In whose hands was the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan lost? It was not the Chongzhen Emperor, but it was lost in the hands of the Ming Dynasty's military generals. The gang is divided into three parts
: The first part, has been in a state of swaying left and right, which is not bad. The second part simply rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, which is commonly known as the Traitor. The third part is those who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but their strength is not good.
These people served as the main force of the officials and troops of the Ming Dynasty, how could they not lose the world?
Among them, Zuo Liangyu, that is, the kind of person who belongs to the first part, is always in a state of wavering.
You say he's a traitor, but the people have never surrendered to the Manchus. You said that he was bent on serving the Ming Dynasty, but when the Ming Dynasty fell, he not only did not save the country, but instead supported the army and respected himself, waiting for the opportunity.
Zuo Liangyu made his fortune by relying on Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng.
Zuo Liangyu was originally not famous, so why did he become a famous warlord in the last years of the Ming Dynasty? Mainly because of two people, one was Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the Great Western Army, and the other was Li Zicheng, the leader of the Great Shun Army.
It can be said that it is these two people who have created Zuo Liangyu. Especially Zhang Xianzhong, but wherever Zuo Liangyu was there, Zhang Xianzhong was going to be embarrassed, because Zhang Xianzhong was not Zuo Liangyu's opponent at all.
For this reason, Zhang Xianzhong moved his forces to Sichuan to avoid a confrontation with Zuo Liangyu in Hubei. As for Li Zicheng, although Zuo Liangyu could not defeat him, without Li Zicheng's existence, Zuo Liangyu would not be able to support the army and respect himself.
Li Zicheng's troops and Zuo Liangyu's troops had been facing each other for many years in Hubei, and it was precisely because of these years of stability that Zuo Liangyu recruited a large number of men and horses, claiming to have a million male divisions.
On every hill in Hubei, it is said that there are people and horses of his Zuo Liangyu, which shows that his strength is indeed quite large. If Li Zicheng hadn't sent people south to the land of Jingxiang to open up a new base, then there would have been no zuo Liangyu to do bigger and stronger.
Zuo Liangyu refused to serve the king and chose to support the army and respect himself.
Li Zicheng's army entered Zhili from Shanxi and saw that it was about to enter the city of Beijing. At this time, the Chongzhen Emperor issued an order to Qin Wang, hoping that all the large armies would come to Qin Wang.
The order came to Zuo Liangyu, but he did not move. He also falsely drew up a plan to go to war and handed it to the Chongzhen Emperor, but this plan was not approved by the Chongzhen Emperor, and the city of Beijing was captured.
What Zuo Liangyu was looking forward to in his heart finally happened, he held hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, sat in the land of Jingxiang, and was fully qualified to become a prince of one side.
As long as the Ming Dynasty falls, then it is very likely that the land of China will once again enter the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period after the fall of the Tang Dynasty. By that time, Zuo Liangyu might be able to establish a dynasty like the Southern Tang Dynasty.
For this reason, Zuo Liangyu refused to send troops to help, if he really wanted to serve the king, he would have launched an attack on Li Zicheng's troops a long time ago, but unfortunately he was uncertain and waited for the news to come.
However, liangyu was defeated by Zhu Xianzhen, and the elite was exhausted, and after that, many people returned, and although the army was strong, the decree was no longer intimidating. The Liangyu family was annihilated in Xuzhou, and in Wuchang, the various camps of you prostitutes sang and danced, and liangyu was alone, without Ji Shi. Taste the night feast, summon more than ten prostitutes to drink, stagger the footsteps, and look at the left and the right, and lead out in a second. The guests were solemn, and they did not dare to look up. Its control has a body, and it is served by many of them. Rather, when Liangyu was old and sick, he had no intention of doing so. --- History of the Ming Dynasty
Unexpectedly, at this time, the Nanjing imperial court, headed by Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying, established Zhu Yousong, the Prince of Fu, as emperor in Nanjing, and established the Southern Ming Hongguang regime.
Zuo Liangyu's idea of establishing himself as king finally failed, and he placed all his resentment on the Hongguang court, so he did not listen to the Hongguang court at all.
Zuo Liangyu is known as the Qingjun side, but in fact, the dog jumps the wall.
Zuo Liangyu was ostensibly attached to the Hongguang Imperial Court, which was no way to do it, after all, the family was the child of the old Zhu family and had the right to inherit. However, in fact, Zuo Liangyu did not obey Zhu Yousong's dispatches at all.
