"Wouldn't it be that Wu Sangui's whole army crossed the river and were wiped out in one fell swoop?"
Emperor Kangxi couldn't understand Prince An's words. He frowned and asked: "There are many plains and few rivers north of the Yangtze River, which is where our Eight Banners' heavenly troops roam. If Wu Sangui's entire army goes north, isn't it in line with my wishes?" "
Upon hearing this, Prince An Yue Le quickly kowtowed to the ground: "Your Majesty, Tu Hai also has five hundred and eight banners of heavenly soldiers under his command!"
After hearing this, Emperor Kangxi felt that his face was a little hot and numb...
It turned out that Tuhai's Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers were useless, and Zhu Heji's story of crying for his parents and running away after being frightened with thunder arrows had been written in the secret book, and Emperor Kangxi knew about it.
If Wu Sangui's whole army goes north, it will be a "stud". Emperor Kangxi wants to maintain the dignity of being the leader of the world, he must go with... He also has to let the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers go south, and even have to drive them Conquer in person!
This is a sure win. If the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers cry for father and mother again, the Qing Dynasty will be over immediately, and there will be no need for Zhu and Qi Fanhai to come to capture Jiangning.
"Well..." Emperor Kangxi understood immediately, "Prince An is right! You really can't force Wu Sangui to jump over the wall. We have so many loyal ministers and good generals in the Qing Dynasty. We are sure of victory, so there is no need to risk their lives."
This Kangxi is still wise - Mayan is not as important as her head! So I would rather lose face than lose my life!
"Your Majesty!" Prince An Yue Le flattered him again, and then continued, "In fact, Wu Sangui's best strategy is to head north and fight to the death! Shi Lang's navy has not yet formed an army, and Wu Sangui's army is far away The Jingjiang River is not far away. If he really wants to cross the entire army north, there is no way we can stop him from crossing the river. And the Jingzhou and Xiangyang areas in the north of the Yangtze River are very empty of troops right now!"
Prince An Yue Le reminded that Kangxi also felt that the defense in the Jingxiang area was a bit weak. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then whispered: "Prince Le'er of Shuncheng County is skilled in bow and horse, good at military strategy, and is a famous general." , has a long history of prestige, and can be appointed as Pingnan General, commanding 3,000 Eight Banners troops and more than 10,000 green camps to march south to Jingzhou."
Upon hearing this candidate, Prince An Yue Le didn't know what to say. Apart from anything else, this Leerjin is only twenty years old this year, and has never had any experience in leading troops in war before. He was quite skilled at bow and horse, but he often hunted rabbits with Emperor Kangxi. He is good at military strategy... He is very proficient in "The Art of War" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
But Yue Le couldn't object. Because the old generals of the Eight Banners are now withered, there are really not many who can serve as generals. Since there is no veteran, it can only be compared to reincarnation. Le'erjin is the great-grandson of Daishan. Although his prince is only a county prince, he is the small banner owner of the Zhenghong Banner, that is, an eighth-level prince with a certain number of cattle, and one of the eight iron kings.
The configuration of the small flag master plus an iron lion king determines how many minions Leerjin will have! Although the leader of the Eight Banners and other small flag leaders who have entered the Eighteen Points have been ousted by the Tutong, they cannot control the affairs of the banner. But the influence of the flag owner is still there!
Therefore, as soon as Leerjin goes out, there must be many slaves in Zhenghongqi who want to follow him and seek a military career. Kangxi transferred 3,000 people to Leerjin from the Qianfeng Camp, Xiaoqi Camp, Xiaoqi Camp of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Huolei Camp of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was already overwhelming. And Leerjin relied on the face of his little banner master, the prince, to ask for slaves from the homes of princes and ministers under the Zhenghong banner, and maybe he could get two or three thousand.
These are five to six thousand eight-banner heavenly soldiers!
"Your Majesty," Yue Le thought for a long time and did not raise any objection to Leerjin's appointment. Instead, he recommended two assistants to him, "I recommend Tong Guoyao, the deputy commander of the Han army in Zhenglan Banner, and Shuodai Zanxiang, the commander of the forward battalion. Military affairs, assisting General Pingnan."
"Okay," Kangxi said well, "With the help of Tong Guoyao and Shuo Dai, Leerjin will definitely be able to defend Jingzhou and Xiangyang for me.
In addition, Jiangxi can be divided into two, and Northern Jiangxi can be put in charge of Prince Kang Jieshu. Give him 3,000 Eight Banners soldiers and 7,000 Green Camp soldiers.
