scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 162 The Strong Enemy Attacks
In the judgment, Gao Dejie was only thrown out by the old traitor Wu Sangui as a bait. In fact, it was so difficult to chew, and its combat effectiveness was so fierce, it was a bit beyond the expectations of the veteran and the last famous general of the Qing Dynasty, Oboi.In addition, what makes Oboi secretly vigilant and worried is that since he came to power and resolutely ended the large-scale war in the country, in just ten years, the Qing army has deteriorated severely, and the soldiers' will to fight has also greatly declined. Contrary to Oboi's expectation.

The enemy advances and retreats, the most worrying thing for Oboi, a loyal lackey, is that he has already retreated.

As a veteran soldier who joined the army at the age of 15, Oboi certainly understood the reasons for the degeneration of the Qing army—there had been no large-scale wars in ten years, veterans retreated to death, and recruits had never been to a big battlefield. I have never seen so much blood when Mi Qing invaded the Central Plains, and his experience was severely lacking, and his psychology was extremely immature, which lowered the average combat effectiveness of Mi Qing's army.

In addition, there is another important reason for the degeneration of the Qing army's combat effectiveness, that is, the superior life of the Eight Banners, the core of the Qing army's main force, after entering the customs. Looting and plundering from it, bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes, under the pressure of survival, they are naturally very brave and tenacious in combat, and now the bannermen are eating hard-core crops, and every month there are Lumicola who are exploited and plundered from the Han people. With no worries about food and clothing, why are you still willing to risk your life on the battlefield?The core core is unwilling to work hard, so what do you expect the Han people in the auxiliary position to work hard?

On the contrary, although Wu Sangui's army is only fighting to defend the exclusive planting rights of the Eight Banners drug ointment this time, the Yunnan and Guizhou controlled by Wu Sangui army are too poor and life is too difficult. Food, grass and military salaries are not self-sufficient. Fighting for the Eight Banners drug cream is tantamount to fighting for survival in disguise. Can morale not be high?Can the combat power not be tenacious?Under the ebb and flow of mentality and will, Yue Le was defeated in front of Gao Dejie, so naturally he was not wronged at all.

Fortunately, it hasn’t been too long for the Qing army to degenerate. There are still ways and opportunities for Oboi to solve the above problems. The generals and soldiers are inexperienced and can be cultivated on the battlefield; the fighting spirit is not strong enough and the morale is not enough Gao Gao can also awaken the cruel and brutal blood sleeping in the body of the people through strict military discipline and strengthened training, and restore the blood and animal nature of the past.For Oboi who had already grasped these pulses, all he needed to solve these problems was time.

Easier said than done, these problems need enough time to solve, but what Oboi lacks most now is time.It has been almost four months since Kang Mazi set off from the capital on the second day of the first month of the 11th year. Apart from completing the strategic siege of Wu Sangui's army that could not see results in a short period of time, Aobai has not yet been on Wu Sangui's army. To achieve a victory - even a symbolic victory!

On the contrary, Wu Sangui's army captured Lianzhou to open up the sea route, and Gao Dejie took the initiative in breaking through Yuping Pass. Now Yue Le, who had high hopes from both Oboi and Xiao Mazi, was once again overwhelmed by Gao Dejie. Unfortunately, it can be said that it has been a series of consecutive defeats. If things go on like this, the morale will decline greatly, and Oboi's prestige will also be severely damaged. This is extremely detrimental to Oboi's strategic plan to block Yunnan and Guizhou and finally force the main force of Wu Sangui's army to go out to Guizhou for a decisive battle.

And there is another thing that worries Oboi even more, and that is Xiao Mazi's confidence in winning the decisive battle with Wu Sangui. To force himself into the decisive battle in Guizhou, or to secretly contact Wu Sangui and issue a secret edict for Wu Sangui to attack him, then there is no need to fight this decisive battle for Oboi, just wait for his army to be completely undivided and collapse on its own!

"Should we win a battle first to boost our morale and confidence?" Affected by internal and external troubles, Oboi inevitably began to waver, thinking whether he should win a symbolic victory or not first, to boost his morale and build up his confidence Besides.But after staring at the map and sand table in northeast Guizhou for a long time, Obai began to worry again.

