scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 237
(PS: God damn confused quack doctor, the Pure Wolf family was almost scared to death by her, and the book was cut off for another day, she deserves death!)

Although Wang Shaobo's crow's mouth is less accurate than Fatty Lu, it is not very bad. When Fatty Lu reported his plan to force Kang Mazi to choose who to fight to the death with Old Traitor Wu, not only the traitor Wu who was always indecisive hesitated Even Hu Guozhu, who has always trusted Fatty Lu and obeyed his words, frowned and dared not express his support immediately.As for Wang Shirong, who had disliked Fatty Lu from the very beginning, he strongly opposed it even more firmly.

"My lord, Mr. Maoya's idea is superfluous at best, and farting with his ass off at worst. It's unnecessary!" Even in front of the traitorous old Wu, Wang Shirong spoke unceremoniously, "Now the Emperor Mangou let me Kabula started secret negotiations with us, which is enough to prove that Emperor Mangou has fallen into the trick and is already tempted. He is ready to transfer troops from the Huguang battlefield to Fujian to suppress the rebellion. We just need to wait patiently and continue to fight with Karma If the negotiations are held in secret, then once the negotiations are concluded, Emperor Mangou will naturally mobilize troops from the Huguang battlefield, and we will naturally have the opportunity to seize the opportunity to attack and cross the river."

"Since this is the case, why do we need to make extra troubles, and use this countermeasure to deceive Man Gou? If Man Gou finds out, then our plan to cross the river will be exposed immediately, and the Emperor Man Gou will definitely not come from Huguang. Take a step back and say that even if Lu Yifeng's plan is not discovered and Man Gou believes it to be true, then Emperor Man Gou will face two choices, one is to fight us to the end first, and the other is to fight Geng Jingzhong to the end first , if Emperor Mangou chose us, wouldn't we be completely self-defeating?"

Although Wang Shirong's attitude and tone were very fierce, the old traitor Wu and Hu Guozhu didn't fluctuate in their emotions. They just frowned and calculated together. It was not until a long time later that Hu Guozhu bowed his hands and said: "Father-in-law, Mr. Liangchen is right. Now we The strategic deception plan has reached the final juncture, and the chances of success are very high, so there is no need to make such a risky plan and force the emperor to make a positive or negative choice."

"Really? I just said that taking risks at this time is superfluous." Seeing that Hu Guozhu seldom stood by him when he and Fatty Lu had the opposite opinion, Wang Shirong couldn't help showing some happy smiles—I never thought that Hu Guozhu would pause, He added: "But..."

"But what?" Old Man Wu pulled himself together and urged, "Speak in one breath, I will listen to you."

"But if you don't do this, my son-in-law is really not sure when he will achieve the strategic goal of inducing Emperor Mangou to mobilize troops from the Huguang battlefield to go south." Hu Guozhu said helplessly: "Now the rebel forces in Chaharpurni have already It is confirmed that there are only more than [-] people in the area, and all the kings of Mongolia refused to follow Burni to raise troops, but rushed to help Mangou suppress the rebellion. I believe that within three months, Burni will be destroyed."

"At that time, the morale of the whole dog court will be greatly boosted. The emperor of Mangou will not only get a new army that has experienced the test of war, but also take the opportunity to recruit a large number of Mongolian cavalry, which will greatly alleviate the plight of insufficient troops. It is even more difficult to induce Mangou to draw troops from the most critical Huguang battlefield."

"So, my son-in-law now feels that Mr. Liangchen's words are reasonable, and also thinks that Yifeng's risky plan has risky value. It is really difficult, so I can only ask my father-in-law to make a decision."

"Guozhu, what you said is nothing if you say it." The old man Wu blamed his son-in-law, then pinched his brows and said: "If this king is not very embarrassed, why would you let you express your opinion?"

After heaving a long sigh, the traitor Wu asked again: "Guozhu, you and Gabra have negotiated in secret, how is it going?"

"Back to father-in-law, my son-in-law and him have made some concessions." Hu Guozhu replied truthfully: "Except for the fact that there is no dispute about allowing father-in-law to become emperor, at present my son-in-law and Kabula are entangled in the old coins and land, my son-in-law The final asking price was 300 million taels of military pay per year, plus Nanchang, Jiujiang and the two prefectures, and the bordering areas, where only 50 soldiers were stationed in each prefecture. Kabula insisted on only paying [-] taels of military salary every year, and one share of the land Don’t let it go, the state capitals in the bordering area, the troops of both sides can’t exceed [-].”

