scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 269

At noon on the 13th day of the first lunar month in the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the [-]th year of Kang Mazi, the main force of the Fat Man Army, who marched cautiously, finally arrived at the first destination of the Eastern Expedition—Jiujiang City, and chose the camp as the official card in the northwest of Jiujiang City. Relying on the Yangtze River, about ten miles away from Jiujiang City, they formed horns with Li Guodong, the fat man's navy, who had the advantage of smooth sailing, and adopted a relatively conservative deployment strategy.

While Fatty's army was camping, Fatty Lu led a group of loyal or traitorous lackeys and accomplices and an elite soldier to the foot of Jiujiang City to personally visit Jiujiang City to prevent the plot to break the city. It is to spy on the movement of Hukou, which is across the lake from Jiujiang City, to judge whether the Anqing Qing army has sent troops to reinforce Jiujiang and destroy its plan to siege the city.

Probably because of his many evil deeds, when Fatty Lu's banner appeared under Jiujiang City, there was a lot of shouting and cursing in Jiujiang City, which could still be heard clearly even after two miles away. Seriously, there is no shortage of particularly harsh and vicious words.It's a pity that our Lu Sanhao's skin has always been astonishingly thick, and the so-called conscience and shame have never made things difficult for him, so Fatty Lu didn't seem to hear it, he was just carefully observing the Jiujiang city defense with a smile, and asked the running dogs and accomplices to express their opinions , Conspiring to destroy the city.

Compared with Wuchang City and Jingzhou City, which were fought by the Wu army in the first few tough battles, Jiujiang's city defense is obviously not as good as these two important Huguang towns. But it is definitely not the kind of abandoned small city that can be easily captured. The city is high, the moat is deep, and the fortifications are complete. If it is a frontal attack, even if it can be won, the loss of the attacker will never be so small, and how much time will it take to capture it? Even Fatty Lu, who has always been arrogant and narcissistic, would not dare to guarantee this city.

"Brother Lu, this battle is not easy to fight." Gao Dejie was the first to express his opinion, saying: "With the strength of our army, if we attack such a fortified city with strong defenses head-on, although we are very sure of winning in the end, the casualties It’s definitely not that small, and there’s no way to be sure about a quick battle.”

"That's why I was opposed to directly attacking Jiujiang from the beginning." Han Daren rarely stood with Gao Dejie, and said with a sneer: "If Nanchang is attacked first, even if it takes a little longer, at least there is no need to worry about the reinforcements full of dogs. Yes. Go directly to Jiujiang. If you can’t make a quick decision, the Mangous in Anqing and Nanchang will attack from the north and the south, and kill them together. Let alone break the city, you will be Amitabha if you don’t get flanked by the Mangous.”

"Man Gou will not reinforce Jiujiang." Fatty Lu spoke surprisingly, and said with a smile: "At least, Man Gou in Anqing will not reinforce Jiujiang. As for Man Gou in Nanchang, even if they come to reinforce Jiujiang, they will not have too many troops."

"Master Lu, are you sure about this?" Wang Xu asked in surprise, "Anqing is the closest to Jiujiang, and there is a safe and fast waterway to go. Why didn't you reinforce Jiujiang?"

Gao Dejie and Han Daren also squinted their eyes, waiting for Fatty Lu's explanation, while Fatty Lu smiled and said vaguely: "They don't have the guts, in a word, you don't have to worry about Anqing's Mangou, I have already made arrangements , before the fatal crisis of Jiujiang Mangou, Anqing Mangou would never dare to send troops to reinforce Jiujiang in advance."

Generals Gao, Han, Wang and Wu Jun all looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to understand why Fatty Lu had such confidence.Finally, Wang Xu, who still trusts Fatty Lu, said: "Master Lu, even if Anqing Mangou will not reinforce Jiujiang in advance, then we can't delay the war for a long time, otherwise, no matter whether it is Anqing or Nanchang Mangou, there will only be one If an army breaks through our blockade and enters Jiujiang City, it will be even more difficult for us to fight this battle."

"General Wang Xu is right." Li Tianzhi echoed, "Brother Lu, I propose to launch the siege tomorrow. Taking advantage of our previous heavy damage to Mangou in Ruichang that has shaken the morale of Jiujiang Mangou's army and dampened their spirit, Take advantage of our sharp firearms and take down Jiujiang City in one go!"

"The last general is willing to be the siege vanguard!" The fierce general Hu Tongchun asked impatiently.

