"Intimidating Luoyang?" Li Zhongshan thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up, "Isn't that why I, the general, went to Luoyang?"
"Shangluo. Yes, yes, you can say that." Zhou Chang nodded and said, "Although Luoyang has long ceased to be a capital city, the shadow of the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties is still there, and it is still a place that attracts the attention of the world. In the eyes of the people of the world , the status of Luoyang is no less than Wu Sangui’s capital Chang’an!”
Yao Qisheng added: "General, Pei Gong is right. For a dynasty based in the southeast, taking Kaifeng and Luoyang is of great significance! In the past, during the Duanping period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Northern Expedition to Mongolia to regain Zhongzhou was also known as Duan Ping into Luo. It can be seen that as long as we can leap on horseback to Zhongzhou, raise troops to Luoyang, and sail south to the court, we can declare to the wise people in the world that the king's industry is not in peace, and the orthodoxy lies in the southeast!
Therefore, Wu Sangui will never watch us take Luoyang! Because once the Ming Dynasty captured Luoyang and established a firm foothold, it would not only block Wu Sangui's eastward entry into Zhongzhou, but also let the heroes of Zhongzhou see the Ming Dynasty King's ambition to conquer the Central Plains in the north. It would also remind the Central Plains scholars that the Ming Dynasty is the world. orthodox! "
Li Zhongshan nodded and said seriously: "This general wants to lead Wu Sangui's army to Luoyang. As long as his army comes, there will be no way to help Kangxi defeat Fuquan. Even if we can't capture Luoyang in the end, as long as we don't smash in If the capital is too large, it will not be considered a loss.”
In fact, Li Zhongshan did not think about "leaping his horse across Zhongzhou, marching troops into Luoyang, the king's industry is not in peace, and the orthodoxy is in the southeast." He just wanted to take revenge on Wu Sangui - because the old guy Wu Sangui wanted to use the beauty Wu Xiaoxian to provoke the siblings Li Zhongshan and Li Jiqing, in an attempt to make these good brothers have the same rage as him!
Well, Li Zhongshan will get angry and let Wu Sangui know how powerful he is! Wu Sangui must let Wu Sangui know that the Li family and his son are not easy to mess with. From now on, he should take care of his sons and grandsons and don't provoke the brotherhood between father and son in the Li family!
I didn't expect that such a simple matter would allow the two great military strategists Zhou Chang and Yao Qisheng to analyze so many truths. It seems that Li Zhongshan made a clever move unintentionally!
Look, this is genius!
Yao Qisheng said with a smile: "General, you can also enter Luo in the name of supporting Fuquan and crusade against Kangxi. In this way, the vassal towns in Henan that still carry the banner of Manchu Qing will not stop the general, and the general can use the shortest time to , marching into Luoyang at the lowest cost.
Once Wu Sangui learns that the general has entered Luoyang, he will definitely send troops to compete with the general. At that time, the general can enter Luoyang first to show that the king's business is not in peace, and then give up Luoyang on the condition of jointly attacking the Manchus and expelling the Tartars. Once Wu Sangui enters Luoyang, whether Kangxi or Fuquan wins the Manchu brothers' war, they will definitely become Wu Sangui's enemy. It would be difficult for Wu Sangui to move from south to north and then go all the way eastward along the river. The three alliances of Zhou, Qing and Jing were completely broken. At that time, the general can even form an alliance with Wu Sangui again to oppose the Manchu Qing and Geng Jing together! "
"The calculation is good!" Li Zhongshan nodded, "Then how many troops should I bring to Luo?"
When Zhou Chang and Yao Qisheng heard this question, they couldn't answer it for a while. They had to think about it carefully. However, He Tianran, who had been silent before, suddenly spoke: "With the power of a general, a force of ten thousand people is enough to overwhelm China!"
"Ten thousand people." Li Zhongshan frowned, "Is it a little less?"
"It's quite a lot," He Tianran said, "We can declare to the outside world that the general personally brought a hundred thousand people to Luo. With the reputation of the general, I believe that the righteous people in Zhongzhou will definitely bring their own supplies and weapons and follow them. Maybe the general There were only 10,000 people when we left Huaibei, but on the day we entered Luo, there were really 100,000 people!"
