Dashun Yongchang

"Okay, good fight. These Manchus have killed our soldiers and civilians since their rebellion. Your Majesty is really the Lord of Destiny. That's why they can defeat Azig so simply and neatly.

I have always advocated that we must continue to deal with the Qing army, and the war will always wait for a turnaround.Uncle, what else is there to think about now, we should send troops to attack Yanshi as soon as possible, and don't let Liu Fangming's troops flee back to the north bank of the Yellow River..."

Looking at the first person who stood up and advocated launching a counterattack against the Qing army, Liu Zhong hadn't said anything, but someone beside him couldn't help but mocked: "Didn't Vice General Gao always say before that Manchurians are the destiny of man? Shouldn't it be against the destiny? Why did it change again today?"

Gao Yan, who was ridiculed by his colleagues, just pretended not to hear such words. He knew that if he did not express his attitude firmly now, once the fact that he jumped up and down in the army to contact other people to surrender was exposed, he would not There is no way out.Therefore, he clasped his fists to the leader Liu Zhong and said: "Uncle, the general was just trying to test everyone's minds, but the general's loyalty to Dashun has never changed. The general will be willing to be a forward in this expedition. Prove the will of the last general on the battlefield..."

Hearing Lieutenant General Gao's words, the others could no longer bother to ridicule him, and turned to Liu Zhong for a fight, all willing to prove their loyalty to Dashun on the battlefield.Looking at these subordinates who suddenly became loyal, Liu Zhong also felt speechless for a moment, what else could he think about with such subordinates.

Liu Zhong sighed in his heart, and repeated Li Jiyu's plan. Hearing that there was still support in the Qing army camp, the morale of the generals was even higher. Go down to the summoning department.There is no way, compared with others, this person needs to prove his loyalty more, and as long as Li Zicheng lets him go, he will definitely not pursue others, so everyone acquiesced to Liu Zhong's arrangement.

In the early morning of January 21, Liu Zhongjun, who set out from Luoyang, with the assistance of Li Jiyu, Liu Denglou and other Qing army generals, broke through the camp where Liu Fangming was stationed at a very small cost.

In Yanshi City, Liu Fangming was captured alive by his subordinate Liu Denglou without any precautions.

At dawn, Liu Zhong entered Yanshi City, and Liu Fangming, who was tied up by five flowers, was taken to the county government. Seeing this former colleague, Liu Zhong still couldn't bear it, and while untying the rope for him, he comforted him: " Xiaowu, don't blame me, the situation in the world has changed today, we should obey the destiny."

Although the pale Liu Fangming did not reprimand the old colleague, he shook his head and said, "Li Zicheng may not be the destiny, otherwise, how could he lose Beijing? General Jingyuan was defeated, but General Dingguo is still alive." Undefeated, compared to our 5 horses, General Dingguo is the real main force."

Liu Zhong disagreed and said: "If the Qing army on the east road can break through our defense line, how can your majesty mobilize the main force to defeat Azig on the west front? Xiao Wu, this is the destiny. If you miss this time, It is no longer possible for the Manchus to launch such a large-scale attack. But the Marshal’s Mansion won this battle, and the people in the south will settle down, and the world will still belong to us Han people after all.”

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Fangming still shook his head and said, "The reason why I didn't die for Daming is because Daming's destiny is over, but if I betrayed Qing again, what would the people of the world think of me? A capricious villain for my life? If you make a mistake once, you can't make a second mistake."

Chapter 425 The Pursuit Part 16

Regarding Liu Fangming's answer, Liu Zhong not only did not feel angry, but felt sad. You must know that he had not made the decision to surrender to the Qing army before, and he was also thinking about this issue, but he waited for a turning point. But the other party fell into hell.

As a warrior, whether he is tyrannical, greedy for life or afraid of death, these are all trifles, but if he rebels at every turn, then it is impossible to gain any trust, because no monarch will hand over an army to a repeated army. In the hands of impermanent villains.

Liu Zhong had no choice but to have Liu Fangming taken down to take good care of him, and then continued to command the army to advance towards Gongyi. At dusk that day, Gongyi's Qing army surrendered to Liu Zhong's troops. On the morning of January 22, Liu Fangxing, who led Zuo Guangxian's troops, arrived Under the city of Gongyi.Facing Liu Zhongjun who insisted on resisting and successfully counterattacking the Qing army in Luoyang, although Liu Fangxing felt a little speechless, the soldiers of the Shun army below were very happy, because this meant that all the places south of the Yellow River had been recovered.

