Dashun Yongchang

Chapter 61 Marshal's Mansion

On the afternoon of May [-]th, at about a quarter past midnight, Li Zicheng held the first military and political meeting in the lobby of the governor’s office in Tianjin. At this meeting, he announced two things. The first thing was to announce the In the morning, he signed the Declaration of the First Year of Yongchang with the generals.

After Li Zicheng finished reading the declaration, he said to the people in the hall: "I will order people to copy it and send it to Xijing and Xiangyang. After the powerful generals and above in these two places have also signed it, I will officially announce this declaration to the public. Dashun is the foundation of the country."

As soon as Li Zicheng's words fell, all the generals in the hall expressed their support one after another, and Yang Chengyu, Gu Junen, Zhou Zhong, Wang Zeyao and other civil servants sitting opposite the generals had no choice but to express their approval.After Niu Jinxing and other key civil servants of the Dashun government withdrew to Shaanxi, the generals in the East Route Army completely overwhelmed these civil officials.

Naturally, Yang Chengyu, Gu Junen and others dare not and are unwilling to oppose the common will of the generals at this time. First, it is wartime, and the voices of the generals should be louder; According to the declaration, they are not as far from Li Zicheng as Niu Jinxing and others. Naturally, Li Zicheng's determination cannot be shaken at this time.

The second matter is the establishment of the Marshal's Mansion of the East Route Army Capital. No one will stand up to question this matter, because it is related to Li Zicheng's military power. Before a dynasty fell.

The Shaanxi Headquarters set up Marshal Xilu, but Marshal Xilu can only be in charge of military affairs and cannot interfere in civil affairs.However, the East Route Army led by Li Zicheng would naturally not have such restrictions. What makes people a little puzzled is that Li Zicheng did not use the old title of Marshal of Fengtian Advocacy, but instead used the old official position of Marshal Du, the Yuan Dynasty.

The Marshal's Mansion is also in charge of military and civilian affairs, so Li Zicheng announced the establishment of the Military Council Mansion and the Civilian Government to take charge of military and political affairs, which were finally brought together in front of him.The Civilian Government had left and right ministers, headed by Yang Chengyu and Gu Junen, who were in charge of all civil affairs under the Marshal's Mansion. A secretariat was also set up to assist Li Zicheng in dealing with the affairs of the civil government. Zhou Zhong, Wei Xuelian and others joined the secretariat.

After all, the Marshal's Mansion is a temporary institution mainly based on the military, so the most important thing is the Military Council, and the civilian government is only in a secondary position, so the scale of the Military Council is much larger than that of the civilian government.

First of all, Li Zicheng himself served as the Marshal of the capital, and Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, and Bai Wang were the sub-marshals. The sub-marshals can stand alone as military and political officials.Under the second commander-in-chief are: Zhang Nai, Li You, Ren Jirong, Wu Ruyi, Gu Kecheng, Tian Hu, Li Jing, Baijiuhe, Zhang Neng, Ma Chongxi, Lu Yingbiao, Niu Wancai, Li Tong, Zuo Guangxian The five-army governor's office composed of generals and other generals is in charge of the entire army.

Although the Commander's Mansion of the Five Armies here borrowed the name of the Commander's Mansion of the Five Armies of the Ming Dynasty, its power was much greater than it.The Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies under the Marshal's Mansion is composed of generals above General Wuwei. These generals are divided into two parts, one is to lead the army outside, and the other is to live in the Dudu's Mansion and not lead the army.

Needless to say about the part of leading the army abroad, these generals who live in the governor's mansion and do not lead the army are mainly responsible for two things: discussing meritorious deeds and giving opinions on military and state affairs under the call of Li Zicheng.Li Zicheng's idea is very simple. The fighting power of the Ming army who surrendered is really not very good, but these generals cannot be returned. If these people are not given a way out, they will definitely vote for the Qing Dynasty. The Ming army will take the lead in raising them, and then dismiss and reorganize the soldiers below.

