scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 214

"Crack!" He slapped Kang Mazi's handwritten warrant ordering Kong Sizhen to send people to kill Wu Yingxiong. The old traitor Wu went completely crazy, jumped up and patted the table, and shouted with bloodshot eyes, "Kangxi boy, the old man is with you!" There are no two sides! If you don’t avenge the killing of your son, this old man swears not to be a human! Swear not to be a human!”

Kneeling on one knee in front of old traitor Wu, Hu Guozhu, Wang Shirong, Fatty Lu and several other hard-core lackeys of old traitor Wu dared not even take a breath. The crazy roar of the old traitor Wu echoed, "Kangxi little pockmark! Little pockmark! Did this old man rape your mother, or your grandma? How shameless and despicable that he killed this old man's beloved son? You still have the face to redeem him!" Back to your Prince Baylor, you have the face to frame Oboi as the old thief! You have the face to hand over Oboi’s family to this old man! The most shameless and despicable person in the world is you, Kangxi little pockmark——! "

"Kangxi boy, I'm going to cut you into pieces, smash your bones into ashes! Dig out the heart and soul of your whole family, and sacrifice to the soul of my beloved son-! Cough cough cough cough...!"

After all, the old traitor Wu is already an old man over sixty years old. Although his body has always been considered healthy, his mood suddenly fluctuated so violently. In addition to the dry air in the cold winter months, he couldn't help bending down and coughing violently while yelling wildly. He coughed so hard that he was out of breath, his face turned gray and white, and he almost couldn't catch his breath and kicked his legs on the spot.Hu Guozhu was so frightened that he quickly got up from the ground, rushed forward to give the old traitor Wu a hammer and rubbed his chest. He ordered: "Hurry up, go to someone and invite my master Zhu Fangdan here."

"Decree!" The guard guarding the door of the secret room agreed, and was about to turn around and go out, but the old traitor Wu waved his hand, coughed and ordered: "No need, the old man will not die yet."

"Father-in-law, I'd better ask Miracle Doctor Zhu to take a look at it for you." Hu Guozhu kindly persuaded: "Father-in-law, you are so old, even if you are not sick, asking Miracle Doctor Zhu to check it can prevent any accidents."

"There's no need to say it!" The old traitor Wu suddenly raised his voice, pushed Hu Guozhu away, straightened his back, gritted his teeth and said, "I will never close my eyes until I avenge my beloved son! You say, the old man is now Do you directly play the banner of revenge for your son, or directly play the banner of anti-Qing and Fuming?"

"My lord, please calm down." The old traitor Wu suddenly became so brave and determined, which shocked Wang Shirong and Hu Guozhu. Wang Shirong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "My lord, of course we must avenge the blood feud of our son! But now is not the time." Ah, our troops, horses, money, food and weapons are still far from enough, and we have no chance of winning if we rush to raise troops. According to the students, this matter can only be discussed in the long run..."

"It wasn't your son who died, of course you can make a long-term plan!" The traitor Wu roared with a livid face and red eyes, "The one who was killed was the old man's son, the old man's eldest son, the most promising and most reliable man. son! Not your son, not your son!"

Since Wang Shirong joined the old traitor Wu, it was the first time that he saw the old traitor Wu so angry, the first time he roared so angry at himself, he was so frightened that he sweated profusely, with his forehead on the ground, and he didn't dare to say anything anymore; Hu Guozhu's expression It was even more embarrassing, he wanted to persuade but dared not persuade, Fatty Lu was also in extreme difficulty, he was opposed to hastily raising troops but he couldn't find anything to persuade old traitor Wu.But Fatty Lu is still Fatty Lu. After turning his eyes, he immediately stood up and said loudly: "Grandfather is right. The hatred of killing a son is not shared. How can we stop here? According to the grandson-in-law, grandfather should immediately Call in the troops, directly use the banner of revenge for your son, go to Beijing, and capture Aixinjueluo's family alive! Avenge for your son!"

Finally, one of his confidantes agreed with his opinion, and the old traitor Wu inevitably showed joy, while Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong over there were frightened out of their wits, for fear that the old traitor Wu would do stupid things under the instigation of Fatty Lu, causing a catastrophe and ruining the good situation with one hand .Hu Guozhu, who didn't dare to speak harshly to old man Wu, finally caught the reason for the attack, and immediately pointed at Fatty Lu and shouted: "Fart! Immediately kill Aixinjueluo's family in Beijing alive? Where are our soldiers and horses? Cross the river Where do we come from for our warships? Where do we get our food, grass and military pay? Where do we get our weapons and firearms?"

