Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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"Isn't there an edict from Chongzhen?"

Wu Yingxiong, Wu Guogui, and Geng Jingzhong all exclaimed together.

Shang Zhixin looked at Wu Yingxiong: "Brother Wu, Yang Qilong from your house sent me the edict and jade document, and he said it was your intention..."

"Yang Qilong from my house?" Wu Yingxiong was taken aback, "That's not right... that Yang Qilong is not mine, he is a rebel leader, and he used the name of the third prince Zhu in the Zhili area to cheat and abduct! I will go with him It was so close because at that time in the Qing Dynasty, the knife was sharpened and was about to attack my family. I thought that if there was any chance, I could use his power to escape, but I didn't expect to be used by him!

And I was almost killed by that Chongzhen edict. If I really had that thing, it would have been set on fire! "

"Wait," Wu Guogui asked in surprise as he heard this for the first time, "Isn't Zhu and Qi the real third grandson of Zhu? Isn't that Zhu Tianwang the real third prince of Zhu?"

Shang Zhixin shook his head: "They are all from the Tang Palace. The older one is called Zhu Jushan, and the younger one is called Zhu Qipao...they both had the official position of Fengguo Lieutenant when the grass fell on Danan Mountain."

After hearing this, Wu Yingxiong sighed again: "Then their identities in the Ming Dynasty should be real. Even if they return to their original colors, they should still be the emperors."

It is indeed a bit late to know the truth now, even if it is thrown out, there will be no help for Zhu Heqi.

Shang Zhixin could only sigh along with him: "And we don't have any evidence to expose him!"

Evidence is useless, let alone no evidence yet!

Wu Yingxiong thought about it and said, "It's still possible to make a little fuss...It's good to make Zhu and Qi sick."

Hearing that Monk Wu Yingxiong and Monk Zhixin seemed to want to make a fuss about Zhu and Qi's real identities, Wu Guogui was a little disapproving, and opened his mouth and said: "Brother, the Son of Heaven is made by the strong and the strong... Now we want to overthrow Zhu The only way to fight with him is by fighting!"

Wu Yingxiong was waiting for this sentence, and immediately took Wu Guogui's hand and said, "Third brother, what you said is right! Then brother Yu worships you as the president and general, and how about entrusting all the elite soldiers in the country to you?"

Wu Guogui was stunned when he heard this.

No matter what he said, he was on Wu Yingqi's side!Although more than 3 people came to seek refuge with him, they came from a poor position. How could they become the "president" in one step?

"Brother, I, I..."

Wu Guogui was still looking for words to push this appointment out, when Hong Shiming suddenly opened the curtain and came in, holding a box wrapped in yellow paper in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, that Lama Sanji has returned, and he said he was halfway there. Dao received the edict from Kangxi..."

"Hurry up, show me quickly!" Wu Yingxiong took the box, unpacking it and muttering, "If Kangxi wants to sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight, then I won't fight, and I will flee back to Kunming to live a day... …Ha ha!"

Wu Yingxiong suddenly laughed out loud.

Wu Guogui hurriedly asked, "Did Kangxi send troops?"

Wu Yingxiong nodded: "Third brother, Kangxi is going to be the imperial conscript to help us! Can you feel relieved to take over as the president and general now?"

Seeing that Wu Yingxiong was determined to take over himself, Wu Guogui had no choice but to kneel down and say, "Brother Emperor, I would like to be the President and General!"

Wu Yingxiong nodded heavily and said, "Okay, I want to emulate Sun Quan, you are my Zhou Yu... I will sit in Jiangling for this battle, I have the final say in the west of Jiangling City, and everything in the east of Jiangling City is under your command!"

He was talking about the east and west of Jiangling, not the inside or outside of Jiangling city...

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Hubei, Wuchang, the first day of June in the first year of the Era.

