Dashun Yongchang

After the establishment of the compulsory military service system, except for the families of officers and volunteers, the families of conscripts do not have to join the army. This will greatly reduce the burden on the army and allow soldiers to serve with peace of mind.For the families of officers and volunteers, the army provides housing, but they are not allowed to live in the military control area of ​​the barracks.Officers and volunteers must go home to live in their own area according to the regulations, and they can only stay in the battalion when they are on duty.

In addition, after the construction of military camps in various places is completed, closed management must be adopted. Officers and soldiers are not allowed to go out without asking for leave, and they are not allowed to carry weapons when they go out.Officers and soldiers are also not allowed to bring women or civilians into the barracks..."

Li Zicheng talked eloquently, and the generals were a little confused. Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo said to Li Zicheng in an embarrassing manner: "The army is so strictly controlled, and the soldiers may complain? And the battle in the army depends entirely on it." Veteran, after a few years of changing, is the army still capable of fighting?"

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After Li Zicheng glanced around the people in the room, he said: "The army is not a place to enjoy happiness. For ordinary soldiers, it is their obligation to serve in the army. For officers and volunteers, they only need to stay in the army." For two things, serving the country and gaining the respect of the people, not for comfort, otherwise being a bandit is more comfortable than joining the army, so why would they bother to join the army?"

Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Xu Dingguo and others were afraid to speak immediately. They felt that Li Zicheng's words were beating themselves. After all, the way they used to win over the soldiers was to let the soldiers do whatever they wanted. Drinking or looting civilians in wartime is not a problem.

On the other hand, the Shun Army may have had some confusion in terms of military discipline when they entered Beijing, but the confusion was because the soldiers believed that the war was finally over and everyone could relax, rather than looting and massacring civilians in a venting style like the officers and soldiers. event.

Moreover, the military discipline of the Shun Army was chaotic, and Li Zicheng brought it back a little bit after the Battle of Tianjin. When the Shun Army went south to Huaiyang, the military discipline of the Shun Army returned to the level before the beginning of the year, and even worse. a little better.After all, in the past, the military discipline of the Shun Army was mainly through the example of the generals, so some troops could really do nothing wrong, but some troops were better than the officers.However, the current Shun Army has formulated various military regulations and strengthened logistics support, so the military discipline of each army has gradually become consistent.

Facing such obedient military discipline, the troops of the four Jiangbei towns are clearly unattainable. After all, Lianhuang Degong is known as an army with strict military discipline because it does not slaughter ordinary people. As for the other three towns, most of them have slaughtered civilians. It's just a matter of more or less.

For example, Liu Zeqing also kept two apes, and he often toasted guests with the apes holding wine glasses. Once a guest was afraid to take it, so he simply ordered someone to arrest a prisoner, gouged out his brain, heart and liver, and put the wine in the Ou. Let the ape hold it and give it to him, drink and chew it, and look calm, so as to deter the people.However, when the Shun army went south, he left the army and ran away with his family property, which shows that he is stern and soft-hearted.

But on the other hand, as a general in charge of the army, he actually wanted to intimidate his subordinates by eating people's hearts and brains. It can also be seen that the military discipline of the Ming army has been corrupted at this time.Therefore, it is hard for a general like Liu Zeqing to believe that his soldiers will be subject to such strict military discipline as the Shun Army.

In Li Zicheng's mind, most of the surrendered generals sitting here are not successful enough to fail. The reason why he let them sit here is that when the company merged, it was not when all the executives were fired. Before the system is integrated, he still needs the founders or executives of these old companies to put on a facade and tell the employees of those companies that although their companies have been merged, their past contributions to the company will not return to zero. That's all.

From other people's point of view, this trip to the south was the Shun army's defeat and subjugation of the three towns in Jiangbei, but in Li Zicheng's own point of view, it was nothing more than the acquisition of three small companies by the Dashun Company.The purpose of acquiring a small company is to obtain the talents of the small company and take over the product market of the small company. In other words, if Dashun Company cannot fully incorporate the useful talents and the territories controlled by them in the four towns of Jiangbei into itself, then this merger will be a disaster. Can't call it a success.

The series of preferential treatment policies issued by him before were all for these two purposes, so how could they be backed down by a few words of opposition from people like Liu Zeqing.After beating Liu Zeqing and others, Li Zicheng immediately continued: "Now we are the imperial court, we are the official army. What is the imperial court? What is the official army? Do you know?"

