Dashun Yongchang

Thinking that the land in Taiwan is fertile and suitable for farming is not the same as going to the fields and farming yourself. These are two different concepts.In fact, after they defeated the Dutch and learned about the way the Dutch ruled the natives, everyone immediately fell in love with the Dutch way of ruling, but their advantage over the Dutch is that behind them is the extremely productive force. developed Jiangnan region.

In other words, they did not need to use force to force the natives to work for themselves like the Dutch did, even withholding a little remuneration.Even if Xu Dingguo's subordinates had never done business before, they knew how powerful the trade between the Dutch and the natives was, and they only needed to ask a higher price than the Dutch, and the natives were very satisfied.

Taiwan's biggest native products at this time are deerskin and cane sugar, and there are more deer herds in northern Taiwan, because southern Taiwan is developing rapidly, and the area suitable for deer herds is rapidly decreasing, while the Taipei area controlled by the Spanish has almost nothing. As a result, the number of deer herds has not declined much.As for sucrose, this is exactly the industry developed by the Dutch in the farming areas in southern Taiwan, and it is also the reason why Xu Dingguo tried his best to open up the passage to Tainan.

If it is said that conquering Taiwan was only the idea of ​​the Marshal's Mansion at the beginning, then after landing on Taiwan Island and seeing the wealth here, Xu Dingguo has already regarded conquering Taiwan as his goal. If the Xu family can control Taiwan for a few years, Then part of the interests obtained by the Dutch in Taiwan will become the interests of the Xu family, which is the motivation for Xu Dingguo's current positive attitude.

It's just that Xu Dingguo's patience was only half an hour stronger than that of his son. Seeing that the sun had completely deviated from the sun, Xu Dingguo finally ordered the army to attack the nearest village, breaking the peace with the Dadu Kingdom for several days.

Xu Dingguo only brought 800 people to the south this time, and 150 of them were warriors sent by various villages in the north. In fact, Xu Dingguo didn't need them to fight, but wanted them to experience his own force so as to frighten the natives.Another 50 people were defectors of the native servant army brought northward by the Dutch. One of the natives who was more clever and could speak Chinese was adopted by Xu Dingguo as a adopted son and changed his name to Xu Jiayi.

For Xu Dingguo's army, it was not difficult to attack these native villages. The biggest difficulty was finding the location of these villages and transporting the cannons they carried.The reason why the Dutch were frustrated by the resistance of the Belly Kingdom last year was because of the rainy season and the lack of cannons.Xu Dingguo learned of their failure from the Dutch population, so he took 4 cannons and went south.

There is no difference from what the Dutch said. Facing Xu Dingguo's army in armor and holding bows and arrows, the natives still had the courage to resist against the wooden walls of the village, but after Xu Dingguo set up cannons and started bombarding the village, the natives insisted Can't stop.The time from the start of the war to the surrender of the first village was less than half the time it took Xu Dingguo to walk from the camp by the stream to the village.

When Xu Dingguo re-launched the attack, King Ke had just gathered young men from several villages near Dadu Mountain, and hadn't had time to set off yet.Under the persuasion of Dutch missionaries, King Ke decided not to negotiate with the mainlanders. Relying on the prestige of defeating the white invaders last year, the representatives of each village reluctantly accepted King Ke’s proposal, but each village had their own opinions on how to fight at this time. Because of the concerns, there was a bit of delay when dispatching personnel.

The Dadu Kingdom has not really formed a mature system, so the dispatch of troops requires King Ke to negotiate with the representatives of each village, and let each village determine the number of troops to send and provide the food needed for sending troops. These trivial matters involve It took most of King Ke's energy, which made him unable to think about what kind of actions Xu Dinguo would take if he didn't respond to him.

However, neither Dawang Ke nor the representatives of other villages expected that these mainlanders could destroy a village so quickly, and they were even more ferocious than the whites.After receiving the news, King Ke decided to set off as soon as possible, not waiting for people from other villages who had not arrived, but when he took nearly 600 people on the road, new news came from ahead, and three more villages were destroyed by mainlanders up.

The mainlanders' attack was so fierce that it caused waves in King Ke's army. The representatives of the various villages refused to advance. They told King Ke that people from other villages should arrive together before going on the road, otherwise they would be the only ones to go desperately Now, the four villages that have been defeated and the three villages in Xibei have a combined population of three to four thousand people, and at least four to five hundred warriors can be assembled. This number is not weaker than their army. If the mainlanders can easily If you defeat them, can people like yourself really win?

