scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 410 Bandit Logic
As the leader of the four generals in the Fat Army's conquest of southeast, northwest, and north, Gao Dejie's record was not very impressive after the Fat Army captured Jiangnan, and even faintly overwhelmed by Han Daren and Wang Xu.

But Gao Dejie can't be blamed, it's all a matter of luck. Out of strategic needs, Fatty Lu has never allowed Gao Dejie to drive away the Qing army on the northern front, tied Gao Dejie's hands and feet, Gao Dejie's Jiangnan battlefield Of course, his physical performance is not as good as Han Daren and Wang Xu who are attacking cities and territories everywhere.The decisive battle in Huai'an was due to tactical needs. Gao Dejie's team temporarily withdrew from the battlefield, and the limelight was robbed by the fat army infantry led by Wang Xu.In the Battle of Guide, because of the distance between the roads, Gao Dejie's team arrived at the battlefield late, and the first victory was robbed by the deadly enemy Han Daren.In the battle of Beijing, although Gao Dejie's partial division entered the inner city of Beijing earlier than the main force, but because he encountered Yu Chenglong's smelly and hard old coffin nail in Baoding, he arrived at the Beijing battlefield five days later than the main force. The record naturally cast a shadow again.

But that's the end of it. When Fatty Lu handed Gao Dejie the task of attacking Shanhaiguan and seizing the strategic initiative on the Liaodong battlefield, Gao Dejie, whose brilliance had been concealed by his companions, finally showed his brilliance as the number one general of the Fatty Army. On the eighth day of the lunar month, he led his army from Beijing and rushed to Shanhaiguan with a large number of heavy artillery. It took only ten days to walk [-] miles.After joining forces with his right-hand assistant Gao Qi in Shenhebao, Gao Dejie immediately formulated a battle plan, ordering Gao Qi to lead the main force and all the artillery to attack Shanhaiguan Pass, while Gao Dejie himself led [-] cavalry and an elite infantry, Use the cover of night to attack a stone pass.

Just as Gao Dejie expected, seeing that the main force of the Fatty Army was attacking the Shanhaiguan Pass City, and also concentrated more than 100 heavy artillery pieces outside the Shanhaiguan Pass City. There are only more than 2000 people standing on the important stone pass.But when the battle was completely dark, Gao Dejie suddenly dispatched engineers to dig out two large holes in the wall of the Great Wall, which had been in disrepair for a long time. After passing this secondary pass, all the defenders of Shiguan were wiped out.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Dejie, who was originally born in Shanhaiguan, did not follow the Great Wall to seize the beacon towers one by one. Instead, he chose to lead 3000 cavalry to ambush at Balipu, north of Shanhaiguan. The infantry outflanked the north gate of Shanhaiguan. The main force led by Gao Qi surrounded the Shanhaiguan Pass City from north to south.Fearing that the Shanhaiguan Qing army would be completely annihilated by the Fatty Army, Gao Qi took the opportunity to lead the main force of the Fatty Army to launch a fierce attack. Gao Dejie took advantage of the opportunity that the Qing army defenders had no time to block the north gate of Shanhaiguan, and let the infantry blow open the north gate with explosives. , took advantage of the momentum to enter Guanzhong, followed Gao Qi's team into Guancheng, the morale of the Qing army collapsed, abandoned Shanhaiguan and fled northward, but plunged into the encirclement circle set up by Gao Dejie in Balipu. More than [-] Qing troops were annihilated, and Bo Guoduo died tragically in the rebellion. The No. [-] pass in the world that once made Old Man Wu notorious all over the world was finally taken back by Gao Dejie, the old lackey of Old Man Wu. .

After taking back Shanhaiguan, the initiative on the Liaodong battlefield also fell into the hands of the Fatty Army. Gao Dejie led the army to the north without stopping, and opened the gate with explosives, blasting open the gate of Ningyuan City that was too late to block, and wiped out the Qing army in Ningyuan again , the last Qing army stationed on Juehua Island, the Fu Lata Department sent troops to rescue, but was defeated by Gao Dejie, but Fu Lata had no choice but to abandon Juehua Island, which was short of food and helpless, and fled to the mouth of Xiaoling River , Participated in the famous city of Ningyuan, which dragged down the finances of the former Ming Dynasty, and finally returned to the hands of the Fatty Army, becoming the bridgehead of the Fatty Army's offensive on the Liaodong battlefield.

