The battlefield outside the north gate of Zhuxian Town was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

For this reason, the coaches of both sides knew that this was their last breath of gambling! This is the turning point that affects the national destiny of Zhou and Qing Dynasties, and may even affect the ownership of the entire world!

If you don't count the Emperor Yuan Tianyou who suddenly appeared, the three kingdoms of Ming and Qing dynasties that are now competing for world supremacy are pretty much the same.

Although the Ming Dynasty had a larger population and a few "black technologies" in its hands, Zhu Heji was too ambitious and wanted to lead China to be the first to industrialize, so he established the "Half Beijing and Four Provinces" early on.

They carried out land equalization and education on the territory, and also set their sights on the vast ocean, which angered a lot of imperialists. Therefore, the troops Zhu Heji could use for hegemony in the Central Plains were only more than 100,000.

The military affairs of Wu Zhou and the Qing Dynasty were only this big!

Although Wu Zhou's territory is not small, the population is too small, and Wu Zhou has not established a military system similar to the government army system that integrates soldiers with the people. Wu Sangui's army is still following the old path of Guan Ning's professional soldiers. Basic situation

They are the second and third generations of Guan Ning's army, plus the troops who came to Wu Sangui when he was the King of the West, plus some new soldiers who came over or recruited after he raised his army.

Since Wu Sangui's financial resources were quite limited, he had done everything he could to feed an army of more than 100,000 people!

The situation of the Qing Dynasty was similar to that of the Wu and Zhou Dynasties. Although the territory was not small, the military base it relied on was still those under the Eight Banners system. Both the old and new Eight Banners had to rely on the almost collapsed finances to support them.

Therefore, the field troops of more than 100,000 people were almost the foundation of the Zhou family in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Once it's all gone, the country will be finished!

So this battle of Zhuxian Town is a real country-wide gamble!

However, the purposes of both parties involved in the bet are also different. Wu Zhou's purpose is to win - Wu Zhou Group was originally a branch of the Eight Banners Group of the Qing Dynasty, and their relationship with the nobles of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty is very close.

There is the possibility of absorbing and merging the Eight Banners Group.

Therefore, if Wu Zhou can achieve a decisive victory in the Battle of Zhuxian Town, then Wu Sangui can use "internal diplomacy" to divide and absorb the Eight Banners Group, so that Wu Zhou's military base can be expanded by 10% in the short term.

Fifty to one time.

But Emperor Kangxi's purpose was to maintain peace and seek peace - he knew very well how small his army was, and it was impossible to win a big victory in Zhuxian Town. And it was impossible for his Eight Banners Group to absorb the Wu and Zhou Group!

Because to the Eight Banners Group, the Wu Zhou Group is a traitor and a traitor - which is worse than the enemy!

Even if Kangxi could grit his teeth and tolerate this group of rebellious people, Wu Zhou and his group would worry day and night about settling the accounts with the Queen of Autumn.

Therefore, once Wu Zhou's main force is wiped out, the collapsed Wu Zhou Group is likely to be absorbed and merged by Zhu Ming Group... By then Zhu Mingke will have an overwhelming advantage!

Compared with this result, it is most ideal to first maintain peace and curb Wu and Zhou's northward advance. Then seek peace to maintain the situation of the Three Kingdoms competing for hegemony. Finally, strive to defeat Wu and Zhu and form the pattern of Southern Zhou and Northern Qing.

Therefore, the tactics adopted by Emperor Kangxi on the battlefield of Zhuxian Town were originally aimed at "guaranteing a draw".

And this strategy and tactics of "maintaining peace and seeking peace" have been very successful so far!

Under today's military and technical conditions, positional defense warfare is obviously much easier than offensive warfare.

Moreover, the Qing army still had an advantage in numbers and had a cavalry advantage that was three times that of the enemy!

Therefore, the Battle of Zhuxian Town lasted from the night of the 12th to the early morning of the 20th. The battle lasted for seven days and eight nights, but the outcome was still not decided.

A draw looks to be in sight!

Now the corpses are piled up on the battlefield to the north of Zhuxian Town, and the donated blood has soaked into the melting snow and soil, forming a large area of ​​bloody mud. The Qing army defended the battlefield consisting of carts, shield carts, sandbags, and snow piles.

