scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 222 Difficulties
According to Fatty Lu's crow's mouth, Liu Xuanchu, who stayed in Yunnan to assist Guo Zhuangtu, did put forward an extremely correct and beneficial strategic plan in his letter to the old traitor Wu, but it is extremely difficult to implement it. Generally high!Because this plan is to force or lure Geng Jingzhong to rebel or lure Geng Jingzhong during the time when the Wu army and the Qing army are recuperating, and let Geng Jingzhong consume the strength of the Qing army, while the Wu army sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight, reaping the benefits!

Why is it said that Liu Xuanchu's plan is extremely correct?Because once this plan is successful, the situation will be too favorable for Wu Jun!First of all, the attention of the Qing court will definitely be attracted by Geng Jingzhong, and the troops used by the Qing court to deal with the Wu army will also turn their guns and point directly at Geng Jingzhong, consuming manpower and material resources on the Fujian battlefield, which is convenient for the Wu army to attack in an all-round way. Let the mite Qing army fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides, exhausted on two battlefields, and weaken the overall strength and combat effectiveness of the mite Qing army to the greatest extent.

At that time, if Geng Jingzhong wins, he can directly join forces with the main force of the Wu army if he invades Jiangxi, and the situation will be even better if he invades Zhejiang. For the imperial court, it will undoubtedly be another disastrous defeat comparable to the Battle of Guizhou.It doesn't matter even if Geng Jingzhong loses miserably. At that time, Geng Jingzhong will not only rely more on the Pingxi Palace for rescue, but Zheng Jing, a staunch ally of the Wu army, can also take the opportunity to land and gain a firm foothold on the mainland. The strength of the Qing army will inevitably be greatly consumed, which is more conducive to the sudden attack of the Wu army.

It's easy to say, but hard to do. Although Liu Xuanchu's idea is good, the actual operability is a headache - after all, Geng Jingzhong is not a fool, let alone a fool like Wu Yingqi, who will ignore it for a small profit in front of him. In the long run, why should Wu Jun be used as a shield for the early bird?And why should they attract the firepower of the Qing court, and fight with the Qing court to lose both sides, so that Wu Jun can reap the benefits?So after reading Teacher Cheap's letter, even if he was as resourceful as Fatty Lu, he would inevitably scratch his head and weep his fat face.

"Yifeng, why don't you talk anymore?" Seeing Fatty Lu's embarrassed expression, Old Traitor Wu asked with a joking tone, "This is your teacher's suggestion. You have to say something if you support it or not?"

"Going back to grandfather, it's a good idea." With a mournful face, Fatty Lu hesitated for a long time before he said honestly: "It's just too unrealistic, Geng Jingzhong is not that stupid, and he won't be the first bird at this time. Say something disrespectful, teacher I really don't know what to think, how could I pose such a big problem to my grandfather?"

"Perhaps, Mr. Mao Xia saw that the recent situation in Fujian is beneficial to Geng Jingzhong's sudden rebellion, so he suggested this." Hu Guozhu took over the conversation and explained for Liu Xuanchu: "Some time ago, we received the latest enemy situation in Jiangnan. It shows that in order to prevent us from going down the river to capture the important financial and taxation areas in the south of the Yangtze River, Emperor Mangou not only mobilized many troops from Gyeonggi and Shandong to go south, but also mobilized the elite main forces of General Echu of Jiangning and General Wang Zhiding of Zhenhai from Jiangnan to Anqing, the throat of the Yangtze River. The city guards this place. Although this hand blocked the Yangtze River gate for our eastward movement, the strength of the defenders in the south of the Yangtze River has also been greatly weakened, which is very beneficial to Geng Jingzhong's sudden northward movement."

"In addition, the situation around Fujian is also very favorable for Geng Jingzhong. The Manchu army in Jiangxi in the west has been directly restrained by our main force, and self-protection is not enough. How can we still have the strength to deal with Geng Jingzhong? In the south Guangdong Mangou has just been slapped by you, with heavy losses and low morale. Inside, Shang Kexi's best friend, monk Zhixin, and the prince's sons are attacking each other. Outside, Wu Shizong and Zheng Jing are directly restrained, and Geng Jingzhong cannot be formed in a short period of time. Threat. As for Zheng Jing in the east, as long as Geng Jingzhong agrees to join forces with Zheng Jing to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jing will not only not become a threat, but will directly become Geng Jingzhong's effective ally. The situation is very favorable to Geng Jingzhong, and Geng Jingzhong cannot be ruled out. The possibility of Jingzhong suddenly attacking."

