Chapter 190 Zheng Li Friendship relies on Sangui
When the news of Wu Sangui's "use of the army to help suppress" reached Zheng Zhilong, Tianjin, Emperor Chongzhen had already set off to go south. He happily went south with the first silver given by Zheng Zhilong.
Hundreds of civil and military officials, Xunqi, who were like dead, were left to cry at the dock.
Otherwise, Zheng Zhilong felt that he could have watched Emperor Chongzhen make a big change of face.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty fell to its current level was that the Qing Dynasty's role was no less than that of Li Zicheng. Liao stakes were the longest among the three major stakes, the largest stake, and the deeper the public anger.
Ministers of the Ming court had long said: The world is ill-inflicted, and the most severe of the people is the best for sending Liao pay, which leads to the poor and thieves, and then increases the suppression pay, and then trains for each side, and then increases the training pay. However, these three pays are several times the right offer, and the hardships are burying the common people, and they are plucking fat and scraping the marrow. For more than twenty years, the world is roaring for more than ten years, and the day is not enough...
Of course, this is a bit unfair and reasonable, but it can be considered a sharp attack.
As a result, the additional Liao pay was sent, which caused the public to raise grievances from all over the world and the Guanning Border Army, eventually became their first enemy, the guide to the Qing Dynasty's pass to the south. Emperor Chongzhen would probably vomit blood when he learned the news.
Zheng Zhilong ignored this. He only knew that it was time for him to reach a ceasefire agreement with Li Zicheng.
"You go and tell Li Zicheng that the Tartars will definitely enter the pass. This is their once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Dorgon will not stop moving because of his Li Zicheng's army. Wu Sangui's Guanning army had 40,000 people, and Gaodi's troops were 50,000. The Tartars could easily gather 100,000 people. Juehua Island's water and land division had already gone to Korea, so he told him not to expect that I would hold up many Tartars for him outside the pass. Whether Li Zicheng could sit firmly in Yanjing City depends on whether the next level he would pass."
Zheng Zhilong knew very well that no matter how many Wu Sangui were, or whether it was against the Qing army, Li Zicheng could not sit under the city of Yanjing. Otherwise, Wu Sangui's uprising would cause chaos among many former Ming civil and military officials under his command; the Tartars went deep into the north Zhili for hundreds of miles, and the iron cavalry would also ravage the mountains and rivers of the Han family, and would also make Li Zicheng lose face.
They all went deep into the pass and whipped the Central Plains. What is the difference between his Dashun New Dynasty and the Zhu Ming Old Dynasty?
Zheng Zhilong didn't expect Li Zicheng to win this battle that was related to fate. Li Zicheng's strength was too poor. He just hoped that Li Zicheng could cause more and greater damage to the Tartars.
Because just the battle of a stone in his memory, it was really easy to win the Qing Dynasty.
Wu Sangui led the Guanning army to fight them in the bitter battle. Dorgon took advantage of the fact that both sides were exhausted and the cavalry came out, and he defeated Li Zicheng in one fell swoop without any effort.
The more miserable the fight between the two sides, the better?
The Fire Man Formation, the Fire Horse Formation, and the Grenades, Zheng Zhilong believes that Li Zicheng still has a group of men who are not afraid of death. If he is fully prepared, he may not be able to cause the Qing Dynasty to suffer a great loss. Although Li Zicheng has little hope of winning!
In Wuqing County, Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Nai looked at the envoy Zheng Zhilong in front of him, and his mind was dizzy. Emperor Chongzhen had just left, and Zheng Zhilong, who was loyal and brave, was about to "convene peace" with Li Zicheng?
This sudden change was beyond the expectations of both of them. If Luo Hu was still there, he might have been a little calmer, but now Luo Hu has been sent to supervise the second general of Baima to attack Luanzhou.
However, although Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Nai were a little dizzy, they could understand what they said.
In order to show his sincerity, Zheng Zhilong specially gave Li Zicheng a generous gift and told them a Telly news that Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and they wanted to "use the troops to help suppress" and lead the Tartars into the pass to attack Li Zicheng.
Then naturally Li Zicheng could defeat him. The two sides would temporarily stop the troops and cease to fight. He would tell Li Zicheng about the nearby areas around the capital, which was around the capital. The grain in the inner city could reach at least 100,000 stones, and there were many other substances.
Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Nai's face changed drastically after he came to his senses.
On the other hand, he sent someone to report to the capital, and on the other hand, he continued to discuss in detail with the envoy. As he talked, both of them could see Zheng Zhilong's plan clearly.
Brothers looked at the wall and kept their obscenity. In a word, Li Zicheng and Zheng Zhilong were both Han people. Although Li Zicheng had a problem with his brain, he posthumously named Li Jiqian as his ancestor, and did not look forward to Li Shimin, Li Guang and others. But everyone was in the blood of Han people. However, the Qing Dynasty was a Tartar and an outsider.
The Ming Dynasty was sure to lose the country in the north, and it might be better to put it in the hands of the Han people than to fall into the hands of the Tartars?
The meat rotten in the pot is better than being eaten by outsiders.
So, under the threat of the Qing Dynasty, let’s not take action first. Regardless of whether his previous meaning was true or false, we should first deal with the Tartars first. Let’s see if Li Zicheng can withstand the joint attack between Wu Sangui and the Tartars.
If you can't hold on, Li Zicheng, Yanjing City, would not be able to sit steadily.
Zheng Zhilong's meaning is very clear and he will not do his best to help Li Zicheng hold the Qing Dynasty, although he has a strong navy in Tianjin.
With Li Zicheng's strength, who dares to say that he will definitely win when facing the coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty and Wu Sangui?
