scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 279 Old Fox VS Slippery Loach

Fatty Lu and his ugly master Wang Shaobo both seem to have the potential of being a master. Just as they analyzed and guessed, the Han Daren brothers went out privately to intercept and kill the Zhao Guojiao Department of the Qing Army in Nanchang. Fatty Lu predicted that the pair of living treasure brothers would definitely lose But without any longer-term considerations, he short-sightedly chose to make the wrong mistake, and dispatched Gao Dejie's elite cavalry from the Wu Army to ambush the Nanchang Qing Army Brigade.In the end, the battle was won, and the harvest was quite rich, but this inevitably aroused the vigilance of the Qing army, especially the veteran of the Qing army, who was called an old fox and immortal by Lu Fatty, was even more decisive. Ordering the Anqing Qing army to stop advancing, Fatty Lu's carefully formulated tactical plan to lure the enemy to a decisive battle under the city of Jiujiang is also in danger of aborting.

In the early morning of the second day after the Anqing Qing army was ordered to stop in Pengze, Hal Gaqi, minister of the Ministry of Rites of Mite Qing, and Zhang Tai, the son of Mite Qing Bei, joined forces to come to the tent of the central army in Hilgen, and Hal Gaqi personally reported to Xie Er Genzou reported: "General, according to your order, Qiu Sheng, the former personal soldier of Master Zhangtai Beizi, was taken to the camp of our army in Pengze last night, may I see you now, General. "

"See you now." Hilgen, whose rat braids were all white, agreed casually, but his eyes stayed on the map sand table near Jiujiang, and he kept calculating the distance and the comparison of the strength of the troops, as well as the route of the army's advance and retreat.Hargaqi, Zhangtai and others waited patiently in the big tent, preparing to accompany Hilgen to interrogate Qiu Sheng's statement.

Not a moment later, Qiu Sheng with a wretched face was escorted into the big tent. As soon as he entered the tent, Qiu Sheng crawled on the ground and kowtowed, tremblingly said: "Slave Han army is on the yellow flag Qiu Sheng, I will send my greetings to General Nan, master!" Please."

Hilgen finally raised his head, and a pair of eagle eyes and falcon eyes swept across Qiu Sheng's face like a cold lightning, staring straight at Qiu Sheng until his heart was hairy, his face turned pale, and his whole body couldn't help shaking like a sieve.Fortunately, after Hilgen found that Qiu Sheng didn't seem like the kind of person who had the guts to deceive himself for Wu Jun, he quickly looked away, and picked up the 'Itanbu' secret letter sent by Yang Jie quickly. The letter asked very kindly: "Brother Qiu, don't be afraid, tell the old man, did Yitanbu really hand over this letter to you?"

"I don't dare to be a slave, I don't dare to be." Qiu Sheng was both happy and flattered, and quickly kowtowed and replied: "Back to the general, the slave dares to swear on the head of the head, this letter was indeed handed over to the slave by Itanbu himself. He also told the servants that this letter is of great importance, even if you lose your head, you must not lose this letter! Otherwise, not only will there be countless Qing soldiers who are still loyal to the Qing court in Jiujiang City If the heads fall, my Qing army's plan to recover Jiujiang will also fail."

"Oh, so to speak, you have indeed made contributions to the Qing court." Hilgen nodded in satisfaction, and then asked very kindly: "Brother Qiu, then I will ask you again, the suggestions made a few days ago Chang Zhan, how much do you really know in Jiujiang City? Don’t be afraid, and don’t be afraid of trifles, just say it.”

"General, I really can't afford to be a slave. You should call me Qiu Sheng by my name." Qiu Sheng kowtowed again and again, and replied honestly: "Back to the general, this slave doesn't know much. The soldiers said that first Wugou Han Daren led the troops out of the city without authorization, then Han Daren's deadly enemy Gao Dejie also led the troops out, and then he also led the troops out of the city during the whole festival. Finally, at noon the day before yesterday, the servant heard that Han Daren had eaten The big defeat was all due to Wu Gou Quanjie rescuing him back to the city, and I heard that Gao Dejie won a big victory and killed many soldiers of our Qing Dynasty."

"Then after Han Daren and Gao Dejie returned to the city, what happened when they met?" Hilgen asked, "And after Han Daren returned to the city, was he punished by Wu Gou Lu Yifeng? Gao Dejie What rewards did his army receive after returning to the city in victory? How much do you know?"

