Dorgon was in the north to suppress the rebels, and Zhu Hengjia in the south was not idle either.
He ordered his trusted general Zhang Chengwu to lead 10,000 troops and garrison Ganzhou; he appointed General Yan Tianfeng as the general of the Pinglu army, and led Yan Keyi, Dong Fangce, Luo Chengyao, Fan Chengen and other generals back to Guangdong, where he joined Hao Yongzhong, Wang Jincai, Ma Bao and other troops in Guangdong for the Northern Expedition Fujian; ordered Li Yuanyin to go to Li Chixin's place to listen to him, and told Li Chixin to be careful to guard against Tan Tai's army; he personally led Li Mingzhong, Li Dingguo, Du Yonghe, and Hao Shangjiu to conquer Yuezhou and Wuchang in the west.
Li Chengdong's old troops suffered heavy losses when they attacked Ganzhou, and the remaining troops were divided into three by Zhu Hengjia: one went to Guangdong, one went to Nanchang, and one followed him to conquer Huguang. The Li clique's separatist forces were subtly merged and absorbed.
Even so, Zhu Hengjia was still uneasy and took the rebellious Du Yonghe and Hao Shangjiu with him to conquer Huguang. The name was Xinzhong, but it was actually surveillance.
The emperor’s mental skills are put to great use!
More than 100,000 Western Expedition troops set out from Ganzhou, passed through Ji'an Prefecture and Ruizhou Prefecture, and arrived at Tonggu Camp on the border of Jiangxi and Huguang.
Just after setting up camp, I received a memorial from He Tengjiao, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang who had arrived in Zhoushan.
He Tengjiao's memorial mainly contains two points: the first is to announce the good news. He Tengjiao, Yang Huai, Lin Cha and other generals have stabilized the situation in Zhoushan, and actively poached Lu Jianguo's corners, and recruited Shi Zhongfang, the Dingyuan Marquis under Lu Jianguo, to surrender. Anbo Gu Qixun, Kaiping General Jiang Junxian, Anyuan General Wang Yongsheng, Yiyi General Chen Long, Zhaowu General Tian Dekun, Zhongyong General Shen Chenglong and others; the second suggestion was that Zhu Hengjia took advantage of the poor situation of Lu Fan to send envoys and Lu Fan Negotiate and persuade him to retire from the imperial position and become a vassal.
The Qing army in Fujian suppressed the border, and the situation of the Lu Supervisor State deteriorated. In the first month of the 22nd year of Chongzhen, he got rid of the control of the powerful minister Zheng Cai and moved to Shacheng at the border of Fujian and Zhejiang. In June, Dingxi Marquis Zhang Mingzhen captured Jiantiao Suo; In July, Lu Jianguo moved to the Jiantiao Institute.
At this time, Lu Jianguo's territory was small and his troops, money and food were limited. In order to prevent the Qing army from invading, he often slept on boats. However, Zhu Hengjia sent envoys many times to persuade him to surrender and abdicate to become a vassal, but they were all rejected.< /p>
He Tengjiao's memorial is written with great literary talent. The memorial lists a long list of names of people who have been trying to surrender, as if the power of the Lu Supervisor Kingdom has collapsed.
But Zhu Hengjia knew that those who submitted to him were just small fish and shrimps. The generals of the Lu Supervisory State: Zhang Mingzhen, Ruan Jin, Wang Chaoxian who were stationed in Zhoushan, Fujian Bo Zhou Rui, Pinglubo Zhou Hezhi, who were stationed in Sanpan, Wenzhou, etc. None of the Wang Yi, Wang Jiang, Feng Jingdi, etc. from Siming Village in Ningbo Prefecture surrendered.
The most irritating thing is that Wang Yi, who just refused to submit, actually cursed He Tengjiao's envoy, saying that he was not a direct descendant of Taizu, but he dared to peek at the artifact, and His Royal Highness King Lu was the orthodox person in the world, and so on.
Since he became a climate, no one has dared to talk about blood for a long time. When the news came, Zhu Hengjia was furious. Wang Yi was so rude!
However, he soon lost his anger. Because Wang Yi only scolded his envoy who persuaded him to surrender. The envoy of the Qing Dynasty who persuaded him to surrender was directly boiled by Wang Yi.
A censor named Yan Wogong under the command of Lu Jianguo surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Dorgon ordered him to recruit the subordinates of Lu Jianguo.
Yan Wogong also recruited a lot of minor characters, such as Kaiyuan Hou Wu Kai, Huben General Hu Maofang, Dingyi General Lu Mingshi, Chen Dezhi, Lei Hubiao, Yang Zilong, Lu Yi, Gao Shuxun, etc.
There seemed to be a lot of people, but they were just stragglers and no important generals.
Unwilling to be reconciled, Duke Yan sent people with Dorgon's edict to summon Wang Yi, the general of Lu Jianguo who was stationed at Siming Mountain Village.
The edict is very well written: "If the general surrenders sincerely, I will surely make the general rich and noble, and his descendants will be endless for generations to come. The mountains and rivers will support him, and he will rest with the country."
After Wang Yi read the edict, he asked the envoy: "Are you a Han or a Manchu?"
The messenger replied: "The official is a Han Chinese".
Wang Yi shouted: "If you are a Manchu and the two tribes are at war, if you don't kill the envoy, you can still be spared. Since you are a Han, I will cook this thing that you don't want from your ancestors."
