As soon as he heard that Emperor Kangxi was going to personally go out to catch the Mad King, Fuquan immediately knelt down.
"Your Majesty, you are a man of great wealth and the fate of our country, the Qing Dynasty. You must not take any risks! Since the mad king Geng Jingzhong has gone crazy, he can do anything. If you are shocked The Holy Emperor will not only threaten the national destiny of our Qing Dynasty, but also increase his own sins."
Kangxi nodded and looked at his brother's fair face, "Second brother, what you said makes sense. But if I don't go there in person, how will Geng Jingzhong and his group of people know that the power of heaven is unstoppable? What if? If he cannot intimidate people with the power of God, how can Geng Jingzhong be willing to surrender? How can his subordinates accept Geng Zhaozhong as their king?"
"this......"
Fuquan didn't dare to speak now. He originally wanted to ask for orders to lead troops to escort Geng Zhaozhong to capture the mad king and the heir to the throne.
But Kangxi said that "the power of heaven is hard to resist." What should you ask Fuquan to say? I can't say that I look very majestic, and I can completely replace my brother to scare Geng Jingzhong's minions... Fuquan is Kangxi's elder brother, and he missed the throne of emperor just because he lacked a pockmarked face!
But after Fuquan grew up, variola had begun to become popular in the Qing court, so he was also vaccinated. Now he no longer has to worry about smallpox.
Now that Fuquan also has the ability to "prevent flowers", can he covet the throne?
Seeing that his brother was speechless, Kangxi continued: "But now Wu Sangui has sent an army of 60,000 to attack Dangyang and Qianjiang. I still have to sit in Xiangyang and command the army to fight with them. I really don't have time... .How about this, second brother, you, Tu Hai and Jieshu, escort Geng Zhaozhong to capture Geng Jingzhong under my banner.
After capturing Geng Jingzhong, you continued to march into Hunan under my banner to steal Wu Sangui's retreat. Remember, Geng Jingzhong is crazy! "
"Crazy" and "rebellious" are completely different in nature!
The crime of rebellion requires the execution of the whole family, but going crazy can exempt or reduce the crime. Since Geng Jingzhong himself is not guilty of death, the crime of the person who followed him crazy will be even lighter.
Kangxi classified Geng Jingzhong as a "crime of madness" rather than a "crime of rebellion". First, it was to make it easier for Geng Zhaozhong to recruit Geng Jingzhong's men... He wanted to convict those people of a crime of rebellion that could be executed. People are so anxious that they jump over the wall!
The second reason is also to have a step to step down.
He was a small holy master of the Qing Dynasty, but he was deceived by Geng Jingzhong. Where could he put his face? Kangxi was a very face-loving master. Historically, when the prince Yinreng was deposed, he even found an excuse for the "nightmare curse" - it was not that Kangxi was incompetent in teaching his son, but that there was a "demon incident", and Yinreng was the middle child. Cursed.
"The slave is trying to get the order from the sea!"
"Slave Jie Shu accepts the decree."
When Fuquan was still trying to push this errand out, the two deputies assigned to him by Emperor Kangxi had already knelt down to receive the order.
Fuquan had no choice but to accept this unfortunate job.
Kangxi then asked: "Fuquan, Tuhai, and Jieshu, how many troops do you three think it will take to frighten Geng Jingzhong and his men?"
Tu Haidao: "If I go back to the emperor, Geng Jingzhong has at least 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command. To frighten them, there must be 30,000 people, right?"
Jie Shu said: "Your Majesty, the troops I have placed in Jiujiang and Nanchang will be dispatched immediately, but the number will only be 8,000 at most."
Kangxi frowned, "Eight thousand is not enough, I have to raise another 20,000...Tell me, where should I recruit people?"
Zhuo Butai took the question, knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, now we can only take the risk of recruiting troops from Wuchang and Hanyang."
"What Duke Chao Wu said is absolutely true," Tuhai said. "Now we can only mobilize troops from Wuchang and Hanyang... There are 20,000 land divisions in Wuchang and Hanyang that the slaves are responsible for, and there are 20,000 naval divisions. Among them, the land divisions There are 8,000 Eight Banners soldiers and 12,000 Green Camp soldiers, both of whom can be put to great use."
Xiangyang is 600 miles away from Hankou. If you want to take the waterway, you have to transfer ships from Wuchang and Hanyang. However, if you take the land route, the army will not be able to reach Hankou in less than ten days. It will take at least several days to get on the ship from Hankou to Hukou. This is such a delay!
Therefore, the only option is to mobilize the troops from Hanyang and Wuchang.
