"Aunt Chen, is my handsome father's belly feeling better today?"
When Wu Sangui was in trouble, the voice of his eldest son Wu Jiancheng, no, Wu Yingxiong came from outside the study.
Then came Chen Yuanyuan's answer: "It's better. It stopped last night, but the illness is gone like a string. The doctor said that it still needs to rest."
"Auntie, can we go in and see our father now?" This was the voice of Wu Shimin (Wu Yingqi). His tone was full of impatience, as if he didn't care about his father's illness at all.
"Auntie, there is an urgent military situation!" Wu Shicong's voice also came. Like his father, he only had war in his heart, only the Northern Expedition.
"Brother, does it have to be today? Grandpa's illness is just a little better..."
This is the voice of Wu Shilin, Wu Sangui's direct grandson. Wu Shilin was quite liked by Wu Sangui, and he has been with Wu Sangui since he was released by Kangxi.
Under Wu Sangui's personal guidance, Wu Shilin made rapid progress in the art of war and battle formations, but there was still no way to compare with his cousin Wu Shicong. The relationship between the cousins Wu Shicong and Wu Shilin is not harmonious. Their fathers always maintained the dignity of brothers and sisters, but these two little ones were constantly fighting openly and secretly.
This made Wu Sangui very worried. He was also worried that the cousins would fight after the death of brothers Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi. But he was worried that as soon as he died, Wu Shicong would coerce his father into launching some sort of appeasement campaign...
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui sighed and said, "Come in, everyone, come in!"
With a soft creak, the door of Wu Sangui's study room was pushed open, and then Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingqi, Wu Shilin, Wu Shicong, Guo Zhuangtu, Liu Xuanchu, Fang Guangchen, Lu Yifeng and others walked in one after another. .
Wu Sangui was stunned, "Why are you here? What happened?"
"Father, President," Wu Yingxiong was the first to speak, "I just received an urgent message from Hu Zhuguo from Huoqiu..."
"Huo Qiu?" Wu Sangui interrupted, "Could it be that the Qing captives sent troops from the Huainan camp in Fengtai to attack Huo Qiu?"
Huoqiu County originally belonged to Yingzhou Prefecture of Anhui Province. When Kangxi established Huaibei and Jiangbei Provinces, it was included in Shouzhou Prefecture of Jiangbei Province.
However, Kangxi could only assign Huoqiu to Shouzhou Prefecture on the map, because just when he established the three provincial administrative regions of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, and Huaibei, Wu Sangui sent his son-in-law Hu Zhuguo to lead 10,000 troops across the Dabie Mountains and stationed in Huoqiu. Qiu County.
"Huh, how dare Kang Mazi?" Wu Yingqi took the question and hummed, "It's Kang Mazi who wants to run away... and before running away, he wanted to use Feng Ting to offer the party to join Zhao's plan to trick us and Zhu San The prince, grandson of Zhu San!"
Wu Yingxiong continued what his brothers said: "Wang Shirong brought Hong Shiming to Huoqiu two days ago. According to Hong Shiming, Zu Zepu and Zu Yonglie had already raised troops in Jiangning, and they also raised the banner of our Great Zhou Dynasty, and He spread the word to the eleven prefectures and one state that Jiangnan Province belongs to, and asked the officials in various places to change their flags and become loyal to me, the Great Zhou Dynasty.
In addition, Emperor Kangxi has also led his troops to withdraw to Xuzhou... The road to Jiangnan is now open!
Father, President, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! "
Wu Shicong took the topic away from his uncle again and said to Wu Sangui: "Grandpa, no matter how Kang Mazi tried to cover it up, he returned with a huge defeat this time...His Hundred Thousand Eight Banners New Army has also been defeated They have become a panic-stricken army who is worried about war and defeat, we just take the opportunity to annihilate them all!"
"It's not that easy!" Wu Shilin said, "Kangxi has arrived in Huai'an now. If we want to fight him decisively, we have to fight in Zhongzhou! Zhongzhou has a flat land and small water, which is conducive to the galloping of cavalry. Most of our troops are troops. How can we annihilate them all in one fell swoop?" ?”
"It's not like our army doesn't have cavalry!" Wu Shicong said disdainfully, "Our army also has 20,000 cavalry. If we cooperate with 78,000 or 80,000 elite infantry, we can leave Xiangyang, then attack Nanyang and Xuzhou, go straight to Kaifeng Prefecture, and threaten Kaifeng Prefecture. and Zhengzhou City, are not afraid that Kangxi will not come...If he doesn't come, then he will have no choice but to become Emperor Shun of Qing Dynasty. After we pacify Henan and Shandong, he will flee outside the customs in despair. If he dares to come to Henan for a decisive battle, Then he will most likely have to keep his life!"
