Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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But because Emperor Kangxi must be a sage, he cannot be fooled by Wu Yingxiong, the fatuous, incompetent, doomed king of subjugation!

So Wu Guogui can only be the villain.

"It should be so!" Kangxi gritted his teeth, "This traitor thought that Zhu Hechi would let him go because he favored his daughter. He is so naive. He will definitely end up in a tragic end in the future!"

"Your majesty is wise!" Suo'etu praised quickly, and then said, "As for the method of invulnerability and the method of flying heavenly soldiers... I have never learned magic, so I really don't know what's going on."

Kangxi's eyes swept over the faces of several senior scholars again, most of them were stupefied, only Mingzhu was thoughtful, so he stared at this senior scholar with the best brains.

Seeing Kangxi staring at her and not leaving, Mingzhu hurriedly got out of the class and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I think that the invulnerability of rebels is to wear a good armor, so that they can block lead bullets.

As for the method of flying to the sky, the slave doesn't know..."

Kangxi was a little disappointed, but he still reminded: "Then do you know Kongming Lantern?"

"Ah, that's how it is." Mingzhu suddenly realized, "The emperor is really wise, and he can see through the doorway at a glance. This servant admires him very much."

Kangxi squinted his eyes and said: "Not only can I see through, I can also ask someone to make one!"

After all, Kangxi is a top student, and if there is something in the hot air balloon, it will be transparent.However, it is not easy to be a big guy who can carry people.

But I also have a "magic weapon" that can fly, even if it can't carry people, it can always greatly improve the morale of the army.If you can add a great lama with profound magic power...it will be enough to confuse those people below.

Thinking of this, Kangxi turned around and said, "Senior brother, it seems that you have to go out and fight with those fake Confucians."

Lama Sanji slapped his hands together and laughed, "The poor monk has practiced the Dakini technique, so you can give it a try."

"That's work."

Kangxi turned his eyes back again, and his sharp eyes swept back and forth on the faces of the six undergraduates and ministers of the South Study Room below.

These six great scholars all understand in their hearts what you, the little holy master, mean?

Tuhai's six-hundred-mile express and Seleng'e are the Jingzhao Mansions that have arrived at the front and back.

And the matter of this six-hundred-mile urgent report is that tens of thousands of Ming soldiers are approaching the city of Xiangyang, and they are gradually encircling Xiangyang and Fancheng.

According to Tu Hai's report, the two important places in the southeast and southwest of Xiangyang City, Lumen Mountain and Hutou Mountain, are now occupied by the Ming army!

Both of these highlands are close to the Han River, with Lumen Mountain on the east bank of the Han River and Hutou Mountain on the west bank of the Han River.The Ming army occupied there, not only can they get a foothold to set up camp in the south of Xiangyang City, but also get a favorable terrain to set up forts to block the Han River waterway.

Once the Hanshui waterway is blocked, the Ming army will be able to continuously transport troops and food to the frontier of Xiangyang through the Hanshui River, and they will be able to surround Xiangyang and fight a protracted war.

At the same time, Wanshan, another important place next to the Han River in the northeast of Xiangyang City, was also attacked by the Ming army.

In addition, there is another Ming army, which has also reached the east bank of the Baihe River, and is preparing to cross it by force!

Because the number of Ming troops who went north to besiege Xiangyang was much larger than that of the defending army Tuhai, and they were well-equipped and well-trained, and they also had the power of heavenly soldiers and the advantages of naval forces.

Therefore, it was only a matter of time before Wanshan fell and the Ming army successfully crossed the Baihe River.

And once the Ming army controls Wanshan and crosses the Baihe River to deploy defenses to the north of Fancheng, Xiangyang and Fancheng will be surrounded by Ming army regiments.The [-] Qing troops in the city will become a turtle in a urn.

The Qing army trapped in Xiangyang will be the same as the Southern Song army besieged in Xiangyang in history!

And Kangxi seems to be a bit jealous now... It seems that what he means is that he still wants to gamble in Xiangyang. If he wins, he can still have the Northern and Southern Dynasties.If you lose, then only Qing Shun Emperor will be left.

But the gamble is really high, and the odds of winning don't seem too great...so the six university scholars and ministers of the South Study Room who were present did not dare to speak.

The South study room was quiet for a long while, but at the end it was the sound of footsteps outside and Duo Long's notification that broke the calm: "Your Majesty, Duke Kong Sheng just sent the test book over six hundred miles away."

"Kong Yuqi's title book?" Kangxi was taken aback, "Bring it quickly."

"Whoo."

Duolong bowed and walked quickly into the south study room, holding a yellow-covered box in his hand, and inside was an examination book.

The question book is not a secret book, and the people below can take it apart to read, so Duo Long has already read it... After reading it, he immediately took the question book to Kangxi.

