scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 240 Sacrifice
Let's get back to the right path. On October 12th, [-], Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty, the Mite Qing water transport fleet loaded with military pay and grass arrived in Hanyang. The coach Fuyuan General Tu Hai repeatedly dissuaded him, hoping that the fleet would stay for a few more days, but the new Fujian-Zhejiang battlefield commander and ordered general Wang Jieshu was anxious to go to Zhejiang to show his skills. Yixue was captured by the enemy for shame. On the same day, [-] main forces of the Huguang Qing army were loaded, and Zhang Fan went down the river to the east, rushing to the critically critical Zhejiang battlefield for rescue.

What made Tu Haitu even more depressed was that because of the lack of ships to carry troops, the emperor's cousin Wang Jieshu of Kang Jun forced himself to draw up [-] warships and lent them to Lord Kang to transport troops to the east—in fact, as long as After a squeeze, the water transport fleet can barely hold the [-] troops, but the ship is too heavy, and the speed of the ship is bound to slow down, so King Kang, who is eager to go to the Zhejiang battlefield to torture rookies and make contributions, is not satisfied. ——Of course, later on, this also became a major proof of Lord Kang's foresight.

The main force who relied on it as the cornerstone was finally transferred to the Fujian battlefield. No matter how worried and dissatisfied Tu Hai was, he could only sigh in vain.In desperation, in order to be sure, Tuhai could only make garrison adjustments on the same day. He personally led an army of [-] to go upstream overnight to Luoshandu, the first main battlefield after the adjustment of the strength of the enemy and us. There, the main position to prevent Wu Jun from crossing the river to the north was re-established.The Hanyang-Huangzhou defense line, which was already dangerously empty, was entrusted by Tu Hai to Cai Yurong, the treacherous and treacherous governor of Sichuan and Huguang, and the prefect of Huangzhou—Da Yu Jackie Chan!
In order to be sure, limited to the current financial resources and time constraints of the Qing army, although Tuhai did not build beacon towers along the river like Guan Yu did, he still repeatedly urged Cai Yurong and Yu Chenglong to make sure that Cai Yurong and Yu Chenglong did it for one day. Report the military situation of Hanyang and Huangzhou three times. If only two military reports are received in a day, Tuhai will immediately divide his troops and return to help. !Cai Yurong and Yu Chenglong, who rushed to Hanyang to take orders, were sweating profusely, and respectfully agreed, so Tu Hai felt relieved to lead the troops westward.

In the early morning of October [-]th, the main force of the Huguang Qing army led by Tuhai, Chani, and Yang Jie finally set off for Luoshan. After confirming repeatedly that the scouts did not find any abnormalities in the Wu army, Cai Da, who stayed behind in Hanyang, The governor finally breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said to Jackie Chan: "Our commander-in-chief Tu is good at everything, but he is a little timid. Wuchang Wugou has only [-] troops, and there is no navy stationed. Even if he suddenly kills Jianglai, We are sure to win one-on-one, I really don't know what he has to worry about?"

"Don't blame Cai Butang." Yu Chenglong replied respectfully: "I believe that Tutang is so cautious because of the safety of our country and society in the Qing Dynasty. If the Yangtze River defense line is lost, then our Central Plains of the Qing Dynasty will have no danger to defend. Moreover, Wu's rebel army is cunning and deceitful, the so-called peace treaty, whether it will be fulfilled for a long time to stop the war, still needs time to verify, and the Wanwang Ministry should be cautious."

"Of course this official knows." Cai Yurong snorted coldly, and then ordered: "My lord, I didn't urge you, just to be cautious, you should also return to Huangzhou City (now Huanggang), and let me closely monitor Wuchang County (now Hubei) City) and the movements of Wugou’s army in Fankou, reporting the enemy’s situation three times a day, there must be no mistakes—if there is a mistake, what will be the consequences, I don’t think I need to emphasize it?”

"Of order, I will leave immediately and return to Huangzhou." Yu Chenglong got up and cupped his hands, and said kindly: "Cai Butang, do you want to transfer some of the [-] troops stationed in Huangzhou to Hanyang? I have already recruited in Huangzhou." Four thousand voluntary soldiers from the countryside are quite sufficient.”

"No!" Cai Yurong resolutely rejected Yu Jackie's kindness, and sternly shouted: "Don't take it lightly just because there are few Wugou soldiers in Wuchang County and Fankou. It’s vulnerable! If you don’t leave you with [-] main soldiers, how can you tell me to rest assured of Huangzhou?”

