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Chapter 152, the short-lived Qing Empire
In general, due to the "stepmother" treatment in terms of logistics, the second round of the Jinan Raiders launched by Marshal Chen Xin still lacked technological content: there were neither bombing and strafing by airships or planes, nor did they pass [ Random door] The central breakthrough and beheading tactics launched into the city were only led by Marshal Chen himself with [-] Dengzhou troops, dragging artillery and pushing all the way west, preparing to blast through the city wall of Jinan and enter.

Moreover, due to the need to raid various strongholds along the way, and to station some troops on the main roads to defend the supply line, when the military flag of Dengzhou Town was erected outside the city of Jinan, the effective forces under the command of Chen Xin could be used to attack the city. There are only about 5000 people left.

However, even in the face of such a seemingly weak opponent, Huang Taiji still did not have the confidence to face the enemy.

An undisguised fact is that the family background of the Qing Dynasty is too weak!

And another fact that cannot be concealed is that the Eight Banners of Manchuria can no longer afford to die!

You must know that when Nurhachi unified the Jurchen family, the superficial ruling territory seemed to have stretched for thousands of miles, and it could be called a great country in the world.But in fact, all the Jurchens in Liaodong at that time were only 10,000+ people. In the previous Jurchen civil war, the Yehenala tribe sent [-] troops to mobilize the crowd.As for Nurhachi's core lineage "Jianzhou Jurchen", there are only a few tens of thousands of people.

Therefore, at that time, Lin Dan Khan of the Mongolian Chahar tribe scorned Nurhachi as "the lord of the [-] Jurchens by the water" in his letter of credence.

After Huang Taiji came to power, he established the Han Army Banner and the Mongolian Army Banner, and gradually "raised the flag" of some Han, Mongol, and Korean people and integrated them into the Jurchens. This made the total population of the Eight Banners reach 30. public.Since Huang Taiji has been fighting continuously during his reign and consumed a large number of males, the maximum number of males among the 30 population is about 6, and if the [-] males are subtracted from underage children and elderly people However, the number of adult men who can really go to the battlefield is at most [-].If it were not for relying on the Eight Banners system to maximize the war potential of the Jurchens, with such a thin population base, it would be impossible for the Jurchens to unify Liaodong, let alone take control of the Central Plains.

Due to population and military constraints, several decisive battles between the Jurchens and the Ming Empire, such as the Battle of Sarhu, the Battle of Ningyuan, and the Battle of Dalinghe, were all mobilized. All males under the age of 13 go into battle.When the Eight Banners entered the customs, the total strength of the Eight Banners Army had been reduced to more than 60 due to the consumption of the bloody battle at Daling River in the previous stage.Even with the addition of the Han Army Banner, the Mongolian Army Banner, and the allied forces of the Mongolian Horqin Tribe, the maximum is about 5 people. If it were not for the collective defection of the Guan Ning Army, this force would be enough for armed robbery at most.

Then, in a series of battles in North Zhili, Shandong, and South Zhili, the Eight Banners of Manchuria lost thousands more and could not be replenished for a while.Next, with the overall fall of the homeland of Liaodong, the more than [-] old and weak women and children who stayed outside the customs also disappeared.

After the outbreak of the Beijing Incident, although Guan Ningjun didn't want to do anything wrong, he let the city gate open and voluntarily released the family members of the Eight Banners Army living in Beijing to leave.However, under the frequent attacks of the landlord militia along the way and the defection and rebellion of the surrendered army of the Ming Dynasty, the bannermen who were stranded in Beizhili at that time still suffered heavy casualties. In the end, only about [-]% of the bannermen managed to escape to Dezhou, Shandong, and got their own Human protection and rescue.

Therefore, when the Dengzhou Army launched the second Jinan Raider, there were only more than 3 Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers who were more able to fight, plus more than 5 Eight Banners, old and weak women and children who were not able to fight. The scale is about the same as a top tribe on the Mongolian grassland.However, this "Manchurian tribe" who moved into the hinterland of the Central Plains did not farm land or herd sheep, but only robbed and slaughtered Han people wholeheartedly.