Because the navy of the Fatty Army is still in the southern battlefield and has not yet gone north, and there is a serious lack of surface power on the Liaodong battlefield. In addition, the expansion is too fast, and the logistical burden has reached a critical point. He named Gao Dejie the governor of Liaodong, and ordered Gao Dejie to lead the army to guard Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan City, first to defend the safety of Gyeonggi and Zhili, and wait for the fat man's army to move north Division built, and then plot to capture the entire Liaodong, completely drive the Qing court back to Tunguska's hometown.

Fatty Lu really doesn’t need to be in a hurry, and he can’t eat hot tofu. It took 18 years for the Qing court to enter the customs, from Shanhaiguan to Yunnan to unify the whole mainland. Zhu Yuanzhang launched the Northern Expedition when he was 38 years old, and finally won the complete unification of the Northeast. The world has become an old man in his sixties.Fatty Lu got rid of the old traitor Wu's control in Kang Mazi for 13 years, and dominated the south of the Yangtze River. It took more than two years to win one-third of the world. In this era when marching is all based on human legs and horse legs, and logistics is all based on human sailboats. , is already considered a very rare miracle, and if you want to speed up, the productivity, technological strength and road traffic conditions of this era will not allow it.

Fortunately, Fatty Lu is only a little over 34 years old now, and he has always been in good health. He rarely even has a cold or fever. It was easy to get, but his life was short and he died.There is also a more important point, the most fertile land and the best source of troops in this era have been snatched by Fatty Lu, and the supply of horses from the Mongolian grassland can be obtained through trade. Fatty is confident to be the final winner.

Just like what Fatty Lu’s good teacher Liu Xuanchu said to the old traitor Wu when he suggested that Wu Jun cross the Yangtze River and go straight to Huanglong: the weak fight against the strong, the weak benefit from the victory, and the strong benefit from wrestling; the rich and the poor litigate, The poor are happy with the quick, but the rich are happy with the long.Standing still and not fighting, thinking and holding on for a long time, what is the difference between the weak and the strong wrestling, and the poor and the rich competing for wealth?

What Liu Xuanchu said was that the weak and the poor are old traitor Wu, and the strong and rich are Kang Mazi. Now Kang Mazi has been burned into a toilet by Lu Fatty, and the elite sites have also been robbed by Lu Fatty. Lu Fatty has become a strong and rich man. , the heroes of the world and all forces have become the weak and the poor, and Fatty Lu is still afraid of spending money and manpower with these poor people?Time is the death talisman of the traitor Wu who is over 34 years old, but it is the trump card of Fatty Lu who is [-] or [-]!

In the following time, Fatty Lu's actions can only be described as ordinary. Every day, he buried his body in the pile of official documents, handled various government and military affairs, opened up wasteland in domestic and foreign affairs, recruited troops to buy horses and grass To accumulate grain, if you have some free time, you have to go to the newly established Jingshi Firearms Battalion on the Shichahai Sea to guide and train craftsmen to produce new-style firearms; or go to the Jingshi Cannon Bureau next to the Town God's Temple in the capital to guide the craftsmen there to cast cannons with iron molds If there is more free time, Fatty Lu has to go to the Shouyun Iron Mine in Miyun to inspect the iron mining construction there.

By the way, because Beijing was originally the largest firearms production place for the Qing army, Kang Mazi also stockpiled a large amount of three good explosive raw materials such as saltpeter, green vitriol, grease and seaweed ash in the Gunpowder Bureau in the northwest of Beijing's imperial city. The production process has never been put into production. Fatty Lu conquered the city of Beijing. These good things are naturally surnamed Lu. Kang Mazi also did a great deed for the Fatty Army for the last time, and became the object of gratitude and memory of the logistics officials of the Fatty Army. object.

Like Fatty Lu himself, the Fatty Army also stopped most of its military operations and focused its energy on recruiting and training recruits and forming new troops. In addition to the severe manpower surplus caused by the famine in the north, 15 qualified recruits were recruited in less than two months, and the rest was training and equipment for actual combat training.