Tuhai had been organizing his army in Hanyang and Wuchang for a long time, and he already had 40,000 troops in his hands, half of which were land and water. The navy among them was brought out by Shi Lang!
Therefore, without Geng Jingzhong's "madness", Wu Sangui would never have been able to capture Wuchang and Hanyang - even if Wu Sangui's army was capable of breaking the city, the navy could not! Once the navy is defeated, the army's retreat will be exposed. If you are "spanked" anytime and anywhere, how can you still have the energy to attack the city?
Kangxi frowned and asked, "Wuchang and Hanyang won't suffer any loss, right?"
Wuchang, Hanyang, Hukou... can't make any mistakes!
Emperor Kangxi's long snake formation seems to be able to echo from beginning to end, but there are several key "victory points" that cannot be lost.
These key "victory points" are Xiangyang, Hanyang, Wuchang, Jiujiang, Anqing, Taiping, Jiangning, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou. Among them, Wuchang and Jiangning are the most important!
But now it is impossible for Kangxi to just watch Geng Jingzhong go "crazy" for the sake of Wuchang's infallibility, and then capture Hukou County in Jiujiang Prefecture and cut off the Yangtze River defense line in the middle, right?
Besides, Geng Jingzhong will not lie still after taking Hukou. He will continue to develop towards the lower reaches of the Yangtze River while Emperor Kangxi's main force is restrained by Wu Sangui. Of course he couldn't defeat Jiangning, but there weren't many defenders in places like Anqing, Taiping, and Yangzhou. If they were all captured by Geng Jingzhong, would the Yangtze River Defense Line still exist? When Zhu Heji goes across the sea to attack Jiangning, will the troops in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River still have time to reinforce?
Moreover, what if Geng Jingzhong came to Wuchang after taking Hukou?
Tuhai's defenses are all facing Hunan and Jingjiang, and the back of the butt is also very empty.
If Geng Jingzhong swept away all the important places along the river such as Fuchikou, Tianjia Town, Makou, Huangshi Port, Wuchang County (not Wuchang Fucheng), Fankou, Huanggang, Huarong, etc., Wuchang would not Has it become a lonely city?
So why did Geng Jingzhong go "crazy"? Emperor Kangxi was really in a state of chaos.
"Your Majesty," Tu Hai said with a frown, "I have 20,000 land divisions and 20,000 naval divisions under my command, and the naval divisions among them can also go ashore. If 20,000 land divisions are mobilized to go to Hukou, and 10,000 naval divisions are used to sail the ships Transport, then there will be more than 10,000 naval forces left, who can all go ashore to defend the city. Moreover, the naval forces that transported the land division to Hukou can also return immediately after completing their mission.
If Wu Sangui dares to attack Wuchang and Hanyang, then as long as the navy that climbs the city to defend the city lasts for a few days, Shi Lang will lead the main force of the navy to return. By then, the waters of the Yangtze River and Han River will be our world.
Moreover, part of the imperial army stationed in Xiangyang can be immediately transferred to Hanyang. They can be in place in ten days at most. "
It seems that the problem is not big... Emperor Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhuo Butai again.
Zhuo Butai said: "Your Majesty, you can ask Wang Fuchen to immediately lead 10,000 green flag soldiers to go south to Hanyang!"
Although the 10,000 Green Flag slaves led by Wang Fuchen have the lowest status in the army of coated slaves, they have the strongest combat effectiveness. Because they are all "slaves" elites of the green camp, with the combat effectiveness of veterans and the morale of a slave army.
Once they reached Wuchang and Hanyang, it would be difficult for Wu Sangui to break the city.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Fuchen immediately knelt down, "Give me five days, and you will definitely complete the six hundred miles!"
"Okay!" Kangxi slapped his thigh, "Wang Fuchen, you are indeed my equal... You go to organize the army immediately and set off south tomorrow!"
"Hey!" Wang Fuchen kowtowed to Kangxi a few times, got up immediately, and trotted away.
Emperor Kangxi seemed a little excited at this time, wiping his palms and saying: "Prince Yu, Jieshu, Tuhai, Geng Zhaozhong, you should also go and prepare. The imperial edict will be delivered soon, and then you can ride the fastest horse and go straight there. Hanyang!”
"嗻!"
Fuquan, Jieshu, Tuhai, and Geng Zhaozhong also responded and then ran out.
Kangxi turned to look at Zhuo Butai again, "Chao Wu Gong... You said that Wu Sangui's main force was divided into attacking Dangyang and Qianjiang, but they quietly gathered in Yuezhou, waiting for Geng Jingzhong to cause trouble. Then go straight to Wuchang?"
