Chapter 508: The rebels' hearts are in turmoil

From top to bottom, the Ming army almost unanimously agreed that they wanted to completely eliminate the Tartars, and now the only thing they could do was to block the Tartars from the pass and prevent them from entering the Central Plains. However, with the two successive entry of the Tartars, this concept has gradually changed. Because, in the face of the long-distance attack of the Tartars, the Guanning defense line has basically lost its effect.

The current Ming army only hopes that when the Tartars enter the Kou, they will not attack large towns, do not attack the Beijing Division, and do not let the emperor get angry. The Tartars burned and looted outside the town, but the Ming army didn't care at all, just waiting for the Tartars to burn and loot enough, and then retreated. After all, Tartars are outsiders, so they can't live in the Central Plains for a long time, right?

In general, everyone's view is gradually becoming pessimistic. Hopelessness, frustration, pessimism. Every time the military department conceived a strategy for fighting against the Tartars, it had to find a few madmen to complete it. Because, as long as they are a little normal and sensible, they don't believe that the Ming army can defeat the Tartars, and they don't believe that the Ming army can effectively block the Tartars' entry.

Even, some people's thoughts are even more pessimistic. Some people feel that since the Tartars can bypass the Shanhaiguan defense line and directly enter the Central Plains to burn and loot. So. It is not impossible for the Tatars to enter the Central Plains. In this way, the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains will have to change dynasties. Of course, there are not many people who have such pessimistic thoughts.

At that time, the Tartars only thought of burning, killing and looting, weakening the national strength of the Ming Kingdom as much as possible, and enhancing their national strength as much as possible, rather than directly entering the Central Plains. Even Huang Taiji never thought of establishing his own dynasty in the Central Plains. Every battle of the Tartars revolves around burning, killing and looting.

Since the vast majority of the Ming army was convinced that they would not be able to defeat the Tartars, it was logical that they would choose to surrender if the situation was unfavorable. Anyway, after surrendering to the Tartars, even if the Ming Kingdom wanted to punish them for treason, they did not have the slightest ability. It was with this mentality that the Dengzhou sailors surrendered to the Tartars.

In their opinion, after surrendering the Tartars, with the Tartars covered, they will definitely not suffer. On the Tartar side, the distribution of war merits is more fair. As long as you fight bravely, you will get more benefits than before. As a result, some of the rebels fought even more desperately after taking refuge in the Tartars. This was also the main factor in the Manchu Qing Dynasty's smooth entry into the customs. Most of the Ming army was defeated by the rebels led by King Sishun.

Now, the Tiger Ben Army showed stronger combat effectiveness than the Tartars, and suddenly peeled off the aura on the Tartars. The rebels suddenly discovered that the Ming still had a way to settle their treason. In the interior of the Ming Kingdom, there are still people whose combat power is stronger than that of the Tartars.

For example, in this Huangxian War, the original two generals of Dongjiang Town, Wang Tingrui and Yuan Anbang, were killed by Tartars. The head was also put on a high bounty for public display. It can be said that the Ming State borrowed the hands of the Tiger Army, and the Tiger Army borrowed the hands of the Tartars to liquidate the treason of the two of them. This is probably something that the two of them never thought of when they surrendered to the Tartars.

And the rebels who were killed outside Huang County were also liquidated. In the Battle of Huangxian, the Tartars suffered heavy losses, and the rebels suffered a lot of losses. According to incomplete statistics, at least three to four thousand rebels were killed or captured. Kong Youde, who was embarrassed, didn't even want the Hongyi cannon, which shows how critical the situation was at that time.

No one knows why the Tiger Army is so powerful, and no one knows why the person named Zhang Zhun is so powerful. However, they know the results. As a result, the Tiger Army completely defeated the Tartars. The two Baylors of the Tartars are now trapped in Dengzhou City waiting to die. At the same time, on the sea surface of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula, a large number of Huben naval warships appeared, completely separating Dengzhou City and the rear of the Tartars. It was difficult for the Tartars of Liaodong to reinforce Dengzhou City. It was even more difficult for the Tartars of Dengzhou City to retreat by sea.

Gradually, some rebels regretted their choice. They instinctively sense the presence of danger. It would be effortless for the Tiger Army to clean up the Tartars, let alone clean up their rebels. Once it falls into the hands of the Tiger Army, the fate of the rebels can be imagined. What was originally an act of surrender without any risk suddenly became very dangerous, and the future became very bleak. The rebels' hearts are depressed, one can imagine.

