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For North Korea, the threat of the Qing army was imminent. Although Ming had won the Battle of Jinzhou, it was still blocked in the Jinzhou area and could not provide them with any help, even cross-sea reinforcements were temporarily impossible.

Therefore, after the discussion between the monarch and ministers of the Joseon Dynasty, they still chose to continue to serve the Qing Dynasty on the surface. However, due to the resurgence of the pro-Ming faction, they are no longer as respectful to the Qing Dynasty as they used to be.

Especially after Liu Lin, Li Renzhan, Zhao Houliang, the commanding officer of the three naval forces, and others returned to China, as witnesses, they told everyone the truth about the Battle of Jinzhou.

As for the soldiers and horses of the army of the Ming Dynasty who did not know which one, their firearms were the sharpest, even far surpassing the shotguns held by the soldiers of the Korean state. Not only did they shoot very fast, they were also surprisingly accurate and powerful.

The most important thing is Lin Qingye, the envoy of Ping'an Dao Bing Ma Jiedu, who even met and talked with Zhang Cheng, the chief general of this Ming army and the general officer of Daming Xuanfu Town.

However, Lin Qingye only said that he was captured by the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty, because Zhang Cheng, the chief general of the Ming army, wanted to show favor to North Korea, so that he would stop helping the emperor and stop being an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but he did not tell everyone that he betrayed Qing intelligence to Zhang Cheng.

It was against this background that although the King of Korea, Li Ji, also had a heart for Daming and was not ashamed to serve the barbaric Manchus, his own strength was weak and he was afraid of suffering from the bloody ambitions of the Qing Dynasty, so he dared not express his inner thoughts.

In order to suppress the pro-Ming forces in the country, he had no choice but to use Cui Mingji as the leader of the government again, making Cui Mingji's comeback half a year earlier than in history.

However, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers has been widely spread in the scholar circles in North Korea through the mouths of Liu Lin, Lin Qingye and others. This has also aroused people's yearning for Daming, and an undercurrent has begun to surge.

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And today's court meeting of the monarchs and ministers of the Qing Dynasty was held precisely to deal with the many problems in front of us.

As for the various Mongolian ministries, even those from outside Mongolia, Huang Taiji did not dare to oppress them. He could only continue to adopt the policy of detainment and avoid pushing them to the opposite side of him, especially when he was ill and the regime might be about to be handed over.

Compared with history, Huang Taiji did not seize the food and grass of the Ming army in the battle under the city of Jinzhou between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Although Huang Taiji tried his best to squeeze the remaining value of North Korea's fat, he didn't dare to do too much. After all, North Korea is small and weak, and its products are not abundant. If it is too hard, it may backfire.

Just like those Khan kings of Waizasak Mongolia, they didn't come to Shengjing to bid farewell to His Majesty Huang Taiji, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, they left without saying goodbye at the city of Jinzhou, and led their troops back.

This move of theirs also caused a chain reaction in the Qing Dynasty. The two banners of Tumdt and Zhasak Ombu Chuhuer and Shanba in Outer Mongolia also lost the battle, and they did not respect Huang Taiji and the Qing Dynasty as before.

The two of them belonged to the Chahar Mongolian tribe, and they had been under the oppression and surveillance of the Qing Dynasty. Now they secretly discussed that they would leave without saying goodbye, and that they would go to Dushikou to trade after all. After all, the grain there was much cheaper than Zhangjiakou.

However, after all, Shanba belonged to Huang Taiji earlier. After thinking about it, he became more and more afraid, so he surrendered to Huang Taiji, and framed most of the crimes on Ombu Chuhuer, saying that he was the mastermind.

Although Huang Taiji knew that Shanba was also to blame, stabilizing the situation was the top priority at this moment. Therefore, he only sent Qing warriors under the leadership of Shanba to suppress Tumed Mongolia, and captured Ombu Chuhuer on the spot.

Don't think that Shanba will be loyal to Huang Taiji and the Qing Dynasty because he betrayed Ombu Chuhuer, but he actually has his own ideas in his heart.

Because of fear, he used such despicable means to win Huang Taiji's trust in order to preserve his status and tribe, but he still had the original idea in his heart. Once he returned to his own territory, he would ignore Huang Taiji's ban and go to Dushikou to trade and buy food with the Yongyi Army.

Karaqin Right Wing Banner Zasak Gulu Siqibu also had almost the same thoughts as Shanba, and the death of Ombu Chuhuer greatly shocked him.

