scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 196 Yue Le Proclaims Emperor's Cultivation Plan
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"Damn it! Lu Yifeng's bastard, he's doing it again! He's sowing discord again, are you tired of it? I'm already tired of you!"

After listening to Zhe Erken's report, Rao Daqing, Shuo'an, and Prince Yue Leyue couldn't help but jump up and scolded He made a swear word, "Where did this king recruit you to provoke you, a thief? You, a thief, are actually going to kill me and harm me like this?! Unexpectedly..., even the king who is planning to usurp the throne!" Can the rumors be fabricated?!"

"Lu Yifeng's dog thief is such a person! Just like a mad dog or a poisonous snake, it won't be comfortable if it doesn't bite people for a day!" Tu Hai, who has the same illness as Yue Le, took the conversation, gnashing his teeth and scolding: "Back then, I didn't know How did you provoke this mad dog? His family was ruined, his wife and children were separated, and a leg was disabled! If I catch this mad dog one day, I will definitely cut off the fat from his body and put it away It was scalded in a boiling water pot, stuffed into his mouth, forcing him to eat it for himself——!"

"Remember to let me cut a few knives too!" Yue Le echoed viciously, then turned to Ye Bilong and the others beside him and said, "Yi Zhongtang, since that bastard Lu Yifeng also came to Wuchang, he was appointed by the old thief Wu Sangui In order to participate in the negotiation with you, in Xiao Wang's opinion, Master Zhongtang, your negotiation this time will be worse, and there will never be any good results!"

"The lord really cares about this Lu Yifeng so much?" Ye Bilong was a little surprised, and asked, "He's the size of a sesame mung bean, from a fourth-rank magistrate, and there are many more bastards in Yongding River than this person, so it's really worth reassuring." Are you deeply afraid, my lord?"

"Yi Zhongtang, you haven't dealt with that barbarian before, and you don't know how slippery and treacherous he is!" Yue Le and Tu Hai cried out in unison, and quickly took the food they ate during the few times they had contact with Fatty Lu. The big losses are told to Ye Bilong one by one, and the embellished description expands the harm of Fatty Lu, and warns Ye Bilong not to take this fat man lightly, otherwise he will suffer a big loss!In the end, Tu Hai and Yue Le also suggested Ye Bilong together, thinking that it is best to stop negotiating with the Wu army now, and wait until the Wuchang City, which uses the fortified city and deep moats, makes the Wu army suffer, and then it will not be too late to start negotiations, otherwise, Ye Bilong If Long will go to deal with Fatty Lu, he will definitely suffer a big loss!

After listening to Yue Le and Tu Hai's complaints and suggestions, Ye Bilong was silent for a long time, and then said after a while: "So, during the negotiation period, this old man can't take Lu Yifeng barbarian lightly. But there is no way, since The emperor issued a decree for the old man to serve as an imperial envoy, fully responsible for negotiating a truce with the old thief Wu Sangui, and now that the old thief Wu Sangui has agreed to negotiate, the old man cannot negotiate with them, otherwise, the old man will have no way to explain to the emperor and the court."

"Yi Zhongtang, can you reconsider?" Yue Le reminded resolutely: "Now Wu Sangui's old thief is approaching the city, you go to negotiate with Wu Sangui's old thief, you will definitely be at a disadvantage at the negotiating table, but if we block Wu Sangui With the army of old thieves, the old thief Wu Sangui can't do anything in Wuchang City, wouldn't the situation be much more favorable for us?"

Considering that he will be severely punished if he returns to Beijing after suffering a loss at the negotiating table, and considering that Wu Jun is in a good position, he must be at a disadvantage in negotiating now. At this time, the messenger from outside the door rushed in, knelt down on one knee in front of Tu Hai, and clasped his fists, saying: "I would like to report to General Fuyuan that the main force of Wu Dog has arrived at the foot of Wuchang City. Liangzihu set up camp."

"It's so fast." Tuhai took a breath, and hurriedly shouted: "Explore again!"

The messenger went away with the order, but he never thought that the previous messenger had just left the front foot, and another messenger rushed in again. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted in panic: "To General Fuyuan, the old thief Wu Sangui personally leads an army!" Come to explore the city, and there is a prisoner in custody, who claims to be Pingnan King Shang Kexi, who was captured alive by the Wugou East Route Army, and asks the general to answer with you in the city!"

"What?" Tu Hai, Yue Le and the others jumped up together, and exclaimed palely: "King Pingnan was also captured alive by Wu Gou? How is it possible?"

"Go up the city wall and have a look! This is no small matter!" Ye Bilong ran out of the hall without saying a word, followed by Tuhai, Yue Le, Cai Yurong and others, and ordered the troops to escort him and his party Go to the city to check the situation.