Han Daren's team, the only fat army that maintained an offensive posture, divided the main force into two according to Fatty Lu's request. One team was led by General Xie Chang, a general of the fat army from Guangxi, to capture Luoyang first, and then guard Luoyang and Huaiqing Two prefectures.A team led by Han Daren himself, took the surrender of the Qing army as the vanguard, recruited and conquered the city all the way, and continued to advance towards Taiyuan. Along the way, there were only a few local green camps and local townships guarding the Shanxi government. Tail, becoming an official of the new dynasty and regaining the entire territory of Shanxi, is already within reach for the Fatty Army.

While the Fat Army is working hard to stabilize the internal situation, the main opponents of the Fat Army are fighting more and more fiercely and cruelly. Various hidden dangers are also exposed more and more seriously, especially in the economic aspect. After many wars were fought, the old traitor Wu and Fatty Lu jointly used Eight Banners ointment to give Wu Jun the money, food, and military salaries that had been accumulated for a long time. The military salaries and silver were better, and most of the money collected with Eight Banners ointment was circulated in areas controlled by Wu Jun. , You can snatch it back after you use it up, but the most important aspect of food is too bad.

Sichuan, Pianyuan, and Huguang, the three major grain-producing areas of the Wu army, have been destroyed due to the civil war, and a large number of grain fields have been deserted. A large number of strong men have been transferred into the army. There are more than two grains of silver, and Wu Guogui, the father-in-law of Fatty Lu, who holds the land of fish and rice in Jingzhou, even had to ask Wu Zhimao in Sichuan for food in a very depressed manner.But Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang were even worse. Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi controlled by Guo Zhuangtu were not grain-producing areas, and the situation in recent years has been very bad (historical facts). The supply of military food has long been stretched. Although grain is produced, it is impossible to supply the whole territory of Yunnan and Guizhou with food and grass. Therefore, the ration situation of Honghua's army is actually worse than that of Wu Guogui's army.

As for the military ration situation in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Taiwan, although we don't want to hurt the hearts of the three princes Geng Jingzhong, Zheng Jing and Monk Zhixin, they are really even worse!The land they control also does not produce much food, and now they are fighting every day for the territory, which delays the autumn harvest and even delays the cultivation. The roads of the state capital were crowded with fugitive civilians and soldiers from Fujian and Guangdong every day, including deserters from that army. Prince Geng's uncle Geng Jishan sent people to intercept them every day, but they kept stopping them every day.

Of course, it's not that there are no ones who make our Lord Lu vigilant, at least Wang Pingfan, Wang Fuchen and Ma Bao are the three people who are vigilant of Lu Lu.Wang Pingfan and Wang Fuchen reached a gentleman's agreement not to invade each other, not to engage in internal strife, and to focus on the outside world. Although it is a good thing for the soldiers of the Wu army and the people of Shaanxi and Gansu, it is bad news for our Lord Lu.

The two royal generals, Wang Pingfan, were loyal to the traitorous old man Wu. Even if he obeyed the edict of the traitorous old man Wu, obeyed Lu Fatty's dispatch orders, and charged into the battle for Lu Fatty, it would be difficult to support Lu Fatty to usurp the Great Zhou.Not to mention Wang Fuchen, who didn't get along well with Fatty Lu in Qujing, coupled with the bad relationship between Wang Fuchen and Wu Yingqi, Fatty Lu, who pretended to avenge Wu Yingqi, wanted to cooperate closely with him and get his Sincerely support and support, it is really not a small difficulty.

What's more troublesome is that these two king generals are very difficult to fight, and they occupy Shaanxi-Gansu horse-producing land, and the number of cavalry is quite large. They are definitely two difficult opponents on the battlefield. Great advantage, when attacking Shaanxi from Shanxi, the battle is generally very difficult to fight. At that time, Qin State guarded Hangu Pass and blocked the siege of the six eastern countries. Later, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese devils could not enter Shaanxi-Gansu even with aircraft and artillery. However, if the fat army wants to use force to enter Shaanxi and Gansu from Shanxi, it must be mentally prepared for a hard fight.

