Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

Wang Fuchen, who walked into the South Study Room, did not show any dissatisfaction or frustration because of "falling out of favor", but still respectfully bowed down to Kangxi three times and kowtowed nine times.

"Wang Fuchen," Kangxi waited for Wang Fuchen to kowtow before he asked slowly, "I have an errand for you that is related to the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty. Can you do it for me?"

"Yes! I can! If you can't do it well, the servant will come to see you!"

Kangxi shook his head, "This errand is extremely dangerous, if it is not done well, we will have to see you in the next life!"

See you in the next life?Wang Fuchen thought to himself; "What's the errand? It's so dangerous? It won't be the same as Sun Sike, right?"

"Wang Fuchen," Kangxi said slowly, "I want you to surrender to Wu Sangui!"

"Ah?" Wang Fuchen was taken aback, and at the same time was startled, his heart was beating violently.This Emperor Kangxi could not have discovered something, and now he is probing with words?

Before Wang Fuchen could answer, Kangxi said again: "Wang Fuchen, I want you to feign surrender to Wu Yingqi! Then lead him and his men to Zhuxian Town!"

Chapter 441 The enemy is in Zhuxian Town, don't let Kang Mazi escape!

On the vast expanse of white land, the sound of horseshoes rumbled like thunder.The [-] cavalry of the Great Zhou Kingdom's Iron Cavalry Right Army and Iron Cavalry Left Army, surrounded by the handsome flag of Great Zhou General Wu Yingqi, walked in front.

Behind the [-] cavalry, countless black flags fluttered in the wind, followed by endless infantry, carriages loaded with grain, and artillery carts drawn by mules and horses.Da Zhou's [-] Northern Expeditionary Army has entered the territory of Kaifeng Mansion!

And behind this Northern Expedition army, the black flag of the Great Zhou Kingdom had already been replaced on the city walls of Xuzhou, Ruzhou, Nanyang Mansion, and Runing Mansion!

Although Wu Yingqi's army did not divide troops, second did not attack the city, and third did not occupy land on the way north, they just covered their heads and headed north.

But President Wu was not the leader of Hong after all, and the 14th year of Kangxi was not the year of Daoguang or Xianfeng. The people in the Central Plains and Han officials did not take the Qing Dynasty as a matter of course.Most of them still hope that there will be a Han emperor to rule from the bottom of their hearts.

Although Wu Sangui's signboard is a bit stinky, the magistrates of Taoist prefectures and counties all over Henan looked through their resumes and found that they were actually quite bad... Who hasn't voted for a tartar?

If they want to seek refuge with the Third Prince Zhu or the Third Grandson Zhu, they are not necessarily willing to accept them.Even if they are accepted, based on their previous experience as Tartar officials, unless they make extraordinary achievements, what future can they have?

After all, the third prince Zhu and the third grandson of Zhu have never voted for Tartars, and there are many officials who can stand up!

In addition, Wu Sangui's "stinky" is relative to righteousness, and his reputation in the officialdom is still very good... He is more considerate of the officials below him. As long as he is on the same side, he can cover up corruption and perverting the law.If the officials under him are not good at corruption and can do their jobs well, Wu Sangui will also take the initiative to give them red envelopes.

Where can I find such a good boss?

Therefore, although Wu Yingqi's army went deep alone, before entering Xuzhou, wherever his army went, it would become the rear of the Great Zhou Kingdom, with military rations, chariots, civilian husbands, and guides.

All the cities opened their doors to his army, and even before Wu Yingqi arrived, these cities had already changed to the banner of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Wu Yingqi even suspected that he had been marching in the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom all this way...

Of course, these local officials of the Qing Dynasty turned their backs so quickly, and Wu Sangui also used a lot of strength in secret, and he sent out many letters to seal officials and make wishes.

Before Wu Yingqi sent troops, everything that needed to be discussed had already been discussed!

But after Wu Yingqi's army entered Xuzhou, the situation was different.It's not that the officials in Xuzhou are all loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but that the Eight Banners New Army of the Qing Dynasty had already brought Xuzhou to harm before Wu Yingqi's arrival!

Counties such as Xiangcheng, Yancheng, Linying, and Changge under Xuzhou were all plundered by the Eight Banners soldiers and turned into white land, and even most of the houses in the city were burned.Only the city of Xuzhou, because of Zhizhou's timely response, closed the city gate and mobilized the strong men in the city to defend the city, which escaped the catastrophe.However, he was forced to hand over most of the food and livestock in the city.

