On the seventh day of October, late at night.

It was late at night, but the people on the battlefield of Jiehe-Beishahe did not calm down. The fierce battle and death match were still going on, the gunfire was like fried beans, crackling and crackling, and the sound of the cannon was like rolling thunder, roaring incessantly, as if there was no time to stop. Along with the sound of gunfire and artillery, there were hoarse shouts of killing.

However, the situation on the battlefield is still very different from that during the daytime, and there is a fierce battle on all fronts during the day on the seventh day of October! Although the battle on the right flank of the Ming army (the left flank of the Qing army) and the first line of the Beishahe shoal ferry called Baijiatan in the southeast of Jiehe Town was the most tragic, the fierce fighting in other directions did not stop at all! On the main battlefield between the Beisha River and the Jiehe River, the heavy smoke of gunpowder and the smell of blood permeated everywhere, as if it could never be dispersed.

And when the night fell, the fierce battles that had been fought on the whole line began to gradually concentrate on the two places of Dushan Lake and the confluence of the Jiehe River and Baijiatan. In all other directions, only the sporadic sound of gunfire and the speckling of ghostly fire, and the miserable wails of the unbreathed men and horses.

After a day of bloody battles, the Ming army seemed to have occupied an overwhelming advantage, and the Qing army on the battlefield of Jiehe-Beishahe was either annihilated, defeated and expelled, or divided and surrounded at the confluence of Baijiatan and Dushan Lake and Jiehe!

However, the Ming army has not yet achieved the final victory, because the desperate resistance of the Qing army on the battlefield of Jiehe-Beishahe is still ongoing!

And the casualties paid by the Ming army in this battle are really not small.

Although the casualties and battle results statistics of the various units have not yet come out, since the evening, the carriages transporting the bodies of the wounded and martyrs have been constantly going back and forth between the Ming army camp and the Beishahe front.

According to preliminary estimates, the casualties (dead and seriously wounded) and missing of the Ming army in the battle during the day on the seventh day of October must have exceeded 10,000!

And the casualties and disappearances of the Qing army are estimated to be two or three times more than those of the Ming army!

To be fair, the performance of the Qing army in this fierce battle was quite good.

In this battle, Kangxi's campaign organization ability was still not good, but his level of army management has been greatly improved after more than ten years of high-level troubled times.

Therefore, the tactical level of the Eight Banners New Army of the Qing Dynasty in this battle was not far behind that of the Ming army. If it weren't for the huge advantages in quantity and quality of the Ming army's firearms, who would have died in today's bloody battle, it would not have been!

In the night, a group of physically exhausted but energetic staff officers of the Ming army sat around the bonfire, gossiping about where Kangxi went?

"The Tartar cavalry on the other side of Baijiatan fought very tenaciously, putting up dead people and dead horses as cover to resist, and the deputy general and Hu Junmen attacked them in the north and south, and they charged ten times in a row, but they were all repulsed If it weren't for the defense of Kangxi, would they be able to do it?"

"It's hard to say. They are not the Wu Army, they are the Tartar soldiers who have picked up the Yellow River, and they can survive in the hands of the Huaixi soldiers of the 25th Division and the Fifth Army? ”

"What about Dushan Lake? It's also very tenacious! The two divisions of the 1st Army fought with them for most of the day. Will there be Kangxi there? ”

"There shouldn't be, it's Kang Wang Jieshu's Bingjie book, and it should be surrounded there!"

"If there is no Kangxi in Baijiatan and no Kangxi in Dushan Lake, where did Kangxi go?"

"Probably already ran. Don't you think that the resistance of the Tartars has weakened significantly after dark? Now, except for Baijiatan and Dushan Lake, the resistance in other directions is insignificant. ”

"But isn't Kangxi fighting against the odds? Did he still have a pontoon bridge left unburned? ”

"It's a fool, this Kangxi is too cunning!"

"The Yellow Dragon Banner of the White Beach."

"Most of them are fake!"

