Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 339 Wu Sangui, Our Ming Dynasty Really Has a Million Republican Army! (Seeking a monthly pass, asking for a subscription)

On the evening of the third day of March in the third year of the Ming Dynasty, the battle between the imperial system and the republic that took place on the East Asian continent finally reached its first important turning point.

The "Million Army" of the "Anti-Communist and Ming Alliance" formed by the three imperial countries of the Great Zhou, the Qing, and the Dajing, tumbling from the junction of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huizhou in the east, to Wuchang and Hanyang in the west, to Wuchang and Hanyang in the north. On the vast battlefield as far as Xuzhou and Yuzhou, as far south as Guangdong and Guangxi, the all-out attack on Ming, which held high the flag of the Republic, finally suffered its first major and irreparable failure!
In the past few months, the future of the Ming Republic Movement has looked pretty bad!

Wu Sangui's Great Zhou Army marched hand in hand along the Yangtze River and the Han River, fighting in Wuchang, Suizhou, Jiujiang, and Nanchang. With an absolute advantage in military strength, Wu Sangui still besieged the [-] army regiments under Li Fuchen and Li Laishun in Nanchang City.

However, the siege of Nanchang and the great prestige of millions of soldiers in Dazhou gave the local officials in Jiangxi the illusion that the republic was about to end.All of a sudden they rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and returned to the Zhou Dynasty—this group of people were the second ministers from the Qing Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty not long ago, and now they have been promoted to the third ministers from the Ming Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty. This figure is really becoming more and more flexible.

Following the series of great victories that Dazhou achieved in Hubei and Jiangxi, Daqing and Dajing, who had been a little hesitant at first, and who were a little tired of foreign work, finally cheered up.

Just in the past February, Emperor Kangxi of the "United States" of the Qing Dynasty finally issued an imperial edict to recover Xuzhou and Yuzhou (specified as Henan), and appointed his fourth brother Gong Prince Chang Ning is the general king of Pingnan, commanding "20" soldiers from Shandong and Henan, and launched an attack on the two prefectures of Xu and Yu!
The Emperor Dajing, Geng Jingzhong, even led an army of [-] troops to invade Anji, which is "Zhejiang of the Ming Dynasty".
For a time, the Ming Dynasty was in danger and the republic was in danger, resounding throughout the southeast land and Guangdong and Fujian, even those Dutch East India Company, British East India Company, French The managers of the East India Company also wrote to their headquarters to report the news that "the republic system is about to fail in the East"-of course, this is good news that makes the kings and regents of Britain, France and the Netherlands happy. After all, Yangyang China still has a lot of admirers in the West these days!

If the republic system succeeds in China, then the republicans in Europe will be greatly encouraged!
In the past two years, many profiteers from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom who tend to be republicans have brought "The World Is Public", "Mingyi Waiting for Interviews", "The Land Acre System of the Heavenly Dynasty" and "Song of Great Harmony" to Europe.
The royal businessman sent by the Tokugawa shogunate to spy on Chinese intelligence sent a report to the country that "the shogunate system is not suitable for the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty" - this is of course not good news for the Tokugawa shogunate. Sweet, how politically correct it sounds!How could it fail?

The most desperate thing is the mission sent by the Kingdom of Korea to Daming for help. The father country of Ming Dynasty has made it difficult for them to accept the republic system of the monarch and ministers and ministers. Now even the republic of Daming is about to end. .What about North Korea's Lee Dynasty?Could it be that Yang's Jianguo can only be allowed to be the Supreme King of the three thousand miles of rivers and mountains?The North Korean monarchs and ministers originally wanted to be patient a little bit, and when they invited rescuers from Ming Dynasty, they would rebel against Qing Dynasty and destroy Yang.What can I do now?Could it be that he could only bow down at the feet of the descendants of Emperor Yang Guangguang?Is Emperor Yang Guangda a Korean?

However, Daming showed a strong resistance to pressure and cohesion inside, and was not intimidated by Wu Sangui's million-dollar army and the defeats in Hubei and Jiangxi.On the contrary, "shareholders" have increased their bets, the status of nationals and national scholars continues to sell well, heroes from Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers are actively joining the army, and military production in Foshan, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou is booming.

