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Chapter 1 Killing four birds with one stone

Shengjing Palace is the center of the Later Jin Dynasty in Shengjing City.

The old Khan King Nurhachi passed away in the same year as the Carpenter Emperor, so the second year of Chongjing was also called the second year of Tiancong in the Hou Jin regime. The successor to the throne of Nurhaci was his eighth son, Huang Taiji.

In addition to this identity, Huang Taiji's other identity is the youngest of the four Baylors. The others in front of him are Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai.

Although he succeeded King Khan, Huang Taiji did not dare to be too arrogant at that time. After all, the internal power was not so stable. Considering that the old man had not established a prince, the management of the court had always been managed by the four Baylors in rotation, one person for one month.

At the beginning of his succession, Huang Taiji still adopted this policy, but the three major Baylors took turns.

It has been two years since he took the throne, and Huang Taiji still has not canceled this policy because his position is not stable enough. The Jurchens are under the Eight Banners system. Even though the two yellow flags that he is in charge of are the strongest, once others join forces, they can still defeat him.

Pull down the horse. Therefore, Huang Taiji has been waiting for a good opportunity.

As a nomadic people, if you want your people to live a better life, the only thing you can do is to rob. If you want to convince all the people, you must take the lead in robbing and make brilliant achievements.

In recent years, the life of the Jurchens has been deteriorating. The reason is that guarding Liaodong is too troublesome. It used to be Sun Chengzong, but now it is Xiong Manzi. If he can't grab money and slaves, can he live a prosperous life? When the old man was here, because

The prestige is there, no one dares to say more than half a word "no", but now that the old man is dead, it is his turn to succeed, and he cannot lead everyone to grab things. He may step down at any time and be replaced by someone who can grab it.

pledge.

Robbers, this is the logic. You can't rob, why are you sitting on it? Make room quickly.

Xiong Tingbi was so powerful that his father had no way to deal with him back then, and Huang Taiji couldn't think of any way. Not long ago, he sent troops to conduct a tentative attack, but in the end he didn't get any advantage, and even took advantage of him.

Dozens of lives.

It is because of this that in recent days, Huang Taiji's head is as big as a bucket and he can't even eat well. However, no matter what, Tian Conghan, who is extremely intelligent, still can't think of any way to deal with Xiong Manzi.

Today, Huang Taiji was sitting in the study reading a book. The book this old man read was exactly the same as the book Mr. Yue read - "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Huang Taiji was not just reading to watch the excitement. He had read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms seven or eight times, studying the strategies while reading. At this time, someone outside the door called Fan Wencheng and asked for a meeting.

Fan Wencheng did not have any formal official position. He was assigned to the "Khan's Library", which is equivalent to a study official. However, this person was extraordinary. When Nurhachi was still alive, he helped make suggestions and was known as the Jurchen's first think tank.

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At that time, Mr. Fan was not a Jurchen, but an out-and-out Han Chinese. His ancestor was the famous Fan Zhongyan. Fan Wenzhenggong guarded the border at that time and frightened the Western thieves. He was a national hero of his generation. However, the descendants of later generations actually defected to the Tartars. It is true that

It's unimaginable.

Why is Mr. Fan outside the customs? Here are a few more explanations. Fan Wencheng's sixth ancestor was named Fan Yue. He served as county magistrate in Yunmeng County, Huguang in the early Ming Dynasty. Later, he was convicted, so his family moved from Leping County, Jiangxi Province. He was relegated to the Shenyang Guards of Liaodong Dusi, an important border town at that time. Fan has since become a native of Liaodong. Fan Wencheng's great-grandfather was named Fan Juan. He passed the imperial examination in the twelfth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty and later became an official in the imperial court and was promoted to the Ministry of War. Shangshu, because of his upright character, was squeezed out by the powerful minister Yan Song, so he had to abandon his official position. Fan Wencheng was originally from Jiangxi, and was born in Shenyang Wei, Liaodong Province. Fan Wencheng was studious and intelligent since he was a child. He was admitted as a scholar in the county school at the age of 18. Just when Fan Wencheng was full of ambition and determined to make a difference on the road to officialdom, disaster struck. In the forty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhachi led his troops south, conquered Fushun and other places, and plundered wantonly Seeing that he could not escape, Fan Wencheng simply turned around and joined Nurhachi. He gradually became a figure at the center of Jurchen power.

As soon as Huang Taiji heard that Fan Wencheng asked for an audience, he quickly summoned him. Fan Wencheng entered the study and bowed and saluted first. This is the etiquette of scholars, but Huang Taiji has always liked Han culture, so naturally he would not think it was disrespectful. Tian Conghan smiled slightly , said politely: "Mr. Fan, no courtesy, please come and show Mr. Fan his seat."

A servant moved a chair for Fan Wencheng, and he sat down under Huang Taiji and said, "Thank you."

Then Huang Taiji said with a smile: "I wonder why Mr. Fan wants to see you now?"

"My servant saw that King Khan was hesitant recently, as if he had something on his mind, so he came here to relieve King Khan's worries." Fan Wencheng said with a smile.

He calls himself a slave, which is equivalent to treating himself as a Manchu.

"Sir, you really have a sharp eye, and you are worthy of being my number one Jurchen think tank. Since you see that I have something on my mind, why don't you tell me what it is?" Huang Taiji did not treat Fan Wencheng as an outsider, and his tone was quite gentle.

