In the forty-seventh year of Chongzhen, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Nanjing, Mochou Lake.

Wang Zhongxiao had already changed into a brand-new red battle jacket under the service of his concubine Yang Xiaohuan, put on a black cuirass, and carried a saber and a flintlock pistol, dressed as a "lancer".

In fact, he never believed in any "drawing the river and ruling the river", even if it was written in black and white in the history books of later generations, he would not agree to it now!

Although he did not expect that the Qing army would send troops to attack Nanjing on the 30th of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the military preparations did not stop for a moment.

After he, Lu Sanhao, Chen Yonghua and others joined forces to take Nanjing, various combat preparations began immediately. The work of recruiting recruits from several counties under the jurisdiction of Ying Tianfu has been in full swing, and after Liu Jinzhong took Jiangpu and Liuhe, Wang Zhongxiao shifted the focus of recruit recruitment to Jiangbei and Huaixi.

At the same time as recruiting new soldiers, the scholars and veterans of the martial arts hall in Guangdong were also constantly transferred to Nanjing. Although the land communication between Nanjing and Guangdong was very inconvenient because of the existence of the Qing army's Jiangxi battalion, the communication line to the north through the sea route was not cut off because of a magical tacit understanding. Therefore, Wang Zhongxiao can still get support from Guangdong through this lifeline of rivers and seas.

However, Shi Lang's Yangtze River sailors did not blockade Nanjing, which did not mean that they would be allowed to pass with their eyes closed, and people also had to block the road and collect fees, and if they wanted to charge, they had to board the ship for inspection. If it was really a boatload of troops and munitions, so that Shi Lang's people found out, then they had to fight on the Yangtze River?

Moreover, Wang Fuchen was not at ease to hand over a large number of troops and munitions to Zheng "Jing" for shipping. God knows where this elf will transport the Wang family's army and munitions?

Therefore, in the past few months, the number of non-commissioned officers of the Wutang Army, veterans of the Guangdong Army, and various arms brought in by water one after another was not too much, but it was still enough for Wang Zhongxiao to organize an entire Huai Army Association in accordance with the standards of the Guangdong New Army.

After the unit is formed, it will be all kinds of urgent training! What queue formation, what live ammunition shooting, what fortress training, what field training, that is all indispensable!

In addition, Wang Zhongxiao also formed a staff group for himself led by Zhou Chang, Wang Quan, Wang An and Guo Jinbao.

Each of these four people has their own division of labor.

Among them, Zhou Changguan, who has a very high military talent, although he is not from the army, but he is familiar with various military techniques, and he also followed Tuhai to learn the tactics of the Eight Banners. After arriving in Guangdong, Wang Zhongxiao asked him to participate in the management of Jiangwutang. Let him learn while doing, and learned all the four axes (horse, infantry, artillery, and work) of the Wang family father and son, and also participated in the compilation of the teaching materials of the martial arts.

Of course, the new tactics developed by Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao, including spear and cavalry charge, infantry lining up to shoot, stragglers cold guns, rifle musket phalanx, digging trenches and building fortifications, digging trenches and firing artillery to siege the city, and coordinating with horse infantry gunners, etc., are actually superficial, so it is not difficult to master.

After he arrived in Nanjing, Wang Zhongxiao immediately appointed him as the left member of the army in Nanwangfu on behalf of Wang Fuchen, and also asked him to personally bring a few graduates of the first and second phases of the Guangdong Lecture Wutang as staff officers, and set up a staff department. These days, I have been walking around Nanjing, drawing maps, looking at the terrain, and I have almost eaten all the mountains and rivers around Nanjing.

The "old soldiers" Wang Quan and Wang Anguan, who were brought out by Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao, were in charge of training.

Wang Quan was responsible for training Wang Zhongxiao's personal battalion, and at the same time concurrently served as a general of the personal battalion - this is an elite "synthetic battalion", which uses the military system of the Guangdong New Army, with four musket teams, a cavalry team, an artillery team, an engineer team, and a baggage team, totaling more than 1,500 people. Among them, the number of veterans accounts for about half, and the rest are Huaixi heroes!

Wang An was in charge of the training of the remaining three infantry battalions of the "Huai Army" of 1,2300 men - these three battalions were composed of four musket teams and two pikes, and there were no cannons, but the muskets equipped with them were also flintlock muskets, and the firepower was still very strong!

However, there are many recruits in the three infantry barracks, and the training has not yet been completed, so you have to be careful when using them.

