Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Chapter 620 Kangxi has only one property left!

The Qing Dynasty is coming to an end, the Qing Dynasty is really coming to an end!

Standing on Sanjian Mountain in Anlu Mansion and looking at Zhongxiang in Anlu Mansion City on the other side of the Han River, Prince An Yue Le felt ashamed. .

Because he had already seen through the binoculars the flag of the sun and the moon rising high above the city of Anlu Fucheng on the other side of the Han River.This is the military flag of Ming Dynasty. It appeared on the top of the city of Anlu Mansion, which means that the Ming army has already occupied this city!

What made Yue Le even more terrified was that at this time, there was a brigade of Ming troops marching out of Anlu Fucheng.On the official road leading to Xiangyang Mansion outside the city, a long marching column was formed, and they marched mightily to the north!

The number of this Ming army is so large that the leader of the team can't see the edge at a glance. At the same time, there are endless infantry, artillery, cavalry and train convoys leaving Anlufu City and embarking on a journey.

On the surface of the Han River near Anlu Fucheng, hundreds of warships, sandships, and Luzhou are connected to form an extremely large fleet.is slowly heading north.

These warships, on top of the sand boats, also had the sun and moon flags that symbolized Ming Dynasty.

And the destination of this huge land and water army consisting of hundreds of thousands of people going north must be Xiangyang Fucheng!

Seeing this large army, Prince An Yue Le felt nothing but complete despair.Because he knew that this army was not the one that defeated him in the Battle of Urin.It's another Ming army... And above this Ming army, there are also a few "sky flying balls" floating in the sky!

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not only strong, but also numerous, can fly, and are also "invulnerable"... How could the Qing Dynasty defeat such an enemy?

"Ama! Ama..."

The voice of Yue Le's son Sai Leng'e suddenly came, interrupting his thoughts.

"Selene, what's the matter?" Yue Le turned to look at his son.

"Ama, good news, Fei Yanggu has captured Jingmen City."

Sai Leng said happily: "Now we can finally rest in the city."

These days, he has been chasing north with the team, and two of the horses were exhausted.I have been eating and sleeping in the open, which is really miserable.Now that he finally got rid of the pursuers and won a city where he can rest, how can he be unhappy?

But Yue Le frowned even tighter.

"This city of Jingmen Prefecture..." he asked, "Isn't it an empty city?"

"Ama, you have a clever plan." Selen'e looked at his father and said, "Fei Yanggu took over an empty city. However, the houses in the city are still in good condition, and no water has been passed through. Find food that I didn't have time to take away."

"Huh!" Yue Le said, "Wu Ying and Xiong Xiong left it on purpose. He was afraid that we would all starve to death, and no one would help him lead the surname Zhu. There is no good thing in the old Wu family!"

"Ama, let's..." Sai Leng'e was talking, and he had already seen the boat on the river and the army on the other side of the river.

"Let's rest for a few days." Yue Le said.

"But the Ming army...are they going to Xiangyang?"

Yue Le nodded and said, "Besides Xiangyang, where else can I go?"

Sai Leng said on the forehead: "But the emperor said that the gain or loss of Xiangyang has nothing to do with the survival of my Qing Dynasty!"

"Can you beat it?" Yue Le looked at the land and water army in the distance, "They are going to surround Xiangyang. After we have enough energy, let's make a detour to Hanzhong."

"What? Go to Hanzhong? Then Xiangyang really don't want it?"

"I'm sorry!" Yue Le said with a long sigh, "How many people do we have left?"

"Not enough, less than fifty thousand." Sai Leng replied.

In fact, even 5000 people are gone... The loss is heavy!

"But the emperor still... still has a lot of troops."

Yue Le shook his head and said: "The emperor only has one family property left...We must not pay it all to Xiangyang!"

He sighed, and said again: "You ride the fastest horse, take a team of Goshha, and immediately go to Xiangyang City to meet Tuhai Tutang. Tell him that we were betrayed by the surname Wu and beaten by the Ming army." What a tragedy. Moreover, the Ming army is too strong, and the Qing Dynasty is no match for it. Tell him to withdraw his troops to Guanzhong immediately. It must be fast! If you withdraw late, you will be surrounded. At that time, the emperor will be in a dilemma."

