Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 345 Let's Fight!Destroy Daming first, then avenge Chongzhen! (Seeking a monthly pass, asking for a subscription)

"He wants to come to Poyang Lake?" Wu Sangui snorted immediately after hearing this, "He wants to be Zhu Yuanzhang and let the old man be Chen Youliang? There is no way!"

Shang Shuying nodded with a smile: "That's right. His navy didn't fight in the Yangtze River at all. Although the main sailing ship was big, it didn't have oars, only sails, and they were all rented from Zheng Jing. Big ship."

Xia Guoxiang, the left commander of Wu Sangui's navy, immediately lifted his spirits when he heard this, "No oars? How can this be used in the Yangtze River? What should we do if there is no wind or headwind?"

Hu Guozhu, the right captain of the navy, was still a little worried, "Maybe he is going to take advantage of the favorable wind to attack? Although the big ship is not convenient to navigate in the Yangtze River, it is very strong and can hold a lot of cannons!"

Wu Sangui nodded, and glanced at Shang Shuying again, Shang Shuying said with a smile: "Although the main force of the Ming army's navy is a large ship, it is inconvenient to use in the Yangtze River, but they have more than ten or twenty fast crab boats as auxiliary With a long oar and a slender hull, it can not only gallop in the Yangtze River, but also tow their big ships."

"What? A small boat towing a big boat?"

"Can it be dragged?"

Both Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu were surprised.

"It can be dragged, but it can't be dragged fast." Lin Xingzhu, the former commander of the navy, answered this question. Get up but not heavy."

"I know this, it's called buoyancy," Wu Shifan interjected, "that is, an object immersed in a static fluid experiences a buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. It is one of the three laws discovered by Mr. De, which is included in the natural science textbooks of the Restoration School and the Lecture Hall."

The Restoration School and Lecture Hall run by Li Zhongshan are of course both Chinese and Western, and the most basic subjects are New Confucianism, mathematics, natural science, geography, history, and martial arts.

In addition, there are different professional courses in the Restoration Academy and the Lecture Hall.

The majors of the Restoration School include law, accounting, French, education, etc. It is basically a school for training officials and teachers.

The majors in the martial arts hall include infantry, cavalry, artillery, construction (engineering), logistics, military industry, shipbuilding, navigation, naval gunnery, and investigation. It is a school for training army and navy officers, and some engineering talents.

The level of these two new schools is definitely not high by the standards of later generations, and their development is also very slow.In particular, the Restoration School has now opened two schools in Nanjing and Guangzhou. The two schools add up to less than [-] students. They have to be divided into preparatory courses, grades one, two, three, and four, and they are divided into four majors for graduation. Students do not have employment difficulties, basically [-]% into the establishment.

There are only two branch schools in the martial arts hall, but there are more "full-study students" in the school, almost two thousand, but there are ten majors in the martial arts hall, and there are not many students in each major, and the supply of graduates is also in short supply.

However, there are many "short training classes" in the reform school and the martial arts hall. After three to six months, if you train casually, you will be able to become an official and lead a soldier.

Wu Sangui also knew that Li Zhongshan's new schools were running very well, so he asked Wu Shifan, "Shifan, did the textbooks in the lecture hall teach how to use a small boat to drag a big boat to fight?"

Although the textbooks of the Martial Arts Hall are not available for sale in the market, Wu Sangui still has a way to make some of his own detailed works, and after they are produced, they are copied for Wu Shicong, Wu Shifan, Wu Shijue and others to ponder.This is called knowing yourself and knowing each other!

"Not really," Wu Shifan shook his head, "Grandson thinks that using fast crab boats to tow the big boat is just a helpless solution. If he really wants to march by water, he still has to choose the time when the wind is favorable."

Lin Xingzhu reminded: "Your Majesty, the Zheng family's newest warship is called the old lock ship. It is a Western hull with our Chinese hard sails. The Western hull is as high as the bow and stern. The building is very advantageous in close combat. In addition, the hull of the Western warship is strong, can carry a large number of artillery, and is also very powerful in long-distance artillery battles.

