Nanyang City, once the place guarded by the Ming and Tang princes, was the economic, military and political center of southwestern Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty.
This city and Xiangyang City, which is more than 200 miles to the south, belong to the Nanyang Basin geographically. Both places are protected by mountains and live in the heart of China. They are bounded by Tongbai Mountain to the east, Qinling Mountains to the west, and the remnants of Daba Mountain to the south. , the southeast is the Dabie Mountains, and the southeast is connected to the Jianghan Basin through the Han River and the Suizhou Corridor.
For the southern government, which lacked strong cavalry in history, it would first take Xiangyang, then go to Nanyang, use the Baihe River and Hanshui River as arteries to transport troops and food, and then use the mountains around Nanyang as a cover to enter Heluo in the north and Guan in the west. It is also a good route for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
Therefore, whenever there is a confrontation between the north and the south, Nanyang and Xiangyang will inevitably become battlegrounds for the soldiers from the north and the south!
At the end of the 18th year of Kangxi's reign, Nanyang and Xiangyang once again naturally became the gathering place for the armies of the Southern Ming and Northern Qing Dynasties.
At this time, Xiangyang City has been surrounded by the army of the revived Ming Dynasty, and there are also military camps outside Nanyang City. Emperor Kangxi's yellow dragon flag is flying high, and on the former Tang Palace Hall, "all braves gather" once again... ...Except for Emperor Kangxi himself and Eunuch Xiao Guizi, there is one Batulu per person!
"Your Majesty, Tuhai sent another warrior to break through and brought good news. The day before yesterday, he and Laita sent 3,000 cavalry with General Weiyuan's artillery to break a rebel fortress in the north of Fancheng. They killed another 300 enemies and captured a lot. "
Suo'etu reported in a low voice that there were also Manchu confidants such as Mingzhu, Yue Le, Tong Guogang, Moro Luo, and Shang Shan, as well as four other Manchurian confidants from the host Mongolia: Tunahei, Wenbu, Wenchun, and Gelertu. All the new Mongolian armies were in charge.
Kangxi received the good news from Tu Hai. This was the ninth or tenth good news he had received since he moved to Nanyang... I don't know if Tu Hai had become a good general after being defeated for a long time. Anyway, After he was surrounded by Xiangyang this time, he started an invincible mode. Anyway, you win if you defend the city, and you win if you leave the city. It's almost like losing money. The number of enemy kills reported one after another totaled more than 10,000!
If the killing rate continues like this, there will be no need for Kangxi to send troops to relieve Xiangyang. The "Zhuge village man" who can pinch and calculate will be defeated himself.
Of course, Kangxi also knew that the number of Ming soldiers killed and wounded on the poster was definitely exaggerated. . But Tuhai is not a particularly unreliable person, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to serve as a bachelor for so many years! Even if he wanted to exaggerate the results of the victory, multiplying by three by four would be enough. In other words, the Ming army that besieged Xiangyang lost thousands...
Emperor Kangxi thought of this, and finally showed a calm and confident smile on his face. The 130,000 troops now concentrated in Nanyang were all the main forces he could mobilize... If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong and North Korea, The army will definitely launch an offensive next spring, and he wants to draw out all the 40,000 people under Bahai and Wang Fuchen.
But for the current Qing Dynasty, this is already a desperate gamble. It is meaningless to just defeat Zhuge Sanhe's troops who besieged Xiangyang, because by next spring and summer, Zhuge Sanhe will make another northern expedition, and Kangxi However, his 130,000 troops could not stay in Nanyang forever, so he had to defeat Zhuge Sanhe's main force and achieve a decisive victory.
Yue Le whispered: "Your Majesty, will Zhuge Sanhe deliberately defeat us again and paralyze us?"
When Kangxi heard this, his heart twitched...because what Yue Le said was very possible!
The Qing Dynasty wanted to make a big gamble, and the Ming Dynasty might also want to make a big gamble!
Now the Ming Dynasty has actually controlled most of Hunan and Hubei... This means that the Ming Dynasty has several million more people, and it is also a population that has implemented the equal land system and the military system! The Ming Dynasty could easily connect these millions of people to their own system.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty could recruit 100,000 or 200,000 troops in Hunan and Hubei at any time to fight the Qing Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty was limited by the Eight Banners system and the rural meritocracy system, and was unable to fully mobilize... In the era of queuing to be shot, the absolute disadvantage in numbers was simply terrible!
