Dashun Yongchang

The Nine Kings, if God does not take it, you will be blamed; if the time is not right, you will be blamed instead. "

At this time, Fan Wencheng had become a representative of a group of Han officials. After the Songjin War, the power of the Han Army Banner grew rapidly, and it had become a force that should not be underestimated in the Qing Dynasty.Of course, this is also Huang Taiji's deliberate intention to use the Han army flag to suppress the Manchurians inside the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Manchurian Eight Banners.

In the later period of Nurhaci, he actually tried to establish Houjin as a country with only Manchurians and Mongolians, in order to prevent the Manchurians from being sinicized and losing their roots.However, as the weakest of the four Baylors, Huang Taiji was not only lucky to be able to ascend the throne and inherit the Khan position, but also because of his superb political skills.

After he ascended the throne, he soon realized that if he really wanted to build a country according to Nurhachi's idea, then the strength possessed by the Dorgon brothers would not be something he could compete with.In addition, the other three major Baylors are also intriguing with him to develop power among the Manchurians. It is estimated that he will have direct conflicts with other banners, which is obviously not conducive to the stability of Houjin.

Therefore, after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he has been supporting the power of the Han people in the country. After the Songjin War, a large number of Ming troops surrendered and filled the Han army flag, so that the power of the Han people finally began to emerge on the political stage of the Qing Dynasty.It's just that Huang Taiji passed away suddenly at this time, so this force began to form a group by itself, and Fan Wencheng and other Han officials were their representatives.

Although the surrendered generals of the Ming army and the Han officials were also intriguing internally, their strength was much stronger than that of the Eight Banners of Mongolia. After all, the Han people possessed knowledge, and the production capacity of the Qing Dynasty was almost entirely dependent on the Han people.The Manchus just relied on force to suppress the Han people, preventing them from turning against the hostess in politics.

When the Han officials took the position of supporting the continuation of the southern expedition, the generals of the Two Yellow Banners had to turn their support for the continuation of the southward march.The Fulin Department is not only an alliance between the Mongolian Horqin Tribe and the Two Yellow Banners, but also the headquarters of the Manchurian Sinicization School.Although due to Huang Taiji's sudden death, the newly expanded Han Army Eight Banners had not had time to integrate into Huang Taiji's lineage, but the upper echelons of the Han Army Banner were almost all inclined to Huang Taiji's line.

After all, the two yellow banners led by Nurhachi, and now the two white banners, are the most conservative Manchurians among the Eight Banners.Whether it is the local Han people in Liaodong or the Ming army who surrendered later, although they are willing to shave their hair and change clothes, they will not accept the treatment that they have no political rights.If they advocate Manchurianism, these Han officials will never be able to make their mark in the Qing Dynasty, and they may even return to the slavery society of the Nurhachi era. This is unbearable for them.

Under Bumbutai's planning, the Two Yellow Banners, Mongolian Outer Fans, and the power of Han officials are the key to balancing the internal politics of the Qing Dynasty.Hauge, the eldest son of Huang Taiji, can't be tolerated in this alliance.Because if Hauge's Zhenglan Banner joins, it will not only destroy the internal checks and balances of the Eight Banners, Dorgon will definitely do it if he is forced to do so, but also destroy the political core situation of this alliance that only respects Fulin.

Therefore, in Shengjing, the two yellow flags naturally had to obey Bumbutai, who represented Fulin; but in the army, they had to obey Fan Wencheng's proposition.Only in this way, the Two Yellow Banners can use the power of Han officials to fight against Dorgon, and the Han officials headed by Fan Wencheng can make more voices in the court and the army with the support of the Two Yellow Banners.

Dorgon is unwilling to punish Azig, at least not to weaken the strength of the two white flags before the Southern Expedition is successful, although Azige is really stupid.He also doesn't want to punish Hauge now, he has already removed most of Hauge's wings before, and if he continues to punish Hauge harder, it will only make Huang Taiji's family stand on Fulin's side even more. This is definitely not what he wants to see the result of.

So he quickly pointed the finger at Tulai and reprimanded him: "As Fei Yingdong's son, both Father Khan and Xian Khan praised you for being loyal and upright. You have fought against the Ming army every time, and you have always fought in the battle. Before, that's why I made you the vanguard of the army, and I hope you can show off our military prestige to deter intruders.