If these old lock boats seize the opportunity of the wind to attack our navy, our large ships may not be the opponents! "

"Why can't the building ship beat those Western sea ships? The building ship has guns, cannons, and trebuchets!"

"That's right, the high-rise ship is specially built for the Yangtze River water battle! Mr. Lin, you said at the time that this kind of high-rise ship is very powerful!"

When Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu heard Lin Xingzhu say bad things about the big ship, they were not happy at that time.

Because the two of them were in charge of building these large ships in Xiangyang and Jingzhou, each of them looked like a small castle, not much smaller than the old lock boats of the Zheng family.And cannons can also be installed on the building!However, there are many long oars on both sides of the large ship, so the cannons can only be installed on the bow. Naturally, the number is not as many as that of the old lock ship. A large ship usually has two cannons placed on the bow.

Moreover, there are not only cannons on board the building, but also an ancient weapon-catapult!It is still Wu Shifan's counterweight trebuchet designed by using the principle of leverage. It is still quite powerful!

Hearing what Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu said, Lin Xingzhu didn't know how to refute the building of a large ship. He was indeed in favor of building a large ship!And he can't think of a warship that is more suitable for rampaging in the Yangtze River than a large ship?
But the problem is that the old lock boat is a gunboat!
A large ship can hold twenty or thirty cannons, and there can be more than a dozen cannons on one side.Put up thirty or fifty pieces, lined up, facing the enemy broadside, that's hundreds of cannons!
How do you let the building ship fight?
When he didn't know how to fight, Wu Shifan next to him thought of Zhao'er. He thought about it: "What Lin Zongbing means is that the old lock boats of the Ming army are very powerful when the wind is down. Dozens of large ships rush Come here and shoot the cannons, our big boats are indeed hard to resist. But if we have a smooth wind, it will not be difficult to deal with these old lock boats. Lin Zongbing, is that what you mean?"

"Yes, yes," Lin Xingzhu said, "if we have the wind, then we can set fire to the ship! However, the method of setting fire to the ship is better only on the narrow water surface. If the warship of the Ming army rushed into Poyang Lake, stay in the middle of Poyang Lake, wait until the wind direction is favorable to attack our water camp, we will have a hard time. This old lock boat has a lot of guns, maybe there are thousands of cannons on dozens of boats even if It’s the artillery on one side, and there are hundreds of them in total!”

"Then we can't let them enter Poyang Lake!" Wu Sangui's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Li Zhongshan wants to fight me in Poyang Lake, but I won't let him do so. I won't let him enter Poyang Lake, I will block him Outside Poyang Lake, let him stand against the fort on the shore, and forcefully charge the iron chain and pontoon bridge at the mouth of Poyang Lake! Mr. Lin, what do you think of my method?"

Lin Xingzhu quickly provoked Thumbs up and said, "Tall! Your Majesty is really tall!"

Wu Sangui smiled slightly, with indescribable pride: "Now I surround Nanchang, hold the whole of Jiangxi in my hands, and have the Huguang Granary behind me! I can afford it. I will accompany Li Zhongshan for as long as he wants to fight!"

On the other hand, Li Zhongshan, his rear is not very stable!Sun Jiqing from Guangxi has already defected to me, and Guangdong has been attacked on both sides. The nobles will be able to invade Guangdong in a few days. As long as the Guangfu returns to me, I am not afraid that I will not be able to defeat the Ming army.

In addition, Wu Xuanye of the Northern Qing Dynasty has also mobilized the army for the Southern Expedition, and will soon come south to avenge his cousin Geng Jingzhong!At that time, I will follow the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River, and Wu Xuanye will take the Jiangbei along the canal. There will be no way out for Daming! "

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui's face suddenly sank again, clenched his two old fists tightly, and said through gritted teeth: "When I destroy the Ming Dynasty, I will send troops to Mubu Mountain to avenge Emperor Chongzhen!"

