"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, good news! Good news..."
The person who is called "the emperor" is Jin Fulin. He is not officially the emperor now, but in Beijing, his subordinates still call him the emperor. Fulin didn't stop them from yelling... He was very pleasant to the ears, and he could listen to them every day!
As for Zhu Cixiang's crusade, he didn't care... because the information gathered from all aspects pointed to the reality that the war between him and Ming Dynasty was not over yet!
Because he couldn't give up the city of Beijing, and he couldn't even go to Tumochuan. The water and soil in Tumochuan are far worse than those around Beijing. It can't even compare with the Bashang grassland in the north of Yanshan Mountain. If we really go there, we will slowly starve to death.
Moreover, Guihua City was in dilapidated condition due to the early destruction by the Qing army and could not be defended at all. There were no natural dangers to rely on around Tumochuan, and it was easily invaded by King Zhu Cijiong and the surrounding Mongolian tribes.
Especially the king Zhu Cijiong. He had many Datong soldiers who hated the Qing Dynasty. Once Fulin moved west to Tumochuan, he would almost certainly be attacked by Zhu Cijiong's troops. When the time comes, he would be naturalized and become the second Datong. ...
Therefore, after repeated weighing, Fulin and his ministers believed that it would be more advantageous not to hand over Beijing.
Moreover, Fulin in Beijing is not without some trump cards. He still has a fortified city to rely on, soldiers to rely on, and military rations that he has accumulated over the years. Fulin can't help but shed tears when he thinks of these rations. , that is the legacy left by Dorgon. It was Dorgon who saved nearly three million shi of flour, millet, and soybeans during the five-year armistice period! This food is enough to feed the soldiers and families guarding the city for several years!
Sure enough, Amma is the only one in the world who is good—Zhu Cixiang’s Amma doesn’t count!
Fulin didn't believe it. Emperor Zhu was really capable of keeping an army of tens to 100,000 people under the walls of Beijing for several years!
Although the Wei River waterway was opened by the Ming army, and Tianjin Wei became a storage place for the Ming army, the canal from Tianjin to Beijing was damaged by siltation in many places, and it would be difficult to use it without repairs. Therefore, the cost of food transshipment for the Ming army is still not low... If there are as many as 100,000 troops to eat, plus the livestock, plus the civilians for transshipment, it will be a huge consumption.
In addition to the strong city of Beijing, in the autumn of the seventh year of Hongxing, Fulin had another trump card in his hand, which was the return of the traitors from all over the world.
Emperor Zhu's punishment of traitors such as Fan Wencheng, Sun Sike, Li Shutai, Xu Dingguo, Geng Jimao, etc. was too harsh to the point of brutality. Although it shocked the hearts of the people in Zhongzhou, it also had the side effect of letting those who had not yet fallen into the hands of the Ming army The big traitor in the hand is desperate and frightened.
In fact, Emperor Zhu did this not entirely because he hated traitors. If he really hated traitors so much, how could Zu Dashou still be fine? Zhu Cixiang used torture to punish the traitor in order to scare the monkeys and shock people's hearts!
From the early years of Chongzhen to the present, Zhongzhou has experienced successive wars and rampant banditry. The people had to form strongholds to protect themselves, and local tycoons emerged as the times require.
And most of these powerful backbones had participated in various struggles against the rule of the Ming Dynasty - those who really wanted to firmly support the Ming Dynasty would have gone to the Southern Dynasties to become heroes.
Therefore, Zhu Cixiang wanted to quickly establish local political power in Zhongzhou, inspect the land, and use part of the land to reward heroes and warriors, which would very likely anger these small powerful people. If we can't act a little more ferocious now, and chaos breaks out, the trouble will be even greater.
The conflicts surrounding the land in Zhongzhou also prompted a group of small traitors to unite around Fulin, the "Emperor within the Second Ring Road".
Therefore, more and more good news has reached Fulin's ears these days...
Fulin, who was in a daze looking at an old locust tree with a crooked neck that had appeared in his nightmares on the Meishan Fortress, turned around and saw that the person coming was "Little Bachelor" Sony.
Fulin is no longer the emperor, so of course everyone under his command will have to be demoted. When Sony was in his first year as a bachelor, he changed his name to "little bachelor", commonly known as "little bachelor" - it sounds a bit like the degree awarded when graduating from elementary school.
