Chapter 541 Isn't it because enemies don't get together? (It's so hot!)
The two big ghosts, Meihua Wuniang and Fenshan Jiuniang, chatted with King Ming for a long time before coming out of the heavily guarded Chinese army tent.
No one knows what they talked about.
The Ming army marched all the way, and there was an endless stream of Ming people seeing them off along the road. Many people shouted the slogan "The Ming Dynasty will win, the king is powerful" and took the initiative to see the Ming army off.
From the central court, local states and counties, to the grassroots people, they all regarded the Southern Expedition as a national war that was related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, as well as their own life and death. They enthusiastically supported it and their emotions were high.
The momentum is so huge and unparalleled that it shocks the world!
The great power accumulated by the Ming Dynasty's many years of reform was fully reflected in this southern expedition.
Jiang Yao secretly arranged the Jiuding in the Jiuding Hall of the deep palace, and finally began to rapidly increase his royal luck.
The hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty were solidified and their patriotic enthusiasm was so high that no country in the world could match it.
It was obviously just the Ming army's southern expedition, but it seemed that the entire Ming people were involved!
Civil war!
I don’t know how many monks from the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to donate resources, or directly served with the army, or took the initiative to maintain local security and prevent other countries from taking advantage of the situation.
The Ming Kingdom, which only had fourteen states and occupied only 10% of the territory of Shenzhou, became a small but powerful war machine, which began to be launched under the leadership of Jiang Yao.
The nobles of the Wu family were all shocked. How could this be the Ming army's southern expedition? This was simply the entire Ming Dynasty's southern expedition!
In early April, the Ming army came to the north of Fanshan Mountain, and under the protection of the army's battlefield, began to cross the vast Fanshan Mountain.
This is a long march full of difficulties and obstacles, and it is destined not to go smoothly.
Although it was the first expedition, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army were very high-spirited. It can be said that their morale was like a rainbow and their fighting spirit was like a tiger.
Many new scholars in the academies of the Ming Dynasty now know what poetry and poetry are. Many people have written poems to praise the army's expedition.
Someone wrote a poem: "The Qing thieves invaded Japan from the north, and the king's army marched south. The wind blew in the sky, and the Ming Dynasty flag shone brightly."
There is also: "The saint preached in fourteen states, in the forty-ninth year of Jiang Gong's reform. My king made great plans to open up the southern region, and the Ming army came out of Fanshan Mountain."
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And so on.
Most of them are limericks of this low quality, which were already rare in the Ming Dynasty, which had not long since restored ancient poetry.
There is also a female poet who gracefully wrote:
"The ginger water is weak and the rain is falling, and the fog is falling in the desert of Fanshan Mountain.
Seeing my children off to the far end of the world, I smiled and asked my husband when he would return.
The bright moon shines in the fourteen states, and white clouds fly three million miles away.
I don’t know how many times the Han family members in the Southern Territory and the Night Meng King Master have been together.”
But it shows that when Wang Jiangyao saw this poem, he couldn't help but nod and smile. After reading it for a while, he couldn't help but praise in public:
"This poem is heroic and restrained, poetically tactful, and clever, especially the last line, which suddenly rises to a strange peak and bursts with tension. It is a masterpiece of a sincere and talented woman! How wonderful!"
Qin Yu glanced at him and said with a smile: "I don't understand poetry, but my lord has a keen mind for poetry, a natural talent, and a natural eye. This last sentence is really extraordinary. I wonder who wrote it?"
Only then did Jiang Yao pay attention to the poet's title. When he saw it, he was a little stunned for a while, and then he couldn't help laughing loudly.
Qin Yu said in astonishment: "Master, why are you laughing? Who wrote this poem?"
Jiang Yao thrust the selected poems copied by Jin Yiwei into Qin Yu's hand and said, "Zi Zhou, read it yourself."
Qin Zizhou was a little surprised when he read the title, "Is it her? Mrs. Ouyang?"
It turned out that this female poet turned out to be Ouyang Feng's wife Mi Nong Ni, the famous Mi Nong Ni who was known as the most beautiful woman in the Ming Dynasty!
