Daming pirates

Chongzhen couldn't figure out how he could trust Yang Sichang so much in the past, let such a bastard stay by his side, trust him enough to make him his first assistant, and yet this guy turned out to be so virtuous.

As a result, Yang Sichang had just returned that day to arrange the things ordered by Chongzhen, and when he got home in the evening, he didn't even pick up his rice bowl. A group of royal guards rushed into his house with the imperial edict, captured Yang Sichang on the spot, and locked him back in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Chongzhen issued an edict to remove Yang Sichang from the post of Minister of Rites and Bachelor of Dongge, and handed him over to the Ministry of Punishment for conviction.

Yang Sichang's official career would actually come to an end at this time. This is something that no one would have imagined a few months ago.

Therefore, public opinion among the people can actually influence many things in many cases. Yu Xiaotian knows this better than anyone, so over the years, he has invested heavily in establishing his intelligence network throughout the Ming Dynasty. At the same time,

A nail was planted everywhere.

At this time, these detailed operations that had been arranged before finally played an extremely important role. Not only did they successfully collect a large amount of information, but they also became Yu Xiaotian's mouthpiece at the critical moment. When Yu Xiaotian needed it, he acted on his behalf.

Xiaotian spreads rumors or creates public opinion in various places.

In the past, there were many secrets of the Ming Dynasty. Now Yu Xiaotian uses these details scattered in various places to act as his mouthpiece and spread them widely. The speed of spread of rumors is unimaginable, which is a good thing.

The saying that bad things will spread thousands of miles if you don’t go out is really true.

When he went north this time, he had already started this public opinion machine, and continued to spread the things he wanted the people of the Ming Dynasty to know through these words scattered all over the place, and finally exposed Yang Sichang's hypocrisy.

Due to his poor reputation, Yang Sichang was completely ruined in just a few months and was dismissed from office and interrogated.

At the same time that Yang Sichang was overthrown by Yu Xiaotian's public opinion machine in the capital, Tianjin Wei's Yu Jiajun finally faced their biggest test.

An army of more than 100,000 slaves, carrying hundreds of thousands of people, rolled towards Tianjin Guard. Because they carried a large number of captured civilians among them, the march was not very fast, and under the cold weather, the people

They couldn't walk fast at all. Even if they kept waving their whips and beating the people, they couldn't increase their marching speed much.

So they set out from Jinan and returned to the outside of the customs. They walked for more than a month, traveling less than thirty miles a day. Even so, a large number of captive people died on the way back.

After entering Hejian Mansion, slave chiefs Dorgon, Yue Tuo and others, during the return journey, continuously sent out rangers, that is, scouts, and small teams of cavalry to go tens or even hundreds of miles away for reconnaissance.

When they arrived at Hejian Mansion, the outgoing cavalry discovered a piece of news that shocked them. The Ming Dynasty's official army, with as many as 30,000 to 40,000 troops, suddenly took the sea route and arrived at Dagukou.

They landed and quickly entered the Tianjinwei area, controlling dozens of miles around Tianjinwei. At the same time, they also controlled their way back north on both sides of the canal, and were firmly stuck on their way back north.

At the same time, the ranger also detected that after the Ming army landed at Dagukou and entered Tianjin Guards, the activities of the Ming army around the capital suddenly became more frequent, and a large number of officers and soldiers began to be transferred to the capital from around the capital.

To the east, they stationed in Tongzhou, Xianghe, Baoding, Wuqing, Dong'an and other places, with the intention of completely blocking the way for the Jiannu army to leave the country.

Dorgon, Du Du and other slave chiefs were shocked when they heard about it and immediately sent people to investigate again. Soon the rangers captured some prisoners of war and learned more news.

This Ming official army that suddenly landed at Tianjin Wei and controlled Tianjin Wei and both sides of the canal was actually not an army sent to serve the king under orders, but an army from the Fujian General Army of the Ming Dynasty who led troops northward into the Gyeonggi area without permission.

According to rumors, Yu Xiaotian went north this time with a disobedient intention, and seemed to intend to take advantage of their entry into the Pass to carry out a large-scale plunder, and to attack Huanglong directly for the Ming Dynasty, in order to plot rebellion.

Dorgon and others were a little confused when they heard this. In the eyes of these slaves, Fujian was an unreachable place. It couldn't be further away. It was at least nearly ten thousand miles away from the capital. Even for this person named Yu

The commander-in-chief intends to rebel. There is no way he can take a boat all the way from Fujian and go directly to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to rebel!

But the prisoners of Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who were captured in this matter said that they had noses and eyes, and they looked so sure that people had to believe that this was true.

Yu Xiaotian, the chief military officer of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty, did indeed raise his troops without permission this time and took the sea route all the way to Tianjin Guard, and landed at Tianjin Guard. This should be correct.

How could they, a group of slaves who had grown up and dealt with the Ming Dynasty, not understand the Ming Dynasty's system? Therefore, they knew very well that such a military general, without an order, raised troops to launch an expedition without permission, which was a serious crime of exterminating the family. Most people would never do it.

