Huang Taiji knew very well that it was almost impossible to defeat Yuan Chonghuan and the Ming court from the front.
Even if he could defeat it head-on, the price would be too much for him to bear.
Therefore, all that can be done is to disintegrate the Ming Dynasty from within.
Although everyone is the emperor for the first time, Huang Taiji is much more sinister than Zhu Youjian.
Faced with Yuan Chonghuan's insistence, it didn't take him long to figure out a way to deal with it.
Huang Taiji planned to use counterintuitive tactics to drive a wedge between Zhu Youjian and Yuan Chonghuan.
As long as Zhu Youjian doesn't believe Yuan Chonghuan, he will definitely transfer Yuan Chonghuan away from the Liaodong area.
As long as there is a change of people in the Liaodong region, and Yuan Chonghuan is not in charge of the overall situation here, Huang Taiji will still have a certain degree of confidence that he can win.
Moreover, Huang Taiji also knew very well what the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was like at present.
Later Jin planted spies in Ming Dynasty.
The party struggle in the Ming Dynasty's court lasted for more than a day or two, and almost everyone in Beijing knew about it.
Moreover, Wei Zhongxian, who originally said he was right, was killed by Zhu Youjian. Now the hypocrite Donglin Party is in charge of the overall situation in the court.
Huang Taiji also heard about the Donglin Party.
These people are just a group of selfish villains who generally have no independent opinions on matters of family and country.
If counterintuitive tactics are used at this time, I am afraid that no one from top to bottom in the Ming court will be suspicious and everyone will be fooled.
At worst, just spend some money and let the Donglin Party people help to speak out and bring down Yuan Chonghuan.
I believe that the Donglin Party, which is greedy for money, will definitely agree.
Moreover, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty had no other abilities and were always very suspicious.
Starting from Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Youjian, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps.
Otherwise, Liaodong's generals would not change so frequently.
For an emperor like Zhu Youjian, I believe that just a few words will completely sow the relationship between him and Yuan Chonghuan.
Soon after Huang Taiji planned to use counterintuitive tactics, he sent spies to spread rumors everywhere in Beijing.
It was said that Yuan Chonghuan wanted to negotiate peace with Hou Jin.
While spreading rumors, Huang Taiji really found someone to negotiate peace with Yuan Chonghuan.
Because, in Huang Taiji's view, Yuan Chonghuan would definitely agree to the peace plan.
The peace negotiations between Hou Jin and Ming Dynasty had only advantages and no disadvantages for the Ming Dynasty.
As a wise general, even if Yuan Chonghuan does not want to negotiate peace, he will never abandon the olive branch he extended easily.
No matter what happens, there will be a way out for peace.
This is also one of Huang Taiji's conspiracies.
As long as Yuan Chonghuan met their envoys from Hou Jin and communicated with the people of Hou Jin, he would be more able to confirm his plan to negotiate peace with Hou Jin.
The Ming court was firmly opposed to peace talks.
As long as there are signs of peace negotiations on Yuan Chonghuan's side, the Ming court will reconsider its attitude and stance towards Yuan Chonghuan.
Maybe Zhu Youjian would suspect that Yuan Chonghuan had an affair and Jin was going to rebel.
This is Huang Taiji's cunning plan.
True and false, false and true.
First, rumors were spread that Yuan Chonghuan wanted to negotiate peace with Hou Jin in private.
Then he immediately sent someone to negotiate peace with Yuan Chonghuan.
As long as Yuan Chonghuan does not directly refuse, then this matter will be considered confirmed.
Even if Yuan Chonghuan jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to wash away his wounds.
When the time comes, let the people he installed in the Ming court operate on the court.
Yuan Chonghuan couldn't explain clearly even with his body and mouth.
Huang Taiji's wishful thinking was very good, but Yuan Chonghuan on the other side actually fell for it.
Yuan Chonghuan met with Hou Jin's people and carefully considered the peace plan proposed by Hou Jin.
This is not because Yuan Chonghuan really wants to negotiate a peace privately.
In fact, Yuan Chonghuan himself knew very well that he wanted to report this matter to the court as soon as possible, rather than making up his mind privately.
But at this time, Yuan Chonghuan was already a little swollen.
First of all, Zhu Youjian trusted him very much. Not only did he give him great power, but he also gave him the Shangfang sword that could "cut first and then report".
The key is that he directly killed Mao Wenlong without the consent of the court, and the court did not punish him immediately.
This is the fundamental reason for Yuan Chonghuan's expansion.
At the same time, he was also well aware of the "five-year restoration of Liao Dynasty" plan that he told Zhu Youjian.
In order to complete this task better and faster, and at the same time live up to Zhu Youjian's trust, Yuan Chonghuan used extraordinary means to do many things.
