Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Nine: The Last Struggle
. "The last time of restoring the Ming Dynasty is coming" in the camp." A small teaching shield gathered together with groups of Ming soldiers, and the voice of the instructor gradually became hoarse: "The emperor has an order. Each battalion has a team of 5,000 people to capture prefectures and counties, arrest any manchus, seal the treasury, and open rice warehouses.
At the gate of the camp, the guerrillas in each battalion had caused people to raise the banner of the base camp. More and more Ming soldiers began to gather with food for several days on their backs. The main force of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia has been completely wiped out. Now there are only some scattered green camps left in Jiangbei. The Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi has also died. What we need to do now is to recover all the land south of the pass as soon as possible and try to take over the prefectures and counties as much as possible. Just in case, in order to take over as soon as possible, all thirty battalions of the five major legions started operations.
Zhu Jun's stick also began to retreat to Fengyang. In Fengyang City, Zhu Jun saw Wang Fuchen who came to ask for surrender. Zhu Jun "comforts" this ungrateful bastard, and then ordered the acceptance of the Northwest cavalry, and all the Northwest generals were asked to send back to Nanjing. However, these Northwest cavalry remained.
Wang Fuchen's dream of a vassal king had long disappeared, and now he only wanted to save his life. As for the Northwest Army, he did not dare to expect that he would be commanded. Instead, he honestly gave up military power. Other generals, including Zhang Yong, Xuan also lost his previous aura and handed over the military power of his headquarters. He was taken to Nanjing by a team of Ming troops.
Before leaving, the officers who were guarding Wang Fuchen and others who went south were called into Zhongdu Palace by Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun's explanation to him was: "Try to do some tricks on the boat when crossing the river. Lian didn't want to see them, do you understand?"
The officer understood and promised to go.
Zhu Jun did not kill them when they left behind the 30,000 Northwest Iron Cavalry. For them, the soldiers were blindly obedient, and no matter how bad they were, they were just those officers. The Northwest Army soldiers who were confiscated received the imperial edict from the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and were all pardoned. Then they were given the liberation pay according to the treatment of ordinary Ming army and began to reorganize. They would also go to Nanjing in three days to conduct a one-year military scrapping training.
The reason why the new army trained longer is that they will become a special army in the Ming Dynasty. Their legion will be changed to the Royal Dragoon Regiment. During the year of training, they will not only strengthen their horsemanship, but also carry out arduous fire system shooting training and a small number of long sword fighting training. They will become the first special army in the Ming Dynasty. In the future, they will ride on horses and shoot enemies with fire mirrors while galloping on horses. Zhu Jun understands that in Europe, the Netherlands, there have been already lancers in the Netherlands, but this kind of cavalry is more of infantry riding on horses. The only exception is the lancers of King Gustav II of Swedish County. They have undergone harsh training and become nemesis of ordinary cavalry. The requirements of this kind of cavalry are extremely harsh. They must not only have superb riding skills, but also need to shoot enemies with fire locks on horseback. When in close combat, they also need to draw out their long swords to fight the enemy.
In fact, the concept of dragon cavalry had existed as early as the Mongol era, but fire mirrors were not popular at that time, and the Mongolian cavalry were best at riding and shooting. Zhu Jun only used lancers to replace archers and cavalry. The reason for establishing dragon cavalry was mainly to deal with the great enemies in the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. Those nations on horseback were proficient in cavalry. If they simply used infantry to fight, they could not kill them all. The only way was to use cavalry to control cavalry. However, although the Ming Dynasty formed cavalry, no matter how
He Danbing is not a rival to the nomadic people in terms of quality, so the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty can only be used as auxiliary troops for infantry, and nomadic cavalry must be restrained. The dragon cavalry is the best solution that Zhu Jun thought of. The advantage of the nomadic people lies in their personal qualities. They crawled on horseback since they were young and started shooting arrows at the age of five. These are not advantages that the Han people can compare with, and the Han people's advantage lies in firearms. Since this is the case, the combination of firearms and cavalry must not be better than those nomadic people who ride and shoot.
