scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 411 The Anti-Fat Alliance
Before attacking Anqing Mansion, the capital of Anhui Province, the Fat Man Army regained another important town, Wenzhou Mansion in the southeastern tip of Zhejiang Province, but it was not restored by force, but peacefully liberated through negotiations.

Presumably friends still remember that in order to appease Geng Jingzhong and Geng Geng, and drive Geng Geng back to Fujian to fight a civil war with Zheng Jing, when Fatty Army was negotiating with Geng Geng, he offered to lend Wenzhou to Geng Geng as a way to recover Fujian. The logistics base will be returned to the Fatty Army after Prince Geng takes back half of the land in Fujian.Although Prince Geng's main force can't even defeat Li Tianzhi's army, the weakest of the four major armies of the Fat Man Army, the main force who bullied Prince Zheng on land is handy. It took only half a year after returning to Fujian to torture Zheng Jing so much that he couldn't find the north. , took back the two important towns of Shaowu and Yanping very easily, and also restored part of the county town of Tingzhou.

No one can stop people's luck, but at this moment, Prince Geng's uncle, Geng Jimei, led some troops into the Xinghua Mansion. He originally wanted to contain the main force of Zheng's army, but he never wanted to catch up with the civil strife of Zheng's army. Suspicious of his deputy, Zhao Desheng, the first batch of Haicheng generals who raised troops against the Qing in Fujian, suspected that Zhao Desheng had secretly taken refuge in Geng Jingzhong, Zhao Desheng swore to God, He You refused to believe anything, Zhao Desheng was extremely sad and indignant His subordinates led a small number of relatives out of the city to meet them. They were outnumbered and surrounded by Geng's army. He You suspected that Zhao Desheng deliberately lured his main force out of the city and stepped into a trap. Geng Jimei sent troops to attack the city, and the Fujian Jiangjun in Xinghua's Zheng army had mutinied angrily, killed He You's lineage, and opened the city gate to welcome Geng Jimei into the city. (The fact that anti-Qing righteous Zhao Desheng was forced to death by Zheng Jun is not a fiction, but a historical fact.)
The Xinghua Mansion was taken by Lord Geng, and half of Fujian was returned to Lord Geng. Naturally, Fatty Lu and the old running dog Li Tianzhi, who was careful and careful, had to send envoys to contact him, and asked Lord Geng to abide by the peace agreement and return Wenzhou. I am reluctant to give away Wenzhou to others.But after thinking about it again and again, Prince Geng, whose situation had just improved, still didn't have the guts to go to war with the Fatty Army again, so he had to hand over Wenzhou Mansion to the Fatty Army in late August of the first year of Honghua, in exchange for the last batch promised by the Fatty Army. Forage weapons.

It is considered smart for Prince Geng to take the initiative to hand over the Wenzhou Mansion. He knew that at this time, he must not provoke the fat army with strong troops and horses, because once Prince Geng breaks his promise, he will not only be in a miserable situation of being flanked by the fat army and Zheng army, but his ambition The exuberant Shang Zhixin, Lord Shang, will definitely get involved and join hands with his good brother-in-law to carve up Fujian. The smartest and most correct choice for Lord Geng is to obediently abide by his promise and hand over Wenzhou.

Prince Geng was not happy to give a piece of hard-won land to the Fatty Army for no reason. At the same time, because of the news that Fatty Lu had captured Beijing and moved into the Forbidden City to work, Prince Geng was inevitably alert and anxious. Fear, knowing that the seventh-rank Zhima official who went to Wanghai Tower to beg for himself back then may have the ambition to become emperor, and he may attack him sooner or later. It may be that they went directly to Fujian.

People are falling everywhere in the world, and Prince Geng soon found a poor man with the same disease as him——Liu Jinzhong, the general soldier of Chaozhou, hated Zheng Jing for destroying the anti-Qing alliance. He voluntarily accepted the command of Fatty Army, and dedicated Chaozhou, which belonged to Prince Shang, to Fatty Lu. However, the poor Prince Shang Zhixin didn't even have the guts to take back Chaozhou Prefecture by force. problem of attribution.After confirming the news, Lord Geng thought again and again, and finally couldn't help but send an envoy to Lord Shang, using the pretext of visiting his sister who was married to Lord Shang Zhixin, and took the opportunity to test Lord Shang's attitude towards Fatty Lu.

