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Chapter 412 Capital Defense Battle 7

Fortunately, my father did not completely believe the brothers' accusations. It may also be because he had just imprisoned his third uncle Shuerhaqi and killed two cousins ​​the year before. He did not want to lose another right-hand man, so he was only relieved of the post of assistant minister. No more penalties.

Without the auxiliary position, it is equivalent to losing the identity of the recognized heir. According to the Han people, he should be the deposed prince. Anyone else might have sunk in because of this, but Chu Ying didn't.

Years of fighting life have cultivated his tenacity beyond ordinary people. He can get up wherever he falls and cannot give up as long as he has a breath left. What method should be used to compete? Chu Ying actually did not realize the source of the mistake and was still pursuing more achievements.

The opportunity came quickly. The Ming emperor sent people to attack the five Khalkha tribes, and then used mutual trade to seduce Lin Dan Khan. He coerced and lured the Mongols to cancel the marriage agreement and refuse to form an alliance.

This unexpected situation made my father very angry and disappointed. It took more than a year, and so many troops were lost. Just when the fruit was about to be obtained, it was crushed easily, and anyone would be angry to death.

Although the road to Shanhaiguan is now open, it is not safe at all and will completely expose the flanks to the attack range of the Mongolian cavalry. Not to mention that the Ming army still had certain strength, even if Shanhaiguan was surrendered, the Jurchens would not dare to march straight in.

How to do it? Some people suggested that the pace of expansion should be slowed down first, which would be a good opportunity to digest the large tracts of land and hundreds of thousands of border residents just acquired. Then he went north to annex the Ye He tribe of the Haixi Jurchens to further strengthen his strength and not confront the Ming Dynasty for the time being.

Some people advocate developing southward and knocking down the North Korean Li Dynasty first to prevent them from always causing trouble in the hinterland. After possessing the manpower and material resources of North Korea, they will then fight with the various Mongolian ministries to completely eliminate the obstacles to the westward advance.

Some people feel that the Ming Dynasty cannot just take advantage of it, and must retaliate. Not only must it retaliate, but it must also let the Mongolian tribes see the consequences of going against the Jurchens.

This is Chu Ying's idea. Both the Jurchens and the Mongols admire the strong. If you want to reason, you have to sit down and talk calmly after deciding the winner. No one will be convinced by just talking without even comparing. .

He felt that since the Ming army could go hundreds of miles out of the border wall to raid the five Khalkha tribes, there was no reason why the Jurchens, who were better at fighting in mountains and jungles, were worse than the Ming army. Zhao Mao Hua Hu also entered the border wall to burn, kill and loot the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, letting the various Mongolian tribes see whether it would be better to follow the Ming Dynasty or choose to form an alliance with the more powerful Jurchen.

Nurhachi did not deliberately ignore his eldest son's opinions on this issue because he was disappointed with his eldest son's reckless behavior. After careful consideration, he felt that it would not hurt to give it a try.

Taking risks is not a problem. I have always taken risks on the road to rise, often going deep into enemy territory to win more with less. The key is not whether to take risks, but the rewards.

Resolute revenge for what Ming Dynasty did is in line with the current situation. If you suffer such a big loss and still endure it silently, it will make all Mongolian ministries look down on you from the bottom of your heart and make it more difficult to get along with you in the future.

But how to retaliate is another question. The current Ming Dynasty is completely different from before it abandoned Liaodong Town. The only land passage between the two sides is Shanhaiguan. Juniper, who is guarding Shanhaiguan, is simply a living bastard. No matter how he is tempted, provoked and provoked, he just stands still and makes people unable to speak. Seeing that the juniper was soft and hard, Nurhaci turned his attention to Sun Chengzong, the governor of Shanhaiguan. According to Han people's habits, civilian officials are often more powerful than military generals and are easier to manipulate. As long as Sun Chengzong is dissatisfied with Jun Song, this bastard will soon be impeached and then leave in despair.

Unfortunately, this kick hit the iron plate again. Compared with the silent commander-in-chief Du Song, the gentle and elegant governor Sun Chengzong was nothing. The books of sages were read into the dog's belly.

He shamelessly accepted the Jurchen's gift and acted like he was leaning towards peace talks. He then pretended to agree to a meeting between the two parties, and when the contact person sent by the Jurchens showed up, he immediately turned against him and immediately arrested him. Based on this person's confession, all the people who lived in Shanhaiguan and had close contacts with the Jurchens were arrested.

Then, before it was over, they publicly beheaded these people and their families, and posted notices throughout the city, using bloody facts to warn the locals not to communicate privately with the Jurchens. Anyone who did so would have their heads hung on the wall. At the top of the city, the whole family was sent to the army.

This incident made Nurhaci very angry. In addition to the loss of face, the detectives who had worked hard for so many years were almost exhausted. It would be even more difficult to easily obtain the movements of the Shanhaiguan garrison in the future.

However, there are always two sides to everything. Although the purge conducted by Sun Chengzong was successful, there were also omissions. It did not catch all the people who were hooking up with the Jurchens. At the same time, it also offended another group of people, the Five Khalkha Tribes. Among those who were executed were several Mongolians, and some who ran away.

After they go back, they will definitely not talk about the benefits of accepting the Jurchens and acting as spies for Nurhaci. They deserve to be beheaded when caught. We must do our best to discredit how the Ming army in Shanhaiguan brutally abused foreigners and treated the Mongols as human beings.

The five Khalkha tribes were already holding back their anger after being attacked by the Ming army. Even if they could get some benefits from the mutual trade, they would not get much. Now the tribesmen were driven out and killed by the Ming army in Shanhaiguan. If it were not for the involvement of the Duoyan tribe in the west, If you want to take Lin Danhan's face into consideration, you will have to fight with a knife immediately.

Even so, they still did not intend to swallow this bad breath, they just buried their hatred deep in their hearts and were always looking for opportunities to retaliate. Nurhaci was worthy of being the founder of the Later Jin Dynasty. He had a careful and keen mind. He quickly smelled something and secretly sent people to get in touch with the five Khalkha tribes.

Then the two sides hit it off without any effort and planned to launch a cooperative attack against the Ming army in Shanhaiguan. Specifically speaking, the Jurchens sent troops, and the five Khalkha tribes provided logistical guidance and support. The supplies and people snatched back were divided evenly between the two sides, with the Jurchens accounting for the majority.

The 5th Khalkha Division kept their word and soon gave out specific attack routes and possibilities. There were some descendants of Mongolians in the Ming army, and they were all troops that surrendered when the Yuan Dynasty retreated north.

For example, the Three Thousand Battalion among the three major battalions in the capital was formed with the core of the surrendered Mongolian cavalry. For another example, when Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign, he also had many Mongolian cavalry to help him. After more than two hundred years of assimilation, some of them have completely become Han Chinese, and some still maintain contact with their Mongolian relatives.

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