1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 837
On March 1668, 10, the capital.

In front of the gate of Compassion Palace, there is a long and narrow square from east to west. The two ends are Yongkang Left Gate and Yongkang Right Gate, and the south side is Changxin Gate.The Compassionate Palace is located on the north side of the square, and there is a high platform and corridor inside to communicate with the main hall Compassionate Palace.Kangxi stopped under the verandah, looking at the yellow glazed tiles on the roof and the double eaves Xieshan, a little lost in thought.

All the eunuchs and maids knelt down and pressed their heads tightly to the ground, not daring to make any sound.Although the accompanying bodyguards were a little surprised why the emperor didn't enter the palace, but stared up at the roof in a daze, but as slaves, how could they dare to ask questions.

Kangxi's expression was a little slumped, the boy's immature face was full of sorrow, his brows were deeply furrowed, and his mouth was tightly pursed together, probably because he was full of hesitation and bewilderment.

"Long Live Lord, the Empress Dowager invites you in." At this moment, an old eunuch from the Compassionate Ning Palace bowed and said.

"..." Kangxi glared at the old eunuch angrily when he heard the words, and said viciously, "Which dog slave reported the letter to the Empress Dowager?"

The old eunuch immediately fell to his knees and kowtowed several times, but he didn't speak out.

Long live God was stunned at the door for a long time, and there were a large number of eunuchs and court ladies kneeling outside the temple and in the courtyard, which had already alarmed the empress dowager inside, so why would anyone need to report in advance?

Kangxi flicked his horseshoe sleeves, snorted coldly, then walked towards the hall.

"Grandson pays respects to the emperor's grandmother." Kangxi knelt in front of the empress dowager.

"Forget it, get up quickly." Mrs. Borzigit leaned on the soft bed, looked up at the sad Kangxi, "The emperor's body has been weakened recently, and his complexion is not very good. Later When you leave, take some velvet antler and bird's nest from me to replenish your energy and blood."

"Grandson thanked the imperial grandmother." Kangxi replied respectfully.

"The front line is not good for the war?"

"...It's not very good."

"Tell Aijia about it."

"...Half a month ago, the Puppet Ming Dynasty captured Jinan. The Governor of Shandong, Doroa, the Governor Liu Fangyu, and more than a hundred officials and generals fell into the hands of the bandits. Now, the Puppet Ming Dynasty has divided its troops into two groups and plundered Dezhou and Binzhou." Kangxi's face There was a hint of pain on his face, "Based on the garrison troops and defenses in these two places, I'm afraid it won't last long. In this way, it is very likely that the false Ming will enter Cangzhou and threaten the capital."

"Is there any more?" Borzigit asked softly, sitting up from the slump, but his face was still calm.

"There was a report of defeat from Huguang. More than [-] people from the false Ming Dynasty invaded Luzhou (now Hefei City, Anhui) and Lu'an Prefecture (now Lu'an City) from Chuzhou, and drove directly to Guangshan. The great general Fuyuan Jieshu may be copied by the Ming army. On the back road, he led the army to withdraw from Wuchang to Xinyang Prefecture. After a few days, he withdrew to Runing (now Zhumadian City, Henan Province)..."

"Um, any more?"

"When Dai Chun, the commander of the Jingzhou Camp, heard that Wuchang had fallen, he set Jingzhou City on fire first, then led his troops back to Jingmen, and then to Xiangfan. The puppet Ming army followed closely and occupied the above-mentioned cities one after another... "

"Hmm." Borzigit's expression became serious, "What about Shaanxi?"

"Fulte's slave, relying on the precarious location, temporarily blocked the puppet army from Sichuan to the south of the Qinling Mountains."

"In two months, Jianghuai and Huguang were all lost, and most of Shandong and Henan fell into the hands of hypocrites." Borzigit sighed slightly, "Then the loss of the army must not be light?"

"More than [-] yuan was lost before and after."

"What do the ministers say?"

"The ministers suggested that Shandong is broken and difficult to hold on, so it should be abandoned, and the troops of Binzhou and Dezhou should be withdrawn to Cangzhou and Jizhou (now Hengshui City) respectively, so as to expand the supply line of the puppet Ming and look for opportunities to defeat the enemy. Xiangyang and Shaanxi Taking advantage of the danger, the main force of the Jieshu Department retreating to Runing took advantage of the cavalry of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, launched a timely counterattack against the puppet Ming army in the plain area, and curbed the Ming army's offensive. In addition..."

"Well, what else is there?" Seeing the hesitant expression on Kangxi's face, Mrs. Borzigit couldn't help asking.

"Some ministers of state affairs suggested that, in order to prevent accidents, the imperial court should start to move to Shengjing..."

"Are they trying to persuade the emperor to abandon the Central Plains and retreat outside the pass?" Borzigit asked in a deep voice, "Then what is the emperor's own charter?"

