On July 28, the twelfth year of Kang Mazi, the news of Bulni's rebellion was finally confirmed, and Bulni detained his father Abunai under the pretext of Kang Mazi, together with the tribes of Luo Buzang, Azali Lama, Seng Ehunjin Lama and Khalkha Gongdri Zabu on the Chahar grassland, and the Chahar Banner Commander Jinjin, Deputy Commander Budari and others, jointly raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, and gathered more than 3,500 thieves (the numbers are correct, don't think that our Mazi Tartar Emperor and Zhou Baoyi are really good), ostensibly threatening to attack Shengjing to rescue his father Abnai, In fact, it rushed south, straight to Zhangjiakou, the first throat of the grassland connecting the Central Plains.

In fact, what made Burney vomit blood was that his trick of attacking the east and south was really shallow enough, not to mention his fateful nemesis Zhou Peigong, even our Kang Mazi could see it at a glance - who the hell are you blind? Attack Shengjing to save your father Abnay? If you really have this filial piety, then what kind of rebellion do you have? You like to fight the kind of ghost place where birds don't in Shengjing, you go, anyway, this Central Plains flowers and mountains, I will eat bran and drink dilute Xuanye Emperor will never let it!

Therefore, we are wise and martial, handsome in the sky, Yue Li Shenghong, actuarial arithmetic, calligraphy and painting, able to astronomy, fluent in foreign languages, cultivating politics, dredging river transportation, Wenluo martial arts directly after Jin Hui Yuanshun, opening up territory far beyond Qinhui Jingtang, and all the ability to hang up are all boasting about the Tartar Emperor - Kangxi, Chief Kang! …… I can't catch my breath, so I take a breath first. In short, our Mazi chief had no choice but to grit his teeth and gamble, and decided to send the 30,000 Baoyi Army that had just been formed, with his cousin Tong Guogang as the commander and Zhou Peigong and Fei Yanggu as his deputies, to go north to Zhangjiakou and quell the Burnny rebellion!

In addition, in order to prevent accidents, Kang Mazi transferred 3,000 Eight Banner cavalry stationed in Rehe with tears in his eyes, and handed them over to Tong Guogang as an elite soldier - it was really with tears in his eyes, the Rehe garrison that numbered more than 30,000 in its heyday was now only 8,000 left, and if these 3,000 were withdrawn, the defense north of Gyeonggi would also be in jeopardy. At the same time, in order to increase the chances of victory and prevent accidents, Kang Mazi strictly ordered the Mongol tribes such as Korqin, Wengniut, Aohan, Bahrain, Tumut, Zalut and Karaqin to send troops to join forces with the Baoyi army to conquer Bulni.

Ten days later, the Mongolian tribes such as Karaqin and Weng Niute, which were closest to the capital, sent a reply, saying that they obeyed the dispatch of Kang Mazi, raised troops to conquer Chahar, and attacked the flank of Bulni; At the same time, there was also bad news from Zhangjiakou, Bulni's army captured the Western Hubei Imperial Horse Factory directly north of Zhangjiakou, killed the officials of the horse factory and grabbed all the horses. Kang Mazi was both happy and worried when he heard the news, and hurriedly ordered Tong Guogang's army to go on the expedition, carrying more than 50 Hongyi cannons and sub-mother cannons that had just been cast, and 100 water beads, and slaughtered to Zhangjiakou.

The Baoyi army finally went out, and the next thing was to wait patiently for the news that they would win or the whole army would be wiped out, but during this period, there was bad news in the south, and he was sent by Kang Mazi to the south to resist the Geng army in the north of Manchuria, the deputy capital of the Yellow Banner, Mahada, who suffered a big defeat in Taizhou Bay, lost nearly 5,000 troops in one breath, and was forced to abandon Ninghai and Xiangshan and withdraw to Fenghua, Ningbo.

Mahada's defeat was really unjust, because of the lack of troops and the Qing army was forced to surrender to the Geng army, Altai, the general soldier of the Qing army Huangyan, was determined to get in touch with Mahada anyway, and designed to prepare to defect in front of the battle, surprise attack on the Geng army's flag array, and kill the commander of the Geng army's Northern Expeditionary Army, Zeng Yang's surname, never thought that the secret envoy sent by Altai was inadvertently intercepted by Geng's scouts on the road, and the secret letter written to Mahada was also searched.

