"Listen to the full dogs in Jingzhou City! Lao Tzu does not want your surrender! Wash your dogs' necks and wait for death! ”

"Jingzhou Mangou listens well! The prince of the Great Zhou has an order, Jingzhou is full of dogs, and it is not subject to surrender! One does not spare! Chickens and dogs don't stay! ”

"Full of dog mongrels! Waiting to die! Waiting to die! Suffer--die--! ”

The stagnant water has not yet been drained, Jingzhou City is muddy on all sides, and the main battalion of the Wu army is moving to the west of the Duijintai Heights -- we have to take precautions, so in the three days of the third and fourth days of the lunar month, the Wu army did not launch an attack on Jingzhou City, but several cavalry units of the Wu army were like a few hungry wolves, always hovering outside the four gates of Jingzhou, shouting and insulting all night, throwing out a series of provocative threats with red eyes, and sniping every Qing scout who dared to go out of the city to investigate. As a result, the Qing army in Jingzhou could only rely on carrier pigeons to communicate with the outside world, and it was difficult for horses and men to get out of the encirclement.

In view of Wu Laohan's unprecedented declaration of war, none of the Qing troops who had ghosts in their hearts dared to turn a deaf ear to the terrorist threat of the Wu army, and at the same time, the Qing army was even more afraid of one thing - that is, to completely provoke Wu Laohan's annihilation, dig up the embankment of the 10,000-person river by unscrupulous means, and flood the entire city of Jingzhou! Under cowardice, Tu Hai, Labu, Shang Shan and others not only scolded the eighteenth generation of Xu Zhidu's ancestors every day, and gave up the proposal of Jingzhou to withdraw to Yiling, but also put it back on the desk of the decision-making level of the Qing army.

On the evening of the fourth day of the lunar month, when the sky was about to get dark, Rabu, Tuhai and Shangshan and others came to the west gate of Jingzhou again, looking at the Duijintai Heights in the northwest of Jingzhou, but saw that the bonfire in the camp of the Wu army on the high ground was like a sea, reflecting half of the sky in red, and the sound of people shouting and neighing horses could be heard clearly even in the city of Jingzhou. When I turned my eyes to look at the embankment of 10,000 people in the southwest, I saw that the top of the embankment was also brightly lit, and the Wu army with torches was constantly coming and going, as dense as the stars, and Tu Hai, Labu and others were inevitably even more worried -- now that the Wu army camp had moved to the high ground, if the Wu army suddenly dug the embankment, none of the dogs in Jingzhou City would want to run away.

"Tu Zhongtang, you have always been like a god, please tell me, will Wu Gou dig the embankment?" Sang-sun asked Tu Hai again.

"Chambele, today is the fifteenth time you've asked the minions this question." Tu Hai replied helplessly: "The slave is still the answer, it is possible that Wu Gou suddenly dug the embankment, but it is not big - otherwise, Wu Gou will not spare manpower and material resources to repair the embankment in the past two days." ”

"Then why is Wu Gou still concentrating so many troops on the embankment?" Shang Shan asked: "Now that even Xu Zhi has been killed by Wu Gou, there is no Qing army around Jingzhou that can threaten the Ten Thousand Causes, why is Wu Gou still stationed so many troops on it?" ”

"This minion doesn't know, maybe Wu Gou is just in case." Tu Hai shook his head helplessly, and found a far-fetched excuse to answer, but Tu Hai knew very well in his heart that in view of the fact that the Qing army had blown up the embankment first, there must have been a sound of digging the embankment and flooding the city among the Wu army, I am afraid that even Wu Lao Han's heart has already risen such a thought.

"I'm afraid Wu Gou's side is also arguing about whether to blow up the embankment, right?" Rabu said his heart for Tuhai worriedly, "Wu Gou was stationed at a low place before, and it was clear that he didn't want to blow up the embankment and harm the people, but now because of this embankment, he almost suffered a big loss, but I am afraid that Wu Sangui's old thief and his lackeys are already discussing whether to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth." ”

"If Wu Dog retaliates with a tooth for a tooth, then aren't we miserable?" Shang Shan said with a pale face: "You all saw the situation the night before yesterday, Xu Zhidu just blew up two small holes, and the river flooded all the surroundings of Jingzhou to the depth of the calf, and Wu Gou had a new type of gunpowder, if they started to blow up the embankment, I am afraid it would not take an hour, and the river would be able to flood Jingzhou City!" ”

