Huang Taiji calmly watched the entire execution process, without any expression on his face. He turned his head and explained the burial to the guards next to him, then turned around and returned to the tent of the Chinese army, never looking back.

For the Han army of Shi Mingxiong's department, Huang Taiji did not punish one more person, but rearranged the original deputy commander of the Han army to replace Shi Mingxiong, so although the Han army was panicked for a while, it finally calmed down.

It's just that Huang Taiji, who returned to the Chinese military tent, couldn't calm down for a long time. He didn't feel sorry for Shi Mingxiong's death, and now it was pressing on his heart, like a heavy stone, that is, how did he take the inner city of Vladivostok Fort that was guarded by the Tang army.

Is there really only one way left for the ants to attack the city? Huang Taiji can imagine that in this well-prepared inner city, the Tang army also has poisonous crossbows and hand-thrown thunder to help, even if he forces the attack, then this inner city is down, I am afraid that there will be many casualties.

Thinking of the 100,000 troops of the Qing army, it was so painstaking to capture this small Vladivostok Fort, and it was difficult to achieve all the results, and Huang Taiji's heart could be described as entangled.

If it was so difficult to attack such a small Vladivostok fort, and it was necessary to do such a great effort to lose vitality, then wouldn't it be more difficult and impossible for the Qing Dynasty to recapture Li Xiao's Miaojie Fort, Yakutsk City, Sakhalin Island, Ezo Island and other places?

What's more, Li Xiao's gang also occupies the entire Shandong, as well as the entire vast and vast Nanyang, if the Qing Dynasty wants to occupy all of Li Xiao's territory and completely destroy Li Xiao, this seems to be a task that can never be completed.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji's heart was confused, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Huang Taiji sat for a long time, and a soldier came to report that Prince Rui Dolgon had asked to see him.

Seeing Dolgon coming to see him, Huang Taiji frowned unconsciously. Now he was distraught, and his whole person was in a very anxious state, and he didn't want to see anyone again, but after a little thought, he still agreed to let Dolgon enter the account to talk.

Dolgon entered the tent, and when he saw Huang Taiji sitting on the tiger head chair with a sad face, he sighed lightly.

Between Dolgon and Huang Taiji, even if there are many contradictions and intrigues, but after all, they are all Manchurian clan magnates, knowing that the existence and stability of the Qing Dynasty is the cornerstone of their interests to be maintained.

Therefore, he has thoughts and ideas in his heart, and he still has to report to Huang Taiji in a hurry.

"Old Fourteen, it's so late, you're still here, but do you have anything to say to me?" When Dorgon entered, the Emperor didn't look at him, his eyes still fixed on the map on the wall.

Seeing that Huang Taiji was so cold to him, Dolgon's heart sank, but he still sighed lightly, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, now that our artillery has been destroyed, how to attack the inner city next, but the courtiers have a little idea. Huang Taiji sighed, turned his head to look at him, and said softly: "Old Fourteen, if you have any ideas, you can come one by one." Dolgon replied, and replied: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the courtiers, the only way now is that there is only one way to attack the city with ants, but ......" Hearing this, Huang Taiji's face showed a look of annoyance, and he interrupted him unceremoniously: "Dolgon, I have already thought of such a method, so why do you need to say it." Dolgon said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although this method of attacking the city by ants is the only feasible plan at the moment, my brother thinks that this method needs to be improved more in order to reduce casualties and be more comprehensive."

Huang Taiji listened to Dolgon's words, his eyes lit up, and he asked urgently: "Oh, fourteenth brother, what do you have a good plan, but please say it clearly."

Seeing that the Emperor was interested, Dolgon stepped forward, lowered his voice, and told Dolgon how he had done it. After hearing this method, Huang Taiji frequently bowed his head, and finally exclaimed: "Yes, the fourteenth brother is really wise and outstanding, and he can afford this wise word given by me." Okay, as you see it, go down and get ready. Seeing that Huang Taiji agreed to his suggestion, Dolgon also came to the spirit, and he hurriedly responded: "Yes, please rest assured, the emperor will handle this matter as soon as possible, and he will not let the siege of the city be missed." ”…… Before I knew it, six days had passed.

In the past few days, Li Dingguo, the chief general of the Vladivostok Fort, has been patrolling the city closely, but what makes him very strange is that the Qing army has been very quiet these days, and there is no siege at all.

Li Dingguo originally thought that the Qing army, which had blown up its artillery, was likely to be annoyed and angry, and after dawn the next day, it would rush to start attacking the city to avenge the Tang army's night attack, but he did not expect that after six days, the Qing army had not made any movement to attack the city, but continued to besiege the inner city.

