scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 307
Unfortunately told by Wang Shaobo's crow's mouth, after receiving the letter from Fatty Lu by sea about an appointment date, Zeng Yangxing, the commander-in-chief of Geng Jingzhong's Left Route Army, picked up Fatty Lu immediately after thinking about it for less than ten seconds. The letter ordered: "Take two copies, keep one copy, and send the other to the prince in [-] li expedited - the original, send it to General Pingnan Laita, who is full of dogs, in [-] li expedited! "

Limited to roads, traffic, and the blocking of the Qing army, in fact, long before Zeng Yangxing made this shameless decision, the fat army entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River had already made preparations for the southern expedition, and had already decided on the candidates for the expedition and those who stayed behind.At the same time, Fatty Lu boasted that unless Kang Mazi used the power of the whole country to encircle him, no matter which two main forces he sent, he would no longer be his opponent. fact.

After six months of expropriation and crazy expansion in Jiangnan, the Fatty Army, which was less than [-] when it entered Jiangnan, has now expanded wildly to more than [-]!It's definitely not like Kang Mazi, Geng Jingzhong, and some generals of the Wu army represented by Ma Bao. They only use numbers to scare their opponents, but a solid and steady expansion of the army. Strict military training, weapons and equipment are armed to the teeth, and the spirit of fighting spirit is also quite full. Basically, it can be said that there is nothing lacking except experience!

Just like this, among the recruits of the Fat Man Army, even the most ordinary soldier was actually carefully selected from one of three, one of four, or even one of five! ——Otherwise, with Jiangnan's manpower, material and financial resources, and the frenzied influx of refugees from the Yellow Flood Area into Jiangnan where there is food to eat, if Fatty Lu wants to make up for it, it will be easy to expand the army to 15 to 20 within six months!
In terms of crucial weapons, relying on the astronomical amount of materials left to Fatty Lu by the good man Kang Mazi, within half a year, the Fatty Army has already built tens of thousands of Sanhao rockets, which were cast using the iron mold casting method. More than [-] artillery pieces of various types have been produced, and relying on the original lathe jointly built by Huang Luzhuang and Fatty Lu, the Fatty Army has produced more than [-] firing pin flintlock guns and a large amount of supporting ammunition.There are also more important ships in the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River. More than [-] large warships have been built, and countless small boats have completely made up for the shortcomings of the Fatty Army's navy. Become the lord of the Yangtze River, the strength of the navy far exceeds that of Geng Wu Kang Mazi, and he is catching up with Zheng Jing of Taiwan, who lives on the sea!
But in this way, not only was the huge amount of supplies left to Fatty Lu by the good man Kang Mazi completely consumed, but Fatty Lu was also forced to return to his old job of excavating excrement, leading thousands of refugees from the Yellow River to dig toilets everywhere. Soil practice——fortunately, Fatty Lu finally didn't need to do it himself this time, and Fatty Lu didn't have to worry about being kicked out of bed by Lan Yuer in the middle of the night.Relying on the advantage of having access to the sea, they smuggled imported copper, iron, sulfur, saltpeter and wood by all means, crazily devoured all the strategic materials that could be bought, and even colluded with corrupt elements inside and outside the Miqing to smuggle them directly from areas controlled by Miqing Importing and further corrupting officials and generals of the Qing Dynasty can be described as a heinous crime.

In addition, Fatty Lu's treacherous and despicable face was also fully exposed in terms of personnel deployment arrangements and the distribution of troops. First, the [-] Fatty Army was divided into four regiments, stationed in Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Nanjing. With the Taiping Mansion, they also used the excuse that Wang Xu resisted Jie Shu and had no chance to go to Jiangnan to enjoy it for two months, so they transferred Wang Xu, who was honest, loyal and loyal to the old man Wu, back to Nanjing, and he was directly under his own control. Han Daren was sent to Taiping Mansion.Fatty's army actually became Gao Dejie's army, Han Daren's army, Li Tianzhi's army and Lu Fatzi's direct army. Brother Han Yuanren stayed in Fatty Lu's immediate corps as a precaution.

Once the establishment is finalized, it will be much easier for Fatty Lu to dispatch troops and arrange personnel.Lu Fatzi personally led the Zhili Corps to the south, and joined forces with Li Tianzhi Corps to attack the Zhejiang Qing Army. Wang Xu, Han Yuanren, Gao Hongchen and Hutongchun four generals went out with the army. Yu'er's dowry cronies are more loyal and dependent on Fatty Lu than they are on old traitor Wu. Xie Dong is simply Fatty Lu's die-hard friend. With them sitting in his lair, Fatty Lu can naturally rest assured.

