(I will never forget you for ten years! I will never forget you, may you rest in heaven!)

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Taiyuan and appointed Han Wenquan as the governor of Taiyuan. Chen Yongfu was the general garrison stationed in Taiyuan, and was in charge of Shanxi military and political affairs. Han Wenquan worked in the Ming Governor's Office, and Chen Yongfu was stationed in the Jin Palace. It was from that day that the governor's office witnessed the changes in the world.

Just a few months later, the Qing Dynasty sent Prince Ying, Ajige, to lead heavy troops into Jin and surrounded Taiyuan. On the third day of the 10th month, Taiyuan City fell. Dashun only existed in this courtyard for 8 months. In March of the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the new Shanxi Governor Ma Guozhu entered the Dashun Jiedushi Yamen, which was naturally renamed the Shanxi Governor's Yamen.

Like most governor's yamen, there is a screen wall in front of this yamen office, a pair of stone lions standing on the left and right, three archways are arranged from the east to the west, the "Fusui Quanjin" fang in the east, the "Sanguan Sanguan" fang in the west, and the "Civil and Martial Arts are the Fair" fang in the middle. After entering this "Civil and Martial Arts are the Fair" fang, we also entered the governor's yamen. At this time, outside the yamen, teams of green camp soldiers were wandering around with guns to inspect, and the atmosphere was only particularly tense than in the past.

It is no wonder that just a few days ago, after Li Ziyuan had personally commanded more than 200,000 troops across the Yellow River, he began to occupy various prefectures, prefectures, and counties in southern Shanxi, and rushed towards Taiyuan. The city of Taiyuan was naturally very nervous. In the past few days, Ding Zhuang in the city was conscripted from the city to assist the green camp in defending the city. As the central location of the governor's yamen, it was naturally very vigilant.

In the second halls of the yamen, Bai Rumei, who was the governor of Shanxi, looked frightened. Sometimes when the drum sounded in the drum tower, he could not help but be shocked and thought it was the sound of guns and cannons. Although he was a governor of a province, Bai Rumei did not have the slightest temperament of an official. When he was an official in the capital of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Dashun army entered the city, and he surrendered to Dashun first. Later, when the Qing army entered the pass, he not only accepted the surrender, but also took the initiative to shave his head. At that time, his behavior was not even ashamed of. After all, when he first entered the pass, the Qing army had not forced the Han people to shave their heads, and the reason why he did this was naturally because of his concern.

"...At that time, after Bai shaved his hair, everyone at that time said that Bai was shameless, but people at that time didn't know that it was easy to ask for a god and sent him to the god. Since the court entered the capital, how could he leave easily? Later, if the shave was ordered, what would it be possible to have blood?"

There was no concealment in Bai Rumei's words. He never minded telling others that he was not very good-looking, nor even mind telling others what he wanted. Just like at this moment, when facing Yang Zhenwei in front of him, he seemed quite direct, and even sighed after looking at him.

"I guess the military sect was the same back then!"

After being like Bai Rumei, Yang Zhenwei suddenly felt a little sweat on his forehead. Wouldn't he know what the governor in front of him mean?

In the past, Jiang Yuan, the general of Datong, was defending the city for more than August. When foreign aid was hopeless, Yang Zhenwei, who was the general of Jiang Yuan's subordinate, turned a blind eye and secretly sent people out of the city to surrender to the Qing army besieged. He then led more than 600 officers and soldiers to rebel, kill Jiang Yuan and his brother Jiang Lin, and his brother Jiang Youguang, and surrendered with the head. The next day, the Qing army entered the city. After receiving the report, Dorgon ordered that in addition to Yang Zhenwei's family members, "all officials, soldiers and civilians in Datong City be punished."

Yang Zhenwei was promoted to the General of Shanxi. All his surrender to the Qing Dynasty was because he had no hope of defending the city, and of course it was for personal glory and wealth. The General of Shanxi was rewarded by the Regent. Now, as the Admiral of Shanxi, the Admiral is also the military affairs of a province.

For many years, no one has mentioned the old story of Datong in front of him. Now, Bai Rumei mentioned this old story, which made Yang Zhenwei feel weak, and the other end was also full of fire.

"Why do you need to do this when you caress the Taiwan Strait?"

These stiff words came into Bai Rumei's ears, making him just smile bitterly.

"With the military gate here, how dare Bai defend the city..."

This sentence made Yang Zhen stand up powerfully. He thought there were ambushes in the hall and said nervously.

"Governor Bai, Yang is an official appointed by the court. If you dare to kill Yang..."

While shouting like this, Yang Zhenwei did not see any ambush coming out. Looking at Bai Rumei sitting there smiling bitterly, her expression immediately became awkward.

"Sir, here, below..."

"Hey, Bai is not Jiang Yuan, so naturally he won't have to do anything. Besides, Taiyuan can't be defended for eight months. Military gate, please give Bai a clear idea. If Li Ziyuan attacked the city, how many days can Taiyuan's troops be defended?"

Bai Rumei's words made Yang Zhenwei smile awkwardly before saying.