Prince Geng is quite knowledgeable. The envoy he sent to test Prince Shang was Jiang Yuanxun, a military counselor in his team who had more strategic vision and strategic mind. Jiang Yuanxun did not disappoint Prince Geng. After meeting Prince Shang, he took Taking advantage of the chance that Lord Shang was half drunk, he opened his mouth to congratulate Lord Shang. Lord Shang asked where the joy came from, but Jiang Yuanxun took the opportunity to ask back: "My lord, your brother-in-law, Lord Lu, has already taken Beijing and most of the north. Moved Yue Wang Xingyuan directly into the Forbidden City, the tyranny of the king has already taken shape, the prince and Lu prince are like brothers, the tide rises, the power is only in the day and night, shouldn't the officials congratulate the prince?"

"Power overwhelms the world? A rising tide lifts all boats? Go ahead and dream!" Lord Shang didn't know whether he was really drunk or pretended to be drunk, so he slapped the table and began to curse, "It would be great if that bastard surnamed Lu was so nice to me! The entire Fujian Province has robbed Lao Tzu of Chaozhou Mansion. When he really led his troops south and entered Guangdong, he would have to swallow the king even the belt and bones? That bastard, the heart of the bastard is worse than a full dog !"

"Isn't it?" Jiang Yuanxun seemed to be taken aback, and asked Lord Shang suspiciously: "My lord, are you worrying too much? As far as I know, your brother-in-law, Lord Lu, has always respected you very much." Yes, you also named your nephew as the prince of Yue, so it wouldn't be like this to you, right?"

"That bastard is so respectful to me!" Lord Shang was also furious, patting the wine table and roaring: "If he had a little conscience, he should have stayed in Guangdong to help me back then! If he had a little conscience, he should have listened now Under the command of Lao Tzu, the main force was invested in Jiangxi, and the land contact with Lao Tzu was opened up, and the food, military pay and firearms urgently needed in Guangdong were sent over! His little boy is Lao Tzu's nephew, and also the grandson of Lao Tzu's immortal father. How did I treat Lao Tzu's father? If it wasn't for Lao Tzu's filial piety to hide the news that the Emperor Mangou had been burned into the toilet by that bastard, and the news that that bastard had captured Beijing, Lao Tzu's immortal father would have long since I'm so pissed off by him!"

"The old prince still doesn't know the news that Emperor Mangou has been executed by Lord Lu Ling Chi?" Jiang Yuanxun was finally really surprised.

"Of course I didn't let him know. The old and immortal have been ill for more than half a year and haven't got out of bed. If they know the news, they will be mad to death?" Lord Shang scolded again, "That unfilial dog! If Wan Yi If it's not Lao Tzu's own sister, Lao Tzu chopped off his wife long ago!"

Jiang Yuanxun nodded, admiring Lord Shang's filial piety, and asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, the officer is going to say something that shouldn't be said - the old lord hates lord Lu deeply, if lord Lu's team that day Join forces with your lord's army, and lord Lu's team has entered Guangzhou City, so it will be difficult for you, lord."

"It's good that you know, it's a bad luck for eight lifetimes for me to have such a brother-in-law!" Lord Shang grabbed the jug and poured it into his mouth, then slammed the jug back on the table, squinting with drunken eyes. Staring at Jiang Yuanxun, he sighed drunkenly and said, "It's still your lord Geng who is smart enough to obediently sacrifice the whole of Zhejiang for a king of Jinghai. As long as that black-hearted brother-in-law of my father doesn't plan for Fujian, your lord Geng can live in peace for a lifetime." Prince, better than Lao Tzu, better than Lao Tzu."

"There, there, our Lord Geng is not feeling well either." Jiang Yuanxun hastened to be humble, and then said: "I don't dare to lie to my lord. In fact, our lord Geng is also very worried and worried now. Lord Lu has a strong army and plenty of money and food. I'm afraid You won't be satisfied with the existing land, and will once again send your troops south to take away the foundation of our prince."

