Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

Back then, Geng Zhongming frightened the Qing court a little, and hanged himself. This guy could compete with Fan Wencheng for the number one slave of the Qing Dynasty.

Tuhai continued: "Your Majesty, this Geng Jingzhong is already the third generation of the Geng family, and there are not many days to succeed King Jingnan. His subordinates all eat and wear the Geng family's food and clothes. He is Geng Jingzhong, but the Geng family. Now Geng Jingzhong’s two brothers have come to Xiangyang with you, if they can come forward to recruit the soldiers of the Geng family, and the emperor’s Eight Banners heavenly soldiers will exert pressure. The Geng family There is still a great possibility that 4 to [-] people will fall to the imperial court... The slaves suspect that Geng Jingzhong has not yet dared to tell most of the slaves under him about the rebellion."

"It makes sense!" Kangxi slapped his hands, "If those servants under Geng Jingzhong know about it, they will definitely not fool around with him. Even if Liu Jinzhong doesn't fool around with him, others won't!"

He paused, and said loudly: "Xuan Geng Juzhong, Geng Zhaozhong!"

Both Geng Juzhong and Geng Zhaozhong were named counselors and ministers in the Coated Slave Army. In fact, they followed suit.

So the two of them didn't know anything. After entering the city, they were busy looking for a house, buying furniture, and hiring servants, preparing to live a small life in Xiangyang Fucheng.

In addition, the two brothers also like Wenwan calligraphy and painting, and they also ask people everywhere where there are antique calligraphy and painting in Xiangyang City... This is Taobao!

As soon as I found out clearly, when I was about to go to Taobao, a team of yellow jackets was arrested in front of Kangxi.

These two guys didn't know what happened to them, and they didn't tell them when they asked those yellow jackets, so they had no choice but to kneel in front of Emperor Kangxi in a daze.

Emperor Kangxi and these two brothers are quite familiar, they are all relatives!Geng Juzhong married Yue Le's daughter and was Kangxi's cousin-in-law.And Geng Zhaozhong married Yue Le's niece and grandniece, who is Kangxi's cousin and son-in-law... If you count generations from Kangxi's side, Geng Juzhong and Geng Zhaozhong belong to two generations.

"Geng Juzhong, Geng Zhaozhong," Kangxi said calmly, "I want to congratulate you two!"

Congratulations?

Could it be that Geng Jingzhong did meritorious service for the Qing Dynasty?

Geng Juzhong and Geng Zhaozhong had no idea that their elder brother had gone crazy.It is impossible for Geng Jingzhong to tell his brothers about wanting to be emperor!Geng Juzhong and Geng Zhaozhong are both hostages in the hands of the Qing court. The benefits of Geng Jingzhong being emperor have nothing to do with them. The two of them will be killed first. Who would be happy about this?

"Your Majesty, what is the happy event for the servants?"

"Your Majesty, is it true that the eldest brother of the servants has made meritorious service for the court?"

"Humph!"

It's okay not to mention Geng Jingzhong, but when Geng Zhaozhong mentioned "big brother", Emperor Kangxi immediately became angry, first snorted coldly, then picked up the letter Geng Jingzhong wrote to Liu Jinzhong, and threw it in front of the two .

"Look... is this Geng Jingzhong's handwriting?"

If you want to watch it, I dare not not to watch it!

Geng Juzhong is the elder - he is Geng Zhaozhong's uncle, so naturally read it first.When I saw it, I cried on the spot.

"Your Majesty, this servant's elder brother must be insane. This servant is a death penalty, a death penalty..."

As he said that, he kowtowed his head like pounding garlic, his head was bleeding until he didn't know the pain, and he was still kowtowing.

Geng Zhaozhong, who was on the side, was confused when he saw this scene—his elder brother is crazy, why is his second brother a capital crime?Is this the regulation in the "Great Qing Law"?impossible?

Although he didn't understand what happened, it was always right to kowtow more, so he didn't speak, and kowtowed too, but he didn't kowtow so hard, and he didn't get blood all over his face.

"okay!"