Facing the risk of failure and unfair expedition, even King Ke's prestige could not drive this village coalition army.While the coalition forces were standing still, Xu Dingguo destroyed another village and forced three other remote villages to conclude peace agreements with him.He released another group of prisoners and told them that as long as King Ke surrendered, the war would end.

Facing the irresistible cannons carried by the mainlanders and his own internal divisions, King Ke finally decided to go to Xu Dingguo's army alone to surrender. At this time, it was exactly 10 days after Xu Dingguo gave him the initial notice.

Chapter 518 Withdrawal One

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When King Ke came to surrender, Xu Dingguo did not put on an air of domineering. He comforted the earth king with good words and hosted a banquet for him.So King Ke and others who were quite uneasy at first finally calmed down. At the banquet, King Ke finally said to Xu Dingguo: "We are willing to be loyal to you, but what can we do for you?"

Xu Dingguo thought for a while, and then said to the Han generals on the side: "Tell them, they should not be loyal to me, but to His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty commands all parties and is rich all over the world. He doesn't need to get anything from them." .However, they should go to see His Majesty the Emperor and get an official title from His Majesty. As for the prince they now call themselves, it is best to discard it. Not having a reward from His Majesty the Emperor is a serious crime."

After listening to Xu Dingguo's words conveyed by the official, King Ke, who was sitting on a low stool, thought for a while and then asked tentatively: "I am a little curious, how many villages does His Majesty rule? Is the general's army also rewarded by the emperor? Will the emperor reward me with such an army?"

Not only was Xu Dingguo not annoyed by the cunning hidden in King Ke's words, but he found it ridiculous. Obviously, the leader of the big belly kingdom still doesn't know the size of China. The population and land are beyond the imagination of the earth king.

However, as a general with basic political ability, Xu Dingguo can still understand the thoughts of these indigenous leaders. The surrender this time is not their sincere surrender, but just a self-help that he has to carry out when he is forced to the cliff.Once they are far away from the danger of genocide, they will still think about resisting.

Therefore, in order for these natives to surrender sincerely, at least two things must be done.One is to let these natives know that the Marshal's Mansion is not a behemoth they can challenge, and the strength gap between the two sides is so great that there is no comparison.But this kind of comparison is useless. Only by letting these natives go to the mainland to see for themselves will they understand what power is.

The second is to find a group of young people who are inclined to the Marshal's Mansion from among the natives, and then support these people to take power and drive the old people out of power. Then this place will truly become the territory of Dashun.This trip is an opportunity to find suitable young people.

So he just smiled at King Ke, and blurted out: "You can go and see for yourself the place where His Majesty rules. As for such an army, as long as you can maintain your loyalty, then there may not be a leader." Chance."

Xu Dingguo's answer did not clear up many doubts for King Ke, but he also knew that he could not refuse the other party's request. After all, he had to surrender because he couldn't beat the other party, so he had no bargaining power.

After ending the war with the Dadu Kingdom and opening the passage to the Tainan Plain, Xu Dingguo decided to send people to the Han villages in Tainan to express his condolences, asking them to send people to serve the imperial court.The subordinate then asked him: "In whose name should the condolences be carried out?"

Xu Dingguo hesitated for a while and then said firmly: "Of course it is in the name of His Majesty Yongchang. Tell them that the imperial court has decided to open a government office in Taiwan, so they should send up the rosters and editions of each village as soon as possible, so that they don't have to send them to Taiwan again." Dutch people pay taxes and are not allowed to accept Dutch official positions, otherwise the court will punish them.”

Xu Dingguo left his son behind to inspect the villages and communities in the Dadu Kingdom, and surveyed the southward passage in preparation for road repairs in the second half of the year to facilitate north-south travel.By the way, it is also necessary to find a good port suitable for docking on the coastline of the Dadu Kingdom, as a transit port for going south and north in the future.

When he returned to Danshuibao with the army and King Ke, the second wave of envoys sent by the Dutch arrived again.Shi Fu, who was stationed at the mouth of the Danshui River, received the Dutch envoy. When he welcomed Xu Dingguo up the mountain, he said to him: "The envoy sent by the Dutch this time is very interesting. The name is that he represents Batavia to demonstrate to us and Protested, but secretly revealed the news to me, saying that the governor of the Dutch Batavia is seriously ill, and I am afraid that he will die soon, so Batavia has no intention of confronting us.”

