Li Zicheng's troops consisted of five battalions, front, back, left, middle, and right. He only took three of them to Beijing.
The rest of the troops were thrown in Shanxi and Henan.
In addition, there are also many Ming border troops who, after surrendering to Li Zicheng, stationed in Xuanfu, Datong, Miyun and other places.
Li Zicheng took the initiative to evacuate from Beizhili, and wanted to throw this foodless land to the Manchu Qing to clean up the mess. On the other hand, he returned to Shanxi, so that he could manage Shanxi and Henan, and eat up all of Shaanxi by the way.
Then, Li Zicheng misunderstood Man Qing's reaction.
After Huang Taiji entered the customs and occupied Beijing, he immediately wooed the gentry, reused Han officials, and paid lightly to the people. At the same time, a large army was sent to pursue Shanxi frantically, and Li Zicheng was caught off guard and lost a lot of logistics along the way.
Moreover, Huang Taiji sent a partial division to attack Datong and Yulin directly from Beijing.
Persuade surrender along the way, and make a wish to the Ming border general who surrendered to Li Zicheng. Eight marquises were sealed in one breath, and many of these border generals were allowed to continue to lead troops to ensure their floating wealth and land in the border town.
As a result, the Manchu Qing partial division with only 8,000 people persuaded the Daming Frontier Army of more than 40,000 people to surrender.
?They fought from Beijing to Yulin, and from Yulin to Yan'an, and finally the army surrounded Xi'an, cutting off Li Zicheng's retreat.
Another branch of the division entered Henan from Beijing, recruiting and surrendering bandits along the way. It was another official appointment to make a wish, and a large number of Henan local uprising troops, including the local gentry regiment training troops, abandoned Li Zicheng and threw themselves into the embrace of the Qing Dynasty.
The Manchu and Qing troops on South Road also had fewer than 10,000 troops, but when they reached Luoyang, there were 60,000 to 70,000 Han troops.
The reason why the two Manchu and Qing divisions recruited and surrendered so smoothly was purely because Li Zicheng did not have the "popular support".
Those Han forces who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty can be summed up in three types: frontier soldiers, rebels, and gentry.
Li Zicheng did not give any benefits to the frontier soldiers, only let them temporarily garrison the border town, and restrained them not to harm the people. Many rebels in Henan were not regarded as confidantes by Li Zicheng because they rebelled too late, and even ordered the leader of the rebels to disband the army. The gentry hated Li Zicheng even more, wishing Li Zicheng would die sooner.
As soon as the Manchu Qing Dynasty came, they appointed officials and made a wish, and these people were not prohibited from looting. The conditions were extremely generous, how could they not be willing to submit?
As for the main force of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, they approached Taiyuan from Guguan to fight a decisive battle with Li Zicheng's main force.
Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Zu Dashou and other Han army flags, due to their eagerness to perform meritorious service, erupted with terrifying combat effectiveness. Especially the firearms unit of the Han army, which made Li Zicheng dizzy. Wu Sangui led the remaining Guanning iron cavalry, and three thousand cavalry dared to charge into the formation of tens of thousands of cavalry.
Li Zicheng suffered a disastrous defeat in Taiyuan!
Facing the three-way invasion of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Li Zicheng, who was defeated after the defeat, became a bandit again, leading only thousands of elites to escape into the border of Shaanxi.
Luo Rucai, the living Cao Cao, fell out with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng successively, and later went to war with the Datong Army. Facing the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, he also chose to resist resolutely. After a fiasco, he killed dozens of his concubines and fled to Shaanxi with the remnants.
Man Qing was busy rectifying the capital while chasing Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai in Shaanxi.
?Huang Taiji possessed great talent and general plan, obeyed Hong Chengchou's words, promulgated a series of good governance, and vigorously promoted Han officials.
Then, Huang Taiji contracted the plague and died.
? Among the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing, two to three thousand people were infected with the plague. Nearly 100,000 people in Beijing were infected with the plague!
Beijing, the outer city.
"Father, Xue Binting (Xue Guoguan) is dead." Hou Fangyu said.
Hou Xun asked, "How did you die?"
Hou Fangyu said: "If you starve to death, the whole family will starve to death."
Hou Xun was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and sighed.
When Hou Xun served as Minister of the Household Department for Chongzhen, for several consecutive years, he basically did nothing. The only thing he accomplished was that during his tenure, he successfully prevented Chongzhen from increasing the faction, and he never raised taxes once.
