"Your Majesty, General Laita of Dingxi, great scholars Batai, Suo'etu, Li Fei, Du Lide, Dukana, Feng Pu, Minister of Household Affairs Chen Tingjing, Minister of War Mi Sihan, Hanlin scholar Xiong Cilu, Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Province Mo Luo, Jia Hanfu, the governor of Shaanxi, Axixi, the governor of Gansu, and Guanyin Bao, the minister in charge of the new army, are all here."
The voice of Little Guizi's father-in-law rang in Emperor Kangxi's ears again. Kangxi put down the memorial in his hand and ordered with a smile: "Xuan them to come in."
"嗻."
Little Guizi's father-in-law responded and bowed out of the south study. After a while, the important officials of the Qing Dynasty who had just reported their names filed in and leaned on both sides of the "Situation Map of the Battle of Longxi" spread on the floor of the south study. Kneel down for the shift.
Although the situation in the world has undergone tremendous changes in the past few months, Huguang and Guangdong and Guangxi are almost in chaos. But from the perspective of Kang Mazi, who is based in Xi'an, everything is still under control. And, as long as Burni is here, everything will be fine!
This is not blind confidence, but very reasonable confidence!
First of all, after Wu Yingxiong made a surprise attack on Yunyang and Xiangyang, and Li Zicheng took Wuchang along the river, there were no two major events that could overturn the Qing Dynasty: "Xiong shocked China" and "take Jiangdong along the river".
This is of course thanks to the wise leadership and prompt response of Emperor Kangxi himself!
Kangxi's strategy of dispatching Yue Le to Jingzhou to organize defense and sending Jieshu to Jiujiang to guard the Yangtze River was obviously very correct.
After Yue Le flew into Jingzhou, the Qing army in Jingzhou that was originally in chaos was quickly sorted out.
Yue Le first used a small number of troops to guard Jingmen Prefecture, the gateway to the north of Jingzhou, and built forts and pontoons in Shipai City, Neifang Mountain and Ukou in Anlu Prefecture, blocking the Han River waterway, blocking Wu Yingxiong's southward waterway, and ensuring Established the contact between Jingzhou and Anlu Prefecture and De'an Prefecture.
Subsequently, Yue Le sent troops to Haoxukou, Shashikou, Canggang, Dongshi, Baiyang City and other ferries on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou, collecting and burning all the ships that could be found on the Jingjiang River, temporarily forming an alliance with Wu Guogui, who lacked ships. Confrontation across the river - Wu Guogui could of course collect ships from the Xiangjiang River, Yuanjiang River, and Dongting Lake, but the opening of the Dongting Water System in Yuezhou into the Yangtze River was blocked by Liu Yihu, a general under Li Zicheng. Therefore, Wu Guogui had "no way to enter the river" for the time being.
At the same time, Yue Le also sent envoy Jiugongshan to express his wish for harmonious coexistence to Li Zicheng. To show his sincerity, Yue Le also ordered the Qing army and the Qing government to start from Anlu (the capital of De'an Prefecture) in the south of Hanyang Prefecture and De'an Prefecture. County), Yunmeng, and Yingcheng withdrew.
Although Li Zicheng did not agree to anything, he tacitly ordered Liu Yihu not to harass the Qing army in Jingzhou again.
After reaching de facto peace with Li Zicheng, the situation of the Qing army in Jingzhou was greatly improved. On the southern line of Huguang, there was also a scene of peaceful coexistence - the Qing, Wu and Shun parties did not invade each other, as if they had no intention of invading each other. It's like there's no war.
Once the Qing army in Jingzhou is stabilized, Wu Yingxiong in Xiangyang will not be able to make any big waves. His little courage has been exhausted when he attacked Yunyang and Xiangyang. Now they are sandwiched between the Qing army in Nanyang and the Qing army in Jingzhou and Jingmen. It would be good to be able to stabilize the situation.
Therefore, under the wise and decisive decision of Emperor Kangxi, Huguang is temporarily stable!
Secondly, the situation on the Guanlong front line where Kangxi was personally in charge was relatively stable.