"What is it without these?" Fatty Lu retorted loudly: "Without weapons and firearms, we have southwestern soldiers who share the same hatred, each of them can be used as ten, and each of them can be used as a hundred! Even without the support of firearms, we can still kill a lot of dogs Dead bodies are scattered all over the field, and blood flows like rivers! There are no warships to cross the river, we can use civilian boats, we can use 艨艟 (small boats), we can use bamboo rafts, and we can still cross the river! Our athletes in the Pingxi Palace work together to wipe out the dog water Master is as easy as turning the palm of your hand!"

Fatty Lu said it so easily, Hu Guozhu's nose almost crooked in anger. Hu Guozhu pointed at Fatty Lu's nose and yelled, "Then what about our military pay? Will you make it out for us?"

"Man Gou will give us!" Fatty Lu replied loudly: "Man Gou has signed a peace agreement with us, and promised to pay us 500 million taels of silver and 500 million shi of military rations. We get this batch of food, grass and military salaries, enough to fight Arrived in Beijing city!"

"Okay, even if we don't consider the logistics and transportation issue? So have we got this batch of food and military salary now?" Hu Guozhu asked loudly.

"This..." Fatty Lu was stunned for a while, and replied: "Then we can go down the river, feed wars with war, plunder food all the way, first take Jiangnan, and then go north!"

"Then you still ask your father-in-law to raise troops immediately and go directly to the capital to avenge your son?" Hu Guozhu asked angrily, "When did you become so stupid? You don't even understand these most basic things? Talk nonsense again, I will now accept your military power, withdraw your official position, and drive you back to Dali, Yunnan to farm!"

Fatty Lu lowered his head in shame, and stopped talking, but Hu Guozhu was still angry, pointed at Fatty Lu and scolded: "Thanks to you, we still have high hopes for you, and your father-in-law also said that he would leave you to his children and grandchildren as a caretaker." Tiandongliang, you just say these stupid things to repay us? Immediately raise troops into the capital to capture the Emperor Mangou alive, thanks to you for saying such stupid things? I really doubt that you came up with the ideas and strategies you put forward before. What? You get out of here, now..."

Hu Guozhu cursed loudly, but suddenly held him down with one hand. When Hu Guozhu looked back in surprise, he saw that the one who stopped him from insulting Fatty Lu was the old traitor Wu who was still furious just now.The old man Wu treacherously shook his head, and said with a dejected expression: "Guozhu, don't make another peak, you haven't seen it yet, he is trying to persuade the old man to calm down in a different way?"

After being reminded by old traitor Wu, Hu Guozhu suddenly came to his senses, and found that he had already instilled the most correct and calm judgment into the mind of old traitor Wu in response to Fatty Lu's nonsense, making the old traitor Wu angry. Has calmed down again.Surprised, Hu Guozhu inevitably looked at Fatty Lu with admiration and gratitude, nodded slightly, and expressed his gratitude to Fatty Lu with his eyes. Wang Shirong over there was also overwhelmed with admiration, cursing secretly how there are such slippery people in the world?Fatty Lu smiled lightly, and said in his heart: "You don't need to thank me, I also learned from Vasilev, when that old stubborn Stalin was squalling impulsively, Vasilev also used this trick every time to calm that old stubborn Stalin. "

"After all, it's still a peak, and it's only you. At this time, I can calm down the old man." The old traitor Wu sighed, and with Hu Guozhu's support, he couldn't help but sit back in his original position, and picked up Kang Mazi's handwritten warrant for a closer look. After a long time, he gritted his teeth for a long time, and then asked hoarsely: "Tell me, how should the old man deal with this matter?"

"Father-in-law, although this warrant is just a flimsy piece of paper, it is a priceless treasure to us." Hu Guozhu said with a ferocious smile: "As long as father-in-law makes this warrant public, it will be full of the prestige of the emperor." It immediately disappeared, not to mention the Han people, even the core Eight Banners backbone of the army on the Mangou side must have lost their morale and completely lost confidence in the Emperor Mangou. At the same time, the initiative also belongs to our army. When do we think Do it at any time, the teacher is famous, and the world can't blame it."

