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Chapter 386 Duoduo was defeated and retreated to Jinshan Temple

Emperor Longwu Zhu Changhao's eloquent phrase "those who keep their hair are righteous people, and those who shave their hair are also refugees" were quickly spread by the propaganda agencies of the Nanjing court.

All kinds of propaganda channels are almost fully fired, trying every means to speak to the occupied areas.

They even used small-scale scouting battles between Cao Bianjiao's side and the Qing army to infiltrate enemy-occupied areas to propagate, or captured some Han prisoners who were confirmed to be newly shaved, and quietly gave some money back for them to propagate.

On Zheng Chenggong's side, on the battlefield of Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang, he immediately imitated this routine. He identified some of the wounded left by the Qing army when they retreated during the city defense battle, and screened out those who had just had their heads shaved. Soften the Han Chinese who were forced to follow the bandits in the enemy army.

Duduo didn't realize it at first. At first glance, the Ming army actually released the wounded outside the temple wall during the attack on the temple. Hurry up and gather the scales, and never accept the return of the wounded by the Ming army, so as not to shake the morale of the army.

But this kind of thing is not easy to block, because the front line was improperly operated, Zheng Chenggong's next move to release prisoners of war was directly shot and expelled by the Manchu Banners cavalry who supervised the battle on the front line of the Qing army.
Although the influence was quickly brought under control, the military was also required to keep silent, and anyone who dared to spread the word would be executed immediately.But even so, there are still a small number of Han army flags and newly shaved puppet soldiers who know the distrust and cruelty of the Qing army towards their own people, and the seeds of this fear are slowly taking root.

Doduo was very angry about this, and he found Sun Zhixie who helped him with the idea of ​​shaving his hair, and he scolded him all over his head and face.Sun Zhixie had no way out, so he could only do his best to help Duoduo with advice, so he racked his brains with insults, and persuaded Duoduo:
"My lord, it's a matter of the heart of the army. You can no longer refuse to accept the Puppet Ming army and release the wounded. You should accept it well, but after receiving these, release them to the wounded in a separate battalion, and keep them under strict supervision. They are not allowed to share with others who have never been captured. The soldiers whispered to each other, and if anyone tried to spread rumors, he would be severely punished and executed, so that Zheng Chenggong's tricks could be prevented!"

When Duo Duo heard it, Sun Zhixie's move made sense. It is true that the wounded soldiers and prisoners of war had to be taken in, and they couldn't just let the word spread.

He immediately ordered the whole army to do so, and temporarily forgave Sun Zhixie.

However, although the matter was settled in this way, the new policy announced by the Ming court in Nanjing finally planted a thorn in the traitor servant army controlled by the Qing army.

Soon, the situation that Duduo was looking forward to, "the new shaved head traitors are brave enough to be cannon fodder, and go all the way to the black" is gone forever. Even if Duduo blocked the news, these traitors began to work without effort. Dodo was very angry.

On the side of the Ming army, with the continuous running-in of the propaganda war, the slogans and policies of the official propaganda are also advancing with the times and constantly upgrading.

Soon, Zhu Shuren, Shi Kefa, and Wu Meicun figured out a new policy, and began to shout at the traitors in the Qing army:

"In view of Duoduo's perverse behavior and forcibly shaving refugees, in the spirit of benevolence and morality, ordinary people cannot bear to be dragged into the flames of war. Here is the imperial court's policy on the identification of refugees whose hair has been shaved:

As for the shavers whose bloodlines are confirmed to be Han Chinese, as long as they kill a Manchu and the Mongolian chief leads a team to surrender, they will all be considered as being forcibly coerced to shave their hair, which is not their original intention.The military merits of killing all the officials and generals are recorded as usual, and the officials are awarded and rewarded according to the court law, and the previous crimes are pardoned.

Those who are unable to murder the Manchu and Mongolian chiefs, as long as they kill the puppet Qing-Han army banner chiefs who have been surrendered for a long time, will also be considered as being coerced and surrendered. ..."

Subsequently, the Nanjing imperial court also issued a list of "traitorous chiefs of the Han army banner over the years".Among them are the third-class traitors who can be used to exchange their heads for credit.

The highest rank is the old traitors such as Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming who have followed the puppet Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, followed by Bai Guangen, Tang Tong and other Hebei generals who were historically responsible for the death of Chongzhen, plus a Zhu Shuren In the end, Li Chengdong, who killed the lord and descended to the Tartars, was particularly singled out.

In other words, as long as Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's subordinates killed Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming came to surrender, or Li Chengdong's subordinates killed Li Chengdong to surrender, no matter what they did originally, they would be regarded as "coerced and shaved from the thief". All previous crimes are pardoned and returned to the officials.

This kind of flexible moral bottom line, if it was changed to another time and space, the Ming court or the Nanming court would definitely not be willing to issue it.

Because the Nanming court was supposed to be a group of corrupt Confucians who were kidnapped by morality. Until the fall of Nanjing and even when they fled to Fujian, they advertised that "one day of infidelity will never be used, and shaving your hair is a traitor."

How would such a policy help unite the majority in the united front?Historically, the United Front of the Ming Dynasty was not as flexible as the bottom line of the Qing Dynasty. It is no wonder that most of the traitors were united by the Qing Dynasty and wiped out.