Unexpectedly, you first underestimated the intruders and went to spy on the intruders without authorization, but you were careless. Instead, you were captured by Li Zicheng, which dampened the morale of our army.After being released by Li Zicheng, he was afraid of the intruders and tried to prevent the army from going south. Can you be convicted of treason? "

Tulai held his head back and said: "It is true that the criminal minister was captured by Li Zicheng, but what the criminal minister said was not a lie. It was actually for the future of Manchuria. The criminal minister did not dare to hide his thoughts."

Dorgon was even more annoyed, and asked people to take Tulai under custody, and then ordered the kings to discuss the crime.After Tulai was the five ministers, he had many brothers and subordinates. His mother was the cousin of Huang Taiji's mother, and his legitimate son married Huang Taiji's tenth daughter. Of course, he couldn't beheaded because of such a small mistake.

So everyone discussed it, and finally decided that the punishment for Tulai was to confiscate half of Niulu, fine him 10 ingots of silver, and send 2 horses back to Shengjing for custody.After hearing the punishment, Dorgon said to the crowd: "Now is the time when the South is recruiting people, and Tulai has made considerable military exploits before, so it is better to give him a chance to make a contribution.

The punishment for depriving cattle records was waived, and the other punishments were halved, and then he was asked to take care of our army's logistics. If anything goes wrong again, I will never forgive him lightly.Next, everyone will discuss how to fight the Shanhaiguan battle. "

Instead of discussing politics, only talking about military issues, everyone in the tent quickly came to a conclusion.First of all: Although Wu Sangui borrowed troops from the Qing Dynasty, the two sides had fought for so many years, and they had to be wary of Wu Sangui's troops rebelling before the battle.

Secondly, if Wu Sangui can fight to the death with the Shun Army first, this is of course the best result.But if this situation does not arise, then the Qing army should first forcefully land the Ming army in Shanhaiguan, and then enter the pass and fight the Shun army.The city of Shanhaiguan is dangerous and solid, and it is best to wait until the heavy artillery arrives before a showdown with Wu Sangui.

In the end, although I don't know how powerful the Shun army is, since we decided to fight the opponent in front of Shanhaiguan, we can't let Li Zicheng run back with the main force, so we must try to hold the opponent back.

Dorgon and Fan Wencheng added some details, then called Sun Youbai over and asked him to bring a letter written by Fan Wencheng in Dorgon's name and hand it to Li Zicheng.

Chapter 26 A piece of wire

On April 4, the soldiers of the battalions started a small competition. Under Li Guo's suggestion, the competition was divided into soldiers and soldiers, generals and generals.After 23 days of rest, the soldiers of the Dashun Army were in a state of doing nothing. The 2-day march was not enough for them to fully recover their mental state during the battle. He is still not used to the military discipline of the Dashun Army.

During the two days of patrolling the battalion and the conversations with the generals in the same battalion, Li Zicheng understood the actual situation of this Dashun army. The core combat force was 4 infantry and about 2 cavalry brought from Shaanxi, and then surrendered. The Ming army is more than 3 capable, and then there are about 3 husbands who do not count soldiers. These husbands not only undertake logistics and transportation for the army, cut grass and raise horses, dig trenches when setting up camp, but also have a craftsman battalion who specializes in repairing ordnance. .

Speaking of it, the march in this era is actually more like a small city moving. After realizing this, Li Zicheng became more determined not to fight in Shanhaiguan.Once a war starts here, if the logistics cannot be supplied, the more than [-] troops will inevitably collapse.

Although the distance from Beijing to Shanhaiguan is a hundred miles closer than the distance from Shenyang to Shanhaiguan, the Dashun army only occupies some areas around Beijing, and most of Hebei cannot be regarded as the base of Dashun. The main force of the army and the Qing army were in a stalemate in front of Shanhaiguan, and no one could guarantee that the gentry in Hebei would not rise up and rebel against Dashun.

However, the Qing Dynasty had turned the area between Shenyang and Jinzhou into a solid control area, and the area from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan was abandoned by Wu Sangui. Therefore, the Manchu Qing raised grain and grass from the Jinzhou area and transported it to Shanhaiguan, 360 miles away. There will be no attacks.In this way, the logistics of the Manchu Qing was not only safe, but even the transportation distance was half as close as that of the Dashun Army, because they raised supplies from Jinzhou instead of Shenyang.

