Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 924: The Battle for the Khanate (2)

"Ahem...Khan, you really shouldn't do this!"

Shengjing City.

Khan's palace.

Dong E He Heli looked pale, with worry between his eyebrows. He said to the silent Nurhaci: "As far as the current situation is concerned, doing such a thing is not a good thing for the Great Jin or the Eight Banners. In serious cases, it will even cause internal strife and division among the Eight Banners."

"enough!!"

Nurhaci's roar echoed throughout the hall, "Don't I know this? Look at what these rebellious sons have done."

"I didn't believe it before, but now I do. They were sent to fight in various places, some of which were very far away from Shengjing, but they knew everything about Shengjing."

He Heli sighed in his heart.

As for that position, who wouldn’t desire to get it if they have some ideas about it?

After all, if you reach that position, you can command the entire Eight Banners Army. Who would choose to refuse the feeling of holding such power?

"At the beginning, this Khan pretended to be sick and urgently summoned Dorgon back to the capital. I wanted to use this incident to find out the secret spies who had infiltrated." Nurhaci was still angry and clenched his fists.

"Whether it was in the Korchin grasslands or in the Nurgan area, my Eight Banners troops fought against the various Ming troops, and there were too many problems."

"I had my suspicions long ago. Many things were done in secret, so why did the Ming court know so much about it? If something hadn't happened in Shanxi, this wouldn't have triggered a series of changes."

Nurhaci became more and more excited as he spoke.

How could he not be excited?

It was obvious that several years ago, it was the Jin Dynasty and the Eight Banners that gradually gained the upper hand in the Liaodong region. Whether it was Liaodong under the Ming Dynasty or other places in the Ming Dynasty, they were extremely afraid of the Eight Banners.

But the subsequent experiences made Nurhaci very angry. All his efforts over the past decades became the biggest joke in an instant.

In order to preserve his last bit of vitality, Nurhaci was even forced to choose the drastic measure of cutting off one's arm. He ordered the core of the Eight Banners to move north to the Shengjing area and abandon many territories that he had previously conquered. This was so that he could accumulate strength in the Shengjing area and then try to launch a counterattack against the Ming Dynasty.

But after moving to Shengjing City, although everything at the beginning was the same as he expected, in order to achieve some goals, Nurhaci had to endure his disgust for the Han people and improve the status of the Han people within the Eight Banners. This indeed helped the Eight Banners gain a firm foothold in Shengjing, Changchun, Yichun and other places.

However, faced with the relentless pressure from Liaodong, especially the establishment of the so-called Jilin and Heilongjiang regional military commissions, a group of border troops stationed in Liaodong were transferred in, as well as armed merchant corps from Liaodong, which caused great trouble to the Eight Banners that were recovering their vitality, and even resulted in considerable losses.

It is obvious that what the Eight Banners experienced were what the Ming Dynasty should have experienced, but now everything is reversed. How could Nurhaci not be angry?

"Okay! Don't they want to fight for the Khanship? Then I will let them fight for it!!"

Under He Heli's gaze, Nurhaci said sternly, "This time, I will not only root out the hidden spies who have infiltrated, but also make them understand that even if it is the succession to the Khanship, I will give it to whomever I want, and no matter who they do in the meantime, it will be in vain!!"

Nurhaci had already made his mind up about the successor to the Khan throne. He had not made it clear before because he was worried that announcing the matter would cause unnecessary disputes and turmoil.

But this time he had to solve some problems and eliminate hidden dangers for the Eight Banners and the Great Jin. However, the actions of Daishan, Manggurtai, Amin, and Huang Taiji obviously touched Nurhaci's bottom line.

He is old.

He is no longer the same as before.

But Nurhaci had no intention of bowing his head to the tyrant who had emerged from the chaos of the Three Guards of Jianzhou. Not to mention bowing to his son!

They had done this before, and it even posed a great threat to him, but they all died without exception. Chu Ying was his eldest son, and Shuerhaci was his younger brother, but they all died.

He Heli showed a complicated expression. He knew that persuasion was of no use now.

Who could make Nurhaci change his mind after making the decision he did?
There once was one.

But after she died, there was no more.

Even Abahai, who was the most favored one before, could not do this.

"Cough cough~"

Thinking of this, He Heli started coughing violently, and a fishy smell lingered between his lips and teeth. He Heli covered his mouth and nose with his hands, but when he reached out again, he found that his palms were stained with blood.

"He Heli!"

When Nurhaci saw this scene, his eyes slightly opened. He did not expect He Heli's illness to be so serious. This made him instinctively want to shout outside the hall.

"Khan, that's not necessary."

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He Heli laughed and said, "I'm afraid I don't have much time left."

"No, you can't die yet!"

Nurhaci frowned and said: "This Khan will not allow you to die!!"

He Heli, one of the five ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty, is the only one still alive. The others are all dead. Nurhaci's relationship with them is very complicated, from being once very close, to having suspicion and concerns, and then to being entrusted with important tasks now. Of course, only He Heli can bear the important task.

Several others died early.

Nurhaci, who once had no fear of death, was now increasingly afraid of death, especially because the weather in Shengjing was too cold. Even though Nurhaci was pretending to be sick this time and wanted to solve some problems, in fact, there was something wrong with his body. He was too old and not as young as he was.

"Khan, I dare to say one more word."

Looking at Nurhaci, He Heli smiled bitterly and said, "When it is time to bow your head, you still have to bow your head. The Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty of the past."

"Under the leadership of the Ming Emperor, the Ming Dynasty has recovered its vitality. If the fighting continues like this, the Eight Banners will probably fall into an abyss of no return!"

"impossible!"

Nurhaci glared and said, "As long as I am still alive, I will never bow to the Ming dogs, especially that dog emperor. If it weren't for him, why would I be here!!"

He Heli's persuasion was rational. He knew better than anyone that the Eight Banners, which had been weakened, had little chance of winning a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty even if they could gain a foothold in Shengjing, Changchun and other places.

The Ming Dynasty was so big that it was frightening.

Perhaps in the past, the Ming Dynasty did make many mistakes in Liaodong, but once the Ming Dynasty chose to face up to these mistakes, it would be impossible for the Eight Banners to gain an advantage over the Ming Dynasty.

But Nurhaci's reaction made He Heli realize that there was no room for maneuver in this matter. But the more this happened, the more desperate He Heli became. If the fight continued like this, the Great Jin might really be defeated.

(End of this chapter)