Dashun Yongchang

For him, this way of controlling the rhythm of war is very in line with the habits of scholars, and it has also greatly subverted his understanding of war in the past.Although his fame lies in juren, but because of the Liaodong Jurchen rebellion, like those scholars who tried to save the Ming Dynasty, he did not put all his energy on raising careers, but began to involve military affairs and other miscellaneous studies.

The turbulent situation in Ming Dynasty after Wanli made most of the scholars in the world realize that this dynasty has reached its end. How to save this end time has caused a big split among scholars. There are three paths.

The first way is the traditional retro school, who believes that all the current chaos is due to the bad people, and the political corruption and darkness caused the crisis in the last days of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, if you want to save the Ming Dynasty, you must first restore the original state of the country The scene of political clarity allows those sages to dominate the politics of the dynasty. This is the origin of the birth of the Donglin School.

The second path is pragmatism. Some scholars believe that the crisis in the Ming Dynasty came from the unfavorable war in Liaodong. As long as the rebellion of the Jurchens in Liaodong can be quelled, the court can abolish the three salaries and let the people rest. Will not rise up against the court.So many scholars began to study military affairs, trying to replace those useless warriors to quell the Liaodong rebellion.Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan are representatives of this school.

The third way is the new school, such as Xu Guangqi and other scholar-bureaucrats who believe that traditional Confucianism pays too much attention to spiritual cultivation and less than practical practice. As a result, scholar-bureaucrats talk about moral cultivation, but they cannot come up with practical measures to reduce the burden on the people. , The state cannot find a way to solve the insufficient expenditure, and in the end it can only increase taxes on the people, so the more honest and gentlemen are in power, the heavier the burden on the people will be.Because the gentlemen disdain practical affairs, they have to raise taxes on the people to fill the country's deficit.

Yan Ermei took the second path, but like most scholars, his understanding of war is to practice martial arts, but he is not a martial arts prodigy like Lu Xiangsheng, so he is not one of the outstanding among scholars who practice martial arts people.So although he was able to rely on his family background to gather a team of local soldiers, he was quickly suppressed by the partial generals of the Shun Army.

Even though Yan Ermei was imprisoned, he didn't feel that he was wrong. This mistake did not refer to the mistake of resisting the Shun army, but the mistake of commanding the township soldiers. After all, he took the lead in fighting and did not run away.But it wasn't until he entered the staff headquarters of the Marshal's Mansion that he realized how wrong his understanding of military affairs was.

During the two months of studying in the General Staff Headquarters, he completely overturned his understanding and understanding of war in the past ten years. Although he did not have a good impression of Li Zicheng, he had to admit that in terms of military cognition It is said that the leader of the peasant army is indeed beyond ordinary people. He can actually convert war into the calculation of the consumption of various resources, which has become the best way for scholars to do things.

While Yan Ermei was making calculations, three or five people walked in from outside the warehouse, one of them walked in first, then he bowed his hands and said: "

Brother Yongqing, today is about to pass again, it seems that Chenzhou City can indeed be defended. "

Yan Ermei took a closer look, and it turned out that Huang Juren, one of the three principals of the city's council, was also his staunch supporter after coming to Chenzhou, so he handed over the album in his hand to his deputy to continue counting. For the rest of the project, he stepped forward and replied: "How can I lie to Brother Yong'an, as long as the soldiers and civilians in the city are united, let alone guard for three days, even if they guard for another 30 days, Jiannu will not be able to break in.

And looking at Jiannu's offensive these days, they themselves are not willing to risk the lives of real Manchurians, but blindly attack the city with those Ming troops who surrendered. They were not Jian slaves who surrendered in order to abandon their lives in vain under the city of Chenzhou, so it is not difficult for our army to defend this city. "

Huang Juren for

Yan Ermei smiled and said nothing, but a fat man in a fur suit behind him couldn't help interjecting, "Then what about after 30 days?"

