The war against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of sight, which has lasted for more than ten years, has finally reached the most critical moment!

On the official road from Dongpingzhou to Qufu, which is only one hundred and thirty or forty miles long, a long blue dragon is rolling forward. The infantrymen carrying flintlock pistols, wearing blue jackets, and red tasseled warm hats, wearing various colors of cotton armor, wearing spears and helmets, cavalry riding tall horses, heavy soldiers driving mules and horse carts, 6 kg and 12 kg cannons dragged by mules and horses, as well as wheelbarrows pushed by people in tattered clothes who were forcibly recruited, and donkey carts driven all the way to the south.

Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Aixin Jueluo. Wu. Xuan Ye was also in the marching ranks, he himself was just wearing an ordinary blue jacket, riding on a long-legged Persian horse from the Western Regions, and several ministers of the Southern Study, the former ministers of the Imperial Palace, and the imperial guards. Although this road was a rapid march, day and night, and the wind and dust were served, it could not hide the radiant look on Kangxi's face.

He is finally going to fight a beautiful battle this time, starting from the Yellow River flooding the Ming army's grain road, the deployment of the Ming army is no longer calm, and there is no way to be calm. The supply of grain and grass is about to be cut off, do you still want to be steady?

Even Li Zhongshan, who can be called the hero, once he is in a hurry to win, he will inevitably be full of flaws and divide his troops into six ways, and he wants to defeat the six fortresses held by the heavy soldiers of the Qing Dynasty at once, which is too confident.

It is true that Li Yat-sen's Ming army did have such ability. But that takes time! A double fort could withstand the siege of the parallel trench siege method for nearly a month, and with the time it took for the Ming army to arrive at the front line and clear the perimeter, it should not be a problem for a double fort to hold the Ming army for forty days. A little more rich, Li Yat-sen needs to prepare at least sixty days of military rations. After all, Shandong Haoqiang knows that the Ming army is powerful, and it will take time to bring grain to the army! The grain will not fly into the bowl of the Ming army on its own.

And sixty days of military rations. It may be the limit of the grain and grass that Li Yat-sen stored in the camp in Pizhou, even if it is more, it will not be more than a few days. Therefore, it is understandable that Li Zhongshan divided his troops into six routes and attacked six double fortresses at the same time.

He is in a hurry to fight a big victory that can deter the hearts of the people of Shandong, so he disperses his forces to fight six castles If he doesn't do this, but concentrates his forces to fight a fortress, even if he can get it quickly, for example, starting from clearing the perimeter and surrounding the fortress, it will be done within thirty days, but Shandong Haoqiang still does not take refuge, so what should he do? Thirty more days to storm another bastion? Does he have that time? Or maybe you're going to storm small towns that don't have a lot of people?

However, the area around the canal south of Dongpingzhou has been cleared by the Qing army, and there is not much oil and water to scavenge, and it is impossible to meet the needs of the 800,000 Ming army. As for the Taishan and Yimeng Mountains in the west and east, there are many strong forts in Shandong, but once they come to the forts, they are all hidden in the mountains and are not easy to find; Second, if you find it, you may not be able to capture it quickly.

Therefore, taking the risk of launching a fierce attack and pinning his hopes on achieving a demagogic victory before the military rations are exhausted, it is the inevitable choice of Li Yat-sen, who is unwilling to accept the failure of the Northern Expedition!

Kangxi rode his horse at a gallop, while figuring out Li Zhongshan's thoughts, and finally figured it out to the point where he could justify himself.

Now that they have been rounded, they are probably not far from ten.

At this time, a team of knights galloped quickly, and were blocked by the imperial guards in front of them and asked, and then two of them continued to come to Kangxi's side, restrained the horse in front of Kangxi's horse, and was about to turn over and dismount to salute, but was stopped by Kangxi waving his hand: "King Kang, Holy Prince, don't be polite, the military situation is urgent, if you have anything to say, let's talk while walking!" ”

The two people who came turned out to be Kang Wang Jieshu and Yan Shenggong Kong Yuqi. Seeing them appear, Kangxi's mood improved a lot - this shows that the situation in Qufu is stable, and the Ming army should not have discovered that the main force of the Qing Heavenly Soldiers has approached Qufu.

And then Kong Yuqi and Jieshu's words also confirmed Kangxi's guess.