Ah, destroy Daming first, and then avenge Chongzhen?
The courtiers of the Great Zhou below didn't know how to flatter Wu Sangui for a while?This idea is too genius, right?
Wu Sangui's face gradually sank when he saw the cold scene below, and Wu Shifan was the quickest to react, and quickly shouted: "Grandfather Shengming, destroy the Ming Dynasty first, and rule the world. It's the small section. The emperor's grandpa has both righteousness and small sections, and he is really the most perfect person in ancient and modern times!"

Wu Sangui is satisfied now, this grandson is flattering to a good level!He nodded and said: "That's what I think!" He said to Shang Shuying again, "Shuying, since Li Zhongshan won't kill you, then you should work harder and go to Nanjing with my letter of war. Li Zhongshan hastened to the decisive battle at Hanpokou. He is going to be late, and his father Li Fuchen will have to eat human flesh!"

"Yes!"

Outside the mouth, at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, Jinlianchuan Grassland.

This is the time when spring returns to the northern part of the Great Wall. The grassland is full of vitality and everything is blooming!

On the most fertile grassland at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, a large number of large and small yurts suddenly appeared, and groups of cattle and sheep flowed on the grassland, which was a thriving scene.

In the middle of these yurts, there is a particularly huge tent with a golden roof. In front of the tent, there are nine white flags that symbolize the supreme power of the Mongolian Kingdom!

In this golden-roofed tent, the ones sitting upright at this time are of course Enhe Amugulang Khan and Aixinjueluo Wu Xuanye of Great Mongolia today!
In front of Xuan Ye, there was a young man in filial piety kneeling, it was Yue Le's son Sai Leng'er, who came to report the funeral for Kangxi, and was still crying and talking about how his father died tragically!

"Your Majesty, the fusiliers of the Ming army are so powerful! They formed three horizontal lines, and with a volley of muskets, they knocked off my Ama's cavalry team from their horses! My Ama didn't either. If I survived, I was shot and fell to the ground and died for my country! Your Majesty, that Emperor Geng knew that I am loyal, so he gave me the posthumous title of 'Wu Zhong' before the country was destroyed."

Kangxi nodded, "Then Yue Le will be Yue Wuzhong from now on."

"Your Majesty," Sai Leng wiped tears from his forehead, "You mean, the posthumous title given to me by the Qing Dynasty is also Wu Zhong?"

"Ah?" Kangxi was stunned for a moment, he was also speechless, it's okay for Yue Le to be Dajing's Yue Wuzhong, he was loyal to Dajing after all.But how could the Qing Dynasty give him the posthumous title of Wuzhong?
He has served in the Qing, Ming, and Jing dynasties, can this be considered loyal?
"Brother Huang, although Prince An has been in office for three dynasties, he has not let us down on the Qing Dynasty, he is still loyal!" It was Chang Ning, Prince Yizhenggong who spoke.

Although Kangxi has always been worried that Chang Ning usurped his position. But isn't the Qing Dynasty united now?So Kangxi can only temporarily put away his thoughts of killing Chang Ning, and this time he brought him to the grassland to meet the new leader of the Northwest Oirat Alliance, Galdan Huimeng—this Galdan finally killed his father-in-law Eqi Ertu Khan became the leader of the Oirat Alliance.

However, Galdan will not be satisfied with a leader, but wants to go one step further and become Khan!
And because Galdan is not a direct descendant of the Golden Family, it is still a bit difficult to become a Khan. Specifically, there are three routes for him to become a Khan. The great lama of Yuyu made a small sweat; the third is to ask Enhe Amugulang Khan of Great Mongolia, Aixinjueluo Wu Xuanye, to make a small sweat.

It is definitely ideal to choose Dahan, but Galdan also knows his own weight, so he doesn't want to think about it for the time being.Then all that remains is to invite the Great Lama of Xueyu and Wu Xuanye to seal Xiaohan.