The generals were silent, and Li Zicheng asked himself and answered: "The court is the state apparatus that rules the people. The government and the army are the violent organs that maintain the existence of the state apparatus. The state supplies the officers and soldiers with food, armaments and money. There would be no officers and soldiers. But the state itself does not produce, it relies on these materials obtained through taxation from the people. That is to say, there would be no state without the people.

Therefore, if the country of Dashun wants to survive, the primary purpose is not to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, but to win the trust of the people, so that the people believe that the country can protect them, so that the people will be willing to pay taxes to the country, and the country can support the officials and the army.

The so-called connivance of soldiers to do whatever they want, the saying that only soldiers can serve the court is bullshit. Where did the people who did not pay taxes come from the court?Indulging soldiers to do whatever they want is essentially poaching the corner of the court, which is true treason.In the past, you were not loyal to this dynasty, so I will not judge your actions, but in Dashun, an army that is an enemy of the people will never be allowed to exist.

I have only one word for this kind of army that ravages the people: Suppress. "

Liu Zeqing fixed his eyes on the tip of his nose, supported his thighs with his hands, and sat upright, as if he had fully listened to Li Zicheng's words.Liu Liangzuo and the others also listened solemnly, without showing any dissatisfaction.

The generals still half understood what Li Zicheng said, but Zhu Cihong who was sitting next to Li Zicheng completely listened to it.What he studied since he was a child was actually preparing for governing the country, but the education he received did not analyze the way of governing the country as a conflict of interests so nakedly as Li Zicheng did just now.

But after learning how to govern the country for so long, Li Zicheng's words woke him up, making him realize what he was talking about in the knowledge he had learned since he was a child.After realizing this, Zhu Cihong suddenly became a little terrified, because in the past he had always regarded these knowledge as a kind of beautiful ideal to study exclusively.

Li Zicheng didn't expect that his words would have such a big impact on Zhu Cihong. After all, he also learned these political knowledge in middle school.It's just that he overlooked one point. His studies at that time were just studies, and it was basically not his turn to be the successor of socialism, but Zhu Cihong by his side was the real successor of the empire.

After hitting these surrendering generals with a stick, Li Zicheng immediately threw out a sweet date to appease them. This sweet date is that a piece of land will be set aside in the future Yangzhou New City to build the family quarters of the generals of the military region.Although these family quarters cannot be as luxurious and luxurious as Liu Zeqing built in Huai'an, Li Zicheng also promised to invite famous architects in the south of the Yangtze River to design and build them with state investment.

The generals were still willing to believe Li Zicheng's promise. Except for one or two people who didn't feel anything, most of the generals were still full of joy, looking forward to having a garden house of their own in Yangzhou.

The meeting was almost over here, so the generals were divided into two groups. Zhang Nai led most of the generals to give a detailed introduction on the organization of the military region and listened to everyone's opinions, while Li Zicheng led Zhu Cihong called Xu Dingguo and Gao You to the map room next door, and gave a final account of the upcoming Taiwan campaign.

Standing in front of a large sand table of 5 feet by 12 feet, Li Zicheng quickly found the location of Yangzhou, and then said to Xu Dingguo and Gao You: "This time we are going to Taiwan, it is our army and General Manager Zheng from Fujian. The joint dispatch of soldiers.

Zheng Jun's navy will join our army on Chongming Island, and then they will lead the entire fleet to northern Taiwan.I have also read the plan reported by the General Staff Headquarters. Our army will have 3000 troops on land, 500 logistics personnel, and 35 ships at sea, but 25 of them are only responsible for transporting troops and supplies. to return.

The specific deployment of personnel, the plan of the General Staff Headquarters is already very detailed, so I don't need to talk about it.As for issues such as encountering the enemy at sea and how to fight after arriving in Taiwan, this is also your responsibility, so I will not talk about it.

What I want to talk to you today is about the big strategic direction.The conquest of Taiwan is not the entire plan of the Marshal's Mansion's overseas strategy, but only the first step in a huge plan.Although this huge plan has little to do with you, but considering the coordination between the plans, I still want to talk to you about the general content of this plan, so as to prevent you from making wrong judgments. "

Li Zicheng's words immediately made both Xu Dingguo and Gao You serious. This time the Taiwan conquest was the first time the two led the Shun Army alone, so they had to act cautiously.Xu Dingguo was fine, because he didn't have so many intertwined relationships, so he received less protection after joining the Shun Army, but Gao You was Liu Zeqing's subordinate, Liu Zeqing's army, which was large in number but uneven in combat effectiveness, was actually monitored by the Shun Army most severe.