This is possible! Li Zhongshan said in his heart: The main force of the Qing army is now in the north preparing for civil war, and Henan should not be taken into consideration. But Wu Sangui would not let the Ming army occupy Luoyang. It would still be a bit troublesome for the old guy to lead an army to capture Luoyang. This He Tianran is a bit underestimating the enemy!
As soon as Li Zhongshan thought of this, He Tianran handed him an envelope and said with a smile: "General, please read this."
Li Zhongshan took the envelope and looked at it, and laughed: "This is a letter from Wu Meiyu!"
"Meiyu" is Wu Shifan's character, and Wu Sangui's grandsons are all "Yushuai", because the character style of their generation is Shi, and the character after Shi means various kinds of jade, and this character can be a name. explanation, so the cousin names of Wu Sangui's grandsons are all "Yu". After becoming generals, they will all be "Jade Commanders". There will be "Lü Bu" on the Ming side, and "Yu" on the other side of the Zhou Dynasty. "Handsome" sounds awesome!
But Li Zhongshan is not afraid of Wu Shifan, the "Jade Commander". The most important thing for this "Wu Yushuai" now is to guard against his uncle and cousin, guard against his biological mother, and guard against his biological brother. Of course, he must also guard against his biological father. The most important thing is that if the ruthless emperor's family cannot guard against him, he will have to run away! Where can I go? Of course I voted for Li Zhongshan.
Without huge benefits and great assurance, Wu Shifan would not abandon his friendship and become enemies with Li Zhongshan. Of course, let’s talk about the underhanded tricks behind the scenes to fight for the world! It is inevitable to do some dirty tricks.
And Wu Shifan is now the general manager of Henan appointed by Wu Sangui, and opens his mansion in Nanyang. If Wu Sangui wants to take action in Henan, then Wu Shifan's participation must be indispensable. Maybe he will be the coach of that area.
Now Wu Shifan has sent a letter to Li Zhongshan through He Tianran (Li Zhongshan's private contacts with Wu Guogui and Wu Shijue have always been handled by him, Wang Leiyong, Yu Haitao, and later Wu Shifan was added), which shows that Wu Shifan still wants to be good friends with Li Zhongshan , the two sides can still discuss it.
Since it can be discussed, then the 10,000-strong army in Shangluo is indeed enough. If the two sides negotiate well, maybe they can divide the part of Henan Province south of the Yellow River!
Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan quickly tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, unfolded it and read it again, and suddenly laughed: "Three military advisors, first prepare a plan for tens of thousands of people to go to Luo. It is said that Fuquan is ready to surrender to this court, so This general is going to send 50,000 troops to Luo to attack Kangxi, the puppet emperor of the Northern Qing Dynasty!"
"yes!"
Taiyuan Shanxi.
At this time, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty did not know that Li Zhongshan was planning to send troops to Luo, but even if he knew, he would have to launch the Eastern Expedition as soon as possible, and have a battle of "brothers and friends, brotherly respect, father and son," with his good brother Fuquan and his unfilial father Fulin. "filial piety".
Because the 20,000 troops led by Wu Shijue and Wu Eryushuai have already arrived at the gates of Taiyuan City - they were sent by Wu Sangui to help Kangxi fight against his Amma and his brother!
Now that Ben has arrived, of course he has to go on the expedition!
However, standing on the wall of Taiyuan, looking at the Zhou army meandering on the official road next to the Fen River in the distance, Kangxi still felt cramp-like pain in his heart.
Wu Sangui, the traitor, has really grown up. Just sending out reinforcements means four guards with a total of 20,000 cavalry!
Moreover, the ratio of the armor and weapons of the 20,000 infantry and cavalry and the proportion of infantry, cavalry, and artillery seems very reasonable!
"Your Majesty, this servant has watched carefully!"
General Fei Yanggu, who was tall and taller than Lu Bu and Li Fuchen, put down the telescope in his hand at this time, and then said to Kangxi respectfully: "The Zhou army has a total of five guards, and each guard is an infantryman." , cavalry, and artillery are mixed together, and the strength is very balanced.
