Dashun Yongchang

Although the Academy of Sciences is a new thing, the status of this new institution is relatively detached. They do not interfere in government affairs, but they have the right to make decisions on all technological research and development and technical standards, and Li Zicheng is a monarch who likes to promote standards. This means that The Academy of Sciences has a great influence on Li Zicheng.

It can be said that since Li Zicheng went south to set up the Marshal's Mansion, Dashun's regime construction has completely broken away from the old rules of the Ming Dynasty and previous dynasties, and is establishing a unique mode of operation. This is not after Niu Jinxing broke the Tang and Song Dynasty systems Piece together, although Niu Jinxing solved the system problem of Dashun, the operation of this new system is completely incomprehensible to the officials of Ming Dynasty, because they can't find the real responsible center.

The six-ministration system of the Ming Dynasty plus the local governor system is actually a fairly complete bureaucratic system. Although the officials of the Ming Dynasty do not like to work, the imperial court can still complete daily operations under this system.Even though a large number of officials were absent during the Wanli period, and the Wanli emperor was unwilling to appoint them, relying on this system, the court still supported it.

But Niu Jinxing didn't want to copy the Ming system, and Li Zicheng liked the Tang system, so the two came up with a plausible retro system.However, the system of the Tang Dynasty was based on the rent-and-mercenary system and the government-army system at that time. The core of this system was a strong self-cultivating peasant class as the stable cornerstone of the country.

But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, such a powerful class of self-cultivating peasants no longer existed. Although Shaanxi had experienced many years of war, so Dashun could barely establish such a class on the basis of suppressing the gentry, but other places still had the final say on the gentry.This is also one of the reasons why the local officials in Dashun were unable to sink down to the grassroots level and gain strong support from the local government.

After Li Zicheng went south to establish the Marshal's Mansion, he restored the local governor system, and replaced the cabinet and supervisors of the Ming Dynasty with the military control of the Marshal's Mansion. and business status.In fact, this means that Dashun has abandoned the old-fashioned tendencies of the past, and no longer pursues the reconstruction of an agricultural society dominated by self-cultivating farmers.

For this change in Dashun, the people in the south, especially the Jiangnan region, welcome it. As a region whose economy has begun to break away from agriculture and is transforming into industry and commerce, not to mention Dashun’s retro-inclination, even the gentry ruling the country in Daming are also Resentful, because this social value that regards agriculture as a profession has prevented them from enjoying a better life.

When Li Zicheng took a step back from the old-fashioned self-cultivation society and began to support the self-government of industrial and commercial people, the Marshal's Mansion immediately won the support of some southern businessmen, even Gu Jiang, who was born in a prominent family, but was deeply influenced by the free and humanistic spirit of Jiangnan. , and also adopted a supportive attitude towards the political reforms implemented by the Marshal's Mansion.

Although the political system of the Marshal's Mansion has not yet been fully finalized, the officials in it have actually seen their own opportunities, and no one is willing to get off at this time.Yuan Yuzong also didn't want it, because it would obviously hinder his progress if he had a bad relationship with a powerful group because of a trivial matter, he didn't feel that his official position had reached its peak.The reorganization of the Marshal's Mansion made everyone feel that Niu Jinxing had lost Li Zicheng's favor, which meant that the position at the apex of Dashun's center might be vacant, and those who had the ability to occupy this position would naturally have to give it a try.

Not to mention that Wei Xuelian was directing the shipment of cannons, and Li Zicheng from Guide Mansion also received a report from Song Xiance in Fengxian County.Li Zicheng is still very happy about the idea of ​​Fengxian Garrison trying to launch a counterattack, just as he publicly stated before holding a military meeting for this, "Regardless of whether the proposal put forward by Fengxian Garrison this time can be passed, their spirit of seeking war is still worthwhile." Encourage."

Although both Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi hoped to draw a successful conclusion to this war by themselves.By the end of February, the decline of the Qing army on the front line had become more and more obvious. Information from Jining and Cao County pointed out that the desire of the Qing army to attack in person was getting lower and lower, and sometimes it was just a bluff.

Especially on the front line of Jining, the Jining defenders were worried about the fort confrontation tactics adopted by the Qing army, and desperately asked Xuzhou to dispatch cannons to prepare for the fort confrontation tactics with the Qing army.However, it is clear that the Qing army's resentment towards the construction of the fort was greater than that of attacking the Shun army. Many Qing soldiers began to show signs of fleeing to the Shun army because they could not bear the lack of food and had to bear heavy physical labor.

