Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 408: The Northern Heroes Act at the Right Time (Part )
Heavy snow fell on the city of Beijing, and it was covered in ice for thousands of miles.

"Cough~cough~cough~" Dorgon suppressed his cough, and suddenly felt dizzy, and his wind disease broke out again. The imperial father and regent was seriously injured after being injured in the Battle of Songjin, and suffered from three diseases: asthenia, stroke, and hemoptysis. After entering the customs, "the machine work became increasingly complex, I was tired of cutting and responding, I felt dizzy, my eyes were swollen, and my body felt unhappy every now and then." When a person is sick, his body and mind will become irritable and he will get angry easily. He will be afraid of him from top to bottom. It is said that even dignitaries often dare not talk to him directly and will pay him a visit when he is out and passing by.

This time, I got the news after I learned that Li Chengdong in Guangdong was in rebellion and Suletan, who was defending his country, attacked and destroyed the Junggar tribe of the Qing Dynasty and claimed to be the All-Mongolian Lotus Khan. While he was feeling depressed, the chamberlain brought a basket of memorials. When I opened it and took a closer look, I took a deep breath. Most of them were about Shanxi. In the blink of an eye, most of Shanxi rebelled! Zhu Shichang, the governor of Shanxi Province, reported: "Today the provincial capital is isolated on a piece of land, and the situation is extremely critical. ... I beg the emperor and the regent to remember that in the area of ​​millions of fields in the three Jin Dynasties, when people are in danger and in danger, please send urgent troops as soon as possible. , or the King of Ying and King Jingjin can be ordered to come and attack the rebels, and the remaining territory can still be restored. If there is a slight delay, the whole Jin Dynasty will be destroyed."

The more he watched, the angrier he became, and he cursed angrily: Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu, the Qing Dynasty treats you well, why are you rebelling? "To say the least, that's a lie. This time he sent Prince Azig, Prince Duanzhong, Prince Shuosei of Chengze County, and Prince Wakda of Doluo County to Datong in order to eradicate this local emperor of Datong. Why is it said that it is not Bo? However, the thinking of the superior has always been strange. If he wants to kill people, others must stretch their necks and let him kill them. Only then can he be considered a good person, otherwise he will live up to the "Not Bo".

Datong is the gateway to Beijing and is very important. There are now fires everywhere. If the rebellion in Shanxi cannot be quickly extinguished, it will inevitably spread to Shaanxi, Henan and other places. It seems that he needs to personally conquer the rebels in Datong, and he must find a way to stabilize Jiang Yu before going out.

Dorgon calmed down and prepared for a personal expedition, strictly ordering Azig to go to Datong immediately to quell the rebellion. At the same time, he sent an envoy to explain to Jiang Quan that Azig and other troops went to Datong "because of something going on in northern Mongolia... and they have no interference with you at all." , deliberately said that Jiang Yu's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty was just a misunderstanding of the Qing court's intentions and gave him a chance to step down. Then he announced that if he could repent and return to his sincerity, he would "continue to support him as before."

Li Xian has no intention of turning back. Since Jiang Zongzhen is determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty, why should he give up halfway? So he ignored Dorgon's comfort.

Seeing that the explanation was ineffective, Dorgon had no choice but to collect all the Manchu, Mongolian and Han troops he could collect, and began to use force to solve the problem. On the fourth day of the first lunar month in 1649, he sent King Nikan of Jingjin County and others to lead troops into Shanxi. In February, he personally led the army to conquer Datong.

As a result, after conquering Hunyuan Prefecture and recruiting and surrendering Yingzhou and Shanyin County, two more news came: One was that Wang Yongqiang, the general of the Yan'an battalion, "conspired with Quan". When Jiang Quan was raising troops, he took advantage of the Qing Dynasty governor Wang Zhengzhi and the governor of Yansui. Shen Wenhua, the commander-in-chief of Yansui, sent him to Shenmu, Fugu and other places to change defenses. He occupied Yulin and killed Wang Zhengzhi, Shen Wenhua and Jingyuan Dao Xia Shifang. He "claimed himself to be the general of recruiting", and then went south to conquer Yan'an and killed the prefect Song Congxin. Gao Youcai, a native of Shenmu County, also raised troops in Shenmu to respond.

