scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 236
On July 12, 28th year of Kang Mazi, the news of Burni's rebellion was finally confirmed. Burni detained his father Abunai under the pretext of Kang Mazi, together with Luo Buzang, Azali Lama, and Seng Erhun on the Chahar Grassland. Jin Lama, Khalkha Gongzhui Zhabu and other tribes, together with Chahar Banner Dutong Jinjin, Deputy Dutong Budali and others, jointly raised troops against the Qing Dynasty and gathered more than [-] bandit soldiers (the number is correct Don’t think that our pockmarked emperor and Zhou Baoyi are so good), on the surface they threatened to attack Shengjing to rescue his father Abnai, but in fact they rushed southward and went straight to Zhangjiakou, the first throat connecting the grassland to the Central Plains.

In fact, what makes Burnie vomit blood is that his little tricks are so simple that they are so simple, not to mention his nemesis Zhou Peigong, even our Kang Mazi can see it at a glance-you he Who is the mother fooled by?Attack Shengjing to save your father Abnai?If you really have this kind of filial piety, then why would you rebel?You like to go to Shengjing, a ghostly place where the birds don't shit. Anyway, this Central Plains is full of flowers.
Therefore, we are wise and martial, handsome, Yue Lishenghong, actuarial arithmetic, calligraphy and painting, astronomy, foreign languages, politics, dredging rivers, literary and martial arts, straight to Jin Hui Yuanshun, and expanding territory far surpassing Qin Hui. Tang and Quan Guangzi are all bragging about their abilities, as Emperor Kangxi, Chief Kang! ...I can't catch my breath, so take a breath first.In short, our Chief Mazi had no choice but to gamble with his teeth, and decided to send the newly formed [-]-packed army, with his cousin Tong Guogang as the commander, and Zhou Peigong and Fei Yanggu as his deputy, to go north to Zhangjiakou to put down the Burni rebellion !
In addition, just in case, with tears in his eyes, Kang Mazi transferred 3000 Eight Banners cavalry stationed in Rehe, and handed them over to Tong Guogang to command them as elite soldiers—with tears in his eyes, the number in the heyday Of the more than [-] Jehol garrison, there are now only [-] left, and if the [-] are taken away, the defense of the north of the Qing capital will be in jeopardy.At the same time, in order to increase the odds of winning and prevent accidents, Kang Mazi also ordered Horqin, Ongniud, Aohan, Bahrain, Tumed, Zalut, and Karaqin and other Mongolian tribes to send troops to join forces with the Baoyi Army. Conquer Burni.

Maybe it was Jitai. Ten days later, the Mongolian tribes such as Karaqin and Ongniud, which were closest to the capital, sent back messages one after another, saying that they obeyed Kang Mazi's dispatch and raised troops to conquer Chahar and attack the flank of Burni; There was also bad news that Burni's army captured the Western Hubei Horse Factory just north of Zhangjiakou, killed the officials of the horse factory and snatched all the horses.Hearing the news, Kang Mazi was both happy and worried, and hurriedly ordered Tong Guogang's army to go out, carrying more than [-] newly cast Hongyi cannons and sub-parent cannons, and a hundred pieces of water, and marched towards Zhangjiakou in a mighty manner.

The Packed Army finally set off, and the next step is to wait patiently for news of their victory or the annihilation of the entire army. However, during this period, there was another bad news from the south. Mahada, the deputy capital of the Yellow Banner, suffered a big defeat in Taizhou Bay, lost nearly [-] troops in one breath, and was forced to abandon Ninghai and Xiangshan and retreat to Fenghua, Ningbo. Geng Jingzhong's army took advantage of the momentum and went north. The two governments were in a hurry at the same time.

Mahada's defeat was really unfair. Because of the lack of troops and being caught off guard, Altai, the general soldier of Huangyan of the Qing army who was forced to surrender to Geng's army, was determined to get in touch with Mahada anyway. Zeng Yangxing, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Army who beheaded the Geng Army, never thought that the secret envoy sent by Altai would be accidentally intercepted by Geng Army scouts on the road, and the secret letter to Mahada was also searched.

