Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 461 Kangxi wants to run away?Kangxi's counterattack! (Please subscribe, please vote)
Tianjin Wei, inside the Yang family mansion.

Yang Qilong, Zhao Liangdong, Shi Lang, and Zheng Desheng have already read through the two autographed letters from Queen Yang - one is for Yang Qilong and the other is for Zhao Liangdong.

The contents of these two letters are similar. One is to tell Yang Qilong and Zhao Liangdong that she, Yang Xiaomi, temporarily comforted Kangxi and gained his trust. However, once Kangxi repelled the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army, the situation would immediately reverse!

Because Kangxi no longer trusts the Yang family!

The most ruthless emperor's family!
The second is to tell Yang Qilong and Zhao Liangdong that a Ming army with tens of thousands of people is advancing towards Beijing. This is the opportunity for the Yang family to make a comeback!As long as the Yang family can use the excuse of King Qin to take the city of Beijing, the old Queen Mother Bumbutai and the Crown Prince Baoqing into their hands, they will have the opportunity to make Kangxi the Supreme Emperor!
The third is to tell Yang Qilong and Zhao Liangdong that she has ordered the troops under Chang Ning and Ba Hai to be transferred back to Dongping Prefecture from Jining Prefecture and Ziyang.

The fourth is to tell Yang Qilong and Zhao Liangdong that she has given Zhang Yong an order to let Zhang Yong let Yang Qilong and Zhao Liangdong's troops enter Beijing!
After reading Yang Xiaomi's letter, Yang Qilong, Zhao Liangdong, Shi Lang, and Zheng Desheng all took a breath - Yang Xiaomi is planning to launch a coup!Moreover, she still disregarded the overall situation. During the decisive battle between Kangxi and Li Zhongshan, she took advantage of the short-term trust given by Kangxi out of consideration of the overall situation to resolutely launch a coup. This decisiveness and ruthlessness were actually in line with her appearance and long-term behavior of using softness to overcome steel. Very mismatched.

The three grown men, Zhao Liangdong, Shi Lang and Zheng Desheng, were stunned for a while and all looked at Yang Qilong, as if they were waiting for him to make up his mind. However, Yang Qilong just frowned and didn't say a word, as if he was thinking hard.

Zhao Liangdong suddenly said loudly: "Kangxi harmed Obai, sought peace in the West, and wanted to bring prosperity to the whole world. It is as if he has not been recognized by his relatives. No matter how careful we are, we will not be tolerated, so why not stand up and give it a try!"

Shi Lang also nodded: "If you try hard, you may have great achievements in the Sui Dynasty. Duke of the Sui Dynasty, let's do it!"

Zheng Desheng also said: "Duke Sui, please give the order!"

"Do it!" Yang Qilong slapped the table, "Do it and it's over. As long as we capture Beijing, we can escape outside the pass and occupy Yanyun when we advance, and we will be invincible. Otherwise, once Kangxi wins and returns, we will all die. Burial place!”

The sixth day of October, night.

After working for almost a whole day, Emperor Kangxi finally rearranged his [-] troops and felt a little overwhelmed.Ever since he led his troops to leave Dongping Prefecture, he has been in a state of excitement and nervousness. Except for squinting for a short time this morning, he has never closed his eyes again. emperor?
So after dinner, Emperor Kang was really tired and fell asleep on a recliner in the south study room (Kangxi's house had a south study room).I was dreaming that he used his troops skillfully in the decisive battle of Zouxian County. He used one hand to lure the enemy deep and then attacked with a half-crossing move. He used a powerful cavalry legion to attack the Ming army who was crossing the Beisha River head-on. It was so beautiful!
When he was dreaming of climax, he suddenly found someone shaking him, and while shaking him, he shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not good!"

"Why is it bad again? We have won the battle, what else can be bad?" When Kangxi was just shaken awake, he was still a little dazed, and he even replied casually. As soon as he said the words in his sleep, he had already seen Li Guangdi The face that was full of "something bad is going to happen" suddenly came to his senses.

The battle is not won yet, and the situation may not be good!
"Li Guangdi, what's going on?" Kangxi quickly sat up and asked.

"Your Majesty, the cavalry we sent to Ziyang and Jining Prefecture to explore the enemy's situation has returned."

"how is the situation?"

"Your Majesty, last night they encountered large groups of Ming army's cavalry on several official roads between Baima River and Si River. The losses were considerable!"

"What." Kangxi was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat at that time, "Between Baima River and Si River? A large group of cavalry? And there are several official roads? That's when the Ming army attacking Jining Prefecture and Ziyang crossed over! Chang Ning is What do you do for food? What does Bahai do for food?"

According to the intelligence that Kangxi had previously obtained, the Ming army attacking Jining Prefecture and Ziyang each numbered around [-], which is a legion, while the defenders of Jining Prefecture and Ziyang both numbered around [-].Twenty thousand versus fifty thousand, at first glance, the enemy has the upper hand.But on the battlefield, it's not about counting heads. Having more people will give you an advantage, but having fewer people won't work.There are so many factors to consider when fighting a war!
When there is no generation difference between the two sides, [-] troops have to evacuate from the fortified city guarded by [-] troops. In theory, it is not an easy task. Especially when the retreat of the [-] troops is blocked by the opponent's [-] troops. When the army is cut off.To evacuate and then advance at this time, it is necessary to not only defend the fortified city, but also to prevent the enemy blocking their retreat from setting up an ambush in front.

