scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 354 Layout
When Fatty Lu was still extremely depressed about the old traitor of the old traitor Wu, the second wave of the Southern Expedition Army led by Kang Mazi had already left Zhili, Shandong, and entered the territory of Jiangsu. On the way, a decree was promulgated to make the veterans of the Qing army lose their souls and make the fat army laugh up and down. Prince Zhang Taizhang, the god of war in the Qing Dynasty, was appointed as the general of Dingnan to replace the dead mite Qing veteran Xie Gen in charge of the Qing army in Anqing , and commanded Leerjin's Tongling Qing army and the Qing army troops from Raozhou, Guangxin and Ningguo, and cooperated with Kang Mazi to attack Fatty Lu!

"The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are miserable!" This is the evaluation of the veterans of the Qing army to Kang Mazi and Zhangtai, the new generation of war gods.

"Kang Mazi is such a good man. Anqing Mangou and Tongling Mangou are the last elites left over from the Mangou army's great waves over the past few years. I love you so much, Kang Mazi! If you hand over Jieshu's army to Zhang My lord commands, I love you even more!" This is Fatty Lu's evaluation of Kang Mazi and Zhangtai, the God of War combination of the new generation.

It was Kang Mazi's anxious state of mind that made the generals of Mite Qing even more worried. It took only eight days for Kang Mazi's 400 troops to travel more than [-] miles from Beijing to Xuzhou. The reason is more convenient, but every veteran of Mite Qing understands that Kang Mazi is already anxious, and he is still very anxious-it is definitely not a good sign to be so anxious in front of a treacherous enemy like Fatty Lu!

What made Kang Mazi angry was Fatty Lu's reaction. The mite made a detailed report. In the case of Kang Mazi's personal conquest, Fatty Lu did not immediately organize the main force to go north to die, nor did he go to Yangzhou, the first destination of Kang Mazi's personal conquest. The government sent an additional soldier, but instead transferred a navy from Yangzhou's reserve team, the Zhenjiang Navy, to Chongming Island in the east. The area controlled by the fat man's army continued to operate as usual, and even held the first Jiangnan scientific expedition in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The tense atmosphere of the approaching war—isn't Fatty Lu not paying attention to Kang Mazi at all? !

On April 24, the second wave of southern expedition troops led by Kang Mazi arrived at the Xiba camp on the north bank of the Qinghe River, and joined forces with Yue Le's rear army who stayed here. Yue Le, who was stationed in Jieshou, also left his deputy Dong Weiguo to guard Jieshou. Daying, led some civil and military generals to rush back to the Xiba camp, kowtowed in front of Kang Mazi to plead guilty, and asked Kang Mazi to punish him for his futile crime of laboring and wasting money.

As soon as he entered the imperial tent and met Kang Mazi, Yue Le immediately knelt down and called himself a criminal minister, and Kang Mazi was also furious, patting the false dragon case and shouting: "Yue Le, I ask You, the imperial court of the Qing Dynasty lived with your trousers belted up and down, cut down on food and clothing to provide you with food, grass, and military pay, and let you lead an army of 12 to conquer Lu Yifeng's dog thief, take back Jiangnan and reopen water transportation! It has been five months and one day, After spending hundreds of thousands of shi in military rations and several million taels of military pay, what kind of answer did you give me? Tell me yourself!"

"Damn the servant, the servant has not made any achievements so far, but lost tens of thousands of troops." Yue Le answered honestly.

"It's a shame that you still have the face to answer my question!" Kang Mazi was even more angry, he slapped the pseudo-dragon case, and shouted: "Come here, push Yue Le out of the imperial tent and behead him, pass on the head of the three armies, and use the law of the army!"

"Cover!" Su Lun, Lang Tan and other guards agreed in unison, and stepped forward to hold Yue Le down without saying a word.Seeing this scene, Dan Zhen, Bo Guoduo, Zhou Peigong, Gao Shiqi and others in the imperial tent hurriedly knelt down together, kowtowed and said: "Master, calm down, please forgive me outside the law, and give Prince An another chance."

"Give me one more chance? How many more chances will I give him?" Kang Mazi's face was ashen, and he yelled, "Who dares to say that I didn't give him a chance? In order to provide him with military pay and food, I borrowed a full amount from the people." Eight million taels of silver has raised the price of grain in the Shandong area of ​​Zhili by more than five times, but how can he repay me? It’s been five months and a day, and I can’t even capture a city of Gaoyou!”