After getting the secret letter, Zeng Yang, who has always been short-tempered, used his brains for the first time, and after hanging Altai, he imitated Altai's handwriting, wrote three blood letters to Mahada and pretended to dedicate them to Taizhou City, instigating Mahada's soldiers to divide into two routes, one way to attack Taizhou City head-on, and all the way to land at Haimen east of Huangyan by sea, to join forces with Altai's army, pretending to rescue Taizhou and opening the Taizhou city gate, and attacking Taizhou with land troops before and after.

Although Mahada has always been known for his scheming, but because Altai's son is currently serving under the command of Mahada, Mahada, who has always been wise and brave, is not suspected of fraud, and immediately with the cooperation of Chang Jingong, the commander of the Zhejiang Navy Division, the soldiers came to take Taizhou by two routes, and as a result, the land and waterways have gone to the ambush of the reckless man surnamed Zeng Yang, and under the heavy blow of the new firearms used by the Geng army, the two roads suffered a crushing defeat at the same time, and Ninghai City was also disguised as the defeated Geng army of the Qing army to sneak attack and succeed, and had to withdraw to Fenghua. (Zeng Yang's surname is not fictional, and it is contained in "General Ninghai's Meritorious Record")

The wise general actually fell for the trick of the reckless man, and the wind and waves came over, and he would capsize in the small river ditch? Such unfortunate things have fallen on his head, and Kang Mazi complained about the heavens and others, and inevitably scolded - now the situation in Zhejiang has reached this point, you Mahada also made such a low-level mistake to me, did you accept Geng Jingzhong's money from the dog thief, and want to join forces with him to kill me?

No matter how much you scold, it's useless, if Fenghua and Ningbo are lost again, Hangzhou and Shaoxing, the two most important state capitals in Zhejiang, will be in danger, Kang Mazi is angry and worried, and the idea of transferring troops from the Huguang battlefield to the south will inevitably come to mind again. At the same time, at the same time, Kang Mazi's old father-in-law Kabula sent to Wuchang finally sent a watch again, telling Kang Mazi that Wu Laohan had made Hu Guozhu verbally prescribe three conditions, one is to allow Wu Laohan to be called emperor, the second is to pay Wu Laohan Jian's annual military salary of five million taels of silver, and the third is to cede Jiangxi to Wu Laohan Jian.

Kabula also said in the recital that Hu Guozhu had promised that as long as Kang Mazi agreed to these three conditions, then Wu Lao Han Jian could sign a permanent non-aggression peace with Kang Mazi, agree with the Qing court on the number of garrisons on both sides of the Yangtze River, ease the tension on the Yangtze River battlefield, and cut off the supply of firearms to Geng Jingzhong's army, and in turn consider launching a firearms trade with the Qing army to help Kang Mazi quell the turmoil in the southeast!

"Emperor? A military salary of five million taels of silver a year? Do you want Jiangxi? After reading Kabula's recital, Kang Mazi slapped his angry palm on the pseudo-dragon case and roared: "Think beautiful! I'm not Zhao Gou, let alone Shi Jingjiao, will let you Wu Sangui's old thief take advantage of the fire to rob? ”

"Master, the slave thinks that Wu Sangui's old thief is likely to have the idea of asking for a sky-high price." Suo Etu, the leader of the lord and faction in the Mites Qing court, said cautiously: "If the master has the intention to break the Wu thief and Geng thief, he can repay the money on the ground, bargain with the old thief Wu Sangui, temporarily stabilize the old thief Wu Sangui through the peace treaty, isolate the old thief Geng Jingzhong, and wait until the annihilation of the Geng Jingzhong dog thief is not too late to slowly start to pacify the old thief Wu Sangui." ”

Kang Mazi hesitated, feeling that the conditions offered by Wu Laohan were too tempting, not to mention anything else, just the agreement on the number of garrisons on both sides of the Yangtze River could completely reverse his current dilemma of being overstretched by the number of troops dispatched, and after cutting off the supply of firearms to Geng Jingzhong, it would naturally be much easier for his Eight Banners Army to pacify Geng Jingzhong. Moreover, Wu Lao Hanjian's offer was clearly a sky-high asking price, and it was not impossible to repay the money on the ground and exchange the minimum loss for a temporary peace treaty.

