"Your Majesty, the letter sent by the third master said that the second son of the prince's family was rescued by Wang Datou. He and his sister Xiaoji followed Wang Datou to Guangdong. He was also sent to the Reform School by Wang Datou. He is currently in Hao Ao seems to be getting along well with Wang Datou."
In the West Prince's Mansion in Nanzheng, Hu Guozhu, who had just been appointed the chief official of the West Prince's Mansion and had actually become Wu Sangui's chief assistant, was reporting to his old man, Taishan, the intelligence about Wu Shifan and Guangdong and Guangxi that had just been received from Wu Guogui's people.
According to Wu Sangui's arrangement, Wu Guogui was entrusted with the important task of Hunan and was granted the title of General Pingnan. The Wu army, leading four guards, had advanced to Zhenyuan Prefecture in Guizhou. According to the previously drawn up plan, the Hunan direction that Wu Guogui was responsible for should launch the attack first.
Although Wu Guogui only had four guards with a total of 20,000 troops, which was the smallest number among the three armies sent by Wu Sangui, Hunan was not the focus of the Qing army's defense, and there were many green camp military leaders and local powerful people in the area who might raise troops. In response to Wu Guogui.
In addition, Wu Guogui is currently in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi. Although Wu Sangui excluded Wu Shilin from his circle after Wang Zhongxiao forced him to death. But Wu Guogui is Wang Zhongxiao's father-in-law after all, and he still hopes to bring the Wang family and his son back to the old Wu family.
Therefore, Wu Guogui brought Wu Yuanyi, who was previously sent by Wang Zhongxiao to Yunnan and Guizhou to develop the Tiandi Association, under his command, and also brought Wu Yuanyi and Wu Shijue's "Wu Ji Tiandi Association" under his jurisdiction. Wu Yuanyi himself was recently sent to Guangdong to contact Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao.
The things Wu Guogui reported in Tang Bao were wholesaled from Wu Yuanyi.
Wu Sangui sighed and then looked around.
Wu Yingqi, Fang Guangchen, Liu Xuanchu, Xia Guoxiang, Hu Zhuguo, and Wang Shirong, Wu Sangui's confidants, are all discussing matters with him today. When they saw the look that Old Wu cast, they began to make suggestions one by one.
Wu Yingqi, who had just worshiped General Pingbei, snorted coldly and said: "This Wang Zhongxiao is really audacious. He is not satisfied with marrying Xiaotu. He actually takes over Xiaogen. Xiaogen is the prince's daughter. Sooner or later, he will be made a princess!" Taking a princess as a concubine is unheard of!"
Hu Zhuguo chuckled and said: "This little job Lu Bu is as good as his father. I heard that Wang Fuchen occupied Kong Sizhen. Sun Yanling was itching with hatred. She was training every day in Liuzhou City and wanted to find Wang Fuchen. trouble!"
Wang Shirong, who had a good personal relationship with Wang Fuchen, made a suggestion: "Your Majesty, although Wang Fuchen and Wang Shikai and his son have great talents, judging from their actions, they seem to be really greedy and lustful people. Separating Guangdong should be their ambition. Your Majesty is not as good as Use your position as the king of Guangdong to lure him!"
"Give them the vassal king of Guangdong? What about Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin?" Wu Sangui asked with a frown.
He is now also actively trying to win over Shang and Geng Fans to defect.
If the vassal king of Guangdong was given to Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao, wouldn't Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin be gone?
"My lord," Fang Guangchen said with a smile, "there is only one vassal king in Guangdong, and there is only one Kong Sizhen. Let them fight for it! So what if Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao win? Aren't there still Sun Jiqing, Wang Zhongxiao, and Wang Jizhen? By the time they have finished fighting, Your Majesty, you will have already brought peace to the world. Will the Wang family still be able to use Guangdong and Guangxi to fight against the world?"
Wu Sangui was still a little undecided. Wu Yuanyi had secretly reported to him that Prince Zhu was next to Wang Zhongxiao.
Now Wu Sangui's title of "Reviving the Ming Dynasty, the President of the West" is still the title of Prince Zhu San!
Theoretically speaking, it was not Wu Sangui who held the emperor hostage and commanded the princes, but Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao!
But Wu Sangui didn't want to get Prince Zhu into his hands either - it was difficult to arrange!
