"Jianzhi, what do you mean?"
"Fantai." Chen Jian gritted his teeth and said, "You, no, we have to capture the third prince Zhu to be able to offset the loss of the land! Otherwise, Tianwei will be angry, and our waiting for replacement officials will be wasted at most. You are afraid that you will never have the opportunity to serve the court and the emperor again in this life!"
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When Mu Tianyan heard Chen Jian's words, his pale face suddenly turned rosy. He was still trembling and the corners of his mouth were twitching.
He was not a fool, and of course he knew that the "Third Prince Zhu" who just rode a horse and threw himself into the trap in a confused manner was a Xibei. The yellow-robed, wearing-dressed prince who stood with Ao Bai and commanded more than a hundred troops to attack the Jiangsu governor's office. The man in the red hat is more like Prince Zhu San than Wang Yongkang!
Moreover, the rebel army of more than 100 people did not cause any confusion because of Wang Yongkang's capture, and no one even cared about Wang Yongkang's life or death. So he should be just a stand-in for Prince Zhu San, and he can't be Wu Sangui's real son-in-law. His wife should also be a stand-in. The two of them were just tools used to cover the activities of the real Prince Zhu, Wu Sangui's daughter, and Ao Bai in the Jiangnan area.
The reason why the third prince Zhenzhu and Obai suddenly launched an attack may be because the plainclothes pacesetters sent by Zuo Yuanyang to monitor the Humble Administrator's Garden were noticed by their people! It may also be because Ao Bai still holds a high position in Jiangnan and has accomplices who know the emperor's plan.
Therefore, the third prince Zhenzhu and Obai must have thought that the court had learned of their conspiracy, so they took action in advance. And their original conspiracy was probably to respond to the rebellion in Jiangnan after Wu Sangui raised his troops!
After some brainstorming, Mu Tianyan, who was good at catching rebels, felt that he had understood the truth of this "Pingjiang Riot".
But knowing the truth does not mean that you can keep your qualifications to be a loyal minister - to be a loyal minister, you must first live well. If you go to the market and get stabbed for the crime of losing your land, can you still be called a loyal minister?
The emperor is so wise, he will not let his loyal ministers be knifed. And the only way Mu Tianyan wants to avoid getting stabbed and keep his official position is to deceive the emperor and turn Wang Yongkang into the real Prince Zhu!
If this thing can be done, then as long as the imperial army can take back Suzhou and drive away the third prince Zhenzhu and Obai, then Mu Tianyan can live! Not only can he survive, but he can also work on his merits. At worst, he will lose his fortune and start a career!
Otherwise, even if Suzhou was taken back, he would be finished. He would have to go to Ninggu Pagoda to save his life, and he would not be able to turn around again in the future.
This really means that in order to be a loyal minister, you must first deceive the emperor! If you don't deceive the emperor, you will have to go to the vegetable market to be beheaded or go to Ninggu Pagoda to die of cold and starvation, and you still deserve it!
Now do you want to get what you deserve, or do you want your name to go down in history?
"Reporting to the lord of the feudal lord, the Third Prince Zhu and Ao Bai have led three thousand troops to Xiangfu Xue!"
While Mu Tianyan was still struggling with his thoughts, another policeman rolled in and rolled in.
Mu Tianyan stood up suddenly and said loudly: "Nonsense, where is the third prince Zhu? It is obvious that there is only Obai! Obai must be here to save the third prince Zhu!"
Chen Jian immediately jumped up: "Yes! There is no third prince Zhu. There is only Obai! The third prince Zhu has been captured alive by the feudal lord!"
When Mu Tianyan and Chen Jian sang in harmony, the people below immediately understood what to do.
"Fantai, we can't let Ao Bai rescue the third prince Zhu!"
"Yes, yes, as long as Obai does not have the Third Prince Zhu in his hands, he will not have the right to raise troops in the southeast. Even if he takes Suzhou, he will not be able to last."
"Fantai, hurry up and escort Prince Zhu to retreat!"
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Mu Tianyan no longer tensed up. If he kept tensing up, he would become a loyal warrior. So Mu Tianyan waved his arm and said, "Here comes the third prince Zhu. Let's retreat!"
"嗻!"
In the night in the south of the Yangtze River, a fire dragon is still holding the stars and moonlight, passing through the fish and water town, panting southward along the official road from Jiangning to Suzhou.
This fire dragon is composed of about 3,000 infantry and horse troops, including 1,000 Fujian elites led by Shi Lang, the former Fujian waterway admiral, 1,000 Fubiao led by Jiangsu governor Ma Hu, and 1,000 governors led by Duolong, the governor of Liangjiang. mark.