Yan Ermei took a look at this rich businessman in the city, who was also an important member of the council, and replied with a smile: "We can guard for 30 days, but the slaves below probably don't even have food for 30 days. So Zhang Yuanwai Why worry about the problem after 30 days? What's more, the reinforcements from the Marshal's Mansion will arrive in a few days, and the slaves should be withdrawn by then. During this time of defending the city, everyone's achievements in defending the city, I will always The report from the Marshal's Mansion will not make everyone's hard work in vain."

Hearing Yan Ermei's promise, the members of the council following Huang Juren showed a little joy. The reason why they supported the Marshal's Mansion was not exactly what they wanted in return.With this feat, as long as the Marshal's Mansion does not fall, they will be able to avoid being targeted by those soldiers of the Shun Army for their money.

After more than ten years of war in Henan, the people here have lost confidence in the imperial court or the rebel army, because none of them can bring order to Henan. At this time, the first priority of the people in Henan is to keep themselves alive.Therefore, when the Shun army came, they surrendered to the Shun army. When the official army came, they were the obedient citizens of the court. And when the Jiannu came, they had no interest in resisting. This is why the local tyrants in Henan surrendered to the Azig army who penetrated deep into the hinterland of Henan. root.

However, when the Marshal's Mansion showed its strength to the people of Chenzhou, the council representatives who thought that the Marshal's Mansion could win naturally began to show their allegiance to the Marshal's Mansion.Otherwise, they wouldn't have come to the warehouse today to congratulate Yan Ermei.

Looking at the expressions of these representatives, Yan Ermei also understood the purpose of the Marshal's Mansion sending her here. If another general from the Dashun Army came over, even if they could defend Chenzhou City, the people of Chenzhou would not treat the Marshal's Mansion. What kind of intimacy is produced.Because there is no link between the people of Chenzhou and the Marshal's Mansion, and he is the link.

As a prominent family in Xuzhou area and has a reputation for raising people, in the eyes of the upper class in Chenzhou City, this is their own person, and they can talk to each other, and with the guarantee of Xuzhou's prominent family, at least they don't have to worry about Marshal Du The government will default.For the middle and lower classes in Chenzhou City, Yan Ermei, who has the identity of Juren, means that the imperial court system has begun to be rebuilt, and it is a sign of the restoration of peace of the dynasty that the scholars control the place, which also makes them willing to accept Yan Ermei’s announcement on behalf of the Marshal’s Mansion. Order.

Just when Yan Ermei was thinking about the purpose of sending her here from the Marshal's Mansion, she heard that Zhang Yuanwai said to herself: "The representatives of our council sat down and discussed it together, and felt that the soldiers and young men who guarded the city were too miserable. So I want to raise a sum of money to reward everyone, I don’t know

Does Officer Yan think it's feasible? "

Yan Ermei blinked, and immediately replied with a smile on her face: "The representatives of the council have such an idea, how could I not support it, but at this time everyone is still fighting hard, it is not the time to talk about money, if the council can transfer the money It may be more appropriate to convert it into supplies and use it to reward the soldiers and civilians who defend the city."

Now the people outside Zhang Yuan are a little hesitant, and they don't know how long the city will be besieged. The supplies in the city will only become more and more scarce, but the value of silver taels will become lower and lower, so they are not afraid to spend some silver taels, but It would be a pain in the ass to take out the materials I had privately stored.However, one of them quickly gritted his teeth and replied: "Counselor Yan's words are very appropriate. If we all gather together, we should be able to gather supplies to reward the soldiers and civilians. There is just one more thing, and I want to ask Staff Officer Yan to raise his hand, I don't know Can you?"

After hearing this, Yan Ermei had some guesses in his heart, but he still deliberately asked: "Representatives, you are serious. If there are any resolutions in the council, you can send them to me in official documents. If they meet the regulations of the Marshal's Mansion, I will naturally It will not be dismissed."

At this moment, members of Zhang Yuanwai had no choice but to turn their attention to Huang Juren. Huang Juren could only smile wryly and said to Yan Ermei: "Actually, this matter is not a decision of the council, it is just a private request from the few of us. Please use Brother Qing Make it easy."

Yan Ermei looked at Huang Juren suspiciously and asked, "What's the matter? If you don't tell me, how can I answer?"