Now that Zhu Shuren is doing this, it is really subtle and profound, so wonderful that it not only flexibly adheres to the moral bottom line of loyalty, but also gives it a step down—kill the chief to surrender, even if you have not sincerely been a thief!
This not only gave the person whose head was forcibly shaved just now a chance to prove his innocence, but also gave the person whose head was shaved a little earlier a chance to come back anyway, and by the way, have sex with each other.Originally, if we only give small lessons to those who have been thieves for many years, it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among the people, and it will also have a bad enlightenment negative effect.

At that time, whether it is Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, or Li Chengdong Tang Tong, once the situation is unfavorable, they will have to worry every day that their subordinates will kill them and use their heads to contribute their merits anyway!

Moreover, this kind of policy promotion, if it is replaced by other courts and old ministries of the Nanjing court to endorse, it will really not work.For example, Shi Kefa, even if he agreed to this policy, the enemy would not believe it.
Because Shi Kefa's image over the years has been that of an upright and moral gentleman, saying that he will temporarily act in a hurry and act like a capricious slayer, the enemy will definitely feel:
All these are hypocrisy and submissiveness that are temporarily tolerated. When the world is calmed down again in the future, it will definitely be settled after the fall!
But Zhu Shuren is different. This kind of policy is very convincing from Zhu Shuren's propaganda. The son of the anti-thief Chief Shou!
Since five years ago, when he first arrived in Huangzhou as a co-prefect, he dared to reuse Liu Sandao, who was cornered by the war, and killed his adoptive father Liu Xiyao to vote. Alright, now I've become a general, and the salary has been only going up but not down!
Not to mention that later Zhu Shuren engaged in Lin Cheng, and then forced Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu to vote, and asked them to betray their foster father Zhang Xianzhong.

The history of Zhu Shuren's rise is vividly accompanied by the four-year-long history of persuading his righteous son to kill his father!This has historical accumulation.

This kind of united front propaganda released by people who are willing to use the enemy to kill their fathers and adopted sons will only be believed by those who have stumbled on the fence.

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The Ming army's new round of propaganda offensive soon gradually became effective. The fear and coercion that the Qing army had condensed at the beginning by shaving their hair was gradually disintegrated by the Ming army.

The strong man who was finally forcibly shaved and captured is no longer willing to work hard.

Gradually, some grassroots officers and soldiers of the Han Army Banner, who had been thieves for many years, were forcibly sent as cannon fodder to attack the vanguard of Jinshan Temple. Kill your own officer, and then run to the opposite Ming army position to join the enemy anyway!

For example, since the Wuqiao mutiny in the fifth year of Chongzhen, he had voted under the command of Geng Zhongming, an old man and traitor who had defected to the Tartars. There was a general named Chen Shaozong,

Because Duoduo was forced to fight against Zheng Chenggong for several days in a row, out of fear of dying in vain, and because he felt that the Qing army might be in trouble this time.

Therefore, on the second night of the twelfth lunar month, on the eve of being forced to be cannon fodder again the next morning, Chen Shaozong secretly assassinated his superior officer, Lian Decheng, the right deputy banner leader of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army under Geng Zhongming's command, and then took advantage of the chaos. Get out of the Qing camp and directly revolt in front of the battle.

Zheng Chenggong fought hard for many days, and he had already fought very hard. It was only because Zhu Shuren had been in control of the Yangtze River waterway, and he could continue to give him reinforcements from the waterway north of Jinshan Temple, that he could survive here.

In fact, Zheng Chenggong also knew in his heart that it was the best choice to hold the Qing army here and continue to fight attrition and defense, to weaken the Qing army with a high casualty exchange ratio, to accumulate quantitative changes and expect qualitative changes, and this is why he has been diligent.

Now, one of the expected "qualitative changes" finally came. Because the Qing army was unable to attack for a long time, and because of the Ming army's new policy on traitors, it actually attracted the middle-level generals under Geng Zhongming's command to kill the lord and surrender!
Although it was a pity that he failed to kill Geng Zhongming himself, he only killed a lower-ranking deputy under Geng Zhongming, but it was enough to shake the Qing army.

Of course, Zheng Chenggong immediately responded to Chen Shaozong cautiously and resolutely. At the same time, he also kept an eye out. After putting Chen Shaozong's troops into the Jinshan Temple defense area, he disarmed them to prevent the other party from falsely surrendering, and then asked the waterway fleet to escort them back to Nanjing. , directly appeased by Zhu Shuren.

The Qing army has been in chaos for a long time, and everyone in the Han army flag has become more and more insecure. The low morale that has been unable to attack for a long time is finally reaching the critical point of detonation.

After Doduo learned about it, he was also furious. He killed several people who were responsible for ineffective supervision. He also deprived Geng Zhongming of his command and handed over the military power of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army to the direct command of the Manchu generals.

At this point in the battle, Duoduo also fell into hesitation. He already understood that Zhu Shuren was using Jinshan Temple to consume him.Although the Qing army has successfully landed, the Ming army has always guarded the mountain temple. The key is that there is a Linjiang wharf behind it, which can provide continuous reinforcements through the Yangtze River waterway.

The Ming army was willing to spend their lives against him. In this form of combat, the Qing army's elite will be exhausted sooner or later and they will not be able to fight in!
Duoduo had to summon his main staff and staff to rediscuss the countermeasures. He had already decided to give up the trick of storming Jinshan Temple.

This battle of attrition, which lasted for more than ten days, ended hastily again when the Qing army lost troops and lost countless ammunition and supplies.

(End of this chapter)