Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

There is nothing to do in the military, but military spending is extremely inflated.The finances cannot make ends meet, and the countermeasure adopted by the Ministry of Household Affairs is to raise taxes in a disguised form.In order to supply the soldiers and horses of the towns, the people in the south of the Yangtze River were almost squeezed to the brim.But even so, the emperors and ministers of the Hongguang court still showed a greedy face. They tried their best to "take it from the people".

Before Zhu Yousong was enthroned on the throne, he was wandering around, cut off his source of income, begging for mercy from the richer vassals and officials, but once he ascended the throne, he immediately wanted to live on par with the emperor in the Taiping period.He ordered to build a palace for himself and the queen mother, to buy jewelry for the preparation of the big wedding, and to buy singing and dancing girls for the pursuit of joy; some people who had helped him when he was in trouble also flocked to share the wealth.

In a word, Nanming has been rotten to the bone.As long as it is pushed gently, this seemingly huge monster will also crash to the ground.

But at the beginning, Wu Shigong's Daping Dynasty did not take the Nanming Hongguang Dynasty as its primary goal.In order to paralyze Hongguang's monarch and ministers, Wu Shigong even received envoys from Nanming, and instructed officials to start peace talks with the envoys of Nanming.Of course, in the end, because he refused to kneel down and salute at the founding ceremony, the envoy was also sent out of the country.

However, this behavior misled Hong Guangchao's monarch and ministers even more.They all had the wishful thinking that the breakdown of the negotiations was only due to a matter of etiquette.The bottom line of the Nanming peace talks is actually surrender, and this clause is not unacceptable.Therefore, the emperor and ministers of the Hongguang Dynasty may still have complaints in their hearts: the behavior of the Daping Dynasty to drive away the envoys was also "too impatient"!

Another point is that Wu Shigong scolded the North Korean envoys at that time and spread to the Southern Ming court.therefore.The emperor and ministers of the Hongguang Dynasty judged: Wu Shigong still treated the two groups of envoys differently, respected Emperor Hongguang, and the door to negotiation was still not closed.to this end.They began to prepare for the second batch of envoys in full swing, and they must negotiate a result of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

At this time, there was also a rumor among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, saying: After Wu Shigong came from the Yuan people, the Daping Dynasty was also the dynasty of the Tartars, which is the so-called restoration of the Yuan people...

In order to reduce the discord during the negotiations, Hong Guangchao went so far as to arrest the scholars who spread those rumors.It even publicized to the outside world: Wu Shigong is a disciple of a saint.Has the fame of a student.He is a "friend of Jiangnan Shilin (that is, Donglin Party)" and so on.

Wu Shigong never thought that the personal image he was most worried about would be killed by one of his enemies, Nan Ming.to maintain.It's really dreaming and waking up with a smile!

But soon, the situation in the world changed suddenly.The Western Expedition Army of the Daping Dynasty swept across the Northwest and Sichuan one after another, and Dashun and Daxi were also swept away like wind and clouds. Even Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were awarded heads one after another.Seeing such a powerful army in the Daping Dynasty.Hong Guangchao's monarch and ministers became anxious.They couldn't wait to send envoys.I want to succeed in the peace talks with Daping Dynasty as soon as possible.

But at this time, the Daping Dynasty still did not intend to launch the Nanming strategy.Because the strategy of the Daping Dynasty is very clear, that is, the Qing Dynasty first and then the Ming Dynasty.However, a series of emergencies, coupled with the outstanding strategic vision and bold actions of the generals of the Daping Army, allowed the Nanming Raiders to be launched without the consent of Wu Shigong and the Daping court.

The first is the [-] Shandong Army led by Chi Ming who deployed troops in southern Shandong.

From March of the first year of Qiongyuan, Chi Ming's troops were at the junction with the Nanming Army in order to cover the navy's conquest.Start the drill with a lot of fanfare.He also declared that he would attack south across the river and capture Nanjing.

But this action made the Nanming Army go crazy.However, the Shandong Army still did not cross the border between the two armies, because the exercise is just a play, and the Shandong Army cannot destroy the general strategy of the Daping Dynasty.

But after this "wolf is coming", the Nanming army gradually stabilized after several more visits.Even when the news reached the ears of Hongguangchao's monarchs and ministers, they thought that this was just an act of intimidation by the Dapingchao, and they wanted Nanming to make greater concessions in the peace talks.It can also be seen that the Daping Dynasty was strong on the outside and in the middle.

The "Ah Q spirit" of the Hongguang court's monarchs and ministers played very well, but the gentry in the Huaiyang area believed the Shandong Army's claim.Since the Nanming towns stationed heavy troops in the Huaiyang area, the local people were miserable.In addition, the officials and gentry in the city of Yangzhou had a good friendship with Wu Shigong, and even had business cooperation. Therefore, they sent secret envoys to the Chi Ming army to secretly discuss: to dedicate the important city of Huaiyang——Yangzhou .

For such a great event, Chi Ming would definitely welcome it.However, as a member of Wu Shigong's "Youth Guards" and as the leader of Wu Shigong's personal army, Chi Ming must have extremely admired and obeyed Wu Shigong. Therefore, he urgently reported to Wu Shigong, hoping to get An order to send troops.

However, the Babaili Express only brought back a strict order.There are only two words - not allowed!

In the military, the most taboo of military operations is - two-front warfare.It can be said that the main reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was that it was caught in a two-front battle with the peasant army and the Qing army.In the end, the Ming army was at a loss in advance and retreat, exhausted, and the remaining forces were wiped out one by one.In the end, the entire north-central region was empty of troops, and even the emperor was buried in the fallen city of Beijing.

Although the military situation of the Daping Dynasty is indeed enemies on all sides, Wu Shigong and others will never make low-level mistakes and take the initiative to fight on two fronts.

Therefore, the Daping army will definitely choose a main battlefield, and the Qing army, which is the most threatening, the closest, and the most powerful, is undoubtedly the first target.Besides, the Daping Dynasty already occupied five or six provinces.But in his own territory, there is a shortage of officials, production has not yet resumed, and even public security has not yet stabilized.

In a word, if you haven't digested the territory you own, how can you still have the spare energy to seize other territories?

To be honest, the strategic goal of Xue Yong's New Year's offensive launched by the Western Expedition Army at the beginning was just to wipe out the vital forces of the Dashun Army, making it impossible for the Dashun Army to cross the Yellow River, leave Tongguan, and enter the territory of Shanxi and Henan.It's just that they didn't expect that after the defeat, the Dashun Army was so vulnerable, and Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Army was even more insignificant. This allowed the Zhengxi Army to gallop freely and quickly occupied several provinces in the northwest and half of Sichuan.

Of course, if Xue Yong, Quan Dashan and others really won this great victory, Wu Shigong and others would never blame them, because after all, they eliminated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, two great enemies, for the sake of Daping Dynasty. (To be continued..)