Poor prince of our Qing Dynasty was dragged to death by Yang Qing like this.

The rest of the battle has nothing to do with Yang Qing.

Arriving in Baoding was the cavalry brigade of the Eighth Army of the Army, which set out from Jinan, and immediately went north after capturing Linqing, seizing all parts along the canal like a bamboo, and was originally going to continue north to join Yang Qing in Tianjin. Because Dongchang was not opened at that time, they could not obtain canal supplies, but they could receive sea supplies in Tianjin, and as a result, they learned of Li Zicheng's raid on Beijing in Cangzhou, and then immediately turned to Baoding to cut off the Qing army's retreat. Because the common people from all over the country raised troops one after another, the cavalry brigade ran almost unimpeded, and arrived at the same time as Yang Qing, and immediately plunged into this battle.

However, the battle soon ended as darkness fell.

As for the vast majority of the Qing army, they ran away.

After all, as cavalry, it is not difficult for them to run, but it is impossible for them to run north, they can only go south to meet the infantry.

In short, the retreat of the Qing army was completely blocked.

In their north, southeast, and southeast, there were more than 400,000 Mingshun coalition troops, and the only way to retreat was to go west, into the cage that Yang Qing had designed for them. And Huang Feizheng, who had already gone to Chang'an with Li, led two armies of the Ming army, as well as the hundreds of thousands of commune soldiers recruited by the Qin Domain, would complete the complete locking of this cage in the next half month. At that time, it will be more than 700,000 troops encircled and annihilated a maximum of 120,000 Qing troops, and the latter will almost run out of ammunition and food. There is no suspense about the outcome of this battle, and the Qing army will not have rescue, whether it is the Mongolian princes outside the Guanxi or Zilharang in Shenyang, none of them have the ability and will not save them.

They're dead.

And the fall of this Qing army group also represents the actual destruction of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a force that has been pressing on the head of the Ming Dynasty for decades.

Although there are still two big Yu'er mothers in Shenyang.

But they were just there to catch their breath and die.

Similarly, the recovery of the northern capital, the death of Li Zicheng and the return of the Shun army also represent the original fragmented Ming Dynasty, which has completed the unification of the situation, and it is only a matter of time before it is truly unified. The rest, whether Zhang Xianzhong or King Gui, have no qualifications to struggle, all they can do is to strive for the best possible result for themselves.

Yang Qing continued south the next day.

Because there was no need to disturb the Qing army anymore, he sent Sun Shoufa back to the northern capital, and then appointed Gao Yigong as the commander of Taiyuan, and led the Shun army that had been purged in the northern capital to return to Shanxi. With Zheng Chenggong staying in the northern capital, and after taking Tianjin, he took over the northern capital, and the Dengzhou Metropolitan Department was revoked and moved to the Northern Capital, and Cao Youyi, the Xuzhou Metropolitan who had arrived in Dongchang to supervise the war, turned to the Daimyo. In the Daimyo, he set up a camp in the Hebei line of the capital governor's mansion, and commanded all the Mingshun coalition forces south of Baoding, west of Taihang, and north of the Yellow River, and was responsible for the operation of the encircled Qing army. At this time, the Qing army's rearguard was actually still in Handan, and they were also prepared to turn to Lu'an once they couldn't return to the northern capital, especially the infantry would definitely not be able to go back.

In Jiezhou, a battalion was set up to travel east of the river, with Huang Fei as the commander of the battalion to the east of the river, and to control all the Mingshun coalition forces on the western front.

These orders were issued in Cangzhou.

After throwing the battle on the eastern and western fronts to his eldest brother and second brother, Yang Qing went south along the canal, and he soon arrived in Dongchang after running wildly, and instructed his eldest brother to continue south to Xuzhou and turn to Fengyang.

At this time, the Qing army in Henan had been destroyed.

Except for 6,000 of the 15,000 Qing troops under the Mandahai Division, which surrendered or were captured, the rest became fertilizer on the land of Henan. His father died in Shenyang three years ago, and Abatai died of illness in the northern capital the year before last, so these people have no regrets and can only make up for their children and grandchildren as much as possible. The son of the wild boar skin is now considered to be dead, in addition to the Dolgon brothers, there is also Babutai who died in Dongchang this year.

I have to say that it is still a bit regrettable.

When Yang Qing returned to Nandu, Her Majesty's belly was already very large, but she was still very satisfied with his performance......

It is said that the empress already has the demeanor of a gentleman.

As for the white stripes he hit......

"So be it!"

Her Majesty held her stomach and sighed: "This Li Zicheng is quite sensible, give him a nice name, don't worry about those things in his past!" ”

"Lao Li's nickname ......"

Yang Qing groaned for a moment.

This is indeed a bit difficult, and it is estimated that the Ministry of Rites will have a headache for a while.

First of all, it can't be too good.

After all, his identity is there, how can I say that the king of Qin also forced the emperor to seal it after arresting Chongzhen, and in a sense, the empress still has a grudge against him to kill his mother, and Queen Zhou hanged herself in the northern capital.

But you can't really give a bad name.

