Chapter 573: The Dream of the Qing Dynasty is Broken (Part 2)
Azig rushed forward!
Even if there is no hope, he still has to rush forward, because he is the Prince of Ying of the Qing Dynasty, and because behind him is the imperial palace.
Everyone else can run, but he is the only one who cannot run!
Death was still spreading, and no one could stop such things from happening. The muskets ruthlessly killed the Manchus who rushed up, one by one, layer by layer!
Azig has no way to change all this. The only thing he can do now may be to watch himself die so that he can be completely relieved on this battlefield.
At least he can still do this.
Azig made his last effort, his last suicidal effort. He had to tell everyone in this way: For the last hope of the Qing Dynasty, everyone should die here.
The Hu Ben Guards' muskets continued to roar, using gunshots and smoke to clear the last obstacle on their way forward.
Seeing the corpses and blood on the ground, Azig really couldn't bear to look at it anymore...
Then, he saw dozens of enemies rushing towards him. The black muskets in each person's hands made Azig clearly smell the breath of death.
He saw the enemy's musket raised, saw the enemy aiming at him, and then heard the roar of the musket...
Aixinjueluo Ajige was born in the 33rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. His biological mother was Abahai, a member of the Uranala clan, a prince of the Qing Dynasty.
In the description of the Manchus, he fought bravely and had strategies, but these could not prevent his death, nor could they prevent the Ming army's final fatal blow to the Manchus.
He died on April 15th.
In the battle to defend the inner city of Shengjing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he still did his last part, but he could only watch the Tiger Guards capture the inner city with a pair of big eyes after his death.
.....
Azig died, just like all the Manchus. Now, the leaderless Qing army could only passively attack the Tiger Guards, and passively watch as the Tiger Guards captured bit by bit here.
They have lost their last hope...
News of Azig's death did not reach the palace immediately, but at this time every Manchu gathered in the palace knew that no one could prevent the fall of this place.
It took the Ming army the shortest time to break through the inner city. They poured in like a tide and slaughtered those Qing soldiers who still maintained their last faith and struggled to hold on.
Jilharang's expression was numb.
He tried every means he could think of and tried his best to maintain the emperor's final safety, but all his efforts now seemed to have been in vain...
You tried your best, you really did your best!
His eyes fell on the Queen Mother Bumubutai, and then he shook his head at her in despair. Bumubutai smiled miserably, she knew what Prince Zheng meant.
Everyone has done their best. No one should be blamed. Everyone is working hard to maintain the last glimmer of vitality of the Qing Dynasty.
Soon it will be your turn.
When that moment comes, what choice will he make? Bumbutai himself doesn't know.
The sound of gunfire in the inner city can be clearly heard here. It means that the Ming army has entered the inner city. It is wreaking havoc there on Shengjing, which the Manchus once thought could not be broken...
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother!" Gong Adai, the Manchu Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, rushed in: "The inner city is broken, broken! Prince Ying, Prince Ying has died for his country!"
With a "boom", it was like a thunder exploded on everyone's forehead...
The Prince of England died in the war, and the Prince of England also died in the war. Who else can save the Qing Dynasty, who else can save the Qing Dynasty!
"Also, also, the real Turge of Gushan'er with a white flag has surrendered!"
This news did not cause much commotion. In such a situation where the country is about to collapse, there will always be heroes and there will always be traitors...
In the eyes of these Manchus, Azig is a hero and Turg is a traitor...
"Prince Zheng, can we prepare for the palace defense battle now?" Bumbutai suddenly asked.
Ji'erharan smiled miserably: "Queen Mother, the last few elites have been handed over to Azig to command. Now in the palace, there are only a small team of imperial guards and palace people...
"
Bumbutai's body swayed.
Jirharang told her very clearly there: There is no possibility of holding the palace!
She looked at the ministers and found that the expressions on their faces were different. Some were calm before the disaster came, while others were obviously panicked.
At this point, you can clearly see who is loyal and who is traitor... But what's the use of seeing clearly now?
