Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 256 If there is an emperor in the family, can brothers and friends respect each other? (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
Inner Fang Mountain, where the King of the West walks.

In Wu Sangui's study room, a father and daughter who were not related by blood were silently looking at each other.

After Wu Sangui came back from the new town, he rushed into his dormitory as if he was exhausted and said he wanted to sleep, and he even ordered his soldiers to guard the door so that no one would be seen.He didn't seem to sleep very well either, he didn't know what kind of nightmare he was having, and he was still ruining things in the dream, and the sound of falling things was the only sound.It wasn't until the next afternoon that Wu Sangui woke up from sleep, but his spirit had not recovered, and his eyes were still red.When the subordinates asked him about military affairs, he ignored them all, and just asked them to ask Hu Guozhu.It was also reported that Li Fuchen's eldest son, Li Jizhen, asked to see him, saying that he had brought the terms of the covenant that he had just negotiated with Li Zicheng, but Wu Sangui didn't get angry and asked him to wait.Later, even Wu Xiaojiao came to ask for an interview, but he was blocked from the outside.

But he didn't see everyone, but he asked his goddaughter Kong Sizhen to be invited to the study, and the father and daughter had a private talk face to face!
It was said to be a secret conversation, but after the two greeted each other for a while, they were relatively speechless, and after an unknown amount of time, they heard Wu Sangui dryly laugh a few times: "Sizhen, the king of yesterday, oh, it was Li Fuchen who talked to you personally. The old man said that it is enough for Dan to be Zhao Tuo of Nanyue."

Kong Sizhen heaved a sigh of relief when he heard what Wu Sangui said, and said with a smile: "That's all he can do. Don't look at him as a strong soldier now. His second son was still in the Nanjing court and got into one of the three middle halls, but his foundation After all, it is in Guangdong. The local tyrants in Guangdong are not as interested in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains as they are to make a fortune in Nanyang. Moreover, there has been a lot of chaos in Annan these years. Nanruan, Beizheng, and Gaopingmo have been killing each other for many years. Many wealthy Guangdong merchants who have business in Hoi An Port in Annan are agitating the King of Nan to send troops to Annan these days, at least to take down Hoi An Port first.

However, Annan has not been under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Dynasty for hundreds of years. It seems that since the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, he has become a king himself.It may be extremely difficult for Nanwang to regain Annan.So father, you don't have to worry about him coming north to make trouble in the future, you just go all out to the north, and when you take Beijing, who else in the world will not accept you? "

Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Zhao Tuo is also the emperor, he was the Emperor Wu of Nanyue!"

Kong Sizhen was startled by these words, shook his head again and again and said: "Father, don't get me wrong, the minister doesn't mean that, he just wants to be the king of the south."

Wu Sangui waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sizhen, you misunderstood. My father does not object to Li Fuchen being the Southern Emperor. Today's world is divided into three or four, and now my father does not have the ability to directly attack Huanglong. He can win Zhongzhou, Gansu and Shanxi are the two lands, and then I will be satisfied as the emperor of Zhou after ascending the throne in Chang'an! If the third prince Zhu can pacify the southeast, then he should be the emperor of the southeast. As for Kangxi or Fuquan, he may also be the emperor of the north.

From my point of view, in the future world, there is a high possibility that there will be an emperor in the south, east, and north, and then they will stand against each other for decades or hundreds of years before returning to unity! "

There is also an emperor in the southeast and northwest?Kong Sizhen said in his heart, "Are you playing a horse hanging?"Now there are three missing one, why don't you pull Li Fuchen to the poker table to play together?No, are you talking ironically?
Wu Sangui saw that Kong Sizhen didn't understand what he meant, so he didn't beat around the bush at all, and said directly: "Sizhen, in the past, as a father, he underestimated Li Fuchen. Maybe Li Fuchen also underestimated himself. But yesterday he solved the relationship between father and Li Zicheng." Dou, it means that he has one-fourth of the world and one-quarter strength. Whether he is called the emperor or not in the future, he will be one-fourth! the same.

There is only one throne, and only one son can inherit it. Li Fuchen can't make any big emperor, second emperor, or third emperor, right?

