Inner Mountain, West King Xingyuan.

In Wu Sangui's study, a father and daughter who are not related by blood are silently looking at each other.

After Wu Sangui returned from Xincheng, as if he was exhausted, he rushed into his bedroom and said that he wanted to sleep, and also ordered his soldiers to guard the door and not let anyone come. I don't seem to sleep very well, I don't know what nightmares I had, and I'm still wasting things in my dreams, and all I heard was the sound of falling things. It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Wu Sangui woke up, but his spirit had not yet recovered, and his eyes were still red. The people below asked him for instructions on military affairs, but he ignored them and just asked them to ask Hu Guozhu. Someone also reported that Li Fuchen's eldest son, Li Jizhen, asked to see him, saying that he had brought the terms of the covenant that had just been negotiated with Li Zicheng, and Wu Sangui was not angry enough to let him wait. Later, even Wu Xiaogang came to ask for a meeting, but he was blocked out.

However, he didn't see anyone, but asked people to invite his goddaughter Kong Sizhen to the study, and they had a face-to-face secret conversation with the father and daughter!

said that it was a secret conversation, but when the two greeted each other, they were relatively speechless, and I don't know how long it took before I heard Wu Sangui laugh a few times: "Sizhen, yesterday Wang, oh, it was Li Fuchen who personally said to the old man that it was enough to be Zhao Tuo of South Vietnam." ”

When Kong Sizhen heard Wu Sangui say this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's all he has to offer, don't look at him now that he is strong and strong, his second son is still in one of the three middle halls in the Nanjing Imperial Court, but his foundation is in Guangdong after all." The local Haoqiang in Guangdong was not as interested in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains as they were in the South Seas. And in recent years, Annan has been very chaotic there, Nanruan, Beizheng, Gao Pingmo, cannibalism I don't know how many years. Many wealthy Cantonese businessmen who have business in Hoi An Port in Annam are agitating the King of Nan to send troops to Annam, at least to bring down Hoi An Port first.

However, Annan has not been under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Empire for hundreds of years, and it seems that it has been a self-exterminated king since the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. If the king of the south wants to recover Annam, I am afraid it will not be easy. So father, you don't have to worry about him coming north to cause chaos in the future, you just have to go all out on the Northern Expedition, and when you take Beijing City, who else in the world will not accept you? ”

Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Zhao Tuo is also the emperor, he was the martial emperor of Nanyue!" ”

Kong Sizhen was shocked by this, shook his head again and again, and said: "Father, don't get me wrong, he didn't mean that, he just wanted to be the king of the south." ”

Wu Sangui waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sizhen, you misunderstood." My father does not object to Li Fuchen being the Southern Emperor, and now the world is either three or four points, and my father does not have the ability to directly smash Huanglong, and he can take the two territories of Zhongzhou and Ganshan, and then be satisfied with Zhou Tianzi when he ascends the throne in Chang'an! If the third prince of Zhu can pacify the southeast, then he should be the son of the southeast. As for. Kangxi or Fuquan may also be a Northern Emperor.

From the old man's point of view, in the future world, it is very likely that there will be an emperor in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and then the confrontation will be repeated for decades or hundreds of years! ”

There is also an emperor in the southeast, south, and northwest? Kong Sizhen said: Are you hanging a horse? Now it's three missing one, and Fei La Li Fuchen is playing together at the table? No, you're talking back, aren't you?

Wu Sangui saw that Kong Sizhen didn't understand what he meant, so he simply didn't beat around the bush, and directly picked it out and said: "Sizhen, in the past, my father underestimated Li Fuchen. Maybe Li Fuchen also underestimated himself. But yesterday he solved the fight between his father and Li Zicheng, which shows that he has four points in the world and one of his strength. Whether he is called this emperor or not in the future, he will be a quarter! You must know that there is a throne in the family and there is a difference between the seat of a few knots envoys.

There is only one throne and only one son can inherit. Li Fuchen can't come up with any great emperors, second emperors, and third emperors, right?

And there can be many festivals, Li Jizhen, Li Zhongshan, and Li Jiqing can all have a festival! Do you understand? ”

Kong Sizhen already understood a little that once Li Fuchen had a future as emperor, then the struggle between the Li family's father, son and brother would escalate immediately!

