scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 373

Sadly, he returned to the Qinghe County Ferry, crossed the Yellow River in a chartered private boat, and returned to the camp west of the Xiba Ferry. Delaying time would easily lead to rumors, so he led Zhou Peigong, Su Lun and other guards around the side door, preparing to quietly return to the real imperial camp where the false dragon flag was not displayed.

Kang Mazi's wishful thinking was in vain, as soon as he approached the Qing army camp, a group of people rushed in front of the main gate of the Qing army camp, headed by Prince Xian Danzhen, who was sent by the old witch of Xiaozhuang to monitor Kang Mazi, Kang Mazi Mazi couldn't help frowning, and whispered to the guards: "If Prince Xian asks about my whereabouts, just say that I will lead you to Andong (Lianshui) County for a walk."

The guards and Zhou Peigong agreed, but to Kang Mazi's surprise, after Dan Zhen rushed to kowtow in front of him, he did not ask Kang Mazi on behalf of Xiaozhuang whether he crossed the Yellow River privately, but said in a hurry: "Master, something happened, Half an hour ago, Cai Shiying, the Governor of Water Transportation, and Yang Yingyao, the prefect of Huai'an, just sent people to escort a general of our Qing Dynasty who was once captured by the Wugou rebels. Army, come to the Xiba camp to kowtow to the master, there is a secret report!"

"Zhuman?" Kang Mazi was stunned, and suddenly remembered that he had heard of the name Zhuman, and also remembered that Zhuman, who was related to Oboi, was a general recommended by Zhangtai. , also because of Zhuman's military exploits in Chizhou and Nanjing on the western front before Zhuman, he pinched his nose and canonized Zhuman as the capital.

After thinking about it for a while, Kang Mazi suddenly thought of something more terrible, and hurriedly asked in surprise: "What? Zhangtai asked Zhuman to come directly to the Xiba camp to see me? How could Zhangtai, that dog slave, know what I was actually doing?" Is it in the Xiba camp?"

Zhou Peigong's small face also turned pale all of a sudden, and after he finished speaking, Prince Zhang who was captured by Wu Dog knew that his master was actually in the Xiba camp. Didn't cross the Yellow River?
"The slave doesn't know." Dan Zhen shook his head and said in a deep voice, "That slave Zhuman said that he would only report to the master when he saw him, otherwise, as long as the secrets reported by Zhangtai leaked out, Immediately, it will cause disaster to Xiao Qiang, endangering the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers of our Qing Dynasty, and the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Enter the camp immediately!" Kang Mazi didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered to go back to the camp, and quickly ordered: "Bring that dog servant Zhuman into my imperial tent, and I will interrogate him myself."

All the way into the big camp, and hurried into the imperial camp in the middle of the camp, Kang Mazi just wiped his face and changed into a fake dragon robe, when he said that Zhuman had already escorted the imperial tent, Kang Mazi didn't even care about eating After taking a bite, he immediately led a group of trusted guards into the front tent, and the front tent was already full of fully armed Kang Mazi's trusted guards and Shanpu camp thugs, as well as close and trusted guards such as Dan Zhen, La Bu, Cai Yurong and Zhou Peigong. They were all here, and in the middle of the imperial tent, there were six guards escorting a heavily tied strong man, dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, covered in dust, and there was a little blood on his face besides the dust, it could be seen that he had come a long way, obviously I suffered a lot.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live." Everyone kowtowed together, Zhu Man saw the bright yellow fake dragon robe on Kang Mazi's body, and saw the crowd kowtow, he was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said: "The guilty ministers are all covered with blue flags, kowtow to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

"Huang Hai, come forward and identify it." Kang Mazi turned to a first-class guard next to him and shouted: "Look carefully, is he your relative Zhuman?"

"Cover." Kang Mazi's confidant guard Guerjia Huang Hai agreed, and hurried forward to identify him.Let me introduce here by the way, this Guerjia Huang Hai is also a member of Oboi's clan, but long before Oboi's downfall, he had already betrayed his clan and turned to Kang Mazi, acting as an insider for Kang Mazi to monitor the Aoboi party. He also played a major role in Kang Mazi's downfall of the Aobai Party, so after the Aobai Party was completely overthrown, Kang Mazi purged the Guerjia guards in the guard team and expelled all the Guerjia guards from the guard team , but this Huang Hai was left behind, and he was named a first-class bodyguard.

