This Huang Zhisheng's penultimate jinshi is obviously underestimated, that is, there was only a written examination and no interview in the imperial examination that year, otherwise with his eloquence, the first class could not enter, and the second class was absolutely fine.

This guy is a man with iron teeth! As soon as he said this, Wu Sangui's revenge for Ming, which could have been used to show off, suddenly became the earth-shattering crime of destroying the Ming Dynasty!

And what he said makes quite sense, and there is no problem with the logic.

It is impossible for the third prince of Zhu to deny the legitimacy of Nanming, no matter in terms of reason and interests, he cannot deny it.

At that time, he, the official son of Emperor Chongzhen, didn't know where to hide from the limelight, and other descendants of the Zhu family threw their heads, spilled blood, and protected the Ming Dynasty, and established several small Ming dynasties that had not been beaten.

Moreover, many warlords and warlords who supported the third prince of Zhu as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty have followed all kinds of "Xiao Ming" back then, but they are all in the past eventful years, and the third prince of Zhu wants to deny these small Ming Dynasty, can the big guys behind him agree?

In addition, these emperors of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty and the royal family of the near branches are almost dead now, even if there is a little ember left, not only is there no threat to the third prince of Zhu, but it is also a power that can be used by him - the current strength of the third prince of Zhu is not as good as that of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and there are few of his own people, so you have to cherish it!

As for whether Wu Sangui will bear the big sin of "dying Ming" because of the destruction of the Yongli Dynasty, it is not for the third prince of Zhu and the bigwigs behind him (except for Wu Sangui himself) to consider.

Anyway, it is not him Wu Sangui who is holding the Son of Heaven and ordering the princes in Nanjing City now!

Seeing that Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan were speechless, Huang Zhisheng knew that he had found the right one. So he followed this point and said: "Shiziye, Shigrande, this Daming, my old king has been destroyed once, and your old king has been destroyed again. Although the two of us are now playing the signboard of the Ming Dynasty, they are actually the enemies of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Seems to be right!

Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui, one destroyed the Ming Dynasty, the other destroyed the Second Ming, and now there is another Sanming endlessly! If this Sanming is really supported, he will definitely avenge Da Ming and Er Ming, and then Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui will have no good fruit to eat!

"Moreover, our two families are the enemies of the Qing Dynasty!" Huang Zhisheng continued, "Your Western Wang family was forced to rebel by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If your family doesn't rebel, the Manchu Qing can't tolerate you, let alone now? And we have the hatred of destroying the country and the hatred of the sea of blood! So the two of us actually have two common enemies. Although there is also a feud between our two families. But before the two mortal enemies of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty are eliminated by us, should we join forces? ”

Seems to make sense!

Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan were a little moved when they looked at it.

Huang Zhisheng continued: "Now the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, Yue Le, proposed to give Jingzhou to my family, and the old king of Chuang changed the channel to go to Jiangnan to fight the third prince of Zhu, there must be the idea of two tigers competing for food, that is, to use a Jingzhou to lead our two families to fight!" ”

The last Jinshi is also familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so he can't see what the Manchu Qing are thinking?

And Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan, of course, also knew what the Manchus were thinking? In fact, Wu Yingxiong didn't plan to merge with Li Zicheng. He also wants to save his wife!

But this idea can't be exposed too early, you have to hold a little.

Wu Yingxiong said: "In this way, you can give me Jingzhou, Jingmen and the land south of the Han River in Anlu Mansion, and the rest of Anlu Mansion and De'an Mansion can be ceded to King Chuang." In addition, I can also let my third brother withdraw from Jiangxi and give all the land he grabbed in Jiangxi to King Chuang. In this way, you can go to Jiangnan with peace of mind, and I can also send troops to Nanyang and Luoyang, and copy Kangxi's back road. In the future, you will occupy the southeast, and our Wu family will occupy Long, Huguang, and Yunnan-Guichuan, and the Manchu Qing will let them stay in Shanxi, Henan, Beizhili, and Shandong for a while, so is it okay? ”

"That's what King Chuang means!" Huang Zhisheng first gave an affirmative answer, and then changed his words, "However, Yue Le will first gather all his men and horses in Jingzhou City, and then board a ship there and set off all the way east along the Yangtze River." If it is not the people who go to take over Jingzhou, but the soldiers of the Wu family, I am afraid that Yue Le will immediately close the city and hold on. With the solidity of Jingzhou, the number of soldiers and horses under Yue Le's command and the abundance of grain and grass under Yue Le's department. The siege of Jingzhou was a good fight. Although the Wu family's men and horses can defeat Jingzhou sooner or later, it will not be worth the loss if they delay the northward entry into the Central Plains, right?

