Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 148 Your Majesty, it's not that we don't work hard, but that Wu Ni is too cunning! (seeking a monthly ticket)
There was a sound of rushing water, and a few skinny horses carried a few shirtless officials of the Qing court across a shoal of the Zitong River in northern Sichuan, and stood on the west bank of the Zitong River.Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred knights rushed over.

Behind them were 400 people who marched in sparsely. They looked a bit like beggar Qing soldiers—these [-] people on foot plus more than a hundred horsemen, the total number was less than [-]. , that is, all the remaining soldiers of the Central Route Army of the Eight Banners New Army under Yue Le's command, plus the rest of the Ganshan Green Battalion that Li Tianyu and Lu Sanhao received from Le Erjin, plus Wang Zhongxiao, Dai Zi Two men.Among them, there are less than [-] soldiers belonging to the Eight Banners New Army!
When Yue Le, Fei Yanggu, and Wang Zhongxiao crossed the Tuojiang River together, Fei Yanggu counted the heads once. After crossing a large area of ​​sparsely populated areas and arriving in Baoning Prefecture, the number of soldiers of the Eight Banners decreased by another four to five hundred. This is the scary part of crossing the "no man's land"!

If Sichuan still has a population of several million, after crossing the Tuojiang River, these soldiers of the Eight Banners can at least find a village to take a hot bath, change into clean clothes, eat warm food, and sleep well. After eating and drinking along the way, there probably won't be so many attrition.

But there is no such condition now. In today's hinterland of Sichuan, there are few people.Even if there are still some places where the population gathers, do Qing soldiers who have left in the desert dare to go to them?
Now here in Sichuan, there are not many people, but there are tigers, pandas, and big bad wolves everywhere, all of which are beasts that can bite people!The human beings who can survive in this environment are not good stubble, they all live in groups and build fortifications, and they are all armed. When the government sends messengers to collect taxes, they may all use bows and arrows to greet them!
Wouldn't it be nice for the soldiers of the Eight Banners to throw themselves into the trap and beheaded and given to Wu Sangui?

Therefore, Yue Le, Fei Yanggu, Wang Zhongxiao, Li Tianyu, Lu Sanhao and others who escaped from the north bank of the Tuojiang River had to detour when they encountered the village of Chuanmin.Even if he saw the county seat, he didn't dare to plunge into it.

Who knows whether these county magistrates are now loyal to Qing Dynasty or Wu Sangui?Even if the county magistrate has not formally accepted the official position of the Wu family, it is not ruled out that he has secretly communicated, and now it is time to use the heads of Yue Le and Fei Yanggu to claim credit.

Therefore, the group of Yue Le, Fei Yanggu and the others could only avoid the crowded places, detour around the villages and cities when they saw them, eat and sleep in the open all the way, and headed north to Baoning Mansion, which was probably still loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

This will be a pain for those Eight Banners who swim across the Tuojiang River and can't even drink water, and don't even have to change their dry clothes.They are all soldiers with courtyard houses in the second ring road of Beijing city. When have they suffered such a crime?Before that, even when they entered the camp for training and long-distance marches, they were served by servants. They only practiced martial arts arrays or traveled with their heads covered, and they didn't care about other things. Of course, they didn't know how to treat themselves when marching and fighting. Take care of.

As a result, starting from the second day Yue Le and the others swam across the Tuojiang River, Eight Banners soldiers fell ill one after another. Stomach, and some are marching and fighting for days, and their bones can't bear it anymore.

And those Eight Banners children who fell ill, if they were not big enough, they would have to be abandoned miserably and left on the side of the road waiting for the tigers, big bad wolves and black and white bears in Sichuan to take them to improve their food.

Those who were "lost" along the way, the Eight Banners disciples lost hundreds of them just like this!
When those people were thrown away, they cried and begged one by one, they were very pitiful. But Yue Le, Fei Yanggu, Wang Zhongxiao, and Li Tianyu were all benevolent masters.Only Lu Sanhao is a good person, who can cry with them for a while, say something comforting, and write a suicide note for them at the end, what a good person!
After seven or eight days of marching, the situation of the remaining Eight Banners, the Ganshan Green Battalion soldiers, and Wang Zhongxiao and Dai Zi's subordinates was not very good. I also lost weight round after round, and I was still unkempt.Most of the people have lost their boots, and they all wear straw sandals, leaning on branches and sticks.Those who didn't know thought it was the disciples of the beggar gang who went out to do business!
However, after crossing the Zitong River, these beggar soldiers finally entered a relatively safe area, because not far east after crossing the Zitong River is the Fucun Post in Baoning Prefecture.