Although Mi Nongni is a witch, she is a Gu Envoy in the Ming Dynasty, and she is also a newly promoted powerful witch saint.
Her alluring appearance, powerful qualifications, and noble status made Mrs. Ouyang extremely famous.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ouyang is also very talented in poetry.
However, Qin Yu is a little strange. Mrs. Ouyang is not familiar with the lord. Why does the lord laugh when she writes poems?
Qin Yu was a little confused, but he didn't ask.
Duanmu Hongdao didn't care about poetry. He pointed at the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops who were eager to fight, "Your Majesty, my Ming army is so powerful that the Qing army will definitely be vulnerable to a single blow."
Jiang Yao looked solemn and said, "Don't be careless. The Qing army is very strong and has a lot of support. In this southern expedition, Ming Dynasty is betting on the fate of the country. Whether we can win or lose. Once defeated, Ming Dynasty will not have another chance."
"Let alone defeat, even if it is a tragic victory, our army will not be able to bear it."
This is the tragedy of a small country. There are too few opportunities for trial and error, and most of the time it is all-or-nothing.
In this southern expedition, the Ming Dynasty was gambling on its national destiny.
Although Jiang Yao was very cautious, he was actually very satisfied with the morale of the Ming army.
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After the Qing Dynasty received news that the Ming Army was supporting the Southern Region, it once again increased its troops for the Northern Expedition and changed the commander of the Northern Expedition.
It has only been half a year since the Qing army marched north to now occupy half of the Southern Territory, which shows how incompetent the coalition of warlords in the Southern Territory is.
If it weren't for the bloody battles of a handful of warlords such as Yue Clan, as well as the containment of the Dao'an female army commanded by Li Luoer and Li Xi, the Qing army might have conquered the entire southern region.
While the Ming army was still arduously crossing the Fanshan Forest and the southern region's military-lord alliance suffered a series of defeats, the Qing army not only strengthened its ranks but also changed its commanders.
The original commander-in-chief of the Qing army's Northern Expedition was Fu Ankang, a powerful great sage, a seventh-level military master, and Fu Sheng.
This person was a close confidant of Jiang Zhengyi. He was ranked as Minister of Political Affairs, First-class Duke, and was awarded the title of General of the Northern Expedition, Governor of the Southern Region, and Minister of Imperial Envoy.
Six months ago, Fu Ankang commanded an army of 800,000 to march north. After several major battles, he defeated the southern coalition forces and wiped out more than a million enemies.
In fact, the main force of the Southern Allied Forces has been eliminated by him. Not only did Fu Ankang fight well, he was also very effective in suppressing and purging the occupied areas. He was ruthless.
Every time the Qing army occupied a state in the southern region, countless anti-Qing monks were arrested, beheaded, and had their homes confiscated and their families exterminated.
The heads of those killed were rolling and the blood was flowing like rivers.
Not only was Fu Ankang ruthless, he also arrested many women from the southern region to serve as the queen of the military camp, and as resources for the sea turtles and blood demons.
The ferocity and power of the Qing army made most of the southern monks in the occupied areas dare not speak out. However, the resistance of the anti-Qing righteous people has not stopped.
Ironically, the rebels are mainly from poor families!
It is a pity that although there are many monks from poor families who resist, they have no resources, no organization, low cultivation level, and do not understand the art of military formation. How can they be the opponents of the Qing army?
As for the once-high-ranking Wu family nobles, most of them either surrendered to the Qing army or swallowed their anger.
There are even some nobles of the Wu family who are preparing to form the "Southern Territory Qing Association Army" with the help of people and resources to help the Qing army suppress resistance in order to preserve the family's wealth and power.
By the time Jiang Yao swore to conquer the south, the eighteen states in the southern region had already fallen and ten states had fallen. However, in order to suppress resistance in various places, the Qing army had to station a large number of soldiers and horses in various cities in the occupied areas.
This resulted in the Qing army's strength being greatly dispersed. The number of Qing troops used for mobile offensives on the front line was less than 500,000.
