Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 666 Human Nature

"Cough cough~"

In the battlefield shrouded in a murderous atmosphere, a rapid cough was heard, which seemed so abrupt that it made many people look at them in different ways.

"Khan Ama!"

Dorgon looked worried as he looked at Nurhaci who kept coughing. He wanted to ride forward on his horse, but was interrupted by Nurhaci's outstretched hand.

In just a few months, Nurhaci changed drastically and looked much older. Although Nurhaci always maintained a strong intimidating power, any discerning person could see what was going on.

In the battles fought with the Ming army in Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places, the Ming army stationed in Liao, led by Xiong Tingbi, confronted the Eight Banners head-on on the battlefield time and time again, and achieved brilliant results. In the end, they defeated the Eight Banners and recaptured Tieling, Kaiyuan, Liaohai and other places occupied by the Eight Banners. This was not only a heavy blow to the Eight Banners, but also a heavy blow to Nurhaci!
This defeat severely undermined the various advantages that the Eight Banners had previously gained.

"How's the situation?"

Nurhaci frowned and tried hard to sit upright on his warhorse. He swallowed the blood he coughed up. Although it was midwinter, there was sweat on Nurhaci's forehead and the hand holding the whip was shaking slightly uncontrollably.

"Khan, according to the battle situation discovered by the cavalry in various places, the Ming army entrenched in the Jinshan area seems to have been mobilized in full force." In the crowd behind him, Dong E He Heli, who was wearing a double layer of cotton armor and iron armor on the outside, had a complicated expression. After controlling his horse to move forward a few steps, he faced Nurhaci and bowed his head slightly.

"Xiong Tingbi has deployed his army to fight against my Eight Banners Army. The army led by Hu Dun and Tu Han also seems to be making unusual movements. This battle..."

"Where are Oba and the others?"

Nurhaci's eyes were sharp and his tone was indifferent: "My Eight Banners gathered in the Jinshan area to protect the Khorchin tribes from being harassed by the tigers and rabbits. Even now, the Khorchin coalition still has reservations. Don't they want the Khorchin grassland anymore?"

Dong E He Heli silent words.

The people of the Khorchin tribes had long figured out why the Eight Banners troops came to the Jinshan area. They said that it was to provide support to the Khorchin tribes and prevent Hudun Tuhan from leading his troops to capture Khorchin. If it had not been for the successive defeats in Tieling and Kaiyuan, it would have been based on this strategic concept.

However, everything changed when the main force of their Eight Banners was severely damaged and pursued by the Ming army stationed in Liao led by Xiong Tingbi, and their troops rushed to Jinshan under Nurhaci's tough attitude.

Whose first priority in coming to the rescue is not to attack the invading enemy?
Who came to the rescue and attracted the Ming army to Jinshan at any time?
Who would come to the rescue and plunder the allied forces during the chaos?
Who would come to the rescue and just watch the two sides fighting without taking any action?
To summarize it in one simple sentence, after Nurhaci led his main elite forces and began to gradually withdraw to the Jinshan area, he continuously sent troops to plunder the Khorchin tribes. At the same time, he continued to lure the Ming army that was garrisoning Liao in Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places to advance. During this process, Nurhaci also judged the situation and deployed troops to intervene in the war, which led to the extremely strange situation in Jinshan where forces from all sides gathered.

Nurhaci had no choice but to do this.

The successive defeats in Tieling and Kaiyuan caused the Eight Banners under his command to suffer considerable losses, and the morale and military spirit suffered a great blow. As the common leader of the Eight Banners, if Nurhaci did not find ways to make up for the losses, boost morale, and rally the military spirit, then the Eight Banners might fall apart!

Therefore, during this special period, countless women from the grassland were abducted into the military camp, batches of children were escorted to Yidonghe Wei (now Changchun) and then transferred to Cilu Wei (now Harbin), and countless able-bodied men were organized into Aha!

However, Nurhaci's behavior caused considerable controversy within the Eight Banners, especially among his descendants such as Daishan and Manggurtai. They did not understand why their own Khan father insisted on having a stalemate in Jinshan!
However, Dong E He Heli knew what was going on.

Our Khan is trying to save the Great Jin! Save the Eight Banners!
When the situation in Jinshan was turbulent, a mixed team obeying the Khan's orders secretly left Jinshan and rushed back to the heartland of the Great Jin.

There was only one thing to do, which was to move the core tribesmen and their relatives north.

