On the fifth day of the fifth month of the 14th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the rain fell one after another, with the most common southeast wind in summer flying between the heaven and the earth, the dense and dense like a big net, shrouded the open world in a rain and fog. Pangezhuang, 50 miles south of Beijing, has changed its appearance compared with 10 days ago, two shallow moats have been dug around Zhuangzi, the rammed earth wall has been reinforced with sandbags and straw bags, a pontoon bridge has been erected on the Yongxing River to the west of Zhuangzi, and a bridgehead has been built with wooden fences and sandbags and straw bags in the west of Yongxing River. On the north and south sides of Pangezhuang, two spacious cavalry camps were also built, which were covered with tents, and from time to time there were large groups of Mongolian cavalry entering and leaving.

The official road from the direction of Beijing winds from the west of the Yongxing River to the Tianjin Wei, and the plains around the official road are dark green, with continuous wheat fields, dense forests and forts.

These forts were all newly built in recent years, and most of the owners were supernumerary minions and small group training leaders in the Gyeonggi area, and most of them also had the background of Luojiao and Caoyun gangs. These people all arose after the Manchurians suffered a series of defeats, the content of the Eight Banners became lower and lower, and at the same time, in order to supplement the number of people, they were not allowed to open the slave gate. Most of the land in the Gyeonggi area was forcibly occupied by the yamen and princes and nobles of the Eight Banners after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, but the Manchus and their clothed servants would not personally farm the land, and they would not even bother to manage it, and would usually accept some large households with strong fists (many people) as supernumerary slaves, so that they could oppress the tenants below.

If the power of the Manchu people and their clothed slaves did not decline so quickly, those supernumerary minions could only honestly be dogs for the clothed master and the Sula slaves. However, when the full content of the Eight Banners became lower and lower, many clothed domestic slaves also turned into Zhengding, either being incorporated into the Banner Army to fight everywhere, or following Kangxi to the Northwest and Changning to the Northeast, the strength of the Banner people around Gyeonggi declined rapidly, and the Han regiment led by Yang Qilong took the opportunity to train the armed forces. The supernumerary slaves who originally gave a hand to the Baoyi slaves relied on the strength of their families, and they also directly controlled the land and population, and they all fell on the big tree of Tianjin Weiyang Dashuai. One by one, they all hung up the ranks of military attache of Qianzong and Zong, and also forcibly occupied the land and Zhuangzi that belonged to the Yamen of the Eight Banners and the princes and nobles of the Qing Dynasty, and with the help of Yang Dashuai, they organized their own families or tenants' strong men to train and build strongholds, and they all became small heroes.

As a result, in the countryside of Beijing, Tianjin, and Baoding, a large number of "villages" have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and Pang Gezhuang is one of the big villages, which belongs to Pang Qinglong, the head of the regimental training with the rank of guerrilla.

This thirty or forty-year-old, short, stocky, and bright-eyed leader of the regimental training was not originally a supernumerary minion, but a Cao foreman, begging for a living on the canal between Tianjin and Beijing, and there was a group of strong men under his hands, all of whom were fierce and abnormal. One of his uncles was the head of the Eight Banners, and he was in charge of tens of thousands of acres of land and two or three thousand tenants around Panggezhuang.

After Yang Qilong became the minister of Zhili's regimental training, this Pang Qinglong took refuge in Yang Dashuai, and then was sent back to Pang Gezhuang by the marshal to seize power - he seized the power of his uncle, and took the land and population in his uncle's hands, which became the capital of running a regimental training.

After more than a year of operation, Pang Gezhuang has been run by this Pang Qinglong as solid, and his "dragon battalion" has also become the leading strong army in the "township soldiers" trained by the Zhili regiment.

This Zhili regiment trains the township army, which is actually a bit similar to the Guangdong township army in the township, and the elite among them also have to take turns to serve in the Beiyang New Army. The proportion of the upper draw is about 1/10th.

That is to say, Pang Qinglong's Longzi battalion has a total of 2,000 people, of which 1,800 are farmers and soldiers in his hometown, and 200 are serving in the Beiyang New Army. When they were serving in the Beiyang New Army, Yang Dashuai would give them two taels of silver a month, plus five buckets of rice and noodles and extra fish, meat, and salt, and vegetables, and the treatment was quite good. When you return home, you usually don't have any money.