Wu Sangui's "As soon as he left Qishan" strategy was based on a step-by-step strategy of plowing and fighting. It was more than a year after Qishan was out of town before Wu Jun arrived at the foot of Qishan Fort in Xihe County.
Of course, Qishan Mountain is not a natural danger. Qishan Fort is just a small city built on the mountain and cannot stop Wu Yingqi's army at all. What really stops Wu Yingqi is the army's supplies!
According to Yue Le's previous deployment, when the Qing army abandoned Liangdang and Huixian in Jiezhou and Qinzhou, as well as Xihe County under Gongchang Prefecture, they did their best to destroy and relocate the population.
Therefore, it was difficult for Wu Yingqi's army to resupply on the spot, and transshipment from the rear was impossible because of the ruins of Sichuan.
However, Wu Yingqi still found a way to overcome the difficulties, which was to manage every piece of land he occupied - the poor mountains and rivers in Longxi and the complex terrain meant that the folk customs were of course very fierce. Therefore, the only people Yue Le can move away are the residents who live on the small flat land near the county seat, but he cannot move away the people from the mountains.
After Wu Yingqi occupied those territories, he tried every means to invite the mountain people out, and gave them the fields on the plains. He also incorporated the best among them into the army, and promised them the fertile soil of the Sichuan Basin as a post-war reward.
Although the progress of Wu Yingqi's method is very slow, it is progressing very steadily. He can make progress step by step and nibble away bit by bit. And once enough soldiers, horses, food and grass are saved, Wu Jun's progress can be greatly accelerated.
And Xihe County, which was occupied by Wu Yingqi after the beginning of this spring, is likely to become a key point for Wu Jun to speed up his progress!
Although Xihe County, located south of Qishanbao, is also a barren land, it is still much stronger than other surrounding places because of its low-lying location. The terrain is not so steep and it is easy to collect water. Therefore, it has always been a grain-producing county, and a large number of terraces and slopes were developed. Wu Yingqi raided Xihe before the sowing began in the twelfth year of Kangxi's reign. Then people were immediately organized to put into production and sow a large amount of spring wheat and millet.
Once these crops mature, they will be enough to support tens of thousands of troops crossing Qishan Mountain and marching north to Qinzhou!
In other words, if the weather goes well in Xihe this year, there will definitely be a war in Qinzhou after the autumn harvest!
"Laita, these are the reinforcements you asked for!"
Kangxi took the memorial that Burni handed to Xi'an, and said with a smile: "Chahar, the outer vassal alone, has sent out five thousand Mongolian cavalry. I also plan to order the mobilization of the eight banners of Chahar within the Chahar (there are also Chahar under the inner vassal) Eight banners) and 15,000 cavalry belonging to Tumut, were all given to the command of Prince Chahar of Burni!
In addition, with Prince Chahar taking the lead, the Mongolian princes in Ordos and Alashan Arut will definitely not dare not to send troops. Even Qinghai Heshuote will send troops to help. We estimate that 30,000 to 40,000 Mongolian cavalry will soon arrive at the Shaanxi-Gansu front line. Now we don’t have a shortage of troops, right? "
"There is no shortage, there is no shortage." The old man Mudulu Laita, who was already old but still looked strong and powerful, heard Kangxi say this, and he could hardly close his mouth with laughter.
Kangxi nodded and asked: "I heard that these Mongols are not very good at fighting. Can they be used against Wu Sangui's elite soldiers?"
Laita smiled and said: "They can't deal with the elite soldiers, but as long as they can go around Wu Yingqi's back to burn, kill and loot when the elite soldiers on both sides of the front line are confronting each other, that's enough!
Because Longxi is short of food and people, Wu Yingqi can only use the ancient method of integrating soldiers and farmers to fight against us. The advantage of this method is that all the people are soldiers, and farming and fighting are both possible, and each person can be used in two or three. This is the secret why he can support tens of thousands of troops by relying on only five or six small mountainous counties!
However, the weaknesses of this method of integrating soldiers and farmers are also very prominent. First, it cannot delay the farming season, and second, it is easy to ignore the head and tail. Once all his elite soldiers arrive at the front, the rear will be empty. In the area south of Qishan Mountain, although the terrain is dangerous and crisscrossed with ravines, many mountain roads and trails have been carved out over two thousand years of development. Wu Yingqi's soldiers were too small to block it, and after the peasants and soldiers from Jiezhou, Xihe and other places followed the conquest, there were only a few old, weak, women and children left, who had no choice but to be bullied by the Mongols!
