At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

"One and a half million!" Geng Jimao gritted his teeth and fell into thinking about this number.

Always and the Geng Fan generals watched the scene in front of them and quietly waited for Geng Jimao's choice.

"What do you think this number means to me, Geng Fan?" Geng Jimao did not agree immediately, but asked the generals.

"Your Majesty, one and a half million, my subordinates think Geng Fan can accept it." Liu Jinzhong was the first to speak.

"Yes, we should be able to raise 750,000 yuan to help with expenses if we use up all our wealth." Xu Degong also agreed.

The reason why Geng Jimao asked them was because he wanted the palace and the generals to each bear half of it?

The situation is urgent now. If we can reach an agreement with Wang Ziqi as soon as possible to save our wealth and life, then we can reach an agreement as soon as possible.

750,000 Xu Degong, Liu Jinzhong and others came out.

"Okay! Your Majesty, please report back to King Fengjie. As long as we can preserve Geng Fan's property in the city, as well as his original position and establishment, Xiao Wang is willing to use 1.5 million silver to help the troops capture Guangzhou!" Geng Jimao gritted his teeth.

At this juncture, Geng Jimao and the people under him naturally know their priorities.

Isn't it just 1.5 million? Just give it to me. Geng Fan has plenty of money!

If it continues to be delayed, we might lose both people and money!

"Okay, with the words of King Jingnan, the envoy can go back to deliver the mission." The envoy smiled and said: "Tomorrow, before I go ahead, the heavenly soldiers will attack the city in a large scale. After the cannon is fired, please ask the prince to quickly open the gates of Guangzhou to welcome you. Our army enters the city."

"After this is accomplished, my prince will ensure the prosperity and wealth of Geng Fan!"

"Okay, it's a deal!" Geng Jimao breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile.

"It's a deal!" the messenger said solemnly.

Soon the envoy was escorted out of Guangzhou City by Geng Fan soldiers and returned to Wang Ziqi's camp.

When he learned that Geng Fan was willing to donate 1.5 million, Wang Ziqi was overjoyed and quickly sent someone to shoot the letter, repeatedly promising that he would protect Geng Fan's safety, position and family property.

After the sun rose, the besieging army, which had been stationary for several months, changed from normal, and various soldiers and horses advanced towards the Guangzhou city wall.

At the same time, red-coated cannons roared and fired towards the huge city of Guangzhou.

Ban Zhifu, You Yunlong, Wu Jinzhong and other Shangfan generals were immediately stunned.

"Brothers, we are Han people. Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is about to fall, the world in the future will eventually belong to the Han people!"

Above the city gate, Geng Jimao roared.

"Give me the order to open the door!"

Heavy sounds sounded one after another, and all the city gates guarded by Geng Fan opened.

Countless front-line troops swarmed in and quickly entered the city.

"Brothers from the front army, please come this way, the Tatars are over there!"

A group of Geng Fan soldiers and horses greeted the front army, and then personally led the way to kill Shang Fan soldiers and horses in the city.

In the city of Guangzhou, there are two poles.

Shang Fan and Geng Fan were guarding the east and west respectively. Now that Geng Fan was in charge, the situation in Guangzhou was doomed in an instant.

The troops and horses from all walks of life quickly rushed towards Shang Fan's station.

Under the overwhelming strength, thousands of soldiers and horses of Shang Fan were unable to resist.

Seeing this situation, the green soldiers in the city also turned against each other.

Ban Zhifu, You Yunlong, Wu Jinzhong and others were filled with grief and anger, and they tried their best to resist.

However, under the general situation, these generals of Shangfan died one after another at the hands of the heavenly soldiers who led the front army.

Geng Jimao, wearing armor and armed with sharp swords, led his own pacesetters to guide the advance army, and quickly headed towards Prince Pingnan's palace.

Shang Kexi saw the situation change drastically and quickly put on his armor and mounted his horse, while the pacesetters of Pingnan Palace were in chaos.