"Master, Lord An is indeed guilty of a serious crime, and he should be punished." Hauge's grandson, Mrs. Dan Zhen, kowtowed and played: "But the traitor Lu Yifeng has not been broken at the moment, and the master's personal conquest is just the time for employing people, and Lord An knows well. The military situation, changing commanders just before the battle, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for the master to command, since ancient times, it is better to use it than to use it, so I ask the master to give Prince An another chance to make him take the blame and make meritorious deeds."

"Yes, master." Zhou Peigong also persuaded: "The empress dowager's ancestors have a decree that the master can't cross the Yellow River to go to the battlefield in person. If the master wants to break through the south of the Yangtze River to capture Lu Yifeng's dog thief, he must have a man like Prince An who knows the military situation well." I will command in front of the battle, I hope the master will think twice and forgive Prince An for the time being."

"The old ancestor doesn't allow the master to cross the Yellow River?" Hearing Zhou Peigong's words, Yue Le's heart jumped, and a heart that had reached his throat was finally put back in his stomach, and he said secretly: "The old ancestor is wise, as long as If the master is sent to death by the Yellow River, we will still have hope in the Qing Dynasty."

Unable to stand the pleadings of the generals and civil and military officials, Kang Mazi, who was so angry, finally suppressed his anger temporarily, waved to the guards, and let the guards let Yue Le go, then pointed at Yue Le and shouted angrily: "Look at the officials!" On the surface, if I will give you one last chance to be guilty and make meritorious deeds, if you let me down again, you don't need to come back and apologize to me, just kill yourself!" Yue Le repeatedly kowtowed to express his gratitude, and then he stood up.

"Let's report on the situation in the Jiangnan battlefield." Kang Mazi is not a complete fool in the military, and he knows the truth of knowing oneself and knowing the enemy, and he is invincible in every battle. Is there any unusual movement in the army?"

"Master, the current situation in the Jiangnan battlefield is like this." Yue Le lowered his head and replied: "The northern front, since the slaves failed to attack Gaoyou, the northern front battlefield has basically remained calm, and the Wu rebel army is only repairing the Gaoyou city defense. While transferring the old and weak women and children in the two counties of Gaoyou and Xinghua, they did not initiate an active attack. It can be seen that Lu Yifeng's dog thief must have understood the weakness of our Qing Dynasty's insufficient food and wages, and has made a long-term stand, intending to lure Let our Qing army go south to attack the city again, and the possibility of abandoning the two cities of Gaoyou and Xinghua and retreating to Yangzhou cannot be ruled out."

"On the northwest front, Lord Kang suffered a lot in the last battle of Chushui, and was forced to retreat to Chuzhou. Wugou's army did not pursue it, and it is still calm now."

"The Zhengxi front is also calm. Lu Yifeng's dog thief may not be interested in rapidly expanding the territory, or it may be that his troops are stretched and did not go south to attack Ningguo and Guangde. Our army has no chance to take advantage of it. We can only fight in Wuhu, Fanchang and Tongling. The front line confronted the Wugou Taiping Mansion Corps, but they didn't take the initiative."

"The situation on the southern front is very complicated. Wugou's bandit army, Zheng Jing's bandit army, Geng Jingzhong's bandit army, our Great Qing Shaoning army, and Jiaxing army check each other, and they are locked in a chain. No one can do anything about it. Wugou bandit The army attacked Jiaxing to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, harassed Geng Jingzhong's bandit army behind, and supported Zheng Jing's bandit army from the side, while our Qing army and Geng Jingzhong's bandit army jointly attacked Hangzhou, and Zheng Jing's bandit defended Hangzhou with Liu Guoxuan. They fought very fiercely, but because Containing each other, it is difficult to tell the winner in a short time."

"As for the Wu rebel army, it may be that Lu Yifeng's dog thief learned the lesson from the last time Prince Zhang almost succeeded in attacking Jiang Ning, and is currently expanding his army with all his strength to make up for the weakness of the lack of troops. Therefore, I estimate that Wu's rebel army will definitely continue to take The strategy of comprehensive defense, using the strong city and the natural danger of the Yangtze River to resist our army's offensive, while buying time to expand the army, at the same time consume our Qing Dynasty's financial resources. The slave is finished, please judge the master."

