Hangzhou, Zhejiang Governor's Office.
The lobby of this yamen is very lively today. Three first-rank officials are sitting side by side in the lobby, all of them with pale faces, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Sitting in the middle is, of course, the governor of Zhejiang, Fan Chengmo, who is the son of Fan Wencheng, the first slave of the Qing Dynasty. His stepmother also served Prince Duduo of Yu!
This is the Fan family's greatest honor!
Rumor has it that when Duduo came to his house to sleep, he was already a little old and just watched the excitement outside the yard. There was a scene that he would never forget. At that time, Duduo was playing with his mother inside, and his mother, Fan Wencheng, was standing in the yard waiting on her. He lowered his hands and bent down, with a smile from the heart on his face.
This slave is the most angry in the world!
Sitting on the left side of Fan Chengmo is also an outstanding person, Sai Baili, the admiral of Zhejiang Water and Land. The admiral of the Green Camp was not actually a top-notch official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but this Sai Baili was not an ordinary Green Camp admiral. His original surname was Li, from the Li family in Tieling!
He is the great-grandson of Li Chengliang, whose original name was Li Xianzu.
Emperor Taizu Nurhaci of the Qing Dynasty was his family's slave back then, and later he recognized Li Chengliang as his godfather. So in terms of seniority, he is the same generation as Shunzhi. The Manchu name Sai Baili was given by Emperor Shunzhi.
Sitting on Fan Chengmo's right is Hangzhou General Burcha Turboshen. He is an old man of some age, very burly, and always has a pulled face with a fierce look on his face. This old man is the same generation as Obai, and he is also a Batulu. He is one of the only remaining "evil old men". However, he is not a general. When he was young, he was not afraid of death in battles. His martial arts skills were much higher than others, and he was extremely strong.
The Qing court placed a big minion, a "relative of the emperor" and an "old evil man" here in Zhejiang, which shows that it attaches great importance to Zhejiang's defense!
The Qing government stationed a large number of Green Camp soldiers and Eight Banners troops in Zhejiang. Among them, the number of Green Camp troops in Zhejiang has been maintained at 34,500 (book) for a long time, while the number of soldiers stationed at the Eight Banners has reached 4,550.
Of course, the green camp soldiers must deduct their military pay and eat up the shortfall. The book value is 34,000 to 5,000, but in fact, if they can be recruited to fight a dozen, it is estimated to be around 20,000.
But now those who invade Zhejiang are two thousand elite soldiers led by Ao Bai, and there is also Wu Sanwei, the general of the Ruian Battalion in Wenzhou Town who has been lurking in Zhejiang for many years, as an internal response!
Therefore, Fan Chengmo, Se Baili, and Turboshen all felt that the situation was serious. Twenty thousand versus two thousand, the situation was serious!
"Okay, the painting is done!"
The speaker was a fat man in a green hat with a gray face, a writing brush in his hand and a depressed look on his face. He was Luo Pan, the magistrate of Ruian County. It turned out that the magistrate of Luo County was still a loyal minister.
On that day, after he confirmed that Wu Sanwei was really Wu Sangui's brother and had colluded with Ao Bai to rebel, he sneaked away to pay respects and ran back to Yongjia, the capital of Wenzhou, to report the news. After reporting to the Wenzhou magistrate and Wenzhou Commander-in-Chief Zu Hongxun, he came to Hangzhou without stopping to report to the three people sitting in the hall.
And this magistrate of Luoxian County is also a versatile master. In addition to being able to write eight-legged essays, he also has a unique skill of painting, and is especially good at painting portraits. During the years when he was serving in Beijing, he relied on this unique skill to prevent him from starving to death before he became an official.
Someone among Fan Chengmo's masters knew that he could draw, so he gave Fan Chengmo a trick, asking the Luo County magistrate to draw the Obai he saw based on his memory. With the portrait, he could be sure who the Obai in Ruian County was. The real Aobai or the fake Aobai.
Now that Luo Pan said that the painting was finished, the three of them, Fan Chengmo, Se Baili, and Turboshen, were shocked. Fan Chengmo quickly waved to a master, "Quick, bring the painting."
"嗻."
The master hurriedly stepped forward and took away the "Portrait of King Ao of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" that he had just painted. Then he held it in his hands and spread it on a table in front of Fan Chengmo, Se Baili, and Turboshen. .
Fan Chengmo, Se Baili, and Tuerbo Shen looked down and took a deep breath. That's right, it was Obai! Although he had changed his attire, wearing a Han Chinese round-neck robe and an ugly hood on his head, with that sinister face and the beard that looked like a steel needle, other than Obai could have who?
