Chapter 700: Street fighting fights against people’s hearts (please vote for recommendation)
The movement of a large number of Jin Yiwei crossing the border cannot be covered up casually!
There are soldiers and horses passing through the place, but they can't hide it from these local snakes.
These local snakes were frightened by Zhu Hongyu's ruthlessness!
Now that the imperial army is passing through the border and embarking on the mighty Northern Expedition, they naturally behave in a more respectful and obedient manner.
After all, if Zhu Hongyu was dissatisfied with them and slaughtered an entire city when he led his army across the border, they would have no place to call Qu.
The current emperor of the Ming Dynasty is no worse at killing than his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang.
The most Zhu Yuanzhang could do back then was to kill some civil servants who violated laws and disciplines, but in the end he did not dare to take action against the Kong family!
But this one took action against the Kong family!
Although it was not done openly, Kong Jiaming was sentenced to death.
But doing it secretly is even scarier!
The descendants of saints who have been passed down for thousands of years have disappeared so mysteriously. Who can not be afraid?
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At the end of March in the first year of the Restoration, the Ming army sent troops from Nanjing to begin the Northern Expedition!
On the third day of April in the first year of the Restoration, the Northern Expedition army arrived in Huai'an.
On April 10th, the vanguard of the army crossed the Huaihe River!
On April 17, the army entered Shandong!
On April 24th, the Northern Expeditionary Army passed Yanzhou Prefecture!
On the first day of May, the Northern Expeditionary Army crossed the Daqing River!
On the ninth day of May, the Northern Expeditionary Army passed through Dezhou and officially entered Northern Zhili!
One and a half months after the Northern Expedition began, the Ming army finally ended its simple march and encountered a blockade by the Qing army.
A group of Qing cavalry launched a tentative attack on the troops advancing along the canal. After being discovered by the Ming cavalry, they were introduced into a trap and annihilated.
No one escapes!
Zhu Hongyu was riding on horseback, looking at the endless rivers and mountains in front of him, with the loud war song of the Red Scarf Army in his ears.
"The clouds follow the dragon, the wind follows the tiger, fame and fortune follow the dust and dirt!"
"Looking at China, the people are suffering and the fertile land for thousands of miles is barren!"
"Look at the world, there are no barbarians, and only one man can make up for what is missing in the way of heaven!"
"A good man, regardless of his parents, he only cares about the common people and not the master..."
At that time, the army of the Ming Dynasty launched the Northern Expedition singing the war song of the Red Turban Army, driving the arrogant Mongols out of the Central Plains and chasing them north.
Today, the army of the Ming Dynasty once again sang the battle song of the Red Turban Army and embarked on the road to the Northern Expedition!
Only, this time their enemies became the Manchus!
But it doesn’t matter, the result will not change at all!
In the warm spring breeze, Zhu Hongyu led his horse, and beside him was the Ming army array that remained intact even when marching.
The warm spring breeze blew against his face, and he narrowed his eyes comfortably.
"Report!"
A sentinel rider flew over, knelt down on one knee in front of Zhu Hongyu and said.
"Your Majesty, our vanguard encountered the Jiannu cavalry and beheaded three hundred of them. Now the future Jiannu invaders have been completely wiped out!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and spoke in approval.
"Well done, pass on the order and take credit!"
At this moment, another sentry rider came flying towards him, shouting a report from a distance.
"Report!"
"Your Majesty, the defenders in Baoding City have sent a surrender letter to our army!"
The sentry rider rushed to Zhu Hongyu, held up a letter in his hand, and presented it to Zhu Hongyu.
Zhu Hongyu casually took the letter and opened it to read.
The opening chapter is a piece of extremely disgusting flattery.
"Zhao Liangdong, the guilty general, bows his head and bows a hundred times to the Holy Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Liangdong and Zhu Hongyu had some impressions of this person, and seemed to remember that he was one of the so-called Four Han generals in Hexi.
In history, when the Manchu and Qing dynasties brought peace to the Three Feudatories, he made great efforts!
Zhu Hongyu really didn't expect that such a general, who was also famous in history, could be so disgusting in flattering him.
The corners of his mouth twitched and he felt speechless, but he continued to read.
After the Battle of Guanzhong, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties shrank their defense lines to the northern Zhili and Shanxi lines.
Among them, the Manchu Qing's operations in Beizhili mainly focused on the three points of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding!
And these three points are also the main goals of Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition!
If all the Qing troops stationed at these three points are destroyed, the Ming army's Northern Expedition will be considered a success.
And Zhao Liangdong is the Baoding defender appointed by Obai!
However, even if Ao Bai was beaten to death, Zhao Liangdong would not have expected that before the Ming army arrived in Baoding, Zhao Liangdong sent a surrender letter to Zhu Hongyu.
In the surrender, in addition to flattering Zhu Hongyu, Zhao Liangdong also stated that his surrender to the Qing Dynasty was coerced by the old thief Hong Chengchou, and he did not do so voluntarily.
He, Zhao Liangdong, was still a loyal man of the Ming Dynasty. He had served the Qing Dynasty all these years, but he had no choice but to do so. He was in the Cao camp but his heart was with the Han Dynasty.
Now that the Emperor Guangfu of the Ming Dynasty had launched the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory, Zhao Liangdong repented and was willing to march forward for the king. He only asked Your Majesty to spare his life and give him a chance to atone for his sins.
Nothing else to ask for!
Zhao Liangdong's posture is very low!
Of course, this is not how loyal Zhao Liangdong is to Ming Dynasty.
But Zhao Liangdong was self-aware and knew that facing the mighty Northern Expedition Army of the Ming Dynasty heading north, Baoding City could not be defended even to the death.
Even if he follows Obai's method and engages in street fighting with Ming Dynasty, it will only be a matter of time before Baoding falls.
When that time comes, it may be too late for him, Zhao Liangdong, to surrender!
In order to survive, he could only lower his posture and pray to the Ming Dynasty for surrender.
Obai's idea was correct. Digging trenches, digging tunnels, and engaging in street fighting could indeed delay the Ming army's offensive to a certain extent.
However, he forgot to take into account the influence of people's hearts!
The Qing Dynasty did not have many troops in the pass. Most of them were green camp Han troops. At most, there were some Eight Banners in the army responsible for supervising the war.
There are not many people. There are at most a few hundred Eight Banners in Baoding City.
Forget about the Eight Banners, the Qing Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty of the Eight Banners, and it is natural for them to fight for the Qing Dynasty.
But why did those green camp Han troops want to fight against the Ming army for the Manchus?
Why, if there are upright people who won’t do this, do they have to work hard to become slaves?
At a glance, street fighting is indeed a good choice for the Qing army!
But, is this really the case?
Street fighting attacks more people's hearts!
And the Qing Dynasty can have a shitty human heart!
Manchu and Qing Dynasty, no matter how much they are cleansed, the label of alien rule will never be removed from them.
Letting such a green camp Han army fight in street fights, it's a shame that Obai could think of it!
Unless all the troops defending the city are Eight Banners, in which case we might still be able to fight a dozen.
Under such circumstances, it was actually normal for Zhao Liangdong to choose to surrender in the face of the mighty Ming Army's Northern Expedition.
After Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, he spoke.
"It's a good thing that Zhao Liangdong wants to surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"
"Command the army to continue marching in the direction of Baoding, preparing to take over Baoding's city defense."
"The other thing is, send someone to reply and ask Zhao Liangdong to come and see you!"