In the crow mouth of Lu Fatzi, Liu Xuanchu, who stayed in Yunnan to assist Guo Zhuangtu, did put forward an extremely correct and very favorable strategic plan in his letter to Wu Laohan, but if it is to be implemented, the difficulty is extraordinarily high! Because this plan is - during the time when the Wu army and the Qing army are resting and recuperating, force or induce Geng Jingzhong to rebel, let Geng Jingzhong consume the strength of the Qing army, and the Wu army will sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight and reap the profits!

Why is Liu Xuanchu's plan extremely correct? Because once this plan succeeds, the situation will be too favorable for Wu Jun! First of all, the attention of the Mite Qing court will definitely be attracted by Geng Jingzhong, and the army used by the Mite Qing court to deal with the Wu army will also turn its gun and point directly at Geng Jingzhong, consuming manpower and material resources on the Fujian battlefield, which will facilitate the all-round attack of the Wu army, and let the mite Qing army fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, exhausting itself on the two battlefields, and weakening the overall strength and combat effectiveness of the Mite Qing army to the greatest extent.

At that time, if Geng Jingzhong wins, attacking Jiangxi can directly realize the meeting with the main force of the Wu army, and the situation is even better when attacking Zhejiang, which is equivalent to directly cutting off an arm of the Mite Qing Dynasty, which is undoubtedly a fiasco comparable to the Battle of Guizhou for the current financial Mite Qing court, which is already extremely embarrassed. Even if Geng Jingzhong is defeated, it doesn't matter, at that time, Geng Jingzhong will not only rely more on the rescue of the Pingxi Palace, but Zheng Jing, a staunch ally of the Wu army, can also take the opportunity to land and gain a firm foothold on the mainland, which will also benefit the Wu army without harm, and at the same time, the strength of the Qing army will inevitably be greatly consumed, which will be more conducive to the sudden attack of the Wu army.

It's easy to say, it's hard to do, although Liu Xuanchu's idea is wonderful, but the actual surname is a headache - after all, Geng Jingzhong is not a fool, let alone a straw bag like Wu Yingqi. And why should he attract the firepower of the Mites Qing court, fight with the Mites Qing court, and let the Wu army reap the benefits? So after reading the cheap teacher's letter, even if he is as resourceful as a fat man, he will inevitably scratch his head and cry and lose his fat face.

"Yifeng, why don't you speak?" Looking at Fat Lu's embarrassed expression, Wu Lao Hanjian asked with a smile in a joking tone: "This is your teacher's suggestion, you don't support it, you have to say something, don't you?" ”

"Back to grandfather, it's a good idea." Fat Lu cried with a sad face, hesitated for a long time before saying honestly: "It's just too unrealistic, Geng Jingzhong is not so stupid, he won't be a leader at this time." Say a big disrespectful word, the teacher really doesn't know what to think, how can he give his grandfather such a big problem? ”

"Perhaps, Mr. Mao Yao saw that the recent situation in Fujian was beneficial to Geng Jingzhong's sudden uprising, so he suggested this." Hu Guozhu took over the conversation and explained for Liu Xuanchu: "Some time ago, we received the latest enemy situation in Jiangnan, showing that in order to prevent us from going down the Yangtze River to capture the important financial and tax areas in Jiangnan, the Mangou Emperor not only transferred many troops from Gyeonggi and Shandong to the south, but also transferred the elite main forces of Jiangning General Echu and Zhenhai General Wang Zhiding from Jiangnan, and concentrated them in Anqing City, the throat of the Yangtze River, to defend this place. Although this hand blocked the gate of the Yangtze River in our eastward advance, the defenders in the south of the Yangtze River were also greatly weakened, which was very beneficial to Geng Jingzhong's sudden northward advance. ”

"In addition, the situation around Fujian is also very favorable to Geng Jingzhong, the Mangou army in Jiangxi in the west has been directly contained by our main force, and self-protection is not enough, so there is still strength to deal with Geng Jingzhong? The southern Guangdong Mangou has just been ruthlessly placed by you, with heavy losses and low morale, and there are hidden worries that Shang Kexi's death party and Shang Zhixin's Shizi party will attack each other, and there is Wu Shizong and Zheng Jing's direct containment outside, and it will not be able to pose a threat to Geng Jingzhong in a short time. As for Zheng Jing in the east, as long as Geng Jingzhong agrees to join forces with Zheng Jing to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jing will not only not become a threat, but will directly become Geng Jingzhong's right-hand man. The situation is very favorable to Geng Jingzhong, and it is absolutely impossible to rule out the possibility that Geng Jingzhong suddenly became troubled. ”

