Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Time flies, and the ice finally melted. In March of the 1669th year of Qianyuan (), the grass in the fields sprouted. After a year of recuperation, the Kingdom of David was full of vitality. At the beginning of spring, elite troops from the northern provinces received orders to quietly gather in Dadu, while elite troops from the central plains provinces quietly gathered in Huguang. The ambitious Lianhua Khan could not suppress his ambition and quietly issued a conscription order. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue also used various means to transport food and grass and set up various supply stations along the route of the army.

This time, the Great Khan Lianhua planned to mobilize all the troops in the country to destroy Zhou in one fell swoop. As a veteran of many battles, he planned to divide his troops into three routes to pacify the south in one fell swoop. He appointed Qin Wang Chuo Siji as the general of the expedition to the east and the veteran general Xi Rimo as the deputy general of the expedition to the east. He led 150,000 troops to advance eastward from Wuchang, conquer Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and then go south to Fujian and Guangdong; he appointed Jin Wang Ergalang as the general of the expedition to the west and the veteran general Tuoli as the deputy general of the expedition to the west, and led 150,000 troops to march southward from Chengdu, first conquer Sichuan, and then go south to Yunnan and Guizhou. He also ordered the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Alatan Cang, to lead the garrisons of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to support Ergalang; he personally led 300,000 troops, marched southward from Yuezhou, Huguang, crossed the Miluo River and went straight to Changsha, and then took over the entire Huguang in one fell swoop, and then seized Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces.

Sultan, who was well versed in politics, specifically told his subordinates to have strategies in battle: to fight hard against the Wu army in Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, as most of the generals of these armies were Wu Sangui's confidants. As long as Wu Sangui's direct army was eliminated, the Wu Zhou court would naturally collapse; to fight mainly and use inducement to surrender as a supplement against local powerful factions close to Wu Sangui, such as Hu Qitai in Jiangxi, Geng Jimao in Fujian, Ma Xiong and Sun Yanling in Guangxi; to use inducement to surrender as a supplement against relatively neutral forces, such as Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shang Kexi in Guangdong. In a word: to eliminate the Wu army, strike pro-Wu forces, and win over and induce surrender of neutral forces.

In this southern expedition, more than 600,000 troops were dispatched. Except for the troops that had to stay in Dadu, borders and important places, the Kingdom of David had mobilized all the troops that could be mobilized. With a strong army and a arrogant tone, the Great Khan of Lotus patted the armrest of the Fearless Leo in the Qianyuan Hall and said arrogantly: "The only thing the Wu army relies on is the danger of the Yangtze River. Now our army has occupied Wuchang, Yuezhou, Changde and other prefectures, and the danger of the Yangtze River has been shared with them. Even if there are some small rivers and streams, how can they stop the iron hoofs of millions of troops? The Ministry of Works will build a big house in the outer city of Dadu, and I will give it to Wu Sangui to live in after I capture him!"

With a proud and arrogant attitude, the Oirat God of War became interested and wrote:

"Written before the Attack on Wu Zhou"

Don't laugh at the idea of ​​stopping the flow of water by throwing a whip.
The heroic spirit has not yet subsided.

Lead a million troops southward,

What a great autumn with lush grass and fat horses!
This poem uses the allusion of throwing a whip to stop the flow of a river to express the regret that Fu Jian, the Emperor of the Former Qin Dynasty, failed to go south to destroy the Jin Dynasty. It praises Fu Jian as a hero and implies that he will inherit his unfinished cause and go south to destroy the Zhou Dynasty and unify the world in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, when this poem was published, some people were blind and misunderstood the meaning, and wrote a petition to oppose the southern expedition. Yang Guangxian, the former director of the Imperial Observatory of the Qing Dynasty, was retained in his original position after surrendering to the Wei Dynasty. This person was good at guessing the emperor's intentions. Seeing that the Great Khan mentioned the allusion of throwing a whip to stop the flow of the river in the poem, he secretly thought that the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian was a hero who led an army of 900,000 to the south and claimed that throwing a whip into the river could block the Yangtze River and cut off the flow of water, but was eventually defeated by the Jin army with only 80,000 troops. Your Majesty suddenly mentioned this allusion. Could it be that he remembered the story of Fu Jian's failed southern expedition and felt regretful? He wanted to temporarily stop the military action but couldn't speak up because of his face? Well, "It's a good autumn when the grass is long and the horses are fat" clearly implies the hidden sadness in the sentence "But it's a good autumn when the weather is cool"!
This can only be blamed on Yang Jianzheng's lack of understanding of the Great Khan of Lotus. How could the Khan, who was fond of grandiose achievements, change his mind easily? He really admired Fu Jian, who was also fond of grandiose achievements, and he did not regret it. So Yang Jianzheng, who thought he had found the dragon vein, submitted a petition to oppose it. As the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, the reason for his opposition was naturally the astronomical phenomenon: "Suixing and Zhenxing are in the position of the bull, which is very ominous! It is not conducive to raising an army..." What does it mean? Jupiter and Saturn appeared in the position of the bull, which is a very ominous sign and is not conducive to raising an army to fight.

