Chapter 16: The Road Ahead
Since Liu Xia crippled the Duoduo army, there are more troops in the world who resist the Qing army, not to mention how many more forces have emerged in Nanming. A large number of rebels appeared in Beizhili, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and other places controlled by the Qing army at this time.
Many Han generals who defended the city rebelled, killed the Tartars in the city, and then gathered their troops to gather in Beijing. With the increase of the resistance forces, there are beacons everywhere.
Within a day, these rebel forces formed an alliance called the Restoration Army, with 100,000 troops and 300,000 to the outside world. Then they continued to assemble and march towards Beijing.
At the same time, Hong Chengchou, the counterinsurgency governor of Beijing's ** order, led an army of 100,000 out of Beijing and began to advance towards the Nafu army.
These restored troops did not have a unified leadership, and their discipline was very loose, and no one could command them all. This is because no one is convinced of anyone. You're a rebel, and I'm a rebel, so why should I listen to you. You are a member of the three grades, and I am also a member of the three grades, and we are not under the jurisdiction of the upper and lower levels. Therefore, the army, which was originally claimed to be 300,000, collapsed and dispersed as soon as it came into contact with the Qing army, and the army was defeated like a mountain.
Even when the army was defeated, those generals were still arguing, and even some generals saw the defeat and hurriedly led the army to surrender, so that a huge army that was originally good fell apart. Of these, 60,000 were taken prisoner, 30,000 surrendered, and less than 10,000 escaped.
The surrender of surrender, the capture of capture, the escape of escape. In a few days, it was wiped out, and this time the world was shocked again, different from the excitement of the last time, this time it was grief. Originally, Emperor Hongguang of Nanjing had already written congratulatory messages and rewards, but he did not expect that the ink had not dried yet, and the army was defeated.
At this time, Dolgon was already very disgusted with the Han army and the rebel army, and was extremely angry, so he ordered all the 60,000 captives to be killed, and originally wanted to kill the 30,000 people as well, but under the persuasion of many ministers, no order was issued.
Then Hong Chengchou brought all the 60,000 captives back to Beijing, and put the main generals among them in full view of the Han people. Hundreds of generals dyed the execution ground blood-red, like a sea of blood.
After dealing with the generals, Dorgon ordered all the captive soldiers to be beheaded, and then divided the 60,000 heads into several parts, which were piled up at each gate of Beijing, and at each city gate, there were piles of the heads of the Restoration Army, some frowning, some with open mouths, some staring with big eyes and full of fear. After this scene, many people had nightmares for several days. And this purpose is to let those Han people and the Han generals who have surrendered look at it, and this is the end of the rebellion.
The Han people in Beijing and the surrounding areas were so frightened that they didn't dare to go out, and just when they thought that they would be fine if they didn't go out and rebel, Dolgon then ordered that all the Han people in the area cut their hair, leaving only one braid, and bluntly said: "Keep your head without hair, keep your hair without your head."
For a while, the Han people in the world were angry, but they did not dare to resist......
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Let's not talk about the city of Beijing, at this time, Liu Xia's army was really tired after three days of running around day and night, and finally stopped at noon on this day.
These days, Liu Xia led more than 1,000 people and more than 2,000 war horses, picking up remote roads, and kept moving in one direction, without letting a single Tartar and traitor discover their whereabouts on the way.
It is precisely because of Liu Xia's secret march that the world still does not know who the person who destroyed the Duoduo army is.
At this time, the place where the army stopped was a deserted field, and there was no human population for dozens of miles around, and the soldiers were in chaos, and the common people could not live even if they had land.
The fertile field that was supposed to grow wheat was full of weeds at this time, Liu Xia got off the horse, and then picked Bian Sai off the horse, and after a few days, the identity of Bian Sai was basically known in the army at this time. Therefore, they also have an explanation in their hearts for Liu Xia's previous abnormal behaviors.
Of course, when Liu Xia was at the beginning, he really didn't know that Xia Sai was a woman.
After Bian Sai was hugged by Liu Xia, he smiled softly at Liu Xia and didn't say anything.
At this time, the generals of each battalion came over one after another, and Wang En was in charge of logistics, so he first said to Liu Xia: "General, we are in a hurry for food, you see ......."
Liu Xia really didn't take much grain and grass when he came out, so this matter was also expected by Liu Xia, so he sat on the ground, and at the same time waved his hand to the other generals, motioning for them to sit down, and after they all sat down, he said: "Yu Mingjun, you lead a scout team to investigate, and give me all the information about this place to find out, and there are ......."
Liu Xia thought for a moment, and then continued: "Also, check if there are any rich landlords in this generation, which landlord is the worst, go quickly."
Yu Mingjun promised, got up and left, walked to the scout team, gathered all the people, and rode away.
"Big brother, what are we going to do here, are we going to kill Tartars, great" A little doll who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, showed excitement on her face, and looked at Yu Mingjun.