If he wins, both sides will continue to meet each other. Zheng Zhilong does not plan to leave Tianjin anymore. But if Li Zi succeeds and fails, he will no longer have to pay attention to Zheng Zhilong in Tianjin in the future, right?
"Traitor? This word is well used. Well, look at Wu Sangui is a traitor from the Han people. He actually surrendered to the Tartars and ignored him. He is not a traitor, who is a traitor?"
In the Forbidden City, Li Zicheng, wearing a dragon robe, cursed in anger. He had never really started a war against Wu Sangui, and offered him a reward and promise. Although he had planned to finally deal with the Guanning Army, the big mountain, he was also sincere to Wu Sangui, right? How did Wu Sangui repay him?
He would rather vote for the Tartars than the Dashun Emperor, Li Zicheng wished he could swallow Wu Sangui alive.
"Your Majesty. Zheng Zhilong is very cunning. He can't believe all his words?" Chen Yan said. He also hoped that Wu Sangui would support him in the court after he joined Li Zicheng.
"You cannot trust it all, but you must not be careful. I think Your Majesty should quickly order Cihou (Liu Fangliang) to lead a large army to the capital, and then send someone to secretly explore Shanhaiguan. Zheng thief said that Wu Sangui had issued a manifesto and posted a letter of complaint. Since this is the case, Your Majesty should send someone to go to Shanhaiguan secretly. It will be obvious whether it is true or false." Niu Jinxing glanced at Chen Yan and said something reasonable.
This is true for Song Xiance, Li Yan, Gu Junen and others.
Of course, this is the safest way. It is not possible to judge whether Wu Sangui really wants to "leverage his troops to help suppress". But he has a vague crisis in his heart, telling him directly that Zheng Zhilong did not lie.
"If it is false, everything will be worry-free. But if it is true, how should we deal with it?"
Li Zicheng knew very well how many soldiers and horses were left in the Dashun Army in the capital. After removing Tang Tong, Bai Guangen and Ma Ke, his troops were only 70,000, and even if the capital was not taken in a few Ming troops, Emperor Chongzhen left behind the guards of the city, either the old and the weak, or the newly recruited troops. When the army entered the city, they either fled home or surrendered directly, or were cut off.
There are 70,000 people, so there are still some people to defend the city, right? The soldiers who can kill Shanhaiguan, including Liu Tichun from Jizhou, have only 60,000 people.
If Liu Fangliang could lead troops to help, it would actually be a drop in the bucket for Li Zicheng.
Liu Fangliang's 100,000 army is said to be a lot, but in fact, there are 70,000 or 80,000 without 100,000, but there are too many new soldiers in it. Moreover, there are many soldiers in the two provinces of Central Plains and Qi and Lu, and there are many soldiers. Liu Fangliang, who is stationed in Baoding, is probably not even 30,000. Can there be 10,000 people in his hands?
Thinking of the Wu Sangui army and the Qing army mentioned by Zheng Zhilong, after a rough calculation, the Dashun army was 1:2 and was at an absolute disadvantage.
Even if we include the three generals of Tang Baima and the soldiers of Xuanfu, we are still at a disadvantage.
What's more, there are differences in combat power.
Li Zicheng was depressed. He was the emperor of Dashun, he inherited the fate of heaven and heaven. How could a Zheng Zhilong make him a headache? Wu Sangui also made a mess? And it was a big deal.
Zheng Zhilong was very powerful in war, but his troops were limited, he had enough defense but insufficient attack. Wu Sangui was different. He held 50,000 border troops in his hand, and there were Tartars behind him as a supporter. More than 100,000 troops were fighting overwhelmingly, and Li Zichengzhen couldn't stand it.
Because he has few soldiers.
"It's not just Cihou, but also Haohou (Li Guo)." Li Zicheng thought about it and felt it was not safe, so he could just pull a tiger guarding the western Jin Dynasty over. "Trust Taiyuan, let Haohou join Jiang Guan, quickly mobilize the troops in the western Jin Dynasty and gather in the capital."
But this will take longer to go.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the Tartars may have been prepared, but their army and the army are united, and now it is the spring plowing season. Even if they want to raise them to go south, they will have to keep up. Without the support of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui and his men would naturally be stable, but if they want to send troops to the east, they would be too late." Li Yan hurriedly said.
But Li Zicheng was still depressed. Song Xiance hurriedly gave Niu Jinxing a look, and the throne ceremony was about to be held. Prime Minister Niu prepared a complete set of etiquette, which was something Li Zicheng had previously been rare. Because his background was too low, he was very interested in these stupid things.
However, when Song Xiance and Li Yan walked out of the Forbidden City, they were speechless.
They had mentioned the possibility that Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty before. But Li Zicheng obviously didn't take it seriously. He had his own answer in his heart, and he thought it was so thought that. But no one expected that Zheng Zhilong's navy and army outside the pass would be restrained in North Korea at this critical moment, and he had no restraint on the Qing Dynasty. This was too unexpected for them.
Fortunately, Li Zicheng was already dispatching troops. Zheng Zhilong sent people early to send information, which really helped them a lot.
Not to mention, as long as the two sides have a tacit understanding of this matter, Dashun can still receive a sum of food and fodder, which is a real benefit.
The officials in the capital had fled before, but later things showed that Dashun still had a lot of money. And it was natural to take it, and it was a natural thing to take it. The impact was much smaller than the "tolembization and recovery" discussed by those rough men.
He tortures and recovers stolen goods, and even marks the red line to the sixth-rank official. What Li Yan was most worried about before was that Dashun's move would attract the exclusion of the entire gentry class.
This offends the entire civil service group.
But the development of things was far beyond their previous expectations. Now, although Emperor Chongzhen ran away, countless high-ranking officials and nobles ran away, he was probably a blessing in disguise for Dashun Chao.
Chapter completed!