Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 466 Have you ever regretted it?

"I don't know when the regime will make the Northern Expedition?"

Wu Sangui asked a key question.

"Not urgent."

Li Jizu shook his head: "The soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, as well as the food that followed, have not arrived yet, and if there is no money and food, they will not be able to go to Beijing."

Although it is said that Shandong is the wings of Beijing, the distance between the two is nearly a thousand miles, and even cavalry would have to spend ten days, let alone a mixture of infantry and cavalry like him.

Even if you travel fifty miles a day, it will take at least half a month.

Therefore, if Man Qing wanted to run away, he would have run away long ago, no matter how anxious he was, it would be useless.

For Li Jizu, the most important thing at present is the issue of soldiers, horses and food.

There are only 30,000 people directly under his command, and the other [-] are Yuyuan Army, whose control is not strong.

But now with the addition of [-] Guanning troops, the direct subordinates do not exceed half, so how can we fight?
If you can't control the situation, you won't be able to fight in Beijing, so you can only die.

Only when the [-] Beijing Camp arrived, would he have the confidence to dare to go north.

However, he did not forget to publicize Wu Sangui's death and the surrender of Guan Ning's army, which is an important point of threatening Beijing.

And the most important thing is to control the Guan Ning army.

That is, according to the emperor's instructions, taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Sangui was cut off from the Guan Ning army, so that the Wu family army became a complete Ming army.

Li Jizu had already made a plan in his heart. He did not take Wu Sangui with him during the Northern Expedition, and waited for Wu Sangui to go to Nanjing when Beijing fell.

Soon, the city of Beijing received news of the fall of Jinan.

For the Manchus, what made them even more uncomfortable was the surrender of the Guan Ning army.

We must know that the Ming court has always been short of cavalry, and the cavalry battalion that is relied on as a pillar is only [-], which is less than [-]% of the Qing Dynasty.

As soon as the Guan Ning army surrendered, they immediately brought [-] cavalry to them, and the gap between the two sides narrowed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Fine cavalry and ordinary cavalry are two different things.

"How did Wu Sangui die?"

Hong Chengchou, who had been demoted for many days, was finally able to participate in politics. At this critical moment, Dorgon needed the opinions of others even more.

"I heard that he was poisoned and died of vomiting blood for many days. The Ming army took the opportunity to attack Jinan and surrendered the Guanning army."

On the side, Ning Wan and I showed a thoughtful expression, looked at Hong Chengchou, and said helplessly.

"Wu Sangui was poisoned? Could there be something strange about it?"

Hong Chengchou's doubts did not diminish: "How could the majestic king of the county be poisoned and died so easily?"

"Besides, since Wu Sangui was poisoned, why are Ding Wensheng and others safe?"

"No matter what happens to Wu Sangui, the deal is done. How to face the Ming army becomes a problem."

At this time, Fan Wencheng raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Datong in the west and Zhangde Mansion in the south need troops to resist. If they are removed, it will be even more difficult for Beijing to attack from three directions."

"If you want me to say, you have to take the initiative!"

At this time, Huang Taiji's fifth son, Wang Shuosai of Chengze County, who was only 16 years old, raised his head and said rather violently:

"What's so scary about the Han people? They lose and then win back. They just want to escape. Is this still a warrior of the Eight Banners?"

Regardless of his young age, Shuosai followed Duoduo to the south as early as the first year of Shunzhi, and then followed Azig to capture Emperor Hongguang. It can be said that he has a lot of combat experience.

However, he didn't see the big picture.

Daishan, who was old and sick, opened his hoarse throat and said: "Now that things are up, I should think more about it."

"As far as I know, the Ming army in Shandong already has more than 100,000 people. Including the Guanning army, even if they can fight less than half of them, it will be a big trouble."

"However, our family members have turned back to the outside of the customs one after another, and we should be able to go out if we hurry up."

"At that time, if we try our best to fight again, even if the Ming army is not defeated for thousands of miles, they will be seriously injured, and they must not retreat without a fight."

At the end, Daishan's tone became more serious.

Dorgon also nodded and said, "There is still a distance between Jinan and Beijing, which is enough for us to deal with."

"Let Azig and Luck Dehun come back as soon as possible, and don't waste any more time."

Hong Chengchou just wanted to speak, but when he saw the murderous lords, he immediately stopped and kept silent.

He understood that the reason why this last battle was important was to hurt the Ming army so that they would not dare to send troops to Liaodong and huddled inside the pass.

However, the Shaowu Emperor today is very different from the Chongzhen Emperor back then!
The meeting ended hastily.

In fact, when the family members withdrew out of the customs two months ago, everyone expected this situation.

The transfer of family members can allow soldiers to fight more attentively without worrying about the future.

The reason why they did not stick to Beijing was that the high-ranking officials in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, including Dorgon, had great luck in suddenly taking control of the Central Plains.

To put it bluntly, I am lucky if I win, but my life is lost.

The entire Qing Dynasty was not ready to fully take over the Central Plains, and was always ready to withdraw outside the customs at any time.

Until Hongguang was captured.

But it turned around, and now it has become like this again, and it is not difficult to accept it to withdraw from the customs.

After all, most people's property is in good condition outside the customs.

However, for Hong Chengchou, the situation was so corrupt, which he never expected.

Originally, the Manchus ruled the Central Plains, and the barbarians entered China, and China ruled. The new dynasty was established, and he had to wash away his status as a surrender.

such a pity!
Walking on the road in disappointment, Hong Chengchou felt depressed for everyone.

From Luoyang to Yangzhou, he has never been reused again, but now it is such an important issue to participate in politics, which is extremely ironic.

"Why isn't Emperor Shaowu the first emperor? If so, why is Daming like this? Zhongxing Daming, a unique banner! Another Han Guangwu!!"

"I'm afraid, the spit of the elders in Fujian has already flooded the threshold of my house!"

"I don't know what happened to my mother, but don't get angry and ruin your body!"

Hong Chengchou thought a lot, and the more he thought about it, the more he frowned.

"Brother Hong!"

Suddenly, Fan Wencheng came over.

Hong Chengchou was taken aback, don't you have to stay and discuss matters with the regent?
"The next thing is about the Manchurians, I can't get involved."

Fan Wencheng shook his head and said indifferently.

Hong Chengchou was also silent.

Even if a surrender like Fan Wencheng has been excluded for decades, what can he do?

"Have you ever regretted it?"

Fan Wencheng squeezed out a smile and asked in a low voice.

"Hey, if I hadn't persuaded you, I am afraid that in Daming, your reputation of loyalty would have been widely spread and listed in the history."

"But so what? The dead are not as important as the living?"

Without waiting for his answer, Fan Wencheng said with emotion: "Brother Hong, I know your ability, and the late Emperor also valued you very much, but the situation is tricky."

"The regent is different from the late emperor after all!"

After speaking, Fan Wencheng left, leaving behind him.

Hong Chengchou looked at his receding figure and fell into deep thought.

Ask yourself, did he regret it at the time?

(End of this chapter)