"The lower official understands, Xie Butang cares, then the lower official leaves." Yu Chenglong didn't insist either, and after bowing his hands and saluting, he left immediately.Cai Yurong did not send him off either, but told Yu Jackie to be careful, and sent his third son, Cai Ji, to take Jackie Chan to Hanyang Wharf and return to Huangzhou by boat.

After Yu Chenglong left, Cai Yurong called the eldest son Cai Lin and the second son Cai Xun, and told them: "Lin'er, Xun'er, what is the situation now, as a father, I won't say much, as a father, I will only separate you two." Errand, Xun'er, from now on, you will be responsible for scouting and careful arrangements, and you will be doubled for your father. You must closely monitor all movements in the south of Wuchang Prefecture. No matter when the army is mobilized, report it immediately! The matter is of great importance, and we must not relax, let alone take it lightly!"

"Understood, please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief." Cai Xun respectfully agreed.

"Lin'er, apart from helping to organize the army for father, you also have an important mission for you." Cai Yurong turned to his eldest son, Cai Lin, and ordered, "From now on, I will leave the matter of contacting Wu Gou's envoy to you." You must persuade Wu Gou to agree within three days, that is, before the 5000th day. On the [-]th day, they will send a boat to carry the prisoners of war across the river, and return with the military pay and food. Also, as far as my father knows, Wu Wu Yingqi, the thief general who stayed behind in Wuchang, is notoriously greedy for money, you can use Wenyin within [-] taels to buy him, this is what my father agreed with Tutang before, and it will be paid by our accountant of the Huguang garrison."

"Father commander, why?" Cai Lin was a little confused, and asked in doubt: "When exchanging prisoners of war, we sent ships and Wu Dog sent ships. It's not the same. Why do you have to spend money to bribe Wu Dog? Must Wu Dog send ships?"

"Idiot!" Cai Yurong scolded with a long face: "Most of the warships and sailors were taken to Luoshan by Tutang, and now there are only fifteen warships and some civilian ships left at Hanyang Wharf. If we send warships If Wu Gou took the opportunity to seize the ship with grain, grass and military pay, then we would be miserable? But if Wu Gou sent a ship over, with our warships watching over the water and our army guarding the pier, even if Wu Gou wanted to play tricks, Didn't he die in vain?"

"Understood, my father is wise and wise, my son will go down to make arrangements." Cai Lin suddenly realized, and quickly agreed, and hurried down with Cai Xun to make arrangements, while Cai Yurong led Huguang Admiral Sang E and Navy Vice Admiral Fang Zhengse to personally arrange the river bank at Hanyang Wharf Not to mention defense.

It was early winter, and the north wind was blowing up along the Yangtze River. The envoys of the Qing army sent by Cai Yurong and his son took advantage of the wind and arrived at Wuchang Wharf in less than an hour.However, as early as half a month ago, the old traitor Wu led most of the civil and military officials of the Wu army and the main force to withdraw to Changsha in compliance with the contract. Now only Wu Yingqi, the [-]th son of the old traitor Wu, led a group of second-rate troops in Wuchang to do anything wrong—— The casino was also opened on the water gate wharf in Wuchang. From the lieutenant generals to the ordinary soldiers, they all gathered around the gambling table, playing dice and drawing cards, shouting and drinking, and the noise was in full swing.The envoy of the Qing army with the white flag in his hand laughed secretly, and hurriedly explained his purpose to the guards at the wharf, and asked Wu Yingqi to meet him.

Fortunately, Wu Yingqi readily agreed to meet the envoy of the Qing army, but when the envoy of the Qing army was led to the military command hall of the Wu army, he couldn't help being dumbfounded again—the commanding hall for dispatching troops and issuing orders is everywhere. Gambling tables and wine jars, as well as Wu Jun soldiers who were blushing from drinking and had red eyebrows and green eyes from gambling!And Wu Yingqi, the coach of the Wu Army in Wuchang, not only ignored the misbehaving generals, but took the lead holding a big wine jar and leading a large group of Wu Army soldiers to gamble around the biggest gambling table!
"What are you doing here?" After the envoy of the Qing army was brought to Wu Yingqi, Wu Yingqi still refused to put down the dominoes in his hand, but asked lazily while touching the dominoes: "That old bastard Cai Yurong, what's the matter? If you fart, let it go!" , don’t delay my gambling.”