"Students, I beg your lord to keep Oboi's family behind." Wang Shirong cupped his hands and said, "Facts have proved that Oboi did not participate in the killing of our son, but Emperor Mangou planted the blame on him. Such an evil deed is beyond heaven and man." It's hard to tolerate, if the lord keeps Oboi's family behind, the truth will be revealed at that time, and by the way, reward them with a little official salary, and immediately gain the moral advantage. Compared with recruiting and surrendering the enemy, it has endless advantages."

"So, you are all opposed to the old man doing it now?" Wu old traitor asked thoughtfully.

"Father-in-law, a man can bend and stretch, take a step back, and be patient for a while, it will be of great benefit to us." Hu Guozhu said in a deep voice: "Now the Mangou court has promised to pay 500 million taels of silver for military pay and 500 million shi for food and grass, If we immediately make this ironclad evidence public, it will only make this crucial military pay and food go to waste. Instead, we might as well bear with it for the time being, pretending not to know about it, first get the military salary and food, and quickly increase our The strength of the army and make up for the shortage of money and food, and then it will not be too late to start trouble."

"General Jinwu is justified." Wang Shirong echoed: "When we present this ironclad evidence and launch a sudden attack, we can not only kill Mangou by surprise, but also make the world blameless. Falling into chaos, our army took the opportunity to attack the city and occupy the territory, and set the Central Plains."

Old traitor Wu nodded slightly, and when he turned his gaze to Fatty Lu, Fatty Lu nodded slightly again, expressing that he fully agreed with Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong's views, and then old traitor Wu made a final decision: "Let's leave it at that, let's not give up this ironclad evidence for now." Announce it, wait until the time is right. Yifeng, you also convey this king's decree to Kong Sizhen, tell her that this king is very grateful to her for this thing, and asked her to stay, and this king still treats her like a daughter."

"It's a pity to go back to grandfather." Fatty Lu replied dejectedly: "My grandson-in-law told Si Gege the same, but Si Gege's heart is ashamed now, and he feels that he will never see anyone again. After realizing one more wish, she will wander around the world, find a remote place to become a nun, and go with the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng forever. She also said that she is sorry for your grandfather, old man, and only asks you to look at her insignificance In terms of merit, don't send anyone to look for her in the future, and don't let her come out to be ridiculed by the world."

The old traitor Wu was silent, and he sighed after a while and said: "Poor child, originally, Gu wanted to find a good son-in-law for her in the Pingxi Palace, but it's a pity that she... Sigh, let's not talk about the past, let's talk about it later." Let her go, since she begged the king not to look for her, then you also remember that when our army is successful in the future, we will forget this child forever and forgive her... everything she did before."

"I would like to abide by the imperial edict." Hu Guozhu, Wang Shirong, and Fatty Lu saluted together and agreed loudly.

"Get up." The old man Wu waved his hand, and said with a slightly hesitant expression: "There is one more thing. After the military parade is over today, after you all went to run business, Xia Guoxiang suddenly found this old man and advised him to do something to Wang Xu." Some appropriate concessions to ensure that the military pay and food can be obtained, and at the same time collect the popularity of the people of the world, and expressed concern, saying that Man Gou will never be able to pay so much money and food in the short term, and Man Gou is in a hurry. Once the peace agreement is torn up , This military salary will be wasted. The old man thinks what he said is quite reasonable, what do you think?"

Hu Guozhu, Fatty Lu and Wang Shirong looked at each other, and they all nodded slightly, knowing that what was supposed to come had finally come.At that moment, Hu Guozhu cautiously asked again: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, besides my brother-in-law, who else proposed this in front of my father-in-law?"

"Ma Bao, Ying Qi." The old man Wu replied casually: "After the Prime Minister left, Ma Bao and Ying Qi came to visit the old man together, and they both expressed concern about the military pay and food for the coming year. The three southwestern provinces were captured, and the army expanded to more than [-]. However, the newly occupied provinces were dilapidated and withered, and it was difficult to afford such a huge amount of money and food expenditure. I'm afraid we won't be able to wait until summer in the coming year, and we will run out of money and food."

"Then, grandfather, what do you think?" Fatty Lu asked tentatively.