Yu Mingjun said with a smile: "Boy, Mao hasn't grown yet, what kind of Tartar to kill, follow me well, don't get hurt, let's go to find out what the hell is the place, what corrupt officials and evil people are here."
"Who said that, I killed the army of Duoduo's big villains for the general, and in the future, I will be a powerful person like the general and be a big general" The little doll looked at Yu Mingjun with a straight face.
Yu Mingjun suddenly laughed, and then said: "Okay, okay, Xiao Yang, follow me, don't lose it" After speaking, Yu Mingjun accelerated forward.
The child, known as Xiao Yang, puffed out his mouth unconvinced, and finally accelerated forward to follow Yu Mingjun's side.
Except for a large group of 100 scouts taken away by Yu Mingjun, Liu Xia scattered the remaining scouts around, within ten miles of the surroundings, and if anyone appeared, they could not be let go. But apparently no one came to this place at all.
At this time, Liu Xia was still discussing the future trend with the soldiers.
Liu Xia didn't speak, but the soldiers under him quarreled.
Among them, Liu Dazhuang was silent, and he would do whatever Liu Xia did. Wang Shishi was Liu Xia's personal guard, although he wanted to open his mouth to speak every time, but in the end he held back. Wang En was sitting on the side, he was most concerned about food and food now, and he was not interested in participating in the rest.
In the end, there were only a few people left to discuss.
Ma Peng, deputy commander of the Wolf Howling Battalion, said: "The last general thinks that we should now go and raid the lair of the Qing army, and then occupy Beijing City and drive those Tartars back to Liaodong."
Zhang Yuan, the commander of the Wolf Howling Battalion, said: "This is not so easy to achieve now......
Ma Peng immediately said angrily to Zhang Yuan: "Battalion commander, how can you grow the enemy's morale and destroy your own prestige, we can attack so many large armies of Duoduo, I think we will do this, break the city of Beijing, and the general will ascend the throne as the emperor."
As soon as Ma Peng said this, the others immediately opened their eyes wide and looked at him, and at the same time Liu Xia also looked at him, which made Ma Peng feel a little embarrassed, so he lowered his head and said, "I'm just casual, talking, talking casually."
The atmosphere was awkward for a while, and Zhang Liang, the deputy commander of the Huben battalion, said: "I decided why I should go to Nanjing to meet Your Majesty now......
"What! To meet the Dog Emperor? If it weren't for the dog emperor, we wouldn't have no place to stay, the dog emperor, and those dog ministers, knew about pleasure, and didn't care about the lives of our soldiers at all, even if they didn't have military salaries, they didn't save them when they saw death, if they wanted to go to you, I would never go" Niu Chao, the deputy commander of the lion battalion, said angrily.
Niu Chao's opinion was immediately supported by everyone, in fact, Liu Xia didn't want to give his life to the Nanjing court at all, and giving them his life was simply looking for death. Liu Xia still has a bit of a brain, that is, if the emperor doesn't kill him, those ministers will find an excuse to kill him when they see that he has a lot of credit.
Zhang Liang looked at everyone embarrassedly and said, "It's not the emperor's fault, it's all those traitors who control the government ......."
Before Zhang Liang finished speaking, under the angry eyes of everyone, Zhang Liang closed his mouth.
Liu Xia looked at Zhang Liang with deep meaning.
In the end, everyone was messing around, it was time to wait for Liu Xia to make a decision, what should they do in the future, after those words just now, Liu Xia already had a number in his heart at this time.
So he said: "When you go to Nanjing to see Your Majesty, let's take it slowly, and then talk about it when we have a chance later." As for when there will be an opportunity, then it is not known.
"We don't have the strength to attack Beijing City now, so now we need to develop our strength slowly, we need a turf and develop slowly."
"Turf? Where are we going? The commander of the Lion's Roar Battalion, Niu said.
Liu Xia replied: "Central Plains"
"Our main enemy is the Tartars, so naturally we can't go to the south, what kind of Tartars do we fight in the south? Can't go to the north, the north is all in the hands of the Tartars at this time, we can't break through the layers of blockades, we can only go to the place between Nanming and the Tartars, and this place, the most advantageous place is the Central Plains, Luoyang, and Guanzhong, but now if Guanzhong is the base, it is too western, only choose Luoyang, Luoyang can be defended, the geographical position is superior, and at the same time you can lock up the Tartars in Shaanxi and close the door to fight the dogs. Out of the Tiger Prison is the Huanghuai Plain, this area is a grain-producing area, as long as we occupy here, we can fight with the Tartars with peace of mind."
There is also a point that Liu Xia did not say, the reason for choosing here is that Liu Xia is not worried about the enemy on his back at all, Nan Ming is asking God to worship Buddha if others don't beat him, let alone let him beat others.
No one had any objection to Liu Xia's words, and they all agreed.