Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 74: Restoring the Old Mountains and Rivers

Before the invention of Maxim, cavalry was always the most powerful weapon in war.

As Midan and Ma Bao said, artillery and muskets could not defeat a cavalry army with the same weapons.

The seventeenth century was the Age of Exploration for Western European countries.

It was also the last glory of the nomadic people.

Cavalry is invincible in field battles, and artillery makes up for the lack of siege tactics among nomads.

From Eastern Europe to East Asia.

The Ottoman Empire of the Turks, the Mughal Empire of the Mongols, and the Gulun Empire of the Jurchens.

They have the final say on land, while Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain and Britain have the final say on the sea.

And the Ming Dynasty.

Both.

The Ming cavalry in red cotton armor charged into the blue and brown Qing army formation.

Just as Zhu Cixuan said to Wu Sangui.

The wrath of the Ming Dynasty will sweep across the world, flooding the oceans and the land.

The red Ming army used the blood of the Qing army to dye patches of blue and brown red, which contrasted with the mountain fire.

Even though the Qing army generals kept shouting and adjusting, setting up guns and setting up fences, they tried to resist the charge of the Ming army's cavalry.

But under the sharp knives of Zhu Cixuan and Wang Fuchen, he was constantly pierced.

Even the battle-hardened Green Camp soldiers and Pingxi Fan soldiers could not stop the cavalry without artillery and shield carts.

In no time.

They had already rushed to the location of the Qing army's flag.

Ma Ning, wearing a red-woven hat, was about to speak.

Zhu Cixuan threw a jade sceptre at him, and he fell to the ground with a mouthful of yellow mud in his mouth.

Wang Fuchen then finished off the attack with a stab of his spear, killing this Hexi general who was as famous as Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong.

Ma Weixing also moved quickly. He jumped off the chariot, picked up Ma Ning's sword in two or three steps, and cut off his general flag.

The flag fell.

The Qing soldiers, already frightened and panicked, completely lost the courage to resist.

They knelt down and surrendered.

The Pingxi soldiers, whose uniforms were different from those of the Green Camp soldiers, fled from this hell in their hundreds under the leadership of their lieutenant general.

The other Pingxi vassal soldiers had no horses, not even armor.

surrender?

They are different from the Green Camp soldiers who were converted from the Ming army and the old Dashi army who surrendered.

They were vassals of the King of Pingxi, and their families, young and old, were all under his control. Even someone's relatives worked in the king's palace, and someone's daughter was Wu Sangui's trusted concubine.

It has been at least ten years since I followed the King of Pingxi from Shaanxi Province.

The Pingxi vassal soldiers, who had no energy to continue resisting, chose to rush directly into the mountains and forests, trying to avoid the pursuit of the Ming cavalry and escape back to Yunnan.

The sun, moon and dragon flag fluttered on the battlefield. The admiration of the Ming army and the awe of the surrendered army were all focused on the golden-red banner.

The intricate soaring dragon patterns all demonstrate the destiny of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty did not perish.

He has returned!
The fish-scale leaf armor on Zhu Cixuan's body was soaked with sweat.

The string that had been tense in my heart could finally be relaxed.

He was imprisoned by the Hongsha people and hunted down by Wu Sangui.

It took half a year to finally solve the problem.

Even the carrot of Damocles that was always dangling between his legs.

It has been transferred to Wu Sangui's butt.

It was Wu Sangui's turn to feel uneasy and fearful all the time.

When he felt like doing this, Zhu Cixuan wanted to recite another poem.

Unfortunately, after working for a long time, my mind was blank and I couldn’t think of any appropriate poem.

Take a look around.

Bai Wenxuan and his troops were chasing the fleeing Qing troops, while Ma Weixing led the rebellious Dashi old army to collect prisoners.

Only Wang Fuchen and Ma Bao were around him.

"General Wang, you've been at the Datong border for a long time. Do you know what frontier poems the troops have?"

Both Wang and Ma surrendered to the Ming Dynasty after the defeat of the peasant uprising army, but the latter just stayed in the Central Plains to defend the city.

Wang Fuchen was startled when he heard this and said hesitantly, "Your Highness, I have never been to school."