Grabbing Zhuman's short hair that had been cut off from the braid, he lifted Zhuman's face to the sky, wiped off the blood stains on Zhuman's face and carefully identified it for a while, then Huang Hai turned to Kang Mazi and said: "Sign up, master, slave!" I haven't seen this relative before, but I have met his father, Ehe Mahu, this person looks very similar to Ehe Mahu, so it must be true."

"Very good." Kang Mazi nodded in satisfaction, waved Huang Hai away again, and then turned to Zhuman and shouted: "Bold dog slave, I will not avoid suspicion and designate you as the commander of Xianglan Banner. Surrender to Wu Gou, what should I do?"

"Master, the slave was forced to surrender when Prince Zhang was surrounded by the Great Zhou... and Wu Dog." Zhuman choked up and said, "At that time, our army was defeated like a mountain, and the slave and Prince Zhang were surrounded by Wu Dog's army." Surrounded heavily, there is no way to go to the sky, no way to go to the earth, the slave also thought about serving the country with death, but the prince Zhang who has the kindness to the slave is by his side, if the slave dies, he will not be able to live, so the slave was forced to die. Following Prince Zhang to surrender to Wu Gou!"

"It sounds good, but it's clear that you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you dare to make sophistication?" Kang Mazi snorted coldly and shouted again: "Could it be that you mean to say that Zhangtai led you to surrender to Wu Gou, you Was he forced to surrender to Wu Gou?"

"Master, it's true. If the prince chose to resist with all his might, the servant would have followed him with his life." Zhuman nodded with sobs, and immediately added: "But please ask the master to investigate clearly. The prince Zhang is not greedy for life and afraid of death." , He wants to keep his useful body, temporarily ask Wu Gou for compensation, first deceive Wu Gou to trust him, and then try to come back anyway, plead guilty to the master, and then make meritorious deeds for the master?"

"That dog slave Zhangtai really intends to do that?" Kang Mazi asked Zhuman, staring at him.

"Master, it's absolutely true, Lord Zhang really has this plan!" Zhu Man nodded quickly, and replied very honestly: "At the beginning, even the slaves thought that Lord Zhang was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he asked Wu for his life. The dog surrendered, and it was not until Prince Zhang ordered the servant to escape from Wugou's army and return to the Xiba camp to ask the master to report the confidential matter. Only then did Prince Zhang tell the truth to the slave. In order to continue serving the master, wait for the opportunity to return to the master's side."

"Really?" Kang Mazi was skeptical, suspecting that there was fraud, but also felt that Zhangtai's move was reasonable—after all, Zhangtai's surname was Aixinjueluo, and he was Kang Mazi's cousin, both of whom were excellent descendants of the Yezhupi family. Such facts are normal.

"Master, please allow this slave to ask General Zhuman a few words." At this time, Zhou Peigong openly asked for an order, and after getting Kang Mazi's nod of approval, Zhou Peigong turned to Zhuman and asked, "General Zhuman, since Prince Zhang ordered you to flee Go out of the Wugou army and return to my Qing army to report the secret to the master, so why don't you just catch up with Prince An's army? Instead, you want to flee back to Huai'an and come to the Xiba camp to see the master?"

Zhuman saw Zhou Peigong for the first time, and didn't know that Zhou Peigong was the most popular person in front of Kang Mazi, so he didn't dare to answer directly, but turned his eyes to Kang Mazi, who understood, and shouted: "Answer truthfully, what Zhou Aiqing asked , exactly what I was going to ask."

"Cover." Zhu Man kowtowed, and replied truthfully: "Master, it was Prince Zhang who ordered the slaves to do this. Prince Zhang told the slaves not to join Prince An's army. Anyway, there are Wu Gou's traitors there." At the same time, the master is not in Prince An's army, but is actually still in the Xiba camp in Huai'an. If the slave catches up with Prince An's army anyway, not only will he not be able to see the master, but he will also kill the slave and kill Prince Zhang. His life is also lost. Therefore, Lord Zhang ordered the slaves to bypass Lord An’s army and go directly to Huai’an City at the foot of the master. Anyway, please ask the Qing officials in Huai’an to escort the slaves to the Xiba camp to see the master.”

