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Wu Sangui also couldn't wait for his son to finish breathing, so he immediately asked: "Ying Xiong, is it because Xuan Ye dare not drive himself to conquer?"
Wu Sangui's clamoring for "Stud" meant to "cheat" Kangxi.If Kangxi didn't dare to follow up, he would send a useless Wang Ndai to die.Then Wu Sangui has already won!
"No, it's not." Wu Yingxiong gasped for a few breaths, "I've already issued a decree, saying that the royal driver will come to Hubei in person... and let Le Erjin renovate the palace in Xiangyang."
"That's it." The joy on Wu Sangui's face suddenly disappeared, and his brows were also furrowed, "The imperial camp is in Xiangyang... what's so great about it?"
"Father Commander," Wu Yingxiong handed several copies of the papers in his hand to Wu Sangui, "Look at the top one, it's the good news sent by Prime Minister Xia Guo... He sent Wu Guogui to cross the river from Bailizhou with [-] elite soldiers a few days ago , originally planned to pull out a stronghold of the Qing soldiers in Jiangbei and capture some prisoners back. But I didn’t expect that several strongholds of the Qing soldiers on the opposite bank of Bailizhou were empty!"
"Really?" Wu Sangui muttered, "This is really good news."
"There's more!" The expression on Wu Yingxiong's face was about to fly, "After Wu Guogui found that the several Qing army strongholds on the north bank of the Jingjiang River were unguarded, he led the people to advance along the river embankment all the way east. Guess who Where did it go?"
"Where have you been?" Wu Sangui asked with a smile, "Isn't it Guyuedi, Shashi?"
Shashi is located in the southeast of Jingzhou. It has been a large commercial port in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River since the Tang Dynasty. ".In the Ming Dynasty, Jingzhou's moat and dam system was further improved, and a Guyue dike was built outside the Cunjin dike.
And this ancient moon embankment is now the lifeblood of Jingzhou City!
Once Guyue Dike is controlled by Wu Sangui, Jingzhou City will be in Wu Sangui's pocket.If you can occupy Guyue Dike first, and then surround Jingzhou City, wait for the reinforcements sent by Emperor Kangxi to arrive outside Jingzhou City, and then use sugar medicine to blow up the embankment, flooding the Seventh Army.President Wu is happy just thinking about it!
"It's not enough!" Wu Yingxiong laughed, "Father, Wu Guogui really wanted to touch the Guyue Dike at first. But when he was passing through the south of Jingzhou City, he was stopped by a group of elders from Jingzhou City... Please enter the city went!"
"What? Please enter Jingzhou City?" Wu Sangui couldn't believe it, "Naler Jin..."
"Run away!" Wu Yingxiong said, "I didn't expect the descendants of Daishan to be so useless. When they heard the news that we were going to cross the river, they ran away with their Eight Banners soldiers and Green Battalion soldiers. When Wu Guogui entered Jingzhou, he ran away." It's been three or four days."
"Where did you go?" Wu Sangui's expression suddenly became serious.
"Run to Anlu, Jingmen and Xiangyang." Wu Yingxiong also noticed that his father Wu Sangui's face was not right at this time, "Father, you are..."
"Leerjin didn't run away, but lured us into the urn! Anlu, Jingmen, and Xiangyang are all on the edge of the Han River. Hanyang to the south of Anlu is in the hands of Tuhai, plus Wuchang, Huangzhou, and Jieshu Jiujiang in your hand and Anqing and Jiangning controlled by Yue Le. From Xiangyang in the west to Susong in the east, they are connected as one!"
Zhuobutai is worthy of being a veteran general at the same level as Wu Sangui, but he just adjusted the layout of the Qing army a little bit, and immediately turned the "long worm" into a "long dragon".
Originally, as long as Wu Sangui pinched the gate of Jingzhou, the Qing army had to send troops to reinforce them. They either abandoned their ships and landed on land; or they went westward from Hanyang and Wuchang and went upstream.