"This..." Qiu Sheng hesitated for a moment, and replied with a sad face: "Back to the general, I don't know, I don't know."

"You are in Jiujiang City, how could you not know anything about it?" Hargaqi shouted angrily.

"Master Ha, I really can't blame the servant for this." Qiu Sheng hurriedly kowtowed, and replied honestly: "Because General Yitanbu told the servant that the servant is the soldier of Lord Beizi, the traitor who surrendered to Wugou in Jiujiang City must be Quite a few of them knew the slaves, and the slaves were his messengers to communicate with Master Bei, so General Itambu rarely let the slaves leave the place of residence. Wu Gou pay attention, he can no longer get out of the city to contact Master Bei."

"So, because the people in Itambu are staring at you, you don't have much chance to contact the outside world, and you can't grasp more detailed Jiujiang enemy's situation?" Hilgen asked.

Qiu Sheng nodded again and again, praising Xiergen for his brilliance and prowess, which is indeed the case. Xiergen crossed his hands and thought for a while, and then said after a long while: "Qiu Sheng, you did a good job, and you didn't embarrass us. In this way Come on, don't go back to Jiujiang City, don't go back to Master Bei, stay in the old man's tent and be a personal soldier."

After speaking, Hilgen turned to Master Beizi Zhangtai and smiled, "Master Beizi, the old man appreciates this Qiu Sheng very much, can I give up his love?" Of course Master Beizi Zhangtai would not refuse, so he nodded and agreed quickly. Qiu Sheng was even more overjoyed, and hurriedly repeated He kowtowed to thank, and according to Xiergen's request, he went down with Xiergen's soldiers to take a bath, change clothes, and register.

As soon as Qiu Sheng was led out of the commanding account of the Chinese army, Hargaqi and Zhangtai couldn't wait to ask: "General, how are you doing? What did you find?"

"This Qiu Sheng is indeed a loyal servant. The old man can be sure that he has not told a single lie from the beginning to the end." Hilgen replied calmly.

"So, the battle in Jianchang was really just a coincidence?" Halgaqi asked in surprise, "Wu Gou, Han Daren and Gao Dejie each led their troops out of the city. Gao Dejie deliberately refused to rescue him, but in the end, by mistake, the Chinese army who sneaked into our Nanchang army of the Qing Dynasty succeeded?"

"No, not necessarily." Hilgen shook his head, and said in a deep thought: "Not only is the war in Jianchang not necessarily a coincidence, but whether Lu Yifeng's dog thief has been seriously injured by our army's artillery, it seems that I'm afraid It's hanging too."

"How is it possible?" Zhangtai Beizi screamed, "General, Lu Yifeng was seriously injured by the artillery of the last general. Our army has confirmed it again and again. Why is it suspended now?"

"General, what flaw did you find?" Hargaqi also asked nervously.

"The old man didn't find any flaws." Hilgen shook his head, and said seriously: "Because there are no flaws, the old man suspects that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was not injured at all! You can think about how many coincidences happened in Jiujiang during this period ?When Jiujiang fell and our army faced the difficult choice of counterattacking Jiujiang and fighting each other, it happened that the news that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was seriously injured by our army's artillery; It happened to ambush our most vulnerable team, weakening our army and the siege team; and when we were bound to have doubts about whether Lu Yifeng was a thief, it happened that such a letter came? This series of coincidences, Is it too much of a coincidence?"

"Could the general be worried that this Qiu Sheng is just a dead end?" Halgazi was not stupid, and soon realized what Hilgen meant, and asked tentatively: "Is it true that Yitanbu surrendered to Wugou?" , and planned to lure our army to encircle and attack Jiujiang City for Wu Gou. However, Qiu Sheng, who sent the letter, did not betray the Qing Dynasty, nor did he tell a lie, but because Yitanbu used various reasons, he himself heard The news is all fake news. So Wu Gou doesn’t have to worry about Qiu Sheng’s betrayal or revealing his flaws, because no matter how much we interrogate Qiu Sheng, it’s impossible to know the real truth.”

Hilgen nodded silently, expressing that he was exactly what he was thinking, but Master Zhangtai opened his mouth wide, and after a long while he did not give up and said: "General, Master Ha, these are all speculations, there is no way to prove that this is the case If Yitanbu did not betray our army, and Lu Yifeng was seriously injured by our artillery, then we misunderstood the loyalty of General Itanbu, and mistakenly believed that Lu Yifeng was not injured by the cannon, then wouldn’t we Missed the golden opportunity to recapture Jiujiang City and wipe out the Wugou East Route Army?"