"How could Zhangtai know that I was actually still in the Xiba camp? And why did he say that there was a Wu dog traitor in Prince An's army?" Kang Mazi shuddered again, and hurriedly shouted: "Dog slave, send you and Zhangtai to Wu Let me tell you everything that happened after the dog surrendered, the more detailed the better, and there must be no concealment."

Zhuman kowtowed in agreement, and then sorted out his thoughts, and then told Kang Mazi what happened after he and Prince Zhang surrendered to Fatty Lu.It turned out that after Zhuman and Prince Zhang surrendered to Fatty's army on May [-]th, Fatty Lu did fulfill his promise and did not kill Zhangtai. He also changed Zhangtai's name to Zhangtai, and promised to write to the old traitor Wu to ask for a title for Zhangtai; At the same time, because of Zhuman's special background, Fatty Lu did not make things difficult for Zhuman. He even rewarded Zhuman with an official position as a cavalry guerrilla. use.

Afterwards, both Zhuman and Zhangtai were well treated in Fatty’s army—of course, Fatty Lu was deliberately buying people’s hearts, and they returned to Nanjing with Fatty Lu, and then went to the battlefield in Yangzhou with Fatty Lu.Then, on the night when the main force of Fatty's army arrived in Yangzhou, Lord Zhang suddenly found Zhuman, and quietly told Zhuman away from the crowd, saying that he surrendered to Fatty Lu just to keep his useful body, and he would return to Kang Mazi when he had the opportunity side, and ask Joo-man to work with him anyway.Zhu Man is an honest person with a straight heart, and he is full of gratitude and respect to Prince Zhang, so without saying a word, he agrees to live and die with Prince Zhang, and vows to go through fire and water to repay Prince Zhang for his kindness.

Seeing Zhuman's solemn promise, Prince Zhang finally felt relieved, and handed another letter to Zhuman, asking Zhuman to escape from the Fat Man's army overnight, and return to Huai'an with all his strength before Yue Le returned to the army, and sent a letter to the local officers and soldiers in Huai'an. Anyway.Lord Zhang warned Zhuman not to tell Yue Le's army anyway, and told Zhuman that Kang Mazi had never been to the Yangzhou battlefield in person and was still in the Xiba Camp, all of which happened at that time.

Of course Zhuman couldn’t refuse Prince Zhang’s order, he just suggested that Prince Zhang run away with him. The solution is to let Zhuman escape alone, and Prince Zhang himself will stay with Fatty Lu to endure humiliation, so that Fatty’s army may not go all out to chase down Zhuman, who has a very small target. Only the letter of life can be sent to Kang Mazi, to expose to Kang Mazi the rebellious officials and traitors lurking in the Qing army, and to get rid of the current crisis of the main force of the Qing Dynasty.After Zhuman's repeated persuasion failed, he had no choice but to say goodbye to Prince Zhang in tears. He escaped from the fat army under the cover of night, disguised as ordinary people, bypassed Luyang Lake and Yue Le's main army, and fled to the Huai'an surrendered to the Huai'an government, showed his identity and purpose, and asked the local officials in Huai'an to escort him to the Xiba camp.

There is another detail on the way, that is, when Zhuman fled to the Jieshou area, Zhuman's horse was exhausted to death because of his desperate gallop, so Zhuman had no choice but to rob and kill a scout from Yuele's team. He fled to Huai'an after losing his war horse.In this regard, the kind and honest Zhuman also took the initiative to plead guilty to Kang Mazi, asking Kang Mazi to deal with the death penalty of killing friendly soldiers without authorization.

Naturally, Kang Mazi would not take the death of a mere cavalryman to heart, but he felt that Zhuman, the general, was really honest and not like a liar, so Kang Mazi immediately shouted: "Where is the letter from Zhangtai? There?"

"It's on the slave." Zhuman was bound all over his body, so he could only ask the guard next to him to reach into his arms, take out the letter from Prince Zhang that he had tied on his abdomen with a cloth, and let the guard forward it to Kang Mazi.