"How do we fight this battle?" Obai said to himself, "This ghostly place in the northeast of Guizhou, that is, Sizhou City, is relatively open. When you reach the junction of Sizhou Mansion and Zhenyuan Mansion, the road narrows immediately. To Shili Road, there are two key passes, Jiming Pass and Jiaoxi Pass, both of which are easy to defend, difficult to attack and extremely dangerous. The purpose of Jie Barbarian is to introduce the old man into Guizhou, lengthen the old man's grain road, and use Guizhou Yupingguan and Sizhou City are not important to him at all, once the old man makes a strong attack, the barbarians will definitely give up immediately and lead the old man to the hinterland of Guizhou."

"Could it be that this old man really wants to advance the battle line to Zhenyuan Mansion? That ghostly place has narrow roads and high mountains and dense forests, which is not conducive to the deployment of troops, and supplies are also very difficult. The communication and reinforcements between the front army and the rear army are also easily cut off by barbarians. It's going to be harder to fight."

"Grand Master, Lord Leerjin's [-] troops have arrived." When he was in a dilemma, Hadaha, the Chinese army guard, came in and reported: "Please, Lord Leerjin, do you want to meet with the Grand Master to give an opportunity?"

"Let him arrange a change of defense with Yue Le's army first, and then come in to see me." Obai ordered without raising his head.

Hadaha agreed, and hurried out to pass the order, and the sound of the order and the sound of running footsteps soon sounded outside, until these sounds disappeared, Le Erjin and Yue Le entered the central army tent together, and bowed to Oboi.What surprised Ao Bai was that Le Erjin brought a young Confucian dressed as a scholar, aged 28 or [-], with a vaguely familiar face, delicate features, red lips and white teeth, and a pair of splayed eyebrows. , is a rare handsome man.

"Prince Shunjun, this person is...?" Obai asked doubtfully, pointing at the handsome man.

"Student Zhou Chang, Zhou Peigong, kowtowed to Taishi Ao of the Qing Dynasty." The handsome man kowtowed, and hurriedly replied: "The student once served as an enshrinement (secretary) under the command of Shitu Haitu Hall of the University of Hongwen Academy. When he was in the capital, he also served Fortunately, I have seen Grand Master Zunyan several times, but I don’t know if Grand Master still remembers it.”

"Remember, I met you in the capital." Oboi suddenly realized, and asked casually: "If my memory serves me right, you seem to have committed some kind of mistake, and you were sent to Nandan, Guangxi, to serve as an army, right? Why are you here again now?"

"The grand master's holy candle shines brightly, and the students have indeed been sent to Nandan, Guangxi to serve as an army." Zhou Peigong replied respectfully: "However, the students were framed by the traitor Lu Yifeng back then, so they were sent to serve as soldiers. Lai Taishi Hong Fu, Expose Lu Yifeng's treacherous face to the emperor, and later Meng Kong Sigege and Xiong Dashi were guarantors. Today, the Holy One pardoned the student's crimes and returned the student's freedom. The student heard that the old master Tutang assisted the Grand Master Going south to conquer the traitor Wu Sangui, he boldly came to Yuanzhou to find the old master, and wanted to serve Tutang and the Qing court again, but Zhongtang never gave up, took the students into his account again, and still served as a priest."

"It's Lu Yifeng again?" Aobai was stunned, and he didn't bother to ask how Zhou Peigong was framed by Lu Fatty back then, he just shook his head and smiled wryly: "You two, master and slave, were really cheated by that fat barbarian Lu Yifeng Alright. Well, get up, sit down and talk."

"Thank you grand master." Yue Le and Le Erjin agreed, standing up straight together, Zhou Peigong did not get up in a hurry, and took out a letter from his arms, walked up to Oboi on his knees, held the letter above his head with both hands, Carefully said: "Grand Master, this is a letter written by Zi Tutang, the student's master, to Grand Master. Please read it."

"Tu Hai's personal letter to the old man?" Obai was taken aback again, thinking that I will return to Yuanzhou in a few days, and if I have something to say, I can't say it when I go back. Is it necessary for someone to bring the letter?Curiously, he took the letter, opened it and read it carefully, and Oboi couldn't help laughing again. It turned out that this letter was a letter that Tu Hai recommended Zhou Peigong to ask Oboi to reuse. He is boasting about the hype, he is good at ingenuity, has both civil and military skills, is upright and courageous, has extraordinary intelligence, is dedicated to his duties, is well versed in the strategies of governing the world, and has a deep understanding of how to use soldiers. He also says that Oboi will surely find out if he gives Zhou Peigong a chance. This person must be the talent of the Qing Dynasty!