However, this time, Pang Qinglong's Pang Gezhuang was selected to become the location of the "Regent Army" camp, and the entire army of the Longzi Battalion also received Yang Dashuai's general order to assist the regent in the battle, so they received a sum of silver from top to bottom, and also got the words of the regent. Let the big guy fight hard, and if Yang Dashuai is played, he will be able to go to the next level, and the group exercises everywhere in Zhili can rise together!

The benefits are great!

Pang Qinglong's strength was even stronger, not only after receiving Yang Qilong's general order, he immediately set up a pontoon bridge on the Yongxing River west of Zhuangzi, and also built a bridgehead on the other side of the river, but also scattered spies to the west of the Yongding River, and contacted several small regiment leaders on the west of the Yongding River, and found out the reality of the Kangxi army through them.

At this time, he explained the situation between the Yongding River and the Yongxing River to the regent Fuquan who had just moved in to a big mansion in Pangezhuang!

This Yongxing River is a tributary of the Yongding River, the river is narrow, the water flow is not much, it is easy to wade in the dry season, but now it is the rainy time in summer, it is difficult for the infantry to wade, but it is not impossible, the cavalry is easy to wade through. As for the Yongding River, which is sixteen or seventeen miles away to the west of the Yongxing River, it is impossible to cross it on foot in the season of abundant water.

Between the Yongding River and the Yongxing River is a large piece of flat land, there are several forests in the middle of the flat land, as well as several small villages such as Wang Village, Xiaoli Village, Gaojiazhuang, etc., these small villages are under the jurisdiction of Pang Gezhuang, and the minister has ordered the wall to clear the wilderness, and the women and children of several Zhuangzi have been transferred to Pang Gezhuang. The king may rely on these small Zhuangzi and Lin Zi to confront the emperor.

In this way, although your soldiers and horses are on their backs, there are not only bridges on the Yongxing River behind them, but also wading across them, and they can enter and retreat freely. The cavalry can also be dispatched north and south under the cover of the Yongxing River, which is both concealed and safe.

And the Emperor Taishang's side is also backwater, but the Yongding River is not as good as the Yongxing River, it is a real backwater, once the battle is unfavorable, only two wooden bridges can retreat. ”

Fuquan listened to what Pang Qinglong said, so he nodded slightly in approval, and then looked left and right - there were many generals wearing gowns and swords on their waists standing on both sides, including Prince Gong Changning, Prince Jian Labu, Xinjun Wang Ezha, Bahai, Suo Etu, Mingzhu, Mu Zhan, Yang Qilong, Guanyinbao, Qi Zheng'e, Li Sixing, Zhang Yunyi, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao and others, all of whom looked like they were gearing up and eager to try.

"Second brother, I think this Pang Qinglong's method is good, let's cross the river to find a fight!" Prince Gong Chang Ning said with a smile, "The third brother colluded with Wu Sangui to rebel, and he was just deposed by the Council of Ministers of the Council of Ministers, we have great righteousness in hand, morale is high, and now that we have a good position, we will definitely win!" ”

King Ezha of Xinjun also nodded and said, "Regent, we have such a big advantage, we should give it a go. Don't have any reservations, bet them all on, and win or lose! ”

This Ezha is the one who did a handful in Huguang Stud last time, and the result was the "Bear Epicenter Central Plains"!

After the "Xiong Zhenyuan Plains", he was replaced by Yue Le, and lost the title of King of Xinjun, and later went to Jiangnan with Yue Le, but he didn't stay long in Jiangnan before Fuquan was transferred back to Beijing and scattered. But he didn't finish the game, when Fuquan opened the Council of Ministers to depose Kangxi, he "borrowed the capital" to stud - his family is the foundation of Dolgon and Duoduo, and now although it is broken, there are still many relatives who are the ministers of parliament, and Ozha himself is also a politician. So he helped Fuquan to canvass people everywhere, and became Uncle Fu's henchman, and the county king also came back, and he also got the military power, and collected a group of Duoduo's old men and the minions and slaves of the Xinjun Wangfu, and fought out thousands of steps to ride, and he could go to the battlefield again!