"It's good that you understand, it's not just you who are worried, there are definitely more than one or two people in the world who are as worried as you!" Lord Shang waved his hand, then shook his head drunkenly and asked, "Since you, Lord Geng, understand the danger, why do you still have to worry about the danger?" Wenzhou was handed over to my unscrupulous brother-in-law, why don’t you keep it in your own hands? Or you, Prince Geng, can also send troops to the north again to take Zhejiang and Jiangnan.”

"My lord, this is not a joke." Jiang Yuanxun became more and more suspicious that Lord Shang was pretending to be drunk, so he quickly waved his hands and said with a respectful expression: "Our Lord Geng has accepted the title of King Jinghai of the Great Zhou, and now he is a minister of the Great Zhou. Emperor Gao, the Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, also left a will for Prince Lu to be the regent, our prince must obey the orders and will of Prince Lu, how dare we have such a sinful heart?"

"Fuck your mother, don't say it so nicely!" Lord Shang slapped the table again, and said inarticulately as if he was drunk: "Don't think that I don't know what your prince is thinking, your prince can't beat my black-hearted brother-in-law. , so you don’t dare to do it, right? I don’t understand, you Prince Geng is afraid of a ball? He can’t beat that black-hearted brother-in-law of Lao Tzu by himself, so he can help, maybe a few more helpers, I’m afraid I won’t be able to deal with that black-hearted brother-in-law of Lao Tzu ?”

"Help? Help those helpers?" Jiang Yuanxun asked.

"Guo Zhuangtu, Zheng Jing, Ma Bao, Xia Guoxiang, Wang Fuchen, and the remnants of the Mangou court can all be pulled." Lord Shang shook his head and said, "By the way, there are also Wu Guogui and Wu Zhimao. Help me, my cowardly brother-in-law has already moved into the Forbidden City, can they prevent my unscrupulous brother-in-law from robbing the old Wu's family? Your lord sent a few people to contact Wu Guogui's gang, I'm not afraid they won't tempted."

"This guy is really pretending to be drunk." Jiang Yuanxun had confidence in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, what about you? Will you help our lord?"

"Me?" Lord Shang was stunned, poured himself another glass of wine, and then sighed: "I can't make it, that bastard Lu Yifeng is no matter how unfilial and nothing, after all, he is my own brother-in-law. If I Helping your lords, one is that I can’t bear it, and the other is that I can’t pass Wanyan’s test, Wanyan is my king’s most beloved sister.”

"So I loved her so much that I sent someone to kill her back then." Jiang Yuanxun snorted coldly in his heart. After gritting his teeth and making up his mind, Jiang Yuanxun changed his tone and said with admiration: "The prince cares about family affection and sacrifices himself for others. I really admire you very much." , so I must remind the prince of one thing, and ask the prince to prepare in advance, so as not to be caught off guard in the future and fall into a passive position."

"What do you want to remind me of? Tell me." Lord Shang said while hiccupping.

"It's like this, I overheard a piece of news." Jiang Yuanxun lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "I heard that the prince went out of the dog-man team back then and joined the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Someone in the prince's team used wax pills to secret The book secretly reported to Emperor Mangou, saying that the Pingnan Palace was attacked by enemies on several fronts, and the only Zhejiang Mangou army that could contain Prince Jinghai was seized by Lu Yifeng and cut off the food and pay for the backup. The Prince of Pingnan had to surrender to the Da Zhou army, Yang was in favor of rebellion, and he wanted to protect the locality, so he planned to use the pretense of surrendering to Da Zhou to protect the Guangdong army, and wait for the Manchu army to make a comeback, and then re-initiate the incident, and cooperate with the Manchu army to recover Guangdong and Guangxi."

"Is there such a thing?" Prince Shang's face was still drunk, but he was a little surprised.

