"God bless you! Your Majesty, this is our last and best chance!
Now the battle between Wu Sangui and Li Zhongshan is a bit like the battle between Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Once the winner is determined between Wu and Li, you will definitely be the next target of the winner!
So you can't follow Zhang Shicheng's example and sit back and watch Chen Zhu decide the outcome, you must go all out!
Because you and Zhang Shicheng are both emperors! "
Yue Le's advice to Geng Jingzhong was of course "stud"!
The reason why he suggested this was because on the one hand, Yue Le could vote for Wu but not for the Ming. He had voted for the Ming once before, and then rebelled with Geng Jingzhong and killed Li Zhongshan and Li Erfuchen. How dare he vote? bright?
On the contrary, there is no problem with him joining Wu. He is nothing more than "retaining his status as a feudal lord". It is impossible to separate the kingdom and gain real power, but there is no problem for a rich man.
On the other hand, Yue Le really wants to help his son-in-law fight. If he doesn't fight, he will wait for death. If he fights, maybe he will be able to do it? No matter how bad the situation is, "well-being, stability and destiny" can still be lost by joining Wu Sangui.
If it falls into the hands of Li Zhongshan, it will definitely be a dead end!
Because what Geng Jingzhong did in Nanjing was to suddenly attack his own people. If he didn't kill them, how would the Ming Dynasty's troops be led?
"Zhang Guozhang, I know everything you said!" Geng Jingzhong thought for a moment and then asked, "Should we fight hard now? Should we wait for Wu Sangui and Li Zhongshan to take action?"
Are you the only one who knows this?
As soon as Yue Le heard this, his heart froze - he couldn't bear it!
"Your Majesty," Yue Le said, "how do you know that Li Zhongshan will not come to destroy us before the decisive battle with Wu Sangui?"
"What? He will go first. Isn't he afraid of Wu Sangui going down the river?"
Yue Le shook his head and said: "The failure to follow Jiujiang blocked Li Zhongshan's road to Wuchang along the Yangtze River west, so he could only watch Wu Sangui eat Li Zicheng. Similarly, Anqing also blocked Wu Sangui's road along the river. Anqing With Wu Sangui in hand, it is impossible for Wu Sangui to advance to Nanjing at once. Therefore, Li Zhongshan is likely to gather a large number of troops to destroy or cripple us first, and then go to fight Wu Sangui!"
When Geng Jingzhong heard this, he immediately panicked. These days, Li Zhongshan first went on the Northern Expedition. After returning to Nanjing, he has been busy sorting out the internal affairs, and left the battle with Dajing to Li Fuchen and Liu Jin Zhong and Zheng Jing.
These three alone have already made Geng Jingzhong very worried. Zheng Jing and Liu Jinzhong grabbed a lot of territory in Fujian and Zhejiang, and Li Fuchen was even more fierce. He snatched up all the territory Geng Jingzhong had in Anhui, and then went to Jiangxi to grab the Qing Dynasty. Territory - Fortunately, he changed the direction of attack, otherwise Geng Jingzhong's territory would have been reduced by a few more prefectures!
"Wang An, then... how should we deal with the person named Li?" Geng Jingzhong frowned when he asked.
"First of all, you must recognize the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty as your great-uncle emperor! And profess your vassalage to the Zhou Dynasty, just like the Qing Dynasty." Yue Le said, "What you do is, first, you can build momentum, second, you can reassure people, and third, you can consolidate Zhou and Jing. , Qing Three Kingdoms Alliance!"
"Okay!" Geng Jingzhong nodded solemnly, "I am two generations younger than the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty. Besides, the book Kangxi gave to Wu Sangui claimed that he was his grandson Xuanye, so why can't I call him his grandnephew Jingzhong? And I am older than Kangxi, so I am Kangxi’s brother!”
OK, Kangxi has another emperor brother!
"Secondly, we have to temporarily abandon Fujian, concentrate all our forces in Zhejiang, and then look for opportunities to attack Jiaxing Prefecture, Huzhou Prefecture, Huizhou Prefecture or Guangxin Prefecture!"
Yue Le was probably afraid that Geng Jingzhong wouldn't understand, so he explained specifically: "We can no longer disperse our forces. We have to clench our fists and attack any of the four prefectures of Jia, Hu, Hui, and Guang." , beat hard! After the fight, you don’t have to occupy the territory, you can just grab it and leave, just like Emperor Taizong and Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty came in and plundered!
