scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 356
After figuring out where to go next, Fatty Lu, who had been frowning for a long time, seemed to have lifted a heavy burden, and every piece of fat in his body felt much lighter. He ordered to buy white clothes and armor quickly to make the fat man's army soldiers die. After his compatriots mourned, Fatty Lu immediately began to discuss and arrange the next step.

"Master Yao, Shaobo, Brother Xie, Doctor Zhu, you can also rest assured." Before starting, Fatty Lu gave Yao Qisheng and Wang Shaobo and other confidantes a reassurance, "With your talents and abilities, after the prince ruled the world, you can rest assured." , even if I fall from power, I will not implicate you at that time, you can use what I did in Jiangnan to exchange for glory and wealth, high-ranking officials and rich salary, I will not only not blame you, but also cooperate with you."

"General! Master! Three good brothers!" The lackeys panicked, knelt down together, and said in unison: "General, you must not say that, I am waiting for you. How can we bear to do such ungrateful things?"

"Get up, get up." Fatty Lu picked up the lackeys one by one, and said with a smile: "I will give you an explanation in advance, so that you can rest assured that in the future, no matter if I end up like Han Xin or like me As a rich man like Shi Shouxin, he will never implicate you, so just rest assured, and work together with me to kill Kang Mazi, the emperor of the dog, and help the prince lay the foundation of the world in one fell swoop, expel the Tartars, and restore China."

Fatty Lu has talked to this point, whether it is sincere or false, Yao Qisheng, Wang Shaobo and others can't express their emotions without shedding tears. They kowtow and cry in front of Fatty Lu, swearing He wanted to live and die with Fatty Lu, and was determined not to do the shameless thing of betraying Fatty Lu, so he tossed and tossed for a long time, until Fatty Lu repeatedly persuaded him to stop.

"Let's talk about it." After being reassured, Fatty Lu turned the conversation to the main topic and asked, "What should we do next? How can we achieve the tactical goal of capturing the thief first, and killing the Kangxi dog in one fell swoop?"

"Students think that to capture the thief first capture the king and kill the Emperor Mangou. It is simple and easy to say, but it is also a bit difficult to say." Yao Qisheng wiped away his tears and said: "Emperor Mangou said it was a personal conquest by the imperial driver, but in fact he went to the Xiba Camp in Qinghe So he stood still and stopped crossing the Yellow River south. There are two reasons. One is that Emperor Mangou was too timid to cross the river to go to the front line in person. The other is that Emperor Mangou planned to use himself as a bait to lure the main force of our army to go north. Attacking Huai'an and Qinghe, and crossing the river to attack his Xiba camp, he took the opportunity to blow up the Gaojiayan and flooded the main force of our army. Therefore, the students believe that if our army wants to capture the thief and capture the king first, we must first lure Emperor Mangou crossed the river and fought a decisive battle south of the Yellow River, so that our army can be sure of winning and avoid the danger of Gaojiayan."

"Master Yao is justified." Wang Shaobo echoed: "The students also think that our army must first lure Emperor Mangou to cross the river and let him lead the main force of Mangou's northern line to Gaoyou and Yangzhou for a decisive battle. Explode Gaojiayan first, flood the army with dogs, and cut off the retreat and food roads of the dogs, so that our army can be sure of victory."

"However, there are smart people on the Mangou side, and they will not be afraid of us doing such a trick." Xie Dong reminded: "So we want to lure the Mangou Emperor across the Yellow River, I am afraid it will not be so easy."

"General, why don't we give up Gaoyou City." Yao Qisheng suggested: "Let the Gaoyou defenders retreat to Yangzhou by water, and lure Mangou's main force on the northern line to approach the city of Yangzhou, so that Emperor Mangou can see the plan to break through Yangzhou." Hope, lure him across the river and go down."

Fatty Lu was silent, and after calculating for a long time on the map and sand table in the north of Jiangsu, Fatty Lu suddenly said: "Mr. Yao, Shaobo, I think you are wrong this time. Emperor Mangou didn't cross the river and went down the river. He should have visited the frontline battlefield in person." Not the two reasons you analyzed."

"Why?" Yao Qisheng asked in surprise.

