scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 247
The day of October 12, 27th year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty was undoubtedly the most elated day for Kang Mazi, the supreme chief of the Qing Dynasty, since he took the throne for a long time. General Anbei of the Army Anbei consulted Zhou Peigong Zhou Daotai, and personally brought the heads of the thief king Burni and his younger brother Luo Buzang who dared to rebel and returned to the capital to report victory to Kang Mazi!

As for why Zhou Peigong, deputy commander of the Baoyi Army, personally sent the heads of the Burni brothers back to Beijing?This is not entirely because our Zhou Peigong, the handsome guy, wanted to show his face and ask for credit. The main reason is that this time the Burni rebellion was quickly quelled. Existence, the Burni Rebellion is absolutely impossible to quell so quickly!
In the Battle of Dalu, the Burni brothers escaped the misfortune of annihilation by chance, leading the nose of the Packed Army to escape to the depths of the boundless grassland desert. In view of the sparsely populated grassland terrain and the high mobility of the Mongolian cavalry The entire Qing court, including Kang Mazi, believed that this counter-insurgency war would be protracted and would not end in half a year.

Heroes come out in troubled times, and when there is a crisis, Zhou Peigong will naturally have the opportunity to show his strength. With the Burni rebels constantly fleeing and difficult to encircle, Zhou Peigong decisively suggested that Tong Guogang stop the pursuit of the Baoyi Army and stop and rest in the area of ​​​​Sira Chahan Lake , and let the treacherous army attack Chahanhot, the old nest of the Burni brothers, so that Burni fell into a dilemma where the brothers either completely abandoned the old nest or returned to the old nest. It was the relationship between Horqin and Shuo's younger sister Shajin who sent Shajin to the Burni army to surrender, promising that as long as the Burni brothers led the army to surrender, then Tong Guogang, Zhou Peigong and others could protect them from death in front of Kang Mazi.

Just like in history, the Burni brothers are indeed a pair of idiot brothers with great ambitions and talents. Seeing Shajin's surrender, they were moved to surrender, but they did not dare to agree immediately because of Kang Mazi's cruelty. After surrendering, Zhou Peigong took advantage of the opportunity that the Burni brothers stopped fleeing and relaxed their vigilance during the negotiations, and suddenly dispatched elite cavalry into the Burni brothers' camp, killed the Burni brothers, defeated the Burni rebels and recruited most of the rest, and obtained decisive victory in this counter-insurgency war.

Although the methods are not glorious enough, a victory is a victory. For the Qing court, which has been accustomed to consecutive defeats for more than two years, this victory not only solved the threat from behind, it was also a one-shot. The heart booster is truly a timely rain of life-saving -- besides, compared with Fatty Lu's vicious methods, such methods are already very aboveboard.So after receiving Zhou Peigong's victory report, Kang Mazi was still ashamed and delighted, and immediately ordered to reward the three armies, and added officials and ranks to meritorious ministers such as his uncle Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong. Kang Mazi pardoned his previous crimes and was promoted to a higher rank.

Misfortunes never come singly yesterday, and good fortune is here today. Just as Kang Mazi was thinking about how to publicize and exaggerate the great victory in the grassland to boost morale, at noon on the same day, Zhejiang sent another good news. Man Jingui, the Shaoxing defender, and Xu Hongxun, the prefect of Shaoxing, took the opportunity to set up an ambush on Guimen Mountain, Changling, Shengxian County, ambushed Geng Jingzhong's rebels, and beheaded them. More than 14 people, including [-] Geng army generals Ma Ruizhi, Qiu Erzhang, and Ma Yu, were captured alive, forcing the remnants of the Geng army to return to Taizhou. The Southeast Qing Army won its first big victory!

Both the Mongolian battlefield and the southeast battlefield won great victories at the same time. Kang Mazi, who had been in fear for a long time, was so ecstatic that he could hardly express it in words. In addition to rewarding Man Jingui, Xu Hongxun and other meritorious ministers on the spot, Kang Mazi He also ordered a banquet to be held in Tiren Pavilion to feast all the officials and celebrate these two great victories with all civil and military officials.

