Chapter 2156: Death of Nurhachi (Part 1)
Capturing Huang Taiji was Qin Hao's own decision, while capturing Chu Ying was the deal between him and Aguda.
The transaction between Qin Hao and Aguda was very simple. Qin Hao supported Aguda to ascend to the throne of Qing emperor, while Aguda returned the forty-four counties that still belonged to the Qing Dynasty to Qin.
As far as the transaction is concerned, generally speaking, Aguda made the profit. After all, Aguda got the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Qin Hao unified Youzhou without fighting, so everyone gained something.
But this is just a superficial deal. Secretly, both parties will surely stumble upon the other.
It is not an easy task for Aguda to ascend to the throne after Nurhaci. After all, even if Nurhaci and Huang Taiji died in battle, Dorgon still stayed in Shengjing.
Therefore, as far as conventional channels are concerned, the throne has nothing to do with Aguda. The only way is to take the road of coup d'état to seize power.
But the coup was unjust after all. Aguda did not want to embark on the road of coup until the last moment, so he wanted to imitate Qin Hao and hold the emperor hostage to order the princes.
Aguda planned to support a prince to confront Dorgon after Nurhachi's death, and let this prince ascend the throne and become his puppet, so that he could easily control the military and political power. It would not be too late to ascend to the throne of God after the puppet in his hand loses its effect.
In this way, the risk of usurping the throne and internal friction will be minimized.
Among Nurhaci's sons, Dorgon and Huang Taiji were the best and uncontrollable. Chu Ying was undoubtedly the stupidest, but this was also easier for Aguda to control.
It is precisely because of this that Aguda specifically asked Qin Hao not to kill Chu Ying, but to capture him alive. Afterwards, he rescued Chu Ying through negotiations and brought her to the country to compete with Dorgon for the throne.
In this way, Aguda became Chu Ying's savior. He could not only gain Chu Ying's gratitude, but also make it easier to pass the blame to Chu Ying afterwards. It could be said that he killed two birds with one stone.
With Chu Ying's domestic strength alone, he would definitely not be able to compete with Dorgon for the throne, so he could only rely on his savior Aguda and the allies Aguda had roped in in advance.
By discounting Chu Ying's banner, Aguda could seize the power of the Manchu army in a dignified manner without bearing any infamy and realize his dream of being emperor.
It has to be said that Aguda's plan to seize power is almost perfect. The only flaw is that the person who formulated it was not Aguda, but Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi's original intention in helping Aguda formulate a plan to seize power was not to help him ascend to the throne of God, but to plunge the Manchu Qing into endless internal strife.
Aguda was very vigilant and extremely assertive. Many of Zhang Yi's plans were rejected by him. He only wanted a plan that would not lead to excessive internal friction, and that's how he came up with the plan of 'holding the emperor to control the princes'.
As far as the plan is concerned, there are indeed no loopholes in Zhang Yi's plan, but the biggest loophole is that Aguda doesn't know that the 'Mr. Su Qin' in his eyes is actually Zhang Yi, and he is also Qin Hao's man.
Qin Hao strongly supports Zhang Yi's plan, but he also considers that after acquiring Chu Ying and having the righteous Aguda, Dorgon may not be his opponent.
If the opposing forces within the Manchu Qing Dynasty are unbalanced, Aguda is much stronger than Dorgon. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty is easily unified, the purpose of long-term internal consumption of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not be achieved.
Based on this consideration, Qin Haocai did not kill Huang Taiji, but captured him alive, but claimed that Huang Taiji was dead, in order to stab A Gu at the critical moment.
Of course, the Huang Taiji card may not necessarily be used. It mainly depends on Dorgon's strength.
If Dorgon can block Aguda, then Huang Taiji will die alone in a dark dungeon. If he can't, there will be no place for Huang Taiji to use him.
When Aguda thought that his victory was determined and he could securely sit on the throne, Huang Taiji would return with true intentions and join forces with the Dorgon brothers to expose Aguda's hypocrisy, and then set off a greater crisis in the Qing Dynasty. Infighting.
Of course, in addition to this, there is actually another possibility, that is, Dorgon defeated Aguda.
Although this possibility is very low, it is not impossible. However, in Qin Hao's view, it is actually better for Dorgon to win.
After all, if the weak Dorgon can win, the degree of internal friction in the Qing Dynasty will definitely be greater. And as the prince Huang Taiji returns to pick the fruits of victory, Dorgon's face will definitely be very exciting.
At that time, there will definitely be another situation where brothers fight against each other and compete for the throne, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty will still fall into the inner capital.
It has to be said that Zhang Yi's plan is really vicious. As long as Qin Hao makes no mistakes, no matter what Aguda does, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will fall into infighting.
Poison, really poison.
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"Lord, Chu Ying's troops have been defeated by our army."
Hearing this, Qin Hao nodded calmly, without any surprise in his heart.
Chu Ying had 15,000 Eight Banners cavalry, while Qin Hao only had 8,500 cavalry, but he was able to defeat an enemy army twice his own in one charge for two reasons:
1. Chu Ying's reaction speed was too slow, allowing the static Eight Banners Army to face the Qin Army charging at full speed.
2. General Chu Ying was easily captured alive by Qin Hao, so that the morale of the entire army plummeted. In addition, the army lost its command and fought independently.
Based on these two reasons, the Qin army was able to defeat an enemy army twice its size with one charge.
Although Chu Ying's troops were defeated by the Qin army, the casualties were not heavy. Only three or four thousand combatants died. The rest of the soldiers were frightened and ran away with the masses. This also intensified the rout of the Eight Banners Army. trend.
"Send the order and send these defeated troops to the battlefield and use them to disrupt the Qing army's formation." Qin Hao ordered with a sneer.
"promise."
On the other side, the Qing army, which was defeated steadily by the Qin army, also immediately discovered a defeated army in the rear and reported it to Nurhachi as quickly as possible.
"What? Could it be that this defeated army belongs to Chu Ying?"
Nurhaci's eyes widened and he asked with a puzzled look on his face: "But aren't those in the west Wei Qing's suspected soldiers? Where did the Qin army have such a cavalry?"
Nurhachi was puzzled by this, and now he had no intention of dwelling on it.
The driving force that supported his perseverance was the reinforcements led by Chu Ying. But now that Chu Ying was defeated before him, he would be seeking death if he continued to stay.
At this point, Nurhachi had already decided to quit. Anyone in the Qing Dynasty could be sacrificed, but he, as the emperor, could not. He had to go back alive.
Nurhachi took off his helmet, handed it to a guard beside him, and said seriously: "It's your turn to be loyal to me."
This man is Nurhaci's stand-in, who is eighty-nine points similar to him, and has also undergone special imitation training. People who are not particularly close to him cannot tell it at all.
The substitute decisively took the helmet and said solemnly: "This slave swears allegiance to Your Majesty to the death."
(End of chapter)
