Lu Fatzi and his ugly master Wang Shaobo seem to have some Uncle Pei potential, as they analyzed and guessed, the Han Daren brothers attacked privately to intercept and kill the Zhao Guoqi Department of the Qing Army in Nanchang, Lu Fatzi expected that the two Living Treasure brothers would be defeated but did not make a more long-term consideration, and the choice of the rat was wrong, and sent the elite cavalry of the Wu Army of the Gao Dejie Department to ambush the Nanchang Qing Army Brigade. As a result, the battle was won, and the gains were quite rich, but in this way, it inevitably aroused the vigilance of the Qing army, especially the veteran of the Qing army, who was called an old fox and an old immortal by Lu Fatzi, and decisively ordered the Qing army in Anqing to stop advancing.

In the early morning of the second day after the Anqing Qing army was ordered to stop in Pengze, the Shangshu Halgaqi of the Mite Qing Rite Department and the Mite Qing Beizi Zhangtai joined forces to come to the Chinese army's tent in Hilgen, and Halgaqi personally reported to Hilgen: "General Qiqi, according to your orders, Qiu Sheng, the original personal soldier of Zhangtai Bei Ziye, has been escorted to the camp of our army in Pengze last night, please ask the general, if you will see you now." ”

"See you now." Hilgen, whose mouse braids were already completely white, casually agreed, but his eyes stayed on the map sand table near Jiujiang, and he kept calculating the distance and the comparison of troops, as well as the route of the army and the route of retreat. Halgaqi, Zhangtai and others waited patiently in the big tent, ready to accompany Hilgen to interrogate Qiu Sheng's confession.

In a moment, Qiu Sheng, who looked obscene, was escorted into the big tent, and as soon as he entered the tent, Qiu Sheng crawled on the ground and kowtowed, trembling and said: "The slave Han army is the yellow flag Qiu Sheng, given the general of the south to ask for peace, the master to ask for peace." ”

Hilgen finally raised his head, and a pair of eagle-eyed falcon eyes swept on Qiu Sheng's face like cold lightning, staring at Qiu Sheng so much that his face turned pale, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble like chaff. Fortunately, after Hilgen found out that this Qiu Sheng did not seem to be the kind of person who had the courage to deceive himself for Wu Jun, he quickly retracted his gaze, picked up the 'Itambu' secret letter sent by Yang Jie quickly, and asked very kindly: "Little brother Qiu, you don't have to be afraid, you tell the old man, is this letter really given to you by Itambu himself?" ”

"Don't dare to be a minion, don't dare to be it." Qiu Sheng was both happy and flattered, and hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "Back to the general, the slave dares to swear by the Venerable Master's hair, this letter was indeed handed over to the slave by Itambu himself." He also told the minion that this letter is very important, and even if he loses his head, he must not lose this letter! Otherwise, not only will there be countless Qing soldiers in Jiujiang City who are still loyal to the Qing court, but our Qing army's plan to recover Jiujiang will also fail. ”

"Oh, in this way, you have indeed made a contribution to the Qing Dynasty." Hilgen nodded with satisfaction, and asked very kindly: "Little Brother Qiu, then the old man asks you again, how much do you know about the Jianchang Battle a few days ago, how much do you know in Jiujiang City?" Don't be afraid, and don't be afraid of trivialities, just say. ”

"General, the minion really can't afford it, you still call the minion's name Qiu Sheng." Qiu Sheng kowtowed again and again, and replied honestly: "Back to the general, the slaves don't know much, but I just heard the thieves in Wu Gou's army say that first Wu Dog Han Daren led the troops out of the city without authorization, and then Han Daren's nemesis Gao Dejie also led the troops out, and then the whole section also led the troops out of the city." Finally, at noon the day before yesterday, the minions heard that Han Daren had suffered a great defeat, and it was all up to Wu Gou Quanjie to save him back to the city, and he also heard that Gao Dejie had won a great victory and killed many of our soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"So after Han Daren and Gao Dejie returned to the city one after another, what happened when they met?" Hilgen asked: "And after Han Daren returned to the city, was he punished by Wu Dog Lu Yifeng?" After Gao Dejie returned to the city victoriously, what rewards did his army receive? How much do you know? ”

"This ......." Qiu Sheng hesitated for a moment, and replied with a sad face: "General Hui, the slave is not clear, I don't know." ”

"You're in Jiujiang City, how can you not know anything about it?" Hargaqi shouted angrily.

