scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 281
"After the second dead man sent by the slave didn't return to Jiujiang, Lu Yifeng's Wu dog told the slave that his plan to lure our Anqing army from the Qing Dynasty to cross the lake and attack the city must have been killed by Hill..., no, It must have been discovered by you, General Dingnan, and it will be useless to send dead money in the future, it will only be wasted."

"Then Lu Yifeng's Wu dog said, "Although the plan to lure our Qing army was unsuccessful, it was the slave's credit and dedication to lure our Qing army out of Anqing City and Nanchang City. It should be rewarded, so that Wu dog named the servant a general, and rewarded 1000 taels of silver."

"It is absolutely true that Han Daren and Han Yuanren brothers led an army to attack privately, but Lu Yifeng's dog thief adapts to the situation and makes a mistake to make an ambush plan. The Nanchang army that attacked our Qing Dynasty succeeded, and the dog thief is not allowed to win. Rescuing Han Daren was also an order from Lu Yifeng's dog thief himself."

"Han Daren told his servants that the main reason why Lu Yifeng's dog thief asked Gao Dejie not to care about the life and death of the Han brothers was because the Han Daren brothers and Lu Yifeng's dog thief had never been able to urinate in the same pot. I wish the Han brothers would die. The Han brothers were lucky not to die. When they returned to Jiujiang City, it was because their cousin Hu Guozhu was the son-in-law of the old thief Wu Sangui and the uncle of the thief Lu Yifeng. The thieves didn't take the opportunity to commit murder, they just took the opportunity to humiliate the brothers of the Han family, and beat them each with fifty army sticks."

"Han Daren told the slaves that Lu Yifeng's dog thief is now planning this. Lu Yifeng's dog thief is not afraid of our Qing army crossing the lake. Because our Qing army crossed the lake to attack the city, relying on Jiujiang Wugou's strong artillery, we It is almost impossible for the Qing army to break through Jiujiang City, Jiujiang Wugou can not only kill a large number of soldiers of our Qing army in the defense battle, but also expand the results in the counterattack or pursuit battle."

"Han Daren also told the servants that Lu Yifeng's dog thief had blatantly yelled in front of the Wu dog generals, and he was not afraid that our Qing army would not cross the lake or attack the city. Because the old thief Wu Sangui sent him to the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, his primary purpose was to contain Our main army of the Qing Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River created opportunities for the other five-way Wugou, and if the main force of the Qing Dynasty led by you, the general, is contained in the Jiujiang area, his mission will be basically completed. So no matter whether the general crosses the lake or not, Whether they attack the city or not, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is actually invincible."

"By the way, Brother Han Daren also told the servant that Lu Yifeng, the dog thief, had analyzed the purpose of your army at Hukou, General, in front of many generals. There are three purposes for stationing troops at the mouth of the lake, one is to test whether he has really been injured by the artillery of our Qing army, and if it is confirmed that he is correct, you will cross the lake and attack the city, General."

"The second purpose is to cover the army of General Zhao Guozuo. If you confirm that Wu Dog is luring the enemy, then you can let the army of General Zhao Guozuo retreat first, as long as your army is still there. If he is stationed at Hukou, Wu Gou will not dare to pursue him with all his strength."

"The third purpose, Lu Yifeng's dog thief thinks, you are also luring the enemy, General. You deliberately stationed troops in Hukou, and also deliberately let the old general Zhao Guozuo station troops in Nankang. The purpose is to create opportunities for Wugou's army to sneak attack. The opportunity to lure Wu Dog's army to take the initiative to attack, and then to strike later, adapt to the situation and severely injure Wu Dog. And the primary target must be Wu Dog's naval fleet, so Lu Yifeng's dog thief said nothing during this time to allow Wu Dog's navy to leave port. , and concentrated all the artillery at the water gate, in order to protect Wu Gou's naval fleet."

Listening to Yitanbu's narration of pouring beans from bamboo tubes, although the temperature in the spring night is still quite cold, the old fox of Hilgen is already dripping with cold sweat, and his wrinkled old face is full of disbelief, and he didn't expect anything. My own thoughts and wishful thinking, even Hargaqi, who was with me day and night, didn't fully guess, but in the end, the enemy coach who was fighting with my life guessed every bit of it!If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears, Hilgen wouldn't have believed that there would be such a miracle in the world!
After thinking over and over for a long time, Hilgen asked again: "Itanbu, the old man will ask you again, Han Daren is in front of you, has he mentioned what is Lu Yifeng's next plan for the dog thief? That is, the Wu dog army, come down What's the next move?"

