scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 402 Fatty's Northern Expedition
Although it is too useless and aggrieved to give up the whole of Zhejiang to the Fatty Army, the proud and arrogant Prince Geng also finds it difficult to accept Fatty Lu who once went to his Wanghai Tower to beg for food and beg for travel expenses, but after really giving in and bowing his head , Prince Geng suddenly learned what it means to take a step back and broaden the sky. Not only did all the problems be solved, but the situation on the Fujian-Guangdong battlefield suddenly became favorable to Prince Geng.

The most favorable thing about the situation for Prince Geng is of course the truce with the Fatty Army. Although Li Tianzhi's regiment on the southern line is the weakest among the Fatty Army's several major regiments, it still has a certain advantage over Lord Geng. Even if Prince Geng wins by weak Strongly defeating Li Tianzhi, one's own strength will also be severely damaged, and at the same time, it will definitely attract the full retaliation of the main force of the Fatty Army. If the remaining three legions of the Fatty Army are randomly pulled out, they are absolutely sure to kill Prince Geng in seconds!It is a great thing for Lord Geng to be able to cease fighting with such an opponent and win the support of such a powerful ally.

An equally important favorable situation is that Prince Geng can win Shang Zhixin as a friend. Even if Prince Geng is beaten to death, he does not believe that Shang Zhixin will always get along with his brother-in-law Fatty Lu and will never swallow him up. But Lord Geng can be sure of one thing, that is, Shang Zhixin, who was also robbed of a large piece of land by Zheng Jing, will never miss this opportunity to beat the dog in the water. Even if he doesn't directly send troops to help, at least he will be able to contain it on the southern front of the Fujian-Guangdong battlefield. Living in a large number of Taiwanese troops is related to the fundamental interests of Shang Zhixin's territory, and it will never be discounted in the slightest.

The situation is indeed developing in this direction. On February 14th, the main force of Prince Geng had just withdrawn to Wenzhou Fucheng, and the first batch of money and food promised by the Fatty Army had just landed at Wenzhou Wharf by sea. Shang Zhiying, No. [-] younger brother of Shang Zhixin Immediately, he ran to Wenzhou like a fly smelling blood. On behalf of his eldest brother, he asked Lord Geng to form an alliance and jointly beat Zheng Jing, who was robbing the territory. Ready, you can stab Zheng Jing's knife in the back at any time.

Naturally, Lord Geng would not refuse the allies who offered to come to your door. Not only did he agree to form an alliance, but he also agreed to the additional conditions put forward by Shang Zhiying on behalf of Shang Zhixin, that is, to open sea and land roads to the Pingnan Palace, so that Shang Zhixin can ask for it from his brother-in-law. Money needs food and weapons——Gong Wang is naturally willing to give Fatty Lu who can disgust the mind of jackals.Immediately, the two hit it off, signed a covenant immediately, and then rolled up their sleeves and started working hard.

In late February, Prince Geng and Prince Shang, who had hated Zheng Jing for a long time, fought together. Prince Shang sent his trusted general Wang Guodong to send [-] troops to attack Haifeng County, Huizhou, where Zheng Jing's team was entrenched. Shang Zhixin's army completely gained the upper hand, while Zheng Jing's troops were unable to stop Shang Zhixin's offensive because of their rapid expansion and scattered forces. They were forced to abandon Haifeng and retreat to Lufeng, and asked Zheng Jing for help.Zheng Jing was shocked when he heard the news and urgently ordered Liu Jinzhong in Chaozhou to send troops to rescue. Unexpectedly, Liu Jinzhong was annoyed that Zheng Jing would destroy the unity of the anti-Qing troops regardless of the overall situation, so he stood still and watched Lu Feng's Zheng army besieged by Shang Zhixin without saving him.