Of course, in addition to the more than 3 soldiers of the Eight Banners, Huang Taiji also had the Han Army Banner, the Mongolian Army Banner, Horqin and other Eastern Mongolian allied forces in his hands, as well as the Ming Dynasty Jiangjun and Wenxiangjiao who carried the Qing Dynasty banner. The armed forces such as the Jiangjun and the Landlord Township Yongtuan training, all add up to no less than 20 people.But with the exception of the Mongolian Army Banner and the Han Army Banner, they are all scumbags that can only share wealth but not adversity, and they have become very unreliable at the moment.

In particular, the Eastern Mongolian reinforcements headed by the Horqin tribe, after confirming that the Qing Dynasty had lost all of its homeland in Liaodong, and even Beijing had changed owners, and that the remnants of the Eight Banners were trapped in a dilemma in the Central Plains, they were originally stationed in the [-] Eastern Mongolians on the outskirts of Jinan. The reinforcements immediately tore down the flag of the Qing Dynasty, without even saying hello to Huang Taiji, they resolutely tore up the covenant, pulled out the camp and left, preparing to jump out of this mess in the Central Plains and return to their hometown in the grassland.

On the way north, a Horqin cavalry even ransacked the belongings of the Eight Banners family members in Texas, without thinking about the alliance for many years.

If these Mongols want to go home, they have to go through the territory occupied by the Guan Ning Army. However, since Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou are two famous fencers, they are not even willing to break their faces with the Jurchen Eight Banners, the dog of the bereaved. The Mongolian cavalry, who were determined to go home, smashed to death.Therefore, after haggling with the Guanning Army and agreeing on the amount of money to buy the road, these Mongols passed the Great Wall Pass smoothly, returned to the Horqin Grassland and hibernated down.

——Although the Horqin tribe’s way of adding insult to injury seems a little unreasonable, or treacherous, but in the harsh grassland environment, the rules of survival have always been such a law of the jungle.Only a strong enough overlord can win the surrender and allegiance of many small tribes, hoping to be sheltered and share benefits with the strong.On the other hand, once any strong man shows signs of decline, the next fate will definitely be betrayal.

In any case, the collective rebellion of the tribes of the Eastern Mongolian Alliance dealt a heavy blow to the already precarious Qing court.Even the flags of the Han army and the Mongolian army became a little unstable, and sporadic desertion and escape soon appeared.Some of the fugitives became bandits and bandits on the spot in Shandong, and some of the fugitives found new jobs with the Guan Ning army—many of the Han army banners in the Manchu Qing Dynasty were originally captured Guan Ning Adapted from the army.Similarly, in the establishment of the Guanning Army, there are also many positions for Mongolian riders.

Facing such a state of panic and collapse, the battered Huang Taiji no longer had the mind to fight the Dengzhou Army in Jinan: there were only tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers left, and the lonely Central Plains could not be replenished.Not to mention that the Dengzhou Army is a tough nut to crack, and even if they win the battle of Jinan, so what?If the final capital is also lost here, what else can he, the so-called emperor of the Qing Dynasty, have left?
Like any nomadic barbarian khan, at this moment, Huang Taiji would not care too much about the gains and losses of a city or a place.

Therefore, when the Dengzhou army approached again, the Qing army gave up Jinan again, and retreated westward in a hurry to Dongchang Mansion on the bank of the canal.

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However, when the wise and mighty Qing Emperor fled thousands of miles away with his soldiers of the Eight Banners, the Han landlord Jinshen in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, bit the bullet to defend the last provincial capital city under the rule of the Qing Empire, and once again fought against the "reverse" "The Dengzhou Army launched a desperate fight... Under the bombardment of overwhelming artillery fire, the township warriors of Jinan Prefecture showed amazing courage. First, nearly a thousand people were bombed to death on the city wall, but they still defended Looking at the gaps in the city wall, they repelled the two assaults of the Dengzhou army with gray bottles, golden juice, ten thousand enemies and shotgun shells.

After the Jinan city wall was smashed by shells and collapsed in a large area and could no longer hold on, these brave men retreated into the neighborhoods in the city and fought with the Dengzhou army for a day and a night in the street fighting. Using the complex terrain, they successfully delayed the Dengzhou army. fierce offensive.The second magistrate of Jinan in the Qing Dynasty, who had just taken office, even sent envoys out of the city quietly to contact Tuan Lian, a lurking landlord in the nearby countryside, in an attempt to sneak attack the camp of the Dengzhou Army.

