scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 183 Convincing Lu Sanhao with Virtue

"Did Wu Gou fall from the sky? Flying from the sky? Didn't it say that it will arrive in two months? Why does it appear now?"

Amidst the inexplicable screams of panic, more than 1 soldiers of the Wu army in white clothes and white armor rushed to the front of the three-provincial coalition like a white torrent, and quickly lined up. The cavalry protected the two wings and launched light single-shot rockets The chariots were lined up, and the oily arrows coated with tung oil to prevent moisture and water were aimed at the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces.The proficiency and standard of movement, the quickness and accuracy of the speed, and the orderly unity of the team not only made the three provincial coalition forces led by Sun Yanling, Shang Zhixiao, and Geng Juzhong feel ashamed to death, but also made the three second-five boys even more frightened—suddenly killed The Wu army that came is definitely not a temporary recruit, but a real front-line elite.

"The Wu dog from behind has also come out!" A new scream sounded, and the east gate of Nanning suddenly opened wide. Yu Xuan's army and Du Hui's army teamed up to fight out of the city, and surrounded the coalition forces of the three provinces with the reinforcements.Seeing this scene, Sun Yanling and other youngsters panicked and shouted, "Quick, get ready, get ready!" "Retreat to the south!" "Retreat to the north!"

The messy orders contradicted each other, and the coalition forces of the three provinces were already in chaos before they joined the battle. Fortunately, Shang Zhixiao, who had replaced Shang Zhixin in the military power in Guangdong for a period of time, had some experience, and calmly shouted: " Don’t make a mess! Don’t make a mess! Everyone stay put, don’t make a mess! Sun Junmen, Brother Ju Zhong, you all hurry up and organize the army, gather together, don’t make a mess!”

To everyone's surprise, when the coalition forces of the three provinces rushed to meet the enemy and the troops were in chaos, Wu Shizong's army and Lu Fatzi's army who reinforced Nanning not only did not take the opportunity to attack, but sent someone to send orders to Yu Xuan and Du Hui's allies, ordering them to attack. Also keep calm, don't attack without orders, wait for the three-provincial coalition forces to reorganize the team, restrain the soldiers to consolidate the formation.But the more this happened, Sun Yanling, Monk Zhixiao and other youngsters were astonished, and inevitably panicked—what kind of enemy is the scariest, the enemy who is as calm as a piece of ice is the scariest!If such an enemy doesn't move, it will be fine, and if it moves, it will be thunderous, leaving no chance for the enemy!

Thanks to the fact that the Wu army did not launch an attack immediately, the coalition forces of the three provinces finally managed to calm down from the panic of rushing to meet the enemy, and formed a defensive circular formation, ready to deal with attacks from both sides at the same time.It was also at this time that Sun Yanling, monk Zhixiao, and other youngsters were pleasantly surprised to find that the Wu army that suddenly killed them was also small in number, only about 1 people. Not to mention the three-provincial coalition with [-] troops. After discovering this, Sun Yanling, monk Zhixiao and others were inevitably refreshed, and at least they had the confidence to escape unscathed.

"Sun Junmen, the number of Wugou reinforcements is not large, and this battle still has to be fought." Shang Zhixiao shouted excitedly: "Why don't you, Sun Junmen, rush to the Wugou reinforcements and look at this Wugou army?" What is the strength of the reinforcements?"

"Why do you want me to go?" Sun Yanling asked angrily, "You won't go by yourself?"

"Sun Junmen, Brother Zhixiao's Guangdong army and my Fujian army were the main forces attacking last night. They are very tired now. Your Guangxi army charged the least number of times last night. Who will you go now?" Geng Juzhong was dissatisfied. Said: "Besides, just now, Sun Junmen, didn't you still say that Wugou's army was seriously injured in the decisive battle in Guizhou. Even if they fly over from the sky, don't worry. You are still not afraid of them. Now is just right, look at your army. gone."