Huang Juren and his companions looked at each other, and then continued: "Some people in this city were temporarily deluded during the discussion of defending the city and surrendering, and they took the wrong position. These people are not so sincere. Bad, and now they are being punished again, after self-reflection in the mansion, they have clearly realized their mistakes, so they hope Brother Qing can make it easier for them to give them a chance to reform themselves."

Zhang Yuanwai and others also echoed at the side, saying that these people in the city were kind in the past and they didn't have any bad words, and they are now willing to do their part for the defense of the city.

After listening to the intentions of several representatives, Yan Ermei pondered for a while, and then replied seriously to them: "I'm afraid I can't just raise my hand to get over this matter. It's not a crime to talk about defending the city or surrendering. During the meeting, we all agreed on something together.

As for the punishment you said about them, I don't quite agree with that.They support the peace talks with the slaves, so naturally they should first use their property and children to satisfy the desires of the slaves. This is also the result of the discussion in the council, and it is not my order to punish the peacemakers.It can't be said that the peacemakers want to use the wealth and children of those who seek war to satisfy their desire to build slaves, right?

What's more, I sent all these things outside the city, but I didn't keep a single cent privately. If they want to return their property and children, they should also go to Jiannu to ask for it. How can they settle accounts with me?

So, I don't have much chance of reforming here.As for saying that they want to change their position, isn't this just a matter of holding a general meeting of the council?Why are you asking me? "

Chapter 359 Chenzhou IV

Regarding Yan Ermei's reply, several representatives of the council seemed a little silent.After a while, Huang Ju had no choice but to explain to Yan Ermei: "This meeting is a new thing after all. At the beginning, no one thought that the decisions made at the meeting would really be implemented, so some people He spoke more casually on the Internet, which offended a group of representatives of the people in the city.

Now these representatives of the people firmly do not agree to change their positions, even if we persuade them in private, they must demand that all issues must be discussed at the conference, and reject any private commitments..."

Listening to Huang Juren's hesitant explanation, Yan Ermei quickly understood the predicament these council representatives were facing. To put it simply, it was just one sentence, that is, it is not the current few who can play a decisive role in the current Chenzhou council. People, although nominally they are still the top figures in the city.

In fact, Yan Ermei never thought that the meeting would arouse great enthusiasm for public affairs in the city's people, because according to his past life experience, it is actually the court officials and the rural gentry who decide the local affairs, as for the ordinary people below. Most of them are ignorant and ignorant, and they can only follow the results discussed by these officials and gentry.

After all, the reason why literati and bureaucrats have various privileges is precisely because they can lead the villagers to build places. Ordinary people do not have the ability to use a lot of resources to build bridges and pave roads, nor do they have the ability to rescue victims in times of famine.The protection of the local people by the scholar-bureaucrats was exchanged for the obedience of the local people to themselves and their own families. In essence, there is not much difference from the power and obligation of the feudal lords in the West to the people.

Of course, because of the system of prefectures and counties created by Qin Shihuang, the power of local officials suppressed the power of local tyrants, and the allegiance relationship between tenants and landowners was abolished from the national law, but the class gap between scholar-bureaucrats and ordinary people is still unavoidable. Beyond that, the institutional retrogression brought by the Yuan Dynasty to Chinese civilization further deepened the distinction between slaves and masters.

For example, the slave revolutions that broke out in various parts of the South in recent years are actually the spontaneous struggle of slaves who have been bullied by their masters to get rid of the shackles of nobility after the social order has been shaken.Although the laws of Ming Dynasty protect the beloved, the protection of slaves is often superficial. Unless an official beats his own servant to death at the feet of the emperor, almost no one will trouble him.

Therefore, the gentry have always been arrogant and domineering in front of ordinary people, and their discrimination against ordinary people is also undisguised. The ordinary people in the eyes of the gentry include those small landlords and businessmen who have no official status.For example, there is such a custom in Shandong that when ordinary people pass by the door of the gentry's house for a funeral, they must come to the door to inform them in advance. It is considered gentle to let the coffin pass by your door. If it is worse, you will instruct the servants to beat up the funeral procession and ask you to come to the house to make an apology.