In fact, the relationship between Li Jizhen, Li Zhongshan and her Kong Sizhen has always been very harmonious, and Aunt Kong is called affectionate.

And although Li Jiqing has some estrangement with them, he has his own temperance to be able to do, and he will not divide the share of the two brothers.

So the two brothers and the brother who suddenly appeared were still polite, and it was for this reason that Kong Sizhen regarded Li Fuchen as a big backer for himself and his son (also Li Fuchen's son).

But once Li Fuchen has a throne, whoever becomes the emperor will be the winner!

And if you can't be the emperor's brother, what can you be?

Well, this emperor's son is not easy to be! Especially there is a "Li Er" on it.

"In addition," Wu Sangui continued, "you can follow Li Fuchen without a name now, or you can hang the name of a concubine, as long as you are willing, anyway, Li Fuchen's eldest lady can't control you, and even Li Fuchen himself can't control you." But once Li Fuchen became the emperor, you wouldn't be as free as you are now! You. What are you going to be? ”

The emperor's wife is as uncomfortable as she is, how can she be a female warlord?

Kong Sizhen had already laughed: "Father, what do you mean my daughter understands, my daughter has read history books, and she has also seen strong winds and waves in Beijing, and what she has heard and witnessed is not all the bloody wind and rain of these imperial families?" Daughter knows what to do! ”

Wu Sangui smiled and nodded: "Okay, good, it's good that you know!" The Father knows you have a way. But you don't take it lightly, Li Da and Li Er are not fuel-efficient lamps! ”

Outside the city of Xi'an, there is a big camp.

In the study of Wu Yingxiong, the prince of the West King, at this time, there was also a pair of brothers looking at each other silently. These two brothers are Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi, the eldest and second eldest of Wu Sangui's family!

Wu Sangui does not have many sons, and he gave birth to the two of them personally, as well as an adopted son, Wu Guogui. Although Wu Guogui controls most of Hunan and has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, he is an adopted son after all. It is unlikely that he will ascend to the throne, not only Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi can't agree, but Wu Sangui's three sons-in-law Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, and Guo Zhuangtu can't agree, and a group of elders of the Wu family will not support it.

So now those who are qualified to be emperors after Wu Sangui are Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi.

And these two brothers are now each leading tens of thousands of troops to meet under the city of Xi'an, and they also surrounded an unlucky Emperor Kangxi in the city of Xi'an!

However, they did not have the ability to capture Xi'an now, because the main force of the Qing army on the Western Road led by Laita and Feiyangu of more than 30,000 people had already rushed to break through the resistance of Wu Yingxiong's troops before Wu Yingqi's army arrived, and rushed into Xi'an City in one fell swoop.

In Xi'an, there were thousands of elite soldiers, as well as 70,000 or 80,000 dependents and slaves, and under the condition of full mobilization, 20,000 or 30,000 people could be put together to go to the city, and now with the addition of more than 30,000, the number of defenders can reach 60,000 at most.

Xi'an, which was handed down from the Ming Dynasty, is not as big as Nanjing, and 60,000 defenders to defend the city is really enough.

Although the total strength of the two brothers Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi after joining forces reached 100,000, more than Kangxi in Xi'an, they were not sure that they could defeat the Qing army that held the city.

In this case, the siege of the city to consume military rations seems to be the best choice.

Now the Qing army, family members, and people in Xi'an City together always have more than 200,000 consumption!

Although the Wu army outside the city has 100,000 people, the consumption is not small, but as long as the grain from Xiangyang and Nanyang can be transferred in time, it can still hold out to the end.

But contrary to the expectations of the two brothers, just when they were about to stay outside Xi'an for a year and a half and starve Kangxi to death, a news that they could not have imagined came from Jingmen Prefecture.

Wu Sangui, the father of the two of them, actually fell in love with Li Zicheng at this critical juncture! sent troops to steal Li Zicheng's Jingzhou and Yuezhou, and that Li Zicheng was also holding back, and he also personally led the warfleet to attack Xiangyang!

And the sneak attack on both sides was unsuccessful, and in the end, they still confronted each other across the water on both sides of the Han River near the inner mountain in Jingmen Prefecture!