The crow's mouth was effective, and Sun Yanling almost wanted to slap himself, but Sun Yanling had nothing to do with the words, and at the same time, Sun Yanling, who had always been arrogant, really didn't believe in Wu Jun's combat power, and didn't think The army he brought was far worse than Wu Jun.So after gritting his teeth, Sun Yanling mustered up his courage and shouted: "Okay, just charge, I don't believe it, Wu Dog's army can really have three heads and six arms? Be careful and press the formation, I will go to Wugou's big formation."

Amidst the encouraging and flattering voices of Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong, Sun Yanling bit the bullet and stepped forward, commanding the Guangxi army to line up and charge, and personally cheered up in front of the formation: "Brothers, charge me! Wugou doesn't have many troops, we There are so many people, can you still be afraid of them? Come to me, kill one Wugou soldier, and reward three taels of silver! Kill two Wugou soldiers, and you will be promoted to a rank! Kill! Kill all the Wugou reinforcements, Nanning All the gold, silver and beautiful women in the city are yours! Kill——!"

Sun Yanling's encouragement still played a certain role. Relying on the large number of people, the more than 1 Guangxi troops directly under Sun Yanling came out, formed a battle formation, and charged forward to Wu Shizong's army and Fatty's army with shouts.But at this time, hundreds of rocket vehicles in front of Wu Jun's formation suddenly ignited together, and more than a hundred rockets whizzed out, dragging gunpowder smoke, and shot at the Guangxi army overwhelmingly. , more than a hundred rockets have already exploded in the Guangxi army. Amidst the rumbling thunder, the generals and soldiers of Sun Yanling's army cried and howled, blood and flesh splattered, and hundreds of soldiers and horses lay down in the blink of an eye. He and the grassroots generals were still running at the forefront, leaving countless wounded soldiers of Sun Yanling's army crying and wailing on the blood-stained ground shrouded in gunpowder smoke.

"Oh!" Seeing how powerful the Wu army's rocket array is, the soldiers of the Nanning garrison inevitably burst into cheers, and Yu Xuan shouted even louder. His beautiful eyes were close to the binoculars, and he was nervously looking for the figure of Qinglang.But Sun Yanling, Shang Zhixiao, Geng Juzhong, Ma Xiongzhen and others were as blank as paper. Only then did they finally understand why Oboi's 20-odd army was wiped out in Guizhou, and why the [-] Wu army was able to win more with less , Annihilated the mite Qing army several times its own.

As if to warn the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces, Wu Jun deliberately reloaded the rocket when the smoke had cleared and the field of vision was wide open. When Wu Jun directly put the rocket on the launch vehicle and reloaded the ammunition, Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong were okay. The generals of the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces who had some experience in the battlefield were inevitably even more terrified, thinking that Wu Gou's firearms were reloaded so fast, not to mention rushing to the firearms position, I am afraid that he would not be able to escape the pursuit of this kind of firearms when he was on the run.

Frightened, Wu Jun suddenly made a new move. A group of Wu Jun soldiers ran to the middle of the confrontation between Wu Jun and the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces. Drinking and eating leisurely on the battlefield of war and gunpowder, at the same time, an extremely ugly Confucian scholar came out from the Wu army formation, trotting over with a pure white flag, waving a pure white flag from a distance and shouting: "Don't let go!" Arrow, don't shoot, we mean no harm! Just something to say!"

"What the hell is Wugou doing?" Sun Yanling, monk Zhixiao, and the other two sons and daughters, Zhang Erjingang, were puzzled, thinking that this team of Wugou came from thousands of miles away, and they have already surrounded us, and they also have a powerful new type of firearm. , it is obvious that as long as we launch an attack, we can be defeated, why do we need to send people to contact and negotiate with the white flag?Surprised, Sun Yanling, Monk Zhixiao and others who had been terrified by Wu Jun's rockets naturally quickly ordered not to shoot arrows, and let the Wu Jun envoy rush to the front of the formation.