From the mouths of the soldiers of the Qing army who escaped, the Jining guard learned that the food of the Qing army in front of him had been halved as early as half a month ago, and the commander of the Qing army, Duoduo, also moved the tent to Dingtao. The guards believed that the Qing army was powerless to defeat the city of Jining.The Jining defender's report further confirmed that Li Zicheng and others had plans to end the war with the Qing army.

Although the Qing army still maintains its offensive in Shan County and Yutai County, the main targets of the Qing army in Shan County are the villages outside the city. Only in Yutai County, the Qing army attacked very violently. Lu Qing's army was the Liaodong Han soldiers, not the Manchurian troops.

After reading the information, Yuan Zongdi judged at the meeting: "The Manchus in the Qing army and the Ming army who surrendered after entering the customs have lost their fighting spirit, and the only ones who can fight are those Liaodong Han people. Your Majesty As I said before, these traitors are indeed our enemies."

Of course, the generals at the meeting still had difficulty understanding the thoughts of these Liaodong Han people. Even their masters no longer wanted to fight, so why were these people still so active.

Li Zicheng had his own views on this, and he said to his confused subordinates: "Actually, I understand the thoughts of these Liaodong Han people. The Manchus who were captured before have confessed that the rule of the Han people in the Later Jin Dynasty It was very harsh. During the Nurhachi period, Han people who did not have five buckets of rice at home would be killed. During the Huangtaiji period, Han officials accused the Manchus of looting and selling women from their good families as prostitutes, and they would also be sentenced to death.

It can be said that Liaodong under the rule of the Manchus was a very oppressive society for the Han people.In this society, Han people will be punished for any dissatisfaction with the Manchus, but the Han people have no ability to resist the rule of the Manchus.

After so many years of domestication, the Liaodong Han people have lost the courage to resist the Manchus, and they have regarded the Manchus as their real masters.It is like a child who was beaten and scolded by his father when he was young. Although he is tall and healthy when he grows up, he is still full of awe when facing his aging father. This is not filial piety, but a kind of terror and suppression.

Wanting to get rid of this kind of terror and suppression in the family, children who cannot resist will inevitably choose to leave the family when they grow up.For these Liaodong Han people, entering the pass is the way out from the control of the Manchu masters, because the pass is not only large enough, but also has many new slaves, which are enough to liberate them from the bottom of the oppression in the past. The Manchus still insisted on the cause of the war.

Liu Zongmin and the others still didn't understand. He said to Li Zicheng: "But haven't we already defeated the Azig army? Don't they see that the Manchus are not so scary?"

But Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "Thinking about the rebellion against the imperial court when we rose up, everyone was not afraid of the imperial court to death at the beginning. As long as the imperial court was willing to give them food, everyone handed over their weapons and surrendered. At that time, dozens of The officers and soldiers were able to drive away thousands of us, because everyone did not believe that they could defeat the imperial court. That is to say, the imperial court really refused to give us a way to survive, so we made up our minds to rebel."

Now these Liaodong Han people are no different from us at that time. They don’t believe that one or two failures can shake the authority of the Manchus, but if they don’t work hard now, the people of the Liaodong Han people will not be the only ones who are oppressed. ?In the final analysis, there is actually a problem, that is, these Liaodong Han people do not believe that we will liberate them, because they have excluded themselves from China.

In order to dispel the unrealistic ideas of these Liaodong Han people, we must not only continue to defeat the Manchus, but also teach them a lesson on the battlefield, letting them know that not only the masters of the Manchus can teach them a lesson.Only when they die on the battlefield more people will they understand who they should be. "

Li Zicheng's evaluation of the Han people in Liaodong made everyone think, but soon everyone turned their attention to the issue that the Fengxian garrison wanted to launch a counterattack.

Chapter 504 Counterattack Plan Two

The report sent by Song Xiance was a wake-up call to Guide’s generals, that is, they didn’t have to stay in Guide City until the Qing army ran out of supplies, and they could launch a counterattack in a certain area. What made the Qing army retreat in spite of difficulties was also what Li Zicheng had requested before, to show an offensive momentum to overwhelm the last fluke psychology of the Qing army, which happened to be in line with both sides.

At this time, the intelligence about the Qing army that came from everywhere also showed that the Qing army had no strength to move forward.One is the information from Zhengzhou that the Manchu generals sent by Beijing to replace Azig have acquiesced in the negotiation of exchanging the corpses and some prisoners of the two armies, which means that before the exchange is completed, the retreating Azig It is no longer possible for the centaurs to launch another counterattack.

