In the city of Xi'an, the Manchu Eight Banners flutter in the wind.
The governor of Shaanxi Jia Hanfu, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Zhang Yong, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Sun Sike, and the generals Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp were all looking at Prince An Yue Le who came from afar.
As for why Prince An Yue Le led thousands of Eight Banners disciples on an expedition to Xi'an... they didn't know why, but they thought it might have something to do with the order from King Qin they received a few days ago to raise troops to suppress the Ming thieves.
The Han officials present naturally knew who the Ming thief was.
After all, most of them came to the Qing Dynasty from the Ming Dynasty, and many of them were generals of the Ming Dynasty, such as the two leaders, Jia Hanfu and Zhang Yong.
And some are descendants of generals who surrendered in the Ming Dynasty, such as Sun Sike.
Because of the rebellion, they had preserved their current glory and wealth. After hearing that the Ming Dynasty was coming back, the people who were most frightened were not the Manchus in the city, but them, the former Ming generals and current Qing ministers.
No matter at any time, traitors will not be forgiven and are on the must-kill list.
Therefore, they were all very anxious and wanted to get news from the front line from Prince An.
"I humble my duty to pay my respects to Prince An. His Majesty is a thousand years old!"
From afar, Prince An Yue Le's "Beggars' Army" was seen approaching. The chief generals of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp greeted Yue Le one after another, and faced Yue Le with a roaring tsunami.
What shocked the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp was that after hearing the roar of the mountains and the tsunami, the Eight Banners disciples burst into tears. They seemed to be crying with joy, and many of them had even disrupted their formation and rushed toward Xi'an City indiscriminately. .
Seeing this scene, the green battalion soldiers in the Shaanxi-Gansu area looked at each other. They did not expect that these Eight Banners disciples, who had always shouted five and six, would be so careless about their appearance. The Eight Banners general Tu Hai also rode his horse in front of Prince An Yue Le to welcome the Eight Banners. The generals of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp said: "Yes, thank you for your hard work."
Fei Yanggu on the side also had a gloomy face and whispered: "Quickly prepare food for my army. My army has been running around for days and is already exhausted. Please prepare quickly!"
Faced with this situation, the generals of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp looked at each other in shock, and finally quickly arranged for the cooks in Xi'an City to prepare meals for these Eight Banners disciples who had come from afar and narrowly escaped death.
These Eight Banners soldiers don't look like they are from Beijing.
On the contrary, it seems to be coming from an escape.
If the governor of Shaanxi, Jia Hanfu, and the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Zhang Yong, had not recognized Prince An Yue Le, they would have suspected that this group of people were pretending to be descendants of the Eight Banners to steal food and drink.
While the disciples of the Eight Banners were feasting, Jia Hanfu and Zhang Yong sat beside Prince An Yue Le. Yue Le ate gracefully. Although his beard was gray, he was eating the meat buns one bite at a time, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch them from him.
"Your Majesty."
The thin Jia Hanfu looked like a good official. He wore a flowered feather on his head and had deep eyes. Taking advantage of his children's in-laws, he asked Yue Le worriedly: "How is the city of Beijing now? After I received the news, I immediately Assemble the Shaanxi Green Camp, a total of seven battalions of soldiers and horses, with a total of 35,000 people. When they arrived at Tongguan, they received the order from the prince to hold the troops still...I wonder what the emperor is like, whether the Ming thieves have been defeated?"
Hearing Jia Hanfu's question, Yue Le took a breath, put down the meat buns in his hand, looked at it reluctantly, and said shamefully to the expectant Han generals at the table: "Ming thief" The situation is so great that our powerful Eight Banners force was not detected and was defeated in Chengde, and all the 100,000 troops were lost to the enemy!"
"Beijing is isolated outside the city, and the Ming thieves are powerful. The inn came to report that Beijing has been attacked by the Ming thieves for a long time. I, Yue Le, am ashamed of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty and the heroes of Manchuria."
After saying that, Yue Le thought about committing suicide.
However, seeing that all the Han generals present seemed to be shocked by the news, and it seemed that no one would come out to stop him for a while, Yue Lesui coughed twice in embarrassment and went back to his posture.
"How could this happen?!"
Jia Hanfu's eyes were filled with confusion, and he said in panic: "What about the emperor?! No, I will join forces with Governor Zhang to use the entire Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp army and send 100,000 troops to rescue the emperor from his predicament!"
"No!"
Fei Yanggu on the side stood up and said righteously to Jia Han: "Governor Jia's words are wrong! The emperor visited Tianjin long before the expedition. The sky will never stop our Qing Dynasty. Although the country has fallen to the enemy, we There is still some shadow left in the Qing Dynasty!”
