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After the Qing court entered the customs, it needed to deal with the peasant army and the exiled court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and absorbed some of the Ming Dynasty's descendants as thugs. Of course, this also laid the foundation for the subsequent San Francisco Rebellion. In the twelfth year of the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor made the decision to withdraw his domain. Wu Sangui raised an army in Yunnan in November of the same year and put forward the slogan of "Xingming and Seeking Prisoners". After that, he traveled north from Yunnan and Guizhou, occupying almost all of Hunan, and then Sichuan. Suddenly, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Hubei and other places have responded.
On the contrary, Wu Sangui's opponent, the Manchu Qing army, experienced more than 20 years of peace and had long lost the ability to bravely conquer in the past. However, what is puzzling is that In the face of a piece of wu Sangui who is in good form, he is gradually moving towards extinction. Why?
The first is a strategic blunder. According to The topographical strategic division of China's "four corners, four sides and one Central Plains", the geographical strategic significance of Hunan is far less important than that of Hubei. If Hubei was occupied and then the water went east, the Jiangnan region, the rich and powerful area of the Qing court, became Wu Sangui's bag. This is also the reason why the Southern Dynasty has been repeatedly threatened by the Land of Jingxiang for generations. However, after he occupied Hunan, he deployed his defenses along the river and did not dare to go north again. It just so happened that Kangxi saw the flaw in the deployment and immediately adjusted the deployment and firmly nailed the rebels to the territory of Hunan. Although Wu Sangui's tactical ability is very superb, he has not been able to open the situation.
The second is the looseness of the alliance. Wu Sangui was the backbone of the anti-Qing campaign. In addition, there are Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin, Taiwan Zheng Jing and others to join. But many of these people are at both ends of the rat and just want to take advantage of the situation. The Qing court saw the mystery of this, so it adopted the strategy of fighting and pulling, dividing the opponents, and weakening the strength of the rebellion one by one. Typical of them, like Zheng Jingzhi, have no foresight and regard personal gains and losses as more important than anything else. When the Qing court was threatened by the King of Chahar and sent the last of his family members out to resist, Wu Sangui hoped that he could take advantage of the advantages of the water army and attack the Liaodong region by sea. At that time, the garrison in the Liaodong region was quite empty, and it was also a major place for the Qing court, and once it was lost, the Qing court would be torn apart even if it was not destroyed. However, Zheng Jing completely ignored this suggestion, and constantly sent troops to attack his ally Shang Zhixin, hoping to seize the land of Fujian. The result? Shang Zhixin defected to Qing, and he not only did not get Fujian, but also suffered a heavy blow and had no choice but to withdraw from the mainland.
In addition, Wu Sangui is also selfish. Before Kangxi issued an edict to withdraw the domain, he had the idea of dividing Yungui. He never claimed the title of emperor after the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, but he finally tore off the mask that had been disguised for a long time when the situation was most unfavorable and founded the country as emperor. Of course, this move is only to satisfy personal vanity.
After Wu Sangui's death, some people proposed to seize Hubei, all the way to the Central Plains, all the way down the river to seize Jiangnan. If this move is successful, even if it cannot destroy the Manchu Qing, it can be crossed to compete with it. This was the last straw at that time, but unfortunately, the soldiers only cared about their own acres and acres of land, and no one paid attention to the future of the world. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before the Wu Group is overthrown.