So when the Chenzhou council meeting was held, the city's gentry didn't take it seriously, thinking that on the three-acre land in Chenzhou, would these local people dare not listen to their own words?The only thing they were worried about was whether the representatives sent by the Marshal's Mansion counted or not, and whether they really didn't want to fight if they decided not to fight.

However, seeing that Zhu Guozhen and Yan Ermei were indeed in contact with the Qing army outside the city, expressing that they wanted to unify the thinking and understanding of the people in the city before opening the city, so a group of gentry jumped out at the meeting attended by representatives of the people in the city. It means that the people of Chenzhou are not willing to fight against the Qing army, so it is better to make peace.

These gentry had some reason for their understanding of the people in this city. At the beginning, no one stood up to oppose them, and it was just another group of gentry who dared to speak out.Most of the people's representatives were silent at the meeting, watching them quarreling. As for the voting, most of the people's representatives chose to abstain, and finally the representatives of the peace party gained the upper hand.

Yan Ermei did accept the decision of the meeting, and sent Yihe to contact the Qing army camp outside the city, and began to ask another question to the people's representative assembly in the city, that is, under the premise of Yihe, whether it is necessary for the Qing army to make certain actions. Guarantee that the property and women of the residents in the city will not be violated.

At the beginning, if the common people had no inclination towards the main battle or the main peace, then a topic raised by Yan Ermei immediately caught their attention.They didn't come out to oppose the peace proposals of the gentry at the beginning, because they didn't want to offend these leading figures in the city for the public benefit, after all, they might be retaliated against.

But whether to restrict the entry of the Qing army into the city is to fight for their own property and family members. On this issue, the common people can no longer take care of future problems, because they can't pass this level now, and there is no future. Woolen cloth.

So from the beginning of discussing the issue of protecting the property and women of the residents in the city, the representatives of the people in the city began to have obvious inclinations. They began to put forward various demands to the gentry who advocated peace, and the final result of the discussion was It became a restriction on the number of Qing troops entering the city, and the Qing army was not allowed to bring heavy equipment into the city.

The sudden activity of the people's representatives at the meeting put great pressure on the gentry who advocated peace talks. They advocated peace talks to protect their own property and women, not to protect the property and women of the people in the city. After all, the essence of peace talks is to give The Qing army outside the city is the grandson, not the father of the Qing army. If the Qing army can be at their mercy, then why should they advocate peace?

So the Yihe faction brought back a list from the camp of the Qing army, which was full of Azig's requirements for Chenzhou City, but did not mention a single word about his promises to the people of Chenzhou.Faced with the list of demands from the Qing army that Yan Ermei publicly read out at the meeting, the neutral people who had hoped for the peace faction were greatly disappointed, because the demands given by the Qing army were no different from directly robbing Chenzhou.

The following general meeting of the people in the city discussed this list of demands of the Qing army, and began to isolate the Yihe faction. The Qing army, let’s talk about other issues next. In fact, at this time most people have begun to prefer to defend the city by force.

Although the representatives of the Yihe faction tried their best to defend themselves, they did not betray the people of the city to the Qing army, but the people who were emotionally unable to listen to this explanation, and the oppression of ordinary people by the gentry in the past, the people actually did not Really forget, but they can only endure it for the sake of their families.

Taking advantage of the Yihe faction's betrayal of the people in the city, some representatives of the people began to seek support from Yan Ermei, and began to retaliate against the gentry.So the congress passed two resolutions in favor of the majority of representatives. The first one was to search for the property and children of the Yihe faction and send them to the Qing army outside the city, asking them not to enter the city; the second one was to guard the city when the Qing army disagreed. Prepare and put all the representatives of the Peace Party under house arrest at home, prohibiting them and their servants from going out, so as to prevent damage to the city's plan to defend the city.

At this time, the status of the Shun army in the city has changed.In the past, the Shun Army asked the people of the city to guard the city for the Marshal’s Mansion. The gentry in the city basically represented the wishes of the people in the city. Now it is the people of the city who ask the Shun Army to help them defend their homes. Instead, the gentry have become traitors in the eyes of the people. .