In addition, the villages in Xuzhou were also devastated by the Eight Banners soldiers. The villages in Xuzhou, which had not recovered from the chaos in the late Ming Dynasty, were turned into white land.Wu Yingqi's army passed through Xuzhou along the official road going north, and they didn't see a village that hadn't been burned along the way!

And when Wu Yingqi's army crossed Xuzhou and entered Weichuan County in Kaifeng Prefecture, they found that the situation here was the same as that in Xuzhou, and they were all harmed by the Eight Banners soldiers.

Seeing the dilapidation on both sides of the official road, every soldier of the Zhou army had a gloomy expression.They themselves are Qing Yao, and they know the destructive power of Qing Yao too well - Sichuan, the land of abundance, has been ruined by them into a wild land with more tigers than people!

Does Kang Mazi now want to make Henan, Shandong, Beizhili and Shanxi as scourges as Sichuan?

If it really came to that point, how would the Wu and Zhou Dynasty search for the people's fat and people's anointing after they took over the world?

Wu Yingqi also frowned tightly.

He didn't think so far, what gave him a headache was the immediate problem... because Wu Zhou's national power was limited, and Wu Sangui had already won over a large number of local officials in Henan and North Zhili.

Therefore, Wu Yingqi's army did not carry a large amount of food and supplies, but adopted the method of using food for the enemy.Relying on the local officials of the Qing Dynasty who surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty to raise military rations and civilian husbands.

But now the Qinglu side is completely shameless, and actually attacked the people under their rule... This is to make the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty have nowhere to raise food, Lafu!

Just as Wu Yingqi frowned, thinking how long could the little rations on hand last?Can the yamen of Nanyang Mansion, Ruzhou and Runing Mansions hurry up and organize civilian husbands to send to the front line?

At this moment, a group of cavalry from Wu Yingqi's army suddenly galloped towards Wu Yingqi's general banner, only to be stopped by Wu Yingqi's personal soldiers.A soldier leader went up to correct the password, asked a few more questions, and then led a figure who looked like a scholar to Wu Yingqi.

Wu Yingqi saw that the man was Wang Shirong.

"Mr. Wang, why is it you?" Wu Yingqi was taken aback when he saw Wang Shirong.

On the other hand, Wang Shirong looked anxious, bowed his hands on the horse's back, and then said: "Second son, Kangxi is going to run...he wants to drag the people in Henan, Beizhili and Shandong to the outside of Shanhaiguan Go, leave only a piece of white ground for the President!"

"What?" Liu Xuanchu, who followed Wu Yingqi and served as a member of the Northern Expedition Army, was taken aback when he heard this, "Kangxi really wants to be Emperor Shun of the Qing Dynasty?"

Wang Shirong nodded, and said urgently and expressly: "It should be true... Ever since the second son's army entered Nanyang, he has started to break the pot. If you hadn't marched quickly enough, Nanyang, Ruzhou, and Runing would all have to let the Eight Banners soldiers Robbed into nothing.

Now the people, food, grass, and livestock looted by the Eight Banners soldiers from Xuzhou are concentrated in Zhuxian Town, south of Kaifeng City, under the care of Wang Fuchen and the green battalion soldiers from Henan Province... It was Wang Fuchen who asked me to contact the general, please The general marched in quickly, and he must occupy Zhuxian Town before Kangxi sent people to transport away the population and food in Zhuxian Town! "

Liu Xuanchu frowned and asked, "Is there no fraud? Wang Fuchen really wants to surrender?"

Wang Shirong said: "I don't know what Wang Fuchen is thinking, but the people who were escorted to Zhuxian Town by the Eight Banners New Army, the livestock and food transported to Zhuxian Town will never be fake! There are no less than 40 people, and they all support the old and the young! The grain is piled up like a mountain, and it looks like there are [-] to [-] shi, tens of thousands of large livestock, and a lot of carriages and fodder... If they are all snatched, it will be enough to support the army to fight to Beijing!"

The credibility of his words is quite high. On the one hand, Wang Shirong was originally sent by Wu Sangui to lurk beside Wang Fuchen.