Rabu, Tuhai, and Chani all didn't speak, but they all had a worried face, and they weren't sure if Wu Laohan would kill people to the point of using such a crazy trick. And Shang Shan trembled for a long time, and suddenly said: "Lord Jian, Tuzhongtang, why don't we withdraw, give up Jingzhou and break through to Yiling or Xiangyang, and go to Yiling or Xiangyang to continue to resist Wu Gou." On the master's side, as long as we tell the truth to the master, explaining that Jingzhou City is really unable to hold on, I believe the master will also understand our difficulties. ”

Rabu and Chani still didn't speak, but their stomachs began to move, and Tuhai shook his head resolutely and said categorically: "You can't withdraw!" First, our army is not as good as Wu Dog in the field, and Wu Dog is swearing revenge in unity, once our army abandons the city, it will be attacked by Wu Dog in the field! The second is that Jingzhou is already the only nail in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River in our Qing Dynasty, once it is abandoned, Sichuan Wu Dog and Huguang Wu Dog will immediately become one, Wu Dog has no worries, and our Central Plains, Jiangnan and Northwest of the Qing Dynasty will be in an emergency at the same time! ”

"Then what if Wu Dog digs the embankment?" Shang Shan asked: "Keeping the army, our Qing Dynasty still has a chance to survive, and there is still a chance to counterattack, but if the last army of Huguang is also lost, what else can we do in the Qing Dynasty to stop Wu Gou from killing the Central Plains?" ”

Faced with this question of whether there is a chicken or an egg, Tu Hai has nothing to say, and after being silent for a long time, Tu Hai said weakly: "The Jingzhou army is led by King Jian, and the slaves only have the right to suggest. But again, the minions oppose the immediate abandonment of Jingzhou, and it is better to stick to it unless it is a last resort. ”

The ball was kicked back in front of Rabu, and while Rabu secretly scolded Tuhai for deceit, he could only reluctantly say to Shang Shan and Chani: "Let's take a look again, if it is determined that Wu Gou is going to dig an embankment, in order to preserve the vitality of my Qing army, this king can consider giving up Jingzhou to break through." If Wu Gou still refuses to dig the embankment, Jingzhou, this king will never give up! ”

"Uncle, then how can we be sure that Wu Gou is going to dig the embankment?" Chani suddenly asked Rab.

Rabu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the expectant eyes of Tuhai, Chani and Shangshan, and finally lowered his head weakly, and said with a sad face: "This king ......, and I don't know. ”

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At the same time, in the camp of the Wu army, most of the generals of the Wu army who had all moved to the heights were furious, and jointly visited Wu Laohan, and unanimously demanded that Wu Laohan destroy the embankment of 10,000 people, flood the whole city of Jingzhou, and take revenge on the shameless actions of the Qing army on the eve of the previous day. And Wu Lao Hanjian himself also began to waver, and even began to have doubts, wondering if he was getting older and soft-hearted, and was willing to miss the effective tactics of quickly and effectively annihilating the enemy army for the sake of the people of Jingzhou. Under hesitation, Wu Lao Hanjian had no choice but to reply to the generals, asking the generals of the Wu army to give him another night to think about it, and then give the generals an answer the next morning, and the generals of the Wu army dispersed.

The sky was finally completely dark, and the first snowflakes since the beginning of winter in Jingzhou were floating in the cold and windy night sky, but Wu Laohan sat next to the map sand table of Wu Junzhong's tent and pinched his eyebrows and pondered, always motionless, ignoring the guards' kind advice to persuade him to go back to the tent to rest, as if he had settled down. It wasn't until near the second watch that the guards reported that Lu Fatzi asked to see him, and Wu Laohan slowly spoke, "Let him in." ”

After a while, Lu Fatzi entered the big tent of the Chinese army, knelt down on one knee to Wu Laohan, saluted and said goodbye, but Wu Laohanjian seemed to be settled, and did not ask Lu Fatzi to get up, but continued to pinch his brows, thinking hard, the sycophant Lu Fatman did not dare to get up, just knelt on one knee in front of Wu Laohan and waited patiently, and the Chinese army tent was so quiet that even the sound of snowflakes falling outside the tent could almost be heard.

