Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 479 The enemy is in Shuntian Mansion! (Please subscribe, please vote)

In the darkness, a thick fire dragon was still rolling forward on the great plain in central Zhili, facing the Hutuo River in the south.

The terrain in the central and southern part of Zhili is flat and there is no danger to defend. It has been the best battlefield for cavalry regiments since ancient times!For the Han Dynasty, which has the Central Plains as its basic base and farming as its economic basis, once it loses the dangerous Yanshan Mountains in the north of Zhili and allows the cavalry of the northern nomads to enter the vast and vast Zhili Plain, it will be a battle that can last for hundreds of years. Years of nightmare!
Historically, because Shi Jingtang ceded the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Khitan, the barrier of the Central Plains was lost. The northern cavalry could rely on its strong mobility advantage to bypass the solidly fortified castles of the Central Plains dynasty and go straight into the hinterland to wreak havoc.The subsequent downfall of the Song Dynasty and the first collapse of China could be said to have been laid when the Yanshan barrier was lost.

And this bane was not finally uprooted until Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Taizu who started with one bowl and defeated all the invincible players in the world, established his great achievements.

However, with the surrender of Shanhaiguan (Shanhaiguan) by Emperor Kangxi's "Wu Ma Fa", Li Zicheng, who had not established a stable foothold in the Zhili area, was caught off guard. The root of the "Loss of Yanshan" was once again buried deep in the Central Plains dynasty.

However, the rapid collapse of the Dashun Dynasty established by Li Zicheng and the Qing Dynasty miraculously taking over the Central Plains in a short period of time and establishing a dynasty that almost unified the world made the "Yanshan Incident" a neglected issue. .

However, with the collapse of the Qing Dynasty's rule in Guannei, the "Yanshan Incident" that once troubled the Song Dynasty and the Later Zhou Dynasty seemed to have appeared on the stage of history again.

The powerful cavalry regiment led by Suo'etu, Bandi, and Biliktu is now galloping on the flat Zhili Plain south of Yanshan Mountain!
Looking at the Mongolian cavalry with one man and two horses and the Manchurian cavalry with the Zhenghuang Banner marching in front, behind and to the left and right of him in the night, Suo'etu really felt like he was dreaming back to the Northern Song Dynasty.

Obviously, the previous strategy of "one country defending one city" is undoubtedly correct!

Under the general pattern of Ming Dynasty being strong and Qing Dynasty being weak, the Qing Dynasty should not compete with the Ming Dynasty for Shandong. Even Shanxi and Zhili, except for the sixteen states of Yanyun, could be left to the Ming Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty. to compete with each other.

As long as the Qing Dynasty firmly controls Yanshan and at the same time maintains the city of Beijing, a large stronghold south of Yanshan, the Qing cavalry can use Beijing as a base at any time to go south to invade the Central Plains and continue to bleed the Ming Dynasty to maintain the situation of mutual fighting between the Ming and Zhou Dynasties. Then just wait for the opportunity slowly.

Fortunately, it is not too late to implement this plan. As long as the main force of the [-] Qing South Route Army trapped in northern Shandong and southern Zhili can be rescued, the Qing Dynasty will still have the remaining power to defend Beijing!
Moreover, it is already late October (lunar calendar), and winter has already entered in Zhili.In another half month at most, it will snow around Beijing, and then it will be covered with ice and snow. For men from Saibei and Guandong, winter in Beijing is nothing.But for the Huai Army and the Southern Army under Li Zhongshan, the winter in Beijing is not pleasant!

As for the Ming army's specialty method of digging trenches and siege, it was not easy to use in a world of ice and snow.Because the soil covered by ice and snow will also be frozen hard, it is not easy to dig it out with shovels and shovels!
Therefore, if the Ming army wants to attack Beijing, they will have to wait until next spring at the earliest. With these few months of preparation, Beijing will be impregnable!
The population in Beijing that cannot fight will also be evacuated, and the reserves in Beijing will be further increased.The fortresses outside Beijing City will also be completed, and the "inner city walls", "inner ditches", "inner fortresses", etc. within the walls of Beijing City will also be completed one by one.