"That's right, this person is Obai!" Turboshen, who knew Obai best, sighed, "I really didn't expect that."
He didn't say anything further, but he vaguely meant to blame Kangxi. Why did he make it so ugly? You just need to hold on to the palace and issue an edict to let Ao Bai live in his old age as a first-class official. Isn't that what Ye Bilong is going to do for his retirement?
Now that Ao Bai has killed his son and his younger brother, he has rebelled with Prince Wu Sangui and Prince Zhu. What do you mean by this?
Se Baili is also familiar with Obai, and he also understands Turboshen's thoughts, but his family is Nurhachi's old owner, and they have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for generations, so they have to straighten their butts at this time!
So Se Baili asked Luo Pan: "Luo County Magistrate, how many people are there in Obai? How are the equipment?"
"Go back to the army gate," Luo Pan replied, "Obai brought about two thousand men and horses, including five or six hundred cavalry, five or six hundred shotgun soldiers, five or six hundred iron soldiers, and the rest were miscellaneous soldiers and artillery. More than a dozen of them are very thick and short cannons. In addition, there are hundreds of people in Ruian's garrison, all of whom have followed Wu Sanwei and rebelled."
"There are more than two thousand people, including cavalry, shotguns, hand-to-hand iron soldiers, and cannons. It's hard to fight!" Turboshen frowned into a ball.
"It is indeed difficult to fight," Se Baili nodded, "The terrain of Rui'an is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can be retreated or robbed. If Obai is full and then defends, with the two to three thousand men, hundreds of shotguns, and more than a dozen Respect the 'Sky Cannon', even if we send 20,000 troops, I'm afraid we won't be able to conquer it for a long time!"
"It's not just that we can't defeat it after a long attack," Turboshen shook his head. "When our troops are exhausted and our troops are old, and the pirates come ashore in large numbers, I'm afraid the whole Zhejiang will be in chaos."
Two thousand troops may not sound like much, but their troops are very powerful! The cavalry can sweep around Ruian County. The shotgun soldiers are quite powerful when defending the city. The iron soldiers seem to be the trump card of the Yanping Palace! There are also more than a dozen "sky cannons" that can open fireworks, which are useful for defending and attacking cities!
In addition, Ruian County is close to the Anyang River, which leads directly to the sea, and Ruian County is only about 20 miles away from the sea. In other words, Ruian County is on Zhejiang's "Sea Forbidden Line", and south of the county is a deserted area , it is also blocked by earthen walls and fences that can block the common people but definitely cannot block the pirates. To the north of the county is the Jiangnan water town with crisscrossed roads. Therefore, Ruian's rebels can now advance and rob, retreat and escape, and can also obtain reinforcements from Da Yuan Island via sea.
The most troublesome thing is that the one who is leading the "thieves" to occupy Ruian County is Ao Bai!
"Hahaha" Just when Se Baili and Turboshen felt a headache, Fan Chengmo, the heir to the first slave of the Qing Dynasty, suddenly burst out laughing.
What's wrong with this Fan slave? Have you had enough of being a slave? Don't want to be a kid anymore?
Puzzled, Sebeli and Turbaugh both looked back at him.
"As long as Ao Bai is in Ruian City!" Fan Chengmo said with a smile, "Because there is only one Ao Bai in the world. If Ao Bai is in Zhejiang, then there is no one in Yunnan. Now Wu Sangui is ill, and Ao Bai Since you are not in Yunnan, then Wu Yingqi in Yunnan will be alone!"
"Then what should we do here?" Sei Baili asked, "No matter how small Ruian County is, it is still a county seat. If we can't take it back, it will be hard to explain!"
"Yes, yes," Tuerboshen nodded repeatedly, "We are ministers who protect the land! If we lose a county, we will lose the land."
"This is easy to handle," Fan Da's slave said, "The emperor is a sage, how wise is he? Of course he knew that it would be better to leave Obai in Zhejiang than to drive him to Yunnan. Oboi sneaked to the southeast probably to help Prince Zhu. After Wu Sangui raised his troops, he suddenly launched an attack in order to catch the Qing Dynasty off guard. However, the emperor was prosperous, the whereabouts of Prince Zhu San were exposed, and he was captured and died in Suzhou. This was a complete story. Wu Sangui himself suffered a stroke and fell ill, pointing out that Maybe he has met Prince Zhu San down there.
Once Wu Sangui falls, there will be no generals left in Yunnan and Guizhou. Without a general, could the 100,000 rebels be commanded by Wu Yingqi? If we drive Ao Bai away, he might return to Yunnan, and that would be difficult to deal with! Therefore, we should jointly submit a memorial to the Emperor, explain the whole story, and then recommend the adoption of a trap to deal with Ao Bai and Wu Sanwei who are entrenched in Ruian."
