And in Liaodong, the newly established Hao Qing Empire.
Emperor Huang Taiji was also like a furnace, burning with anger.
His ascension to the throne was not smooth, and he was even somewhat embarrassed in diplomacy.
Any founding of a nation must focus on international recognition.
It's like a small country becoming king.
There must be an envoy from the Central Heavenly Dynasty to bring the emperor's canonization, which means the recognition of the great powers.
Envoys from neighboring countries must also bring congratulatory gifts from their kings, which means that neighboring countries accept them.
Moreover, noble vassals also participated in person, which meant that they submitted to the rule.
The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were enemies of each other. Huang Taiji's claim to the throne was to challenge the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, he did not need to consider the recognition of the great powers, but the acceptance of neighboring countries and the submission of the nobles were both important to him and his empire.
For the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Chongde, not only all the countries will come to court, but at least the surrounding countries and foreign vassal tribes should all send envoys to congratulate him, and everyone will be happy.
But many of the invited tribal leaders were not present.
The wall fell down and everyone pushed it.
The most shocking thing that happened in the Mongolian world this year was that the Ming envoy Ma Shaoyu used King Shunyi's golden seal to hammer to death the Later Jin envoy Ma Mingpei in Guihua City.
Although Yang Qi quickly ran to Xi'an after the incident, Ma Shaoyu was immediately put under house arrest by Sa Nang Taiji of the Wu Shen Department and escorted to Xi'an.
But before losing his freedom, he still proudly sent a message to the imperial court in Shanxi: The humble minister fulfilled his mission and killed the Jin Kingdom's puppet envoy in the Qingcheng Temple!
This matter was not only announced to the world by the excited Emperor Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, but also spread throughout the north and south of the desert in a short time because of the 230,000 noble families in the Marshal's Mansion in Monan.
All of a sudden, the three Khans of Mobei responded to the invitation to participate in Hou Jin's coronation ceremony, making various excuses not to go.
It's not that something like this happened, everyone felt that Ji Qing was going to die, and the three melons and two dates in his hands could compete with the Eight Banners.
No, Huang Taiji in Sanhan's heart is still the master of Houjin who chased Lin Danhan all over the place.
It's just that Mobei Sanhan had his own considerations.
If there is no other way, in order to avoid being beaten, they will definitely add something extra to Huang Taiji's coronation ceremony.
But if they had a choice, they would not want to get too involved with the new Bad Qing Empire.
After all, there was Liu Chengzong squatting in the southwest of them. The living father who fought all over the southeast and northwest had some faults and always had great hostility towards Hou Jin, whom he had never met.
Ma Shaoyu killed Ma Mingpei with a hammer, which was like a limited-time amulet for Mobei Sanhan.
After it happened, the three Khans agreed that no matter what they did this year, Huang Taiji would definitely not bother to send troops to beat them.
Because obviously, the most important task this year for the disgraced Emperor Chongde must be to deal with Yang Qi and Daming.
In fact, because Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor, he had to beat up too many people.
This series of things are all connected, because Hou Jin needs to regain his momentum, so Huang Taiji needs to proclaim himself emperor, and proclaiming emperor needs to shock the Ming Dynasty, so Yang Qi needs to be removed, and Yang Qi can be removed to try to surrender. Recruitment will lead to internal dissatisfaction.
stable.
Failure to recruit and surrender will not only destabilize the country internally, but also destabilize the country externally.
The Manchu aristocrats were originally dissatisfied with King Sanshun, and felt that Huang Taiji favored the Han people while despising the Manchus. They gave the three Han generals with less than 10,000 soldiers the honorary title of county king, and also gave them a garrison and an independent army.
As a result, Huang Taiji actually planned to make Yang Qi, a Han Chinese, a king, and he would also be a prince!
Now not only the Manchu nobles were unhappy, but also King Sanshun was unhappy.
The three of us have both merit in joining the army and hard work in the conquest, so in the end, Yang Qi, a bastard, can become a prince just because he walked around Dorgon?
But there is actually no suspense about this matter.
King Sanshun plus one had less than 10,000 Han soldiers under his command. Yang Qi controlled 40,000 soldiers outside the fortress and cracked the earth for thousands of miles. He also occupied a battleground against the Ming Dynasty's circuitous route into the fortress. If he could surrender, he would have a huge influence on Huang Taiji.
strategic advantage.
Therefore, the psychological conflict between the Manchu nobles and King Sanshun was completely acceptable to Huang Taiji as a price.
However, the canonization failed and Ma Mingpei was killed, which made Huang Taiji quite angry.
This was a blatant slap in the face. Huang Taiji had never suffered such a big loss in his life.
But he can accept it.
If that was the case, Huang Taiji would probably just hold his nose and admit it, block the news, and assume that Ma Mingpei had never appeared.