Once these old, weak, women and children and the villages they guarded were plundered by the Mongols, it would be impossible for Wu Yingqi not to retreat! And as soon as he retreats, our opportunity will come to pursue and annihilate him! "
Kangxi waited for Laita to finish speaking, then glanced at the civil servants and generals present, and said with a smile: "Do you think General Dingxi's method is good?"
Laita's method is of course good. Just look at Kangxi's facial expression!
Otherwise, would he be able to smile from ear to ear?
However, some of the important officials of the Qing Dynasty present felt that it was not good, namely Wang Jizhen's father-in-law Jia Hanfu and the eldest brother Guanyin Baoguan who was kicked by Wang Zhongxiao and later became a good brother.
"Your Majesty, I think it is wrong to let the Mongols rob the people of Longxi. It is detrimental to Your Majesty's sage. After all, the people of Longxi are also the subjects of the Qing Dynasty!"
Mr. Jia Hanfu Jia is good at everything, but he has two shortcomings. One is that he is not filial to his father - he does not know how to be more corrupt for his children and grandchildren; the other is that he is not evil as an official - although he was born in martial arts, he later became stupid in studying. Really I believe in the saying that "the king is more important than the people".
"Your Majesty," said Guanyin Baoya, who was stunned by chanting Buddha's name, "this slave is also a Mongolian, and he is very aware of the shortcomings of these Mongolian cavalry. They are all unpaid soldiers, and their income from sending troops to fight depends on plunder. Of course, Your Majesty, They will definitely be paid. But they have become accustomed to looting. If we do not strictly restrain them and encourage them to loot, I am afraid that they will not be able to restrain themselves and will bring disaster to the people within the jurisdiction of the imperial court. "
Kangxi's face became a little ugly after hearing what these two people said.
Can the people of Longxi still be considered citizens of the Qing Dynasty? All the soldiers and peasants came together to help Wu Sangui conquer the world!
Who else said that Kangxi wanted to pay the Mongols?
There are thirty to forty thousand Mongolian cavalry!
Just to pay two Green Camp cavalry soldiers according to the double pay standard during wartime would cost more than 100,000 taels of silver a month!
Moreover, the Battle of Longxi is a protracted war. If the battle lasts for another year or two, he will not have to spend hundreds or tens of millions?
The current court has no money!
If it weren't for the good market for selling officials, we would have been unable to sustain it long ago!
Thinking of this, Kangxi said to Jia Han: "The Art of War says that kindness cannot lead an army. You are getting older, more and more soft-hearted, and are not suitable for leading troops in Shaanxi. Mingzhu sent someone to fly it to me by eight hundred miles. Wang Fuchen, Wang Jizhen, Wang Zhongxiao, Kong Jiqing, Wang Jiyong, Liu Jinzhong and others asked for the inscriptions of the envoys, Nanyang ministers and Tiannan governors. I am going to approve it. You will be an imperial envoy and the minister of the vassal. Go away. Let’s go to Guangdong and Guangxi!”
Of course, Kangxi did not want to grant so many military envoys. When he just received the question book, he almost turned the table over.
But the situation is compelling!
What Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao, and Wang Jizhen are doing now can be considered loyal ministers.
If Kangxi was shameless, then he would be slapped in the face later!
Moreover, Wang Fuchen and the others are far away in Guangdong and Guangxi, and it is basically impossible to participate in the world war, which is the future of the Southern Han Dynasty.
Jia Hanfu sighed, with a reluctant expression on his face: "I accept the order."
He had reluctance on his face, but in his heart he was relieved that his life had been saved!
I will retire in Guangdong from now on!
Kangxi glanced at him coldly and thought: This guy Wang Fuchen is short-sighted and divided his sons' families early. He also gave the best Guangzhou mansion in Guangdong and Guangxi to his second son Wang Zhongxiao. This is a way to create chaos!
