Lu Fatzi's nerves are not so strong, and Lu Fatzi's attitude is not optimistic, but fortunately, Lu Fatzi has a good teacher Liu Xuanchu taught Lu Fatzi to have a city government, and he wants Mount Tai to collapse in front of him without moving, so until the end of the second son's full moon banquet, Lu Fatzi has never shown any flaws, and it has also greatly stabilized the military and people's hearts in Jiangnan. 【Reading.com】

Otherwise, as long as Lu Fatzi showed a little nervousness in front of so many gentry and big landowners, it might evolve into Lu Fatzi being frightened by the news of the Qing army crossing the river and peeing his crotch, which was naturally very unfavorable to the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Jiangnan.

After the banquet, Lu Fatzi still insisted on returning the congratulatory gifts to the big landlords, gentry and wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, and only at the suggestion of Wang Shaobo, he agreed to accept a long-life lock presented by each guest for his son, and repeatedly emphasized that the weight of the long-life lock should not exceed five yuan, regardless of gold and silver, so as not to add additional burden to these landlords and gentry who had already taken out a lot of silver grain and grass.

In this regard, although the guests at the meeting admired Lu Fatzi's incorruptibility and not greedy for people's money, Lu Fatzi's fiancée Xiao Pepper did not scold Lu Fatzi for being an idiot behind her back, and swore that after giving birth to a son for Lu Fatzi in the future, she must make her own full moon wine and receive gifts by herself, and never allow Fat Lu, who has no economic acumen, to interfere!

Little Pepper's complaints and complaints, of course Lu Fatzi was not in the mood to pay attention to it, but in view of the urgency of the military situation, and also took the opportunity of the high-level leaders of the four major army corps to basically arrive, he held a top military intelligence meeting of the Fat Army overnight to discuss countermeasures with the heavy generals of the Fat Army.

At the meeting, the senior generals of the Fat Army almost unanimously demanded that they take the initiative to attack, fight back with an iron fist, and dispatch the main force to fight a decisive battle with Yue Le on the shore of Gaoyou Lake, and completely solve this annoying fly! Gao Dejie even let out wild words, "Brother Lu, you don't need to go out in person, it's enough for me to bring the people from my headquarters!" Shit 120,000 full dogs, I can kill this rabble with 10,000 cavalry! ”

"General, the last general also thinks it's time to deal with Yue Leman's dog." Li Guodong echoed: "Before, you ordered us to stand still, because Yue Le Xiao'er has the Yellow River to defend, and it is easy to defeat him and annihilate him, but now Yue Le Xiao'er's main force has crossed the river on all fronts, and the Yellow River is not only not his natural danger, but also a roadblock for him to escape, it's time to kill these 120,000 full dogs!" ”

"General, if you are worried that General Gao's troops are insufficient, and you can't draw troops from Nanjing and Taipingfu." Yang Yingyuan couldn't wait to say: "Then the general can draw troops from our Suzhou Legion, the situation on our southern front is complicated, Mangou, Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing contain each other, our pressure is relatively small, the general can send our army north to help the war, and by the way, you can ask the general to review the real combat effectiveness of our Suzhou Legion after the expansion!" ”

"From the perspective of the terrain, the area around Gaoyou Lake is indeed an ideal battlefield for us to annihilate the dogs." Han Daren also expressed his opinion: "Especially in the area from Baoying to Jieshou Town, Gaoyou Lake is in the west, Sheyang Lake in the east, and the Yellow River is in danger in the north. ”

Unlike before, no matter how strongly the fat army generals fought a decisive battle, Lu Fatzi never said a word, nor did he nod his head, and he didn't even stand by the map sand table to listen to the opinions of the generals as customary. It wasn't until the generals of the Fat Man Army finished speaking that Lu Fatzi asked slowly: "Brothers, I want to ask you a question, the three battlefields of our army, the south, the south, and the west, which battlefield is the most dangerous?" The enemy on that battlefield is second? ”

"The most dangerous enemy is, of course, the Western Front, which the last general is responsible for." Han Daren, who was stationed in Taiping Mansion, hurriedly said: "On the western front of our army, there are three full dogs, Niyahan, Jieshu and Leerjin, and their combat effectiveness is very good. Moreover, Xia Guoxiang's idiot lost a lot of new firearms and two airships in Chizhou, and with these weapons on the Western Front, the pressure on our Western Front is even heavier. ”

