Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 176 That Man, He's Back! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
What?Has the matter of killing the Tartars become so urgent?
Hearing Liu Yihu's words, Wu Yingxiong really felt a little bit emotional. The dangerous thing of killing Tartars has now become something that everyone is scrambling for!
It seems that the Great Qing Dynasty really can't grow the rabbit's tail!

Thinking of this, Wu Yingxiong also got excited, looked at Liu Yihu and asked, "General Liu, how many soldiers do you have that can fight now?"

Liu Yihu smiled honestly, and said: "Reporting to my son. Our team has expanded rapidly, not counting those old and weak who can only make up numbers, and the number of strong fighters has already expanded to 6000!"

"Six thousand? There are so many?" Wu Yingxiong was taken aback, "How did you recruit soldiers?"

The number of six thousand strong is not much in novels, dramas, and essays.But in today's era when the national population is only in the tens of millions and certainly not more than 5000 million, [-] elite soldiers are really not too small.Wu Sangui allocated less than [-] people under the six guards under Wu Yingxiong, and the average number of each guard was less than [-].

Moreover, these six guards are only under the control of Wu Yingxiong, not led by him personally. Each guard has its own "General", "General" and "General"-according to the military system formulated by Wu Sangui, the direct line of the Wu family army, That is to say, the leaders of the "Thirty Guards" are all called "General of a certain guard" or "General of a certain guard", and the deputy leader is called "General of a certain guard".

Among them, those who are called "generals" are all generals who are qualified to be the coaches of the side.Now only 11 people including Wu Yingqi, Wu Guogui, Wu Shicong, Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Zhang Guozhu, Guo Zhuangtu, Li Benshen, Ma Bao, Wang Pingfan, and Zheng Jiaolin have the title of "General".

Now Liu Yihu and Li Laishun have [-] soldiers, theoretically more than a "guard" of Wu's army, how can Wu Yingxiong not be surprised?
Liu Yihu didn't hide anything from Wu Yingxiong, and replied "honestly": "My son, we have set up two military mansions in Lizhou, Shimen and Lizhou, and according to the methods of the Tang Dynasty's land equalization system and mansion military system, we will control the land in Lizhou. All the land was distributed to the poor peasants. Anyone whose family had a strong man who joined the government as a soldier would give them an extra piece of land, and at the same time give them additional food and wages. In Lizhou alone, no less than [-] poor men joined the army. ! Including the heroes we brought from Kuidong, the number may be more than [-]!"

"What? You divided up all the land in Lizhou?" Wu Yingxiong was taken aback, "Can the landowner in Lizhou agree?"

Liu Yihu smiled, "If you don't agree, I will send it to the Chongqing government to help you, my son, reclaim wasteland!"

"Send Chongqing to reclamation if you don't agree? And help me reclaim it?" Wu Yingxiong was taken aback, "Should they go?"

Liu Yihu still didn't hide anything, and said with a smile: "If you don't go, you will be killed!"

"Just beheaded? Are you too cruel?"

Liu Yihu still smiled and said: "How can this be called cruelty? Those landlords have more young and strong than ordinary farmers. As long as they are willing to join the government as soldiers, each strong man will be given an extra piece of land. A few more are enough for counting." ?Even if it is still a little bit worse, we will keep accounts for them, and we will make up for them after taking down Changde and Jingzhou. If you refuse to hand over the land and refuse to serve as a soldier, it will be against the king of the west and the prince Lord, you are unfaithful! Shouldn’t you be beheaded for being unfaithful for being rich?”

In fact, this seemingly loyal Liu Yihu did not tell the whole truth.There is only one way for rich households in Lizhou not to go to Chongqing to reclaim wasteland, and that is to donate their nephews to join them.And even if you join the gang, you will inevitably have to hand over the land in your home that exceeds the quota.But Li Zicheng will indeed give them a white note, and he will find compensation for them from other places in the future.

In this way, most of the rich households in Lizhou who don't want to go to Sichuan to "feed the pandas" can only donate their nephews to join the group.

As for whether he is willing to work hard after joining the gang, Li Zicheng is not worried at all. When he was the leader of the gangsters, he did not sway the people!
What's more, the current general trend of the world is obviously conducive to anti-Qing, and if you join in, you might be able to become a small hero for the founding of the country!Therefore, most of the wealthy households in Lizhou who were willing to donate their nephews were sincerely on the side of the anti-Qing camp.