Han Daren Corps guards the Taiping Mansion, the west gate of the south of the Yangtze River. Han Daren is the leader, and Li Jiyang, the son of Li Guodong, is the deputy. Han Daren's virtue is to prefer death to disadvantage and desperately take advantage. Although this virtue has been greatly improved now, his nature cannot be changed. With him sitting in the Taiping Mansion, not only can he prevent the Qing army from north Jiangxi from advancing eastward, but there is absolutely no need to worry that he will be so stupid as to open the west gate and put Wu Yingqi, Xia Guoxiang and Ma Bao into the south of the Yangtze River to grab food. The honest and honest Wang Xu or the old man Wu Jun, Gao Dejie, can't be sure.

Yangzhou was handed over to the Gaode Jie Corps. The main general Gao Dejie was in Yangzhou, and his deputy Li Guodong was in Zhenjiang. Going south, without worrying about his conscience, put Wu Yingqi, Xia Guoxiang, Ma Bao and other friendly troops into the south of the Yangtze River; A battlefield, thought the whole army backed up.

After a series of intense preparations and deployment of troops, on the eighth day of October in the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Kang Mazi’s 13th year, Fatty Lu personally led [-] elite soldiers to set off from Nanjing. He took Han Yuan as the vanguard and carried more than [-] artillery pieces of various types. There are ten thousand Miyoshi rockets at the gate, via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the land and water roads head south side by side. The blade points directly at Songjiang, the only important town in southern Jiangsu controlled by the Qing army!And the slogan shouted is, take back Songjiang, go straight to Hangzhou along the canal, and join forces with King Geng under the city of Hangzhou!
Such a big move of the Fatty Army is naturally impossible to hide from the eyes of the Zhejiang Qing army scout Xizuo. When the main force of the Fatty Army led by Lu Fatzi himself has just arrived in Danyang, the movements of the Fatty Army have already been moved by the Qing army at the fastest speed. The speed was sent to Hangzhou City, the base camp of the Qing army in Zhejiang, and to Li Zhifang, Governor of Zhejiang, and General Laita of the South.Hearing this news, Li Zhifang and Laita, who were confronting Zeng Yangxing on the front lines of Jinhua, Taizhou, and Hengzhou, the main elite, turned pale, and immediately cursed.

"Fucking Lu Yifeng bastard, did you take the wrong medicine?" Frightened, Li Zhifang, who was a Jinshi, Governor Li and Li Shilang of the Ministry of War, even cursed, angrily scolding: "What is Lu Yifeng doing, bastard? Don't fight with Jiangxi and Anhui, which are close at hand, but have to travel a long way south to Zhejiang to trouble me. Did I dig his ancestral grave? Or raped his sister? Why did I come to trouble me? , and Geng Jingzhong, a thief from the north and the south, attacking this official?"

Compared with Li Zhifang, the gentle and polite Governor Li, when the incident came to an end, General Qing Pingnan and Zhengbai Qi, both of whom were military commanders, were much more calm. He ordered: "Go, invite Wen Chudao, Yao Qisheng, Master Yao, and say that there is an urgent military situation, the sooner the better."

The soldiers led away, but Li Zhifang asked inexplicably, "General Lai, what do you call a man to do? What qualifications does a fifth-rank official have to participate in the discussion of military affairs?"

"This fifth-rank official is not easy." Laita said in a deep thought: "Let's not say that he relied on military merits from the seventh-rank to the fifth-rank. , this Yao Qisheng has already found an opportunity to remind me that he believes that Lu Yifeng's dog thief and wolf ambition will never be satisfied with half of Jiangnan, and it is very likely that he will find a large-scale offensive in the near future!"

"At the same time, he also believes that the first target of Lu Yifeng's thieves is absolutely impossible to be northern Jiangxi, but our Zhejiang! Now it seems that his prediction is all right."

"This Yao Qisheng, still has such abilities?" Li Zhifang was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Since he can predict that Lu Yifeng's thief will take this step, then he didn't propose any countermeasures?"

"Of course there is. He proposed to attack the hinterland of Yixing to threaten Jiangnan Wugou first, to disrupt Lu Yifeng's plan and steps, and to seize the opportunity and turn the enemy first." Laita spread his hands helplessly, and said: "It's a pity that I At that time, we were concerned about our Zhejiang being attacked in the north and south, and thought that Lu Yifeng's bandit was unlikely to attack us in Zhejiang first. He didn't want to take the initiative to provoke Lu Yifeng's bandit, and planned to wait and see what happened. Go take advantage of the fire and rob, so it’s too late to regret it now.”

