scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 422 Fatty Fatty
Fatty Lu's crowed words again, seeing the defeat of Fatty's army in Magang Hall, coupled with the instigation of Guo Zhuangtu and Zheng Jing, Shang Zhixin, who had long been full of resentment and dissatisfaction with Fatty Lu, finally couldn't hold back, He resolutely joined the great, bright and just anti-Lu alliance, accepted the new firearm reinforcement provided by Guo Zhuangtu, and sent troops to attack Chaozhou Prefecture, the enclave of the fat army in Guangzhou, opening a new chapter in the anti-Lu alliance's counterattack.

Lord Shang’s betrayal was much earlier than Fatty Lu expected. On February 23rd, the Fatty’s army suffered the biggest defeat in history at the Magang Hall. After sending it to Fatty Lu, Fatty Lu realized that the situation was not good, and immediately used six hundred miles to warn Li Tianzhi, Liu Jinzhong, Du Guochen and other generals on the southern front, telling them to be careful to guard against the sneak attack of Lord Shang, and not to repeat the mistakes of the Magang Hall— — But what Fatty Lu never dreamed of was that in fact, on the first day he received the Tang newspaper, Lord Shang, who hated Fatty's army to the bone, had already made a move.

Lord Shang's surprise attack was both sudden and covert. The main force of King Shang's army led by Wang Guodong was stationed in Ping County, Jiaying Prefecture, which is less than two hundred miles away from Chaozhou Prefecture. After finding out the details of the Chaozhou Fatty Army, knowing that the main force of the Chaozhou Fatty Army had been brought to Longyan by Liu Jinzhong, and that there were not many troops left in the enclave of Chaozhou Mansion, Lord Shang made an agreement with Zheng Jing to send a partial division Pretending to attack Fenshui Pass, the gate of Chaozhou, Lord Shang took the opportunity to ask Du Guochen, the Chaozhou defender of the fat army, if he needed reinforcements?Du Guochen didn't know what to do, and was worried about the lack of troops, so he immediately agreed.

The next thing was simple. Wang Guodong led five thousand Shang Wangjun to Huanggang under the pretext of reinforcements at Fenshui Pass, and invited Du Guochen, the fat general of the army, to the camp to discuss matters of cooperation and defense. Du Guochen readily obeyed and only brought a small number of soldiers. Entering the Shangjun camp, Wang Guodong seized the opportunity to capture Du Guochen, threatened Du Guochen to surrender and offered the city, but was rejected, and Du Guochen was brutally killed. Then he immediately sent troops to attack the unsuspecting Fenshui Pass, and successfully captured the pass to meet Zheng Jun After entering Guangdong, Wang Guodong quickly returned to Chaozhou City, and arrived at the city before the Chaozhou defenders received the bad news. More than 30 fat soldiers and their families, as well as Liu Jinzhong's family members, were also massacred by Wang Guodong. Blood flowed in and out of Chaozhou City and Fenshui Pass. The scene was as miserable as the Guangzhou massacre more than [-] years ago.

When the news spread, the Fatty Army on the Southern Front, which had suffered two major defeats in a row, was furious. Li Tianzhi was so angry that he immediately ordered the troops to divide into two groups and attack the Zheng Jing troops in Zhangzhou and the Shang Army in Guangdong at the same time. According to Fatty Lu's crow words, Fatty's army attacked Zheng Jun and Shangjun at the same time, and Zheng Jing and Monk Zhixin, who didn't trust each other very much, united closely and used the new firearms supported by Guo Zhuangtu to resist tenaciously, forcing Fatty The army and them consume firearms, and although the fat army still has a certain advantage in one-on-two, it suffers from two-front combat, the supply line is too long, the progress of the war is slow and the consumption is huge, not to mention, it also beats Zheng Jing and monk Zhixin more and more. The more united.

