Chapter 353: Mongolia’s overall situation is settled (Part 1)
Queen Mother Sutai was afraid that her son would still compete with Hou Jin, so she further persuaded him: "This Huang Taiji, I think, is much more powerful than Nurhachi. He has now won over all the Mongolian tribes, even your uncles, uncles, and several brothers.
They all fled to him. Looking at his current posture, he must unify Mongolia. We have become the biggest obstacle to his unification of Mongolia. Why? Just because of this troublesome jade seal in our hands. If we can’t get the jade seal, Huang Taiji will not
He will let us go. No matter where we escape, he will pursue us with all his strength. It is impossible for us to bring the Mongolian tribes back. A comeback? It is simply a daydream. We cannot touch eggs with stones."
What he said made Ezhe discouraged. Father Khan's army of one hundred thousand was completely defeated. Now there are only more than 2,000 households and more than 10,000 people. How can they fight against the Jurchen army.
After coming out of Queen Mother Sutai's tent, Ezhe summoned several old ministers left behind by his father Khan to discuss the Queen Mother's idea of returning the money.
The veteran Ordos was the leader of the main war faction. He refused as soon as he heard it: "Young Master, the words of the Queen Mother are the words of a woman who wants to subjugate her country. You must not listen to them. Our Chahar tribe is the direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
It has been hundreds of years, and we hold the jade seal passed down in our hands. Mongolian tribes have always regarded us as the symbol of Mongolia. If Chahar dies, Mongolia will die. Now, some tribes are forced by the forces of the Later Jin Dynasty and have no choice but to surrender, but they secretly cooperate with
We have been in constant contact, and we are always hoping that we can regain our former glory. Our ancestor Genghis Khan rose up on the Onan River and narrowly escaped death. Thirteen of his wings were defeated, and the mountain was covered with dust. However, our ancestor, with his indomitable spirit, became more and more energetic the more frustrated he was.
, and finally founded the Yuan Empire.
"The same was true for Liu Bang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains. He was killed many times by the Overlord of Chu, leaving nothing behind and escaped alone. However, he finally eliminated the Overlord in the Jiuli Mountain battle and established the Western Han Dynasty. Throughout the dynasties, everyone
To become the leader of a hegemonic industry, one must go through all kinds of hardships. It is said that great responsibilities come from heaven to people, and they must first work hard and work hard for their muscles and bones. Today, although we are in a difficult situation, as long as we follow the will of the late Khan, eat hard work and refuse money, we will succeed.
If you deal with Huang Taiji on the thousands of miles of grassland, you will definitely rise again!" The veteran Tuo Tuoluo also tried to persuade him with tears, but what he told was the story of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, whom Ezhe yearned for very much.[
Ezhe was still young after all. Hearing these words, his blood boiled up. He nodded and said, "No." "Yes, I am a golden descendant of Genghis Khan. As long as I persist, our Mongolia will surely rise again. Let's give up on the gold drop!"
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Due to the strong opposition of several veterans, the issue of surrendering gold was temporarily shelved. However, rumors that Queen Mother Sutai wanted to return gold soon spread, causing military morale to be unstable.
That morning, Ezhe was having dinner in the tent of Empress Dowager Su Tai. Suddenly a guard rushed into the tent in a panic and reported: "Queen Mother, young master, it's not good. Empress Dowager Nang Nang is leading the literary network to cross the Yellow River and defect to Hou Jin."
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When E Zhe heard this, his face turned pale, he stood up angrily, and said angrily: "Father Khan just died, why did she do this!"
Queen Mother Sutai was also stunned, thinking that Chahar, which once dominated the desert, now has less than 3,000 households left, but Nangang has taken away 1,500 households at once. The family fortune left by the late Khan cannot be saved.
Well, is it really true that the tree fell and the hozens dispersed?! This Nang Nang’s work is a bit too crazy, what should I do, what should I do!
When she became anxious, the woman's tears flowed down.
When E Zhe was furious, he grabbed his helmet and ordered: "Gather the troops and follow me to chase them back!"
The guards were in a hurry to blow the trumpet to summon the troops, but Queen Mother Su Tai hurriedly dissuaded Ezhe from chasing. She said painfully: "Forget it, let her go. What will happen if we catch up? Are they going to fight each other? What if there really is a fight?
, the outcome is unpredictable, and besides, we only have so much capital, what if we spend it all?"
"Oh mother!"
Ezhe still insisted on pursuing him, but he couldn't stand Su Tai's repeated persuasion and had no choice but to give up.
After Lin Dan Khan crossed the Yellow River south and fled to Qinghai, Huang Taiji personally led the army back. On the way, he learned that Lin Dan Khan died of illness and Ezhe succeeded to the throne. He immediately asked Dorgon to lead two white flags and 10,000 Mongolian troops to search for Ezhe.
