scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 198

(PS: The power was cut off for several days in a row, and the battery was not fully charged. Today, because the battery power supply is insufficient, the computer keeps restarting and black screen, which seriously affects the code words, so the number of words is less. There is a reason for this. Please forgive me.)
"Benzhongtang now solemnly announces that he asks Prince Pingxi to think about his family and the world, and to exclude Lu Yifeng, the former prefect of Qujing, from the officials of your army participating in the truce negotiations, so as to express the sincerity of the Pingxi Palace and the Qing court to negotiate a truce!"

"If not, the old man will immediately announce the cessation of negotiations, and will report to the imperial court to explain the whole story, explaining how your army officer Lu Yifeng broke his promise during the negotiation period, spread rumors and slandered, deceived the king and committed a crime of alienating the flesh and blood between my sage and the people of the world. , to explain why the old man was forced to give up the negotiation! All the consequences caused by this are the responsibility of the Pingxi Palace!"

As soon as the second armistice negotiations started the next day, Ye Bilong, the full-fledged imperial envoy sent by Xiao Mazi, issued the above declaration with a livid face. Blowing his beard and staring, his eyes were so fierce that he almost wanted to eat Fatty Lu alive.

But still the same sentence, I really can't blame Ye Bilong and his two deputies for being narrow-minded and narrow-minded. The key is that Fatty Lu did too much, and even made the Qing court ignore the life and death of the Qing army's green battalion soldiers and prisoners of war. It was published and printed on leaflets and scattered in Wuchang City, which caused the morale of the green camp soldiers of the Qing army in Wuchang to be demoralized. The overall combat effectiveness of the army, although the commander of the Qing army tried his best to refute the rumors to stabilize the morale of the army, but because he could not take actual actions, the results were minimal.

"Yi Zhongtang, you don't understand when you say that you are an official." Fatty Lu jumped three feet high, jumped up and yelled confidently: "The humble official dares to ask Ye Zhongtang, why did the humble official break his promise? How did you spread rumors to hurt him? "

"Then what is this?" Fu Dali, a good old man, couldn't stand Fatty Lu's shameless sophistry. He slapped the two kinds of leaflets that Wu Jun threw into Wuchang City yesterday on the negotiating table, and asked angrily, "Say it yourself, are these yours?" Handwriting? Our people have said that in Yunnan and Guizhou, the only person who can do such immoral things is you!"

"I printed this leaflet pretty well!" Fatty Lu picked up the map of the mines on the backs of the Qing army captives, and asked confidently, "However, I would like to ask Ye Zhongtang, Mr. Zhe and Mr. Fu, is this true? Are you negotiating?" In the terms, there is a word about the Han soldiers from the Green Camp who were captured by us and refused to surrender? You are not benevolent and unrighteous, so I can’t even make it public? It’s a slander of the door?"

"Besides, Ye Zhongtang, did you ask before the negotiation, and did we agree that the content of the negotiation should not be disclosed to the public? You didn't ask us, and we didn't agree. How can I be considered a treacherous person? "

Ye Bilong, Zhe Erken and Fu Dali were all speechless, and finally understood why Tu Hai, Yue Le and others hated and feared Fatty Lu so much—this fat man is simply a rascal. The rascal, the rascal of rascals!He is ruthless in doing things, and irrational in his words, and he can get three points even if he is unreasonable. We bumped into such an opponent in the negotiation, it is simply bad luck for eight lifetimes!
"Yi Zhongtang, what Yifeng said is quite right." Hu Guozhu chimed in with a smile: "Yifeng did this because you didn't ask us to keep the terms of the negotiation secret before that. If you made this request at that time, we would not disclose it negotiating content, then I can assure you that neither I nor my father-in-law, Prince Pingxi, will ever allow Yifeng to do this."

"That's right." Fang Xueshi said more confidently: "You can't blame Yifeng for this matter, you can only blame Ye Zhongtang yourself. It is because you didn't think carefully and didn't ask for confidentiality, which led to the current result!"

The guilt of Fatty Lu's shameless behavior was pushed back on his own heads. The veins on the foreheads of Ye Bilong and others felt like they were about to explode. Zhe Erken was so angry that he slapped the table and pointed at the picture of Yue Le proclaiming the emperor. He shouted: "What about this one? Lu Yifeng, as a minister of the Qing Dynasty, you actually printed and distributed such rebellious leaflets with pictures and texts. Do you have any sense of being a minister?"

"I really can't blame me for this." Fatty Lu said extremely aggrieved: "Someone from your army asked to do this, because we have something to ask him, so we have to agree."