Amidst the singing of the guards who said "hard work will win", Zhu Heqi, who had already begun to issue orders in the name of the Son of Heaven, was marching forward, surrounded by the fusiliers of the brigade. Wuchang Fucheng.

People in Wuchang, dressed in Ming Dynasty costumes, stood densely on both sides of the street inside Wushengmen, and they all stared dumbfounded at the seemingly endless army in front of them.

Unlike Kangxi and Wu Yingxiong's various big chess games and small abacus, Zhu Heqi only has hard power this time!

Saying 30 troops is 30 troops, without moisture at all.

Of the 30 troops, [-] are sailors, led by the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, Liu Guoxuan, who went up the river and were responsible for seizing the Yangtze River water control rights and delivering supplies for the army.

The remaining 24 were simply divided into three groups, each with 8 people.All the way along the south bank of the Yangtze River to Wuchang City, all the way along the north bank of the Yangtze River to Hankou, all the way through Chaling Pass and enter Hunan to take Changsha.

With an overwhelming force and a certain degree of suddenness, the opening stage of this war can only be described as smooth and overly smooth.Important targets such as Huangzhou Fucheng, Wuchang Fucheng, Hanyang Fucheng, Hankou City, and Changsha Fucheng have all been captured before May [-]!And except for the fierce battle in Fankou City in Wuchang County, other cities were easily won by fighting, and some even surrendered in anticipation.

And Zhu Heqi and Zhuge Sanhe entered Wuchang Fucheng on the first day of June.

Victory seems to be within sight!

Chapter 597 Prime Minister Zhuge Knows the Battle of Chibi Best!

Zhu Heqi and Zhuge Sanhe were half a horse apart, and under the front and rear guards of a large group of Chaozhou cavalry riding on big ocean horses, they headed all the way to the Chu Palace in Wuchang City.The two of them did not wear bright clothes, but ordinary blue military uniforms, flying saucer helmets on their heads, and heavy breastplates on their bodies. No one raised the flag behind them, and there was no iconic big wave. Ling followed.

The reason for this is, of course, that Zhu Heqi was afraid of being blackmailed!

In this city, not long ago, there was a fire merger between the Confucian sect and the disciples of the Confucian sect!Although the Confucian disciples easily won the victory with the support of the defected Fang family's children, it is almost impossible to completely eliminate the hidden Confucian forces—the white hoods of those Confucian disciples are not braided heads, but black hair. With beautiful hair, you only need to put it in a bun and put on the clothes of ordinary people. Who knows that they are the children of Confucianism?

And Zhu Heqi also knew that the Qing Dynasty had already imported rifled guns!Although there are not a large number of equipped troops, it is still easy to get a few for assassination.

Rao Zhu Hechi, who was very courageous, had to be more cautious in the face of the threat of Confucianism and rifled guns.

So now he and Zhuge Sanhe dressed up as ordinary guard cavalry officers, mixed with the army entering the city, and went to the Chu Palace in the city together.

The Chu Palace is located on the south side of Snake Mountain. It is the palace built by Zhu Zhen, the sixth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. .However, the area of ​​the Chu Palace is much smaller than that of Wuchang City, and it is also a stone city, a small but strong fortress.It's a pity that the "Chu Mansion recruits" who guarded the castle didn't intend to defend the King of Chu and his clan in the city at all, so they opened the city gate and surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong.

And Zhang Xianzhong didn't manage Huguang well. After enjoying himself in Wuchang for a while, he went to harm other places. Before leaving, he burned down the Chu Palace.However, although the palace was burned, the stone city walls are still there.Later, there was chaos for several years, and the city walls of the Chu Palace became barracks and warehouses for storing military supplies.It was not until after Wu Sangui captured Wuchang City that he ordered people to repair the old Daming Chu Palace. It is estimated that it was used as a base camp when he commanded the army to fight Zhu Heqi.