It took time for Le Erjin and Yue Le's army to switch defenses, and Aobai was not in a hurry to lecture them, so he simply gave Zhou Peigong a chance, put down the letter and said with a smile: "Didn't Tuhai re-collect you for reuse? Why did you write again?" The letter recommends you to the old man? Could it be that he thinks that you are really talented, and that a mere enshrinement is too inferior, and wants the old man to reward you with a higher position?"

"Back to the grand master, the grand master misunderstood, the picture hall is not asking for an official position for the students." Zhou Peigong kowtowed, and said respectfully: "It's because Zhongtang thinks that the student's strategy of defeating the enemy is quite reasonable, and he wants the students to go to the Taishi. The teacher offered suggestions in front of him for reference, and he was afraid that the grand teacher would dislike the students for his low-level position, so he wrote a letter to the grand teacher to recommend students. But the praise in the Zhongtang letter, the students really dare not take it."

"Really?" Aobai smiled, and said casually: "Well, now that you have a little time, you can talk about your strategy to defeat the enemy. Prince Shun, Prince An, if you have nothing to report urgently, Listen to it too, and we'll talk about other things later."

Zhou Peigong, Yue Le, and Le Erjin agreed together, and then Zhou Peigong cleared his throat, just knelt down in front of Oboi, raised his head and said solemnly: "Grand Master, judging from your deployment of troops going south this time, the students dare not Guess, Grand Master, you must try your best to avoid the decisive battle in Guizhou, and plan to force the main force of the traitor Wu Sangui out of Guizhou, and fight at the Huguang border where our Qing army has the right time, place and people, so as to avoid the huge consumption of Yungui Mountain Road, and To avoid Wu Sangui's traitor's advantages in terms of location, people and resources, in order to defeat the enemy at the border of Huguang, so as to establish the victory of Yunnan and Guizhou, so as to wipe out the remnants of Yunnan and Guizhou in the future—Teacher, student guessed right?"

"Isn't it Tu Hai who told you these things?" Aobai asked casually.

"Grand Master, Xiao Wang can testify that Tutang did not tell him these things." Le Erjin said respectfully: "When Zhou Peigong and Tutang met again, Xiao Wang was also there. Mr. Peigong did not get Tutang at that time. Give me some pointers, and just say the words that coincide with the grand master."

"Oh, is that so?" Obai became more or less interested, walked back to the handsome chair in the middle and sat down, said with a smile, "I can't see that you have a strategic vision, stand up and talk, and continue talking."

"Thank you, Grand Master." Zhou Peigong was secretly happy, knowing that Oboi had already looked at him with admiration, he hurriedly kowtowed again, stood up and said, "Grand Master, that student just explained directly, the impoliteness, Grand Master Wanwang, please forgive me. "

Seeing Aobai nodding, Zhou Peigong continued: "Grand Master, excuse me for speaking bluntly, the Grand Master's strategy has been seen through by Wu Sangui's rebels from the very beginning, so Wu Sangui's rebels attacked Lianzhou and captured it. The purpose of Haikou’s move was to open up the sea route with the Nanyang foreign domains and establish food supply channels in order to break the strategic blockade of the grand master, exert psychological pressure on the grand master, and force the grand master to enter Guizhou for a decisive battle. Afterwards, Wu Sangui’s rebel The lackeys were victorious, and frequently attacked Sizhou with weak forces, the purpose of which was nothing more than to anger the grand master and induce the whole army of the grand master to counterattack, so as to achieve the strategic goal of luring the main force of our Qing Dynasty into the hinterland of Guizhou for a decisive battle."

"Students believe that the current strategic situation between the two armies has reached a strategic stalemate, and the competition is about patience and determination. No matter which army is impatient and abandons the established strategy first, then that army will lose its opportunity. Fall into passiveness! If the grand master moves first and enters Guizhou for a decisive battle, then the special terrain and difficult mountain roads in Guizhou will restrict the grand master's large manpower and material resources, making it impossible for the grand master to concentrate on one point and lose many chances of winning. Wu Sangui is a traitor If we move first and go out to Guizhou for a decisive battle, then the mountain roads in Guizhou will in turn cause Wu Sangui's main force of the rebels to suffer. If the decisive battle is delayed by the Grand Master, the supply of food and grass will inevitably be insufficient, and the successor will be weak. It will be easy for the Grand Master to defeat the bandits !"

"It makes sense." Obai said unhurriedly: "In your opinion, I should break the strategic stalemate, force Wu Sangui's traitor to give up the established strategy, and let the strategic situation develop in a direction that is beneficial to the old man?"

