Chapter 468: The End of the War
Only Qian Sule was silent, and the officials guessed that Qian Sule was avoiding suspicion, after all, he was Wu Zheng's Taishan.
In the face of the unanimous support of the civil and military ministers, Zhu Yujiao on the hall steps recovered from a brief shock, and she suddenly had a sense of melancholy and loss.
The initiator of this is herself, but when she really succeeds, she feels that she has done something wrong.
In the whole world, there are not many people who know Wu Zheng's true identity, but she knows that she personally planned all this.
But now, she seems to regret it a little, Wu Zheng is not a Ming family, this fact bothers her heart.
What's more, she has awakened to the direct consequence of this incident, that is, Wu Zheng will become her imperial brother in this life...... No more!
This is a kind of pain that Zhu Yujiao can't let go, and she needs to rely on it too much.
With complicated feelings, Zhu Yumu Ran said: "The matter is very high, and we must make a decision after the Duke of Zhenguo returns to Beijing to discuss...... The horse minister stayed, and the palace had something to discuss. ”
Uncle Zheng shouted at the right time, "Retreat!" ”
In the stunned gaze of the ministers in the hall, Zhu Yujiao left the Fengtian Palace.
The ministers are really puzzled, Princess Changping often shows the intention of abdicating to make way for the virtuous, and she is a woman, even if her status is noble, but after all, she can't inherit the temple and the new emperor ascends the throne, if she is calm, it will have a significant difference in her future status.
Fools know this, but why didn't she express her stance in the support of hundreds of officials?
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Compared with the entanglement of the Qingtai Dynasty, the Manchu court can only be described by the word "shock".
In the same Fengtian Temple, everyone was dumbfounded.
Yizhen and Dantu were occupied by the Ming army, Zhenjiang was lost, and tens of thousands of Qing troops were annihilated, of which at least more than 10,000 were the elite of the Eight Banners, not to mention, Li Guohan, one of the eight solid mountain Ezhen, was buried in this battle, and the other Gushan Ezhen Yechen fled to Jiangxin Island in embarrassment.
An army of 80,000 besieged a small county town, and after eight days of fighting, the loss of troops was not to mention, and it has not been captured so far.
This kind of disadvantage has never been encountered by the Qing army since it entered the customs, and I am afraid that it has never even thought about it.
But it's happening, and most importantly, it's still eroding.
The 100,000 troops in Jiangbei have lost more than 30% so far, and the Qing army originally stationed in Zhenjiang Mansion has been annihilated, which means that the Qing court has lost control over the entire land in Jiangdong, and the Qing army will not be able to set foot on this land.
And if Yizhen's Ming army continues to exist, it will become a springboard for the Ming army's Northern Expedition, which is a thorn in the heart, just like the original Zhenjiang City felt the same way for the Ming people.
The opinions of the courtiers are divided into two kinds, one is Huairou headed by Hong Chengchou, who was urgently summoned back as soon as he left the Shuntian Mansion, and only then did he know the news that the Qing army was defeated on both sides of the Yangtze River. So he suggested that the war should be ended immediately, and the two battles of Yizhen and Dantu needed someone to be held accountable for this, and the spearhead was directed at the regent Dorgon.
The other is naturally the main battle faction led by Dolgon, and the battle is going to be on this one, and the face that should be lost is lost, since this is the case, then fight to the end. Dolgon believed that Jiangxin Island was still under the control of the Qing army, and the imperial court should quickly increase troops to Jiangxin Island to recapture Zhenjiang from the Ming army, and ordered Wu Sangui to quickly annihilate the Yizhen Ming army.
The strange thing is that there are very many people who echo these two voices, and there are people who echo each voice behind it, both Manchu and Han.
This is difficult to do, arguing hoarsely, almost staging a full-fledged martial arts.
Shuntianfu does have more than 100,000 troops, but can this army be transferred to Jiangnan?
This is the last reliance to maintain the Qing court's rule over Jiangbei, not to mention whether it can subdue the Mongol tribes that have changed in the north, let's just say that the 100,000 army goes south, in case of repeated defeats?
The foundation of the Qing court's rule would be shaken, and the risk would not be worth it.
The armistice with the Qingtai Dynasty may have lost some face and land, but at least with the Yangtze River as the boundary, the Ming army was not able to go north.
As long as Fujian, Guangzhou, and the northwest are pacified, it will not be too late for the army to be divided into divisions.
The Ming Dynasty has died, so why fight for temporary gains and losses?
In the end, the little emperor Fulin finally relented and decided to get rid of the "claws" of the Queen Mother and Dolgon, and supported Hong Chengchou in order to counter Dolgon's increasingly plump wings, and he immediately issued an edict - peace talks!
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If it weren't for Wu Zheng leading the remnants of the cavalry to the east in time and rushing to Dantu.
I'm afraid I really won't see Xia Wanchun anymore.
Dantu had been captured by the Qing army before, and a war broke out.
The city defense was damaged in many places, and Xia Wanchun did not have time to repair it at all, so he faced the crazy counterattack of the Qing army, and its difficulties were obvious.
If it weren't for the people in the city who defended the city without fear of life and death, I'm afraid the Dantu would have fallen.
But even so, after Wu Sangui ordered more troops and recovered the Dantu at all costs, the brutal battles day and night exhausted all the physical strength and energy of the Ming army.
When Wu Zheng led the cavalry from the west gate into Dantu City and arrived at the north gate, the north gate had been broken through by the Qing army, and the Ming army was unable to resist, and Xia Wanchun almost killed himself.
After Wu Zheng led the cavalry to repel the Qing soldiers who entered the city, Xia Wanchun hugged Wu Zheng and cried bitterly.
10,000 people, but at this time, there were only more than 2,000 people.
Looking at the corpses of the soldiers and people in the city, Wu Zheng also shed tears, and he comforted Xia Wanchun with tears and said: "War always has to kill people, today is them, tomorrow is you, and the day after tomorrow may be me." Since you and I have the will to expel the Tartars and recover the rivers and mountains, we must tolerate the departure of relatives, friends, and comrades...... Your ministry has done a good job, Zhenjiang City has been recovered! ”
From the moment he saw Wu Zheng, Xia Wanchun had already guessed that Zhenjiang City had recovered.
But it was really confirmed from Wu Wai's mouth that Xia Wanchun frantically rushed to the city wall, knelt on it, and shouted wildly.
was so shocked that Wu Zheng hurriedly asked people to drag him down, for fear that the Qing army would find out and shoot cold arrows.
With the arrival of the follow-up musketeers, the Qing army began to find that they could not attack, and the most important thing was that they knew that there were reinforcements in the city, and they were cavalry.
After three sieges of the city, in vain, and after being easily repulsed by the Ming army and throwing down hundreds of corpses, the Qing army, which was also exhausted, had to restrain the offensive.
It is also strange to say that the north gate has been penetrated, Wu Zheng did not let it be repaired, so the hole was opened, and the Qing army no longer attacked.
Beginning the next day, the two armies entered a stalemate.
When this battle comes to this point, both sides are actually unable to fight.
In terms of the Qing army in Jiangbei, there is no longer more reinforcements, although it was originally an army of 100,000, but in addition to the troops that have been lost in Zhenjiang, Danyang, Dantu, and Yizhen, there is also to maintain deterrence against Tianfu, and suppress the Ming army's naval division, and then there must be heavy troops to surround Yizhen, and to guard Jiangxin Island, Wu Sangui's available troops are also stretched.