"One peak." After a long time, Wu Lao Hanjian finally spoke, and said in an extremely low voice: "The old man remembers that in our army, you were the first to propose the tactics of digging embankments and attacking the city, and after being rejected by the old man, what do you think?" To tell the truth, this king doesn't blame you, do you think this king is old, confused, and cowardly? ”

"Grandfather, the grandson-in-law told the truth." Lu Fatzi replied softly: "Grandfather misunderstood, after the grandson-in-law's tactics were vetoed by the grandfather, the grandson-in-law not only did not have the slightest dissatisfaction with the grandfather, on the contrary, the grandson-in-law was also full of respect for the grandfather. Since ancient times, there have really not been many people like your grandfather who could still think about thousands of living beings when they were fighting. ”

"So, you think grandfather didn't do anything wrong?" Wu Lao Hanjian asked again.

"Back to my grandfather, my grandfather's decision was not only right, but it was also too right." Lu Fatzi said with rare sincerity: "Just like my grandfather described my grandson-in-law, my grandson-in-law is indeed a person who only asks about the purpose and does whatever it takes. But the grandson-in-law was willing to give up the glory and wealth of the dog, and voluntarily followed his grandfather to raise an army against the Qing Dynasty, what was the purpose? Isn't it to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty and extinguish Manchu and save the Han people from fire and water? ”

"Although digging embankments and flooding the city is to rescue the Han people in the world faster and more, it makes sense to pay a certain sacrifice, and the conscience is acceptable, but is it fair to the Han people in Jingzhou City? Is it fair to the Han people in Jingzhou Mansion? They are innocent, the tactics of the grandson-in-law are selfish, and the grandfather of your decisions...... It's great! ”

"Life is priceless, every life is incomparably precious, and it can't be exchanged for gold and silver, let alone hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of lives? Although we can make certain necessary sacrifices to save the Han people in the world, the sacrifices that can be avoided, the grandson-in-law still raises his hands in favor of avoiding - because, like his grandfather, the grandson-in-law is a Han man, who has done wrong things, but knows how to redeem himself, and is an upright Han person! ”

Wu Laohan Zhan stared at Lu Fatzi's fat face, and after a long time, Wu Laohan finally showed a smile on his face, nodded with a smile and said: "You are right, the old man has done nothing wrong, the old man has already decided, ten thousand people, the old man will never destroy it!" The people of Jingzhou, the old man tried his best to save them! ”

"Grandfather Shengming." Fat Lu also knelt down on his other leg, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Grandfather, please allow your grandson-in-law to bow to your grandfather on behalf of the millions of living beings in Jingzhou!" ”

After that, Fat Lu bowed heavily to Wu Laohan, and his forehead was directly on the ground. Wu Laohan laughed, his doubts were gone, he got up and picked up Lu Fatzi personally, and said with a smile: "Good boy, in our army, you are the only one who knows your grandfather's mind best." Get up, let's take a good look at our ancestors and grandchildren, how can we not destroy the embankment, but also break through this Jingzhou City! ”

"Thank you, grandfather." Lu Fatzi hurriedly thanked him, and after getting up and sitting next to Wu Laohan, Lu Fatzi lowered his voice and said, "Grandfather, in fact, my son-in-law is here to break through Jingzhou. ”

"Oh, so what do you have a good idea?" Wu Laohan asked happily.

"I don't dare to say that it is a good idea, it is just a tactical plan that I am not absolutely sure of, please grandfather decide." Lu Fatzi said in a low voice: "Grandson-in-law thinks that our army has few soldiers but the main attack, and there are many dog soldiers but they defend the fortified city, if we adhere to the previous forcible siege tactics, even if we successfully attack the city, I am afraid that our soldiers will also suffer heavy casualties and lose their vitality." Therefore, the grandson-in-law felt that if our army wanted to take Jingzhou, the first thing to do was to force the full dogs in the city out and fight them in the wild! ”

"How do you force the dog out of town?" Wu Laohan quickly asked.

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The night passed quickly, and in the early morning of the next day, it was also the early morning of the fifth day of the twelfth year of the twelfth year of Kang Mazi, Wu Laohan Annihilation fulfilled the contract and raised the account, and as soon as the generals of the Wu army arrived, Wu Laohan Annihilation said loudly: "Generals, generals, after a night of careful consideration, this king decided to accept your suggestion, blow up the embankment of 10,000 people, and flood Jingzhou full of dogs!" ”

"Okay!" Most of the generals of the Wu army waved their arms and shouted, but some of the generals of the Wu army sank in their hearts, knowing that Wu Laohan had abandoned the people of Jingzhou after all. Among them, Liu Xuanchu's eldest son, Liu Zhifu, stood up and thought that Wu Laohan would bow his hand and say: "Lord Wang, blowing up the embankment and flooding the city is certainly a clever plan to annihilate Jingzhou full of dogs without a single soldier, but there are many people in the city, and the flood will ...... as soon as it arrives. ”

"Needless to say, the decision has been made!" Wu Laohan waved his hand, asked Liu Zhifu to retreat, and shouted loudly: "Where is Lu Yifeng?" ”

"The end will be." Fat Lu stood out of the queue and agreed with his fists clenched.