"No! We won't attack the city tomorrow!" Fatty Lu said again surprisingly, "I have already predicted that if it is soon, it will be tomorrow night, if it is later, the day after tomorrow, in short, within three days, the city will be full of dogs and will go out again for a decisive battle. When we are in the field Injure Man Gou again, completely disintegrate Man Gou's morale and fighting spirit, and then launch an attack to be more confident. Therefore, this afternoon and tomorrow, our army must take the time to rest and get enough strength, and prepare to attack the city instrument!"

"Man Gou will go out of the city again for a decisive battle within three days?" Wu Jun's generals exclaimed, and Han Daren seized the opportunity to laugh and said: "Master Lu, you are really getting better at telling jokes. After suffering a big loss in the field battle, and having a strong city to rely on, will you go out of the city again for a decisive battle?"

"If you don't believe me, how about we make another bet?" Fatty Lu turned to Han Daren, and said with a smile, "If Mangou doesn't take the initiative to go out of the city for a decisive battle within three days, I will go to the lord to plead guilty, and by the way, ask the lord to let you take over from me. The position of the General of the East."

"Really?" Han Daren almost didn't cheer. After finally restraining the excitement in his heart, Han Daren tried to keep calm and asked: "Then what if the general loses?"

"If you lose, then you will serve as the siege vanguard for this general." Fatty Lu said coldly: "This general once again defeated Man Gou in the field and once again shook Man Gou's morale and fighting spirit. Good foundation, if you still can't take down Jiujiang City, then this general will be ruthless in military law!"

Han Daren was a little dumbfounded. He would have thought that Fatty Lu would raise such a harsh condition, so he hesitated for a while.Brothers Gao Dejie and Gao Hongchen next to him took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, and said with a smile: "General Han, Brother Lu's condition is so fair, why don't you hurry up and seize the opportunity? If you win, we will call you General Han in the future. "

"Just bet!" Han Daren put his heart on hold, saying that I don't believe that Mangou would be so stupid, and would choose to go out of the city again to die if he didn't defend the city with high moats and deep walls!So Han Daren really stretched out his right hand and shouted: "Please high-five the general!"

Fatty Lu didn't speak, but just stretched out his fat hand calmly, slapped Han Daren hard, turned around and shouted: "Take back the troops and return to the camp, pass down the order, the whole army is going to prepare siege equipment, the more the better, there is no order from this general." , No one is allowed to launch an attack on Jiujiang city defense without authorization! Anyone who violates the order will be cut off!"

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Fatty Lu, Han Daren, and the generals of the Wu army who were waiting to see the joke all returned to the camp with a smile on their faces, but the Jiujiang defenders, who were on guard, were a little confused—it was only afternoon, and there was still plenty of time. Why didn't the upright Wu army launch a siege to Jiujiang?In the end, Yang Jie, who had suffered a lot in front of Wu Jun, explained the answer, saying that Wu Jun likes to attack the city at night, using the cover of night to reduce the threat of bows, arrows and muskets of the defenders on the city, and to use Wu Jun's artillery bombardment The power of the city - the sight is not clear at night, so naturally a large number of defenders must be kept on the city.

Hearing Yang Jie's explanation, Zhang Tai, Dong Weiguo and other generals of the Qing army came to their senses and scolded Wu Gou for being treacherous. To give Wu Jun a head-on blow at night, to avenge the fiasco of Ruichang the day before yesterday!But it is a pity that the Jiujiang Qing army was disappointed again this time. After a whole night, the Wu army camp stationed between the official badges did not have the slightest movement except for sending out scouts to investigate everywhere, let alone Yang Jie's introduction. Like my experience, I dispatched a large army to attack Jiancheng in the middle of the night.

Waiting for one night in vain is just a trivial matter. The most troublesome thing for Dong Weiguo and Zhangtai is the issue of reinforcements. Although the messenger sent to Nanchang for help returned an answer, the guards of Nanchang Zhao Guozuo and Xi Bu said they would send reinforcements at an appropriate time.However, the [-] troops of the Xia Guoxiang Department of the Wu Army have already entered Yuanzhou, and the Yuanzhou guards of the Qing Army, Gan Duhai and Wohe, who are far inferior to Jiujiang, have also sent messengers to Nanchang for help, so that Zhao Guozuo and Xi Bu was in a difficult situation. Even if he could just sit back and watch Yuanzhou fall, he did not dare to deploy too many troops. Therefore, Zhao Guozuo and Xi Bu hoped that Dong Weiguo and Zhangtai could wait patiently for a while, until the Wu army in northern Jiangxi fell into the quagmire of siege warfare, and then Wait for the opportunity to send reinforcements.

