Chapter Thirty-Eighth Strategy to Suppress Rebel Boluo
The Qing rulers did not expect that a shaving order would arouse such fierce resistance from the world.
The Qing army went south to wipe out the Hongguang court, but there was no resistance. Now a shaving order caused wars everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River to be like a prairie fire.
In July, under Jiangyin City, flocks of flies were raised on the corpses. On the distant city wall, a broken bright flag fluttered like provocation.
The Qing army besieged Jiangyin for nearly two months and has not yet captured the city.
Jiangyin has become a banner that the Jiangnan rebel army resisted the brutal rule of the Qing army. If Jiangyin does not fall, the flames of Jiangnan's resistance to Qing will burn more and more.
Not long after the Qing army controlled Jiangnan, the garrison was mainly surrendered. If the Qing army could not suppress the Jiangnan rebel army, it would inevitably lead to other ideas from these surrendered troops. Anyway, it is not impossible to return to Ming Dynasty.
Not long ago, a navy that surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, under the persuasion of the Zhongming official Qian Sule, returned to the Ming Dynasty and supported the vassal kings in Zhejiang to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
This incident sounded the alarm for Boluo, knowing that the situation must be stabilized as soon as possible, otherwise the Qing army might find it difficult to gain a foothold in Jiangnan.
At this time, Boluo looked at Jiangyin with a gloomy look, pulled his horse back to the camp, turned over and dismounted into his military tent.
Berennikan followed the tent and said a little dissatisfied: "I really don't know what the Regent thought. Jiangnan was originally stable, and the southern provinces could be issued an edict to make decisions. Why did the court suddenly implement the order of shaving the hair, causing rebellions to spread everywhere."
Boluo glanced at Nikan and walked to the map. There were anti-Qing armed forces everywhere in Jiangyin, Huizhou, Chizhou, Songjiang, Suzhou and other places. The situation was like a mess, which really made the Qing army exhausted. However, Boluo was Dorgon's confidant, so he naturally could not oppose Dorg's decision.
"Hmph~" Boro sneered: "Do you think shaving is just as simple as reducing hair?"
Nikan touched the braid behind his head, "Does the Regent have any deep meaning?"
Boluo looked at him and said, "Of course! This hair shaving order is to distinguish the barbarians. Those who have no backbone, shaving their hair and changing their clothes means that they surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Such people will be at ease and will not pose any threat to the Qing Dynasty in the future. Those who do not want to shave their hair are potential threats to the Qing Dynasty rule the world. The barbarians are cunning in their hearts. Without the hair shaving order, it is difficult for the Qing Dynasty to distinguish whether they surrender. Now, when the hair shaving order is released, all those who are unwilling to be unwilling to be forced out, which is just for us to solve the problem together."
"That's right, the situation in Jiangnan~" Nikan was a little worried. "According to the news sent by the scout, there was a Tang king in the south who had ascended the throne in Fujian. There was also a Lu supervisor in eastern Zhejiang. If the rebellion in Jiangnan could not be suppressed, I'm afraid ~"
The Tang king in the south was called emperor and established a title, and the Shandong supervisors in eastern Zhejiang carried the banner, which made the people who originally thought that the general trend was to stabilize the Qing Dynasty.
If these two regimes send troops north and cooperate with the rioters in Jiangnan, it is really possible to shake the rule of the Qing army.
Boluo's face also darkened. Dorgon ordered him to be the general of the southern expedition to guard Jiangnan. He must not disappoint Dorgon.
Boro waved his hand and interrupted Nikan: "So, we must completely eradicate the rioters in Jiangnan and cannot allow the situation to worsen."
Nikan looked excited, "What's the solution?"
Boluo said coldly, "One word, kill!" As he said, gritting his teeth, "Whoever emerges will kill you, kill all those who dare to resist, and Jiangnan will naturally be stable."
Nikan said: "Now there are rioters everywhere, how can I kill them?"
Boluo walked to the edge of the map and stared at the marked red dots with gloomy eyes. "When we suppressed before, the troops were too scattered and we didn't find a way. The reason why the riots in Jiangnan spread was mainly because we did not suppress the ones who took the lead in causing trouble. I decided to adjust my strategy and destroy the two riots in Jiangyin and Taihu Lake, which had the greatest popularity. As long as they were killed, they could shock the entire Jiangnan, and the rest would be able to suppress them."
Nikan nodded slightly, "Jiangyin City rebelled first, but we have never been able to capture it. It really damaged the prestige of the Qing Dynasty and helped to increase the arrogance of the rioters. I heard that recently, the rioters were running around and gathering people to rescue the rioters in Jiangyin. The rioters in Taihu Lake were the most powerful. Relying on our Qing army's unaccustomed to water wars, they attacked everywhere, and the impact was extremely bad. How is Beile ready to deal with these two rioters?"
Boluo received some news that the barbarian named Zhao Ming had recently gathered people everywhere to rescue Jiangyin. They also established an organization to contact the bandits from all over the country to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
Recently, local officials have reported that the rioters have become organized and cunning and difficult to deal with.
In the past, when the Qing soldiers went to encircle and suppress the riots, those riots would probably gather together, guard the cities, villages and towns, and fight hard with the Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers could easily defeat them, kill them, and quickly pacify the land.
Now these rioters do not fight against the Qing soldiers. As soon as the Qing army came, they hid, and the Qing soldiers came out to cause trouble. Sometimes the Qing soldiers went to suppress the rioters along the way, and when they walked on the road, the county town was attacked by another rioters, which made the Qing soldiers unable to return to rescue and were exhausted.
These phenomena show that the rebels in Jiangnan began to be organized and cooperated, which was something Boro didn't want to see.
"If the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were here, they would have been destroyed!" Boluo said angrily, and then said coldly: "It is difficult to control the situation by relying on the green camp in Jiangnan. I have submitted a memorial to the Regent, asking the flag soldiers to go south to fight. The Regent has sent Kong Youde and Shen Zhixiang to lead the two Han flags south. As long as they come, especially the red-clothed cannons carried by Kong Youde, it is not difficult to destroy Jiangyin."
In fact, even if there is no flag, it is difficult to get off the enemy, Jiangyin will not be able to defend for a long time. However, the Qing army could not tolerate the Jiangyin flag continuing to fly, so they wanted to take it down as soon as possible and to slap the arrogance of the Jiangnan rebel army.
Nikan nodded, "If Kong Youde and Shen Zhixiang come, it will be no longer a problem to take down Jiangyin."
Boluo continued: "The chaotic people in Taihu Lake are a little troublesome, but the chaotic people are just chaotic people after all, and it is impossible to compare with the army. The reason why they make a lot of noise is mainly because of the Green Camp soldiers, which are not enough to fight. If they obey orders, Benbeile will not believe it, and the army will not be able to defeat a group of chaotic people!"
"What does Baylor mean?" Nikan asked.
Chapter completed!