Dashun Yongchang

Xie Bi was stunned for a long time, looking at a loss, and muttered in his mouth: "This, this, this is too disrespectful."

Xie Sheng straightened his face and reprimanded him: "We are not people in the Jianghu, what kind of loyalty are we talking about, my Ming Dynasty is based on loyalty and filial piety, have you read all the books these years into the stomach of a dog?"

Xie Bi was speechless and could only remain silent.Only then did Xie Sheng continue to say with satisfaction: "I wrote a letter, you go back and prepare some luggage, and then go north to meet the crown prince."

After Xie Bi finished talking with the eldest brother, when he walked out of the Huai Garden, he was not as straight as before he just entered the door.Seeing his younger brother's hunched figure, although Xie Sheng couldn't bear it, he quickly called his butler and told him, "Send some people to watch over the second master. If anyone wants to leave the village and go to the city Yes, buckle it first and then talk..."

While Xie Sheng was talking with his younger brother, Zhizhou Wu Zhengwen came to the yamen of the defense envoy Yan Jie. After asking Yan Jie to retreat to the left and right, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to the other party, saying: "Master Yan, please see Look at this informant letter, someone threw it in the yard where I live at noon."

Yan Jie glanced at the contents of the paper, and then took out a piece of paper and handed it to Wu Zhengwen, saying: "Wu Zhizhou, you should take a look too, I found this in the yard at noon."

After Wu Zhengwen finished reading it, he looked up at the defense envoy with the same ugly face, and said with anxiety in his heart: "This student He Zhenxian wanted to support the former Ming clan to make trouble, and even contacted the squires everywhere. It seems that such a thing really happened. Otherwise, no one would have tipped us off at the same time."

Yan Jie nodded and said: "A clan who has been exiled to the local area and a wild student will not cause much trouble, but if the local gentry joins in, things will be troublesome. Most of the squires in this city obey the squires. Only some officers and soldiers who guard the yamen obey us, but if the whole city rebels, then it is unknown how many of them are willing to obey us."

Wu Zhengwen immediately said: "For today's plan, the only thing to do is to tighten the inside and loosen the outside, and transfer reliable personnel to the inner office, so as to avoid sudden incidents outside, and I am defenseless. In addition, ask General Guo and the forwards of the northern army for help." , Let them send troops to Dezhou to quell the chaos as soon as possible."

Yan Jie agreed and said: "That's right, the Lord's army is in the north, these people are so reckless, so we can only call in the army to crush them..."

After Yan Jie and Wu Zhengwen discussed the appropriate countermeasures, they wrote two documents, and then arranged for their confidantes to leave the city gate before dusk.At this time, the news of the Dashun Army's retreat from Shanhaiguan has already spread in Hebei and Shandong. Although it is still uncertain how many troops the Dashun Army lost in Shanhaiguan, everyone believes that the Dashun Army should have been defeated in Shanhaiguan. for a while.

As a result, the gentry in Hebei and Shandong, who were already dissatisfied with the policy of recovering stolen goods and subsidizing wages implemented by the Dashun Army, started to move. The situation is just one of them.

When the gentry in Hebei and Shandong attempted to overthrow the rule of Dashun, Zhu Yousong, the supervisor of the state, took the throne in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City in Nanjing on May [-], and changed the following year to the first year of Hongguang.

At the beginning of May, when the civil servants of the southern capital reached a compromise with the foreign ministers and Zhuzhen, the two sides agreed that King Fu would supervise the country first, and then ascend the throne after the Northern Expedition was successful.Why did King Fu become the emperor again in just ten days?This problem is mainly due to the fact that the court of the new dynasty pushed the cabinet ministers.

After Zhu Yousong supervised the country, all the officials in the southern capital pushed Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Jiang Yueguang into the cabinet. Shi Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao wanted to push himself, but they were blocked by the example of no honored ministers in the dynasty.These civil servants in the southern capital are obviously confused about the situation, and there is no reason for the clan to supervise the country in this dynasty. Since everyone is forced to bow their heads due to the strength of the four towns, then they should help each other in the same boat.

At this time, Liu Kongzhao was the head of the honorable ministers of Nandu, and he also controlled the Yangtze River navy. The civil officials of Nandu refused to let him join the cabinet, which meant that he still wanted to control the government alone.In anger, Liu Kongzhao immediately turned to Ma Shiying and shouted in public: "Even if I can't, why can't Ma Shiying?"