And there can be many Jiedushi, Li Jizhen, Li Zhongshan, and Li Jiqing can all have a Jiedushi!Do you understand it? "

Kong Sizhen had already understood a little bit that once Li Fuchen had the prospect of becoming an emperor, the struggle between the Li family's father and son brothers would immediately escalate!
In fact, the relationship between Li Jizhen, Li Zhongshan and her, Kong Sizhen, has always been very harmonious, and they call each other Aunt Kong, which is called intimacy.

Although there was some estrangement between Li Jiqing and them, he had his own Jiedu Envoy, and he would not share the share of the two brothers.

So those two brothers and this brother who appeared out of nowhere were polite, and it was for this reason that Kong Sizhen regarded Li Fuchen as a big backer for himself and his son (also Li Fuchen's son).

But once Li Fuchen has a throne, whoever becomes the emperor will be the winner!
And if you can't be an emperor's brother, what can you be?

Well, it's not easy to be the emperor's son!Especially there is a "Li Er" on it.
"In addition," Wu Sangui went on to say, "you can follow Li Fuchen without a name or distinction, or you can be a concubine, as long as you like, anyway, Li Fuchen's eldest wife can't control you, even Li Fuchen himself I can't help you. But once Li Fuchen becomes the emperor, you won't be as carefree as you are now! What are you going to be?"

The emperor's wife is just as uncomfortable, how can I be a female warlord?
Kong Sizhen had already laughed: "Father, my daughter understands what you mean. My daughter has read history books, and she has also seen big storms and waves in Beijing. Isn't it all the bloody storms of these emperors' homes? My daughter knows what to do! "

Wu Sangui smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, as long as you know! I also know that you have a way as a father. But don't take it lightly. Li Da and Li Er are not fuel-efficient lamps!"

Outside the city of Xi'an, Bashang Camp.

In the study of Wu Yingxiong, the son of the Western Prince, at this moment, there was also a pair of brothers silently looking at each other.These brothers are Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi, the eldest and second child of Wu Sangui's family!

Wu Sangui didn't have many sons, they were the only ones who gave birth to him, and Wu Guogui, an adopted son.Although Wu Guogui controls most of Hunan and has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, he is an adopted son after all.It is very unlikely for him to take the position. Not only Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi cannot agree, but also Wu Sangui's three sons-in-law Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, and Guo Zhuangtu who lead the army cannot agree, and a group of elders of the Wu family will not support it either.

So right now the ones who are qualified to be emperor after Wu Sangui are Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi.

And these two brothers are now leading tens of thousands of troops to join forces under the city of Xi'an, and they even surrounded a hapless Emperor Kangxi in the city of Xi'an!

However, they do not have the ability to capture Xi'an now, because more than 3 main forces of the West Qing army led by Laita and Fei Yanggu have rushed into Xi'an in one fell swoop before Wu Yingqi's army arrived. city.

In the city of Xi'an, there were thousands of elite soldiers, and 8 to 3 family members and servants. With full mobilization, 3 to [-] people can go to the city, and now more than [-] people have been added, making the number of defenders the largest It can reach [-].

This Xi'an passed down from the Ming Dynasty is not as big as Nanjing, and [-] defenders are really enough to defend the city.

Although the combined forces of Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi reached [-] troops, which was more than that of Kangxi in Xi'an, they were not sure that they could defeat the Qing army that was defending the city.

In this case, the siege of the city and the consumption of military rations seem to be the best choice.

Now the Qing army, family members, and common people in Xi'an City total more than 20 and consume a lot!

Although the Wu army outside the city has [-] people and consumes a lot, as long as the food from Xiangyang and Nanyang can be transferred in time, they can still persist until the end.

But contrary to the expectations of the two brothers, when they were about to stay outside Xi'an for a year and a half, starving Kangxi to death, a piece of news that they never expected came from Jingmen Prefecture.

Wu Sangui, the father of the two of them, actually fell in love with Li Zicheng at this critical moment!Send troops to steal Li Zicheng's Jingzhou and Yuezhou, and that Li Zicheng is also suffocating, and he personally leads the war fleet to attack Xiangyang!
The sneak attacks on both sides failed, and finally they were still facing off on both sides of the Han River near Fangshan in Jingmen Prefecture!

