Five days ago, Jiang Xiang, the chief soldier of Datong, and Wang Yue, the chief soldier of Shanxi, finally decided to surrender. They took advantage of the opportunity of setting up a banquet to kill Zhang Tianlin, the general of the Dashun army, and others, and then attacked the camp of the Dashun army. Due to the sudden attack and the lack of command, the more than 10,000 defenders of the Dashun army in Datong suffered heavy casualties and most of them were annihilated.

It is not so much that Jiang Xiang and others hid it well, but that Zhang Tianlin was completely unprepared. Even when Li Zicheng led his troops to withdraw from Beijing and then returned to Shaanxi, the Dashun army did not consider their cause to be a huge setback. They had no idea that these Ming generals would betray them again.

But when Jiang Xiang finally took control of the situation and was about to surrender to the Qing army, he found that the Qing army had withdrawn. He was a little anxious, so he sent someone to find out the news, only to learn that it was Li Yan who defeated the Qing army and drove it away. However, Li Yan didn't seem to have any plans to come to Datong for the time being, so he discussed with Wang Yue, anyway, the Qing army came to avenge Emperor Chongzhen, and since the Qing army was driven away, then they would set up an emperor themselves.

So he found Zhu Dingzha, a descendant of King Zaoqiang, and used it to order all parts of Shanxi to fight against Dashun's regimes in various parts of Shanxi and restore the rule of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he divided his troops everywhere and controlled Ningwu, Daizhou and other places in his hands, and made preparations with both hands. If Li Yan sent troops over, he would naturally get more rewards if he surrendered in a large amount. If Li Yan wasn't in a hurry, he wouldn't have the intention of cutting off the male.

Later, he contacted the former Ming officials in Xuanfu and Yanghe regions. The officers and troops in these areas also followed Jiang Xiang's example, suddenly attacked Li Zicheng's army, and then joined Jiang Xiang's rebellion. When these people surrendered to Li Zicheng, they were front and back, and now they are taking advantage of the power vacuum to engage in secession, and they are also scrambling to be the first.

Not only the Datong rebellion, but also other areas of Zhili rebelled. The Qing army, like Li Zicheng, laid down a place, and was still appointed by the former officials. Now that the Qing army has retreated, these officials and generals from the Qin and Twilight Chu dynasties are in power, so it is natural for each to support their own troops.

Of course, there were also people who came to surrender to Li Yan, most of them were the prefectures and counties around the capital. These people are also discerning, they think that Li Yan can even defeat the Qing army, and occupy Beijing, although the power has not yet been established, but it should be soon. As for Emperor Chongzhen's revenge, didn't he drive Li Zicheng out of Beijing City, and it could be regarded as revenge.

Li Mu did two things in the capital. One is not to let the officials of the Ming Dynasty leave, and the other is to issue documents, so that those officials and generals who surrender to the city will stay in their original positions and control the place. Li Yan told him to do both of these things, although he didn't understand the use of doing so.

However, he also did one thing, that is, he cut off the whips of the soldiers of the Beijing camp who had surrendered to the Qing army. Now the soldiers in the Beijing camp are all bald, and the people in the capital laughingly call these people "monk soldiers".

And with the passage of time, and the strong quarantine measures after Li Yan took control of Beijing, the plague in the capital has improved a lot, and the number of new patients is decreasing greatly every day. The people in the capital finally dared to go out, and there was a long queue to buy grain at the grain store. Fortunately, when the Qing army left, they only grabbed some gold, silver and silk, and did not burn the grain in the granary, otherwise the capital would have a food shortage.

Li Yan did not attack Jiangjun Pass, because the Qing army withdrew after nightfall. After Wang Renfu arrived with his infantry, he left 200 men here to defend the army. The defenders and the people of Tuntian had nothing left but corpses and burned houses, so he had to leave enough people here to guard.

After that, he asked Wang Renfu to lead 10,000 people to garrison Jizhen and unify the defense of Wu Sangui along the Great Wall and in the east. And he returned to Beijing with the rest of the troops.

Although Wang Renfu is very happy to be able to take charge on his own, he is also worried that he will not be able to do well. It's not that he doesn't have enough ability, it's just that he has too few troops to take care of such a large area.

"Great marshal," Wang Renfu asked, "can you give more troops to the humble position, there are more than ten important passes of the Great Wall alone." And it is also necessary to guard against Wu Sangui and others in Yongping Mansion, which is really not enough. ”

Li Yan said: "I have full authority from you, you can distribute the fields within the scope of Jizhen, recruit and train new soldiers, and you can also appease the former Ming official army." As for the pass of the Great Wall, let the Ming soldiers temporarily guard it. Priority is given to the distribution of land to the military households near the pass, and a soldier is given 20 acres, and with a little training, they can be allowed to guard the pass. There is no need to block the enemy's attack, and it is basically impossible to stop it, as long as the news can be reported in time. Here, you have to set aside enough reserves to block the enemy's invasion. ”

"Please send some officials from Henan as soon as possible to help," Wang Renfu asked again: "Although local officials can be appointed for low positions, it is difficult to distinguish meritocracy for a while. Moreover, if the officers and men in the army do not do these things for a long time, it is inevitable that they will be a little rusty. ”

Although at the beginning, the division of fields was indeed done by the army, but at that time, it was personally guided by Li Yan, Li Mou, and Li Zhong. However, after that, experienced officials and village chiefs were appointed, and the soldiers only maintained law and order and helped build villages, so some experienced people in their army were high-ranking officials above the total number of thousands, and they could not be sent to various places for guidance.

Li Yan nodded: "Well, you stabilize the situation first and control the key points." Within a month, an official will come and take over. ”

"Okay, take the command." Wang Renfu clenched his fists and obeyed the order.

After Li Yan returned to the capital with his troops, he immediately asked Li Mu to take the troops left in the capital to Changping and Juyong to the north, and first control the gate of the capital. As for Xuanfu and Datong, it's not too late to clean up later.

Then he summoned the officials of Beijing in the Wuying Palace, and asked the Manchu civil and military to mourn Emperor Chongzhen for three days. And let the officials of the Ministry of Rites give Emperor Chongzhen the temple number, and let the officials of the Ministry of Industry re-plan the mausoleum where Chongzhen is buried, and expand it into the regulation of the emperor's mausoleum.

Chongzhen is really frugal, and generally the emperor will start to build his own mausoleum as soon as he ascends the throne; But Chongzhen didn't do it. Maybe he felt that he was young and didn't need to be in a hurry, so he left all the money for the army. But he didn't expect that he was the king of the dead country, and after the death of Sheji, he didn't even have a place to be buried. Some officials and ordinary people couldn't bear to see Chongzhen keep outside, so they spontaneously buried him and Queen Zhou in the mausoleum of Tian Guifei.

The officials in the capital were surprised and frightened. Many of them were taken by Li Zicheng's majesty, but they didn't go to cry for the emperor, but now Li Yan is going to rebuild the mausoleum for Emperor Chongzhen, isn't this a slap in the face.

Li Yan looked at the expressions of sadness, embarrassment, or surprise on the faces of the officials, and said, "Go back and prepare, this is the last time you will be loyal to Daming." When the mourning period is over, you will be free to come and go. ”

All the officials reluctantly agreed. They didn't have a single accusation against Li Yan, who was sitting on the throne of Wuying Palace, anyway, they had already succumbed several times, and they had no courage for a long time.

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