The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 731 Big brother, run to Yulin
In order to teach Chongzhen a good lesson and grab a fortune at the same time, the number of soldiers and horses entering the customs this time is the largest in history.

At the beginning of October, Huang Taiji called the Eight Banners of Mongolia to gather, and at the same time confiscated the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Since Ningyuan and Jinzhou had already belonged to the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji ordered the Han army to gather in Jinzhou and the Mongolian army to gather in Ningyuan.

By November, 11 Mongol Eight Banners, [-] Han Army Eight Banners, [-] Han Army in the Firearms Battalion, plus [-] Manchus, totaling [-] troops, entered the customs again.

Huang Taiji also had a plan for gathering so many soldiers and horses this time. If he meets Ding Yi again, he will fight him to the death and never back down.

Because he had an idea, the domestic food is so scarce, and they have so many soldiers and horses now, it is better to fight Ding Yi to the death, consume some Mongols and Han troops, and relieve the food pressure.

It has to be said that Huang Taiji was very thoughtful and made two-handed preparations.

The soldiers and horses who can't meet Ding Yi are the best, and they can grab more. If they meet, they will fight to death.

Historically, Abatai and Turge were in command this time, and the troops were divided into two groups. The left army entered from Jielingkou (Funing County, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province) by destroying the side wall, and the right army entered through the Yanmen Pass by breaking through the Great Wall at Huangyakou.

But now the situation has completely changed, and Huang Taiji sent troops to study it carefully.

Funing County, Jielingkou, is in the defense zone of Jizhen. It is Ding Yi's general Xu Fuzuo who is currently stationed in Jizhen.

Xu Fuzuo participated in the Battle of Songjin, and was also the only Ming army that suffered heavy losses from the Qing soldiers. He must not leave there this time.

Moreover, in history, the Qing soldiers fought to Shandong, and even fought as far as Lianyungang, Jiangsu, but now Huang Taiji knows that Jinan and Linqing in Shandong have Ding Yi's soldiers and horses, so they can't go there.

So he changed his route, and still wanted to grab something as much as possible before talking.

The whole army broke through the Great Wall from the Huangyakou of Yanmen Pass and entered the pass. After entering, the troops were divided into two groups. The left side was led by Azig, and they were asked to divide one part to pretend to attack Ji Town, attracting Xu Fuzuo, and the main force continued to sweep the capital. Nearby, Huang Taiji gave them a target, the farthest to Dezhou, Shandong, not to go deep, in case Ding Yi's troops fought back.

The right-hand army was led by Turge, and part of it went west to pretend to attack Datong, attracting Ding Yi's attention. Shandong then entered Xuzhou and Pizhou to grab a fortune in the future Jiangsu territory.

Because of the need to guard against Ding Yi this time, the plan was a little shorter than the original history and did not reach Lianyungang.

The task given by Huang Taiji is to fight quickly and leave as soon as you can grab it. Try not to attack the fortified city. If you can't take down a day, move immediately. They are all cavalry. Like Guan, it is difficult to catch up with them.

In November, Qing soldiers entered the pass again, shaking the capital, and Chongzhen hurriedly ordered soldiers from all over the world to enter the capital to defend it.

But just like in history, no one responded, and everyone closed the gates of the city, just wanting to guard their own territory. The Ming army claimed to mobilize 40 troops, but none of them went to battle.

This also allowed Ding Yi's subordinates to fully see the incompetence of the Ming Dynasty and the corruption of the Ming army.

In December, Xu Fuzuo received an order to enter the Wei capital. He led troops to garrison Jizhou.

People who didn't know thought that the Ming army was fighting with the Qing army.

In fact, the route for the Qing soldiers to leave the customs is right next to Ji Town, and Xu Fuzuo can stop the Qing soldiers at any time if he wants.

But Ding Yi didn't order to come over, and he relied on his soldiers to block the clearing of the soldiers. Without other Ming troops to help, he would definitely suffer heavy casualties, so of course he didn't move.

On December [-]th, Linqing Wang Weizhong received an order to enter the customs. He led his troops to move to Dezhou, and then he also ordered his troops to be different.

His move to Dezhou is equivalent to making room for the Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers originally didn't want to leave Linqing and didn't want to touch Ding Yi's soldiers.

Because Wang Weizhong moved to Dezhou, the mighty Qing soldiers passed directly outside Linqing City, but they did not attack Linqing City.

Because they fought last time, they also failed to fight. This time, they were replaced by Ding Yi, so they were naturally even more unwilling to fight.

On December [-], Shen Shikui, who was stationed in Tianjin, also led his troops to the north and moved to Tongzhou.

He was the one closest to the capital among the ministries of the Ming army, and he was the one who excited Chongzhen, and there were still loyal ministers.

But not long after, countless general soldiers came one after another. Liu Zeqing, Tang Tong, Zhou Yuji, and Huang Degong all gathered in Tongzhou. Tens of thousands of horses gathered in Tongzhou without even shooting an arrow or sending out a single horse. It can be seen how much the Ming Dynasty was afraid of the Qing Dynasty at this time.