"The second should be our southern front." Yang Yingyuan took over the conversation and said: "We not only have two dog-filled armies on the southern front, but also Geng Jingzhong, who has already turned against us, and his ally Liu Guoxuan is not only weaker, but also not absolutely reliable, and we cannot rule out the possibility of yin at a critical moment." ”

"In terms of pressure alone, our northern line is indeed relatively small." Gao Dejie also admitted: "Yue Le Xiaoer's army is only a large number of people, but the quality of the soldiers is the worst, and the weapons and equipment cannot catch up with the full dogs of the Western Front, so it is the easiest to deal with." ”

"The western front is the first, the southern line is second, and the northern line is third, everyone has no opinion on this, and I think so too." Fat Lu nodded, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Then let me ask the generals again, now that we have killed the 120,000 army full of dogs on the northern front, who is it most beneficial?" ”

"Who's in the best interest?" The generals of the fat army looked at each other, and couldn't help but reply: "Of course, it is the most beneficial for us, if we kill the full dog on the northern front, we will be as stable as Mount Tai in the north, and we can free up troops and manpower and material resources to deal with the enemy on the southern and western fronts." ”

"Wrong, and it's a big mistake!" Fat Lu waved his fat hand categorically, and said in a deep voice: "If we just talk about interests, kill the Mangou on the northern front, the benefits we collect can only rank third, and the second place is the Mangou Imperial Court!" ”

"What do you mean?" The generals of the Fat Army all exclaimed, "Killing the Mangou on the Northern Front is beneficial to the Mangou Imperial Court?" ”

"Yes, that's exactly what happened!" Fat Lu sneered and said: "The 120,000 Mangou on the northern line consumes 3,400 stone grain and grass and 336,000 catties of war horse essence from the Mangou Imperial Court every day, and killing them is equivalent to helping the Mangou Imperial Court reduce its financial burden!" At the same time, Yue Le's southern expeditionary army was wiped out, and the Mangou court had no troops to defend in Zhili and Shandong, and the Mangou Emperor had to give up all the land south of the Yangtze River and send a large army back to Shandong Gongwei Jinggi. ”

"Kind of makes sense." Gao Dejie nodded, and asked again: "Brother Lu, since you think that we have killed the Mangou on the northern front and the Mangou Imperial Court is the second beneficial, then who is the first to bene." ”

"Brother Gao, what do you say?" Lu Fatzi asked rhetorically: "Who is most beneficial for Mangou to give up the state capital south of the Yangtze River and retreat north of the Yangtze River or even north of the Yellow River?" ”

Gao Dejie shivered, and a familiar old figure immediately appeared in his mind, and the old men of Wu Jun present were all taken aback, and then suddenly remembered a major event, once the Qing army gave up the south of the Yangtze River, the fat army that was rich in the world was about to become a fat sheep in the eyes of his companions!

"General......." Wang Xu stood up and wanted to speak, but he couldn't say anything more halfway through the words.

"Brother Wang, I know what you want to say." Fat Lu didn't look at Wang Xu either, but asked lightly: "I just want to ask you, at this time, you helped the prince get the world, what position can you be in in the new court?" Can the title and official position surpass the four Jinwu generals, the four pro-army generals, the four great horsemen, the four hussars and the four iron cavalry generals? Can your fiefdom and governance be in this Jiangnan? ”

Wang Xu lowered his head, although he was indeed loyal to Wu Lao Han Jian, but it was precisely because he was too familiar with Wu Lao Han Jian's cronyism that he couldn't answer Lu Fatzi's question - in the old Pingxi Palace, Gao Dejie, the first general of the Fat Man Army, was only ranked twenty-first, and Wang Xu, who was only fourth in the Fat Man Army, was even more miserable in the ranking of the Lao Pingxi Palace.

