Wu Sangui took the copy of the Qing court newspaper that Liu Xuanchu brought to Wu Yingxiong from Nanyang, read it at a glance, and frowned: "Jiangnan Xuanxuan? Kangxi is thinking."

"Father, Kangxi probably wants to follow the old things of the Northern Jin and Southern Song Dynasty, turn the third prince of Zhu into Zhao Gou, and make a river division and rule, right?"

Wu Sangui snorted: "This little pockmark treats the third prince of Zhu as Zhao Gou, is it possible that he still wants to treat the old man as Yue Wumu?" ”

Wu Yingxiong was almost amused when he heard Lao Tzu's words. Where is his father Wu Sangui like Yue Wumu? Before he was forced to raise troops this time, he was worse than Shi Jingjiao! After Shi Jingjiao lured the wolf into the house, he finally mixed up with the emperor. But Wu Sangui only got the king of Pingxi, and sent it to the Manchurians to Yunnan to guard the southern wilderness.

Are you still comparing yourself to Yue Wumu?

However, Wu Yingxiong didn't dare to say this to Wu Sangui, otherwise Wu Yingqi would lie down and win.

"Father," Wu Yingxiong Zhengse said, "Can you learn from Yue Wumu, no matter how many gold medals the third prince of Zhu takes, we can't go back to the teacher!" ”

Wu Sangui's face sank, "Boss, you still don't understand where Yue Wumu died?" Do you think that if he doesn't return to his master, Zhao Gou will take him out of line? Zhao Gou is the emperor after all, and Yue Wumu is a minister after all. When the emperor wants to kill a loyal minister, are you afraid that there will be no recruitment? If Yue Wumu wants to succeed, he has to learn from Liu Jinu and Zhu Chongba! ”

"Father," Wu Yingxiong frowned, "but the third prince of Zhu is far away in Jinling, and if you want to learn from Song Gaozu and Ming Taizu, it is difficult to reach it!" ”

Wu Sangui smiled, "It's enough!" We can't reach it, Kangxi will help us get enough! Do you think that kid really wants to treat the third prince of Zhu as Zhao Gou? If he really wanted to rule the river with the third prince of Zhu, he would not let Yue Le abandon Jingzhou and go to Jiangdong.

He is now paralyzing the third prince Zhu and Geng Jingzhong, once the third prince Zhu and Geng Jingzhong are fooled, Yue Le will mobilize the troops of the four battalions of Jiangdong, Jiangbei, Jiangxi, and Jiangnan to besiege Nanjing! ”

"When the time comes, let's go east to rescue the driver?"

"Save?" Wu Sangui smiled coldly, "Li Zicheng will let us take the opportunity to go to Jiangnan?" Isn't he afraid that we will take the opportunity to surround his Wuchang? Aren't we afraid that he will set up an ambush on both sides of the Yangtze River? ”

"Father," Wu Yingxiong's eyes lit up, and he finally understood, "I understand, you want to march into Li Zicheng's territory in the name of rescuing Nanjing, if Li Zicheng sends troops to resist, then we will crusade against him in the name of Li Zicheng's traitor." If you let us in, then we will take the opportunity to surround Jingzhou and Yuezhou. At the same time, he will be charged with trying to ambush Wang Shi! ”

"Almost," Wu Sangui said with a smile, "but it's still a little close, Ying Xiong, do you know where the difference is?" ”

"It's still short of my army's northern expedition to the Central Plains!" Wu Yingxiong said, "Only if we send troops to the Northern Expedition, Yue Le, Geng Jingzhong, and Li Zicheng will rest assured that they will do their own big things!" ”

Wu Sangui smiled and nodded, this "bear child" has grown a little, and he is about to catch up with his son Shifan.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui lowered his voice: "Boss, since you know what to do, then go and do a big job, Xiangyang, Jingmen, and Yichang will guard it for your father, and keep it foolproof!" You bring the six guards of the headquarters, plus one guard of Shifan, two guards of Zu Zeqing, and one guard of Yang Laijia, a total of ten guards, and enter Nanyang in the north!