By that time, it will be even more difficult for the Ming army to break through the city of Beijing!

In addition, Wu Yingqi's control of Shanxi should be completed by next spring.Wouldn't Wu Yingqi just watch Beijing being captured by Li Zhongshan?

Suo Etu calculated over and over again and felt that as long as the army under Queen Yang and Chang Ning could be rescued, the Qing Dynasty would still be very stable. If Queen Yang and Chang Ning's [-] troops were wiped out by Li Zhongshan, the Qing Dynasty would be in danger.

Now Empress Yang and Chang Ning's [-] troops are blocked by tens of thousands of Ming troops south of the Laozhang, Hulu, and Hutuo Rivers. Although the Zhili Plain is as flat as a tabletop, it is not completely "risk-free." These three east-west rivers are dangerous points that can be exploited.

If the Ming army demolished all the bridges on these three rivers, Queen Yang and Chang Ning's [-] troops would have to take a long time to cross the rivers. But their time is limited!
Once the Ming army's pursuers pounce, it will be too late!

Thinking of this, Suo'etu turned his head and said to the two Mongolian princes, Bandi and Biliktu: "You two princes, can you hurry up? Reinforcement is like putting out fire! We must arrive quickly. The area around Laozhang River, Hulu River, and Hutuo River! As long as we can arrive before the Ming army's pursuers catch up with the Queen and Prince Gong's army, everything will be fine!"

The nomadic cavalry of the Mongols all carry sheepskin bags with them, and can quickly build countless sheepskin rafts when needed. Not to mention rivers such as the Laozhang River, Hulu River, and Hutuo River, even the Yellow River is fine for them. Easily crossed.

So once the [-] Mongolian cavalry going south with Suo'etu arrive in the Laozhang, Hulu, and Hutuo River areas, they will be able to help Queen Yang and Prince Gong cross the river!
However, the two Mongolian princes seemed a little worried.

"Many county towns in Suozhongtang Laozhang River, Hulu River, and Hutuo River have been occupied by the Ming army. I heard that tens of thousands of Ming army elites are active in that area. What should we do if we run into them? "

"Suo Zhongtang, of course our Mongolian cavalry can run faster with one man and two horses. But what about Yang Qilong's infantry and your Zhenghuang Banner infantry? They are already lagging behind. If we speed up again, they will definitely not be able to keep up. .”

Suo'etu shook his head and said: "You two princes are too worried. Most of the elites of the Ming army are infantry. They have four divisions in one legion, and each division has one battalion of cavalry. Even in the area around Laozhang River, Hulu River, and Hutuo River, A legion, that is, four thousand cavalry, and there is one person and one horse. They have traveled so far, even if the people can withstand it, the horse power has long been exhausted, and there is no way to stop us.

Even if we run into the Ming army, we just need to go around it!

As for the infantry behind us, let them crawl behind us slowly. We only need to transfer the troops of the Queen and Prince Gong across the Hutuo River, and we are done!By then there will be no need for a decisive battle with the Ming army, and they will no longer be needed. "

The two Mongolian princes thought for a while and felt that Suo'etu was right. So Bandi glanced at Biliktu. Seeing his eldest nephew nodding his head, he loudly ordered: "By the order of this king, all All the Mongolian warriors are working hard for me. We must reach the Hutuo River before noon tomorrow!"

The night is as thick as ink, and the north wind howls.In the territory of Jizhou south of the Hulu River, there are also tens of thousands of troops combined with a large number of baggage and civilians, braving the night and rolling southwards!
This army was the Eighth Army Corps of the Ming Army that was supposed to deploy defenses between the Laozhang River, Hulu River, and Hutuo River to intercept the Qing armies from the north and south and prevent them from successfully joining forces!
However, contrary to the expectations of Prince Gong, Queen Yang, and Suo'etu, after Luo Dawei's army successfully controlled more than a dozen cities between the Laozhang River, Hulu River, and Hutuo River, not only did they not deploy defenses to intercept them, but they also re-entered the area. They gathered together and rushed towards Chang Ning and Queen Yang's troops heading north!