Although some people don't mind being Emperor Xian of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui doesn't want to bear the infamy of Wu Mengde anymore. Instead of arranging an immediate boss for himself, it is better to admit that Wang Yongkang is the real third prince of Zhu.
In this way, Wu Sangui followed the third prince Zhu's imperial edict and launched an army to attack the Qing Dynasty, and he was regarded as a righteous man. But if Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao carry out the real Prince Zhu after pacifying Guangdong and Guangxi, it seems a little difficult for him.
When Wu Sangui was in trouble, Liu Xuanchu sighed and spoke slowly: "Your Majesty, the prince only has one son."
Wu Sangui was startled, and then he realized that he had never thought about Wu Yingxiong from the beginning to the end!
Although this son is his legitimate son, he has been a hostage in Beijing since he was a child. The relationship between father and son is really weak!
Wu Sangui nodded and said: "Forward this news to the boss, you have to listen to him on this matter. Alas, Shifan and Xiaoxian are his children after all! He also had a hard life, his family was ruined, his legitimate son was killed, and his remaining son was not Being imprisoned by Kangxi means being controlled by Wang Datou. His daughters are also under the control of Wang Datou. If Shihuan can be redeemed, he will have someone to take care of him. "
"Yes." Xia Guoxiang agreed, and then took out another copy from Wu Yingxiong, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has reported good news to Li Laishun and Liu Yihu, the remnants of the original Kuidong Thirteenth Family who were recruited by him. The event in Lizhou was successful, and now we have control of Lizhou and Shimen County! The eldest brother wants to find a general soldier for Li Laishun and Liu Yihu.
In addition, the prince also wanted to ask the third prince to send troops as soon as possible to attract the main force of the Huguang Qing army to Hunan, so that he could send people to attack Xiangyang! "
"The Kuidong Yu Party. Aren't they Li Zicheng's people?" Wu Sangui looked disgusted, "That's fine. Let's use it for now! Let's make Li Laishun the commander-in-chief of Lizhou and Liu Yihu the commander-in-chief of Shimen!"
Xia Guoxiang continued: "Father, the documents we collected recently from Huguang and Guangdong and Guangxi all say that Kangxi will follow the example of Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui and come to Xi'an to take charge! In addition, Kangxi also issued orders to Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu and other six provinces have recruited poor Han Chinese to work as Eight Banner farmers in Liaodong. They are also planning to release 10 million acres of wasteland in Liaodong for these farmers to cultivate!"
"What?" Wu Sangui was stunned, "What does this little emperor want to do? One moment he wants to learn from Cao Rui, and the next moment he wants to recruit Eight Banner farmers to reclaim Liaodong. Does he want to fight or run away?"
"Father, I'm afraid Kangxi is making double preparations, isn't he?" Wu Yingqi said, "The reclamation of Liaodong must be a retreat! Liaodong has been abandoned for twenty or thirty years, and it is not easy to reclaim it. So this retreat must be planned early! As for learning, Cao Rui"
Seeing his son lost in thought, Wu Sangui smiled and asked: "Second brother, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", what method did Zhuge Liang originally want to use to deal with Cao Rui's imperial conquest?"
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" Wu Yingqi was familiar with the Three Kingdoms. He immediately took the question and said, "Isn't Zhuge Liang's way to deal with Cao Rui the loss of the street pavilion and the empty city strategy? Father, this time the street pavilion will be left to Shi Cong to guard it. , Shi Cong promises to keep it!"
Wu Sangui almost stopped being amused by this precious son, "Second brother, do you really want to fight according to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"
"Father, you asked Zhuge Liang how he dealt with Cao Rui?" Wu Yingqi looked innocent.
Fang Guangchen, who was standing next to him, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, what you mean is how Zhuge Liang planned the Northern Expedition in "Longzhong Dui"?"
""Longzhong Dui"? How did you say it?" Wu Yingqi couldn't remember.
Fang Guangchen said: "Second Master, this is what is said in "Longzhong Dui": If there is a change in the world, then order a general to lead the army of Jingzhou to Wan and Luo, and the general will lead the army of Yizhou out of Qinchuan. Who among the common people would dare to welcome the general without emptying the jars and eating the pulp? If so, hegemony will be achieved and the Han Dynasty will be prosperous.
