The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 159 Food Crisis
When Kangxi received the joint memorial, he opened it and said with a smile: "It must be the good news from Labu!"

Kangxi suddenly stopped talking. He rubbed his eyes and read the memorial twice, and his hand holding the letter trembled slightly.Back on the couch in a daze, his legs softened and he sat down.

Going to the study room immediately became quiet, only the sound of pattering rain outside could be heard.

Suo'etu finally couldn't help but asked cautiously: "Long live, this...?"

Kangxi threw the memorial far away, and said angrily, "They are all going to rebel, okay! These dog slaves are wolves who can't get enough to eat! How dare they threaten me, they should be killed! They should be killed!"

Several ministers couldn't help trembling all over. Suo'etu picked up the memorial and glanced at it, his heart was beating wildly. He saw Prince Kang, Prince Jian and other heavyweight names appeared on the memorial. It goes without saying that the meaning of threatening the Holy One is that they are the key There are nearly 40 Manchu and Han elite soldiers under his command. If it is not good, the whole Qing Dynasty will immediately fall apart.

Moreover, the Black Tiger Army swept across the entire Anhui Province, and the Qing army was defeated like a mouse running away. It was not as simple as the Holy Majesty thought.

Suo'etu knew that this matter was extremely difficult, so he didn't dare to say more.

The entire upper study room was silent for a long time, Kangxi slammed the table down, and said angrily: "Are you all stupid? They are all a bunch of idiots, no matter, I want the royal driver to conquest, but I want to see who is giving Jane The prince supports you, come, and immediately behead Yue Le's family for public display."

"Your Majesty must not do it!" Suo'etu and others knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Didn't killing Yue Le force Prince Jian and Prince Kang to rebel?
Kangxi's eyes widened, he snorted heavily, and shouted: "Bastard! Are you just letting me listen to these empty words?"

Suo'etu thought hard for a while, not daring to hide his clumsiness anymore, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, if you think about it carefully, you will know that Prince Jian and Prince Kang are also being cornered by the Black Tiger Army and Wu Sangui. Death, or the Holy Majesty punishes the crime, it can be said that there is no good end, so I dare to go to the joint memorial, the Holy Majesty should not add fuel to the flames now, you can invite Prince An, Yue Le, and ask him for advice, there will be gains, Prince An is extremely loyal to the Holy Majesty .”

"Furthermore, now hundreds of thousands of our Qing elite are under the enemy's belly. It is difficult to turn defeat into victory. Now we can resolutely give up Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places. People like Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong will never join forces with the Black Tiger Army. One side is Zhu The third prince, one side is the rebels who wiped out the Ming Dynasty, and they will never make peace, when the two tigers will fight each other, and the Qing Dynasty will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"This!" Kangxi was shocked. This is a big deal, but what he said may not be unreasonable. Jie Shu and Yue Le have always been at odds, which is well known. Now even Jie Shu wants to invite Yue Le out of the mountain, which is evident. Could it be that the front has been corrupted so much?

Kangxi's complexion changed several times, and he suddenly became calm and composed. He said with a dry smile, "Well said, let's go, let's go to Prince An's Mansion together!"

Yue Le, who was recuperating in the mansion, heard that the Holy Majesty was coming, he was not happy, but worried, and secretly sighed: "Could it be that there is a big change ahead?"

.........

In Prince An's mansion, Kangxi praised and comforted Yue Le, but never mentioned the war. Yue Le suddenly knelt on the ground and said with tears on his face: "The sage is wrong, the slave is so incompetent, this is It is obvious to all, but the front line of the Yangtze River is not optimistic. Prince Kang is pinched by the Black Tiger Army and Geng Jingzhong. They will hold each other for at most half a year. It is extremely difficult, and coupled with the newly rising Black Tiger Army, the consequences are worrisome."

Kangxi couldn't help being moved when he heard this. When he first ascended the throne, Yue Le protected him in every possible way and supported him with all his strength. Thinking of this, he lowered his head and sighed, his eyes were slightly red and said: "Prince An is right, I... …Just now, I lost my composure a while ago, but what should I do with this matter?”

"Your Majesty, slaves are the first to commit crimes. The key is how to keep the thousands of miles of land in the Qing Dynasty, otherwise slaves will have no face to see their ancestors!" Yue Le knocked his head three times in gratitude, and then said seriously: "Slaves have three strategies. First, vigorously build high-quality firearms, train new troops, and cast large quantities of artillery. The bandit army is most afraid of artillery now; second, there are Wang Fuchen on the west road to contain many of our troops! The general who is used to fighting led a brigade of elite soldiers from Sichuan to Shaanxi and Gansu, joined forces with Wang Fuchen and went eastward to harass our rear, then the situation in Hunan will be even more precarious. But if we take a step first to eliminate the crisis in Gansu and Shaanxi, and then use our full strength To deal with Heng and Yue's enemy troops, Wu Sangui will surely hear the news and be frightened, the whole army will collapse, and the Black Tiger Army will also be horrified."