Fei Yanggu was full of energy and looked like a big shot.
When Yue Le saw Fei Yanggu taking over the meeting, he quickly started eating fried noodles.
These ten days of living in the open air have been very hard on the old man.
After so many years of pampering, even Yue Le, the first generation of the Eight Banners who fought out from the white clouds and black soil, was a little disgusted with the miserable life.
Seeing Fei Yanggu's words, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and the commander-in-chief of Gansu couldn't help but look at each other and said, "Please tell me, Prince An, what should we do now?"
Tu Hai, another famous Manchu general who had also eaten half full, stood up and said angrily to the generals: "It is Xuan Ye's fault that our Qing Dynasty is in such a dangerous situation!"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was in an uproar!
Xuanye is Kang Mazi’s famous name.
In the Qing Dynasty, no one dared to say these two words except Kang Mazi himself, and Dayu'er... no, it should be said Aunt Bu now.
"Be bold!"
"How dare you call the Holy Name!"
"Come here, let me take it down!"
"..."
Suddenly, the originally peaceful scene fell into chaos, and when Tuhai saw this, he said angrily: "If it weren't for the fact that Xuanye's son unjustly killed the grand master, causing chaos in the army, how could our Qing Dynasty be defeated today? !”
It can be said that Tuhai was aggrieved about the killing of Obai.
When he was in the Shunzhi Dynasty, it can be said that he experienced ups and downs.
He was appreciated at first, but within a few years, he was beaten to the bottom by Emperor Shunzhi, dismissed from his post and investigated, and his family property was lost.
It can be said that it has been sent.
But fortunately at this time, Shunzhi died and Kangxi came to power, so he had the opportunity to regain power.
It is true that Kangxi came to power, but at the beginning of Kangxi's reign, all major military and state affairs were done by Obai.
Under Obai's governance, his talent in Tuhai skyrocketed, and he was promoted to bachelor of Hongwen Academy, and to the rank of first-class captain of light vehicles.
Therefore, after Aobai was overthrown by Kangxi in such a dramatic way, although Tuhai praised him as "the emperor's sage" on the surface, he felt deeply regretful secretly.
Now that they were defeated, as one of the lieutenants who went on the expedition, Tuhai would naturally not admit that it was the generals who went on the expedition who had problems with their skills.
So, who has the problem?
That must be Kangxi Kang Mazi! If he hadn't killed Grand Master Ao Bai and made people's hearts wander, how could he have lost? !
Tu Hai's voice was sonorous and powerful, and when Fei Yanggu heard the words, he couldn't help but echoed loudly: "That's right! The emperor is just a boy of thirteen or fourteen. He killed the grand master. It is really an eternal injustice!"
Fei Yanggu was a good student of Yue Le, so he would naturally not admit that their defeat was the reason.
Suddenly, all the eyes of the audience were turned to Yue Le.
Yue Le also silently put down the oily noodles in his hand. After some mental struggle, he nodded fiercely and said: "Yes! The emperor is still too young, and it's not his fault."
In just a few words, the person with the highest status in the room came to define this behavior.
Hearing what Yue Le said, Jia Hanfu sat back silently, while Zhang Yong and Sun Sike, who came to watch the fun, also sat back.
After the leaders sat back, the doubts present disappeared.
Seeing this situation, Tu Hai couldn't help but become bold, and then shouted: "Before the death of the late emperor, he once wanted to pass the throne to Prince An. As a result, the Westerner Tang Ruowang took Xuan Ye's benefits and bewitched the late emperor, causing An to The prince missed the throne!"
Tu Hai gritted his teeth and then said: "Now that the young master is coming to court, the country is shaken, and I feel that I still need to support Prince An as the emperor, and be ordered by heaven in Xi'an, the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, to maintain our Qing imperial line!"
For a moment, the whole audience was speechless.
After a long time, Feiyanggu reacted, and immediately drew his knife and shouted: "I, Feiyanggu, support Prince An to become the emperor!"
The other ministers, including Yue Le, were all stunned and did not recover for a long time.
At this time, Tu Hai opened his mouth and shouted: "Governor Jia, if Prince An becomes the emperor, your daughter will be the future crown princess, and your family will be the father-in-law!"
After hearing what Tu Hai said, Jia Hanfu felt a little moved for a moment.
The Shaanxi Green Camp generals present also began to become restless.
If Prince An ascends the throne in Xi'an, wouldn't it be our Shaanxi Green Camp generals who can rely on him?