"You are proficient in firearms and gunpowder, and the matter of blowing up the embankment and flooding the city will be handed over to you." Wu Laohan picked up the token and ordered: "Alone with your 3,000 infantry, with a hundred explosives, you must blow up the Jingzhou embankment in one fell swoop, so that the dog has no way to retreat!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Fat Lu agreed, took the token with both hands, and asked cautiously: "Dare to ask the prince, when will you blow up the embankment?" ”

"The eighth day of the lunar month!" Wu Laohan didn't even think about it, so he ordered: "You go to the embankment first to prepare, on the eighth day of the lunar month, as soon as the lonely Jun Zhi arrives, immediately start blowing up the embankment!" ”

"Yes!" Fat Lu promised to step down. Wu Lao Han shouted again: "Gao Dejie and Tao Jizhi will listen to the order. ”

"Yes." Gao Dejie and Tao Jizhi were listed. Wu Laohan picked up the token and ordered: "From now on, the two of you will lead the cavalry of your headquarters to cover Lu Yifeng's infantry to blow up the embankment, and keep watch under the embankment of 10,000 people at night. ”

"Yes!" Gao Tao Er will agree neatly. Wu Lao Han picked up the third token and shouted, "Fang Feiyang listens to the order." ”

"The lower official is here." Wu Junli Cao's chief Fang Feiyang came out of the ranks, but he was very puzzled in his heart - he is a civilian official, whether he blows up the embankment or fights, it shouldn't be his business?

"You quickly send a scribe who can speak to Jingzhou City to contact Mangou." Wu Lao Han commanded: "Let the messenger tell the Mangou that thanks to their blessings, the 10,000-person embankment was seriously damaged under the attack of Xu Zhidu's children, and although our army tried its best to repair it, it was suffering from a shortage of manpower and equipment, and the 10,000-person embankment could not be repaired, and it was estimated that it would collapse and collapse on the eighth day of the lunar month -- this king specially sent an envoy to inform them out of compassion and compassion, so that they could do their own thing!" ”

"Obedience." Fang Feiyang respectfully agreed, and asked cautiously: "Lord Wang, our army said that we killed the envoy of the full dog, if the full dog concocted the ...... like this." ”

"Forgive the dog and don't have the courage to kill the lonely messenger." Wu Laohan snorted coldly, and said: "But for the sake of emergencies, you still go to the prisoners of war captured by our army to select a messenger, and ask him to bring a letter into the city to inform the full dogs." Fang Feiyang hurriedly agreed, and Wu Lao Hanjian waved his hand again and shouted: "Go and do it immediately, the sooner the better." ”

Fang Feiyang rushed out of the tent to arrange, Wu Lao Han pointed to the generals and ordered: "The rest of the people, all inform the old man to the soldiers of the headquarters, our army will blow up the embankment and flood the city on the eighth day of the lunar month, and after the eighth day of the lunar month, no one is allowed to leave the highlands without authorization!" Otherwise, even if the old man does not practice military law, they may not have a chance to live. ”

"Obey the orders of the prince!" Wu Junzhong will clasp their fists together and agree. Only Wang Shirong rolled his eyes, and said alone: "Lord Wang, do you think the students should also inform the people of Jingzhou around them, let them know that Mangou blew up the embankment of 10,000 people, and the embankment is difficult to hold, so that they can also temporarily leave this place and flee for their lives?" ”

Wu Lao Han Jian and Lu Fatzi first glanced at each other quickly, knowing that Wang Shirong had already seen the clue, and then Wu Lao Han Jian nodded and said: "Yes, you should inform the people and let the people run away from home and run for their lives." Ke Duo, Fan Qihan, this matter is left to you, you send your own cavalry to the villages around Jingzhou and downstream to inform the people, let them move to the high ground, to avoid the flood - remember, you must be sure that it is the dog that blew up the embankment, and we try our best to repair it, but we can't repair it. ”

(To be continued)