Xu Dingguo was also a little stunned when he heard it. He stopped and turned to look at Shi Fu and asked, "What does this messenger mean? He wants to betray his own people?"

Shifubi Xu Dingguo understood the inside story of the company and had in-depth exchanges with the Dutch representative Kui Yi, so he shook his head and replied: "He represents the Taiwan chief of the East India Company, but this time Batavia sent The emissary seems to want the Taiwan chief to bear the responsibility for the defeat, so he hopes that we refuse to negotiate with the Batavia envoy and delay the negotiation until the new governor takes office, which is also more beneficial to us."

Xu Dingguo suddenly understood. Obviously, there were party struggles among these Westerners. He immediately laughed and said: "It is of course a good thing to delay the negotiation. As long as your Majesty wins the Manchurians, the Dutch will be even better." There is no chance. But this is not a delaying tactic used by the Dutch, is it?"

Shi Fu shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. The representative from the Netherlands almost told me the color of the underwear of the personnel sent by Batavia. I believe there is no need to be so frank. With less than [-] troops, even if we want to sneak attack us, we are powerless. We just need to pay attention to the movements of their ships, these Dutchmen still have a way at sea."

Xu Dingguo frowned and said, "Can the Dutch cut off the sea lanes? So is our connection with the chicken coop and the mainland safe?"

After all, he was in charge of sea traffic, so Shi Fu hurriedly reassured him and said, "This will not be a problem, since we already know the movements of the Dutch ships, so as long as we pay attention to them, they will not be able to intercept our ships at sea. After all, we now occupy all the ports in northern Taiwan, and it is impossible for the Dutch to float on the sea and confront us. With their current strength, they do not have the power to block the mouth of the Tamsui River and Jilong Port."

Xu Dingguo thought for a while and said: "Arrange a ship as soon as possible, at least we have to send the big belly king back to Yangzhou first, and then find out how the war in the north is going..."

The war in the north that Xu Dingguo was concerned about actually came to an end. At the end of February, a part of the Shun Army suddenly set off from Shangqiu to capture Suliji between Cao County and Shan County. At the same time, the Shun Army in Shan County and Cao County also launched several small-scale battles against the enemy in front of them.

The movement of the Shun army naturally aroused the tension of the two Qing troops in Cao County and Shan County, and they quickly passed the news back to Dingtao.The generals of the Qing army who were still arguing about whether to withdraw their troops soon died down, because theoretically the time the main combatants were waiting for had appeared.Now that the Shun army has climbed out of the well-defended Guide Mansion, it is time for the Qing army to fully suppress the victory.

However, none of the generals of the Qing army dared to make this suggestion, even Han Dai, who had previously advocated persistence, shut up.Those who advocate persistence actually want to disassociate themselves from the idea of ​​retreat, because the battle has been fought to such an extent that it can be said that apart from occupying some places, it has not achieved any of the main goals envisaged before the war.

The Qing army concentrated its main force going south this time, with only one goal in mind, which was to eliminate Li Zicheng. If this goal could not be achieved, then at least Li Zicheng's strength should be weakened, so as to lay a solid foundation for the next elimination of Li Zicheng.

However, Henan's gains and losses made the Qing army's first goal of destroying Li Zicheng fail.The next step is to weaken Li Zicheng's strength, but the logistical problems and the state of the Shun army's victorious vigor made the goal of weakening Li Zicheng's strength fail.Preserving strength and retreating is actually acknowledging the failure of the Southern Expedition.

Even the Nine Kings and Ten Kings were thinking about how it would end. How could the generals of the other banners not start thinking about how to defend themselves at the military council after returning to Beijing?What's more, when faced with a good situation, the Ming army will always make mistakes. Who can guarantee that the Shun army will not make such mistakes?So hold on, it's not a bad thing.

But after seeing the Shun army dispatching troops to Su Liji, the experienced generals of the Qing army immediately lost the courage to persist.Because the place where the Shun army dispatched troops was close to the Yellow River, it was good for defense. Obviously, the Shun army wanted to open up a new line of defense here. When the river water began to thaw, no Qing army general could guarantee that before they captured Su Liji , the river will not flood.