"Actually, this condition can be agreed to. Anyway, I don't intend to take this new peace agreement seriously." Old man Wu smiled treacherously, "If you just agree so readily, Kangxi Mazi will definitely become more suspicious and will not be deceived. No way. Let’s adopt Yifeng’s plan and force Kangxi Mazi to bet heads or tails.”

"Father-in-law, have you made up your mind?" Hu Guozhu was a little surprised, saying that he never thought that the traitorous father-in-law, who was always indecisive, would decide such an important matter so quickly.

"I have no choice but to make up my mind." The old man Wu leaned back in his chair, looked up at the beams of the house, and after a long time he said something out of his mind, "Ma Yaozi has come to secret letter, he and Man Gou Eza, the county king, and Moluo, the Mangou Shaanxi-Gansu governor, are getting along extremely badly. Both Mangou Eza and Moluo have shown signs of cutting him off from military power and driving him out of Shaanxi-Gansu. If you don't speed up, the biggest nail lurking inside Man Gou will be pulled out by Man Gou."

"So that's how it is." Hu Guozhu suddenly realized, and hurriedly echoed: "Father-in-law is still thoughtful. If you don't use Yifeng's plan and continue to give Mangou time, then Ma Yaozi will be exposed or lose power sooner or later. But with Yifeng's plan, no matter what Whether it succeeds or fails, Mangou's national situation will inevitably deteriorate again, and if Mangou's situation is critical, it will be very beneficial for Ma Yaozi whether he continues to lurk or suddenly raises troops."

"But if this plan fails, then our plan to launch the Battle of Crossing the River will be in vain." Wang Shirong said unwillingly: "Our army's navy is small and weak, and it is not difficult to break through the Yangtze River defense line full of dogs. Just average height."

"If you can't cross the river, my king will divide his troops into two groups, one to attack Jiangxi, and open up the land connection with Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing." The voice of old traitor Wu suddenly became cold, "The other route is to use the horse kite as an internal response. Capture Shaanxi-Gansu, go down to Tongguan and go straight to the Central Plains! Over the past year, Gu has secretly hoarded a large number of new firearms in Sichuan, and he can launch the Shaanxi-Gansu campaign at any time, making it difficult for all dogs to look back!"

Speaking of this, the old traitor Wu suddenly calmed down again, and said with a smile: "Besides, it's not that I'm partial to the peak, it's just that since this kid joined our Pingxi Palace, when did the plan go wrong? I believe it, this time, Maybe this fat boy will surprise Gu again."

The traitor Wu has already said so, what else can Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong say?At present, the old traitor Wu asked Hu Guozhu to reply to Fatty Lu with a carrier pigeon, and agreed to follow the plan. After the carrier pigeon flew to Jiqi Mountain, Wang Shaobo, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, rushed to Wuchang City immediately, and followed the plan that Fatty Lu had made up in advance. The script, on the day of August 12, 28th year of Kang Mazi, in front of the old man Wu's treacherous Xingyuan gate, a good show of a loyal servant crying and admonishing King Pingxi was staged.

Not to mention, as Fatty Lu's right-hand dog, Shaobo Wang really has some acting talent, holding the blood book of Fatty Lu, kowtowed and shed tears in front of old traitor Wu's gate, begging old traitor Wu to see He went to his side and accepted the blood book that he had passed on for his master Lu Fatty, attracting countless people and passers-by to watch.Helplessly, Fatty Lu's rebellion against the Pingxi Palace was too bad. Wang Shaobo was implicated by Fatty Lu, and he had already been dismissed from all positions. Now it is no longer as easy to see old traitor Wu as before. In the end, not only did he not see old traitor Wu, but The guards who were raped by the old Wu were beaten out with sticks, and it was getting late, so Wang Shaobo had no choice but to leave crying.

It was night, and Wang Shaobo lodged in a small inn in the outer city of Wuchang. Before falling asleep, Wang Shaobo quietly stuck a thin hair to the seal of Fatty Lu's blood book, and then he fell asleep peacefully.On the second day, Wang Shaobo got up to check the blood book in the package, and found that the hair on the seal had disappeared. He was relieved, and hurried out with the blood book again, and came to the Xingyuan gate of old traitor Wu again, crying and begging.

It was also Wang Shaobo's luck. On the 29th, old traitor Wu was out of the city to inspect the army training. When he went out with the guard of honor of old traitor Wu, Wang Shaobo hurriedly stopped the war horse of old traitor Wu, crying bitterly and presenting a blood letter.For the sake of Fatty Lu and Wang Shaobo's previous contributions, old traitor Wu finally reluctantly accepted the blood book. After reading the blood book in public, old traitor Wu told Wang Shaobo: "Go back to Mount Jiqi and tell Lu Yifeng what he said. I already know about this matter, and I will consider it carefully. Let him serve his sentence with peace of mind, and when he makes contributions to the king in terms of firearms, the king will consider commuting his sentence."