This change in the city made even Huang Juren, the local gentry who originally supported the Marshal's Mansion, feel uneasy, because letting the people decide the life and death of the locality is completely breaking the rules.In addition, in the name of the council, the homes of the peacemakers were copied, which seemed a bit lawless, and it obviously challenged the social order in the past.

It was precisely because of this sense of unease that Huang Juren and the others rushed to Yan Ermei to intercede for the peacemakers. Of course, this was also based on the success of the Shun Army in defending the city.If the Shun army hadn't defended Chenzhou City, then they should have counted on those peacemakers to speak well of themselves in front of Azig.

Yan Ermei, who was born in an aristocratic family, can of course understand the positions of these two sides. After all, he also benefited from this kind of double-sided bet. The family alliance was able to be released from the prison of the Shun Army and was recommended as a staff officer. Department of learning.

Faced with the pleadings of these leading figures in Chenzhou, Yan Ermei really couldn't dismiss them all, and after asking a few words, they said: "It's not that I don't care about people, it's because the Marshal's Mansion always doesn't advocate meddling. If the decision of the council, the resolution passed by the people of this city, is to be overturned by the Marshal's Mansion, then what's the point of the council's existence?"

Huang Juren heard the implication of Yan Ermei's words, and he hurriedly said: "We are not asking Brother Qing to pardon them in the name of the Marshal's Mansion, but we hope that you can propose a chance for them to reform at the meeting.

Brother Yongqing probably doesn't know that you are the most trusted by the people at present. You have distributed all kinds of supplies during the defense of the city in the past few days without any deductions, and the soldiers and civilians in the city have all praised you.So as long as you make a start at the conference, I think the common people will accept it, but we are not easy to speak, and we will be accused of being their accomplices..."

After explaining to Yan Ermei, Huang Juren hinted that although the peacemakers had lost some floating money, the land outside the city was still there, and they were willing to give some to the Marshal's Mansion in order to settle meritorious soldiers.

Hearing what Huang Juren said, Yan Ermei finally softened his tone, and he replied: "Forget it, since several representatives have always supported the position of the Marshal's Mansion, I have violated discipline once. But the meeting cannot be held yet. , at least after the Qing army has retreated, the most important thing at the moment is to defend the city, and you should not do anything that may damage the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city. Delegates, do you understand what I mean?"

Although they didn't get Yan Ermei's guarantee right away, several representatives felt relieved after having this promise. As long as Shunjun didn't want to find an excuse to wipe out all the gentry in the city, then they would have nothing to worry about.

When Yan Ermei sent several representatives out, Huang Juren, who was deliberately left behind, watched his companions walk away, and couldn't help asking Yan Ermei: "Brother Yongqing, are you really planning to serve Li, no, Emperor Yongchang?" ?”

Chapter 360 Chen Zhou Five

Yan Ermei stopped and glanced at the few people walking away in front of her, then at Huang Juren beside her. After a few breaths of silence, she said frankly: "If someone asks me this question, I will not answer it. But since Brother An, you asked me, I can't tell the truth.

My Yan family has been favored by the state, so I will only be loyal to Zhu Ming's bloodline.I am now working for the Marshal's Mansion, and also for the people of Ming Dynasty, not for Emperor Yongchang. After all, every food and drink in my Yan family comes from the labor of the people, and I have not relied on labor to support myself since I was a child. Today, even though Daming is dead, my family’s debt to the people has not disappeared, so I always have to do something for them in return for the people’s support to my Yan family. "

Yan Ermei's answer made Huang Juren feel a little weird. After all, in their education, the glory and wealth that scholars can enjoy comes from the emperor's reward rather than the people's provision. Not hypocritical.

Because all their property and privileges come from the imperial dynasty system of the Ming Dynasty. When this system falls, there may not be a place for them in the new dynasty. After all, the upstarts who overthrew the old dynasty were not for them. Fight the world.

Therefore, the scholar-bureaucrats hated the Shun army far more than the Jiannu outside the pass, because Jiannu entered the pass at most to plunder, but the arrival of the peasant army would turn the noble and humble classes in the entire area upside down, thinking of those slaves in the past In the scene of being superior to their own masters, the scholar-bureaucrats would rather choose Jiannu as the lord of the new dynasty. After all, Jiannu still needs their help to stabilize the local order so that the high and the low will not be disordered.