"Of course my nephew and son-in-law know what my uncle said." Fatty Lu smiled wryly and said, "But it's still the same sentence, unless the Manchu army takes the initiative, Geng Jingzhong will never take the initiative to attack this high-ranking rafter. I will save my strength and continue to wait and see, wait until we go further and fight Mangou to the death, and then come out to pick up cheap and peaches, which is in his best interest."

"So, you also feel that this goal is impossible to achieve?" Wu old traitor asked rather disappointed.Seeing Fatty Lu wryly smiling and shaking his head, old traitor Wu was inevitably even more disappointed, and said regretfully, "Originally, this king thought that you, a bastard who is good at performing miracles, might have some evil idea to force Geng Jingzhong to rebel for this king in advance. You shake your head like this, it seems that there is really no hope for this matter."

"It's not that my son-in-law doesn't want to do his best, but it's really too difficult." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said helplessly, "If our army has raised the flag of righteousness and started a new war with Man Gou, then it's better to persuade the ambitious Geng Jingzhong." We are very sure. But now that we have ceased fighting with Mangou, both sides are taking the time to recuperate and prepare for another decisive battle. No matter how stupid Geng Jingzhong is, he will not suddenly wait and see Raise troops to be the first bird. If you want to achieve your goal, unless, unless...."

"Unless what?" Wang Shirong suddenly said, and interjected: "If you have something to say, just finish it. As long as there is still a glimmer of hope, we can all make great efforts. If this plan is successful, the situation will be extremely beneficial to our army."

"Unless you attack Mangou." Fatty Lu hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Although from a strategic point of view, the most beneficial strategy for the Mangou court is to defeat each of them. Temporarily stabilize the ambitious Geng Jingzhong and deal with us first." To deal with Geng Jingzhong again, but the possibility of temporary adjustment of the strategic steps of the Mangou court cannot be ruled out. First deal with Geng Jingzhong, and then deal with us. Moreover, Geng Jingzhong is weaker, and it is difficult to take advantage of the strategy. Cut off the wings first and then deal with the leader. It’s also the logic of military strategists. If we operate properly and induce and force the Manchu court to change its strategic steps and attack Geng Jingzhong first, then Geng Jingzhong will have to go against it even if he doesn’t want to, and the strategy proposed by the mentor will naturally be achieved.”

"That makes sense." Hu Guozhu nodded and said, "Before we focused our attention on Geng Jingzhong, why didn't we think that we could get the same effect from Man Gou? Judging from the current situation, we can get the same effect from Man Gou. Not only is it much less difficult to start, but it is also less likely to lead to other unexpected consequences, such as the deterioration of our relationship with Geng Jingzhong."

"Not necessarily." Wang Shirong objected, "Emperor Mangou is far more treacherous and tolerant than Geng Jingzhong. It may be more difficult to attack him."

"You don't have to attack the Emperor Mangou." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said decisively: "The Mangou court is guarding against Geng Jingzhong, so why isn't Geng Jingzhong guarding the Mangou court? It cannot be ruled out that he jumps over the wall in a hurry and strikes first! So there is no need to attack the Emperor Mangou. As long as the operation is good, then even if it is the governor of Guangdong, Guangxi or Fujian, or even the local green camp in Fujian, it is gratifying for the surrounding Axixu and Dong Weiguo to take over. Shang Zhixin, who is in charge of the military power in Guangdong, may force Geng Jingzhong to rebel."

"Wait, Yifeng, you just came back from Mount Jiji, so you don't know anything about Guangdong, do you?" Hu Guozhu hurriedly corrected him, found an official document and handed it to Fatty Lu, "I received the news some time ago that the Emperor Mangou sent Prince An Yue Le led [-] elite soldiers to escort Shang Kexi to the south and returned to Guangdong, and named Yue Le as a general under command, commanding the troops along the southeast coast. It seems that Emperor Mangou intends to use Yue Le as a nail in Guangdong, and at the same time Contain our Eastern Route Army, Zheng Jing of Taiwan, and Geng Jingzhong of Fujian."

"Is there such a thing?" Fatty Lu was shocked, and quickly took the official document and read it carefully. After reading it, Fatty Lu quickly pinched his fingers to calculate the time. After the calculation, Fatty Lu couldn't help but screamed like a pig , "Ah—! What a pity! What a pity—!"

"What a pity?" Old traitor Wu, Hu Guozhu, and Wang Shirong were all taken aback.