"Sun Yanling, Sun Junmen, Second Prince Shang Zhixiao, Second Prince Geng Juzhong, Ma Xiongzhen Ma Zhongcheng." The extremely ugly Wu Jun envoy shouted in front of the battle: "Please don't worry, our Pingxi Palace will fight against the heavens and kill Oboi , Now the goal has been achieved, and I don’t want to have any grudges with you! This time, the soldiers entered Guangxi, not to fight with you, but to negotiate peace with you! Wu Shizong, the right general of our Pingxi Palace General Wu, General Qujing, General Lu Yifeng, General Lu, now the special envoys are here to deliver an order, please come to the front of the battle and have a talk, the two generals of our Pingxi Palace have prepared wine and dishes, and I would like to invite you to have a drink."

"You think we're stupid?" Sun Yanling said angrily, "I drink with you before the battle, what should you do if you suddenly attack?"

"Please rest assured, General, General Wu and General Lu will never take advantage of you. Both sides will bring [-] entourages to the middle of the battlefield to negotiate." The ugly scholar shouted again: "Whether the negotiation is reached or not, during the negotiation, Wu General and General Lu pledge their personalities and will never launch an attack on you!"

The Wu Army team, which clearly had all the advantages, was not in a hurry to launch an attack. Instead, they offered an olive branch to ask for negotiations. Sun Yanling, Monk Zhixiao, and other youngsters, who had always been at the two ends of the rat, were inevitably moved, but they were afraid that the Wu Army would set a trap and dare not agree immediately. .While hesitating, the ugly scholar yelled again and asked, "Excuse me, among you, which one is Prince Shangzhi Xiaoshang? Second Prince, let me introduce myself to you. My surname is Wang and my name is Shaobo. I am your brother-in-law Lu Yifeng." Lord Lu’s shogunate master, your brother-in-law asked the student to guarantee you that as long as you come out to negotiate, he will guarantee your safety with his life and property, and also guarantee that the army of the Pingxi Palace will never harm the lives of any Guangdong soldiers!"

"Prince Shang, brothers in Guangdong, you don't need to believe other people's words, but you should believe what you say about Pingnan Wangfu Xiaofu? Your Princess Efu will never collude with outsiders to harm you, right?"

Wang Shaobo's words moved Shang Zhixiao and the Guangdong generals and soldiers present, all of them said yes, we don't need to believe what others say, but our Princess Efu of Pingnan Palace will not lie to us, will he?Besides, the army of the Pingxi Palace is so strong that it is easy to defeat us. Instead of launching an attack, they have sent people to invite negotiations. It is clear that they don't want to tear themselves apart with us. Instead of fighting stubbornly to the end and causing heavy casualties, it is better to go with them Negotiations, maybe you can return to Guangdong with dignity, without risking your life to break out and escape.

"Sun Junmen, the two second princes, and Ma Zhongcheng, forgive the students for speaking rudely. This is your only chance." Seeing that Sun Yanling and the others were silent for a long time, Wang Shaobo urged impatiently: "If you don't want to accept General Wu The goodwill of General Lu is also acceptable, the students will go back and report to the two generals, and please be prepared, we will launch a general attack immediately!" After finishing speaking, Wang Shaobo turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Sun Yanling, who was the least courageous, panicked, and hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Wang, please wait a moment, please go back and tell General Wu and General Lu that we agree to negotiate! Both sides only bring twenty entourages. Negotiations are in the middle of the battlefield."

"I also agree." Shang Zhixiao also hurriedly shouted: "Go back and tell my brother-in-law, I, the second uncle, trust him once, and he won't bully me."

Wang Shaobo agreed loudly, and rode his horse back to report the letter.Here, Monk Sun Yanling Zhixiao turned to Geng Juzhong and Ma Xiongzhen and asked: "Brother Juzhong, Ma Zhongcheng, Pingxi Palace asked you to participate in the negotiation, will you go?"

"I'll go, the big deal is to exchange the things I robbed in Nanning these days, as long as the brothers can return to Fujian safely." Geng Juzhong insisted that he was a member of the Jingnan Palace, and he expected that the Pingxi Palace would not be completely different from his Jingnan Palace. Torn skin, naturally agreed.