As for the Shanxi battlefield, the Qing army still maintained a silent confrontation with the Shun army, which caused a major setback for the Shanxi gentry who had planned to welcome the king's army.Some Shanxi gentry who stayed in the capital to welcome the Qing army that day and refused to go south or go home had already started contacting their families, asking them to go out as soon as possible when the Manchurian soldiers arrived, so as to fight back against the bandits, but Master Wang stayed in Datong He refused to go south, and ended up trapping these Shanxi gentry who were waiting to meet Master Wang.

Originally, the Shun army was worried that the Qing army would go south quickly, so they spent most of their energy on preventing the Qing army from going south. It was more polite to screen those unreliable gentry in Shanxi, as long as these gentry were willing to let the head of the family or his son go Xi'an can be regarded as a supporter of Dashun.However, the Shanxi gentry who felt that Dashun was about to collapse would certainly not accept this request. While delaying the time, they gathered people together, trying to cooperate internally and externally when the Qing army arrived.

But when the Qing army was stationed in Datong and refused to go south, Li Zicheng re-opened the passage to Xi'an, and the situation in Dashun began to turn around, and the screening of Shanxi gentry became stricter.At this time, the Daming border troops, who had already tasted the sweetness, no longer had any fear of attacking the gentry's manor, and even began to consciously regard these gentry who did not cooperate with Dashun as rebellious.

The psychological changes of these former Ming Dynasty frontier soldiers made them more and more merciless in suppressing the rebellion of the gentry. If they attacked the homes of the gentry before, they were mainly for money, and they would release the members of the gentry’s family if they could.But now, these officers and soldiers feel that it may be difficult for the Manchus to enter Xi'an. In other words, the new dynasty has gained a firm foothold. They all began to supervise each other, and refused to let these nobles go.

When the Shun army suppressed the rebellion more and more severely, the Shanxi gentry softened. Although these gentry were able to gather hundreds of servants in the local area, these force were used to deal with unarmed peasants and The rout of soldiers who have broken their guts is okay, but it is far from enough to deal with a serious army, not to mention that these gentry are people with family business, and they are not willing to let their family members together Fighting against the Shun army, wouldn't there be no one to protect me in that case?

Therefore, the militia organized by the already weak gentry, coupled with the chaotic state of fighting independently, encountered the encirclement and attack of the army with division of labor and cooperation, and it was completely one-sided massacre, even if some gentry had a few individuals with outstanding force Under the concentrated fire attack of the Ming army, the servants were just killing one to earn money, killing two to earn one.

Faced with the increasingly aggressive attitude of the Shun army, coupled with the fact that the Qing army stayed in Datong and refused to go south, the Shanxi gentry once again bowed their knees to Dashun.The surrender of the Shanxi gentry this time was much more sincere than Li Zicheng's surrender during the last Eastern Expedition, and Xi'an's attitude towards these Shanxi gentry was not as gentle as during the Eastern Expedition.

During Li Zicheng's last expedition to the east, Shanxi was just a passing place, so as long as the gentry did not come out to make trouble with the Shun army, Li Zicheng also forbade the army to harass these gentry.To be honest, the so-called capture of Shanxi during the last Eastern Expedition was actually the Shun army occupying the county towns on the way. As for the countryside, it was still under the management of those gentry. If the officials don't run away, Li Zicheng still appoints these officials to take up their original positions.

This is also the root cause of Shanxi gentry's confidence to oppose the Shun army, because in the eyes of Shanxi gentry, although Shanxi belongs to Dashun in name, nothing in Shanxi has changed. It is their Shanxi, not Dashun's Shanxi.Since Dashun lost Beijing, why should Shanxi be buried with Dashun?

These gentry overestimated their own strength, and underestimated the strength of the Shun army, so they jumped out eagerly, wanting to abandon the dark and turn to the bright.However, Li Zicheng's southward movement caused the Qing army to put the main force in the southern expedition, resulting in a serious shortage of troops in the western expedition. Dorgon stepped on the brakes immediately after surpassing the Hauge troops marching westward. He didn't want an uncontrollable military force to appear on his west side.

The Manchus' fear of the expansion of the Han people's force directly pushed the Shanxi gentry who were waiting for Wang Shi to go south into the fire pit.When Xi'an realized that the Shanxi gentry had the possibility of a joint riot, they immediately adopted the strategy of driving away tigers and devouring wolves, letting go of the impoverished former Ming border soldiers.