"Of course it's a god-sent opportunity to force Geng Jingzhong!" Fatty Lu stomped his feet vigorously, beat his chest and shouted: "Yue Le escorted Shang Kexi to go south to Guangdong, and he must pass through Fujian. If we send an elite army, or let Zheng Jing send A group of elite soldiers, pretending to be Geng Jingzhong's army, attacked Yue Le and Shang Kexi on the way, and put the blame on Geng Jingzhong. Once they succeeded, even if Geng Jingzhong didn't want to rebel, he had to! Even if he couldn't succeed, Geng Jingzhong and Yue Le and Shang Kexi must also be suspicious of each other, which will help us fan the flames and create dissension!"

"But now, today is already February 28! Monk Yue Le is happy to leave the capital on the fourth day of February. If we want to arrange such a clever plan, it will be too late!"

Fatty Lu was beating his chest and stamping his feet in remorse, old traitor Wu, Hu Guozhu and others were looking at each other, Wang Shirong was furious, and shouted, "Shut up! You idiots who take it for granted! You think we never thought of such an idea ? Do you know that Monk Yue Le Kexi took the road to Guangdong? I don’t understand the situation, so I’m just talking nonsense here, and I’m self-righteous!”

"What?" Fatty Lu was taken aback, and asked in surprise, "Monk Yue Le is glad that he didn't take the Fujian route back to Guangdong? Then what route did he take?"

"Of course it's the road in Jiangxi, don't they still have the guts to go by sea?" Wang Shirong said angrily: "Our detailed investigation reports show that Shang Kexi and Yue Le never entered Fujian, and went around Fujian in a big circle. , go back to Guangdong by way of Guangxin, Jianchang, Ganzhou, and Shaoguan! These places are all controlled by the Manchu army, and they are not under the control of Geng Jingzhong. How can we blame Geng Jingzhong?"

"What else?" Fatty Lu was inevitably a little embarrassed and dumbfounded by such a big ugliness.But after thinking about it, Fatty Lu jumped up again, and shouted happily: "Grandfather, Uncle, Mr. Liangchen, this is good news, great news!"

"Why is this good news again?" Old Han Wu asked with a wry smile after being startled and frightened by Fatty Lu.

"Grandfather, if you were Geng Jingzhong." Fatty Lu asked with a sly smile, "Monk Yue Le is happy to take a straight and short-cut path, but instead took a big detour, bypassing Fujian and returning to Guangdong, what would you think?"

"What would I think?" The old man Wu was stunned for a while, and he came back to his senses after a while, and said, "Yes! If the current king is King Jingnan, he will be shocked and afraid. My vigilance has reached the extreme, and I am even more worried, all the trees are soldiers!"

"Father-in-law is right. It seems that the mutual suspicion between the Mangou court and Geng Jingzhong may be a hundred times more serious than we imagined!" Hu Guozhu echoed, and asked impatiently: "Then what should we do to achieve Let the conflict between Man Gou and Geng Jingzhong completely intensify, completely explode?"

"About this point, we may have to make a fuss about Yue Le and Shang Kexi." Fatty Lu pondered: "But the distance is too far, and we don't know much about the situation in Fujian and Guangdong, so it is difficult to prescribe the right medicine. It is best It is to ask my grandfather to send a plenipotentiary envoy to Fujian or Taiwan to grasp and understand the actual situation in the area, formulate countermeasures according to the actual situation, adapt measures to local conditions and adapt to the situation, and only in this way can we achieve our goals."

"Of course I can send this envoy." The old man Wu readily agreed, and then asked: "But the question is, who to send? What kind of envoy do we need to send?"

"You have to be good at adapting to changing situations, and be able to speak well." Fatty Lu replied without thinking, "You also have to be able to organize, be good at communication, and be able to get the parts of people like Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin, Yue Le, and Zheng Jing." To trust, you must have courage and insight, and you can still play with the enemy and applaud in the midst of turbulent waves, just like playing with the tide... Huh? Grandfather, uncle, Mr. Liangchen, what are you looking at me for?"

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu's situation suddenly went wrong - because old traitor Wu, Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong were all looking at him with very strange eyes.After a while, Fatty Lu finally came back to his senses, pointed at his nose and screamed: "Grandfather, don't you want your son-in-law to be the emissary?"

"There are only two people like you mentioned under my grandfather's command." The old man Wu said with a wry smile, "One is you, and the other is your uncle's father, Hu Shuixin, but he died of illness in the capital seven years ago. You're the only one left."

