scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 364

"The slave boldly believes that it is time for the master to cross the Yellow River and visit the Yangzhou battlefield in person."

Zhou Peigong's words were earth-shattering. It not only made Kang Mazi overjoyed, but also changed the faces of all the civil and military officials present. The mature and prudent Prince Jian Labu was the first to jump up and shouted angrily: "Bold Zhou Peigong, before the master's personal expedition , I have already made an agreement with the empress dowager's ancestors not to cross the Yellow River, and you know about it, and now you are instigating the master to cross the river, against the ancestor's edict, what is your intention?!"

"That's right! What are your intentions?" Kang Mazi's nephew and Prince Xian Danzhen, who had also been instructed by the old witch of Xiaozhuang, also jumped up, and said with a straight face: "Don't you see who the master is? The master drives the body of Wancheng to cross the river and go deep into the dangerous land, have you eaten the guts of a leopard?"

Although the other civil and military officials in the imperial tent did not dare to speak, they also peeked at Kang Mazi to observe Kang Mazi's reaction. Kang Mazi had a complex expression on his face. Outburst - but the Yellow River is the guarantee that Kang Mazi personally made to the old witch of Xiaozhuang. At this time, accusing La Bu and Dan Zhen is tantamount to breaking the promise of the old witch of Xiaozhuang. , Of course I can't open this mouth.

"You two princes, please calm down for now." Zhou Peigong kowtowed his head and said calmly: "Of course, this servant knows the imperial edict of the empress dowager's ancestors and forbids the master to step across the Yellow River. However, given the current situation, once the master crosses the Yellow River After crossing the Yellow River, the situation in the Jiangnan battlefield will undergo tremendous changes immediately, and all of them will develop in a situation that is beneficial to our Qing Dynasty. This opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again."

"No matter how good the situation is, you can't invite the master to cross the river. This is the order of the ancestors!" Rabu said even more angrily.

"Shut up!" Kang Mazi finally opened his mouth, and said coldly, "Let Zhou Aiqing finish the sentence first, I will make my own decision whether to cross the river or not——Zhou Aiqing, please calm down and speak in detail, the more detailed the better."

"Thank you, master." Zhou Peigong kowtowed to thank, then stood up, and said very respectfully: "Master, the current situation in the Jiangnan battlefield is like this. Our main force on the northern front of the Qing Dynasty is attacking Yangzhou and occupying the upper hand on the northern front battlefield; The Red-haired Kingdom and our Great Qingshui Division attacked Chongming and Songjiang, and also had an advantage on the eastern front; on the southern front, our Qing army joined hands with Geng Jingzhong to attack Huzhou and Hangzhou, and basically drew with Wugou's army and Zheng Ni's army; Due to the deployment of troops, Wugou has two corps deployed on the western front, which has an advantage over our western army of the Qing Dynasty."

"Nowadays, Lu Yifeng's dog thief not only did not send troops to rescue the three fronts, but also personally led the main force to launch the Western Expedition when the third line was in an emergency. His strategy is obvious, that is, to annihilate or severely damage the main force on the western front of our Qing Dynasty as soon as possible. Let his main force be free to deal with attacks from the other three fronts calmly. If our Qing army does not make adjustments to counter-insurgency strategy as soon as possible, disrupt Lu Yifeng's dog thief's tactical steps, and continue the original peace If we use treasonous tactics, then it may cause Lu Yifeng's thieves to gain time and achieve a treacherous plan to defeat our Qing army one by one."

"That makes sense, I think so too." Kang Mazi nodded decently, as if Zhou Peigong's incisive analysis was exactly the same as his analysis.At the end, Kang Mazi asked quite puzzled: "Since you want to disrupt the steps of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, why do you want me to cross the Yellow River in the south? There are only ten thousand troops around me, even if they are all thrown into the Yangzhou battlefield , it doesn’t help, does it?”

"Master, you are too humble." Zhou Peigong hurriedly cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Master is a body of ten thousand gold, worth far more than a hundred thousand troops, a million troops! If the master can come to the Yangzhou battlefield in person, the soldiers of the three armies of the Qing Dynasty will surely The morale of the army is high, and it is better to attack the city of Yangzhou in one fell swoop than to add a million troops!"

