"Ama, my father, this is the beginning of Tan Zongrong's book in Kuizhou. It is marked with urgency."
In the Palace of the Ming Dynasty President Xiwang in Chongqing Prefecture, Sichuan Province, Wu Yingxiong, who also put on a "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" style hood and yellow robe, was following his father Wu Sangui around. In the government hall of Wu Sangui's palace, there was still a crowd of people, listening to the old man dictating and assigning tasks.
"Where did the money transported from Wuhua Mountain go? Restoring the Ming Dynasty costs money. Next, we have to march eastward and the northern expedition. We have to spend money everywhere, but we must not lose the money from Wuhua Mountain. It is our foundation, we must keep an eye on it and send more soldiers and horses to protect us along the way!"
"How is the harvest of autumn grain in Hanzhong Mansion? The vast white land here in Sichuan cannot provide food for the army's Northern Expedition. If we want to send troops next spring, we can only count on Hanzhong. Tell Fang Xianting, don't be afraid of spending money, ordinary landowners Who in the family doesn’t have enough rice and noodles to eat in three to five years? Just pay to buy it. If just giving money is not enough, give them a meritorious title. In short, the key to next year’s Qishan Battle is the supply of food and grass!"
"Sun Yanling asked for the title of King of Nan, and asked me to send troops to Guangxi to help him beat his wife? What kind of trouble does this guy come to cause? I am about to expel the Tartars and restore China. How can I have time to help him beat his wife? And beat his wife. How can outsiders help with this kind of thing? Let him solve it by himself! As for the matter of being crowned king, wait until he has subdued his wife! There is only one Dingnan King. If he has one, his wife will be gone!"
"What? My younger brother Wu Sanwei and Obai became pirates together? Is that a mistake? Wu Sanwei is not my brother. What? This Wu Sanwei was born to an outsider raised by my father outside? That makes sense. Maybe, my father is henpecked! Then treat him as my brother for now and make him the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy!"
After Wu Sangui finally finished allocating all the important matters in high spirits, Wu Yingxiong handed over the envelope he had just received from Kuizhou Commander-in-Chief Tan Hong. During these days, Wu Yingxiong's spirit was very sluggish, and he suddenly seemed to have aged ten or twenty years, which was in huge contrast to his father Wu Sangui, who was getting more energetic and energetic.
There are two reasons for Wu Yingxiong's depression. First, his family was ruined. His wife was trapped, his son was killed, and both his daughter and his wife were occupied. It was so miserable!
Second, he seems a bit redundant next to Wu Sangui! He had been a hostage in Beijing since he was a child. He had to be very cautious in everything he said and did, which also developed his habit of being submissive. Moreover, Wu Sangui was unable to cultivate his military and political talents, resulting in him being unable to govern the country with literature and unable to fight with military force.
In comparison, his brother Wu Yingqi's performance was so impressive! Although Wu Yingqi has a rude personality and is informal, he can easily offend people. But his performance in the Battle of Rongxi Bridge was too outstanding - he led 2,500 men to block the Qing army's fierce attack of 20,000 to 30,000 men, and cut the 40,000 to 50,000 Qing troops into two, laying the foundation for what would follow. The encirclement and annihilation campaign in Daguan Town created extremely favorable conditions.
With his military exploits in this battle, Wu Yingqi is already the undisputed number one general in Wu Sangui's camp!
Some people have even compared the Battle of Rongxi Bridge with the Battle of Hulao Pass commanded by Li Shimin.
What made Wu Yingxiong feel even more desperate was that Wu Yingqi's son Wu Shicong was even more outstanding than his father. Not only was his ability to lead troops in battles not weaker than his father's, but he was also courteous, courteous and like an elder.
Wu Sangui even entrusted Wu Shicong with an important task and ordered him to station troops in Hanzhong to prepare for the Northern Expedition!
Before Wu Yingxiong's adopted brother Wu Guogui, Wu Sangui's adopted son, was sent to Guizhou to supervise the army, he privately talked to Wu Yingxiong and persuaded him to take a step back to open up the world. Originally, Wu Yingxiong had never thought about becoming the emperor. If Kangxi was willing to return his wife and children to him, he would be happy to go to Kunming to retire. Wouldn't it be nice for the whole family to have fun on Wuhua Mountain?
But now he finally knows what it means to be a real man and he can’t lose power for a day!
If he had the power, would his family be ruined like this?
