The news of the Qing army's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Dangshan had already reached Shengjing before Abatai and Turg left the border. Needless to say, Huang Taiji was furious when he heard the news.
The most troublesome thing for Huang Taiji was not only that the five thousand Qing troops were completely lost in Dangshan, and nearly two thousand real Manchu soldiers who could not be replaced were killed in the pass, but that the failure of the Dangshan battle inevitably gave a
The undercurrent of the Eight Banners' balance of power has brought about subtle changes.
Dorgon, who represents the two white flags, is the half-brother of Huang Taiji. Nurhachi has sixteen sons, and Dorgon is the fourteenth. He is twenty-nine years old, alert and decisive, dare to do things, and good at using troops.
The strength of the Two White Banners, within the Eight Banners, was almost no less than that of the Xianghuang Banner faction in the hands of Huang Taiji. When Huang Taiji was around, of course he could rely on Huang Taiji's personal prestige to suppress the Two White Banners, but during the Songjin War, Huang Taiji was seriously ill.
Several visits to the front line have greatly worsened his physical condition.
Based on Huang Taiji's current physical condition, if he dies suddenly, Xianghuangqi is very likely to be unable to suppress the two white flags. At that time, even Huang Taiji himself will not be able to predict what the Dorgon brothers may do.
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You must know that Dorgon's biological mother, Concubine Abahai, was forcefully forced by Huang Taiji to bury Nurhachi...
When Huang Taiji conquered the Chahar Mongol Dorote tribe in the second year of Tiancong, Dorgon was only seventeen years old. He made great contributions in the war, revealing his extraordinary talents of both wisdom and courage.
Huang Taiji had to give him the commendable title of Mergendaiqing, and even the title of Mergendaiqingbeile. Later he was promoted to the title of king, and people called him King Mergen. In Aixinjue
Among the many princes, princes, beile and beizi of the Luo family, none have ever received such a good name.
In the previous war that besieged Jinzhou, he failed to do what Huang Taiji wanted and was demoted to the county king. This was a rare defeat for Dorgon, but Dorgon's deputy at the time was Huang Taiji's eldest son, Prince Su, Prince Hao.
Hauge and Hauge were sent to monitor Dorgon and find fault with him. However, Hauge was a simple-minded person who was particularly easy to be deceived. Instead, he was used by Dorgon and helped Dorgon share a lot of the blame. As a result, Huang Taiji
In order to show that rewards and punishments were fair, he had to demote his eldest son Hauge to the title of county king at the same time.
Dorgon began to lead troops in wars at the age of seventeen and established military exploits. At the age of twenty, he took charge of the official affairs of the Qing Dynasty, but from then on he still mainly led troops in wars.
In August of the 11th year of Chongzhen, he led the Qing troops to enter the Great Wall from Qiangziling and Qingshan Pass, penetrated deep into Jifu, defeated the Ming army at Haoshui Bridge in Julu, killed Lu Xiangsheng, and then moved into Shandong and defeated Jinan.
Captured the Ming Dynasty clan leader De Wang.
In the spring of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he led the plundered Manchu soldiers to pass near Tianjin and exit the Great Wall from Qingshan Pass. This invasion of the Ming Dynasty destroyed dozens of prefectures, prefectures, and counties in the Ming Dynasty, and captured four Han men and women.
Five hundred thousand.
During the Songjin War, he was ordered to fight the Ming army in the Jinzhou, Songshan, and Xingshan areas and besiege Jinzhou. The troops led by him and Hauge were mainly Manchurian, including Mongolians, Hans, and a few Koreans, about less than three or four
Wan, although relatively strong, was far inferior in number to the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he suffered some slight defeats. However, later, the Qing army won a complete victory in the Songjin battle, and Dorgon's power grew even more.
Among Huang Taiji's descendants, only Hauge has the qualifications and status to compete with Dorgon after Huang Taiji's death. However, although Hauge is Huang Taiji's eldest son, the Manchu system is not like the Han people's system of "establishing heirs through direct lineage, without any heirs."
"Heir to the throne", it is completely uncertain who will succeed the throne in the future.
What's more, Hauge was so simple-minded that he couldn't even complete the task of monitoring Dorgon. Instead, he was taken advantage of by Dorgon. Moreover, Huang Taiji always hated the Manchus smoking Tamba wild tobacco, but Hauge especially liked smoking dry cigarettes.
A big smoking gun will not be loved by Huang Taiji even more.
Although this is the case, Huang Taiji is a heroic leader after all. He often changes the flag divisions of the Eight Banners, destroys the original strength structure, and tries his best to make the Xianghuang Banner of his direct line occupy an absolutely dominant position.
In this way, even if Huang Taiji dies, a group of bannermen centered on Xianghuang Banner can compete with Dorgon and maintain the succession status of Huang Taiji's line.
But in the battle of Dangshan, the participants were mainly Xianghuang Banners. Whether it was Ao Bai who died in the battle at Dangshan, or Tan Tai and Ye Bilong who fled in panic, these people were the backbone of Xianghuang Banner.
Now the meaning of Dorgon and others is obvious, that is, someone must be responsible for the Battle of Dangshan, and the target is Xianghuang Banner. Since Huang Taiji wants to ensure fair rewards and punishments and not lose the support of the Manchus, he has no choice but to punish him severely.
Tan Tai and Ye Bilong, who were on the run, severely punished Hong Chengchou for reporting false information based on the situation of the Battle of Dangshan.
