scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 275 God-given opportunity
"What? Ben Beizi hit Lu Yifeng's dog thief with a cannon during the battle? He was fatally injured?!"

Hearing the news, Beizi Zhangtai, who was worrying about how to explain the rapid fall of Jiujiang to Miqing, couldn't believe his ears at first. After finally recovering, Beizi Zhangtai jumped up again and rushed down the hall Grabbed the secret agent of the Qing army who came to report the letter, and shouted tremblingly with excitement, "Say it again! You are sure that you have not misunderstood the news. Ben Beizi's artillery really beat the thief Lu Yifeng seriously. Did you beat that thief Lu Yifeng who is called Lu Sanhao and whose master Long Live offered a reward of ten thousand gold for his head to serious injury?"

"Back to Master Bei, it is absolutely true, it has been spread all over the city of Jiujiang, and it is absolutely unmistakable!" The Qing army replied happily: "The servant secretly sneaked back to Jiujiang under the order of Master Bei, looking for Yi Tan who disappeared in the scuffle. General Bu, as soon as he sneaked into Jiujiang City, he heard rumors from the barbarian people in the city and Wu's rebel army that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was seriously injured by your artillery, Mr. Bei Zi, and he is probably about to die. So now the Wu dog bandits don't dare to cross the lake to chase and kill them, they are just trying their best to strengthen the defense of Jiujiang City. It looks like Lu Yifeng's dog bandits are arranging funeral arrangements, and are going to defend Jiujiang first, waiting for the old bandit Wu Sangui to send another commander to take over !"

"God bless! The ancestors of the Qing Dynasty bless you!" Zhangtai Beizi cried with joy, and couldn't help shouting up to the sky.The Qing army generals Yang Jie, Zhang Sheguang, Zhao Dengju and other Qing army generals next to them were also surprised, happy and unbelievable, and they asked the spy together: "Are you sure? Are you sure that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was seriously injured by our artillery?" Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Back to all generals, Lu Yifeng's thief is hiding in the back office of Wu Gou's handsome hall. Of course, the villain can't see it with his own eyes." It is said that on the day of the siege, Lu Yifeng's dog thief was severely injured by our army's artillery. I just can't hold it anymore. In addition, the villain also heard that Lu Yifeng's injuries are so serious that even a genius doctor named Zhu can't do anything, and it's only a matter of time before he dies."

"Come on, call my master!" Master Zhangtai Beizi shouted excitedly, "Let him write a memorial for Ben Beizi, to Anqing, to Nanchang, and to the master Long Live Lord! Ben Beizi led the army to fight bloody, Severely injure Lu Yifeng, the coach of the Wugou Eastern Route Army and the pseudo-conscript General of the Eastern Army—a dog thief!"

"You led the army in a bloody battle?" All the generals of the Qing army rolled their eyes, especially Zhao Dengju, who was still seriously injured, spit quietly.

"Master Bei, please calm down. Please don't worry." Yang Jie was calmer, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Lu Yifeng's dog thief is known for his tricks. Confirmed, we must send scouts to infiltrate Jiujiang again, carefully investigate and confirm, lest our army fall into Lu Yifeng's tricks again."

"Fart!" Master Zhangtai Beizi was furious, and shouted: "The news has already spread all over Jiujiang City, how can this be false? Besides, this Beizi is familiar with military books and has a deep understanding of strategy, and Lu Yifeng is a thief in the meeting." Trick? Is Lu Yifeng a thief stupid or crazy, he will curse himself for being seriously injured? What is his purpose?"

Master Beizi of Zhangtai is narrow-minded, and the old and sophisticated Yang Jie knows it well. It is nothing more than that he cannot explain to the Qing court the guilt of Jiujiang’s fall. You have to hold on to it, even if the life-saving straw is covered with poisonous thorns or coiled with poisonous snakes, Master Zhangtai Beizi will never let go.

But after careful calculation, Yang Jie found out that Zhangtai Beizi's words were not unreasonable. At least for now, there is no reason for Fatty Lu to resort to tricks. The morale is high and the soldiers are sharp. Cross the lake to pursue the defeated Qing army, or take the opportunity to attack Anqing or Nanchang.Now Fatty Lu is doing the opposite, choosing to stand still and vigorously strengthen the defense of Jiujiang City. This is enough to prove that Master Zhangtai Beizi did have shit luck the day before yesterday. He accidentally injured Fatty Lu with artillery during the battle of defending the city. The dragons have no leader, so naturally they can only choose to stick to Jiujiang.

