On the third day of Tianjin, Li Yongji heard Prince Gong's Yi? On the fourth day, the surrender envoy sent by Beijing City came to Tianjin, officially surrendered to the Jingwu Army on behalf of Beijing, and asked the Jingwu Army to lead the troops to Beijing City as soon as possible to avoid chaos.

In other words, the city of Beijing, which was the capital of the Qing Dynasty, was now undefended, and it was like Cangzhou and other cities at the beginning, surrendered without a fight.

This made Li Yongji exhale, and at the same time felt a little embarrassed, because he suddenly realized that the Qing Dynasty was so vulnerable, and he really didn't know how incompetent the rebel forces were before, so they would fail to rebel repeatedly.

Of course, Li Yongji doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, and those rebel forces before didn't have a golden finger like Li Yongji, and things like fighting for the world often depend on the general trend.

If the general trend is still in the imperial court, then the imperial court can continue to mobilize soldiers and horses from all over the country to encircle and suppress, which is a typical example of full stamina, on the contrary, the rebel forces often do not get a good opportunity to recuperate, there are not so many supplements, often at the beginning of the sharpness, but if you can't take advantage of this sharp spirit to defeat the prestige of the imperial court, so that all places no longer support the imperial court, then sooner or later he will be grinded to death by the imperial court's continuous replenishment of soldiers and horses.

The most realistic example is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, at the beginning, the Taiping army was also unstoppable, and the Qing army was defeated in successive battles, but the Qing army still grasped the righteousness of the imperial court at that time, and was full of stamina, and the longer the time dragged on, the more beneficial it was to the imperial court.

Therefore, if the Taiping army did not covet the enjoyment of fighting Jiangnan, but took advantage of the situation to go north, first attack Henan, Hebei and Shandong, which were poorer and more rebellious, and then forge ahead and go all out to the north, at least one or two years, and at most three or five years. Maybe he can defeat the Qing court, take the city of Beijing, and then win the world.

You must know that this is not the era of the flourishing of nationalism and nationalism, at least China does not have a strong nationalism and nationalism, and this kind of internal struggle for the world is not like the invasion of foreign enemies, which will inspire the whole nation to hate the same enemy.

In other words, as long as you can defeat the few armies that support the ruling class, or have the strength to wrestle with the other side, then the majority of the forces in the world will sit back and watch the tiger. The so-called national character is often not so prominent in the name of seizing the world.

Just like the destruction of the Song Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty, and the destruction of the Ming Dynasty in the Manchu Dynasty, in fact, they all illustrate this truth, that is, before nationalism is completely stimulated, once you use the banner of seizing the world, the nature is often different, even if it is not a nation, as long as you can defeat the army of the ruling class. You can also sit on the whole world.

The same is true of Li Yongji now, the reason why his Northern Expedition is so smooth is because he defeated the main force of the Qing army in the Huai'an area in advance, and then the prestige of the Qing court plummeted. All parts of China began to obey the orders of the imperial court, except for a few forces like the Taiping army, most of them wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait for the Jingwu army and the Qing army to completely fight a victory. Then go to the winning side.

It is precisely for this reason that when Li Yongji marched from Xuzhou, most of them were in despair. There are very few who resist desperately.

When the Jingwu Army easily broke the city of Jinan with an army of 100,000 on the way to the Northern Expedition, and destroyed the Russian intervention army, which was considered powerful and invincible, and then broke the city of Tianjin, Li Yongji's personal prestige was not only ridiculously high within the Jingwu army, but also in the hearts of the people of the world, it was already unattainable.

In other words, at this moment, Li Yongji already has the strength and prestige to seize the world, and the prestige of the Qing court has been beaten to the bottom, and everyone knows that the Qing court is finished, so at this time, even if he does not fight Beijing, most places in the country will no longer listen to the orders of the Manchu court.

Thinking about it this way, it is indeed very reasonable for the Taiping army to launch an attack in such a hurry, because if the Taiping army does not do it at this time, as time goes by, after Li Yongji really establishes a new dynasty, he will have to do it with the Taiping army sooner or later.

And at that time, the so-called new dynasty and new atmosphere, the Taiping army has also lost the new slogan of expelling the Tartars, and sooner or later it will still be destroyed, but it is better to take advantage of the current time when the elite army has not yet established the country, maybe there will still be a glimmer of hope.

Of course, Li Yongji can't think of these things now, in addition to lamenting the vulnerability of the Qing court, he is also sighing at Prince Gong, thinking that the other party is so famous, but he is actually a coward.

Li Yongji didn't know, Prince Gong? In fact, he originally had the intention of coexisting and dying with Beijing City, but the reason why he changed his mind and ran away quickly was completely scared away by his friends who were greedy for life and afraid of death.