Fortunately, Fatty Lu's will arrived in Quanzhou in time, and was handed over to Li Tianzhi, the old running dog. Li Tianzhi, who admired Fatty Lu very much, followed the order and began to adjust the combat strategy on the Fujian-Guangdong battlefield, so that he and the Shang army could not share the same fate. The enemy Liu Jinzhong, Zeng Yang and Ma Jiuyu joined forces to take a defensive position to resist the Shang army's attack on Fujian. The main forces of the two fat men, Wang Jinwu and Guo Yingfu, were transferred to the Zhangzhou battlefield, and joined forces with Li Tianzhi to concentrate the main force to besiege Zheng Jing.At the same time, Wu Yonghua, a general of the fat army stationed in Ganzhou, soon sent troops to attack Nanxiong, Guangdong after receiving the bad news from Chaozhou, encircling Wei and saving Zhao to share the pressure for Li Tianzhi.

Adjusted the tactics of using troops a little bit, and the effect came out immediately. When our Lord Shang saw the fat man's army stop attacking Guangdong, he immediately had the idea of ​​watching the fire from the other side like a conditioned reflex, and ordered Wang Guodong to slow down the attack on the fat man's army, and try to avoid fighting hard to save his life If Fatty Jun and Zheng Jun were to lose both sides, they would come out to pick a bargain. Wang Guodong, who was also not a good guy, immediately followed the order.In this way, the Fatty Army fighting on the two fronts finally got rid of the predicament, concentrated all their strength to slam Prince Zheng, and used precious firearms against Prince Zheng at any cost, launching one after another modern firearms battles that surpassed the times.

After three or four expensive firearms battles, Prince Zheng, whose new weapons were all supported by Guo Zhuangtu's army by sea, soon couldn't bear it any longer.And our Lord Shang, who is good at fighting in the nest, has also begun to flex his muscles. While using the excuse that Wu Yonghua attacked Nanxiong to threaten the hinterland of Guangdong, he refused to send reinforcements, and even refused to launch a large-scale attack to contain the fat army. Zhuangtu reached out for firearms, and his appetite was much bigger than Prince Zheng's.

When Zheng Shang and the two princes asked for firearms, the request for help was sent to Kunming. Guo Zhuangtu and Guo Xiangye inevitably frowned. It is true that there are four firearms construction sites left by the traitor Wu and Fatty Lu in Yunnan, but before the traitor Wu The raw materials for the production of firearms left behind have been exhausted long ago. Guo Zhuangtu had to find his own way to supply all the raw materials, and at the same time supply the four battlefields of Sichuan, Pianyuan, Huguang, and Guangxi to resist the attacks of the Wu clan and the Fatty Army. , Can you even out new firearms to support the Fujian-Guangdong battlefield?
The two batches of firearms that supported Prince Zheng and Prince Shang were all picked out by Guo Xiangye through his teeth. Now that the finished products and raw material stocks of the four major firearms camps in Yunnan are empty, what else can Guo Xiangye use to support Fujian and Guangdong?You can't stop the supply of firearms in other battlefields, and fully supply the Allied battlefields in Fujian and Guangdong, right?What's more, Guo Xiangye is not completely relieved of these two so-called allies.So there is no other way, Guo Xiangye can only give a little more firearms symbolically, and then ask Zheng Wangye and Shang Wangye to defend with all their strength, waiting for the next batch of firearm reinforcements - at the same time, in order to solve the most deadly problem of the source of saltpeter, Guo Xiangye It is necessary to reach out to Prince Zheng and Prince Shang in turn, asking them to support saltpeter.

It is conceivable that when we saw the pitifully few firearms that Guo Xiangye provided, our Lord Zheng became so angry, and seeing that Guo Xiangye in turn asked Zheng Wang to help the precious strategic material saltpeter, our Zheng The prince really can’t do without yelling, "Fuck your mother, Guo Zhuangtu! If my king has enough saltpeter, would I still need to reach out to you? If I have enough saltpeter, I can make black powder myself and kill Lu Gou!" Already!"

