The 16th day of October in the fifth year of the Apocalypse

This city, which was originally built in the 21st year of Hongwu and originally called Shenyang, has now fallen into the hands of the Jurchens, and Nurhachi renamed it Shengjing.

In a palace covering an area of hundreds of square meters near the gate of the town, dozens of important ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty gathered together, and on a richly carved throne sat an old man about sixty years old, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, this old man had a gray-white beard under his chin, and his face was a little old but his whole body exuded a breathing majesty, this person was the founder of the Later Jin Kingdom and the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, Aixin Jueluo Nurhachi.

Below Nurhachi stood many ministers of the Later Jin, almost all the banner owners of the Eight Banners, the Mongolian generals and important ministers attached to the Later Jin were present, and at this time everyone's eyes were on the seven or eight people kneeling in the middle, these people were the people who went to Dalinghe Fort and Jinzhou led by Dai Shan and Amin.

Although there were many people in the main hall, no one dared to speak, not even the sound of coughing.

Daishan, Amin and their entourage have been kneeling on the ground for almost two quarters of an hour, but Nurhachi has not spoken, they can only kneel on the ground honestly, even if they have kneeled so that their knees are numb and painful, they can only grit their teeth and kneel, and Nurhachi, who is sitting on it, is closing his eyes and recuperating.

Among these people, Dai Shan is the oldest, he is forty-two years old this year, he was injured in his leg in the early years of the war, so the most uncomfortable person is still him, but although the beads of sweat the size of beans have been dripping from his forehead, Dai Shan still gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground without saying a word, and finally Nurhachi's voice finally came faintly from a distant place.

"If you're tired of kneeling, then let's all get up."

As if receiving amnesty, everyone struggled to stand up, but Dai Shan's leg was injured and because he was a little old, he struggled several times before he stood halfway and his body was about to fall, but fortunately, Yue Tuo on the side helped him so that he did not fall.

Seeing Dai Shan's tragic situation, Nurhachi's originally slight eyes moved, and his cold face softened slightly, and he slowly spoke: "Dai Shan, you are the main one in this expedition to recruit the Ming Dynasty, so it's up to you to tell me about the course of this battle, how you and Amin were beaten so miserably by the Ming army from Guannei." ”

"Wow!"

Dai Shan didn't dare to slack off, he honestly told the story of the battle, and there were no words and deeds during the period, you must know that the person sitting on it is not only his Laozi, but also a Houjin Khan who has been fighting for more than 40 years, what kind of battle has such a person not experienced, any scheming in front of him is futile and ridiculous.

Dai Shan said very carefully, Nurhachi also listened very carefully, he closed his eyes slightly, although he seemed expressionless, but in fact, his mind was spinning rapidly, constantly analyzing and filtering Dai Shan's words and combining his own experience to restore these things in his mind.

Not only Nurhachi was listening, but the other Houjin ministers in the hall were also listening carefully, and as Dai Shan told the story, the expressions of the people also showed disdain, surprise and shock, and other expressions, and when Yue Tuo led the four thousand cavalry of the Mongolian Horqin tribe and the twelve thousand cavalry composed of the red and blue banners from behind the Jiangning army, he was killed by the phalanx composed of the opponent's artillery, firearms, thistles and barbed wire, and finally had to retreat in defeat, and the people in the entire hall were shocked, In particular, Nurhachi opened his eyes and revealed two cold glints.

Although Dai Shan and Amin lost the battle this time, but for the ability of these two sons Nurhachi is very clear, Dai Shan began to follow him at the age of thirteen, and it has been nearly thirty years, and Amin is also known for his bravery, but the coalition of these two people was defeated in the hands of a Ming army from Guannei, and the most important thing is that the number of this Ming army is only more than 10,000 people, which means that Nurhachi knows too well.

Nurha's eyes flickered with coldness, "Daishan, Amin, do you know what the name of the general of the Ming army who came from Guannei?" ”

Before Dai Shan could speak, Amin on the side hurriedly replied: "Back to Huang Ama's words, the child has already inquired clearly, the general of the Ming army who came from the Guannei is named Yang Feng, who is the commander of Jiang Ningwei of the Ming Dynasty, and Yang Feng is the soldiers and horses of Jiang Ningwei. ”

"What...... Are you kidding! ”

"How is this possible?"

