Chapter eight hundred and ninety-two life is like a dream
In the endless darkness, Huang Taiji gradually regained consciousness. But he still felt that his eyelids seemed to be extremely heavy, and he couldn't seem to open them no matter how hard he tried.
A strange singing voice of "jijijiahah" came from outside the hall, and Huang Taiji understood that it was the shamans accompanying the army praying for him. But now Huang Taiji just wanted to be quiet, and he wanted to scold these shamans immediately.
But he is really powerless!
"It seems like we are going to reach the end of our lives this time." Huang Taiji thought with some resignation.
But then a feeling of dissatisfaction suddenly filled Huang Taiji's whole body. He was unwilling to give in! He was unwilling to give in! He had already entered the city of Beijing, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had also taken the first step to conquer the Central Plains, but his own body was
After the collapse, we can no longer see the Manchus conquering the world. What kind of sadness is this? The sadness of a hero!
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
A burst of hurried shouting rang in Huang Taiji's ears. Huang Taiji also used all his strength to open his eyes, and immediately saw the edge of his bed, surrounded by Manchu nobles and generals.
I saw Huang Taiji's eyelids moving just now. Dorgon, the highest-ranking person present, tried to shout a few times. Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji really woke up, and the faces of the Manchu nobles and generals also showed up.
smiled.
Huang Taiji slowly looked around at everyone, and found that although their faces all had expressions of worry, panic, joy, etc., the only ones with red and swollen eyes were Obai, Tan Tai, and of course Dorgon. Hey—
—!This Dorgon!
"You are such an ambitious brother!" Huang Taiji looked at him with a complicated expression. But at this moment, Huang Taiji clearly felt that life was passing through his body, and it seemed that he did not have much time left!
"Hey——!" Huang Taiji sighed in his heart, "Now that the matter has come to this, let's do something humane! The two white flags are now full-fledged."
"Your Majesty! What do you have to say?" Dorgon saw Huang Taiji looking at him and immediately asked with concern.
"Hel me up! Help me up!" Huang Taiji said softly.
So everyone helped Huang Taiji up and put some cushions on his back so that Huang Taiji could sit and talk.
"Don't worry. I have an old problem. I just need to rest for a while." Huang Taiji comforted. Then he asked, "How long have I been asleep?"
"It's been a whole day." Oboi said at the side, "Your Majesty! We are all worried when you fall!"
Huang Taiji seemed to glance at Obai casually, but his sharp eyes were just to tell Obai: "Stop talking nonsense." Huang Taiji also saw Huang Taiji, who shrank his neck and frowned slightly.
He hid back and no longer dared to speak.
"Where are the Ming troops in Henan? Are we ready to send troops?" Huang Taiji asked again.
But upon hearing this question, everyone in the room looked at each other, and no one dared to say anything. Huang Taiji's fainting made the Qing army panic. In addition, without the commander-in-chief, no one dared to act rashly.
, so we can only wait for Huang Taijishu to wake up.
Huang Taiji's brain turned around a little and he understood the trick here. So he looked at Dorgon and said to him: "Fourteenth brother! I'm not here, so you should make the decision here. Why should you hesitate?
?”
"Your Majesty is teaching you a lesson! It's my brother who is timid. He is afraid of betraying the divine grace." Dorgon quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
Huang Taiji took a long breath and then said: "Among my brothers and nephews, you are the strongest in terms of talent. What can I not worry about? From the time when the old Khan's seven hatreds started the army, in the past few decades, our Qing Dynasty has
We have finally captured the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The national athletes have finally entered this beautiful country, and they can travel a hundred miles or only half a mile. We can't let go and give back what we have gained!"
"That's what the emperor said!" Dorgon and others quickly agreed.
"The Ming army in Henan should have passed Baoding now! If we don't send troops, it will be too late. I will appoint you, Prince Rui, as the general in the southern expedition, and you will command all the athletes of the Eight Banners. We must repel the Ming army in Henan and save the capital.
.In this way we can have a stable position." The more Huang Taiji said, the more excited he seemed to be, and a sickly flush appeared on his cheeks. Everyone already knew that Huang Taiji had returned to his former glory, so they all
He didn't dare to say anything for fear of interrupting Huang Taiji's last words.
"Fourteenth Brother! My children are useless, so I need you to worry more. If you can help me, please help me for my sake. If you really can't, then you can sit on the throne!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked like thunder. Dorgon couldn't stand anymore. He rolled and crawled to the ground. He kowtowed repeatedly. While kowtowing, he said with a crying voice: "
I don’t dare! I don’t dare! I have no heirs, so I will definitely help my nephews with all my heart. If I have any evil intentions, God will abandon me! God will abandon me!”
Seeing Dorgon kneeling down, everyone also knelt down and kowtowed. Oboi also spoke from the side: "The throne must belong to the emperor's elder brother, and no one can take it away. Otherwise, the slaves will definitely fight to the death.