One of their guards has about four battalions plus baggage teams and artillery teams. Three of the battalions are infantry battalions, mainly equipped with shotguns, long guns, and plain knives, of which shotguns account for about half. The other battalion was cavalry and seemed to be smaller in number than the infantry battalion. Each guard seems to have seven or eight cannons, all of which can shoot three-pound and six-pound shells. "
Wu Sangui's Zhou army and Kangxi's Qing army were actually old rivals. Because both armies were learning from each other's strengths, their organization, equipment, and tactics were very similar.
The most common field tactics of Wu Sangui's army was to use long spears and simple knives to form a battle line, and use shotguns and artillery to output firepower. When the opponent was shaken, they would then use bamboo pole cavalry to launch an attack, and use long bamboo spears to block the enemy's battle line. Stab to pieces.
Such tactics may seem quite simple, but they were very effective against the Qing troops of Kangxi and Fuquan. Even if the Qing troops adopted the same equipment and tactics as Wu Sangui, they could not afford to fight a war of attrition against Wu Sangui.
After taking over Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, Wu Sangui already has enough excellent soldiers!
As for Kangxi and Fuquan, they wanted Manchuria as the basis after all!
If the full amount is exhausted, the Qing Dynasty will become a regime controlled by Han warlords. People like Yang Qilong, Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong, Chen Tingjing, Li Sixing, Shi Lang, Wang Jinbao, and Chen Shikai will become the Eight Pillars of the Qing Dynasty. country!
Then it would only be a matter of time before the Qing Dynasty was replaced and turned into the second Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, Kangxi and Fu couldn't afford to spend this time on the Eastern Expedition to Beijing, so they had to fight it quickly!
Thinking of this, Kangxi turned around and asked: "Are you ready for the strategy of conquering Beijing?"
"Already prepared!" Laita said: "We will send 80,000 troops plus 20,000 reinforcements from Wu Sangui. A total of 100,000 heavenly troops will leave Jingxing, then bypass Huolu, Zhengding, Dingzhou, Baoding, and then attack Shuntianfu!
They didn't attack the city or occupy any land along the way, they just marched forward until they reached the city of Beijing, forcing King Yu to leave the city and fight with us in the field, and then decide the country in one battle! "
"Okay!" Kangxi nodded heavily, "We just want to decide the country with one battle!"
He turned around and looked at these subordinates who had followed him in his conquests here and there, suffered countless hardships, and experienced countless hardships. He nodded and said: "All of you have endured hardships with me these years. It's all useless to me. I'm hurting you!
But now we have a great chance of winning this battle. As long as we can fight it well, we can still keep three points of the world! I won’t bother anymore and will enjoy peace with you all! "
The ministers below quickly knelt down in front of the troubled Emperor Kangxi. They all shouted together: "I am willing to follow the emperor in revolting and to protect peace for the emperor!"
Kangxi nodded, and suddenly lowered his voice and said: "I will give you a brief explanation. I have sent Cao Xi, Cao Yin and his son to win over Fuquan's generals. Now several of them have agreed to my conditions, so it's time for the decisive battle. When the time comes, someone will definitely turn against me! So we will definitely win!"
The ministers below were all shocked when they heard Kangxi's confession - Ouch, did Kangxi also send people to bribe Fuquan's people? I don’t know who bought it?
Thinking of this, seven or eight suspicious eyes were cast on Duolong. The market is not good now, so we have to increase money!
Duolong also secretly screamed, "It's not good!"
This Kangxi is really bad at learning! They would win over Fuquan's men, but he didn't have much money, so how did he win over them? Do you just rely on being granted an official position to make a wish? How much can you win over in this way? I don’t know if people on both sides will switch sides together on the battlefield?
It would be so much fun to do this!
Beijing City, Regent's Mansion.
"I'm coming"
With a cry of "Come on, come on", Suo'etu picked up his robe and ran all the way into the meeting hall where Fuquan was.
This man is in high spirits now when he is in happy times. No, he is in high spirits when in mourning!
His niece Hershey died in childbirth! And it seems like she won’t survive even after giving birth to a child. Now he is no longer Kangxi's relative. Since he is not Kangxi's relative, Uncle Fuquanfu can trust him.
