Kangxi's request to cede Xiangyang Prefecture actually played into Wu Yingxiong's ambitions!
Xiangyang, also known as Xiangjing of Wu Yingxiong, was actually a fortress used to resist Wu Yingqi's eastward march. Wu Yingxiong was afraid that his good brother would raise troops from Xi'an to seize his throne, so he moved the capital from Jiangling Prefecture to Xiangyang Prefecture, and an emperor came to guard the country against his younger brother.
But now Wu Yingqi's power has been disintegrated, and Zhu Heji's army has invaded Huguang. Huguang is about to be lost!
Under such circumstances, it is simply stupid to use Xiangyang as the capital. Because as long as one of Jiangling and Jingmen is lost, all the jars and jars in Xiangyang City and the population attached to the Wu and Zhou Dynasties will not be able to be evacuated.
Today's military and political system of Wu and Zhou is based on the "Jia Ding Mansion Military System", among which Jia Ding is the core of the entire system. The most important factor that determines a general's status in the Wu and Zhou system is the number and eliteness of his servants.
Wu Yingxiong's status is also determined by the servants he has!
Wu Yingxiong's servants inherited from Wu Sangui and were called "Yidingwei". They numbered three thousand... to be precise, it was not three thousand people, but three thousand households. The core of it are the descendants of the old servants who have followed the Wu family since the time of Wu Xiang!
As feudal soldiers who have been passed down for two or three generations, the actual number of the three thousand households of Yidingwei is of course much larger than three thousand, almost twenty-four to five thousand!
On average, there are about eight people in a household, and the average number of adults is two. In other words, Yidingwei can produce 6,000 elite soldiers under extreme circumstances!
These three thousand Yiding households all moved to Xiangjing with Wu Yingxiong. They were already comfortably arranged before Zhu Heji came.
In addition, Xiangyang Prefecture is also an important town of Fubing. There are tens of thousands of Fubing households around it, with a population of 70,000 to 80,000!
In addition to the population of Yiding Wei and Xiangyang Prefecture soldiers, there is also an internal affairs office in Xiangjing that manages craftsmen, royal servants, tenants of the imperial village, and herdsmen of the royal horse farm. . This House of Internal Affairs was in charge of many more people than Yi Dingwei - the production of firearms, gunpowder and the breeding of war horses in the Wu and Zhou court were all controlled by this House of Internal Affairs. There are 20,000 to 30,000 craftsmen and herders households alone, and the population exceeds 150,000!
These 150,000 people basically stayed within Xiangyang Prefecture.
In fact, Wu Yingxiong's court was a copycat of the Qing Dynasty. The servants were equivalent to the Eight Banners, the government soldiers were similar to the Green Battalions, and the generals below were equivalent to the banner leaders. In addition, there was an internal affairs office with many people, power, and huge profits. Basically, everything worked together. . As for the civil service system, it is basically used for miscellaneous work and tax collection.
As for the Yiding Guards, Xiangyang Prefecture Soldiers, and the Internal Affairs Bureau directly under the jurisdiction of Wu Yingxiong, if we do not count the imperial villages mainly located in Jiangling Prefecture, the total population of the Yiding Guards, Xiangyang Prefecture Soldiers, and the Internal Affairs Bureau is about 25. Ten thousand!
These people are Wu Yingqi’s core group!
If Wu Yingqi wants to run away, he must take them with him, otherwise he will be a lonely "bear" who will be caught and skinned and eaten sooner or later!
And these 250,000 people were not nomads. They packed up their yurts, drove their cattle and sheep, and left singing songs.
They finally settled down in Xiangyang, and they just wanted to have a peaceful life. How could they leave just now?
So although Wu Yingxiong himself had already slipped away to Jiangling and issued a decree to move, the people below just lingered and refused to move... until Kangxi was coming!
Everyone knows the rules of the Qing Dynasty. If you don't run away, you will be stupid!
So when Emperor Kangxi personally led his army to the Han River embankment in the south of Fancheng, which had long been controlled by the Qing army, on the north bank of Xiangyang City on the 15th day of August in the 18th year of Kangxi's reign, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, what he saw was a sea of people on the other side. The "Xiangyang elders" supported the elderly and the young, carrying large and small luggage, preparing to follow Wu Yingxiong south.
