Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 332 The Three Emperors Join Forces, Millions of Troops Go to Jiangnan! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
In the fourth year of Zhaowu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, on the first day of February, the southern capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty was Wuchang Mansion.

In a blink of an eye, this Wu Sangui has been in charge of Wuchang for more than a month!

For more than a month, Wu Sangui was mainly busy with two things, one was to promote Wuchang Mansion to the status of the Southern Capital of Great Zhou.So the Great Zhou Kingdom is now governed by both the west and the south. This seems a bit asymmetrical?There is west but no east, and there is south but no north. It is clearly a pattern of four missing and two missing. I don't know when the missing one will be filled.

The promotion of Wuchang to the south is not something that can be done with one edict, but many edicts.

One is to move all the Chang'an court team to Wuchang Mansion to work; the other is to establish the Xidu Left-behind Department, and at the same time, Wu Yingqi must be appointed as Chang'an Left-behind - Wu Sangui now has to play a balancing act between two biological sons and one adopted son , and these three bowls of water have to be served properly. It is not easy to bring out the Xuanwumen Incident or the Jingnan Battle, and not allow Wu Yingxiong to monopolize the power.
Apart from this matter, Wu Sangui's second major task in Wuchang was of course fighting with Li Zicheng's henchmen.Originally, Wu Sangui thought that when his army arrived and captured Hankou, Hanyang, and Jiangxia, the lands of the five prefectures under the jurisdiction of Prince Zhong of the Ming Dynasty must have joined one after another.Think back when Wu Sangui followed the Qing soldiers to beat Li Zicheng, wasn't it like this?Once Lao Li ran away, there were capitulators everywhere.

This time it was completely different!

When Wu Sangui arrived in Wuchang Prefecture, he suddenly discovered that only Jiangxia, Hanyang, Hankou, Suizhou, Zhongxiang, the first county of Anlu Prefecture, and Anlu, the first county of De'an Prefecture, were in the hands of Wu Zhou's army.However, the Wuchang, Hanyang, Anlu, De'an, and Huangzhou prefectures controlled by Daming Prince Zhong's Mansion have a total of dozens of counties, only six of which are in the hands of Wu Sangui, and the rest are in the hands of Li Zicheng and Li Laishun. It's a bit strange!

What's even more strange is that none of the magistrates of the five prefectures under the Zhongwang Mansion, or the six prefectures of Wu Sangui's six counties, surrendered to Dazhou, either died in battle or ran away.

How did this happen?Are all the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty no longer two ministers and three ministers?
Back then, when they wanted to shave their hair and dress like barbarians, they surrendered batch after batch!Why don't you drop it now?
Are they all the second generation of Chuangying?Especially loyal to Li Zicheng?But Wu Sangui still has a lot of "breakthrough generation" under his command. Should they surrender or not?
There is something even more unexpected by Wu Sangui, that is, the four prefectures of Wuchang, Hanyang, Anlu, and De'an that are currently controlled by him in name (Huanggang, the first county of Huangzhou prefecture, has not yet been taken), are now all changed. It became a hornet's nest, and under the leadership of the local officials sent by Daming Zhongwang's mansion, they armedly resisted the rule of Wu Sangui, the emperor of Zhou.All the officials Wu Sangui sent out to appease were killed by them. This made Wu Sangui very angry!
He, Wu Sangui, is a man who wants to rule the world. Now he sent people to recruit Li Zicheng's remnant party. To save face, they not only refused to surrender, but actually killed him!
So Wu Sangui immediately ordered the newly opened prefectures below to send out small groups of "home return regiments" to attack, but it turned out that they were no opponents at all, and they were killed and ran back with their helmets and armor removed.

Wu Sangui got angry again, and in a fit of rage, he wanted to kill some leaders of the "Returning Home Mission" to punish the army.It was because of Fang Guangchen's persuasion that he did not kill him.Then Wu Sangui sent Liu Xuanchu to investigate.

After checking, I found out that those people were really wronged, not because they didn't work hard, but because there were too many enemies!
It turned out that it was not Li Zicheng's old battalion soldiers who killed those returning home regiments, but the Min Zhuang composed of those Hubei-born government soldiers in the countryside and the young men from poor peasant families who were allocated land according to the "Tianmu Tian Mu System". !

That is to say, Wu Sangui suddenly found himself fighting against the people ruled by Daming Prince Zhongfu!

How big are the people, thousands upon thousands!
Moreover, the organization, equipment, and training of those people are very good, and there are many strong castles to rely on.

