Nurhaci lay on the couch, forced his eyes open, and said feebly: "I know! Send the order, each village will defend and not support each other, in case the Ming army comes for reinforcements!"
Nurhaci closed his eyes after saying that.
Ever since Li Jing caused him physical damage, it was unknown whether it was due to the severe loss of yang energy or his increasing age, so he could not recover as quickly as the young eunuch who had just entered the palace. Anyway, he was now extremely weak. Even in such a scorching summer, I was still wrapped in a fluffy coat and even more lethargic than usual.
More importantly, he can no longer touch the group of women around him.
Therefore, Nurhaci himself became very agitated when he thought of this, especially now that the Ming army gathered and took advantage of his illness to attack Jianzhou.
"Plough the Court!"
Nurhachi especially hates this word now.
But he always thought of this word unconsciously and wanted to curse it out, but the sound he came out with was extremely high-pitched and lost his majesty.
Therefore, he could only hold this suffocation in his heart. The more he held it in, the worse his body became.
As a result, it is now difficult for him to draw a bow and shoot arrows, and he cannot ride a strong horse.
"Father Khan is wise, although the Ming army is large, it is mainly composed of elite cavalry. All the villages and forts in Jianzhou are impregnable. As long as we hold on, the Ming army will be difficult to break through for a while. Even if we break through one or two places, it will not affect the foundation. , and his Ming army this time is determined to kill my people and destroy our fields, not to seize our stronghold. Therefore, no matter how provocative the Ming army is, as long as we hold on and do not fight with them, after a long time, the Ming army will Get back!"
Huang Taiji said at this time.
"Can't hold on? I think I can't get out. If I don't take advantage of the warm summer weather and move to the Ninggu Pagoda area, I have to stay here. Now I just watch the farmland being destroyed and I am scattered outside the city. The Jurchen farmers were killed, and there will be a famine in the spring next year. What will we eat? Just relying on fishing and hunting will not be enough to support my golden warriors. We will only be so hungry that we can’t draw our bows!"
Mang Gurtai said: "Father Khan! From my perspective, we can either fight to the death with the Ming army, and even if we lose, we can still be victorious! Or we can simply take the initiative to ask for surrender from the court, and if we want to live in an ignoble way, we will live in an ignoble way."
Nowadays, Nurhachi's physical quality has declined seriously, and his personal prestige has also declined seriously. The real power faction within the Manchu Eight Banners aristocracy has also begun to show a tendency to split, especially at this time when the future is uncertain and the battles are losing ground.
After all, if Nurhachi could lead them to repeatedly defeat the Ming army and plunder the city as before, they would naturally be united and have the same goal, and even gradually have the ambition to conquer the world.
But now, life is not easy for both the Eight Banners aristocrats and ordinary farmers in Houjin.
Therefore, Mang Gurtai directly attacked Huang Taiji on the spot and actively proposed to surrender to the court.
Nurhachi had to open his sour eyes and glanced at Mang Gurtai. If it were in the past, he would have locked up Mang Gurtai. Even though Mang Gurtai was his biological son, he didn't want to aggravate the situation now. The internal divisions only said: "Everyone, please retreat!"
Only then did Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji and others leave Nurhachi.
Nurhaci looked at the retreating figures of Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji. He could see that these people had begun to cling to each other and fight among themselves, so that when they left here, their own group of people came together, and did not care about others. One group of people turned a blind eye.
Thinking of the Ming army's fierce offensive outside, Nurhachi began to feel uneasy. He was really worried that some people within him would really start to waver and surrender to the court, which would cause his own internal collapse first and then be annihilated by the Ming army.
"Report! Taiji Abatai surrendered Suzihe stronghold, and Suzihe stronghold was destroyed!"
