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Chapter 382 The Shave Order for the Birth of the Curve
Duduo was in a state of dying and went to the doctor indiscriminately. Impulsively wanting to take down the Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang and try to open up a supply route for himself is not an absolute foolish move.

Although the strength of the navy of the Qing army is really inferior to that of the Ming army, the geographical location of Jinshan Temple is not too far away in the eyes of the army on the south bank of the river.

Here we must mention a few words about the terrain characteristics of Zhenjiang Jinshan Temple and even Jinshan Island in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

Tourists from later generations who have traveled to Zhenjiang generally know Jinshan Temple-this ancient temple is very famous and has a long history in Buddhist history, although most people only know of its existence through "The Legend of the White Snake".

At first glance, many tourists don't understand how to flood the golden mountains in "Legend of the White Snake".This is actually because the terrain of Jinshanzhou in ancient times was completely different from modern ones.

The modern Jinshan Island has been integrated with the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River due to the alluvial sediment of the Yangtze River channel. It is no longer a sandbar island, and naturally there is no way to "fill Jinshan with water".

It was around the 19th century that Jinshanzhou was completely connected to the Jiangnan land. Now it is the middle of the 17th century, and the difference is not far away.Between Shazhou Island and the land, the shallowest place can only drown Guo Feng and his ilk, and tall people can swim across it by stepping on tiptoe and stepping on the water.

However, the Zheng family especially likes to run this stronghold. In fact, long before the death of Chongzhen, the Zheng family used the commercial road of Shanhai Fifth Road in order to operate maritime trade in the south. important points in the surrounding area.

Historically, when Zheng Chenggong was in his later years (in fact, he was only in his 30s, and Zheng Chenggong died early) and Zhang Huangyan tried to counterattack Nanjing, he raised the military rations needed by tens of thousands of troops for a long-term battle in advance, and secretly hid them in Jinshan Temple Here, this ensures the surprise of the attack.

At this moment, the riverside sandbar in the north of Zhenjiang City, like a bone stuck in the throat, completely cut off all connections between Duoduo and Jiangbei. There is nothing to do with this place, which is only a few dozen feet away from the shore.

The warships of the Zheng family also knew that the Qing army was very strong in land warfare. They had been patrolling this narrow river, and there were a large number of soldiers on the shore ready to attack at any time. They pushed down the river.

Doduo was also forced to spend all his money by the cut off of arms supplies, trying to do it again regardless of the cost.

His idea can't be wrong, because manpower is likely to lead to accelerated changes in the geographical environment. It was also at the end of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that according to the research of later geologists, Wuchang's Yingwu Island and Zhenjiang's Jinshan Island are far from the south bank of the Yangtze River. The width and depth should be about the same.

However, the geological process connecting Yingwu Island to the south bank of the Yangtze River is much faster. One of the incentives, according to geologists, is that when Zhang Xianzhong fought against Zuo Liangyu, he slaughtered 10 people in Wuchang, filled the corpses and broke the river, forming a dam. The ointment of the surrounding people is several inches thick, and it lasts for a month, which accelerates the deposition of river sand.

Duoduo didn't even need to fill the dam with tens of thousands of corpses. He had already decided to jump over the wall, enslave all the people in Zhenjiang Prefecture, and used knives to force them to help the Qing army fill the river!At least build a pontoon bridge between Jiangnan and Jinshan Temple, it would be even better if we could build a dam!

If it takes 100 million people to fill a dam purely with human corpses, then using manpower to pile up the soil, and being shot and killed by the Jiangxin Ming army during the soil transportation process, and the corpses happen to be left behind and piled up quickly, at most tens of thousands of lives can be forcibly connected to Jinshanzhou and Jiangnan .

Anyway, it is impossible for these people to think well of the Qing army and have been enslaved for a long time. Why should Dodo listen to Dorgon's hypocritical advice to buy people's hearts?
In history, the Qing army performed less killing and looting for the time being, and they completely gave up acting after entering the south of the Yangtze River. The only difference now is that the city of Nanjing has not yet been captured, but Duoduo refused to come in vain.

