Some people are happy and some are sad. Shang Yi's New Year was very happy, but the Qing court was full of a cup-up atmosphere, and the whole New Year was also sad, like a mourning and a sacred life.////
After Tan Tai, Yibaitu, Tong Tulai, Shi Tingzhu and others led their troops back to Beijing, Duo Gun immediately ordered Prince Zheng Jierharang and Prince Ying Ajige to lead Tan Tai, Tong Tulai, and lead ten. Wan Dajun left the pass and recovered Liaodong. Yibaitu and Shi Tingzhu led 50,000 troops to recover Tianjin and stationed on the beach.
But when Jierhalang and Ajige's army entered Liaodong, the merchant army had already withdrawn from Shengjing, but all the three imperial tombs in Shengjing area were greatly damaged, and the merchant army evacuated. At that time, the fire set fire to burn all Shengjing, leaving only a piece of ruins for the Qing army. After the news came to Beijing, the government and the country immediately cried bitterly, and many people cried several times and died. The young people were all clamoring and demanding that the Qing court send troops immediately to fight to the death with the merchant army, and avenge this irreconcilable revenge.
Liaodong, which the Qing army took over, was completely a luàn stall. Although the merchant army had not been in Liaodong for a long time, it was extremely destructive. In addition to Shengjing, it also destroyed several prefecture cities, resulting in hundreds of thousands of people becoming The homeless refugees had to wander around to survive. Therefore, although the merchant army retreated, Liaodong was still unstable. The Qing army still needed to pacify the refugees everywhere, and in a short time, they could not survive from Liaodong.
Moreover, Dorgon also knew that even if Liaodong was settled, the Qing court would not have the power to launch an attack on the merchant army, because the Qing court had already received the loss of Nanjing, Duoduo was captured, and more than 100,000 troops stationed in Nanjing were wiped out. News. In this case, it would be better if the merchant army did not take the opportunity to launch the Northern Expedition. Therefore, while Yan Jin suppressed this call, Dorgon also made a statement in the name of Emperor Fulin, and he was guilty of his own crime. Imperial.
Then Dorgon learned that after the Merchant Army captured Nanjing, it was occupying Hunan and Jiangxi in Jiangnan, and had conflicts with the courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty. He felt very relieved. It seemed that the Merchant Army had no intention of the Northern Expedition. Moreover, if the Shang army further engages in evil with the courts of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it may attract Shang Yi's attention to the south, which is of course a good thing for the Qing court.
But what will the Qing court plan next? If Shang Yi really had evil with the Southern Ming Dynasty, would the Qing court choose to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, or send troops to unite the side, and to extend it, the ultimate goal of the Qing court is to be satisfied with the current north and south. The division of governance still needs to unify the world. Dorgon now has no idea. Regarding marching and fighting, Dorgon is indeed no worse than Huang Taiji, but in terms of big strategic vision, far-sightedness, and decision-making, Doer Gun had to admit that he could not catch up with Huang Taiji even if he beat the horse. Moreover, in this regard, the important officials in the banner could not help Dorgon, so he could only rely on the Han officials.
Dorgon first consulted Fan Wencheng, and Fan Wencheng suggested that it would be best to recruit Hong Chengchou first, first to understand the situation of the front line, and secondly to listen to Hong Chengchou's ideas. Dorgon also followed his words. , issued an order to invite Hong Chengchou to return to Beijing to face it.
At this moment, news came again that Shang Yi conducted a public trial of the Qing army in Nanjing, expelling more than 6,000 Qing army, together with more than ten senior generals including Duoduo, and also published it in [Hangzhou Times] A speech full of demonstration tone, which shocked Dorgon, and also felt a little heartbroken. First, he didn't expect Shang Yi to be so cruel, and second, Shang Yi understood that he was picking the Qing court. , said that he did not take the Qing court seriously at all, and killed him if he wanted to, without any mercy, just like the Qing army killed Han people in the past.
But the problem is that the Qing court is simply unable to fight back against Shang Yi, and even if it has the strength, Dorgon would not dare to attack the south easily. If Dorgon could also travel through time, the first thing he had to do was never to do anymore The second southern expedition was launched, but unfortunately I didn’t regret eating, so I could only endure it. And I couldn’t help but re-talk. Where did Shang Yi emerge from? Why is it so powerful?
But think about the past twenty or thirty years, the Qing army has been fighting the Ming army all over the ground, Huang Taiji said wildly, the Qing army can fight against the Ming army with one or ten, and has encountered the current situation. Therefore, various rumors began to appear in the Qing court, believing that the Qing army would be defeated miserably was entirely because Dorgon was too incompetent. If the late emperor was still alive, he would have been unified by this time.
After hearing these dismissive words, Dorgon was angry, regretful and hated. Of course he knew that this was an attack from political enemies against him, but when encountering a monster like Shang Yi, what's the use of Huang Taiji alive? I'm afraid It’s better to be myself. If you want to blame yourself, you can only blame yourself for your bad life. Why did Huang Taiji die so early and leave the mess to him?
As a result, he was angry and furious, and at the same time, he was injured and died of pain. Dorgon fell ill again and lay on Chuáng for more than ten days but didn't get up. Fortunately, Jiergalang was not in Beijing this time, otherwise it would be really dangerous. .