"My dear friends." Bumbutai's voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone to hear: "The enemy is about to attack here. If any of you don't want to be buried with him, then go out and surrender to the Ming army. I won't
I blame you, I really don’t blame you.”
Some people moved their steps, but after looking at their companions, they quietly put their feet back...
"O ancestors of the Qing Dynasty!" Bumbutai suddenly burst into tears: "O ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, open your eyes, open your eyes, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty is really going to die!"
Many ministers accompanied her and cried bitterly, but how could tears save their Qing Dynasty?
Now, it is time for the final judgment on the Manchus...
...
The palace was already in sight, and the best generals of the Tiger Guard appeared outside the palace one after another. They were not worried about not knowing the way to the palace, as there were already people around them who were willing to show them the way.
For example, Ilegan, such as Turg who just surrendered...
Some of the Imperial Guards of the Manchu Emperor rushed forward with shouts and screams, but they were immediately massacred by muskets. Now, even the palace smelled of blood.
The soldiers of Huben Guard finally stepped into the gate of the palace...
They were very unfamiliar with everything here. They only saw countless panicked palace people running away in all directions. They seemed to hear the wailing of the Manchu emperor.
Now, the resistance here has become very weak...so weak that it can be completely ignored.
"Ahead is Chongzheng Hall." Ilegen pointed to the front and said.
Turge hesitated for a moment, but decided to make as many contributions as possible in front of his new master: "Emperor...ah, Fulin, Bumbutai, and Jierhalang are all worshiping
In the political palace, they said they would rather die than leave there."
"Would you rather die than leave there?" Ye Dahai smiled sarcastically: "Then let their blood dye the Chongzheng Palace red!"
At this time, they suddenly saw a Manchu official walking towards them. The official was holding a sword in his hand and kept shouting:
"Thieves shall not harm my lord!"
"That's Shining Wanwo, the great scholar of Neihongwenyuan." Ilegen said flatteringly to the Ming army general.
"Ningwan me." Ye Dahai nodded. He remembered that he was one of the people on the list that King Wu Lie ordered to catch. He was a traitor who was as famous as Fan Wencheng.
"King Wu Lie, I'm afraid I'm going to go against your will this time..." Ye Dahai said something that no one could understand, and then waved to Ning Wan and me.
After Ning finished I strode over: "Thieves, don't hurt my lord!"
"Are you Manchu or Han?" Ye Dahai suddenly asked.
After Ning Wan, I was stunned for a moment and said loudly: "Han and Manchu are originally one family..."
Ye Dahai smiled, and suddenly there was a flash of cold light. Then he slowly put away the knife, looking at Ning Wan with an expression of disbelief on his face, he slowly fell in front of him...
He indeed went against King Wulie's wishes... King Wulie told his generals to capture people like Ning Wan and me alive as much as possible and let them face the trial of the Ming Dynasty.
But Ye Dahai really couldn't stand a Han, but he kept calling the Manchus his masters... Is there anything more shameless in the world than this?
Ning Wanwo, named Gongfu, was born in Liaoyang. He was fond of reading poetry when he was young. Chi led his army to capture Shenyang, then went to Liaoyang, and moved the capital of the Later Jin Dynasty to Liaoyang. Ning Wanwo, a Confucian scholar who was a subject of the Ming Dynasty, was captured after the fall of Liaoyang.
He was taken captive and given to Nurhachi's grandson, Belesahalin, who was only seventeen years old, as a slave. He was enslaved by the Han army under the red banner.
Ning Wanwo was a slave under Saharin for eight years. He often went to war with his master. Not only did he learn the skills of riding and shooting, but he also completed his ideological transformation. First, the 28-year-old Ning Wanwo guarded the Yixia Kingdom.
Da Fang felt that it was a great shame and humiliation to be captured and enslaved by the Manchus. As an adult, he worked for his masters to herd cattle and plow the fields, and was whipped from time to time. He was no different from an animal, unable to live or die. Slowly, he changed and became
Serving his master willingly.