When the news came that the Ming Dynasty was sending troops, the Qing government not only decided to increase the number of troops, but also sent someone to replace Fu Ankang as the Northern Expedition General.
The new general of the Northern Expedition turned out to be Long Muhuang, one of the four imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty!
Dachi Mountain City in Fengzhou was the main camp of the Qing Army's Northern Expedition.
A luxurious cloud chariot driven by four blue birds, surrounded by a large number of guards, passed through the clouds and landed in front of the camp.
Fu Ankang, who had received the news early, had already led more than ten thousand generals to wait in front of the camp.
Although he played well and was replaced, Fu Ankang didn't complain at all.
Just because the person who succeeded him as the general was the imperial concubine Long Muhuang!
There is no queen in the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial concubine is the highest concubine. Long Muhuang is not the most favored one, but she is the one who is most trusted and trusted by the emperor.
The Long Muhuang family is not a local noble of the Wu Clan, but comes from the Divine Continent. However, it is said that they moved into the Witch Territory ten thousand years ago and have integrated into the Wu Clan over several generations.
Long Muhuang is less than two hundred years old. Although he is young, he is already a great sage of martial arts, a great sage of war, and a powerful master of the art of sound.
Not only is she extremely good at setting up military formations and blessing the sound attack field, but she is also good at internal political management.
In addition, she is also a master of insect control.
Among the powerful concubines of the Qing Dynasty, Long Guifei was definitely one of the strongest.
Compared with herself, Concubine Long Guifei not only has a higher status, greater military exploits, and stronger military skills, she is also better at winning over the nobles of the Southern Territory, winning people's hearts, digesting the Southern Territory, and stabilizing the occupied area.
Especially this point, he felt ashamed of himself.
While Fu Ankang was thinking about it, a graceful and elegant woman appeared from the cloud chariot. It was Long Muhuang.
"I've met the noble concubine."
Even Fu Ankang, a powerful sage and general of the Northern Expedition, took the initiative to salute Long Muhuang at this time.
All the generals saluted together, some called themselves ministers, and some simply called themselves slaves.
"Fu Gong." Long Muhuang waved his hand, "No courtesy. No courtesy for you, sir."
She is generous and very refreshing.
As soon as the cloud chariot landed, a middle-aged man with a handsome face and narrow eyes appeared in front of everyone behind him.
"Mr. Fenggui, why are you here too?" Fu Ankang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this middle-aged man.
This middle-aged man is none other than the first-ranking official of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial minister, Ruizhonghou: Qinglu!
Qing Feng had been an official in the Qing Dynasty for thirty years. Not only had he become one of the emperor's most trusted ministers, but he had also become a powerful martial artist.
What makes Fu Ankang dare not underestimate him is that this person is very powerful in his tactics, and he is very good at figuring out his superiors' intentions and winning over people's hearts. He is like a fish in water in the Qing Dynasty.
In the past thirty years, this man has managed to gain considerable influence in the DPRK and became the leader of the "Northern Party".
The so-called Beidang is the force of the Shenzhou martial arts family who fled into the Witch Territory after their failure in the battle of Shenzhou.
There are many Shenzhou monks in the Witch Domain, and they are also not uncommon in the Qing Dynasty. Qinglu became the leader of the "Northern Party", and of course he has his own merits.
Therefore, Fu Ankang, a great sage and strong man, was very polite to Qinglu. When they met, he greeted him like an old acquaintance without any pretense.
"Haha, I haven't seen Mr. Fu for a long time, so I came here to meet you today." Qinglu said with a haha, looking calm and leisurely, like a noble god.
It sounds nice, but of course it's not the truth.
The reason why he came here was to take over the post of governor of the Southern Territory.
That's right. Long Muhuang succeeded the General of Zhengbei, and Qinglu succeeded the Governor of the Southern Territory!
Qinglu was born in the Shenzhou martial arts family, and was the former owner of King Ming Jiang Yao. He had a grudge against Jiang Yao for usurping him, and he also knew Jiang Yao very well.
Moreover, he is best at winning over the southern region's military clans and dividing and disintegrating them.