As for southern Gansu, it can be left to General Dingnan and Liu Jinzhong to guard it together... let Liu Jinzhong be the admiral of southern Gansu! "
Prince Kang Jieshu is the flag owner of the Zhenghong Banner and the iron king. His iron wife was passed down from Prince Li Daishan, and she is even stronger than Leerjin's wife!
Therefore, using him to guard Nanchang and Jiujiang is considered a good choice.
Moreover, Nanchang and Jiujiang are still the "second line" for the time being, and the more dangerous "front line" are still being handled by Sun Yanling and Liu Jinzhong, so the problem should not be big.
Seeing that Prince An Yue Le and the ministers in the Nan Study had no objections to his deployment, Kangxi breathed out and finally ordered: "Rescuing troops is like putting out fires. Today, we will send troops to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Eight Banners' yamen, and the forwards." Battalion, Xiaoqi Battalion, Baoyi Xiaoqi Battalion, Baoyi Huolei Battalion, the order is sent to mobilize troops... The flag army that will go out within three days must be in place, and in five days they will all go to Nanhaizi for a military parade to swear their loyalty!"
By the end of Kangxi's words, he had become cold and gloomy. Because at this time, Kangxi had already murderous intentions for Wu Yingxiong's son Wu Shilin, and planned to kill him during the military parade in Nanhaizi five days later to sacrifice the flag to show his determination to fight to the death with Wu Sangui and Zhu Third Prince.
So after the disbandment of the dynasty, he immediately ordered people to go to Princess Jianning's Mansion in Shihu Hutong to arrest Wu Shilin, who had been under house arrest for a long time, and imprisoned him in Shangfangyuan of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, waiting to give him a death sentence five days later. Surprised.
But on the day when he was going to Nanhaizi for the military parade, early in the morning, when Emperor Kangxi went to Cining Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager’s grandmother Bu Mubutai, he got a big surprise in Cining Palace - he happened to bump into the man who was going to be killed today. Wu Shilin is the boss!
Although Wu Shilin was wearing a green robe and a small hat, with his hands down and his shoulders bowed, and he was standing next to Bu Mu Butai, he still startled Emperor Kangxi and started shouting on the spot: "Wu, Wu...Wu Shilin, how did you start from Has Shang Fangyuan escaped from prison? Someone is coming, escort him quickly!"
As soon as he shouted like this, Bumbutai, who had aged and turned into a fat white-haired old woman, started to giggle: "Your Majesty, what are you doing? How could Shilin run away from Shangfangyuan? ? Can you escape from that place? I asked Aunt Sumala to bring him out with my instructions. I am also his grandma, so I can’t see him? "
Wu Shilin's mother, Princess Jianning, was Huang Taiji's daughter, and Bumubutai was Huang Taiji's Fujin, so she could also be regarded as Princess Jianning's concubine. So Bumbutai could barely be regarded as Wu Shilin's grandma... His grandson was going to be beheaded today, so it was appropriate for his grandma to see him for the last time.
Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Bumbutai with a smile: "Mam, you have already met Wu Shilin. Can your grandson take him to Nanhaizi later?"
Bumubutai chuckled, pointed at Kangxi and said to Wu Shilin, who was already pale with fright: "Look, look...this is the emperor! He is going to kill you, and yet he is smiling with you here." Yes, you can’t tell at all! Shilin, you have to learn from your cousin!”
Wu Shilin knelt down in front of Bu Mu Butai, "Grandma, I don't dare! I really don't dare... Just talk to the emperor and spare me!"
"Ouch, you scared this kid..." Bumbutai asked Kangxi with a smile, "Your Majesty, if your Aunt Sizhen asks you to spare Shilin's life, can you agree?"
"Aunt Sizhen? Kong Sizhen?" Kangxi was stunned, "Mam, Princess Dingnan wrote to you to beg for mercy on behalf of Wu Shilin?"
"That's right!" The old woman Bumu Butai looked at Kangxi, "Didn't anyone under your command tell you that Wu Shilin can't be killed?"
"Isn't it just Wu Shilin? Why can't he be killed?"
Bumu Butai shook his head, "Why don't you have a figure like Yang Qilong under your command? Fortunately, I still have Kong Sizhen! She should have arrived at Wu Yingxiong's side now to make peace with Wu Sangui for us."
"Say peace?" Kangxi shook his head, "Mam, how can you make peace? Han and traitors are not at odds with each other!"
Bumubutai smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I know what you are thinking... If our enemy now only has one Wu Sangui, I will definitely not stop you. But don't forget, our real mortal enemy is not Wu Sangui. But the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu!"