Therefore, Zhuge Sanhe can definitely afford to gamble, and he can also afford to lose.
But he probably wouldn't just send his own people's heads to Xiangyang casually... Most of the Ming soldiers killed and injured by Tuhai were the three New Eight Banners Gushan men who were forced to surrender!
Thinking of this, Kangxi was so distressed that he almost vomited blood!
However, no matter how fast his heart beat, Kangxi still had to maintain his dignity. He said firmly: "Isn't it just a trick to deceive the enemy? Zhuge thinks that he is the only one who can use tricks, and I can't use tricks?" I am also familiar with "The Art of War", "Thirty-Six Strategies" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"... This time I will use the other's strategy to retaliate!"
Mingzhu next to him had his eyebrows raised and looked gloomy. He stood there and stared at the bricks on the ground. Kangxi glanced at him and said: "Mingzhu, you know that I will treat others in return. What does body mean?"
Mingzhu was stunned, and quickly knelt down and replied: "Does the emperor want to lure Zhuge Sanhe's army to the vicinity of Nanyang City by deceiving defeat, and take advantage of the open terrain here and our cavalry advantage to severely injure them?"
Kangxi smiled and said: "Mingzhu, do you think this strategy can deceive Zhuge Sanhe?"
"It seems impossible..."
Zhuge Sanhe was already the incarnation of Zhuge Liang in the Qing Dynasty! Can Zhuge Liang be deceived by a trick of deceiving the enemy? It’s definitely not possible!
Kangxi nodded and said: "That's right, Zhuge Sanhe can't be deceived by just a tactic of false defeat, so what I want to use is a tactic of false surrender!"
Mingzhu was stunned again, "Your Majesty, who is going to pretend to surrender?"
When he asked this question, his heart went crazy! Why did the emperor say this to himself? Could it be that you want to fake a surrender? I don’t know if this fake surrender should be combined with the bitter meat scheme?
Kangxi looked at Mingzhu with a smile and said: "I heard that before his death, Jin Taiji cursed that even if I have a daughter, my descendants will overthrow Manchuria! Is this possible?"
Mingzhu was so frightened that she fell to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, those are the nonsense words of this slave's grandfather when he was dying... I am loyal to the Emperor and to the Qing Dynasty, and the sun and the moon can serve as a reminder!"
This Nalan Pearl turned out to be the grandson of Yehenala Jintaiji of the Jurchen Yehe tribe. His surname "Nalan" was actually the simplified Yehenala.
Kangxi smiled and said: "Mingzhu, why don't I believe you? Don't be afraid, I just asked you to fake a surrender, and then deceived Zhuge Sanhe to Nanyang... I want to spread a secret of their Zhuge family in Nanyang Empty city strategy! This is to repay the other person with his own way!
Mingzhu, if you are really my loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, then go ahead and deceive Zhuge to death for me! "
Kangxi said that for this reason, Mingzhu could no longer refuse... If he didn't agree, Kangxi might really doubt whether Mingzhu wanted to avenge his grandfather Jin Taiji and subvert the Qing Dynasty!
"The emperor asked the servant to lie, and the servant must do it well..." Mingzhu kowtowed, "It's just that the servant has always been honest and won't lie. I'm afraid it will ruin the emperor's important affairs!"
Kangxi thought it right, so he asked Suo'etu: "Suo'etu, you have a good mind. Think about it for me, how should I deceive Zhuge Sanhe?"
Suo'etu hurriedly lay down on the ground, his forehead also covered with white hair... What did Kangxi mean? Is he very good at deceiving others? It's okay, he doesn't lie much.
But the emperor asked him to find a way, so he had to find a way!
"Your Majesty," Suo'etu thought and came up with a solution, "I think I can use Zhou Yu's method of hitting the yellow cover, as a bitter trick!"
Suo Etu! Mingzhu thought to herself: "You are not a good person! I have known for a long time... There is no good person in your Suo family!"
Kangxi looked at Mingzhu, as if he couldn't bear it: "Mingzhu, are you afraid of pain?"
"Your Majesty..." Mingzhu gritted her teeth and said, "I am not afraid of death for the sake of the Qing Dynasty and for you, the Emperor. Why should I be afraid of pain?"
Kangxi nodded, "Good slave! Then... I will wrong you and Xingde!"