Under the massacre of these Ming border troops, the Shanxi gentry finally realized the status quo, that is, they were not qualified to repeatedly jump between Dashun and the Manchus. Maybe the Shun army was still at a disadvantage when facing the Manchus, but in their In front of these gentry, there is still an unattainable cliff.When Shunjun loosened his shackles and spoke directly with a knife, their proud family background and talents could not stop the knife.

The Shanxi gentry, who had faced Shunjun's arrogance before, gave up all their arrogance, obediently ran to the county government under the order of Shunjun, and registered their population, land and handover with the officials appointed by Dashun. took the weapon.As a result, Shunjun's power spread from several county towns to the countryside, and began to redistribute land in Shanxi.

For the top generals of the Shun Army, Shaanxi is their real rear. After the safety of Shaanxi is guaranteed, their confidence in this war is getting higher and higher.Therefore, almost none of Guide's main generals disagreed with the counterattack plan proposed by Song Xiance, but when it came to the specific counterattack plan, there were different opinions.

Just like the counterattack plan that Song Xiance came up with put the Fengxian garrison in the first place. Anyway, these Fengxian garrisons can be regarded as his direct subordinates, so Yuan Zongdi and Liu Zongmin didn't like this plan very much.Yuan Zongdi pointed out that compared with the location of Jinxiang, Shanxian is actually more important. As long as the Qing army in Shanxian is shaken, the Qing army will lose its support in the middle road and can only retreat across the board.

Yuan Zongdi wanted to launch a counterattack in Shanxian County, because Liu Tichun's department stationed in Shanxian County was the main force under his command. Although after communicating with Li Zicheng, he also planned to switch from the army to government work, his old subordinates still had to take care of them. , Now that the Qing army seems to be unable to persist, is it not for nothing not to take such credit?

Liu Zongmin prefers to launch a counterattack from Cao County, because he has a good relationship with Niu Wancai, and he does not want to end the war like this. He said to everyone: "Now our army is getting stronger every day, while the Qing army is Facing the risk of running out of food, although delaying the war may cause the risk of missing the spring plowing, if we can settle the situation with this battle, then we can directly drive the Manchus back to the outside of the pass, so that the world will be peaceful, and we There will be no more wars in the future. I think that instead of letting these Manchus go back, I should try my best to keep them..."

Those who wanted to end the war safely chose Song Xiance's counterattack plan, while Yuan Zongdi's subordinates chose to support their superiors. As for Liu Zongmin's proposition, everyone felt it was too risky, and it was finally reversed. In this situation, everyone didn't want to gamble anymore, so only one or two people agreed with him.

In this way, after everyone spoke in turn, the final decision-making power returned to Li Zicheng's hands.Facing the three propositions with clear tendencies, Li Zicheng said after a little thought: "In this war, the Marshal's Mansion in the Central Plains alone mobilized 30 troops. In order to ensure the daily supplies of these 30 troops, we Another 150 million logistics workers were mobilized.

Calculated from October last year to the end of this month, the war has lasted for nearly five months. The Marshal’s Mansion has mobilized 472.5 million shi of grain, more than 60 pigs, more than 4 tons of salted fish, and even more vegetables for the war. uncountable.All in all, 200 million taels was spent on meals for the army and civilian husbands alone, and this did not include the military expenditures in Shaanxi and Shanxi.

When I went north from Xuzhou this time, I went to inspect the barracks. At that time, I randomly found a few soldiers and asked them what they thought about going north to fight the Qing army, wondering if they would be afraid to fight the Qing army.In the end, a soldier's answer impressed me deeply. He told me that as long as he had pork and green onion buns to eat every day, he could go anywhere and fight with anyone.

Gentlemen, soldiers fight for food, so what are we fighting for?I think we should always be clear about the goals and significance of operations so as not to make wrong judgments.Jiexuan, Mianhou, tell me, why are we fighting this war? "

Liu Zongmin opened his mouth, and found that it was not appropriate to say anything. In the end, he replied to Li Zicheng according to the standard answer in the newspaper, "We, of course, we fight to defend our country and the common people."

Under Li Zicheng's watchful eyes, Yuan Zongdi could only repeat what Liu Zongmin had just said. Li Zicheng glanced at the generals present, and then continued: "Since everyone remembers our purpose of fighting this battle, then from the protection From the perspective of defending the country and protecting the people, is it the top priority to ensure that the people do not miss the farming season?"

Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi looked at each other, and then they both answered Li Zicheng in unison, saying that this is indeed the top priority.Li Zicheng then asked again: "Then, starting from the first priority, which plan is more suitable, let everyone share their opinions."

