Chapter 337: Zhou Peigong's Suggestion

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Time flew by, Wu Sangui's offensive was fierce, and by the end of March, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Hunan had all fallen into the hands of Wu Sangui. Shaanxi Wang Fuchen rebelled, Shaanxi fell, Sun Yanling seized power in the south, and Guangxi was attached to Wu Sangui. And what is even more annoying is Geng Jingzhong of Fujian, who seized Guangdong quietly, and Shang Kexi, who was originally interested in the imperial court, became a prisoner. Kangxi didn't expect Geng Jingzhong to rebel so quickly, since the last time Geng and Shang entered Beijing, Geng Jingzhong was quite respectful, and in the next two years, he would pay tribute to the imperial court every year A large number of valuable treasures, so Kangxi still trusts Geng Jingzhong.

Of course, this kind of trust is relative to the other two kings, but the current result is that Shang Kexi did not oppose it, but he Geng Jingzhong took the lead in rebelling. If it's the other way around, it's the other way around, but I didn't expect that most of the troops in Fujian would be transformed into a naval division and still have such strong combat effectiveness. The continuous reports showed that Fujian was not at all as they had learned, with only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the actual number of soldiers and horses reached nearly 50,000. The more than 10,000 cavalry, infantry, and naval soldiers on the Luzon side of the island were unknown to the imperial court and other forces, so the army in Fujian is now nearly 50,000.

The 50,000 army, although it is not as good as Wu Sangui's hundreds of thousands, is second only to Wu Sangui's strength. Sun Yanling in Guangxi had a total of more than 20,000 soldiers, and Wang Fuchen in Shaanxi had more soldiers, reaching 40,000. Although the army of Fujian only accounts for half of them, their strength is quite strong, otherwise it would not have taken only one month to break through and take Guangdong. You need to know that Shang Kexi also has 20,000 soldiers and horses. That strength is not weak.

So far. It has been four months since Wu Sangui raised his army, and the only places that the imperial court really controlled were Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Zhili (Hebei), Henan, Shanxi, and Liaoning outside the Guan, and half of the territory of the country was lost. As for Tibet and Mongolia, Tibet was instigated and bribed by Wu Sangui, who provoked military friction from time to time. However, it sympathized with Wu Sangui in politics, but it was still wavering in its attitude towards the Qing Dynasty, and it had always expressed its unwavering attitude and did not explicitly participate in the rebellion.

And the Mongolian side is different! March 25. Kangxi received an alert from the foot of the Great Wall: the Mongol Chahar tribe Bulni rebelled in Sangui and rebelled. Bulni is a descendant of the Mongolian Lindan Khan, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan's golden family. After the death of Lin Dan Khan, his eldest son Ezhe was subdued by Houjin and was made a prince. After Ezhe died of illness, his brother Abunai became the prince, and the Qing court also married him a princess, making him a Qing Dynasty Eyu. However, because Abunai was haunted by the shame of his ancestors, he did not see him for many years. Therefore, the Qing court dismissed him from his post and imprisoned him in Shengjing.

Abunai had two sons. The eldest son, Burni, and the second son, Luo Buzang. Brni inherited the title of prince, but Burnny's attitude was the same as that of his father, but Burnny's hatred of the Qing dynasty deepened due to the imprisonment of Abney. Born to a princess, Brnie is a flesh and blood relative to the court, but this hatred cannot be concealed by this little blood relationship. Wu Sangui rebelled, Kangxi sent most of the army out, and the capital was empty at this time. At this time, Burney also thought that the time had come to break away from the Qing Dynasty, and resolutely decided to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty.

"At this time, there are no soldiers to send in the capital, but you should tell me how to meet the enemy?" Kangxi has just turned eighteen, but now he looks like he is thirty years old, his face is mature, his expression is haggard, and he has not slept a good night these days.

