When Lu Fatzi was still extremely depressed for Wu Laohan's annihilation, the second wave of the Southern Expedition army led by Kang Mazi himself had already walked out of Zhili, out of Shandong, and into the territory of Jiangsu, and also promulgated a will on the way to make the Qing army veterans scatter and make the fat army laugh and crooked their mouths - appoint the Qing god of war Zhang Taizhang as the general of Dingnan, replacing the old mite Qing veteran general Hilgen who had died of illness in charge of the Anqing Qing army, and also commanding the Tongling Qing army and Raozhou of Leerjin, Guangxin and Ningguo and other Qing army soldiers and horses, cooperate with Kang Mazi to attack Lu Fatzi!

"The Qing soldiers are miserable!" This is the evaluation of the veterans of the Qing army on Kang Mazi and Zhangtai, the new generation of the Qing Dynasty god of war combination. [No pop-up novel network]

"Kang Mazi is really a good person, Anqing Mangou and Tongling Mangou are the last elite left in the past few years of the Mangou army, I love you so much, Kang Mazi! If you hand over Jieshu's army to the command of Prince Zhang, I will love you even more! This is Lu Fatzi's evaluation of Kang Mazi and Zhangtai, the new generation of the Qing Dynasty God of War combination.

From Yanjing to Xuzhou more than 1,400 miles, Kang Mazi's 12,000 army only walked for eight days, although there is a reason why it is more convenient to transport grain and grass by canal, but every veteran of Mites understands that Kang Mazi is already anxious, and it is also a very general anxiety - in front of an enemy like Lu Fatzi, the mentality is so anxious, it is definitely not a good sign!

What made Kang Mazi angry was Lu Fatzi's reaction, and Mites Qing made a detailed report, in the case that Kang Mazi had already driven the expedition, Lu Fatzi did not immediately organize the main army to go north to die, nor did he send an additional soldier to Yangzhou Mansion, the first destination of Kang Mazi's personal expedition, but instead transferred a naval division from Yangzhou's reserve Zhenjiang Naval Division to Chongming Island, and the area controlled by the Fat Soldier Army was also running as usual, and even held the first Great Zhou Jiangnan scientific expedition, without the slightest tension of the approaching war- Isn't it that Fat Lu doesn't take Kang Mazi in his eyes at all?!

On April 24, the second wave of the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Kang Mazi arrived at the Xiba camp on the north bank of the Qing River, and joined the Yue Lehou army who stayed here.

As soon as he entered the imperial tent and met Kang Mazi, Yue Le immediately knelt down on his knees and called himself a criminal minister, and Kang Mazi was also angry, patting the pseudo-dragon case and yelling and asking: "Yue Le, I ask you, the Qing Dynasty court is wearing trousers and belts up and down, cutting down on food and clothing to provide you with food and grass and military salaries, and let you lead an army of 120,000 to conquer Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, recapture Jiangnan and reopen Caoyun!" Five months and one day have passed now, and hundreds of thousands of stone military rations and millions of taels of military salaries have been spent, what kind of answer have you handed over to me? Say it yourself! ”

"The minions should be damned, the minions have not made a big contribution so far, but they have lost tens of thousands of troops." Yue Le replied honestly.

"You still have the face to answer my question!" Kang Mazi was even more angry, slapped the pseudo-dragon case, and shouted: "Come on, push Yue Le out of the imperial tent and behead him, pass on the three armies, and use the military law!" ”

"Cover!" Su Lun and Wolf Tan and the other guards agreed neatly, and without saying a word, they stepped forward to hold Yue Le down. Seeing this scene, Dan Zhen, Bo Guoduo, Zhou Peigong, Gao Shiqi and others in the imperial tent hurriedly knelt down together, kowtowed: "The master is angry, please give the master extrajudicial mercy, and give Prince An another chance." ”

"Give it another chance? How many more opportunities do I have to give him? Kang Mazi's face turned blue, and he yelled and asked, "Who dares to say that I didn't give him a chance?" In order to provide him with military salaries, grain and grass, I borrowed 18 million taels of silver from the people, which pushed up the price of grain in the Shandong area of Zhili by more than five times, but how did he repay me? It's been five months and one day, and I can't even take a Gaoyou city! ”

"Master, Lord An is indeed guilty of a great crime, and he deserves to be punished." Haoge's grandson iron hat Wang Danzhen kowtowed: "But at present, the traitor Lu Yifeng has not been broken, and the master's personal recruitment is the time to employ people, and Prince An is familiar with the military situation, and he is ready to change the commander, but I am afraid that the master's command is inconvenient, and it is better to make merit since ancient times, and I also ask the master to give Prince An another chance to let him make meritorious contributions." ”

