Because Geng Jingzhong confessed to the fact that he was crazy and had a good "attitude to admit his madness", Geng Jingzhong was not beheaded on the spot to "treat his madness". Instead, Geng Juzhong was responsible for escorting him to Xiangyang to meet Emperor Kangxi.
Of course, if you get to Xiangyang, you will probably be killed! Because the Kangxi who announced in Jiangxi that Geng Jingzhong escaped death because of his madness was a high imitation. Of course, what Kangxi said does not count.
Therefore, Geng Jingzhong would probably die as soon as he arrived at Xiangyang Mansion. Either he will be killed openly and canonically, or he will be killed quietly with some poison!
Because he knew that his brother would not escape this death, Geng Juzhong could not bear to tell Geng Jingzhong about the real and fake Kangxi. That day when Geng Jingzhong was taken to the high imitation Kangxi bank, he was only in the fake Kangxi Fuquan place. After kneeling outside the lobby for a while, he was put into a prison van. Although he felt something was wrong when he heard "Kangxi"'s voice. But then everyone in the lobby regarded the person in the lobby as the real Kangxi, so he didn't think much about it.
He has gone "crazy", how can he still think about this? He has to think carefully about how to live his "crazy life"!
After Fuquan captured "Crazy Jingzhong", he did not dare to leave him in Jiangxi. After all, Geng Jingzhong's army is complex and difficult to completely control. Maybe someone will try to rescue Geng Jingzhong, and then protect Geng Jingzhong against the Qing Dynasty. So Fuquan asked Geng Juzhong who came with him to escort Geng Jingzhong to Xiangyang.
In order to facilitate Geng Jingzhong's death due to a "madness attack" on the road, Fuquan also thoughtfully asked Geng Juzhong to lead his own soldiers to escort him. They were not allowed to leave Jiangxi on Shi Lang's warship, lest Shi Lang follow suit. Instead, Geng Juzhong and the others were asked to take the land route, first to Nanchang Prefecture, and then through Jiugong Mountain to Wuchang Prefecture... As a result, when they were crossing Jiugong Mountain, they encountered the Eight Banners soldiers who had escaped from the battlefield in Sanjiangkou Town.
They didn't just escape in one or two, but came in groups. They also brought the "bad news" that "Kangxi is dead" to brothers Geng Jingzhong and Geng Juzhong!
Of course Geng Juzhong knew that the Kangxi Emperor in Jiangxi was fake, but he forgot to tell Geng Jingzhong the truth in the prison car - in his opinion, Geng Jingzhong was already a dead man. He did not kill Geng Jingzhong on the way to Xiangyang, but let him die after arriving in Xiangyang. This was already a sign of deep brotherhood.
What's there to say to a "dead man"? Moreover, Geng Juzhong didn't have time to explain the true and false Kangxi affairs to his brothers, because Wu Sangui's army was launching an attack on Hanyang Prefecture from overland at this time, and Wuchang Prefecture was also in danger!
If the Geng family moves slowly, Geng Jingzhong may be "rescued" by Wu Sangui's people... Will Geng Juzhong, who framed his brother, still survive? Geng Jingzhong is Wu Yingxiong’s good brother!
So after Geng Juzhong confirmed the news of Kangxi's death, he quickly had Geng Jingzhong taken out of the prison car and thrown on horseback, and then drove to Xiangyang Mansion day and night. Finally arrived at Xiangyang Fucheng before Emperor Kangxi knew "the news of his death".
When Geng Juzhong and Geng Jingzhong arrived in Xiangyang, Emperor Kangxi was very worried!
After the defeat in the Battle of Jianyangshui, the Qing government's situation in Hubei was on the verge of collapse. After the victory, Wu Sangui did not immediately return to the old camp in Jingzhou to rest and recuperate, but took advantage of the victory to advance.
Wu Sangui first ordered his son-in-law Hu Zhuguo to lead a partial army north to capture Jingmen Prefecture and Huya Pass, and then go north to approach Yicheng, an important place south of Xiangyang Fucheng. At the same time, Sangui also personally led the main force to march eastward to Qianjiang. After capturing Qianjiang, he then marched into Hanyang along the south bank of the Han River. They assumed the posture of taking Xiangyang in the north, Han and Wu in the east, and swallowing up Hubei in one go.
At the same time, Wu Sangui also incited Yang Laijia, the former commander-in-chief of Xiangyang who had been secretly communicating with him for a long time, and was now transferred to Yunyang as commander-in-chief, and Yunyang deputy general Hong Fu to raise troops in Yunxian County of Yunyang to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. Now Yun County, the first county of Yunyang Prefecture, has been controlled by two rebels, Yang Laijia and Hong Fu.
If Wu Sangui divides another elite force into Yunyang from Jingmen Prefecture and joins forces with Yang and Hong, then the entire Yunyang Mansion may be controlled by them.
By then, Xiangyang, where Emperor Kangxi was stationed, would be attacked from both sides!
The situation in Hanyang was also very critical. Although Zhuo Butai and Ba Hai successfully escaped from the Wu army after Kangxi escaped from the Jianyang Water Battlefield, and also took away some of the Eight Banners' elite soldiers—— Of course, the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners were all very "skilled". When they saw something was wrong, they all "protected" Zhuo Butai and Bahai and fled together, leaving only the Green Camp slaves and the coated slaves for the Wu army to kill and capture!
However, Wu Sangui's offensive was still difficult for Zhuo Butai, Bahai and others to resist. Especially after Wu Sangui turned the green camp soldiers and coated minions captured on the Jianyangshui battlefield into his own cannon fodder, the military power flourished. , in a very short period of time, they defeated Qianjiang, Mianyang Prefecture, Xiantao Town, Ximakou, Caidian, Zhurushan, Huanglingji and other places, and the vanguard had already reached outside Hanyang City! valley
Faced with so much bad news every day, and unable to do anything, he could only watch the situation slowly collapse. Of course, Emperor Kangxi's mood was not good. But he still has to maintain a calm and calm demeanor at all times, and he can't just kill people and curse people to vent his anger... He has to keep calm!
So as soon as Kangxi heard that "Crazy Jingzhong" had been taken to Xiangyang, he immediately asked someone to take him here - he had to vent his anger. He first scolded Geng Jingzhong, and then asked him to take him to Xiangyang. Hang him up and give him a good beating. After the beating, let Geng Juzhong send his brother off with his own hands... Watching their brothers kill each other will relieve their anger!
When Kangxi was thinking about how to relieve his anger, he suddenly heard Geng Jingzhong shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty... aren't you already dead? Didn't you have your grandson Zhu San beheaded? Why are you still here?" Here? Are you secretly mourning?"
As soon as these words came out, not only Emperor Kangxi was dumbfounded, but Mingzhu, Wang Fuchen, Xiong Cilu, Dong E and others who were waiting in the south study room of Xiangyangxing, as well as Geng Juzhong who escorted Geng Jingzhong in, were all stunned.
What kind of crazy talk is this?
You can’t pretend to be crazy like this!
Could it be that Geng Jingzhong is not pretending to be crazy, but is actually crazy?
"Geng Jingzhong, are you really crazy?" Mingzhu reacted quickly, pointing at Geng Jingzhong and questioning him.
"I, I am really crazy!" Geng Jingzhong did not dare to say that he was pretending to be crazy. After admitting that he was a lunatic, he did not kowtow to Kangxi, but stared at the stunned Kangxi for a while, "It really looks like Ah! Sirs, where did you find this substitute? He looks exactly like the Emperor!"
substitute?
Kangxi was still confused and thought to himself: "What's wrong with this Geng Jingzhong? Why does he treat me as a substitute? Is he really crazy?"
When Kangxi was confused, Geng Juzhong, who came in with Geng Jingzhong, suddenly spoke: "Brother, kneel down quickly, that is the real emperor..."
Kangxi nodded, "Yes, I am the true emperor!"
Geng Juzhong then said: "The one who was killed by Grandson Zhu San in Sanjiangkou Town was the false emperor. That was Prince Yu!"
"What did you say?" Kangxi was shocked now - the shock was even worse than the big shock!
"Your Majesty..." Geng Juzhong was already crying, "Your Majesty, you don't know yet, King Yu, he fought in Sanjiangkou Town, Nanchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province with the tens of thousands of Taisun Zhu San's troops heading north, and was outnumbered. Above... In addition, Zhao Desheng, Ma Weixing and other thieves defected before the battle, so that they were defeated and captured. They were mistaken by Zhu San Taisun for you, and they were beheaded on the battlefield in public display!"
Geng Jingzhong now understood what was going on, and quickly knelt down to Kangxi, kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, this servant has lost his mind and cannot tell the difference between the real and the fake. I just escaped from Nanchang Mansion at Jiugong Mountain." The soldiers of the Eight Banners all said that you were beheaded by Zhu San's grandson, so they took it seriously. But everyone said so! The slave was so confused that he believed it. The slave is really a capital crime...a capital crime!"
"What?" Kangxi was almost shocked by the pockmark on his face. Of course he knew the problem was serious!
If everyone thinks he is dead, then whether he is dead or alive will become a big problem. Maybe the lie will become true!