By doing this, we can firstly contain Li Zhongshan's troops; secondly, we can accumulate wealth and enhance our own strength; thirdly, we can avoid being captured by Li Zhongshan as the main force for a decisive battle. Of course, our own old camp must also be moved. As a nest, the old camp can be moved to Jiande County, Yanzhou Prefecture, which is surrounded by mountains and has the danger of Xin'an River to rely on, and is convenient for launching counterattacks in Anhui and Jiangxi. "
"Okay!" Geng Jingzhong nodded, "Just do it!" He smiled and said to Yue Le, "Zhang, you are really my loyal minister. I will listen to you in all future wars!"
It was November 13th, the second year of the Republic of Ming Dynasty.
Nanjing.
In the newly completed political hall of the National People's Congress, a group of political officials in red robes and black gauze were holding the just-published "National Scholars Review" and snorting. Everyone's expressions are not very good. You look at me, and I look at you.
Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu and Chen Gongyin, who were in charge of political affairs, were all sitting on the Grand Master's chair. Each of them also had a copy of the "Guo Shi Review", turning over and over carefully, as if this issue of "Guo Shi Review" was not allowed to be read by the four of them before it was printed. .
The political officials below were already discussing among themselves.
"Isn't this Wu Sangui too shameless? He is a house slave with the fourth surname, capricious, and a traitor who arrogantly proclaimed himself emperor. He actually wants to avenge our late emperor of the Ming Dynasty! Speaking of the death of the late emperor, Wu Sangui himself is also responsible Ah! The late emperor had asked him to come and save his life a long time ago. If he hadn't been so dilly-dallying all the way, would the late emperor have been able to hang up on the coal mountain?"
"Humph, late emperor, late emperor, Yizong is not the only one who wants revenge, Lord Yongli is also the late emperor! Who will avenge Lord Yongli?"
"Everything to avenge Yizong is just an excuse! Just watch, when he conquers Jiangxia, he will definitely say that Li Zicheng went to Anqing or Nanchang, and then send troops to attack Anqing or Nanchang! This old thief wants to destroy us The Ming Dynasty!"
"He is truly the most shameless traitor in history!"
"If this Wu Sangui is the most shameless traitor in the history, then Geng Jingzhong is probably the second shameless traitor in the history. He actually issued an edict saying that he has recognized Wu Sangui as his uncle, and from now on he will call Wu Sangui the uncle emperor and control Kangxi. I call my brother the emperor. Well, Wu Sangui, Kang Mazi, and Geng Jingzhong are now a family!"
"Speaking of family, the general and Wu Sangui seem to be related to each other."
Hearing this question, Huang Zongxi, the political leader, finally looked away from the article about the eighteen ways to eat peppers (signed by Mr. Mochou) in the "Guoshi Review", and then looked at a group of political officials who were talking endlessly, He coughed heavily.
Huang Zongxi is the true originator of the theory of "Yuan Jun" and "Yuan Chen", and he has many disciples. He has presided over new Confucian schools such as Guangdong Reform School and Nanjing Reform School. He also joined the Tiandi Society early, and is still Tiandi. Become a boss!
Today's Tiandihui is no longer a rebel organization, but has evolved into the largest "hui" in the National People's Congress. Members of this Tiandihui not only control the Nanjing National People's Congress, but also control the currently established National People's Congress. The National People's Congress in seven prefectures including Guangfu, Yingtian, Fengyang, Yangzhou, Sizhou, Suzhou, and Songjiang, the National People's Council at the county level below these state capitals, and the three elders in townships and capitals below the county.
Since the generation model of the National People’s Congress’s political officers is based on the three elders’ recommendation system of the Han Dynasty, a bottom-up, layer-by-level selection method will be gradually implemented. The current National People’s Political Consultative Officers at the imperial court level are still Li Zhongshan, Li Fuchen, and Zheng Jing. , Chen Yonghua, Lu Sanhao and other major shareholders decided. Therefore, as a leader of the Tiandihui and Li Zhongshan's mentor, Huang Zongxi's prestige among political officials is still very high.
Hearing him hum like this, everyone else was speechless. Huang Zongxi slowly raised his head: "What nonsense are you talking about? The marriage between the general, Wu Guogui, and Wu Yingxiong was all for the purpose of fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty! Wu Sangui was the Western King of the imperial court before. He is the one who deserves the most credit for our Ming Dynasty being able to recover!" In order to take advantage of the strength of the Wu family, the general married with them for the sake of the country and the people. Moreover, in the future, this marriage relationship may not be used to divide the princes who win over the Wu family. After all, Wu Sangui is already old. Now this time , this is the last fight, if we lose, who can say clearly whether Wu Zhou will fall apart?"