Guo Jinbao, an ancestral firearms expert, has now also followed Wang Zhongxiao to Nanjing, and he is Wang Zhongxiao's chief firearms manager, and he is in charge of the artillery team that belongs to the "Li Zhongtang personal army", which has a total of 100 or so people, and is equipped with six three-pound "red-coated cannons" (shrunken red-coated cannons) and four cupola cannons (mortar cannons) that can fire 24-kilogram cannonballs.

This Guo Jinbao originally wanted to follow Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao to Guangdong to be a county official, but he didn't expect that after being deceived into Guangdong, he directly became the "Guo teacher" of the Guangdong Martial Arts Hall, specializing in teaching the non-commissioned officers under him to fire, shoot, and dispense gunpowder.

However, he always watched his students make achievements and had itchy hands, so this time he followed Zhou Chang to Nanjing, and now he is the chief of firearms in Nanwangfu, from Teacher Guo to Manager Guo.

When Wang Zhongxiao was neatly draped and fastened a helmet of the Guangdong New Army on his head, on a map table on the side, with a snap, Zhou Changzheng threw the pen in his hand on the map: "If I were Yue Le, I would definitely go day and night, first grab Qixia Mountain, and then rely on Qixia Mountain and Jiuxiang River to build a camp, and at the same time divide troops to guard Longtan Port, Dongyang Town, and Xiashu Town. In this way, it will not be easy for us to repel Yue Leke. ”

"Zhongtang, then we have to hurry up!" Wang Quandao, "Yue Le arrived in Xiashu Town last night, it is only more than forty miles from Xiashu Town to Qixia Mountain, and before dark today, Yue Le's army should be able to arrive." Let's go from Mochou Lake to Qixia Mountain, which is also forty miles. The rapid march should be in time. As long as we occupy the heights of Qixia Mountain, we can block Yue Le. ”

Wang An shook his head: "Blocked? It's a little difficult, we can catch up, Lu Sanhao's group practice is too late, most of his people go home for the New Year, and it will take at least two days to gather. Even if Lu Sanhao transferred troops overnight last night, at least he would have to concentrate in Nanjing tomorrow and drive to Qixia Mountain the day after tomorrow. How many people did Yue Le bring this time? Thirty thousand? Twenty thousand? Are we going to use 5,000 men to force him for two days? It would be fine if our three infantry barracks were as elite as the pro-soldier battalion, but in fact, those three infantry barracks could not fight at all!

Therefore, I don't approve of fighting in Qixia Mountain or setting up a village in Jubao Mountain and Lime Mountain, relying on the outer city of Nanjing to hold on to Yuele. ”

Guo Jinbao also did not approve of Yue Le's seizure of Qixia Mountain, he said: "We don't have enough artillery, only six three-pound cannons and four twenty-four-catty cupola cannons. Yue Le is menacing, maybe he even has a red-clothed cannon! We really want to meet Yue Le in Qixia Mountain, but we can't get cheap. ”

Wang Zhongxiao smiled: "Pei Gong, now whether to fight or not is one to two, what do you mean?" ”

Zhou Chang didn't look at the map anymore, just brushed his beard and squinted his eyes, and at a glance he knew that he was holding back there. Hearing Wang Zhongxiao ask what he meant, he just looked at his lord and said with a smile: "Zhongtang, our lord is behind us is Nanjing!" ”

Oh, this Zhou Chang still has such an awareness? Wang Zhongxiao nodded, and said in his heart: This is close to Zhu Zhechi! All of them have progressed under the inspiration of my noble personality!

Zhou Chang saw Wang Zhongxiao nodding, and then said: "This is the Nanjing of the third prince of Zhu, the Nanjing of Lu Sanhao, and the Nanjing of Geng Jingzhong, not the Nanjing of your lord!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao looked at him, Zhou Peigong was indeed Zhou Peigong. This consciousness is still a bit low!

Zhou Chang then said: "What if we desperately grab Qixia Mountain?" Is the world for the public to be realized? Would the third prince of Zhu be willing to be a hypocrite in An An? Will Lu Sanhao and Wu Sangui be in one or two paragraphs? Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin, the two embarrassed thieves, will they repent? How many people in the southeast of Nanjing will regard Zhongtang as the pillar of the world? Li Shu and the regiment training soldiers in the five counties south of the Yangtze River in Tianfu will be the only one who will look forward to the main horse because of the bloody battle between the lord and the Tartar in Qixia Mountain? ”

Where did Wang Zhongxiao not understand what Zhou Chang meant?