"Of course my nephew knows what my uncle said." Lu Fatzi smiled bitterly and said: "But it's still the same sentence, unless the Mangou army takes the initiative to make a move, Geng Jingzhong will definitely not take the initiative to attack this rafter, he will only save his strength and continue to wait and see, and wait for us to go further and fight with Mangou to the death, and then come out to pick up cheap and pick peaches, so that it is most beneficial to him." ”

"So, you don't think it's possible to achieve this goal?" Wu Lao Hanjian asked with disappointment. Seeing that Lu Fatzi shook his head with a wry smile, Wu Lao Hanjian was inevitably even more disappointed, and said regretfully: "Originally, this king thought that you, a bastard boy who is good at creating miracles, might have some ghost ideas to force Geng Jingzhong to rebel in advance for this king, but I didn't expect you to shake your head like this, it seems that there is really no hope for this matter." ”

"It's not that my grandson-in-law doesn't want to do my best, it's that it's too difficult." Lu Fatzi shook his head and said helplessly: "If our army has raised the banner of righteousness and has raised troops to restart the war with Mangou, then it is very certain to persuade the ambitious Geng Jingzhong." But now that we have ceased war with Mangou, both sides are seizing the time to recuperate, preparing for another decisive battle, Geng Jingzhong is no matter how stupid he is, and he will not suddenly raise troops to be this rising bird when he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight just by waiting. To achieve the goal, unless, unless, ....... ”

"Unless what?" Wang Shirong suddenly opened his mouth and interjected: "If you have something to say, just say it directly, as long as there is still a little hope, we can all work very hard." If this plan is successful, the situation will be extremely favorable to our army. ”

"Unless it's a dog man." Lu Fatzi hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Although strategically, the most beneficial strategy for the Mangou Imperial Court is to break through each one, temporarily stabilize the ambitious Geng Jingzhong, and deal with us first and then Geng Jingzhong, but it is absolutely impossible to rule out the possibility of the Mangou Imperial Court temporarily adjusting its strategic steps, dealing with Geng Jingzhong first, and then dealing with us." Moreover, Geng Jingzhong's strength is weak, and it is difficult to give up strategically, so it is also the right thing for a soldier to cut off his wings first and then deal with the leader. If we do it properly and induce and force the Mangou Imperial Court to change its strategic steps and attack Geng Jingzhong first, then Geng Jingzhong will have to rebel even if he doesn't want to, and the strategy proposed by the teacher will naturally be achieved. ”

"Makes sense." Hu Guozhu nodded and said, "We have been focusing on Geng Jingzhong before, why didn't we think that starting from Mangou could get the same effect?" Judging from the current situation, it is not only much less difficult to start with Mangou, but it is also not easy to lead to other unintended consequences, such as the deterioration of our relationship with Geng Jingzhong. ”

"Not necessarily." Wang Shirong raised an objection, "The Emperor of Mangou's deceitful yin forbearance is far above Geng Jingzhong, and it may be more difficult to start from him." ”

"You don't have to start with the Emperor of the Dogs." Fat Lu shook his head and said categorically: "The Mangou Court is guarding against Geng Jingzhong, why is Geng Jingzhong not guarding against the Mangou Court?" As long as there is a little wind and grass around, it must not be ruled out that he jumps off the wall in a hurry, and the first strike is strong! Therefore, there is no need to start from the Mangou Emperor, as long as he does a good job, then even if he is the governor of Liangguang or the governor of Fujian, or even the local green camp in Fujian, the surrounding A Xixu, Dong Weiguo or Shang Zhixin, who replaced Shang Kexi in charge of the military power in Guangdong, may force Geng Jingzhong to rebel. ”

"Wait, Yifeng, you just came back from Ji Ji Mountain, and you don't know anything about Guangdong, right?" Hu Guozhu hurriedly corrected it, found an official document and handed it to Lu Fatzi, "I received the news some time ago, Emperor Mangou sent Yue Le, Prince of An, to lead three thousand elite soldiers to escort Shang Kexi south to return to Guangdong, and crowned Yue Le as a general under order, under the command of soldiers and horses on the southeast coast. Judging by the appearance, Emperor Mangou is planning to use Yue Le as a nail in Guangdong, and at the same time contain our Eastern Route Army, Zheng Jing of Taiwan and Geng Jingzhong of Fujian. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Fat Lu was startled, and quickly took the official document and read it carefully, after reading it, Fat Lu quickly pinched his fingers to calculate the time, and after calculating, Fat Lu couldn't help but scream like a pig, "Ah——! What a pity! What a pity——! ”

"What a pity?" Wu Laohan, Hu Guozhu, and Wang Shirong were all taken aback.