Now he is still in Shengjing, surrounded by vicious warriors of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, naturally he dare not make any changes, and he is silent like a cicada, and dare not say more.

However, his heart was full of resentment towards the Qing Dynasty, towards Huang Taiji and Dorgon. If their brother Duoduo hadn't persecuted him, how could so many warriors of his own tribe have died in battle at the foot of Changling Mountain?

In addition to the resentment for Huang Taiji's oppression of his tribe, there is also a rebellious heart in his heart, but in Shengjing and under Huang Taiji's nose, he dare not show it.

Karma, who took over as Zasak of the Left Wing Banner of Karaqin, left his right arm on Changling Mountain. Although he has fully recovered now, the inconvenience of losing his right arm makes him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Although his right arm had to be amputated after being shot by a fire blunderbuss by a soldier under Chen Zheng of the Xuanfu Army, Karma kept this grudge on the Qing Dynasty and Dorgon.

If Duoduo and other barbarians from the Eight Banners of Manchuria hadn't persecuted him fiercely, how could he have been shot by the Ming army's guns and left his good arm in Changling Mountain?
Even if Duoduo left his life at the foot of Changling Mountain, even if he didn't get back even a single corpse, it still couldn't solve the resentment in Karma's heart.

He thinks this is Duduo's retribution, the fate he deserves!
Although Duo Duo is dead now, the Qing Dynasty is still there, and Duo Duo's elder brother Dorgon is still there. If it were not for the Qing Dynasty's various temptations and persecutions, how could he lead the tribal warriors to this bitter and cold Liaodong?

More than half of the warriors of his own tribe were killed or injured, and even he almost lost his life on Changling Mountain, but he didn't get any rewards, and he was almost prosecuted for the crime of losing the general.

If it wasn't for the other Mongolian tribes, Zasak, who pleaded hard for him, he might be severely punished. How could he be at peace?

"Damn, put an arm in vain, Huang Taiji and Dorgon in the groove, Qing Dynasty in the groove, what a fucking thing!"

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Regarding the current situation, Huang Taiji is also very clear in his heart. Although he is sick and his condition is getting worse, he is not confused, and he still sees everything in front of him clearly.

In the battle of Jinzhou, even the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manchuria were a little bit chilled, not to mention the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Mongolian soldiers of the Outer Domain. Many of them were already terrified.

If you can't beat it, just rely on it!
For many years, the various tribes of Mongolia have already been familiar with this set of operations. Didn't many of them rely on this method to survive until now?

However, with the lessons learned from Ombu Chuhur, the Zasaks of other Mongolian tribes did not dare to say anything more, and they all kept silent, showing a very well-behaved look.

Although Huang Taiji is clear about everything, he doesn't have much energy to deal with them properly. For the time being, he can only suppress them with the remaining prestige of the Manchurian Eight Banners warriors, and deal with them one by one when he has free hands.

After some setbacks, the Eight Banners of Manchuria was finally stabilized, and taking advantage of the defeat in Jinzhou, it effectively weakened the strength of the two white banners of Dorgon and Azig, ensuring that the two yellow banners were still the kings of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

Furthermore, in order to control the Hetao area in his own hands so that he could continue to trade with Shanxi merchant Fan Yongdou and others in Zhangjiakou, Prince Zheng Jierhalang was sent by him to sit in Guihua City to prevent the Tumed Mongolian tribe from making any changes.

However, Huang Taiji has no surplus food in his hands, and hundreds of thousands of people have to eat. Even if there is still North Korea to squeeze, it is difficult to squeeze out more oil and water.

Now, Huang Taiji can only hope that Jierhalang can buy enough grain from Zhangjiakou so that he can survive until the autumn harvest. When the autumn grain comes down, he may be able to survive this year safely.

If not, this year will be sad. In fact, Huang Taiji still has another choice—to rob Daming!
Whenever the crops in the Qing Dynasty failed or there was nothing to do, Huang Taiji would send elite warriors from various banners to plunder all over the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the effect of military training can be achieved, so that the warriors' ability to kill the enemy will not be wasted;

But now they have just experienced the great defeat in Jinzhou. Even the warriors of the Qing Dynasty have been fighting for years, and they are already exhausted. Under the new defeat, the morale of the army still needs to be restored.

Therefore, the urgent task for the time being is still to ensure the stability of Liaodong territory first, continue to control the Mongolian ministries and North Korea, and wait for the morale of the army to recover before considering entering the interior of the Ming Dynasty to plunder.

It's just that if he wants to rob Daming, Zhang Cheng and his Xuanfu army are a hurdle that Huang Taiji can't get around!