"Geng Jimao, you traitor!"

When he saw Geng Jimao, Shang Kexi cursed loudly, and then rushed over with a few guards.

After a burst of fighting, the Manchu Qing general who had defeated Li Dingguo twice died in the rebellion.

"All armies are strictly prohibited from looting, and those who disobey the order will be killed!"

Wang Ziqi rode a tall horse into the chaotic city of Guangzhou and once again affirmed his military discipline.

As time went by, after all Shang Fan's soldiers and horses were killed.

Order in Guangzhou was restored.

Under the command of officers, the Jiaqian Army began to inspect important places in the city such as Pingnan Palace and the Yamen of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Everyone in Shang Fan was killed, and Guo Xian, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was also executed.

From Prince Pingnan's Mansion alone, Wang Ziqi confiscated 130,000 taels of gold, 2.8 million taels of silver, and countless other jewels.

In the past, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao massacred Guangzhou, and all the wealth was gained by the two vassals.

Then the two vassals levied and expropriated money in Guangdong for many years. From the considerable savings, we can see the astonishing wealth the two vassals gained in Guangdong.

Although these are troubled times, in troubled times there can be fewer people, land can be thrown away, and any supplies will decrease sharply.

But no matter how many times it is massacred, the quantity of gold and silver will never decrease significantly.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Ziqi was able to obtain such amazing wealth in Pingnan Palace alone.

After all the properties of Shang Fan were inspected, Wang Ziqi obtained a total of more than 300,000 taels of gold, more than 7 million taels of silver, and fifteen stones of jewelry.

Although it is not as good as what Ma Degong and others gained in Xiamen, it is still a lot of money.

Thinking about Zheng Chenggong accusing Ma Degong of plundering more than 900,000 yuan in gold from him, Shang Kexi tried his best to gain one-third of Zheng Chenggong's net worth.

It's just that his life's wealth eventually fell into the hands of Wang Ziqi, and also fell into the hands of Sun Guozhu in disguise.

"Three million of the gold and silver collected will be rewarded to the troops, and the rest will be turned over to the treasury and reported to the king."

After the inspection, Wang Ziqi, whose face was red and glowing, said in high spirits.

Wang Ziqi copied tens of millions from Shang Fan's property, although he spent three million to reward the army.

But there is also Geng Fan's 1.5 million salary.

In total, more than nine million yuan was dedicated to Lord Sun.

With this seizure dedicated to Lord Sun, Wang Ziqi felt that it was time to remove one character from his two-character king!

After a few days of turmoil in Guangzhou, Wang Ziqi led the Jiaqian, Geng Fan, Green Camp, and rebel forces, totaling 100,000, ready to go.

At the same time, news from Jiangxi also spread. Shaozhou deputy general Zhang Wei led the Shaozhou Green Camp northward under Zhang Hu's transfer order.

After deliberation, Wang Ziqi and the generals all believed that the overall situation in Jiangxi had been decided, and only one Ganzhou city was left.

Zhang Hu has no shortage of soldiers and horses, but he only lacks red cannons.

Therefore, while Wang Ziqi led an army of 100,000 troops to march eastward to Chaozhou, preparing to capture Fujian, he also mobilized red artillery from Guangdong to reinforce Zhang Sheng.

When Wang Ziqi captured Guangzhou, he gained a lot.

Zhang Sheng in Huaibei was in trouble.

In September, Zhang Sheng led Xiaoqi Town and Longxiang Town to send troops from Yangzhou and went north along the canal.

Gaoyou, Huai'an and other places were captured by Jiaqian's army.

Zhang Sheng was able to cross the Huaihe River and enter the Xuzhou area.

This area is full of great plains, which is conducive to cavalry activities. Zhang Sheng's Xiaoqi Town had many horses and mules, and Longxiang Town under his command also temporarily strengthened tens of thousands of horses and mules, which was enough to ensure the mobility of the army.

