Zhai Tang and Huang Yunfa and other Jin merchants were also executed by the Guards one after another.

So far.

Basically, the Jin merchants who participated in the traitorous acts have been punished by history.

The wealth accumulated by these traitorous Jin merchants naturally fell into the hands of the Ming court, which can be regarded as the best feedback to the Ming scholars who bought the "Northern Expedition Tickets".

On March 16, the 23rd year of Chongzhen, the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards Army recovered the entire territory of Fenzhou and occupied Qingyuan.

On March 20 of the same year, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army also recovered the entire territory of Liaozhou Prefecture and occupied Yuci.

At this time, there were only two isolated cities left in the entire Shanxi, Taiyuan and Shouyang.

In the end, the deputy commander-in-chief of the two corps agreed that the First Corps of the Fourth Army would be responsible for attacking Taiyuan, and the First Corps of the Third Army would be responsible for attacking Shouyang.

As for the Qing court, it was Zhu Shichang, the governor of Shanxi, who personally guarded Taiyuan Mansion.

Although Zhu Shichang received instructions from Dolgon to let him hold Taiyuan and block the Ming army from entering the Zhending Mansion of Beizhili, he was not confident that he could hold Taiyuan.

After all, Zhu Shichang himself also knew that he was Jiang Jiu, who had betrayed the Qing Dynasty, to the north, and to the south, there were no less than 100,000 Ming troops, and they were all the elite guards who had completely annihilated his own Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Shichang's original intention was to symbolically hold for a few days, and then after being defeated, he could flee along the official road to Zhending.

"Yuci lost? The Cao family, the Qu family, etc. were all beheaded by the Ming army! ”

Zhu Shichang knew that after Yuci was lost, he also knew that his back road was broken, so he sat on the chair and sighed.

Because there are two cities that must pass through the official road from Taiyuan to Zhending, one is Shouyang and the other is Yuci.

Zhu Shichang naturally knew that Yu was focused on defense, but he did not have enough troops and did not know which city the Ming Guards would attack, so he could only focus on the most important Taiyuan.

But what Zhu Shichang didn't expect was that the Ming army did not attack his Taiyuan first, but attacked the city around Taiyuan and executed the squires and wealthy merchants, so that he couldn't figure out which city the Ming army would attack next.

So now that he suddenly learned that Yuci was lost, he was not too surprised, but sighed that he still couldn't escape in the end.

"Shanxi is eroded to this point, the slave's crime is unforgivable, the Ming thief army presses the border, and the loss of Taiyuan cannot be avoided, the slave knows that there is no way out, and from today the general will lead the 20,000 officers and soldiers in the city to fight to the death with the enemy, and it has been defended for one more day for my Qing Dynasty!"

Zhu Shichang was a person with a red flag in the Han army, and he was also one of the first Han thieves to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Now, he once again expressed his loyalty to his Qing court before the city of Taiyuan was broken.

"Bring this letter back to the capital immediately and hand it over to the regent!"

But after Zhu Shichang, the governor of Shanxi, passed on the letter, he ordered again: "Bathing!" Go find a Han family wide-sleeved robe. ”

Soon.

Zhu Shichang, the governor of Shanxi, put on a Hanfu robe after bathing, and sat in front of the silver mirror: "Huaxia clothes, a good Huaxia clothes, I don't know if I Zhu Shichang is still qualified to wear this Huaxia clothes, take scissors!" ”

Zhu Shichang shouted, and a maid took out a handful of scissors and handed them to Zhu Shichang.

Zhu Shichang personally hinged off the money rat tail at the back of his head, leaving out the short hair that only reached his neck, and was uneven, and laughed: "It's really a Han or a man, Hu Buhu." ”

Zhu Shichang, the governor of Shanxi, wrote another letter: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the guilty minister wishes Shichang to worship, and I wish my emperor long live long live in the city of Taiyuan!" The minister knows that he is guilty of sin, and he has a negative emperor in this life, and he has a negative Han family, and he does not dare to beg His Majesty for mercy and forgiveness, and today he decided to hang himself to pay for his own crimes, and kill all the banner people in the city to show righteousness, but please Your Majesty spared the sins of the minister's family when he broke the capital in his year, or degraded to the common people or distributed to the wilderness, if he can spare his life in the peaceful world, the minister will thank the emperor for his kindness under the nine springs! ”

After Zhu Shichang finished speaking, he met with his close staff general Xu Ling: "Pass on this order, and the soldiers of the headquarters will kill all the banner soldiers in the city, and cut all the braids within three days!" ”

"What do you mean to surrender?" At this time, Xu Ling, a close confidant under his command, couldn't help but ask.

