Eight hundred and seventieth nine chapters believe it or not
This time, in a fierce battle outside the city, the Dashun army was bleeding like a river. The Dashun army had corpses outside the city, and the casualties were countless. At the end of the battle, Li Zicheng and the others could not control the collapsed troops at all. They even wanted to
Abandon the imperial city and retreat to the north city of the inner city first. If the Runing army didn't want the troops to pursue them too far, the Dashun army might have suffered more casualties.
But even so, when the Runing Army stopped chasing, the Dashun Army retreated and fled far away from the Runing Army. When Li Zicheng mobilized the troops behind him, those Dashun Army troops only dared to fight with the Runing Army.
The Ning army was in a confrontation and they no longer had the courage to attack the Runing army.
Under the cover of the chasing troops, the soldiers and civilians in the outer city went outside the city to pick up a large number of captured artillery pieces. Especially the artillery, as many as forty pieces were harvested at once. Although most of these artillery pieces were tiger squat cannons and folangs.
These less powerful cannons, such as machine guns, also greatly increased the firepower of the Runing Army.
In addition, when the Runing army withdrew to the outer city, the three city gates were blocked again due to the efforts of the civilians, so the efforts of the Dashun army these days were in vain.
When the soldiers who went out to fight in the city returned, they were warmly cheered by the soldiers and civilians in the city. The enthusiasm boiled the entire outer city. Afterwards, some good people counted, and even the number of fragrant handkerchiefs thrown was as high as one for each soldier.
How many.
Moreover, the significance of this victory was extremely great. For the first time, the soldiers and civilians in the outer city had the confidence to hold on. Especially the defeated soldiers of the Beijing camp and the noble guards, they took the initiative to ask the Runing Army to send officers to help with training and command, so that
The troops in the entire outer city suddenly merged.
These Beijing camp soldiers and honorary guards have received some military training, so under the guidance and command of the officers sent by the Runing Army, they may not be able to go out to fight in the city, but the combat effectiveness of defending the city has almost increased by an order of magnitude.
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In addition, the former Ming Dynasty officials and nobles in the outer city were also stunned by the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army. Some people even secretly inquired about Wu Shigong's true strength. When those former Ming Dynasty officials and nobles learned: Yang Rusong
He was just one of the six town commanders under Wu Shigong, and when Wu Shigong had at least ten times more troops than those rushing to the capital, those people were shocked.
As a result, the original Ming Dynasty officials and nobles in the city began to gradually split. A group of people still surrounded Prince Zhu Cihong, but the number of people surrounding Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian and Gongshun Marquis Wu Weizhong also began to increase. But more people still hugged
There was a kind of bystander attitude, keeping some distance from both groups of people, waiting to observe the changes in the situation.
However, under the siege pressure of the Dashun Army outside the city, these people still maintained a superficial harmony. It was just that the security forces around the crown prince Zhu Cihong and the crown prince Xue Chenglin had been greatly enhanced.
The morale of the Runing army in the outer city was high, while the Dashun army outside the city was in a state of sorrow. After the Runing army withdrew to the outer city, the Dashun army did not immediately launch an attack on the city. On the one hand, Li Zicheng sent someone to summon those who came out of the capital to torture and plunder.
The troops should come back as soon as possible. On the one hand, they should review the reasons for this defeat with all the civil and military officials.
However, the conclusions of the civil and military reviews were surprisingly unanimous. They believed that the first reason for the Dashun Army's disastrous defeat was that they underestimated the enemy, the second reason was that they underestimated the enemy, and the third reason was still underestimating the enemy.
So Li Zicheng and others prepared to reorganize their armaments and concentrate all the forces of the Dashun Army to avenge their past humiliation. However, before they were fully prepared, several urgent reports arrived one after another, which forced the Dashun Army to suspend the siege.
The first is an urgent report from Tian Jianxiu, the commander of the Dashun Army on the South Road. He said: Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian, who have occupied Henan, have a large number of troops crossing the Yellow River north, and Tian Jianxiu has organized a defense line to stop these officers and soldiers.
The northern offender.
Li Zicheng and the others were mentally prepared for this emergency report. After all, troops of the Runing Army had already appeared in the capital. Moreover, Li Zicheng and the others still believed that Tian Jianxiubu could hold off the northern invaders for a period of time. As long as they waited until the capital
After being completely conquered, the main force of the Dashun Army will move south to join together to jointly resist the attacks of the Runing Army and the Heiyun Army.
But the emergency report that came next was a bit ominous. The Guan Ning Cavalry stationed in Luan County issued a public appeal. Wu Sangui and others openly claimed: "Recover the sacred capital, build an ancestral society, restore the world, and bring glory to the sun and the moon."
, and openly broke with the Dashun Army. Moreover, after the memorandum was issued, Guan Ning's cavalry also began to speed up and came towards the city of Beijing with great momentum.
In addition, the Qing army, which had arrived in Tianjin at this time, also issued a message. They also openly claimed that at the "invitation" of King Lu, the Qing army would fight side by side with Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry to jointly annihilate the rebellious "
People's thieves".
However, something different is that the Qing army's letter of appeal was personally sent by an emissary. This emissary was a Shanxi merchant who often contacted the camp, but he brought Li Zicheng and the others the "true meaning" of the Manchus.
The war years in the late Ming Dynasty were also a prosperous era for Shanxi merchants. On the one hand, those Shanxi merchants were doing business with the Manchus and Mongols outside the customs. On the other hand, they were also doing business with the rebellious peasant army. In their product catalogs
, all kinds of weapons, armor, medicinal materials and other contraband items are all available, which really made a huge fortune for the country.
However, this is also the case, which allows some Shanxi merchants to maintain good relations with both armies. Therefore, such candidates can effectively communicate with both parties and serve as messengers to deliver messages.
The secret envoy of the Shanxi merchants assured Li Zicheng and the others: The Manchus were short-sighted. Their goal was only the population and wealth in the pass, and they did not want to occupy the land in the pass. The reason why they sent troops to jointly attack the Dashun Army was only because King Lu and
Wu Sangui and others agreed to pay a huge departure fee to the Manchus.
Then, the Qing envoy conveyed to Li Zicheng and the others: Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty warmly congratulated the Dashun Dynasty! He congratulated the Dashun Army on conquering Beijing and overthrowing the Ming Dynasty. He also recognized Li Zi as the emperor of the new dynasty.
Finally, the secret envoy of the Qing army wanted Li Zicheng and others to understand that because they had to use money to do things, the Qing army had to show a hostile attitude towards the Dashun Army. However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was hostile to the "invincible" Dashun Army.
They are also quite wary, so they don’t want to fight with the Dashun Army in a lose-lose situation and let others benefit. Therefore, I hope that the Dashun Army and the Qing Army will play a show, and the armies of both sides will confront each other for a while. If the relationship between the Dashun Army and Wu Sangui
When Ning Tieqi fights, the Qing army will absolutely guarantee its neutrality and will not take any action detrimental to the Dashun army.
At the end of the story, the Qing army's secret envoy also hinted that if the Dashun army was willing to pay a large sum of money for the Qing army's neutrality, it would make the Qing emperor Huang Taiji even more satisfied.
Now, it is time to test whether Li Zicheng and others believe in the Qing army.