On the other hand, Zhuxian Town was originally a transportation hub in Kaifeng Prefecture, and it was one of the four famous towns in the world during the Ming Dynasty!

Because of the opening of the Jialu River, it has become a transfer station for "Southern Ships and Northern Trains" and a distribution place for north-south goods.

Although it is winter now, the Jialu River is still frozen.But the official road leading to the north is still open, and there are still a large number of carriages and mule carts waiting for the Jialu River to thaw in Zhuxian Town.In addition, the warehouses and houses in the town are also ready-made.

Therefore, it is very natural for Kangxi to gather the population and materials looted from all over Henan to Zhuxian Town.

"Where are the soldiers?" Liu Xuanchu asked, "How many defenders are there in Zhuxian Town?"

"Five thousand," Wang Shirong said, "are all Henan green camp... Kangxi's Eight Banners soldiers are now divided into three parts, one part is responsible for escorting Zhuxian Town's supplies and population to the north; Some of them guarded Kangxi in Kaifeng Prefecture. So only Wang Fuchen's [-] Green Battalion is left...General, hurry up and march! Don't let Kangxi take away the population of Zhongzhou!"

Now is the time when rare is precious!

Wu Yingqi was unwilling to let Kangxi take such a precious population to the outside of the pass, so he shouted: "Command the whole army, the enemy is in Zhuxian Town, don't let Kang Mazi go!"

Chapter 442 Wu Shimin has been fooled and is about to be surrounded!

In the dimness of the early morning in early spring, a giant dragon made of torches is still marching mightily on the snow-covered Henan Great Plains!

The topography of Kaifeng Prefecture in central Henan is just one word - flat!Flat as a tabletop.When the weather is warm, there are several east-west rivers on this "desktop", which cut the Great Plains into strips. Although the width and water volume of these rivers cannot be compared with the rivers in the south, they are still very important for the people on the plains. As far as the marching team is concerned, it is an obstacle after all.

However, it is severe winter now, and all the rivers, large and small, in Kaifeng Prefecture have been frozen.So from the border of Xuzhou and Kaifeng Mansion all the way to the north, that is called an unimpeded!

If Wu Yingqi's [-] troops marched with their heads covered, they would be able to cross the Yellow River in a few days and enter the territory of Daming Mansion in Beizhili.But Wu Yingqi forgot his father Wu Sangui's instructions at this time - no division of troops, no occupation of land, all the way north, straight to Beijing!Instead, he rushed to Zhuxian Town, south of Kaifeng Mansion.

Of course, "no division of troops, no occupation of land" does not mean that they cannot rest in Zhuxian Town and replenish some military rations and horses.But Wu Yingqi's purpose is obviously not here... What he wants is the population, the [-] Xuzhou people who are concentrated in Zhuxian Town.

He didn't love the people like a son and wanted to send these [-] people back to their hometowns, but he wanted to take these people who had lived in the countryside of Xuzhou, Henan Province for generations to Beijing.

Not only did he want to take all the people in Zhuxian Town to Beijing, but he also wanted to forcibly allocate dozens of acres of land to a family outside the Second Ring Road in Beijing and then give them a house... The reason why he had such excessive thoughts was because Because Wu Sangui told him that after conquering Beijing, Shuntian Mansion would be allocated to him as a vassal, and at the same time, he would be in charge of the military and government affairs of Beizhili, and be responsible for resisting the counterattack of "Emperor Shun of the Qing Dynasty".

And Wu Yingqi felt that Kang Mazi, the "Emperor Shun of the Qing Dynasty", might take all the Manchu and Han population in Shuntian Mansion out of the pass!

How can an empty Shuntian Mansion be a vassal?

So Wu Yingqi wanted to take all the "homeless" Henan people in Zhuxian Town to Beijing, and forcibly give them Beijing household registration and Beijing houses and land.From now on, these people will be the working people under his Wu Yingqi clan!

It is really inconceivable that his thoughts like this should be put on hold when Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the pass.But nowadays, especially in Wu Zhou's camp, it's really normal.

The population of the Wu Zhou regime, which owns Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, and Guangxi, is only about 1000 million, of which there are only more than 200 million males.

It is true that hope is the most precious thing!

The land of Wu Sangui can be given to Wu Yingqi, one Shuntian Mansion is not enough, and one or two state capitals are also fine.

