scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 284 Prelude to the Great War
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The biggest internal response Wang Fuchen, who was personally planted by the old traitor Wu in the Qing army, finally played a role. He killed Mo Luo, the important minister of the Qing Dynasty who was touted by the descendants of the Qing Dynasty, and the scholar Mo Luo, the main force of the Qing Dynasty. The granary, cutting off the retreat of the [-] troops of the main force of the Qing Dynasty, Shanxi and Gansu, ended up being silent for three years, and it was a blockbuster!After ten years of sharpening the sword, no one knows it, and once it becomes famous, the world knows it!The direct and indirect consequences caused by it were so serious that Kang Mazi, who is known as the No. [-] Tatar Emperor of the ages, vomited blood and fainted on the spot when he heard it—and by the way, he helped Fatty Lu kill Kang Mazi's wife and children.

Kang Mazi couldn't help but get dizzy. At the beginning of the war with the Wu army, the Qing army once reached 65. Now only the two main forces of Jiangnan and Shaanxi-Gansu can maintain a strength of more than 10,000. The Shaanxi-Gansu army with a large number of cavalry is already Kang Mazi's only capital to turn around against the Wu army in the field, but such a significant and crucial army has chosen such a super traitor as Wang Fuchen, and Wu. The old traitors teamed up to lead the [-]+ Shaanxi-Gansu main force into a desperate situation, and forced it to the cliff, facing the danger of the entire army being wiped out at any time. No matter how good Kang Mazi's psychological quality is, he can't stand such a blow.

Under the fear and anger, coupled with his favorite wife and son whom he had never met being 'poisoned' to death by Fatty Lu's lackeys at the same time, Kang Mazi, who urgently needed to find a punching bag, naturally set his eyes on the Qing army who had the only advantage. On the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, Xiergen, the coach of the Qing army in northern Jiangxi, was ordered to enter the army as soon as possible. With the help of the Han brothers who had confirmed their sincerity to surrender to the Qing army, they took down Jiujiang City, wiped out the Jiujiang Wu army and Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, and fought for their own. Wife and son revenge, revenge!
Unexpectedly, Kang Mazi's edict to interfere with the tactics of the frontline troops promulgated in extreme anger did not have the slightest opposition among the decision-making levels of the Qing court. He lost his fighting spirit, and was ready to let Kang Mazi toss about and ignore it, but Mingzhu, Suo'etu and others believed that, given the current situation of the Qing court, it would not be possible to win a big victory to boost morale and inspire people. If the Qing court fails, it will really be over. Whether it is the morale of the army, the people or the officials, it may be completely ruined!
Since a big victory is urgently needed to boost morale and inspire people's hearts, the only battlefield in northern Jiangxi where the Qing army completely occupies an absolute advantage in all battlefields is also the only choice for the Qing court.On the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, the Qing army not only had an absolute advantage in terms of strength, terrain, cavalry, and warships, but also possessed two grandparents, veteran generals Hilgen and Zhao Guozuo, who were so experienced on the battlefield that they could compete with Wu Jun's coach Wu Jun. Compared with the old traitor.As for the Wu army, except for the superiority in firearms and individual combat effectiveness, everything else fell behind. The navy that must be indispensable on the northern Jiangxi battlefield is so weak that they dare not even go out of the port. Hidden danger, if you don't pinch such a soft persimmon, who else will you pinch?
It is precisely because of this that the decision-makers of the Qing court, including the scheming Xiaozhuang, unanimously supported Kang Mazi's wise decision-making, but the opinion that Suo'etu, Mingzhu and Zhang Ying put forward with trepidation was Kang Mazi. Mazi has set the time limit for Hilgen, and he feels that ten days is too short, which may cause Hilgen and Zhao Guozuo to behave in a panic and take risks in order to complete the errand. Fatty Lu, who has heard about it all over the world, can take advantage of this opportunity.After careful consideration, Kang Mazi finally agreed to double the time—give Hillen 20 days!

