Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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And this set of strategies and tactics of "keeping peace and seeking peace" has been very successful so far!

Under today's military technology conditions, positional defense warfare is obviously much easier than fortified warfare.

What's more, the Qing army still has an advantage in numbers, and it also has three times the enemy's cavalry advantage!

Therefore, the battle in Zhuxian Town lasted from the night of the [-]th to the early morning of the [-]th. After seven days and eight nights of battle, there was still no winner.

A draw appears to be imminent!

Now the corpses are piled up on the battlefield north of Zhuxian Town, and the blood donation has soaked through the melting snow, forming large expanses of blood-colored mud.The Qing army's fortress made of carts, shield carts, sandbags, and snow piled up was made gaps one after another by the artillery shells and grenade hammers of the Wu army... In several large gaps, corpses It was even more intertwined, the soldiers from both sides of Qing and Zhou died overlapping each other in this way.

Emperor Kangxi was still standing unsteadily on a roof in the village not too far from the battlefield, looking south, and saw that under the light of fire and moonlight, Wu Zhoujun was reorganizing his team and preparing to attack again!

Endless, when is the head!

Just when Emperor Kangxi felt a little hopeless, Zhou Peigong's shout suddenly came from his ear: "Good news! Good news... Your Majesty, great victory!"

Great victory?

Emperor Kangxi was stunned, and almost suspected that he was so tired that he had auditory hallucinations... These days, it seems that only Zhuxian Town has a big battle, and there are no big fights elsewhere. Where did the big victory come from?

Could it be that the pseudo-Ming army attacked Guazhoubu?

Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi lowered his head and looked down, only to find that there were many people standing in the courtyard below——Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Gabula, Li Wei, Du Lide, Feng Pu, Xiong Cilu , Wang Fuchen, and Zhou Peigong are all here!

Most of them came from Kaifeng - this time Kangxi brought most of the imperial court with him, so Kaifeng Bank had to deal with a lot of government affairs every day, and Kangxi didn't bother to ask, so he left it to that Several bachelors and ministers of the South Study Room.

What's going on with these bachelors and ministers of the South Study Room?Why did you come to the front line?

How big a victory is this?

Thinking of this, Kangxi asked: "Where is the big victory?"

"Your majesty, come down first..." Kangxi's old father-in-law, Gabula, greeted Kangxi to come down from the roof, "How dangerous is it for you to stand so high? What if you fall?"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, come down..."

"Your majesty, come down first, let's talk slowly."

"Yeah, let's talk slowly if you have something to say, you stand so tall..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, come down quickly!"

What do you mean by that?What's wrong with being afraid that the emperor will jump off the building?

Kangxi was confused when he heard it, but he still climbed down the ladder. After standing firmly on the ground, he asked, "Tell me, where is the big victory?"

"Beijing..." Zhou Peigong handed a booklet to Kangxi while talking, "Your Majesty, this is Prince Gong's booklet."

"Great victory in Beijing?" Kangxi asked as he took the paper, "Did you catch Burni? This traitor should be executed early!"

Everyone around Kangxi was silent... This is not unusual!

Kangxi felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly opened the memorial, and Eunuch Gui and Duolong who were waiting beside him hurriedly raised two lanterns to light them for him.

When Kangxi opened the memorial, he was shocked.

Because this booklet sent in the name of Prince Gong Changning was written in Mongolian characters, and Kangxi recognized at a glance that it was Bumbutai's handwriting!

Needless to say, this memorial was written by Bumbutai himself, and the content is to report to Kangxi "the great victory of expelling the Yuan, Zhou, and Ming families and regaining the Forbidden City"!

"The Forbidden City actually..." Only halfway through, Emperor Kangxi felt his eyes darken and his head dizzy, as if he had been hit by a sap suddenly.

Although he already knew that Beijing was attacked by Burni, he didn't know that the Forbidden City was lost, and he didn't know that his grandmother Bumbutai and his wife Hesheli had all retreated to Bada Hutong... The rumor that was so outrageous that no one believed it was actually true!

What made Kangxi even more terrified was that the old grandmother still told Emperor Kangxi to end the battle in Henan as soon as possible in the letter and lead the army back to the north of the Yellow River!

There is no doubt that Bumbutai did not tell Kangxi all about the bad situation in Beijing!

"Your Majesty..." Zhou Peigong suddenly came up to speak at this time, "Why don't you allow Wu Sangui to make peace, and we will confront Wu Sangui from north to south, and divide the world equally!"