Nearly six million people in Guanzhong are watching! Li Zicheng is like a reborn parent in their minds, if giving a bad insult will first chill people's hearts, then Qin Fan's return to obedience is to give Yang Qing face, and it would be nonsense to say that he is happy and convinced. If you want to appease the people of the Qin clan and get the sincere submission of the people of the Qin domain, you must first offer the tablet of Li Zicheng, which is the Li family's sacrifice of land rather than the recapture of the imperial court, and the imperial court cannot show mercy.

"How about giving him a martial arts?"

Yang Qing said.

"Whatever you want!"

Her Majesty said indifferently.

"You really don't hate him?"

Yang Qing said suspiciously.

"What do I hate him for? The queen mother was not killed by him, it was ordered by his father to commit suicide, there is nothing wrong with him rebelling, our Zhu family can't even let him eat enough, and I have to rebel too! In the end, a person can die of illness, he can die in battle, he can be hit by a carriage, but he can't starve to death, and a person who works hard to farm actually starves to death, then he is also qualified to rebel! ”

The Empress said, sitting on her dedicated throne.

It was clear that the Empress's mind was also growing with her belly.

It could also be idle.

"So do you want to solve this problem once and for all?"

Yang Qing put his arm around her neck and said.

"You want to do something again?"

Her Majesty said with a deep heart.

"I'm doing things for you, for our sons, and for our descendants.

One thing you're absolutely right.

If a person who has worked hard to farm actually starves to death, then he is qualified to rebel.

That's how Taizu set the crown.

The son of a tenant farmer in Huaixi, a wandering monk who struggled to survive by begging, when he couldn't survive, he had no choice but to rebel, and his success was not because he had a talent that surpassed all others. Do you believe that a person who has never read a book since he was a child and does not even know a word, who has never eaten a full meal for a day since he was a child, and more than half of his family starved to death, has the talent to endure the heavens and the earth, and has the courage of ten thousand people? That's simply not possible! There is only one reason for his success, that is, under foreign rule, there are too many people like him who are about to starve to death, and if the Mongols can eat enough under the rule, Taizu may only be a tenant farmer.

Li Zicheng is the same.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people in the world who were about to starve to death like him, do you believe that a post station guard could almost destroy the Ming Dynasty?

Therefore, if we want our descendants to keep the country forever, then we only need to do one thing to ensure that the people are fed, and the people who can eat enough will not rebel. If we can't eat enough, then even if our descendants are all Holy Lords and Mingjun are all geniuses, it is also useless, let the people have enough to eat, this is the premise of the eternal stability of the country,"

Yang Qing said.

"Do you really want to be Jia Rudao?"

The Empress said helplessly.

"Yes, the premise of feeding the common people is to solve the distribution of land, and as long as the land is still largely controlled by the gentry, this problem cannot really be solved."

Yang Qing said.

"But now that the people have eaten, are they full?"

The Empress said.

"How many children were born last year?"

Yang Qing said.

The Empress looked at the female officer behind her, who hurried to find the records compiled by the midwives from all over the country.

"Your Majesty, a total of 3.8 million births were born last year, but there are a few remote places where there are no midwives, so the actual number should exceed 4.2 million, of which 200,000 more are boys than girls."

The female officer said.

"What about death?"

Yang Qing said.

The female officer hurriedly gave him a summary report from the nursing homes in various places, and at this time, the dead people would receive a burial subsidy from the nursing homes, so the dead people would report to the nursing homes. And those who have no one to bury will also be paid by the nursing home, at least bury them in a thin piece of wood, wrap them in a broken mat and bury them in mass graves, and then be dug out by wild dogs, which is to punish local officials.

"One hundred and sixty thousand deaths."

The female officer said.

"That is to say, our birth rate is 35 per 1,000, our death rate is 13 per 1,000, the natural growth rate is 22 per thousand, and we now have a population of 120 million, so I ask you, how many will we have in 10 years?"

Yang Qing said.

Her Majesty looked at him disapprovingly.

"Fifteen thousand."

Yang Qing said.

"An increase of 30 million in ten years, based on the average yield per mu in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, in the case of paying taxes to meet the needs of oil and salt for food, it takes at least two acres of land to feed a person, and 60 million mu for 30 million people, which is still a paddy field in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Where, then, may I ask Her Majesty, where to find 60 million acres of land for these people of yours? This is close to the amount of arable land currently in Nanzhili. ”

He said with a smile as he looked at Her Majesty the Empress.

"Migrate out!"

The Empress said dryly.

"So how do you move 30 million people out in 10 years, and you have to find 60 million acres or more of arable land for those 30 million people? I also have to remind you that the vast majority of dry land in the north has only a quarter of the yield of paddy fields in Jiangsu and Zhejiang! Moreover, the fertile land has to be placed in the northern Huangzhuang, and Hebei still has a population of at least 8 million, so they will not leave the fertile land, and Li Zicheng's commune has also cultivated all the fertile land that can be cultivated in Guanzhong and Shanxi. The options left for you are only those that are currently deserted, and even if they are recultivated, they can only grow sweet potato sorghum, and even the yield of corn is very low, so you may need more than 100 million mu to accommodate 30 million people. ”

Yang Qing said.