Therefore, Wu Yingxiong became active after arriving in Chongqing and began to work hard to act as Wu Sangui's right-hand man. However, Wu Sangui seemed to look down on him a little, and did not let him get involved in important military and state affairs, and only made him responsible for less important aspects, such as recruiting the big and small warlords in Kuizhou Prefecture - the terrain in Kuizhou is very trivial, and the water and soil are very trivial. It is also more nurturing, so the cost of separatism is very low, and it is easy to breed powerful chieftains who dominate one side.
Wu Sangui did not pay much attention to these people, so he asked Wu Yingxiong to lead the affairs of Kuizhou Prefecture and be responsible for recruiting the local forces in Kuizhou. As long as these local forces were willing to follow the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army would not be able to fight against the Yangtze River even if they did not send a single soldier out of the country. Entered Kuimen.
As for marching into Huguang through Kuizhou, Wu Sangui thinks it is not feasible. There are high mountains and dense forests along the way, and logistical support is very difficult! Moreover, after leaving Kuimen and entering Huguang, there are still dangers everywhere. In history, didn't Zhuge Liang and his lord Liu Huangshu take this path, and ended up being blocked by Lu Xun in the mountains beside the Yangtze River?
In the opinion of Wu Sangui, who won the battle of Daguan Town, the right way to conquer the world was to leave Qishan and march north to Guanzhong as soon as possible and capture Shaanxi and Gansu in one fell swoop. Historically, he did not dare to do this because he was cowardly and feared the Eight Banners. Heavenly soldiers.
But now he is no longer afraid of the Eight Banners. The Battle of Daguan Town revealed the prototype of the Eight Banners heavenly soldiers... They are basically a group of dandies from the capital who are afraid of death and hardship!
Therefore, Wu Sangui's current policy is to use the main force to leave Qishan and use partial troops to manage Huguang.
Moreover, the partial division heading towards Huguang did not go through Kuimen. Instead, it went east from Guizhou and out of Pianyuan (western Hunan). It first captured Hunan, and then made plans based on the situation of the northern expedition to Gansu and Shaanxi.
However, Wu Yingxiong found a good opportunity to capture Jingxiang with a surprise attack from the Kaiben (Memorial to Wu Sangui) sent by Tan Hong, the commander-in-chief of Kuizhou. This was an opportunity for him to establish his prestige as the prince, so he did not hesitate. It was immediately sent to Wu Sangui.
After Wu Sangui finished his work, he felt a little exhausted and felt sleepy sitting there. Looking at my son holding Tan Hong's humble Qiben, I really didn't want to read it. But Wu Yingxiong was his eldest son after all, so he lazily took it, opened it and took a casual look, and immediately became excited: "What? Is there such a good thing?"
Wu Yingxiong said with a smile: "Father, the plan mentioned in the book by General Tan Rongqi is quite feasible and does not require us to send troops. Kuizhou soldiers, Shizhu soldiers, and the remnants of the Kuidong thirteen families will send troops. We will sponsor some more." With the captured weapons and armor, and some official titles, we might be able to capture Jingzhou and Xiangyang. Even if that doesn't work, we can attract the attention of the Huguang Qing army to Hubei, and it will be easy for the third brother to capture Hunan."
"Is this Yang Laijia reliable?" Wu Sangui asked again.
"Reliable! So reliable!" Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "This Yang Laijia, the commander-in-chief of Xiangyang Town, is an old subordinate of Zheng Chenggong. He was forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the first year of Kangxi. He was unconvinced. The Qing government did not believe him either, so they did not let him He stayed on the coast of Fujian and was transferred to Xiangyang as a general soldier. I had made friends with Erchen when he was in Beijing, and we were quite speculative. We knew that he was depressed. If Erchen came forward to appease him, he would definitely be willing to submit to us. !”
"He doesn't have many soldiers in total. How can he capture Xiangyang?" Wu Sangui was still a little doubtful.
Wu Yingxiong said: "Tan Zongrong already has a countermeasure in mind. He wants the men of the Thirteenth Kuidong Family to start an uprising in Lizhou and Yichang to attract the attention of the Huguang Qing Army, and then go all the way with Shi Zhubing." Xiang, let's cooperate with Yang Laijia inside and outside! Father, I think we can try this thing. If it succeeds, the Central Plains will be shaken. If it doesn't, it will cause a lot of chaos, which will help us leave Qishan and take Hunan. "
Wu Sangui was finally convinced by Wu Yingxiong, nodded and said: "Boss, I'll leave this matter to you. My father will send you another elite soldier, and let Yang Yizhi lead him to Kuizhou with you. If Xiangyang can really win , as a father, let me also serve as the governor of Huguang!
