"Shang Zhixin, you are a traitor, how dare you come to Qixia Mountain and throw yourself into a trap to see arrows."
Standing outside the gate of Qixia Zen Temple and looking around in the garb of an eminent monk, I finally heard the roar of my old friend Prince An Yue Le. This is what it smells like! Back then, when he was reprimanding a bunch of incompetent Aixinjueluo children who wandered around the eight alleys all day long, he was in a bad mood. I didn't expect that it has not changed at all after so many years.
Just when Shang Zhixin turned to look inside the gate of Qixia Zen Temple, there was a whoosh, and a sharp arrow flew past his bald head! This made Shang Zhixin angry. He shouted at the top of his lungs: "Yue Laosi, what are you doing? How can you shoot arrows randomly? What should you do if you shoot someone? You haven't changed this problem for many years." change!"
The one who fired the arrow was indeed Yue Le. I saw this old boy walking quickly from the mountain gate with a long bow. As he walked, he shouted: "Shang, if you have the guts, don't run away. I'll get closer and shoot again. One arrow." Shoot you!"
"You still want to shoot? What's the use of shooting me to death? Can you shoot to death the third prince Zhu and Wang Datou? If you shoot me to death, Wang Datou's Huaixi Red Scarf Army will come to destroy your Jiangdong camp! "
As soon as he heard the words "Huaixi Red Scarf Army", Yue Le was furious. He picked up his long bow and wanted to shoot again. However, he did not bring a quiver, but asked a Geshiha to hold it. So he stretched out his right hand and shouted: "Here comes the arrow!"
Shang Zhixin became a little nervous when he saw that Yue Le didn't seem to be joking with him. He hurriedly said loudly: "Yue Laosi, Xuzhou has been occupied by the Huaixi Red Scarf Army, and Haizhou will soon be occupied by the Huaixi Red Scarf Army." The communication between you and the imperial court has been cut off, and it is unlikely that you will receive reinforcements from the imperial court in the future. Do you really not want to preserve the imperial court’s last remaining capital in Jiangnan?”
After hearing what Shang Zhixin said, Yue Le finally didn't shoot the arrow he just took in his hand. He just said coldly: "This is not the place to talk. Come with me!"
I still have to say, who makes Yue Le really unable to defeat the Huaixi Red Turban Army now? Just by hearing this name, you know you can't beat him! Originally he could only defeat Wu Sangui, but now he has Wang Datou and his Huaixi Red Scarf Army.
Since a tough fight doesn't work, the only option is to use some insidious means!
And this Shang Zhixin was obviously the envoy sent by Geng Jingzhong to collude with him. If he really wanted to kill him with one arrow, he would have to go head-to-head with Wang Datou's Huaixi Red Turban Army. However, his strongest 30,000 Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers belonging to the Jiangdong Camp had been completely wiped out by the Huaixi Red Scarf in the Fuliji-Suishui Battle. There are still some troops left, most of which were adapted from the original Jiangning Banner Camp and Green Camp. Because their family members were all lost in Nanjing, they used all their strength in Yuhuatai and Xiaolingwei during the siege of Nanjing. If you use it too hard, you will suffer heavy casualties and your vitality will be severely damaged. Not to mention the Huaixi Red Scarf Army, even if Geng Jingzhong's Dongwang Army and Yingtian Regiment's training troops come over and kill them, Yue Le will be in trouble.
So he shot Shang Zhixin with an arrow just now to satisfy his hatred and scare this unfaithful and unfilial person. After scaring him, he had to invite him into his temporary official residence in Qixia Zen Temple and find a secluded room. In the room, the two brothers sat down and made a pot of tea. While drinking tea, they discussed becoming the second and third ministers.
They said they wanted to discuss it, but Yue Le really couldn't bear it. He had been the head of the Manchu royal family, how could he surrender to Prince Zhu San and become his second minister? If this second minister is cheated, he will not be able to die easily, and it will not be easy to explain to Ama Abatai when he gets down there!
So he kept talking to Shang Zhixin about those things that he recalled in those days. After talking about it, the two grown men were very sad and almost cried. In the end, Shang Zhixin let out a long sigh, wiped his tears, and got to the point: "Your Majesty, let me tell you the truth. I, Shang Zhixin, just pretended to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. I was not a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty at all. I just wanted to do something for you." You will die in the Ming Dynasty and become an official in this Ming Dynasty!"
When Yue Le heard this, he immediately became excited: "My Lord, you turned out to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty! It seems that the late emperor was not wrong about you!"
"No, I am not a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty!"