"First, I understand Kangxi Gou Mazi's temper. He is simply the most arrogant and shameless person in the world. He always thinks that he is better than anyone else, and he has both martial arts and martial arts. He is timid and afraid of fighting. I am the first. I don't believe it." Fatty Lu analyzed with his fat fingers: "Secondly, for Emperor Mangou, blowing up Gaojiayan and flooding our army can only achieve a partial victory, but it will cause the collapse of Emperor Mangou's national situation. , because once Gaojiayan is destroyed, not only will Huai'an, an important grain-producing area, be lost, but the canal from Baoying to Qinghe will also be completely finished. In this way, even if Emperor Mangou takes back Jiangnan, the water transportation in Jiangnan will not be able to reopen However, the silver and grain from the south of the Yangtze River still cannot be transported to the north, which is extremely detrimental to the national battlefield of Mangou."

"So I think that Emperor Mangou may not be planning to attack Gaojiayan. At least he has not thought of blowing up Gaojiayan now. The reason why he didn't cross the river down the river may be due to other reasons."

"What would be the reason?" Several lackeys asked together.

"I can't figure it out yet, so I can only send scouts and agents to inquire slowly." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said decisively: "But one thing I can be sure of, it's not that Emperor Mangou doesn't want to cross the river south, it's just because of some reasons. , he can't cross the south of the river for the time being, so what we have to do is not to lure him to cross the south of the river, but to make him think that he must cross the south of the river and go to the front line to command the army, so that Emperor Mangou will make up his mind to eliminate the resistance and cross the south of the river. .”

"In this way, the student's brother-in-law may come in handy." Yao Qisheng said hastily: "The student will write to him right now, asking him to help find out why Emperor Mangou couldn't cross the river."

"Then it's hard work for Master Yao. You can tell your brother-in-law Huang Xiyan. After the matter is completed, Da Zhou will naturally not forget his credit." Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction.

"Boss, if you want Emperor Mangou to think that he has to cross the river, the student has a suggestion." Wang Shaobo suggested: "Why don't you use force on the west front, pretending to be a soldier on the west line, pretending to open up land connections with the prince?" In this way, Kangxi Gou Mazi, in order to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and even more so to prevent the prince's army from entering Jiangnan and completely lose hope of retaking Jiangnan, naturally he was eager to make a quick decision and crossed the Yellow River to come to the front line."

"That's exactly what I mean." Fatty Lu snapped his fingers, and said in a deep voice, "But I don't intend to pretend to attack the western front, but I want to actually send troops to the western front to open up the land connection with the prince's main force."

"Why...?" Wang Shaobo was startled at first, and then he quickly understood that Fatty Lu had already planned to sacrifice his life for righteousness, so naturally he didn't care whether he joined forces with the main force of the Wu army. Forcing Kang Mazi to cross the south of the river to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and also mobilize the main force of the Wu army, exerting heavier military pressure on Kang Mazi, and forcing Kang Mazi to fight a decisive battle in the south of the Yangtze River.

"It's good that you understand the reason, and I won't explain it." Fatty Lu shrugged his shoulders, and said again: "Let's do this, let's go in three steps, Shaobo, you should give Gao Dejie an order immediately, and let him order Tian Dazhuang immediately abandoned Gaoyou City, withdrew to Yangzhou City from the waterway, and concentrated his strength to hold on to Yangzhou."

"The second step, Master Zhu, please write a letter to Hu Guozhu for me, telling him that I have prepared for the Western Expedition. I am going to conquer Tongling and Anqing, two full dogs, and open up land and water connections with the main force of the prince. Please also Immediately dispatch troops and join us to attack Leerjin and Zhangtai. The third step is to immediately prepare for the westward expedition. I will personally lead [-] troops westward, and join forces with Han Daren in Taiping Mansion to join hands in the western expedition."

"General, are you marching west in person?" Yao Qisheng raised his eyebrows and asked two questions, "General, you marching west in person, what if there is a change in the northern and southern routes, and it is difficult to return in time? There is also General Han Daren." , he has just received the prince's secret decree, and we haven't figured out the content of the secret decree yet."

"The road to the west is not far away, and there is the advantage of going smoothly. I can quickly return to help at any time. This is not a problem." Fatty Lu replied: "As for Han Daren—actually, what is the secret decree given to him by the prince? When he sent me to mix sand, I already guessed it. So I plan to go to Taiping Mansion to have a showdown with him to eliminate this internal hidden danger, so that we can have peace of mind when it comes to the decisive battle with Emperor Mangou."

