didn't feel sleepy anymore. He called Xiuqiu and others to his side, and told them what he knew.

But if you take a closer look at the flag on the head of Hetuala City, you don’t recognize it no matter how you look at it. If you look closely, it seems to be the flag of the Wa Kingdom in the Korean War.

The combination of the two things made Hideyoshi feel that he had been deceived, so he decided to send someone to attack North Korea.

The Xiu family thought it was Chu Ying and Shu Erhaqi who launched an attack on Xianjing Road, and hurriedly summoned the people.As a result, the envoy sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi told the Hideo family a shocking thunder——Hideyoshi was about to launch a second war against North Korea.

In fact, the Xiu family had the flag of the Ming army in their hands, but after hearing of Liu Ting's arrival, the Xiu family took it away for the sole purpose of enjoying this honor.

For generals, the greatest contribution is to open up territories.If there is a chance to open up the territory for Daming, who wants to just come out and fight a disobedient barbarian chief?
Not to mention that this barbarian chief made them feel embarrassed. If it weren't for the Xiu family's extraordinary troops to win, the victory of this Jianzhou battle would be unpredictable.

My lord originally planned to go back to Liaoyang to play the emperor's reward, but he left in a hurry, so my lord decided to use 300 military horses as compensation.These are horses seized from Jiannu, I hope you don't dislike them. "

Unexpectedly, his thoughts were all wrong. After the Xiu family finished telling the story of the future, he asked the question asked by many people in disbelief, "Since the main force has collapsed and the main general is dead, why should you sacrifice your life as an accompanying army?" Fall into death?"

"Why did the governor leave in such a hurry? I almost couldn't catch up." The leader of the soldiers said, "My lord is grateful for your surprise attack on Hetuala that day. I heard that your army ran out and had to kill horses to eat.

Liu Ting welcomed Murhazi's arrival, but he also informed Murhazi of the Ming Dynasty's decision to convert most of the Jianzhou to the natives.

For Liu Ting, as long as Nurhachi does not lose the title of Jurchen ruler for a day, then he has a reason to continue attacking Nurhachi.

From Liu Ting's point of view, the people who came out of the city to greet him were the accompanying army of the Japanese country, so Gao Ce, as the chief general, must have led people to chase Nurhachi.

Compared with Da Ming, the Xiu family who heard that Nurhachi continued to flee westward was more anxious. After all, the Zhushe was too far away from Da Ming, and it was very close to his Xianjing Road.

Just at this time, the gate of Hetuala city was opened wide, and the Xiu family took several main retainers under their command to go out of the city to welcome Liu Ting into the city.

It is only hoped that after Nurhachi is completely abolished, the land of Jianzhou will be sealed again to various tribal chiefs. For places such as Sarhu and Hetuala near Hanyang, they can take this opportunity to change their lands and return them to the local people.

Xiujia's eyes widened when he heard the news. Although he had a certain presupposition in his heart, he was still extremely surprised when he heard the news.

The two hit it off and decided to continue the pursuit of Nurhachi who had fled to the west of Wanyan and the hometown of the Nayin tribe.

Along the way, including Liu Ting, they are constantly praising the southern soldiers who took Hetuala, and praying that they can stick to it until their arrival.

It turned out that Nurhachi had been shelled in Hetuala before, and the shell hit the horse and broke his leg.He has been struggling these days, but the injury has not improved.

Seeing such a young general of the Wa Kingdom, and Kobayakawa Hideaki who was even younger than him, Liu Ting couldn't believe that the troops had been defending Hetuala all this time.

Xiujia said that now he can only return to Hamgyong Road as soon as possible and then return to Japan in order to ensure that his life is safe.

The news came from the port town of Osaka Castle. It is said that the source came from the sailors of the Ming Dynasty who stayed in the port town before.

After Murhazi agreed, the army began to withdraw to the west.Along the way, Liu Ting left 1 soldiers in various Jurchen mountain forts to garrison various ministries in Jianzhou, in case Chu Ying and Shuerhaqi left and returned after they left.

As a result, it was a coincidence that Nurhachi's elder brother, Zhenglan Banner Commander Murhaqi, brought his troops to surrender to Liu Ting, and everyone heard a shocking news from him.

As the Jianzhou Jurchen continued to retreat, more and more Jurchen Ezhen had other thoughts. For the first time, the Jianzhou army, which was strictly organized into five banners by Nurhachi, deserted.

