Changping fell last night. The two red flags looted Changping and retreated.
Qin Liangyu led 20,000 white-armed soldiers out of Deshengmen to pursue them, and pursued them to the vicinity of Tongzhou, where they snatched back tens of thousands of captured civilians.
During this period, the situation worsened. The troops of the princes from all over the country were all defeated. Now they were all discouraged. They could only hide in the city and hold on, and no one dared to go out to fight in the field.
If it weren't for the 300,000 dans of rice sent by Yang Fan and the guarantee of food and wages, these guest armies would have been dispersed long ago. Now the Jiannu have been lingering in the capital for almost half a year.
Now, except for Qin Liangyu, he has almost no hope.
Fortunately, although Qin Liangyu is a veteran, she really dares to fight against the Jiannu and the Mongols. These white soldiers have now replaced their guns with cannons. They actually have cannons. There are also three thousand cavalry and five thousand flintlocks.
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The armors have all been replaced with aluminum alloy plate armor and military coats. Now they are not afraid of the cold when they go to Liaodong to fight in winter.
Chongzhen knew that these things could only be bought from Yang Fan. However, these things were not cheap. He had bought them from Jingying before. He didn't know the money from Qin Liangyu.
Previously, a censor impeached the Qin and Ma families for trafficking in illicit salt, established a base in Chongqing, and wholesaled salt to the caravans in the three southwestern provinces. He destroyed the salt monopoly system of the Ming Dynasty and gained huge wealth.
But Chongzhen didn't want to care about it anymore. In the past few decades, the Qin and Ma families had paid enough for the Ming Dynasty. You want the horse to run away, but you also want the horse not to eat grass. How is this possible?
Besides, the salt tax has gone from 13 million taels of silver per year during the Hongwu period to less than 400,000 taels now. In the southwest, where the imperial power cannot reach, there are chieftains there, and there is no order.
During this period of time, Qin Liangyu was busy putting out fires everywhere, and was always exhausted. Chongzhen did not dare to let her go out to fight in the field. After all, the capital had to release an elite army, so he could sleep well.
Qin Liangyu took back the people and some supplies, and he quickly issued an imperial edict asking her to return to the city.
Ever since Chongzhen captured Governor Yuan, Guan Ning's army was no longer under orders. The camp roared all night, causing numerous casualties. Then at dawn, Zu Dashou, a bastard, actually led the army back to Shanhaiguan.
Chongzhen didn't know until this moment that Yuan Chonghuan had already turned Guan Ning's army into a private army. If they were the army of the imperial court and the army of the country, how could they refuse to obey orders just because the emperor captured the general.
When the Southern Song Dynasty dealt with Yue Fei, why did the generals of the Yue Family Army report on Yue Fei one after another?
They also wrote letters to Qin Hui one after another to offer advice, and conspired to starve to death all the people in Yue Fei's family who were not killed on the way to exile. They would have no evidence of death, so they would not have to worry about being liquidated in the future.
This is because the Yue family army is the army of the imperial court and has never been the personal army of the general.
Chongzhen's chest was full of anger. For more than ten years, the state spent tens of millions of taels of salary and silver, and finally raised a private army.
When they heard that Governor Yuan had been captured by the emperor, they blew up the camp that night and the whole camp burst into tears.
Yuan Chonghuan was suddenly arrested and imprisoned. Zu Dashou was present at the time. Zu Dashou was unprepared. Seeing this situation, he was so frightened that he trembled all over. The summons on the platform was short-lived and dispersed quickly.
Zu Dashou returned to the military camp and read out the edict of Yuan Chonghuan's arrest to the three armies. The whole army burst into tears. The people below did not know what happened above.
They just felt that they did not expect to send reinforcements from thousands of miles away to King Qin in Beijing and fight two victorious battles, the victory at Guangqumen and the victory at Zuo'anmen. Not only did their supreme commander not receive a reward, he was also thrown into prison. This chilled the hearts of the soldiers.
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After Governor Yuan was imprisoned, the situation deteriorated sharply. The negative consequences of Jizhou's previous release of Qing troops into the customs became apparent. The Qing troops caused great harm to Beizhili. People were slaughtered and plundered everywhere, and they were burned to death everywhere.
Cities, villages and towns.
Many of the soldiers in the Beijing camp were locals. Their families had been tortured by the slaves and the Mongols, and their property had been plundered. They hated Guan Ning's army to the core.
Zu Dashou's army was outside the Guangqu Gate and was beaten with stones and even shot with arrows by the Ming Dynasty troops on the city, killing and wounding some officers and soldiers.
Zu Dashou's troops went out to patrol. It was fine during the day, but they patrolled at night. After the soldiers in the patrol were caught by the Beijing camp, they insisted that you were spies and killed them on the spot. Nine out of ten of these soldiers in the Beijing camp had their relatives killed.
, they believe it is Guan Ningjun’s responsibility.
As soon as Guan Ning's army approached the city wall, the city was full of shouts and curses, saying that you had seduced the Hou Jin army and led the enemy into the city to slander them.
The conflict finally intensified because Emperor Chongzhen appointed Man Gui to replace Governor Yuan in commanding the troops guarding Beijing. Man Gui and Zu Dashou had conflicts in the past. Man Gui and Zu Dashou were two systems and factions. They originally fought in Ningyuan.
The conflict is deep, and the officers and soldiers on both sides are also deeply conflicted.
Otherwise, the imperial court would not have transferred Mangui's soldiers and horses away. After Mangui came up, he would naturally take care of Zu Dashou. He would also give him a handful of supplies and money to show his face.
Under this situation, Zu Dashou finally couldn't bear it.
Zu Dashou encountered many difficulties. Without Governor Yuan, he found that he could not move forward. He became more and more worried that Donglin was trying to get rid of him, and the emperor was also trying to get rid of him and take back the military power of Guanning Army.
After thinking about it, Zu Dashou felt that staying here would lead to death. Only by returning to his base could he have any chance of survival.
So he began to encourage the officers and soldiers. He said that there would be no reward for winning the battle. The dead officers and soldiers were not buried in coffins. The injured officers and soldiers were not treated and were still sleeping in the open with blood. Some of our soldiers were guarded by the city guards.
The Ming Dynasty army killed them for no reason.
I want to ask the emperor for help and ask him to give us an explanation.
The officers and soldiers of the three armies cheered in unison, but the emperor and the cabinet ignored him at all. Who was he?
On the third day of Yuan Chonghuan's detention, no reply came.
Zu Dashou was completely angry, and summoned the generals to curse: The emperor still refuses to let Marshal Yuan go, why should we stay here to work for him, forget it.
In this way, under the anger of Qunqing, Zu Dashou took Guan Ning's army to withdraw on his own and went directly to Jinzhou.
It was only then that Chongzhen really panicked. The Guan Ning Army was currently the most capable army. Apart from Qin Liangyu, the only one he could rely on was the Guan Ning Army.
Zu Dashou's behavior was equivalent to a slap in the face. Zu Dashou used this move to tell the people of the world that you should keep your eyes open and see clearly that such an emperor is not worth sacrificing his life for.
He was dumbfounded, what should he do?
After much thought, he secretly summoned Zhou Yanru to ask about the plan. Zhou Yanru also had a headache and said that the only way to do this was to send someone to find Yuan Chonghuan in the prison, talk to Yuan Chonghuan in small words, make a wish first, and coax Yuan Chonghuan to write a letter asking Zu Dashou to come back. Wait until he is established as a slave.
If you retreat, you will have to decide what to do. Just break your promise to Yuan Chonghuan.