"Boss, you don't have to worry about Second Brother. I taught Second Brother how to fight, and he is even better than Lan Yuele and Jieshu. Even if they were under Nanjing City, it would be impossible to capture Nanjing. And this Nanjing should give way. We have to think carefully about who will take it!"
Wang Fuchen withdrew his gaze from the Guangdong New Army, which was driving across the Yangtze River in groups, and then glanced at his "big boy", and then at the elegant, tall and strong Wang Jiqing. The more he looked, the more he became more and more like!
This child is not like the boss Wang Jizhen, who looks loyal but is cunning inside.
He is not as fierce, cruel and insidious as the second brother Wang Zhongxiao, and he is also bold and unwilling to poke a hole in the sky.
He is a good boy who is elegant and handsome, good at both civil and military affairs, and has a gentle personality, with a slightly melancholy look on his face.
If it weren't for the fact that this look was 70% to 80% similar to his Wang Fuchen, he would have doubted whether this child was his own?
Thinking of this, Wang Fuchen smiled and asked his "good third son": "Third son, tell me who should take this Nanjing?"
Wang Jiqing was depressed and didn't hear his father's question at all. He originally thought that Wang Zhongxiao, who looked very similar to himself, was his lost eldest brother (the lost eldest brother he made up in his head), but after a long time, it turned out that he was his. My mother got pregnant with Wang Zhongxiao after having fun with his father, and then his shameless mother took him to marry Sun Yanling, his successor!
What is this thing called? His biological father and mother are a married couple!
What's even more despicable is that the couple is now teaming up to attack Sun Yanling's father-in-law, forcing the father-in-law to agree to cede land and sacrifice his wife. Only after handing over the territory and divorce papers were they allowed to lead a small number of subordinates to withdraw. Liuzhou, fled to Lianzhou and joined Wu San to fear Wu Fourth Master.
This thing is simply off the mark! If ordinary people did this, the local officials would have to arrest them and soak them in pig cages!
But Wang Fuchen and Kong Sizhen were both shameless warlords. When they sent troops to attack Sun Yanling, they also came to "acquire the thief on an order" - they followed Kangxi's order to attack the traitor Sun Yanling who had taken refuge with Wu Sangui, or Zhu San The prince's purpose was to defeat Sun Yanling, a traitor who secretly communicated with the Qing court.
In short, no matter where Sun Yanling stands, there is an imperial edict to punish thieves, but I don't know whether this edict is genuine or a high imitation.
And this operation, which has no lower limit and is shameless, has simply destroyed Wang Jiqing, who has studied sages since he was a child and determined to be a loyal minister and filial son. Which father should he be filial to?
Although Wang Fuchen is his biological father - it’s okay if he doesn’t want to recognize him, he looks so much like him! But this wild father’s character has absolutely no limits, he is a scum in the world!
And his own mother turned out to be a shameless adulterer. No wonder she was so close to Wang Fuchen, that is, people are divided by groups!
So, as the son of a gay couple, will he continue to be a dutiful son in the future?
"Third child!" At this time, Wang Jizhen's malicious voice rang in Wang Jiqing's ears, "Dad, I want to ask you, who do you think should let Nanjing take it?"
"Ah, isn't Nanjing the territory of the Third Prince Zhu?" Wang Jiqing replied as if he had just woken up from a dream.
Wang Fuchen snorted: "The Third Prince Zhu is nothing. He is worse than Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Why can he take Nanjing? He is just sitting in the palace in Nanjing waiting for others to come and take it!"
Did the minister say this? You, Wang Fuchen, are still the Southern King of the Ming Dynasty conferred by Prince Zhu San!
Wang Jiqing couldn't stand his father even more, but after all, he was a scholar who read books about sages and would not show his disgust for his pro-wild father on his face. He still looked at Wang Fuchen humbly and asked: "Sir, Then who is qualified to win Nanjing and the Third Prince Zhu?"
Wang Fuchen looked at his eldest son Wang Jizhen again and said angrily: "Boss, tell me!"
Wang Jizhen saw her bastard father looking at his stupid brother with a doting and disgusting expression, and she felt unspeakably angry in her heart - was this old guy thinking about abolishing the elder and establishing the younger?