In addition, someone set up the General Staff Headquarters under Marshal Du's mansion, made Song Xiance the head of the headquarters, and promoted a group of young military officers as members.The main task of the General Staff Headquarters is to issue orders to the various armies on behalf of the Marshal's Mansion, and manage all military affairs such as camping, logistics, maps, and intelligence.

But for someone, the biggest advantage of this necessary military institution in later generations is that it isolates the close contact between senior military generals and the army, so as to prevent senior military generals from having too much influence on their direct troops. , thus becoming an independent warlord.

Under the organization of the General Staff Headquarters, the army has become a subordinate of the Marshal's Mansion, rather than someone's subordinate.Those who try to use their influence to instigate rebellion against the army will lose logistical support and the organization of the army.Of course, with the passage of time, new warlords will emerge as the organization of the General Staff Headquarters deteriorates, but at least for now it is still possible to strengthen Li Zicheng's control over the army.

Almost none of the generals expressed dissatisfaction with the institutional setup of the Military Council.On the one hand, Li Zicheng had already talked with them in batches before, and asked them about the establishment of the Military Council, so today cannot be regarded as a sudden blow; on the other hand, the signing of the contract in the morning left some generals in a state of confusion Naturally, there is no time to care about the institutional issues of the Military Council.

After the meeting, under Li Zicheng's order, everyone went down to form a new organization. While everyone was busy, Li Zicheng left Song Xiance behind and discussed with him about the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters.

In a pavilion facing the pond in the back garden of the governor's office, the two sat and drank tea while talking.Li Zicheng explained to Song Xiance his intentions for setting up the General Staff Headquarters very frankly, "The main purpose of the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters is to strengthen the management of the various armies below. At least we should know where they are stationed when fighting. and how many troops there are.

In the past, although our Dashun Army was divided into five battalions, once the army left the big tent, it was almost the leading general who had the final say. If the general said to advance, the army would advance, and if the general said to retreat, the army would retreat.The most we can do is cut off the heads of the generals after the war, but it can't make up for the losses caused by the war. If we kill more generals, everyone is in danger.

Therefore, the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters is not to direct the army how to fight, but to ensure that the army can obey the command.Otherwise, even if the best strategy was planned before the war, if the army does not implement it, it will be a bad debt.

In addition, although there are many troops in Ming Dynasty who surrendered to us, there are not many troops that are really usable.This time we used the method of distributing fields to demobilize the army, and settled at least 10 surrendered Ming troops near Beijing, but it is impossible for us to dismiss all the surrendered generals in this way. Those soldiers who were disarmed and returned to the fields reorganized and became the people and our enemies.

Although the combat effectiveness of these surrendered Ming troops is not very good, it is more than enough to suppress ordinary people in the local area. This will strengthen the power of the Qing Dynasty and increase our pressure.Therefore, after dismissing those unusable surrendered soldiers, we have to take these generals away.

Although it shows that most of the soldiers of the Ming army are not good at fighting, many of the generals of the Ming army are descendants of generations of generals. They have not only read books but also have basic military knowledge. It cannot be said that they are all a bunch of waste.Putting these people in the army may cause us trouble, but as long as they are not allowed to lead the army directly and do some staff and logistics work, at least they are still competent..."

Song Xiance was drinking tea while thinking. After a long time, he nodded to Li Zicheng and said, "Your Majesty, I understand a little bit. This time I withdrew from Jizhou to Tongzhou, and along the way, I also discovered that some surrendered clearly. Although the military units are not good at fighting, they do a good job in transportation and camping.

The minister also asked these Ming soldiers who surrendered, and it turned out that they were from the Weisuo Army.Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty set up a guard army on that day, with 600 people in each guard, and three out of three expeditions and seven out of the fields to garrison the fields. He said: I raise millions of soldiers, and I don't waste a grain of rice from the people.

But in modern times, the military fields of the guards were occupied by military officers and local gentry, and the soldiers had no land to cultivate, and had to pay grain and grain silver, so the soldiers fled one after another, and the guard system collapsed.

Even in those guards that still retain their land, almost all soldiers have become farmers.For example, Tianjin Haishuiluying, with the support of Li Banghua, farmed fields in Gegukou and Tangkou, and each person was granted 4 mu of land. The fertile land is rare in the north and is suitable for growing rice.

