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Volume 1 Songjiang Mansion Chapter 354 Death

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    This is not the first time that Dorgon and Zhang Lei have dealt with each other, so he already knows Zhang Lei's fighting methods very well.

    In fact, to be honest, we really have to look into Zhang Lei's fighting method. It is nothing more than fast, quick formation of troops, and quick attacks. As the saying goes, the only martial arts in the world is fast. Zhang Lei does not need to use any skills, powerful weapons.  The lethality coupled with quick response brings out the true power of the word "quick".

    Therefore, if you want to break his "quickness", you must "conquer quickness with quickness". You only need to disrupt Zhang Lei's fixed formation, and Zhang Lei's formation will not be effective, at least for the Qing army.  The harm won't be that great.

    So Dorgon rushed forward without hesitation and started charging with the cavalry that the Qing Empire was proud of. He thought that as long as he rushed in front of Zhang Lei, as long as he could disrupt their formation, then  The army behind him can charge forward, but he has never been afraid of any enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

    But he seemed to have ignored it. After fighting Zhang Lei so many times, wouldn¡¯t anyone know about charging?  Of course there are, and there are many more, but those people's charges all ended in failure - except for the last time when tens of thousands of horses successfully rushed into Rodman's formation.

    So, a very natural thing happened. The charging formation was broken up halfway. Many people fell off their horses and fell to death. A few lucky ones did not die and lost their combat effectiveness.  .  But what Zhang Lei couldn't understand was that there was nothing wrong with Dorgon. Not only was he not injured.  Not even the horses under him were harmed.

    "Withdraw. Retreat." Seeing this situation.  Dorgon had to order a retreat. He had no way to continue chasing.

    Zhang Lei couldn't help but sneer, as long as I don't let you rush in front of me, you will always be defeated. This is destined. The advantages of equipment are so obvious, so simple and effective.

    But there was one thing that Dorgon still felt he had done right, that is, when they charged, the army behind them pushed forward a considerable distance.  At least Zhang Lei's vanguard has been able to enter the range of the bronze cannon, and that's enough. Apart from other things, if it can't even cause damage to Zhang Lei's army, then why bother fighting?

    Zhang Lei's response method is more simple and direct, asking the Ares One team to retreat. This is also an old trick. The super long range advantage of Ares One must be reflected, otherwise a lot of effort will be spent to increase the range.  what to do?

    Zhang Lei did not arrange any personnel within the range of the Manchu bronze cannon.  Instead, let everyone retreat and let his bronze cannon become more powerful.  It's useless if you can't hit anyone. As the saying goes, when the enemy advances, we retreat. This is the truth.  And the Qing army is not stupid. The infantry has withdrawn, and there are still spearmen. Those soldiers holding three-eyed guns have become their targets, but if the formation of the three-eyed guns is messed up, they will not be able to exert their maximum power. However,  What can be done about this? It is much better to retreat and not kill than not to retreat and fight the enemy desperately. The prerequisite for killing is to save one's own life.

    So Zhang Lei ordered the entire army to retreat. He never believed that retreating during a war meant admitting defeat. On the contrary, only a general who knows how to advance and retreat is a qualified general. He who rushes forward without thinking is not brave.  , that¡¯s called death.

    In Dorgon's view, Zhang Lei's approach was a sign of admitting defeat, so he felt that it was time for him to lead his men forward. It was impossible to charge because his losses in the charge just now were really huge.  too big.

    After a day, Zhang Lei and others retreated for more than ten miles.  Of course, Zhang Lei did not think that he had lost the battle, because in this day, they killed many more Qing troops than he was killed by the Qing troops. This was enough. The winning or losing of the battle was not based on the  It is calculated in terms of forward and backward, but in terms of losses. In Zhang Lei's concept, whoever has suffered greater losses has already lost. This is a method of judgment without any controversy.

    After Dorgon and Zhang Lei fought for a day, they finally realized how powerful this army was. They advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and each unit complemented each other. They were simply a monolith. It was completely impossible to defeat them individually.  He could only fight hard. At night, he had to order to stop advancing. He needed to adjust, both in terms of tactics and mentality.  We must find a way to defeat Zhang Lei, otherwise he will attack Shengjing. By then, the Qing Dynasty will be over.