When he heard Wang Fuchen's question, he snorted softly: "Now the world is in chaos, and the heroes are vying for the deer. It is not yet known who will win. But as Yi'er sees, the world in the future will be either Wu or Li!"
The "Li" he refers to as "either Wu or Li" refers not only to the Li of Li Zicheng, but also to the Li of Li Fuchen, Li Jizhen, and Li Zhongshan!
After all, Li Zicheng and Li Fuchen had joined the clan, and they were now brothers of the same clan.
After taking away most of the territory of Sun Yanling and Ma Xiong, Li Fuchen already controlled most of Guangxi, plus almost the entire Chenzhou and Guiyang Prefectures of Guangdong and Hunan, and Nan'an Prefecture in Jiangxi. The territory and strength were quite large. Moreover, Li Zhongshan's business in Nandu has been relatively successful, and it is now one of the three main halls among the two kings and three main halls in Nandu.
Although Li Zicheng's territory was not large, it was a good place with a large population, abundant products, and convenient transportation. It also controlled the main waterway in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. If the two key nodes on the Yangtze River, Jiujiang and Anqing, can be opened up, and the entrance to Jiangxi and Jiangnan can be opened, then Li Zicheng's situation will be opened up immediately. Moreover, the territories of the two "Eighteen Sons", Li Zicheng and Li Fuchen, can be connected into one. If Zheng Jing can be brought into the alliance of the two Lis, then the two Lis and Zheng can sweep the southeast at once, and a three-pointed world will have its own One is stable.
And now is not the time of the Three Kingdoms. The Southeast, which originally belonged to Soochow, has gathered the largest population, food, finance and taxation in the world, and can also produce large quantities of guns and gunpowder. It can be said that the world began in the Southeast, and Zhu Yuanzhang It is entirely possible to walk the same path again.
Of course, Wang Fuchen can still keep a low profile for a while. After all, he is just a Guangdong prince far away from the Central Plains!
Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Wang Jiqing: "Lao San, do you think the world will be named Wu or Li in the future?"
"The surname is Wu!" Wang Jiqing said, "Sir, the Wu family is about to take over half of the world now. Wuchang Prefecture and Xi'an Prefecture, as long as the King of the West takes one, he will have half of the world. If he takes them all, the distance will be three points. There will be only two of them in the world soon!"
At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hoofbeats came from the pontoon. It turned out that several knights were walking backwards along the pontoon from the north of the river. Soon they followed Wang Fuchen's flag recognition and arrived in front of Wang Fuchen. The knights on horseback are all dressed as passing knights, and the helmets on their heads also have small flags showing their identity.
"Your Majesty," the leader stopped his horse and bowed his hands to Wang Fuchen, "The Western King's army has arrived in Dangyang and is setting up camp to set up camp!
In addition, the vanguard of the Western King's Army has entered the boundary of Jingzhou Prefecture and is marching along the Jushui River towards Jiangling (Jingzhou Prefecture City). It seems that it has not been blocked. "
Wang Fuchen nodded and asked again: "Have you ever seen King Li Zhong's soldiers and horses on the way from Dangyang?"
"Never met."
"Hahaha," Wang Fuchen laughed a few times, "It seems that King Li Zhong's Jingzhou City will soon be stolen by King Xi!"
Wang Fuchen waved his hand and sent the riders away. Then he turned to look at Kong Sizhen and said with a smile: "Sister Zhen, if I remember correctly, you are the goddaughter of the King of the West, right?"
Kong Sizhen nodded and said with a smile: "It is true, Brother Wang, are you determined to support Wu?"
Wang Fuchen said with a smile: "I have always supported the King of the West, and I am the in-laws of the King of the West! Sister Zhen, why don't you take the third child and Lord Xiaoji to go first to welcome the King of the West, and take the third child with you by the way?" Introduce him to the King of the West."
The prince of Xiaoji County was Wu Xiaoji. When she heard that Wang Fuchen might meet Wu Sangui and Wu Yingxiong when he went north this time, she pestered Wu Xiaotuo, who stayed at the Guangdong Navy Yamen in Foshan to look after Wang Zhongxiao's house, to allow her to go north to visit relatives.