When Kangxi saw the two kowtow-like brothers, he knew that they had nothing to do with Geng Jingzhong's mad rebellion, so he said, "Okay, don't kowtow, I still have something to tell you."

The two brothers stopped kowtowing, and they all lay on the ground with their buttocks sticking out.Among them, Geng Zhaozhong seemed relatively stable, while Geng Juzhong kept trembling.

"Prince Jingnan has gone crazy like this, so naturally he can't continue to be king." Kangxi said, "Which of you will replace Geng Jingzhong as the new King Jingnan?"

"What? Boss is really crazy?" Geng Zhaozhong was shocked again. He didn't have the turn to read Geng Jingzhong's letter, so he still didn't understand what happened?

At this moment, Geng Juzhong began to kowtow again, "I don't dare, I have no virtue and incompetence, I can't be the King of Jingnan...Your Majesty, you should withdraw Jing Fan!"

What?Withdrawal?

When Geng Zhaozhong heard this, he was unhappy, the boss was crazy, and the second child didn't want to take over, so I still have it!Why didn't you ask me to withdraw the domain?

Just as he was thinking, Kangxi slapped the table, "What are you talking about? Withdraw what feudal clan? Don't withdraw!"

Kangxi would say such a thing, really... The times have changed!

Then, Kangxi said angrily: "Today, one of you two must become King Jingnan!"

"Your Majesty," Geng Zhaozhong saw the opportunity coming, and hurriedly said before his elder brother, "This servant is willing to become the King of Jingnan to share the worries of the Emperor!"

Kangxi was finally satisfied this time, and Geng Zhaozhong looked much more normal than Geng Jingzhong, a lunatic, and Geng Juzhong, a kowtow.

"Okay!" Emperor Kangxi nodded, "Geng Zhaozhong, you are now the new King of Jingnan. I order you to rush to Wuyishan Jingfan Army to take over the power immediately, and arrest Geng Jingzhong!"

ah?And the arrest of Geng Jingzhong?Geng Zhaozhong was stunned for a moment, thinking: "Could it be that going crazy violates the king's law?"

"The slave receives the decree!" Geng Zhaozhong was stunned for a moment, then immediately kowtowed to receive the decree.

The words of the emperor... are always true!

This attitude made Emperor Kangxi very satisfied. Kangxi nodded, and said to his elder brother Prince Yu Fuquan who was standing beside him: "King Yu, although Geng Jingzhong is crazy, he can still deceive many subordinates, so Geng Zhaozhong alone It is very difficult for people to take down this mad king. I want to personally lead the troops to go this trip with Geng Zhaozhong, what do you think?"

Chapter 290 If it's broken, Kangxi will imitate it too!

As soon as he heard that Emperor Kangxi was going to go out to catch the mad king himself, Fuquan immediately knelt down.

"Your majesty, you are the body of ten thousand gold, and the fate of our Qing Dynasty is tied. You must not take risks! Since the mad king Geng Jingzhong is already crazy, he can do anything. If you are surprised Shengjia will not only threaten the fate of my Qing Dynasty, but also increase his own sins."

Kangxi nodded, looking at his elder brother's fair face, "Second brother, what you said is also reasonable. But if I don't go there in person, how will Geng Jingzhong and his group know that Tianwei is irresistible? If If you can't frighten people with the power of heaven, how can Geng Jingzhong be willing to catch him without a fight? How can his subordinates obediently recognize Geng Zhaozhong as king?"

"This one……"

Fuquan didn't dare to speak now.He originally wanted to ask for orders to lead troops to escort Geng Zhaozhong to capture the mad king and heir to the throne.

But Kangxi said that "heavenly power is irresistible", what do you ask Fuquan to say?I can't say that I look majestic, and I can completely scare Geng Jingzhong's slaves instead of my brother... Fuquan is Kangxi's brother, but because he lacks a pockmarked face, he just missed out on the position of emperor!

But after Fuquan grew up, human pox had already spread in the court of the Qing Dynasty, so he was also planted, and now he is no longer afraid of smallpox.

