Chapter 451
"If you are willing to stay, I will treat you well." Wu Sangui had reached a formal agreement with the Qing court. Now he has officially turned against the banner, openly rebel against the Ming Dynasty, and led his troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Feng Yuanbiao, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, was shocked by this result and looked at Wu Sangui in anger and surrendered him.
Feng Yuanbiao laughed in anger, "I will never betray the Ming Dynasty and be a lackey of Jianlu."
"A person who knows the times is a hero. Besides, if you want to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, how long can you be loyal? Liu Jiye's ambition is obvious. Sooner or later, he will usurp power and seize the throne."
It was dawn and a faint wave of light flashed on the water surface of the Luan River.
The Liao army camp by the Luan River has recovered a lot of vitality. Haoge has arrived and joined forces with him. Dorgon has sent a large number of food and grass to transport from Liaodong. For the time being, Wu Sangui no longer has to worry about food and grass.
Haoge came with a large army, and Jierhalang will also lead the Inlaid Blue Flag to come today. Duoduo and Ajige also led tens of thousands of troops and were coming from Liaodong.
Dorgon stayed in Chenyang, and Daishan moved to Liaoyang.
This time, the Qing army seemed to be preparing to fight the Ming army head-on.
"I will never be a traitor." Feng Yuanbiao said, "The Ming Dynasty did not take charge of you. The emperor and the court pardoned you for your rebellion and gave you an exception to the earl. Why did you surrender to the Qing Dynasty?"
Wu Sangui touched his head with his hand. Although the Qing people did not ask him to hand it over, since he had surrendered Qing, he had to show since he was the first to shave himself, leaving behind his head with bundles of heads and formed into a rat tail of money. The head that had just been shaved was always a little difficult to adapt, and the head was cold.
"The so-called magnanimity of the imperial court is just to use a knife to kill people. What's the use of just giving a short title? The officers have no salary, the soldiers have no food and salary, and the army has no weapons, but they want us to guard western Liaoning. If I really believe in the imperial court, we either starve to death or were killed by the Qing army. Since the court is unkind, don't blame us for being unrighteous."
"Mr. Feng, we are all ministers for others, so who are we not doing things for? The Qing Dynasty still appreciates the ministers who surrendered to Han. Look at the time when I entered the Qing Dynasty, wouldn't I be appointed as king? If Mr. Feng is willing to surrender, it will be no problem to be appointed as a Duke and a Marquis."
"I, Feng Yuanbiao, still know what shame is, oh!" Feng Yuanbiao spat at Wu Sangui, turned his head aside, and was too lazy to pay attention to this rebel minister. Wu Sangui pulled up his sleeves and wiped the saliva from his body. He waved his hand to stop the guards who were about to rush forward. "Since that's the case, I will fulfill your wish, come and take him up, guard him strictly, and don't let him run away."
Staying alone in the tent, Wu Sangui's face looked ugly.
He started to raise an army to clear the king's side, but along the way, there were only more than 50,000 people left. After he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he took the initiative to shave it. Then he ordered the entire army to change its flags.
As a result, a large number of Liao soldiers refused to execute, and his personal soldiers went down to supervise, which caused several uproars and almost led to mutiny. In the end, Wu Sangui had to come forward in person to change the original order and allow the soldiers to choose whether to shave them freely.
He also gave all the gold and silver rewards he had just received to the soldiers, and ordered the slaughter of pigs and sheep. It was difficult for him to calm the hearts of the people.
But he knew very well. The morale in the army is very low now, and everyone's minds are a little shaken. They don't know why they are fighting and are full of confusion about their future.
Haoge brought a large amount of food and grass to Wu Sangui, and also brought a large number of official positions to proclaim. Wu Sangui was named King of Pingxi. Zu Dashou was named King of Jingnan. Wu Sangui was appointed as the head of the Zheng Green Banner Banner and Gushan Ezhen, and also served as the governor of Liaoxi. Zu Dashou was the head of the Inlaid Green Banner Banner and Gushan Ezhen, and also the governor of Liaodong.
The Qing court also gave the two people a lot of official hats, asking them to recommend their subordinates themselves. Each of them had three admirals, six generals, and a large number of deputy generals, guerrilla generals and other official hats. They recommended and appointed them themselves.
Official positions and titles can win people's hearts, but not everyone is willing to die for these things.
Wu Sangui felt that continuing to attack was to die.
After Duoduo and Ajige arrived, the Qing Dynasty army would have as many as 150,000 troops by then. But Wu Sangui still didn't think there would be any chance of winning. Even after carefully listening to the scout's investigation information these days, he came to a very pessimistic conclusion. Faced with the 800-mile Yanbei Great Wall defense line, they had no idea what to say.
Such a long line of defense should have loopholes everywhere, but now they have nowhere to start.
The defense line set up by Liu Jun is not just a simple line, but is clearly hierarchical and able to support each other at any time. There are even several reserve echelons of troops distributed.