But the population was not enough, so Wu Yingqi had to find a way by himself.So when he heard that there were [-] Henan people waiting for him to save, his eyes were straightened, and he immediately forgot all the words of the old man...

However, after all, Wu Yingqi was a veteran general who had led troops for many years, and he was surrounded by advisers and generals such as Liu Xuanchu, Wu Shicong, Wu Guogui, Ma Bao, and Wang Pingfan, so of course he would not lose his vigilance.So he didn't separate the cavalry to go first, but the [-] troops continued to twist into one rope.Moreover, the infantry on the march took the Xie as a unit to form a square formation, guarding the transportation vehicles and artillery, and marching cautiously.

At the same time, he also placed two cavalry troops at the front and end of the brigade, responsible for opening the way and covering.

But it was precisely because of this caution that Wu Yingqi's army could not advance quickly.From Zhuqu Town in Weichuan County to Zhuxian Town, it is only eighty miles away.Wu Yingqi's army went away for almost a day and a night!

From the early morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month until the early morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the front cavalry led by Ma Bao had just arrived at the outskirts of Zhuxian Town.

However, Ma Bao did not dare to enter Zhuxian Town immediately, but ordered the cavalry to spread out on the plain south of Zhuxian Town to occupy favorable terrain.At the same time, cavalry were sent back to the back of Zhuxian Town for reconnaissance, and Wang Shirong was escorted to Zhuxian Town to contact Wang Fuchen.

But not long after the cavalry sent to the north of Zhuxian Town to reconnaissance left, a red light suddenly appeared in the night sky north of Zhuxian Town, as if something had been set on fire!

At the same time, crackling gunshots came from the north of Zhuxian Town!

How is this going?

Discovered the ambush of the Qing army?

But what happened to the red flames?

Just when Ma Bao was at a loss, several cavalry had already circled the town and rushed towards his general flag as if flying. When they got closer, Ma Bao and the people around him could see clearly that the people who came were wearing The black cloth face armor of Wu and Zhou cavalry.

The soldiers around Ma Bao hurriedly stepped forward with their guns, blocked the cavalrymen, and after a few words of passwords, they put one of the cavalrymen in front of Ma Bao.Ma Bao recognized at a glance that the man was a general under his command, and he was one of the cavalry sent to the north of Zhuxian Town to scout just now.

"What's going on? What's burning?"

"General," said the commander-in-chief, clasping his hands, and said loudly, "You guys bumped into a grain convoy escorted by the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty in the north of Zhuxian Town. Those Eight Banners soldiers had cavalry and muskets, and their numbers were larger than ours. more, and they set fire to the grain as soon as they saw us coming... When you see the fire, it means the grain truck is burning!"

"What?" Ma Bao exclaimed, "The grain truck is burning?"

Just when Ma Bao was in a hurry to get angry about the burning grain trucks, Wang Shirong, who he sent to Zhuxian Town to contact Wang Fuchen, led the officers of the Qing Army Green Battalion galloping over on horseback.

When those officers arrived in front of Ma Bao, they were also stopped by Ma Bao's personal soldiers, then they all got off their horses and kowtowed to Ma Bao on the ground.Wang Shirong rode his horse up to Ma Bao, and hurriedly said: "Ma Junmen, we are late! Yesterday afternoon Yue Le led 20 Eighth Banner soldiers to Zhuxian Town... saying that he found our army approaching, He asked Wang Fuchen to immediately transfer the [-] stones of grain and grass piled up in Zhuxian Town, and ordered Wang Fuchen to go to Kaifeng Mansion to see Kang Mazi immediately.

From yesterday afternoon to now, at least tens of thousands of carts have left Zhuxian Town... If you count the food transported in the previous two or three days, most of the food in Zhuxian Town has been transported away, and the rest The food that has not been transported is only [-] to [-] shi! "

"What? There are only [-] to [-] shi left?" Ma Bao hurriedly asked, "What about the people in Zhuxian Town? Are they still there?"

"Now, most of the people are still there," Wang Shirong said. "In order to speed up the transportation of grain, the Qing captives took away the people's chariots and horses, and worried that the people's follow-up actions would slow down the speed of food transportation, so they left all the people in the In Zhuxian Town, there are still more than a thousand green battalion soldiers guarding them...these green battalion soldiers have surrendered to us."