At the same time, Geng Jingzhong also launched an all-out retaliation against Zheng Jun. Bai Xianzhong returned to Tingzhou, Fujian from Xianxia Pass, and Zeng Yangxing returned to Jianning from Fushi Pass. Yanping Prefecture, the food producing area, launched a counterattack.And Geng Jingzhong personally led the [-] main force to go south together by sea and land, and rushed to rescue Fuzhou, which was attacked by Zheng Jing's main force, and fought with Geng's army at Honglu Post, Fuqiao. The city was closed and defended. Zhu Feihuo, the captain of the Geng Army Navy, led Zhang Wangong, Xu Ying and other generals. With the support of the Fatty Army's cannons and Molotov cocktails, they also defeated the partial division of the Zheng Army Navy in the Haitan Island area, forcing the Zheng Army Navy to return to Meizhou. On the island, Zheng Jun's north and south roads were in emergency together.

The situation on the battlefield, which was extremely favorable just now, suddenly reversed. Of course, Zheng Jing was furious. He also found out that the main force of the Geng army returned to Fujian because the Fatty Army intentionally condoned it, and also subsidized a large amount of food, supplies, and military pay. Zheng Jing was even more furious. An envoy Ke Ping was sent to Nanjing Xingshi to inquire about the crime, accusing Fatty Lu of betraying his alliance and breaking his trust in the world, and asking Fatty Lu to immediately stop all support for Geng Jingzhong and start a new war against Geng Jingzhong!
Whether Zheng Jing's condemnation and request will be effective will not be discussed for the time being. As the main force of Geng's army returns to Fujian, Shang Zhixin, who has accumulated strength for a long time, joins the battle. The strategic plan was finally successfully achieved, and the Fatty Army is also in a favorable position on the southern front. At least for a year, the Fatty Army does not need to be distracted by the urgent military situation on the southern front, and can free up its hands to deal with other enemies , and then take action to clean up the mess in Fujian and Guangdong.

March is already spring, and the southeast wind is blowing. Ke Ping, the envoy sent by Zheng Jing from the sea, has to rush to Nanjing City to condemn Fatty Lu's betrayal of the alliance face to face, but Fatty Lu rolled his eyes and snorted coldly: " Who betrayed the alliance? In the covenant signed between the king and the Yanping Palace, is there any provision that the king is not allowed to accept Geng Jingzhong's surrender alone? Now the king implements the covenant according to the agreement and asks Geng Jingzhong to bow his head to the court of the Zhou Dynasty and offer Out of the entire territory of Zhejiang, did you break your promise at that point? Could it be that this king's army has entered Fujian to compete with Yanping Palace for territory?"

Ke Ping picked up the Fat Zheng Covenant and looked it up profusely for a long time, and found that the situation was indeed as Fatty Lu said. There was indeed no provision in the covenant between the two armies that the Fatty Army could not accept Geng Jingzhong's surrender alone. Naturally, there was no provision for the Fatty Army to accept Geng Jingzhong. After Jingzhong surrendered, Geng Jingzhong had to go to war.After realizing the trick, Ke Ping could only bite the bullet and accuse: "Lord Lu, even if there is no stipulation in the covenant that your army is not allowed to accept Geng Jingzhong's surrender alone, why did your army deliberately let Geng Jingzhong's main force return to Fujian?" ? And provide him with a large amount of food, grass and military supplies to help him kill our Taiwanese soldiers?"

"Why doesn't this king let go of Geng Jingzhong's main force?" Fatty Lu rolled his eyes again, and hummed, "Geng Jingzhong surrendered to the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty and became King Jinghai of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He is already a member of the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Bearing the weight of Emperor Gao of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how can he kill the subjects and soldiers of the Great Zhou and live up to the spirit of his old man? In the same way, since Prince Geng is already King Jinghai of the Great Zhou, his team is naturally ours. Zhou’s army, what is wrong with this king providing them with food, grass and military pay? Could it be that you, King Yanping, want this king to starve the soldiers of the Great Zhou to death?”

