I'm in the Red Mansion

The Youzhou army was secretly besieging Shengjing on three sides.

In Shengjing City, the emperor and his ministers were all in a panic.

The Youzhou army was unstoppable, and the fall of the Qing Dynasty was inevitable.

In the court, all the civil and military officials were arguing in chaos.

Some people are determined to flatter the capital and vow to live and die with it.

Some people wanted to withdraw from Shengjing and go to Mongolia.

They could take advantage of the opportunity to turn the tables, annex Mongolia, and then take revenge after they have developed.

The two groups of people were arguing fiercely.

Kang Mazi looked at the ministers who were arguing with each other and felt very tired.

He knew clearly that those ministers who swore to live and die with the Qing Dynasty were not really loyal to it.

Most of these people had already secretly defected to Daxia.

Naturally, they didn't want to let themselves escape.

After the Youzhou Legion has surrounded Shengjing, they can even launch a mutiny, capture themselves, and then present themselves to Marquis Guanjun, which will surely be a great achievement.

And those ministers who wanted to escape in order to plan for the future did not really want to do so.

They are just afraid of death.

How could his country not perish if all its subordinates were such ministers?
At this moment, Kang Mazi suddenly thought of what Chongzhen said before his death: "You are not the king who will destroy the country, but your ministers are the ministers who will destroy the country."

In the end, Kang Mazi chose the latter.

He didn't want to die, and he was unwilling to die just like that.

This trip is just for the future.

He, Kang Mazi, will come back!
Next, Kang Mazi stopped the quarrel among the ministers and directly announced the resignation of the court.

Kang Mazi was ready to leave, but he was not prepared to say it in the court.

Otherwise, he would encounter so much resistance that he might not be able to leave.

Even those ministers and generals who were determined to leave, he did not intend to take them all away.

He didn't even plan to take all the troops with him.

Because he knew very well that the Youzhou army was besieging him on three sides, he could only escape if he was decisive enough and ran fast enough.

If we hesitate, we will definitely be caught up by the Youzhou army.

Therefore, this time when he escapes, he cannot bring too many people with him and escape in a blatant manner.

In the end, Kang Mazi decided to take only his own 3,000 elite guards.

The minister only brought ten people with him, and Kang Mazi did not plan to bring his concubines and children with him.

On the way to escape, women and children would slow them down.

After the plan was finalized, Kang Mazi asked someone to secretly contact ten ministers and agreed that they would leave through the south gate tonight.

Next, Kang Mazi ordered his 3,000 elite guards to go to the South Gate for defense.

This transfer is somewhat abnormal.

However, because the Youzhou army was about to arrive in large numbers, it did not arouse much suspicion.

Kang Mazi changed into soldier's clothes, mixed in with the inner guards, and followed them to the South Gate.

By midnight, ten of Kang Mazi's trusted ministers and generals had all arrived.

Then they quietly opened the south gate and fled directly south.

When they reach the seaside, there will be a boat to pick them up and take them away.

Then they turned to Mongolia to seek asylum there.

Originally, Mongolia was completely subdued by the Qing Dynasty and could only depend on them for survival.

In many previous battles, the Mongolian soldiers served as vanguards.

Otherwise, where did the Qing Dynasty get so many manpower to spend?
But now, their Qing Dynasty is about to collapse.

I'm afraid I'll have to live under someone else's roof this time when I go to Mongolia.

Thinking of this, Kang Mazi couldn't help feeling sad.

But now, I can’t care about all these.

The most important thing now is to run away as soon as possible.

Fortunately, we did not encounter any pursuers along the way.

By the time daybreak came, they were already far away from Shengjing.

They ran all the way to the seaside.

On the second day, people in Shengjing City finally discovered that their emperor had disappeared.

Along with them disappeared, ten civil and military officials, as well as three thousand elite internal guards.

At this point, the civil and military officials in the court realized belatedly that their emperor had actually escaped in the night.

And abandoned them all.

This discovery caused an uproar in the entire Shengjing.

