scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 424
Fatty Lu issued an order, ordering all states and governments along the way to receive his father-in-law and his wife, so that his wife and father-in-law will eat, drink, have fun, and be rewarded, and if his wife and father-in-law are dissatisfied, they will be punished, and the expenses can be reimbursed It is a great achievement to let my father-in-law rest and live in state capitals, county towns and post stations along the way.

Then naturally, Wu Guogui, Wu Xiaotu's father and daughter family were on their way north to the capital, and they were naturally received by the civil and military officials at all levels in Fatty Army's local government with the most warm and grand reception. , the careful arrangement is extremely thoughtful, not only makes Wu Guogui's family feel very satisfied, but also makes Wu Guogui's family feel a little embarrassed. The words kept by the officials made their throats smoke.

And more naturally, the speed of Wu Guogui's family going north is naturally a bit too slow. Normally, the journey from Changde to Beijing takes more than 20 days. Wu Guogui's family walked for almost a month. Enter Zhili territory.

The purpose of Fatty Lu's use of lackeys to hold back the troublesome old man's northward footsteps is self-evident. It is to buy time for Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang, the unlucky brothers-in-law, so that they can rush to drive a wedge between Huguang, who is too powerful. Wu Jun, let some dangerous elements be exposed in advance, so as not to recruit this team that is too loyal to the old traitor Wu to surrender, leaving behind hidden dangers, destroying the unity of Fatty's army, and further affecting Fatty Lu's ultimate plan to usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

Of course, Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang, the troubled brothers, did not disappoint Fatty Lu. After receiving the news that Fatty Army deliberately leaked the news that Wu Guogui went north to negotiate and merge into the Fatty Army, Xia Guoxiang was so scared that he almost peed on his crotch. He couldn't wait to get Guo Zhuangtu's consent. , and immediately sent troops to Taoyuan to monitor the Wu army in Changde, and quickly dispatched spies, spies and dogs to infiltrate the area controlled by the Wu army in Huguang, spreading rumors that Fatty Lu was trying to usurp the throne and claim the emperor and wiped out the Wu clan, so that the Wu clan in the Wu army in Huguang would hate Fatty Lu became suspicious and sabotaged Huguang Wu Jun's plan to merge into Wu Jun.

Guo Zhuangtu was also very frightened when he received the news sent by Xia Guoxiang on a six-hundred-mile-plus-speed horse, and quickly mobilized the spies lurking in the Wu family's ranks to spread the word that Fatty Lu had annexed the Huguang Wu army. There were no well-intentioned rumors, and at the same time, Guo Zhuangtu took advantage of the fact that he had a large number of family members of the Wu clan generals in his hands, pretending to send envoys to negotiate a truce with the Wu clan generals, taking the opportunity to spread rumors and slander, and spread that Fatty Lu vainly claimed the emperor and usurped the throne. Rumors of the Wu clan's extermination, I hope that the generals of the Wu clan will see clearly the evil face of Fatty Lu, and don't be fooled, ruining the great Zhou country and ruining the life of the Wu clan.

Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang, the brothers and sisters, had nothing to do. Once the Huguang Wu Army was merged into the Fat Man Army under Wu Guogui's leadership, the Fat Man Army would be able to wedge into the connection between the two teams and cut off the connection between the two main forces of the Honghua court. Not to mention that the strategic initiative can be obtained immediately, the fat army, which has an absolute advantage in comprehensive strength, will also form an overwhelming advantage over the Honghua court, completely extinguishing the last hope of the Honghua court, and may bring the Honghua court any time. Come to the disaster!So there was no other way. In order to protect themselves, Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang had to follow the pace that Fatty Lu indirectly arranged for them, no matter whether they noticed the strange situation or not.

At this moment, Xia Guoxiang and Guo Zhuangtu were overjoyed. Zha Jizuo, a famous literati in the south of the Yangtze River, even organized thousands of literati in the south of the Yangtze River to join the petition to persuade them to join him, and he won the world with the merits of Fatty Lu. On the grounds of the destiny, he persuaded Fatty Lu to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and set aside the Honghua court to go it alone and establish the Dai Viet Empire.Hearing this news, Xia Guoxiang and Guo Zhuangtu, brothers-in-law, of course laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. Knowing that Fatty Lu did it on his own, he dug his own hole to bury himself.

