"What? You want to use Beijing's troops? That is the foundation of our Qing Dynasty!"

When Emperor Kangxi heard that Beijing's troops were about to be attacked, his brows immediately knitted together and he muttered something in a low voice.

Kangxi was right. The guards he left in Beijing were the true foundation of the Qing Dynasty!

When Kangxi led the coated slave army southward last year, he left behind a total of 25,000 Eight-Banner soldiers, 5,000 coated slave soldiers, and 5,000 Green Camp troops in Beijing, for a total of 35,000. It doesn't look like a lot, but

Among them, 25,000 banner soldiers are all serious Manchurian heavenly soldiers!

The total number of Manchu men in the early years of Kangxi was just over 50,000 - really few!

In the 11th year of Shunzhi's trial period, the number of legitimate males in Manchuria was only 49,660. By the 12th year of Kangxi, when Emperor Kangxi personally led the expedition, the number had not increased much in more than ten years, which was only 50,000.

The number of heads.

Of course, this is the number of full-time bannermen, and does not include the number of slaves who are in charge of the banner, the slaves who open a banner (that is, the banner slaves who can establish another household under the banner), and the number of bannermen in another household (that is, the slaves who sneak into the Eight Banners team), that is,

Not including the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Eight Banners Han Army, they are the core backbone of the Eight Banners team.

In other words, Emperor Kangxi only took half of the Eight Banners' regular bannermen to fight against Wu Sangui and Zhu Heji, while leaving the other half in Beijing to look after his family.

However, he did this not only because he was worried that his home in Beijing would be taken away, but because at that time, the Eight Banners Manchurian Banners who could be brought out to fight were only 20,000 thousand people, and the remaining ones were really unable to take them.

Therefore, Kangxi left all the Eight Banners soldiers who were "unable to lead" in Beijing, and were supervised and trained strictly by Chang Ning, Suo'etu, Kabra and others.

At the same time, Kangxi also ordered Chang Ning and others to "strictly examine" the bannermen in another household in order to increase the number of bannermen in Manchuria.

After more than a year of "examination", the number of Zhengshen Banners remaining in Beijing increased by seven to eight thousand. Now it has reached more than thirty thousand. After the year, an additional five thousand coated slaves and some new slaves were absorbed.

The total number reached 40,000.

These 40,000 people were reorganized by Chang Ning, Suo Etu and others according to the model of the Eight Banners New Army, and formed eight Eight Banners New Army Gushan (one for each banner).

And these eight solid mountains were the foundation of the Qing Dynasty!

Even if all the Eight Banners new armies brought by Kangxi are exhausted, as long as these eight Eight Banners new armies are still in Gushan, the Qing Dynasty will be able to withdraw from Shanhaiguan, and Emperor Kangxi may still be able to become the Qing Shun Emperor... With the Qing Dynasty

Is it better to act as Emperor Shun than to act as nothing?

Emperor Kangxi, who had suffered a series of defeats, was no longer as high-spirited as he was more than a year ago. When it was time for him to place bets again, his hands were shaking a little...

"Your Majesty," someone else knelt down to Kangxi at this time. It turned out to be Kang Mazi's uncle, Prince An, Yue Le, "In addition to the soldiers in Beijing, there are four elite elites from Gushan in Shaanxi and Gansu...

It's time to move! Now that the Qinling Mountains are covered with snow, the rebels in Hanzhong can't attack at all, and it's impossible for our people to go south. Those four Gushan soldiers can just be transferred to Henan. And these four Gushan soldiers are here

It's near Xi'an and not far from Henan.

Coupled with the eight Gushan New Eight Banners Army from Beijing, Henan will be able to gather twenty-eight Gushan New Army, enough to fight Wu Ni."

The four Gushan Mountains in Shaanxi and Gansu were adapted from the green battalions stationed in the Eight Banners in Xi'an and the two provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi. They were controlled by the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Moro Luo, the General of Xi'an, Dong'e, the Admiral of Gansu, Wang Jinbao, and the Admiral of Shaanxi, Zhang Yong.

In addition, in Moruo, Dong'e, Wang Jinbao, and Zhang Yong each had thousands of green soldiers, with a total strength of no less than 40,000.

"Your Majesty, you still have the warriors from the Eight Banners outside Guanwai and Butha to sacrifice the Eight Banners!"

Bahai also knelt down to Kangxi, "Now there are five thousand soldiers in the Eight Banners outside the Pass, and there are thousands of soldiers in Butha's Eight Banners!"