For Fatty Lu, who was good at sowing dissension, it might be easier to deal with Wang Fuchen and Wang Pingfan, who only had a gentleman's agreement with each other. The enemy that worried Lord Lu the most was General Ma Baobai.General Ma said nicely that he refused to participate in the Wu army's civil war. I'm sorry for the old traitor Wu, but he secretly took advantage of the internal opportunities of the Wu army and desperately recruited and recruited rebels to expand his strength. A large number of Wu troops like Du Hui refused to participate in the Wu army's civil war. All the soldiers took refuge in him, and what made Fatty Lu even more angry was General Ma's shameless behavior of seizing territory. The large land in the southeast of Henan and the west of Jiangxi is not only about to border on the territory controlled by the Fatty Army, but also seriously threatens the safety of the Fatty Army's territory!
Of course, while angrily accusing General Ma of taking advantage of the fire to rob the territory, as a qualified bandit logic ruler, our Lord Lu naturally selectively forgot what he did, as if he was just as incompetent as General Ma. Two, and the plot is a hundred times more serious!
Finally, the news that our Lord Lu couldn't stand General Ma came - Yan Hong, the fat man's Fengyang guard, rushed to report six hundred miles away, and General Ma's team actually entered Yingzhou Mansion in Anhui from Henan. Also launched an attack on Yingzhou Fucheng!Although Yingzhou is not a very good place, if General Ma succeeds, the Fatty Army will not only immediately border on his controlled areas, but also Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion, which are important grain-producing areas in Anhui, will also be exposed to General Ma. Under the saber!In this chaotic world where food is equal to strength and gold, how can our Prince Lu endure it? !
In anger, Fatty Lu immediately summoned Yao Qisheng and Zhu Fangdan, the lackeys’ accomplices, threw Yan Hong’s military report in front of them, and yelled angrily: “Let’s discuss and see, how can we deal with this horse Zhong Lu Bu?! Even Lao Tzu Dare to grab the land in Anhui, it is simply boring!"

"Do you even dare to grab the prince's land in Anhui?" Yao Qisheng and Zhu Fangdan were stunned, looked at each other, and said together that our prince's face is getting thicker and thicker. We have never fought in Yingzhou. The prefect Lu Youshan has never surrendered, so how did he become our territory?

Contempt is all contempt, but since Fatty Lu explained it, Yao Qisheng and Zhu Fangdan couldn't fail to answer correctly. After a little calculation, Yao Qisheng replied: "My lord, the students think it's a big deal. The Yellow River broke through Zhengzhou and robbed the Yinghe River into the Huaihe River." , the area around Yingzhou is full of yellow flood areas. Before the Yellow River breach is blocked, Yingzhou really doesn't have much oil and water to fish for. If Ma Bao wants it, let him take it first. The state is also grabbing it and leaving, it will not govern there with heart, and it should not station a large army there to threaten our Anhui granary."

"Wrong!" Fatty Lu said angrily: "Mr. Yao, you are very wrong. On the surface, Ma Baoer is going to take Yingzhou, which does not have much oil and water. In fact, he is testing the limit of the king's tolerance. I want to see how this king responds to his expansion! If this king ignores it and lets him steal Yingzhou, he will definitely attack Anqing, Fuzhou, Jianchang and Gannan prefectures in the next step! If he is allowed to If you get these territories, not only will he be more difficult to deal with, but the bastards like Geng Jingzhong, Zheng Jing and Monk Zhixin will hook up with him if they get in touch with him!"

"My lord is very worried, and I can't let Ma Bao's expansion be too rampant." Yao Qisheng nodded, and said cautiously: "However, my lord, the main force of our army is now leaning north, and the recruits have just finished reorganization, and they urgently need time to train their equipment. General Da Ren is still attacking and recovering the northern part of Shanxi, so it is really inappropriate to go to war again, let alone go to war with the nominal allies for the sake of territory, and make excuses."

"That's right, my lord, I also feel that it is inappropriate to go to war immediately." Zhu Fangdan also echoed: "The north is initially settled, and a thousand wastes are waiting to be rebuilt. There are still remnants of dogs in the northeast, and the army is also very tired. It is best not to start a new war at this time." On the battlefield, money and food should be invested in the newly occupied land in the north, and it will not be too late to calmly move south and west after we have established a firm foothold in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, and Shanxi."

