The Battle of Matsuyama began in 1640.

It wasn't until 1641 that the fight was really over.

In that battle, the Ming army was defeated.

He Xuan was among the ten thousand armies, and killed Huang Taiji and Dolgon, but he died on the spot.

In this way, there is also a consequence.

Duoduo, who had never been able to ascend to the throne, took over the power and organized a follow-up attack on Matsuyama Castle.

Duoduo's talents in all aspects are indeed inferior to Huang Taiji, but they are not much different from Dolgon, and he continues to use Huang Taiji's old method, besiege but not attack, and wait for Songshan to run out of food. And Hong Chengchou of Songshan City was still counting on Emperor Chongzhen to send troops to save him. But Emperor Chongzhen has soldiers at hand, but they are not elite soldiers, and it is very reluctant for them to defend the city, and it is too difficult to save Hong Chengchou.

In Songshan City, there was a serious shortage of food, killing horses to satisfy hunger, and then people cannibalism.

And at this critical time, Xia Chengde, the general of Songshan City, was unwilling to sit still, and made a secret agreement to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, promising to be the internal response.

On the night of the eighteenth day of February 1642, the Qing army attacked the city at the request of the Qing army, climbed the ladder from the south city wall, and Songshan City fell.

The Qing army captured Hong Chengchou, Wang Tingxiang, Cao Bianjiao and others.

After the Qing army broke through Songshan City, there was no food in Jinzhou City, not even war horses, only killing people and cannibalism. Zu Dashou had no choice but to surrender.

At this point, the Ming army was outside the Shanhai Pass, and there was no more city. The forces of the Qing army reached Xiangshanhaiguan, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty flourished.

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Duoduo collected his troops and went back, and did not attack the Ming Dynasty for the time being, but began to persuade the captured Ming Dynasty generals to surrender.

Cao changed Jiao, and Wang Tingxiang was generous to death.

As for Hong Chengchou.

At the beginning, Fan Wencheng persuaded him to surrender, but Hong Chengchou roared, but Fan Wencheng endured in every possible way, did not mention the matter of surrendering, talked with him about the past and the present, and at the same time quietly observed the words and colors. During the conversation, a piece of dust fell from the beam and fell on Hong Chengchou's clothes. Hong Chengchou spoke while repeatedly wiping it. Fan Wencheng remained silent, resigned, and replied to Duoduo: "Cheng Chou is immortal." Cheng Chou still cherishes the robe, but his body. ”

Duoduo took care of Hong Chengchou and was courteous, and finally Hong Chengchou was cleared.

And Duoduo did not attack the Ming Dynasty for the time being, for two reasons.

One is that the Qing army fought the Battle of Songshan for almost two years, and they are really tired, and now they are tired soldiers, so they have to rest for a while. Second, disputes within the Qing court also began.

Dai Shan, the old fox, is old and has no interest in fighting.

So, it's mainly about the two of Duoduo and Hauge fighting.

Duoduo is the younger brother of Huang Taiji, who has been in power for a long time and has a lot of strength under his hands.

And Haoge is the son of Huang Taiji, who has been in power for a short time, and the strength under his hands is quite thick, and the two sides are inseparable.

And in the end, the two parties argued for a long time, and after a long stalemate, an agreement was made.

The new emperor must be the son of Huang Taiji, and he must be underage, so it is Fulin's turn. This Fulin is the so-called Shunzhi Emperor. This emperor was only born in 1638, and at this point in time, that is, in 1642 AD, that is, he was just four years old, and he knew a lot of. Therefore, this agreement of the Qing court, in fact, to put it bluntly, is just to drag the struggle on the surface to the back.

Of course, it is said that there are some gossip scandals in it.

For example, Empress Xiaozhuang gave Duoduo in the flesh, so that Duoduo supported the succession of Empress Xiaozhuang's son Fulin.

Empress Xiaozhuang Da Yu'er is a famous beauty in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Duoduo has long been interested in the beauty of this sister-in-law, so this gossip may really be true.

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And the other side.

Southwest.

Zhang Xianzhong was chased and beaten by Emperor Chongzhen's teacher Yang Sichang at first, but gradually came and went. In 1641 A.D., Xiangyang was conquered. and put Zhu Yiming, the king of Xiang, and Zhu Changfa, the king of Guiyang, to death. At this point, Zhang Xianzhong completely smashed Yang Sichang's "Four Positive and Six Corners" plan and completely destroyed his "ten-sided net". Yang Sichang heard that Zhang Xianzhong waved his army out of Sichuan, and hurriedly fled back to Yichang. In Shashi, he learned that Li Zicheng had broken through Luoyang and killed King Fu, and he knew that the death penalty was inevitable, so he died of fear.

Then, Zhang Xianzhong connected several cities and called himself the king of Daxi.

There were six ministries and five military governors, and local officials were appointed.

Northwest.

After Li Zicheng left Shangluo Mountain, his influence became bigger and bigger. What's more, the elites of the Ming court were thrown to the border pass, and most of them were consumed in the first battle of Songshan, and the remaining remnants of the elite were guarding the Shanhaiguan to guard against the Qing army and could not move. Therefore, only the general troops of the Ming army were sent to deal with Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng couldn't defeat the elite of the Ming army, but with the advantage of numbers, he fought more and less of the second-line troops of the Ming army, and he was like a fish in water.