When anyone asked, they said he was missing or ran away with his gold seal.
It doesn't matter!
What really made him almost angry to death was that this matter was spread so widely.
The monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were so happy about this matter that they even used it as a weapon. Gao Qiqian, the director of Guan Ning, personally wrote a letter, translated it in three languages, and printed tens of thousands of copies, so that Ye Bushou could take it with him to meet people on the border.
shoot.
By the time Huang Taiji and the Haiqing clan found out, it was already too late.
These letters were brought to Shengjing and became known to every household in Shenyang.
Of course there won't be anything nice written in the letter.
Mainly about three things.
First, thieves arose in the Ming Dynasty, and the country's power was indeed in decline, so much so that thieves and local chieftains such as Hongtai and others claimed to be false emperors.
I'm so damn afraid that people don't know who Zhang Zhi is, so I'm attaching the biography of Zhang Yichuan, the outlaw thief.
Secondly, Hong Taichu proclaimed himself the puppet emperor and sent the puppet envoy Ma Mingpei to go and be naturalized in order to make Yang Qi king. However, the envoy of the Celestial Dynasty, Ma Shaoyu, hammered him to death with a gold seal on the spot.
Third, Yang Qi, the lord of Monan, has received the title of King Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty. The north and south of the border wall have become one. Those who live outside the border must run back quickly. There will be no good consequences outside.
This letter made Huang Taiji so angry that he fainted on the spot. It took him two hours to wake up. When he woke up, he angrily denounced the Ming envoy as a barbarian.
This little report just made it clear that the lord of Jianzhou, Hou Jin Tianconghan, finally, through his own efforts, reached the same level as Zhang Yichuan, a kind of cat and dog.
Huang Taijixin said that Zhang Zhi is such a dirty thing. Why did he become emperor at this time? Damn you!
It lowered the emperor’s gold content!
What about Liu Chengzong? What are you doing with Liu Chengzong? Why don’t you call yourself an emperor? Let’s make the throne more serious!
This propaganda campaign is very effective.
If this letter says that the power of the Ming Dynasty is indeed in decline, people like the Western thief Liu Chengzong and the Eastern captive Huang Taiji have all claimed the title of emperor.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Those who read the letter must feel that this Ming Dynasty is really going to end.
After all, the shadow of a famous tree is known to everyone from Lake Balkhash to Heilongjiang when it comes to Liu Chengzong.
But if it were Zhang Zhi, the gold content would be directly knocked to the bottom. People would obviously think that Huang Taiji's claim to the throne was child's play.
Let's not talk about Zhang Zi's hometown in Shaanxi. No one knows who he is. Even Zhang Yichuan, who claims to be the emperor, doesn't know who the emperor Zhang Zi is. Isn't this just a cat and a dog?
To be honest, Huang Taiji hated himself for being so smart at this time.
Because he could tell at a glance Gao Qiqian or the Ming court's intention behind it - Gao Qiqian was seeking death.
Gao Qiqian's official position is Director Guan Ning.
Seriously speaking, this was an attempt by the Ming court officials to use this letter to arouse his anger and hatred, forcing him to raise his troops in anger and attack the Ningjin defense line.
In addition, this letter really made slaves and even generals flee to Liaoxi.
This matter itself does not require letters. The Liao people under Hou Jin's rule and the prisoners in the war never stopped running to the Ming Dynasty. Even Hou Jin's real Jurchen with Tartar braids ran to western Liaoning and Pidao.
Nothing has ever happened.
But with Gao Qiqian's letter in front of him, Huang Taiji's attention inevitably turned to the fugitive.
Of course he wouldn't fall for such a simple strategy.
Only idiots attack Guan Ningjin's defense line.
They detoured two thousand miles and went to Xuanda Yunzhou in Shanxi Province to risk breaking through the border, entering the border wall and plundering the population. On the way back, they plundered so many slaves that six or seven times out of ten they would die, and they also risked being followed and attacked by the Ming army after the robbery.
, the risk of robbery, Hui Hui fought and cremated himself, for what?
Isn’t it just to bypass the Ningjin defense line?
From Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan, it is a mere 300 miles from southwest to northeast. The widest corridor is no more than 40 miles, and the narrowest is only a little over ten miles. There are more than 20 rivers that cut off the road from northwest to southeast. It can be said that every step is a success.
The closer his army is to Shanhaiguan, the shorter the Ming army's supply line will be.
If you must muster all your strength and hope to enter and rob from Shanhaiguan, you will have to wait until the end of the mountain with a big cake hanging on your back, and you will not be able to get in even if you spend all your money in Manchuria.
The key point is that even if one or two cities are hit by great luck and cannot be defended, Manchuria will have to resort to field warfare and looting strategically, and cannot defend any city outside the hinterland.