Gao You couldn't wait to get rid of Liu Zeqing's imprint on his body, so he naturally paid more attention to the big plan that Li Zicheng said. He hoped to make meritorious service and fully integrate into the Shunjun system.

Li Zicheng pointed his finger at Sakhalin Island, then slid down the Japanese archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Luzon, and Borneo, and finally stopped at the Strait of Malacca. Then he said: "The islands on this line are Our outer island defense line off the coast of China occupies this outer island chain, so Japan, North Korea, China, Annan, Cambodia, Thailand, and Brunei are integrated into one.

If we control this chain of outer islands, it is tantamount to mastering the maritime security and trade exchanges of these vassal states, and these vassal states will automatically support the Chinese sequence with China as the mainstay.Because only in this sequence, they are safe.

On the contrary, once this outer island chain is controlled by outsiders, these vassal states will actively or passively break away from the Chinese sequence, because they can communicate with the outside world without relying on China.With the support of outsiders, they may even become accomplices and logistics bases for foreign enemies to invade China's coast.

Therefore, the purpose of Taiwan's conquest is not to seize a Taiwan island, but to cut off the trade between Japan and Southeast Asia, so that it is completely under the control of our country.To control Taiwan is to control the Taiwan Strait, and to control the Taiwan Strait is to control the trade channel between the East and the West.

After losing the trade route to Japan, outsiders entrenched in Nanyang will lose a lot of benefits brought to them by trade with Japan. Without such benefits, it will be difficult for them to stand firm in Nanyang..."

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Li Zicheng finally concluded: "...So, our goal is to completely control Taiwan Island, and then use Taiwan Island as a base to control the surrounding air routes. According to this goal, you can temporarily make peace with the Dutch when you are powerless , but the purpose of the peace talks is to accumulate strength to drive them away from Taiwan, not to live in peace.

After occupying northern Taiwan, the next goal is to control Ryukyu.Although Ryukyu is a loyal vassal state overseas of Ming Dynasty, their strength is too weak and they are too close to Japan. If we want to use Ryukyu as a base to deter Japan, the Ryukyu people may not support us.Therefore, it is inevitable to understand the hydrology and geography of the Ryukyu Islands, and to go north to Ryukyu after stabilizing Taiwan..."

Xu Dingguo and Gao You nodded repeatedly. Although it was their first time to go to sea to fight, they felt relieved after hearing the general strategy given by Li Zicheng.They are actually not afraid of going to sea to fight. What they are afraid of is that Li Zicheng will throw them overseas under the pretext of going to sea to fight, and then ignore them.

Since Li Zicheng regards the conquest of Taiwan as a small plan in a big plan, it is a good thing for them. This means that the Marshal's Mansion will continuously transport the backup up, and there is no need to worry about their own people overseas. Survive without food or clothing.

With Xu Dingguo and Gao You leaving, Zhu Cihong finally couldn't help but asked Li Zicheng who was standing in front of the sand table and watching: "Didn't the ancients say that no matter how big a country is, it will die if it is warlike. Your Majesty also said that the Central Plains has already been fought." After more than ten years of fighting, it is time to end the war and let the people live in peace for a few days. Why, His Majesty came up with such a plan today? Does this go against the wishes of the people?"

Li Zicheng stared at the sand table with his arms folded and said without raising his head, "Do you know what peace is?"

Zhu Cihong was a little surprised by Li Zicheng's question, but he still thought for a while before answering: "Forge swords into plows and let soldiers go home to reunite with their families?"

Li Zicheng raised the corner of his mouth and said with a mocking smile: "This is quite in line with the cognition of those scholars, not talking about interests, and using some lyrical sentences to describe a result, but this is meaningless.

