Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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The Confucian scholars who formed the small formation wore black gowns and white hoods.Their gowns are not Hanfu, but a common style in the Qing Dynasty, but there are no horseshoe sleeves, but ordinary long sleeves, and they are all rolled up, revealing a pair of powerful arms.The wrists connected to these arms are tightly holding a long spear...it used to be a wooden stick, but now the spear head is added, and it becomes a long spear.Their number is small, only two thousand at most, but they line up with their backs against the Gongyuan, and they are not at a disadvantage.They also held many banners, all of which had the words "Help the Qing and destroy the Ming" tattooed on them.

"This, how is this possible?" Fang Guangchen said to himself, "How could it be possible to gather so many people in Wuchang City, and they are so neat... The old man still doesn't know anything!"

This is like gathering thousands of people to rise up!

A few short sentences in the history books seem to be very simple, but it is actually very difficult to do.Moreover, the government here in Wuchang doesn't eat dry food, so why don't they know anything about it?

However, the people on both sides did not start fighting, but kept confronting each other, as if they were waiting for Fang Guangchen's soldiers to arrive.

The people from the Confucian School were closer to Fang Guangchen's team, so they shouted first: "30 soldiers from the Great Tomorrow are approaching, and the city of Wuchang will be destroyed soon..."

Then more voices echoed him: "30 Great Tomorrow Soldiers are coming..."

Thousands of people shouted together, quite neatly, and Fang Guangchen was taken aback.

The shouting on this side didn't stop, and the Confucian disciples on the other side roared again: "Help the Qing and destroy the Ming! Protect the Confucianism and destroy the thieves...Master Fang, quickly destroy the Confucianism monsters!"

"Master Fang, quickly destroy the demons and meet the heavenly soldiers!" The Confucian disciple over there roared again.

This is quite good, the rebellious "fake Confucianism" actually gave orders to Fang Guangchen who came to suppress them.

But Fang Guangchen stayed for a long time, and really came to his senses, and loudly ordered to the left and right: "Hurry up, give me a hard blow!"

The order went down, but the Zhou troops on the left and right did not move.

Now Guangchen was a little anxious, and shouted sharply: "Why don't you listen to orders?"

"My lord," replied one of the generals in charge of the bid, "you haven't said where to suppress it?"

It doesn't work over there!

"They're all rebels, they all need to be suppressed!" Fang Guangchen roared again.

The people below are still as motionless as a mountain.

"You, you..." Fang Guangchen already felt a little bad, and then thought of the edicts of Kangxi and Zhu Hexi who suddenly appeared in front of him before, and then thought of these Confucianism and Confucianism children who entered the city somehow.

In this city of Wuchang... I am afraid there is someone collaborating with the enemy!

As soon as he thought of this, he heard the sound of "Boom! Boom!" suddenly sounded outside the city, as if a cannon was being fired somewhere.

Then the group of Confucian disciples cheered together: "The heavenly soldiers have arrived, the heavenly soldiers have arrived!"

impossible!

Fang Guangchen thought to himself: Fankou Fortress has not been lost yet, how could the Ming army arrive?Even if it does, it's still a team.

As soon as he thought of this, he heard someone shouting in his ear: "Master Fang has an order to destroy Confucianism and vote for Ming Dynasty!"

what?

Fang Guangchen was taken aback. Looking back, the person who gave the order was actually his son Fang Guangqian!

"Order!"

With a loud cry, Fang Guangchen's soldiers raised their swords, guns and blunderbusses, and rushed towards the Confucian disciples' positions.

The Confucian disciples over there also drew their long swords, shouting "Heavenly soldiers have arrived, the heavenly soldiers have arrived", and killed the Confucian disciples in front.

Chapter 592 Wu Yingxiong won't cry, Kangxi will come soon!

A great war between Ming and Qing Dynasty actually started in the city of Wuchang controlled by the Great Zhou Kingdom, and it was fought in front of Fang Guangchen, the governor of Hubei Province of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the fight was very fierce!

Although there are few people in the Confucian side, they are also well prepared.So instead of collapsing immediately, they retreated to the Gongyuan in an orderly manner for defense.

After the opponents entered the Gongyuan, they fought hand-to-hand for a while, then retreated to Snake Mountain, and then retreated to the city wall near Snake Mountain to resist stubbornly.

The battle lasted until late at night, and in the end, more than a hundred people escaped from the city using the ropes they had prepared long ago.

And the Confucian leader who was in charge of directing the rebellion in Wuchang was Zhang Ying, who had rebelled more than three years ago.

He is a "second counterattack" this time, and his level is of course not comparable to that of the "first counterattack".

After he took over the Confucian halls in Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankou, he immediately carried out rectification and made sufficient "anti-front preparations."