The reinforcements from Nanchang cannot be counted on for the time being, so Zhangtai and Dong Weiguo can only pin all their hopes on the Anqing Qing army, which has no fighting in the surrounding areas. After Fatty Lu wrote Dong Weiguo's letter, he was puzzled. Now that the Wu army has not even launched a siege on Jiujiang City, why Dong Weiguo can't wait to ask the Anqing Qing army for reinforcements?The goddamn Wu dog thief rebelled against Lu Sanhao, but the letter clearly stated that Dong Weiguo was required to transfer the tiger away from the mountain as soon as possible to trick the Anqing Qing army into Jiujiang City, and he would send a large army to reinforce the Jiujiang battlefield. What if he fell into the trap?
We really can't blame our General Hilgen for being suspicious and timid. The key is that Anqing is too important. Without Anqing, Jiangnan, where the money and food is the most important place, will have no danger to defend, just like a stripped beauty exposed to the world In front of Lu Sanhao, a fat satyr, do you still want General Hilgen's head?At the same time, the terrain of Jiujiang is special. To the east is the Yangtze River on the north side of Poyang Lake. There is no land route. The Wu army in the east has a certain amount of water surface power and the suicide sampan tactics that make the Qing army's navy fearful. It is easy for the Anqing Qing army to send to Jiujiang. What if I can't withdraw?In case there is really an internal response from the Wu army in Jiujiang City, and the city gate is suddenly opened after the Anqing Qing army reinforces Jiujiang, how many of the Anqing reinforcements sent to Jiujiang do you want to come back alive?

In view of these circumstances, for the sake of prudence, after weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, General Hilgen could only send an envoy to reply to Dong Weiguo, saying that Anqing is the first hub in the south of the Yangtze River, and the relationship is extremely important. Any army, so you can't send troops for the time being, you have to wait until the Jiujiang defenders hold Wu Ni under the city for a period of time, and wait until the old man Wu Ni's fatigue is mature, and then you can send troops for reinforcements. ——Aside from that, General Hilgen certainly has another meaning. If Dong Weiguo really didn't intend to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, then he would naturally fight to the death in Jiujiang. He only needs to wait patiently for a while to distinguish the truth from the fake.

The friendly troops in Anqing and Nanchang didn't want to do their best, they just wanted to pick the cheapest. The Zhangtai Beizi who thought so was naturally swearing; Dong Weiguo was both disappointed and sad. The estrangement still played a certain role, and it had already caused Hilgen to have concerns and doubts about himself, so he came up with the idea of ​​​​waiting and watching.

"If there is no reinforcements, there will be no reinforcements." In desperation, Governor Dong Weiguo could only comfort himself secretly, "Not counting the Poyang Lake Navy, there are still [-] troops in Jiujiang City, and there is Jiujiang Fortified City to defend The food and grass are enough to last for a year. No matter how powerful Wu Gou is, it will be no problem to block them with Jiujiang's current strength for a month. As long as there are a few bloody battles with Wu Gou at the head of Jiujiang City, the suspicion and grievances on my body can be washed away if I think about it. gone."

After making up his mind, Dong Weiguo tried his best to strengthen the city's defenses, and at the same time asked his soldiers to dig deep holes in the city and bury large tanks to prevent the Wu army from attacking the city again. This fat oiled loach is playing tricks again, and playing some immoral tricks.However, what puzzled Dong Weiguo, Zhang Tai, Yang Jie and other Qing army defenders was that the day after Wu Jun arrived at the Jiujiang battlefield, and at the same time, the whole day passed on the 13st of the first month of the 21th year of Qing Kang Mazi, Wu Jun was still Nothing happened.

At the beginning of the evening, the scouts who had been sent out took turns to return to the city, and they all reported that Wu Jun did not show any signs of abnormality. Dong Weiguo, who was guarding the tower of the West Gate of Jiujiang, was inevitably even more suspicious. What is most needed to win the palace is a quick battle. Now Wugou is marching cautiously and slowly. How come he has arrived in Jiujiang for two days and has not yet launched a siege? Lu Yifeng, that goddamn dog thief, is he sold in the gourd? what medicine?"