The whereabouts of He Yuxi. Huang Taiji's eldest son Hauge, Daishan's eldest son Yue Tuo, and third son Saha Lian also served in the army.
To find someone in the vast desert is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Dorgon led his troops to search the desert for more than 20 days, but still could not find the whereabouts of Ezhe. He was really at a loss what to do, so he summoned Yue Tuo and Sa
Harian, Hauge and others discussed: "So far there has been no movement from Ezhe. The army cannot run around like this without any purpose. How can we find Ezhe? Can you tell us?"
These are all young generals from the Kingdom of Jin. Although Dorgon is their uncle, he is younger than them all. Dorgon is thirteen years older than Yue Tuo, eight years older than Saha Lian, and Hauge is also older than him.
Three years old. Among them, Yue Tuo had already received the red flag as early as the Tianming period. He had experienced hundreds of battles and was one of Huang Taiji's most capable young generals. But when it came to finding someone, Yue Tuo really couldn't come up with any good ideas.
, but the coach asked and had to say something, so he said: "Yes, if we keep looking for it in such a long way, when will we find it?"
Hauge suggested: "If that doesn't work, why don't we go look for them separately?"
Dorgon shook his head and said: "No, we only have more than 20,000 troops. If we split up, each army will become thousands. No one knows what Ezhe's attitude is now. As King Khan said
, they are trapped beasts and mourning divisions. If they meet and take action, they must not separate their troops for fear of suffering losses."
Yue Tuo also thought that the troops could not be divided, so he said: "Then send more sentinels and search for areas with abundant water and grass. Where there are water and grass, there must be nomadic Mongolians. From them, we may be able to get some news."
This was a good idea, and Dorgon immediately expressed his position: "Just do as Yue Tuo said." He ordered his personal bodyguard Sunahai: "Immediately send an order to allocate another 500 soldiers, and organize them into groups of five.
Looking for it, our army is following closely behind."
Yue Tuo nodded and said: "In this case, there are a hundred groups. If you open the big net and move forward horizontally, even a stick can't escape our eyes." [
Sahanlian smiled and said: "Now we can only hope that Ezhe will be a stick."
After searching like this for another month, the army marched to Xi Lazhu Erg. The sentinel brought back exciting news. Lin Dan Khan's wife, the Queen Mother Nang Nang, and more than 1,500 households were slowly coming from west to east.
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Hearing the news, Dorgon let out a long breath and said happily: "Finally we have some news, well, 1,500 households, no more than five or six thousand people, and the number of soldiers that can fight will not exceed 2,000.
Let’s eat this bag first and then talk about it.”
Yue Tuo, Hao Ge and Saha Lian also agreed.
Dorgon immediately ordered: "Yuetuo, Hauge, each of you will lead 3,000 men and horses to outflank him from both sides. Sahalian and I will lead 4,000 men and horses to meet us head-on. If the Empress Dowager Nang Nang comes to submit, of course it would be best. If
If not, we will encircle and force-land them."
After the arrangements were made, the army split up and advanced to the west. After walking less than ten miles, they saw a large group of men and horses in front of them, squirming in this direction. Dorgon ordered to stop advancing and ordered both sides to complete the outflank first.
More than ten cavalrymen came out of Queen Mother Nang Nang's team, went straight to Dorgon's central army, and shouted loudly: "We are here to surrender under the order of Queen Mother Nang Nang."
Dorgon hurriedly rolled off his horse and came to them. He said with great joy: "I have found you. King Khan has already known that you are coming to submit. He is afraid that you will run out of food and grass, so he specially ordered us to come to greet you."
How is Queen Mother Nang?"
The leading general looked at Dorgon and asked cautiously: "I wonder who the general is?"
Dorgon laughed: "My great general Dorgon."
When the visitor heard this, he was shocked and quickly knelt down: "I will see General Dorgon at the end." More than a dozen people also knelt down.
Dorgon supported him and said, "No need to be polite, please get up quickly."
"General, please look, the Queen Mother is here."
Dorgon looked to the west and saw the Empress Dowager Nangnang in front, and a Chahar soldier on the left and right, holding a thick book in his hand, slowly walking towards him. Dorgon strode forward to greet him.
Empress Dowager Nang Nang led all the soldiers to kneel on the ground: "The Ai family has heard of the great name of the Khan of the Jin Kingdom for a long time, and now he has led 1,500 households to submit to him."
Dorgon also knelt down and bowed: "Please get up, Queen Mother. This is impossible, absolutely impossible." After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Dorgon was so happy that he loudly ordered: "Set up camp, hold a banquet, and welcome Queen Mother Nang Nang."
As Dorgon, there is no need to kneel down and worship Nang Nang. However, after the Great Jin Dynasty established by Wanyan Aguda was destroyed by Genghis Khan, the Jurchens became a tribe of the Yuan Dynasty. In the eyes of the Jurchens, Genghis Khan was a supreme god.