"Your Majesty, the Ming army came with about 50,000 to 60,000 troops, and a little troops were divided to defend Zou County, and the main force went down between the Baima River and the Yi River."

"Your Majesty, the minister sent 5,000 troops, on both sides of the Yi River south of Qufu County, relying on a Confucian family's courtyard to set up two camps connected by pontoon bridges, the Ming army attacked three times yesterday, all were repelled by our army, our army also killed and wounded hundreds of Ming troops, beheaded fifty out of three!"

"Good!" Kangxi applauded loudly, "The first battle is victorious. King Kang, you are really my guchi, the Great Qing Pillar Stone! ”

"Your Majesty, you have won the award, and the reason why the minister was able to achieve a small victory on the shore of the Yi River is all because the emperor's new policies have been done well in recent years. A few years ago, the Ming army had already used flintlock pistols, but we were still arquebuses, the rate of fire was slow, and we could not use dense formations, and the firepower could not be compared at all. And now there are the same flintlock pistols on both sides, and there are bayonets and cavity bullets, and the tactical tactics are similar, who is afraid of whom? ”

Kong Shenggong added: "Your Majesty, your deployment this time is really ingenious, when the minister was watching the battle on the north bank of the Yi River, he found that the Ming army was in a hurry, and without waiting for the artillery team behind to arrive, he hurriedly roared to attack the minister's house on the south bank of the Yi River." The minister's house is so strong that it can't be beaten without bombardment. ”

Kangxi smiled: "Okay, if you're in a hurry, do you know who the chief general of the Ming army is who will attack Qufu?" ”

"I have already inquired," replied Kong Shenggong, "the main general of the Ming army is called Hu Yigun, and he is a general from the camp. ”

"Camp-breaking? That's the Zhongwang Mansion Department," Kangxi asked with a smile, "King Kang, they and you are old rivals, right?" As far as you know, what is the combat power of the Ming Zhong Wangfu Department? ”

"It's really not good," Kang Wangjie wrote, "The Zhongwangfu department is the weakest military system in the Ming army, and the minister has blocked them in Jiujiang for several years. ”

Kangxi smiled: "That's really heaven's help to clear up" He greeted him backwards, and Li Guangdi, Gao Shiqi, and Zhang Ying immediately leaned in.

"Spread my word and tell the new armies of all banners to speed up their march! Tell all the banners to urge their troops to march hastely. Don't sleep tonight, you must arrive in Qufu City tomorrow morning! Wait until you get to Qufu, get a good night's sleep, and then cross the Yi River and beat the Mingnan thief! ”

"Huh!"

Naoli, Daimyo Mansion, Kaizhou City.

The state city of this daimyo's mansion has already raised the red background gold sun and moon flag fluttering high at this time.

The city of Kaizhou is not prosperous, there are only two cross-crossed streets and a dozen small alleys built along the streets, and there are about thousands of residents. But on the side of the Qing Dynasty, it is actually a subordinate state. The great chaos of the Ming and Qing dynasties a few decades ago consumed the population of the north, which can also be seen from the depression of this state city today.

On both sides of a street running north-south in this small prefecture city, at this time it was crowded with Qing Dynasty people with braids, wearing shabby cloth clothes, with a little vegetable on their faces, and their expressions a little numb, and a little surprised.

And what made this small city empty for a while, and everyone came out to see the excitement, was the Ming army of the brigade that was passing through the city!

This Ming army suddenly arrived outside the city of Kaizhou Prefecture last night like a divine soldier. didn't attack the city much, but just sent cavalry around the city and fired a few shots, which scared away the Zhizhou lord in Kaizhou City, and the Dian Shi who stayed in the city immediately took the city's officials to open the door to welcome and surrender, and welcomed a team of Ming cavalry outside the city into Kaizhou, and then successfully promoted to become the acting Zhizhou. Around noon today, the brigade of the Ming army arrived!

The brigade of infantry dressed in red and carrying flintlock pistols, bronze cannons drawn by mules and horses that can fire 6 or 9 catties of projectiles, and carts full of military rations, rumbled through the streets. From officers to soldiers, they all walked profusely, but they did not stop at all. The procession of the red flag exhibition drove in from the southern suburbs of Kaizhou, passed through the city, and extended to a considerable distance to the north of the city, as if there was no border.

