When Kang Xiaomazi and his henchmen and lackeys were still fighting in the capital, trying to deduct all the guilt and blame on Ao Bai, and when the main force of the Wu army was invincible on the land of Hunan, and it was unstoppable to break the city all the way, on the land of Lingnan, the Wu Army East Route Army led by Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi also unexpectedly approached the city of Guilin, surrounding Guilin, the most important in Guangxi, and the last Guangxi important town where the Qing army was entrenched.

In fact, compared with the Wu Army's North Route Army led by Wang Pingfan, the prospect of the Wu Army's East Route Army, which has more than 2,000 troops, was not favored by the Wu Army's decision-makers in advance. There is no other reason, because in the Sichuan attacked by Wang Ping Domain, not only the enemy was only 20,000 horses of the Qing army Rabu, who had been frightened, but also the two armies of Wu Zhimao and Tan Hongjun, who resolutely supported Wu Sangui's army, as internal responses, and could send a fatal blow to the Rabu army from the inside at any time, and Sichuan Governor Luo Sen and Sichuan Governor Zheng Jiaolin had long been secretly eyeing Wu Sangui.

In addition, the Northern Route Army also had a major advantage that the surrounding military situation in Sichuan was also very favorable to the Wu army, and the Huguang Qing army in the east was trembling under the iron cavalry and silver power of the main force of the Wu army, and it was impossible to provide reinforcements for the Rabu army. As for the Qing army in northern Sichuan, not only was it far away, but the Shaanxi governor who held heavy troops in the northwest was still secretly loyal to Wu Sangui's veteran general Wang Fuchen, and Daniel Zhang in Gansu and Kuoerkun in Shanxi had to pass Wang Fuchen's pass before they even wanted to reinforce the Sichuan battlefield. The time and place are favorable, and the hands of the Wu army are favorable, so although the strength of the Northern Route Army is not as good as that of the Eastern Route Army, it can basically be said to be a sure victory.

In contrast, Guangxi's military situation is much more complicated, the combat effectiveness of the Guangxi army is not only stronger than Sichuan, but also far more than the Sichuan army that is broken and withered, although the army of the Wu army is the hardcore ally of the Wu army, but they and Du Huijun shoulder the important task of defending the Wu army's transportation line to the sea and defending the security of the Yunnan-Guizhou hinterland, and it is difficult to provide strong support for the Wu army's East Route Army led by Wang Pingfan and Lu Fatzi. Although Ma Xiong, the governor of Guangxi, was friendly with Wu Jun, he was definitely not as intimate to Wu Jun as Wu Zhimao and Tan Hong, and it was not as difficult to expect him to restrain the enemy and expect him to openly raise troops to help Wu Jun.

Forget if the allies don't give strength, the key is that the enemy is too difficult, not to mention the hardcore Han Annihilation of Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, Sun Yanling and the monk Zhixiao, the two Erwuzai, have never had any friendship with the Pingxi Palace, and the arrogant, arrogant and selfish and narrow-minded Sun Yanling also had a bad relationship with many important generals of the Pingxi Palace because of some trivial things, and he would never leave any affection for the Wu army on the battlefield. As for the other enemy, Geng Juzhong, in order to compete for the throne with his eldest brother Geng Jingzhong, this Erwuzai has long secretly taken refuge in the Mites Qing court, and now the Mites Qing court is in trouble, in order to repay and please the master, this Erwuzai will naturally not show mercy to Wu Jun's subordinates.

In the northwest of Guangxi, the strength of the Qing army in the south of the Yuan was still partially preserved, and it was forced to attack by the main force of the Wu army, and it could go south or flee into Guangxi at any time to join the battlefield, turning the Qing army in Guangxi into a four-province coalition army. And in the east of Guangxi, Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi not only has a strong strength of heavy troops, but also and Wu Sangui Wu Lao Han Annihilation was born to rush, and fought openly and secretly for most of his life, before Wu Sangui played the banner of the Qing Jun side when he sent a messenger to contact the governor of the general army, Shang Lao Han Jan actually dedicated the Wu army envoy to Xiao Mazi Ling Chi to be executed, and resolutely expressed the determination to fall Wu, and afterwards it was the three provinces coalition army to attack the Wu army's eastern front and contributed the most troops, there is such a perverted hungry wolf sleeping soundly on the side of the couch, Wu Jun's east route army can still have a good time?