"It's not a surrender, but an anti-Qing Dynasty, now you must see the trend of the world, if we don't do this, we can't live, but you and I, who are already Han thieves, will not escape even if we oppose the Qing Dynasty, it's better to apologize for the crime with your life, or you can fight for your family's life, you go and tell the brothers of the Han Army Banner If they are willing to follow the official to hang themselves, the official can leave a letter to intercede for them, and if they don't want to, they will all be executed!"

When Zhu Shichang said this, Xu Ling couldn't help but feel surprised, so he asked again: "But, can Ming Jun really spare our family by doing this?" ”

"Bet on it, even if we don't do this, our family's lives can't be saved, it's better to do this, who let this world return to the Ming Dynasty now, if you knew today, this official shouldn't have taken you to vote."

As soon as Zhu Shichang said this, Xu Ling had already gone down to prepare.

Soon, there was a shout of killing in the entire Taiyuan Mansion City.

After all the banner people in the city were killed, Xu Ling and other generals also came to Zhu Shichang, but at this time Zhu Shichang had already hanged himself on the yellow sorghum.

Seeing this, Xu Ling and the others also killed themselves in front of Zhu Shichang.

As a result, the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards Army recovered Taiyuan City without a fight.

And the matter of Zhu Shichang and others also reached Zhu Youzhen, which naturally saved the lives of his family.

Dolgon also thought that Zhu Shichang was killed in battle, and also crowned Zhu Shichang as an official and treated Zhu Shichang's family well.

The Qing army in Shouyang City did not defend many enemies, and the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army took Shouyang City in an hour, and only stayed in Shouyang City for half a day before setting off for Zhending Mansion.

The First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards Army chose to go north to Datong to join Jiang Xuan's division and attack Beizhili from the direction of Datong.

So far, the whole territory of Shanxi has been restored by the Ming Dynasty.

In accordance with the latest military order of the Generalissimo's Office.

The First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards Army will attack Xuanfu from Datong Fuyang and Wei, and from Xuanfu to Juyongguan in the south, and then occupy Beijing to block the retreat of the Manchus in the northeast, and at the same time lay the foundation for blocking the Mongol tribes from supporting the Manchus in the future.

Jiang Xuan's department was responsible for attacking Bauhinia Pass, preparing to attack Beijing from the direction of Fangshan.

After the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army entered Zhending Mansion, it was to join forces with the First Corps of the First Army of the Guards Army in Baoding and enter Beijing from Zhuozhou.

The Second Corps of the First Army of the Guards Army will attack Beijing from Tongzhou via Tianjin, and the waterways in this area are well developed, and the Guards Navy will participate in the assistance.

The Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army was responsible for recovering the Daimyo and Quang Binh Prefectures, and served as a reserve force for the other Northern Expeditionary armies.

The Seventh Army of the Guards Army and the Second Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards Army were responsible for recovering the cities of Guanzhong and the entire territory of Shaanxi (including Gansu).

The Jiao Lian Division of the Second Army of the Guards Army entered Jizhou from Shanhaiguan to block the Manchu retreat from Liaodi outside the Guan.

Here is a reply to the doubts of book friends about Li Zicheng's imperial funeral. When this plot was written at that time, this imperial funeral was not proposed by the protagonist, not by the protagonist, and it was emphasized again and again! At that time, Li Yan put forward this condition, and from Li Yan's point of view, it was reasonable, he was only loyal to Li Zicheng at that time, including other generals. At that time, they had two choices, either to join the Ming Dynasty and accept Zhu Youzhen's dispatch, or to directly drive their troops into the southern part of Huguang and the area of present-day Hunan. And if it is the latter, the Ming army will bear the pressure of three-front operations, one is Huaiyang Duoduo, the second is Huguang Azig, and the third is Hunan thieves. And Li Yan put forward this condition in order to express his loyalty to Li Zicheng, and also to let Zhu Youzhen show his tolerance for the invasion of the army, so that he was convinced. From Chongzhen's point of view, this area is difficult, but the protagonist has to choose this way. This is a must-have ability for a mature politician. Under the premise of foreign invasion, we must let go of everything that can be tolerated and everything that cannot be tolerated. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party during the anti-Japanese period are also an example. Maybe it's not very cool for me, after all, it's a bit of abuse for the protagonist. I still didn't succeed in writing brainless cool essays, it's my fault, I'm used to pursuing realism, I will continue to work hard later, don't bring the protagonist a little bit of abuse, even if he is unreasonable, it doesn't matter. It's best to let people worship the protagonist as soon as they see it, and they will be admired by the protagonist's domineering spirit. The online article is still cool in the world. Again, I declare that it is the author of my own pot, and I will not play like this in the future, I hope you will continue to support me. Historical texts are not easy to sell for money, so they can only rely on a small number of follow-up support.

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