Difference.
The only thing we need is to train this special cavalry vigorously, tempt them with generous salary, inspire them with the propaganda of the instructor, and torture them with the cruelest scraping method.
As for the governor of the Dragon Cavalry Regiment, he was named Bai Cheng. This man was originally one of the four major generals of the Mu family in Yunnan. He assisted Mu Jianming in the Shenji Camp at that time. He was then transferred to the scout camp to be an officer. He knew both fire and sharpness and cavalry. Although he had not ruled the troops, he was also the general of the new army training camp. Originally, Zhu Jun was afraid that the Mu family was too powerful and deliberately suppressed several generals of the Mu family. After all, Mu Tianbo was the assistant of the current dynasty, Mu Jianming
He is the governor of the army. If there is another general to become the governor, then half of the military and political power of the Ming Dynasty would probably fall into the hands of the Mu family. When Zhu Jun was in power, he could still control this huge thing, but who can guarantee whether the emperors of later generations could control it? Even if Zhu Jun now believes in the absolute loyalty of the Mu family, but who knows whether the descendants of the Mu family are absolutely loyal to the royal family? The fall of power is the beginning of the internal struggle. Zhu Jun has a deep understanding of this.
But now, he doesn't have to worry. After all the propaganda, soldiers and middle and lower-level officers are absolutely loyal to the royal family. Even if all the governors are all from the Mu family, they may not be able to rebel. There is only one reason. Rebellion requires the support of grassroots soldiers and officers. If it cannot be done, how many pounds will it be, what is the effect of a commander with a bare body?
In addition to the movement of the railway tracks, the distance has been shortened unconsciously. Since the past dynasties, due to the limitations of the roads, some generals have basically been local emperors on the frontiers, and the central government is beyond the reach of them.
It takes a full month or two to send Ru Ran to the generals' ambitions, but now due to the laying of railway tracks and cement roads, the journey of one month was shortened to three to five days. Even if you want to rebel, the army that suppressed the rebellion can suppress the rebellion within a few days. Zhu Jun naturally no longer has to worry about these things.
1. Tianjin Port, Liu Er, Liu Guoxuan and Yang Rang were immediately excited after receiving the war reports from the south. The navy and marines began to disperse the prefectures and counties of Zhili, Shandong and other provinces with battalions. Those local officials of the Qing Dynasty heard that the emperor died in battle and the eight banners of the Manchus and Mongolia were wiped out. How could they have the idea of resisting? Isn’t this a death? Therefore, before the Ming army arrived, these people took off the Qing Dynasty’s official uniforms and cut off their braids. They replaced all the ceremonial documents. Some even found the official uniforms of the former Ming Dynasty and transformed them, hoping to become officials who revived Zhongxing. The various prefectures also led to the trend of cutting braids, which became a trend for a while.
As soon as the Ming army arrived, they immediately entered the city. Then they were exempted from the Qing Dynasty officials and temporarily established military corps to maintain their rule. With the arrival of the Ming army, a group of merchants from Jiangnan began to seize business opportunities. They went north to inspect. There were many factories in the Jiangnan area and the competition was too great. On the contrary, the unopened virgin land in Jiangbei made many capital consortiums covet, and many people were also looking forward to opening up the market and building factories here.
In two months, from Shaanxi to the west, and from the east to the Bohai coastline, all prefectures and prefectures were included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty. However, due to the rapid progress, there were many problems. After all, the officers in the military management office had no experience in governing the government. In the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of minor officials and students who were promoted after the exam were prepared and became the first batch of officials to go north to take over government affairs.
After the entire army was wiped out, the Diedong Legion began to expand. The latest 10,000 new troops trained in Nanjing and more than 5,000 remaining soldiers became backbones and began to enter Shaanxi. Li Laiheng's injuries were already greatly improved, but he had one palm missing and was still the governor. In the future, there will still be 15,000 recruited new troops to be added. The Southern Jiangsu Legion was officially reorganized into the Xuzhou Legion and entered Xuzhou. Various mobilization orders were frequent. The Ministry of War submitted a memorial to form the Beiping Legion, in order to be responsible for the defense of Zhili, Henan, Shanxi and other provinces after the restoration of Peiping in the future.