He was also trusted by the Qing emperor and the Qing court.
It can be said that he is the best candidate for governor of the Southern Territory.
Long Muhuang is in charge of military affairs, and he is in charge of government affairs. If the two of them cooperate, they can quickly stabilize the Southern Territory.
"It turns out that Mr. Fenggui is here to take over as the governor of the Southern Territory." Fu Ankang understood, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.
He originally thought that Concubine Long Guifei was here to replace the general and governor. Who knew that the person to replace the governor turned out to be Qinglu, a native of Shenzhou.
Qinglu sighed, "Gong Fu, for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, I have to come. Ginger medicine is coming, how can I not come?"
He came to the Southern Territory not only to digest the Southern Territory, but also to help Long Muhuang deal with Jiang Yao!
The emperor has sent back the flying news, and Jiang Yao must not be underestimated. Even if Chu is left alone for now, the Ming Dynasty's Southern Expedition troops must be destroyed first, and Jiang Yao cannot be allowed to take away the Southern Territory.
To this end, the imperial court also dispatched an additional 100,000 sea monster soldiers and 100,000 blood demon soldiers, at least level three.
In addition, an additional 100,000 Zhenghuang Banner elites were dispatched!
Increase the number of troops by 300,000 in one go!
As a result, the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army exceeds one million, and the soldiers are all elites with middle and high-level cultivation!
In order to destroy the Ming army, the Qing Dynasty did not hesitate to maintain a temporary defensive strategy against Chu, attacking from the north and defending from the west.
Thinking of Jiang Yao, Qing Lu's narrow eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of coldness.
Haha, Jiang Yao, Jiang Zhongda.
It seems that fate has played a trick on people. He was the leader of the Qing Dynasty back then, and today he is a minister of the Qing Dynasty. But in fact, his position of power is much higher than that of the previous leader of the B clan.
He also became a saint-level powerhouse.
Facts have proved that people like Qinglu, as long as they don't die, will come out sooner or later. It is impossible for them to really live in despair.
"Let's go into the tent and talk." Long Muhuang had the highest status. She waved her hand and walked straight into the main camp's tent.
Qinglu followed closely behind. Fu Ankang, the great general, followed closely with the generals.
This woman swaggered into the Chinese army's tent, walked straight to the commander's seat and sat down. Her posture was clearly that of a battle-hardened veteran, not like a young woman.
Then, she took out an imperial edict and a document from the political forum, and said solemnly:
"Mr. Fu, you can see for yourselves. This is the emperor's decree and government order, allowing me to take over the post of General Zhengbei, and Qinglu to take over the post of Governor of the Southern Territory."
"As for Mr. Fu, I will make you the deputy commander-in-chief and help me conquer the southern region and destroy the Ming army."
"I obey the decree." Fu Ankang took over the imperial edict and administrative documents in accordance with the military power handover procedures.
After that, he handed over his commander's seal, military talismans and other items.
At this point, he was no longer the general who conquered the north and the governor of the southern region, but became the deputy commander-in-chief.
"Mr. Fu." Long Muhuang smiled, "You are a close confidant of the emperor, and you are indispensable for this battle. The emperor and the court will never distrust Mr. Fu, but..."
Qinglu said with a smile: "Your Highness, the concubine, is too worried. How can Mr. Fu care about such things? In this matter of dealing with the Southern Territory and Jiang Yao, Mr. Fu knows that the concubine and the minister are more suitable."
"Who said that the imperial concubine and the minister are both from Shenzhou? Who said that the minister is an acquaintance of Jiang Yao?"
Long Muhuang also smiled, "Mr. Feng Bian said it well, that's the truth. I won't say more."
She was very satisfied with Qinglu's words, which saved her a lot of fuss.
Fu Ankang felt much better after hearing this.
The emperor still trusted him. But Qing Fengbi was right. For the posts of General of the North and Governor of the Southern Territory, Concubine Long and Marquis Ruizhong were indeed more suitable.
In this way, the military power of a million Qing troops and the power of the southern occupied area fell into the hands of Long Muhuang and Qinglu.