Kangxi, who was riding his horse on the embankment and looking southward, was stunned when he saw this "déjà vu" scene. Then he blurted out and asked: "What is going on? Why does it look like Uncle Liu Huang and his people crossing the river?" "
Prince An Yue Le, who had already arrived in Fancheng, quickly took over the topic and immediately bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, these Xiangyang people are going to follow Wu Yingxiong to escape... Wu Yingxiong arranged a boat and first took the people through the waterway. They were sent to Jingmen, and then moved to Jiangling."
"But why do they want to escape?" Kangxi looked puzzled, "Wu Yingxiong is not a wise king. Is it better to suffer hardship with him than to be a common citizen of the Qing Dynasty?"
Kangxi really couldn’t figure it out!
When he arrived in Xi'an before, he took over an empty city where all the people had fled. Even the surrounding area of Xi'an was deserted. Even now, there are not many Shaanxi people in Xi'an, and no one can even eat Roujiamo!
Why is it like this when we return to Xiangyang?
If Xiangyang was Zhu Heji's territory, everyone would follow him, and Kangxi would recognize it... But the problem is that Xiangyang is Wu Yingxiong's territory!
Kangxi felt that he was not as good as Zhu Heji, but why was he not as good as Wu Yingxiong?
Could it be that among the Three Kingdoms under Heaven, the worst master is himself?
"This..." Yue Le didn't know what to say when he heard this question.
He is obviously a big villain and a big devil, but he doesn't know it, and he still thinks he is a good person!
"Long live the Lord," Mingzhu was still smart and immediately changed the subject, "Wu Yingxiong seems to have left Xiangyang City... Should we get on the bridge?"
It turns out that Kangxi's purpose in coming to Xiangyang, besides "recovering lost territory", was to have a long bridge meeting with Wu Yingxiong!
That is to say, "Emperor vs. Emperor" with Wu Yingxiong on the pontoon between Xiangyang City and Fancheng... He was still a little worried about the upcoming Battle of Chibi, fearing that Wu Yingxiong, his "bear teammate", would trick him. , so I asked Wu Yingxiong to come out to meet him.
Kangxi felt that he was a good judge of people. If Wu Yingxiong had something in his heart, he would not be able to escape his bloodshot eyes.
Thinking of this, Kangxi rode a horse on the long bridge over the Han River.
Wu Yingqi was also riding a horse over there, and when he was getting on the bridge, there was a sudden commotion among the "people" on the south bank of the Han River. I don't know who took the lead in shouting: "Kang Mazi... Kang The pockmark is on the bridge, please be careful, Your Majesty!"
This was such a great move that more than 200,000 people waiting to board the boat on the south bank of the Han River started cheering.
"Your Majesty, be careful..."
"Be careful Kang Mazi!"
"Don't let Kang Mazi get hurt!"
"Kang Mazi is the worst!"
More than 200,000 people were shouting together, and they had never practiced it. They were not shouting in unison, but a variety of voices mixed together, forming an extremely noisy sound.
But Kangxi still heard the three words "Kang Mazi" clearly!
This girl's face turned pale all of a sudden, and she almost turned around and walked off the bridge to mobilize troops to "quell the chaos."
Fortunately, Wu Yingxiong had already opened his throat and shouted loudly: "Kang Ma...Xuan Ye! Xuan Ye!"
Xuanye?
Call him by his first name?
Kangxi was startled when he heard Wu Yingxiong call him "Xuan Ye"... From the time he remembered the incident, no one except his father Shunzhi, his grandmother Bumu Butai, and his mother had ignored him. Call him by his first name!
Gotta avoid it!
You can't even write the word "Xuan Ye" casually, now people call him by his first name!
And although the man who called him "Xuan Ye" was a treasonous rebel, Kangxi wanted to capture Ling Chi and execute him in his dreams, but now he could only return the favor with a stiff smile, and still charged at the man on horseback. The man waved: "Uncle...are you always well?"
Wu Yingxiong had already arrived in front of Kangxi, reined in his horse, and did not come down to kowtow. Instead, he smiled and said: "Okay, okay, we have become the emperor, how could it be wrong? Nephew Xuan Ye, you are the emperor now, and I am also the emperor. How should the emperor salute when he sees the emperor? Should we avoid each other's courtesy, or should we dismount from our horses and bow to each other three times and nine times?"
Three bows and nine kowtows? Kangxi said in his heart: "I'm not very good at it, so forget it..."
"Let's exempt each other!" Kangxi calmed down and said, "Uncle, my 150,000 troops have arrived. They can go south to Jiangling at any time and conquer Red Cliff! I wonder when uncle plans to take action?"
