Nikan is the grandson of Nurhaci and the son of Guanglue Beile Chuying. As early as the period when Nurhachi raised his army, he led the army on many expeditions, participated in the Jianzhou people's war to unify the Jurchens, and made many military exploits.
Nikan's father, Chu Ying, was the eldest son of Nurhaci. He had many military exploits and was expected to become the crown prince. In his early years, his status was still higher than that of Huang Taiji. However, Chu Ying was quite cruel and narrow-minded, or arrogant and arrogant.
Other heroes and brothers are in the spotlight.
Such a figure was close to the position of a prince, so he was naturally attacked by countless people. The people of Jianzhou did not have a tradition of establishing direct descendants, and the brothers were dissatisfied with Chu Ying's status as the heir and in charge of the country's affairs. The five ministers who founded the country in the Later Jin Dynasty,
"E Yidu, Fei Yingdong, He Heli, An Feiyanggu and Hu Erhan were repeatedly despised by Chu Ying.
What's more, Chu Ying was arrogant and arrogant, and actually wanted to directly deprive the four Baylors and the five ministers of their power. Such a radical centralization of power is something that today's Tian Cong Khan and Chongde Emperor Huang Taiji may not dare to implement easily, even if Nurhachi has the same nature
Brutal, but Nurhaci also had a cunning side similar to Huang Taiji. Of course, he knew that Hou Jin was not yet capable of eradicating the clan officials.
As a result, the conflict between the two parties gradually intensified, forcing Nurhachi to make a choice between his eldest son Chu Ying and the "Four Beile" and "Five Ministers". He weighed it repeatedly and finally decided to alienate Chu Ying, and then imprisoned Chu Ying in a high wall.
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Nikan's father was imprisoned when he was still in his prime and died behind a high wall. With such a special identity, he became a special figure in the Aisin Gioro clan.
However, Huang Taiji's talents and strategies are indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Huang Taiji is deeply aware of the human weakness of the Manchus, so as long as there is no life-and-death conflict between the two sides, Huang Taiji is willing to accept any enemy who was once his enemy and entrust them with important tasks.
, which enabled the Manchus, with a population of only a few hundred thousand, to safely survive the crises of civil war again and again.
Now that the Qing Dynasty is attacking, every Baylor king plays an extremely important role. Of course, Huang Taiji cannot waste the available resources because of some historical reasons. On the contrary, this man with superb skills and amazing energy
The monarch is currently in the Qing army's large tent, arranging troops and arranging one by one the clan kings to the most suitable place for them.
The Eight Banners Army is a qualified war machine, but only Huang Taiji can provide it with sufficient lubricating oil, so that this machine can endlessly explode with power beyond its limits.
The Nikan army galloped southward. His army was in a similar situation to Tong Tulai and Tunqi. It was also a mixed army with both Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners soldiers and Ming army vassals.
It's just that in addition to the Eight Banners Army and the Ming Army, Nikan also brought a troop of three kings of Shun and one of Duke Zhishun, which was very gratifying for King Zhishun.
It's gratifying that Kong Youde is a good person. Geng Zhongming's troops belong to a separate rank among the Qing army and are not actually Han troops. However, they do have many similarities with the Han generals of the Eight Banners. They were originally Han people from Liaodong and had ties with the Manchu regime.
A bloody feud.
However, as the remnants of Dongjiang Town, these people were not welcomed by the Shandong officialdom and were discriminated against in Shandong. In the end, they rebelled and crossed the sea to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Instead, they were treated favorably by Huang Taiji. Since they had offended the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was willing to accept it.
They simply forgot about their thousand grievances and served the Qing Dynasty wholeheartedly.
When King Sanshun was in Shandong, he had a close relationship with Sun Yuanhua, and thus obtained the casting and use technology of Portuguese red barbarian cannons, bringing advanced weapons and tactics to the Qing Dynasty.
Now Han Junqi has basically mastered the tactics of Hongyi cannon, and Huang Taiji has completely brought the casting channels of Hongyi cannon under his own control. King Sanshun and Duke Yishun have lost their huge role when they first surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
However, Huang Taiji did not discard King Sanshun as rubbish because of this. On the contrary, the smaller the role of King Sanshun to the Qing army, the more Huang Taiji doubled his favor with Longli.
