The last time I talked about something that happened in another time and space, that is, after Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide and martyrdom, the "Nanming regime" not only failed to seize the opportunity, but lay down.

At this critical moment, instead of actively resisting, the "Nanming regime" broke out into fierce infighting. For example, Zuo Liangyu, a local warlord stationed in the Wuchang area, in order to preserve his strength and seize power, directly led the elite of his headquarters down the river, intending to forcibly control Nanjing.

On the Nanjing side, in order to prevent Zuo Liangyu from coming in chaos, he also had to transfer all the troops of the four towns in Jiangbei back to the vicinity of Nanjing to prevent the other party from seizing power.

However, in this way, the vast areas south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River have almost completely become a "power vacuum" zone, so that the Qing troops in the south will directly take the Huainan region without bloodshed. And the loss of the Huainan region is undoubtedly a devastating blow to the "Nanming regime"!

Because since ancient times, there has been a saying that "guarding the river must guard the Huai". It is necessary to build a complete defense line on the Yangtze River, relying on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River to defend against the enemy in the north, and the Huainan region is the top priority. History has repeatedly proven that only by mastering the Huainan region can the "Jiangnan regime" truly play the role of "the Yangtze River's natural hazards."

With the loss of Huainan, the "Yangtze River Natural Danger" was completely exposed to the Qing army's offensive range. At this time, Nanjing, which is located along the Yangtze River, is obviously unable to hold on. Therefore, less than a year after the "Hongguang Emperor" ascended the throne, the Qing army successfully crossed the Yangtze River and broke through the city of Nanjing in one fell swoop.

After that, Emperor Hongguang was captured by the Qing army and sent to Beijing. After Emperor Hongguang was captured, the Ming Dynasty clans in various places also established themselves as emperors, all thinking of profiting from the chaos, but no one could control the field at all. And this chaos undoubtedly gave the Qing army the opportunity to continue the offensive, just to break through one by one.

In the following year, although many people in the Jiangnan area and even "civil righteous people" cooperated very much with the "Nanming regime" and resolutely resisted the southward movement of the Qing army. But unfortunately, in the following time, the Nanming regime was mainly busy with internal fighting to elect a new emperor, and had no will to unite to resist foreign aggression at all.

During this period, it was not easy to select a "Emperor Longwu", who had just been recognized by everyone, and was coincidentally captured by the Qing army, which became a big "joke"! At this time, the only territory that the "Nanming regime" could control was Lingnan. "Historical coincidence" at this time? Irony!

By this time, the "Nanming regime" could no longer even be called dying. And the internal strife within Nanming finally stopped for the time being, and a "Yongli Emperor" was elected "unprecedentedly". With the accession of the "Yongli Emperor" to the throne, the "Nanming regime" finally began to choose to unanimously choose to the outside world!

Although at this time, the "Nanming regime" had begun to systematically resist the Qing army's southward advance, although there were also remnants of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong who came to surrender one after another, and resisted the Qing army's southward movement together with the "Nanming regime". But it was too late today, because the Ming Dynasty was exhausted, and the Angelica Qing Dynasty was sitting on the world.

After the Qing army moved south, it finally began to encounter some powerful counterattacks. It was precisely for this reason that in the following year, under the joint resistance of several remnants of the peasant army and the Southern Ming army, the Qing army began to gradually defeat. This caused some disagreement within the Manchu court, and it was decided to postpone the southward movement.

More than a year later, the "Nanming regime" nominally restored control over seven provinces and regions, including Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan. If we hold on a little longer, recapture all the areas south of the Yangtze River, and reorganize the Yangtze River defense line, it is not completely impossible.

But at this moment, infighting began again within the "Nanming regime". However, this infighting is actually relatively normal, after all, everyone united before because of the excessive oppression of the Qing army. Now that the oppression of the Qing army has been relaxed a little, the warlords of various factions are naturally busy fighting for territory.

In particular, the contradictions between the "peasant army" and the "official army" of the Southern Ming Dynasty in various localities are almost irreconcilable, because after all, "officials" and "bandits" cannot be in the same room. Therefore, after this, Nanming began to fight repeatedly among himself, and the little strategic advantage that he had finally achieved was buried like this, and he would not die if he did not die!

However, just when the "Nanming" side was losing and retreating, the "Manchu Qing" side also had some accidents. Four years after the accession to the throne of the "Yongli Emperor" of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dolgon, also died suddenly. After Dorgon's death, the Shunzhi Emperor took full power and began to gradually liquidate Dolgon.

This internal liquidation also led to a temporary relaxation of the pace of the Qing Dynasty's external expansion. This opportunity, in fact, is already the last chance for the "Nanming regime" to turn the tables. And "Nanming" is actually well aware of this. So, more than a year after Dolgon's death, the situation changed again.