That night, Liu Zhong took Liu Fangming directly to Zuo Guang Xianjun.If it wasn't Zuo Guangxian who came here, he really wouldn't dare to come directly to him like this, but as a Dashun general who was born in the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty, he still has some kind of respect after all, so Liu Zhong came to Zuo Guangxian army Zhong Tan took a look at the opponent's tone and wanted to know what Li Zicheng thought of his performance in this war.

It's just that although Zuo Guangxian met him, the first sentence he said to him was rude: "Ping Nanbo shouldn't come to see me at this time, since he knows that His Majesty is already on the way to Zhengzhou, Ping Nanbo should not come to see me now. It is the first time to go to His Majesty to plead guilty. Come to our army, what does Ping Nanbo want to know?"

Although Liu Zhong came to his senses, he still made a distinction for himself: "It's not that I don't want to see His Majesty right away, I'm just worried that I won't see His Majesty's face."

Hearing what Liu Zhong said, Zuo Guangxian's expression softened a little and he said, "If that's the case, I'll send someone to escort Ping Nanbo to see His Majesty, but we're on our way now."

Liu Zhong seemed a little hesitant, and it took a few breaths before he replied: "I have to go back and arrange the army. If I leave like this, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the army."

Zuo Guang looked at him first, shook his head and said: "Our army has won a complete victory now, what kind of trouble can happen? Even if there is trouble, with me here, is it still afraid that it will not be calmed down? Ping Nanbo, look at it in the past For the sake of my friendship, I just want to say one more thing, don't make mistakes."

Liu Zhong stared at Zuo Guang for a long time, and found that the other party's eyes were very penetrating, and he didn't mean to avoid him at all, so he gritted his teeth and said, "That's okay, Brother Zuo is here, I'll ask Brother Zuo to preside over here." ..."

So Liu Zhong, who had just entered the Zuo Army not long ago, quickly rushed towards Zhengzhou under the escort of a group of Shunjun cavalry.Later, Liu Zhong's subordinates also received an order from Liu Zhong, asking them to temporarily accept Zuo Guangxian's leadership. No one questioned this order.

On this day, Henan Governor Luo Xiujin, who lived in Weihui Mansion, also officially received the news that the Azig Army had retreated to the Yellow River. Although there were rumors that the Azig Army was frustrated in Henan, Luo Xiujin and others Officials thought that at most a certain local battle was unfavorable, and they never thought that Azig would be driven back to the north bank of the Yellow River.

Luo Xiujin could only find Wu Jingdao, who had just taken office as the governor of Henan Province, to discuss. Wu Jingdao surrendered to the Manchus earlier than Luo Xiujin, but he was deprived of power by impeaching Dorgon before. , Then these Han people who were deprived of official positions were restored.

At this time, Dorgon was already the regent of his uncle, and his position was stable, so Wu Jingdao also became more cautious in his words and deeds.But in the face of the defeat of the Azig Army, Wu Jingdao still couldn't help complaining: "At this time, fighting for the world is the top priority. If you hold all the power in the hands of your brothers, there will be no problems."

How could Luo Xiujin dare to answer these words, the master's matter is not up to these slaves to discuss, fortunately, it is only two people alone now, no outsiders are around, so Luo Xiujin hurriedly persuaded: "We are all from Liao If the Qing Dynasty prospers, we will prosper, and if the Qing Dynasty declines, we will not end well. Now everyone can only ask for a fellowship, and complaining alone cannot solve the problem. What's more, the ideas of the masters, and How come it's our turn to comment, let's just discuss the matter."

Wu Jingdao also knew that the other party was doing it for his own good, so after a moment of silence, he cut to the point and said: "The defeat of General Jingyuan is over for the south of the Yellow River, and the Huaiqing Mansion in the north of Henan may not be able to stand up. Now we must Look, how many people did General Jingyuan bring back, and then we can decide how we should defend."

Luo Xiujin also knew that Wu Jingdao was telling the truth. After Azig led his troops southward, the Huaiqing, Weihui, and Zhangde prefectures in the north of the Yellow River were regarded as the hinterland by the Qing army, so there were not many troops deployed in the three places.In fact, Luo Xiujin would have sent those green battalion soldiers to the military camp if it hadn't been for the rebellion of farmers in many places because of collecting food for the army.

