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"Generals, I just got the battle report, more than 50,000 troops of Leerjin were annihilated by Geng Jingzhong, the rebellious governor of the capital, in Dangtu County, and only Leerjin escaped with less than 300 people, that is to say, the Qing court completely lost Jiangnan. Jiangnan is an important town of money and grain for the Qing court, and Caoyun is the lifeblood of the Qing court. Wu Sangui was in a good mood, and said quickly and passionately.

A buzzing sound suddenly rose from below the lobby, the Wu army already had an advantage, and the front line was basically on the offensive, this time the Qing court in addition to such a big change, the leading generals and several main advisers in the front realized that this was indeed a great opportunity.

"Congratulations to the prince!"

"Congratulations to the prince!"

Fang Guangchen took the lead in congratulating, and the other ministers below also responded immediately. Wu Sangui calls himself the King of Zhou, but he is much stronger than the King of Pingxi, and his ministers can still call him the prince.

"The prince is wise, Geng Jingzhong has gained a foothold in Jiangnan, and the Qing court must be greatly panicked. In order to stabilize the political situation, the Qing court must once again mobilize a large army to Jiangnan. And at this time, we can't sit idly by, and their unstable military spirit at this moment is our opportunity. The ministers are sure that the Qing court will definitely block the news of the defeat of Leerjin, so we must send people to spread the news to the world! ”

"Yes, my subordinates also agree with Fang Junshi's mention. Nine times out of ten, the Qing court will conceal the news, and then urgently dispatch troops to continue to attack Jiangnan. If we quickly spread this news to the ears of every army of the Qing army, I think that the Qing army will definitely lose the belief in continuing to fight. Liu Xuanchu also immediately agreed. He tried his best to dissuade Wu Sangui from playing the banner of the former Ming Dynasty and not to establish himself as the king of Zhou. angered Wu Sangui. It has never been reused. However, because Liu Xuanchu is very capable, he has always held the position of staff officer in this army.

"That's right, the Qing court has no other troops to adjust at this time, so it is inevitable to let Yue Le divide his troops, after all, Yue Le's soldiers and horses are the closest to Jiangnan. And as long as Yue Le divides his troops again, we will take the opportunity to eat Yue Le's troops, hehe, although he has an army of 100,000. However, once the news of Jiangnan spreads all over the world, its combat power will inevitably decline. When the time comes, we will have a great advantage in all aspects of soldiers, horses, money, and food, and how can we be invincible. Wu Sangui's son-in-law, Xia Guoxiang, said with a smile.

Indeed, at this time, Wu Sangui still had a lot of soldiers and horses. The Wu army was on the northern front, and Qingyang was more than 20,000 Wu troops led by Ma Xiongtu. In Changwu, the Wu army led by Tan Hong also had 28,000 men. And in Guyuan, Pingliang, and Zhenyuan, what continued to entangle with Zhao Liangdong and Tuhai was the Wu army of more than 50,000 led by Wang Pingfan. There are also 30,000 Wu troops led by Wu Zhiqi in Fengxiang. On the northern front alone, there were more than 130,000 Wu troops.

Looking at the Wu army on the middle line, the generals of the Wu army in Yunyang, Junzhou, Xiangfan, and Nanzhang were the generals Wang Hui, Hong Fu, Yang Jialai, and Tan Yanzuo, totaling 60,000 people. In the area of Guangyuan, Sichuan, there were 40,000 Zheng Jiaolin and Wu troops. In Chongqing were 35,000 men led by Wu Yinglin. In other words, there are 135,000 people in the middle line.

As for the Wu army on the southern front, Songzi has 20,000 people of Wu Guogui, the general of the Wu army. Jingzhou had 15,000 men of Ma Yinglin, the chief military officer, and 30,000 horses led by Ma Bao in Yueyang. There are 20,000 Hu Guozhu in Changsha. The Wu army built a new naval division of 10,000 people, led by Lin Xingzhu. As for Wu Sangui's surroundings, the soldiers and horses in Hengyang, Nanchang and other places are under the command of Xia Guoxiang at the moment. In total, there were more than 80,000 Wu troops. There are still 10,000 Wu troops on the Guilin side of Guangxi. The total number of Wu troops on the southern front reached 190,000.

This is not the end, Guo Zhuangtu, one of Wu Sangui's confidants and strategists. On the order of Wu Sangui, a new army was formed in Yunnan, and there were 30,000 new troops that had just been formed and trained. This means that Wu Sangui's total strength has reached 500,000.

The total number of soldiers and horses mobilized by the Qing army from all over the country was only 500,000, and nearly half of the soldiers and horses in the area of Wuhan and Jingzhou were new troops, and the soldiers and horses that could really fight and fight tough battles did not exceed 200,000. However, it was also the abnormal battle on the side of Tu County, and the Mawei Army wiped out more than 30,000 combatable soldiers of the Qing army. Leerjin's more than 50,000 troops, more than 30,000 elites and more than 10,000 auxiliaries were all wiped out, which was a big blow to the Qing court, and it was a huge blow to Yue Le himself. His pressure was already great, and now the annihilation of Leerjin's tens of thousands of troops was more like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Prince, subordinates knock on the throne of the prince, looking at the current situation, the world is already under the control of the prince, at this moment the prince takes a step forward to rule the world, the upper can be in accordance with the will of heaven, and the lower can be in accordance with the will of the people, when the world hears the call of His Majesty, it will be passed on." The voices of the generals below are louder, but in fact, many people are still ready to move. If Wu Sangui is promoted to the throne as the emperor, then they are from the dragon, at least their official position can also be raised one level, so someone immediately stood up and echoed: "The minister seconded the proposal, and the minister knocked on the throne to invite His Majesty to ascend the throne!" ”

"Knock on Your Majesty to ascend the throne!"

