Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 157 Your Majesty, Let's Beat Oboi Away! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

In the tenth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the tenth day of October.

The outskirts of Ruian County, Wenzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

The cannons were lifted onto the seven earthen fortresses that had just been completed, and the muzzles were all aimed at the city wall of Ruian County. The shirtless gunners were all in place, with baskets of solid shells and boxes of gunpowder, They are neatly stacked behind the gun position, and the ammunition man is standing there, nervously waiting for the order to load and launch.

Along the northeast sides of Rui'an County, [-] Qing troops dispatched from various places in Fujian and Zhejiang have built dozens of fortresses arranged in an arc. The door and the sub-guns have been installed in place, and they are all pointing towards Chengtou.The gunners had already prepared the fire clips, and they were standing beside the mother and child cannons, waiting with bated breath.

Geng Jingzhong, the son of King Jingnan, Fan Chengmo, governor of Zhejiang, Sai Baili, admiral of Zhejiang water and land, and Turboshen, general of Hangzhou, boarded the "Dianbing Platform" built on Longshan in the north of Ruian County.Longshan is only more than two miles away from Ruian County, and there is no shelter in the middle. You can see the large battlefield to the north of Ruian County without binoculars.

There are already many officers waiting on the troop counting platform, all gathered together.Seeing Geng Jingzhong, Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, Tuer Boshen and others coming in, they all attended the ceremony together.Chen Yonghua, the rudder leader of the Jiangnan sub-rudder of the Tiandihui, was also among them. He came to Zhejiang in the name of the general manager of Fujian Xiangyong under Geng Jingzhong to help fight "Oboi" and Wu Sanwei.

And Chen Yonghua's boss, Geng Jingzhong, after "Aobai" and Wu Sanwei raised their troops in Rui'an, immediately volunteered to ask Kangxi to lead troops to suppress the thieves for the court.After getting the permission, the son of the eldest son immediately ordered two thousand elite soldiers from Benfan, plus two thousand brave people from Fujian coastal villages recruited by Chen Yonghua, and came to Zhejiang by land and water to help out.

However, even with the support of [-] Fujian soldiers, the siege of Rui'an by the Zhejiang soldiers commanded by Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, and Tuer Boshen did not go smoothly!
That "Oboi" is powerful after all!
After all, he was the leader of the Qing army, and he is very familiar with the tactics and weaknesses of the Qing army. Therefore, Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, and Tu Erboshen's little tricks in using soldiers were all "obai" "To "accurate"!

It is no exaggeration to say that before the three soldiers Fan, Sai, and Tu came out, the "Oboi" on the opposite side was already using their combat strategy to fight against Wu Sanwei, as well as the general Liu Guoxuan sent by Dayuan Island We studied together.

Therefore, although there are few soldiers on the "Oboi" side, they can always predict the enemy's first opportunity!Either set up an ambush on the way forward of the Qing army, or sneak attack the Qing army's grain platform warehouse, or concentrate its forces to attack the Qing army all the way.

After a few months of fighting, Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, and Tuer Shenbo were all defeated!

Fortunately, Emperor Kangxi was still very supportive of the three of them. Although the three of them kept pleading guilty, Kangxi did not convict them. At first, he wrote notes to criticize them, and later changed to write "chicken soup essays" to encourage them to go north and south repeatedly. War——because news of the defeat in southern Sichuan had reached Beijing at that time, so in Kangxi's view, the war in Zhejiang was still a bright spot.

No matter how many times Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, and Tuer Shenbo fought and failed, they would lose some green battalion soldiers.The territory was not lost much, and the Eight Banners soldiers had never been on the battlefield, so naturally there was no loss.

Such a record. It's not bad!

As for the green camp, there are no more recruits!As long as the Eight Banners stationed in Zhejiang don’t allow Oboi to dominate, and at the same time don’t expand Oboi’s territory, then Kangxi thinks that the three of them have merit. After all, compared with Yue Le, Le Erjin, and Mo Luo, the battle situation in Zhejiang That was simply blinding.

But in the first ten days of August, after the news that Wu Sangui defeated the imperial army in Sichuan and quickly swept Sichuan and invaded Hanzhong in Shaanxi reached Zhejiang, Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, and Tuer Shenbo also felt that they were not doing well, but they were not here in Zhejiang. The situation is getting worse and worse!