It is said that Wang Yongqiang's rebellion was actually forced by Wang Zhengzhi, the governor of Yansui in the Qing Dynasty. Both of them were from the same hometown of Wubao County, Shaanxi Province, but they formed a deadly feud for killing their mothers and digging up their ancestors' graves. The father of brothers Wang Yongqiang and Wang Yongzhen died young, and they grew up under the influence of their widowed mother. Later, there was a drought in northern Shaanxi. In order to survive, both Wang Yongqiang and Wang Zhengzhi joined the peasant uprising army. Later, Wang Yongqiang was recruited and appointed as the general of Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty, and in turn suppressed the peasant army. Wang Zhengzhi was furious and killed his mother. Wang Yongqiang sought revenge on Wang Zhengzhi but couldn't find him, so he dug up his family's ancestral graves. Later, both of them surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Wang Zhengzhi became the governor of Yansui and became his immediate superior, determined to get rid of him. Wang Yongqiang knew that he could not sit still and wait for death, so he contacted Jiang Yu to plot a rebellion, which overturned the sky in northern Shaanxi.

It didn't matter that most of Shanxi rebelled, and northern Shaanxi also raised a rebel flag. If ordinary people were already in a hurry, it was just a piece of cake for Dorgon, who was used to seeing big winds and waves. He calmly ordered Meng Qiaofang, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, to destroy Wang Yongqiang. He also knew that most of the elite troops in the north had been sent to the south to suppress the rebellion. General He Luohui of Dingxi took thousands of elite troops with Tan Tai to pacify Jiangxi and Guangdong. Now Meng Qiaofang did not have many troops in his hands. With another stroke of his pen, He ordered the troops of Pingxi King Wu Sangui and Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan who were stationed in Hanzhong to rush to Xi'an to assist Meng Qiaofang in putting down the rebellion.

If this news was innocuous to the emperor's father and regent, the second news made him feel as if he was struck by lightning and his heart was in a state of confusion. His younger brother, Prince Duduo, the assistant to the government, was infected with smallpox and was in danger. Over the years, due to the struggle for power, he and Duoduo also had conflicts, but after all, they were compatriots, and they still had deep feelings for each other. Dorgon had no intention of fighting, and on his way back to Beijing in March, he came to Datong City, hoping to persuade Jiang Quan to surrender.

In his edict to Jiang Quan, he said: "If I ask others to come here, you may be afraid and refuse to obey. If I come here to bow, you can come and obey with joy. If you surrender, the city of Shuhe will be blessed. I hope that everyone in the world will wear it." Due to my kindness, you will be forgiven for all your sins. Come out and surrender as soon as the order comes, and you will continue to support me as before. Do not doubt or worry any more, which will harm the officials and people of the city. If you do not submit to me, there will be no way out for you. I will say one thing. If you come out, you will have to go back and forth, who in the world will trust you again?" It means that as long as you are willing to surrender, your sins will be forgiven. Don't worry, I am the dignified regent, and I will never break my promise in front of the people of the world.

Rebellion has always been a matter of incessant action. How many people who rebelled and then surrendered will have a good ending? Jiang Quan was not stupid. He wrote back to Dorgon. He first said that he had made great contributions to the Qing court and "had not committed any sins." It is said that the officials of the Qing court committed wanton abuses and the people were in embarrassment; soon after, the British king's troops arrived to rush for food and grass. The gentlemen, soldiers and civilians were in unbearable hardship, and they wanted to kill at every turn. The ministers and the common people in Datong were innocent, and who was willing to sit and die? ?”

Regarding Dorgon's edict, he said, "The people in Kuanghe City are determined to die. Even if the king is sincere and generous, who dares to believe it? But there is an edict that clearly points out the way to survive. If you don't show mercy, I will not be merciful." I just want to lead the people to wait, there is nothing else I can hope for.” It means that no one dares to believe your empty words to persuade us to surrender. Please show us a way to survive. It is clearly pointed out that it is extremely difficult to use the full-life method, because no matter what you say, the other party will not believe it.

The two sides exchanged letters, which was just a delaying tactic. In the end, they would still have to fight in a bloody battle. Seeing that he could not be persuaded to surrender, Dorgon ordered Azig to lead an army to surround Datong, and he returned to Beijing to see Duoduo.

(End of this chapter)