"Of course, it's a godsend opportunity to force Geng Jingzhong to rebel!" Lu Fatzi stomped his feet vigorously, beat his chest and shouted: "Yue Le escorted Shang Kexi south to Guangdong, and he must pass through Fujian, if we send an elite army, or let Zheng Jing send an elite soldier, pretending to be Geng Jingzhong's army to attack Yue Le and Shang Kexi on the way, and blame Geng Jingzhong, then once he succeeds, Geng Jingzhong will have to rebel even if he doesn't want to rebel!" Even if we can't succeed, Geng Jingzhong, Yue Le, and Shang Kexi will inevitably be suspicious of each other, which will help us fan the flames and skillfully discord! ”

"But now, today is February 28th! Monk Yue Le set off from the capital on the fourth day of the second lunar month, and we want to arrange such a clever plan, and it is too late to say anything! ”

Lu Fatzi beat his chest here and felt remorseful, Wu Lao Hanjian and Hu Guozhu and others looked at each other here, and Wang Shirong was furious and shouted directly, "Shut up!" Fools who take it for granted! You think we didn't think of such an idea? Do you know that Yue Le monk Kexi took the road to Guangdong? I don't understand the situation, just talk nonsense here, self-righteous! ”

"What?" Fat Lu was taken aback, and asked in surprise: "Monk Yue Le didn't take the road from Fujian back to Guangdong?" So what path did he take? ”

"Of course it's Jiangxi Road, do they still have the courage to take the sea route?" Wang Shirong said angrily: "Our detailed investigation report, Shang Kexi and Yue Le did not enter Fujian at all, and went around Fujian in a big circle, taking the road of Guangxin, Jianchang, Ganzhou and Shaoguan back to Guangdong!" These places are all controlled by the Manchu army, and they are not under Geng Jingzhong's command, how can we blame Geng Jingzhong? ”

"And this?" With such a big ugliness, Fat Lu was inevitably a little embarrassed and dumbfounded. But after thinking about it, Fat Lu jumped up again and shouted happily: "Grandfather, uncle, Mr. Liangchen, this is good news, great news!" ”

"What's the good news again?" Wu Laohan, who was frightened by Lu Fatzi's startled startled, asked with a wry smile.

"Grandfather, you are Geng Jingzhong." Fat Lu smiled and asked: "Monk Yue Le is happy to take a straight shortcut, but he made a big circle, bypassing Fujian and returning to Guangdong, what do you think?" ”

"What would I think?" Wu Laohan was stunned for a while, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and he patted the case and said: "Yes! If the king of this is the king of Jingnan, he will inevitably be shocked and frightened, and understand that the Mangou court has been wary of himself to the extreme, and he is even more worried, and the grass and trees are all soldiers! ”

"Father-in-law is reasonable, it seems that the mutual suspicion between the Mangou Court and Geng Jingzhong may be a hundred times more serious than we imagined!" Hu Guozhu echoed, and couldn't wait to ask: "Then what should we do to make the contradiction between Mangou and Geng Jingzhong completely intensify and break out?" ”

"Regarding this point, I'm afraid we will have to make a fuss from Yue Le and Shang Kexi." Lu Fatzi groaned: "But the distance is too far, we don't know much about the situation in Fujian and Guangdong, and it is difficult to prescribe the right medicine." It is best to ask my grandfather to send a plenipotentiary envoy to Fujian or Taiwan to grasp and understand the actual situation in the locality, formulate countermeasures according to the actual situation, and adapt measures to local conditions, so that there is a way to achieve the goal. ”

"Of course the old man can send this messenger." Wu Laohan readily agreed, and asked again: "But the question is, who to send?" What kind of emissary needs to be sent? ”

"You have to be good at improvisation, and you have to be able to speak well." Lu Fatzi replied without thinking about it: "You have to have organizational skills, be good at communicating, be able to gain some trust from Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin, Yue Le and Zheng Jing, and you have to be brave and knowledgeable, and you can still play with the enemy and applaud in the stormy seas, just like making the tide ......." Hey? Grandfather, uncle, Mr. Liangchen, what are you looking at me for? ”

Speaking of which, Lu Fatzi suddenly had something wrong - because Wu Laohan, Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong were all looking at him with a very strange gaze. After a while, Fat Lu finally came back to his senses, pointed to his nose and screamed, "Grandfather, don't you want your grandson-in-law to be this messenger?" ”

"There are only two people like this you mentioned under my grandfather's command." Wu Laohan said with a wry smile: "One is you, and the other is your eldest uncle's father, Hu Shuixin, but he died of illness in the capital seven years ago, and now there is only one left." ”

"Yifeng, this errand is simply tailor-made for you." Hu Guozhu joked: "Speaking of being good at improvisation and being able to speak well, there are so many people under my father-in-law's command, but there is one person who can catch up with you?" As for being sociable and organized, having the courage to have a little knowledge, and being able to make waves in stormy seas, to tell the truth, in front of you, even my uncle and I have to bow down! ”

That's right, the students couldn't agree more...... Scold. Wang Shirong wanted to continue to keep a stinky face, but he couldn't help laughing.