"I think so too." Kang Mazi nodded, and said confidently, "The battlefield in Yangzhou has reached a stalemate. If I come to the city of Yangzhou in person, my Qing soldiers will definitely be able to use their lives and their morale will be greatly boosted, and we will conquer Yangzhou in one fell swoop."

"The slave believes that if the master appears on the Yangzhou battlefield, it will definitely not only be affected by the local battlefield in Yangzhou!" Zhou Peigong said firmly: "The entire Jiangnan battlefield will also undergo earth-shaking changes because of the master's visit to Yangzhou! First of all, Lu Yifeng The main force of the western expedition of the dog thief, after hearing that the master came to Yangzhou in person, the dog thief Lu Yifeng must be extremely panicked, and became more and more anxious to defeat our main force on the western front of the Qing Dynasty. Failure to do so will make it increasingly difficult to end the war on the Western Front quickly."

"Secondly, now Yangzhou has been heavily besieged by our Qing army, and even the canal has been cut off by our Qing army. What is lacking is the last blow to break through Yangzhou! And my master, you have come to Yangzhou in person, and the morale of our Qing generals is very high. Under the vibrancy, we will be able to break through Yangzhou in one go, annihilate the Wu Gou Gaode Jiebing Regiment, and recover the Jiangnan land south of the Yangtze River in the Qing Dynasty! Go further and wait for work, and annihilate Lu Yifeng's dog thief's counterattack main force! Recover the entire Jiangnan of the Qing Dynasty!"

"Besides, after the news of the master's visit to Yangzhou spread, everyone in Wugou in the south of the Yangtze River must be terrified and heartbroken, and the morale of the eastern and southern troops of our Qing Dynasty must be high, and they will be more powerful to eliminate all Lu Wugou, restrain the main force of Wugou's major corps, and create a good opportunity for you, master, to wipe out Lu Yifeng's dog thief in one fell swoop!"

"Well said!" Kang Mazi was so excited when he heard it, he slapped the pseudo-dragon case and shouted: "It's decided, I will cross the river and visit the Yangzhou battlefield in person!"

"Master, absolutely not!" Kang Mazi's blood boiled with enthusiasm, but all the officials present at the scene were all out of their wits, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to dissuade him. Prince Xian still had the courage to raise his head and reminded: "Master, please don't forget The Empress Dowager's order - master, you must not cross the river!"

"The general is out, and the king has his fate!" Kang Mazi threw out his long-planned words, waved and said, "If the general is like this, let alone me? Now the battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River has reached the point where I have to cross the river, and I can do it too." The king is away, but the ancestors will not accept their orders!"

"Master, this slave has something else to say." Zhou Peigong suddenly said again: "My slave believes that my master's filial piety is moving the world—the master must obey the old ancestor's decree."

"Huh?" All the civil and military personnel present at the scene were startled, they all turned their heads to look at Zhou Peigong, and all wondered what the hell this dog slave is doing?Not only persuading the master to cross the river, but also persuading the master to obey the orders of the ancestors?

"What do you mean?" Kang Mazi was also furious, and asked, "You not only persuade me to cross the river to conquer by myself, but also persuade me to follow the edict of my ancestors. Are you persuading me to cross the river or not?"

"Master, please calm down." Zhou Peigong said with a very calm expression, smiling: "I think this matter is not difficult to solve, and I have a way - the master can cross the river to conquest without violating the old ancestor's will."

"What method?" Kang Mazi asked, turning his anger into joy.

"My slave is bold, please allow me to speak with my ear." Zhou Peigong replied in a deep voice.

Kang Mazi, who was younger than Fatty Lu, Mung Dou, turned his eyes a few times, looked at the mite Qing Wenwu who was kneeling all over the tent, and finally nodded. Zhou Peigong kowtowed his head to thank him, and walked to Kang Mazi with his trousers in his hands. Mazi leaned close to Kang Mazi's Zhaofeng ear and said in a low voice, "Master, in fact, the slave's method is very simple, that is, the master himself stays in the Xiba camp, and the master's car crosses the Yellow River to visit the Yangzhou battlefield in person."