Afterwards, everyone discussed the abolition, and the civil servants asked Zheng Sanjun, Liu Zongzhou, and Xu Shiqi to be recruited, and Liu Kongzhao promoted Ruan Dacheng.Shi Kefa came forward to stop him again, saying: "The late emperor ordered the reverse case, so don't say anything else."

So in the end, Jianguo worshiped Shi Kefa as the Minister of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University, and he was ordered by Shiying and Hongtu.Kefa is still in charge of the military affairs, and Shiying is still in charge of Fengyang.After the news came out, Waizhen, represented by Ma Shiying, and the nobles of Nandu, represented by Liu Kongzhao, were all angry because the Donglin party completely excluded them from the center of the imperial court.

Ma Shiying united the four towns to make a decision, and now the four towns are still waiting to be rewarded on the north bank of the Yangtze River. If Ma Shiying hadn't entered Nanjing, how could the four towns still listen to him.It is also unknown whether the four towns fell to Shi Kefa overnight.

For this reason, Ma Shiying also tore up the agreement with Shi Kefa and others, and decided to support King Fu's immediate ascension to the throne.Ma Shiying played to Zhu Yousong the letter Shi Kefa wrote to him about the Seven Unable to Lifu Wang, and then with his acquiescence, he led his troops across the river and entered Nanjing on May [-].

When Ma Shiying led the army into Nanjing, the remaining system of the Ming Dynasty was completely over.From this moment on, using literature to control martial arts has become a joke. Whoever has the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty now has the final say.And Shi Kefa, who was stubborn before, couldn't be tough after Ma Shiying led his troops into Nanjing.

Kefa then asked the supervisor to leave Zhenhuai and Yang.On the fifteenth day, the king ascended the throne.Tomorrow, you can resign by your majesty, add the prince and Taibao, change the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the University of Wuyingdian.Shiying thought that the day was straight, and he proposed to divide Jiangbei into four towns.Liu Zeqing, Bo Dongping, governed Huaihe and Hai, was stationed in Huaibei, and was the manager of Shandong Road.Gao Jie, the chief military officer, has jurisdiction over Xu and Si, and is stationed in Surabaya. The manager drives and returns all the way.Liu Liangzuo, the chief military officer, governed Feng and Shou, stationed in Linhuai, and managed Chen and Qi all the way.Bo Huang Degong of Jingnan governed Chu and He, was stationed in Luzhou, and managed the Guang and Gu roads.

On May [-], Yushi Chen Dan recommended Wang Xie as governor of Shandong; Ruan Dacheng strongly recommended Tian Yang to replace Lu Zhenfei, and Ma Shiying followed him.As a result, the originally solid Huaiyang defense line suddenly lost its backbone.

Chapter 74 Mess

At the beginning of the year, Gao Jie led the army to go south, which caused tremors in the Jiangbei area. Lu Zhenfei and Wang Xie, who were in charge of Huai'an, ordered each of the 72 squares in Huai'an to gather volunteer soldiers.The first member of each square is the president and one is the deputy; self-acting, expensive and long-lasting, quitting and quitting.During the day, they will practice in groups, and at night, they will patrol in files to prepare for emergencies.

When news came from the north that the capital had fallen, Lu Zhenfei already had a reliable local volunteer army in his hands, so Lu Zhenfei assigned strong men to guard the city and appointed gatekeepers; each guarded a gate during the day and stayed in the tower at night.On the first day of April (Wuwu), the righteous men of Huaicheng went to the military gate to intercede. Lu Zhenfei rewarded each person with a bonus of one tael of silver;It is suitable to be harassed by deserters from the north, and it is easy to avoid them when they see them.

Afterwards, Lu Zhenfei summoned the gentlemen in Huai'an to discuss matters, informed about the fall of the capital, and asked these gentlemen where to go.Facing Lu Zhenfei, who had won the support of the army, the Huai'an gentlemen present could only agree that Lu Zhenfei was loyal to Daming, and agreed to give money and food to the Huai'an righteous men who defended the city.

Wang Xie, the censor of the Huaiyang patrol, is Lu Zhenfei's most powerful supporter. As a Jinshi who was born in the Jinyiwei army, Wang Xie is much more ruthless than ordinary civil officials. Gong Keshun was caught and beheaded in public. Lu Bizhou was his teacher, but in the face of the teacher's solicitation, he not only refused but lured and captured Lu Bizhou.