It also caused their morale to drop to freezing point.

A small number of them had already been secretly persuaded by Fu Cha Chusheng and surrendered secretly to the civil and military officials of Da Xia. Now they simply stopped pretending and revealed their cards.

They gathered the people together and said that since their emperor had abandoned them and fled alone.

So who are they serving now?

In this case, why not offer Shengjing to the Youzhou Army and seek a way to survive?
Everyone is afraid of death, and now there is someone leading them.

Even if future generations despise me, I will never despise myself.

Thinking of this, everyone agreed.

Next, the gates of Shengjing opened wide.

The ministers who remained in Shengjing City sent envoys to surrender the city to the Youzhou army.

When Jia Cong heard the news, he was shocked.

He originally thought that Shengjing would definitely not be able to be defended.

But at least they had to wait until they had surrounded the city, and then they would pretend to resist for a while, and then they would shyly open the city gates and surrender.

What I never expected was that these people didn't even care about their dignity.

They surrendered voluntarily before we even started besieging the city.

But this saves a lot of effort, which is a good thing.

However, Jia Cong did not move into Shengjing immediately.

A gentleman does not walk near a dangerous wall, and does not sit in a hall with his head low.

Jia Cong first sent out a large army and completely took control of Shengjing City before entering Shengjing.

After entering Shengjing, Jia Cong learned that the young Qing emperor Kang Mazi had escaped at night.

No wonder their ministers surrendered. It is true that like ruler, like ministers.

When Liu Xianglian and Jia Huan heard this, they were overjoyed.

He hurriedly asked for orders to lead his troops in pursuit, vowing to capture the Qing emperor.

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Don't worry, there's no need for you to do anything, just run away."

"The Qing Dynasty has already perished. What can a ruler of a fallen nation accomplish?"

"Besides, maybe he will come to his senses and come back to apologize?"

Liu Xianglian and Jia Huan were both very unwilling, but they could not disobey Jia Cong's orders.

These two people had been holding back their efforts for a long time, wanting to earn military merit in the battle to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, so as to be crowned kings and appointed prime ministers.

They were already eager to be the first team to attack the Qing capital.

But no one expected that the Qing Dynasty was so useless that it surrendered on its own initiative.

In this battle to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, it was the pretty boy Fu Cha Chusheng who gained the upper hand and obtained the greatest military merit.

Kang Mazi led three thousand soldiers and finally arrived at the seaside after two days of travel.

A large ship had been prepared at the seaside.

Fresh water and food had been prepared on the ship, and the helmsman and sailors were all on board.

They hurriedly led the war horses onto the boat, and then all the personnel boarded the boat one after another.

Soon, the ship left the port and sailed slowly into the sea.

Kang Mazi looked at the land gradually moving away and could not help but let out a long sigh, feeling a mixture of emotions in his heart.

However, this feeling did not last long, as it was interrupted by a series of exclamations coming from the ship.

"Oh no! There's a leak! The boat is leaking!"

"Quick, seal it up, seal this hole!"

"Hurry up and scoop out the water, don't let the boat sink!"

"It's too late, the water is coming in too fast!"

"The ship is going to sink, the ship is going to sink! Are we all going to die in the sea? Woohoo!"

It turned out that all the ships were leaking.

And the speed of the water leakage is really too fast.

The kind that can't be blocked at all.

How long has it been? All the ships have begun to slowly sink.

Kang Mazi's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

How could he not know at this point?
Someone must have betrayed him and tampered with these ships early on.

At this time, Kang Mazi's personal guards quickly gathered around to protect Kang Mazi.

But this is on the sea, and their enemy is the silent ship or the sea.

How did they protect it?

The ships were sinking faster and faster.

I'm afraid it won't be long before it completely sinks into the sea.

It was not until this time that they discovered.

Small boats quietly went into the sea and rowed quickly outwards.

These people must be the helmsmen and sailors on the ship without a doubt.

It must be them who are behind this!

All the soldiers were filled with hatred.

They took out their bows and arrows and shot at them.