Seeing this incredible scene, the people of Kaizhou were stunned.

Is this a dream?

Is the legendary Wang Shi Heavenly Soldier really here? Although the ballad of "Welcoming the King's Master and Dividing the Fields" has long been sung in the four provinces of Guannai under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, no one expected that Wang Shizhen would come. It's in front of the big guys!

Suddenly, someone reacted and exclaimed: "The heavenly soldiers are here!" The Great Tomorrow Soldier is finally here...... We are the people of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"That's great, Da Ming is really here! We are no longer slaves to the Tartars, we are saved. ”

"God open your eyes! The old man saw Master Wang again today! ”

"Master Wang is really powerful! There were so many muskets and cannons...... And the ironclad cavalry! That's great...... The king will win, we have a good life! ”

Now it is only thirty or forty years after the demise of the former Ming Dynasty, even if it is not too far from the foot of the Qing Dynasty, there are still a considerable number of people who have not forgotten the Ming Dynasty, of course, some of them may have confused the Ming Dynasty and the Great Shun, in short, the Republic of the Ming Dynasty is a hammer that smashes all the evils of the old Qing Dynasty!

After the republican Ming Dynasty was re-listed in Nanjing, the northern people under the cruel oppression of the Manchu Qing Dynasty began to look forward to the Ming Dynasty, the orthodoxy of the world.

And the news from the south over the years seems to show that the nascent Republic of the Ming Dynasty is quite progressive compared to the previous Ming that perished, and it is worth their expectations!

In today's republican Ming Dynasty, there are no eunuchs in power, no relatives in power, and no unlucky emperor who is not sprayed as a faint king. Of course, on the side of the republican Ming Dynasty, there were no Manchu and Han princes who rode on the heads of the common people to make a fortune, and there were no lackeys of the princes who bullied people all day long, drumming up all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes!

In the republican Ming Dynasty, only the emperor ruled with the arch down, the heroes could stop in moderation, and the countrymen participated in the republic - national affairs, the countrymen said at least one-third! Therefore, there is no harsh government, no miscellaneous taxes, and no bastards of princes.

Therefore, the people of the Ming Dynasty of today's Republic seem to live in heaven in the eyes of the people of the Qing Dynasty.

The people of the four provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi under the rule of the Qing Dynasty were miserable.

Although the current Manchu Qing Dynasty has carried out various new policies, its military strength is much stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty at the same time in history. And he has also opened his eyes to see the world, and he has also begun to learn Yi and Ming's long skills.

However, the financial resources of the Qing Dynasty were quite limited, and although they governed a fairly vast land, it was the four provinces of mountains and rivers that could really get wool.

In the final analysis, all kinds of Ming affairs, foreign affairs, and new policies in the Qing Dynasty can only be done by the people of these four provinces with money!

Of course, the princes have to consider sustainable exhaustion and fishing, but after all, it is exhaustion and fishing!

Moreover, some princes had considerable expectations for the success of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, so they did not take "sustainability" very seriously.

Therefore, it is conceivable how the people of these four provinces live.

Compared with them, the people of Wu Zhou, who took a bunch of barren land in the west, are much happier - Wu Zhou's population is too small, industry and commerce are underdeveloped, and transportation is inconvenient, so they can't make any new deals, so they will rest with the people and lie down without tossing.

Just when Luo Dawei's legion division column entered the city of Kaizhou, he originally only felt surprised by the people, but finally realized what had happened? Immediately, the song of "Welcoming Daming" sounded: "Seeking rise in the morning, seeking harmony in the evening, it is difficult for the poor to survive recently." Open the door early to welcome Daming, and discipline everyone is happy. Kill the demons, prepare wine syrup, open the city gate to welcome the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty came to divide the fields, and the Ming Dynasty came to pay light taxes"

When the song of "Yingming King" sounded in the territory of the Daimyo's Mansion, as far away as Luoyang, Henan, there were also large groups of infantry and cavalry leaving Luoyang City and embarking on the journey to the east.

Compared with the Ming army and the Qing army, which were putting on a decisive battle posture, the atmosphere of this army was a little gloomy.

They were the soldiers of the old Wu family of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and when Wu Sangui was alive, they also had the ambition to fight for the world!

The little pockmark emperor of the Qing Dynasty in the north was once their defeated general!