During this period, another major event occurred on the land of the Central Plains. The Northern Expedition army led by the chief general of the Fatty Army, Gao Dejie, spent more than three months of hard work. First, they broke through the two great cities of Shengjing, Liaoyang and Tieling. Defeated the reinforcements transferred from the Tungusi hometown by the Qing court, defeated the reinforcements borrowed by the old witch Xiaozhuang from Horqin's natal family, and finally rejected the old witch Xiaozhuang's request to surrender. Finally, on June 22, the third year of Honghua Today, the new and old lair of the Qing court——Shengjing was breached!Take back the city of Shenyang, China, which was occupied by the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty for 47 years.

When the city of Shengjing was about to be breached, the old witch of Xiaozhuang was unable to escape because of her old age and sickness, so she had to hand Yinti, the eldest son of Kang Mazi, to the general of Shengjing, Wonei Batulu, and ordered Woney Batulu to take the six-year-old boy with him. Yinti escaped from the siege and fled to the hometown of Tunguska. Then the old witch of Xiaozhuang worshiped the old wild boar skin and yellow stewed chicken in the Chongzheng Hall of the Shengjing Palace, and finally hanged herself.But what the old witch of Xiaozhuang never dreamed of was that Enebatulu, who was not born as an evil slave with four surnames, had long been accustomed to the comfortable life in Shengjing, and was unwilling to give up his family property in Shengjing, let alone go back to the hometown of Tungus to suffer Suffering, he chose to dedicate Yinti and Mite Qing Yuxi to Fatty Army in exchange for Fatty Army's extrajudicial favor to him.

In Shengjing City, only Woneba Tulu survived. After Shengjing was captured, Gao Dejie killed a large number of fat soldiers and ordered the massacre of the city on the pretext of Shengjing soldiers and civilians assisting the Qing army in defending the city.When the order was conveyed, the city of Shengjing was suddenly filled with blood and rain, and the [-] fat men let go of their hands and feet to slash and kill, and killed all the mite and bannermen, traitors, Mongolian traitors, and court traitors in Shengjing City to pile up corpses. , The blood flowed into a river, and the Shengjing Palace, which brought countless activity funds for the post-clearing mite legacy, was also set on fire by the fat man army, so that there was not even a slag left.

Immediately afterwards, according to Fatty Lu's request, Gao Dejie dug up Zhaoling and Fuling in Shengjing, dug out the corpses of Nuerhachi and Huang Taiji and flogged them, and then followed Fatty Lu's tricks with Kang Mazi, The bones of the two old Jian slaves were burned into ashes, ground and mixed into clay, and dozens of wild boar skin toilets and Qing Taizong toilets were also burned, and they were sent back to Beijing together with Yinti to ask for credit from Fatty Lu. The tombs of the slaves and dignitaries buried in Fuling were all excavated by the fat army, and no one was spared. All the bones were also calcined together, mixed together and burned into hundreds of toilets with the Qing brand, leaving a legacy for the future generations of China. A collection of valuable possessions.

Why do you say that the fat army left a lot of valuable property in this way?Friends will understand after reading these advertisements of later generations.

"Nine-nine-eight! Nine-nine-eight! Only nine-nine-eight! Bring home the boar leather toilet! Only nine-nine-eight!"

"Hearts and arrows, diamond quality! Authentic Huangtaiji toilet! Authoritative certification of the Lu Clan Association! Quality insurance of China Imperial Pacific Insurance Company!"

"Dear, the authentic mite cleaning toilet, it is guaranteed to contain the ashes of 31 mite cleaning dignitaries. Dear, I'm sorry, the store does not include postage, only the quality. Dear, you can take a look at my double crown credit. I have loved the third brother for many years, only Selling authentic mite cleaning toilets!... Dear, please wait a moment, someone knocks on the door to check the water meter, I will be back soon."

