scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 184

"Fatty dog! I cut you off!"

Hearing the sarcasm in Fatty Lu's words, seeing the shameless smile on Fatty Lu's face and the sight of soldiers from the Guangxi army defecting to the Wu army, Sun Yanling, who had been tricked by Fatty Lu more than once, finally couldn't take it anymore and roared He jumped up with a sound, and drew his knife to chop off Fatty Lu's fat face full of obscene smiles.

It was too late, it was so fast, almost at the same time that Sun Yanling jumped up, the two unremarkable soldiers behind Fatty Lu, one with cross-eyed and one with black fat, all moved their bodies, before Sun Yanling could see clearly what was going on In fact, the cross-eyed waist knife was already on Sun Yanling's neck, and the little black fat man grasped Sun Yanling's right hand holding the knife. The black fat man squeezed and creaked, the pain made Sun Yanling almost shed tears, and screamed like a slaughtered pig regardless of his face, "Mother! My bones are about to break, take it easy!"

When the incident happened suddenly, Shang Zhixiao, Geng Juzhong and Ma Xiongzhen who were beside them were also startled, and subconsciously jumped up together and touched their waist knives. They were all scrambling to draw their swords and raise their guns, and the friendly atmosphere just now disappeared, and it became tense.

"Hehe, everyone, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, put down the knives." Faced with such a tense and sensitive atmosphere, Fatty Lu still smiled at Maitreya, and waved to calm down the crowd with a smile, and then ordered: "Shiyu , Xiguan, you all let go of Sun Junmen, Sun Junmen was a little impulsive when he was angry, this is human nature and can be forgiven, don't be too rude to him."

Hearing Fatty Lu's order, Hong Xiguan and Fang Shiyu finally let go of Sun Yanling, but Sun Yanling's waist knife was still snatched away by Hong Xiguan with a single move. They were all taken aback, and only then did they understand why Fatty Lu dared to be so arrogant, and why he dared to start negotiations in the middle of the battlefield - just with this cross-eyed and this little black fat man's skills, a dozen or twenty people were no match for them at all what.

"Brother-in-law, I can't see that there are so many talents around you. The skills of these two personal soldiers, put them in the army, it should be no problem to be two assistant leaders, right?" Shang Zhixiao couldn't help but said enviously.

"Second Uncle, we have to thank our eldest brother." Fatty Lu smiled affectionately, "Didn't Second Uncle find out? They are actually from Cantonese, and they were all sent by my eldest brother to protect me." of."

"Are you all Cantonese?" Shang Zhixiao was shocked.

Hong Xiguan nodded and replied: "Second Prince, the villain is from Hua County, Guangzhou Prefecture." Fang Shiyu also replied: "I am from Zhaoqing Prefecture." , and Sun Yanling glared at Shang Zhixiao, saying yes, after a long time you Pingnan Palace and the big traitor Lu Yifeng still have this friendship, no wonder they are so unreliable on the battlefield.Ma Xiongzhen also glanced at Shang Zhixiao suspiciously, and his suspicions arose in his heart.

"Okay, okay, let's all sit down, let's all sit down again." Fatty Lu greeted him and took the lead to sit down again, and then smiled at Sun Yanling: "Sun Junmen, don't be angry, we didn't deliberately poach you The reason why you poach your army is because we all know that there are many old men like Dai Liangchen and Wang Yongnian among your soldiers. They are highly respected, and they will be recruited and reintegrated for you, and they will be returned to you in the future."

"Give it back to me? Are you so kind?" Sun Yanling asked with a livid face while rubbing Fang Shiyu's wrist that had been pinched into purple.

Fatty Lu also knew that he was unreliable in Sun Yanling's mind, so he didn't say anything, he just gave Wu Shizong a look, Wu Shizong understood, and said seriously: "Don't worry, Sun Junmen, our Pingxi Palace is eager to seek talents and values ​​integrity, as long as you agree Submit to our Pingxi Palace, and help our lord to wipe out the Aobai remnant party in Guangxi, and the Guilin army we recruited in the past will naturally be returned to your command."

"Not only that." Fatty Lu added: "We will also help you reorganize the army, clean up the remnants of Dai Liangchen and Wang Yongnian in the army, so that you can truly command this army, instead of letting you be the same as before. The commander-in-chief of the entire army has to look at the faces and moods of his soldiers."

Sun Yanling hesitated again. Fatty Lu smiled, deliberately leaving some time for him to think, then turned to Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong and asked, "Second Uncle, Second Prince, what do you two say? Are you interested in helping our Pingxi Palace to wipe out the Aobai remnants in Guangxi?"

Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong looked at each other, and after exchanging a few glances, Shang Zhixiao stepped forward and said, "Brother-in-law, don't force your second brother-in-law and second prince Geng, we are all a family, so let's be honest. To be blunt. That’s right. We took advantage of the fire to attack Nanning. We didn’t do it well enough, but we still say that, we are following the order, and we have no choice but to attack. Besides, your Pingxi Palace is robbing Lianzhou of our Pingnan Palace. , we should take revenge, right?"

"Yes, we were all forced." Geng Juzhong echoed: "Brother Lu, I am Wanyi's brother-in-law, and we are still brothers-in-law. Do you think this is okay? Our Guangdong army and Fujian army have all withdrawn from Guangxi. You can also return the things that Tianlai robbed in Guangxi, you make way for us to leave, we will stop the war, and we will not let our own family beat our own family."

"Second brother-in-law, brother-in-law, General Wu and I understand your difficulties." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "To tell the truth, when I discussed with General Wu, we also agreed that as long as second brother-in-law and brother-in-law you Handing over the things we grabbed in Nanning, and voluntarily withdrawing from Guangxi to strike peace, we can let it go. Let him pass on the past. It’s better not to hurt your peace.”

"Really? You think so too?" Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong asked in surprise, with beaming eyebrows.

"Of course." Fatty Lu replied with a smile: "If we had malicious intentions, we wouldn't just recruit the troops from Guangxi. The troops from Guangdong and Fujian are brothers of your second uncle and brother-in-law. Your corner?"

"So, you agree to let us go?" Shang Zhixiao asked in great surprise.

"Of course." Fatty Lu smiled even more cordially, and said, "Second uncle, brother-in-law, little brother, I invite you to join hands with our Pingxi Palace to wipe out the remnants of the Obai Party in Guangxi. It is just an invitation, not forcing you to do so. Of course you can refuse. If you are determined to refuse, then you can leave now, put down the things you robbed in Nanning, take ten days of food and grass, and leave Nanning immediately. We can also guarantee that you are on the way to leave Guangxi As long as we don’t harm the people of Guangxi, we will never chase you down.”

"Okay, let's go now." Shang Zhixiao was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, second uncle, I can use my personality to guarantee that on the way out of Guangxi, we will do our best to restrain the army and never disturb the people. Never make things difficult for you.”

"Yes, yes, let's go now." Geng Juzhong was also overjoyed, and repeatedly promised that he would not disturb the people during the retreat.Wu Shizong was a little anxious, but when he wanted to speak, Fatty Lu touched him with his knee under the table, told him to wait patiently, and then smiled: "Second uncle, brother-in-law, then it's settled, you can go .”

"Thank you, brother-in-law. Thank you, brother-in-law." Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong never dreamed that Fatty Lu would be so quick to let them go. They hurriedly bowed their hands to thank each other, and got up to leave.But at this moment, Fatty Lu suddenly said slowly: "Second uncle, brother-in-law, please wait a moment."

"What's the matter?" Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong's heart rose to their throats again—now that the Guangxi army has collapsed on its own, if Wu Jun insists on retaliating for his previous robbery and trouble, even if our army is not completely wiped out, At least half of them have to be wiped out.

"Don't get me wrong, little brother, I have no intention of forcing you to stay." Fatty Lu shook his head, supported his chin with a pair of fat hands on the table, and said with a smile: "Second uncle, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I just want to remind you that when you return to Guangdong and After Fujian, it's best to send your family members to Yunnan as soon as possible. For Wanyi's sake, I will definitely take care of them with all my strength, and I won't let you have to worry about them under the nine springs or in the sky prison. "

"What do you mean by that?" Shang Zhixiao asked in shock.

"Second Uncle, brother, I know a little bit about the relationship between you and Eldest Uncle, so I remind you like this." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "Second Uncle, you took back Lianzhou under the order of your father-in-law, Prince Pingnan. Lianzhou was not taken down, and he offended Prince Pingxi to his hometown, Zhu Bajie looked in the mirror, he was not a human being inside and out. Back in Guangdong, how can my big brother-in-law not make trouble and take advantage of the fire?"

Thinking of the bad relationship between himself and Shang Zhixin, Shang Zhixiao's expression changed drastically, and he said tremblingly: "I am acting according to the order, even if I regain Lianzhou and lose the battle, at best I can only be regarded as incompetent in running the army. How can he treat me like this?" Sample?"

