In the twelfth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Wu Sangui raised an army against the Qing Dynasty, and with great momentum, he immediately won the response of the other two princes. In addition, Kong Youde's son-in-law Sun Yanling also responded with troops, and Wu Sangui's men and horses in Guizhou and Shaanxi and Gansu responded.
Moreover, Wu Sangui's speed was really fast, and after mastering the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, he began to lay out and seize the world. First, he let the general Wang Pingfan attack Sichuan, and secondly let the general Ma Bao lead his troops into Hunan.
Changde, Changsha, Yueyang, and Hengyang all fell into Wu Sangui's hands for almost two months. In addition, Inspector Luo Sen of Sichuan and Viceroy Zheng Jiaolin announced their surrender to Wu Sangui, and the whole of Sichuan was also captured by Wu Sangui.
After that, Sun Yanling, Geng Jingzhong, and others also began to make moves, especially Wang Fuchen of Shaanxi and Gansu, who suddenly mutinied in the thirteenth year of Kangxi and killed the Shaanxi Jingluo Moluo sent by Kangxi.
For a time, the Qing Dynasty was in danger. In Kangxi's plot, this disaster could only be avoided if the battle against Wu Sangui in Hubei was won, so Kangxi wanted to march on several occasions.
In the face of such a big advantage, Wu Sangui should have directly pounded the Yellow Dragon and taken the capital in one fell swoop. But why did he linger in Hengyang for a long time and finally miss the best time to succeed? I think there are several reasons for this.
First, Kangxi's deployment of the whole country was fast and accurate, and it slowed down Wu Sangui's pace.
Kangxi declared a rebellion on November 21, 12012, and it was only a month later that the news reached the capital. It is conceivable that Wu Sangui used this 1 month to lay down many cities. This is also the fastest stage in the rising period of Wu Sangui's career, which caught the other party off guard.
However, when Kangxi eased up, the situation was different, and Kangxi gave the following countermeasures when dealing with Wu Sangui's rebellion:
First, the withdrawal of the domain was postponed, that is, in order to stabilize Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi, who had not yet rebelled at that time. Give them a little hope, and no one will want to rebel with their heads up. The effect of this policy on the commendable is that it is good.
Second, the new Governor of Yunnan, Sang'e, don't go to Yunnan to take office, go directly to the front line to be the Viceroy of Huguang. In addition, the governor of Yunnan, Eshan, also stayed in Hunan, and together with Cai Yurong, the governor of Huguang, stabilized the place and dealt with Wu Sangui's army.
Third, let the Xi'an general Varka lead troops into Sichuan to prevent Wu Sangui's men and horses from taking advantage of the situation in Sichuan. Unfortunately, Valka died of illness during the siege of Boryeong. Therefore, this strategy did not succeed.
Fourth, in order to stabilize Wu Sangui's former subordinates, Kangxi specially issued an edict stating that the rebellion was only a personal act of Wu Sangui and that no old ministry related to him would be prosecuted. Even if there were relatives in the family who were on an errand under Wu Sangui, they would not be affected by anything. Stabilizing the hearts and minds of the world, this trick is very effective.
Fifth, constantly sending troops to the front line, when Wu Sangui blossomed on three sides, Kangxi only targeted his main force in Hubei, Hunan. Therefore, a large army was sent to garrison Jingzhou to prevent Wu Sangui from going north.
Sixth, if Wu Yingxiong and his entire family are pressed in the capital and have a hostage in their hands, then there will be no panic.
Seventh, he stabilized the governor of Shaanxi, Ha Zhan, as well as the viceroy Daniel Zhang and Wang Fuchen, and rewarded them with kindness. But the effect was not obvious, Ha Zhan was his own person, there was no problem, Daniel Zhang was also loyal, but unfortunately Wang Fuchen could not do it, and actually slaughtered Kangxi's emissary Mo Luo.
With these few strategies, the usefulness accounts for most of them. At least at this time, Kangxi did not panic, but made such a full preparation for the first time, which is worthy of praise. It is precisely because Kangxi remedied in a timely manner that Wu Sangui stagnated in the Battlefield of Hubei, Hunan for a long time.
Second, Wu Sangui's forces were cut off by Kangxi one by one.
It seems that the huge San Francisco rebellion, in fact, if you look closely, only the performance at the beginning is very prominent, and after a long time, there have been many problems within the Wu Sangui Group.
Problem one, Wu Sangui ate Sun Yanling.
Sun Yanling relied on the relationship between his daughter-in-law Kong Sizhen and was able to have the domain of Guangxi. Therefore, at the repeated request of Kong Sizhen, Sun Yanling was indeed instigated. Wu Sangui had long wanted to annex Guangxi, so he not only killed Sun Yanling's father and son, but also killed the entire family of Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, and completely seized Guangxi.
It seems to have enhanced its strength, but it is not worth the loss. Not only did most of Sun Yanling's subordinates surrender to the Qing court, but other people who followed Wu Sanguigan felt cold.
Problem two, Zheng Jing and Geng Jingzhong are infighting.
Geng Jingzhong's territory was in Fujian, and Zheng Chenggong's son, Zheng Jing, had always occupied Taiwan. The two were too close together, so there was always friction in the past.
After Wu Sangui raised an army, the two of them shook hands and made peace, indicating that they were jointly opposed to the Qing. However, just as Geng Jingzhong was planning to swallow Zhejiang and use troops on the front line, Zheng Jing actually sneaked into Fujian's territory behind his back. As a result, Geng Jingzhong, who was so angry, simply stopped picking and refused to do anything, and directly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
Question three, Wang Fuchen was taken care of by Kangxi.