"Then you didn't pretend to surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"
"Yes, but my real master is not Kangxi, but King Gengdong!"
"Geng Jingzhong?" Yue Le looked disdainful, "You voted for him? Why?"
Shang Zhixin smiled bitterly: "King An, because he rescued Zhixin's family from the prison car and gave Zhixin good clothes and food, so that Zhixin could continue to be a master. If there was no King Dong, Zhixin would I’ve already suffered a thousand cuts at the market entrance. Tell me, if I don’t vote for Dong Wang, who else can I vote for?”
"This" Yue Le was speechless.
This Geng Jingzhong is definitely addicted to food, but he is really nice to Shang Zhixin’s family! If he hadn't come to the rescue, Shang Zhixin would have been taken to Beijing and cut into pieces.
Shang Zhixin continued: "And my family has long been a mortal enemy with Huo Lu Bu and Xiao Huo Lu Bu. More than half of my family died because of their father and son. The reason why they didn't kill them all was because they wanted to use the sword of the Qing Dynasty to destroy my family. Kill them all.
If they and their son were allowed to take control of Nanjing's Xiao Ming Dynasty, there would be no way for our Shang family to survive. Therefore, in order to protect himself and repay his kindness, Shang had no choice but to follow King Geng Dong to the end!
But it would be too difficult for King Geng Dong to defeat Lu Bu and his son alive! With just a small job for Lu Bu, King Geng Dong would have no chance of success! This little boy Lu Bu is not only good at fighting, but also very good at deceiving people. He is also good at dancing and is very good at winning over all parties. When he defeats the Jiangxi camp and turns to deal with Dong Wang, Dong Wang will most likely be defeated. Will my family still have a way to survive by then?
If the King of the East wants to be undefeated, he can only cooperate with you, the prince, and then strike first and give Lu Bu a hard blow! And your lord, you can only feign surrender to the Ming Dynasty first, just like Jiang Wei did to the Wei Dynasty, can this cooperation be possible! Your Majesty, are you willing to be Jiang Wei of the Qing Dynasty? "
Become Jiang Wei of the Qing Dynasty?
Yue Le murmured in his heart: Are you, my father-in-law, cursing me and Geng Jingzhong? I am Jiang Wei, and Geng Jingzhong is Zhong Hui. It seems that neither of them ended well, right?
"What if I am not this Jiang Wei?" Yue Le asked word by word.
Shang Zhixin said: "Chen Yonghua has led 10,000 troops to cross the river to Puzikou. The little worker Lu Bu has also mobilized three battalions (Chang Wei's army) of the Huaixi Red Scarf Army to assist in the battle. At the same time, Liu Jinzhong will also march towards Haizhou. , and threaten the Huai'an Mansion. My lord, how long do you think the Jiangbei Camp can last? The Jiangbei Camp is about to collapse. Do the few people under your command still have the determination to fight to the end? Even if you can withstand King Geng Dong, you Can you withstand Lu Bu's little job? When he is done with Dong Wang and he comes to attack you, will your army be wiped out? Instead of just sitting back and waiting for death, why not join forces with Dong Wang and become a living Jiang Wei!"
Yue Le frowned, Shang Zhixin's analysis was correct!
The Jiangbei camp was not strong to begin with, and now it is even more panic-stricken. It cannot withstand the two-pronged attack by Chen Yonghua and Liu Jinzhong. If Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Tongzhou are lost, the North Road will be exhausted.
By then, the people of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River will only become more panicked. Not to mention the small job Lu Bu, even Geng Jingzhong's attack will not be able to withstand it. Even if they could withstand it, it would be meaningless. When Lu Bu, a small worker, captured Luzhou, Anqing, and Jiujiang, opened up the Yangtze River waterway and the road from Jiangxi to Guangdong, and then sent his army eastward, the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River would still be wiped out.
Yue Le frowned deeply and stared at Shang Zhixin: "But what is this Jiang Wei going to do?"
"First, you have to withdraw your troops from outside Nanjing! Not only you have to withdraw, but also the Jiangnan Camp! Second, you have to hand over the Zhenjiang and Changzhou Prefectures to the King of Dong. The Jiangnan Camp, Zhejiang, and Fujian also need to withdraw. Guangzhou (belonging to Anhui), Quzhou Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture, Chuzhou Prefecture, Wenzhou Prefecture, Jianning Prefecture, Yanping Prefecture, and Shaowu Prefecture must be handed over to the King of the East; thirdly, you will lead the generals in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian. The officials of the Qing Dynasty jointly asked Prince Zhu to surrender and be granted the title of envoy. Thirdly, of course, they secretly selected elite dead soldiers and sneaked into Yingtian Mansion to wait for the Dongwang's order to catch all the thieves such as Lu Bu, Chen Yonghua, Lu Sanhao and others who wanted to survive!"