Your Majesty, do you want the prince to be the general and lead the armies of Huguang and Sichuan to Xiangwan? "
Wu Sangui nodded: "Since Kangxi is going to enter Guanzhong, the elite Tatars will definitely follow. And Hunan is attacked by Lao San and Kuidong Yu Party, the main force of Huguang Tatars will definitely go south to Hunan, and then Hubei will It’s all empty. The boss just happened to be able to attack Xiang with troops from Kuizhou, and Xiangyang has internal support, so we can definitely take it in one go. Once Xiangyang is captured by us, the boss will be powerful in the Central Plains!"
Is Wu Yingxiong powerful in the Central Plains?
Is this thing reliable?
The civil servants and generals who were discussing matters with Wu Sangui couldn't help but frown.
They all know that Wu Sangui is cultivating his successor. Wu Yingqi played a leading role in the last "Battle of Daguan Town-Rongxi Bridge". In the next battle out of Qishan, he will be a vanguard with his son Wu Shicong. This will happen again. After finishing the fight, he will be "Wu Shimin"!
And Wu Sangui was reluctant to let his eldest son Wu Yingxiong end up like "Wu Jiancheng", so he has been deliberately cultivating Wu Yingxiong these days, not only letting him take charge of his own affairs, but also helping him organize six guards, and also let Guo Zhuangtu, Wang Pingfan, Wu Zhimao, Han Da Ren and Gao Dejie went to Kuizhou to assist him. If you add the forces of Tan Hong, the Ma family of Zhongzhou and the Thirteenth family of Kuidong, as well as Wu Guogui who is cooperating in Hunan, Wu Yingxiong is still quite sure of the power of the Central Plains.
Of course, if Wu Sangui lets Wu Shicong go to Kuizhou, the certainty will be even greater!
But if this happens, Wu Yingxiong will be dead.
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui's civil servants and generals, including Wu Yingqi, were all speechless.
Kuizhou Prefecture, Fengjie County.
Fengjie County in Kuizhou during the Ming and Qing Dynasties was a large county that prospered twice - once during the Ming Dynasty, and then again after Huguang filled in Sichuan.
The reason why Fengjie, surrounded by mountains and rivers, can be prosperous twice is mainly because it is the choke point for goods entering and leaving Sichuan!
However, there are not many people in Sichuan now, and there is no goods to go to Kuizhou. Fengjie, the capital of Kuizhou, will inevitably become an empty "ghost city".
However, in the past two or three months, this "ghost city" has suddenly become lively again. The huge county town is crowded with soldiers and generals who have come from all over Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province with their families - this But Wu Yingxiong's "Six Guards of the East Palace" troops and horses, Yishui's elite soldiers and generals!
According to Wu Sangui's arrangement, the six military camps are currently located in Chongqing and Kuizhou. When Wu Yingxiong takes over Hubei in the future, he will split the military camps and fill up the Sichuan side with Huguang to create six new ones. Wei went to occupy the territory of Jingxiang, and at the same time he sent people from Jingxiang to fill the vacancies in the villages of Chongqing and Kuizhou.
In this way, the number of guard posts under Wu Yingxiong will increase to twelve!
Even if Wu Yingqi's side conquers Guanzhong, he is still confident that he can ascend the throne.
When Wang Shirong, the counselor sent by Wu Sangui, rushed to Kuizhou Mansion with Wu Sangui's decree and Wu Guogui's copy of the news about Wu Shifan and Wu Xiaoxian, Wu Yingxiong was in his study, holding the letters from Wu Shifan and Wu Xiaoxian, crying. Where is Rian!
It turned out that Wang Zhongxiao had asked Wu Shifan and Wu Xiaoxian to write a letter to their father and sent it to Kuizhou Prefecture through Wu Guogui's channel.
In the letter, Wu Shifan and Wu Xiaoji told how their mansion in Shihu Hutong was ransacked, how they were rescued, and how Wang Zhongxiao treated them kindly.
However, good treatment is good treatment, and Wu Xiaojie still wants to be Wang Zhongxiao's concubine!
Wu Shifan made it clear in his letter that when Wu Xiaoxian grows two or three years older, she will become Wang Zhongxiao's concubine!