And Nurhachi was worried about what would happen. When the imperial army gathered like this, his Eight Banners nobles were not all confident and wanted to resist the Ming Dynasty to the end. Mang Gurtai was secretly transparent, and now he is also not liked by Nurhaci and has a certain attitude towards his father. Nurhachi's son Abatai, who complained that he was not even granted Baylor but only Taiji, also voluntarily surrendered because his village was besieged.
Nurhaci couldn't help being stunned after hearing this, and immediately vomited out a mouthful of blood.
No matter what, Abatai is still his biological son.
Now that his son actually surrendered to the Ming court first, this undoubtedly made his heart feel as if someone had stabbed him with a knife, causing him both pain and anger.
"You bastard! Damn it! Send an edict to put his mother and concubine to death!"
Nurhachi shouted with all his strength and immediately ordered his mother to be killed.
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"Abatai, the son of a traitor, begs His Majesty the Ming Emperor for forgiveness!"
Abatai lay on the ground like a dog and crawled towards Zhu Youxiao, very flattering and fearful.
Zhu Youxiao sat in the lobby and looked at him.
And his princes also stood on both sides, looking at Abatai, their faces full of curiosity.
Zhu Youxiao was not surprised that Nurhachi's sons betrayed him. In any era, when external pressure intensifies, there will always be surrenders within the ruling class.
Now, hundreds of thousands of Zhu Youxiao and Chen soldiers are attacking Jianzhou. It is abnormal that none of the nobles within the Jurchen Eight Banners of Jianzhou surrendered out of fear.
But for Zhu Youxiao, how to deal with these surrendered Eight Banners nobles was a problem.
Naturally he would rather kill them all.
But if we look at the overall situation, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, if he wants to solve the Donglu's situation as soon as possible, he must definitely praise Abate's behavior of abandoning the dark and turning to the light, so as to encourage other Eight Banners nobles to surrender.
"Forget it! In the future, we will still need people to solve the problem of the Japanese and Western countries. It is better to let them go overseas, use captives to attack the barbarians, and learn from the example of Tsarist Russia in forcing the Cossacks to open up new territories. Since killing these surrenders now is to deny that they abandoned the dark side and surrendered to the bright side, and took the initiative. If you deny that you are a bright and just party, then let these surrenders open up territory for the Ming Dynasty! At least you cannot use the previous restraint policy to let them retake the official position of Jianzhou, stay in Jianzhou, and continue to be the leaders of the Jurchens. This way It’s hard to say whether there will be another ‘Seven Hatreds’ in the future.”
When Zhu Youxiao thought of this, he said solemnly: "It's good that you know how to plead guilty. At least you know the righteousness. But you only know how to ask for surrender now. It's a little late. You are still guilty!"
After hearing this, Abatai was so frightened that he hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Emperor Ming, spare your life! The son of a traitor did not dare to submit to the court because he was afraid of his father's power. Now, because of the majesty of heaven, he has no choice but to surrender at the risk of death. The people of this banner have been massacred, and I ask His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to draw a clear warning!"
"Spare your life!"
"Spare my life!"
Abatai continued to kowtow humbly.
"Forget it! Since you abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, I will not kill you and will reward you with an official position. But if you dare to rebel again in the future, don't blame me for cutting you into pieces or smashing your bones into ashes. However, your father is a rebel. You Since you want to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, you should no longer adopt the surname of a rebel thief, nor should you consider yourself a clan of rebel thief. You should change your surname to Han, speak Mandarin, write Chinese characters, and adopt Chinese customs. The first thing you have to do to adapt to Han customs is to cut your braids and grow hair. Hair, robe and scarf.”
As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he ordered: "Publish the order and cut off his braids. All those who follow him and surrender will have their braids cut off and change their clothes. Those who do not obey will be killed without mercy!"
"What, cut off the braids?"
"This is a legacy from our ancestors, you can't cut it!"
Gushan Ezhen Turge and other Eight Banners nobles who followed Abatai to surrender were shocked when they heard the Ming Emperor's first order to them, and couldn't help shouting excitedly.
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