At you in the afternoon, the celebration banquet was officially held. Kang Mazi led all the civil and military officials to the table. The great hero Zhou Peigong sat at the first table, and sat with Kang Mazi's confidants such as Suo'etu and Mingzhu. Arranged by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they each took their seats, followed by congratulations from all the officials, who sang their praises and flattered them, praising that the two victories were achieved under the leadership of Kang Mazi's Wei Guangzheng and under the blessing of Kang Mazi. Tired of hearing similar words, but today because I am in a good mood, I suddenly feel like I can't get tired of hearing them again and again. I can shake my head, my pockmarked face is full of smiles, and I am full of will.

After finally waiting for Zhang Ying to lead a group of civil officials to finish reading "Longevity Without Boundaries", Kang Mazi waved his hand to stop the flattery of the next batch of officials, raised his glass and smiled and said, "Dear dears, please don't come here again. The great victories, the real heroes are the tens of thousands of soldiers of our Qing Dynasty, as well as Tong Guogang, Zhou Peigong, Man Jingui and Xu Hongxun, loyal ministers and capable ministers. If they hadn't been able to plan properly and use their lives, how could our Qing Dynasty have achieved these two great victories? I want you to raise your glasses and toast to these soldiers and heroes together!"

"Zunzhi, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the ministers shouted, raising their glasses together to respect the soldiers from the north and the south.After putting down the wine glass, Suo'etu hurriedly said loudly again: "Long live, today's rebellion in Pingcha Halburni and the severe defeat of Geng Jing's loyal thief army is really a blessing for long live, and it can protect the generations to come. This servant is deeply honored to be a role model for future generations of emperors, and boldly begs my emperor to raise his glass long live, and accepts this servant and other officials to toast together."

"Suo Aiqing is really good at talking, ready to play!" Kang Mazi laughed and agreed, Zhang Wanqiang next to him hurriedly poured another glass of wine for Kang Mazi, Kang Mazi raised his glass and laughed loudly: "Everyone, please."

"Long live thanks!" All civil and military officials happily agreed, raised their glasses and drank the contents of the cup with Kang Mazi.After putting down his wine glass, Kang Mazi smiled again: "My dear friends, I am not only overjoyed to receive these two good news today, but also completely relieved. Burni in the north has already conferred the title, and the one in the south The end of Geng Jingzhong's thieves is just around the corner. I believe that as soon as the main force of the Qing Dynasty arrives at the Zhejiang battlefield, within half a year, the good news of the restoration of Fujian will also reach the palace!"

"My emperor's literary and martial arts are far superior to those of the Qin emperor and Hanwu. They are rare in ancient and modern times. Long live my emperor!" All the officials hurriedly knelt down together and shouted long live again.

"Loves, you're overrated, overrated." Kang Mazi laughed triumphantly, and then sighed: "If one day, I can receive the victory report of pacifying the Southwest, then it will be the real Wenzhiwugong, the real chasing the Qin Emperor and the Hanwu!" !"

"Master, please don't worry." Mingzhu said flatteringly: "Just wait until I have laid down the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty to wipe out Geng Zheng's crimes, cut off the wings of the western thieves, and gather the power of the whole country. The good news of the great victory in the Southwest will naturally be sent to the master sooner or later." in front of you."

"Yes, yes, it's only a matter of time." Numerous civil and military officials echoed loudly, and Kang Mazi was even more delighted, and said with a smile: "If there is such a day, I will definitely give a banquet in this Tiren Pavilion again, and be with you Dear lovers, celebrate three days, and celebrate the reunification of the Qing Dynasty, and it will last forever—ten thousand years!"

"Forever forever!" All the officials echoed in unison.Kang Mazi laughed loudly again, raised his glass again and said, "Everyone, raise your glass again... Hey, Huang Aiqing, what did the little eunuch say to you just now? What's the matter? Why do you look so anxious?"

"Back to the emperor, a father-in-law informed the minister just now." Huang Xigun, the left servant of the Ministry of War, came out, kowtowed and said: "The Ministry of War has just received an urgent report of the military situation at [-] miles away. Weichen forwarded the report, saying that it was urgent, and asked Weichen to pick it up immediately."

"Where's the military intelligence pond newspaper from?" Kang Mazi asked nervously.

"Back to the emperor, the little eunuch didn't make it clear just now." Huang Xigun replied respectfully: "I just said that it's a messenger from another place. The situation is extremely urgent, and I need my minister to pick it up immediately."

"Then you go." Kang Mazi arranged with a generous smile, "Go and come back quickly. If there is good news, then present it to me right away."