Now that Fuquan also has the ability to "anti-flower", can he covet the throne?

Seeing that his brother was silent, Kangxi went on to say: "But now Wu Sangui has sent [-] troops to attack Dangyang and Qianjiang, and I still have to sit in Xiangyang and command the army to fight against them. I really don't have time... how about this?" "Second brother, you, under the banner of Zhen, escorted Geng Zhaozhong with Tu Hai and Jie Shu to capture Geng Jingzhong.

After taking down Geng Jingzhong, you continue to march to Hunan under the banner of Zhen, to copy Wu Sangui's retreat.Remember, Geng Jingzhong is crazy! "

"Crazy" and "reversed" are completely different in nature!

The crime of treason is punishable by murder, but being insane can be forgiven and mitigated. Since Geng Jingzhong himself did not have the death penalty, the crime of the person who followed him insane is even lighter.

And Kangxi defined Geng Jingzhong as a "crime of insanity" instead of a "crime of rebellion", one is to make it easier for Geng Zhaozhong to recruit Geng Jingzhong's subordinates... To give those people a crime of rebellion that can be punished, maybe they will jump the wall in a hurry !

The second reason is also for myself to have a step down.

He cleans up the little holy master, but he is tricked by Geng Jingzhong, where is he going to save his face?Kangxi is a very face-saving master. In history, when Prince Yinreng was abolished, he even found an excuse for the "nightmare curse"-it was not that Kangxi taught his son no way, but that there was a "monster event". cursed.

"Slave Tuhai leader!"

"The servant Jieshu leads the decree."

When Fuquan wanted to push this errand out, the two deputies sent to him by Emperor Kangxi had already knelt down to accept the order.

Now Fuquan couldn't push it any further, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept this unlucky job.

Kangxi then asked again: "Fuquan, Tuhai, Jieshu, how many soldiers and horses do you three think it takes to deter Geng Jingzhong and his men?"

Tu Haidao: "If you go back to the emperor, Geng Jingzhong has at least 3 soldiers and horses. If you want to deter them, you must have [-] soldiers, right?"

Jie Shu said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers that I have placed in Jiujiang and Nanchang will be dispatched immediately, but the maximum number is only [-]."

Kangxi frowned, "Eight thousand is not enough, so I have to add another [-]... Tell me, where should I recruit people?"

Zhuobutai took the question, knelt down and replied, "Your Majesty, now we can only take the risk of recruiting troops from Wuchang and Hanyang."

"What Duke Chaowu said is very true," Tu Haidao said, "Now we can only transfer troops from Wuchang and Hanyang... The slaves are in charge of Wuchang and Hanyang with a total of 8000 land divisions and 1 navy divisions. Among them, there are [-] Eight Banners soldiers in the land divisions. People, [-] green battalion soldiers, can be used to great effect."

Xiangyang is [-] miles away from Hankou. If you want to go by water, you have to transfer ships from Wuchang and Hanyang. However, if you go by land, the army will not be able to reach Hankou within ten days. It will take at least several days to board the boat from Hankou to Hukou.This is too late!

So the only option is to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Hanyang and Wuchang.

But when Tu Hai had been in Hanyang and Wuchang for a long time, he already had [-] troops in his hands, half of which were land and sea.Among them, the navy was brought out by Shi Lang!

So without Geng Jingzhong's "going crazy", it would be impossible for Wu Sangui to take down Wuchang and Hanyang—even if Wu Sangui's army could break through the city, the navy would not be able to!Once the water army is defeated, the army's retreat will be exposed.Being "slapped" anytime, anywhere, how can there be spare energy to attack the city?

Kangxi frowned and asked, "Wuchang and Hanyang won't be lost, right?"

Wuchang, Hanyang, Hukou... can't lose anything!

Emperor Kangxi's long snake formation seems to be able to echo from head to tail, but there are several key "victory points" that cannot be lost.

These key "victory points" are Xiangyang, Hanyang, Wuchang, Jiujiang, Anqing, Taiping, Jiangning, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou.Among them, Wuchang and Jiangning are the most important!

