Chapter 141: Cooking under the fire Shandong, Jinan The setting sun is like blood, the setting sun melts gold, and the dusk clouds merge together.
Huang Taiji, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the leader of the Eight Banners, was wearing a newly made bright yellow dragon robe and stood solemnly on the tower of Qichuan Gate in Jinan.
On the official road outside the city gate, a group of Eight Banners soldiers and horses were returning in triumph.
This is Dodo Beile, the leader of the White Banner who was ordered to pursue the remnants of Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong Province in the Ming Dynasty.
He returned to the city victoriously after completing his mission.
The next moment, drums and horns sounded, the city gates opened wide, and soldiers entered the city, with thunderous cheers.
Immediately afterwards, a tall Jurchen warrior wearing heavy armor quickly walked up to the city amidst a burst of cheers.
Looking carefully, you can see that although this man has a rough appearance and a curly beard, he is actually very young, and his tone of voice is carefree and indifferent.
"In response to the Great Khan, Duduo, the last general, has lived up to his command.
He has now captured Linyi and captured Minggou Shandong Governor Zhu Dadian.
He killed 600 enemies and the remaining more than 1,000 people were captured.
Unfortunately, Minggou's King De was missing.
The final general tortured all the officials captured in Linyi, but he did not find out the whereabouts of that guy."
Duduo bowed his hands and made a hasty bow, reporting this to Huang Taiji, and ordered someone to escort a middle-aged scribe with disheveled buns, ragged clothes, and handcuffs and shackles.
It turned out to be Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong in the Ming Dynasty.
Although he looked miserable at this time, he still glared at Huang Taiji angrily.
At the "Dagukou Population Trade Market" in the late autumn of last year, a large number of refugees from within the jurisdiction were driven to exchange military rations with the travelers.
Not only was the wise and martial Emperor Taiji Khan, but also the decisive Shandong governor who was killed in the Ming Dynasty.
In this decadent world, he is already a rare capable minister.
Relying on the military rations and weapons obtained in exchange for tens of thousands of refugees, as well as a small amount of aid supplies provided by Marshal Chen Xin of Dengzhou, Jiaodong, and in accordance with the resistance orders of Emperor Chongzhen's exiled court, Governor Zhu Dadian miraculously pulled together a force that was barely able to fight. army to resist the coming Eight Banners army.
In short, in the face of the Qing army's southern expedition after the beginning of spring, the unyielding Zhu Dadian could be said to have fought until the last moment.
He first fought a battle with Huang Taiji's vanguard troops in Dezhou, and then held on for two months in Jinan, the provincial capital. .
After breaking through the siege of the city, the tenacious Zhu Dadian also recruited local warriors, moved around in Tai'an, Laiwu and other places, and launched several ambush battles against the Eight Banners soldiers who entered the mountains to pursue them.
For a time, he made some small gains, but unfortunately the situation was over in the end.
Finally, in Linyi in southern Shandong, Governor Zhu Dadian was defeated and captured because of the defection and betrayal of an armed group of landlords.
With the final defeat of this loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, the remaining power of the Ming Dynasty in Shandong had been completely wiped out.
"Well, all the prisoners will be taken into the military camp immediately and kept under strict supervision.
They will select a day to screen and adapt.
Although Zhu Dadian has been in trouble with our Qing soldiers, he is still a reputable man.
He must be treated with courtesy.
Take him down to freshen up.
After a while, let’s entertain you with wine and meat.”
Huang Taiji said a few words to his left and right, then stretched out his hand to pull Duduo, with a smile on his face, and laughed and said: "Haha, if King De is gone, he is just a bag of wine and rice.
Don't worry about it.
Fifteenth brother, today I will hold a banquet to celebrate your success, brother."
The monarch and his ministers had not finished exchanging greetings here when another horseman came rushing from the street and delivered a report from the front to the Qichuan Gate Tower in Jinan.
It turned out that Dorgon, who had been ordered to conquer eastern and northern Henan, came to win and reported that he had captured Kaifeng.
Because he lacked artillery and other weapons to break the city, although Dorgon had kidnapped hundreds of thousands of hungry people along the way, he repeatedly attacked Kaifeng.
Attached to attack the city, but after all, Kaifeng city has high walls and strong walls, so it can't be defeated for a long time.
Therefore, Dorgon drew on the old wisdom of the ancients, dug up the Yellow River embankment, and attacked Kaifeng with water.
He finally succeeded in hitting the soft underbelly of Kaifeng City.
The monstrous Yellow River water poured into Kaifeng.
After one night, the water depth in the city reached one foot.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed, and several sections of the city wall collapsed.
A small number of people climbed to the city wall, but they had no food and soon began to eat human flesh.