The gentry in the city who supported the peace talks had this in mind and didn't want to meet the Qing soldiers outside the city, because after the bloodshed, the two sides would no longer be able to cooperate.It's just that what they didn't expect was that the ordinary people they used to regard as cattle and horses would stand up against them, without any respect for the country party and clan etiquette. Forget it, but in the end they were overthrown by the people of Chenzhou they represented.

At first, Huang Juren couldn't understand how this scene in the city happened, but after hearing the answer from Yan Ermei today, he understood somewhat in his heart.After hesitating for a moment, he said half sincerely and half insincerely: "Brother Yong Qing's knowledge has grown to such a point? This time they are not wronged."

It's just that Yan Ermei did not accept Huang Juren's admiration, but sighed and said: "This is not what I thought, but the education that every official must receive when entering the Marshal's Mansion. It is said that Emperor Yongchang wrote it himself. issued."

Yan Ermei stopped after saying this sentence. In fact, he still had a lot of things to comment on in his heart, but Huang Juren was not a suitable person to confide in. After all, the relationship between the other party and him was not familiar enough to confide in him.

But Huang Juren was frightened. He really didn't expect that a thief would have such an understanding. He couldn't help asking, "Is it really written by Emperor Yongchang himself? Those proclamations were not written by some great scholar." written?"

Yan Ermei glanced at Huang Juren again, and then said: "Emperor Yongchang may have a few ministers around him to polish his words, but all the contents of the proclamation are the meaning of Emperor Yongchang."

After these words, both of them fell silent by coincidence. After a long time, Huang Ju asked tentatively: "Then, in Brother Yongqing's eyes, what kind of person is Emperor Yongchang?"

Yan Ermei pondered for a few breaths and then said: "If the Marshal's Mansion can defeat the conquest of slavery going south, then he must be the one who took care of the Han family. Afterwards, it will be handed over to the Marshal's Mansion, and then you can go and see for yourself what kind of person Emperor Yongchang is."

After being silent for a moment, Huang Juren thanked Yan Ermei. This time, he did not refuse to recommend him to the Marshal's Mansion. When Yan Ermei first came to Chenzhou, he had intended to ask Yan Ermei to be his deputy, but Huang Juren didn't He didn't want to take orders from the Marshal's Mansion, but only hoped to preserve his hometown, so he politely declined the proposal.

After Huang Juren bid farewell, Yan Ermei looked up at the sky, reckoning that it would be dusk soon, and today would indeed be over, and after today, the ten-day deadline for the Marshal's Mansion would be completed.At this time, his mind was no longer on the Qing army outside the city, but thinking about how far the war in the north had progressed.

When the confidence of the soldiers and civilians in the city was growing in defending Chenzhou City, the camp of the Qing army outside the city was full of mourners. Not only did the several attacks launched today fail to achieve any results, but hundreds of people were killed and injured. More than a thousand and five hundred.

This time, most of the Han troops who followed Azig and Wu Sangui to the south were trained by local local tyrants who surrendered in Henan. Azige cherished the lives of the Manchus and Mongols. It became the armed forces of these Henan local militias.

In all honesty, after more than ten years of war, the combat effectiveness of these local militias is not weak. In addition, the backbone of the militias are all relatives and township parties, and their cohesion is much stronger than that of the local government and army in Henan.However, the combat effectiveness of militias is generally inversely proportional to the distance from home. The farther away from home, the worse the combat effectiveness, because they fight for no reason.

Based on the strength of the Qing army and the righteousness represented by Wu Sangui, when Azig's army penetrated deep into the hinterland of Henan, these local tyrants chose to welcome the king's army, but they did not expect that they would go south with the army to fight.

The upper echelons of the militia thought it would be icing on the cake to go south with the army, but the lower militia did not want to leave their hometown to fight inexplicable wars. After all, the purpose of the militia was to defend their hometown, not go out to fight.

