Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 210 Brother Fuchen, I see that "Eighteen Sons Rule the World" is talking about you!
There are always a lot of things after the chaos, everyone is so busy that time flies, time flies, and it is already late May to June in the 12th year of Kangxi.

During the period after the Guangzhou Rebellion, the entire Guangdong and Guangxi regions were definitely not peaceful.Intimidated by Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao's destruction of Guangzhou and the annihilation of the Pingnan Wang Shang family, the war between Guangdong and Guangxi is gone, but small battles continue.

First, General Sun Yanling of Guangxi and Admiral Ma Xiong of Guangxi disregarded Wu Sanwei and Guo Yi's dissuasion, took advantage of Wang Fuchen and Kong Sizhen's main force to go to Guangdong to fight, and jointly attacked Liuzhou once, but was blocked by Cai Yuan, the commander-in-chief under Wang Fuchen's command. Ma Ping stayed in the city for many days, and waited until Guangzhou was breached and the news of the collapse of the Pingnan Palace reached Guangxi. Sun Yanling and Ma Xiong failed to succeed, so they had to retreat in desperation.

Strictly speaking, however, this Battle of Maping cannot be regarded as the aftermath of the Guangzhou Rebellion. The two battles occurred almost simultaneously.

Not long after the Guangzhou Rebellion and the Battle of Maping ended, the Guangdong Township Army sent by Wang Zhongxiao completed the pacification of the entire Canton Prefecture except Lianzhou, and then he personally led [-] Guangdong Township Army into Shangzhi Festival, Shaozhou Mansion guarded by Shang Zhiying's two brothers.

Shang Zhijie and Shang Zhiying were sent by Shang Zhixin to manage the retreat routes of Shaozhou and Nanxiong Prefectures before the formation of the Guangzhou encirclement.The two also each brought a thousand vassal soldiers as "military books" and many blank official photos issued by Shang Zhixin in the name of King Pingnan of the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, relying on these official photos and Wu Sangui's reputation, they could still win over some big families in Shaozhou and Nanxiong. After all, the law of land equalization implemented by the Wang family in Guangfu made these big families in Shaozhou and Nanxiong feel very unhappy.Moreover, the Shang family didn't kill many people in Shaozhou, Shaozhou was not near the sea, and Shang Kexi hadn't specifically slaughtered them.

But before they finally negotiated a price with the two brothers of the Shang family, Guangzhou was taken by the Wang family. Now there is no one who is not open-eyed Cantonese wants to be buried with the Shang family, and the rule of the Shang family in Guangdong collapsed.

Shang Zhijie and Shang Zhiying didn't have the guts to confront the menacing Wang Zhongxiao head-on, so they quickly packed up and ran away. They didn't even dare to stay in Nanxiong Prefecture, and they didn't dare to go to Hunan, which was about to be controlled by Wu Guogui—they had already moved from Wang Shirong. Where did you get the news that Wang Zhongxiao married Wu Guogui's daughter Wu Xiaotu, how dare you go to seek refuge with Wang Zhongxiao's old father-in-law?
Therefore, the two of them had no choice but to escape to the territory of Nan'an Prefecture in Jiangxi Province under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and they fought hard when they were desperate. Shui was pushed to Nankang in one breath, and it was taken in another battle.

When they were so ruthless in Nan'an Mansion, they scared the Qing army in Ganzhou Mansion next door to Nan'an Mansion!
Because Shang Zhijie and Shang Zhiying's army can carry the banner of Wu Sangui!

And the fight was so ruthless, needless to say, Wu Guogui's vanguard army must have come!
Wu Guogui is coming soon, can they not be afraid?

And just when the "Pioneer of Wu Guogui" came to Ganzhou Prefecture, Li Zicheng also led his troops across Jiugong Mountain, the "land of rebirth", and captured Yining Prefecture and Wuning County below Nanchang Prefecture.

This is too scary, Li Zicheng is in the north, Wu Guogui is in the west, and the Qing soldiers in Jiangxi are about to end!
The frightened Qing army in Ganzhou had no choice but to close the city and defend to the death, while appealing to Wang Fuchen, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
And Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao, who received the emergency, couldn't spare any extra troops to go to Jiangxi for a while.They have been "eating" a bit full recently!He won half of Guangfu and the whole of Shaozhou in one fell swoop, and it was rumored that Huizhou Prefecture, Nanxiong Prefecture, Lianzhou (a subordinate state of Guangfu) and Qiongzhou Prefecture were settled!