Because of this, in view of these objective circumstances, the decision-making level of the Wu Army, including Wu Laohan, was not very optimistic about the prospects of the Eastern Front, and sent Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi to lead the army into Guangxi, not so much to retaliate against the surname, but to strengthen the thickness and solidity of the defense of the Eastern Front. Therefore, when dividing troops in Guiyang, Wu Lao Hanjian only gave Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi two simple tasks to ensure the safety of the eastern front and drive away the coalition forces of the three provinces.

The miracle is unexpected, no one expected that the Wu Army East Route Army, which was not favored by everyone, under the leadership of the unscrupulous partner of the brave and combative Wu Shizong and the deceitful and wise Lu Fatzi, actually created a series of miracles that made both the enemy and us jaw-dropping! First of all, on the issue of the alliance of the three provinces, Lu Fatzi whimsically put forward the surprise tactics of the open and the secret and slow, relying on the firm support of Wu Shizong and the hard-working spirit of the Yungui soldiers, the East Route Army set out from Kunming, and it took only 14 days to attack the city of Nanning, and the friendly army surrounded the three provinces coalition army before and after, completely killing the three provinces coalition army by surprise.

After a thousand hardships, he killed the enemy by surprise, and suddenly surrounded the enemy in front and rear, and whoever replaced him would definitely immediately launch a full-scale general attack and kill the enemy with a ghost crying wolf. And what is terrifying is that at this critical moment when you can win all victories as long as you attack, Lu Fatzi did not pay attention to the urging of the Wu army soldiers who were sharpening their knives, nor did he pay attention to the stunned and helpless enemy in front, but instead persuaded Wu Shizong to temporarily stop the attack, sent a messenger to contact the enemy to ask for negotiations, and took advantage of the enemy's internal contradictions and fragile psychology under panic to surrender this enemy army that was still above the self-army in one fell swoop, and solved 30,000 enemies without a single soldier, and also obtained more than 30,000 battlefield cannon fodder for the self-army. Weakening the enemy's ability to resist also strengthened the strength of the own army.

Next, after a short period of five or six days of reorganization and ideological transformation, Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi took the expanded East Route Army of nearly 50,000 to embark on the journey again, and the troops were divided into three ways to attack the city and pull out the village, and the two routes divided the troops to eat Xunzhou, Yulin and Enshi, the three capitals of Guangxi with empty troops, so that the banner of the Wu army floated all over the south of Guangxi, and the main force was directly under the city of Liuzhou, the heart of Guangxi. Ma Xiong, the governor of Guangxi stationed in Liuzhou, saw that the situation was not good, and he did not dare to be hostile to the Wu army and did not want to give up control of Liuzhou, so he was forced to open the city and surrender under the banner of the Qing monarch's side, and welcome the Wu army into the city - the only surrender condition was to surrender Wu and not to Sun, and he was unwilling to accept the jurisdiction of Sun Yanling, who was at odds with him, and Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi, who did not have the slightest loss, naturally agreed.

More than 10,000 elite soldiers of Liuzhou Mansion and Ma Xiong were in hand, and in front of the Wu Army's East Route Army, which had increased in strength again, the Qingyuan Mansion and the Pingzhi Mansion, which were adjacent to the empty garrison, had no choice but to obediently accept the surrender of the Wu army, and under the banner of the Qing monarch's side to accept the jurisdiction and governance of the Pingxi Palace, but Sun Yanji, the grandson of Sun Yanling, who was stationed in Guilin Mansion, did not move, and refused to surrender to Wu with a fluke mind. And the Wu Army's East Route Army was not polite, and directly waved its troops to the north, and on the second day of the eighth month of the 11th year of Kang Mazi, the troops came to Guilin, encircling Guilin, the last important town in Guangxi.

