On the south bank of Ru River, Dagang Town.
The armies of Zhu Heji and Liu Jinzhong are now stationed in this large town on the edge of the Gan River.
This army of more than 10,000 people traveled four to five hundred miles in a few days, and only arrived at Dagangang Town at noon yesterday. The whole army was exhausted, and of course it was necessary to take a good rest.
Moreover, Zhu Heji also learned two unbelievable news from the people of Dagang Town.
The first is that Emperor Kangxi's business is actually located in a branch town dozens of miles away!
So, even if the freshman emperor comes to Jiangxi, he should stay in a big place like Nanchang Fucheng. How can he come to a small town? What does this mean to him? Are you here to play farmhouse?
The second news is that Emperor Kangxi also divided his troops and sent Ningnan Jingkou General Tu Hai to lead half of his people across the Gan River, and then headed west along the Jin River to Hunan.
This news is even more surprising than the first one... Why is Emperor Kangxi so stubborn? Zhu Heji and Liu Jinzhong marched along the east bank of the Ganjiang River. Because they were eager to hurry, they did not touch the cities on the west bank of the Ganjiang River. Therefore, Emperor Kangxi should be able to know the approximate number of people under Zhu Heji and Liu Jinzhong through reports from these states and counties.
The first town led by Zhu Heqin had more than 11,000 people, and Liu Jinzhong's army also squeezed out 5,000 elite soldiers. The two together had 16,000 people! Moreover, they did not attack fortified cities along the way, nor did they divide their troops into large areas. Instead, the entire division moved forward in a hurry, leaving only a small number of wounded and wounded and accompanying officials occupying several cities abandoned by the Qing army to "plant flags" and Take in stragglers.
Therefore, when the army arrived at the large port on the south bank of the Ru River, there were still 13,000 to 4,000 soldiers in the army.
Don't think that this number is small. During the battle of Longtoushan in Guangzhou and the battle of Dinghushan in Zhaoqing, Zhu Heji had only this number of people. What happened to Shang Kexi and Tu Hai's defeat? Why didn’t Emperor Kangxi learn a lesson?
"Hmph! If anything goes wrong, there must be fraud!"
In a large house in Dagang Town, Zhu Heji, who had just taken a nap, was drinking strong tea to refresh himself while talking with Liu Jinzhong, Yang Qilong, Zhuge Zhengyang, Zhao Hongkui, Su Zhanhai, Yu Xiaoqian, Zuo Chunqiu , and Liu Jinzhong's Xie Zhen Ma Yinglong, Yang Xizhen, Wu Qizhen (son of Wu Liuyi) and others held military discussions.
Crown Prince Zhu, who had fought in the Battle of Jieyang, the Battle of Macau, the Battle of Longtou Mountain in Guangzhou, and the Battle of Dinghu Mountain in Zhaoqing, has now grown up. After listening to Liu Jinzhong's report on the enemy's situation, he knew that there must be a fraud!
However, he had not yet reached the level of calculation, so he could not figure out what fraud the fake Kangxi had played, so he had to turn his attention to the two great military advisors Yang Qilong and Zuo Chunqiu.
However, these two are both "rough" type strategists, good at conspiracy and strategy, but bad at tactics, so they couldn't figure out what the pseudo-Kangxi was doing for a while. And they didn't guess that Kangxi on the other side of the Ru River was fake.
"Master, I think that as long as Xuanye is in Shicha Town, we can't let him go!" Yang Qilong said, "This little pockmarked boy is only in his early twenties this year. He only has a son named Yinti, who is only one or two years old. I don’t know if a big baby can grow up? Once little Mazi dies, the Qing court will be leaderless. Even if we can’t conquer the north and unify the world, we can take advantage of the chaos to seize the southeast and return the capital to Jiangning.”
Zhu Heji nodded and said with a smile: "Today's world is not as good as it used to be. Finance, taxation and property are not in Fujian and Guangdong, but in Jiangnan. If I own both places, how difficult will it be to wipe out the world?"
He is not bragging!
Due to the emergence of "military white sugar", the four provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu not only have extremely high economic value, but also have great military value!
This "military sugar" was as useful to wars in the "sugar and gunpowder" era as the iron tools and war horses in the cold weapon era!
In this era, the main sugar producing areas in the world are Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang.
The ironware produced in Guangdong was also sold in East and Southeast Asia during this era.
In addition, the silk and cotton produced in Jiangnan and the porcelain produced in Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces are all leading products that occupy the high end of the world's industrial chain. In addition, tea, which can be produced in large quantities in these provinces, has gradually become popular in Europe. valley
It can be said that Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Jiangxi Province are the regions that control high-end industries in the world.
And the population of these provinces is just right... There are quite a lot of people, but they are far from the point where food rations have to compete with cash crops for land.
In other words, the agriculture in these provinces can also provide sufficient low-cost raw materials for the handicraft industry.
It is no exaggeration to say that the conditions for industrialization development in places such as Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi are now even better than in the 1950s! That means there is industry, the population is just right, and there is no shortage of capital - with high-end industries in hand, how can there be a shortage of capital? Even if there is a shortage, you can still send people out to grab it, oh, buy it for zero yuan!
Historically, the reason why these places could not develop in the 17th and 18th centuries was entirely the result of various restrictions and strict prohibitions by the Manchu Qing Dynasty... In fact, the lack of development or even regression was the pursuit of the Manchu Qing court.
Zhu Heji wanted to develop, and he knew how to develop. So once he takes over the Yangtze River Delta and Jiangxi, it will only be a matter of time before he dominates the world!
If Kangxi Kang Mazi could still be captured, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would definitely be in chaos, and Zhu Heji would not be able to dominate the world for too long.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji's energy suddenly came to him. He asked Zuo Chunqiu with a smile: "Commander Zuo, isn't that pockmarked man in Shicha Town a fake pockmarked man?"
Zuo Chunqiu said with great certainty: "It's not a fake pockmark, it's a real pockmark. I looked carefully, and the pockmarked face is definitely real. And the figure and appearance are right, that's Kangxi."
Zuo Chunqiu was Wu Yingxiong's staff at that time, so he still had the opportunity to meet Kangxi. So he had met Kangxi, but he wasn't very familiar with it... At most, it was medium rare, which was not even half a bottle of water, and he was still wandering around.
After all, Fuquan and Kangxi are biological brothers. They still look a bit similar and are about the same age. Now they have fake pockmarks all over their faces. From a distance, they look similar to the real Kangxi.
Zhu Heji saw that he was so confident and knew that he had stayed in Beijing for many years and was not only Wu Yingxiong's staff, but also a famous fortune teller in Beijing, so of course he believed his words.
At this time, Zuo Chunqiu took out another "pockmarked image" with iron wire and silver hooks, and handed it to Zhu Heji with both hands, "Your Majesty, this is the image of Xuan Ye that I drew."
There are pictures and there is truth! Zhu Heji took a look at the "Pockmarked Picture" and found that the painting was quite good and lifelike. If he followed this painting, he should be able to catch Kang Mazi.
"As long as Kang Mazi is really in Shicha Town!" Zhu Heji clapped his hands, "This kid has harmed the country and harmed the people. He has committed a heinous crime and deserves to die. We cannot let him run away!"
"What the prince said is absolutely true!" Liu Jinzhong hurriedly took over the topic and said, "Master, I have sent people to conduct reconnaissance and found that Qing Yao had gathered one or two hundred wooden boats on the dock of Sanjiangkou Town and piled them on The firewood seems to be used as a fire boat."
"As a fire boat?" Zhu Heji was stunned, "Kang Mazi plans to set off a fire boat when we cross the river?"
Liu Jinzhong nodded, "It should be."
Zhu Heji thought for a moment, "But we don't have a boat to cross the river! What can they burn?"
Liu Jinzhong smiled and said: "Master, aren't those fireboats on the pier of Sanjiangkou Town just ships? As long as we grab a dozen of them, we can build a pontoon bridge, and then the cannons can be pulled across the river."
"Can I grab it?" Zhu Heji asked.
"Yes, I can certainly do it!" Liu Jinzhong patted his chest, "I'll leave it to you...I will personally lead someone to grab it!"
"Okay!" Zhu Heji smiled and nodded, "Then take another day's rest, and Gujia will ask someone to prepare some grenades for your people to bring. We will start in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, grab the wooden boat, and cross the Ru River... ...Capture Kang Mazi alive!”