"My minister obeys the order." Huang Xigun kowtowed and hurried to the palace gate.Kang Mazi and other hundreds of officials and dignitaries continued to drink and have fun in Tiren Pavilion, celebrating the great victory between the north and the south, and waiting for Huang Xigong to bring good news—even better good news!
"Master, I have a proposal from this slave." Taking advantage of this vacancy, Pearl, the number one hawk in the Qing court, took the opportunity to suggest: "Master, please copy the two great victories in Mongolia and Zhejiang into the mansion newspaper, so as to spread the word and inspire the world." My subjects of the Qing Dynasty and the soldiers from all over the world also casually warned those young people who have evil intentions, so that these clowns would not dare to have another heart."

"What Aiqing said is very kind, let's play it!" Kang Mazi felt right in his heart, and waved his hands triumphantly and shouted: "After the publication of the residence newspaper, I will also send a copy to my father-in-law, Cheng Engong, so that the people in the southwest will know that we The bravery and martial arts of the soldiers of the Eight Banners!"

"Zha, the servant obeys the order." Mingzhu hurriedly kowtowed proudly. Some more upright Han officials beside him, such as Wang Xu, felt that Kang Mazi's actions were a villain's ambition, but considering that Kang Mazi had been frustrated for so long, it was better It is easy to encounter two big victories, and it is normal to do something out of the ordinary when you are overjoyed, so you didn't persuade him, but just celebrated with the officials.

At this time, a figure flickered in front of the main entrance of Tiren Pavilion, and Huang Xigun, the servant of the military department who had gone out to receive military reports from the pond, suddenly appeared in front of the main entrance of Tiren Pavilion. Kang Mazi smiled and said: "Huang Aiqing is back, walking so fast, it seems Good news again..." At this point, Kang Mazi couldn't continue, because Huang Xigong tripped over the threshold when he entered the door, and fell to the ground eating shit like a dog.

Under the astonished eyes of the ministers, Huang Xigun scrambled to his feet in embarrassment, and scrambled to rush to Kang Mazi—the real scramble, walking quickly, Huang Xigon, who has always been known for his maturity, prudence and cunning, unexpectedly The left foot tripped over the right foot a few times, and almost fell down a few times.Seeing such a scene, the banquet hall that was still laughing and laughing just now suddenly became silent, and everyone had a thought in their hearts, "I'm afraid something big will happen."

While watching nervously, Huang Xigun knelt down on both knees in front of Kang Mazi, kowtowed his head and put his forehead on the ground, but refused to raise his head, let alone say a word.In the end, it was Kang Mazi who couldn't help but asked, "Huang Aiqing, what happened? Why didn't you say anything? What kind of military report did you receive, and you became so nervous?"

"Yes, Mr. Huang, no matter what the big event is, you have to report it." Ming Zhu echoed and asked, "The sky is falling? The earth is falling? Even if the sky is falling, there is no need to be in such a panic, right?"

"Your Majesty, it's more terrifying than the collapse of the sky." Huang Xigun said tremblingly: "Please calm down, Your Majesty, and don't get angry. If you hurt the dragon's body, I will report to you."

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Kang Mazi asked nervously.

"Wu... Wu...." Huang Xigun's lips trembled, and it took him a while to say a word from his throat, "Wu Dog has broken through the Yangtze River."

"I still think it's something. It turned out that Wu Dog broke through the Yangtze River." Kang Mazi didn't realize it for a while, and smiled, but when he laughed halfway, Kang Mazi jumped up suddenly, and asked loudly: "Wait, what did you just say? Wugou broke through the Yangtze River?!"

"Back to the emperor, that's true." Huang Xigun held up the military intelligence pond report he had just received with both hands, and said in a crying voice: "General Fuyuan Tuhai rushed to report at eight hundred miles. On the seventeenth night of October in the 12th year of Kangxi, Wu Ni The thief army shamelessly tore up the peace treaty, and the thief general Lu Yifeng led an army of 12 to attack the important town of Hanyang in the Qing Dynasty first! In the early morning of October [-], the [-]th year of Kangxi, the old thief Wu Sangui personally led an army of [-] to raid Luoshan. Although the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty fought bloody battles, they were helplessly outnumbered and suffered heavy casualties. Within a day, Luoshan and Hanyang were lost one after another, and Wu's rebel army crossed the whole line... the Yangtze River."