Although Li Zicheng didn't make any decisions, his inclination has already let everyone know what to choose.Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi finally changed their minds and supported the plan proposed by Song Xiance, so the meeting quickly unified their opinions and decided to cooperate across the board based on this plan.

Chapter 505 Qing Army's Retaliation I

"The front is where you were ambushed?" The third-class Lazhangjing Erzhai Lema stopped, pointed to a path near the edge of the forest, and asked Niulu Erzhen Harhan Oban beside him.

But before Halhan Eban could answer, the cavalry in front of him suddenly ran back from the path, and Erzhai sat up straight and looked behind the cavalry. He thought the cavalry had discovered something. Well, if the Han Chinese who ambushed Tursai the day before yesterday hadn't run away, then today he can avenge Tursai.

It's just that what the pathfinding cavalry brought back was not the news that people were active in the village ahead, but the unfortunate news that a large grave was planted on the edge of the woods at the turn ahead, and a piece of peeling stone was erected in front of the grave. I went to the section of the bark, and there were a few words written on it. The cavalry who explored the road could only come back and ask Erzhai to take a look in person.

Although an ominous feeling had already flashed in his heart, he still felt humiliated and angry when Erzhai came to this newly erected tomb and asked the people of the Han Army Banner to read the words on it to himself.After looking at the wooden section with Jiannu's burial place several times, it seemed that after engraving these five Chinese characters in his heart, Erzhai issued an order: "Pick it up and see if it is our person or not." .”

The Qing army didn't have suitable digging tools, but the Shun army didn't bury it deep enough. Obviously, the Shun army didn't intend to stay here any longer when they buried it, so the Green Battalion soldiers in the team quickly dug up the corpse.Looking at the corpses that lost their heads, the generals of the Qing army surrounded in front of the pit lost their voices.

Although the dirty soil was mixed with blood, covering the color and details of the clothes on these corpses, the clothes on them were quite familiar to Manchurians. The people buried here were indeed their own people, at least half of them Above is the Eight Banners soldiers.

A Manchu finally couldn't hold back and howled: "We must make those savages pay the price..."

Facing the responses of his subordinates, Erzhai can still maintain his rationality. As a general of the Eight Banners who has participated in many battles, he has not slaughtered the Han officers, soldiers and people who surrendered, but when the Han people did not resist at all ability, so when everyone killed people, they never thought that the Han people would retaliate against the Manchus.

But after seeing the dozens of corpses in the pit, Erzhai understood that the resistance of the Han people had become resolute, and that the struggle against the Han people would become more and more cruel in the future. It is meaningless to talk about revenge at this time, because This is nothing more than the revenge of the Han people against them. According to the number and methods they slaughtered the Han people in the past, what the Han people are doing now is not even enough interest.

The reason why the Manchus around the pit were so excited was not because they had much sympathy for the dead Manchu compatriots, but because they were afraid that they would end up in the same way, so they were so furious and wanted to Kill all the Han people who dare to resist.

However, Erzhai felt that this was obviously unrealistic, because this is not Liaodong but Guannei, and this is the hometown of the Han people. No matter how many Han people are killed, there will always be new rebels.Just like how the Ming Dynasty suppressed the Mongols and Jurchens on the outskirts of the pass, but in the end the Kingdom of Houjin emerged. The population of the Han people is much larger than that of the Manchus. Since there can be such a figure as Li Zicheng, how could they easily succumb to them?

"Chen Dusi, leave fifty Green Banner soldiers here, dig out these corpses, pick out the corpses wearing Eight Banner uniforms, and then find a cart to transport them back." Erzhai calmly turned to the Green Camp who was following him and dared not look up. The leader Chen Minghan ordered, and then he took a few Zhang Jing to the side. Although the weather is not bad and the corpses have not started to rot, it is obviously not suitable to talk about the tragedy of these corpses, so Erzhai chose In order to avoid the pit and talk about things.

In the open space at the edge of the woods, Erzhai said frankly to the subordinates who followed: "The incident of Tursai's ambush had a great impact on the morale of the camp. Master Nikan sent us out, one is to The second reason for recovering the bodies of the war dead is to avenge the Shun army.

Everyone has seen the situation in the pit just now. These thieves are much more vicious than the Ming army, so we must fight back vigorously to prevent them from underestimating us, otherwise similar attacks will occur one after another.