When Kang Mazi’s two so-called edicts were rushed to the battlefield in northern Jiangxi by eight hundred miles, it happened that the Han Daren brothers sent Itanbu to send Hu Guozhu’s letter to Hilgen. In the reply to the Han Daren brothers, Hu Guozhu was regarded as The two cousins ​​and nephews were scolded bloody. In addition to scolding them for their stupid actions that led to the defeat of Wu Jun, they also scolded the brothers of the Han family for avenging their personal revenge, intentionally spreading rumors to slander Fatty Lu, and trying to lure this cousin Interfering with Fatty Lu's impromptu decision-making!In the end, Hu Guozhu threatened the Han family brothers again, telling them to restrain themselves, be honest and obedient, and if something similar to a private attack occurs again, then Fatty Lu does not need to do it, and Hu Guozhu will be the first to kill his relatives righteously!
After carefully reading Hu Guozhu's reply to the Han brothers, and listening to Itanbu's observation report on the Han brothers, the treacherous Hilgen frowns deeply, and is really not sure whether he should trust the Han brothers. Or continue to test the two brothers, lest they fall into the tricks of Fatty Lu, nicknamed Oiled Loach?But at this moment, Li Xu, Kang Mazi's confidant guard, also entered the Chinese army's tent with the two imperial decrees of Kang Mazi. Hilgen didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly asked someone to set up an incense table, and personally led the generals to kneel down to receive it. decree.

I believe there is no need to repeat the content of Kang Mazi's two edicts here. In short, after Li Xu finished reading, Hilgen was dumbfounded on the spot. Do you trust the brothers of the Han family? Do you want the slaves to capture Jiujiang within 20 days and wipe out Wugou in Jiujiang? What kind of joke are you talking about?"

"Old General Xi, you haven't thanked me yet?" Li Xu carefully reminded.

"Slave thank you Lord Long En, long live the emperor, long live, long live." Hilgen quickly kowtowed, then jumped up, and asked Li Xu: "Guard Li, you must tell me what happened? Why? The emperor trusted the brothers of the Han family so quickly and gave them such a heavy reward? Do you want me to capture Jiujiang City within 20 days?"

Li Xu didn't answer in silence, but quietly took off his official hat, and showed it to Hilgen, and Hilgen also discovered that the silk cap on Li Xu's official hat, which should have been red, had turned into a representative representative. Mourning black!Hilgen's heart skipped a beat, and he asked tremblingly, "Could it be, Empress Empress..."

"Not only the empress, but also the dragon son who was just born by the empress..." Li Xu said listlessly: "In a few days, the matter of the empress should be reported to the world through the mansion, Mr. The general can make preparations early, and prepare all the filial piety clothes that should be prepared, so as not to be caught off guard when the time comes."

"Empress Empress—!" In front of Li Xu, all the generals of the Qing army in the big tent howled dryly.Hilgen asked anxiously again: "Then what's the reason? Can Guard Li tell the old man conveniently."

"The master asked the slave to send a message to the old general." Li Xu said helplessly: "You have done something about the empress, old general, but it was still a bit late, and you failed to save the empress, so this matter, The master has decided to neither reward nor punish you."

"Empress Empress...!" Hilgen knelt down on his knees towards the northeast of the capital, and wept loudly, "It's the servant who killed you. If the servant knew the news earlier, he would have reported the news earlier. In front of the master, maybe you won't... The slave is guilty, and the slave deserves death!"

While weeping, Hilgen kowtowed in the direction of the capital, sincerely, even though Li Xu and the generals of the Qing army didn't know whether he was sincere or false, they all rushed to persuade him.After finally getting Xiergen to hold back his tears, Li Xu warned again: "Old General Xi, don't blame the slave for talking too much. This time, the master ordered you to capture Jiujiang within 20 days. Maybe you will feel that it is difficult for you to force others, but the master said this It was very serious once, if the old general disappoints the master, then the consequences will definitely be unimaginable. Therefore, old general Wanwang is cautious."

Hilgen nodded with tears in his eyes, and did not speak. After thinking for a long time, Hilgen turned to his deputy Ha Ergaqi and said, "Master Ha, immediately send someone to contact Brother Han Daren, and ask them to cross the lake alone as soon as possible. Negotiate important matters with the old man. By the way, tell them that it is a good thing, and the master has already rewarded them." Hargaqi clasped his fists and agreed, and hurried down to make arrangements.

