In Henan Province, Nanyang Prefecture, and Xinye County, the atmosphere of slavery is overwhelming!
On the official road, the sound of horse hooves rumbled like thunder. Hundreds of cavalrymen wearing yellow jackets, surrounded by Emperor Kangxi and dozens of ministers accompanying the army, walked in the middle of the marching team.
In front of and behind them were countless yellow, white, red, blue, green and other five-color flags, rolling in the wind, followed by endless cavalry and infantry. The Qing emperor's personal conquest troops finally arrived near Xiangyang Mansion.
The people currently following Emperor Kangxi are mainly 30,000 coated slave soldiers who followed all the way from Beijing. The military uniforms and flags used by these coated slave soldiers are no different from the authentic Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers. They are all eight-color cloth armor and flags, including true yellow, bordered yellow, pure white, bordered white, true red, bordered red, true blue, and bordered blue.
The Eight Banners Coated Soldiers were further divided into four major battalions: the Forward Battalion, the Firearms Battalion, the Xiaoqi Battalion, and the Guards Camp. Under each camp, there were eight flag and drum coated soldiers, which were called "a certain battalion." "The flag is coated and the collar is coated," and below are the coated slave soldiers sent from the same flag.
The 38,000 banner-clad slave soldiers who followed Emperor Kangxi were thus organized into four large camps of 4,000 or 6,000 men each. Among them, the forward camp and the guard camp both have 4,000 people, and the firearms camp and Xiaoqi camp have more people, both with 6,000 people.
In addition, the forward battalion and the guard battalion are all cavalry. The Firearms Battalion and the Valiant Cavalry Battalion are a mixture of infantry and cavalry troops - although their names are Firearms Battalion and Valiant Cavalry Battalion, their equipment is basically the same.
The firearms battalion also has cavalry, and the cavalry battalion also has artillery, shotgunners, and pikemen. The establishment of the two battalions is almost identical, and they are a combination of artillery, infantry, cavalry and other arms. However, this synthesis is not at the camp level, but at the staff leader level below.
Zhuobutai, Fuquan, Mingzhu, and Guarjia Bahai, who was transferred from Ningguta, served as the camp management ministers of the Xiaoqi camp, the firearms camp, the guard camp and the forward camp respectively.
In addition to these 30,000 coated slave soldiers, Emperor Kangxi also mobilized 10,000 "slave-oriented" Green Camp soldiers from five provinces, including Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Zhili. Among the 10,000, there were More than 200 bannermen and more than 1,700 coated slaves. The "slave rate" reached 20%!
These 10,000 Green Battalion soldiers with a "slave rate" as high as 20% have now been incorporated into the coated slave army, called the "Coated Army Green Flag Battalion", with Wang Fuchen serving as the minister in charge of the Green Flag Battalion.
In other words, the total number of slave slaves who followed Kangxi was 40,000. They were all good slaves, good slaves and good slaves of the Qing Dynasty who were "already slaves", "already slaves" and "wanted to be slaves". slave.
Yan Baoyi, who comes from Fanjia Manor outside Guanhai, is a good Baoyi at the "already Baoyi" level. He is not as good as those above, but more than below, and he is very promising for promotion.
By the way, because he was relatively strong and came from the sect of the "No. 1 Bao Yi" in the Qing Dynasty, he was incorporated into the Bao Yi Guard Camp and became a coat cavalry to protect Emperor Kangxi.
Now he is riding a horse, walking behind Emperor Kangxi and a group of ministers... What an incomparable honor!
A face that was darkened by the sun was filled with a happy smile... This wrapped slave was so happy!
Some are happy, others are worried.
Among the 40,000 coated slaves, Wang Shirong is undoubtedly the one who is in the most melancholy mood. He entered the capital as Master Wang Fuchen. After Wang Fuchen became the minister in charge of the Green Banner Camp, he was also given the status of the Eight Banners Han Army, still under the Yellow Banner. Become one of the enviable "minions".
Now Wang Shirong, who is riding a horse and walking among the Green Flag Army, can feel envious eyes shooting at him from time to time - he is a slave of the Han Army under the Yellow Flag! This is the best among slaves. How can it not be envied by the slave soldiers in the green flag camp who are not even coated?
And Wang Shirong can also feel that this envy is completely from the heart...
What worried him even more was Wang Fuchen's attitude.