Lu Zhenfei was overjoyed, and gathered the good shooters in the city, tied Lu Bizhou and Wang Fu to the pillars, and the shooters were [-] steps away, five of them were married, and each shot one arrow; those who failed to win were retreated, and those who scored were rewarded with a silver medal.Those who shoot are exhausted, and they are killed.This cut off the Huai'an people's idea of ​​surrendering to Dashun. If the Dashun army captured Huai'an, they would definitely avenge these two people.

Therefore, with Lu Zhenfei guarding Huai'an City and Wang Xie guarding the river, Huai'an's hearts stabilized.The ground in Anhui to the west of the canal was guarded by Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang.

With Zhu Yousong's entry into Nanjing to supervise the country, people in the south began to stabilize, and Dashun's policy of recovering stolen goods and subsidizing wages aroused general resentment among local gentry. I began to miss Daming.

When the news of Emperor Yongchang's retreat from Shanhaiguan came, the gentry in this area who had surrendered to Dashun began to rebel and moved closer to the south.The Xuzhou local officials appointed by the Dashun Army were killed by the rebellious gentry. Fortunately, the Dashun officials in the Xuzhou area received orders from Li Zicheng, asking them to stick to Xuzhou. The army gathered in Xuzhou City, thus stabilizing the situation in Xuzhou City.

But even so, Wu Su, Dong Xueli, Fang Yunchang, and Bai Bangzheng who retreated to Xuzhou all felt that Xuzhou City seemed to be a ship in the vast ocean, and it was not Dashun's territory outside Xuzhou City.

At this time, on May [-]th came the news of the chaos in Jining behind him, which made Wu Su and other Dashun officials feel anxious.Dong Xueli, Fang Yunchang and others felt that Xuzhou was no longer defendable, and they should abandon this place and return to the north. Bai Bangzheng believed that the Lord's order was very clear, asking them to keep Xuzhou City, so they should not give up Xuzhou and run away.

Since the nearby Dashun officers and soldiers all retreated to Xuzhou, not all the troops in Xuzhou were under Dong Xueli's subordinates, so he did not dare to withdraw on his own, so he could only reiterate in front of several colleagues: "General Gui Yong, General Ding Qiguang, Ding Qiyin and Ding Chenglie gathered troops in the west of Xuzhou. Jin Shenghuan and Liu Shichang occupied Suqian in the southeast of Xuzhou. Now Jining in the north is in chaos again. Xuzhou has become an isolated city. Besieged by the Southern Army."

Bai Bangzheng continued to insist: "The lord has already said that as long as our army sticks to Xuzhou without losing it, the army will have a foothold in the south. If we abandon Xuzhou and leave, where should the lord go south? What's more, Guarding Xuzhou City, our army still has some morale. If we leave the city to the north, where is the safest place before crossing the Yellow River? When the Southern Army rushes over, the soldiers will all disperse. Do we still have to surrender? Nanjing?"

Although Dong Xueli didn't think there was any embarrassment in surrendering to Nanjing, he didn't dare to speak his mind after all seeing the faces of his colleagues present.In the end, Xu Huai's defense made Wu Su speak, and decided to send troops to investigate what happened to Jining's rebellion and whether it could be remedied, and then cross Jining to ask for help from the army in the north.

Although Dong Xueli felt that this was a waste of time, he could only accept it and prepared to wait and see the situation.Of course, at this time, the Dashun officials in Xuzhou City did not know that the situation in the south had changed greatly.In order to enter Nanjing, Ma Shiying mobilized the Fengyang garrison to cross the river, and supported Zhu Yousong to officially ascend the throne. In order to win over the four towns, Ma Shiying dismantled the Jiangbei defense line, and dismissed or transferred Lu Zhenfei and Wang Xie who stabilized Huai'an.

Therefore, the current Xuzhou City seems to have become an isolated city, but the Ming army and gentry armed forces faintly integrated outside the city also lost their backbone and began to become chaotic.

As for Jining City, Linqing and Jining are the two major commercial towns on the canal section of Shandong, but Jining is much luckier than Linqing, because when the Qing army broke through and ravaged Shandong in the 15th and 16th years of Chongzhen, Jining City held The attack of the Qing army was prevented, so it was not looted by the Qing army, and it was considered to have saved its vitality.

The reason why Jining City can be defended is because Jining City is also an important military town. This is one of Sun Yuanhua's cannon casting workshops, so there are more artillery at the head of Jining City than other cities. The city has 1240 large and small artillery pieces, of which there are 40 Hongyi cannons.

