In January of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Sun Yuan and Ma Shiying spent almost all of them in Fengyang. （）

After several months of bloody battles, the Ningxiang army was better, and the Lufeng and Nanjing armies were tired and could only rest for a long time.

When the troops recovered a little, there was new news about the battle situation on Li Zicheng's side

。 In December last year, Li Zicheng led his troops to conquer Xiangyang, Jingmen, and other places, and took the area north of the Yangtze River in Hubei, and recently began to attack Chengtian, Hanyang, and other places.

The lake is wide and ripe, the world is full, this place is very rich, and the army has been strengthened. Li Zicheng still did the same as he did in Henan last year, and he no longer gave up every time he conquered a place, but set up a political power and sent officials to manage it. At the same time, the military discipline of the army was much better than before, and he strictly forbade his subordinates to loot, let alone kill indiscriminately, and the official document he issued read: Whoever kills one person is like killing my father, and whoever fornicates a woman is like adultering my mother.

began to compete with the Ming Dynasty for the hearts of the people.

In fact, because of the unfavorable taxes and disaster relief in the Ming Dynasty, except for Jiangnan, there was no popular understanding in other regions.

For Li Zicheng's attack on Hubei, the imperial court no longer had any field army at hand, so it could only watch Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong gallop across Huguang and Sichuan.

It is not enough that the domestic situation is so bad, and the foreign war is even more helpless.

The defeat of Songjin exhausted the last trace of vitality of the Ming Dynasty, and after this battle, there were no more available soldiers on the nine sides. The border line between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was like a fictitious one, and Jiannu had reached the point where he could come and go whenever he wanted. If they really want to destroy the Ming Dynasty, it will also be an easy thing.

But during this period, Huang Taiji didn't seem to have a strong desire to enter the Central Plains, not that he didn't want to, but he really couldn't. Because the whole of northern China had been completely eroded, the Manchu aristocracy was not mentally prepared to govern a huge and dilapidated empire. Moreover, even if the Gyeonggi region is taken now, it will have to be transfused for a long time in order to stabilize the rule. To be honest, the Manchus were small countries after all and were not too rich. Moreover, when he entered the Central Plains, he had to manage the country out of his own pocket, which was as refreshing as directly robbing Lao Zhu's family now.

In view of the fact that the upper echelons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had no interest in winning the Central Plains, after the Battle of Songjin, Huang Taiji still decided to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty. The conditions put forward were that the two countries were equal and that the other side should be repatriated. The Ming Dynasty gave Jianzhou 10,000 taels of gold and 1 million taels of silver every year, and the Qing Dynasty reported it with ginseng and mink. The two sides will use the current de facto occupation as the demarcation line, redraw the national border, and never fight again.

Putting aside national sentiments, in fact, this condition is still acceptable. After all, the current Ming Dynasty is too weak and needs to free up its hands to solve domestic problems first.

Emperor Chongzhen was already shrewd, so he was naturally willing. However, he took into account the opinions of the court officials, after all, this matter is simply a copy of the Song-Jin Peace Discussion.

Therefore, after the draft peace agreement was known to them, the crowd was in a surge, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar

。

In order to save his face and dignity, Emperor Chongzhen flatly denied the peace talks and ordered Chen Xinjia to be arrested.

On September 22, Chen Xinjia was beheaded in Xishi.

The peace talks were hopeless, and in order to take revenge, Huang Taiji decided to take revenge on the Ming Dynasty.

In October last year, Huang Taiji appointed Doro Yurao Bel Abatai as the general to be ordered, and the Minister of the Interior, Turge, led the Manchu, Mengbaqi and various Han armies to invade the Ming Dynasty.

This time, the Ming Dynasty had no troops available, not even decent resistance.

The Qing soldiers were in a no-man's land in Gyeonggi and Shandong, and successively captured the three prefectures of Yanzhou, Shunde, and Hejian, as well as eighteen prefectures and sixty-seven counties, a total of eighty-eight cities, and reduced one prefecture, five counties, and six cities. The kings of Lu, Leling, Yangxin, Dongyuan, Anqiu, and Ziyang were killed, and more than 10 people were killed by Fuzhou county officials. More than 360,000 people were captured, 320,000 livestock, 10,000 taels of gold and 2 million taels of silver were confiscated.

Just when Sun Yuan withdrew his troops from Kaifeng and returned to Fengyang to recuperate, the main force of the Qing army was still in Hebei. CC [marshmallow]

Sun Yuan even thought about whether to lead his troops across the Yellow River to fight Jiannu, but he quickly dispelled this idea.

First, the troops also had to help the people in Kaifeng and build river embankments; Second, there is no logistics at all as long as the troops cross the Yellow River, and they will be so hungry that they can't walk for two days as soon as they cross the Yellow River. As for the use of soldiers for food, Hebei is full of slaves, and the place is dyed and dilapidated, so there is no replenishment at all; Third, he and Ma Shiying sent troops this time, which can be said to have exhausted the entire Nanjing army. Today, Nanjing is empty. Nanjing is the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, if there are three long and two short here, it is completely hopeless.

The most important reason for retiring from Fengyang was that Zhang Xianzhong came to Anhui.

Just when Li Zicheng was busy attacking Luoxiangyang and preparing to establish a regime, Zhang Xianzhong had already taken root in the mountainous area of Qianshan Tianzhai in Anhui Province. And took advantage of the opportunity when Sun Yuan and Ma Shiying went north to crusade against Liu Chao and took away all the troops and grain in Nanjing.

