Eighty-three guerrilla tactics
In the middle of the night, General Dashun followed Gao Guiying's instructions and found a barren mountain and buried Li Zicheng quietly.
This hero in troubled times has gone through a grand life. Many people praise him and more people hate him.
If the grave is exposed, it will probably be crushed and ashes will be thrown into ashes in a few days, so the generals dare not even stand up the tombstone.
Gao Guiying, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and other generals cried bitterly, and then returned to the camp silently.
The road to tomorrow has to continue. The Dashun Dynasty has completely ended from the moment Li Zicheng was burying!
In the wilderness, the lonely tomb is the destination of Li Zicheng.
No matter how heroes you are in the world and dominate the world, you can't escape a piece of loess after death.
The only difference is that the mute Prime Minister Niu Jinxing is buried with him.
According to the ideas of Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others, they originally wanted to bury Li Zicheng's concubine Dou Meiyi, but fortunately Gao Guiying pleaded for mercy, so they were spared from death.
After receiving the news of Li Zicheng's death, General Dashun Quan, Liu Zongmin, who was in Tongcheng, did not come to pay his respects to his old friend who had once conquered the world side by side. Instead, he sent an envoy to surrender Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others, demanding that he be the lord of Dashun.
"A righteous man, I'll bah!"
Li Guo was furious and cut off the messenger's head with a sword. "If Niu Jinxing deserves to die, he should be cut into pieces by Liu Zongmin. Our reputation of Dashun was ruined by him!"
"Kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine and sorbet, open the city gate to welcome the King of Chuang. The King of Chuang will not pay food when he comes!"
With this nursery rhyme, Li Yan made the hungry and cold people think that they had ushered in a great savior.
Who knew that the Dashun Army who entered Beijing suddenly robbed troops. No matter you are a nobleman or a poor family, you will never escape.
Killing and setting fires, humiliating women, after the Dashun Army entered the capital, they did not do many good things, but did a lot of bad things, which made the people in the capital hate it to the core, and they wished that the Qing army would enter the city as soon as possible to suppress the bandits and suppress the rebellion.
Just as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said, "Water can carry a boat and can also overturn the boat." The Dashun army, which offended the people, caused anger and resentment from the heavens. Wherever they went, they were like rats crossing the street, becoming a "bandit army" in the eyes of the people. It was strange that they were undefeated!
Liu Zongmin was the vanguard of looting the people. After entering the capital, he built five thousand pairs of sticks, tortured all officials and gentry, extorted money, and suffered a lot of lives.
Of course, in Lin Yu's opinion, these gentry who love money and life deserve it, and they are all people who don't eat the punishment of wine toast.
At the beginning, the national treasury was empty, and Zhu Youjian said that he had not asked for money to pacify the thief, but he was beaten by Liu Zongmin obediently. It can only be said that he was blamed for his own fault, and the sky had eyes!
But after Liu Zongmin finished picking up officials and gentry, he bullied the common people and plundered women as camp prostitutes. This shows that this person is cruel and vicious and bloody.
Moreover, Liu Zongmin was proud of his merits and did not take Li Zicheng seriously. When he went to court, others knelt down and stood up.
Li Zicheng sent him to conquer Wu Sangui, but Liu Zongmin said, "All of them are thieves, why do we work hard and enjoy the happiness of your family?"
Li Zicheng had no choice but to go out to Shanhaiguan in person. In the end, he was defeated by the Qing army and Wu Sangui in a panshi, fled back to Beijing in a panshi, and then started the defeat mode.
So although Lin Yu lacks major generals, although Liu Zongmin is brave and good at fighting, and although Liu Zongmin still has 40,000 or 50,000 troops under him, Lin Yu did not want to win him over from beginning to end.
This person is capable but he is a ungrateful wolf. With his current strength, he cannot satisfy him or conquer him!
Moreover, this person is short-sighted and selfish. He ignored Li Zicheng's dissuasion and snatched Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan home to have fun. This led to Wu Sangui's "evil's anger" and opened Shanhaiguan to let the Qing Tartars enter the pass, which made people suffer.