No matter which style of play, Wu Sangui's advantage is huge.
But now, the Qing army is connected by the Yangtze River and the Han River... There are still Xiangyang, Jingmen, Hanyang, and Zhongxiang in the Jianghan area, which are difficult to break fortresses that can be retreated.
No matter where Wu Sangui sent troops to attack, the Qing troops along the Yangtze River and the Han River could come to aid by boat.
Wu Sangui paced in the hall with his hands behind his back: "I didn't expect this kid to have such insight... No, it's not up to him to give up Jingzhou. It must be that Xuan Ye has an expert by his side!"
Hearing Wu Sangui mention "superior", Wu Yingxiong seemed to remember something, and hurriedly took out a copy from a pile of petitions and handed it to Wu Sangui.
"Father, look at this."
"This is..." Wu Sangui took a look at the letter and found that it was sent by Liu Jinzhong through Xue Zhang.
Three things were mentioned above.
One is that Emperor Kangxi had already issued an edict, announcing that the imperial conquest would be made in person, and Xiangyang was also chosen as the place where the imperial camp would be stationed.
The second is that Kangxi appointed Oboi's second elder brother, Zhuobutai, and granted Zhuobutai the title of Grand Master of the Hall of Martial Arts, Minister of State Council, Commander of the Bordered Yellow Banner, and Minister of Affairs of the Coated Banner Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs... and also appointed Oboi's first-class superintendent Duke Wu rewarded Zhuobutai.
The third is that Kangxi Ming issued an edict, ordering the kings in Beijing, Bei Le, Bei Zi, and the yamen of the Eight Banners to recruit the strong and strong coated banner troops to be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs!Moreover, a quota of [-] coats and bannermen was released to the generals of the green battalion...to recruit elite soldiers and officers from the green battalion to join the banner.
"Zhubutai!" Wu Sangui yelled, "It turned out to be Zhuobutai, an old fellow...Kangxi killed his two brothers, and he still works like this for Kangxi, he is really a good slave!"
"Father..." Wu Yingxiong looked at Wu Sangui's panic-stricken look, and knew something was wrong.
It seems that he was too happy!
The Qing Dynasty is not so easy to close down!
"Hurry up, send someone to summon the generals and military advisers here in Changsha. This commander is going to hold a military meeting! Since Xuan Ye wants to march in person, then this commander will have to cross the Yangtze River!"
Wu Sangui was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his tone had regained his composure. He still smiled and said to Wu Yingxiong: "Yingxiong, although this battle is easy to fight, we still have a great chance of winning. Because we have Another big card!"
"Big name?" Wu Yingxiong asked, "You mean Zhu Heqi?"
"It's not him," Wu Sangui sneered, "It's Geng Jingzhong!"
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"Hehe, this is a big opening for slaves! The wishful thinking of these Tartars is really good. They think that the heroes of the world don't want to be men who stand up to the sky, but they have to line up to be their slaves? Really? What a joke in the skiing world!"
In Changsha, inside the palace of the President, Wu Sangui was commenting on Emperor Kangxi's "New Deal for Slaves" with a look of disdain.The advisers and generals below were somewhat worried when the military discussion started, but after hearing Wu Sangui's words, they all showed smiles, and some people echoed loudly.
"That's right, now the world is divided into three parts, and good ministers are the masters. There are many places for heroes to go. Who wants to be the slave of the people?"
"It's not a slave, it's a coated slave...worse than a slave!"
"Haha, there are people who are not as good as the wrapped slaves! The green battalion soldiers are lower than the wrapped flag soldiers, and they are not as good as dogs!"
"Isn't it? The coated slaves are as reluctant to send out as treasures, so they give [-] places to the green camp. What are the green camp soldiers who can't even become coated slaves?"
"What? Vote for the president as the founding hero!"
"President, lead us across the river!"
"We're not afraid of the band of coated slaves and the green bastards who can't be coated slaves!"
"Yes, go across the river, and let Xuan Ye know what a Chinese man is!"