He learned the lessons of the previous scholar rebellion, and began to absorb coolies on the docks of Hankou and Wuchang.

A group of backbones who had engaged in regiment training (Xiangxian armed forces) were also transferred from the north, and coolies recruited from Wuchang and Hankou wharfs formed the "Confucianism stick regiment".

Later, a group of strong men were recruited from several villages in Wuchang Prefecture and Hanyang Prefecture that were controlled by Daqing Zhongru, who looked north to Wangshi, and only then did he pull a team of 2000 people.

However, the strength of this team is still limited, it is not enough to capture Wuchang at all, even if it is a fluke, it is impossible to hold it.

Therefore, the purpose of Zhang Ying's launch of the "Second Anti" was not to seize Wuchang City, but to draw out the Confucian disciples in Wuchang City-the struggle between Confucianism and Confucianism in Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang has always been very Intense, always tit for tat.So once Confucianism makes a big move, Confucianism will definitely follow.

As long as the Confucians follow along, they can be wiped out with Fang Guangchen's army.

After the Ming army hit Wuchang, Fang Guangchen would not be attacked internally and externally, and he could hold on for a while longer.

Zhang Ying has such confidence because he has already received news that thousands of Ming army warships and transport ships have appeared on the Yangtze River east of Tianjia Town... The Ming army may soon attack!

But he still didn't expect that here in Wuchang, Confucianism is much more powerful than his Confucianism!

It's not that Zhang Ying's methods are not good, but that Confucianism has the two advantages of Dayi and Dao.

Fang Guangchen and his nine nephews are all staunch anti-Qing elements!Although they do not necessarily support Ming, they definitely oppose Qing.

For them, anti-Qing is righteousness!

In addition, the original Confucianism of Zhu Heyi and the original monarch and original ministers of Huang Zongxi have merged.

And Wan Sitong, Huang Zongxi's favorite student, joined the Wu and Zhou camp with eight Huangmen disciples. Under their spare no effort to promote, most of the intellectuals in the Wu and Zhou camp agreed with the original Confucianism.

This greatly facilitated the Confucian school's wooing of Wu and Zhou officials in Wuchang, Hanyang and other places-everyone believed in a "Confucianism", of course it was their own.

The "Confucianism" of Confucianism is slave Confucianism, which can only attract those "wild Confucians" who did not become officials in Wu and Zhou because of their loyalty to the Qing Dynasty and became opposition factions to join.

Although Fang Guangchen himself did not join the Confucianism sect, several of his nephews are already disciples of the Confucian sect.

Under their control, Fang Guangchen didn't know that the Ming army had already arrived.

Under their command, Fang Guangchen's army all sided with the Confucian disciples and launched an attack on the Confucian disciples together!

And Wuchang City also fell ahead of schedule because of the incident launched by Zhang Ying.

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The Wuchang Uprising that took place on the [-]th day of May in the first year of the Ming Dynasty can actually be regarded as the first blow of Ming's all-out attack on the Great Zhou!

The 30 heavenly soldiers who were frightened by the Confucianists in Wuchang with their disciples actually existed!

With a population of more than [-] million (including North Korea), most of the places have completed the reform of the equal land system of equal land to clans and equal land to villages. The mobilization ability of the new Ming Dynasty has far exceeded that of Wu Yingxiong and Emperor Kangxi. imagine.

Whether it is the Great Zhou Dynasty or the Great Qing Dynasty, only a small number of military households can be mobilized now.There are 20 military households in Dazhou, and Kangxi has a larger population, which can maintain more than 10,000 bannermen (in fact, they are also military households).Therefore, the upper limit of military mobilization for the two countries is 30+ in Wu and Zhou, and up to [-] in Qing Dynasty.

The "50 bayonets" on Zhu Hechi's side are far from the upper limit.If he really wants to carry out a general mobilization, an army of 200 million can also be pulled out.It's just that with so many troops to maintain, it is very difficult to ensure their logistical supplies.

Therefore, the current total military strength of the Ming Dynasty is more than 50 to less than 60 (including the Korean Legion and the Dengliao Legion), which has exceeded the combined strength of Wu Zhou and the Qing Dynasty!

The main force of the 60-35 Ming army has quietly entered Jiangxi since last year when Zhu Heqi crossed the sea to conquer the dynasty, and stationed in several large camps in Nanchang Prefecture and Jiujiang Prefecture-these large camps are all for offensive purposes Wu Zhou built it in advance, enough to accommodate [-] troops.

And long before the army began to gather, there were millions of shi of grain and grass, thousands of artillery pieces of various types, nearly 20 flintlock guns, hundreds of thousands of catties of military white sugar, hundreds of thousands of catties of fire nitrate, hundreds of thousands of guns Thousands of catties of black powder, as well as countless livestock, vehicles, cannons, guns, quilts, flags, and armor, all gathered in the military camps and warehouses in Jiangxi Province like running water.