The formed vehicle barrier was made one after another by Wu Jun's artillery shells and grenade hammers... In several larger gaps, corpses were lying on top of each other. Soldiers from both Qing and Zhou dynasties exchanged views like this.

Stacked and died in one place.

Emperor Kangxi was still standing unsteadily on a roof in a village not too far from the battlefield, looking southward. Under the firelight and moonlight, Wu Zhoujun was reorganizing his troops and preparing to attack again!

It’s endless, when will it end!

Just when Emperor Kangxi felt a little desperate, Zhou Peigong's cry suddenly came to his ears: "Good news! Good news... Your Majesty, what a great victory!"

Great victory?

Emperor Kangxi was stunned for a moment, almost suspecting that he was so tired that he was hallucinating... These days, it seems that the only war happening here is Zhuxian Town, and there are no major battles elsewhere. Where did the victory come from?

Could it be that the pseudo-Ming army attacked Guazhoubu?

Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi lowered his head and looked down, only to find that there were many people standing in the courtyard below - Tuhai, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Gabra, Li Fei, Du Lide, Feng Pu, Xiong Cilu

, Wang Fuchen, Zhou Peigong and others are all here!

Most of these people came from Kaifeng - this time Kangxi brought most of the imperial court with him, so there were a lot of government affairs that Kaifeng had to deal with every day, and Kangxi didn't bother to care about it, so he just left it to them.

There are several bachelors and ministers of the South Study Room.

What's going on with these great bachelors and ministers of the Southern Study? Why are they all running to the front line?

How big a victory is this?

Thinking of this, Kangxi asked: "Where is the great victory?"

"Your Majesty, please come down first..." Gabra, Kangxi's father-in-law, asked Kangxi to come down from the roof. "Is it dangerous for you to stand at such a high height? What if you fall?"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, come down..."

"Your Majesty, please come down first and we'll talk slowly."

"Yeah, let's talk slowly if we have anything to say, you stand so tall..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, come down quickly!"

What does this mean? Why are you afraid that the emperor will jump off the building?

Kangxi was confused, but he still climbed down the ladder. After he stood firmly on the ground, he asked: "Tell me, where was the great victory?"

"Beijing..." Zhou Peigong said, and handed a piece of information to Kangxi with both hands, "Your Majesty, this is Prince Gong's information."

"A great victory in Beijing?" Kangxi asked as he took the folder, "Have you caught Burney? This traitor should be executed without mercy!"

Everyone around Kangxi was silent... This was unusual!

Kangxi felt something was wrong and hurriedly opened the memorial. Eunuch Gui and Duolong who were waiting beside him quickly raised two lanterns and lit them for him.

When Kangxi opened the memorial and took a look, he was shocked.

Because this document sent in the name of Prince Gong Chang Ning was written in Mongolian characters, and Kangxi recognized it as Bumbutai's handwriting at a glance!

Needless to say, this memorial was written by Bumu Butai himself, and the content was to report to Kangxi "the victory of expelling the Yuan, Zhou and Ming families and regaining the Forbidden City"!

"The Forbidden City unexpectedly..." After half-reading, Emperor Kangxi felt his vision darken and his head feel dizzy, as if he had been slapped suddenly.

Although he had known for a long time that Beijing was attacked by Burney, he did not know that the Forbidden City was lost, let alone that his grandmother Bumbutai and his wife Hesheli had retreated to the Bada Hutong...

The rumor that was spread two days ago that was so outrageous that no one believed it was actually true!

What made Kangxi even more frightened was that in the letter, the old grandmother asked Emperor Kangxi to end the war in Henan as soon as possible and lead the army back to the north of the Yellow River!

There is no doubt that Bumbutai did not tell Kangxi all about the bad situation in Beijing!

"Your Majesty..." Zhou Peigong suddenly came up to speak at this time, "Why don't you agree to Wu Sangui's request for peace, and then confront Wu Sangui from north to south and divide the world equally!"

What? When did Wu Sangui propose such a condition? Kangxi was confused for a while and turned to look at Zhou Peigong.

At this time, the ministers around him also seemed to have woken up from a dream, and they all agreed.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, please agree to share the world equally with Wu Sangui!"

"Your Majesty, the situation is pressing now, please take a step back!"

"Your Majesty, if you keep the green hills here, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood!"
Chapter completed!