"He said it." Yitanbu was very honest, and his memory was not bad, so he replied after a short memory: "Han Daren said that Lu Yifeng's thief once publicly threatened in front of the generals of the Wu dogs. He fights patiently, and he will accompany him to the end, because the main task given to him by the old thief Wu Sangui is to bite our main force in northern Jiangxi of the Qing Dynasty, so that our main force in northern Jiangxi of the Qing Dynasty has no time to take care of the battlefield. He doesn't care how long he confronts the general in Jiujiang It doesn't matter. But you are different, General. You absolutely dare not let the main forces in northern Jiangxi leave the two important towns of Anqing and Nanchang for a long time, and the master is long live. It is impossible to tolerate you, General, standing still on the east bank of Poyang Lake for a long time. Take the initiative to march. So in the end, the one who loses patience first must be you, the general."

Hilgen stopped talking, and his wrinkled old face was no longer full of disbelief, but full of deep worry and admiration; the other old fox present, Zhao Guozuo, was also frowning deeply, knowing that the army was in danger. Once he met an opponent, not only was he far more cunning and insidious than ordinary people, but he was also extremely good at analyzing and judging the enemy's psychology, so difficult that he was almost terrifying.Only Mr. Zhangtai Beizi was sitting on the sidelines in a daze, feeling overwhelmed, not knowing how to explain to his cousin Kang Mazi in the future—just reported that he had seriously injured Fatty Lu with a cannon, and now he will report that Fatty Lu was cheating In order to lure the Qing army from northern Jiangxi out of Anqing City and Nanchang City, then Kang Mazi had to skin himself?
"It's a pity, why can't such a talent be used by us?" With a sigh, Hilgen carefully read the letter written by Han Daren brought by Itanbu. Asked: "Brothers Han Daren and Han Yuanren are willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so have they said what they are willing to do for the Qing Dynasty?"

"The two generals of Han have said that as long as the general is dispatched, they will go through fire and water, go up mountains of swords and down into sea of ​​fire, and never frown." Itanbu replied truthfully, and added with a conscience: "Please rest assured, general." The two brothers Han Daren and Han Yuanren have always been at odds with Lu Yifeng and Gao Dejie. This is an open secret in Wugou's army. The brothers were persecuted and bullied in every possible way, and the Han brothers couldn't be forced, so they surrendered, and there will never be falsehood."

"Is it true?" Hilgen smiled and said in his heart, "But why do I feel like it's a bit of a trick?"

"General, Lu Yifeng is extremely cunning as a dog thief, could it be a trick?" Zhao Guozuo also raised a question.

Hilgen was not in a hurry to answer, but just calculated carefully, while Yitanbu was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "General, General Han Daren said that he came to surrender suddenly. You will definitely doubt, General, that he is here He used bitter tricks, so he didn't say in the letter that he leaked Wugou's military plan to the general, or said that he should open the gate of Jiujiang City. He only asked the general that you could give them a chance to prove that they sincerely surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. "

"Really?" Hilgen began to be moved, and began to think about how to test the sincerity of Han Daren's surrender.

"General, this is a good opportunity." At this time, Master Zhangtai Beizi, who had been dejected for a long time, finally came to his senses, and hurriedly came up and said: "In the opinion of the last general, General Han Daren must surrender sincerely, because The final general has also heard our army's detailed report for a long time, saying that the brothers of General Han Daren are at odds with Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and they can't get along with most of the Wu dog generals, so the final general thinks that there is absolutely no possibility of falsehood. We can't miss this opportunity, we should make good use of it, break through Jiujiang, capture Lu Yifeng's dog thief alive, and give the master an explanation."

"You want to give an explanation to the master, don't you?" Hilgen snorted coldly in his heart, ignoring Master Zhangtaibei's encouragement, but turned to Itanbu and said, "Itanbu, how about it, you take a message back for the old man To Brother Han Dayen, tell them that I want the old man to give them a chance to test, you can - let them come here in person, let one of their brothers go to the old man's camp in person, and meet the old man, the old man will believe them."

"Zha, this slave obeys." Itanbu respectfully agreed, and then said very carefully: "General, Jiujiang and Hukou are blocked by Poyang Lake, and Wu Gou's army is strict in interrogation. If you want the two generals of Han to come over immediately, I'm afraid ...."

"The old man gave them three days." Hilgen replied: "Within three days, their brothers must at least cross the lake to meet the old man alone, so that the old man can trust them."

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Because of the secret care of the Han Daren brothers, Yitanbu returned to Jiujiang City very smoothly, and also brought Hilgen's message to the Han Daren brothers. The Han Daren brothers did not dare to neglect, so they quickly arranged for Yitanbu Back to the room to rest, while arranging his confidants to secretly monitor Itanbu's every move, he sneaked out of the camp and came to the Wu army headquarters where Fatty Lu stayed, and saw the black hand behind the whole incident in Fatty Lu's signing room , Also relayed Itanbu's message to Fatty Lu, asking Fatty Lu to make a decision.