"Sony," Fulin put aside his thoughts and smiled a little, "Who else has come to Beijing to join us?"
"Shang Ke is glad to have arrived!" Sony said, "He drove over from Shanxi with fifteen thousand elite soldiers and more than fifty thousand dependents. He also brought hundreds of thousands of kilograms of Jiezhou salt, tens of thousands of stones of Shanxi millet, Tens of thousands of large livestock.”
Shang Kexi was sealed in Pingyang Mansion because he stood correctly in the battle of Jieshi Mountain, and was therefore not within the first wave of attacks by the Ming army. However, after seeing the fate of Geng Jimao and Fan Wencheng, he did not dare to stay in Pingyang. Instead, he fled with his troops to Beijing and joined Fulin.
"Okay!" Fulin smiled, "With the addition of 15,000 elite soldiers, we will be a little more sure of guarding the city of Beijing."
"There's more!" Sony went on to say, "Geng Zhongming and Kong Tingxun also came from Datong with some of their old troops... The two men combined have more than a thousand troops, although they are all from Datong. They are old veterans, but all of them have been in the killing array and have a bloody feud with the Ming Dynasty."
Geng Zhongming and Kong Tingxun were on the wrong team in the Battle of Jieshi Mountain, so they lost their position as vassal king. However, Duduo did not kill them, but handed them over to Jierhalang's custody. Geng Jimao and Fan Wencheng, who came to the throne, sent some elderly veterans to Datong Mansion to protect them.
"He is a loyal minister!" Fulin nodded, "Although my name as a Qing Dynasty does not exist, as long as there are such loyal ministers, we will be able to revive! Is there any news on the grassland? When will Jierharang and Chang Adai Able to?"
Compared with the three great traitors, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Tingxun, Fulin hoped to get the support of old Manchuria and steppe Mongolia.
Because he needed the cavalry from Old Manchuria and Mongolian steppe to harass the rear of the Ming army, and he could not trap the isolated city of Beijing, otherwise no matter how much food Dorgon left behind, he would eventually run out.
Someone must guard the strongholds in the Yanshan Mountains near Beijing, such as Huailaiwei, Yanqing Prefecture, Juyongguan, Bohaisuo, Chaohesuo, and Baiyangkou, in order to disperse the strength of the Ming army.
At the same time, it was also convenient for Fulin to break out and escape when the city of Beijing was breached.
"There is no news on the grassland for the time being." Sony's face, which was full of joy just now, has become a bit stiff. "As for Jierhalang and Chang Adai, they sent someone to send memorials... ....”
As he spoke, two envelopes were already in Sony's hands.
Fulin's face darkened when he saw the envelope.
This is not a memorial!
"I won't watch!" Fulin said, "You say it!"
"Chang Adai said that he will lead the elite troops of Taiyuan Prefecture to station in Xuanfu to provide strong support to Beijing." Sony said, "Jierhalang said that with him guarding Datong Prefecture, it will be impregnable... In addition, he also sent people to Tumochuan to repair the city, appease the people, and prepare for His Majesty's move..."
"Bastard!" Fulin's face turned livid, "Isn't this old fox Jierhalang trying to take refuge in Tumochuan?"
In fact, Jierhalang and Chang Adai no longer have much strength. They both sent elite troops to support Duduo and fought in the battle of victory over Dian, but they all suffered heavy losses.
Sony whispered: "Your Majesty, I heard some rumors..."
"explain!"
"If Your Majesty does not go and naturalize, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will make Jierhalang a naturalized county prince and Tumochuan Xuanfu envoy..."
"Ji'er Harang deserves death!" Fulin's voice trembled, his eyes were burning, he raised his head and looked to the west. He didn't know if he wanted to see Ji'er Harang's face thousands of miles away, but it turned out that Ji'er Harang I didn't see it, but I saw an old locust tree with a crooked neck.
"Here comes someone!" Fulin shouted.
Sony was frightened at that time, and he knelt down to Fulin, "No! Your Majesty, now is not the time to attack Jilharang..."
Fulin glared at Sony: "Who is going to attack Jierhalang?" He raised his hand and pointed at the old locust tree with a crooked neck, "Find someone to chop down all the crooked-neck trees on Meishan Mountain!"