"Amin, are you joking?"

There was an uproar in the hall, almost everyone couldn't believe their ears, many people just held up their small eyes round, even Nurhachi, who had been a horse all his life, was stunned, although his face was still so indifferent, but if you look closely, you can find that his left hand, which was originally brushing his beard, paused, and several beards were torn off by him.

Looking at the crowd of people who were boiling, Dai Shan and his party couldn't help but smile bitterly and glanced at each other, they knew that this fact would have this consequence after it was made public.

After everyone's discussion was a little quieter, Nurhachi asked word by word, "Amin, do you know what you're talking about?" ”

Facing Nurha's faint and majestic gaze, Amin, who had always regarded himself as brave, fell to the ground again and said respectfully: "Great Khan, of course the minister knows. It may sound outrageous, but ...... This is indeed the case, and we would not dare to make up such a thing to deceive you, even if we had the audacity! ”

Nurhachi let out a long breath and leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes as he struggled to digest the news. For Nurhachi, who was a squire under Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong when he was young, he knew the Ming Dynasty very well, and now the Ming Dynasty has entered a twilight period after more than 200 years of glory and development.

This once huge giant is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and millions of once elite guards have degenerated into a group of farmers who can only farm, which is the reason why he dared to raise troops against Ming, but now someone told him that the more than 20,000 troops sent out to capture Jinzhou and Dalinghe Fort were defeated by the Weisuo army from Guannei, which was only half of their number, and the fun was great, when did the Weisuo army of Daming become so strong? If Daming's Weisuo Army has such a strong combat effectiveness, what kind of soldiers will he raise, just kneel and lick Daming.

After being silent for a long time, Nurhachi opened his eyes again and said, "Tong Yang******** is here!" ”

A middle-aged minister walked out and knelt down towards Nurhachi,

"Tong Yangxing, as the head of the Houjin Exploration Division, the spies who are lurking in the Ming Dynasty are all under your control, and now I give you half a month, you must find out all the details of Yang Feng and Jiang Ningjun, and then report to me, understand?"

"Huh...... Slaves do the will of the Great Khan! Tong Yang respectfully agreed, and then stood up.

After finishing speaking, Nurhachi looked at Dai Shan, Amin and the others again, "Dai Shan, Amin, not only did you two not take Dalinghe Fort and Jinzhou for my Houjin in this expedition, but instead lost the soldiers and lost the prestige of my Houjin, which was really disappointing to me, so I decided to demote the titles of the two of you by one level." From now on, Daishan and Amin will be demoted from Heshuo Belle to Baylor, and hand over eight carved pommel horses and eight plain saddle horses, and four pairs of armor. ”

Dai Shan and Amin Fu dared to disagree, the two knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "(Father Khan) Great Khan is fair, and the child (minister) is convinced!" ”

"As for you...... Nurhachi looked at Yue Tuo, Actun, Enteheng and the others behind the two of them, and then said after a deep sigh: "If what you say is true, this battle has nothing to do with you, so I will not punish you, and if I am defeated again in the future, I will be unkind to you." ”

"Thank you for the great Khan's grace." Yue Tuo and the others, who were originally nervous under Nurhachi's coercion, breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Nurhachi was just raised high and gently lowered, some of the ministers standing on the side were secretly relieved, some were a little disappointed, and some were thoughtful. It's just that no one has spoken, but someone has started crying.

Nurhachi was originally angry, but when he saw the people kneeling on the ground and crying, his dark brows couldn't help but wrinkle, the two crying people were none other than the two Taiji Gurbush and Fugol of the Horqin tribe.

I only heard Gulbush crying: "Your Majesty the Great Khan, our Horqin tribe has always been your most loyal followers and allies, and half of our four thousand warriors have been lost in this expedition, and we will not be able to explain to Prince Zhong after we go back!" Moreover, the harsh winter is coming, and our Horqin tribe has lost so many people this time, leaving so many old, weak, sick and disabled, and there is not enough food, I don't know how many people will starve to death. Great Khan, please have mercy and save our Horqin tribe! ”

The Prince Zhong mentioned by Gulbush was the leader of the Korqin tribe, Zaisang Buhe, and his ally and in-laws.

