Chapter 235: Battle Kangxi (5)
Nersu's face was a little gloomy, although he gave the order to intercept and kill the sentinels of the Fu Han army, but the problem was that one of the sentry spies should not have escaped, which was equivalent to letting the Fu Han army know that there was a problem with Huangjiapu in the shortest possible time, so that there would naturally be precautions, and it would not be able to play the role of a surprise soldier at that time.
The whole situation has begun to become out of control, which makes Nersu a little anxious, he can be regarded as alone this time, but the errand has gone wrong, and it is really difficult to deal with the emperor. But even so, Nersu had to bite the bullet and immediately inform Emperor Kangxi of the news, otherwise it would be a big crime to delay the military aircraft.
The war was unusual, and Nersu didn't dare to gamble with his own life, so he quickly drafted a war report, and then handed it over to his own soldiers around him, and rode away in the direction of Kongcheng.
"The slave Nersu has a blunt report, Chu Reverse Sentinel approached Huangjiapu at noon today, and my cavalry battalion army could not evacuate, nor could it cover up, so he killed the sentry..... Chu Reverse may be able to detect the traces of the army of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion. ”
"Smack!" Although this war report was written more tactfully, it still made Kangxi angry, and he slapped the war report on the table, but it was too hard, making his palms red.
"What a Neersu, thanks to my trust in him so much, I handed over this chess piece that was hard to hide to him, but there was such an incident, it was really inconsiderate, tell Narsu, I will write it down for the time being, this battle can only be won and not lost."
Kangxi gasped, he felt that he was really wronged, he always needed to wipe his butts with his courtiers, this emperor was really aggrieved, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he immediately attacked the ministers again.
"Torei, is Bai Huang still in prison at this time?"
The Criminal Department's Man Shangshu Tuolai hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, after Tongcheng fell into the hands of thieves, Bai Huang rushed to the army with dozens of people, and then went to prison, and is still locked in a cell. ”
"Humph! Tongcheng is the lifeblood of our army, but also the key logistics point, when I went south to Anqing, I entrusted Tongcheng to Alsonga and Bai Huang, Alsonga is young and vigorous, it is necessary to Bai Huang's assistance, but also the heart of Bai Huang, want to give him the opportunity to display his ambitions. ”
Kangxi looked annoyed, "But in the end, Tongcheng was still lost, and Arsona was ashamed of his father, and now he has killed himself to thank the world, and I can't bear to blame more." But Bai Huang is an old minister, not to mention the loss of the city and land, what kind of face is still alive in the world now? ”
After hearing this, everyone understood that this was to give Bai Huang death, but Bai Huang was only a Han man, and no one spoke for him, and even the military department was full of Shangshu Xunzhu who was pretending to be deaf and dumb. It was Zhang Tingyu who had some intersections with Bai Huang, and now he had to sigh secretly.
The Criminal Department Manshang Shutuo Lai immediately received the order to leave, and wanted to come to find Bai Huang to fulfill the righteousness, but after such a while, the ministers were a little trembling, and Kangxi's temper has become more and more violent in the past few days, and the ministers are sent at every turn, although everyone is miserable, they dare not say a word.
"Now that the whereabouts of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion have been discovered, I am afraid that the idea of using Lu Gongshan as bait will not work. What are your thoughts? Kangxi's face was a little ugly, and he glanced around at the ministers.
It was a matter of military affairs, naturally the military department Shangshu had to come out first, seeing that the Han Shangshu and Bai Huang of the military department had been sent down, Xun Zhu did not dare to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, knelt on the ground and said: "This ..... The minions thought ..... At that moment, it may be possible to order the Minister of the Guard, Fuguo Gong Puzhao, to lead an army of 20,000 Green Battalions to attack Tongcheng first, in order to test the truth of Chu's rebellion..."
