Chapter 2159 Nurhaci''s Death (Part 1)


    Chapter 2156: Nurhaci''s Death (Part 1)


    Capturing Huang Taiji was a decision made by Qin Hao himself, and capturing Chu Yingcai was a deal with Aguda.


    The transaction between Qin Hao and Aguda was very simple. Qin Hao supported Aguda to ascend to the throne of Emperor Qing, and Aguda returned the forty-four counties that still belonged to the Qing Dynasty to Qin.


    As for transactions, Aguda made a profit in general. After all, Aguda made a profit in the entire Qing Dynasty, but Qin Hao unified Youzhou without fighting, so he could have gained something.


    But this is just a superficial transaction, and both parties will definitely trip up the other party in secret.


    Agudaxiang ascended the throne after Nurhaci. This is not an easy task. After all, even though Nurhaci and Huang Taiji were killed 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 embark on the road of coup seizing power.


    But the coup was ultimately injustice. Before the last moment, Aguda did not want to embark on the road of coup, so he wanted to imitate Qin Hao and use the emperor to command the princes.


    Aguda is preparing to support a prince to confront Dorgon after Nurhaci''s death, so that the prince will ascend the throne and become his own puppet so that he can control the military and political power. It is not too late to ascend to the throne after the puppet in his hands loses its function.


    The risk of usurping the throne and internal friction will also be minimized.


    Among Nurhaci''s sons, Dorgon and Huang Taiji are the best and uncontrollable. Chu Ying is undoubtedly the stupidest one, but this also facilitates Aguda''s control.


    It is precisely because of this that Aguda made a special request to ask Qin Hao not to kill Chu Ying, but to capture him alive. Afterwards, he rescued Chu Ying through negotiations and brought him to compete with Dorgon for the throne.


    In this way, Aguda became Chu Ying''s life-saving benefactor. He could not only get Chu Ying''s gratitude, but also make it easier to blame Chu Ying afterwards. It can be said that he won two birds with one stone.


    With Chu Ying''s strength in the country alone, he would definitely not compete for the throne with Dorgon, so he could only rely on his life-savior Aguda and his allies that Aguda had won in advance.


    With the discount of Chu Ying''s banner, Aguda can seize the power of the Qing Dynasty''s military formation without bearing any infamy and realize his dream of becoming an emperor.


    I have to say that Aguda’s plan to seize power is almost perfect, and the only flaw is that his maker is not Aguda, but Zhang Yi.


    Zhang Yi''s original intention of helping Aguda formulate a plan to seize power was not to help him ascend to the throne, but to put the Qing Dynasty in endless internal strife.


    Aguda was very alert and extremely independent. Many of Zhang Yi''s plans were denied by him. He only had a plan that was not excessively internally, so he had this plan to "take the emperor to command 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 didn''t know that it was. In fact, Zhang Yi and Qin Hao''s person were.


    Qin Hao is very supportive of Zhang Yi''s plan, but he also considers one thing, that is, after getting Chu Ying, he has the righteous Aguda, and Dorgon is probably not the opponent.


    If the power of opposition within the Qing Dynasty was unbalanced, Aguda would be much stronger than Dorgon. If the Qing Dynasty was easily unified, the goal would be to allow the Qing Dynasty to continue to consume internally for a long time.


    Based on this consideration, Qin Hao did not kill Huang Taiji, but captured him alive, but claimed to the outside world that Huang Taiji was dead, in order to kill Agu at a critical moment.


    Of course, Huang Taiji''s card may not be used, it mainly depends on whether Dorgon is good or not.


    If Dorgon could block Aguda, then Huang Taiji would live his life alone in the dark dungeon. If he could not, Huang Taiji would be able to use his skills.


    When Aguda thought that his victory was decided and he could take the throne firmly, Huang Taiji would return with his true desire and join forces with the Dorgon brothers to expose Aguda''s hypocritical front, and then set off a bigger internal struggle in the Qing Dynasty.


    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 without it. However, in Qin Hao''s opinion, Dorgon is actually better if he wins.


    After all, if the weak Dorgon can win, the degree of internal friction of the Qing Dynasty will definitely be greater. As the prince Huang Taiji returns to pick the fruits of victory, I believe Dorgon''s face will be very exciting.


    At that time, there will definitely be another situation where brothers fight for the throne, and the Qing Dynasty will still fall into the inner capital.


    I have to say that Zhang Yi''s plan is really vicious. As long as Qin Hao does not make any mistakes, no matter what Agudao beats, the Qing Dynasty will fall into internal strife.


    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''s troops had 15,000 Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, while Qin Hao had only 85,000 Iron Cavalry, but he could defeat twice his enemy with one charge. There are two reasons:


    1. Chu Ying''s reaction speed was too slow, so he let the Eight Banners Army in a standstill charge against the Qin army at full speed.


    2. The chief general Chu Ying was easily captured by Qin Hao, so that the morale of the entire army plummeted. In addition, the army lost command and fought each other.


    Based on these two reasons, the Qin army could defeat twice its enemy with one charge.


    Although Chu Ying''s troops were defeated by the Qin army, the casualties were not large, and only three or four thousand people died in combatants. The rest of the soldiers ran away with the public in fear, which also aggravated the Eight Banners Army''s escape.


    "Send the order to bring the alive army to the battlefield and use them to disrupt the Qing army''s formation." Qin Hao ordered with a sneer.


    "No."


    On the other hand, the Qing army, who were defeated by the Qin army, also immediately discovered a defeated army in the rear and reported to Nurhaci as quickly as possible.


    "What? Could this live defeated army be under Chu Ying''s army?"


    Nurhaci widened his eyes and said with confusion: "But isn''t Wei Qing''s suspicious soldier in the west? How could such a cavalry emerge from the Qin army?"


    Nurhaci was puzzled by this, and now he has no intention of tangling.


    The motivation to support his hard work was the reinforcements led by Chu Ying. Now that Chu Ying was defeated one step ahead of him, he would be looking for death if he continues to stay.


    As soon as he thought of this, Nurhaci had already retreated. Anyone in the Qing Dynasty could sacrifice his life. Only as emperor, he could not do it. He had to go back alive.


    Nurhaci took off his helmet, handed it to a personal guard beside him, and said seriously: "It''s your turn to be loyal to me."


    This person is Nurhaci''s substitute, 80% similar to him, and has undergone special imitation training. People who are not particularly close can''t tell at all.


    The substitute decisively took the helmet and said in a deep voice: "I swear to be loyal to Your Majesty."


    (This chapter ends)