    Zhang Lei also ordered a truce. Since his opponent said he would not fight, he would not fight. He is still very talkative. He cannot force others to fight when others have stopped fighting. This is not his style because he is not in a hurry.  , he knew that if he continued to fight like this, the Qing Dynasty would be consumed by him sooner or later, unless they could develop more advanced weapons, you knowIn terms of loss in numbers, Zhang Lei's loss was less than one-tenth of the Qing army's loss. This is a very strong ratio. The Qing army only lost 100,000 people after one million people died. The problem is that now the Qing army has lost 100,000 people.  The total number of troops is less than one million.

    Dorgon was thinking of a way, but any way was rejected, because apart from exchanging huge manpower consumption for the closeness of both sides, he could not think of any other way that could cause huge damage to Zhang Lei's army.

    But there is no other way. Even if the current situation is very unfavorable to him, he will still fight. He cannot retreat. He still has to lead his army to fight to defend his homeland.  But things always seemed to be developing in a direction that was unfavorable to him, because just after a few months of fighting Zhang Lei, on the tenth day of August, he received an urgent document from Shengjing. Huang Taiji had already arrived on the ninth day of August.  Died!  Let him rush back to handle the funeral and preside over the government!

    When he received the news, Dorgon was stunned on the spot. How could Huang Taiji die at this time?  But this was a big matter, a bigger matter than fighting Zhang Lei, and there was no room for his negligence. He immediately ordered everyone to stick to the front and not to advance rashly, but he could not retreat even if he died, and he himself  Then he turned around and left with dozens of soldiers, heading to Shengjing without stopping.

    Arrived outside the palace.  He has discovered that soul-calling flags have been hung in every corner of the entire palace.  white.  Swaying in the wind, it looks very eerie.  He ignored it and rushed directly into the palace. When the soldiers saw it was Huang Taiji, no one dared to stop him. He rode his horse and rushed directly to the inner courtyard of the palace before stopping.  He jumped off his horse and ran towards the harem without even taking off his armor.  Halfway up the road, I met the personal eunuch who had been beside Huang Taiji before.  The eunuch said to Dorgon: "The mourning hall has been decorated."

    So he led Dorgon towards the mourning hall. There were countless palace maids and eunuchs along the way. When they saw Dorgon coming, they immediately knelt down to pay their respects. Dorgon didn't even have time to pay attention to them.

    "Mergen Daiqing (King Smart) is back." When Dorgon came to the mourning hall, the people who saw him immediately said that there were no less than a hundred people inside, including princes, nobles and court officials.

    Dorgon glanced at everyone as he walked inside. He came to Huang Taiji's funeral bed and knelt on the ground. The armor on his body made a metallic sound when it hit.  He immediately grabbed Huang Taiji's cold hand.  His voice trembled and he said: "Brother, I'm late. Why did you leave in such a hurry? We haven't even had time to see you for the last time." Two lines of tears fell down his face, and his voice was choked with sobs.  Like a strong-willed man.

    As the eldest son of Huang Taiji, Shuosei and Queen Xiaozhuang had been taking care of all these things before Dorgon came back. After Dorgon cried for more than a quarter of an hour in front of Huang Taiji's funeral bed, Shuo Sai  Sai came to his side and pulled him to stand up and said: "Uncle, my father has passed away. In the future, I will have to rely more on my uncle. I also hope that my uncle will not be too sad. Emperor Ama has this  You want me to hand it over to the emperor personally." He said as he brought over a sandalwood box wrapped in yellow silk.

    Dorgon couldn't wait to take the box and opened it. There were several documents inside, and finally a piece of paper. The things on this piece of paper were written by Huang Taiji to Dorgon when he was dying. Among them were  The issue of the division of labor in government after his death.  It also said that Dorgon was asked to read Fulin's enthronement edict and the appointment letter of the auxiliary minister in front of his funeral bed.

    "This is what the emperor wrote when he was dying. Now while everyone is here, I will read it out together." Dorgon picked up the thing in his hand and showed it to everyone, indicating that what he said was true.

    Dorgon picked up the first edict, which was about Huang Taiji's arrangements for his death. From this edict, everyone seemed to be able to see that there was nothing arrogant or extravagant about his arrangements for his funeral.  It is very simple, perhaps because it is not appropriate to be extravagant in the face of a powerful enemy.