"Yes, master." Zhou Peigong also persuaded him: "The ancestor of the Empress Dowager has a clear edict, the master cannot cross the Yellow River to the battlefield in person, and if the master wants to break through the south of the Yangtze River and capture Lu Yifeng's dog thief, he must have a veteran general like Prince An who knows the military situation to command, and I hope that the master will think twice and forgive Prince An for the time being." ”

"The ancestor didn't allow the master to cross the Yellow River?" Hearing Zhou Peigong's words, Yue Le's heart, which was already like ashes, jumped, and a heart that had already been mentioned in his throat was finally put back into his stomach, and he secretly said: "The ancestor is wise, as long as the master is not sent to death by the Yellow River, there will still be hope for our Qing Dynasty." ”

Unable to stand the bitter pleading of the generals and civil and military officials, Kang Mazi, who was furious, finally held back his anger temporarily, waved his hand to the guards, let the guards let Yue Le go, and pointed at Yue Le and shouted angrily: "For the sake of the hundred officials, I will give you one last chance to make meritorious contributions, and if you disappoint me, you don't need to come back to ask me for your guilt, cut yourself off!" Yue Le kowtowed again and again to thank him, and then he stood up.

"Let's report on the situation on the battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River." Kang Mazi is not completely straw bales in the military, and he also knows the truth that he knows that he knows that he will win all battles, so he forcibly suppressed his anger and asked Yue Le sharply: "During this time, what abnormal movements did Lu Yifeng's thief army have?" ”

"Back to the master, the current situation on the Jiangnan battlefield is like this." Yue Le replied: "On the northern front, since the defeat of the minions in the attack on Gaoyou, the battlefield on the northern front has basically remained calm, and the Wu rebel army has only repaired the city defense of Gaoyou, while transferring the old and weak women and children in the two counties of Gaoyou and Xinghua, and has not launched an active attack. It can be seen from this that Lu Yifeng's dog thieves must have gained insight into the weakness of our Qing Dynasty's lack of food and wages, and have done a good job of holding on for a long time, intending to induce our Qing army to attack the city south again, and do not rule out the possibility of abandoning Gaoyou and Xinghua and retreating to Yangzhou. ”

"On the northwest front, Prince Kang suffered a lot of losses in the last Chushui battle, and he has been forced to retreat to Chuzhou, and the Wu Dog army has not pursued, and it is also calm at present."

"The western front is also calm, Lu Yifeng's dog thieves may not be interested in the rapid expansion of territory, or it may be that the troops are overstretched, and they did not go south to attack Ningguo and Guangde, our army has no chance to take advantage of it, and can only confront the Wugou Taipingfu Corps on the front line of Wuhu, Fanchang and Tongling, and has not taken the initiative to take action."

"The situation on the southern front is very complicated, the Wu Dog Thief Army, the Zheng Jing Thief Army, the Geng Jingzhong Thief Army and the Shaoning Army and the Jiaxing Army of the Great Qing Dynasty contain each other, lock each other and lock each other, and no one can help anyone. The Wu dog thief army attacked Jiaxing to besiege Wei to save Zhao, attacked and harassed Geng Jingzhong's thief army, and supported Zheng Jing's thief army from the side, and my Qing army and Geng Jingzhong's thief army joined forces to attack Hangzhou, Zheng Jing's thief Liu Guoxuan defended Hangzhou, and they all fought very fiercely, but because of each other's containment, it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while. ”

"As for Wu's rebel army, it may be that Lu Yifeng's dog thieves have learned the lesson of the last time Prince Zhang's sneak attack on Jiangning and almost succeeded, and is currently expanding the army with all his strength to make up for the weakness of insufficient troops. Therefore, the slave estimated that the Wu rebel army would definitely continue to adopt a comprehensive defense strategy, using the fortified city and the Yangtze River to resist our army's offensive, and while gaining time to expand the army, it would consume our Qing Dynasty's financial resources. After the slave finished speaking, please ask the master to break it. ”

"No wonder Lu Yifeng's dog thief wants me to change my strategy to suppress thieves, he is really buying time." Kang Mazi suddenly realized the pseudo-dragon case, and asked sharply: "Since you know that Wu's rebel thief army needs time to expand its army, then why are you still standing still on the northern and western fronts, and sit back and watch Lu Yifeng's dog thieves wantonly expand their army and increase their strength?" Why don't you insist on continuing the offensive so that Lu Yifeng's dog thieves have no time to expand their army? ”