Baoning Mansion is an important town in northern Sichuan, and the Qing court placed a general here.And Wu Zhimao, the commander-in-chief stationed in Baoning, happened to have a close relationship with Wu Sangui.

So Yue Le was worried about him, so he transferred Wu Zhimao to Luzhou, and asked Mo Luo to deploy 2000 people from his pacesetters to guard Baoning Prefecture.

In addition, Yue Le and Le Erjin also selected [-] strong soldiers from the slaves of the Eight Banners, and stayed in Baoning with Mo Luo's pacesetters.

Therefore, both Yue Le and Fei Yang optimistically estimate that Baoning is still under the control of the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, Daqing couldn't control Baoning for too long, after all, they lost too badly this time!

Yue Le's 2 troops were almost wiped out, and now there are less than 1000 left in the [-] army.The situation along the road in Leerjin may be better, and there may be more than [-] people left.In addition to the [-] left in Boryeong and other miscellaneous troops, it is impossible to count [-]!
On Wu Sangui's side, at least 5 troops entered Sichuan from Yunnan, plus the rebels from Sichuan who took refuge in him, [-] people could gather together, and they also had the power of a big victory
Yue Le rode on the horse, counting left and right, thinking that it would be impossible to suppress Wu Sangui in Sichuan.Hanzhong probably won't be able to keep it, and it would be nice to be able to hold Qinling for a while. After the battle is like this, how should I explain to the court and the emperor?
When he was sighing, suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes in front of him. The hoofbeats were dense and hurried, and there were probably hundreds of horses running towards him.

He looked around, and this was already the site of Baoning Mansion, and there was a post city nearby, which should be Fucun Post.

Is Baoning already lost?

Yue Le turned pale with fright when he heard the sound of horse hooves, and hurriedly reined in the horse and looked up.

Wang Zhongxiao is also a little nervous. Now that Sichuan is in chaos, the order of the Qing Dynasty has collapsed, and Wu Sangui's new order has not yet been established. This is the most dangerous time, and he doesn't want to fall into the hands of some small army leader for no reason!
On the contrary, Lu Sanhao acted very calmly: "My own people must be my own people. Wu Sangui's cavalry is elite and he is reluctant to use it easily. He has used it ruthlessly before, and he must be resting now. It is impossible to send a large number of cavalry to Baoning, let alone Said to dispatch hundreds or even thousands at a time to deal with us."

This analysis still makes sense.

Yue Le and Fei Yanggu both nodded approvingly, and the two regained their composure, and immediately waited on the official road for the horse team to approach.After a while, Yue Le, Fei Yanggu and the others could see clearly the costumes and banners of the people who came - they were all "a piece of red"!
Needless to say, he knew that this was the owner of the Zhenghong Banner, King Leerjin of Shuncheng County.Seeing that there are quite a lot of them, and they wear red cloth masks, it seems that they are still quite slippery when running from Fushun County.

Fei Yanggu's eyes were very good, and he saw Le Erjin himself from a distance, so he shouted in Manchurian: "Is the person here the Prince of Shuncheng County? Prince An is here!"

Immediately, Leerjin's voice came from over there: "Is it Fei Yanggu? I'm Lord Leerjin'an, okay?"

"It's okay, it's finally... woo woo"

Fei Yanggu, who had been quite strong all the way, suddenly burst into tears while speaking!
And it didn't matter that he cried, everyone else was "brought to cry" by him, even Wang Zhongxiao and Lu Sanhao, who were in a good mood, immediately changed their expressions and shed sad tears.

Yue Le, who had lost the battle, cried even more sadly, crying so much that he was about to fall off his horse.It was Wang Zhongxiao and Lu Sanhao who reacted in time, and they quickly rolled over from the horse, supporting Yue Le one by one, and Yue Le slid off the horse's back.

Le Erjin also galloped up to Yue Le, and got off the horse while crying, "Uncle, Uncle, we lost too badly and are too wronged this time!"

"It's wrong to lose? My lord, how do you say this?" Wang Zhongxiao's tears came as soon as he said it, and he asked gnashing his teeth while crying.

Lu Sanhao, a good man, also asked curiously: "My lord, where are we wronged?"