The same is true for the old men of Wu Jun such as Han Daren, Li Guodong and Yang Yingyuan, although they are very grateful for the grace of Wu Lao Han Jian's knowledge and reuse, but they are also very disgusted with Wu Lao Han Jian's cronyism, and they understand that once Wu Lao Han Jian wins the world, the benefits they can really obtain will be pitiful, and they will definitely not be able to catch up with those old qualifications in Pingxi Wangfu and Wu Lao Han's sons, nieces and sons-in-law.

"Let's take advantage of the present, let's all take a stand." Seeing that the time had come, Lu Fatzi took the opportunity to say: "If you don't want to, you don't want to give away the rich land in Jiangnan that we have beaten down with blood and sweat, and you don't want us to make wedding dresses for others, and the money, grain, and land earned by blood, sweat and tears are cheap to others." Then, please raise your hand to express your position, and I will formulate a strategy to deal with the enemy according to everyone's attitude and opinions. ”

After that, Lu Fatzi was the first to raise his fat hand, and then Lu Fatzi's henchmen Hutongchun, An Jiarong and Wang Shaobo immediately raised their hands, as well as Yao Qisheng and others who surrendered from the Qing army, and then Han Daren and Gao Hongchen hesitated for a moment, and also raised their hands decisively, and Li Guodong and Yang Yingyuan, who surrendered from the Qing army to Wu Laohan, also raised their hands, and finally only Gao Dejie and Wang Xu did not express their positions. After hesitating for a moment, Gao Dejie also raised his hand, leaving Wang Xu alone to bow his head and remain silent, becoming the target of everyone.

"I'll add." Fat Lu stared at Wang Xu and said unhurriedly: "For the unity of our army, as long as one person does not agree, I will not take that step, and I would rather give Jiangnan away than let our army be torn apart." So Brother Wang, where our army is going is all in your thoughts, please decide for the big guy. ”

Wang Xu's head lowered even lower, and he continued to hesitate, while Han Daren said anxiously: "Brother Wang, how long are you going to be confused?" The prince is not thin on us, but we are in his place, and we are not ranked at all, and you don't understand the truth that you would rather be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow? What's more, over the years, we have greatly repaid him for charging into battle for the prince and being born and dying, but how did he repay us? What's more, there have long been rumors in the army that the prince is now so sick that he is about to die, if he leaves, how will his successor treat us, how can you expect it? ”

"Brother Wang, let me remind you." Gao Dejie also said: "The reason why you were able to get ahead from the second prince is that in addition to your own merits, there is also Brother Lu's strong recommendation in front of the prince. You and we can have today's glory and wealth now, and it is all given by Brother Lu, if you want these good things to be taken away by the prince and distributed to others, I am not reluctant, but I will not go with you. ”

"We didn't send troops to meet Xia Guoxiang this time, and we sat back and watched him be killed and retreated by the dogs, Xia Guoxiang must have hated us to the core." Li Guodong said quietly: "So even if we go back, there will be no good end, which must include you, Brother Wang." ”

After all, people are selfish, after hesitating for a long time, Wang Xu finally raised his head slowly, and slowly raised his right hand, but in his eyes, two firm eyes were shot! In an instant, the room burst into applause.

"Thank you, thank you brothers for your love." Lu Fatzi arched his hand again and again, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, if there is really such a day, Lu Yifeng will definitely not treat you brothers badly, and will never let Xia Guoxiang and Guo Zhuangtu's incompetent people ride on your heads to and pee, and show off their might!" Your position must be above all men! ”

Wang Xu, Gao Dejie and other old men of Wu Jun nodded again and again, and did not have the slightest doubt about Lu Fatzi's words - after all, if Lu Fatzi wants to fight the country, he has to reuse them, the veterans of the Fat Army, if there is such a day, they will naturally be the founding fathers, and no matter how confused Lu Fatzi is, it is impossible to let those old men in the Pingxi Palace's Mansion ride on their heads again to show off their power and point fingers.