"Back to the second prince, it is indeed Cai Butang who sent an envoy here." The envoy of the Qing army was not angry at Wu Yingqi's rude words, but respectfully handed over Cai Yurong's letter, saluted and said: "Three days later, on October [-]th, is your The period for the exchange of prisoners of war agreed between the army and our army is only because most of the ships of our Hanyang garrison have been transferred to other places, and there is a serious shortage of ships carrying prisoners of war and military pay and food, so Cai Butang would like to ask the second prince to do a little favor. Collect ships to carry prisoners of war, military pay and food, so that the exchange of prisoners of war can be carried out smoothly and as scheduled.”

"Fart!" An ugly soldier next to Wu Yingqi yelled and said: "It is clearly written in the peace agreement that you will send the ship to carry the military pay and food in exchange for the prisoners of war. Why should we send the ship now? The wages and ship fees for the civilian ships Who's out?"

"That's right, who will pay for the money?" At the mention of the word 'money', our second prince Wu Yingqi immediately regained his spirits, put down the dominoes in his hand and asked: "It takes a day to requisition a civilian ship, even a cargo ship for carrying goods." One tael, five silver coins, and the wages of fishermen and sailors, who will pay?"

"Of course we will pay." The envoy of the Qing army hurriedly untied the package on his back, held it in front of Wu Yingqi with both hands, and said respectfully: "Second prince, since we made the request, of course we will pay for the transfer of ships and fishermen. Pay, but the civilian ships near our Hanyang have been requisitioned, and we can't find so many ships, so the second prince can only help with this small favor. This is a small favor from our Cai Butang, please accept it with a smile, the second prince will make it happen After that, we, Cai Butang, will definitely have a big reward."

As he said that, the envoy of the Qing army gently put the package on the gaming table, and there was a dull sound of hard objects colliding. Wu Yingqi stretched out his hand to touch it, and found that the hard goods in the package were all hard goods. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the ugly soldier beside him.The ugly soldier's two beads of different sizes twirled a few times, and hurriedly whispered to Wu Yingqi's ear. After Wu Yingqi was overjoyed, he beckoned the Qing army envoy to him, and whispered in his ear: "Go back and tell Cai Yurong that the prince can agree to his request, but the prince has one condition."

"Second prince, please tell me." The envoy of the Qing army quickly agreed.

"Tell him, it's fine for me to recruit civilian ships to carry prisoners of war and military pay and food, but the condition is that he must join hands with me to do the Eight Banner paste business!" Wu Yingqi said in a low voice: "I still have more than 2 taels of Eight Banner paste in my hand now." Ointment, one or two coins and one tael of ointment, if he can help me find a buyer in Jiangbei and sell all this batch of Eight Banners ointment, I will sell Eight Banners ointment to Jiangbei in the future, and he will also help me open some back doors, I will agree Do him this favor."

"Smuggling the Eight Banners ointment?" The envoy of the Qing army was stunned for a moment, and then felt dumbfounded, and quickly agreed, "Please rest assured, the second prince, the envoy will report the truth to Cai Butang, and I believe Cai Butang will also do it." Do your best to help. It’s just that there are frequent wars now, and the market price of Baqi ointment is not as good as in previous years, and the price may be higher.”

"Fart!" Our Second Prince Wu became furious, and regardless of the many soldiers listening, he yelled, "The market of Baqi cream is not good? You still want to take advantage of me? Don't think that I don't know, because the way of war It doesn't make sense, the price of Baqi ointment in other places has not only not dropped, but has also risen a little bit. In your Hanyang city alone, now one tael of Baqi ointment can be sold for one tael or five yuan, Beijing is one tael eight, and Jiangnan is one tael. Two or six more, still want to fool me?"

"Damn, isn't this two hundred and five very shrewd in this regard?" The Qing army envoy muttered in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "What the second prince said is very true, but the envoy is not proficient in this area, so he is wrong. In other words, please don’t be offended by the second prince, and please rest assured that the envoy must report the truth to Cai Butang, and Cai Butang will try his best to arrange it.”

"Go, tell him to hurry up, there are only three days left." Wu Yingqi waved her hand away, then picked up the dice and shouted again, "It's down, buy it and leave it, buy it and leave it..., your mother, Put down two denarii and put it on the table next to it, I'm not allowed to put it below one tael!"

