Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 192 Restoring the Sect
Since Mang Gurtai could steal Ye Bushu from Shenyang City without anyone noticing, it means that Shenyang City is no longer monolithic at this time, people's thoughts have changed, and his own safety is no longer there. Guaranteed, he must gather his troops together to prevent various accidents from happening.

Dorgon didn't know how long he could stay in Shenyang City. If there was no threat from the Ming army, even if he lost Ye Bushu, he could occupy Shenyang City and maintain his power with the two flags and horses in his hands.

However, Shenyang City is now in danger. Even if he can continue to occupy Shenyang City, it is meaningless. The Ming army is coming, and he has no choice but to flee for his life.

So now Dorgon must figure out his escape route in advance, and where should he go after leaving Shenyang City.

However, there are not many options left for Dorgon. Most of the area in Jianzhou has been occupied by Mang Gurtai and Amin. The only place he can go to is the Chahar region in the northwest.

This is the place where he personally conquered with Huang Taiji. Presumably the Tatar tribes here should still surrender to him. If the Tatar tribes, mainly the Horqin tribe, can be gathered together, it will also be a very powerful force. In the future Whether it is retaking Shenyang City or fighting against Mang Gurtai and Amin, it is possible.

After making up his mind, Dorgon began to send people to stand in front of the Horqin tribe in Chahar. First, he was to test the attitude of the leaders of each tribe, and secondly, he was preparing to move here.

However, at this time, the Chahar Ministry was also facing an unprecedented crisis.

Not long ago, Lin Dan Khan led his troops to sneak attack the Ming Dynasty and was defeated by the Ming army. Lin Dan Khan also died as a result. Not only the Tumote tribe was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, but even Lin Dan Khan's tribe was absorbed by the Ming army.

Then the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to various Tatar tribes, asking them to take Lin Dan Khan as a warning and surrender to the Ming Dynasty, so that they could protect themselves.

The Horqin tribe used to be the territory of Lin Dan Khan, but was later conquered by Jian Nu, or betrayed Lin Dan Khan and joined Jian Nu. It stands to reason that they would naturally side with Jian Nu and be at odds with the Ming Dynasty.

But since the defeat of Huang Taiji, Horqin's various ministries have swayed a bit, and they are not as loyal to Jiannu as before. Not to mention that even Lin Dan Khan has been defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming army has been stationed in the southwest of Horqin. Can they not be afraid?

Now Dorgon has sent a letter asking Horqin's ministries to still obey Dorgon's orders and continue to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty. How many people are willing to agree and continue to follow Dorgon to commit suicide?

However, no matter what time it is, there is no shortage of smart people or ignorant people. Although most people are unwilling to continue to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty and continue to work for the Jian slaves, there are also some people who are afraid of being beaten by the Jian slaves. Those who have surrendered are still very committed to establishing slaves, so there are not many people who are willing to accept and be loyal to Dorgon.

After Dorgon received the support of some Horqin tribes, he began to gradually transfer Shenyang City's materials to Horqin. He was already powerless to control the territory of Shenyang City and surrounding areas.

After Mang Gurtai brought Yebushu back, he immediately announced that he had rescued Yebushu from Dorgon, and declared to all banners and ministries that Yebushu had been imprisoned by Dorgon before. Gun used this to control the power of the Jin Dynasty, and he was a heinous traitor.

Mang Gurtai even enumerated Dorgon's several major crimes, issued a memorandum to punish the thief, and officially launched a large-scale attack in the direction of Shenyang.

Many banner chiefs and clan leaders in the area originally controlled by Dorgon openly rebelled and took refuge with Mang Gurtai. Kaiyuan and Tieling surrendered without a fight and were occupied by Mang Gurtai. Ertai's army has already pointed directly at Shenyang City.

However, as the capital of Jiannu, Shenyang City has strong defenses and well-equipped soldiers. It is absolutely difficult to capture Mang Gurtai. Therefore, Dorgon was not too worried about Mang Gurtai's troops. What he was mainly afraid of was The Ming Army, the Ming Army's artillery left a huge shadow on him.

Mang Gurtai is also self-aware. He knows that it will be very difficult to capture Shenyang City with the troops in his hands. Even if he can capture it, he doesn't know how much soldiers, horses, money and food will be lost.

Moreover, in the current situation in Liaodong, even if he occupied Shenyang City, he would not be able to hold it. Rather than seize Shenyang City by himself and face the Ming army's attack, it is better to let Dorgon stand in front of him.

When the Ming army captured Shenyang City and suffered heavy casualties, I would take the opportunity to attack the Ming army, and maybe I could get a ready advantage!
With such a mentality, both sides temporarily ceased fighting, presenting a relatively peaceful confrontation.