"Really?" Fatty Lu said slowly, "Second Uncle, you seem to have forgotten one thing. Prince Pingxi has already gone to the court to ask for a peace negotiation. If the negotiation is successful, Prince Pingxi will settle the score after autumn." Pursue your second uncle for the crime of taking advantage of the fire, and add that your first uncle fell into trouble, can you still have a good life, second uncle? If the negotiation fails, the emperor will investigate your second uncle for your crime of defeating Guangxi, plus The first brother's fall into trouble, second uncle, your life, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult, right?"

Shang Zhixiao's face darkened, and only then did he think of how his "kind and gentle" elder brother would treat him after he was defeated in Guangxi, and how his father, who was notoriously irritable, would treat him.Fatty Lu observed his words, and added with a smile: "Second Uncle, if I remember correctly, because of the disastrous failure of Kangxi's seven-year salary negotiation, Second Uncle, you seem to have been deprived of all your powers, right? How does it feel? Is it good? This time, second uncle, you are able to come out to command the army again. I am afraid that the biggest reason is that the eldest uncle, Prince Pingnan's son, has a good relationship with our Pingxi Palace. Father-in-law has no one to use, so I have to use you again, right? "

"Now, our Pingxi Palace smashed the traitors of Oboi and wiped out the main force of Oboi. The victory is already in our hands. If the emperor also strikes peace with our Pingxi Palace, Prince Pingxi and uncle will not spare you! If the Emperor refuses to negotiate, Your defeat of Guangxi is insignificant, and the emperor, father-in-law and eldest brother-in-law will not spare you! Second brother-in-law, tell yourself, if you don’t hurry up and make arrangements for the future of your family, can you do it?”

Shang Zhixiao was moved by Fatty Lu's words, and sat down slowly again, while Fatty Lu looked up at Geng Juzhong again, and said calmly: "Brother-in-law, you are the same, back then you fought for the position of son with the current King Jingnan. Do you think that Prince Jingnan really doesn’t know about the little tricks you did overtly and secretly? Prince Jingnan gave you five thousand second-rate troops to enter Guangxi to attack our Pingxi Palace. Do you think he really wanted you to make contributions? Brother-in-law, you He has read poetry and books, learned a lot of money, and the idiom of killing with a knife, hasn't even my brother-in-law learned it?"

This time, Geng Juzhong's face became serious. After thinking for a long time, Geng Juzhong also sat down slowly with a pale face, and sat back across from Fatty Lu and Wu Shizong again.Fatty Lu smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, it seems that you have finally found out. If you go back now, you will end up worse than the second uncle. At any rate, the second uncle still has a father and king. He is not dead, but what about your brother-in-law? Who do you expect to protect you? Do you expect Prince Geng's sons to take care of their family, and try their best to spare your second uncle's life, leaving a serious trouble for their future?"

"Then what should we do?" Geng Juzhong asked hoarsely.

"It's very simple." Fatty Lu's answer made everyone dumbfounded, "Second brother-in-law and brother-in-law, you go back immediately, bring the army and fight to the death with us, even if you die on the battlefield, you can still earn a posthumous posthumous title in the future." No, maybe you can get some pensions for your family members."

"Ha." Rao Sun Yanling and Ma Xiongzhen were both preoccupied at the moment, and were also amused by Fatty Lu's words.But Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong couldn’t laugh at anything at this time. When they thought of the fate of returning to Guangdong and Fujian, the two young men with great ambitions, timidity, selfishness to the extreme, shuddered. a feeling of.

"Yifeng, when is this? Don't be joking." Wu Shizhong is not stupid. Seeing that Fatty Lu's rhetoric and threats have worked, he also took the initiative to stand up and said seriously: "The two second princes, although Yifeng likes Just kidding, but what he said is indeed true. After the two of you go back, you will never end well. Instead of this, why do you go back and ask for trouble? Why don’t you stay here and help our Pingxi Palace take Guangxi, our Pingxi You must be very clear about the attitude of the palace towards its allies, the two generals of Nanning, Line Guoan and Line Yuxuan, are your role models, why don't you follow them?"

"Second brother-in-law." Fatty Lu suddenly grabbed Shang Zhixiao's hand, and with the other hand he took Geng Juzhong's hand and called his brother-in-law, and said very sincerely: "Second brother-in-law, brother-in-law, with your talents and abilities , is not inferior to anyone, but you two dragons have never had water in your life, Guangdong and Fujian are too small to accommodate you, and there is no room for you to flex your muscles! Our Pingxi Palace is big enough to accommodate you Two golden dragons, so that you can show your strengths and turn the clouds and rains, join us, you have no chance in Guangdong and Fujian, only in Pingxi Palace, you will have a chance!"