It's a pity that he didn't wait for this day after all, and after the "Wuchang Uprising" on the [-]th day of May, the Chu Palace, which had been hastily repaired, fell into the hands of Confucian disciples and Fang Guangchen's personal soldiers who turned against him.Now it has become the residence of Zhu Heqi, who was personally conscripted by the royal family!

The Chu Palace City has long been firmly controlled by the Ming army that entered the city before. When Zhu Heqi and Zhuge Sanhe rode their horses into the Chu Gate, the main gate of the Chu Palace, they saw that the inside of the Town Chu Gate was full of bricks and wood. , freshly painted building.A bluestone avenue leads directly to the Chengyun Hall, the main hall of the palace.

Fang Guangchen, Fang Xueqian, Fang Xuefan, and Fang Xueshi, who wore official uniforms of red, purple, and blue without patches, and black gauze hats, Guo Youde, governor of Hubei appointed by Ming Dynasty, and Zhuge Zhengyang, the former admiral who led troops to occupy the three cities of Wuhan and others.They have been arranged neatly in Zhenchumen according to the size of their official positions, welcoming the arrival of the Great Duke and Emperor.

The reason why they greeted them inside Zhenchu ​​Gate instead of outside Wuchang Mansion was of course for the sake of secrecy.

As soon as Zhu Heqi entered the town of Chumen, the musicians who had been waiting inside the gate began to play and play, and several horns sounded at the same time.What caught my ears was the unanimous shouting of these civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty: "Welcome to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Zhu Heqi and Zhuge Sanhe looked at each other, and dismounted while smiling, and then Zhu Heqi was in front, followed by Zhuge Sanhe, walking towards those civil servants and generals with their heads held high.

"Pingshen, all flats... In this big battle in Huhu, I have to ask you to work hard!"

Zhu Heqi's face was full of joy, and he greeted loudly to himself, and straightened the bodies of civil servants and generals who were bowing to each other.Zhuge Sanhe just followed behind and introduced people who Zhu Heqi didn't know. In fact, he came two days earlier than Zhu Heqi, and he was already acquainted with the ministers of Wu and Zhou headed by Fang Guangchen.

When Fang Guangchen, Wu Sangui's most trusted adviser, was introduced to Zhu Heqi, the smiles on Zhu Heqi's face had almost no room to squeeze, and he said with a smile: "When I was dormant in Dananshan, Guangdong, I heard that Fang Sir, I finally got to meet you today... I also heard that Mr. Fang single-handedly handled the military system in Hubei Province. This is not an easy task! It is really a matter of state governance that Mr. A genius in politics. With a genius like you assisting Wu Zhou, if it weren’t for the rivalry between brothers, how could he be defeated today. And Mr. Zhende, Huguang can also be settled!”

He said this with a bit of complacency, as if Huguang's piece of fat had already been eaten by him!

Of course, in Zhu Heqi's concept, the "big meat" of Huguang has almost been acquired - the three towns of Wuhan in Hubei and the Changzhutan area in Hunan have all been taken by him!

Aren't these two "new front lines" in Hubei and Hunan?

It is not a matter of time before these two "new first-tier" cities are taken down, and other "third-tier, fourth-tier and fifth-tier" cities?

In his opinion, Wu Yingxiong, a coward, did not dare to fight him at all. He just packed up some belongings from Huguang and ran to Sichuan or simply returned to Yunnan for a few more years of fun.

And Zhu and Qi are not in a hurry, they can let Wu Yingxiong take care of it slowly... Take the three towns of Wuhan and Changzhutan and claim a complete victory.

So now he is planning to go back to the imperial court to formally become the emperor!

However, Fang Guangchen is not as optimistic as Zhu Heqi, and he is not very happy in his heart-he is actually loyal to Wu Yingxiong, but all the nine nephews in the family have defected to Daming, so he can only "loyalty and filial piety can not have both", as a 25 filial piety good father and good uncle.