"Students believe that if the grand master firmly implements the blockade strategy, even if the old thief Wu Sangui has an outlet to import food, the distant water will not be able to save the nearby fire. After a long time, his mentality will inevitably be shaken. It's just that this strategy is too passive and time-consuming Very long." Zhou Peigong held up two fingers resolutely, and said in a deep voice: "If the grand master wants to see results as soon as possible, the students have two strategies, which can help the grand master break the thief."

"Say." Oboi sat up straight.

"The first strategy is used on the secondary battlefield of Yungui East Road. Whoever enters Kunming first will be crowned king!" Zhou Peigong said firmly: "The second strategy is used on the main battlefield of Huguang. Surround the spot to fight for aid! Eat up the Wu thieves!"

"Speak carefully." Aobai began to show a serious look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about the first strategy first. Whoever enters Kunming first will be crowned king. Who will it be used for? What is the purpose?"

"I don't know if the grand master has noticed that two members of the Jingnan Palace and the Pingnan Palace are going to be the main general?" Zhou Peigong said in a dark voice: "After the two palaces were ordered to send troops to fight against rebellion, Fujian sent Geng Juzhong, and Guangdong sent Geng Juzhong. Shang Zhixiao, these two are the second sons, because they were not able to be canonized sons a few years later, they lost the qualification to inherit the princely title, and they are often dissatisfied with this, if the grand master puts another princely title in front of them , can they not go all out to grab it? Can they not go all out to attack the hinterland of Wu Sangui's rebel?"

Aobai's face remained calm, but in his heart he looked at Zhou Pei Gonggong's hair with admiration—the act of being the first to enter Kunming to become the king is really too poisonous!Monk Geng Jingzhong is delighted to send out troops according to the imperial edict. He made it clear that he was dealing with errands, and he would never really spend money and effort to join forces with Wu Sangui and let Oboi sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, so Oboi did not hold anything against these two soldiers. The expectation is just to let them contain the Yunnan-Guizhou Eastern Front and reduce the pressure on the main battlefield.However, this strategy proposed by Zhou Peigong can turn these two armies used to contain them into the main force to defeat Wu. In order to become princes, the two young men, Geng Juzhong and Shang Zhixiao, must desperately attack the hinterland of Yunnan and Guizhou, which is more effective. Contain and disperse Wu Sangui's main force, and win more chances of winning in the main battlefield.

For Oboi, there is another advantage to doing this, that is, it may force Wu Sangui to reveal his strength, and use the advanced firearms that he spared no expense to build in the past three years to defend against the enemy, so as to make up for the weakness of insufficient troops and too long battle line. After acquiring these magic weapons, Oboi would naturally be able to know himself and the enemy, and he would be able to calmly formulate and adjust tactics to defeat the enemy.

"Mr. Zhou, is your move good?" Le Erjin asked worriedly: "But Shang Zhixiao or Geng Juzhong went crazy and really rushed into Kunming first, then we have taken away Wu Sangui and recruited another one. Wu Sangui?"

"You don't have to worry, the king, those two idiots don't have such abilities." Obai said subconsciously: "And Yunnan is the base camp of Wu Sangui's old thief, the old thief can destroy Guizhou, but he will never let these two idiots Take a step into Yunnan. If those two idiots really have the ability to break into Yunnan, the old thief Wu Sangui will definitely return to rescue, and we can also take advantage of the situation to occupy Guizhou and burn the flames of war directly to the border of Yunnan, which is also a good thing."

"The master is brilliant, and the students think so too." Zhou Peigong flattered him quickly.

"Hmph, I can't see that you, a dog slave, still have these abilities. It's a good idea, and I will seriously consider it." Aobai smiled, and asked again: "Then what is the second strategy you mentioned? What's going on? Why are you encircling the spot to fight for aid, and how can you nibble at the Wu thief?"

"The second strategy presented by the students is aimed at Wu Sangui's rebel army at Yuping Pass." Zhou Peigong hurriedly said: "Wu Sangui's rebels' Yunnan and Guizhou provinces have a small population and insufficient reserves. Any army is invaluable. And As far as the students know, the bandit army at Yuping Pass is definitely considered an elite under Wu Ni, and even though Yunnan and Guizhou don't have enough horses, they still equip every soldier in this army with horses. It can be seen from this that the status of this army is quite high in the mind of Wu Sangui's rebels."

