Guanzhong.

Li Zicheng's return to Xi'an indicated the failure of the Dashun Dynasty to win the crown, which made the morale of the Dashun Dynasty, which was like a rainbow, drop sharply, and the people's hearts were a little panicked.

The soldiers of the Shun army were full of hope for the eastward crusade, but the result was a gray retreat, like a farce.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, the Dashun army fell from a height, coupled with the continuous losses on the front line, so that the Dashun army began to doubt its own ability, and its morale fell to the bottom.

In the city of Xi'an, in the Tianyou Pavilion, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing and the officials of the six governments all sat together with sad faces.

At this time, on the table in front of Niu Jinxing, there were three urgent reports, one from Shanxi, one from northern Shaanxi, and one from Henan.

The Shanxi military newspaper said that Taiyuan had fallen, that Marquis Guying and General Ma Chongxi of Youguoyi had died in battle, and that the entire territory of Shanxi had fallen into the hands of the Qing army.

This is tantamount to saying that the achievements of the Eastern Expedition of the Great Shun Army have all come to naught, and not only that, but also the lives of several generals and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Shun Army, and the Eastern Expedition strategy has completely failed.

The military report in northern Shaanxi was sent by Li Guo, the marquis of Bo, reporting to the Qing Ying King Azig, the commander Gushan Ezhen Tan Tai, and the Qin King Wu Sangui (changed), and dispatched the rebel generals Jiang Xiang and Tang Tong to break the border wall through the Hetao and attack northern Shaanxi.

Azig besieged Gao Yigong with Jiang Xiang and other rebels, and he joined Wu Sangui and other troops to direct the front to Yan'an, and was fighting fiercely with Li Guo.

The other is a report from Henan before, which is a report from Li Yan and Bai Wangyan that the Qing army was in a hurry to attack the tiger prison and asked for help from Guanzhong.

Luoyang's urgent report for help has already come a few times, except for the front one handed over to Li Zicheng, and the back one was suppressed by Niu Jinxing.

At the beginning, Li Yan advised Li Zicheng to suspend the Eastern Crusade, and Niu Jinxing competed with him, but now it turns out that Li Yan is right, and Niu Jinxing is wrong.

Niu Jinxing was very unhappy in his heart and worried about falling out of favor, so he bet on the beating, hoping that Li Yan could die in Henan.

It's just that now the Qing army's northern road has reached Yan'an, and once Yan'an is lost, the Qing army can attack the Guanzhong Plain.

If a Qing army suddenly appears outside Tongguan when the Shun army and the Qing army are fighting fiercely in Yan'an, then the big one will take care of one and lose the other, and I am afraid that it will be over.

Although Niu Jinxing is selfish, at this time, he has to face up to the current situation and dare not report it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone has read these three urgent reports." Niu Jinxing glanced at everyone and asked, "What strategy do you have for this?" ”

Song Xiance is a fortune teller, pretending to be a ghost, and making up children's songs, if you ask him how to resist the enemy, it will be embarrassing for the old Song.

The other ministers were gossiping, but none of them came up with any good ideas.

Since Dashun fought with the Qing army, there have been more than ten large and small wars, but they have not won a single one, they just came up with the same strategy as flowers, and it is useless.

Everyone discussed for a long time, and Zhang Xuanran, the secretary of the military government, stood up and said: "Prime Minister, the Qing army is in full swing, and it is difficult for our dynasty to resist, so it is better to send an envoy to join forces and drag out the Qing army first, what does the prime minister think?" ”

Niu Jinxing is not a straw bag, he immediately shook his head after hearing this, as the situation deteriorated, he had already understood the intentions of the Qing army, "The Qing army entered the customs, and the banner was to avenge Chongzhen, they wanted to destroy Shun and seize the crown, even if we had the heart to seek peace, the Qing army might not agree!" ”

It was originally considered to have withdrawn from Beijing, and the territory controlled by Dashun was still very considerable, and after a little rest, it was not without a chance to regain its strength.

It's just that Dashun is up and down, and the understanding of the Qing army's entry into the customs is obviously a little insufficient, but I didn't expect the Qing army to chase and beat them fiercely, with a style of rushing to kill them all.