Of course Wu Xiaotuo would not stop this girl, and even asked a group of his female soldiers to protect Wu Xiaotuo all the way north, and now he has arrived at Songzi Bailizhou.
Kong Sizhen smiled and nodded, then turned around on horseback and waved to Wu Xiaoji's team: "Xiaoji, come here quickly and cross the Yangtze River with my aunt. My aunt will take you to meet Mr. Xi Wang!"
"Oh, here it comes!"
Wu Xiaoji responded happily, pulled the reins, and galloped towards Kong Sizhen.
This girl is now dressed in the flying fish uniform of Jinyiwei, carrying an embroidered spring knife, carrying a flintlock gun, and riding a broken-eared horse. She has a heroic appearance, and she looks a bit like a general tiger girl, just like this "little tigress" "She looks a little too cute and not very intimidating.
And she learned this outfit from Wu Xiaotuo. After Wang Fuchen went north, Wu Xiaotuo served as the mistress to protect Wang Xiuqing, the young master of the Guangdong Navy, and supervise the army. Naturally, she had to show herself in military uniform, so she had people make flying fish uniforms with brocade robes and guards. She also selected some female soldiers from Chaozhou and Huizhou areas who were recruited to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty to serve as her bodyguards. This time Xiao Tu went north, so Xiao Tu divided half of the guards and asked her to take them with her.
Watching Kong Sizhen lead Wang Qingji and Wu Xiaoji, escorted by a group of musketeers trained by Wang Fuchen and led by Wang Fuchen's adopted son Wang Zhongren, onto the pontoon bridge going north, Wang Fuchen, who was still on the bank of Bailizhou River, just then He glanced at his "great eldest son" and said: "The eldest, the third, and the third are close to Wu, and the second, the second, is ambitious and wants to be Prime Minister Li, so why don't you get close to Li Zicheng!"
It turned out that Wang Fuchen was loyal and had made three preparations to arrest Wu Sangui, Li Zicheng and Li Zhongshan at the same time.
You can’t lose if you bet on three heads, right?
"Sir," Wang Jizhen said with a faint smile, "you are biased. Why do you let the third child bet on the King of the West, who has the greatest chance of winning, while I go and get close to Li Zicheng? Do you think Li Zicheng can make a comeback with this one?"
"Why not?" Wang Fuchen smiled, "Do you think Li Zicheng is a good person?"
"Of course he is not a good person, but isn't he concentrating his forces to besiege Jiujiang?"
Wang Fuchen laughed again: "With the way he played in Jiujiang, how could he concentrate all his strength? He is obviously pretending!"
"Pretending?" Wang Jizhen thought for a while, "Is it possible that Li Zicheng is also plotting against King Wu Xi's Jingmen and Xiangyang?"
"Of course!" Wang Fuchen said with a smile, "Wu Xiwang and Li Chuang have been old rivals for many years. It would be even harder to get them back to back! Boss, there is a grain transport line at Dongshikou across the Yangtze River. It’s a big ship. There’s a ‘Follow the Wind’ flag on the ship. Just get on the ship and it will naturally send you to see King Chuang.”
See King Chuang?
All arranged?
Wang Jizhen said: Wu Sangui is shameless, Li Zicheng is despicable, what about Wang Fuchen? He doesn’t seem to be a good person either!
"Okay, sir, I'll go see Li Zicheng right away!"
Wang Fuchen waved his hand and said: "Go quickly. When I see Li Zicheng, I will call myself Li Jizhen, and I will call Li Zicheng uncle."
"Sir, don't worry, my son knows!"
Due to several consecutive spring rains, the water level of the Han River in the east of Hanyang Fucheng has begun to rise, rolling and churning until it flows into the roaring Yangtze River.
Next to the pier on the west bank of the Han River, one after another grain transport ships flying the "Follow the Wind" flag are queuing up to dock at the heavily guarded piers!
At this time, the sky was gray and the spring rain was falling continuously. In the misty rain, neat soldiers of the "Loyal King's Army" were silently boarding the ship. Outside the pier, there were many soldiers of the King's Loyal Army carrying long guns who were on guard, keeping the rest of the crowd at a distance.
At the same time, the Hanshui Pier in Hankou Town on the other side of the Hanjiang River was also under strict security, with one post every ten steps and one sentry every five steps. Except for the loyal army officers and soldiers in white hats and blue robes, there was no one else on the dock at Hankou.