The Shaanxi and Gansu occupied by Wang Fuchen were not monolithic, and although Ha zhan did nothing, he was a Manchurian and could not surrender to Wang Fuchen. Daniel Zhang made a great contribution to the confrontation with Wang Fuchen.
First, he ordered Moluo to unify the Green Battalion Infantry Brigade down to Sichuan, and worried about the dangers of the Bashu Road, so that Belle Dong'e led the Manchurian cavalry to continue the advance. Before the army arrived, it was Yue GengYin Shuo, Yu Mi, and the auxiliary ministers who instigated the noise and robbed Mo Luo. Morrow's troops fought it off. Fu Ding, the auxiliary minister fu led the party to, the cannon arrow Rain, Mo Luo was wounded, died in the army. --- Draft History of the Qing Dynasty
Wu Sangui sent his men to support Wang Fuchen, but was defeated three times by Daniel Zhang. In addition, after the Ningxia Mutiny, Daniel Zhang recommended Zhao Liangdong as the viceroy of Ningxia and saved Ningxia.
When Daniel Zhang backed gansu and engaged Wu Sangui's reinforcements, Kangxi sent the university Shi Tuhai to bring troops. Wang Fuchen at both ends of the first rat chose to descend here in fright. Whether it was sincere or not, this was too much of a blow to Wu Sangui.
Third, Wu Sangui died, giving Wu Sangui's army a heavy blow.
Along with the fifteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Wang Fuchen's rebellion was quelled. The people who supported Wu Sangui gradually began to waver. In October of that year, Geng Jingzhong chose to surrender, and in March of the following year, Shang Zhixin also chose to surrender.
Therefore, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shaanxi and Gansu, which were previously in the hands of San Francisco, all returned to the hands of the Qing army again. According to the reason, at this time, Kangxi was in a good position, and it was long overdue to encircle Wu Sangui's army in the land of Huguang.
But the situation is really not like this, even if the situation is very good, the Qing army and the Wu army are still in a stalemate in the Huguang battlefield for a long time, and no one has an obvious breakthrough.
There was no breakthrough in the main battlefield, which was undoubtedly a strategic mistake for Kangxi, who had planned to personally conquest at the beginning and regarded the main battlefield as the key. In order to stabilize the situation in Huguang, Wu Sangui simply declared himself emperor in Hengyang and established the Zhou Dynasty.
However, Wan Wan did not expect that Wu Sangui's claim to the throne in Hengyang changed the situation of the war. Because he did so, he undoubtedly gave up Hubei and northern Hunan, so that the Qing army continued to recover the lost land.
At this critical juncture of life and death, Wu Sangui died suddenly! Wu Sangui died in August of the seventeenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, dealing a very great blow to the Wu army. Therefore, the Qing army took advantage of this opportunity to exert a strong position in Huguang, forcing the Wu army to shrink its troops and retreat to Yungui.
Fourth, the Shaanxi soldiers enter the river, and the hammer is finalized!
Just when kangxi's main force was victorious in Huguang, the soldiers and horses of Shaanxi and Gansu were not willing to be lonely. At that time, Zhao Liangdong, the viceroy of Ningxia, took the initiative to ask for help and asked to bring troops into Sichuan.
Under Tuhai's arrangement, the Shaanxi-Gansu terracotta army divided into four roads into Sichuan. Among them, Zhao Liangdong took the boardwalk from Huixian to Sichuan, and was invincible along the way, successively taking MishuGuan, HuangzhuGuan, Huixian County, Luoyang, Yangpingguan, and Qiuxian County, and the battle achievements were terrible.
Liang Dong grabbed the armor, crossed the turbulence of horses, followed by his followers, the enemy fired artillery, wounded dozens of people, and there was no reviewer. The Three Gui soldiers were stunned and rushed through Qingchuan, defeated Shixiagou, defeated Qingjing Mountain, Xialong Anfu, crossed the Mingyue River, and passed through Mianzhu. The Sangui army was completely defeated, and the inspector Zhang Wende and his general Wang Wenyuan were all demoted, and Chengdu was restored, and the division was built for ten days. --- Draft History of the Qing Dynasty
In the Battle of Baishui Dam, Zhao Liangdong took the lead, boosted morale, and achieved a huge victory, after which he occupied Mianzhu and finally conquered Chengdu. With such a record, it was only 10 days before Zhao Liangdong sent troops.
Therefore, Zhao Liangdong was directly appointed by Kangxi as the governor of Yungui, and was given the title of Shangshu of the Army Department, responsible for the conquest of Yunnan. The Wu army not only lost in Huguang, but also in Sichuan, it also collapsed on all fronts, so it had long lost any morale.
After that, Zhao Liangdong led his troops straight to Yunnan and made an immortal contribution to the conquest of Kunming. It can be said that the entry of soldiers and horses from Shaanxi and Gansu into Sichuan was a direct factor in the complete suppression of the Rebellion of the Three Domains.
Wu Sangui developed rapidly in the early stage, but in the middle and late stages, it has been in a state of stagnation, which is a very fatal thing. On the Huguang battlefield, Wu Sangui was dragged for too long.
At that time, he dispersed some of his troops to Sichuan and Shaanxi and Gansu, which is why he encountered such a dilemma. I think that if he had been able to concentrate his forces, stop drinking horses when he reached the Yangtze River, and cross the river directly, then the situation would have opened up.
Unfortunately, he did not expect this, blindly wanted to blossom on three sides, and in the end none of them had an absolute advantage. It is not surprising that he was later broken by Kangxi.