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After the dumbfounding Qing army envoy returned to Hanyang to report to Cai Yurong and his son, Cai Yurong and Cai Lin and his son burst out laughing, saying that the old man Wu was a treacherous and treacherous man, but in the end he gave birth to such an idiot son. It may be difficult not to be defeated.However, after laughing, Cai Lin reminded Cai Yurong: "Father, although Wu Yingqi is famous for being an idiot, we also have to prevent him from pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. It is his hands that will destroy him if he is a bearer. inside."

"It's different, the situation is different." Cai Yurong laughed and shook his head, "Xiong Cilu's time, he bought Wu Yingqi to prepare for Wu Sangui's disadvantage. No matter how stupid Wu Yingqi is, he knows how to be filial, so Xiong Cilu missed. But we are different , we have no malicious intentions, as long as Wu Yingqi understands this, he will not play any tricks, otherwise, he will cry when I strangle the private cargo route on the Yangtze River in the future."

"Is the handsome father planning to help him with this?" Cai Lin asked.

"Anyway, we don't suffer. If we sell favors to him, we will be easy to get along with in the future." Cai Yurong said with a smile: "You can go to the merchants in the city to discuss and see if they can eat this batch of Eight Banners ointment. If there are too many, we will sell all the rest for some money, anyway, Baqi ointment is a panacea for wounds on the battlefield, and we also use it in the army." As he said this, our Governor Cai couldn't help it in his heart He began to ponder again, if he and Wu Yingqi could jointly open up a smuggling channel for Eight Banner ointment, would the money still come in the same way in the future?

Cai Lin agreed, and Cai Yurong pointed to the Qing army envoy and said: "You have to work hard again, go see Wu Yingqi again, and tell him that the old man agreed to his conditions. After today, he can send someone to take the Eight Banners away at any time. The ointment is delivered, the money is paid and the delivery is delivered. But the matter of asking him to help recruit ships has to be settled."

Lang is affectionate, and concubine is also interested. The dirty deal between Governor Cai and Prince Wu is naturally a combination of dry wood and fire, and they hit it off.After hearing the report from the envoys of the Qing army, the second prince Wu not only agreed, but immediately ordered to set up a list to collect the Shuifu people's boats. After returning to Hanyang to report, Cai Yurong was also determined, and his guard against the Wu army in Wuchang was greatly reduced.

At this time, an accident that neither the Wu army nor the Qing army had thought of happened. The Huangzhou murderer from the official dispatch robbed the civilian boat and fled to the south of the Yangtze River. After Jackie Chan got the report from the murderer, he immediately sent a boat to chase the murderer named Yi Cheng. Never thought that the action was a step late, and the boat driven by Yi Cheng fled into Fan ahead of schedule. At the defense line of the Wu army, Yu Chenglong's men were afraid of giving the Wu army an excuse to start a new war, so they did not dare to continue chasing and robbing the murderer back. They could only watch him being detained by the Wu army soldiers and taken to the Wu army garrison.

In normal times, such things would be trivial. Neither Wu Jun nor the top Qing army would take such trivial matters to heart, but the problem is that the Huangzhou Qing army who pursued Yi Cheng heard it with their own ears, and this Yi Cheng was cried by Wu Jun. During the seizure, he yelled that he wanted to see Prince Pingxi, and that there was a serious matter to report. Yu Chenglong, who was as careful as he was, inevitably became alert. It was agreed that the murderer who killed the upright officials and fled to the area controlled by the Wu army would be handed over to him for interrogation.

In the peace agreement jointly signed by the old traitor Wu and the imperial envoy Mite Qing, there is indeed such a clause - if there are thieves and fugitives who cross the border, they must not stay in hiding and must be handed over to each other unconditionally!However, after Jackie Chan's envoy negotiated with Jiang Yi, the general guard of the Wu Army in Fankou, Jiang Yi not only refused, but also sent a brigade of Wu Jun to escort Yi Cheng to Wuchang City to dedicate to Wu Yingqi!Yu Chenglong knew that there must be something strange in it, so he hurriedly reported it to Cai Yurong, asking Cai Yurong to make a decision!After Cai Yurong heard the news, he felt that the matter was unusual, so he quickly sent an envoy to Wuchang to ask Wu Yingqi to hand over the murderer, Yi Cheng!
In the early morning of the next day, Yi Cheng, an unknown soldier who was suddenly under the attention of both the Wu army and the Qing army, was escorted to Wuchang City. Wu Yingqi and Lu Fatty, who was hiding in Wuchang City like a mouse, did not dare to neglect. Wu Yingqi publicly interrogated Yi in the lobby. Fatty Lu hid in the back hall to watch and eavesdrop, so that he could give Wu Yingqi some bad ideas at any time.

