"The King of Supervisor Guo Ding has just issued an order to the Honbutang to expedition to the Central Plains and regain the northern capital. We, the Ming Dynasty, are definitely not the Southern Song Dynasty. We will never settle in the south of the Yangtze River, and we will never share the world with Hu Qing!"
Outside the Xiaolingwei camp outside Nanjing, on the school grounds, there were all martial arts students wearing brand new red narrow-sleeved regimental robes and red scarves on their heads. All the martial arts students stood upright and motionless, and could only hear their heavy breathing. Everyone looked excited, a little nervous in the excitement, and the muscles on their faces twitched.
Li Zhongshan was also in full military uniform, with a waist knife and a pistol hanging on his belt. His right hand was pressed on the handle of the knife, and his left hand held a yellow leather scroll, which should be the so-called Northern Expedition order. He stood at the front of the queue, flanked by Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua, two of his equals in Nanjing. In front of him were hundreds of students from the third phase of the Jiangwu Hall who had not yet graduated from the "short training course".
Although the "short training course" has not been completed and the military education they received is still quite rudimentary, this does not prevent them from sharing a common background - the third period of Jiangwu Department and the disciple of Sanzhongtang (Li Zhongtang is a disciple of Jiangwu Tangtang). The main hall, Lu and Chen Er Zhongtang are the deputy hall masters)!
With a common background and origin, we can stick together, rank based on seniority, and trust each other, forming a system in which seniors command juniors and students obey the principal (vice-principal).
Moreover, when Li Zhongshan selected students for the third phase of the martial arts department, he particularly favored students from Jiangbei and Huaihe. As long as the Lianghuai disciples who are proficient in literature are willing to join the third phase of Jiangwu Hall, Li Dazhong Hall will not refuse him!
Therefore, most of the students in the third phase of the martial arts department at the Yingtian branch of the Jiangwu Hall (the main hall in Guangzhou also has three phases) are from Lianghuai. In addition to basic military knowledge and "Tianxia Weigong Lun" and "Tian Xia We Gong Lun", " The principle above is how to attract people to organize team training.
For this reason, Li Zhongshan also invited Lu Zhongtang, who was very good at organizing group training in Yingtianfu, to give lectures to these Huaixi and Huaidong students - teach them how to return to their hometowns to mobilize the clan and township party to serve as soldiers and organize group training!
In addition to teaching in the classroom, Lu Sanhao also selected a group of young military leaders with practical experience from his Yingtianfu regiment training to join the third phase of the Jiangwu Hall, letting them serve as the backbone. When they arrive in Jiangbei, they can teach them step by step Why did my good classmate get killed?
In addition, Chen Yonghua and Chen Zhongtang also had a hand in the third phase of Jiangwutang. He used to have a confidante, Chang Mingyue and Chang Xiangu. Now the fairy has become the dignified Mrs. Chen, so Chen Yonghua, a Fujianese, is bound to the Chang family in Jiangdu - Chang Yuchun's descendants are in Chang Mao and Chang Sheng. After his misfortune, he moved to Jiangdu County, Yangzhou Prefecture, and gave birth to many descendants, which became even stronger after Chang Xuanzhen was granted the title of Marquis of Huaiyuan. Although he had gone through dynasty changes, he was still a wealthy family in Jiangbei.
So Chen Yonghua used this relationship to squeeze in dozens of people named Chang. With these people named Chang and the Chang family's connections in Yangzhou Prefecture, when Li Dazhongtang led the troops to Jiangbei, these dozens of regiment training seeds had As long as you pour some money into the soil, it will take root and sprout in no time!
In addition to learning how to pull heads, Li Dazhongtang also led them in several battles to repel the Qing's tentative attacks. Although they were all battles won by lying down, these newbies on the battlefield had seen the smoke of gunfire and seen the dead and blood.
It gained a little experience points and also eliminated the fear of clearing troops. Now, they are full of expectations for the future of themselves and New Daming!
Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Zhongshan's face, and Li Dazhongtang's face was as pale as iron at this moment. As he grows older, Li Zhongshan's appearance becomes more and more majestic. His face, which was originally soft and delicate, has now become clear-cut and his eyes are deep. Coupled with a newly grown beard, his whole body is full of facial features. It is a murderous aura, and it is completely carved from the same mold as the living Lu Bu and Li Fuchen.