Although the three prefectures of Huaiqing, Weihui, and Zhangde did not experience any military disasters in the late Chongzhen period, they also did not escape natural disasters.Of course, compared with the five Henan prefectures in the south of the Yellow River, the conditions of the people in the three prefectures on the north bank are still slightly better, but after the Manchu Qing entered the customs, the people here still suffered.

In order to supply the capital and the grain and fodder for the army's southern expedition, the Manchu Qing began to plunder all over Hebei. In name, the Manchu Qing abolished the additional payment of the Ming Dynasty, but in practice it did not stop the collection.Even in order to flatter their new masters and make up for their property robbed by the peasant army, the former Ming officials and gentry who served the Manchus added additional numbers.

Different from Dashun, the Manchus who have just entered the customs do not accept the people's complaint against the officials, because the Manchus' land enclosure in the suburbs of the capital itself is the biggest public grievance. If the Manchus make decisions for the people If they don’t use this posture, then their enclosure operation near the capital will not be able to continue. Compared with collecting a few buckets of grain, it is obviously even more unreasonable for the entire land to be taken by the Manchus.

Facing the despair of having nowhere to reason, plus the people fleeing south from near the capital.According to the rules of the Manchus, enclosing land is not just to take away the land, but even the people on the land have become the slaves of the Manchus. How can those good people become slaves of the Manchus for no reason, so they can only leave The land fled to the outside world, and although some rebelled in anger, the rebels were quickly suppressed in the face of the powerful force of the Manchus.

Although the three prefectures of Huaiqing, Weihui, and Zhangde were not within the enclosure of the Manchus, the news brought by the people fleeing south, coupled with the fact that the Manchu officials colluded with the local gentry, made the three prefectures also have their own ups and downs. resistance.Among them, most of them are self-protection and refusal to pay taxes to the government.Although the officials of the Qing Dynasty called these tax-resistant native villages local bandits, everyone knew in their hearts that these were actually good people.

Of course, the Qing Dynasty would not let these villagers who dared to resist the tax go. After the Azig army broke the Yellow River defense line and drove the surrounding Shun army to the south, Luo Xiujin sent Wei Hui to join the general Zhao Shizhong to deal with these people who did their own things. The anti-tax villages in the war were wiped out.Because of the lack of contact among these tax-resisting people, and their lack of awareness of the cruelty of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they always thought that the imperial court would not dare to send troops to kill people, otherwise how would they behave as an imperial court.

But they obviously made a mistake. Basically, the Manchus re-enthroned and changed their country name in Beijing, but the nature of the Manchus as robbers has not changed.For the Manchus, only the Manchus and Mongols are the people of the Qing Dynasty. The Han people and others are not the people of the Qing Dynasty. They are just slaves who provide taxes and manpower for the Qing Dynasty. People with human power must be eliminated quickly, because they cannot set a bad example for other slaves.

In addition, the surrounding Shun army was repulsed by the Qing army, and these tax-resisting people could not get help from outside for a while, so in just a few months, the Sanfu wiped out more than a dozen tax-resisting villages.The former Ming army, who was released by the Manchus, did not need anyone to teach them how to do evil. Those tax-resistant villages lost all their men, young and old, and only some young women were left. They were ruined by the Qing army. After it was enough, it was sold to the surrounding villagers at will, which was regarded as a warning to the surrounding villages.

Therefore, although the law and order in the three prefectures of Hebei has begun to improve, Luo Xiujin knows very well that this improvement is not because the local people have given up resistance, but because they do not want to make unnecessary sacrifices. Once the Shun army returns here, Then the local resistance forces will only be concentrated under the command of the Shun Army.

Therefore, Luo Xiujin could only nod her head and respond: "Indeed, if

General Jingyuan has brought back the main force, so we can at least set up a line of defense along the Yellow River.But if General Jingyuan brought back only a few people, then we might have to give up part of Huaiqing to the Shun Army. "

It's just that Wu Jingdao was worried about more than that. He sighed and said: "If the general brings back the main force, it will be a troublesome matter. Only the three Hebei prefectures are left in the eight Henan prefectures. The grain was plundered and sent to the ten kings. Now that General Jingyuan is back, how can we collect grain at this time? Now it will be five months until the summer harvest. If we ask the people for grain at this time, I am afraid they will have no choice but to rebel. Even if we can kill all the rebels, what about autumn? What about next year?"

After pondering for a long time, Luo Xiujin finally said: "I'm afraid it's really impossible to increase the taxes on the people. The only way right now is to borrow food from the gentry. When they collected taxes for us, they didn't pay less. , Now let them take a little to support state affairs, it should always be."

