Chapter 210 Spreading the Message to All Directions, Zu Dashou’s Choice

In August of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the dynasty led the People's Liberation Army to occupy Shuntian Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty, and ordered the People's Liberation Army to conduct house raids and public trials. In the end, they obtained gold, silver, antiques, family properties, and more than 100 million taels of silver.

After getting the final harvest, the Dynasty, Wang Zhiyuan, Wuchang and others had to sigh that the Ming Dynasty was not unjust.

The country and the emperor have no money, the people at the bottom have no money, and the rich are just a handful of people in the middle who do nothing. How can the Ming Dynasty not be destroyed?

In addition, Zhou Kui, the father-in-law of the Ming Dynasty, who Chongzhen had high hopes for, also gave up his grandson, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, in order to survive.

But in the end, the dynasty did not make an exception for it.

As for the Ming Dynasty Prince Zhu Cixiang, he was just a teenager now. The dynasty naturally did not do anything to him. It just placed him in a separate courtyard in Zhou Kui and let him go to school with other children of the same age.

Wuchang and Wang Zhiyuan, who were following the Dynasty, looked at the fist-sized ball of golden light above Zhu Cixiang's head and couldn't help but said:

"King of Heaven, will it be troublesome to keep him?"

"Trouble? What trouble? When they occupied the world, they were easily overthrown by us.

What's more, now?

The entire Ming Dynasty will be occupied by us. Even if there are still some people who think about the Ming Dynasty, they are just a small group.

It's okay if they don't cause trouble.

If it jumps out, haha"

Wang Chao looked in Zhu Cixi's direction with a sneer on his face.

If someone really causes trouble in the future, wouldn't Zhu Cixiang, the last prince of the Ming Dynasty, be the best target?

Let’s see how many people will jump out at the end.

Or maybe no one dares to jump out.

But it doesn't matter. Now, he has set his sights on the sky and has a bigger goal, transcending the world.

He no longer cares much about things within his own realm.

After rectifying various affairs in the capital, the dynasty spread the word to all directions, asking the Ming armies everywhere to surrender and wait for the People's Salvation Army to take over.

You must not resist stubbornly and bully the people, otherwise you will be killed without mercy.

After all parties received the news, from officials and generals to ordinary soldiers, their morale plummeted, and they could no longer raise their fighting spirit.

Even loyal and famous generals like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting lost half of their fighting spirit at this time.

They were somewhat unwilling to surrender to the National Salvation Army.

But if they were allowed to lead the army and continue fighting, they would no longer have the courage to do so.

The Ming Dynasty is dead, who do they still want to serve?

The most important thing is that the subordinate soldiers and generals are mentally unstable and have no fighting spirit.

Coupled with the huge gap in combat power between the two sides, even if they reluctantly led the army to fight, it would only increase casualties.

In the end, they all gave up resistance.

However, they had no intention of surrendering.

But after the National Salvation Army took over the army, they signed up and returned to their hometown.

For these people, the dynasty has tried to recruit them.

However, after they refused, the dynasty also calmed down.

Now, he has no shortage of leading generals.

Since they don't want to be officials in the new dynasty, that's it. If they can't make any waves, he won't be so arrogant.

In October of the 9th year of Chongzhen, most places in Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Beizhili announced the decision. Countless people's rescue troops and officials at all levels went to various places to completely bring these places under control.

In the south, Wang Shi, Li Yu and others have also occupied Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, leaving only Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces.

After receiving orders from the dynasty and learning about the various policies of the People's Salvation Army, the people of the Ming Army in the three provinces began to wait for the People's Salvation Army to take over after a period of turmoil.

It is true that the current National Salvation Army is too powerful. In just a few months, it has swept across the north and south of the Yangtze River and even occupied Shuntian Mansion in the capital.

In addition, in the past, 400,000 coalition troops attacked Yingtian Mansion and were wiped out by the People's Liberation Army. As a result, these places lacked generals and had no morale to fight. It was impossible to organize a decent army.

The most important thing is that the various policies of the People's Salvation Army are really a great temptation for the soldiers and people at the bottom. They even look forward to the arrival of the People's Salvation Army and anxiously imagine a better life in the future.

Under such circumstances, even if there are officials and generals who want to resist, it is just a matter of skill and skill.

Naturally, they could only give up resistance and wait obediently for the Salvation Army to take over.

Of course, there must be some die-hard elements who are unwilling to give up the rights and interests they have obtained and force the military and civilians to resist.

However, this kind of coercion of soldiers and civilians will naturally lead to resistance from the soldiers and civilians, and they were killed before the People's Salvation Army arrived.

There are also some smart people who directly block the exchange of internal and external information, fool the people, demonize the National Salvation Army, and make the people and soldiers fearful and want to resist desperately, at least to get some promises.

Of course, the promise that the people want is definitely not to kill them or rob them of their food and land.

As for those organizers, they naturally want to retain their wealth and obtain some privileges.

As for those who sincerely serve the Ming Dynasty, I cannot say that there are none, I can only say that there are very few.

For these people, neither the dynasty nor the People's Salvation Army will ever tolerate them.

You don't even need to attack by force. You only need to occupy the surrounding areas and publicize the People's Salvation Army's policies to shake the hearts of the soldiers and civilians at the bottom, which is enough to force them to surrender.

As for those who refused to surrender and even wanted to counterattack the Salvation Army, they would not be polite. No matter they were forced or deceived, they would shoot without hesitation.

While the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River opened their cities to surrender, the generals of the northern border armies were also thinking about what to do.

The Salvation Army has now almost occupied the entire Ming Dynasty, so they naturally want to surrender.

