"Long live your Majesty, long live the Ming Dynasty!"
"I, the Ming Emperor, am diligent, caring for the people, wise and mighty, far better than the Pockmarked Emperor of the Puppet Qing Dynasty!"
"I have always been a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!"
"..."
Under the already pitted outer city wall of Beijing, countless people kowtowed and surrendered. With the support of his ministers, Zhu Houcong once again returned to the capital where the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty lived for more than 250 years.
The city of Beijing has high walls and strong walls, but after more than 300 consecutive artillery bombardments, it has become riddled with holes and countless people were killed by explosive bombs.
Even the auxiliary minister of Shuncheng County, Le'erjin, who was the governor of all military affairs in Beijing, was killed on the spot, resulting in heavy casualties for a while.
The people who had been forced to work as slaves were no longer willing to do it. After all, being a slave was fine, but not life-threatening.
The veterans of the Eight Banners have already led their troops to retreat to the inner city to hold on. The person in charge of the inner city is naturally Prince Gong Chang Ning.
Although the inner city walls are a little shorter, they are made of real materials and are enough to continue to resist the Ming army. This can be regarded as one of Beijing's last two lines of defense.
If the inner city wall is breached, then only the palace gates will be left to defend in Beijing.
"I really didn't expect that this Jiannu would be so vulnerable. If that's the case, how did he destroy our Ming Dynasty in the first place?"
Zhu Gaoxu followed Zhu Houcong and looked at the scene in front of him. It was just like the scene when he rode into Nanjing with his father after the Jingnan crisis ended. Zhu Gaoxu immediately felt very puzzled.
"It has been thirty years since the disciples of the Eight Banners entered the pass."
Zhu Houcong shook his head and said: "In the past thirty years, a generation has directly changed. The newly born guys have grown up in the glory of their ancestors and enjoyed all kinds of glory and wealth. The Eight Banners system is like our clan. The court needs it every year Allocating funds to support the Eight Banners, the children of the Eight Banners can obtain silver directly from the court without any labor, and their combat effectiveness will naturally be far less poor than before."
"And the most important thing is that less than two months after Obai's death, people in Beijing were in turmoil. Everyone felt that they were Obei's party members. Even if the military morale was low, they would go on an expedition. Isn't this suicidal?"
In the final analysis, the main reason is that the current Eight Banners disciples have no motivation to fight.
Before entering the customs, everyone in the Eight Banners was so poor that they thought they would live a good life after entering the customs.
But now that we have a good life, we are playing crazy, and our weapons are lax. Even if we go to the battlefield, we no longer have the courage to be brave and not afraid of death. No one wants to die, but wants to go back alive and continue to enjoy happiness.
The combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners in Beijing can be said to be the weakest among the Eight Banners at present, far inferior to the Eight Banners outside the Pass or even the Eight Banners all over the provinces.
The main reason for occupying Beijing in less than a month was that the generals of the Eight Banners seemed to be still immersed in the past, completely forgetting how lax the Eight Banners' combat effectiveness was now in Beijing. If they waited for the support from the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp and the Zhili Green Camp, even if they wanted Kecheng, that will take two or three months.
If we really wait for the Qing army to arrive in full force, it will really be difficult to fight.
What is the complete Qing army? It’s just layer upon layer of supervision.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria supervised the charge of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the Eight Banners of Mongolia supervised the charge of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Banners of the Han Army supervised the charge of the Green Battalion, and the Green Battalion... without supervision, could only charge.
In this way, layer by layer, when it is the turn of the Eight Banners of Manchuria to charge, the enemy will have already been weakened. At this time, the Eight Banners of Manchuria can shine, build confidence, and at the same time cultivate a group of elites.
As long as you have experience in killing people, you are an elite!
And what does it look like?
It is dominated by the Eight Banners of Manchuria, with a small number of Han troops and Eight Banners of Mongolia, and there are also coated camps.
In addition, Yue Le thought he had seized the opportunity and prepared a wave of stud, which led to a series of defeats.
If the most important link is the arrival of the Green Camp, then we will have to fight for several more months.