Ke Ping's face began to turn pale, not because he was refuted by Fatty Lu's crooked reasoning, but because he was harassed by Fatty Lu, then Ke Ping had an idea, and quickly cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the envoy understands, since Geng Jingzhong is already King Jinghai of the Great Zhou, so there is really nothing to blame for you, Lord Lu, to give him military pay and food. However, since Lord Geng is already a courtier of the Great Zhou, then he should implement the agreement signed by you and us, Lord Lu. The covenant is to draw the boundary of Fujian Province with us, and we are not allowed to set foot in Fujian—You should also issue a decree, Prince Lu, to order Prince Geng to withdraw from Zhejiang!"

Fatty Lu was taken aback, he was a little at a loss for words, and only then did he realize that his nonsense had ensnared himself.Fortunately, Fatty Lu still has a sophistry and reliable running dog beside him. Wang Shaobo stood up and smiled and said: "Master Ke, you are wrong to say that. Why did our prince order Geng to withdraw from Fujian? Why can't Geng kill him?" Back to Fujian?"

"Why?" Ke Ping glanced sideways at Wang Shaobo, thinking to see how you, an ugly monster, would explain it.

"It's very simple." Wang Shaobo asked with a smile: "Your envoy can look at the covenant again. Is this covenant signed by our Lord Lu and your army in the name of the Great Zhouyue Palace? Is this correct?"

"That's right." Ke Ping nodded without looking.

"Since this is the case, does our Great Zhou Jinghai Palace's war against your army have anything to do with our Great Zhou Yue Palace?" Wang Shaobo asked in a tone of hatred for iron and steel: "I would like to ask your envoy again, in our covenant, there are Is there no rule that prevents our Great Zhou Jinghai Palace from taking back the occupied land? Is there a treaty that clearly states that our Great Zhou Yue Palace must stop and prevent other Great Zhou armies from going to war against you?"

Ke Ping was completely speechless, but Fatty Lu jumped up as if he had been slapped with chicken blood, and applauded: "Young uncle is too right. Geng Jingzhong's attack on Fujian is a matter of our Great Zhou Jinghai Palace. It has nothing to do with this What is the relationship between the King’s Dazhou Yuewang Mansion? In the covenant between this king and you, there is another clause that stipulates that this king must restrain all the Dazhou army and not allow them to attack your army? For example, Guo Zhuangtu, this king can command him?"

After dismissing the blue-faced and white-faced Ke Ping, the Yinluan Palace of the Great Zhouyue Palace was naturally full of smirks, and Fatty Lu smiled so much that his small eyes narrowed into two small slits, knowing that the southern line is basically as stable as Mount Tai. Not only do I not have to worry about the threat from the southern front, but I can decide who wins and who loses among the three families on the southern front as long as I move my hands casually. It doesn’t even matter that Zheng Jing was quickly besieged and beaten to death. It will never be peaceful and friendly.

Having basically established a favorable position on the southern line, Fatty Lu turned his attention to the northern line again, and the situation on the northern line of the Fatty Army is also very good, successfully annihilating the last elite coating army of the Qing Dynasty. Several planned Shandong, The Henan prefectures have all been obtained. The Chenzhou prefecture in Henan and the Daming prefectures Kaizhou, Qingfeng, and Dongming counties, which are not in the plan, have also taken the initiative to send surrender forms. The governor of Henan, Tong Fengcai, gave up Kaifeng and escaped from the Yellow River. Han Daren just sent Hu Wenzhao, the magistrate of Kaifeng, surrendered without any resistance. Even Zhang Fengyi, governor of Shandong, and Duan Yingju, admiral of Shandong, who were stationed in Jinan, quietly sent envoys to contact Gao Dejie to prepare for their own Leave a way out.