On the other hand, our Lord Shang is a rich prince, and also a kind and generous prince, so our Lord Shang answered Guo Xiangye like this, "Guo Xiangye, I do have a little saltpeter in my hand, but Shipping by sea is too risky, and there are rebels like Zu Zeqing and Ma Xiong blocking the road on the land, so the transportation is really inconvenient-so Mr. Guo, why don't you just send some firearms craftsmen over and build a firearms camp in Guangzhou, so that the king can There is no need to ask Xiangye Guo for firearms all the time."

Of course, after our Lord Shang’s letter arrived in Kunming, of course Xiangye Guo took the letter and blew his nose and wiped his ass—fuck your mother Shang Zhixin, you think I, Guo Zhuangtu, are an idiot?Given your new firearms production technology, Lao Tzu's troops in western Guangdong and Guangxi dare to sleep in peace?
With their own ghosts, the future of the alliance of two kings and one prime minister is naturally bleak. Prince Zheng, who was fighting alone, quickly exhausted the last rocket and the last grenade, and the main force of the Fatty Army, determined to revenge, rushed forward The army of Zheng Wangye was cut down and retreated steadily, and was soon compressed to the vicinity of Zhangzhou Fucheng. The fat army navy led by Li Guodong also killed near the waters of Jinmen Island, threatening the throat of Zheng Jun's retreat to Taiwan.Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Guoxuan, the commander of the Zheng Army, was worried that he would be trapped to death on the mainland by the fat man's army. He didn't even dare to defend the capital city of Zhangzhou, so he led the army back to Haicheng and boarded the ship, and the whole army withdrew to Taiwan.

It was also when it was repeatedly confirmed that Zheng Jun had given up on the mainland and returned to Taiwan, our Lord Shang realized that the situation was not good, and hurriedly ordered Wang Guodong to launch a large-scale attack in a panic, and sent envoys to contact Zheng Jing, asking Lord Zheng to land again to contain the fat army. He also promised that this time he would join forces with Lord Zheng to fight against Lu. After Lord Zheng's army landed again, no matter what danger he encountered, Lord Shang would definitely rescue him.

Friends must have heard the story of the wolf coming. We don’t know if Prince Zheng has heard of it, but in front of Prince Shang who has repeatedly broken his promises, Prince Zheng naturally refused to believe anything he said, not only categorically refused At Prince Shang's request, he wrote back and scolded him bloody, and vowed to cut off his robes with him. Our loyal Lord Shang, who was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, has completely become a loner.

Immediately afterwards, the thunderous wrath of the Fat Man Army finally fell on Lord Shang. Li Tianzhi personally led the main force to attack Fenshui Pass in Chaozhou. Once again, he attacked Wang Guodong in Shanghang, and went south from Tingzhou to attack Jiaying. Wu Yonghua also stepped up his attack on Nanxiong. The three-way army surrounded and beat the treacherous and capricious Prince Shang.In addition, Zu Zeqing, the traitorous cousin of the old Wu, also came out to take advantage of the fire and attack Xinning and Xiangshan. The poor Lord Shang was surrounded by enemies.

Fortunately, Lord Shang still has a more reliable ally, Guo Zhuangtu Guo Xiangye. Out of consideration for his own displeasure, Guo Xiangye bit the bullet and increased his firearm assistance to Lord Shang, and ordered the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Dong Chongmin, to send troops Gaozhou, besieged Wei and rescued Zhao to contain Zu Zeqing, and then ordered Wei Pu to send troops from Hengzhou, Hunan, via Chenzhou and Shaozhou to reinforce Guangzhou, and strive to keep Shang Wangye, an unworthy ally, and then strive to bring Zheng Jing back to the anti-Lu alliance, once again Send troops to Fujian to threaten the back of Fatty's army.

The situation on the Guangdong battlefield is so complicated that Fatty Lu naturally does not dare to take it lightly. In addition to sending [-] reinforcements from Zhili to Fujian, Fatty Lu ordered Yao Yi to send troops south from Fengyang to Jiujiang to reinforce Li Xiongfei and join hands with Li Xiongfei The counterattack of Wuchang and Huangzhou also used the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao to share the pressure on the Guangdong battlefield.