In addition, in the mountains of Mubu Mountain, Dahong Mountain, and Tongbai Mountain, it seems that there are "Xingzhong Prince's Mansion", "Xingwuchang Mansion", "Xing'an Lu Mansion", "Xingde'an Mansion" that can command and support these local armed forces. In other words, although Li Zicheng was driven to the mountains, his regime still ruled most of the three prefectures of De'an, Anlu, and Wuchang!

Only the situation in Hanyang is slightly different, there is no big mountain for the "Xingfu" personnel sent by Daming Zhongwang's Mansion to hide, so they hid in the Honghu Lake where the waves are breaking
After listening to Liu Xuanchu's report, Wu Sangui immediately realized that Daming Prince Zhong's Mansion had been carefully preparing for a war against the Heavenly Soldiers of the Great Zhou!
If I knew this earlier, I shouldn't have let Li Fuchen succeed in "resolving the fight".

This Li Fuchen is really nothing!
After being sullen for a long time, Wu Sangui stabilized his emotions and began to adjust his deployment, sending troops to firmly control Jiangxia, Hanyang, Hankou, Suizhou, Zhongxiang, Anlu and other big cities first.At the same time, control the forts and beacon towers along the Yangtze River and the Han River, and maintain two smooth water lines of communication for your own army.

As long as the logistics and transportation can be stabilized, it will not affect Wu Sangui's army's march to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and it is not a big problem to temporarily leave them aside
And just as Wu Sangui was thinking about how to take Jiujiang, occupy safety, go to Taiping, and take Nanjing directly, three waves of congratulatory envoys came from Wuchang who might be a little embarrassed when they met each other.

These three waves of congratulatory envoys are Du Lide, a scholar of Baohedian University in the Qing Dynasty, Ma Hu, a scholar of Qixing Pavilion University in the Jing Dynasty, and Lang Tingxiang, an alternate governor of Jiangxi Province in the Qing Dynasty.

Of these three, one represents Kangxi, one represents Dongxing Emperor Geng Jingzhong, and the other represents Kang Wang Jieshu who is about to betray Kangxi.This is coming together, can't it be embarrassing?

These three congratulatory envoys all came in the name of congratulating Wu Sangui on capturing Wuchang Mansion and establishing the capital, among them, Du Lide and Ma Hu seemed to come together.

Langting came a few days earlier than them, from Jiujiang Mansion. Wu Sangui knew that his real purpose was to ask for surrender and help, and he also knew that Jiujiang would not be lost for a while, so he was not in a hurry to see him.It wasn't until Du Lide and Ma Hu arrived that they received the three congratulators at the Ziwei Palace in the imperial city of Wuchang Prefecture at the same time.

But when Wu Sangui saw the three envoys, the Great Zhou Emperor felt a little confused because of the way the three were dressed.

These three are all elderly men, the oldest of which is about the same as Wu Sangui, all over 60 years old, he should be the veteran of the Ming, Dashun, and Qing dynasties, Du Lide, a scholar of the Palace of Preservation, but he is a Qing Now he is wearing a red official robe in the style of Han people, and he still wears a black gauze cap on his head.

There are two younger ones, who look to be in their fifties, both wearing the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty, of the same grade, and both of them are supplements of Wen Erpin.

This is not quite right!
How did Dolittle wear the Han family costume?In addition, among the two younger people, there should be Ma Hu, a scholar of Dajing Qixing Pavilion!
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui didn't wait for the three to kneel and kowtow to roll their names, but directly pointed to the oldest old man and asked, "Is the one in the middle Dolittle?"

The old man hurriedly put down his official robe, first knelt down to Wu Sangui, then lay on the ground, pouted his buttocks, with a good attitude ready to be beaten, and respectfully replied: "Reporting to the emperor, the foreign minister is Dolittle."

"Are you... that emperor's courtier?"

"The minister is a minister of the Qing emperor, and he came to Wuchang as an envoy by the order of my lord."

"Then why are you wearing a Han official uniform?" Wu Sangui asked.

"Reporting to the emperor, the minister is now the southern official of the Qing Dynasty." Dolittle replied, "The southern officials of the Qing Dynasty wear Han clothes, and they can also grow their hair without braids."

It turns out that Kangxi's "official system in the north and south" was not just talked about casually-it was passed by the meeting of the kings and ministers of the Qing Dynasty, and it will naturally come true!

However, the reason why Kangxi advocated the implementation of the north-south official system was not the equality of Manchu and Han, but the attitude of being ready to give up the territory in the pass at any time and retreat to become the emperor of the grassland.

This gesture was of course for Wu Sangui to see!
Wu Sangui nodded, then looked at two men in their 50s wearing Manchurian costumes, and asked, "Which of you is Mahu?"