Prince Jane Rabu is also a young man who loves "stud", and he has a good relationship with Ozha on weekdays, often "sparring" gambling skills and visiting the eight alleys together, and now he heard that Ozha wants to go all-in, and immediately agreed: "Yes! Let's bet all on let's not play with the emperor game by game, although he has been losing, but he is a veteran, we may not be able to win a game of play. Just go all out and force him to gamble with us! ”

Well, two gamblers!

Speaking of gambling net worth, Fuquan turned his head to look at Yang Qilong.

Yang Qilong nodded again and again: "Rich, rich prince, we have as much as you want to bet!" The heads of the training camps in Shuntianfu and Tianjin Wei can invite them to help as long as they have money! Our chances of winning are still quite big, so bet on it! ”

Well, gamblers!

Fuquan was relieved at this time, and nodded heavily: "If you gamble, you can bet, who is afraid of whom?" Zhang Yunyi, Zhao Liangdong, you are familiar with the matter of fighting, hurry up and find a way to arrange troops. ”

He looked out the door again, saw that the rain had stopped, and said with a smile: "Okay, this drizzle has finally stopped!" Early in the morning, the king will lead his troops across the river to make a big bet with the emperor!

Someone is coming, write a war letter to this king and send it to the Taishang Emperor's camp! ”

"Your Majesty, the urgent report of the Emperor's Henan Governor Tong Fengcai, Li Zhongshan's tens of thousands of troops have captured Kaifeng Fucheng! In addition, Wu Shifan, the governor of Henan, the grandson of the Great Zhou Dynasty, also sent troops to Luoyang, and also declared that he would aid the Qing Dynasty to fight against the Ming Dynasty! ”

In the west of the Yongding River, in the camp of the Kangxi army in Baijiazhuang, an urgent military report from Henan had just been delivered by Li Guangdi to the hands of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

"Aiding the Qing Dynasty to fight against the Ming? Li Zhongshan and Wu Shifan are going to face off? ”

Kangxi was stunned for a moment, and looked back at Cao Yin, the imperial guard standing next to him: "Xiao Yinzi, aren't Wang Datou and Wu Shifan like siblings?" ”

Cao Yin said: "Your Majesty, they are not only as close as siblings, but Wang Datou is also Wu Shifan's brother-in-law. Wu Shifan's younger sister, Wu Xiaogang, the princess of Jiading of the Great Zhou, was Wang Datou's concubine. ”

Kangxi was stunned, "The princess is a concubine?" Who did this nonsense? ”

"It seems to be you, the emperor!"

"I?" Kangxi remembered: "Ah, yes, I seem to have given a daughter of Wu Yingxiong to Wang Datou as a concubine." ”

Cao Yin nodded: "It's this Princess Jiading." ”

Kangxi frowned and asked, "Then they have such a good relationship. Will they collude to divide my Henan? ”

There are few provinces left in the Qing Dynasty!

If Henan loses it again, it will not be too far from withdrawing from the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty," Li Guangdi reminded in a low voice, "Wu Shifan and Li Datou colluded to divide the land of the Qing Dynasty is not the most troublesome. The most troublesome thing is that they really fight! Li Zhongshan is as fierce as Lu Bu, as deceitful as Cao Cao, and Wu Shifan can't beat him mostly. At that time, Wu Shijue's 20,000 soldiers and horses will go south! ”

"That's right!" Kangxi thought about it, the problem is serious!

At this moment, Gao Shiqi, who was already walking in the south study who had been on Kangxi's side, suddenly hurriedly walked in with an excerpt that he didn't know what it was, "Your Majesty, the regent ordered someone to send a battle watch, asking you to fight tomorrow on the plain between the Yongding River and the Yongxing River!" ”

"Battle watch?" When Kangxi heard this, he was almost amused, "This Fuquan really doesn't know how to fight, what year has he been making an appointment to fight, he thought he was looking for someone to fight in Beijing?" ”

"Your Majesty," Gao Shiqi said, "the minister went to refuse the envoy." ”

"Don't," Kangxi waved his hand, "Bring the war book." ”

Gao Shiqi hurriedly held the battle book, Kangxi took it and spread it out on the table, and then lifted the brush and wrote four big characters: "Come to Japan!" ”

Then he handed the battle book to Gao Shiqi: "Take it and give it to the envoy!" ”

Gao Shiqi was stunned: "Your Majesty, if you really want to fight with Fuquan on the east bank of the Yongding River, it will be a backwater!" ”

Kangxi smiled: "It's just to fight against the water!" Henan is about to face off next week, and I can't drag it out in Zhili for too long, in case Wu Shijue withdraws, I will be in trouble. And I'm short on money! The soldiers at the bottom only get eight or nine dollars of silver a month, and they are afraid of low morale if they drag on for a long time! In addition, those who want to take refuge in me, if they see that I dare not fight, will think that I am not confident enough, and their hearts will probably be shaken anyway. ”

Kangxi's biggest problem is actually no money!