However, after Li Banghua resigned, the guards demanded that rice be paid two stones per mu per year, so the sergeants could only focus on farming, and the hard work of one year old was enough to pay grain silver, so the annual drills of the sergeants were all abolished. .

As for the sergeants of the local Tianjin Three Guards, there should have been more than 8000 soldiers, but now there are only more than [-] soldiers left. I went to farm.

How can these guard soldiers still fight?They don't even know how to fire cannons and knives, so they can only gather a number of people on the city wall.But those officers of the Guards Army, because there are a large number of sergeants working for them for free, they can practice literature and martial arts, and they can also support a few servants to help suppress the sergeants, and they can fight a dozen.

From this point of view, we should indeed send those ordinary soldiers back to their hometowns, and simply let them go back to farming to reduce the burden on the army.But those officers cannot be put back. During such a period, they will inevitably become a local scourge.But in this way, the military system may have to be greatly changed, otherwise it will be difficult for the General Staff Headquarters to play a role..."

While Li Zicheng was talking with Song Xiance, several military officers in the yamen of Tianjin Bingbeidao were also pleading with Yuan Yuzong, "Master Yuan, these people are all from the village, and it would be too much to write them on the list." Are you being mean? Are you going to beg your superiors again and give them another chance..."

Yuan Yuzong looked up at the officers in the second hall, until they all shut up, then said coldly: "Didn't you try it? The person who reported the letter couldn't even get out of the city gate. Want to let others go? You should first think about whether you can pass the test.

His Majesty personally sent a message, telling the squires along the way to pay homage to the Emperor Lie. Even if they don't miss the old master, at least they should respect the new dynasty.Do you really think that His Majesty's sword is not as fast as Jiannu's sword? "

Chapter 62 Wang Shiyi

It was getting dark, but a bonfire was lit on the school grounds of the military camp in the city. Yuan Yuzong, the former deputy envoy of Tianjin military preparations, Lou Guangxian, and deputy general Jin Bin accompanied Dashun Guoyi General Bai Jiuhe to the school grounds.

Looking at the 3300 soldiers in the school field, Baijiuhe just turned around and asked the four captains who led the team tonight: "I have selected them all. There are no blindfolded soldiers here, right?"

The four responded to him that there was no such soldier, and Jin Bin on the side also responded to Baijiuhe.Then Baijiuhe stood on the platform and said loudly to the soldiers below: "According to His Majesty Yongchang's will, today there are local tyrants and evil gentry in Tianjin who are trying to collude with the Manchu Qing to betray the national interests, so you are ordered to send troops to suppress Of…"

Liang Yong was a general banner of the Tianjin Guards. Standing in the queue and listening to the sergeant in front of him delivering a message for General Bai, he didn't really take it seriously.Because too many accidents happened in the past few months, he felt as if he was living in a dream during this time.

Who would have believed that Daming was so ruined all of a sudden, even the emperor committed suicide.Jiannu failed to defeat Beijing so many times. As a result, Emperor Yongchang entered the capital without making a sound, and there was no time for King Qin everywhere.

The surrender of Tianjin Wei was due to the soldiers' refusal to fight due to lack of pay and the generals' reluctance to be buried with Ming Dynasty, but the fall of Beijing and the death of Chongzhen were also very important factors.

Everyone's feelings for Emperor Chongzhen are very complicated, although no one complains in private that this emperor really doesn't know how to be an emperor on weekdays, and always uses some incompetent people to charge so much three salaries, forcing the people all over the world On the contrary, the soldiers in the army still owed their salaries. Even if it was the Liaodong Army, which received a large amount of salary, ordinary soldiers still had to pay [-]% less according to the rules.

However, this kind of complaint and resentment gradually dissipated after Chongzhen committed suicide. After all, this is an emperor who would rather die in Beijing than leave the capital. Folks, Chongzhen has done his duty well.From this point of view, everyone really has no right to criticize Chongzhen.

