scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 388

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Decided to use the banner of Fengtian, who is extremely shameless, to avenge Wu Yingqi, and the decision to openly fight against Wu Jun has been finalized, but it is unrealistic to ask the Fatty Army to immediately send troops to fight Wu Jun to the death. The consumption is very huge, and all kinds of firearms have not had time to mass-produce equipment. Just going to a decisive battle with the Wu army who also has new firearms, the chances of winning are really not great; Putting into the work of grain harvesting, when troops are dispatched at this time, it is difficult to effectively guarantee the logistics supply of the Fat Man Army-in this era when material transportation is all carried by ships and vehicles, logistics supply is a big tiger that devours manpower.

So there is no other way, the fat army jackals and leopards headed by Fatty Lu have to temporarily suppress their excitement and joy, and focus on the brainwashing of the army, the production of firearms and the harvest of autumn grain, and temporarily adopt diplomatic means to cooperate with various forces. Negotiations, negotiating with various Wu armies by means of differentiation and buying, trying to win the support of as many former friendly troops as possible, weakening Honghua's war power, and laying a political foundation for the decisive battle on the battlefield.

Fortunately, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is very beneficial for the Fatty Army to stand still for the time being. The first is the economic level. They were either worried about the lack of military pay, or they were troubled by the lack of self-sufficiency in food. The longer this situation lasted, the more beneficial it would be for the fat army.

The second is internal problems. Kang Mazi imitated Lu Fatzi’s huge debt due to issue military currency, and the Qing court will definitely not be able to repay it with so much silver. Once the time limit expires, the poor and poor people in the north will not be able to get the silver. , it is destined to be full of public grievances, popular upheavals, and local government affairs paralyzed; Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin, and Zheng Jing are in better condition, but they are too weak to fight alone, and they don't trust each other, stumbling each other, and internal friction It is very serious, and it is impossible to really unite and fight against the fat man.

As for the Wu army, without the giant pillar of the old traitor Wu, Guo Zhuangtu killed Wu Yingqi in a frenzy, and the Wu army will be divided as in history. The longer the time drags on, the more serious the division will be. Without the Fatty Army's actions, the combat power would have to be reduced by at least half.

As for the Fatty Army, there are certainly problems within the Fatty Army, but they are all trivial problems - for example, the Gao brothers and the Han brothers are at odds, and they want to see each other's jokes, but the two sides are not hostile to each other. It didn't get into trouble.At the same time, the fat army generals who came out of the poor place are very clear that there is no better happy place in this world except Jiangnan, so naturally they are not willing to go out of this happy place and return to the poor place to suffer and suffer. , Subconsciously unwilling to cause internal strife and let the enemy take advantage, plus Fatty Lu's despicable means of winning people's hearts and uniting the army, so the internal cohesion of the Fatty Army at this time is definitely stronger than any army in the world.

In view of these circumstances, Fatty Lu, who is already very good at sowing dissension, can flex his muscles by clearly recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of his side and the enemy. On the second day after receiving the news of Wu Yingqi's death, Fatty Lu sent a messenger with his own handwriting Letter, traveled by sea to Guilin via Guangdong, contacted Wu Yingqi's eldest son, Wu Shicong, and expressed his willingness to fight against rebellion with Wu Shicong, punish Zhou traitor Guo Zhuangtu, avenge Wu Shicong's father, and repay Wu Yingqi's kindness.At the same time, he also suggested that Wu Shicong form an alliance with his brother-in-law Shang Zhixin to open up a land connection with him.

Of course, Fatty Lu also knows the situation that Guo Zhuangtu is facing. After killing Wu Yingqi, he will definitely lure Wu Shicong back to Kunming, and kill Wu Yingqi's eldest son who is destined to be punished in Kunming city. Can his letter be delivered? Wu Shicong still had two ideas in his hand.But it doesn't matter, it is good that the letter can be sent to Wu Shicong. If Guo Zhuangtu has already killed Wu Shicong, it would be better, then Guo Zhuangtu will not only further anger the Wu clan, but also anger the generals of the Wu army who are loyal to the old traitor Wu, causing Wu Jun With faster division and faster internal strife, Fatty Lu also has more excuses to completely tear himself apart from the Honghua court.

