Wu Sangui heard Zhang Shenyan's panicked words and looked at Zuo Liangyu.
In fact, Wu Sangui proposed withdrawing his troops two months ago. At that time, Wu Sangui knew that Xinzhou City could not be captured, so he proposed to Zhang Shenyan to withdraw to South Zhili. Wu Sangui's idea was that the longer he delayed under Xinzhou City, the more Li Zhi would be angered.
, Li Zhi will be severely retaliated against. Instead of spending time under Xinzhou City, it is better to go back to South Zhili to train troops and train tens of thousands more soldiers and horses to deter Li Zhi so that Li Zhi does not dare to act rashly.
Zhang Shenyan disagreed at that time, saying that Li Zhi fell into the Tatar's plan of fortifying the wall and clearing the country, and would not be able to come back this winter. Zhang Shenyan wanted to attack Xinzhou City by force and cooperate with the Manchus to attack Li Zhi.
However, now that Li Zhi has returned in triumph, Zhang Shenyan's combined attack has turned into withdrawing his troops and defending.
Li Zhi's cannons were so sharp that there was absolutely no point in defending on the city wall. It would only increase the number of casualties when the city wall was blown down. Zhang Shenyan's so-called withdrawal of troops and defense was just Zhang Huang fleeing in panic.
Wu Sangui discovered that this Zhang Shenyan not only did not understand military affairs at all, but was also arrogant and cowardly. With such a commander, it was impossible to achieve any victory. The so-called arrogance of defeating Li Zhi could only be achieved under this poor civilian command.
It's a kind of dream talking.
Wu Sangui was a little annoyed with Zhang Shenyan and couldn't help but look at Zuo Liangyu.
Zuo Liangyu also frowned and looked towards Wu Sangui.
The two looked at each other for a while and seemed to have reached some kind of agreement.
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On October 20, Li Zhi led 3,000 cavalrymen from the Selective Division and escorted Dorgon towards the capital.
After the imperial edict of the emperor's reward reached Li Zhi, Li Zhi was very happy. This time the emperor allowed himself to recommend administrative officials at will, which was equivalent to handing over Tianjin, Shandong and the three northeastern provinces to himself. This is what Li Zhi wants most now.
After all, there are still civil servants appointed by the imperial court in the territory, and then they have to set up a separate management system, which is always a bit nondescript.
Such a dual political system will cause trouble to the people and is not conducive to the improvement of Li Zhi's authority.
After the emperor handed over the appointment of officials to himself, he could legitimately manage the territory. After replacing the original governors, prefects and other civil servants with Li Zhi's own people, Li Zhi would have more power in developing the territory.
Greater authority and space.
After taking over the three northeastern provinces and receiving such an imperial edict to completely gain control of the territory, Li Zhi was extremely satisfied.
The emperor indeed treated Li Zhi well.
So after the emperor asked to see the captured Dorgon, Li Zhi immediately selected three thousand cavalry and drove to the capital ahead of the large army.
Li Zhi's soldiers and horses walked to Shanhaiguan and found that Shanhaiguan's gate was wide open with red silk hanging on the door. The soldiers of Shanhaiguan all put on the most decent armor and jackets, holding weapons on both sides of the road and on the city wall to welcome them.
Li Zhi triumphant.
The Ming army was still red, and most of the soldiers guarding Ji in Shanhaiguan wore red cotton armor or bright red mandarin duck jackets, which looked bloody red from a distance.
Li Zhi led his cavalry and rode past these soldiers. He saw the soldiers in Shanhaiguan around him all with serious expressions. They stood upright with weapons in hand, as if waiting for Li Zhi's review. When these soldiers saw how many people were imprisoned,
Everyone in Ergon's prison car became more excited.
For decades, people in the Ming Dynasty changed their minds when talking about the Tartars. The soldiers of the border army were afraid day and night that the Tartars would break through the border. The Tartars had become a terrifying thing like a scourge. Who would have expected that the Duke of Jin would kill 40,000 soldiers and horses, and in a few months they would be destroyed.
The tartar was completely eaten.
