Cruel

Author: rising stone

Cruel

Yunyang.

Li Zijing, wearing a black arrow jacket and a hat, stood on the city wall. Under his feet were the soldiers of the front camp who invaded the city like a tide.

This siege was truly thrilling.

When we were in Xiangyang, all the arrangements seemed to be to support the defense of Jingzhou, but in fact they all revolved around the singular point of Yunyang.

Yunyang Prefecture, as an important place connecting Huguang to the northwest, has always been controlled by the Ming army of the three Wang brothers, so that Huguang's Dashun army had to detour through Nanyang Prefecture if they wanted to get in touch with the northwest.

But now, as Hauge was transferred from Shandong to Suizhou by Dorgon to take over Gao Jie's old department, the situation in Henan has also begun to be turbulent.

The local landlords armed themselves with iron skin to deal with the Dashun army, but as soon as they encountered the Qing army, their stubborn resistance immediately came to nothing.

The arrogance of dealing with the peasant army disappeared in front of the braided Manchus. In the final analysis, it was the Dashun Army that had touched the cake of these landlords.

As a peasant uprising army, the Dashun Army has become the enemy of all landlords and officials. Many people have the mentality of breaking everything.

When the Qing troops entered the customs, I heard that they, the landlords in Beijing, had no offense against them. No matter how bad they were, how could they be better than vigorously liquidating the landlords and officials every time they went to one place?

The world must have a master, and the landowners and officials of the Ming Dynasty all understood that this master could not be Dashun who was in charge of the peasants.

If they want to protect their interests and not be affected by the change of dynasties, there is only one choice, and that is the Qing army led by Dorgon.

This is also the reason why the Yunyang Ming Army's Dashun attack for several years was in vain, and the reason why the Qing Army immediately dispersed and surrendered as soon as the Qing troops arrived.

Li Zijing's eyes flashed slightly.

Since he was already on the opposite side of the Qing court, the landlords and the official class, he had no choice but to take this path to the end.

Otherwise, what awaits me, Li Zijing, the third brother of Emperor Yongchang, is an ending even more miserable than in history.

He only said that Duduo, who had been defeated by him once by chance, would never make himself feel better.

Thinking of this, Li Zijing turned his head, looked at Yunyang City, and made a slight sound.

"Has Gao Doushu been found?"

A captain on the side was injured and his arrow jacket was full of holes, but his spirit was still high. He shook his head slightly and said words full of hate.

"Not yet. Brothers are searching the whole city. As soon as there is any news, we will report it to the general immediately."

Li Zijing nodded, then turned around and walked down the city wall, walking along.

"Post the notice, in my name, Li Zijing, to inform the people in the city that our Dashun Army is the people's righteous army, and we will commit no crimes after entering the city."

"Now during the war, although the system of Yunyang is the same as that of Xiangyang, it will be temporarily taken over by my front camp. When the war is over, it will be reported to Xijing for approval by His Majesty."

The soldiers in the front camp were obviously convinced by this arrangement.

After all, it was the front camp that fought hard for three days in Yunyang. In the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, Ren Guangrong and his tens of thousands of troops failed to capture the place and were ousted by the front camp.

If he were handed over so easily now, the morale of the front camp would probably be unstable.

Li Zijing's handling of the matter was actually somewhat selfish.

This battle was unexpectedly difficult. It seems that Yunyang has not been captured by Dashun for several years and has become a nail in Dashun's occupied area. This is not without reason.

The main problem lies with one person, Gao Doushu.

The siege of Yunyang gave Li Zijing a lot of experience in attacking difficult situations. The battle of wits and courage with Gao Doushu within a few days also made Li Zijing astonished.

Although Li Zijing brought only more than 10,000 people, almost all of them were old soldiers who had been withdrawn from the northwest. Before the siege, they were equipped with ladders, chariots, shields and chariots.

For Li Zijing, this battle was a fight with Gao Doushu.

The situation in Huguang can no longer be delayed. A few days ago, Dengzhou reported that Hauge had joined forces with Duduo in Huaiqing at the beginning of the month.

After they finish digesting Gao Jie's old troops gathered in Suizhou, the next step will definitely be to march into Henan. The current Henan is like a vacuum zone, and it is impossible to stop the Qing army.

Gao Doushu was able to persist in Yunyang for several years, survive several sieges from Dashun, and often take the initiative to attack, which proves that this person is not weak in ability.

If it were a stratagem with the same troops, Li Zijing would not be sure to defeat him, but after Gao Doushu took the initiative, Yunyang was weak.

In this case, Li Zijing had no choice but to make a desperate move to have a chance of survival.

With victory, the situation in Huguang would be swept away; with defeat, Li Zijing's road would come to an end.

Therefore, the front camp had to win the siege of Yunyang this time. Li Zijing also came with all his troops after he had the confidence of his soldiers.

But something unexpected happened, namely Gao Doushu's reputation.

Li Zijing had never imagined that there was such a place where the will to resist the peasant army was stronger than the Qing invasion.

When the people of Yunyang heard that the Dashun Army was coming to attack, they spontaneously boarded the city to help Gao Dou Shu defend the city.

In this attack on the city, the front camp seemed to be fighting against Gao Doushu's tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people, but in fact it was equivalent to fighting against Yunyang's 300,000 soldiers and civilians.

Even though the main force was taken out by Wang Guangen's three brothers and there were only about 10,000 old and weak people in the city, Gao Doushu still held on for three days under the continuous offensive of the front camp.

The entire Yunyang, after several years of management by Gao Doushu, has become as big as an iron barrel, with fortifications everywhere on the inner and outer floors.

If Li Zijing hadn't contacted the fortresses in the city in advance and understood the layout of the west gate's fortifications, Li Zijing would not have been able to capture Yunyang in three days.

Gao Doushu was also very courageous, much better than the other civil servants in the Ming Dynasty. When he heard that Li Zijing was coming with his troops, although he was panicked, he did not get into chaos.

It was under his command that Yunyang blocked Li Zijing's 10,000 elite soldiers from the city wall for three days!

But that was all. After all, what Li Zijing brought with him were more than 10,000 veterans from the northwest. These people were all strong troops who fought from the northwest to Beijing and then withdrew from Beijing to Huguang.

Along the way, they experienced eight, if not ten, fierce and bloody battles.

After the victory in the battle of Tongguan, Dashun's army regained its vigor and vigor, and started fighting one after another. Although there were many fortifications in Yunyang, there was no corresponding manpower to defend them.

Once the soldiers of the front camp desperately boarded the city, they would not be able to resist the old, weak, sick and disabled Ming soldiers, and the ensuing one-sided situation was understandable.

It was only when Li Zijing walked outside Gao Doushu's Yunyang government office that he saw clearly where the governor sat in Gaotang, the magistrate's office.

"General, please spare Gao Futai's life!"

"General"

Seeing the local people gathered outside the government office, Li Zijing felt a hint of cruelty in his heart for no apparent reason.

It would have been okay without them interceding, but now, these local people spontaneously organize interceding, which shows where Gao Doushu's heart is.

In today's world of great strife, Li Zijing understood that he must not be constrained by a land as small as Yunyang. Although Gao Doushu was very capable, he was loved by the people.

If it cannot be used by the front camp, it will be killed to avoid future troubles!

Thinking of this, Li Zijing clenched his fists slightly.

At this time, a fine horseman galloped over, clasping his fists on the horse and shouting.

"Gao Doushu has been found!"

"Gao Doushu gathered hundreds of remaining soldiers, occupied the grain depot, lit torches, and said he wanted to talk to the general!"
Chapter completed!