"What else?" Li Zhifang was even more surprised, "So, this Yao Qisheng is simply a rare talent, worthy of further reuse."

Just as Laita was about to nod his head, the soldier who had been sent earlier rushed into the back hall, cupped his hands to Laita and said: "General Qi, the villain is going to look for Lord Yao, but just as he arrived at the door, Yao Your Excellency has already arrived at the governor's office, please ask for an audience, saying that he heard that Lu Yifeng's bandits led troops to invade the south, and he came here to offer a plan to defeat the enemy."

"The response is really fast." Laita smiled, waved and said, "Please."

"Zha." The soldiers led away again, and within a short while, Yao Qisheng, who was in his forties and was very tall and strong, was led into the back hall, saluted Laita and Li Zhifang and said: "Slave (Yao Qisheng is The Qing and Han soldiers with the red flags) Wen Chudao and Yao Qisheng, pay respects to General Pingnan, pay respects to the governor-general, and greet the governor-general and the general."

"Xi Zhi (Yao Qisheng's character) please get up." Lai Ta hurriedly helped Yao Qisheng himself, and said with a smile: "Xi Zhi must have heard it? As you predicted, Lu Yifeng's thief really came, and he really picked him up." It's a pity that this general didn't listen to your golden advice, missed the opportunity, and regretted it very much."

"The general is too modest." The well-behaved Yao Qisheng hurriedly repaired the steps for the Lai Pagoda, and said sincerely: "Actually, the slave also understands that the general was also doing it for the good of our Zhejiang army in the Qing Dynasty. Our Zhejiang army was defeated by Wu Gou and Geng Gou." Attacking from the north and the south, isolated and helpless, the only way forward is to protect ourselves, and the slaves at that time were only analyzing and suspecting, there was no evidence that Lu Yifeng's dog thief would come south, the general did not listen to the slaves' advice out of caution."

"You're right. Of course it's best for Xizhi to understand the difficulties of this general." Laita was really overjoyed, patted Yao Qisheng on the shoulder, and asked again: "Xizhi, the soldiers came to report just now, saying that you are here It’s a good time to offer a strategy to defeat the enemy, if you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy, please tell me, it’s just a reference for the general and the governor.”

"That's right." Li Zhifang echoed affectionately: "If it wasn't for the great general's insightful eyes, I really don't know that Master Yao is such a pillar of talent under his command. Said, if it is justified, this official and the general will definitely accept it.”

"General Xie, thank you Governor, that slave will take the liberty." Yao Qisheng respectfully agreed, cleared his throat again, and said in a loud voice: "General, Governor, the slave believes that before formulating tactics to destroy the enemy, the general and the Governor The first thing that should be clarified is the purpose of Lu Yifeng's dog thief's southern expedition! Then we can formulate countermeasures."

"The purpose of Lu Yifeng's dog thief's southern expedition?" Laita and Li Zhifang were both stunned, and after looking at each other, Li Zhifang asked suspiciously: "Master Yao, hasn't the purpose of Lu Yifeng's dog thief's southern expedition been spread all over the world?" Should we attack Songjiang and Jiaxing first, sweep away the hidden dangers on the flanks, and then attack Hangzhou, and join forces with Geng Jingzhong, the dog thief, under the city of Hangzhou?"

"My lord, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. If you really think so, then you are very wrong." Yao Qisheng respectfully replied: "In my opinion, Lu Yifeng's plan is just a bluff, and the attack on the city is fake. It is true to lure my Zhejiang army to a decisive battle with it! There is absolutely no real plan to attack Hangzhou!"

"How come?" Laita asked in surprise.

"It's very simple, and it can be explained clearly in one sentence." Yao Qisheng replied with a smile: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief has absolutely no intention of joining forces with Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, as long as we can weaken our Zhejiang army to the point where it cannot threaten his southern front. At this point, he will withdraw his troops and go north, and will never really hit Hangzhou, and join forces with Geng Jingzhong, a dog thief, under the city of Hangzhou!"

"Speak carefully, the more detailed the better." Laita said calmly.

"Zha." Yao Qisheng also knew that the opportunity to further rise to the top was coming, so he quickly cheered up and said coquettishly: "General, Governor-General, the real reason for Lu Yifeng's dog thief's southward march is actually from the current whole country. Speaking of the situation, Lu Yifeng bullies the king, refuses the court of the Qing court to appease him, and takes the opportunity to fool the Holy Lord, gaining him a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River for half a year. He completely tore his face, and even forced to death Lord Wang Xu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Naturally, he was afraid that the Qing court would go all out to retaliate and encircle and suppress him. He was even more afraid that the Qing army would attack him from the south, west, and north at the same time, making him overwhelmed. Overwhelming."