Three thousand horse-riding elites, who didn't even sleep at night, were rushing here in a hurry. Of course, Duolong and Mahu had just received the urgent report of the uprising between Prince Zhu and Obai in Suzhou. !
They originally traveled fifty miles a day and took six days to drive from Jiangning to Suzhou to interrogate Prince Zhu. But they had only walked halfway when they suddenly encountered Tang Ma sent by Mu Tianyan, and learned that the Third Prince Zhu and Ao Bai had rebelled in Suzhou and had also breached the Suzhou governor's office.
This made Duolong and Mahu very anxious. Especially Ma Hu, Suzhou is his residence! Can the governor of Jiangsu destroy Suzhou?
Even if he doesn't go to Caishikou, he still has to go to Ninggu Pagoda. He has sent a lot to Suo'etu for this governor of Jiangsu, and he hasn't gotten back the money yet! If you lose Suzhou and then go back in, you will have to spend a lot of money to save your life. Isn’t this a loss to grandma’s house?
Seeing Duolong and Ma Hu, they were all anxious. Of course, Shi Lang and Wang Zhongxiao were also anxious. They both volunteered to lead the team first!
So Duolong gave his good student three hundred cavalry and asked him to walk in front of the team with Shi Lang's troops. As for others, they also have to travel day and night!
Duolong and Ma Hu also went all out and promised their subordinates a heavy reward of ten taels of silver - this was not a reward for defeating Obai, but a reward for traveling day and night to reach Suzhou!
Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, and the marching speed of these three thousand "heavenly soldiers" quickly increased to a hundred miles a day!
Traveling day and night, advancing hundreds of miles every day, you really have the essence of military speed!
At the same time, Duolong and Ma Hu also sent a message to Echu, the Eight Banners general who stayed in Jiangning, asking him to quickly mobilize the Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers stationed in Liangjiang to go to Suzhou to capture Obai and Prince Zhu.
But we must not let the Third Prince Zhu and Obai become big in Jiangnan. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty will be in danger!
Now that the message has been sent, Duolong and Mahu still feel frightened. Because this time the opponent is Batulu Obai, the number one in Manchuria!
Moreover, Echu, the garrison general in Jiangning and other places who currently holds the military power of Han Dynasty in Liangjiang Banner, was born in Xianghuang Banner and has always had a good relationship with Obai. Otherwise, he would not have become the general of Jiangning in the seventh year of Kangxi when Obai's power was at its peak. .
It's just that this Echu is one of the few remaining generals among the Manchus today. Although he can't compare with people like Obai, Mulima, and Zhuobutai, he at least participated in the war to pacify the southwest, and also served in Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition. He served as a reinforcement in Nanjing and also made military exploits.
Therefore, Kangxi was not willing to give up Echu, so he kept him as general of Jiangning, and at the same time made the relatively reliable Duolong and Ma Hu the governors of Liangjiang and Jiangsu, looking at Echu!
Unexpectedly, Obai rebelled in Suzhou now. Does this matter have anything to do with Echu? Could Echu be Obai's internal agent?
If Echu is really from Aobai, then Duolong and Mahu may not be able to count on other Qing troops in Liangjiang territory, and can only rely on the mere 3,000 men on hand to deal with Aobai!
Duolong and Mahu felt heavy at the thought that Echu might be Obai's men. They just kept urging the troops to march faster, wishing they could fly to Suzhou with wings.
However, the soldiers and horses under their command have been walking for almost a day and a night, with only a few breaks during the meal. Now they are already exhausted, so how can they move fast? No matter how much the two men urged, the marching speed of the team was still getting slower and slower.
When the two of them were anxious, they suddenly heard the sound of rapid horse hooves in front of them. Duolong and Ma Hu quickly looked up and saw several knights flying along the official road. The first one to ride was Wang Zhongxiao.
"Master! Master"
Wang Zhongxiao also saw the festival flag of Duolong, the governor, so he shouted "Master" while galloping on his horse to find the festival flag.
Seeing Wang Zhongxiao coming in such a hurry, Duolong and Mahu felt a little bit in their hearts. I'm afraid this is going to be bad!
The two men quickly picked up the reins and reached the roadside, then stopped there and waited for Wang Zhongxiao. After a while, Wang Zhongxiao flew up to the two of them, reined in the reins, and the red rabbit colt screamed, raised its two front hooves, and then slammed the ground, making a small hole in the dirt road. , it finally stopped.