Of course, judging from the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it would be a matter of time before the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, but Liu Zongmin's forced abduction of Chen Yuanyuan was undoubtedly a catalyst, which accelerated the Qing army's entry into the pass.
The envoys who killed Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Tichun and others were still unhappy and even planned to send troops to attack Liu Zongmin.
"This thief is ruthless and unfaithful, unfaithful, and filial. He stationed his troops in Tongcheng fifty miles away. The King of Chuang will not come to attend the funeral after he died. It is really abominable! It is better to raise troops and run to Tongcheng and destroy this guy to pay tribute to the King of Chuangcheng's spirit in heaven!"
Lin Yu hurriedly stopped him: "I know that the generals hate Liu Zongmin, but the Qing army is pressing step by step, and the enemy is facing each other, so it is not advisable to kill each other again. Please bear this breath first, and it will not be too late to settle the score with Liu Zongmin after you repel the Qing army."
Gao Guiying echoed: "Governor Lin's words are reasonable. Liu Zongmin is brave and good at fighting. He is the number one general of my rebel army. His troops are also elite troops. It is not easy to defeat him. It is better to wait until he retreats to the Qing army before making any decisions!"
Lin Yu comforted the generals: "Liu Zongmin refused to join forces, which is a good thing for all the generals. I can push all the crimes on him and let him be a scapegoat."
"This plan is very wonderful!"
Tian Jianxiu applauded, "Many bad things are the orders given by Liu Zongmin instigated the King of Chuang, and even he made his own decisions. He relied on his fellow countrymen and was arrogant and domineering in daily life, so he was not unfair to let him take the blame!"
"The Qing army is coming in full force, and Zuo Menggeng's army is even stronger after surrender, so our army still needs to join forces with Liu Zongmin to fight against the Qing Dynasty."
Lin Yu stood in front of the map to analyze the situation for the generals, "Ajige, Shang Kexi, Zuo Menggeng may have more than 400,000 troops when he joined forces, and our army would never be able to compete with him. Therefore, even if you hate Liu Zongmin no matter how much you hate Liu Zongmin, you should not break up."
Gao Yigong agreed with Lin Yu's point of view: "What the governor said is that although Liu Zongmin is hateful, he still has bones. He hates the Tartars, and the Tartars also hate him, so there is no need to worry that he surrenders to Jiannu."
"The Qing army has occupied Wuchang for more than half a month, and it may cross the river and attack at any time. Where should our army go next?" Li Guo stared at the map and asked Lin Yu for advice.
Yuan Zongdi suggested: "Tongcheng, Pingjiang and Xiangyin are all small counties and they will never stop the Qing army's attack. Since we have surrendered to the court, the governor might as well take us to Changsha, right? Changsha City is high and thick, and it is enough to resist the Qing army's attack."
"Changsha is under the rule of the Governor of Huguang. I wonder if we will let us enter the city?" Li Guo showed a look of worry.
Hao Yaoqi looked at Lin Yu and shouted: "Since we have joined Governor Lin, we will be the imperial army from now on. Why should the defenders in Changsha not let us enter the city? Unless the imperial court does not accept our surrender, we will still treat us as a thief army!"
Lin Yu smiled and comforted: "General Hao is at ease. I saved the governor of Huguang Yuan Jixian on the way to Tongcheng. At this moment, he is raising troops in Changsha. To enter Changsha City, you only need one sentence from this governor..."
After a change of topic, he analyzed: "According to Yuan Butang, he was able to summon 50,000 or 60,000 troops to defend Changsha. In addition, our team is about 100,000 people, and it is a waste to defend the city. There is no big chance of winning when leaving the city and fighting in the field, so it is better to stay on Jiugong Mountain to engage in guerrilla warfare..."
"Guerrilla warfare?"
The generals asked one after another, and a question mark floated on their heads, "What is guerrilla warfare?"
Lin Yu slowly paced in the commander's tent with his hands on his back, and said in a loud voice: "In short, it is to harass the rear of the Qing army on the mountain, so that they cannot concentrate their efforts to attack Changsha.
To summarize it in twenty-four words, that is: the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy retreats and I advance. The enemy attacks and attacks behind the enemy. The enemy is stationed and disturbs me, and the enemy is tired and I will attack!"
Chapter completed!