Wu Jingdao frowned and said: "The gentry have food in their hands, but I'm afraid they won't lend it out easily. I'm worried that there will be a lot of discussions about the property and it will spread to the capital, and the regent may not use our heads to appease them. The foundation of entering the customs is unstable, and you need to rely on the support of local gentry to gain a firm foothold in the customs."

Luo Xiujin was silent for a while and then said: "If you don't borrow food from the gentry, then do you think there is any way for us to get through this difficulty right now? The general will send an envoy soon to ask us for food and young men .”

Wu Jingdao naturally couldn't come up with a better solution, but he added: "Even if we want to borrow, we can't come forward. We should ask the general to make the decision. In this way, the regent will not be held accountable to us in the future..."

Chapter 426 The Pursuit Part 17

Azige sent someone to Duduo after he retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River. It wasn't that he forgot about it before, but that he had never made up his mind to retreat so thoroughly. If he could gain a foothold in Xuchang, he would Wouldn't he have confessed to this younger brother that he had suffered a complete defeat, and that he was no longer able to participate in the attack on the Shun army.

On January 25, Duoduo, who returned to Dongping County from the front line of Jining, received a messenger sent by Azige. After hearing the messenger's report, Duoduo picked up the teacup in his hand and threw it on the ground. The elder brother from the same mother cursed for a long time, and the messenger who came to deliver the letter and the guards who served beside him didn't even dare to take a breath.

Although he vented a little anger in his heart, Doduo also knew that the situation had become serious, and Azig's failure could not be saved by cursing alone.So after calming down, he immediately summoned the generals in the city to discuss the matter.

Speaking of the generals, in fact, there are only three people in the city who are qualified to participate in the discussion of Azig's defeat, the clan Han Dai, Baiyintu, and Gushan Ezhenfu Lakta.The three people who were urgently summoned by Duoduo thought that there was something wrong with the troops of the army at first. After all, after the Shun army started to counterattack in the Jiaodong Peninsula, the progress of the army's combat has not been very smooth, even if Duduo personally inspected it this time. Wenshang area of ​​the front line, the front-line soldiers did not show the meaning of being motivated.

In fact, due to the poor logistical supply capacity of the Qing army and the poor sanitation caused by tens of thousands of people living in a small area, the Qing army on the front line had already begun to suffer from epidemics. This was also the main reason why Dodo had to leave the front line early.

Although the generals on the front line came up with a strategy of using enemy platforms to deal with enemy platforms, facing the densely packed enemy platforms of the Shun army, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was impossible to break through the Jining defense line of the Shun army from the front in a short period of time.After all, if they want to suppress the Shun army's enemy towers by constantly building enemy towers, then they need a lot of manpower and artillery. The Qing army can barely meet the latter, but it is powerless for the former, because this is inside the pass, not outside the pass. The common people who acted as masters could run away, and it was suicide to run out of the camp in the freezing weather outside the pass, but it was not so cold inside the pass.

If you can't drive the local people to do hard work, then you can only let the soldiers do it, but without a good logistics supply system, doing such physical work in winter is almost a kind of abuse, which is nothing to the Manchus The new Ming army with a sense of loyalty is obviously unwilling to work hard.

Therefore, after watching the process of repairing the enemy tower for a few days on the front line, Duoduo has actually realized that this is only a theoretically effective method. If a large number of civilians cannot be organized to carry out civil engineering work, then they want to rely on the strength of the Qing army To repair these enemy towers, it is estimated that he will not be able to see the walls of Jining City in three to five months.

But even so, letting those Han soldiers work slowly on the front line is better than letting them stay in the camp doing nothing.For these surrendering soldiers with low loyalty, if they can't find something to do for them, then in such a difficult environment, they might have different thoughts.

As for the Dingtao and Chengwu lines in the west, after the Battle of Cao County, Duoduo once thought that the Shun Army had moved the main force to his flanks, so he agreed to the suggestion of Nikan and Tong Tulai in the west to switch to the leadership. And made preparations for the two of them.To be honest, Doduo was not worried about the appearance of the main force of the Shun army. On the contrary, he felt that compared with the main force of the Shun army attacking his flank, it was better than digging with the Shun army in the Wenshang area.

