The sense of separation of time and space is particularly strong in the current time and space of the Ming Dynasty. When people in the capital and Beizhili forgot about the war because of the impact of the railway and a series of new policies, wars were happening all the time in other parts of the Ming Dynasty. .
After Li Zicheng led his troops south, in mid-October, he officially started a battle with Zuo Liangyu on the Wuchang front line. Zuo Liangyu heard that he had 200,000 troops, but his combat effectiveness was really worrying. His soldiers and horses were not as effective as Li Zicheng of Chuangjun.
Whether it is the number of elite troops or the overall number of troops, Zuo Liangyu is inferior to Li Zicheng. Coupled with the application of tactics and strategy, the direction of the war is very clear. The Dashun Army is almost unstoppable. In less than ten days, the troops arrived at the gates of Wuchang.
Zuo Liangyu was a bachelor. When he saw that he could not resist, he did not hesitate at all and immediately led his troops to flee eastward until they reached Nanchang City.
Taking Wuchang without bloodshed and controlling most of Hubei, Li Zicheng suddenly got out of the cloud of the previous Xuanhua defeat.
The occupation of Hubei greatly increased Li Zicheng's strength. In recent years, due to the efforts of Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Xianzhong, Hubei, the world's granary, has also become devastated. The people of Hubei, disappointed with Zuo Liangyu and the imperial court, The arrival of the Dashun Army was enthusiastically welcomed, and many people even joined the Shun Army. They hoped that the arrival of the Dashun Army would help them escape from this fatal situation.
"Your Majesty, hundreds of thousands of strong men have joined our army in recent days. We can't recruit any more men and horses, and we can't even raise food and wages." Gu Junen was a little frightened by the influx of new soldiers in the past few days. The army is expanding rapidly. Of course Gu Junen knew this, but he had never seen it happen so fast. In just five or six days, the troops and horses of all the major and small military leaders had grown stronger, and some could even increase by two or three times. If it continues to grow at this rate, In less than two or three months, the Chuang army will have half a million people in Hubei alone.
"Isn't it a good thing to have more troops? This shows that we have won the hearts of the people. More than 100,000 people is not enough to make a fuss." What Li Zicheng is most afraid of is that there are no people. After entering Hubei, the number of troops has increased so fast, doesn't it mean that this time? Is Hubei on the right track?
"Your Majesty, Hubei has been in dire straits in recent years. We have hundreds of thousands of extra troops and horses, and we have no food to feed them!"
"If there is no food in Hubei, there may not be food in other places. If we occupy Hubei and Jiangxi, we will be right in front of the south."
"Your Majesty, what do you want?"
"Now we control Shanxi, the Central Plains, and Hubei. We occupy more territory than the emperor in Beijing. If we gather 500,000 or 600,000 troops from here, we can sweep across the southeast and control most of the world. At the moment, the Ming court's Strong troops are in the north but not in the south, and the Ming Dynasty is in civil strife and there is discord between the north and the south. This is our opportunity to conquer the world."
"Your Majesty, is it too early to aspire to conquer the world at this time? There is Sun Chuanting in the west and Emperor Ming in the north. Both sides have strong armies."
"The ancestors of the Ming Dynasty first conquered the southeast and then conquered the world. Before that, we had always thought about occupying Shaanxi and then leveling the world. I think our vision is too narrow. The southeast and Huguang are the granary of the world. Where can we This is the place where the king is serious. The little Ming Emperor in Nanjing has no strong soldiers and no strategy. It is the time to use the army. He relies on the leftist generals and he cannot stop my army."
"Your Majesty, when will we send troops to the east?"
"Take a rest for two to three months, gather 500,000 to 600,000 soldiers and horses, and build some warships. By the end of the year, we can send troops to the southeast."
After taking Wuchang easily, Li Zicheng's ambitions started to rise again. Since Beijing was not easy to fight, he would attack Nanjing. In short, now he wanted to occupy a real capital and become a serious emperor.
Gu Junen was originally worried that the excessive expansion of troops and horses would cause a shortage of military supplies, but after hearing Li Zicheng's plan, he felt that this was nothing to do. It was still possible to collect enough food for five to six million troops and horses in a short period of time. King Chuang
They won't pay for food when they come, but they don't say they won't grab food. As long as the army successfully advances to the southeast and captures Nanzhi, everything will be fine.
Li Zicheng's ambitions were revived, and the ambitions of other people in the world were also rapidly expanding due to the current chaos. King Jingjiang of the Ming Dynasty in Guilin, with the assistance of local generals and ministers, proclaimed the supervisory state in Guilin and established an independent government in Guangxi
The Ming Dynasty's small court. Zheng Zhilong and others in Fujian were also ready to find a new emperor who would be more obedient to them and more in line with their own interests. The warlords in Guangdong were at war with King Gui's family, and King Fu and King Fu who were living in Nanjing
King Lu also did not stop. The King of Zhou in eastern Shandong has been rapidly expanding his direct troops recently, in the name of recovering the Central Plains.
The King of Shu in Sichuan sent people to frequently contact Sun Chuanting, but his life was not good. In other places, there were no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to call them kings, but there were tigers in Sichuan and Shaanxi. Sun Chuanting, the big tiger in Sichuan and Shaanxi, sent people directly to
The Prince of Shu's Mansion read out the old policy that the vassal prince could not interfere in politics, and asked him to be more honest. Just kidding, at this time, Sun Chuanting did not want another Buddha to appear in Sichuan and Shaanxi. He already had his own ideas. During this period, Sun Chuanting carried out the work with great fanfare.
Expand the army and expand the number of troops under your control to more than 100,000.
Zhang Xianzhong fought with He Tengjiao in Hunan for half a year, and finally moved to Guizhou, and prepared to officially settle down in Yunnan and Guizhou according to Sun Kewang's plan. When he entered Guizhou, he also received an unexpected surprise. The Mu family in Yunnan, a world-famous town, threw an olive branch to him.
, wanting to use Zhang Xianzhong’s power to regain control of Yunnan.
The Mu family was the only vassal town with a different surname besides the clan in the Ming Dynasty. Their fate was similar to that of the Zhu family. They also came to an end at this time. Because of the rebellion of the chieftains, they lost control of Yunnan. In this sense, it is still
It is true that they have rested with the country. Strictly speaking, the Mu family is actually a clan of the Ming Dynasty. How could someone as stingy as Lao Zhu allow an outsider to become a vassal? The adopted son of Lao Zhu, the ancestor of the Mu family, grew up with Lao Zhu.
Da, nominally a foreigner, is actually his godson.
The Guanning Army far away in Liaodong has also made moves recently. Compared with other forces that are actively making choices, the Guanning Army can only make passive choices. Dorgon personally led an army of 100,000 to the gate of Guanning City and asked Wu Sangui if he had any plans.
I have no interest in joining Daqing.
Facing the 100,000 troops outside the city, Wu Sangui really didn't have the guts to say: Lao Duo, please go back, we Guan Ning can make our own decisions.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty gave Wu Sangui a very unfriendly treatment. The Guan Ning Army had to give up Guan Ning City, and the entire army was stationed in the original Daning Guard in order to get the title of King of Pingxi.
Ping Xi Wang, Ping Xi Wang, Lao Wu did not value it. He was mainly concerned about the future of the 40,000 Guan Ning army, so he had to accept this alliance under the city. The emperor in Beijing went too far and actually robbed his concubine. It was Chong.
Because of the hatred of seizing his wife, he had no choice but to surrender to the alien regime of the Qing Dynasty. Whether others believed this, Wu Sangui believed it himself. At this time, the world was indeed heading towards chaos and irreversible development.