As the earliest ally of the Later Jin and a large tribe in Mongolia, the importance of the Horqin tribe to the Later Jin is naturally self-evident, in order to envelop the Horqin tribe, Nurhachi even let his emperor Taiji marry Zaisang's sister Zhezhe and daughter Da Yuer in a row, and married many women of the Aixin Jueluo family to Mongolia, which shows Nurhachi's importance to Mongolia.

This time, the Horqin tribe sent 4,000 cavalry to help, and the benefits were not gained at all, but the soldiers were lost, which made everyone annoyed, and it would not be good if the Horqin tribe, the most important ally of Houjin, had a different heart.

Nurhachi was silent for a while, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, he stood up and strode over to Gulbush and Fugol personally helped the two of them up and comforted: "You don't have to worry, Houjin will always be the most loyal ally of the Horqin tribe, and this will never change." I am also very concerned about the losses you have suffered this time. Well, I have an idea, and you can hear if it works. ”

"Great Khan, please!" When the two of them heard this, their hearts were immediately shocked, and they looked at Nurhachi intently.

Nurhachi walked a few steps up the main hall, his eyes turned around in the eyes of everyone, and finally stopped at a slightly chubby man about thirty years old, and this person was none other than his eighth son, Emperor Taiji.

Nurhachi stayed on Huang Taiji's body for a while before turning to the two of them: "I heard that Prince Zhong has a daughter Hai Lanzhu, who is beautiful and has a good heart, and my eighth son, Huang Taiji, is dignified, smart and good at fighting, so I intend to let him propose to Prince Zhong, marry Hai Lanzhu to Huang Taiji, and prepare 500 horses, 1,000 cattle and sheep, 10,000 catties of grain, and some gold, silver and jewelry as a bride price, I don't know what the two of you think?" ”

"This ......"

Gulbush and Gol looked at Nurhachi, and then at Huang Taiji, and for a while they didn't know what to say.

In fact, not only them, but even the ministers of the main hall and the Baylors were all stunned, and it was obvious that Nurhachi's move was really beyond everyone's expectations.

Huang Taiji is the eighth son of Nurhachi, deeply loved and valued by Nurhachi, for this reason, he did not hesitate to marry the sister of Prince Zai Sang, Zhezhe, and the youngest daughter of Zai Sang, Da Yuer, to him, which has caused many people to criticize behind the scenes, after all, marrying a pair of aunts and nieces to the same person, this is already a bit out of line, and now he even wants to marry Zaisang's eldest daughter Hai Lanzhu to Huang Taiji, Da Khan, what are you going to do!

After a long time, Gulbush almost cried and said: "Your Majesty the Great Khan, we are deeply moved by your care and good intentions for the Horqin tribe, but this matter is ...... It's just too much at stake, we ...... We really can't be the master. ”

At this time, a person stood up and said loudly: "Father Khan, Erchen thinks that this matter is slightly inappropriate, the eighth brother has already married Prince Zhong's sister Zhezhe and daughter Da Yu'er in succession, and now you want the eighth brother to marry Prince Zhong's eldest daughter Hai Lanzhu, is this too ...... It's too exaggerated, if Father Khan has the heart to marry the Horqin tribe, and so many brothers are suitable. ”

The man who stood up was none other than Nurhachi's seventh son, Abatai.

As Nurhachi's seventh son, Abatai was a great warrior, but he was not very well received by his brothers, and the reason for this was that his mother, Ilgenjueluo, was from an ordinary background, and was not favored by Nurhachi during her lifetime, and did not receive any mourning after her death. Not even the date of birth and death has been left, and there is not even a single word in the history books of later generations.

Because his mother's status is too low, so that even the other brothers and sisters don't look down on him very much, every time Nurhachi holds a banquet, Abatai can only sit at the last seat because the title is too low, and even the thirteen-year-old Dolgon is in front of him, which also makes him feel very unbalanced in his heart, and Nurhachi's move to marry Zaisang's eldest daughter to Huang Taiji just now stimulated him, so he jumped out.