"It's absolutely true." Jiang Yuanxun nodded earnestly, and then said: "The humble official also heard that the person who pretended to surrender to the Great Zhou court pretended to bombard Guangzhou Mite City, but on the first night of the bombardment of Mite City, that person Shu Shu, the general of Guangzhou Mangou at that time, had informed Shu Shu of the news, so that Shu Shu and Guangzhou Mangou were prepared, so your cannon was just a waste of ammunition, in fact, none of Mangou was killed. Then the man deliberately Indulging Shushu led Mangou soldiers and civilians to escape from Guangzhou, and deliberately failed to catch up, so that Mangou escaped back to Ganzhou smoothly. He played a play with you, the prince, and the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and deceived the Zhou army who was preparing to attack Guangzhou at that time The attack was stopped."

"Really? Why hasn't this king heard of it? Don't someone make up rumors?" Lord Shang was even more surprised.

"It's definitely not a fabrication." Jiang Yuanxun hurriedly waved his hand, and said more seriously: "The copy of the wax ball secret book, I have seen it with my own eyes, and I still remember the specific content. Several paragraphs of it are written like this: Recite the three dynasties' great kindness, The honor of the Five Dynasties, when the attack and defense are difficult, there is no need to wait for rescue, and it is appropriate to serve the country with death. The southern area is full of thieves, and their momentum is getting hotter. If they ride the wind and waves and drive in all directions, why should they be banned? If there are more than ten thousand people to be restored in the future, they will not be able to perform meritorious service for several years, so it seems that it is not a service to the country, and it is suitable for the country to leave a disease behind."

When Jiang Yuanxun read a sentence, our Lord Shang's expression changed, but Jiang Yuanxun didn't pay attention to it at all, and just continued to read: "The man still wrote: "My heart is against the sky, and I have done things in vain? Cut the braids." From thieves, yang is obedience and rebellion, solidly protect the place, join the thief's land, rebel from the middle, and wait until the heavenly soldiers arrive..."

"Don't memorize it." Prince Shang finally interrupted, the drunkenness was gone again, and he asked coldly, "Where did you see that?"

"My lord, I saw this secret letter from Lord Geng when I set off from Fuzhou." Jiang Yuanxun replied honestly: "As for where Lord Geng got the copy of this secret letter, I dare not To deceive, Prince Geng got this secret letter from Emperor Mangou. At that time, Emperor Mangou sent his own troops to attack Lu Yifeng. Let us Prince Geng rest assured, and also let us Prince Geng not have to worry about threats from behind."

"God damn dog pockmark, he deserves to be burned in the toilet!" Lord Shang cursed through gritted teeth, then asked with a cold snort: "Aside from you and Lord Geng, who else knows this secret letter?"

"Among our army, currently only the lower officials and Lord Geng know this secret letter." Jiang Yuanxun replied: "However, the lower officials dare to speculate that the prince's brother-in-law, Lu Yifeng, Lord Lu, also knows this secret letter in all likelihood." , just kept silent."

"How could he know? Could it be that your Lord Geng copied a copy for him?" Lord Shang's expression changed.

"My lord, you underestimated our lord Geng, and took the initiative to let lord Lu know about this secret letter. Is this secret letter still worth half a penny?" Jiang Yuanxun asked with a wry smile, and said in a low voice: "But Lord Lu may also know from other sources that Emperor Mangou was captured alive by him. No one can say whether Emperor Mangou sold this secret book before being burned into the toilet. Even if Emperor Mangou did not betray this The secret book, the original copy of the secret book must be in the city of Beijing, and now that Prince Lu has captured Beijing, this original copy, if nothing else happens, should have been seen by him long ago."

Lord Shang was silent. After a long time, he picked up his wine glass and took a sip. He said lightly: "He knows that he is afraid of a ball. He has done this kind of thing less often? His secret letter of allegiance to the Pingnan Palace is still there. In the hands of this king. Besides, he burned the Mangou emperor into the toilet, and the Mangou court was destroyed by his own hands, how could he kill his brother-in-law for such a trivial matter?"

"The prince's words may be reasonable, but I don't think they are all right." Jiang Yuanxun said slowly: "It is true that Prince Lu stepped on a few boats back then, but judging from the love and trust of the Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he No matter who he wrote the letter of allegiance to in secret, the Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou would definitely not say anything, and he knew in his heart that no matter how many boats Lord Lu stepped on, the only person who was actually loyal to the Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou was the Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou! Otherwise, Well, the Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty would not give him military power, marry his most beloved granddaughter to him, let alone give him a will and entrust him with orphans."

