Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 276

Zheng Sen said anxiously: "But Your Majesty..."

"Listen to what I have to say first." Chongzhen interrupted Zheng Sen with a wave of his hand, "Today I will teach you another truth, what is the main contradiction and what is the secondary contradiction."

"The main contradiction is the contradiction of life and death."

"At the moment, it is about the Ming Dynasty, the ancestral temple, and the clothes of the Han family!"

"Will this gang of national thieves from the Donglin Party directly endanger the Ming Dynasty, the Ancestral Temple, and the clothes of the Han family?"

Having said this, Chongzhen went on to say: "Obviously not. Although these people are stupid and bad, they are still willing to protect the Ming Dynasty. What they want is to change the emperor, and change them. Emperor, then they will do what they say, but they probably don’t want to replace Daming.”

Zheng Sen and other scholars were silent, and they also agreed with this judgment.

The Donglin Party launched an attack at this time, obviously wanting to change the emperor, these people are really daring.

Chongzhen said again: "Not to mention the ancestral temple and the Han family's clothes, I don't believe that they will be so rebellious that they will overthrow the Confucian Temple and the Confucian Temple, and then burn the Confucian classics, and I don't believe that they are willing to shave their hair into money. , and then replace the luxurious and majestic Hanfu with cheongsam and mandarin jackets, this is obviously not possible.”

"However, establishing a slave will endanger Ming Guozuo."

"It will even endanger the ancestral temple and the clothes of the Han family."

"So, the conflict with Jiannu is the main conflict."

"The conflict between us and the Donglin Party is only a secondary conflict."

"When two pairs of contradictions conflict, give priority to solving the main contradiction, not the secondary contradiction."

Having said this, Chongzhen said again: "So at this time, our priority is to solve the threat of Jiannu, that is, to defend the Huanghuai line of defense. Only by defending the Huanghuai line of defense, the threat level of Jiannu to my Ming Dynasty will be reduced to the next level. If there is a contradiction, then the threat of the Donglin Party will rise to the main contradiction, and then it will be the right time to resolve the Donglin Party.”

Jin Xuan said: "But my lord, is it really okay to keep these national thieves?"

Chongzhen said: "Don't worry, they can't accomplish anything."

This is really not to underestimate them.

……

Almost at the same time, Li Zicheng also got the news.

Song Xiance said: "Your Majesty, the situation is probably like this. There is indeed a fierce party struggle in the Nanjing court. Shi Kefa has resigned and stayed at home. What's more, although the Donglin Party failed to take Chongzhen from the Imperial Party in the end Internal money, but Huai'an Mansion's [-] Xiangyong was taken away by them."

Li Zicheng said in astonishment, "Isn't Shi Kefa also from the Donglin Party?"

"Shi Kefa is the leader of Donglin." Song Xiance said, "If nothing else happens, the Donglin Party should have split."

"Is the Donglin Party split?" Li Zicheng murmured, "It seems that the party struggle in Nanjing is really fierce this time, and Huang Zongxi didn't lie to us."

Song Xiance said: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, our Dashun might have to send troops to help, otherwise Chongzhen and Daming might not be able to hold on."

"Yes." Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Then send troops."

When Niu Jinxing heard this, he became anxious immediately: "Your Majesty, you can't send troops!"

"Why?" Song Xiance said, "The prime minister doesn't understand the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold?"

Niu Jinxing ignored Song Xiance, and just said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, Youdao is a centipede, dead but not stiff. I never believe that Nanming will be so relentless. Just a party struggle can kill dozens of people on the front line of Xuzhou. The Wanming Army is destroyed, so when I, Dashun, send troops at this time, I will only get caught up in the fire, and let the Ming Army take advantage of it for nothing."

Li Zicheng hesitated again: "What the prime minister said makes sense."

Song Xian snorted coldly and persuaded: "My lord, a man cannot stand without faith, a business cannot prosper without faith, and a country will decline without faith. Since we have promised Nanming, we should send troops."

To be honest, Song Xiance didn't care whether the Dashun army could save Daming or not, but since Niu Jinxing opposed sending troops, he must facilitate the sending of troops. Anyway, he couldn't make Niu Jinxing feel better.

"Oh yes." Li Zicheng said deeply, "That's the truth."

"Your Majesty." Niu Jinxing became anxious when he heard this, "Sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight is our national policy from the very beginning!"

Li Zicheng was a little at a loss, but in the end Liu Zongmin couldn't stand it anymore, and said angrily, "My lord, since the prime minister and the left military division disagree, then send troops but not send troops."

"Ru Hou, how do you say this?" Li Zicheng asked with bright eyes.

Liu Zongmin smiled and said again: "My opinion is that we send troops, but not Beijing, only Guide! And there must be a prerequisite, that is, Chongzhen must give up Kaifeng Mansion to us to garrison troops! If this is the case, we will not burn ourselves , to attract the Jiannu soldiers to the side of our Dashun army, but it can also share the pressure for the Ming army."