With so many sites, it will take a while just to digest them!
Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao are not interested in expanding until the digestion is completed.Moreover, the relationship between the Wang family's father, son, and brother has to be properly dealt with. Therefore, they have no spare energy to eat Jiangxi for the time being.

However, Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao can ignore Jiangxi's emergency, but Mingzhu, the imperial envoy sent by Kangxi to Guangdong to mediate, cannot ignore what happened in Jiangxi.

Wu Guogui and Li Zicheng have entered Jiangxi in Chengdu. Then he should not go to the north of Jiangxi, lest he join Wu Guogui and Li Zicheng. There is nothing to join in the excitement, so let's go to Fujian!
Fujian is good, there is Geng Jingzhong, a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty in Fujian!
This Geng Jing is loyal and loyal. I heard that [-] Fujian soldiers have been assembled, and they are going to go north to Fuyuan to listen to General Jie Shu.

In the south of the outer city of Guangzhou, on the Tianzi Ferry Pier on the bank of the Pearl River, a dozen large galleys were preparing to hoist their sails and pull anchor, taking advantage of the westerly wind that had just risen on the Pearl River to head for the Dongjiang River.

Since Guangzhou is still a crippled state, there are almost no merchants on the wharf, only a brigade of Qing soldiers without braids boarding the ship dejectedly—they are undoubtedly still dressed as Qing soldiers, wearing He wears a livery and a red-tasseled straw hat, but the braid at the back of his head, which proves his loyalty, has been cut off.

But in the current Guangdong, this kind of Qing soldiers with their braids cut can only be subordinates of Chen Shikai and Chen Tietou, the chief soldier of the Qing Dynasty who was ordered to escort Mingzhu and his party to the north.

This Chen Shikai was standing on the Pearl River Wharf at this time, also dressed as a "braidless and upright official", looking at the pile of "people and cars" on the wharf and sighing.

Of course, this bunch of "people's cars" are people with cars, and the cars among them are all prison cars!It's the kind of prison cart with a cage on the cart, and a thief locked in the cage.

There are three prison cars of this kind, in which Shang Zhixin, Zhu Guozhi, and Li Lan are locked up. Next to the prison car of the three, there are a large group of family servants with gloomy faces, all tied up in strings with ropes. body.

Among them, Shang Zhixin has the most family servants and servants, and looks the most miserable.

And Shang Zhixin himself looked completely collapsed, just sitting against the wooden fence, looking up at the flying birds on the Pearl River, and he didn't know what he was thinking?
Zhu Guozhi and Li Lan looked much better, although they were also punished by Kangxi for the crime of "dismissed from their posts and seized the title, and brought them into Shaanxi".But in fact, the two of them have no major crimes but are suspected of treason, and they may be Shang Zhixin's accomplices.

Among them, Li Lan has two more crimes, one is the crime of "cutting the braid" and the other is the crime of "ordering the braid to be cut".

The braids of Chen Shikai and his green battalion soldiers were all cut off according to Li Lan's order!

If these two crimes were left a few years ago, Ling Chi's execution would be possible.But nowadays, there are too many people who cut their braids, and it is no longer a problem.Moreover, whether there is a braid or not is not necessarily related to loyalty to the Qing Dynasty. Don't Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao have no braids?Does Kangxi dare to say that they are not loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty?
So Li Lan felt that he could still be saved.
And Zhu Guozhi was even more relieved, there was still a braid on the back of his head that could prove his utter loyalty!

Now there are not many braids belonging to men in Guangdong!

Of course, Mingzhu also had braids. He was leaning on a cane at this moment, standing by the pier and saying goodbye to Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao.

"Teacher, according to the students, the world today is most likely in troubled times! Although the emperor is young and wise, his fortune is not good. One Wu Sangui is already difficult for him to deal with. Now there is another Li Zicheng. And this Li Zicheng According to the upper reaches of the south of the Yangtze River, it is now starting to advance to Jiangxi. It is estimated that it will open the mouth of Jiujiang Mansion by land.

If the surname of Jiujiang Mansion is Li, I am afraid that no one can stop Li Zicheng from going to Jiangnan. Once Li Zicheng wins Jiangnan, the world will really be three points!And now it is not the time of the Three Kingdoms.Today's wealth population in the Central Plains is far less than that in the Southeast!If Li Zicheng wins the southeast, the prophecy of 'eighteen sons rule the world' will come true! "

Just after Wang Zhongxiao finished speaking, Wang Fuchen also said worriedly: "Duanfan. If the situation in the Northern Dynasty is not good, and you are not happy, you can bring Gege to Guangdong. Guangdong is now its own world. No matter who rules the world, it will never come again After going through great chaos, it may be a paradise for famous people in the world to take refuge."