Fortunately, the 20,000 Green Battalion was wiped out at the beginning. Without the Eight Banners Supervisory Army, the Green Battalion’s combat effectiveness was just that: after all, who doesn’t want to live?
This was the military method of the Kangxi Dynasty. The green camp rushed in front and took the lead bravely to calm everything down.
The Eight Banners watched the battle from the rear and urged the green camp to advance.
It's not that Green Camp is very capable.
Once the Green Camp breaks away from the Eight Banners, its will to fight will be much weaker.
Once the Eight Banners lost the Green Camp, it would be difficult to maintain their combat effectiveness.
It was the combination of Eight Banners and Green Camp that achieved victory after victory in the Kangxi Dynasty.
"Recruit craftsmen, repair the outer city walls, mobilize heavy artillery, and continue bombarding the inner city."
Zhu Houcong took a deep breath, summoned the messengers and ordered: "After the city is broken, first let the slaves from the Manchuria Camp and the Jiannu Camp identify their homes, and then let the treasures in the city be plundered by others, and they will not be sealed for ten days!"
Zhu Houcong is not a good man and a believer in women, and he does not engage in repaying evil with kindness.
How did the Qing Dynasty kill after entering the pass and breaking the city? How he will kill now!
Popular support?
It doesn't matter, just keep killing and the people will have their support.
How can we deter the enemy without killing? !
He wants to tell Mancheng all over the world that if you don't surrender, you will be like this. Only by surrendering can you avoid death!
After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Tu Mo immediately beamed with joy. He immediately dismounted, bowed his hands to Zhu Houcong and said, "I thank you for your grace! Your Majesty, please allow me to allow my Manchurian battalion to charge forward. I will definitely capture the puppet Kangxi's son alive. Presented to His Majesty!"
When he saw this, he did not hesitate and immediately said fiercely: "Your Majesty, the slaves who built the slave camp are also willing to charge first. The athletes in our slave camp are all from the pseudo-Qingzheng Hongqi and Xianghongqi, and most of the Manchuria camp that slaughtered Mo Affiliated to the outside of the pass, what do they know about the capital? If the slaves build a slave camp and charge forward, they will definitely deal a huge blow to the inner city of Manchuria, and it will definitely have a completely different effect!"
The Manchurian camp had strong combat capabilities, and the slave camp was familiar with Beijing.
It's like this. The Eight Banners in Beijing are related to each other. There are now more than 3,600 soldiers from the Eight Banners who have built slave camps. If they rush into the inner city, it may have different effects.
There are only 800 people in the Manchuria camp, so we should save some.
After all, in Zhu Houcong's vision, it was the Manchurian camp that supervised the construction of the slave camp, allowing the Eight Banners surrender troops outside the pass to ride on top of the Eight Banners surrender troops inside the pass, directly reversing their status.
In this way, the conflict between them is the conflict between the Eight Banners outside the Guan and the Eight Banners inside the Guan. The Eight Banners within the Guan resent that these Eight Banners have robbed the treasure, while the Eight Banners outside the Guan can only cling to the thighs of the Ming army in order to compete with the Eight Banners inside the Guan.
"Yes, order the Jiannu Camp to fight. If the battle goes well, the Jiannu Camp can be promoted to the Jianzhou Camp!" Zhu Houcong said.
Bing Bi was overjoyed, and then quickly kowtowed to thank God: "Yes, I kowtow to thank God!"
Before Tu Mo could feel disappointed, he heard Zhu Houcong's voice again: "Tu Mo, I have ordered your Manchuria camp to supervise the battle from behind. If anyone in the slave camp is found to be collaborating with the enemy or fleeing, we can kill them all!"
When Tu Mo heard this, he couldn't help being extremely shocked. He immediately smiled from ear to ear and kowtowed to Zhu Houhuang crazily: "Thank you for your grace, my emperor! Long live my emperor!"
Bing Bi's expression on the side was a bit ugly.
Being from the Eight Banners, he could naturally see what was going on.
If it breaks down, I will become the Green Camp, and I will become the Eight Banners of the Han Army by slaughtering Mo Mo.