Remember, fight hard! Although this Northern Expedition to the Central Plains is only a feint, it must also play the momentum of Megatron China! ”

"Father, how should the child be beaten?" Wu Yingxiong asked again, "Please make it clear to my father." ”

"Boss," Wu Sangui said with a smile, "I can beat you at will, but you only have three months. It is now December of the forty-sixth year of Chongzhen, plus January and February of the forty-seventh year, and before March 15 of the forty-seventh year, except for one guard and horse who can stay in Nanyang, the rest of the nine guards have to return to Fancheng! ”

"Yes, Father, the child has the command!" Wu Yingxiong took a deep breath and quickly took the old man's order.

Wu Yingxiong received Wu Sangui's order, without a moment's delay, he took his staff and personal soldiers out of Xiangyang City on the same day, and then entered Fancheng, a small city located on the north bank of the Han River and across the water from Xiangyang, through the pontoon bridge erected on the Han River.

As early as when Wu Yingxiong captured Xiangyang, Fancheng, which was at the forefront of the north bank of the Han River, became a military city. The civilians who originally lived in Fancheng were afraid that Fancheng would be besieged or even slaughtered by the Qing army, so they all moved to a relatively safe place on the other side of the Han River. And the entire vacated castle has become a big stronghold for Wu Yingxiong's troops to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

After the end of the autumn harvest in the forty-sixth year of Chongzhen, Wu Yingxiong's preparations for the Northern Expedition were further accelerated.

Countless grains, grass, boats, mules, horses, vehicles, and people gathered in Fancheng from Xiangyang and Yunyang, which were controlled by Wu Yingxiong, and part of Anlu and De'an. As Yue Le's army gradually abandoned the territory under its control and retreated to Jingzhou City, more grain and grass were transported from the rice-rich territory of Jingzhou Prefecture to Xiangyang through Jingmen.

By December of the forty-sixth year of Chongzhen, there was already enough grain and grass for 50,000 troops to consume for two years in Fancheng City!

All these preparations for war are all open cards, almost openly and transparently!

After Qinzhou was captured by Wu Yingqi, as long as you have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and know the content of "Longzhong Pair", you can probably guess what Wu Sangui is going to do next?

And there are many people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty who have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", including Emperor Kangxi. Therefore, from the autumn of the thirteenth year of Kangxi (the forty-sixth year of Chongzhen), Henan's defense began to be deployed.

Because Henan is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it is quite far away from the territory of Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng from the map, so it has not been the focus of defense for a long time, and the troops are relatively empty. Fortunately, there was the containment of the Qing army in Jingzhou and the containment between Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui, so Kangxi had time to prepare for these months.

However, because Kangxi's troops at hand are also very tight, there is a shortage of major generals everywhere. Therefore, he couldn't squeeze out many men to support Henan, so he had to send a deputy commander of Manchuria with a white banner, named Tatara. Amida was appointed as the governor of Henan, and took these thousand Manchurian soldiers to Henan to take office. At the same time, he also ordered Tong Fengcai, the governor of Henan, who only took office last year, to recruit 10,000 troops in Henan to strengthen the garrison.

In addition, Kangxi also transferred Cai Lu, who was not very reliable with Yang Laijia, from the position of the chief soldier of Hebei Town, Henan Province, to the position of the chief soldier of Nanyang Town, Henan Province on the front line - Nanyang and Xiangyang are in the same basin. As soon as Xiangyang and Fancheng are lost, the Nanyang Basin will have no danger to defend relative to the enemy from the south.

Moreover, Nanyang is the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, and there are too many descendants of the Tang Dynasty inside and outside the city! If you add the descendants of the county lord and county lord of the Tang Dynasty, there are Zhu Yuanzhang's relatives everywhere inside and outside Nanyang City, how can this be kept?

If you really want to pile up the main forces of the Qing army in Henan Province in Nanyang, and when Wu Yingxiong's tens of thousands of troops arrive, these descendants of the Tang Dynasty and Wu Yingxiong will come together inside and outside, and they will not be able to send them all?

So Amida and Tong Fengcai set a priority before and after, and put Cai Lu, the head of the Fujian soldiers, and the 1,000 Fujian soldiers under his command who were not very reliable (he had 2,000 town marks under his command, but Tong Fengcai deducted 1,000 from him, and only let him go to Nanyang with his "soldier's book") to Nanyang County as cannon fodder - as for whether they were cannon fodder or surrendered, it didn't matter.

