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Chapter 874 Battle of Jinzhou (1) (one more)
Dorgon, the most famous during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, ended his life in this way.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most famous.From the standpoint of the people of the Qing Dynasty, from the perspective of historical development, his contributions are comparable to Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

Nurhachi unified Jianzhou Jurchen and established Houjin.The main contribution of Huang Taiji is the establishment of the Qing Dynasty and the completion of capital accumulation for entry.The father and son mainly paved the way for the establishment of a unified Qing Dynasty.

But without Dorgon, there would be no entry of the Qing Dynasty, nor the collapse of the Li Zicheng Group, and it would be difficult for the six-year-old Xiao Shunzhi to proclaim himself emperor in Beijing.This is a person who is better than an emperor than an emperor. In a sense, his contribution is even worse than that of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

But because of Zhu Yousong's time travel, the most powerful figure in the Ming and Qing Dynasties came to the end of his life, and was chopped off by Li Zicheng.

Dorgon in history also died this year, but he fell off his horse and was injured a little later while hunting, and then died.It was also this year that the 13-year-old Emperor Shunzhi officially came to power.

When the regent Dorgon died, the Qing army was in chaos.The cavalry of the expeditionary army commanded by Li Zicheng and the new imperial army of Zhu Yousong took down Daughter River Castle in one go at dark.

Even Dorgon's troops and the Qing defenders in the castle, more than 4 people, fled and disappeared.

Li Zicheng ordered people to clean up the battlefield, and came to Zhu Yousong to get off his horse and plead guilty, saying that he had used troops improperly, that he had owed the grace of the saints, and had damaged many troops, so please forgive him.

Zhu Yousong helped him up: "Hongji is innocent, why did you say that? This is not an inappropriate use of troops. This scene was mainly disturbed by Dorgon. Dorgon also got what he deserved. In the end, Ai Qing is not only innocent, but also has merit."

As Zhu Yousong said, he ordered someone to record the first achievement for Li Zicheng and his wife.

Li Zicheng, Gao Guiying, thanked the emperor for his grace, and then
Take Zhu Yousong into the city.

At this time, Ma Jinhua led the white soldiers to arrive.

Seeing that her daughter had come down from the river, Ma Jinhua hurried over to meet her Majesty.

Zhu Yousong smiled, and took Ma Jinhua into his arms, "My beloved concubine gallops on the battlefield, and she has the style of her ancestors. Thank you for your hard work."

Ma Jinhua smiled shyly, and said modestly: "It's all about His Majesty planning the strategy. General Li Zicheng commanded well, and my concubines dare not take credit for it."

Then Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses also arrived. Zhang Xianzhong was sweaty and dusty from running, and came to meet him.

Zhu Yousong asked him to get up and said to Li Zicheng with a smile: "General Jingxuan also heard that you were trapped, so he was very anxious, but the pawns ran like this because they had no horses."

Li Zicheng glanced at Zhang Xianzhong, and said with disdain: "He can have such a good intention, he is not in a hurry to see me, Li Zicheng, he laughed!"

Zhang Xianzhong became anxious when he heard it, his eyes widened, his beard trembled, and he snorted coldly:
"Hmph, I, Zhang Jingxuan, rushed here in a hurry, of course not to attack you, but because I was afraid that His Majesty would make a mistake. You, Li Zicheng, are really not worthy of my old Zhang."

Zhu Yousong saw that the two were still posting about the door god, so he quickly changed the topic. Gao Guiying came here to persuade her husband and her in-laws, so the two did not continue to quarrel.

In the Battle of Nuerhe, more than 4 Qing troops were annihilated. If the battle of Xiaolinghe is included, a total of more than 1000 Qing troops were annihilated. However, the Ming army also paid a high price for this battle. The Linghe Ming army suffered a total of [-] casualties.

