The Qing Dynasty massacre of the city in Fenzhou is not an example. During the process of quelling the rebellion in the north, the Qing army indiscriminately killed innocent old and weak, and the brutality of the Qing army was outrageous. There were no less than ten places in the massacre of the city alone, and among them, Shanxi was the The slaughter of the city was the most cruel. In addition to Fenzhou, there were Shuozhou, Hunyuanzhou, Jiezhou and other places. Although the world was peaceful a few years later, there were still many places in Shanxi Province that were rarely populated and deserted.
Because the Qing court is now worried about internal and external troubles and is eager to calm down, so it is difficult to use this extreme method again to use the city massacre as a threat. Although the means are cruel and the harm is far-reaching, it is confirmed in the short term that it can still achieve considerable results.
Because the Qing army massacres in Shanxi, it did cause panic among many local people. In addition, although the rebels in Shanxi were fighting against the Qing Dynasty, they did not actively seek support from the people. On the contrary, there are still many places where the rebels also looted and bullied Therefore, after the Qing army gradually gained advantages, many local officials also surrendered to Qingting.
The local gentry and tyrants in Yongning Prefecture were afraid that the Qing army would be massacred after the Qing army broke through the city. Therefore, under the organization of several famous gentry, they led the people to tie the magistrates, prefectures and other officials who were appointed by the rebel army to the Qing army to open the army. In addition, the leaders of the rebel army, Liu Wei, He Guozhu and others also surrendered to the Qing army.
However, despite this, the Qing army besieged the nearly three Datongs and there was no progress. Although it recovered a large number of places in Shanxi, people's hearts were unstable and there was still a possibility of rebellion again. In addition, many rebels retreated despite their defeats against the Qing army. In the wilderness, Yu Yin, who used the steep mountainous terrain in Shanxi Province to fight against Qingting, broke out from Yuncheng Province, led the remnants of the troops into Huashan Jiang Guan's army. Niu Guangtian entered the Taihang Mountains. Gao Ding and others occupied the rebels in Wutai Mountain. Even the scattered troops attacking the Qing army from time to time, so the situation in Shanxi can only be considered to have improved, but it cannot be said that the overall situation has been decided.
Dorgon considered repeatedly that although the rebellion in various parts of the north has not been completely quelled, it has indeed improved greatly compared to three months ago, and the current situation in the south is the current urgent need, so most of the troops must be mobilized in the Central Plains. The battlefield and the Chinese army have a decisive battle. Of course, the result of this may make the situation in the north worsen again, but there is no other way. Huo Qiang's eyebrows can only take care of the front of him first.
At this time, Dorgon not only remembered that when Huang Taiji was in power, the Qing court entered the pass and invaded the Ming Dynasty five times, but except for the first and last time, the three times between the Ming army was about to wipe out the peasant army or When the peasant army gained a very obvious advantage, the country had to take the method of demolishing the east and repairing the west walls to transfer the army to suppress the Qing army to block the attack. The result made the peasant army turn danger into safety again and again and again. Until the end, Li Zicheng led his troops into Beijing and destroyed the Ming Dynasty
Therefore, it can also be said that the peasant army repeatedly suppressed Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others survived several disasters and fought repeatedly. It is not unrelated to the Qing court's secretly pulling the Ming Dynasty's back. Now Shang Yi seems to be interested in the Qing court. Come and play this trick
In the past, Dorgon stood on the sidelines, of course, with a mentality of watching the fun, and even gloated at the Ming Dynasty. Sometimes it was not painful to criticize Chongzhen, who shouldn't have let the peasant army go, but now it's his turn to pay for it. This feeling also made Dorgon smile bitterly and seem to be really in line with that sentence: I have to pay it back when I come out.
Therefore, Dorgon can live in a deep state of Chongzhen's mood now, and he can only care about the same as Chongzhen back then. In the future, he can only take care of the things in front of him.
At this time, the rebellion in Gansu was basically quelled, and Dorgon also ordered Nishi and Han Dai to return troops. Then Dorgon ordered Ajige to leave him and Li Guoying led 10,000 troops to take charge of Ting'an Prefecture and continue to clear away the rebellion in Shaanxi.
The military forces led the main force and immediately rushed to Henan to participate in the war. Because Ajige's men were close to Henan, Dorgon also asked Ajige to return and then stationed in Henan Prefecture to block Li Ding's troops and at the same time ordered to be transferred from Beijing.
The 50,000 troops were led by Boluo to enter Shunde Prefecture, and the Daming Prefecture front line was in conflict with the Chinese army in Shandong.
And also issued an edict to Geng Zhongming, who was stationed in Shangnan, scolded him severely, but in the end he still asked Geng Zhongming to make a contribution to his crime and immediately lead his army to Henan Prefecture to join the other troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the Chinese army in the Central Plains.
Because now Dorgon already knows that Geng Zhongming has joined Wu Sangui's 50,000 Sichuan Army, with a total strength of about 80,000. This is a considerable force and can also pull Wu Sangui in, so he cannot let it go so freely.