At the same time, in view of the fact that Han Daren's army stationed in Henan had been idle after Wang Pingfan's surrender, in order to put Han Daren's main force on the Huguang battlefield as soon as possible, and more effectively contain and deter the small court of Honghua, Fatty Lu had to bite the bullet and once again Send envoys to contact Wu Guogui, the father-in-law who has always been displeased with him, and ask Wu Guogui to carry out the edict of the old traitor Wu, accept his own command and reorganization, and make way for Han Daren's main force to go south. If Wu Guogui can agree, then Han Daren's army will All it takes is to capture Chenlong Pass, and Xia Guoxiang and Guo Zhuangtu can basically be cut in two.

No one knows better than Fatty Lu himself how difficult it is to deal with Wu Guogui and how unpleasant he is. Therefore, Fatty Lu attaches great importance to this mission. He not only brought a lot of precious gifts to Wu Guogui and Wu Xiaotu, but also sent out Chen Renjie, a gold medal diplomat and the number one diplomatic liar who performed very well during several missions, asked Chen Renjie to go to Changde to meet his father-in-law, and urged him to bow his head to his son-in-law.

Thanks to Han Daren's insatiable greed, the team he controlled was stationed in Luoyang and did nothing else. He did a lot of things like picking persimmons and taking advantage of the fire to loot. The county seat also took advantage of the opportunity of the main force to turn south to win the two prefectures of Ruzhou (Linru) and Xuzhou (Xuchang). In fact, it has already bordered the Wu clan's team in the Luyangguan area, so the gold medal of the Fatty Army The diplomat Chen Renjie didn't have to risk crossing the enemy-occupied area. Relying on the protection of Han Daren's elite army, he easily entered the area controlled by the Wu clan and arrived in Changde, where he was personally received by Wu Guogui.

The good luck ends here, and seeing the envoy sent by the son-in-law again, and also seeing the expensive gifts sent by the son-in-law, Wu Guogui not only did not show the slightest joy, but also asked Chen Renjie with a sneer: "Son, Lu Yifeng, do you want to usurp us?" Have you proclaimed yourself emperor? What is the name of the country? What is the name of the year?"

In this world, there are very few people who dare to call Lu Yifeng a child in front of fat army officials, and Wu Guogui is the only one who doesn't have to worry about retaliation after scolding like this.It is also because of this that Chen Renjie, a member of the fat army and the legendary governor of the fat army, did not dare to express his dissatisfaction. He just replied politely: "Back to Huguang President General Wu, the general may have misunderstood, my lord I am loyal to Emperor Gao, the Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and will never change to the death. How can I do the disobedient act of usurping the throne and proclaiming the emperor? I also hope that the general will not listen to the rumors of bad people and misunderstand the prince of Yue."

"Bang!" Wu Guogui slapped the table heavily, and roared with a livid face: "That little bastard, also has the face to say that he was loyal to the late emperor and swore to death? What did he do all these years?" Is it worthy of the late emperor?"

"Dare to ask the general, all these years, what has my lord been sorry to Emperor Gao of the Great Zhou Dynasty?" Chen Renjie boldly asked: "Did my lord surrender to the enemy or did he proclaim himself emperor or changed his flag? The general belittled my prince so much, yet Emperor Gao, the great ancestor, sent an edict to the prince to ask Gu, is it true that General Wu has a better understanding of people than Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty?"

Wu Guogui was speechless, and Wu Yingjing and Wu Yingchang, the two nephews of the traitor Wu, quit and shouted together: "Since Lu Yifeng thought he was loyal to the late emperor, why didn't he return to Anhui after capturing Jiangnan?" , quickly get in touch with the Great Zhou army? Became an emperor in Nanjing?"

"Two generals Wu, did you make a mistake?" Chen Renjie asked neither humble nor overbearing: "When our army captured Nanjing, the combined strength of all the troops was less than 5. , but also to guard against the Mangou counterattack and other rebels taking advantage of the fire to loot, what else can they return to Anhui? Moreover, my family’s prince also wrote to Emperor Taizu Gao at the time, requesting to abandon Jiangnan and return to Anhui to meet the friendly army. The lord continues to sit in the south of the Yangtze River, cutting off the water transportation of the dog, and my lord followed the order, so he did not meet the friendly army as a last resort—did the two generals want my lord to disobey the imperial edict of the Taizu Emperor?"