Holding Sun Yanling's trump card of surrender in his hand, in the siege of Guilin, whoever changes will definitely send an envoy into the city to surrender first, but Lu Fatzi is biased, not only did he not attack the city or surrender, but let the army prepare a large number of siege weapons, and let Sun Yanling surrender the army as a leading party, sent troops to arrest the families of the defenders in the city, and concentrated them under the city of Nanning. The explosion caused the ghosts and wolves in the city to howl and burst into flames, completely destroying the will of the Guilin defenders to resist, and then let Sun Yanling personally go to the city to surrender.

"Big brother, it's useless for you to resist! It's useless! General Wu Shizong and Lord Lu Yifeng are easy to break through Guilin, and only the surrender of Kaesong is your only way out! Otherwise, once the army of the prince of Pingxi enters the city, not only will none of the brothers in the city be able to escape, but their families will also not be able to escape! Only the surrender of Kaesong is your only way out! Big brother, surrender, our brothers will serve under the account of the prince of Pingxi, and we will definitely enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future! ”

"Sun Yanji, Lao Tzu told you!" Lu Fatzi also jumped out and scolded, pointing at Sun Yanji on the city tower and yelling: "You'd better not surrender!" Since our brothers in Yungui entered Guangxi, they have not violated military discipline all the way, and they have not made any money! You'd better resist to the end, so that Lao Tzu has an excuse to make the brothers rich! When the Lao Tzu breaks Guilin, our brothers will be able to make a big profit! ”

"For the sake of your brother's face, Lao Tzu will give you one last chance, Lao Tzu will count to ten, if you don't open the city and surrender, Lao Tzu will have a full-scale general attack! When the time comes, you want to surrender again, but it's too late! Start now, one! ”

Roaring, Fat Lu raised his fat hand to give a signal, and the Wu Army rocket cars behind him immediately ignited together, and hundreds of rockets were whistling and thrown into the city, and suddenly exploded into chaos in Guilin City. It wasn't until the sound of thunderous explosions stopped that Fat Lu yelled again: "Two! Three! Five! 7——! ”

"Lord Lu, you seem to have miscounted, right?" Sun Yanling, who was next to him, asked sweating profusely.

Fat Lu grinned and replied, "That's right, I only said count to ten, but I didn't say count from one to ten." ”

"Surrender! We surrender! Before Sun Yanling fainted, Sun Yanji's crying voice was already heard on the city wall, "Don't attack the city again, let's surrender, surrender!" Quick, Kaesong surrenders——! ”

After a while, the drawbridge was slowly lowered, the city gate was opened, and Sun Yanji led the more than 4,000 defenders in the city to lay down their arms and go out of the city, kneeling on both sides of the road and surrendering, and the Wu army quickly entered the city to take over the city defense. Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi laughed together, and hurriedly sent people into the city to post a notice to reassure the people, release the defenders' families, and send Sun Yanling to appease Sun Yanji and other surrendered soldiers, which was full of spirit.

"Dead fat." Just when Lu Fatzi and Wu Shizong were triumphant, Yu Xuan came out of nowhere, first pinched the fat on Lu Fatzi's waist, and then asked with a pretty face that was more beautiful than a woman: "Dead fatty, let me ask you, you let us prepare so many siege ladders and siege cloud vehicles, so that we all thought that you were going to storm Guilin City, but suddenly sent people to surrender, wasting our strength in vain, and ended up surrendering all at once, what does this mean?" ”

"Don't understand, do you? This is called psychological tactics. Lu Fatzi boasted proudly: "The reason why Sun Yanji refused to surrender to our army before was because he was lucky, thinking that our army was temporarily formed and lacked combat effectiveness, and there was a shortage of food and grass from afar, so he wanted to take a gamble and hold Guilin to delay time and wait for reinforcements." I just caught his luck mentality, and deliberately did not rush to surrender after besieging Guilin, but actively began to prepare for the siege of the city, exerting psychological pressure on him, and making him understand that we were determined to capture Guilin City and offset his luck psychology. ”

