Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 76
The Hongguang court has been in power for more than a year, and at a time when internal and external troubles are deepening, the monarchs and ministers, sitting on half of the south of the Yangtze River, and more than [-] soldiers, should have a lot to do, but they are focused on peace of mind. Cheer up, on the contrary, corruption and party struggle far surpassed the time of the first emperor.

As the emperor, Zhu Yousong had an inescapable responsibility for the downfall of the Hongguang Dynasty, but it would not be appropriate to attribute the fall of the country to the emperor's licentiousness and fatuousness.

Because of party struggle, corruption, domineering generals, and internal frictions busy with redistribution of power, it was the main reason for the collapse of the Hongguang Dynasty.

On July [-]th, Liu Liangzuo escorted Hongguang back to Nanjing. After entering the city, there were Nanjing people on both sides of the street cursing and throwing rubble.

Seeing this, Hong Guang felt infinitely remorseful, and couldn't help covering his face and weeping. He said to the queen and concubine beside him: "I have never learned from the emperor's management of the world since I was a child. Today, I know that the king treats the people like grass, and the people regard the king as an enemy."

At this time, Hongguang was already covered in blood, but he didn't dodge or dodge, allowing the people to scold and vent their anger.

The queen on the side was worried that the emperor would not be able to bear it, and wanted to protect the emperor, but was rejected by the emperor: "I abandoned the people and fled, trapped the people in the dust, and collapsed into the king's father. Now the people treat me like this, and the pain in my heart I'm ashamed, maybe it can be relieved a bit, the empress don't think of me."

The queen and all the concubines burst into tears when they heard it.

It was just that "Northern captives raised troops and invaded the bandits, and Hong Guang secretly abandoned Jiangnan. The mediocre emperor died and the king regretted leaving Beijing that night. The foundation of the ancestors was not easy, and the achievements were ruined in one day. Only when the country was defeated and the family was ruined did it know its mistakes, and the clothes were full of tears. "

When Hongguang was escorted to Nanjing, he was humiliated by Duoduo, and he was later escorted to Beijing, where he was executed by the Qing court together with the seventeen Ming vassals in Beijing.

Emperor Hongguang is mediocre and has no great ambitions. He can only be regarded as Liu Chan, the queen master of Shu. What storms can he cause?However, he was killed by the Qing court, and the king of Zaijing was also killed by the Qing court, which shows how shameless and narrow-minded Man Qing advocated for revenge for Emperor Sizong.

Over the past dynasties, there has been an act of the emperor Ling Chi!
The brutality of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can be imagined. Its lack of self-confidence in ruling China with barbarians, its guilty conscience, and fear that the Ming clan would be alive would play a spiritual role in the resistance of the Han people, and it was also vividly displayed.

The words are divided into two parts, one for each table.

When Nanjing changed hands and Hongguang was captured, the remaining 1 Ming troops on Chongming Island in the Yangtze River Estuary were at a loss.

Xia Wanchun, who was at home in Songjiang, knew that his father and his teacher Chen Zilong and others had retreated to the mouth of the Yangtze River, so he quickly organized a batch of grain and grass supplies to help.

In the Battle of Zhenjiang, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops scattered like birds and beasts. Although there were still some scattered troops in Jiangnan, they were no match for the more than 20 Qing soldiers.

The battle of aiding Yang made many literati who didn't know about military matters understand the difference between the army and ordinary young men. Even if they pulled in a few hundred thousand people, in the eyes of Duoduo, they were still just mobs, vulnerable to a single blow.

On Chongming Island, in the temporary camp of the Ming army, Zuo Maodi, Chen Zilong, Wang Wei and others gathered in the camp to discuss countermeasures, and Xia Wanchun who had just arrived was also standing behind his father.

"I just heard the report from the spies that Nanjing has fallen into the hands of the northern captives. Huang Jingnan was defeated and committed suicide. Your Majesty has been taken captive to the Qing barracks. With this defeated army, we can neither recover Nanjing nor protect ourselves. What should we do in the future? Let's have a discussion!" Zuo Maodi, who was seated at the head, said.

When everyone heard this, their faces became heavy and they fell silent.

The defeat of the Ming Dynasty was too fast, too fast for everyone to accept. The Qing soldiers went south at the end of April, and it has only been more than two months since then. can easily accept.