Hastily went up to the south gate tower of Wuchang, and when I looked down carefully, as expected, a group of Wu soldiers and horses holding the flag of Commander Wu Sangui, surrounded by a large group of wolves, tigers and leopards from the Pingxi Palace, were inspecting the city defense at the bottom of the city. There was a person in a prison car, Ye Bilong, Tuhai and the others hurriedly raised their binoculars to take a closer look, they saw the person in the car had silver braids and a very old face. It is indeed Mite Qingping Nan Wang Shang Kexi undoubtedly!Seeing this, Ye Bilong, Tu Hai, Yue Le and the others were all ashamed and terrified. They understood that the biggest containment of the Qing army on the Wu army's flank was over, and the old thief Wu Sangui could put his main force into the northern battlefield with peace of mind.

"Brother Ye Bilong, are you safe here?" The old man Wu's treacherous laughter came up the tower, and he laughed and said, "Brother Ye, I haven't seen you for more than ten years. Today I can reunite with your old friend here, and by the way Brother Pingnan Wang met again, this king is really overjoyed! Why, brother Ye, don’t you want to say hello to this king and Prince Pingnan?”

"Yi Zhongtang?!" Hearing the smug laughter of the old man Wu, the old traitor Shang who closed his eyes and held hatred in the prison car suddenly returned, opened his eyes, and cried to the tower with tears in his eyes, "Yi Zhongtang, please report Playing to the emperor, the slave is gratifying and incompetent. He failed to restore Guangxi for the emperor, and was unfortunately captured alive by Lu Yifeng, the running dog of Wu Sangui's old thief. The old slave is incompetent, and the old slave deserves to die! Please make an order from the emperor to punish the old slave for the crime he deserved Also, please don’t think about the old slave, the emperor must destroy Wu Sangui’s traitor, kill Lu Yifeng’s dog thief, and avenge the old slave——!”

Ye Bilong's face was pale and he didn't dare to answer. Tuhai, Yue Le and others were all stunned. They never thought that Shang Kexi was actually captured alive by the Wu army. There was a lot of discussion, and my heart was pounding. The little confidence and morale that had just been built up in the fight against the second-rate army of the Wu army was inevitably shaken—just kidding, Shang Kexi, one of the kings of the three vassals who holds countless elite soldiers and good generals They were all captured alive by Wu Jun, can we still be Wu Jun's opponents?

Seeing the Qing soldiers on the Wuchang city wall whispering to each other in surprise and uncertainty, the old traitor Wu, who had succeeded in attacking the mind, was naturally very satisfied, and began to settle down to carefully observe the Wuchang city defense, looking for a way to break the city.However, what makes Wu old traitor Wu, Fatty Lu and other senior generals of the Wu army frown is that the city defense of Wuchang, the capital of Huguang Province, is a bit too perverted. Even if Yuntai attacked the city, it was difficult to rush up the city wall. The moat below the city was three feet wide. Although it was not obvious how deep it was, it was definitely not shallow. It also diverted river water into the river. Deep, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"It's no wonder that Wu Yingqi and Ma Bao couldn't fight together. This battle must be fought." Observing the situation of Wuchang city defense, Fatty Lu frowned, and asked Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong next to him in a low voice: "Uncle, Mr. Liangchen, You have also seen the situation in Wuchang City, how to fight this battle? Do you have any ideas?"

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." Hu Guozhu's expression was not much more relaxed than that of Fatty Lu, and he said with the same frown: "If such a city defense is attacked head-on, even if we can take it down, our casualties will definitely not be light there."

"I don't know how deep the moat is?" Wang Shirong pondered and said, "If we can find a way to fill up a section of the moat, there is hope that we can dig tunnels under the city wall and plant explosives to blow up the city wall."

"It's hopeless to count on tunnels to attack the city." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said in a low voice, "Have you noticed? Wuchang is next to the Yangtze River, and the groundwater must be very rich. I'm afraid the underground has already begun to leak before we have dug a foot deep." How can we dig under the city wall when it’s flooded?”

"Nonsense!" Wang Shirong retorted angrily: "Historical records show that when Kublai Khan attacked Ezhou, he dug tunnels and entered the city. It is still possible to dig tunnels under the city wall. The Ezhou City at that time is the current Wuchang City!"

"There is still this matter?" Fatty Lu was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Liangchen, do you remember correctly? Is it recorded in that history book?"

