Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1139 Jiang Xiang Anyway Three

Jiang Xiang ordered his personal guards to guard the mansion, and ordered his confidantes to guard the outside of the hall. When several trusted generals were called, everyone briefly said a few words, the news Jiang Xiang brought from Hu Weizong, and the fact that Prince Chu of Ming Dynasty wanted them to raise troops Gao Ding, Niu Guangtian and other generals were informed, and then the mansion was closed for discussion.

"You are all my confidantes. Now I am willing to finish my servant Dorgon's order to deprive us of military power. You know the meanness and widowhood of the Qing Dynasty. Once we lose our men and horses, we will be fish on the chopping board. Killing people!" Jiang Xiang looked at the people with an angry expression, "Besides, we are originally Han people, and now we have the order of the king of Chu, and this town wants to spread justice to the world, so you are willing to follow us!"

Gao Ding, Niu Guangtian, and the Jiang family brothers all stood up seeing Jiang Xiang looking at them. Gao Ding immediately cupped his fists, "Since the Manchus entered the pass, they have been rampant and unpopular. The last general will naturally follow the military gate. There is nothing else to say."

Niu Guangtian also expressed his opinion immediately, "I wanted to turn against his mother for a long time, and I will follow the army to the death!"

After Jiang Xiang took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he made many contributions. However, not only did he not get a reward, but he was constantly reprimanded and blamed.

In one place, you have been working for ten years, but you have no chance to climb up. Now you may even be kicked out, and anyone will be full of resentment.

Several generals expressed their opinions one after another, and the Jiang brothers naturally stood by Jiang Xiang's side and supported anyway.

Jiang Xiang nodded in satisfaction, and waved his hand proudly, "Okay, since all brothers agree, then we will work together to achieve great things!"

Hu Weizong saw that Jiang Xiang and the generals of Datong Town were willing to make trouble, and he was happy in his heart. He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "The military gate and all the generals are of one mind, and half of the big event is achieved!" It depends on Junmen's plan!"

Jiang Xiang had already prepared for the uprising, but what he was thinking about was the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army. He started an incident in Datong and cooperated with the Ming Army from behind. support.

Jiang Xiang stroked his short beard under his forehead, pondered for a moment and said: "Now the main forces of the Qing army are in Nanyang and Huaibei, and Beizhi and Shanxi are very empty. After the incident in this town, there are only two roads to the east and south. To the east Taking down the Xuan Mansion and threatening Beijing will surely shake the world, and Dorgon will definitely mobilize troops quickly to put down the rebellion, but we may not be able to withstand it."

After all, Jiang Xiang has experienced a series of wars such as the Chongzhen Pingkou, the post-war Jin outside the pass, and the entry of the Qing army into the pass.He has survived until now, and almost all the famous generals of the same generation are almost dead, so he has also survived to become a famous general who can be counted in the world.

Although this uprising was completely different from the previous plan, he also quickly analyzed a plan.

Hu Weizong frowned, thinking in his heart, in terms of effect, if Jiang Xiang attacked the Xuan Mansion and jumped the Great Wall to threaten Beijing, then the Qing court would not hesitate to send troops back to help, and immediately relieve the Ming army in Nanyang. The dilemma facing Huainan is that once the Qing soldiers quickly return to aid, Jiang Xiang may not be able to withstand the counterattack of the Qing army with the declared land, and the King of Chu will definitely not go north in a short time after rectifying the interior of Nanming, so Jiang Xiang There are some reasons to consider.

"Junmen mean to attack Taiyuan in the south and collect the land of the Three Jins?" Hu Weizong asked.

Jiang Xiang nodded, "The land of Datong is not enough to fight against the Qing Dynasty. If we take the whole Jin Dynasty, we will have the Great Wall in the north, the Yellow River in the south, and the Taihang hero in the east. Ning Wan, the governor of Shanxi, is in the city. If this town wins him, Taiyuan is at your fingertips. Moreover, the Manchus invaded south, and in order to raise grain and wages, they extorted violently from the people of Shanxi, which caused people's resentment to boil, and a lot of grain and grass are still waiting for transportation in Taiyuan. If this town gets it, the money and grain will be established. , When the time comes, climb up and call out, and the people of the river east will definitely rise up and respond to this town!"