"Then, I sent Sun Yanling to surrender at the last moment before preparing to attack the city, to create a psychological illusion for Sun Yanji, so that he felt that we didn't care if we could surrender him, and that sending Sun Yanling to surrender was just a formality, so that he would face a life-and-death decision. As for the rocket bombardment and the threat of the defenders' families, one is to Liwei to let Sun Yanji see our firepower, and the other is to separate the defenders, so that Sun Yanji is worried about the morale of the defenders, and at the same time be prepared to surrender and not really attack. So Sun Yanji naturally had a psychological breakdown and surrendered in Kaesong. ”

"Dead fat, it's really not a good thing, it's just one set after another of tricks." Yu Xuanjiao was disgusted, and couldn't help but pinch Lu Fatman's waist again, which hurt Lu Fatman's exaggerated scream like killing a pig.

"Mother, two men dare to do this for most of the day." Wu Shizong next to him had goosebumps falling to the ground, and secretly admired his brother-in-law's appetite for both men and women, and hurriedly said: "Brother Lu, General Liusan, if you have anything to say about going into the city, don't be busy flirting now, let's go to the city first." ”

Hearing Wu Shizong's words, Yu Xuanfen's face turned even redder, and he also knew that Wu Shizong and the others had misunderstood the relationship between himself and Lu Fatzi, but he couldn't defend himself at the moment, so he had to honestly agree and hurriedly went over to command the army to enter the city. But just when the main force of the Wu army entered the city one after another, a few cavalry cavalry of the Wu army suddenly rushed to the south of the official road, and after the banner rushed directly in front of Wu Shizong and turned over, he handed a feather to Wu Shizong directly in front of Wu Shizong before saluting.

"Uncle, what's wrong?" Seeing that there was a feather on the letter, Lu Fatzi knew that this was a representative of 100,000 people, so he hurriedly rushed up and asked in a low voice.

Wu Shizong quickly opened the letter, opened it and only glanced at it a few times, and immediately turned pale, and hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Dong Chongmin, who is stationed in Pingzhi, has made an urgent report, and our army has made a detailed report, Shang Kexi The old immortal who was angry with Shang Zhixiao's whole army surrendered to our army, has personally led 40,000 troops from Guangzhou, and took the official road of Sanshui and Sihui to Guangxi to kill, threatening to kill the unfilial rebels with his own hands and annihilate our army!" In addition, according to our army's careful investigation, Jin Guangzu, the governor of Liangguang, with the support of Shang Kexi, has launched an emergency conscription operation throughout Guangdong, with the goal of expanding Guangdong's 70,000 troops to 120,000, and I am afraid that reinforcements will arrive later. ”

The incident happened suddenly, and Fat Lu couldn't help but change his face slightly, but he quickly calmed down again, and said in a low voice: "Block the news first, don't let the army know, and stabilize Guilin first." ”

Wu Shizong also knew that his army was temporarily formed, and there were several times more new soldiers in the team than the veterans of the Wu army, and once such news spread, the army would be unstable, so he immediately nodded in agreement, and instructed the messenger not to leak the news, and entered the city with Lu Fatzi as usual to calm the surrendered army and the people of Guilin.

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After being stationed in the yamen of the governor of Maxiong Town and cutting off the heads of the whole family in Maxiong Town by the way to show their authority, that night, Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi got together to discuss the emergency military situation and discuss the contingency measures regardless of the fatigue of the army. I didn't think that my butt had just sat down and didn't have time to speak, but Yu Xuan took the initiative to come to the door again, and wanted to take Lu Fat to enjoy the night of Guilin - by the way, I did some fitness and entertainment sports that the masses liked, but Lu Fat couldn't push it away, and in desperation, he had to whisper the military information he received during the day to Yu Xuan.