Some soldiers from Jizhen who were originally from the Liao Dynasty were already in tears. They thought they would never return to their homeland of Liaodong in this life. Who knew that today they would actually witness the triumphal return of the Duke of Jin who had regained Liaodong. From then on, Liaodong returned to Liaodong.
With the territory of the Ming Dynasty, people like them from Liao might be able to return to their hometown to make a living.
Some Liao soldiers couldn't help their emotions and cried loudly, with tears and runny noses on their faces.
Li Zhi smiled while riding on the horse, suddenly raised his arms and shouted:
"Tiger!"
The soldiers at Shanhaiguan suddenly became excited. They raised their weapons and shouted in unison:
"Tiger!"
"Tiger!"
"Tiger!"
Li Zhi laughed loudly, suddenly grabbed the "Cloud Stepping" given by the emperor, and led three thousand cavalry through the red Shanhaiguan Pass quickly.
Until Li Zhi walked far away, the soldiers of Jizhen in Shanhaiguan were still shouting: "Tiger!" "Tiger!"
Li Zhi escorted Dorgon's prison car into the pass and drove west to the capital.
The news of the great victory of Alchukha had already spread to the country. The Tianjin Daily published the news of the great victory ten days after the war and even made a special issue. Now this news started from Tianjin and spread in Gyeonggi Province.
Yue. This is huge news and has great spreading power, so most people in Gyeonggi Province know about it.
So when Li Zhi's three thousand cavalry entered the suburbs of Beijing with the honor guard of the Duke of Jin, they saw a dark crowd of people kneeling on both sides of the road.
These farmers in the suburbs of Beijing really worship Li Zhi! Who doesn’t worship the hero who killed the Hulu? Who doesn’t worship the general who opened up new territories? They know that the Tartars are beasts that slaughtered the people of the Ming Dynasty, but Li Zhi led the army.
The Qing Dynasty was destroyed.
Li Zhi's cavalry team had traveled a long way and was not riding fast. However, the news of the triumphal return of the Duke of Jin spread quickly. People from the suburbs of Beijing from one village after another flocked to both sides of the official road. They knelt on both sides of the road, respectfully, and shouted with
Their way of expressing their admiration for the Duke of Jin and the Huben Army.
Although there were many people on both sides of the road, no one blocked Li Zhi's path. The people all knelt in the fields on both sides of the road and showed no mercy even if some crops were crushed.
Going further, ten miles away from the capital, Li Zhi saw the emperor's new army.
About half of the new army stood on both sides of the official road, lining up to welcome Duke Jin, who had captured the Tatar Emperor in triumph.
Before Li Zhi could reach the New Army, he heard a distant horn sound from the New Army's formation. Tens of thousands of New Army soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle coats held Rumi blunderbuss, pushing down the golden mountains and overturning the jade pillars, and all knelt down.
Kneel on both sides of the road.
Li Zhi smiled and walked over with a gorgeous guard of honor.
Dorgon was sitting in the narrow prison car, looking at these Beijing recruits using firearms with tired eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
When the soldiers of the New Army in the Beijing Camp saw Dorgon's prison car, they became even more excited. When the prison car passed in front of a senior general, the general who was kneeling on one knee suddenly raised the Rumi Gun in his hand and shouted loudly
: "Duke Jin! Mighty!"
Tens of thousands of new troops suddenly shouted in unison:
"Dong Jin! Mighty!"
"Dong Jin! Mighty!"
"Dong Jin! Mighty!"
Seeing the emperor's new army kneeling down towards them and shouting slogans, the cavalrymen of Lord Jin were indescribably proud. They all stood up straight on their horses and tried every means to make themselves look taller.
Li Zhi looked at the emperor's new army curiously, and carefully looked at the Rumi guns in their hands, thoughtfully.
After walking a mile, Li Zhi saw several large flags. Under the flags, two generals, Cao Bianjiao and Yang Guozhu, were kneeling on one knee.
Li Zhi rode up and clasped his fists and shouted: "Cao Taibao, Yang Shaobao, stay safe!"
Cao Bianjiao looked at Li Zhi with a smile and said nothing.
Yang Guozhu laughed loudly, cupped his hands and said, "Master Jin, please come into the city quickly. The people in the city are eager to see the Duke and see what the Tatars look like as a false emperor!"