Li Zicheng passed by his house and forcibly recruited him to be an official, but Hou Xun also did nothing.
Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is in charge of Beijing, Hou Xun still eats vegetarian meals in his corpse.
Xue Guoguan used to be Hou Xun's political enemy. Now that he heard that his whole family was starved to death, Hou Xun's mood is extremely complicated.
In this time and space, Xue Guoguan is the last Chief Assistant of Ming Dynasty!
Li Zicheng handcuffed Xue Guoguan's several million taels of silver. At that time, Xue Guoguan was beaten to half his life. Seeing Man Qing coming, Xue Guoguan knelt down to welcome him.
However, Hong Chengchou said: "Da Ming died at the hands of this man!"
When Huang Taiji heard this, he called Xue Guosp; Of course, it is the separation between Hauge and the banner owners of each banner, especially Jierhalang, the owner of the Xianglan Banner.
During the epidemic, the Manchu Qing seldom held court meetings, and Dorgon directly appointed Hou Xun as the governor of Shandong.
This is a routine operation after the Qing Dynasty enters the customs.
Let the main force attack the ministers along the way, and then send Han officials to serve as governors, responsible for recruiting and surrendering officials, bandits and rebels from various prefectures and counties.
When Hong Chengchou heard the news that Hou Xun and his son were about to leave Beijing, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Shandong is the center of the plague, so Hou Xun went to recruit Zuo Liangyu?
I'm afraid I'm trying to get away with it!
However, Hong Chengchou dared not speak out, because his relationship with Dorgon was not very harmonious yet.
In other words, Hong Chengchou also planned to sneak away.
In Hong Chengchou's eyes, Huang Taiji belongs to the wise master, but Dorgon is mentally retarded!
If the south is the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou has full confidence to settle it. But Zhao Han is the emperor in the south, and the world created by one sword and one gun is full of the current broken state, how can it be possible to stabilize the country?
Hong Chengchou has to leave a way out for himself, his family is all in Fujian, and he also wants Ye Luo to return to his roots.
After much deliberation, Hong Chengchou decided to see off Hou and his son.
Outside Beijing, a large number of homeless people have been deported dozens of miles away to prevent them from spreading the plague in Beijing.
On both sides of the official road, the land is barren.
Many farmers are weeding and plowing the land, and there will be rain after autumn, so they can replant some grain. They are now serfs, and all the food they grow must be handed over to the Eight Banners nobles. As for how much you can keep for yourself to eat, it all depends on the wishes of the masters.
Hong Chengchou clasped his hands and said: "Brother Dazhen is going to Shandong, and I am waiting for the good news."
"The reward of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king, it's all about doing your best." Hou Xun said with a smile.
Hong Chengchou looked at Hou Fangyu again: "My nephew has a lot of friends in the south, and I must have many old friends in Shandong."
Hou Fangyu's heart suddenly said, "Where is it?"
Hong Chengchou said: "My nephew, if you meet an old friend in the south, you can also greet him for me."
Hou Fangyu cupped his hands and said, "Definitely!"
The three of them tacitly bid farewell.
After returning home, Hong Chengchou suddenly received an imperial decree, and Dorgon resumed his duties in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he entered the inner court to assist in military affairs, was awarded the bachelor of the secretarial academy, and became the first Han prime minister in the Qing Dynasty.
Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, and then understood Dorgon's intention.
Dorgon is trying to win over Hong Chengchou, so as to control those Han generals who surrendered, and recruit all the Han generals to Dorgon's command.
I have to say that Dorgon is not good at anything else, but he is good at engaging in political struggles.
Afterwards, Dorgon promoted the titles of the banner owners of each banner. The titles are already top-ranked, so give them more land. Especially Hauge's supporter and rival, Dorgon offered various rewards.
In just one month, Hao Ge betrayed his relatives.
Another trumped-up charge was found, and Hauge was convicted and confiscated, and he was immediately relieved of his military power.
In this way, Dorgon took control of Manqing, and then purged Hauge's hardcore followers. Being suppressed by the Eight Banners nobles, they couldn't help but say strange things, so gossip spread everywhere.
The Han officials were dumbfounded when they heard that the emperor's father, the regent, stayed overnight in the Queen Mother's bedroom, and that the emperor was the regent's own son.