From the actions of the Shun army dispatching troops here, it can be seen that there is a huge difference between the Shun army and the Ming army. Even in the end, they did not make any mistakes, but instead induced the Qing army to make wrong decisions.

Faced with this change in the situation, Duduo finally stopped watching from the sidelines. He expressed his position to the generals and said, "What Du Erhu said is still reasonable. The morale of the troops in Shanxian and Caoxian counties has already dropped, so the army can only follow the army." Su Liji was easily captured.

If Li Zicheng personally led the army to gather in Suli, then the country would not mind meeting him for a while.But now it's just a partial division of the Shun Army. If we send fewer people, it won't help, and if we send more people, Li Zicheng can't respond, so we still have to retreat when the time comes.But retreating in front of the enemy is very dangerous. Will Li Zicheng let go of such an opportunity? "

The generals were silent and did not respond. This is what they were worried about. Their entire army pressed forward, but if Li Zicheng sat still in Shangqiu City, they would be in a dilemma.If you advance, the army will run out of food, and if you retreat, you will have to expose your belly to Li Zicheng. Judging from Li Zicheng's experience in defeating Azig, the leader of the rogues will not miss such an opportunity.

Just when Duoduo made up his mind to retreat, news came that Jinxiang County had been conquered by the Shun Army.This dispelled the last trace of hesitation of the generals of the Qing army about withdrawing troops.And Duoduo was also shocked by Shunjun's attack on Jinxiang County, which meant that Shunjun's desire for war was getting bigger and bigger, which was a real threat to the demoralized Qing army.

On the one hand, he ordered Nikan in Shan County to withdraw to Chengwu as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he asked Kartala to take a cavalry unit to meet the retreat of Shi Tingzhu and Bayan troops who attacked Yutai County.He told Kartala: "If the Shun army dares to go out of Jinxiang City, they will be wiped out. If they stay in the city, then ignore them and let Shi Tingzhu and the others retreat to Chengwu as soon as possible."

After issuing the order to retreat, Duoduo wrote a letter to Li Zicheng, hoping to have peace talks with the other party.

Chapter 519 Withdrawing troops II

Facing the letter from Doduo requesting negotiation, Li Zicheng was not very interested. He was more interested in the messenger who came to deliver the letter, because this person did not seem to be an insignificant person, so he turned to Luo Luo who was by his side. Hun asked, "It looks like you know him? Who is this?"

Luo Luohun glanced at the person standing at the bottom of the steps, and then replied respectfully to Li Zicheng: "It's the grandson of Guanglue Belle Chu Ying, the eldest son of Anping Belle Dudu, Aixinjueluo Duerhu. Chongde took the feudal title in seven years. Fu Guogong, followed by Huang Taiji, made meritorious service in Weisongshan and Jinzhou, and was promoted to Zhen Guogong, but he was dismissed because of his seat and his clan status."

Li Zicheng looked at Du Erhu below and sighed: "Huang Taiji is really small-minded. Guanglue Baylor has been dead for so many years, and he is so worried about his descendants. What did he do to Guanglue Baylor that day?" What, so afraid of his descendants."

Seeing Luo Luohun, his cousin standing next to Li Zicheng, Du Erhu already felt very uncomfortable. Now that Li Zicheng commented on his family affairs and didn't shy away from himself, it made him feel even more blocked, although he didn't treat Huang Taiji in his heart. See, but he didn't want to hear such a comment from Li Zicheng on such an occasion at all. He could only express his position by saying: "Your Majesty's comments on our ancestors seem to be too mean. This is not what the owner should say."

Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi who were on the side immediately scolded: "Bold, are you talking to His Majesty like this, are you thinking that there is no one in Dashun?"

Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the chair, waved his hands to make his subordinates retreat, looked at Du Erhu and shook his head and said sympathetically: "I can understand your position, indeed, I said such a thing, if you don't say anything, go back It's also hard to explain. But Huang Taiji, a mean and benevolent person, can't escape. Tell me, what do you want to say when Duoduo asked you to come here?"

Hearing Li Zicheng's words, the blue veins on Du Erhu's forehead burst out. He knew that he couldn't wash it off, but he could only endure it, and said respectfully according to Duoduo's explanation: "Dingguo The general thought: there was no enmity between Daqing and Dashun, and our country just entered the customs at the invitation of the survivors of the Ming Dynasty to avenge their father. If your majesty can release the prince, clan and officials of the Ming Dynasty, restore The clan of the Ming Dynasty, then our country is willing to coordinate for Dashun and Daming, so that the three countries will live in peace and everyone will share peace, wouldn’t it be beautiful.”

