Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 536

A few years ago, the Ming Dynasty defeated the Qing army's two expeditions to the south.

Many Han landlords with military power in the Manchu Qing ruled area already had many ready to raise troops to respond to Ming Dynasty.

If it weren't for the Manchu Qing to make some compromise policies to maintain its own rule, so that these powerful Han Chinese forces settled down a little, I am afraid that before the Northern Expedition, the Manchu Qing rear would have been in chaos.

And with the Northern Expedition of the Great Ming Guards, it is not surprising that these powerful Han forces now respond to the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, Zhou Ze took the lead in raising troops against the Qing Dynasty and became the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. This is the most vivid example.

In addition, the guards severely punished the gentry and landlords who could not fight against the Qing Dynasty, which prompted some Han forces who still had nostalgia for the Ming Dynasty to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty one after another, without daring to delay at all.

Especially in Shanxi and Shaanxi, areas where the Manchu Qing had little control, all kinds of forces, large and small, raised troops against the Qing.

Jiang Tuan is just the biggest force here. In the original history, Jiang Tuan raised troops against the Qing Dynasty in the fifth year of Shunzhi, and now he chooses to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Originally, after the Third Army of the Guards entered Shanxi, the Qing army in Shanxi was exhausted. Now that Jiang Guan is in chaos, only a few isolated cities such as Taiyuan and Pingyang in Shanxi are still in the hands of the Qing army.

Dorgon had to make the decision to abandon Shanxi, and ordered Shanxi governor Zhu Shichang to concentrate all his troops to defend Taiyuan and prevent the Ming army from taking the road from Baoding to Beijing from Zhendingfu.

At the same time, Dorgon immediately mobilized the Qing troops in Datong Mansion to withdraw from Datong and defend Zijingguan and Liangxiang, preventing Jiang Guan from entering Beijing from Datong through Zijingguan. Guan, responsible for the defense of Zijing Pass along the way.

Then, Dorgon ordered Gushan Ezhenshi Tingshu to withdraw his troops to defend Baoding, Tianjinwei, and Tongzhou, so as to prevent the Ming army from entering Beijing from these three routes.

In addition, Dorgon, who has not yet heard about Zu Dashou's situation in Shanhaiguan, wanted to prevent the consequences of the fall of Shanhaiguan. Prince Amin of England personally led [-] cavalry and [-] firearms soldiers to strengthen the defense of Kaiping in Jizhou.

In May of the 23rd year of Chongzhen, the Manchu Qing assistant king Jierhalang was ordered to lead [-] Manchurian cavalry and [-] Qing infantry to patrol the Miyun guards with Zhenghongqi Dutong Military Department Shangshu Gadahun.

At the same time, Shunzhi immediately issued an order in mid-May to Beishou Mobei, set off on May [-], jumped over Gubeikou of the Great Wall in early June, and arrived at Mantaoer.

That is to say, as of June 23 of Chongzhen, the Manchu and Qing forces had basically only occupied Beizhili, Shanxi and Shaanxi in the relevant areas, and Nuergandusi outside the customs.

In December of the 22nd year of Chongzhen, Jiang Yu raised troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and killed Geng Chunman, the governor of Datong in the Qing Dynasty, but Geng Chun escaped by luck.

Later, Jiang Yu occupied Huairen and Gaoshanwei in January 23 of Chongzhen, and began to actively contact the Ming Guards.

At this time, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Ming Dynasty Guards had occupied Licheng and Lucheng, and surrounded Lu'an Mansion on January 23, [-] Chongzhen.

Because all the forces of the Qing army in Shanxi have been concentrated in Taiyuan and withdrawn to Zhili in the north, even Lu'an Mansion, an important town that controls the two-day main road in the southeast of Shanxi, has no Qing army defense at the moment, only some local Some armed landlords were defending the city for the Manchus.

Dorgon knew that his own Qing Dynasty could not withstand the offensive of the Great Ming’s Northern Expedition, so he further gave some Han landlords preferential policies for armed forces. The magistrates and magistrates were given to these local officials without any scruples.

For a time, many Qing court officials appeared throughout Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Beizhili.

Even in the areas of northern Henan and southern Beizhili that the Ming Dynasty had already occupied, a few squires who slipped through the net appeared from time to time. In the deep mountains and old forests, there were many who claimed to be the generals of the Qing Dynasty and the ministers of the Qing Dynasty.

Naturally, the guards have only one way to deal with these forces, and that is to kill them!

Dorgon wanted to give Daming eye drops before his own Qing Dynasty withdrew from the customs, so that these northern local tyrants would disrupt the rule of Ming Dynasty, but the Guards were not Manchus. The system united with the common people to severely crack down on these local armed forces that attempted to disrupt the local ruling order.

Shanxi merchants have always been rich, and they were the most helpful for the successful entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They are considered the number one traitor in the merchant group!
Therefore, nowadays, especially in Shanxi, there are the most landlord armed forces that support the Qing army.

Of course, there were also armed landlords who raised troops in response to the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, when the guards entered Shanxi, the whole of Shanxi was in chaos. The landlords who supported the Qing Dynasty and the landlords who responded to the Ming Dynasty attacked each other, fighting for land and robbing the people. Sometimes you slaughter my village and I will slaughter you. town.

Gradually, there seemed to be countless warlords, big and small, in the entire Shanxi region, just like princes who ruled one side.

Unfortunately, what is currently entrenched in Lu'an Mansion is a landlord armed force that supports the Qing Dynasty. The leader of this landlord armed force is Fu Mingsheng. Fu Mingsheng has now become the Shanxi Luli Daotai, and has organized 3 people to defend Lu'an Mansion.

The First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards was also polite and a round of artillery attacks turned Lu'an Mansion into ruins. Most of the [-] Qing troops were killed or injured, and Fu Mingsheng was also killed by the artillery bombardment of the Guards.

As a result, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards easily recovered Lu'an Mansion.

Then, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards sent a cavalry battalion to Gaoping and Ningshanwei counties along the official road, opening up the communication line from Huaiqing in Henan to Lu'an in Shanxi.

The First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards went north along the official road to occupy Xiangyuan on the first day of February in the 23rd year of Chongzhen, followed by Qinzhou and Wuxiang, thus regaining the entire territory of Qinzhou Prefecture.

So far, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards has regained the two prefectures in the southeast of Shanxi, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Liaozhou and Taiyuan prefectures.

The First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards had also arrived at Yangcheng at this time. After capturing Yangcheng, it marched westward along the direction of Qinshui to Yicheng, Quwo, and Jiangxian County, and then occupied Wenxi, dividing its troops into two cavalry. The camp recovered Xia Xian and Anyi respectively.

Then, the two cavalry battalions joined forces to attack Siyancheng, and went down to Jiezhou and Ruicheng to occupy Puzhou, Linjin, Yishi, Wanquan, and Ronghe counties, and went north along the official road to Pingyangfu to join the main force.

At the same time, an infantry battalion was also ordered to send troops to Jiangzhou, Jishan, and Hejin, and successively recovered these counties.

The First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards formally regained Linfen, the prefecture of Pingyang, on the third day of February, and took back the surrounding prefectures and counties respectively.

Counting the Datong Mansion occupied by Jiang Yu, only Taiyuan, Liaozhou, and Fenzhou in Shanxi are still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)