scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 320

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Fatty Lu pursed his lips, and Xiao Erlang, the oldest running dog under Fatty Lu's command, understood, and immediately walked to the corner, brought a wooden plate with his own hands, and carefully placed it in front of Li Zhifang, Governor of Zhejiang Province. There was nothing else on the plate except a Bai Ling.

"Li Zhitai, I have heard of your name, and I know your official style." Fatty Lu's cold and treacherous voice echoed in the hall, and he said slowly: "I respect you as a good dog official who can help the poor. A good dog official who distributes farm cattle and seeds to the people is barely a good dog official who can consider the life and death of the people. So, I give you two options, one is to stay and work for me, for your Han compatriots, and Our soldiers and officials of the Great Zhou have joined forces to create a prosperous world, benefiting more common people, more Han people, and more Chinese people.”

"Secondly, I will give you a whole corpse. Use this white silk to kill yourself. I will give you a coffin to restrain yourself. I will not embarrass your family, let alone hurt them. They can leave Hangzhou and go where they like. For nothing else, just for the poor people who have been helped by you, give them an explanation, and give you an explanation."

"Okay, I'm done talking, you can choose for yourself."

Li Zhifang knelt in front of Fatty Lu and remained motionless, her lips trembling slightly. At one moment, in her mind was the heroism of scolding a thief and dying, and the reputation of being loyal to the Lord, and at another moment, she was cowardly and fearful of death. The hardships of the cold window of the year.After hesitating for a long time, the desire to survive finally prevailed. He kowtowed to Fatty Lu and said tremblingly, "Li Zhifang, I wish to surrender."

The surrender of Li Zhifang, governor of Zhejiang, also nailed his own name to the pillar of shame in history forever. As the first governor-level feudal official who surrendered to the traitor Lu Fatty, he left an eternal infamy. ——In fact, Li Zhifang was also wronged. He was captured alive by the fat army after he attempted suicide. The former governor of Liangjiang, A Xixu, was hiding under the bed and was just discovered by the soldiers of the fat army. Xi Xu's reputation is too bad. In order to provide Kang Mazi with military pay and food, he killed countless Jiangnan gentry and landlords with literary prisons. He offended too many Jiangnan wealthy businessmen. Fatty Lu wants to win over Jiangnan scholars and landlords. With the support of the landlord, it is naturally impossible to accept his surrender, and he can only be beheaded according to the law, and his head will be used to bribe the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Zhifang, the dignified governor of Zhejiang Province, is well aware of it, and saw that many mite people surrendered to the fat army and were reused. I also know what a wise choice is. Except for some mite officials and a very small number of hardcore traitor officials who were among the four kills of the Fat Army, they basically chose to surrender to the Fat Army.The hard-core traitor officials headed by Jin Yuzhi from Hangzhou Weaving were not only cut to pieces, but all the males in their family were also killed cleanly, including infant boys, and all the females were sent to the military prostitute camp. They atone for their past sins of smoking minzhimin ointment and giving birth to mites.

By the way, Hangzhou weaving Jin Yuzhi actually wanted to surrender to the Fatty Army, but the Fatty Army had confiscated millions of taels of silver from the homes of Cao Xi of Jiangning Weaving in Qingqing and Chen Youde of Suzhou Weaving, plus Fatty Lu's His fiancée, Xiaojiao, has long been salivating over Jin Yuzhi's family property. She quietly blew the pillow wind in Fatty Lu's ear, and without a teacher, let the servant instruct the weaving craftsmen to stop the horse in front of Fatty Lu and sue Jin Yuzhi for exploiting her. Zhihu bullied men and women to kill people, Fatty Lu, who also coveted Jin Yuzhi's family property, took the opportunity to do it, and killed the whole family of Kang Mazi's cronies on the pretext of Jin Yuzhi's public grievances. capital.

Also suffering from this misfortune were the four surnamed mite people in the mite city of Hangzhou. After they were identified and arrested by their surnames, they were all dealt with in this way. Fat soldiers whose eyes were reddened, corpses of mite people of four surnames scattered all over the place, blood flowed down the ditches, dyeing half of the West Lake light red, almost like returning to Jiading, Yangzhou, and Guangzhou, Datong.The Fatty Army's four-kill order was finally published in writing, posted in the streets and alleys of Hangzhou City, and spread to the world through official channels.

