The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 742 With one move of righteousness flag, Hai Yu returned to his heart
After the peasant army invaded Guancheng, Zhou Yuji continued to command the street fighting. After falling off the horse, he continued to fight on foot. After being captured by the peasant army with several arrows in his body, he still yelled and refused to give in. The peasant army hung Zhou Yuji on a high pole He was shot to death with random arrows, and then dismembered the body.Zhou Yuji's wife, Mrs. Liu, has always been brave and strong. She led dozens of women to refuse to guard the mansion, climbed to the roof and shot arrows at the peasant army, who were all burned to death by the peasant army.

After the city was broken, the peasant army "slaughtered Ningwu, leaving no infants and children behind".

After the war, more than 8 people were killed or injured in Li Zicheng's army, which made Li Zicheng full of worries about the future of the rebellion, because he thought it would be so difficult to defeat Ningwuguan, so Datong, Xuanfu, and Juyongguan were guarded for several times. If all the [-] troops are like Ningwuguan, wouldn't they wipe out the peasant army?

Later, after he arrived in the capital, he proposed peace to Chongzhen, and he was probably also affected by the war.

Historical Records: "Although Ningwu was broken, there were too many casualties. Since then, it has reached the capital, Datong, Xuanfu, and Juyongguan.

At this time, Li Zicheng was preparing to return to Shaanxi.

Li Zicheng was right, if he captured Taiyuan, he would directly take the route to Zhending, and Baoding would attack Beijing.It is inevitable that Xuancheng and Datong's powerful troops will return to assist Kyoto, and if Xuan and Datong's main forces are wiped out first, the main source of King Qin's division will be cut off, and it will be beyond the reach of other reinforcements.

The original history Li Zicheng was planning to return to Shaanxi after he suffered a serious setback in Ningwuguan. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night on the first day of March, Jiang Yu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, surrendered his watch. Li Zicheng was very happy. The lowering table also arrived, and he was greeted by a hundred horsemen. After Li Zicheng entered Datong, he wanted to execute Jiang Guan, but Zhang Tianlin was dissuaded by Chuang and released.So far, the capital is in a hurry, and the peasant army has successfully obtained the road to attack the capital.

So when Chongzhen hanged himself, Jiang Yu and Wang Chengyin also made great contributions. If these two men hadn't surrendered one after another, Li Zicheng was going to return to Shaanxi.

Now the commander-in-chief of Datong is Ding Yi, and the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu is still Wang Chengyin.

Of course Ding Yi couldn't let this happen. If Li Zicheng returned to Shaanxi, how could Chongzhen hang himself?How did Daming die?
So almost in the middle of the night when Li Zicheng broke through Wuding Pass, Ding Yi, the general of Datong, surrendered to Wang Weiguo.

Wang Weiguo handed over to Li Zicheng, and the two were overjoyed.

Ding Yi wrote in the letter: Since ancient times, the rise and fall of emperors has been a sign of the hearts of the people.Yeer Ming Dynasty, the big numbers have come to an end.Severe punishment and severe punishment, the people can't bear their lives.Birth my Holy Lord, benevolent and live well, with one stroke of the flag of righteousness, Haiyu will return to his heart.

In the front, I copied Li Zicheng’s proclamation, and then remade Li Zicheng’s flattery. Finally, he said, as long as King Chuang gives me the general army to continue working, and if I don’t annex my soldiers and horses, I will raise the flag of righteousness to support King Chuang, and declare the government The general soldier Wang Chengyin will eventually recruit you to surrender. If he does not recruit, I will attack him.

Ding Yi also told Li Zicheng that there are only a small number of Ming troops in Juyongguan. (Tang Tong has not reached Juyongguan yet).

When Li Zigong saw the surrender form, he excitedly summoned the generals to pass it on. The few big stones in his heart had already fallen half.

But Li Yan, Song Xiance and other counselors shook their heads and said no after reading it.

Li Yan said: "Zhou Yuji feigned surrender first. I heard that Ding Yi is also a strong soldier. If we believe it, what should we do if he intercepts our retreat when we enter the capital in the future?"