    After reading this edict, Dorgon said: "Everyone, now that the emperor has gone to the west, it is difficult to violate the destiny. As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day, and a country cannot be without an owner for a day. I think that now we have  Two things must be completed, one is the imperial brother¡¯s posthumous title, and the other is the new emperor¡¯s enthronement. First, let¡¯s talk about it, what do you think of this posthumous title?¡±

    Posthumous titles are given to ancient East Asian monarchs, princes (including China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan), princes, ministers, concubines and other people with a certain status after their death. They are evaluated and praised based on their life deeds and moral cultivation, and given a nickname.  A title that contains well-intentioned comments and a judgmental nature.  In addition, some neighboring countries influenced by Chinese culture also use it.  The so-called posthumous title is to use one or two words to make a general evaluation of a person's life.?This can be considered a final conclusion.  Xiangwen, Wu, Ming, Rui, Kang, Jing, Zhuang, Xuan and Yi are all good words. Emperor Hui is mediocre. For example, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty have little ability. Ling and Yang both contain negative words.  Meaning, mourning and thinking are not good words, but they still have a bit of sympathy. In addition, Sun Quan is a special case. His posthumous title is Great Emperor, which is unique in China.

    Posthumous titles began in the Zhou Dynasty. In addition to the emperor, princes and ministers also had posthumous titles, but I am talking specifically about the emperor and the emperor here.  Qin Shihuang believed that the posthumous title was a son's reference to his father and a minister's reference to the emperor, so he abolished the posthumous title. Starting from him, the first emperor, he wanted to pass it on to the second, third, and even infinite generations, but unfortunately it was only passed down to the second.  It was implemented again in the Han Dynasty.  The Han Dynasty advocated governing the world with filial piety, and all emperors' posthumous titles had the character filial piety, such as Xiaohui, Xiaowen, Xiaojing, and even Xiaoxian.  Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was a posthumous title given to him by Cao Wei after his death. He did not have this title when he became emperor.

    In addition, there is a strict distinction between the emperor and his ministers. Before the Sui Dynasty, the posthumous titles of emperors were all one or two characters. For example, the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty Liu Ying was posthumously named Emperor Hui, Liu Heng was posthumously named Emperor Wen, Liu Qi was posthumously named Emperor Jing, and the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty Liu Xiu was posthumously named Emperor Guangwu.  That is.  However, starting from the Tang Dynasty, the number of characters in the emperor's posthumous titles gradually increased. For example, in the 13th year of Tianbao, Xuanzong Li Longji decided to change the posthumous titles of the late emperors to seven characters. For example, Li Yuan became "Shen Yao, Great Sage, Great Guang Xiao Emperor", and Li Shimin was  "The great civil and military sage, Emperor Guangxiao".  The posthumous titles of emperors after the Tang Dynasty are generally longer. Among them, Nurhaci, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty who was crowned the emperor, had a posthumous title of twenty-five characters.  "Emperor with a high career".

    Nurhaci died, and his posthumous title was twenty-five characters. Now his son Huang Taiji has also died, so how long is his posthumous title?

    Of course, the wisdom of the ancients is also infinite. In order to facilitate the selection of posthumous names, a posthumous method has been specially evolved.

    After the death of emperors, princes, officials, ministers and others in ancient China, the court gave a title to commend them based on their deeds and moral character during their lifetime, which is called "posthumous title".  It began later in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty.  From King Wen, King Wu to King Yi of Zhou, they all claimed their own king titles.  Only after the examination of the king can there be a posthumous title.  Later, there were still people who established themselves as kings. For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Xiong Tong, the king of Chu, established himself as King Wu.  After the death of the emperor and the princes, the posthumous title will be decided by the ministers.  Qin Shihuang did not use it.  Restored in the early Han Dynasty.  From now on, the emperor's posthumous title will be decided by the ceremonial officials.  After the death of a noble minister, the posthumous title is determined and bestowed by the court.  In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the posthumous title belonged to the Ministry of Rites.  In addition, there are also private posthumous titles, which began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Most of them were given posthumous titles by relatives, disciples and former officials after the death of scholar-bureaucrats, so they are called private posthumous titles.

    In front of so many people, the officials of the Ministry of Rites stood up. It was their job to decide the posthumous title for the emperor.

    After several hours, Huang Taiji's posthumous title was finally discussed and formulated, which is: "Yingtian Xingguo, Hongde, Wu Kuan, Wenren, Shengrui, Xiaozhao, Dinglong, Daoxiangongwen Emperor."

    "Subsequently, the Minister of Rites wrote the posthumous title into a document, stating why these words were used, and then sealed the document and archived it. This was considered to be officially effective. In the future, Huang Taiji's spiritual tablets will have these words on them.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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