"Generals, you can think clearly." Seeing that the generals of the Qing army were silent, Master Zhangtai Beizi took the opportunity to stir up, "Think about it, what a crime it is for the fall of Jiujiang? Long live the court and the master, of course Beizi Bear the brunt of it, but what about you? You say you can escape? Even if you don’t get beheaded and ransacked your home, you probably won’t be able to get away with being dismissed from office and downgraded, right? Don’t you have to learn from the former governor of Pianyuan, Lu Zhen? It was the old thief Oboi who lost the battle and lost all of Pian Yuan's main force, causing Pian Yuan to fall, and in the end Lu Zhen was also escorted to Beijing and sent to the sky prison, isn't he a lesson for you?"

The generals of the Qing army began to be moved, and they all agreed that they were right. The Jiujiang war lost so badly. Even if the main culprit was all blamed on this idiot Beizi, I can’t get away with the secondary culpability. I managed to get to where I am today. , I was dismissed from office following this idiot Bei Zi who took the blame for his scapegoat, was I wronged?Besides, Master Bei is an idiot, and he is also the cousin of the emperor Long Live. If the emperor doesn't want his cousin to lose face and blame others, wouldn't I be more wronged?It's better to report the good news and not the bad news, and first get the great credit for severely injuring Lord Wu Dog, and even if the court pursues it in the future, it can also get a credit to offset the fault.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dengju, who hated Zhangtai Beizi so much, coughed, and first said: "Yang Junmen, the general thinks Beizi's words are justified. In the Jiujiang battle the day before yesterday, we fired a lot of cannons at Wugou. Maybe there was such a shot that just happened to hit coach Wugou, this is something that often happens on the battlefield, so there is nothing strange about it.”

"That's right." Zhang Sheguang, who commanded the artillery team of the Qing army during the battle that day, nodded, and echoed casually: "And I still remember that two of our cannons in red clothes fell into Wu Gou's flag array that day. It’s just that the distance was too far, so I didn’t see clearly which Wu dog was hit, and it’s impossible to say if it really hit Lu Yifeng’s dog thief.”

"General Zhang is so right." Grandpa Zhangtai Beizi said beamingly: "Don't worry, General Zhang. In the memorial to the master Long Live Lord, Ben Beizi will definitely explain that the person who commanded our army's artillery that day is you. You were also the one who hit Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and I asked for credit for General Zhang to the master. Of course, I also asked for credit for General Zhao and Yang Junmen. You also contributed a lot in the Jiujiang battle that day, killing Tens of thousands of Wu dogs."

"Thank you, Mr. Bei, for cultivating." Zhang Sheguang and Zhao Dengju quickly expressed their thanks. At the same time, Zhang Sheguang was secretly happy, knowing that Zhang Tai, an idiot, Mr. Bei, would definitely do what he said in order to get rid of himself. Not only will he not be blamed for his outstanding achievements, but his promotion and fortune are also a certainty.

"Well, the last general also agrees with Master Bei's decision, and I will report to the master." Both Zhang Sheguang and Zhao Dengju turned their backs, and Yang Jie naturally did not want to be this villain, and also expressed his approval to report victory to the Qing court.At the end, Yang Jie said worriedly: "But Master Bei, we'd better send some spies to sneak into Jiujiang City, and carefully inquire about the specific injuries of Lu Yifeng's dog thief."

"Of course, if Lu Yifeng dies of his injuries, then our contribution will be even greater." Master Zhangtai Beizi agreed with all his mouth, and then ordered with a smile on his face: "Well, for the sake of caution, I will take care of this matter." I leave it to you, and you will arrange people to sneak into Jiujiang and spy on Wu Gou and Lu Yifeng's specific injuries."

Yang Jie, Zhang Sheguang and the others hurriedly saluted and agreed, Zhangtai Beizi gave a few more words for Yang Jie and the others to do it quickly, and turned around to go back to the study to write the victory report. Over there, Qing Jun Xizuo, who had just returned from Jiujiang, hurriedly said: "Master Bei, and the news about General Itambu, the slave also found out about it, will you listen?"

"Huh? How did I forget this?" Master Zhangtai Pei came back to his senses and asked quickly, "Then how is he doing now?"

"I was captured by Wu Gou." The Qing army's fine work replied helplessly: "I heard that after he was surrounded by Wu Gou in street fighting, he led an army to surrender to Wu Gou and became Wu Gou's prisoner. Xiang was locked up in Wugou's prisoner-of-war camp."

"Fuck you, you spineless bastard!" Zhangtai Beizi was furious, and waved to Xizuo again, "Okay, you did a great job, go down and receive the reward."

The Qing army was overjoyed by the meticulous work, and hurried away to thank him, while Zhangtai Beizi hurried back to the back room, and asked the master temporarily hired in Hukou County to write a letter to Kang Mazi to report his victory, insisting that he was the one who commanded Ruo in the Jiujiang War. He decided to severely injure Wugou's siege army, kill more than ten thousand enemies, and shoot Lu Fatzi, the coach of Wugou's East Route Army, causing him to be seriously injured and dying. But in the end, because of a traitor in the city, he opened the city gate to welcome Wugou's army into the city. Jiujiang City was breached by Wu Dog!