"Send someone to pick up his soldiers and horses, and move the town to another place."

Li Zicheng felt that it made sense. Ding Yi's request to keep the soldiers and horses was indeed a bit troublesome.

Niu Jinxing has always been at odds with Li Yan. Since Li Yan came to vote, he has offered advice many times and was reused by Li Zicheng. Niu Jinxing said immediately: "You can send Ding Yi to fight against Wang Chengyin and Juyongguan in the Xuanfu, and let the Ming army dog ​​bite the dog. As long as Ding Yi If you really go to fight, you must really surrender, why bother to force him?"

"It was not easy for him to surrender. If he is forced to raise troops against us again, the loss outweighs the gain."

"When the major event has been decided, I will slowly map his soldiers and horses."

Li Zicheng's subordinates immediately divided into two sides. On the one hand, he suggested that someone should be sent to take over Ding Yi's troops immediately to prevent a false surrender.

The two factions quarreled endlessly.

At this time, Wang Weiguo, the number one confidant of Li Zicheng's subordinates, became angry.

Ding Yi voted for him first, and also intended to make friends with him. At the same time, he sent someone to send a hundred taels of gold and some jewelry. He also mentioned that back then, he had eyes but did not know Mount Tai, and so on. In short, Ding Yi was very low-minded , is completely different from the previous domineering.

Wang Weiguo is very satisfied with Ding Yi's current attitude, and he wholeheartedly urges Ding Yi to surrender: "The most important thing is to conquer the king, and the world will be established soon, so why bother?"

He said, we sent people to take over, we had to communicate back and forth, rectify the troops, and keep people on defense. After some operations, I don’t know how many days have passed. What if Chongzhen was relieved or ran to the south of the Yangtze River?
He also said that Ding Yi must have really surrendered. I will send General Deng Guangtie to go there and give him a hundred horses. He will be able to suppress Ding Yi and his subordinates and drive them to attack Xuanfu Wang Chengyin.

Wang Weiguo is now the number one general under Li Zicheng's seat. As soon as he opened his mouth, he promised again that Li Zicheng decided to trust Ding Yi once again.

He immediately wrote back, asking Ding Yi to summon Wang Chengyin to surrender, and if he did not obey, he would lead his troops to attack him.

At this time, Li Zicheng already felt that the road to the capital was flat and there was no obstacle.

Regardless of Li Yan's repeated dissuasion, he directly sent troops from Taiyuan to Beizhili. Because of Li Yan's dissuasion, he left Li Yan with [-] troops to garrison Taiyuan to protect their retreat.

After entering April, Li Zicheng's main force of 40 troops, known as a million, has arrived in Baoding, getting closer and closer to the capital.
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In mid-March, Datong Town.

Ding Yi was looking at the map on the wall in the General Military Mansion.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had already lost half of its country. Except for Jiangnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shandong, and Fujian, there were almost no Ming troops in the provinces.

In Shaanxi, Yan Xiong’s troops from Yulin are present, and only Ding Yi’s troops are in Datong. There are several troops to the east of the capital. When I arrived in the capital, I basically didn't move.

Xu Fuzuo's soldiers and horses in Jizhen did not move, nor did Shen Shikui in Tianjin.

Ding Yi's soldiers and horses did not move.

Because everyone in Dongjiang town knew that everyone was waiting, waiting for Li Zicheng to break through the city of Beijing.

Only when Daming dies, we, Mr. Ding, will have a chance.

But Ding Yi also knew that some soldiers and horses moved among them, that is, the soldiers and horses of Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Changping. The last three people all traveled a long distance and walked slowly, and they hadn't arrived when the capital was breached. (Of course people like Wu Sangui and Zuo Liangyu must be walking slowly on purpose)

Tang Tong arrived in the capital in February. Chongzhen was very happy and named him Ding Xibo.

Ever since Ding Yi was granted the title of Earl, the Earl of Ming Ting has also become worthless.

Then Chongzhen panicked and gave Tang Tong 4000 two rewards, and asked Du Zhizhi, the eunuch who supervised the army, to guard Juyongguan with him.