Because the gentry tyrants and green forest heroes on the Zhejiang side heard that Wu Sangui had beaten up the Qing Heavenly Soldiers in Sichuan, and they all started to move!

Originally, most of the heroes in Zhejiang looked down on Wu Sangui's younger brother Wu Sanwei. After all, Wu Sangui is far away in Yunnan and Guizhou. Even if he wants to rebel, he doesn't know when he will reach Zhejiang.

But when Wu Sangui performed "Break the Heavenly Soldier, Blitz Sichuan", the tyrants and heroes in Zhejiang immediately boiled over!
According to the style of play in the Battle of Southern Sichuan, Wu Sangui will "reach the land of Youyan" in a short time. If he doesn't act now, he may miss this opportunity to start the country from the dragon.

So from mid-August, the Qing army deployed around Ruian would fight with the heroes who went to Ruian to vote for Wu from time to time. And the arrogance of the "Wenzhou Oboi" became visible to the naked eye!

In late August, they even sent troops to cross the Yunyang River and took down Feiyun Pass, which was heavily fortified by the Qing army!

At that time, the situation in Zhejiang as a whole could be said to be precarious. At this critical moment, Chen Yonghua, the head of the "Min Yong" under Geng Jingzhong's command, suddenly proposed a "wonderful way to break the Ao"!
In fact, this "wonderful method of breaking Ao" is not complicated. It can be summed up in six words: "strengthen the fortress and fight dumb battles".

Specifically, it is to try to fight wild waves as little as possible, and use the method of step by step and fortress to slowly approach Ryan.

That "Oboi" is smarter than a monkey and fiercer than a tiger, he can pinch him easily, but he still fights like this in wild waves?

Since you can't fight, then simply change the way of fighting, first build fortresses and camps in the north, east, and west directions of Ruian County, block the passages for "Oboi" and Wu Sanwei to expand outward, and then step by step Tighten the encirclement, build the forts and camps forward, and finally approach the city of Rui'an.

As long as it can be pushed to the city of Rui'an, it will be a war of attrition!
In the Qing Dynasty, there were artillery and gunpowder, and some were Lvying Xiangyong. If it is really impossible, if you surround yourself and eat, you can also take down Rui'an City!

After Geng Jingzhong, Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, Tuer Shenbo and others adopted this method, the battle of Rui'an really turned around. Because of insufficient firepower, it was impossible to capture it at all, so it was soon in trouble.

And the Qing army's encirclement circle became tighter and tighter, and in the first ten days of October, they finally advanced to the city of Rui'an!

Geng Jingzhong, Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, and Tuer Shenbo stood side by side on the platform, looking at the Ruian City, which is full of colorful flags, and there are many rebels on the top of the city. have one!
Their order is very good, most people are motionless, only a few people walk back and forth on the city wall.

"Chen Dusi!"

Geng Jingzhong withdrew his gaze and looked back at Chen Yonghua who was standing beside him, because the method of "playing dumb and forming camps" worked, Chen Yonghua has already been promoted!Promoted to the fourth rank of the green camp capital.

"The end is here!"

Chen Yonghua immediately stepped out, looking eager to try, and stood carelessly in front of Geng Jingzhong, who looked like a powerful man who didn't know the rules.

Geng Jingzhong smiled and asked, "What do you think?"

"Reporting to my son," Chen Yonghua said, "I feel that Oboi and Wu Sanwei are probably playing an empty city plan. Their brigade has already evacuated by water, so facing the imperial army's pressure, the city is so quiet."

In fact, what Chen Yonghua said, Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili and Tuer Shenbo also saw it, especially Tuer Shenbo, he has an old army of the Batu Luyong, how can this not be known?
Now the artillery barracks and fortresses of the officers and soldiers are built outside the city of Rui'an, and Oboi and Wu Sanwei have the support of Zheng Jing, so they can escape by water at any time, how could they not run away?

But the three of them all see through and don't tell the truth. After all, the big guy has fought too hard in the past few months, and many people have died. If there is no great military exploit, how can this be rewarded?
But now he was pointed out by Chen Yonghua, the "newcomer in the officialdom".

Geng Jingzhong nodded, then looked at Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, and Tuer Shenbo, and said with a wry smile: "This is a bad way to fight every step of the way. It is easy to win and difficult to destroy thieves. And it is too hard to fight." , the people below don’t have much credit, but they have worked hard.”