Huang Taiji heard that Ning Wanwo was well versed in literature and history. The envoy summoned Ning Wanwo. After some questions and answers, Huang Taiji was quite satisfied, so he let Ning Wanwo, who was proficient in both Manchu and Chinese languages, enter the newly established literary library and let him
He officially got rid of his status as a slave. After that, he firmly seized this opportunity to display his talents and followed Huang Taiji to capture Yongping, Dalinghe, Chahar and other places. He often went into battle, accompanied Huang Taiji to appease the officials and people, and received awards for his merits.
Niu Lu Zhang Jing Shizhi.
Just when Ning Wanwo's future was at its peak, a personal matter caused Ning Wanwo to be dismissed from his post. It turned out that Ning Wanwo was addicted to gambling. For four years, he stayed with Belle Abata and others forever.
In peacetime, after official duties, he liked to gather people to watch, and was criticized by Li Bolong and others who participated in politics from the Ministry of Rites. Huang Taiji liked Ning Wanwo's character of being brave and courageous in admonishing him, and persuaded him to quit bad behavior and not to disgrace the name of the library. Ning Wanwo served as
The emperor warned him and expressed his repentance, and Huang Taiji forgave him. Six years later, Ning Wanwo gambled wildly with Liu Shiying and others, who surrendered to Hou Jin in the Battle of Daling River, and were reported by Liu Tuying's family. Huang Taiji was furious when he heard the news.
Angry, he ordered that "he should be dismissed from his post on account of his crimes, and all the things bestowed upon him should be accepted and removed from his post. He is still married to Saharin as a slave." Ning Wanwo, who did not stick to trivial matters, suffered a big loss because of trivial matters, and he was extremely depressed from then on.
After the Huben Guards captured the inner city of Shengjing, he originally wanted to show his loyalty in front of his master, but he did not expect that he would encounter the terrifying Ye Dahai.
So he died in front of the palace without any chance to show his loyalty...
...
The generals of Huben Guard finally entered Chongzheng Hall.
Here they saw the Manchu Emperor Fulin, the Manchu Empress Dowager Bumbutai and Zhezhe, the Manchu Prince Zheng Jierhalang, and countless Manchu ministers.
The Manchus didn't run away. In fact, they had nowhere to run.
No one spoke, and the entire Chongzheng Hall was filled with terrible silence.
Ji'erhalang stood up and blocked the emperor and the empress dowager with his own body. However, the ruthless Tiger Guards strode forward, first grabbed Ji'erhalang, and then held him full.
The two empress dowagers Bumubutai and Zhezhe, as well as their "emperor" Fulin, were pulled down from the dragon throne.
"Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty!" Jierhalang screamed miserably.
Aixinjueluo Jierhalang is the sixth son of Shuerhaqi and the nephew of Nurhaci. Jierhalang was named Prince Heshuo Zheng. At the beginning of the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, Shuerhaqi decided to leave Nurhaci. He
Together with his eldest son Altong'a, second son Amin, and third son Zasaktu, they left the city with their troops and went to a place called Heizhanmu to build a new city. When Nurhaci heard the news, he was furious and sent people to cut off the road in advance and planned to build a new city in Shu.
Erhaqi was imprisoned. At the same time, he ordered the execution of his two nephews, Shuerhaqi's eldest son Altong'a and third son Zasaktu. It is said that he originally wanted to execute Amin, but he was saved from death because of the strong dissuasion of Huang Taiji and others.
.Shulhaqi died after being imprisoned for two years. After that, Amin also died in the hands of Huang Taiji.
Jilharang's father and brother were imprisoned and killed by Nurhachi and his son successively. But he did not reveal the grudges like Amin.
After Huang Taiji's sudden death, a vacuum suddenly appeared in the supreme power. On the issue of succession to the throne, fierce conflicts broke out within the royal family. Among them, Huang Taiji's eldest son, Prince Su Hauge, and his fourteenth younger brother, Prince Rui Dorgon, were the successors to the throne.
The main competitors. The ministers of the two yellow banners owned by Huang Taiji strongly advocated the establishment of Hauge as emperor, Dorgon and his half-brother Azig, and the two white banners owned by Duduo firmly supported Dorgon. There was a sharp confrontation between the two sides, and the situation was tense.