When dissatisfaction with Chongzhen dissipated, everyone couldn't help but began to miss the benefits of the Ming Dynasty.The Ming Dynasty was established for more than 200 years. Except for the last ten years of natural and man-made disasters, most of the time can be regarded as living and working in peace and contentment.Especially in the Wanli period more than 20 years ago, it was really a peaceful and happy day. During the New Year and festivals, the common people could still eat meat on the dinner table.

Those grown-ups may have been thinking about how to jump from the sunken ship of the Ming Dynasty to the ship of the New Dynasty, but the low-level officers and soldiers like Liang Yong actually didn't feel much about Dashun.If it is said that they still have a bit of nostalgia and guilt for Da Ming, then they only have the instinct to obey orders for Da Shun. To pledge allegiance?

Since the general Bai was stationed in Tianjin, he has indeed strictly disciplined his subordinates, but the local officials and gentry who have benefited the most have not benefited from them, the Tianjin guards.

Although after General Bai entered Tianjin, the officials and gentry in Tianjin raised a batch of silver taels to pay the Tianjin Guards for three months, but obviously the new court would not recognize the old accounts of the past, so the Tianjin Guards were very concerned about Dashun's actions. Feelings are normal.It's okay to help maintain law and order, but if you want to drag them out of the city to fight the Qing army, then you definitely won't do it.

As for tonight's mission, to be honest, Liang Yong was a little skeptical. Can the Dashun Army really fulfill their promise and distribute tonight's capture to them and others?However, regardless of whether Dashun Army fulfilled its promise or not, he didn't mind taking a trip.Because listening to the list announced by Master Yuan on the stage, these country gentry and landlords are usually more domineering owners, not only raising a large number of servants to oppress the village, even the officers and soldiers of the guard station are not giving face.

In addition to the coastal defense battalions that were stationed in Gegukou and Tangkou 20 years ago, where the farms were relatively concentrated, Tianjin Sanwei has a long history of establishment, and Tianjin was originally developed from a military fortress. Therefore, Tianjin Sanwei Wei's lands are quite scattered in the Tianjin area.Of course, this kind of land dispersion is not only due to historical reasons, but also includes the encroachment of the land of the guards by local officials and gentry, forcing the guards to give up the well-developed good land and find another place to open up wasteland.

Since the Jiajing Dynasty, the power of local officials and gentry has been increasing day by day, while the status of the guards has continued to decline, so the contradictions between the two sides have also accumulated day by day.It's just that even the generals of the guards can only give back three points to these gentry and nobles, so when there is a conflict between the people and the guards, it is always the officers and soldiers of the guards who suffer.

The reason for the Wuqiao mutiny can explain to what extent the officials and gentry in these places can bully the army.A domestic slave of a gentry can go to the army that is about to go to Liaodong for rescue to make trouble for the loss of a chicken. The loss of money is not counted, and the soldier who stole the chicken is forced to go to the camp with arrows, which shows the arrogance of the local gentry.

Therefore, when they heard that they wanted to clean up the gentry in these places, the officers and soldiers of the Tianjin Guards were eager to try.Liang Yong was assigned to one of Shanxi Datong's captains, Lu'an, as his guide and deputy.

The 3300 people were divided into 4 groups of troops, 825 people in each group, and each group was divided into several teams, including infantry, cavalry and firearms.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a lot of chaos, and even the Qing soldiers attacked the city of Beijing several times. Therefore, the houses of the gentry in the north were built like a small city, and it was almost difficult for ordinary bandits and defeated soldiers to break into it.

The targets of attack given by the Dashun Army are very clear, those big landowners who are capable of building castles and manors, so the deployment of each army is perfect, cavalry blockade, infantry encirclement, and firearms attack.It seems that every army going out is not to arrest ordinary people, but to attack a fortress.

Of course, this is exactly what someone's purpose is. The peasant army is good at mobile warfare, but the siege can only use one trick, which is to open the door within the contact.The Battle of Ningwu Pass without the help of internal support had caused the Dashun Army to suffer so much that Li Zicheng wanted to retreat at one point. If it hadn't been for the generals of the Ming Army who took the initiative to submit a letter to him and sacrificed Datong and other important military towns.

