On the New Year's Day of the first year of Qiongyuan, after participating in the military parade at the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, Pegasus Town immediately organized its army out of Juyong Pass and escorted reinforcements, grain and grass supplies and other materials from an association to Ningyuan and Zhenyuan cities in Liaodong.
Because this operation was unexpected, we did not encounter enemies along the way. However, it was extremely cold in the north and there were feet of snow, which caused a large number of camels and horses to die, and also caused frostbite to quite a few soldiers.
When they returned, Pegasus Town brought back nearly ten thousand soldiers and civilians from Liaodong who had fled. This allowed Ningyuan and Zhenyuan to basically eliminate the threat of internal rebellion, allowing Yu Ji and others in Liaodong to concentrate all their military strength on defense.
The Qing army's attack.
This escort operation also greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Zhenyuan and Ningyuan. It made them believe that Wu Shigong would never abandon them. It also gave the soldiers and civilians in the two cities the courage to persevere.
But it was also this escort operation that immediately alerted the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. They would also mobilize a large army to eradicate the two cities of Ningyuan and Zhenyuan as soon as possible.
At this point, the two-city and one-pass battle surrounding Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, and Zhenyuan officially kicked off. This battle, which concentrated the main forces of the Qing army and the Daping army, lasted throughout the first year of Qiongyuan.
In order to win this battle, the Daping Army mobilized most of its elite troops. In terms of troop replenishment, food supply, ordnance supply, it was completely tilted to this front, even at the expense of several other Daping armies.
Logistics supply.
Let’s not mention this battle first. What completely shocked Wu Shigong and others was that the other Daping armies had almost no support and insufficient strength. First, the main force of the Dashun Army in Shanxi collapsed, and then Sichuan was defeated.
The Great Western Army was annihilated, and even the two great heroes Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were also crowned one after another.
And these unexpected victories gave Wu Shigong and others a great surprise. Unexpectedly, in the end, even Nanming collapsed quickly. No one expected that the enemy forces on the main battlefield had not yet been eliminated.
, but the enemy troops on the secondary battlefield were wiped out one after another. Life is full of surprises!
Finally, let’s talk about the Nanming battlefield!
When Wu Shigong ascended the throne on New Year's Day of the first year of Qiongyuan, the security in the territory he controlled could be said to be quite chaotic. Bandits were rampant in the territory. In most areas of Beizhili, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Huguang, except for some important
There is simply anarchy in the city and countryside. There are countless small groups of bandits. There are a few groups of more powerful bandits who even dare to attack the county town. They are not afraid of the majesty of the Daping court and the iron fist of the Daping army. It's really...
The nickname "Butcher Wu" has fallen on deaf ears.
However, there are many reasons for this situation. Among them: the Dashun Army and the Qing Army ravaged the entire central and northern part of the Ming Dynasty, causing the original Ming Dynasty grassroots government to be destroyed and paralyzed; successive wars affected farming.
Famine in the central and northern parts; a large number of broken troops dispersed to the people and became bandits; some resistance armies organized by officials and gentry loyal to the former Ming Dynasty; evil cults were rampant; the military discipline of the army that surrendered to the Daping Dynasty was corrupt and they behaved like bandits on weekdays; the Runing Army
The rise was so rapid that many non-Henan officials and gentry people did not know Wu Shigong's reputation at all; they had great doubts about whether the Great Ping Dynasty could continue.
Therefore, the Daping Army at this time not only went to war with the Dashun, Daxi, Nanming and Qing armies at the same time, but also wanted to suppress bandits and maintain public order internally. It felt like they were fighting against all the heroes in the world alone.
In this predicament, the Daping Dynasty could only adopt the method of gradual elimination. Because the military discipline of the miscellaneous troops that surrendered was too poor. Letting them suppress the bandits was actually forcing the people to become bandits. Therefore, the Daping Dynasty adopted the method of training one group and then releasing another group.
method, so not many troops were invested in suppressing bandits at the beginning.
However, with the promulgation of the "Amnesty Order", the "Recruitment Order" and other laws, as well as the establishment of the official system of the Daping Dynasty, Wu Shigong allocated some money and food for disaster relief, and the banditry situation was quickly controlled.
In the fifth and sixth months of the first year of Qiongyuan, when the news that the Expeditionary Army destroyed Dashun and Daxi and killed Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong spread throughout the world, bandits in many areas suddenly disappeared. Many bandits were hidden.
Armed with weapons, they hid among the people, and the flags and drums ceased, making people feel as if gods had descended.
Subsequently, the "Famine Prohibition Order" and other three laws were strictly implemented, and a large number of villages were established in the central and northern regions. All the refugees were resettled and managed, and even in the villages, they were gradually organized and trained.
Nearly one million village protection teams were recruited. Under such circumstances, the internal security of the Daping Dynasty was finally basically stable.
But even under such circumstances, there is still one area where bandits are still standing, and that area is - Shandong.
In the past dynasties, Shandong has always been the "hardest hit area" for rebellion. During the Song Dynasty, there were mountains and rivers, the Jin Dynasty rebelled against the Jin, the Yuan Dynasty rebelled against the Yuan, and the Ming Dynasty rebelled against the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, whoever was in power, the people of Shandong rebelled.
This is because the rulers of the past dynasties have indeed squeezed Shandong too hard. For example, the Ming Dynasty implemented Ma Zheng in Shandong. There is also the White Lotus Sect and its variant cults that are rampant. Even today, there are still people who ask for phone numbers.
Since the late Ming Dynasty, local peasant rebellions in Shandong Province have been continuous. In fact, the rule of the Ming Dynasty government has been very unstable. After the Qing army entered Shandong, many local people began to resist with armed force. And when the Qing army withdrew,
Later, these armed peasants started to oppose the forces of the officials and gentry. Many areas were actually controlled by these rebel teams.
At this time, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong, were eager to submit to the Daping Dynasty, and they had no intention of governing the region. After they entered Beijing and submitted to the Daping Dynasty, the local government in Shandong was in a state of leaderlessness.
But what is even more puzzling is that the Hongguang government and opposition parties in the Southern Ming Dynasty were busy with the "succession" turmoil and had no time to take over the Shandong area. Therefore, the banditry here also became more and more intense. Moreover, the forces among them were mixed and fighting with each other, temporarily forming a
creating a power vacuum.
Around the New Year of the first year of Qiongyuan, in Guan County, which is close to Beizhili, after Dashun County Magistrate escaped, bandits Pei Shouzheng, Ma Ruiheng, Liu Tongxiang and others emerged; Zeng Hualong, the governor of Dengzhou who was originally set up by the Ming Dynasty, also took control of
Part of the army is entrenched in the place;
During the first month of the first lunar month, Lingshan rebels Zhang Daya, Zhang Qianchu, Han Jiben, Gaomi County rebels Shan Zhishang, Zhang Yu and other troops besieged Jiaozhou;
In February, Xiong Zhengen and other commanders (15,000 troops in one town) repelled the rebel army and solved the siege of Jiaozhou. Li Haoxian, a local tycoon in Changyi County, led his people to surrender to Zeng Hualong. Zhang Daya and Zhang Qianchu were captured and killed. However,
, after Zeng Hualong learned that the Daping Army had occupied the capital, he abandoned the defensive area and sailed southward with Guo Wenxiang, the magistrate of Jiaozhou. The Jiaodong area was in a state of anarchy. The Daping Army easily took over the area in late February. (Unfinished)
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