In addition, that Wang Fuchen is now renamed Li Fuchen, and he is not a thing, so if he doesn't help, he will forget it, and he actually has a "shooting at the gate to relieve the fight" - in fact, it is armed mediation!

And this Li Fuchen is also biased towards Li Zicheng, he is united with Li Zicheng, and they all worship the same ancestor, can they still be angry?

So Wu Sangui really can't spare the strength to support Xi'an now—because he has to collect all the available ships and sailors in the Xiangyang area to piece together a temporary navy, so he can't use those ships to move grain from Xiangyang to Nanyang.

If you have to take the land route completely, there are nearly 1,000 miles of grain transportation from Xiangyang to Xi'an, and the consumption on the road is very large!

In addition, the number of people is not large, and now is the time for farming.

Therefore, Wu Sangui ordered the two of them to withdraw their troops quickly!

However, don't retreat to the end, you still have to keep a base in Guanzhong. Wu Sangui means that Wu Yingxiong's people control Shangzhou and hold the Wuguan pass, and Wu Yingqi's people hold Fengxiang Mansion and control the passage to Bashu and Longyou.

In this way, the old Wu family will be able to send troops to take Xi'an after Kangxi runs away or has enough food and grass in the coming year. It doesn't seem to be a big delay, it's good.

But the Wu brothers were really a little speechless. Seeing that he won, why did he drop the chain at the critical moment?

"Boss, look at our father." Wu Yingqi just took the order sent by Wu Sangui and looked at it again and again, and now he finally put it down, and then looked helplessly at his good big brother who was holding his arms and frowning sadly.

"Alas, who told Li Zicheng to be next to him? If you don't poke him, his hands are itchy! But even if he doesn't make a move, Li Zicheng will make a move! The two of us still have to be pitted by these two old ones! ”

"This." Wu Yingqi asked, "Big brother, how much grain do you still have in your hands?" How long can it last? Around Xi'an, let's find a way to buy a little more? ”

Wu Yingxiong said: "The grain in several counties around Xi'an has already been sold out, and the grain I have on hand can still allow our 100,000 troops to hold out in Guanzhong for another two or three months." ”

"Two or three months." Wu Yingqi thought for a while, "Otherwise, I will take the troops to Fengxiang Mansion to collect some grain and grass, and then you will send someone to search carefully in Xi'an Mansion." You might be able to scrape together enough food to feed for six months. As long as there is this number, it can be consumed with Kangxi. ”

Obviously, Wu Yingqi is still unwilling to give up Kangxi's high-value target!

Wu Yingxiong looked at Wu Yingqi: "Second brother, what do you mean by searching and searching?" Do you want to"

"Rob!" Wu Yingqi was also simply, "War, it's inevitable!" ”

Wu Yingxiong frowned and shook his head slightly: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, we can't do this!" ”

"My dad has done this I don't know how many times!"

Wu Yingqi also wanted to talk about Wu Sangui's glorious deeds and Wu Yingxiong, and the voices of the two brothers Wu Shicong and Wu Shifan suddenly sounded outside the barracks.

"Uncle, father, many ordinary people have been driven out of Xi'an City!"

"Exploring the Malay newspaper, it is said that there are tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands! All of them are helping the old and the young, crying dad and calling mother! ”

Wu Yingxiong didn't have much military experience, and when he heard the news, he looked at Wu Yingqi with a confused face: "Second brother, Kangxi is going to do this"

"Maybe we have to drive the people to our camp!" Wu Yingqi is experienced, "This is something that Tartars used to do in the past, and our father did it too!" ”

"Ah" Wu Yingxiong frowned, "What can I do?" ”

"Kill!" Wu Yingqi said, "Brother, Ci is not in charge of the army!" ”

"Killing ordinary people?" Wu Yingxiong asked.

Wu Yingqi nodded: "If you find that there are enemy soldiers mixed with the people, then you must kill them!" Big brother, killing people on the battlefield is not about cutting one-on-one with a knife, but firing the cannon first, and then releasing the gun, and at the same time, it is impossible to shoot arrows until the people walk in and distinguish clearly before starting. ”

Wu Yingxiong also stood up suddenly: "Second brother, we have to go and have a look. You have to see it clearly, and save a little if you can save a little, but now the people are scarce and expensive! Sichuan's ability is fertile for thousands of miles, but now it is a thousand miles of white land. ”

Wu Yingqi shook his head: "Alas, you are the benevolence of women, let's go together!" ”

"Hurry up, hurry up and follow the emperor's will, let you get out and die!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we won't go out, our home is in Xi'an!"