"There are records in "Continued Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and "Yuan History"!" Wang Shirong snorted proudly, and reprimanded: "You are still a scholar, so read more classics and history collections when you have time, and don't have time to get into pornographic books Here, delve into those sex skills!"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Liangchen has taught you the lesson, and the subordinates must pay attention to correcting it." Fatty Lu, who really had a bad conscience in this regard, nodded his head, and quickly turned to Hu Guozhu to suggest: "Uncle, I think we should find more pawns." Soldiers who have been miners, call them together to discuss how to dig tunnels under the city wall, and plant explosives to blow up this ghost city wall!"

"This is easy to handle. Anyway, there are miners in our army." Hu Guozhu nodded, and quickly sent an order to make arrangements for grassroots generals to select skilled miners from the Wu army for use by the traitor Wu.

At this time, a hanging basket had been put down on Wuchang City, and Zhe Erken, who had been tossed so badly by Hu Guozhu and Fatty Lu before, took the basket down to the city, crossed the river from the suspension bridge that was slowly lowered, and ran to Old Traitor Wu with a white flag. He negotiated in front of him and put forward two demands on the spot. One was to ask Wu Jun to treat the old traitor Shang kindly, and not to take the old traitor Shang to the city to humiliate him. Both sides negotiate.

The reason why old traitor Wu took old traitor Shang to the city was to shake the morale of the defenders, to hit the morale of the enemy, and to play prestige by the way. Naturally, he agreed to the first condition proposed by Zhe Erken. It was agreed to set Baishazhou, five miles southwest of Wuchang, as the negotiation site. Negotiations started at noon every day. During the negotiation period, the two sides were not allowed to send troops within three miles of the negotiation site, and they were not allowed to attack the negotiation parties. represent.Zorken also agreed without hesitation, and hurriedly said his goodbyes and left.

"Master Zhe, please stay for a while." Fatty Lu suddenly called Zheerken again, took Zheerken's hand, and said very apologetically: "Master Zheer, I'm really sorry that I made that joke with you last time. Afterwards, the lord scolded me badly, and I knew I was wrong, and I hoped that my lord would be more generous, so I must forgive the unintentional mistake of the lowly position."

"It's easy to say, Master Lu don't care too much about what happened in the past." Zhe Erken reluctantly replied: "But in the future, Master Lu, please be careful with your words and deeds, and don't speak unrestrainedly and without restraint. Long Ni Zhong Tang's family is not as good-tempered as Xia Guan."

"Definitely, definitely." Fatty Lu nodded in shame, then took Zhe Erken's hand and said, "Master Zhe, by the way, please also convey the apology to Prince An on your behalf. The official really didn't mean to frame him. In addition You can swear to God, the lower officials—the nursery rhyme of 'the emperor came out of Prince An's Mansion, and Gyeonggi is the battlefield' was really not spread by our Pingxi Palace on purpose! Those who spread the rumors are someone else!"

"The emperor came out of Prince An's mansion? Gyeonggi as a battlefield?" Zhe Erken's face changed again, and he exclaimed, "There are still such nursery rhymes among the people?"

"What? Master Zhe, haven't you heard of it?" Fatty Lu asked with surprise on his face, "As far as I know, such nursery rhymes have been sung by villages in the north and south of the Yellow River? How could you not have heard it, Master Zhe?" been?"

Zhe Erken's face turned blue, knowing that Fatty Lu was deliberately using himself to shake the morale of his own army, and continued to entangle with Fatty Lu, not only rural nursery rhymes, but also some nonsense such as destiny stone man. So Zhe Erken didn't say a word, he shook off Fatty Lu's hand and rushed back.Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong next to him burst into tears with laughter, and cursed at Fatty Lu in a low voice: "Fatty man, it's too bad! It would be strange if Emperor Mangou could feel comfortable with Yue Le after hearing these two words." !"

"No way, Yue Le's military ability and commanding courage are not inferior to Oboi's. If you don't cause him some trouble, he will definitely be a strong enemy of our army in the future!" Fatty Lu smiled bitterly, and said in a low voice: "Also, the people in Wuchang City There are [-] Mangou troops, and our strength is not much superior. Even if the authentic tactics successfully blow up the city walls, the casualties will inevitably be heavy when entering the city. Before that, if we can do our best to attack the morale of Mangou , Shaking the morale of the army is also of great benefit for us to enter the city and fight in the streets."

"It makes sense, think long-term." Hu Guozhu nodded, deeply appreciating Fatty Lu's foresight.

"General Jinwu, since for our army, this thief Yue Le must be killed quickly." Although Wang Shirong's mind is narrow, but his mind is flexible enough to be ranked among the four old advisers of the old man Wu. After being reminded, Wang Shirong had an idea and said: "Then we simply continue to fuel the flames, discuss a complete plan for Yue Le to proclaim himself emperor and put it into action, and use the foreshadowing laid by Mr. Mao Xia's students to arrange and arrange a series of illusions, so as to prove that Yue Le is trying to usurp the throne. The crime of the emperor forced Mangou to get rid of our thorn in the flesh."