"What happens after we catch them all?" Yue Le asked.
Shang Zhixin looked at Yue Le and said with a smile: "First of all, before we catch them all, have your six or seven children married?"
"Not yet. I have been busy fighting in the past two years, so where can I take care of it?"
"Then marry Liu Gege to King Dong and marry Qi Gege to me. From now on we will be a family!"
"What?" Yue Le was stunned by such a shameless request, "How old is my daughter? You two are so old."
In fact, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin are not particularly old. Shang Zhixin is the age of "Ben Si", Geng Jingzhong is in his early thirties, and Yue Le's Liu Gege and Qi Gege are only in their teens.
However, in the face of a political marriage without love, age is not a problem at all. The problem is that Yue Le's two daughters are not in Jiangnan, but stay in Beijing!
"No, no," Yue Le shook his head repeatedly, "My two daughters are both in Beijing! I am going to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and they are afraid."
"You can ask the regent for two princesses!" Shang Zhixin said with a smile, "The regent is a reasonable person. Knowing that you are pretending to surrender to protect the Qing Dynasty, he will not embarrass your family. Even if you don't come back after you are done, In the Northern Dynasty, if you were the father-in-law of the Geng family dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, the regent would be considerate."
"The Prince Regent is reasonable."
Shang Zhixin nodded: "Yes, my lord, why don't you write the Kaiben today and send it to Beijing by express delivery eight hundred miles away? While Haizhou has not been occupied by Liu Jinzhong, the flying cavalry can still pass. "
"Okay!" Yue Le nodded heavily, and then said to Shang Zhi, "My Lord, please write a letter and tell the regent about your difficulties. Maybe the regent will pardon your family."
"Okay!" Shang Zhixin nodded and said with a smile, "It's time to write something to the regent! If this happens, the world will be divided between Wu, Qing and Geng. Maybe the Qing will come They are uniting against Wu!"
"Unite to fight against Wu?" Yue Le thought for a while, and the expression on his face became extremely solemn, "If the Eastern King can eradicate Wang Datou, Chen Yonghua, and Lu Sanhao, then Wang Fuchen and Zheng Jing will definitely join Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui's strength It will rise sharply again, and the Wu family will undoubtedly be the Cao Wei of the past!"
Shang Zhixin smiled and said: "King An, when great things are not accomplished, you are Jiang Wei of the Qing Dynasty. If great things come true, you will be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty no matter whether you are in the Qing Dynasty or not. You are worthy of the name Xinjieluo!"
"It makes sense!"
Anhui, Luzhou Fucheng.
The roar of the cannon suddenly fell silent, followed by earth-shattering shouts.
The smoke shrouding the west side of Luzhou Fucheng dissipated slightly, and from a distance you could see a large gap in the city wall covered with rammed earth and bricks. Half of the bricks and rammed earth on the wall collapsed, forming an easy-to-climb path. of gentle slope. The soldiers of the Huaixi Red Turban Army carried long spears, simple knives, and flintlock rifles, wore tattered cloth-covered iron armor (stripped from the corpses of Eight Banners soldiers), and held simple wooden shields against the city wall. Arrows rained down and launched a charge. Many soldiers fell during the charge, but the rest still struggled forward. The fusiliers at the front had already rushed up the gentle slope, their white blades glowing with cold light, and the black barrels were filled with gunpowder and bullets!
The Qing troops defending the city were also quite tenacious. Just as the Huaixi Red Scarf Army climbed up the gentle slope, they also rushed up to fill their mouths. At the forefront of the Qing troops was also a group of shotgun soldiers. The musketeers and shotgun soldiers from both sides engaged in a shootout at the gap in the city wall. Many people fell on both sides, and the Qing army suffered more casualties. Most of the officers and soldiers who rushed to fill their mouths were killed or wounded in this wave, and the rest were a little frightened and began to turn around and retreat.
Taking advantage of this moment, dozens of dead soldiers from the Red Turban Ming Army finally rushed forward. Then, as expected, a hand-to-hand fight began at the gap in the city wall that was dozens of steps wide!
Seeing that the battle on the front line had finally reached the stage of hand-to-hand combat, Li Zhongshan, who was supervising the battle from behind, finally showed a smile: "Okay! Well done, you are worthy of Luo Laohu!"
Luo Laohu is Luo Dawei. This middle-aged man who was originally buried in the long river of history has now shown amazing military talents. His Suzhou Red Scarf Army is also an elite force that Li Zhongshan can fight hard!