Yao Qisheng nodded and stopped talking.At that moment, Fatty Lu's confidant lackeys immediately started writing, writing letters, drafting orders, while Fatty Lu continued to stand in front of the map and sand table to observe the terrain and figure out how to defeat the enemy. Suddenly, Fatty Lu's pair of Mung Dou Xiaoyan suddenly focused on a certain location, and quickly asked: "Brother Xie, if I remember correctly, the Jiangnan map sand table in my signing room was made by Xu Xiake's son Li Zhi, right?"

"Brother Sanhao remembers correctly." Xie Dong respectfully replied: "After Li Jieli joined our army, Brother Sanhao asked him to take charge of our army's military affairs. He found that the military sand table left by Mangou was full of errors, so he personally It took more than half a year to make this new sand table for you, General, and you still boast that there are no omissions or mistakes."

"If there is no mistake, then we have a way to solve the danger of Gaojiayan!" Fatty Lu waved his hand excitedly, pointed to a position on the map sand table and said: "If we are here... There is no danger at all?"

"Boss, but in this way, our army will have no way to cut off the dog's retreat and food road." Wang Shaobo carefully reminded.

"It doesn't matter, we just need to win head-on." Fatty Lu said lightly, "For the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people in Jingzhou, the lord can fight the heavy casualties without blowing up the embankment. Am I even worse than the lord in this regard? For the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people in Huai'an, I can also give up this favorable opportunity. Erlang, send someone to call Li Ji immediately, and I want him to confirm whether the terrain of this location is wrong on the sand table."

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The battle strategy was finalized. Although Fatty's army had already prepared to go out at any time before, but because of the changes in Anqing and Tongling Qing troops, Fatty Lu did not go out immediately, but patiently sent a large number of scouts to continue to observe the enemy's situation. Wait until you have accurate information before making a move—it would be better if the Qing army on the western front could deliver it to the door by itself, and the fat army can also save a lot of food and grass consumption on the road.

During this period, Yangzhou Gaodejie also asked Tian Dazhuang to abandon Gaoyou City according to the order, and led the defenders to withdraw to Yangzhou City by water. Le Mian reluctantly completed the task assigned by Kang Mazi, captured Gaoyou City and continued to march south.And after Kang Mazi received the news that Yue Le had successfully captured Gaoyou City, he cursed Yue Le and cheap Pipi for his ineffectiveness in the previous battle. Naturally, he had to send out the new firearms battalion he brought from the capital to lead the rear army left by Yue Le Escort all kinds of newly-made artillery to the south to help Yue Le attack Yangzhou Jiancheng.

At the same time, nearly 2 soldiers of the Jieshu Division of the Qing Army stationed in Chuzhou were also mobilized. According to Kang Mazi's request, they marched eastward through Jiangpu and Liuhe counties, and went to the Yangzhou battlefield to join Yuele's main force on the northern front.

At this time, Zhou Peigong's godlike side was finally revealed. After spying on the movement of Jieshu's army, Fatty Lu ordered the direct troops of the Fatty Army to stand still, give up interception and pursuit, and let Jieshu's troops Going west through Jiangpu and Liuhe counties, and joining forces with Yue Le on the Yangzhou battlefield, it not only increased the logistical pressure on the Qing army on the northern front, but also further strengthened the strength of the Qing army on the northern front, allowing Kang Mazi to see the hope of breaking through Yangzhou.

Deliberately missing every good opportunity to break through, allowing the enemy to join forces, and exchanging tactical disadvantages for strategic advantages, is certainly a display of Fatty Lu's courage, but it is also a huge adventure.Considering that his Western Expedition is imminent and the Yangzhou Corps has to bear the pressure of the Qing troops of Yue Le and Jie Shu alone, Fatty Lu sent a batch of new firearms to Gao Dejie, and sent Gao Dejie the highest Instructions—to stick to Yangzhou, the tactics are random, as long as one city in Yangzhou is defended, even if the surrounding counties of Taizhou and Yizheng are abandoned!Defend Yangzhou until the main force of the Fat Man's Direct Corps returns to help, and that is victory!But there is one more point, you can't beat the main force of the Qing army's northern front with heavy hands!