"You want to slander Prince An again?" The blood vessels on Zhe Erken's forehead finally exploded, and he shouted, "You want to frame Prince An again and attempt to usurp the throne? Do you know that this is a case of family raiding and extermination of the whole family?" Felony?!"

"Who is slandering Prince An again?" Fatty Lu immediately retorted: "My lord, did I mention the name of Prince An again? But you, my lord, once you mention the conspiracy to usurp the throne and rebellion against the war, you will immediately go to bed." What kind of intention is this to talk about Prince An? If the emperor and Prince An know about it, they will definitely look at you with admiration, Mr. Zhe, right?"

"Shameless thief! I'll fight with you!" The well-known polite servant Zheer Kenzhe could no longer suppress the anger in his chest. He jumped up and was about to strangle Fatty Lu to death.Fortunately, there were Ye Bilong and Fu Dali who were calmer, and they quickly grabbed Zhe Erken, who struggled desperately, shouting with red eyes, "Let me go! Let me go! I won't let you go today! Kill this dog thief, I swear not to be human! I swear not to be human!"

"Hahahaha...!" Both Hu Guozhu and Fang Xueshi laughed, Hu Guozhu said with a smile: "Master Zhe, this is your fault, Yifeng never said a single dirty word from the beginning to the end, let alone a word that offended you, Mr. Zhe , Mr. Zhe, how can you utter such vicious words and still fight with fists? Could it be that Mr. Zhe has forgotten that the virtue of a gentleman is to use your mouth but not your hands?"

"General Jinwu, the same sentence, if Lu Yifeng does not withdraw from the negotiation, we will never reopen the negotiation!" Ye Bilong said with a livid face: "If Prince Pingxi and General Jinwu do not want the negotiation to break down, then please let Lu Yifeng withdraw Negotiate, get another negotiator!"

"Yi Zhongtang, since ancient times, has there been a reason to appoint the negotiating representative of the other party?" Hu Guozhu asked slowly: "If we also ask, if you want Yifeng to withdraw from the negotiation, you must also invite Emperor Kangxi to negotiate in person. Can you agree?"

Ye Bilong was speechless, gritted his teeth and pondered for a long time, then Ye Bilong said in an almost pleading tone: "Hu Jinwu, it's not that we are asking for rudeness, the main thing is this Lu Yifeng... Alas! Hu Jinwu, as long as your side Please ask Mr. Lu to withdraw from the negotiation, then everything is easy to discuss, and the old man will try to make the greatest concession to you within his power."

Hu Guozhu was moved by Ye Bilong's words, but considering that the Qing court must bargain in the negotiations, without such a good negotiator as Fatty Lu, we must suffer a big loss, and considering that Fatty Lu has already cleared the Qing Dynasty. The negotiators created a huge psychological blow, leaving Fatty Lu will definitely have the initiative.So Hu Guozhu quickly shook his head and said: "Yi Zhongtang, I'm very sorry, Yifeng's participation is the decision of my father-in-law, Prince Pingxi, and I have no right to let him withdraw."

"Then please ask General Jin Wu to report back to Prince Pingxi. Unless your army makes Lu Yifeng withdraw from the negotiation, the negotiation will never resume." Ye Bilong replied through gritted teeth.

"Then there is no way." Hu Guozhu stood up and said with a smile: "Then let's stop here today. Please go back and think carefully about Ye Zhongtang. We are also very sincere in negotiating. When Ye Zhongtang wants to reopen the negotiation, you can Send envoys to contact us at any time, we are always waiting."

"Yi Zhongtang, please allow me to intervene." The culprit, Fatty Lu, also smiled and said: "General Jinwu said anytime, so please remember, even if it is during our army's attack on Wuchang City. , we can still resume negotiations!"

"Thanks for the reminder." Ye Bilong coldly agreed, led Zhe Erken, Fu Dali and others out of the tent and left.

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After returning to Wuchang City empty-handed, Ye Bilong and others soon met Tu Hai, Yue Le and other frontline coaches of the Qing army on the tower of the South Gate of Wuchang.As soon as they met, Tu Hai and Yue Le naturally had to ask about the negotiation situation. After Ye Bilong told the truth, Tu Hai, Yue Le and others scolded Fatty Lu for being shameless and Hu Guozhu for being despicable. Zhongtang, in fact, I feel that there is no need to negotiate with Wu Gou. Even if the negotiation is successful, we still have to start a war with Wu Gou and wipe out Wu Gou's entire army in a short time. Wu Gou has so much food and military pay!"

