scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 168 I Can't Take It Anymore
"Reporting to the Grand Master, according to the reports from all over the country according to the statistics of Pianyuan Governor Lu Zhongcheng, in Pianyuan (Hunan) Province, only the three state government offices of Chenzhou, Yuanzhou and Huangzhou have received fake residence reports! In addition, The other prefectures and counties in Pianyuan have not found a fake residence report yet!"

After listening to Yue Le's loud performance, Oboi closed his daunting big copper bell eyes, and said after a short while: "So, Wu Sangui's rebellious bandits are from Changde Mansion to Chenzhou Mansion. Did the post station in between? Or bribe the post envoy, or sneak into the post station and report the real mansion?"

"According to common sense, it should be so. Xiao Wang has ordered Lu Zhongcheng to investigate in detail, hoping to find out the truth as soon as possible." Yue Le replied respectfully.

Aobai nodded, then suddenly smiled, and said in pain and admiration: "To be honest, this old man really admires this fat man Lu, who can come up with a trick of changing the mansion and playing tricks, not only fooling the old man, but also It also deceived all the soldiers of our Qing army, and made everyone believe it. Fortunately, the main force of the old thief Wu Sangui is still in the Anshun area. It’s a big deal.”

"To be honest, Xiao Wang also admires Lu Yifeng, a barbarian." Yue Le agreed very depressed: "Xiao Wang can be regarded as having read the annals of history and fought for a long time, but since ancient times, this is the first time Xiao Wang has heard of Lu Yifeng. Someone can actually send an idea to the mansion newspaper. Although this thing is inconspicuous, it has a huge impact, is extremely confusing, and is extremely easy to forge. It caused us to lose thousands of soldiers!"

"Has the battle damage statistics of the Sizhou battlefield been calculated?" Obai asked casually, "How many troops have we lost? How many soldiers?"

"The statistics are out." Yue Le hesitated for a moment, and then he said hesitantly: "Our army lost more than [-] soldiers, more than [-] horses, and the loss of military equipment, money and food... can't be counted. According to the scout report According to the report, after Gao Dejie's bandit army found out that our arms were merged, they once came to Jiaoxi Pass to fish in troubled waters. Fortunately, the grand master had taken precautions, and Lu Zhongcheng appeared in time to reveal the answer, prompting Leerjin to put down his weapons and surrender to plead guilty, otherwise ,...the consequences are even more unimaginable."

An enemy was not injured, just because a fledgling battlefield rookie used tricks, his own people fought happily, lost nearly two thousand troops and countless weapons, money and food, and almost caused princes like Yue Le and Leerjin to be killed. Wang was confused and died tragically.Faced with such a result, even though Oboi was mature and prudent, he could not hold back his anger at this moment, he slapped the table angrily, and said bitterly: "When the old man defeats Wu Ni and captures Lu Yifeng alive Dog thief, he must be hacked into pieces, his body cut into pieces, and Yixue is a great shame!"

"Grand Master, what should we do next?" Yue Le said worriedly: "Since the grand master's southern expedition on the second day of the first lunar month, our army has lost consecutive battles in front of Wu Sangui's [-] vanguard army of rebels, and now we are thinking again." With such a big movement in the state, the morale of the army is almost on the verge of collapse, and if we don't think of any way to save the morale, I'm afraid there will be chaos sooner or later?"

"With an old man sitting in town, what kind of chaos can there be?" Obai said proudly: "Forcing and luring the old thief Wu Sangui to go out to the Guizhou decisive battle is the fundamental strategy of the old man, and it will never be changed! No matter how many tricks Wu Sangui uses, the old man will never Don’t change your mind! Continue to stand still, blockade Yunnan and Guizhou, and force the old thief Wu Sangui out of Guizhou!”

"Grand Master, Xiao Wang firmly supports and supports your strategy. But..." Yue Le hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and returned to the big tent door, raising the curtain of the big tent—outside the big tent, hundreds of Ji Qing's generals knelt so densely that the road was completely blocked.Seeing that the curtain was lifted, these generals hurriedly begged in unison, "I implore the Grand Master to be merciful outside the law, and spare the life of Prince Shunjun, and allow him to make amends!"