"Master Huiha, you really can't blame the minions for this." Qiu Sheng hurriedly kowtowed and replied honestly: "Because General Itambu told the minions that the minions were Bei Ziye's personal soldiers, there must be many traitors in Jiujiang City who surrendered to Wu Gou who knew the minions, and the minions were the messengers who contacted him and Bei Ziye, so General Itambu rarely let the minions leave his residence, and he also specially sent some people to protect the minions, so that the minions' identities would not be exposed, and they would be noticed by Wu Gou, and they could no longer get out of the city to contact Bei Ziye." ”

"So, because Itambu's people are keeping an eye on you, you don't have much chance to contact the outside world, and you can't grasp the more detailed situation of the Jiujiang enemy?" Hilgen asked.

Qiu Sheng nodded again and again, praising Hilgen's wisdom and martial arts, which is indeed the case, while Hilgen clasped his hands to his chest and pondered for a moment, and only said after a while: "Qiu Sheng, you did a good job, and you didn't embarrass us Daqing." In this way, don't go back to Jiujiang City, don't go back to Bei Ziye, stay under the old man's tent and be a personal soldier. ”

As he spoke, Hilgen turned to Zhangtai Bei Ziye and smiled: "Bei Ziye, the old man admires this Qiu Sheng very much, can he cut his love?" Of course, Zhangtai Bei Ziye would not refuse, and quickly nodded in agreement, Qiu Sheng was even more overjoyed, and quickly kowtowed again and again to thank him, and according to Hilgen's request, he went down to bathe and change clothes with Hilgen's personal soldiers, and registered and made a book.

As soon as Qiu Sheng was led out of the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Hargaqi and Zhangtai couldn't wait to ask, "General, how is it?" What did you find? ”

"This Qiu Sheng is indeed a loyal servant, and the old man can conclude that he has never told a word of falsehood from beginning to end." Hilgen replied quietly.

"So, the battle in Jianchang is really just a coincidence?" Hargaqi asked in surprise: "Wu Dog Han Daren and Gao Dejie each led their troops out of the city, Han Daren was ambushed, and Gao Dejie, who was at odds with him, deliberately refused to come to the rescue, but the result was that the Chinese army that attacked my Nanchang army in the Qing Dynasty succeeded?" ”

"No, not necessarily." Hilgen shook his head and said with a deep groan: "Not only is the battle of Jianchang not necessarily a coincidence, whether Lu Yifeng's dog thief has been seriously injured by our artillery, now it seems that I am afraid that it will also hang." ”

"How is that possible?" Zhangtai Bei Ziye screamed, "General, Lu Yifeng's dog thief was seriously injured by the artillery of the last general, which has been confirmed by our army repeatedly, why is it hanging again?" ”

"General, what flaws have you discovered?" Hargazi also asked nervously.

"The old man didn't find any flaws." Hilgen shook his head and said solemnly: "It is precisely because there is no flaw that the old man suspects that Lu Yifeng's dog thief is not injured at all!" You can think about it, how many coincidences happened in Jiujiang during this time? When Jiujiang fell, when our army was faced with the difficult choice of counterattacking Jiujiang and fighting separately, it happened to be reported that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was seriously injured by our artillery; When our army had just dispatched two ways to attack in a combined attack, Wu Gou's side was attacking our most vulnerable team by mistake, weakening our army and siege team; And we are bound to have suspicions about Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and it just so happened that such a letter came? Is this series of coincidences too coincidental? ”

"Isn't the general worried, this Qiu Sheng is just a dead room?" Hargaqi was not stupid, and soon realized what Hilgen meant, so he asked tentatively: "Itanbu surrendered to Wu Gou, and he also plans to induce our army to besiege and storm Jiujiang City for Wu Gou." But Qiu Sheng, who sent the letter, did not betray the Qing Dynasty, nor did he say a word of falsehood, but because he was used by Itambu for various reasons, the news he heard was all fake news. Therefore, Wu Gou didn't have to worry about Qiu Sheng's rebellion or revealing flaws at all, because no matter how we interrogated and tortured Qiu Sheng, it was impossible to know the real truth. ”

Hilgen nodded silently, indicating that he was exactly what he thought, but Zhangtai Bei Ziye opened his mouth wide, and said without giving up for a while: "General, Lord Ha, these are just speculations, and there is no way to prove that this is the case." If Itambu hadn't betrayed our army, and Lu Yifeng's dog thieves had indeed been seriously injured by our artillery, then we had misunderstood General Itambu's loyalty, and mistakenly thought that Lu Yifeng's dog thieves hadn't been injured by the guns, so wouldn't we have missed the God-given opportunity to recapture Jiujiang City and annihilate Wugou's East Route Army? ”