"I..., I'll go too." Ma Xiongzhen hesitated for a moment and agreed, but he emphasized: "However, there are two second princes in the Sun Junmen, the officials have their words first, and the Hepingxi Palace will stop the soldiers and withdraw. Nanning is fine, but if we want us to betray the imperial court and surrender to the Pingxi Palace, I will not agree, and neither will you."

Sun Yanling and the others nodded together and patted their chests to express that they would never surrender to the Pingxi Palace. At this time, Wu Shizong and Fatty Lu brought twenty followers to the center of the battlefield. He also brought 24 entourages with him, a total of [-] people clapped their horses and went forward to negotiate with Wu Jun.But Yu Xuan, Du Hui and the others in the back were all confused, not sure what kind of medicine Wu Shizong and Fatty Lu were selling in the gourd, but they were limited by the military order and did not dare to act rashly, so they had to wait patiently where they were.

After the two armies met in the middle of the battlefield where the two armies were confronting each other, the two sides had to dismount and salute each other hypocritically. Fatty Lu also honestly called Shang Zhixiao a few times as his second uncle. Seeing that Wu Shizong and Fatty Lu did not have any malicious intentions, Sun Yanling Monk Zhixiao and the others finally felt relieved, and at the invitation of Fatty Lu and Wu Shizong, the six of them sat facing each other in two groups and began to negotiate before the battle.

"Sun Junmen, Second Uncle, Second Prince Geng, Ma Zhongcheng." Fatty Lu started, and said straight to the point: "Ming people don't speak dark words, but Lu will tell the truth without concealing the truth. The generals led the army to the south together, and they came to Guangxi to suppress the remnants of the traitor Aobai under the order of Prince Pingxi. During the decisive battle between the main force of the Pingxi Palace and the old thief Aobai, you fell into trouble and took advantage of the fire to attack our army's eastern front. Prince Pingxi was very angry with the friendly army and the sea route, and asked us to teach you a lesson!"

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu paused, and added: "My lord has another important order, that is, if you dare to resist to the end, General Wu and I will not be polite, and we can directly take your heads off on the battlefield without any consequences. It will be shared by Pingxi Palace!"

In normal times, if Fatty Lu dared to threaten Sun Yanling, Shang Zhixiao, and Geng Juzhong in such a way, the three two-five boys would have been furious and turned their faces on the spot, but after seeing the great power of Wu Jun's rockets, the three two-five boys Now not only did he not dare to attack, but his face changed color all the way, showing a timid look.On the contrary, although Ma Xiongzhen is a civil servant, he will show some courage no less than that of a general. He asked in a deep voice: "Lord Lu, since Prince Pingxi has this order, why do you want to negotiate now?"

"Ma Zhongcheng's question is on the right point, of course we won't let it go." Fatty Lu said with a smile, "Ma Zhongcheng and the three generals must also know that the reason why our Pingxi Palace raised troops to hunt for thieves is all because of the old thief Aobai's power. Chaotic government, bullying the emperor, tyrannizing the people, up to today's day, down to the ordinary people, all dare to be angry and dare not speak out, but our Prince Pingxi held up the uprising flag and begged for rebellion against the sky, just to punish the old thief Oboi, Punish power and traitors and return the government to the court, report to the emperor Long En, and save the people of Li from fire and water."

"Now, in the battle of Anshun, our Pingxi Palace army defeated the enemy in one battle, annihilating more than [-] rebel troops, and the head of the old thief Oboi was also beheaded by our army, hanging high at the gate. Basically, it can be said that it is a great success. That's it. What's left is to kill the remnants of the old thief Oboi, and completely eradicate the remnants of this old thief. And Ma Zhongcheng and the three generals, you took advantage of the fire to attack us during the decisive battle between our Yunnan-Guizhou army and the old thief Oboi. Behind the army, our Pingxi Palace thinks you are the crimes of Aobai's henchmen, isn't that an exaggeration?"

"We are not." Sun Yanling hurriedly protested, "We acted in accordance with the emperor's imperial edict, and that's why we had a misunderstanding with you."