Finally, the unbearable Chen Xin ordered a fire attack on Jinan City, but at this time, there was a pouring autumn rain, which made the fire attack strategy ineffective, and the morale of the defenders also increased. Fight tenaciously in the streets...

This tragic city offensive and defensive battle lasted a total of five days and five nights.By the time the new prefect of Jinan in the Qing Dynasty committed suicide by hanging himself and the last flag on the roof of the government office was cut down, the entire city of Jinan was already covered in rubble, scorched smoke, and scattered corpses piled up the streets , the scene is simply like hell.And Marshal Chen Xin's big liquidation after breaking the city caused most of the remaining landlords and gentry to be hanged on the tree branches.

Then, after the capture of Jinan Prefecture, the Dengzhou Army's offensive reached its limit again, making the Shandong battlefield once again silent.

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However, when the Han landlords in Jinan City, Jinshen, were leading their village brave regiments to practice and fight to the end for the glory of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji "transferred" to Dongchang Mansion and arranged vehicles and boats for the family members of the Eight Banners. After the grain and fodder, they continued to retreat southward in great strides.

Although this strategy of avoiding war and fleeing is really embarrassing, for Huang Taiji at this time, it is indeed a helpless move that he has to do.

Because the Qing Dynasty, which is now collapsing, simply cannot hold such a large territory.It can be seen from the map that the occupied areas of the Qing Dynasty are now lined up along the canal, from Dezhou in the north to Yangzhou in the south. Not only are most of the terrain flat, the transportation is convenient, it is extremely easy to attack and difficult to defend, and there are wars in all directions Enemies and potential enemies, no one has been able to defend such a strangely shaped territory since ancient times.

Now that the Guanning army has turned and betrayed, the hearts of the people of the Eight Banners have been scattered, and it is hopeless to go north to regain the homeland of Liaodong.In view of this situation, Huang Taiji decided to abandon Dezhou, Linqing and other places in the northernmost part of the occupied area, and moved his family to Yanzhou Prefecture in the south of Mount Tai.

In this way, the east and north of Yanzhou Mansion can be separated from the front of Dengzhou Army by relying on the majestic and tall Dongyue Taishan.To the west is the yellow flood zone created by Dorgon after digging the Yellow River embankment to attack Kaifeng, which can also block the movement of the army.To the south is the Xuzhou Mansion where Huang Taiji resides, and the Huaihe River where grain and fodder taxes can be collected. The strategic situation is much better than when it was in Jinan.

On the other hand, the land in Yanzhou Mansion is relatively flat and fertile, and the production is relatively rich. Compared with the hot and humid Lianghuai area, the climate conditions are more suitable for the people of the Eight Banners to live in.Right now, the Eight Banners of Manchuria, who have just completely lost their homeland in Liaodong and have been driven to wander all the way, can establish a foothold in this land to recuperate, and at the same time spy on the movement in the north, waiting for the next opportunity to make a comeback.

However, in the repeated tug-of-war between the Ming army, the Qing army, and the Wenxiangjiao rebel army, the area along the canal in Yanzhou Prefecture was the main battlefield. After suffering from military disasters, it is now sparsely populated and dilapidated.If Huang Taiji wanted to properly settle the tens of thousands of Eight Banners' family members in Yanzhou Mansion, the money and food needed would not be a small amount.Although Huang Taiji copied Wenxiangjiao's treasury in Xuzhou before, and now he still has some savings on hand, but considering the military expenses for future battles, it is more comfortable to spend other people's money after all.So, he searched carefully on the map, and sure enough, he found a fat sheep nearby that was suitable for robbery.

"...Xiandou!" Huang Taiji shouted Fan Wencheng's words, "...I have an errand I want you to help with! Now our Qing army has suffered setbacks one after another, and the homeland of Liaodong has been captured by that little Yellowstone thief. Stealing the data, the city of Beijing also fell into the hands of the rebels. It was settled all the way to the border of Yanzhou Prefecture in the south of Lunan. But in order to reorganize the division and resettle the family members, the money and food in the army are really not enough.