But he still couldn't help but wanted to stab Zhu and Qi with his words, so he said with a smirk: "It's too early for Your Majesty to say that Hu Guang is settled... I just got the news that Wu Yingxiong and Kangxi have married. Formed an alliance, ready to fight to the death with Daming in Huguang. And Wu Yingxiong has also worshiped Wu Guogui as the general of the presidential army and the governor of all the troops east of Jiangling.

In addition, Wu Zhou has already increased his troops to Yuezhou. Yuezhou is a water and land fortress managed by Wu Sangui with painstaking efforts.And now that Wu Zhou and Qing Yao are joining forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty, the three armies will hunt on both sides of the Yangtze River in Huguang... Doesn't Your Majesty think there is a little bit of the meaning of the Red Cliff War back then? "

Zhu and Qi came all the way by boat, and the news was not well informed, so they didn't know about Wu Zhou's alliance with the Qing Dynasty, and Wu Guogui's worship of the general.

He glanced at Zhuge Zhengyang, and Zhuge Zhengyang hurriedly said: "Long live, Mr. Fang's words are all true. The ministers and others have just received the news and have already reported it to the Marching Army Division."

Zhu Heqi's military division has not yet entered the city, and it is estimated that Yu Xiaoqian will formally report this matter to Zhu Heqi this afternoon.

Zhuge Zhengyang's words continued: "Long live, according to the investigation, since Yuezhou was occupied by Wu Sangui, it has been managed as the key point of Huguang. At present, Yuezhou City, Linxiang City, Chenglingji, Bailuo City have been built. The interlocking defense system of the seven fortresses including Ji, Luoshan, Xindiba and Junshan Island, and the cooperation of the Dongting Lake Navy Division, is indeed difficult to deal with. If the Wu Zhou army uses Yuezhou as its base to resist to the end, the Qing demon will be stationed Xiangyang will go south to attack Hankou and Hanyang at any time... The Battle of Yuezhou is indeed a bit like the Battle of Chibi!"

Chibi!

Zhu Hechi looked back at Zhuge Sanhe, and said in his heart, "You Zhuge military adviser should know how to fight the Battle of Chibi best!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Heqi smiled and asked, "Prime Minister, what do you think?"

Zhuge Sanhe laughed and said: "Qingyao came at the right time! The battle of Huguang won the world, and there is indeed the meaning of the battle of Chibi! But this time, Zhuge's military master will borrow the west wind for Cao's millions of soldiers!"

Chapter 598 The Battle of the New Chibi, Use Duke Cao's Conspiracy to Fight Emperor Kangxi!

In the first year of the Great Yuan, the third day of June.

Wuchang City, Chu Palace.

This is the third day that Zhu Heqi arrived in Wuchang, and it is also the first day that Zhu Heyi took over the frontline military affairs in Huguang.

The marching division's mansion and attendant's office that followed him this time have all entered Wuchang Chu Wang's mansion and started to operate normally, becoming the command center of more than [-] troops on the front line of Huguang.

Zhuge Sanhe, the governor of Jiangxi who was responsible for training and reorganizing the 30 troops before, and commanded them to capture Wuchang, Hanyang, Huangzhou, Changsha and other places, was transferred to the governor of Huguang.His Huguang governor's yamen also entered Wuchang on the first day of June.

The seat of governor of Jiangxi Province vacated by Zhuge Sanhe was taken over by Guo Youde. Guo Youde was also responsible for the logistics transfer of the more than [-] troops on the Huguang front.

Fang Guangchen, who was thrown into the Ming Dynasty by his nine nephews before, was appointed by Zhu Heqi as the governor of Huguang, responsible for the civil affairs of the recovered land in Huguang. This appointment was proposed by Zhuge Sanhe. He Qi made suggestions, and sometimes had to supervise the army to go out, so he couldn't spare the energy to manage Huguang's civil affairs.