"Alright, I'll announce the enemy's strategy." Lu Fatzi said again: "From today onwards, the four major corps of our army will continue to take a defensive position, so as not to respond to all changes, drag and consume all our enemies, build high walls and accumulate grain, and wait until the time is ripe, and then consider the next plan." As for the brothers' families in Yungui, I will find a way, and no one will dare to touch them until they completely tear their skins! ”

"Order!" The fat army clenched his fists and agreed neatly. Then Gao Dejie asked again: "Brother Lu, where is our northern defense line already arranged?" The area around Yangzhou is an important grain-producing area, and it would be a pity if it was broken. ”

"Arranged on the line of Gaoyou and Xinghua." Lu Fatzi said quietly: "Let Baoying's Tian Dazhuang lead the army to retreat to Gaoyou according to the original plan to lure the enemy, Chen Ming guards Xinghua, the two cities are each other's horns, only defend the city and do not fight, the fields are littered with dogs, don't feel distressed - Jiangnan used to be able to afford half of the world, but now it can't afford to raise half of Yangzhou Mansion?" ”

"Huh." The generals of the Fat Army chuckled, and they were all very proud of the current economic strength of the Fat Army. Fat Lu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, his heart pounded, secretly glad that this adventure was successful, and understood that his previous words should have been said after confirming the news of Wu Laohan's death, but just now I don't know how to say it, but fortunately, relying on everyone's selfish surname, I got through the danger.

"Why didn't I keep my mouth shut?" Fat Lu secretly wondered in his heart, "Could it be that my city government still doesn't cultivate enough?" Or do I subconsciously can't wait to get rid of Wu Laohan's control completely? Or are there other surprises I'm already worried about? For example, Zhu Fangdan's analysis of Wu Laohan's condition was wrong, and Wu Laohanjian survived this hurdle? ”

"But it's okay, if you have a showdown earlier, it's better to start preparing to tear your face with Wu Laohan, so as to save the future from being in a hurry, which is more dangerous."

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On the night of the thirteenth, when the high-level leaders of the Fat Army decided to let the Baoying defenders retreat to Gaoyou, the main force of the Qing Army led by Yue Le had actually arrived under the city of Baoying, and its advance speed was not only beyond the expectations of the Baoying Fat Army, but also greatly exceeded the expectations of the decision-making level of the Fat Army. But fortunately, Baoying's fat army was originally a lure army, and he had already made a retreat plan at any time, and the city didn't even prepare much military rations, so the defender Tian Dazhuang did not hesitate, and immediately burned the military rations, took two thousand defenders to abandon the city, and fled to Gaoyou County, the hometown of Wu Laohan in the south, overnight.

Seeing that the fat army had to burn even a few hundred stone of military rations, Yue Le, who was furious, naturally sent cavalry to pursue, vowing to cut this damn fat army with a thousand knives, but it was a pity that the water network in the south of the Yangtze River was dense, and the speed of the Qing cavalry was greatly limited, and they could not outflank and intercept in a roundabout way, so they could only follow and pursue. Tian Dazhuang fought and retreated, fled back to Gaoyou City after paying the price of more than 300 people, and guarded the city with Yang Songkui, the defender of the city, the Qing cavalry had no siege weapons, so they had to collect the troops, but also let Yue Le reap the first victory since the southern expedition.

On February 15, the main force of Yue Le's army arrived at Jieshou Town at the junction of Gaoyou and Baoying, and set up a large camp on the shore of Gaoyou Lake.

As soon as the Mongolian kings were sent away, there was a sudden report from the soldiers outside the tent, saying that it was a messenger sent by the fat army to bring Yue Le a letter from Lu Fatzi, and it was especially emphasized that it was Lu Fatzi's own letter, Yue Le, Tu Hai and Dong Weiguo and others did not dare to slack off when they heard this, and hurriedly ordered to summon them. After another moment, the dusty envoy of the fat army was led into the big tent, and after the salute symbolizing the surname, it was indeed presented with Lu Fatzi's letter, Yue Le hurriedly took it, but after opening it and not looking at it a few times, Yue Le's face immediately changed, and the faces of Tu Hai, Shang Shan, and Dong Weiguo, who came over to read the letter with Yue Le, also changed.