The old man Wu showed hesitation, and he said after a long time: "Kang Mazi has a feud with the old man who killed his son. Of course, the old man doesn't want to make concessions to him, but..."

Speaking of this, the old man Wu paused for a moment, then hesitated and said: "But considering the supply of military pay and food in the coming year, I will inevitably be a little bit cautious. Sitting in a prosperous place in the Central Plains and a prosperous town in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still only It can support 60 million troops. However, the old man only has five dilapidated and remote southwestern provinces. In the coming year, he will support more than [-] troops while improving people's livelihood and consolidating the five provinces. Shi Dajun, if you can't guarantee to get this money and food, your financial resources will be unsustainable."

Hu Guozhu, Fatty Lu and others are silent, and they also know that with the manpower and material resources of the five southwestern provinces, it is extremely difficult to support such a huge army alone and provide a financial foundation for future all-out wars.Fortunately, before that, Hu Guozhu, Lu Fatty and others had already considered this situation, and made arrangements ahead of time. Now Wang Shirong came forward and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Judging from all the signs, Mangou doesn't dare The possibility of tearing up the peace treaty and breaking the promise of the world is very high, even if it happens, no one in the Mangou court, including the Mangou emperor, would dare to take the responsibility of ignoring tens of thousands of flag dog captives."

"I hope so." The old man Wu's face was gloomy, and he pointed at Fatty Lu again, and ordered: "Yifeng, Gu already promised you not to participate in the second negotiation, but you did not participate in the last negotiation, so let's do it for Gu." Let's get this matter to the end. At noon the day after tomorrow, I will negotiate with Wang Xu and his group again on the payment of military pay and rations, and you will also participate. You must use your strengths of eloquence to argue for Gu and force Mangou to fulfill his promise .”

"Son-in-law obeys." Fatty Lu respectfully agreed, but smiled in his heart: "Of course you can participate in the negotiation, but you should let your precious son do things like offending your own people who were bought by Man Gou. The good popularity established by the Yunnan-Guizhou army cannot be ruined by you like this."

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At the same time, when the old traitor Wu and the hardcore lackeys were discussing how to force Man Gou to pay money and food as soon as possible, Xiong Cilu's plan to buy Wu Jun's heavy general with full responsibility was also in full swing, in order to reduce losses for the Qing court. In order to redeem the captured backbone of the Eight Banners army as soon as possible, the Qing court finally arranged for the secret agents in the Wu army to mobilize, contact everywhere, and spend a lot of money to buy Wu Jun's civil and military ministers who can influence the decision-making of Wu old traitors.

Xiong Cilu's performance is not bad. Except for the most difficult Hu Guozhu, the sons-in-law of the old traitor Wu all promised under Xiong Cilu's money offensive that they would try their best to persuade the old traitor Wu to make concessions to the Qing court. Several adopted sons, nephews and cousins ​​of the old traitor of Wu, such as Wu Yingjing, Zu Shushun, Wu Guozhu (a general in the Pingxi palace, no blood relationship with Wu Guogui) and Zu Jishan, as well as several important civil and military officials of the Pingxi palace Officials such as Ma Bao, Han Daren, Qiu Kesun, Che Wenlong, Zhan Shenghua, and Li Shipei were all overwhelmed by the sugar-coated bullets of the Qing court, and promised to try their best to persuade the old traitor Wu to make concessions.

What makes Xiong Cilu most confident is the promise from Wu Yingqi. As the only son of the old traitor Wu, Wu Yingqi not only promised to persuade the old traitor Wu to make concessions on the matter of military pay, but also patted his chest to promise that he would definitely make Wu Yingqi The old traitor released the bannerman captives captured by the Wu army as soon as possible, so that these poor Baqi masters could go home and reunite with their families as soon as possible.