Dorobele, who was born in the Aixinjueluo family, had learned this trick since he was a child, so he naturally understood the relationship between the Green Camp and the Eight Banners of the Han Army. He had never thought that he would one day become the Green Camp...
But it doesn’t matter. Green Camp also has a lot of room for promotion. What if I get promoted in the future?
After all, I can only comfort myself in this way.
As the order was issued, a large number of Manchu soldiers soon appeared in Beijing, rushing towards the inner city with familiarity.
Behind them, there were some Ming soldiers who were watching their every move.
The actions of the Qing army were also copied by the Ming army.
The Ming army supervised the Manzhou camp, the Manchu camp supervised the construction of the slave camp, and the construction of the slave camp charged.
Plan passes.
Seeing that the Jiannu Camp and the Manchuria Camp took the first step, and the Fubo Camp followed closely behind, Zhu Houcong nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Lu Bing beside him: "How is the situation outside the pass? I have captured Beijing, Guo Xun Are you still fighting fiercely with General Ning Guta and General Heilongjiang?"
"Ningguta General Bahai would rather die than surrender. Although our army has captured Ningupa, he led his troops to flee to Niman, Vladivostok and other places to continue to resist. At the same time, Sauron's troops went to fight, but they continued to stalemate with our army for a long time... …The reinforcements of General Heilongjiang have fought with our army several times, and now they have stationed troops in Alchukha, creating a sense of oppression on our army’s rear path.”
Lu Bing immediately reported to Zhu Houcong the current battle report outside the customs.
Reports on battles outside the Pass are not as important as those within the Pass. Therefore, there will be no impact on Zhu Houcong's plan until there is a major breakthrough or major failure.
"It seems that the Eight Banners outside the pass are indeed much more powerful than those inside the pass."
Zhu Houcong nodded and couldn't help but sigh: "If there is no problem with General Fengtian and we defeat Shengjing quickly, otherwise it will be a hard nut to crack."
"Your Majesty, King Li Di of Korea has proclaimed himself a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. When Korea was founded, it was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing thieves occupied the country for several years. The kings and ministers of Korea all endured the humiliation and heavy burden. Today, seeing the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they cried with joy. They should be regarded as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty."
"The king of Korea, Li Bi, is willing to use all the troops of Korea to conquer Manchuria and the puppet Qing Dynasty in the joy of the Ming Dynasty, and to take the head of Ba Hai, the puppet Qingning Guta general, in front of the emperor."
While Lu Bing was reciting to Zhu Houcong the memorial of King Li Di of North Korea, he opened his mouth at the same time and said: "North Korea sent 30,000 troops with the intention of conquering Vladivostok, but was defeated by General Ningguta Bahai. The North Koreans died more than 5,000. Now they are cooperating with Marquis Wu Ying , besieging but not attacking.”
Very good, it is indeed North Korea. It fits the image in my impression very well. It screams fiercely and its skills are in a mess.
As the saying goes, if a biting dog does not bark, the more it barks, the lower its level will be. Regarding North Korea, Zhu Houhuang said this is the case.
The reason why North Korea is willing to return to the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty is also very simple. First of all, it is because the Ming army entered the country at lightning speed.
This was also the case in Korea back then. Before the Manchus entered the country, North Korea was conquered and became a vassal of the Manchus. Now it is happening again, and this is naturally the case in Korea.
And there's another reason.
This King of Joseon, Li Di, was the crown prince of Joseon who served as a hostage in the Ming Dynasty when the Ming Dynasty fell.
Therefore, Li Di recognized the Ming Dynasty much more than the Qing Dynasty. Now that he saw his former master resurrected, he was naturally happy.
Manchu? They are just barbarians, how can they compare with our civilized society!
This is what North Korea is thinking.
Zhu Houcong nodded with satisfaction.
North Korea is indeed my most loyal dog in the Ming Dynasty, very good.
"Let Guo Xun continue to wipe out the slaves outside the pass, and order Liu Xun to lead his troops to march into Tianjin, and cooperate with the Dengzhou Navy Admiral Zheng Chenggong to capture Tianjin together."