This opinion made Kangxi frown, and it was also Xunzhu's wrong, he had never been in contact with the war, and in the early years, he was also an official in the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, and later succeeded Yin Tebu as the secretary of the military department, and all the affairs were handed over to Han Shangshu to do, and he himself really didn't know very well.
Now that the prelude to this army is right, naturally Kangxi can't be satisfied, firstly, he thinks that Xunzhu is a full-time minister, and he needs to get by in terms of face, and secondly, it is not good to abolish a military department in public, and then there will be no suitable person to work, so he waved his hand immediately, and Xunzhu retreated to the side as if he had been amnestied.
Just when Kangxi was disappointed, a minister stood up, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that what Lord Xunzhu said is biased. ”
These words made all the ministers feel a little uncomfortable, and in front of Emperor Kangxi, they accused the military department of being biased, but it was not something ordinary people could do, just look at this person again, but it felt natural.
It turns out that the origin of this minister is really not simple, his name is Fahai, his surname is Tong Jiashi, his background is terrifying, he is the second son of Tong Guogang, the uncle of the dynasty, and Tong Guogang's younger brother Tong Guowei is still Kangxi's father-in-law, so Tong Jia's power in the court is not ordinarily large, in this case, Tong Jia's children are all high-ranking officials, like Tong Fahai's elder brother Oro Dai, who was the minister of the guard before, so some people even say that there is a Tong Banchao today.
However, Tong Fahai is different from the ordinary children of Tong Jia's family, he was originally a concubine, born to a maidservant, and he has never received the attention of his father Tong Guogang since he was a child, and his relationship with his brother is not harmonious, it can be said that the father does not think of the son, the brother does not think of the brother, and the brother does not think of the brother.
In this case, Tong Fahai can be said to be quite hard-working, studying hard since he was a child, and was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of twenty-four, so he is a person with real talent and learning. Later, Tong Fahai was gradually appreciated by Kangxi, and at the age of twenty-eight, he was selected by Kangxi to become the master of the thirteenth and fourteenth elder brothers.
However, good luck did not always favor Tong Fahai, he was implicated in the prince's case because of the thirteenth elder brother, and was directly demoted to review, and it was not until a few years ago that he was reinstated. Later, Kangxi also promoted Tong Fahai to the governor of Guangdong, and he had quite a lot of political achievements, so he was also valued by Kangxi.
"Tong Fahai, in your opinion, what should our army do?"
There wasn't much emotion in Kangxi's tone, and it seemed that he had slowly become calm, just looking at Tong Fahai's eyes, but it softened a little. For capable people, Kangxi has always been more tolerant.
Tong Fahai said cautiously: "At present, the situation of our army is passive, that is, Chu Rebellion can be consumed, and our army cannot be consumed for a long time, if we attack Tongcheng, I am afraid it will be difficult to attack in a short time." ”
This is a big truth, if the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was really so easy to defeat Tongcheng, the current situation would not have become so bad, and Kangxi himself would not have such strange illusions in his heart, and this is naturally a complete denial of Xunzhu's meaning.
"As for the current difficulty of our army, it is how to turn the passive into the active, forcing Chu Shun to have to fight a decisive battle with our army out of the city, the key point is the North Kip Pass, as long as our army makes a posture of attacking the North Kip Pass, then the Fu Han army will go out of the city to rescue no matter what. After all, Beikip Pass is originally a small pass, which cannot accommodate too many people, and the terrain is not precipitous, so it is not difficult to overcome. ”
A smile finally appeared on Kangxi's face, Tong Fahai's thoughts were actually quite similar to his, and he naturally felt a little more appreciative in his heart.
"Using the North Kip Pass as a bait to lure Chu Rebellion out of the city to rescue, and then our army will fight against it, and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is ready to attack in Huangjiapu, thinking that it can force back the current Chu Rebellion army."
Tong Fahai knelt on the ground with his head down, but his face was getting calmer and calmer, all the training he had received over the years had finally sharpened this sword.