"Insist on continuing the offensive?" Yue Le almost didn't cry, and replied helplessly: "Back to the master, my firearms are not as good as Wu Dog, there is no chance of winning, most of the soldiers are cowardly, morale is not high, and the minions think that blind attacks are harmful and useless, so they ......." ”

"Fart!" Kang Mazi was furious, pointed at Yue Le and asked: "You said that our Qing army's firearms are not as good as Wu Dog's and have no chance of winning, so why can King Zhangjun's five thousand iron cavalry come and go freely in the hinterland of Wu Dog, as if walking on the ground?" Why did the Wu Dog army flee when they heard the news, and they didn't dare to fight with my Qing Iron Cavalry? You say that our Qing soldiers are cowardly and cannot advance, so why did the Mongolian princes give me a table, accusing you of being cowardly and afraid of war, preventing them from sending troops to kill the enemy? ”

Yue Le was completely speechless, some wanted to say that those Mongolian princes didn't know how to talk nonsense, and some wanted to say that Zhangtai's big victory was too weird, and it was not ruled out that Lu Fatzi followed Bai Qi's example and deliberately picked up a Zhao Kuo, but he didn't have the guts. In desperation, Yue Le had to kneel down again, kowtow and said: "The slave is incompetent, please make a decree to cure the slave deserves." ”

"Poor Lord An, you are wronged."

Most of the generals in the imperial tent quietly lamented, but Kang Mazi sneered and said: "I have already begged by hundreds of officials, and I said that I would give you another chance, and you came to ask me to cure your sins, which is really beautiful." Get up and talk about it, what kind of meritorious service do you plan to atone for your sins and regain the wealth of Jiangnan for me? ”

"If the minions have a way to recapture Jiangnan, they won't bother the master, you will be able to conquer in person." Yue Le smiled bitterly in his heart, got up and replied dejectedly: "The slave is incompetent, how to recapture Jiangnan, please show the master." ”

"Know you're the answer." Kang Mazi snorted coldly again, turned to the generals in the tent, and said confidently: "I think that this southern expedition can only be resolved quickly, not for a long time, and the war in Jiangnan must be ended within three months, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

The reason why Kang Mazi dared to say three months was because when he went out on the expedition before, he extorted a sum of money from the hands of the civil and military officials and the prince Baylor in the capital, and ordered that only half of the flag salary be issued, saving and accumulating a batch of silver, plus at this time, the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the north have begun to be harvested, and the food shortage has finally eased. That's why Kang Mazi dared to play such a guaranteed ticket.

"Master Shengming." Mite Qing Wenwu praised in unison, but there were also some people muttering in their hearts, "Take the entire Jiangnan in three months?" If you can take Yangzhou, I'm afraid it will be Amitabha. ”

"In view of this situation, I have decided that our army will attack immediately, and we must not let Lu Yifeng's dog thieves have a chance to breathe." Kang Mazi said even more proudly: "I plan to order Zhangtai to lead the soldiers and horses of Anqing and Tongling to jointly attack the Wugou Taiping Mansion Corps, strive to annihilate this Wugou and contain part of the Jiangning Wugou troops; then ordered Jieshu to send troops from Chuzhou to attack Jiangpu and [***] two counties, and contain the main force of Wugou Jiangning Corps and the main force of the Water Division; Yue Le, you will lead the army south again and attack Gaoyou, Xinghua and Yangzhou! ”

"At the same time, I will send another envoy to contact Geng Jingzhong's traitors, treat him with great righteousness, and use him to contradict Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, prompting him to join forces with our Qing army to attack Huzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang and other places. In this way, the Wu rebel thief army fell into the bitter situation of the four-front battle, and when Wu Gou showed his flaws, the 12,000 elite soldiers I brought would highlight the surprise soldiers, and kill the weak place of Wu Gou's troops, or cut off its grain route, or attack it unprepared, and it would definitely be able to break the enemy in one battle and recover Jiangnan in one fell swoop! How is it, how is my strategy to suppress thieves? ”