When the New Eight Banners were organized and trained at the beginning of the year, General Fengtian and General Ningguta also received the order to train troops... They have now organized and trained a new Gushan Banner based on the Guanwai Eight Banners and the Butha Dashi Eight Banners.

The army can also be transferred to the customs at any time."

Kangxi counted on his fingers. He had sixteen Gushan mobile troops around him. Twelve more Gushan could be mobilized from Beijing and Shaanxi, and two more Gushan could be mobilized from outside the customs. There were thirty Gushan in total.

, 150,000 troops!

This is a gamble that will cost the country!

"Thirty solid mountains, 150,000 heavenly soldiers...can we win?" Emperor Kangxi's tone was full of uncertainty.

"able!"

Zhou Peigong was still as confident as ever, "Your Majesty, in fact, Sun Sike's legacy has given me the method to win the Qing Dynasty!"

Sun Sike's legacy is not considered a secret book, but it is not a title book either. It is somewhere between the two. A Nanshufang like Zhou Peigong is qualified to read it. Moreover, Kangxi received many legacy books during this period, which made him a little depressed.

So I asked Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong, Huang Zhisheng, Wang Shirong and others to help take a look. If those loyal men of the Qing Dynasty have any last wishes that can be fulfilled without much trouble, just write a note and hand it to Kangxi.

Most of the bequests were meant to say goodbye and ask for some treatment. The only exception was Sun Sike's bequest, which was brought by Yue Shenglong and placed in front of Emperor Kangxi.

Sun Sike, a good servant of the Qing Dynasty, had not forgotten Kang Mazi until the last moment...so he wrote all the experiences and lessons he had gained with his life in the fold, and asked Yue Shenglong to hand it to Kangxi.

As soon as Kangxi was reminded by Zhou Peigong, he immediately opened the blood-stained remains on the cover and read each word carefully.

It turns out that Sun Sike proposed to Emperor Kangxi a method of "repaying him with his own way" in his legacy... He copied the Ming army's flintlock tactics and trench tactics!

In addition, Sun Sike also suggested that the Qing court cast a large number of black powder hand grenades and light Weiyuan general cannons and Hongyi small cannons that could rely on "trenches" to fight...

In short, the "trench tactics" of "digging trenches at any time" should be used as the basis to replace the original infantry formation!

I have to say, this method is quite effective!

Even if there are no flintlock muskets, light Weiyuan general cannons and Hongyi small cannons, as long as the trench is dug well, plus a certain number of cavalry for cover, plus the Weiyuan general cannon and black powder grenade hammer

With its firepower, there is a high probability that it can compete with the Ming and Zhou armies.

"Okay!" Kangxi slammed the table, "Sun Sike is indeed a rare loyal minister and a rare talent in our Qing Dynasty..."

At this point, he burst into tears, "I actually put such a talent to death... I'm so sorry for Zhonglie!"

"Your Majesty... my condolences!"

"Your Majesty...take care!"

A group of servants in Kangxi's study all knelt down, crying and asking Kang Mazi to express his condolences and take care of himself.

Kangxi took out a yellow handkerchief and wiped the tears on his face, with a determined expression on his thin pockmarked face, "It's not just that you have flintlock guns, but I have plenty of black powder, and I have plenty of cast iron hollow hammers...

...and then order Huaibei, Henan, and Shandong provinces to immediately build 100,000 short-handled shovels!

A decree was sent to Suo'etu, ordering him to command the 40,000 New Eighth Banners in Beijing and immediately go south!

Then pass the order to Moruo, Dong'e, Wang Jinbao, and Zhang Yong, asking them to immediately lead the new Eight Banners Army from Shaanxi to march eastward to Henan!

Also, Bahai!”

"The slave is here!"

Kangxi said: "I order you to be General Fengtian. Immediately mobilize 10,000 new troops outside the pass and come to Henan as soon as possible to join the war!"

"I obey the order... I will definitely bring the most elite new army from outside the Pass to the Emperor!"

Kangxi's face was stern and his tone was deep: "I will give the order to the Mongolian princes of Chahar and Horqin each to mobilize 50,000 Mongolian cavalry to Zhangjiakou, and Shanhaiguan will obey!

This time I will gather 250,000 Manchu and Mongolian elite soldiers and use Sun Sike's method to fight Wu Sangui to the death!"

Kangxi really did a good job this time!

Not only did all the Manchurian elite troops come out, but the Mongolian forces outside the Great Wall were also mobilized as much as possible, and a total of 200,000 troops were assembled!

If this battle fails, then we really have no choice but to go to Meishan...
Chapter completed!