Because Yuan Chonghuan believed in it, he would not accept military orders outside the country.
If you want to get the job done as quickly as possible, you must use some extraordinary methods.
This also contributed to Yuan Chonghuan not notifying the court immediately after receiving the news that Hou Jin wanted to negotiate peace.
Because at this time Yuan Chonghuan had two ideas.
The first idea is to stabilize Houjin first and allow them to negotiate peace.
Then when Hou Jin relaxed his vigilance, the Ming Dynasty was fully prepared and began to counterattack Hou Jin.
To put it bluntly, he was just pretending to negotiate peace and waiting for the opportunity to launch a thunderous attack on Hou Jin.
If they really intend to pretend to negotiate peace, then the fewer people who know about this matter, the better.
Only in this way can unexpected results be achieved.
Therefore, this is another reason why Yuan Chonghuan did not report to the Ming court in time.
The second idea is to really negotiate peace and then develop peace in the Liaodong region.
The Liaodong region is a bitter cold land with few resources.
As long as the late gold does not come in, the Ming Dynasty can completely delay the late gold.
If peace is really negotiated, there will be no harm to the Ming court.
It is completely in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan also seriously considered the feasibility of negotiating peace.
He planned to report the matter to the Ming Dynasty court after the peace negotiations were completely settled.
Otherwise, I'm afraid he would be scolded to death if he raised the word "peace" in the court.
Furthermore, if everything about the peace negotiation is settled and then reported to the court, then the credit for this matter belongs to him alone, Yuan Chonghuan.
Out of such selfish motives, Yuan Chonghuan did not report to the Ming court immediately.
And Yuan Chonghuan's approach was exactly what Huang Taiji wanted to see the most.
Originally, Huang Taiji was worried that Zhu Youjian would be fooled by his superficial counterintuitive plan and see through his treacherous plan.
But he didn't expect that Yuan Chonghuan himself would start doing such outrageous things, and Huang Taiji was overjoyed.
He knew that Yuan Chonghuan was definitely going to play.
After understanding the situation on both sides, Huang Taiji became even more calm.
He still kept people in contact with Yuan Chonghuan and discussed peace negotiations.
On the other side, people were sent to fan the flames in the Ming court.
For a time, people in the streets and alleys of Beijing were talking about Yuan Chonghuan's secret peace negotiation with Hou Jin.
The matter reached Zhu Youjian's ears, and Zhu Youjian was also extremely unhappy.
As they approached, someone immediately began to impeach Yuan Chonghuan in the court.
First, it was brought out that Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong without authorization, and then it was said that Yuan Chonghuan respected his own troops, did not listen to the court's orders, and did not intercept Huang Taiji.
Let Huang Taiji lead the troops to attack the city of Beijing.
Now he is negotiating peace with Huang Taiji privately, which shows his intentions of treason and rebellion.
Hearing the impeachment of the courtiers, Zhu Youjian became suspicious.
Originally, when Huang Taiji attacked the city of Beijing last time, Yuan Chonghuan arrived late and Zhu Youjian was already dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan, but for the sake of the situation in Liaodong, he worked hard to suppress this dissatisfaction.
But now, after hearing the courtiers' impeachment, Zhu Youjian couldn't bear it anymore.
Immediately, Zhu Youjian ordered people to bring Yuan Chonghuan back and let Yuan Chonghuan return to the pilgrimage.
Although Zhu Youjian began not to believe Yuan Chonghuan at this time, he had no murderous intentions for Yuan Chonghuan and Zhu Youjian.
They just planned to deprive Yuan Chonghuan of his official position and rights, and replace him with someone to guard Liaodong.
But at this moment, Huang Taiji poured a bucket of oil on the fire.
I don’t know if it’s because of collusion with the spies in the imperial court, or for some other reason.
Huang Taiji once again bypassed the city guarded by Yuan Chonghuan and led his troops directly towards Beijing.
Once again, he led his troops under the Eight Banners to the gates of Beijing.
The shadow that Huang Taiji brought to the people and officials of Beijing last time did not dissipate. Not long after, Huang Taiji came again.
At this time, everyone began to doubt Yuan Chonghuan.
Whether it is the officials of the Ming Dynasty or the people of Beijing.
They could never figure out why Huang Taiji was able to bypass Yuan Chonghuan's defense line twice and appear directly under the walls of Beijing.
This is simply like Yuan Chonghuan opening the back door for Huang Taiji.
He deliberately let Huang Taiji in and led his troops to the gates of Beijing.
At this time, Zhu Youjian went from not believing in Yuan Chonghuan to completely believing in Yuan Chonghuan.
However, Zhu Youjian believed that Yuan Chonghuan was treasonous and had an affair with Hou Jin.
At this time, Zhu Youjian had already labeled Yuan Chonghuan as treason in his heart.
