Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 470 When the Northern Expedition is underway
You Shiwei and others diligently raised food and grass in Shanxi in order to participate in the fruits of victory in recovering Beijing.

Even if Beijing didn't fight, it's all credit for subduing the Mongolian tribes along the way, regaining the Xuanfu, and going south and north to Zhili by the way!

No one deserves more credit than the recovery of territories.

Of course, Beijing is indeed greedy. As far as he knows, if there is no accident, the imperial court will award eight points of merit for this battle.

This is after the battle of Nanjing, the merit point has once again broken through to eight.

How not to be mouthwatering?
Time is passing by little by little.

On the fifth day of August, the Ming army, which was comparable to a tortoise race, finally arrived at Tianjin Wei.

The origin of Tianjin Wei does not need to be repeated. Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty, crossed the south of the river and called it Tianzi Jindu.

At this time, Tianjin Wei was divided into three, Tianjin Wei, Tianjin Zuowei and Tianjin Youwei. It was not until the ninth year of Shunzhi in the original history that the three guards were combined into one.

Of course, the origins of Tianjin’s special accent are, firstly, the Huai Navy households who came from Nanjing when the capital was moved, and secondly, Li Hongzhang was the Minister of Beiyang in the late Qing Dynasty, stationed in Tianjin, and the Huai Army under his command re-entered.

Therefore, as soon as they entered Tianjin, many soldiers immediately felt the familiar smell.

A similar accent can solve the barriers between people.

In this way, Li Jizu felt relieved.

He called Li Yingren and said, "Tianjin is an important place and must be guarded."

Li Yingren's heart skipped a beat. Is this to exclude me from regaining Beijing?

Sure enough, Li Jizu's words did not exceed his expectations, and he said directly: "General Li, as far as I know, your army has been established for less than a year, and most of them have only been trained for two months."

"With all due respect, with such troops and horses, it is difficult to fight those Mongols and Manchus."

Hearing this, Li Yingren clenched his fists, his face flushed, hesitating again and again, he could only bow his head.

There is also a reason for him to admit so simply and neatly.

After the battle of Cangzhou, some counties on the road were not a cause for concern, but they still resisted and swore to the death.

At this time, Xingji County still refused to surrender, so Li Jizu did not intend to let Jingying and other elite soldiers go out, but let the new Pidao soldiers fight.

Among the armies, he was most worried about the Yuyuan Army and the Pidao Army. After several months in Yanzhou, he had a deep understanding of the Yuyuan Army, with the exception of the Pidao Army.

So this is a test.

As a result, the Pidao army with tens of thousands of people attacked a county town with a thousand people stationed, and they fought back and forth, stalemate for a whole morning.

In the end, the Henan Army charged and settled the matter.

Such an actual battle not only exposed the lack of siege capabilities of the Pidao Army, but also revealed its puffiness.

That is to say, among ten thousand people, there are no more than a few hundred elites, but being dragged down by other soldiers and horses, they cannot show their strength.

Coupled with Li Yingren's unwillingness to sacrifice elite soldiers, he urged more recruits to go up, which led to the delay of the war.

To put it bluntly, expecting a group of new recruits who have just heard the military order to fight, it can only be said to be boring.

The Yuyuan Army is no match for it.

Although it has been in the army for a long time, it has always been a habit of bandits, relying on individual bravery without group consciousness.

Once they encounter an organized army, they will be defeated immediately. Thanks to the favorable location, otherwise they would have been wiped out long ago.

In order to fight decisively, the Yuyuan Army and Pidao Army must be eliminated from the ranks.

"The last general is willing to obey the commanding military order."

"it is good!"

Li Jizu patted him on the shoulder and said happily: "I want you to garrison Tianjin Guard to guard the canal, and then order you to monitor the Yuyuan Army."

"Don't worry, you are indispensable for meritorious service, at least it is the final achievement."

"The Yuyuan Army isn't going either?"

Li Yingren ignored the last sentence and said pleasantly.

"Most don't go."

Li Jizu shook his head and said: "Ren Qi and Zhang Qi only bring the most elite 3000 people with them, and you monitor the remaining troops in Tianjin Wei. Don't let them harass the people."

"The order will be followed."

Li Yingren sighed and reluctantly agreed.

After pacifying Li Yingren, Li Jizu marched to Beijing with an army of [-].

At this time, the city of Beijing is like a ghost land, the sky is empty in broad daylight, and there is no human habitation.

Since the last years of Chongzhen, Beijing has suffered.

Plague and smallpox took turns rampant, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and heavy population losses.

When Li Zicheng entered the capital, it was difficult to restrain all the soldiers. For a while, the torturing of hundreds of officials turned into the torturing of the rich, and ordinary people were also affected, which made the situation worse.

By the time the Manchus entered the government, only [-] to [-] percent of the former big city with a population of one million remained.

The family members of the Eight Banners migrated in, finally accumulating popularity, but in the past few months they were forced to return to the outside of the customs, coupled with the smell of the military disaster, the people fled the capital one after another.

It is not surprising that there are more animals than people.

Emperor Shunzhi had returned to Shengjing a long time ago, and the regent Dorgon originally planned to stay, but was dissuaded by civil servants.

"The Regent must never bear a defeat on his shoulders—"

In other words, those in power personally command the battle, and the victory is nothing. Once the battle is defeated, the court will immediately be in turmoil.

Since Emperor Shunzhi was still young, Dorgon was the cornerstone of the Manchu Qing's retreat to Liaodong, and played an irreplaceable role.

No matter how much the Manchu Eight Banners hated him, they had to hold their noses and admit it.

However, the royal conquest is generally a last resort choice.

Ming Chengzu was an exception. He had a prince to supervise the country, and he wandered around at will.

For example, the battle of Huai'an that Zhu Yixi fought was a life-and-death battle in the south of the Yangtze River. If he didn't fight, he was worried about others.

But when it came to the Northern Expedition, even though it was of great significance, he gave up and let Li Jizu command, he only gave strategic guidance,
From July to August [-]th, when the Mid-Autumn Festival came, I heard that the Ming army had set off from Tianjin Wei.

Azig didn't take it seriously, and continued to command the troops, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.

On August [-]th, the [-] Ming troops finally arrived near the eastern suburbs of Beijing, only a dozen miles away from Beijing.

From mid-June to mid-August, it took two months to arrive in Beijing from Yanzhou, Shandong, which is quite satisfactory.

Azir didn't delay, and directly scattered the Mongolian cavalry as much as he wanted.

"Sure enough, they are Mongolians."

Li Jizu picked up the binoculars and looked at the Guangmingding in the center of his head, surrounded by a circle of braided hair. He knew immediately that he was a Mongolian.

Immediately, he took another look at the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, turned his head to Chen Yongfu and said, "I thought the money rat braids were already ugly enough, but I never thought that the Mongols are the best."

He also won't accept a central bald braid over a bald head with pigtails.

"Gaiyin's hair was almost completely shaved, and he looked like a monk in a temple when he met him, while Mongolia was a mutilated image?"

Chen Yongfu smiled.

"No!"

Li Jizu shook his head, and said lightly: "When you are old, you can especially wear the pigtails of money, but the Mongols can't decorate them."

"Hahaha!"

Chen Yongfu laughed: "May I ask who is not bald when old?"

"However, our Mingren's hairstyle is the best."

(End of this chapter)