"Shall I ......?" Fat Lu hesitated a little, and began to think about the possible surname of his errand to do this errand. Fortunately, after Wu Laohan laughed enough, he quickly waved his hand and said: "No, although you are very suitable for this errand envoy, you must not go!" One is that you can't be missing from Lone's side, and the other is that your reputation is not small now, and the dog hates you to the bone, if you go deep into danger, Lone is not at ease. ”

"Not bad." Hu Guozhu also suppressed his smile, nodded and agreed: "Yifeng must not go, now everyone knows that our new firearms are all made by Yifeng himself, so even if Yifeng does not enter Guangdong, but only goes to Fujian or Taiwan, it is not ruled out that Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing forcibly detain Yifeng." ”

"Both the prince and General Jin Wu are thoughtful." Wang Shirong made a rare joke, "This student of Mr. Mao Yao, although his head is not very good, if he sells it for silver, I am afraid that the dog will be willing to take out half of the treasury to buy it." ”

Wu Lao Hanjian and Hu Guozhu laughed together, and they all said that this is true, if Lu Fatzi's fat head is taken out and sold, whether it is Kang Mazi, Geng Jingzhong, Zheng Jing and Shang Kexi's father and son, they are absolutely willing to take out half of the one-year income to buy, Wu Yingqi used an official position in Qipinzhi County to buy Lu Fatzi, and the transaction was really cost-effective. Lu Fatzi had a shy expression, hehe smirked, but he was really vigilant in his heart - his edge was still too exposed, and he was still useful and extremely loyal, Wu Lao Han was naturally desperate to reuse, but if it came to the day when the bird was hidden or Wu Lao Han was jealous of himself, I am afraid that he would be completely intolerable to Wu Lao Han Jian.

"Fortunately, it seems that in history, Wu Laohan has never done anything like a bird hiding a rabbit and a dead dog until he died." Lu Fatzi secretly comforted himself in his heart, and said in embarrassment: "Grandfather, if the grandson-in-law does not come to the scene in person, it will be difficult to formulate a strategy to force Geng Jingzhong to rebel against Geng Jingzhong." ”

"Don't worry, anyway, we still have more than half a year to go, we have to eat a mouthful, the dog has to be killed every day, and we can't beat Yanjing City for a day." Wu Laohan waved his hand, rarely said a reasonable word, and said arrogantly: "Since this problem is your teacher Liu Xuanchu, how to solve it, this king will leave it to you." You can check the news and information collected from all over the southeast at any time, and you can also meet the envoys sent by Geng Jingzhong to contact us at any time, and when you have a good idea, it is not too late to report to this king. ”

"Thank you, grandfather." Lu Fatzi bowed down and thanked him, but there was always a sad face on his fat face - since ancient times, the success of the discord plan and the anti-plot is based on knowing oneself and knowing the enemy's absolute understanding of the enemy's situation, and it is also based on the absolute mastery of the enemy's psychology, and now he only roughly grasps the enemy's mutual wariness psychology, but he almost knows nothing about the specific situation at the scene, how can he force Geng Jingzhong to rebel and promote the conflict between Mangou and Geng Jingzhong to intensify and explode?

"Yifeng, do your best." Hu Guozhu saw Lu Fatzi's embarrassment, came up and patted Lu Fatzi's shoulder, and comforted: "I will have people send you all the southeast intelligence we have collected in a while, you hurry up and take a look, try your best to think of a way, if it really doesn't work, your father-in-law won't blame you, after all, this is a big problem, and the actual situation is here, and there is really no way to do it." ”

"Yes, I really can't do it, and this king won't blame you." Wu Laohan smiled, "This king is not your teacher, he doesn't care about the actual situation and makes random ideas, the idea is good, but the result can't be done, but it makes people feel uncomfortable." Okay, let's not talk about it, it's not early, let's go to dinner with this king. ”

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Although Wu Laohanjian, Hu Guozhu and others took into account the actual situation and were not too demanding of themselves, Lu Fatzi still kept this matter in mind and racked his brains to think hard. So much so that when he returned to the mansion at night, after paying the rent that had been in arrears for a month to Yu Xuan, and coaxing Yu Xuan to sleep, Lu Fatzi quickly climbed out of bed with his clothes on, sat down at the table, picked up the southeast military situation and studied it carefully, and thought about how to force Geng Jingzhong to rebel overnight.