But why did they so arrogantly fight their way between the Baima River and the Si River, and beat up the two battalions of cavalry sent by Kangxi?
"Your Majesty, maybe Prince Gong and Ba Hai were negligent for a moment." Li Guangdi analyzed, "Maybe the Ming army left enough palace troops to block Prince Gong and Ba Hai's pursuit."

Kangxi nodded: "Most likely. Prince Gong and Bahai have shouldered the blame for the Yellow River. If the Ming army succeeds, will they be spared?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Li Guangdi asked, "Your Majesty, should we shrink our troops now and then divide our forces to defend Zouxian and Qufu to form a horn?"

Li Guangdi made this suggestion, of course knowing that the situation was not good.

Now Kangxi is a red-eyed gambler, and his own pre-war clever plans have begun to turn into miscalculations - Kangxi's previous battle was to first defeat the Ming army and attack a legion in Qufu, and then take advantage of the victory to cut into the Ming army. The army attacked the backs of the two legions in Ziyang and Jining Prefecture, forcing them to retreat.Then he used this victory to prove to the powerful Han people in Shandong and Zhili that the Qing Dynasty could still do this. Without the support of the powerful Han people, Li Zhongshan would inevitably retreat after running out of food, thus following in the footsteps of Zhuge Wuhou.

But the current situation on the battlefield is completely different from Kangxi's clever plan. The Ming army's army attacking Qufu was not severely beaten, but retreated while fighting, leading the Qing army's brigade into a big pocket!

At the same time, the two legions of the Ming army attacking Ziyang and Jining also successfully moved from the city walls of Ziyang and Jining to between the Baima River and the Si River, and began to threaten the flanks and rear of Kangxi's army.

And south of Beisha River, now there is a Ming army brigade led by Li Zhongshan!
Kangxi's army seemed to be in a predicament of being attacked from both front and rear by the enemy's superior forces.

In addition, the Ming army also sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Beijing in a roundabout way. The closer this army is to Beijing, the more people in Zhili and Shandong will turn towards the Ming Dynasty!

Once the powerful powers of Zhili and Shandong turn to the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhongshan's 80 army will not be short of food.
In this case, it is probably the wisest choice to give up the decisive battle, retreat to Beijing, and seek an outcome with less losses and less losses.

However, Li Guangdi also knew that Kangxi would not listen, so he came up with the idea of ​​sticking to Zouxian and Qufu.

"No, no," Kangxi waved his hand as expected, "Securing Zouxian and Qufu is not a plan to win the battle, but a sure-fire strategy to shrink and be beaten!"

Kangxi stood up while talking, walked quickly to a map table in the south study room, pressed his hands on the edge of the map table, leaned down, and stared at the map.At this time, the light in the south study room was a little dim. Li Guangdi quickly brought a candlestick and lit it for the red-eyed emperor, so that he could see clearly before placing bets.

"Yes!" Kangxi had a flash of inspiration and actually thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy. He pointed to the Beisha River on the map and said to Li Guangtong: "What do you think I will hit Li Zhongshan here and cross the river halfway?" "Attack halfway across the river?" Li Guangdi looked at the map, "What does the emperor mean by pretending to retreat first, leading Li Zhongshan's army to cross the river, and then wait until they are halfway across and then attack with a large army?"

Kangxi nodded: "The north of Beisha River is the Boundary River. There are not many pontoons on the Boundary River. As long as I send people to block the Boundary River pontoon bridge and create the illusion of an army congestion, Li Zhongshan will definitely supervise the army to cross the river to pursue. At this time, I will order people to burn the Boundary River pontoon bridge. , let’s have a last-ditch fight! A last-ditch fight plus a half-crossing attack should be foolproof, right?”

"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!" Li Guangdi looked at the strange look on Kang Xi's face and had no choice but to say "Sheng Ming".

"General, General, Kangxi wants to run!"

In the early morning of the seventh day of October, General Li Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty, who was sleeping in the Ming army camp on the south bank of the Jinggou River, was suddenly awakened by the voice of Zhou Chang and Zhou Peigong coming from outside.

Without saying a word, he quickly got up from the narrow camp bed and shouted: "Come in and talk."

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Chang was seen walking in together with two soldiers from the Shanzi Battalion. The two soldiers brought General Li a change of clothes, a washbasin, a teapot, a bristle toothbrush and so on.Li Zhongshan didn't need to wait on those two sloppy soldiers. He waved them away directly. Then he dressed himself, put on socks and boots, and asked Zhou Chang, "What's going on?"

"General, the Qing troops on the north bank of the Beisha River are moving towards the boundary river, and they seem to want to run away!" Zhou Chang said, "It seems that Kangxi has discovered that the troops from Li Junmen and Chang Junmen are covering his retreat. "

"The response is quite fast!" As Li Zhongshan spoke, he took the teapot and toothbrush and began to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth.

