Chapter 300: The Oath (I)
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After a night of fighting, the rebels were all wiped out, but Yang Qilong and several other leaders fled, and the other rebels were all captured. Of course, all of them surrendered, and the wounded one was not left, and all of them were mended with a knife and sent him to Hades. For the Eight Banners, if you come to rebel, you must be prepared to be killed.
Due to Wu Sangui's rebellion, Kangxi is worried that he has no place to vent, and now he is just throwing fire on these rebels! Indeed, Kangxi is also going to vent his anger, Wu Sangui is going to make him anxious, and received a report in the morning, last night's counterinsurgency, the guard camp was basically all disabled, 6,000 killed in battle, more than 3,000 seriously injured, countless minor injuries, and other armies also suffered a total of 4,000 casualties. When added together, more than 8,000 were killed in battle alone, and nearly 5,000 were seriously wounded. All of a sudden, the imperial court lost more than 10,000 troops, and they were basically elite. Although he was angry, Kangxi felt more afraid, and after personally interrogating and dealing with the incident, he ordered to severely punish these chaotic ministers and thieves.
The next day, the Criminal Department's actions were very fast, and they ignored Kangxi's intentions and directly put forward a verdict report: "All the more than 12,000 people caught will be beheaded, all the rebel generals will be killed, and their nine clans will be exterminated, and all their family property will be confiscated." ”
As soon as this verdict came out, the executioner was about to cry, so many heads, what day will it be cut off? What's more, Ling Chi alone needs three days, nearly two hundred rebel leaders, how long will this have to be killed?
Kangxi hated these rebels to the core, but it was too much for more than 10,000 people to be beheaded, and he boasted that he wanted to be a benevolent and holy monarch. Killing so many people also hurt his reputation. So with a stroke of the pen. After the review, the verdict was changed: "The nine main culprits are ten thousand and late." The remaining 180 or so rebel leaders were all beheaded, and as for the other rebels and the relatives and families of the prisoners, the death penalty could not be escaped, and they were all sent to Ningguta and enslaved with the armored people! "It's not that Kangxi doesn't want to kill people, it's just that tens of thousands of people are implicated, and the situation can't be expanded anymore, and first appeasing the fragile hearts of the people in the capital is the first priority
Wu Sangui rebelled for more than a month. Kangxi was still kept in the dark, and when he reacted, he lost everything. And for Wu Sangui, he didn't take what he should have taken! On the occasion of the army, Wu Sangui sent special envoys to Guangdong and Fujian respectively. He believed that the court's withdrawal of the feudal domain had harmed their common interests, and that he only needed to send one person to lobby for success.
Judging by the results so far. Wu Sangui's expectation was only half fulfilled, and Geng Jingzhong's side was already prepared. There is no need for him to say that Geng Jingzhong will also raise troops, and Shang Kexi's side is interesting. In the history that Geng Jingzhong remembers, it was three months after Wu Sangui's envoys arrived in Guangdong and raised troops in Yunnan, when Wu Sangui's army was fierce and had swept through the southwest, and Guangxi had surrendered. And now, it has only been a month and a few days since Yunnan raised troops, and Sun Yanling in Guangxi has not responded to Wu Sangui, and Wu Sangui's envoy has already arrived at the Pingnan Palace.
Although Shang Zhixin is also shrewd and has some means, but after being the brother of a gentleman for so many years, there are some six gods without a master at the critical moment, and it can be said that he has no idea. Let him rebel, and see that his little arms and legs seem to be a little short. In the past, he was talking about a united front with Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, but what he really wanted was just to inherit the title of King Pingnan. Now it's really time to make a decision, but I don't have an idea. There is no way, at this critical moment, I remembered that his father Shang Kexi, Shang Kexi's salt in the past few decades has not been eaten in vain, and he is not afraid of danger, and he took advantage of this opportunity to seize most of the military and political power in Guangdong.
In fact, the current generals and officials in Guangdong are also a little confused, some advocate responding to Wu Sangui, some strongly oppose the rebellion, and some wait and see and only obey the orders of the Shang family. At this time, they realized the importance of Shang Kexi, and Shang Zhixin still couldn't do it! Throwing into the arms of the old prince is the right choice. Shang Kexi's actions were very simple and rude, directly escorting all Wu Sangui's envoys and "holy decrees" to Beijing, making his position clear, and actively preparing for war with Wu Sangui, vowing not to rebel against the Qing Dynasty.
Now he didn't know Geng Jingzhong's reaction, so he actively prepared for the war, just to defend Guangdong. Wu Sangui's army was menacing, and it seemed that Guangxi would soon fall into his hands, and Guangdong was next to Hunan, Guangxi, and Fujian, and it was really attacked on all sides. The west faces the direction of Guangxi, the north must deal with Wu Sangui, the east must defend against Geng Jingzhong, and although the south is a vast sea, it is also necessary to prevent the remnants of Taiwan's Nanming Dynasty from taking the opportunity to cause chaos. It can be said that Shang Kexi's old head is no longer enough.