"One more thing." Yao Qisheng added: "Compared to other old men in the Pingxi Palace, General Ma Bao should be regarded as an important general in the Pingxi Palace who is expected to win over and win over. If we start a war with him for the territory, it will not only increase his recruitment He might be pushed to the side of Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang. Now that General Hu Guozhu has been detained by Guo Zhuangtu, the forces of the Honghua court and the Wu clan are roughly equal, and the neutral General Ma Bao is forced to Honghua. On the side of the Hua court, the Wu clan may not be able to last long and won't buy us much time."

After being persuaded by Yao Qisheng and Zhu Fangdan, Fatty Lu finally calmed down and began to consider the adverse consequences of falling out with the veteran Wu Jun at this time. It makes sense, but if this matter is not handled properly, with Ma Bao's personality, it is likely that he will gain ground and make more territorial claims. If he is allowed to fight to the border between Jiangxi and Fujian, Geng Jingzhong , Zheng Jing and my wolf-hearted brother-in-law, maybe he will wear a pair of pants and join forces to deal with us."

"Regarding this point, I have an idea to get the best of both worlds." Yao Qisheng said with a smile: "My lord only needs to take two moves to avoid a war with General Ma Bao, but also allow General Ma Bao to see the danger and stop his expansion. , to curb his inflated ambitions."

"What's the strategist's trick? Come on, please tell me." Fatty Lu was also dog-faced, and turned over as soon as he said it, and asked overjoyed: "Which two moves should this king make?"

"The first step is to send reinforcements to Fengyang Mansion." Yao Qisheng raised a finger, "It can not only ensure the safety of Fengyang's grain production area, but also warn Ma Bao in a disguised form. If he dares to attack Fengyang, our The reinforcements are welcome!"

"This king has this intention, what about the second step?" Fatty Lu asked again.

"In the second step, Ma Bao will go eastward and take the initiative to border us, and we will go west and also take the initiative to border him." Yao Qisheng raised his second finger and said with a smirk: "Ma Bao is fighting in Yingzhou, which does not have much oil and water. , to test our tolerance limit, we will respond to him with the lucrative Anqing Mansion! Anqing City is tightly choked by the throat of the Yangtze River, and if Anqing is captured, our navy can go upstream at any time and go straight to Ma Bao's lair Jiujiang City, the headquarters, can attack and harass his largest grain-producing area, Nanchang Mansion, at any time! These two places are in an emergency, and I see if he still has the guts to expand aggressively!"

"Brilliant plan!" Fatty Lu snapped his fingers, and said with an even more ferocious smile: "Beating Anqing's mansion is full of dogs, morality means we are invulnerable, and we can turn Anqing into a dagger, threatening the heart of old Ma Bao at any time. Let me see if he still has the guts to compete with Lao Tzu for territory!"

"The city of Anqing is strong and the terrain is dangerous. I'm afraid it won't be easy to fight." Zhu Fangdan reminded: "I believe that when our army marches westward to Anqing, we should focus on recruiting and try to recruit Anqing."

"We should do our best to appease the governor of Anhui Province, Jin Fu, who is good at controlling rivers. If he can serve the king, it would be great." Fatty Lu nodded, and quickly ordered: "Immediately draw up an order to make Yao Yi the governor of Anhui Province. Let him lead [-] newly formed troops to Fengyang to sit in town, stop the transfer of grain in Fengyang to the north, and leave your son, Junshi Yao, as military rations."

"Thank you for your kindness on behalf of the dog." Yao Qisheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted Fatty Lu to thank him, and then asked: "My lord, what about the people who attacked Anqing? Do you want to send a general from Beijing to the south to preside over the Anqing war?"

"No need, just send Li Mao, who stayed in Taiping Mansion, and let Li Jiyang lead the Zhenjiang navy to assist in the expedition." Fatty Lu waved his hand, rejecting the suggestion to send a general from Beijing to the south, and said: "It's also time to train some newcomers to be independent. Yes, I told Li Maozhu in the Jun decree that I played well in the Anqing battlefield, and I will entrust him with more important missions in the future. Also, for Anhui governor Jin Fu, I can recruit as much as possible, and I can promise to Jin Fu Dazhou Gongcao Yuanwai and the post of Anhui Chief Envoy."

(End of this chapter)