Because at that time, the Hongguang court was occupied by Ma Shiying and the warlords of sizhen, if Zuo Liangyu defected to them, would they come to rob him of his military power? You must know that the combined warlords of the four towns could not surpass Zuo Liangyu's army.
At this time, the situation in the north also changed, Li Zicheng was actually unable to defeat Dolgun and Wu Sangui, and as a result, he fled to Xi'an in defeat. Before this was over, Duo Duo and Azig attacked both at the same time, forcing Li Zicheng's large army to divide into two routes, one with Li Guo and taking him from northern Shaanxi to Hanzhong. Along the way, Li Zicheng himself fled to Hubei.
Li Zicheng, an old wrongdoer, came, and Zuo Liangyu certainly did not feel good in his heart. When Li Zicheng arrived here, he saw that it was the defeated general Zuo Liangyu, and his heart was not to mention how happy he was.
If you can't beat Dolgun, can't you still beat Zuo Liangyu? Without saying a word, he picked up the guy and fought a battle with Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu was timid before he fought, and he was not Li Zicheng's opponent at all, and as a result, he was forced away by Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng chased all the way in the back, and Zuo Liangyu ran all the way in the front. The direction in which Zuo Liangyu escaped, it was toward Nanjing, was called qingjun side, because Zuo Liangyu thought that Ma Shiying was a traitor.
In fact, Zuo Liangyu was forced by Li Zicheng to have no choice but to choose to escape. If you can capture Nanjing as your base, it would be perfect, which belongs to the strategy of the dog jumping the wall.
The dog jumped off the wall and was portrayed as a loyal minister.
In many literary works in later generations, Zuo Liangyu is described as a great loyal minister who devoted his life to the Ming Dynasty, even if he died because he was worried about the future of the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, this brother led the army to the side of the Qing Emperor, that is, in order to destroy the Southern Ming Hongguang regime, if the Lord god gave him another ten days and a half months, then he might destroy the Southern Ming and become a traitor to the Ming Dynasty.
Liang yu rebelled against ma Shiying, and passed on to Ma Shiying, from Hankou to Puzhou, more than 200 miles in a boat. Liang Yu was already sick, and went to Jiujiang, invited the governor Yuan Jixian to enter the boat, and the secret edict came out of his sleeve, and Yun Zi was crown prince, robbing the generals, and Ji Xianzheng resigned. The general Hao Zhongzhong entered the city and set fire to the city. Liang Yu looked at the fire in the city and said, "To Yuan Gong." "Vomiting blood for several liters, is the night death." Shi Shunzhi 2nd year April also. The generals did not mourn, and jointly pushed their son Menggeng as a queen. On the seventh day, the army went east and ordered Huang Degong to cross the river to prevent suppression. --- History of the Ming Dynasty
However, God pinched it very accurately at this point in time, and Zuo Liangyu had not yet had time to rush to Nanjing, and he fell ill and died halfway through. His son Zuo Menggeng surrendered to Duoduo without even thinking about it, which showed that they had planned this matter in advance.
Zuo Liangyu's jumping off the wall did not succeed, and the result was his good reputation, which was also intoxicating. However, it is true that his soldiers and horses did not make meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty, but instead became accomplices in the destruction of the Ming Dynasty.
Summary: The Qing Dynasty's Jiangshan was fought by the Ming Dynasty's warlords.
The 78,000 and 80,000 bannermen of the Qing Dynasty wanted to destroy the Ming Dynasty, which was simply delusional. In fact, they constantly recruited Ming Dynasty generals, relying on the Ming Dynasty's army to lay the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.
For example, Wu Sangui let the Qing army enter the customs at Shanhaiguan, and at the time of the stone war, he had already consumed Li Zicheng's main force, and Dolgun was able to pick up a leak.
In addition, Mao Wenlong's Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi took the red-clad cannons to surrender to daqing and attack the city for the qing. Hong Chengzu helped the Qing Dynasty to continuously recruit officials from all over the country, and Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Manchu Qing for the sake of the prince of the three provinces. The Ming generals Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing surrendered to the Manchus without even thinking about it.
If these people could unite, then Dorgon would not be able to enter the Guannei at all. Unfortunately, everyone has their own careful thoughts, so they can't control the big situation.
Resources:
Draft History of the Qing Dynasty
History of the Ming Dynasty