Although the Ming army and the Manchu Qing fought in the Songshan-Jinzhou area, this battle took place two years ago. After Zu Dashou and other Liaodong generals surrendered, the fields in Jinzhou should have resumed production capacity by this time.

More importantly, the Songjin War did not fail due to lack of armaments, but collapsed due to lack of food. According to Li Zicheng's investigation of this battle, it was found that Chongzhen was almost without food, and other armaments were unlimited. Supplemented to Hong Chengchou, there are thousands of cannons of all kinds alone, 16 red cannons were also sent, and a cannon casting factory was set up in Jinzhou.

After finding out the approximate number of these firearms, Li Zicheng felt cold in his heart, because the Dashun Army itself did not use firearms. Thinking about it, how could a rebel army that was mobile and fighting everywhere have the energy and time to develop such high-tech weapons? The tens of millions of hungry people in Shaanxi and Henan are the best supplementary soldiers for the rebel army. Filling the cities of the army with human lives is faster and cheaper than making gunpowder weapons.

Although the Jiubian Ming Army who surrendered to the Dashun Army carried firearms, Li Zicheng had seen that the cavalry used fast guns and three-eyed three-eyed blunderbusses, while the infantry only used tiger squatting cannons and miscellaneous firearms, and there were not many shotguns (that is, light guns). arquebus).In order to fight against the powerful Qing army, the Liaodong Ming army was the best equipped in the nine borders. In order to fight the Manchu decisive battle, Chongzhen sent all the property in the capital to Liaodong. The current Qing army has more than the Dashun army. And the Ming army has a stronger thermal weapon.

Moreover, after fighting with the official army for a long time, the Dashun army basically despises firearms, thinking that fighting must rely on hand-to-hand combat. up.For someone, the idea is downright stupid.The Dashun army fought in formation, and the Qing army on the opposite side pulled the red cannons to bombard them for the first round. Even if the soldiers on their side didn't run away, the army array was smashed to pieces.

The Qing and Ming armies fought for many years. Huang Taiji not only formed the Wuzhen Chaoha firearms team, but also Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other Dongjiang armies trained by the Ming army with Western methods surrendered. The infantry phalanx, thinking about the fate of the last Qi family army being bombarded by the surrendered Ming army in Hunhe, Li Zicheng wanted to take the army back to the vicinity of Beijing first.

However, today, when they toured the battalion to watch the small competitions of each battalion, the spirits of the soldiers of the various armies finally rose a little under the stimulation of the competition. Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and other generals around him said: "The mood of the soldiers looks good. A team competition can also be added.”

Liu Zongmin watched the games of the soldiers in the battalion. He was also a lively person. He was eager to try his skills for a while, but he didn't care about Li Zicheng's suggestion. On the other hand, Li Guo, who was on the side, kept paying attention to Li Zicheng. Seeing this, he asked, "Your Majesty, what do you think?" What kind of competition will you add?"

Li Zicheng thought for a while and said: "Compared to the relocation, marching and camping of each battalion, except for the front battalion monitoring Shanhaiguan, all other battalions must participate. Well, some miscellaneous workers do not need to participate. It will be held in the afternoon competition alright."

Li Guo asked calmly: "Then where is the destination of moving the camp?"

Li Zicheng said casually: "I can't compete if I'm close. Before, I sent people to collect wine and meat and send them to Funing to reward the army after their triumphant return. In this way, we will use Funing City as the destination, and the first Those who arrive at Funing City and set up camp will be rewarded with wine and meat by the whole army."

Li Guo thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, it's okay to test the army, but we are under the enemy's eyes after all, and the front battalion is mostly the Ming army that has just surrendered. I think that we need a general to sit in the central army." , and give rewards to the former battalion soldiers who do not participate in the competition, so that they can feel at ease. I am willing to stay and guard the formation."

Li Zicheng stared at Li Guo for a long time, and then looked at the surrounding generals who were still distracted by the game. He couldn't help laughing and reached out to pat him on the shoulder and said, "You are the only one who can take care of the overall situation. But don't worry, just It's just a game. It's very much in my mind that you stay and guard the formation."