"King Pingnan personally led his troops to kill?" Hearing the news, Yu Xuan's face also changed, and he blurted out: "Where are you now?" ”

"Shhhhh Lu Fatzi made a silent gesture dissatisfied, and asked Yu Xuan to obediently cover his cherry mouth, and then said in a low voice: "Carefully investigate, the old thief's army arrived in Sanshui five days ago, if it is a normal march, it must have passed four meetings now, approaching Guangning." If it was a rapid march, it might have already stepped into the territory of Guangxi by now. ”

"What then?" Yu Xuan's beautiful face suddenly cried and mourned, and he whispered nervously: "Our army clearly says that there are more than 50,000, but most of them are newly surrendered troops, and the people's hearts are unstable, and they can't play much role on the battlefield, only 10,000 fifteen or six troops can be relied on, and they also allocate troops to take care of the state capitals everywhere, what can they do to resist the 40,000 army of the old thief?" ”

"That's not all, the most fatal thing is the more than 10,000 Guangdong troops who surrendered to us." Lu Fatzi said with a gloomy face: "Their family members and elders are all in Guangdong, and Shang Kexi is notoriously cruel and easy to kill. ”

"And grain and grass." Wu Shizong added: "Now that the autumn harvest is underway, and the grain of all the prefectures and prefectures in Guangxi has not yet been collected, if the old thief Shang Kexi kills Guilin before this, the grain and grass in Guilin will only be enough for us for more than a month, and it will be difficult to hold on until our main force goes south from Biyuan to rescue." ”

"In terms of grain and grass, there are still some variables." Lu Fatzi muttered: "If the time is really prolonged, we can't afford to drag it out, Shang Kexi old thief can't afford to drag it out, Guangdong only has 70,000 troops, even if Shang Kexi old thief secretly has some hidden troops, at most it will not exceed 80,000, and we have recruited more than 10,000, Gaozhou Zu's general army controls 4,000, Shang Kexi old thief brought 40,000 this time, and there are only less than 20,000 troops left in the whole Guangdong, and the temporarily recruited army is not strong in combat, Taiwan's Zheng Jing will not be moved when he sees such an opportunity. ”

"So, do you think we should stick to Guilin?" Wu Shizong asked: "Hold on to Guilin, wait for Shang Kexi's old thief to catch fire in the rear or our main force to go south for reinforcements?" ”

"No, now that we have a firm foothold in Guilin, the military and the people are not attached, we must not only defend the isolated city of Guilin, this is too dangerous and too passive." Lu Fatzi shook his head and said: "And on the side of the Qing monarch, Taiwan's Zheng Jing has not established an alliance with us, even if he sends an envoy to contact Zheng Jing to ask him to send troops, he will face two major problems: back and forth time and whether Zheng Jing agrees to send troops." Moreover, Zheng Jing's scope of activities was mainly concentrated in the coastal areas of Fujian and Chaozhou, and he had never shown much interest in the hinterland of Guangdong, and it was too risky to pin his hopes on the Taiwan army. ”

"As for our main army, the primary target now must be along the Yangtze River, and there will not be too many troops in the south, and the distance is too far, it will take more time to come and go, and it is not certain when they will be able to reach Guilin. Therefore, I believe that we must not pin our hopes on friendly forces, but can only rely on ourselves and repel the old thief who is still happy alone! ”

"I also don't think we can just stick to Guilin." Yu Xuan echoed: "Guangxi is a poor province, the most prosperous is Guilin, Liuzhou and Xunzhou, if we don't dare to defend the city in the field, with the habit of governing the army of Shang Kexi old thief, a battle will be fought, Guilin Mansion will basically be destroyed, and it can no longer be our base camp in Guangxi." There is also Uncle Ma Xiongma in Liuzhou, his surname is estimated to be very clear to you, Shang Kexi has arrived with an army of 40,000 thieves, and whether his position will be loosened again, it is estimated that no one can say clearly. ”

"In this way, there is only one way to take the initiative to face it." Wu Shizong groaned: "If we can repel the main force of Guangdong that is still a happy old thief, the morale of the people and the army in Guangxi will basically be completely stabilized, and it will be of infinite benefit to our Pingxi Wangfu to completely control Guangxi." ”

