"What? Kang Ma... Kangxi, he, he is coming to Guanzhong? Why?"
Wu Yingxiong was still afraid of Kangxi. When he heard that Kangxi was coming, he even forgot about his sadness. He quickly got up from the coffin where Kong Sizhen was sleeping and looked back at Sangji Gyatso.
Sanji Gyatso smiled and said: "Don't be afraid of the Emperor. The Emperor has no ill intentions when he comes to Guanzhong. He just wants to meet with the Emperor and discuss the matter of fighting against the Ming Dynasty together."
"Let's fight together to expose the world?" Wu Yingxiong didn't have much interest in this matter, and immediately became embarrassed - he was actually the most peaceful among the three-thirds of the Lords, and had never thought about unifying the world, of course. I don’t want to be “stabbed” by others either. He would be satisfied if the three kingdoms of Zhou, Ming and Qing could live together in peace.
He actually launched the "Five-Road Expedition against the Qing Dynasty" to assassinate his brother Wu Yingqi. Now that his goal has been achieved, he doesn't even plan to take the land in Guanzhong, so he plans to withdraw his troops and return to Xiangjing... The next step is for him to go to Xiangjing. Kyoto does not intend to stay, but is preparing to develop Sichuan and move the capital to Chongqing.
As long as Sichuan can be developed and the mountain city of Chongqing can be turned into the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, Wu Yingxiong can rest peacefully.
Sangyi Gyatso understood what Wu Yingxiong was thinking and said sternly: "The emperor doesn't know something. The great emperor learned through Confucian disciples and spies from Niangan that Baoming had been recruiting troops on a large scale since last year, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. ! And they also borrowed tens of millions of taels of military expenses from the private sector!
However, the Ming army's troops for Korea were only tens of thousands, and the troops for Liaodong had long been hidden in Dengzhou and were not newly recruited. Moreover, Liaodong and North Korea are currently relatively stable. The emperor used the scorched-earth strategy and built mountain cities in critical places. There was no problem in temporarily resisting for one or two years. Therefore, it was impossible for the exposed army to invade Liaodong from Liaodong and North Korea.
Therefore, the emperor estimated that Baoming's army would either cross the Huaihe River and march westward along the Yangtze River! What choice does the emperor think Baoming will make? "
Zhu Heji recruited hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the country! Of course, it was impossible to hide such a big movement from Kangxi. . If his Confucian disciples and minions at Sticky Branch didn't even know about this, wouldn't they have become the masters of the land?
Wu Yingxiong actually knew about the Ming Dynasty's massive military campaign, but he had previously used Emperor Zhou's plan to attack the Qing Dynasty in five directions, and it was difficult for Zhu Heji to betray him, so he was not too worried.
But now, Wu Yingxiong himself has no shame, can he still expect Zhu Heji to show his shame?
When Sanji Gyatso saw Wu Yingxiong's pale face, he knew that this "stupid bear" had also woken up. So he said with a worried look: "The emperor used to conquer the Qing Dynasty, and Zhu Heji cherished his reputation as a saint, but he still had some scruples... Now, haha, Huguang is empty!"
"This..." Cold sweat broke out on Wu Yingxiong's forehead!
The persimmons must be picked soft and pinched!
Even if Huguang is not empty, Zhu Heji will definitely concentrate his troops to attack Huguang first. If you don't count the 30,000 people brought by Wu Guogui, Wu Yingxiong only had an army of about 100,000 on hand, while Kangxi could raise 300,000 troops by selling iron and steel! Zhu Heji was so good at arithmetic, how could he not know that three hundred thousand is more than one hundred thousand?
As if to prove that Wu Yingxiong was the soft and sweet persimmon, when Wu Yingxiong and Sangyi Gyatso were staring at each other, they heard the sound of footsteps outside the door, and then saw Hong Shiming striding in. At this time in history, he had already died in depression because of his lack of ambition and being suspected of being Wu Sangui's accomplice. But now that he has great power, he has to be a high-ranking official, he has become a bachelor, he has been granted the title of Marquis, and he has become a cheap country head. It is really easy to get wind and rain, and all kinds of depression are gone at this time. It's so good, of course I don't want to die.
But today, the old man looked panicked and rushed into the main hall where the emperor was walking. He did not go to cry in front of the coffin of his "good girl" Kong Sizhen, but rushed directly to Wu Yingxiong, not even saluting. Forgot, he opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Hanyang Mansion! On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, the hypocritical Confucian thieves in Wuchang City rose up and gathered thousands of people to attack Sheshan and Wushengmen. Mr. Fangge led Fubiao to quell the rebellion. As a result, The officers and soldiers of Fubiao have long been deceived by the hypocritical Confucian traitors and defected before the battle... Your Majesty, Wuchang City has been lost!"