Obviously, the mobilization capabilities of the Ming Dynasty in terms of military affairs, finance, and military industry far surpassed those of the Zhou, Qing, and Dajing.

But if this mobilization ability cannot be transformed into military victory as soon as possible, the "shareholders" may also lose confidence!

Therefore, the Battle of Mingjing Chashan, which took place on the third day of March in the third year of the Ming Dynasty, although the total number of troops participating in the battle was only more than 6, it was a very crucial battle!
At this moment, looking through the eyes of Geng Jingzhong, the grandnephew of Wu Sangui, cousin of Kang Mazi, the founding emperor of Dajing and the subjugated emperor of the "Son of Heaven", Wu Sangui's grandnephew, and the subjugated emperor, Geng Jingzhong already saw a scene of defeat like a mountain!
Geng Jingzhong, who was sitting on a mule cart, turned his head and looked back. They were all hordes of rout soldiers, blindly following his blue dragon flag, running wildly, just thinking about escaping from the bayonets, bullets and guns of the Ming army as quickly as possible. The spears of those "bright and blind" Ming Army Lancers!

Some Jingjun generals and soldiers who were still loyal to Geng Jingzhong, or who still had illusions about Wu Sangui's victory, rode on their horses and fled without looking back. Lost all the way, there are still many soldiers and wounded soldiers who can't run by the roadside, all of them are expressionless and resigned to their fate.The artillery shells of the Ming army fell from time to time, landed in the crowd, and then bounced up suddenly, and continued to fly forward under the influence of inertia. Flesh and blood were mutilated, and those who hadn't died let out screams.Sometimes when a shell fell, the flatterers dragging the cart would blow up in surprise, bring the cart carrying the luggage down, and then rush left and right, making the panic-stricken Jing army even more panicked.

Dajing's [-] army, measured by the standards of the previous era, is not a [-] army of underdogs!It's so vulnerable!
On the afternoon of the third day of March, Geng Jingzhong mustered all his strength to launch a desperate attack, but he failed to break the Ming army infantry battalion in front of them!On the entire front, all the Jing troops were repulsed by the flintlock guns and bayonets of the Ming army's model army, and there was no gain except for the corpses and broken spirits all over the place.

And Geng Jingzhong's Chinese army was attacked by five battalions of Ming army infantry and one battalion of Ming army cavalry in turn!There is no detour and outflanking, just launch a strong attack from the front, and smash the Jing army's middle army that is more than twice as many as yourself!

The cavalry commanded by Li Zhongzheng even managed to kill Geng Jingzhong's imperial chariot at one point, causing the Dajing Emperor to fall directly from the watchtower, sprained his feet, and was unable to ride the horse.Fortunately, Li Zhongzheng's Lancers followed the principle of only assaulting, not hand-to-hand combat, turned around and left after exhausting the assault kinetic energy-it is estimated that they did not find Geng Jingzhong in the blue armor!Emperor Geng, who had narrowly escaped death, had no illusions anymore, and with the help of his guards, he quickly boarded a mule cart brought to him by Yu Renying, and then he was escorted by the soldiers from King Geng's manor (these are the soldiers of the genealogy generation) Down, fleeing all the way south.

Geng Jingzhong's defeat and escape became the beginning of the total collapse of the [-] Jing Army on the Dashan battlefield!Zeng Yangxing, Bai Xianzhong, Xu Wenyao, Wang Shiyu, Geng Jingzhong's confidant generals saw that their masters had run away, so they stopped resisting and all retreated together. As a result, the tens of thousands of troops all collapsed at once.
Looking at the scene of the army being defeated like a landslide at dusk, listening to the bursts of gunfire from all around, as well as the cheers of "Long Live the Republic", coupled with the cries of the defeated soldiers, Geng Jingzhong was full of spirit. head, and suddenly shouted: "This Dajing is dead!"

Then his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.