The generals around Li Zicheng all showed angry expressions when they heard this, but Li Zicheng laughed loudly. When everyone turned their eyes to him, Li Zicheng stopped laughing and said, "Look, this is The logic of the aggressors. Therefore, it is different to reason with the aggressors, and they can only wake up when they fight back with force."

Li Zicheng sat upright, looked at Du Erhu and said solemnly: "Go back and tell Duo Duo that there is no Ming Dynasty, Dashun and Qing Dynasty. There is only one China on this land. If you Manchus want to rule China, don't think about it." It's crooked, but speaking with force is enough. As for the so-called survivors of the Ming Dynasty, they are nothing more than a group of traitors who exterminated themselves from China.

Rong, Di, jackal, and wolves cannot be hated; the intimacy of Zhu Xia cannot be abandoned.The ancients thousands of years ago knew this truth, but these so-called Ming survivors did not know this truth. What is it not a traitor?Confucius also said: Wei Guanzhong, I was sent to the left.How can the defense of Huayi and the distinction between China and foreign countries be confused? "

Although they didn't quite understand what Li Zicheng said, Liu Zongmin and other generals nodded slightly in agreement.Although Du Erhu has read a few books, he is not very clear about the origin of these words, but he understands the four words "Fighting Huayi".He immediately understood in his heart that the peace talks had failed.

Sure enough, Li Zicheng then asked Luo Luohun to send him out without saying anything to him.Du Erhu could only maintain etiquette, bowed to Li Zicheng and then left. Now that the Qing Dynasty is not at the end of its rope, he naturally doesn't have to be so eager.In the final analysis, the Shun army only had the advantage in the general situation, but the Qing army still held the initiative on the battlefield. Showing weakness at this time only strengthened the confidence of the Han people, so naturally he was not in a hurry.

After Du Erhu left, Yuan Zongdi finally couldn't help but asked Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, are we really not going to talk to the Manchus?"

Liu Zongmin said disapprovingly: "What is there to talk about? Now that we have the upper hand, if we make peace with them at this time, don't we tie our own hands and feet? Since we have won Jinxiang County, the next step is to It is time to find a way to eat up the Qing army in Yutai County, so that there will be a loophole in the Qing army's eastern defense line. This battle is beneficial to me, why not fight?"

With the cooperation of the Shun Army from all over the place and the cannons brought in from Xuzhou, the Feng County Garrison moved its troops to Dongyu River and then launched an attack on Jinxiang County occupied by the Qing Army.Although Jinxiang County is connected to Shan County, Chengwu and Yutai Qing Army, the terrain here is low-lying, which is the necessary passage from the Yellow River system to Weishan Lake.

To put it simply, floods often occur here, so the land is barren and the population is not very large.Jinxiang County was also relatively dilapidated, and even the Shun Army gave up the idea of ​​defending here and retreated directly to Yutai County.Although the Qing army occupied Jinxiang County, they only regarded it as a logistics channel for attacking Yutai, and did not make any efforts to defend Jinxiang County, because at this time the Qing army was still thinking of attacking, and it was not very important for the defensive area. They don't pay attention to it, and they don't feel that the enemy still has the strength to attack their rear under their own attack.

However, the Qing army obviously did not expect that the stalemate in this war had already given the Shun army the hope of victory. An army eager for victory is always more subjective, so the Shun army aimed at Jin, which was weakly defended by the Qing army. Township county.

Guan Fumin and Ma Huabao led nearly three regiments and carried 8 excellent cannons firing 6-jin ammunition. They successfully avoided the Qing army sentry and arrived at the city of Jinxiang. The war became no suspense.There were less than a thousand Qing troops in the city, and most of them were green battalion soldiers. This made the Qing army in the city chaotic when the Shun army fired. Then someone secretly opened the north gate and ran away, so the remaining Qing troops in the city directly attacked Raised the white flag of surrender.

The capture of Jinxiang County further proved that the morale of the Green Battalion soldiers in the Qing army had reached a limit, which made the generals of the Shun Army find the feeling they had when they first marched east.The most difficult battle is over, and the next thing to do is to put on a fighting posture against these fearful armies, and they will drop their weapons and surrender.After all, even if these green battalion soldiers changed their names, it was impossible for them to become brave warriors in such a short period of time. This is common sense.

