Chapter 45: The Chess Piece
Wang Huan spoke very quickly, his mouth was like a bamboo tube fried beans, and he said cracklingly: "Hongze Lake is located at the hub of Cao Yun, and it is an important route for transporting grain from the south to the north and the northern soldiers to the south. Therefore, once you can free up your hands, when Duoduo's army returns to the division, it will definitely be cleaned up, do you think that once the Qing army soldiers arrive, with our more than 1,000 soldiers, tens of thousands of fishermen can stop it? ”
Wang Huan waved his hand and said categorically: "Can't!" Although the Qing dog is hateful, it is by no means that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is so low, on the contrary, it is much stronger, we fight hard with it, defeat is a matter of time, and we lose the lives of countless loyal warriors in vain, so we can only outwit. And to outwit, there is no better than to take advantage of his soldiers' arrival, first take the false heads of the two as a big gift, so that Ma Quan, who appeared as a water kou, insisted on asking the Huai'an prefect to surrender, and promised a heavy bribe and a generous gift, at present, the Qing court is the time to employ people, and it is also overwhelmed by the anti-Qing forces. Coupled with the bribes, I am very sure that I will be able to get a position on the garrison of Hongze Lake. ”
"At the same time, Zu Tianci changed his face, returned to the township, relied on the financial resources we left, bought land, established a commercial bank, bought and sold trade, recruited troops and horses, and became the head snake of the rich party, so that the foreshadowing of the light and the dark can gain a firm foothold in the dangerous place on the canal, firmly control this throat point in our hands, and wait for the opportunity!"
Speaking of this in one breath, Wang Huan stopped, ignored the three of them, grabbed the teapot on the table, and poured it with a clattering spout. Then he looked at the people present calmly.
Ma Quan knew about this arrangement, but he was startled when he said at first that he wanted to borrow the head of his ancestral brother, and he figured out that he wanted Li Daitao to calm down after he stiffened. The ancestral brothers are not so calm, the complicated plan almost makes their heads insufficient, and they must think and digest it slowly to understand it.
So Wang Huan sat on the stool in the room, looked at the other two patiently, and watched their wide mouths slowly close, before smiling and asking, "Do you think it's feasible to plan like this?" ”
Zu Bian's hands had been loosened, and he was placed on his knees in a proper manner, staring at his eyes in a daze, he couldn't count on saying anything. Wang Huan looked at the one on the bed again, the flush on Zu Tianci's face had faded, and the upper body that had been propped up fell back again, closed his eyes and gasped, and waited for a while before squinting his eyes and said slowly: "This plan is dangerous, many people have seen the looks of the two of us, how can we fool the past?" ”
"This is simple, among the people who died yesterday, find two people who look slightly similar, and then use a knife to chop a dozen times, and the blood is stained, and no one can see it. Besides, the 1,000 water kou brought by Ma Quan, who is valued by Qinggou, as long as Hongze Lake is peaceful from now on, then it doesn't matter about this little thing. Wang Huan said.
Zu Tianci glanced at Ma Quan, and said in a deep voice: "But Qinggou is capricious, if Master Ma leads people to surrender, but is killed by Qinggou or transferred to another place, what will happen?" ”
"Qinggou doesn't dare, the Quartet is undecided at the moment, it is the time to win people's hearts, if you kill the person who surrenders voluntarily, who will dare to believe the Tatars in the future? Anyway, it's all death, and it's no wonder that everyone doesn't fight to the end with Qinggou. Moreover, Qinggou is buying people's hearts with fake benevolence and righteousness, not to mention the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty, even those officials in Li Zicheng's Dashun regime, they are also very welcome, as long as they surrender, they will be rewarded with important positions. Wang Huan calmly analyzed: "As for transferring to other places, it is possible, so it is necessary to give a generous gift and a heavy bribe, Qinggou is the same as the Ming official, they are all greedy for money, as long as the amount of gold and silver is enough, let alone the garrison, it is possible to be a guerrilla." ”
Ma Quan responded: "I have a doorway, the current Qing court Huai'an general soldier, is Xu Dingguo, this person was originally the Ming HN Suizhou general soldier, is greedy for money and profit, he has never seen me, if I go to see him as a deserter from the original Ming official army, falsely claimed that he fled into the lake because there was no way out to become a water thief, and later saw that the Qing Dynasty was powerful, and killed the thief chief anyway, and came to Shun, and then sent a generous gift, will be able to achieve the goal." ”
Wang Huanxi said: "With such great goodness, everything can be expected!" ”
Zu Tianci frowned and thought about it, thinking for a long time, the expression on his face was cloudy, obviously very contradictory, and he had many concerns.