Speaking, Chen Renjie also took out an official document from his arms, raised it above his head and said: "If you don't believe the two generals, this is a copy of the approval document that Emperor Taizu Gao ordered my prince to sit in the south of the Yangtze River. Please take a look at it! "

The two brothers Wu Yingjing and Wu Yingchang had nothing to say. Fatty Lu pretended to ask old traitor Wu whether he would give up Jiangnan. It is an iron-clad fact that they are traitors with old Wu. As long as the Wu family brothers still have a little bit of shame, they will naturally feel ashamed to continue messing around.

"If that's the case, why didn't Lu Yifeng march west to get in touch with our army after the late emperor passed away?" Wu Yingchang shouted unwillingly, "Why did he still send troops to the north? Even live in the Forbidden City?"

"General Wu's question is strange." Chen Renjie replied with a wry smile, "When did the news of Emperor Gao's death reach my lord? At that time, Guo Zhuangtu had already usurped power and rebelled in Yunnan To massacre the Wu clan, if my prince marched westward at that time, would he open up contact with the Great Zhou army, or open a way for Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang's rebels to invade the southern part of the Great Zhou?"

"At that time, Xia Guoxiang hadn't rebelled!" Wu Yingchang yelled.

"At that time, my lord had already received a spy report and knew that Xia Guoxiang's rebels were about to rebel!" Chen Renjie replied even louder, "That's why my family's lord, in his capacity as the regent of the Great Zhou, ordered Xia Guoxiang's rebels to hand over their military power, forcing Xia Guoxiang to rebel. The thieves rebelled, exposed their whereabouts, and prevented more Zhou soldiers from being killed by Xia Guoxiang's traitors! Otherwise, if Xia Guoxiang suddenly sent troops to Chenlong Pass to attack Wu's volunteers-General Wu, you still have a chance to accuse my prince here ?!"

Facing Chen Renjie's shameless sophistry, Wu Yingchang was so angry that he couldn't find anything to refute. On the other side, Wu Guogui's third brother, Wu Guozheng, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Then Lu Yifeng captured the After Beijing, why live in the Forbidden City? Isn’t this the biggest evidence of Lu Yifeng’s attempt to usurp?”

"General Guozheng, you are the third uncle of my lord, please allow me to call you the third general." Chen Renjie bowed and said respectfully: "Dare to ask the third general, when my Great Zhou Taizu, Emperor Gao, announced his capital?" Land? Is it Wuchang or Beijing? When my prince expelled the Tartars, he captured Beijing and lived in the Mangou Palace, why not? Besides, my prince sealed up nine tenths of the Mangou Palace, and only temporarily set the official office in the Wuying Palace , is there any evidence of attempted tampering?"

Wu Guozheng was also dumbfounded, but Wu Yingchang was furious. He drew out his knife and shouted: "Bold thief, you dare to come to our Da Zhou army to speak sophistically and confuse right and wrong. I will kill you with one knife?"

"Please." Chen Renjie stretched out his head nonchalantly, and said with a relaxed expression: "Please, General Wu, is this humble official so eloquent, confounding black and white, and only the people of the world can judge right and wrong. The humble official is sent as an envoy under the order of the Regent of the Great Zhou, King Yue. Follow the imperial decree of Emperor Taizu Gao of the Great Zhou Dynasty to go out as an envoy—if General Wu doesn’t even take the imperial edict of Emperor Gaozu of the Great Zhou Dynasty seriously, please do it anyway—but after doing so, my lord can justifiably declare General Wu a traitor .”