But at this time, Geng Jingzhong didn't know that his Dajing dynasty had not yet come to an end!
For he himself was not captured in the tumult of defeat—his army collapsed so quickly that it actually saved his life!Because he was defeated so quickly, before the two detour troops sent by Li Zhongshan got around Anji's back, he had already embarked on the road of escape.

Probably this means that as long as he loses fast enough, it will be difficult for anyone to surround him, right?
Moreover, his Dajing court did not come to Anji together, nor was it in Hangzhou, which is closer to Anji, but in Jiande County, which is located in the mountainous area.Geng Jingzhong stayed in the imperial court in Jiande and the family members of the officers, soldiers and officials. Because they were afraid of being raided and massacred by the Ming army, they immediately closed the city gates and entered the highest state of alert after Geng Jingzhong went out.

So when Lu Sanhao and Zhou Chang led the army to Jiande City, the county town was already heavily guarded.They did not attack by force, but divided their troops to occupy Quzhou, Jinhua, Chuzhou and other places.

After Li Zhongshan, Chen Yonghua and Liu Jinzhong occupied the capitals of Hangzhou and Shaoxing, they also suspended their pursuit of the remnants of the Jing army who had fled to Ningbo.Instead, the troops were divided into three groups. Chen Yonghua stayed in Shaoxing, Liu Jinzhong marched into Taizhou and Wenzhou, and Li Zhongshan himself led his troops to Jiande—this was because he wanted to take down the officials of the Dajing court and the families of the troops, and then made an forced landing to disperse them. All over Zhejiang, including the large group of Jingjun and Jingchao officials who fled to Ningbo, there seemed to be thousands of people.

In this way, the province of Zhejiang can be pacified in the shortest possible time!

After pacifying Zhejiang, Li Zhongshan had to return to Nanjing immediately to prepare for the next Poyang Lake battle!
As for Geng Jingzhong's life and death, Li Zhongshan actually didn't care too much. If he ran away by sea, he would run away, even if he ran back to Beijing to vote for his "brother emperor" Kangxi, so what?

Can Kangxi spare his rebellious "cousin"?One must be put to death early!

So on March [-]th, that is, twelve days after the Battle of Chashan, Li Zhongshan's General's Banner appeared outside Jiande City.

On the second day after Li Zhongshan arrived outside Jiande City, an old acquaintance, Ma Hu, was welcomed into his Chinese army camp.

This Mahu is also unlucky. Although he is Geng Jingzhong's Qixing Pavilion scholar, he has been serving as an "ambassador" in the Qing Dynasty. Later, he was sent to Wu Sangui's army. After that, he has been following Wu Sangui until recently. Cao Du abandoned Ming and turned to Zhou before he returned to Geng Jingzhong's temporary capital Jiande from Wu Sangui's camp under the city of Nanchang.Before he had time to catch his breath, the Ming army surrounded Jiande.

The siege lasted for several days, and the siege became tighter and tighter. Yesterday, another army came, and they still carried Li Zhongshan's general flag.Now Geng Juzhong, the prince of Dajingli who was in charge of Jiande, finally couldn't collapse, so he asked Mahu to beg Li Zhongshan for mercy with a gift.

Li Zhongshan is actually quite nostalgic. He and Mahu worked together in Jiangsu for a while, and they knew each other earlier when they were in Beijing.So I asked my brother Li Zhongzheng to invite him in, and was about to have a few polite words with him after meeting, but before he could speak, Mahu respectfully presented a gift list.This made Li Zhongshan couldn't help but praise Ma Hu for being sensible. Although Ma Hu was sloppy when he was doing business, he was not sloppy at all when it came to flattery, and he didn't even forget to give gifts when he asked for surrender
"Great general, the officer and Prince Li know that Gege Shuying of your monk's family has a grudge, and this woman used to be a lobbyist for Wu Sangui, instigating King Geng to raise his troops against the Celestial Dynasty. Earlier, King Geng caused chaos in Nanjing, and she was the one who fanned the flames. It's really hateful." Extremely good. Fortunately, God has eyes. After the demon girl was finished as a lobbyist, because Jiangxi was in turmoil and the road was cut off, she did not return immediately. Instead, she stayed in Jiande today to show her sincerity. Someone tied up this demon girl, and asked the subordinate officials to bring her into the palace of the great general!"