Everyone just watched the Qing soldiers wreaking havoc in the territory.

What was Ding Yi doing when the Qing soldiers entered the pass?

Ding Yi used the excuse of arresting the Jiang brothers and Zuo Guangxian in Yulin.

After Turg's right army entered the pass from Huangyakou, Tang Tong's soldiers and horses gathered in Changping without moving. After the Qing soldiers left, they ran to Tongzhou again, still motionless.

Turge first led his troops to sweep around Miyun County, and sent the captured humans and animals out of the customs first, and then broke Huairou.

Tang Tong and his gang were very afraid of death, so they gathered all the soldiers and horses in Changping Town to protect themselves in Changping, and closed the gate of the city tightly, not letting a single refugee go.

The Qing soldiers swept everywhere, and there were almost no defenses in other places. First they broke through Miyun, then Huairou, and thirdly Shunyi, as if there was no one in the land.

After Turge broke Shunyi, he bypassed the capital and did not attack. He robbed along the way, and then went south, entered Liangshan, Fangshan, and then Zhuozhou. , a thousand Mongolian troops, led by his younger brother Yirden, passed through Yizhou, fought at the end of Zijingguan (Baoding General Army Station), and immediately went to Guangchang County in Datong.

The [-] led by Irden were all elite cavalry, including [-] Liaodong iron cavalry and [-] Mongolian cavalry who surrendered in the Songjin Battle.

Their purpose is to harass Datong and contain Ding Yi's troops.

After entering Datong, they went west without stopping, without attacking a city or a fort, and went to the door to destroy the grain fields and burn down the houses, trying to nail Ding Yi's soldiers and horses in Datong.

On December [-]th, Ding Yi received the order to enter the Wei Jingshi, but soon received the news that Irden entered Datong.

At that time, the biography of the capital was still there, and Ding Yi said helplessly: "The Manchu slaves have already entered Datong, and the responsibility of this town is to destroy this army first."

Jingshi was speechless.

Because he passed through various places along the way and summoned all kinds of generals to enter the customs, everyone gave the same answer, first of all, they must protect the local people and have the duty of guarding the land.

Because every time after entering the customs, Chongzhen had to kill a group of civil servants and generals, and the common reason was the responsibility of defeating soldiers and losing land.

Either lose the battle or lose the town, anyway, as long as you commit these two things, even if you don't die at the hands of Man Qing, you will die at the hands of Chongzhen.

After dismissing the Beijing envoy, Ding Yi began to dispatch troops and generals.

After Yirden entered Shanxi, he went all the way west, from Guangchang to Lingqiu, and then Hunyuan, Yingzhou, Mayi, and Shuozhou. It was like traveling here.

Ding Yi's sentry cavalry couldn't catch up with their pace at all, and it was too late to catch up behind their fart drums.

Ding Yi knew at a glance that Huang Taiji's attack on Datong was fake, and that it was true that he wanted to hold back his troops.

This is exactly what Ding Yi wished for, and by the way, it gave him a chance.

He asked Zhou Guangbao to lead [-] cavalry, Yan Xiong to lead [-] cavalry (infantry on horseback), and [-] cavalry to follow behind.

Drive Irden all the way to Yulin.

Now the two of them met Mung Bean's eyes, and Yirden's purpose was to lead Ding Yi's soldiers and horses away, and Ding Yi's purpose was to drive him to Yulin.

The two soldiers and horses ran around in Shanxi, one in front and one behind.

But Irden couldn't get on the road, and started to run around in Datong, Taiyuan, and Fenzhou. Zhou Guangbao and Yan Xiong chased him to death, so he sent a sentry to tell him: Brother, you go to me Running in Yulin, Shaanxi, it's very close to us.

The two sides chased and fled for two months, and they were still in Shanxi.

In his free time, Yirden laughed at the generals, saying that Ding Yi was nothing more than that, and that he was the best at using soldiers. Lao Tzu led three thousand cavalry and roamed all over his territory.

He even mentioned that Yuetuo Sanqian Jingqi was made dumplings by Ding Yi in North Korea, and he returned in a disastrous defeat. The implication is that he is not good at Ilden.

Now that Yue Tuo is dead, he can say whatever he wants, and the generals can only agree.

While Zhou Guangbao was playing the chase game with Yi Erden, the other two main forces of the Qing army had entered the hinterland of the Ming state.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were two governors of Changping and Baoding built inside and outside the Guan, and five governors of Yongping, Shuntian, Baoding, Miyun and Tianjin.The eight armies of Shanhai, Jizhen, Zhongxie, Xixie, Changping, Tongzhou, Tianjin, and Baoding can be described as dotted with defenders.

As soon as the alarm came, Chongzhen rushed to recruit all the towns to help, but all the towns stood still.