In addition, when sending a letter to Wu Yingqi, Fatty Lu had to send another letter to his brother-in-law Shang Zhixin, introducing to Shang Zhixin the process of Wu Yingqi's murder, explaining his determination to fight against the heavens, and asking Shang Zhixin to send troops for help. ——Fatty Lu can be sure that after reading this letter, his good uncle will definitely take the opportunity to get rid of the control of the Honghua court, tear himself apart with Guo Zhuangtu and Wu Shifan, and will definitely take the opportunity to instigate himself to send troops south to fight with them Geng Jingzhong, who joined forces to attack the innocent and shot, took the opportunity to expand his territory and strength.

To become a whore, the memorial archway must be erected. In order to make his pleadings more rational and vigorous, and to further promote the split of the Wu army as soon as possible, Fatty Lu ordered Guizhou Xieyuan Wang Shaobo to write a ghost letter for Wu Shifan in the honor of the Great General Zhengdong. Played the table and asked Wu Shifan to explain why he concealed the cause of Wu's death as a traitor?Ask Wu Shifan to explain why he sat back and watched Guo Zhuangtu's fickle behavior of killing Wu Yingqi and his son?Another thing is to ask Wu Shifan to kill Guo Zhuangtu's family and pass it on to the world, so as to set the record straight!Another thing is to copy multiple copies of this memorandum and send them to Hu Guozhu, Fang Guangchen, Xia Guoxiang, Wu Guogui, Wang Pingfan, Ma Bao, Wang Fuchen and other generals of the Wu army, asking them to respond to their call and request Wu Shifan to kill Guo. Great picture!
After finishing these things, Fatty Lu plunged headlong into the internal affairs work. While organizing the people to grab the harvest of autumn grain and hoarding the food, grass and horses necessary for the army to fight, he seized the time to produce rocket shells, three good explosives, and develop new firearms. , Develop and apply new production techniques such as lathes and assembly lines to ensure the supply of firearms to the greatest extent.There is also the improvement of internal affairs, the expansion of the Jiangnan Six Cao Division, the fight against crime, the consolidation of law and order, and patiently waiting for the time to unify the world.

The days passed day by day, and good news came one after another. With no hope of asking for help, Anhui Ningguo Mansion and Guangde Prefecture, which were half surrounded by the fat army, took the initiative to send surrender forms, voluntarily cut their braids and hair, and surrendered. Fat Army.At the same time, Xiaozhuang's decree not to allow the local officials and generals of the Qing Dynasty to surrender to the Fatty Army has also been made known to the world, clearly declaring that all local officials and generals of the Qing Dynasty who surrendered to the Fatty Army and their families will be killed.

Facing the psychological offensive of the old hag in Xiaozhuang, Fatty Lu did the opposite, and issued a diametrically opposite order, that is, all local officials and generals in the Qing Dynasty who have family members in the north of the Yellow River can resist Fatty's army. To avoid death, they can also be paid travel expenses after being captured, so that they can return to the north of the Yellow River to reunite with their families.Qing officials and generals who have been captured by the fat army before, no matter they are Han or Manchu, as long as they have family members in the north, they can choose to stay or stay. Those who are willing to go home and reunite with their families will all be paid travel expenses. Gift sent abroad.

The power of hypocrisy is endless. After Fatty Lu’s order was promulgated, not only were there not many Qing officials and generals who chose to go home, Tongling, Huizhou Prefecture and Chuzhou Prefecture also successively sent surrender forms, cut their braids and hair, and handed over to Fatty’s army. Pay taxes and food, and accept the jurisdiction of the Fat Man Army.These local officials are not fools, they can see at a glance that the old hag of Xiaozhuang's order is to force them to fight with the fat man's army, but Fatty Lu's order is to be gentle with them. It is better to voluntarily surrender earlier, not only to keep the official position and family property, but also to have the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune. Even if the family members are in the north, it doesn’t matter. If the parents die, they can save the funeral expenses. .