In just one month, the forces of the three parties have undergone earth-shaking changes. Dorgon, who was originally in the orthodox position and the strongest, has now become the weakest and most powerful party, leaving only Shenyang City and There are two cities in Liaoyang City.

Although Mang Gurtai, who had the largest sphere of influence, further extended his sphere of influence to the southwest to Shenyang City, his territory in the southeast was also attacked and occupied by Amin, and several cities were lost.

Amin, who originally occupied part of the Liaodong Peninsula and the southeastern area of ​​​​Shenyang City, had to move his sphere of influence to the northeast after the Ming army captured the Liaodong Peninsula and lost hope of attacking North Korea, which inevitably led to the capture of Manggu. Ertai's territory.

In the large area in the east of Jianzhou, most of the northern part is Mangurtai's territory, and the line below the border with North Korea is Amin's territory.

The area bordering the territory of the two sides is quite vast, but most of them are mountainous, and it is difficult for large-scale wars to occur.

At the same time, there is no deep hatred between Mang Gurtai and A Min, so although the two sides have occasional conflicts, the conflicts are not intense. On the contrary, they both want to take control of Shenyang City, so they all point the finger at Dorgon.

Especially Amin, his thoughts were all on North Korea, and he showed no interest in fighting Mang Gurtai, or even in defeating Dorgon and capturing Shenyang City.

But things are different now. As soon as Amin was ready to attack North Korea, North Korea invited the Ming army. With the Ming army here, how could he dare to go south to attack North Korea?The only option is to look for living space in the northeast direction.

Now that Mang Gurtai is busy with the matter at hand, it is time to turn around and deal with Amin. This Amin took advantage of his own dealing with Dorgon, and took away several cities from him in one go. If you try it a little more powerfully, I'm afraid he will push it even further.

Since then, the crisis in North Korea has been resolved. King Li Zhu of North Korea once again sent Kim Sang-hyun to the Ming Dynasty with gifts. Firstly, he wanted to thank the Ming Dynasty for assisting North Korea, helping North Korea to rescue North Korea, and protecting North Korea.

Secondly, it was hoped that the two sides could repair the sect-vassal relationship, obtain forgiveness from the Ming Dynasty, and continue to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.Jin Sangxian originally thought that since the Ming Dynasty was willing to send out troops, it would naturally forgive North Korea and the previous alliance with Jiannu, and it would not be too difficult to repair the suzerain-vassal relationship between the two parties. However, when he came After becoming the capital of the Ming Dynasty, he realized that things were not as simple as he imagined.

When Jin Shangxian arrived this time, Zhu Tianqi did not see him at all, and also asked him to leave the Ming Dynasty within three days. Otherwise, he would be regarded as an enemy invasion, and he would be captured and interrogated. At the same time, he would send troops to North Korea to fight back against North Korea's provocation.

This confused Jin Sangxian. Why was it that the last time he came to Ming to ask for help, the Ming emperor had a good chat with him, but now that he was giving gifts to Ming, he had such an attitude?

Jin Sangxian didn't think that the Ming Emperor's words were meant to scare people, let alone arresting him as an enemy spy. Even if he sent troops to North Korea, it was only a matter of words from the Ming Emperor. Moreover, the Ming army is currently stationed in North Korea and wants to attack North Korea. It's also very convenient.

Jin Shangxian really couldn't figure out the reason, and even suspected that the reason why Ming Dynasty was willing to send troops to aid North Korea was to prepare for the capture of North Korea!

Fortunately, Xu Guangqi was still enthusiastic. Seeing that Jin Sangxian was really in trouble, he gave him some advice and solved his doubts.

"Last time you came to ask for help, you came here secretly incognito, so no one else knew about it except you, me and the emperor. So even if your betrayal of the Ming Dynasty before North Korea and your alliance with Jiannu have not been resolved, the emperor is willing to make an exception. Forgive me, send troops to aid you in North Korea.

However, now you come uninvited and pay tribute in a grand manner. In what capacity do you come?Have you ever obtained permission from me, Ming Dynasty? "

Jin Shangxian was speechless. Only then did he finally understand why the Ming Emperor's attitude towards himself and North Korea was so earth-shaking twice.

The Ming Emperor had previously agreed to send troops to aid North Korea. It was a private decision that naturally could not be made known to others. In order to conceal that the Ming army was marching to aid North Korea, the Ming Emperor also specially sent multiple Ming troops to recover the Liaodong Peninsula. , and at the same time sent troops to drive away the Amin forces in northern North Korea. How wise and far-sighted this is!