"This plan is great!" Hu Guozhu was very satisfied when he heard it, and laughed in a low voice: "The dog thief Yue Le is not a saint, if we help him to be convicted of usurping the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, he will say without any excuse Maybe you will really have such thoughts. Then at that time, we can just... "

"General Jinwu is brilliant." Fatty Lu and Wang Shirong laughed slyly together, and the insidious laughter made the surrounding Wu army officers and soldiers feel chills, and they all thought: "These dog-headed military advisers are probably going to harm someone again! "

"Lu Yifeng, dog thief! Dog thief—! Shameless dog thief——!"

At this time, the voices of Yue Le, Tu Hai and others were already yelling and cursing from the Wuchang city tower, crazily cursing the eighteenth generation of Fatty Lu's ancestors, and condemning Fatty Lu's various shameless acts.But it's a pity that Fatty Lu didn't bother to entangle with Tu Hai, Yue Le and the others at this time. He laughed and followed the old man Wu, and went back to the Wu army camp to discuss the next siege plan.

That night, the infantry brigade of the Wu army was dispatched, and under the cover of darkness, they began to fill up the moat river at the east gate of Wuchang with earth bags on their backs. The moat was quickly filled up.When the Qing army found out that something was wrong and hurriedly sent troops out to stop the destruction, the Wu army’s rocket vehicles bombarded the city gate indiscriminately. Not only did the Qing army howl with ghosts and wolves, making it difficult to leave the city for half a step, it also inadvertently blew up the suspension bridge of the east gate. , so that Wu Jun can reach the city.

Unable to get out of the city, the Qing army could only fire cannons and arrows on the city wall to stop it. Unfortunately, Wu Jun filled the river at night and deliberately did not light torches so as not to be exposed. As luck would have it, they fired guns and arrows randomly, wasting countless ammunition and arrows, but with little effect, and hardly injured many soldiers of the Wu army.

"Wu Gou is probably planning to enter the city by tunnel." When the sky was twilight, he saw the infantry of the Wu army returning to the camp to rest like the tide, and the surface of the Wuchang moat that had been filled up a lot, Tu Hai and Yue Le, etc. The commander-in-chief of the Qing army was very worried, knowing that Wu Jun's move was not only conducive to storming the city, but was more likely to be an idea of ​​tunneling into the city-filling the moat first, and digging tunnels into the city can reduce the amount of engineering increased by digging deep tunnels and avoid river water irrigation. into the tunnel.

"You should be prepared with both hands." Yue Le suggested: "One is to dig a deep moat during the day, which will slow down Wugou's digging progress, and the other is to dig deep trenches in the city, so as not to give Wugou the opportunity to tunnel into the city."

"What if Wu Gou buried gunpowder under the city wall?" Tu Hai reminded: "When our Qing army attacked Songshan City, we used such tactics. Wu Gou's ghost gunpowder is much more powerful than ours. With such a tactic, it is even more handy.”

"About this point, we have to guard against it." Yue Le pondered: "But it's not impossible to crack it. We can bury more large tanks on the ground and judge the location of Wugou's tunnel at any time. Wait until Wugou's tunnel is dug under the city. At that time, we immediately back-dug the tunnel to connect with the Wugou Tunnel, and used bellows to inject poisonous smoke to kill the Wugou spade soldiers in the tunnel!"

"Your Majesty's wonderful plan!" Tu Hai was overjoyed, and hurriedly confessed to let the soldiers of the Qing army in the city follow the plan.

At the same time outside the city of Wuchang, after using a telescope to observe the filling of Wuchang's moat and the reaction of the Qing army guards, Fatty Lu frowned again, and said to himself: "Is this useful? Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong made such a big move to fill up the moat, can Man Gou prevent us from attacking the city? Tu Hai and Yue Le, two Man Gou, are not good characters with a simple and kind heart. If you don't attack the city by force, can you not see through our authentic siege tactics?"

"If this is the case, Wu Gou dug the tunnel back to connect with our tunnel. Before we have time to bury the explosives and fill it with water and smoke, it can destroy our tunnel, kill and injure our engineers in large numbers, and let us waste our troops."

"Fatty man, what's the use of you muttering here?" Line Yu Xuan beside him interjected, "Why don't you remind the prince quickly, please take precautions?"

"No! No need to remind!" Fatty Lu suddenly changed his face, and said seriously: "No need to remind, authentic siege tactics, continue to implement!"

(End of this chapter)