"We may have misunderstood Itambu, but the old man thinks this is not a big possibility." Hilgen sat back in the commander's seat, and after a moment of consideration, Hilgen decisively ordered: "Well, let the order go on, and our army will set up camp. , continue to advance westward, and go to the village at Hukou as originally planned."

Hearing this order, Master Zhangtai Beizi breathed a sigh of relief, but Hargaqi objected: "General, since Wu Gou is likely to be cheating, then we might as well go back to the teacher earlier, and we don't need to go to the lake again." Go to the mouth. Anqing is the most important place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the main force of our army cannot leave for a long time."

"It doesn't matter. Anqing's city defenses are very strong. It won't make sense to leave for a while." Hilgen shook his head and said with a smile: "And the old man continues to go west to the lake mouth, definitely not just for the purpose of capturing Jiujiang. When the time comes, you I understand."

Halgaqi had always admired Hilgen's wit and scheming, so he didn't say much when he heard the words, and went to order in person after paying the bill.After the order was conveyed to each army and each battalion, the [-] Qing army's water and land troops immediately set up their camps and continued westward along the water and land roads, aiming at the Hukou Ferry across the lake from Jiujiang City.At the same time, Hilgen sent a fast horse to Zhao Guozha, ordering Zhao Guozha not to be afraid of the enemy because of the defeat the day before yesterday, but to immediately organize the defeated troops to continue northward and station in Nankangfu City for orders.

At noon the next day, the Qing Army's land and water routes arrived at Hukou at the same time, and set up twelve water and land camps at the ferry in Hukou County. In addition, the Nanchang Qing Army's Zhao Guozha Division stationed in the small town of Jianchang reorganized their troops. , also began to go north again, echoing the Anqing Qing army, forming an arc-shaped encirclement of Jiujiang City.

The scouts sent the situation of the Qing army's movements into Jiujiang City, including the Han Daren brothers who were still recovering from their injuries. They were all very excited, and they were all preparing to severely injure Mangou while defending the city, and then launched a counterattack, teaching these two groups to dare to break ground when they were too old. The bold full dog.Only Fatty Lu smiled wryly, and scolded the old fox Hilgen as treacherous, leaving no room for his innocent and kind self. The generals of the Wu army were surprised and asked why, and Fatty Lu immediately cursed again.

"Are you really fooled because of the old Hilgen? Are you planning to cross the lake and storm Jiujiang City?" Fatty Lu pointed out Hilgen's treachery angrily, "Wrong! This old bastard is responding to all changes with the same , seems to be risky but actually safe, and there is a hidden needle in it, which contains counterattack poisonous moves!"

"What do you mean?" Most of Wu Jun's generals were even more baffled.

"That old thing is killing three birds with one stone. It has three purposes and a follow-up!" Fatty Lu said cursingly: "The first purpose is to cover Nanchang Mangou. If he directly withdraws troops from Pengze and returns to Anqing, then we We must go all out to hunt down the Nanchang Mangou who have left the protection of Jiancheng. Even if we can’t kill all the Nanchang Mangou, we can still cut a piece of meat from Zhao Guozuo! Now that he is stationed at Hukou, once he finds out the situation No, Zhao Guozuo can be the first to retreat and return to Nanchang, do we dare to pursue them with all our strength?"

"The second purpose is to continue to wait and see! Although the old man already suspects that I am not injured at all, but there is no conclusive evidence, so he withdraws his troops and returns to the city. Once it is confirmed that I was really injured by the cannonball in the future, then he will have no way to report to the Mangou court. If I confess, I will miss this golden opportunity for nothing! So he simply stationed troops at the mouth of the lake, protected by the natural danger of Poyang Lake and the superior navy, not afraid of our sudden cold arrows, and can send troops at any time to attack Jiujiang City with all our strength!"

"The third purpose is more poisonous. He stationed troops at Hukou, and threw Zhao Guozuo's fat to Nankang as bait. If our army loses composure, we will take the initiative to attack and cross the lake to attack Hukou. , or go south to swallow Zhao Guozuo's bait, and the old man Xiergen can adapt to the situation, or set up an ambush, or divert the tiger away from the mountain, and take the opportunity to sneak attack our army's rear, and our army will suffer a big loss!"

After swearing and cursing, Fatty Lu beat his chest again and said, "This damned old fox, knowing that I am famously honest and honest, is still so cautious and careful, and doesn't even give me a chance!"