No matter how troubled Shang Kexi was, the envoy of Wu Sangui and the "holy decree" he withheld had already fallen into the hands of Geng Jingzhong. The Guangdong branch of the Ministry of Intelligence had already entered the Pingnan Palace, and as soon as Wu Sangui's envoy was arrested, the news was passed out, and there would be someone in Guangzhou City who would send the secret letter to Fuzhou by speedboat. Since Guangxi and Hunan were all at war, and Geng Jingzhong's attitude in Fujian was not clear, and it was quite unsafe on the land route, Shang Kexi ordered his subordinates to gather several sea ships to pretend to be merchant ships, and escorted Wu Sangui's envoy to the capital by sea to express his attitude.
At the same time, there is a letter of recital in Beijing, the content is very simple, roughly that the minister has been more than seventy this year, and his health is declining, if he can't quell the rebellion in life, he hopes to set up the second son Shang Zhixiao as the king of Pingnan after his death, and he will be hereditary and replaced, so that he can be down-to-earth, and he can ensure that he survives for a day, and he will do his best for a day. There is only one meaning, I want the title of Pingnan to be hereditary in my Shang family, but it is not Shang Zhixin who takes over the throne, but the second son Shang Zhixiao. Fortunately, Shang Zhixin didn't know about this letter, otherwise Guangzhou would have been in chaos now.
The itinerary of the "caravan" has been under the supervision of the Ministry of Intelligence, and when this "caravan" entered the waters of Fujian near Kinmen Island, it was stopped by the naval fleet, and then quickly changed to transmit a message to Fuzhou from Pegasus by land. When Geng Jingzhong received this information, he was still on his way to the Mawei Military Camp Campus. Geng Jingzhong already knew earlier that Shang Kexi would not respond to Wu Sangui, and he was about to attack him, so getting this "evidence" was just an excuse for a justifiable attack. Since Shang Kexi did not conform to the will of heaven to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and was willing to be a lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was only natural to eliminate him!
This military parade can also be said to be another pre-war mobilization meeting. However, this pre-war mobilization will be very different from the previous two, the first two times were after all dealing with foreign races, and there was no psychological burden. Although the sparrow tartars to be dealt with this time are also considered alien, the main face is definitely Han soldiers. Moreover, in the hearts of a small number of officers, they felt that this time the army was a rebellion against the imperial court, and they were still very hesitant in their hearts. But it's just hesitation, their horsetail army has already become a monolith, they only obey Geng Jingzhong's orders, no matter what Geng Jingzhong asks them to do, they will not hesitate to step forward.
On the school field of the big camp, the flags were displayed, except for the tiger flag, the others were the number flags of each army. Excluding the 9,000 marines who had already been sent to the prefectures and key points of communication, as well as the troops who remained at the military bases on Luzon and Zhuhai Island, there were nearly 32,000 men standing on the colonel's field at the moment, the vast majority of whom were navy, and the Marine Corps had only 8,000 men left in the artillery division, 2,000 men in the 1st Division, and 2,000 in the 2nd Division. The first batch of the navy was ready to go on the expedition, that is, the first, fourth, and seventh fleets, totaling about 20,000 men. The other fleets, although not selected, still had to take on the heavy responsibility of defense. According to the expectations of Geng Jingzhong, Li Guangdi and others, Zheng Jing on the opposite side is likely to be unable to hold back, although the possibility of attacking Fujian is extremely small, it is better to take adequate precautions.
When Geng Jingzhong arrived at the school field, everything that should have arrived had already arrived, and he was the last one who was late. At this moment, Fan Chengmo and the other thirteen people were on the side of the high platform, looking at the neat and solemn more than 30,000 horsetail soldiers below, and their shock was overwhelming. For most of them, this was the first time they had seen such a scene.
He had also seen the powerful Manchu Eight Banners back then, and he had also seen a melee of nearly 100,000 troops, but although the number of these soldiers wearing strange military uniforms in front of him did not reach 100,000, they also gave him great pressure. He felt the momentum of these soldiers, holding their heads high one by one, showing self-confidence, the fullest morale, and that was a kind of belief that they would win if they were indomitable. This kind of momentum is not possessed by the current Manchu Eight Banners, and the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners he has seen over the years have degenerated, and they can still be called elite, that is, the twenty or thirty thousand people around the imperial city, including the guard barracks in the palace. It's just that what he doesn't know is that the Manchu elite he knows has shrunk by nearly a third after Yang Qilong made a big fuss!
"See the Grand Governor!" As soon as Geng Jingzhong came to power, all the generals saluted in unison.
"Well, you're ready!" Geng Jingzhong asked.
"One qiē properly!" Li Guangdi immediately replied.
"Let's get started!" Geng Jingzhong stood still on the edge of the high platform, looked at the military formation below, and ordered directly. After listening to this, Li Guangdi waved his hand downward, and the official military parade began. "Master Fan, all of you should come here, get closer and see clearly, and see that my Fujian Xiongshi is talking. I forgot to tell you, the troops here now are less than half of my command. Take a good look at it! (To be continued......)
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