Now that the hearts of the people in the north have reached this point, there is naturally an overwhelming sound of the Northern Expedition within Fatty's Army. Civil servants and military generals in Nanjing City and some literati who are looking forward to prosperity and wealth and speculative pursuits have written letters, urging Fatty Lu Initiated the Northern Expedition to launch the final blow to the Qing court at dusk and Xishan. Some officials and scholars even dared to break the ambition of Lu Fatty. .The Holy Dynasty has half of the world, how can we leave it alone and abandon the orthodoxy?”

Of course, all the fat army officials who dared to write such advice were all demoted by Fatty Lu and fined for three months—and then they found various reasons to secretly promote these people and reward them with money and food.Fatty Lu's good wife Rian Yu'er secretly memorized the names of some well-known literati among them, and prepared to arrange for Fatty Lu's second son, Lu Bangning, to be teachers.

This is still the case in the city of Nanjing, where singing and dancing is peaceful, let alone the fat generals who command the troops outside. Gao Dejie and Han Daren wrote letters repeatedly, requesting to expand the scope of the Northern Expedition. The people's aspirations for the Great Zhouyue Palace.Even Fatty Army General Wang Xu, who has always been loyal and low-key, couldn't help looking for an opportunity to make a request in front of Fatty Lu, hoping to lead the army to launch the Northern Expedition and take Beijing for Fatty Lu. Fatty Lu said with a wry smile: "If I Transfer one of Han Daren or Gao Dejie back to guard Jiangnan, and you lead the Northern Expedition, what will happen?" Then Wang Xu stopped talking, and continued to accompany Fatty Lu to sit in Jiangnan.

In fact, Fatty Lu didn't want to launch the Northern Expedition immediately, seeking the eternal reputation of expelling the Tartars from the south and the north after Zhu Yuanzhang. The old witch Zhuang did not have Wang Baobao's [-] Qin army in Taiyuan. The situation of the fat man's army's Northern Expedition was actually better than what Zhu Yuanzhang encountered back then.What really made Fatty Lu unsure of his determination was not Fatty's army, but Fatty Lu's psychological problems.

Like all traversers who have been brainwashed by harmonious education, Fatty Lu also has an unrealistic fantasy in his mind, that is, he hopes that after he launches the Northern Expedition, he can save the famine people from fire and water wherever he goes, and improve the newly occupied land at once. People's livelihood issues, let the cold have clothes, the hungry have food, and minimize the disasters caused by war to compatriots.But it's a pity that this is a good thing that has never happened before. The productivity and technological power of this era also doomed Fatty Lu's idea to be just a fantasy.

In the chatter outside of official duties, Fatty Lu's naive thoughts were noticed by Yao Qisheng, who was as careful as a hair, and Yao Qisheng also directly pointed out: "My lord, I'm sorry to be blunt, your idea is indeed benevolent, but I think it's just The benevolence of a woman is the benevolence of a woman who harms the country and the people! Since ancient times, every time there is a change of dynasty, isn’t there a time when blood flows into rivers, corpses pile up like mountains, and the people suffer from hunger and cold?”

"How can the change of dynasty succeed? Is it because the people voluntarily suffered from the flames of war? Or is everyone Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, born rebellious? No, it's because the previous dynasty's rule has been so corrupt that the people can no longer survive, so The common people went to support Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. If there were no murders by Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, how could the Tyrant Qin be overthrown? If there were no Zhu Yuanzhang's blood staining Poyang Lake, and the piles of bones on the way to the Northern Expedition, how could they drive out the Tartars? Lay down the 270 years of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Without these sacrifices, wouldn't our Huaxia still be ruled by the Shang Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty, and enslaved by the Wuhu alien race and the Mongolian and Yuan Tartars? If you miss the opportunity of the Northern Expedition because of the benevolence of women, you will only save more than a hundred thousand people. There are hundreds of thousands of Han compatriots, but millions or even tens of millions of Han compatriots have been killed! Because if you don’t completely eradicate the Mangou court, our northern compatriots will be enslaved by the Mangou court forever, and we will starve to death More compatriots, freeze to death more of our compatriots!!"