The news that Fatty's army finally broke through the old lair of Mite Qing was sent back to Beijing together with Yinti. Fatty Lu had to hold a grand ceremony to celebrate his success and worship his ancestors at the Ming Tombs in Beijing. Death, to comfort the spirit in heaven of the great emperor of the five Northern Expeditions to alien races, finally fulfilled his greatest long-cherished wish for two lifetimes, personally wiped out the Qing court completely, and avenged the blood of thousands of compatriots who were massacred and enslaved.

Also because of the fulfillment of this greatest long-cherished wish, when he bowed to Zhu Di's Mausoleum, Fatty Lu couldn't help but burst into tears again, and he choked up and asked Zhu Di's Mausoleum: "Emperor Chengzu, please ask your spirit in heaven to ask for me. Ask the ancestors of China, can a descendant like me be worthy of their pride?"

The next day, Wu Guogui's family finally arrived in Beijing. Lu Fatty and Wu Xiaotu, a couple who had been together for a long time, met again. Naturally, they couldn't help crying, but Wu Guogui was furious, and asked Fatty Lu why he didn't wait for him to arrive in Beijing before celebrating Ancestral worship ceremony?Fatty Lu was speechless, and was scolded again by the only scared father-in-law.

Seeing Fatty Lu's shriveled look in front of Wu Guogui, Shang Wan pursed her lips and smiled, and Wan Yuer, who was extremely jealous of Wu Xiaotu's dominance of his wife's position, smiled brightly, gloating at his misfortune and wishing that Fatty Lu and Wu Guogui could turn their faces completely.Little Pepper Huang Xifeng's face turned pale, because Little Pepper discovered that Wu Xiaotu, who was already in her twenties, was much more beautiful than her. Little Pepper, who was as big as a kid, was inevitably worried that her status as a favorite concubine would not be guaranteed.Only Fatty Lu's two Mongolian concubines don't care, anyway, they are all soy sauce characters in a political marriage, and there is not much difference between more soy sauce and less soy sauce.

After scolding the unworthy son-in-law who has never been pleasing to the eye, Wu Guogui asked Fatty Lu to fulfill his promise immediately, and vowed not to usurp the throne in front of the traitorous old man Wu, and then handed over the defense of Gyeonggi to himself, so that he could write to the generals of the Wu family who stayed in Huguang , Let them lead Huguang into the Fat Man Army.Fatty Lu, who was full of bad water and wanted to make his father-in-law suspicious, of course refused, excused that today is not an auspicious day. Make a solemn oath in front of the spirit of old man Wu.

In order to appease the irritable father-in-law, Fatty Lu unexpectedly fulfilled the most important one of his promises first. In public, he canonized Wu Guogui as the admiral of Fengtai in the honor of the imperial decree of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the order of the King of Yue. His son Wu Shiqun was made a general of the Miyun garrison, and Wu Guogui was asked to personally take charge of the most important Fengtai garrison in the Gyeonggi area, while his brother-in-law was appointed to monitor the second most important Miyun garrison for the Wu clan.

Seeing that Fatty Lu showed such sincerity and the reasons were reasonable, Wu Guogui's doubts were immediately swept away. He not only agreed to Fatty Lu's request to pick another auspicious day, but also rarely had a good look at Fatty Lu, patting Fatty Lu's The shoulders praised the son-in-law for his loyalty, and he deserved to be the grandson-in-law personally selected by Emperor Gao of the Great Zhou Dynasty.Fatty Lu's confidant lackeys looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding why Fatty Lu had to fulfill such an important promise, and suspected that Fatty Lu planned to follow the example of Cao Cao and the rumor that King Wen of Zhou left the throne to his son, which also began to spread within Fatty's army.

Fatty Lu may have discovered his conscience, and he really planned to keep his promise once. Although many lackeys and accomplices firmly opposed it, worrying that Fatty Lu's usurpation of the throne in the future would result in more infamy, Fatty Lu still decided that after 20 days, Hong Hua three On the auspicious day of the zodiac, July 28 of the lunar calendar, a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven was held at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. In front of the spirit tablets of the fat military officials and old traitor Wu, Wu Guogui, the most trusted adopted son of old traitor Wu, personally supervised him, and made an oath in public. Do not usurp the throne, let alone harm the Wu clan who voluntarily surrendered.Although Wu Guogui felt that the time was a bit late, but he couldn't stand the nonsense about the fat man's military Qin Tianjian's Venus falling into the fire, so he quickly nodded in agreement.