For the ancients, there were ever-changing ways of attacking a city, and they were all inseparable from filling it with human life, but for someone, there was only one way to attack a city, bombarding it with cannons.However, there are too few firearms talents in the hands of the peasant army. After all, firing artillery is also a technical job, so it can only be cultivated in actual combat.Attacking the castles and manors of these gentry, there is no better intern than this, because they will not run out to fight back, but will only stay in the manor to resist, just like the Liaodong Ming army defending the city.

Lu An is in charge of the north side of the Tianjin Acropolis, crossing the South Canal and walking 4 to 5 miles to the northeast, which is the first goal tonight. On the way, Liang Yong introduces the situation of Dong Ju’s family to Lu An. "There are about a thousand young adults in Dongzhuang, and mixed surnames only account for 3000 to [-] percent. Dong Juren's grandfather made his fortune by doing business. After that, his family business in the salt industry began to flourish, and then he began to buy a lot of land around. There are [-] shi of grain for the rent and tax collected.

And his family has shops in Tianjin and Linqing, although the income is unknown, but during the local epidemic last year, Dong Juren also bought a group of singing girls from Yangzhou, and it is said that they spent thousands of taels of silver..."

Lu An listened very carefully. Although he is also a general's son and has some fields at home, it is really difficult for these generals of the frontier army to compare with these inland gentry.Hearing this, I was filled with dissatisfaction. They worked hard for the imperial court at the border, but the imperial court still owed them their wages. However, these inland businessmen lived such a luxurious life. It was really unreasonable.

At this moment, he had a deep understanding of what Emperor Yongchang said, "Taxation is not about competing for profits with the people, but a tool for maintaining the necessary expenditures for the existence of the country and adjusting the wealth gap between different social classes. The reason why those wealthy businessmen and gentry can Enjoying life in the interior is because of what the army has done on the frontier, not what they are born to enjoy."

When Liang Yong tried to introduce the terrain of Dong Zhuang to Lu An, and then prepared to attack Dong Juren's manor by means of a surprise attack, Lu An refused him and said: "We are officers and soldiers, not bandits. Your Majesty ordered us to arrest traitors." Naturally, we should open the door openly and go in to arrest criminals, and tell the people the reasons for arresting them."

Liang Yong opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. He thought Captain Lu was too naive to attack the manors of these gentlemen openly. How many of them could they capture tonight?

An hour later, the Dashun army with torches came to Dongzhuang. Dong Juren's manor was built in the northeast of Zhuangzi, accounting for about a quarter of the village. A wharf was built on the east side of the manor facing the river.While Lu An sent a team to surround Dongzhuang and occupy the pier, he lit a bonfire on the grain drying field outside the village, waking up everyone in the village.

After everyone in Zhuangzi was called out, the soldiers sent by Lu An to call Dong Ju's house also came back to report. Dong Juren refused to open the door at night and asked to wait until dawn. He was willing to reward the army with wine and meat.

Lu An glanced at the dots of fire on the wall of Dong's manor in the distance, and said to Liang Yong who was beside him indifferently: "Liang Zongqi, please help me pass the message to these villagers, what are we here tonight. "

Liang Yong had no other thoughts at this time, but honestly explained the purpose of the army's visit.Although most of the people in the village are surnamed Dong, many villagers were relieved to know that these troops were not targeting them.Although they would not be on the side of the army because of this, they had lost a lot of thoughts of resistance. They only hoped that the army would arrest and leave the village sooner rather than looting in the village.

It's just that Lu An drove them out of the village, not just to declare his intention, he quickly stood in front of the villagers and said loudly: "Master Wang came to arrest the rebel, of course it has nothing to do with you. But Dong Ni refused to open the door , our army can only attack. But before attacking, I want to find out which fields and buildings belong to Dong Ni’s family and which belong to you. There must be some damage in the battle, so Wang Shi will compensate you. Can someone come out? Do you want to give advice to Master Wang?"