Zhu Houcong said: "Order Qiu Luan to lead his troops to march into Baoding, capture the Governor's Mansion of Zhili, and paralyze the command hub of Zhili! The remaining troops and horses conquered the inner city as quickly as possible. I already want to return to Fengtian Palace and the Went to Qianqing Palace!"
…
Beijing, inner city.
Prince Gong Chang Ning has not slept a wink all day and night.
The shelling outside was fierce, bombing all the time.
The organized Eight Banners soldiers of Zhenghong Banner and Xianghong Banner are attacking the city first, hoping to win the first victory.
As a result, there were many acts of righteousness and annihilation of relatives on the city walls. Many old soldiers with red flags and red flags saw that their son Erlang was like this. The ladder fell down, but no killer was killed.
"I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, have civilized military ethics. If you surrender early, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will deal with you leniently. If you resist the heavenly soldiers, the day the city is breached will be the day of massacre!"
"Young and old men, surrender! The Ming Emperor is kind and treats us very well. If we don't surrender, there will be no chickens or dogs left in the city!"
"..."
The Manchu attempts to persuade him to surrender from outside the city never stopped, which made Chang Ning's whole body tremble with anger.
As a son of the Eight Banners, how could he surrender? !
And after surrendering, he still shamelessly persuaded him to surrender. Are these my descendants of the Eight Banners? What is happening to this world? !
Although Chang Ning was extremely angry, his body was also trembling.
He was also imagining what would happen if the city was breached.
Leerjin had previously promised that the city of Beijing would be able to support it for at least half a year. However, the outer city was bombarded by artillery within four days, and Leerjin himself died under the cannon.
Although the inner city is strong now, and with the psychological preparation of cannons, everyone has stopped showing off and instead built more fortifications, but...is it really useful?
How long can we keep it?
Eight days, ten days?
Or half a month?
Chang Ning was a little scared now, and the idea of surrendering in Kaicheng also arose in his heart.
After a period of struggle and entanglement, Chang Ning said to the guards and eunuchs on the left and right: "Gather the ministers in the city to discuss whether... Kaicheng surrender?"
But before Chang Ning could finish speaking, a tall and elegant guard stood up, raised his hands to Chang Ning and said, "No, Your Majesty! I believe that the inner city is impregnable, and if we surrender to Kaicheng, we will be seeking death!" "
"When Prince Zheng was conquering Hunan, the late Emperor issued an imperial edict: 'Anyone who resists and disobeys will be killed; anyone who refuses to surrender will be killed without mercy'!"
The guard said forcefully: "How did we, the Qing Dynasty, treat the Ming people back then? For those who had raised troops to resist, even if they surrendered, they would still die! Now that the Ming thieves are back, they may not take revenge on us! According to the battle report, Say, outside the Pass and in Chengde, the heads of my Eight Banners disciples are still in Beijing, but the corpses have been burned!"
"If I wait for Kaicheng to surrender, will Qiu Wu really commit any crime?"
Hearing the guard's words, Chang Ning instantly thought of some of the stories told to him by the Eight Banners old man, and couldn't help but shudder.
Yes.
There seems to be no way to survive if you surrender!
As soon as he thought about this, Chang Ning instantly felt that the guard in front of him was extremely reliable, and immediately asked: "What is your name?"
When the guard heard this, he immediately saluted humbly and said: "I am humbled by Yue Shenglong, the empress of Song Yue Wumu, and Prince Gong. I am willing to devote my whole life to our Qing Dynasty until my death!"
"She is actually the queen of Grandpa-in-law who served the country loyally?"
Chang Ning was shocked, and then he was ecstatic: "Okay, okay, there is a famous general here, there is no need to worry about the city of Beijing! I will promote you to my Qing Dynasty capital camp's general and assistant leader, raise the flag into the inlaid yellow flag, quickly order the package Go to Yiying to defend the city!"
"The last general takes command!"
Yue Shenglong was overjoyed and kowtowed quickly. Then he became loyal and planned to defend the city for Chang Ning.
He had just been transferred from Shaanxi and Gansu to Beijing as a guard, but he did not expect to encounter such a big event, so he did not hesitate to propose a future for his son Yue Zhongqi.
As for whether Daming will win?