But what he waited for was not the attack of the main force of the Shun army on Nikan and Tong Tulai, but the news that Azig had retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River. This was a result he really did not expect.Although at this time, Duoduo also understood in his heart that the previous battle of Cao County was just an episode of Shunjun mobilizing the main force to move westward, rather than a harbinger of preparing to attack his flank from the front line of Dingtao and Chengwu. and myself have made wrong judgments.

But Duduo didn't think it was his own fault, nor even Nikan and Tong Tulai's fault. It was his elder brother who was really responsible for this failure, if it wasn't for Azig who pulled his team so hard Well, how could the Shun army eat up Azig's troops scattered everywhere? In the end, Azige was out of his wits, and instead of fighting Guide, he ran to Chenzhou instead. If Azig's main force hadn't gone to Chenzhou, it would be impossible for the Shun army to eat up Shang Kexi's troops in one go.

But by this time, Duduo could no longer accuse Azig of how many mistakes he had made in this war. Anyway, there will be plenty of time to discuss this issue in the future meeting of kings and ministers.What he is most concerned about now is whether the Southern Expedition can continue after Azig retreats to the north of the Yellow River.

Hearing the news that Azig failed to retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River, the three people summoned by Duoduo were very surprised, but looking at the expressionless Duduo, the three of them quickly suppressed this surprise, Bai Yin Tu quickly cleared his mind and asked Doduo: "Ten kings, I wonder if King Ying intends to defend on the spot after retreating to the north bank of the Yellow River? Or should he continue to retreat? If King Ying continues to retreat, then our army will We can only return to help, to prevent the Shun army from going directly along Baoding to attack Beijing."

Duduo, who was sitting on the chair, seemed to be a little angry when he heard this. After counting his breath, he said: "The Nine Kings still have nearly 5 horses in their hands, which is enough to guard Beijing. I will send someone back to Beijing to inform the Nine Kings. It doesn't have to go south to meet our army, so Beijing should be fine.

As for King Ying, it may be very difficult for him to station along the Yellow River, because the three prefectures in Hebei do not have much food. How can they garrison on the spot without food?Even if the Shun army did not cross the river, the King of England would still retreat.However, the Yellow River will thaw in January, so the chances of the Shun army going northward are not great. "

Bai Yintu breathed a sigh of relief, but soon began to worry about the difficulties faced by the army. After thinking for a while, he said: "Without the king of England to contain the Shun army in Henan, then the main force of the Shun army can be used to deal with Our side is here. Both sides on the Wenshang front line have froze, even if the Shun army mobilizes the main force to Wenshang, it will be difficult to push our army's camp.

However, from Chengwu to Dingtao to Caozhou City, our army has not established a solid line of defense. If the Shun army attacks our army from this area, then we will be passive.Moreover, our army has not been able to gather much food in the rear, that is to say, even if the Shun army does not attack our army's flanks, just continue to confront us on the spot, and in a month or two, we will have to die because of lack of food. retreated. "

On such a rough question, Han Dai and Fullakta can only stand aside and listen, and only Baiyintu can discuss a few words with Duoduo, after all, several capable generals are outside at the moment What about the leader?

Doduo glanced at the two people who remained silent beside him, and knew that it would be a bit embarrassing for them to give advice on this issue, because one has only the courage of ordinary people, while the other is inexperienced. If you can't piece together a map of the two armies facing each other, it's not a suggestion.

After casting a glance at the two of them, Duoduo coughed lightly, and after attracting the attention of the three of them, he said: "So we have to take advantage of the time when the main force of the Shun Army has not returned from Zhengzhou, and first go to Chengwu, Dingtao Open up the situation. Since the main force of the Shun Army is not in Cao County, we can naturally launch a fierce attack on Chengwu and Dingtao without any scruples.

After breaking through this line of defense, both Guide and Xuzhou fell in front of us, and we could fight whoever we wanted, so there was no need to continue the stalemate with the Shun Army in Wenshang.It would be even better if Li Zicheng could be forced to start a field battle with us.I think, at least we won't lose to these southern barbarians in field battles. "

Although Azig sent a messenger to inform Doduo of his defeat, he ignored the fact that his cavalry failed to move the infantry phalanx, because he felt that it was a bit embarrassing, and he didn't want to be in the army. In front of the younger brother, he told the story of how he was irritated again.Therefore, Duoduo thought that the reason for Azig's defeat was that he was besieged by the superior forces of the Shun army. He didn't know that Azig failed in the field battle because he failed to move the Shun army infantry phalanx.

The Shun army had been fighting against the camp in front of the Qing army on the West Road, and had no intention of fighting the Qing army in the field. It also gave Duoduo an illusion that the Shun army, like the Ming army, had to hide behind the city wall to have the courage to fight. Man fighting.