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When Hong Chengchou returned to Beijing, it was the second day of the first lunar month, and his New Year was on the way back to Beijing.
Of course, Hong Chengchou is not interested in celebrating the New Year now. To be honest, Hong Chengchou was quite uneasy along the way, and he didn't know what his fate would be like to enter Beijing this time. No matter what, he was also the main general of this southern expedition, and now he has suffered such a miserable defeat. , I must be unable to escape from the responsibility.
Of course, before returning to Beijing, Hong Chengchou finally forced Zhao Yue to surrender through various means, which was the last gain. Along the way, Hong Chengchou discussed the tactics and training methods of the merchant army with Li Benshen and Zhao Yue every day. Passing the journey time is also a serious preparation to deal with Dorgon's various countermeasures after entering Beijing. Every time he talks about it, Hong Chengchou feels that he has benefited a lot, but whether the things he has prepared can touch Dorgon and Hong Chengchou's heart There is no bottom either.
When the group walked outside Fucheng, they saw a team of Qing soldiers escorting hundreds of men in handcuffs and shackles out of Fucheng. The escorted people walked and cried all the way, while the soldiers were still I was constantly yelling, beating and scolding. I could hear it vaguely:
"Official, we are really wronged."
"Stop talking nonsense, don't care if you are wronged or not, go quickly."
"Please, please spare us, we really have no rebellion!"
"The Regent, if you have time to see you, accept your fate. If you want to blame, blame your surname Zhu. If you have the next life, don't join the family surnamed Zhu."
There were also many people watching the fun along the way, pointing and talking. Hong Chengchou's eyes were sharp-eyed and saw Zhu Changqing, the King of Lu, who was the first to be in the middle of the first place, but at this time he was radiating, wearing a sinful suit, and carrying it. The handcuffs and shackles were handcuffed, their eyes were dull, and they looked like they were left to fate. They didn't feel a little strange in their hearts, and sent a family member to find out what was going on.
After a while, the family came back and told him that the detained people were all relatives of Yuan Ming's royal family. They were said to have been linked with the remnants of the Zhu family in the south and planned to rebel. They were all sentenced to death. Today they were sent to be executed.
It turned out that the merchant army had a big fuss in Liaodong, digging all the ancestral tombs of Aisin Jueluo family, and executing more than 6,000 prisoners of the flag in Nanjing very high-profile, which caused a great sensation in the Qing court. Now the Qing court has no strength to fight Shang Yi, so it can only remove the energy from the Han people in Beijing. The Eight Banners nobles spontaneously organized them and destroyed the imperial tombs of the dynasty.
At the same time, there were many members of the Jin-Ming surrendered officials who remained in Beijing, and to avenge the Qing soldiers who died in the Southern Expedition. Some people felt that it was not satisfying to kill the surrendered officials, so they also asked to kill 6,000 more. It is famous for the Han people; some are even more extreme, and it is recommended to kill all the Han people in the area occupied by the Qing army and then retreat to the outside of the pass.
Although Dorgon also wanted to kill some people to relieve himself, he did not dare to accept such extreme practices. Although Dorgon was not afraid of the power of the people, and there were only a little bigger people outside the pass now. Although the Han people were cowardly, In terms of the number of people being hundreds of times that of the full population, if all the Han people were to be killed, they would probably be able to fight against all the Han people against the Qing court. Moreover, there are many Han people in the Qing army now, and there are many Han officials. If they are in a critical position, if they are anxious and collude with the merchant army, the Qing court will definitely not be an opponent. Therefore, this must not be done.
But if Dorgon didn't kill a little, he would not be able to speak out in his heart, so he could only attack the royal family members of the Ming Dynasty, using the excuse that they colluded with the south and intended to rebel, and would stay in Beijing, and these two southern expeditions. The Ming Dynasty royal family members and their families were arrested, and there were more than a thousand people, all of whom were executed, which could be considered as a vent of anger.
Although Hong Chengchou didn't know these inside stories, he would not be able to guess the reason for his worldly manners, so he had to sigh and shake his head. Of course, he knew that these actions of the Qing court did not suffer any loss to Shang Yi at all. On the contrary, he would also anger all the Han people. So is this within Shang Yi's calculation?
At this time, behind them, Zhao Yue's voice said: "These people have nothing, so what else can they do to rebel? It's really a crime to add to them, so there is no retribution."
Hong Chengchou looked back at the two of them. Seeing that Li Benshen was not willing to do anything about it, he just pretended not to see it. However, Zhao Yue had an indignant expression on his face and mumbled, not knowing what he was saying. .Hong Chengchou also knew that although Zhao Yue was forced to surrender, he was still a little unwilling to accept it. However, he had to wait for him to slowly conquer him and said, "Remember that you two have entered Beijing now, so you can't compare to it. You can do whatever you want in the army, and you must not act rashly, otherwise I will not be able to protect you."
Li Benshen hurriedly said, "Don't worry, the villain will never dare to act arbitrarily."
Zhao Yue just nodded and said, "I understand."
Seeing Zhao Yue's expression, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to smile bitterly and said, "Let's go into the city."