Boss, my father knows that some people compare the second child to Li Shimin. But in my father's view, the Xuanwu Sect incident is actually a fruit. The seeds of the Li and Tang brothers' fratricide were actually planted by Li Yuan himself. When he was conquering the world, he tied the prince Li Jiancheng to his side and asked his second son Li Shimin to conquer the east and west to build up his prestige. As a result, Li Shimin was unable to lose his power. Do you understand what it means to be a father? "
Wu Yingxiong nodded. He knew that Wu Sangui meant to catch the duck and force him, who had been a hostage for half his life, to make contributions. This was really difficult. Let alone compare him with Li Shimin, he couldn't compare with Li Jiancheng. !
But now that he's at this point, he can't do it if he doesn't work hard!
Thinking of this, Wu Yingxiong nodded heavily and said: "Father, I will go to Kuizhou with Yang Yizhi tomorrow, I will definitely not disappoint my father!"
Wu Sangui looked at his eldest son with relief, smiled and said: "There is one more thing I want to tell you. Wu Yuanyi sent a secret letter from Guangdong. The letter said that your second son Shifan has definitely escaped! He is suspected of being kidnapped. He was rescued by Wang Zhongxiao, and your youngest daughter Xiaoji also followed Wang Zhongxiao. Write a letter, and I will have someone send it to Wu Yuanyi later, and let him find an opportunity to hand it over to Wang Zhongxiao!"
"Write a letter?" Wu Yingxiong sighed, "What should I write? Father, if Shilin hadn't died in his hands, it would be easy to say that he liked beauties, so I could just give him Xiaogen. It doesn't matter if I treat him or not. .But Shilin is my legitimate son!"
Wu Sangui smiled bitterly and said: "This is all Kangxi's method. Ying Xiong, you still have to comfort Wang Zhongxiao. After all, his father is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He still controls the Tiandihui, and Prince Zhu San is also in his hands! We are still Use him!"
Wu Yingxiong just nodded. In fact, he also knew that the reason for Wu Shilin's death was that Kangxi forced Wang Zhongxiao to surrender his name.
But the problem is that Wu Shilin is his legitimate son and Wu Sangui's successor!
If the Wu family conquers the world in the future, then Wu Shilin will definitely pursue the title of crown prince!
Wang Zhongxiao killed the prince of the Wu Dynasty. This thorn will kill someone!
The fact that Wang Zhongxiao forced Wu Shilin to death was a fatal thorn, and it was also the whip that drove Wang Zhongxiao to rush to Guangdong!
He resigned from the capital in September of the 10th year of Kangxi's reign. Although he brought a large family with him, he did not dare to delay at all along the way. If it were not for a group of women and children following him, he would have wanted to fly at a speed of 800 miles. Fly to Guangdong!
Because now he is really afraid that his unreliable father will "kill relatives out of justice"!
His father has no shortage of sons!
Not to mention those bastards, Wang Fuchen has three legitimate sons born and raised by his eldest wife!
That’s right, three!
Zhang Xiaoyu added a younger brother to Wang Zhongxiao and Wang Jizhen. He is also from the generation with the character for "吉", and his name is "Ji Yong"!
This name made Wang Zhongxiao feel unhappy.
Because Wang Zhongxiao himself is of the "loyalty" generation. Wang Fuchen's adopted son and concubine are all of the "loyalty" generation!
And Wang Jizhen, Sun Jiqing and now Wang Jiyong are all "Ji" generations.
What does this mean?
Are you treating Wang Zhongxiao, a good, loyal and filial son, as a bastard?
This dad is unfilial!
So Wang Zhongxiao had to be more careful about his father! When his group first arrived in Shaoguan and entered Guangdong, he simply left behind his brother Wang Jizhen and his eldest wife Wu Xiaotuo and his younger wife Yang Xiaohuan, taking only Wu Shifan, Wu Xiaoxuan, Wang Shiyuan, Wang An, Wang Quan, Wang Leiyong and Dozens of cavalrymen accompanied him, flying day and night to Zhaoqing.
