I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 420 Yongzheng vomits blood
Liu Ruhan withdrew... no, it should be said that he ran away. The Han Emperor Qianlong gave up Zhengding Prefecture, Taiyuan City, and even gave up Shanxi Province, which he still had most of, and ran north with only his direct troops.

He planned to go all the way north across the Great Wall and go to Guihua City to compete with the Mongols for territory.

Guihua City is located in the Hetao Plain, although it was already a barren semi-desert area in later generations.

But in this era, the so-called Nine Bends of the Yellow River are only rich in one thing.

The most important thing is that when the Manchus conquered this place, they dispersed the Tumut tribe, the original owners of this place, and divided and conquered them.After the Three Feudatories, the Chahar tribe continued to move here, even the Khalkha tribe in Mobei.

In a word, it was extremely chaotic. When the Manchus were here, there were always disputes here.Nowadays, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is no longer able to survive, and people here have been coming and going for a long time.

Liu Ruhan did not dare to surrender to the Ming Dynasty because he had proclaimed himself emperor.

Liu Ruhan, who had read a book, served as a county magistrate, and had been the leader of a cult for half his life, was convinced that he would not survive even if he voted.

Liu Ruhan was very cautious, even though he was about to run away, he still stormed Zhengding Mansion in the first few days.Then on the day of the escape, while the Ming army relaxed their vigilance, they left behind most of their food, grass and baggage, as well as all civilian husbands and auxiliary soldiers, and even left some direct troops behind to disrupt the Ming army's sight.

As evil-minded as the Manchus, the Ming army was caught off guard. Although they quickly sent troops to pursue them, they only had time to eat the tails of a few hundred people, as well as the cannon fodder troops that Liu Ruhan specifically threw behind the throne.

The civilians, auxiliary soldiers, and large quantities of food and baggage that were left behind were also captured by the Ming army.

Due to Liu Ruhan's hasty running, which can even be said to be extremely embarrassing, the deputy general of the Seventh Army encircling Zhengding Prefecture made a quick decision. First, he quickly notified the Ninth Army that was attacking Shanxi, and at the same time, he sent a message to Yongping's First Army and the Seventh Army of the Headquarters. The army invites troops.

Afterwards, they rested briefly in Zhengding Prefecture and took the initiative to launch a strong attack westward with only [-] troops.

Not only did the deputy general of the Seventh Army begin to storm Niangziguan in Shanxi, but the Ninth Army in the south of Shanxi received intelligence and immediately launched a fierce attack, and widely spread the news that the puppet emperor Liu Ruhan had suffered a major defeat in Zhengding Prefecture and that his strength was exhausted.

At this time, those Shanxi military leaders who were already wavering under the influence of the Ming army's careful maneuvers no longer had the slightest concern. Among them, the fastest ones to invest were the prefects and prefects appointed by Liu Ruhan.

Although these prefects and prefects were promoted by Liu Ruhan, they were all forced to serve as officials. Many of them were children of wealthy families and did not want to become officials or rebels at all.

Even if you want to be an official, you have to be an official in the Ming Dynasty. What kind of Shangou Dynasty is this big man?
The key to the Shangou Dynasty is that. These prefects and governors are almost like decorations. All the power lies with the generals appointed by Liu Ruhan. If anything goes wrong, Liu Ruhan will be dragged out to take the blame.

Liu Ruhan had been in charge of Shanxi for more than a year, and he had almost killed off a handful of civilian officials.It was all exploited by military generals. After arousing public outrage, most of the military general's property was divided by Liu Ruhan and exempted from guilt, while the civil servants had his head chopped off and took the blame to vent his anger.

After playing it a few times, I even understood the place. Liu Ruhan was still directing and acting there.

Moreover, to be an official of Liu Ruhan, in addition to having your head borrowed at any time, you also have to believe in their Bagua religion. If you don't believe it, your family will be confiscated and your family will be destroyed.

What the hell is this?

Who among the serious emperors would do this?
Liu Ruhan ran away, which was the last straw for Shanxi.