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Of course, Zheng Hongkui of Jinshan Temple soon discovered the brutal actions of the Duoduo Army, and he was also shocked.

But at the same time, they had to rush to make people resist, pulling all the Hongyi cannons to Jinshan, condescendingly blocking the river, bombarding the construction positions of the Qing army, and driving the persecuted people not to help the tyrant.A large number of warships were also dispatched to withstand the firepower of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River, trying to disperse the Qing army for construction.

On the other hand, Zheng Hongkui also contacted his nephew Zheng Chenggong upstream, and asked Zheng Chenggong to ask Zhu Shuren to send more reinforcements to help guard Jinshan Temple and keep the river blockade around Zhenjiang.

Jinshan Temple, although the temple itself is on a small hill in Jiangxin Island, is a bit dangerous, but the island itself is not surrounded by walls, and the only way to resist the enemy is to rely on anti-landing.Once on the island, the only thing left is to guard the top of the mountain.

Also because there is no cover from the city wall, Zheng Hongkui's troops have to bear the risk of shooting against the Qing army if they want to resist the enemy on the beach.There are only low walls of rammed earth on the shore and picket fence walls buried in the rammed earth, which are good enough to block arrows, but completely useless to face the bombardment of Qing army artillery across the bank.

Doduo's dozens of cannons continued to smash gaps one after another in the wooden fence built by the Ming army along the edge of Jinshanzhou, forcing the Ming army to stand in an open space and shoot at the river facing the Qing army tens of feet away.

If it weren't for the fact that the pontoon bridge and embankment had only been partially repaired on the first day of Doduo's attack, and the landing had not yet taken place, Zheng Hongkui's troops would have suffered considerable casualties just in the confrontation.

Fortunately, this kind of pressure lasted for only half a day. In the evening of that day, Zheng Chenggong brought his troops to reinforce his uncle, and also brought some new equipment allocated by Zhu Shuren. The former deputy can also be regarded as a reinforcement of the Ming army's ability to resist the enemy on the beach.

In addition, a batch of light Francophones were allocated, which could be mounted on small boats, allowing Zheng Chenggong to act as a mobile force to attack and kill Qing soldiers trying to cross over at any time, reducing the pressure on the beachhead.

From the second day on, the progress of the Qing army became more and more slow. Duoduo had only escaped from the first quagmire, and it seemed that there was a tendency to fall into the second quagmire.

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For Duduo, it was really hard to sleep and eat these few days. The setbacks, delays, and losses on the frontal battlefield had already made him extremely anxious, but he still had more troublesome things to worry about.

Because the Qing army had lost the patience to invite people to buy their hearts, they finally bared their fangs and went fishing before Nanjing was captured, which naturally aroused the resistance of the people in the Second Mansion of Changzhen.

Many poor people who originally thought that "it doesn't matter if someone whose surname is not Zhu is the emperor, as long as the people's livelihood is guaranteed, whoever should be the emperor" have also been forced by this kind of killing and looting of food, making them miserable.Some people who were expecting and did not withdraw with the Ming army also regretted it immensely.

After all, it was impossible for the Qing army to completely control all the people in the counties of Changzhen, so a new round of people began to take time to flee, taking away as much private property as possible.This trend is spreading very fast. In just a few days, Doduo can see that the difficulty of robbing and forcibly recruiting people has increased significantly.

However, the common people are still useful. Filling rivers, building dams and carrying soil to destroy the city walls will be needed on many occasions in the future. It is not good for Duoduo to directly massacre the city and snatch all the food and materials.He also knew that once the news of the massacre of the city spread, it would inspire the Ming army's will to resist in the future, and perhaps ordinary people in other counties would join the army in resisting.

At this critical juncture, there was a capable person in the Qing army, a civil servant under Zhang Cunren's command, who came up with an idea for him according to his own preferences, which can be regarded as the inertia of history.

The name of this civil servant is Sun Zhixie, a native of Zichuan, Shandong Province, a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi. During the Chongzhen period, because he was classified as an eunuch and lost his official position, he deeply hated Ming Dynasty.