"That's right, in order to consolidate our control over Guangxi, we must not let Shang Kexi's old thief enter Guilin Mansion, and we must not even let him take Pingle City and threaten the hinterland of Guangxi." Fat Lu gritted his teeth and said, "We must repel Shang Kexi's old thief's army in the field battle before it arrives in Pingle City!" I propose, we divide the troops, uncle, you guard Guilin City, continue to integrate the army and appease the people, and guard against the Manchu dog army from Biyuan, I will take 10,000 troops to meet the old thief Shang Kexi! ”

"I'd better go and fight." Wu Shizong objected: "Brother-in-law, you are a civil official, it is most suitable to stay in Guilin now, let me go for such a thing as fighting a tough battle." ”

"Wrong, uncle, it's best for me to go to such a thing as facing Shang Kexi's old thief." Lu Fatzi shook his head and insisted: "Shang Kexi's old thief is my father-in-law, I will go to the battle, I can use this special relationship to improvise, or pretend to negotiate to delay time, or suddenly plot to win." If you go, not only do you not have these innate conditions, but you also have to fight with Shang Kexi's old thief as soon as you go, and even if you defeat Shang Kexi's old thief, you will suffer heavy casualties. ”

"Then you bring more troops." After fighting side by side with Lu Fatzi, Wu Shizong also knew that his brother-in-law was resourceful, scheming, and his combat style was far more flexible than his own, so he did not insist on personally leading the troops to meet the battle, but just ordered: "10,000 is too little, you bring 25,000 troops over, so as to stabilize it." ”

"The soldiers are not expensive, our formation time is too short, and it is useless to go more. And I calculated, we don't have enough food and grass now, and the limit of being able to fight east of Pingle City is about 10,000. Lu Fatzi said: "As for the composition of the army, I will bring my 2,600 Qujing Green Battalion, General Liusan's 3,000 Nanning troops, and you will give me 2,000 Yungui soldiers and 3,000 Guangxi soldiers to make up 10,000." Otherwise, our Yungui army has been transferred too much, and you won't be able to suppress those surrendered troops, uncle. ”

"Then you have to be careful." Wu Shizong advised: "Of course, it's best to be able to stop Shang Kexi's old thief, if you can't stop it, forget it, if you can't stop it, return to Pingle City and ask me for help, and I will immediately go south to meet and rescue you." Anyway, our task is only to hold the eastern front, as long as we keep the main army, the eastern part of Guangxi will be lost, our foothold is not stable, the military and the people's hearts have not had time to consolidate, the dog has already been killed by the army, and no one can say that we have gained and lost. ”

"Thank you for your advice." Lu Fatzi nodded, and also advised: "But uncle, you also have to be careful, Shang Zhixiao, Geng Juzhong, Sun Yanji, and Sun Yanling brothers are just a bunch of wall grass, and they can't be relied on at any time, and they can't be taken lightly, uncle, you have to be careful with them, don't let them play any tricks." ”

"Of course." Wu Shizong snorted coldly: "If it weren't for the fear that the troops would be unstable, I would have cut them all down a long time ago, if they dared to play any tricks, I would have done it justifiably!" ”

Lu Fatzi smiled, turned to the side of Yu Xuan, who had not spoken for a long time, and said with a smile: "General Liusan, didn't you want to kill the enemy side by side with me for a long time?" Now that the opportunity has come, why don't you talk again? ”

"I'm listening to you." Yu Xuan smiled, and suddenly gritted his teeth and asked, "But there is one question, just now General Wu Shizong called you brother-in-law, what do you mean by calling him uncle?" Didn't you tell me that you only had one lady until now?! ”

took Guangxi with a snake swallowing an elephant, and didn't even sit down firmly in Guilin City, the 40,000 army that the old man took advantage of the fire to rob had already been killed, and Lu Fatzi insisted on resisting the 40,000 army of the old man with 10,000 troops, but he was slaughtered by the angry old man? Or was he cut down by the angry bullfighting father-in-law? If you want to know what will happen next, please see the next chapter, "A Good Son-in-law with Love and Righteousness"!

(To be continued)