But now the ship is about to sink and is shaking violently.

How can you be accurate if you can't even stand steadily?
Except for a few unlucky sailors who were hit by arrows.

Most of the arrows fell into the sea.

The ship was sinking faster and faster.

Kang Mazi couldn't help but yelled: "My life is over! I won't accept this!"

Then the ship quickly sank into the sea.

Three thousand soldiers, including Kang Mazi and ten civil and military officials, were all swallowed up by the sea.

They are all from the north, and few of them can swim.

In addition, it is not even March yet and the weather is still chilly. Most people will quickly sink to the bottom of the sea and disappear without a trace.

Occasionally, there are a few who can swim and still continue to struggle on the sea.

However, at this time, they were already more than ten miles away from the shore, and the sea water was cold, so it was impossible for them to swim to the sea no matter what.

What's more, the sailors who had just escaped to a distance had already stopped.

If we turn back now, how could we allow them to escape?

And these sailors were very patient. They waited until everyone sank into the sea.

Only then did they approach the scene, and at this point, they were just waiting for people to float up from the sea.

They wanted to bring Kang Mazi's body back to report.

Some of these sailors had already been bribed by Fucha Chusheng.

Most of them were Fucha troops who had infiltrated.

Anyway, we are all Manchus and look exactly the same.

As an emperor, it is impossible for Kang Mazi to know the low-level soldiers.

The Fucha army sneaked in without anyone noticing.

It can only be said that Fu Cha Chusheng's infiltration of the Qing court was even more thorough than Kang Mazi believed.

After another half hour, corpses began to float up.

These sailors began to search carefully for Kang Mazi's whereabouts.

For others, they pay no attention at all.

Their mission this time was to bring back Kang Mazi's body. After searching for more than an hour, they finally found Kang Mazi's body.

The sailors excitedly salvaged it.

At this time, Kang Mazi's body had become swollen due to being soaked in sea water.

At first glance, it was just an ordinary corpse, without any trace of the dignity of the Supreme Emperor.

Next, the sailors returned home satisfied.

When they reached the shore, they found the horses that had been hidden.

He threw Kang Mazi directly onto the back of a horse, tied him up with a rope, and then returned.

Not long after running, Kang Mazi's body was shaken on the horse's back, and several mouthfuls of water spurted out of his mouth. Then Kang Mazi began to cough violently.

This scene frightened the other sailors.

They also didn't expect that Kang Mazi would come back to life.

At this time, they also had to sigh.

As expected, he is worthy of being an emperor. He is indeed blessed with great fortune.

It would be better if you were alive.

Next, the sailors stopped and untied Kang Mazi.

Kang Mazi was shivering with cold. These sailors - well, actually they were soldiers of the Fucha Army.

The soldiers hurriedly changed his clothes and even lit a fire to warm him.

After they had made a fire, they found some food for him to eat.

They returned only after Kang Mazi had recovered some strength.

Unexpectedly, Kang Mazi developed a high fever that night.

It was a chilly spring day and he soaked in the sea for nearly two hours.

He was tied to a horse and bounced around for more than ten miles. It would be strange if he didn't have a fever.

These soldiers had to ask a doctor to prescribe medicine for Kang Mazi.

They found a carriage, let him lie on it, and drove slowly.

This time, it took five days of walking before returning to Shengjing.

During these five days, Jia Cong has been trying his best to control Shengjing.

What Jia Cong wanted was not a broken Shengjing or a broken Qing Dynasty.

It is a prosperous rear area.

Therefore, we naturally have to manage it well.

And on this day, the Fucha army's team finally returned.

He also brought back the half-dead Kang Mazi.

Upon hearing the news, Jia Cong was overjoyed.

What he originally wanted was just Kang Mazi's body.

Kang Mazi was a spiritual sustenance for the Qing Dynasty.

Only by breaking this spiritual sustenance can we make them return home faster.

Therefore, Jia Cong did not want Kang Mazi to escape, lest the Manchu people would still have some thoughts in their hearts.