"No wonder Lu Yifeng's thief wants me to change the strategy of suppressing the thieves. He really is buying time." Kang Mazi suddenly realized the case of the pseudo-dragon, and asked sharply: "Since you know that Wu's rebel army needs time to expand, how can you do that?" Why are you still standing still on the northern and western fronts and watching Lu Yifeng's bastard expand his army and strengthen his troops? Why don't you insist on continuing to attack, so that Lu Yifeng's bastard has no time to expand his army?"

"Insist on continuing to attack?" Yue Le almost didn't cry, but bit the bullet and replied helplessly: "Master, our weapons are not as good as Wu Gou's, there is no chance of winning, most of the soldiers are timid, and their morale is not high. The slaves think that blind attack is harmful It's useless, so..."

"Fart!" Kang Mazi was furious, pointing at Yue Le and asked: "You said that our Qing army's firearms are not as good as Wugou's and have no chance of winning, so why can Zhangjun King's five thousand cavalry come and go freely in Wugou's hinterland? Walking on the ground? Why did the Wugou army flee when they heard the news, and did not dare to fight my Qing cavalry? You said that our Qing soldiers were too timid to fight, so why did the Mongolian princes give me a table, accusing you of being timid? Fight, stop them from sending troops to kill the enemy?"

Yue Le was completely speechless. He wanted to say that those Mongolian princes didn't know how to talk nonsense, and he also wanted to say that Zhangtai's big victory was too weird. , but I don't have the guts.In desperation, Yue Le had no choice but to kneel down again, kowtowed and said: "The slave is incompetent, please send an order to punish the slave for the crime he deserves."

"Poor Prince An, you are wronged."

Most of the generals in the imperial tent lamented quietly, but Kang Mazi sneered and said, "I have already begged all the officials to give you another chance, and you come to ask me to punish you again. It's cheap to say It's really beautiful. Get up and tell me, how do you plan to make meritorious service and atone for your sins, and take back the wealth center in the south of the Yangtze River for me?"

"If this slave has a way to retake Jiangnan, I won't bother you, master, to conquer it yourself." Yue Le even smiled wryly in his heart, got up and replied dejectedly: "This slave is incompetent, so please show me how to retake Jiangnan."

"I know you are the answer." Kang Mazi snorted again, then turned to the generals in the tent, and said with confidence: "I think that my southern expedition can only be resolved quickly and cannot be postponed for a long time. It must be resolved within three days." End the war in the south of the Yangtze River within a month, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!"

The reason why Kang Mazi dared to say three months was because when he went out to fight before, he had extorted a lot of money from the civil and military officials in the capital and Prince Baylor, and he ordered that only half of the flag salary be paid to save and collect money. A batch of money, coupled with the fact that the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the north had already begun to be harvested at this time, the food shortage had finally eased. Under this premise, a batch of food was purchased, and by patchwork, we got another two months of food and grass for the army of the Southern Expedition. In addition, there is still one month left of the military pay and food prepared for Yue Le last year, so Kang Mazi dared to make such a guarantee.

"The master is holy." Mite Qing, both civil and military, praised him, but some people murmured in their hearts, "Taking the entire Jiangnan in three months? I am afraid that Amitabha can take Yangzhou."

"In view of this situation, I have decided that our army will attack immediately, and we must not let the dog thief Lu Yifeng have a chance to breathe." Kang Mazi said even more proudly: "I plan to order Zhangtai to lead the troops of Anqing and Tongling to attack Wugou together. The Taiping Mansion Corps strives to annihilate this road of Wugou and contain part of the Wugou troops in Jiangning; then order Jieshu to send troops from Chuzhou to attack Jiangpu and Liuhe counties, and contain the main force of the Wugou Jiangning Corps and Navy; Yue Le, you again Lead the army to the south and attack Gaoyou, Xinghua and Yangzhou!"

"At the same time, I will send envoys to contact the traitor Geng Jingzhong again, show him great righteousness, use his conflict with Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and urge him to join hands with our Qing army to attack Huzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang and other places As a result, the Wu rebel army fell into the plight of fighting on the four fronts. When Wu Gou showed his flaws, the twelve thousand elite soldiers I brought would stand out and enter the weak spots of Wu Gou's troops, or cut them off. The grain road, or if it is unprepared, it will definitely defeat the enemy in one battle and restore Jiangnan in one fell swoop! How about it, what is my strategy for suppressing thieves?"

