Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

This time, in the fierce battle out of the city, the Dashun army was bloody.The Dashun Army lay in the corpses outside the outer city, and the casualties were innumerable.At the end of the battle, Li Zicheng and the others couldn't control the disbanded troops at all. They even wanted to abandon the imperial city and retreat to the inner north city first.If it weren't for the fact that the Runing Army didn't want the troops to pursue them too far, maybe the Dashun Army would have suffered even more casualties.

But even so, when the Runing Army stopped chasing and killing, the Dashun Army still fled far away from the Runing Army.After Li Zicheng mobilized the troops behind, those Dashun troops only dared to confront the Runing army, and they no longer had the courage to attack the Runing army.

Under the cover of the hunting troops, the soldiers and civilians in the outer city went outside the city to pick up a large amount of seized goods.Especially for the artillery, there were as many as forty pieces harvested at once.Although most of these artillery are less powerful guns such as tiger squatting guns and Frang machine guns, they also greatly enhanced the firepower of the Runing Army.

In addition, when the Runing Army withdrew to the outer city, the three city gates were blocked again with the efforts of the peasants, so the efforts of the Dashun Army these days were in vain.

And when the soldiers who went out to fight in the city returned, they were warmly cheered by the soldiers and civilians in the city.The level of enthusiasm almost boiled the entire outer city. Afterwards, some good people counted, and even the champagne thrown out reached more than one for each soldier.

Moreover, the significance of this victory is extremely great, giving the soldiers and civilians in the outer city the confidence to stick to it for the first time.Especially those Beijing camp routs and noble guards, they took the initiative to ask the Runing Army to send officers to help train and command, so that the troops in the entire outer city were integrated at once.

And these defeated soldiers of the Beijing camp and the noble guards have received some military training, so under the command and command of the officers sent by the Runing Army, it may not be enough to go out to fight in the city, but the combat effectiveness of defending the city has almost increased by an order of magnitude. .

In addition, the former Ming Dynasty officials and nobles in the outer city were also amazed at the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army.Some people even secretly inquired about Wu Shigong's real strength.When those former Ming Dynasty officials and nobles learned that Yang Rusong was only one of the six town leaders under Wu Shigong.And when Wu Shigong had at least ten times as many troops as the ones rushing to the capital, those people were shocked.

As a result, the officials and nobles of the original Ming Dynasty in the city began to gradually split up. A group of people still surrounded the prince Zhu Cihong, but the people surrounding Yangwu Hou Xue Lian and Gongshun Hou Wu Weizhong also began to increase.But more people still have a spectator attitude, keeping a distance from these two groups of people, waiting to see how the situation changes.

But under the siege pressure of the Dashun Army outside the city, these people still maintained a superficial harmony.It's just that the guards around the crown prince Zhu Cihong and the eldest son Xue Chenglin have been strengthened a lot.

The morale of the Runing army in the outer city was high, while the Dashun army outside the city was in a gloomy mood.After the Runing army withdrew to the outer city, the Dashun army did not immediately attack the city.On the one hand, Li Zicheng sent someone to summon the troops who went out of Beijing to torture and loot to come back quickly.On the one hand, review the reasons for the defeat with all civil and military personnel.

However, the conclusions of the civil and military reviews were surprisingly unanimous. They believed that the first reason for the Dashun Army's disastrous defeat was that they underestimated the enemy, the second reason was that they underestimated the enemy, and the third reason was that they underestimated the enemy.

So Li Zicheng and the others prepared to reorganize their armaments and gather all the troops of the Dashun Army to avenge their shame.But they are not ready yet.Several urgent reports arrived one after another, but the Dashun Army could only suspend the siege operation.

The first is the urgent report sent by Tian Jianxiu, the coach of the Dashun Army on the South Road. He said: Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian occupy Henan.Their large army has crossed the Yellow River north.And Tian Jianxiu has organized a line of defense to stop these northern criminals from the official army.

Li Zicheng and the others were mentally prepared for this urgent report.After all, troops of the Runing Army have already appeared in the capital.Moreover, Li Zicheng and the others still believed that Tian Jianxiu's troops could hold back the northern criminal army for a period of time. As long as the capital was completely conquered, the main force of the Dashun army would move south to jointly resist the attack of the Runing army and the Heiyun army.

But the emergency report that came next was a bit bad.The Guanning cavalry stationed in Luan County publicly issued a letter of appeal.Wu Sangui and the others blatantly claimed: "Recover Shenjing, lay down the Anzong Society, reorganize the universe, and rejuvenate the sun and the moon."And openly broke with the Dashun Army.Moreover, after the letter of appeal was issued, Guan Ning's iron cavalry also began to speed up, heading towards the city of Beijing aggressively.

In addition, the Qing army, which had arrived in Tianjin at this time, also issued a letter of appeal. They also publicly declared that the Qing army would fight side by side with Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry under the "invitation" of King Lu, and jointly wipe out the "insurgents". Thieves".

However, the difference is that the call to action from the Qing army was personally sent by a secret envoy.But this secret envoy was a Shanxi merchant who often contacted and broke into the camp, but he brought Li Zicheng and the others the "true meaning" of the Qing Dynasty.

The war-torn era at the end of Ming Dynasty was also a prosperous era for Shanxi merchants.On the one hand, those Shanxi merchants were doing business with the Manchus and Mongolia outside the customs, and on the other hand they were also doing business with the rebellious peasant army.And in their product catalog, all kinds of contraband such as weapons, armor, and medicinal materials are all available, which really made a fortune for the country.

But this is also the case, which makes some Shanxi merchants maintain a good relationship with these two armies. Therefore, such candidates can effectively communicate with the two sides and act as messengers to deliver news.

And the secret envoy of Shanxi merchants assured Li Zicheng and the others that the Manchus were short-sighted, and their purpose was only the population and wealth in the pass, and they did not want to occupy the land in the pass.The reason why they sent troops to jointly attack the Dashun Army was because King Lu and Wu Sangui agreed to pay the Manchus a huge amount of starting fees.

Then, the secret envoy of the Qing army conveyed to Li Zicheng and the others: Emperor Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty warmly congratulated the Dashun Dynasty!Congratulations to the Dashun Army for conquering the city of Beijing and overthrowing the Ming Dynasty.And recognized Li Zi as the emperor of the new dynasty.

In the end, the secret envoy of the Qing army asked Li Zicheng and the others to understand: because they had to use money to do things, the Qing army had to show a hostile attitude towards the Dashun army.However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was also very afraid of the "invincible" Dashun Army, so they didn't want to fight with the Dashun Army to hurt both sides and let others benefit from it.Therefore, I hope that the Dashun Army and the Qing Army will play a show, and the armies of both sides will face each other for a while.In the event of a battle between the Dashun Army and Wu Sangui's Guanning cavalry, the Qing army would absolutely guarantee its neutrality and would not do anything that would be detrimental to the Dashun Army.

In the end, the secret envoy of the Qing army also hinted: If the Dashun army is willing to pay a large sum of money for the neutrality of the Qing army, it will make the emperor of the Qing Dynasty——Huang Taiji more satisfied.

And now, it is time to test whether Li Zicheng and the others believe in the Qing army. (To be continued..)