When Azig used them as the vanguard to attack the fortified Chenzhou City, many soldiers of the militia already had a lot of grievances. After three consecutive days of siege failures and casualties, the deaths of relatives and villagers even made the upper echelons of the militia feel resentful. People are also dissatisfied.They are not only dissatisfied with the death of their relatives and friends, but also afraid that such a siege will fill them in.

And after the battle ended on this day, the soldiers who went to collect the food only brought back two-thirds of the usual share, which made the soldiers of the militia even more furious. A militia general shouted to the surrounding militia soldiers emotionally : "Damn it, this doesn't treat us as human beings too much. We transported food and fodder for the army and acted as vanguards to attack the city, but now we don't even have enough food? Everyone, go with me and ask that Why would the unscrupulous ration officer withhold our rations..."

The soldiers of the militia around the grain cart responded one after another, and it seemed that there was going to be an incident. At this time, Han Dekui and Su Wansheng from Xuzhou stood up and persuaded everyone. It wasn't the food officer's deduction, but the coach Azig's intention, and everyone fell silent immediately.

At this time, the number of militiamen in the camp was not far from the number of Manchurian soldiers. However, not only were most of the Manchurian soldiers in vests, but they had not fought in the past few days. There's going to be blood here.What's more, Wu Sangui's army is still outside, and after the conflict broke out, they have almost no chance of winning.

Faced with the serious imbalance in strength, everyone could only swallow their anger and divide the food and go back to their respective camps.After watching the crowd disperse, Han Dekui and Su Wansheng brought more than a dozen familiar small and medium local tyrants back to their camp to drink.

In the big cowhide tent, these Henan local tyrants drank around the brazier. After a few glasses of wine, their bodies warmed up. However, this did not make these local tyrants rational. Instead, some people began to express their dissatisfaction through the strength of alcohol. .

"I'm obsessed with ghosts, that's why I listened to Wu Sangui, a living traitor, who bullshit helped Ming and suppress thieves. This is obviously to send us to death. It's better for him, he hid outside to collect food, and pushed us into the fire pit .”

"Yes, yes, this bastard is really nothing. Emperor Lie was killed by this bastard, and he was a loyal minister and filial son. When His Majesty was waiting for his reinforcements in the capital, he, a loyal minister, was stationed in Shanhaiguan. Don’t move, waiting for the dynasty to change. Because the rewards Li Zicheng gave him didn’t meet his expectations, he lured the Qing soldiers into the customs regardless of his father’s life or death. This is really the number one loyal and filial son of my Ming Dynasty..."

Driven by alcohol, the local tyrants in the big tent began to vent their dissatisfaction unscrupulously, but although everyone was venting their emotions, they still kept a little bit of sense in their words, and did not bring the topic to the man. After all, it's okay to scold Wu Sangui, but it's really life-threatening to scold Manchurians.

Seeing that everyone was almost venting their emotions, Han Dekui exchanged glances with Su Wansheng, and Su Wansheng put down his wine glass and said to everyone, "Everyone, please stop drinking and listen to me."

Hearing Su Wansheng's words, except for a few people who were really greedy for drinking and put down their glasses ignorantly, the others were a little sober, knowing that the highlight of this banquet was coming, otherwise who would invite them to eat for no reason What about wine?

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Su Wansheng said to everyone by the fire in the brazier: "The attack on Chenzhou City in the past few days must have been noticed by everyone. For the Manchus, the Manchus and Mongols are the core, followed by the Han army flag. Again, the Liaodong Han people, like us Han people in the Guan, are the lowest existence, no matter how many people like us die, they will not feel sorry for them.”

Su Wansheng's words immediately resonated with everyone in the tent, and someone directly echoed: "Brother Su's words hit our hearts, indeed, there are as many Han people as we want in the Guan, so no matter how much we die People don’t feel anything, so maybe they have to shout behind their backs. Didn’t the old Khan of the Manchus kill all the grainless people in Liaodong? We want to live, but we really have to think of a way out ..."

Su Wansheng glanced at the loud local tyrant with satisfaction, and immediately took over the conversation and continued: "This good brother is right. If we want to survive, we really should unite to advance and retreat together..."