When Li Zicheng said this, he was sincere. After all, this person has nothing to do with anyone in this era. He inherited most of Li Zicheng's memories, but he did not inherit Li Zicheng's feelings.Even though these subordinates are loyal to him in his memory, he has not established a feeling of trust in these people for someone, which is why he can dispose of Tang Tong without any scruples and is ready to abandon the front camp.

Li Guo was able to vaguely guess what he wanted, but he didn't say it out loud, and even took the initiative to stay and sit in the front line, which really touched someone.After chatting with Li Guo about the expropriation of the team, Li Zicheng said to the people behind him: "You all go back to your battalions, those who should supervise the competition, those who should be on duty, and those who should rest , I will also go back to the account and take a rest. Li You, come with me, I have something to tell you to do."

Respectfully sent off by the generals, Li Zicheng took Li You and his personal guards to his big tent.He just left here, and Liu Zongmin couldn't bear to invite several generals of the Dashun Army to join him, and went to the next game.

Li Guo looked at his colleagues leaving happily, and then at Li Zicheng's leaving back, he couldn't help feeling suspicious, could it be that he was the only one who felt that King Chuang's personality had changed again?But thinking about Li Zicheng who was single-minded about being the emperor when he first entered the capital, he had to admit that Li Zicheng was at least not so hot-headed now, which was a good thing for the Dashun Army.

Li You, who followed Li Zicheng into the big tent, took out a wire from the back tent after seeing the other party waving his hand to let the guards out of the tent, handed it to him and asked, "Do you recognize what this is?"

After Li You touched the barb on the wire, he said cautiously: "Is the wire wrapped around the barb?"

Li Zicheng asked again: "Do you know what it is made of?"

Some speechless Li You really wanted to say that nature is made of iron, but he suddenly had a thought, so he changed his words and said, "Could it be the material of mail armor?"

Li Zicheng said with great relief: "It is said that the generals in the camp know you the most about common affairs. It seems that this is indeed true. It is the iron wire material that I asked the craftsmen to use to repair the mail. Do you think it can be used? where?"

Li You subconsciously compared the wire to his body, but soon felt that it was not suitable. Just when he was racking his brains to think about where this wire could be used, Li Zicheng finally interrupted his thinking and said: " As long as the craftsmen don’t cut the wire, but stretch it as long as possible and press the barbs on it, then if we wind it around the stake and drive it into the field, wouldn’t it be the best obstacle to hinder the progress of cavalry and infantry?”

Li You stared at Li Zicheng in astonishment and said, "However, these iron wires that can be used to make chain armor are expensive, and there are not so many materials in the camp."

Yes, Li You didn't think that it wasn't because of his lack of intelligence, but that he really didn't think about using such expensive materials to make something similar to Juma. As long as there is enough time, Juma made of wood is obviously cheaper.

However, for Li Zicheng, the iron wire that is easy to carry is obviously more useful than the impromptu horse repellent. After all, the wooden repellent horse can only deter the cavalry, and it is impossible to extend the defense line without limit, but the barbed wire made of iron wire is possible. .As for the issue of price, it is definitely not within the scope of his consideration now.

So Li Zicheng quickly said to Li You: "Of course there are not so many materials in the camp, but there are in the capital. I have already asked those craftsmen, and almost all other materials in the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry in the capital have been emptied, but only the iron warehouse It is still relatively sufficient, and the iron wire for making chain mail has always been made by someone.

This kind of iron wire used to intercept cavalry does not need to be strong, as long as it has a certain degree of toughness. After installing the barbs of the short wire, it is enough to hurt infantry and horses without leg protection.For the cavalry running at high speed, there is no need to stop them with wires, it is enough to let them hit the wires.

Therefore, what we need is long enough and a certain degree of toughness, and barbed wire is installed, which is convenient for us to transport to the wild to set up barbed wire to intercept cavalry.Cavalry who have lost their speed can naturally be intercepted and eliminated by infantry.

Of course, it was obviously too late to prepare the barbed wire in the capital and transport it to Shanhaiguan.So I hope you will go back to the capital and do two things for me.The first notification was to Liu Xiyao, who was going to Jizhou, and asked him to find a place on the passage from Jizhou to the capital that was not suitable for cavalry to gallop. The second time he returned to Beijing, he called craftsmen to process barbed wire and shipped them to Jizhou. There were a lot of them. less than 5 kilos, and no later than 10 days..."

