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Chapter 120 Men, just have to be cruel to yourself

Dengzhou Water City.

"Is this called the inertia of history?"

While hunting flags in the sea breeze, Governor Yang looked at the urgent report in his hand.

Li Zicheng finally started his battle at Shanhaiguan, although this time his troops should have increased...

He claims to have an army of three hundred thousand!
The actual number should be 120,000 or 30,000.

The core is the old battalion of about 50,000, especially his 30,000 cavalry known as the three walls.

As for the rest, it's just a hodgepodge. The surrendered officers and soldiers, the rebels from all walks of life who participated in the grand event, the North Zhili regiment training, and the reorganized Beijing camp in the capital are actually the soldiers in the capital, with their main purpose, except In addition to maximizing consumption on the battlefield and reducing the pressure on local control, another important purpose is to prevent them from defecting in the rear.

Especially the Northern Zhili Tuanlian and the generals such as Tang Tong who were demoted.

Although his prison did not expand to local areas, the problem is that most of the people in his prison who were beaten with sticks were from Beizhili, Shanxi, and Henan, including some officials from Shandong. He attracted people from Shaanxi. For example, Li Yutian had already entered Beijing and was arranged by him to go westward with Ma Ke, preparing to march to Sichuan. Most of the people from the south had fled before. The rest are all whose hometowns have been captured by him, or will definitely be captured, so they are ready to welcome King Chuang and are waiting to continue to be the princes of the new dynasty.

But it's a pity that Sun Chuanting didn't even have one month.

His old troops escaped and followed Huang Fei, who was regarded as his successor. As a naval general, he has been active along the coast.

But it is true that it has suffered repeated defeats.

Their screams in prison have caused panic all over the north.

"Du Tang, the general is incompetent and has indeed not won a single victory. However, this is the only skill that the general has. He really wants to win the battle, but he is defeated again and again. The general has really failed the divine grace."

Yang Feng said.

And his enemy is Wu Sangui's tribe, which has at least 50,000 troops.

It would be difficult for Li Zicheng's old camp to win against Eight Banners Manchuria.

Therefore, when his old battalion faced off against those recruits who could fight in the Ming army, it was actually difficult to say that they would definitely win.

He said.

Then they led the Qing army to capture Lushun, and Huang Long was defeated and committed suicide.

After the Qing army entered the pass, he went south and still followed Hongguang with his navy. After the fall of the Hongguang Dynasty, he continued to resist the Qing Dynasty. He refused to surrender until he was defeated and captured. It is said that after being captured, he was sent to Hong Chengchou, who tried to persuade him to surrender. As a result, he was scolded, but it is also said that he was taken to Jiangyin in order to force Jiangyin to surrender. However, he refused to persuade Jiangyin to surrender and was beheaded outside Jiangyin City.

"General Huang, have you ever won a battle in your life?"

In fact, the combat effectiveness of Li Zicheng's old battalion was not the strongest in the Ming Dynasty.

The local gentry who originally imagined that he could change his ways, get out of the state of being a bandit and develop towards the Holy Lord and Mingjun, all served the officials he appointed everywhere with grief and anger, and then secretly cursed that he was still a bandit.

He said painfully like an old man who tried his best but still couldn't do it.

In the water city in front of him, hundreds of large and small warships gathered.

But this also caused a virtual breakdown in his relationship with the northern gentry, especially the Northern Zhili gentry.

If we really want to rank them, the ones tied for first place should be the servants of the Wu family and the Ba Ya Lahu of the Eight Banners Manchuria. In addition, the servants of the main generals of the nine sides, such as the Jiang family, are also very strong. Otherwise, the Jiang family is also very strong. It won’t embarrass me in Datong. But the second level is the Eight Banners Manchuria. The third level should be the Eight Banners Mongolia, the Eight Banners Han Army, Li Zicheng's old camp, and the direct descendants of the generals in the Ming Army Pass. The generals do not only have servants, but servants are just a few elites. There are still many recruits below who are capable of fighting, as well as chieftain soldiers. The fourth level is the ordinary recruits who make up the majority of the Ming army. The fifth and lowest level is the serfs of various guards...

As long as Sun Chuanting had enough food to last three months of fighting, Li Zicheng would lose.

They are soldiers too!

The rats in Chongzhen's warehouses all wept. If he didn't torture officials and gentry, where would he get the money?
He just kept his promise to the people.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been chased and beaten by Sun Chuanting.

Part of them followed Huang Long.

What's wrong with him?

Sun Chuanting lost to him not because he was unable to fight, but because he was simply dragged to death by lack of food.

Among them were Gao Di's 10,000 Shanhaiguan garrison, and Wang Yongji and Song Quan brought some officers and soldiers, but there would not be more than 10,000 that could truly rival Li Zicheng's old camp.

Mr. Huang's weathered face turned slightly red.

If he wanted to fulfill his promise not to pay for food when King Chuang came, he could only torture the officials and gentry, otherwise he would not be able to conjure money and food out of thin air.