"The foreign minister is Ma Hu." A second-rank official of the Qing Dynasty wearing a manchu mended uniform and a coral crown immediately knelt down to Wu Sangui.This person is none other than Zhebo Mahu, the former governor of Jiangsu in the Qing Dynasty and the current scholar of Dajing Qixingge University.

"Mahu, aren't you an official of the Lord of the South of the Yangtze River? Why are you dressed in Qing official uniform?"

"Reporting to the emperor, the minister is now an official of the lord of Jiangnan and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty." Ma Hu explained, "Because the emperor of the Qing Dynasty knew that the ministers and others had no choice but to assist his elder brother emperor in Jiangnan to establish the country, so The ministers were not removed from their official posts. The ministers were sent to Beijing by Emperor Jiangnan Jing before, and then stayed in Beijing to take charge of the diplomacy between the Qing Dynasty and Jiangnan."

He is the co-author of Dajing's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Qing Dynasty!
Dolittle who was on the side also gave him a certificate, "Your Majesty, Ma Shi is right, he has been in Beijing these days. Because he has an official position in the north in the Qing Dynasty, he can wear Manchurian costumes."

"So that's how it is." Wu Sangui looked at another 50-year-old upright official with a dark face, "Are you the governor of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Lang Tingxiang?"

"Reporting to the emperor, I was originally the governor of Jiangxi. But before I took office in Jiangxi, Prince Kang had declared Cai Yurong to be the governor of Jiangxi. The regent felt that Cai Yurong had some soldiers in his hands, which was still useful, so he let him be the governor first, and then the minister. Alternate governor. Results."

Speaking of this, this Lang Tingxiang is gnashing his molars.

One million taels!
He should have taken it!
Now it all belongs to Cai Yurong!

Moreover, he spent a lot of savings in order to be the governor of Jiangxi. Now, the big business of "selling Jiangxi" was taken by Cai Yurong.And even if he made up the governor of Jiangxi, he had no territory to divide, and he was actually a bare rod, which might as well be inappropriate.

Wu Sangui said heartily: That Fuquan really knows how to do business!The alternate governor doesn't want to refund the money, right?

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui smiled and said: "Lang Tingxiang, I'm afraid your alternate governor has no chance of becoming a full-time governor, right? Jieshu sent you this time because he wants to ask you to surrender?"

The governor of Jiangxi in the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have the turn of Lang Tingxiang, not only Lang Tingxiang, but also Jieshu himself.

What Jieshu can get from Wu Sangui is to be a duke, and then to be raised by an idle job with a big name and a small power.

Real power is impossible!

The army, the territory, everything has to be handed over!
Moreover, before handing over the army and territory, Jie Shu had to fight for Wu Sangui in exchange for his future glory and wealth in Dazhou.

"Your Majesty, I did come to ask for Lord Kang's surrender, but this is not my only mission, because Lord Kang also wants to facilitate a grand plan for the three emperors to join forces to defeat Ming."

"Three Emperors join forces?" Wu Sangui glanced at Du Lide, "Bachelor Du, what do you think?"

"Reporting, the Emperor Qing is your grandson, and the Emperor Dajing is your grandnephew. You, your grandson, and your grandnephew are all emperors from the same family. It is only natural to join hands to deal with Zhu Cijiong, an outsider emperor." Dolittle Guaranteed, "As long as you have a will, the Qing Dynasty can send troops immediately! Not only the Qing Dynasty can send troops, but the Qing Dynasty's vassal state North Korea can also send troops!"

Yang Qilong's "Incheon Landing" was of course a complete victory!

His landing "boarded" the monarchs and ministers of the Kingdom of Korea by surprise, and before the troops stationed on the northern border could be transferred back, Yang Qilong had already arrived in Seoul.Moreover, because the roads leading to Ganghwa Island and Namhan Mountain City were all cut off by Yang Qilong's army, the Korean monarchs and ministers could only accept Yang Qilong as the prison country, and handed over Ganghwa Island and Namhan Mountain City to Yang Qilong's garrison, and also sent Haizhou, Busan Both of these ports were handed over to Yang Qilong's North Korean Supervisory Office.

Because of this easy victory, Kangxi's reputation in the Qing Dynasty has improved. Recently, he is planning to wipe out Khalkha Mongolia and at the same time meet with the newly popped up Raksha Kingdom in the north to find out their reality.

At this moment, Wu Sangui suddenly attacked Daming!

Now that this matter has caught up, Kangxi of course wants to take advantage of it. At the same time, he also wants to please Wu Sangui. Before he develops Liaodong outside the pass, it is not wise to turn against Da Zhou.

