scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 302

What Fatty Lu didn't know was that the most critical catalyst for Shang Zhixin's determination to launch a mutiny was the fact that Fatty Lu occupied half of Jiangnan, which finally prompted Shang Zhixin to make this important decision!

Originally, to the west of the Qing army in Guangdong, there was the menacing Wu Shizong Department of the Wu Army in Guangxi, Zheng Jing's chasing and fighting in the east, and Liu Jinzhong and Geng Jingzhong in the north. Everyone knows that the Pingnan Palace is already overwhelmed, overwhelmed, and destroyed soon.But Shang Zhixin is full of revenge and ambition, but he has to be subject to the hardcore traitor father who sells his country and sells his pants, and he has to be governed by the so-called Belleral Brocade who only relies on the mite blood to show off his power. Stretching, hard to show fists and feet, already full of resentment, full of anger, but has never found a chance to vent!
Now, Fatty Lu, a good brother-in-law who has always had a very close relationship with Shang Zhixin, has bitten off half of the most important Jiangnan in the world, and has been relying on manpower, material and financial resources to consume the Qing court, the most terrible lifeblood of the old Wu traitor. Being pinched by a good brother-in-law, pushing the San Francisco rebellion to its climax, Shang Zhixin couldn't bear it no matter what he said!Relying on the power cultivated in the Qing army in Guangdong over the years, and also relying on the prestige established in the Qing army in Guangdong over the years, Shang Zhixin resolutely launched the Guangzhou Mutiny, arrested and imprisoned his biological father Shang Kexi, an old traitor, and bombarded Guangzhou with heavy artillery Mite City, although it failed to wipe out the Guangzhou mite in the end, it became the last straw that crushed the Guangdong Mite Army. It completely expelled the Mite Army from Guangdong and smashed the last fortress of Mite Qing in the south in one fell swoop!
It was also at this time that the major warlords in the south, including Fatty Lu, were surprised to find that the Qing court had become so weak due to their intentional or unintentional joint strangling and weakening. There are only half of Jiangxi and half of Zhejiang left, and there are two helpless and helpless lone troops of Laita and Niyahan!At the same time, because of the Yellow River's embankment breach and flooding, the hinterland of the Central Plains and the Huaihe River Basin were almost empty. The territory that the Qing court could actually control had basically shrunk to the north of the Yellow River!
At this point in the matter, anyone with a little bit of strategic vision can already see that Mite Qing is about to end, and the general trend is over!After seeing this, not only are there more and more rebels who are afraid of chaos in the world, they are actively or carefully planning and preparing, looking for opportunities to flex their muscles and express their ambitions; Thieves, their ambitions are growing wildly. Some things that they usually dare not do or even dare to think about have already made these rebellious officials and thieves feel that they are no longer out of reach. Among them, Wu Sangui, who is currently the most powerful and in the best situation, is the most typical character among them!

Because of roads, traffic, and communication channels, Fatty Lu’s memorial to the old traitor Wu in late April finally passed through the strict blockade of the Qing army in Jiangxi and Anhui, and passed through the station system before it had time to improve. The southern part of Huguang and Pianyuan, as well as most of Sichuan, were finally sent to the old traitor Wu who was recuperating in Baoning City, and it was already more than 40 days later in mid-June.

Prior to this, not only the news that Kang Mazi dug the Yellow River and destroyed the hinterland of the Central Plains had been sent to the old traitor Wu, but even the news that Shang Zhixin had launched a mutiny in Guangzhou and succeeded had been sent to the old traitor Wu, together with the old traitor Wu In front of him was a joint surrender letter signed by Shang Zhixin, Governor Jin Guangzu of Guangdong and Guangxi, Governor Tong Yangju of Guangdong, and Admiral Yan Ziming of Guangdong.The old traitor Wu was naturally overjoyed when he heard the news. He immediately enshrined Shang Zhixin as a recruiting general and assisted the Duke of the State, and ordered Shang Zhixin to reconcile with Zheng Jing, and jointly exterminate the remaining Qing troops in Guangdong. He also appointed his confidant Dong Chongmin as the governor of Guangdong. Feng Su was the governor of Guangdong and rushed to Guangdong to take over the government affairs. Jin Guangzu, Tong Yangju and others had other appointments.