In 1640 A.D., he broke through Luoyang City, and saw the fat old Fu King weighing 300 catties, Li Zicheng laughed, put the old Fu King in the pot, and also put the deer and the like, and cooked it into a pot of Fu Shou banquet for his soldiers to eat. Then move on to the march.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), the Yellow River burst its embankment and destroyed Kaifeng. Li Zicheng successively killed Fu Zonglong, the governor of Shaanxi, and Wang Qiaonian. In October, in Jiaxian, Henan, he defeated Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi.

The elite of the Ming army was originally consumed at the border passes, which were used to fight against the Qing army.

The second-line Ming army could not stop Li Zicheng's ferocious offensive.

In the first month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643), Li Zicheng captured Chengtian and was promoted as "Generalissimo of Fengtian Advocate Righteousness and Civil Martial Arts". In March, Li Zicheng changed the name of Xiangyang to Xiangjing, called "King Xinshun", appeased the poor peasants in exile, "gave cattle seeds, helped the poor, gave livestock a living, and engaged in farming", and "recruited people to cultivate fields and harvest their seeds to pay the army".

In January of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng was proclaimed emperor in Xi'an, and Li Jiqian was the Taizu, and the founding name was "Dashun", and Xi'an was changed to Xijing.

In January of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng went east to Beijing, and on the second day of the second month of February (March 10), he built 3,000 ships at Shawukou and crossed the Yellow River. Unexpectedly, the cities of the Ming army were easily breached one after another. All the way to the imperial capital.

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Seventeen years of Chongzhen.

Imperial Palace.

In the Forbidden City.

Emperor Chongzhen and his personal eunuch Wang Chengen climbed the coal mountain, looking at the sky-high beacon fire outside the city and in the area of Changyi Gate, just sighing and wandering speechlessly.

Li Zicheng's army invaded Beijing. The eunuch Wang Lian urgently told the emperor, and Emperor Chongzhen drank in the palace and sighed: "Bitter for my people!"

The eunuch Zhang Yin persuaded the emperor to surrender and was stabbed to death with a sword.

Emperor Chongzhen ordered people to send the crown prince, Yongwang, and Dingwang to Xunqi Zhou Kui and Tian Hongyu's home. After returning to the palace, he wrote an edict and ordered Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, to lead the armies and assist the crown prince Zhu Cihong. He also ordered Queen Zhou, Yuan Guifei and her three sons to enter the palace, briefly told her sons a few words, and ordered the eunuchs to send them to their relatives' houses to avoid hiding.

He cried again and said to Queen Zhou: "You are **, you deserve to be martyred." Queen Zhou also cried and said: "The concubine has followed you for 18 years, and Your Majesty has never heard a word of the concubine, so that there is today." Now that His Majesty has ordered the concubine to die, how dare the concubine not die?" After speaking, he hanged himself and died. Emperor Chongzhen turned to Yuan Guifei and said, "You can also go with the queen!"

Yuan Guifei cried goodbye and hanged herself.

Emperor Chongzhen summoned the 15-year-old Princess Changping again, and said with tears in her eyes: "Why did you want to be born into the emperor's family!"

Princess Zhu Weijiao of Changping also knew that Emperor Chongzhen thought about it: "The woman only asks for one thing at this time, anyway, she is about to beg her father to send down the emperor's order and marry her daughter to He Xuan and He Shenjiang." ”

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, and then sighed: "Idiot, idiot." Anyway, I will make a holy decree to marry you to He Xuan and He Shenjiang. ”

After drawing up the holy decree, she covered her face with her left sleeve, pulled out a knife with her right hand and slashed Princess Changping's left arm, and then slashed her right shoulder, and she passed out.

I don't know how long it took, Princess Zhu Weijiao of Changping woke up and turned around, she saw that her sister was only six years old Princess Zhaoren was not hacked to death by her father, and she couldn't help but be shocked, picked up Xiao Zhaoren and ran, but only halfway through, she saw a large number of rebels breaking into the palace.

"This person is Princess Changping, the daughter of Emperor Chongzhen. Cao Huachun, the eunuch guarding the city, said flatteringly to a one-eyed, amazingly thick-bearded man.

"This is Princess Changping, the daughter of Emperor Chongzhen?" The one-eyed man was shocked: "If you are a pretty person, you can be my concubine." ”

This one-eyed man is the current Dashun King Li Zicheng.

He has already occupied the imperial capital and will soon ascend the throne.

Now in the hearts of many officials, he is the founding emperor of the new dynasty.

Cao Huachun, the eunuch guarding the city, said in a girlish voice: "It is your blessing that the princess of the dead country can be the concubine of the next founding emperor, Princess Changping, and thank you King Dashun." ”

Princess Zhu Weijiao of Changping took out the holy decree written by Chongzhen: "My father has promised me to He Xuan and He Shenjiang before his death. ”

"It is the power of one person, defeating 10,000 people, killing the Manchu Prince Zheng Zierhachi, in the battle of Songshan, and in the battle of 10,000 armies, he Shenjun of Dolgon. The one-eyed man Li Zicheng was stunned, and carefully read the holy decree: "Okay, then He Shenjiang can also be regarded as a good man of our Han people, his wife, I will not dishonor her, and the good life will respectfully let her go." Prepare some more guards. ”

"Yes. ”

He Xuanzhi's reputation is admired by Han people.

Even Li Zicheng, the king of Xinshun, is no exception.

(At this point, the volume of the Battle of Matsuyama is officially over.) The next volume is Fengyun 5 at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which is back in the rivers and lakes. ）