Blood from Daming

Chapter 855
After receiving the news, Wu Keshan of the Horqin Division and Deleger of the Yehe Division greeted Xue's army with all their strength. Xue Yun was anxious about the war in the Central Plains. Er lacked gratitude, and the two agreed to Xue Yun's request, and they also agreed to send troops to assist Xue's army in attacking Jianlu.

However, the Yehe tribe has reached the point of desperation. In the end, they gave away 2% of the animals and [-] warriors. Horqin gave away [-]% of the livestock and [-] warriors. Xue's army only rested in Horqin Grassland for five days. Going south, warriors from several Mongolian tribes joined along the way. Xue's army arrived in the former Daning territory of the Ming Dynasty, and collected more than [-] Mongolian warriors along the way.

Now the Xue family army has more than 70.00% of the world's muskets. Xue Yun did not contact the Namuzhong and Harijula ​​battles in the west. Wan Dajun fought against 20 soldiers of Jianlu, and the battle had no strategy, it was just a contest of strength between the two sides.

The attack scene of the Xue family army is that there are not many modern wars. Nearly [-] Xue family troops are armed with various muskets. The bullets fired are like a storm. The purge of barbarian tribes made these barbarians disappear from the civilized world.

Huang Taiji had thought about various scenarios of fighting with the Xue family's army. He also expected to fail in the end, and he was ready for the determination of a strong man to cut his wrists, and was ready to sacrifice the Han army and the Korean army. The bullets of the rain caused the Qing warriors to be ruthlessly massacred, and he had no way to do anything. Huang Taiji knew that he was defeated, but he was completely defeated. After this battle, there will be no Qing Dynasty, and Xue Yun will not let him go Yes, Huang Taiji sighed "Since Shengyu, He Shengliang", now Huang Taiji just hopes to leave a little fire for the Jurchens.

It took only two hours for the Xue family army to annihilate more than 6 Jianlu horses. Most of the Jianlu Jurchen Eight Banners who had been prepared for a long time fled to the southeast with Huang Taiji. Xue Yun ordered to kill more than 2 prisoners. Carrying out the massacre, Hao Dayong reported to Xue Yun and captured Li Yongfang and Xue Bin.

Xue Yun ordered Wang Erwa to deal with Li Yongfang, and then interrogated the traitor who pretended to be his dead brother Xue Bin. After finding out his identity, he was guilty of the same crime as Li Yongfang. In front of Bin, he didn't listen to Xue Bin's begging for mercy, and directly ordered his soldiers to chop the two into meat. Wang Erwa secretly blamed Hao Dayong for being troublesome, otherwise Li Yongfang and Xue Bin would be cut to pieces.

Xue Yun's mighty and bloodthirsty, as well as his unfeeling towards his elder brother, made Wu Keshan, Deleger and others shudder, and dared not raise their heads to look at Xue Yun. Distributed to the Mongolian ministries, all the Mongolian ministries cheered all over the place, everyone didn't contribute much, but the harvest was really a lot. Following General Xue Yun is really popular and hot.

On the 12nd of the first month of the 22th year of Chongzhen, Xue Yun, Na Muzhong, and Harijula ​​joined forces. Xue Yun, who had been away from Ming Dynasty for ten years, finally met his women Na Muzhong, Harijula, Namuzhong, and Harijula. Harijula ​​and the two stepped forward to hug Xue Yun and wept with joy. At this time, Princess Wulangha and Princess Taisong realized that the Queen Mother had an extraordinary relationship with Xue Yun. , Princess Taisong only sighed.

According to Namuzhong and Harijula's wishes, Xue Yun accepted Siqintu, Dou Tumen, and Wuyunna three Fujin, which made Aruna, who was born as a handmaid, burst into tears with anger, but didn't dare to show any expression on her face. Xue Yun spent more effort on the three daughters Siqintu, Dou Tumen, and Wuyunna. Harizhula was more happy to meet her natal relatives. Geer and the Mongolian ministries are also thinking about sending Xue Yun a woman.

On the 12th of the first month of the 28th year of Chongzhen, Xue Yun, Na Muzhong, and Harizhula's three-way army with a total of 30 troops sent troops to Daming Jizhen. , Dorgon's department, Du Du, Azig, and Dorgon realized that fighting Xue's army before was nothing but pediatrics in this battle. The Qing army Du Du and his two sons Dunuwen and Sabi died in battle. Among the rebellious troops, only Dorgon, who planned to lead hundreds of horses, escaped, but most of the nearly [-] Qing soldiers and Eight Banners who escaped from Ming Dynasty died at Qingshan Pass.

On the 12th of the first month of the 25th year of Chongzhen, the Marine Corps led by Xue Jiajun and Luo Erwa arrived at the ruins of Xuezhuang. Beijing was surrounded by Xue Jiajun on three sides. Officials who knew the details no longer had any hope for Emperor Chongzhen. In front of the powerful Xue family army, a change of dynasty was an inevitable result.