Although after the Wuqiao mutiny, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other new troops rebelled, which led to the failure of the military reform led by Sun Yuanhua, and most of the artillery factories in Jining City were abolished.However, less than 10 years have passed since this incident, and there are still many gentry in the city who understand the formation of the new army, such as Ren Yumin, Zheng Yuqiao and others.

As an important commercial center on the canal, Jining City had no shortage of supplies, money and food. Under the organization of the local gentry, it was naturally difficult for the Qing soldiers to capture this small but fiercely-fired city.

However, after learning that Beijing was captured by Dashun, the officials and gentry in Jining City did not want to resist. They opened the city to welcome the troops of Guo Sheng, who represented Dashun, to show their submission to the new dynasty.However, before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, 40 taels of gold flowers and silver were stored in Jining City in the south. This property belonging to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was divided up by the local officials and gentry. In order to recover the stolen goods, a total of 48 taels of silver was obtained.

The actions of the Dashun Army dissatisfied the officials and gentry in Jining, thinking that they had not received enough returns for their contributions, and that the Dashun Dynasty was not as good as the Ming Dynasty.But at this time the Jining officials and gentry were just complaining, and Fang Yuanchang arrived in Jining on the fifth day of May to start the second wave of stolen goods. News of the retreat has reached Jining.

Although the Dashun government said that the Shun army withdrew from Shanhaiguan and did not fight Sangui and others, Wu Sangui used Bai Guangen's surrender to boast of defeating the Shun army in front of Shanhaiguan. The latter's rhetoric is obviously more credible.

So on the night of May [-], the officials and gentry in Jining City united with the Nine Battalions of Township Soldiers to launch a riot. Zhang Wenxing and Fu Long were killed. Park and others served as leaders, and the flag of Ming Dynasty was planted on the top of the city.

But this time the Jining riot actually had quite a hidden danger, because although the Dashun Army tortured the officials and gentry, it did not infringe on the interests of the poor, so some gentry refused to participate in this riot.Among them was Zheng Yuqiao, who was quite popular. He was unwilling to take the lead in signing the surrender form to welcome Dashun officials, and he was also unwilling to join the riot at this time.

Although he thinks that Dashun Army's policy of recovering stolen goods and subsidizing salaries is a tyrannical act, he does not support those officials and gentry who surrendered to Dashun and rebelled because of Dashun's policy of recovering stolen goods. He thinks this kind of riot is unjust. Not for Daming, but for his own selfishness.

As for Ren Yumin, another well-known local gentleman, he passed the examination in Beijing last year and is currently being detained in the Dashun Army.Ren Yumin, Zheng Yuqiao, the two most popular squires in the local people, did not participate in the riots. Officials such as Pan Shiliang, Li Yunhe, and Yang Pu were only respected among the gentry and had no actual ability to act as directors, so they rioted in Jining Afterwards, Jining officials and gentry gradually lost their restraint on the Jiuying Township Soldiers.

And on May [-]th, brother Ren Yumin sent someone to send a letter from his brother to Zheng Yuqiao in the city.Ren Yumin told his friends in the letter: After the fall of the capital, he originally planned to take advantage of the intruders' surprise and flee south, but because the intruders were guarded quite closely, he never found a chance.After that, Li Zicheng personally led his troops to march east, and then withdrew from Shanhaiguan. After returning to Beijing, he decided to help the prince go south to restore the country.At this time, Ren Yumin felt that he no longer needed to flee south.

"...I am conceited. Going south at this time is of no benefit to the overall situation, but I hope the crown prince will go south to succeed the throne, and state affairs can still be done. Therefore, I will follow the crown prince to wait for the time.

The prince has a gentle personality, although a little weak but not ambiguous.Although Princess Kunxing is a weak girl, she is still able to protect the prince during this national change, so she must be strong.Li Shichun is an old man in the East Palace, although he is loyal to the prince, he lacks opportunity to change.Chen Mingxia is good at writing and ink, but short at serving.Feng Quan only knows how to form cliques...

The only one to worry about is Emperor Yongchang.After Yu Guanqi entered Beijing, he acted out of control, and he didn't look like a master.But after returning from Shanhaiguan, his actions became more urgent and orderly.Fortunately, at this time, the northern soldiers were restraining them, making it difficult to clean up the old government with all their strength, so that there was room for the prince to go south to restore the country.