"It's a big victory if you can win!" Fan Chengmo said, "Although there is no great achievement, Dongnan can finally be safe!"

Sai Baili also nodded, and echoed: "The southeast can be more secure than anything else!"

Uncle Tuer stroked his white beard and said with a smile: "The subordinates fought hard and finally defeated our superiors. Naturally, we should give more credit to the subordinates, otherwise we will encounter this kind of thing in the future. That would be useless.”

Geng Jingzhong smiled and said: "Tujunmen, you always say it very well. You are a senior in the army and you know the spirit of the army. I am waiting in front of you, that is the younger generation!"

However, the younger generation still has a worry that Oboi and Wu Sanwei will abandon Rui'an for sure, but they may not go too far, maybe they will just retreat to the islands off the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian, and when we withdraw our troops and return to the camp, they will kill again return.At that time, how should we explain to the emperor? "

"This..." Uncle Turshen didn't know what to say.

This Wu Sanwei and Aoboi occupy the island and invade the island from time to time. Don't you, the son of Prince Jingnan, just support the bandits?

Fan Chengmo asked Geng Jingzhong, "Master, what do you think we should do?"

Geng Jingzhong said: "Look, my lord, let's do more navy. Why don't we invite the imperial court together to set up a sea route to help suppress the navy town, how about doing Oboi at sea?"

The so-called "aid and suppression town" is actually a mobile force.In the early Qing Dynasty, there were still some "aid and suppression" troops in the green battalion system that could be pulled out at any time for mobile operations.

And the sea route to help suppress the navy town is of course a "mobile fleet"!

"That's a good idea!" Sai Baili, the admiral of Zhejiang Province, frowned, "However, Oboi and Wu Sanwei obviously colluded with the pirates on Dayuan Island, and our green battalion sailors can't beat them!"

"Saijunmen," Chen Yonghua was waiting for his words, "the humble official has a way to deal with the pirates on Dayuan Island."

"What's the way? Let's hear it." Sebrie asked.

Chen Yonghua said: "The lowly job is actually from a maritime merchant background. I know the most about the skills of the pirates in Dayuan Island. Their skill is not in naval warfare, but in the southeast coast. Like Master Lu, he paddled across the sea and guarded each of them. This way of protecting the city is okay, but in the boundless sea, it will be difficult to resist the big pirates.

And to resist the big pirates, you have to train a navy that can come and go freely along the southeast coast without the restriction of the defense zone or the responsibility of guarding the sea.Wherever the big pirates are, this navy can follow them. Even if they don't fight, as long as they keep chasing and following, they can bring down the big pirates. "

"Don't fight. Just follow along?"

"Yes!" Chen Yonghua nodded, "Just follow along! Because the big pirates say they are thieves, but in fact they are mainly merchants. They maintain the navy fleet through trade with Japan, Nanyang, and Xiyi. If our The aid and suppression navy has been following, so how do they do business? If there is no business to do, what kind of sailors do they need?"

Sebri shook his head: "But where can we find a sailor who can always follow the big pirate?"

Chen Yonghua smiled and said: "At the gate of the army, there are ready-made ones at sea. As long as the emperor is willing to recruit, thousands of sailors can gather at any time!"

"You mean recruiting pirates?" Sai Baili frowned, "Most of the pirates on the southeast coast are not against the court, are they willing to help the court deal with the pirate Zheng's family?"

"Saijunmen," Chen Yonghua said, "as long as the imperial court allows these sea merchants to enter Hong Kong to purchase and trade in Japan, North Korea, Annan and Luzon in the name of official ships of the imperial court, they will take refuge in the imperial court. Even if they are unwilling to fight with Zheng The Zheng family is head-to-head, but as long as they rob the Zheng family's business, the Zheng family will become poorer and poorer. If they are poor, won't they have no money to run a navy?"

"That's right, that's right," Geng Jingzhong said, "It's just such a small amount of money, let us earn it away, and the Zheng family will be gone?"

"Let us make money?" Sai Baili's eyes lit up, as if he had heard the most true truth in the world.

The Zheng family can be arrogant for so many years, isn't it because they are rich?If all the money went to them, wouldn't Zheng Jing be gone?