What he didn't expect was that these Fucha troops actually captured Kang Mazi alive.

Well, all I can say is that Kang Mazi is blessed with a long life.

The effect of a living Kang Mazi is better than that of a corpse.

Next, Jia Cong personally treated Kang Mazi. After taking his pulse, Jia Cong wrote a prescription.

After drinking it for only one day, Kang Mazi's weight was greatly reduced.

Then, Jia Cong falsely conveyed the imperial edict, and the Manchu Emperor Kang Mazi voluntarily surrendered, and the Daxia court named Kang Mazi the Happy King.

He also rewarded Kang Mazi with a house in Youzhou, and moved all of Kang Mazi's wives, concubines and children to Youzhou.

The Qing Dynasty had fallen, but Jia Cong didn't care about Kang Mazi, the king who lost his country.

He simply moved his entire family to Youzhou and ordered people to take good care of them, just like raising a bunch of pigs.

Then, Jia Cong had the news spread throughout the Qing Dynasty.

Sure enough, as soon as the news came out.

Those who still had thoughts about the Qing Dynasty and thought that their emperor had escaped and would lead troops to fight back sooner or later, could not help but give up the idea at this moment.

Although Shengjing was the capital of the Qing Dynasty, taking Shengjing and the Qing Emperor Kangxi would mean the demise of the Qing Dynasty.

But in fact, the Qing Dynasty still had a small part of its territory that was not taken over by them.

There are bound to be some diehards who still miss their former masters and are likely to defend the city to the death.

But now, with their emperor offering to surrender, this anger was inevitably vented.

Soon, the remaining small half of the Qing territory surrendered with almost no resistance.

Next, Jia Cong began to reorganize all the Qing soldiers together.

When Fu Cha was first promoted, Jia Cong directly gave him an additional 100,000 soldiers and horses.

He also promised that the credit for overthrowing the Qing Dynasty would be given to him first.

Once the court is settled, Jia Cong will definitely recommend credit for it.

Now Jia Cong’s total military force has exceeded 300,000.

Jia Cong was not afraid of a rebellion by the 100,000-strong Fucha Army.

Now the Fucha army is also equipped with 10,000 riflemen.

However, they cannot produce bullets themselves.

The bullets are all provided by the Ordnance Department.

As long as they lose the logistical supplies from Youzhou, the rifles in the hands of the 10,000 riflemen in Fucha's army can be turned into firewood sticks at any time.

Whoever controls the logistics controls the lifeblood of the Fucha Army.

The extra Qing troops were divided equally among several other generals.

Then, Jia Cong ordered Fu Cha Chusheng and Liu Xianglian to lead the army back to Youzhou first.

On the Qing side, Jia Cong left behind Jia Huan and Wu Shan's troops totaling 100,000 troops.

The Qing Dynasty still needs some cleansing.

All the land here must be distributed equally.

At the same time, the Qing army cannot be left here to garrison - of course, there will be no Qing army in the future.

We cannot leave Manchu soldiers to garrison, we must leave the Youzhou army behind.

So as not to cause a mutiny in the army.

Next, Jia Cong, with a large army under his command, carried out a major land reform across the entire Manchu territory.

During this period, a large number of Eight Banners nobles who oppressed the people were killed.

Most of their land was distributed to the people.

The remaining land will also be leased.

These lands were not left by Jia Cong himself.

Instead, it leaves room for future population growth.

Because there were soldiers suppressing them, the Manchu nobles naturally could not make much waves.

Even many high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty regretted surrendering.

But now it's too late.

The people of the Qing Dynasty were all excited after Jia Cong upheld justice and distributed land to them.

They suddenly developed a sense of belonging to Daxia and were even more grateful to Champion Marquis Jia Cong.

Next, Jia Cong invited Prime Minister Kou to Shengjing to take charge and govern the land.

Kou Xiang went there happily.

At this point, Jia Cong finally got away and returned to Youzhou.

With the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Jia Cong has now begun to focus his attention on the situation in the Central Plains.