A few days after reading Shang Zhixin’s letter of surrender, Wu Yingqi’s and Fatty Lu’s pond papers were delivered to Old Traitor Wu at the same time. Old Traitor Wu, who was extremely anxious because there had been no news from the East Road War for a long time, did not dare to neglect, so he quickly opened it. Wu Yingqi's letter was read, and when Wu Yingqi said that Fatty Lu had succeeded in attacking Nanjing City thousands of miles away, the traitor Wu's eyes widened, and he hurriedly opened the letter of Fatty Lu's victory. The letter in the traitor's hand fell to the ground, and his old face, which was still quite handsome, was filled with numbness, almost dumbfounded.

"My lord, what's the matter?" Wang Shirong, who was standing next to him, saw that old man Wu had a bad look on his face, so he hurriedly asked cautiously, "Is there something wrong with the East Route Army, Mr. Mao Xia's students?"

The old traitor Wu was silent, and he sighed after a while, "The fat loach has slipped away, this oiled fat loach has now turned into a dragon entering the sea."

Wang Shirong's eyes widened, and with the permission of old traitor Wu, he hurriedly picked up and picked up the letters of Wu Yingqi and Fatty Lu with Fang Xueshi and others, and read the contents together.However, before he had time to read all the content, Fang Xueshi, who was relatively young, cheered, "My minister congratulates the lord, congratulates the lord, General Lu has won the city of Nanjing, and he has plunged into Jiangnan, which is full of dogs and emptiness." Important place! All the prosperous towns in the south of the Yangtze River must belong to our Great Zhou, and belong to the prince..."

Fang Xueshi couldn't keep cheering until here, because the old traitor Wu and Wang Shirong didn't see any joy on their faces, and they looked like mourners together, as if their parents had just died.Surprised, Fang Xueshi hurriedly asked cautiously: "My lord, General Lu has captured Nanjing and restored our land of Dragon Xing in the Ming Dynasty. Why is your lord still so unhappy?"

The old traitor Wu closed his eyes, and after a while he said slowly: "Learning poetry, do you know that your father once said something to the king at the Yuezhou Conference last year. Your father said that Lu Yifeng is the best among people." Long, it’s just that you have never been able to get through the water, so your father urged me not to give Lu Yifeng the opportunity to be alone, but to stay by his side and tie his hands and feet, and not to give him the opportunity to turn the clouds and rain, otherwise, the king will It is no longer possible to restrain and control him. It is a pity that this king did not listen to his warning, and now, something happened, and this fat loach dragon fell into the sea."

"My father also said such a thing? How come I have never heard my father say it?" Fang Xueshi was taken aback, and Wang Shirong was also taken aback, thinking that the old Fang Guangchen said such a thing to the prince. Pressing Lu Yifeng, even if he couldn't bear to abandon talents, giving Lu Yifeng a chance was also giving him the most hopeless and difficult battlefield in northern Jiangxi.

"Of course he won't tell you, what if you slip up when you are young and energetic?" Old man Wu smiled wryly, "It's just that Gu never thought that this fat loach would have such ability and courage, And this kind of luck, he ran thousands of miles to attack the city of Nanjing, and he succeeded! This time, it will not be so easy for Gu Zai to catch this fat loach that has already grown scales and horns."

Fang Xueshi opened his mouth wide, he was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, scratched his short short hair and said: "My lord, I don't think so. According to my opinion, Lu Yifeng is still very loyal to the lord. He will not do anything that would make him feel sorry for the prince, besides, Lu Yifeng's soldiers are all loyal to the prince, even if he has something different, if the soldiers under his command don't agree, he has nothing to do."