"Your Majesty, Bulni imprisoned Seleng, and had already made it clear that he was going to rebel, and the minister thought that he should close Zhangjiakou and prevent the rebels from continuing to advance eastward. As for the soldiers and horses, they should be drawn from Shanxi. Zhangjiakou was originally subordinate to Datong Mansion, so it should be allowed to let the Datong General Soldier Yi Ruolang send troops to guard it, as long as Zhangjiakou is held, the Chahar rebels can only jump into the Xuanfu area and cannot enter Zhili. "Although Mingzhu is said to be the main station, it is indeed difficult for the capital to divide troops at this time, and his construction is an old saying.

Purni conspired with his younger brother Lobzang and the tribal leaders Azari Lama, Sangge Hunjin, Karma Seleng, Budari, Badari, Ba Na, Chenttar, Garzhao, Karma, Bo Tuo and others, and unanimously agreed to raise troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. Burni and his brother Lobzang immediately began to prepare weapons, reorganize and train the soldiers and horses of the Four Banners of Chahar's right flank. The Chahar capital was in Jinjin, and the Khalkha Duke Truizhab, who was attached to the Chahar, also actively supported the anti-Qing plans of the princes Burni and Luo Buzang. At the same time that Burni sent people to contact the officers and soldiers of the left wing of Chahar stationed in Xuanfu, he also sent people to instigate the Mongol princes of various banners to participate in the anti-Qing uprising. Zamuchan, the king of Naiman Banner County, to which Chahar belonged, responded positively to Burnni's call, so Burni decided to start the event on the 25th day of the third lunar month.

It's just that he didn't expect that his plan was discovered by Princess Xinzhu, who was married to Changshi, and she secretly sent her younger brother Azigen to Beijing to inform. Kangxi was also taken aback when he received the report, and after discussing with Xiaozhuang, he sent the guard Saleng to Yizhou, wanting to summon Bulni and Rob to hide in Beijing in the name of deliberations. Burney immediately saw Kangxi's plan, did not enter Beijing and imprisoned the guard Seleng. On 25 March, Bulni, Luo Buzang, Azari Lama, Monk Hunjin Lama, Khalkha Gongdrizab, Dutong Jinjin, and Deputy Dutong Budari led 8,000 iron cavalry to oppose the Qing Dynasty, and the army went straight to Zhangjiakou to prepare to join forces with Chan Erji, the minister of the scattered rank of the Chahar Left Wing Four Banners, the first-class guard Ada, and the staff commander Shushilan, who were transferred to Xuanfu.

The four banners of the left wing of Chahar have been attached to the Qing court for nearly 30 years, although Chanerji, Ada, and Shushilan are also regarded as holding heavy troops, but they have enjoyed all the glory and wealth in these years, and they do not want to participate in the rebellion anymore, and at the same time they also have a deep fear of the Manchu Qing, and the three of them do not dare to confront the Manchu court at all. However, the officers and soldiers of the Four Banners of the Chahar Left Wing did not have this concern, and despite the obstruction of Chan Erji, they officially mutinied in Xuanfu on this day, destroyed the side wall of the Great Wall and went to join Burnny's team. In just two days, Burnny's rebel army reached 15,000 men, quickly reached the western Hubei Xi north of Zhangjiakou, seized the imperial court horse factory and some Qing court ministers' horse factory, and then continued to advance into Zhangjiakou.

"What's the use of talking about that now? Datong's soldiers and horses could not move, and it was not only necessary to guard against other Mongol tribes. It is also necessary to guard against the king's ministers in the west. Shaanxi and Gansu have basically fallen into the hands of Wang Fuchen. Once he approached the capital to the east. Shanxi must have enough troops and horses to resist. Kangxi waved his hand irritably and said.

The ministers were numb at this time, and they couldn't think of any good way for a while. Even if there is an urgent conscription at this time, it will not be enough, and the recruits will not be the opponent of the more than 10,000 Chahar iron cavalry in any case. At this time, not only Kangxi was anxious, but other ministers were also anxious.