"But it's different on the prince's side." Jiang Yuanxun said with a smile again: "Let's not talk about all the signs that there is no lie in the secret letter of the prince. It was set on fire. Because as long as the secret book is in hand, when the overall situation is settled, Lord Lu can go to war against Guangdong at any time, and he can also confiscate his family and destroy his family and withdraw his title! Even if Lord Lu cares about his brotherhood, he can't bear to To attack the prince, the civil and military officials under Prince Lu will surely not miss this opportunity to expand their fief."

Lord Shang was silent again, just sipping wine slowly, while Jiang Yuanxun said darkly: "What's more, I don't think that Lord Lu is a person who cares about family affection, otherwise, the old prince would not be captured alive by him on the battlefield." , and was escorted to the city of Wuchang to be humiliated in public! Also, although Lord Lu’s deep hatred for Man Gou is greatly admired by the officials, if Lord Lu transfers this hatred to others, what will happen to him? How dare you imagine?”

Lord Shang's hand trembled slightly, and he began to be a little tempted. After a long silence, Lord Shang finally said in a low voice: "My team, including your Lord Geng, is still not his opponent. What's the use of you pulling me into the water?" ?”

"What if people like Guo Zhuangtu, Xia Guoxiang, Zheng Jing, Wu Guogui, and Ma Bao are added?" Jiang Yuanxun lowered his voice and said in a low voice, "If we can pull these people in and form an anti-Lu alliance, If we work together to fight against Lu Yifeng's army, are we afraid we won't be able to defeat him?"

"Anti-Lu Alliance?" Prince Shang laughed dumbfounded, and said, "Who can organize these people? Does your Prince Geng have enough prestige?"

"Our prince's prestige is not enough, but Guo Zhuangtu's prestige should be enough." Jiang Yuanxun said firmly: "He has Emperor Honghua in his hand, and he can coerce the emperor to command the princes. As long as he ascends to the top, he will not worry about the organization. Let’s start this alliance! The most important thing for the prince and our prince Geng is to trust and support each other, as long as we are united, we don’t have to be afraid of Lu Yifeng’s army going south!”

Lord Shang began to think again, and after a long time, Lord Shang asked, "Your Lord Geng, what do you want me to do?"

"My lord, please come forward to contact Zheng Jing for our army, and discuss a truce and join forces." Jiang Yuanxun said respectfully: "Our army would rather not attack the Zhangquan Second Mansion, and lend these two mansions to Zheng Jing as a foothold. Then please lord Lend Chaozhou Mansion to Zheng Jing, and borrow Zheng Jing's hand to pull out Lu Yifeng's nail on the Fujian-Guangdong battlefield. Lu Yifeng betrayed his promise and betrayed Zheng Jing. Now Zheng Jing hates him to the bone. As long as the Lord Shang intervenes, this It's not hard to be a peacemaker."

"It can be considered." Lord Shang replied very simply.

"Also, please ask your lord to send troops to Ganzhou, but instead of pretending like last time, please really take Ganzhou, our army will send troops to Jianchang, and we will get in touch with General Ma Bao together." Jiang Yuanxun said quickly: "With this At the same time, please ask the prince and Prince Geng to jointly send envoys to contact Guo Zhuangtu, propose an alliance against Lu, ask him to come forward to organize an anti-Lu alliance, and work together to eliminate Lu Yifeng, the biggest threat! By the way, get a batch of new weapons from him. Firearms come over and strengthen the strength of our two teams!"

Lord Shang's eyes rolled wildly. After a long time, Lord Shang threw the wine glass back to the wine table, and said lazily: "The covenant drawn up by your lord, you should have it with you, right? Take it out and let me take a closer look. "

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It is definitely not only Geng and Shang who are wary of and hostile to our Lord Lu. As the Fatty Army's territory is getting bigger and bigger, and with the Fatty Army launching military operations against Anqing Mansion, they actively seek to border with the Wu Army, and have been confined to The generals of the Wu army who were fighting a civil war in the southwest were also a little impatient. Xia Guoxiang, who had the advantage of firearms and airships, simply stopped attacking Changde for the time being. The envoys from all walks of life who were on secret errands also began to haunt the camps of various forces. They scurry back and forth furtively, and keep in touch with each other.