In addition, that Wang Fuchen is now called Li Fuchen, and it's not a thing. It's fine if he doesn't help, but he even came to "shoot at the gate to solve the fight"-in fact, it was armed mediation!

Moreover, this Li Fuchen is still biased towards Li Zicheng. He and Li Zicheng have a joint clan, and they all worship the same ancestor. How can they be different?

So Wu Sangui really can't find the strength to support Xi'an now - because he has to collect all available ships and sailors in Xiangyang area to form a temporary navy, and there is no way to use those ships to move food from Xiangyang to Nanyang.

If you have to go by land, it will take nearly a thousand miles to transport grain from Xiangyang to Xi'an, and the consumption on the road will be very large!
Moreover, the number of peasants is not enough, and now is the busy time for farming.

Therefore, Wu Sangui ordered the two brothers to withdraw their troops quickly!
But don't withdraw to the end, you still have to maintain your base in Guanzhong.What Wu Sangui meant was that Wu Yingxiong's people controlled Shangzhou and took Wuguan, and Wu Yingqi's people guarded Fengxiang Mansion and controlled the passages leading to Bashu and Longyou.

In this way, the old Wu family can send troops to take Xi'an after Kangxi runs away or the food and grass are fully prepared in the coming year. It doesn't seem to be too much delay, which is very good.

But the brothers of the Wu family were really speechless. They had already won, so why did they lose the chain at a critical moment?
"Boss, look at this is our father." Wu Yingqi just took the decree sent by Wu Sangui and looked at it again and again, and now he finally put it down, and then looked helplessly at his good brother who was crossing his arms and frowning.

"Hey, who told Li Zicheng to be next to him? If he doesn't poke him, his hands will itch! But even if he doesn't make a move, Li Zicheng will do it! We two still have to be tricked by these two old bastards!"

"This." Wu Yingqi asked, "Brother, how much food do you have? How long can it last? Let's find a way to buy some around Xi'an?"

Wu Yingxiong said: "I have already sold out the food in several counties around Xi'an, but the food I have on hand can still allow our [-] troops to persist in Guanzhong for another two or three months."

"Two or three months." Wu Yingqi thought for a while, "Why don't I lead my troops to Fengxiang Mansion to collect some food and grass, and then you send people to search carefully in Xi'an Mansion. Maybe we can get enough food for six months .As long as you have this number, you can spend it with Kangxi."

Obviously Wu Yingqi is still unwilling to give up the high-value goal of Kangxi!
Wu Yingxiong looked at Wu Yingqi: "Second brother, what do you mean by searching and searching? Do you want to?"

"Give it up!" Wu Yingqi simply said, "War is inevitable!"

Wu Yingxiong frowned and shook his head lightly: "He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, we can't do this!"

"Our father has done this for countless times!"

Wu Yingqi wanted to tell Wu Yingxiong about Wu Sangui's glorious deeds, when the voices of Wu Shicong and Wu Shifan suddenly sounded outside the barracks.

"Uncle, father, many ordinary people have been driven out of Xi'an City!"

"Traveling Ma Lai reported that there are black and white, and it looks like there are tens of thousands to 10,000+! They are all supporting the old and the young, crying for their parents!"

Wu Yingxiong didn't have much military experience, so when he heard the news, he looked at Wu Yingqi with a confused look on his face: "Second brother, what does Kangxi want?"

"Maybe we need to drive the people to our camp!" Wu Yingqi said with experience, "Tartars used to do this often, and our father did it too!"

"Ah." Wu Yingxiong frowned, "What should I do?"

"Kill!" Wu Yingqi said, "Brother, kindness does not command soldiers!"

"Kill the common people?" Wu Yingxiong asked.

Wu Yingqi nodded: "If you find that there are enemy soldiers among the common people, you must kill them! Big brother, killing people on the battlefield is not about cutting one-on-one with a knife, but firing the cannon first, then the gun, and shooting arrows at the same time It is impossible to wait for the common people to walk in and make a clear distinction before starting.”

Wu Yingxiong stood up immediately: "Second brother, we have to go and have a look. We must see clearly, and save as much as we can. Nowadays, the rare is the most precious thing for the people! Sichuan is capable of fertile fields, but now it is Thousands of miles away."