In fact, as long as the Fatty Army accepts it, most of the people with the four surnames are actually willing to kneel down and surrender to Fatty Lu, and become good citizens of the Zhou Dynasty under Fatty Lu's rule. People may not all sincerely surrender, and sincerely want to work for Fatty Lu, especially some people with the surname of Mite, who may have more Han blood on their hands than many people with the surname of Mite.Once the situation is reversed in the future, these people will definitely turn their backs faster than they are now.But Fatty Lu knew this, but he still issued the massacre order without batting an eyelid. He accepted the surrender of these rebels for no other reason than to establish the image of those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish, and to establish a four-kill The authority of the decree lays the foundation for the great cause of the future.

An excellent politician, for his own benefit, can cooperate with killing his father and enemy without blinking an eyelid - if Fatty Lu can't do this, how can he fight Kang Mazi?What to fight against the millions of mite people who are united?
Also, if you don't even abide by the laws and regulations you promulgated, if you don't strictly enforce them, why do you ask your subordinates to strictly enforce them?What is it that requires people all over the world to strictly implement it?

After spending more than a day killing all the mite people with the four surnames in the whole city, the situation in Hangzhou City gradually stabilized. The fat man's army soldiers began to maintain order in the city and go out to calm the people. The most famous scribe is the magistrate of Hangzhou, and he takes Qiantang magistrate and other officials to accept civil cases, counts the fields of killed officials and mites who cannot be taken away by the self-army, and distributes them to the poor for free to buy people's hearts—anyway, it is the generosity of others. Fatty Lu is very generous.Another thing is to organize civilian husbands and recruit prisoners of war, load weapons, money, food and various supplies in Hangzhou city, and prepare to withdraw back to Nanjing's old nest at any time.In addition, Yao Qisheng also sent his eldest son Yao Yi to secretly sneak back to his hometown in Shaoxing to welcome his wife and children back.

Everything else is easy to say, except whether to give up the city of Hangzhou, there is a big disagreement within the Fatty Army. Most of the generals headed by Han Yuanren and Hu Tongchun are opposed to giving up Hangzhou, thinking that the city of Hangzhou is strong and the food and wages are sufficient It would be a pity to abandon this hard-won strong city after only taking part of the money, food and supplies. Therefore, it is advocated to leave an army stationed in Hangzhou. In the coming year, it can also provide money and food supplies for the fat army and increase the finances of the fat army. income.Fatty Lu, who had only planned to make a fortune in Hangzhou before and leave, inevitably became greedy after he actually captured Hangzhou City, and refused to give up Hangzhou's abundant money and food no matter what.

Some civil officials headed by Yao Qisheng advocated abandoning the city, thinking that Hangzhou is far away from the Fatty Army and surrounded by enemies on all sides. It is a waste to leave an army to guard. Supplies and reinforcements are also very inconvenient in the decisive battle of the main force. It is better to give up temporarily after getting a handful, and wait until the threat from the west and south is resolved, and the strength is further strengthened, and it will not be too late to recapture it.

At the same time, Yao Qisheng also warned that if the army is left to guard Hangzhou, the Hangzhou Military Region will not only fail to increase financial revenue for the Fat Army in the coming year, but will definitely become a financial burden for the Fat Army!Because the current power of the Fatty Army is simply unable to completely control the fertile land around Hangzhou, the Zhejiang Qing Army will never allow the Fatty Army to accumulate food in Hangzhou with peace of mind, and will inevitably do everything possible to harass and destroy the Fatty Army's farmland, so as to prevent the Fatty Army. Zhejiang is big, and with the current strength of the Qing army in Zhejiang, it is easy to do this. At that time, the fat army will not only be unable to obtain money and food supplies in Hangzhou, but will have to pay money and food to Hangzhou to feed the tens of thousands of people in the city. , Let the fat army's finances collapse.

