In early December of the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, a Ming Dynasty surrender army whose morale was so low that they walked with their heads downcast came to Beijing, a city that was both familiar and unfamiliar to them.

This army was the army of Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo. When they decided to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, they led an army of more than 20,000 people in total, which could be said to be a strong force.

However, just ten days later, when they arrived at the gates of Beijing, the number of the army had been reduced by three-quarters! The entire army had less than 5,000 men, and their armor and equipment had been discarded, and a large amount of baggage had been lost.

The reason why they suffered so miserably was because they were attacked by 7,000 new troops commanded by Li Ruolian near Liaocheng. Even though Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo had 20,000 people, that was the total force, including a large number of Wuhehe who could not be defeated. There are only five or six thousand troops that can really fight, which is not as many as Li Ruolian!

Moreover, Li Ruolian's four associations were strengthened by Su Guansheng, governor of Denglai, and Shen Tingyang, minister of Beiyang, and were very well equipped. Especially after Shen Tingyang became minister of Beiyang, he began to operate Dengzhou Water City as his base camp. Shuicheng was expanded to connect it with Dengzhou City, and a shipbuilding yard and ironworks were also opened in Shuicheng.

The former can produce centipede warships, while the latter can produce artillery and fire guns... Although the output is not large, the output of turtle dove foot fire guns is only a pitiful 50 pieces per month. From August to October, In early January, 150 useful turtle-dove-foot fireguns were produced.

This Beiyang minister was also very interesting. He left no one behind and supported the main force under the Shandong Commandery Department, Dengzhou Association, which is the new army of the Dengzhou Guards (belonging to the new armies of the guards) - Dengzhou Association is the substitute If the navy's soldiers guarding their hometown are defeated by the Tatars, the Beiyang Navy will be in dire straits.

As for the possibility of the navy being defeated by the Tatars at sea, Shen Tingyang thinks it does not exist. He originally owned two centipede ships, and after he became the Beiyang Minister, he ordered a batch of new ships. Now one has been delivered, totaling Owns three centipede boats, each with two 12-pound Hongyi cannons!

It may not be enough to meet the navy of the old Zheng family or the Westerners, but for the Korean navy and the Tatar navy, it is not a piece of cake!

Therefore, what Shen Tingyang was most worried about was not problems at sea, but problems on land. So he not only gave the 150 turtle-dove-foot fireguns produced in his iron factory to Dengzhou Xie, but also purchased them at a high price through various channels. 170 turtledove-footed fire guns were also given to Dengzhou Association.

Therefore, when Li Ruolian of Dengzhou led the Dengzhou Association to attack, each flag team of the association was equipped with 20 turtle-dove-footed firecrackers (the rest were equipped with spears and swords). After discussing with Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo When fighting with each other, these 320 turtle-dove-footed fire cannons really showed off their power!

The fire gun soldiers of the Dengzhou Association are all strictly trained, and the quality of the fire gun is also reliable. They are facing the rebels of Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo. The Dengzhou fire gun soldiers are also protected by spear soldiers and sword soldiers. You can fire with confidence.

Therefore, these 320 turtle-dove-footed fire cannons all exerted their normal power, using waves of volleys (the fire cannon soldiers of the New Army now do not fire in turns, but only volleys and scatters), beating two families. The rebels fell on their backs.

And then the powerful spear attack launched by the new army to overcome the difficulties gave them another fatal blow! If Li Ruolian hadn't had few cavalry on hand, these two heads would have gone to Nanjing to meet Zhu Cihong...

Although their heads were saved now, there was not much capital left to become traitors, and their desire to serve the Qing Dynasty was a little "gray". The two of them thought that they could not defeat the Tatars, the rogue bandits, and the new army's enemies.

The division army can't defeat ruthless characters like Huang Degong, Gao Jie, and Zuo Liangyu, but it can't defeat the guards, right?

The foundation of the guards is just a group of farmers. How good can a group of farmers be after four or five months of training? Can they be compared with the battle-hardened servants?

In the Battle of Liaocheng, Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo wanted to fight quickly, but they brought out their servants from the beginning. They thought they could win with one blow, but who knew that their opponents used more than 300 turtle-dove-footed fire cannons, and in 30

Several volleys were fired from a distance, followed by another wave of gun attacks... The losses were tragic!

After the war was fought like this, both traitors felt that they were no longer worthy of being traitors, so on the way to Beijing they discussed making some contributions as a meeting gift to the Tatar Regent.

After much deliberation, all they can produce now, apart from the falsehoods of the New Army that they have mastered, is the little evidence that Wu Sangui colluded with the Southern Dynasty.