When he heard that he was going to travel a long distance again, Selen E was a little reluctant.But seeing his father's stern eyes, he had no choice but to salute, "Yes, Ama, my son will go to Xiangyang immediately."

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After another day of exhausting horseback riding, Selen'e finally entered the iron-fortified city of Xiangyang before the arrival of the Ming army brigade, and saw Tuhai Tutang who was already in a hurry.

Tu Hai already knew that the Ming army brigade was about to arrive, and also knew the news that Yue Le, who was like a pillar in the hall, was defeated in Wulin.

In addition, he also knew that Wu Zhou's troops were evacuating Hubei on a large scale... Look, this means that Hubei is going to be handed over to the Qing and Ming as a battlefield!

This is great, originally it was Daming who wanted to grab Wu Zhou's territory, and the Qing Dynasty just came to help.Now he is turning against the guest, and he wants to take the thunder for that unfaithful and unfilial Wu Yingxiong.

But Tu Hai was unwilling to give up Xiangyang City.

Because the location of Xiangyang City is too critical, and the city is too strong, the iron-clad Xiangyang is by no means empty words.Just a moat is as wide as a lake!Not to mention the high and strong city walls.

If the Qing Dynasty must find a castle to guard, and then rely on the castle to fight against the Ming Dynasty, Xiangyang City is undoubtedly the best choice.

So when he heard from Sai Leng'e that Yue Le wanted him to give up Xiangyang City.Really surprised.

"Sai Dutong, what did you say?" Tu Hai asked.

"Tutang, to tell you the truth, we really suffered a disastrous defeat this time! We met the Great Tomorrow Soldiers in Wulin. Not only are they invulnerable, they can also fly!"

"Can fly?" Tu Hai looked at Sai Leng's forehead, his heart was full of doubts.

This guy is not crazy, is he?

Sailen said: "Really, the Ming army can really fly now... Such a big celestial sphere, it looks very heavy. To be able to fly so high, this must be some kind of demon method!"

"Another sorcery?" Tuhai couldn't believe his ears.What kind of world is this, why are there so many demon ways and spells everywhere?

It suddenly occurred to him that Emperor Kangxi was a bit wiser now, he was a proud student of Big Trumpet, and he was accompanied by Sangji.

"I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of any demons!" Tuhai said, "That Sangji is the emperor's senior brother, and he is still in Xi'an. As long as he is invited, any demons can be broken."

Is this to make Sangye Gyatso fight the hot air balloon?

"No way, even if you break the demon law, you can't beat them. There are too many Ming soldiers." Sai Leng'e said, "Tutang, now I, Ama, have taken more than 4 remnants to Hanzhong. You only have 2 soldiers on hand." Human, how can you keep it?"

"It can be defended! And the emperor will definitely send reinforcements." Tu Hai said with a smile, "When the Ming army fails to attack Xiangyang for a long time, and the surrounding troops come again...then there is only a dead end.

Besides, I can't be the master of the matter of withdrawing troops, I need the Emperor's permission. "

"Then, then ask the emperor for an order."

"The emperor is in Jingzhao Mansion!" Tu Hai said, "There is no news from hundreds of miles away that won't arrive in two or three days."

"Two or three days.? How can there be so much time?" Sai Leng shook his head again and again, "The Ming army will surround Xiangyang City by then, and they will not be able to run away."

Tuhai laughed a few times, "Xiangyang is not afraid of siege. In history, the Mongols took five or six years to besiege before they succeeded."

"Then..." Sai Leng knew that he had no way to convince Tu Hai.So, I had to settle for the next best thing, "Then arrange for me to go to Xi'an, and I will go and tell the emperor in person."

"Okay." Tu Hai nodded, frowning deeply, "We must talk to the emperor about the Wu family's affairs... Our emperor trusts the Han people too much. If they are not of my race, their hearts must be different!"

Hearing what Tu Hai said, Selen'e knew what must have happened in the court these days?

He and Tu Hai didn't get along, so he asked, "Is it because of Confucianism?"