Kangxi frowned and took out the question book, opened it and looked at it, his pockmarked face was immediately filled with anger, "What a Kong Yuqi, he actually submitted a letter to resign from the post of governor of Shandong... What does he want to do? Does he want to..."

"Cough cough cough..."

"Cough cough..."

"cough……"

Half of the ministers in Nan's study coughed violently, as if they had some kind of extraordinary disease.And Kangxi is so clever, he immediately knew what he meant, so he snorted: "I don't allow him to push this job! Draw up an order to make Kong Yuqi the governor of Shandong!"

Chapter 623 Good!Kangxi is trapped!

Kangxi's decree obviously has the effect of relieving coughs. As soon as the words were finished, the sudden coughs of several ministers in the South Study Room were cured.Not only did he no longer cough, but he could also make a loud voice, shouting in unison: "The emperor is holy!"

Holy shit!

Kangxi was full of displeasure!

He knew that if his decree went out, Shandong would be "lost"!Although on the books, Shandong must still belong to the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, Confucianism will have the final say on this land in the future.

Thinking that the Confucianism that he fostered to fight against Confucianism would expand to such an extent in just a few years, Emperor Kangxi's intestines were full of regret.

This is simply raising a tiger to bring trouble!

That Zhou Peigong... is simply the number one guilty minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he deserves death!

However, Kangxi was not completely overwhelmed with anger, he still knew that although the Confucian sect was too big to lose, they had strength on the one hand and were anti-Confucianism on the other.

Confucianism copied the organizational methods of Confucianism and White Lotus, and it coincided with Kangxi's decentralization of power to promote rural sages, so the organizational methods of Confucianism and White Lotus were the same as those of the grassroots tax-paying rural sages in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Zhili, Huaibei and other provinces. As soon as they were combined, the power rose immediately—in fact, Confucianism integrated the powerful landlords in the northern provinces and the hidden White Lotus Sect power.

Don't look at the group training pulled by Kong Shenggong as a bit of a mob, but their mass base is so good that they can continuously recruit strong men.

And the underpopulation of the nation is precisely the weakness of the Qing Dynasty!

If such a powerful Confucian sect appeared in the original history, Emperor Kangxi would definitely kill him, even if he slaughtered the Confucian family in Qufu, he would not hesitate.

But now, he and Confucianism have a common enemy - Daming and Confucianism!

The Ming Dynasty and Confucianism were bound together. The current Emperor Zhu Heqi of the Ming Dynasty formed the predecessor of Confucianism, the original Confucianism School, in the early days of his rebellion.

After acquiring Jiangnan, the original Confucian school combined with some anti-Qing elements among Jiangnan literati and bureaucrats to form the "three original principles" such as "original Confucianism", "original monarch" and "original minister", thus greatly improving the original Confucian school. Later, when Emperor Kangxi supported Confucianism, Confucianism was established, and later he copied the "Anti-Classic" from Confucianism, which greatly enhanced the fighting spirit.

But it is precisely because of Confucianism's "three principles" and "the world is for the public" (the world is for the public is the goal, and the three principles are the method), which makes it and Confucianism become irreconcilable enemies-because Confucianism is a group of "shaved heads". Confucianism" does not meet the standards of "Original Confucianism", let alone "Original Monarch" and "Original Minister".Moreover, the mass base of Confucianism is the village sages, that is, the local tycoons, all of whom are opposed to the equalization of land, which is also opposed to "the world is for the public."

Therefore, the two factions of "Confucianism" and "Confucianism" are difficult to reconcile. The two sides also expelled each other's "Confucianism".

Therefore, Confucianism can only be deeply bound with the Qing Dynasty!

Now Confucianism is the orthodox school of Confucianism in the Qing Dynasty, many disciples of the Eight Banners are also members of Confucianism, and several Confucian leaders are also Kangxi's courtiers.

So although this Confucian sect is suspected of being too big to lose, it is still the power of the Qing Dynasty... Especially when the new army of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty suffered heavy losses and urgently needed to replenish its troops, the Qing Dynasty needed the mobilization ability of the Confucian sect too much!

Although Kangxi is very clear about the above reasons, he still can't be angry... Now that the dog he raised has bit him, he still can't cry out for pain!

Kangxi was really angry, and he didn't want to discuss the battle of Xiangyang with his subordinates anymore - he actually knew the thoughts of the ministers below, and they were a little scared, and wanted to give up Xiangyang.

But what about after giving up Xiangyang?

Daming's hundreds of thousands of troops probably haven't had enough fighting yet!

If Xiangyang is really abandoned, they will immediately go north to Henan... Will Henan also abandon it by then?

After Henan abandoned its defense, will Zhili still defend it?

If he didn't keep it, wouldn't he be Qing Shun Emperor?

"I'm not feeling well," Kangxi thought of this, his heart began to twitch, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat, he raised his right hand with difficulty and waved, "You all kneel down!"