"What?" Kang Mazi was taken aback.

"Master, forgive me for speaking bluntly. It is indeed extremely dangerous for the master to come to the Yangzhou battlefield in person, but it is different to let the fake Luan drive across the river." Zhou Peigong whispered next to Kang Mazi's protruding ears: "The master's Luan drive across the river is equivalent to the master's royal drive. On the Yangzhou battlefield, the morale of our Qing soldiers was still boosted, and Lu Yifeng's dog thief was still extremely anxious. The clever strategy of the thief will also be passed down as a good story through the ages, and will be praised by the children and grandchildren of my subjects in the Qing Dynasty.

After being poured by Zhou Peigong's ecstasy soup, Kang Mazi inevitably became tempted, but the self-esteemed Kang Mazi desperately wanted to get rid of the remote control of the old witch of Xiaozhuang, cross the river and go to the front line to command the army to fight to the death with Fatty Lu, so it was hard to accept for a while Zhou Peigong's ingenious plan.But after thinking about it, Kang Mazi couldn't help but think of another point, "I use a fake Luan to cross the river, and my ancestors will definitely not object and stop it. When the fake Luan drives across the Yellow River and reaches the front line, I will do it lightly. I can cross the river whenever I want." Crossing the river, the eyeliner sent by my ancestors to stare at me is difficult to find, and they used the edicts of my ancestors to stop it."

At this point in the calculation, Kang Mazi nodded, and said in an extremely majestic way: "This plan is feasible, and I will leave it to you to arrange it."

"The servant complies with the order." Zhou Peigong was overjoyed, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed in agreement.At the same time, Zhou Peigong breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help but smirked in his heart and said: "Lu Yifeng is a thief, the master took the opportunity of your westward expedition to cross the Yellow River and came to the battlefield in Yangzhou in person. No matter how clever and cunning you are, I am afraid you will never think of the master Is it just a fake Luan driving across the river?"

"Lu Yifeng, thief, don't think I don't know you launched the Western Expedition—the most important purpose is to lure our Qing Emperor Kangxi to cross the river and visit the Yangzhou battlefield in person! Now I will let the master deliberately fall for your tricks, and wait for you to be impatient. When we retreated from the western front and fought north, our Qing army would fight and retreat, and lure you to the lower reaches of Gaojiayan. At that time..., hehe! I, Zhou Peigong, want to see, you dog thief and you The elite main force, can they survive in the face of the monstrous flood, and how much is left!"

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Turn around and take a look at the situation of Lord Zhang, whom friends are most concerned about. At close to noon on May [-]th, our Lord Zhang personally led the [-] main force of the Qing army to the city of Taipingfu. As expected, Taipingfu As expected, the surrounding people fled into Taiping City in a hurry, and the Fatty Army defenders in Taipingfu City hurriedly closed the city gates, not daring to go out to fight. All at once, the soldiers of the brigade of the Fat Man Army and the civilians who helped the battle rushed to the city, looking panicked and busy.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the troops lined up, Niyahan, Shushu, Ehena, Mu Chenger and other generals of the Qing army took the time to observe the terrain and the state of Taiping City's defenses. Afterwards, Niyahan, Shushu and other experienced generals of the Qing army inevitably took a deep breath.

It turned out that this Taiping City was not only surrounded by water on both sides, but also surrounded by the Guxi River and the Yangtze River at the west and south gates, and the city wall was more than four feet high. Widen and deepen, unfathomably deep, up to three feet wide!Such a city, not to mention that it is difficult to capture it in a hurry, even if there is sufficient time, sufficient supplies, and sufficient troops, it will take a huge price to capture it!
By the way, the main reason why the Fatty Army was able to capture Taiping City was that apart from the fact that there were basically no defenders in Taiping City, another important reason was that Huang Gui, the prefect of Taiping Prefecture at that time, was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he took his wife and children to open the palace. The city gate fled to Nanjing, and the Taiping Mansion Tongzhi Jixuan at that time did not close the city and chose to surrender in Kaesong, which allowed the Fatty Army to take the city.