"Messenger Kabula." After thinking about it for a long time, Kang Mazi finally gritted his yellow teeth and said: "Let him bargain with Wu Gou, the military salary can be discussed, but the land can't be hot, as for Wu Sangui's old thief to be the emperor, you can agree!" ”

"Pierce." Suo Etu understood that Kang Mazi was finally moved to make peace, and quickly agreed.

"Draw up another decree to Mahada and Li Zhifang, the governor of Zhejiang." Kang Mazi added in a hoarse voice: "Tell them that Ningbo and Jinhua are the last limit I gave him, and if Ningbo and Jinhua are lost, they don't have to mention it to see each other, just apologize for their crimes." ”

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When Kang Mazi's negotiation will to Kabula was sent to Wuchang, the time was already mid-August of the twelfth year of Kang Mazi, and there were less than 50 days left before the time of the forced crossing of the Yangtze River launched by the Wu army. If in less than 50 days, the Mites Qing army on the north bank of Wuchang does not divide its troops to the south, the plan of the Wu army to forcibly cross the Yangtze River will inevitably be disrupted, and the time will be pushed back, and the chaotic national situation will develop in which direction, even the gods cannot tell.

In a hurry, Wu Lao Hanjian, Hu Guozhu, Wang Shirong and other decision-makers of the Wu army are very clear that no matter how urgent they are, they can't show it at the negotiation table, otherwise, not only will they not get any benefits at the negotiation table, but it will make Kang Mazi see through their strategic intentions, which is counterproductive. Therefore, Wu Lao Han Jian had no choice but to instruct Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong to bargain with Kabula at the negotiation table, and at the same time send Kuaima to inform Fang Guangchen in Changsha and Lu Fatzi in Jijia Mountain, and ask them to help come up with an idea to see if there is any way to induce Kang Mazi to make up his mind within 50 days and transfer troops from Huguang to Zhejiang south.

I believe that everyone is not interested in seeing how Fang Guangchen reacts to this, in short, after Wu Lao Han's book was sent to Lu Fatzi for more than two days, Lu Fatzi immediately put down all the work in his hand, summoned two dog-headed military advisors Zhu Fangdan and Wang Shaobo, and discussed countermeasures with them. And after roughly understanding the situation, Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan both made bitter faces together, Wang Shaobo said: "The owner, this is too embarrassing, judging from the fact that Mangou Qincha asked for negotiations, the Mangou Emperor has already been moved, but it will be difficult to make up his mind." ”

"yes, this matter can't be rushed." Zhu Fangdan echoed: "Once this matter is in a hurry, Emperor Mangou will immediately find out that the situation is wrong, and he will not divide his troops from the Huguang battlefield." ”

"That's why I have a headache." Lu Fatzi's accustomed surname turned around with his hands behind his back, and muttered: "With Kangxi Mazi's deceitful and suspicious, once he finds out that the situation is wrong, he will definitely not divide his troops from Huguang." But if the time drags on, Burnny is pacified by Mangou, Geng Jingzhong has any mistakes in Zhejiang, and the critical situation of Mangou is alleviated, and it is impossible to induce Mangou to divide his troops from Huguang. It can't be light, it can't be heavy, it can't be delayed, it's really a headache. ”

"No way." After turning around the room for more than 20 circles, Fat Lu suddenly stopped, gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that you can only bet on the heads and tails, forcing the Emperor Mangou to make a choice." ”

"How to bet? How to force? Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan asked in unison.