Wang Fuchen is now very powerful. He is honored as the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Minister of Envoys and Military Affairs, and the Minister of the Imperial Palace. He was also given the title of "Batulu Yong". A truly supreme minister!
He is already like this, how can he still rebel?
Kangxi had already given everything Wu Sangui could give him!
When Wang Shirong was worried that Wang Fuchen was addicted to being a slave, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats suddenly sounded. He quickly looked up and saw Wang Fuchen wearing a yellow mandarin jacket coming with more than a dozen cavalrymen from the Green Flag Battalion. Among them There was also a middle-aged man in official uniform, who looked a bit unfamiliar.
Wang Fuchen's Green Cavalry Battalion was the vanguard of the entire army. It was at the forefront of the 40,000 slave army and was responsible for taking the front line for Emperor Kangxi. He had previously led a group of cavalry to Fancheng to meet Leerjin, Tuhai, Dong E, Eza, Jieshu and others who were coming out to greet them.
Why are you rushing back now? Did something happen?
When Wang Shirong was about to ask a question, Wang Fuchen had already galloped past him and ran directly to Kangxi's location.
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"Your Majesty, someone is going to rebel again!"
Seeing Kangxi riding on his horse, and after performing a thousand salutes, Wang Fuchen did not wait for Kangxi to call him, he directly approached him, and then lowered his voice to report.
Emperor Kangxi did not look too surprised, and just asked in a low voice: "Who is it this time?"
It was not surprising that someone would rebel these days, so Kangxi was not surprised at all. Wang Fuchen admired his calmness and calmness, and he quickly named the people who were going to rebel.
"Geng Jingzhong!"
Kangxi nodded and asked, "Who did Geng Jingzhong expose?"
"It's not that Geng Jingzhong is exposing anyone, but that Geng Jingzhong himself wants to rebel!"
"What?" Emperor Kangxi showed an incredulous expression, "Geng Jingzhong rebelled? Why?"
Yes, why? Why did Geng Jingzhong rebel?
"Where is Geng Jingzhong now?" Before Wang Fuchen could answer, Kangxi asked again, "Who is in Fuzhou's hands?"
His question was not for Wang Fuchen, but for Mingzhu.
After Kangxi's imperial conquest, the Qing court was divided into two parts: those who went to court and those who stayed behind. Among them, the ministers who went to court were headed by Nalan Mingzhu, the great scholar, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the imperial minister, and the minister in charge of the coated slave army.
"Back to the emperor," Mingzhu said, "Geng Jingzhong should have arrived in the Wuyi Mountains by now. Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian, has fallen."
"Then what else is he rebelling against?" Kangxi felt puzzled. "Fuzhou is gone, so what else is he rebelling against?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know why he rebelled." Wang Fuchen handed over two books at this time, "This is the secret book in the middle hall of Tuhaitu, and the secret book of Liu Jinzhong and Sun Yanling who exposed Geng Jingzhong's rebellion."
"What?" Emperor Kangxi was startled, "And Sun Yanling's co-sign?"
Sun Yanling is still serving as General Dingnan in Ganzhou Prefecture. Although he has no strength, he can still play a role in monitoring Liu Jinzhong.
If Liu Jinzhong was the only one who exposed it, Emperor Kangxi might not believe it.
But now that Sun Yanling is co-signed, this is no small matter.
Wang Fuchen said: "Your Majesty, Tuhai also sent his master Zhou Peigong to explain this matter to the Emperor."
"Zhou Peigong?" The name sounded familiar to Kangxi, but he didn't have time to think about it and quickly greeted him, "Zhou Peigong, come forward and speak quickly!"
"嗻!"
Zhou Peigong, who was kneeling on the ground, quickly stood up and arrived in front of Kangxi in a few steps. Then he knelt down again and waited for Tianyu to inquire.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"Your Majesty," Zhou Peigong said hurriedly, "Sun Yanling suddenly arrived in Wuchang a few days ago with him and Liu Jinzhong exposing secrets about Geng Jingzhong, and Geng Jingzhong's autograph letter to Liu Jinzhong... Both the hall in the picture and Wei Chen have seen Sun Yanling. I brought Geng Jingzhong’s autographed letter, and it was indeed his own handwriting, and the content in it was staggering and absolutely insane! So much so that both Liu Jinzhong and Sun Yanling thought Geng Jingzhong was not only rebellious, but also crazy!”
"Then, where is Sun Yanling?" Kangxi asked quickly.
"Has been brought to Xiangyang by Tu Zhongtang!"
