Great time travel

Chapter 142, Three Emperors Confrontation
South Zhili, Xuzhou Prefecture, Pei County
Accompanied by several loud bangs and the flames spouted from the muzzle, the ground seemed to start to tremble.

After the gunpowder smoke cleared, the city wall of Peixian County, which had been in disrepair for a long time in the distance, had collapsed with a huge gap.

Seeing this, a Qing army officer straightened up from his horse and waved the order flag tightly in his hand repeatedly.Next, the soldiers of the Eight Banners, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately waved all kinds of weapons and rushed towards the gap with howls.

If you are facing a real powerful enemy, it is definitely not a wise move to attack so hastily and randomly, but the demons of Wenxiangjiao stationed in Pei County are obviously not a strong enemy—since these red barbarian cannons were placed under the city, There was no sign of a defender on the top of the city.

This kind of coward like chicken and dog is not worth dealing with by the brave and skilled men of the Eight Banners.

Also out of extreme contempt for the defenders of Peixian County, in the main formation of the Qing army, several generals on horseback did not pay much attention to the soldiers of the Eight Banners who were storming the county, but rode straight towards the cannon.Seeing these nobles coming, dozens of Eight Banners soldiers guarding around the artillery array hurriedly drove away the Ming Dynasty soldiers who were in charge of firing the artillery with beatings and curses, and made a place for their nobles to stop and park their horses.

Several generals of the Qing army came to Hongyi Cannon, and they all dismounted from their horses and watched carefully. A veteran even stretched out his hand to pat the cannon and said with a smile:

"... Hey, He Shuobeile, this clumsy thing of the Han dog is really useful. When I went out to fight, I was afraid of these cannons! The bastards of the Ming army would run away quickly when they fought, but this cannon is really powerful , even Iron Man can't stop it with one shot."

After hearing the veteran's jokes, Heshuo Belzierharang frowned slightly, and said softly: "...Be careful! You can't say that, if it weren't for the castings collected by those Han officials Cannon craftsmen and Western missionaries, where did we get such military weapons?"

Being reprimanded by Ji Erhalang, the veteran's face suddenly turned red, but he also knew that now that Huang Taiji was determined to lead the Jurchen Eight Banners into the Central Plains, it was time to recruit and rebel and reuse Hanchen. There is no room for someone to deliberately stir up conflicts between the two clans, so he quickly bowed and agreed, "...What Heshuobeile taught me is that it was indeed my slip of the tongue, and I must remember to correct it in the future..."

Looking up and seeing groups of soldiers pouring into Pei County along the gap, Jierhalang knew that the big deal was settled, and then he calmly said: "...the soldiers who are firing the guns are all from my Qing Dynasty. Meritorious ministers, command me to go on, tonight, all those who fuck cannons will be rewarded with wine and meat! Credit the merits!
A soldier over there passed the word, and the artillerymen of the Han army who were driven away just now burst into cheers, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank them.And Jierhalang raised his whip, and triumphantly taught the veteran beside him, "...you see, as long as you give these slaves a little bit of good, they will be very grateful. If they fuck, have them If we charge ahead, our Eight Banners athletes can save a few sacrifices."

"...What He Shuobeiler said is true, but after our Eight Banners invaded the Central Plains, the benefits given to those Han officials are too much!"

The veteran nodded at first, but then he continued to complain, "...not to mention anything else, the fiefs assigned to Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou, the defeated generals, are more powerful than those of our banner people. Which Baylor has more! I can’t understand! Why did the Great Khan have to award Shanxi to Zu Dashou? Even Luoyang, the capital city of an emperor, was also awarded to Wu Xiang, and let them be the Jin Dynasty. King, one is the king of Zhou!

Hmph, no matter how I think about it, I am still not convinced. None of the Eight Banners warriors who captured them in Daling River has been crowned king until now.But the two captives Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang were crowned king first!The Great Khan led us all the way to the Central Plains, for whom? ! "

Hearing this complaint, Jierhalang couldn't help but opened his mouth, but in the end he still didn't speak - it is Shuerhaqi's consistent principle of life to be cautious in words and deeds and not to offend anyone easily.You know, his father Shuerhaqi was imprisoned to death by Nurhachi, and his elder brother Amin is still imprisoned by Huang Taiji, but Shuerhaqi not only did not suffer, but was promoted step by step. The difficulty is naturally conceivable.

As for the Jurchen veteran who seemed to be outspoken and kept complaining, his name was Aixinjueluo.Abatai is Nurhachi's seventh son, and Huang Taiji's elder brother by count—Huang Taiji is Nurhachi's eighth son.