The ministers also saw that Kangxi was not doing well, so they didn't dare to make him angry with the Xiangyang incident. If they were really angry, who would clean up this mess in the Qing Dynasty?

So the six bachelors and ministers of the South Study had no choice but to kneel together and leave.

Seeing several people leave, Kangxi said weakly: "Xiao Guizi, come quickly...help me go back to the palace to rest!"

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When Kangxi, who was about to suffer from a heart attack, was supported by Xiao Guizi to rest, his enemies were fighting and working "overtime"!

Because they know that Kangxi and his Qing Dynasty have not been trapped to death on the Huguang battlefield... because the encirclement of Xiangyang has not yet been formed!

And the last link to trap Kangxi is on the battlefield on both sides of the Baihe River in the northeast of Xiangyang City!

While Emperor Kangxi was lying down and resting, the battle of forcibly crossing the Baihe River was being staged near Hekou Town at the junction of the Baihe River and the Hanshui River!

The strange screams of the earth-shattering rockets in flight and the explosion after landing suddenly fell silent, and then there was an earth-shattering cry!

On the water near the east bank of the Baihe River, more than 1000 dead soldiers of the Ming army on the small white wooden boats all shouted and paddled hard.

Although these dead soldiers wore helmets, they did not wear armor or even military uniforms. Everyone was shirtless, their muscles were protruding, their heads were steaming, grenades were hung around their necks, and bayonets were slung across their backs. with their flintlock guns, and everyone held an oar tightly with both hands, and paddled hard to the beat of rhythmic drums.

At the bow of each ship, a shield with two pairs of breastplates was erected to block the bullets fired from the other side of the river from time to time.

The bullets fired from the Qing army's position on the west bank of the Baihe River have become a little sparse!Although their resistance in this area was quite fierce at one time, they couldn't hold back the Ming army's overwhelming firepower and troops, which repeatedly attacked for most of the day.

The Qing army guarding this area is almost exhausted, and the soldiers who can move have probably been filled up.The artillery deployed in a town on the west bank of the Baihe River couldn't move anymore. I don't know if it ran out of ammunition or was silenced by the firepower of the Ming army.

And on the beach on the west bank of the Baihe River, corpses were strewn all over the ground... The officers and soldiers on both sides suffered heavy casualties from the attacks and counterattacks.

But Zhuge Zhengyang, the general of the Ming army who commanded the battle on the east bank of the Baihe River, was convinced that victory would soon be at hand!

From the binoculars he held in his hand, he could see that the muzzle flames on the Qing army's position on the opposite bank were very sparse, and it seemed that they could not move.

And the "heavenly soldiers" who were observing in the air also sent news that there was not a single soldier from the direction of Fancheng to help.

It seems that Tuhai is ready to give up Sanhekou.

Once Sanhekou is lost, Xiangyang and Fancheng will be surrounded by the Ming army, and the [-] Qing Army New Eight Banners soldiers in Xiangfan City will have nowhere to escape... Kangxi and Kang Mazi will be trapped!

At this moment, the dozen or so small boats rushing to the front had crashed into the river beach one after another. The dead soldiers of the Ming army on the boats were like tigers going down the mountain. They first threw sugar grenades and smoke bombs, and then went up With a bayonet and a flintlock gun, they jumped off the wooden boat with a howl, and rushed towards the Qing army's position not far away - a parapet less than thirty steps away from the river!

Unlike the previous few times when the Ming army pounced, the Qing army could actively jump out from behind the wall to fight, this time they just shrank behind the wall and fired one shot at a time.Although they can knock down one or two dead soldiers of the Ming army from time to time, they can't stop more and more Ming army soldiers from approaching their positions at all!

When a rain of "sugar bombs" was thrown out by the charging soldiers, Zhuge Zhengyang put down the binoculars, heaved a sigh of relief, and said to a staff officer beside him: "Announce the good news to my father... We have already caught the enemy." Kangxi is here!"

Chapter 624 Kangxi's Dream

The morning of the [-]th day of the ninth month in the first year of the Great Era.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming army from the brigade finally appeared on the streets of Jiangling Fucheng!

The capital of the Wu and Zhou dynasties is now under the control of the Ming army.These Ming soldiers are all "old brothers" from Guangdong. Although they are not very tall, their uniforms are neat and their armor is shiny, especially some of the "iron armored soldiers" are wearing breastplates made of crucible steel, which looks even more impressive. People feel that the momentum is amazing.

Twenty to thirty thousand of these "old brothers" entered Jiangling in a neat and calm way, and marched on the main street.The military boots knocked on the bluestone road, and there was a neat bang.The tanned young faces under the dish-shaped helmets were tense, with serious expressions, no one whispered to each other, let alone looked around, they just walked forward solemnly.As for the officers walking at the front of the line, their jaws almost went up to the sky, and everyone had "proud" written on their faces, as if they wanted to tell everyone who saw them that I was just as true Celestial Soldiers!