Han Dai was the first to support Duduo's proposition. Although he is still inexperienced, he still has judgment. He lightly clapped his hands and praised: "The ten kings are so right. Patience and the Shun Army are constantly fighting for the camp. If Li Zicheng can be forced to fight with us, then we may be able to eliminate the Shun Army at once. If there is no leader Li Zicheng, the internal sources of the Shun Army are complicated, and no one will be able to obey the other. , when the time comes, we will not be facing an entire Shun army, but individual generals."

Baiyintu also supported Duduo's proposition, and seeing his boss also expressed his opinion, Fulacta also echoed it.Duoduo nodded slightly and then continued: "Just now Baiyintu also said that our army is short of food and grass, and a long delay is not good for our army. Therefore, we must decide the outcome with the Shun army before the Yellow River thaws. Once the Yellow River thaws, it means Now that the Shun army can use ships to transport supplies and troops from the south to the north, at that time, even if we want to withdraw, it will be difficult..."

After confirming that the attack that opened the situation was placed on the front line of Dingtao and Chengwu, Duoduo immediately ordered Han Dai to issue several orders, sending them to Boluo, Ashan, Nikan, and Tongtulai respectively, asking them to Immediately launch an attack on Dingtao and Chengwu within three days, and go deep into Cao County and Guide.

After the meeting, Duo Duo, who returned to the backyard, personally wrote a letter to Dorgon. In addition to describing the impact of Azig's defeat on the Southern Expedition, the letter also vaguely reminded Dorgon that in the current I am afraid that you cannot completely abandon the outside of the pass, and you must be prepared to retreat if you cannot stay inside the pass.

Duo Duo asked his personal guards to send the letter to Beijing within three days in an expedited manner of three hundred miles. At this time, Duo Ergun also learned about Azig's letter from the letters sent by Luo Xiujin and Wu Jingdao. Dorgon immediately blocked the news of the defeat.

Chapter 427 The Pursuit Part 18

For Dorgon, the current situation is undoubtedly one of the worst situations he expected, but he did not have violent mood swings.As a Manchu flag master who endured and grew up under Huang Taiji, it has always been his habit to prepare for the worst before doing things. This is also the reason why his subordinates are in awe of himself, because after making a decision, Dole Dagon, he will not hesitate about his decision.

What's more, although Azig has failed now, the Qing Dynasty is still under his control. Compared with Huang Taiji who worried every day about whether he would be able to return home alive, this is hardly a predicament.Therefore, for Duo Duo's proposal, preparations should be made to exit the customs. Duo ErGun just glanced at it and threw the letter aside.

Dorgon's residence in Beijing is located in Xiaonancheng, east of the Forbidden City. In fact, this place is not an outstanding place in the inner city. Compared with the residences of some former Ming emperors and dignitaries, the buildings are quite dilapidated, and it is not easy to live in. It's so comfortable, but Dorgon still fell in love with this place at a glance. Apart from the excellent defense here, there are various reasons that this is the place where Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned after returning from the grassland.

In a sense, this is also the imperial residence, the place where the emperor lived outside the Forbidden City, not comparable to those so-called hidden residences of the emperor.In fact, Dorgon could have chosen a more comfortable residence, such as the palace before Chongzhen ascended the throne, but Dorgon insisted on living here, and would rather spend a lot of money and food to rebuild Xiaonan City.

When the Manchus first entered the customs and the national treasury was empty, Dorgon was still so determined to renovate the Xiaonan City, which had been in disrepair for a long time, instead of living in a ready-made mansion. It's clear.This is also the reason why the two queen mothers in the palace tried their best to appease the regent, and did not hesitate to give him the title of uncle.

Dorgon has almost stabilized his status as regent through the two major actions of moving the capital and enclosing the territory in the pass. Although he had the title of regent before, what everyone was in awe of was only the strength of the two white flags, not the real recognition of him. Regency status.However, through the two major actions of moving the capital and enclosing land, the Manchus at the bottom began to recognize Dorgon's regency status, thinking that Dorgon had the right to allocate houses, land and slaves to the Manchus.

In other words, through these two actions, Dorgon bypassed the banner owners of each banner and directly distributed the benefits to the middle and lower class Manchus. In order to obtain better land and houses, everyone had to ask Dorgon requested.This method is exactly a replica of Huang Taiji's method in the past to weaken the control of the banner owners over the banners.