Huang Zongxi's disciple Wan Sinian is also a political councilor now. Of course, he also passed the message to the teacher and immediately asked: "Teacher, how should the political council cooperate with the General's Office and the Secretariat of the Secretariat this time?"
“We have to pass a resolution and appeal to the people and scholars all over the world, telling them that the enemies of the Ming Dynasty and the enemies of the Republic have now united to destroy the Republic of our people and the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, every Chinese citizen and scholar should step forward now, contribute money if they have the money, and contribute if they have the strength to defend the Ming Dynasty and the Republic. And all the people of the Ming Dynasty who are not yet Chinese, but want to become Chinese, and have the ability to become Chinese, should seize the opportunity to serve the country by joining the army, donate money to the army, or buy large amounts of Ming government bonds and lend money to the court.
We should also tell people all over the world that it is very cost-effective to become a citizen and scholar of the Ming Dynasty now. Because after the Ming Dynasty defeated Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Kangxi and unified the country, it would be even more difficult to become a national and a national scholar.
Moreover, when the Ming Dynasty unified the whole country, the Ming Dynasty would own the fertile land of Liaodong and the Tianfu of Sichuan. It would also become the suzerain of Korea, Japan, Luzon, Annan, Java, Siam, Myanmar, Mongolia and other four countries. There is land that can be distributed, and Chinese people who have made meritorious service in the military can get land. Chinese people who have purchased national debts are not afraid that the court will not be able to repay them, and they can also use land as collateral! As for those national scholars who want to be officials, the larger the territory and the more countries they belong to, the more opportunities they will have to become officials! In the final analysis, this republican Ming Dynasty is the property of our countrymen and scholars. If we don’t protect it ourselves, then who can do it? "
Huang Zongxi was a big talker when he was young. Although his reputation was great, it was mostly false. But now, after experiencing a series of ups and downs of national disaster, saving the country, subjugating the country, subjugating the world, restoring the world, and restoring the country, I have truly enlightened, and I truly love my country and the Republic!
So what he says now is from the bottom of his heart!
"That's right! Now the Ming Dynasty has our share, as well as those Chinese people and soldiers! If we don't protect it well, it will really be gone, and that will be miserable!"
"It is the responsibility of the country's citizens and soldiers to protect the country! We must make this clear to everyone. This is a critical moment for the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty. All countrymen and soldiers must go all out to protect the country and home!"
"Yes, it would be too tragic to subjugate the country and the world. If we lose the battle."
Most of the political officials waiting for the meeting in the political hall today, like Huang Zongxi, have really experienced the subjugation of their country and the world!
Although they were the same type of people as the scholar-bureaucrats of the Chongzhen Dynasty, their experiences and thoughts were different. Now when I think about the end of the Republic and the Ming Dynasty, everyone is really worried about the country and the people!
They all know that the Ming Dynasty is going to be gone. They are definitely not going to be officials in another court, but there is a high probability that their families will be destroyed. Many of them have seen this kind of thing with their own eyes! Moreover, no other court can be as good as the one at home!
"Don't worry, everyone, our republic, the Ming Dynasty, cannot be defeated. Because we have millions of people and scholars!"
Just when these political officials began to worry about losing the battle, Li Zhongshan's loud voice suddenly rang out!
Everyone quickly stood up and turned to the door of the political hall. They saw the "iron triangle" of Li Zhongshan, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua walking in together. Among them, Li Zhongshan also took the steps of a dragon and a tiger that disowned his relatives, and said to the people in the political hall with a voice that was as powerful and confident as: "Our republican Ming Dynasty is the same as Wu Sangui's Zhou State, Geng Jingzhong's Puppet Jing, Kangxi's Hu Qing’s is different from our country. It belongs to millions of compatriots, national scholars and tens of millions of ordinary people who can become compatriots! And Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Kangxi are all heads of one family and one surname. Millions of us are of the same mind, and there are still countless How can we lose with the support of tens of millions of people?”
Daming is an employee-owned joint-stock company!
While Dazhou and Dajing were both family businesses, Daqing was a partnership. And this competition was more like a fight!
Therefore, as long as the Republic of Ming Dynasty is fully mobilized, it is impossible to lose!