And in order to make this little Khan more beautiful, Galdan is going to let Kangxi and the great lama come to seal together. It has both imperial power and divine power, double blessing!

And Kangxi also hoped to enhance the authority of himself, the emperor of the United States, through the alliance of various Mongolian ministries and the canonization of a Mongolian Khan.

After all, he is not willing to be an emperor of the United States who is restricted everywhere for the rest of his life!

However, it is not easy to establish this prestige. Kangxi still has to be the emperor with his tail between his legs, so he can only nod his head and say: "Chang Ning, you are right that Prince An is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty, so he is named Wuzhong. From now on, he will be King Anwu Zhong!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Sai Leng quickly kowtowed in thanks.

Kangxi asked again: "Selene, who do you think will win the battle between Wu Sangui and Li Zhongshan?"

"Your Majesty," Sai Leng'e thought for a while, and said, "I think Li Zhongshan's Lu division can beat Wu Sangui, but the Navy division is hard to say."

"What? Li Zhongshan's Master Lu is so strong?" Kangxi was surprised.

"It's really strong!" Sai Leng'er thought for a while, and said, "If Wu Sangui loses to Poyang Lake, then the next one will be unlucky."

He finished half of what he said, but Kangxi had already fully understood what it meant.

If Wu Sangui is finished, Daqing will be in bad luck next time!

He thought for a while, and then said to Prince Gong Chang Ning beside him, "Chang Ning, do you think we should send troops to Xuzhou now?"

"Your Majesty," Chang Ning said, "we're all ready for the [-] troops in Shandong. Isn't this for the Southern Expedition?"

It turns out that the meeting of kings and ministers of the Qing Dynasty had already decided to send troops to intervene in the battle between the Zhou Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.Moreover, everything has already been prepared, and the soldiers have been mobilized.Now there is only one commander of the three armies - the princes and middle halls of the Qing Dynasty are very humble now, no one is willing to volunteer, and even Kangxi is busy with the affairs of the north.
Kangxi nodded, "Yes, this is indeed the fifth younger brother who is preparing for the Southern Expedition. Brother Yu is going to wait for Galdan in the Jinlianchuan Grassland. This alliance with Galdan is related to whether we can defeat the Raksha Kingdom and recover the lost land of Baikal and restore Siberia. Khanate! This is more important than going south to help Wu Sangui fight. Why don't you work hard and go to Shandong to be a general under orders!"

"Brother."

Chang Ning originally wanted to reject this dispatch, but before Kangxi could say anything, he raised his hand to stop him and said, "Chang Ning, I know this battle is not easy to fight. But I don't have to fight, just beat Wu Sangui on the side drums. As long as the dispute between Wu and Li can continue, our good days will continue!"

"My younger brother understands, my younger brother accepts the decree!" Prince Gong Changning couldn't refuse now, and being a local emperor in Shandong seems to be quite good.What if there is a chance?If he can make great achievements, maybe the meeting of kings and ministers will elect him as emperor!

Of course, it's not for himself, but for the sake of being a loving father and a filial son in the family. On Yingtai Island, there is a father and son crying every day!

"General, General Kangxi issued an edict in the Jinlianchuan Grassland, appointing Prince Gong Changning as the general to lead 20 troops to march south!"

In Nanjing, the General’s Mansion, Li Zhongshan, who was holding a small wooden boat model with a group of high-ranking staff members in the capital hall, and gesturing on the water army’s tactics on the table, suddenly heard his brother Li Zhongzheng shouting.

He just smiled coldly, dropped the wooden model in his hand, and said to the people around him: "Kangxi will not come by himself, but send his brother to die. It seems that there will be no major troubles on the northern front. Let's concentrate our forces and storm Jiujiang Prefecture and Hukou opened up the waterway to the west of Huguang in one fell swoop! This general wants to see if Wu Sangui still wants Wuchang Mansion?"

(End of this chapter)