Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 217 The Death of Old Wu
In fact, of course, it is not only Wu Sangui who is being forced, all the generals in the Wu family are almost in a state of madness when facing the news from Liuzhou.

On the first day when I received the news that Ma Bao was going south, everyone felt a lot of little things in their hearts, and even everyone was still in harmony, thinking about their respective political positions, and they didn't have time to really have a candid exchange. military council.

The next day's battle report told them that the Battle of Liuzhou was over, Ma Xiong was done, Zu Zeqing was scared to pee, and nine out of ten he was about to surrender.

Because the battle report was so exaggerated, the first reaction of Wu Sangui and his generals was disbelief, and they sent a large number of messengers to Liuzhou to re-confirm the authenticity of the news.

As a result, when they came back, even Nanning had been breached. Ma Xiong was beheaded on the street in the downtown area of ​​Nanning for the crime of traitor, and his family of more than [-] people was missing, and all their property was looted.

This is indeed something that Ma Bao can do. Although Ma Bao is indeed capable of fighting, he is also murderous and cruel.

Then, everyone fell into deep thought: How could this Ma Xiong be a traitor?They are Hui people~!

Is this Ming army sick?Isn't this charge too arbitrary?

Ma Xiong, a member of the Hui nationality, was accused of being a traitor, so what about us?

Is it true that as long as you resist, you will be charged with the word "traitor" in the future?
In the face of Liu Dapao's recruitment, should everyone surrender quickly, or fight to the death?
But things have come to this point, where is Marshal Wu going?
Everyone was in a state of panic, coupled with Tu Hai's endless offensive, and the battle on Poyang Lake was still going on. For a while, many people simply started secretly communicating with Tu Hai about the song.

Compared with Wu Sangui, Tuhai received the news a little later, but he also knew that the three factions within the Wu army had their own political opinions, so he quickly postponed the offensive, and personally sent a message to the Wu army. Liaodong generals, including Wu Sangui's nephew Wu Yinglin, wrote letters.

The news reached Yue Le even later, but Yue Le's choice was completely different from that of Tu Hai. He took this opportunity to personally lead the Qing army to fight day and night in a bloody battle against Pingliang.

During this period, because Wang Pingfan had to be involved in Wu Sangui's internal factional struggle, the morale of his soldiers plummeted, and everyone was even a little confused for a while. As a result, they finally failed to rescue under Pingliang City, and were firmly blocked by the Qing court. live.

In the end, with Yue Le personally climbing the top of the city to boost morale, the Qing army fought hard for three days and three nights, and Pingliang City was finally uprooted by Yue Le.

Then Yue Le immediately wrote to invite Zhang Yong and other Hexi Four Hans to go south to Sichuan and Shu with him.

You must know that Wang Pingfan has always been partial to the division. Sichuan and Shu in the early Qing Dynasty were not a land of abundance at all, and their troops were limited. After that, these vital places have already been almost lost.

Although Xiongguan and dangerous passes are still there, they are all in a state of disrepair. No one can say how long they can last in front of the artillery of the Qing army.

In terms of military strength, after Wang Fuchen's death, the soldiers and horses in Wang Pingfan's hands will definitely not be able to beat Yue Le, and the next step will definitely be to ask for help. Wang Pingfan himself has one head and three big heads.

He is a Han from Shengjing, a proper Liaodong lineage, and Wu Sangui's direct lineage, but since he started his army, he has developed too fast, similar to Zeng Yangxing, and now he is actually semi-independent from Wu Sangui, and has also accepted Liu Dapao A lot of firearms and food aid, so Nie Feng is still serving as a staff officer in his army.

But even if he wanted to simply surrender Liu Dapao, his lieutenant was Wu Sangui's nephew Wu Zhimao. If one failed, the two of them would fight each other, and since most of the military positions above the middle level were from the Liaodong Department, For a while, Wang Pingfan was even screwed up.

The entire Wu Sangui Group is now in chaos. From top to bottom, they are all waiting for the highest order from Wu Sangui, but no one knows where this highest order will lead them, so they are all fighting against each other. Preparation for the highest instruction.

Then, Wu Sangui died...

It is said that he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood while eating breakfast, and was carried back to the bedroom to lie down for a while, and he disappeared after lying down, but there were no witnesses anyway.

Considering his age this year, did Wu Sangui die of illness because he heard too much bad news recently, was poisoned to death by someone close to him, or was killed by a mutiny and wanted to go outside? There is no way to verify the false news that was spread.

No way, maybe Wu Sangui finally realized the fact that he was embarrassed to be alive, and figured it out, so maybe he would end himself.

For a while, all the soldiers of the Wu army didn't care about their sorrow, and soon became a group of quarrels, and even a small-scale mutiny broke out. Send Wu Sangui's body to Chenghai.

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But on the other hand, the news of Wu Sangui's death had not yet reached Chenghai, and Liu Dapao was already furious when he first received the news from Ma Bao.

You must know that at this time point in the early Qing Dynasty, the big hat of a traitor was a pocket crime, especially the generals under Wu Sangui, including Ma Bao himself, could be considered a traitor.When the higher-ups want to deal with a person but have no reason, put on a big traitor hat to ensure that there will be no wrongdoing.

So in fact, because of this, Liu Dapao usually uses the crime of traitor in his trial with extreme caution. Even these two words are tacitly prohibited words in Chenghai and Nanchang. If you can not say it, try not to say it.

Except for Wu Sangui, the murderer who killed Yongli, who can be said to be an iron traitor, the traitors of others are deliberately downplayed. This is called the law does not blame the public. Everyone in the entire imperial court must be in danger.