Anyway, it is better for them to surrender in Nanyang than to defect in the Hebei region of Henan, and the back roads of the Qing army in Henan will be cut off!

And the "rear weight" of Amida and Tong Fengcai is actually not heavy, but it is 3,000 for the governor of Henan, 2,000 for the governor of Henan, 1,000 for the Manchurian cavalry brought by Amida, 5,000 for Tong Fengcai's new recruitment, and several green battalions under the command of the general and deputy general stationed in Henan, which together are about 20,000.

Regarding the deployment of the Qing army's troops in Henan, Wu Yingxiong, of course, had already inquired clearly. Not counting the small units of troops that were divided into various places, there were only 20,000 people who could gather to fight field battles, and the 1,000 Fujian soldiers who "nodded their heads" also secretly took refuge in the old Wu family.

So this battle is 50,000 against 20,000. The advantage is in Wu!

Wu Yingxiong, who came to the Yamen of the Chinese army in the Fancheng camp, stood in front of the map platform, looked at the defense situation of the Henan Qing army marked with villains and small houses, and looked at Fancheng. Good fellows, ten guards!

In addition, Xiangyang, south of Fancheng, actually hides the five guards brought by Wu Sangui!

That is, a total of 15 guards, a total of 75,000 people!

With Wu Yingxiong's "Art of War at the Card Table", there are so many big cards, you should bet on a big one!

Thinking of this, Wu Yingxiong looked at the generals who were gathered around him, and said calmly: "My father has already issued an order, let's raise troops in the day, what suggestions do you have for going north to the Central Plains?" ”

"The prince of the world is a soldier and a god of speed!"

The first to speak was Liu Xuanchu, who had just returned from Cai Lu, the chief soldier of Nanyang, and he had brought about the deployment of the Qing army in Henan.

He said: "Now that the Qing army in Henan is empty, the Nanyang guard Cai Lu has taken refuge in us again, and there are many descendants of the Tang Domain and the Tang Domain's guards inside and outside Nanyang City.

After taking Nanyang, we will divide our troops into two routes, all the way to Yuzhou, Yexian, Xiangcheng, Xuzhou, and then enter the territory of Kaifeng Mansion to seek a decisive battle with the Qing army in Henan! Go all the way to Luyang Pass into Ruzhou, and then pass through Songshan Mountain to Luoyang, and also find the Qing army for a decisive battle!

In this way, Luoyang and Kaifeng, Kangxi will either lose one or both! And as long as we can take one of Luoyang and Kaifeng, then Kangxi can only abandon Chang'an and go east, and then Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu will all belong to the king and the prince. This world"

Liu Xuanchu's words didn't continue, but everyone already knew who his subordinates were on this day?

The generals and ministers present were all gearing up, which was a joy!

The Qing Dynasty is coming to an end!

What? Wu Sangui was only allowed to fight for three months?

Wu Yingxiong didn't say anything, and the people below were happy to pretend to be confused.

When the time comes, Henan and Shaanxi will be taken, and even the army will be in Beizhili, will Wu Sangui still be able to pull people back?

It's too late to be an emperor. Who has the kung fu to care about Li Zicheng's life or death?

"Shifan, what do you think?" Wu Yingxiong was also excited when he saw his son Wu Shifan, and it seemed that he was also anxious to become a grandson.

"Father," Wu Shifan glanced at Liu Xuanchu, "The child thinks that Mr. Liu's method is not very good. ”

"Bad?" Liu Xuanchu was not angry, but asked with a smile, "What is the best plan for that grandson?" ”

"Mr. Liu," Wu Shifan said, "we immediately turned back to the west after we conquered Nanyang, dispatched at least nine guards to Zhenping, Neixiang, Xixiakou, and Xiping Town, and then entered Shangzhou, broke through Wuguan, and went to Xi'an!" ”

"Kill Xi'an?"

"Shisun. Is this going to kill Kangxi? ”

"Shisun, there are a lot of Qing soldiers in Xi'an, and our nine guards and 45,000 people may not be sure that we can win."

The generals and advisers present were a little unsure of their minds for a while.

Wu Yingxiong understands his son's mind a little bit - he is going to Kangxi to ask for his mother!

O filial son!

