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Chapter 886
After resting in Jinzhou City for several days, Zhu Yousong got a report that the Qing troops in Yizhou and Heishan had already fled, abandoning the city.

"Oh, the emperor is gone, so what's the use of it? If they run away without a fight, they know each other!" Xiao Liu waved her two little hands, like an orator, with high spirits, smiling like a fairy.

Sure enough, Zhu Yousong took over Yizhou City and Heishan City without bloodshed.

Zhang Xianzhong took the initiative to invite Ying: "Your Majesty, here is only two or three hundred miles away from the Shengjing of the Qing Dynasty. I am a humble minister. I am willing to lead my troops to capture the Bible and welcome Your Majesty into the city."

This time Li Zicheng didn't come out to compete with him, but Zhu Yousong shook his head: "There is a woman, we can't underestimate it. Although Aixinjue Luo Fulin and Dorgon are gone, there is still the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang in the Qing Dynasty. She is a woman to be reckoned with."

Zhu Yousong's words came from the presence of Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Song Xiance, and several of his beautiful concubines all looking at their Majesty with the same eyes, a queen dowager of the border barbarian dynasty that is about to collapse, at most it is a man's plaything, not a heroine, Otherwise, he would have been in command a long time ago, straddled the horse and conscripted and killed him. Now he is fleeing, he must be a widow in the harem, what is the big deal?
Zhu Yousong saw the doubts of the crowd, "Dear dear friends, I am not alarmist or mystifying. I have observed that although the Qing army fled without a fight, they did not leave in embarrassment at all. These two cities did not leave us any trouble. Therefore, they are mostly retreating, not fleeing. Retreating is a strategy, but fleeing is completely different. The so-called half-ninety who walks a hundred miles is the best. It is best to be cautious. Pass on my will, from From now on, whether it is the Eight Banners Army of the Tartars or the Green Battalion soldiers, including the traitor army of course, those who are willing to surrender will be spared death."

Under Zhu Yousong's will, everyone was surprised.He knew that their majesty hated Tartars and traitors the most, so since the war against the Qing Dynasty, these captives or Qing people who were willing to surrender have been killed without mercy.But now it has changed, you can avoid death, what does it mean?
The most curious Xiao Liu shook her head, looking at her Majesty with a puzzled expression.

Zhu Yousong gave his own reasons: the reason why he killed and surrendered before was because these Tartars invaded the Central Plains for no reason.Killing them is not just to vent their anger, it means killing chickens and monkeys, and killing one to warn others, but now it is different, with Montenegro as the boundary, from now on, it will be a battle of conquest, this ambitious emperor of Ming Dynasty wants to conquer The target is not just the Qing Dynasty. Of course, Wang Shi can't kill all of them wherever he goes. Those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish.

The accompanying civil and military officials, from the changes in their Majesty's treatment of the captives, they could feel that this Emperor Hongguang had a heart higher than the sky, and he really cared about the world, rather than simply expelling the Tartars.

Leaving a few commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief, leading thousands of troops to garrison Jinzhou, Yizhou and Heishan, Xiaolinghe and Nuerhe and other strategic strongholds, as their rear support.These places were captured by the Ming army, so of course they had to garrison them.To prevent those Manchurian and Mongolian Tartars who come and go without a trace from coming to attack, this place is so close to Monan Mongolia.

Huang Degong's men and horses were also in full swing along the way, and their team has now reached the Wengniute Ministry of Mongolia.

Zhu Yousong wanted to carry out the victory of the war against the Qing Dynasty to the end. He personally led an expeditionary force of 30 to approach Shengjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

Montenegro is only more than 200 miles away from Shengjing. Wherever the expeditionary army passed, it was invincible.In just one week, the Ming Expeditionary Army destroyed all the strategic strongholds outside Shengjing City, and then surrounded Shengjing City.

At the same time, the navy of the expeditionary force went north along the coastline, successively captured Yingkou and Gaizhou, and occupied most of the Liaozhong Peninsula.

Zhu Yousong's operating military account, Zhu Yousong, Song Xiance, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others are discussing how to capture Shengjing.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong advocated quick battles and quick decisions. The engineering and demolition troops, combined with the artillery battalion, could easily open the gate of Shengjing, and then the expeditionary army walked through and leveled the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Yousong felt that this was a feasible solution, so he asked Song for advice.

Similar in appearance to Song Jiang, this Song Xiance twirled his beard and murmured: "If your Majesty is not eager for success, you can also use psychological warfare, attacking the city as the bottom and attacking the heart as the top. Since the city is trapped, No need to attack by force, just besiege the city, wipe out all the foreign aid from the Qing army, and make Shengjing truly an isolated city, and then these Tartars will obediently leave the city and surrender, but it will take a little longer."

Song Xiance’s idea is to besiege the city and fight for aid. Zhu Yousong thinks it is feasible. Although all the strongholds around Shengjing have been taken away, the territory under the actual control of the Qing Dynasty is still very vast. North of Shengjing, Mobei Mongolia here , is still the sphere of influence of the Tartars.

Their capital is trapped, and the Qin King's divisions from all over the place should gather here to attract the remnants of the Qing Dynasty and wipe them out. It is better than running around on the vast grassland and killing them like a hunt.

Zhu Yousong adopted Song Xiance's strategy and besieged Shengjing without attacking it.

At this time, there were more than [-] Qing soldiers in Shengjing City, and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.But now the capital of the Qing Dynasty is under siege, the government and the public are in shock, and all the officials are helpless, all staring at their backbone, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation in the capital of the Qing Dynasty.The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang is gathering high-ranking officials from the cabinet and the six ministries to discuss a plan to withdraw troops, but whether these people are Hanchens, Mongols, or Manchu Tartars, they are all silent now.

The main battle faction has lost its voice now, and the surrender faction has become the mainstream. Those ministers who had supported the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang all the way to fight to the death with Ming Dynasty thought of worshiping Yintu, Leng Sengji, etc. also wavered.

The reason was that the Ming army outside the city launched a heart attack. They clearly proposed to give preferential treatment to the prisoners and not to kill the surrendered generals. As long as they were willing to open the city and surrender, including the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, they could be spared death.If you persist in your obsession and resist stubbornly, there is only one dead end.

Tomorrow's soldiers will not attack the city if they have nothing to do, but they will not be idle. They will form cheerleaders outside all day long and shout these slogans in unison. Using this trick to break the Qing army's morale, the effect is still obvious.

The trusted Hubu Shangshu Bai Yintu began to persuade him to surrender.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was expressionless, "Who else agrees with the Minister of the Household Department?"

Leng Sengji, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also knelt down. The two of them took the lead, and several Beijing officials followed suit.

"A few days ago, the Ai family wanted to dedicate the city, and you were the ones who tried to stop it. Now that the Ai family is determined to fight Ming Yi to the end, and you let the Ai family dedicate the city, the Ai family understands that now and then, right? Come here!" I said to the empress dowager, my face sank, and I suddenly gave an order, "Drag them all out, chop them up!"

"The Queen Mother, spare me! The Queen Mother..."

After a while, several bloody human heads were entrusted in for the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang to test the sentence. The Empress Dowager waved her hand, and the executioners went out again holding the heads. Dare to say that Xiancheng surrendered.

(End of this chapter)