Wang Huan is a wonderful person, the most good at observing words and feelings, at this moment Guan Zu Tianci hesitated, knowing what he was thinking, so he enlightened: "Zu Tianci, I know that Hongze Lake has been in business for many years, so it is a pity to give up so suddenly, but the husband should be mindful of the world, how can he only focus on a corner and a place, what is lost, we will take it back in the future, but if the rat is blind, guarding the altar and jars, he can only be a miser, and he doesn't know how to die in the end." The Ming Dynasty is an example, if Emperor Chongzhen hadn't been bewitched by those courtiers and didn't leave, how could he have ended up like this! ”
These words shocked Zu Tianci's heart, and he raised his head suddenly, his mind was like an enlightenment, he understood everything, his eyebrows furrowed, and he looked at Wang Huan deeply and said: "Senator, what are you planning to set up this plan so deliberately, and lay down our chess pieces regardless of money?" Lord Li Tingyu wants to go back to SC, which is thousands of mountains and rivers away, what is the use? ”
Wang Huan stood up, took two steps in the room, stood on his feet and said hatefully: "For what? For the sake of the Han family! In order for this Chinese Shenzhou not to fall into the point of no return, for our descendants not to be bullied by the great powers, there will no longer be the sign of the sick man of East Asia hanging around our necks, do you understand? ”
This time, the three of them were all confused, how do they understand what will happen thousands of years later?
Wang Huan's eyes rolled, and he felt that he wanted to change the expression that was easier for people in this era to accept, so he slapped his palm on the table and said angrily: "Don't look at the Tatars' rhetoric now, if you don't change your clothes and shave your hair, I dare to assert that in another month, Dolgon will order to keep your hair without your head, and then the face of the ancestors will be lost, and what face will we have to see the ancestors and ancestors underground?" ”
This time, the three of them were furious and shouted together: "Is this true? ”
"It's true!" Wang Huan was like a pyramid scheme leader, and he said: "There are so many people who clear dogs, how can they rule over the Han people who are hundreds of times more than them?" Only by this way of servitude, shaved our hair, who would dare to resist them! ”
"Good! Senator Wang, no matter what you plan to do in the future, I listen to you! Stay here, guard this thousand miles of blue waves for you, and wait for the day when you lead the army back! Zu Tianci gritted his teeth and struggled to support half of his body, Wang Huan hurriedly took a step forward to support him, Zu Tianci grabbed his hand, and said while panting: "My ancestor Tianci fights this stump and becomes an adult's pawn!" ”
Wang Huan's heart was so happy that he almost jumped, with an assistant like Zu Tianci, he added another boost to his future plans, which was really good.
The ancestor on the side saw that the two of them were talking enthusiastically, and couldn't help it, so he pointed to his nose and said in a muffled voice: "Senator, you have been talking for a long time, and you don't seem to be talking about me, is there nothing wrong with me here?" ”
Wang Huan was on the rise, and laughed when he heard it: "How come? Zubian, I remember that your two brothers seem to be the generals of the Guanning Iron Cavalry in Liaodong, right? ”
When Zu Bian heard this, he was a little proud, and said in a rough voice: "Yes, my eldest brother is still an officer in the army, I think that when Wu Sangui was under the tent, my two brothers could kill a lot of Jianzhou Tartars, his mace, my ghost head knife, and the horse under his crotch, which was very majestic in the thousands of miles of snowfields in eastern Liaodong." ”
Wang Huan's smile became thicker, and his saliva almost dripped down: "That's better!" Your eldest brother is seriously injured and has other responsibilities, so stay here, you come with me! ”