Fifty thousand versus eighty thousand, the advantage is obvious!

What?The Qing cavalry coming south from Beijing?The [-] troops of Wu and Zhou who rushed down from the Taihang Mountains?No matter what, the most important thing now is to catch Kangxi's corpse in thousands of pieces!

So when Luo Dawei learned that "Kangxi's" army had left Dongping Prefecture and headed north, he did not hesitate at all. He immediately ordered the assembly of troops, and then took about 20 days of food and went south along the canal line to find Kangxi. Revenge.Even the dozen or so annexed county towns are not assigned troops to defend. Let the powerful militia groups in these counties defend themselves!
In the eyes of the Huaixi people, the only way to take revenge was to kill Kangxi!
The [-]-strong army plus the [-] to [-] mobilized Zhili militiamen rushed south like this!
Zhili, Zhengding Prefecture, Shijiazhuang.

Today's Shijiazhuang is just a "village", not even a county seat, let alone a provincial capital.It's just Zhuangzi located on the south bank of the Hutuo River, across the river from Zhengding Fucheng, and at a key crossroads.

Zhuangzi, which has prospered because it is located on an important transportation road, has become a sea of ​​"king masters" on this night!

Although it is night now, the gate of Shijiazhuang Village is wide open, and the official road leading into Zhuangzi from the west is full of "Master Wang" holding torches and wearing "Hanfu", marching into the village in a mighty procession.The people in Shijiazhuang City didn't sleep tonight. They all came out and gathered on both sides of the road to eat pots of pulp to welcome Master Wang.While welcoming each other, they sang "Welcome the Ming Dynasty"!
"The morning seeks promotion, the evening seeks harmony. It is difficult for Han'er to survive these days. Open the door early to meet the Ming Dynasty, and the disciplines are happy. The Ming Dynasty comes to divide the fields, the Ming Dynasty does not pay rent, and the Ming Dynasty drives away the Tartars."

However, the people of Shijiazhuang who sang "Welcome the Ming Dynasty" never expected that they had welcomed the wrong king, because the one who came now was not the king of the Ming Dynasty at all, but the king of Wuzhou led by the Prime Minister Wu Yingqi of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

"Prime Minister, these people seem to be singing the wrong song." Wu Sanwei, who was entering the city, approached Wu Yingqi and whispered: "Do you think we need to send someone to explain things clearly to them? We are going to regain Beijing this time. The one who recaptured Shanhaiguan is the king of our old Wu family!"

"No need." Wu Yingqi shook his head, "After we regain Beijing and Shanhaiguan, we must return them to the Ming Dynasty! This is called having a beginning and an end. Beijing and Shanhaiguan were lost because of our family, and we have to take them back. This is called righteousness!"

It turns out that Wu Yingqi came east from Shanxi this time not to "protect the Qing Dynasty", but to take over Beijing and Shanhaiguan. This is called having a beginning and an end!
Shanhaiguan was dedicated to the Qing Dynasty by his father, but the Qing Dynasty broke his promise and forced his family to rebel.Then the old Wu family should take back Shanhaiguan and take back the city of Beijing!
Of course, there must be some benefits. But if there is no benefit, Wu Yingqi would not raise an army to send out this army just for the sake of justice.

Lu Sanhao took the banknotes from Ruixin Hall to Niangziguan and gave Wu Yingqi a total of 300 million taels. This was still the first payment. After Daming took back Shuntian Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, and Zunhua Prefecture, he would give another 700 million taels.

A total of 1000 million taels of money. Oh, for Wu Zhou, it was a huge sum of money, but for Ming Dynasty, it was a month's military expenditure.

This is the power of money ability!

In addition, after taking back the city of Beijing, Wu Yingqi also planned to roll up the property and family members of the Eight Banners disciples in Beijing, roll them up together, and take them to the northwest. Then send them to the Taiping Valley in the Western Regions!
Faced with the Ming Dynasty, which had a population seven times that of Wu Zhou, military expenditures of 1000 million taels a month, and an output of guns and gunpowder dozens of times greater than that of Wu Zhou, Wu Zhou saw that he would not be able to stay in the "Eastern Land". Go down, and if you want to run west, you must have a population!
But ordinary Han people were reluctant to follow the Wu Zhou Group, so Wu Yingqi had to find some people who could not stay in the "Eastern Land" and could only follow.