After discovering that the situation was wrong, Niyahan, Ehena and other generals did not dare to be negligent, and rushed to the Chinese army flag formation together to ask to see Prince Zhang, and together they suggested to Prince Zhang: "My lord, this Taiping City cannot be fought, it is too strong Now, unless there is support from the city, it is impossible for our army to attack in a short time, and there will definitely be heavy casualties!"

"Fart!" Prince Zhang cursed a curse, and said triumphantly: "The city of Taiping Prefecture is a fart, Jiangning City is a hundred times stronger than this, isn't it almost taken down by this king?"

Speaking of this, Prince Zhang couldn't help but glanced back at Zhuman again, and scolded: "If it weren't for this idiot who didn't know how to save explosives, which made this king fall short, I would have commanded the army in Jiangning City to suppress the rebellion and bandits a long time ago." !” Zhu Man lowered his head in aggrieved and ashamed manner, not wanting to argue with Prince Zhang.

"My lord, last time you killed Wu Gou by surprise, and you used explosives..." Niyahan hurriedly reminded.

"Didn't this king bring explosives this time?" Prince Zhang interrupted Niyahan roughly, and said viciously: "This king brought all the remaining 1000 catties of explosives this time. The city gate of Taiping Mansion! If the straw bale craftsman you hired was not too stupid to make dilute sulfuric acid for the airship to fly to the sky, this king can fly to the sky this time to blow up the Wu dogs in Taiping City!"

Seeing that Prince Zhang's attitude is so arrogant and arrogant, Niyahan and the other generals are inevitably angry, but they dare not go against the commander's decision, so they can only keep their mouths shut.Prince Zhang shouted again: "What are you still doing? Hurry up and organize the troops for this king, and immediately attack the city!"

"My lord, the brothers walked all night and never rested. Isn't it too urgent to attack the city now?" Ehena reminded.

"Then what if Wu Dog blocks the city gate?" Prince Zhang finally said something that convinced the generals of the Qing army, and shouted: "The king used explosives to blow up the city gate in Jiangning last time. The next time Wu Gou eats a trap and gains wisdom, how can he prevent this prince from repeating his old tricks? Attack the city immediately before the Wu Gou has time to block the city gate!"

"My lord's words are right. The 1000 catties of explosives are our only hope of breaking through Taiping City. If we delay the time and the Wu dog blocks the city gate, then there is no hope at all." The generals of the Qing army thought Agreed, Niyahan, Shu Shu, Er Hena and other generals did not dare to delay, they clasped their fists and sang promises together, and rushed down to organize their teams and prepare to attack the city.

"Dog slave!" At this time, our always impartial and selfless Prince Zhang also moved a little cautiously, beckoning the only loyal Zhuman to him, and whispered in his ear: "Remember, you and you His direct descendants can't attack the city, and they will be the supervisor of the battle team behind, and the drudgery of the attack will be handed over to Niyahan's idiots, if they dare to retreat without authorization, you will go up to claim credit when they are about to capture Taiping City."

"Thank you, my lord." Zhu Man hurriedly thanked you, and then said in a low voice: "But my lord, is this not good? Although General Niyahan and the others are not respectful enough to you, they are also your lord's subordinates, Qing Dynasty's courtiers. "

"What do you know? For disobedient subordinates, you have to do this!" Prince Zhang scolded, waved away Zhu Man, who bit Lu Dongbin with a dog and didn't know the heart of a good prince, and then took out the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that he carried with him. ", immersed in research.

In a short while, the preparations for the siege formation of the Qing army were completed, and the 26 red barbarian cannons brought by the army were lined up outside the east gate of Taiping City. Simple ladder.In view of the fact that the Fat Man Army has pulled up the suspension bridge, our Lord Zhang generously took out hundreds of rockets seized from Xia Guoxiang, and let the soldiers of the Qing army aim at the suspension bridge's suspension cable to launch, trying to blow up the suspension bridge suspension cable .