Dare to do this.

People who do this are either extremely stupid and loyal and have completely disregarded their own life and death. It can be said that they are completely crazy to do such a shocking thing.

Either this person really has a disloyal heart, wants to fish in troubled waters, and takes advantage of the opportunity to rebel.

The first one certainly doesn't make sense, because it is said that Yu Xiaotian was not from a family of orthodox Ming military generals. In his early years, he was a pirate who was active along the coast of Fujian in the south of the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Apocalypse, he was recruited by the Ming Dynasty and became a pirate.

General of the Ming Dynasty.

If this kind of person said that he was so stupid and loyal that he risked his life, and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he raised an army brazenly and traveled thousands of miles to help King Qin of Beijing, and he did this without any orders, no one would believe it.

And it was certain that Yu Xiaotian was definitely not crazy, so they quickly called two county magistrates they caught on the way who knew the court affairs well to ask about Yu Xiaotian.

As a result, they got a clearer message, that is, this Yu Xiaotian has been aggressively recruiting troops in Fujian in recent years, expanding his territorial strength, and has become so domineering that he has become the king of Fujian. No one can control this person.

, has long been feared by the imperial court. If the imperial court had not entered the country this time, it is estimated that it would have mobilized heavy troops to go south to launch a crusade against this Yu.

This Yu Xiaotian has ulterior motives. He can't be called a loyal minister at all. He is just a local warlord. So this time he suddenly raised his troops and marched north. He definitely couldn't come to King Qin. He might actually be plotting against him.

heart.

But it doesn’t seem to make sense to say that he is treasonous. How could this guy leave his home base of Fujian alone and go directly to the capital of the Ming Dynasty with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?

Are you here to plot rebellion? This is totally against common sense!

So Dorgon and the other slave chiefs were confused by Yu Xiaotian's move, and for a while they couldn't figure out what Yu Xiaotian was thinking.

But one thing is certain. After Yu Xiaotian led his troops to Tianjin Guard, the Ming Dynasty suddenly mobilized the officers and soldiers around the capital and gathered to the east of the capital. It should not be to block their slave army from leaving the customs. It must be

This is to prevent Yu Xiaotian from leading troops to sneak attack on the capital.

Then this is much easier to say. No matter what Yu Xiaotian's nerves were, he suddenly led an army to land at Tianjin Guard. It would not be aimless. He must have some agenda. It is reasonable for the Ming Dynasty to be afraid of him.

But there is a big problem that Dorgon and others need to face right now, and that is the sudden appearance of Yu Xiaotian's troops and the capture of Tianjin Guard, which happened to be stuck on their only way back north.

According to their original plan, this time they returned north to exit the Pass. They went all the way north along the canal. They had to pass through Tianjin Wei before they could enter Jizhou Prefecture and finally choose a place to rush out of the Pass.

However, the appearance of Yu Xiaotian broke their original plan and blocked their way out of seclusion.

Moreover, the problem is that not only did Yu Xiaotian get stuck on the Tianjin Guard, which they must pass through, but it also caused the Ming Dynasty to transfer a large number of officers and soldiers to the east of the capital for defense. Even if they bypassed the Tianjin Guard, they would still encounter a large number of people.

Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers.

Now that they have reached Hejian Mansion, it is already too late to take a detour. Moreover, their situation is different from when they came. They brought a lot of goods back north this time, and also took a large number of captured people and livestock with them.

, with such a large number of hundreds of thousands of people, it is simply unrealistic to change the route and go from the west of the capital to the north of the capital and return to the customs.

After such a detour, their road back north would be extended to more than a thousand miles. Taking hundreds of thousands of captives to detour such a long distance was simply an impossible task.

Thinking of this, Dorgon made up his mind and made up his mind to keep his plan unchanged, rush directly to Tianjin Guard, break into Jizhou Mansion according to the original plan, and then exit the customs.

They, the slave-building Tatars, have thought about it. They have fought countless battles with the Ming army for so many years. They know better than anyone what the level of the Ming army is. Although they have also heard rumors that this Yu family army

It is said that he was quite powerful. In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, he went north according to the order and put down the rebellion of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng in Denglai area.

In addition, in the south, no one can deal with the Yu family army, and they rarely encounter defeats.

But so what? In the eyes of Dorgon and others, the Yu family army is still the army of the Ming Dynasty. When have they ever been afraid of the army of the Ming Dynasty? What's more, now their main force is here, with a total strength of nearly 100,000

People, the Yu family's army only has more than 30,000 people, they are afraid of being killed!

What the Yu Jiajun did this time was very confusing. Since they wanted to rebel, they stopped at Tianjin Guard and took on a posture to block their Qing army.

If the Qing army led by Dorgon and others wants to get out of the customs, they must rush through Tianjin Guards. There will definitely be a battle between the two sides. Unless the Yu family army deliberately gives way to let them pass, otherwise, this

War is inevitable.

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