What Li Zhongshan has to do now is to mobilize the Chinese people. Regardless of the current productivity of tens of millions of people, it is impossible to directly mobilize so many people. But as long as they can mobilize the power of millions of Chinese people and scholars, Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, and Kangxi cannot resist!
However, to complete the mobilization of millions of people and soldiers, it cannot be done just by talking.
We must first give those Chinese people and scholars some sense of urgency, otherwise they may not necessarily want to level the whole world and they don't want to, and Li Zhongshan would also have a hard time.
It's good that Wu Sangui takes the initiative now, and Geng Jingzhong is ready to make a move, which is exactly what Li Zhongshan wants.
As for Kangxi, don't even think about staying out of it, it's impossible!
As long as the Ming Dynasty completed its war mobilization, how could it be possible to let the Qing Dynasty go?
After the Chinese people and officials felt the urgency, it was time to mobilize public opinion and the economy - resolutions of political councils at all levels, publicity in newspapers, the sale of national bonds, and the acceleration of the promotion of Chinese identity. All of these must be stepped up. handle.
When public opinion and economic mobilization begins, military mobilization must also follow!
And military mobilization is not just as simple as recruiting troops. It also has to be coordinated with victory after victory!
Winning the war is the best military mobilization!
However, Li Zhongshan has no good news to announce now.
Li Zhongshan sat down on a Taishi chair, and Chen Yonghua, Lu Sanhao and other political officials also sat down. Then everyone's eyes were focused on Li Zhongshan, the general who recorded the affairs of the minister.
"I just got the news," Li Zhongshan said, "Wu Sangui's emperor's banner has appeared in Hankou. Li Fengtian will evacuate Jiangxia County within twelve hours and move to Mubu Mountain! In addition, Hanyang, the capital county of Hanyang Prefecture, will The county, as well as Anlu, the first county of De'an Prefecture, and Zhongxiang, the first county of Anlu Prefecture, have all fallen, or are about to fall! Huanggang, the first county of Huangzhou Prefecture, probably won't be able to hold on for long."
There is actually no solution to these failures. As long as Wu Sangui is determined to break up, it is impossible to defend all the territory of so many state capitals with Li Zicheng's strength. However, except for the two prefectures of Hanyang and Anlu, the other three prefectures with large mountainous areas are still likely to persist in the fight against Wu!
The backbone of Li Zicheng's subordinates are actually the remnants of the Kuidong Thirteenth Family, and they like to establish base areas in mountainous areas.
When Li Zicheng allocated land to these old backbones, he also deliberately selected the valleys and mountain passes that they preferred. It is estimated that he also had the idea of going into the mountains if it was not possible.
If Li Zicheng's army commander, Sima Hu, could act according to the general's plan, then Wu Sangui would know what mountain guerrilla warfare and mountain mobile warfare are! Oh, I have met him in Yunnan and Guizhou, so I am quite familiar with him.
But Prince Zhong’s army is not comparable to those chieftains’ armed forces!
And there is a Republican Ming Dynasty behind them!
Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan added: "Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. Moreover, it is not a bad thing for Wu Sangui to take Jiangxia, Hanyang, and Hankou. He did not take those territories, so how could he go deep into Jiangxi and Anhui, and finally be defeated by me?" ?”
"The general wants to march westward?" a political officer asked.
Li Zhongshan nodded: "The coalition forces against my father, King Nan and King Zhong, have arrived at the outskirts of Jiujiang. They plan to break Jiujiang Mansion first, and then take Jiujiang to fight Wu Sangui!
I felt that fighting in Jiujiang was a good choice, so I decided to personally lead an army of 100,000 to Tun Anqing and wait for Wu Sangui to come for the decisive battle! "
"What about Geng Jingzhong?" someone asked again immediately.
Li Zhongshan smiled and said: "Geng Jingzhong is not worth mentioning. He is just a guard dog. After I repel Wu Sangui, I will go back to deal with him in three to five months, and I will be able to completely wipe out the little power of the Geng family." . So you don’t have to worry!”
What Li Zhongshan said was half true and half false, and the purpose was of course to confuse the enemy. Although most of the political officials were supporters of the republican Ming Dynasty system, there was no guarantee that there were not Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong among them.
Even if not, the same misleading fake news will be disseminated through other channels. Wu Sangui may not be able to be deceived, but Geng Jingzhong is still sure to be coaxed.
(End of chapter)