"Please send an envoy to contact Geng Jingzhong." Lu Fatzi gritted his teeth and said: "Persuade Geng Jingzhong to come to the table and ask Emperor Mangou to follow the example of the southwest, cut the land and pay compensation, in exchange for Geng Jingzhong and Emperor Mangou to truce!" ”

"Boss, are you crazy?" Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan exclaimed in unison, "We finally forced Geng Jingzhong to rebel, and now you want Geng Jingzhong and Mangou to stop fighting?" ”

"Of course I'm not crazy." Lu Fatzi replied with a cruel smile: "I also want to ask the prince to tell Geng Jingzhong that if he Geng Jingzhong and Emperor Mangou make a truce, then our Pingxi Royal Mansion will immediately pull the flag and rebel, attack Nanchang, Jiujiang, Yuanzhou and Ji'an, and give him Geng Jingzhong precious time to consolidate the control of the new territory, so that he can raise troops again in the future and kill Mangou by surprise." ”

"Boss, are you dreaming?" Zhu Fangdan was stunned and exclaimed: "We will pay money, food and army to help Geng Jingzhong buy time and fight for money and food from Mangou, is the prince so stupid?" ”

"Yes......, wait!" Wang Shaobo wanted to echo, but after the two eyeballs of different sizes rolled around, Wang Shaobo quickly came to his senses and asked in surprise: "Dongjia, do you want to create the illusion that our Pingxi Royal Mansion and Jingnan Royal Mansion are fighting in wheels, taking turns to consume the full dog army?" ”

"That's right, he is worthy of being a high-talent student who ranked eighth in the Guizhou Township Examination." Fat Lu nodded, and said with a cruel smile: "But you are also too polite, it should be the illusion of taking turns to kill the Emperor of the Full Dog!" Once our plan is known to the Mangou Emperor, we will definitely make up our minds to make a choice, temporarily stabilize one of us or Geng Jingzhong, and free up our strength to concentrate on annihilating one of them and destroying each of us! ”

"I understand, it's like betting on the heads and tails of copper coins, it's either us or Geng Jingzhong." Zhu Fangdan finally came to his senses and said in surprise: "Geng Jingzhong is much weaker than us, and the Mangou Emperor is naturally a persimmon picking up soft pinch, and the one who chooses to deal with Geng Jingzhong first is more likely to have a surname." ”

"Boss, please wait." Wang Shaobo suddenly remembered another big event, and hurriedly reminded: "Boss, is there still time?" Today is already August 16, and there are less than 50 days left before the fourth day of October that we are scheduled to plan, we will send a letter to the prince from here, even if the prince immediately approves, immediately send someone to Fujian to contact Geng Jingzhong, Geng Jingzhong will react again, and the emperor will react again. ”

Fat Lu was stunned for a while, and then sat back in the chair weakly, hugged the fat head and sighed: "It's too late, I'm so lazy, why didn't I anticipate such a situation earlier, formulate contingency measures in advance, and waste so much precious time in vain?" Why didn't I think of it earlier? ”

Seeing Lu Fatzi's painful and self-blaming appearance, Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan were both distressed and pitiful, but they preferred to be helpless. But after a long time, Fat Lu suddenly jumped up again, waved his fat arm and shouted: "No, I can't give up, since it's an adventure, then I'll ask for the surname to take the risk to the end, and play Jiang Gan's book theft with Mangou once!" ”

"Jiang Gan stealing books?" Uncle Wang was stunned again, and said suspiciously: "Owner, don't you tell the students to let Mangou sneak into the prince's study and steal the letter from the prince to Geng Jingzhong?" How is that possible? With such an old strategy, will the dog still fall for the scheme? ”

"Deliberately let the full dog rob our messenger? Take away the letter from the prince to Geng Jingzhong? Zhu Fangdan proposed a new plan.

"Of course, it's not for the full dog to sneak into the prince's study and steal the prince's confidential letters, then it's strange that Kang Mazi will be fooled." Fat Lu shook his head, "Although there is a bit of hope for Mangou to rob and kill our envoy, in this way, even if Mangou is tricked, he will think that the prince is hostile to Mangou, and he is even more hesitant when he chooses Geng Jingzhong to be the first target." ”

"Then how do you steal?" Wang Shaobo asked curiously.

"Stealing from you, of course." Fat Lu suddenly smiled and pointed at Wang Shaobo's face with his fat finger.

"Stealing from me?" Wang Shaobo pointed at himself and asked with a surprised face: "How do you let the dog steal from the students?" ”

"Listen, my plan looks like this." Lu Fatzi lowered his voice and said in a gloomy voice: "First, you immediately prepare a letter for me to the prince, and ask the prince to send an order to the guards guarding the gate of Xingyuan, under the pretext that I deserve death for betraying the prince, and never allow the messenger I sent to ask for a meeting, let alone report and deliver letters." ”

"Second, as a prisoner who has made meritorious contributions, I naturally have to desperately find a way to make meritorious service and atone for my sins in exchange for freedom, so you write a bloody letter in my tone, suggesting that the prince contact Geng Jingzhong according to my previous plan, and start a chariot [***] war with Mangou, gradually depleting Mangou's strength and encroaching on the land south of the Yangtze River."