In this case, he did not dare to train the North Zhili regiment, and the general soldiers from North Zhili stayed behind. Once they took the opportunity to rebel, his retreat would be cut off.

But to be honest, he has never won many battles in his life. He is the nephew of Huang Long, the commander-in-chief who died in Lushun, but he was actually raised as an adopted son, similar to Qi Jiguang's training of Qi Jin. However, Huang Long's own level is limited, and what is worthy of recognition is his loyalty. Not to mention him. His group was considered to be the last group of people loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the Dongjiang Town system. After Huang Long succeeded Dongjiang Town as the commander-in-chief, the group headed by Geng Zhongming disobeyed and started fighting among themselves, and then the group completely split.

The reason why the Qing Dynasty won in the end was that although their group did not have the largest number of people, they actually had the largest number of people who could actually fight.

As a governor, he was also in charge of the coastal areas, so he went to Dengzhou to mobilize the navy, and Governor Denglai had no choice but to step aside.

"Let's go!"

Huang Fei, the navy commander next to him, said with a sad face.

"Du Tang, the general thinks we should be more cautious."

Yang Feng sighed, then turned to look at Mr. Huang warmly.

It is a fact that he has been defeated repeatedly.

In fact, Li Zicheng did nothing wrong.

The other part followed Geng Zhongming to Dengzhou, and then teamed up with Kong Youde to launch the Dengzhou mutiny, which ended with the surrender of the Qing Dynasty.

He never stopped resisting.

"So, I will give you a chance to make a big splash now. Believe me, yes, I will not only let you avenge your uncle's family, but also make you famous in history and become a hero that will last forever. And not only that, I It can also make you rich and all your subordinates rich, with gold, silver and beauties all available."

Yang Feng said.

Huang Fei took a deep breath.

"But the general will really not be able to defeat Jianlu."

Then he got discouraged again.

He still didn't realize the seriousness of the problem.

"You can't beat a Jianlu man, but you can always beat a Jianlu woman, right?"

Yang Feng said.

"Jianlu woman?"

Huang Fei was at a loss.

Suddenly he looked at Yang Feng in shock...

"Dutang, the coast of Liaodong is frozen at this time, and the ship can't reach the shore at all." He said seriously.

“But the Yalu River Estuary doesn’t freeze!”

Yang Feng said.

"Well, it's really not freezing at this time, and the road will be familiar to you, but there are mountains along the way. Once you encounter danger and are blocked, your entire army will be wiped out. Even if Dorgon transfers all his main forces to Shanhaiguan, there will definitely be people everywhere. Some of them were left behind. The general could only muster 20 to 30,000 people, and they were all infantry. Even a normal march to Shenyang would take ten days. This was enough for Jianlu to mobilize the remaining troops, and there were many dangerous castles along the way, no matter Zhenjiang. Fengcheng, Tongyuan Fort, and even the mountain pass are not easy to break. As long as we delay for more than twenty days, Dorgon's army will be able to come back, and we will not be able to withdraw by then. "

Huang Fei said seriously.

It was obvious that he was aware of the feasibility of this plan.

Of course, a narrow escape is possible, but it can indeed be done in theory.

"As long as I'm here, nothing will be a problem. Besides, these are just thoughts, but it's not certain what the real situation will be. I can only say that the risk is relatively high.

But the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.

The risks are high, but the rewards after success are also large enough.

Men, sometimes you just have to be cruel to yourself and tell your brothers that I will take them to Zhenjiang City to make a fortune, and I will take them myself. "

Yang Feng said.

Huang Fei hesitated for a moment, but finally decided...

"Brothers, Yang Shenxian will take us to Zhenjiang. Let's chop off hundreds of prisoner heads. Let others see that we don't just lose battles. Let's also win a great victory in Zhenjiang!"

He drew his knife and shouted.

The battleships below immediately burst into joy, as if they had not yet seen the pirates of the British fleet.

Yang Feng stood next to Huang Fei, assuming the posture of an outsider and waving to the soldiers reservedly.

Poor those soldiers, they really thought that Yang Feng was going to lead them to a sneak attack on Zhenjiang. You must know that Governor Yang was a living god known to everyone. He could defeat tens of thousands of captives with a few thousand mobs. With such a living god leading them to raid Zhenjiang , it’s not a sure win. Of course, if it were known that Yang Feng’s real target was Shenyang, everyone would have probably turned around and ran away...

Living god?
Even living gods can’t let them commit suicide!
Amid the cheers of the soldiers, Yang Feng wore his governor's red robe, carrying his shield in one hand and his saw blade on his shoulder. This was suitable for field combat. After all, the Folang machine was still a bit short and overweight. With this very strange image, he walked past the cheering soldiers and boarded Huang Fei's handsome ship. However, the northern sea was not suitable for giant ships, so even the handsome ship was only a thousand-material level. And unlike the South, which began to develop into double-decker gunboats at this time, these still only have light artillery on the deck, especially the Thousand-pound Folang machine. There are even a large number of sand ships with only a few Franco engines. The only advantage is their numbers. Hundreds of such warships, carrying more than 20,000 soldiers, sail to the exit amidst the sound of war drums and begin their cross-sea expedition.