"Let me go! Let me go! I want to see the governor, I want to see the governor!" At this moment, there was a loud noise from below the tower. Dong Weiguo carefully discerned the voices, and found that the loudest one happened to be his confidant. General Tong Guodong, let the soldiers go down to inquire about the news.The soldiers took the order to leave, and soon went upstairs again and said: "My lord governor, it is General Tong. He was making trouble under the tower and said he must see you, but the people of Zhangtai Beizi didn't allow him to go upstairs, so There was a quarrel."

"This guy." Dong Weiguo was even more helpless, so he had to order: "Go and let him come up, and by the way, tell Mr. Beizi that Tong Guodong is my subordinate. He has something to see, and I have to see him. I will go and explain to Mr. Bei in person in a while." .”

The soldiers led away again, and not long after, Tong Guodong was led into the lobby of the city tower. As soon as they met, Tong Guodong immediately knelt down to Dong Weiguo, and cried out loudly, "Master Governor, the last general will not Well, it's the last general... who killed you!"

"Get up, get up, you and I are not outsiders, so there is no need to perform such a great gift." Dong Weiguo came to support Tong Guodong himself, and said with a smile: "A man in his 40s, why is he still crying like a child?"

"Your Excellency, the last general is incompetent, and he fell into that bastard Lu Yifeng and killed you!" Tong Guodong cried loudly: "The last general shouldn't have believed the words of that bastard Lu Yifeng, what kind of ghost letter did he bring back to the city? Governor Governor, you have suffered unjust injustice! The general deserves to die, please punish the governor, and the general is willing to die to apologize."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Dong Weiguo smiled, patted Tong Guodong's shoulder and said with a smile: "When did you cause me to be wronged unjustly? Who in the city believed Lu Yifeng's false letter of slander? "

"Governor, don't lie to the general anymore." Tong Guodong cried bitterly, sobbing: "The general has heard the people who guarded the general mutter just now, and General Dingnan is suspecting that you, the governor, are colluding with Wu Gou, so They refused to send reinforcements to Jiujiang! They also said, to guard against the governor, you quietly open the city gate and welcome Wu Gou... into the city."

"Don't listen to their nonsense, those dog slaves know how to play!" Dong Weiguo cursed, and comforted: "Don't listen to rumors, General Dingnan is just temporarily inconvenient to reinforce Jiujiang, wait for us to hold Wu Gou under Jiujiang City for a while , Anqing and Nanchang will naturally send reinforcements."

"Really..., really?" Tong Guodong asked doubtfully, wiping away his tears.

"Of course." Dong Weiguo nodded, and then said in a low voice: "Besides, Lu Yifeng's thieves almost succeeded in their alienation plan, and the responsibility is not on you. You were captured alive by Wu Dog, and it's not because of the one in our city... Stupid? He's just a book of strategy and strategy all day long, and he speaks a thousand words, but he has no plan!"

"That's right, he is such an idiot!" Tong Guodong, who was the worst victim of Zhangtai, nodded, expressing his deep sympathy.At the end, Tong Guodong kowtowed again and said: "Master Governor, if this is the case, then when Wu Gou sieges the city, please let the last general go to the battlefield again. Even if the last general is not the general soldier, he will be an ordinary soldier. If you want to do meritorious service for killing the enemy on the battlefield and clear your innocence, please give the last general such a chance to redeem yourself."

"Regarding this point, I have to ask Master Bei for permission first." Dong Weiguo pondered, and then quickly said: "Well, since you forced to come up to see me, then Master Bei will definitely come to visit the situation soon. Wait here for a while, when he comes, I will plead for you face to face."

"Okay, then I will thank you, the governor!" Tong Guodong happily agreed, and then solemnly kowtowed before getting up.

"Haven't you had dinner yet?" Dong Weiguo pulled Tong Guodong to the seat and sat down, handed him the hot tea newly brought by the soldiers, and said with a smile, "It happens that I haven't eaten yet, so you can drink a cup of hot tea to warm up first." Warm up, I'll let someone serve you food and wine, and we'll wait for Master Bei while we eat."

"Thank you Governor." Tong Guodong took the hot tea with tears in his eyes, opened it and drank it down.Over there, Dong Weiguo turned around again and ordered his soldiers to prepare wine, rice and dishes, but just as the soldiers agreed, Dong Weiguo suddenly heard a "bang" and a "ping pong" behind him. When he looked back in surprise, he saw Tong Guodong holding a The teacup fell off the chair and shattered into pieces, while the man clutched his stomach and struggled in pain, foaming at the mouth.

"Guodong! Guodong! What's the matter with you?" Dong Weiguo was shocked, and hurried forward to help Tong Guodong. Tong Guodong was rolling all over his stomach, unable to stand up without saying anything, and black blood was slowly oozing out of his seven orifices.