Tu Hai nodded silently, "Shenggong lives in Luli, and when he climbs up, he has tens of thousands of followers... This is not a blessing for the country."

Chapter 621 Worse than Shenggong!

Hundreds of tuanyong, wearing bulky double-breasted jackets, large cotton trousers, and covering their heads with cloth handkerchiefs, are lined up in a loose column, carrying their luggage, carrying big knives and spears, and they can be seen to be crudely made With his matchlock gun, he went straight to Qufu County.These group braves who don't know where they come from are mostly young and strong, and everyone looks cheerful and energetic.Walking in front of them were seven or eight strong men on mules and horses. They did not ride well, but straightened up on the mules and horses as if showing off their riding skills. Looking left and right, they saw the city wall of Qufu in the distance, Tuan Yong, who was still training with the whole team in the open space outside the city, started yelling.

"God, isn't Qufu just a county seat? Why is there such a tall city wall? It's the strongest brick city, and it looks no worse than the city of our Daming Mansion. One hundred thousand enemy soldiers might not be enough to kill them." Pile it up on the wall?"

"This is the hometown of Kong Shenggong. If our Daming Mansion was in the Song Dynasty, it would indeed be much stronger than Qufu, but how can it compare to Qufu's prosperity now? Even the size is not as good as Qufu."

"This Shenggong has such a strong city and so much bravery, is he planning to do something big?"

"Does it need to be said? Now the world is in chaos. In the south there is the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty, in the north there is the Daqing Dynasty ruling the roost, in the west there is the Wu Zhou separatist regime, and only the east is missing an Eastern Emperor. It seems that it must be the Shenggong!"

"Then we voted for Shenggong right now. Once Shenggong ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, we will be considered heroes for the founding of the country, and we will no longer have to look at the face of the magistrate."

These were originally Tuanyong from the Daming Mansion in Northern Zhili, who crossed provinces to "tou Shenggong" in Qufu County, Yanzhou Mansion, Shandong Province.Listening to their words, it seems that they didn't intend to defend the Qing Dynasty, but planned to help Kong Shenggong become the "Eastern Emperor"... This is to rebel!

This group of Tuan Yong from Daming Mansion talked loudly about the rebellion, and walked outside the Zonglu Gate of Qufu Ximen.The Zonglu gate was open wide open, and the few folks from Qufu County guarding the gate didn't even bother to ask.Needless to say, they all knew that they must have come to seek refuge in Shenggong's Shandong, Henan, Huaibei, Zhili and other places with strong and powerful townspeople.

Although the Qing court had issued a decree long ago, Kong Shenggong was only allowed to recruit Lian Yong in several state capitals in Shandong.But now the main force of the Qing army in Shandong has been transferred to Huguang, and only some tenders and bids are left to barely maintain the dignity of the Qing Dynasty in Shandong.Under such circumstances, how could the Daqing government on the Shandong side still think about restricting Shenggong's recruitment of Tuanyong?After all, the more people there are, the safer they are. If there are really few people under Shenggong, and the Ming army comes later, are they acting as second ministers?Or should he die to report to the king?

They are not necessarily accepted when they are second ministers, and they may die... Although they are unwilling, but when the day comes, the soldiers will kill them, what can they do?

Therefore, these local officials in Shandong not only ignored the Qing court's restraint on Kong Shenggong, but also opened the door of convenience. Summoning Xiangyong, and calling out from the top, tens of thousands of followers, such memorials, were still sent to Jingzhao Mansion like flowing water!

This is called the officialdom philosophy of "Knife-cut tofu with two faces"-if the court wanted to investigate Kong Shenggong's treason, they would have exposed them all, so they were not accomplices.If Kong Shenggong officially raised the flag to rebel and when Kong Sheng came up, then they have all provided support for the "sacred soldiers", and they can all be called a founding hero.

At this time, in the Shenggong Mansion in Qufu City, Kong Shenggong Kong Yuqi has almost become "Kong Depressed"... Can you not be depressed?He didn't do anything. In the past few years, he was just a puppet clay sculpture, which was placed on the stage for the Confucian disciples below to worship.All the "Shenggong Orders" issued in his name were issued by those big bosses according to Emperor Kangxi's secret edict, and had nothing to do with him at all.