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When Dorgon ordered the Eight Banners soldiers to build rafts to attack the city, Fan Shangxuan, the governor of Henan in the Ming Dynasty, drowned himself, and Zhou Wang Zhu Gongzhen surrendered in despair.
With the fall of Kaifeng, the provincial capital, the Ming Dynasty no longer had large-scale troops in Henan.
More importantly, it completely lost the confidence to resist the Eight Banners soldiers.
The prefectures and counties in eastern Henan immediately announced their decision.
In addition, Wu Xiang, the former general of Guan Ning, had already moved down from the southwest of Shanxi and invaded Luoyang, which was abandoned by Emperor Chongzhen.
Therefore, except for the Nanyang area, which was said to be occupied by rogue bandits and still "unyielding to the king's rule", the entire Henan Province had become The territory of the Qing Dynasty In one day, double happiness came to our door.
The civil and military officials who followed Huang Taiji in Jinan were naturally filled with joy and flattery: "Since ancient times, those who conquer the Central Plains have conquered the world.
The Qing Dynasty has conquered the Central Plains.
Can this unification of the world be far behind?"
"I defied the Ming Dynasty and was ignorant and ignorant, so I lost the mountains and rivers.
Our Qing Dynasty is rising like the sun, and it will surely conquer the divine state."
"Long live your majesty, long live the Qing Dynasty, long live the Qing Dynasty" Facing the cheers of his ministers, Huang Taiji naturally would not brush off their good intentions.
He immediately nodded and smiled, and expressed that he would reward Dorgon, the hero who conquered the Central Plains.
However, although he had a smile on his face, his eyes were terrifyingly deep and there was no trace of joy at all.
Late at night, in the former Shandong Governor's Yamen, which was temporarily turned into a palace, Huang Taiji was holding an oil lamp and looking thoughtfully at the map hanging on the wall.
It was a map that covered the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Not only were prefectures, counties, cities, and mountains and rivers marked in tiny characters, but the map of all the forces in the world was also drawn with charcoal based on the latest military trends. territory.
Judging from the map, the Qing Dynasty, which was born less than a year ago, is at its peak with flowers blooming and fire cooking oil.
On the eastern battlefield of the Qing Dynasty, the main force of the Eight Banners Army led by Huang Taiji in the southern expedition had annihilated all the Ming Dynasty's forces in Shandong and occupied the entire Shandong Province except Dengzhou Town in Jiaodong.
The partial division led by Dorgon also captured Kaifeng and controlled all the prefectures in eastern Henan.
On the Western Front battlefield of the Qing Dynasty, the main force was the defected Guan Ning Army.
Among them, the Guan Ning Army under Zu Dashou had initially wiped out the resistance forces in Shanxi Province, captured the important town of Datong, and annihilated the Ming Dynasty border troops here.
Wu Xiang's Guan Ning Army crossed the Yellow River south, occupied Luoyang, and swept across western Henan in one breath.
Even Tongguan was defeated without a fight, thus opening the door to Guanzhong and Longxi.
At this point, the Qing Dynasty had occupied all of Beizhili and Shanxi provinces, and most of Shandong and Henan provinces.
In the past, the Qing Dynasty had occupied a quarter of the thirteen chief secretaries of the two capitals.
If we add the hometown of Liaodong, it will be almost the same as the Wanyan clan's territory of the Jin Kingdom during the Song Dynasty.
However, as the supreme ruler of this new empire, His Majesty Huang Taiji is not feeling relaxed at all.
The rapid expansion of the territory of the Qing Dynasty not only meant the collapse of old enemies, but also the emergence of new enemies one after another.
For example, the Shaanxi bandits who had troubled the Ming Dynasty for many years became a scourge for the Qing Dynasty after the Central Plains changed hands.
Then, after defeating Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong in the Ming Dynasty, and seizing most of Shandong, Huang Taiji's territory was bordering the rebels in Dengzhou Town.
He had to deal with Chen Xin, the general who had just rebelled against the Ming Dynasty last year, and who was standing in front of him.
The "overseas bandit" behind him and the world's number one general Huang Shiliao recalled the tragic experience of being beaten by Huang Shi in various ways on the Liaodong battlefield in the past, Huang Taiji couldn't help feeling dizzy and trembling.
As for the rumored big Australian iron ship, Huang Taiji couldn't think of any countermeasures.
Fortunately, the iron ship couldn't land ashore after all.
In addition, there is another, more serious kind of worry that lurks within the dynasty.
First of all, as everyone knows, the reason why the Jurchen Eight Banners were able to seize Beijing so easily this time, even seize control of the Central Plains, aspire to the Shenzhou, and force Emperor Chongzhen to flee in embarrassment, was largely due to Guan Ning The army defected.