Picking up the thick letter soaked in sweat, Kang Mazi's hands trembled uncontrollably. It took a lot of effort and time to open the letter, but to Kang Mazi's surprise, not only There was a stack of thick letter paper, and there was even a special military order payment for the Qing army. When he took a closer look at the payment, Kang Mazi's pockmarked face suddenly turned dark—the payment was actually Yue Yue Le ordered Zhangtai to divide his troops to defend Fanchang and attack Taiping Mansion!
Kang Mazi was very familiar with the handwriting. He not only recognized Yue Le's handwriting at a glance, but also recognized Yue Le's signature signature - there was a slight dot on the top of the mountain below the Yue word.

"Could it be that the tactics that led to my disastrous defeat on the western front of the Qing Dynasty were not from Zhangtai, but from Yue Le?" Kang Mazi's heart trembled, and he quickly picked up the letter written by Lord Zhang and looked down carefully.

This letter was indeed written by Prince Zhang himself, and the general content of the letter is as follows: First of all, of course, our Prince Zhang made an apology to Kang Mazi, scolding himself as a pig and dog would be inferior to his holy reputation, and losing his teacher and humiliating the country has lost all the main forces on the western front. He said that he also bowed his knees to the traitor Wu Gou, surrendered and begged for mercy, which is an unforgivable crime and deserves death!No matter how Kang Mazi treats Prince Zhang in the future, our Prince Zhang will not complain at all!

Then of course our Prince Zhang explained his reasons to Fatty Lu, explaining that he was surrounded by Fatty’s Legion at that time, and there were less than ten soldiers left around him. I had no choice but to surrender to Fatty Lu, but the reason why I surrendered to Fatty Lu was definitely not out of sincerity. I just wanted to save my life temporarily, and also saved the lives of a large number of loyal officials and generals of the Qing Dynasty like Zhu Man, and temporarily surrendered to the rebels. Lu Yifeng endured humiliation, and when he had the opportunity, he returned anyway and kowtowed to Kang Mazi in person to plead guilty.

After reading the above nonsense, the following content will inevitably make Kang Mazi start to tremble, because our loyal Lord Zhang to the Qing Dynasty reported to Kang Mazi that during his conversation with Lu Fatty Xu and Wei Snake, he found that Lu In fact, when Fatty was still in Nanjing, he already revealed a shocking news inside and outside the words-Fatty Lu knew that Kang Mazi crossed the Yellow River was just a fake car, and Kang Mazi himself was still in Xiba camp on the north bank of the Yellow River. !
In addition, when our Lord Zhang accompanied Fatty Lu to Yangzhou and saw the scene of piles of corpses and rivers of blood in the city, most of the soldiers of the Fatty Army exclaimed again and again. Fatty Lu and his main lackeys They talked and laughed freely, and their expressions seemed to be very satisfied. Fatty Lu also said something inexplicable, "It's still keeping our promise, and we can relax next."

Then when it came time for the Fatty Army to pursue them overnight, many generals of the Fatty Army suggested to Fatty Lu that the Fatty Army should launch a pursuit immediately and go all out to kill the main force of the Qing army who had just retreated for less than half a day. It is also said that the main force of the Qing army will not run very fast, because the real purpose of the main force of the Qing army is to lure the main force of the fat man to the yellow flood area under Gaojiayan, and then blow up the Gaojiayan to flood the main force of the fat man. The main force of the fat man's army died together.

Hearing this, our Prince Zhang was inevitably taken aback, and tentatively asked Fatty Lu why he knew this, and what should he do next?The general of the Fatty Army also asked this question, but Fatty Lu laughed. He had already made all the arrangements. Gao Jiayan could not threaten the safety of the main force of the Fatty Army, and some of the main force of the Qing Army would take the initiative to stay for Fatty Lu to destroy. Well, Kang Mazi, who was hiding on the north bank of the Yellow River, couldn't escape. Even if the fat man's army didn't cross the Yellow River, someone would naturally send Kang Mazi's head to Fatty Lu as a chamber pot.