After a pause, Liu Zongmin said again: "With the support of our [-] Dashun army, if the Ming army can't defend Xuzhou, then Chongzhen should be killed, and God can't save him."

Li Zicheng: "That's a good idea, come and call Huang Zongxi."

After a while, Huang Zongxi came to Li Zicheng's place, but he was a little dazed after hearing the conditions.

What Li Zicheng meant was to ask Daming to cede Kaifeng Mansion in exchange for the support of the Dashun Army?It is obviously impossible to cede Kaifeng Mansion, even if it is only in name.

If he agrees to this condition, not only will Huang Zongxi become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats, but the wiseness of the Holy Majesty will also be damaged, which is absolutely unacceptable.

However, if the Dashun Army cannot be won to send troops, Xuzhou will be in danger.

Once Xuzhou is lost, the Huanghuai line of defense will be completely finished, and half of the south of the Yangtze River may not be able to defend it. If this is the case, the Ming Guozuo, Zongmiao Sheji, and the Han family's clothes will all be finished.

Which is more important?Is there a compromise?
It must be too late to go back to Xuzhou to ask for an order, and going back and forth is too time-consuming.

So this idea can only be decided by him, how should he choose?

Seeing Huang Zongxi remain silent, Liu Zongmin became a little impatient: "Hey, what do you say?"

Huang Zongxi immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Not one inch of our Ming Dynasty's territory is superfluous, so it is impossible to give up Kaifeng Mansion to the Dashun Dynasty."

"Then just get lost." Liu Zongmin said coldly, "Our Dashun Dynasty will not send troops."

Huang Zongxi didn't pay attention to Liu Zongmin's insults, and said: "However, it is okay to borrow. Our Ming Dynasty can temporarily lend Kaifeng Mansion to the Dashun Army to garrison troops, and return it after the battle of Xuzhou is over."

"Lend Kaifeng City to us?" Li Zicheng was taken aback when he heard this, borrowing Jingzhou?

But it's okay, Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou and did not repay it, and our Dashun is the same.

Immediately Li Zicheng took the case and said: "Then you should vacate Kaifeng Mansion as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty will welcome the Heavenly Soldiers of Dashun in Kaifeng." Huang Zongxi cupped his hands and said, "I hope that His Majesty will keep his word and not chill the hearts of the brothers."

……

Ten days later, the time came to the tenth day of June.

Since he personally led the army to Xuzhou on May [-]th, Dorgon has been stationed in Zhakou Town for more than [-] days.

At this moment, Dorgon walked out of the gate of Zhakou Town again, but he saw that in the wheat fields of Siye, the wheat seedlings had grown to two or three inches high, and they were green and lush, which was really gratifying.

He Luo, who was accompanying him, looked at his face and said with a smile: "Master, the growth of this wheat is really good."

"Well, the growth is really good." Dorgon said happily, "Xuzhou is warmer than outside the pass, so the wheat grows faster in warmer places."

Cao Eryu said: "Looking at the growth, it is possible to harvest two stones of wheat per mu."

Dorgon couldn't hide his joy when he heard the words. If he can really harvest two stones of wheat per mu, then this time the farmland in Xuzhou will not only be able to make up for the public storage of grain, but also to distribute grain to the private warehouses of the banners, and even have a lot of surplus .

There is no better outcome than winning battles and reaping wheat.

However, when Dorgon was looking forward to a good harvest, Luo Luohun, the banner owner with the red flag, ran over angrily with a group of Ba Yala soldiers.

"Regent, it's broken! Something happened!"

From a long distance away, Luo Luohun asked angrily, "Which dog slave swore that Luoyang's puppet obedient army would not send troops? Call this dog slave, and the king of this county will smash his mouth!"

"Luo Luohun, what are you shouting about?" Dorgon frowned and said, "The puppet army in Luoyang has sent troops?"

"The troops are dispatched, and they are in full force!" Luo Luohun said, "Hundreds of thousands of people have all been stationed in Kaifeng City, and the vanguard cavalry has even reached outside Shangqiu City. Sang Kaidi sent someone to ask for help."

"Good time." Dorgon snorted coldly and said again, "My king is waiting for them to come."

"Uh, huh?" Luo Luohun was a little surprised by Dorgon's reaction, what's going on?Waiting for them to come?Co-author Regent Are you already ready?How can I not believe it?

Dorgon was really ready. Immediately according to the countermeasures prepared in advance, more than [-] coats with white flags and white flags were covered with armor, and they entered the outer castle of Xuzhou to replace the flags with white flags.

Of course, it is impossible to replace all of them, but most of the cattle records of Xiangbaiqi have been replaced.