"Knock on Your Majesty to ascend the throne!"

"Knock on Your Majesty to ascend the throne!"

Wu Sangui looked at the ministers kneeling below, in fact, he was very happy. He was not ready to regain his sight when he opposed the Qing Dynasty, even if he was wearing this name at the moment, but he established himself as the king of Zhou, which also reflected his idea, he wanted to set up a new dynasty, and the name of the new dynasty in the future will be called Da Zhou! Well? What's going on, why is there a person standing next to him?

It was none other than Liu Xuanchu, who persuaded Wu Sangui to establish the descendants of the former Ming Dynasty at the beginning to raise the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and not to establish himself as the king of Zhou. At this moment, Liu Xuanchu is still the same, he thinks that Wu Sangui should not be called the emperor, at least not at this time, this world is only less than half of the wall in the control of the Wu army, in addition to the Qing court, they also have a big enemy is Geng Jingzhong of Fujian, at this time the emperor will inevitably lose the hearts of the people in the world, the gains outweigh the losses, what does he want to do with such a false name?

"No!" Liu Xuanchu retorted loudly: "The prince must not listen to such words, and he must not ascend the throne at this time." ”

"Oh, why not?" Wu Sangui was also angry, and the atmosphere that was originally good was destroyed like this. In fact, he was not prepared to agree to the throne all of a sudden, at least he had to learn from Liu Bei, and only after three invitations did he pretend to reluctantly agree. But seeing Liu Xuanchu's appearance, Wu Sangui's temper also came up, so he asked coldly.

"Lord Wang, not to mention that there are still 500,000 troops in the Qing court confronting the Wu army at this moment, even if this Qing army is about to be defeated, we still have another big enemy, Geng Jingzhong of Fujian. Geng Jingzhong occupies the three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi, and although more than half of Zhejiang Province is in the hands of Zheng Jing, it can actually be regarded as Geng Jingzhong's sphere of influence. Now that they have obtained Jiangnan Province, Geng Jingzhong will occupy the land of five provinces, and these provinces are all rich in things and people, and Jiangnan is an important town for money and grain. ”

"Look at his soldiers and horses, just the year before last when he just responded to the prince's army, the total number of soldiers and horses under his command was only 50,000, and at this moment, according to detailed reports, Geng Jingzhong's command has undergone two large-scale expansions, and the soldiers and horses have reached nearly 200,000, and at the same time, in the last few major wars, they have also captured 50,000 or 60,000 Qing troops, and at least more than half of these Qing troops will also turn into Geng Jingzhong's strength. At this time, if the prince rashly ascends the throne, the people of the world will not be attached, and Geng Jingzhong's best thing is to take measures to win the hearts of the people, and at that time, I am afraid that the Wu army will be in danger of overturning! ”

Although what he said made some sense, Wu Sangui was even more angry at the moment, didn't this imply that he was not as good as Geng Jingzhong's yellow-mouthed child? Even Geng Jingzhong's father Geng Jimao is nothing in front of him Wu Sangui, but now you say that he is not as good as Geng Jingzhong!

"Are you saying that this king is not as good as Geng Jingzhong's yellow-mouthed child? Joke, at this moment, there is a large army of 500,000, and when Yue Le and other Qing troops are annihilated, the strength of the army can be increased to at least 800,000. You don't want to be alarmist again and disturb our army's mind. The order went down, and on the eighth day of the next month, Lone officially ascended the throne. The country name is Da Zhou! ”

The news of the defeat of the Qing court's Leerjin army in Jiangnan soon spread throughout the country, and even Zhou Peigong's more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, including 6,000 of the most powerful Horqin iron cavalry and Han army banner cavalry, were all disabled, and the remaining intact less than 1,000. In the process of leading the retreat, Zhou Peigong was once again harassed and pursued by the cavalry division of the Mawei Army. Under the leadership of Jiang Yuanxun, the soldiers of the cavalry division of the Mawei Army pursued and killed more than 100 miles along the way, killed about 10,000 enemy troops, and intercepted countless grains, grasses, troops and other equipment discarded by the Qing army.

Zhou Peigong's retreat to Shandong also meant that the two armies sent by Kangxi, totaling 90,000 people, were completely defeated by the Mawei Army's less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and it could even be said that the Qing army was completely annihilated. But isn't it, with an army of 90,000, Leerjin escaped with more than 300 cavalry, and Zhou Peigong's side also lost his troops, leaving less than 20,000, and it can indeed be regarded as the annihilation of the entire army. This time, the powerful strength of the Mawei Army is truly displayed in front of the world.

Although the total strength of the Mawei Army is the smallest at this moment, its combat power is indeed not weaker than any army. And in the area controlled by the Mawei Army, the people at this moment unanimously believe that the Mawei Army must be the most powerful army in the world. Although none of the people have seen the Mawei Army fight with their own eyes, they can see one or two from the mental outlook of the people. The patrols that appeared on the streets every day were not the regular army of the Mawei Army, but at this time the name was changed to police by Geng Jingzhong, and they had the most contact with the people, and won the hearts of the vast majority of the people with their neat queues, pace, and more importantly, their friendly faces and strict implementation of the new laws. (To be continued......)

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