"Where is Jiangnan?" Wu Shilin asked back, "Jiangnan has already raised the banner of the Great Zhou Dynasty. As long as we send a brigade of soldiers to Jiangning day and night, and then use a large force to intimidate... at least half of Jiangnan will be ours. !”
"Since ancient times, whoever conquers the Central Plains conquers the world! As long as we kill Kang Mazi and seize the city of Beijing, the world will be ours!"
"That's easy to say. Kangxi still has tens of thousands of new Eight Banners troops. Can you win?"
"Yes! Kangxi's hundreds of thousands of new Eight Banners troops are not only a defeated army, but also a tired division. I attack them with a hundred thousand elite troops, how can I not win a complete victory?"
"You are quite capable. Grandpa has always taught me that the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners are powerful in cavalry and shooting. They will be very difficult to deal with in the plains of Zhongzhou!"
"Isn't that why we should take advantage of their weakness to eliminate them in one fell swoop? If they are not destroyed now, it will be difficult to destroy them when they regain their strength, stabilize their position, and build up their morale!"
When Wu Sangui saw that his two grandsons were quarreling in front of him, his brows became tighter and tighter.
Of course an old fox like him knows what the two grandsons are fighting about?
Wu Shicong is fighting for the right to command the army!
If Wu Sangui wanted to send a hundred thousand troops to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, apart from himself, the only people who could serve as the commander-in-chief were Wu Yingqi, Wu Shicong and his son.
Wu Sangui couldn't move at all... It would be great fun if he forced himself to go north and die in front of the army.
And with Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong as leaders, although the chance of winning is not as great as Wu Shicong said, it is still 60-70%!
But the problem is... Once Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong complete the great cause of expelling the Tartars and restoring China, they will be more Li Shimin than Li Shimin!
Wouldn't Wu Yingxiong be dead by then?
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui glanced at his filial and sensible eldest son, and saw Wu Yingxiong looking at him with an honest face.
"Dad," Wu Yingxiong said at this time, "My child heard that there is a miracle medicine in the public hospital attached to the public medical school in Guangzhou, which is very effective in treating diarrhea... My child has sent Dai Liangchen with a lot of money to buy it. Waiting The miracle medicine has been delivered, and dad won’t have to endure the pain of diarrhea anymore.”
Dutiful son!
Wu Sangui had also heard rumors about "allicin" and told him about it to the former Ming Dynasty imperial physician Dr. Wang, who treated him, but Dr. Wang didn't believe there was a miracle medicine. He also said that Wu Sangui suffered from a "chronic disease" and needed to be treated and maintained slowly. Taking "magic medicine" was of no use.
So Wu Sangui didn't mention it again... But now he has diarrhea after eating something good, and he can only have clear soup and little water all day long. He is also greedy and has loved good food since he was a child, so his life is boring!
So Wu Sangui wanted to get some Guangdong magic medicine to take... Unexpectedly, his son Wu Yingxiong had already sent someone to get it.
Wu Sangui glanced at Wu Yingqi again, and Wu Yingqi said: "Dad, now Kang Mazi has set up three camps in Anqing, Zijinshan and Guazhou along the Yangtze River. No matter how hard Zhu Heji can fight, it will be impossible to eradicate them all in a few months. . Moreover, most of Zhu Heji's soldiers came from Guangdong and Fujian, and they were afraid of the cold but liked the warmth. So before the weather gets warmer next year, he would probably stop on both sides of the Yangtze River. Hai'er and Shicong took advantage of this opportunity to send 100,000 elite troops to the north. Qing... When spring comes next year, the city of Beijing will definitely have the surname Wu.
When the time comes, daddy, you can ascend the throne and become the emperor! "
Wu Sangui said in his heart: "I will make you the prince and your son the grandson? But what should I do with Ying Xiong and Shilin? Should they be killed quietly or sent to the temple to recite sutras?"
"President, the Second Young Master is right," Liu Xuanchu spoke up for Wu Yingqi at this time, "This opportunity cannot be missed! Kangxi was defeated in Jiangnan and returned, and he only had at most one hundred thousand soldiers capable of fighting... .. One hundred thousand versus one hundred thousand, we are the victor, they are the loser, we have a great chance of winning! If we win the Central Plains, will the world not belong to the Wu family? If we miss the opportunity, we will regret it too late!"