Most of the Eight Banners Han Army is still stationed in the forts on the outskirts of Xuzhou and on both sides of the Yellow River.

In addition, more than [-] cavalry from Eight Banners Mongolia and Outer Fan Mongolia were also taken away by Dorgon.

Dorgon assembled a total of [-] Niulu from Xiangbai Banner, more than [-] cavalry from Eight Banners Mongolia and Outer Fan Mongolia, more than [-] Eight Banners Han troops plus more than [-] red-clothed cannons, and more than [-] soldiers who accompanied the army.

Then there are thirty-seven cattle records stationed in Dangshan with a red flag.

All the troops add up to about [-]. This is already the limit of the mobile troops that Dorgon can mobilize. If he mobilizes troops from other directions, it will inevitably affect the Ming Dynasty in the directions of Pizhou, Xiazhen, and Fengyang Mansion. Under the surveillance of the army, if the Ming army invaded at the same time in these towns, there would be a high probability that the farmland would be destroyed.

……

On June [-]th, the Jiannu vanguard marched outside the city of Shangqiu.

The Dashun army, which was besieging Shangqiu City, then turned around and attacked Jiannu.

After a fierce battle, the Dashun Army retreated straight into Kaifeng Mansion without being defeated.

The cavalry and infantry of the Dashun Army are still very good at fighting, even against the Eight Banners soldiers of Jiannu, they can fight equally well, but the firearms troops of the Dashun Army are too bad, and there is no way to compare with the Eight Banners Han Army.

So when Jiannu's Hongyi Cannon arrived, the Dashun Army immediately collapsed.

However, the subsequent development of the war was different from Dorgon's expectations.

Dorgon and Hong Chengchou originally thought that if the Dashun Army sent troops to rescue Xuzhou, or went north to surprise Beijing, the form of combat would be field warfare.

For field battles, Dorgon is quite confident.

At least for now, the Eight Banners are invincible in field battles.

However, what is very strange is that the Dashun army sent troops this time, apart from fighting a field battle with the Eight Banners soldiers under the city of Shangqiu, which was not arrogant, and then entered the city defense mode.

Hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops retreated directly into the city of Kaifeng, acting as a shrinking turtle.

Now, Dorgon felt a little uncomfortable, did he stay and besiege the city for a long time?Or withdraw troops?
Long-term siege of Kaifeng will definitely not work, because the Eight Banners can only guarantee the siege of one city. Now that Chongzhen has been surrounded in Xuzhou City, there is no more troops to besiege Kaifeng.

People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, Dorgon doesn't want to be supported to death.

But if the troops were withdrawn, what would happen if the Dashun Army came back?
The Eight Banners soldiers can't run back and forth between Xuzhou and Guide, can they?
Dorgon thought about it, but still couldn't make a decision, so he immediately called Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wanwo, three dog-headed military advisers, to his plan.

……

At the same time, Huang Zongxi also returned to Xuzhou City.

Li Zicheng was very interested in Huang Zongxi, and specially sent a team of cavalry to escort him back to Xuzhou.

As a result, when they passed through the Tuntian District of Jiannu in the dark, they were chased and killed by a group of Mongolian cavalry from the outer domain. In the end, all the cavalry of the Dashun Army, more than [-] cavalry, died in battle.

Huang Zongxi jumped into the Yellow River, and Fushui was able to escape.

Fortunately, Huang Zongxi also grew up by the Yao River when he was young, so the water quality is not bad.

Moreover, it was already the middle of June, and the weather was already extremely warm. Otherwise, Huang Zongxi would have been frozen into a popsicle by the water for seventy or eighty miles.

After the night watchmen rescued Huang Zongxi, they took him to Chongzhen.

Hearing that Huang Zongxi had returned to Xuzhou, he didn't even bother to wear Chongzhen shoes, so he went to the front hall barefoot.

"Huang Zongxi!" Before anyone entered the hall, Chongzhen's voice came in first, "Huang Zongxi! Where's Huang Zongxi?"

"Your Majesty, the student is here." Huang Zongxi, who was resting on a chair, hurriedly got up, but as soon as he got up, his whole body immediately turned to one side, thanks to his high-rise submerged eyes and quick hands, he quickly supported him.

After soaking in the water for several hours in the waterway of seventy or eighty miles, Huang Zongxi had already collapsed.

Even if he was holding a wooden board and had many sheepskin bags tied to his body, it was still a bit overwhelming.

"Sit down, sit down and talk." Chongzhen signaled Huang Zongxi to sit back in his seat, and asked again, "Did the pseudo-shun send troops?"

"Returning to the Holy One, Pseudo-Shun has sent troops." Huang Zongxi cupped his hands and said, "However, he did not send troops to attack Beijing, but only agreed to send troops to attack Guide Mansion, and he insisted on borrowing Kaifeng Mansion as a condition."

(End of this chapter)