"Thank you, lord, lord thank you." Shaobo Wang was overjoyed, kowtowed again and again, and hurried back to Mount Jiji in Changsha to announce the good news to Fatty Lu.And all the officers and soldiers of the Wu army and the passers-by were extremely curious—what did the famous Fatty Lu say in the blood letter to the traitor Wu?
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What the officers and soldiers of the Wu army and passers-by who were present at the scene probably never dreamed of was that, as expected and expected by old traitor Wu and Fatty Lu, on the same day, Fatty Lu gave old traitor Wu a copy of the blood book, and that old traitor Wu Every word the traitor said after reading the bloody book was copied in detail and put into a letter bag. After sealing it with wax paint, it was sent across the Yangtze River on the same day, and then passed through the post station set up by the Qing court. After a long time, it was sent to the Forbidden City thousands of miles away, and sent to Kang Mazi, the current supreme chief of the Qing court.

"Lu Yifeng, son of a bitch!"

Just as Fatty Lu expected, after reading his copy of the blood book, Kang Mazi's hatred for him not only increased by three points, but he also filmed the false dragon case and scolded his mother, yelling: "God damn fat and cheap!" Dog, the old thief Wu Sangui has already made you a slave for life, and he is still thinking of helping the old thief Wu Sangui to harm our Qing Dynasty! When I catch you, a fat and cheap dog, I will have to cut you up with my own hands and chop you into pieces Feed the dog meat sauce to the dog!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down, I think this matter is very strange." Zhang Ying, a university scholar who has always been cautious in words and deeds, rarely rushed to speak, and reminded: "Please imagine, Your Majesty, if Lu Yifeng's dog thief wants to write a letter to Wu Sangui's old thief, Even if he has been reduced to slavery now, he can entrust his former colleagues to pass it on. Why did he have to send an ordinary subordinate without official position to Wuchang to attract the attention of our army envoys, so as to easily steal the original blood book? Besides, Lu Yifeng knew so many secrets of the Wu thief, and was punished as a slave for leaking the secrets, how could he easily meet with his former subordinates and entrust the delivery of blood letters? Please think twice, Your Majesty."

"What does Zhang Aiqing mean to say that there is fraud in this matter?" Kang Mazi asked thoughtfully.

"Weichen suspects that this is a scene deliberately arranged by the old thief Wu Sangui. He deliberately played it for us, and also deliberately leaked the contents of the letter to us." Zhang Ying replied in a deep voice: "Is the letter related to Lu Yifeng? It is related to dog thieves, I am afraid it has yet to be verified."

"Then, what's the purpose of that old thief Wu Sangui?" Kang Mazi asked thoughtfully.

"It may be that they intend to intimidate the imperial court." Zhang Ying replied hesitantly: "I believe that, judging from the current situation, the more violent the rebel Geng Jingzhong is, the more beneficial it will be for the old thief Wu Sangui, but this blood book does not It is obviously unreasonable to show the intention of persuading Geng Jingzhong to negotiate peace with the emperor. My minister dared to speculate that the old thief Wu Sangui might want to intimidate the court and show his attitude-even if the emperor talks peace with Geng Jingzhong, he will not let the emperor An Sheng will only join forces with Geng Jingzhong to start a wheel war with the Qing court, consume our national strength in turn, and gradually eat away at the land in the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, this is just a humble opinion of my humble minister. Let the emperor judge."

"Zhang Zhongtang's words are very reasonable." Suo'etu stood up and said respectfully: "Master, according to the humble opinion of this slave, no matter whether this matter is Wu Sangui's old thief acting deliberately to intimidate, or Lu Yifeng's dog thief is stupid and incompetent. Continue to confuse the old thief Wu Sangui into treason, but the wheel tactics proposed in this blood book, the master has to guard against."

"Yeah, I can't be wronged anymore." Kang Mazi nodded, and said bitterly: "Before, I gave in to the traitor Aobai and the old thief Wu Sangui. Believe in these thieves to think that I am weak and can be bullied, so I dare to show my face to me. Even a barbarian clown like Yang Qilong dares to jump on the beam in my capital! Negotiate peace, then in the future, there may be another clown barbarian who will jump out and show his teeth and claws in front of me, arrogant and presumptuous!"