"Teacher, have you seen it?" Yue Le put down the curtain, and asked with a wry smile: "They have been kneeling since the morning, and none of them is willing to leave. The morale of the army is so flustered, how can the grand master continue to block Yungui, and Old thief Wu Sangui is patient?"

"Let them kneel down, even if they kneel until tomorrow morning, I will never let that bastard Le Erjin go!" Hang his dog's head on the gate! The old man wants to see, after the old man kills Le Erjin, who would dare to disobey the old man's command?"

"Leerjin listened to one side and believed it, didn't distinguish the truth from the fake, joined forces in private, scattered the morale of the army, and eventually led to internal strife in our army. He really deserves death." Yue Le nodded, and said cautiously: "But Xiao Wang thinks that Leerjin Although his approach was wrong, the starting point was still good. It was because he was too loyal to the emperor and the court, and worried about rebellion in our army. For Jiahe’s sake, let him live and give him a chance to make amends.”

"He beat and insulted you, and almost killed you, and you pleaded for him?" Ao Bai asked, staring at Tong Ling's eyes.

"Xiao Wang is not pleading for Le Erjin, but for a loyal court official and a powerful general of the Qing Dynasty." Yue Le knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said loudly: "I hope the grand master sees that he has wronged the enemy." For the sake of the trick, and for the sake of Xiao Wang Bomian, spare this loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty."

"You, spoiling a good man!" Oboi snorted coldly, and said again: "Compassion does not command soldiers, your heart is so soft, what kind of general is you?"

"Grand Master, it's not Xiao Wang who is soft-hearted, but you, Grand Master." Yue Le said seriously: "If Grand Master really wants to kill Le Erjin, he can do it on the tower of Sizhou City, and there is no need to wait until now after the fall." What’s more, Xiao Wang thinks that the grand master’s sparing of Le Erjin will be of great benefit to appease the morale of the army and curb the spread of rumors. At least it can reassure the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who were collaborating with Le Erjin in the rebellion. In addition, it can prove that the grand master is frank and selfless. The discord between the emperor and the grand master and ministers is purely a rumor, and it will further stabilize the morale of the army!"

Oboi's face was still extremely ugly and gloomy. After a long time, Oboi sighed, waved his hand, and said weakly: "Since you don't care anymore, what else can I say? Go pass the order, Rao Leer Jin is not dead, remove him from the post of General Jing Kou, and his army will belong to you from today onwards, let him perform crimes and meritorious deeds under your command."

"Thank you Grand Master." Yue Le happily agreed, and hurriedly issued an order.Aobai suddenly called him back again, and shouted sharply: "One more military order from the old man, from today onwards, anyone in the army who joins forces in secret and spreads rumors will be punished without mercy!"

Yue Le agreed again, and hurriedly issued an order, outside the big tent of the Qing army, cheers of joy and thanks soon sounded, Yue Le personally rushed to the Qing army camp where Le Erjin was imprisoned, and ordered to release Le Erjin, and Le Erjin Rejoicing that Er Jin escaped from the dead, he rushed to Yue Le and kowtowed to thank him. Yue Le held him up with both hands, and comforted him softly: "Your Majesty Shun, you don't need to be polite. From now on, as long as you spend more time on the battlefield Killing the enemy and doing meritorious service, I believe that the official will be restored to his post soon, and he will lead the army again."

"Uncle Xie, my nephew will remember it." Le Erjin agreed repeatedly, and then asked suddenly: "Uncle, my nephew dared to ask another question—that night, since you knew the imperial decree was false, why didn't you agree?" Show it to your grandnephew? If uncle, you directly told your grandnephew that the edict was false, wouldn’t your grandnephew make such a big mistake?”