Therefore, I shall go all out to make it true for the prince to return to the country.However, there are really not many people around the prince who can do things, brother Zheng is a great talent, you should go north to meet the prince as soon as possible, and help the prince with me, so as to restore Daming..."

Zheng Yuqiao thought about it all night, and explained some matters to his family the next day, so that he could dress up as a businessman and leave the north gate at dusk, then went to Renjiazhuang, 40 miles away, and had a close conversation with Ren Yumin's younger brother. Early the next morning, he headed north with more than 30 entourages.

Chapter 75 The Beginning

In the outskirts of Beijing in May, it is the season when the wheat is drooping, "the wind blows the wheat waves and the harvest is beautiful, and the countryside and fields are yellow everywhere".This year is probably the most favorable year in the north in the past few years. If there is no war, then this year will undoubtedly allow the people in the north to have a bumper harvest.

But now, the official road along the North Canal and the field, there are frequent battles of dozens to hundreds of horses, and the wheat that is near ripening beside the official road suddenly turns into mud under such a conflict.No matter how the Shun Army and the Qing Army announced that the soldiers should not trample on the farmland, but apart from marching, no one cared about these when fighting.

That is, before the Shun army left, many local gentry were taken away, and their land was distributed to tenants and some retired officers and soldiers. The common people have paid less than half of the rent and tax, so everyone is not willing to flee at the moment, but would rather stay in their hometown and harvest the summer wheat first.

As for the farmers whose fields are near the official road, they can only pray that the armies on both sides will not fight on the edge of their fields, and at the same time risk being shot by the army to secretly harvest some nearly mature wheat at night to avoid the end of no harvest. .

Jasa would not understand the feelings of these Ming peasants. If the Regent hadn’t ordered the entry into the customs to strictly abide by the military order and not to plunder privately, these Ming peasants who refused to flee their homes would be the best prey for the Eight Banners Army up.

If it is said that when Tiancong Khan succeeded to the throne, what Dajin lacked the most was all kinds of materials. After Dajin surrendered North Korea, Mongolia and broke through to enter the interior of Ming Dynasty to plunder, what Qing Dynasty lacks most now is actually manpower.

Because the Eight Banners military system draws one ding for every three ding, and the years of wars have greatly depleted the Manchurian adult men, so the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners had to be established as a supplement to the Manchu Eight Banners.

But no matter how loyal the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Han are, the Manchus are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. Under the implementation of the policy of arresting Jurchens for many years to replenish the Manchu population, the Qing team of arresting Jurchen has already gone to the mouth of Heilongjiang It can be said that there are not many Jurchens who can be used outside the pass.

When the external population replenishment began to stagnate, it became inevitable to tap the population potential from the inside.And this digging of Manchu manpower from the inside is nothing more than training all Manchu men as soldiers, so that Manchus are completely out of production positions, so who will plant the Manchu fields?The only way is to arrest Han people to farm and produce.

From the perspective of the Manchus, Manchurians and Mongolians are one for the Han and Koreans. Although the Manchus have always controlled the size of the Mongolian Eight Banners so that they cannot surpass the Manchurian Eight Banners, they are not in the business of oppressing other ethnic groups. I don't mind sharing benefits with the Mongols, so as to provoke the confrontation between the Mongols and other non-Manchurians.

After returning to the grassland from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols directly degenerated into the nomadic era. Even if there were a few Mongolian heroes in the middle, no one could bring the Mongolian nation back to the height of civilization in the era of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan. Naturally, it is far inferior to the Manchurians who made their fortunes from farming and hunting.

The method of arresting Han people as slaves to produce for themselves is very in line with the mentality of the Mongolian nation. After all, the Mongolians believe in the saying that "the sword of the Mongolian is the plow of the Han".In this way, the Manchus differentiated a group of people from the Mongolian nation, allowing them to completely break away from nomadic life and become professional soldiers. They survived in the Manchurian cities and became a Manchurianized Mongolia. people.

Qisa, a native of Zhenglan Banner, Mongolia, whose surname is Wulanghan Jiermin, lived in Karaqin for generations, is a Manchurian Mongolian.In some respects he had little resemblance to his steppe countrymen, and in terms of manner he was almost indistinguishable from the Manchus.

As a leader who supervised the battle of Kong Xigui's troops, he originally thought that this entry into the customs would be as smooth as the previous few times. After all, the Ming army never dared to fight with them in the wild, and they didn't have much combat effectiveness. Only a few dozen Manchurian cavalry were needed. You can defeat thousands of Ming troops, so the most difficult thing in fighting the Ming people is not defeating them, but how to capture those defeated troops and bring them back to the camp.