"I want to see Prince Pingxi, I want to see Prince Pingxi!" While struggling and shouting, Yi Cheng was escorted to the lobby by Wu Jun soldiers. Judging from his appearance and demeanor, this Yi Cheng is obviously a very ordinary young farmer, with ordinary appearance and strong body , with thick bones, bloodstains all over his ragged clothes, one of his feet is bare, and the other is wearing worn-out straw sandals, but all of them are bloody and scratched. It can be seen that on the way to Wuchang, he didn't know How much has been suffered.

"What's it called?" Wu Yingqi slapped the gavel in a grand manner, and shouted: "My father has gone back to Changsha. I am Wu Yingqi, the second prince of Pingxi. If you have anything to say, you can tell me!"

"Are you really the second prince of Pingxi Palace?" Yi Cheng was taken aback, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can ask the person next to you, am I?" Wu Yingqi asked proudly, pointing at the Wu Jun soldier next to him.

"Second...Prince..." Yi Cheng yelled tremblingly, and two lines of hot tears suddenly flowed from his blood-stained face.

"Why are you crying?" Wu Yingqi asked inexplicably, "I haven't ordered torture yet, why are you crying?"

"Second Prince—!" That Yi Cheng suddenly yelled excitedly, knelt down on his knees, kowtowed to Wu Yingqi repeatedly, and cried loudly: "Second Prince, save us, save our fathers and folks in Macheng, save us! Save our people in Macheng, please, I beg you on behalf of the folks in Macheng! We are ready, as long as you cross the river, we will immediately rise up and go to Huangzhou to meet the army of Prince Pingxi. We are all ready All right……."

"Don't cry, don't cry, speak slowly if you have something to say." Wu Yingqi panicked and hurriedly comforted her.

"Second Prince, my name is Yi Cheng, and I'm from Dongshan, Macheng, Huangzhou Prefecture." Yi Cheng cried and said, "We Macheng people are suffering, Mangou doesn't treat us Han people as human beings at all, and forces us Give them hard labor, no food, no wages. This year in our village alone, five brothers died of exhaustion, and Xu Si’s wife was ruined by the dog soldiers and thrown into a well. Xu Si’s parents sued When they arrived at the government, not only did the government ignore them, but they also kicked them out, saying that they would go to jail if they were to be sued again, and when the old couple returned home, they hanged themselves together...! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...!"

Crying, Yi Cheng kowtowed repeatedly until his forehead bleeds, so Wu Yingqi, who has always been a wolf, was also moved by Yi Cheng's true feelings. , What’s the matter, you tell me, I’ll make the decision for you.”

"Second Prince...!" Yi Cheng was moved and even cried loudly. It took him a long time to explain the whole story to Wu Yingqi and others.It turns out that this Yi Cheng is indeed the common people under the rule of Yu Chenglong Yu Daqingtian, who was praised by the later generations of Guanggu. Dao, along with the Yangtze River War, Kang Mazi continued to mobilize troops from the north to go south. When he passed through Macheng, the Han people in Macheng suffered great disasters. Even if it is reported to the government, no one dares to take care of it—who would dare to take care of it?

Where there is oppression, there will naturally be resistance. A passionate young man named He Shirong in Dongshan, Macheng was unwilling to be bullied by the Qing army in his hometown. Contact was not enough to be isolated and helpless, He Shirong sent his fellow villager Yi Cheng and others south, intending to sneak across the river to contact Wu Jun, and set an appointment to start an incident.

Originally, this matter went smoothly, but I never thought that on the way Yi Cheng and others went south, they ran into another soldier who was raping a girl under ten years old. Yi Cheng, who was full of enthusiasm, killed the man and rescued her. She was a young girl, but she was also hunted down by the guards of Huangzhou Prefecture and the garrison. The four companions died in order to protect Yi Cheng, who was carrying He Shirong's secret letter. Contacted Wu Jun in Fankou.

"Second Prince, this is a letter from Brother He." Crying, Yi Cheng tremblingly took out a blood-stained letter from his arms, held it in front of Wu Yingqi with both hands, and said with a sob: "Second Prince, as long as you attack Huangzhou , we will immediately rise up, and each of our thousands of brothers can work for you without frowning."

