Qin Liangyu glanced at the troop of soldiers and shook her head indifferently.
"Ignore them."
"Letting Hauge into the city at this time would actually be a blow to the Jurchens."
Li Ruolian was slightly taken aback, then hurriedly asked, "General Qin, what makes you say that?"
Qin Liangyu glanced at Li Ruolian and sighed inwardly:
"He is indeed too young to understand such a simple principle."
She said, "General Li, this matter is not troublesome at all."
"After the Jurchens seized Liaodong, although they also learned from the Chinese system and established the Later Jin, it was nothing more than copying the cat and the tiger."
"If the Khan of the Jurchens can lead others to victory, then he is a Khan worthy of the title."
"But if we suffer repeated defeats, we will be sinners of the tribe and will not be able to hold our position as Khan."
"That Haug is the latter!"
"If he had stayed in Goryeo and had not returned, the Jurchens in Shengjing could have barely united against a common enemy."
"But if he returns to Shengjing, Shengjing will surely descend into chaos!"
Qin Liangyu spoke with absolute certainty.
This is not only because she knew a lot about the Jurchens.
It was also because she came from a chieftainship in the southwest and had seen many similar things.
"General Li, rest assured, something will surely happen in Shengjing within the next day or two."
"Let's take advantage of these few days to secretly move our troops back to Shengjing."
"We might take advantage of the situation to attack the city and perhaps capture Shengjing in one fell swoop."
Upon hearing these words, Li Ruolian finally smiled.
"If it could be like that, that would be wonderful."
"By the way, Li Zicheng's cannons are all ready as well."
"Let him fire first."
In reality, Li Zicheng still only had one Italian cannon.
But recently, the Ming army has not only been busy transporting grain to Liaodong, but has also sent more than a dozen breech-loading cannons.
Therefore, Li Zicheng's side already had nearly thirty cannons at this time.
Moreover, each cannon was equipped with a Western gunner.
That's quite a considerable fighting force.
Even without disguising them as Italian cannons, they were enough to inflict heavy losses on the Jurchens.
Li Ruolian and Qin Liangyu chatted and laughed, thinking about what would happen in a few days.
Meanwhile, tensions were high in Shengjing City.
"Hey, have you heard? It seems the other banner chiefs are going to nominate our Beile as the Great Khan..."
"Shh! Where did you hear that from?"
"Where did I hear that? It's all over town!"
In a corner, two soldiers from the Plain Red Banner were chatting idly together.
One person stomped his foot and said:
"If you ask me, they should have done this a long time ago!"
“Our banner chief was originally the old Khan’s eldest son, so he should have been made the Khan in the first place.”
"If Huang Taiji is chosen in the end, then so be it."
"But after Huang Taiji died, they actually chose Hauge instead. This is just too much!"
The other person nodded in agreement.
That's not wrong.
"If our Beile becomes the Great Khan, then we will all be part of the Upper Three Banners, and wouldn't our military pay and bondservant status be even greater?"
Unbeknownst to the two, a Manchu bannerman was eavesdropping.
He smiled when he heard what the soldiers said.
In fact, the schemes of the other princes could not be kept secret at all.
The people from the two Red Flags had already found out the news.
However, they were unaware of Daishan and his son's thoughts; they only knew that if their own banner chief son became the new Khan...
Then they will have a good life from now on, and they won't have to be mindful of the two Yellow Banners anymore.
Therefore, these people not only did not tell Daishan and his son this news.
Instead, it was spread secretly to test the opinions of the lower-ranking soldiers.
Once they discover that their own men share the same views, they will have no more scruples.
"I'll go find Amin right now and tell him to get started."
By now, of the four great beileli from Nurhaci's era, Huang Taiji had been killed by a cannon, and Mangultai had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.
Besides Daishan, there's only Amin left.
Amin was not Nurhaci's son, but his nephew, so he could not seize the Khanate.
Therefore, the people in Shengjing City all made him their leader.
If the plan were to bestow the imperial robe upon Yue Tuo, he would be the first to offer it.
"Oh, so people from both Red Banners support us too." Amin's eyes lit up.
"That makes things much easier!"
"When the troops enter the city tomorrow, Daishan and Yue Tuo will definitely have to go to greet them."
"Let's take this opportunity to kill Hauge in public and then install Yue Tuo as emperor!"
The other princes naturally had no objections.
"I'll do whatever you say!"
The next morning, it turned out to be a rare sunny day.
Daishan and Yue Tuo looked up at the sky and both sighed deeply.
"How come it's sunny at this time of year?"
"Well, that's fine too. Let's hurry up and welcome Hauge into the city."
"Let this kid take the lead; it'll save us some trouble."
The father and son exchanged a glance, said nothing more, and led their troops to the city gate.
They noticed something was wrong as soon as they got near the city gate.
"Where is Hauge?"
They knew Hauge's character well; no matter how much he suffered in Korea, if he personally entered the city, he would always be at the forefront.
But now, they couldn't see Hauge at all; instead, they saw many other bannermen.
The father and son were immediately frightened.
"Could it be that Hauge has discovered something and is trying to take this opportunity to kill us?"
When Hauge led his troops into Goryeo, they did a lot of things to trip him up.
Dai Shan swallowed hard: "Yue Tuo, I'll go hold them off. You hurry back to the city and mobilize the people from our two Red Banners to come over."
"As long as you're alright, they won't dare do anything to me!"
Yue Tuo also knew what was important and what was not.
"Don't worry, Father, I'll be right back!"
But just as he was about to turn around, he was stopped by someone.
"Yue Tuo, where are you going?"
"Without you, we wouldn't be able to continue this performance today."
Amin walked over with a smile.
However, when Yue Tuo saw Amin, he became even more certain.
"That bastard! He definitely conspired with Hauge to kill my father and me, and then divide our two Red Flags!"
Yue Tuo angrily said, "Amin, aren't you afraid of causing chaos in the city by doing this?"
Amin was stunned for a moment, thinking that Yue Tuo knew about her plans.
So he said with a smile:
"Don't worry, Yue Tuo, both of you Red Banner people support us."
"Plus my Bordered Blue Banner."
"With these three flags as a backing, no one else can stir up any trouble."
Amin's so-called "others" actually refers to the two Yellow Banners that have been hit.
However, Yue Tuo misunderstood again.
"Amin, you're incredibly audacious! I won't let you get away with this!"
Amin glanced at Yue Tuo and sighed, "Yue Tuo, I have to admire you a little."
“Even at a time like this, you can still remain calm and know to pretend to be a loyal and filial son.”
"If it were me, I would be overjoyed right now."
After saying that, he stopped arguing with Yue Tuo.
"Guards, bring him here!"
Yue Tuo was tense and ready to rush to Amin's side, take him hostage, and try to save his life.
But he froze the next moment.
After Amin waved his hand, several burly men dragged out a person who was tied up.
If it's not Hauge, then who is it?
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