"What? Want to use Beijing's troops? That is the foundation of our Qing Dynasty!"
When Emperor Kangxi heard that Beijing's troops were about to be attacked, his brows immediately knitted together and he muttered something in a low voice.
Kangxi was right. The guards he left in Beijing were the true foundation of the Qing Dynasty!
When Kangxi led the coated slave army southward last year, he left a total of 25,000 Eight-Banner soldiers, 5,000 coated slave soldiers, and 5,000 Green Camp troops in Beijing, for a total of 35,000. They may not look like many, but the 25,000 flag soldiers among them are serious Manchurian heavenly soldiers!
The total number of Manchu men in the early years of Kangxi was just over 50,000 - really few!
In the eleventh year of Shunzhi's reign, the number of legitimate men in Manchuria was only 49,660. In the twelfth year of Kangxi, when Emperor Kangxi personally led the army, the number had not increased much in more than ten years, which was just over 50,000.
Of course, this is the number of regular flag men, and does not include the number of Baoyi slaves, open-house banner slaves (that is, banner slaves who can establish another household under the banner), and other-house banner slaves (that is, slaves who sneak into the Eight Banners team). Not including the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Eight Banners Han Army, they are the core backbone of the Eight Banners team.
In other words, Emperor Kangxi only took half of the Eight Banners' regular bannermen to fight against Wu Sangui and Zhu Heji, while leaving the other half in Beijing to look after his family.
However, he did this not only because he was worried that his old home in Beijing would be taken away, but because the Eight Banners Manchurian Banners who could be brought out to fight at that time were only 20,000 thousand people, and the remaining ones were really unable to take them.
Therefore, Kangxi left all the Eight Banners soldiers who were "unable to lead" in Beijing, and were supervised and trained strictly by Chang Ning, Suo'etu, Kabra and others.
At the same time, Kangxi also ordered Chang Ning and others to "strictly examine" the bannermen of another household in order to increase the number of bannermen in Manchuria.
After more than a year of "censorship," the number of Zhengshen Qiding residents remaining in Beijing has increased by seven to eight thousand. Now it has reached more than 30,000 people. After the year, it absorbed 5,000 coated slaves and some new slaves, bringing the total to 40,000.
These 40,000 people were reorganized by Chang Ning, Suo'etu and others according to the model of the Eight Banners New Army, and organized into eight Eight Banners New Army Gushan (one for each banner).
And these eight solid mountains were the foundation of the Qing Dynasty!
Even if all the Eight Banners new troops brought by Kangxi are exhausted, as long as these eight Eight Banners new troops are still in Gushan, the Qing Dynasty can withdraw from Shanhaiguan, and Emperor Kangxi may still be the Qing Shun Emperor... With the Qing Dynasty It's better to act as Emperor Shun than to act as nothing, right?
Emperor Kangxi, who had suffered consecutive defeats, was no longer as high-spirited as he was more than a year ago. When it was time for him to place bets on Stud, his hands were shaking a little...
"Your Majesty," someone knelt down to Kangxi at this time. It turned out to be Kang Mazi's uncle, Prince An, Yue Le. "In addition to the soldiers in Beijing, there are four elite soldiers from Gushan in Shaanxi and Gansu... It's time to move! Now that the Qinling Mountains are covered with snow, the rebels in Hanzhong can't attack at all, and it's impossible for our people to go south. Those four Gushan soldiers can just be transferred to Henan. And these four Gushan soldiers are here Near Xi'an, not far from Henan.
Coupled with the eight Gushan New Eight Banners Army in Beijing, Henan can gather 28 Gushan New Army, enough to fight Wu Ni. "
The four Gushan Mountains in Shaanxi and Gansu were adapted from the green battalions stationed in the Eight Banners in Xi'an and the two provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi. They were controlled by the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Moro Luo, the General of Xi'an, Dong'e, the Admiral of Gansu, Wang Jinbao, and the Admiral of Shaanxi, Zhang Yong.
In addition, Moruo, Dong'e, Wang Jinbao, and Zhang Yong each had thousands of green battalion troops, with a total strength of no less than 40,000.
"Your Majesty, you still have warriors from the Eight Banners of Guanwai and the Eight Banners of Butha Dashi available to you!"
Bahai also knelt down to Kangxi, "Now there are five thousand soldiers in the Eight Banners outside the pass, and there are thousands of soldiers in Butha's Eight Banners!"