Chapter 27 Run away

It was already the afternoon of the 23rd when Sun Youbai came to the Dashun army camp again via the Nine Gates.When he passed through the front camp, he saw a group of people watching in the open area of ​​the camp, so he couldn't help asking the soldiers of the Shun army who were leading the way for him.The Shunjun Elementary School who led the way told him unsuspectingly that a competition was being held in the army, and the competition would last for 3 consecutive days.

Sun Youbai remembered it in his heart thoughtfully, and when he was walking towards Li Zicheng's big tent, he suddenly found a person in the blue clothes of the non-Shun army coming from the direction of the big tent in front of him. The principal immediately took him aside and let the other party leave first.

Although the Shunjun Xiaoxiao who led the way tried his best to prevent Sun Youbai from colliding head-on with the team coming from the opposite side, Sun Youbai still recognized with his own eyes that the man surrounded by several Shunjun Xiaoxiao was his former boss. Wu Xiang, former general of Liaodong.Looking at the appearance of the old boss, he is not under house arrest, but an emissary just like him.

Sun Youbai suddenly had a vague idea in his mind that the Shun army could do a three-day camp competition in front of Shanhaiguan without worrying about the Wu army's sneak attack in the city, probably because the two families had already communicated.

"Wu Sangui, a family slave of three surnames, after taking refuge in my Qing Dynasty, he still flirts with the Shun army. It's really shameless." Sun Youbai was thinking silently in his heart, while trying to put on a nonchalant look on his face.

On the other side, Wu Xiang, who was taken out of the camp by General Shunjun, also noticed Sun Youbai's pedestrians. After returning to the city with his guards without saying a word, he told his son what he saw.Although he did not recognize Sun Youbai, he saw people in Manchurian costumes being led into the camp by the Shun army.

After hearing this, Wu Sangui thought it might be a plot of the Dashun Army, so he deliberately asked someone to pretend to be a Manchurian envoy for his father to see.However, after bidding farewell to his father, when he summoned several of his confidants to discuss, everyone thought that they had to be on guard against the situation where the Qing army and the Shun army made peace, and the two sides took Shanhaiguan as the border between the two countries.

Wu Sangui himself also said suspiciously: "I wrote to the Nine Kings to discuss how the Qing Dynasty could help me to help the Ming Dynasty, but the messenger I sent has not returned yet. But the sentry I sent reported that the Qing army was at the Nine Gates. The strength of the army has increased a lot, which is obviously to prevent us from taking back the Nine Gates."

Fang Guangchen then offered advice: "At this moment, it is better to ask the northern soldiers to go south and leave the customs first. While the Shun army is unprepared, the two families attack the Shun army camp together. After defeating the Dashun army, we will talk about how to restore Ming.

As long as the Dashun Army is driven out of Beijing, then our army's righteousness to help Daming will be established, and the soldiers and civilians loyal to Daming will continue to join our army.Just like Guo Ziyi borrowed troops from Huihe to recover Chang'an. After Chang'an recovered, the Tang army who defected from all directions made Guo Ziyi's strength surpass that of the Huihe army. up.

There are as many as hundreds of thousands of Ming troops on the nine borders who surrendered to Li Zicheng, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops and regiments in the south who did not surrender to Dashun. As long as Li Zicheng is defeated and you raise the banner of Ming restoration, uncle, these people will definitely vote for us Well, with these people as your wings, the Northern soldiers will eventually go back to Shenyang after all. "

Wu Sangui and his confidants all agreed with Fang Guangchen's strategy, so Wu Sangui wrote another letter to Dorgon that night. The question of how much benefit to get, but straightforwardly asked Dorgon to send the main cavalry to go south with him to enter the customs to raid the Dashun Army. Other matters can be discussed after defeating the Dashun Army.

In the early morning of the 24th, Wu Sangui sent a messenger to deliver the letter. At this time, Dorgon and the main force of the Qing army had already moved 50 miles away from Shanhaiguan. Therefore, before noon, the messenger encountered the Qing army who was slowly moving towards Shanhaiguan.After reading Wu Sangui's letter, Dorgon still didn't reply. What he wanted was Wu Sangui's complete refuge, not anything to help Wu Sangui defeat the thief and regain his sight.