Peace is not about allowing soldiers to go home and reunite with their families, but that the benefits of war are far less than the investment in war, so the rulers on both sides want to stop the war, and then take advantage of the truce to develop their own military force and strive for the next attack When it is time to beat the opponent with the least cost. "

Li Zicheng raised his head to look at Zhu Cihuang, and then continued: "So, peace is just a cover-up of the fact that the two warring parties can no longer fight, but if one side thinks it can win, it will not talk about peace. The wishes of the people are actually It’s not that important, what’s important is the thoughts of the army and the rulers who control the country, and only when they feel that the fight can’t go on, will they think that the wishes of the people are important.”

Zhu Cihong felt a little confused in his mind, and blurted out: "But you said before that Dashun represents the people..."

Li Zicheng nodded without denying and replied: "Yes, Dashun represents the interests of the people, but the people never know what their interests are, so we can't be deceived by the people's false remarks and give up our own interests." position to cater to them.”

Zhu Cihong felt a little unbelievable. He looked at Li Zicheng's serious face for a long time before he believed that the other party was not joking, but he still mustered up the courage to question: "But how can the people not know what their own interests are? This is too unfair. Realistic."

Li Zicheng shrugged, then spread his hands and said: "Just look at the history and you will know that at the end of every dynasty, the people could not bear the oppression and rose up against the oppressors, but when they overthrew the old dynasty, they A group of new oppressors will be elected to replace the old oppressors. None of the people realize that changing the emperor will not change the world, because the new emperor will still use the old tradition to oppress them, nothing has changed.

Therefore, in fact, the people do not know what their own interests are, or they will always easily hand over the fruits of victory to the new oppressors, and then sing praises to the new oppressors, followed by a new round of chaos.Therefore, if we really want to represent the interests of the people, we must first figure out what are the interests of the people and what are the interests of the rulers. "

Zhu Cihong studied the Confucianism of the unity of the monarch and the people. He has never taken the ruler and the ruled that Li Zicheng often talks about, as the ministers around him said. I'm too educated, that's why I view the relationship between the monarch and the four people so vulgarly.

But after listening to what Li Zicheng said for a long time, Zhu Cihong finally became interested in the words of the ruler and the ruled, and wanted to know how Li Zicheng viewed these two groups, so he couldn't help asking: "What is a ruler? Mencius said, "He who labors with his mind governs others, and he who labors with his strength governs others. The two are just different divisions of labor. How can they be opposed?"

Li Zicheng looked at Zhu Cihong without speaking for a long time, of course he couldn't blame him for this, because this is the historical limitation, before the French Revolution violently destroyed the feudal hierarchy, obviously no one thought the ruler was an oppressor, because things Both feudalism advocates that both the ruler and the ruled are born, not acquired, so accepting the rule of the ruler is the fate of the ruled rather than being oppressed.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong has no doubts at all about the saying that "those who work with their minds rule others", and believe that this sentence is as eternal as the way of heaven.After thinking for a long time, Li Zicheng said: "All wealth in this world is created by human labor, so people who do not work should have neither food nor clothing to keep out the cold. Give yourself the fruits of your own labor, so that you can enjoy the fruits of other people's labor.

Of course, there are risks for these people to rob those workers every day, so some of them set up a group, requiring the workers to give a certain percentage of their harvest to the group, and promised that the group would protect them not be robbed by others.The development of this group is the country, and the harvest of forced payment is the tax levied by the country.

The reason why monarchs and aristocrats became rulers was not by nature, but that they forced the people to pay taxes through the state group in order to maintain their own survival needs.Therefore, rulers who do not engage in production are not naturally born after social division of labor, but the rulers themselves create themselves.

Since the ruler needs the contribution of the ruled to survive, and the ruled can survive only by working, then we can naturally draw a simple conclusion that the interests of the ruler and the ruled are not completely consistent .To put it simply, the ruler may encourage the ruled to produce more materials, but he will not allow the ruled to talk to himself about how to distribute the income from labor. "

Li Zicheng's judgment on the ruler and the ruled made Zhu Cihong feel that his cognition was shaken. It was difficult for him to accept Li Zicheng's description of the ruler as... a bandit. It took Zhu Cihong a long time to find a suitable adjective. .

After hesitating for a long time, he murmured: "The monarch and the ministers governing the country can't be said to be worthless at all, can they?"

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "It cannot be said that there is no value. For example, the management of large-scale water conservancy projects such as the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, actions to relieve victims, and military operations to resist nomads going south are of course valuable. But when the country no longer undertakes these What is the value of the ruler to the ruled when he is not responsible for the national economy and the people's livelihood?"