What?When did Wu Sangui put forward such a condition?Kangxi was confused for a while, and turned to look at Zhou Peigong.

And the ministers around him also seemed to wake up from a dream at this time, and they echoed one after another.

"Yes, yes, your majesty, promise to share the world with Wu Sangui equally!"

"Your Majesty, the situation is pressing now, so take a step back!"

"Your Majesty, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, just spare Wu Sangui's life temporarily..."

Chapter 462 Wu Yingqi, You Only Win if You Become the President!

"Why can't I still fight...there are too many Qing prisoners..."

Wu Yingqi held up the binoculars, with a livid face, staring blankly at the Qing army's chariots in front of him—this was the last car that the Qing army had placed outside Zhuxian Town, the last one that had not yet been captured by Wu Zhou's army. build up.

If this car fort was breached by Wu Yingqi's army, then the Qing army's major stronghold in Kaifeng Prefecture would probably only be Kaifeng Prefecture.

This car fort occupies a large area, and it can hold tens of thousands of troops inside!But the barriers on all sides are thin and low, as if they can be kicked over with feet.But such a thin and low barrier can offset most of the power of the shells and sugar bombs.No matter how many solid shells Wu Yingqi's men fired, or how many bombs filled with sugar powder they threw, it seemed that there was nothing they could do against this thin, low barrier.

It seems that the only way to overcome this barrier is to let the Zhou army warriors in heavy armor rush in and kill or expel all the defenders inside!

But the problem is that the number of Qing prisoners is too large to die, and they are well dispatched, and there are backups to rely on.

They always seem to be able to send a force to enter the chariot along a trench and two fences under the control of the Qing army on the north side of the chariot before the victory of the Zhou army warriors.Then he drove out the Zhou army soldiers who were exhausted from the battle.

Wu Yingqi also thought about cutting off the channel that the Qing army used to support the car base, but the Qing army's cavalry guarded not far behind their car base. Once they saw Wu Zhou's army trying to turn around, they would immediately send out several times the number. The cavalry charged.

Although the combat effectiveness of these Eight Banners cavalry is not very strong, a casual charge of the four-legged cavalry is enough for the two-legged infantry to drink a pot!

What's more, the number of these Eight Banners cavalry is very large, and when they charge up, they will be overwhelming.

And if Wu Yingqi sent a mixed infantry and cavalry brigade to go around to fight, he would be bombarded by the Qing army's Weiyuan general artillery, sub-mother artillery, and general artillery placed in the car base. At the same time, the Qing army's infantry would rely on the A channel composed of ditches and fences was deployed to cooperate with the car bases and cavalry on both wings to fight against Wu Zhou's army.

Wu Yingqi and others also thought about using a roundabout tactic to force the Qing army to abandon the car fort. However, when the [-] paces led by Wu Guogui and Ma Bao rode to the Qing army's rear and made a detour, they found that the Qing army had already captured the north of Zhuxian Town. Dozens of villages in the area have been converted into fortifications—this area has been flooded frequently in the past few decades, so most of the villages have built flood protection dikes on the periphery. When there is no flood, these flood protection dikes are low but very strong the wall!

The tens of thousands of cavalry and a considerable number of infantry of the Qing army are now scattered among these villages.Although there are not many troops in each village, there are only about [-] infantry and cavalry.

But when a village is attacked, the infantry and cavalry in the remaining villages will quickly gather reinforcements.

Feeling helpless, Wu Guogui and Ma Bao temporarily returned to Zhuxian Town.

So in the past few days, although Wu Yingqi, Liu Xuanchu, Wu Guogui, Ma Bao, Wu Shicong and others tried their best, they were still unable to defeat the Qing army on the battlefield north of Zhuxian Town.

While Wu Zhou's army was invincible for a long time, their casualties and ammunition consumption inevitably increased steadily.

Looking at another round of offensive waves carefully organized by myself, after breaking into the Qing army's car base, due to lack of stamina, it fell short again, and was driven out by the desperately counterattacking Qing army.Looking at the battlefield under the darkness of night, there are exhausted soldiers of the Wu Zhou army everywhere.Wu Yingqi could only let out a long sigh: "Mingjin withdraws troops... let's go back to Zhuxian Town first!"