After taking over the position of governor of the Southern Territory, Qinglu immediately ordered the issuance of the "Order of Return to the Qing Dynasty and Surrender" and summoned the nobles of the Southern Territory martial arts family who were willing to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty.
The most powerful slogan of Qinglu is: "Unite to suppress the Ming Dynasty and prevent changes from happening together."
This means that the Qing Dynasty is a friend of the Southern Region and should unite to destroy false Ming Dynasty and jointly prevent reform and poor forces.
Cleverly, the conflict between the Han family, the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Region martial arts family was elevated to the conflict between the Southern Region martial arts family and the Qing army.
This was tantamount to giving an excuse for the martial nobles of the Southern Region to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
There are also matching combination tricks, one move after another, which is dazzling.
Once Qinglu's three fires are burned, the effect is immediate.
Many nobles of the Wu family who were still hesitating whether to surrender to the Qing Dynasty immediately surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and sent people to see the governor of the Southern Territory to discuss the conditions for returning to the Qing Dynasty. They were shameless.
At the same time, Qinglu also announced his identity as a human race in Shenzhou in a high-profile manner, saying that the Wu tribe and human race are originally one family, and the Qing Dynasty is the master of benevolence and righteousness.
A hypocritical order to cherish human life and not to kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Qinglu's insidious and vicious moves immediately brought the originally vigorous resistance situation in the occupied areas to a low ebb. Many anti-Qing forces were disintegrated under the soft knife.
In just ten days, Qinglu gathered a large number of forces that surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and formally formed the "Qing Suppression and Anti-Rebellion Army".
This so-called "Suppression and Anti-Rebellion Army" was actually the soldiers and horses of the Wu family who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but they just changed their names.
The governor of the Southern Territory said to these surrenderers:
"I am also a member of the Shenzhou clan. I have no merit, but in thirty years I can be ranked in the first rank and govern the southern region. You are ten times better than me. How can the Qing Dynasty treat me badly?"
"The Qing Dynasty's heart is the same as everyone else's. The only things to worry about are fake Ming, Jiang Yao, traitors from poor families, and reformers."
"Now that the false Ming Dynasty is coming, it will inevitably go against the grain, and the poor family will backfire. Who else can help you kill the Ming thieves except the King of the Qing Dynasty?"
Those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty said one after another: "Mr. Feng Bei is really a role model for our generation. With Mr. Feng Bei here, we have nothing to worry about."
"My great Qing Dynasty has the best luck in the sky, and my military might is unparalleled. I will surely dominate the world and unite the entire territory."
"Today, I know that our Qing Dynasty is really a country of benevolence and righteousness, and it is the destiny of destiny. Our Lord of the Qing Dynasty is actually a sage king who will never be seen again..."
Qinglu smiled and said: "As you all know, it is not too late. If you don't lose your handsome appearance, you will naturally be rich and noble forever."
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"Qinglu? Governor of the Southern Territory?"
"Raise 500,000 soldiers and horses to surrender to the Qing Dynasty?"
Jiang Yao, who got the news about Jin Yiwei, couldn't help but look confused when he heard the name Qing Lu.
Haha, it’s not that enemies never get together.
Ginger medicine is somewhat surprising.
And he was sure that this was Jiang Zhengyi's idea.
Sure enough, the cheap guy was lucky enough to survive.
Jiang Yao's face slowly darkened. Qing Lu's methods really made it more difficult to win the Southern Territory.
He told Qin Yu and others the news, and everyone looked a little excited.
"Lord." Deputy Commander Qin Yu stood up, "It's time to activate the arrangements made by the Divine Cult and the Imperial Guard."
"This is the best way to deal with Qinglu."
Jiang Yao nodded.
"Okay. Now we can only start the Dawn Plan in advance."
"We cannot allow Qinglu to successfully form an army of 500,000 to surrender to the Qing Dynasty."
King Ming gave a secret order and a secret chess move that had been arranged long ago was launched.
The underground force that the Tianping God Sect has been operating for many years has finally revealed its terrifying power!
ps: I can only add more updates tomorrow, I’m too busy today, Crab supports!