Although Yao Qisheng, who has a notorious reputation in history, said these words to Fatty Lu, it was a bit ridiculous and speculative, but these words did hit Fatty Lu's heart, and made Fatty Lu realize that he was brainwashed. His innocence and ignorance reminded him of the mountain of corpses in the sea of ​​blood when the country was founded in a certain dynasty, and the ungrateful and violent expropriation of the people after the country was obtained.

What really made Fatty Lu make up his mind for the Northern Expedition was the news that the Qing court issued military coins on a large scale again, and the news that the old witch of Xiaozhuang was still collecting food on a large scale despite the fact that Zhili Shandong was starving and dying. She thought that the old hag of Xiaozhuang was planning to fight to the death and was preparing to form a new army to resist the fat man's army's Northern Expedition.But in mid-March, with the grass on the wall, the Korean King Li Wei sent an envoy to the court of Dazhou, and brought the information that the Qing court had reclaimed farmland on a large scale outside the pass, and it was confirmed that the old hag of Xiaozhuang did not smoke from outside the pass. After the news of entering the customs, Fatty Lu quickly understood the vicious intentions of the old witch of Xiaozhuang—the old witch of Xiaozhuang was going to run away with the Qing court, and she was going to leave the mess in the north to herself.

Knowing this, on the day of March 28, the first year of Honghua in the Great Zhou Dynasty, after intensive and meticulous preparations and arrangements, it was confirmed again and again that the Wu army’s civil war had expanded the entire southwest territory. Fatty Lu finally issued a decree on the Yinluan Hall, determined to personally Leading the army to launch the Northern Expedition to completely eradicate the Qing court, first drive the Qing court back to the north of the Great Wall, and then arrange a plan to completely wipe out the Qing court.

Although there are many people who object to Fatty Lu going out in person and staying away from the Nanjing Center, Fatty Lu, who even dreamed of personally marching into Beijing City, has already undergone careful consideration and careful arrangements, and categorically rejected the kindness of these lackeys, and issued an order on the spot , ordered Han Daren, the general who conquered the West, to lead his army across the Yellow River and march westward to Huaiqing Mansion in Henan, cut off the connection between the Tongguan Qing army and Zhili, and waited for an opportunity to attack the entire territory of Shanxi.He also ordered Gao Dejie, the general who conquered the North, to go north immediately and capture the whole territory of Shandong.Fatty Lu personally led an army of [-] troops to the north to meet them, and he joined the high-level Czech army to launch a fatal blow to the Qing court. He also ordered Wang Shaobo, Xie Dong, Wang Xu, and Qin Yong to sit in Nanjing to take care of the overall situation.

Killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, Fatty Lu's Northern Expedition army was close to 20. The [-] army led by Fatty Lu was drawn from the four major legions and formed. More than [-] were recruits or newly surrendered troops. After the invasion of Shandong, the military establishment also exceeded the [-] mark, and Han Daren was even more ruthless. He recruited various cannon fodder in Anhui and Henan, and the army has exceeded [-].The three armies marched north and west together, Han Daren was in charge of cutting off the mites and clearing the wings, Gao Dejie opened the way, and Lu Fatty shamelessly went straight to Huanglong!

On April [-]th, the last Fatty Army dispatched to participate in the Northern Expedition returned to Zhenjiang from Zhejiang. Fatty Lu also worshiped the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and the spirit tablets of the old traitor Wu in Nanjing, and led the army on the journey in person.Before leaving, Fatty Lu gritted his teeth and said to all the soldiers in the army, "Beijing is the Beijing of the Chinese! It is not a Beijing full of dogs! No matter how long the dogs have been entrenched in Beijing, no matter how deep the legacy of the dogs in Beijing is, We Han people will drive them all out! All of them, wipe them out!"

(End of this chapter)