The words can be said to be lighthearted, but the reality is always full of cruelty and blood. The result of Lu Mahong's determination must be that in later generations, there will be few people who will bury the hard pit of all kinds of national troops to resist Japan, and they will not stop writing, regardless of the number of people who are angry about it. As a result, as far north as Denglai and south as the Huai River, all the officials and gentry who disobeyed the new policy a little bit were unlucky. The two traditional methods that are usually used to buy off officials and generals are nothing more than money and beauty. However, these two tricks were deflated in front of our Mrs. Li Da Shao. First, Lu Ma Hong is a woman, and women naturally don't value women, especially Lu Ma Hong, a woman who was born as a so-called barbarian, naturally looks down on those official ladies. Second, in this world, who has more money than her old Li family? Don't forget, Lu Mahong is also a character selected by the Eastern Society, and the amount of red gold in the marriage alone is a big piece of heartbeat, as well as a lot of property left by Li Huayu, how much money can those officials and gentry take out to buy her? So, almost all temptations failed. Of course, there are also a little men under Lu Ma Hong who can't bear the temptation, but it doesn't matter if you can't bear it, the knife handle of the law enforcement team can withstand it, and there is a way that the knife is fast and not afraid of your hard neck.

According to the logic of ordinary historians, this kind of anti-heaven act will inevitably meet with fierce resistance from the gentry and ultimately fail. However, in the face of the competing local cadres of Wuxinglu and Ma Hong, all resistance was futile. Okay, you have a private soldier, right, then I tell your private soldier, as long as you expose the sins of the master, you can choose their good house and land, and you have a good aunt and wife or something in private, and you don't have to sneak around and risk sinking in the pond and dipping in the pig cage. What, there is no good match? That's even better, the daughters of their family are as you choose, and if you do a good job, you can join the Nanyue Army directly. (Well, in other words, those gentlemen who want to return to the Republic of China, have you ever thought that when you have sex with other people's wives, daughters, aunts, and big maids, you may be opened by others to enforce family law and throw you into a pig cage to soak in a pig cage?) In other words, this kind of punishment has appeared countless times in countless works that you think are nonsense and ideological! I don't know if you have the consciousness that I don't go to hell and who will go to hell to experience it? ）

Facts have proved that the discipline of human beings is really not high, and under the policy and the threat of force, most of the private soldiers choose to complain to their masters in tears, and all kinds of bad things are constantly exposed in broad daylight. In fact, this thing is also very normal, to put it mildly, now if some high-profile entrepreneurs are facing a similar situation, it is difficult to say whether they can keep the chrysanthemum and their wife, daughter, and aunt. Moreover, we are now in a monogamous marriage system, and the creature of the aunt can only exist in the life that countless people yearn for. Of course, it's another thing to have two or three milks up to N milk.

Just when everything was in full swing, the bad news suddenly came, a thief warrant signed Shi Kefa appeared in front of Wu Xinglu Ma Hong, after controlling the shock, the two decided to take a look at this warrant together, the result was shocked, only to see the content as follows: "Jianji Hall scholar, the military department Shangshu Shi told the military book: since the Qin Dynasty, tenants pay rent, landlords collect rent, it is a matter of course." Although the dynasty is easier, the avenue lasts forever. Although there are people who gather to make noise, they are always using the mantis arm as a car, and they can't do it. Although the Holy Monarch took pity on the people's livelihood, he could only reduce the national tax slightly, and did not interfere with the tenant rent. Today, Liang Guogong went against heaven and reason, coerced the monarch, took rent reduction and interest reduction as a new policy, connived at the people to frame the landlords, and privately set the rent interest to win the people. Ignorant people all love the people with the Duke of Liang, but they don't know that in the troubled times of the Warring States, how can the Tian family replace Qi? Wang Mang's new dynasty, why did he replace the Han? It's all because the small people are tempted by small profits and forget the big righteous ears! ”

"Today, the Ninth Brigade is the vanguard of evil government, Yangzhou is a peaceful place, and the Ninth Brigade wantonly slaughters officials and gentry and students on the grounds of arresting the troubled people, and kills hundreds of well-educated people in only one public trial. Students are the foundation of the country, although Taizu does not dare to harm at will. Most of the people in the Ninth Brigade were reckless and cultivated people, but they did not respect the law of etiquette, did not respect the Taizu, and arbitrarily harmed the students and gentry. Is it tolerable or unbearable, the cabinet department responds to the heavens and resolves to do the right thing for the sky. Whoever kills the rebel army will not lose the reward of the prince. The way of heaven is clear, the righteous army started from Chen She's hometown, the people's hearts are filial, and the officials and gentry are between the acres of land. If Liang Guogong knows the way of heaven, he should obey the heavens and people as soon as possible and return to the holy lord. If you insist on going your own way, you are afraid that the road to the terrace of the business will be at the foot of the national prince. ”