It's just that the Manchu Qing Dynasty regarded Gushan'e Zhenliu Zhiyuan as the general of Zhenhai.

Originally, he was asked to take 3,000 Han Eight Banners and 5,000 Green Camp soldiers to go south to defend Zheng Chenggong.

But after this army moved south from Beijing, although Zheng Chenggong was defeated in Nanjing, Sun Kewang came to Jiangnan.

Due to the strength of the Daxi Army, Liu Zhiyuan did not dare to lead this army across the Huaihe River.

So I stayed in Xuzhou.

But now as Zhang Sheng moves north, the existence of this army makes it difficult for Zhang Sheng to conquer the important town of Xuzhou.

After all, he has many cavalry, which is not conducive to attacking the city.

Although Liu Zhiyuan's eight thousand soldiers and horses are not suitable for field battles, they are more than enough to defend the city.

Therefore, Zhang Sheng led some of the cavalry and Liu Tianxiu's Longxiang Town to attack Xuzhou, keeping a firm eye on Liu Zhiyuan.

Then the main force of Xiaoqi Town was sent north from Xuzhou and dispersed into multiple routes.

In the vast area of ​​western Henan and eastern Lu, we attacked cities and counties and opened warehouses to release grain.

People everywhere responded, and the entire Central Plains region was in ruins.

However, after two months of fighting, Zhang Sheng did not capture much gold and silver due to the barrenness of these areas.

This made him very unhappy.

"The king is about to ascend the throne, and Feng Shuangli and Zhang Hu's western expedition is going smoothly, but I can only fight in this ruined country to save the people."

Zhang Sheng said distressedly: "If this continues, how will I explain to the king?"

As soon as these words came out, both Liu Tianxiu and Guo Youming frowned.

Although Sun Kewang only asked the Northern Expeditionary Army of less than 20,000 people to disrupt the Manchu Qing's autumn harvest.

Turn the eastern Henan and western Shandong regions into a pot of porridge and increase the financial crisis of the Qing Dynasty.

But compared with their counterparts, the results of their Northern Expedition seemed not enough!

At this time when Lord Sun is about to ascend the throne, Zhang Sheng also wants to boost his performance.

If performance is not enough and we miss this opportunity, we don’t know when we will be able to make progress in the future.

So looking at the progress of the Western Expeditionary Army, Zhang Sheng felt itchy!

"My lord, the north is empty now. How about we do something big and directly cross the Yellow River to attack Beijing!" Guo Youming said.

"Fight Beijing!" Liu Tianxiu said quickly before Zhang Sheng could express his stance: "Vice General Guo, are you crazy?"

"How can we, with less than 20,000 people, take over the home base of the Tatars?"

"Besides, the king of the country also gave orders not to allow our Northern Expeditionary Army to cross the Yellow River!"

Sun Kewang's Northern Expeditionary Army was equipped with a large number of horses and mules. Even in Longxiang Town, each person could be assigned a horse and mule to travel.

His mission for the Northern Expedition was to corrupt the Central Plains of the Qing Dynasty and cause trouble to the Qing Dynasty.

As for the grand goal of attacking Beijing, although our Qing Dynasty is currently losing troops, divisions and territory.

Its main force has been decimated, and it will be difficult to assemble a large army in front of the Northern Expeditionary Army in a short period of time.

But after all, Manchu and Qing Dynasties are like centipede insects that are dead but not stiff.

If the Northern Expeditionary Army, which numbered between 18,000 and less than 20,000, crossed the Yellow River and reached Beijing, they might not be able to come back.

Sun Kewang was not Yang Xiuqing. He was not willing to let Zhang Sheng die for something like the Northern Expedition of 20,000 people.

Therefore, his instructions to Zhang Sheng clearly stipulated that he could not cross the Yellow River.

As long as he can't pass the Yellow River, Zhang Sheng can do whatever he wants with the rest.