"Shikai, what happened?" Duolong asked, "Is it good news, or..."
"Good news, there is good news!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "There is also not so good news."
"The good news is..." Ma Hu asked.
"Prince Zhu San has been captured!" Wang Zhongxiao said excitedly, pointing to a seventh-grade civil servant riding a horse behind him, "Mu Fantai sent this Pegasus, the magistrate of Chen County, to report that yesterday Mu Fantai, Magistrate Li and General Zuo Shen personally led Fu Biao and three squads of yamen servants from the magistrate's yamen to fight bloody battles with the large red scarf army who came out of the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou City. Although they could not withstand the chain-armored Red Army led by Obai. He attacked, but fought to the death to break through Prince Zhu's military formation and captured him alive!"
"Captured the Third Prince Zhu alive?" Duolong was overjoyed, "Bodhisattva bless you!"
"Then, what's the bad news?" Ma Hu was still a little doubtful.
"The bad news is that after Mu Fantai captured the Third Prince Zhu, he temporarily withdrew from Suzhou City to prevent Obai from rescuing others. Now Mu Fantai is personally escorting the Third Prince Zhu over!"
"What? Suzhou is lost?"
"This Mu Tianyan is now a minister guarding the land, how can he abandon the city and leave?"
When they heard that Mu Tianyan abandoned the city and fled, Duolong and Mahu had the urge to capture Mu Tianyan and strangle him to death.
Suzhou Fucheng is the second largest city in the southeast after Jiangning. In terms of population, cultivated land, and wealth, Suzhou is truly the number one in the world! Much better than Jiangning.
The financial income of many provinces cannot compare with that of Suzhou!
If the city of Suzhou is occupied by Ao Bai, the imperial court will lose a lot of money. The emperor is now preparing to train troops to suppress Wu. It is the time to spend a lot of money. If there is a problem in Suzhou, the emperor will not be able to use the governors of Liangjiang and Jiangsu. The governor asked for guilt?
"Master, Ma Futai, don't worry. As long as the third prince Zhu is captured by Mu Fantai, Obai will not be able to stand firm in Suzhou City." Wang Zhongxiao quickly spoke for the unlucky Mu Tianyan.
Because Chen Jian, who was running errands for Mu Tianyan, had already promised that as long as he kept Mu Fantai's official position, Mu Fantai was willing to spend all his wealth and honor to pay his respects - Mu Tianyan's family is a wealthy man in Gansu, and he is still a fantai in Jiangsu. It's really If you let go of greed, you can get millions.
In addition, Wang Zhongxiao also knew very well that Chen Yonghua and Prince Zhu San could not win or hold Suzhou. They just made a fuss in the city of Suzhou and took advantage of the emptiness in Suzhou to make a name for themselves as Prince Zhu.
If you want to establish a base in Suzhou, you can't even think about it without tens of thousands of troops.
Therefore, Wang Zhongxiao was very happy to give Mu Tianyan a favor, and he was even more willing to make sure that Prince Zhu San in Mu Tianyan's hands was done first. If he did it, then Wang Shiyuan would be safe.
After hearing what Wang Zhongxiao said, Duolong immediately discovered the problem, "Um...that Prince Zhu, is he real?"
"It's true! It's true that he is the Wang Yongkang in the Humble Administrator's Garden. How can it be false?" Chen Jian quickly gave Mu Tianyan proof.
However, he was not sure in his heart, but he knew that if this third prince Zhu was fake, then Obai might have to reopen the Ming Dynasty court in Suzhou city!
With Ao Bai's reputation for bravery and the Ming Dynasty's orthodox status as the Third Prince Zhu, the Qing army would not be able to conquer Suzhou City within a year and a half!
And Wu Sangui in Yunnan is already sharpening his sword. If Prince Zhu San raises the flag in Suzhou and calls on the heroes of the world to help protect the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Sangui raises troops to respond again, then his righteousness will be enough.
The little things Wu Sangui did in the past are nothing - because in this way Wu Sangui does not have to shoulder the great righteousness himself. With the great righteousness of the Third Prince Zhu to rebuild the Ming Dynasty, the Han people in the world do not respond to Wu Sangui, but to the Third Prince Zhu.
A year and a half later, no one knows whether it was the Qing soldiers who captured Suzhou or Wu Sangui who captured Beijing.
"Master," Wang Zhongxiao said at this time, "students will go to Suzhou with Shi Junmen immediately. If they can attack Suzhou and drive away Oboi, it means that the person captured by Mufantai is really the third prince of Zhu. At least in Obai's hands. There is no Prince Zhu who can be used to confuse people.