In order to reward them for their great contributions, Huang Taiji was also extremely generous and did not hesitate to award rewards.
For example, Zu Dashou was just awarded the title of King of Jin, Wu Xiang was awarded the title of King of Zhou, and there were more than ten generals below who were awarded the title of Duke and Marquis.
Nowadays, the entire Shanxi west of the Taihang Mountains, as well as the Luoyang area that has just changed its flag, are only nominally included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
In fact, they are the independent kingdom of Guan Ningjun, just like the vassal towns of the late Tang Dynasty.
It's not that Huang Taiji didn't think about tearing down mills, killing donkeys, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, but the Jurchen Eight Banners' current power is really limited.
If they don't count the vassalship of the Han army, they can only mobilize a field army of more than 50,000 people at most, and most of the Jurchen dignitaries only know that They use force to show off their evil, but they don’t understand the art of civilized governance.
If Huang Taiji did not try his best to win over Han officials and warlords, the Qing Dynasty would not be able to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains.
In fact, at this stage, Huang Taiji did not dare to regard the Guan Ning Army as his servants, but only regarded them as allies who joined forces with the Jurchen Eight Banners to conquer the world, and as leaders who led the Eight Banners into the Central Plains.
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Just like the Horqin tribe in Mongolia.
If these people raise a flag to rebel one day because of greater interests, Huang Taiji will not be surprised at all.
Secondly, in addition to the increasingly powerful Guan Ning cavalry, there are also hidden dangers within the Jurchen Eight Banners that make Huang Taiji deeply uneasy.
Speaking of which, the sweaty spot under Huang Taiji's butt felt a little shady from the beginning.
When Nurhaci died.
Originally, it was intended that Dorgon would succeed to the throne.
At that time, Huang Taiji relied entirely on uniting Daishan, Amin, Mang Gurtai and other powerful Dabeile to force Dorgon's mother, the concubine Abahai to death, and then ascended the throne with his strength.
You must know that in the wild peoples such as Jurchen and Mongolia, a son is valued more than his mother.
And Abahai's family happened to be of noble blood and powerful.
After Huang Taiji forced Abahai to bury Nurhachi, the young Dorgon lost the possibility of ascending to the throne.
But on the other hand, this method of forcibly seizing the throne based on strength also caused huge damage to the cohesion within the Jurchen regime.
In order to unite the Eight Banners, prevent civil war, and at the same time reward Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai for their contributions, Huang Taiji had to implement the Eight Kings discussion and the four Baylors' equal treatment.
Everything was implemented only after the Eight Banners discussed it.
He never Making decisions without authorization is similar to the so-called "primitive tribal democracy".
Of course, no emperor with great talent and great strategy would be able to tolerate this embarrassing state of power being left to others for a long time.
So after Huang Taiji gradually became more secure in his position as Khan, he began to take action against several brothers.
First, he imprisoned Amin, and then designed to kill Mang Gurtai last year.
At the same time, through some small crimes, he forced Be kind and humble.
Then he implemented the Han imperial system step by step, trying to establish his supremacy among the Eight Banners.
The problem is that Huang Taiji can try to overthrow the system where the Eight Kings discuss politics and the Four Belles are on an equal footing, step by step, but the Eight Banners system established by Nurhaci cannot be easily changed.
A hybrid force forcibly integrated with other Jurchen tribes.
Except for the Jurchen Eight Banners.
There are also Mongolian military flags, Han military flags, etc.
The reason why they were separated in the first place was because there were huge differences between each banner and each ethnic group, making it difficult to integrate them in a short period of time.
Although Nurhaci made his sons and nephews the flag owners of each banner, trying to turn the Eight Banners into the private property of the Aisin Gioro family.
But the problem is that there is a saying that the butt determines the head.
When the juniors of the Aixinjueluo family became the flag owners, they had to start fighting for the interests of their own flag.
In the years from Nurhaci's rise to the throne to Huang Taiji's succession, the internal fighting among the Eight Banners never stopped.
When Emperor Chongzhen was troubled by the factional strife in the court, Huang Taiji was racking his brains to balance the forces of the Eight Banners.
Therefore, in the process of competing with the three Baylors of Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai, in order to check and balance the two red flags and the two blue flags, which are deep-rooted and long-standing old forces, Huang Taiji had to use their strength.
Constantly raising the two white flags of the three brothers Dorgon, Azig and Duduo.
In addition, Duduo and Azig were both strong generals who were good at fighting, and Dorgon was a wise man who was good at making decisions, so the two white flags continued to grow.
By the time Huang Taiji finally defeated the other three Baylors, the two white flags had gradually developed to the point where they were too big to lose.