"Gao Dejie and Han Daren's group, in terms of playing tricks, are they the opponent of this oiled loach?" The old man Wu snorted coldly, then nodded and said: "But you are right about one thing, this oiled loach The oil loach started to defect to the king, and his only wish was to expel the Tartars, exterminate the Han Dynasty, and collude with the Mangou or surrender to the Mangou. After surrendering, the king is a little worried."

"My lord, please rest assured that Mr. Maoya, a student, will never collude with Zheng Jing." Wang Shirong finally opened his mouth and said with a smile: "If he really thinks that Zheng Jing is a wise master worthy of his assistance, when Kang Mazi was six years old, he would He has already gone to Taiwan with Chen Yonghua. Zheng Jing sincerely opposes the Qing Dynasty and restores the Ming Dynasty, and his aspirations are very similar to Lu Fatty. This student of Mr. Mao Xia may not accept it, let alone be so stupid as to really believe it."

"It's kind of reasonable." Old man Wu nodded, and then said in a deep voice: "The most urgent task at the moment should be to get in touch with this fat loach as soon as possible, and put a magic spell on this fat loach, so that he will not be more serious. Being lawless also allows Jiangnan's money and food to be transported back to Gu's rear, completely eliminating the hidden danger that the king's army cannot be self-sufficient in money and food."

"My lord, if you want to get in touch with Jiangnan, I'm afraid it won't be enough to rely on the strength of the second prince and General Jinwu." Wang Shirong reminded: "Mr. We will definitely not repeat the same mistakes, and we will definitely concentrate our troops to block our army's westward advance and buy time for them to regain the south of the Yangtze River. Although the second prince and General Jin Wu have [-] troops in their hands, they also shoulder the important task of ensuring the safety of Pianyuan's rear , the forces that can be put into the northern Jiangxi battlefield to open the way are obviously not enough."

The old traitor Wu thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, it is really difficult to open up a communication path with Yifeng with the strength of Ying Qi and Guo Zhu alone, and with the cunning of the oiled loach, Ying Qi's idiot is fine. Even if we forced ourselves into the south of the Yangtze River, there is no way to control him, or he might counter-control him and annex Ying Qi's power. The battle from Wuchang east to the south of the Yangtze River must be directed by Gu himself."

"My lord, I can't." Wang Shirong was in a hurry, and hurriedly persuaded him: "My lord must have misunderstood the meaning of the students. The students didn't want to suggest that my lord go to North Jiangxi, but I just wanted to ask my lord to mobilize the southern Jiangxi army to go north and join the battlefield in northern Jiangxi. At the same time, as long as our various forces, especially firearms, are fully invested in the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, it will not be difficult to establish a connection with Jiangnan. And you, my lord, must not go to northern Jiangxi by yourself. The second is that the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield is equally important, and only by completely eradicating the remnants of the dogs on the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield and effectively controlling the horse-producing land of Shaanxi-Gansu can our Dazhou army be invincible."

Old traitor Wu hesitated a bit, got up and walked to the rough national map site, while looking at the map in deep thought, after a long time, old traitor Wu asked: "Let Xia Guoxiang's army turn to the north of Jiangxi, and it is impossible to get through the contact with Geng Jingzhong. what to do?"

"My lord, compared with Jiangnan and Mr. Maoya's students, the importance of getting through with Geng Jingzhong is not worth mentioning at all." Wang Shirong replied respectfully: "Let General Xia Guoxiang turn around and go north to fully reinforce the battlefield in northern Jiangxi. There are three advantages. First, to open up the roads in northern Jiangxi and obtain land in the south of the Yangtze River; second, to prevent Mr. Mao Xia's students from being unchecked, so they can sit on the ground; third, to avoid conflicts with Geng Jingzhong!"

