The light from the two huge candles flickered in the room, but could not reach the corners of the empty hall, making the whole hall look a little gloomy. The old man standing beside the bed had an even gloomier expression. This old man with a thin face and no beard was a eunuch, a eunuch beside Huang Taiji, who had been serving Huang Taiji for the past ten years.
"What time is it now?" Huang Taiji, who was lying on the big dragon bed, had dull eyes at this time. He no longer had the high-spirited look he had before, and his voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible.
"Your Majesty, it is now morning." The old eunuch whispered, as if he was afraid of disturbing Huang Taiji's rest. Although Huang Taiji's voice was low just now, at this time, the hall was terribly silent except for the faint sound produced by the two burning giant candles. Although Huang Taiji's voice was low, the old eunuch who had been paying attention still heard it.
"Really? I slept for a long time this time. It seems that I am really not awake this time..." Huang Taiji's eyes brightened slightly, his mind seemed to be clear, and a hint of anger gradually appeared on his gray face.
"Your Majesty, you have been here for nine hours this time." The old eunuch's eyebrows were twisted together, and he looked very sad. His back seemed to be bent more than usual. After hesitating for a moment, he finally answered Huang Taiji's question.
"You, convey my order and let my son Haoge come..." Huang Taiji took a hard breath and wanted to raise his hand, but found that he had no strength in his body. A deep sadness surged in his heart. He was so brave in the past, but he didn't expect that one day he would not even have the strength to move his hand.
When people get old, everything is up to them. Even if they are emperors, no one wants to face aging, illness and death. But who can escape this law? Huang Taiji sighed deeply in his heart, feeling unwilling. He thought that he was also a man of great talent and strategy. He always wanted to lead his subjects to break through Shanhaiguan and occupy the beautiful mountains and rivers. However, things did not go as he wished. He made plans many times, but in the end, the Later Jin Kingdom was divided into three parts.
The old eunuch responded with a "ye", and ordered Huang Taiji's son Haoge to come. Huang Taiji opened his eyes wide and looked at the brocade tent ceiling. His thoughts seemed to have gone back to the past. From childhood to old age, a lifetime of military service, a lifetime of gains and losses, and a lifetime of happiness and pain, all turned over in his mind like a revolving lantern. Alas, it was like... Huang Taiji sighed deeply from the bottom of his heart again, and that sigh was full of unwillingness and helplessness.
If only, the Tang Army had not appeared in this world, perhaps this beautiful land of Ming Dynasty would have been his. There was a kind of clear and bright lament in Huang Taiji's sigh. In the previous thirty years, Huang Taiji witnessed how the Jianzhou Iron Cavalry grew stronger step by step, and how the Jianzhou Iron Cavalry became a powerful army that swept across the world. At that time, Huang Taiji had imagined that one day he would be like Temujin and sweep the world with his army. However.
There are so many things in this world, but Huang Taiji couldn't help but sigh with regret. Suddenly, a powerful Tang army appeared in the Ming Dynasty, so powerful that the invincible Jianzhou cavalry suffered defeat after defeat. In the end, this Tang army grew rapidly step by step, not only splitting the Later Jin Dynasty that he had worked so hard to establish into three parts, but also blocking all of the Later Jin Dynasty's foreign trade routes, and gradually plunging his subjects into hardship...
The sound of footsteps in the hall interrupted Huang Taiji's wandering thoughts. A young face appeared in his sight. This face was rugged, and there was something reminiscent of Huang Taiji in his eyebrows and eyes.
"You're here...Hauge..." Huang Taiji looked at the young, high-spirited face. His mind blurred. He had been this young himself back then. He had also stood before his father, this high-spirited.
The giant candle flared, causing the light and shadow to fluctuate slightly. A tear shed from the candle, as if sadness was shed for Huang Taiji's dry eyes. Hauge watched his father's eyes, imprinted with the candlelight. They flickered eerily, and two small, demonic flames emanated a sinister aura.