You old guy just happened to be assisting your son-in-law Wang Jizhen, and you also brought a son to the Wang family to seize the direct heir. It's best to make it like Yuan Shao's family in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!
After cursing the old Wang family in his heart, Kangxi said to Guanyinbao: "Guanyinbao, what you said makes sense to a certain extent. Then I will send you as the imperial envoy to command all the Mongolian troops together with Burni."
"Your Majesty," University Scholar Suo'etu heard what Kangxi said and quickly interjected, "You said that Burni and Guanyinbao should be allowed to command the various Mongolian troops?"
"Is there anything wrong?" Kangxi asked, "Isn't Burni the prince of Chahar? Isn't Chahar the central ten thousand households of Mongolia? Only by taking charge of all the Mongolian ministries can he serve the people. Our Qing Dynasty belongs to Manchu and Mongolia. The Qing Dynasty also had its share of the Mongols. Now I want to fight Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng together with Burni! When the world is pacified, I will also reward Burni heavily!"
After hearing what Kangxi said, the ministers present were speechless.
The Manchu and Mongolian family was originally one of the foundations of the Manchu and Mongolian governance. When the world was unstable, the Manchu and Mongolian family were needed. When the world was stable, the Manchus would eat and occupy more, and they had to guard against the Mongols.
Now, it's time for the Mongols to contribute!
"This slave accepts the decree!" Guanyin Bao had no choice but to accept Kangxi's decree.
Kangxi smiled and said: "Guanyin Bao, then hurry up and get on your way. Burni is visiting his Amma Abu Nai in Beijing these days. You hurry up and see him. Tell him what I mean!"
The descendant of Genghis Khan, the direct descendant of Kublai Khan, and the head of the Golden Family, Burni was leading a group of Mongolian cavalry at this time. Outside the Anding Gate of his "big capital" city.
He came once last year, also in the name of paying tribute to see his father.
He is a filial Mongolian son! Unlike those Dai Xiaozi who wanted to inherit the family business as soon as possible, he sincerely wanted to bring his father Abu Nai, who was under house arrest by the Qing court, back to the grassland to share power.
However, his filial piety was incomprehensible to the heads of the Qing court who ruled the world with filial piety.
Anyway, Fuquan and the old queen Bumubutai, who stayed in Beijing, couldn't understand it. If the Qing court hadn't detained Abu Nai, when would Burni become the prince? This Abu Nai is in great shape. If we let him go, he might live to be seventy or eighty years old. What kind of prince do you, Burni, think you are? I can no longer enjoy it anymore.
So even though Burni repeatedly stated that he wanted to take his father back, Fuquan and Bumbutai both thought that he was "pretending to be a filial son." Since he was pretending to be a filial son, the Qing court would cooperate with him in acting!
Isn’t that just being a villain? Everyone understands it, just reject Burney’s request!
But this is not what Burni thinks. He is a truly filial son!
He hated it when he saw the majestic and magnificent city of Beijing!
"My lord, look, that's Prince Yu! Prince Yu himself has come out of the city to greet you!"
The person who was talking to Burney was an old man dressed as a scholar and sitting on a slide. He was not a civil servant, but Zhang Yong, the newly appointed Admiral of the Nine Gates and Commander of the Fifth Patrol Battalion!
He was the leader of the four Han generals in Hexi who was famous in history!
This old man is a bit like Jia Hanfu. They both like the way the warlord pretends to be a scholar. Moreover, his legs were seriously injured in the past wars, and he was very lame. He could not ride a horse, and it was difficult to even stand, so he always dressed up as an old scholar and marched in a sedan chair. He also liked to lead troops while Write poetry!
Just such a person is now the leader of Beijing’s city defense!
It doesn’t even look good!
Burni glanced at the old man, and then at another military general Zhao Liangdong who was sent by Fuquan to greet Burni. This one looked dignified and seemed to be a good general, but he didn't have any serious errands. He was some kind of military training minister. There wasn't much military training, so I could only practice with the servants in the palaces and palaces in Beijing.
The current city of Beijing is very empty. There are only five green battalions commanded by the paralyzed general and a group of slaves commanded by Zhao Liangdong. This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back!
(End of chapter)
