The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 696 Wu Sangui's New Illness
"So far, the people are more peaceful, the food is more sufficient, the soldiers are more refined, and they are controlling strings and arrows. They have looked at our people in the Central Plains for a long time without a master, and they feel deeply guilty. I respectfully accept the destiny, and dare not be safe. Fang wants to send troops to the north. Drive out the barbarians, save the people from the misery, and restore the majesty of the Han officials..."

In the end, Zhu Hongyu still used Zhu Yuanzhang's call for the Northern Expedition as the end.

His meaning is already very clear!
Nothing else, just the Northern Expedition!

After Zhu Hongyu finished speaking, he threw Huang Chou into the brazier.

While the flames were burning, Huangchou quickly turned to ashes!
A gust of wind blew up and swirled the remnants left by the burning of the thick yellow towards the direction of the top of the treasure...

In the next moment, the call for the Northern Expedition resounded throughout Xiaoling Mausoleum.

"Northern Expedition!"

"Northern Expedition!"

"Northern Expedition!"

"..."

With the outflow of sacrificial texts used by Zhu Hongyu to pay homage to Xiaoling, it spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River.

Furthermore, the call for the Northern Expedition resounded throughout the world.

Not only in the south of the Yangtze River, but even in the north of the Yangtze River, there are calls for the Northern Expedition everywhere.

Almost everyone is looking forward to the smooth launch of the Great Ming Northern Expedition!

After Zhu Hongyu completed his annual report to his ancestors, he returned to Nanjing.

He was not in a hurry to send troops to the Northern Expedition immediately, but sent an order to the cabinet and the five-army governor's office to immediately start preparing the food, grass, ordnance needed for the army's Northern Expedition.

Wait until the beginning of spring and the weather will warm up before officially mobilizing troops to the north!

The reason for this is that most of the soldiers of the Ming army were from the south, fearing that they would not be able to adapt to the cold climate in northern winter and early spring.

Waiting until the weather gets warmer before launching the Northern Expedition can minimize the non-combat attrition of the Ming army.

As the imperial court began to prepare for the Northern Expedition, more and more food and military equipment, as well as ships responsible for transporting food and grass, were mobilized from various places to Nanjing.

……

Guanzhong, Chang'an City!

Although Chang'an today is no longer as prosperous as it was in the Ming Dynasty, with the influx of soldiers from the Guanning Army and their families, Chang'an has regained some vitality.

At the very least, you can see pedestrians anytime, anywhere on the streets and in the fields!
The situation in Guanzhong is much better than that of the southwestern provinces that are full of ghosts.

Last year, Wu Sangui received a lot of taxes in Guanzhong.

The Guan Ning army was able to stabilize the situation after the defeat in Huguang. Except that the Ming army did not cross the river to pursue it, it also had a certain relationship with the large amount of money and food that Guanzhong could provide.

You know, Guanzhong provided Daming with nearly [-]% of the world's taxes in the pre-Ming period.

Shaanxi is a real tax-paying province!
As long as you think that the civil unrest in the late Ming Dynasty first started in Shaanxi, you can imagine how heavy the taxes Shaanxi borne.

Sometimes, natural disasters alone cannot kill people, and man-made disasters are much more terrifying than natural disasters.

After Wu Sangui's defeat in Huguang, he became depressed.

Government affairs and military affairs were handed over to his two sons respectively, while he himself hid in the harem, indulging in drinking, sex, singing and dancing.

I want to use this to numb my heart!

Among them, government affairs were handed over to Wu Yingxiong, and military affairs were handed over to Wu Yingqi.

After a period of time, Guanzhong was thriving under Wu Yingxiong's governance.

Of course, there are also reasons why the climate in Guanzhong gradually returned to normal as the Little Ice Age came to an end.

On the [-]th day of February in the first year of Guangfu of the Ming Dynasty, at the Fengtian Hall in Chang'an City.