After Ma Hu finished speaking, he took a step back carefully, clapped his hands and greeted his entourage who was guarding outside, and then saw an entourage galloping to the car outside Li Zhongshan's big tent. He ran away, and after a while led a donkey and ran back. On the donkey, there was a woman with disheveled hair, bare feet and white clothes, who was tied up with five flowers. It was Shang Shuying.

Seeing the donkey stop outside the big tent, Shang Shuying didn't need anyone to drive her away, she got off the donkey to the ground very consciously, then walked into the big tent by herself, knelt down to Li Zhongshan with a plop, respectful He kowtowed respectfully, and said softly: "The criminal woman Shang Shuying kowtows to see the general!"

Li Zhongshan and Li Zhongzheng looked at each other, both in a daze. They didn't expect to catch Shang Shuying in Jiande.

Li Zhongzheng sternly shouted: "Demon girl, are you guilty?"

"Wife convicted!" Shang Shuying's attitude was always good. When Li Zhongzheng asked her, she knelt down on the ground in good order, her body was tightly bound by hemp rope, her buttocks were sticking out.

"Do you know what crime you committed?" Li Zhongshan asked with a smile.

"Capital crime." Shang Shuying said.

"Then how do we die?" Li Zhongshan asked again.

Shang Shuying sighed: "Ling Chi."

"Are you convinced?" Li Zhongshan asked again.

"Submit," Shang Shuying said, "the criminal woman is willing to subdue the law."

Li Zhongshan said with a smile: "Then drag it out."

"Wait!" Upon hearing this, Shang Shuying immediately raised her body, tears streaming down her face, and looked at Li Zhongshan pitifully, "The criminal woman is willing to lead her death if she is convicted. I just hope that I can see the King of the North again before I die."

"The King of the North has already abandoned you!" Li Zhongshan said, "He won't see you. You should give up your heart!"

Shang Shuying burst into tears when she heard that, "Well, then, the criminal woman has nothing to say, and she would rather die to make amends."

He spoke nicely, but what appeared in his eyes was still begging for mercy.

"General," Ma Hu, who brought Shang Shuying over at this time, also looked at her pitifully, and couldn't help pleading, "Although this witch deserves to die, Wu Sangui accepted her as a goddaughter and sealed her as a daughter." Princess, why don't you spare her life first, and then punish her after defeating Wu Sangui!"

Shang Shuying glanced at Ma Hu gratefully, and then said to Li Zhongshan: "The criminal woman knows some facts about the Wu army, and she is willing to tell the general everything, and only asks the general to spare the criminal woman for a while."

Ma Hu also said: "General, everyone in Jiande City knows that this witch has committed a heinous crime. If you can spare her for a while, the people in Jiande City will surrender with peace of mind."

"Is that so?" Li Zhongshan nodded with a smile, and said to himself: Do you, Mahu, have an affair with a witch?It makes sense.

"Shuying," Li Zhongshan said with a smile when thinking of this, "How about this, you come back to Nanjing with me to see for yourself the reality of my Ming Republic, and then help me bring a letter to Wu Sangui. Remember it first, and execute it when you catch it next time! How about you?"

"What?" Shang Shuying looked in disbelief, "General, you want to spare the criminal woman?"

"No, how can you forgive me?" Li Zhongshan shook his head and said with a smile, "Let me tell you clearly. This general wants to tell Wu Sangui through your eyes and mouth that his fraudulent claim to be a million-dollar soldier is really not worth it." What! Because my Ming Dynasty really has millions of soldiers! He is lying, my Ming Dynasty really has millions of soldiers, everyone is brave, and everyone is willing to fight to the death to defend the republic. He is out of date! If He doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of Chen Youliang, so he should retreat back to Chang'an as soon as possible! As long as he retreats, this general will not raise troops to destroy his country in his lifetime!"

(End of this chapter)