As a result, now that bastard Ma Bao not only captured Nanning without his own order, but also killed a Huiren on the charge of traitor.

The joy of the great victory in Liucheng disappeared in an instant.

After writing a letter to Ma Bao to scold him, ordering him to get out of here, and sending Jiang Sheng to temporarily take over Ma Bao's 2 horses, Liu Dapao immediately called his entire staff team , to discuss whether there is still room for redemption in this matter.

As a result, he almost returned to Chenghai with Ma Bao, and received the news that Wu Sangui had died inexplicably, which caught Liu Dapao by surprise.

Of course, Ma Bao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his life and high officials and rich salary should be saved.

After all, he jumped over from Wu Sangui's subordinates. Now that Wu Sangui is dead and there is no suitable heir at all, there is a high probability that this heir will not be established at all.

Then the focus of the next work is undoubtedly that he, Liu Dapao, together with Tu Hai and Yue Le, strives for the return of the commander-in-chief of Wu Sangui's ten towns, and incorporates and annexes the territory in the hands of Wu Jun.

At this time, as a general of the Wu family, he still had a certain prestige and status in the Wu army, and he achieved a high position in the Ming court, which is the best example.

Dealing with Ma Bao at this time can easily send wrong political signals to Wu's soldiers.

So much so that when Liu Dapao faced Ma Bao who was kneeling to plead guilty, although he couldn't help but get angry, he finally sighed, asked him to sit down in front of him, and said in a tone that was close to complaining:
"General Ma, you are also a veteran in the army. Lei Shishun, Ming, Qing, Wu, and finally came into my hands. It can be regarded as the ups and downs of the officialdom, right? Why did you make such an unreasonable mistake?"

Ma Bao could only respond with a wry smile: "The attack on Nanning was decided by a joint vote at the soldiers meeting of the whole army. It was almost unanimously passed. Although I tried my best to block it, but...but I really blocked it." I can't help it, if I keep stopping, I will be arrested as a corrupt criminal."

Hearing this, Liu Dapao sighed and said: "This, you told me in the brochure. I can roughly guess the specific situation. Although it is true that there is a crime of being incompetent, it is not completely incomprehensible. After all, it was caused by the military reform. Any system has both advantages and disadvantages. In addition, the soldiers suddenly have power in their hands, and they are not used to it. It is normal for you to be unable to control it. .”

Hearing this, Ma Bao immediately apologized verbally with tears of gratitude.

Of course, Liu Dapao did not think carefully about this matter. Now it seems that some places have been changed, but it looks more like a mob.

Strictly speaking, after the transformation of this army by his hands, it seems that it has indeed been reborn compared to the feudal army. In the case of a frontal confrontation, even if the number and firepower are equal, its combat effectiveness should be far better than that of ordinary feudal troops. The army, I feel that there is nothing wrong with calling it a modern army, and it should not be weaker than the French army in the Napoleon era.

But when it comes to the modern army, it seems that the difference is still a bit far away.

Liu Dapao was puzzled by this question.

However, now is really not the time to talk about this, and I couldn't help but rubbed my forehead and asked: "I really understand the matter of attacking Nanning, but I am really a little bit confused about the matter of killing Ma Xiong." I can't understand, you really can't find any other crimes on him? Traitor? What do you think, he turned himself into a traitor with a feather, is there anything more outrageous than this in this world? "

Ma Bao smiled even more bitterly, and said: "The officers and men must kill Ma Xiong, and there is nothing I can do."

"The soldiers insisted on killing Ma Xiong just for the money and property in his name?"

"No, Ma Xiong's real crime is him...it's him...hey~, Your Majesty, that Ma Xiong is a dark green believer. He built a large number of Qing temples in Nanning, and he once preached that you are a heresy in his territory. On the day when our army broke through Nanning, some green people were organized to protest against some things our army had done. However, many of our army's lieutenants were also green, but we, Chenghai's green people, inherited a generation of prophets, especially I have extra respect for you. Everyone had conflicts because of disagreement. In the end, our people were confused and killed all of them. I dare not say it too carefully, but that’s what it means anyway. I don’t know if you understand, Prime Minister. ?”

Liu Dapao was taken aback when he heard this.

But it never occurred to me that there is such a layer.

He knows that Ma Xiong is half a religious leader.

But when did his soldiers turn green?

Since everyone is of the same color, why did they start fighting, and the fights became endless?

Isn't this crazy?

"So... you charged Ma Xiong with such an outrageous crime in order to cover up the real cause of his death? Are you not afraid that this will put Wu Sangui's generals at risk?"

Ma Bao was so aggrieved that he almost burst into tears: "I didn't know that Wu Sangui would die at the time. The prime minister's heart to rule the country is clear. Sooner or later we will definitely go to war with the Junggar Khanate. When the time comes, we must fight Galdan competes for the hearts and minds of the main ethnic groups in that place, if the real cause of Ma Xiong's death spreads all over the world, how can we use troops against Zhuanggar in the future?"

"I can't do anything about it. After much deliberation, this traitor's statement is the only one, because it is too exaggerated and is closely related to everyone in the world, so..."

"Hey~"

When Liu Dapao heard this, he also became depressed.

"It's a little bit troublesome. You really didn't control this matter strictly, but there was nothing wrong with handling it. You are right. The real cause of Ma Xiong's death must not be leaked, so that people in the world will think... think It's your army who is greedy for money, and they are planting random things, I need a scapegoat to kill, to thank the world."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)