Seeing the opportunity, our Lord Zhang immediately arranged for the siege echelon. The second disobedient Ehena led the 4000 people from the headquarters as the first siege team, and the first disobedient but too high-ranked Niyahan led [-] troops. As the second team, Shu Shu was the third team. Mu Chenger, who barely disliked Prince Zhang, commanded the caravan, the archer team and the musketeer team to form a temporary fortification on the side of the moat, using bows, arrows and muskets to suppress the fat man guarding the city. military.As for Zhu Man, who is the only one that makes Prince Zhang look pleasing to the eye, he is in charge of several positions, in charge of the blasting team, the artillery formation, the rocket team and the supervising team.Although the generals of the Qing army were angry, they did not dare to object.

After the arrangement was completed, the battle drums sounded, and the Qing army rocket team first rushed forward, lined up within three miles of the Taipingfu city wall, and aimed at the suspension bridge to launch. It poured onto the city wall of the east gate of Taiping Mansion.Huge explosions also resounded in the artillery formations of the Qing army and on the walls of Taiping City at the same time.

Not to mention, Prince Zhang used Sanhao rockets to blow up the suspension bridge slings with thick arms. There were not many injuries, but the two hemp slings soaked in tung oil were indeed broken by the Mihao rockets of the Qing army, and the suspension bridge fell to the ground with a crash.Seeing this scene, cheers erupted in the Qing army, but Li Maozhu, Zhao Yansheng and others on the city wall looked at each other in dismay, and thought together: "Many dogs can also make three good rockets? Are you willing to waste it like this? But in When the number of Miyoshi rockets is sufficient, they are really of practical value.”

"Okay!" Prince Zhang cheered loudly, pointed at Ehena next to him, and shouted: "Why are you still standing there? Want to delay the opportunity of the battle? Why don't you give it to me?"

"Cover." Erhene bit the bullet and agreed, Pegasus rushed to his direct line team, waved the command flag and shouted, "Siege the city! Kill!"

"Kill!" Amid the resounding slogans, four thousand soldiers of the Qing army, including many cavalry who had dismounted from their horses, rushed towards the distant city wall of Taiping Mansion with a simple flying ladder on their shoulders.

"Don't fire guns yet! Don't let go of rockets!" At the same time, on the city wall of Taiping Mansion, Li Maozhuo, the commander of the Fatty Army's garrison, also shouted and issued an order, "Let the first team full of dogs rush to the city first, and wait for the first team full of dogs to rush to the city. The second and third teams of dogs come up, and then the cannons and rockets!"

"Kill—!" Amid thunderous shouts, Ehena's siege team gradually rushed within three miles, and it was also the most powerful position of the fat army's rockets and cannons.What made Erhene overjoyed was that the fat army on the city wall just fired a few scattered shots and released a few Mihao rockets, which caused him very small casualties, and also watched his team helplessly. Rush to the vicinity of the city wall, rush from the suspension bridge to the foot of the city wall, and put the flying ladder on the city wall.

At the same time, Mu Cheng'er led the convoy to follow, built temporary fortifications on the edge of the moat, and shot and fired arrows desperately to suppress the defenders on the city.And even in such a critical situation, the bows and arrows and muskets fired by the soldiers of the Fat Man Army on the city wall were still scattered and pitifully sparse, which seriously exposed the weakness of the insufficient defenders in the city.

Seeing this scene, Niyahan, Shu Shu and other Qing army generals were inevitably overjoyed, and they all thought together that our Lord Zhang is really the number one lucky general in the Qing Dynasty, no matter where he fights, he will happen to encounter the enemy's lack of troops?And our Lord Zhang was so happy that he jumped three feet high and shouted: "Niyahan, what are you still doing? Go right now! Shu Shu, you are also ready. Niyahan rushed to the moat, and you too Rush now!"

"Zhuman! Zhuman, you idiot! The demolition team is ready, follow Niyahan's back! This time you will remember it for me! There is only one urn in Taiping City! Two gates!"

(End of this chapter)