Speaking of this, Le Erjin hurriedly added, "Uncle, please don't misunderstand, my grandnephew has absolutely no intention of blaming you. Uncle is so magnanimous, and he saved the life of his grandnephew regardless of previous suspicions. It's too late for his grandnephew to be grateful. The grandnephew is just still there. Confused, is that imperial decree true or false?"

"Because the false imperial decree was so similar, I couldn't tell whether it was true or not." Yue Le patiently explained: "At that time, my uncle was also afraid that the false imperial edict was too similar, and you and I couldn't tell the truth from the fake. It led to a larger-scale internal strife in our army, killing each other, so we decisively tore up the imperial decree and destroyed it."

"So, Uncle, you don't know whether the imperial decree is true or not?" Le Erjin asked in surprise.

Yue Le's complexion changed, and only then did he think of a big question - whether the imperial decree that Fatty Lu gave him was true or not, I still don't know until now!Thinking of this, Yue Le quickly shook his head, and said seriously: "My lord Shun, I really don't know whether the imperial decree is true or not, but I believe that with the light of today's holy candle, I will definitely not promulgate it so that my loved ones will suffer. , The enemy quickly made a foolish decree! So I can guarantee that the imperial decree must be false!"

"What if, what if it's true?" Le Erjin asked persistently.

"Prince Shun, what exactly do you want to say? Do you really want to force the grand master to punish you?" Yue Le said angrily, "As for the authenticity of this imperial decree, I will ask the emperor to prove it! Now, Prince Shun What you should do is how to make meritorious deeds to atone for your sins, and make meritorious deeds! Instead of continuing to question the harmony between the emperor and the grand master, and shake the morale of the army!"

Le Erjin finally shut his mouth obediently, and the more Yue Le thought about it, the more something was wrong, and the more he thought about it, the more he worried that the aftermath of this matter would not be settled. If he didn't find out the truth quickly and announce the truth, the morale of the army might still be shaken. Morale would still be frustrated, so Yue Le didn't rush back to the big tent to give orders to Oboi, but went back to his own tent first, hurriedly wrote a memorial about this matter, and sent [-] miles to send it urgently Going to the capital——In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Yue Le also deliberately published this memorial in public. In front of several important generals such as Tu Hai, Jie Shu and Le Erjin, he sent this memorial to the capital, and then returned Go to the big tent and hand over orders to Aobai.

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"Why have you been here for so long?" When he returned to the big tent, Oboi was studying the situation in front of the sand table, thinking about how to kill Zhenyuan's Wu Sangui army, which was smoother than a fox and crueler than a jackal, so as to boost morale.Seeing Yue Le come in, Aobai casually asked the reason why Yue Le had been away for so long, and then greeted him: "There is no need to salute, come to the sand table and help the old man see if there is any way to get rid of Gao De Jie this barbarian fox, stabilize the morale of the army."

"Back to the grand master, Xiao Wang went back to the account first to write a memorial." Yue Le walked to the side of the sand table and explained: "Xiao Wang thinks that it is best to ask Lu Yifeng to pass on the false imperial decree." The emperor issued a decree to prove that nothing happened, and then Xiao Wang announced it to the generals to stabilize people's hearts."

"Who told you to present this memorial?" Aobai's expression changed, he turned around and asked quickly.

"No one gave advice to Xiao Wang, it was Xiao Wang who thought he should do this." Yue Le replied frankly.

"Oops!" Oboi stomped his feet and said angrily, "Who told you to be smart? If the old man thought it was necessary to do this, he would have already signed up for it himself, so why should I borrow your hand?"

"What's the matter?" Yue Le asked blankly: "Grand Master, is there anything wrong with proving that the edict is false?"

"It's very wrong!" Oboi slapped the sand table and roared, "If this matter just goes away, let the emperor know and let the court know about this memorial, it will spread rumors and not only shake the morale of the army , It will also cause disputes in the court, and the officials will be suspicious of each other, and the consequences will be even more unimaginable!"

"Is it so serious?" Yue Le's eyes were dumbfounded, and he said in doubt: "As long as the emperor proves that the imperial decree is false, nothing will happen? How could it lead to such serious consequences?"