But now it is impossible for Kangxi to watch Geng Jingzhong "go crazy" for the sake of Wuchang's safety, and then take down Hukou County in Jiujiang Prefecture, and cut off the defense line of the Yangtze River?

Besides, Geng Jingzhong will not lie still after taking Hukou, and he will continue to develop towards the lower reaches of the Yangtze River while Emperor Kangxi's main force is being restrained by Wu Sangui.Of course Jiang Ning cannot be defeated, but there are not many defenders in places like Anqing, Taiping, and Yangzhou.If Geng Jingzhong takes them all, will the Yangtze River Defense Line still exist?When the time comes when Zhu and Qi go northward to attack Jiangning, will the troops in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River still have time to reinforce them?

Moreover, what if Geng Jingzhong came to Wuchang after taking Hukou?

Tuhai's defenses are all facing Hunan and Jingjiang, and there is a lot of emptiness behind his buttocks.

If this is swept away by Geng Jingzhong, all the important places along the river such as Fuchikou, Tianjia Town, Makou, Huangshi Port, Wuchang County (not Wuchang Prefecture), Fankou, Huanggang, Huarong, etc., will be taken away. Become a lonely city?

So why did Geng Jingzhong go "crazy", Emperor Kangxi was really in a mess.

"Your Majesty," Tu Hai frowned, "I have [-] land divisions and [-] sailors under my command, and the sailors among them can also go ashore. If [-] land divisions are mobilized to go to the lake mouth, another [-] sailors will be used to drive the boat." Transport, then there are more than [-] sailors left, all of whom can go ashore to defend the city. Moreover, the sailors who transported the Lu division to Hukou can return immediately after completing the task.

If Wu Sangui dared to attack Wuchang and Hanyang, Shi Lang would lead the main force of the navy to return as long as the defending navy defended the city for a few days. By then, the Yangtze River and Hanshui would be ours.

Moreover, part of the imperial army stationed in Xiangyang can be dispatched to Hanyang immediately, and they will be in place within ten days at most. "

It seems that the problem is not serious... Emperor Kangxi heaved a sigh of relief, and looked at Zhuobutai again.

Zhuobutai said: "Your Majesty, Wang Fuchen can immediately lead [-] Green Banner soldiers to Hanyang!"

Although the [-] green-flag slaves led by Wang Fuchen were the lowest-ranked army in the coat-coated slave army, they had the strongest combat effectiveness.Because they are all "minionized" green camp elites, with the combat effectiveness of veterans and the morale of a slave army.

Once they reach Wuchang and Hanyang, it will be difficult for Wu Sangui to break through the city.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Fuchen immediately knelt down, "Give me five days, and I will definitely cover the six hundred miles!"

"Okay!" Kangxi slapped his thigh, "Wang Fuchen, you really are my thigh...you go to the army right away, and set off to go south tomorrow!"

"Hey!" Wang Fuchen kowtowed to Kangxi a few times, then got up and trotted away.

Emperor Kangxi seemed a little excited at this time, rubbed his palms and said: "King Yu, Jie Shu, Tu Hai, Geng Zhaozhong, you should also prepare, the imperial edict will be delivered immediately, and then you will ride the fastest horses and go straight Hanyang!"

"Whoo!"

Fuquan, Jieshu, Tuhai, and Geng Zhaozhong also responded together, and then rushed out.

Kangxi turned his head to look at Zhuobutai again, "Mr. Chaowu... You said that Wu Sangui's main force said that they had divided up their troops to attack Dangyang and Qianjiang, but they quietly gathered in Yuezhou, waiting for Geng Jingzhong to fight What about Wuchang?"

Chapter 291 What a familiar situation!

As soon as Kangxi's question came out, Zhuobutai, the first super-martial prince, complained in his heart.

Not to mention his old man, even his good brother Oboi who was killed by Emperor Kangxi couldn't answer this question!

And now that the Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty have set up this one-word long snake formation along the Yangtze River and the Han River, if you let Nurhachi get out of Fengtian Fuling to take over, you will feel your scalp numb!