If Grand Master Dong had traveled through time, he might have shed tears and cried, "My son is here first!"
A red battle flag fluttered just behind Li Zhongshan. The more than two hundred officers he brought from Guangdong all stood in the most standard martial arts hall military posture. Above your head is the blue sky, and behind you is the Purple Mountain where Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty rests. The 15,000 fully armed Huai Army and Ying Tian Regiment training troops are already on the alert, waiting for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains!
Looking at this tiger and ben built by himself, Li Zhongshan, who had planned to make an impassioned speech, was at a loss for words. It took him a long time to speak: "Although China is big, we only have one city, Nandu, and now a powerful enemy is coming. , we have no way to retreat! And it is not advisable to be trapped in an isolated city. Since ancient times, an isolated city cannot be defended, and it cannot last long. Therefore, we can only attack, and offense is the best defense! We must cross the Yangtze River, cross the Huaihe River, and cross Cross the Yellow River, fight to the enemy's heartland, and direct the troops towards the city of Beijing where the Tatar emperor stole the city!
Now the Tatar army is either pushing towards the southern capital, confronting the Wu family in Guanzhong, or guarding their old nests in Beijing and outside the Pass. Jiangbei is empty, and Huaibei and the Central Plains are even more empty. So I’m looking forward to a lot to do!
Everyone, are you willing to follow me across the Yangtze River in the Northern Expedition, drive out the Tartars, restore the land, recruit strong men, and open up a new foundation? "
"Yes! I am willing to follow Zhongtang in the northern expedition to the Central Plains and go straight to Huanglong!"
The students below, as well as the surrounding officers and soldiers, all roared together!
Li Zhongshan had no intention of concealing his strategic intentions this time. In fact, on the first day of the third phase of the Nandu Martial Arts School, this strategic intention was clearly stated.
And Li Zhongshan called the army he pulled out in Nandu the "Huai Army", which was also clearly telling everyone that the Huaihe River and Huaihe River were his next target!
This is playing a bright card and engaging in conspiracy!
In fact, Yue Le and Jieshu's east-west confrontation with Xiangnan Capital was also a clear plan. Everyone who knew military knowledge knew that it was impossible for them to storm a strong city with 20,000 elite soldiers and hundreds of thousands of militiamen guarding the home.
Moreover, facing the Qing army who loves to massacre the city, the defenders of Nanjing will inevitably fight to the end.
Although those militiamen only had "simple" equipment such as spears, short axes, crossbows, cloth armor and shields, and did not have many firearms, Yingtian Tuanlian and Geng Jingzhong's Dongwang army had a lot of firearms, from shotguns to cannons. All of them!
Faced with such a fortified city, even if Yue Le and Jieshu followed Kangxi's instructions and forcibly recruited a million militiamen and drove them all into battle, they would only lose their lives.
Therefore, surrounding Nanjing is the only feasible option!
In view of the number of defenders and their determination to fight against the Qing Dynasty to the end, the only encirclement methods Yue Le and Jieshu could adopt were to fortify the stronghold and fight in vain. Build fortresses and strongholds one by one outside the city of Nanjing until the east, south, and west sides of Nanjing are surrounded and a section facing the river in the north can be blocked by the navy trained by Shi Lang and the navy from the Jiangxi camp.
The only way to break this step-by-step encirclement tactic is to jump to the outside to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.
Therefore, when Yue Le in the Qixia Mountain Camp heard from Li Guangdi, the "Alternate Qin Hui" of the Ming Dynasty, that Li Zhongtang was going to lead the Huai Army in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, he was not too surprised.
"Your Majesty, please don't underestimate this Wang Zhongxiao. He can cause trouble. Most of the rebels in Jiangning City are caused by him!" Li Guangdi, dressed as a Taoist priest, was sitting in Qixia Zen at this time. Yue Le is reporting to Yue Le in the Chinese Army Hall in the temple!
Although he and Chen Menglei look a lot like Qin Hui, unfortunately there is really no Zhao Gou in Nanjing now, and there is no Yue Fei. There are only figures like Geng Dongwang, Li Zhongtang, Lu Zhongtang, and Chen Zhongtang.
Not to mention the candidate Qin Hui, even if the real Qin Hui came through time, he would still have to shout the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains!