This not only consolidated King Sanshun's personal allegiance to him, but also formed a new force loyal to Huang Taiji outside the Eight Banners Zongwang. It also formed a great role model and role model for other Han generals.
Attraction.
Such a skill, regardless of past grudges and costs, is many times greater than that of Dorgon later.
Dorgon forced Geng Zhongming to death in the name of the escape law. It can be said that this not only exposed the extremely unpalatable eating habits of the Eight Banners Manchu nobles, but also showed their arrogance in thinking that the world had been calmed down. Later, they were attacked by Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo.
It is not surprising that they launched a massive counterattack and suffered setbacks one after another. At one point, they experienced centrifugation and internal and external disintegration.
Just from the fact that Huang Taiji re-employed Nikan and continued Longli Sanshun, we can see that Tiancong Khan's cunning was indeed countless times beyond that of other Manchus.
This time Nikan sent troops, Shang Kexi did not follow him personally. Otherwise, between him, King Zhishun, and Nikan, King Dorobele, the command authority of both sides would be very problematic.
Only a part of the Han soldiers under Shang Kexi followed Nikan on the expedition. The Tanqi who suddenly returned to the army with a group of surrender troops was Shang Kexi's subordinates.
The leader was a very tall man. Although he spoke fluent Chinese, there was no trace of blue on his scalp. It was obvious that he must be a veteran traitor who had shaved his hair and had braids and had been with the Qing Dynasty for a long time.
After he reached the far distance of the Nikan army, he immediately dismounted, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Master Beile! It seems that the overall situation of the war in the south has been decided. Several groups of bandits have come to surrender on their own initiative and are willing to sacrifice the intruders."
Defense plans for Jinzhou and Zhending!”
An Eight Banners guard came forward on horseback and asked in surprise: "Kang Dahai, what is going on!"
Kang Dahai was a subordinate of Shang Kexi. He was also a Han from Liaodong and a soldier from Dongjiang Town. After the destruction of Dongjiang Town, he rebelled or surrendered with King Sanshun. After going through a life that he could not imagine, he actually fell into the world he once had.
Under the command of the Manchus who killed his entire family.
"Slave... I met a group of rogue cavalry heading south. They were divided into several groups, numbering hundreds of people. They all abandoned their troops and armor, raised their flags, and turned sides to surrender!"
Although Huang Taiji paid special attention to and Longli King Sanshun, there was no extra preferential treatment for the soldiers under King Sanshun. Therefore, Kang Dahai, a low-level officer under Shang Kexi, was still very worried when he saw the guards of the Eight Banners.
Be humble.
He also explained in detail the causes and consequences of the "surrender of the bandits". It turned out that a group of cavalry led by Kang Dahai discovered a group of bandit cavalry numbering hundreds of people on the way to Nirvana Pass.
Kang Dahai originally thought that this should be the vanguard of the bandits, but he did not expect that these bandits were frightened when they saw more than a dozen cavalry led by Kang Dahai. They abandoned their helmets and armor and came to surrender with great fanfare.
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After careful interrogation, they found out that the main force of the bandits had been defeated by the Qing army at Nirvana Pass in the south. The army had no fighting spirit and the people had no fighting spirit. Every day, there were many deserters who fled out of fear of the power of the Manchu army.
After this group of deserters rebelled against the bandits, one of their leaders was originally a bandit officer who had been stationed in Jinzhou. He had a lot of information about Jinzhou's defense. After encountering the Qing army's cavalry, they were afraid and worried.
Out of fear, he decided to offer up this defensive information in exchange for a way out... and maybe get a little reward.
After hearing this, the Qing army guards all laughed contemptuously. Even Nikan rode out and sighed:
"Your Majesty attaches great importance to the strength of the bandits! In order to deal with the bandits, he has been very cautious and laid out layers of dragnets. But he did not expect that the bandits are so vulnerable! The so-called millions of people are actually just ants.
The army, with a casual charge, knocked down trees and snow fell, it is really not worth mentioning."