"third……."

Seeing Yue Le hesitated slightly, Kangxi couldn't help but jump in his heart, could it be?He leaned forward suddenly: "Speak!"

"Withdraw troops! Withdraw troops on a large scale, and hold all the soldiers and horses into a powerful fist, advance, attack, retreat and defend. Now that the Black Tiger Army is short of troops, Prince Kang's troops can withdraw from Zhejiang to Hubei, and Prince Jane guards Hubei , it is best to give up even Hubei, the Qing Dynasty will fully defend Henan and Shandong, and at the same time select good generals, first capture Pingliang, and then march into Sichuan. When Wu Sangui and the Black Tiger Army fight, our main force will attack the Black Tiger Army with all our strength. Wu Sangui's subordinates are not worth mentioning."

Kangxi was mentally prepared. Although his face didn't change when he heard this, his heart beat wildly. He took a long breath and said after a while, "Are you really going to give up the whole south?"

Yue Le was shocked in his heart, and secretly admired Kangxi's composure, and said solemnly: "As long as Pingliang is recovered, our Qing Dynasty will have no worries, and we can gather more than 60 elites, or even 80, and we can bring food from Hubei and other places It is better to move all the gold and silver to the north than to leave it to the bandit army. Wu Sangui and others knew that this was a strategy to drive away wolves and tigers, but they had to kill each other. Moreover, the people under Wu Sangui's rule were miserable, complained, and the hearts of the people In my Great Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui and other thieves will definitely be crowned leaders within five years at the most!"

"Forget it, I'll leave it all to Prince An!" Kangxi said with difficulty, feeling that all his strength had been drained, and he asked some more details before leaving.

At this moment, he felt that his throne was not stable, not only from the bandit army, but also from the inside, including Manchu princes and ministers, many sad thoughts spread in his heart, but he clearly knew that the only way to get rid of Wu Sangui and Hei Let's talk about Tiger Army.

As long as the entire country of the Qing Dynasty can be kept, what if the five provinces are given up?

Kangxi was bathed in the shower, and his whole body recovered.

As soon as the imperial decree came out, the world was in turmoil. With the cooperation of Prince An and Yue Le, Prince Kang's army of more than [-] troops rushed all the way and successfully arrived in Hubei.

Wei Donglai, the general of the Black Tiger Army, took the opportunity to recover the entire Zhejiang Province, but Geng Jingzhong did not dare to make any changes. After all, Taiwan was also attacking Fujian. He did not want to fight on two fronts, so he quickly sent envoys and gifts to please the Black Tiger Army.

But Yue Le was not in a hurry to leave. He first deployed heavy troops to confront the Black Tiger Army and Wu Sangui, and then searched for craftsmen, grain, gold, silver, materials, etc. and quickly transported them to the north. Absolutely, all the food and other belongings in the homes of the people were emptied, and those who dared to resist were killed, and the people suffered unspeakably.

Jiang Tao drove straight in with the Black Tiger Army, and it took more than half a month to occupy the entire Anhui.

Jiang Tao was surprised when he learned of the deployment of the Qing army in Zhejiang. Although he didn't know why the Qing army voluntarily withdrew from Anhui and Zhejiang, he always had a bad premonition in his heart. When he saw the mess left by the Qing army, he was furious. The Qing Tartars are simply more bandits than bandits.

Another point that annoyed him the most was that the Anhui merchants who had been making troubles all ran away, and those with a little bit of wealth also ran away, taking all the grain, gold and silver, not even a hair, and the Qing soldiers took away several The surplus food of one hundred thousand households.

As a result, hundreds of thousands of households have no food in their homes. Jiang Tao was stunned by this knife that killed people without blood, but he had to admire him, and he couldn't do it even if he was killed.

The Black Tiger Army expanded its territory, but faced with the dilemma of internal and external troubles, Jiang Tao had no intention of continuing to regain Hubei, so he had Jiang Shi, Wang Dashan and others confront the Qing army, while he himself did his best to solve the problem of food shortage.

Jiang Tao first mobilized a large amount of food to save the refugees, and then took advantage of the momentum to distribute the fields to stabilize the people's hearts.

A large amount of grain was transferred to southern Anhui, but the total grain stock of the Black Tiger Army was becoming increasingly scarce.

Although the common people appreciate it and sincerely support it, Jiang Tao calculated that there are nearly 1000 million people under the rule of the Black Tiger Army, and by the end of the year there will be at least a month's food shortage. If this problem is not solved, these tens of thousands of people Part of him was about to starve to death, and Jiang Tao realized that he had underestimated Kangxi. He had seen poisonous ones, but he had never seen such poisonous ones.

At this moment, Lu'an came to report: "Wu Sangui's special envoy came to see him."

PS: I went to do a part-time job for a day today, so there is only one chapter. Brothers, don’t blame me, butchers will definitely not be eunuchs.

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