Although the generals of the Shun Army could not clearly point out that the 10,000+ New Han army in the Qing army sequence is not only not the help of the Manchus, but has become a burden for the Manchus, but the results of several small-scale battles initiated from the front line Look, with the addition of those Jinxiang counties that went well this time, everyone has already felt the fact that the internal dispatch of the Qing army is not effective and the morale is low.

On the other hand, after the capture of Beijing, a large number of Ming troops surrendered put pressure on the Shun army. Although these Ming troops surrendered, they were not reliable, and Dashun had to support them, and they could not be allowed to cause trouble, because the Shun army The Ming army who surrendered internally has formed a natural alliance, and it is quite difficult to deal with it if it affects the whole body.

However, on the way to the south, some surrendered Ming troops turned to the Manchus again, and the Shun army absorbed some surrendered Ming troops through the establishment of the Capital Marshal's Mansion. When the Qing army went south, they eliminated some unreliable surrendered Ming troops through war. After Ge this group of people, it can be regarded as digesting the surrender of the Ming army. It is difficult to hear the difference between the rebel army and the surrendered army in the Shun army, but there are more disputes between the new army and the old army.

The internal integration of the Shun army finally surpassed the Qing army, and naturally they had confidence in continuing the war.Liu Zongmin is a representative of these confident generals. As for Yuan Zongdi, he began to look at the war from the perspective of soldiers. He began to consider the recovery of Henan and other places after the war, so he felt that the peace talks were timely for the people of Henan. necessary.

Li Zicheng stopped the debate between the two sides and said: "Peace is indeed about peace, but peace itself is not an end. The purpose of peace is to allow us to recover and develop better, so as to suppress the recovery and development of the Manchus after the war." .

Who is more beneficial to negotiate peace in this situation?I think it is more beneficial to the Manchus, because the Dingtao and Chengwu they occupy now still pose a threat to Jining, Shangqiu, and Xuzhou. If we talk about peace with the current actual control area, then we will spend more It is obviously not to my advantage to try to run a long line of defense.

Also, the Manchus proposed peace talks to us, is it really for peace?I can't see it.They just couldn't fight on the battlefield anymore, so they wanted to keep the results that couldn't be kept by force through negotiation.If we do not have the ability to take these places, then they will not be able to make peace with us.

In addition, the Manchus did not have much sincerity for this peace talk, otherwise they would not have even brought a basic condition, just relying on empty words to make us stop attacking.In my opinion, the Manchu so-called peace talks this time are just trying to test our internal views on peace talks.It's the same as when Huang Taiji flicked the peace talks with Ming Dynasty in the past, but never gave up the war.

If we really show our willingness to talk about peace, maybe the Manchus will want to persist in the war again..."

Yuan Zongdi also nodded in agreement and said: "Your Majesty is right, even if peace talks are to be made, the Manchus must first give up Dingtao and Chengwu, and let them retreat to the east of the canal and north of the Daqing River, so that we can Create a line of defense that is easier to defend."

Liu Zongmin thought about it, and found that this line was roughly the line of defense that the Shun army could capture and hold. After passing this line, unless the Shun army took the whole of Shandong, there was no guarantee that they would be able to hold these areas.Although the Qing army showed signs of decline during the attack, the main force of the Manchus was hardly damaged. Once the battle line was stretched, the Shun army would not be sure of victory, so he also remained silent.

Li Zicheng just glanced at Yuan Zong for the first time, then changed the subject and said: "Since the Qing army has sent representatives for peace talks, they will probably retreat soon. We should warn the frontline ministries, especially at this time, the more we must maintain peace." Be vigilant, you can't find opportunities for the Qing army to take advantage of..."

Chapter 520 Withdrawing Troops III

Luo Luohun brought Du Erhu to a mansion in the city, and said to him: "This is where I live, so you can rest in Dongkuayuan. If there is anything you can tell the servants here to do. As for your Followers, I have sent them to live elsewhere, and they will meet you when I send you away tomorrow."

Du Erhu looked around and saw that no one else was around, so he let go of his arms and said, "Don't you regret it?"

