Chapter 508 The rebels' hearts are messy

From top to bottom, the Ming army almost all formed a consensus view, and it was completely impossible to completely eliminate the Tartars. The only thing they could do now was to block the Tartars outside the pass and prevent the Tartars from entering the Central Plains. However, with the Tartars' invasions twice in a row, this concept was gradually changed. Because, in the face of the Tartars' long-distance raid, the Guanning defense line had basically lost its effect.

The Ming army now only hopes that when the Tatars invade, they will not attack large towns, harass the capital, and not make the emperor angry. The Tatars burned, killed, looted outside the town, and ignored them, and waited for the Tatars to retreat after they had burned, killed, looted, and retreated on their own. After all, the Tatars were foreign households, so they could not live in the Central Plains for a long time, right?

In general, everyone's views gradually become pessimistic, desperate and depressed. Every time the Ministry of War conceived a strategy for combat against the Tartars, it would find a few madmen to complete it. Because as long as people who are slightly normal and rational, they do not believe that the Ming army can defeat the Tartars, nor do they believe that the Ming army can effectively block the Tartars' invasion.

Some people even have more pessimistic ideas. Some people think that since the Tartars can bypass the Shanhaiguan defense line and directly enter the Central Plains to burn, kill and loot. Then it is not impossible for the Tartars to enter the Central Plains. In this way, the Central Plains will have to change their dynasties. Of course, not many people have such pessimistic ideas.

At that time, the Tatars thought of burning, killing, looting, and weakening the national strength of the Ming country as much as possible, and enhancing their national strength as much as possible, rather than directly entering the Central Plains. Even Huang Taiji did not think about establishing his own dynasty in the Central Plains. Every battle between the Tatars was centered around burning, killing, looting.

Since most of the Ming army believed that they could not defeat the Tartars, it would be natural to choose to surrender if the situation was unfavorable. Anyway, after surrendering to the Tartars, even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to punish them for treason, it would not have the slightest ability. The Dengzhou Navy surrendered to the Tartars with this mentality.

In their opinion, after surrendering to the Tartars, they would not suffer any losses if they were surrounded by them. The Tartars were more fair in distributing their military achievements. As long as they fought bravely, they would gain more benefits than before. Therefore, some rebels fought more after surrendering to the Tartars. This was also the main factor that the Qing Dynasty was able to successfully enter the pass. Most of the Ming army was defeated by the rebels led by the Sishun King.

Now, the Hu Ben Army showed stronger combat power than the Tartars, and immediately peeled off the halo of the Tartars. The rebels suddenly discovered that the Ming Dynasty still had a way to liquidate their treason. Within the Ming Dynasty, there were still people's combat power, which was stronger than the Tartars.

For example, during this Huangxian Battle, the two former generals of Dongjiang Town, Wang Tingrui and Yuan Anbang, were killed by the Tartars. The heads were also offered high rewards for public display. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty borrowed the hands of the Hu Ben Army, and the Hu Ben Army borrowed the hands of the Tartars to liquidate the treason of the two of them. This is probably something they never expected when they surrendered to the Tartars.

The rebels who were beaten to death outside Huang County were also liquidated. In the battle of Huang County, the Tartars suffered heavy losses and the rebels suffered a lot of losses. According to incomplete statistics, at least three or four thousand rebels were beaten to death or captured. Kong Youde, who was in a mess, even wanted the red barbarian cannon, which shows how critical the situation was at that time.

No one knows why the Hu Ben Army is so powerful, no one knows why the man named Zhang Zhun is so powerful. However, they know the result. The result is that the Hu Ben Army completely defeated the Tartars. The two Tartars Beile are now trapped in Dengzhou City and waiting to die. At the same time, a large number of Tiger Army naval warships appeared on the sea surface of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula, completely separating Dengzhou City and the rear of the Tartars. It is difficult for the Tartars in Liaodong to reinforce Dengzhou City. It is even more difficult for the Tartars in Dengzhou City to retreat by sea.

Gradually, the rebels regretted their choice. They instinctively felt the existence of danger. The Hu Ben Army did not take any effort to deal with the Tartars, let alone deal with them. Once they fell into the hands of the Hu Ben Army, the consequences of the rebels can be imagined. The surrender that originally had no risk suddenly became very dangerous and the future became very slim. The rebels' inner depression can be imagined.

Later, more fearful news came. Since the Tartars in Dengzhou City were besieged, the Tartars in Liaodong had to organize their forces to rescue them. However, the Tartars did not have their own maritime power. If they wanted to fight the Hu Ben Army in a fierce naval battle, they would definitely be the surrendered soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy who fought against the Hu Ben Army. In other words, they were pushed to the front line of fighting against the Hu Ben Army.

At the beginning, the Dengzhou Navy once went south to find trouble for Zhang Zhun at the instigation of Ruan Dacheng. As a result, there was a fierce battle between the two sides on the sea near Fushan City. The Dengzhou Navy eventually lost to the Hu Ben Navy and was forced to retreat. This was half a year ago. After half a year, the Hu Ben Navy would obviously be stronger. However, the Dengzhou Navy's strength was constantly weakening. Where is the current Dengzhou Navy's opponent? If it is pushed to the front line by the Tartars, it is no different from suicide.

Under the influence of all aspects, some rebels began to look for other ways out. Since the Tartars were unsafe, they could only leave the Tartars anyway. There were three ways out. The first was to surrender to the court, which was considered a veritable fact. The second was to surrender to the Hu Ben Army and become a slave of the three surnames. The third was to make independence and do their own things.

It is absolutely impossible to surrender to the court. Compared with the Tartars, the fighting power of the court is even worse than that of the Tartars. If they surrender to the court, if the Tartars come over, they will soon become the targets of slaughter by the Tartars. If they rebel, it would be strange if the Tartars did not chop them up and fed them to the dogs. Therefore, it is impossible to surrender to the court.

If you make independent, it is even more impossible. If you want to make independent, you must have your own territory. The problem is that they are now on the territory of Liaodong, which is the sphere of influence of the Tartars. If they want to have their own territory, they must go to war with the Tartars. You can think of whether they have the courage and ability to go to war with the Tartars. Starting a war with the Tartars is simply suicide, and it is absolutely impossible.
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