"Grand Master, you can think about it. Since Wu Sangui's rebels attach so much importance to the Yuping Pass army, they can't afford to lose this army. If you can take advantage of the strength of our army's main force, Grand Master, you can kill this army. The army is surrounded by groups, so can Wu Sangui's rebels not come to rescue this army? At that time, Wu Ni's reinforcements will be too few, and you can calmly encircle the reinforcements, and gradually eat away Wu Ni's precious troops. If Wu Ni's main force Dispatched, the whole army went north to rescue, Grand Master, you forced Wu Sangui's rebels to leave Guizhou for a decisive battle, didn't you successfully achieve your strategic goal?"

Aobai's two copper bell eyes were shining, he really admired Zhou Peigong, a dog slave, how could he not notice such a talent before?Over there, Leerjin and Yue Le were also very surprised and tempted. The ones who were surprised were naturally Zhou Peigong's unique military insights and vicious heart, and the ones who were tempted were naturally Zhou Peigong's proposal—if Gao Dejie, a slippery man, could really be trapped to death Even if the old thief Wu Sangui doesn't come to rescue and kill Gao Dejie's army, it can greatly boost morale and avenge the blood feud that Gao Dejie completely abused a few days ago.

Be tempted to be tempted, but after careful consideration, Yue Le shook his head and said: "Mr. Pei Gong, your plan is good, but there is no condition for it to be implemented? Surrounding the barbarians who are so tall, how can we surround them? Even if it is possible From the small road south of Danan Mountain to the back of Yuping Pass, but less troops will not work. If there are too many troops, it will be easily detected by the barbarian. With the cunning of the barbarian, he discovered our intentions, so why not run away immediately? "

"Prince An's words are reasonable." Aobai nodded, and asked again: "Mr. Pei Gong, what can you do about this?"

"Don't worry, grand master. Since the students dare to offer this strategy to the prince, they will naturally prepare a specific implementation plan for the grand master." Zhou Peigong smiled, pointing to the sand table with confidence and said: "Please be kind to the grand master, borrow the sand table from the students. Once used, let the students explain it to the grand master in detail."

Ao Bai didn't speak, he got up and walked to the sand table to stand still, Le Erjin and Yue Le also got up and walked to the sand table, Yue Le also handed Zhou Peigong the bamboo pole used for pointing the sand table, so that he could give instructions.Zhou Peigong was even more joyful in his heart, so he quickly cheered up, pointed at the sand table with a bamboo pole and said: "Teacher, two princes, please see, if our army storms Yuping Pass, it will be so high that the Czech bandit army wants to lure our army When the main force enters Guizhou, it will definitely not defend with all its strength, but will only retreat to the hinterland of Guizhou."

"The Gaode Jie army retreated to the hinterland of Guizhou. There were two first stops. One was Sizhou Fucheng, which was less than [-] miles away from Yuping Pass, and the other was Zhenyuan City, which was [-] miles away. Zhenyuan City was far from Sizhou City. In the near future, as long as our army's pursuit is not too urgent, it is most likely that the Gaode Jie army will directly withdraw to Sizhou City. The surrounding terrain of Sizhou City is relatively open, which is conducive to the deployment of our army's strength. It is the most ideal siege On the aid battlefield, the goal of the students is also to besiege the Gaode Jie army in Sizhou."

"The student's specific plan is as follows. The first step is that Lord An's army will change defenses as usual, and the Yupingguan camp will still retain about [-] troops, so that the Gaode Jie army will take it lightly, thinking that we still have to maintain the previous situation. Continuing to confront at Yuping Pass, there is no plan or intention to enter Guizhou with a large army, laying the foundation for our sudden force."

"The second step, in the next few days, the grand master can secretly transfer a cavalry from the Yuanzhou camp to ambush behind the Yupingguan camp, so as not to be noticed by the bandits. Another elite army can be dispatched to secretly sneak into the camp. Take the trail on the south side of Nanshan Mountain, be prepared to suddenly enter Guizhou at any time—the number of ambushes in the Great Nanshan Mountain does not need to be large, but they must be elite and able to fight tough battles."

"After the preparations for the first two steps are completed, then the third step can be implemented. In the third step, please ask Shun County King to launch the main attack, pretending to lure Gao Dejie's army out of the final battle, and first send a large army to the front of the pass to scold the formation. It is of course better for the high-level Czech army to come out, even if it cannot be lured out, it can also play the role of paralyzing and exhausting the high-level Czech army, and then around the time of application in the afternoon, Lord Shunjun, you will suddenly exert your strength and attack Yuping. Guan launched a fierce attack and forced the Gaode Jie army to retreat. At the same time, our Dananshan ambush army suddenly entered Guizhou, detoured and went straight to Jiming Pass on the west side of Sizhou, cutting off the Gaode Jie army's retreat to Zhenyuan , just in case!"