Although the cousin's words were nonsensical, Luo Luohun understood what the other party meant. He raised the corner of his mouth and said mockingly: "I think I am the one who should regret it. He He offended other Baylors because of Huang Taiji, even his own Ama turned against him, but what he got in the end was Huang Taiji's suppression. Do you think his life is worth it?"

Du Erhu was speechless immediately. Compared with what happened to his own family, Luo Luohun should be the one who was more dissatisfied, because his father was loyal to Huang Taiji. The power is the weakest. If Yue Tuo hadn't led a group of young Baylors to support him all the time, how could Huang Taiji defeat the other three Baylors?

It is precisely because of Yue Tuo's support for Huang Taiji that Daishan dislikes this son very much, and even once wanted to make trouble after his son's death so as to regain the power inlaid with the red flag.Therefore, it is clear that Yuetuo has made great contributions to Huang Taiji, but Luo Luohun's life is more difficult than that of ordinary clans, because Yuetuo offended too many people during his lifetime, so whether it is his own grandfather or the brothers of the regent, they are all right. Yuetuo's branch has malicious intentions.

And Huang Taiji and Yue Tuo's final confrontation also alienated Huang Taiji's team from Yue Tuo's team.What's more, now that Huang Taiji's inheritance is in the hands of the young Shunzhi, how can a child lend a helping hand to Luo Luohun?Under the oppression of the Dorgon brothers, they still have insufficient self-protection.

Just when Du Erhu was feeling sorry for Luo Luohun's past situation, he heard the other party say indignantly: "If the ten kings hadn't transferred my guard battalion away, how could I have fallen into a state where I couldn't protect myself?

Although everyone's surname is Aixinjueluo, some people don't regard us as their own people, but as enemies of life and death.For example, cousin, why did Huang Taiji depose your clan status that day, don't you know? "

Du Erhu's complexion changed when he heard this, and he was about to speak out to stop him, but he saw Luo Luohun sneered and said: "The Ming army attacked Huang Taiji's camp at night during the battle of Songjin, and everyone watched the Ming army with cold eyes. Attacking the camp without helping, the two yellow flags were caught off guard and were beaten by the Ming army.

If it wasn't for your cousin, you stood up and organized soldiers to seal the gate of the imperial camp and shoot arrows, blocking the attack route of the Ming army, and Huang Taiji would have died in the battle that day.But because you, cousin, desperately protected the camp, and everyone saw that it was impossible for the Ming army to break into the imperial camp, they had no choice but to send troops to rescue, which allowed Huang Taiji to live for a few more days.

But how did Huang Taiji treat you?Not to mention concealing your merits, because you think that you, Guanglue Baylor, still have appeal afterward, so you are directly expelled from the clan. If you are so mean and ungrateful, it is no wonder that you will die suddenly in the palace.He liked to talk about God's will in everything he did during his lifetime, and I think his sudden death is the real God's will.

Cousin, do you really intend to bear the surname of Aixinjueluo and be a sinner for life in the eyes of some people? "

Du Erhu looked at this cousin for a long time, and then he let out a long breath and said: "After all, our surname is Aixinjueluo. We have killed so many Han people over the years. Do you really think that the Han people will forget these things? Even if they don't Think about it yourself, and think about those Manchus, if the Han people win, will they still have a way out?"

Luo Luohun glanced at this cousin in surprise, seeing that the other party was watching him calmly and not avoiding him, he could only shake his head and say, "I don't have such a broad mind as you, if I can't live on, Who cares about whom?

It is said that we are Manchus, but the method we really use to deal with those birth girls is to treat them as our own?It's just that we want them to fight for us.

Compared with us, the Han people are actually much more tolerant.At least I live comfortably here. Your Majesty is a sensible person, and he is more generous than Huang Taiji. Even if there are any changes in the future, at least I can live a comfortable life for a few days now. "

Seeing what Du Erhu wanted to say, Luo Luo waved his hands and said, "Let's not convince anyone, you still have people in your heart, but I only have myself in my heart. So, everyone might as well shut up. I think you are also tired." Alright, I'll ask someone to prepare hot water for you, take a good bath and relieve your fatigue."

After Luo Luohun finished speaking, he turned and left. Du Erhu watched his cousin's back, and finally did not make a sound.He was also a little confused, he didn't know if he was wrong or if his cousin could take it easy.

