He was the most courageous and warlike son of Nurhaci, who killed the enemy on horseback at the age of 14, became a marshal at the age of 21, and was promoted to prince of Heshuo at the age of 22, and was praised by the Qianlong Emperor as "the most successful warrior of the founding kings". This person was one of the eight iron hat kings in the early Qing Dynasty, Duo Duo, the Prince of Yu.
Dodo was the fifteenth son of Nurhaci, born in 1614, and was half-brother to Azig and Dorgon. Dodo was born at the time when Nurhaci unified the Jurchens, and as a descendant of Aisin Kyaw Roshi, he was born with the mission of conquering the world.
Dodo is tough and capable of fighting. At the age of 14, he accompanied his brother Emperor Taiji on a campaign against the Chahar Mongol Dorot Department, giving him the title of "Erke Chuhur" (Manchu for bravery, and the "Yu" character for "Prince of Yu" was later transliterated from the word "Yong"). Since then, Duo Duo has repeatedly broken the Ming Army, and at the age of 21, he became the commander-in-chief alone.
In 1631, Duo Duo accompanied Emperor Taiji in besieging The City of Dalinghe in response to the Zhengbai Banner. Unexpectedly, because the pursuit was too urgent, he suddenly fell off his horse, and Duo Duo was not timid, and rushed into the enemy position alone, taking down the warhorses of the Ming Military Academy, and even the Ming soldiers were also admired for his bravery.
In the Battle of Ningjin, Duo Duo defeated the Ming Dynasty Zu Dashou army and entered Quang Ninh. In 1636, Emperor Taiji changed his title to Emperor and made Duoduo the Prince of Heshuoyu, in charge of the Ceremonial Department, and then went on expeditions to Korea. In 1638, Duoduo, together with Zilharang, went to Jinzhou and was defeated by Zu Dashou, which was the only defeat that Duoduo had ever suffered in his life. Because of this defeat, Dodo was demoted to the rank of king of the county.
In 1642, during the famous Battle of Songjin, Duo Duo captured the Ming governor Hong Chengyu and the Liaodong governor Qiu Minyang. In 1644, he entered the customs with Dolgun, defeated Li Zicheng's peasant army, established the Qing Dynasty, and was enfeoffed as a general of the state.
After the qing capital of Beijing, Duo Duo commanded a large army to march south, down To Henan, occupy Shaanxi, and defeat Li Zicheng's peasant army twenty miles outside Tongguan. The following year, taking advantage of the victory to pursue the peasant army, repeatedly winning battles, entering Tong Pass, and finally capturing Li Zicheng's stronghold of Xi'an. Dodo was not only brave, but also a strategic commander, and wherever his army went, he set up official security offices to appease the people, and was praised by the people everywhere.
In April 1645, Duo Duo led his troops to capture Yangzhou and killed shi Kefa, a famous general of the Southern Ming Dynasty. After Yangzhou descended, Duoduo also deployed to cross the river, and the large army crossed the river in one fell swoop when it reached the north bank of the Yangtze River, conquered Zhenjiang, and the defense line of the Yangtze River in the south and Ming Dynasties collapsed completely. The Qing army pointed directly at Nanjing.
At this time, the Southern Ming court was captured by the Qing army's military might, and without a fight, the Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong fled and was later captured at Wuhu. Zhao Zhilong, who was guarding the city, Xu Yunjue, the Duke of Wei, Wang Feng, a scholar of the university, and Qian Qianyi, a rebbe shangshu, surrendered. On the fifteenth day, the city of Nanjing opened the Hongwu Gate, and Duo Duo entered the city of Nanjing as a conqueror and victor, and received a grand welcome from Ming Xun's ministers and officials. Duoduo made outstanding achievements in this battle, and the total number of horse infantry of the Ming army was nearly 240,000.
In order to consolidate and develop the achievements of victory, he took actions such as not killing the people, not robbing property, and not making the people shave their heads, and winning the hearts and minds of the people. Duoduo entered the founding history of the Qing Dynasty with the great feats of victory.
After occupying the Jiangnan region, Duo Duo also ordered the construction of the Shi Kefa Ancestral Hall, which favored his family and asked the imperial court to show his loyalty. The following year, a solemn ceremony was held for Shi Kefa's funeral. After returning to Beijing after victory, the Shunzhi Emperor Jin made him the Prince of Yu, gave him a crown and gold 5,000 taels, and silver 50,000 taels, and also made him a general of Yang Wei.
After that, Duoduo continued to go on a campaign against the Mongol Sunit, khalkha Mongol Tushetu Khan and Heshuo Lei Chechen Han soldiers of 50,000, stabilizing the early Qing Dynasty. When Duo Duo triumphantly returned to Beijing, the Shunzhi Emperor Fu Lin personally went out to the Anding Gate to greet the teacher.
He was not proud, he had no interest in politics, only war, and no ambition to be greedy and hegemonic, which was very different from his two older brothers. Even during the reign of Dorgon, Dorgon never formed a party for personal gain. The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu praised Duoduo's practice.
Unfortunately, in 1649, Dodo died of smallpox at the age of 39. In the ninth year of Shunzhi, he was liquidated for Dorgon's guilt, and Dordor, as a younger brother, was also implicated and was once again demoted to the rank of king of the county. Since then, the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties have never restored the title of Prince of Yu.
In the forty-third year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor rehabilitated Dolgun and others, and Duoduo finally restored the title of Prince of Yu, and ordered him to enjoy the Taimiao Temple and enter the ancestral hall of King Shengjingxian. The Qianlong Emperor also said with emotion: DuoDuo, the Prince of Yu, is indeed "the most meritorious of the founding kings!" ”