In addition, the Great Wall has been reinforced and renovated, and many newly built bastions are spread across the defense line, equipped with a large number of artillery guns, and all the guards are equipped with new styles of flint guns. The standard-level officers in the division association commanding on the entire defense line are all generals from the Chu army.
No flaws.
The Qing army would also be hit in front of this steel defense line and bloody. Thanks to Liu Jun, the Qing army has now lost its strength than the Huangtai-Ji era. Among them, the Han army flag suffered an unprecedented blow, the black flag inlaid, and the Han four flags were also severely damaged. Although the Han four flags are now expanded to the Han eight flags, the number of people is as many as 40,000.
However, these people are no longer the young and strong elites who were carefully selected in the past. Many of them are not even able to use bows. Many of the prisoners captured from North Korea and the Ming Dynasty were all farmers and vendors. They have no military training and are not strong in their bodies.
Now that he is forced to conquer the army, there is nothing to do.
Once the war goes well, maybe they can still play some role as cannon fodder. But once the momentum is not good, these people will immediately collapse and turn around and run away.
When one person throws down the spear, one hundred and one thousand people will follow the example.
Now not only is the Han army flag so unusable, but even the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners are not as good as before, and many new troops have been incorporated. Many of these newly selected Han and Mongolian Eight Banners are not serious Jianzhou Jurchens. These people are also unreliable, and no one may turn their backs on the attack at any time.
Liu Jun's attack on Liaodong in the first place had a great attack on the Qing Dynasty. Even now, because the Chu army still occupies Zhenjiang and Lushun, there is still an unmanned restricted area within a hundred miles of the coast.
Of course, there were still many elite troops with rich experience and bravery in the Qing army. However, most of these soldiers had to stay in Shenyang, Liaoyang, Kuandian and other places, and they had to be prepared for the Chu army to attack from Zhenjiang Lushun and raid their nests. They also had to be guarded against Liu Jun from the sea to send troops from Liaoxi to cut off their way back.
With such a division of troops, there are not many elite troops who can be sent to participate in the battle against the Ming Dynasty.
What worries Wu Sangui the most is the logistical supply issue. A unit of 150,000 people consumes more than 500 heads of cattle, sheep and other livestock in a day. The staple food consumed is astronomical, not to mention that their troops also have a large number of horses, which requires a lot of food and grass.
Unlike the Ming army, they could defend the city and fight with defense and sufficient food and equipment. They came from afar, and the logistics supply line was thousands of miles long.
The most important thing is to eliminate food.
Once the Chu army sent troops from the sea to 6 Liaoxi, cut off their ties with Liaodong, and cut off their food and supplies, then the army more than 100,000 will really not go.
Wu Sangui didn't want this battle to start. Once the battle started, he would definitely be transferred to the front line to charge and take the lead. I was illegitimate as a traitor and traitor, not to be cannon fodder for the Qing Dynasty.
Capital.
Wu Yan was sitting in a carriage under the escort of his servants. He was riding a four-way carriage, which was very gorgeous. This carriage was styled by European red and barbarians, with bright colors and luxurious styles. It was very stable and comfortable to drive in the capital.
Two big horses drove across the street with carts, and there were many pedestrians on the street. Since Liu Jun promoted epidemic prevention, the people have tried not to squeeze into the streets, and never went out without any trouble, and they all hid at home.
The most common people seen on the streets are the five-city military personnel dressed in blue and gray. These people are uniformly called policemen. If they are divided into details, they can also be divided into patrols, criminal policemen, policemen, fire policemen, water policemen, tax policemen, etc. Now they are in charge of the public security in the capital. Even the hygiene in the street market is under their control, and it can be said that they are in charge of everything.
Two horsemen riding horses blew the whistle and stopped a carriage in front, asking the coachman to park the carriage to the side of the road, and then shouted loudly, accusing the coachman of not using a feces bag, which caused the horse to drain the feces directly on the road, violating several items in the capital's public security and sanitation regulations.
They issued a ticket, a triple-couple ticket with a seal stamp, and fined twenty coins of copper coins. They forced the groom to buy two feces and put them on the horse immediately, fifty coins each.
"There are 120 coins in total. You take this ticket to the police station in front to pay the fine." A mount policeman said loudly to the bitter-faced coachman, "You have three days. If you haven't paid the fine after three days, we will impose a double fine. If you don't pay it again after three days, we will revoke your carriage license, and impose severe fines on the car owner, and detain the coachman or force the city to clean up."
Wu Yan looked at all this from behind the carriage window, which made him quite unhappy.
Liu Jun is already in the shadow of every corner of the capital.
The inner guards of the capital were already full of Liu Jun's men, and the court was almost in control. When Yuan Jixian and Yao Minggong entered the capital, I was afraid that Liu Jun's influence on the court would become stronger and stronger.
This was a rare opportunity. Liu Jiye actually dared to bet with him that Wu Sangui would not accept the surrender of the court, and even took out his official position to bet. This was a really rare opportunity.
He believed that Wu Sangui would accept the court's revenge. It was strange that Wu Sangui disagreed with such good conditions.
This time, Liu Jiye must be stepped down. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!