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The contact method between Han Yuanren and the Qing army is as follows. The two sides selected Tuanshan by the Poyang Lake as the contact point, and hid the correspondence in a marked tree hole or under the root of the tree. The two sides sent people to patrol once a day. Check whether there is any correspondence, so the letter from Hargaqi to the Han brothers was sent to the Han brothers that afternoon, and was also sent to Fatty Lu's case.And after getting Fatty Lu's consent, Han Daren crossed the lake in person that night to meet Hilgen in the Qing army camp.

Han Daren spent a relatively long time crossing the lake this time, and he did not return to Jiujiang City until the morning of the 13th day of March, the [-]th year of Kang Mazi's [-]th year, to meet Han Yuanren and Fatty Lu who had been waiting in fear all night.But when Han Daren truthfully reported the news that Kang Mazi canonized his brother as a high-ranking official, Fatty Lu was taken aback and exclaimed, "So fast? How could Emperor Mangou confer your official titles so quickly? Could it be that the old fox Hilgen is setting us up instead?"

"Back to the general, probably not." Han Daren said with a red face: "Because the last general saw a full dog guard wearing a heavy filial piety in the man dog camp, a man dog guard you must know!"

"Who?" Fatty Lu asked nervously.

"Li Xu!" Han Daren replied, and said with a smile on his face: "General, it seems that your enemies are no less than the brothers of the last general. That Li Xu has repeatedly told the last general that if there is a chance to capture you alive, We must capture you alive, the general, and give him a bad temper first, and then send him to the capital to be sacrificed to Emperor Mangou Ling Chi for execution!"

"It's that kid!" Fatty Lu suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "This general's enemies are not less than yours, maybe they are dozens or hundreds of times yours—but they are all on Mangou's side."

Han Daren and Han Yuanren brothers laughed together, and at the end, Han Daren reported again: "General, that traitor Li Xu wore a black official hat and told the general himself that Queen Mangou had unfortunately died in the care of Dr. Zhu." Under the poison, there is also the evil species in the belly of the dog queen, who also rolled to the king of hell to sue with the dog queen. Although the last brother was a little slow in exposing, but it was considered meritorious in exposing, and he voluntarily abandoned Man Gou surrendered to Man Gou secretly, so Emperor Man Gou conferred the title of high official to the brother of the last general. When Man Gou breaks through Jiujiang and captures you alive, Emperor Man Gou will reward you heavily."

Fatty Lu closed his small mung bean eyes, tapped his fat fingers on the table to calculate carefully, and said in his heart: "In the 13th year of Kang Mazi in history, Hesheli did die of dystocia, but I can't recall exactly when he died. Now the time is uncertain, and Hesheli took the little boy Yinfeng to report to the eighteenth floor of hell in advance. Is it true or false? I will have such good luck? Could it be that old fox of Heergen? See through my trick, and set up a trap to trap me? How likely is this?"

"Boss, is this a scam?" Wang Shaobo also raised similar questions, and Wang Shaobo said in a deep voice, "Could it be that the old fox Xiergen deliberately pretended to have trusted General Han and set us up instead?"

"It's possible, but it's not that big!" Fatty Lu stopped tapping on the table, and said seriously: "The reason is very simple, Hilgen and Li Xu, two full dogs, probably haven't had the guts to bring news of the death of the full dog queen." Just kidding! Otherwise, even if they succeed, the pockmarked emperor will not be able to spare them! So I think there is at least a [-]% chance that this is true, and the old fox Hilgen basically trusts General Han."

Wang Shaobo nodded, deeply convinced of Fatty Lu's judgment, then Wang Shaobo turned to Han Daren and asked, "General Han, then, did that old fox of Hillen give you any errands? Or, that old fox Have you been briefed on his next move?"

"That old fox is very cunning. He only gave me two very vague errands. One is to continue to lurk patiently and wait for Mangou to cross the lake and attack the city before responding." Han Daren truthfully replied: "The second errand is , when Mangou crossed the lake and landed, the final general should try his best to persuade the general not to go out to fight in the field, and to persuade the general to use the strong city to consume their strength and vigor first, and then go out for a decisive battle. As for when the main force of Mangou will cross the lake to attack The old fox didn't reveal a single word about where he crossed the lake and landed in the city."