And Kangxi's ideas coincided with Geng Jingzhong's ideas - Geng Jingzhong hoped to use the power of the Qing Dynasty to help himself grow stronger, so that after the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, the balance of the three kingdoms' struggle for hegemony could still be maintained.

So Kangxi immediately asked Du Lide and Ma Hu to come to Wuchang to meet Wu Sangui.

How clever is Wu Sangui?
Immediately, he understood Kangxi and Geng Jingzhong's thoughts, and also knew why Du Lide and Ma Hu went to Wuchang together to serve as congratulatory envoys?

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Of course it would be good to join forces. I wonder what Xuanye and Jingzhong want?"

"Report to the emperor," Du Lide said, "The Qing Dynasty did not dare to covet more land in the Central Plains, but just wanted to get more children and property. If the Emperor thinks that the Qing Dynasty still needs to send troops to help, then please allow Xuzhou, Haitian The people of the three prefectures of Huaizhou and Huai'an are handed over to your Emperor Sun."

Kangxi's mind is clear, what he lacks most now is territory!
And the most lacking is the population!

There are tens of thousands of miles of wilderness outside the pass, but there are not many people to develop it.Even though he came up with a policy that is extremely conducive to opening up the frontier, the development of the Northeast is still slow.

In addition, the harder Wu Sangui and Li Zhongshan fought, the happier he, Emperor Sun, would be. If he could lose both, he might be able to return as the Qing emperor!

Wu Sangui nodded: "Okay! It's easy to handle! If Xuanye can send his troops to Huaihe River, he can put some pressure on Remnant Ming. What's the point of population? But people from Xuzhou, Haizhou, and Yangzhou can't do it, and people from Fengyang, Sizhou, Yingzhou, etc. The population of the state is arbitrary."

Wu Sangui didn't feel at ease either. Now that he had experienced the power of the people of Hubei, he could naturally imagine how the people of Huaixi would resist him, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

That being the case, let Kangxi consume it with them!

"It's a deal!" Du Lide said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I, the Qing Dynasty, can mobilize one hundred thousand troops from the four provinces of the mountains and rivers this time, and listen to your majesty's orders!"

Wu Sangui nodded, a hundred thousand troops can always contain Li Zhongshan, right?
"Your Majesty," Ma Hu said immediately, "the Lord of the South of the Yangtze River can also send out an army of one hundred thousand!"

In fact, Geng Jingzhong couldn't afford a hundred thousand troops, but he still wanted face, and he couldn't be much worse than the "brother emperor" Kangxi, right?So Mahu helped him apply for a "[-] army".

"That's 20!" Wu Sangui was overjoyed, "How much is there in Jiangxi?"

"Fifty thousand!" Lang Tingxiang said, "Among them [-] from the land division and [-] from the navy division."

"That's 25 troops!" Wu Sangui laughed, "The old man also has 25 troops under his tent, and we, the Three Emperors, will join forces to send 50 troops, known as the army of a million Ming! How about it?"

Du Lide looked full of confidence, and provoked a thumbs up, "Okay! This is a million troops going to the south of the Yangtze River! Since ancient times, a million troops have entered the river from Han, and there have been few defeats when going down the south of the Yangtze River!"

Ma Hu also said: "There are millions of troops marching eastward, and Nanjing will certainly be able to go down at once. Foreign ministers congratulate the great emperor!"

Lang Tingxiang said to Wu Sangui: "Your Majesty, it is very urgent for Li Fuchen and Li Laishun to join forces to attack Jiujiang! If the troops are sent out too late, Jiujiang and Anqing will be owned by the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that the waterways for troops to enter the south of the Yangtze River will be completely blocked. That’s great. Therefore, King Kang suggested that the emperor enter the army as soon as possible, and fight the Li family’s shogunate in Jiangxi!”

Wu Sangui nodded and said: "I also have this intention! Governor Lang, I order you to return to Jiujiang immediately and tell King Kang to persevere to the end. I will immediately lead an army of 50 to support Jiangxi!"

The army he brought to Wuchang didn't even have 25 troops, only about 20. You can go to Huande in Jiangxi for a discount, and 15 is not bad.Even with the army of Jie Shu and others, the maximum is 20.

However, the 20 army is not too small, and the Jiujiang and Hukou sites are still firmly in Jieshu's hands. On the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, there are also Wu Sangui and Jieshu's navy.

There is still a lot of confidence in this battle!
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui's expression froze, and he said loudly, "Please go back and tell your lord that the march of a million troops to the south of the Yangtze River is a life-and-death battle, and we must go all out!"

(End of this chapter)