It is better to have King Chuang take over Jingzhou City first, and the territory of De'an and Anlu will be taken by the Wu family first. When Yue Le's people are far away, how about the two of us change land again? ”

This is to ask Li Zicheng to borrow Jingzhou!

Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan immediately guessed Li Zicheng's thoughts!

The territory of Anlu and De'an, whether it is economic value or strategic value, cannot be compared with Jingzhou City!

Because Jingzhou City is surrounded by the best plains in Hubei, surrounded by fertile paddy fields, a proper land of fish and rice! Moreover, Jingzhou is also an important stronghold to control the Yangtze River! Li Zicheng now holds the three fortresses in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Wuchang, Hanyang, and Yuezhou, and if he goes to Jingzhou again, then this section of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River will be firmly held by the old Li family.

As for Li Zicheng returning Jingzhou to Wu Sangui. Hey, that's a dream!

However, Wu Yingxiong still focused his head: "Okay!" That's it! Mr. Huang, please tell King Chuang and ask him to negotiate with Yue Le as soon as possible. Then let Yue Le leave quickly! Jingzhou for De'an and Anlu, when Yue Le leaves, let's talk about it slowly. ”

His words sounded very urgent, and he seemed to be in a hurry to send Yue Le away.

And Huang Zhisheng also knows a little bit what Wu Yingxiong is anxious about - anxious to shock Huaxia!

He had heard a lot of news from the northwest in Xiangyang, Wu Yingqi won another great victory in Qinzhou, defeated the Qing army commanded by Fei Yanggu, captured the entire Qinzhou, and then divided his troops into Gongchang, Lanzhou and other places, and it was about to sweep Gansu!

If Wu Yingxiong didn't hurry up and behave, he would wait for his brother to enter the gate and drive away Kangxi. It's hard to say whether the son of the old Wu family will be replaced!

After thinking about the joints, Huang Zhisheng nodded with a smile: "Then the lower official will leave for Wuchang immediately!" ”

"Mr. Wang," Wu Yingxiong said to Wang Shirong, who was accompanying him, "You and Mr. Huang will take this trip and choose the fastest boat to go to Wuchang!" ”

"Yes."

Huang Zhisheng and Wang Shirong left together, and as soon as the two of them left on their front feet, Wu Sangui's voice came from a side door in the lobby where Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan were: "Hmph, what a Li Zicheng actually learned from Liu Bei to borrow Jingzhou!" ”

Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan stood up together and saluted the door.

Then I saw Wu Sangui, dressed as a prince of the Ming Dynasty, swaggering in with Liu Xuanchu and Fang Guangchen, and then sat on a Taishi chair in the middle of the hall.

It turned out that Wu Sangui had arrived in Xiangyang, but he did not make a noise, but quietly entered the city, and then hid directly in Wu Yingxiong's Shizi Mansion.

"Father," Wu Yingxiong also found a chair on the side and sat down, and then said to Wu Sangui, "As soon as Yue Le's army leaves, we will have no worries for the time being, just enough to go out of Nanyang, coerce Luoyang, and maybe force Kangxi to cede Guanzhong and return the princess!" ”

Return the princess?

Wu Sangui was quite happy when he heard Wu Yingxiong say that he was going to go out of Nanyang and force Luoyang - this "bear son" seemed to be out of breath. Then as soon as he heard Wu Yingxiong say "return the princess", his heart sank to the bottom.

You are all "Xiong Zhen Huaxia", what else do you want Princess Jianning to do? Shouldn't the whole world be conquered in one go?

"Kangxi will not cede Guanzhong and hand over the princess! If he does that, he'll tell the whole world that he can't beat us. In this way, how many people in the world will follow him and fight with us? ”

Wu Sangui poured a basin of cold water on his son's head, and then said: "Even if you go out of Nanyang, Kangxi can reinforce the Central Plains by shrinking the troops in the northwest. He has more cavalry than us, and the Central Plains is a flat river, we don't have many cavalry horses, it is impossible to drive a long way, we can only advance slowly from city to city, step by step!