Now everyone is talking about how we should find out the Shunjun troops who ambushed Tursay, and how should we retaliate against them? "

Hu Misai, Erzhai's deputy, immediately said: "If they have already withdrawn from the village, it will be impossible for us to take revenge on this Shun army. We only brought more than 300 soldiers with us this time. Horse soldiers and more than 200 green battalion soldiers, such a force is not a big problem for the Shun Army with less than a thousand people, but this is the Shun Army's control area. Once they detect our movements and gather their forces to encircle us, we will have no choice but to flee. gone back."

Halhan Eban also quickly echoed: "Humisai Zhangjing is right. It may be very difficult for us to find the army that attacked Tursai, so we should complete the revenge plan first, and then take a look. Whether or not that army will run out, this can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone."

Hu Misai was in favor of retaliating against the Han people to lure out the Shun army that attacked Tursay. Since they attacked Tursay here, they must not stay away, because according to the Qing army's defense of the flood area According to experience, if you leave the flood area without authorization, you will be beheaded.It wasn't a day or two since they fought against the Shun Army, and they naturally knew that the Shun Army also had the responsibility to guard the flooded areas.

But Hu Misai was a little disgusted with the harshness revealed in the words of Harhan Erban. Finding the surrounding Han people to retaliate was just a means to stimulate the appearance of Shunjun, but this Mongol seemed to regard it as a To deal with the perfunctory means of the Nikan master's assignment, he always felt that the Mongol didn't want the Shun army to be provoked to appear, but really wanted to take revenge on the Han people and let it go.

But at this time, the few Han people Xiaozhang Jing around echoed Hal Han's suggestion. It seemed that they didn't want to stay in the Shun Army's control area for too long, so they rushed to deal with the errands and ran away. idea.If it was the past, Hu Misai would definitely reprimand these Han people mercilessly, telling them that the Manchus did not have the same set of ideas to deal with their master's errands.

But he glanced at the plain expression on Jialazhangjing Erzhai's face, and finally swallowed back the words that reached his throat.In the past, he could look down on the Han people, even the Liaodong Han people, but this was based on the confidence that the Manchus were invincible in martial arts.Precisely because they feel that "the Manchus are invincible", Manchus generally feel that it is a kind of gift to raise the flag for the Han people, but it is difficult to compare with the Manchu Banners with the force of the Han people.

That is to say, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia are still the ones that can really fight. The Eight Banners of Han are only used to fill up the number of people. I really have this idea. The Manchus are not fake about the Eight Banners of Han or surrendering to the Han army. , because if there is any change in these people, the Manchus can easily suppress it.

But the Manchus also admit that the Liaodong Han people are different from the Guannei Han people, because the Liaodong Han people at least understand Manchu customs, unlike the Guannei Han people who are completely unable to communicate.In addition, during several expeditions into the customs, these Liaodong Han people also made a lot of effort. Although they were not as good as the Manchus, they were able to communicate with the Han people in the pass, and thus inquired about the roads and cities in the pass for the Manchus. Defensive situation, and with these Han people in Liaodong to contact the merchants among the Han people, they can also replace some cumbersome belongings with light gold and silver or urgently needed supplies back to Liaodong when they leave the customs.

In short, before entering the customs, the Manchus regarded the Liaodong Han people, the so-called old Han army, as useful slaves.But slaves are slaves. With the population of the Han people, if disobedient slaves are killed, there will be more slaves to replace them, so there is no need to cherish them.Even Xianhan, who claimed to be the most partial to the Han people, met Han officials who dared to slander the Manchus, and would kill them if he said so, and would not give these Han slaves the illusion of standing up and standing side by side with their masters.

However, after the news of the defeat of the Azig army came, the Manchus finally realized that they were fighting in a country of Han people. They were surrounded by Han people who had a deep hatred for the Manchus. If we fight against these Han people, then like the battle in Henan one or two more times, the Manchus will have to perish.

The Azig Army lost a large number of personnel in Henan, but most of these personnel were Han, and only a few were Manchus and Mongols. But just such a defeat, the two white flags were severely damaged, and a group of young backbones were all damaged. In Henan.It can be said that if it were not for the Han people to die for the Manchus, then with the loss in the Henan War, the Manchus could consider returning to the outside of the pass.

So after the news of the defeat of the Azig Army reached the East Route Army, the Manchu people's perception of the old Han army and the new Han army changed greatly.Now the old Han army has been completely regarded as their own, and the new Han army has been monitored more closely, because these new Han army are too unreliable.

Compared with the total number of Han people in the pass, the Manchus plus the Mongols plus the Liaodong Han people are still only a fraction of it. At this time, the old Han army has become the comrades who share the casualties for the Manchus.Facing your own comrades, naturally you can't use the useful slaves of the past to reprimand, after all, no matter how useful the slaves are, they may not be able to block knives for you on the battlefield.