In March of this year, as soon as the Qing army expelled Li Zicheng from Hebei, he voted for Qing and shaved his hair immediately.So much so that other Han officials who also surrendered were despised and didn't want to be listed with him.As for the Manchu officials, although they saw that he had shaved his hair, they did not accept that he stood in the same team as the Manchu officials when he went to court, thinking that he was not of our race.

Sun Zhixie's flattery made him very embarrassed, and he was in a difficult situation in the court. This time, the princes of the two routes led the army to the south, and both needed civil servants to accompany the army. There were Gong Dingzi, Gu Rong and other former Ming military officials and censors on the Azigana Road. Accompanying him, Duoduo also needed some people along the way, so Sun Zhixie invited him out of Beijing, which was a bit of a butterfly effect from the original history.

But it can only be said that gold will shine wherever it goes, and defense will stink wherever it goes.Although Sun Zhixie's resume has changed slightly, his determination to help the Manchu master shave his hair and make clothes easier has not changed.

Seeing the coincidence this time, coupled with the needs of the situation, he took the opportunity to advise Duduo:
"My lord, this slave thinks that if the city is massacred, slaughtered and looted without distinction or restriction, the common people may be aroused to help defend the city against Ming.

When the thieves and thieves coaxed the people to break the city, they even threatened and lured them, saying that those who opened the city without blood would not be slaughtered or plundered, and that the thieves would not pay food when they came, and those who resisted the persistence, every day they resisted, and every time they broke the city, they slaughtered more Two to three percent of the population.

Although the method of breaking into thieves is nasty, my Qing Dynasty can also save the chaff and save the chaff, and choose the elders to make a little modification for my use. This not only solves the problem of forcing the people to be strong, but also supplies military resources. "

Duoduo didn't have a good impression of this Sun Zhixie. Hearing this remonstrance, he was quite impatient at first: "You can't let me imitate Li Zicheng and other ants? Li Zicheng died at the hands of Zhu Shuren because of his misbehavior. What is there to learn?" of!"

Sun Zhixie licked his face and explained: "My lord misunderstood, this servant came up with a change: Why don't you tell the outside world that my Qing Dynasty still treats people kindly and is here to save all people, so for the people who sincerely belong to Daqing, I will never Exercising killing and looting will only kill those who are not sincere.

To distinguish whether the people are false surrenders, they only need to force them to shave their hair and put on braids.If you are willing to shave your hair, you will draw a clear line with those hypocritical Confucian dogs of the Han people!Believe in my Qing Dynasty from now on!The prince promised not to kill or rob those with shaved hair, and only to kill and rob those without shaved hair, so there is no need to worry about everyone's self-inflicted danger. At least there is a standard.

And in fact, if there are rich households in Changzhen and even Suzhou in the future, the imperial court can kill them first and rob them of their money, and then just say that they didn’t shave their hair. As long as there is an excuse to calm the hearts of the people, how can the people really ask for proof?

The land in the south of the Yangtze River has been plagued by Confucianism for the longest time. Rich people are often also scholars, and the more scholars are, the less willing they are to shave their hair. The king announced that he would keep his head and leave his hair, and he would kill the least number of people. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to collect the most money, grain and military resources?
The slaves also heard that after the king retreated after attacking Nanjing, Shi Kefa ordered the soldiers against the Ming Dynasty to clean up the battlefield in Nanjing. Anyone who saw wounded soldiers with shaved hair and whips would be killed with a knife, and they were regarded as full soldiers of our Qing Dynasty.That being the case, as long as the majesty orders to shave their heads, they can be forced to our side

Once Ni Ming retaliates and returns, these people will worry about being killed by Ni Ming as diehard loyalists of my Qing Dynasty, so as long as they shave their hair, they will have to go all the way to the dark and follow my Qing Dynasty.Although the king can't get in touch with Jiangbei for the time being, but with the hair shaving order in hand, he can continue to expand the army and coerce him, and he will surely win the game! "

(End of this chapter)