Fatty Lu’s Huairou policy made the biggest gains in Jiaxing, because Tian Fengji and Geng Jingzhong had voluntarily withdrawn their troops, and the more than 1 Qing troops in Jiaxing City had been completely isolated. Food, grass, and military pay were decreasing day by day, and the farmland outside the city was surrounded by Fatty’s army. Unable to collect food, the Qing army in Jiaxing panicked from top to bottom, the morale of the army was lax, and people's minds changed.At the same time, Fatty Lu's righteous brother Lu Zhangtai, who was sent to the Suzhou Legion, also took advantage of the fire. With Li Tianzhi's consent, he sent secret envoys to infiltrate Jiaxing and sent a secret letter to Hutu, the deputy of Jiaxing's general Laita, who had met once. The letter contained only one sentence. ——I, the king of Baojun, surrendered, what are you waiting for?
After reading Lu Zhangtai's secret letter, Hutu, surnamed Hong E, no longer hesitated. He launched a mutiny that night and opened the city gate to welcome the fat man's army. The army surrendered, and soon there were less than a hundred people left around Laita. Seeing that the situation was over, Laita sighed and slashed his sword. Jiaxing City, which had been isolated for more than half a year, finally fell into the hands of the Fatty Army. The defenders in the city were almost all The fat man surrendered.

So far, the area controlled by the Fatty Army has more than doubled. The northern line has advanced to the Yellow River, the western line has advanced to Tongling, and the southern line is bordered by the entire line of Hangzhou Prefecture. Taihu Lake has directly become the inner lake of the Fatty Army, and the population has increased by half. There are many more. After a large number of Qing army prisoners of war were recruited, the army also reached an astonishing 20 or more. The overall strength has surpassed the dying Qing court, second only to the Southwest Wu army that is about to split, ranking second in the world-so it is also possible It is already number one in the world.In order to arm these troops and use troops westward, the construction of the Tongling Arsenal has also been put on the agenda of the Fat Man Army.

The surrender of the Jiaxing defenders also reminded Fatty Lu that the Qing army in Jiaxing, which is basically composed of mite people, can surrender, and the mite army in other places may follow suit, so Lu Fatty quickly issued another The order is to reaffirm the order of four killings again, and take the initiative to push all the atrocities committed by the mites after they entered the customs to the four surnames of Aixinjueluo, Hesheli, Tong Jia, and Niu Colu. Kill and abuse the mite soldiers and civilians who are willing to surrender to those who do not have the four surnames, and at the same time allow the mite people who do not have the four surnames to change their surnames to Han, and those who can speak and write Chinese can also be given Han status.

Even for the mite people of the four surnames, Fatty Lu did not force them to the point of complete resistance. He mercifully allowed the mite people of the four surnames who were captured and surrendered to commit suicide, and allowed them to be buried in the ground. Their bodies were sent back to the Qing army for coffining.And Kang Mazi's uncle, Baylor Shangshan, was the first beneficiary of this policy. After Fatty Lu gave him poisoned wine to commit suicide, he put his body in a coffin, sent it to the north bank of the Yellow River by boat, and handed it over to the local government of Chiqing. , Transported back to his hometown in Mizhou for burial.

The four-kill order that has been repeatedly emphasized and improved has received satisfactory results. The surrounding Qing army confronting the Fatty Army is very divided. However, the evil slaves of the four surnames were panic-stricken, blamed everyone, complained that they had not found the right mother for reincarnation, fled constantly, and even committed suicide in despair.And in Beijing, the base camp of the Qing dynasty, the fearful evil slaves of the four surnames also fled back to Liaodong and their hometown in Tunguska. The Northern Expedition ended this famine and chaos where the people were struggling to survive.

At the beginning of August in the lunar calendar, the autumn rice harvest in the south of the Yangtze River reached its climax. When Fatty Lu led a large group of officials to the farmland every day to cheer for the people, the beggars came to the door, and there were only two of them—Zheng Jing and Geng Jingzhong. Together they brazenly sent envoys to ask Fatty Lu to reward some grain for the winter. Because of the war and devastation, the autumn grain production in northern Zhejiang has been greatly reduced, especially in Hangzhou, which is far away from the rear. Supply, and there is no main food producing area in the rear, Zheng Jing and Geng Jingzhong, who have run out of military supplies, have no choice but to bite the bullet and talk to the big landlord Lu Fatty, hoping that Lu Fatty can see it for the sake of the anti-Qing rebels, How much to help one or two.

For the envoy sent by Zheng Jing, Fatty Lu sprayed his saliva directly on his face, scolding Zheng Jing for being ungrateful and being inferior to a beast. He gave Zheng Jing the Hangzhou Paradise and a large number of weapons and grass for free, and sent troops to rescue Hangzhou when he was in danger. At the extreme, when the fat army was attacked from all sides, Zheng Jing not only did not help, but also deliberately let the Qing army and Geng army join forces to attack the fat army. He was so ungrateful that he still had the face to beg for food and pay?Envoy Zheng was speechless and left in shame.