Only when you get control of Nanjing after the Battle of Nanjing will you be the real winner!

And the winner. is beyond reproach, no matter how many shady means he takes!

"That's it. Marching into Jubaoshan? Wang Zhongxiao thought about it and said.

"Think of Yue Le as outside the outer city of Nanjing?" Zhou Peigong said with a smile, "The princes in Nanjing City may not even hear the sound of artillery clearly. Not quite right, right? ”

"Then let's garrison Xiaoling and Xiaolingwei!" Wang Zhongxiao finally made up his mind, "The Tomb of Filial Piety is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu, and it is located on the Purple Mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is no room for error. And the Xiaoling Acropolis is the key point to the east of Nanjing, and the Xiaoling on the Purple Mountain are each other's horns, and the two must be guarded together! Let's defend Xiaolingwei and Xiaoling, guard the grave of Ming Taizu, and fight a battle to defend Nanjing! ”

Zhou Changyi arched his hand and said: "Zhongtang is wise, then let's move the whole army to Xiaolingwei now!" ”

"The whole army is moving?" Wang Zhongxiao thought about it and looked at Yang Xiaohuan beside him again.

Zhou Chang nodded, "The lord's family and the belongings in the Mochou Lake Palace's mansion are all taken away. The heart of defense is indispensable! If your family stays in Mochou Lake, you will be on an adventure when you go home! ”

This Zhou Chang is really getting more and more thoughtful! It's just that this mind is a little dark, but now Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin are all in Nanjing!

"Good!" Wang Zhongxiao nodded heavily, "That's it. The whole army moved to Xiaolingwei! ”

"Long live the King of the West! Long live the King of the West! ”

On the outskirts of Xi'an, on a silver-white Baling Plain, the dense Wu Jiajun let out a high cheer. Standing on the top of the hillside, Wu Yingxiong, the son of the Western King of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Shifan, the grandson of the Western Wang, both showed smug smiles.

This time, Wu Yingxiong is really Xiong Zhenhuaxia! After his son Wu Shifan led his troops to capture Wuguan, he personally led an army of 47,000 and drove nearly 200 miles, invincible all the way, and directly killed the Baling Plain outside Xi'an.

This Baling was originally located to the west of Bashui, which was a plateau, and was called Bashang in ancient times!

It is the place where Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, entered Guanzhong, and Liu Bang, the emperor of Han Gao, sent troops to resist the overlord. And the famous meal in history, called the Hongmen Banquet, is about fifty miles northeast of Baling Plain.

And Wu Yingxiong is now driving the army up to Baling Plain, which is equivalent to putting a big knife on the neck of the "Emperor Kang" in Xi'an City!

Doesn't this Emperor Kang like to play some royal driving and personal expeditions, and what kind of Son of Heaven guards the country? Now fold yourself in, right?

Thinking of this, Wu Yingxiong said to his son Wu Shifan beside him: "Son, Kangxi can't even send out the soldiers guarding the Ba, it seems that Xi'an is really empty, how about we send troops to attack Xi'an after a few days of rest?" If you can break Xi'an in one fell swoop, the world can be determined! ”

What? This is about to besiege the city? Wu Shifan was also stunned, how could his father "learn badly"? In order to be the emperor, I don't want a wife

"Father, Xi'an Jiancheng is difficult to overcome, and Kangxi is determined to defend it, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to overcome." Wu Shifan pondered and said, "If the Jiudun army is under the fortified city, and the attack is not overcome, and many soldiers die in battle, I am afraid that people's hearts will fluctuate and the success will fall short." As. Set up a large camp on Ba, and then divide the troops to take Lantian, Weinan, Juxian, Xianyang, Gaoling and other counties, as well as the towns in the south of Xi'an and the mouths of the Qinling Mountains, and completely turn Xi'an into an isolated city! ”

"Camp? There are also five counties such as Lantian, Weinan, Juxian, Xianyang, and Gaoling, as well as the territory south of Xi'an" Wu Yingxiong hesitated, "Can you hold it?" ”

"Father, you can just lead the guards to guard the ba," Wu Shifan said confidently, "The flintlock pikemen of the children's guards are very good at fighting, and there is no problem in garrisoning the camp."