The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Zhang Yong, was even more decisive. After looking around, he immediately summoned a close confidant. After secretly speaking a few words, he bowed down and said: "Prince An's ascension to the throne is the late emperor's will! Now that the Qing Dynasty is in danger, I will Please wait until Prince An ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor!"
And the confidant hurried back again, with a piece of yellow cloth in his hand. He didn't know whether it was a tablecloth or a curtain. Regardless of whether Prince An Yue Le wanted it or not, Zhang Yong, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and Sun Sike, the commander-in-chief of Gansu, forced it. This piece of yellow cloth was draped on Prince An Yue Le.
Prince An Yue Le was dumbfounded by such changes, and then he quickly evaded: "Don't harm me, don't harm me! The emperor is not dead yet, why do you put the yellow robe on me?"
What do you mean, is it okay if the emperor is dead?
Jia Hanfu thought this in his heart, saying that the world was deteriorating and people's hearts were not as old as before, but he followed the advice with his mouth.
"The latest military report shows that Xuan Ye's son is trapped in Tianjin and is probably not far away from being captured."
Tu Hai immediately shouted: "Our dynasty should also make preparations early, imitate the methods of our ancestors, and follow the example of Emperor Yuan of Jin and Emperor Gaozong of Song, and take over the throne as early as possible, Your Highness, or at worst, we should imitate that..."
Having said this, Tuhai immediately closed his mouth and remained silent.
After all, what he originally wanted to say was Nan Ming.
Thinking about it later, the script looked a bit familiar.
The enemy entered the pass, the city of Beijing was destroyed, and the emperor was besieged.
The royal family fled far away and proclaimed themselves emperor in another city.
Wow.
This script seems a bit familiar.
"No!"
Prince An Yue Le immediately stood up and was very angry: "The emperor is still alive, how can I, Yue Le, be inferior to a pig or a dog?!"
This momentum immediately shocked everyone, so that everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to say.
Just when I thought that this time I would be in vain, I heard Prince An Yue Le said quietly: "But the emperor is young, so in case the emperor does not issue any political orders that are not beneficial to the country again, I will reluctantly do it and supervise the country... Ah no, Just be reluctant to serve as regent.”
Yes.
In our Qing Dynasty, the prison country had a unique name.
Called the Regent.
Hearing what Prince An Yue Le said, everyone was relieved, and at the same time they cheered happily: "Long live Prince An, the regent, and long live the Qing Dynasty!"
After the regency, Yue Le's mood was a little complicated, and at this moment he couldn't help but start to enjoy himself.
If destiny is my king.
Then it is not impossible to be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
Even an emperor like the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty would only dream of it.
However, judging from the current situation, the little Emperor Kangxi is probably doomed, and he, the Qing Emperor, is almost certain.
At this thought, Yue Le Dayi said solemnly: "I... cough cough, tell me the king's decree, ordering the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp to defend Tongguan and not allow Ming thieves to enter!"
"Send an order to the world and order Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Anhui and other places to respond to my king and send troops northward to regain the old capital!"
"twitter!"
…
The inner city of Beijing is smooth and tidy, and the ground is spotless. It is hard to imagine that this is a big city with millions of people living there.
The inner city was so empty that there weren't even many people left.
Occasionally, there were a few spots of blood that had not been cleaned up, but the Ming soldiers all ignored it and followed His Majesty the Ming Emperor into the palace.
The inner city was cleaned out by the slave camps and Manchu camps, and a large number of ashes were burned outside the city. The Ming army did not participate in the massacre. Those who participated in the massacre were all soldiers surrendered by the Eight Banners.
After all, things like massacres have a huge impact on military discipline.
Zhu Houcong would not let the main army of the Ming Dynasty do such dirty work, so he only built slave camps and Manchuria camps.
As for the looted treasure, 90% of it must be turned over.
More than 300 soldiers from the Eight Banners were executed for hiding treasures.
What?
Why not worry about poor military discipline?
Of course you don't have to worry about it, just kill them if they surrender due to poor military discipline.
Anyway, the number of surrendered troops is very large. If the worst happens, they will just surrender again. There is no need to worry about this. Anyway, they are just cannon fodder used as consumables.
"This servant pays homage to Your Majesty."
As soon as he entered the city, Zhu Houcong saw the admiral of the Jiannu Camp gathered together. After bowing his head, he respectfully said to Zhu Houcong: "Your Majesty, the inner city has been cleaned. The families of my brothers from the Jiannu Camp and the Manchuria Camp have been cleared." Moved to live outside the city.”