The cities west of the Liao River cannot be defended, and even the Korean cities south of the Yalu River cannot be defended.
Because there are few Manchurians.
Defending a newly occupied city means that support cannot arrive in time, and too many defenders cannot be left, as it will be too easy to be annihilated.
Instead of wasting human life on a few ruined cities where no advantage can be gained, it would be better to risk two thousand miles and fight in a roundabout way.
But sometimes being too smart is not a good thing.
He really wanted to kill this bastard Gao Qiqian!
Huang Taiji controlled his anger, tried his best to convince himself that he was not as knowledgeable as the eunuch Gao Qiqian, and suppressed his anger. The frustration was even worse than being fooled.
Unfortunately, his cowardice was not the only thing he did.
Long before he ascended the throne, while sending Ma Mingpei to Guihua City, he also sent Ying Erdai and Ma Futa, who often went to Korea as envoys, to lead the team and took the opportunity to attend the funeral of Queen Renyeol to persuade the Korean King Li Zhu.
When Huang Taiji was invited to join the Imperial Palace, the mission encountered a setback and came back in despair.
When it came to the enthronement ceremony, none of the neighboring countries and feudal lords were present in person.
Subadi Khan in the western part of Mobei didn't see the bad green envoy at all. Gunbu Khan in the central part did send someone, but the one who came was a small nobleman who was not ranked in Mobei.
Only Shuolei Khan in the eastern part of Mobei barely gave him face. He excused himself and broke his leg while riding a horse and sent his son Babu to Shengjing with gifts. However, he acted completely as an envoy from a neighboring country and had no intention of surrendering.
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On the contrary, Babu has a very good relationship with Huang Taiji's son Hauge. They have a lot in common, but these two little bastards sit together and chat about the poor people in the Marshal's Mansion.
The two of them even planned to set up a trade route, transfer money from east to west, and export goods from west to east, which sounded a lot like that!
Huang Tai Jixin said it was easy, but I have already done it. Why do you two little bastards need to save up trouble? Just rob Shanxi and sell the children's belongings to him on the spot in Ordos.
As for Liu Chengzong, the living father whose brain was kicked by a donkey, it would be easy for you to transfer our dirty money to him, but it would be impossible to transfer the goods from him.
Huang Taiji became angrier the more he thought about this matter. He still doesn't know why. The bandits from the east and west joined forces to attack the Ming Dynasty together. It was a genius strategy.
But it was difficult to deal with that fool Liu Chengzong.
You said that the Mongolian tribes and the Korean Kingdom have a bad relationship with us. They are all feuds, which is understandable.
What kind of feud can you, a poor guy who has lived in Shaanxi for a long time, have with me, a savage from the old forest?
Even if you want to dominate the world, after you overthrow the Ming Dynasty, why don't we fight with real swords and guns? Why do you have to stick me in Monan, a piece of shit that harms others and does not benefit yourself!
Even compared to North Korea, the Three Khans of Mobei are considered face-saving.
After all, Huang Taiji had never really fought against the Three Khans of Mobei. North Korea had been beaten to a pulp in the Battle of Dingmao. It was called an alliance of brothers, but in fact it was under restraint. The envoy asked the King of North Korea to invite Huang Taiji to ascend the throne, but he refused to accept it over and over again.
Unexpectedly, after the Jin Dynasty's envoy left Seoul, the king of Korea, Li Jie, issued a warning and denounced the Donglu.
Li Zhu said that he had not fought the Ding Mao Rebellion earlier and had no choice but to be restrained by the Donglu. However, he was insatiable and feared that he would drink more and more. This is an unprecedented shame for our country.
Hanguo endured the pain and wanted to gather strength to cheer up, but this shame may have no end. Now that the Donglu are becoming more and more rampant, they dare to act arrogantly. Is this something that our monarchs and ministers will tolerate?
Therefore, North Korea did not consider the survival situation of the strong and the weak, but only made decisions based on justice, and refused to accept their demands, causing Hu Cha to put down the ultimatum and leave in anger.
I hope that if the common people of the Eight Paths hear about this just act of the imperial court, they will be inspired by the news and vow to fight together to the death. Regardless of whether they are near or far, high or low, they will invite loyal and righteous people to use their strategies. Brave people will volunteer to join the expedition, hoping to help each other in difficulties and repay the kindness of the country.
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To put it simply, the King of Joseon directly ordered the kingdom to prepare for war and prepare to resist the Donglu.
At the same time, the relationship with the Ming Dynasty was strengthened, and the move of rejecting Hou Jin was teleported to Pi Island and reported to Emperor Chongzhen, hoping to receive all kinds of support such as saltpeter, sulfur, and even troops.