However, the Jurchen family has always had the tradition that sons are honored by their mothers. Because Abate is a concubine and his mother is relatively humble, his status is very low.When Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he thought that he would be granted the title of Heshuo Baylor, but who would have thought that he would only be given the title of an ordinary Baylor, which made Abatai very dissatisfied, and there were many complaints in the open and in the dark , After it reached Huang Taiji's ears, it naturally made this sweat very unhappy.

However, Abatai has the identity of the royal family anyway, and because of his low status, he does not pose a threat to Huang Taiji's throne.So although Huang Taiji knew that this guy kept complaining about him, he still held his nose and appointed him.This time going south to test the combat power of the demons of Wenxiangjiao, Abatai and Jierhalang were also responsible for leading the army, so as not to let the three Dorgon brothers of the two white banners make new achievements and make the Eight Banners' forces unbalanced.

On the other side, facing the wolves and tigers of the Eight Banners soldiers, the negligent Wenxiang sects in Peixian County did not hold on for long at all, they died and surrendered... After a while, the shouts of killing have subsided .And a string of disheveled captives were tied up and released.

Seeing the prisoners of war being escorted out, the soldiers of the Qing army inside and outside the city cheered in unison, while Jierhalang and Abatai naturally nodded and smiled when they saw the magnificent situation... While the whole group was having fun together, Ji Erhalang suddenly turned around and said:
"...Abate, don't always just treat the Eight Banners as your own! Look at those servants of the Han army, don't they also cheer together!"

Hearing these words, Abatai quickly turned his head to look, and found that the soldiers of the Han army who were firing the cannon just now were also cheering. The joy was even more enthusiastic than that of the real Eight Banners soldiers.He immediately spit on the ground contemptuously, showing a look of disdain, but after thinking about it carefully, he still didn't say anything ugly - after all, the current situation is indeed different from the time in Liaodong .

Then, the victorious Qing troops from all walks of life poured into Pei County one after another, and began to plunder the city in accordance with past practices.

On the issue of dividing up the scope of robbery, all the soldiers of the Han army are very conscious of being inferior to others. They know that the gold, silver, silk and satin in the city belong to the Lord of the Eight Banners, so they set their target on the kitchen from the very beginning. ——Although the times in the entire Central Plains are not very good now, in the kitchen of the mansion of the altar masters of Wenxiangjiao, they still found a lot of salted fish ham and wind-style chicken bacon hanging from the beams.

The above-mentioned gains made all the poor soldiers who had been tortured by hunger for too long overjoyed. They swept the kitchen in an instant, and did not spare a single bit of minced meat.Many people carried bacon and salted fish with their spears and swaggered through the market, seducing the eyes of everyone nearby.Someone else was stuffing hard-boiled eggs from nowhere into his mouth, and the specks of crumbs had stained the beard on his mouth a ridiculous yellow-white.

However, as the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, the two Belle Lords Jierhalang and Abatai naturally would not care about the little pleasures of the soldiers at the bottom, even the gold and silver treasures offered by the coated slaves, The wine girl is also dismissive.

Because, a piece of information that was recently obtained through torture from the prisoners of Wen Xiangjiao completely attracted their attention.

"...The army of Wenxiangjiao has already moved south to Yangzhou. The defense of Xuzhou's old nest is very empty, but there is a lot of gold, silver, grain and rice accumulated in the city?"

Jierhalang and Abatai exchanged glances with each other. Although their faces were calm, their hearts were full of enthusiasm, and they were even eager to try—Dorgon's miraculous achievements in Henan not long ago, Maybe they can do it in Nanzhili?
However, as a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, of course, this kind of matter cannot be decided by himself-"...such important military affairs must be reported to the Khan quickly!"

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In late May of the sixth year of Chongzhen, after sweeping away the remnants of the Ming army in Shandong, a vanguard of the Qing army continued southward along the canal, entered the sphere of influence of Wenxiangjiao in Nanzhili, and attacked Peixian County by surprise, and then came Now, the demons of Wenxiangjiao who occupy the county will either die or surrender.

After careful interrogation of the captives, it was learned that the Ming army had recently abandoned the land in the north of the Yangtze River and retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, which made Wenxiang leader Wang Ke overjoyed.However, the old camp in Xuzhou, which hoarded countless grains, rice, gold and silver, became very empty because of this.