"Your Majesty!" When everyone was silent, a loud voice came, and everyone turned their heads to look. But it was Zhou Peigong who was talking. "Your Majesty, Weichen please send down the imperial decree to recruit all the kings of Beijing, Beile, Beizi and the house slaves of the banner owner, so that you can get more than 30,000 elite soldiers immediately. Then choose a general who can fight well, and ask for assistance from the ministers, within half a month, if you can't sweep away the change of Chahar, please ask the emperor to rule the crime of bullying the king! ”

When the other ministers heard this, their eyes couldn't help but light up, this was indeed an excellent construction. Which of them did not have a hundred and eighty house slaves? Just above the lobby, the families of these officials could make up five or six thousand house slaves. Not to mention the entire capital? "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to lead the troops to the battle. and made a military order. ”

Tu Hai is the Yellow Banner Manchuria is all listening, but most of the soldiers and horses under his command have been dropped to Jingzhou at the moment, and they are preparing to fight with Wu Sangui. He is now a veritable commander of the light pole, and he is also the head of the six ministries of the Ministry of Rites, so it is reasonable to take the initiative to ask for help. He has always wanted to lead the army to the expedition, but the capital has always been inseparable from his guard, if the third prince of Zhu attacks the capital again, it will be troublesome. And now that the capital has been screened dozens of times, and it is determined that there is no more chaotic party, he wants to lead the army even more. But at this time, where are the soldiers and horses in the capital that can be mobilized? Therefore, all day long, I was frustrated that I couldn't go out because I had no soldiers to bring, and when I heard Zhou Peigong's trick, I was overjoyed in my heart, and I immediately went out to ask for my life.

Kangxi was also awakened by Zhou Peigong's words, yes, don't you still have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who haven't moved? "Good! If it weren't for Aiqing's reminder, I would have forgotten about it, and I still have these tens of thousands of elite soldiers! Kangxi jumped up and said as he walked down the steps.

praised Zhou Peigong, but he didn't see any joy on his face, so he asked: "Aiqing still hasn't finished speaking, but it's okay to say it!" Today, our monarchs and ministers are united in defending against foreign enemies, and a reasonable construction will be adopted! ”

Zhou Peigong's hesitant eyes instantly became firm, so he said: "Back to the emperor, the minister just has a concern. The slaves of the Ding family of the princes were originally the elite of the Eight Banners, and even those younger banner slaves were all brave and abnormal. Gather them together, and you'll immediately be an elite division. But they are good at fighting, but they are afraid that they are used to acting according to the situation over the years, and they keep giving orders! ”

"Hahaha, are you afraid that they will not be convinced? Tuhai, are you afraid that they will not accept it? Kangxi did not respond directly to Zhou Peigong, but asked Tuhai.

Although Tuhai is the capital of Manchuria under the Zhenghuang Banner, he really has no deterrent power to face the family slaves of those kings' mansions. "This, this, minister" Tu Hai didn't dare to guarantee it, and his speech became slurred.

"Huh!" Kangxi sneered: "It seems that those house slaves have indeed done a lot of lawless things over the years, even you think it is tricky, then I really have to be heavy-handed!" Where is the king of Xinjun? ”

"Back to the emperor, my brother is here!" Ozha, the king of Dorosin County, immediately stood up and said. Ai Xin Jueluo. Ozha is the grandson of Duoduo, the prince of Yutong, and the second son of Xinxuan and Doni, the king of the county. In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, he inherited the title of King of Xinjun, the authentic Qing court clan, or a close branch.

"You are the king of the royal family of Xinjueluo, at this time, I want to send you to lead the army, do you dare to take this errand?" Kangxi stared at this brother who was a year younger than his son and asked.

"For the sake of my Qing Dynasty, my brother will never give up. The emperor can rest assured, there are courtiers here, and he guarantees that none of those house slaves dare to put on a score! "Although Ozha is young, he is not a gentleman, unlike other royal families, he is skilled in bows and horses when he is young, and he is familiar with military books, he is a rare young man in the royal family, otherwise Kangxi would not call other county kings, and directly named his name.

"Good! From now on, you will be the general of Fuyuan, Tu Hai will be the deputy general, Zhou Peigong will be the general of Fuyuan, and you will be given the rank of squire, and the commander of the army, Ha Keshan, the deputy commander of the capital, Wu Dan, and Hong Shilu will also be the military counselors, leading the army to conquer Burnny. ”

"Commandment!" The minister who was called immediately left his shift, bowed down and replied. (To be continued......)

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