In fact, Suo'etu's relationship with Fuquan and Shunzhi is very good. He grew up watching Fuquan, and he also served as Shunzhi's guard with swords. He was one of the most trusted people by Shunzhi.
So Suo'etu couldn't be happier these days, and his steps were brisk when running errands!
"What's coming?"
Prince Regent Fuquan asked hurriedly.
"Reporting to the regent, it is the emperor who has arrived." Suo'etu said, "Tanma came to report that since yesterday morning, a large number of Xiba Banner soldiers and horses have left Jingxingkou. Their vanguard has also bypassed Chengtun in Huolu County. Stationed in Shijiazhuang.
In addition, Tan Ma also reported that a large number of Zhou troops followed the soldiers and horses of the Xiba Banner and marched out of Jingxingkou! "
There was a "pop" sound.
Someone banged the table, and everyone followed the sound and saw that it was the great monk Shunzhi who was having trouble with the coffee table.
Of course, the coffee table is innocent. What really pissed off Shunzhi was the traitorous son of Kangxi - this traitor actually colluded with the traitors to beat his emperor, Amma! This is disobedient and unfilial!
"Amma, calm down." Fuquan quickly advised Shunzhi, "Although the emperor colluded with the traitors to cause chaos, he is young after all. After he is caught, Amma, if you teach him well, he will definitely change his ways."
Shunzhi snorted and turned to look at Yang Qilong: "How many Ming troops did Yang Qilong come from by sea? Are they elite?"
Yang Qilong replied: "Back to the Supreme Emperor, there are a total of 10,000 reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty, all of which are the most elite Huaixi Red Scarf Army!"
Huaixi Red Scarf. I’m not afraid now!
As soon as Yang Qilong said these words, the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty who were a little afraid and opposed Emperor Kangxi all became angry. What they were most worried about before was that Wu Sangui sent troops to support Kangxi! Fuquan was already a bit unbeatable, but now that Wu Sangui was added to the mix, how could he still fight this battle?
Kangxi's military strength was stronger than that of Shunzhi and Fuquan. Kangxi could gather at least 80,000 elite soldiers out of Jingxing. If Wu Sangui gave another 20,000 reinforcements, it would be a hundred thousand troops. And most of them are elites who have been fighting for a long time!
And Fuquan can now gather less than 70,000 people in Beijing, of which 30,000 are Mongolian cavalry whose combat effectiveness is not very reliable. It is quite difficult no matter how you look at it!
If we are to be defeated, then those of them who are on the wrong team will be doomed. Our ancestors' struggle has been in vain, and that would be a real loss.
Now that Wang Datou has finally squeezed out 10,000 Huaixi Red Turban troops, then there is still room for this battle!
Seeing that everyone below him had gained confidence again, Fuquan said: "Although Wu Sangui sent 20,000 troops, all he wants is to unite with the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. As for whether this Qing Dynasty is headed by me or Xuan Ye, that doesn't matter at all. It's tight.
Besides, Xuan Ye also killed Wu Sangui's grandson, but I released Wu Sangui's daughter-in-law and two grandsons. So there is no certainty who Wu Sangui's reinforcements will help in the end! The king also sent people to them. "
He wasn't telling lies, Duolong would definitely find Wu Shijue!
After all, Fuquan could give Wu Sangui the same conditions that Kangxi could give him!
Even though Fuquan and Yang Qilong benefited from Li Zhongshan, they should still be on guard against being trapped in the dark.
While Fu Quan was speaking, Zhang Ying, a Han minister who was walking in the Regent's Palace, came in with a letter that had just been delivered by air. After saluting, he loudly reported: "Your Majesty, I have just received an urgent letter from the Guide regiment's training envoy's office. It was reported to Ming Dynasty that Li Zhongshan had assembled an army of 50,000 troops in Xuzhou and declared that he would attack Emperor Kangxi!"
Fuquan was stunned and glanced at Yang Qilong.
Yang Qilong said: "The military affairs in Jiangnan are also changing rapidly. Maybe Geng Jingzhong has been defeated, so General Li can already pull out an army of 50,000. But this is a great thing for us now!"
"Yes, that's a good thing!" Fuquan nodded, "I'm more confident now! We will definitely win!"
(End of chapter)