"Okay!" Se Baili slapped his thigh, "Ji Gong, I really have you, let's write it like this, and the emperor will definitely say that we used the trapped character trick well!"
Turboshen, however, stroked his beard and said, "But can we trap Obai? What if he escapes by water?"
"That's easy to do," Fan Chengmo said with a smile, "bring it to the Jingnan Prince's Palace. The Prince of Jingnan has just come to power and must want to make a contribution. We will besiege Aobai with him. We will be responsible for the sea route to the northeast of Ruian, so that Jingnan The Nanwang Mansion is responsible for the waterway in the southwest. If Ao Bai goes to the southwest and escapes to Guangdong and Guangxi, it will not be our fault!"
"There is only one Ao Bai. He is in Zhejiang, but there is none in Yunnan. And Wu Sangui is now ill from a stroke. Even if he can still get up, he will not be able to lead the army! Wu Yingqi is probably not as good as his father in leading troops in war, and he is not justified. As the crown prince, the people below will inevitably feel dissatisfied that the crown prince of Pingxi Fan is in my hands, and he is willing to use Pingxi Fan to win over Wu Guogui. So, am I sure to win?"
Beijing, the Forbidden City, the Qianqing Palace, and the South Study Room, a little pock-marked emperor walked around a geographical map of the mountains and rivers of the eight provinces of "Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chu, Hunan, Guangdong and Fujian" spread on the ground, while repeating the words "The World" There is only one Obai in the world."
The memorial jointly signed by Fan Chengmo, Se Baili, and Tuerboshen has arrived. Along with the memorial is the "Aobai Picture in the Hood" painted by Luo Pan, the magistrate of Ruian County. The painting is very similar, but it cannot be said that it is exactly the same. That's at least 60 to 70% similar, which means that the Luo magistrate saw the real Obai!
Since Ao Bai must be in Zhejiang, now is the best opportunity to deal with Wu Yingqi!
"Where are Yue Le and the others?" Kangxi stopped and suddenly turned around and asked the bachelors and Hanlin bachelors who were kneeling beside the map.
"Going back to the emperor, I just received a military courier today. The twenty-eight thousand bannermen led by Prince An and Prince Shuncheng have passed Hanzhong Mansion and are currently marching on Micang Road. They will arrive in Bazhong soon. .”
The person who replied was the Grand Scholar of Baohe Palace and the Pearl of the Ministry of War. He was as excited as Kang Mazi now.
The current situation in the imperial court is very good!
Wang Fuchen, Shang Zhixin, and Kong Sizhen had already passed Nanling and entered Guangdong. Shang Kexi, an old man who was very sensible, went to Shaoguan to greet them personally.
According to the secret report of Wang Fuchen and Kong Sizhen, Shang Kexi also had a very respectful attitude towards his son Shang Zhixin, and like everyone else, they all respectfully called him "An Da Gong". This "An Da Gong" was conferred by the late Emperor Monk, which means He is a "brother". Shunzhi's brother certainly has a higher "servant" and status than Shang Kexi. Shang Kexi should respect him.
It seems that it won't be long before Shang Zhixin can take control of the Pingnan Palace.
In addition, Shang Zhixin reported in the secret book the touching scenes of Sun Yanling and Kong Sizhen's deep love as husband and wife, and Sun Jiqing's loving father and filial piety. Regarding Kong Sizhen's request for Sun Jiqing to succeed him as the general of Guangxi, Sun Yanling immediately agreed and accepted the plan to go north. As the president's military training minister orders, he will go north as soon as the handover is completed!
Could it be that the situation was not good when President Sun went north to the Qing Dynasty?
In short, the power of Dingfan will be lost to Kong Sizhen in a few days.
In the direction of Huguang, Wang Eza of Xin County has already stationed in Jingzhou, and Shi Huashan's new Green Camp Army has also been stationed in Changsha. Together with the Huguang Green Camp under the command of Huguang Governor Cai Yurong and the Banner Camp originally stationed in Jingzhou, the Huguang road is also stable.
Let’s look at Sichuan now!
As long as the new Banner Army from the three towns led by Yue Le, Leerjin, and Sun Sike are all in place, then Sichuan will not be able to overturn the world. As long as Sichuan cannot overturn the world, then the two brothers Wu Yingqi and Wu Guogui will start fighting sooner or later!
Kangxi looked at the land of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan on the map, and said in a firm and confident tone, "It seems that I should add another fire to convey my will: Prince Ming'an and Prince Shuncheng each dedicate an elite wing to cover the ground with lightning speed. Driving into Chengdu as fast as possible, shocking Xiaoxiao in Sichuan!