There was silence in the imperial tent, those who did not understand military affairs and did not know the enemy's situation did not dare to talk, and those who understood military affairs or knew the enemy's situation did not dare to refute, but muttered in their hearts, "Isn't the master known as actuarial, calligraphy and painting, astronomy, foreign languages and military affairs?" How did he come up with a tactical ......? Can't he see that Wu Gou's armament is extremely tight, and he has left a back hand, and he may gather together at any time to hold on to the important town, and there is no possibility of surprise troops at all? Also, cut off Wu Dog's food route, not to mention that Wu Gou must have hoarded enough military food in several important towns, even if it needs to be transported by grain and grass, it must be by waterway shipping in all directions, we don't even have a water division, how can we cut off Wu Dog's food route? Filling a river or a lake? ”

"The master's plan is very good, and the four-way attack can indeed disperse Wu Gou's forces, so that they can't rescue each other, and create opportunities for the master to highlight the surprise soldiers." It was Zhou Peigong who opened his mouth to pat himself on the back, and after holding Kang Mazi for a few words, Zhou Peigong smiled and said: "But the slave thinks that there is still room for improvement in the master's arrangement." ”

"Oh, how can it be improved?" Kang Mazi asked happily.

"The minion thinks, is the master thinking about each defeat and concentrating on eating a Wu dog regiment first?" Zhou Peigong said cautiously: "For example, please show that the capable ones work harder, and work hard to contain Wu Gou's Taiping Mansion Corps and Jiangning Corps at the same time, so that Kang Wang Ye can free his hands and send troops from Chuzhou to the south to Jiangpu West, and go to Yangzhou City to join forces with Prince An's army, join forces to attack Yangzhou, and concentrate on the Yangzhou Corps that eats Wu Gou first?" ”

"Let Jieshu go to Yangzhou to meet Yue Le?" Kang Mazi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Zhangtai all the way to contain the two corps of Wu Gou, is it too difficult?" Is he sure of that? ”

"There should be." Zhou Peigong replied with a smile: "Prince Zhang's last sneak attack on Jiangning was almost successful, Wu Gou was scared into a frightened bird, this time he only needs to divide his troops into two ways, all the way to attack Wuhu, contain Wu Gou's Taiping Mansion Army, all the way into Ningguo, he can contain Wu Gou's Jiangning Corps, and then ask him to defend instead of attacking, take a defensive position to drag Wu Gou's footsteps, basically win the time for King Kang and Prince An to join forces to attack Yangzhou." ”

"Very well, that's it." Kang Mazi was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Gao Shiqi, quickly prepare a decree for me, order Zhangtai to send troops to attack Taiping Mansion and enter Ningguo Mansion, and let me contain Wu Gou's two main forces, and then let Jieshu send troops to Yangzhou to join Yue Le." ”

"Cover!" The mite Qing and all the civil and military agreed together, Kang Mazi pointed at Yue Le again, and shouted: "After I go back, immediately send troops to the south, within ten days, be sure to capture Gaoyou and Xinghua for me, and within half a month, be sure to give my soldiers to Yangzhou City, and join Jieshu!" Bo Guoduo, you have given me to Yue Le's army as a deputy, and if there is any movement, report to me immediately. ”

"Cover." Yue Le agreed with a sad face, and Bo Guoduo over there also agreed honestly.

Kang Mazi easily finalized the tactics of attacking with the help of Zhou Peigong, but after the tent was dispersed, when they arrived at a place where there was no one, Tu Hai, Yue Le and others almost joined forces to strangle Zhou Peigong to death, and roared together: "What the hell are you thinking?" What kind of virtue is that straw bale in Zhangtai, we didn't tell you? With him, can he also contain Lu Yifeng's two corps of dog thieves? The few armies under his command are the last elite of our Qing Dynasty, if this last elite is also lost, our Qing Dynasty will definitely be finished! ”

"Lord Wang, please rest assured, please rest assured, the student expects that Prince Zhang will definitely be able to contain the main forces of Wu Gou's two corps, and he will not pay a heavy price." Zhou Peigong replied with a smile: "Please don't forget, what is behind Prince Zhang, Wu Yingqi, Hu Guozhu and Xia Guoxiang!" If Lu Yifeng's dog thief kills Prince Zhang, won't Wu Dog be able to kill Jiangnan immediately? Therefore, Lu Yifeng's dog thieves will definitely not annihilate our army on the Western Front, but will only take a defensive position and exhaust the soldiers and horses under Prince Zhang! ”

"Fart! Wu Sangui's old thief has given Lu Yifeng the title of king, and he clearly wants Lu Yifeng's dog thief to continue to act as a thug, and Lu Yifeng's dog thief will be afraid of joining him? Tuhai shouted angrily.

