Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After Li Zi successfully returned to the capital, Yang Rusong made the troops in the outer city stand ready, which can be said to be a prudent move.But when the Dashun Army withdrew from the capital, Yang Rusong not only did not seize the opportunity to occupy the inner city and the imperial city, but insisted on closing the gates of the outer city, which was obviously intentional.

The reason for this is of course that Wu Shigong and Wu Sangui have personal grievances.

With such a tight defense in the outer city, it is impossible to send anyone out to inquire about the news, so even if the Dashun army was defeated and scattered, the inner city was also full of flames, and people in the outer city did not dare to leave the city, let alone know that the Dashun army was captured by the Qing army. Defeated jointly with Guan Ning Iron Cavalry.

In the past, the outer city was suppressed and attacked by the main force of the Dashun Army, but the Dashun Army was defeated by Wu Sangui's Guanning cavalry.Therefore, Yang Rusong can draw the conclusion through simple addition and subtraction that the combat effectiveness of Guan Ning's iron cavalry is stronger than that of Li Zicheng's Dashun Army.

Therefore, Yang Rusong didn't even want to occupy the inner city and the imperial city, but insisted on holding on to the outer city.Otherwise, the small amount of troops in the outer city would be scattered into such a large capital, like a bowl of water being sprinkled into the desert, but it would not be able to stop the "amazingly powerful" Guan Ning iron cavalry.So it's better to stick to the outer city now.

Yang Rusong's idea is also very simple, he wants to protect Wu Shigong's family members like Xue Chenglin first, secondly to control the prince Zhu Cihong and others, and lastly to protect the people living in the outer city.

So now Yang Rusong, he will never let Wu Sangui enter the outer city. If the Guanning iron cavalry enters the city and fights with the Runing Army, the "much inferior" Runing Army will definitely not be able to protect so many Wu Shigong's family, even Even Xue Chenglin's life would be in danger.

Therefore, Yang Rusong still closed the city gates on the grounds of "preventing the intrusion of bandits outside the city".If Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry wants to enter the outer city in the future, then Yang Rusong will defend the city and wait for the arrival of the main force of the Runing army led by Wu Shigong.

certainly.Yang Rusong and the others also know that rumors are spreading in the outer city.Many officials, even part of the original Ming army gathered around Prince Zhu Cihong.And the outer city was clearly divided into two factions.

However, in order to prevent the intensification of conflicts in the city, Yang Rusong ordered his troops to avoid the residence of Prince Zhu Cihong to prevent any friction.And Yang Rusong even arranged elite troops to guard Xue Chenglin and the others.

Anyway, now Yang Rusong has already figured it out: It would be best if the crown prince can be held in the hands of the Runing Army.But if you can't, it doesn't matter.When the main force of the Runing Army arrives in the capital, they will definitely have a showdown with Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry.After the result of the victory and defeat comes out, the role of the prince Zhu Cihong will be irrelevant.After all, the current crown prince has not yet sat on the dragon chair.And that is the same thing as the prince who is not in position!

So Yang Rusong planned to send the prince Zhu Cihong and the officials and troops who were close to the prince out of the outer city if the situation was not good, and he simply wanted to be a good person and let Wu Sangui arrange it.Anyway, Xue Chenglin's safety is the most important thing now.If you can use the crown prince to delay for some time, it will be better for some time!

But no one thought of it.This tense atmosphere only lasted for a short half a day.When a group of officials and internal officials gathered in the eastern suburbs to greet him.Arriving proudly turned out to be the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Army with braided hair in Hufu.In a blink of an eye, those Qing troops had already entered the inner city, covering the city walls.Many people were stunned and couldn't believe what happened before them.

Fortunately, the gates of the outer city were still tightly closed. Under Yang Rusong's urgent order, the soldiers and civilians in the city mobilized again.It is necessary to guard against the Qing army's attack on the outer city.And the two factions that were faintly divided in the outer city immediately united under the threat of the Qing army.

"Your Majesty! The imperial city has arrived, please dismount!" Several shameless officials and internal officials wanted to welcome Huang Taiji into the palace.

And Huang Taiji walked across the Jinshui Bridge, looking at the towering Chengtian Gate (**).Smiling excitedly, "I have finally come here."

A group of generals from the Qing army surrounded Huang Taiji and walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Hall of Supreme Harmony). Huang Taiji stepped onto the dragon chair in the middle and sat down on it.The relatives and generals of the Qing Dynasty headed by Dorgon immediately knelt down and saluted, and shouted three times: "Long live!"

After the ceremony, Huang Taiji helped everyone up, and then said: "Since Beijing has been occupied, the capital of the Qing Dynasty will also be moved here. However, the military situation is urgent, and everyone still needs to work hard!"

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"Azig, Duoduo, the two of you, together with King Xi, are still chasing the bandits who fled west."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

"Dorgon! You lead the army to attack the outer city. There is still a Ming army resisting in the outer city, and you must attack it with all your strength. I heard that the crown prince of Ming Dynasty and several princes are also in the outer city. You must capture them. You want to see people." , If you die, you will see the corpse, so you must not let it go."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

"Abatai! You lead the army to Tongzhou and pacify the Ming army stationed there. There is a large amount of food and grass in Tongzhou city to supply the capital. You have to be careful, don't let the Ming army burn. It is best to force them to surrender. If they surrender, you can give them a good future. After taking Tongzhou, you will come back and attack the outer city together with Prince Rui."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

"Mr. Fan! You arrange people to appease the people in the city, put out the fire, and let the city settle down as soon as possible."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

"Mr. Hong! You have to visit the officials of the former dynasty and try to make them submit to my Qing Dynasty."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

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After Huang Taiji issued a series of orders, the arrangement was finally almost done.Just when he was about to wave his hand to let the crowd disperse, he didn't expect several Qing soldiers to rush into the hall.

As soon as those Qing soldiers entered the palace, they immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! The spies in Baoding found a large number of Ming soldiers."

"Ah!" There was an exclamation in the hall.

"Is it the Ming army we met in Xuzhou?" Huang Taiji immediately bent down and asked eagerly.

"Yes! And there are many more people than in Xuzhou. Judging by the dust, there are at least a hundred thousand people."

"They came so fast!" Huang Taiji straightened his waist and said with a smile.But his eyes could not help showing some helplessness, "The previous orders are all invalid! Pass on my will, gather the whole army, and go south to Baoding for a decisive battle. I will personally conquer!"

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At this time, Huang Taiji felt weak all over, and he tried hard to stand up by himself.As soon as Oboi who was guarding behind him saw that something was wrong, he wanted to step forward to help him.

Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji pushed Oboi away, he exerted all his strength, and finally stood up tremblingly.But at this time, his eyes were already black, and he couldn't see anything at all.

And the consciousness of Huang Taiji's whole body seemed to have left his whole body. At the last moment when he lost consciousness, there were waves of terrified cries in his ears - "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" (to be continued) ..)