Jierhalang has always been cautious and should not get too involved in the struggle for the greatest power in the succession. Jierhalang, while being "submissive", has deeply affected the direction of the political structure. At this time, on the surface, Jierhalang
The rather weak Jierhalang sided with Haug.
However, Jierhalang did not have much confidence in Haug's ascension to the throne. In order to prevent himself from being politically liquidated in the future, and also to keep the imperial line in the hands of Huang Taiji, he proposed such a plan. In fact, it is not difficult to see that
Behind this plan is more aimed at the Dorgon Group. The emperor is young. On the surface, it seems to be a shortcoming. There are many examples in Chinese history of those emperors who were young and had power over the world. But from another perspective
, the little emperor will eventually grow up and take power one day. When the day comes when Shunzhi actually takes power, the power will be equivalent to returning to the hands of the anti-Dorgon group. Presumably this is the most obscure and the most clever behind the plan.
Dorgon is a domineering man and has a strong desire for power, but Jierhalang first considers how to protect himself wisely when the situation arises. This difference in temperament determines that Jierhalang always takes the approach when dealing with the relationship with Dorgon.
It means blindly giving in and being at a disadvantage.
Now, this "smart" Prince Zheng Jierhalang, who knew how to protect himself, has finally sadly become a prisoner of the Tiger Guards.
Everything should be over...
On April 15, the 17th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the Tiger Guards successfully broke through the last line of defense of the Manchus: the imperial palace!
The Manchu emperor, the empress dowager and the ministers all became prisoners, and how to deal with them was not something that the Tiger Guard generals should consider.
Ding Yunyi, who was fighting fiercely on a piece of stone, had already thought about what to do with these Manchus.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen tribe was divided into three major tribes: Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and Yeren Jurchen. Later, they were divided into four major tribes: Jianzhou, Changbai, Donghai, and Hulun. The Ming Dynasty established Liaodong Dusi in the northeast, and Nuzhen
Ergan Dusi served as the administrative organization, and all Jurchen tribes submitted to the Ming Dynasty.
The ruler of the Qing Dynasty was born in the Aixinjueluo family of the Jianzhou Jurchens. The leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens, Meng Ge Timur, was the governor of Jianzhou Weizuo in the Ming Dynasty when he was a child. He was killed due to tribal conflicts in 1433. In 1440, the Jianzhou tribe moved south and finally settled there.
In Hetuala. In 1635, Huang Taiji abolished the old clan name "Zhushen" and named the clan "Manzhou". In 1636, the Qing Dynasty surrendered to Monan Mongolia. In the same year, Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor and changed the country's name to "Jin".
"Qing" officially established the Qing Dynasty and changed its name to Chongde.
In 1640, the Battle of Songjin broke out in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In 1642, Hong Chengchou was captured in Songshan and Zu Dashou surrendered in Jinzhou. The Battle of Songjin marked the complete collapse of the Ming Dynasty's defense system in Liaodong, leaving only Ningyuan as an isolated city outside the pass.
Then, the Manchu Qing saw the opportunity and entered the Pass in a large scale, and obtained Wu Sangui's surrender. The Manchu Qing saw that the goal of occupying the Central Plains was about to be finally realized.
There was only the last and most powerful enemy left in front of them:
Ding Yunyi and his Tiger Guards!
The Manchus and Qing Dynasties did not take Ding Yunyi too seriously and thought that his failure was only a matter of time. However, they never expected that the Tiger Guards would land in Shengjing and conquer the city in the shortest time.
The dreams of the Manchus were shattered, and the dreams of the Manchus and Qing Dynasties were also shattered. They never thought that their defeat would come so quickly and intensely.
Ding Yunyi, that was their lifelong enemy, that was the nightmare in the hearts of the Manchu people. The once great future of the Manchu people was ruined in the hands of this man, and the fate of the Manchu people was also ruined in the hands of this man.
However, the Manchus still have one last force that may be able to save them.
That was Prince Rui Dorgon, who was fighting with Ding Yunyi on a piece of stone!