This army, from the officers to the soldiers, is full of vigor, even for the Jiangling people who are used to the elites of Wu and Zhou, this army looks particularly fierce and elite!It is no wonder that the recruits from the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were defeated miserably by them, while the two from the old Wu family (Wu Yingxiong and Wu Guogui) were even more straightforward... 36 tricks are the best!

And before escaping, he even professed his allegiance to the Ming Dynasty!

Although Wu Yingxiong could still call himself the emperor behind closed doors, and continued to enjoy himself for a few years, but in name, they were all ministers of Ming Dynasty.

And the grand prince Zhu Heqi of the Ming Dynasty was also regarded as "lenient", and Wu Yingxiong was made the king of Pingxi, and Wu Guogui was made the general of Pingxi.

They were also allowed to continue to own the three provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.Although these three provinces are now sparsely populated and backcountry, they only have a population of 400 million, or more than a million people.But it is still better than the original situation where there was only one province in Yunnan... This rebellion has not yet "created losses".

After receiving the "mantissa" paid by Zhu Heqi, Wu Guogui did not stay in Jiangling and Yuezhou for long. On September [-], he led [-] elite soldiers and [-] family members, boarded a westbound ship, and retreated to Guizhou ——Wu Guogui did not take away all the troops, but dismissed [-] of them, and only took away the remaining [-].

Most of those dismissed by him were Huguang government soldiers. Their family members and land properties were all in Huguang, and they would not be willing to follow them to Yunnan and Guizhou.

And the ones brought by Wu Guogui, apart from the servants of the generals, were some government soldiers from Yunnan and Guizhou.

After Wu Guogui's troops withdrew, Zhu Heqi immediately sent troops to occupy Jiangling, Yuezhou Second Prefecture and Jingmen Prefecture. At the same time, he also sent troops to Yichang, Shinan, Changde, Yongshun, Lizhou, Chenzhou, Baoqing, State capitals such as Hengzhou, Yuanzhou, and Jingzhou advanced—these state capitals were abandoned by Wu and Zhou. Of course, the Ming army would have no difficulty in capturing them.After successfully capturing these state capitals, the "small goal" of capturing Huguang was basically completed.

However, the big goal of "trapping" Kangxi and then dominating the Qing Dynasty as Emperor Shun of the Qing Dynasty or Emperor Chongzhen of the Qing Dynasty still needs to continue to work hard.

On the gate tower of the Meridian Gate of the Imperial City of Jiangling Prefecture, Zhu Heqi and Zhuge Sanhe, who had just arrived in Jiangling Prefecture through Jingmen Prefecture, stood with their hands behind their hands, waiting for the third, fourth and fourth towns of the army to parade around Jiangling City. The elite soldiers from the Seventh Town arrived at the school field outside the Meridian Gate.

And a flag of "The world is public" and a flag of the same brightness of the sun and the moon are flying on the tower of the Meridian Gate of the Jiangling Imperial City, fluttering in the wind!

The elite soldiers from the three towns who had completed the armed parade began to enter the school field outside the Meridian Gate one after another. Seeing their neat formation and high morale, Zhu Heqi showed a very proud smile: "As expected of old brothers! With these elite soldiers from the three towns, the world Where can't I go?"

Zhuge Sanhe said with a smile, "My lord, now is not the time to be proud. Although we fought the battle of Huguang very successfully, the battle of peace has only just begun!"

Zhu Heqi smiled and said, "Kangxi has already been trapped...the Wu family has withdrawn again, and our hundreds of thousands of troops have been spared. Are we afraid that we will not be able to defeat Kangxi?"

Zhuge Sanhe said with a smile: "Yes! We will surely win. But who will fight a battle that must be defeated? If Kangxi does not send troops to rescue Xiangyang...then the battle of the Holy One will not be easy to fight!"

Zhu Heqian already had a little understanding of Zhuge Sanhe's meaning, "Prime Minister, don't you have some tricks passed down from your ancestors? Let me know!"

Zhuge Sanhe smiled: "It's not about any tricks, the old minister just wants to remind the Holy Majesty, don't miss the auspicious time for you to officially enthron... Now that Huguang has been leveled, and the two Wus have returned, the world is already divided into north and south. You should also Zou Kai returned to court, and officially ascended the throne!"

Zhu Heqi originally planned to hold the enthronement ceremony on the first day of July, but they didn't expect that the battle of Huguang would be fought for a long time, so that the good day of the first day of July was missed.And another auspicious day after the first day of July will be the first day of October.

If you miss it again, there will be no good days in the year.

However, Zhuge Sanhe obviously did not persuade Zhu Hechi to return to Nanjing because the first day of October was particularly good.