Chapter 1175: The death of Jianxing
Chen Wu seemed to have a great honor to do his funeral, but at the same time, he was also holding a funeral far away in the northwest. However, compared to Chen Wuxian, this person's funeral was extremely simple and even desolate.
In fact, compared to Chen Wuxian, this person has far surpassed him in terms of status or influence, because the dead person was the nominal emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Jianxing.
Emperor Jianxing died in the end, and the death was so deserted that he was not even as good as the death of Kangxi back then.
After the coup in Xi'an, Emperor Jianxing lost his power and became a puppet in Prince Yong's hands. Although he still retained the title of emperor, Emperor Jianxing no longer had everything, and even the people around him could not keep it.
He was first placed under house arrest, then directly jailed. Later, his queen was taken away by Jianxing and imprisoned elsewhere, and then died unknown.
In fact, when the throne of high rise fell from the dust, Emperor Jianxing knew in his heart what was waiting for him. He used his son to imprison his father and did this same thing, but now all this is applied to himself again. Is it the reason for the cycle of heaven?
Although he was unwilling to accept his heart, Jianxing was powerless. Although the nominal title of emperor was still retained, what's the use of this?
As time went by, at first he expected a loyal minister to save him, but later Jianxing gave up completely. When he accidentally learned the ending of his queen from other people's conversations one day, Jianxing felt very sad, and at the same time he was extremely angry and hatred.
Since that day, Jianxing's body has been getting worse day by day. Not long ago, he was unable to get sick and soon went to see his ancestors.
When the news of Jianxing's death was reported to Prince Yong, Prince Yong just said "I know" these three sons indifferently, as if the death of the Qing emperor was only replaced by these simple three words.
Emperor Jianxing died silently, and even his body was confined with a thin wooden coffin and pulled it to the wasteland outside the city to be buried in grass. As for the news of his death, no one knew of it except a very few people. The one who held the power of the Qing court is still Prince Yong. To him, Jianxing is no longer of value now.
After being the regent for more than two years, Prince Yong has purged all the forces of Jianxing in the court and firmly held the government in his hands. In fact, Prince Yong could have replaced it at this time, but Prince Yong did not do so. This is not that Prince Yong is still thinking about brotherhood, but that he wants to wait until the northwest is completely pacified before he can take the emperor's throne with glory.
The war in Dihua continues. Although Longkodo has an advantage in the early stage, he ultimately failed to defeat Dihua in one go.
Prince Guo relied on Dihua City and Longkodo to deal with each other, and the battle between the two sides was in a stalemate, which made Prince Yong extremely dissatisfied.
In order to completely solve Prince Guo’s problem, Prince Yong decided to increase troops to Dihua. In his opinion, it is necessary to solve Prince Guo’s troops and take down Dihua. Once completed, the entire northwest will be fully captured by the Qing court. Although compared with the Central Plains, the northwest is not a land of fish and rice, the wealth, population and land in the northwest are indispensable things for the Qing court at present. Only by completely annexing the northwest, the Qing Dynasty still has a glimmer of hope. If it cannot take down the northwest, Prince Yong will not be able to compete with the Ming Dynasty with the territory occupied by the Qing court now.
To this end, Prince Yong ordered the increase of troops in Dihua. As before, it was very easy to increase troops, but the Qing court that lost the Central Plains was now a lean camel, and there was a very shortage of troops and food. The increase of troops in Dihua would consume the originally insufficient power of the Qing court, but at this time Prince Yong still made this decision.
This time, Prince Yong almost came up with his original intention, not only increased 20,000 troops to Dihua, but also sent almost all the treasure-like firearm troops out. It has to be said that Prince Yong was extremely courageous in doing this, and his increase in troops also played a role in determining the outcome of the battlefield.
Originally, Prince Guo suffered a loss in his carelessness now can only rely on Dihua to defend, and this defense is extremely difficult. Although it blocked Longkodo's attack, it was unable to counterattack.
When the Qing court's reinforcements arrived, the balance instantly tilted towards Longkodo's side. In addition, the reinforcements brought powerful firearm troops, which made Prince Guo, who had already struggled to support, no longer able to compete with Longkodo.
He stayed with the green mountains and did not worry about the lack of firewood. Prince Guo was also a ruthless man. Seeing the situation, he decided to break through the siege and go west. Before he left, he set a big fire in Dihua, which made the flames of Dihua City soar into the sky, and then led the remaining defeated generals to flee west.
"Master, the fire in the city has been barely controlled, but the losses are huge."
Outside Dihua City, the generals of Longkodo's camp reported to Longkodo. Longkodo nodded slightly, allowing him to completely extinguish the fire in the city, and then clean up the city.
Fortunately, it was in the northwest. Dihua City was established differently from the Central Plains. Houses rarely used brick and wood structures, and most of the houses were made of stone and local unique soil. Therefore, although Prince Guo's fire destroyed some materials that were too late to take away, it did not cause much damage to the entire Dihua City structure, which is a blessing in disgrace.
"Have the pursuers returned?" Longkodo asked.
"I haven't come back yet, but please rest assured. The general has sent a scout to contact him. In addition, the opponent evacuated in a panic after his defeat, so he has no ability to fight directly with our army." The deputy general said from the side.
Longkodo thought for a while and said, "Send scouts again, please contact us and let the troops come back. Now the other party has become a poor enemy. If you cannot exterminate it by taking the lead, you will temporarily release it."
"Yeah!" The deputy general responded and hurriedly went down to pass the order. After the deputy general left, Longkodo stepped out of the tent and looked up at Dihua City, which was still emitting black smoke not far away.
Although he won this battle himself, the winning was not smooth. More importantly, although he won the city of Dihua, he was still led by Prince Guo to escape.
Thinking of this, Longkodo was a little nervous. He didn't know what he would face next. From the series of situations in which Prince Yong urged him to attack Dihua to the later increase of troops in the court, Longkodo knew that Prince Yong was actually dissatisfied with him.
As Prince Yong's uncle, he knows the best of his nephew. Prince Yong is a mean and polite person, and he turns his face faster than flirting with books. Compared to Emperor Jianxing before, he is a more difficult master to serve, especially when you have no use of him, Prince Yong will abandon you without hesitation.
Longkodo didn't want to go back and report. The best way to put it in front of him is to continue leading troops outside. Only in this way can Longkodo protect himself and avoid being abandoned by Prince Yong like garbage.
Thinking of this, Longkodo once again looked at Dihua, who was close to him, then turned around and entered the tent, took out a blank memorial and wrote it.
Chapter completed!