As for those who were determined to fight against the anti-Qing rebels, except for a few who did not run away, most of them went to the Huguang Governor's Yamen in Jingzhou (now the Huguang Governor's Yamen is not in Wuchang, but in Jingzhou) to recruit troops.

"Being rich and unfaithful." Wu Yingxiong thought for a while, his "bear face" sank, "You should kill him!"

Now that he has experienced the destruction of his family, his mentality has become a little distorted, and his murderous nature has also risen.

"My son is holy!" Liu Yihu and Wu Yingxiong have found a common language.

Wu Yingxiong nodded, and said again: "Six thousand is a lot of strength, but you can't just rely on a large number of people to fight a war. You also need equipment, armor, food and training. Are these enough?"

"These are not enough." Liu Yihu smiled indifferently. He is a rebel optimist!
"Not enough?" Wu Yingxiong was taken aback, "Then how do you fight?"

"There is not enough style of play," Liu Yihu explained, "The last general came here for this!"

Wu Yingxiong frowned: "Then let's talk about it."

Liu Yihu said: "The last general and General Li have discussed a plan to lure the tartars and green camps from Jingzhou Prefecture and Xiangyang Prefecture to Lizhou. As long as they come from Jiangbei to Lizhou, we will use three or four thousand elites to defend Lizhou Zhoucheng and Shimencheng. The rest are guerrillas outside the city, attacking their grain roads.

And the son of the world can take the opportunity to dispatch elite soldiers from Kuizhou to attack Xiangyang and Jingzhou! "

Jingzhou Prefecture, Jingmen Prefecture, and Xiangyang Prefecture together are the important towns where the Qing army controlled the middle reaches of the Yangtze River!
At present, there are Eight Banners new troops stationed in a town, thousands of troops stationed in the Eight Banners and the governor of Huguang, and there are also green battalions under the command of Xiangyang General Soldier and Jingmen General Soldier. The soldiers of Surah's family slaves have a total strength of at least [-]!
So many troops have formed a long snake formation in Jingzhou, Jingmen Prefecture, and Xiangyang, which can not only echo from head to tail, but also guard the dangerous points, which is indeed not easy to fight.If some of them can be led to Lizhou on the south bank of the Yangtze River, it will be much easier for Wu Yingxiong to attack Xiangyang and Jingzhou.

"But how are you going to lure the Tartars from Jingzhou to Lizhou?" Wu Yingxiong frowned and asked, "Lizhou is not that important!"

Liu Yihu chuckled: "My lord, this official and General Li have come up with a plan to cheat the king!"

"What? Chuangwang cheating?" Wu Yingxiong was taken aback by Liu Yihu's suggestion, and immediately stood up, "Li Zicheng is still alive?"

"Cheating, that is, pretending to be alive!" Liu Yihu still had a cheerful look, looking very honest and honest, not at all like lying.

He paused, and then said to Wu Yingxiong: "My lord, think about it, Li Zicheng is hated by others! If he didn't really die in Jiugong Mountain, but feigned death and slipped to Jiashan Temple in Lizhou, pretending Monk Cheng is lurking, and is still manipulating the Zhongzhengying and the Kuidong Shisan Family behind the scenes. At the same time, he is still accumulating strength, summing up experience and lessons, and waiting for opportunities. Now it is finally waiting, so it is reversed! Look at this story. Kangxi can he Do you believe it?"

"But... why did he fake death?" Wu Yingxiong is still a "bear" who likes to ask questions.

"Of course it's for uniting the Ming to resist the Qing Dynasty," Liu Yihu said. "If Li Zicheng didn't pretend to die, Nanming would never be able to join forces with Chuangying anyway. If Chuangying and Nanming didn't join hands, they would perish even faster! "

Seems to make sense!

Wu Yingxiong thought for a while, then asked again: "Then Li Zicheng is dead or not?"

Liu Yihu shook his head, and smiled naively: "Er, how would you know? Er wasn't with him at the time, and Er was not a big official in the camp. Even if he was still alive, he wouldn't contact Er."

Wu Yingxiong stared at Liu Yihu's face for a while, but he didn't see anything, so he nodded and said, "Then let that person cheat for a while longer! As long as he can lure out the Tartars in Jingzhou, he will even let Chongzhen It’s okay to cheat!”