Why don't you try to make people from the south return to the south and people from the north return to the north? Try it and die!
Therefore, Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei, both "King Ding's confidants" and "Alternate Qin Hui", are now very active. They both teach part-time at the Reform School and talk to people about the "Northern Expedition" every day, such as how Zhu Yuanzhang did the Northern Expedition and how Liu Yu did it. Yes, how did Zhuge Kongming conduct the Northern Expedition, and why did the Southern Song Dynasty’s Northern Expedition fail even after repeated expeditions? And where are the favorable conditions for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains now?
In short, both of them are now experts in the Northern Expedition!
Even the mentality of the two alternate Qin Hui has changed.
That Chen Menglei felt that the Northern Expedition seemed to have a high probability of success! In addition, he is Yimen Chen, the same clan as Chen Yonghua and Chen Zhongtang, and a member of the Fujian Township Party, so he has become very close to Chen Yonghua recently, and even advised Li Guangdi not to become Qin Hui, but to form a party with Chen Zhongtang for personal gain!
Although Li Guangdi was moved, he still felt that "Xiao Ming" in Nanjing had little hope. Wu Sangui was more likely to succeed, so he wanted to find a way to join Wu Sangui.
In order to vote for Wu Sangui, he had to perform well! Only then did he have the opportunity to transfer to Kangxi and become Qin Hui. Kangxi himself asked him to become Qin Hui!
Having made up his mind to defect to Wu, Li Guangdi then said to Yue Le: "Your Majesty, there is still a lot of food and grass in Nanjing. It will not be a problem for a year and a half. But how much food is there in Beijing? If Wang Zhongxiao's Northern Expeditionary Army cuts off water transportation, , can the city of Beijing persist?
If Wang Zhongxiao and Wu Shifan join forces in Henan and join the Northern Expedition, can Beijing be defended? "
Nalan Mingzhu was also in Qixia Zen Temple. Hearing that his good student might join forces with Wu Shifan, he felt a little strange: "Didn't he participate in forcing Wu Shifan's eldest brother Wu Shilin to be killed? Can Wu Shifan still join forces with him?"
Li Guangdi said: "Mingcao Marshal didn't know something. Students heard many people in Nanjing say that Wu Shifan was fished out of the princess's mansion in Shihu Hutong, Beijing, by Wang Zhongxiao at great risk. Later, Wu Shifan came back again I stayed in Guangdong for a long time with Wang Zhongxiao, and also went to Jiangwu Hall and Weixin Hall under Wang Zhongxiao’s arrangement, and I became a brother-in-law with Wang Zhongxiao. Therefore, Wang Zhongxiao supported Wu Shifan and supported Prince Zhu San, and there will be a prince in the future!"
Is this too good at mixing things up?
Mingzhuxin said: I thought I was very good at becoming an official, but compared with this Wang Datou, I can't do it at all!
"Duan Fan," Yue Le said to Mingzhu at this time, "Now there is a lot of rice accumulated in Huai'an. As the governor of Cao, please personally escort them to Beijing!"
"Okay!" Mingzhu nodded heavily, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will promise to transport all the rice and grain from Huai'an to Beijing to the regent!"
Yue Le nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Ma Hu, the governor of Jiangsu who was also in the Jiangdong camp: "Ma Futai, you go back to Suzhou immediately and escort all the silk cloth stocked in Suzhou Weaving to Huai'an and hand it over to Duan. Fan. By the way, when passing through Yangzhou, remember to bring the inventory of Yangzhou weaving and as much Huai salt as possible."
"Hey!" Ma Hu also stood up quickly to take the order.
He knew that this was Yue Le's show of goodwill to Prince Regent Fuquan!
Yue Le is now the regent's man!
However, he couldn't stop Yue Le, so he had to deal with it first, and at the same time, he secretly reported to Kangxi who was far away in Xi'an.
"Your Majesty," Li Guangdi, who also loved Kangxi, reminded Yue Ledao at this time, "even if there is enough food in Beijing for a year, it may not be able to defend it. I think that to defend Beijing, the emperor must return to the army!"
What should Fuquan do when Kangxi returns to his master?
Can Fuquan stand up to Kangxi? As soon as he named the regent with a false name and an unreasonable speech, why should he fight against the real emperor?
Yue Le, Mingzhu, and Ma Hu all had expressionless faces and said nothing.