Based on the experience of the battle between the Jasa and the Ming people, as long as the two sides concentrate their forces to kill in the direction of the opponent's general and force the opponent's general to turn around and flee, then the entire army on the opposite side will quickly collapse and flee in all directions.At this time, divide the troops to chase and kill, and don't allow the opponent to stop and gather defeated troops, then you can win a complete victory.

It’s just that the Dashun Army and the Ming Army are obviously different species. In the battle of Huangtuzhuang, the Eight Banners suffered the biggest loss since they entered the customs several times. Both Eshuo of the Zhengbai Banner and Daola, the son of Ye Keshu of the Zhenghong Banner, were lost to the Dashun Army. .Although the two armies exchanged prisoners and corpses afterwards, 2 to 30 people including E Shuo and Daola disappeared.

Originally, the King Regent reminded the generals, saying that the Shun Army should not underestimate the enemy. In fact, everyone didn’t take it to heart, thinking that it was just the King Regent warning everyone to be vigilant and not to give the Shun Army an opportunity to take advantage of.The battle at Huangtuzhuang really woke everyone up, everyone raised their spirits and fought against the Shun Army as the elite of the Guan Ning Army.

Although the Eight Banners regard the Ming army in the mainland as nothing, they still pay enough attention to the Guanning army that they have been dealing with for a long time. This army is not saying that it cannot fight, but that it has too many constraints, so it can hardly perform on the battlefield. Half the strength.When it's time to go all out, this army will be able to charge all the way to Tian Cong Khan's big tent.

However, after fighting against the Shun Army a few times, Jasa felt that the Shun Army may not necessarily have the elite fighting power of the Ning Army, but the morale of this army is much stronger than that of the Guan Ning Army, and the learning speed on the battlefield is amazingly fast .

Although they were chasing the Shun army now, the Shun army retreating along the canal did not just flee blindly, but took continuous counterattacks.The Shun army also had thousands of cavalry in their hands, and coupled with the control of the ships on the canal, the army had to divide its troops and march on both sides of the canal at the same time. Army cut and eaten.

On the 18th, they suffered two losses in a row. After losing hundreds of people, the ten kings immediately ordered to adjust the marching order of the army, so that the infantry was in front and the cavalry was in the back, and began to disperse the cavalry.

However, in this way, the number of battles between small groups of cavalry in the surrounding area of ​​​​the army began to rise linearly.Although the cavalry of the Shun army seemed to have lost more, after losing nearly one-third of the fifty or sixty cavalry led by Qisa, he changed his previous head-to-head fighting method with the Shun army and only expelled the cavalry of the Shun army from his own army. The warning circle is no longer chasing.

This time, Qisa followed the official road to reconnaissance and saw the city wall of Hexiwu, and then led the team to turn around and return. A quarter of an hour later, he led the team to a forest next to the official road, where the forward Kong Xigui and Tu Guobao set up camp. here.

After dismounting from his horse, Qisa went to a place full of people gathered in the forest, and told his superior, Shushu, the leader of the Manzhou Xianghuang Banner, about the security situation of Hexiwu, and said: "It seems that this is another difficult situation. In the place where the gnawed, the defenders would flee only after the artillery from the rear arrived and blasted the city wall. Or, you can let these Han people go and attack it tentatively, so as to test the morale of the defenders.”

Taking off his helmet, Shu Shu, who was resting under a fallen log, was a veteran in his early fifties, and the little braid on his head was mixed with a lot of white hair.At his age, he could no longer have to go to the battlefield, but this time the regent mobilized all the men in Manchuria, so Shu Shu had no choice but to put on his armor and fight again.

Regarding the young Jasa's desire to fight, Shushu could understand but disagreed and said: "These Han people have not long been attached to our army, and they don't have any loyalty to me. We can still show some strength under our surveillance, but if they are allowed to gnaw hard bones, I am worried that they will mutiny on the battlefield.

Before, didn't we disperse these Han soldiers to the surrounding areas to find the Shun army to fight, but there were almost no results, unless we personally escorted them to patrol around, but the Shun army would attack the main camp again.

Therefore, we still honestly explored the way for the army, and then waited for the army to arrive, and the Shun army had nothing to do.Although the walking has been slow these days, it is only 2 or 3 miles away to Tianjin, and we can still get there no matter how slow we are.And the Shun army retreated step by step, and eventually they would reach a place where there was no way to retreat.