"Poor." Wu Yingqi wiped away tears, took the letter and opened it, and saw that what was said in the letter roughly matched Yi Cheng's description, that the He Shirong Rebel Army who was about to rise up was indeed willing to take Wu Jun across the river, and begged Wu Jun to send troops to liberate Huangzhou. The name and fingerprint of the leader of the rebel army was also attached—and this letter was still written in blood!

"Second prince, second prince." Wang Shaobo, disguised as a soldier, suddenly pulled Wu Yingqi's sleeve, and pouted lightly towards the back hall. Wu Yingqi understood, and hurriedly said: "Brother Yi Cheng, wait a moment, I will discuss it with the other brothers." Let's see what to do."

"Okay, okay, I can wait as long as I want." Yi Cheng repeatedly agreed, and then Wu Yingqi left the crowd and went back to the back hall alone, where he saw Fatty Lu.

"Uncle, don't fall into the trap." As soon as we met, Fatty Lu didn't wait for Wu Yingqi to speak, and immediately said: "This is Man Gou's trick, and this Yi Cheng was also sent by Man Gou to lure us into the bait. If we fall into the trap, The plan for October [-] will be revealed immediately!"

"No way?" Wu Yingqi was taken aback, and asked in surprise, "Nephew-in-law, have you misjudged the person? Does it look like a fake when he cries like that?"

"Uncle, this is acting." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "Did uncle forget that when it comes to acting, who can act as well as my master Wang Shaobo, who can even hide that old bastard Shang Kexi? This Yi Cheng A little trick, can you still hide it from my eyes?"

"Really?" Wu Yingqi said suspiciously, "But how do I see it, why doesn't it look fake?"

"Uncle, nephew and son-in-law, will I still cheat on you?" Fatty Lu said seriously: "Uncle, please don't forget that there are only [-] Mangou left in Hanyang, and only [-] Mangou left in Huangzhou. It is the most vulnerable and dangerous time. To be cautious, Man Gou can send someone to lie to us and test whether we have any plans to take the opportunity to cross the river? If Uncle falls for Man Gou's trick and misses grandfather Grandpa blamed him for such a big event, who will bear the consequences?"

Thinking of his father's majestic order before leaving, Wu Yingqi shuddered and asked, "Then what should I do?"

"Follow the plan, send this Yi Cheng and this blood book together to Mangou Cai Yurong!" Fatty Lu said in a deep voice: "Let the envoy tell Cai Yurong that our Pingxi Palace speaks out like a mountain, and that the war will be ceased if it is said. I promised to hand over the fugitives if they are caught, and I hope he will abide by the peace agreement. In the future, if there are fugitives from our side who escape to Jiangbei, they will also have to be handed over."

"That's how it is." Wu Yingqi is also worthy of being the [-]th of the Pingxi Palace, and without saying a word, he returned to the lobby with a blood book and shouted: "Come on, tie up this liar and take him to Hanyang." Go and hand it over to Cai Yurong!"

"Second prince, I'm not a liar, I'm sincere, Brother He and I are sincere!" Yi Cheng cried frantically, but Wu Jun's military discipline is strict, although the soldiers didn't understand Wu Yingqi's order, they rushed immediately Come up and escort Yi Cheng to the pier again.

"Second prince, we are sincere! We are not fake! Second prince, I am not a liar, folks in Macheng, I am waiting for you to save—!"

Amidst the heart-piercing cries, Yi Cheng was escorted out of the lobby, but Fatty Lu knelt on his knees in the back hall in the direction where the voice gradually disappeared, knocked his head three times, and murmured: "Yi Zhuangshi , Yi Yingxiong, I know that you are real, and I know that you are a great hero. But Macheng is too far away from the Yangtze River, and the time is only two days, and you were found by Man Gou again. To sacrifice more Han heroes, and to save more Han people, I can only... sacrifice you. In the future, you will definitely understand that your sacrifice is worth it..."

After saying that, Fatty Lu burst into tears and kowtowed in the direction where Yi Cheng's voice disappeared.

Note: The anti-Qing uprising in Dongshan, Macheng is by no means a fiction, and He Shirong, the leader of the uprising army, did exist. However, this uprising in response to Wu Jun’s anti-Qing uprising during the San Francisco Rebellion was quickly suppressed by the Qing army. After the army was cut off, he still fought bravely with his left hand, killing the traitor general Wu Zhilan, and was captured because he accidentally fell into the mud river, and was brutally killed by the Qing army.And the executioner who brutally suppressed this anti-Qing uprising was precisely the prefect of Huangzhou at that time, and now the one whose buttocks are licked every day by the naked boss——Yu Chenglong!

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