With the support of the cavalry of the Qing army, Guan Fumin and Ma Huabao in Jinxiang County finally watched the Qing army attacking Yutai County withdraw from under their noses to Chengwu.However, the Qing army saw that the Shun army in Jinxiang City could not hold on, and did not stop under the city. They kept their guard and withdrew from the Shun army's sight.

On March 3, the Qing army returned to the Dingtao-Chengwu line and gave up its attempt to break through to the west.The siege of Cao County, Shan County, and Yutai was immediately lifted. On March 10, Li Zicheng arrived in Cao County, condolences to Niu Wancai and Feng Yangzhu's troops, and the morale of the troops stationed in Cao County soared.

At this time, the Shun army finally stopped adopting the strategy of holding on, but mobilized 55 troops, armed with [-] cannons, and formed a line from Cao County to Jinxiang, and began to march toward the Dingtao-Chengwu line.

In such an era, whether it is from attack to retreat or from retreat to attack, it is a very complicated command operation. Not to mention the Qing army mixed with a large number of green battalions, even if it is only the Eight Banners Army, it is very difficult. Complete the conversion of these two combat forms in a short time.

Therefore, when the Qing army began to retreat, the decisive battle posture of the Shun army really frightened the Qing army. At this time, no one talked about the issue of a decisive battle with the Shun army, because such a possibility no longer existed. .No matter which troop is mobilized, it can't stop the soldiers of this troop from worrying about other friendly troops, for fear that they will leave themselves and run away.

Even Duoduo can only send some cavalry troops to observe the movement of the Shun army at this time. If some troops of the Shun army break away from this parallel front and form a bulge, then there is still a possibility of fighting. Otherwise, he would not take the reserve team in his hand to fight with the troops of the Shun Army Brigade.

At this time, Duoduo also understood Shunjun's tactics, which was to force him to fight for consumption, not to engage in any tricks with him to decide the outcome of a single army.If it was years ago, when the morale of the Qing army going south was high at that time, he would not be afraid of this tactic. Anyway, the Han people died on both sides.But now, he dare not send those unstable green camps to fight such a war of attrition. If one or two green camps defect, it will definitely form a chain reaction, which will lead to the collapse of the Qing army.

Therefore, at the military meeting held in Dingtao on March 3, Duoduo could only announce to the generals that he would abandon Dingtao, Chengwu, and even Caozhou and other places.When the generals asked him where he should retreat, Duoduo thought for a long time and said: "First set up a defense line at Dongping, Liangshan, and Fan County, and then set up a backup line of defense at Pingyin, Dong'e, Yanggu, and Neihuang.

The Shun army blocked our attack with two lines of defense before, so it is even more difficult for the Shun army, which lacks cavalry, to break through the double line of defense they invented.In addition, after the troops retreat to the designated positions, they must build fortresses for defense.For the style of the fortress, the National Congress ordered people to send out the blueprint..."

The Qing army, who had been repeatedly tortured by the Shun army's defensive measures for several months, had learned something. When Doduo chose to withdraw his troops, he immediately thought of using the defensive tactics invented by the Shun army to resist the attack of the Shun army.In the past few months of attack, the Qing army has proved that these defensive methods are effective. Next, Doduo also wants to see what method the Shun army will use to crack the shield he invented.

After ordering the army to retreat, Dodo also wrote a letter to Beijing. In the letter, he confessed to Dorgon that the plan for the southern expedition had failed, and the next most important thing was how to settle the green battalion.If these green battalion soldiers cannot be properly arranged, he cannot guarantee that these green battalion soldiers will not rebel against the Qing Dynasty.

Dodo was not intimidating Dorgon. In fact, after he ordered the retreat, some of the Green Battalion soldiers did not retreat with the troops but chose to escape from the troops.But in this area where the Qing army and the Shun army were facing each other, there were no deep mountains and old forests for these deserters to hide, so their escape was actually for the Shun army.

Facing this phenomenon of desertion, Doduo couldn't help feeling worried. He knew very well that if this phenomenon of desertion continued, it would soon turn into a defection of the entire army.The reason why these soldiers fled was nothing more than two reasons, one was that the Qing Dynasty was dying, and the other was that they couldn't get enough to eat.Therefore, he urgently needs Dorgon to come up with a solution, otherwise, if the retreating Qing army feels that there is no future, then they will repeat the scene of a large number of Ming troops surrendering when they entered the pass last year, but this time the target of surrender It is about to become a Shunjun.