"Master Shengming." Miqing's number one eagle faction Mingzhu hastily kowtowed, "Since ancient times, the peace brought about by humiliation at the negotiating table has never lasted long! The more concessions you make to the enemy, the more the enemy will make progress. The loyal dog thief and the clown jump the beam. If the master follows the example of the old thief Wu Sangui and asks him for compensation, it will only give hope to more evil-minded rebels and rebels, and make the situation even more difficult to deal with. Therefore, the slave thinks No matter if it is Wu Sangui's old thief or Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, only by resolutely fighting back and resolutely suppressing can we deter more rebellious officials and thieves with evil intentions!"

"Ming Zhongtang, you want to suppress the old thief Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, so where do you get your army, military rations, military pay and weapons?" Suo'etu looked at Mingzhu sideways and said with a sneer: "At present Our Qing court can still maintain a balance of power on all fronts, mainly because the most powerful old thief Wu Sangui among the thieves has temporarily ceased fighting with the court, and the court still has some spare power. If we start a new war with old thief Wu Sangui, then we are afraid Even this balance of power is difficult to maintain, right?"

"Does Suo Zhongtang want to ask the master to ask Geng Jingzhong for peace again?" Mingzhu retorted without showing any weakness, "Does Suo Zhongtang want to ask the master to send an envoy to appease Geng Jingzhong, ask him to stop attacking Zhejiang, and ask him to return? Fujian, and then the imperial court imitated Wu Sangui’s example and rewarded him with 500 million taels of silver as a military salary, and then rewarded him with 500 million grain and grass?”

"Please don't argue, the two middle halls. I have something to report to the emperor." Zhang Ying was afraid that Mingzhu and Suo'etu would quarrel again, so she quickly smoothed things over, then turned to Kang Mazi and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know if the Emperor still remembers Qin Qin." The matter of destroying the six kingdoms? During the Warring States period, Qin was stronger than any of the six kingdoms. If the six kingdoms worked together, they would be far superior to Qin, but Qin finally annexed the six kingdoms and unified the world. The emperor is among them. Can’t you understand? What's the point?"

"What Zhang Aiqing means is to attack from far away and attack close to each other?" Kang Mazi, who had thought about it a long time ago, was moved again, and asked ponderingly: "First stabilize one of the two thieves, Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, concentrate your strength, and first Annihilate the other side, and then clean up the remaining side."

"That's true." Zhang Ying nodded, and said solemnly: "Attack from far away and attack close to each other, and defeat each other. This is the unchanging axiom of military strategists throughout the ages. Wang Sheng must not act arrogantly, and think twice carefully."

"Master, this slave agrees." Suo'etu knelt down on both knees, kowtowed and said, "My slave also believes that the only way to get out of the predicament is to make friends at a distance and attack close at hand. I hope the master will adopt it."

"The slave also agrees." Mingzhu also knelt down and said: "Although the slave has always been the leader of the war, he never advocates recklessness, let alone blindly launching a full-scale war. First cut off the wings of the thieves, and then kill the leader of the thieves. Totally agree."

Kang Mazi closed his numb eyes, and after thinking for a long time, Kang Mazi asked hoarsely: "Then you say, which side should I stabilize first?"

"Wu Sangui!" Mingzhu, Suo'etu and Zhang Ying answered in unison.Suo'etu kowtowed and said: "Master, the old thief Wu Sangui has hinted several times that he wants to rule the river with the master, separate the Southwest and establish himself as the emperor, which shows that he has no ambitions. The five provinces and one government in the Southwest are enough to satisfy his appetite. As long as the master nods a little, the peace treaty can be reached immediately. However, Geng Jingzhong, a dog thief, has not long since started his army, and Zhejiang has only occupied half of it. There will be more losses of money, grain and land.”

"Geng Jing is loyal and weak, while Wu Sangui is strong, the old thief is strong. It is also the principle of the military strategist to put the easy first and then the difficult." Mingzhu kowtowed and said, "Our Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty also said that a big tree needs to be cut down one by one, and the only way to do it is to kill Geng first Be loyal to the dog thief, cut off the old thief Wu Sangui's wings, eliminate hidden dangers, and concentrate the power of the whole country, so that it is possible to wipe out the old thief Wu Sangui."

"Your Majesty, although I don't understand military affairs, I have already learned from the speeches of your lords that Wu Sangui's old bandit has a mighty army and horses, and his firearms are unparalleled in the world. It cannot be destroyed overnight." Zhang Ying kowtowed and said solemnly: "However, Geng Jingzhong is different. His soldiers are few and weak, and his firearms are all supplied by the old thief Wu Sangui. Now he can jump the beam for a while, and it is all thanks to the old thief Wu Sangui to restrain him. If the main force of the Qing Dynasty is destroyed, if the emperor can free up his hands, it will be easy to wipe it out, so why give up the strong and take the weak?"