Although our soldiers of the Eight Banners are strong in battle, they are not many. If we can save one, we can save one. With these Han people, we can at least save a few brothers from dying when we attack the city, so we can't let them die easily.Besides, there are cannons available, why do you have to fight with your life?Wait for a few more victories, let these Han people have more Han blood in their hands, and they will be completely honest..."

Li Guo and Gu Kecheng in Hexi Wucheng were also listening to the information from the sentries. After hearing the information, Li Guo frowned and said to Gu Kecheng: "It seems that the people who are chasing us There are about 2 to [-] troops, led by the ten kings of the Qing Dynasty and Wu Sangui, of which there are about [-] northern soldiers, and the other [-] are surrendered Ming troops including Wu Sangui.

A few days ago, the cooperation between them was not tacit enough, which gave us an opportunity to take advantage of.But in the past few days, the interior of this army is almost running in, and we have not gained much advantage from our previous battles with them.We will delay their marching speed for a few days at most, but if we want to hit them once on the road, I am afraid there is no chance. "

Gu Kecheng also nodded and said: "Jiannu's cavalry is indeed better than ours. Not only are their horses better, but their combat coordination is also better than ours. When our army faces the Guanning Army, as long as it is not the cavalry led by a general, Almost every battle is victorious; against the cavalry led by the general, the victory is evenly divided; but against the cavalry of the Manchus, eight out of ten times will be lost, and the entire army will be wiped out twice. It seems that it should be The whole army retreated..."

Chapter 76 Dodo's Strategies

On May 22, Duoduo arrived at Hexiwu, stood on the city wall of Hexiwu, and after looking at the messy houses in the city for a while, he asked Kong Xigui and Tu Guobao: "The Shun army still didn't give us anything. Do you want to stay?"

Kong Xigui bowed and cupped his hands and said, "The last general is guilty. The Shun army removed the population and supplies from the city before the war. When they retreated, they set fire to the warehouses. Nothing was left for us."

Doduo stepped on the low wall on one side of the inner wall, and knocked on the low brick wall unconsciously with the horsewhip in his hand, stirring up the dust on it. It took a long time before Duduo said: "Shun Jun It is clear that they are playing a strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the field. They took away the ships on the canal and the population and supplies along the way. This is to prevent us from getting supplies from the road. Naturally, we cannot fight without supplies. You say , what should we do next?"

Although the most distinguished person around Duoduo is Huang Taiji's son Aixinjueluo Shuosei, but he is only 14 years old, and it is obvious that he came to the army for training, so naturally Shuosai would not speak out in this kind of military meeting place.

Then the next first-class clan is Abataizi Boluo, Murhaqizi Handai, and Baya Lazi Baiyintu. Looking at Duduo's current behavior, Boluo knew that this uncle must be in a bad mood. He didn't want other people to bear Duduo's annoyance, so he took the initiative to stand up and respond aloud: "What King Yu said is true, but the most important thing right now is to seize Tianjin.

There are many rivers and ponds around Tianjin, which are not conducive to the cavalry. If the Shun army is allowed to persist here, the hearts of Hebei may not be unreciprocated.Even if the Shun army can be defeated in the end, the regent's great cause may not be accomplished. "

Duduo just turned around in his mind, and he knew that what Boluo was worried about was that if the Qing soldiers could not quickly deal with the Shun army, then the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty who had been shocked by the Qing might have thoughts they shouldn't have. .These barbarians in the pass looked down on them, the frontier peoples. Once they could not be deterred by force, some people would rise up and really want to restore Ming Dynasty. How could the population of Manchus compete with the billions of Han people in the pass.

Even though he was dissatisfied with his elder brother Dorgon's political policy, Dodo still knew that conquering China was beneficial to the Manchus. Even if he could not conquer China, he could not allow China to have a unified regime in a short period of time, otherwise the Manchus would be in trouble. .It's impossible for all Chinese emperors to be as useless as Chongzhen. Even if his elder brother was the emperor for a few more years, Huang Taiji would be dead if he dared to bypass the barrier.

Duoduo turned his head to look at Baiyintu and Han Dai, and asked them, "What do you think of Boluo's proposition?"