"My lord, you are so wise!" Liu Yihu first put a high hat on Wu Yingxiong, and then said with a smile, "This time, my lord, you risked your life to lure the Tartars across the river. How about you give me another Some shotguns and gunpowder? Let’s kill more Tartars in Lizhou and Shimen, won’t it be easier for you to sweep Jingxiang?”

"That's right." Wu Yingxiong was persuaded by Liu Yihu again, "Then I will give you five hundred shotguns and two thousand catties of gunpowder."

"Thank you, my son."

In fact, the reason why Liu Yihu presented Wu Yingxiong with the "trick to cheat the king" in Kuizhou Mansion was not because he and Li Laishun were really fierce and willing to go all out and use the two cities of Lizhou and Shimen to attract the firepower of the Qing army in Jiangbei.It was the rumor that "Li Zicheng is back" had spread in Lizhou not long after the Lizhou uprising.

Who let Li Zicheng be recognized by Mrs. Huang outside the west gate of Lizhou?Moreover, those old battalion soldiers (small battalion soldiers) who followed Li Zicheng into Lizhou also put on the felt hats and green robes they have treasured for many years. Those who have experienced that era and seen the military appearance of the Dashun Army can recognize it at a glance That is Li Zicheng's old battalion!
That's why Li Zicheng came up with the idea of ​​this fraudulent life--it's obviously real, but it's called fraudulent!
True or false, life or death. Let Jingzhou and other garrison generals and Jingzhou Daying Presidential Minister Ezha and Huguang Governor Cai Yurong guess!

And just as Liu Yihu happily left for Lizhou with the equipment he had cheated from Wu Yingxiong, the news that "that man" had returned was already spreading in Jingzhou city.

In fact, this important town in Hubei, where Jingzhou Daying, Jingzhou General’s Yamen, and Guangdong Governor’s Yamen were stationed, had already become a refugee camp for local tyrants and evil gentry in March and April of the 11th year of Kangxi.

Lao Cai, a landowner from the Jiangnan area of ​​Lizhou and Jingzhou, the southern part of Yichang Prefecture, Shinan Prefecture, and Huarong County of Yuezhou Prefecture, all dragged their families and fled to Jingzhou City, crying and screaming. Jingzhou Seoul was overcrowded.

Among them, Lizhou has basically been controlled by Li Zicheng, and the Kuidong Qunhao in the southern part of Yichang Prefecture and Shinan Prefecture all raised their troops one after another. Both Li Zicheng and Wu Yingxiong sent people there to win over the powerful and seize the territory.

However, Li Zicheng's troops did not occupy territory in the Jiangnan area and Huarong County that lead Jingzhou. They just sent troops into "Jingnan" and Huarong County to attack the green camp soldiers there, and "borrowed food" from the local local tyrants and evil gentry.However, the local farmers became envious when they saw the good deed of land distribution in Lizhou, so "Jingnan" and Huarong began to be in chaos.
And this group of landlords and Lao Cai who fled from the disaster are also disappointing masters. Every day, they know the news outside the gate of Paoqi City crying for soldiers while crying "that man has returned"!

Of course, at the beginning, only some landlords and gentry who escaped from Lizhou shouted about this, but later they probably felt that "Li Zicheng's return" was easier to attract attention, so the local tyrants and evil gentry who came from other state capitals also followed along. Blind bluffing.

In an instant, Li Zicheng's name resounded throughout Jingzhou City!

"What does that person look like? High cheekbones, big forehead, high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, thick eyebrows, one-eyed beard and eyebrows are all white. He looks more than 60 years old and has a shaved monk, but he still looks fierce. Very good!"

"That person must be Li Zicheng. Because Huang Wanlin, the old man of Huang Zhisheng, the shepherd of Lizhou Prefecture, who was supposed to keep his filial piety in Guangdong, was caught outside Lizhou City to meet Li Zicheng that day. He knew Li Zicheng. He knelt down to Li Zicheng at that time. Calling 'Emperor, Emperor'! Although Li Zicheng later refused to admit it, but before that, the leader of the rebels called him 'Emperor' and 'Emperor Yongchang'!"