In addition, Yao Qisheng also raised another reason for objection, that is, Hangzhou is too close to Geng Jingzhong's army. Once Geng Jingzhong really goes to the city of Hangzhou to join forces with the Fatty Army, he will definitely ask the Fatty Army for money and food. If you want a weapon, if the Fatty Army doesn't give it, the allies will immediately turn against each other!If so, how many times can Fatty Army afford Geng Jingzhong's lion to open his mouth?Once Geng Jingzhong's appetite could not be satisfied, whether the insatiable Geng Jingzhong would suddenly stab the Fatty Army in the back during the decisive battle between the Fatty Army and the Qing Army, but no one could tell.

To the surprise of Fatty Lu, Yao Qisheng and others, Wang Xu, a heavy general of the Fatty Army, also expressed his support for abandoning the city, thinking that Hangzhou is too far away from the Fatty Army's rear, and surrounded by powerful enemies. It is too difficult to defend Hangzhou, and it will disperse and weaken the Fatty Army's current strength, which is not very strong. It is better to give up temporarily, grab a handful and leave. It will not only weaken the enemy on the southern front, but also hold all the strength into one fist. , to welcome the upcoming full-scale counterattack of the Qing army, and it will not be too late to retake Hangzhou when its strength grows and the crisis is resolved.

Fatty Lu was not only surprised by Wang Xu's high integrity, but also very moved - you must know that if the Fatty Army does not give up Hangzhou, it will have to establish a fifth legion. Besides Wang Xu, who else is qualified to be the head coach of the legion?

While the Fatty Army was arguing endlessly over whether to give up Hangzhou, news came from behind that Han Daren, who was stationed in Taiping Mansion, was flying fast, saying that it was Mite Qingshun who inherited Belleral. Forty thousand new and old troops marched westward from Tongling, and now they have arrived in Wuhu, intending to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao to resolve the crisis in Zhejiang.Hearing this news, Fatty Lu inevitably hesitated even more, but he was very reluctant to give up half of Suzhou and Hangzhou Paradise, and his greed was never under the traitors of Geng Jingzhong and Old Wu.

People who are not greedy enough to swallow elephants will always be stuffed to death. Fatty Lu's greedy retribution finally came. He hesitated in Hangzhou for a few days. Two urgent reports were sent in one day!First, it was reported that Tian Fengji, governor of Zhejiang Province, personally led an army from Jinhua back to Hangzhou to aid Hangzhou. Now it has arrived in Shaoxing Prefecture.

Then in the afternoon, Zuo Jing reported again that the Qing army reinforcements sent from Ningbo by Fu Lata, the Ninghai General of the Qing Dynasty, had arrived in Shaoxing, and they would join forces with Man Jingui, the general of the Qing army in Shaoxing. Go west to Hangzhou and join hands with Tian Fengji to counterattack Hangzhou. The combat effectiveness of the two Qing troops, Fu Lata and Man Jingui, should not be underestimated. It is equivalent to the second-line army that the Fatty Army encountered in Hangzhou City before.

In addition, Zuo Jing also reported by the way that Lu Tianlin, the hardcore traitor of Xiaoshan county magistrate, repeatedly refused the fat army's surrender, and vigorously recruited the defeated Qing army and formed a villager, preparing to fight the fat army to the end.And this Lu Tianlin was originally a county magistrate relying on military merits, and he has two talents in the military. Zuo Jing failed to attack the city twice due to insufficient troops and lack of artillery cover, so Zuo Jing had to ask Fatty Lu for help, hoping that Lu The fat man can increase troops to attack the city.

"Increasing troops to attack the city? It's easy to eat, but it's troublesome if you can't pull it out!" Fatty Lu threw Zuo Jing's pleading letter aside irritably, and told Wang Shaobo next to him: "Reply to Zuo Jing and tell him not to attack Xiaoshan. It's a waste of troops, just be careful and confront Lu Tianlin, and be prepared to retreat at any time."

Wang Shaobo agreed, and hurriedly buried his head in writing. At this moment, another messenger rushed into the lobby, saluted Fatty Lu and said: "General, the scouts of our army under the command of General Kong Fanlin found a The naval fleet is not very large, with only more than 30 sea-going ships."