"We, the soldiers on the border, are not as refined and elegant as the scholars from the south of the Yangtze River."

"However, General Jiang Ge led us in singing a few military songs after the Wu Zi Incident."

After that, Wang Fuchen hummed a few lines: "With one heart and one mind, the mountains can be shaken..."

"Report to the Emperor, and save the people. Kill all the Japanese slaves, and seek a title of nobility."

Zhu Cixuan nodded. It was indeed a pure military song.

But it is just right for the border troops.

The three great expeditions of the Wanli Emperor.

At that time, the Ming border troops were still thinking about going to war to gain military merits and achieve class advancement.

Now all that remains is to die for the country.

But the Japanese should be replaced with Eastern Tartars.

Ma Bao suddenly said, "Your Highness, if you want to use poetry to liven up the atmosphere, why not use the Man Jiang Hong?"

"In the past, the Prince of Jin beheaded Prince Nikan of Daiqing in battle. His personal guards cut off Nikan's head and displayed it to the entire army."

"Everyone cheered and sang "Man Jiang Hong" together."

Zhu Cixuan was a little stunned.

One living Lu Bu and one living Yue Fei?

Are the peasant army highly literate, or are the stories of Wu Mu well known to the Ming soldiers?
Ma Bao paid no attention to the prince's reverie and simply shouted, "Man Jiang Hong!"

These three words seemed to have boundless magic power, immediately attracting the attention of everyone on the battlefield.

"bristle……"

Hearing the voice, all the Ming soldiers turned to look at Duke Huai and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, were stunned for a moment, and immediately followed Ma Bao's voice.

"Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon."

Ma Weixing was momentarily lost in thought. Eight years had passed.

That was the seventh year of the Yongli reign. The prince of the Manchurian Eastern Tartars was killed. The world had been resisting the Qing for nearly ten years. Never before had the mood been so high.

Everyone is waiting for the Dashi Army to return with the Ming Dynasty.

And this year is the fifteenth year of the Yongli reign.

The Eastern Tartars have occupied China for two years.

Although no vassal governor or governor died today, it was an unprecedented victory in the 17 years of resistance against the Qing Dynasty.

Fifty thousand Qing troops can be called one hundred thousand!

Ma Weixing's eyes were red, and he wanted to roar out the anger and resentment that had lasted for more than ten years with the old Dashi soldiers who had rebelled.

"The shame of Jingkang has yet to be avenged."

Even those Green Camp soldiers who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty a long time ago were filled with shame and regret.

With the country destroyed and the mountains and rivers broken, how could these Han men be willing to shave their heads and change their customs?

With tears in Zhu Cixuan's eyes, the surrendered Qing soldiers moved their lips and softly followed in reciting the well-known poem.

The noise of nearly 10,000 people completely drowned out the remaining sounds of fighting and the sounds of burning and exploding in the camps.

"Be from scratch, clean up the old mountains and rivers, overturned Que!"

……

"We can't get by."

Xingwei City is located close to the Ava River. Di Sanpin, under the order of Ma Ning, led two thousand soldiers to patrol the opposite bank of Xingwei City to prevent the Crown Prince of Ming from escaping and Bai Wenxuan from sending reinforcements from this side.

But their eager wait only resulted in a raging fire all over the mountains.

When he discovered that Bai Wenxuan had led the cavalry to break through Sun Chongya's defenses, Di Sanpin wanted to cross the river and join up with most of Ma Ning's troops.

All the retreat routes in the direction of Hanlong Pass were already on fire. His detachment did not follow the main army, and was eventually devoured by Bai Wenxuan and Ma Bao.

However, within a radius of dozens of miles, there is only a bridge one mile outside Xingwei City.

But as soon as Bai Wenxuan broke Sun Chongya's defense, Xingwei City began to bombard the bridge.

Going up the bridge and crossing the river means death.

They even set up countless water barriers in the Ava River because they were afraid that Zhu Cixuan would escape by boat. Now it is difficult to cross the river even by cutting bamboo and building boats.

"make life difficult for?"

Di Sanpin's face was gloomy. "The war is fierce now. If we don't go to the general, where else can we go?"

"We're heading north to Mengding, but the food and fodder are all on the other side. Mengding Town and Kangzhou have been fortified and cleared by the fake crown prince. We're afraid we'll starve to death on the way."