At this time, Wu Shifan said again: "You are right, we are not sure of victory, but what if we add the 25,000 army in my grandfather's hands? Fourteen guards have a total of 70,000 elite soldiers, are you sure now? ”

Wu Yingxiong frowned: "But can the five guards in your grandfather's hand come?" ”

Wu Shifan smiled: "Unless he wants to watch us defeat Wuguandao!" ”

Ah, this grandson is going to "kidnap" grandpa!

"Okay!" Wu Yingxiong slapped the table and made up his mind, "Send troops to Nanyang. Then go to Guanzhong, let's make a big bet with Kangxi! ”

Nanjing, Waijinchuanmen Wharf.

Geng Jingzhong, Lu Sanhao, Wang Zhongxiao, Chen Yonghua, Li Guangdi, Chen Menglei and others went to the wharf used as a "VIP wharf" early this morning to greet guests.

Today is Nalan Mingzhu, the Jiangnan Xuanzhi of the Qing Dynasty and the governor of Caoyun!

However, on the Nanjing side, no one now recognizes Mingzhu's identity as a "proclamator" - in the eyes of people in Nanjing, Mingzhu is just a Qing representative who came to participate in the "Anti-Qing Restoration Conference".

Hmm, the anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty is related to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty, as a party concerned, is not wrong with sending representatives to defend itself, right?

And once again on the pearl of the land of "Jiangning Mansion", the famous sentence of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is in my mind - the carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but Zhu Yan has changed!

"Teacher, you're just in time!"

Several people who came to greet Mingzhu, except for Wang Zhongxiao, all looked a little cold, including the two "alternate Qin Hui", no one went up to salute Mingzhu, only Wang Zhongxiao was the most polite, and still went up to do the salute of teachers and students.

"Exactly?" Mingzhu was nervous, "How do you say this?" ”

He has been a prisoner twice, and he has been a psychological shadow, for fear that he will just catch up with the good thing of killing the head and sacrificing the flag.

"Teacher, don't be nervous," Wang Zhongxiao smiled and comforted Mingzhu, "The two countries will not fight each other, besides, you are still a guest of His Royal Highness Dingwang." I just said that you came just in time, which means that you just happened to be in time for the trial of Zhu Guozhi in the three halls. ”

"Judge?"

"Judging Zhu Guozhi!" Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile, "Teacher, you don't know, the gentry in Jiangnan hated this Zhu Baidi to death, and when they heard that they were going to try him, they all donated generously, and they wanted to spend money to buy him a thousand knives, and the criminal department had already collected tens of thousands of taels of silver." ”

"What? Do you want to kill Zhu Guozhi? Mingzhu was frightened and sweated, "You guys. Persuaded to surrender? ”

Before killing, shouldn't you ask if you are willing to surrender?

"No," Wang Zhongxiao shook his head, "his enemies are everywhere in Jiangnan, why should we recruit him?" Teacher, don't be afraid, you have many good friends and few enemies, so it's okay to catch you twice. Even if there is a third or fourth time, it will definitely be able to turn the corner. ”

For the third and fourth time, Mingzhu thought: Don't you want me to be good?

Thinking of this, Mingzhu glared at Wang Zhongxiao, and then opened his throat and said: "This official came to Jiangnan to preach and appease according to the emperor's holy decree, if the third prince of Zhu is willing to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, then the emperor is benevolent, and he can be named the emperor of Jiangnaner, and then divide the river and rule, the south Ming and the north Qing. Otherwise, the city of Nanjing will be wiped out in the future! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the people on the dock burst into laughter.

Geng Jingzhong said: "Mingzhu, don't talk nonsense here. If you want to temporarily divide the river and rule, and both sides take a breath, we can consider it, as for the emperor of Jiangnan'er, His Royal Highness Dingwang will not agree. ”

"That's right! The king will not agree! Mingzhu, you died this heart as soon as possible! ”

"That is, today, when the Ming Dynasty is strong and the Qing is weak, even if someone wants to be the emperor, it should also be Kangxi, and we will be the king!"

Mingzhu listened to these people's words, but frowned deeply - Kangxi is a child, it is not possible to be a father of the king, Zhu Cijiong himself is a bunch of fathers! If this Kangxi becomes his son emperor, wouldn't there be six more grandfathers of the same generation as Huang Taiji?

However, it is a good idea to divide the river for the time being and let both sides take a breather.

(End of chapter)