"It's really an old fox. If you don't see a rabbit, you won't scatter eagles." After hearing this, Fatty Lu sneered first, and then ordered: "Let Itanbu go back and tell the old fox Xiergen that I'm keeping a close eye on you. Can't find a chance to sneak across the lake, let the old fox change another test method."

"But in this way, Man Gou won't believe that the last generals really surrendered." Han Daren showed embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Anyway, I'm just trying. Of course it's best if I can succeed. If I can't, I'll find another way to defeat the enemy. Just like I asked you to tell Itanbu on purpose, now our army Standing in an invincible position, even if you can't defeat the enemy under Jiujiang City, you will still have a chance to defeat Nanchang Mangou and Anqing Mangou in the future, so there is no need to risk the lives of your two brothers."

Han Daren and Han Yuanren, who had been discussing for a long time, looked at each other, and suddenly struggled and knelt down together with their wounded bodies, clasped their fists together, and said to Fatty Lu in unison: "General, the brothers of the last general have already discussed it before, in order to repay the prince For the sake of our Yunnan-Guizhou army’s anti-Qing cause, and to repay the great general’s life-saving grace, the brothers of the last general are willing to take the risk of crossing the lake and earn a lot of money to cross the lake and die!”

"No, no, no." Fatty Lu shook his fat head like a rattle, and said seriously: "You two generals Han, this matter is not a joke, did the old fox Hilgen see through my strategy? I don't have much confidence, if he has already seen through my clever plan, then he let you sneak across the lake just to trap one of you, wouldn't you just be sheep going into the mouth of a tiger?"

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu paused, and added: "Take a step back, even if the old fox Xiergen just suspects, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that you are using bitter tricks, you will inevitably be punished by him when you arrive in the dog camp." All kinds of torture, all kinds of interrogation, even if a little flaw is revealed, you will all die without a place to bury!"

"The last general is not afraid!" The Han brothers replied in unison: "The last general and others have discussed it carefully. They think that the general's ingenious plan is unpredictable, and it is absolutely impossible for a dog to see through it. Hu, go and cheat the whole dog for the great general!"

"No, no, absolutely not! It's too dangerous, it's too dangerous!" Fatty Lu still shook his head, refusing to agree to anything.In the end, Han Daren and Han Yuanren were also anxious. Han Daren kowtowed and said in tears: "General, the last general will wait to know your kindness, but the opportunity is rare. To lure Mangou to cross the lake to attack the city and step into our army's trap, in fact There is only one last step left, for the sake of Great Zhou, for the great cause of reversing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and to repay the kindness of the prince and the General, the Brothers of the Last General are willing to throw their heads, sprinkle their blood, and take risks for the General!"

Fatty Lu still didn't speak, his fat face was full of hesitation, Han Daren became even more anxious when he saw him, he simply stood up together, pulled out the saber from his waist, put it on his neck and shouted tearfully, "General, you If you don’t give brother the last general this chance, brother the last general will die in front of you today, to show his ambition by death!”

"General Han, what are you doing?" Fatty Lu was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Erlang, Shiyu, Xiguan, quickly grab General Han's knife!"

Fatty Lu's hard-core lackeys rushed forward and rushed to grab Han Daren's saber, but Han Daren refused to let go of anything, but shouted with tears in his eyes, "General, if you don't agree, it's the end!" The general will show his will with death!" The same was true for Han Yuanren over there, he drew his knife and put it on his neck, and said with tears: "General, if you don't agree, the last general will also die in front of you, it is wise to die."

"Then..., well, I agree." When things got to this point, Fatty Lu had no choice but to let go, but when the Han Daren brothers handed over their sabers out of tears, Fatty Lu was younger than Mung Dou In his eyes, there was a trace of irresistible lust.

"Since you insist on going, I won't force you to stop me." Although he agreed to Han Daren's adventurous request, Fatty Lu urged: "But I still have two requests. One is that you two brothers can only go to one place." Second, after arriving at the Mangu camp, no matter whether you can fool that old fox of Hilgen or not, you have to give priority to saving your life, even if it is a temporary false surrender to the Mangu, so that you can keep the green hills and don’t worry about running out of firewood. "

"The last general will remember the general's order." The Han Daren brothers clasped their fists together and agreed.

"Very good, I won't interfere with which one of you two will go. You can discuss it yourself." Fatty Lu nodded, then waved and said, "Come here, I have a trick to teach you."

