Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Gao Hongtu was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and a junior master of the prince.

He Yingrui is the Minister of Industry.

The two jointly recommended Wang Yongji.

One is the Minister of Household Affairs and the other is the Minister of Industry. This energy is really too great!

Ma Shiying and Ruan Dajue couldn't stop him, so they had no choice but to obey.

Therefore, in the Qing government's annexation of Henan and Jiangnan, the two most critical people appeared——

Wang Yongji, Zhang Jinyan.

Under the operation of Donglin and Fushe, these two people became the top officials responsible for the governorship south of the Yellow River and north of the Yellow River.

What the two of them did cannot be restored.

Put these two people aside for now.

Let’s talk about Shi Kefa.

Although Shi Kefa was unable to study many things in detail.

However, in terms of national justice, Shi Kefa was impeccable.

Seeing that the Qing army entered the pass and refused to leave, Shi Kefa realized that the time had come for the survival of the race.

Therefore, he changed his previous attitude of avoiding war and joining forces with the Qing army to destroy the captives.

Shi Kefa sent troops and began to deploy defenses in Jiangbei. (This is how the four towns in Jiangbei got their names.)

Under his dispatch, Gao Jie came to set up defenses along the Yellow River.

And Ma Shiying, who was extremely hacked——

However, he sent his two brothers-in-law, Yue Qijie and Yang Longyou, to Henan as officials.

Yue Qijie became the governor of Henan, and Yang Longyou, as the minister of the Ministry of War, supervised military affairs in Henan.

In essence, Ma Shiying has never been at ease with Wang Yongji!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have let his brother-in-law come and watch.

……

In the original history, the main opponent of the Qing army at this time was Li Zicheng.

Even all the troops of the Qing court were sent to the Shanshan battlefield. As for the Yellow River defense line, there were not even 1 people!

It can be said that if Nan Ming Fanfan had been bolder at that time——

Directly command the troops to go north, and the Jurchens who have moved south can be wiped out on the spot.

however……

With just 1 people, the defense was not enough, yet another "send" was ushered in!

Gao Jie, a former peasant soldier, had followed Li Zicheng and plundered Xu Dingguo's hometown.

Xu Dingguo's whole family died as a result.

It so happened that Gao Jie's status in the Hongguang Dynasty was higher than that of Xu Dingguo. Xu Dingguo, who was jealous, blamed Gao Jie for the death of his family.

At this time, Xu Dingguo occupied Suizhou (Shangqiu Sui County).

This Suizhou is the hometown of Yuan Keli.

After Xu Dingguo occupied Suizhou, he made close contacts and attacked far away, and soon developed the original few hundred soldiers into an army of tens of thousands.

Xu Dingguo, who was already jealous, saw that his troops were no worse than those of his immediate superior, Gao Jie.

The dark side of my heart suddenly broke out.

He wanted to deal with Gao Jie.

At this time, the civilian superior in charge of Xu Dingguo was Zhang Jinyan.

I don’t know how the two of them got along...

Soon, Xu Dingguo sent his two sons, Xu Er'an and Xu Erji, to the Qing court as hostages.

Zhang Jinyan, on the other hand, filled the breach of the Yellow River in Kaifeng.

It provides convenience for the army to move south and north.

(This move was more beneficial to the Qing court.

After all, the breach was south of the Yellow River and was the defensive area of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

If the Qing army comes to attack, after crossing the Yellow River, they will face swampy areas that are difficult to move through.

By then, not only would the Qing army be in difficulty, but the Ming people would also be able to buy enough time to make arrangements.

If combined with this guy's immediate surrender to the Qing court, this is another "send"! )

……

After Gao Jie came to Guide Mansion in Henan. (Today's Shangqiu City)

While he was writing a letter to Shang Kexi, the Qing general opposite, he said that he was coming to prepare to "join forces to attack Li Zicheng."

(Historically it was Hauge.)

However, in the reply sent to him by Shang Kexi, the Qing court never mentioned that "I came to avenge Zhu Youjian, and the relationship between the two parties is employment", and directly persuaded Gao Jie to surrender in the letter.

There is even a clear promise - as long as Gao Jie comes, he will not hesitate to reward him...

Gao Jie has woken up.

He immediately pulled the army to Kaifeng, preparing to cross the Yellow River and attack the Qing army directly.

A different time and space.

Gao Jie's choice was the same.

He does have a lot of personal criticisms, but in terms of national justice, he does not suffer a loss!

Gao Jie wanted to cross the Yellow River and join Zhu Yougui's Ming army to attack the Qing army.

however……

The conspiracy against Gao Jie has been laid out.

On the first day of the first lunar month in 1645, on the occasion of the Chinese New Year, Gao Jie's army arrived in Kaifeng.

After arriving in Kaifeng, Gao Jie immediately sent a military order to Xu Dingguo, asking him to arrange for the army to set off immediately.

Prepare to attack the Qing army together.

However, Xu Dingguo shied away for various reasons.

At the same time, he immediately wrote to the Qing court Shang Kexi (historically Hauge), asking for help from the Qing army.

However, whether it is in history or in this time and space.

The Qing troops in Jiangbei were less than 1 people!

then……

Xu Dingguo received an official reply saying, "I dare not go without permission."

As long as Xu Dingguo used his brain a little, he would understand that the Qing army could no longer send troops.

However, as a gambler, Xu Dingguo was "dazzled and made mistakes in judgment" as his two sons were already at stake.

He made a poisonous plan to kill Gao Jie.

[The "Ming and Qing Archives" preserves the original memorial that Xu Dingguo sent to the Qing court at this time - the memorial of Xu Dingguo, the general who guarded the north of Gua Town, Henan Province.

On the cover, there is Zhu's comment:

"Killing Gao Jie according to the national plan is a tribute to Sui.

knew. The southern troops will arrive in Henan soon."

It can be seen from this that Gao Jie's death was a conspiracy event involving the joint efforts of three parties.

This matter was the result of Xu Dingguo's action and the joint efforts of Jiangnan and the Qing court. 】

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Gao Jie saw that urging Xu Dingguo to no avail, so he came to Suizhou in person.

At this time, in order to evacuate more people, Ma Dai and other people adopted a combat strategy of surrounding Shang Kexi and other Qing troops.

The Ming army wanted to evacuate more people.

But Gao Jie doesn’t know!

When he saw the people moving southward, he thought Zhu Youjian's army could not withstand it anymore.

Therefore, Gao Jie, the soldiers on the Kaifeng defense line, did not dare to move at all.

When he arrived at Guide Mansion, Gao Jie only brought [-] personal guards.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the second day after Gao Jie came to Guide Mansion, Xu Dingguo immediately held a banquet at home.

Then he sent an invitation to Gao Jie, saying that he wanted to help Gao Jie, Yue Qijie, Yang Longyou and others.

Gao Jie didn't know the strength of the Ming army, and was deeply afraid that things might change. Gao Jie was afraid that he would not be able to defend against it, and he urgently needed Xu Dingguo's tens of thousands of troops.

Therefore, Gao Jie immediately stated that he would go to the appointment.

Ma Shiying's two brothers-in-law, Yue Qijie and Yang Longyou, quickly dissuaded him.

Yue Qijie said to Gao Jie:

"Xu Dingguo is spreading the word that you killed his whole family, and sooner or later he will take revenge.

Although we all know that Xu Dingguo's family did die because of the peasant army, no one can prove that it was your men.

What's more, Xu Dingguo sent all his sons to the north as hostages.

To prevent him from taking risks, it’s better not to go! "