Or rather, Prince Gong? This time he ran away with a sense of ownership, he wanted to continue to maintain the Great Qing Dynasty and continue to protect the Manchus from being exterminated, and for this, he did not hesitate to do anything, even if it was to snatch the throne with Emperor Xianfeng!

In any case, Tianjin City fell without too much war, and Beijing City surrendered ahead of schedule, and did not need to suffer much war, which means that these two ancient cities can be relatively well preserved, which is what makes Li Yongji the happiest.

Many things are like this, if Li Yongji is not in a high position, or the kind of person who came from the bottom of society in the past, if someone sues him, in order to preserve cultural relics and historic sites, how can we not open fire, how can we pay heavy casualties, he will definitely disdain, thinking that this is stupid ×, this is irresponsible for human life.

But if he looks at it from a higher perspective, soldiers can be recruited again when they die, but if these centuries-old buildings and cultural relics are gone, there will be no more, if he is allowed to choose, as long as the casualties are not unbearable, he is also willing to use a certain number of casualties in exchange for the proper protection of the ancient city.

Li Yongji himself doesn't know why he has such thoughts, and he doesn't know when he became this more utilitarian and less important to human life, anyway, these ideas are naturally generated by him, and then expanded, even if Li Yongji's continuous self-reflection cannot completely curb the spread of these ideas.

Sometimes when you think about it, this may be the after-effect of increasing power and becoming more and more unchecked. When you find that your power is so great that you can only rely on self-restraint, there will always be some strange thoughts that come out and constantly bewitch you, wanting to make you willful.

In comparison, this idea of properly preserving ancient cultural relics even if it consumes more human lives is still relatively normal, and it is no wonder that in the history books of another time and space, a great man also had the same idea.

Since the people of Beijing warmly expected Li Yongji to take over the city of Beijing and win the supreme honor, Li Yongji could not live up to the wishes of others, so on the fifth day of the capture of Tianjin, he left Feng Zicai's 10,000 men to watch Tianjin, and he led the main force of the elite army to march towards the city of Beijing.

After arriving at a place about five miles away from the city of Beijing, the scouts of the Jingwu Army had already made a reconnaissance report, that is, all the gates of Beijing City were wide open, and except for a small number of officials who stayed behind waiting at the city gates, the rest of the people stayed at home and did not go out, as if they were afraid of being looted.

Hearing this, Li Yongji ordered the whole army to stop for a while, and then sent a regiment of men to stay behind to guard the bicycles and baggage, while the others changed into new clothes, and then lined up neatly, and marched towards the city of Beijing with the most majestic posture.

In this way, the large army of the Jingwu Army came to the city of Beijing smoothly, and after sending a small number of troops to control the various city gates in advance, they continued to lead the large army of the Jingwu Army, marching neatly and with their heads held high into the city of Beijing!

Zhengyang Gate, also known as the National Gate, is a place where only the emperor can enter and exit, Li Yongji entered through this gate with the elite army, and the official representative took over the city of Beijing, thus smoothly accepting the capital of the Qing court.

In a sense, from the moment Li Yongji led his troops into Beijing, the legal system of the Qing court ruling China no longer existed, and Li Yongji could justifiably ascend the throne as emperor and establish a new dynasty!

Although the meaning is heavy, when Li Yongji really led the troops to pass by Zhengyangmen, looking at the empty streets, he felt a little regretful.

Again, when entering the city in the past, most of the people knelt on the ground, and then they were either afraid of death, or they flattered and shouted long live, but now, when Li Yongji entered Beijing City as a victor, he couldn't even see the people, only the empty strange streets, reminding him that he had conquered the city of Beijing!

Of course, after thinking about it carefully, Li Yongji also understands this situation better, after all, this era is not the era of information explosion, the common people have limited knowledge of the outside world, and since Beijing was the capital of the Qing court before, it is naturally more strict to control information from the outside world.

Such a constant scare, coupled with the fact that the Qing army had already looted the whole city of Beijing once, the common people were afraid of the new soldiers, worried about being robbed, and then closed their doors, which is natural.

In this case, it is not possible for you to force it, because even if you send someone to forcibly drive the people out, and then hold a welcoming ceremony in a queue, it will inevitably force a smile, which will only make people more disgusted and afraid.

If you want the people to really love you, you can't come to the void, or in other words, the void must also have something practical as the foundation, otherwise it will be a big joke.

Therefore, although I feel a little unhappy after seeing the empty streets, I feel that it is not a beautiful entry into Beijing, but compared with the lossless reception of Beijing City, this little thing does not need to be cared about.

Thinking of this, Li Yongji looked back and forth, left and right, and found that there were really only his silent officers and soldiers, he suddenly smiled, and then suddenly stood up from his horse, opened his arms, and shouted loudly: "Beijing, I'm here!" (To be continued......)