"The dogs are coming from the sea?" Fatty Lu frowned again. The Fatty Army has no water surface forces in Hangzhou. If the Qing army comes from the sea, the Fatty Army will not be afraid of it on land, but it has to deal with the Qing army's navy. I'm afraid it's not that easy to harass the coast.

"Back to the general, it's not a warship full of dogs." The messenger hurriedly added: "It's the warship of Taiwan's Zheng Jing, and our scouts have already contacted them. The commander of this Taiwan navy is Taiwan's general Liu Guoxuan. , At present, the envoy he sent is already on the way into the city, General Kong Fanlin ordered the villain to advance the general, so that the general will be ready."

"Liu Guoxuan is here?!" Fatty Lu was stunned, and said in surprise: "How did this old boy break through the Mangou blockade? Isn't the Mangou blockade in Zhenhai and Dinghai very strict?"

"Back to the general, the villain doesn't know." The orderly replied tremblingly.Fatty Lu smiled, waved his hand and said, "I was just talking to myself, I didn't ask you, it's been hard work, go down and rest."

Only then did the messenger heave a sigh of relief, salute and leave, while Wang Shaobo said with a wry smile: "Boss, if this Taiwan naval fleet is not disguised as a full-fledged navy, then we may be in even greater trouble, and the beggars will come to your door." .”

"That's right." Zhu Fangdan nodded again and again, and echoed: "Taiwan's money and food situation is worse than Geng Jingzhong's. This time, I finally broke through the blockade of Mangou and rushed into Hangzhou Bay. I'm afraid I want to make a fortune from us. Eighty-nine will be like a dog entering the village, asking for whatever it sees."

Fatty Lu didn't speak, just closed his eyes and calculated, while Yao Qisheng, the new strategist of Fatty's Army, coughed and said in a deep voice: "General, if this fleet is really the Taiwanese fleet, then for our army, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." This is a rare opportunity, can the general consider the student's last proposal?"

Fatty Lu still didn't speak, and continued to calculate, but Zhu Fangdan didn't hear Yao Qisheng's amazing proposal last time because he was kicked by the little pepper last time, so he asked curiously: "Mr. Yao, what suggestion did you propose to the master last time?"

"Junior Master Yao proposed to give Hangzhou to Zheng Jing." Wang Shaobo smiled wryly.

"Mr. Yao, are you crazy?" Zhu Fangdan exclaimed, "We took Hangzhou City with great difficulty, and you actually want to give Hangzhou away?"

"Master Zhu, of course I'm not crazy." Yao Qisheng glanced at Fatty Lu, and said in a deep voice: "If you give Hangzhou to Zheng Jing, the benefits will be endless. Zheng Jing's eating looks a little better than Geng Jingzhong's, and his strength is not enough to be dangerous. Behind our army, he has inserted this nail in Hangzhou, which can attract all the Manchu troops on the southern front of our army to the surrounding areas of Hangzhou, and Geng Jingzhong will go north at all costs to get a share of the pie, completely disrupting the Zhejiang battlefield , our army’s southern front is not only no longer a threat, but we can also sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, let Man Gou, Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing kill each other, consume each other, and reap the benefits.”

"Then how do we explain to the soldiers?" Zhu Fangdan asked again.

"It's easy to explain." Yao Qisheng said slowly: "Prince Pingxi promised Zheng Jing when he raised his army back then. When our army reached the coast, he would give Zheng Jing a foothold on the mainland, and Zheng Jing Join forces for the Northern Expedition! Now the general is giving Hangzhou to Zheng Jing, fulfilling the promise of the prince, not only showing respect to the prince of Pingxi, but also spreading the reputation of doing what he says throughout China, and the soldiers will naturally be convinced."

"It's easy to say." Zhu Fangdan wailed, "Hangzhou City! There is heaven above, and Hangzhou City below Suzhou and Hangzhou! Just giving it away for no reason makes me, a teacher, feel distressed!"

"But right now we are doomed not to be able to keep Hangzhou. Since we can't keep it, we might as well use it as a favor." Yao Qisheng said with a smile: "Please think about it, the general, Dr. Zhu and Mr. Shaobo. The general will keep his promise." The Hangzhou city of Fuhua Tianbao was given to Zheng Jing, so in the future, if the general promises to his allies, will the allies still doubt it? If the general says anything, will there be any allies who will not listen?"

