Yue Tuo shook his head slightly, without answering Dai Shan's question.
In recent decades, the Jurchens have gradually transformed from a tributary vassal state of the Ming Dynasty into a powerful nation in Liaodong.
Even the ideas within the tribe are changing rapidly.
In other words, there was a generation gap between Yue Tuo and Dai Shan.
Yue Tuo thought to himself, "Our grandfather rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and he's not afraid that his father will come after him from the afterlife."
"What are you worried about again?"
Nurhaci's father also died for the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty court even commended him.
Yue Tuo shook his head and didn't say anything more to Dai Shan.
He walked back to the door and said to Amin and the others who were still dividing the spoils:
"Hauge committed heinous crimes, incurring the wrath of both heaven and man. Your efforts to set things right are excellent."
"As a reward for you, those two Yellow Banners' Niru will be divided among you."
Although Amin and the others had already divided the spoils, Yue Tuo was, after all, already the Khan.
He took the initiative to admit it, which naturally made the princes very happy.
"The Great Khan is wise!"
Yue Tuo sighed and said, "Whether it's wise or not is hard to say."
"My lords, our Later Jin is now in a very dangerous situation. I have a few ideas, and I wonder if you support them?"
The princes' hearts immediately jumped, and they hurriedly asked, "Great Khan, what are your thoughts?"
Yue Tuo looked around before speaking:
"Now that Shengjing is surrounded by the Ming army, the morale of our Later Jin is extremely low."
"If this continues for a long time, I'm afraid our morale will collapse before the Ming army even attacks the city."
"So I... so this Great Khan has decided to first reward the garrison in the city."
"Although we probably can't hold onto half of Goryeo in the southeast, we might as well divide the Goryeo people and land there among the Eight Banners. That way, we can at least have something to look forward to."
After hearing this, no one objected.
Although it's a blank check, having a blank check is better than having none at all.
"The Great Khan is wise!" they said, bowing.
Yue Tuo nodded slightly, then spoke again:
"My second thought is that since I have just ascended the throne, I should also reward my meritorious officials."
"I intend to distribute all the gold and silver I have accumulated over the years to you all. What do you think?"
Everyone present stared wide-eyed.
"Great Khan, is what you're saying true?"
Yue Tuo nodded.
"How could the words I, the Great Khan, speak falsely?"
"Our Later Jin is now at its most dangerous moment. If we continue to fail to reward and punish fairly, we will truly be finished!"
"Moreover, I, the Great Khan, have already decided to live and die with Shengjing. If Shengjing cannot be defended, what use are these things to me?"
Everyone became excited after hearing this.
"Your Majesty is absolutely right!"
"Now we should all work together to defeat the Ming army!"
Some even thought to themselves, "This Yue Tuo is indeed a qualified Khan. If only we hadn't chosen Hauge and had instead recommended him as Khan."
"Our Later Jin might not have ended up in this state!"
Yue Tuo took in everyone's expressions and sneered inwardly.
"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. I won't give you any benefits first, so you'll think I'm really serious about becoming the Khan."
"Then when I want to leave the city, you will definitely object."
He waved his hand and said, "You all should spread this message quickly."
The princes immediately nodded.
"yes!"
Before long, news spread that Yue Tuo had become the new Khan and that he was going to reward everyone.
Many of the Eight Banners soldiers were overjoyed.
"That's great! Our new Khan is much stronger than that Hauge!"
"That's right, Haug should have died long ago!"
They all had full confidence in Yue Tuo.
"With a new Khan, our Later Jin might actually be able to weather this storm."
"Long live!"
"The Later Jin dynasty is saved!"
Outside Shengjing City.
Qin Liangyu seemed to hear the cheers from the city. She glanced at the letter in her hand and sighed:
"These Imperial Guards are really something. How come they only managed to get such important news out of the city at this hour?"
One of the Imperial Guards kneeling before her quickly gave a wry smile.
"General, this is not our fault."
"Our Embroidered Uniform Guard has actually been wiped out on the Jurchen side for a long time."
"It was only recently, when our Ming army besieged Shengjing, that people started to come and join us again."
"They weren't very skilled at sending messages out, so they were a step behind."
Qin Liangyu didn't say anything more.
After waving the Imperial Guard away, she looked towards Shengjing.
Qin Liangyu said to Li Ruolian, who was standing beside her:
"If we had known that something would happen in Shengjing City today, we should have attacked the city today."
"With the Jurchens changing their Khan, there will inevitably be some chaos in the city. If we seize this opportunity, we might be able to take over the city in one fell swoop!"
Li Ruolian also felt it was a bit of a pity.
But he still said, "General Qin, things have come to this point, and there's no use in regretting it now."
"Now that the new Great Khan Yue Tuo has secured his position, attacking the city at this time will not be very effective."
"Why don't we prepare for a few more days and launch a full-scale attack on the city three days from now?"
After thinking for a moment, Qin Liangyu nodded.
"That's the only way."
After returning to the military camp, she went directly to Li Zicheng.
"Li Zicheng, how are your artillery preparations going?"
"Something has happened in Shengjing City, so we will not attack the city today. We will launch a general offensive in three days."
Li Zicheng didn't care at all.
He casually said, "General Qin, don't worry, it doesn't matter whether it's a few days earlier or later."
"But what exactly happened in Shengjing City?"
Qin Liangyu did not hide anything from Li Zicheng and directly told him the news that Yue Tuo had taken over the position.
Upon hearing this, Li Zicheng burst into laughter.
"It seems the Jurchens are truly finished!"
Qin Liangyu became curious.
"Li Zicheng, what makes you say that?"
As Li Zicheng fiddled with the cannons, he said:
"Isn't this obvious?"
"In less than two years, the Jurchens have changed one, two, three, and four Khans in succession."
He counted them off on his fingers for Qin Liangyu.
"From Nurhaci to Huang Taiji, then to Hauge, and then to Yue Tuo."
"Such frequent changes of Khan can only mean that the Later Jin dynasty's fate has run out."
Qin Liangyu thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case.
Throughout history, frequent changes of emperors or Khans have never been a good thing.
She smiled and said, "Li Zicheng, I didn't expect you to have such insight."
Li Zicheng shook his head slightly.
"This is all thanks to Mr. Gao's excellent education."
"Alright, let's stop talking about this nonsense."
"Three days from now, before the army attacks the city, you must let me scare the Jurchens one last time and see if they will fall for it."
Li Zicheng's intention was to disguise all the other cannons as Italian cannons.
If the Jurchens had truly believed it, they might have surrendered directly.
Although Qin Liangyu felt that the plan was unlikely to succeed, she did not object.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
"Before the main army attacks, find a few hundred strong men to shout into the city."
Li Zicheng laughed and clapped his hands: "Good, good, good!"
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