If there really is no problem in our rear, then it will be fine. Even if the sun is gone, it can be completed in three years and five years. But do you think Li Zicheng will really give us three years and five years to slowly arch north? Have you forgotten how Guan Yunchang was copied by Soochow back then? Aren't you afraid that Li Zicheng will steal our Xiangyang City? ”

"This." Wu Yingxiong couldn't answer.

"Grandpa," Wu Shifan still had something to say, only to hear him say, "Guan Yu lost Jingzhou back then, not because of carelessness, but because Mi Fang surrendered without a fight." And if we can send reliable and warlike people to garrison Xiangyang, even if we have millions of soldiers, it is impossible to go down in one go. Sun Er felt that instead of taking Xiangyang Jiancheng in the north, it was better to go east along the river and enter Jinling to coerce the son of tomorrow. ”

Wu Sangui nodded approvingly: "Shifan, what you have planned for Li Zicheng is indeed the best strategy Xiangyang Jiancheng is not easy to take, Jingzhou, Yuezhou, Hanyang, and Wuchang are also rare Jiancheng. It is not easy for us to destroy Li Zicheng, and it is not easy for Li Zicheng to take Xiangyang. And even if he takes Xiangyang, he will be under the attack of your third uncle and the Manchu Qing, and the situation has not changed much.

But who can guarantee that Li Zicheng will definitely take the best policy? If Li Zicheng is really so clever, how could he lose the country that he has already reached? ”

Wu Shifan couldn't answer now.

Wu Sangui sneered: "And Li Zicheng won't believe me Wu Sangui, and I can't trust Li Zicheng either!" Therefore, Li Zicheng will not go east to the south of the Yangtze River before he takes Xiangyang, Changsha, and Yichang. And before I captured Jingzhou, Wuchang, Hanyang, and Yuezhou, I didn't dare to make a big northern expedition! ”

This time, Wu Sangui's analysis makes sense!

Wu Shifan thought to himself: If Wang Xiaozhong is in Wuchang and I am in Xiangyang now, there will be no problem with the two families back-to-back. But my grandfather and Li Zicheng. My grandfather opened the Shanhaiguan back then, attracting Qing soldiers, and Emperor Li Zicheng didn't have to be a monk! This Li Zicheng believes that ghosts will not believe my grandfather!

"Father, then" Wu Yingxiong, who was about to shake Huaxia, was there again.

Wu Shifan understood his father's thoughts, and he also wanted to try to save his mother-in-law, Princess Jianning, and his two younger brothers.

So Wu Shifan hurriedly helped to speak: "Grandpa, my grandson thinks that we should use a plan to attack the south from the north!" ”

"Let's talk about it!"

Wu Sangui came to be interested.

He's been thinking of good and bad ideas for a long time!

But his bad is his, and Wu Yingxiong is obviously not bad enough. Although Wu Shifan is okay to fight, the bad water in his stomach doesn't seem to be enough!

This time, I have to listen to what he has to say.

"Grandpa," Wu Shifan said, "we can pretend to lend Jingzhou to Li Zicheng, and at the same time wave the army north into Nanyang, and send an envoy to Xi'an, asking Kangxi to cede Guanzhong and return the princess!" ”

This is still Wu Yingxiong's wishful thinking!

The chances of success may not be high, but it's not impossible, so you should still give it a try.

What if it succeeds?

Wu Shifan then said: "Kangxi will definitely not agree, and Li Zicheng will definitely come to attack. And we can blempty in Nanyang while mobilizing elite troops, going south in the middle of the road, and raiding Jingzhou!

Although Li Zicheng has Jingzhou, Wuchang, Hanyang, and Yuezhou, he does not have many troops, and he is sandwiched between the Manchus and our east and west, so he will definitely not have enough troops to use. If Li Zicheng wants to attack Xiangyang, he will definitely evacuate Jingzhou's troops, because for Li Zicheng, Jingzhou can still be lost, and Yuezhou, Hanyang, and Wuchang are the territories that cannot be lost.

