nanming man

Chapter 244
When Gao Yihuan was practicing his internal skills in southern Henan, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army was in Shanxi, sweeping the Ming Dynasty's army like a smashing bamboo all the way.

Li Zicheng set off in January, and in February, the army had already entered the city of Taiyuan.

Facing the menacing Shun army, Cai Maode, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, tried hard to persuade Jin Fan Zhu to ask Gui to help him pay, but he only got thousands of taels of silver, and the morale of the soldiers was extremely low.

The finances of the Ming Dynasty collapsed, and officers and soldiers generally owed their salaries. In normal times, they could barely maintain it. When a war broke out, who would give their lives?

Zhang Xiong, the general in the city, surrendered in Kaesong on the second day after the Shun army arrived in Taiyuan.

Taiyuan is the capital of a province and an important town in Hedong. It was destroyed in only two days. The governor Cai Maode committed suicide and died for his country. He was beheaded by Li Zicheng.

The rapid fall of Taiyuan was of great political significance, which made the Shanxi Ming army lose their fighting spirit.

At this moment, Li Zicheng and the Dashun court have a year of experience in Guanzhong, so they are not the rogues of the past.

Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing knew clearly that they were going to replace the Ming Dynasty and seize the throne, so every time they attacked a place, they would set up officials and retain soldiers, and they would do nothing to the common people. However, the policy of chasing stolen goods and paying wages for the gentry of the Ming Dynasty remained the same. in execution.

Right now, judging from the composition of the Dashun court, there is no shortage of talented people. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance are not stupid. I know there are dangers in recovering stolen goods and subsidizing wages.

Looking at the dynasties in Chinese history, there is almost no one that did not treat the gentry class well to win over people's hearts and stabilize the foundation of the new dynasty.

Li Zicheng was not completely an idiot when he proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an. Why did he and the Dashun court do such self-destructive things?The answer is just two words, "too poor".

There is no way around this, money and food will not be changed out of thin air, Li Zicheng has millions of people, they have to eat, and the Ming army who surrendered also needs to be appeased with money, if he does not take the nobility and officials of the Ming Dynasty, he will not be able to support him at all Beijing.

In order to obtain money and food, Li Zicheng copied the Jin Dynasty and a large number of officials and gentry, and he remembered Gao Yihuan's reminder, and copied Jiexiu Fan's family by the way.

As for this copy, Shun Jun was surprised to find out that there were a lot of things, so he simply copied the remaining Shanxi merchants as well.

Last year, Abatai withdrew from the customs and returned almost empty-handed. As a result, there were not enough supplies outside the customs. Many slaves starved to death, even the bannermen were not very happy.

At this time, Huang Taiji, who had ruled outside the pass for many years and laid a solid foundation for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, died suddenly at the end of last year.

Inside the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after a short and intense political confrontation, Hauge, who held a good hand, was defeated by Dorgon and Duoduo brothers, and handed over the power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After Dorgon and Jierhalang became regents, they had to do something to stabilize the Manchu rule and unite the hearts of the people.

The first thing they have to solve is the problem of food, so they send a large amount of treasure to Shanxi merchants to buy food in the pass.

The Fan family is just one of the larger ones among these Shanxi merchants.Although it suffered heavy losses because of Gao Yihuan, other Shanxi merchants did not.Now it's all cheaper for Li Zicheng.

When Li Zicheng learned that a large amount of money and food had been copied, he couldn't help admiring Gao Yihuan. He personally issued a amnesty to praise Gao Yihuan, and promised to give him an earl after he conquered Beijing.

After obtaining a large amount of money, Li Zicheng's predicament was easily solved.

For the vast majority of people, it is not difficult to choose whether to eat at Lao Zhu's house or Lao Li's house. If Lao Li gives food and money, then they will eat at Lao Li's house.

Li Zicheng rested in Taiyuan for eight days, and rewarded those who came to seek refuge with silver coins to appease the surrendered officers and soldiers.

For a while, a picture appeared in Shanxi. The troops stationed in various places were clearly marked with prices, and the money would be lowered.

The land of the three Jin Dynasties changed color. It was not until the end of February that Li Zicheng's army entered Ningwuguan, and it was resisted desperately by Zhou Yuji, the general soldier of Shanxi.

Zhou Yuji, like Hu Dawei, was the last fierce general of the Ming Dynasty. He had fought for decades and experienced countless bloody battles.

The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 270 years, and there are naturally a group of loyal ministers.

Even if the country has been in turmoil for seventeen years, and the loyal people have been consumed almost, there will always be fish that slip through the net.

Zhou Yuji, who fought against the Qing Dynasty and suppressed the bandits, last year when Abatai left the customs, Zhou Yuji took the initiative to attack and intercepted and killed more than a hundred Tatar soldiers. He was a general who rarely dared to attack the Qing army.

Li Zicheng's army arrived at the Ningwuguan city. The terrain in front of the official was narrow, and it was difficult to deploy its troops. It was difficult to attack. The Shun army encountered its first tough battle after entering Jin Dynasty.

At this time, Dashun's army was already in full swing, and Zhou Yuji, how could he stop Li Zicheng.

At the beginning of March, Ningwu Pass was breached, Zhou Yuji was killed in battle, and after Li Zicheng slaughtered Ningwu, he went north to Datong to join Li Guo.

Although Li Zicheng did not listen to Li Yan's advice, when he set off on the expedition, he still deliberately strengthened the northern road and chose to march along the south of the Great Wall, with the purpose of taking over the defense of the front line of the Great Wall.

Datong was an important town on the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty. Jiang Xiang still held tens of thousands of defenders, but he did not resist at all in the face of the menacing Shun army.

After receiving Li Zicheng's promise, Jiang Xiang resolutely chose to defect to the rising Dashun Dynasty, continue to enjoy the glory and wealth, and abandoned the decadent Ming Dynasty without hesitation.

Jiang Xiang's surrender also attracted Tang Tong who was stationed at Juyongguan to surrender, and Juyongguan fell into the hands of the Shun army. Li Zicheng's road to Beijing was already smooth!
When Li Zicheng was in trouble all the way, Li Jiantai, a bachelor, supervised an army of [-], and marched westward into Shanxi, preparing to destroy his family and build the country. He used his family wealth to reward the army and resist the intruders.

But who knew, the army was still on the way, and the news came that Shanxi had fallen and Li Jiantai's hometown, Quwo, had been occupied by the Chuang army.

The men and horses who came out of Beijing had hoped to get money and food from Shanxi, but when they learned that there was no money to take, most of them fled immediately.

Since Shanxi was lost, it was meaningless for Li Jiantai to go again. At this time, Liu Fangliang from the South Road had already attacked Wei Hui and Daming, so he led his army south to Baoding, preparing to resist the South Road Shun Army.

The army commanded by Li Jiantai was originally a patchwork army with low combat power. When they reached Baoding, 2 people fled and only half of them remained.

At this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Ming Dynasty was about to end. Li Jiantai saw that the situation was taking a turn for the worse, and quickly sent someone to report: "The bandits are powerful and invincible. I would like to serve the crown prince to the south."

The news that the army was pressing down on the north and south of the army spread to the capital, and the Ming court fell into panic.

Chongzhen wanted to give up Beijing and move the capital to Nanjing, which is why he disagreed and sent the prince away.

Because the crown prince went to Nanjing, he couldn't leave at all.

However, the matter of moving the capital has never been proposed by a minister. Chongzhen has a good face and refuses to make a decision on his own. In addition, there are officials such as Guang Shiheng who are making trouble, so the matter of moving the capital was delayed. As a result, Chongzhen did not go through. , the prince did not go.

(End of this chapter)