Zhu Cihong began to understand why his father would call those ministers "ministers of subjugation". According to Li Zicheng, after the court abandoned its own responsibilities, it has become a useless burden for the people. was opposed by the people.

But emotionally, he still couldn't bear this point of view, so he evaded and changed the topic: "If the interests of the ruler and the interests of the people are opposed, how can we represent the interests of the people? This is not self-contradictory." ?"

After a few seconds of silence, Li Zicheng said: "Indeed, if the people are aware of this, the ruler will naturally be unable to represent the interests of the people, so we must convince the people that the ruler represents their interests."

Zhu Cihong's mind became even more confused, and he took a lot of effort to sort out a clue and asked: "Then, do we represent the interests of the people, or do we not represent the interests of the people?"

Li Zicheng watched him silently for a few breaths and said: "We need to let the people think that we represent their interests, otherwise they will not support us. From the current point of view, at least we can represent the interests of the people better than other ruling classes. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that we represent the interests of the people.”

"..." Zhu Cihong didn't want to pursue it any further. He felt that his mind was getting more confused, so he thought for a while and asked, "Then how should we represent the interests of the people?"

"This is a good question." Li Zicheng nodded in agreement, and then said: "Build them a school, tell them that labor creates wealth, as long as they work hard, they can get rich and eventually build a world of great harmony. This is where the real interests of the people lie. .”

Zhu Cihong finally felt at ease in his heart. He felt that this was what he wanted to hear. What Li Zicheng said before was too dark, but he still confirmed, "Can we build a Datong world in this way?"

Li Zicheng looked at him and smiled and said: "Is the ruler willing to destroy himself? As long as the ruler is still there, it is impossible to get rich through hard work, because it is the ruler who distributes the wealth, not the laborers. It is just a thought for the people." Forget it, maybe in the future there will be someone who can really represent the interests of the people, but for us, it would be nice if we could restrain the greed of the rulers."

Zhu Cihong's heart was hit again, and he finally stopped talking.

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Zhu Cihong, who left Tianning Temple and entered Yangzhou City in a mule cart, watched the scene outside through a layer of gauze curtain.After staying by Li Zicheng's side for a long time, he is no longer used to sitting in a sedan chair or chariot pulled by others, because Li Zicheng believes that except for the disabled and sick, normal people do not need to be carried to walk.

Because of Li Zicheng's stubborn views, officials in Dashun either rode on mules and donkeys, or in small carts pulled by mules and donkeys. away.

Zhu Cihong didn't know whether this kind of thing was good or bad, because he heard people around him complain that because Dashun officials didn't like to travel in sedan chairs, many bearers lost their jobs.However, some people say that since officials and gentry reduced the use of sedan chairs, the burden on many rural farmers has been reduced, because in addition to the full-time bearers in the city, the bearers used by many government and gentry are actually apportioned labor.

The meeting I attended today and the conversation with Li Zicheng made Zhu Cihong feel very irritated in his heart. In the past, he always regarded Li Zicheng as a natural rebel in the mouth of the minister, because he couldn't accept the reason why Li Zicheng rebelled because he couldn't survive. , which means that the father governed the country very badly.

However, Li Zicheng's series of operations since he left Beijing and went south made him gradually realize that perhaps Li Zicheng's reason for the rebellion was correct, and the peasant army rebelled because they could not survive.What makes the peasants unable to survive is not only natural disasters, but also the squeeze from the court and gentry.

At this time, Zhu Cihong also had to face up to the mistakes his father made in governing the country, but when he thought of these mistakes that violated common sense, he felt blushing and didn't want to face them at all.So, he once again blamed the mistakes on the subjugated ministers in the mouth of the father. If these ministers can do their duty, then how could the father make such a naive mistake.

But Zhu Cihong also vaguely understood in his heart that these ministers would definitely not want to admit these mistakes, and they would definitely blame the emperor for these mistakes.After thinking about this, he also somewhat understood Li Zicheng's reason for persuading him not to go to Nanjing. If the ministers in Nanjing don't want to become the subjugated ministers in the father's mouth, they can't give too much praise to the father. obstacles to his succession to the throne.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but softly said: "So this is the reason why the ministers in Nanjing embraced Uncle Fu as the throne before they verified the news about the emperor and our brothers."