"Confused! The more you smear, the darker you understand?" Obai stomped his feet and roared, "I am at odds with the emperor's ruling philosophy, and there are constant conflicts and conflicts. This has long been known by the government and the public! If you submit this memorial, it will be even more so." To add fuel to the flames, even if the emperor comes forward to refute the rumors and prove that there is no such thing, the civil and military officials and prince Baylor will only suspect that the emperor's secrets have been revealed, so they use excuses to cover up, and send others to plot against the old man, which will prove the lie The decree is true!"

Yue Le's face turned pale in an instant, and only then did he realize that he had done a big stupid thing--things like this were originally getting darker and darker, and it was too late to cover up and downplay it, and he openly exposed the matter to the court , Don't you want to make a scene so that the world knows what it is?Thinking of this, Yue Le quickly said: "Xiao Wang understands, Xiao Wang will send someone to question the messenger!"

"Wait!" Aobai yelled at Yue Le again, and asked in a growl, "Just now you sent six hundred li to send this memorial urgently, does anyone know?"

"Tu Hai, Le Erjin, and Jie Shu." Yue Le replied honestly, "In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Xiao Wang intentionally disclosed it in front of their faces, and even told them something."

"Prince An, you really do bad things with good intentions." Obai wanted to strangle Yue Le to death, and said angrily, "You issued this report in front of them and sent someone else Go ask this book, what will they think? Before you do this, why didn’t you say hello to the old man and ask the old man for his opinion? "

Sweat rolled on Yue Le's forehead, and then he remembered that if he sent someone to chase the messenger at this moment, it would not be the same as Tu Hai, Le Erjin and others. The false imperial decree was actually true, so he didn't dare to confront Xiao Mazi.Thinking up to this point, Yue Le knelt down on his knees with a plop, and said with a bitter face and trembling: "Xiao Wang knows his mistake, he did something bad with good intentions, please punish him by the Grand Master."

"It's useless to punish you now?" Obai said angrily, "That false imperial decree was an irresolvable knot. It strangled Qicun, who was at odds with the emperor! At that time, you took over that false imperial edict." The imperial decree has already fallen into the trap of Lu Yifeng's thieves. Whether it is true or not, the morale of our generals will inevitably be affected! The only way now is to try our best to downplay the existence of the imperial decree. , The turbidity is self-contamination, and it will naturally become invisible after a long time, but you just picked up this matter again and formed a knot again, how can you fix it?!"

"It's not Xiao Wang, it's..." Yue Le blurted out his excuses, but in the middle of the sentence, Yue Le stopped forcibly——Le Erjin had just come down from the guillotine, and now he told Oboi that it was actually Le Er Jin picked it up, with Oboi's violent temper, can Le Erjin's life be saved?

"Who is it? Tell me!" Aobai Tongling stared and asked sharply.

Yue Le hesitated for a long time before finally telling what happened just now, and at the end, Yue Le hurriedly added: "Grand Master, Xiao Wang thinks that Le Erjin can't be completely blamed, the key is that the false imperial decree was really done. It’s so similar that even Xiao Wang doubted it was true at the time, let alone Le Erjin who didn’t see the content of the imperial decree at all. It’s Xiao Wang’s fault alone, please don’t blame Le Erjin, Grand Master.”

To Yue Le's surprise, the violent storm in his imagination did not appear. On the contrary, Oboi had a dejected and old look on his face. After he pulled a chair and sat down, after a long time, Oboi Then he said slowly: "Prince An, get up, you are not at fault in this matter, and Le Erjin is also right. The only person who is at fault is the old man himself."

"Grand Master, how can you say that?" Yue Le shed tears, walked up to Oboi a few steps, choked up and said, "Grand Master, this matter has nothing to do with you, it was Xiao Wang who pretended to be clever to recruit that barbarian Lu Yifeng, It was Xiao Wang's fault that he fell into his trick and led to today's dilemma."