After saying that, he whispered again: "Your Majesty, the sons of the pseudo-Prince Qing'an, Sereng'e, Sebuli, Wu'erzhan, etc. were all captured. Also captured with them were the family members of the pseudo-Prince Qing'an. The slave thinks that the fake Prince Qing'an has not been captured yet, so these family members may be useful."
After saying that, he bowed again and said: "You are a slave who has made your own decisions. It is a capital crime!"
"Okay, get up."
Zhu Houcong shook his head, but he did not blame Bin Bi for this. Instead, he opened his mouth and said with a smile: "You slave, you are reasonable... Okay, take down the Yue Le family members together, don't kill them, maybe it will be of some use, etc." Kill again when it’s no longer useful.”
"Draft an edict to change the status of Jiannu Camp to Jianzhou Camp. The first to ascend to Jianzhou Camp will be given five hundred taels of silver, and will be granted the title of first-class Jianzhou Warrior and appointed as the commander-in-chief of the left camp of Jianzhou Camp."
"I thank you, Lord, for your kindness."
Bing Bi was overjoyed and quickly thanked Tian'en and retreated at the same time, preparing to tell the Eight Banners surrender troops in Jianzhou Camp the good news.
Anyway, it’s a theme.
Being a dog for Ming Dynasty has many benefits.
After he left, Lu Bing stepped forward, saluted Zhu Houcong and said, "I pay homage to Your Majesty. There is a secret order from the Jinyi Guards."
"read."
Zhu Houcong held a Taoist scripture in his hand, and while reading it, he gave instructions to Lu Bing.
After hearing Zhu Houcong's answer, Lu Bing immediately said: "Last night, when Your Majesty was resting, an urgent letter came from Shandong. He said that he was from the Confucius family, and it was the letter of encouragement to Your Majesty from Duke Yan Sheng. , The Kong family promised that after Master Wang arrives in Shandong, the Kong family will lead ten thousand of his family to attack the city and contribute a little to the advancement of the Ming Dynasty."
"Hmph, the Kong family."
Zhu Houcong snorted coldly and couldn't help but feel a little sneered.
This Kong family can really dance.
It's just right to take the Kong family as a model and tell those people who are on both ends of the spectrum the fate of the Kong family and the consequences of betraying the Ming Dynasty!
Seeing that Zhu Houcong seemed to be aware of this matter, Lu Bing did not delay at all, and continued: "Several pseudo-Qing emperor merchants from Jin came with heavy gifts, and together they offered tens of thousands of stones in cursive script and hundreds of thousands of salt, claiming that they wanted to make peace with him. Your Majesty is doing business..."
When Zhu Houcong heard this, he took a deep breath.
Well, well, the Confucius family rushed to surrender, and Shanxi merchants also came to join in the fun.
Zhu Houcong said coldly: "Stabilize them first and wait until the front reaches Shanxi."
"yes."
After Lu Bing leaned over, he continued: "Urgent report from outside the customs. Eleven days ago, Wu Yinghou's attack was thwarted. Unidentified red barbarian cavalry appeared in Heilongjiang and Ningguta. They seemed to be reinforcements invited by the puppet Qing Dynasty. Wuyinghou beheaded more than 300 people. .”
"Cossack Cavalry."
Zhu Houcong naturally guessed the identity of the other party.
Cossack cavalry are famous mercenaries in Europe. As long as you have money, you can send them out.
There are a lot of Cossack cavalry under the Grand Duchy of Moscow. It is estimated that there is a Cossack cavalry near Siberia, and then it was bribed by the Qing Dynasty General Ningguta or Heilongjiang General to serve?
low efficiency.
"The Marquis of Xianning attacked Zhili and beheaded 1,300 people."
Lu Bing continued to report: "General Liu and Admiral Zheng came to report that according to the Qing soldiers captured in Dagotai, the Manchu Qing pseudo-emperor Aisin Gioro Xuanye was in Tianjin. Now General Liu has besieged Tianjin and fought with him. The enemy troops in Tianjin were fighting, and General Liu reported that there were unusual movements in the directions of Shandong and Henan, and General Liu sent a letter asking for help."
After hearing this memorial, Zhu Houcong suddenly became interested and immediately said: "Order the five battalions of Jianzhou, Manzhou, Xiaoyong, Fubo and Fenwu to follow me south to attack Tianjin, order Yaowu battalion to guard Beijing, and reorganize the green battalion. Declare the troops and name the camp 'Kru Camp'!"
Without any hesitation, Zhu Houcong mobilized more than 50,000 troops and prepared to march south to Tianjin.
In this battle, Zhu Houcong has only one goal.
Capture Kang Mazi alive!
(End of chapter)