"There are certainly reasons for being cautious about not telling you the time and place when the main force of Mangou crossed the lake." Fatty Lu knocked on the table again, and said in a deep thought: "But in my opinion, the old fox may not be able to tell you if he wants to." , because in his heart, I am afraid that he has not yet made up his mind when to cross the lake and choose which ferry to land on."

"It's possible." Wang Shaobo echoed: "For Anqing Mangou, there are two most favorable ferries. One is the Jiujiang Meijiazhou ferry with the shortest route across the lake, and the other is the longest route but in Mangou Zhao. The Nankangfu Ferry (now Xingzi County) controlled by the Ministry of State Affairs has its own advantages and disadvantages, and both of them may be ambushed by our army, so it is difficult for the old fox Xiergen to choose."

"It's not important to us which ferry Mangou chooses to land on." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "Mangou mainly attacks our army's main defense, and our army fights on the inside. It is easy to dispatch and march. No matter which ferry Mangou chooses to cross the lake, we will They can be attacked later, and attack them halfway. So for us, what we should consider now is whether to choose to attack halfway, or to fight in the wild under Jiujiang City?"

"Boss, why don't we just release Man Gou across the lake to fight?" Wang Shaobo suggested: "Students think that there are three advantages to letting Man Gou go across the lake to fight. One is to make Man Gou trust General Han more, and Use this relationship to lay traps in the battle of defending the city, consume a large amount of Mangou troops, and facilitate our army to counterattack in an all-round way. Second, after our army let Mangou across the lake, Mangou fought with its back to the water, and there were not so many ships from the waterway at once. All the troops are transported away, so that our army can wipe out the main force of northern Jiangxi, which is full of dogs on the Jiujiang battlefield; the third advantage is that even if our army cannot wipe out the main force of full dogs on the Jiujiang battlefield, the Anqing Mangou can only go to Nanchang if they want to retreat. Withdraw, this way, Anqing City, which is the most important to Mangou, will be completely empty of troops."

Fatty Lu didn't speak, but carefully considered Wang Shaobo's suggestion. After a long time, Fatty Lu hesitated and said: "Let's wait and see, now whether Mangou has made up his mind to cross the lake and attack the city, we haven't decided yet. There is no need to think so long-term, first observe the enemy's situation for a period of time, wait until it is confirmed that Mangou crosses the lake to attack the city, and then it is not too late to formulate countermeasures."

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In the next few days, Fatty Lu, who was determined to watch the enemy before moving, sent a large number of scouts to monitor the movement of the Qing army on the other side. However, the return of the scouts was that the Qing army was collecting ships of all sizes by any means, and sent a large number of scout ships to patrol the various ferries. At the same time, the warships of the Qing army's navy were also frequently dispatched. They approached the Shuimen city wall in the north of Jiujiang many times to explore the hydrological waterway, but they were afraid that the Wu army had concentrated all the artillery on the Shuimen city wall in the north of Jiujiang. He didn't dare to attack Wu Jun's navy.And Fatty Lu also repeatedly ordered Li Guodong, the fat man's navy, not to attack, not to give the Qing navy a chance, and to keep the only navy for future use.

Wu Jun was closely guarded on the west bank of Poyang Lake, while Hilgen was worried on the east bank of Poyang Lake, because the situation was just as Fatty Lu expected, Hilgen really hadn't made up his mind yet, which ferry should he choose to cross the lake and land, the Meijiazhou ferry Although it is close, it is also the closest to Jiujiang City, which is most conducive to Wu Jun's half-crossing and the most dangerous to attack; although the Nankang Ferry in the south is relatively safe, it is too far away. The route from Hukou to Nankang Ferry is full The waterway of nearly a hundred miles is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also the Wu Jun navy, which is capable of fighting in the first battle, may find a loophole in the long route and deal a fatal blow to the Qing army infantry on the troop carrier!Each has advantages and disadvantages, each has its advantages and disadvantages, it is really difficult to choose.