"Is it worth giving up the city of Hangzhou for a reputation of keeping promises?" Zhu Fangdan wailed even more terribly.

"It's worth it." Fatty Lu finally opened his mouth, and Mung Bean's small eyes suddenly opened, shooting two firm rays of light, and said in a deep voice: "Since I have the ambition of the world, I must have the faith of the world! Giving Zheng Jing a piece of land, no matter whether the prince thought about breaking his promise and getting rich at that time, now I fulfill the promise for him, and it is also a respect for him! It is also a trustworthy ally!"

"Boss, have you thought it through?" Wang Shaobo didn't object, but asked seriously: "Have you ever thought about it, once you fulfill your promise, it will be too late to regret it!"

"Think clearly and never regret it!" Fatty Lu said firmly: "Our biggest enemy right now is the Mangou court, we must unite with all friends who can be united! Geng Jingzhong broke his promise and promised to give Zheng Jing Zhangzhou and Quanzhou a foothold, and Temporary repentance, breaking the promise of the world, if I follow him, it will only completely break our alliance of three kings, and let the dog sit back and reap the benefits! I fulfilled the promise of the prince, and from now on, the prince and I will no matter what , all talents in the world will believe that our alliance with Zheng Jing will be more unbreakable!"

"Since the master has made up his mind, the students have no objection." Wang Shaobo nodded and said, "Anyway, it is difficult for us to keep Hangzhou, so we might as well give it to Zheng Jing. We hold the southern front."

"That's exactly the reason." Fatty Lu ordered again: "Let's discuss it. Let's leave something for Liu Guoxuan so that he can defend Hangzhou City without rapidly expanding his strength and threatening our rear."

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The reason why Liu Guoxuan's fleet was able to break through the blockade of the Qing army's navy was entirely due to Liu Guoxuan's desperate adventure, and it was also due to changes in the situation.When Fatty Lu went south to attack Zhejiang, he wrote letters to both Zheng Jing and Geng Jingzhong to inform him of his actions, and agreed to join forces under the city of Hangzhou. Although Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing did not fully believe it, they did not completely disbelieve it. Geng Jingzhong asked Zeng Yangxing to do a good job. In order to prepare for the attack, Zheng Jing also sent Liu Guoxuan to lead a navy of [-] north to Dayu Mountain in Taizhou, ready to break through the blockade of the Ningbo Navy of the Qing Army at any time, and enter Hangzhou Bay to join forces with the Fatty Army.

Of course, Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing did not fully believe that Fatty Lu would really go south to attack Hangzhou to save himself, so Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jingyi ordered their troops Be careful, unless it is really confirmed that Fatty Lu is coming to the city of Hangzhou, otherwise you must not take the risk of attacking, you must save your strength, don't lose all your money, and the result is cheaper than Fatty Lu who is notoriously cunning.

No one expected that Fatty Lu actually went south to attack Hangzhou, and ships by sea conveyed messages far faster than by land, so when Geng Jingzhong's secret work was still struggling to cross mountains and ridges on land, Fatty's army arrived at the city of Hangzhou. The news had already reached Taiwan's major general Liu Guoxuan who was in Dayu Mountain.After hesitating for a day, Liu Guoxuan finally went north to Nanjiu Mountain in Ningbo Prefecture, where he also had a small-scale battle with the Qing army navy, and won a small victory by relying on the strength of the whole army going north.

At this time, the news that the Fatty Army had succeeded in attacking Hangzhou City reached Liu Guoxuan again.Surprised by the amazing combat power of the Fat Man Army, Liu Guoxuan gritted his teeth and made up his mind after repeated calculations. He commanded the fleet to detour around the Miaozi Lake route, and at the cost of five sea-going ships, broke through the Qing army's navy from the Changtu Mountain area. Blockade, rushing and fleeing into Hangzhou Bay, and finally on the evening of the fourth day of November, they met with the Fatty Army under the city of Hangzhou.