"Yifeng, this errand is tailor-made for you." Hu Guozhu joked: "Speaking of being good at adapting to changes and being able to speak well, among so many people under your father-in-law, is there anyone who can catch up with you? Being knowledgeable, being able to ride the tide in rough seas, to be honest, in front of you, even my uncle and I have to bow down!"

"That's right, the students agree with this very much... Heh." Wang Shirong wanted to continue to put on a bad face, but he couldn't help laughing.

"I'm going...?" Fatty Lu hesitated a little, and began to think about the possibility of doing this errand by himself.Fortunately, after the old man Wu smiled enough, he quickly waved his hand and said: "No, Yifeng, although you are very suitable for this job, but you must not go! One is that Gu's side cannot be without you, and the other is that your current reputation is not good enough. You are young, and the dog hates you to the bone, if you go deep into dangerous places, you will be the first to worry."

"That's right." Hu Guozhu also stopped his smile, nodded and said in agreement: "Yifeng must not go, now everyone knows that our new firearms are all made by Yifeng himself, so even if Yifeng does not enter Guangdong, but only goes to Fujian or Taiwan The possibility of Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing detaining Yifeng forcibly is ruled out."

"My lord and General Jinwu are both thoughtful." Wang Shirong made a joke once in a while, "Mr. Maoya's student has a bad head, but if he sells it for silver, I'm afraid Man Gou will be willing to spend half of it. A treasury to buy."

Old traitor Wu and Hu Guozhu laughed together, saying that this statement is true. If Fatty Lu's fat head is sold, no matter whether it is Kang Mazi, Geng Jingzhong, Zheng Jing and Shang Kexi, they will definitely be willing to give half of it. With a yearly income, Wu Yingqi bought Fatty Lu with an official position of a seventh-rank county magistrate, and the deal was really a bargain.Fatty Lu had a shy expression on his face, he smirked, but he was really vigilant in his heart-his sharpness was still too revealing, and now he was still useful and extremely loyal, so the old traitor Wu would try his best to reuse him, but if the birds were exhausted, he would hide himself. Or the day old traitor Wu becomes jealous of him, I'm afraid he will be completely intolerable to traitor Wu.

"Fortunately, it seems that in history, when the old traitor Wu died, he hadn't done anything like hide a rabbit and kill a dog." Fatty Lu secretly comforted himself in his heart, and said embarrassingly: "Grandfather , if grandson-in-law doesn't come to the scene in person, it will be very difficult to formulate a strategy to force Geng Jingzhong to fight thousands of miles away."

"Don't worry, anyway, we still have more than half a year. We have to eat at one bite, and we have to kill dogs every day. We can't take down Beijing city in one day." Old man Wu waved his hand, rarely uttered a reasonable word, and said arrogantly and unreasonably. : "Since this problem was created by your teacher Liu Xuanchu, I will leave it to you how to solve it. You can check the information collected from all over the southeast at any time. Geng Jingzhong sent here to contact us Messenger, you can also receive it at any time, and when you have a good idea, you can come and report it to the king."

"Thank you, grandfather." Fatty Lu bowed to thank him, but his fat face was still a little sad. On the basis of the absolute mastery of psychology, now I only have a rough grasp of the enemy's mutual defense psychology, but I know almost nothing about the specific situation on the scene. Conflict intensified and erupted?
"Yifeng, do your best." Hu Guozhu saw Fatty Lu's embarrassment, came up and patted Fatty Lu on the shoulder, and comforted him: "I'll have someone send all the southeast information we collected to you in a while, hurry up!" Take time to see, try your best to find a solution, if it really doesn't work, father-in-law won't blame you, after all, this is a huge problem, and the actual situation is here, there is no way if it can't be done."

"That's right, if it's really impossible, I won't blame you." The old man Wu smiled treacherously, "I'm not your teacher, and I just come up with random ideas regardless of the actual situation. The idea is good, but it can't be done. On the contrary, it makes people feel uncomfortable. Okay, let's not talk, it's getting late, let's go have dinner with the king."

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Although Old Traitor Wu, Hu Guozhu and the others had considered the actual situation and were not too demanding on themselves, Fatty Lu still kept this matter in mind and racked his brains to think hard.So much so that after returning to the mansion at night, paying the one-month rent in arrears to Line Yuxuan, and coaxing Line Yuxuan to sleep, Fatty Lu quickly got out of bed with his clothes on and sat down at the table. Ping picked up the southeast military situation and studied it carefully, thinking all night how to force Geng Jingzhong to rebel.