Appointed Moro as governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, led the Gansu and Shaanxi green battalions into Sichuan, first controlled four prefectures and one prefecture, including Baoning, Shunqing, Tongchuan, Xuzhou, and Zizhou, and then tried to supervise the distribution of military supplies, making sure to ensure the logistics of the army without any loss.
Order Prince Shuncheng to lead the remaining wing of his army to join the Green Camp in eastern Sichuan and attack Loushanguan!
Prince An was ordered to lead the remaining wing of his army, join forces with Sun Sike who was stationed in Chengdu, and then advance together to the Xuzhou Prefecture area. Waiting for changes in Yunnan and Guizhou!
I ordered Wu Yingxiong, Lu Sanhao, and Wang Zhongxiao to try to contact Wu Guogui. As long as Wu Guogui is willing to surrender, I can make him a general of Yunnan, and he will be hereditary and replaceable, just like the previous dynasty of Mu Mansion in Yunnan.
All the above are sent out by mail, and the boxes containing the edicts are all sealed with wax. No leakage is allowed before the edict is delivered! "
After listening to this series of oral edicts from Kangxi, the kneeling bachelors and Hanlin bachelors were all a little excited. Finally, they were about to close the net!
After expelling Obai, the big net that was slowly laid to cover Wu Sangui and Ping Xifan is finally about to be closed!
Letting Wu Guogui be the general of Yunnan, and not hereditary, is of course a lie. Kangxi wanted to basically eliminate the Pingxi Fan!
Now pulling Wu Guogui to suppress Wu Yingqi is just provoking the two Wus to fight.
And as long as the plan to pacify Wu is completed, the biggest hidden danger planted in the founding of the Qing Dynasty can be successfully resolved.
In the future, the Qing Dynasty will always have a foundation of three hundred years, not to mention tens of thousands of years!
Mingzhu was the first to react and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Ming of the Emperor, Yunnan Xiaoxiao will all confer their heads on our Qing Dynasty in a few days, and it will be eternal for thousands of years!"
The few remaining people also hurriedly sent flattery words: "Your Majesty, the Holy Ming, our country, the Qing Dynasty, will be consolidated for thousands of years!"
Kangxi was also full of confidence at this moment and smiled proudly. The current situation was clear. The advantage was "Kang". Wu Yingqi and Wu Guogui were already the fish in the cauldron and the meat on the board!
An army was traveling through the seemingly endless Micang Mountains.
Standing in the middle of the team, forward and backward, there are mighty Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers who can't see their heads, tens of thousands of people and horses! The front team may have almost left Micang Road and reached Bazhong, but the rear team is still deep in Micang Mountain!
Wang Zhongxiao was in this team at the moment, riding his red rabbit colt, wearing a second-grade coral top, and a blue coat. There were no accessories on his belt, only a waist knife and a flint. A pistol, a powder can, a bag of bullets, and a fire-tow.
This time, he was serving as a second-grade candidate to support the military affairs. He looked like he was following the military merits, but in fact he had a secret mission.
This mission didn't seem to be difficult for him at all, which was to contact his father-in-law Wu Guogui. However, he still used this excuse to form a team for himself, including Master Yu, Guo Jinbao, Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Leiyong, Yu Haitao, and Zheng Desheng, and a group of capable disciples from Yang Qilong. Be a follower.
In addition, Wang Zhongxiao also incorporated Lu Sanhao and Dai Zi into his team.
Along the way, he and Lu Sanhao and Dai Zi had a very pleasant conversation. Lu Sanhao is a "good man" and a gentleman like Wang Zhongxiao, so of course we can talk about it together. Since Dai Zi was a man in science and engineering, Wang Zhongxiao could also talk to him about firearms and gunpowder. Wang Zhongxiao was no stranger to gunpowder weapons. Although he has never played much in his past life, he has read a lot of books on this subject, so he knows a lot of miscellaneous knowledge, and he also knows the general direction of the development of gunpowder weapons.
Dai Zi is a self-taught genius. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Western learning spread eastward, and a lot of knowledge about firearms was introduced. There were many scholars and craftsmen in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Southern Zhili provinces who were working on this.
And Dai Zi may be the last "big guy" among their group!
At this moment, Wang Zhongxiao was discussing the issue of repeating muskets with Dai Zi (the two of them argued for "thousands of miles" over this thing). Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hooves, and he saw one of Yue Le's royal guards coming on horseback. Wang Zhongxiao and others stopped the reins when they came forward, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has an order. When the army arrives in Bazhong, please ask Guard Wang and Magistrate Lu to go to the Chinese army to discuss matters immediately!"
(End of chapter)