The generals of the Fatty Army naturally asked for more details, but Fatty Lu refused to explain anything in depth, and our Prince Zhang was puzzled, and suddenly remembered an important question - that is, the main force of the Fatty Army After withdrawing from the western front and returning to the northern front, why did the main force of the Qing army on the northern front storm Yangzhou City at all costs?After paying the price of more than 3000 troops, they suddenly withdrew when Yangzhou was about to collapse?Could it be that someone in the Qing army deliberately let more than 3000 Qing soldiers die in vain?The purpose is not to break through Yangzhou at all, but to bury the main force of the Qing army with more than 4 in vain in the hard battle, so that the main force of the fat army can easily wipe out the remaining main force of the Qing army?

Thinking of this question, our Lord Zhang inevitably thought of another important question, that is, in the previous decisive battle on the western front, his tactical arrangement was clearly that Digang, Fanchang and Majiayuan formed horns with each other to contain the main force of Fatty Lu's bandit army Why did Yue Le order his main force to leave Majiayuan and attack the strong city of Taiping Prefecture, which is heavily guarded by bandits?Leading to the annihilation of the main force of the Qing Dynasty on the Western Front?Was this an unintentional tactical error, or was it intentional?
Because these questions are too many and complicated, and the situation is too urgent and dangerous, our Lord Zhang was forced to take the risk of letting his confidant Zhuman escape from the Fat Army, and let him return to Xiba Camp to report to Kang Mazi face to face. , to remind Kang Mazi to be careful of the traitors in the Qing army, especially the Qing troops who escaped from the Yellow River—judging from Fatty Lu’s inadvertent leak, it is very likely that there are traitors planning to escape into the Xiba camp to initiate a mutiny !

In the end, Prince Zhang explained the origin of the payment he attached to the letter. The payment was given to Prince Zhang by Yue Le. Prince Zhang was worried that Yue Le's order came from Kang Mazi's instruction and had to follow the order, but he also kept a mind It was not placed in the barracks, but was carried with me, and after Prince Zhang surrendered to the Fatty Army, Fatty Lu hypocritically did not let the soldiers search Prince Zhang’s body, so it was only by chance that it was preserved until now, and this is why it is attached to the letter, please respectfully Kang Mazi checked the authenticity.

Although at the end of the letter there was a lot of unintelligible and tearful nonsense from our Lord Zhang, but Kang Mazi couldn't stand what he said, his face turned blue and black, and he just calculated carefully, "My cousin Zhangtai, Is it false or true? If it is true, it will be terrible, and many doubts can be explained. Because of that dog thief, the 12 army I supported with my belt tied, lost soldiers and lost nothing! Because of that dog Thief, my army of 12 did not retake Jiangnan, and it dragged down my treasury and internal treasury! Because of that dog thief, the army on the western front, which I placed high hopes on, was wiped out by Wu dog in a short period of time! Or because of that dog Thief, Zhang Tai, who had been performing well before, was captured alive by Wu Gou on the western front!"

"There is also my whereabouts, why is it known by Lu Yifeng's dog thief? And Zhou Peigong's plan to blow up Gaojiayan proposed to me, why is it known by Lu Yifeng's dog thief? Under such circumstances, why did our Qing army attack Yangzhou suddenly? Why didn’t we attack Yangzhou before? Why did our army suddenly withdraw after paying such a heavy price? Give up Yangzhou City, which is about to be won, and turn around and retreat north? All these questions have reasonable explanations."

"By the way, why did Yue Le let my cousin Jieshu be the queen? Why did he send Dong Weiguo, a Han dog, as the vanguard to escort the food and grass first? Let me come to the camp for a while, what should I do?"

The more he planned, the more frightened the notoriously treacherous and suspicious Kang Mazi would be, and the more he regretted not going south to preside over the war in person, which made it difficult to recover and fell into a quagmire that was difficult to deal with.At this point in his calculations, Kang Mazi couldn't help picking up the copy that Prince Zhang sent along with the letter, and carefully checked the authenticity over and over again, but it is a pity that some of Fatty Lu's men are master counterfeiters—such as Wang Shaobo, and countless others from Zhang. The documents of the Qing army seized in the prince's camp were even blank, and the forged military orders of the Qing army could almost be mistaken for the real ones. Naturally, it was impossible for Kang Mazi to see the flaws in a short time.

"Master, can the servant also read the letter of Prince Zhang?" Zhou Peigong approached and asked cautiously.