Ever since, under the deliberate promotion of Zhangtai Beizi, the news that the Jiujiang Qing army had injured the Wu army's East Route Army coach quickly spread to Anqing and Nanchang, the two major towns of the Qing army in northern Jiangxi.Hearing this news, the Qing army in Nanchang, who was trembling with fear over the fall of Jiujiang, was of course ecstatic and determined; while Hilgen, the coach of the Southern Expedition of the Qing court, was also surprised, happy and suspicious, for fear that Zhangtai was doing it to avoid betrayal. The false news was intentionally fabricated due to guilt, and he quickly sent his deputy Hargaqi to Hukou again to confirm the shocking news at the scene.

Some people are happy while others are worried. At least Dong Weiguo, governor of Jiangxi, was in bad luck. He was forcibly sent to Anqing by Yang Jie and lost command of the Jiangxi army. This is seeing Jiujiang fall quickly under Zhangtai's stupid command. , my grievances are about to be cleared, but the shocking news that Fatty Lu was injured by Zhangtai cannon broke out on the Jiujiang battlefield. No one can really tell the future and fate of Governor Dong Weiguo.Even Shirgen, who admired Dong Weiguo very much, did not dare to bet all his treasures on Dong Weiguo at this time. He would deprive Zhangtai of his command right and return the command of Jiangxi Army to Dong Weiguo. Hurry up and fly to play Kang Mazi, waiting for Kang Mazi's will to be determined.

It may be that Zhangtai Beizi should have come to Jitai. On the night when Hargaqi arrived in Hukou County, he boasted in front of Hargaqi that he was familiar with military books, had a deep understanding of military strategy, and injured Fatty Lu with cannonballs. At the second watch, the sentry soldiers on the east bank of Poyang Lake suddenly reported that they found a Qing army soldier who had fled from the opposite side of Poyang Lake. After being separated, Master was unfortunately captured by Wu Gou, and now he is back anyway, and has important military affairs to report to Lord Zhangtai Beizi.Grandpa Beizi Zhangtai was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly put down the military manual he had read all night, and received this former soldier overnight.

Soon, Qiu Sheng, whose braid had been forcibly cut off, was escorted in front of Zhangtai Beizi, and after careful identification by Zhangtai Beizi himself, this Qiu Sheng was undoubtedly his former soldier.Zhangtai Beizi was even more delighted, and after ordering the soldiers to untie Qiu Sheng, he couldn't wait to ask: "Tell me, how did you come back? How is the current situation in Jiujiang City?"

"Master, I finally saw you." Qiu Sheng kowtowed and said with tears in his eyes: "After being separated from the master in the war that day, the slave was unfortunately surrounded by Wu dogs. The brothers next to him all surrendered. The slave has no choice but to I had no choice but to surrender. But the slave definitely didn't really want to betray the master, but just to keep his useful body, he pretended to surrender to Wu Gou, hoping to escape back and serve the master again when he had the chance."

"I know this. I have always believed in your loyalty." Master Zhang Taibei nodded repeatedly, and asked again: "Then how did you escape?"

"The slave was quietly released by General Itambu, and he also brought a letter written by General Itambu." Qiu Sheng wiped his tears, took out a letter from his pocket, and introduced himself in detail The situation after being captured, it turned out that after Qiu Sheng was captured by the Wu army, because he was a Han Chinese and expressed his willingness to join the Wu army, he was left by the Wu army without too much trouble, and was incorporated into the infantry of the Wu army Yangwei general Han Daren team.

Immediately afterwards, Yitanbu, the general of Zhangtai Beizi who also surrendered to the Wu army, was also included in Han Daren's army. Leading an infantry army composed of surrendered soldiers from the Qing army, Qiu Sheng was also incorporated into this army.After the two met, Yitanbu recognized Qiu Sheng's identity, and secretly told Qiu Sheng that he surrendered to the Wu army because he was forced to do so. At the same time, he bribed the generals of the Wu army in order to keep his useful body and wait for the Qing army to counterattack anyway. , and asked Qiu Sheng if he would like to join hands with him to find opportunities anyway?Qiu Sheng and Yitanbu agree in love, and naturally agree.

At this time, because Wu Jun's coach, Fatty Lu, was seriously injured by a cannon and was unable to manage the council, the leaderless Wu Jun generals split into two factions. The battle for the position of the East Route Army coach vacated after Fatty Lu died of serious injuries was fierce, almost to the point where fire and water were incompatible.Yitanbu felt that this was an opportunity, so he took advantage of his chance of gaining the trust of Han Daren, and used the opportunity of going out to patrol the city to let Qiu Sheng pass Poyang Lake. He went to Hukou County on the east bank to contact Zhangtai, reported the truth about Jiujiang, and asked Zhangtai Send troops to counterattack Jiujiang City as soon as possible, and I am willing to be an internal response. When the Qing army attacked the city, I suddenly opened the city gate and helped Zhangtai kill all the Wu dogs in the city, and avenged the day before yesterday.