Chapter 63 Wang Shier

After listening to Lu An's words, the villagers in Dongzhuang were not moved at all. The officers and soldiers have always asked the people for money. When will the officers and soldiers be able to pay out?But right now, the officers and soldiers can talk to them in a pleasant manner, so naturally no one can't think of jumping out to fight against the officers and soldiers. Even if Dong Juren is the head of the clan, who would dare to come out to defend his family in this situation.

The villagers whispered for a while, and soon three older elders in the village stepped forward to answer. The three elders quickly pointed out the buildings and fields of Dong Ju's family and other families in the village to Lu An look.

Lu An glanced at Dong's manor and the surrounding fields, and then said to the three village representatives: "It's so dark right now, we need some bonfires to illuminate the surroundings of the manor, and some people to help us make some Hard work. In this way, you help me tell the people in the village that a load of firewood is calculated at 1 catties, and it costs 80 Wen per load. If you help us work, it is also calculated as 300 Wen per day."

The three old men fell silent immediately, and helped Guanjun point out the buildings and fields of Dong Ju's family and other families in the village. It can also be said that they are to protect the property of each family in the village. It is really an offense to Dong Juren.

Seeing that the three were hesitant, Lu An was not angry, but the next moment he increased the cost of firewood and hiring people to 400 Wen. Seeing that the three were still hesitant to speak, Lu An continued to increase the price Said: "Well, I know that you and Dong Ju's family belong to the same family, and it is really difficult for you to help the officers and soldiers.

Such a load of firewood costs 500 Wen, and it costs 500 Wen to hire a young man, which is already double the usual price.If you are still unwilling to help the officers and soldiers, could it be that you are also Dong Ni's accomplices? "

The three of them knelt on the ground and begged Lu An for mercy: "Xiao Min and others are definitely not Dong Juren's accomplices, Xiao Min asked the villagers to take out firewood, and dared not ask for money from the military man, but he didn't know how much the military man needed. manpower?"

Lu An then replied straightforwardly: "We are officers and soldiers, how can we not give money, you find someone to count by yourself, and when you catch Dong Ni, you will naturally settle the bill with you. As for the manpower, first come 100 people, not 200 People, help us set up a few fires around Dong Ni's house, and then fill up the ditch outside..."

Watching the three old men go back to the crowd to convey Lu An's words, Liang Yong asked Lu An in a moment of confusion: "Master Captain, is it necessary for us to hire them? As long as you give orders, they dare not disobey you order."

Lu An glanced at him and said: "This is the offensive process drawn up by His Majesty himself. Our purpose is not only to catch the rebels, but also to erase the influence of the rebels from the village. In this way, even if we If we leave here, there won’t be any Dong Juren’s family in Dongzhuang..."

While the two were talking, the people in the village finally started to act. On the one hand, they were worried that the officers and soldiers would really regard themselves as fellow traitors, and on the other hand, they hoped that the officers and soldiers would really give money, so the people in the village were very worried. He soon gave up Dong Juren's fellow clan and began to work for the army.

The tasks assigned to them by the officers and soldiers were not difficult. There was firewood in the village. Although most of them were sun-dried reeds, the officers and soldiers actually counted as money, so the enthusiasm of the villagers rose.As for helping the officers and soldiers open a road to the front of Dong's house, it was mainly to bring up the two cannons. Seeing the two cannons weighing about 500 jins, the villagers dared not resist even more.

Dong Juren, who was standing on the wall of his house, was really impatient. At first, he tried to use his identity as a Juren and his connections with Tianjin Wei to persuade this group of officers and soldiers who claimed to be from Tianjin Wei not to act rashly.However, Lu An quickly asked people to reiterate Dong Juren's crimes, saying that Dong Juren didn't even go to Lie Huangzi Palace to worship, and despised the fathers of the two dynasties, so he no longer had the status of Juren, and ordered him to be arrested The order was issued by Mr. Yuan.

When Lu An did all this, he didn't think about how much effect it would have. Based on his understanding of the squires in these places, the people in the manor would definitely resist until the backbone of the family was beheaded. Until now, the people in the manor may surrender.