It can be said that as long as he does not go back outside the customs, Dorgon can also control the Eight Banners through the distribution of interests among the middle and lower Manchus, without having to worry about whether the upper level of the Eight Banners will continue to fight against him. In the established military group, the banner owner's greatest power is to fight for and distribute benefits to the banner. If the banner owner can neither fight for the benefits of the banner nor distribute benefits to the banner people, then the banner owner loses the meaning of existence .

Under such circumstances, Duo Duo thought it was ridiculous to be ready to exit the customs.Manchus were forced to move from outside the customs to inside the customs because they could use the land and property of the Han people to make up for the losses suffered by the Manchus. So when they returned to the outside of the customs, who would make up for the losses of the Manchus?

If the loss of the Manchus cannot be made up, then Dorgon, who advocated moving the capital before, will become the target of public criticism. At that time, neither the uncle of the regent king nor the owner of the Zhengbai Banner could protect his safety, just like their mothers could not protect themselves. life.Therefore, talking about moving back to the customs at this time is undoubtedly an act of suicide. Apart from letting the Manchus concentrate their grievances on themselves, they can hardly get any benefits.

Therefore, Dorgon immediately rejected his younger brother's immature suggestion. From the moment they entered the customs, they had no escape route to return outside the customs. Maybe ordinary Manchus could continue to be savages in the white mountains and black waters when they returned to the customs. Their brothers It will only be killed by the Manchu relatives and nobles, and it will be used to appease the anger of the people below.

However, although Dorgon ignored his younger brother's suggestion of returning to the customs, he also knew that the matter of Azig's defeat would eventually be resolved, so he quickly summoned his cronies Rosh, Borhui, Ganglin, and Qi Chong The four of them discussed how to deal with Azig's defeat and retreat.

After a short period of shock, Qi Chongge reacted first and said: "It is impossible to hide the news of King Ying's defeat. What we should consider now is how to minimize the impact of this bad news on the capital, so that To avoid causing panic among the soldiers and civilians in the capital, and then to see if we can recover from the unfavorable situation of the Southern Expedition after the defeat of the King of England."

Gang Lin also recalled it, and added beside him: "I have just left the customs, and the newly moved people already have a feeling of homesickness. If they feel that they cannot take root in the customs, I am afraid that many people will be resentful." The idea of ​​retreating outside the pass. Once the hearts of the people are scattered, it may be difficult for us to stay in the pass. What's more, some people who are interested may not miss this opportunity to attack the regent. This strategy must be dealt with quickly."

Dorgon also admitted that what these two people said was reasonable. The move of the capital was a matter of his own discretion, and this policy was also beneficial to himself and not conducive to the owners of other banners. Therefore, the voice of opposition has never stopped. .If these people are allowed to seize Azig's defeat at this time and make trouble, I'm afraid there will be a big storm against moving the capital.

Dorgon thought for a while and then ordered to Rosh who was on the side: "Snakes can't do without a head. The only ones who can stand up and question me are Daishan and Jierhalang. Rosh, you just keep an eye on them. People's palace, see who they are in contact with on weekdays, and whether the two of them have contacted in private, if you find anything, please report to me."

Rosh quickly agreed, and at this time his attention finally shifted from the issue of Azig's defeat to the internal fighting among the kings. Of course he knew the cruelty of the fighting among the kings of the Manchus. Dorgon was defeated, and Dorgon's confidantes did not end well, so he also became nervous.

Dorgon paused for a while and then said to Qi Chongge: "Please write a letter for me, reprimanding Haoge for conniving Jiang Guan's support of King Zaoqiang, the clan of the Ming Dynasty, as the supervisor of the country. Explain this matter. This letter must be posted clearly, and the news of Azig’s retreat will be released after the Beijing Central Committee focuses on Hauge.”

Although Gang Lin and Qi Chongge knew that Hauge could not be blamed for this matter, on the contrary, compared with Azig, Hauge was progressing smoothly in Datong at this time, and he had taken down the entire Datong Town, even the most important town in Shanxi. The three barriers are also under control. It is actually unreasonable to reprimand Hauge at this time.

But who made Huang Taiji like to use this method of suppressing others the most when he was alive? Huang Taiji deprived the Big Four Baylor of power in such a small way, and finally killed two of them. Revenge.Moreover, doing this kills two birds with one stone. Firstly, it can suppress Hauge's reputation because of his military exploits, and secondly, he uses this matter to divert people's attention from Azig's defeat.