After giving the order to withdraw troops, he took his own soldiers back to Zhuxian Town with a heavy heart, and as soon as he walked into the lobby of his Chinese army, he saw Liu Xuanchu and Wang Shirong with a little face, wearing a pair of A middle-aged man wearing a hood to cover his "bald head" was waiting there.

Just as Wu Yingqi wanted to ask a question, the middle-aged man stepped forward and saluted, and said with a smile, "The envoy of the Qing Emperor, Zhou Peigong, has seen General Wu!"

It turned out that it was Zhou Peigong who came.

"An envoy of Kangxi?" Wu Yingqi snorted coldly, "The battle has come to this point, does Kang Mazi still want to seek peace?"

Zhou Peigong smiled and said: "The battle has been fought so far, isn't it just the time to make peace? It's been eight days... If there is a victory, it will be divided long ago! If there is no victory until now, it means that there will be no victory. If you fight, you will lose both.”

"Is it because Kangxi can't afford to die?" Wu Yingqi sneered and sat down on a grand teacher's chair, and ordered Liu Xuanchu and Wang Shirong to take their seats, but Zhou Peigong was not invited to sit.

Wu Yingqi said again: "This general is not afraid of death! In Zhuxian Town alone, I got 10 people, and there are no less than ten thousand of them who can serve as soldiers... I got them in Nanyang, Runing, and Ruzhou. The population is no less than 150 million, of which there are no less than [-] strong men who can join the army! I am not afraid of fighting for my life!"

"General," Zhou Peigong said with a smile, "it's because Da Zhou is not as afraid of attrition as I am in the Qing Dynasty...but if you continue to consume like this, you will still lose, General!"

"Hehe," Wu Yingqi seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke, "How could I lose? How could I lose? I sent troops from Xiangyang Mansion, and now they are almost hitting the Yellow River!"

Zhou Peigong shook his head, "General, the victory or loss mentioned by the minister is the victory or loss of the general himself, not the victory or loss of your Great Zhou Kingdom."

"What do you want to say?" Wu Yingqi narrowed his eyes, his face darkened, a face that looked very similar to Wu Sangui was already full of murderous intent.

Zhou Peigong didn't care at all, he still smiled and said: "General, I feel that the general can only truly win if he becomes the president!"

"Bastard!" Wu Yingqi became angry immediately, "Someone is here! Drag this Zhou out and behead him!"

"Wait a minute, general!"

"Don't kill him, General!"

Liu Xuanchu and Wang Shirong spoke together...Of course they have to help Zhou Peigong!

Zhou Peigong came to use the "strategy of ceding land and seeking peace". The two countries are fighting each other, and they are envoys who seek peace without cutting off the ground!

And...they both felt that Wu Yingqi really wanted to be the president, so there was a high probability that he would not really kill Zhou Peigong.

So they have to do this favor, and make clear their position by the way!

Sure enough, Wu Yingqi listened to the persuasion. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers who were really going to arrest and kill Zhou Peigong retreated, and then looked at Zhou Peigong coldly.

Zhou Peigong still looked confident, and said with a smile: "In the battle of Zhuxian Town, both sides have already lost... Now that the two tigers of the Qing and Zhou are fighting fiercely, Nanming may not be too happy! And the general has led troops to fight for so many years , You should know whether you can reach the city of Beijing this time.

If the [-] troops fight hard for several months, with heavy losses in the end, and gain nothing because of Nanming's attack... Will there be anyone to support you then?It's better to come and accept it.

I won't hide it from you anymore, let's buy it now!You took Nanyang Mansion, Runing Mansion, Xuzhou, Kaifeng Mansion, Ruzhou, Henan Mansion and Shanzhou and other three prefectures and four prefectures, and then you made peace with the Qing Dynasty and returned in triumph.

If the general can win this step, the Zhou army, including the president, will definitely look at the general with admiration. "

Wu Yingqi was moved, because Zhou Pei's offer was really good!

Now Wu Yingqi only took down Nanyang, Runing, Ruzhou, and Xuzhou, and Zhou Peigong added Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Shanzhou to him.Henan Mansion (Luoyang) and Kaifeng Mansion are big mansions. Even if Kangxi moved part of the population, how can there be more than one million people left on the land of the two mansions.

And Shanzhou is a battleground for military strategists... It's stuck at the gate of Tongguan!

After winning Shanzhou, plus Nanyang and Hanzhong already in the hands of Wu Zhou, Wu Zhou will be able to win the land of Shaanxi and Gansu when the Ming and Qing Dynasties fight in the future.