In Yue Shenglong's view, it was just a temporary thing. The Qing Dynasty was rich in resources. As long as you insisted on holding on, King Qin's soldiers and horses would definitely come to the rescue!
Therefore, he must make a bright future this time!
Yue Shenglong took office happily.
Chang Ning took a deep breath and felt very weak.
He has no generals available!
In other words, he didn't know who could fight at all.
After all, the famous generals were taken away.
For example, Prince Yue Le of An and his subordinates Fei Yanggu, Tuhai, and Shangshan were all generals who were good at conquering and fighting. They either died or went to Xi'an.
Among the remaining new-generation generals who gained fame, half were killed by cannons while defending the city, and the other half followed Kangxi to Tianjin.
There is really no one left in Beijing.
Therefore, Chang Ning was forced to be promoted from the bodyguards, and it could even be said that he was promoted casually. After hearing that Yue Shenglong said that he was Yue Wumu, he was directly given to an assistant leader and a general, and let him serve as a leader for a while.
Not only Yue Shenglong was like this, but also many Baoyi and Han-born slaves were like this, who were promoted and sent away by Chang Ning.
Moreover, Chang Ning also felt a strange atmosphere.
Among the disciples of the Eight Banners, many people looked at me strangely, especially those with red flags and red flags. Many people in other flags also seemed to be talking secretly.
In the past few days, Chang Ning has also received a lot of advice from the Eight Banners, and it seems that they are discussing whether to surrender.
on the contrary,
The ministers who were born as Han people, whether they were servants of the Han army, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, or bodyguards who had nothing to do with them, were all in charge of the battle and would never surrender.
This made Chang Ning even feel that he had to trust the Han people more than the Manchus.
He felt a little headache.
Soon, an old eunuch felt distressed when he saw Chang Ning hurting himself so much, and warned him, "My lord, you haven't slept a wink all day and night. Please take a rest first."
"I will take a close look for a moment. If anything happens, please wake me up."
Chang Ning nodded, then closed his eyes and tried to squint on the bed.
I don't know how long it took, Chang Ning frowned because of the rustling noises around him. He was a little dissatisfied, and then, he seemed to hear a sound like mosquitoes and flies.
"What's the fuss about? Didn't you see me sleeping?!"
Chang Ning opened his eyes angrily, and when he was about to yell angrily, he saw several people around him who had already cut off their braids and were holding ropes and sharp knives.
Suddenly, Chang Ning, who was still a little sleepy, was awakened by a sudden shock.
"He's awake! Now tie him up and present him to the emperor!"
The braided guys around him didn't hesitate, swarmed up and tied up the thirteen-year-old boy.
Chang Ning said in horror: "What are you doing?! You are the Eight Banners, the Eight Banners! Live with the country! Why betray the Qing Dynasty? Aren't you worried that the Ming traitors will kill you?!"
"Prince Gong, I'm sorry. When we were defending the city just now, we saw that our nephew had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty."
One of them opened his mouth in embarrassment: "Xiao Anzi said that if he surrenders now, we can follow him to rob the inner city, and we can also get Xiao Anzi promoted; if we wait for the city to be destroyed, we will only be robbed."
"What nonsense are you talking to him about? Hurry and tie him up and reward him!"
Chang Ning was extremely frightened. As soon as he was taken into custody, he heard a noise coming from outside.
"Rescue Prince Gong!"
"Brothers, protect me from the Qing Dynasty, and follow me to kill Yue!"
"Zhao is the leader of the coat and collar, and he will protect the emperor's favor forever! Today is the time to shed your blood for our Qing Dynasty. You thieves, please die quickly!"
"..."
There was a sound of swords clashing outside, and the leader of the Zhenghongqi Banner couldn't help but look extremely ugly, and shouted angrily: "Damn it! It's those coated slaves who came to save us!"
After that, the man with the red flag took out a short blunderbuss and shouted to the braided disciples of the Eight Banners behind him: "Young and old men, we with the red flag and the red flag can fight well, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, kill! "
In an instant, the Han army claiming to be defending the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners soldiers who surrendered for the Ming Dynasty started fighting in the palace.
(End of chapter)
