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Chapter 457 Abandoning Sichuan
Zhang Guangsi ran away because he knew he would never win and staying in Guiyang would be a dead end.

But the consequences of his running away were also extremely serious.

As a result, the Ming army did not fight much at all. They almost marched all the way and basically pacified the Yunnan-Guizhou area, and everything they passed was defeated by the wind.

Even if there are those who are unwilling to surrender, the gentry in the state capitals and even the chieftains will make these Manchu and Qing local officials willing to surrender.

In just one month, all of Yunnan and Guizhou were recovered.

This speed was much faster than when the Ming army regained Shandong and Henan.

With the recovery of southwest Yunnan and Guizhou, the central court of the Ming Dynasty also quickly issued an imperial edict.Zhu Yijiong did not intend to appoint these local officials in Yunnan and Guizhou. Not only did he not intend to appoint them, he also wanted to judge them guilty according to the law.

Because He Xiangming and the Guangxi Army reported that the people of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces were suffering from the misfortune of these pseudo-Qing local officials. Corpses could even be seen on the official roads, and they were all deformed corpses that had been eaten.

However, the cabinet suggested that these people should not be dismissed from office in a hurry. Instead, they should be dismissed in batches based on reasons, and then sent to Nanjing for investigation and punishment.

In this way, panic and chaos in Yunnan and Guizhou can be effectively avoided, and local affairs can be handed over peacefully without large-scale unrest.

As for surrendering and being punished with death, will there be any negative impact?
The world has been decided, and only half of Sichuan has not yet been captured.

Zhu Yijiong is not worried at all. The worst he can do is to be criticized by a group of angry young scholars. If you are not afraid of death, rebel.

As for the Yunnan chieftains who took the lead in the rebellion, especially the indigenous leaders such as Diao Ruzhen, Zhu Yijiong did not deal with them for the time being. He only re-canonized these chieftains as chieftains according to the results of cabinet deliberations, and tried to divide the territories of these chieftains as much as possible. .

Such a division seems fair, but in fact it is the most unfair. Especially those chieftains who have a large territory and are as tough as Diao Ruzhen will definitely be dissatisfied.

If they are dissatisfied, they will cause chaos. If they cause chaos, the Ming army will have an excuse to send troops.

Even if these chieftains are not attacking the government, but are annexing internally, the Ming army can sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, wait until the time is almost up, and then come forward to kill these chieftain leaders in one fell swoop and return to their old ways.

This may kill many people, but it is necessary.

The reason why the Qing Dynasty's reform of native land has always been resisted is that their methods were too cruel and they killed and massacred villages at every turn. Zhang Guangsi, who was not the governor, beheaded at least a thousand Miao people.

Moreover, even if they were converted to native lands and returned to their hometowns, it would be particularly bad for those minor naturalized people. They would be regarded as inferior Han people, and they could be exploited through corvee and taxation.

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Chengdu.

Zhang Guangsi knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down! The false Ming Dynasty is powerful, and I am alone. I have tried my best to successfully break through. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

It may be true that Ming's army is powerful, but it is pure nonsense to say that it is trying its best.

If we really tried our best, how could we still have all the soldiers and armor, and also have plenty of food and grass, and even the civilians had brought a lot.

Does this look like someone who has experienced a bloody battle during a breakout?

Yong Zheng understood clearly in his heart, but he couldn't really say it, or even get angry. He had to force a smile and comfort him: "The pseudo-Ming army raided Yungui. Zhang Qing has done his best, so why is he guilty? Get up first!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Guangsi then stood up respectfully.

Yongzheng nodded slightly and glanced around the lobby inadvertently. They were all Han officials and generals, with almost no Manchu generals at all, from Yue Zhongqi to Zhang Tingyu.

Even Nian Gengyao could only be considered a Han Eight Banners, or at most his brother-in-law, and the relationship between him and his brother-in-law was becoming increasingly estranged.

Who asked his son and concubine to be taken to Liaodong? They are probably dead now!Zhang Tingyu glanced at Yongzheng, and after confirming his eyes, he immediately left the class and said: "Your Majesty, now that Yunnan and Guizhou have been lost, and Shaanxi has been raided by the puppet Ming army, I am afraid that it is also a disaster, and I, the Qing Dynasty, should have made plans early." ."

Yongzheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Can't Sichuan be defended?"

This question was not asked to Zhang Tingyu, but to generals like Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi.

Nian Gengyao said: "If Shaanxi is lost, the puppet Ming army will be able to move down Hanzhong. At that time, our Qing Dynasty will be attacked by the puppet Ming from the north, south and east, plus the Junggar tribe in the Western Regions and the Heshuote tribe in Qinghai." department……"

Yue Zhongqi didn't say much, and only said one sentence: "Chongqing Prefecture was captured by the puppet Ming army yesterday, Zunyi Prefecture (then returned to Sichuan) surrendered, and Zhenxiong Tufu (Zhaotong, Yunnan) also surrendered to the puppet Ming Yunnan Army. ."

A simple sentence directly informed Yongzheng of the situation in Sichuan.

Chongqing, Zunyi, and Zhenxiong are all lost. Next, Chengdu will face a three-pronged attack, and Chengdu is already a plain. Unlike areas such as Chongqing and Zunyi, it is directly undefendable.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Sichuan experienced the late Ming and early Qing dynasties... In short, it is an event that everyone knows, and the entire population of Sichuan was reduced to ten percent.

Even if Kangxi built a lake to fill Sichuan, it was only a few years ago. Even in the first year of Qianlong, Sichuan's population was less than 200 million, which was even less than Guizhou's more than 300 million.

The kind that is truly vast but sparsely populated and capable of running away from big tigers.

Moreover, as Nian Gengyao guessed, Xi'an had already been captured by Zhou Haizhong at this time, with almost no effort.

Shaanxi Governor Zhang Bao, Xi'an Chief Envoy Cheng Renqi, Xi'an Inspector He Shijian, and Shaanxi Admiral Fan Ting directly went to the city to request surrender.

Governor Tian Wenjing died, and his four immediate superiors also surrendered. The remaining state generals and other generals who had not yet been captured by the peasant army all surrendered. If they did not surrender, they would not be able to stop the peasant army if they came. .

Then, the Ming army entered Shaanxi and failed to defeat the Qing army. Instead, they fought with the local peasant army first.

It's not that the ambitions of the leaders of the peasant army are inflated. It should be said that the peasant army will not be able to control it until their ambitions are inflated.

As the number of peasant armies increases, not to mention their combat effectiveness, the leaders have completely lost control of their subordinates and can only be led everywhere to attack cities, plunder towns and villages, burn, kill and loot, almost like rogue bandits.

These peasant armies who were forced to rebel were all crazy. Even Zhou Haizhong, a genuine Marquis of Yizhou in the Ming Dynasty, couldn't control his troops when he led his troops into Shaanxi. They could only forcefully defeat them and then slowly gather them.

They also urged food to the rear and provided relief to the victims.

Yes, they are disaster victims. These peasant armies really cannot be called an army, they are all disaster victims.

Nian Gengyao's guess was both right and wrong. Shaanxi was indeed lost, but Gansu was not.Because Zhou Haizhong had been dragged in Shaanxi and could not move, he could not even move south. He could only guard Hanzhong Jiange to prevent the Qing army from moving north.

Yongzheng didn't know the situation in Shaanxi, but he also knew that it would be more bad than good.

Chongqing is gone, and the entire Chengdu Prefecture only has a population of more than 100 million, which is on par with Qiongzhou Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty. How can we fight like this?
Yong Zheng was silent for a long time and said slowly: "Withdraw!"

The whole place was silent, no one spoke.

Everyone knows that they can’t win!
Either run or surrender. It is impossible to surrender. Most of the people who can stand here cannot surrender. If they surrender, it will be a dead end.

Now that he decided to run away, Yongzheng no longer pretended to be a wise and sage king, and all the money, food, sugar, and frosting in the entire Chengdu Mansion were looted by the Qing army.

There was no massacre, let alone taking away these people.

Instead, throw them all away, which can be used to delay the Ming army's pursuit and also waste the Ming army's food.

(End of this chapter)