Finally, all the armies began to gather at the city of Beijing. The three major navy and marines had a total of 60,000 troops to attack the city and ordered the whole city to surrender.
Forbidden City. Ganqing Palace.
Soetu sat carefully on the side of the hall. On the opposite side was the concubine of Kangxi, Wu Hulu. Wu Hulu was the daughter of the first-class Duke Ebilong, Empress Xiaochengren, and Hesheli died of labor due to dying. Prince Yinzhu was young, so he was adopted by Wu Hulu. Wu Hulu was holding a baby sleeping soundly. On the soft kang next to him, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was sitting cross-legged. Except for Xiao Yinzhu sleeping carefreely, the other three were all looking.
white.
Soetu seemed to be no solution if this continues. He coughed: "Old ancestor, the Ming army outside the city has already ordered to surrender within one day. If there is no response in the city, I am afraid that it will be killed. If you are killed, please make a decision."
Later, Soetu added another sentence: "The news just came that the emperor is dead. Several princes in Chong'an and the princes have surrendered, they."
Before Soetu could finish his speech, the grief crying sounded from the Naohulu family in the hall. She was originally counting on being the queen, but who knew that the Han people came to the scene as soon as they came, and the men were dead, and there were only a group of orphans and widows who could use it. Which of the men in the royal family could be reliable? They surrendered as soon as they said they were.
In fact, the news of Kangxi's death had long been heard. But the news was not accurate. Now that there was a certain news, Xiaozhuang's hand couldn't help but trembled twice. He closed his eyes and breathed a long sigh, then said leisurely: "Soetu, what do you think? For such a big thing, we orphans and widows can't make any decisions."
Soetu is also unsure of running away. How dare he make a decision on such a thing? Do he say he surrender? If the ancestors say he is uneasy? Such things are not something that the ministers can say. If they resist stubbornly, then why fight? In addition to the Nine Gate Admiral, there are still some soldiers in the city, and there is no power, let alone trapped in the lonely city. How long can they survive? Will the Han people rush in after the food is eaten up and the man dies?
Soetu closed his mouth wisely, his old eyes still staring at Xiaozhuang with flickering eyes.
Xiaozhuang sighed: "There are tens of thousands of slaves in each family in the city."
Xiaozhuang is interested in the slaves of various prefectures. Most of these slaves are strong men. If they are armed, they must be a force.
But when Soetu heard this, he disagreed. No matter how Xiaozhuang is, he is still a woman. Can it be used to organize men? Is there enough food in the city? Will these people still have morale to fight? If the Ming army under the city really wants to fight, can you still organize people? If you sit in the lonely city, what's the use of giving you a thousand elite soldiers, let alone just a group of slaves.
Soetu said in a deep voice:
Jiaxin, who is willing to resist in Xinbo City, hasn't just heard that the masters of Xiaoxinqiuqi are thinking of a way out for themselves recently."
Xiaozhuang's eyes were slightly opened: "According to your opinion, I can only give in one way
Soetu hurriedly said, "I will never dare to say this."
Xiaozhuang sneered: "You don't have to deny it. The Ai family understands that the situation is so bad now. Oh, what does the Han people say, "The tree falls and macaques are scattered? Now who has no flowers and intestines of their own? How many people are willing to do their last efforts for me, the Qing Dynasty. Since it can't be saved, the Ai family can say nothing. Let you make your decision. So many royal families in the capital don't ask them to come in, but call you alone. In fact, I still trust you. The emperor entrusts the crown prince to you, and I believe that you are my loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty.
Soetu immediately left his seat, with turbid tears flashing in his eyes and lingering in his eyes, saying, "I am trusted by the ancestors and the emperor, and I am willing to die." He paused: "I have thought about it in the mansion these days. At present, the Qing Dynasty may not be able to be protected. Since that is the case, I must ensure the safety of my ancestors and the prince. Otherwise, I will die with peace of mind.