"How is it possible? How is it possible?" Mingzhu yelled frantically, "Didn't the old thief Wu Sangui retreat all the way south to Changsha Mansion? Then so many troops came to attack our Yangtze River defense line? And that Lu Yifeng, he was not Has the old thief Wu Sangui dismissed all his official positions and was punished with hard labor for life? How could he lead an army to attack Hanyang?"

"Ming Zhongtang, we have been tricked!" Huang Xigun burst into tears, "Tuhai found out after the fact that the prisoners of war escorted by the Wu Rebel Army to Wuchang for exchange were all disguised by elite soldiers of the Wu Rebel Army! Lu Although it is not clear yet that Yifeng dog thief came out of the mountain again, it is certain that this is probably another trick of Wu dog! Also, Prince Gong’s whereabouts are unknown during the Hanyang battle, and he may have been captured or killed by Wu dog Already!"

Mingzhu was stunned, and all the civil and military officials present were also stunned. In Nuoda's Tiren Pavilion, it was so quiet that even a needle dropped on the ground could be heard clearly. Transferred to Kang Mazi's pockmarked face.And our Emperor Kang Mazi was completely stunned, his pockmarked face was stunned at first, then gradually turned blue, turned from green to white, then from white to black, and finally gradually turned gray.

"Old thief Wu Sangui! I'm going to cut you into pieces!" Shouting these words from the bottom of his heart, Kang Mazi suddenly spewed out a mouthful of dirty blood from his yellow-toothed mouth, and he fell on his back, his legs With a kick, he was so angry that he passed out on the spot.

"emperor--!"

"master----!"

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When Kang Mazi was rescued and woke up, he was naturally surrounded by dozens of imperial physicians. Zhou Peigong, who claimed to know everything about medicine, divination and astrology, was crying and kneeling beside Kang Mazi's bed, holding a small The medicine bottle, and the old witch of Xiaozhuang have also rushed over upon hearing the news.Seeing that Kang Mazi was awake, Xiao Zhuang who still had tears on his face hurriedly clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Your Majesty, you have finally woken up. Fortunately, Zhou Peigong is proficient in medical skills and suggested to use Chen Xiang to make medicine to save you. Compared with these The rice bucket is too medically powerful."

"Grandmother..." Kang Mazi cried out bitterly, trying to sit up with force, but Xiaozhuang hurriedly said: "Don't move, grandson, you are out of breath, you have to lie down and let your breath go, you can't sit."

"Grandmother." Kang Mazi called again, tears rolling down his face.Xiaozhuang choked up and said: "Grandson, you don't have to cry, don't worry, you are the real dragon emperor, it's okay for that old Wu Sangui to cross the Yangtze River, this Huahuajiangshan is still yours, he can't take it away."

Choking and talking, Xiaozhuang couldn't help but shed tears, and everyone around him was crying. It was only then that Kang Mazi realized that he had returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Zhang Ying and other close confidants were kneeling Beside the door, I just don't know why Zhou Peigong followed in, but when Zhou Peigong saw Kang Mazi's small eyes turned to him, he immediately understood the reason, and hurriedly kowtowed to Xiaozhuang: "Old ancestor, the emperor has woken up, and the humble minister should also retire. "

"You stay here. You know medicine, so you can't leave." Xiaozhuang hurriedly stopped him, then turned to Kang Mazi and said, "Grandson, you should reward Zhou Peigong well. Just now you passed out in Tiren Pavilion, and a mouthful of phlegm blocked your throat. Thanks to Zhou Peigong, who asked the court lady to suck the phlegm out of your throat with her mouth, she pulled you back from the gate of hell. Seeing that he knows medicine, the Ai family took him as well. Called to this Hall of Mental Cultivation."

——Xiao Zhuang did not tell the truth. It is true that Zhou Peigong asked the maid to suck the sputum just now, but the palace lady's lung capacity is too small to suck the sputum. In the end, Zhou Peigong took the initiative to save Kang Mazi's life, but it was too much It's indecent, it's just that Xiao Zhuang can't explain it to Kang Mazi.

"Zhou Aiqing, I'm sorry." Kang Mazi nodded slightly, then gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Aiqing, don't go anywhere else, just stay in the capital. I'm going to lead an army of [-] troops to fight to the death with the old thief Wu Sangui! You stay by my side, drive with the king, and follow me to conquer the old thief Wu Sangui!"