For Wu Yingqi's categorical promise, Xiong Cilu was naturally overjoyed-as the saying goes, father and son connect hearts, broken bones connect tendons, Wu Yingqi's weight in front of Wu's old traitor is naturally far greater than that of Hu Guozhu and Lu Hu Fatty and Wang Shirong's gang of bad outsiders are the most important.At the same time, what makes Xiong Cilu more confident is that judging from the situation of Wu Jun's army betrayed by Xia Guoxiang and Han Daren, Wu Jun's current financial situation has reached a very dangerous edge. It is bound to be unsustainable, so Xiong Cilu is basically full of confidence in winning, and it is inevitable to urge the old traitor Wu to make concessions!
On November 11th, 27th year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, the day finally arrived that determined the success or failure of Wang Xu and his party, and also whether the truce between the Wu army and the Qing army could last.In order to show the so-called respect for the old traitor Wu, Wang Xu, Xiong Cilu and others came to the temporary residence of the old traitor Wu early and waited. Ye Bilong, who had been sick in Wuchang City since the signing of the peace treaty, also ignored the wind and snow. , as Wang Xu and others came to Xingyuan Gate, they were ready to throw out their old face and beg the old traitor Wu to make concessions.And Zhou Peigong, who was once defeated by Fatty Lu, also accompanied him again brazenly, ready to avenge his shame, gearing up, eager to try.

To Wang Xu, Ye Bilong's surprise and secret joy, not only did they rush to the Xingyuan Gate ahead of time, but also a large number of military and civil officials from the Wu Army rushed to the Xingyuan Gate ahead of time to wait for their summons!After careful inquiry, I found out that it turned out that the old traitor Wu had listened to the advice and persuasion of his second son-in-law Xia Guoxiang, so he decided to invite all the important civil and military officials of the Wu army in Wuchang City to participate in the meeting to listen to the opinions of the Qing court and discuss the answer—— This is tantamount to great news for Wang Xu, Ye Bilong and the others who are well aware of the traitorous and indecisive character of old man Wu.

Seeing this scene, Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong and other insiders also breathed a sigh of relief. Taking the opportunity of polite salute, Xiong Cilu hurriedly thanked Xia Guoxiang, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, General You, for your success, and persuaded the prince to let your army All civil and military personnel participated in this matter together, and after the success is complete, the next official will definitely thank you twice."

"It's a trivial matter, why bother?" Xia Guoxiang smiled triumphantly, and reminded in a low voice: "Xiong Zhongtang, you need to pay attention to three people, my brother-in-law Hu Guozhu, my father-in-law's confidant Wang Shirong, and my niece-in-law Lu Yifeng, these three guys are stubborn and extreme, they won't give in easily, and they will definitely oppose your request with all their strength. But fortunately, Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu are not in Wuchang at the moment, otherwise you will be in more trouble .”

"Thank you for reminding me." Xiong Cilu hurriedly thanked him, and then asked in a low voice: "General You, then I will be more begging for everything. After the matter is completed, I will definitely keep my promise and give back what I promised General Xia twice."

"I'll do my best." Xia Guoxiang nodded with a smile, then pouted at Wu Yingqi who was not far away, and said in a low voice: "Go and tell my uncle-in-law, he is now my father-in-law's only son, in front of my father-in-law Talking works best."

Xiong Cilu nodded, and was about to lead Zhou Peigong over to tell Wu Yingqi, when there was a commotion in the crowd, many civil and military officials of the Wu Army greeted each other affectionately, "Brother Yifeng, you are here, why are you here so late?" Xiong Cilu and Zhou Peigong The man hurriedly turned his hateful eyes away, and as expected, Fatty Lu led the neither man nor woman Yu Xuan to ride together, and he had already arrived at the gate of the temporary Xingyuan.

As in the past, whenever such a situation arises, Fatty Lu, who has become more and more favored by the old man Wu, will behave with his tail between his legs, bowing and bowing to every civil and military official of the Wu army, as if his mouth has been wiped with honey For fear of incurring jealousy and dissatisfaction from everyone, he fought fiercely with every civil and military official of the Wu army.While Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong and others hated him, they couldn't help but secretly admire Fatty Lu's slippery sophistication - he was able to climb to this position in just a few years without attracting the envy and hostility of many colleagues. Really not many.

At this time, something happened that stunned everyone—Wang Xu, the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty, who had a close relationship with Fatty Lu, suddenly walked up to Fatty Lu. Fatty saluted each other, and when Fatty Lu hurriedly saluted and bowed, Wang Xu suddenly knelt down to Fatty Lu and bowed!

"Brother Zizhuan, what are you doing?" Fatty Lu was even more shocked, and quickly knelt down on his knees, screaming: "Brother Zizhuan, you can't speak well if you have something to say, do you want to kill my brother?" ?”

"Brother Sanhao, Brother Yu, I beg you." Wang Xu begged with tears in his eyes, choked up...

(End of this chapter)