"Dare to threaten Lao Tzu?" Wu Yingchang was completely enraged, he rushed up and swung his knife to slash, but before Wu Guogui, Wu Yingjing and others stopped, Liu Zhifu, the only son of Liu Xuanchu, had already drawn his knife to stop him, and shouted: "Brother Yingchang, Please calm down! Although this person's attitude is arrogant, he is also reasonable. The late emperor ordered Lu Yifeng to be regent and to control the military affairs of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This is a fact. The last imperial edict!"

"Liu Zhifu, I know that Lu Yifeng is your father's protégé and your fellow disciple!" Wu Yingchang yelled, "You also hope that Lu Yifeng's thieves will seek to usurp the throne, so you can enjoy the glory and wealth, right?"

"Snapped!"

There was a heavy slap on Wu Yingchang's face, but this slap was not from Liu Zhifu, but from Wu Yingchang's own brother, Wu Yingjing, who rushed forward and slapped himself.After the slap, Wu Yingjing was still puzzled, and slapped his younger brother on the other side of the face again, shouting with a livid face: "Brother Zhifu kowtows to admit his mistake! Brother Zhifu, if he was such a person, he would still be here now To share weal and woe with us? If it wasn’t for Brother Zhifu who took four arrows in his body and carried you back from the battlefield of Baima Pass, your dog’s life would have been lost to Xia Guoxiang and Guo Zhuangtu’s rebels long ago!”

Wu Yingchang's face turned blue and white, looked at his elder brother with livid face, then at Liu Zhifu who was serious, finally dropped his saber, knelt down on both knees and kowtowed three times to Liu Zhifu, and said loudly: "Brother Zhifu!" , It’s me, I’m talking shit, I apologize to you! I also believe that you are not that kind of person! But I just don’t believe in Lu Yifeng! His ambition to usurp the throne is already in Lu Yifeng’s heart, and everyone knows it!”

"General Wu, General Liu, you are all relatives of my lord, you must think that my lord is trying to usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and I can't help it." Chen Renjie smiled wryly, and asked with a serious expression: "The only problem with a humble job— — This question is also what my lord wants to ask. What do you want to believe that my lord has no ambition to usurp the throne? You can make a condition, as long as you can prove my lord's innocence, no matter what the condition is, my lord will agree .”

Brother Wu Yingjing, Wu Guozheng, Liu Zhifu and others looked at each other, doubtful of Chen Renjie's answer, but Chen Renjie smiled bitterly and said: "Generals, you are welcome, please tell me your conditions. To be honest, before leaving, my prince has already appointed you Small envoy, as long as you all can believe that he has no ambition to usurp the throne, that the conditions he puts forward do not violate loyalty, filial piety, etiquette, do not shake or harm the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and do not violate the imperial edict of Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the small envoy can agree on behalf of the prince. Write it down in plain words, and ask people in the world to testify to prove my family's lord's loyalty to the Great Zhou Emperor."

Chen Renjie's words for Fatty Lu were extremely beautiful, but in fact all the loopholes were tightly closed. For example, Wu Yingchang soon asked suspiciously: "Then we want Lu Yifeng to hand over the military power, he Can it be done?"

"Of course." Chen Renjie raised his eyebrows, answered very simply, and then asked: "But I have a question, to whom does my prince hand over his military power? Is it you, General Wu Yingchang, or General Wu Guogui? You two, take After reaching the military power of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how can we guarantee that we will not usurp the throne, seek rebellion, or proclaim ourselves emperor? Don’t blame my prince for making things difficult. Ask that question!"

Wu Yingchang has nothing to say, let alone that he has found a way to prove that he has no intention of usurping the throne, even if Fatty Lu agrees to this ridiculous condition and really surrenders military power to any Wu clan other than Wu Shifan, then no matter which one If the Wu clan took over, it would immediately be a catastrophe to destroy the family - how could an army of hundreds of thousands of fat men allow an unknown outsider to replace Fatty Lu?Can the Wu clan's tens of thousands of troops without food and money in Huguang be able to hold down the hundreds of thousands of wolves and hungry tigers in the fat man's army?
"Generals, please make a condition." Chen Renjie got cheap and behaved, and urged: "As long as your conditions are reasonable, my prince will definitely agree."

(End of this chapter)