"Grandmother, a month ago, the mulima bandit brought more than [-] rebels into Hejian. Although he surrendered thousands of rebels after internal disintegration, he went through a fierce battle and killed more than [-] enemies. Our Beijing Central Eight Banners troops also suffered heavy casualties. What is even more worrying is that the rebels led by Murima and Sabend led thousands of remnants, bypassing Yizhou and heading for Xuanhua. If there is no accident, they must be Fleeing to Monan. Perhaps, the Mongolian tribes in Monan will fall into chaos. In this situation, we should plan ahead and make some preparations in advance."

"Let's retreat to Liaodong, so the false statement will let us go?"

"Grandmother, grandson is incompetent..." Kangxi looked at Borzigit with a look of hesitation on his face.

"Your Majesty, do you know that 50 years ago during the period of Emperor Taizu (Nurhachi), the Ming army assembled more than 50 elites from all over the country to attack Liaodong (the Battle of Saerhu). But my army in the Qing Dynasty was no more than [-] However, Emperor Gao remained calm in the face of danger and attacked the crowd with a few. He successively wiped out the three armies of the Ming army, completely disintegrating this large-scale attack of the Ming army, and the offensive and defensive trend of Liaodong was reversed in an instant. , do you think the current situation is worse than [-] years ago?"

"..." Kangxi shook his head.

"In the sixth year of Chongde (1641), the Ming army assembled eight generals, and 15 troops attacked Liaodong again. We lost the first battle at Rufeng Mountain, and our Qing army suffered heavy losses, almost to the point of defeat. But Emperor Taizong (Huang Taiji) ruled out The public discussed and decided to encircle and wipe out the invading Ming army. Regardless of his serious illness, he led troops to rush to Jinzhou and confronted the Ming army in Jinzhou. After that, Emperor Taizong commanded Ruoding to dig trenches to besiege and cut off the enemy's food supply. The defeat of the Ming army destroyed the Ningjin line of defense that the Ming army had been operating for many years, and paved the way for the Qing Dynasty to enter the Central Plains. Does your majesty think that the current situation is even worse than during Taizong's time?"

"..." Kangxi continued to shake his head.

"In the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648), Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi, Li Chengdong in Guangdong, and Jiangyu in Shanxi successively rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and turned to the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was expelled from the customs. However, did the first emperor ever plan to move the capital to Shengjing like the emperor, to avoid the enemy's aggressive actions?" Then, Borzigit stood up, looking at Kangxi with a stern look, "In the face of this situation, it was not because of the blessing of my ancestors in the Qing Dynasty, the monarch and his ministers worked together to overcome all difficulties, and eliminated the above-mentioned rebels one by one, and finally stabilized the most difficult situation after my Qing Dynasty entered the customs."

"Grandmother, grandson..., grandson is ashamed of the ancestors and the late emperor." Kangxi knelt down in front of Borzigit again, crying, "The grandson is incompetent, so that the situation in the Qing Dynasty has never been restored." Rehabilitation."

"Stand up!" Borzigit yelled sharply: "You are the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. When facing this crisis, you should cheer up instead of crying like a child to show weakness! A few months ago How high-spirited and high-spirited are you to capture Oboi, get rid of traitors, recruit virtuous ministers, and purify the government? False Ming took advantage of the natural disaster of the Shandong earthquake to raise troops in vain. This is a senseless move. Now, although our frontline of the Qing Dynasty suffered repeated defeats, Lost divisions, lost territory, and lost more than [-] soldiers, but it is not enough to abandon the Central Plains and flee outside the pass."

"Your Majesty, you are now the backbone of my Qing Dynasty, and you must not lose your vigor, lose your courage, or lose your ambition because of a temporary defeat. Although the False Ming Dynasty has won successive battles and attacked Hebei and Henan, look at it. The momentum is like a rainbow. But you need to know that at the end of a strong crossbow, you can't penetrate Lu Jin! The Ming army can take advantage of the natural disasters and civil strife in our Qing Dynasty to temporarily take the lead. But facing this, the Qing Dynasty has no chance?"

"Opportunity?" Kangxi looked at Borzigit blankly.

"Hebei and Henan are both plains. But what is the most skilled soldier in the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty?"

"...Is it Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry?"

"The Ming army drove straight in, and the logistics route stretched for hundreds of miles, and the Central Plains is flat, so I can let my Eight Banners cavalry ride freely in it." Borzigit looked out of the window and said quietly: "And, this There are not many days until the winter season."
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On April 10, Changshan Island.

In a large conference room, more than a dozen military and civilian officials and military officers of the Qi State all turned their attention to Huang Zijia who was sitting at the main seat, waiting for him to make a final decision.

Today, the entire Changshan Island has assembled a total of more than 500 troops, including three battalions of the army, two artillery companies of more than [-], and the five battalions of the self-rescue army after expansion. There are more than [-] squadrons in six squadrons, and more than [-] people in four squadrons of Changshan Island Township Soldiers. It is a very powerful mobile force in the entire Shandong area.

In addition, in the Ryukyu area, there are two companies of the army, six squadrons of the township armed forces, and the three battalions of musketeers of the Wei State who are believed to want to take advantage of the outbreak of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a total of [-] More than [-] troops can also come to support at any time according to the progress of the war.