This group of staff officers is really three stinkers and Zhuge Liang, you say everything I say, and you really analyze Kangxi's plan clearly.

Zhou Chang, the leader of this group of staff officers, had been sitting on the side and eating moon cakes without saying a word, and the two bean paste moon cakes were in their stomachs, and they drank a large pot of "salt tea" to replenish some salt, and then a staff officer walked over quickly and handed him a copy of the military newspaper. After Zhou Chang took it, he unfolded it and looked at it through the dim light emitted by a white paper lantern on the side, and then stood up and walked towards a tent with flickering lights on the side.

Inside the tent, Li Zhongshan was closing his eyes and recuperating, and seemed to be asleep. As the commander of the 800,000 army, and he is still engaged in a decisive battle to determine the ownership of the world, it is conceivable how much pressure he has on his body. So from the beginning of this "Zou County Campaign" - that is, when Hu Yigun began to attract Kangxi to the south, he couldn't sleep anymore. It's been a few days and nights now!

Zhou Chang saw Li Zhongshan lying on the marching bed with his eyes closed, thinking that he was already asleep, he didn't dare to disturb, and turned around and wanted to leave. But before he could leave, Li Zhongshan's voice had already sounded: "Kangxi ran away?" ”

"General, you haven't slept yet?"

"If you can't sleep, just squint for a while." Li Zhongshan said, "Did Kangxi run away?" ”

"Most of the time," Zhou Chang said, "but it doesn't matter, he can't run far. Li Junmen's army has broken through the White Horse River! In addition, the four divisions of Changjunmen should have also made a detour north of Qufu and east of Zou County, respectively. In addition, there are still our people in Qufu City! It's really not good, and Luo Junmen's Eighth Legion! It can really be said that the world has caught Kangxi! ”

Li Zhongshan nodded, and said leisurely: "It depends on who can win the first merit of the Northern Expedition as he wishes!" ”

In the darkness of the night, a large group of Qing troops were hurrying north on the plains north of the Jiehe River. Because they were afraid that the Ming army would find out, they didn't even dare to hit a torch, and everyone smeared and moved forward. Along the way were all things they had discarded, carts, weapons, baggage, armor, ammunition. There were also wounded soldiers who had been not lightly wounded, and who had barely followed them, and were also abandoned in large numbers, and were thrown to cry on the side of the road, and many mules and horses that had lost their strength were also abandoned by their masters, and stood in the wilderness in a daze, shivering, and wailing long or short.

On the east and west sides of this large group of Qing troops, there was a roar like rolling thunder! There are vague gunshots like fried beans and bursts of shouts of killing!

Among them, the sound of guns and shouts of killing in the west should be the new army with the white flag fighting with the Ming army that broke through the White Horse River! And the gunfire in the east Kangxi guessed that there should be a Ming army that detoured back to the hilly area east of Zou County and ran into the remnants of the two Red Banner New Army retreating there along the Jiehe River.

Kangxi was riding on a horse, and there was a group of ministers of the South Study, the Minister of the Guard, the Minister of the Interior, and the Minister of the Imperial Front. What a lot of ministers! Li Guangdi and Xiao Guizi are also among them, but there is no trace of Chani Chabele, I don't know if it was martyred in the Qing Dynasty? However, they escaped back by luck, and Li Guangdi and Xiao Guizi now have the intention of standing aside, so they can only ride at the end of a group of ministers. Now closely following Kangxi are Gao Shiqi and Zhang Ying, two loyal ministers

Kangxi suddenly asked, "How long will it take to get to Yihe?" ”

The Yi River is an east-west river in the south of Qufu City, Qufu is still under the control of Ma Hada, the deputy capital under the command of Kong Shenggong and Jie Shu, and the defenders of Zheng'er Bajing have about 5,000 people, as well as about 10,000 people of the Kong militia. With these troops, not only Qufu City cannot be lost, but also the adjacent important strongholds are most likely not to be lost. Therefore, as long as Kangxi gets there, he can rest a little, and then pull the troops from Qufu, Ziyang, Jining, Surabaya, Heze, Juye and other places to retreat to Jining Prefecture together, plus the defeated army that ran out of Zou County, there will still be an army of more than 100,000.