In this regard, it is not that Huang Taiji has not thought about taking action against the Dorgon brothers of the two white flags, but Dorgon has huge power, noble status, and very respectful behavior.
He also does well in the errands assigned to him, and each banner All the relatives, even the young relatives of the Lianghuang Banners, were willing to be friends with Dorgon.
Huang Taiji could not find any suitable reason to deal with the Liangbaiqi and the Dorgon brothers.
What's more, almost when Huang Taiji finally defeated the other three Baylors, it happened to coincide with the collapse of the Ming Dynasty and the defection of Guan Ning's cavalry.
Faced with such a once-in-a-century blessing, Huang Taiji was naturally reluctant to give up the perfect opportunity to take control of the Central Plains because of the power struggle within the Eight Banners.
Therefore, the suppression of the two white flags was postponed.
The forces of the Two White Banners under the name of the three Dorgon brothers have also expanded in the past year or so.
Within the Jurchen Eight Banners, they have posed the same vassal threat to Huang Taiji as the Guan Ning Army.
In fact, Huang Taiji had previously sent Dorgon to lead a small number of partial troops to attack Henan.
He originally had the intention of deliberately making things difficult and finding trouble, so he deliberately did not allocate Dorgon's heavy siege artillery, hoping to give him a chance to defeat Kaifeng. , in order to find ways to punish the crime.
Unexpectedly, Dorgon actually came up with a way to breach the dike and attack Kaifeng, which was a great achievement for him.
On the Shandong side, Duduo also captured Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong.
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Even if it was to maintain the most basic reputation of justice, Huang Taiji had to reward two white flags.
However, even though he was a little annoyed because the plan failed, and even though the two white flags showed signs of success, Huang Taiji never went too far with the idea of merging the two white flags.
After all, there are only so many people in the Jurchen Eight Banners, and they really cannot afford to lose.
If the Eight Banners fight too hard among themselves and cannot use all their strength on the Han people, then there will be a risk of being pushed back by the Han people.
What's more, the three Dorgon brothers of the Two White Flags deeply hated Huang Taiji because their mother was forced to be buried.
But if it were other people in the Eight Banners, would they be loyal and reliable?
Amin is still imprisoned, Mang Gurtai's whole family was killed by Huang Taiji's design, Daishan had just been deprived of a lot of power by Huang Taiji, Ji Erhalang's father Shuerhaqi died in the hands of Nurhaci.
For Huang Taiji, these guys are all wolf cubs, absolutely immature.
As long as he sits on the throne and relaxes a little, they will surely Will open his big mouth and bite him Of course, it would probably be the same if they were replaced by those wearing Han military flags and Mongolian military flags.
Therefore, in this case, if you want to secure the throne under your butt, the best way is to personally go out and defeat more powerful enemies, and use your undisputed military exploits to scare all ambitious people.
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji He raised the oil lamp again and pondered the battle situation on the map.
At present, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong in the Ming Dynasty, has been captured, and most of Henan has surrendered.
There are no Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers near the Eight Banners soldiers anymore, only the Dengzhou Town rebels in the east and Wenzhou in the south.
The two new opponents are Xiangjiao Yaren.
Regarding Marshal Chen Xin's Dengzhou Army, the Jurchen Eight Banners had dealt with them on the battlefield and knew that this was a tough nut to crack.
Now that Huangshi, an old enemy, is backing the Dengzhou Army, it seems to be even more difficult to fight.
While Duduo went south to pursue Zhu Dadian, Huang Taiji also tentatively sent a small group of troops with two yellow flags to attack Laizhou Mansion and Qingzhou Prefecture and the Dengzhou Army fought several times, but they all came back defeated.
The Wenxiang Sect in the south is an even stranger opponent.
Huang Taiji only knew that they were a branch of the White Lotus Sect, and they were quite arrogant.
He actually sent envoys to outside the customs to appoint him as their "Nine-tailed Great Protector".
During the Tianqi years, Xu Hongru, the former leader of Wenxiang Cult, once caused a rebellion in Shandong.
There was a huge chaos, and he even proclaimed himself emperor, but it was put down by the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers in just a few months, which shows that the combat effectiveness at that time must not be strong.
But this time, the Wenxiang Sect's anti-thief troops have been galloping between the Jianghuai River for a year, and they seem to have become more capable of fighting.
As for which opponent to attack first, Huang Taiji was still hesitant for a while.
The Dengzhou Army was a tough guy, but after all, the territory was small and there were not too many soldiers and horses.
However, the situation of the Wenxiang Sect was unknown. , if you call rashly, it may be a big gamble.
Then, with the news of an urgent military situation, he finally made his final choiceoshow7: