Outside Jiangning City, there is the Wuma Crossing.
Sun Sike, Zu Zepu, and Hong Shiming had just bid farewell to Emperor Kangxi and were about to say goodbye and then go to their respective masters. Several servants from the ancestral family had already come running on tired and panting horses to ask for help. .
"Master, something bad happened, it was made wrong!"
A servant knelt in front of Zu Zepu and shouted loudly.
"Did it make a mistake?" Zu Zepu really couldn't understand, "What made it a mistake?"
"Rebellion! It's wrong to rebel!"
Zu Zepu was stunned again and again. What did it mean that the rebellion was wrong?
"What went wrong?" Hong Shiming didn't understand either, but he organized the "rebellion" in Jiangning City this time. If something went wrong, it would be his fault, so he hurriedly asked.
"Hong Futai," the servant said, "didn't you originally say that you wanted to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and join the Zhou Dynasty?"
"Yes!" Hong Shiming said.
"It turned out to be a mistake. Instead of Tou Zhou, it turned out to be Tou Ming!"
Hong Shiming immediately became anxious, "How could this be wrong? How could this be wrong?"
"Young ones don't even know!" the servant said, "The Zujunmen and the Zutaishou (the prefect of Jiangning) followed your order and led people to beat gongs and drums in Jiangning City to call for rebellion...The result is that somehow, The whole people of Jiangning City were very excited, and they all gathered on the long street outside the governor's office. These people didn't do anything, and sang "Welcome the Ming Dynasty" together!"
Hong Shiming gritted his teeth and said: "Spy! It must be the spy sent by Zhu San's grandson!"
Zu Zepu snorted: "Those are just ignorant and cunning people. What's the big deal?"
The servant of the ancestral family shook his head and said: "Master, for some reason, our people are all singing "Welcome the Ming Dynasty" together!"
"What?" Zu Zepu was shocked, "Zu Yonglie, Zu Chenglie, they just don't care?"
"I can't control it!" The servant of the ancestral family arrived, "The eldest ancestral master took the lead in making a fuss and hijacked the admiral's army and the prefect!"
"Master Zu?" Zu Zepu said bitterly, "That old guy's son was killed by the Eight Banners soldiers, and I hate him in my heart! But how come other people..." He stamped his feet, "Here comes someone, Hold the horse, I want to return to the city!"
Although Zu Dashou defected to the Qing Dynasty, his performance during the fight against the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong was not very good. But there are still "Qing Qiu elements" in the ancestral army.
After all, they fought for so many years and so many people died!
Sun Sike also said with a livid face: "Ancestral Army, I will go with you... The Green Camp soldiers stationed at the Thirteen Gates of Jiangning are all under my control, and I will ask them to help you quell the chaos!"
Hong Shiming also said: "I'll go too!"
"Okay!" Zu Zepu nodded, "Let's go together!"
Contrary to the expectations of Zu Zepu, Sun Sike, and Hong Shiming, not only are they unable to correct this "rebellious" mistake, they can't even enter Jiangning City!
The five gates on the north and east gates of Jiangnei City have been closed, and the green battalion soldiers guarding the city have also rebelled. Not only did they not allow Zu Zepu, Sun Sike, and Hong Shiming to enter the city, they also fired guns and arrows on the city walls. .
Fortunately, when the three of them saw something was wrong, they turned their horses and ran away, so they were not beaten to death.
The rest of the city gates in Jiangning's inner city were also closed before dark that day!
The inner city of Jiangning was completely controlled by a group of rebellious soldiers and civilians. The green battalion soldiers guarding the thirteen gates of Jiangning's inner city completely forgot that they were controlled by Sun Sike, and all fell to the side of the Ming Dynasty, which had just entered Suzhou Prefecture.
In fact, this kind of rebellion gets out of control, and the upper class is coerced by the lower class. It is not uncommon in the history of rebellions at home and abroad, and it is even very common.
Therefore, a successful "rebel" usually represents the interests of the middle and lower classes, accepts some suggestions from the middle and lower classes, and provides guidance.
People like Zu Zepu and Hong Shiming not only lacked the experience of rebellion, but also did not seriously rebel. Instead, they wanted to use the old trick of "Feng Ting offered his land to Zhao" to play with the feelings below.
As a result, the people below all wanted to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and they were not willing to follow the people above to seek refuge with Wu Zhou. In turn, they blackmailed Zu Yonglie and Zu Chenglie.
Zu Zepu, Sun Sike, and Hong Shiming were all a little dumbfounded. As soon as the emperor left, they ruined their errand!
"Hong Futai, you are in charge of this matter!" Zu Zepu said to Hong Shiming again in a reproachful tone, "Tell me, what should I do now?"
"Why don't we send troops to attack the city!" Sun Sike said with a gloomy face, "I still have 10,000 banner troops under my command, which is enough to break the inner city of Jiangning."
"That's not necessary!" Hong Shiming hurriedly shook his head and said, "Wu Sangui will not know about the changes in the inner city of Jiangning so quickly. Besides, we have already sent out the edict to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and surrender to Zhou... The eleventh mansion below There will always be people following in a state.”
Hong Shiming paused and then said: "For the current plan, we must first let Zhu Heji know that the eleven prefectures and one state in the south of the Yangtze River are already the territory of the Zhou Dynasty; secondly, we must let President Wu send troops immediately!
To control the army, you might as well find a place to station yourself in the outer city first. I will go to Hubei immediately and ask the President to send troops immediately.
As for those people in the inner city of Jiangning, first block the three gates of the inner city of Jiangning... The troops on Purple Mountain are limited after all, and they must be used wisely! "
Sun Sike and Zu Zepu looked at each other and sighed, that was all they had to do now.
To be honest, storming Jiangning City is not as easy as Sun Sike said. Although there are not many defenders in Jiangning City, less than 3,000, there are 100,000 or 200,000 civilians!
Moreover, there are many regiment leaders around Jiangning City who are looking forward to the Ming Dynasty... So what Sun Sike's Ten Thousand Banner Army can do is to defend the Purple Mountain Fortress.
As long as he could survive until Wu Sangui's Eastern Expedition, he would have died, and it would be considered a worthy death.
...
Hubei, Hanyang, Dawu Mountain, the President is here.
This is a manor located in Dawu Mountain, surrounded by picturesque scenery, fresh air, and an uncontested mountain scenery.
Wu Sangui has been recuperating here for a while, but his health is no longer good... He is old and has gastrointestinal problems. He must be very careful when eating, otherwise he will have diarrhea.
In this state, it might be okay to lie down and live in retirement, but if you want to take command and go on an expedition, I'm afraid it won't be possible - in the original history, Wu Sangui died in Hengzhou shortly after he raised his army, mostly because of health problems. Otherwise, Wu Sangui, who was born as a general and spent half his life in the army, would have no reason to stay in Hengzhou when his life is at stake!
Although he had many generals under his command, he did not have a general who could command a group of generals to whom he could entrust.
So he lay still, leaving the Wu Zhou Group unable to move.
However, the situation of the Wu Zhou Group is much better now, and there is also a pair of handsome men who can replace Wu Sangui in commanding the army - this pair is Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong.
This pair of father and son was used separately by Wu Sangui in history. Wu Yingqi stationed in Yueyang to resist the main force of the Qing army, while Wu Shicong managed Guangdong and Guangxi in his weak year.
Among them, Wu Yingqi's performance in Yueyang was unsatisfactory. Although he continued to carry it for five years and gradually became unable to resist it until Wu Sangui's death, he did not open up the situation after all.
Wu Shicong performed well on the battlefield in Guangdong and Guangxi. Sun Yanling and Ma Xiongzhen were killed by him, and Kong Sizhen and Fu Honglie were both captured alive by him.
It seemed that Wu Sangui could still launch a last-ditch effort, sending troops to attack Wuzhou and try to enter Guangdong, but in the end the situation was over.
But now that the father and son are used together by Wu Sangui, they have the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
If Wu Sangui wanted to choose a "pair" of commanders in the army who could replace him in commanding the army, it seemed that they were the only two fathers and sons.
But the problem is, Wu Yingqi is not the prince! If Wu Sangui appointed him and Wu Shicong as commanders and led the Wu family army's 100,000 elite soldiers to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains... Once they won, how could Wu Yingxiong continue to be the heir apparent? By then Wu Yingqi will really become Wu Shimin!
If Wu Sangui did not allow Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong to lead the Northern Expedition, then the great opportunity to expel the Manchus from China would be wasted. Wu Sangui is also unwilling to do so!