After returning to Shouzhi Garden, Zhu Cihong walked into the gate with heavy steps, and Pang Tianshou and Wang Chongru who got the news rushed over immediately.Wang Chongru, who was familiar with the prince, immediately slowed down when he saw the prince's pace, while Pang Tianshou, who knew nothing about it, rushed to the prince without knowing it, and reported to the prince today's visitors and the gifts they brought.

Although Zhu Cihong has a gentle personality, but in such an irritable mood today, he still listens to someone whispering insignificant things in his ears. To him, the treasures of the world are actually not so precious, because he has been using them since he was a child. The treasure in people's eyes, the anger in the heart naturally rises in a flash.

He stopped in his tracks, tilted his head and looked at Pang Tianshou and said coldly: "Maiden? Did they not know that I was filial, or did they want to mock me for being unfilial? So they gave me women?"

Pang Tianshou was a little surprised, he had been in the palace for so long, so he naturally understood the prince's character, otherwise he wouldn't have posted it so hastily.In his impression, the crown prince is a kind and gentle gentleman who is much easier to serve than Emperor Chongzhen. The palace servants who have been with him for a long time will be let off by the crown prince even if they make mistakes.

He really didn't expect that the prince would put such a big hat on when others only sent a few maidservants. If this was pursued, the salt merchant who sent the maidservants would really have nothing to eat.Pang Tianshou who took other people's money could only help others and said: "It's just a few stupid girls who order around, not a womanizer."

Zhu Cilang snorted coldly and said: "I heard that people in Yangzhou like to buy girls with outstanding looks from poor families, and then teach them singing and dancing, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then sell them to rich people as concubines when they grow up. They are called skinny horses. Send me a few stupid servant girls, is this looking down on me?"

Pang Tianshou and Wang Chongru: "..."

After finally realizing that Zhu Cilang was in a bad mood today, Pang Tianshou immediately admitted his mistake honestly, "It's all my fault. I thought for a moment that His Highness lacked someone to take care of me, so I accepted these maidservants. I will send them back now."

Zhu Cilang stared at Pang Tianshou who admitted his mistake and didn't dare to raise his head, and felt more at ease. After a moment of silence, he said: "Send it back, don't you want them to send it back again? A maid is also a human being, not a cat or a dog." Son, how can it be so bad.

When I went to Daming Temple before, Mrs. Liu said that the Statistics Department was short of manpower, and the maidservants given to me must not be illiterate, so send them to Mrs. Liu.As for those gifts, I will sort them out with you, the king companion. The medicinal materials and cloth will be distributed to the scholars and editors of Wenhua Hall, the gold and silver will be sent to His Majesty, and the useless things left will be sold. Give it to the local government to take care of those war orphans.

From now on, you will handle gifts from outside, Wang Banban, so you don't need to ask me any more.Where is the teacher?"

Wang Chongru immediately reported a place name and wanted to lead the way, but Zhu Cihong refused.Seeing Zhu Cihong walking away, Pang Tianshou let out a long breath and said, "It really is a real dragon, not comparable to Fufan."

Wang Chongru just smiled, he didn't want to offend this eunuch who was almost 20 years older than him.However, the prince's performance today made his eyes shine. A prince who has no temper may not have many people to support him in this world.

On the other hand, although Huang Degong, who ran back to Yizheng, was indignant towards Li Zicheng, but with the newly appointed Chuhe Bingbei Dao Linghe taking office, the officers and soldiers within Huang Degong's department suddenly split. Although many officers and soldiers were greedy for Yizheng's wealth, but Most of the officers and soldiers did not want any conflict with the Marshal's Mansion.

Especially with the arrival of Chu He and Ling Ji, who represent the prince, Ling Ji's ability to win people over is already good. Therefore, within three days of arriving in Yizheng, Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and others fulfilled their promises to the prince. Jin offered fine cavalry as guards.In addition to the 60 riders promised by Tian Xiong and Ma Degong, other small army leaders also collected 10 riders. Under such circumstances, Huang Degong had to fulfill his promise and handed over 150 riders.

As the 220 riders were sent to Yangzhou City, a connection was established between Huang Degong's Ministry and the prince, and now the officers and soldiers of Huang Degong's Ministry were even more unwilling to confront the Marshal's Mansion.Because if you continue to fight, won't you cut off the connection you just established with the prince?