After listening to Jiang Xiang's words, Gao Ding and Jiang's brothers were excited. They seemed to have seen the scene of a large army in Shanxi attacking the city and pulling out the village, making great achievements.

"Speaking of food and pay, Jiexiu Fan's family and Lingshi Wang's family can copy it to use as military funds!" Hu Weizong suddenly added after hearing Jiang Xiang's plan.

Hearing his words, Gao Ding, Niu Guangtian, and the Jiang brothers were taken aback for a moment, and then looked at each other with a fierce look in their eyes, showing greed.

After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, military expenditures increased sharply and finances were very difficult. In this regard, Zu Kefa and Zhang Cunren, who participated in politics in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, once suggested: "Shandong is the way of grain transportation, and Shanxi is the way of merchants. It is urgent to recruit. If the two If the soldiers and people of the province belong to our territory, then there will be wealth and wealth, and there will be no shortage of national use.” Therefore, the Manchu Qing regime mostly adopted a policy of appeasement towards Shanxi merchants.

In the early years of Shunzhi, the Manchu Qing called Fan Yongdou, a wealthy businessman who had repeatedly helped the Qing Dynasty transport prohibited materials outside the customs, as an imperial merchant of the House of Internal Affairs.

During the process of the Manchus marching into the Central Plains, most of the previous large-scale military operations received financial support from Shanxi merchants.

Among these Shanxi merchants, the most hated ones are the eight imperial merchants headed by Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku.These people made political investments in the Manchu Qing Dynasty very early on. After the Qing court took control of the Central Plains, they naturally got rewards, and each family had a huge fortune.

The Qing government raised food and payment in Shanxi, and the people of the Three Jin Dynasties had been suffering for a long time. Jiang Xiang felt that he had a certain basis for public opinion, and the food and payment collected by the Qing army from various prefectures in Shanxi provided him with military payment. After leaving the Fan family's lair, the money for recruiting rebels is also available.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiang felt a little anxious, "The key to this incident is to take down the entire Shanxi before the Qing army reacts, so we have to act quickly."

Speaking of this, Jiang Xiang looked at Hu Weizong and said, "Chief helmsman, I want to make trouble, what banner does the King of Chu want me to use?"

He was an important official, and the generals below all looked at Hu Weizong with piercing eyes. Hu Weizong smiled slightly and opened the bag. There were more than ten rolls of yellow silk inside. He looked at it and took out one. Handed it to Jiang Xiang, "The army can use the name of Duke Jin of the Ming Dynasty, the governor of the right army and the left governor, to call on the three Jins to rebel against the Qing Dynasty!"

When Jiang Xiang heard this, she was overjoyed immediately. She never expected that the King of Chu would be so generous. He had served the Qing Dynasty for ten years, but so far he was only a general of Datong.He hurriedly took the yellow silk from Hu Weizong's hand, and opened it to see that it was indeed his edict, with the seal of the cabinet and the seal of the regent of the king of Chu on it.

Seeing Jiang Xiang's expression, all the generals knew that the canonization was true. Jiang Xiang was the Duke of the state. Naturally, they would not fail to be promoted. They all stared at the remaining yellow silk with shining eyes, but Hu Weizong didn't give it to them. Put it away, "The imperial court doesn't know much about the situation in Shanxi, and the time is in a hurry, so they only canonized the military gate as the Duke of the State!"

Hearing what he said, the generals couldn't help but feel a little disappointed on their faces. Seeing this, Hu Weizong went on to say: "However, His Royal Highness Chu considers that everyone is risking their lives to serve Daming, so he asked me to bring the seal of the cabinet and regent. There are dozens of imperial edicts, including three marquises and dozens of earls, they just need to fill in their names, and they will be honored after the imperial court recovers the Northland, so you generals don’t have to worry.”