So let's take advantage of the void to attack Jingzhou! As for Yuezhou, Hanyang, and Wuchang, there is only a long-term plan. ”

Wu Sangui nodded again and again, of course he knew what this grandson was planning, but Wu Yingxiong only thought of one move, but Wu Shifan had already thought about the next few moves, it seemed that Wu Shifan was a little worse.

Wu Shifan saw that Wu Sangui only nodded and didn't speak, so he used his brain to continue to think of bad ideas, and really thought of some, "Grandpa, now Li Zicheng doesn't know that you are coming to Xiangyang, and your grandson can continue to keep it secret, and say to the outside world Grandpa, you are preparing to attack the storm, so my father and my third uncle are going to send troops to Zhongzhou. This is the route of the 'Longzhong Pair'!

If Li Zicheng didn't know that you came to Xiangyang, he would definitely be more fooled, after all, my father has always been loyal and honest."

Wu Sangui smiled: "Your father is an honest and good person, your grandfather and I are a bad person, you can't learn from your father, you have to learn from me, you know?" ”

"What Grandpa said is that grandchildren must study hard!"

"Study hard and learn badly. Hahaha! Wu Sangui was amused by Wu Shifan's words, "You really have to study hard!" But this time the bad idea came out well, so let's do it! As he spoke, he turned back to Fang Guangchen and said, "Xianting, you go back to Hunan immediately, tell the third child, and let him send Zu Zeqing to lead 20,000 troops to Yichang to the north to Xiangyang to help in the battle, and he himself will be stationed in Changsha to standby." ”

"Yes!"

"Xuanchu," Wu Sangui said to Liu Xuanchu again, "Cai Lu, the Henan general soldier of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, wants to lead Nanyang to join the old man, you take the old man's order to Nanyang, make him the governor of Henan, let him listen to your command, and tell him not to move first. After the prince sent troops, he exaggerated the enemy situation and told Guanzhong! Let's just say that the old man led 100,000 troops to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains! ”

"Yes!"

Huang Zhisheng and Wang Shirong took a fast boat and went down the Han River, and arrived in Wuchang in a few days, where they saw Li Zicheng and Li Laishun's grandson in the palace of the King of Chu in Wuchang.

When they arrived, Wuchang had already received the "Hero Post" sent by Nanjing, so as soon as Wang Shirong followed Huang Zhisheng in, Li Zicheng waved the "Post" in his hand and said to the two of them with a smile: "Lao Huang, Mr. Wang, you came just in time. Guess who sent this invitation? ”

Wang Shirong and Huang Zhisheng saluted Er Li together, and then Huang Zhisheng asked with a smile: "Emperor, is the envoy from Nanjing here?" ”

"Hey, okay, just guess!" Li Zicheng nodded, "Third Prince Zhu and Geng Jingzhong have finally met. Now he stood firm in Nanjing, preparing to hold a conference to restore the Ming Dynasty, discuss the state of the country with the heroes of the world, and discuss the reopening of the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Wang, the envoy of the third prince of Zhu is also going to Xiangyang to see the prince of the West, and the king of the West is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, so he will definitely send someone to attend the meeting, right? ”

Wang Shirong was also a little confused by this news, why did he still hold a conference to rebuild the Ming Dynasty? Could it be that the third prince of Zhu is the emperor and wants the heroes of the world to push together? This is also not in line with the emperor's ancestral system, right?

Although he muttered in his heart, he still gave an affirmative reply: "Of course, the prince of the West will definitely send someone to Nanjing on behalf of the King of the West, maybe that person is a foreign minister." ”

"That's good!" Li Zicheng has been Huang Zhisheng and said with a smile, "I will send Huang Zhisheng to join the envoys of the Manchu Qing Dynasty when the time comes, and everyone will go together!" ”

"What? Manchu envoys? The Manchus also sent people to the Restoration of Sight Conference? Wang Shirong was even more confused.

Anti-Qing restoration and Ming still take the Manchu Qing to play together?

Li Laishun smiled and said: "The emperor is joking with you!" However, according to the envoy of the third prince of Zhu, the third prince was indeed ready to send a letter to Kangxi, asking Kangxi to also send envoys to Nanjing to discuss the rebuilding of the Ming Dynasty. Maybe the third prince of Zhu wants to be angry with Kangxi, right? ”

(End of chapter)