"The reason why Geng Jingzhong respects the prince now is because he is not strong enough to fully compete with Man Gou, and he still hopes to obtain an endless supply of weapons from the prince. Once our army joins forces with him, we will fight for each other. It is difficult for various interests not to conflict, so instead of killing each other and letting Man Gou take advantage of it, it is better to let him continue to fight against Man Gou alone and let our army enjoy the benefits."

"Then let's do this." The old traitor Wu finally agreed, and ordered: "Study poetry, plan to order Xia Guoxiang, and order him to give up attacking Ji'an and Ganzhou, turn his head to the north, and give the old man to fight Nanchang with all his strength, and pull out the nail in Nanchang , and then go down the river, join forces with Ying Qi to attack Anqing, and make every effort to get in touch with Yifeng."

Fang Xueshi agreed, and quickly picked up a pen and paper to draw up an order, while Wang Shirong glanced at Fatty Lu's letter calmly, and said to himself: "I can help you, that's all. Xia Guoxiang gave up attacking Jiangnan to fight Geng Jingzhong joins forces, and Geng Jingzhong wants to take advantage of the fire to rob and expand his territory, so he can only go north to fight the most convenient and cost-effective; Take some time to recharge your energy and develop your strength. Your lord's health is getting worse day by day, and if that day..., our great cause of rejuvenating the Han and destroying the Manchus will depend on you, this fat loach."

Secretly muttering in his heart, Fang Xueshi had already written the old traitor Wu's order, and after asking the old traitor Wu to review and print it, the old traitor Wu ordered: "Return a letter to Yifeng, three things, one is to tell him, surprise attack Nanjing succeeded, he has meritorious service and is not guilty, so he is alone as the auxiliary prince; second, let him stick to the new land in the south of the Yangtze River, and resolutely cut off the throat of Mangou water transportation, so that the emperor Mangou can no longer get the supply of food and wages in the south of the Yangtze River; third, he is now on all sides Surrounding the enemy, the road is impassable, so don't think about sending the concubine Yu'er back to Yunnan, let his concubine give birth in the south of the Yangtze River."

"I obey." Fang Xueshi respectfully agreed, and then asked cautiously: "My lord, why don't brothers Yifeng send troops to meet the second prince and General Xia?"

"If he doesn't have enough strength to protect himself, don't let him go any further." The old man Wu replied casually, and then snorted coldly: "Besides, this fat loach is so treacherous, this king is giving this order, He will definitely do everything possible to push the committee to refuse, and instead of falling out with him to benefit others, it is better not to mention this matter at all, and it will not be too late to deal with him slowly when the road connection is established!"

Fang Xueshi didn't speak any more, and hurriedly bowed his head to write, and the old traitor Wu added after thinking about it: "By the way, at the end of the letter, you can remind Yifeng one more time, saying that he was at the Dianchi Lake for the first time. When he tried to shoot the three good rockets in front of the king, he asked the king for the gift of grace, and the king agreed, let him figure it out.” (see chapter 120 of this book)
"Grace reward?" Wang Shirong and Fang Xueshi were both taken aback.

"Don't ask too much, that fat loach will understand." Old man Wu smiled treacherously, unwilling to explain to the two lackeys, Wang Shirong and Fang Xueshi didn't dare to ask more, they just sang their promises honestly.While recalling the past, the old traitor Wu suddenly felt dizzy again, knowing that his wind-dizzy disease (high blood pressure) had relapsed, he hurriedly asked Wang Shirong to help him back to his seat, and murmured in his heart: "It seems that we must hurry up , When we take Xi'an, we can start preparing."

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In fact, there was no need for the old traitor Wu's order. Xia Guoxiang had already set his sights on the super fat piece of Jiangnan. He had already used the excuse of Wu Yingqi and Fatty Lu to ask for help, and personally led the main force of the Wu army in southern Jiangxi to the north to attack Nanchang with all its strength.And when the news reached Kang Mazi, even if he guessed with his toes, he could understand that Wu Jun and the gang of wolves and leopards were eyeing Jiangnan in an attempt to open up a road with Fatty Lu, so Kang Mazi quickly made an order, Let Le Erjin, the Guangdong Qing army who gave up Guangdong to break through the siege of Jiangxi, rush northward to reinforce the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, so as not to let the evil plans of these wolves and hungry tigers succeed-Le Erjin went to northern Jiangxi to stop Wu Yingqi and Xia Guoxiang, so naturally there is no way Entering Zhejiang put pressure on Fatty Lu.