, the descendants of Genghis Khan are also very noble in their eyes. Zhu Beile in the Later Jin Dynasty mostly married Mongolian women as wives. On the one hand, it was because Huang Taiji implemented the policy of uniting with Mongolia, and on the other hand, because of the noble status and blood of Mongolian women.
They were all proud to marry a woman of Mongolian golden blood. Therefore, Dorgon lowered his status and knelt down to a descendant.
After learning the whereabouts of Ezhe from the Empress Dowager Nangnang and knowing that the jade seal was on his body, Dorgon could not suppress the ecstasy in his heart. He said to the Empress Dowager Nangnang: "I will lead the army there tomorrow and ask the Empress Dowager to give me a message."
How about writing a letter to Queen Mother Sutai explaining your current situation and urging her to come back as soon as possible?"
"The Ai family should serve, but there are a few veterans around E Zhe who are very stubborn and would rather die than submit. E Zhe is almost helpless with them." Nang Nang is determined to invest money, and he is not interested in betraying his name.
My son Ezhe has no psychological burden at all.
"Thank you very much, Queen Mother. I cannot send the Queen Mother to Shengjing in person. Please forgive me. Today's wine is both a welcome wine and a farewell wine. Let's say goodbye now and see you in Shengjing."
Dorgon was worried about long nights and many dreams, and was afraid that Ezhe would be tempted by a few veterans and flee to Mobei, so he marched day and night, marching more than 200 miles a day. At sunset on the fifth day, the army arrived at Tuolitu.
Ergun once again raised the tent to discuss matters: "We have gone through all kinds of hardships and finally found Ezhe, and the jade seal is in his hand. There are only more than a thousand households in Tuolitu, and the number of soldiers capable of fighting is only 1,500.
The art of war teaches ten principles of encirclement. Take advantage of the heavy fog to quietly surround it and never let anyone escape."
Hauge thought it was troublesome, so he shouted: "Uncle Fourteen, if I don't think twice, I will rush in, catch him off guard, and seize the jade seal first."
Dorgon smiled and said: "It's too risky to do this. Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of what may happen. If you get desperate and destroy the seal and kill people, we will become the sinners of the Kingdom of Jin. King Khan has
"Excuse me, but as a last resort, you can't use troops to attack me. It's better to negotiate peace talks and let them surrender on their own initiative."
Hauge said with some worry: "The problem is that those bastard veterans control the situation, can the negotiation be successful? Maybe they will alert the snake." [
Dorgon smiled with full confidence: "Have you forgotten the Battle of Daling River? How about He Kegang? Wasn't he killed by the people and soldiers in the city? The little Tolitu Castle, even a
There are no fences, so if you surround them for ten or eight days, they will break down."
Yue Tuo interjected: "Uncle Fourteen, while we are surrounding you, we can send people to persuade them to surrender and promote their disintegration."
Dorgon glanced at Yue Tuo approvingly, "What Yue Tuo said is exactly what I meant. Nan Chu, the compatriot brother of Empress Dowager Su Tai, is in our army. Tomorrow, I will meet Su Tai with him."
The three people asked in surprise: "Su Tai's younger brother? Uncle Fourteen, when did you get such a treasure into the army?"
Dorgon laughed: "Before setting off for the expedition, I ordered Darhan and Angkundu to compile a list of all the people who were related to Queen Mother Sutai and Ezhe. The first one on the list was: Nanchu, Queen Mother Sutai.
The younger brother of a compatriot. This person is a treasure, and he will definitely be useful in negotiations."
Sahalian lost no time in flattering him and said, "Uncle Fourteen has taken precautions and has a good chance of winning."
Yue Tuo said: "Uncle Fourteen is the commander-in-chief of the army. How can a commander personally go to the enemy camp to persuade them to surrender? If something goes wrong, we cannot afford it."
Dorgon said: "Ezhe is the son of Lin Dan Khan, and Empress Dowager Sutai is among them. It is only for me to come forward in person to show respect. As for the danger, it may be a little bit, but I am heavily armored. If you want to take advantage of me, there is no way."
It's so easy. Besides, there's Nanchu, so I'll take Sunahai with me. I think they won't and won't dare to do anything unless they have to. Even if there is a real change, I and the few guards who are with me can resist it.
For a while, you will be close at hand, so just respond immediately." Dorgon was an expert in art and bold, and because Ezhe's troops had few troops, he wanted to make a big splash.
Yue Tuo was still worried, so he advised, "It's better for me to go. If I let my 14th uncle go, King Khan won't scold us to death if he finds out."
"Stop arguing, it will be more conducive for Yuxi to return gold if I go."
Dorgon made the final decision, and Yue Tuo and the others saw that Dorgon had made up his mind, so they had no choice but to acquiesce.