However, compared with the generals of the southern armies who have not been on the battlefield for a long time, they are real generals with real power and have thousands of troops under their command.

They are naturally unwilling to let them give up all their military power, enter the Salvation Army recruit camp for training, and then be assigned to work in an unknown place.

Unfortunately, the Salvation Army is different from ordinary ancient regimes. You will not be given special treatment just because you are a general of the enemy who surrenders.

At most, you will be given a certain amount of military merit and then be appointed to a corresponding position because of your surrender and offering of the city.

At this time, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty also extended an olive branch to them.

They were given titles of nobility, duke, and even like Shang Kexi and others, they were willing to be enthroned as kings of different surnames.

Many people were tempted.

However, some people had a clear understanding. It was said that the Salvation Army had defeated the Qing army with fewer troops outside the Great Wall, and even almost killed Huang Taiji and Dorgon, which made them unwilling to surrender to the Qing army.

In fact, most of the generals were unwilling to surrender to the Later Jin.

At this time, the general of Liaodong was Zu Dashou.

In 1631, Zu Dashou was besieged and surrendered by the Qing army, and then defected to Jinzhou and resisted the Qing army's attack on the Ming Dynasty again.

It was not until 1642 that Zu Dashou really surrendered to the Qing army.

Now, after careful consideration, Zu Dashou always felt that as a general who surrendered and rebelled, if he surrendered to the Qing court, he might not have any good results.

In the end, Zu Dashou decided to surrender to the Salvation Army.

With the bias of Zu Dashou, the highest commander-in-chief, those who wanted to surrender to the Qing court were immediately suppressed.

Wang Chao was actually a little hesitant when he got the news.

In history, Zu Dashou was stationed in Dalinghe in 1631 and was besieged by the Qing army. When he was forced into a desperate situation, he once ordered cannibalism.

However, in the end, Wang Chao still accepted the surrender of this general who surrendered voluntarily and did not cause any harm to the people's rescue army.

After all, if you really want to talk about it, there are definitely not a few people who have cannibalized people in the years of natural disasters and famine. Since Wang Chao accepted and resettled them as disaster victims, why should he be treated differently?

As for Wu Sangui, who once opened Shanhaiguan and led the Qing army into the pass in history, he was only the right battalion lieutenant general of the Liaodong cavalry vanguard at this time, and naturally he obeyed his uncle Zu Dashou.

After learning this, Huang Taiji was furious and immediately ordered people to attack Jinzhou.

At the same time, he also ordered Dorgon and Yuetuo to lead 10,000 troops each, and take advantage of the fact that the Salvation Army had not yet fully established its foothold and had not reached the Great Wall, to break through the pass from Xifengkou and other places, and wanted to plunder again.

At the beginning, they were indeed unstoppable.

However, in October, after 1,000 Salvation Army soldiers arrived at Santunying, Jizhou Town and other places, the situation was instantly reversed.

Under the sound of guns and cannons, more than 10,000 Qing troops were killed, 5,000 were captured, Yuetuo died in battle, and Dorgon fled out of the pass in a panic.

On October 15, the Salvation Army took over the Great Wall.

On October 16, 20,000 Salvation Army soldiers entered the pass and began to take over each city one by one.

On October 20, 5,000 Salvation Army soldiers arrived in Jinzhou.

At that time, Zu Dashou, who was defending Jinzhou and waiting for reinforcements from the Salvation Army, suddenly heard his men report that someone from the Salvation Army wanted to see him.

Zu Dashou, who was originally in a bad mood, was overjoyed after hearing the report from his subordinates, and immediately ordered someone to bring him to see him.

But the next moment, he stopped his subordinates who were about to leave.

"Wait, I'll go see him in person."

As he said this, Zu Dashou straightened his clothes and walked quickly out of the mansion.

When he arrived at the door outside the mansion, he saw a middle-aged man in gray clothes standing quietly at the door, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"This must be the messenger of the king of heaven."

After seeing that man, Zu Dashou immediately moved forward quickly.

"Haha, I am Ye Changming from the Military Intelligence Department of the Salvation Army. The general must be General Zu Dashou."

"Haha, that's right, I am Zu Dashou."

Zu Dashou laughed and stepped forward, his attitude was very humble.

Since he was ready to surrender to the Salvation Army, there was no need to be arrogant, and there was no need to show off his authority and ability.

He was stationed in Jinzhou City to resist the attack of the Qing army. His ability and value had already been demonstrated. There was really no need to do anything extra.

Moreover, this was the first Salvation Army he had contacted.

By making friends with him, he could also get more internal information about the Salvation Army, which would be of great benefit to his future official duties.

After entering the living room of the mansion and talking to each other, Zu Dashou asked about the reinforcements.

"General, don't worry. Five thousand troops are already a hundred miles away. They will arrive tomorrow and lift the siege of Jinzhou."

When Zu Dashou learned the news, he was delighted. The Salvation Army reinforcements finally arrived.

Although he didn't know how the person in the Military Intelligence Department of the People's Salvation Army in front of him knew that the reinforcements of the People's Salvation Army had arrived a hundred miles away when the Qing army was besieging them.

But no matter what, as long as the reinforcements of the People's Salvation Army arrived, it would be fine.

Perhaps the People's Salvation Army had some special way of transmitting messages.

However, that was not what he was concerned about now.

But then, Zu Dashou frowned again, and worries arose in his heart.

How could only 5,000 people's salvation troops break the siege of Jinzhou?

Are the people's salvation army and the Tianwang Dynasty too arrogant?

Don't let the reinforcements be wiped out by the Qing army at that time, otherwise things will be bad.

Thanks to the book friend [Taihao Qionggao] for the 1100 reward!