Although he accepted the suggestion of Fan Wencheng and other Han officials, he decided that the Southern Expedition would be under the banner of entering the customs to help the Ming and destroy the thieves, but this aid to the Ming should be a spontaneous action of the Qing Dynasty, rather than sending troops at the request of the Ming general Wu Sangui .To put it simply, it is a question of who should take the lead in the war with the Dashun Army.

Han officials like Fan Wencheng are serious scholars, and they are also very familiar with the allusions of Guo Ziyi's borrowing soldiers that Wu Sangui knows.If Wu Sangui was allowed to use the name of borrowing troops to suppress thieves, then after the coalition forces entered the pass, the troops and gentry who came to join the coalition forces from all over the country would definitely defect to Wu Sangui instead of the Qing Dynasty.

Only in the name of the Qing Dynasty to help the Ming Dynasty suppress thieves, and Wu Sangui is just one of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty who came to the Qing Dynasty, then the gentry and Ming troops from all over the place will directly defect to the Qing Dynasty.After the thieves were wiped out, it was up to the Qing army to decide whether or not to restore the Ming Dynasty, or who should be established as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and no one else had the right to speak out.

On the 24th, the Qing army moved 20 miles, and stopped to camp again when it was only 30 miles away from Shanhaiguan.At dusk that day, Sun Youbai returned to Dorgon's army with Li Zicheng's reply.

Sun Youbai was brought in front of Dorgon and reported to him: "When the slaves went to the Dashun army, they found that they were competing in archery, running and other skills in the camp. It is said that it will not end until tomorrow. As for the reply to the master's letter, Li Zicheng Said: People and property in Shanhaiguan can be transferred to the Qing Dynasty, but Shanhaiguan cannot. The rest will be written in this reply letter.”

Dorgon frowned after reading Li Zicheng's reply, because the letter was full of nonsense, and the only thing that was really useful was a sentence that the two countries would always regard the Great Wall as the boundary.He questioned Sun Youbai in detail about what happened to Sun Youbai in the Shun army camp, and the other party said to him uncertainly that he seemed to have seen Wu Xiang going to and from the Shun army camp.

Dorgon asked Sun Youbai to step down, and then convened the kings and generals to discuss the matter. He showed the letters of Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng to everyone, and then asked them to express their opinions.

Doduo has long been dissatisfied with the slow march these days. He first said: "Soldiers are precious and fast. When our army left Shengjing, it galloped down to Jinzhou. The morale of the soldiers of the Eight Banners was high. Go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. However, in the past two days, they only walked 2 to 30 miles and ordered to set up camp. The soldiers were inevitably a little discouraged.

In my opinion, Wu Sangui's proposal is very good.The two families will join forces and defeat Li Zicheng first.After defeating the Shun Army, if Wu Sangui was dishonest, he would have dealt with him easily, so why bother?With the strength of my Qing army, who else in China can resist us?He entered the customs six times before, and that time he returned without a big victory. Why should brother worry about those southern barbarians. "

Although Azige had always been at odds with his younger brother, he supported him this time. He also felt that the Dashun Army should be dealt with earlier. If the stalemate between the two sides continued like this, Li Zicheng might run away.

As the two brothers Duduo and Azig voiced their support for the rapid dispatch of troops to enter the customs, the others suddenly fell silent, because they thought it was Dorgon's idea, and they just let the two brothers speak out.Since the Southern Expedition is irreversible, what is the difference between early and late strikes?So naturally no one will stand up against it.

Seeing this, Dorgon had no choice but to express his position aloud: "If you send troops at this time, you may be able to defeat Li Zicheng, but you can't decide between the primary and the secondary. Without the status of master and servant, what will happen to the results after entering Beijing?" distribute?

Although our army is strong, the population of Ming people is too large. It is said that there are millions of people in Beijing alone.If our army does not have a righteous name in hand, we will have to divide our troops to guard various places. The larger the area is, the more our strength will be dispersed. One Beizhili can exhaust our strength. How can we talk about capturing Daming? the world?

On the other hand, Wu Sangui has a not-so-weak army in his hands, and he has the honor of borrowing troops to restore his Ming. Once he defeats the Dashun Army, he can easily accept the votes of officers, soldiers and gentry from all over the country. Showing a trend of being too big to drop.So we went south this time, didn't we make wedding clothes for Wu Sangui?