Wu Sangui listened to the rhetoric of these subordinates, the smiles on his old face were too many to let go, and he waved his hand immediately and said: "Everyone, I have to tell you a piece of good news... Jingnan King Geng under the banner of the Qing Dynasty Loyalty restores the ambition of China. He has already made an agreement with the old man, and when the old man and Xuan Ye face each other, he will fight back!
We have won the decisive battle in Jiangbei! "
Chapter 271 Winning is guaranteed, winning is numb!
Many people under Wu Sangui's command had vaguely heard the news that Geng Jingzhong was going to rebel against the Qing.Of course, except for a very few confidantes of President Wu, no one took this matter seriously.
How could the loyal sons of Lao Geng's family rebel against the Qing Dynasty?
Their family is ancestrally cowardly, and they are especially afraid of Manchuria. They are the kind of cowards who will die if they are slightly frightened by the Qing court.How could they rebel against the Manchus?
And Kangxi's little "Master Ma" treated Geng Jingzhong quite well, and gave him the job of the general manager of Fujian.Now there are "Geng Xuan" officials in Fujian.He's still pissed off?Do you still want to turn out an emperor?
For today's Geng Jingzhong, the best choice is to prepare gold, silver, treasures and beauties, and then lie down in Fuzhou Mansion, and wait for President Wu or the army of Zhu's father and son to attack the door, and then surrender directly... A meritorious surrender plus no harm to humans and animals, how can you not lose the title?
In such a troubled world, he was overtaken by such a useless thing, and in the end he could pass on a noble family to his descendants, and he should be content.
So now hearing Wu Sangui's announcement, the big guy was taken aback for a moment, and then a strange thought popped up in his mind - Geng Jingzhong turned out to be a shameful Geng family!
Then everyone thought: "Even the Geng family is ashamed...President Wu is not sure about winning! Now Xuanye, a little pockmarked person who doesn't want to die, delivers the goods to the door by himself. If he loses, the world will belong to the Wu family." .
The founding hero... is a mess! "
Thinking of these happy things, the group of warriors under Wu Sangui's command became excited.
One who jumped up was Wu Sangui's guard commander Ma Bao, who raised his arms and shouted: "President Wu...Long live!"
Then Wu Guogui, who rushed back from the front line in Jingzhou, also shouted: "Fight the Yangtze River, cross the Yellow River, and go straight to the Yellow Dragon!"
General Gao Dejie also shouted loudly, "Follow the President and enter Beijing...Long live the President!"
Wu Sangui's son-in-law, Hu Guozhu, also stood up and shouted: "Kill the barbarians and restore China...President Wu becomes the emperor!"
After Hu Guozhu shouted "President Wu is the emperor", everyone looked at Wu Sangui with fiery eyes!
The big guy followed Wu Sangui not to fight the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, but to serve Wu Sangui as a founding hero.
And Wu Sangui has never expressed his position on the question of whether he should be the emperor.When the subordinates tried to persuade him to get in, they were all stymied. When he said it in front of him, Wu Sangui said, "You're drunk."
So everyone below is in a hurry!
Now that Hu Guozhu took the lead and jumped out to persuade him to come in, there must be something going on, right?
Wu Sangui also knew that he had to show something at this time... Everyone's enthusiasm is so high, he can't pour cold water on it!
"Hahaha..." Wu Sangui laughed loudly, "Since everyone thinks that this old man should be the emperor, then this old man will explain to you... as long as you win the battle of Jiangbei, take Wuchang, Hanyang, An In the land of Lu, Jingmen, and Xiangyang, the old man ascended the throne in Wuchang! Then he went straight to Beijing and restored China! As for the third prince Zhu, he was named the king of Guangdong. In the future, my family will not cut down any vassals, and let the Zhu family continue to be the king of Guangdong for generations. Just be a prince."
"Long live Long live Long live……"
As soon as Wu Sangui finished speaking, there was thunderous cheers above the Xingyuan Hall!