Wu Yingqi shook his head: "Oh, you are the kindness of a woman, let's go together!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, follow the emperor's will, let you get out and die!"

"Your Majesty, we will not go out, Your Majesty, our home is in Xi'an!"

"Go away, don't stay in the city of Xi'an to waste food!"

"But my family still has food!"

"It's gone now, and it all belongs to the emperor!"

"Aren't we going to starve to death?"

"Let's go to Wu Sangui's for dinner! What other luggage do you bring? Leave it to Lao Tzu"

"Master Bing, this is all I have!"

"Bring it!"

On the head of the city of Xi'an, Emperor Kangxi was wearing a blue coat, standing behind a crenel, staring blankly at a large number of miserable people, supporting the old and the young, crying and being shouted at the same time by the Eight Banners soldiers When they were driven out of the city, many refugees were robbed of their only belongings. They couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

It's not that he sympathizes with the common people, but that he is worried that the history books will not say good things about him in the future!
No, this is a real record, he has to take a good look at it, if it is inappropriate, he must change it.

"Your Majesty, we did a lot of things like this during the Qing Dynasty's pacification of the world. Don't be too sad!" It was Laita who was teaching Kangxi, and he followed Dorgon, Duoduo, and Aji. Ge they have fought the world!What haven't you seen?

"But I..." Kangxi shook his head, "Those are my people!"

"Your Majesty, they are Han Chinese!" Laita said, "If it is not pointed out that they have eaten up Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi's food and grass, we can still send elite soldiers to follow them and drive them to rush to the Wu army's camp."

"Drive the people away? Is it useful?" Kangxi asked quickly.

"It's useful!" Laita said, "Archers and musketeers can't keep shooting and shooting. If you shoot too many arrows, your hands will become sore, and if you shoot too many muskets, the barrel will be hot. Taizu and Emperor Taizong often Driving the Han people to push the shield chariots as the vanguard to consume the Ming army can always gain the upper hand. It is a pity that not many people did this this time.”

As soon as he said this, he heard Kangxi muttering in a delicate voice: "Such a good method was passed down by the ancestors, so why is it lost?"

"Woooo."

Suddenly the siren sounded.

Kangxi nervously raised his binoculars to look out of the city, and saw a large group of tumbling cavalry suddenly appearing on the horizon!They all wore plain blue and gray cloth masks, with red cloth wrapped around their heads.

Laita also muttered in a low voice: "It's the cavalry of the Wu army! There are quite a few of them, and it seems that there are generals. I wonder if it is Wu Yingqi, Wu Shicong, or Wu Shifan?"

The ones who came were actually Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingqi, Wu Shicong, and Wu Shifan. Two pairs of father and son came to the west of Xi'an City together, and they brought a full [-] cavalry with them. It was really dark and overwhelming!

But compared with the people who are being forcibly driven out of Xi'an by the unruly Qing soldiers, this mass of black cavalry is really nothing?
Those refugees who walked in front with nothing but to support their relatives had already seen the large group of elite cavalry led by the Wu family, and immediately knelt down and shouted: "Long live King Pingxi! Pingxi Long live the king."

When Wu Yingxiong heard this, his spirit suddenly improved. This is because Wu's heart is in Wu!It's a win!
He hurriedly reined in his horse, then turned around and asked Wu Yingqi: "Second brother, do you think there are Qing soldiers behind those people?"

"There are some, not many!" Wu Yingqi looked at it, feeling a little strange, "It's just one or two hundred cavalrymen, and it's okay to drive someone out, but it's really not enough to fight. Then what the hell is Kangxi doing?"

"Never mind him!" Wu Yingxiong said, "Listen, they are all good people who support our father! Send someone to tell them that as long as they follow the Wu family, everyone will have land, clothes to wear, and food to eat." Don’t want them, E Lao Wu’s family wants them all!”

This Wu Yingxiong changed his accent in order to win people's hearts, which is really okay.

As dozens of Chuanqi galloped around the refugees and loudly announced Wu Yingxiong's order, the voice of Shanhu Pingxiwang Longsui on the west side of Xi'an City became louder and deafening, and it also made Kangxi's face pale on the head of Xi'an City. Muttering in a low voice: "Troublemakers, all goddamned troublemakers"

(End of this chapter)