What's going on? Could it be that the Qing army didn't want to attack the city, but just wanted to besiege it for a long time, and starved to death in the inner city?

It's just that in this inner city, there is still food that can last for a year, and how can it be so easy to consume this soldier and horse.

Besides, now the weather is getting colder and colder, although there has been no heavy snow in the past few days, but the dripping water has turned into ice, the snow has not melted that day, the longer the Qing army stays here, the more difficult the logistics supply will become, and the morale will be more and more depressed, and if you want to attack this well-prepared inner city, you will have to pay more and greater costs.

Li Dingguo was a little confused for a while, the Qing army's unreasonable behavior made his keen head quite a little unable to turn around, but Rao was so, Li Dingguo still ordered the whole army to pay close attention to the movements of the Qing army, do a good job of garrisoning, and strictly prevent the Qing army from suddenly starting to attack the city.

It was not until the morning of the eighth day that the rumbling war drums and the continuous piercing swan trumpets suddenly sounded in the Qing army's formation.

The Qing army, which had been silent for seven days, finally began to attack the inner city of Vladivostok. Li Dingguo was surprised to see that under the urging of war drums and horns, countless Qing troops, pushing many strange-looking and strange objects, were pushing out of the Tartar array, surrounded on all sides, and slowly pushed towards the four walls of the entire inner city.

Seeing these strange things, all the garrison Tang troops were full of consternation. Damn, I haven't seen you for a few days, the Qing army has got something.

As the Tartars pushed closer and closer, the Tang army defending the city finally saw clearly what the strange thing pushed by the Qing army looked like.

They saw that this strange-looking thing was a tartar with four carts, two ends and two tails put together, and a large open space in the middle was empty to hide people from inside.

On top of this pieced together car, there are thick wooden planks nailed, and the wooden boards are covered with cowhide and wet quilts, and the whole thing, from the whole appearance, is a bit like the car of later generations.

"What is this dog-in-the-Tartar doing with these things?" Deputy General Zu Kuan looked at these things that the Qing army was pushing closer and closer, and his face was very surprised.

When the Tang army defending the city was very surprised, behind the Qing army's formation, Dolgon had a proud look on his face, and said to Huang Taiji as if asking for merit: "Your Majesty, you see, this joint chariot designed by the courtiers is composed of four chariots in one place, which can hide more soldiers than a single chariot, and can better guard against the siege soldiers. Your Majesty, you see, on this joint cart, because of the cowhide and wet quilt, if the Tang army uses hand thunder to attack, it can be bounced off by the cowhide on the surface, which greatly reduces the explosive power of the hand thunder, and if the Tang army shoots crossbow arrows, because the defense area of the joint car is more expanded, and because of the thick planks, the Tang army's crossbow arrows, even at close range, can not be penetrated, so it can greatly reduce the casualties of our soldiers. Dolgon paused, and then said with a ruthless face: "As long as our army can use this combined chariot as a cover, attack all the way to the inner city of Vladivostok Fort, and then dig the bottom of the wall, bury explosives, and use explosives to blow up the city wall, our army will attack again in one fell swoop, and this inner city will not be difficult to break!" After listening to Dolgon's triumphant narration, Huang Taiji's face was also greatly stretched, and he nodded and said: "Old Fourteen, your plan to unite the chariot is very good, if the inner city is broken, you should remember the first credit!" ”

"Brother Xie Huang." Dolgon's face was beaming, and he immediately replied. (The following is anti-theft, replaced later) high arch, the word Suqing, Henan Xinzheng people.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" says about him

"It's a little self-sufficient, and it's bullying." Belonging to the kind of cowhide baking person, being his colleague or subordinate, basically will not feel very comfortable.

He is Zhang Juzheng's predecessor, once when he was the prince of the country (the principal of the highest university, Zheng Sipin), Zhang Juzheng was a secretary under him, and when Emperor Longqing was still King Yu, both of them were lecturers in King Yu's mansion.

It should be familiar with each other and know each other. Zhang Juzheng, the word uncle, is a native of Jiangling, Hubei. "History of the Ming Dynasty" says about him

"Brave and heroic", like Gao Gong, belongs to the kind of political strongman who dares to be the first in the world, has a tough personality and is outstanding, but he

"However, there is a city in the depths, and it is impossible to fathom it." This point is beyond the reach of the high arch, the master has a move, a little difference will determine the winner, compared with Zhang Juzheng, the defeat is not enough for him

"Deep" character. He has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, and at the age of 16, he was promoted to a junior and a jinshi at the age of 23.