Relying on these troops under his personal control, Qi State could make necessary responses according to the development of the situation during the Ming and Qing wars.

Ren Maoyong, the commander-in-chief of the army stationed in Daming and Lieutenant Zhaoxin (Colonel), suggested that the troops should be directly divided into two routes to attack Denglai and Shandong, and one route would be sent to Penglai to capture Dengzhou, Laizhou, Ninghaizhou and other places, sweeping the coastal areas of Shandong; Landed in Jiagang, attacked Qingzhou and Zichuan, and threatened Jinan.

In this way, the Ming army, which was advancing by leaps and bounds, could feel the threat from the flanks and had to temporarily stop attacking, which could give the Qing army more time to gather troops to stop the Ming army from continuing to advance.In this way, the course of the Ming and Qing wars can be moderately affected, and at the same time more population resources can be gathered in the occupied areas.

However, General Mingwei (Brigadier General) Cao Xinzhong, the commander of the Ryukyu Fleet in Daming, put forward another suggestion, to gather all the troops, and with the cooperation of the navy, land in Laolongtou, capture Shanhaiguan, and completely cut off the connection between the Qing Dynasty and the Liaodong area.At the same time, unite with Yunzhou Town, and send troops to seize the entire Liaodong, so that in the future, this area will be connected with the Yongwang Zhenzhou territory, and their strength of self-reliance will be enhanced.

In this way, even if the Ming Dynasty unified the mainland, a powerful separatist force would still exist in the northeast, posing a fatal threat to the entire Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

The army's plan means that Qi will directly intervene in and interfere with the ongoing Northern Expedition of Ming Dynasty, and the risk of direct conflict with Ming Dynasty cannot even be ruled out.But the actual benefit is that Qi State can not only gather immigrants and collect all kinds of materials wantonly in a short period of time, but also delay Ming Dynasty's offensive to a certain extent and delay the process of unification.

And the navy's plan, although it can enable Yunzhou to seize the isolated and helpless Liaodong area with a high probability, it will also accelerate the defeat of the Qing Dynasty to a certain extent, prompting Ming to quickly defeat the Qing Dynasty, and then unify the whole country.

The army wants to make things bigger so that they can expand their influence and force the cabinet and the army to increase the number of troops in the army.

The Navy wants to take advantage of the Ming and Qing wars to seize Liaodong for Yunzhou Town in advance, bring the entire Northeast region into Qi's sphere of influence, and then use several surrounding maritime strongholds to contain and influence the unified Ming Dynasty. Even if it is impossible to establish a security and economic order in the Far East dominated by the Qi State, it is necessary to at least maintain Qi State's immigration and business interests in Daming.

Both the army and the navy are arguing endlessly over which course of action to choose, and they both want to try their best to persuade all parties to respond positively according to their own wishes.In this situation, the person who can make a decision should have been Qiu Chengdu, the head of the Ryukyu District.However, Huang Zijia hurriedly ended his visit to Japan, and after arriving at Changshan Island, he immediately became the highest-ranking official of Qi State stationed in the Daming area. Therefore, no matter whether it was the army, the navy, or the Ryukyu District, they all temporarily obeyed his orders. control.

"Besides these two options, are there any other options?" Huang Zijia pondered for a long time, his eyes swept around the military and civilian officials and military officers present.He always felt that these two military plans seemed to have overlooked something, which made him a little uneasy.

"Another option is that we do nothing and continue to wait." Shi Guanghan, the head of the General Staff's Staff Group stationed in the Ming Dynasty and Lieutenant Zhaoxin (Colonel), said: "We are just taking advantage of this Ming-Qing war to Take the opportunity to increase the scale of refugee collection as a follow-up immigration reserve.”

"Do nothing?" Huang Zijia felt a little unbelievable. "Under this situation, if we don't make plans and layouts in advance, wouldn't it be against the interests of our country?"

"...Actually, no matter what military plan we choose, it will be in the interests of our country Qi in a short period of time." Shi Guanghan hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "But it may not be in line with the king's long-term considerations?"

"Oh, what is your Majesty's long-term consideration for Daming?" Huang Zijia asked curiously.He knew that this senior military staff officer of the General Staff Department had been the king's bodyguard chief for more than four years, so he must have some understanding of the king's thoughts.

"Your Majesty hopes to maintain the unity and integrity of Ming Dynasty." Shi Guanghan said: "Moreover, Your Majesty also hopes that Da Ming will have a certain degree of aggressiveness in the three directions of North, Southwest and Northwest."

"Huh?" Huang Zijia couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, "Why does your majesty have such expectations for Daming?"

"Your Majesty hopes that the future Ming Dynasty can restore its previous land hegemony, and devote more energy to the conquest and development of border areas, while our Qi State is committed to the control of the sea. In this way, our Qi State can and The mainland will work together to expand the greater living space of our Chinese nation." Shi Guanghan said slowly.

(End of this chapter)