Later, more frightening news came. Since the Tartars of Dengzhou City were besieged, the Tartars of Liaodong had to organize forces to rescue them. However, the Tartars did not have their own sea power. If there is a fierce battle with the Huben Army, it must be the surrender of these Dengzhou Naval Divisions to fight the vanguard. In other words, they were pushed to the front line of the battle against the Tiger Army.

At the beginning, the Dengzhou Sailor was instigated by Ruan Dacheng to go south to find trouble with Zhang Zhun. As a result, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides in the sea near Fushan City. The Dengzhou Navy Division was eventually defeated by the Huben Navy and was forced to retreat. That was more than half a year ago. In half a year, the Tiger Army Navy will obviously be even stronger. However, the strength of the Dengzhou Navy Division is constantly weakening. The current Dengzhou Naval Division, where is it still the opponent of the Tiger Ben Navy? If you are pushed to the front line by the Tartars, it is no different from suicide at all.

Under the influence of various parties, some rebels began to look for other ways out. Since the Tartars are not safe here, the only way is to break away from the Tartars anyway. There are three ways out for them. The first is the surrender of the imperial court, which is a veritable anyway. The second is to surrender to the Tiger Ben Army and be a slave with three surnames. The third is to make trouble, do your own thing.

Surrender to the imperial court, that is absolutely impossible. The combat effectiveness of the imperial court, compared with the Tartars, is simply inferior to the scum. If they take refuge in the imperial court, if the Tartars kill them, they will not be able to resist and will soon become the target of the Tartars' slaughter. It's strange that the Tartars don't chop them up one by one and feed them to the dogs. Therefore, it is impossible to surrender to the imperial court.

Make trouble by yourself, then it is even more impossible. If you want to make trouble, you have to have your own territory. The problem is that they are now on the territory of Liaodong, and here is the sphere of influence of the Tartars. If they want to have their own territory, they must go to war with the Tartars. With their heels, you can think of whether they have the courage and ability to go to war with the Tartars. War on the Tartars is simply suicide within suicide, and it is absolutely impossible.

The only place where you can get a way out is the Tiger Army. For the officers and men of the Dengzhou Naval Division, the Tiger Ben Army was their last hope. As long as the Tiger Ben Army agrees to accept them, even if it is a Tartar, it will not be able to help the Tiger Ben Army. Since the Tartars can't help the Tiger Army, of course they can't come to liquidate their rebellion. Of course, this is only a part of the people's mind.

In addition, some people feel that the tartar can still support it for a while. This time the Tartars suffered heavy losses in Huang County, just because they were too careless. In the days to come, the Tiger Army may not be able to continue to defeat the Tartars. However, this part of the personnel also secretly acquiesced to the actions of other companions trying to join the Tiger Army, because they also wanted to know whether there was a way out for the Tiger Army.

In the end, with the joint efforts of some people, Luo Kai made a dangerous operation, which was to launch a tentative operation against the Tiger Army. If you want to be tempted, you must show your sincerity. The best way to show your sincerity is to vote. Even if they have a great crime that cannot be forgiven, as long as the head of the Tartar is sent, it is still no problem to believe in the small life.

It just so happened that a group of Tartars were going to risk their lives to Dengzhou City to rescue their companions in the city, and Luo Kai took the initiative to undertake the task of transporting them. Through the hands and feet of the Dengzhou Naval Division, Luo Kai gathered some of the people with the strongest ideas anyway on his own boat, and then sent all the Tartars to the tiger's mouth "quietly".

In total, there were half Niulu's Tartars on board. On land, with their bravery and tactics, they would have been able to resist for a long time. However, when they reach the sea, they become soft-footed shrimp. Even, the Tartars were not even aware that they were quietly caught in the encirclement of the Tiger Ben Navy. Luo Kai also deliberately allowed the Tartars' Niu Lu Zhang Jing to blindly command, hastening their demise. The strange phenomenon that Zhang Zhun saw was the result of the chaotic command of the leader of the Tartars.

When the battle reached a certain level, Luo Kai issued a code, and all the sailors followed and jumped into the water to escape. This is something they have agreed on in advance. As long as Luo Kai dives, the other sailors will also dive. It takes time for the Tartars to figure out what is going on. In fact, the Tartars may not have had a chance to figure out what was going on, and they were all wiped out by the Tiger Army.

