Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 349 Wu Yingxiong, hold on, and take a gamble on going to Guangdong for your father! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Even defeated?
The Great Zhou navy actually lost?

This is a huge naval fleet of dozens of high-rise ships plus two or three hundred brigades and sentry ships!Moreover, going down the river with the current and the wind, a group of old lock boats that don't even have paddles and can't maneuver themselves in the headwind or the upstream, how could it be possible to lose?How can you lose?

With this loss, not only is Jiangxi's situation about to collapse, but even Wuchang and Hanyang can't hold on!
Just as Wu Sangui thought of this, Wu Shifan suddenly shouted loudly: "This place is dangerous, protect the emperor and leave this place!"

As soon as he bluffed, Wu Sangui's guards also found that their emperor was too close to the bank of the Yangtze River. If there were a few red-clothed cannons on those towers facing the Zhongshan Fort, it would be dangerous!

So a group of guards rushed forward, and they couldn't help but set up Wu Sangui and ran up and down the Zhongshan Mountain. At the same time, the twelve red cannons on the Zhongshan Fort fired.Wu Sangui heard the sound of the rumbling cannon, and looked back subconsciously, just in time to see the black gunpowder smoke from the muzzle of a cannon in red was blown by the wind, and quickly drifted westward!
When the gunpowder smokes to the west, that is the east wind!
Wu Sangui broke out in a cold sweat, and pushed away the two guards who were holding him up, then stood near the fort near the steps down the mountain, watching the gunpowder smoke constantly spewing out of the gun mouth and quickly drifting westward.

That's right, it's Dongfeng!
The southwest wind that has been blowing for several days has now turned into a deadly east wind, and the wind is not weak!
It's really time for the wind to come!If the wind had come a few days earlier, Wu Sangui would not have sent out the main force of his navy at all, but would have hidden them in Hanpokou and to the west of the Jiujiang-Xiaochikou blockade.Let the naval warships rely on the pontoon bridge, the iron chains that lock the river, and the coastal forts for defense.

If the westerly wind came a few days later, then Wu Sangui, who had learned of the disastrous defeat of the navy, would be able to organize the army to evacuate Jiangxi in time.Although losses are inevitable, the main force can still retreat to the Huguang area safely.

As long as Wu Zhou's army can guard the opening of Wuchang Mansion, then a three-point world can still be stable for many years.

But now, just after Wu Sangui's navy was defeated, the southeast wind rose on the Yangtze River. Looking at the strength of the wind, it seemed that it could quickly push Li Zhongshan's old lock boats and building boats to Hubei!The pontoon bridges and iron cables of Jiujiang Fucheng and Xiaochikou could not withstand the impact of dozens of large ships advancing with the wind.No matter how bad it was, Li Zhongshan gave up a few seized building boats and changed them into large fire boats. Burning them all the way through would also burn down all the pontoon bridges and iron cables.

Without the barriers of pontoon bridges and iron cables, Wu Sangui's artillery deployed on the shore was not enough to resist the advance of the Ming army fleet—it was nothing more than a few shellings. As long as the fleet could pass quickly, three or five ships would sink to the sky. up.

This little loss is not worth mentioning compared to the gains from seizing Wuchang and Hanyang in one fell swoop!

And once Wuchang and Hanyang are lost, where can Wu Sangui's army in Jiangxi retreat?

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui felt a sharp pain in his heart, and then his vision went dark, and he lost consciousness!
"East wind! The east wind is blowing! General, the east wind is blowing!"

"General, the navy can rush across the mouth of the lake and the mouth of the small pond in one breath, and maybe even reach the territory of Hubei!"

"General, this is God helping Daming!"

"Great general, this is really a blessing from heaven and earth!"

When the east wind was blowing, Li Zhongshan was leading more than [-] horsemen on the official road from Xiaogushan to the Bali River - an important place on the other side of the lake (the north bank of the Yangtze River). Guarding the Yangtze River waterway together with Hukou, what is more important is that there is a large sandbar in the west of the Bali River, which divides the Yangtze River waterway into two, and to enter the waterway north of the sandbar, you have to pass near the Bali River.So as long as the Bali River is captured, Li Zhongshan's navy can enter the relatively safe waterway north of the sandbar.Then use this waterway as a base to fight for the mouth of Xiaochi in order to cover the further westward advance of the main force of the navy.