"After forcing the Gaode Jie army to abandon Yuping Pass, you must not pursue it, Prince Shun, and continue to paralyze the Gao De Jie army. And Lord Shun, if you exert your strength in the afternoon, no matter how fast the Gao De Jie army retreats In Sizhou City, the sky will be at least in the evening, when the sky is so high that the Jie army sees that you are not chasing the prince, and the men and horses are very tired, they must go to the city to rest, and win us time to close the door and beat the dogs!"

"And then." Obai took the conversation, and said in a deep voice, "The ambushes behind our Yuping Pass battalion made a sudden effort to enter the pass overnight from the official road to attack Jiming Pass, and join hands with the elite troops who attacked Jiming Pass Hold this pass and form a momentum of closing the door and beating dogs?"

"The grand master is brilliant, that's exactly the case." Zhou Peigong said solemnly: "As long as we win the Jiming Pass and cut off the return route of the Gaode Jie army, our superior force can form a momentum of closing the door and besieging the dog, so as to achieve the goal of besieging the city and fighting for aid." Tactical purpose. Even if something goes wrong during the period, and the barbarian who is so tall can see the flaw, as long as our ambush in Dananshan can reach Jiming Pass in front of him and temporarily block his retreat, it can also serve us The rest of the army won the time for reinforcements! So the students repeatedly emphasized that the ambush army in Dananshan must be elite and must be able to fight hard and bloody battles!"

Obai was silent. After staring at the sand table for a long time, Obai said slowly, "Send Zhao Liangdong to the road of Danan Mountain. He was the commander-in-chief in Zhenyuan before, so he is familiar with the road conditions. The ambush behind Yuping Pass, Lai Ta! "

"Teacher, so you agree to adopt the student's plan?" Zhou Peigong asked in surprise.

"This old man is not our emperor. I don't know how to pretend to understand and I like to pretend to be smart. Your plan is good, and this old man will naturally accept it with an open mind." Obai said with a sneer: "If you have any good strategic plans in the future, feel free to ask the old man. Alright, the old man will definitely accept it! You don’t need to go back to Tuhai, the old man is also short of people here, so stay here as an offering for the old man, and the old man will explain to Tuhai.”

"Slave Zhou Peigong, thank you Grand Master for rewarding him." Zhou Peigong was overjoyed, quickly knelt down on his knees, and kowtowed to Oboi to express his gratitude. He was so pleasantly surprised that he didn't even realize that he had used the wrong name.

"Get up, the old man has not promoted you, so there is no need to thank you." Aobai said lightly, "But as long as you work hard and give the old man some good ideas, the old man will not treat you badly in the future."

"Of course, as long as I can sneak into your shogunate and gain your trust, even if you don't promote me, someone will promote Lao Tzu." Zhou Peigong smiled triumphantly in his heart, and said respectfully, "Grand Master, students still have A suggestion, I hope the grand master will adopt it."

"Say." Obai replied.

"Students suggest that the seven cuts in the Grand Master's military order be changed to six cuts." Zhou Peigong said cautiously.

"Change seven beheadings to six beheadings?" Aobai raised his eyebrows and asked with a sneer, "Do you want to suggest to the old man to abolish the beheading of people who plunder people's property?"

"How does this old man know?" Zhou Peigong was taken aback this time, he never thought that this seemingly stupid old man, Oboi, would actually have a side of carefulness and foresight.In timidity, Zhou Peigong had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The grand master is very aware of the details, it is true. In order to support the great war to pacify the Southwest, my Qing court has already stretched its treasury to make ends meet, and the old thief Wu Sangui and the people of Yunnan and Guizhou have relied on the Eight Banners all these years. Drugs are making huge profits, and the folks are already..."

"No." Obai interrupted, and said coldly: "I know what you want to say. The treasury has no money to reward the soldiers, and the morale of the soldiers is not high. Wu Sangui and the people of Yunnan and Guizhou have money. As long as the soldiers are bold enough to grab it, the morale will be sure. It is extremely expensive, and it can also lighten the burden on the national treasury. But don’t forget that this time, the old man is following the imperial edict to seek rebellion and pacify Yungui. The old man will never allow it!"

Zhou Peigong had no choice but to agree honestly, and Oboi snorted coldly again: "You will remember this old man, and you will give me such a bad idea in the future, be careful of your head!"

(End of this chapter)