"Returning to Futai, in fact, in Yang's opinion, Li Ziyuan's northern expedition was just a bluff. If the imperial army was not attracted by Zhu Ni, how could he lead the army to the north? After he seized Wuchang last year, he occupied various prefectures and counties in Hubei. Although he captured the people and ordered his troops to be soldiered for less than twenty years, he had trained more than half a year, he could barely be considered elite soldiers. Although his plundering of the people and his soldiers were not like the trespassers back then, he captured all the men along the way, and only young and strong aged 18-38, the elite in his army was still the 50,000 elite soldiers he led when he left Jiujiang. Even from the following point of view, the other 150,000 people were not as good as the tens of thousands of green camp soldiers who surrendered to him in Henan..."

In fact, the reason why Yang Zhenwei made such a judgment was completely limited by the eyes of the times. He only thought that Li Ziyuan was like a soldier in the old days. After every city was captured, he captured the people as soldiers, and then he had hundreds of thousands of soldiers. However, the elite soldiers who could fight were only tens of thousands of veterans. As for the others, they were just cannon fodder. He completely ignored the "armored military system" implemented by dozens of prefectures and counties under his rule, and had completely separated from the concept of "capturing the people as soldiers", and even forced the implementation. During the implementation, he did not hesitate to force the people to join the army with the swords and guns in his hands in the way of "capturing the people as soldiers". However, in terms of training, he still learned from the practice of the Loyal and Yi Army. In addition to a few elite soldiers, the new army would be supplemented to each battalion to train through the "old leads the new" method, thus ensuring the combat effectiveness of the troops.

"Then how many days can the military guard be defended by these 200,000 people attack Taiyuan?"

This is what Bai Rumei is concerned about. He doesn't care whether the elite under Li Ziyuan's command is at all, nor does he care about whether he has recruited more than 100,000 new recruits in Henan. What he cares about is how many days Taiyuan can defend, after all, he is the governor of Shanxi.

"this……"

Yang Zhenwei's words suddenly became hoarse and he said after a while.

"Futai, the wall of Taiyuan City has not been repaired for more than ten years. If it were bombarded with red cannons, it would probably be broken in a few days..."

What is retribution?

I am afraid this is retribution. Maybe it is because of the fear that the Han people will seize the city after "rebellion". Maybe it is to save money. Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the city wall has not been repaired. Moreover, every time the local petition is submitted, it will always be rejected by the court for various reasons. Some people directly prohibit the expense of repairing the city wall. In this way, the city wall that has not been repaired for more than ten years is naturally not as strong as in previous years.

But Bai Rumei, who was a Beijing official, knew why she didn't build the city wall because the Qing court did not regard herself as a Chinese at all, and even thought about it. Once she lost power in the pass, she fled back to the outside of the pass. Even the Forbidden City would not have been repaired if it were not for the emperor living. In this way, how could the city wall on this place be willing to be repaired?

Now the Ming army has come over and wants to defend the city. How can we defend the dilapidated city wall?

When Bai Rumei was crying with pain in her heart, countless thoughts kept rolling in her mind, and Yang Zhenwei was the same. Neither of them was loyal ministers.

One is a fence-bearer, with a big trend on the other side, while the other is "knowing the current affairs". In this way, the two people's ideas are naturally somewhat similar. They naturally will not think about how to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty. For them, the most important thing is their personal glory and wealth.

"Why……"

With a long sigh, Bai Rumei glanced at Yang Zhenwei. This person was really unreliable. Thinking about how he killed Xiancheng back then, his heart suddenly felt cold. If the person in front of him wanted to Xiancheng, who could stop him in this city?

Although Bai Rumei is a governor of a province, he does not have military power. Shanxi's military power is in the hands of the Shanxi admiral, that is, Yang Zhenwei. At least the more than 10,000 green camps in Taiyuan City are controlled by him. If he wants to return to the forthcoming, he may not be able to protect his mind...

In fact, Bai Rumei was not mistaken. Almost after learning that Li Ziyuan led 200,000 troops across the river, whether to surrender or not was rumbling in Yang Zhenwei's heart. If it weren't for his killing Jiang Yan and others, he would have sent someone to contact Li Ziyuan and was willing to sacrifice Taiyuan City. After all, the most powerful thing is not the Qing Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty. He betrayed Jiang Yan and sacrificed Datong City, one to save his life, and the other is because in his opinion, the Ming Dynasty had been exhausted, but who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty would have a day to turn over?

But he did not dare to surrender. He was afraid of being liquidated by the Ming Dynasty. After all, he was a traitor, but a hard-core traitor. Even his hands were stained with millions of people in Jinzhou. Even if those people were slaughtered by the Qing army, if he had not killed Jiang Guan and surrendered in Xiancheng, how could the Qing army easily seize Shanxi? Datong was lost, and all cities in Shanxi were not defended, and Fenzhou, Yuncheng, Taigu and other places fell one after another. Every time the Qing army attacked a city, they killed all the locals. In addition, he led troops to clear the "rebels" in Taihang Mountains and other places over the years. It can be said that many Shanxi people wanted to eat his bones, how could he dare to surrender?

Even if he surrenders, how could Li Ziyuan be surrendered by him?

"Brother, you say, if someone from the south is sent over and willing to protect you and me..."

Looking at Yang Zhenwei, Bai Rumei asked tentatively.
Chapter completed!