Let's not talk about the tens of thousands of people commanded by Yue Le in Jiangning... Those people can't come to the Huguang and Jiangxi battlefields at all.

Let's talk about the Qing army in Huguang and Jiangxi. Although the number is very large, they have not really completed their deployment yet, but are scattered on a very wide battlefield, and they are still a bit messy.

At present, the deployment of the Qing army on the Huguang and Jiangxi battlefields is roughly like this: there are more than 7 and nearly 8 people in Xiangyang—3 of these people are the coated slave army who just arrived with Kangxi, and the remaining [-] Most of them are Eight Banners soldiers and Green Battalion soldiers belonging to Leerjin, and the Green Battalion soldiers have also been "slaved".

This part of the army is of course the main force of the Qing army on the Huguang and Jiangxi battlefields, but they are far away from the front line, and they are still on the edge of the Huguang and Jiangxi battlefields.They are three hundred miles away from Jingmen Dangyang battlefield, let alone other places.

There are 3 people in Jingmen, and it is Duoduo's son Baylor Dong'e who is in command, and it is also a combination of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers escorting the "slave-turned-green battalion soldiers".

Anlu plus part of Hanyang along the Hanshui River counts one place, and there are also 3 people.This part of the Qing soldiers was led by the grandson of Duoduo, King Eza of Xinjun, who was also the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers plus slaves turned Green Battalion soldiers.

The area near the Yangtze River in Hanyang plus Wuchang counts as one, and there are 4 people. They are commanded by Tu Hai, Shi Lang, and Ma Xiong, the defeated generals on the Guangdong battlefield, of which [-] are naval forces.The remaining [-] troops are also Eight Banners soldiers plus slaves turned into Green Battalion soldiers.

There are 2 people in the Jieshu Department in the north of Jiangxi, defending a large area of ​​​​Jiujiang, Nanchang, Yuanzhou, and Ji'an.

There are more than [-] people under Liu Jinzhong in the south of Jiangxi. These are all green battalion soldiers, who have not been "slaved and adapted", and they are also the foundation of the Yongwei battalion in the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty can't count on them.

There are 4 Geng Jingzhong’s [-] people in the territory of Guangxin Mansion in the east of Jiangxi. Although they are all slave-like green battalion soldiers and Geng’s slave soldiers, but the coach Geng Jingzhong has been "mad king", and no one knows what will happen. ?

It's just such an army of 23, which is obviously a lot, but it just can't exert its strength... When Geng Jingzhong was "crazy", the whole thing was a bit messed up.

And Wu Sangui happened to send troops at this time, it must be the "crazy king" Geng Jingzhong colluded, ready to use a series of heavy blows to defeat Huguang Qing soldiers.

So... it is impossible for Wu Sangui to divide his troops!

"Your Majesty," Zhuobutai said with a frown, "dividing our forces will make us weak! Although we have many troops now, firstly, we have not completed the rendezvous; secondly, Geng Jingzhong made such a fuss... It's a little messed up!

And for Wu Sangui, this is simply a godsend opportunity!The servant asserted that with Wu Sangui's ability to conquer and fight well, he would definitely gather a large force and go all out.He probably had a connection with Geng Jingzhong, so he must have concentrated his troops first. As for the target of Wu Sangui's army... the slave said the big target, which should be Wuchang Fucheng, Hanyang Fucheng or Xiangyang Fucheng!

Wu Sangui will not divide his troops, he will definitely concentrate his main force to attack one of the three major targets... So at least one of the two bandit armies attacking Dangyang and Qianjiang is empty soldiers, or they may all be empty soldiers! "

Dangyang is the gateway of the waterway to the west of Jingmen, and troops from Jingzhou can reach Dangyang County by taking Zhangshui and Jushui.And from the bank of Zhangshui to Jingmenzhou City, there are only fifty miles left.If Wu Sangui wants to attack Jingmen Prefecture, he must carry heavy artillery and a large amount of luggage, so it will save a lot of energy to go to Dangyang first by going to Zhangshui and Jushui.