The so-called house leaks and unlucky rainy days, Chongzhen has been harassed by Man Qing, and suddenly it is reported that the peasant army is gaining momentum.

In the 15th year of Chongzhen (1642), on November [-]th, Li Zicheng led the generals, with a battalion of five hundred miles, to attack Runing. The general Hu Dawei was shot and died, and the city was broken.Yang Wenyue, the former governor's servant, Wang Shicong, the military officer, and Fu Ruwei, the magistrate, all died.At that time, the counties and towns in Henan were dilapidated, the imperial court no longer set up officials, and most of the people built villages to protect themselves.The various villages or surrendered the rebels, and were ordered by the court to annex each other.

What does this mean?Henan has been completely chaotic, and the imperial court no longer has officials, because if one dies, no one wants to go, and no one will go now.

The Ming court has completely lost control of Henan, and the local people can only build their own fort.

Some of these villages can still obey the orders of the imperial court, and some surrender to the peasant army, and they attack and occupy each other.

In short, Henan was already in chaos at this time, and some areas were in a state of anarchy.

But it's not over yet.

On the fourth day of December in the 15th year of Chongzhen (1642), Li Zicheng captured Xiangyang.

Originally, after Zuo Liangyu was defeated in Zhuxian Town, he withdrew to Xiangyang. Li Zicheng took advantage of the victory to attack Zuo Liangyu to Baimadu.

But Li Zicheng's 40 soldiers and horses did not give him a chance to calm down, and immediately organized a crossing of the river. The bastard Zuo Liangyu saw it, no, so he ran quickly, and after a little beating, he was really defeated, and then he broke out and fled to Wuchang.

Li Zicheng crossed Baimadu and drove to Xiangyang. At this time, all the officials in Xiangyang had fled, and Li Zicheng easily occupied Xiangyang.

During the Yuan Dynasty, Xiangyang resisted the Yuan army for six years. If counting forward, it can be counted as 38 years. Such an important town fell after four days in the hands of Zuo Liangyu.

As soon as Li Zicheng entered Xiangyang, his counselors Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen, Yang Yongyu, etc., as well as generals Wang Weiguo, Liu Zongmin, Li Yan, etc. came to persuade him.

Song Xiance first said, in my opinion, Henan is dilapidated everywhere, the court has no officials, and the people have formed villages.

Niu Jinxing is more direct, Chuang Wang raises the flag, how to gather people's hearts without raising the flag?The brothers follow you, don’t you just want to be the hero of the founding of the country?

The military generals also persuaded him one after another, and they became more energetic.

At this time, Li Zicheng finally had the intention to occupy the land and become king, and then conquer the world.

In the past, he rebelled for the sake of gaining popularity, stuttering, and survival. Who knows that this business is getting bigger and bigger now, and even Li Zicheng himself did not expect it to become what it is today.

Of course, he never thought that the Ming Dynasty would be corrupted like this.

That being the case, if you miss the deer, let me chase it.

Li Zicheng quickly decided to change Xiangyang to Xiangjing, raised the banner of Fengtian Advocacy, Civil and Military Marshal, and appointed himself Grand Marshal. He also set up local governments in the occupied areas of Henan and Huguang, changed the names of the prefectures and counties previously occupied, and set up officials to carry out Jurisdiction.

Li Zicheng also ordered people to repair the Xiangwang Palace, and set up an official position, calling himself "Marshal of Advocating Righteousness", as a first rank, and successively established the titles of General Quan, General Zhi, Guoyi, and Weiwu, a total of nine ranks.The local government set up defense envoys, governors, state herdsmen, and county governors, while the central government set up six governments (equivalent to the six ministries of the Ming and Qing Dynasties) such as ministers, doctors, and officials. .” In order to win over the hearts of the people, the embryonic form of the future Dashun regime loomed.

In order to determine the next strategic approach, Li Zicheng discussed with his subordinates and formed the famous "Xiangyang decision.

Originally in history, when discussing the strategic policy, Li Zicheng's subordinates proposed a total of three plans for Li Zicheng to choose from, but this time there has been a change.

In late December, Li Zicheng convened a meeting of civil and military officials to discuss the next strategic decision.

First of all, Niu Jinxing proposed the bold plan of "take Hebei first, and go straight to the capital from Hebei". In terms of gains and losses, the army can directly press down on the capital.

At this time, the Ming court had basically lost control in Henan. From Xiangyang to Henan, almost all of them were under the control of Li Zicheng's Bingfeng, all the way to Hebei, and then directly to the capital.

According to Niu Jinxing's opinion, at the earliest one month, he could arrive at the capital city.

But his opinion was immediately refuted. Zhu Di can become emperor if he takes down the capital, because his surname is Zhu. We took down the capital so quickly. Chongzhen can retreat to the south of the Yangtze River. , What should I do if I make dumplings?
　Don't worry, everyone, the progress has been speeding up recently, and the Ming Dynasty is about to come to an end.

　　
　
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