This time, for the sake of Shanxi anyway, Wang Yan's conditions can be said to be excellent, far higher than the normal level, and can almost be said to be indiscriminate, but this is also Wang Yan's helpless move. He needs Jiang Xiangqi to buy him time to quell the rebellion.

Furthermore, after Jiang Xiang's incident, the Ming Dynasty had to rest for a period of time. In order to prevent the officers and soldiers of Datong from surrendering repeatedly under the siege of the Qing army anyway, Wang Yan decided to raise his title higher.

The generals heard that those yellow silks had their titles written on them, and they were waiting for the imperial edict to fill in their names. All of them became excited, wishing to conquer Shanxi immediately, or even go to Beijing, and write their names on the imperial edict.

Jiang Xiang's enthusiasm also increased greatly at this time, he glanced at the generals, and immediately ordered: "Gao Ding, you immediately lead people to control the gate of the city, Jiang Youguang, you go to the barracks to transfer troops into the city, this town will kill me, and there Xuanda's Manchu and Qing officials took it all in one pot, and used their heads to sacrifice to the heavens!"

After hearing this, many generals clasped their fists excitedly, "Here! I'll do it right away!"

Datong is one of the nine important towns in the Ming Dynasty. Surrounded by the Great Wall, it is located at the junction of the Taihang anticline and the Yinshan uplift. The barrier of the Jin Dynasty, the gateway to the north, and the throat of the Jin Dynasty and the North Zhizhi, it is a battleground for military strategists of all dynasties, known as the "Northern Lock and Key".

The entire Datong Town has a very wide jurisdiction. The Great Wall for defense starts from Zhenkoutai in the east and ends at Yajiao Mountain in the west. The head of the border town is the north gate of the capital.

Now in Datong Town, without the support of the Qing court, it is naturally impossible to have so many soldiers and horses. Jiang Xiang has 3 regular soldiers and [-] miscellaneous soldiers. However, because Datong is located in a border town and has resisted Mongolian attacks all year round, the folk custom Sturdy, almost all adult men have received some training.

As long as Jiang Xiang has money and food, it is not a problem to expand the army by tens of thousands in a short period of time with one order.

At this time, Jiang Xiang's 5 horses were not all in Datong City, but were stationed along the Great Wall, or in counties and passes around Datong. There were only 3000 soldiers and horses in the city. Baiqiding is still a little unsafe, so he asked the soldiers to guard the city gate first, and waited for troops to be transferred from outside the city before attacking Ning Wan and me.

The generals came out of the General Military Mansion and acted according to the orders, and the soldiers and horses in the city were mobilized immediately.

The streets in the city have also stepped up inspections, especially outside the magistrate's yamen and the governor's office, where patrolling soldiers can be seen everywhere. On the surface, they are maintaining law and order to prevent idlers from disturbing the governor, but in fact they are monitoring the governor's office.

The common people will check anyone who passes by here, and the soldiers will secretly blackmail them. If they don't express, they will probably be arrested on trumped-up charges, and no one dares to walk on the street.

At this time, behind a wine shop in the city, a few Xiaosi came to the street where Governor Xingyuan was carrying several loads of food boxes.

This is the food delivered by the restaurant to some rich and noble families. Generally, it will not attract interference, but today is a bit special. When the group of people approached the gate, they were stopped by a patrolling soldier.

"Where are you going?" the leading officer asked.

The accompanying shopkeeper hurriedly took out a handful of copper coins and handed them over, and said with a smile: "It's the food and wine ordered by the governor. Let the small shop deliver it to Xingyuan, and please be flexible with the military master."

The head boss didn't take the money, snorted, the shopkeeper understood, quickly took out some coins, and said with a smile: "My lord, I'm going to lose money in many small shops."

The general manager was still hesitating, but the subordinates on the side reminded him: "Boss, the general told me not to startle the snake!""

The boss frowned when he heard this, snatched the money away, and waved his hand, "Let's go!"

Seeing the sentry soldiers walking away, the shopkeeper waited for them to go far away, and hurriedly said, "Go!"

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