If Wu Yingqi can bring back such a victory, his father Wu Sangui will be very satisfied!

Thinking of this, Wu Yingqi no longer sat on the ground and raised the price, but laughed and said: "Okay, if Kangxi is willing to retreat first and return to the north of the Yellow River, then this general will spare him his death according to this condition!"

Chapter 463 President, it's time to take medicine!

Jiangling, the Young President's Palace.

In Wu Yingxiong's study, the three people looked at each other silently.Wu Yingxiong's current status as a young president is a bit embarrassing, because Wu Sangui's position as president comes from the official position of "Presidential Commander-in-Chief".

Theoretically speaking, this great president is still an "official", not a "jue", let alone a title of "monarch".

Because Wu Sangui was planning to be emperor in his lifetime, he did not formally establish the "presidential hereditary system".Since the "presidential hereditary system" has not been established, the position of "junior president" does not actually exist.So Wu Yingxiong's "Young President" is just a big guy calling him in private, not his official official position, and Wu Yingxiong's official official position is actually the Prime Minister of Zhou.

Although the position of prime minister is under one person in Dazhou, it is above ten thousand people, and it is the second official position after the president.

But there is no famous document stipulating that the heir of the president must be the prime minister!

And Wu Yingxiong, the prime minister, has no military power!

Because Wu Sangui felt that Wu Yingxiong was a scholar who didn't know how to fight, he only let the prime minister's mansion take charge of government affairs, and the general power was transferred to the presidential mansion, which he personally controlled.Although Guo Zhuangtu, the commander of the presidential palace who assisted Wu Sangui in command of the army, and Fang Guangchen, the chief secretary of the presidential palace, are all supporters of Wu Yingxiong.

But this military power is not in Wu Yingxiong's own hands after all!

But this is not the worst... The worst thing is that Wu Yingxiong also has a younger brother Wu Yingqi who is in charge of the military!

Moreover, this Wu Yingqi recently led Wu Zhou's [-] troops to fight against the Qing army led by Emperor Kangxi in the area of ​​Zhuxian Town in Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province-this is a huge gamble!

And Wu Yingxiong, the "young president", has a feeling that his fate is being used as a bargaining chip on the gambling table - a bargaining chip, not a gambler!

This feels really bad!

Wu Yingxiong reckoned that if Wu Yingqi won the battle in Zhuxian Town, then his life would have to be handed over to Wu Yingqi!

And if Kangxi wins in Zhuxian Town, it will be Zhu Heqi or Kangxi's turn to take Wu Yingxiong's head.

The only source of vitality seems to be "Baoping"... A draw may damage Wu Yingqi's prestige and lose his qualification to compete for the heir to the presidency.

So when the Zhuxian Town battle fell into a stalemate, Wu Yingxiong saw hope for a while, and felt that God still favored him, and he still had the hope of becoming the president or even the emperor.

But early this morning, General Wu's Lubu quickly arrived at Jiangling Mansion!

There are two copies of the good news, one is sent directly to the presidential palace, and the other is now in Wu Yingxiong's hands.

Wu Yingxiong had carefully read this good news over and over again. Wu Yingxiong's two confidantes, the fourth sister Kong Sizhen and the head of the Prime Minister Shi Hongshiming stood on both sides, and they also had gloomy expressions.

At the end, Wu Yingxiong shook his hands and threw the victory report on the table, covering his face with his big plump hands, and sighed deeply: "Kangxi actually ceded the four prefectures and three prefectures in Henan Province to ask for help." And... and the whole army has retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River! The second brother's army has now entered the city of Kaifeng."

"...Although the win was not much, he only won half of the province. The loss was not small, with nearly [-] people killed and seriously injured. But he won in the end! And he won several state capitals in the west of Henan Afterwards, the gates of Shaanxi and Gansu were opened to him. As long as Zhu and Qi's army went to the north, he could easily enter Guanzhong westward and swallow the two provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu in one fell swoop.

If things continue like this, even if there is no change in the Xuanwu Gate, sooner or later there will be a battle of Jingnan! "

Listening to President Wu Shao's tone, both Kong Sizhen and Hong Shiming felt sour, and their tears came down.

This Wu Yingxiong's ability in fighting and managing politics is actually not very good... He has been a hostage since he was a child, so he never had the opportunity to practice it!

But he also has his strengths, he is very good at coaxing people - he lived by coaxing people during those years in Beijing!