What made Kang Mazi vomit blood and Fatty Lu giggled was Ma Bao's reaction. Ma Bao's troops, who were almost wiped out by the Yellow River, were furious when they received the news that Fatty Lu had captured Nanjing. General Ma said nothing He commanded the whole army to turn around to the southeast, and went straight to Luzhou Mansion, the old nest of Jieshu, through Guangzhou, and planned to go to Jiangnan via Luzhou to get a share of the pie.

Hearing the news, Lord Kang, who was battling with the Fatty Army under the city of Taipingfu, also vomited blood. He had no choice but to withdraw his troops and go north to save his old nest—Anhui is also an important grain-producing area. In the current situation, if Lord Jie Shukang lost Luzhou, an important town in Anhui, Kang Mazi would have to skin Jie Shu, his cousin.And the newly recruited army that Kang Mazi put together with great difficulty had to go all into the Anhui battlefield, using it as a free shield for Fatty Lu-not only free, but not even a word of thanks.

Both the east and the north are under the "obligatory help" of the friendly army, and there is no threat for the time being. Let's take a look at the situation in the south of the Fatty Army. The army, under the command of his deputy, Yatari, went north to attack Suzhou Mansion, the southernmost point of Fatty Army's control.But the army had just entered the territory of Suzhou Prefecture, and the news of Shang Zhixin's mutiny had already spread. Worried that the three armies of Shang, Geng, and Jing would jointly attack Laita in Zhejiang, he had to order Yattali to stop advancing, and urgently reported to Kang Mazi and asked for instructions on countermeasures. Kang Mazi had no choice but to order Laita to stick to the grain-producing areas in northern Zhejiang with all his strength, and temporarily give up the new move to attack Suzhou.

However, Laita and Kang Mazi are definitely not unfounded. Fatty Lu's good uncle Shang Zhixin sent messengers to contact Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing almost immediately after the soldiers changed hands, and asked to join forces to attack Zhejiang and southern Jiangxi. Get through land contact with your good brother-in-law Fatty Lu.Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing, who were worrying about the lack of strength to attack Jiangnan, certainly wanted it. The three families hit it off, and immediately sent envoys and in-laws to hook up together, thinking about how to jointly attack Zhejiang and southern Jiangxi, and how to kill Feide The oily Jiangnan made a fortune and divided up the spoils.

In this way, under the greed of many friendly forces working together, Fatty Lu, who was attacked on all sides, became helpless on all sides. In the south, Zheng Jing, Geng Jingzhong, and monk Zhixin joined forces to contain the main force of the Qing army in Zhejiang. Xia Guoxiang, Wu Yingqi, and Ma Bao, the three wolves and tigers rushed and beat, and bit the two main forces of the Qing army, Jieshu and Niyahan, like crazy, forcing Kang Mazi to send new troops into Anhui in an endless stream. and the two battlefields of northern Jiangxi.As for Kang Mazi, who was directly north of the Fatty Army, who was in a state of desperation right now, how many troops could he bring out to attack the Fatty Army? ——Don't forget, the Fatty Army still has a natural danger in the Yangtze River to the north. Even the Jiangnan Shipyard has been robbed by Lu Fatty. What can the Qing Army do to cross the river?
"Good people, they are all good people. There are still many good people in the world." Fatty Lu was so moved that he wanted to cry. He couldn't hold back a tear for a long time, so he had to blow his nose to express his gratitude to many good people , and then buried himself in recruiting troops and accumulating strength.

(End of this chapter)