"General, we can't let Kangxi run back to Qufu. Shang Shuying sent someone to report last night, saying that Kong Shenggong had agreed to defect to him, and that most of the 5000 Shandong soldiers currently staying in Qufu could be controlled by Kong Shenggong. As long as Kangxi's army We can't enter Qufu for a while, but Qufu will soon be ours. She also said that Kong Shenggong still has 80 dan of grain and 40 to [-] bundles of fodder on hand to give to the general!"

Li Zhongshan had already finished brushing his teeth and burst out laughing: "Shuying has made a great contribution this time. Not bad, not bad! It seems that my love for her was not in vain!"

"General, let's do it now"

Li Zhongshan wiped his face with cold water again and suddenly became more energetic: "Is the control tower ready?"

"It's already set up."

Li Zhongshan had already put on his shoes and said with a smile: "Instruct the First Army and the Fifth Army to all dispatch and line up on the south bank of the Shahe River to educate the public. Let's have some breakfast first, and then climb up to command together and beat Kangxi hard!"

"Yes!"

Following Li Zhongshan's order, the originally sleeping camp on the south bank of the Jinggou River completely woke up in less than a stick of incense.In the Ming army camp, which was originally hidden in the darkness, countless lanterns and bonfires were quickly lit. The flames were dotted across the wilderness, like a sea of ​​stars on the ground.

The combat deployment for forming formations on the south bank of the Beisha River and fording operations had long been drawn up by the military command department led by Zhou Chang. Now all it takes is an order from Li Zhongshan, and the [-]-strong army will be operational step by step. There is no need to improvise. Make plans the same way.

Li Zhongshan and Zhou Chang's breakfast was Cantonese-style mooncakes with sweet bean paste filling and very dry and hard skin.Eating mooncakes for breakfast is not because General Li received too many mooncake gift boxes during the Mid-Autumn Festival and couldn't finish them all, but because mooncakes are high in calories, relatively easy to store and carry, and taste very good. In fact, It is the most advanced field ration of the Ming army today!
A large piece of moon cake, a cup of hot salt water tea, and a hard piece of bacon jerky can provide all the calories and salt in one go. It can withstand being hacked for two hours on the battlefield. If you want to hack someone, It doesn’t matter if you’re hungry, because before you go to the front line, you’ll be given four more biscuits and two pieces of dried meat. Two biscuits and a piece of dried meat are lunch, and the rest is, of course, dinner, plus a big pot of tea mixed with some salt. , which can last almost a day.

Don't underestimate this field ration. Without the world's largest sugar industry, who can use mooncakes as dry food?The price of sugar these days is more expensive than beef!

When Li Zhongshan and Zhou Chang finished breakfast and walked out of the camp, the sky outside was only a little brighter, but the entire camp was already operating at full speed. Assembly signals were rang one after another, and the soldiers were all dressed up and pressing the button. After the formation, the captain, deputy and four platoon leaders of each team began to inspect the soldiers' equipment and dry food one by one in accordance with the combat regulations of the Ming Dynasty Army. After each inspection, they patted the soldiers on the shoulders, and the soldiers would Take the flintlock.

When the entire team of soldiers is confirmed to be correct, the leader and deputy will put their helmets on their heads. The helmets of the leader and deputy are different from those of ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers have red helmets. The helmets and tassels of each team are yellow, so that soldiers on the battlefield can easily find their commanders.Even if the troops are dispersed, they can easily find the leader of the "Yellow Helmet", join the team led by him, and rejoin the organized battle.

Each team of the Ming army had four platoons, so that they could easily form a hollow square formation. When marching on the battlefield, they usually formed a vertical formation with a wider front, and when they deployed their shooting formation, they would change into a hollow square formation. Form into three rows or two rows.

"Brothers, the dam of the Yellow River has been dug, and the Tatar tyrant Kang Mazi, who has flooded thousands of miles of fertile land in Huaibei, is on the north side of the boundary river. What should we do?"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Brothers, the general has an order. If you can kill Kangxi or destroy his main force today, the whole army will be rewarded heavily. If you recruit soldiers, you can be promoted to the country, and the people can be promoted to the country, and the country can be granted land in Liaodong."

"Long live!"

When Li Zhongshan and Zhou Chang, escorted by the Shanziying cavalry, rode out of the camp and walked towards the pontoon bridge on the Jinggou River, cheers began to ring out in the camp, which could accommodate 10 people.This is the pre-war mobilization of the officers. Of course, the soldiers of the Republic of Ming Dynasty cannot give their sacrifice in vain. The General's Office has already prepared satisfactory rewards for them.

This kind of reward is divided into "collective merit reward" and "individual merit reward". Collective merit reward is divided into two types: large group and small group. In the former, everyone has a share after winning the battle!The latter belong to a group that performed particularly well in combat.

As for personal military merit, it generally belongs to officers and combat heroes, and it is not easy for ordinary soldiers to obtain it.

Amidst the cheers, one hundred thousand Ming troops began to march towards the battlefield where the world will be decided!

(End of this chapter)