And Fang Guangchen had presided over the military system of equalizing land in Hubei before, and it did a good job. Although he did not overly touch the interests of the landlord class in Hubei, he organized 40 or [-] farmers with little land to enter Sichuan for reclamation within three years. Most of the people arrived safely, and settled down in Kuizhou, Zhongzhou, and Chongqing in Sichuan relatively smoothly. This ability to handle affairs is worthy of recognition.

So Zhu Heqi readily approved Zhuge Sanhe's request and asked Fang Guangchen to set up Huguang's civil affairs stand.

As for Wu and Zhou officials from all over Huguang, as long as they are willing to join Daming, they will all stay in their original positions... Although Wu Yingxiong has betrayed the anti-Qing cause and embarked on the road of no return, as long as his officials are willing to do whatever they want, then He is still a good man who opposes the Qing Dynasty and restores the Ming Dynasty!

After some reassurance and rectification, Zhu Heqi was finally able to settle down and listen to the military adviser Zhuge who knew the Battle of Chibi best, talk about "Chibi".

Military Adviser Zhuge said that the place where "Chibi" was located was in the Chengyun Hall of the Prince of Chu's Mansion, including the senior officials of the Marching Mansion and the Attendant Office, as well as Zhuge Zhengyang, the Admiral of Hubei, Liu Guoxuan, the Admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, and other generals. Listening to "storytelling" - this is Zhuge Junshi personally "talking about the Three Kingdoms", which is usually not heard in the bookstore, so everyone who can come will come.

Because it is "listening to books", there is no need to be too formal. Zhu Heqi asked people to set up chairs and coffee tables in the Chengyun Hall, and asked people to prepare tea.

Zhuge Sanhe also changed into a feather fan, a Lun scarf, and a Taoist robe. If it wasn't for his darker face, smaller eyes, and a little chunkier, he would really have the feeling that Zhuge is still alive.

However, although Zhuge Sanhe doesn't look much like Zhuge Liang, it seems that he really got some Zhuge's true biography... Otherwise, how could he get to his current position?And as soon as he opened his mouth today, he asked a question that caught everyone's eyes.

"Everyone, tell me, who is Prime Minister Cao really wanting to fight in the Battle of Chibi?"

interesting!

Zhu Heqi also waved a fan, and said with a smile, "Prime Minister, don't be a fool, just tell me... This Prime Minister Cao has brought so many soldiers and traveled so far, who exactly does he want to hit?"

"The Holy Majesty told me to say it, so I will say it." Zhuge Sanhe waved his goose-feather fan with a proud expression on his face, and said with confidence: "It is said that Prime Minister Cao was really proud of himself before the Battle of Chibi! The world is about to be destroyed. He is unified. Looking around, the only one who can compete with him a little bit is Jiangdong Sun Quan!

At that time, Liu Bei had been beaten to the last breath, and the territory was only in Jiangxia County, which is the area around Wuchang Mansion today. There was no need for Cao Cao to send so many soldiers and horses to attack.

So Cao Cao's goal is actually Sun Quan!He just wanted to make Sun Quan feel ashamed by attacking Liu Bei, who had only one breath left, so as to attract Sun Quan to send the main force from Jiangdong to fight in Jingzhou, in order to complete his achievements in one battle.

In history, Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei in September of the 13th year of Jian'an and won Xiangyang, Jiangling and other places.Moreover, it also received the support of some Jingzhou gentry headed by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, and incorporated the Jingzhou navy.If he wants to eat Liu Bei who fled to Jiangxia, he doesn't need to wait until December of the 13th year of Jian'an... Marching in October and November, it is impossible for Liu Bei to support Sun Quan's army to help.

Moreover, the so-called natural moat of the Yangtze River is just a water surface one or two miles wide, and the river surface is just outside Jiangling City. Would Cao Cao, who has the Jingzhou navy, have trouble getting through it?So the Battle of Chibi was basically a trap set by Cao Cao for Sun Quan. If Sun Quan fell into the trap, Cao Cao's army would be dispatched!