"Roll on, don't stay in Xi'an City to consume food!"

"But I still have food at home!"

"Now it's gone, it's all to the emperor!"

"Aren't we going to starve?"

"Let's go to Wu Sangui's place to eat! What else do you bring? All left for Lao Tzu"

"Master Bing, that's all I have to offer!"

"Bring it!"

At the head of Xi'an City, Emperor Kangxi was wearing a blue gown, standing behind a battlement, stunned to see a large number of miserable people, helping the old and the young, crying while being driven out of the city by the Eight Banners soldiers who shouted five and six to drink, and many refugees were robbed of their only property, and they were strange in their hearts, so they couldn't help but sigh.

It's not that I sympathize with the people, but I'm worried that he won't say good things about him in the history books in the future!

No, what is this record, he has to take a good look at it, and if it is not suitable, it must be changed.

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing has not been done in the process of pacifying the world in the Qing Dynasty. Don't be too upset! "It's Laita who is enlightening Kangxi on the side, he has followed Dolgon, Duoduo, and Azig to fight the world! What haven't you seen?

"But I," Kangxi shook his head, "those are my people!" ”

"Your Majesty, they are Han!" "If it weren't for them eating up Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi's grain and grass, we could still send elite soldiers to follow them and drive them to charge the Wu army's camp." ”

"Drive out the common people? Did it work? Kangxi hurriedly asked.

"It works!" "Archers and musketeers are not able to shoot and shoot non-stop, because if you shoot too many arrows, your hands will be sore, and if you shoot too many shots, your hands will be hot. Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong often drove the Han people to push the shield cart as the front drive to consume the Ming army, and they could always have the upper hand. It's a pity that not many people do this this time."

As soon as he said this, he heard Kangxi muttering in a delicate voice: "Such a good method was passed down by the ancestors, why was it lost?" ”

"Woo."

The trumpet of the police suddenly sounded.

Kangxi nervously raised the clairvoyant mirror to look out of the city, and saw a large group of rolling cavalry suddenly surging out of the horizon! They all wore plain blue and gray cloth visors, and their heads were wrapped in red cloth.

Laita also muttered in a low voice, "It's the cavalry of the Wu army!" There are quite a lot of generals, I don't know if it's Wu Yingqi or Wu Shicong or Wu Shifan? ”

In fact, it was Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingqi, Wu Shicong, and Wu Shifan who came, two pairs of father and son came to the west of Xi'an together, and they also brought a full 10,000 cavalry, a large area of real black pressure!

However, this black cavalry is really nothing compared to the people who are being forcibly driven out of Xi'an City by the Qing soldiers who are not human?

The refugees who walked in front of them were empty-handed and could only support their relatives, and when they saw the large force of elite cavalry led by the Wu family, they immediately knelt down and shouted: "Long live the King of Pingxi!" Long live the King of Pingxi."

When Wu Yingxiong heard this, his spirit suddenly improved, this is the heart of the people in Wu! It's a win!

He hurriedly reined in the war horse, then turned around and asked Wu Yingqi: "Second brother, do you see that there are Qing soldiers behind those people?" ”

"There are some, not many!" Wu Yingqi looked at it, and it was also a little strange, "It's one or two hundred cavalry, it's okay to fight a person, it's not enough to really fight. So what is Kangxi doing? ”

"Whatever!" Wu Yingxiong said, "Listen, they are all good people who support our father!" Quickly send someone to tell them that as long as they follow the Ewu family, everyone has a land, clothes to wear, and food to eat, Kangxi doesn't want them, and the Elao Wu family wants it! ”

In order to win people's hearts, this Wu Yingxiong's accent has been changed, which is really okay.

As dozens of horsemen galloped around the refugees and loudly announced Wu Yingxiong's order, the voice of the king of Huping Xi in the west of Xi'an City became even louder, deafening, and also made Kangxi at the head of Xi'an City pale, muttering in a low voice: "Diao Min, all of them are damned Diao Min"

(End of chapter)