This text quickly spread all over the country, but different people reacted completely differently. Ma Shiying, who was in Nanjing, was like being bombarded by thunder, and he was angry and regardless of the critical situation, he immediately published an article in Jiangnan Daily, vigorously criticizing Shi Kefa for betraying the country and seeking glory. Ma Shiying said in the article, "Whether it is the monarch and the minister, the father and son, or the family and the country, it was all founded by our scholars, and we scholars should defend their ideas to the death." Just to save his life, Shi Kefa reversed right and wrong, and talked nonsense, which is really a shame for readers. Ma Shiying even said in his heart that if Shi Kefa committed suicide when the city was broken, he did not lose the word integrity, and now it is also delusional to think of the word falsehood. ”

Compared with Ma Shiying's righteous indignation, Wu Xing seemed much more sensible, and after reading this crusade against the Nanyue Army issued in the name of Shi Kefa, he said indifferently to Lu Mahong: "Mrs. Li, after all, I thought that the gang in Yangzhou would be very shameless, but I didn't expect it to be so shameless." But regardless of whether they are shameless or not, I only care about one thing, Liudu is the first important town in the southeast, whether we try our best to win support for Liudu, or do not move, the matter is serious, please Madame decide. “”

As a result, after Wu Xing finished speaking, Lu Mahong didn't speak for a long time, but stood there with a dull gaze and didn't say a word. Wu Xing said that her heart was broken, in the end, it was a woman, and it seemed that she couldn't face this blow for a while. In a hurry, he didn't care about etiquette, so he directly patted Lu Mahong on the shoulder and said, "Mrs. Li, should we convene a meeting with Liao Dongzhi, Fan Xiaozeng, and the generals of various ministries to determine future actions." Lu Mahong came to her senses at this time, and when she saw Wu Xing handing over the ladder, she pushed the boat down the river and said, "Okay, call a meeting of all the generals above the battalion level." ”

Contrary to Wu Xinglu Ma Hong's expectations, most of the generals didn't need to be invited at all, but were waiting for them early. Seeing Lu Ma Hong coming, Liao Dongzhi almost immediately pounced, of course, this is just a state of mind, and the etiquette is still thorough. After the politeness, Liao Dongzhi said straight to the point: "Mrs. Li, Liao just heard about something, I don't know if Mrs. Li and Wu Zhenfu have heard about it?" ”

Lu Ma Hong was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What's the matter?" Liao Dongzhi took out a document, handed it to Lu Mahong and said: "Today, the front came to report that the rebellion in the Jianghuai region we just won has peaked. Fortunately, we had garrisons and garrisons in most areas, so the rebellion was suppressed. However, there are some areas that cannot be occupied unless they have to be occupied because of the Lord's decree, so we only sent a team to publicize them. As a result, Wu Feiluan of the dog day organized a loyal national salvation army and wantonly killed our task force. In order to intimidate us, some of the task force members were dragged to the barracks of our garrison in front of us, beheaded in public, and asked the team members if they still publicized the new policy. Our team members are really good, they didn't bow their heads when they were cut in half, but replied, they can't do it in this life, and they will directly lead 100,000 poor sticks to dig your ancestral grave in the next life. The front-line generals were full of righteous indignation, but suffered from a lack of troops. Therefore, Liao begged his wife to replenish the equipment for me, and marked that he could go south if he was willing, on the one hand, to relieve the siege of the capital, and on the other hand, Liao wanted to teach these beasts a good lesson and educate them how to behave. ”

Lu Ma Hong looked at Liao Dongzhi, who was flushed, and agreed to him almost immediately, but Lingtai's little Qingming told her that this matter could not be decided lightly, so she looked at the man who was often injured, Fan Xiaozeng. Fan Xiaozeng was actually very unhappy in his heart, originally, it seemed that almost everyone didn't take it seriously when he put forward his opinions, but when he lost the battle, he remembered him. Is it that his name is not good, there are two words Fan Zeng in his name, Fan Zeng gave Xiang Yu countless times enough to kill Liu San'er's old rascal, but Xiang Yu didn't listen. Maybe you should change the font size to change the fortune another day, well, it seems that Fan Runzhi is good. Well, it was so happily decided.