Then Dorgon ordered to go to Beijing to ask the Dutch to contact Japan immediately and told Tokugawa Iemitsu that he was going to fight the Chinese army and hoped that Japan would send troops to China as soon as possible to join the war. At the same time, he also asked the Dutch to send troops to help the Qing court and promised to defeat Shang once.
Yi not only gave Taiwan to the Dutch, but also could follow the example of Portugal and rent Macau in the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River, and rent a piece of land to the Netherlands. The location could be chosen by the Dutch themselves to ask for it. Finally, Dorgon ordered people to order North Korea.
Order North Korea to send 50,000 troops to China to join the war and supply a large amount of food, grass and military supplies
It can be said that Dorgon has tried every power to use in order to fight the Chinese army.
Of course, the most important thing is in Shanxi now. At present, only the situation in Shanxi is the most unstable. At least Datong is still in Jiang Qin's hands, and in the short term, the Qing army really has no way to take Dacheng.
Dorgon thought about it and decided to try to surrender Jiang Yan at the minimum price to get the best result. So Dorgon personally rushed to Datong City to hope to use his prestige to convince Jiang Rang to send an envoy to meet Jiang Yan, saying that Jiang Yan's rebellion was a misunderstanding.
The Qing court's intentions remembrance of the court's achievements in the past can be ignored. As long as Jiang Yan can change his mind and repent his sins and sincerely, he can still be kind to Jiang Yan. At the same time, in order to show his sincerity, it is also to relieve Jiang Yan. Duo Gun couldn't help but write it himself.
A letter to Jiang Yan swears that he will never break his promise and ordered people to make two iron scrolls of alchemy books and let the messenger hand them to Jiang Yan saith, saying that he would not have to worry about Qingting going back on his word.
After seeing the envoy, Jiang Rang was very polite to tell the envoy that his rebellion against the Qing Dynasty was indeed forced to do so. If Dorgon was willing to accept him again, he would definitely be reluctant to ask for it. After all, he was a rebel general. Therefore, don't believe Dorgon's promise easily.
He also wrote a reply letter to Dorgon, first listing his great contributions to the Qing court, but not only did he not receive promotion and reward, but many parties were suspicious of the Qing court. Therefore, in order to protect himself, he raised his troops to rebel Dorgon and wanted to surrender again.
Although I was very happy, I was afraid of being deceived. Therefore, I hope Dorgon would come up with a plan to achieve both sides. Otherwise, I would rather stay in Datong City and live and die with the city than be surrendered.
In fact, Jiang Yan knew very well that this time he rebelled against him was hard to stop thinking that it would be impossible to surrender after he opposed the Qing Dynasty. Even if the Qing court would not attack him in order to calm down the hearts of the people, it might be indeed pacifying himself. But wait for this After the limelight has passed, Shanxi has completely settled down and then settled the accounts with me. Anyway, you can just put any crime on yourself. As for the iron scrolls of the alchemy books and toilet paper, it is actually no different because this is the alchemy of Qingtingfa The book is iron scroll. The Qing court said that it is useful only if it is useful. If it is useless, it is really useless. Zhu Yuanzhang sent out many elixir books. But he would kill anyone who wants to kill them. He has never seen anyone who uses elixir books. Tie Juan saved his life
However, in his reply, Jiang Rang said that he was willing to return to the Qing court again was actually just a delaying strategy. After almost three months of siege by the Qing army, the situation in Datong City was also very difficult. Although there was no shortage of food and supplies, Guan Jian It is because of the disintegration of the people. The army is uneasy. Jiang Qin has known that the Qing army is in Shandong and Nanyang has suffered consecutive defeats in the battlefield. However, both Shandong and Nanyang are quite far away from Datong. Therefore, in Datong, the army generally has a pessimism that cannot see the future. mood
Therefore, Jiang Yan also believed that as long as the situation was slowed down for a few months, the situation would undergo major changes. Maybe the Chinese army would be able to fight to Datong. The so-called Dorgon came up with the ideal plan for the whole body was to hope that the Qing court would be allowed to make the Qing court. Being able to temporarily withdraw troops will calm down the morale of the military and people in Datong City
After receiving Jiang Yan's reply, Dorgon could certainly see that Jiang Rang was using a delaying strategy. The purpose was to let the Qing army withdraw temporarily and delay the time. But if Jiang Yan could not be told to surrender, he could stabilize him. The same city is an acceptable result for the Qing army. As long as the attack of the Chinese army is defeated, it is certainly no problem to break Datong City. And I can also stabilize Jiang Yan first and then think of other ways to break Datong City.
Therefore, Dorgon immediately sent someone to reply to Jiang Yan's claim that he expressed his sincerity that he could stop attacking Datong City and withdraw his troops for twenty miles before discussing with Jiang Yan's conditions for re-submission to the Qing court, but also required Jiang Yan to stay in Datong City only The Qing army is not allowed to contact others, otherwise the army will immediately come and re-siege Datong City.
Now Jiang Yan only hopes that the Qing army will withdraw its troops quickly so that he can take this breath, so he fully agreed to the conditions proposed to Dorgon, so Dorgon left Duroe Prince Wakeda to lead 20,000 troops here He led his army into Henan Province to prepare for a decisive battle with the Chinese army.