Huang Taiji's spirit was not as good as before, and he tried his best to support himself while sitting on the dragon chair. Although he looked the same as before, people around him could feel the old spirit emanating from him.

He moved his obese body with great difficulty to make his sitting position more comfortable, and then said in a majestic low voice: "Xuan, Yingerdai, Xifu, Ganglin, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and we!"

Although the Banner Leaders of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, Baylor, Gegushan, Angbai, etc., are all very brave and good at fighting, he still cannot do without the Manchu and Han civil officials when dealing with state affairs such as government affairs.

Soon, Ying Erdai, the Minister of State Affairs, Ganglin, a scholar of the Academy of Internal History, Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Academy of Internal Secretaries, Xifu, a scholar of the Hongwen Academy, Ning Wanwo, and others came in a hurry.

Among them, Yingerdai has the most trust in Huang Taiji. He and Jierhalang can be said to be Huang Taiji's right-hand men.

After everyone saluted, Huang Taiji gave each of them a small stool, with half of their buttocks next to each other cautiously, like all the officials of the Ming Dynasty, they did not dare to sit down.

After hearing Huang Taiji's intention to let the Qing Dynasty rest and recuperate in peace, and avoid the Ming Dynasty from fighting again, Ying Erdai pondered for a while, and said: "Return to the emperor, in the battle of Jinzhou, although I failed to break the city, I also defeated and killed many Ming troops. I will not dare to provoke the frontier again."

Huang Taiji's expression was a little sluggish, he didn't say a word, he just waved his hand to signal others to continue.

Every one of you said something, and I said something, and they all started to offer advice and suggestions. Every one of them was very careful in what they said, for fear that if they said something wrong, they would lead to death.

"Your Majesty, I propose a peace negotiation with the Ming Dynasty!" Suddenly, Ning Anwo, a scholar of Hongwen Academy, uttered a shocking remark.

"Peace agreement?" Huang Taiji opened his eyes a little.

Speaking of He Yizhi, Huang Taiji has no psychological barriers.

Since Hou Jin came to power, he has talked with Daming over and over again about the peace talks. There is truth and falsehood in this, anyway, it has not been negotiated once.

When you are weak, you can be a grandson, when you are strong, you can be a tiger or a wolf.

These nomadic peoples outside the frontiers have probably been like this for thousands of years, just as Wei Zheng, a famous official of the Tang Dynasty, said: "The strong will be bandits and robbers, and the weak will be humble, like beasts."

Huang Taiji is no stranger to this. He not only negotiated peace with Daming, but also repeatedly negotiated peace with Pidao Mao Wenlong and Jidu Yuan Chonghuan. Of course, none of them was sincere, it was nothing more than military delay and confusion.

After Ning Wan, I replied with a slight smile on my face: "Your Majesty, according to what I have seen, the Ming Kingdom also came here with all its strength in order to lift the siege. Today, the casualties and consumption are even more than mine, and they do not have an absolute advantage. The two sides are at best a tie.

But my Qing Dynasty is like the sky, and the Mongolian ministries and North Korea are also respectful to me. The interior is like a monolith, and the morale of the army will be restored soon.

However, there were constant domestic worries in the Ming Dynasty, not only caused by natural disasters, but also man-made disasters. From top to bottom in the country, corruption was rampant.

According to information, the people of the Ming Dynasty are not living, but banditry is inevitable, especially Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Cao Cao. Now in Henan, Huguang and other places, several Ming kings have been killed by bandits, and they must send troops to conquer them.

And if I show an attitude of peace talks at this time, Ming will definitely believe that I am sincerely negotiating peace after the Jin battle, so that the Ming monarch and ministers can be confused and sent back to the mainland to suppress the bandits. "

He continued: "Taking this opportunity, we can rest and recuperate, wait for the opportunity, and conquer the Ming Kingdom. It will also allow the generals of the Ming Kingdom to spend their financial resources on suppressing the bandits, so as to ease the resistance for me to enter the Central Plains in the future!"

Huang Taiji was leaning on the large imperial bed, nodding his head while listening, Ning Wan's words were exactly what he wanted, but it was not easy for him to say the words of peace, so he called all the ministers to ask for advice.

He sneered and said: "Not only that. The general soldier of Xuanfu in Ming Dynasty must also try to get rid of him!"

Huang Taiji continued: "In the battle of Jincheng, although the Ming army was a little more courageous than before, it is not the same as our Qing warriors. The only person I am worried about is Zhang Cheng of the Ming Dynasty." (End of this chapter)