There are still a lot of grain, grass and equipment in Jining Prefecture, as well as Yang Xiaomi, the "demon queen". Although Kangxi had the idea of abolishing the queen before, after all, he didn't really tear his face, so there should still be room for continued cooperation.

It's a big deal to give some benefits to Yang's relatives, even if they follow the example of the Han Dynasty, make Yang Qilong the general Lu Shang Shushi, and then let Yang Xiaomi go back to Beijing to be the regent!

Yang Xiaomi has long compensated for the sweetness of power, and Yang Qilong has always been ambitious. If Li Yat-sen is allowed to conquer Beijing and destroy the Qing Dynasty, they still want to share the imperial power? Dream on!

And as long as the Yang brothers and sisters can support him Kangxi, then he can continue to deal with Li Zhongshan in Shandong.

In addition, Wu Zhou's side has already promised to send troops, and now that he Kangxi is almost unbearable in Shandong, Wu Yingqi will not bring troops to help the war, if the Qing Dynasty is really gone, can their old Wu family still be able to support it?

After thinking about it in his heart, Kangxi felt that the situation was still controllable!

He Kangxi hasn't lost it yet!

Kangxi's two henchmen, Gao Shiqi and Zhang Ying, were also thinking about how many chips Kangxi had left.

Kangxi's banner new army suffered another heavy blow this time, and even if it can win a Liao Dynasty in the future, or even lose the Liao Dynasty situation in the sixteen states of Yanyun, it is likely to rely on the support of the Yang family's foreign relatives group. The Yang family is a Han Chinese, and Empress Yang has always reused Hanchen, it seems that the Qing Dynasty will accelerate the sinicization in the future, and even do not rule out going further and becoming a "Later Sui Dynasty" with Han people as emperors!

The question now is whether Empress Yang is willing to be the princess of Da Sui, which doesn't seem to be a good deal!

When the two Kangxi's henchmen were thinking about whether to "Northern Qing" or "Later Sui" next, they heard Kangxi's words. Gao Shiqi hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, let's go quickly, we can get to Qufu City early tomorrow morning." ”

"I'm asking about Yihe. If I remember correctly, there is a Confucian courtyard on the south bank of the Yi River! ”

Kangxi's meaning is very clear: he doesn't dare to enter Qufu immediately!

Instead, he was to summon Kong Shenggong in the Confucian Courtyard on the south bank of the Yi River

"Your Majesty," Zhang Ying immediately followed Kangxi's words, "the minister will immediately go to Qufu and ask Kong Shenggong to pick up the car in Kong's courtyard." ”

Kangxi nodded: "I still want to stay in Qufu for a few more days, so that I can straighten out the soldiers and horses, and then fight with Li Thief!" ”

"Your Majesty," Gao Shiqi's mind was also dexterous enough, and he immediately understood what Kang Mazi meant, "The minister will go to Jining Prefecture immediately and invite the queen to come to Qufu to serve the emperor." ”

Kangxi glanced at Gao Shiqi, nodded and said, "Shiqi, I'm a little sorry for the queen before I go back to me, but the Qing Dynasty can't live without the queen!" ”

His words implied that he wanted to apologize to the queen for forgiveness, and he also wanted to cooperate with the queen.

In short, the Qing Dynasty in the future cannot do without Empress Yang!

"The minister understands!"

Gao Shiqi certainly understands. Now even Kangxi has to hug Queen Yang's thigh to survive!

Qufu, Confucius.