Chapter 361 Chen Zhou Six

After it got dark that day, Subai, Ming Andali, and Jueluo Guoke also followed Azig back to the coach's big tent. When the interests of the two white flags may be endangered, they have to stand up and advise Azig.

Subai said to Azig on behalf of the generals of the two white flags: "It is winter now, and the earth and rocks are stronger than usual. These days our army attacked the edge of the city wall and wanted to dig The city was attacked, but there was almost no progress. In addition, the defenders poured water to freeze the city wall at night, and they had to destroy the city wall from the beginning when they attacked the next day. This is really not good for our army.

What's more, the main attacking Han army is just some local militia armed forces who have just surrendered. These people's loyalty to our country is actually not stable. After the three-day siege failed and lost a large number of personnel, their minds may change. .

For example, Liu Hong greeted the general at first, but because of the food requisition, he began to push back on the general's summoning. It can be seen that these local local tyrants in Henan are the generation of the top rats.If it is beneficial, they will support us, but if it is not beneficial, they may turn their backs on us.At present, our army is going deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains. This is an area that our army has never been to in the past. Without the guidance of local tyrants in these places, we would be blind and deaf here. Therefore, we should not persecute these people too much, lest they become enemies of our army ah…"

Subai was smart enough not to mention the Nine Kings and Ten Kings, in order to avoid Azig’s misunderstanding that he used his two younger brothers to put pressure on him. The need for mutual cooperation in group training.

After three days of fighting, Azig calmed down a little. Although he was often dominated by his emotions, he was not a person of firm belief in essence, otherwise he would not have chosen to agree under the persecution of the four Baylors. The princess was buried.

When the evil fire irritated by Chen Zhou's soldiers and civilians receded, he began to worry that his actions would attract criticism from the King's Council of Ministers in the future. Although his brother held the power of regent, Dorgon could not completely It is not affected by the decision of the King's Council of Ministers. After all, it represents the joint decision of the Eight Banners. If Dorgon ignores the constraints imposed by the King's Council of Ministers on the two white banners, then he will not be able to restrain the other six banners through the Council of King's Council. Then he, the regent, became a decoration, except for the two white flags, he could not command the other flags.

Azig still understood in his heart that the other Six Flags might not dare to directly attack his two younger brothers, after all they were powerful and had the support of a group of hard-core confidants, but he couldn't do it.I don't have much prestige at all, if the Southern Expedition fails because of my insistence on besieging Chenzhou, then I'm afraid a lot of dirty water will be poured on my head.

Thinking of this scene, Azig became weak again, but he is also too shy to get into the sheath now. If he gives up the siege after being persuaded by Subai, wouldn't it be tantamount to admitting that the order to attack Chenzhou before was unscheming Impulsive move?After returning to Beijing, he also found it difficult to answer the censures of the Minister Wang.

After being silent for a long time, Azig replied to these subordinates with an angry face: "As many as these local wall grasses are needed, it is not a pity to die. Let them die under the city of Chenzhou, and save the future Trouble. Our army is here. Do these fools dare to rebel against us? Based on their performance on the battlefield, only a thousand Manchurian soldiers can suppress them. Does this country have to consider their mood? No?"

Hearing that Azig's tone had softened a bit, when Subai was considering how to proceed, Ming Andali suddenly interjected and said, "Actually, what is worrying is not only the local grassroots, but also Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi. Reliable. This person has always put interests first, as long as it is beneficial to him, no matter whether it is the father, the father, or the concubine he loves, he can abandon it.

If our army is victorious, then naturally there is no need to worry about this person repeating himself, but now that our army has been defeated by the fortified city for a long time, the servant is very worried that King Pingxi will have something he shouldn't have.Now that he is leading the army alone, our restrictions on him are nothing more than a few monitoring personnel in his army, and we cannot influence his decision at all. This is something to worry about. "

Jueluo Guoke also echoed at this time: "General, our army is mostly cavalry, so we shouldn't be obsessed with attacking fortified cities. The strength of our army is to attack in the wild. Even if there is something to attack The city, that must be Guide City. Because if we take down Guide City, we will be able to respond to the armies of the Ten Kings from a distance, making Shun's army suffer from two sides attack..."