Le Erjin wiped his tears and said: "We have a lot of Wu Ni's detailed work inside!"

"Really?" Lu Sanhao looked surprised, and then glanced at Wang Zhongxiao
Wang Zhongxiao asked: "My lord, is the meticulous work you're talking about the bastard Ma Siwen?"

"What? Ma Siwen also rebelled?" Le Erjin was taken aback, "He is a banner man!"

Yue Le gritted his teeth, "It's still Chen Hanjun! If he hadn't tipped off Wu Sangui and led five thousand new troops from the green battalion to defect, how could I have lost so badly?"

"That's it!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "Your Highness was about to win, and he has already suppressed Wu Ni in Daguan Town."

Le Erjin shook his head and said, "Without Ma Siwen, we can't win. Because we still have Wu Sangui's spies inside!"

"Who is it?" Wang Zhongxiao looked angry, his right hand clenched his waist knife tightly.

"Yes, the surname is Luo!"

"The surname Luo?" Wang Zhongxiao was taken aback, "Could it be?"

"Sichuan Governor Luo Sen!" Le Erjin looked like he was about to explode.

"Rosen? How is it possible?" Lu Sanhao was shocked.

"He's the governor!" Wang Zhongxiao couldn't believe it.

Yue Le was also surprised and inexplicable: "King Shun, you said that Luo Sen is from Wu Sangui? I thought you said Wu Zhimao!"

"Wu Zhimao is also from Wu Sangui!" Le Erjin stomped his feet and said, "There are also Zheng Jiaolin, the admiral of Sichuan, and Tan Hong, the general of Kuizhou, who are all from Wu Sangui! Uncle Wang, do you see where Sichuan is? The governor is Wu Sangui is from Wu Sangui, the admiral is from Wu Sangui, and the commander-in-chief is from Wu Sangui. There are also the Daofu prefectures and counties below, as well as the tyrants in various places who listen to the tune and not listen to the propaganda, almost all of them are from Wu Sangui! How can we, the guest army, fight?
We fought against Wu Ni on the Rongxi Bridge that day, and repelled Wu Sangui's seven or eight attacks in a row. We were about to win, but Luo Sen led his Fubiao to rebel in Fushun County, and rescued him immediately. Wu Yingxiong also copied our rear route along with it, and copied all the artillery formations we placed on Fushun County! "

"There is such a thing?" Fei Yanggu's nose was twisted in anger, "The surname Luo is a Jinshi who has read sage books, why is he so shameless?"

Prince An Yue Le frowned and asked: "So, Wu Yingxiong has already fallen into Wu Sangui's hands?"

Le Erjin sighed: "That day, I was flanked by Wu Sangui and Luo Sen, and my army was in chaos. If the Eight Banners disciples hadn't used their lives, the entire army would have been wiped out. How can we get Wu Yingxiong back?"

Prince An asked again: "Prince Shun, how many troops do you have left?"

Le Erjin stretched out two fingers: "There are still [-]!"

"Twenty thousand?" Prince An was overjoyed, "Then the whole army has retreated?"

Leerjin shook his head: "These 2 people have to count the 5000 people from Baoning Mansion, the [-] house slaves who were evacuated from Tongchuan Mansion and Shunqing Mansion, and the house slaves who escaped from Fushun County. And the troops of Mo Zhijun, Admiral Wang, and Admiral Bai."

"How much is left of Eight Banners Zhengding?" Yue Le asked.

Le Erjin sighed: "It's less than five thousand."

Less than [-] means of course more than [-], less than [-], and closer to [-]. In this battle, the Eight Banners, including Man Qi, Meng Qi, Han Jun, and Bao Yiren, lost [-] in one fell swoop!

Although the real full flag is at most a small half, but it is also a heavy loss!

Prince An was disappointed for a while, sighed and said: "The emperor handed over [-] banner soldiers to us, and now there are only [-] left in Sichuan Province, which is about to be thrown away. Even Wu Yingxiong, a hostage, is lost. How can we explain this? !"

"My lord, I can't blame you for being gentle!" Wang Zhongxiao said, pointing his fingers, "The governor of Sichuan, the admiral of Sichuan, several general soldiers of Sichuan, and a general soldier of the Green Camp New Army all belong to Wu Sangui. Man, how is it possible to win this battle?"