"Are you famous for being honest and honest?" Wu Jun's generals looked at each other, all admiring Fatty Lu's thick skin.

"Boss, do you want to continue playing the scene of cheating and hurting?" Wang Shaobo asked tentatively.

"Act, why don't you act?" Fatty Lu scolded: "The old fox wants to compete with me for patience, so I will compete with him. He responds to all changes with the same, and I also respond to all changes with the same! Let's see who has the most patience!" Alright, wait until the opponent reveals his flaws first!"

"Then how do we act next?" Wang Shaobo asked again.

"Let the wind out, let's say that my injury has improved under the meticulous treatment of Zhu Zhu, and maybe there is a possibility of returning to life." Fatty Lu ordered: "Let Yitanbu send a dead man across the lake to deliver the letter In the letter, firstly, I asked about the whereabouts of the previous dead man, and when Mangou would cross the lake to attack the city. Second, I told Mangou that my condition has improved, but I still can’t command the army, so I have sent to The prince sent a letter, asking him to allow me to return to Pianyuan to recuperate, and to allow me to hand over the command of the army to Brother Dajie. The knife is out."

"Hahahahaha." Wu Jun's generals roared with laughter. Gao Dejie was a little embarrassed, and Han Daren was even more embarrassed. He lowered his head and dared not even breathe out.Wang Shaobo also laughed out loud, finally he had enough before he asked again: "Master, will old Hilgen be fooled?"

"Of course I don't expect him to be tricked." Fatty Lu said with a smirk: "I just need Zhangtai and Emperor Mangou to be fooled. The two of them will help me clean up Hilgen's old things."

Wang Shaobo understood and nodded quickly. Fatty Lu turned to Li Guodong again and said solemnly: "Brother Li, you are the commander of our navy. Now the Mangou navy, which is four times the size of our army's navy, has arrived at the mouth of the lake. There is a huge gap between strength and weakness. Regardless of whether the old Ergen fox will make up his mind to cross the lake and attack the city, the first thing to make up his mind must be our navy under your command—what I mean, do you understand?"

"The general understands." The treacherous Li Guodong also understood, and immediately replied with his hands together: "Please rest assured, the general, the general will give you an order immediately. From now on, without your order, the general, our warships will never leave the city wall of the water gate." The range of artillery cover is too large, and the Mangou Navy is not given the slightest chance! Whenever they are mobilized, they will send small boats."

"Brother Li is indeed a smart man, so I won't waste my saliva." Fatty Lu nodded, then called Xiao Erlang and said, "Erlang, go to Yu'er and ask her to gather all the cannons on the water gate fort. , to protect our navy with all our strength, we must take strict precautions and not give the Mangou navy a chance."

Ever since, when the coaches of both sides were determined to respond to all changes without change, the Wu army team and the Qing army team, which were less than forty miles away from each other, all made up their minds to compete patiently.The Nanchang Qing Army led by Zhao Guozuo went northward and stationed in Nankang City. The Wu Army's infantry and cavalry troops, who had great confidence in winning, all stood still and watched Zhao Guozuo's army enter the city and stationed in the city.However, despite the strong desire to fight, the navy of the Qing army, which has an absolute advantage in strength, was forcibly suppressed by Hilgen and was not allowed to continue westward. Like a tortoise, it hides in the protective range of land artillery and lingers on its last breath.

Two nights later, Yitanbu once again sent a death cell across the lake to offer a book to Hilgen under the close surveillance of the Wu army, but the second death cell still never came back, and the Qing army did not respond in the slightest.Fatty Lu waited patiently for two days without any response, and decisively gave up his plan to send Shijian again, and gave Itanbu a heavy reward, allowing Itanbu to move freely and officially serve in the Wu army. At the same time, he sent a large number of messengers to the rear Contact, ask for new firearms, learn about the movements of the other five groups of Wu Jun, and wait patiently for Hillgen to make a move.