I have to say that although this Wang Fuchen is not very loyal to the male master, he is quite interesting to the female master, and now he can still think about Wulinzhu Gege.This pearl really needs to take a few breaths to suppress the fire.

"Wang Zhijun, Shikai, you just need to defend Guangdong and Guangxi!" Mingzhu said with a cold face, "Jiangning can't be lost! The emperor has appointed Shi Lang as the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, and he will be training the navy at Poyang Lake. Jingnan Wang has prepared [-] elite soldiers, who can send troops at any time. With the Poyang Lake Navy and King Jingnan's elite soldiers, as well as the elite soldiers from Jiangnan, Jiangbei Admirals and Su Song's generals mobilized by Prince Kang, Li Zicheng will not be in Jiangxi. What a big gain."

"That's good, that's good!"

Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao nodded repeatedly, expressing their reassurance.

At this time, the wind on the river became stronger, and it was blowing westerly toward Huizhou.

Mingzhu cupped her hands to Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao and said, "The wind is blowing and now it's time to go down to Huizhou with the wind, let's say goodbye!"

"Teacher, the student has already sent a letter to Liu Shuai in Chaozhen. He will personally lead his troops to Haifeng to meet you, and he will also lead his troops to escort you into Fujian. This trip is sure to be foolproof!"

"Okay, I will lend you a good word." As she spoke, Mingzhu waved her hand, "Come here, escort Shang Zhixin, Zhu Guozhi, Li Lan and their party members and family members to the boat and let's go back!"

Jiugong Mountain, Ruiqing Palace, Dashun Emperor Yongchang is here.

Li Zicheng lived in this Taoist temple called Ruiqing Palace on Jiugong Mountain these days. While reminiscing about the glorious past, he commanded his army to encircle Jiujiang Mansion along Mufu Mountain.

The outflank commanded by Li Zicheng was not to seize Jiujiang in one fell swoop, but to force and occupy Wuchang and Huanggang counties.

The prefectural city of Wuchang is called Jiangxia. Wuchang County is located to the east of Jiangxia County, across the river from Huanggang County in Huangzhou Prefecture.

After the Qing army withdrew from Jiangxia County, Hanyang Mansion, and Hankou Town, the Hubei Governor's Yamen and the Wuchang Prefect's Yamen withdrew to Wuchang County together.Wuchang and Huanggang also became the "twin cities defense line" for the Qing army to guard the Yangtze River, and also the first line of defense to defend Jiujiang.

However, for Li Zicheng, who is now old and strong, these layouts of Jieshu are simply not worth mentioning. When he was hiding in Jiashan Temple all these years when he had nothing to do, he did not miss military books.

His previous battles were all based on talent, and he didn't know much about the art of war, so his performance was very unstable. When he fought well, the battles he fought could be called classics.But when it's not played well, it's terribly bad.

But now, Li Zicheng's level of military use is not only high, but also stable. Anyway, a character like Jie Shu is completely applauded by him.

But it seems to be a bit difficult to win the world, he is old after all.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, Li Zicheng listened carefully, and said with a smile: "Laishun, Yiqiang, Wanlin, Zhisheng, Dingshan, you are all here."

Those who came were the civil servants and military generals who followed Li Zicheng, namely Li Laishun, Hu Yiqiang, Huang Wanlin, Huang Zhisheng, and Xue Dingshan.

Five civil servants and military generals lined up in a row and saluted Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng, who was standing on a fence in Ruiqing Palace and looking out from the railing, turned around and looked at the people in front of him with a smile, "What's the big news? Is it Wuchang?" The Tartars in the county and Huanggang county have retreated?"

"I don't have Ada yet. I just got the Tang Bao sent from Yuezhou by Uncle Yi Hu." Li Laishun immediately handed over a memorial, "The situation in Guangdong has changed dramatically!"

"Guangdong." Li Zicheng took the memorial that Li Laishun handed to him, without opening it, and asked directly, "Wang Fuchen took Guangdong?"

Huang Wanlin nodded: "Shang Kexi is completely over. Wang Fuchen is now the lord of Guangdong, and he also asked Wu Sangui for the title of Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Minister of Nanyang, Governor of Tiannan, and also asked for titles for his four sons, Liu Jinzhong and Qiu Hui. Degree to make."

"Okay!" Li Zicheng called out "Hello", which also attracted a few puzzled looks.