To Geng Jingzhong's envoy, Lu Fatty's attitude was extremely polite, and he promised to give Geng Jingzhong 20 shi of military rations. Geng Jingzhong's envoy was overjoyed, but Lu Fatty's next additional conditions made Geng Jingzhong's envoy almost cry ——Geng Jingzhong's army must unconditionally return to Fujian, and hand over the occupied Zhejiang state capital to the fat man's army for apology. The reason is that the Geng army and the Qing army jointly attacked Huzhou. They have already betrayed the anti-Qing camp, so they are not worthy of owning Zhejiang. Fatty Army was able to forgive Geng Jingzhong's betrayal.At the same time, Fatty Lu asked Geng Jingzhong's army to unconditionally open the road passes in Fujian so that the Fatty's army could bypass Guangdong and Guangxi to attack Guo Zhuangtu.Geng Jingzhong's envoy left in a state of sweat.

It wasn't until the shameless Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing's envoys were sent away that Yao Qisheng, who accompanied the audience, said to Fatty Lu: "General, our enemies right now are Guo Zhuangtu and the dead but not dead Mangou court. As for Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing, even if you don’t buy them off, you shouldn’t completely tear your face apart, why did the general purposely provoke Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing, and make himself an enemy?”

"On the side of the couch, how can you allow other people to snore?" Fatty Lu said with a sneer, "Geng Jingzhong's [-] mobs have been stationed in Hangzhou, and they have made it clear that they have ambitions for Jiangnan. If we show weakness, Geng Jingzhong's children will definitely make progress. The only way to put forward more shameless conditions is to firmly refuse, and not to give him a chance to put his face on the nose!"

"As for Zheng Jing, it's not a good thing!" Speaking of this, Fatty Lu paused, and then said: "Zheng Jing worked hard to maintain the enclave of Hangzhou, who would believe that he didn't use this as a foothold to annex the south of the Yangtze River? If I renew the covenant with him, he will definitely continue to ask for money, food, and weapons. Should I give it or not? If I do, Zheng Jing will still push forward, asking for more food, military pay, and weapons, and maybe even more. If the request for land is made, isn’t it a legacy of raising tigers?”

"Of course the students understand these principles." Yao Qisheng said in a deep voice: "The students are most worried about that if the three armies of Geng Jingzhong, Zheng Jing, and the remnants of the Zhejiang Mangou tribe form an alliance to attack us, Guo Zhuangtu will add fuel to the flames behind the scenes. Weapon support, then we're in trouble."

"Don't be afraid, this is something I've been thinking about, and it's what I want the most." Fatty Lu said confidently: "Even if these three bastards form an alliance, they will definitely not work together. They will only look at each other's jokes and try to find ways Preserving our own strength and reaping the benefits, it is easy for us to defeat these three groups of offal. And in this way, we can wait for work and fight these three offal on our own territory, and we can save a lot of expenses for the Southern Expedition. At the same time, we have excuses Take back Hangzhou—the use value of Zheng Jun in Hangzhou is almost the same, and it is time to take back Hangzhou.”

"If these three-way gangsters confront us on the southern line, we will not be afraid." Fatty Lu said more confidently: "Just a few days ago, General Liu Jinzhong Liu, who was the first in Guangdong to play the banner of anti-Qing, sent an envoy to me A secret letter was sent to me, telling me that Zheng Jing'er was short-sighted and greedy, and had already rejected his proposal to let Zheng Jing'er return Geng Jingzhong to Tingzhou, Fujian, and planned to send troops to capture Shaowu, Yanping and Xinghua, and then The entire territory of Fujian was annexed (historical facts), and Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing were about to turn against each other. General Liu Jinzhong was discouraged and determined to submit to our army and serve as an inside line for our army to ambush inside Zheng Jing."

"If General Liu Jinzhong didn't tell lies, then we don't have to worry about our southern line." Yao Qisheng nodded and said: "The three offals joined forces to attack, and we waited for work to annihilate their main force, and then took advantage of the momentum to go south. The three offals and us Persevere, we just have to wait patiently, and it won't be long before the three offals will kill each other, and we will still reap the benefits."