After receiving the secret letter, Zeng Yangxing, who has always been grumpy, had an unprecedented brainstorm. After hanging Altai, he imitated Altai's handwriting and wrote three blood letters to Mahada pretending to donate Taizhou City, instigating Mahada's soldiers to split into two groups. , all the way to storm Taizhou City, all the way to land at Haimen, east of Huangyan from the sea, join forces with the Altai army, pretend to rescue Taizhou and open the city gate of Taizhou, and attack Taizhou back and forth with the land army.

Although Mahada has always been known for his cunning, but because Altai's son is currently serving under Mahada's command, Mahada, who has always been wise and brave, has no doubts about fraud. There were two roads to take Taizhou, but both the land and water roads left the ambush of the reckless man Zeng Yangxing. Under the heavy blow of the new firearms used by the Geng army, the two roads suffered a disastrous defeat at the same time, and Ninghai City was also disguised as the defeated Qing army. Geng Jun's sneak attack was successful and he had to retreat to Fenghua. (Zeng Yangxing's plan is not fictional, it is contained in "Ninghai General's Achievements Record")
The wise general fell into the trick of the reckless man, even the strong winds and waves broke through, and even capsized in the small river ditch?Such unlucky things all fell on him, Kang Mazi, besides complaining about others, inevitably began to yell - now that the situation in Zhejiang has reached such a critical point, you Mahada made such a low-level mistake for me, are you accepting it? Got Geng Jingzhong's money as a dog thief, and want to join hands with him to kill me?

No matter how much you scold, it is useless. If Fenghua and Ningbo fall again, Hangzhou and Shaoxing, the two most important state capitals in Zhejiang, will be in jeopardy. Kang Mazi was angry and worried. Come to mind once.At the same time, at this time, Kabula, the father-in-law sent by Kang Mazi to Wuchang, finally sent a memorial to Kang Mazi again, saying to Kang Mazi that the old Wu traitor had asked Hu Guozhu to make three verbal conditions. The traitor proclaims himself emperor, the second is to pay the old traitor Wu a military salary of 500 million taels of silver every year, and the third is to cede Jiangxi to the traitor Wu.

Kabula also stated in the memorial that Hu Guozhu had promised that as long as Kang Mazi agreed to these three conditions, then the old traitor Wu could sign a permanent non-aggression peace treaty with Kang Mazi, and make an agreement with the Qing court that the two banks of the Yangtze River The number of garrisons will ease the tension on the Yangtze River battlefield, and cut off the supply of firearms to Geng Jingzhong's army. In turn, consider launching a firearms trade with the Qing army to help Kang Mazi quell the turmoil in the southeast!

"Proclaim the emperor? Do you need 500 million taels of silver every year? Jiangxi?" After reading Kabula's memorial, Kang Mazi slapped the pseudo-dragon case angrily, and roared: "It's a good idea! I'm not Zhao. And it's not Shi Jingtang who will let you Wu Sangui take advantage of the fire?"

"Master, this slave thinks that the old thief Wu Sangui is probably out to ask for a price." Suo'etu, the leader of the Master Harmony faction in the Qing court, said cautiously: "If the master wants to defeat Wu thief and Geng thief one by one, he can land on the ground." Pay back the money, bargain with the old thief Wu Sangui, temporarily stabilize the old thief Wu Sangui through the peace agreement, isolate the dog thief Geng Jingzhong, and wait until the dog thief Geng Jingzhong is wiped out, and then slowly start to calm the old thief Wu Sangui."

Kang Mazi was very hesitant, feeling that the conditions offered by the old traitor Wu were too tempting. Among other things, just the agreement on the number of garrisons on both sides of the Yangtze River could completely reverse his current predicament of being overstretched in dispatching troops. After cutting off the supply of firearms to Geng Jingzhong, it will be much easier for the Eight Banners army to calm down Geng Jingzhong. After Geng Jingzhong is dealt with, the hidden dangers in Guangdong are eliminated, and Wu Jun's wings are cut off, then the whole country will be concentrated on dealing with the old traitor Wu. Isn't the certainty greater?Moreover, the price offered by the old traitor Wu is clearly asking for a lot of money, and it is not impossible to pay back the money by himself and exchange for a temporary peace contract with the smallest loss.