Wu Sangui was holding a sacrificial oration from the south of the Yangtze River in his hand, or it would be more accurate to say that it was a call to action for the Northern Expedition, with a serious expression on his face.

Looking at this murderous proclamation, he seemed to see the ferocious offensive of the Ming army on the battlefield again in a trance.

Fierce artillery fire, piercing charging horns, iron hooves of war horses...

All in all, impressive!
Just thinking about it for a while, Wu Sangui felt a wave of fear from the bottom of his heart.

With the Guanning Army's defeat of Aobai's troops in the Battle of Guanzhong, Wu Sangui's late-stage panic disorder was finally cured.

However, unfortunately, after the decisive battle in Huguang, Wu Sangui suffered from a new disease, phobia.

All I can say is, um, it's fucked up!
Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi stood in front of Wu Sangui, and Wu Yingxiong spoke.

"Father, judging from the information we know so far, Ming Thief is about to launch the Northern Expedition!"

"We absolutely can't sit idly by!"

"If Ming Thief succeeds in driving Pseudo-Qing out of the pass, I'm afraid my lips will die and my teeth will be cold!"

The puppet Qing Dynasty here refers to the Qing army in the pass led by Obai.

What Wu Yingxiong said was also what Wu Yingqi thought.

It is true that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold!

If Oboi was defeated by Da Ming and completely driven out of the pass, there is no doubt that Da Ming's next step would be to rush to the pass.

The concept of great unification is deeply engraved in the bones of the Chinese people!

But for any ambitious ruler, except for the weirdness of Zhao Jiumei, there is no one who does not want to unify the world and be the real lord of China.

If you can't really rule the world, the emperor will always lack confidence in doing it!

"That's right, father, what elder brother said is right, we have to do something on our side, we must not just sit back and watch the Ming thief drive Oboi's troops out of the pass!"

Neither Wu Yingxiong nor Wu Yingqi said it directly, but their meaning was very clear.

The current situation in the world is that Ming is strong but weak. If they want to protect themselves, they must form an alliance with Dongqing to fight against Ming together.

Otherwise, the Eastern Qing and the Western Qing will only be defeated by Daming one by one!

Wu Sangui understood the meaning of his two sons' words, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

When Wu Sangui raised his army, he played under the banner of the Qing emperor's side, punishing Oboi.

Now, it would be a shame to let him unite with Obai's subordinates!

However, this was not the most fundamental reason why Wu Sangui was so hesitant to make up his mind.

The real reason why Wu Sangui fell into hesitation was actually because Wu Sangui was scared of being beaten by Daming, and he didn't dare to take the initiative to stand on the opposite side of Daming.

To put it bluntly, it is an ostrich mentality!
As long as Da Ming has not sent troops to attack him, he is not willing to stand up and face Da Ming's soldiers.

Seeing the embarrassment on Wu Sangui's face, Wu Yingqi said.

"If the father is unwilling to join forces with Aobai and the traitors to fight against the Ming Dynasty, then I, the Qing Dynasty, have to prepare other ways out in advance!"

"In case the Ming bandits go west again after taking Beizhi, we, the Qing Dynasty, have no time to deal with it."

Wu Sangui rolled his eyes and asked.

"Ying Qi, what other way out are you talking about?"

Wu Yingqi clasped his fists and said.

"My Qing Dynasty has three main options at present. One is to unite with Obai's troops to fight against the Ming Dynasty. This is the best policy!"

"The second is to launch the Western Expedition in advance, move westward, avoid the soldiers of Ming thieves, and escape to the Western Regions in order to establish a country in the Western Regions. This is the best strategy!"

"The third is to start to manage the Tongguan defense line in Guanzhong, and prepare to resist the attack of Ming thieves in Guanzhong. This is the worst policy!"

The reason why it was a bad move was because Wu Yingqi knew that no matter how they managed the defense line, they would not be able to withstand the heavy artillery bombardment of the Ming army with superior firepower.

(End of this chapter)