"This is all I saw with my own eyes. At that time, I pretended to be an ordinary person. I was waiting outside the west gate of Lizhou City to see the leader of the rebels. I thought I would see Wu Sangui, but I didn't expect to see Li Zicheng!"

"Believe in the prince, what Cai Zhijun said is true! You two should report to the emperor! Now there is not only Wu Sangui, but also Li Zicheng!"

Kneeling in the lobby of the Jingzhou General's Mansion to report to Ezha and Cai Yurong that "the King Chuang has returned" is Chen Dabao, the guard general of Lizhou who fled in makeup that day.

He turned out to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty!

After witnessing the "return of King Chuang" with his own eyes, he didn't want to follow King Chuang to conquer the world, but fled to Jingzhou City in no time, and reported to Ezha and Cai Yurong!
But at the beginning, Ezha and Cai Yurong didn't believe in the "return of King Chuang". What is the return of King Chuang?Isn't this nonsense?Will there be a resurrection of Chongzhen in the future?
That's why these two made people lock up Chen Dabao—lost his teacher, lost his land, and even fled with makeup, really disgraced the green camp of the Qing Dynasty!Therefore, they also reported Chen Dabao's death penalty for running away and asked Emperor Kangxi for approval.

Of course, Kangxi also hated Chen Dabao, a bastard general who only knows how to be greedy for money, and is useless when he meets rebels, so with a swipe of a pen, he gave Chen Dabao a military law!

If you practice military law, you will be beheaded!

Today is the day when Chen Dabao will be beheaded, but while he is waiting for the beheading, the situation in several prefectures south of the Yangtze River has undergone drastic changes, and the news of "Li Zicheng's return" has spread like crazy.

So before Chen Dabao's decapitation, Ezha and Cai Yurong decided to interrogate Chen Dabao for the last time - they must ask whether Li Zicheng really came back?

If Li Zicheng really came back, then Chen Dabao, as a witness, cannot be killed for the time being!
In case the emperor wants to ask questions, how can he ask after his head has been chopped off?Even if the emperor doesn't mind, Chen Dabao can't answer!
Ezha saw that Chen Dabao had nothing to say, so he waved his hand to his Goshha and said, "Pull it down."

Hearing that he was going to "pull him down", Chen Dabao thought he was going to be beheaded, so he cried out, "Don't kill me, I'm still useful. I'm going to beat Li Zicheng for the emperor!"

Cai Yurong also felt that Chen Dabao should not be killed, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Wait a minute. Wait a moment and then kill the prince. Maybe the emperor will want to personally ask about Li Zicheng's return?"

Ezha originally didn't want to kill Chen Dabao right away, but now, after hearing what Cai Yurong said, he decided to let Chen Dabao die first, he thought for a while, and said to Cai Yurong: "Why don't we give the emperor an eight-hundred-mile flight?" Hand, by the way, do you want to bet Chen Dabao on the trip?"

"I should ask. Chen Dabao, do you think this is okay?" This Cai Yurong actually asked Chen Dabao for his opinion.

"Okay, okay." Of course Chen Dabao said "Okay", what's the rush about beheading?

Maybe after seeing Kangxi, he won't kill this head, isn't it profitable?

When Kangxi learned that "that man" had returned, he had just arrived in Wutai County, Shanxi Province. He was passing through Wutai County by the imperial driver himself!

It is now April of the 11th year of Kangxi, and Wu Sangui may leave Qishan at any time, so Kangxi has to rush to Xi'an as soon as possible to sit in town.So half a month ago, he led all the civil and military officials and the beauties of the harem, and under the protection of the guards and the guard camp, he went to Shaanxi in a mighty way. He walked hundreds of miles in half a month. , was about to go to Wutai Mountain to see the monk Ama, and the news of Li Zicheng's return was sent to him.

"What? That person actually, actually came back!"

Kangxi, who was discussing military affairs with several confidant ministers in the middle, took the memorial from Xiao Guizi, and after reading it for a while, he yelled!

The news is astonishing!
Li Zicheng actually came back to life. A No. 20 villain in Tianzi who had been dead for more than [-] years came back to life!

And not only survived, but turned back again!
What can I do?One Wu Sangui has already killed half of the Qing Dynasty, and now there is one more Li Zicheng, isn't the Qing Dynasty coming to an end?
(End of this chapter)