However, even Luo Laohu's Suzhou soldiers encountered many difficulties when they attacked Luzhou Prefecture. The two sides had been fighting desperately for two days around the gap. One battalion of the Suzhou soldiers could not attack, so the other battalion was Up, now we have moved to the fourth battalion!
The reason why the Qing army in Luzhou Prefecture was so tenacious was because the current governor of Anhui, Jin Fu, was supervising the army in Luzhou Prefecture. It was Jin Fu who later became famous for his river management. He was also a banner man, a member of the Han army with a yellow flag. He was a postal scholar in the sixth year of Shunzhi, and he was promoted to his current position step by step through experience. Compared with those "Han temporary officials" who became officials by relying on imperial examinations and borrowing Beijing debt, his ability to do things was certainly much more solid. And he was particularly good at blocking holes in rivers. So he also had a lot of research on how to block holes in city walls created by cannonballs. In the past three days, his people have always been able to firmly block the gaps in the city wall.
However, every time the Qing soldiers blocked the road, dozens or hundreds of people would be lost. While the three battalions of the Red Turban Army suffered heavy casualties, the governor of Anhui Province in Luzhou City was also constantly depleted!
And how many people can there be in one Fubiao? Isn’t it a matter of time before the oil runs out?
Finally, this time the attack personally supervised by Luo Dawei finally achieved a breakthrough, and a camp flag with the word "big" was finally inserted into the gap in the wall of Luzhou Prefecture.
Li Zhongshan and Zhou Chang stood side by side in the frontline headquarters, holding up binoculars to watch the siege from beginning to end. The Qing army here is tenacious, but the Huaixi army attacking the city is even more tenacious and has higher morale. Although they are all new recruits who have just joined the army and are not good at commanding, organizing, coordinating, etc., their ability to dare to fight tough battles and not be afraid of chewing hard bones shows that they will be the pillars of the country in the future.
Zhou Chang nodded lightly: "Superintendent, Jin Fu who guards Luzhou is also a capable official. How many people does he have? He can actually block us for three or four days with a Luzhou city! When he is caught, I will go and persuade him. Please, see if you can use it for me?"
Li Zhongshan is in a good mood. Although this battle was a bit difficult, he has successfully won the Luzhou Prefecture. The next step is Anqing!
Anqing is probably the really difficult one to beat!
If Jin Fu is willing to surrender, it may be easy to capture Anqing. After all, Anqing is the real capital of Anhui Province. Jin Fu has been working in Anqing for the past few years and is very familiar with the situation there.
Thinking of this, he nodded and said to Zhou Chang: "No, I will personally persuade him to surrender! I have to give Jin Ziyuan some face, he is a capable official after all!"
Zhou Chang smiled and said: "Then you are truly a polite and virtuous corporal!"
When the two of them were discussing how to conquer Jin Fu, a capable official, Shang Shuying's cheerful voice suddenly came.
"Supervisor, Supervisor, I'm so happy! You have been crowned king by the imperial court!"
"Con a king?" Li Zhongshan was stunned, "What kind of king do you want to make?"
"The King of England! The court has made you the King of England!"
"King of England?" Li Zhongshan thought to himself: From now on I will be the King of England "Lears", or the King of England "Li Yucheng". Is the fiefdom of this King of England in England?
While he was thinking about it, Shang Shuying had already led a guard in golden clothes into the headquarters with a smile. She first gave a blessing ceremony to Li Zhongshan and said with a smile: "General, congratulations to the king!"
Li Zhongshan retracted his thoughts, and then glanced at Shang Shuying. This girl has been doing very well these days, and she can't fault her at all. It also made Li Zhongshan's impression of her much better. I don’t want to kill her anymore
Then he looked at the Jin Yiwei who delivered the order. It turned out to be an acquaintance, the Liu Shuochuan who was pulled onto the revolutionary boat by him at Shuimen Gate in Nanjing City. He was now the Jin Yiwei's governor.
Because Li Zhongshan had supported him, he had always respected Li Zhongshan. If he had not brought the order today and could not salute Li Zhongshan before the order was delivered, he would have bowed down long ago.
"Your Majesty," Liu Shuochuan said with a smile, "it was proposed by the King of the East to make you the King of England. Everyone in the court also thinks that your contribution is enough to make you the King. Therefore, the Supervisor of the State asks you not to refuse in public and just accept the title directly."
"What? It's the King of the East." Li Zhongshan was stunned and said to himself: What does Geng Jingzhong want to do? Something weird!
(End of chapter)