"Kambula of Chuanzhi." After deliberating for a long time, Kang Mazi finally gritted his yellow teeth and said, "Let him bargain with Wu Dog. The military salary can be discussed, but the land can't be hot at all. As for the old thief Wu Sangui proclaiming himself emperor , I can agree!"

"Zha." Suo'etu knew that Kang Mazi was finally tempted to ask for peace, so he quickly agreed.

"Prepare another decree for Mahada and Zhejiang Governor Li Zhifang." Kang Mazi added hoarsely: "Tell them that Ningbo and Jinhua are the last limit I gave him. If Ningbo and Jinhua are lost again, they don't have to raise their heads. See, just kill yourself and apologize."

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Kang Mazi and the Qing court were in a hurry, and Wu Laotrai and Lu Fatzi were even more anxious in Wuchang. When Kang Mazi sent the negotiating intention to the Kabula to Wuchang, it was already the middle of August in the 12th year of Kang Mazi. There are less than [-] days left in the battle to cross the Yangtze River that was launched.If within less than [-] days, the Qing army on the north bank of Wuchang goes south without division, the Wu army's plan to forcefully cross the Yangtze River will definitely be disrupted. If the time is pushed back, which direction will the chaotic national situation develop? , Even the gods can't tell clearly.

Urgent to urgent, Wu old traitor, Hu Guozhu, Wang Shirong and other Wu army decision-makers are very clear that no matter how anxious they are, they cannot show it on the negotiating table. Otherwise, not only will they not get any benefits at the negotiating table, but it will make Kang Mazi Seeing through one's own strategic intentions is counterproductive.Therefore, the old traitor Wu had no choice but to instruct Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong to bargain with Kabula at the negotiating table, and at the same time send a fast horse to inform Fang Guangchen in Changsha and Fatty Lu in Jiqishan, so that They helped to come up with an idea to see if there was any way to induce Kang Mazi to make up his mind within the fifty days and dispatch troops from Huguang to go south to Zhejiang.

I believe that everyone is not interested in seeing Fang Guangchen's reaction to this. In short, it took more than two days for the old traitor Wu's letter to be delivered to Fatty Lu. Fatty Lu immediately put down all the work in his hands and summoned two dog-headed soldiers Zhu Fangdan And Wang Shaobo, discuss countermeasures with them.After roughly understanding the situation, both Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan put on a bitter face together. Wang Shaobo said: "Master, this is too hard to be human. It can be judged from the fact that the Mangou imperial envoy asked for negotiations. It’s going to be hard to get him to make up his mind.”

"Yeah, this matter can't be rushed." Zhu Fangdan echoed: "Once this matter is urgent, Emperor Mangou will immediately find out that the situation is wrong, and he will not divide his troops from the Huguang battlefield."

"That's why I have a headache." Fatty Lu habitually turned around with his hands behind his back, and murmured, "With Kangxi Mazi's treachery and suspicion, once he finds that the situation is wrong, he will definitely not divide his troops from Huguang. But if time drags on Now, Burni has been pacified by Mangou, and Geng Jingzhong has made mistakes in Zhejiang. The critical situation of Mangou has eased, and it will be impossible to lure Mangou to divide his troops from Huguang. , it’s really a headache.”

"No way." After walking around the room more than [-] times, Fatty Lu suddenly stopped, gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that we can only gamble head and tail, and force the emperor to make a choice."

"How to bet? How to force?" Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan asked in unison.

"My lord, please send an envoy to contact Geng Jingzhong." Fatty Lu gritted his teeth and said, "Advise Geng Jingzhong to submit a form and ask Emperor Mangou to follow the example of the Southwest and cut the land and pay compensation in exchange for a truce between Geng Jingzhong and Emperor Mangou!"

"Boss, are you crazy?" Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan exclaimed in unison, "We finally forced Geng Jingzhong to rebel, and now you want Geng Jingzhong and Mangou to cease fighting?"