In the absence of a war, the 20 days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the days of the Fatty Army.On the day of July 28th, all the civil and military officials of the fatty army who were able to get out of their bodies gathered at the Temple of Heaven. Hog, jade, silk and board, 簠, gui, 笾, bean, jue, zun, 篚 and other offerings and sacrificial utensils, Fatty Lu was wearing a nine-clawed Longping yellow robe that was improved from the royal clothes of the Ming Dynasty, holding jade guideng Go up to the Temple of Heaven, kneel down to worship the gods of heaven and earth and old man Wu, and Huang Ji, the official of the royal family of the Great Zhou Yue, read the sacrificial text aloud in person, asking the gods of heaven and earth to testify, and supervised Fatty Lu to swear that he would never usurp the throne.

After finally waiting for Huang Ji to finish reading the long and awkward sacrificial oration, the drums sounded. With the support of Xiao Erlang and Huang Ji, Fatty Lu stood up and stood in the middle of the Temple of Heaven. Wu Guogui said loudly in front of his face: "All the subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty, all the generals and soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, today this king worships the gods of heaven and earth, and the spiritual throne of the former emperor. With the intention of usurping the throne, villains have slandered him in every possible way, and rebels have made things difficult for him, this king can't tell the difference, and suffers from it."

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu paused, and roared with the loudest voice: "Today, this king swears in public at this important place in the Temple of Heaven, and invites the gods of heaven and earth, the heroic spirits of the former emperor, and the people of the world to witness together, unless the Desheng Gate in Beijing collapses on its own, The Temple of Heaven and the Earth burst into springs, otherwise this king will never proclaim himself emperor! If this king breaks his oath, he will be punished by heaven and destroyed by the earth! All the subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty, thousands of people, can kill this king alive and replace him God kills rape!"

"My lord is a thousand years old!" Tens of thousands of fat army civil and military officials, soldiers and common people kowtowed together and sang "Fatty Thousand Years" in unison. If he made such an oath, the possibility of reneging on his oath is extremely slim. In the future, even if this unworthy son-in-law takes power and dictatorship, the throne will definitely be taken by the traitorous son-in-law of foster father Wu.

After Fatty Lu finished speaking, it was definitely the most shameless oath in his life. The ceremony of worshiping heaven ended soon, and Fatty Lu, who was sweating profusely from the sun, walked down the Temple of Heaven, walked straight to Wu Guogui, and asked with a wry smile: "Father-in-law, Now you can believe that the son-in-law has no intention of usurping the throne, right?"

Wu Guogui nodded, then patted Fatty Lu on the shoulder, and said to Fatty Lu in a rare and pleasant tone: "My son-in-law, my father-in-law admits that I really misunderstood you before, my son-in-law, please don't worry, my father-in-law will write a letter to Huguang immediately." Zhou’s army, let them merge into the Yue Palace and accept your command and reorganization.”

"Thank you father-in-law, and please rest assured that after Huguang's great Zhou generals change flags, my son-in-law will definitely treat them kindly." Fatty Lu also nodded, and asked with a worried expression: "But father-in-law, don't blame my son-in-law for being careless, Huguang is so careless. How old is Zhou's army, can it successfully change flags and accept reorganization? Will there be any accidents, so that the two rebels Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang can take advantage of it?"

"Of course not." Wu Guogui said with a relaxed smile: "The Great Zhou army in Huguang is full of loyal and brave soldiers of the Great Zhou court. , they will naturally follow the edict of Emperor Taizu Gao and accept your reorganization and command."

Fatty Lu nodded in admiration, and then quietly winked at Yao Qisheng to let Yao Qisheng send a signal. Wu Guogui didn't notice it, but said to Fatty Lu: "There are also Wu Zhimao, Wu Guozhu and Wu Yingzuo from Hanzhong, Sichuan. You can also rest assured that the father-in-law and them are close friends, as long as the father-in-law sends a letter to explain the situation to them, and you send envoys to recruit them, the chances of success will be very... "

"Six hundred miles urgent! Six hundred miles urgent! Six hundred miles urgent——!"

