Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 188 Daishan’s Ambition to Become a Khan

When the Ming Dynasty was sharpening its sword against the Jurchens, in Shenyang City, a hellish atmosphere of murder was sweeping across the entire Eight Banners.

Since the battle of Ningyuan City, Houjin was annihilated by Wang Qi and the main force of the three banners of Zhengbai Banner, Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner. At the same time, in this day that the Jurchens recorded was like a nightmare, the other ministries were fighting against Daishan and Amin. He fled back to Shenyang City under his leadership.

In fact, at this time, the entire Jurchen tribe of the Eight Banners still had a certain amount of strength. Although the three main banner owners were wiped out, the strength of the other five banners was still intact, especially when Daishan and Amin escaped from the central battlefield. Quickly, its main force suffered almost no losses, and almost all of its soldiers and slaves died in their wake.

Because of the great power of the Ming Dynasty, the situation in Liaodong was almost reversed under the leadership of Wang Qi. After the battle of Ningyuan City, the entire Houjin Dynasty retreated to Shenyang City. Faced with this situation, Daishan and Amin, who led their own troops and horses, decided to convene a meeting of flag owners first to integrate the flags and turn the eight flags into five flags. At the same time, they re-selected and recommended flag leaders to appease people's hearts and eliminate the scattered and defeated flags. Only in this way can we have a chance to withstand the Ming Dynasty's massive counterattack.

And on the third night after returning to Shenyang City, which was the day before it was decided to convene a banner meeting, without warning, bloody terror suddenly descended, and a massacre without warning was staged in Shenyang City.

Azig took advantage of the fact that Amin's army was stationed outside the city. At the last moment of June 20th, Azig led ninety-seven private slaves, dressed in armor, and braved the night to break into Amin's house. Hour after hour, there were one hundred and seventy people in Amin's mansion who were attacked, ranging from women and children to infants. All of them were heads. Even a dog in Amin's mansion was chopped into several pieces. All the garden rockeries, all the wells and trees were chopped into pieces. , all the pavilions and houses were burned down, leaving no trace behind.

And for an hour, there was no movement from all the troops outside the city, and not a single soldier from Amin's personal guard troops showed up.

Not far away, the residence of Prince Li Daishan was also puzzlingly silent, and the silence was so heart-stopping.

And the very next day, June 21st.

The flag owners meeting was held as scheduled.

The part of Xianglan Banner that originally belonged to Amin was divided equally between Azige, Daishan, Dorgon, and Jierhalang.

At this time, the entire city of Shenyang had just recovered from the panic of last night. In hindsight, it was discovered that Daishan and Azig had reached a cooperation agreement at some point.

But just when everyone thought that the forces of the Later Jin Dynasty were beginning to balance, at the banner leader's meeting, Daishan suddenly launched an attack, and his subordinate Gu Shandu led his troops to surround the meeting hall.

Under the suppression of absolute force, Daishan announced Azig's crime: killing the prince and having evil intentions! Azig was deprived of his status as flag master and prince on the spot, deposed as a commoner, and was imprisoned in the mansion, never to leave the house.

As for Azig, who was being escorted by his guards and kneeling on the ground, he said nothing and just stared at Daishan, as if he wanted to eat his flesh alive.

The banner men who originally belonged to Azig were also deprived of their titles. Daishan re-promoted and recruited a group of trusted generals to take over the forces that originally belonged to Azige.

At this time, everyone realized that it turned out that Daishan was the next big flag. He first used Azig to get rid of Amin's forces, and then used the two princes' forces to suppress the Xianglan Banner forces that were about to move. Before the whole situation stabilized , when everyone was still confused and tempted, Daishan seized the opportunity again and charged Azig with murdering the prince and splitting the Eight Banners, thereby getting rid of the two major rivals.

At this point, Daishan became the most powerful flag owner of the entire Eight Banners overnight, with one person in charge of the three flags: the blue flag, the red flag, and the red flag. As for the other banners, they either lacked power or were leaderless. Daishan had the highest say in the entire Jurchen clan.

But just when everyone thought Daishan was going to rely on it to stand on his own feet, Prince Li turned to Dorgon, Duoduo, and Jierhalang who were silent in the corner and said: "At this critical moment, the four kings are discussing politics. Wasteful."

Daishan is the leader of the political kings, Jierhalang holds the white flag, Dorgon holds the white flag, Duduo holds the yellow flag, and the remaining two flags, the positive yellow flag and the positive blue flag, are used to appease the other unification level of Gushandu. Generals, let them also participate in political discussions.

And so far, Daishan has actually become the de facto person in power in the entire Houjin.

And almost everyone knows that the current situation is just a delaying tactic for Daishan. After Daishan has digested the power in his hands and mastered most of the troops, it won't be long before Daishan will abolish the other political kings and truly realize that he has become the king. Wang Khan’s goal.

But now, Dorgon and Duduo are young, Jierhalang is reckless, and none of the other important ministers and relatives have spoken.

Once Ajige and Amin die, Daishan will be in power. It is already a certainty.

The original residence of Prince Li of Daishan is being expanded on the original site, so now Daishan temporarily lives in the original palace of Nurhaci. His desire to be a Khan is already obvious.

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has begun preparations for the Northern Expedition. Should we be prepared?" Daishan's close minister, Tong Yangxing's cousin, Tong Yangzhen stood in the palace and reported to Daishan the current movements of the Ming army.

Tong Yangzhen, a close confidant of Daishan, was deeply involved in Daishan's plan to seize the throne. Even in his cooperation with Azig, Tong Yangzhen was the first to bridge the gap, and then led his troops to capture Azig. Below, it can be regarded as 'outstanding meritorious service'.

"The Ming Dynasty still uses Xiong Tingbi as the general manager." Dai Shan, wearing a blue five-dragon sleeves jacket, stood beside the map, stroking his beard with one hand, and said in a deep voice: "At present, my Jurchen strength has been greatly reduced, and we cannot fight with him. Its hard to fight”

"I have tried and communicated with you. Several other banner leaders and Gushan Dutong have the same idea. Considering the current situation in Liaodong and the balance of power between the two sides, I cannot forcefully fight," Tong Yangzhen said with a light frown: "But Xiong Tingbi will lead The soldiers are far inferior to those of Duke Lang, so this slave thinks that I have a great chance!"

"Huh?" Dai Shan said softly: "What do you mean?"

"The city of Shenyang is strong, and it is surrounded by wilderness. If we lead the Ming army to the city, and we wait in the empty city, and the army comes out from all directions, the Ming army will be in chaos. When the time comes, we can attack from the front and back, and there is a lot to do!" Tong Yangzhen led his men. He once conducted a detailed exploration of the territory around Shenyang City, which was extremely suitable for cavalry operations, but the Ming army was only good at defense but not good at offense. He did not believe that the Ming army under Xiong Tingbi's rule could be completely transformed in just one month!

He, Xiong Tingbi, is not Wang Qi!
  "I still have at least a month for the Ming army to prepare for war," Tong Yangzhen added: "Why not take this opportunity to show the enemy's weakness first and give it the illusion of abandoning Shenyang City and retreating to Hetuala! When the time comes, kill one of them. Being caught off guard, given the nature of the generals of the Ming army, they will definitely be fooled!"

"You can give this method a try!" After Daishan took power, he started to gain power with every move he made.

(End of this chapter)