Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 923: The Battle for the Khanate (1)

The snow fell silently.

The wind howled.

Shengjing City, a city built with countless blood and lives, is covered with a thick layer of silver. Compared with Shenyang City, an important place in Liaozuo, the difference here is really too great.

"Compared with the Han people, the Eight Banners are so far behind in terms of city building, governing the people, reclaiming wasteland, farming, and forging!"

In Shengjing City.

Dorgon, wearing thick cotton armor, rode slowly on his horse. After seeing the desolation along the way, a complicated expression appeared on his face.

"If our Eight Banners could build more than ten large cities outside the Liaodong area to accommodate our troops and govern the people, perhaps our army would not be so passive on the battlefield of Khorchin, or in the area of ​​Nurgan, whether fighting against the various tribes on the grassland or against the Ming army."

"There are still too few Han people under the Eight Banners who are proficient in smelting and forging, especially firearms. If we can mass-produce such battlefield weapons, then..."

"Brother Fourteen, why do you become so sad and sentimental after leaving Shengjing?"

Duoduo looked puzzled and said to Dorgon, "Didn't our Eight Banners fight well in the Khorchin grassland and the Nurgan area?"

"Over the past year or so, a lot of slaves have been transported back to Shengjing City, Yichun, Changchun and other places."

"If there were no slaves, the cities that my Great Jin has built would never have the scale and power they have today."

Seeing Duoduo like this, Dorgon sighed in his heart, wishing things were that simple.

Dorgon was not particularly familiar with the situation in the Nurgan area, but in the Khorchin grassland area, no one dared to fight a large-scale war. The slaves that were transported in batches to Shengjing and other places were all captured in small-scale battles.

During the time he spent on the Khorchin grassland, Dorgon experienced a lot. Although he was still young, he had already thought a lot.

For a child without a mother, in such a competitive environment, there is simply no other choice but to grow up quickly.

"A lot has been delivered, but no one can predict how long this momentum will last."

Dorgon thought of this and sighed, "Compared with what the Ming Dynasty has, our environment is too bad."

"In the past, we captured a lot of people from the Horqin grassland and surrounding areas, but due to frequent wars, some places have become uninhabited."

This is also what Dorgon is most worried about, because due to the continuous wars, the population has been severely reduced in the places he knows.

At present, the Eight Banners can still rely on war and plunder to maintain their rule, but if one day they can no longer be replenished through this model, what will happen to the Eight Banners in the future?
The Eight Banners were not like this in the past. They plundered a large population through war, but at the same time they also gained a lot of territory, and these territories were much better than what they have now.

Many times, Dorgon envied the Ming Dynasty. Why were there so many good lands, all under the rule of the Ming Dynasty? If the Jin Dynasty could own a part of them, things would not be like this now!

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

The territories that had been gained in the past were also taken back little by little by the Ming army after repeated defeats against the Ming Dynasty.

"If there is no one, then go and rob the Ming Dynasty!" As Dorgon was sighing, Duoduo clenched his fists and said, "Khan Ama said that when my Eight Banners recover, we will definitely fight the Ming Dynasty again. The humiliation we experienced in the past must be returned to the Ming Dynasty."

"Brother Fourteen, when I grow up, I will go to war with you. My Aisin-Gioro clan will definitely return the shame we once suffered to the Ming Dynasty!"

When he said this, Duoduo felt a sense of fighting spirit in his heart.

When staying in Shengjing, he would learn about the situation on the front line every once in a while, which made Duoduo yearn for the front battlefield. A man should fight on the battlefield!
But fighting was not as easy as he thought.

Easier said than done.

Seeing Duoduo like this, Dorgon sighed lightly. When he went to the Korchin grassland, he was so similar to Duoduo. He felt that as long as he dared to fight and risked his life, he would be able to achieve great military exploits on the battlefield.

But in fact, the situation is not like this at all.

The experience on the Korchin grassland wore away Dorgon's childishness, and replaced it with composure. The sign of a man's maturity is that he talks less, thinks more, and has more concerns.

"Fourteenth brother, was what I said wrong?" Seeing that Dorgon remained silent, Duoduo frowned.

For some reason, he always felt that Dorgon had changed a little and was a little different from before.

"that's right."

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Dorgon smiled and looked at Duoduo, but then he stopped smiling and frowned, "Duoduo, what is Khan Ama's condition like?"

"You have been in Shengjing for a long time and know Khan Ama's condition best. Why did Khan Ama become so seriously ill?"

"I'm not too sure either."

Duoduo frowned and said, "He was fine a few months ago. Khan Ama even took me hunting. But since then, Khan Ama's health has gradually deteriorated."

"During this period, I have seen many doctors and even taken a lot of medicine, but my condition has not improved. Fourteenth brother, is Khan Ama okay?"

When he said this, tears welled up in Duoduo's eyes. He already had no mother, but he couldn't be without a father as well. Otherwise, he would be without both of the people who loved him the most.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Dorgon comforted him, "Khan Ama is such a great man, a few minor illnesses are nothing to worry about."

Dorgon rushed back to Shengjing from Khorchin and went to the palace frequently during this period. Although Nurhaci was bedridden and even looked very ugly, Dorgon always felt that his Khan Father's illness was not as serious as he had imagined.

Dorgon did not tell anyone about this intuition, especially his brothers, especially Huang Taiji, who rushed back to Shengjing City from afar.

It was precisely this situation that made Dorgon have an idea in his mind. If his Khan Ama's illness was not as serious as imagined, then this would become very interesting.

These were just Dorgon's guesses. His experiences on the Khorchin grassland had greatly changed Dorgon's character, making him calmer and more introverted.

Hope everything will be alright.

Thinking of this, Dorgon showed a bit of melancholy on his face. Compared with the internal affairs of the Eight Banners, Dorgon was thinking more about how to solve the current crisis. If this was the case, once the Eight Banners stopped moving forward, the consequences would be disastrous!
(End of this chapter)