nanming man

Chapter 257

After Li Zicheng was defeated in Jizhou and returned to Beijing, he did not stay in Beijing, but quickly retreated westward.

This is because after the Dashun Army occupied Beijing, what they did was unpopular, and if they stick to it, they may become a turtle in the urn.

The second is because of the traitors of the Dashun Army, it is their habit to run away if they cannot be defeated.

The third is that in Li Zicheng's heart, he has no sense of responsibility to the world, and he is not aware of the harm to the world caused by the entry of Hulu and stealing the Central Plains.

With these three reasons, Li Zicheng could flee westward without any remorse.

After Li Zicheng withdrew, the Qing army joined forces with Wu Sangui in Jizhou. After a very brief discussion, Wu Sangui was named the King of Qin. The Manchu and Han troops were nearly 20, and then marched towards Beijing.

There was another change here. It turned out that Wu Sangui was only a Pingxi king, but this time he was named a one-word king, and his status surpassed the Sanshun king who had been a dog for many years.

This change was mainly due to the fact that there was no battle of one stone, and Wu Sangui did not kill both sides with Li Zicheng. Instead, Dorgon fought Li Zicheng, causing the Qing soldiers to die.

In addition, Wu Sangui's Guanning Army is different from Sanshun King. The troops of Sanshun King have been digested by the Eight Banners system and lost their independence, while Wu Sangui's Guanning Army retains their independence. .

It is precisely because of these changes that Dorgon had to spend a lot of money to recruit Wu Sangui.

This is also a method commonly used by the Qing court. First use high-ranking officials and rich salary to attract people, and then turn their faces and deny people after the overall situation is settled, and just find excuses to kill them. It can be said to be quite cunning.

The same is true for recruiting Zheng Zhilong, and the same is true for recruiting Sun Kewang.

Needless to say, Zheng Zhilong was deceived by the Qing court's lies and lost decades of accumulation, and even implicated Emperor Longwu, and himself was killed by the Qing court.

Sun Kewang descended to the Qing Dynasty and was named the King of Yi. The Qing court sent Prince Heshuojian Jidu and Prince Heshuoan Yuele to lead a large number of high-ranking officials out of the city to greet him. The scene was quite grand. Shunzhi personally received Sun Kewang in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. , the banquet was given three times, and the silver was given twice, a total of 2000 taels. In addition, he was given the mansion, Jiepao, court clothes, satin horses, etc. Sun Kewang became a very popular figure in the Qing court. After the betrayal, the anti-Qing armed forces in the Southwest gradually failed, and Sun Kewang also died like a dog, let alone King Yi, it is not clear how he died in the end.

Many people only saw the hypocrisy of the two faces of the Qing court, and did not know that they were a gangster and gangster regime with no credibility. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, I don’t know how many people were deceived.

This time Wu Sangui won a much larger title than before, mainly because he had [-] soldiers in his hands, accounting for almost a quarter of the Qing army's strength.

If you can get the help of Guan Ningjun and sit in the world, what is the one-word king?

In order to tie Wu Sangui to the Manchu chariot, Dole was a little clever and gave it to King Qin.

After a brief run-in in Jizhou, the Qing army and the Guanning army began to spread rumors, claiming that Wu Sangui borrowed troops to avenge Chongzhen, deceived the gentry and common people of Beizhi, and lowered Beizhi's willingness to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing army entered the customs a few times before and massacred the people, and had long had a deep blood feud with the gentry and people in Beizhi.

If the Qing army directly took up the banner of fighting for the world, it would inevitably cause fierce resistance and non-cooperation of officials and gentry, so it would be difficult for the Qing army to gain a firm foothold.

Under the banner of avenging Chongzhen and helping the Ming Dynasty put down the thieves, the situation is different, and the mood of the gentry and common people is complicated.

Most of the officials and gentry in Beijing were tortured by Li Zicheng. To them, the Qing army was certainly hateful, but it was obviously even more irritating for Li Zicheng to imprison them and rob them of their money.

They were overjoyed when they heard the news that Wu Sangui had borrowed troops to suppress the bandits, and they spontaneously went out of the city to welcome them, but they didn't want to see the Qing regent Doer Gun, who entered Beijing as a conqueror.

Some people felt that the situation was not right and slipped away quietly, while the other part made the mistake and welcomed Dole into the Hall of Martial Heroes, prostrating at Dole's feet.

After all, the Manchus are a small tribe, and they are very terrified in their hearts when they are small and big.

After Dorgun entered Beijing, he was cautious at first, very honest, and listened to the opinions of Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng in everything.

In order to gain the support of the Han officials and gentry, he did not dare to make a publicity claim to take over the world, but advertised to avenge the Ming emperor, and hypocritically ordered the gentry and people in Beijing to mourn for Emperor Chongzhen for three days.

At the same time, it was ordered that officials who surrendered to the government should not be held accountable, and officials should be hired in their original positions regardless of party affiliation.

In the early years of Shunzhi, the Ministry of Officials of the Qing Dynasty reported that there was an official Zhou Boda, who only served in Guanxi Province in Shaanxi during the Ming Dynasty, but served as the governor of Gansu during the Dashun regime, and an official Liu Dayuan who was only the magistrate of Linfen in the Ming Dynasty. The Dashun Dynasty was appointed as an inspector. Was he hired according to the official position of the Ming Dynasty, or according to the official position of Dashun?

Dorgun ordered that all be hired according to the highest official position granted.

It has to be admitted that, compared with the Nanming court who kept a large number of northern officials out of the gate, Dorgon and the Qing court made a wonderful move, recruiting a large number of talents for the Qing court.

After the Qing army entered Beijing, it also changed the Qing army’s barbaric image of only massacring and looting when it entered the Kou Pass. It successfully deceived and confused a large number of Han civil and military personnel, making the Manchu and Qing gradually gain a firm foothold in Gyeonggi.

While the Qing government made a breakthrough in internal affairs, it also launched a military campaign to capture Shandong and Shanxi.

The Shun army had just occupied these two places for less than three months, and Dashun had no foundation here.

As for Shandong, the Qing army still used the name of Wu Sangui to spread its campaigns to various places. When the gentry in Shandong heard that Li Zicheng was defeated, they launched rebellions one after another and overthrew the Dashun regime.

The Qing army took advantage of the situation and captured Linqing, Jinan, Tai'an, Qingzhou and other places. Unlike history, the Shandong Ming army who retreated to Jining Prefecture also took Yanzhou, Yizhou, Caozhou and other places at the request of Gao Mingheng.

The Shun army in Shandong, after the main force withdrew westward, was already isolated and helpless. In addition, it had no foundation in Shandong, so it quickly collapsed.

At this time, due to lack of troops, the Qing army did not dare to fight against Nanming. After meeting the Ming army in Shandong, they immediately withdrew their spearheads and dealt with Li Zicheng with all their strength, hoping to quickly conquer the north and then attack Nanming.

Under such circumstances, the Qing army divided into three groups. In the middle, Ye Chen, Shi Tingzhu, Ashan and other troops chased Li Zicheng from Guguan to Shanxi, captured Taiyuan, and took over the land of Hedong.

On the north road are Azige and Wu Sangui. They were responsible for attacking Datong, and then went around to Hetao and entered Guanzhong from northern Shaanxi.

The South Road was led by Duoduo, who first collected Weihui, Huaiqing, and Zhangde, then crossed the Yellow River, captured Luoyang, and then entered Tongguan and entered Guanzhong.

(End of this chapter)