Here again, Chongzhen is acting like a god. He had canceled the supervisory troops in various towns before, but now he suddenly repented and sent the supervisory troops again.

In history, Tang Tong was preparing to face Li Zicheng at Juyongguan, and Du Zhizhi surrendered directly behind him, forcing Tang Tong to surrender Li Zicheng as well.

Ding Yi knew that Tang Tong was gone, so he told Li Zicheng that there are few soldiers in Juyongguan, and you have to go to Beijing quickly.

Of course Li Ziguo was fooled.

"Report." Suddenly someone outside came to report.

Wang Chengyin, general of Xuanda, led four thousand soldiers and horses to vote.

"Damn it." Ding Yi scolded with a smile.

He just wrote a surrender form and sent it to Li Zicheng a few days ago. The messenger has not returned yet. Ding Yi has already made two preparations. If Li Zicheng believes his false surrender, then he will first force Wang Chengyin to surrender and pull the old king's soldiers. horses together.

If Li Zicheng did not believe that he had surrendered, he would run to Shaanxi and give Datong to Li Zicheng, so that Li Zicheng could attack the capital with peace of mind.

In short, Li Zicheng must be allowed to go to the capital with peace of mind.

Unexpectedly, before Li Zicheng replied, Wang Chengyin came to the door on his own initiative.

This Wang Chengyin was also the famous Wang Paopao in the late Ming Dynasty.

In the second year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan led him and Zu Dashou to fight the Qing soldiers at Guangqumen. Zu Dashou led the troops to fight fiercely, but lost to the Qing soldiers. Seeing the bravery of the Qing soldiers, he turned around and ran away without saying a word.

If Yuan Chonghuan hadn't been tricked into the capital and arrested later, it is estimated that he would be beheaded by Yuan afterwards.

In the original history, after the Ningwu Pass was breached, this guy and Jiang Yu's letter of surrender was sent to Ningwu on the same night, only half an hour apart. They can be called a living treasure.

This time, Wang Chengyin did not send the surrender form overnight, because he knew that Ding Yi, who was closest to him, was very capable of fighting and had a heavy army.

He didn't understand Ding Yi's mentality. If Ding Yi was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and he wanted to send a surrender form, Ding Yi would probably come over and beat him first.

So Wang Chengyin made a self-righteous decision after careful consideration.

That is to rely on Ding Yi.

If Ding Yi is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, I, Wang Chengyin, will follow Ding Yi to fight bandits.

If Ding Yi surrenders Li Zicheng, I will follow suit.

Too smart for me, this must be safe.

So the bastard Wang Chengyin cheerfully took his elite subordinates to join Ding Yi in Datong.

His Xuan Da and Da Tong are next door, and he arrived at Ding Yi's territory within a day.

"Let's go and see the old king." Ding Yi laughed loudly, and walked out of the General Military Mansion with his own soldiers Fang Xinghan, Xu Bicheng and other generals.

When they got to the gate of the city, they saw a mass of cavalry. Wang Chengyin's soldiers and horses ran to the bottom of the city with their horses.

"Uncle Zhenbei, I'm Wang Chengyin. The imperial court ordered me to enter the capital of Wei. Can we go together?" Wang Chengyin yelled with a smile.

"Ni Niang, the imperial court let you enter the Wei capital, why did you come to my Datong?" Ding Yi scolded with a smile.

Wang Chengyin hurriedly said: "Brother is alone and weak, and wants to go with Zhenbeibo."

"You go first, I'll come later." Ding Yi smiled.

The corners of Wang Chengyin's mouth twitched slightly, and he began to curse in his heart, but now he didn't care about it, so he could only tell the truth: "The thieves and soldiers are powerful, you and my brother should work together, Uncle Zhenbei, I would like to join forces with you .”

"How do I know if you surrendered to the bandit army and acted as a forward?" Ding Yi asked.

Wang Chengyin was ashamed and angry.

"You tell your soldiers and horses to put down their knives and arrows and enter the city in turn." Ding Yi said.

After thinking about it, Wang Chengyin had no choice but to agree first.

(End of this chapter)