And when he rushed to Zhaoqing Mansion, his father, Wang Fuchen, was discussing how to deal with Kong Sizhen's husband, Sun Yanling, in Dingnan Gege Kong Sizhen's hotel next to the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi!
Sun Yanling is now entrenched in Liuzhou, and colludes with Ma Xiong, the governor of Guangxi, Guo Yi, the general of Zuojiang, and Zu Zeqing, the general of Gao, Lei, and Lian, to jointly oppose his wife Kong Sizhen.
The husband and wife are almost at war with each other, and there is no one left!
Kong Sizhen was also very angry about her husband's betrayal. Although she was not a woman, she got along well with Wang Fuchen and gave birth to a son together. But she didn't feel sorry for Sun Yanling. When she and Wang Fuchen were good, Sun Yanling knew it!
Because Wang Fuchen's status was too low and not recognized by Bumu Butai, she had to marry Sun Yanling with her belly full. Although Sun Yanling became a "taker", Kong Sizhen did not stop Sun Yanling from having a concubine, nor did she prevent Sun Yanling from sleeping with him. He even served Sun Yanling with Sun Yanling's concubine. Later, he begged the Guangxi general for Sun Yanling to let her Sun Yanling took his concubines to Guangxi for a happy trip.
Therefore, in Kong Sizhen's opinion, Sun Yanling won this game without any loss! Fortunately for Wang Fuchen, the positions of himself and the general of Guangxi were originally occupied by Wang Fuchen! Moreover, Wang Fuchen also helped Sun Yanling plant seeds so that Kong Sizhen would give birth to a tall and handsome son for Sun Yanling, who could inherit the Sun family's legacy in the future!
Without Wang Fuchen's help, Sun Yanling would not have any children now. This would mean that she would have no children. Sun Yanling would have a bunch of wives, but only one child!
And even though Sun Yanling had done so many things that were sorry for Kong Sizhen, Kong Sizhen still didn't want to fight with her husband - it was okay for the husband and wife to fight in the back house, and Sun Yanling would be honest after being beaten. If you take the army to the battlefield to fight against each other, it will be too ugly!
And there are quite a lot of people who don't know the truth. By then, everyone in the world will definitely say that Kong Sizhen was not a woman.
Even if you lead an army to kill your husband, you can't possibly keep your wife's ways!
Therefore, although Kong Sizhen wanted to deal with Sun Yanling, he did not want Wang Fuchen to send troops. In fact, Wang Fuchen did not want to help Kong Sizhen kill Sun Yanling. It’s not that he felt that he was in the wrong – how could he feel that he was in the wrong? Kong Sizhen was originally his! He had already made Kong Sizhen sleep obediently, but in the end, Sun Yanling fought for her love and cuckolded him!
But the problem is that Wang Fuchen knew that Sun Yanling had defected to Wu Sangui!
Don't look at Sun Mian, look at Wu Mian. Now that Wu Sangui is so powerful and is about to take over the world, how can Wang Fuchen send troops to kill Wu Sangui's lackey Sun Yanling?
Besides, Sun Yanling, Ma Xiong, Guo Yi, and Zu Zeqing were all killed. Wasn’t Wang Fuchen a die-hard loyalist of the Qing Dynasty?
Therefore, Wang Fuchen's intention was to drag Kong Sizhen to join Wu Sangui and let Wu Sangui choose between himself, Kong Sizhen and Sun Yanling.
Sun Yanling's own strength is very small, but Wang Fuchen and Kong Sizhen can pull out an army of 20,000! If the two of them join forces, plus Ma Xiong, Guo Yi, and Zu Zeqing, Guangdong and Guangxi will have to change their banners immediately!
He has thought about it. When the time comes, he will become King Dingnan, let Kong Sizhen be his eldest wife, Zhang Xiaoyu be his second wife, let Sun Jiqing recognize his ancestor and return to the clan as Wang Jiqing, and inherit the throne of King Dingnan in the future.
Just as he was planning to discuss with Kong Sizhen how to fight against the Qing Dynasty, Wang Zhongxiao, a somewhat annoying son, suddenly came to see him!
"What? He's already here? Didn't he mention Shaoguan just yesterday?" In Dingnan Gege's hotel, Wang Fuchen, an unfilial father, frowned when he heard that his adopted son Wang Zhongyi came to report that Wang Zhongxiao had arrived.
(End of chapter)