"There is also a possibility that we have misunderstood Itambu, but the old man thinks that this is not very likely." Hilgen sat back in his seat, and after thinking for a while, Hilgen decisively ordered: "In this way, the order will go down, our army will pull out the camp and continue to advance westward, and go to the mouth of the lake according to the original plan." ”

Hearing this order, Zhangtai Bei Ziye breathed a sigh of relief, but Hargaqi objected: "General, since Wu Gou is likely to be cheating, then it is better for us to return to the division earlier, and there is no need to go back to Hukou." Anqing is the first important place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the main force of our army cannot leave for a long time. ”

"It doesn't matter, Anqing's city defense is very strong, and it won't make sense to leave for a while." Hilgen shook his head and said with a smile: "And the old man continues to go west to the mouth of the lake, and it is definitely not just for the purpose of capturing Jiujiang, you will understand when the time comes." ”

Halgazi had always admired Hilgen's cunning, and when he heard this, he didn't say much, so he went to give orders in person. After the order was conveyed to all armies and battalions, the 43,000 Qing army by land and water immediately set up camp and continued to march westward along the land and water routes, aiming directly at the Hukou ferry across the lake from Jiujiang City. At the same time, Hilgen sent a fast horse to Zhao Guoqi to order, ordering Zhao Guoqi not to fear the enemy for the defeat of the previous day, and to immediately organize the defeated troops to continue to go north, and to station in Nankangfu City to wait for orders.

At noon the next day, the Qing army arrived at Hukou at the same time by land and water, and laid out 12 land and water camps at the ferry port in Hukou County.

The scout scout sent the Qing army's movements into Jiujiang City, including the Han Daren brothers, who were still recuperating from their injuries, were very excited, and they were all ready to inflict heavy losses on the Mangou in the defense of the city, and then counterattack to teach these two bold Mangou who dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head. Only Lu Fatzi smiled bitterly, scolding Hilgen's old fox for being incomparable, leaving no room for his innocent and kind self, Wu Junzhong asked the reason, and Lu Fatzi suddenly scolded again.

"Are you fooled by the old Hilgan thing? Ready to cross the lake and storm Jiujiang City? Fat Lu pointed out Hilgen's deceit with great anger, "Wrong! This old thing is responding to all changes with the same, it seems to be risky but it is actually safe, and there are needles hidden in it, containing counterattack poisonous tricks! ”

"What do you mean?" Most of the generals of the Wu army are even more inexplicable.

"That old thing is killing three birds with one stone, with three goals and three afterthoughts!" Lu Fatzi scolded and said: "The first purpose is to cover Nanchang Mangou, if he directly collects troops in Pengze and returns to Anqing, then we will definitely go all out to hunt down and kill Nanchang Mangou who has left the protection of Jiancheng, even if we can't kill Nanchang Mangou, we can also cut off a piece of meat on Zhao Guoqi's body!" Now that he is stationed at Hukou, once he finds that the situation is not right, he can let Zhao Guoqi retreat first and return to Nanchang, do we dare to chase and kill with all our might? ”

"The second purpose is to continue to wait and see! Although the old thing is already suspecting that I was not injured at all, but there is no conclusive evidence, so he will collect his troops and return to the city, once it is confirmed that I was really injured by the gun, then he will not be able to explain to the Mangou court, and he will miss this God-given opportunity in vain! Therefore, he simply stationed troops at the mouth of the lake, not only protected by the natural danger of Poyang Lake and the superior water division, but also not afraid of our sudden cold arrows, and he can send troops at any time to attack Jiujiang City with all his might! ”

"The third purpose is even more poisonous, he stationed troops at the mouth of the lake without moving, and threw Zhao Guoqi this piece of fat to Nankang as a bait, if our army can't hold its breath and take the initiative to attack, cross the lake to hit the lake, or go south to swallow Zhao Guoqi This bait, the old thing in Hilgen can adapt to the situation, or arrange an ambush, or transfer the tiger away from the mountain, and take the opportunity to sneak attack the back of our army, our army will suffer a big loss!"

When he came here, Fat Lu beat his chest again and said: "This old fox, knowing that I am famous for being loyal and honest, is so cautious and cautious that he won't even give me a chance!" ”

"You're notoriously loyal?" The generals of the Wu army looked at each other, and they all admired the thickness of Lu Fatzi's face.

"Owner, then you cheat this scene, do you want to continue to act?" Wang Shaobo asked tentatively.

