Chapter 578: Strength is King
Whether it is the Tang King of Fujian or the former King Fu of Nanjing, in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, it was a real society where strength was king, and the old Zhu family had the advantage, even if there was half of the country, but still did not recover the northern territory and drove the Manchu Qing out of the Guanwai.
The reason for this lies in the ideological confrontation with the factional forces, although there are resistance forces in Jiangnan, but it has never been possible to unite the front with the outside world, and in addition to the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time into the customs to fight several key battles, has scared a group of Jiangnan soldiers stupid.
Don't say that the soldiers are stupid, even the generals of the unified army were also in a state of confusion at that time, and the generals who were completely out of state, what kind of war can you let him fight, what kind of good war can he fight for you, except to surrender is to escape.
Therefore, it can be seen from the historical records that most of them surrendered without fighting, and some fled directly, of course, the reliability of this history may be a little low, because those who have studied history know that the history of the Ming Dynasty was cultivated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there is naturally a lot of water in it.
In order to whitewash his rule and win the hearts of the people, the ruler must hack the overthrown previous dynasty, of course, the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time is under the banner of avenging the Son of Heaven.
Although this banner has a bit of a taste of selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, that's what people said when they entered the customs, and in order to express their condolences for Chongzhen's death, they chased Li Zicheng and ran for most of the north, and finally they didn't give up until the other party entered Dabie Mountain.
At that time, when entering the customs, the rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty may still be considering their own strength is not enough, after all, the north of the Ming Dynasty has fallen, the entire south is still there, there is no rebellion, and the princes of the Zhu family are in charge, and they also have hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Such a large number can be said to be dozens of times that of the Manchu army, as well as the advantage in population. It brought a lot of pressure to the Manchu capital, which had just entered the customs.
But after several battles, they were surprised to find that in fact, things were not as complicated as they thought, it was very simple, and before they could attack themselves, they fought for the orthodox position first.
In this fight, he saw the doorway, these Nanming forces are not united, and several princes of the Zhu family are fighting for the throne.
It's a godsend, and this is a good thing for the Manchus, as long as they wait until they fight you to the death.
The idea is good. The reality is cruel, I originally thought that the major factions in Jiangnan would fight to the death, and it would not end well in the end, but this is not the case, except for the Tang King and Lu Wang in Fujian, who fought a few times, King Fu and King Gui fought a big one.
The big fight was made, but it was a problem, which directly made Dolgon see who was the most powerful in the south, and the two Guang, who had not spoken out, were the most powerful.
Not to mention the excellent armament. There is also a new army trained by the Australians, such a configuration is simply embarrassing, and there is no heavenly reason, which makes people not live.
I thought that being the one who ruled the world was like that. Dolgon was also ready to personally lead his army south to cross the Yangtze River, but at this time, the two Guangxi troops suddenly appeared, and that new weapon was simply the biggest killing weapon for the cavalry.
The weapon was a barrier to unification, and Dorgon hesitated. It also gave Hauge and other old nobles a counterattack against him, and originally relied on entering the customs, and Dolgon seized the initiative in one fell swoop. became the most powerful minister in the court, but now it is otherwise, Haoge has already beaten Nanjing, and if he continues to fight all the way, he will basically hit the border with the two Guangzhou.
Once the battle is won in Liangguang, Dolgon will inevitably be affected in the court, Haoge has already launched a conquest of Fujian at this time, and the Zheng army has not benefited in several rounds of war, it seems that it will not work.
Moreover, Australians have obviously been in contact with the Zheng family recently, and it is unknown whether this contact is an alliance or a covert arms trafficker.
A variety of speculations are possible, after all, the Australians are descendants of the former Song Dynasty, and it is not impossible to help when the remnants of the Ming forces are at stake, and they have business dealings with the Zheng family.
The tea and porcelain of the Zheng family are important goods exported to Australia, and the reason why Zheng Zhilong wants to regain the tea-producing area of the Wuyi Mountain generation is for this purpose.
Hauge's occupation of this place was a great help to the fall of the Zheng family, and the main help was to make the Zheng family lose a lot of profits.
You can't fight a war without money, this is the conclusion that Dolgon came to that whether it is with Australian weapons or cold weapons, it is the same, soldiers need to eat, need supplies of food and grass, and also need military salaries, without military salaries, there will be big things.
Therefore, Dolgon is still more in favor of Hauge's approach, after all, it is related to the Manchu Qing Dynasty's plan before the year, and he did not stumble on him at this time, otherwise judging from his suppression of Hauge, he will definitely stumble.
I have to say that the Manchu aristocracy was still relatively united in major affairs during this period, otherwise it would be impossible to unify the Central Plains.
Hauge's reinforcements from all over the country have arrived, and the advantage is already very obvious, and he will change from the side defending the city to the attacking side, which will be a test for the Zheng family's army.
It's just that at this time, the total number of Zheng Jiajun, who besieged the generation in Wuyishan, did not exceed 10,000, and judging from the comparison between them, even if there were no reinforcements, Haoge could attack Fuzhou and other big cities.
But to be on the safe side, he waited for reinforcements to arrive, and now was the time for him to attack.
Zheng Zhilong explained to the leading generals that as long as the reinforcements arrived, they would withdraw, and once they withdrew, they would quickly run towards several major cities.
After negotiating with the Australians, the Zheng family has begun a major transfer of materials, saying that the soldiers are coming like a tide, and they can't stop it if they want to, and some unrelated personnel of the Zheng family, as well as the families of some major generals, have already gone to Hong Kong by boat.
In order to ensure that he can gain a firm foothold in Annan, Zheng Zhilong must lead his subordinates to go, and only by preserving his strong strength can he become king in that land.
Lao Zheng's move has not yet been discovered by Haoge, if Haoge finds out that Lao Zheng has secretly sent his property and personnel to Hong Kong, he will definitely speed up the pace of marching, this time Lao Zheng left, but did not act alone, the Australians gave them a suggestion, that is, to bring those local gentry and wealthy families together, if these people can be brought to Annan It will also be of great help to him.
Anyway, Zheng Zhilong was both scared and forced, and he really took away a group of people, preparing to get these people to his own territory in the future. (To be continued.) )