There are also capable people in the Qing army. When Shirgen brought this problem to the army meeting for discussion, after a lot of talking and expressing their opinions, the generals of the Qing army came up with two solutions for Shirgen: first, order Zhao Guozuo led the Qing army from Nankang to the north and built temporary fortifications at the Meijiazhou ferry to block the Wu army's crossing army. The Hukou Qing army took the opportunity to cross the lake under the cover of the superior navy.The second plan is very conservative. Zhao Guozha's army will continue to stand still, and the Hukou Qing army will pull out its camp and go south, camping in the Zhutou Mountain area to the east of Nankang Mansion, and then cross Poyang Lake from Zhutou Mountain. Under the cover of Zhao Guozha's army Landing across the lake.

"Let Zhao Guozuo move his army to the north?" Hilgen thought in his mind, "As soon as Zhao Guozuo's army moves, Wu Gou must immediately understand that the old man is going to land in Meijiazhou, and it is possible to set up an ambush in Meijiazhou in advance. Zuo's army is also more dangerous. It may be blocked by Wu Gou's division of troops, and it may be in danger of being defeated by two routes at the same time. The main force of our army moved to Zhutou Mountain to cross the lake. It is safe, but in this way, Wu Gou also immediately understood The old man is going to land in Nankang, and he also has enough time to react and adjust. The old man is still in danger of being hit by Wu Gou halfway, and the route is still a bit longer, and it takes too much time for the ships to go back and forth..."

"General, I believe that our army should choose to cross the lake at Zhutou Mountain." Hilgaqi, Hilgen's deputy, said solemnly: "Although it will take longer to cross the lake from Zhutou Mountain, the victory lies in Safety, even if the army of old general Zhao Guozuo cannot defeat Wugou in the field battle, they can still hold the beachhead and buy time for our army to cross the lake. However, the army of old general Zhao is mobilized to go north. Zhong was severely injured by Wu Gou, which would not serve as a cover, and may also cause heavy losses."

Halgaqi's position in the Qing army in northern Jiangxi was second only to Hilgen. As soon as he said this, he naturally won a lot of support, but Hilgen's old fox remained calm and just tapped it with his skinny fingers. Desktop, carefully calculated and considered.After a long time, the old fox of Hilgen suddenly slapped the table, and Huo De stood up, gritted his teeth and said decisively: "Send Zhao Guozuo, order him to prepare for the attack, prepare more dry food and horse fodder, and send [-] troops to the north in the morning of the day after tomorrow." , go to Meijiazhou to build a blocking position, and cover the main force of our army to cross the lake and land in Meijiazhou!"

"General, have you made up your mind?" Hargaqi asked in a deep voice, "Old General Zhao Guozuo's army may be blocked by Wu Gou's troops!"

"I've made up my mind!" the old fox Xiergen shouted: "In the order, I told Zhao Guozuo by the way that he was asked to prepare for a hard fight. Wu Gou divides his troops to block the attack. If he can rush over, he will rush there. If he can't, he will stick to the spot with all his strength. As long as he can hold back more than [-] Wugou troops, it will be a great achievement for him!"

"Zha!" Hal Gaqi knew that Hilgen was the kind of person who would never change his mind once he made up his mind, so he immediately agreed.

"Wait a minute." Hilgen called Haer Gaqi again, beckoned him to the front, and whispered in his ear: "Write another letter to Brother Han Daren and tell them that our army crossed the lake. At that time, whether Lu Yifeng's dog thief sent troops to stop Zhao Guozuo or sent troops to attack our army crossing the lake, the two brothers, no matter what method they thought of or what method they used, they had to stay in Jiujiang City for me. Leave one of them and a direct army!"

Halgaqi's eyes lit up, and he quickly and respectfully agreed.And when the order that Hilgen gave to the Han brothers was sent to the Han brothers, and when the Han brothers despicably and shamelessly presented this order in front of Fatty Lu, Fatty Lu thought about it for a while, and immediately burst out laughing. Laughing, he said with a big laugh: "Good you Xiergen, good you old fox, if it wasn't for Brother Lu, I was superior and knew your order in advance, maybe I would really fall into your trick! But Since Brother Lu and I are superior, this time, the person who falls into the trap will only be you, not you and me, Brother Lu!"

(End of this chapter)