"Why did these Tartars come to Dengzhou City? Who gave them the order? Behind them, how many more Tartars are ready to come? How many other ships can you carry in the other ships of the Dengzhou Naval Division? Zhang Zhun asked slowly.

"No one gave them orders, these Tartars organized themselves. Hearing the news of the defeat of the Tartars in Huangxian, the Tartars of Jinzhou Wei and Fuzhou Wei were very confused. Some people want to withdraw to Shenyang, some people want to get reinforcements from Shenyang, and some people want to go south to rescue the Tartars of Dengzhou City. Because all the Jialazhang Kyoto was taken away by Dolgon, in Jinzhouwei and Fuzhouwei, the largest official position was Niulu Zhangjing, and there were about twenty in total. ”

"In these twenty Niu Lu Zhangjing, the relationship is very complicated. Some were arranged by Huang Taiji, some were Dorgon's diehards, and some were Dorgon's relatives. Everyone is constantly strife, you don't obey me, I don't obey you, and no one can act in unison. They eventually decided to go their separate ways. Those who go back to Shenyang go back to Shenyang, go south to the south, and those who are stationed in the same place are stationed in the same place, and no one else is allowed to interfere. ”

"We don't have many ships in the Dengzhou Navy, and if we use them to carry Tartars, we can transport up to eight hundred Tartars at a time. However, there were many transport ships in Dongjiang Town, at least forty or fifty of the larger ships, which could transport two thousand Tartars at a time. However, none of these ships were equipped with cannons, and the Tartars were not very reassured, therefore, they were only used to deliver supplies. ”

Luo Kai answered Zhang Zhun's inquiries in detail one by one.

He further said that because the Huben navy successfully intercepted most of the Tartar ships between Liaodong and Shandong, the Tartars in Liaodong did not know much about the situation in Dengzhou City. Occasionally, the Tartar ships, for various reasons, avoided the interception of the Huben Navy and traveled back and forth between Liaodong and Shandong, bringing incomplete information, and not allowing the Tartars of Liaodong to know more about the situation, but making them feel more confused and confused.

The lack of information naturally leads to rumors flying all over the place. Tartars are also human beings, and they will also produce rumors, and they will also believe rumors. When the news of the defeat of Huangxian County came, rumors were flying all over the southern part of Liaodong. Among them, the rumors of Jinzhou Wei, Fuzhou Wei, Gaizhou Wei, and Dingliao Right Wei are the most complicated. Because this is an area that has not been under the control of the Tartars for a long time, the people there have not yet completely surrendered. Overhearing the news of the defeat of the Tartars, of course they will actively spread the rumors.

There are rumors that Dolgon has been killed in battle in Huangxian, and now Dolgon is in charge of the command in Dengzhou City. There are also rumors that the Tiger Ben Army is concentrating all its efforts to besiege Dengzhou City. The Hongyi cannons captured from the Tartars are shelling Dengzhou City day and night. There were even rumors that the city of Dengzhou had been breached by the Tiger Ben army, and the slave chieftains such as Dorgon and Duoduo were either captured or killed. The other Tartars were either killed or committed suicide by jumping into the sea.

Because the Battle of Huangxian was mainly produced between the Tatars and the Tiger Ben Army. Therefore, there are even more rumors about Zhang Zhun and Hu Benjun. Some people say that Zhang Zhun is a demon who eats people and does not spit out bones, and specializes in eating tartars. Some even depict a statue of Jang Joon, a blue-faced and fanged devil holding the heart of a bloody tartar in his hand.

Some people say that Zhang Zhun is the reincarnation of a real dragon, who can call the wind and rain and turn stones into gold. In Huang County, Zhang Zhun casually invited a storm and easily defeated the Tartars. Some people also say that Zhang Zhun is the god of war, his martial arts are world-famous, and he can destroy all the Tartars, Dolgon and Duoduo, who were killed by Zhang Zhun casually.

All the rumors are clear and detailed. Moreover, rumors and rumors also corroborate each other, and even the more rational people cannot help but feel that they are indeed true. If someone studies it carefully, they will realize that these rumors are spread by some well-intentioned people, and they are definitely not ordinary rumors. The man who weaves rumors is obviously a veteran. For example, a certain tomb robber named Sun Xin.