In fact, even when he joined forces with the Fatty Army, Liu Guoxuan never thought that Fatty Lu would really fulfill the promise made by old traitor Wu to the Taiwan Army and set aside a foothold for the Taiwan Army on the mainland. Fatty got a batch of supplies badly needed by the Taiwanese army.The Qing army has been fighting with real knives and guns for so many years, and has been blocked by the Qing army's relocation and forbidden sea for so many years. In this era, the poor financial resources of the Taiwan army, which is extremely weak in terms of manpower and material resources, are already on the verge of collapse. .So Liu Guoxuan didn't want too much, as long as Fatty Lu, who was so fat, could give him a batch of food, grass, military pay, medicine and cloth, and give him some weapons, he would be satisfied.

A successful adventure always pays off, and the reward is so great that Liu Guoxuan can't even believe it. When Fatty Lu offered to give the city of Hangzhou to the Taiwan army, the great happiness came so suddenly that Liu Guoxuan fainted on the spot over!After being rescued by Zhu Fangdan, Liu Guoxuan immediately grabbed Fatty Lu's fat hand, and asked tremblingly, "General Lu, Liu Guoxuan heard right just now, right? You are going to give the city of Hangzhou to our Taiwan army to serve as a place for us in mainland China." A foothold on the ground?"

"Of course I'm not joking." Fatty Lu said seriously: "Also, I want to correct you. I didn't give the city of Hangzhou to the Taiwan army, but to our Ming army! General Liu, you belong to Daming just like us. The people are all the troops of the Ming Dynasty. Back then, our prince of the Great Zhou promised to give Taiwan's Ming army a foothold on the mainland. As a general under the prince's command, Lu Yifeng naturally wanted to fulfill the promise for the prince to show The sincerity of the alliance between our army and your army!"

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu paused for a moment, then looked at the stunned Liu Guoxuan, and added with a smile: "Also, in order for General Liu and you to gain a firm foothold in Hangzhou, I will leave 30 for General Liu. Cannons, [-] Sanhao rockets, [-] grenades, [-] catties of Sanhao explosives, [-] shi of military rations and [-] taels of military pay for your army for a year, and another [-] troops for General Liu. Hope General Liu is satisfied."

Liu Guoxuan almost fainted again, and all the Taiwanese generals present were completely stunned. After a long time, Liu Guoxuan led all the Taiwanese generals to kneel down to Fatty Lu, and said in unison: "General Lu keeps his word, the last general Wait until you are convinced!"

The news that Fatty Lu fulfilled his promise to give Hangzhou City to Zheng Jing on behalf of old traitor Wu, quickly spread across the land of China at a flying speed.Hearing this news, all the leaders of the rebel army and Kang Mazi went crazy. Kang Mazi yelled at Fatty Lu with red eyes that he was inferior to a beast, and used his important city of Hangzhou to curry favor with Zheng Jing's dog thief!Zheng Jing was laughing so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth. He rushed to announce the good news to Prince Ning Zhu Shugui and fell three times. When he got up, he was not unhappy, but he laughed and said, "Lu Yifeng, trust me!"

"Zeng Yangxing, you bastard!" It was Geng Jingzhong who yelled, stomping his feet and yelling, "What did General Lu Yifeng say at the beginning? He asked you to meet him in the city of Hangzhou. Why didn't you believe his promise? Pretend to be clever and send his autographed letter to Man Gou! You bastard, if you listen to him, wouldn’t Hangzhou belong to me? Hangzhou! My Hangzhou!!”

"Did I make this promise to Zheng Jing back then?" The old traitor Wu was a little confused, and after finally recalling that he had indeed made a similar promise to Zheng Jing, the old traitor Wu also yelled, "Lu Yifeng, you You idiot! Even if you help Laozi fulfill his promise, you don’t need to give Hangzhou to Zheng Jing? You won’t use a poorer and smaller city to deal with Zheng Jing? Hangzhou, there is a Hangzhou where there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below!”

"Lu Yifeng, you bastard! You can take advantage of Hangzhou to others, why can't you take advantage of me?!" Shang Zhixin, Wu Yingqi, Xia Guoxiang, Ma Bao and others scolded like this.

It's okay to scold, but everyone, including Kang Mazi, has to admit that Fatty Lu is indeed an idiot who keeps his word!

(End of this chapter)