After Emperor Tianci left the capital, he headed north.

In fact, he could have hidden in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

With the protection of Champion Marquis Jia Cong, he will definitely be well protected.

However, Emperor Tianci was also very wary of Jia Cong.

Jia Cong was definitely not a loyal minister or a good general, otherwise he would not have ignored his orders and refused to go south to redress the injustice.

Emperor Tianci was afraid that Marquis Guanjun would do what Cao Cao did and use the emperor to control the other princes.

He was afraid that if he went to Yanyun, he would never be able to come back and would only become a puppet in the hands of Marquis Guanjun.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Emperor Tianci finally fled to Jinan Prefecture.

This place is far enough from the capital.

And Niu Jizong is quite capable of defending the city.

Emperor Tianci felt that he would be very safe if he fled to Jinan Prefecture.

After learning the news, Jia Cong couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

This Tianci Emperor is really a hopeless case.

The Three Feudatories rebels were indeed coming with great force.

But there are actually a few great generals in the court.

They may not be able to defeat the Qing army, but they are still capable of fighting against the Three Feudatories rebels.

If the imperial court proceeds steadily and cautiously, it will not have to worry about not being able to resist the rebel army.

Even if he did not flee and instead held on to the capital, the rebels would not be able to capture the capital.

Once the righteous army arrives to defend the capital, the rebels will inevitably change.

It’s a pity that this Tianci Emperor was so foolish and incompetent that he abandoned the capital and fled.

But this man was a ruthless person. When he escaped, he took the emperor and several rare talents of the royal family with him.

This Tianci Emperor is quite clever and ruthless.

He was afraid that if he left behind the retired emperor and several members of the royal family, as soon as he ran away, someone over there would support these people to become emperor.

If that happens, he will be in danger.

Therefore, even if you run away, you must take all these troubles with you.

If there is anything wrong, kill them all first and then deal with it.

Jia Cong also discovered that Niu Jizon stayed in the capital and successfully defended the capital.

However, the Three Feudatories rebels simply abandoned the capital and headed straight for Jinan Prefecture.

These rebels are not stupid. They know that the most important thing now is not to occupy the capital.

It's not about occupying the territory, but about taking down Emperor Tianci first and then doing anything else.

As long as he kills Emperor Tianci and destroys the Great Xia royal family, he will be able to ascend the throne and rule the world.

Therefore, along the way, the Three Feudatories rebels did not capture any cities or territories.

Wu Sangui led 50,000 cavalry and marched straight in.

Apart from occasionally causing harm to the people, they marched quickly and headed straight for Jinan Prefecture.

The defenders along the way knew that they were no match for the rebels, so they were naturally happy to see this scene.

Therefore, the rebels were very fast.

After Emperor Tianci arrived in Jinan Prefecture, he was so frightened that he fell seriously ill.

After recovering from his illness, he was happy again in Jinan Prefecture.

At this time, Emperor Tianci not only suffered a great loss of reputation, but also lost too much control.

Seeing that the rebels were about to attack Jinan Prefecture, he was still unaware of the situation.

And, perhaps because he felt something was not right, he just acted like an ostrich.

He actually took the time to enjoy himself.

He also filled Jinan Prefecture with dozens of concubines, never attended court in the morning, and did not inquire into state affairs, but spent his days in pleasure with the beauties.

It is so absurd and stupid that it makes people shocked.

A few days later, Wu Sangui led 50,000 cavalrymen and headed directly to Jinan Prefecture. News came that he would arrive in Jinan Prefecture in a few days.

Emperor Tianci could no longer play ostrich, so he started to panic.

He hurriedly summoned the ministers who had followed him in exile to discuss state affairs.

Discuss how to resist the rebels.

Some people suggested that they should simply confer the title of King Pingnan as a parallel king and rule together with him by dividing the river.

Someone suggested going to Guanjun Hou for help.

Some people even suggested that they should just open the city gates and surrender, and perhaps they could still survive... (End of this chapter)