"Go away!" Kang Mazi, who was in deep thought, suddenly yelled, and everyone in the tent knelt down in fright. Zhou Peigong also knelt down quickly, pressing his forehead to the ground.

"Come on!" Kang Mazi suddenly yelled again, pointing at the eagerly awaited Zhu Man and shouted, "Push out this dog slave who betrayed the Qing Dynasty and came to bully the Lord, and cut it off!"

"Master, this slave is wronged!" Zhu Man shouted out his innocence, "Your servant can swear to the heavens, every word that this slave says is true, and there is absolutely no deception!"

"You still dare to quibble, how can I fail to see Lu Yifeng's gangster's tricks?" Kang Mazi shouted proudly: "Don't talk about the tricks of that failed scholar, who in the world can hide it from me?" His eyes are like lightning?! Push it out, cut it off!"

"Cover!" Without saying a word, Su Lun, Huang Hai and other guards pounced on Zhuman and walked out.When the matter came to this point, Zhuman, who knew that his life was in danger, also went all out, threw away a few guards like crazy, turned around and knelt down on his knees, and roared: "Master, this slave is your subject, my lord!" If you want the minister to die, the minister has to die, and the servant must obey the order! But before the servant dies, please allow the servant to say another word!"

"Say." Kang Mazi sneered and said, "I'd like to see if you have any deceitful excuses!"

"Your slave will never argue!" Zhu Man's eyes sparkled, and he said loudly, "My slave only asks for one thing from the master, and that is to ask the master to believe that Prince Zhang is loyal to you! It is true that Prince Zhang was defeated on the Western Front, but The master may not know that because of the military situation on the western front, Prince Zhang often stays awake until four o'clock at night, studying military books under the lamp, thinking of ways to defeat the enemy for the master! Every time the slave persuades him, he always says that he is the master Great trust, dare not be negligent! He lost, but he lost because of Wu Gou's cunning, not because he didn't do his best!"

"Prince Zhang has the kindness to the servant. He promoted the servant under pressure. When he was surrounded by Wu dogs, the servant gave him the chance to live, and he gave the servant the chance to live! His kindness to the servant The sky is high and the earth is thick, the slave has nothing to repay, I just want to say something fair for him, please believe in the loyalty of Prince Zhang to you, master! Please give him another chance, so that he can take the crime and make meritorious service for you! Then master, you will be cut Slave, this servant can rest in peace—!"

Roaring here, Zhuman raised his head and shouted: "Please, after I die, please turn my head to the south, and let me watch the Lord Zhang who has been kind to me, and wipe out Wugou for our Qing Dynasty." Make meritorious service and atone for our Qing Dynasty!"

Kang Mazi felt as if his heart had sunk down from the sky, and the words "sacrificing one's life for righteousness" flashed across like lightning, making his heart ache. , it is inevitable that there will be some emotions at this moment.

"Master, this slave thinks that General Zhuman is not telling lies." La Bu knelt out, kowtowed and said, "I have heard of General Zhuman's name. He was the one who led [-] cavalry to charge towards Prime Minister Xia Guo of Wugou in Chizhou. , Ma Bao's [-] main force helped Zhangtai win the great victory in Chizhou, and captured countless supplies and Wugou's town army airship. Later, in the Jiangning war, it was he who assisted Zhangtai's magical generals and killed Wugou's army. Almost breaking Jiangning Jiancheng, Zhangtai should be the first to make Wu Gou frightened by hearing the news. The slave dared to think that it is impossible for a person like General Zhuman to deceive the master."

"Master, this servant also thinks that General Zhuman should be given a chance." Cai Yurong also kowtowed and said, "General Zhuman is willing to give up his official position in Wugou's army, risking his life and traveling thousands of miles to deliver letters for Zhangtai, and to return to my Qing Dynasty anyway." , His loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon. If the master gives him a chance to make meritorious deeds and atone for his crimes, the hearts of our soldiers captured by Wu Gou in the Qing Dynasty will definitely be heartfelt, but if the master kills him, I'm afraid..."

"It doesn't matter whether you kill Zhuman or not, the key is the letter, what was written in that letter?" Zhou Peigong muttered to himself.