"The world cannot be without a master for a day!" Seeing that everyone was silent, Wu Yi said, "If today's son falls into the enemy's hands, I heard that the horse will assist the Queen Mother to enter Zhejiang. It is useless for our defeated soldiers to stay here. It is better to take a boat. Go to Yuhang, join Ma Fu to choose the master and embrace, in order to revive."

"Risheng's words are reasonable!" Zuo Maodi nodded and said, "What do you think?"

The defeat of Zhenjiang can be said to have severely damaged the confidence of Zuo Maodi and others, and they were less than [-] people, so they could not go west to fight against the Qing soldiers.

When everyone heard the words, they also felt that it was reasonable, and now they had no choice but to retreat to Yuhang to make plans, so they all agreed.

"Lord Zuo, Wansheng has a question that I would like to ask all the adults here!" Xia Wanchun stood behind his father, seeing that everyone wanted to retreat, he couldn't help frowning and came out of the line, saluting.

Xia Yunyi saw his son rashly coming out, and couldn't help wanting to reprimand him, but Zuo Maodi waved his hand to stop Xia Yunyi, and then said to Xia Wanchun: "Xiaoyin can speak out."

Chen Zilong at the side knew that his apprentice was brilliant and quick-witted, so he couldn't help but look at him, and wanted to hear what he had to say.

"My lords." Xia Wanchun looked around at everyone, saluted again and said, "What Wan Sheng wants to ask is, is there any soldiers in Zhejiang Province to stop the 20 elite soldiers from the North?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and fell into deep thought.

"As far as Wan Sheng knows, the strongest army in Zhejiang Province today is just the more than 1 officers and soldiers of General Fang Guoan, the general of Chizhou who fled from Zhenjiang, and the other scattered troops are divided into various provinces in Zhejiang Province. Large army." Xia Wanchun continued: "Since there are no large soldiers in Zhejiang Province, what's the use of going to Zhejiang, my lords? Nanzhili is adjacent to Zhejiang Province, and Duoduo's 20 people are in Nanjing. They can enter Zhejiang overnight. Save me, what are you adults going to use to resist it?"

Jiangbei soldiers and Zuo Menggeng surrendered, causing Daming to lose almost all of his elite army, making the situation extremely passive.

"I can't enter Zhejiang, so what should I do? Is it trapped here?" Wu Yi said helplessly.

Hearing Xia Wanchun's words, all the people in the tent were frustrated and didn't know what to do.

"Of course we can't stop here and do nothing!" Xia Wanchun replied.

"In this way, Wanchun has a countermeasure!" Chen Zilong couldn't help but said: "Speak quickly, let me discuss it with the adults."

"Yes, teacher!" Xia Wanchun bowed to Chen Zilong and said, "Actually, Wan Sheng thinks that if you want to fight against the northern captives, you must have soldiers first! Where can there be elites in the south of the Yangtze River who can compete with the northern captives?"

"Wang Shiheng of Yangzhou!" Zuo Maodi and the others couldn't help saying.

"Master Zuo's words are correct!" Xia Wanchun nodded and said: "General Wang used his isolated city to fight against hundreds of thousands of elite Qing troops. The two-month siege shows that his soldiers and horses are extremely capable of fighting. Wan Sheng thought that the only way to rescue the soldiers of Yangzhou is now." , in order to counter the Duduo army."

"Before, we had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to help Yang, but we failed miserably. Now there are less than [-] soldiers, how can we solve the siege of Yangzhou?" Chen Zilong wondered.

"Master, my lords!" Xia Wanchun explained: "We couldn't break out of the siege before, because Duoduo's troops were advancing, and our army used newly recruited soldiers to fight head-on with the elite veterans of the northern captives, so it failed. But now Duoduo The main force is in Nanjing, and the encirclement force has dropped sharply, and the Qing army has repeatedly won big victories. It is already contemptuous, and it must be unexpected that there will be soldiers and horses to help Yang. We were caught by surprise, but the Qing army was lazy and slack, and it will definitely win a big victory."

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help feeling that it made some sense.

At this time, Wang Wei came out to support and said: "Save my family's commander, the last general is willing to be the pioneer!"

"I make a vow to sneak into the city and communicate with General Wang to make a concerted effort to defeat the Qing army!" Hu Weizong echoed.

(Thank you Qikong Yuanyue for the reward of starting point book friends whose dreams are getting farther and farther away from me!)

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