Di Sanpin looked around at the silent generals.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

He understood that all his men were Dashi soldiers, and they all wanted to surrender.

But Di Sanpin, Sun Chongya and Yang Wu could not turn against him.

Sun Chongya took advantage of the fact that the Crown Prince moved his imperial carriage to Hongsha to plunder the imperial court.

Yang Wu, with his own army, held hostage the remaining civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty at Tengyue Pass. He demanded the title of Duke from the emperor, but was still not satisfied. After receiving Wu Sangui's promise, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

He was the third-rank Marquis of De'an in the Ming Dynasty. He even used a trick to capture Feng Shuangli, the King of Qingyang, and presented him to Wu Sangui.

To be appointed as the commander of a battalion is a position higher than any other.

His former colleagues of the same rank in the West Camp all served as guerrilla generals under his command.

Di Sanpin asked again, but still no one answered.

Gripping the hilt of the sword tightly in his right hand, Di Sanpin swept his intimidating gaze over every general.

"Don't forget your families are still in Kunming."

"What's the big deal about surrendering to the Ming? He'll still be like He Jiuyi, released by Zhu Cixuan. And the King of Pingxi won't trust a fickle person."

"Think about the daily rewards given by the Prince of Pingxi. Who hasn't received 10,000 taels as a settlement allowance? He's much more generous than the Prince of Jin and Zhu Cixuan, father and son."

Di Sanpin pointed to the other side of the river and said, "The King of Pingxi was defeated, but was he seriously injured?"

"This is not the right time. Raising an army to fight is just a way to deal with the Qing court. His elite troops and the elite troops of the Eight Banners are still in Yunnan and Yunnan."

"Will Zhu Cixuan definitely be able to recapture Yunnan and Dian?"

"The Qing dynasty controls the entire world. Can the Ming dynasty really be resurrected?"

"If you really wanted to die with the Ming Dynasty and live together in a foreign land, would you have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the first place?"

Di Sanpin's tone softened slightly, "We're not at the end of our rope yet. Let's save some food. Instead of going back to Sanxuan and Tengyue, we can continue north from Mengding back to Kunming. There are plenty of local breadbaskets along the way, enough for us to eat."

Seeing that the generals' expressions relaxed a little, Di Sanpin also let go of the knife.

It was discovered that Ma Ning's general flag on the other side of the river had been cut down.

Di Sanpin raised his voice and said decisively:
"Gather all the troops, and we'll go straight away."

However, when the recitation of Man Jiang Hong was heard, many former generals of Daxi pulled the reins, stopped their horses, and listened attentively.

Seeing this, Di Sanpin was immediately panicked and said repeatedly:

"Don't forget the kindness of the King of Pingxi, as well as our wives, children and elders."

puff.

A clear and heavy muffled sound interrupted Di Sanpin's words.

Di Sanpin covered his neck and struggled to turn around to see who it was.

But even after using up all his strength, he still couldn't see clearly who used the knife.

Gao Qilong threw away his Qing army hat and wiped the blood stains off the knife with his jacket.

"How can a person who betrays his master and country have the nerve to talk about kindness?"

Gao Qilong wiped the knife clean, grabbed the braid and cut it off with one stroke.

Looking at his colleagues with different expressions, Gao Qilong raised his braid and said in a hoarse voice:

"I, Gao Qilong, the Earl of Yichuan in the Ming Dynasty, have defected to the Ming Dynasty today. I am willing to follow the Crown Prince and Prince Jin to restore the Ming Dynasty!"

The sound of the landing caused a thousand waves.

The generals of the Dashi Army, who had long been unable to contain themselves, drew their swords and cut off their queues.

"I, Li Rubi, the Duke of An of the Ming Dynasty, will rebel today!"

"I, Wei Yong, the Earl of Mengjin in the Ming Dynasty, will surrender to the Ming Dynasty today!"

"Zhang Yingjing, the Marquis of Yongchang of the Ming Dynasty, is willing to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to restore the old mountains and rivers."

"The Great Ming Qishan Marquisate..."

"The Great Ming Dynasty's General Ta Xince of conquering the barbarians..."

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