"What?" Wu Yingxiong's eyesight went dark and he was about to faint, but Lama Sanchi was quick-witted and stepped forward to hold him up.
The Prime Minister Xia Guoxiang who was guarding Wu Yingxiong was still pretending to shed tears for Kong Sizhen. When he heard that Wuchang was lost, he immediately became anxious and asked: "Where is Wuchang County? How is Wuchang County?"
Wuchang Fucheng and Wuchang County are two places. Wuchang Fucheng is under the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County, while Wuchang County is more than a hundred miles east of Wuchang Fucheng. Wuchang County is located across the river from Huanggang, the capital of Huangzhou Prefecture. There is also a Fankou Fortress located on the edge of the Yangtze River and surrounded by water.
The Fankou Fortress, Wuchang County, and Huangzhou City on the north bank of the Yangtze River were the strongholds of the Zhou Dynasty to resist the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition.
Wu Yingxiong stationed 8,000 troops there, and also sent generals Gao Dejie and Han Daren to garrison the area.
If we look at the battlefield situation alone, the gains and losses in Wuchang County are definitely more important than Wuchang City! Because once Wuchang County is broken through by the Ming Army, the Ming Army's 300,000 troops will flow like a tide along the Yangtze River towards Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankou...
"No, there is no news..." Hong Shiming said, "The defenders in Wuchang County are also under the control of Mr. Fang Ge. If there is any news, they must report to Mr. Fang Ge first. Now the city of Wuchang has been captured by the hypocritical rebels. Wuchang Even if the county is attacked by the Ming army, the news will not be able to spread for a while!"
Wu Yingxiong had come to his senses at this time, and said feebly: "Fankou Fortress was built by the late emperor and is indestructible. Even if Zhu Heji had millions of soldiers, it would be difficult to attack it... Hurry, call the generals to hold an attack." Military meeting, I will immediately return troops to set up defenses!"
"yes!"
Most of the Yi Ding soldiers around Wu Yingxiong left in response. Xia Guoxiang and Hong Shiming also left in a hurry. In the huge palace, only a few Yi Ding soldiers, Wu Yingxiong and Sanji Lama were left. .
Wu Yingxiong held Kong Sizhen's coffin, looked at Lama Sanji, and said with a wry smile: "The Great Emperor is indeed very good at predicting events, but I can't meet him in Xi'an... I have to return to Xiangjing immediately. , personally command the defense! The land in Guanzhong is originally the territory of the Qing Dynasty. I dare not covet it. I will return it to the Qing Dynasty after Wu Guogui moves all his family members to Sichuan.
In addition, I also asked the master to tell the emperor that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, and Shu is dead and Wu is in danger! My Great Zhou Dynasty is really unable to resist the strong Ming Dynasty. If the Great Emperor cannot send troops to rescue...it could be as soon as a few months or as slowly as three years, the Great Zhou Dynasty will be destroyed. By that time, Zhu Heji will be two out of three in the world! "
Lama Sanji said: "Don't worry, the emperor. The emperor is a wise and wise master. He will never watch the Ming Dynasty destroy the Zhou Dynasty. However, it will take time for the emperor to mobilize his troops to march south. Please protect Yuezhou, Jingmen, Jingzhou and other places.”
Wu Yingxiong nodded: "Okay, I will definitely wait for help!"
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The Ming army launched a large-scale westward expedition, and the news of the successful Confucian uprising in Wuchang was quickly delivered to Datong, Shanxi Province, where Emperor Kangxi was located, by a courier sent by Lama Sanji at an accelerated speed of 600 miles.
At this time, Kangxi had already held a simplified version of the Kuritai Conference in Kukuhetun, and obtained himself the title of Great Khan of Mongolia. In fact, he did not wait for the Mongolian tribes Taiji and Prince Zasak scattered everywhere. The prince just held a meeting with the leaders of the Mongolian coalition forces who were surrendered by him after the war in Qilbo, as well as Taiji from the Tumut tribe and the Ordos tribe, plus the princes of the Qing Mongolia who followed him on the expedition. .
As for the representatives of the two Mongol Khanates, Junggar and Kushote, they did not come at all... However, Kangxi felt that he was the proud disciple of the great lama, and the leaders of Kushote and Junggar listened to the great lama, so he This means that senior brother Galdan and Keshote Khan King D Laihan voted for themselves.
Although Burni's whereabouts are still unknown, the Mongolian tribes that originally submitted to Burni, including the remnants of Chahar hiding on the Houtao grassland at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, now no longer dare to resist Kangxi, at least in name!
So Kangxi led his troops to leave Kukuhetun, return to Datong south of the Great Wall to rest, and prepared to join forces with Wu Yingxiong and Zhu Heji to fight!