"I don't want to negotiate with Wu Gou either. After all, I can be regarded as a seasoned veteran, so I can tell." Ye Bilong said helplessly: "Although the old thief Wu Sangui is coming aggressively now, he has actually arrived. At the end of the crossbow, the army is exhausted from top to bottom, and no matter how powerful they are, they can take down Wuchang City, and then they want to attack Jiangxi and Jiangnan.

"But if we refuse to negotiate, what will happen to the more than 2 Manchu soldiers captured by Wu Dog? Are they really allowed to be slaughtered wantonly by Wu Dog? Their families and relatives are going to make a fuss, and the emperor may not be able to suppress it."

Speaking of this, Ye Bilong paused again, and said in a low voice: "Besides, in our current situation, we have to negotiate a peace with Wu Gou to buy some breathing time. The emperor just eliminated Ao Bai. The party has encountered so many things. At present, people in the imperial court are panic-stricken, the army and the new people are panic-stricken together, there are Rakshasa in the north who violated the border, Galdan in the west refuses to surrender, Taiwan Zheng Ni dies to protect the former Ming in the southeast, Fujian Geng Jingzhong and Guangdong Shangzhixin support their own self-respect, and they all have bad intentions, if Wu Sangui, the biggest thief, is not quickly stabilized, these people will make trouble one by one, and the consequences will be disastrous."

Tu Hai and Yue Le were silent together, and they also knew that with the power of the Qing court, there is some hope just to prevent the old traitor Wu, but to completely wipe out the old traitor Wu is a dream, but if you add Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin, Zheng Zheng Jing and Galdan also came to join in the fun, so Xiao Mazi had a lot of fun. With the elite soldiers and good generals almost wiped out, whether Jiangshan can sit still is probably a big question.

"Ni Zhongtang is right. In the current situation, we need to buy some breathing time." Yue Le agreed helplessly, and said through gritted teeth: "But before the ceasefire, we must keep Wuchang, the counter-offensive stronghold and the main hub of the Yangtze River defense line. Firmly grasp the strategic initiative of the Yangtze River battlefield! Even if you suffer some losses in the negotiations and pay some price, it is worth it."

"That's right." Ye Bilong nodded, and said solemnly: "The old man has carefully considered it on the way back. Now that Wu Sangui's old thief is approaching the city, if the old man goes to negotiate with him, he will only be passive and suffer losses everywhere. Therefore, the old man temporarily stopped negotiating with the old thief Wu Sangui on the grounds of Lu Yifeng's dog thief. Next, the old man will ask Tutang and Prince An, please guard this Wuchang City, and let the old thief Wu Sangui stay in Wuchang In the city, a bloody head will be broken, so that the old man can minimize the loss for the court at the negotiating table, and it can also hit Wu Sangui's ambitious ambitions, so that he dare not look directly at the north of the Yangtze River."

"Please don't worry about Ye Zhongtang, we will do our best to defend Wuchang City." Tu Hai said full of heart: "The old thief Wu Sangui relies on, but his flying boat can fly into the sky, and his rocket can fight in the field. He killed one of us. Caught off guard, caught off guard. But now we have seen his various weapons, and have basically mastered the way to deal with them. We have also discovered an important weakness of Wu Sangui's old thief. In this decisive battle in Wuchang, we are fully confident that Wu Sangui The old thief suffers a big loss."

"What are the important weaknesses of the old thief Wu Sangui?" Ye Bilong asked curiously.

"There is no ideal siege weapon!" Tu Hai replied with a sinister smile, "I don't know if Ye Zhongtang has noticed that this time, the old thief Wu Sangui went north to attack Biyuan. The same as ours, there is no special siege weapon, and it can gain the upper hand in the battle of siege. The city defense here in Wuchang is also very strong. Great place to suffer!"

"Although the words are reasonable, you can't take it lightly." Ye Bilong nodded, and suddenly pointed to the moat under the south gate tower and asked: "By the way, I haven't had a chance to ask you today. The old thief Wu Sangui suddenly sent people to fill it up last night. What is the purpose of the moat at the south gate of Wuchang?"

"It's just a trick to deceive people." Tu Hai said contemptuously: "The old thief Wu Sangui planned to use the tunnel to bury gunpowder and blow up the city wall, but he was afraid that we would find out, so he deliberately filled the two moats outside the east gate and the south gate at the same time. To create the illusion of flooding the river, unfortunately, what he probably didn't expect is that the water tank we buried in the ground has already monitored the underground movement, and found that his tunnel is heading towards our east gate."