"Of course I'm not crazy." Fatty Lu replied with a smirk: "I'd like to ask the prince to tell Geng Jingzhong that if Geng Jingzhong ceases fighting with Emperor Mangou, then our Pingxi Palace immediately raises the flag to rebel and attack Nanchang, Jiujiang, Yuanzhou and Ji'an, give him Geng Jingzhong precious time to gain control of the newly occupied territory, so that he can raise troops again in the future, and be caught off guard again."

"Boss, are you dreaming?" Zhu Fangdan exclaimed dumbfounded, "We pay money, grain, and army to help Geng Jingzhong win time and money from Man Gou. How stupid is the lord?"

"Yes..., wait!" Wang Shaobo wanted to agree, but after turning his two eyeballs of different sizes, Wang Shaobo quickly came to his senses, and asked pleasantly, "Master, do you want to create a wheel war between our Pingxi Palace and Jingnan Palace?" , Take turns to consume the illusion of a full dog army?"

"That's right, you are indeed the No. 8 talented student in the Guizhou Provincial Examination." Fatty Lu nodded, and said with a smirk: "But you are too polite, it should be an illusion of taking turns to rape Emperor Mangou! Emperor Mangou knows that he will definitely make up his mind to make a choice, temporarily stabilize one of us or Geng Jingzhong, free up his strength to concentrate on annihilating one of them, and defeat each of us!"

"I understand, it's like betting on the heads and tails of copper coins, it's either us or Geng Jingzhong." Zhu Fangdan finally came to his senses, and said in surprise: "Geng Jingzhong is much weaker than us, and the Emperor Mangou is naturally picking up the persimmons." Be soft, it is more likely to choose to deal with Geng Jingzhong first."

"Boss, please wait." Wang Shaobo suddenly remembered an important event, and hurriedly reminded him: "Boss, is there still time? Today is already August [-]th, and there is only one left left before the fourth day of October that we planned. In less than fifty days, we will send a letter to the prince from here. Even if the prince approves immediately, he will immediately send someone to Fujian to contact Geng Jingzhong. Fifty days is not enough to say anything if there are delays back and forth on the road."

Fatty Lu was stunned for a while, then sat back weakly in the chair for a long time, hugged his fat head and lamented: "It's too late, I'm so lazy, why didn't I foresee this situation earlier and formulate contingency countermeasures in advance, in vain Wasting so much precious time? Why didn't I think of it earlier?"

Seeing Fatty Lu's painful self-reproach, Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan were both distressed and pitiful, but they couldn't help it.But after a long time, Fatty Lu suddenly jumped up again, waved his fat arms and shouted: "No, I can't give up. Since it's a risk, then I'll take the risk to the end and play Jiang Gan stealing books with Mangou once!"

"Jiang Gan stealing books?" Wang Shaobo was stunned again, wondering: "Master, don't tell the students to let Mangou sneak into the prince's study and steal the letter from the prince to Geng Jingzhong? How is that possible? Such an old strategy , Man Gou will fall into the trap?"

"Deliberately let Mangou rob and kill our envoy? Take away the letter from the prince to Geng Jingzhong?" Zhu Fangdan proposed a new plan.

"Of course it's not that Man Gou sneaked into the prince's study and stole the prince's confidential letters. It would be no wonder that Kang Mazi would be fooled." Fatty Lu shook his head. Even if the dog is caught in the trick, he will think that the prince is full of hostility towards Man Gou, and he is even more hesitant when he chooses Geng Jingzhong as the first target."

"Then how?" Wang Shaobo asked curiously.

"Of course it was stolen from you." Fatty Lu suddenly smiled, and pointed at Wang Shaobo's face with his fat finger.

"Steal from me?" Wang Shaobo pointed to himself, and asked with surprise on his face, "How can Man Gou steal from students?"

"Listen well, my plan is as follows." Fatty Lu lowered his voice and said darkly: "First, you immediately write a letter to the prince for me, and ask the prince to order the guards guarding the Xingyuan Gate to excuse me The sin of betraying the prince deserves death, and the messengers I send are absolutely not allowed to seek an audience, let alone report and deliver letters."