On the other hand, how foolish is oneself to have rashly brought gifts as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty before the sectarian-vassal relationship between the two sides has been repaired. With his current status, what qualifications do he have to come to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty?
As a brother and ally of Jiannu, the current North Korea can indeed be regarded as the enemy of Ming Dynasty. If he entered the capital of Ming Dynasty uninvited, he was taken down by Ming Dynasty as an imperial spy. This is not unfair at all. Ming Dynasty It is also reasonable and reasonable to hold North Korea accountable in this way!

After thinking about these things, Jin Sangxian did not dare to stay in the capital for a long time. After thanking Xu Guangqi for his advice, he quickly left the capital and returned to Seoul by boat.

King Li Jie of North Korea was very surprised by Kim Sang-hyun's failure to return. However, when Kim Sang-hyun explained the whole story to Li Jie, Li Jie immediately realized that his move was too foolish and reckless. Somewhat.

However, after Amin's attack on the DPRK, Li Zhen realized that without the protection of Daming, DPRK was completely powerless to protect itself, and it was completely a fish at the mercy of others. Therefore, he had long ago decided that the direct relationship between North Korea and Daming must be restored as soon as possible. The suzerain-vassal relationship, otherwise the next time North Korea encounters trouble, it may not be as lucky as this time.

Li Jie did not dare to delay and immediately discussed with Kim Sang-hyun what to do next. Kim Sang-hyun had the absolute say in this matter. After all, Kim Sang-hyun had sent the Ming Dynasty as envoys the most times and had just helped North Korea seek help from the Ming Dynasty. The reinforcements came to save North Korea from danger. This was the time for Li Zhu to rely on him.

Kim Sang-hyun's solution is also very simple. That is how North Korea initially established a vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty. So how to do it now is to start from scratch, and it must be done with enough sincerity. Just fine.

So Li Zhu immediately revised a letter of credence and once again sent Jin Shangxian to carry gifts as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty.

This time, Zhu Tianqi accepted North Korea's credentials and gifts, but still did not meet Kim Sang-hyun. However, although he did not meet Kim Sang-hun, he asked Xu Guangqi to bring him a message: "North Korea wants to repair the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty." The relationship is OK, but because North Korea once betrayed the Ming Dynasty, North Korea must show greater sincerity if it becomes a vassal again this time!"

When Jin Sangxian heard this, he immediately felt that there was something wrong with this matter, and quickly asked: "I wonder what kind of sincerity the Emperor of Ming Dynasty wants from me, North Korea, before he is willing to ignore past resentments and accept me, North Korea, as a subject of Ming Dynasty?"

Xu Guangqi shook his head slightly and didn't say much. He just told Jin Sangxian, "Go back and convey this to the king directly. If the king has this awareness, he can come again. If he doesn't want to, there is no need to mention this matter again." Got it!"

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was not going to elaborate, Jin Sangxian did not dare to ask any more questions, so he had no choice but to obey the order and hurried back to Seoul to convey these words to Li Zhu.

Li Zhu was also confused this time. He couldn't figure out what the "sincerity" and "enlightenment" Daming meant. Could it be that he was going to North Korea to send more gifts and property?Then we should give a rough number first!

Jin Sangxian expressed his opinion, "I believe that the 'sincerity' mentioned by the Ming Dynasty cannot be attached to the suzerain-vassal relationship between the two parties with some conditions that were not available in the past. If the Ming Dynasty is willing to forgive me, North Korea, and accept us as Daming vassals, presumably these conditions should not be too harsh!"

Li Jie also felt that Jin Sangxian's analysis was reasonable, but he was still a little worried, "What if it is difficult for North Korea to meet the conditions proposed by Ming Dynasty?"

However, Jin Shangxian shook his head and said: "I don't think so. If the Ming Dynasty is not willing to forgive me, North Korea, and accept me, North Korea, as a vassal, we just need to refuse directly. Why bother to come up with some conditions that we can't achieve?" Are you going to make things difficult for us?"

When Li Ji heard this, he felt relieved a lot. He and Jin Shangxian actually thought differently. The tributes are more demanding.

Li Jie was wondering whether the Ming Dynasty would ask North Korea to cede land and donate land, but Jin Sangxian's words also made him give up this idea.

Because he suddenly realized that Kim Sang-hyun was right. If the Ming Dynasty did not want to accept North Korea as a vassal, there was no need to go around in circles with them and just reject it directly.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted the territory of North Korea, it would also have directly sent troops to take it. Could North Korea have any power to fight back against the Ming army?

(End of this chapter)