"Master, you can't!" Mingzhu, Suo'etu and the others were frightened out of their wits, and hurriedly kowtowed together: "Master, it is absolutely impossible for the royal conquest! The important place in the capital, the master must not stay away!"

"Shut up!" Kang Mazi yelled angrily while lying on the bed, "The old thief Wu Sangui shamelessly breached his promise and broke through my defense line on the Yangtze River. My Central Plains is no longer safe to defend. If I don't go out in person again, do I have to wait until the old thief Wu Sangui hits the capital? At the gate, will I commit suicide like Chongzhen Meishan again? I have made up my mind, so there is no need to say more!"

"Grandson, don't be so impulsive." Xiaozhuang said, first ordered all the imperial doctors to kneel in the hall, and then said kindly: "Your Majesty, you plan to personally conquer the old thief Wu Sangui. If necessary, the emperor only needs to send a capable general to drive the old thief Wu Sangui back to the south of the Yangtze River, it is not hopeless, and there is no need for you, the emperor, to send troops yourself."

"Grandmother, besides myself, who else can I send my grandson?" Kang Mazi sobbed, "Jieshu, Yue Le, Leerjin, Tuhai, Labu, it's gratifying. The one who didn't lose his army in front of the old thief Wu Sangui, didn't he return in a disastrous defeat? Now besides myself, who else can I entrust with the heavy responsibility to stop the old thief Wu Sangui's rebellious army?"

"Master, in fact, this slave thinks that master should not be so pessimistic." Zhou Peigong said surprisingly, kowtowed and said: "Because this slave believes that, judging from the current situation, even if the old thief Wu Sangui breaks through the Yangtze River defense line, it will be difficult to launch the Northern Expedition in a short time. , the master still has time to dispatch troops to prepare for the battle, as long as the master manages properly, it is not hopeless to drive the old thief Wu Sangui back to Pianyuan."

"Why do you think so?" Kang Mazi asked nervously.

"There are two reasons. One is that Jingzhou and Jiangxi are still in the hands of the master." Zhou Peigong said loudly: "Jingzhou is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Nail, the old thief Wu Sangui would never dare to make the main northern expedition! Jiangxi is directly bordered to the east of Pianyuan. If our Jiangxi army of the Qing Dynasty is not wiped out, the rear of the old thief Wu Sangui will always be threatened by our Jiangxi army. The old thief Wu Sangui also dare not go all out for the northern expedition .”

"The second is that our main force in the Qing Dynasty was not seriously injured, and our strength still exists. The slaves are bold. I have read the report in Tutang just now, and know that although Wu Dog broke through the Yangtze River in the Battle of the Yangtze River, our 1 army in the Qing Dynasty only lost [-]. There are many people, and the navy is still alive. At the same time, Tutang has returned to Jingzhou to consolidate Jingzhou's defense. The navy has also withdrawn to Jiujiang to meet with Governor Dong Weiguo to consolidate Jiangxi's defense. The army has not lost a single soldier, so as long as the master orders Lord Kang to return to the army in time, there is great hope to block the Yangtze River again!"

"That's why the slave thinks that the master can issue three imperial decrees. The first is to Jingzhou, ordering the garrison there to defend the city and block the way for Sichuan Wuni and Pianyuan Wuni to join forces! The second imperial decree is to Jiangxi, ordering the Jiangxi army Defend Jiujiang Poyang Lake, block Wugou's eastward route, and ensure Jiangnan's financial and taxation center! The third imperial decree was given to Prince Kang, asking him to divide his troops and return to the division. One army guards Luzhou Lu'an, and the other consolidates the defense of Anqing. Wu Sangui's idea of ​​going north by luck, forced him to capture Jingzhou and Jiangxi, and won at least three months for our Qing Dynasty to prepare for the war!"

"Then what if Wu Gou goes directly north to Henan? What should we do?" Kang Mazi asked doubtfully.

"Master, please don't worry." Zhou Peigong said in a dark voice: "If Wu Dog dares to go north directly to Henan, the slaves only need three thousand old and weak soldiers to stop his army of one hundred thousand or one million!"

"I don't want to hear your bragging, how can you stop it?" Kang Mazi asked angrily.

"Master, I don't know if you know that there is a place in Henan called Cunjin Dike?" Zhou Peigong said in a dark tone: "During the Southern Song Dynasty, our Mongolian allies of the Qing Dynasty used this place to block the Han barbarians' army going north. "

(End of this chapter)