There was no sound in the imperial tent. Those who did not understand the military and the enemy's situation did not dare to speak up. Those who knew the military or knew the enemy's situation did not dare to refute. Is it military? Why did he propose tactics...? Could it be that he couldn't see that Wu Gou's defenses were extremely tight, and he had left behind, that he might gather forces to hold on to an important town at any time, and there was no possibility of surprise soldiers? , Cut off the Wugou food road, let alone Wugou must have stockpiled enough military rations in several important towns, even if food and grass transportation is needed, it must be transported by waterways extending in all directions. Grain roads? Filling rivers or lakes?"

"Master's plan is very good. The four-way attack can indeed disperse Wugou's forces so that they cannot rescue each other, and create opportunities for the master to stand out." Zhou Peigong was the one who flattered him. After a few words of flattering Kang Mazi, Zhou Peigong said with a smile : "However, the slave believes that there is still room for improvement in the arrangement of the master."

"Oh, how to improve?" Kang Mazi asked happily.

"Slave thinks, should the master think about defeating each of them and concentrate on eating a Wugou army first?" Zhou Peigong said cautiously: "For example, please work harder for those who show the ability of the prince, and work hard while restraining Wugou's Taiping Mansion." The corps and the Jiangning corps, so that Prince Kang can free up his hands, send troops from Chuzhou south to Jiangpu westward, join forces with Prince An's army at the foot of Yangzhou City, and jointly attack Yangzhou, and concentrate on the Yangzhou Corps that ate Wu Gou first?"

"Let Jieshu go to Yangzhou to meet Yue Le?" Kang Mazi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Is it too difficult for Zhangtai's troops to contain Wugou's two corps? Is he sure about it?"

"Should have." Zhou Peigong replied with a smile: "The last time Prince Zhang almost succeeded in attacking Jiangning, Wu Gou was frightened into a frightened bird. This time, he only needs to divide his troops into two groups and attack Wuhu all the way to contain Wu Gou's Taiping Army. All the way into Ningguo, Wugou's Jiangning Corps can be restrained, and then he is asked to use defense instead of attack, and take a defensive position to hold Wugou back. Basically, it is time for Kang Wang and An Wang to join forces and attack Yangzhou together. "

"Very good, let's do it like this." Kang Mazi was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Gao Shiqi, quickly draw up an order for me, ordering Zhangtai to send troops to attack Taiping Mansion and garrison Ningguo Mansion, to restrain Wugou's two main forces, and then Tell Jieshu to send troops to Yangzhou to join Yue Le."

"Cover!" All the civil and military personnel in Chiqing agreed together, and Kang Mazi pointed at Yue Le again, and shouted: "After returning, send troops to the south immediately. Within ten days, we must capture Gaoyou and Xinghua. Within half a month, we must Let my soldiers come to the city of Yangzhou and meet Jie Shu! Bo Guoduo, you will serve as my deputy in Yue Le's army, if you have any news, please report to me immediately."

"Cover." Yue Le agreed with a sad face, and Bo Guoduo also honestly agreed.

With the help of Zhou Peigong, Kang Mazi easily finalized the strategy of attacking and suppressing, but after the account was disbanded, when he got to a place where no one was around, Tu Hai, Yue Le and the others almost teamed up to strangle Zhou Peigong to death. What kind of bad idea did you come up with? We didn’t tell you what kind of virtue Zhang Tai’s idiot is? Just relying on him, he can also contain the two regiments of Lu Yifeng’s gangsters? The few troops under his command are the last elite of our Qing Dynasty , if this last elite loses all, our Qing Dynasty will definitely be finished!"

"Please don't worry, my lord, and please rest assured, my benefactor. Students are sure that Lord Zhang will be able to restrain the main force of Wu Gou's two corps without paying a heavy price." Zhou Peigong replied with a smile: "Please don't forget, Zhang What is behind the prince is Wu Yingqi, Hu Guozhu and Xia Guoxiang! If Lu Yifeng's dog thief kills Prince Zhang, wouldn't Wu Gou be able to enter the south of the Yangtze River immediately? So Lu Yifeng's dog thief will never annihilate us The troops on the western front will only take a defensive position and deplete the soldiers and horses under Lord Zhang!"

"Fart! The old thief Wu Sangui has crowned Lu Yifeng's thief as king, and he made it clear that he wants Lu Yifeng's thief to continue to be a thug. Will Lu Yifeng's thief still be afraid of joining forces with him?" Tu Hai shouted angrily.