Poor Hong Chengchou finally put aside his dignity as the governor of the Ming Dynasty and knelt down to the knees of a barbarian khan like Huang Taiji, becoming a pigtailed slave to survive and becoming the leader of the Eight Banners.
Not long after that, I was sitting at home when a pot came from the sky. All of a sudden, I was stunned by the huge black pot that caused the tragic defeat in the Battle of Dangshan.
In the words of Dorgon and others, he, Hong Chengchou, was simply an eternal martyr of the Ming Dynasty. His only purpose in breaking into the Qing Dynasty was to send false information to the Manchus regardless of life, cost, or reputation, so as to deceive them.
They went to Dangshan to die.
When did Hong Chengchou become such a powerful loyal martyr in the Ming Dynasty?
Hong Chengchou himself was helpless about this, but the fact was that the Qing army actually paid such a heavy loss and price in the Battle of Dangshan and was still defeated at the hands of mere thieves!
Hong Chengchou was even more puzzled. How could the intruder have such strength? Is it because he performed too well in the Songjin Battle and actually completely destroyed the Qing army's vitality?
Therefore, the current Qing army is actually just a strong force on the outside. The Donglu regime, which threw away all dignity and surrendered, actually has the remaining strength after the Songjin War. Even a no-name army like the Chuangthiers is weak enough to be driven away by ten or twenty thousand Ming troops.
Not as good as anything?
Hong Chengchou felt so regretful...
Fortunately, Huang Taiji knew that Hong Chengchou still had great use, so he withstood the pressure of the kings and did not kill Hong Chengchou. He only temporarily removed Hong Chengchou from all his official positions and imprisoned him until Abatai came out. Tan Tai,
No matter how close their personal relationship with Huang Taiji was, these people, such as Ye Bilong, had no choice but to be imprisoned together.
Because of the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Dangshan, Huang Taiji had some doubts about whether the Abatai and Turge armies could successfully return to the border. So he sent Dorgon to lead an army around the border of the Ming Dynasty.
Nearby, preparations were made to receive the troops entering the customs and return to Shengjing. This was also to transfer Dorgon away from Shengjing without letting him control too many troops. This put Dorgon in a rather embarrassing position with limited influence, restricting both sides.
The development of white flag power.
Dorgon is such a person. He has great ambitions, far beyond the comparison of ordinary generals. First of all, he hopes to conquer neighboring countries for the Qing Dynasty from his hands, expand the territory, and restore the prosperity of the Jin Dynasty. Such ambitions, in
He already had it when he was very young. When he was only twenty-two years old, Huang Taiji once asked him: Now our country wants to send troops to conquer North Korea, conquer the Ming Dynasty, and pacify Chahar.
Of these three major things, which one do you think should be done first?
Dorgon replied without hesitation:
"Great Khan, I think we should conquer the Ming Dynasty first. Sooner or later we will enter the pass and restore the kingdom of Jin. This is the fundamental plan."
When Huang Taiji asked him how to conquer the Ming Dynasty, Dorgon replied:
"We should organize our troops and horses, enter the Great Wall when the crops are ripe, besiege Beijing, and completely defeat the cities, fortresses, and garrison areas around Beijing. If we continue to besiege for a long time and wait for its strength to weaken, we can gain
Beijing. Once you get Beijing, you can go south to the Yellow River."
Although Huang Taiji appreciated his grand plan to restore the prosperity of the Jin Dynasty, he also had his own opinions. In Huang Taiji's view, it was difficult for the Qing Dynasty to completely conquer the Ming Dynasty with its own strength.
Only with the support of the internal forces of the Ming Dynasty can it be possible to accomplish great achievements that surpass the golden age.
That's why he initially thought of a way to contact the bandits, but none of them, whether it was Yuan Shizhong or Li Zicheng, cooperated with the Qing army. These strange rebels were obviously enemies of the Ming Dynasty, but from beginning to end, they
Not only did he insist on not cooperating with the Qing army, he even attacked the Qing army who entered the pass and looted several times, which actually helped the Ming Dynasty.
But now the situation has changed a little. It is said that the bandits have controlled the territory of the two provinces in the pass and defeated Sun Chuanting. Huang Taiji learned from Hong Chengchou the importance of Sun Chuanting's position in the current Ming Dynasty. The soldiers of Sun Chuanting's regiment
Failure also meant that the Ming Dynasty was completely shaken.
Therefore, Huang Taiji felt that the time was coming. A long time ago, he and Fan Wencheng, the bachelor of the inner academy, had a secret plan. Just to avoid the opposition of the kings Baylor, he did not make the specific content of the plan public.
Now it seems that the conditions for the implementation of this plan are completely mature. So Huang Taiji, despite his illness, began to tighten his arrangements. He sent Dorgon to coordinate the two armies of Abatai and Turge.
, also to pave the way for this plan.
"Although our country competes with the Ming Dynasty, it is actually at odds with the rogue bandits."
Huang Taiji saw the nature of the problem very clearly. The winter in Shengjing was very cold. His nose felt itchy. He wiped it lightly with his hand and saw a pool of blood on his finger.
Huang Taiji sighed secretly. He knew that his physical condition was getting worse and worse, but the time to compete with the Ming Dynasty and the world with the rogues was getting closer and closer.
Even though he was seriously ill, he had to shoulder this heavy responsibility for the fate of hundreds of thousands of Manchus.