This not only makes money, but also suppresses thieves. This is really "loyalty and corruption". People who have been officials since ancient times probably dream of such a good thing, right?
"That's great, let's do whatever we want!" Sai Baili Sai Junmen clapped his hands and laughed.

Fan Chengmo also stroked his beard and laughed: "This is a way!"

Uncle Tursun slapped his hands, "Chen Dusi, your method is good. Why didn't we think of it in the past? I think this aid to the naval town can be done. As for the waterway aid, Chen Dusi, it's up to you bring it on!"

Fan Chengmo also said: "Count me as one! I will also protect you as a general!"

Sai Baili also smiled and said: "Chen Dusi, the stability of our Zhejiang and Fujian coasts depends on your ability to make money. Earn all the money, and don't leave Zheng Jing a big son!"

Geng Jingzhong immediately said to Chen Yonghua: "Fufu, do your best. When you take down Rui'an, I, along with Fan Zhijun, Tujunmen, and Saijunmen, recommend you to be the chief soldier!"

"Whoo!"

Chen Yonghua responded loudly, and saluted again, then turned around and took a red command flag from a soldier, and waved it heavily!
Arranged outside the city of Rui'an, all the cannons and small cannons suddenly trembled at the same time, the flames spewed out first, followed by the sound of thunderous cannons, filled with smoke, and in a blink of an eye, a column of smoke rose from the small city of Rui'an Earth and rocks!

Although Geng Jingzhong, Fan Chengmo, Sai Baili, and Tuer Shenbo all knew that there were no Oboi and Wu Sanwei in Rui'an City, but they still had to act. This is Emperor Kangxi looking forward to the stars, the moon, and What a long-awaited victory!
"Great Victory, Great Victory"

"Your Majesty, great victory in Zhejiang!"

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace, South Study Room.

Kangxi, who was reading a copy of the pleadings sent by Yue Le, Leerjin, Moluo, Valka (General of Xi'an), and Jahanfu, suddenly heard Suo'etu and Mingzhu crying a little. but at the same time full of cries of joy.

Those apology papers were posted because of the loss of Hanzhong Mansion and Xing'an Mansion. Although it is frustrating, it is also expected.

Sichuan has collapsed for thousands of miles. How can Hanzhong and Xing'an, two prefectures belonging to Shaanxi but located south of the Qinling Mountains, be able to hold on?
These two prefectures can persist until October before they are completely thrown away. Yue Le, Leerjin, Moluo, Varka and the newly appointed governor of Shaanxi, Jiahan Fuzhen, have done their best.

Of course, Wu Sangui’s action speed is also slower than Kangxi imagined—this may be because Sichuan’s territory is too large, the roads and bridges are poor, and it is not easy to raise military rations, supplies, and civilians. At the same time, Wu Sangui also wants to seize Guizhou The territory, but also to march to Huguang, so wasted time.

However, those senior officials guarding Shaanxi still have to apologize. After all, they have lost two mansions!

For Kangxi and his Qing Dynasty, the real test should be in the spring of next year. Now that it is October, the weather will turn cold in a blink of an eye. Wu Sangui's army should be resting and preparing for the Northern Expedition next year.

Wait until next spring or summer and at the latest after next year's autumn harvest (if Wu Sangui can't raise enough military rations from Sichuan, he will have to farm in Hanzhong), Wu Sangui may personally lead the army and go north out of Qishan.

If Guanzhong is not guarded at that time, the Qing Dynasty will really be in danger!

And now this great victory in Zhejiang, for Kangxi, who is eager to stabilize people's hearts, reverse the decline, and speed up preparations for the war, it is really too timely!
He hurriedly raised his head, looked at the door of the South study, and saw Suo'etu and Mingzhu walking in with tears in their eyes, and then they both knelt down and reported loudly.

"Your Majesty, Geng Jingzhong and Fan Chengmo have finally made meritorious service!"

"Your Majesty, I am overjoyed that Rui'an has been recovered, and Aobai and Wu Sanwei led the remnants to flee to Da'an in the southeast by sea. The imperial court can finally concentrate on dealing with Wu Sangui!"

Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, and a rare smile finally appeared on his pockmarked face: "Thank God. Geng Jingzhong and Fan Chengmo have done a good job, and I will reward them well!"

(End of this chapter)