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Chapter 256

Zhu Yousong rewarded the three armies, and the whole army congratulated them for one day. On the second day, they called all the civil and military generals to discuss the strategy of breaking Jiujiang.

Now the civil servants have Yuan Jixian, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi, and the military generals have Zu Keyong, Luo Dai, and Daoxing. It is very thorough. Although Zuo Menggeng still has more than [-] soldiers and horses in total, and controls Jiujiang, De'an, Wuhan and other vast areas, they are all mobs and vulnerable. They quickly formulated a strong strategy to attack Jiujiang from the Yangtze River. plan.It was decided to use troops from Poyang Lake and Hukou. Zu Keyong, Luo Dai, and Daoxing volunteered to take the lead, and Yuan Jixian, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi were not far behind, and asked for orders to fight.

But at this time, the weather was not beautiful, the weather changed suddenly, the north wind howled, and the snow fell heavily. After several days and nights, the area around Jiujiang and Hukou was covered with ice for thousands of miles, and snow drifted for thousands of miles.

Zhu Yousong saw that this battle could not be fought, and now that the new year is about to close, he can only wait for the spring of the next year and the ice and snow to melt before starting the war.But he didn't stay idle, and temporarily handed over the government affairs of Hukou and Pengze to Yuan Jixian, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi. Military generals such as Zheng Hongkui, Liu Jizhao, He Zhaoxiong, and Zheng Cai were asked to lead their battalions to guard the fortress.

Zhu Yousong liberated himself, and it was rare for him to rest for a few days. He saw that the scenery in the snow was so beautiful. He climbed the mountain to look at the lake, visited the Yangtze River in the snow, took He Xuanjiao to enjoy the snow scenery, Zheng Damu, Li Quan and Liu Chunhong, etc. People accompany escort.

While enjoying the snow with the beauty, Zhu Yousong was thinking about supplying the army. In terms of food and salaries, Hukou and Peng Ze could raise part of it on the spot, and then after the snow cleared, they could collect some from nearby Anqing and other counties. Then transfer a part of it, which can basically be maintained for three or two months, and the problem is almost solved.

The army also needs supplies, mainly due to casualties and downsizing. There are more than 1000 prisoners in Hukou and 3 prisoners in Pengze. Just take advantage of this opportunity to reorganize them. Now 7 to [-] horses are fighting against Zuo Menggeng’s hundreds of thousands The army seems to be outnumbered. The tens of thousands of captives have been reorganized and added to the battalions. When the land and water army can exceed [-], there is no need to send troops from all over the capital. Now that the three-front war is fought, there will be no soldiers. Tune.

Three days later, Zhu Yousong began to implement the supply plan. The local food collection and the collection of food and salaries from Anqing and other nearby counties were entrusted to Yuan Jixian, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi. It was handed over to Zheng Hongkui, uncle and nephew Zheng Damu.

Zhu Yousong issued a decree that local grain collection and nearby grain collection must be bought and sold by the public, and conflicts should not be intensified with those big landlords and wealthy households who have stored grain.

Soldiers are bandits, and bandits are soldiers.This sentence tells Zhu Yousong that the army is focused on management. Let alone Li Zicheng's peasant uprising, which caused a great deal of trouble, is an example. Why did Li Zicheng's success in history be short-lived?One of the main reasons is that its military discipline is not strict, and there is not enough restraint on deployment. Robbery, rape, and exploiting the common people happened from time to time, especially after the capture of Beijing. However, his subordinates such as Hao Yaoqi, Liu Zongmin and other generals kept smearing him in the face, which eventually led to the collapse of the Dashun regime, and it was out of control since the defeat in Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong was very cautious in this regard. Taking history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs, and the lessons are profound. Therefore, he repeatedly issued orders and repeated orders, requiring generals to strictly enforce military discipline.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong's army is strictly disciplined. Whether it is marching and fighting, or stationed for recuperation, it can do no harm to the people and win the hearts of the people.

The line of sight temporarily shifts to Beijing.

Xiao Fulin, who was under seven years old, had already come to Beijing to enthroned in September. He took the reign name of Shunzhi, moved the capital of the Qing Dynasty from Shengjing (today's Shenyang) to Beijing, and declared 1644 as the first year of Shunzhi.

It is not hereditary for a child to be able to sit on the throne of the king of God, because he is the ninth son of Huang Taiji. The product of the aristocratic power has been reconciled several times. Because Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty did not establish a crown prince during his lifetime, he planted the seeds of a struggle for succession to the throne. After Huang Taiji died, Fulin's half-brother Hauge and uncle Dorgon competed for the throne, and under the balance of interests of many parties, the blessing of the emperor finally came.

On October 1643, 10, Fulin, who was six years old at the time, inherited his father's throne in Shengjing, and was assisted by his uncles Prince Rui Dorgon and Prince Zheng Jierhalang. The actual Qing court was controlled by Dorgon.

The Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, who had long been ambitious in the Central Plains, expanded around as early as the Huang Taiji era, and carried out the primitive accumulation of capital. After Fulin became a great treasure, the regent Dorgon began to conquer the Han people.

Moreover, there are more and more capable traitors, such as Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, Zu Dashou, Tong Yangjia, etc., especially in the battle of a piece of stone, Wu Sangui joined the ranks of traitors again. Li Zicheng, who made a lot of noise in the world, was defeated and was out of control since then. The Dashun army lost every battle, and the miscellaneous troops of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty won every battle. Greedy nerves, at this time, this land that has been glorious for 5000 years is like a big piece of fat in front of their eyes, so that these wild boar skins outside the pass will not give up until they swallow it completely.

So the regent Dorgon brought Xiao Fulin to Beijing to sit in the palace, and the capital of the Qing Dynasty moved from Shengjing to Beijing.Under the control of the Regent Dorgon, the miscellaneous troops of the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty clung to Li Zicheng, and drove them from Shanhaiguan to Beijing, from Beijing to Hebei, from Hebei to Henan, and from Henan to Shanxi and Shaanxi. .

The reason why the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were so obsessed with Li Zicheng was because the first thing they wanted to destroy was this peasant army.Because at that time, Chongzhen hanged himself, only the southeast corner of the Daming was left, and it existed in name only, so it was nothing to worry about. The Dashun Army led by Li Zicheng was the most powerful.

But Li Zicheng stopped running when he reached Tongguan, because he saw that no matter where he ran, these wild boar skins would chase him there, so he set up a battlefield in Tongguan and planned to fight Donglu to the death.

The two sides fought in Tongguan for a month, with each other winning or losing. At this time, Li Zicheng's reinforcement team crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Huaiqing. Dorgon had to transfer Duduo, Prince Yu who was fighting in Henan, to Huaiqing to relieve the pressure of the Tongguan battle.

Doduo led tens of thousands of miscellaneous Tartars to defeat the expectations of the public, defeated Huaiqing's Dashun Army, and sent troops to Tongguan. They had just arrived in Tongguan Nanyuan. The troops sent out to Henan and Shandong, and took back all of Shandong and most of Henan that they had just won with such force.Bingfeng directly threatened their rear, Dorgon was shocked, and immediately ordered Duoduo to go back the same way to meet Zhu Yousong's troops.

(End of this chapter)