The letter was really written by Lu Fatzi himself - the crooked calligraphy is ironclad evidence, and it is also a typical vernacular text, and the content of the letter is as follows:

Dear Lord An, how are you? Lu Yifeng of Qujing Zhi County, who had the honor to drink with you at the same table back then, is here to greet your old man, and wish you good health and a long life--although this is absolutely impossible. The reason for writing to you is this, I heard that you have crossed the Yellow River with an army of 120,000 dogs, I know that you can't hold your breath anymore, and you can't bear the pressure of Kangxi's little pockmark, but don't blame your pockmarked nephew, he is also difficult, your 120,000 troops have to eat 3,400 stone grain and grass a day, 336,000 catties of war horse essence, and by the time I write the letter, they have been eating for 88 days, how can he afford it now?

Here I would like to advise the prince, Gaojiayan is not easy to come from, it was built by Liu Bowen, a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty, in order to eat my main force, it was blown up and dug down, it was really not worth it, and it hurt the heavens and the peace, the prince, you are barely a dog with a conscience, can you do this with a good conscience? For example, if I am absolutely reluctant to blow it up, otherwise, I will destroy Gaojiayan now, and your old grain road and retreat will be completely cut off.

Also, if Xia Guan didn't guess wrong, the prince must have set up or was about to set up a camp in Jieshou Town by now, right? It's a good place, the double yellow salted duck eggs taste good, and they will flow oil when you bite into them, and you should eat more of them, but I won't share them with you, because I know that you don't have any good intentions, and you want to introduce my main force into the Yellow Flood Area and then blow up the embankment, sacrificing a part of your troops and dying with me - the army in your old hand can also do such a small errand.

In addition, tell the prince one more thing, I will not be in a hurry to annihilate your 120,000 rabble, I will save more trouble if you eat Kangxi Xiaopozi, and when you run out of food, won't it be easier for me to clean you up? So Lord Wang, for the sake of you not putting up a fight with me back then, I advise you, resign from this mission as soon as possible, you are not my opponent, don't bury your reputation in Jiangnan.

Ask your Mazi nephew to come in person, I heard that a nursery rhyme is circulating in Yanjing, 'Jiangnan Lu, Demon Longxing, thousands of troops and horses are out of the army!' True Son of Heaven, wield the heavenly soldiers, subdue demons and subdue monsters and slay demon dragons, and regain Jiangnan Xingdaqing! It seems to mean that as long as your pockmarked nephew comes to Jiangnan in person, he can cut me down, I don't believe in this evil, ask him to give it a try, I will wash his neck and wait for him.

Sincerely, salute, the former Qujing Zhi County, the current Great Zhou Zhengdong General, Lu Yifeng.

"Bang!" Yue Le slapped his palm on the table, and scolded with a blue face: "Lu Yifeng, you are really arrogant!" The king ordered that the army stop camping and immediately send troops south to attack Gaoyou City! ”

"Lord Wang, be careful that this is Lu Yifeng's dog thief's lure the enemy deep!" Tu Hai hurriedly dissuaded: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief is probably deliberately provoking you and wanting you to go south and go deep into his hinterland, so that we don't even have a chance to retreat." ”

"So what else can I do now?" Yue Le pressed his forehead with his hand, and said with a painful expression: "I can't beat this dog thief, and I can't win this dog fat man, and the only chance to win is also seen through by this dog thief!" If the Jiangnan War continues like this, my 120,000 troops don't need Lu Yifeng's dog thieves to do it, and the drag will already drag our Qing Dynasty court across! ”

"Lord Wang, why don't you go to school?" Tu Hai suggested: "Send a letter to the master, explain the truth of the Jiangnan battlefield, and ask the master to use other means to clean up this Lu Yifeng dog thief." ”

"By what other means?" Yue Le's expression was even more helpless, and he asked, "We are in the Qing Dynasty, what other means can we take care of this Lu Yifeng dog thief?" ”

"Maybe there is, it depends on whether the master has the vision and courage." Tu Haiyin said: "For example, please ask the master to sue for peace with the old thief Wu Sangui, draw the river with the old thief Wu Sangui as a boundary, and withdraw all the Qing troops south of the Yangtze River. Let Wu Sangui old thief, Geng Jingzhong dog thief, Shang Zhixin dog thief, Zheng Jing dog thief and Lu Yifeng dog thief kill each other south of the Yangtze River! When the time comes, Lu Yifeng's dog thief, who holds the essence of Jiangnan, will inevitably be the target of everyone! ”

(To be continued)