As for the father, you can retreat to Lantian with General Guo (Guo Zhuangtu), guard the back road, and then divide General Wang Da (Wang Pingfan), General Wu Shang (Wu Zhimao), General Han Shang (Han Daren), General Gao Shang (Gao Dejie), General Tan Shang (Tan Hong) to garrison Weinan, Juxian, Xianyang, Gaoling and the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains. In this way, we will be able to recruit troops from the enemy because of food. Maybe you can use the wheat in Guanzhong to raise the soldiers in Guanzhong and trap the king of Hulu! ”

Wu Yingxiong didn't know much about military affairs, but he was followed by a big military advisor Liu Xuanchu, so he looked back at him and asked, "Military advisor, what do you think?" ”

"The plan of the grandson is wonderful!" Liu Xuanchu said with a smile, "But the prince doesn't have to return to Lantian immediately, you can leave the grandson and the guards to guard the Ba, and then take Weinan first, then Gaoling, and then Xianyang, Juxian and Qinling, and finally enter Lantian."

After entering Lantian, you can also recruit wise men in Guanzhong, buy horses and gather troops, and accumulate valleys in Tuntian for the long term. ”

Wu Shifan nodded and said: "What the military advisor said is very good, although we can't beat Xi'an Jiancheng, but we can set up camp under Jiancheng to trap the enemy, and slowly consume with Kangxi in the city, not in a year and a half, and it can be done in three and five years!" ”

Liu Xuanchu smiled and said: "This tactic is really clever!" Shisun, your ability to fight with soldiers is really admirable to the old minister! ”

Wu Shifan listened to Liu Xuanchu's praise, his face turned red, and he said a little embarrassed: "Military advisor, this is not something I came up with, but the method of hard walled and besieged city that I learned in the Guangdong Lecture and Martial Arts Hall opened by Wang Shikai. Shi Kai said that after having the fort of the ridge, the flintlock spear, and the bronze smoothbore cannon, the side that built the fort took a great advantage. Therefore, the besieging side can use a small number of troops to build a fortified city and trap the enemy's big city. ”

Wang Zhongxiao's tactics, of course, were wanted by a loyal minister of the late Qing Dynasty who killed people like shaved his head to deal with the Taiping army, but he didn't expect it to be used to trap Kangxi now!

This "Qing Holy Ancestor", I am afraid that he will soon become a "Qing Mansion Sect" like Hong Tianwang!

However, at this moment, Kangxi, who was living in the Qin Palace, Xi'an, didn't feel that he was going to be a "house sect" at all, because he had just discovered a trick to defeat Wu Yingxiong and completely reverse the decline of the Qing Dynasty!

"Hahaha, Wu Yingxiong's nerd really doesn't know the art of war, he not only went deep alone, under the fortified city, but also the back road is extremely empty! Now Wu Sangui is in Hanzhong, Wu Yingqi is in Longxi, and Wu Guogui is in Hunan, all of them can't move. And how many defenders can Nanyang behind Wu Yingxiong have? Even if it's not an empty city, it's not enough to resist the Heavenly Soldiers Brigade of Zhili and Henan, right? If Nanyang is lost, Wu Yingxiong's tens of thousands of troops are afraid that they will never be able to go back! As long as Wu Yingxiong is finished, Daqing will be."

Not to mention, this Kangxi's tricks are still quite clever!

It is no wonder that in history, this emperor who was particularly good at causing trouble could finally get a "Holy Ancestor" and lie down to the ground contentedly.

However, Kangxi's clever plan now has a big loophole, that is, is Yuwang Fuquan really willing to help fight Nanyang? After helping Kangxi, does Fuquan still have any hope of becoming an emperor?

This Kangxi emperor doesn't seem to be doing well, shouldn't Fuquan help to be it?

If there were no troops from King Yu, relying on the forces of Amida and Tong Fengcai alone, it would not necessarily be able to impress Wu Yingxiong's defenders in Nanyang. If Nanyang can't be defeated, then no matter how high Kangxi's plan is, it will probably be in vain.

"Your Majesty," the scholar Suo Etu immediately asked, "The slave is willing to go to Beijing and ask His Royal Highness King Yu to personally lead the army of the Beijing Division to the south for the emperor!" ”

"Good!" Kangxi was relieved now, with Suo Etu coming forward, Fuquan had to be obedient, even if Fuquan was disobedient, Suo Etu could speak to the Empress Dowager.

Kangxi thought for a while, and then said: "Suo Etu, I have appointed you as the Minister of Military Affairs of the Qincha Supervision, and you have the right to control the soldiers and horses of the four provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi, and you have the right to act cheaply!" ”

"Minion Command!"

(End of chapter)