Shanxi is full of mountains, which can be called the most difficult terrain in the north, but it collapsed faster than any other province.

Either under careful operation, the puppet Han generals defected in battle, or the prefects and prefects took the opportunity to use civility to overcome military force, trap and kill those puppet Han generals, and then opened the city to surrender.

Even if there are some stubborn ones, the gentry and common people in the city will not follow them to death, and they cannot stop the front of tens of thousands of Ming troops.

With the coordination of infantry and artillery, it was all over after one round of bombardment.

The Ninth Army didn't even use the city-breaking cannon specially designed to dig holes in the city wall.

mob!

In the eyes of the Ming army, Liu Ruhan's strong troops were just a mob.

……

Shanxi collapsed, Liu Ruhan fled, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were defeated in the Hebei battlefield, and the Tatars and Mongols parted ways.

Fu Yunsheng was unstoppable in Shanxi, and Yu Kecheng was also preparing to take advantage of the rainy season to conquer Ningyuan and even Jinzhou.

This is not a dream, because the Tatars have no soldiers. No matter how strong the defense line is, without money and soldiers, it can only be like the Ming Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty.

The Guanningjin Defense Line is an unbreakable defense line that only exists on paper.

Yunyang.

The Manchu camp was located a few miles away from Fucheng.

Yongzheng went on a personal expedition again, and Nian Gengyao, Zhang Wenhuan and Long Keduo were also accompanying him.

Yongzheng already had some generals available. Even if Han generals were added, Yue Zhongqi would be in charge of Sichuan, and rookie Zhang Guangsi would be promoted to be in charge of Yunnan and Guizhou.

Then, there weren’t many people left.

At this moment, Yong Zheng took the main position. He looked around and said slowly: "The Pseudo-Ming relies on the city wall and cannot avoid the battle. How should this battle be?"

Zhang Wenhuan said: "Your Majesty, the pseudo-Ming resistance is fierce. Our army may not be able to get any advantage in Yunyang Mansion. If we continue to fight, it will only be a waste of casualties. The minister thinks that we should bypass Yunyang now, and then order Governor Yue to come out of Sichuan to cooperate with the army. Take Yichang directly. As soon as Yichang is reached, if you advance, you can attack Jingzhou and force Changsha. If you retreat, you can also attack Yunyang and try to capture Xiangfan. By then, the puppet Ming army will definitely be in chaos and gather heavy troops to fight a decisive battle with our army. Our army will be waiting for work in peace and quiet. Be prepared to attack or not, the restoration of the two lakes is close at hand!"

Seeing that Yunyang was not easy to fight, he planned to take a detour and attack Yichang directly, taking the initiative to force the Ming army to move. "No, Your Majesty! Our army has been besieging Yunyang for a month. Wouldn't it be a waste of all our efforts to withdraw our troops at this time?" Nian Gengyao immediately objected, "Moreover, the army has to cross Yunyang to attack Yichang. In addition, Governor Yue is leaving Sichuan. It will be difficult for the Qing Dynasty to support us in terms of food and grass supplies. It would be fine if we fight quickly, but if the fight ends like Yunyang, the gains will outweigh the losses if the stalemate continues."

Indeed, the fault tolerance rate of such a game is too low, and there can be almost no mistakes. Even if everything goes well, we must ensure that Yichang is captured quickly.

Otherwise, the entire strategic transition will truly be a strategic transition.

Zhang Wenhuan did not refute, he knew that his method was risky.But the problem is that spending it under Yunyang City is also a waste of money and food, which will delay the war opportunity.

Yong Zheng fell into deep thought. After a moment, he looked at Long Keduo who said nothing and said, "What do Long Aiqing think?"

Longkodo's face was startled, and he said quickly: "I think that General Zhang is mature and prudent, and General Nian is also right in what he said. Everything should be decided by the Holy One!"

Just talking nonsense means nothing is said.

"Report! Report, Your Majesty... whoosh... there is an urgent military situation!"

This military message was originally sent to Xi'an. After hearing that the emperor's imperial commander personally went to fight against Yunyang, it was sent directly to Yunyang.