On the night of the 28th day of the first lunar month, the eunuch Cao Huachun, the admiral of the East Factory, colluded with Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, to offer the city. , Xuanwumen, and Chongwenmen Xue Polu saw that there was no hope of entering the inner city, so he stationed troops in the outer city and sent his men to persuade the Ming army guarding the inner city to surrender.

Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen flew into the palace and reported to the Emperor Chongzhen. The eunuch Cao Huachun, the admiral of the East Factory, and Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, rebelled and offered the city. Unexpectedly, Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing, whom he regarded as his confidantes, would defect to the enemy.

Emperor Chongzhen remained silent for a long time. When asked about Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the supervising army, and Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, told Zhu Youjian that Gao Qiqian and Wang Pu had not had time to retreat into the inner city, and there was no fierce battle in the outer city. Gao Qiqian and Wang Pu's troops have been destroyed.

Emperor Chongzhen hid his face and cried, and only remembered for a while that Xue Rui and Xue Aoren had come, and wanted to order Xue Rui, Xue Aoren and other members of the Xue family to be arrested. , the court officers and soldiers were powerless against Xue Rui and Xue Aoren.

In the early morning of the 29th, Xue Polu sent a letter of persuasion to resign, to the effect that: Xue Yun, a dragon descendant of Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty, knew that the emperor's ancestor's imperial tomb would not be guarded, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were in dire straits, so he was determined to return to the orthodox Zhongxing Daming. When he abdicated, General Xue Yun did not want the royal family to be fratricide, and he was willing to keep Chengzu's lineage safe. The emperor could move to the Forbidden City in the southern capital or live in the Xinwang Mansion in the capital city or conspire with the court to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty.

After reading this letter, Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe Xue Polu's words at all. Not for the sake of Waquan, at this time, I still ordered the eunuch to ring the bell to summon the courtiers to make a last-ditch effort.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the golden throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for an hour. Only Yang Sichang, the Minister of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University, and Gong Yonggu, the son-in-law, arrived. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen knew that there would be no more ministers, so he asked Considering Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang just shook his head helplessly. When Emperor Chongzhen mentioned Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's King Qin's army again, Yang Sichang only said "the distant water can't save the near fire" and stopped talking.

Emperor Chongzhen said to his son-in-law Gong Yonggu: "Can you recruit people now? Cooperate with Uncle Xiangcheng to hold on until the army of King Qin of Shaanxi arrives."

The son-in-law Gong Yonggu said: "Your Majesty, when I entered the palace, I learned that Uncle Xiangcheng had disappeared. Now that the ministers have lost their hearts, all of them just want to protect themselves and go to join Xue's army. I have no choice but to be alone. They can’t even be recruited!.”

Emperor Chongzhen said again: "Then, can you take your servants and escort the prince to Jinling, the southern capital?"

Gong Yonggu, the son-in-law, said: "Your Majesty, I have always abided by my duties and never raised servants. Not to mention servants, even myself, I have always followed the emperor. In order to avoid suspicion, I don't even have half a weapon in my hand. How can I escort the prince?" Let’s go to the Southern Capital, besides, there’s no way out of Beijing City.”

Gong Yonggu didn't say that Hangzhou, the headquarters of Xue's army in Jinling City, was close at hand. Maybe Jinling City had already fallen into the hands of Xue's army. Gu got up suddenly, rushed out of the palace gate, and went to Chongwen gate to guard the inner city.

Yang Sichang played in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you might as well consider the conditions of the Xue family army. If you abdicate, you will not lose a vassal king."

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Can I surrender?"

Yang Sichang said: "Your Majesty, according to my humble opinion, Xue Yun is not the one to kill all."

Emperor Chongzhen waved Yang Sichang to retreat, then staggered away from the Hall of Supreme Harmony, went to the harem with his sword, and asked his servants to summon the empress and concubines. When Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian, ​​and Concubine Yuan arrived, Emperor Chongzhen said painfully: "The situation is gone now, it is irreversible, you are the mother of a country, you must not be humiliated, you should kill yourself as soon as possible!"

Empress Zhou just knelt on the ground to bid farewell to the emperor and cried bitterly, saying: "I have served Your Majesty for 13 years, but Your Majesty has never listened to my advice, so that today, it is said that Xue Yun is also a royal dragon descendant, so he may not do such evil. Why don't we be a family of ordinary people, if His Majesty insists that I die for the country, there is nothing to say!"

Emperor Chongzhen cried as he watched Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian, ​​and Concubine Yuan hug the three princes, Prince Cihong, third son Ding Wang Cijiong, and fourth son Yong Wang Cihuan. The eldest daughter, Princess Changping, and the youngest daughter, Princess Zhaoren, also cried sadly. It's not enough to sin against his wife and children, and he can no longer be so cruel that his wife and children commit suicide.

The Emperor Chongzhen asked his servants to take the three princes to quickly change into casual clothes and escape from the palace. Then the eunuch Wang Chengen left the Forbidden City and climbed to Meishan, the imperial forbidden garden. The inner city of Chongzhen Emperor Tianjiajing was in chaos. He hanged himself under an old locust tree, and the eunuch Wang Chengen accompanied him to commit suicide.

(End of this chapter)