nanming man

Chapter 902 Capture Luoyang

In response to the provocations of the Ming army, Gao Yihuan formulated a strategy of forbearance, ordered Zhao Zhuzi to be reprimanded, and asked people to copy the teaching order in the residence newspaper and make it public.

The content of this decree is very simple. First, explain that this time the official ship of the State of Wei was hit and sunk by the Ming army, and more than a dozen soldiers died tragically. Then he criticized Zhao Zhuzi for not being calm enough, and explained that now is the critical moment of fighting against the Qing. Distressed, he reprimanded Zhao Zhuzi for disregarding the overall situation, told him to be patient, and finally cut his title of governor and fined his salary for three months.

In addition, Gao Yihuan also sent a memorial to Nanjing, to the effect that His Majesty beat up my people, but I don't blame Your Majesty, I am now concentrating on regaining the lost ground, and hope Your Majesty will not affect my recovery of Beijing.

As soon as these two things were done, it immediately showed that Wei Wang's character set off Zhu Cihong's reactionary nature.

In fact, occupying morality is not particularly important to Gao Yihuan. He just fights against Zhu Cihong's advantage to attack, further attack Zhu Cihong, and expand his own advantage.

What Gao Yihuan really relies on is force, and the reasoning doesn't need to be very logical, just make up a few excuses, it's fine.

For Zhu Cihong, morality and orthodox status are his reliance, because he is already at a disadvantage in other aspects, so he can only maintain this advantage.

When Zhu Cihong saw Gao Yihuan's memorial, he knew that there was still a gap between him and Gao Yihuan.

At this time, in Huguang, the Ming army saw that the first provocation failed to achieve its goal, so they provoked again. After Zhao Zhuzi received Gao Yihuan's secret letter, he immediately put on a stance of forbearance.

Now, even some people who sympathize with Nanming feel that Nanjing is a bit too much. Wei Jun is attacking Luoyang. If you don't help, you will always trouble Wei Jun.

In this regard, Governor Wang of Nan'an was angry. Wei Jun obviously had the strength to fight back, but he couldn't fight back, and he couldn't fight back when he scolded. Hit me.

This made the Ming army discover that they were still far behind rascals and hooligans.

When the Ming army and the Wei army had conflicts in Huguang, the Wei army's attack on Luoyang was proceeding step by step.

In this battle, the Wei army judged from top to bottom that it must be like a broken bamboo, sweeping Henan like a broken bamboo.

As early as after the Battle of Hedong, the Wei army was actually ready to attack Luoyang. The supplies were already ready, but after receiving the order, the Wei army still prepared for more than a month before launching the attack.

For more than a month, the Wei army was not all used to prepare money and food, but because many Henan generals went to the evacuation one after another, expressing the hope that they would participate in the expedition and regain their hometown.

At this time, Geng Zhongming was no longer in Luoyang. Wei Jun judged that Luoyang was not difficult to fight, so Gao Yihuan agreed to the request of some generals, allowing them to participate in the battle to recover Zhongzhou and enjoy the glory of recovering their hometown.

Facts have proved that at the beginning of the battle, as Wei Jun expected, all places were watching the wind and descending. Wei Jun swept across northern Henan like the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. Many generals even rode horses to their hometowns. .

Within a short period of one month, the Wei army attacked the city and plundered land in Henan, regained large tracts of land in Ruzhou, Henan Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion, and Huaiqing Mansion, and surrounded the Qing army in Luoyang City.

At this time, in the entire northern part of Henan, the Qing army was left with only an isolated city of Luoyang, and there were only more than [-] Qing troops left in the city.

When the Wei army arrived at the city of Luoyang, Jin Shenghuan and many Wei soldiers thought they could take Luoyang quickly, but the isolated city of Luoyang blocked them.

These more than 7000 Qing troops were not commanded by Geng Zhongming, but were guarded by the Manchu generals Gushan Ezhenhetuo and Zhengbai Banner Mele Ezhenzhu Mala.

Dorgun was unwilling to consume the full soldiers, but he sent five Niulu full soldiers, a total of more than [-] people, and [-] elite Han banners to garrison in Luoyang City.

Originally Luoyang was garrisoned by Geng Zhongming, but at this time Geng Zhongming was transferred to Shandong to take charge of the bandit suppression, and his family members of Liuqian Hanqi left with him.

The Qing army made such an arrangement because it was a close call for the Qing army to stick to Luoyang.

Nine deaths are the destruction of the city and being killed, and the whole life is surrender to the Wei army. Apart from this, there seems to be no other way to go.

The Qing army needed Luoyang to delay the Wei army's attack, exchange space for time, and buy time for sailing.

For the Qing court, Geng Zhongming was very reliable, but he was not Manchu after all, and Geng Zhongming knew clearly that there would be no reinforcements in Luoyang, so if he was left to guard Luoyang, he might still surrender to the Wei army.

For this reason, Dorgon transferred Geng Zhongming out of Luoyang and sent two full generals to defend the city.

Of course, Dorgon would not tell Hetuo and Zhumala about these concerns, but ordered them to stay at least three months. If there is no reinforcements in March, they can choose to break out and surrender.

If the city is destroyed and died in battle within the time limit, Daqing will treat their family members kindly. If they surrender, they will kill their whole family.

This is true for the two generals, and the same policy is naturally adopted for the soldiers in the city.

Dorgon has a vicious heart, and in order to achieve his goal, he does the same to his own people, and his method is indeed more effective.

The Wei army's three-way army swept Henan without encountering any resistance all the way, and they all surrendered in anticipation. However, after joining forces under the city of Luoyang, they encountered fierce resistance from the Qing army.

In November, it snowed heavily in Zhongzhou, and the land and the distant city were all white.

On the city of Luoyang, soldiers of the Qing army carried buckets and watered the city wall. A thick layer of ice had formed on the outside of the city wall, which was smooth and hard, and there was no place for the soldiers who attacked the city to hold hands.

Outside Luoyang City, inside the Wei Army camp, Jin Shenghuan stood in front of the sand table, Wu Shizhao and Bai Wenxuan stood aside, scanning the model of Luoyang City together.

At this time, Bai Wenxuan said: "The Tartars in the city repeatedly poured water on the city every day, and the ground under the city walls and corners was covered with a layer of ice. gone."

After Wei Jun came to the city of Luoyang, he surrendered according to the usual practice, thinking that the Qing army would surrender.

Because in Wei Jun's view, sticking to it is a dead end, and there is really no need for that, but Wei Jun did not expect that the reply from the city was rather strange, asking to surrender after three months.

Such conditions were naturally unacceptable to the Wei army, so they organized several attacks, but they were all repelled by the Qing army.

Wu Shizhao said: "Your Majesty's letter said that the Ming army is provoking Huguang. In order to avoid nights and dreams, I hope we can take Luoyang quickly. I have seen this Luoyang city once. The city is tall and strong, and it is not easy to fight, but it is not without weaknesses. .This city is too big and has many gates, but there are relatively few soldiers and horses in the city. If we attack from multiple sides, we should be able to break it!"

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