"There are really only a thousand green battalion soldiers in Zhuxian Town?" Ma Bao raised his eyes to look at the low city wall of Zhuxian Town not far away. Zhou Junqi, this should have been raised by the cavalry escorting Wang Shirong into the city.

When Ma Baozheng sent some more cavalry to strengthen the control of Zhuxian Town, cheers suddenly came from Zhuxian Town.

"Long live the Great Zhou! Long live President Wu..."

The voice was not loud at first, and then it became louder and louder, and soon it seemed to shake the mountain, and it was known that tens of thousands or even 10 people were shouting.

It seems that the Qing army left in a hurry, only caring about taking away food, not killing people!

Ma Bao let out a breath, and said with a smile: "It's good that people are around, these days...there's not a big shortage of food, but people are so damn expensive!"

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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, good news..."

On the evening of the day when Wu Yingqi's army arrived in Zhuxian Town, Emperor Kangxi's presence in Kaifeng Mansion finally brought good news after a long absence!

Duo Long, the minister who led the guards, entered the South Study Room with an excited expression on his face. He lifted up his robe and was about to kneel when Emperor Kangxi's voice sounded, "Stop kneeling... hurry up!"

Duolong responded, bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, Prince An's booklet has arrived... Wu Yingqi really fell into the trap and led an army of [-] into Zhuxian Town, and temporarily stationed there. After the food is delivered from the rear, we will take the people northward together."

Kangxi laughed loudly: "Okay! Wu Yingqi is really short-sighted and only cares about petty gains... As long as he stops to station, Yue Le will definitely be able to command 15 heavenly soldiers to surround him!"

Chapter 443 Third Prince Zhu, It's Your Turn!

On the eleventh day of the first month of the second year of Zhaowu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, night.

Around Zhuxian Town, where Da Zhou's [-] Northern Expeditionary Army was stationed, it was quiet and quiet, without the slightest tension of the imminent war.

The 700 Wu Zhou Northern Expedition Army led by Wu Yingqi started in the early morning of the [-]th and arrived in Zhuxian Town one after another.This Northern Expeditionary Army set off from Xiangyang only twelve or three days ago, and marched northward for more than [-] miles.Although there was no fierce battle with the Qing army along the way, the entire army was still tense and did not dare to neglect in the slightest.This time, in order to march towards Zhuxian Town, they marched overnight again, and the whole army was a little tired.

And after arriving at Zhuxian Town, they "rescued" the [-] Xuzhou people who were taken away by the Qing army at once... This is another burden!

How to coerce [-] people to Beijing is not an easy task!Good people from Xuzhou, Henan, who would like to settle down outside the Second Ring Road in Beijing?Dividing the house and land is also not allowed!

So Wu Yingqi had to coerce them!

It is also very troublesome to coerce [-] ordinary people to become Beijingers. They must first be formed into a line, given appropriate weapons, and then placed under the control of Wu Zhou's army, and excessive violence must not be used. It takes a lot of effort to cheat and scare!

In addition, since Wu Zhou's army didn't get much food in Zhuxian Town, the food they carried themselves was not much.So Wu Yingqi had no choice but to send people to Nanyang, Ruzhou, and Runing to collect grain and grass.

Therefore, Wu Yingqi's army had to temporarily stop in Zhuxian Town.

Liu Xuanchu, who joined the army of the Northern Expedition, vaguely felt a little inappropriate for this stay... But he also knew the small plans of Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong's father and son, so he didn't speak up in person, but went to Wu Sangui's adopted son after dark on the [-]th Wu Guogui, I want to hear his opinion.

In fact, Wu Guogui was also promised a prince by Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui wanted him to become the contemporary king after the victory of the Northern Expedition, and guard the northern border for the Great Zhou Kingdom together with Yan King Wu Yingqi.

So he also felt that Wu Yingqi's approach was inappropriate... It was inappropriate to monopolize it all, why should he leave thousands of households for the Datong Fan, right?

After an in-depth exchange of opinions with Wu Guogui, Liu Xuanchu, who hadn't closed his eyes all day and night, yawned and said goodbye to Wu Guogui, and wanted to go back to sleep in the house he occupied in Zhuxian Town... these days he followed Wu Yingqi's The army marched, but they suffered a lot. They slept in the wild for more than ten days without taking a bath. Fleas were growing on their bodies, and they were so cold every night.Today, I finally lived in a house with a roof and a bed to sleep in!

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of metal beating!