Han Daren and Han Yuanren, who had long admired Fatty Lu's vicious tricks, did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly approached Fatty Lu, and Fatty Lu whispered in their ears: "After you cross the lake, the old fox Xiergen is here When you are questioning whether your surrender is true or not, you can reveal to him such a secret of our army-that is, in order to avenge the killing of the eldest son of the Emperor Mangou, our Dazhou Palace has let the insider who is lurking in the palace of the capital be about to give birth. The dog queen Hesheli's food was poisoned with slow poison, and it won't be long before the dog queen Hesheli died of blood collapse during childbirth, or the mother and child died together!"

"What?! What's the matter?!" Brother Han Daren was so frightened by Fatty Lu this time, that the two brothers screamed together.

"It's absolutely true!" Fatty Lu nodded, and said in a low voice: "This matter is related to our reputation in Dazhou. Only the two of you are allowed to know it, and no third person is allowed to know it. Do you understand?"

Brother Han Daren nodded desperately together, thinking it was right, and Fatty Lu said in a low voice: "The old fox Xiergen is very cunning, he will never do anything he is not sure about, and he will only reveal this secret to him, and wait until Hesheli The news of the death of the mother and child is sent back to northern Jiangxi, and this old fox will fully believe in you, understand?"

The honest Han brothers nodded again, and Han Daren asked again worriedly: "General, is this reliable? What if our people fail to succeed, or the medicine we give won't work...?"

"Don't worry, it's been confirmed." Fatty Lu smiled sinisterly, and then said: "As for whether the medicine will take effect—you don't know the medical skills of Zhu Miracle Doctor?"

Brother Han Daren, who still had the Yunnan Baiyao developed by Zhu Fangdan on his body, was naturally determined when he heard the words. The two brothers argued for a long time in front of Fatty Lu, and finally decided that Han Yuanren would take up this life-or-death job. After discussing with Fatty Lu for a long time how to deal with Hilgen's interrogation, he left and prepared to cross the lake on the last night of the time limit and go to the Qing army's camp to deceive the enemy.

It wasn't until after the Han brothers left that Fatty Lu's dog-headed master Wang Shaobo came out from the back hall, and asked Fatty Lu worriedly: "Boss, are you really sure that you are encouraging the Han brothers to venture across the lake? Those who have seen through your tricks, they are like meat buns beating dogs, and they will never return."

"Don't worry, the old fox Xiergen is not stupid. No matter whether he sees through my trick or not, he will not attack the brothers of the Han family." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "If the brothers of the Han family can really deceive the old fox Xiergen, the old fox will naturally not Kill them. If the old fox sees through my trick, why does he kill the Han brothers? Does killing the Han brothers help him explain to Emperor Mangou, or help him get out of the dilemma? Pretend to be in the trap Wouldn't it be better to keep them so that they can be used in the future? Even better?"

Although Wang Shaobo is shrewd and capable, he can be regarded as scheming, but in terms of cunning and treachery, he is indeed a bit worse than Fatty Lu and Xiergen. After careful calculation for a long time, Wang Shaobo came to his senses, and a drummer praised: The boss is smart, it turns out that the boss has long been confident-the old fox Xiergen didn't see through the master's trick, so naturally he was reluctant to kill the brothers of the Han family! If this old fox saw through the master's trick, he would naturally be even more reluctant to kill the brothers of the Han family, leaving them to do whatever they want It is naturally much more cost-effective than just killing a Korean Won Ren!"

"I only dare to use such a dangerous plan in front of a suspicious and treacherous old fox like Hilgen." Fatty Lu sighed with a smile: "If it was replaced by a foolish and foolish fool like Zhangtai, I would not dare to use it." Such a risky plan."

"My boss is clever, and it varies from person to person, so it's hard to catch up with a student." Wang Shaobo flattered him, and then tentatively asked, "My boss, in your opinion, will the old fox Hilgen fall into the trap this time? "

"Since you call him an old fox, it is certainly not sure if you want him to fall into the trick immediately." Fatty Lu replied with a smile: "But it doesn't matter, today is February [-]th, and the woman's due date is in late March. After a month or so, even if the old fox Xiergen doesn't want to fall into the trap, the Emperor Mite Dog will force him to fall into the trap."

"That woman? Due date? What do you mean?" Wang Shaobo suddenly felt confused.

Fatty Lu smiled even more treacherously, and didn't answer, but murmured in his heart: "Hesheli, didn't the mite brag about you on TV, saying that you died a pity? It doesn't matter, Brother Lu will help you!" A group of people who were buried with you, the tens of thousands of the main force of Mangou in northern Jiangxi, are buried with you, isn't it glorious enough? Isn't it a pity to die?"

(End of this chapter)