The Yangtze River Navy of the Navy also got thousands of large and small ships and a large number of artillery and rocket launchers, and it was almost completely new up and down.

In addition to all of the above, the army assembled by Zhu Heqi's order can also get a full amount of military pay and military food supply!

Although Zhu Heqi's new Ming Dynasty implemented the land equalization system, which could theoretically mobilize unpaid soldiers, he still paid the officers and soldiers quite generous military salaries and prepared a large amount of rewards——Zhu Heyi had no way to In the society of the primary stage of capitalism where "everyone shows their talents and makes a fortune", the military merit system is established, and the military merit system needs to be matched by "making a profit".And the positions of military officers and local grassroots officials who can be released are also limited, so he can only prepare a little more rewards to distribute to meritorious soldiers.

And the foundation of all of the above, of course, is the well-developed handicraft industry of Xin Daming and the growing financial industry... This is what is really scary about Xin Daming.

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"Woooooooo..."

Zhou Tianzi of Xi'an was walking, and suddenly there was a heartbroken cry.

The person who was wailing loudly was none other than Zhou Tianzi Wu Yingxiong!

Wu Yingxiong still doesn't know that Wuchang has fallen, and he doesn't know how terrible Daming is.

He was crying on a thin-skinned coffin... This coffin was sent to him by Wu Guogui, and there was a dead Kong Sizhen in it!

"Benefactor Wu, don't cry, let's be sad, people can't be resurrected after death... and the poor monk saved Donor Kong seven times along the way, so that she can be reborn in bliss."

The one who was teaching him was a dignified lama, Sangye Gyatso, the senior brother of Emperor Kangxi.

After Emperor Kangxi entered Kuku and Tun, he was sent to Wu Guogui's army who was fleeing again.

The purpose of his going to Wu Guogui's army was to let Wu Guogui escape with peace of mind, and at the same time to go to Guanzhong to meet Wu Yingxiong.

And he didn't come to see Wu Yingxiong empty-handed, but brought Kong Sizhen's body with him... When Wu Guogui and Wu Yingqi ran away that day, no one took Kong Sizhen's body away, but stuffed her into a thin-skinned coffin, still on top A note was posted with the words "Please pass it on to Emperor Kangxi".

After Emperor Kangxi received it, he felt that it was inappropriate for him to keep it, so he asked Sangji Gyatso to take Kong Sizhen's body to see Wu Yingxiong.

This made Wu Yingxiong very sad!

And there is a lama with very powerful mana who said that Kong Sizhen has been rescued to the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss.

Now Wu Yingxiong will never see Kong Sizhen again...

Seeing Wu Yingxiong crying more and more sad, Sangji Gyatso had no choice but to change the subject and said: "Benefactor Wu, don't cry... The emperor is coming soon!"

Wu Yingxiong was taken aback when he heard the words: "The Great Emperor? Which one?"

He is also an emperor!

"Emperor Kangxi, he is coming to Guanzhong!"

Chapter 593 Is this the battle of the three emperors?

"What? Kangma... Kangxi, he, he is coming to Guanzhong? Why?"

Wu Yingxiong was still afraid of Kangxi, and when he heard that Kangxi was coming, he forgot even his sadness, and quickly got up from Kong Sizhen's sleeping coffin, looking back at Sangye Gyatso.

Sangji Gyatso said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, the Son of Heaven. The Great Emperor has no malicious intentions in coming to Guanzhong. He just wants to meet with the Son of Heaven and discuss the matter of seeking enlightenment."

"Let's talk about violence together?" Wu Yingxiong didn't have much interest in this matter, and immediately showed embarrassment—he is actually the most peaceful one among the three masters, and he never thought of wanting to rule the world, of course I don't want to be "stabbed" by others.He is satisfied that the Three Kingdoms of Zhou, Ming and Qing can get along peacefully.

He launched the "five-way attack on the Qing" to stab his younger brother Wu Yingqi. Now that his goal has been achieved, he doesn't plan to take the land in Guanzhong anymore, so he plans to withdraw his troops and return to Xiangjing... He doesn't plan to stay in Xiangjing in the next step , but to prepare to develop Sichuan and move the capital to Chongqing.

As long as Sichuan can be developed and the mountain city of Chongqing can be turned into the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, then Wu Yingxiong can rest in peace.

Sangji Gyatso understood what Wu Yingxiong was thinking, and immediately said sternly: "The Son of Heaven doesn't know something. The emperor learned through the secret investigation of Confucian disciples and spies at the sticky pole that Bao Ming has recruited a large number of troops since last year, with hundreds of thousands of people. Moreover, it also borrowed tens of millions of taels of military expenditure from the private sector!