But he is so obedient, why are there so many people accusing him of rebellion?

"... Wronged, wronged, the ancestors are above, the unworthy descendant Kong Yuqi makes people wronged and wants to rebel, the rebellion is to destroy the nine clans! The Kong family has been passed down for so many generations, and now it is going to die in my hands. Ancestor, what should I do? ?”

In a large hall in Qufu Konglin, Kong Yuqi was kneeling in front of a full-body portrait of the "big figure of Confucianism" version of Confucius, complaining to his ancestors with snot and tears.

And beside him was only Kong Yuqi's only confidant, Huang Zhisheng... Fortunately, this Huang Zhisheng tipped off Kong Shenggong, otherwise he would not have known that there were so many people behind his back saying that he was going to rebel.

This thing of slander and rebellion is really too wicked!

"Brother-in-law, what do you think I should do? Do I want to pass a note to the emperor?"

He complained to his ancestor about his hardships for a long time, but his ancestor ignored him, so Kong Yuqi had no choice but to ask Huang Zhisheng for help.

Huang Zhisheng is now his brother-in-law.But not the brother-in-law of a direct relative, but the cousin-in-law.Huang Zhisheng actually has a wife and children in his hometown in Guangdong, but none of them followed him to the north.So Huang Zhisheng stayed alone for a while. Although the few widowed girls of Monk Zhixin had a good relationship, after all, there was no way to marry them into the family.So Kong Yuqi, who wanted to win him over, asked the family to choose a sixteen or seventeen-year-old beauty to marry Huang Zhisheng--that girl is really fair, beautiful and long-legged, a standard Shandong beauty, and also educated... Really It's cheaper for the surname Huang!

Huang Zhisheng frowned, with a sad expression on his face, "It's obvious that there are no tigers in the husband's city; but three people say it and become a tiger...not to mention that Sheng Gong called out today, and there are more than [-] followers. Today, an official in Shandong Province, They are all Confucianists, and everyone is looking forward to the Holy Duke. What is the use of the Holy Duke playing Ming Zhi at this time?"

"No, it's useless? Then, then I should..." Kong Yuqi's sad tears came down, "Should I bind myself in front of the emperor and let him be punished?"

Huang Zhisheng shook his head, and said with a smile: "That's not necessary, Sheng Gong only needs to sit in the mansion, and I will wait for the boss to handle major matters."

"Just sit still?" Kong Yuqi looked at Huang Zhisheng uncertainly.

Huang Zhisheng nodded: "Yes, just sit still, and I will wait for the boss to punish you, so you don't need to worry about ordinary things."

"Then, then I'll just sit and wait to die..." Kong Yuqi said in an inaudible voice.

Huang Zhisheng bowed to Kong Yuqi, "Students receive the Holy Order!"

After bowing, he turned around and left the hall, then left the heavily guarded Kong Lin, and returned to the Shenggong Mansion next to Kong Lin.

In the lobby of the Shenggong Mansion, the four big bosses, Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong, Zhang Ying, and Fu Honglie, had been waiting impatiently for a long time.

The candidate for this Confucian master has also been adjusted twice in the past few years, and Mingzhu and Li Guangdi were adjusted out.Then Xiong Cilubu came in and became the chief boss, and Fu Honglie, the stupid slave of the Qing Dynasty, also joined the bureau and became the boss in charge of military affairs.

This time the five bigwigs gathered in Qufu, apparently to discuss some important matter.Waiting in the Shenggong mansion, the four people saw Huang Zhisheng coming, and they all asked questions.

"Where's the Holy Duke?"

"Brother Zhisheng, is Shenggong still unwilling to take things seriously?"

Huang Zhisheng nodded, and said with a smile: "King Su, of course, he should be ruled by the arch... Those of us who are big bosses, we have to be more tolerant."

