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Nurhaci's conquest of the Yehe tribe
In 1619, Nurhaci led his army to destroy the Haixi Jurchen Yehe tribe; Yehe City fell and the last beiles Buyangu and Nalinbulu were captured.
Timeline
- 1619Yehe City · LiaodongAfter the Battle of Sarhu, Nurhaci pressed eastward, leading the Eight Banners army to besiege Yehe City, the Yehe tribe's last stronghold, cutting its ties with the Ming, while the Yehe beile brothers held out with their forces.
- 1619Yehe City · LiaodongYehe City was finally breached; brothers Buyangu and Nalinbulu were captured, and the Yehe people submitted to the Later Jin. The last great Haixi Jurchen stronghold fell, Nurhaci completed the unification of the Jurchen tribes, and the Ming's Jurchen balancing strategy in Liaodong utterly failed.
Sources
- 清太祖实录
- 明史·神宗本纪 — 张廷玉等 (1739)