Li Zhongshan also reined in the horse's reins, looked up at a red flag fluttering in the east wind, and felt joy in his heart.Although it is not uncommon for the southeast wind to blow on the Yangtze River in summer, isn't this wind a coincidence?
Wu Sangui's hundreds of thousands of troops are still trapped in Jiangxi!If the Yangtze River waterway is lost, how will he return it?Go to Mubu Mountain and attack Li Zicheng's anti-Wu base?Wouldn't Jiugong Mountain become the place where Wu Sangui was buried?Or take the Ganjiang River, enter the Yuanjiang River, and finally retreat into Hunan?How many days will it take to go this way?Let the Ming army chase after them all the way, and finally one-third of them can return to Huguang, Wu Sangui is considered lucky!
It seems that this time the three points in the world will not last for many years!
Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan immediately raised his voice, opened his throat, and shouted loudly: "The order. The whole army marches quickly. Before dark, we must rush to Balijiang!"

"Yes!"

The Chuanqi who followed Li Zhongshan answered loudly, and then separated a few of them to receive the soldier's badge and arrow from Zhou Chang, the general who joined the army on the march, and then galloped to pass the order to the commander-in-chief of the towns below. went.

"boom boom"

Wu Sangui vaguely heard the rumbling "thunder" coming from his ears, and then asked, "Where...where is the thunder?"

Then he heard the voices of his son Wu Yingxiong and grandson Wu Shifan.

"Father, are you awake? You finally woke up."

"Grandpa Huang, you are awake. Father and grandson are dying of anxiety!"

Wu Sangui opened his tired eyes, and it seemed that Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan, who were standing next to him and weeping, sighed lightly—usually when the old emperor was about to die, the crown prince would be sad on the surface but happy in his heart.But Wu Yingxiong seemed to be really sad and weeping. However, most of his sadness was not because of filial piety, but because of the critical situation!

"Boom boom boom"

There was another thunderclap.

"This is." Wu Sangui thought for a while, "The fort outside the city is firing? By the way, where is Zhen?"

"Grandpa, you are in Jiujiang." Wu Shifan nodded, "The Ming army captured the Bali River the day before yesterday. In the early morning of this morning, they took advantage of the east wind and dispatched dozens of old lock boats and building boats to rush to the Jiujiang-Xiaochikou line. The sound of the cannon is the forts outside the city firing at the Ming warships that forcibly charged the iron chains and floating bridges.”

It turned out that Wu Sangui had been in a coma for two days, maybe there was something wrong with his heart, and Li Zhongshan and Li Zicheng should have worked together to give him relief, but he had some time left, so he carried it over.

"They, they rushed over?" Wu Sangui struggled to get up from the couch, although he struggled to get up, but his whole body was weak, and accompanied by bouts of dizziness, he almost collapsed again.

"Father, don't worry." Wu Yingxiong didn't dare to tell his father the truth, so he could only persuade Wu Sangui not to worry.

"That's just rushing over." Wu Sangui immediately understood, almost blacked out again, but finally stabilized - this blow, he Wu Sangui can still bear!
And he doesn't dare to fall now!
He's about to fall, and nine times out of ten he will collapse soon.

Wu Sangui took a deep breath, and said to Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan: "How many people in the army know about my illness?"

"some people"

"Grandpa, my father ordered the news to be blocked yesterday, but..."

Wu Sangui nodded: "Okay, hurry up, let someone come and change my clothes for me, and bring me my armor too, I want to come to Jiujiang Fort to supervise the battle in person!"

"Father, your body"

"Grandpa, you must take care!"

Wu Sangui waved his hand and said to his son and grandson: "Now is not the time for me to take care of myself, I have to fight again!"

"Still fighting?" Wu Yingxiong looked at his red-eyed father, "Father, how can you fight? Our navy suffered heavy losses, almost all the buildings and ships were lost, and Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu didn't come back!"