In addition, in view of the fact that the Qing army had already colluded with the Dutch navy, Fatty Lu made another deployment adjustment, that is, let Han Yuanren lead [-] troops to Liuhe Port in Taicang Prefecture to station in order to prevent Dutch warships from landing and disturbing the south coast.

On the same day, another small incident happened around Fatty Lu, that is, Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of Japan, entrusted a raw silk merchant to bring a letter of credence to Fatty Lu, asking Fatty Lu to respect the Tokugawa shogunate's [-] The Lockdown Order promulgated in [-] severely cracked down on and curbed the maritime smuggling of Jiangnan merchants to Japan, and sent envoys to Japan to negotiate trade matters with the Tokugawa shogunate, standardizing the maritime trade between the Dazhou army and Japan.

Naturally, he would not be polite to the little devil, Fatty Lu, but considering the benefits of the little devil's seclusion, and the fact that normal trade can also reduce the unexpected losses of Jiangnan businessmen, Fatty Lu did not take the Japanese credentials to wipe his ass in the end, but Wang Shaobo mentioned The pen sent a big Zhou Guoshu to the Tokugawa shogunate. One was to inform the Tokugawa shogunate that the old traitor Wu had proclaimed himself emperor, and asked the Tokugawa shogunate to send envoys to pay tribute, and to sever all relations with the Qing barbarians.The second is that the Great Zhou Dynasty was a kingdom of heaven, and there was absolutely no reason to send envoys to Japan to negotiate business and trade. To negotiate, the Tokugawa shogunate had to send envoys.

On the second day after sending the letter of credence to Japan, accurate news finally came from the battlefield on the western front. Zhang Tai personally led [-] horse infantry from Anqing and arrived at Tongguan Mountain. Tebatulu's tribe has also been mobilized and is heading downstream. At the same time, Le Erjin also led an army of [-] troops from Tongling, heading towards Fanchang County, which has been repeatedly seen and seen by the Qing army and the fat army.

After repeatedly confirming that the news was correct, Fatty Lu finally started to move, leaving Quan Jie and Qin Yong to guard Nanjing City, and personally led [-] troops to march westward, rushed to Taiping Mansion to join forces with Han Daren, personally commanded the war on the western front, The challenge of Leerjin and Zhangtai is to annihilate these two last elite troops of the Mite Qing.

"Boss, please be careful of Han Daren." Before leaving, Wang Shaobo, who was called by Fatty Lu to stay in Nanjing City, was worried, and took Fatty Lu's fat hand and repeatedly told him, "Just like you said, Boss, with the prince's old traitor Ju Hua, since you sent Han Daren to mix sand with you, you must have someone behind you. This time the prince issued a secret decree to Han Daren alone, and Han Daren did not take the initiative to give you a secret decree like the previous few times. Article, my master, please be careful and cautious."

"Don't worry, Shaobo, I have my own measure." Fatty Lu patted the back of Wang Shaobo's hand, and said with a smile: "I know Han Daren's behavior. He is extremely selfish. No matter how great the prince promises him, he is not sure of getting it. The gain outweighs the loss, so he will naturally weigh the importance of the matter. Besides, I will bring our most elite team with me this time, so even if there is any accident, I can take precautions."

"It's better to be careful." Wang Shaobo sighed and shook his head, and said sullenly: "At first, the student suggested that you lure Han Daren back to Nanjing to take him down, but the boss just didn't listen, and you insisted on convincing him with virtue."

"Isn't it because I'm afraid that it will affect the morale of the army? What will the old man in the Pingxi palace think in our team when Han Daren is suddenly taken down without any evidence at this time?" , I will be careful, before I cut Kangxi Gou Mazi alive, I still don't want to die."

Fatty Lu seems to be a little more optimistic about Han Daren's internal hidden danger. When the news that Fatty Lu personally led the army to the west arrived in Taipingfu City, Han Daren, the commander of the Fatty Army's Taipingfu Army with ghosts in mind, was inevitably a little terrified. The news leaked out, Fatty Lu didn't have any good intentions here, and he was inevitably extremely nervous and hesitant, "What should I do? The errand assigned by the prince, should I execute it or not?"

If you want to know what will happen next, please read the next chapter, "Han Daren Bombards Fatty Army"!
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