"Second, as a prisoner who has committed crimes and performed meritorious service, I naturally have to desperately try to find a way to make meritorious deeds and atone for my crimes in exchange for freedom, so you write a blood letter in my tone, suggesting that the prince contact Geng Jingzhong according to my previous plan, and start the wheel with Mangou The war will gradually consume the strength of the dog and eat away at the land in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Thirdly, as a person who was punished for lifelong hard labor, I naturally couldn't leave Jiji Mountain, so I had to ask Shaobo to send the blood book to Wuchang, and Shaobo, you were arrested by the prince at the gate of Xingyuan on the first day. After the guard refused, you went to guard the gate of Xingyuan the next day without giving up, and finally caught up with the prince who happened to go out. You stopped the horse and cried in front of the prince's horse. Naturally, my blood book was finally delivered to the prince. As for On the first night, what should happen—Shao ​​Bo, with your wisdom, I believe I don’t need to teach you, right?”

"Tall, it's really tall!" Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan gave thumbs up together, sycophant.Zhu Fangdan also volunteered and said: "Boss, it's not too late. The student will find a chicken right away. Let's write blood books and eat dry pot ** at the same time."

"Thank you, let's go." Fatty Lu replied proudly.

Zhu Fangdan agreed, and left in a hurry, but when Wang Shaobo sat down at the desk to write a letter to Old Traitor Wu, he hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but said: "Boss, does the student think it's too risky to do this? This There are two risks in the strategy. One is that it may be seen through by Man Gou, and the other is that the plan is successful but self-defeating. The Emperor Man Dog chose to temporarily stabilize Geng Jingzhong to deal with us. No matter which part of the link goes wrong, it may lead to All previous efforts have been wasted."

"Any strategy has risks, not to mention this is a risky strategy." Fatty Lu replied.

"Then shouldn't we think about the countermeasures after failure in advance?" Wang Shaobo suggested again: "If you don't think about victory, you should think about defeat first. How to prepare in one step, the boss should prepare first?"

"No need to prepare." Fatty Lu replied smoothly: "The prince is ready."

"The prince is ready?" Wang Shaobo was shocked, and asked in doubt: "Then why has the master never mentioned it to the students?"

Fatty Lu hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice after a long while: "Because the prince has never mentioned it to me, if I told you, I would have discovered the backhand that the prince secretly arranged, in case you accidentally missed it that day. mouth, and accidentally passed it into the ears of the prince, wouldn't that immediately bring about a catastrophe?"

"The lord is still secretly arranging a backhand?" Wang Shaobo was even more surprised, and asked in a low voice: "Boss, can you give the student a little bit?"

"Of the four firearms camps in Yunnan, only two firearms camps, Erhai Lake and Nule Mountain, have been moved to Pianyuan and merged into the current Jiqi Mountain Firearms Camp." Fatty Lu also lowered his voice, and said darkly: "The remaining Chuxiong The two firearms camps, Xinxing and Xinxing, have not stopped production. Where did the firearms produced by these two firearms camps go? Except for a small part that was sold to Geng Jingzhong, Wu Shizong, a partial division in Guangxi, consumed so many firearms Where did the rest of the firearms go?"

"Where did the rest of the firearms go?" Wang Shaobo made some calculations, and quickly replied: "Thank you, Master, for your guidance. The student understands. After all, it is the Master who is as careful as a hair, and can discover the prince's secret arrangements from this aspect."

"It's good if you understand." Fatty Lu nodded, and then warned: "Young Uncle, since it was arranged secretly, it's best to keep it in your heart, otherwise, not only may the prince's important affairs be ruined, but you will definitely be killed." .”

Wang Shaobo nodded quickly and closed his mouth.Fatty Lu snorted in his heart: "Old traitor Wu, I've shown myself to be so loyal, you didn't say a word about Wang Fuchen from the beginning to the end, it seems that you still don't feel at ease with me. But it doesn't matter, if you do the first grade of junior high school, I will naturally be able to do the fifteenth grade, and when I have a chance to be independent in the future, I won't be polite to you anymore."

(End of this chapter)