Sony, who had contradicted Nurhaci in the past, was entrusted with an important task and rushed to Ciluwei (now Harbin) in advance to open up a new city, while Amin was transferred to Sarhu Town Defense. All these arrangements showed that Nurhaci wanted to give up the territory adjacent to Liaodong and relocate all the people who could be relocated. He wanted to change his previous strategy of attacking Liao! !
"Why can't we survive this cold winter?"

While Dong E He Heli was thinking about it, Nurhaci said unwillingly: "As long as we can survive this cold winter, perhaps the loss of the Eight Banners will not be so great."

When he said this, Nurhaci clenched the whip in his hand, and a surge of anger arose in his heart. His hatred for Xiong Tingbi could no longer be expressed in words.

Do not!
And the dog emperor of Ming Dynasty!!
If the Ming court had not eliminated Fan Yongdou and his entourage and removed the secret agents it had sent, and if Xiong Tingbi had not done all the things in Liaodong, then the Great Jin would not have been in the predicament it is in today.

Nurhaci still can’t figure out why he ended up in such a disastrous defeat!

He obviously did nothing wrong.

The Ming Dynasty was still the same Ming Dynasty. But why did the advantages gained in the past gradually disappear just because a new emperor ascended the throne and the new emperor trusted Xiong Tingbi so much?

"King Khan!!"

At this moment, a horse galloped in front of the Khan, which attracted the attention of many people. The young Aobai ignored these gazes. When he galloped in front of Nurhaci, he glared and said, "The army led by Hudun and Tuhan seems to have left the camp. The Khorchin coalition has been pinned down by the Mongols!"

A word stirred up a thousand waves.

Daishan, Manggurtai and the others were all shocked when they heard what Oboi said. This Hudun Tuhan actually helped the Ming army?

How is this possible!
Previously, the Ming army and the Chahar people had fought in the Jinshan area.

"Ha ha!!"

In this atmosphere, a laugh was heard, and Nurhaci, who was riding on a horse, smiled and shook his head. This was no different from what he had expected. Hudun and Tuhan wanted the Eight Banners to fight with the Ming army, so that he could benefit from it!
"Khan, retreat!"

Dong E He Heli stepped forward at this moment, looking worried and said: "As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. The Eight Banners cannot suffer any more losses!!"

"withdraw?!"

Nurhaci glared and shouted: "Didn't my Eight Banners retreat enough along the way? Will these Ming dogs just watch my Eight Banners retreat?"

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Being scolded by Nurhaci, He Heli lowered his head.

Can’t retreat!!
If I withdraw, I will be dead soon! !
Nurhaci restrained his emotions, a fierce light flashed in his eyes. He knew better than anyone what had happened during this period of time. Although he was unwilling to admit some things, the facts were already before him.

In addition to the small number of core members, the Eight Banners also had a fatal shortcoming: Nurhaci was too old, and three of the five ministers who had followed him in the past had already died!

It was impossible for Nurhaci not to see what his descendants were thinking. In the past, Nurhaci did not care because he was in control of the situation, especially in the war against Liao, when he repeatedly dealt a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty. However, starting from the first year of the Tianqi reign, everything turned around.

No one knew better than Nurhaci what the Eight Banners Army, which he created, was like.

Some things must be done, even if it damages the vitality of the Eight Banners!

Otherwise, Chu Ying’s fate will serve as a lesson for us! !

"Daishan!!"

“Mang Gurtai!!”

Nurhaci's shout made Daishan and Manggurtai, who were behind the crowd, startled at first, then they jumped off their horses and hurried towards Nurhaci.

"My son is here!!"

Nurhaci did not look at the two men, and said in a cold tone: "You two will lead our banners as the pioneers of our Eight Banners and attack the Ming dogs fiercely!!"

Ok?
Daishan and Manggurtai were stunned when they heard this.

Khan Ama wants to use the Ming army to weaken the military forces except for the two yellow flags, which will deal a heavy blow to Daishan, Manggurtai and others.

Dorgon, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but exclaim in his heart after hearing the order from his own Khan Ama. He had been staying with his own Khan Ama for these days and was clear about some of his Khan Ama's thoughts.

Especially when he knew that Sony was sent to assassinate Luwei (now Harbin), although his own Khan Ama did not say anything, Dorgon guessed that his own Khan Ama had given up the strategy of attacking Liao and wanted to focus on attacking the tribes in the south of the desert to gradually restore the power of the Eight Banners lost by the Ming army...

(End of this chapter)