However, there are quite a lot of people on the pier in Hanyang. At least ten thousand elite soldiers of the King's Loyal Army are boarding the ship and preparing to set off.
On the Hanyang Pier, two leaders of the insurgent army, wearing white red tassel hats, blue cloth robes and waist protectors, were walking away with their hands on the hilts of their swords. Every time they passed a place where soldiers gathered, all the officers and soldiers would kneel down and salute the two elderly leaders of the insurgent army. One of the two big leaders of the rebel army is Li Zicheng, the king of the rebels, now the "Old Loyal King", and the other is Guangxing, the Duke of Jing Kingdom in the Southern Ming Dynasty who once persisted in the Kuidong Mountains for many years with Li Laiheng, Liu Tichun, Hao Yaoqi and others.
Wang Guangxing also worked as a rebel in the late Ming Dynasty, but later he was recruited by Xiong Wencan and became an officer of the Ming Dynasty for twenty-six years. When the Yongli Dynasty was gone for several years, he was still serving as an officer!
However, although Wang Guangxing was not as troublesome as Li Laiheng, Liu Tichun, and Hao Yaoqi, he was extremely firm in resisting the Qing Dynasty. Even after Li Laiheng's Kuidong Rebel Army failed, he still led his men to persevere in the mountains of Shizhouwei. It took two years to shave my hair and become clear.
However, after the Qing surrender, he did not leave Shizhouwei. Instead, he took a different path and continued to stay in Shizhouwei as a local leader. It was not until Li Zicheng started an uprising in Lizhou that Liu Yihu was asked to contact him to fight against the Qing.
Wang Guangxing was already old and did not want to go out to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng's counter-rebellion was very effective, and the situation with Wu Sangui was very good, but he was unwilling to vote for Wu Sangui - Wu Sangui had deceived him back then, and he did not trust Wu Sangui! In the second year after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui led his troops south to pursue Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and the remaining members of the Southern Ming Dynasty. He once called upon Wang Guangxing's brother Wang Guangchang to join forces to suppress the bandits. The Wang brothers didn't know that Wu Sangui had fallen into the water and became a traitor. Wang Guangchang foolishly led his troops to join forces, but was caught by Wu Sangui and forcibly shaved off his hair. This was so shameless!
So in the end, Wang Guangxing took thousands of his nephew's old troops out of Shizhou and joined Li Zicheng's banner. Li Zicheng also made him the prefect of Hanyang, which was considered an important task. Li Zicheng didn't have many prefectures under his command, so he took out one like Hanyang. The "reorganization of the government" was given to Wang Guangxing, which shows that Li Zicheng attached great importance to him.
There are not many old brothers who came out of the chaos in the late Ming Dynasty!
But now that Wang Guangxing saw the scene of Li Zicheng's army going out, his brows furrowed more and more.
"Your Majesty, if we do this, will the Manchu and Qing Dynasties take a breather? This is how the Hongguang Dynasty killed each other and was defeated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. We can't make the same mistake again!"
"Mr. Jing Guo, it was not Er who initiated this incident. It was Wu Sangui, an old man who wanted to stab Er in the back. Otherwise, how could he have come to Xiangyang quietly? He thought he had a plan, but E had already That’s it. I have eyes and ears in Xiangyang!
Humph, how can I let him go this time? I have to stab him no matter what! Well, I have been waiting for this day for too long! "
Mr. Wang Guangxing was speechless when he heard Li Zicheng's words.
Li Zicheng planned to attack Xiangyang and Jingmen for more than a day or two. As early as when Wu Yingxiong entered Xiangyang, he had been preparing. It also refers to the plot of Lu Zimingyi crossing the river in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but instead of wearing white clothes, he made a "shunfengxing" specializing in water transportation on the Yangtze River and Han River. Well, Li Zicheng was running on the " Tailwind”!
But today, his "smooth ship" is not carrying ordinary cargo, but elite soldiers who want lives!
The destination of these elite soldiers is Xiangyang City, Wu Sangui's stronghold in northern Huguang!
You have been doing this for so long, why are you pretending to be innocent now?
(End of chapter)