Nanjing was shaken, and the military department urgently ordered Huang Degong, the chief soldier of Luzhou, and Liu Liangzuo, the chief military officer of Shouzhou, to lead troops to attack the Qianshan area.

These two troops did not have any combat effectiveness at all, and how could they be Zhang Xianzhong's opponents, and they suffered some defeats at the beginning

。 However, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo under Zhang Xianbei saw that Li Zicheng was doing a good job in Henan and had a bright future, so he led his troops to leave the Eight Kings and defect to Li Zicheng.

The departure of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution caught Zhang Xianzhong off guard, and his strength was greatly damaged. As a result, he took a defensive position on the battlefield in southwestern Anhui and confronted Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo.

Ma Shiying and Sun Yuan returned to the division this time, and their main task was to participate in the war in southwest Anhui and repel Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

After resting in Fengyang for more than ten days, the army began to move south again.

Sun Yuan and Ma Shiying's plan was that the army would first drive to Tongcheng in half a month, and then garrison Anqing, a strategic point, to first hold the western gateway of Nanjing, and wait for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Zhang Xianzhong.

But at this time, there was another accident, and the troops were already tired. Especially Nanjing and Lu Fengjun, they are full of people when they walk. I originally planned a half-month trip, but I haven't reached the ground for a month.

It was not until the end of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen that he arrived in Tongcheng, and at this time, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't even see the shadow of a ghost. Only Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, who were left with a happy face, came to report the good news as soon as they saw Ma Shiying, saying that it was fortunate that the three armies had defeated the main force of the thief army thanks to their hard work and unity. Now, Zhang Thief has led his troops to flee west, and Nanjing is safe.

Sun Yuan and Ma Shiying wondered in their hearts, when were these two people so able to fight and defeat Zhang Xianzhong's main force?

When I came down to inquire, I immediately couldn't cry or laugh. In fact, as early as January, Zhang Xianzhong intended to send troops to Huguang to grab some benefits after knowing that Li Zicheng was attacking Xiangyang. At this time, Huguang was already quite empty, there were civil uprisings everywhere, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty had existed in name only.

In addition, after the 5th Battalion of the Revolution defected to Li Zicheng, his strength suffered greatly. As soon as he heard that the Ningxiang army was coming with all his might, the eight kings knew that Sun Yuan was powerful, and they didn't dare to fight with the Yangzhou Zhen army, so they simply left his mother.

In just one month, Zhang Xianzhong broke into Huguang in one fell swoop, took Huangmei and Guangji one after another, and is now in Huangzhou, seeing that his posture is to attack Wuchang.

At this moment, there is Li Zicheng in the north of Huguang, Zhang Xianzhong in the southeast, and the fall is only in the morning.

And at this time, even worse news finally reached Nanjing. Actually, this was already two months ago. Li Zicheng entered Huguang, captured Xiangyang, and captured Hanyang Mansion on the 18th day of the first month, and began to cross the river to attack Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang Mansion.

Due to the rapid water of the Yangtze River, most of the troops in the north were not accustomed to water, and suffered a big loss

。 On the 21st, Li Zicheng had no choice but to return to Xiangyang with the main force.

After returning to Xiangyang, Li Zicheng began to form a political power. It is said that at that time, someone persuaded Li Zicheng to advance, but Niu Jinxing thought it was impossible. As a result, Li Zicheng changed Xiangyang to Xiangjing, set up the Generalissimo Mansion of Fengtian Advocate Righteousness, and appointed himself as the Generalissimo of Civil and Military Affairs, and set up a successor, served by Niu Jinxing. There are also six departments below: officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers.

Foreign officials set up defense history, government yin, state pastor, and county order, just like a new dynasty and a new atmosphere.

At this time, Li Zicheng had government offices in the areas under his control, which was the stronghold of the peasant army. The areas under his actual jurisdiction include Henan Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Chengtian Prefecture, Jingzhou Prefecture, De'an Prefecture, that is, Anlu Prefecture, and Xiangyang Prefecture.

As for the army, it is divided into two kinds, one is the field army that besieges the city and plunders the land, called the five battalions, and the other is the local army that guards the place.

There are two powerful generals in the fifth battalion, one is Tian Jianxiu, who commands the fifth battalion, and the other is Liu Zongmin, the central pro-army who is in charge of Li Zicheng's pro-army.

At this point, the entire Huguang region except for Wuchang, plus Henan, as well as Hebei and Shandong, which were being looted by Jiannu, the entire Central Plains plus Huguang have fallen.

The vitality of the Ming Dynasty can be said to have been exhausted.

Hearing the news, Ma Shiying's face turned pale. trembling lips: "It's over, it's over, Wuchang is over, as soon as Wuchang is over, Huguang will be over." Huguang fell, and the Ming Dynasty could no longer support it. ”

The matter is very simple, although Li Zicheng's attack on Wuchang failed, the loss was not small, but Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang City also paid a huge price. Zhang Xianzhong suddenly killed, he must not be able to resist.

Once Wuchang fell, the whole of Huguang and Sichuan would become the rear of the peasant army, able to provide them with an endless supply of grain and manpower, while the Ming Dynasty no longer had any strength. With a stable rear thief army, they will definitely take advantage of the opportunity of Jiannu to retreat to Liaodong and the north to enter Beijing. At that time, who in the north will be able to withstand the peasant army?

Ma Shiying: "If Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo can hold Zhang Xianzhong back, it would be good if we came." ”

This is just an assumption, with the strength and combat effectiveness of the two of them, it would be good to be able to ensure that they would not be eaten by Zhang Xianzhong, where there is still the strength to fight with the Eight Great Kings?

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