In addition, starting from October 10th, Gao Jie's department also began to move northward in batches, and they lost their right to occupy Yizheng. Huang Degong occupied Yizheng in the name of protecting Yizheng from Gao Jie's ravages.Then Ling Ji announced that the Huang Department would withdraw its troops from Yizheng, but there was no need to relocate the military families. The families of the officers of the Huang Department could still live in Yizheng, and there were even fewer people who resisted the withdrawal.

Huang Degong had to announce on November 11 that his army would withdraw to the Chuzhou and Hezhou defense areas. When he left Yizheng, the Guazhou wharf was busy, and a large number of ships were loading and carrying people.

From October 10th, Xu Dingguo's troops began to arrive at Guazhou Wharf, from here they arrived at Chongming Island by boat, and then joined the Zheng Jun navy moored at the mouth of the Yangtze River.Among the troops waiting to board the ship, there was a group of people who seemed quite inconsistent with the surrounding soldiers. This group of people were the Manchus and the Menghan Eight Banners who had been captured by the Shun Army and had not been released.

Zhenghongqi Gushan Ezhen Ye Keshuzi Dao La, this Manchu warrior who was full of vigor before entering the customs, now looks a little haggard.Standing on the pier, he was looking at the big ship that his group was going to board, and he didn't know what he was thinking for a moment.On the contrary, the people around him were quite flustered when they saw that they were really about to board the ship.

Someone couldn't help whispering: "Dao Lazhangjing, once we get on the boat, can we go back to our hometown again in the future?"

Daola looked back at the ship, glanced at the people around, and said calmly: "There is no Daolazhangjing here, only He Daoyun, or you can call me the squadron leader. For our family, we These people have long died, do you want to go back and bring disaster to your family? In the eyes of your masters, we are all traitors who cooperated with the Shun Army."

The people around him suddenly fell silent. They knew that what Dao Lazhangjing said was right. Under the operation of the Shun Army, those Manchu and Mongolian prisoners who had honestly cooperated with the Shun Army from the beginning were released, and they refused to cooperate with the Shun Army. The Manchu and Mongolian captives who cooperated were all left behind.Then the Shun army attacked the Dorgon brothers with the information obtained from the cooperative captives, but placed the information providers on the heads of those who did not cooperate.

Those captives released by the Shun Army would naturally not expose what the Shun Army did, otherwise, wouldn't it prove that they were released because of their cooperation with the Shun Army?But in this way, these captives who do not want to surrender to the Shun army are in a predicament. If they don't go back, their family members can still insist that they were killed in battle. If he went back, he would be a real traitor, and those prisoners released by the Shun army would try their best to prove it.

After confirming that it was impossible for them to keep their reputation, they finally gave up in the face of the various torture methods adopted by the Shun Army, and thus became the Guiyi Army whose name was changed.It's just that they didn't expect that the Shun Army would send them overseas, which was somewhat different from their expectations, so everyone was shaken again.

He Daoyun looked at the expressions of the people around him and said with a sneer: "What are you thinking at this time? Since His Majesty is willing to use us to fight, at least we still have a chance to prove ourselves. As long as we prove that we are still useful, His Majesty will naturally not use it We were left overseas and ignored. Do you still expect His Majesty to enshrine us after surrender?"

Chapter 237 New Deal 52

Qiu Lei, who was standing in the wooden pavilion by the pier, also noticed this group of soldiers who were out of place with the surroundings. He couldn't help asking Gao You beside him, "Are these Manchus who surrendered really working hard?"

Gao You, who was standing beside him, glanced at the pier, and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if you sell your hard work or not. On overseas desert islands, can those natives still tell who they are? They can't even communicate with each other. Right. And even if they can escape into the deep mountains, it’s not because there are a few more savages on the island, because without boats, they can’t go anywhere.”

Qiu Lei patted his forehead and said: "Yes, I have forgotten this. Taiwan Island is not Chongming Island, and they can't just find a piece of wood and swim back to the mainland. From this point of view, sending them overseas is really desperate. It worked. Well, this time I want to wish you success in your expedition to Taiwan."

Gao You shook his head and said: "Taiwan Island is just some savages, even if Hong Mao Fan has some firearms, but they are too far away from China, it is already the limit to gather hundreds of people to fight us on land, defeat them Not a problem, the biggest problem is whether the island has the ability to supply, if all the supplies have to be transported from the mainland, it will be really a big trouble..."