"If Enxiang really thinks so, then Enxiang is underestimating Wu Sangui's old thief and Lu Yifeng's dog thief." Zhou Peigong sneered and said: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief's ambition to get rid of the wolf son controlled by Wu Sangui's old thief has long been revealed, even if Wu Sangui's old thief is trapped, he can really rest assured, he is really not afraid that Wu Sangui's old thief will settle accounts after the autumn, and the rabbit will die and the dog will cook?" Therefore, for Lu Yifeng's dog thief, destroying Prince Zhang may be the most correct tactical choice, but it is the most stupid strategic choice! With his ability, he will not fail to weigh the consequences! ”

"Well, even if you have a point." Yue Le shouted in a low voice: "Then what do you mean by your proposal to let me and Jieshu join forces to attack Yangzhou?" The virtues of the army under my command, don't you know it, is it possible to capture and destroy the Yangzhou Corps of Wu Dog? ”

"Of course not." Zhou Peigong replied in a deep voice: "Let's not say that it is difficult for us to break through Yangzhou, that is, Prince Kang and Prince An are afraid that you will be in Yangzhou to meet the division, Lu Yifeng is not a fool, he found out that King Kang is going west, and he can immediately guess that King Kang is planning to fight Yangzhou, in order to reduce the pressure on Yangzhou, he is likely to send troops to block." But there is another possibility, that is, in order to induce the master to cross the river to the south, Lu Yifeng's dog thieves deliberately connived at Prince Kang to move westward to enhance our northern front strength, so that the master could see the hope of victory, and couldn't wait to cross the Yellow River to Yangzhou to personally command the siege. ”

"In that case, then why did you propose to attack Yangzhou again? What exactly is your purpose? Tuhai asked again.

"The purpose is, of course, to eradicate Lu Yifeng's dog thieves and recapture Jiangnan for his master." Zhou Peigong said in a yin voice: "Just like what Enxiang and Prince An said, if our Qing army wants to eradicate Lu Yifeng's dog thief, in fact, there is only the only hope left to use Gaojiayan. So I have to set up a game for Lu Yifeng's dog thief first, so that he can neither send troops to the west nor use force to the south, and can only choose to go north to resolve the crisis, and then we will lure the enemy deeper, lure Lu Yifeng's dog thief to Gaojiayan, blow up the dam, and destroy this dog thief! ”

"Don't dream!" Yue Le said angrily: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief is a hundred times more cunning than you, and he has already seen through the danger of Gaojiayan, can he still be fooled by this?" ”

"The key is whether the bait is enough or not." Zhou Peigong said with a smile: "Enxiang and the prince, please think about it, with Lu Yifeng's madness of the dog thief and the pathological hatred of our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, if he sees his master going to Yangzhou to supervise the war, can he not kill him with red eyes?" ”

"Are you crazy?!" Yue Le and Tu Hai exclaimed in amazement at the same time, "You want your master to take such a risk?" ”

"Lord Wang, Enxiang, don't worry, the minion hasn't finished talking yet." Zhou Peigong smiled, leaned into Tuhai and Yue Le's ears and muttered in a low voice............ "This, logically speaking, there should be hope for success." After listening to Zhou Peigong's poisonous plan, Tu Hai hesitated for a moment and said: "And by doing this, we can also fulfill the instructions given by our ancestors, but it's just ......." ”

"Please rest assured, the master has weighed the severity of the matter." Zhou Peigong smiled and said: "So we can act with confidence, move first, let the master see the true strength of the Wu Dog army, calm the fanatical thoughts in his mind, so that the master can listen to our contrary advice." It also made Lu Yifeng's dog thief in a dilemma, he was deceived when he fought westward, and the distance to the south was too far, and the gains outweighed the losses, so he could only choose to go north to resolve the danger, and then ask the master to come forward and shake it for a while, Lu Yifeng's dog thief's soul also had to fly. ”

Its practical layout is not Zhou Peigong's layout, and at the same time in the city of Nanjing, Lu Fatzi has fallen into a dilemma, especially after receiving the news that Kang Mazi Luan has arrived in Xiba, Lu Fatzi, who understands that the Qing army from all walks of life will definitely make big moves soon, is almost on the verge of collapse.

"Fuck it! How is this battle fought? Hit hard and wiped out Kang Mazi, Wu Laohan sat down to reap the profits! Don't be heavy-handed, just run away, miss this opportunity to kill Kang Mazi, raise the tiger legacy, and if you want to seize such an opportunity in the future, I'm afraid it won't be so easy! ”

(To be continued)