"Sun Junmen, where is the imperial decree you mentioned? Is it true or false?" Fatty Lu asked back: "Besides, Sun Junmen, you also know very well that the old thief Oboi coerced the emperor to order the princes, even if you received it The imperial decree is true, and you can prove that the imperial decree is not a false decree promulgated by the old thief Oboi in the name of the emperor? And you know that this is possible, but still insist on acting according to the decree. Can we not doubt that you are Oboi? Partisans? Disorderly thieves and running dogs?"

Sun Yanling was speechless, while Shang Zhixiao said timidly: "Brother-in-law, the problem is that the imperial decree is true, even if the emperor promulgated the imperial decree under the instruction and persecution of the old thief Oboi, we, as subjects, cannot Don't listen."

"Second Uncle, if we hadn't considered this point, we would have started a long time ago, so why bother negotiating with you?" Fatty Lu asked plausibly, and said more righteously: "But Second Uncle, don't worry, brother-in-law General Wu Shizong and I are not unreasonable people. If you can prove that you are not the lackeys of the old thief Oboi, and that you are only forced to follow orders when attacking Lianzhou and Nanning. Naturally, I will let you leave safely, regardless of your previous accomplice crimes, you can pretend that these things never happened."

"Then how do you want us to prove it?" Geng Juzhong asked impatiently.

"It's very simple." Fatty Lu replied: "After Prince Pingxi killed the old thief Oboi, in order to further eliminate the remnants of the old thief Oboi, and also to protect the environment and the people and guard the southwest for the emperor, he has already submitted to the court and asked the emperor Hand over the three provinces of Sichuan, Huguang, and Guangxi to Prince Pingxi’s jurisdiction. The military, government and civil affairs are all managed by our Prince Pingxi. Therefore, you just need to submit a letter to the court and ask the emperor to allow Prince Pingxi to take charge of these three provinces. Just help us wipe out the Aobai remnants in Guangxi."

"What? You want us to help you take down Guangxi?" Sun Yanling, monk Zhixiao and the others were all startled, and jumped up suddenly.Wu Shizong was also taken aback. He took a peek at Fatty Lu's earnest face, and murmured to himself, "My brother-in-law has such a big appetite that I want to swallow the whole of Guangxi in one bite."

"Wrong, the three generals and Ma Zhongcheng all misunderstood." Fatty Lu shook his head, and explained with a smile: "Lu Yifeng didn't want you to help our Pingxi Palace take Guangxi, but hoped that you would come back from the wrong way, make atonement for your sins, and replace you." Prince Pingxi killed the remnants of Aobai in Guangxi, which proves that you and the old thief Aobai made a clean break. In this way, not only will we no longer need to meet each other, but we, Prince Pingxi, will definitely thank the three generals and Ma Zhongcheng You guys, keeping it gives you countless benefits."

"You're dreaming!" Ma Xiongzhen was furious, and scolded: "Lu Yifeng, it's because you still have the face to call yourself a courtier of the Qing Dynasty. King Pingxi fought for rebellion and raised troops against the imperial court. The success or failure of merits and demerits has not yet been determined. You should start from him It’s too late to ask for death for causing chaos, and you want to drive the imperial army to serve King Pingxi and annex Guangxi, aren’t you afraid of killing the nine clans?”

"Ma Zhongcheng, of course I'm afraid that the imperial court will punish the nine clans." Fatty Lu replied with a smile, "How about you, Ma Zhongcheng, if you insist on resisting the rebellious army of the Pingxi Palace, you will be designated by the imperial court as the Aobai bandit party. Will the Nine Clans be exterminated?"

"I'll act upright and sit upright, and I'm not afraid of being slandered by villains!" Ma Xiongzhen said angrily, "Even if I am designated as the remnant party of Aobai to defend Guangxi, I will never betray the imperial court and hand over Guangxi to you." You rebellious officials and thieves!"