With such a record in just two days, it is really a gratifying victory.There is no one who is immortal in a war. Killing 3000 enemies and losing 800 is already the big victory that military strategists pursue. The kind of soldiers who do not fight without blood, such a perfect battle, even if the god of war is like Bai Qi Han Xin and the like. It is also something that can be encountered but not sought after.

Zhu Yousong delivered an order to rest and reorganize the troops in place to reward the three armies, and then conveyed the strategy of capturing Songjin that he had discussed with Song Xiance, Zhang Xianzhong and others to Li Zicheng and others, so that they knew it well.

This time Li Zicheng was not in a hurry to attack Jinzhou.After this battle, he also realized that Jinzhou is far from comparable to Ningyuan.The strength of the Qing army is still very strong and should not be underestimated.The Tartars stationed heavy troops here, and Xiao Shunzhi and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang personally sat in the town. This was a life-and-death battle. Li Zicheng was in favor of Zhu Yousong's strategy.

Two days later, the artillery battalion led by Li Zhushi also arrived.According to Zhu Yousong's deployment, Li Zicheng's horse army and Zhang Xianzhong's infantry pulled cannons, and 10,000+ Ming troops were displayed more than ten miles away from Jinzhou City in order to create a situation of overwhelming troops.

The Ming army did not attack the city, nor was it trapped. Instead, they found a place to set up camp, and put on a posture planning to attack Jinzhou. The defenders of the three cities of Xingshan, Songshan and Tashan immediately became tense and patrolled day and night. .

These three cities are the horns of each other, and the far and near artillery fire of the three cities has achieved full coverage. Coupled with the bows and arrows, rolling logs and stones on the top of the city, there are no loopholes in the defense.Moreover, these three cities have inner city, outer city, auxiliary city and urn city, and the elite of 10 Qing troops guarded them strictly, which is truly impenetrable.

But in the next few days, the Ming army still did not attack the city.

However, Shunzhi and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang in the city began to guess what Zhu Yousong was thinking.

The two cities of Xiaolinghe and Nuerhe fell, and the news of Dorgon's death, of course Jinzhou City knew.Emperor Shunzhi cried loudly, stomped his feet and beat his chest, and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was also distraught.

The loss of two small cities is nothing, the key is the loss of such a big man as Dorgon.

The fall of the general star Dorgon, the regent, was a great loss and blow to them.Although Xiao Shunzhi is very ambitious, but without Dorgon, he undoubtedly lost a strong backer.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was sympathetic to the world, lamented the injustice of God, and removed a pillar from the Qing Dynasty, making her soft shoulders lose a special support.

Ning Wan and I hurriedly persuaded the little Emperor Shunzhi and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang to stop crying after two days of crying.They ordered the whole city to mourn, not only expressing their condolences to the regent in this way, but also expressing their mother and son's determination to fight the Ming army to the death.

However, 10,000+ Ming soldiers approached the city, but they did not start the battle for a long time. They neither besieged nor attacked the city. They did not see any major activities. They just slept and ate, ate and slept, and had three meals a day, which was similar to playing. , causing the Shunzhi Group to murmur.

There is definitely something going on in this peaceful confrontation!

Some people think that Zhu Yousong is waiting for the opportunity, it may be that the supplies such as artillery and rations are not complete, or it may be that he is waiting for some soldiers and horses.

Emperor Shunzhi, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and Ning Wan and I and other dignitaries discussed repeatedly, but no matter what we discussed, the result was that we should not go out of the city to fight them, because now Zhu Yousong's expeditionary force is invincible.Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, has repeatedly proved this point for them, even at the cost of his life.

The Qing army, whether it is the elite of the Eight Banners or the newly established Green Battalion soldiers, is far from being an opponent of the expeditionary army. They can only defend against danger and must not fight the Ming army in the wild. lessons learned.

At this time, the [-] navy fleet of the Ming Expeditionary Army had already arrived at the mouth of the Daling River, and then went upstream.

(End of this chapter)