After that, he sat on a cold bench in Hanlin Temple and other places for nearly 20 years. Until Jiajing Bintian, Longqing ascended the throne, and Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and other old people of the domain who served as lecturers before Longqing ascended the throne, all became Huainan chicken dogs, and followed the master to rise to the top and enter the core layer of power.

It is logical to enter the cabinet, but Gao Gong is ranked first because of his qualifications and is the first assistant of the cabinet. In May 1572, the sixth year of Longqing, Emperor Longqing, who was in his prime, fell ill and collapsed.

The successor Emperor Wanli was just a ten-year-old child, and the first emperor ordered Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Gao Yi to be the ministers of Gu Ming, and to assist the little emperor together.

It is a great honor to be ordered by the first emperor, and it also bears a great responsibility. According to some historical records, there were those who were taken care of after the three ministers at that time, and there were also those who took care of Emperor Wanli since childhood

"Great companion", the master of ceremonies and the chief eunuch Feng Bao. However, many historians suspect this statement, thinking that it is a pseudo-edict made by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, especially the first assistant Gao Gong at that time, who believes that there is no precedent for internal officials to take care of their lives in the dynasty, and he and Feng Bao have already had a holiday.

Wenyuan Pavilion University scholar Gao Yi, benevolent and responsible, he was recommended by Gao Gong to enter the cabinet, but adhering to the art of self-preservation.

The situation is very clear, the two ministers in the cabinet, Gao Gong and Zhang Ju, are just like Mars touching the earth, they all have to have the final say, they are not willing to be the masters of others, one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and their conflict is inevitable.

Before Emperor Wanli ascended the throne, the two had contradictions, Gao Gong took revenge on Zhang Juzheng's mentor, Xu Jie, the former assistant of Zhishi at home, and hated Zhang Juzheng and the great eunuch Feng Bao for their close relationship.

Befriending the eunuchs in the palace was a ban on ministers in the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor was worried that the internal and external ministers would collude to influence the situation.

But things in the officialdom, when it comes down to it, do it, especially in the Ming Dynasty, where the eunuchs were autocratic, there was no internal response, and the ministers of the outer court would be struggling, because the big eunuchs had all the information about the emperor, and they got along with the emperor day and night.

When Emperor Wanli's father Long Qing first became emperor, Zhang Juzheng had long been optimistic about Feng Bao, who took care of the prince's daily life, and made friends in every way, the reason is very simple, the prince ascended the throne, and the eunuchs who accompanied him through his childhood will definitely be reused.

On the contrary, Gao Gong wanted to do everything possible to curb Feng Bao's power. - It should be said that Gao Gong's doing this is more in line with the teachings of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and not allowing eunuchs to interfere in politics is really for the Ming Dynasty.

But at that time, the Ming Dynasty had been founded for more than 200 years, and eunuchs had become a common practice to interfere in politics, and the wise choice should be to respect reality.

During the reign of Emperor Longqing, Feng Bao was already the second-in-command of the eunuchs in the palace, and the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi supervised Dongchang, that is to say, he mastered the spy agency that was very feared by the hundred officials - Dongchang, Dongchang was the emperor's private army, and he could not go through the judicial organ of the imperial court - the Criminal Department, and was not subject to the supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple.

coincided with the vacancy of the eunuch in the palace, the highest position of the eunuch, Feng Bao, as the second-in-command, could have been promoted logically, but Gao Gong was worried that he would be difficult to control, so he recommended another eunuch Chen Hong to the emperor to take this position, but Chen Hong's ability was too poor and he soon resigned.

Gao Gong simply offended Feng Bao to the end, and bypassed Feng Bao to recommend another person, Meng Chong, it is conceivable that Feng Bao could not hate Gao Gong to the core?

Before Emperor Longqing died, Feng Bao went through the path of the empress dowager of the two palaces, and asked Emperor Longqing to issue an edict to expel Meng Chong, the eunuch with the palm seal, and replace him with Feng Bao.

Therefore, as soon as Wanli ascended the throne, the two ministers of the cabinet, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, plus Feng Bao, the first eunuch of the inner court, became the troika that affected the political situation of the Ming Dynasty.

The three-legged stand is like the three political forces of Cao, Sun and Liu, Gao Gong is like Cao Cao, because he is the first assistant and speaks with the most weight, while Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao are like Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and Gao Gong can't fight alone, but when the two join forces, the balance of power is tilted towards Zhang and Feng.

Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao have already made a secret song, and the union between the two is almost a matter of course, and they hit it off.