Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

On the tenth day of April in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army camped outside the Great Wall.

Huang Taiji, dressed in bright yellow cotton armor and military uniform, sat in the central military tent, which was filled with civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty.

Prince Li Daishan, Prince Wuying Ajige, Prince Yu Duoduo, Prince Zheng Jirgalang, and Prince Su Haoge each sat on one side wearing armor.

Except for Prince Rui Dorgon, all the true royal family members of the Qing Dynasty were present, which shows the importance of this war to Huang Taiji and the Qing Dynasty.

On the other side, there were the civil servants of the Qing Dynasty headed by Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo. Among them were many down-and-out scholars who could not make a living in the interior, or former Ming officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Everyone present showed joy on their faces. The great victory of the Dongtumed tribe not only wiped out more than 30,000 elite troops of the Ming Dynasty in one battle, but also greatly boosted the morale of the Qing Dynasty from top to bottom.

For several months, the Qing Dynasty had been in the shadow of a small defeat. After Li Zicheng's Zui Camp left the country, the Mongolian tribes south of the desert became even more panic-stricken.

The Qing Dynasty was in urgent need of a victory to save the situation. Thanks to the shaman's protection, they endured for a month and finally waited for this great victory.

"Father, although Guihua City is strong, the Qing army is approaching now. As long as we pay a price, it will not be difficult to capture Guihua City.

As long as the emperor gives the order, I will immediately lead the warriors of the Zhenglan Banner to capture Guihua City for the emperor and present the heads of Li Zicheng and Omubu to the emperor! "

Prince Su Haoge was the first to ask for instructions.

As the eldest son of the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji, Hauge is 32 years old this year and has experienced many battles, but he is not liked by Huang Taiji.

To the extent that until now, the Qing Dynasty still has no crown prince, and several ministers in the council have never mentioned the issue of appointing a crown prince.

Because of this, whenever he had the chance, Hauge would perform in front of everyone, especially Huang Taiji.

The Qing Dynasty's current way of handling government affairs has been learning and moving closer to the Han Dynasty. Although Hauge looked down on Han people like Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo, there was one thing about the Han Dynasty that he liked very much.

That was the father-to-son succession system of the Han Dynasty. Especially in the royal family, they would often appoint a crown prince, or prince, at a very early stage.

However, their Great Qing Empire, and even the previous Later Jin Dynasty, still adopted the backward system of deliberative government in the succession to the Khanate and the throne.

For example, after his grandfather Nurhaci passed away, the succession to the Khan throne was discussed by several major ministers. Finally, after competition and compromise, his father ascended the throne.

Haoge didn't think there was any benefit to this approach. He just knew that he should be the crown prince, but now he is not.

"Have you forgotten the Battle of Dalinghhe?" Huang Taiji asked back expressionlessly.

In the Battle of Dalingh River that year, they relied on the method of besieging and attacking the reinforcements to defeat several reinforcements of the Ming army. Not only did they expand the results of the battle, but they also eventually captured Dalingh River.

Huang Taiji’s meaning was very clear. Today’s Guihua City was the former Dalingh River. If the imperial court sat idly by, the Mongolian tribes south of the desert would naturally see that this was the end of following the Ming imperial court.

If the Ming border troops dare to come, they will never return.

After all, this time he almost mobilized all the national strength and almost most of the troops of the Qing Dynasty.

However, Hauge obviously misunderstood and just frowned and said:

"Don't worry, father. I will definitely not agree to the surrender of Li Zicheng and Omubu!"

This made Daishan and others present speechless. The Battle of Dalinghhe ended with Zu Dashou surrendering to Huang Taiji, but Zu Dashou soon defected again.

This incident almost became a scandal in the Qing Dynasty, and generally no one mentioned it again.

In particular, they were tricked by Zu Dashou twice. Ten thousand Manchu warriors died in Jinzhou City, and Jirgalang even lost four fingers.

Now that Hauge said this in front of Huang Taiji and Jirgalang, it was undoubtedly a bit like scolding a bald thief in front of a monk, which shows that both his IQ and EQ were not up to par.

"Ahem - Prince Su, your majesty means that we should surround the city and attack its reinforcements. The Ming Dynasty will not pretend to ignore Guihua City." Prince Li Daishan reminded.

"So that's how it is. But...but everyone, our main force of 100,000 troops are here. Which blind guy from the Ming Dynasty would dare to come to support us?" Hauge asked back.

Now the Qing Empire has two armies. Prince Rui Dorgon leads 80,000 troops to intimidate Guanningjin, while they besiege Guihua City.

This time, the Qing Empire has sent out all its elite troops. Both their group and Prince Rui's group are not something that ordinary-sized troops can resist.

Even though he had heard that the Ming Dynasty had changed a lot in the past two years and the border troops seemed to be more capable of fighting than before, in Hauge's opinion, no matter how capable they were, they were no match for the Manchu warriors.

"Your Highness Prince Su, there are some. Lu Xiangsheng and Wu Sangui don't dare to do that, but there is still one person who dares to do it.

This person has an arrogant personality. Now that the Qing Dynasty has defeated Li Zicheng and Xitumed, and Guihua City has been besieged by us, given his personality, he will definitely not sit idly by. "Fan Wencheng said warmly.

"That person? Which one?" Haoge frowned, stared at Fan Wencheng unkindly and asked back.

"Haoge, don't be rude to Mr. Fan! Get out." Huang Taiji scolded his son.

He was very disappointed with his son's stupidity. Huang Taiji actually intended to change the current system of political consultation. He was old now and his health had been getting worse in the past two years.

Huang Taiji believed that the current system of political consultation could easily lead to internal strife. He still remembered that when his father Khan passed away, not only did people support Prince Li Daishan, but his fourteenth brother Dorgon also had many supporters.

The situation was critical at that time. Fortunately, his brother Daishan understood the righteousness of the matter and persuaded Dorgon, which stabilized the situation of the Later Jin Dynasty.

It is hard to imagine that if internal strife had really occurred at that time, the Ming Dynasty would definitely not give up this great opportunity for counterattack. It is definitely unknown whether the Qing Dynasty could have existed today.

Just like before, Huang Taiji now also faces this problem. If Hauge had enough brains and was kind to others, even if it was just superficial friendliness, he would not be so worried now.

Hauge was almost identical to Ajige, Duoduo, and Amin before him, impulsive, irritable, and unintelligent. Perhaps the only thing that could comfort him a little was his bravery in combat.

However, can he feel at ease handing over the Qing Dynasty, which is now in a precarious situation, to such a person?

Will his brothers be convinced?

The answer is of course no.

"I think by now, that bastard has already received the news." Prince Li Daishan said.

"He will definitely come with his so-called guards. Your Majesty, I will lead the charge!" Prince Zheng Jirgalang requested.

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