"Guodong, what's wrong with you?" Dong Weiguo screamed.

"Your Excellency, Ben Beizi has something to ask you, so I came in directly." Coincidentally, at this fatal moment, Zhangtai's familiar voice suddenly sounded outside the door.Immediately afterwards, Master Beizi Zhangtai, who had received the news that Tong Guodong had met Dong Weiguo, had already led a group of mite soldiers into the tower without waiting to agree. up!

We can't help our Zhangtai Beizi master not to be stupefied. In the dimly lit city tower, Daqing Zhongliang Tong Guodong, who had previously exposed Dong Weiguo's rebellious plot, was bleeding from seven orifices, lying on the ground dying. Dong Weiguo and Governor Dong led his confidant soldiers to surround Tong Guodong, who was dying of poisoning—who would not be suspicious of such a scene?Who would not be stupefied after seeing it?

"Why did it come so coincidentally?" Dong Weiguo was also stunned, and after a while he came back to his senses and shouted, "Master Bei, don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong! I didn't poison, I didn't poison General Tong Guodong!"

"Come on! Come on!" Zhangtai Beizi finally came back to his senses, and yelled as he stepped back, "Come on! Come on! Protect Ben Beizi! Protect Ben Beizi!"

"Protect Bei Zi!" Hearing the shout, the Qing army team on the city wall immediately rushed to the tower and surrounded Zhangtai Bei Zi. When they saw the scene in the tower, all the soldiers of the Qing army were also stunned. All of them had a thought in their hearts, "Kill to kill!"

"Master Bei, don't misunderstand!" Dong Weiguo almost cried, and shouted: "Soldiers, don't misunderstand! I didn't kill Tong Guodong, I didn't poison him! I didn't kill him!"

"Dong Weiguo's traitor!" Zhangtai Beizi, who was protected by heavy soldiers, jumped three feet high and shouted: "You didn't kill General Tong, so who killed it? He exposed the conspiracy of you and Wu Gou, you Just kill him to silence him, right? If you are smart, put down your weapon and surrender immediately, otherwise, I will go to the court and ask my master to kill you all!"

"I didn't—!" Dong Weiguo wanted to cry without tears, and shouted: "If you don't believe me, Mr. Bei, you can ask the soldiers next to you. Tong Guodong died of poison suddenly!"

"Yes, Mr. Bei, the governor is wronged." All the soldiers present testified: "After General Tong came in, he drank a cup of tea, and then that's it."

"Then, who gave that cup of tea to Tong Guodong?" asked Zhangtai Beizi, who had a stern and selfless demeanor.

"Yes..." Dong Weiguo's soldiers were about to answer, but they all suddenly remembered that the cup of tea just now seemed to be handed to General Tong by our unlucky Master Dong himself?
"Why didn't you answer?" Master Zhangtai asked nervously.

"Who brought in that cup of tea just now?" Dong Weiguo also understood that the situation was not good, and hurriedly recalled the scene just now, and suddenly grabbed the soldier who brought the tea before, and shouted with red eyes: "Say, who Let you poison the tea?"

"Slave... I don't have any slaves!" The unlucky soldier yelled in tears, "My lord, the tea sent by the slave is good, but even if the slave has a hundred guts, he doesn't dare to poison your tea. Also, you handed the cup of tea to General Tong with your own hands, and the servants didn't even touch it afterwards!"

"Oh!" Every Qing soldier and general present exclaimed in surprise.Master Zhangtai Beizi was even more shocked and angry, and shouted: "Dong Weiguo, boy, what a bold slave! Now, what else do you have to say?!"

"Slave...slave...." Our hapless Governor Dong Weiguo was in a state of dizziness for a while, and he really couldn't explain clearly with a hundred mouths.But at this moment, Tong Guodong, who was dying of poisoning, also came to make a joke. He suddenly grabbed Dong Weiguo's trousers and pointed at Dong Weiguo with trembling fingers. Thief! I misunderstood you..." After saying that, Tong Guodong spurted a mouthful of black blood and died on the spot.

("I am a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and I was poisoned to death by Dong Weiguo, a traitorous traitor!" Even in the Palace of the King of Hell, our General Tong Guodong said the same--the result is also natural, our confused General Gui Tong was naturally put into the frying pan by Lord Yan.)
"Dong Weiguo is a traitor, what do you have to say now?" Master Zhang Taibei shouted triumphantly, "Even General Tong Guodong Tong testified against you, you poisoned him, kill him and silence him!"