But the people in the manor didn't think so. The officers and soldiers surrounded Dong Zhuang in a dignified way, which had proved their identities.Although it is now an era of war and chaos, first the emperor disappeared and the Ming Dynasty was over, and then the Emperor Dashun retreated from Shanhaiguan and escaped from the capital. In the meantime, no one can see who the world belongs to in the end.

But this kind of inability to see clearly is the trouble of the country gentry. For the people in the country, anyone who is an emperor has to live a life.In fact, as long as the army does not pass through their villages, the people really have to worry about two things: bandits and land rent.Except for these two things, the change of dynasty has nothing to do with them. Even if the Manchus are allowed to be emperors, wouldn't the landlords collect land rent?

Therefore, when the army of the Dashun Dynasty surrounded Dongzhuang openly and aboveboard, the villagers immediately regarded them as the official army.Who would question how long the Dashun Dynasty can exist at this time?Can you still think of yourself as an official army?The same goes for the servants in the manor.

Although there are dozens of servants and more than 100 servants in Dong's manor, it is not impossible to guard against the wall.After all, this manor has done many militarized transformations in order to guard against bandits and rebellious soldiers.However, this kind of guards can only be kept if they rely on the surrounding gentry or Tianjin Wei's official army to rescue them.

But the official army did not attack as soon as they came up, but gave time for the people in the manor to surrender, so that the servants in the manor had no intention of resisting.In a manor where no one came to rescue, who would go all out for the gentlemen?And the officers and soldiers did not say that they would treat everyone in the manor as traitors.

Don't say that these servants are half-hearted, even the servants who are paid better on weekdays, after seeing the villagers in Dongzhuang start to help the officers and soldiers and drag up two cannons, some of the servants in the village don't want to fight anymore.

So when Lu An was directing the gunners to aim at the gate, a white flag suddenly appeared on the top of the wall, and someone shouted loudly from behind the wall: "The traitor has been captured, we are all good citizens, please don't hurt me by accident..."

The gunner, who was about to load the cannon with ammunition, turned his head and looked at Lu An. After thinking for a while, Lu An said: "There are still three targets tonight, don't worry, there will always be time for you to fire. Put the ammunition first. Put it back..."

Looking at the gate of the manor slowly opened, Liang Yong couldn't help but feel a little emotional, "So this is Master Wang..."

Similar scenes happened all over Tianjin tonight, and the most stubborn ones didn't stand up to the officers and soldiers for a few shots.While the Dashun Army was busy exterminating local rebels, a cavalry team of 3 to 40 men was heading towards Tianjin Acropolis.

This team of cavalry was quickly intercepted by the Dashun Army who left the city tonight. After being surrounded by the cavalry of the Dashun Army, one of the cavalry finally broke away from the team and rode forward to face the Dashun Army who blocked him. Shun Jun shouted: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, Ji Liao Wang Yongji. I heard that Emperor Lie's palace and the prince are in Tianjin, and I am about to go to worship. Is there anyone who can come forward and answer?"

A junior officer from the Shun army blocking the way also stood up and shouted to him: "If you really want to pay homage to the emperor, then get off your horse and hand over your weapons, and we will send someone to take you to Tianjin Acropolis."

Wang Yongji, the former governor of Jiliao, sat on his horse and thought for a long time.After Chuangjun broke through Shanxi, he received an order from Chongzhen to abandon Ningyuan and enter Weijing City. However, Wu Sangui, who had always advocated abandoning Ningyuan and retreating to Shanhaiguan, asked to take all the people of Ningyuan to evacuate at this time.As a last resort, Wang Yongji could only separate from Wu Sangui, and bring some of his troops back to Beijing.

However, the previous disputes between the two sides wasted too much time, so when he led his troops to Fengrun, Beijing had already been breached by intruders, so his Guan Ning army asked to join Wu Sangui, and Wang Yongji had to retreat to Shanhaiguan.

After that, Wang Yongji lost control of the Guanning Army, because neither Gao Di, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, nor Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Guanning, was willing to continue fighting for Daming.They first prepared to surrender, but because of the news of the plundering of the capital, the two returned to Shanhaiguan again, and then prepared to borrow troops from the Manchus.