Fan Xiaozeng temporarily waved away his thoughts, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, I completely agree with Nan Zheng's idea. Staying in the southeast is fundamental, once lost, the southeast half of the wall cannot be defended, so no matter how much it costs, we must try our best to defend it. Fan Xiaozeng's words made Liao Dongzhi very encouraged, and he was almost ready to give Fan Xiaozeng a comrade hug. It's a pity that Fan Xiaozeng quickly changed his mind: "However, the situation in our Yimeng base area is also not optimistic. Zhang Linghu Wu Fengxian is strong, eyeing the tiger, and there are three brothers of the Zeng family to help. To the south, the enemy situation is now unknown, although it is estimated that there are only 20,000 or 30,000 Tartars, and the rest are rebel armies that are about to collapse at the touch of a button, but they are quite a lot, at least about 200,000 or 300,000. In this way, from the perspective of ensuring the minimum security, the maximum number of men and horses that can support General Liao Dongzhi is 20,000 at most, and the gunpowder, grain and grass can also maintain the operation for up to three months. No matter how you look at it, it's too risky. Therefore, I suggest that we should focus on cutting off the canal transportation, so that we don't have to fight, and Wu Fengxian, the Zhangling Tiger in the north, and Duoduo in the south, will come to the door by themselves, and then we will wait for work at ease, and the chances of victory will be much greater. ”

Speaking of this, Fan Xiaozeng couldn't help but be a little unable to suppress his desire to perform: "We all know that fighting a war is actually about money, food, materials, and national strength. Therefore, we can completely ignore the gains and losses of one city and one place, and we will pick the places where the enemy is most afraid to fight. What are the Liao thieves most worried about now? Isn't it that the grain cannot be transported north, and there will be a food shortage in Beijing and their army? Well, we'll cut off their food. Don't say that we still have such a powerful mobile corps as General Liao Dongzhi, even if we don't have it, we only need to temporarily occupy the locks and embankments on the canal, not to mention blowing up the locks and dams, that is, we raise the locks and gates and release water to the canal, so that those boats can't move for a month or two, with these two months, Lao Liao, with your ability, one hand is enough to make the Liao thieves cry and can't find a place, right? ”

When Fan Xiaozeng was immersed in his plan, Liao Dongzhi couldn't help it anymore, he slapped the table and said: "Fan Xiaozeng, what kind of bullshit are you talking about, you can show Lao Tzu clearly, Jianghuai's work team is bleeding, and the stay is in danger, the lord is not clear about what the situation is, what are you still talking about to work at ease, I think you just have nothing to do with yourself." ”

However, as soon as Liao Dongzhi finished speaking, he saw Lu Mahong's dissatisfied gaze, so Liao Dongzhi suppressed his anger and said: "Staff Officer Fan, I, Liao Dongzhi, am a rough person, if you have anything to say, you can take care of it." ”

Fan Xiaozeng is actually even more angry, he really wants to say it directly, Li Huayu also told me this at the beginning! But after thinking about it, he couldn't help it, and he began to explain patiently: "Everyone, I know what you think, in fact, it's not just General Liao Dongzhi, I, Fan Xiaozeng, am in Nanzhong, and I also have a gong tied to my legs, and my reputation is outside. When pacifying the Tuwang, I, Fan Xiaozeng, also took the lead, what defensive tactics do not exist, I only think about how to attack. However, this is no longer the case. ”

"Back then, when we were in Nanzhong, we asked for soldiers, and the chief public ordered the military department and the official office to issue a mobilization order to all prefectures and counties, and the 100,000 troops were ready to go overnight. If you want food and money, you only need a strip to send it to the yamen, and we only need to say a number of how much food we can raise in a breath. And now in Shandong, money and grain have to rely on the capital for transshipment, so we really have to live a careful life! Although the people enthusiastically joined the army because of the new policy, they generally have no military training, unlike us in Nanzhong, Guangdong, Fujian and other places, all the mobilized soldiers are recruited, not only skillful, familiar with the military system, but also most of them are organized according to the township, many people have also experienced such things as suppressing thieves and quelling chaos, and have seen blood in battle. It is really a battle that can be fought, and a battle must be won. However, the recruits recruited in Shandong need training and training if they want to become an army, and they cannot be directly pulled into the battlefield. And our opponent Zhang Linghu Wu Fengxian, during the period of the eldest prince, was famous for his brave and well-trained soldiers, and obtained a large amount of materials in Jinan, and his combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. If it weren't for the two of them being warlords and blindly preserving their strength, I'm afraid we wouldn't have any arguments now, and dealing with these two people with all our might would be enough for us to have a headache. ”