"Besides." Speaking of this, Zhang Ying added cautiously, "The old thief Wu Sangui and my Qing Dynasty share the danger of the Yangtze River. Even if the emperor temporarily stabilizes the dog thief Geng Jingzhong, if the battle on the Yangtze River goes bad, the dog thief Geng Jingzhong will take the opportunity Again, wouldn’t it be a waste of previous efforts and a waste of work?”

Kang Mazi nodded slowly, but did not speak, let alone make up his mind easily whether to accept the public discussion of the ministers.In the end, Gao Shiqi, the attendant of the South Study Room with the smallest official position present, saw Kang Mazi's thoughts, knelt out and asked bravely, "Your Majesty, you are worried that the old thief Wu Sangui is playing tricks, using the name of peace talks to induce the master to divide the army, and take the opportunity to break through." The Yangtze River Defense Line?"

Kang Mazi didn't speak, and nodded slowly after a long time, admitting that he really had this thought.Gao Shiqi kowtowed again and said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is not difficult to solve. Your Majesty can ask the imperial envoy Kabula to make a request, asking the old thief Wu Sangui to reduce the strength of the prefectures along the river to less than [-], while our Qing army stationed Thirty thousand. If the old thief Wu Sangui agrees, it proves that he really has no intention of breaking the contract, and if the old thief Wu Sangui refuses, it will not be difficult for the Lord to discern his sincerity in the peace talks."

"Wonderful, why didn't I think of this trick?" Kang Mazi's eyes lit up, and he clapped the case and said, "Just do it like this. Although this move seems to show weakness, it's the only way to be safe. Draw up an order now, six hundred miles away Urgently give it to Gabula and ask him to propose this condition to the old thief Wu Sangui, as long as the old thief Wu Sangui agrees to this condition, other things can be discussed."

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Still, it only took more than seven days for Kang Mazi's great instructions to be passed on to Kabula. Gabula did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly made an appointment with Hu Guozhu again, and asked Hu Guozhu to ask Hu Guozhu to have one to three troops along the river, and frankly admitted that, The Qing court was indeed afraid of the old traitor Wu and Wu Jun, so Wu Jun did not reduce the force along the river to one-third of the Qing army. The Qing court really couldn't believe the sincerity of Wu Sangui's peace treaty.

Hearing Kang Mazi's request conveyed by Kabula, Hu Guozhu was of course proud, happy and worried. Of course, he was proud that he had completely frightened the whole dog. Of course, he was happy that Kang Mazi had been tricked, and he was naturally worried. But if we agree to the request of the Qing court, it will be extremely difficult for us to launch a sudden campaign to cross the river.However, to Hu Guozhu's surprise, when he reported the news to the old traitor Wu, the old traitor Wu slapped the table and shouted: "Promise to be full of dogs!"

"Father-in-law, it's easy to agree to Man Gou, but we have reduced the garrison to one-third of Man Gou, and then we want to launch a campaign to cross the river, but it will be difficult." Hu Guozhu reminded in embarrassment.

"Stupid!" Old Man Wu grinned wickedly, "Gu withdrew his army to Changsha, and Mangou moved his army to Jiangnan. Which one is farther away, which one is closer? Is it easier for the lonely army to go north to Wuchang, or is the main force of Mangou withdrawing from Jiangnan to Huguang?" Easy? Don’t forget, it’s easy for a warship to go down the river, but it’s extremely difficult to go up the river.”

"Oh!" Hu Guozhu slapped his head fiercely, and said in shame, "My son-in-law is confused, how can he forget the distance and the smooth flow?"

"Although the prince is reasonable, it is impossible for Mangou to transfer all the troops to Fujian." Wang Shirong said worriedly: "Our naval division was first established, with few ships and inexperienced sailors. It is difficult to be Mangou on the water. Navy opponents, even if we go northward so quickly, walking seven or eight hundred miles from Changsha to Wuchang, the mite dog army north of the Yangtze River still has plenty of time to react and prepare."

"As for these problems, leave Yifeng with a headache." Old Man Wu smiled treacherously, "I believe that with his ability, there must be a way to solve these problems. Besides, as long as the main force of Mangou goes south to Fujian, even if we can't sneak attack , A frontal attack is also much more confident than now!"

(End of this chapter)