Therefore, I want Wu Sangui to fight Li Zi first, to see Sangui's sincerity, and to see his own strength and weakness, so as to reap the benefits of a fisherman.When Wu Sangui's strength is almost exhausted, and the strength of Li Zicheng's army is also known, our army will enter the pass and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and the great cause will be accomplished. "

Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhen'ashan immediately voiced his support for Dorgon's claim, believing that the words of the Nine Kings are the old-fashioned strategy for seeking the country.Later, Tan Tai, Wakda, Baiyintu, Boluo and others also expressed their approval, believing that Dorgon's strategy was the most beneficial to the Qing Dynasty.

Afterwards, Dorgon asked Kong Youde that the cannon troops of the Han Army Banner would arrive in the army tomorrow, so he said to the crowd, "I think this is the answer to Wu Sangui: Either he leaves the customs first to accept our army's establishment, and two Let the family join forces to attack the Dashun army; or let him attack the Dashun army first, and our army will be the rear..."

On the 25th, when the Qing army and Wu Sangui were discussing cooperation, Li Zicheng rewarded the three most outstanding individuals in the individual competition in the morning, and transferred the No.1 Ma Bao selected in the battalion to his personal guard as the captain , Let Li Laiheng be his deputy, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted for a while.There was no concern about the next last team competition, and everyone was gearing up to get the first place and get rewarded by Li Zicheng.

Although the former battalion soldiers presided over by Bai Guangen felt a little lost because they couldn't all participate in the afternoon game, they also relieved a lot of depression because they got extra rewards of wine and meat.The shadow of Tang Tong being killed has dissipated a lot after the three-day competition.The left, middle and right three battalions still left more than 1 handymen and 1500 cavalry led by Li Guo, and Li Zicheng followed 9 soldiers who moved to the battalion to compete for Funing City.

After Li Zicheng left, Li Guo ordered the battalions not to go out without reason, and asked Bai Guangen to intercept the envoys from the Qing army and Shanhaiguan, and detain them all in the front battalion until Li Zicheng returned with the army.Bai Guangen didn't think too much, and agreed immediately.

Chapter 28 Decision making

At 25 or 7 o'clock in the evening on the 8th, the last team finally arrived at the camp outside Funing City.Standing at the gate of the camp, Li Zicheng personally brought the group into the camp, comforted them a few words, and rewarded them with wine and meat.So far, today's camp transfer competition has officially come to an end. After receiving the order, the armies began to cheer and sit around the campfire to eat and drink.

For camping in the wild in this kind of weather, except for generals and some personnel with certain positions who have tents, the rest of the ordinary soldiers and low-ranking officers camp directly in the wild.The difference between the camps of the army and the refugees is only the trenches and fences around the camps, and whether there are fixed toilets and other facilities in the camps.

Before that, Li Zicheng had arranged for the retreating infantry and the people of Funing City to build a part of the camp, and then he led the cavalry to the foot of Funing City first, and immediately began to build the rest, so when the last team arrived, The big camp under the city can already rest 9 troops for one night.

While the soldiers were cheering and celebrating the results of the game, Li Zicheng sat around a bonfire with Liu Zongmin, Song Xiance, Zhang Nai, Gu Kecheng, Ren Jirong, and Lu Yingbiao. Bonfire, and said frankly to them: "I have made up my mind, and I will return to Beijing tomorrow. Not only will I withdraw to Beijing, I am afraid that even Hebei will also be abandoned."

Except for Song Xiance and Zhang Nai who were calm, the other generals were very surprised, not because they were surprised to withdraw to Beijing, but because Li Zicheng planned to give up even Beijing.Liu Zongmin's reaction was the most intense, and he immediately objected: "It's nothing to withdraw to Beijing, but why give up the city of Beijing? Such a tall and strong city wall, even if we let the slaves attack the city, we can still defend it for a year.

We have been fighting for so long, how many brothers died to take Beijing, and now we have not stayed for more than a month and are about to run away, so the people in the world still think of us as thieves?I am opposed to the loss of Beijing. So many of us have withdrawn, why can’t we still hold a Beijing city?Besides, there are at least 60 million people in the city. As long as they are recruited to guard the city for us, I don't believe that Jiannu can take Beijing.

Jiannu can't take down Beijing, after all, he still has to leave the customs and go back. Didn't they all do this before? "

Ren Jirong and Lu Yingbiao also voiced their support for Liu Zongmin's opinion. They believed that the city of Beijing could still be defended. As long as the city of Beijing was defended, the world of Dashun would be safe. They bowed their heads.