"It doesn't matter. Since Ma Zhongcheng is obsessed with obsession, the lower officials have nothing to say." Fatty Lu didn't bother to chatter with Ma Xiongzhen, who didn't even have half an army in his hands, but turned his attention to Sun Yanling, Geng Juzhong and Monk Zhixiao. He smiled and asked: "Sun Junmen, second brother-in-law, second prince, where are you three? What do you mean?"

"You... you are dreaming." Sun Yanling managed to squeeze out a sentence through his teeth, "As a minister of the Qing Dynasty, I was born as a Qing Dynasty man and died as a Qing ghost. Rebellious officials and thieves bow their heads."

"Sun Junmen, your loyalty to the imperial court, I admire you very much, and I also admire you very much." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "But Sun Junmen, will the soldiers under your command be with Sun Junmen? Do you think the same? Now that the army of our Pingxi Palace has surrounded you, if the subordinate officials shout a slogan that you kill Sun Junmen, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold officials and be promoted to three ranks, I am afraid that some of the soldiers under your command will fight Are you rushing to make a move?"

Sun Yanling's face turned livid. His prestige in the Guangxi army was pitifully low. If Wu Jun really yelled this wicked slogan, I'm afraid that those old Qiu Ba who had long refused to accept him would really have countless people rushing to fight.Fatty Lu smiled again: "Sun Junmen, if I remember correctly, you seem to have always dreamed of inheriting the title of Prince Dingnan, and you should also become a prince? Now if you help our Prince Pingxi win the Guangxi, with the generosity of Prince Pingxi, how could he treat you badly?"

Sun Yanling's face turned even paler, and he stopped talking.Fatty Lu threatened again, "Of course, you can insist on refusing Sun Junmen, but as far as I know, the army that Sun Junmen took over from Dai Liangchen seems to have never been too grandson." For you, Junmen, now our Pingxi Palace army has encircled you. In order to survive, will they protect Sun Junmen with all their strength and break out of the encirclement? Can you guarantee Sun Junmen? It doesn't taste good, the order doesn't leave the house, and the name doesn't spread to the three armies, even if you want to clean up a few Dai Liangchen and leave the old man behind, you still have to risk stirring up a mutiny."

"Sun Junmen, I think, instead of being so useless, you might as well surrender to our Pingxi Palace, and let our Pingxi Palace help you deal with those disobedient bastards, help you cultivate cronies, and help you truly control the Guangxi army. .In this way, not only can you be majestic, but you can also take a step forward under the protection of our Pingxi Palace's wings. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be an extremely human minister?"

On the one hand, it is impossible for the army under his command to fight to the death to protect him from escaping, and on the other hand, the Pingxi Palace helped him integrate the army, gain real control over the army, and even take a step forward under the protection of the Pingxi Palace.However, considering that it was not the first time Fatty Lu had cheated himself, and he was worried about the consequences of helping the Pingxi Palace, Sun Yanling dared not believe anything he said.But at that moment, the followers brought by Sun Yanling and others suddenly screamed, "General Sun, the two second princes, something happened later!"

Sun Yanling and the others turned their heads in shock, only to see that some people from our team in the rear escaped and ran to the Nanning army to kneel down and surrender. In addition, many Nanning cavalry were running and shouting to recruit their soldiers to surrender.But when he saw clearly that the people who surrendered were all his own Guangxi soldiers and generals, Sun Yanling was furious, turned his head and shouted: "Shameless villain! I said that I didn't do anything during the negotiation. Why do you say nothing?"

"We didn't do anything?" Fatty Lu said with a smirk: "We just sent an order to ask the old general Rong Guoan to come forward to surrender. Every Guangxi soldier who surrendered has three taels of silver to take, and he cashed it on the spot, but we didn't send troops to attack you."

After that, Fatty Lu added with a smile: "Sun Junmen, it seems that your control over the army is not only strong, even an old general who is so sick that he can hardly get out of bed came forward to surrender. There are so many people in your immediate army who will surrender right away, when our Pingxi Palace army really launches a general attack, how many people will listen to you, Sun Junmen, and you, Sun Junmen, probably don’t even know it? "

(End of this chapter)