"That's right, the two second princes, please join our Pingxi Palace." Wu Shizong also pressed the hands of monk Geng Juzhong and Zhixiao respectively, and said more sincerely: "Two second princes, do you have the heart to let your own talents be buried like this? In Guangdong and Fujian, you have no chance to use it, but in our Pingxi Palace, the situation is very different. Our Pingxi Palace has now wiped out the main force of Oboi, and the world is shaking. Even if the emperor does not want to hand over Guangxi, Sichuan and Huguang It’s no good, our Pingxi Palace doesn’t lack troops and weapons now, what we lack are the pillars of the country like you!”

"That's right, my elder brother sent me to bring [-] second-tier troops to Guangxi. It's not so much for me to make meritorious deeds. It's better to say that I want to borrow a knife to kill people, and use the Pingxi Palace to get rid of my thorn in the flesh." Geng Juzhong thought to himself, "I have not made any achievements in Guangxi now. , Just go back like this, big brother will definitely use this to make a big fuss, and put me in the limbo forever. If Prince Pingxi really wants someone from big brother, and big brother handed me over to please Prince Pingxi, that would be eyelid You won’t even blink! Instead of doing this, it’s better to just surrender to the Pingxi Palace, not only to keep the glory and wealth, but there may be more and better opportunities to get ahead in the future!”

"Shang Zhixin's bastard is notoriously vicious. Even if I won't be beheaded immediately when I return to Guangdong, with his vicious personality, I will die in his hands sooner or later." Shang Zhixiao was also thinking in his heart, "Take a step back, even if his conscience finds that he has taken the wrong medicine and did not kill me, I am doomed to be trampled by him for the rest of my life. In the future, I will not only act according to his face, but also his son's face. Instead of going back to suffer those useless anger, it is better to return to the Pingxi Palace like this, maybe in the future there will be a chance to trample Shang Zhixin's bastard under his feet!"

Thinking of this, Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong exchanged glances, nodded to each other, then suddenly got up together, knelt down on one knee to Fatty Lu and Wu Shizong on the spot, clasped their fists and said in unison: "General Wu, Lord Lu, we are willing to join Xi Wang Dajun will atone for his crimes, and together with the Pingxi Palace, he will go to heaven to hunt down the thieves, wipe out the remnants of Guangxi Aobai, and hope to accept it."

"Okay, okay." Fatty Lu and Wu Shizong laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths, they hurriedly got up together and supported Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong, comforting them warmly.Over there, Sun Yanling shouted dumbfounded: "No way? You two agreed so quickly?"

"Of course." Shang Zhixiao nodded, and then asked Sun Yanling viciously: "Sun Junmen, what about you? Are you willing to join us in the crusade against the remnants of Obai in Guangxi, or do you want to continue to serve the old thief Obai?" , was attacked by us?"

"Sun Junmen, please speak." Geng Juzhong put his hand on the handle of the knife and asked viciously, "Would you like to continue to be our friend? Or to be our enemy?"

Looking at the murderous Geng Juzhong monk Zhixiao, Sun Yanling swallowed heavily, and then looked behind at the scattered Guangxi army that was recruited by Wu Jun, Sun Yanling immediately knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said: "General Wu, Lord Lu, Sun Yanling is also willing to join the Western King's Rebel Army, and together we will fight against the bandits and exterminate the remnants of Aobai's party in Guangxi, and hope to accept them."

Fatty Lu and Wu Shizong looked at each other and laughed, and hurriedly supported Sun Yanling together, and Sun Yanling quickly flattered, showing off his chameleon skills, but Fatty Lu didn't bother to listen to those third-rate flattery, he just turned his attention to the last person present Ma Xiongzhen, governor of Guangxi, asked with a smile: "Ma Zhongcheng, what about you? Do you want to be our friend or our enemy?"

Under the eyes of everyone, Ma Xiongzhen's face changed a few times. After hesitating for a moment, Ma Xiongzhen finally calmed down, and said with a raised head, "Dream! I, Ma Xiongzhen, was born in the Qing Dynasty and died in the Qing Dynasty." Ghost, want me to make trouble with you gang of rebels, dreaming!"

"I knew you would answer like this a long time ago." Fatty Lu sneered, and he didn't bother to pay attention to this hard-core traitor. He directly took Sun Yanling's waist knife from Hong Xiguan, threw it into Sun Yanling's hand, and said with a smile: "Sun Junmen, second uncle Brother, brother-in-law, now is your chance to vote for a certificate, please."