And Sun Quan and Zhou Yu did fall into Duke Cao's plan and dragged all Jiangdong's capital to Jiangxia... This is a big taboo for military strategists to attack the crowd with a few soldiers on an expedition! "

"That's not right!" Zhu Heqi became more and more surprised the more he listened, "Military Master, according to what you said, Cao Cao should have won the Battle of Chibi."

Zhuge Sanhe shook his feather fan, nodded and said, "That's right... Cao Cao should win the Battle of Chibi, and everything was planned by Cao Cao. Son Sun Quan, where is Prime Minister Cao's opponent?"

"Then in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" we watched, the winners were Sun Quan and Zhou Yu!"

Zhuge Sanhe said with a smile: "That's because my ancestor Zhuge Kongming helped Sun Liu's coalition army! Without my ancestor, there would be no three points... Cao Cao unified the world in the 14th year of Jian'an!"

Zhu Hexi thought: "Then there will be no three families returning to Jin, and there will be no subsequent chaos? It turns out that the culprit is your ancestor Zhuge Liang!"

Zhuge Sanhe didn't know that Zhu Heqi had already had a bad opinion of Zhuge Liang, and he was still wholeheartedly advising the Grand Duke and Emperor!

He waved his fan and said, "My lord, the current situation of the Huguang War is somewhat similar to the situation in the 13th year of Jian'an. Back then, the wealth and population of the world were concentrated in the Central Plains, and those who won the Central Plains won the world! Today, the world's wealth, The population is in the southeast, and there is sugar in the southeast, so if you get the southeast, you can win the world. Therefore, Cao Gong in the past is also the sage today! I suggest that the sage use the strategy of Cao Gong to lure the Qing demon Kangxi soldiers to Jingxiang to gather and annihilate Of!"

Zhu Hechi thought to himself: "Zhuge Liang will use Cao Cao's strategy in the future... Did this guy get the wrong script? But his analysis still makes sense!"

"Military teacher," Zhu Heqi asked again, "tell me again, how can I learn from Duke Cao?"

Zhuge Sanhe said with a smile: "First of all, of course it is to attack the Chibi Mountain in Luxikou, Puqi County! To the west of the Chibi Mountain in Puqi County is Linxiang County in Yuezhou Prefecture. The Yuezhou defense line arranged by Wu Sangui is from Linxiang It started. We stationed troops in Chibi, just in time to confront Yuezhou Zhou soldiers."

Zhu Hechi nodded, and asked again: "And then?"

"Then just wait!" Zhuge Sanhe said, "When Liu Bei waited for Sun Wu's soldiers in Jiangxia and waited desperately, why didn't Cao Cao wait for Sun Quan's troops in Jiangling?

The minister estimated that Kangxi would not send troops in vain, and he would ask Wu Yingxiong for Xiangyang as a place to garrison.Wu Yingxiong was eager to ask for help, so he could only hand over Xiangyang to Kangxi.As long as Kangxi's army marches into Xiangyang, our chance will come! "

"What chance?" Zhu Heqi asked.

Zhuge Sanhe waved his feather fan and said triumphantly: "Of course it is an opportunity to encircle Xiangyang and trap Kangxi! As long as we can surround Kangxi's tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Xiangyang, we will not be afraid that Kangxi will not send out heavy troops to rescue the siege. It has become the Jinzhou City of the past... As long as we can win a big victory like the Battle of Songjin, the kingdom of Qingyao will come to an end soon!"

It has to be said that the thinking of this Zhuge military adviser jumped really fast. One moment it was Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang, and the next moment it became the battle of Songjin!

However, this plan of his still made Zhu Heqi feel bright!

"Okay!" Zhu Heqi slapped his hands vigorously, "The strategist's strategy is really clever, so let's do it like this!"

Chapter 599

"My lord, please walk slowly..."