Chapter 139: Nightmare
Henan, Runing Province.
Kangxi leaned on a very loose chair, with a thick mattress on it, his face was slightly pale, after a long trek, the 50,000 Beijing camp army finally arrived at the border of Huguang, but under such a high-intensity marching speed, Kangxi was a little unbearable.
At the same time, a total of 70,000 horses and horses were stationed in Xuzhou at this time in Henan Province and Shanxi Green Camp under the jurisdiction of Alu, not only to guard against the back road and block the White Lotus bandits, but also to respond to Kangxi.
Since receiving the excerpts sent by Nian Qianyao and Cha Bina at the same time, Kangxi's mood has been getting worse day by day, he didn't expect that now the green camp of the Great Qing Kingdom has become like this, and Nian Qianyao's 30,000 people have finally entered Xunyang, but Cha Bina is still saying that he was dragged by Chu Yi?
Outrageous! What a joke!
Kangxi's eyes were a little dark, he held on to his spirits and opened the plea submitted by Yang Lin, but after reading the whole article, not only did not make Kangxi's expression better, but turned three points whiter, and even a little frightened.
"The green battalion is really not enough to fight, and it is necessary to abolish the green battalion and train a new army." Yang Lin's excerpts always revolve around the green camp, and there are not many other things, but in Kangxi's opinion, this is not the taste.
The so-called abolition of the green battalion and the formation and training of the new army does not mean that the current green battalion will be finished by changing its name, but that it is necessary to re-establish the foundation of the new army, simply put, it is to change the current green battalion military system, ask foreign priests for guidance, and need to buy and manufacture guns and artillery on a large scale and retrain them.
In these clauses, they are all asking for power from Kangxi, and they are also asking for power from the Han people. The reason is also very simple, this set is not surprising, and the firearms battalion currently trained by Yongzheng in Beijing is this way.
But the problem is that the Jingshi Firearms Battalion is the Eight Banners, and it is his own family. What is Green Camp? It was a urinal, and when it was needed, he sprinkled money and food to serve it. If you don't need it, you should be careful. In the hearts of the Manchu emperors, the green camp was both used and guarded, and their vigilance against the Han people never weakened.
Kangxi has even experienced the rebellion of the three feudatories, and he is very wary of the Han people, what is the matter with more than a dozen Eight Banners garrison generals in the world? Isn't it just used to supervise the soldiers of the Green Battalion, this important firearm naturally needs to be used by the Eight Banners, and as for the Green Battalion, even the sub-mother cannon is not allowed to be cast.
This set of things is clear and clear in everyone's hearts, but no one dares to say that Yang Lin, as the governor of Liangguang, was defeated under the city of Changsha.
However, Yang Lin's hard work was destined to be in vain, and his understanding of Kangxi has always stopped at the surface.
"That's it, Yang Lin is for the country and the people after all, and I really can't bear to kill him in the market, which makes people lose face. Spread my word, remove Yang Lin Hualing, deprive him of all official positions, and send him to serve in front of the Northwest Army. ”
Kangxi let out a long sigh, as if he couldn't bear it, he did it this time, and then gave an order, "Send an order to Fu Ning'an, let him hurry up and march, occupy Xinyang in mid-July, and open the passage for the army to go south." In addition, he sent an order to Cha Dena that if he delayed any longer and missed the military period, he would not have to come to see me again! ”
"Huh." Then a personal guard cautiously walked out of the door and spread the message.
After such an arrangement, Kangxi seemed to feel a little sleepy, and when he corrected the folds, he looked at the mung bean-sized words and was a little blurry, and his eyes were tired over time, and he didn't hold on anymore, so he called the waiter and went to sleep.
In the dream, Kangxi seemed to have returned to the time when he was first in power, and it was called a high-spirited person, whether it was Ao Bai or the three feudatories, he didn't care about it...... Just as Kangxi was sweeping the world with a sword, he inadvertently saw a figure walking towards him, with a smile on his face, holding a musket in his hand, and was doing a pose of aiming at Kangxi, with a roar, a projectile hit Kangxi's chest......
"Someone! Come! Kangxi woke up sweating profusely, screaming in his mouth, this time alarmed the palace maids who were serving the eunuchs outside, and some palace maids quickly came in to help Emperor Kangxi, and more palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground, waiting for Kangxi to send.
Kangxi wiped his face under the service of the palace maid, and looked at the bronze mirror, an old face, coupled with gray hair, had already announced the fact of aging.
"What time is it?"
"Back to the emperor, it's just past Yinzheng, and it's not dawn yet." The voice of the little eunuch who served was a little trembling, Kangxi's mood was a little bad along the way, and some slaves and maids who were not long-eyed were directly killed, which made people panic in the camp.
Kangxi didn't want to fall asleep anymore, I don't know why, he seemed to feel that the dream just now was very real, the dream in front was a portrayal of his life, but the figure in the back who shot at him with a gun didn't know where it came from, in front of him, Kangxi was as powerless as a lamb to be slaughtered.
"Isn't God warning you? If you talk about gun wielders, the closest one is probably Chu Shun, they started with the benefits of guns, but they are not .....comparable to others" When thinking of this section, Kangxi thought of Yang Lin and his letter of invitation, if it was ordinary, it was just that, and it was also recommended that Kangxi vigorously develop firearms.
As the saying goes, thinking about things day and dreaming at night, Kangxi can't be said to pay less attention to muskets, but it is precisely because of the importance that he does not dare to let go of the Han people to master, these eight banners are only more than one million people, while the Han people have 10,000, if firearms are developed, they really want to fight on the battlefield, how many nails can be hit by more than one million people?
"Well, if this battle can be won, everything will be restored to its original state..... At that time, it is necessary to strictly prohibit civilian firearms, and must not hide shotguns and other objects. Thinking of this, Kangxi continued to order, "Pass the decree and let Alu divide 50,000 troops to come here, as for the White Lotus Sect, let's focus on guarding." ”
100,000 people is the largest force that Kangxi can concentrate in the north at present, and if it is larger, the logistics and food will be unsustainable, so it is not that Kangxi does not want to continue to expand his military strength, but he really can't. After all, this place is far away from the capital, and it is difficult to allocate more soldiers and horses for a while.
The Aru Army, which is close at hand, is naturally a better choice, the 50,000 Eight Banner Army plus the 50,000 Green Battalion, if you count the 30,000 Shaanxi Army of Yunyang Nian Qianyao, and the 100,000 Qing Army of Cha Bina, they can also gather another 230,000 people on the Huguang battlefield, which is already all the big names that Kangxi can take out at present.
This battle can be called the largest battle launched by Kangxi since the three feudatories, and if the number of people far exceeds that of the expedition to Galdan, it can be seen that in Kangxi's eyes, the threat of Chu rebellion is really great.