Yue Le and Mingzhu were obviously members of Fuquan's party, and of course they did not want Kangxi to return to Beijing.
Ma Hu, on the other hand, secretly loyal to Kangxi, had to deal with Yue Le and Mingzhu on the surface.
After an unknown amount of time, Ma Hu still said carelessly: "Jin Qing, why don't you go to Xi'an yourself!"
Li Guangdi naturally wanted it, but he did not dare to agree immediately. Instead, he turned his attention to Yue Le and Mingzhu.
Mingzhu nodded and said, "Then let Jin Qing go. Be careful on the way."
What he meant was not to go so fast that the regent would have enough time to figure out how to trick Kangxi!
Yue Le also nodded. This matter must be told to Kangxi after all. Moreover, it is also necessary for Kangxi and Fuquan to have a king-on-king battle in Beijing!
The Qing Dynasty couldn't always have two kings standing side by side, right?
What's going on? Who should I listen to?
While Li Guangdi, who was determined to be Qin Hui's loyal minister, was slowly heading to Xi'an to find his "Zhao Gou", the Northern Expedition army on the Nanjing side was making rapid progress!
On the day after Li Zhongshan announced the decision of the Northern Expedition to his subordinates, the troops originally stationed at Xiaoling Guard handed over the defense area to Lu Sanhao's regiment training, and then the entire army moved to Nanjing Xicheng (the area between the two channels of the Qinhuai River) ), and began to board merchant ships the next day. Under the protection of the Yingtian Navy warships commanded by Jiang Sheng (sent by Zheng Jing), they crossed the Yangtze River one by one.
Liu Jinzhong's troops stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River are also ready to move out at any time - their position is the frontline, and the entire army is on high alert!
When Li Zhongshan himself, accompanied by Yang Xiaohuan in military uniform, took a merchant ship under the protection of his personal guards and appeared near Puzikou Pier, Liu Jinzhong had already led a group of neatly dressed soldiers and his wife Shang Shuying I've been waiting on the pier for a long time.
Shang Shuying's face was a little ugly. She was very reluctant to be transferred to Li Zhongshan's subordinates - although she could charge into battle and had a team of female soldiers by her side, Li Zhongshan couldn't use her as a fierce general, right? Her only use under Li Zhongshan was to be a hostage!
With her under Li Zhongshan's custody, Liu Jinzhong did not dare to act recklessly, and the people in the Xushun Palace did not dare to be too disobedient. Shang Zhixin and other Shang family members in Nanjing City would also have scruples.
If it weren't for the fact that she had the hatred of killing her father and destroying her family, Shang Shuying actually wouldn't care about being mortgaged to Li Zhongshan. That would be a small job for Lu Bu!
But the problem is that the gap between the two sides is too deep, and Li Zhongshan still has a Shangfang sword in his hand that can be used to cut first and then show off! Will he find a reason to kill her?
"Wang Datou is here!"
Just when Shang Shuying was feeling uneasy, Liu Jinzhong had already spoken in a low voice, "You bitch, you have to be careful when you get into his hands. He wants to kill you, but I can't do anything about it!"
"Am I your wife?" Shang Shuying almost cried because of these words. She turned back and looked at Liu Jinzhong fiercely, "You don't care if he wants to kill me?"
Liu Jinzhong shook his head and said: "Don't do it yourself, he won't kill you, you are mine after all!
Even if your brother and King Geng Dong want to do something in Nanjing, you will be fine. I gave you to him for your own good! otherwise"
"Is this for my own good?" Shang Shuying was so angry that she almost vomited blood. This man clearly handed himself over as a hostage!
At this moment, the wooden boat Li Zhongshan was riding on had already docked at the dock, and then he heard someone shouting: "The Minister of the Ministry of War, the Governor of Jiangbei, and the Military Envoy of the Guangdong Navy. Li Zhongtang is here!"
An angry Shang Shuying was standing side by side with Liu Jinzhong. When she heard the shouting, without saying a word, she picked up her shirt and trotted forward, leading Liu Jinzhong and the generals of Xushun Gongfu system to the dock together. Next, he took the lead and knelt down and said loudly: "The last general, Shang Shuying, is here to see the Governor of the Pavilion! The last general is willing to listen to the Governor's dispatches. I wish to respect the Governor's orders!"
(End of chapter)