But could this "evidence" be a cunning plan by Prince Zhu? That traitor was a cunning and cruel master! If it was a cunning plan, they would have harmed Wu Sangui.

Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo were still undecided until they entered Shuntianfu territory.

"Mr. Liu, something doesn't seem quite right!"

The tall and majestic city of Beijing was already within sight, but old man Xu Dingguo realized something was wrong...

"What's wrong?" Liu Liangzuo glared at the old man Xu who was walking beside him, "The ruler of the Southern Dynasty was treacherous and his ministers were treacherous, and the ruler of the country had lost power. Sooner or later, he would be destroyed by the Northern Dynasty... Since ancient times, Beiding has been

The south is nine out of ten, and the south is equal to the north only once. I, the Qing Dynasty, have defeated the rogue bandits, and will soon pacify the Central Plains and become the master of the Northern Dynasty. Next, we will determine the south from the north, and we will be like a broken bamboo!"

He spoke eloquently, but the old man Xu on the side waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't mention this, I know it. What I said is that it is not too cold outside Beijing. We are almost at Chaoyangmen. I have returned to Beijing.

At that time, there was a lot of traffic and people outside Chaoyang Gate. What's going on right now..."

Whatever he said, Liu Liangzuo also felt that something was wrong. When he last came back to Beijing, the area outside Chaoyang Gate was not as deserted as it is now.

Although the city of Beijing has changed its masters twice this year, there has been no big fight after all. Moreover, it has been more than half a year since the Qing Dynasty established Beijing. It is time for it to regain some popularity, right?

"Second brother, why is it so deserted here?"

The person Liu Liangzuo called his second brother was Zhangjing Liu Liangchen, the leader of the Han Army under the Xianghuang Banner. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Zu Dashou when he was defeated at Dalinghe in the fourth year of Chongzhen. Zu Dashou himself pretended to surrender that time, and later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Looking for an opportunity, he ran back to the Ming Dynasty. But Liu Liangchen really surrendered. He has been a traitor for 13 years now and has won the trust of his Manchu masters.

Before Liu Liangzuo rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he was leading his troops to follow Hao Ge and Ao Bai in Datong Mansion and fought hard!

Because the Datong Ming Army also carried out drastic "land reform", all soldiers were allocated at least 100 acres of land. Therefore, the morale of the Datong Army has been significantly improved, and their combat effectiveness has also reached a higher level.

Moreover, Jiang Guan was not a fool. He had long been wary of the Qing army betraying the alliance. Therefore, he carefully arranged the defenses of the Zhenlu Guards and the Andong Zhongtun Guards. The former was facing the direction of Xuanfu, and the latter was facing Daizhou.

The soldiers and civilians of all places, under the orders of Datong General Soldier Guan Si, stood firm and cleared the country, and were always ready for war.

Therefore, the Qing army that attacked Datong Prefecture was in trouble from the beginning. The surprise attack failed, and it also fell into hard battles one after another - if it did not attack the fortifications, it would not be able to obtain supplies on the spot, and if it did not attack the fortifications, it would lose troops and generals.

Hauge proposed to withdraw from Shanxi and redirect troops to Shandong. There are also factors in this aspect...

And Liu Liangchen's Han army was the vanguard in attacking fortified cities and strongholds, and the losses were even more severe! Now that he saw his brother coming back in embarrassment, he felt even more depressed.

So when I heard Liu Liangzuo's question, I sighed deeply: "Brother, haven't you heard of land enclosure, house occupation, and investment? Today's Beijing city is no longer the Beijing city of the past... Live

Everyone inside has changed their species!"

Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo both took a breath after hearing this.

At this time, Liu Liangchen said again: "Brother, you and General Xu's troops cannot enter the city, so let them camp outside Chaoyang Gate... but they are not allowed to leave the camp without permission, and they are not allowed to disturb the people. Now outside Beijing

Most of the land was occupied by the Eight Banners, and those who farmed the land were slaves. Although they were slaves, they were more noble than the Han people!"

What?

Is this worse than a slave?

Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo felt unhappy. They were princes in the Ming Dynasty, but here they didn't even dare to mess with their slaves...

Liu Liangchen then ordered: "In addition, the regent of the Qing Dynasty is wise and decisive, and he is a genius. Whatever you two know, you must tell the truth, and you must not hide anything."

There must be no hiding anything, Liu Liangzuo and Xu Dingguo thought to themselves: Then Wu Sangui must be betrayed!
Chapter completed!