"Acting, why don't you act?" Lu Fatzi scolded: "The old fox wants to compete with me for patience, then I will compare with him, he will respond to all changes with the same, and I will also respond to all changes with the same!" See who has the best patience and wait until the other person is the first to show a flaw! ”

"So what's next?" Wang Shaobo asked again.

"Let go of the wind, let's just say that my injuries have improved under the careful care of Doctor Zhu, and maybe there is a possibility of resurrection." Lu Fatzi ordered: "Let Itambu send another dead man to cross the lake to deliver a letter, and on the letter, one is to ask about the whereabouts of the previous dead room, and the other is to ask when the man dog will cross the lake and attack the city." The second is to tell Mangou that my condition has improved, but there is still no way to command the army, so I have sent a letter to the prince, asking the prince to allow me to return to Biyuan to recuperate, and allow me to hand over the command of the army to Brother Dajie. ”

"Hahaha." The generals of the Wu army laughed, Gao Dejie was a little embarrassed, and Han Daren was even more embarrassed, and he didn't even dare to take a breath with his head down. Uncle Wang also laughed, and finally laughed enough before he asked again: "Boss, will the old thing in Hilgen be fooled?" ”

"I certainly wouldn't expect him to be in the middle of the scheme." Fat Lu said with a sneer: "I just need Zhangtai and Emperor Mangou to be fooled, and the two of them will help me clean up Hilgen's old things." ”

Wang Shaobo comprehended, nodded quickly, Lu Fatzi turned to Li Guodong again, and said solemnly: "Brother Li, you are the commander of our water division, and now the Mangou water division four times the size of our army's water division has arrived at the mouth of the lake, and there is a huge disparity between strength and weakness, whether the old fox of Hilgen will make up his mind to cross the lake and attack the city, the first thing to make up his mind must be the water division of our army commanded by you-I mean, do you understand?" ”

"The last will understand." Qing Jian's Li Guodong also understood, and immediately replied: "Please rest assured, the last general will order immediately, from now on, without your order, the warships of our army will never leave the artillery cover range on the wall of the Water Gate, and will not give the Mangou Sailors a chance!" As soon as it was mobilized, small boats and people's boats were dispatched. ”

"Brother Li is really a smart person, so I won't waste my saliva." Lu Fatzi nodded, and then called Xiao Erlang and ordered: "Erlang, you go to Yu'er, let her concentrate all the artillery on the Watergate Fort, and make every effort to protect our army's water division. ”

As a result, when the commanders of both sides were determined to respond to all changes with the same change, the Wu army and the Qing army, which were already less than forty miles apart from each other, all competed for patience. The Nanchang Qing army led by Zhao Guoqi went north and entered Nankang City, and the Wu army's infantry and cavalry army, which had a great chance of victory, all stood still and watched Zhao Guoqi's army enter the city and station. The Qing army's sailors, who had an absolute advantage in strength, were forcibly suppressed by Hilgen, who were not allowed to continue to move westward, and took the initiative to attack to eliminate the Wu army's sailors, who were few and outnumbered.

Two days later, on the night, Itambu again sent the dead room under the close supervision of the Wu army to cross the lake to offer a book to Hilgen, but the second dead room was still gone, and the Qing army did not react abnormally. After waiting patiently for two days without hearing back, Lu Fatzi also decisively gave up the plan to send the dead again, and gave Itambu a heavy reward, allowing Itambu to move freely and officially serve in the ranks of the Wu army, and at the same time sent a large number of messengers to contact the rear to ask for new firearms, understand the movements of the remaining five routes of the Wu army, and patiently wait for Hilgen to make a move.

After waiting patiently for more than ten days, the other five anti-Qing Wu troops came with news one after another, and what made Lu Fatzi very relieved was that except for Tao Jizhi, who was sent by his father-in-law Wu Guogui, was stubbornly blocked by the Qing army in Xunyang, the remaining four roads were full of good news. First of all, the Sichuan Wu army led by Wu Lao Han Jian himself has broken through Yangping Pass and Chaotian Pass, and the troops are in Hanzhong, followed by Xia Guoxiang to break through Pingxiang and surround Yuanzhou, and then Ma Bao is like a bamboo, all the way to break through De'an and Suizhou, which are almost no soldiers to defend, and point to Henan. Finally, on the way of Guangxi, the Guangxi Wu army led by Dong Chongmin and the Guangdong Wu army led by Zu Zeqing had already joined forces in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, and defeated the Guangdong Qing army led by Leerjin and Jin Guangzu, the governor of Liangguang, and forced them to flee back to Zhaoqing. It can be said that they have all made gains, making a good start for Wu Jun's great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Lu Fatzi also received a more important piece of good news, given that the main force of the Wu army had been put into the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield, the last elite reserve in the hands of Kang Mazi, the Mites-Qing Baoyi Army led by Tong Guogang, Fei Yanggu and Zhou Peigong, had directly advanced westward from the Daimyo Mansion and went straight to the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield through Shanxi. It can be seen from this that Kang Mazi has concentrated his main energy on the Shaanxi and Gansu battlefields, and he no longer attaches the first importance to the northern Jiangxi battlefield, which is protected by natural dangers and heavy troops -- this is undoubtedly a great news for Lu Fatzi, who has few soldiers and is ambitious.