"I'm wronged—!" Dong Weiguo raised his head to the sky and roared angrily.

"Injustice or not, let's call again at the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple!" Master Zhang Taibei waved his hand and shouted: "Come here, let me take down the traitor Dong Weiguo!"

"Wait!" Naturally, Dong Weiguo refused to be arrested without a fight, so he yelled to stop him, and shouted with tears in his eyes, "Master Bei, you think the slave is a traitor, and the slave has nothing to say and cannot justify it! Because this is the truth. What a coincidence, Tong Guodong happened to be poisoned and died after drinking the tea given to him by the slave. Was it the poison given by the slave, or someone else, or the slow poison given to him by Wu Gou, not to mention the slave, just Even the gods can't explain clearly! But it doesn't matter, the servant still has a way to prove his innocence!"

"What else can you do?" Master Zhangtai asked with a sneer.

"Give me an army!" Dong Weiguo yelled: "Didn't Wu Gou slander the slave and refused to fight on purpose? The slave will go out of the city to fight Wu Gou to the death. If he can cut off Wu Gou and Lu Yifeng's head, I will prove my innocence to you." , if you can’t, the slave will die on the battlefield to show his ambition by death!”

"Beautiful idea!" Grandpa Beizi Zhangtai snorted coldly, "My Beizi is familiar with military books and has a deep understanding of strategy, how can I fall for your tricks? You took the army out of the city, will you come back again?"

"The last general is willing to be the guarantor for the governor!" A loud roar came from behind Zhangtai Beizi. Everyone looked back in surprise, but saw the Jiujiang deputy general Zhao Yingkui and several Jiujiang generals who Dong Weiguo pulled up together. Zhao Yingkui knelt down to Zhangtai , clasped his fists and said: "Master Bei, I have already heard about the incident, and I can't justify the Governor-General, but I believe that the Governor-General will never do something to betray the Lord for glory! As a guarantor, if the governor really goes to vote for Wu Gou after he leads the troops out of the city, I beg Master Bei to behead the last general and ask for punishment!"

"The last general is also willing to be the governor's guarantor!" Dong Weiguo really won the hearts of the army in Jiangxi. Four or five of the most important Qing army generals, including Zhao Dengju, Zhang Sheguang, and Yang Jie, all knelt on their knees and clasped their fists and said in unison: "If Your Excellency the governor really rebelled after leaving the city, please behead the last general!"

"Master Bei, didn't Wu Gou slander the Governor-General, saying that the Governor-General refused to fight on purpose? Now that the Governor-General has invited him to fight, isn't that to prove that Wu Dog is spreading rumors and alienating people?!" Wang Dengkui was afraid that Zhangtai would not agree. Deliberately added to ask.

"You..." Beizi Zhangtai's face showed anger, Yitanbu next to him saw that the situation was not good, he hurriedly tugged at Beizi Zhangtai's sleeve, and whispered in his ear: "Master Beizi, don't get angry. , These people are Dong Weiguo's hard-core confidantes, and they are also the backbone of our army. If they are pushed into a hurry and they join forces with Dong Weiguo..., the consequences will be unimaginable."

Zhangtai Beizi, who was familiar with military books and mastered strategy, shuddered, and hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Then what should we do?"

"It's better to agree to the governor's request." Itanbu replied in a low voice: "After the governor leaves the city, if he really fights Wu Gou to the end, no matter whether he wins or loses, he can prove his innocence. Worried about the civil strife in Jiujiang. If he really goes to vote for Wu Gou, then Master Bei, you can kill these hidden dangers, isn't it just a matter of one sentence?"

Master Zhangtai Beizi rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth, and turned to Dong Weiguo, who had tears in his eyes, and said, "Okay, Dong Weiguo, I will give you a chance to prove your innocence. Ben Beizi and your five thousand troops, if you go out of the city If you can really chop off the head of Wu Gou Lu Yifeng, Ben Beizi will naturally believe that you are innocent, and will kowtow to you to apologize. But if you..., hmph, please consider these generals who trust you, Governor General."

"I can't help it, let's take a gamble. After I leave the city, I just have to fight to the death. Even if I don't get the head of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, this idiot Zhangtai will not doubt me when he sees my bloody battle. Even if he dies in battle On the battlefield, it’s better than being sent to the capital to be humiliated and die.” Dong Weiguo also had no choice but to clasped his fists and replied loudly: “Your servant takes orders!”

(End of this chapter)