The Holy Father Kong Yuqi walked through the courtyards of his house in a hurry, and arrived at a secluded small building in the house. The doors and windows of the small building were closed, Kong Shenggong looked left and right, there was no one, and then gently tapped the door three times: "Sister Ying, it's me." ”

Shang Shuying's voice immediately came from inside the door: "Yo, it's the Holy Father, the slave family will open the door for you." ”

After a while, the closed door creaked open, and Shang Shuying, who appeared in the door, was dressed as a dusty woman. In order to hide people's eyes, Shang Shuying asked Kong Shenggong to announce to the public that he had bought a kiln sister from Beijing's Bada Hutong and came back to the golden house to hide Jiaojiao.

It is not very decent for Confucius to do this, so the Confucian Mansion will consciously "not see, not listen, not speak, and do not know".

After welcoming Kong Shenggong into the room, Shang Shuying invited Shenggong to sit down and poured tea for Shenggong, and at the same time inquired about the other party's intentions: "Shenggong, how is the situation?" Kangxi, was he defeated? ”

"Defeated, indeed defeated!" Kong Shenggong frowned as he spoke, "But there are not many defeats. 30,000 people were lost, and 70,000 horses remained, and they were about to retreat to Qufu. Zhang Zhongtang came early this morning and asked me to go to Yihe Courtyard immediately to greet me. Sister Shuying, what do you think about this? ”

Shang Shuying snorted and was happy: "Holy Father, you are really an honest man!" Do you believe Zhang Ying's nonsense? ”

"What? He lied to me? ”

"What else do you need to say?" Shang Shuying smiled, "Kangxi has 70,000 horses left, and he still needs you to go to the Yihe Courtyard to greet him?" He has 70,000 men, and you dare not be a loyal servant? ”

"This." Kong Shenggong was right when he thought about it, "Sister Shuying, you mean that Kangxi suffered a defeat and suffered heavy losses, and he wanted to come to Qufu, but he was afraid that I would turn against the water, so I did"

Shang Shuying nodded lightly: "Holy Father, Kangxi is going to get you out of the city!" If you are deceived by him, I am afraid that the Qufu Kong family will be completely ruined! ”

"Completely ruined. Not really, right? ”

"How not?" Shang Shuying said in a deep voice, "If you want to be held by him, can the Qufu Kong family still welcome the Ming Dynasty?" If the Kong family can't welcome the Ming Dynasty, the position of the Holy Father, I'm afraid it will fall on the head of Quzhou Nanzong! ”

"This." Kong Shenggong became nervous, "Isn't it?" ”

"How not?" Shang Shuying said vigorously, "The Southern Sect was originally a descendant, and it was Kublai Khan who brought your Northern Sect up, you have to think clearly, if you follow Kangxi to the dark, will Emperor Zhu and General Li turn over the old accounts?" In my opinion, not only can you not follow Kangxi, but you also have to make meritorious contributions! ”

"Meritorious? I am the Holy Father! ”

Kong Shenggong looked confused.

What Confucius Shenggong pays attention to is a "useless person": he cannot be literary, he cannot be martial, and he cannot make meritorious contributions!

If the Holy Father can be literary, martial and meritorious service, should he be ambitious?

After the saints, the Heavenly Sect, the famous sect leader, is it time to learn from the four caliphs of the Heavenly Sect and the great pope of Catholicism?

Of course, Shang Shuying knew what Kong Shenggong was thinking, and said with a smile: "Holy Father, this time is different from the past. Today's Ming Dynasty is a republican country, and no emperor with real power has come up to suspect your Confucian family. Now the Kong family needs to submit their names to the republic! If you can cut off Kangxi's head and sacrifice it, the Holy Father may be able to ascend to the Holy King! ”

"Killing Kangxi is killing the king!"

Kong Shenggong shook his head again and again: "This thing is not kind, after I am a saint, I can't do that." Otherwise, Sister Shuying, you will cut off Kangxi's head and make this great achievement, and the general will trust you more in the future, and maybe the prince of your family will be rewarded back! ”

Shang Shuying smiled and nodded: "Holy Father, then you will go and launch the Confucian family's family militia, and then select a team of elite soldiers to hand over to me, and we will set up an ambush in the Yihe Courtyard together." I'm here to send Kangxi on the road! ”

(End of chapter)