Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 580: Defeat
In addition to Aji, the leaders and generals of other tribes will also be released one by one. Keeping these people is a waste of food, and there is no point in killing them. Releasing them will be more helpful.

Of course, the release was conditional. In addition to paying a certain price for redemption, Zhu Shenzui also required the leaders and generals of these tribes to send hostages to the Tengger tribe.

This practice is very traditional and is very merciful to the Mongols. You should know that the wars of the Mongolian tribes are often accompanied by bloodshed, and the possibility of the defeated returning is small. Usually they are either directly executed or completely lose their freedom and become slaves.

Now Zhu Shenzui has shown leniency and would release them as long as they paid gold and silver and sent hostages. He also agreed to release some of the captured Mongolian cavalry as well. This move has made these people extremely grateful.

As the leaders and generals of the tribe, these people were all Mongolian nobles. It was worth it to return to the tribe and continue to enjoy wealth and honor, even if it cost a price. Moreover, Zhu Shenzhui's request was very reasonable. They were in short supply of gold and silver, not to mention hostages.

For power, status and wealth, Mongolian nobles have always fought against each other, such as fathers and sons, and brothers. Moreover, these Mongolian nobles would never have only one woman around them. At least they would have two or three, and at most seven or eight. For example, Kharchin Taiji Gulusiqibu had six wives and more than ten children in total. He fully agreed to using one of his sons as a hostage to exchange himself.

In this way, under the pleading of these people, Zhu Shencui agreed that they would appoint trusted confidants to return to their tribes first, bring their letters, and then send gold, silver and hostages. As long as these things fell into Zhu Shencui's hands, Zhu Shencui would keep his promise and let them go back.

When releasing them, Zhu Shenzhui would also release some of the captured Mongolian cavalrymen, of course, those selected by Zhu Shenzhui. While redeeming them, Zhu Shenzhui would send people to recruit the captured Mongolian cavalrymen and select some Mongolians who were willing to join the Tenger tribe, so as to plant them as nails in the tribes in the future.

Of course, Zhu Shenzhu could not guarantee what the result of this approach would be and what effect it would have. Moreover, Zhu Shenzhu did not strictly block the move to win over the hearts of the people, because this move was not aimed at one or two people, but at most of the captives, and it was impossible to hide it.

His intention in doing so was to give the other party an illusion, to use this method to create a gap between the nobles of each tribe and their subordinates, thus planting a seed of distrust. These seeds may not have any effect now, but they will definitely play a role over time, and the longer the time, the better the effect.

A few days later, Zhu Shenzui returned to Tumed and headed towards Guihua City. This battle greatly increased the prestige of the Tenger tribe in Tumed, and no one in the entire Tumed tribe dared to deny Tenger's ruling status as the leader of Tumed.

When the news reached Qinghai, the former Ligdan Khan's main force, which had been split into two, heard about it. Su Tai was secretly shocked after hearing it. She did not expect that the Tenger tribe would be so powerful that they could defeat the coalition forces of the Jurchens, Khorchin and Chahar tribes and achieve such brilliant results.

When Lin Dan Khan was at the peak of his power, Huang Taiji united the Mongolian tribes and forced him to abandon his Chahar homeland, so he had no choice but to go west. But now Tenger has achieved something that even Lin Dan Khan could not do, which is really astonishing.

While she was shocked, Su Tai also felt relieved. She thought of her action of giving in, allowing her son to stop competing for the position of Khan, and giving the imperial seal to Zhu Shenzhui.

It was a good thing that he did this. If he hadn't done so, the Tenger tribe would have been won over by his mortal enemy Namu Zhong. Not only would he have lost his life, but even his son would have been killed by Namu Zhong, not to mention the position of the Great Khan.

It seems that his choice was the wisest. Although his son Erkong Golo Ezhe failed to become the Great Khan of Mongolia, the throne of the Great Khan also did not fall to Namu Zhong's son.

Although the throne of the Mongol Khan is tempting, it is not so easy to sit on it. Without the corresponding strength and means, even if you barely sit on this position, you will be pulled down by others, or even die without a burial place.

It is good now. Erkong Golo Ezhe got half of the inheritance after the death of Ligdan Khan, and obtained the grassland in northern Qinghai, becoming the leader of the tribe. From this point of view, it is more reassuring than becoming the Great Khan of Mongolia.

As for Namu Zhong, Su Tai naturally knew that this woman would definitely not be willing to accept it, but what if she was unwilling? Now the outcome was already determined, and the Tenger tribe defeated the coalition forces of the Jurchens and other Mongolian tribes, winning an unprecedented victory. In the future, as long as she held on to the Tenger tribe's thighs, she and her son would be safe.

This war had far-reaching impacts and changed the pattern of the grassland since the death of Ligdan Khan. The rise of the Tenger tribe in Tumed was shocking, and they were already becoming a hegemon.

