What Empress Jiang Xuan was afraid of was that the Jiang family was deeply involved with Shanxi merchants, and they were also involved in Fan Yongdou's business. Shanxi's frontier generals had never been absent from the material trade between Shanxi merchants and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Jiang Xuan is now worried that Chen Yongfu will take away all the Shanxi businessmen's nests in Taiyuan. If a lot of black materials that are detrimental to the Jiang family are dug out, things will be embarrassing.
Jiang Yan also thought about this, and he pondered:
"I have fought side by side with Chen Yongfu for a period of time. From my perspective, his character will not ruin the overall situation because of such trivial matters at this time. After all, we are still needed to defend Taiyuan now.
What's more, His Highness the King of Jin made me the Marquis of Hunyuan because I was the founding hero of the Dashun Dynasty. We did have many transactions with the Manchus in the past, but those were matters of the previous dynasty and had nothing to do with Dashun.
How could Chen Yongfu harm me because of this?
You can rest assured."
But Jiang Gan thought about it for himself. He judged others by himself and felt that it was better to be more careful. Especially after being betrayed by Liu Qian, the deputy commander of Datong, Jiang Gan felt that he could not trust anyone easily.
He asked his second brother Jiang Xuan to continue to gather the old troops in Taiyuan City. There is no place for servants in the Dashun Army's military system, and soldiers are mostly treated the same. However, Jiang Xuan still wants Jiang Xuan to bribe the heroes and continue to use his past kindness to support his family.
Ding's method was to raise a group of strong men as personal soldiers, just in case.
Soon Jiang Quan found Xu Hou of Dashun and Chen Yongfu, the military commander in the palace, near the palace. Commander Chen was leading a large number of troops to demolish the houses. He not only confiscated all the Shanxi merchants' nests headed by Fan Yongdou, but also
In order to raise the building materials needed to defend the city, they even sent troops to demolish all the princes' palaces in Taiyuan City.
Chen Yongfu is a bold and careful man, which has been reflected in his past battles against the Chuang Army. Since Chen Yongfu returned to Chengdu, his combat performance has been commendable. And because Chen Yongfu
He has a very close personal relationship with Li Laiheng, and he has rich experience in fighting with Li Laiheng in the past, so Chen Yongfu can accept all the factors of military innovation brewing in Chu Chuang's army.
Chen Yongfu has changed even more now than when he was in Ma Muji. His gentle and dexterous body and skills have not deteriorated, and his bold and careful behavior has improved to a higher level. And because he is the coach of the Dashun Army, he is no longer
Being suppressed by the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty in the past, he gained an extra layer of vigorous and resolute demeanor.
After the Shun army demolished the Shanxi Merchant Courtyard and various county princes' palaces in Taiyuan City, Chen Yongfu still felt that there was insufficient stone and wood, so he simply made up his mind and decided to transform the excessively luxurious and spacious Jin prince's palace into what is now the Dashun Dynasty.
The Taiyuan Palace was also demolished.
Jiang Quan was shocked when he saw this. It was nothing to demolish the houses of Shanxi merchants and the princes' palaces. But the Jin prince's palace was now the Dashun palace, and it was also the place where Lao Wansui ascended the throne. How could it be demolished casually?
"What will happen if His Majesty and His Highness investigate the matter in the future?"
Jiang Quan was worried, but Chen Yongfu felt that this issue was not worth mentioning.
Chen Yongfu, who was full of hatred for the Qing army because of the death of his son, instead smiled and said:
"I took the stones from the palace myself. The wood is for repairing the city wall. Your Highness, Prince Jin, will be lenient. Don't worry, General Jiang."
How could Jiang Quan not be worried? In his heart, he felt that Chen Yongfu was a close person of His Highness the King of Jin. Although he actively moved closer to Li Laiheng during the Tian Niu Incident, he was not a direct descendant of Chu Chuang. How could he compare with Chen Yongfu?
Chen Yongfu can boldly demolish the palace, but if he agrees, there will be no good fruits in the future.
Jiang Quan wanted to save others by himself, so he began to make a loud noise to dissuade him. He did not really want to dissuade Chen Yongfu from demolishing the palace, but wanted to let the army and people of Taiyuan know that he was opposed to this matter, so as to avoid giving evidence to the King of Jin in the future.