When the New Eight Banners were organized and trained at the beginning of the year, General Fengtian and General Ningguta also received orders to train troops... They have now organized and trained a new Gushan Banner based on the Guanwai Eight Banners and the Butha Dashi Eight Banners. The army can also be transferred to the customs at any time. "
Kangxi counted on his fingers. He had sixteen Gushan mobile troops around him. He could mobilize twelve more Gushan troops from Beijing and Shaanxi, and two more Gushan troops could be mobilized from outside the customs. There were thirty Gushan troops in total. , an army of 150,000!
This is a gamble that will cost the country!
"Thirty solid mountains, 150,000 heavenly soldiers...can we win?" Emperor Kangxi's tone was full of uncertainty.
"able!"
Zhou Peigong was still as confident as ever, "Your Majesty, in fact, Sun Sike's legacy has given me the method to win the Qing Dynasty!"
Sun Sike's posthumous book is not considered a secret book, but it is not a title book either. It is considered to be between the two, and someone like Zhou Peigong is qualified to read it. Moreover, Kangxi received many inheritances during this period, which made him feel a little depressed, so he asked Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong, Huang Zhisheng, and Wang Shirong to help them take a look. If those loyal to the Qing Dynasty had any last wishes that could be fulfilled without much trouble, just write a note and hand it to Kangxi.
And most of the bequests are to say goodbye and ask for some treatment. The only exception was Sun Sike's legacy, which was brought by Yue Shenglong and placed in front of Emperor Kangxi.
Sun Sike, a good servant of the Qing Dynasty, had not forgotten Kang Mazi until the last moment... so he wrote all the experiences and lessons he had gained with his life in the fold, and asked Yue Shenglong to hand it to Kangxi.
As soon as Kangxi was reminded by Zhou Peigong, he immediately opened the blood-stained remains on the cover and read each word carefully.
It turns out that Sun Sike proposed to Emperor Kangxi a method of "treating him in return" in his legacy... He copied the Ming army's flintlock tactics and trench tactics!
In addition, Sun Sike also suggested that the Qing government cast a large number of black powder hand grenades and light Weiyuan general cannons and Hongyi small cannons that could rely on "trenches" to fight...
In short, the "trench tactics" of "digging trenches at any time" should be used as the basis to replace the original infantry formation!
I have to say, this method is quite effective!
Even if there are no flintlock guns, light Weiyuan general cannons and Hongyi small cannons, as long as the trench is dug well, plus a certain number of cavalry for cover, plus the Weiyuan general cannon and black powder grenade hammer. With its firepower, there is a high probability that it can compete with the Ming and Zhou armies.
"Okay!" Kangxi slammed the table, "Sun Sike is indeed a rare loyal minister and a rare talent in our Qing Dynasty..."
At this point, he burst into tears, "I actually put such a talent to death... I'm so sorry for Zhonglie!"
"Your Majesty... my condolences!"
"Your Majesty...take care!"
A group of servants in Kangxi's study all knelt down, crying and asking Kang Mazi to take care of himself.
Kangxi took out a yellow handkerchief and wiped the tears on his face, with a determined expression on his thin pockmarked face, "It's not just that you have flintlock guns, but I have plenty of black powder, and I have plenty of cast iron hollow hammers... ...and order Huaibei, Henan, and Shandong provinces to immediately build 100,000 short-handled shovels!
A decree was sent to Suo'etu, ordering him to command the 40,000 New Eighth Banners in Beijing to go south immediately!
Then pass the decree to Moruo, Dong'e, Wang Jinbao, and Zhang Yong, asking them to immediately lead Shaanxi's Eight Banners New Army eastward to Henan!
Also, Bahai! "
"The slave is here!"
Kangxi said: "I order you to be General Fengtian. Immediately mobilize 10,000 new troops outside the pass and come to Henan as soon as possible to join the war!"
"I obey the order...I will definitely bring the most elite new army from outside the Pass to the Emperor!"
Kangxi's face was stern and his tone was deep: "Give the Mongolian princes of Chahar and Horqin an order to mobilize 50,000 Mongolian cavalry to Zhangjiakou and Shanhaiguan for their orders!
This time I will gather 250,000 Manchu and Mongolian elite soldiers and use Sun Sike's method to fight Wu Sangui to the death! "
Kangxi really did a good job this time!
Not only did all the Manchurian elite troops come out, but the Mongolian forces outside the Great Wall also mobilized as much as possible, gathering a total of 200,000 troops!
If this battle fails, then we really have no choice but to go to Meishan...
Thinking of this, Kangxi added another sentence: "I have decreed to the whole army that in this battle, I will go to the front line in person to share life and death and share the same hardships with our Eight Banners soldiers!"