Because the armaments of the Kingdom of Korea... it is extremely weak.
There are no generals, there are not enough clothes and armor, there is a shortage of food and pay, and there are not even enough troops. The huge Korean kingdom with a large population has only less than 100,000 troops.
The war relied on the tradition of gunfire developed after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Aid Korea, but the country did not know how to make saltpeter, so it relied on the Ming Dynasty to sell three thousand kilograms of saltpeter and sulfur every year for military supplies.
From the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, the imperial court was worried that North Korea would become an enemy, so it stopped this regular sale.
This is a legitimately weak country, and its survival strategy is to maintain a state of civil strife and military aggression. Politically, it is in conflict with itself, and militarily, it relies on the protection of its superior country.
Because of this, the King of Joseon's angry rebuke and arrogance was a real big deal to Hwang Tae-gil... He would scold you even if he didn't care about his life.
At the coronation ceremony of Emperor Chongde, two Chosun envoys who were held down by the neck were forced to count the number of people. As a result, these two people could hold their necks and stand stiffly while everyone else was bowing and kowtowing.
One of these two people is named Luo Dexian and the other is named Li Kuo.
Of course, it's not just them, Shuolei Khan's son Babu is also standing.
Babu was kind-hearted, and was still murmuring advice in a low voice: "If it doesn't work, you two can just fight each other. My father's place is far away, so they can't fight. If we fight, there will be somewhere to retreat. Your place..."
Babu shook his head. When he was in Shengjing, he heard Brother Haoge tell him a lot of things. North Korea would go to the sea if they retreated.
Those two groups of nobles are now learning to swim, but I don't know if it's too late.
Babu felt that the coronation ceremony was too deserted.
Apart from him and North Korea, as well as Hou Jin's Eight Banners headquarters and King Sanshun, there were only ten Mongolian tribes and twenty banners.
Among them, there are six banners on two wings of Horqin, two banners of Aohan, two banners of Bahrain, two banners of Zalut, two banners of Onniut, two banners of Karaqin, one banner of Keshiketeng, one banner of Alhorqin, and one banner of Khalkha.
Flag, Maoming'an flag.
Among the banner leaders of the twenty banners, there were only two people who were very popular in Babu's ears. The others were either the sons-in-law of the Houjin clan, or small figures who surrendered and were gathered after the defeat of their fathers.
One of the two people was Badali, who was named Prince of Horqin's Right Wing, and was named Lord of the Five Flags on the Right Wing.
Needless to say, Badali, the Horqin tribe is very powerful. He inherited the title of his father Horqin Khan earlier. Now that his allies have become bigger, in order to avoid the disaster of war, he abolished his title of Khan and received the title of prince of Haoqing.
The other was Gu Lu Siqibu, who was awarded the title of leader of the Haraqin and Qin banners.
Although this leader of Harashen, who once dominated Mobei for a while, did not become a king, he was actually not a bad person.
After all, his tribe was slaughtered and plundered by Elinchen and Sarangtaiji, who led 230,000 Monan households with cavalry, leaving only 800 people in total.
These people are just two and a half Niu Lu, combined with half a Jia La. According to the Eight Banners system, five Niu Lu and one Jia La. Five Jia La are a solid mountain and a banner.
With one-tenth of the banner's military strength, Huang Taiji granted him the pasture land and establishment of two banners, which was considered an extraordinarily generous gesture.
In short, as an outsider, Babu could see clearly that the face of Emperor Chongde during the enthronement ceremony did not have the brilliance of the new emperor's enthronement, and there was no smile on his face.
The nobles of the Eight Banners also had solemn expressions, and they were all holding back a fierce energy. This year, Monan must not be peaceful, and there will be a war.
In fact, at the same time as the official enthronement ceremony, the entire Eight Banners was mobilized.
By the time the ceremony was over, the Eight Banners' cavalry and cavalrymen had also set off, rushing to the various tribes to convey the expedition order.
Babu did not dare to stay for a long time, so he immediately said goodbye to Huang Taiji, returned to Mobei on Pegasus, and reported to his father the news that Emperor Chongde had ordered Azige to lead the army to conquer the Ming Dynasty.
Shuolei thought for a moment and did not dare to disclose the information himself, so he informed Subadi Khan of this letter.
Subadi was further away from Houjin and had no scruples. He immediately set off for Monan in person to inform Yang Qi of this important information.
However, Subadi did not expect that when he arrived in Monan after a long journey, what he saw was not the cunning and rat-like Governor Yang Qi, who dared to sit back and watch the Ming envoys kill the Hou Jin envoys.
Instead, it was the mighty Han army camp in Ordos, the endless banners and horses, and the Chinese general Liu Chengzong who had just won a brilliant victory over Ningxia in the center of the Chinese army.