The Shanxi Merchants Group, headed by the Eight Imperial Merchants in Shanxi, couldn't stay any longer. They happened to "voluntarily" hand over part of their family property and then followed along.

The "bannermen" in Beijing are also at odds with the Ming Dynasty. No matter how full their blood levels are, when the Ming Dynasty's Huaixi Army comes, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat, and it might be a massacre of the city!
So they could only follow them voluntarily. Moreover, most of the young and middle-aged bannermen in Beijing went on an expedition and would probably never come back.Therefore, there are so many female relatives in the city, and they can be brought back to serve as wives for Wu and Zhou soldiers who are willing to follow the old Wu family to the Western Regions!

These female relatives are somewhat fragile, and some have children, wives, children, and property all at once. Where can they find such good things?

In the darkness, in the north of Gaoyang County in Baoding Prefecture, a temporary camp for 2 people suddenly became brightly lit.

With a rapid burst of "Jujiang Drum", someone beat it.In a large tent in the center of the camp, a group of Beiyang Army generals wearing blue coats, warm hats, and carrying swords quickly gathered.

Most of these Beiyang generals were born in the Zhili Tuanlian and were Yang Qilong's confidants. Many of them had backgrounds in the Zhili Xiang Cult and were even members of the Tiandihui.

Although they were wearing the official clothes of the Qing Dynasty, what they were thinking about was when their lord Yang Qilong could replace the Qing Dynasty!
But thinking about it, it's not easy to accomplish this.Although the Qing Dynasty has been in turmoil for many years, it still hangs on and refuses to give up.

The Yang family's Beiyang Army is not strong enough to dominate Korea and invade Japan's Kyushu Island.However, if they want to land in Zhili and seize the Qing Dynasty's world, they have more than enough ambition but not enough power.

Therefore, the Yang family's Beiyang route is to follow Yang Jian's example in usurping the Northern Zhou Dynasty and prepare to take over the Qing Dynasty by clever means.

And now, the Qing army suffered a huge defeat in Shandong, and the city of Beijing is going out to rescue them... Now the capital is empty. Is the opportunity for the Yang family to replace the Qing coming?
At the thought of rushing into Beijing to take charge of the Qing Dynasty, a group of Beiyang Army generals became excited, and the smiles on their faces could no longer be hidden.

Loud discussions also began. The content of the discussion was nothing more than whether to follow Yang Jian's route or be more radical. Let's just imitate Zhao Kuangyin and wear a yellow robe!

Yang Qilong's generals Shi Lang, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao, Zheng Desheng, and Pang Qingshan sat aside and did not join the discussion. They just looked at the generals in the tent with a smile.

Of course they knew Yang Qilong's choice, although they could neither imitate Yang Jian nor become Zhao Kuangyin.But the king of "several countries" is finally determined!

Although this is not the best result, it is not the worst either... The generational wealth of the big guys can be considered guaranteed.

At this time, the curtain of the big tent was suddenly lifted, and with a gust of cool breeze, Yang Qilong, who had changed into a Ming Dynasty official python robe, strode in from outside.

Seeing his attire, the generals below already understood his choice.

The generals in the tent quickly stood up to greet him, and they all saluted him.

Yang Qilong stood in the middle of the tent, with everyone surrounding him. The lights in the tent flickered, and his face flickered, looking extremely solemn.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Yang Qilong, the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, the Minister of Beiyang in the Qing Dynasty, the Supervisor of Korea, and the Lord of Kitakyushu in Japan, to speak.

Yang Qilong was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath, opened his throat and said loudly: "Generals, listen to your orders, the enemy is in Shuntian Mansion!
The entire army immediately set off, turned around and headed north, heading straight for Shuntianfu City! "

The generals in the big tent responded loudly: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)