Li Zhifang and Laita looked at each other and felt that what Yao Qisheng said made sense.Li Zhifang asked again: "Master Yao, if this is the case, why didn't Lu Yifeng's bastards seize the time to consolidate their defenses in order to deal with the full-scale counterattack of the Qing army? Why did they do the opposite and attack our Zhejiang province first?" ? Isn’t he afraid that our Qing army will come from the north and west when the main force turns south?”

"Your Excellency, this is exactly the insidiousness of Lu Yifeng's dog thief." Yao Qisheng replied respectfully: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief took the lead and led the army to march south. The real purpose is to weaken our Zhejiang army in the Qing Dynasty , so that we can only protect ourselves and can no longer threaten his southern line. Please think about it carefully, the governor and the general. If Lu Yifeng's dog thief can annihilate the [-] to [-] troops of our Zhejiang army during the southern expedition, then When our Qing army goes all out to encircle Lu Yifeng's bandits, how can our Zhejiang army have the strength to go northward and cooperate with other friendly troops to encircle and suppress Lu Yifeng's bandits while guarding against Geng Jingzhong's bandits?"

"The reason why Lu Yifeng's dog thief did not choose to go west, but chose to go south is because of strategic considerations." Yao Qisheng paused, and then said: "Although the Qing army on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi also threatened Lu Yifenggou is on the western front, but further west, there are three Wugou heavy troops holding back our Qing army for him. In fact, our Qing army on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi can only protect itself and cannot advance. If he sends troops to the west, if he does not do it well, it may force our Qing army to abandon northern Jiangxi and make other Wugou main forces enter the south of the Yangtze River. This is very bad for the ambitious Lu Yifeng dog thief, so he will definitely Will not choose!"

"On his southern front, not only has our Zhejiang army in the Qing Dynasty not suffered heavy losses, but the Geng Jingzhong dog thief who restrained us is relatively weak. We still have spare strength. And more importantly, the Geng Jingzhong dog thief The northern crimes have been stopped. Obviously, we want our Zhejiang army to free up our hands to go northward, to fight to the death with the Lu Yifeng dog thief, and let the Geng Jingzhong dog thief take advantage of it! It is precisely because of this that the Lu Yifeng dog thief is extremely cunning and Extremely chose our Zhejiang as the target, intending to weaken part of our strength, so that we can only protect ourselves from Geng Jingzhong's thieves, and can no longer threaten his southern front, so that he can free up his hands and concentrate on meeting our Qing court's attack The army going south has the effect of defeating each of them."

"In addition to this, Lu Yifeng's move has a deep meaning, which is to stimulate Geng Jingzhong's thief, let Geng Jingzhong's thief see a glimmer of hope for the annexation of Zhejiang, and lure Geng Jingzhong's thief to go north again to fight with our army. Let's form a deep hatred again, and stop the possibility of Geng Jing's loyal dog thieves and our Qing army's truce!"

When Yao Qisheng impassionedly expressed his hatred for the traitors and thieves, Li Zhifang and Laita did not intervene, they just listened carefully and thought hard, until Yao Qisheng finished talking, Laita nodded, Said: "It makes sense. If that's the case, then why do you conclude that Lu Yifeng's thieves have no plans to attack the city? Why do you rule out the possibility that he will never hit Hangzhou and Geng Jingzhong's thieves?"

"Joining forces with Geng Jingzhong, the dog thief, will do a lot of harm to Lu Yifeng's dog thief now!" Yao Qisheng spread his hands and explained: "One is that the dog thief Geng Jingzhong is greedy and holds Lu Yifeng, who is in the rich and prosperous south of the Yangtze River. Once the dog thief joins forces with him, the dog thief Geng Jingzhong will definitely open his mouth to ask for money, food, and territory. If the dog thief Lu Yifeng refuses to give it, the two thieves will become enemies. Jingzhong dog thief, once he and Geng Jingzhong dog thief join forces, what if Geng Jingzhong dog thief takes advantage of his opportunity to have an all-out decisive battle with our Qing main forces, and suddenly stabs him in the back in order to steal his foothold in Jiangnan treasure land , wouldn't he have even more fun?!"

Speaking of this, Yao Qisheng waved his hand resolutely, and said decisively: "In view of this situation, I can conclude! The purpose of Lu Yifeng's dog thief going south this time is to weaken our army, and he also hopes to end the war as soon as possible! That's why this dog thief was extremely cunning and intentionally let out the news, luring the main force of our Zhejiang army in the Qing Dynasty to go north to rescue Songjiang and Jiaxing! Lu Yifeng's dog thief took the opportunity to fight our army decisively, using his strength in firearms to weaken our army To the point where he can only protect himself! Continue to use him as a shield for no money, to block the more greedy and dangerous Geng Jing loyal dog thief!"

