Although North Korea was ravaged twice by the Manchu Qing Dynasty before the Songjin War, the Ming Dynasty was always deeply missed in the minds of the Korean people.
Even though Korea was split into two under the influence of the Xia Kingdom, and the north surrendered to the Manchus, they still imagined that the Ming Dynasty could revive, rescue Korea from the claws of the Hulu, and return to the embrace of their father.
However, the outcome of the Songjin Battle caused the Koreans to completely lose confidence.
It was only at this moment that they painfully understood that their father-like Daming could not come back.
Now that hope is gone, we have no choice but to work hard for our own survival.
The Koreans changed their previous laziness and showed their true fighting power and joined the battle to encircle and suppress the Ming army.
On the flat coast, it can hardly be called a battle, it can only be described as a massacre.
Tens of thousands of Ming troops did not dare to turn back and fight. They would rather take off their armor, throw away their weapons and rush into the sea.
The few small boats on the sea turned out to be the hope of all the Ming army.
Everyone wants to board the ship and escape from this hell.
But at this critical moment of life and death, people still have to distinguish between high and low.
Generals such as Ma Ke, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Li Fuming are nobler than ordinary big-headed soldiers.
They got on the ship first, ordered their soldiers to kill anyone who wanted to board the ship, and then sailed away, abandoning their soldiers in cold blood.
The battle on the seaside lasted from early morning until dusk.
In despair, the Ming army became very crazy, but this madness did not turn into combat effectiveness.
Even if they counterattack crazily towards the Qing army, they will die together with the Qing army.
Their madness is only reflected in their aimless running.
As for where they want to run and what they want to do, not to mention the Qing army, even they themselves don't know.
Faced with such a situation where there was no way to win but there was always a way to win, it really caused great trouble for the Qing army.
It happened that the Ming army might as well have simply surrendered, but they seemed to have forgotten that they could surrender.
With no other choice, the Qing army had no choice but to carry out the killing to the end.
When the sun began to set, the fighting finally stopped.
But I saw that the entire wide beach was densely packed with dead bodies. Only less than one out of ten people who finally surrendered and were captured by the Qing army surrendered.
The Qing army harvested heads everywhere and made statistics on the results of the war. In total, more than 50,000 people were beheaded, and more than 7,000 war horses alone.
It was obviously an unprecedented victory, but the Qing army felt extremely exhausted.
The strength of the Qing army was already comparable to that of the Ming army, but they fought another battle that was completely confusing. After it was over, everyone just wanted to rest as soon as possible.
In fact, their strength has reached its limit.
Under such circumstances, Huang Taiji was extremely helpless and did not dare to continue using troops.
When chasing the deserters, the Qing army was also divided into several parts.
Part of them is still besieging Jinzhou to prevent Zu Dashou from breaking out; the main force is besieging Songshan, with the target on Hong Chengchou; chasing and killing the fleeing Ming army, mainly using Dorgon's two white flags and Hauge's two blue flags.
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Another part of the troops went to pursue Wang Pu and Wu Sangui.
Huang Taiji wanted to continue fighting, but he had no extra troops.
In this situation, Wang Pu and Wu Sangui, who fled to Xingshan City, also found a god-given opportunity.
They rested in Xingshan City for two days and did not dare to delay any longer, so they continued to flee southward.
They were ambushed by the Qing army on the way and suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, both of them ran out and ran all the way back to Ningyuan, completely transformed into frightened birds.
As a result, the situation on the entire Liaodong battlefield was completely clear.
Zu Dashou was surrounded in Jinzhou City, and Hong Chengchou, Qiu Minyang, Cao Bianjiao and others were surrounded in Songshan City.
Ma Ke, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen and Li Fuming fled back to Ningyuan by sea, and they all became mere commanders. It was impossible to protect themselves, let alone reorganize their troops and go back to rescue Jinzhou and Songshan.
The bad news spread back to the capital.
Chongzhen no longer yelled and had emotional outbursts as before. Instead, he sat there with a numb expression and sad eyes.
Obviously he also knew what this result meant.
All the civil and military ministers were lying on the ground, trembling. They were afraid that their heads would be found, and they were afraid of being implicated and held accountable.
However, Chongzhen had lost the strength to hold him accountable, so he just waved his hand and announced his withdrawal from the court.
The ministers breathed a sigh of relief and did not dare to delay at all. They all left the palace quickly, as if they were running away.
The main hall soon became empty, with solitary people living in it, making it even more small and helpless.
Wang Chengen turned around with tears in his eyes.
"Your Majesty..."
Before he finished speaking, he was shocked to find that the young Chongzhen actually had patches of snow-white hair on his temples.
He was obviously fine just now, but for just a moment, he seemed to have aged a bit out of thin air.
"Daban, is the Ming Dynasty really hopeless?"
Chongzhen finally lost all his stubbornness and pride and felt the horror of annihilation.
Wang Chengen quickly knelt in front of his knees.
"Your Majesty, I am blessed by God and blessed by my ancestors. Even the most serious difficulties can be turned into good fortune. Your Majesty, please cheer up!"
It was all empty comfort, but it still made Chongzhen feel a little warm.
He squeezed out a little strength from the depths of his heart, and just when he was about to say something, the little eunuch rushed in in a panic.
"Long live Qizou, the new governor Fu Zonglong... is running away!"
It was like a thunderbolt in the sky, making everyone's scalp numb.
The little confidence Chongzhen had just regained was immediately shattered. He only heard a few gurgling sounds in his throat, fell on his back, and fainted on the spot.
The eunuchs and guards in the main hall were all frightened. They rushed up to escort him back to the harem and urgently called for an imperial doctor.
Why did Fu Zonglong run away?
Just because his heart was filled with resentment.
As a member of the Donglin Party, Fu Zonglong's situation in the Chongzhen Dynasty was very bad. There were ups and downs, good and bad.
Whenever he made some achievements, he was either dismissed from office or arrested, which made him completely lose confidence in the Ming Dynasty.
Before Hong Chengchou went to Liaodong, he recommended Liu Zhaoji to the court as the chief military officer of the regiment training.
Liu Zhaoji was born as a general and once served under You Shiwei. He was very capable. However, Gao Qiqian and others accused him of being cowardly and timid and unable to serve as a general.
Fu Zonglong was in charge of the Ministry of War at the time, so he naturally understood that this was a malicious frame-up by Gao Qiqian and others. Therefore, he simply suppressed it and refused to reply.
But he didn't expect that he would immediately offend Chongzhen, and he was charged with resisting the imperial decree and thrown into prison.
At this time, Fu Zonglong's last kindness to the Ming Dynasty was severed.
Although he was in prison, he asked his cronies to send messages to his family members in Yunnan, so that they could escape and avoid trouble.
After Li Zicheng reappeared, he wreaked havoc in the Central Plains. The Ming Dynasty sent many officials to deal with it, from Li Xianfeng to Gao Mingheng, from Gao Mingheng to Yang Wenyue, and then to Ding Qirui.
It's a pity that these are all useless people. Not only did they not have any effect, they also allowed Li Zicheng to grow bigger and bigger.
At this time, after Chen Xinjia's recommendation, Chongzhen remembered Fu Zonglong who was thrown into prison and Fu Zonglong's previous suggestions.
Chongzhen issued an order to release Fu Zonglong from prison and appointed him as governor.
I hope Fu Zonglong can turn the situation around.
Fu Zonglong had already realized this. After receiving the order and leaving the capital, he found an opportunity and simply ran away.
He didn't want to be buried with the Ming Dynasty.