At the same time, in Shengjing (Shenyang), the brothers Dorgon and Dodo were kneeling on the ground. Sitting in front of them was the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji. On both sides were important figures of the Later Jin Dynasty, such as the eldest prince Daishan, the third prince Manggurtai, Tabai, Abai, Tanggudai, Abatai, Jirgalang and Dorgon's brother Ajige.

In addition, generals of the Later Jin Dynasty such as Chahara, Aobai, Soni, Turg, Yuetuo and others were also there. Because of the special circumstances today, Huang Taiji did not let the Han ministers participate. All those present were from the Later Jin Dynasty. However, one person was missing, that is, Amin, the second of the four great beiles. Amin's status was not low. He was a beile during the Nurhaci period. Among the four great beiles, his status was second only to Daishan, the great beile. However, after Nurhaci's death, Amin had no possibility of competing for the position of Khan, because he was only Nurhaci's nephew, not his son, so he was the first to withdraw from the competition for the Khan position.

After Huang Taiji ascended the throne of Khan, Amin still occupied an important position in the Later Jin Dynasty. Moreover, Amin had outstanding military achievements and strong forces at his disposal. He was also the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner.

Although he did not have much political influence on Huang Taiji, the problem was that Amin controlled the Bordered Blue Banner and was one of the leaders of the Eight Banners. In addition, although Amin was Nurhaci's nephew, his father and brothers were killed by Nurhaci, and Nurhaci almost killed him as well. If it were not for the pleas of Daishan and others, Amin would have been killed long ago.

Amin was a good fighter and had many military achievements, but he had low emotional intelligence and had always held a grudge against Nurhaci for killing his father. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne of Khan, Amin relied on his own merits and often put on airs and did not give Huang Taiji face. Over time, he angered Huang Taiji.

At this time, Huang Taiji planned to gather the Eight Banners and readjust their strength, so as to completely control the Eight Banners as the power in the hands of the Khan to suppress all aspects. Amin happened to be in charge of the Bordered Blue Banner and had considerable strength, so Huang Taiji was ready to attack him.

At this time, Amin was dissatisfied with a series of reform measures taken by Huang Taiji after he succeeded to the Khanship, and even often criticized them in private. Even Daishan, who had helped him in the past, tried to persuade him with kind words, but was scolded by Amin, which made Daishan very angry.

Soon afterward, in several battles against Mongolia and Korea, Amin behaved in a somewhat strange manner. Not only did he fail to carry out Huang Taiji's orders, he also made decisions on his own on the battlefield, causing losses to friendly forces.

After several incidents, Huang Taiji could no longer tolerate Amin. After another war, Amin ignored Huang Taiji's specific instructions not to massacre civilians, to treat Han people well, and to recruit talents for the Later Jin Dynasty, and did the opposite. He raised the butcher knife and started killing people, even wantonly massacring the city. Huang Taiji was furious and had Amin arrested. He put Amin in prison on sixteen serious crimes and took away his position as the leader of the Bordered Blue Banner.

In this way, the once powerful Second Prince Amin withdrew from the political stage and was placed under house arrest by Huang Taiji. Although he was not killed, the result of this treatment made him more uncomfortable than killing Amin. At present, Amin is sitting in a well and watching the world, and his days are like years. He drinks every day, and his physical condition is rapidly deteriorating. It seems that he will not live long.

"Dorgon! Dodo!" Huang Taiji stared coldly at the two kneeling brothers, his hands clenched tightly beside him.

"Slave...slave is here..." The Dorgon brothers did not dare to raise their heads and replied with a slight tremor in their voices.

"This time you two led the troops to fight, but not only did you not achieve any results, you also suffered such a great defeat, and even caused my Eight Banners to lose many soldiers and generals. Do you admit your guilt?"

"I admit my guilt..." Dorgon and his brothers were sweating profusely and did not dare to make any apology.

In the Battle of Qierhaizi, Dorgon and his brothers were defeated and fled in a panic. They finally managed to escape back to Liaodong. When they counted their troops after escaping, they were pale and worried.

In this battle, Huang Taiji gave Dorgon and his brothers 15,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, including more than 1,300 white-armored soldiers. This force was one of the most powerful and largest in the entire Eight Banners.

In order to completely defeat the Tumed tribe, Dorgon also mobilized troops from the Khorchin and Chahar tribes to form a large army. In their eyes, the Tumed were just a bunch of nobody. Even Ligdan Khan could not stop the iron hoof of the Eight Banners, let alone a mere Tengger tribe?

But the final result was something they could never have imagined. They were beaten so badly in the Battle of Qierhaizi that the Dorgon brothers, who were proud of their bravery, fled in embarrassment. In the end, they gathered less than 10,000 troops, losing one third of their strength, and there were many wounded among them.

As for the coalition forces of the Mongolian tribes, not to mention that when the battlefield collapsed, even the Dorgon brothers could not take care of themselves, let alone the Mongols. The Mongolian remnants who fled with them were only half of the Eight Banners, and most of them stayed on the battlefield or disappeared.

(End of this chapter)