"When our army counterattacked, did Yitanbu really have the confidence to open the city gate?" Zhangtai Beizi asked ecstatically.

"General Yitanbu said that he is absolutely sure." Qiu Sheng replied honestly: "One is General Yitanbu, he dare not lie to his master. He took it out and bribed Wu Gou Han Daren, and gained Han Daren's absolute trust. Second, General Yitanbu contacted many Qing soldiers who had a master in his heart, and when our army attacked the city, he suddenly started an incident in the city , opened the city gate to welcome the Qing army to enter the city. Third, the Wu dogs in Jiujiang City are now in chaos. The two Wu dogs Gao Dejie and Han Daren fought fiercely to replace Lu Yifeng as the coach of the dog thief. There have been public fights on the street, and when our Qing army counterattacks, Wu Gou will definitely not defend the city with all his strength."

"God help me Daqing!" Master Zhangtai Beizi trembled with excitement, and quickly took over the letter written by his confidant Yitanbu, and found that he had personally selected the love general Yitanbu who was against the direct line of Dong Weiguo's confidant said in the letter, It is similar to Qiu Sheng's verbal statement, both of which said that he surrendered only for the sake of anyway, and only waited for the Qing army to launch a counterattack before starting an incident in the city, opening the city gate to welcome the Qing army to enter the city to kill the thieves.

"God help me Daqing, God help me Zhangtai!" Zhangtai Beizi danced happily, wishing he could hug Qiu Sheng and kiss him a few times.After finally calming down, Master Zhangtai Beizi quickly calculated for a moment, and then asked Qiu Sheng: "Qiu Sheng, I have an errand for you, Beizi, do you dare to do it?"

"The master ordered, the slave is so heartbroken that he will go through fire and water." Qiu Sheng replied respectfully.

"Do you dare to go back to Jiujiang City?" Zhangtai Beizi asked nervously: "I have a letter that I want you to take back and give to Itanbu, and then I will let you help Yitanbu. Your own reward."

"This..." Qiu Sheng showed embarrassment—by the way, this unlucky little brother Qiu is Fatty Lu's death, and it is true that Yitanbu sent him to contact Zhangtai, but there is something behind Yitanbu's back. Without other claws, Brother Qiu would not know about it, so it would be hard for him to escape back to Hukou. Naturally, Brother Qiu didn't want to go back to the wolf's den and tiger's mouth in Jiujiang.

"What? Don't you dare?" Master Zhangtai Beizi raised his face.

"The master ordered, how dare the slave not obey?" Qiu Shengsong replied with his head pulled.

"Very good." Master Zhangtai Pei nodded in satisfaction, then patted Qiu Sheng on the shoulder and promised: "After the matter is completed, I will reward you with 1000 taels of silver, which is enough for you to live happily for the rest of your life."

Qiu Sheng began to be moved, and mustered up the courage to kowtow and agree.At that moment, Master Zhangtaibei immediately wrote a letter to his confidant Itanbu. He first praised Itanbu greatly, and then made an agreement with Yitanbu to let Yitanbu wait patiently in Jiujiang City, and he would lead the army back again in the near future. Back to Jiujiang, when the time comes, Yitanbu will cause trouble in the city, and the inside and outside will attack Jiujiang City in one fell swoop, wipe out Wugou in the city, and avenge the blood of the day before yesterday!
After sealing the letter and handing it over to Qiu Sheng, and sending his confidant to send Qiu Sheng across the lake overnight, Master Bei Zi of Zhangtai immediately picked up a pen and gave it to Zhao Guozuo, the guard of Nanchang City, in the honor of the Great General Dingyuan Jingkou of the Qing Dynasty. He issued a death order with the governor of the capital, ordering them to send [-] troops to the north at high speed, to join up with the self-armed army in Nankang Fucheng, and jointly counterattack Jiujiang!In the end, regardless of the darkness of the night, Master Beizi Zhangtai picked up the letter written by Itanbu and hurriedly went to find Hilgen's deputy Minister of Rites, Hargaqi, and prepared to encourage the Qing army in Anqing to also send out a large army to fight against Nanchang. The Qing army joined forces to counterattack Jiujiang, and it was a shame and a shame to defend the city the day before yesterday!
"Wu Gou! I'll wait for Master Bei! I am familiar with military books and have a deep understanding of strategy. A few days ago, I accidentally let you pick up a little bargain. Don't be too happy! This time, I will not take Jiujiang City. Take it back again, if you don't kill all of you, I am not a descendant of Aixinjueluo!"

(End of this chapter)