They lit firewood, set up a cauldron, and boiled the messenger to death.
Hearing that Wang Yi killed the Qing envoys who persuaded him to surrender, he only scolded his own envoys. Zhu Hengjia felt more balanced and felt that Wang Yi still gave him face.
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The north was in chaos. General Qing Dingyuan and Prince Heshuo Zheng Jierhalang returned to Beijing on the orders of the regent Dorgon. He took away the king of Shuncheng County Leke Dehun and Gushan Ezhen. Twenty thousand soldiers and horses from Tong Tu Lai, Yi Bai and other generals.
Before leaving, Jierhalang was worried about Wuchang, so he ordered Shangshu Ahanikan to lead three thousand Mongolian Eight Banners to assist in the defense. He also summoned Kong Youde, the king of obedience, Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, Shang Kexi, the king of Zhishun, and Luo Xiujin, the governor of Huguang. Shungong Shen Zhixiang and others gave numerous advices.
There is always a banquet in the world, and after bidding farewell to Prince Zheng with tears, Kong Youde became the commander-in-chief of the Qing army in Huguang.
He ordered Geng and Shang Erfan to garrison Yuezhou Prefecture, and he led the rest of the generals to garrison Wuchang Prefecture.
Zhu Hengjia ordered the general Yan Zungao to lead the conquest generals Chen Youlong, Ma Jinzhong, Ta Tianbao, Dang Shousu, Jing Keqin, and Chen Lin, with 80,000 troops, to attack Cili, Shimen, Lizhou and other counties in the west of Yuezhou and contain them. Geng of Yuezhou, Shang Erfan, led his army from Jiangxi to Wuchang to attack Kong Youde.
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The war was about to begin, but King Geng Zhongming of Huaishun was not in the mood to prepare for war. He tied a white silk ribbon on the beam and prepared to hang himself.
A few months ago, hundreds of people in the army of Geng Zhongming's general, Meile Zhangjing and Chen Shaozong, became deserters.
There were so many deserters that the Qing court was alarmed. The Ministry of Punishment sent people to investigate and found that these people were all runaway slaves from the north.
The Qing government engaged in "good governance" such as "land enclosure", "surrendering" and "escape" in the north. Many Han people in the north lost their fortunes and were forced to become slaves of the Manchus.
Han Chinese who did not want to be slaves fled one after another and became fugitive slaves.
These people were a good source of soldiers. In order to expand their strength, San Francisco took in many escaped slaves as its own soldiers.
Taking in a runaway slave is a serious crime, including beheading.
Dorgon sent people to interrogate Geng Zhongming and investigate the soldiers who were hiding and fleeing. After an investigation, more than 300 people were found, and Geng Zhongming went to Shu to plead guilty.
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There were several memorials to plead guilty, but the Qing court did not express any response.
Geng Zhongming was terrified. The less news there was, the heavier the crime.
Dorgon really wanted to deal with Geng Zhongming severely, not because he took in the fugitives, but because he heard that Geng Zhongming, King Kong Youde and his political rival Jierharang were very close, and they kept saying in private how good Huang Taiji was to him. Dorgon wanted to give Geng Zhongming a beating and let the ministers discuss his crime, but the result was not announced for a long time.
He was a smart man and knew that a war was imminent and it was not the time to hold Geng Zhongming accountable. After struggling for more than half a year, the result came out and he was treated leniently, retaining the title of Geng Zhongming, and Chen Shaozong and others were also exempted from death penalty.
It's a pity that Geng Zhongming had a poor psychological quality and always felt that a disaster was imminent. In order not to injure his family, he hanged himself with a three-foot white silk silk before the results of the treatment came out.
Psychological quality is really important! Shang Kexi also took in escaped slaves, the number of which was no less than that of Geng Zhongming. They were like people who had nothing to do and did whatever they were supposed to do.
After Geng Zhongming's death, the Qing court said that he was not the end of the order, and did not grant sacrifices or allow raids. Geng Fan's army was given to Dorgon by Shang Kexi, who was close to him.
The death of King Sanshun had a huge impact. In order to win over the remaining two kings, Dorgon changed the title of Kong Youde to the title of King of Dingnan, with a fiefdom of Guangxi; he changed the title of Shang Kexi to the title of King of Pingnan, with a fiefdom of Guangdong. And painted
For a piece of cake, he promised that if the two kings could conquer these two provinces, they would be able to decide on their own regarding the personnel and property of the two provinces.
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In Tongcheng County, Wuchang Prefecture, Huguang, the "Qing" flag at the top of the city has been cut down, while a "Ming" flag is swaying in the wind.
Standing on the wall of Tongcheng, Zhu Hengjia, the king of the country, was full of ambition and elated.
In less than an hour, more than a thousand defenders in the city were wiped out.
How majestic the Ming Dynasty’s military was!
Just as he was about to lead his army northward, conquer Chongyang, Puqi, Xianning, and take Wuchang directly, news suddenly came that Geng Zhongming, King Huaishun of the Qing Dynasty, had hanged himself.
When Geng Zhongming died, the hearts of Geng Zhongming's subordinates in Yuezhou were bound to be in turmoil.
Don't miss this opportunity, the time will never come again!
Zhu Hengjia immediately decided to change the original offensive route and not attack Wuchang for the time being, but instead go west to annihilate the enemies in Yuezhou first.