Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"Okay, thank you father-in-law."

"It's work."

The two knew that they must be discussing the beginning of the Qing army going south, so they quickly agreed and followed the eunuch to a side hall.

When we arrived at the side hall, the governor of Shandong and the chief envoy Zhao Bingwen both sat down in the room, and when they saw the two coming in, they also stood up to greet them.

"I've seen Futai, Mr. Zhao!"

Because it was in Prince De's Mansion, the four of them didn't use too much red tape, and both civil servants had heavy worries, and there was a strong look of worry between their brows.

After sitting down, he asked the eunuch in the room to go out, Yan Jizufang said to Ni and Qiu, "Tartar soldiers have gone south, Zhuozhou has fallen, do you know that?"

"Yes, I'll find out later."

In front of the governor, the two chief soldiers were quite respectful, with their hands on their knees, they answered with a respectful gesture.

Yan Jizu nodded, and said again: "Also, there are Tatar soldiers appearing in Qingdu, Luancheng, and Baixiang area, and Zhaozhou has been captured. Now there is a performance from the military department for Mr. Wang, please. Let's take a look, both of you."

These two chief soldiers were both from aristocratic families, and they could still read the characters. They took a copy of the memorial and read it carefully.

"I am a traitor, with a territory of three thousand miles, but what I have ravaged... Zhaozhou, the minister's family, was burned and killed, and the tragedy has not yet... At that time, the people in the city were full of people, and there were sharp swords. There are those who have their heads broken and cannot be saved, those who gnaw blood and scold thieves and have their neck stretched out to be slaughtered, those who are determined to cleanse their bodies, and those who sink away are like returning home, those who die by themselves, but those who stand on fire will not avoid it, even a family of father and son brothers, cut off without leaving a trace, a family of wives, concubines and children , Killed and exhausted, corpses were stuffed in the alley, blood was sprinkled in the husband's field, burned and looted for three days, the camp was divided into the southwest, the houses were surrounded by hills, and the goods and animals were swept away... For those who can be found, the number of people who were killed was [-]. There are more than a hundred bodies, and more than [-] people were captured, and the others who overthrew their guards, slaughtered their families, and detained the prisoners in Weiwei Lane, I don’t know how many..."

This memorial was written by a military officer from Zhaozhou's hometown, and it is very sad.

The destruction of Zhaozhou was only a matter of ten days, and the tragic killing and looting is also described in detail in this incident, which is sad and vicious, making people very sad to read.

However, Qiu Lei and Ni Chong didn't care about it. They shook their heads and discussed the copy. Qiu Lei said indifferently: "This is an inevitable thing. There are 31 cities in a county. In my opinion, most of them are not guaranteed. Tartar To come in is to kill and plunder people, the family of the scholar-bureaucrats, if you don’t flee to the capital or Tianjin Wei, or you have to flee to Baoding, you are still staying in the Zhending area of ​​​​Zhaozhou, it’s really stupid.”

Ni Chong also laughed and said: "It seems that the Tartars will continue to quarrel in Zhili for a while. It is almost mid-October. It would be nice to be able to go to Baoding, Gaoyang, and Liangxiang in November. That's good, too. Soldiers have had enough trouble in Zhili, plundered enough, and got tired of killing, so I'm afraid they won't have the energy to come to Shandong to make a fuss."

The marching route of the Qing army was obviously to meet the two routes, all the way to the west, close to the Taihang well, and stop from Hebei to the border of Shanxi. This was to prevent reinforcements from coming from the border of Shanxi.

At the same time, the Qing army may also want to get in touch with the peasant army operating in Shaanxi. This is a mystery, and no one can be very clear.

However, when the Qing army entered the customs, in addition to robbing wealth and population, weakening the power of the Ming Dynasty, and attacking the army of the Ming Dynasty, it also had the obvious idea of ​​supporting the peasant army, but the two sides did not get in touch until the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng When Wei Dazhen led his troops to attack Beijing, several letters written by Dorgon in the name of Emperor Shunzhi were sent to Shanxi. However, at that time Li Zicheng was very confident and had millions of followers, so he ignored the greetings from the Tartars.

Speaking of which, Li Zicheng really has nothing to say about politics. In the Qing Dynasty, from Huang Taiji to Dorgon, they all valued the interaction and cooperation with the peasant army. No matter how arrogant they are, they are very concerned about the power they can use and are very vigilant of.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng did not mention many mistakes in his decisions. When he rushed to occupy Beijing, he still did not care about the Manchu Qing regime at his elbow. He rushed to Shanhaiguan with insufficient troops, and finally he was defeated. It also ruined the last Han Dynasty in China.

However, the Qing army entered the customs several times, with clear goals and cruel but effective methods, which dealt a heavy blow to northern China.

Until many years later, when some ministers of the Ming Dynasty passed by the cities and villages looted and killed by the Qing army, they were still miserable, and the misery was beyond words.

At the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, except for some resistance and local forces in Shandong, there was almost no resistance in Beizhili and Shanxi. These invasions during the Chongzhen period really wiped out the vitality of North China. . [

Although what the two chief soldiers said was insensitive and not like what a Ming general should say, Zhang Bingwen didn't sound like it and frowned, but Yan Qizu didn't say anything, he just frowned and said: "This time the Tartar soldiers The arrival is not good, the troops are very strong, and the progress is much faster than the previous few times. But now the court...well, let me make it clear, the court and the central government are quite intent on negotiating peace, so neither Xuan Dabing nor Guan Ningbing If you fight seriously, without threats, the Tartar soldiers will invade the country very quickly, and this time I, Shandong, want to stay out of the incident, I am afraid it will be difficult."

This time, it is indeed as Yan Qizu said, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, the Ministry of War is in charge, and the deployment is also to ensure Beijing. Unlike the previous few times, the Ming army was rushing around and defending everywhere. As for the bridle, Chongzhen had no intention of fighting off his troops at all.

However, the later development of the situation was not as expected by Chongzhen. The Qing army went all the way south, and the Ming army could only follow. Later, Lu Xiangsheng was surrounded by the enemy in the competition. Almost all the more than [-] soldiers died. Lu Xiangsheng himself died in battle.

This loss was already big enough, and then the Qing army shot again suddenly, and the Ming army was defeated all the time without fighting. very heavy.

After the two wars, the Qing army was already in no man's land, very calmly attacking cities and lands in Hebei and Shandong, and engaged in massacres.He stayed in the territory of the Ming Dynasty for eight months, broke through in September 11, and only withdrew in the summer of the second year. Chongzhen made a small calculation and focused on preserving his strength. As a result, his strength was greatly damaged, and his arrangement was in a mess, leading to local corruption. , Chongzhen and Yang Sichang are the two most responsible.

Now Yan Qizu said that Yang Sichang's strategy was exactly as they had discussed before, the army all went out of Jinan, and the main forces of the two generals went to Dezhou together, and all entered the city of Dezhou for defense.

Dezhou is an important town in the north of Jinan, guarded by more than 2 Ming troops. According to the ideas of Yang Sichang and Chongzhen, if Dezhou is guarded, Shandong will be safe.