Li Zicheng listened to the views of these generals and did not speak. He just glanced at Song Xiance who was beside him. Jiannu in Guannei had no supporters, so if they encircled the capital for a long time, they would be surrounded by King Qin's army swarming from all over the place.

Jiannu had no one to transport food and fodder for him in the pass, and if he was besieged by the army, he would fall into the predicament of being besieged by the Ming army in the four cities of Yongping in Chongzhen for three years, and eventually he would be forced to flee back to Liaodong by the army of King Qin from all over the country.

But today is not the past, the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty is gone, and the authority of our Dashun has not yet reached the countryside. If our army is stationed in Beijing, the Qing army teamed up with Wu Sangui will no longer be a rootless tree when entering the pass, and the hearts of the people everywhere Those who are not attached to our Dashun will all defect to the Qing army and Wu Sangui, so our army will become a lone army in Beijing.

Although some old battalions in Shanxi suppressed the localities, the number of Ming troops who surrendered but were not supported by the local people was more. When the main force of our army was trapped in Beijing, it would be good for Shanxi to protect itself, and there was no need to talk about serving the king.

Although Shaanxi is the hometown of His Majesty, and there are the Empress and Marquis Ze, after all, it has not been a year since Your Majesty took Shaanxi, and it is still possible for the Empress and Marquis Ze to stabilize Shaanxi. I am afraid that it is more than enough to send troops to rescue us.In fact, we should also let Jianghou's first army return to Xi'an from Gansu to strengthen the defense against Shaanxi.

Mianhou is quite powerful in Xiangyang, but he has Zuo Liangyu eyeing him in Wuchang, next to him is Liu Hongqi and many local tyrants in Henan to check him in, and the big local tyrant Li Jiyu here in Dengfeng is a fool. If the soldiers leave Xiangyang, I am afraid that this piece of foundation will not be guaranteed.

Although there is Cihou in southern Hebei to defend, but after the Qing army besieged us in Beijing, Cihou is alone and alone, and I am afraid that he will not be able to continue the stalemate with the Qing army in southern Hebei.So he either retreated into Shanxi or into Henan.

The essence of Shandong and Henan in the south of the Yellow River is actually along the canal, but our past forces have not reached here. Although Shandong has sent Guo Sheng and Zhao Yingyuan to station, Shandong is actually the northern province that suffers the least amount of natural and man-made disasters. Although the population of this province has decreased a lot in the past ten years, the population of the province is still at least tens of millions, and the Guo Sheng and Zhao Yingyuan departments are only tens of thousands. It may be difficult to suppress a province by force.

The policy of recovering stolen goods and subsidizing salaries adopted by our army after entering Shandong has really offended the big households in Shandong. Recovered.Therefore, Shandong can't expect any reinforcements along the way.

Luoyang in northern Henan was breached by our army, and Kaifeng was flooded by the Ming army themselves. The northern part of Henan is actually dilapidated.Coupled with the disasters and military turmoil in the past ten years, the population of Henan has been reduced by more than half compared to ten years ago, and the territory is still full of villages. Self-protection is the most important thing, and it is impossible to obey anyone's orders to leave their homes. .

Below Shangqiu, there are still some people in Xuzhou and Suqian, but Lu Zhenfei, the governor of the water transport stationed in Huai'an, is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty who refuses to surrender to us. Jin Shenghuan, the general of the Ministry of Defense, defended the canal, and led the local regiment to repel Bai Bangzheng and Dong Xueli.

Once Lu Zhenfei knows that Wu Sangui joined forces with the Qing army to besiege the main force of our army in Beijing, I am worried that he will mobilize the troops from the Huaiyang area to go north to help Wu Sangui attack Beijing.Although the fighting power of the Ming army in the south is worrying, the water transport supplies in Lu Zhenfei's hands can allow the Qing army to occupy the outside of Beijing for a long time.

Once the northern and southern armies converge, Beijing, where our army is stationed, will become an isolated island. I am afraid it will be difficult to count on anyone to rescue us. "

Song Xiance's analysis finally calmed down the generals of the Dashun Army.Although they are nostalgic for the prosperity of Beijing, they will not risk their lives.