Huang Taiji marched into the city of Beijing twice, which made Zhu Youjian completely murderous towards Yuan Chonghuan.
This time Huang Taiji looted all the people in the suburbs of Beijing just like the last time.
And Yuan Chonghuan arrived late, just like last time.
Then Huang Taiji and Yuan Chonghuan once again started a painless battle outside Beijing.
After two days of fighting, Huang Taiji retreated calmly.
At this time in Beijing, rumors had completely broken out and could not be suppressed at all.
Everyone is absolutely certain that Huang Taiji was deliberately let in by Yuan Chonghuan in order to coerce Zhu Youjian and the Ming court to negotiate peace with Hou Jin.
Either Yuan Chonghuan had selfish motives and wanted to achieve his own goals with the help of Hou Jinhuang Taiji.
The Ming court and the common people also began to denounce Yuan Chonghuan at this moment, demanding that the Ming court execute Yuan Chonghuan, a traitor.
There were even rumors that if Yuan Chonghuan was killed, half of the Tatars would be gone.
Above the Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party also began to liquidate Yuan Chonghuan.
Because of the emergence of Huang Taiji, those of them who had a large amount of land and wealth outside Beijing suffered heavy losses.
These Donglin Party members naturally attributed this loss to Yuan Chonghuan.
For a time, people from the Donglin Party kept writing to Zhu Youjian, asking Zhu Youjian to interrogate Yuan Chonghuan.
Zhu Youjian himself also had murderous intentions towards Yuan Chonghuan.
Immediately, Zhu Youjian ordered people to recall Yuan Chonghuan.
On the other side, Yuan Chonghuan was fending off enemies outside Beijing.
He has already learned the news in Beijing.
Yuan Chonghuan did not comment on the accusations made against him by the people in Beijing and the officials of the Ming Dynasty.
Huang Taiji crossed his defense line twice and marched directly to the walls of Beijing, but there was nothing he could do.
In frontal combat, the Ming army was no match for the Huang Taiji cavalry.
So we can only hide in the city and wait for the right opportunity.
Huang Taiji took this opportunity to bypass his defense line.
If I don't let Huang Taiji enter the city of Beijing and rush out to fight, the advantages accumulated in Liaodong in the past few years will be lost.
And Yuan Chonghuan, the defense officer in Beijing, also knows that there will be absolutely no problem in the short term.
After Huang Taiji arrived at the gate of Beijing, he would lead his troops to attack Huang Taiji from behind. Then Huang Taiji would definitely not be able to gain favor.
Because he couldn't beat Huang Taiji head-on, Yuan Chonghuan could only use this stupid method to deal with it.
Yuan Chonghuan himself knew very well that this would definitely make the officials in the Ming court dissatisfied, but he had no choice.
As long as Zhu Youjian believes in him, that's all. He can completely ignore other people's opinions.
Some people in Beijing said that Yuan Chonghuan had an affair with Hou Jin and intended to treason.
In Yuan Chonghuan's view, this is simply a joke.
Or it was Huang Taiji's counterintuitive plan.
When Zhu Youjian sent someone to ask him to return to the Hajj, Yuan Chonghuan also honestly agreed.
In fact, at this time, Yuan Chonghuan even had a glimmer of hope.
As long as Yuan Chonghuan can explain clearly, Zhu Youjian might be able to save Yuan Chonghuan's life.
However, Yuan Chonghuan, who was already somewhat puffed up, made another fatal mistake.
After repelling Huang Taiji outside Beijing, Yuan Chonghuan accepted the order to return to the Hajj to see Zhu Youjian.
However, he proposed to let the soldiers from outside the city enter the city for repairs.
This completely touched Zhu Youjian's bottom line.
Yuan Chonghuan failed to guard the border and let Huang Taiji in, and his return of reinforcements was not timely.
Now it is even more important to lead troops into Beijing.
Isn't this a pure rebellion?
In addition, everyone in Beijing is saying that Yuan Chonghuan has treasonous intentions.
At this time, Zhu Youjian could no longer suppress his murderous intention towards Yuan Chonghuan.
Zhu Youjian immediately rejected Yuan Chonghuan's idea of leading troops into the city, and then asked Yuan Chonghuan to quickly return to the Hajj.
Yuan Chonghuan did not delay or change back into court clothes, but directly entered the city wearing armor and sword.
Zhu Youjian in the city saw Yuan Chonghuan wearing armor and sword, and his eyes jumped.
All the things that I had previously planned to ignore were revealed.
Zhu Youjian directly asked Yuan Chonghuan why he killed Mao Wenlong without the permission of the court.
Why couldn't they resist Huang Taiji's army and let him attack the city of Beijing twice?
Failed to resist Huang Taiji, but instead led troops into Beijing for repairs?
(End of chapter)