Therefore, raising military salaries and supplies as soon as possible is the top priority of this court. I heard that the Yanshenggong Mansion in Qufu, Yanzhou is a thousand-year-old family that has been honored and honored throughout the dynasties. Half of the Yanzhou mansion is his family’s farmland. .Because Qufu County is not on the side of the canal, and the previous wars did not go there, so presumably the current Yansheng Gong's mansion must have a lot of savings.So I was going to lead my troops there and borrow some money and food from Yan Shenggong.You are also a reader of sage books, and you are familiar with the etiquette of a scholar, so why don't you go to Yan Shenggong's mansion to inform me first, how about making a stand for me? "

When Fan Wencheng heard it, his face turned pale, and even his words were filled with tears, "...Could it be that your majesty wants to copy Yansheng Gong's mansion? Absolutely not! All dynasties and dynasties have only awarded rewards to the Confucian mansion in Qufu. Silver, titles, and land to show favor, but there has never been a precedent for apportioning money, food and taxes to the descendants of saints! Once this happened, even if my Qing Dynasty got a little money and food, it would definitely lose the hearts of the scholars in the world! Treat them as robbers and gangsters! Since ancient times, there is no reason to conquer the world immediately, and there is no reason to rule the world immediately! Your Majesty, please don’t lose your own reputation because of small mistakes..."

"...Hey, you can't say that! The so-called under the heavens, could it be the land of the king? Even if this Yan Shenggong is a descendant of a saint, he is also a courtier of my Qing Dynasty! Since Kong Shengren's family has been entrusted with my grand If he has the title of Lord Yansheng in the Qing Dynasty, then his Confucian family is considered to be my slave in clothes, and the wealth of the Confucian family is naturally my Daqing’s wealth! Right now, the master’s family is suffering from famine, and he wants to use the money and food from the slave’s family. Once it is used, it should be taken for granted! In the worst case, I will reward the Kong family for raising the flag and let them merge into the Eight Banners of Manchuria!"

Huang Taiji waved his hand disapprovingly, and interrupted Fan Wencheng's remonstrance, "...There is no need to talk about this matter, let's settle it like this..."

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On the other hand, when the Qing Dynasty, which once dominated most of northern China, was disappearing like an epiphyllum, in the Yangtze River Valley of southern China, the life-and-death struggle between the two Ming emperors also came to the point of swordsmanship. , The decisive moment of the decisive battle.

——After spending a full four months completing a series of arduous tasks ranging from recruiting troops and raising rations, to training the army, to rushing to manufacture ordnance, Lu Xiangsheng, the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty who supervised Jiangnan and was ordered to pacify the rebellion, finally Confidently submitted a letter of invitation to Emperor Chongzhen:

"... I invite my emperor to live long, Jin'an, and my minister Jiangnan Governor Lu Wu, reported: Since the edict set up the Huguang camp to fight against rebellion, armies from all directions have gathered one after another. The gathering of the horses has been completed, and the armaments, horses, food and grass are all ready. There are more than [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, [-] sailor trackers, more than [-] large and small artillery pieces, and [-] large and small warships. There are more than [-] copywriters and officers, and more than [-] people in the craftsman camp, the militia, and the Dingfu... At that time, the soldiers and rations were complete, and the troops were in order. However, the traitors of the pseudo-emperor who stole the southern capital are still stubborn, and the thieves are blazing, which is directly arousing. There is a saying in the art of war that morale can be boosted but not let down. The old minister Lu was terrified and begged for the levy period to come down, and the hearts of the three armies were relieved , the emperor's sage also..."

So far, the imperial court of Emperor Chongzhen, who had been in exile from Beijing all the way to Huguang, finally basically completed the preparations for the Eastern Expedition. Just waiting for the order of Emperor Chongzhen, the [-] counter-insurgency army will set sail to the east, advance by land and water, and attack Nanjing, the capital of the Yonghe False Emperor.

At the same time, the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River under the rule of Emperor Yonghe in Nanjing are still in chaos...

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PS: The plan is to end the volume of Late Ming Chaos as soon as possible this month. In short, it will definitely enter the volume of "Sword Art Online" next month at the latest.