"Father Emperor..." Hauge knelt down, tears in his eyes. His face was filled with sadness, but his heart held no trace of sadness. There was no kinship among the royal family, especially among a tribe like the Jiannu, still in the throes of barbarism. There was no trace of kinship at all. Just like a male wolf raised in a wolf pack, there was no affection or sympathy for the aging wolf king. Hauge's heart also longed for the throne of Huang Taiji.
In history, Fulin and Hauge vied for the throne. But now, although Huang Taiji still had several sons, none could rival Hauge. Huang Taiji was dying. Hauge was filled with joy. The sadness on his face and the tears in his eyes were all a performance. He performed for others, and for Huang Taiji as well.
"Haoge... I... can't stand it anymore... You must remember... you must reunite our Later Jin Empire... Don't destroy this legacy left by our ancestors..." Huang Taiji instructed Haoge with difficulty. He knew exactly what kind of person and character his son was. However, he was expiring. Apart from Haoge, no one else could continue the Later Jin Empire.
Hauge looked at Huang Taiji, whose eyes seemed to have become bright, and listened to his labored voice, his mind was a little dazed. Hauge was also a person who did not want to be lonely. Even if Huang Taiji did not ask these words, Hauge would think about re-unifying the Later Jin Kingdom. In Hauge's opinion, the reason why the Later Jin Kingdom was divided into three parts was because his father was old and had lost his determination and courage, which allowed clowns like Amin and Manggurtai to show off their power.
Watching Huang Taiji exhale his last breath, the life-giving light in his eyes that were not closed gradually faded. Haoge felt a little confused, but more of joy. Haoge stood up quickly. The door of the hall opened at this time. With a creaking sound, a cool breeze blew in, making the candlelight sway a few times, and a somewhat eerie feeling.
The old eunuch glanced at Haoge, then knelt down with his body hunched: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Haoge's thick eyebrows twitched, and he looked at the old eunuch with some disgust, then threw himself helplessly to the side of Huang Taiji's dragon bed: "Father Emperor,
...Huang Ama, wake up..."
Hauge performed one last time in front of Huang Taiji, and then announced the news of Huang Taiji's death to the world. An hour later, Hauge couldn't wait to sit on Huang Taiji's throne.
Huang Taiji died, but Dorgun did not feel happy at all. Although he hated Huang Taiji because Huang Taiji killed his relatives, when Huang Taiji died, Dorgun suddenly found that he had no goal of revenge. He also suddenly found that the prosperous Later Jin Dynasty had split into its current state, and it had lost all the glory it had when his father Khan was alive. With the death of Huang Taiji, the once glorious Later Jin Dynasty was left with only its last gasp.
Not long after Huang Taiji's death, Tang Tong also got the news. In that era, the speed of news transmission was really too slow. When Tang Tong got the news, it had been more than ten days since it was delivered by carrier pigeon. When Dayuer learned the news, she was silent for a while. After all, she and Huang Taiji had been husband and wife for a period of time. Now there are two daughters of Huang Taiji living in the Tang family. When they were abducted by Tang Tong, the eldest one was only three years old. Time flies and now they have grown into little girls.
"It's time to clean up this place. Although these Tungus people are barbaric and annoying, the world is so big and I need them. I also need your Mongolian cavalry to conquer those polar bears and Westerners from the land.
"Tang Tong looked at the two sisters Dayu and Hailanzhu and told them his decision.
In the past two years, the Jiannu people have occupied Shanxi and crossed the Great Wall, focusing their strategic focus on the Mongolian grasslands. They have conquered several tribes and tens of thousands of Mongols. However, more Mongols have been given opportunities to develop because of the weakening of the Jiannu people, and there is a trend of gradually becoming stronger. Tang Tong naturally cannot tolerate this situation and must solve it as soon as possible.
At present, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers on the two sides of Dorgon Hauge, including 70,000 Jiannu cavalry and 30,000 traitors. With the existing troops in Tang Tong's hands, it is enough to deal with them, so Tang Tong made up his mind to send troops.
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