"If Enxiang really thinks so, then Enxiang is too underestimating the old thief Wu Sangui and the dog thief Lu Yifeng." Zhou Peigong sneered and said: "The wolfish ambition of Lu Yifeng's dog thief to try to get rid of the control of the old thief Wu Sangui has long been obvious. How does the old thief Wu Sangui win over him, and he can really rest assured that he is really not afraid of the old thief Wu Sangui settling accounts after the autumn, and the rabbit will die? So for Lu Yifeng's thief, killing Prince Zhang may be the most correct tactical choice , but it is the most stupid strategic choice! With his ability, he will not fail to weigh the consequences!"

"Well, even if what you said makes sense." Yue Le whispered: "Then what do you mean by asking me and Jie Shu to attack Yangzhou together? It's not like you don't know the virtues of my army. Is it possible to capture and destroy the Wugou Yangzhou Corps?"

"Of course it is impossible." Zhou Peigong replied in a deep voice: "Let's not say that it is difficult for us to break through Yangzhou, even if you meet Prince Kang and Prince An in Yangzhou, you will be afraid. Lu Yifeng is not a fool. He found that Prince Kang went west. You can immediately guess that Lord Kang is going to attack Yangzhou. In order to relieve the pressure on Yangzhou, he is likely to send troops to block it. But there is another possibility, that is, Lu Yifeng's dog thief deliberately indulged Lord Kang to send his troops to the west in order to lure his master to cross the river. Advance, increase our strength on the northern front, let the master see the hope of victory, and can't wait to cross the Yellow River to Yangzhou to personally command the siege."

"In this case, why did you propose to attack Yangzhou? What is your purpose?" Tu Hai asked again.

"Of course the purpose is to get rid of Lu Yifeng's thief and take back Jiangnan for my master." Zhou Peigong said in a dark tone: "Just like Enxiang and Prince An said, if our Qing army wants to get rid of Lu Yifeng's thief, in fact, we have to do it. The only hope left is to use Gaojiayan. Therefore, I will first set up a plan for Lu Yifeng's dog thief, so that he can neither send troops to the west nor use force to the south. He can only choose to go north to resolve the crisis. Lure the enemy to go deep, lure Lu Yifeng's dog thief to the Gaojia Weir, blow up the dam, and destroy this dog thief!"

"Stop dreaming!" Yue Le said angrily, "Lu Yifeng's thief is a hundred times more cunning than you. He has already seen through the dangers of Gaojiayan. How can he be fooled?"

"The key is whether the bait is enough or not." Mr. Zhou Pei said with a sly smile: "Enxiang and the prince, please think about it. With Lu Yifeng's madness as a dog thief and his pathological hatred for our Qing Dynasty Eight Banners, if he sees the master personally going to Yangzhou to supervise the war , can you kill with red eyes?"

"Are you crazy?!" Yue Le and Tu Hai exclaimed in shock at the same time, "You want Master to take such a risk?"

"My lord, Enxiang, don't worry, the servant hasn't finished yet." Zhou Peigong smiled, and whispered to Tuhai and Yue Le's ears...

"Well, logically speaking, there should be hope of success." After hearing Zhou Peigong's poisonous plan, Tu Hai hesitated for a moment, and said: "If we do this, we can also fulfill the entrustment of our ancestors, but..."

"Please don't worry, Enxiang, the master can weigh the seriousness of the matter." Zhou Peigong said with a smile: "So we can act with confidence and move first, so that the master can see the true power of Wugou's army, calm down the crazy thoughts in his mind, Let the master be able to listen to our harsh advice. It also puts Lu Yifeng in a dilemma. If you fight west, you will be deceived, and if you fight south, the distance is too far. , the soul of Lu Yifeng's dog thief has to fly too."

In fact, there is no need for Zhou Peigong's layout. At the same time, in the city of Nanjing, Fatty Lu was already caught in a dilemma, especially after receiving the news that Kang Mazi Luanjia had arrived in Xiba, he knew that the Qing troops from all walks of life would definitely be there soon. Fatty Lu, who made a big move, was almost on the verge of collapse.

"Fuck it! How are we going to fight this battle? Kill Kang Mazi with heavy blows, and the old traitor Wu is reaping the benefits! Don't hit hard, just run away, and missed this opportunity to kill Kang Mazi, the legacy of raising a tiger, If you want to seize such an opportunity in the future, I am afraid it will not be so easy!"

(End of this chapter)