If the students and Shi Junmen cannot conquer Suzhou, then..."
Wang Zhongxiao stopped talking here and didn't say any more, but both Duolong and Ma Hu understood what he meant!
"Okay, go quickly," Duolong said to Wang Zhongxiao, "Governor Ma and I will gather another three hundred cavalry for you! Remember, be careful with Shi Lang!"
Not to mention, although this Duolong has no ability and is a corrupt official, he is not a bad person. At this time, he can still think about Wang Zhongxiao's safety.
Ma Hu also nodded: "Yes, be careful, you must be careful!"
"Master, Governor Ma, don't worry, I will be careful." Wang Zhongxiao couldn't guarantee that he would win Suzhou - in fact, he was sure! But we can't say this now, otherwise Duolong and Mahu might become suspicious.
Duolong and Mahu quickly asked Geshiha to pass on the order, and sent a team of 300 horses to Wang Zhongxiao.
Wang Zhongxiao didn't say much, he just handed over to Duolong and Ma Hu, and then led the three hundred reluctant cavalrymen, shuffling forward to join Shi Lang's Fujian soldiers.
Of course the battle to regain Suzhou must be won!
Because there was no loser in this battle that shocked the world, except for Wang Yongkang, who was wrongly accused of being the third prince of Zhu, broke a leg, and became a prisoner!
However, Wu Sangui, who was behind Wang Yongkang, was also the winner of this battle - the Third Prince Zhu's "Pingjiang Uprising" started the Ming Dynasty and shocked the world. It also gave Wu Sangui the right to respond to the Third Prince's righteousness!
On the Qing side, Duolong, Ma Hu, Wang Zhongxiao, Mu Tianyan, and even Shi Lang, who had become the target of Wang Zhongxiao's frame-up, were all captured by Prince Zhu. The city of Suzhou was lost and recovered, and Ao Bai was defeated and fled. The news written in the memorial and reported to Kangxi in the future is simply a win.
Moreover, these few are all loyal and meritorious officials who have taken the lead in killing the enemy and making meritorious deeds!
Emperor Xiao Mazi has to reward them well, right?
As for the winners on the other side, of course they are Prince Zhu San, Chen Yonghua, Chang Mingyue, and Wu Yuanyi, who just joined the team.
When Wang Zhongxiao and Shi Lang led 1,600 cavalry to march towards Suzhou, they were driving four water boats with one hundred and dozens of "Red Scarf Army" bravely and high-spirited. The departure was already chaotic. A group of Suzhou City.
Although they failed to take Suzhou as their own territory, this fuss still successfully made the name of Prince Zhu San.
With this title, Prince Zhu San will have a great chance of becoming Emperor Xian of Ming Dynasty in the future.
When he thought about his future as emperor, Prince Zhu smiled so much that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Third Prince, let's, let's leave Suzhou City now?"
Wu Yuanyi's somewhat unwilling voice suddenly sounded in the ears of Prince Zhu, who was standing on the bow of the ship.
This Wu Yuanyi seems to be at a bit of a disadvantage. He was originally enjoying the blessings of his sister and brother-in-law, but in the end he was inexplicably involved in a rebellion. His brother-in-law was arrested, and his sister's whereabouts are unknown - the Humble Administrator's Garden was captured by Zuo Yuanyang's troops of the Qing army. !
Although Chen Yonghua and others captured most of the yamen in Suzhou City, they were not able to control the entire city. This large area in the north of the city is in the hands of Zuo Yuanyang and his hundreds or thousands of governor's pacesetters.
Chen Yonghua and Zhu Third Prince had only a few people under their command, and they were able to create such a huge chaos, which was beyond their own expectations. Of course, we will no longer attack the Humble Administrator's Garden where the Qing army was "heavily defended" because of the lack of popular support.
Not only did they not attack the Humble Administrator's Garden, they also left Suzhou in chaos and made a victorious turn before the Qing army could react.
The third prince Zhu looked back at Wu Yuanyi and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu Qian, don't worry. We will definitely get Suzhou City back, but now is not the time!"
"Then, where are we going now?" Wu Yuanyi asked again, "Where is Taishi Ao going?"
Chen Yonghua on the other side smiled and took over the topic: "Master Ao has returned to Yunnan. Soon, he will fight out of Yunnan with King Ping Xi, and the world will be in chaos.
We went to Taihu Lake first, then changed our clothes and flags, and then went to the Peach Blossom View on the edge of Taihu Lake to hide for some time. When King Pingxi raises his troops, let's go out and fight! "
(End of chapter)