Xiaozhuang sighed, turned to the child in Honghulu's arms with a gloomy face, her eyes instantly became kind, she said slightly: "This life of the Ai family is okay, but Yin moved.
"I understand that there are still a few tens of thousands of kilograms in this city of Beijing. The reason why the Ming army restricted us from surrendering was mostly because we were afraid of us. Since they were afraid, I was willing to go out of the city to negotiate peace with them. As long as the Ming army can keep the safety of our ancestors and Yindong's little master, we might as well open the city to surrender."
Xiao Zhuanghe nodded: "Then, I'll ask you all these things. The Ai family is a woman and I don't know anything in this deep palace. I have to take on the burden of the last moment of the Qing Dynasty."
Soetu bowed again: "Then please ask our ancestors to issue an imperial edict and entrust the right to negotiate with the slaves.
Xiaozhuang stopped talking and glanced at a little eunuch. The little eunuch went immediately. Then he took out a decree. It must be that Xiaozhuang had already made plans and prepared. Soetu had a sudden blow in his heart and looked at Xiaozhuang deeply. He thought to himself that this woman was indeed not simple. On the surface, she asked him for advice, but it turned out that he had already made plans. He bowed and then carefully retreated.
In the Qianqing Palace, Nao Hulu still cried in a low voice. Xiaozhuang half-squinted his eyes, watched Suo'etu exit before sneering, and shouted fiercely: "Don't cry anymore, what's the use of crying?"
Nao Hulu immediately stopped sobbing and looked at Xiaozhuang in shock.
Xiaozhuang's lips still had a sneer: "Soetu has also made some small thoughts. Humph, it seems that the Ai family has to go out of the city in person for this peace talks. Your Ai family will go with the Ai family."
Nao Hulu looked panicked, not knowing what happened, but Yin in his arms suddenly woke up and burst into tears,
Soetu did have his own little plan. After thinking about it, he always felt that what the Ming army feared the most was the Empress Dowager and the princes, sooner or later, and the matter of eliminating the roots was extremely sparse and ordinary. Although Yinzhu was his grandson, it was nothing compared to the entire Hesheli family. This time he entered the palace, what he wanted was just to ask for an imperial decree from the Empress Dowager. With this sign, he could go out to negotiate peace with great fanfare. As for the conditions, naturally, it was not to protect Xiaozhuang and Yinshi, but to protect the Hesheli family and talk about other things. Those princes of Chong'an could make some benefits if they surrendered. His Hesheli family was just a lackey of the royal family, and they would definitely be able to save it.
He carefully held the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. At this time, he had already left the Ganqing Palace, turned a few corridors, and walked a few steps forward to get out of the palace city. At this moment, the guards who had understood seven or eight Huangma Towers from afar came here to greet him, for the reason that the man was acquainted with the imperial concubine, Ebilong, the father of the imperial concubine Gu Hulu.
Ebilong was a man of the Manchu Yellow Banner. He was the sixteenth son of the five ministers in the early Qing Dynasty. His mother was Nurhaci's fourth daughter, Princess Heshuo. At that time, Oboi was tyrannical, and Ebilong knew about Oboi's intentions. However, he did not dare to expose it. It once aroused Kangxi's dissatisfaction. However, his two daughters entered the palace and became Kangxi's concubines, and then they were gradually re-activated by Kangxi and served as ministers in charge of the palace guards. They were very favored.
Ebilong has always been incompatible with Soetu. When Oboi was tyrannical, Ebilong dared not expose it. In fact, the deeper reason is that he and Oboi are both bannermen of the Yellow Banner, and Oboi mainly dealt with Sony and Suksaha. Ebilong's mind is to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, hoping that Oboi uprooted Sony and Suksaha. Now Suksaha is finished and Sony is dead, but there is still a Soetu left. However, Soetu has always been valued by Kangxi, so Ebilong dares not attack him. At this moment, he finally showed a hint of cunning smile and pressed the hilt of the knife coldly towards Soetu.
Chapter completed!