Li Zicheng glanced at everyone with one eye, and said with a smile: "Wang Fuchen was born in the camp after all. And he was originally surnamed Li! The prophecy that the eighteen sons rule the world may not be on the forehead, but on him !"

"Ada, why did you say that?"

"My lord! What is he? A slave with three surnames!"

"My lord, since ancient times no one has ruled the world by occupying Guangdong and Guangxi."

The few people below don't seem to believe that Wang Fuchen can win the world.

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "The way of heaven is unpredictable! In the past, no one could rule the two provinces and Guangxi, which does not mean that there will be no one in the future. As for slaves with three surnames, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there were many emperors who recognized their godfathers." ?”

The old man Huang Wanlin approached Li Zicheng, "My lord, do you want to form an alliance with Wang Fuchen and use him to do things for Dashun?"

Li Zicheng smiled and said: "There is always a leader in troubled times, and there is always a true destiny in the world. I am too old to see this day. But Laishun, Laixing, Lai'an, Yihu, Yiqiang, Yihu Farmers and others should have the opportunity to see the world return to one. It is better to return the world to Li than to return to Wu and Qing!"

Huang Wanlin already understood.

The old emperor of Dashun felt that his days were numbered, so he wanted to arrange a good end for his followers as much as possible.

If the world goes to Wu or Qing, Li Zicheng's disciples and grandchildren will definitely not end well.But if Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao have the world, these disciples of Li Zicheng will definitely be reused and given preferential treatment in the new dynasty.

Li Zicheng glanced at his successor, Li Laishun, and smiled again: "Laishun. Wang Fuchen didn't say that he wanted to take over the world, and he didn't name Li Zicheng, and you didn't claim to restore Dashun. So you and Wang Fuchen It’s still possible to advance or retreat, why not form an alliance first, and if there is a chance in the future, we will conquer the world together! If there is no chance, we will stick together to protect ourselves. Lai Shun, do you know how much painstaking efforts you have made?”

"Ada, I got it." Li Laishun nodded.

"Okay, then who of you is going to Guangdong?" Li Zicheng looked at the few people in front of him.

"My lord," Huang Wanlin said, "Let the dog take a trip to Guangdong for you!"

"Okay!" Li Zicheng nodded, "Zhisheng, you go and talk to the Wang family about the alliance!" He paused, "Back then, a large group of anti-kings formed an alliance first, and then twisted it." It became a rope, and finally overthrew the Ming Dynasty!"

In Xi'an, the Qing emperor is here.

Kangxi was sitting on the throne in the South Study Room, holding two invitations to fight in his hand, looking over and over again, his pockmarked face was full of gratified expressions.

These two invitations to battle were written by two princes of the Qing Dynasty, and one of them was written by Jingnan Wang Geng Jingzhong!

Geng Jingzhong is obviously different from Wu Sangui and Shang Zhixin.

He is faithful!Loyal to Qing Dynasty!Loyal to him Kangxi!
Now that the situation in the Qing Dynasty is so bad, he is willing to lead [-] troops to Jieshu's tent to help resist Li Zicheng, which is beyond words.

And under his inspiration, Liu Jinzhong, who helped Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao suppress the traitor Shang Zhixin, was also willing to lead five thousand troops and follow Geng Jingzhong to go north.

With 5000 people, the Yangtze River defense line should be at ease!
Kangxi thought to himself: Although I misread Shang Zhixin, I still have my sights on Geng Jingzhong.

And another loyal minister is Lord Chahar Burni!
This is amazing, he is a direct descendant of the Great Mongol Kingdom, the heir of the Central Chagatai Wanhu, and the grandson of Lin Dan Khan, the last great Khan of Mongolia.

After the defeat of the unlucky Lin Dan Khan, most of his wives and arrangements were swallowed up by the group of leaders of the Qing Dynasty.Those who originally belonged to Wanhu in Chahatai either became Eight Banners Mongolia, or became the banners of the Chahar Leagues under the jurisdiction of the Qing court. Mongolia.

With a little scrap left, it became a subordinate of Prince Chahar—this part of the Mongols was ruled by the hereditary Zasak lords and became part of the many Mongolian tribes outside the vassal.

Now this prince of Chahar's leftovers is actually willing to send out [-] Mongolian cavalry to serve in Xi'an.

Although Prince Chahar's [-] nomadic cavalry are not very effective in combat, they can play a very good role in leading the way. If more Mongolian princes from outer vassals can bring their own troops to help Kangxi, then soon Start the Qishan-Longyou battle, then the advantage will be numb!

(End of this chapter)