However, Dorgon is still clear that whether it is monitoring Daishan, Jierhalang, or publicly suppressing Haoge, it will not change the corruption of the southern expedition after Azig's defeat. If the threat of Li Zicheng's northward march cannot be resolved, then he Using tricks to get Azig to pass the border, the Manchus could not defend the Yellow River defense line, and they could not stay in Beijing.

Although Duo Duo said in his letter that he planned to launch an attack on the Shun Army to force Li Zicheng's main force to come back and try to solve this troublesome opponent in the field, Duo Duo couldn't put all his hopes on Duo Duo. Body, he needs a backhand.

This time, Dorgon thought for a long time. He looked at the map on the wall for a long time, and then he asked the people around him: "If the ten kings can't defeat Li Zicheng's army, then what do you think, we will fight with the big one next?" How should Shun get along?"

Qi Chongge glanced at the map and immediately said: "Datong, Xuanda, and Beizhi have already fallen into our hands. These places used to be the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The Liao Kingdom occupied this place and suppressed the southerners for hundreds of years. The country that died after the rise of the Jurchen and the Mongols on the grassland.

Therefore, the slaves thought that if the southern expedition was unfavorable, they should use the Yellow River and Taihang Mountains as the boundary with Li Zicheng to form a situation of dividing the north and the south.Therefore, what we should be most careful about is not the Han people, but the Mongols on the grasslands.We were defeated by the Han people and could retreat to the white mountains and black waters, but if the Mongols ransacked our homes, we would become homeless ghosts. "

Gang Lin nodded slightly. He felt that what Qi Chongge said was right. With the population of the Manchus, it would be impossible to compete for the Han Chinese. Let them feel the danger of failure.The population of the Han people is too large. Even if they fail a hundred times, they can still stand up once and for all. However, if the Manchus lose only one time, they may perish their country and genocide. It is really meaningless to continue such a war.

Dorgon also admitted that Qi Chongge's proposal was a better result for the Manchus, but after losing their ambition to compete for the world, can the Manchus still hold on to the Sixteen States of Yanyun?Once the Manchus began to fear war, it would be even more difficult for the Manchus, who were already at a disadvantage in terms of population, to deter the Han and Mongols on the battlefield.

Dorgon was silent for a while and then asked: "Then do you think Li Zicheng will agree to draw a line with us?"

Qi Chongge hesitated for a moment before saying: "Li Zicheng is already 39 years old. In history, only Han Gaozu and Ming Taizu were the only ones who came to the throne with a white body. It took Ming Taizu 55 years to pacify the world, and he was already 17 when he ascended the throne.

It has been 13 years since Li Zicheng started his army in the third year of Chongzhen. From the perspective of slaves, Li Zicheng is not as good as Han Gaozu or Ming Taizu, and the talents around him are far less than the subordinates of the two founding emperors.Even if there is a truce to draw a border with us, Li Zicheng will still have to deal with Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan and the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty south of the Yangtze River.So, what's the point of him getting entangled with us? "

Chapter 428 The Pursuit Part 19

For Qi Chongge's statement, Dorgon also felt that it was very reasonable. Li Zicheng was six years older than him. In terms of age, although Li Zicheng was in his prime, he should be ready to train a successor at his age, but Li Zicheng There are no heirs behind him, only a daughter.

In other words, once something happened to Li Zicheng, the Dashun group would lose its backbone, and no one could take Li Zicheng's place and gain the loyalty of the entire group.Therefore, as long as Li Zicheng is a little more rational, he should not fight against the Qing Dynasty at this time, but should stabilize his own territory as soon as possible and find an heir for himself.

Besides, now that Li Zicheng and the Qing Dynasty have demarcated the border, he can enjoy at least 20 years while he is in good health. If he continues to fight against the Qing Dynasty, when he wins the Qing Dynasty, he should not be able to enjoy the joy of being an emperor. , not to mention that he may not be able to win the Qing Dynasty.

After thinking for a while, Dorgon said to Gang Lin and Qi Chongge: "You should first check the records of Ming Dynasty. If you want to divide the north and the south, then those areas must be in our hands. I don't mean It's not to suspend troops here, but just in case. If the battle on the old ten's side does not go well, then we may not be able to launch another battle of the same scale as this time in a short time, because we still need to stay Some forces are wary of any changes on the grassland. In other words, we may need to temporarily make peace with Li Zicheng, so we must first take some areas that are beneficial to us..."