Wu Sangui stood up, raised his right hand high, and the people below immediately fell silent, and all looked at Wu Sangui with burning eyes.
Wu Sangui said: "It's already May [-]th... we've had enough rest. Starting tomorrow, all armies that receive orders from my commander will immediately set off and march towards the police on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
On the first day of June, the commander-in-chief will swear to the Northern Expedition on the banks of the Yangtze River! "
"Long live Long live Long live……"
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Southeast of Beijing City, Nanhaizi.
The name Nanhaizi was left in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also called Nanyuan in the Qing Dynasty.It is a paddock for hunting and practicing martial arts, covering a very large area, including Yizhuang, Jiugong, Dahongmen, Nanyuan, Xihongmen, Huangcun and other places of later generations.A brick wall with a length of more than 100 miles was built around it, and it was tightly circled.
In the early morning of June 12st in the [-]th year of Kangxi, Xuan Ye, the "Emperor of the Qing Dynasty", led his civil and military officials, and came to Nanhaizi in a mighty manner under the protection of the imperial guards and officers and soldiers of the guard camp.
He's here for a military parade today!
Although Emperor Kangxi had already uttered ruthless words that the imperial conquest would be personally conscripted, but it was only a month ago.He is still steadfastly staying in Beijing without moving his nest!
However, the reason why he didn't move was not that the imperial conquest was over, but that his coated slave army hadn't completed the most basic training.Now it's a bit difficult to go out, let alone fight Wu Sangui, even going to Xiangyang, Hubei!
So his imperial conquest can only be delayed for a while.
Fortunately, Wu Sangui didn't cross the river immediately after he finished talking... Wu Sangui's original decisive battle plan was to surround Jingzhou to fight for aid, and after Tuhai was transferred from Wuhan, he blasted the Guyue embankment and flooded the Qing army inhumanely.At the same time, let Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong raise troops to sweep Jiangxi and contain Jieshu, so that Wu Yingqi can command the Wu family army in Yuezhou Prefecture to attack Wuchang.
However, after listening to Zhuobutai's opinion, Emperor Kangxi immediately adjusted his deployment and withdrew Le Erjin's troops from the dangerous place of Jingzhou.
So Wu Sangui's plan for the decisive battle in Jingzhou was in vain.
After the plan for the decisive battle in Jingzhou fell through, Wu Sangui did not cross the river immediately... Because Wu Sangui knew that Kangxi was going to "Stud", so he naturally had to be more prepared.
Wu Sangui's procrastination gave Emperor Kangxi time to prepare the army of coated slaves.
Zhuobutai, Wang Fuchen, and Mingzhu handed Kangxi a brochure 2000 days ago, saying that they had completed the task of recruiting [-] coat slaves ahead of schedule—the enthusiasm for being coat slaves is very high!Not only the "slave quota" was filled in advance, but also crossed the line, and more than [-] people were recruited.
These more than 3 coat-coated servants are strong and strong men, basically the children of tenant households who cultivate the banner fields outside Beijing.Therefore, their families are also under the control of the prince's mansion, Baylor's mansion, Beizi's mansion and the Eight Banners' yamen, and they are very reliable - and it is precisely because they are tenants who cultivate the banner fields that they know the benefits of being a coat slave...
Although the number of the Coated Slave Army is assembled, these people have not received military training, and there is no ready-made military organization. It must take some time to organize them into a line, and at the same time they must be equipped and learn basic combat Skill.
According to the plans of Zhuobutai and Wang Fuchen, two experts, without three months of rigorous training, these people would not be able to go to the battlefield.
But it was impossible for Kangxi to give them three months, because he didn't know when Wu Sangui would cross the Yangtze River?
Now that Jingzhou City has belonged to Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui may cross the Yangtze River at any time and enter this big city on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
But when Wu Sangui crossed the river, Kangxi would have to leave Beijing and go south...but it can't be that a few months after Wu Sangui crossed the river, Kangxi, who "conquered himself by the imperial driver", hadn't left the boundary of the capital.