During this period, Wang Yongji was marginalized. As a southerner, Wang Yongji naturally didn't want to mess around with these northern soldiers anymore.

He refused to surrender because the peasant army's policy of recovering stolen goods and subsidizing payment is really not a sustainable policy. If the country takes this policy as its foundation, then the world will not be in chaos.

As for Wu Sangui and Gaodi's borrowing of teachers to suppress bandits, although it can solve the current predicament of the Guanning Army, the Manchus are ambitious and may not be willing to leave Guanning easily in the future. Eyeing Daming still occupies half of the southern country. As a southerner, he also Why bother to surrender to the Manchus so early?

Therefore, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the Sangui expedition, he took his servants and several Ming army officers who were unwilling to shave their hair, escaped from the Sangui army and went south.In fact, Wang Yongji was still hesitant about whether to go to pay homage to Emperor Lie and meet the prince.In his opinion, Li Zicheng's move was quite intentional by Cao Cao to coerce the emperor to order the princes. Now, to worship the emperor Li Zicheng undoubtedly fell into the hands of Li Zicheng.

However, looking at the dots of fire on both sides of the road and the Shunjun generals blocking the way, Wang Yongji immediately came up with an excuse to pay homage to the emperor. He was not willing to die in the countryside of Tianjin in obscurity.

At the same time, Tianjin General Soldier Cao Youyi got the news in Cangzhou that Prince Fulie Huangzi Palace was going south. He was still hesitating whether to go south, but he finally made up his mind to go north to meet the prince.For hereditary generals like them, loyalty to the prince is the foundation of their lives. If someone else becomes the emperor, they may not continue to recognize their achievements in serving the Zhu family for generations.

This history of loyalty from generation to generation is equivalent to a sunk cost. It is equivalent to buying PetroChina stocks in later generations and refusing to cut their flesh when they fall into dogs, hoping that a miracle will happen one day.Therefore, it is very difficult for the children of the aristocratic family who have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years to abandon the prince and join the Ming Lord.

Chapter 64 Wang Yongji

"Your Majesty is inside, Mrs. Chen, please come in."

Standing at the gate of the small courtyard, Chen Yuanyuan looked at the lighted hut in the courtyard, and at Li Zicheng's guard guarding the gate of the courtyard, she could only sigh in her heart: Sure enough, all men in the world are the same.

Although her heart was heavy, Chen Yuanyuan still kept her demeanor and walked into the small courtyard. The training she had experienced since she was a child told her that the best way to protect herself was to please Emperor Yongchang at this time. No matter how delicate and beautiful the flowers are, they won't pay attention to them for a long time. At that time, it's her chance to escape.

Ever since the guards changed her address to Mrs. Chen, Chen Yuanyuan knew that she might be changing masters again.She is not the kind of woman with a strong character, so she will not go all out for her own chastity, but she is not the kind of weak woman, although she knows she has to bow to Li Zicheng, she has no plan to get away.

It was only 3 or 40 steps from the entrance of the small courtyard to the front of the hut, but Chen Yuanyuan felt like she had gone through a lifetime. When she stood in front of the door, she finally broke the connection with the identity of Mrs. Xing in her heart.When she put her hand on the door and pushed it open, Chen Yuanyuan told herself in her heart, "I am no longer that general's concubine..."

While Chen Yuanyuan was trying her best to build herself psychologically, she also imagined how to deal with Li Zicheng after the door opened, so as to save herself from suffering.However, after opening the door, what she saw was not a lewd man facing a messy banquet table, but a table with Guqin on it, and no one around the table.

Just when she opened her eyes wide and wanted to figure out what was going on in front of her, she heard Li Zicheng's voice from inside, "Is Mrs. Chen here?"

Through the gauze curtain, Chen Yuanyuan vaguely saw Li Zicheng who was half leaning on the bed. Although he felt that this man was too impatient, Chen Yuanyuan still greeted Li Zicheng through the curtain without haste.Afterwards, Chen Yuanyuan was thinking whether he should go in now, or wait for the other party's invitation to go in, but he heard the other party say to himself.