After Yao Qisheng finally finished speaking, Laita and Li Zhifang remained silent for a long time, Yao Qisheng was in a state of confusion, Laita suddenly nodded, and said seriously: "Listening to what you say is better than studying for ten years, if it wasn't for Xizhi You are as careful as you are, and you anticipate the enemy's attack first, I am afraid that we will fall into the tricks of Lu Yifeng, a shameless bastard again."

"Master Yao really has a deep understanding of military affairs. That's right. If Lu Yifeng's bastard wants to attack Hangzhou, no matter how sharp his soldiers are, he won't be able to reach the city of Hangzhou in less than three or four months!" Li Zhifang also nodded. , echoed: "Now this dog thief is surrounded by enemies, it is absolutely impossible for him to have so much time to calmly attack Hangzhou."

Laita nodded slightly, and after staring at the sand table on the map for a long time, Laita slapped the table and shouted: "Since Lu Yifeng's dog thief wants to fight quickly and weaken our army, this general will never let him do what he wants! This time with Lu Yifeng dog In the war against bandits, our army should focus on defending and preserving our strength! Give up all field battles, and stick to the two cities of Songjiang and Jiaxing with all our strength, let this dog thief fall into a bitter siege, and let his wishful thinking come to naught!"

"General, if we just stand firm and don't fight, we are too passive." Yao Qisheng said darkly: "Besides, if our army just sticks to Songjiang and Jiaxing and does not rescue each other, it is equivalent to giving Lu Yifeng a chance to defeat the gangsters. Slave There is a plan, which can defeat the wishful thinking of Lu Yifeng's gangsters, and can also make Lu Yifeng's gangsters disperse and run back and forth, stretching the front line, creating a good opportunity for our Qing army to defeat the enemy!"

"What clever plan does Xizhi have? Tell me quickly." Laita asked happily.

"Pretending to be a trick, attacking east and west, pretending to rescue Songjiang, and attacking Yixing by surprise!" Yao Qisheng answered very concisely.

"Speak in detail." Laita and Li Zhifang ordered while looking at the map sand table.

"Please take a look, General and Governor." Yao Qisheng pointed to the sand table on the map and said, "Lu Yifeng's dog thief's marching route is to travel along the canal to Suzhou Fucheng in the east of Taihu Lake. After supplying food and grass, we will join forces to attack Jiaxing in the south, or attack Songjiang in the east. And Yixing is located in the west of Taihu Lake. If there is an emergency here, Lu Yifeng's dog thief will have to march hundreds of miles to bypass Taihu Lake for rescue!"

"That being the case, why didn't the general pretend to send troops to rescue Songjiang and Jiaxing, and lure Lu Yifeng's dog thief to continue to go south to Suzhou, but when the general's army reached Wuzhen at the junction of Jiaxing and Huzhou, it suddenly turned northwest, along the wide official road, killing at full speed. To Yixing County, Zhenjiang Prefecture! When Lu Yifeng hears the news, he must go back to his division to save Yixing, otherwise, not only his food road will be threatened by our army's cavalry, but the entire hinterland of Jiangnan will also be exposed to our army's blade!"

"And after our army hastened to the Yixing city, it would be the best to take Yixing. We can wait for work and hit Lu Yifeng's dog thief hard. Even if we can't take it, when Lu Yifeng's dog thief runs around Taihu Lake to the city of Yixing, we will be the main force of the Qing Dynasty. It is also possible to calmly return to Huzhou, a place with abundant food and wages, and stick to the city! In this way, not only the crisis in Songjiang and Jiaxing will be resolved, but Lu Yifeng's dog bandit forces will also be dispersed to Huzhou and Suzhou. If the enemy is divided and we gather together, the enemy has less food but we have enough food, and our army defends the city, wouldn't it be easier?"

"Brilliant plan!" Laita and Li Zhifang applauded together, applauding Yao Qisheng's trick.At the end, Laita asked again: "Xizhi, this general intends to adopt your plan and personally lead the troops to attack Yixing. I wonder if you would like to go with the army, advise this general, and act accordingly?"

"The general flatters me, how dare I disobey my orders?" Yao Qisheng was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed, and then said with a smirk in his heart: "Lu Yifeng, a thief, I heard that you have never lost a battle since you debuted? Sorry, I, Yao Qisheng, this time, I will give you a bud! Let you know that there are more powerful tactical masters than you in this world!"

(End of this chapter)