However, the Ming army used only tens of thousands of soldiers in North Korea, and the soldiers used in Liaodong had long been hidden in Dengzhou, and they were not newly recruited.Moreover, Liaodong and North Korea are currently relatively stable.The emperor used the scorched-earth strategy and built mountain cities in critical places. There is no problem in temporarily resisting them for a year or two. Therefore, it is impossible for Baoming's army to invade Liaodong from Liaodong and North Korea.

Therefore, the Great Emperor reckoned that Baoming's army would either cross the Huai River to the north, or march westward along the river!What choice does Tian Zi think Bao Ming will make? "

Zhu Heqi recruited hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the country!Of course, it is impossible to hide such a big movement from Kangxi.If his disciples of Confucianism and the minions at the sticky pole didn't even know about this, wouldn't they have become the masters of dry food?

In fact, Wu Yingxiong also knew about the large number of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, but he used the sign of Zhou Tianzi to attack the Qing Dynasty in five ways, and Zhu Heqi was not easy to tear his face, so he was not too worried.

But now, Wu Yingxiong himself is shameless, can he still count on Zhu Heqi to give him shame?

When Sangye Gyatso saw Wu Yingxiong's pale face, he knew that this "stupid bear" had also come to his senses.So he said with a worried face: "The emperor used the banner of cutting the Qing before, Zhu Heqi cherished his reputation as a saint, and still had some scruples... Now, hehe, Huguang is empty!"

"This..." Cold sweat broke out on Wu Yingxiong's forehead!

The persimmons are too soft to pick!

Even if Huguang is not empty, Zhu and Qi will definitely concentrate their forces to attack Huguang first.If you don't count the 3 people brought by Wu Guogui, Wu Yingxiong only has about 30 troops on hand, and Kangxi can pull out 30 troops!Zhu and Qi are so good at arithmetic, don't they know that [-] is more than a hundred thousand?

As if to prove that Wu Yingxiong was the soft and sweet persimmon, when Wu Yingxiong and Sangji Gyatso were staring wide-eyed, they heard a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, and then saw Hong Shiming strode in.At this time in history, he had already died because of his lack of ambition and his old depression.But now that he is in power, he has to be a high-ranking official, he has also become a bachelor, Lord Hou has also been appointed, and he has also become a cheap head of state. It's so good, of course I don't want to die.

But today, the old man rushed into the hall where the emperor was walking in panic, instead of crying in front of the coffin of his "good girl" Kong Sizhen, but directly rushed to Wu Yingxiong, even saluting. Forgot, he opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, Hanyang Mansion urgently reports! On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, the puppet Confucianists and thieves in Wuchang City rioted and gathered thousands of people to attack Snake Mountain and Wushengmen. Fubiao officers and soldiers have long been deceived by the hypocrites and traitors and defected... Your Majesty, Wuchang City is lost!"

"What?" Wu Yingxiong's eyes darkened, and he was about to faint, but it was Lama Sangji who had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and took a step forward to support him.

The Great Zhou Prime Minister Xia Guoxiang, who was standing by Wu Yingxiong's side, was still weeping for Kong Sizhen in hypocrisy. When he heard that Wuchang was lost, he became impatient and asked, "Where is Wuchang County? How is Wuchang County?"

This Wuchang Fucheng and Wuchang County are two places. Wuchang Fucheng is under the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County, while Wuchang County is more than a hundred miles east of Wuchang Fucheng.Wuchang County and Huanggang, the capital of Huangzhou Prefecture, are across the river. There is also a Fankou Fortress located on the edge of the Yangtze River and surrounded by water.

And this Fankou Fortress, Wuchang County, and Huangzhou Prefecture on the north bank of the Yangtze River are the great strongholds of the Great Zhou against the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition.

Wu Yingxiong deployed [-] troops there, and also sent generals Gao Dejie and Han Daren to garrison them.

From the perspective of the battlefield situation alone, the gains and losses of Wuchang County are definitely more important than Wuchang City!Because once Wuchang County is broken by the Ming army, the 30 troops of the Ming army can rush along the Yangtze River to Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankou like a tide...

"No, no news..." Hong Shiming said, "The defenders of Wuchang County are also under the restraint of Fang Ge. If there is any news, they must be reported to Fang Ge. Now that Wuchang City has been captured by the puppet Confucian rebels, even if Wuchang County is captured by Ming The army is attacking, and the news will not be transmitted for a while!"

Wu Yingxiong had recovered by this time, and said weakly: "Fankou Fortress was built by the late emperor, and it is indestructible. Even if Zhu and Qi have millions of soldiers, it will be difficult to attack for a while... Hurry up, call all the generals to hold a military meeting, I Immediately return to the army to deploy defense!"

"Yes!"