Chapter 263: Restoring the Forbidden City
The Forbidden City, Xihua Gate and Shenwu Gate are closed except for the middle gate for the emperor and empress, the side doors on both sides are open, and the roads in the palace are lined with elite soldiers and brocade guards. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info The people responsible for repairing the Forbidden City pushed the vehicles in and out through the side door. Because horses were not allowed to walk in the Forbidden City, not even mules and donkeys, the migrant workers' vehicles had to unload their mules and horses when they arrived at the city gate, and they would enter the city with people pushing them.
What was once a palace now became a huge construction site, with construction happening everywhere. The remains of several burned buildings have been completely bulldozed and new houses have been built on the original foundations.
The large wood transported from the south, the large stones collected from the West Mountain, and the high-quality bricks and tiles burned from the south were transported to the palace by a truckload, and more than 100,000 people and 20,000 craftsmen were busy working overtime, in order to repair the nominal power center of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.
The damage to the study was not very serious and has been repaired. Yongli sat in the imperial study, and Wu Sangui stood aside. At this time, Wu Sangui said that he was coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but he was still respectful to Yongli on the surface.
"I heard that the army of the King of the South has arrived in Tianjin, and I have returned to the Forbidden City today for such a big thing, why did the King of the South not enter the Saint of the Face?" Yongli asked.
Wu Sangui replied: "Your Majesty, the King of the South is powerful and domineering, and he completely relies on his army and sophisticated weapons, and he is only worried that if he leaves the protection of the army, he will be taken down by you, Your Majesty......"
Yongli said: "The king of the south is my number one hero of the Ming Dynasty, will I cross the river and tear down the bridge?" β
"Your Majesty, of course, not! That's the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain! Wu Sangui said respectfully. He added in his heart: You are such a person, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey. The old man just wants to cut off that grandson-in-law and imprison him, Your Majesty, you can't wait to cut him with a knife, right?
Wang Yu did not dare to enter Beijing, his army had already captured Tianjin, but he himself returned to Nanjing and did not enter the territory of the capital at all. Entering Beijing to face the saint, he was worried that there would be danger, and now there is more than one person who wants his head, and if he only brings a few people into Beijing, he is afraid that he will be detained. If you enter the capital with a large army, you will be charged with rebellion. Anyway, Wang Yu no longer intends to recognize Yongli as the emperor, he has already decided to establish King Lu as the emperor. It's just that now that the Qing court has not been completely wiped out, and the Western Regions have not been pacified, at this time, internal strife may really make the Manchu Qing Dynasty revived.
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Mobei Aoersu City, which is today's Ulaanbaatar.
In the palace where the Great Living Buddha Jebtsundamba Lobu Zangwang Bu Zamusa lived, someone suddenly came to report: "Living Buddha, something is wrong!" The Qing army has arrived in Aoersu! It's only a hundred miles away from us! β
The Qing army fled all the way to the direction of Beihai, and along the way, some small Mongolian tribes were suffered, and the Mongolian cavalry of the Eight Banners of Korqin and Mengmeng wiped out one small tribe after another. When encountering a small tribe, the Qing army surrounded the Mongols and sent people to shout for the Mongols to come out and surrender. If they encountered the Mongols who refused to surrender, the Qing army attacked and killed all the men who were taller than the wheels, and the women and children were plundered into slavery.
The strength of the Khalkha Mongols in Mobei was not as strong as imagined, and the troops were not gathered together.
The Qing army advanced all the way north and arrived at the grassland, which was only more than 100 miles away from Aoergao.
"The Qing army is coming? Didn't they flee the capital by the Ming army and be chased and killed all the way? The Living Buddha of Lobu Zangwang Bu Zamusa asked puzzled.
The Mongolian soldiers replied: "Back to the Living Buddha, the main force of the Qing army has all fled the capital, they still have 10,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, as well as 20,000 Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners, and more than 20,000 Green Battalion soldiers, we are not opponents." β
"Living Buddha, are we concentrating our forces to meet the Jurchens?" A captain asked.
Lobu Zangwang Bu Zamusa shook his head and said, "The enemy is strong and I am weak, so it is not appropriate to fight hard. We had no choice but to temporarily evacuate Aoergao to avoid the enemy's edge and send a small number of troops to maneuver around the grassland with the Jurchens. In terms of weapons, we are inferior to the Jurchens. But we are familiar with the terrain and our riding skills are better than theirs. β
The real history of Lop Zangwang Bu Zamusa was later attacked by Galdan and forced to submit to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. And now Luo Bu Zangwang Bu Zamusa knows that the Qing army has suffered heavy defeats one after another, so he is naturally unwilling to give the Manchu Qing a funeral. However, they couldn't fight head-to-head, so they could only use the mobility of their own cavalry to deal with the Qing army.
The Mongols abandoned Aoersu and mounted their horses, both men, women, and children. Mongolians have grown up on horseback since childhood, and even children and women know how to ride horses. Lop Zangwang Bu Zamusa let the women and children evacuate first on horseback, and then let a small number of Mongolian cavalry use them to contain and harass the Qing army, creating an opportunity for the women and children to retreat. All the grain in the city was loaded on horseback, and not even a grain of grain was left for the Qing army.
The Qing army arrived in Aoersu, saw the city gate wide open, at first the Qing army was worried about an ambush, so they sent people to attack tentatively, and found that there was no counterattack in the city, Tuhai ordered more than 100 green battalion soldiers to enter the city.
"My lord, the city is empty! The Mongols all ran away! "The Green Battalion soldiers will report back to Tuhai.
When the Qing army entered the city of Aoersu, they found that the city was empty and there was not even a single person. The Qing army searched the city and found that all the things that could be eaten were taken away, not even a grain of grain or a piece of dried meat was left. The Qing army got the city of Aoersu, but it was just an empty city with no people and no supplies.
"Your Majesty, the Mongols have all fled, there is no one in the city and no food, so it is not advisable to stay here for a long time!" Tuhai said.
"We still have enough food to eat for half a year, if we abandon the city of OrgΓΌ, once we are attacked by the Mongols in the wasteland, will we be able to reach the North Sea alive? It's better to rely on the city to hold on. Kangxi said self-righteously.
"Your Majesty, don't do it!" Tu Hai hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, "There is a desert near Aoersu, we have no food source, and we don't have so many cattle and sheep, if we are trapped in a lonely city, as long as the Mongols keep avoiding us, we will starve to death here sooner or later!" It is better to reach the North Sea as soon as possible and get help from the Rakshasas. β
"Alright then, stay overnight in the city and leave early tomorrow morning!" Kangxi Road.
The next day, just after dawn, the Qing army set out on the journey again. The soldiers and the young men are all right, but they have suffered those women and children, the old and weak, originally they thought that when they arrived at a city, they could live in peace for a few days, but they did not expect to leave early the next morning, and they had to walk on the desert, and they did not know how many days they would have to walk to reach their destination.
After the Qing army left Aoersu, a small group of Mongolian cavalry harassed along the way, specifically attacking the lone bannermen, and some of the Mongols with excellent archery skills also released arrows from afar, and when the Eight Banners chased over, they quickly broke away with their superb riding skills.