"Okay, good fight, the better the friendly army fights, the easier it will be for me here."

sighed a few words with great relief, pinched his fat fingers and calculated the time, estimating that even if it was an ordinary six-hundred-mile expedited, Kang Mazi's instructions on the Jiujiang battlefield should be sent to the Hilgen army on the other side, and Hilgen should feel pressure. After closing his eyes and thinking about it for a long time, Lu Fatzi gave Xiao Erlang an order, asking Xiao Erlang to send someone to give an order to Han Daren and Han Yuanren's brothers, and after Xiao Erlang sent the herald out for a period of time, Lu Fatzi asked Xiao Erlang to give a second order, and asked Xiao Erlang to send someone to invite Gao Hongchen to Shuaitang.

In view of the chronological relationship, the Han Daren brothers, who were already grateful to Lu Fatzi, first arrived at the Shuai Hall, and after meeting and saluting, the Han Daren brothers asked Lu Fatzi what instructions he had for calling his brothers, and Lu Fatzi replied: "There is an errand for you to do, you all go to the second hall, I am about to meet Gao Hongchen, listen carefully to what I said to him, and then come out and tell me when he leaves, how much do you understand." ”

The Han brothers looked at each other, but they still followed the order and entered the second hall to wait for eavesdropping. After another moment, Gao Hongchen arrived, and after entering the hall to salute, Gao Hongchen naturally asked Lu Fatzi what instructions he had for calling him, and Lu Fatzi smiled and said, "General Hongchen, do you remember that Han Daren caught that Itambu?" Have you seen him in person these days? ”

"Go back to the general, see you every day." Gao Hongchen replied truthfully: "He has now been appointed as a general by you, the general, and is under the command of Han Daren, leading the army to assist in the defense at the east gate, and my cousin and I see it every day when we patrol the sentry. ”

"Some time ago, he helped me lure the enemy, so I awarded him a general." Fat Lu smiled: "In addition, I also rewarded him with a thousand taels of silver." ”

"General, what are you talking about?" Gao Hongchen was inexplicable.

"General Hong Chen, I heard that you lost more than three hundred taels at the gambling table some time ago." Lu Fatzi smiled and said, "Don't you want to find a few old people and get this money back?" Itanbu is a full dog, but a big fat sheep. ”

Gao Hongchen was even more confused, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and he hurriedly lowered his voice and asked, "General, do you want the last general to come forward as a villain and get this silver back from Itambu's hands?" ”

"Clever!" Fat Lu snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "Don't ask anything else, let it go, everything you get is yours, don't be afraid to make a big fuss, and don't take care of Han Daren's face, I will naturally call the shots for you." ”

"Thank you for taking care of the general, the last general will definitely do it." Gao Hongchen, who received the beauty difference, laughed, and asked very smartly: "Then the general, do you want my cousin to know about this?" ”

"Of course don't let him know." Fat Lu replied casually: "You are the only one who knows about this matter, but there is one more point, don't ask for Itambu's life." ”

Gao Hongchen happily agreed, happily said goodbye and left, until he walked out of the door, Lu Fatzi shouted to the back hall: "Okay, you can come out." Brother Han Daren returned to the lobby and stood with his hands down in front of Fat Lu, who smiled and asked, "Two General Han, how are you, do you think of anything?" ”

"General, do you want to deliberately provoke a conflict between the last general and General Gao Dejie?" Han Daren asked tentatively: "Is there also to force Itambu to rebel and let him really be a dog insider?" ”

"There is growth." Fat Lu nodded with satisfaction, and then lowered his voice and said, "But there is one more thing missing, I not only want to force Itambu to rebel, I also want to force you two brothers to rebel together, understand?" ”

(To be continued)