And right now.

Jinzhou.

Gungun was looking at Guo Yunlong who was being led out of the lobby with a deep look on his face.

The latter was about to go south to Shanhaiguan to tell Wu Sangui that the Qing Dynasty was about to send troops to rescue him.

Unlike the original history where Dorgon received Wu Sangui's letter on the way westward, this time the two sides had been planning for more than a month. The two sides had been in contact since Wu Sangui arrived in Beijing. Moreover, it was Wu Sangui who proposed that after the latter entered Beijing, he would facilitate the borrowing of troops to suppress the bandits, and then the Qing army would enter the customs to help the Ming Dynasty destroy Li Zicheng. However, the conditions at that time were very clear, which was to simply suppress the bandits. The Qing troops were not allowed to enter the capital. They had to go outside the capital like last time. Of course, Chongzhen would reward them. Moreover, the south was not allowed to cross the Yellow River, and the west was not allowed to cross Taihang. That is to say, it was limited to fighting the Shun army in northern Zhili, in order to protect the capital for the Ming Dynasty.

Help Ming Chao breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, Wu Sangui was just the executor, and the real plan was designed by Wang Yongji, the governor of Jiliao.

After they defeated the Shun army, they had to retreat to Jizhou, and then the Ming Dynasty would pay them the remaining silver. They took the silver with them and retreated outside the pass. As for the slaves they captured in this battle, of course they belong to them, as well as the wealth they looted.

Borrow troops to suppress the bandits!
The Tang Dynasty also knew how to let the Uighurs rob it as they pleased!

As for the future, the Great Wall will be the boundary between the two sides.

The Ming Dynasty gave them a sum of money and grain every year, similar to the annual coins given to the Liao Kingdom in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Of course, it's not that we are brothers, we are just equals.

This is not a yearly coin either.

What kind of Sui coins? How can there be Sui coins?

Just look at me in the Qing Dynasty, living in a bitter and cold place outside the customs, living quite poor, so I just give out some charity.

Yes, it’s charity.

But at the time, this condition was acceptable.

After all, we, the Qing Dynasty, have indeed had some bad luck in the past two years. Not only did we suffer heavy losses last time, but Yang Feng also broke into the palace and chopped up the emperor. Although his move did help Dorgon get rid of his shackles, it made everyone in our Qing Dynasty miserable. It is a fact that they are all not confident, so it would not be a bad idea to simply help Chongzhen defend the capital and then make a huge sum of money.

It's hard for them now too.

Last year, we relied on giving North Korea a squeeze to get through the difficulties.

But North Korea really can’t squeeze out much.

If you squeeze it further, you will be left with bones and dregs.

If I could really take advantage of the opportunity to make such a fortune, I would have no worries about food and drink for at least two or three years.

The reason why Wang Yongji planned to use troops to suppress the bandits was actually because he knew that Dorgon might not have the courage to annex the Ming Dynasty. As for whether he would annex Northern Zhili, this was not within the scope of Lao Wang's consideration, because even if Dorgon wanted to go south, he would have to After passing Yang Feng's test first, Lao Wang only needs his hometown not to be poisoned by Li Zicheng.

but now……

"This Wu Sangui won't shed tears until he sees the coffin. He has reached this point and still wants to negotiate terms with us. Does he think he is still worthy of negotiating terms at this time?"

Duduo said with a smile.

Then a group of Qing generals in the lobby laughed.

Indeed, at this time, where did Wu Sangui get the confidence to think that he could negotiate terms? Did he think that without the Qing Dynasty to rescue him, he could still hold Shanhaiguan against the attack of Li Zicheng's 300,000 troops? He still fantasizes about being a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty and having the Qing Dynasty fight for him. How can such a good thing happen in this world?

"Don't worry about him. When Li Zicheng is about to break through Shanhaiguan, let him shave his head and change his clothes.

The Wu family are all sensible.

He will know how to do it.

Not only him, but all the places we have conquered must shave their heads and change their clothes. If they want the Qing Dynasty to save them, they have to act like they are begging for help. I, the Qing Dynasty, do not save Ming people, only Qing people. If you want the Qing Dynasty to protect them, , then just shave off your hair and change your clothes! "

Dorgon said.

"Ahun, give the order!!"

Dodo said.

Dorgon immediately pulled out the knife.

"Send orders to all the flags to march south to the Central Plains. Whether our Qing Dynasty can leave this bitter cold land in Liaodong and whether our descendants can enjoy the colorful world of the Central Plains depends on this."

He shouted excitedly.

The lobby immediately burst into excited roars.

(End of this chapter)