"Fatty man!" Just as he was thinking about it, a soft little hand suddenly pinched Fatty Lu's ear, and complained in a soft voice: "I'm just saying, why did you wake up in the middle of the night and see no one, why did you come here?" ? Said, did someone in Changsha mansion give you a girl, and they have already hollowed you out, so they are not interested in me?"

"I'm wronged. When I was in Jiji Mountain, I slept in the firearms workshop. Then I came to find the girl?" Fatty Lu cried out his innocence, while holding Yu Xuan in his arms, and let her sit on his back On the lap, he asked with a lewd smile: "Besides, I paid so much rent just now, you can't even pretend to hold it, and you're choking on it, does it look like you've been hollowed out?"

"Fuck you! Dirty!" Line Yuxuan was ashamed, bit Fatty Lu on the shoulder again, and then asked: "Then why did you get up in the middle of the night to read the official documents? What business can't wait until tomorrow?" ?”

"I can't help it. My teacher has given me a big problem, so I have to worry about it." Fatty Lu sighed, roughly told Liu Xuanchu's letter and the errand given by the traitor Wu, and told Yu Xuan to be ten million It cannot be leaked, so as not to accidentally reveal the wind, making the already extremely difficult problem even more difficult to solve.

"Your teacher is really real." After listening, Yu Xuan couldn't help complaining and muttering, "He really knows how to come up with ideas, Geng Jingzhong and Man Gou are not fools, why should they kill each other for no reason , Let us pick this huge bargain, isn't this embarrassing you?"

"No way, who asked me to have such a teacher?" Fatty Lu sighed mercilessly, and said distressedly: "Actually, although this matter looks difficult, it is actually very promising. Judging from the fact that Shang Kexi and Yue Le took a detour to Jiangxi to return to Guangdong, I can be sure that Yue Le and Shang Kexi are already extremely wary of Geng Jingzhong, and Geng Jingzhong must have preemptively attacked when all the trees and trees were worried about Mangou, as if Two barrels of gunpowder are put together, and the lid of the barrel has been opened, and only one spark is needed to detonate it, but I have no idea how to ignite this spark.”

"I can't help you with this." Line Yuxuan stroked Fatty Lu's bare chest with his small hands, and said helplessly, "Whether it's Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi or Shang Zhixin, I was almost in touch with them when I was in Guangxi. Without the slightest contact, I can't help you even if I want to help you."

"Yeah, I don't have much contact with them." Fatty Lu said with a sad face: "Although I have met them, I don't know much about them. There is no way to prescribe the right medicine. The information on the Southeast Army we have collected is very rough. How can I make this plan?"

"Huh?" Line Yuxuan's heart suddenly moved, he quickly pinched again, and reminded: "Fatty man, why are you so stupid? You forgot that in Wuchang City, there are two people who are very familiar with Jingnan Palace and Pingnan Palace. size? Why don’t you ask them?”

"Who?" Fatty Lu was startled for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses, slapped the table, and said angrily, "Shang Zhixiao! Geng Juzhong! How could I have forgotten them?! These two idiots are also Jingnan Palace and Pingnan Palace. His second prince's understanding of the situation in Guangdong and Fujian is naturally far superior to all of us."

"That's right, maybe you know something more confidential." Yu Xuan chuckled and said, "Speaking of which, when you were on business in Wangye Xingyuan today, these two idiots heard that you had returned to Wuchang City, and even joined forces I came to you and said I wanted to see you, but my attitude was that respectful. I promised to tell you when you came back, but I forgot."

"I'll go see them right away." Fatty Lu pushed Line Yuxuan away and wanted to stand up, but Line Yuxuan grabbed Lu Fatty and complained with a cherry red mouth: "It's three o'clock, they must all be asleep, Are you going to ask people to get out of bed to meet guests?"

"Then tomorrow." Fatty Lu was a little frustrated, and said helplessly, "Yu'er, go to bed first, I'll read these official documents before going to bed."

"Of course I can go to bed first." Line Yuxuan's voice suddenly became sweet, and he took Fatty Lu's fat hand, and asked with winking eyes: "However, I gave you such a good idea. Don't give them a little reward?"

"More? Oh my god! Yu'er, I don't dare to marry a fourth one. Just to deal with you, I'm going to die... Oh, Yu'er, spare my life! Spare me!"

(End of this chapter)