"Third, as a person who is punished for lifelong hard labor, I naturally can't leave Ji Ji Mountain, so I have to ask the young uncle to send it to Wuchang on your behalf, and the young uncle, after you were rejected by the prince's guards at the gate of Xingyuan on the first day, the next day you did not give up to the gate of Xingyuan to guard the marquis, and finally caught up with the prince and happened to go out, you stopped the horse in front of the prince and cried, and my blood letter was naturally finally delivered to the prince. As for what should have happened on the first night, young uncle, with your wisdom, I believe that I don't need to teach you, right? ”

"High, really high!" Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan gave a thumbs up together and slapped their ass. Zhu Fangdan also volunteered: "Owner, without further ado, the student will go find a chicken, let's write a blood book while eating a dry pot [***]." ”

"Youlao, go quickly." Fat Lu replied proudly.

Zhu Fangdan agreed and hurriedly went out, and when Wang Shaobo sat at the desk and wrote a letter to Wu Laohan to agree to act, he hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but say: "Owner, do students think it's too risky to do this?" There are two risky places in this strategy, one is that it may be seen through by the Mangou, and the other is that the plan succeeds but turns out to be self-defeating, the Mangou Emperor chooses to temporarily stabilize Geng Jingzhong to deal with us first, no matter which of these two links goes wrong, it may lead to the loss of the previous efforts. ”

"There are risks in any strategy, and it is a risky plan in the first place." Fat Lu replied.

"Shouldn't we think about what to do if we fail?" Wang Shaobo suggested again: "If you don't think about winning, you should think about defeat first, this is the right thing for soldiers." Once this plan fails, Mangou refuses to divide troops from Huguang, so what are we going to do next, and is the owner preparing first? ”

"No preparation." Fat Lu replied casually: "The prince is ready." ”

"The prince is ready?" Wang Shaobo was shocked and asked suspiciously: "Then why has the owner never mentioned it to the students?" ”

Lu Fatzi hesitated for a moment, and then whispered for a while: "Because the prince has never mentioned it to me, if I tell you, I have already discovered the back hand that the prince secretly arranged, in case you accidentally leaked your mouth that day, and accidentally passed it to the ears of the prince, wouldn't it immediately cause a monstrous disaster?" ”

"The prince is still secretly arranging a back hand?" Wang Shaobo was even more surprised, and asked in a low voice: "The owner, can you give the students a little bit?" ”

"Of the four firearms camps in Yunnan, only two firearms camps, Erhai and Nule Mountain, were relocated to Biyuan and merged into the current Jijia Mountain firearms camp." Lu Fatzi also lowered his voice, and Yin Yin said: "The remaining two firearms camps, Chuxiong and Xinxing, have not been discontinued, where are the firearms produced by these two firearms camps?" Except for a small number of them sold to Geng Jingzhong, did Wu Shizong in Guangxi consume so many firearms? Where did the rest of the firearms go? ”

"Where are the rest of the firearms?" Wang Shaobo thought about it for a while, and quickly replied: "Xie Dongjia pointed out, and the student understands that in the end, it is still the owner who is as careful as a hair, and can find out the secret arrangement of the prince from this aspect." ”

"It's good to get it." Fat Lu nodded, and warned: "Young uncle, since it is secretly arranged, it is best to hide it in your heart, otherwise, not only may it ruin the prince's major affairs, but it will definitely make your head fall to the ground." ”

Wang Shaobo nodded hurriedly and closed his mouth. Lu Fatzi hummed in his heart: "Wu Lao Han Zhen, I have shown such loyalty, Wang Fuchen's matter, you have never confided a word in front of me from beginning to end, it seems that you are not at ease with me." But it doesn't matter, if you do the first year of junior high school, I will naturally be able to do fifteen, and when I have the opportunity to read in the future, I will not be polite to you. ”

(To be continued)