"When King Chuang left Shangluo Mountain, there were only over a thousand people." Guo Youming said plausibly: "On our way, I don't know how many hungry people are willing to join the army. Sir, if we cross the Yellow River, we will go all the way north."

"I'm afraid that the 18,000 brothers from Xiaoqi and Longxiang Town will number 100,000 by the time they arrive in Beijing!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Sheng's eyes lit up.

Eighteen thousand men are not enough to attack Beijing, but if we go all the way north, we must recruit rebels, green camps, and hungry people on the way.

When we get to Beijing, let alone 100,000 people, we might even be able to get 200,000 people.

But now Beijing is empty and the city is too big to defend. If only it could be captured in one fell swoop.

For such a big achievement, not to mention the two-word king, even the one-word king can win it!

Zhang Sheng was extremely excited when he thought of this!

Liu Tianxiu looked at Zhang Sheng's expression and felt something bad in his heart.

This Duke of Han is famous for his boldness!

There is nothing to be afraid of when meeting Kong Youde's main force with three thousand people.

Lord Sun gave him two towns, maybe he would really dare to attack Beijing!

"Master, be careful! We only have 18,000 people, and the king has also given a clear order not to cross the Yellow River."

"If we rashly go to Beijing and are defeated, not only will our brothers not be able to come back, but the country's leader will also be furious!" Liu Tianxiu persuaded him quickly.

Zhang Sheng heard this and sneered: "Then I must have defeated you."

"If we can win, everything else will be easy to talk about!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Tianxiu was speechless.

"Young Master is right, you will not be punished by your orders." Guo Youming said with cupped hands: "Let's go all the way north. The current Manchu Qing Dynasty is just a dilapidated house. It will collapse on its own as long as it is lifted up!"

"In the entire Central Plains, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties can't even muster a decent army. If we go north, the eighteen thousand people will definitely be able to sweep the entire Hebei!"

"Once this happens, our army, with a hundred thousand green battalions, rebels, and hungry people, will surely reach Beijing!"

Zhang Sheng nodded repeatedly after hearing this, obviously very moved by Guo Youming's suggestion.

"Sir, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has recruited tens of thousands of new troops in the north, all of which are in Hebei."

Liu Tianxiu persuaded again: "We only have two towns of soldiers and horses. Once we enter Hebei, I'm afraid a good tiger will not be able to fight a pack of wolves!"

"The Qing Dynasty will concentrate its northern power and strangle it with all its strength!"

"Hmph!" Zhang Sheng sneered again: "The newly recruited army, let alone fifty thousand or one hundred thousand, even if it is one million, what do I have to fear?"

"Don't you hear about Er Zhurong?"

"In the past, Er Zhurong defeated Ge Rong's millions of troops with thousands of cavalry. Chen Qingzhi of the Southern Dynasty also defeated hundreds of thousands of Wei troops with only 7,000 white robes!"

"Now I, Zhang Sheng, have eight thousand cavalry in my hand, and ten thousand fine armor from Longxiang Town."

"Such soldiers and horses, let alone tens of thousands of new recruits from the Qing Dynasty, even if they are a million men, I am not afraid at all!"

In the heart of Zhang Sheng, a fierce general who is not afraid of anything, the more he analyzes it, the greater his hope of winning Beijing!

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was extremely empty at this time, and there were no troops in the entire Central Plains.

This is true in the Central Plains, and it is also true in Hebei!

Although he had already received the news that the Manchu Qing was training 50,000 new soldiers in Beijing.

There are only 50,000 new recruits. What should Zhang Sheng fear if he has 18,000 elite soldiers?

For this fierce general, three thousand men dared to resist Kong Youde, and seven thousand men dared to attack Li Dingguo.

With only tens of thousands of new soldiers, he and the 8,000 cavalrymen from Xiaoqi Town could directly destroy them.

In this case, why not go north to attack Beijing at this moment? (End of chapter)