The republican Ming in the east also trembled under the might of their soldiers.

The world was once so easy to get...... It turned out to be a failure!

And after lying down and recuperating for several years, Wu Zhou's national strength and military strength not only failed to catch up with the Ming Dynasty, but had fallen behind the Qing Dynasty.

Maybe ordinary Wu Zhou soldiers have not yet realized this. But at this time, Wu Yingqi, the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the king of Qin, who was walking side by side with Wu Sanwei, was very sober.

His three-point calculation is likely to be completely bankrupt after this Ming and Qing Dynasty Armageddon.

Because no matter who wins on both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Wu Zhou will become the target of the victor's attack!

If the Ming Dynasty wins, then Li Zhongshan's next step will definitely be to dominate the world!

If Kangxi wins...... Then the Qing Dynasty will then unify the north.

What kind of Three Kingdoms is this?

Wu Sanwei, who was marching with Wu Yingqi, seemed to have seen the prime minister's thoughts, pulled the reins, and leaned towards him. whispered: "Prime Minister, why don't we go to this troubled water, let them go dog eat dog, let's sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." Maybe they'll lose both! ”

"Lose-lose?" Wu Yingqi turned his head to look at this fourth uncle, who didn't look like his father at all, and said with a bitter smile: "With Kangxi's little strength, can he really lose both sides with Li Zhongshan?"

Let's add it...... Maybe you can fight a three-lose, right? ”

"Prime Minister, you are too worried, Li Zhongshan's grain road has been flooded."

"This matter," Wu Yingqi shook his head. “…… It's completely expected! ”

"Prime Minister, what do you mean?"

"Li Zhongshan must have a trick!" Wu Yingqi said.

"This trick is ......"

While the two were talking, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves ahead. This time, the cavalry sent by Ma Bao, the forward general of the Wuzhou Army, sent an urgent military report to Wu Yingqi.

Wu Yingqi immediately opened the envelope and looked at it, and after a few glances, his face changed greatly: "There is such a thing?" ”

"What happened to the prime minister?" Wu Sanwei hurriedly asked.

"Ma Bao's army has invaded the Daimyo's Mansion!"

"What? Invaded the Daimyo's Mansion? Li Yat-sen, this is going to be ......"

"I want to go straight to the city of Beijing!" When Wu Yingqi said this, his face turned blue.

"Prime Minister, what should we do then?" Wu Sanwei asked in a low voice, "Shall we continue to march east and join Kangxi, or will we go north?" ”

"Go north!" Wu Yingqi gritted his teeth, "The Yellow River has been picked up by Kangxi, and the south bank of the Yellow River is impassable, so we can only ...... north."

……

"Zhao Hongxie, what did you say?"

"The Queen's Mother...... The 10,000 troops led by the Korean superintendent have arrived in Tianjinwei, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses of the minister's father also support the superintendent! ”

During the trip to Dongpingzhou, Empress Yang was summoning a somewhat special courtier.

He is Zhao Hongkun, the son of Zhao Liangdong who came from Tianjin.

Originally, Zhao Hongkun did not come to meet Empress Yang, but to fool Emperor Kangxi - Empress Yang was "grounded" by Emperor Kangxi before, and the ministers could not see it at all. Those who don't know think she's about to be abolished!

Therefore, Yang Qilong, who arrived in Tianjin Wei, was ready to spend a period of time in Tianjin Wei in the name of diligent atonement. Wait for the victory or defeat of the Ming and Qing dynasties to be decided, and then decide whether to take Beijing City.

As a result, when Zhao Hongkun arrived in Dongping Prefecture with Yang Qilong's recital, Empress Yang had already made a comeback.

"So my brother already has 15,000 people in Tianjin?" Of course, Yang Xiaomi can guess a little bit of his brother's mind - hey, he just didn't have a good heart!

So when she heard that Yang Qilong led so many troops to Tianjin, she couldn't help but have a headache.

If Kangxi knew about this, she was afraid that she would really be abolished!

When Empress Yang was worried and didn't know how to explain to Kangxi, one of her henchmen eunuchs guarding outside the big store suddenly shouted: "Queen Mother, urgent military affairs...... Queen, Niangniang is not good, the Ming army brigade has bypassed from the west of Heze...... Now you have entered the territory of the Daimyo's Mansion! ”

(End of chapter)