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"Okay! Everyone, get up!" Huang Taiji raised his hand tremblingly, "Obai! Don't say such things. Our Eight Banners cannot fight among themselves. Fourteenth Brother! Do you think this is the truth?
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"The emperor said yes! The emperor said yes!" Dorgon was still kneeling on the ground, kowtowing continuously.
Huang Taiji let out a long sigh, and he finally exhausted all the remaining energy. He leaned softly on the cushion, and his voice became smaller and smaller: "To be able to break into Beijing and sit on the emperor's throne is really unprecedented in my life.
Regret! I have no regrets in my life! It’s just that the time is too short. In my life..."
When Huang Taiji plunged into the darkness of the eternal night, the last four words that came to his mind were: Life is like a dream!
In the early morning of August 15th, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji, a great leader of the generation, died of illness in Beijing. As a minority leader who single-handedly brought the Manchus to the Qing Dynasty and was able to compete for the world, Huang Taiji was worthy of the reputation of great talent and great strategy.
Even when Huang Taiji was on his deathbed, he determined the Qing Dynasty's domestic and foreign policies.
Externally: Huang Taiji demanded to hold Beijing and repel the Runing army. Based on Beijing, he seized the entire North China Plain north of the Yellow River and the vast area in the northwest. He first formed a north-south separatist state with the Han people, and then looked for opportunities to seize the entire world.
Internally: Huang Taiji performed the late Ming Dynasty version of Baidi City Tuogu, using Liu Bei's trick to restrain Dorgon's hands and feet so that his eldest son, Prince Su Hauge, could ascend the throne.
Of course, these arrangements are excellent. If the rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty implement them according to the plans, they will also bring the greatest benefits to the Qing Dynasty. However, Huang Taiji also neglected one thing: with his death, what he said
It just disappeared with the wind.
And there is another point that Huang Taiji neglected. In his last words, he only said that his son should ascend the throne, and did not specify who the son was. Although all the Manchu nobles and generals in the palace at that time knew that the heir designated by Huang Taiji was the eldest son.
Hauge, but always left such a loophole. And this loophole will be infinitely amplified by Dorgon in the future.
"Fourteenth brother! The emperor has just passed away, and you are going to lead the army south to fight. Aren't you afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable? It is better to return to Shengjing with the seizures in the pass! Anyway, Shanhaiguan is also in our hands now. When the issue of Shengjing is resolved,
It's okay, we can come in at any time." Azig advised Dorgon.
Dorgon frowned, shook his head and said: "This is not good! Those are the emperor's last words, and so many people are listening to them. Our footing is not stable now! And I have ordered to block the news, not to announce the funeral, and the military is peaceful
Shengjing is also sealed off, so it should be fine!"
When Huang Taiji's body was still cold, it was really difficult for Dorgon to disobey Huang Taiji's orders. Otherwise, it would be very detrimental to controlling the Qing army in the future. Dorgon just asked Azig to be patient and wait for Dorgon to use his methods.
, let’s talk about fully controlling the power of the Qing Dynasty.
But at this moment, Duduo ran over in a hurry. As soon as they met, he shouted breathlessly: "Two brothers! Listen to the slaves in my banner: The two yellow banners have sent more than a dozen groups of people back to Liaodong overnight.
If the two brothers don't make any move, Shengjing will be taken over by Hauge."
"Ah!" Dorgon and Azig exclaimed in unison.
And Azig also cursed: "Obai and Tan Tai, these two slaves, don't let me touch you! I will skin you!"
In Shengjing, the personal grudge between Hauge and Dorgon is already known to everyone. Once Hauge comes to the throne, the best ending for the three Dorgon brothers is to die in captivity. So now Dorgon and the others have been
Forced, we must not sit still and wait for death.
At this time, Dorgon no longer cared about Huang Taiji's last words. He said decisively: "Gather the entire army! Return north immediately. Loot all the property, livestock and people in the capital, and return to Sheng from the Great Wall pass in several routes."
Jing. Azig! Duduo! You two escorted the emperor’s coffin, brought the two white flags and married our troops, and returned from Shanhaiguan with me!"
"good!"
"Then hurry up and send the order! Hey -!" Dorgon said at last.
On August 13, the vanguard of the Runing Army encountered Qing spies in Baoding.
On August 15, the whole family of the Runing army arrived in Baoding, deployed their troops, and prepared for a decisive battle with the Qing army.
On the same day, Huang Taiji died of illness in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
On August 16, due to the internal strife in the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon decided to abandon the decisive battle with the Runing army and evacuate the capital, regardless of Huang Taiji's death.
At the same time, he ordered: to plunder the capital for one day, and then on the 17th, divide into four groups and return north to Liaodong with the property and population captured in the capital.
The other three Qing troops who exited the Great Wall through the Great Wall walked at a slower pace because they had a large number of captures. Dorgon, on the other hand, was galloping lightly on this route and had to return to Shengjing as quickly as possible.
On August 19, when the vanguard of the Runing Army cautiously approached the city of Beijing, they were surprised to find that the inner city and the imperial city were already deserted.