While talking, he sat down by himself, took a sip of a bowl of steaming tea on the coffee table next to him, and then turned his attention to Zhou Peigong - among the five big bosses, Xiong Cilu was in charge of fooling around In the imperial court, Huang Zhisheng was in charge of coaxing Sheng Gong, Zhang Ying was the chief housekeeper, Fu Honglie was in charge of the regiment training, and Zhou Peigong was the "chief rebel teacher" who was in charge of making suggestions.

Zhou Peigong had already made up his mind, and said with a smile: "In the name of Shenggong, write a test book, and push off the job of Shandong governor and admiral of military affairs!"

Xiong Cilu frowned: "What did you push? When did Shenggong serve as governor and admiral of Shandong military affairs? How can you push this job that you don't have?"

Zhou Peigong said with a smile: "Shenggong feels that the imperial court wants him to be governor of Shandong and admiral of military affairs... so please be polite first!"

Chapter 622 Winning the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but losing to Qing Shun Emperor!

"Long live, our Great Qing Dynasty is really called Wu Yingxiong and Wu Guogui, these two rebels have made a fool of themselves this time! They, maybe one of them, are the internal agents of Zhu and Qi, and they have sold all our details. The bottom is facing the sky. In addition, the rebels have the help of heavenly soldiers, so they can look down on our army's every move, and even fly over our army's head to watch carefully, but our army has nothing to do..."

In the south study room where Jingzhao Mansion was walking, I heard a young man crying, as if he was a young daughter-in-law who had suffered a lot.Kangxi sat on the imperial throne, his face was ashen, motionless.

Kneeling in front of him was none other than Prince An Yue Le's son Sai Leng'er.He had worked really hard the past few days, first he ran from the bank of the Yangtze River to the junction of Jingmen Prefecture and Anlu Mansion, and before he had time to catch his breath, he was forced to run to Xiangyang by his Ama Yuele.After just squinting in Xiangyang for a while, he was forced to embark on the long journey to Jingzhao Mansion.

Because the military situation was on fire, he couldn't rest for several days in a row. In the end, he was able to fall asleep while riding a horse, and almost fell off the horse's back several times.After arriving at the Jingzhao Mansion, he had to work hard to meet Emperor Kangxi, explain the process of Wulin's defeat face to face, and excuse his father Yue Le... This is really a good son who has both loyalty and filial piety!

In order to highlight the harm of the two "traitors" Wu Yingxiong and Wu Guogui and the role of the "Heavenly Soldiers", Selen'e deliberately showed a dejected look, crying while talking, and kept meeting on the ground when he talked about his sadness. .Of course, he was the first to run away, so that his father's Gushan soldiers collapsed in an instant, he would not take the initiative to confess.

What he said now roughly means this—it’s not that we don’t work hard, but Ming has heavenly soldiers!

This Ming Dynasty not only has heavenly soldiers, but also internal support!And a certain Qingming emperor mistrusted his uncle... This led 12 elite soldiers to go deep into danger, fell into the treacherous schemes of thieves, encountered heavenly soldiers, and suffered a disastrous defeat!

Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Le Dehong, Li Wei, Du Lide, Feng Pu and other six bachelors stood in two rows on the side, all looking at Kang Mazi's face with one side.Kangxi's brother Sanji Lama was also in the south study, standing behind Kangxi.

After finally waiting for Sai Leng's crying to come to an end, Kangxi said slowly: "What do you think, brother? What do you think?"

Several people's eyes focused on Suo'etu's face.After Tu Hai left, Suo Etu Suo Zhongtang, who became the chief academician, couldn't shirk it, so he had to go out of class and knelt down, then pondered for a while, and said carefully: "The slave thinks that Wu Yingxiong has no reason to collude with hypocrisy, it should be Wu Guogui Why. Although Wu Guogui killed Yongli with his own hands, his daughter Wu Tu was so beautiful, she was favored by Zhu Ni and Qi and made a noble concubine. So Wu Guogui is now Zhu Ni and Qi's false head of state!"

Suo'etu's words were obviously opening up for Wu Yingxiong, but in fact they were excuses for Kangxi - it was Kangxi who believed in Wu Yingxiong that led to this unlucky Red Cliff - the Battle of Wulin.