When Wu Sangui heard that his two sons-in-law hadn't come back, his face turned pale again, but he could still bear it.

"It doesn't matter!" Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and said, "The navy is gone, we still have Lu divisions, just in Jiangxi, I still have more than 20 Lu divisions!"

"But." Wu Shifan shook his head, "Grandpa, if something happens in Wuchang, our army in Jiangxi will have no way out."

"Retreat? Retreat for what?" Wu Sangui said with red eyes, "Could it be that such a large land in Jiangxi was handed over to Li for nothing? Besides, the waterway to Jiangxi has been blocked by the Ming army. They will chase after them fiercely, and at that time, more than 20 Lu divisions can withdraw and [-] to [-] will be considered a lot!"

Wu Sangui is right. Since ancient times, the main channel for entering and exiting Jiangxi has been the Yangtze River entering Poyang Lake, and then entering the Ganjiang River, Jinjiang River, Wuyang River, and Pojiang River from Poyang Lake. There are many tributaries below these waterways. form a water system.

So the entrance of the Yangtze River into Poyang Lake is the main entrance to and from Jiangxi. Now that the gate has been closed, Wu Sangui's army has to go through the back door if they want to withdraw, turn over the windows and drill dog holes. If they are not careful, the whole army will collapse and be completely finished!
More importantly, these troops left in Jiangxi were mainly from Guan Ning, either Wu Sangui personally led the guards, or Wu Yingxiong Prince Liu led the army!
If these two armies suffer heavy losses, the internal balance of Dazhou will be broken!

Wu Yingqi's Northwest Army will overwhelm the Guan Ning Army and become the pillar of Wu Zhou's force.

When the time comes, will Wu Yingqi still be willing to be the king of Qin, and will be "a bear in the north" in the future?Even if Wu Yingqi is willing, what about Wu Shicong?What about Wu Yingqi's gang of Gan and Shaanxi army leaders?
If there is a split within Wu Zhou, then Wu Zhou's three-point world will really come to an end.

"But." Wu Yingxiong looked at the old man bitterly, "But if we don't retreat, can Jiangxi hold it? If Li Zhongshan's navy advances westward with the wind and advances all the way to Wuchang, can we go back?"

Wu Sangui said to his son with red eyes: "Ying Xiong, don't worry. We still have one last chance!"

"What chance is there?" Wu Yingxiong asked.

"Take Guangdong!" Wu Sangui said, "Ying Xiong, have you forgotten what Guogui is planning?"

"Ah, father, my son remembered it now." Wu Yingxiong nodded, "But now the matter of the youngest seeking Guangdong can still be achieved? Cantonese people should know that Li Zhongshan has already..."

No matter how Wu Guogui tried to deceive Xiaotu, he had to cooperate with the general trend of the world that was beneficial to the Wu family. After all, the people of Guangdong were not weak. If they all protected Daming, Wu Guogui would not be able to defeat Guangzhou.

But in the current situation, it doesn't make much sense for Wu Guogui to snatch Shaozhou, Nanxiong, Guiyang, and Chenzhou. It would be more beneficial for him to maintain his relationship with Li Zhongshan and Wu Xiaotu.

Wu Sangui waved his hand: "Jiangxi is still not clean for a while, as long as you stand in Jiujiang under the banner of Zhen, the people of Jiangxi will be able to stabilize for a while. And it is impossible for Li Zhongshan to capture Wuchang soon, so we The situation seems to be okay, so Guangdong still has a chance. Weifu and Shifan can lead [-] to [-] elite soldiers to Hunan, join forces with Guogui, and then send [-] elite soldiers to attack Guangfu!"

Wu Yingxiong's heart skipped a beat: You and Shifan led the troops to run first while I was fighting thunder in Jiangxi?Your old man claims to have millions of soldiers fighting in Jiangxi, but in fact there are only about 20 capable of fighting. In fact, tens of thousands are still navy troops, and now most of them have been lost.The remaining amount is 20, and after deducting the tens of thousands brought by Jie Shu, the real elite master Lu of the Great Zhou is 10,000 to [-].You took away [-], and left me [-] to [-], and asked me to support the scene in Jiangxi and resist the [-]+ army of Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan
"Father," Wu Yingxiong said, "is your old body able to withstand such a torment? Why don't you take the troops to Guangdong for you?"