"King Khan is here for Xiong Tingbi who is guarding Guanning." Fan Wencheng said.

Huang Taiji nodded and said: "That's true. That Xiong Manzi is very hateful. Back then, my father Khan was so wise and powerful, but there was nothing I could do to him. My intelligence and martial arts were not as good as my father's. Facing this man, I couldn't do anything." Just a little bit of help." At the end of the sentence, Huang Taiji not only sighed.

"Actually, there is still a way. I have a plan that kills four birds with one stone, which can solve King Khan's worries." Fan Wencheng said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Huang Taiji, who had been sighing just now, immediately became energetic and said hurriedly: "Sir, teach me."

Fan Wencheng looked calm and said slowly: "If King Khan wants to enter the customs, he does not have to go through Shanhaiguan. The Great Wall is long. King Khan cannot easily enter the customs wherever he goes."

After this reminder, Huang Taiji suddenly realized and said: "Sir, what you said is absolutely true. As long as we go around to other places to enter the customs, we will definitely gain a lot..." But at this point, Huang Taiji's face froze again. , "Sir... Our Eight Banners only have tens of thousands of people. Once we take a detour and enter the pass, Xiong Manzi and Mao Wenlong from Pidao will attack us and cut off our foundation. What will we do? Our army is outside and we want to return reinforcements in time. This is not possible. So easy."

Yes, the commander of Ji Liao is Xiong Manzi, and there is a thorn like Mao Wenlong behind him. Xiong Manzi is not an ordinary general. He does not follow rules and common sense in fighting. If you take a detour, he may not come back. The division's reinforcements are being led by you. Once we attack Shengjing, what will we do?

Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "King Khan, the so-called killing four birds with one stone naturally includes Xiong Tingbi. The first bird is him. Let's take a detour to enter the pass. When Xiong Tingbi heard the news, he only had two choices. One was to go back.

The second is to send troops to Shengjing for reinforcements. If he goes to reinforce Shengjing, it means that he knows the practicalities and can save his life. But if he dares to send troops to Shengjing, his life will be gone. Although we are taking a detour

After entering the pass, the Khan did not need to mobilize a large group of troops to go, but only sent some troops to go. Stay with the main force and wait for Xiong Tingbi on his way to Shengjing. If he dares to come, the Khan will kill him by surprise.

There is no need to take his life in this battle. As long as Xiong Tingbi is defeated and loses his troops, the court will fall on him. I have already thought of the crime for him - Supervisor Ji Liao, counter-conniving the Jurchens to enter the pass to plunder, and harassing the enemy invaders

When he was in the capital, he failed to send troops to rescue him in time, ignored the comfort of the country, and sent troops without authorization, causing heavy damage to the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. This crime is enough to make Xiong Manzi peel off a layer of his skin."

Huang Taiji nodded repeatedly and said: "Wonderful...wonderful...As long as Xiong Tingbi is eliminated, the Ming Dynasty will have someone to stop this Khan, seize Guan Ning, and dominate Liaodong. It will be just around the corner." At this time, Huang Taiji never even dreamed of it.

How could he free up the Central Plains and unify the world? In his mind, as long as the tribesmen could live a prosperous life and the Ming Dynasty followed the example of Korea and recognized them as one country and allowed them to trade with each other, that would be enough.

After saying this, Huang Taiji felt that something was wrong again, and continued: "By the way, sir, we will leave the main force here to deal with Xiong Tingbi. Then we will take a detour out of the border. What if there are few people sent and are surrounded and annihilated by the Ming Dynasty? And what will happen? And

, the number of people is small, and we can’t get back too many things.”

"This is the second bird that the slave is referring to. King Khan wanted to take a detour to enter the pass and pass through Mongolia. Although the various Mongolian tribes surrendered on the surface, it is not known whether they were sincere at the time. King Khan made a detour to enter the pass and could summon Mongolians along the way.

Each tribe, please invite them to send troops, enter the pass together to plunder, and share the property with them. Among the various Mongolian tribes, whichever tribe brings troops to join together means that they sincerely surrender, and whichever tribe does not come means that they have two ambitions.

You can wait for the opportunity to conquer."

Fan Wencheng was chatting and laughing happily, while Huang Taiji listened attentively and kept nodding his head, feeling impressed in his heart, "He is really a great talent..."

"I wonder, sir, what are the third and fourth birds?" Huang Taiji asked.

This time, he did not express any objections and wanted to hear Fan Wencheng finish what he said.

"Now among our Jurchens, although King Khan is the most respected one, the other three Baylors also hold high positions and are enough to influence King Khan's actions. This time King Khan invites all Mongolian tribes to take a detour, there will definitely be objections. At this time, Khan

The king will look at who opposes and who supports. In the end, the Khan King must strive to unify his opinions. This is the third bird." Fan Wencheng continued to talk, "Is this the fourth bird? As long as this battle has achieved full success, the Khan King will

It is bound to increase in prestige and gain support from all the departments of the Eight Banners. The power of our Jurchens is a bit too scattered, and it is time to centralize it. The Khan can use this to cancel the rotation system of the three Baylors. I forgive you for saying more."

"Mr. Fan... it's Zhuge Kongming who is this Khan..." Huang Taiji stood up after hearing the whole strategy of killing four birds with one stone and bowed deeply to Fan Wencheng.
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