"This thief is so bold! He actually dared to fabricate rumors to disrupt the morale of my army! Kill him! Kill him immediately." In the Qianqing Palace, Lianhua Khan was furious when he saw this memorial. He didn't even have the interest to go to the bed of his favorite concubine Erdeni Bumba, and ordered his men to kill this man quickly.

The emperor's order was as firm as a mountain. After receiving the order, the guards immediately rushed into Yang Guangxian's house with knives in hand. Without asking any questions, they directly pinned him down and chopped off his head. After the beheading, they held the head and reported to the Great Khan. The emperor's heart was as deep as the abyss. How could we speculate casually? Poor Yang Guangxian wanted to flatter the emperor, but he lost his life in a muddle.

Seeing the head, the Great Khan's anger eased a little. However, the emperor's anger could not be appeased by a head. He ordered people to investigate Yang Guangxian's misdeeds. You don't know until you investigate, but once you investigate, you will find that there are indeed misdeeds! During the Shunzhi period, the "Shixian Calendar" compiled by the Westerner Johann Adam Schall von Bell was better than the previous calendar, which aroused Yang Guangxian's jealousy. He wrote a memorial to slander Johann Adam Schall von Bell for "secretly stealing the power of orthodoxy and giving it to the West", "borrowing the calendar of the Qing Dynasty to expand the West", "secretly plotting rebellion, misleading the people with evil teachings, and using an absurd calendar". He also wrote a "Book of Last Resort" saying: "It is better for China to have no good calendar than to have Westerners in China." After several twists and turns, the Qing court dismissed Tang Ruowang, the director of the Imperial Observatory, Du Ruyu, the director of the clepsydra, Yang Hongliang, the director of the five-organ system, Li Zubai, the director of the calendar, Song Kecheng, the director of the spring department, Song Fa, the director of the autumn department, Zhu Guangxian, the director of the winter department, and Liu Youtai, the director of the eunuch department, and detained more than 30 missionaries.

After seeing the report, the Great Khan suddenly remembered the calendar. The calendar was very important. With the calendar, people could not miss the farming season. So he issued an order to appoint Verbiest, a disciple of Johann Adam Schall von Bell, as the new director of the Imperial Observatory. Unexpectedly, Verbiest wrote a petition to the Great Khan as soon as he took office, requesting that his teacher Verbiest be vindicated.

"I didn't expect this foreigner to be so loyal! Approved!" The Great Khan immediately issued an order: "Yang Guangxian is creating trouble without reason, harming innocent people, fabricating a non-existent thing, and falsely accusing Johann Adam Schall von Bell of treason. As for worshipping God, it is an old custom of Iraq, and there is no real evil. It is decided to restore Johann Adam Schall von Bell's title of 'Tongwei Teacher' and grant him pension according to his original rank." He also ordered the Ministry of Works to build a high-standard tomb for Johann Adam Schall von Bell, send people to sweep the tomb, and order Ferdinand Verbiest to preside over the compilation of a new calendar.

After the bloody head was chopped off, no one dared to say anything about the action of sending troops south. Great Khan Lianhua happily set the date for the army to march: May 1669, the th year of Qianyuan (). He also ordered people to write a letter of proclamation to attack Zhou: "Great Khan Lianhua of David Kingdom hereby informs all civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians of the Southern Dynasty: The traitor Wu Sangui, who deeply holds the title of Ming Dynasty, surrendered to Li Zicheng during the rebellion of Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty and did not fulfill his loyalty; he killed Yongli at Bizipo and usurped the Ming Dynasty in Changsha, betraying his master as a minister, which violated the moral code. The divine weapon was moved, and there was resentment for thousands of years, and people inside and outside the country were angry, and the upper and lower levels were alienated. I will lead a million tiger soldiers to the south to fight against the traitors, in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people. Heaven is tired of chaos, and the nine states are united. Wherever the horses' hooves go, they will be our territory. When you hear the call, you will dance, and who will not follow the wind? David is lucky! The world is lucky! The proclamation must be sent." (End of this chapter)