A sudden sound interrupted Wu Guogui's boasting. When Fatty Lu, Wu Guogui and others turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound in surprise, they saw a messenger covered in dust with a red flag on his back riding a fast horse. , rushing towards this side like a flash of lightning, Yao Qisheng hurriedly said: "My lord, it's a red flag, there is an emergency military situation, let me go and have a look."

Fatty Lu nodded in agreement, and Yao Qisheng rushed over quickly, stopped the messenger, and rushed back quickly with the military intelligence pond newspaper that represented a hundred thousand urgent chicken feathers, and shouted: "My lord, the big thing is not good, something big is happening in Huguang!" Yes! General Han Daren reported that Wu Yingjing and Wu Yingchang, who were stationed in Songzi and Lizhou, suddenly launched a mutiny to seize Jingzhou City, captured and imprisoned General Wu Guozheng, and cut off the connection between Changde General Liu Zhifu and the rear of Xiangyang! The two Wu General, I also ask General Tao Jizhi in Xiangyang to participate in the mutiny, and no matter what happens, General Tao Jizhi is not allowed to hand over the defense area to our army!"

"What?!" Wu Guogui's complexion changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "How is it possible? How could Wu Yingjing and Wu Yingchang do such a thing?"

"Is there a mistake? Brother Wu Yingjing is crazy?" Fatty Lu also exclaimed, "Didn't you agree to merge into our Yue Palace? Why did you go back on your word? Has the news been confirmed?"

"It's absolutely true!" Yao Qisheng presented the pond report to Fatty Lu and said loudly: "General Tao Jizhi informed General Han Daren of this news, and General Tao Jizhi also asked General Wu Guogui to go to the book to explain the situation immediately. Without General Wu Guogui Before your accurate answer, General Tao Jizhi cannot hand over Xiangyang and Nanyang to our army!"

Wu Guogui snatched the pond newspaper, opened it and only glanced at it. Wu Guogui's standard Chinese characters turned gray on his face, and the fat military and military officials next to him were either full of contempt or anger, and whispers immediately rang out. , Fatty Lu was a little better, snatched the Tang newspaper from Wu Guogui again, pretended to read the Tang newspaper that he had received last night carefully, and then turned his gaze to Wu Guogui again, with a wry smile on Fatty's face.

"I'll go back to Huguang right away!" Wu Guogui couldn't stand his son-in-law's look of pity, and shouted, "I'll go back right away, I want to see how Wu Yingjing and Wu Yingchang, the bastards, explain it to me!"

"Father-in-law, you can't go." Fatty Lu refused flatly, and said, "If my son-in-law guessed correctly, Brother Wu Yingjing must have suspected that father-in-law, you have been bought by my son-in-law with my glory and wealth, and it would be dangerous for you to return to Huguang. Let the Shiqun brothers go, I will let Han Daren lead the army to protect the Shiqun brothers to negotiate with them, even if they cannot be persuaded, I can ensure the safety of the Shiqun brothers."

"They won't believe in Shiqun, so I have to go." Wu Guogui shook his head.

"They won't believe you, father-in-law!" Fatty Lu suddenly raised his voice, and shouted at Wu Guogui for the first time: "Father-in-law, please don't forget that you are my old Taishan. Brother Wu Yingjing believes that I will usurp the throne, so naturally he also recognizes me I will buy you with glory and wealth, and I believe that you will betray them in order to become the first-class Cheng Engong and help me to the throne! For their power and status, they will not listen to what you say, but will treat you Disadvantage! You are my father-in-law, if you have any troubles because of me, what face do I have to meet the world, and what face do I have to see Xiao Tu?!"

It was the first time that Wu Guogui was not used to being scolded by the son-in-law of Sanhao, and he couldn't help being a little dazed for a while, but Fatty Lu waved his hand and shouted righteously: "That's it, let Shiqun brothers take your father-in-law's letter to Huguang Let General Han Daren lead the main force of our army in Henan to escort the Shiqun brothers to the south! If the Wu Yingjing brothers insist on supporting the troops and making trouble, then you don’t have to be polite and talk to them with knives and guns! Such greedy and selfish people, don’t beat them up! I'm afraid, I won't listen to any of their good words!"

(End of this chapter)