"I'm afraid they don't even have the qualifications to confront us for a long time." Fatty Lu smiled smugly, "The grain production areas in the north of Zhejiang have been smashed, and the three offals can't supply the army rations on the spot, and there is not much grain production in the rear. , How long can the long-distance transportation last?"

Yao Qisheng also had a smirk, knowing that the current situation in the world is that the fat man is alone and the world is chaotic. The fat man's army only needs to hold the essence of the territory and stabilize the interior. It won't be long before the enemy's interior, which is full of gunpowder, will explode one after another. Fighting each other, wars everywhere and the people struggling to survive, the fat army with money and food and internal stability, Shi Shiran took the initiative to pick peaches, and this peach is Jiangshan.

In fact, when Fatty Lu and Yao Qisheng said these words, the gunpowder barrels inside the Fatty Army's enemies had gradually begun to explode. In mid-July, after receiving the news that Fatty Lu had captured and killed Kang Mazi, Zheng Jing decided that Fatty Lu It is inevitable that Geng Jingzhong will retaliate because of his collusion with the Qing army, and he also believes that Geng Jingzhong must not be the opponent of Fatty Lu, so Zheng Jing blatantly tore up Zheng Geng's peace agreement, and ordered his generals Feng Xifan and Wu Shu to send troops to attack Xinghua Mansion controlled by Geng Jingzhong. With Shao Wu Mansion!
Zheng Jing turned his back on the alliance and took the lead in killing each other, but Geng Jingzhong's true colors of being strong outsiders and middle-ranked and unpopular were fully exposed at this moment. Zheng Jun had just approached the city, and Xinghua guard Ma Chenglong and Shaowu guard Yang De didn't even make any resistance. As soon as Kaesong surrendered (historical facts, recorded in the first volume of "Taiwan Provincial General Annals"), Zheng Jun successfully captured the two prefectures, surrounded Yanping Mansion, Fujian's largest grain producing area, and directly threatened Fuzhou Mansion, Geng Jingzhong's stronghold.When the news reached Zhejiang, Geng Jingzhong cursed and decided to retaliate.

At the same time, the news of Wu Shicong's murder was also confirmed. As early as late May, Guo Zhuangtu falsely passed on the decree of the old traitor Wu, falsely claiming that the old traitor Wu was seriously ill, and ordered Wu Shicong to return to Kunming Tuogu. Wu Shicong hurried back without knowing the plan. As a result, as soon as he entered Yunnan, he was poisoned to death by Xu Zhongming, a confidant of the Guo Zhuangtu faction, and then used Wu Shifan's reputation to inform the generals of the Wu army, claiming that Wu Shicong had to be killed because he was trying to rebel—but this is not true. There is no basis at all. Once Wu Shicong knew that his father was murdered by Guo Zhuangtu, he would definitely raise troops to question him, and then he would definitely join forces with the more dangerous Fatty Lu.

After receiving the news of the death of Wu Yingqi and his four sons, Fatty Lu's father-in-law Wu Guogui unfurled the flag of Fengtian in Jingzhou, calling on the Wu army to invite soldiers and horses to join Changde, determined to return to Yungui to avenge his sworn brother—Wu Guogui could do nothing if he didn't. Guo Zhuangtu, who controlled Honghua's government, was so cruel to Wu's clan. Wu Guogui was the traitorous son of Wu, and he had won the hearts of the army with a large army. How could Guo Zhuangtu let him go?

After Wu Guogui’s appeal was issued, it quickly received responses from Wu’s clan relatives and veterans of the Wu army. Wu Yingjing took the lead in responding with a flag and sent troops from Changsha to Changde to join forces with Wu Guogui. , Then Wu Guozhu and Wu Zhimao raised troops in Sichuan, and Wang Pingfan of Xi'an and Xunyang Liu Zhifu also decided to respond. Watching the fire from the other side.

The civil strife is imminent, and Hu Guozhu and Fang Guangchen, who have a big picture, stand up for a difficult deal, but the result of the deal is doomed to failure. It is impossible for the Wu clan to reconcile with Guo Zhuangtu in order to protect themselves, and it is impossible for Guo Zhuangtu to survive. Yield, a huge storm that is about to sweep across the entire area controlled by the Wu army is gradually brewing.

(End of this chapter)