The "Southern Ming regime" and the peasant army led by Li Dingguo formally reconciled, and the two sides reached an agreement and decided to join forces to attack the Manchus. Therefore, soon after that, "Nanming" recaptured a lot of lost territory again, and even appeared at the peak of the second Nanming resistance to the Qing Dynasty, and "Shi Kefa" was an outstanding general of Nanming.

But unfortunately, Nanming's congenital deficiencies are destined to become contradictory. After the Shunzhi Emperor completely completed the liquidation and the Qing Dynasty was united again, the end of the "Southern Ming Regime" arrived. Therefore, in the next eight years, the "Nanming regime" continued to be defeated and its territory continued to shrink.

Eight years later, the "Yongli Emperor" of the Southern Ming Dynasty was directly driven to the northern region of southwest Burma by the Qing Dynasty army, becoming a so-called "government-in-exile".

At this time, the so-called "Nanming regime" has no possibility of turning the tables. Two years later, the Burmese king, under the oppression of the Qing Dynasty, was forced to hand over the "Southern Ming" Yongli Emperor. After that, the "Yongli Emperor" was taken to Kunming, Yunnan by the Qing army, and was publicly hanged in accordance with the policy of the Qing court.

With the death of the "Yongli Emperor", the "Southern Ming Regime" was completely destroyed. This was the whole process of the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty. It is not difficult to see from this historical development that in fact, when the "Hongguang Emperor" of the "Southern Ming" ascended the throne, the "Southern Ming regime" actually had a great advantage over the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

If the "Hongguang Emperor" is a Ming monarch, he can rely on this advantage to hold the territory of the Jiangnan region and Lingnan, and take the opportunity to go north to the Central Plains or take Bashu in the west, which may not be impossible to reunify the world. But if Emperor Chongzhen did not commit suicide at that time, but chose to retreat to the south, what would happen to the south of the Yangtze River?

First of all, Emperor Chongzhen is different from Emperor Hongguang, Emperor Chongzhen himself is a relatively capable emperor, even if he retreats to the south, Emperor Chongzhen will still try his best to organize resistance to the Manchu Qing south. Moreover, if Emperor Chongzhen was in power, the secession between the southern warlords would also be eased a lot.

Although Zuo Liangyu has hundreds of thousands of troops in the Wuchang area, if Emperor Chongzhen is on the throne, Zuo Liangyu may not dare to lead his troops to Nanjing to seize power.

Therefore, as long as Emperor Chongzhen reigned, the "Southern Ming regime" kept the Huainan region and reorganized a Yangtze River defense line. After Li Zicheng was completely defeated and Zhang Xianzhong was also disabled by the Qing army, the possibility that Emperor Chongzhen quickly organized an army to recover Sichuan was also very great.

Once Sichuan was occupied, the "Southern Ming regime" at this time was basically the same as the territory of the "Southern Song regime" hundreds of years ago. In this case, if the Qing army wants to break through the Yangtze River defense line, it may become extremely difficult, after all, 500 years ago, the scene of the Song and Jin battles is still vivid!

In addition, the financial situation of the Jiangnan region is also much better than that of the north. Once the "Nanming regime" reorganized its defensive line, it had plenty of time to regain its national strength. With Jiangnan's financial resources alone, giving Emperor Chongzhen a few more years can completely relieve the financial pressure of the Ming Dynasty and retrain the elite army.

In this way, as long as Emperor Chongzhen can delay until Dolgon's death, there may not be no chance of recovering the north. If Emperor Chongzhen can hold out for a few more years until Emperor Shunzhi dies, the chances will be even greater, because after the death of Emperor Shunzhi, Emperor Kangxi, who ascended the throne next, is too young.

Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was only eight years old when he ascended the throne, and he was unable to control the government at all, so he was played by the powerful ministers. Therefore, from the perspective of time, Emperor Chongzhen was born in 1611, while Emperor Shunzhi died in 1661, and the difference between the two is only fifty years.

In other words, if Emperor Chongzhen had gone to the south and stayed firm, when he was fifty years old, perhaps the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty would have been killed by him. At this time, it is entirely possible that Emperor Chongzhen will command the Southern Ming army and launch a counteroffensive against the Qing Dynasty, and the scheming Chongzhen will have a great chance of winning at that time.

But alas, all of this came to an end on that day in 1644. With the opening of the gate of the capital, Emperor Chongzhen's last hope was completely extinguished. And the rule of the Ming Dynasty, with the death of Emperor Chongzhen, has completely become history, which is suffocating.

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