Gushan Ezhen Baiyintu of Xianghuang Banner who took refuge in Dorgon said without hesitation: "Bo Luo Beizi is right. If the regent's great cause wants to succeed, he must not continue to be entangled with the Shun army. After a long time, the Chinese people's hearts will surely die." To fight against me, we need to defeat the Shun army cleanly once, so that it can no longer continue to use the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the field."

Han Dai, Chengzheng of the Ministry of War, would naturally not raise any objections when facing the banner owner of this banner. He added: "At this time, the wheat has just matured. If we can deal a severe blow to the Shun army, forcing them to have no time to Go to harvest the wheat along the way, then when our army continues to pursue, we can collect grain from along the way. For this reason, I suggest that a special team for grain collection should be formed, and other troops should not send people to the countryside to collect grain without permission. The regent's order can solve the problem of our army's lack of food again..."

After a group of Manchu and Mongolian ministers had finished expressing their opinions in a hurry, it was the turn of the Han generals behind to express their opinions. At this time, they had almost said what they could say, and everyone could only second their opinions. At the time of the national treasure, the former general of the Ming army suddenly reported to Duoduohui: "To the ten kings, there will be an important military report to you alone at the end."

Duoduo looked at the surrendering general whom he didn't pay much attention to in surprise, and made sure that there was only eager anticipation on his face, and there was nothing wrong with it, so he pondered for a few breaths and finally said: "You Come with me."

When the two reached a distance of seven or eight steps from the crowd, Duoduo stopped and said to Tu Guobao who was following, "They shouldn't be able to hear anything at this distance. What is the military situation?"

Tu Guobao hurriedly said: "Last night, the Shun army withdrew from Hexiwu. This morning, I was ordered to lead troops to explore the western suburbs of the city to see if there were any ambushes left behind by the Shun army. In the end, the general did not find the Shun army's ambush soldiers, but in the end I found a group of people who were hiding in the village. After seeing the last general, they claimed to be Li Xiaozhong and Li Yingpin from the Tianjin Guards. After questioning the last general carefully, they found that they were not lying..."

With a thought in his mind, Duoduo interrupted Tu Guobao and said, "Could it be that they came here specifically to join us, Da Qing?"

Tu Guobao thought for a while, then nodded and said: "The news that the Qing soldiers entered the customs to help the Ming Dynasty suppress the thieves has spread, and all the gentry from all over the country are waiting eagerly, and so are the gentry officers and soldiers in Tianjin.

Moreover, after Li Zicheng fled from Beijing to Tianjin, not only did he not refrain from killing the gentry, but he even intensified the persecution of the squires. The well-known sage families in Tianjin were arrested by the Shun Army for eleven or twelve families, and the Shun Army took them away. The extravagant wealth of these families distributed the fields and houses of these families to the mobs in the village, this kind of beastly behavior is no different from Huang Chao..."

Duoduo didn't care about Li Zicheng's arrest of the squire at all. When the Qing soldiers entered the customs, they were not here to be guests. When it came to looting the village, the Qing soldiers were obviously more skilled.He was only concerned about one thing, so he interrupted Tu Guobao again and asked, "Are they sure that Li Zicheng is in Tianjin? Did they see it with their own eyes?"

Tu Guobao repeatedly confirmed that Li Zicheng was in Tianjin, and had also met many officials and people.Duduo immediately relaxed and said: "No wonder the morale of the Shun army has not fallen during the pursuit of the past few days. It turns out that Li Zicheng is in Tianjin. Li Zicheng is the backbone of the Shun army. Whether he is captured alive or killed, the Shun army will inevitably collapse. .You bring those people to…”

Tu Guobao hurriedly replied: "The city is in a mess, but there is a well-preserved garden in the southern outskirts of the city. Not only is the place spacious, but the houses are relatively tidy. King Yu can stay here."

Duoduo finally showed a smiling face, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you go and take the man to the garden. This king will remember your credit..."

Duoduo took a large tent through the city to the southwest of Hexi Wucheng suburb, and he found a wide lake surrounded by embankments covered with peach willows. At this time, the pond is full of green lotus leaves. It is indeed a beautiful scenery. place.There is a garden in the north of the lake, full of pavilions, towers and pavilions. Duoduo ordered his soldiers to come in to clean it, and then lived in it.

It didn't take long for Tu Guobao to bring Li Xiaozhong and Li Yingpin. Duoduo questioned these people carefully, and the information he got was not much different from what Tu Guobao said.So in the evening, Duoduo summoned Wu Sangui from the north of the North Canal to discuss with him about capturing Tianjin.