Niu Jinxing also waited until the Qing army invaded Shanxi and cut down the north and south roads before he thought clearly that the Qing army was not plundering, but destroying Shun and seizing the crown.

This time, the Qing army entered the customs and provoked a war, to say that there was no grudge between the Qing army and the Dashun, and the Shun army could surrender or negotiate, but in fact, as long as the Dashun army fell into the hands of the Qing army, they often died very miserably.

Many of the Shun troops who surrendered were slaughtered by the Qing army in the thousands.

In history, Wushan Boma Shiyao, who surrendered to Tongguan, and his 7,000 subordinates were slaughtered by Duoduo in the name of hunting and feasting.

In addition, after Zehou Tian Jianxiu, Yihou Zhang Nai, Taiping Bo Wu Ruyi and others surrendered, and more than 5,000 people were also slaughtered by the Qing army.

Although the Manchus had no grudges with the Shun army, they were ruthless in the process of exterminating the Great Shun, and their methods were much more ruthless than those of the Ming Dynasty.

One of the reasons why the Qing court was like this was to buy the hearts and minds of the northern gentry.

Li Zicheng's policy of subsidizing salaries in the north offended almost all the northern gentry, and these gentry became the main targets of the Qing court's absorption and wooing.

As soon as Dolgon entered Beijing, he issued an edict according to Hong Chengchou's suggestion, announcing that all the land and property seized by the invading army would be "returned to their owners", and the levy of three salaries would be suspended, which immediately attracted many gentry and landlords.

The entry of these people into the Qing court as officials naturally affected the Qing court's attitude towards the Shun army.

Of course, this is not the main reason, the key point is still the second.

The Qing court was very cunning in determining that after Li Zicheng captured Beijing, the Ming Dynasty had fallen, and refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty in the south.

In the logic of the Qing court, Li Zicheng destroyed the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng was the Son of Heaven, and the Qing Dynasty destroyed Li Zicheng again, and the Qing Dynasty was taken from Li Zicheng, not the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, you old ministers of the Ming Dynasty can't hate me, and you have to thank me for avenging the Ming Dynasty.

This was originally a set of logic that could be self-consistent, but there was something wrong in the middle, the Dashun army announced that the dead Prince Chongzhen had arrived in Nanjing, and the prince was the legitimate heir of the Ming Dynasty, so it made the Manchus a little embarrassed.

However, for the Qing court, if logic can make sense, it will be explained, and if it can't be explained, you will be beaten down, and then it will be understood if it doesn't make sense.

At present, the eyes of the Qing court have not turned to Nanjing, but are concentrating on dealing with Li Zicheng.

After Li Zicheng withdrew from Beijing, he did not realize that after the Qing army entered the customs this time, he did not plan to go out, not to plunder, but to compete with him for the world.

Because of the error of judgment, he did not stay in Shanxi to command the army to resist the enemy, but returned to Guanzhong and took away the main force of the Dashun army.

This made Shanxi's Shun army empty, and after Li Zicheng left, various places rebelled, and the Qing army took advantage of the situation to attack Shanxi.

In addition, the Qing court also sent two armies from the north and south, all the way led by Azig, a detour from northern Shaanxi into the pass, one route led by Duoduo, and one route to Henan to attack Tongguan.

In the face of the Qing army's attack, the Dashun court was panicked, and many officials had quietly slipped away.

Several people in the hall listened to Niu Jinxing's words, and they were all a little flustered, and Zhang Lanran couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Peace and can't be peaceful, and it's too big to fight, how can this be good?" ”

"Just the Qing army that entered northern Shaanxi will be difficult to deal with, if the Duoduo army is killing Tongguan, I'm afraid~"

Niu Jinxing originally wanted to find a few people to discuss countermeasures, but after listening to the words of a few people, it made him even more bottomless, and his face sank.

This made him a little annoyed, I came to you to discuss how to deal with it, not to let you scare me from the old cow!

However, at this moment, Niu Yan, the son of Niu Jinxing, ran in with an excited face, and said with a bit of a gaffe: "Father, Henan Gao Yihuan, there is a good news report!" ”

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