After waiting patiently for more than ten days without invading each other, news came from the other five anti-Qing Wu armies one after another. Fatty Lu was very pleased that, except for Tao Jizhi sent by his father-in-law Wu Guogui, he was attacked by the Qing army in Xunyang. Except for the tenacious blocking, the remaining four roads are full of good news.First, the Sichuan Wu army led by the old traitor Wu had already broken through Yangping Pass and Chaotian Pass, and marched to Hanzhong. Then Xia Guoxiang broke through Pingxiang and surrounded Yuanzhou. Suizhou, the sword points to Henan.Finally, on the road to Guangxi, the Guangxi Wu army led by Dong Zhongmin and the Guangdong Wu army led by Zu Zeqing had joined forces in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, and defeated the Guangdong Qing army led by Le Erjin and Jin Guangzu, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, forcing them to flee back to Zhaoqing.It can be said that they have all gained, and it has made a good start for Wu Jun's great cause of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Fatty Lu also received a more important piece of good news. Since the main force of the Wu army has already entered the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield, Kang Mazi's last elite reserve team, led by Tong Guogang, Fei Yanggu, and Zhou Peigong, is the Mite Qing. The Baoyi Army has already marched westward directly from Daming Mansion, and went straight to the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield via Shanxi.It can be seen from this that Kang Mazi has concentrated his main energy on the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield, and is no longer the first priority for the northern Jiangxi battlefield, which is protected by natural dangers and heavy troops. Great news.

"Okay, good fight, the better the friendly army fights, the easier it will be for me, brother Lu."

Sighing a few words with great relief, he pinched his fat fingers to count the time, estimating that even if it was an ordinary [-]-mile rush, Kang Mazi's instructions on the Jiujiang battlefield should have been sent to the Hilgen army on the other side. Hillgen should also feel the pressure.After closing his eyes and contemplating for a long time, Fatty Lu gave Xiao Erlang an order to send someone to send orders to Han Daren and Han Yuanren brothers, and after Xiao Erlang sent the messengers out for a while, Fatty Lu asked Xiao Erlang The second order was issued, asking Xiao Erlang to send someone to invite Gao Hongchen to the handsome hall.

In view of the time sequence, Brother Han Daren, who was already grateful to Fatty Lu, first went to the handsome hall. After meeting and saluting, Brother Han Daren asked Fatty Lu what he wanted to call his brothers. Fatty Lu replied: "One day There is an errand for you to do, you all go to the second hall, I am going to meet Gao Hongchen soon, listen carefully to what I said to him, come out and tell me after he leaves, how much do you understand. "

The Han brothers looked at each other in dismay, but followed the order and went into the second hall to wait for eavesdropping.After a while, Gao Hongchen reported that after entering the hall to salute, Gao Hongchen naturally asked Fatty Lu what he wanted to call him, and Fatty Lu smiled and said: "General Hongchen, do you still remember that Han Daren caught that Itanbu?" ? Have you seen him in the past few days?"

"Back to the general, we meet every day." Gao Hongchen replied truthfully: "He has now been appointed by you as a general, and he has been placed under the command of Han Daren. He will lead the army to help defend the east gate. .”

"Some time ago, he helped me lure the enemy, so I rewarded him with a general." Fatty Lu smiled and said, "In addition, I also rewarded him with 1000 taels of silver."

"General, what are you talking about?" Gao Hongchen was puzzled.

"General Hong Chen, I heard that you lost more than 300 taels at the gambling table some time ago." Fatty Lu said with a sly smile: "You don't want to find some scammers to get this money back? Itanbu is full of money." The dog is a big fat sheep."

Gao Hongchen was even more confused, and it took him a while to recover, and asked in a low voice, "General, do you want the last general to act as a villain and get the money back from Yitanbu?"

"Smart!" Fatty Lu snapped his fingers, and said with a smile, "Don't ask any other questions, just let go and do it, and you will get everything you get. Don't be afraid to make things big, and don't worry about Han Daren's face. I will naturally It's up to you."

"Thank you, General, for taking care of me. I will definitely do it in the end." Gao Hongchen, who received a beautiful job, smiled wickedly, and asked cleverly, "Then, General, do you want to let my cousin know about this?"

"Of course don't let him know." Fatty Lu replied bluntly: "Only you are allowed to know about this matter, but there is one more thing, don't kill Itanbu."

Gao Hongchen overjoyed and agreed, and left happily, until he walked out of the gate, Fatty Lu shouted to the back hall: "Okay, you can come out." Brother Han Daren returned to the hall, and stood with hands down in front of Fatty Lu. Then he smiled and asked, "How are you two generals Han, did you think of anything?"

"General, do you want to deliberately provoke a conflict between the last general and General Gao Dejie?" Han Daren asked tentatively, "The other thing is to push Yitanbu back, and let him really become an insider?"

"I have made progress." Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction, and said in a low voice: "But there is one thing I missed. I not only want to force Yitanbu, but I also want to force you two brothers together. Do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)