"Be careful." Ye Bilong warned: "I think you also know that the ghost gunpowder of the old thief Wu Sangui is much more powerful than ours, and it is even more convenient to blow up the city wall!"

"Please don't worry about Ye Zhongtang." Tu Hai smiled even more ferociously, and said darkly, "Not only have we prepared countless poisons to release poisonous smoke, but we also dug a canal from the north gate of Wuchang to bring water here, just wait for Wuchang When the dog’s tunnel was dug under the city, we immediately dug through the tunnel and poured water into it to drown those Wugou shovelers!”

"That's good!" Ye Bilong was overjoyed, and said with a smirk, "I really can't wait now, I can't wait to see what kind of expression Wu Sangui old thief will have after our river water fills his tunnel!"

"Hey hey hey, hey hey hey." Above the city tower, there was a sound of smug laughter, which was enough to make people feel terrified.

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"After all, we still have to rely on swords and guns to speak!"

At the same time, in Wu Jun's tent, after listening to the negotiation situation reported by Hu Guozhu and Lu Fatty, the old traitor Wu first sighed, and then said with a smirk: "But it doesn't matter, the navy full of dogs can't transport many people across the river at one time. As long as we can break down Wuchang City and surround the Mangou in the inner city of Wuchang, we can't help but stop the old thief Bilong from obediently asking for negotiations! In the inner city of Wuchang, not only the Mangou army lives, but also their dogs Families, old and young, see him as Ye Bilong, an old thief, and he will not give in!"

"Father-in-law, we have to speed up our attack on the city." Hu Guozhu reminded: "We don't have much time left, today is September [-]th, and the weather is getting colder and colder. , we're in big trouble."

Of course, Hu Guozhu's worry is not unreasonable. With the rapid expansion of the Wu army's control area, what is exposed inside the Wu army is not only the shortage of troops, but also the supply of supplies is also a huge problem, especially the cotton-padded clothes and shoes needed for the winter. , because the main force of the Wu army is advancing so fast, if the already weak Wu army's logistics cannot deliver these things to the city of Wuchang in time, when the heavy snow falls, the old traitor Wu will not even have a place to cry.So the old traitor Wu quickly nodded and said, "My son-in-law is right. Within ten days, Wuchang City must be taken down, and the city will be hoarded with dogs to solve the winter problem."

To change the usual Wu Jun commander to discuss the military situation, Fatty Lu, who was afraid that he would not have the opportunity to show his face, was always scrambling to express his opinions, but this time it was not the case. The old traitor Wu and Hu Guozhu had obviously shifted the topic to the imminent Wuchang war Fatty Lu not only didn't rush to express his opinion, but jumped out and cupped his hands and said: "Grandfather, uncle, grandson-in-law is in a hurry, and he wants to go to the factory, please grandfather for approval."

"Yifeng, what's the matter with you these days?" The old traitor Wu also noticed Fatty Lu's abnormality, and asked suspiciously: "Why do you run to the factory all day long? We can't make cotton explosives here, and make some ladders For something as simple as a cloud platform, do you need to go there yourself?"

"Grandfather, please forgive grandson-in-law for keeping it secret." Fatty Lu replied with a sinister smile: "My grandson-in-law is building some unexpected siege weapons, and he is preparing to give grandpa a big surprise when he sieges the city."

"An unexpected siege weapon? What kind of siege weapon?" Old Han Wu asked in confusion.Fatty Lu resolutely kept his mouth shut and refused to answer. The old traitor Wu was quite reasonable in his treatment of his cronies, and laughed and scolded: "Stinky boy, keep it a secret from me? But if you don't want to say it, let it go. Go tinker with it. I hope it will come later." Time can really surprise Lao Tzu."

"Thank you, grandfather, for your understanding." Fatty Lu quickly cupped his hands to express his gratitude, and then hurriedly asked, "By the way, grandfather, where did we dig our siege tunnel?"

"It's probably only two miles away from the city wall." Old man Wu replied casually.

"Then when they dug to the edge of the moat, grandfather must send someone to inform grandson-in-law." Fatty Lu said respectfully: "At that time, it's time for grandson-in-law's siege weapons to take effect."

"Well, I will remember to tell you when the time comes." The old man Wu said lazily: "But I can warn you, if you make me happy for nothing, don't I withhold your reward. Damn, put Shang Kexi has caught all the old things, my headache now is how to reward you bastard."

(End of this chapter)