It can't be blamed that Yao Qisheng's bad idea was self-defeating. He planned to scare Ma Bao and ended up scaring all the enemies. The key is that the soldiers of the Fat Army are too fierce, and the people's hearts are too oriented towards the Fat Army who has money, food, and law and order.Generals Li Maozhu and Li Jiyang of the Fat Man Army sent troops westward from Taiping Mansion on the second day of the twelfth lunar month. As soon as they arrived in Tongling on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the counties in Chizhou who received the news sent their surrender forms and voluntarily joined the Fat Man Army, including Anqing Tongcheng County in the prefecture.

Immediately afterwards, Fatty's soldiers approached the city of Anqing, and first sent envoys into the city to surrender. Anhui Governor Jin Fu, who had been trapped in the isolated city for a year, was a little moved. Xi Tai refused to live and die, and even brazenly killed the Fatty Army envoy.Li Maozhu and Li Jiyang were furious when they heard the news, and immediately sent troops to attack the city, attacking Anqing's dry gate and water gate from both land and water. As soon as the battle started, soldiers fled, and the situation became more and more serious. Later, even the city gate officials simply opened the city gate and surrendered to the fat army. Worried that the Fatty Army envoy would be beheaded and would not accept the surrender, he set fire to himself in the room. Fortunately, the Fatty Army warriors rushed into the fire and rescued Jin Fu, who saved Fatty Lu's river-controlling soldier. Then Li Maozhu and Li Jiyang announced that they would not kill An Qing One person, if the crime of beheading the defenders is not investigated, Anqing will immediately stabilize.

The power of hypocrisy is always greater than violence. The news that the Fatty Army forgave the Anqing Qing army's crimes spread, and the remaining three counties of Qianshan, Taihu, and Wangjiang in Anqing immediately surrendered to the Fatty Army. .There is also Lu'an Prefecture, which is not within the target of the Fatty Army. Li Chengpei, the governor of the prefecture, also took the initiative to send a surrender form, begging the Fatty Army to send troops to station immediately, so as to prevent Lu'an from being ravaged by Ma Bao's army.

What made General Ma even more angry was that he was still behind. His goal was to attack the prefecture of Yingzhou to test the limit of the fat army's tolerance for his expansion. Unexpectedly, Lu Youshan, the prefect of Yingzhou, led the army and people in the city to fight against General Ma Baojun. The third team fought until the corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed like rivers, and they vowed not to surrender. They sent envoys one after another to contact the Fatty Army in Fengyang Mansion, requesting that the Fatty Army enter Yingzhou to protect the country and the people.Yao Yi, the new Admiral of the Fatty Army in Anhui, hesitated again and again, but finally couldn't bear to let down the sincerity of Lu Youshan and the soldiers and civilians in Yingzhou, and personally led the army to rescue Yingzhou.

The two friendly armies met under the city of Yingzhou for the sake of territory. Of course, there was a heated argument. Wang San believed that he came first, and Yingzhou should belong to him. Wang San withdrew from Yingzhou, of course Wang San refused, and Yao Yi also refused to give in. Under mutual refusing to give in, the first battle between Fatty Army and Wu Jun soon started under the city of Yingzhou, and the battle between Fatty Army and Wu Jun The inevitable civil war between the two finally fired the first shot.

Note: Shang Zhixin's wax pill secret book and the false surrender to the Wu army are not fictional, and are recorded on the first page of the second volume of "Shang's Genealogy".Regarding Shang Zhixin's fraudulent surrender of the Wu army to save Guangzhou for Kang Mazi, although the Qing court categorically denied it in historical materials, the "Shang's Genealogy" recorded the matter and the full text of the secret book in the 41st year of Kang Mazi, written by Shang Zhixin's younger brother Shang Zhilong, the minister of the guards of the Qing Dynasty, recorded in his own handwriting that Shang Zhilong dared to record it in the family tree under the high-pressure environment of the literary prison of the Qing Dynasty. And all were given to fields, houses and servants. It is conceivable whether Shang Zhixin's wax ball secret book really exists.

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