Yehe

Yehe was the seat of a powerful Haixi Jurchen people and a rival of Nurhaci's Jianzhou Jurchens. Its two fortified towns, the eastern and western cities, stood under separate leaders of the Yehe ruling house. Ming support helped Yehe resist earlier attacks, but the defeat of Ming armies at Sarhu left it isolated. In 1619 Nurhaci advanced on Yehe, dividing his forces against the two cities. Their fall brought the last major Haixi rival under Later Jin control.