Regarding the above-mentioned major military situation, the vanguard generals of the Qing army, Jierhalang and Abatai, did not dare to be self-reliant, and immediately sent envoys flying horses to Jinan to report to Huang Taiji.Just at this time, Huang Taiji was eager to win a more brilliant victory, so as to overshadow the three brothers Dorgon and the two white flags, so after hearing the news, he ordered Jierhalang and Abatai to advance quickly , seized Xuzhou, and personally led the Eight Banners army to the south as its backup.

On June [-], [-] Qing troops surrounded Xuzhou. After a day and night of fierce fighting, they completely smashed the resistance of the Wenxiang sects in the city, and seized more than one million taels of gold and silver, and nearly one million stones of various rice and wheat.Even the family and children of Wenxiang leader Wang Ke failed to escape, and all of them were captured by the Qing army.

After a short rest, Huang Taiji led the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners and continued down the canal without stopping, all the way invincible.

At this time, Wang Ke's "Yujia" had just entered Yangzhou City, which was abandoned by the Ming army. He was busy looting and showing off his power, but he learned that there was a fire in the backyard. Turn around and go north along the canal in an attempt to rescue Xuzhou.

However, although Wang Ke's Wenxiang Sect members seem to have many soldiers and generals, they claim to have an army of 50, but in fact there are only more than [-] people, and among them, there are only more than [-] veteran soldiers who are really capable of fighting.What's more terrible is that because the old nest was captured and all the savings of the family fell into the enemy's hands, the morale of this counter-offensive force was extremely scattered, and the morale was extremely low, and many soldiers fled along the way.

On June 25th, the main force of Wenxiangjiao met the soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the two armies fought in Jiangpu, Qing Dynasty.As a result, on the battlefield in Qingjiangpu, the Wenxiang Cultists fully demonstrated their nature as a mob, almost fell into a state of command failure from the beginning of the battle, and then they fled one after another, suffered a complete defeat, and were finally killed by Huang Taiji It fell apart and blood flowed.Even the leader Wang Ke himself became a prisoner of the Eight Banners soldiers.

At the same time, the Eight Banners Division led by Dorgon also entered Fengyang from Guide Mansion in Henan Province, easily annihilating another main force of Wenxiang Sect.

Next, with the great prestige of Xuzhou, Qingjiangpu and Fengyang's three victories, the remaining Wenxiang sect forces in various places were all scared out of their wits by the Eight Banners cavalry.After getting the surrender letter written by Wenxiang leader Wang Ke after he was captured and surrendered, and had a decent step to go down, he scrambled to surrender to Huang Taiji.The more than [-] counties in Lianghuai that were originally occupied by the Wenxiang Sect fell without a fight within half a month.

However, there are also a small number of Wenxiang believers who are unwilling to surrender. Instead, they support Xu Xiner, the young daughter of the former leader Xu Hongru, "Holy Aunt" Xu Xiner, and gather thousands of remnants to continue to defend Haizhou.Marshal Chen Xin, who was entrenched in Dengzhou, heard the news, and sent someone to send several ships of ordnance to the holy lady, encouraging them to stick to Haizhou to the end.

However, in Huang Taiji's view, these guys are too weak to pose a real threat after all, and the various Qing armies are busy taking over Wenxiangjiao's large territory and countless wealth scattered in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River at this time, so for a while He also didn't care about sending troops to fight against the remnants of Haizhou's stubborn resistance.

On the fourth day of July, Abatai led thousands of vanguards of the Qing army to Yangzhou, and the entire Yangzhou government surrendered.Zhenjiang and other places on the other side of the Yangtze River were suddenly in panic. Although the local governments have ordered martial law, rumors are still spreading among the people, and the officials and gentry are even more alarmed overnight.

So far, the Jurchen Eight Banners, who originally lived between the white mountains and the black waters, have realized their grand ambitions of ruling the Central Plains and drinking horses along the Yangtze River just one year after they invaded Shanhaiguan.Shocking the world for a moment, the limelight was unmatched, as if he already possessed the momentum of the world's overlord!

And Aixinjueluo, the king of Jurchen and the co-lord of the Eight Banners.Huang Taiji is about to usher in the most glorious pinnacle of his life...

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PS: Spoiler: Comparing the history of Rome and the Byzantine Empire, I always feel that the Chinese people are too reserved about the emperor.Those Roman generals often only had a territory equivalent to a few counties in China, so they dared to call themselves emperors in a big way, and even went down in history.So I imagined that it would be very interesting if there was a "year of twenty emperors" or "year of thirty emperors" in China where emperors were everywhere.