Fatty Lu's intentions are very vicious. Letting Sun Yanling, Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong cut off Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, is tantamount to cutting off their retreat, so that they will have no second thoughts from then on—at least in a short period of time Two minds cannot exist.Although Sun Yanling, Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong all understood Fatty Lu's vicious intentions, but at this point, they could only tremblingly raise their knives together and surround Ma Xiong Town in a triangle shape. In order to leave a way out for themselves in the future, Sun Yanling also Unwilling to give up, he asked tremblingly, "Ma Zhongcheng, this is your last chance. Do you want to be our enemy or our friend?"

"Rebels, you are dreaming!" Ma Xiongzhen, who died in the hands of Sun Yanling in history, made up his mind and roared angrily: "You rebels, you will not die well! You will definitely die in the future! Your Majesty will not die!" I will spare you, and the Eight Banners Cavalry will not spare you either!"

"Sun Junmen, second uncle, brother-in-law, what are you still doing?" Fatty Lu urged coldly.

"Sun Junmen, two second princes, let's do it." Wu Shizong also urged sinisterly: "At that time, I will report to the prince the credit for your joint efforts to kill Aobai's running dog Ma Xiongzhen. The palace shares the responsibility with you."

"Sun Junmen, do you still want to be so useless?" Fatty Lu said darkly again: "You two second princes, if you don't even have the courage to do so, then I don't think you should fight with your two eldest brothers." , Prepare to be trampled under their feet for the rest of your life. Since ancient times, the glory and wealth, fame and title, who has not been exchanged for blood on the battlefield? If your father and king hadn't raised the sword against Zhu Wannian and Sun Yuanhua back then, would there have been Is the current prince Juelu? Sun Junmen, if your father-in-law hadn’t raised a knife against Zhu Wannian, would he have been crowned prince in Guangxi?”

"I'll count to three, let's do it together." Sun Yanling made up his mind and shouted: "One, two, three, kill!"

Amidst the roar, Sun Yanling, Shang Zhixiao, and Geng Juzhong raised their knives together, blood spattered, and Ma Xiongzhen screamed and fell down on the battlefield, dying on the spot.Fatty Lu and Wu Shizong bowed and clasped their hands together, and said very affectionately: "The three generals joined forces to kill Ma Xiongzhen, the remnant party of Obai, and their meritorious service is unrivaled. I will report it to Prince Pingxi and ask for a reward for the three generals."

Under the bewilderment of Fatty Lu and Wu Shizong, the three [-]-year-olds jointly chopped down the governor Ma Xiongzhen. Naturally, there was no way to turn back. After throwing their knives and surrendering on their knees, they quickly ordered the coalition forces of the three provinces to lay down their weapons and fight together. Wu Jun surrendered and accepted Wu Jun's reorganization command.Wu Shizong and Fatty Lu hurriedly helped up the three second- and fifth-year-olds to comfort them softly, and sent orders to reward the three armies, including the three-provincial coalition forces who had just surrendered.

Amidst thunderous cheers, a group of Nanning cavalry rushed up to Fatty Lu, the leader got off his horse, strode up to Fatty Lu, stared at Fatty Lu with beautiful eyes, and remained silent for a long time.Fatty Lu, on the other hand, was a little shy, smiled with a blushing face, and asked, "Third General Line, how are you doing?"

Line Yu Xuan didn't answer, but continued to stare at Fatty Lu, with tears glistening in his big spring eyes.

"Hey, what are they doing?" Geng Juzhong asked Shang Zhixiao in a low voice: "Brother Zhixiao, you brother-in-law and my brother-in-law, do you even want a man?"

"I don't know, haven't you heard of it?" Shang Zhixiao replied in confusion.

"Then why are they doing this?" Geng Juzhong asked in surprise.

"Yifeng, Third General Line, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak?" Wu Shizong asked in surprise.

Next, the actions of Lan Yuxuan and Fatty Lu almost caused the jaws of Wu Shizong, Shang Zhixiao, Geng Juzhong and the others to drop to the ground—Ran Yuxuan opened his hands, threw himself into Fatty Lu's arms, and hugged Fatty Lu The fat on his chest burst into tears.Fatty Lu also hugged Yu Xuan tightly and patted Yu Xuan's thin back lightly, with tears flickering in his small eyes.At the end, Fatty Lu even picked up Yu Xuan's face, which was prettier than a woman's, and kissed it hard.

"Great!" New cheers came, and Sun Yanling yelled, jumping up and down: "Brother Yifeng, I finally believe that there is nothing between you and..., nothing! There is nothing like that! Nothing!"

(End of this chapter)