In this way, the whole world will feel that Emperor Kangxi is cowardly!
So Emperor Kangxi could only give Zhuobutai and Wang Fuchen half a month.
After half a month, the coated slave army will be able to march, set up camp, and form a team to accept the inspection of Emperor Kangxi.
As for the ability to fight in battle...just train slowly when you arrive at Xiangyang Camp.
Anyway, as long as Kangxi came to Xiangyang, he would not be afraid of Wu Sangui.After arriving, there is no need to rush to launch an attack, just firmly defend Xiangyang, Jingmen, Anlu, Hanyang, and Wuchang, block Wu Sangui's northward and eastward advance, and then be more patient with Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui is in his sixties after all, is he really patient enough to persevere on the Jianghan Plain?
As long as he couldn't bear his temper and launched an attack first, then Kangxi would be able to dispatch troops back and forth through the "Yangtze River-Han River" waterway. No matter where Wu Sangui attacked, he would bump into the much larger main force of the Qing army.
So... Daqing wins!
Chapter 272: One hundred thousand troops cross the Yangtze River!If you don't break the Hulu, you won't return it!
In the 46th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of June, Hubei Public Security, Hudukou.
Under the scorching sun in June, a long pontoon bridge has been erected between the Hudukou and the Jingzhou moat on the opposite bank. On the large wasteland next to the Hudukou on the south bank, tens of thousands of Wu family soldiers and horses have stood neatly. Done.
For this decisive battle across the river, Wu Sangui spent a lot of money. He took out the military resources he had accumulated over the years, as well as the armor and equipment he had looted in the capture of Guizhou and Hunan.All the soldiers who were going to follow Wu Sangui across the Yangtze River today wore cloth face armor with iron plates.Moreover, the proportion of shotgun soldiers in the army has reached an astonishing [-]%!
Moreover, he spared no expense in purchasing military white sugar from Guangdong and black gunpowder from the inner factory—Wu Sangui and the Guangdong court had no superior-subordinate relationship, but had "internal diplomatic relations". After the army entered Guiyang Prefecture, Chenzhou and Yongzhou Prefecture, the Guangdong court sent him a batch of "military sugar" from the North Factory and "black powder" from the Inner Factory.At the same time, the North Factory and the Inner Factory also accepted Wu Sangui's order and sold a batch of "military sugar" and "black gunpowder" to Wu Sangui at the "anti-Qing friendly price".
In addition, Wu Sangui also asked people to cast a batch of bronze cannons in Yuezhou-Wu Sangui's army already had many cannons, and also trained a group of gunsmiths.But the road from Yunnan to Guizhou is really not easy.So the cannons were left in Yunnan, and the artillerymen and gunsmiths were brought out together.After conquering Yuezhou, a cannon factory was opened in Yuezhou, where the transportation is very convenient, and a large number of copper cannons were cast.
Except for a small part of the bronze cannons cast during this period stayed in Yuezhou, the rest were transported to the Public Security Bureau.At this moment, it is placed in front of the formation of tens of thousands of Wu family troops who are about to cross the river.
The doors and windows are all polished, and when the sun shines, they are all golden!
The spears and shotguns held by Wu Jiajun's infantry and cavalry armies also stretched out like a forest, just like a steel forest, also shining in the sun.
A group of gentry from Hunan and Hubei, as well as local people in Gong'an County, who had put on Han family clothes, were all "invited" to the edge of Hudu Pass by Wu Sangui's men. The army with high morale was speechless.
Under the watchful eyes of these "elders from the south of the Yangtze River", they saw dozens of war horses, surrounded by more than a hundred "sudden horses" of the Wu family, coming like a dragon.One of the tall knights was holding a yellow umbrella, and under the umbrella was Wu Sangui in a golden helmet and armor.Behind him, advisors such as Wu Yingxiong, Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Ma Bao, Wu Guogui, and Liu Xuanchu and Fang Guangchen all changed into military uniforms and followed Wu Sangui closely.