Liao Dongzhi snorted when he heard this: "What's so terrible about the two traitors? Staff Officer Fan, I, Liao Dongzhi, make a bet with you, as long as you give me 50,000 people and half a year's supplies, I will let these two traitors give the head. ”

Fan Xiaozeng was just about to speak, but Wu Xing smiled bitterly and said, "General Liao Dongzhi, I can give you these two things, but the discount is a little bigger." If you want 50,000 people, I will give you 100,000, and the strong young man of Yimeng will choose from you. I'll give you the supplies for a year, the millet and miscellaneous grains are enough, and the earthen gunpowder is also okay, but I don't dare to guarantee the gunpowder in Nanzhong. I don't know this, can you have enough confidence to defeat Zhang Linghu, Wu Fengxian and the Zeng brothers' group training? ”

Wu Xing's words were not much, but they were far more effective than Fan Xiaozeng's words, Liao Dongzhi was trembling with anger, but he couldn't say a word. Originally, there was a situation in one place, and it was not easy for Wu Xing to guarantee such a 100,000 army and a year's supplies, but the question is, where did he get the confidence to rely on these? Untrained young people add home-made gunpowder and miscellaneous grains, and use these to deal with Zhangling Hu, even Liao Dongzhi does not dare to fight this package ticket. Therefore, Liao Dongzhi was speechless for a while.

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Ma Hong was a little dissatisfied, and asked Wu Xing with a little emotion.

"Madam, when the Hou Ye was first in charge of the military and political affairs of Shandong, Denglai and other places, it coincided with the slave thief Abatai ravaging Shandong. In order to calm down this trouble, this is the Dragon and Tiger Volunteer Battalion that day. ”

Speaking of the past when he galloped across the land of Qilu with Wang Long, Luohu and others, and beat Abatai, Wu Xing couldn't help but blush with excitement on his face.

At that time, the dragon and tiger proposed the so-called soft and hard ground to Hou Ye. I wonder if Mrs. and General Liao still remember? Nowadays, everywhere in Shandong and Jianghuai, where there has never been a work team to deeply cultivate, it is soft ground for the Qing army traitors, and for us, there are big officials and gentry who act as the eyes of the Qing army everywhere, and they are all hard ground. Our soft land only has two large pieces, Denglai and Yimeng Mountain. As long as we have a firm grasp of these two places, we are a bone in the throat of the Tartars, a steel thorn in their hearts! ”

Fan Xiaozeng glanced at Wu Xing gratefully, Wu Xing smiled and said, and then Fan Xiaozeng continued: "The reality of the situation has been explained by Wu Zhenfu, so I don't need to say more." In the light of the current situation, we can only feed a regular army of more than 30,000 people who have been out of work, and by relying on these forces, we can protect ourselves, but we are really powerless to make progress. Therefore, our main significance here is to nail it here, let the Liao thieves, and let the whole world, know that Shandong has an anti-Qing force, they have armed and base areas, and even have the ability to drag the Liao thieves from advancing south when necessary. That's what we're really here for. Of course, staying in the capital is not not not to save it, and we are not not going to take care of the lord, but we should give full play to our role, so that it is the best support for the stay and the best support for the lord. ”

"Our 30,000 people, as long as they are used properly, are enough to hold off the 300,000 Qing army, so that the lord can face 300,000 less. I believe that as long as the lord himself is fine, it is only a matter of time before the remaining Liao thieves are resolved. Moreover, time is also on our side. As long as we are willing to put our minds into it, Wu Zhenfu's 100,000 youths can also become 100,000 elite soldiers, and home-made gunpowder can also be turned into standard gunpowder as long as the formula is improved. At that time, we will have hundreds of thousands of troops and sufficient supplies, and the Liao thieves, can they still muster a few million people to encircle and suppress us? I can't see it! ”

"We have 30,000 men, and if they are coming, they must send at least 100,000, then 200,000, 300,000, 500,000. If the Tartars want to beat us, then they don't have the strength to take care of Grandpa Guo's side. We bought time for Grandpa Guo, and we could mobilize the soldiers and horses of Nanzhong and Liangguang, Fujian, and southern Gansu! ”