Chapter 1 Shaving
As for the Qing Dynasty, May of the second year of Shunzhi was an unprecedented glorious month.
Whether it is the Battle of Sarhu, the Battle of Songjin, or the Battle of Yibishi, or the Battle of Tongguan, it cannot be compared with the series of victories achieved in May.
Before this May, the Manchu nobles felt that although they had entered the pass, they were still ready to withdraw from the pass at any time. However, after May, these Manchu nobles already felt that the world could only belong to them.
The results of this month are really brilliant!
The first unlucky one was Dashun Kingdom and Li Zicheng. After experiencing the failures of Tongguan and Shaanxi and Gansu, the Dashun Army that retreated into Jingxiang still had 200,000, but this time the luck did not relate to Li Zicheng.
Ajige's 80,000 troops followed closely, and Li Zicheng, who had completely become a bandit, was almost defeated at once and was defeated in every battle. In the end, the god of decline was possessed by the mountaineering clan Cheng Jiubo in Jiugong Mountain, Tongshan. The banner of Dashun Kingdom could no longer be captured.
But for the Qing Dynasty, this was just the first good news. On May 13, Zuo Menggeng and Hubei Inspector Huang Shu led ten generals, and an army of 80,000 surrendered to Ajige in Jiujiang. At that time, Ajige's total strength was only 80,000 to 90,000.
Until now, everyone knew that Zuo Liangyu, the Marquis of Ningnan, had been dead for a full month. However, his subordinates secretly refused to die and recommended Zuo Menggen to continue to advance eastward as the queen. However, Zuo Menggen's army had become a frightened bird under the attack of Huang Degong and the Qing army. The Hubei inspector Huang Shu, who claimed to be a "righteous gentleman", was completely scared and chose to surrender to Ajige without hesitation, and even took the initiative to become the new affiliated army that took the lead in the Qing Dynasty.
However, the more brilliant victory still comes from Duoduo's journey. According to Duoduo's memorial to the court, he not only captured Emperor Hongguang alive, but also had 23 generals, two generals, 47 deputy generals, 86 guerrillas, and 238,300 cavalry and infantry. These 230,000 troops, just like Huang Shu, are now thinking about making contributions to the Qing Dynasty.
Several large field groups in the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty, except for Liu Zeqing fleeing to the sea and the troops of Duke Liu Yongxi retreated to Jinhua, they have almost all surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
However, Liu Zeqing was already discussing specific surrender with the Qing Dynasty. Although Liu Yongxi's troops were known as elite troops, their actual strength was only 10,000 new troops, and they were not the opponent of the tens of thousands of elite troops of Boluo's troops. When Boluo attacked Hangzhou, Liu Yongxi's troops never dared to go out to help Hangzhou.
In the past two months, the Qing army defeated 500,000 and 600,000 Ming and Dashun armies with less than 200,000 troops, destroyed two seemingly powerful enemy countries, and added 200,000 to 300,000 Green Camp Army, who wanted to make contributions to the new master.
When entering the pass, the entire Qing Dynasty mobilized no more than 200,000 troops, and the troops invested in one strategic direction were only 120,000 to 150,000. A year later, the Qing Dynasty already had an army of 600,000 to 100,000 troops.
Moreover, except for the Great Western King Zhang Xianzhong who was separatist in Sichuan, the Qing Dynasty could no longer find any opponent worth mentioning, but after Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he was not a match for the Qing Dynasty at all.
Chapter completed!