Looking at Zhu Man, who was full of righteousness and took the initiative to lead his neck to be slaughtered, and at La Bu and Cai Yurong, who were kneeling and begging for mercy, Kang Mazi was suddenly a little confused, and suddenly remembered a big event. To be able to win a big victory, this time Zhangtai listened to Yue Le's arrangement, and the main force on the western front was wiped out. Is this a coincidence?still…………

"Boom!"

A series of dull thunderclaps suddenly interrupted Kang Mazi's confusion and contemplation. At first, Kang Mazi thought it was thunder, but when he looked up casually, he saw the sky full of stars outside the imperial tent. The appearance of thunder and rain.Kang Mazi couldn't help but wondered, "Where is the thunder?"

"It's not thunder!" Rabu exclaimed, "It's the sound of an explosion! It's the sound of Wu Gou's Sanhao dynamite exploding!"

"Who detonated the explosives?" Kang Mazi was shocked, and rushed out of the imperial tent to look outside. At this moment, there was another dull thunder from the due west direction, which was especially clear in the night sky. Kang Mazi couldn't help but He was even more surprised and puzzled, and murmured: "Could it be that Tu Hai did it? That's not right, Wugou's main force should not have arrived in Huai'an so soon? Also, Gaojiayan is directly south of the Xiba Camp, why? This voice seems to be coming from the west direction?"

"The direction is wrong?" Zhou Peigong also screamed, but after careful calculation, Zhou Peigong collapsed on the ground and screamed frantically: "It's over! It's over! Lu Yifeng's bastard is so vicious and shameless! Gaojiayan is useless! It is useless!"

"What do you mean?" Kang Mazi turned to Zhou Peigong and asked in surprise.

"Lu Yifeng is a thief, he blew up the north embankment of Hongze Lake!" Zhou Peigong's voice echoed in the Qing army camp like a night owl, howling crazily and desperately, "Hongze Lake! To the north is a huge low-lying area, covering an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of acres. There are only some farmland, barren mountains and wasteland, and there are no villages, towns and cities with many Han people! Lu Yifeng, a dog thief, blew up the north embankment of Hongze Lake, and the water of Hongze Lake It will rush into that low-lying area, and a large lake (now Chengzi Lake) will be formed! The water level of Hongze Lake will also drop sharply!"

"In this way, when Wu Dog's main force arrives in Huai'an, no matter what happens to Gaojiayan, the water of Hongze Lake will not be able to flood his army, and at most it will only create some difficulties for his march! God kill you, Lu Yifeng You dog thief, you will really take great pains to prevent you Han barbarians from being swallowed by the flood!"

"Then why are you still standing there?" After waking up, Kang Mazi yelled frantically again: "Send someone to Tu Hai immediately to blow up the Gaojiayan!"

"Master, blasting Gaojiayan at this time will not only not flood Wu Dog, but also cut off the retreat of our main force!" La Bu reminded with a scream.

Kang Mazi's body shook, and he froze for a long time. After a long time, Kang Mazi also sat down on the ground, shouting hysterically, "God damn Lu Yifeng's bastard! God damn barbarian!"

No matter how much Kang Mazi and Zhou Peigong scolded Fatty Lu for being cruel and vicious, it was useless. The eight gaps in the embankment that had been blown up by the Fatty Army were blown away, and the huge gap of more than three miles was quickly rushed out. The vortex rushed into the current Chengzi Lake, and the water level of the sparsely populated and barren area at that time, the dangerous Hongze Lake, also dropped rapidly...

Later, Chengzi Lake got another name, Fatty Lake.

At the same time, in the Sizhou embankment area to the northwest of Hongze Lake, fat soldiers disguised as ordinary people were already waiting in battle on the Sizhou embankment where explosives had already been buried. The water of Zehu Lake drops even further.In this way, although the farmland and villages in Sizhou Prefecture will inevitably suffer some losses, compared with the flooding of the Huaihe River with the explosion of Gaojiayan, it is more than a hundred times smaller.

Note: There was no Chengzi Lake in the reign of Kang Mazi, and the specific terrain at that time is unknown, but there are indeed many low-lying places around Hongze Lake. In the 19th year of Kang Mazi, the breach of Hongze Lake engulfed the entire city of Sizhou at that time. It can be seen that At that time, Hongze Lake definitely had the opportunity to dam the flood diversion.

(End of this chapter)