What's more, it is still a Mongol who shows timidity first. Even Jialazhangjing'erzhai will not offend all the non-Manchu officers and soldiers in his subordinates at once. The next battle cannot be done by the Manchus themselves ?

While Erzhai was listening to the speeches of his subordinates, the sentry who went to inquire about the situation in the village finally ran back.According to the spy's report, the village was already empty. Not only was there no Shun army troops, even the villagers didn't see a single one.

Erzhai thought for a while, and decided to go to the field to find out how Tursai was ambushed. This was originally one of his missions on this trip.For the Manchus of this period, it has become a habit to sum up combat experience to prevent the same mistakes from being made next time.However, as the Manchus began to retreat to the role of the supervisory team after entering the customs, this habit of summarizing combat experience lost its meaning. It was impossible for the supervisory team to know what mistakes were made on the front line. Adding credit doesn't tell the truth at all.

Chapter 506 The Qing Army's Retaliation II

After visiting Gaozhuang, although the Shun army removed all the corpses, they did not cover up the battle traces on the scene, so Erzhai and others deduced the entire battle process from these battle traces.

Even though Erzhai and Hu Misai put the responsibility for losing the battle on Halhan Oban and Chen Tianmo who fled back before seeing these traces, after seeing these traces of battle, they asked about the battle between them that day After the route, Hu Misai also had to admit: "Tursai Zhangjing was too careless when he rushed into the village, he didn't even notice that there was an ambush in the village, so when he realized something was wrong, he had already penetrated into the encirclement of the Shun Army guilty.

According to the traces of the explosion in the center of the village, there should have been a violent explosion near the millstone. This must not be the trace of the explosion of the explosives thrown by the Shun army, but the trace of the explosion of a large amount of gunpowder planted by the Shun army in advance. Such a big pit appeared.

From this position, when the Shun army's ambush appears, our army will inevitably gather near the millstone to organize a defense, because the view is the best here, and there are objects such as the millstone to block the Shun army's bows or firecrackers.The Shun army probably calculated this point, so they buried a large amount of gunpowder here, and lit the gunpowder when our army approached the millstone.

In this case, the confessions of some soldiers withdrawn by our army are correct. After a big explosion occurred in the village, they lost the order of their superiors, so everyone could only fight on their own, and then everyone started Fleeing.The lower officials thought that Tursai Zhangjing should have been damaged in this explosion..."

Hu Misai's deduction was approved by the generals of the Qing army present, because they also believed that only under such circumstances could the Qing army that invaded the village be defeated so quickly. It did not prevent the Qing army in the village from fleeing.

Erzhai also discovered the interlocking walls, connected cellars and roof mezzanines in the village. It was through these hidden passages that the Shun army ambushed the Qing army in the village. This shows that the Shun army who besieged the Qing army may still There were not as many reports as those who fled back to the Qing army, but those Qing army soldiers who fled back were completely confused, so they felt that the village was full of enemies.

When Halhan Eban and Chen Tianmo looked at these hidden passages, their faces were ugly. They obviously realized that even though the Shun army ambushed them that day, there were many soldiers attacking in bluff during the siege. If they persisted , or be able to bring back Tursay's body.

Erzhai is not interested in paying attention to the mentality of Halhan Eban and Chen Tianmo, as long as he finds out the reason why Tursai was defeated and died, what responsibility these two people will bear after they go back is not something he needs to consider.However, these hidden passages taught him a good lesson, and he immediately told his subordinates, "When entering the village in the future, we must first arrange sentries to drive out all the people in the village before entering the village. It is allowed to enter the village to plunder at will before controlling the village..."

After surveying the battlefield in Gaozhuang, the Qing army began to face another problem, which was what to do next in order to complete the task assigned by the Nikan master.Just knowing the cause of Tursai's death and bringing back a few headless corpses can't be regarded as completing the task assigned by the master.

At this time, Hu Misai put forward his own idea with some excitement, thinking that it is not enough to find a few civilians nearby to take revenge, and their target of revenge should still be on the Shunjun.He emphasized in this way: "If we find a few ordinary Han people nearby and kill them as revenge for Tursai, this is not only fooling the master, but also fooling those comrades who died at the hands of the Shun army. Will they die in peace? ?