As for Wu Shifan himself, Wang Zhongxiao is also ready to release him. However, Hunan has not yet been controlled by Wu Guogui, and Wang Fuchen and his son have little money in Guangdong. It is really inconvenient, so they will keep him in Guangdong for now, but he is definitely not a hostage.
If Wu Shifan was not a hostage, Wu Yingxiong would not believe it, but he had no intention of getting his son back immediately.
Because Wu Xiaotuo and Wu Xiaoxian are there, there is no problem with Wu Shifan's safety. On the other hand, if he fails to capture Jing Xiang and Wu Yingqi successfully captures Guanzhong, there will be a problem!
There are no fathers and sons in the heavenly family, let alone brothers!
He was crying, and his confidant Guo Zhuangtu came in quickly from outside. When he saw Wu Yingxiong crying, he was stunned: "Master, what are you doing?"
Wu Yingxiong quickly wiped away his tears and his expression became serious again, "I'm fine. I was just sitting in the study, and there was dust outside. The sand blew into my eyes!"
Dust rising in Kuizhou, Sichuan?
Of course Guo Zhuangtu knew it was impossible, but he did not expose Wu Yingxiong. Instead, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Yihu is here."
"Arrived? So soon?" Wu Yingxiong was stunned.
"Of course it's going to be fast," Guo Zhuangtu said with a smile, "Shinan Prefecture and Changle County, southwest of Yichang Prefecture, have surrendered to us. He just has to hurry up and drive fast. Can he not hurry up?"
The "rebellion" in Huguang progressed every day, especially after the Lizhou Uprising. Shinan, Yongshun, and Yichang, which were also affected by the Kuidong Thirteen Families, suddenly became turbulent.
These territories are inherently "fragmented", with lots of water, high mountains, dense forests, and numerous valleys, so it is naturally easy for separatist forces to develop!
When the Qing army encircled and suppressed the thirteen families in Kuidong, their main purpose was to attack Li Zicheng's remnants. As for the local gangsters in Kuidong, they would recruit them if they could. Otherwise, the war would last ten or twenty years and it would not be over.
Therefore, as soon as Kuizhou fell into the hands of Wu Sangui, the heroes in eastern Kuizhou were ready to take action. When Liu Yihu and Li Laishun succeeded in raising troops in Lizhou, what were the others waiting for? Wait until the rebellion is over!
So it was all the opposite at once!
Although Liu Yihu is a remnant of the camp, he has lived in Kuidong for more than 20 years and has long been familiar with the local gangsters. Therefore, this journey was not only smooth, but also helped Li Zicheng find many old memories or the future of old friends.
Li Zicheng's power is getting bigger and bigger!
But Wu Yingxiong still doesn't know that Li Zicheng has been "resurrected".
The only thing he thinks about now is to seize the "Nine Counties of Jingxiang", otherwise his father will stop loving him!
"Quickly, please invite brother Liu Yihu!" Thinking of this, Wu Yingxiong had already forgotten all the family matters of his children.
Liu Yihu's days are really like a dream!
Although he survived the destruction of the Kuidong Thirteen Clan, he had just been hiding in the mountains for so many years. He never thought that one day the power of the Dashun Dynasty would come back again!
But now, a miracle has really happened!
Just when he left Lizhou, the dual system of soldiers in Juntian Mansion had swept across Lizhou like a prairie fire!
Compared with Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, Lizhou definitely has more people and less land, and the folk customs of the barbarians in Hunan are also fierce, comparable to those in Shaanxi. Therefore, after the military system of Juntian Prefecture came, the poor people below who had been "looking forward to rebellion" for a long time, They all joined in like crazy. By the time he returns, it is estimated that the land in Lizhou will not be enough for the soldiers to divide.
In the Kuidong area, there are even more heroes. Everyone has been waiting for this day!
Now let’s see what Wu Yingxiong plans to do!
Liu Yihu, who was thinking about something good, had already followed Guo Zhuangtu into the lobby. He looked up and saw a fat man in a yellow robe and hat. Knowing it was Wu Yingxiong, he quickly came to pay his respects and said, "I wish you a happy birthday!" He paused, and without waiting for Wu Yingxiong to speak, he said to himself: "Master, let's send troops to kill the Tatars quickly? The brothers below can't wait any longer!"
(End of chapter)