Yong Zheng quickly took the battle report and opened it: "...Liu Ruhan, and my good eighth brother have all lost! The Liaodong army is finished, and Mongolia in the eastern Mongolia may also be unstable."

Everyone was shocked that Liaodong and Shanxi were both defeated.

How long has it been?

No one asked if this was true, because this was an emergency military situation and there would be no falsehood.And everyone here intuitively believes that the Ming army does have this combat effectiveness.

Zhang Wenhuan was silent for a long time and sighed: "Your Majesty, it's time to withdraw our troops!"

Nian Gengyao was slow for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed time to withdraw. The Han thieves and the rebellious minister Yinhu were all defeated by the puppet Ming Han soldiers. Next, the puppet Ming general will have no rivals in the north. But it’s me, the Qing Dynasty, who is alone and pretends to be clear.”

After Yongzheng heard the words, he pondered for a long time: "I am entrusting you to a bad person! These three idiots, Yinhu, Yinqi, and Liu Ruhan, are in such a good situation..."

What a great time!

They didn't use all their strength when they were in their heyday, but now they're struggling to survive before they even think about joining forces. Even if they can win, they will only be able to survive at most.

Even though the Ming Dynasty was defeated in the north and lost the entire northern territory, the north has been destroyed by war, with ten houses and nine empty houses, and the population is desolate. It is difficult to raise a dynasty, and it has to be divided among three families.

Even if they are all given away, the Ming Dynasty, which owns most of the best places in the south, can even out all of them in two years.

The thing about "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty" that makes people's blood pressure high is that the paper data of the Southern Ming Dynasty are clearly higher than those of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the north was really empty, with no money, no food, and nothing.

In this way, even Nan Ming couldn't beat them, so they just ignored them and started attacking each other.

"Retreat, retreat! Send the order immediately to let the army retreat!" Yong Zheng was silent for a long time.

So what if we don’t withdraw?

One-on-one with the Ming army?

"Report!"

"Report! Urgent military information has been sent from Sichuan. The puppet Ming army has left Badong. Kuizhou...Kuizhou has fallen!"

When he heard that Kuizhou (Fengjie) had fallen, Yongzheng could no longer maintain his posture. He stood up in shock and grabbed the military report: "The puppet Ming troops left Badong, Kuizhou fell, Zhongzhou, Shili, and Youyang Wangfeng surrendered, and the Ming Dynasty The troops have now surrounded Chongqing..."

Chongqing had not yet been separated from Sichuan. To the west of Chongqing were Tongchuan (Santai) and Zizhou (Zizhong), and beyond these two places was the Chengdu Plain.

While Yongzheng's army was still struggling with the Ming army in Yunyang, Zheng Dingrui, who was based in Hubei, actually sent his deputy Weng Feihu to lead only [-] troops to cooperate with the navy in the westward expedition along the Yangtze River, and they managed to capture a large area of ​​territory so easily.

And most of them surrendered on their own initiative. Zhou Bin, the prefect of Kuizhou, did not expect that the Ming army would follow the Yangtze River waterway to Sichuan, and thought that the new dynasty was going to unify the world.

So he quickly waited for the wind to fall, and Kuizhou Prefecture was captured. Weng Feihu didn't even have time to go sightseeing at the Baidi City historic site, so he went south along the Yangtze River and went to Chongqing.

Zhongzhou, Shili, and Youyang, apart from the fact that Zhongzhou was forced to surrender by the Ming army, Shili and Youyang were not attacked at all. It was purely Shili who comforted Sima Hongyi for fear of being accused and punished by the Manchus, and seeing that the Manchus were gone. , decisively changed course.

Moreover, not only did he surrender, he also sent troops under the banner of the Ming Army to force Youyang to join the army.Youyang Zhizhou had no choice but to change his flag, and then the two of them jointly went to Nanjing to ask for surrender.

Yong Zheng read the battle report in full and was silent for a long time before suddenly spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"puff!"

"No, His Majesty is vomiting blood!"

"Send the military doctor quickly! Send the military doctor quickly!"

(End of this chapter)