"What are you going to do?" Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "You are not Xiaotu's father. Just go to Guangdong and let Guogui take the lead. As long as I stay in Hengyang, I will be able to inspire people in Hunan and deter Guangdong's tyrants!"

"But." Wu Yingxiong was still confused, "Father, how can I be Li Zhongshan's opponent? If he doesn't attack Wuchang, but instead attacks Jiujiang, what can I do?"

Wu Sangui waved his hand: "What are you afraid of? As long as I win Guangdong, the general situation of the world will be reversed. Moreover, the strong city of Jiujiang will definitely be able to hold on for a while! Even if there is any eventuality, Li Zhongshan looks at it for the sake of Xiao Geng. I won't embarrass you!"

In fact, Wu Sangui is very good at counting!It can be said to be well-intentioned!

He has to sit in Hengyang now to force Wu Guogui to go to Guangdong to gamble with Wu Xiaotu.Winning, Dazhou lost to Jiangxi and Hubei, and gained to Guangdong.Guangdong is much stronger than Jiangxi and Hubei, and the big week is not a loss.

And Wu Yingxiong, the crown prince, will be fine. Li Zhongshan is not stupid, how about letting Wu Yingxiong go and let him have a "bear and unicorn fight" with Wu Yingqi?
In case Wu Sangui and Wu Guogui can't win the bet, then Wu Yingxiong should not go back, just surrender to Li Zhongshan.When he went back to the Great Zhou, he would either encounter the Xuanwu Sect or the Battle of Jingnan!Wu Yingqi will definitely kill him!
And once Wu Yingqi kills Wu Yingxiong, who will Wu Guogui mess with?How dare he talk to Wu Yingqi?Wouldn't it be nice for him to rely on his daughter and son-in-law to be a great Ming prince who eats, drinks and has fun?

When Wu Yingxiong dies and Wu Guogui rebels, what will be left of the Great Zhou?
But Wu Yingxiong didn't quite understand his father's intentions, he just felt that his father would "abandon" him again, it would be the same as leaving him as a hostage in Beijing back then!
Maybe his old man's real favorite heir is the second child?
At this time, Wu Sangui didn't have the heart to think about his son's little thoughts. Instead, with Wu Shifan's support, he barely stood up, and while changing clothes with the help of the eunuchs and maids who served him, he confessed to Wu Yingxiong: "Boss, Don't worry, my father will arrange it for you. When the time comes, you will stick to Jiujiang, then divide your troops to defend Xingzi County and Hukou County, and stick to Hanpokou! Then let Jieshu take the surrendered troops to guard Nanchang, let them fight with Li Fuchen for a while. This way, the situation in Jiangxi can last at least two or three months, and in two or three months, there will be a result in Guangdong!"

After hearing Wu Sangui's words, Wu Yingxiong was very upset. There was a result in Guangdong. If Guangdong didn't win, then he would be finished in Jiujiang!

If Guangdong is taken down, then Li Zhongshan will become angry from embarrassment and will definitely break Jiujiang, and he will be finished by then!

Cooperating with him is dead anyway!
"Long live! Long live! Long live."

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, Xiaochikou.

When Wu Sangui boarded the fort outside Jiujiang City with support, Xiaochikou, the stronghold of Wu Zhoujun on the north bank of the Yangtze River, had fallen under the attack of the Ming army on both sides!As a red flag was planted on the head of Xiaochikou by the death squads of the Ming Army's model first town, the Ming Army navy on the Yangtze River and the land division officers and soldiers coming from the land were all jubilant.

At this time, a floating bridge on the Yangtze River connecting Xiaochikou and Jiujiang Fucheng also turned into a fire dragon, burning blazingly!

Wu Zhoujun's Xiaochikou, the Jiujiang defense line, has fallen under the onslaught of the Ming army, and the gate to Wuchang has been opened, and there is not much time left for Wu Sangui
(End of this chapter)