What's more, if we do this, Shun Jun will only think that we are really scared, so we will vent our anger on those unarmed civilians.In this way, they will become more daring to attack us next time, because they know that we dare not go to them to settle accounts.So no matter from which aspect, we must force the nearby Shun army to come out to fight. I know that they must be hiding in the surrounding Han villages. "

Although Dai Han, Zhang Zuo and other Han Eight Banners officers have different views, they think that they should first take the body and the battle back to report to the master, and then the master will decide the degree of revenge in the next step, instead of staying blindly Look for the Shun army who is hiding.The two also hesitated and said: "Based on what we know about the Ming army, they will definitely not run out to fight us face to face because we killed a few civilians. In fact, the Ming army treats its own people the same way it treats the people of the enemy country. The attitude is the same, maybe even worse, because the enemy country still has troops to protect their people, but the Ming people have no protectors. There are a large number of Ming officials in the Shun Army, just like us, so They will definitely not risk their own lives for the sake of the common people."

Although Dai Han, Zhang Zuo and others tried to prove that they couldn't make the Shun army escape by attacking the surrounding civilians, so it's better for everyone to rob the surrounding area and then run back to the camp.But at this time, Halhan Erban and Chen Tianmo were unwilling to go back like this. After they realized the mistake they made, they tried to cover their crimes and make meritorious deeds, so naturally they took capturing that Shun army as their top priority.

When the two sides were in dispute, Erzhai finally made a decision: "The Shun army found us, and then mobilized troops from the surrounding area to attack us. It will take at least two or three days. Then we only need to stay here for no more than Just three days."

As soon as Erzhai said this, both sides stopped talking, because everyone felt that this was an appropriate time. If no results were obtained within three days, then it was time to return to Daying. If there is an ambush army in Tursai, then they will not let the other side run away.

Erzhai went on to say: "Of course, these dug up corpses are indeed a burden. We definitely can't take these corpses around. In addition, although we have to look for the whereabouts of the Shun army, we also need a camping place." And the hub responsible for communicating with each search area.

Therefore, I suggest that the green battalion stick to Gaozhuang, and then send people to transport the corpses back to the camp. The others should be divided into three teams. Searching in the east, Hu Misai and I will wait for your report here, and once you find the station of the Shun army, you will come back, and the search range of each army shall not exceed ten miles..."

Erzhai's order was quickly carried out, and in the middle of the afternoon, both Dai Han in the west and Chen Tianmo in the east sent people to report that they found a populated village, which seemed to show signs of military activity.

The news from here and there gave Hu Misai a headache, he didn't know which way to attack, but he believed in the news from Dai Han more psychologically. After all, Chen Tianmo was the defeated general, and God knows if he will come back again. What kind of oolong came out.

However, Erzhai studied the news from both sides and thought that Chen Tianmo should be chosen as the road. Hu Misai was a little puzzled, so he asked why.Erzhai said: "Although there are discoveries on both sides, Dai Han's side is completely deceived, if he hadn't seen the cooking smoke, he would not have found this village.

In other words, he didn't find any connection between this village and Gaozhuang, and it hadn't rained in the past two days, so it was impossible for Shunjun to leave no trace of his movement.But Chen Tianmo's side was different. He found the fresh rut marks of the cart two or three miles away from Gaozhuang, and he found the village after searching all the way there.

Therefore, judging from the reports from both sides, the village Chen Tianmo discovered may be related to Gaozhuang's Shun army who ambushed us, but Dai Han's side did not.Maybe there is really a submissive army over there, but it will definitely not be the target of our revenge. We should still find the right lord to take revenge.So, I decided to go east. "

For the judgment made by Erzhai, Hu Misai expressed his sincere conviction, so he said to his superior: "Then shall I order Dai Han and Zhang Zuo to return?"

After thinking for a while, Erzhai said: "The most important thing in this battle is the surprise attack. We can't wait for Dai Han and Zhang Zuo to return. We need to hurry up and launch an attack overnight before the Shun army finds us, otherwise When the Shun army finds out that something is wrong and resists stubbornly in the village, you have also seen the traps they set up in the village, and it will be against me to attack by force."

Hu Misai subconsciously looked at the surrounding battle traces, and couldn't help but nodded and said: "Yes, these Shunjun troops are too insidious. If they use these walls and traps to fight us, it will be difficult for us to fight. If we can take advantage If it is not prepared, the loss will be smaller.”

Erzhai nodded in agreement and said: "We have more than 150 cavalry here, plus the more than [-] cavalry led by Harhan Eban and Chen Tianmo, the total is nearly [-] cavalry. , then adding Dai Han and Zhang Zuo's more than a hundred riders will not change anything.