"Dead fat!" Just as he was thinking about it, a soft little hand suddenly pinched Lu Fatzi's ear, and complained in a soft voice: "I'll just say, why did you wake up in the middle of the night and didn't see anyone, why did you come here?" Say, did someone send you a girl in Changsha Mansion and already hollowed you out, so you're not interested in me? ”

"Wronged, when I was in Ji Ji Mountain, I slept in the firearms workshop, so when did I go to find the girl?" While shouting injustice, Fat Lu hugged Yu Xuan into his arms, let her sit on his lap, and asked with a smile: "Besides, I just paid so much rent, you can't pretend to fit, and you are choked, as if you have been hollowed out?" ”

"you! Dirty! Yu Xuan was ashamed, and bit Lu Fatzi on the shoulder again, and then asked, "Then why did you get up in the middle of the night to read the official document?" What's the business that can't wait until tomorrow? ”

"No way, my teacher gave me a big problem, and I have to worry about it." Lu Fatzi sighed, roughly told Liu Xuanchu's letter and Wu Laohan's messenger, and told Yu Xuan not to leak it, so as not to accidentally reveal the news and make the already extremely difficult problem even more difficult to solve.

"Your teacher is really good." After listening to this, Yu Xuan couldn't help but complain and muttered, "He is really good at coming up with ideas, Geng Jingzhong and Mangou are not fools, why should they kill each other for no reason, let us choose this big bargain, isn't it embarrassing for you?" ”

"No way, who told me to be such a teacher?" Fat Lu sighed with no conscience, and said distressedly: "Actually, although this matter seems difficult, it is actually very promising. Judging from the fact that Shang Kexi and Yue Le detoured Jiangxi to return to Guangdong, I can be sure that Yue Le and Shang Kexi are definitely already on guard against Geng Jingzhong, and Geng Jingzhong must have been worried about the dog taking the lead, as if two barrels of gunpowder were put together, and the lid of the barrel had been opened, and only one spark was needed to detonate, but how to ignite this spark, I just had no way. ”

"I can't help you with that." Yu Xuan stroked Lu Fatzi's chest with his small hand, and said helplessly: "Whether it is Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi or Shang Zhixin, I almost had no contact with them when I was in Guangxi before, and I can't help you if I want to." ”

"yes, I don't have much contact with them." Lu Fatzi said with a sad face: "Although I have met with them, I really don't know much, so I can't prescribe the right medicine at all, and the military information we have collected in the southeast is very rough, how can I make this plan?" ”

"Huh?" Yu Xuan's heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly pinched it again, reminding: "Dead fatty, why are you so stupid?" Have you forgotten that in Wuchang City, there are two people who are extremely familiar with the size of Jingnan Wangfu and Pingnan Wangfu? Why don't you ask them? ”

"Who?" Lu Fatzi was stunned at first, and then suddenly came to his senses, slapped the table, and said in annoyance: "Shang Zhixiao! Geng Juzhong! How did I forget about them?! These two fools are also the second princes of Jingnan Wangfu and Pingnan Wangfu, and their understanding of the situation in Guangdong and Fujian is naturally far above all of us. ”

"yes, maybe you know something more classified." Yu Xuan said with a smile: "Speaking of which, when you were on an errand in the prince's line today, these two idiots heard that you had returned to Wuchang City, and they also came to you together, saying that they wanted to ask to see you, and their attitude was called that respect." I promised to tell you when you got back, but I forgot. ”

"I'll see them right away." Fat Lu pushed away Yu Xuan and wanted to stand up, but Yu Xuan grabbed Fat Lu and complained with a pout: "It's the third watch, they must all be asleep, will you go and ask people to get up from the bed to meet guests?" ”

"Tomorrow, then." Lu Fatzi was a little frustrated, and said helplessly: "Yu'er, you go to sleep first, I'll finish reading these official documents before sleeping." ”

"I'll go to sleep first, of course." Yu Xuan's voice suddenly became sweet, he took Lu Fatzi's fat hand, and asked with silky eyes: "However, I gave you such a good idea, why don't you give others a little reward?" ”

"Still? Oh, my God! Yu'er, I don't dare to marry the fourth one anymore, just to deal with you, I have to exhaust myself ....... Ouch, Yu'er spares her life! Spare your life! ”

(To be continued)