Chen Yongfu knew all about Jiang Gan's petty thoughts. Since his son Chen De was killed by the Qing army, Chen Yongfu's temperament had changed a lot. He didn't take Jiang Gan's performance seriously and just kept silent.
Mentioned the many "dirty materials" found when the Fan family was ransacked.
"General Jiang is a guest of the Fan family. This is something I didn't expect." Chen Yongfu said with a smile.
Jiang Gan was sweating and said: "Misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding. Who among the generals in Shanxi back then could have nothing to do with Shanxi merchants? I am not the only one like Jiang Gan."
Chen Yongfu approached Jiang Yu and said directly:
"Don't worry, brother. As long as Taiyuan and Shanxi can be defended, will His Highness the King of Jin pursue this matter against you? During the Tian Niu incident, you took the initiative to find me here and informed the King of Jin of all the inside stories about the Tian Jianxiu incident.
, which gave me a place in the heart of King Jin.
Neither King Jin nor I will forget this matter. Don’t worry, brother, when we conquer Datong and execute Fan Yongdou’s family together, who will know about those stupid accounts?”
Jiang Gan took a deep breath and hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "I will destroy Datong with my own hands, and I will also kill Liu Qian and Fan Yongdou with my own hands! Don't worry, Chen Shuai, Taiyuan is impregnable, and Jierharang and Ye Chen are two captives."
What can thieves do with tens of thousands of soldiers!"
It's a pity that just after Jiang Yu finished his vowed words, the sound of masonry collapsing in the middle of the city wall was heard from the distant city wall. After several loud rumblings, the earth shook, and even Chen Yongfu's face did not look good.
:
"The several new forts we built are all destroyed now."
The Qing army outside the city launched a new round of offensive against Taiyuan City. Since Jierhalang arrived in Shanxi, the Qing army's fighting methods have become very strange. They no longer cherish the manpower of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers as they did in the past.
, but to attack the city in a way that is close to the same death.
The enemy's Hongyi cannons were not as accurate and powerful as those of the Taiyuan defenders, but they were more numerous.
Moreover, many Eight Banners soldiers began to attack the city when the shelling had just begun. All the newly built forts outside Taiyuan were destroyed at once.
In order to counter the fierce firepower of the Qing army, the Dashun Army has been attaching great importance to building thick forts when defending the city to prevent the enemy from wanton bombardment. However, the result of the artillery battle was still the victory of the Qing army. This is naturally
Due to the disparity in military strength, the Shun army was outnumbered. When the Qing army attacked with all its strength, regardless of casualties, it naturally showed the embarrassing appearance of losing ground.
No wonder Chen Yongfu was so ruthless that he even wanted to demolish the palace of the Dashun Dynasty. He was also worried that Taiyuan City would fall under Jierhalang's offensive, which was completely regardless of gains and losses.
The city wall continued to be shelled, the ground shook, and Chen Yongfu's lips trembled from the sound of the gunfire.
He knew that Dorgon's main army was moving south from Hebei, and the flat land of Hebei was difficult to resist the attack of the Manchu cavalry. At this time, the role of the Taiyuan salient was very important. If Chen Yongfu and Jiang Quan could lead an elite army
Counterattack to capture Jingxing Pass, and then go out to capture Zhending Mansion and the Hejian Mansion area where the Qing army was empty of troops. This would cut off Dorgon's retreat and put the Qing army on the front line into a predicament of being attacked from both sides.
But now it seems that it is still very difficult for Taiyuan City to protect itself.
Jiang Yan's face was also very heavy. Fortunately, he had listened to Chen Yongfu's words. He knew that only by winning the Taiyuan defense battle, Li Laiheng would wipe out all the disgraceful history of the Jiang family. But if he was defeated, maybe the King of Jin would
His Highness would bring up old matters again and vent his anger on Jiang Gu's head.
Now the Qing army has killed all the relatives of the Jiang family who stayed in Datong, and all their property has been taken away by Fan Yongdou.
If he can no longer stay in Dashun? Can Jiang Yu still escape to Sichuan and Jiangnan?
Although the world is big, Taiyuan is Jiang Yu's grave. He either died here in battle or died after leaving Taiyuan.
"Chen Shuai, don't worry. Even if Jierhalang dies, he can't break the city."