When his 100,000 army was on the front line without money, the soldiers below couldn't get a tael of silver a month, which was lower than the income of the green battalion soldiers back then!

With such a military salary, Kangxi felt struggling.

After all, he only has one Shanxi at hand, and he still lacks a Datong.

Although there are many Jin merchants in Shanxi, the trading of these Jin merchants is in various places, and the local business in Shanxi is not large, and they cannot pay a few taxes.

And now, in order to support Kangxi, Mo Luo has to scavenge 200,000 taels of silver from Shanxi every month for military expenses (the officers' salaries are high, and ordnance and military horses have to cost money) and a large amount of grain and grass, and they have to be transported thousands of miles. This kind of looting obviously can't last long, Kangxi originally thought that it would be easier to raise money and collect grain after entering Zhili. But who knew that the current Zhili is full of forts and group exercises!

It is not easy for Kangxi to fight the enemy because of food!

Seeing that Gao Shiqi, Cao Yin, and Li Guangdi all showed melancholy, Kangxi smiled and said, "Don't worry, the advantage is mine!" The righteousness is also mine! And compared to fighting with soldiers, Fuquan is much worse than me. After tomorrow, I will be able to survive the catastrophe in the Qing Dynasty! ”

As he spoke, Kangxi said confidently: "Go, gather the generals, I want a military discussion!" ”

"General Shuangyu, what do you think of this number?"

"Fifty thousand taels?"

"No, it's 500,000 taels!"

"So much?"

"Hehe, General Shuangyu, did you agree?"

"Promise? Empty words, how can I agree? ”

"Empty words? UBS Hall, Zhongshan Hall, Nanyang Hall are silver tickets that can be redeemed with tickets. Tomorrow will definitely be delivered on time! ”

"Tomorrow?"

"Yes, there will be a battle tomorrow General Shuangyu, please do everything!"

Just when Kangxi gathered the generals to discuss, the Duolong, who had defected from the Fuquan camp, was fishing with Wu Shijue by the Yongding River, discussing the price of betraying Kangxi.

is different from Kangxi's official wish, and the conditions offered by Duolong are much more affordable!

It's silver!

Of course, it's not cash, but the silver tickets of UBS Hall, Zhongshan Hall, and Nanyang Hall!

And the price is extremely high, among which Wu Shijue is the one who gets the most money, and Yang Qilong's price is 500,000 taels!

When Wu Shijue heard this price, his eyes were round - Wu Sangui, like Kangxi, is a poor ghost! Although Wu Sangui's territory is quite large, it is mainly in the southwest and northwest, and the land is there, but there is no silver!

And land this. When no one planted it, the value was not high, and a soldier divided his hundreds of acres of fertile land in Sichuan, and he was very happy at first, a big landlord! But I can't see any money! Without money, wasteland can't be opened!

As for the military salary, Wu Sangui gave less than Kangxi! Even at the level of Wu Guogui and Wu Shijue, they can't get too much silver.

And these 500,000 taels are enough for Wu Guogui and Wu Shifan's army to live a comfortable life for a while.

And after taking this silver and selling it to Kangxi, the Great Zhou and Qing Dynasty can still form an alliance. Kangxi is not the emperor of the Qing Dynasty now, he has been deposed by the Council of Ministers of the Qing Dynasty.

The Great Zhou State should have formed an alliance with the Council of Ministers of the Great Qing Dynasty. That is the legitimate ruler of the Qing Dynasty!

Thinking of this, Wu Shijue nodded heavily: "Okay, a word is a certainty!" Tomorrow I will look for an opportunity to defect when I see the silver ticket! ”

(End of chapter)