"Prince An, the old man is not being humble. It is indeed the old man's mistake." Ao Bai stretched out his big hand full of calluses and wrinkles, stroked Yue Le's bald forehead, and said weakly: "The old man was wrong from the beginning. I overestimated myself, thinking that as long as I serve the country loyally and serve the emperor with sincerity, all evils will surely disappear, the demons bow their heads, and the rumors cannot be ignored, so I formulated a conservative strategy to force the old thief Wu Sangui out of Guizhou for a decisive battle. However, the old man was wrong. The old man overestimated himself and underestimated the enemy, and that's why the enemy pushed the old man to the cusp of the storm."

"Of course." Speaking of this, Oboi smiled bitterly, and said: "If the old man is just Wu Sangui's old thief, and his gang of strategists who only know how to fight, then even if the old man is wrong, he may not lose. But the old man What I didn't expect was that Lu Yifeng's barbarian, who was ignored and indulged by the old man back then, turned out to be the natural enemy and nemesis of the old man. He desperately caught the only weakness of the old man, and tried every means to hit the old man's vital points. .”

"Grand Master..." Yue Le was moved in his heart, and wept loudly: "Grand Master, why doesn't the Emperor understand your painstaking efforts towards the Emperor and your loyalty to the Great Qing Dynasty? If the Emperor can give you more Support, less restraints and precautions, how can the grand master not fall into the current dilemma."

"It's all the same. Doesn't he not understand your loyalty and painstaking efforts to the emperor?" Obai smiled even more bitterly, and said in a low voice: "Actually, to be honest, Prince An, whether the imperial decree is true or not, the old man is also there Doubt! The emperor wants to get rid of the old man, and it is not a day or two, and the old man is also worried and suspicious."

Yue Le's tears flowed even more, he didn't understand the unresolvable conflict between Aobai and Xiao Mazi, but felt more sympathy.And Aobai said to himself: "Perhaps, this is destined. The emperor is ambitious, and he wants to create a prosperous Kangxi era. He is eager for success. The old man has a high position and authority, and his temper is not good enough. He wants to be Yi Yin." Duke Zhou, I can't see the emperor's extreme and radical methods. Personalities are diametrically opposed, ambitions run counter to each other, contradictions cannot be reconciled, and it is inevitable that others will take advantage of the loopholes."

"Grand Master...!" Yue Le wailed, and hugged Oboi's legs with his arms, and pressed his cheek on Oboi's thighs, weeping bitterly.

"Okay, don't cry, get up." Aobai patted Yue Le's head and said calmly: "We are full of men, we bleed but don't shed tears, even if you cry here until dawn, you won't die from crying, old thief Wu Sangui, cry Don't die Lu Yifeng's bastard, let alone cry over the conflict between the old man and the emperor, stand up."

Anyway, Yue Le finally held back his tears, stood up wiping his tears, choked up and asked, "Grand Master, what should we do now?"

"You don't need to chase after your memorial. Let's temporarily stabilize the morale of the army and stop the spread of rumors." Obai said word by word: "Also, order the whole army to set up camp tomorrow and march towards the hinterland of Guizhou to fight with Wu Sangui. Old thief, fight to the death!"

"Teacher, have you decided to give up the established strategy?" Yue Le asked tremblingly.

"This old man can't take it anymore." Obai said slowly, "If this old man sticks to the established strategy, Wu Sangui, the old thief, will definitely kill the old man's weakness, and continue to make use of the conflict between the old man and the emperor to make a big fuss. After a long time, we As long as the emperor wavers a little, our 24 army will collapse! The old thief Wu Sangui took the opportunity to go north, causing more and greater losses to our country! In the decisive battle, who wins the battle is still uncertain!"

"Wu Sangui old thief!" Oboi suddenly raised his head, and shouted to the sky: "I know that you want to eat the main force of the Qing Dynasty in the hinterland of Guizhou and lay the foundation for your northward journey to the Central Plains! Now the old man will let you fulfill your wish, but just I'm afraid you can eat it, but you can't pull it out——!"

(End of this chapter)