We must know that Nurhachi has weakened the independence of wild tribes in the process of integrating Jianzhou Jurchen and compiling Niulu.

The Xiu family who returned to Xianjing Road also had some understanding of the situation in Japan. It was said that it was because there were rumors in Osaka City that the so-called Princess Daming was not the real lord of the country, but was found by Shen Weijing in the brothel in Hangzhou.

The Ming Dynasty could completely relocate the population on this basis, and take the opportunity to reform the Sukesuhu River, Hunhe River, Zhechen, Dong'e, and Yalu Rivers.

In the end, he saw the captain of Liu Zhen's personal army leading more than a hundred personal soldiers and driving a hundred horses.

Not long ago, Nurhachi finally failed to hold on, and died of illness in the Haram Mountain City of the Emu tribe.Jianzhou Jurchen began to quarrel about the next direction.

However, Murhazi advocated taking this opportunity to make peace with the Ming Dynasty and surrender to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for forgiveness.In the end, the two parties disagreed and parted ways.

According to him, Hideyoshi has already issued a second mobilization order to the daimyos, requiring them to mobilize troops to gather at Nagoya again after the autumn harvest, and the number of troops to conquer this time will reach 20.

The whole process can be said to fully demonstrate the ruling policy of the Ariake generation to treat the barbarians with barbarians to control barbarians.

Looking at this boy who was in the same grade as his son, Liu Ting, as the chief general, actually took the initiative to ask the Xiu family what he thought next.

Xiujia thought it was the cavalry of the Ming army who came to chase him, so he ordered the whole army to stand ready.

He said that if Murhazi really surrendered to Daming, he would be willing to be a guarantor, but he must be allowed to move to Zhenjiang with his followers.

Chu Ying and Shuerhaqi insisted on returning to Zhusheli (Yanbian), where they recuperated and attacked the surrounding savage Jurchen tribes.Wait until the army recovers before killing Huijianzhou and finding Ming people to avenge Nurhachi.

The Xiu family who heard the news were more panicked than surprised, because he was currently surrounded by 5 Ming troops. If the news of another battle tomorrow reached Liu Ting's ears, he, Xiuqiu and others might become prisoners. Went to Beijing to sit in prison.

Liu Ting looked at the boy in his twenties in front of him, thinking that he was a representative of the next generation of Japan that Daming could win over.After hearing about his actions after the defeat of the main force of the Southern Army, he even praised his outstanding ability.

After all, in history, Hideyoshi went crazy and said that he would conquer North Korea again on the day the imperial decree was read out, but this life has passed more than half a year in peace, why did he suddenly say that he would conquer North Korea again in August?

So he asked the Xiu family, "Where is your commander-in-chief? Why don't you hang the flag of Ming Dynasty on the top of the city!"

At the same time, he selected five new surnames from the Jurchen tribes who surrendered along the way and placed them on the land of the original Nayin tribe, Wanyan tribe, and Hada tribe.

Xiujia and the others came out of Hetuala and followed the route that Xiangxi Jiaqing had used to attack Foala last time, going west and then south, but they heard that there was a group of cavalry chasing them halfway.

President Konishi said: The two countries originally agreed that North Korea would relocate the people, and then Japan would move in and enfeoff and relocate the people.However, North Korean officials refused to fulfill the contract after they arrived in Gyeongsang-do.

But it is useless for the Xiu family to be anxious. The army has no spare power to expand westward in pursuit. Even Liu Ting, who has always advocated defeating the Jianzhou Jurchen and killing Nurhachi, believes that the main force of the Jurchen has been broken, and the benefits and risks of continuing to pursue it will not be enough. Proportional.

After introducing the ins and outs of the matter, Toyotomi Hideyoshi pulled the Hide family aside, and quietly said to the Hide family, "Hidehisa has been transferred to the Hide family in March, and the 3 shi of the two countries of Bizen and Misaku were awarded. Our Guan His Highness Bai is really urgent~!"

"Isn't this something that has already been agreed upon?"

If Xiujia could not be moved by this news, then the next news made Xiujia's heart tighten.

Xiuzhen looked left and right, and said to Xiu's family very carefully, "I heard that His Highness Guan Bai is ill, and acne has developed on his body, and it emits a foul smell. He has not recovered after a long illness. Xingzi told me that the Beizheng Institute accidentally disclosed Said, it was all caused by that Ming woman."

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