"That's it!" Lu Sanhao said, "Although this battle is defeated, it is not a result of a battle! Besides, the two princes still have [-] elite soldiers on hand, which is enough to withdraw from Guanzhong and suppress Wu Ni. The most important thing now is to lead the [-] troops Return to Guanzhong, join the troops of General Xi'an, and firmly guard the entrances of Qinling Mountain and Qishan Mountain."

Wang Zhongxiao added: "As long as the two princes can keep Wu Sangui in the south of Qinling and Qishan, the emperor will have to rely heavily on the two princes. Besides, Sichuan is a piece of white land, and the court is useless in its hands. It's no big deal to throw it to Wu Sangui. of."

Lu Sanhao nodded again and again: "My lords. If Wu Sangui takes advantage of the victory and enters the Guanzhong, and gets the strong men from Shaanxi and Gansu, it will really be a disaster."

"Long Fei Nine Five?" Le Erjin glared at Lu Sanhao, "What do you mean by that?"

Fei Yanggu on the side murmured in a low voice: "Three thousand tigers and three thousand horses, straight to the land of Youyan; ninety-five dragons flying, reopening the sky of the Song Dynasty. This is the slogan of the red scarf thief at the end of the Yuan Dynasty! If Wu Sangui gets the strong men from Shaanxi and Gansu, then he It’s time to go straight to the land of Youyan!” He looked at Yue Le and Le Erjin, “You two princes, Wang Zongrong and Lu Daotai are right! As long as you two can guard Guanzhong for the emperor, at most it will be a revolution. He appointed the king and the prince to hold various positions, and then made a contribution to the warlord."

"But to defend Guanzhong, can a mere 2 people and a few thousand Eight Banners soldiers from General Xi'an be used?" Le Erjin asked.

"Enough!" Prince An Yue Le gritted his teeth, "It must be enough." He thought for a while, and then asked, "How do you write this apology?"

Lu Sanhao said: "Of course I told the emperor clearly, because of the betrayal of Luo Sen, Ma Siwen, Zheng Jiaolin, Wu Zhimao and other traitors, we lost to Wu Sangui. Ning has gathered more than [-] people, and now he is going to temporarily retreat to Guanzhong, reorganize the army, and then set up strict defenses to block Wu Ni."

I have to say that although this Lu Sanhao was not born in Master Shaoxing, he must be good at writing memorials.To be able to write such an ugly defeat in a not particularly ugly way, but also let the emperor see hope, and fight for Yue Le and Le Erjin's right to "defense the whole army".

Now that the world is in great chaos, Kangxi is about to burn out, and it is very likely that Yue Le and Leerjin will take the lead. As long as the two of them use the opportunity of reorganizing the army to firmly grasp the [-] soldiers, Kangxi will be Have to rely on them.

And if these two unlucky princes kept their power because of Lu Yifeng's strategy, wouldn't Lu Yifeng become their confidant?

At this time, Yue Le and Le Erjin all set their sights on Wang Zhongxiao.

Wang Zhongxiao nodded and said: "My lords, let's just report it like this. This can be regarded as a truthful report! And the most important thing now is to block Wu Sangui! Why don't you go to Beijing with the report book?"

He is about to run away. His Yunnan Qujing army must be wrong, and he doesn't want to be in front of the Shaanxi army anymore. Now that the world is in chaos, he should go to Guangdong to run his own base.

Fei Yanggu on the side also said: "My lords, let me go with Shikai and explain the dangerous situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi to the emperor. At the same time, I will tell you how capable the Wu army is." Tell the emperor! This traitor Wu Sangui is much more powerful than we originally thought, and we must not take it lightly."

Is this guy going back to make a small report?
Wang Zhongxiao said heartily: He is the brother of Concubine Dong E, the big concubine, and should also be Kang Mazi's confidant. Kangxi sent him to Yue Le's side, firstly as a deputy, and secondly as a supervisor.

"fair enough!"

"Okay, that's great."

Of course Prince An Yue Le and Shun Cheng County King Le Erjin knew who Fei Yanggu was?

But the two of them can't stop Fei Yanggu from returning to Beijing now, right?Fortunately, when Fei Yanggu and Wang Zhongxiao came and went, it would take some days for the court to know about Sichuan's defeat, and they would have to panic for a while, and it was also a question of whether anyone could take the blame for Shaanxi.If Aobai is still there, maybe he can send some capable people, but now he can only make do with it.

(End of this chapter)