On the evening of February 28, Kang Mazi's holy decree to Yue Le was sent to the first camp of the Qing army in the south - as for the content of this false decree, everyone must be very clear, in addition to scolding Yue Le for a bloody dog, there is also the restriction that Yue Le must come up with a satisfactory record and make a key breakthrough before March 23! Otherwise, hum. 【】

Being scolded by Kang Mazi for being a bloody dog is of course expected by Yue Le, after all, Yue Le's article on this time is very correct from the military strategy point of view, but for Kang Mazi's overall national strategy, it is a laxative that hurts his vitality. However, what really scared Yue Le was the last sentence of Kang Mazi's false decree - Yue Le couldn't get a record that satisfied Kang Mazi before March 23, so Kang Mazi would not send someone to arrest Yue Le and return to Beijing for trial, but would only go south to treat Yue Le's crime in person!

"Oops!" Yue Le slapped the table and said bitterly: "The emperor has moved the mind of the imperial driver again, if he really comes, our Qing Dynasty will really be over!" ”

"The emperor wants to drive the expedition in person?" Tu Hai, Shang Shan, Dong Weiguo and the others were all taken aback, and after listening to Yue Le's explanation and analysis, Tu Hai and Shang Shan and the others also screamed like killing pigs, "What does the master think?" How did you come up with the idea of the Royal Driver's Expedition? He personally came to the Jiangnan battlefield, didn't he give Lu Yifeng a god-given opportunity to destroy our Qing Dynasty in a battle with dog thieves? ”

"The master is young and vigorous, and he thinks very highly of himself, and he has already had the idea of pro-conquest more than once." Yue Le sighed, slapped the table again and shouted: "You must not let the master come to the Jiangnan battlefield to take risks, you must stop the master from conquering in person!" Otherwise, our Qing Dynasty will really be over! ”

"Judging from the tone of the Holy Decree, the master may want to give us one last chance." Shang Shan analyzed: "If we can achieve certain results before March 23, such as laying down a Wugou town, or severely damaging the main force of Wugou, then the master will give up the idea of pro-conquest and continue to let you lead the southern expedition army." If, by the 23rd of March, we are still empty-handed, the master will be determined to personally march south. ”

"That's how it should be." Yue Le nodded, and said: "So there is no way, before March 23rd, no matter how much we pay, we must take a Wugou town, or severely damage Wugou once, and give the master an explanation." ”

"That's true, but the question is, how can we achieve such results?" Tu Hai frowned and said: "Let's not say that Wu Gou's Yangzhou Corps has been standing still, even if they move, we may not be able to take advantage of it in the field." The Wu Dog in the two cities of Gaoyou and Xinghua is a weakness, and there may be some hope if they are attacked at any cost, but these two cities are only county seats, and even if they are defeated, the master will definitely not be satisfied. Yangzhou City ....... ”

"Master Tu, how much hope do you think our army has for storming Yangzhou?" Yue Le asked.

"Hardly." Tu Hai shook his head and said helplessly: "The reason why our Prince Yu (Duoduo) of the Qing Dynasty was able to capture Yangzhou City, in addition to having an artillery advantage, another key reason was that the Southern Ming Dynasty was infighting, the towns refused to rescue each other, no one sent reinforcements to Shi Kefa, Shi Kefa fought alone, and Yangzhou was captured by our Qing army. That's it, back then, our Qing army was stepping on the corpse mountain to rush into the city wall, and now although we have enough troops to step on the corpse mountain to attack the city again, but if you want the Wu Dog army not to rescue each other, it is not even a thought. ”

"I just don't know how well the Wu Dog army is capable of defending the city." Dong Weiguo muttered: "Since the Battle of Anshun, our Qing Dynasty has been on the defensive, Wu Gou has been on the offensive, and has hardly fought a battle to defend the city. ”

"What does Dong Zhitai mean is that our army will attack on the north, southwest, and three roads together, making it difficult for Wu Gou to rescue each other?" Yue Le turned his head and asked Dong Weiguo.

"Exactly." Dong Weiguo nodded and replied: "Let the Qing army in Zhejiang attack Hangzhou and Huzhou, and contain Wu Gou's Suzhou army; Prince Kang sent troops from Chuzhou to attack Jiangpu and [***] two county towns in Jiangning Prefecture to contain Wu Gou's Jiangning Army; Hilgen and Shuncheng Baylor joined forces to attack Taiping Mansion and contain Wu Gou's Taiping Mansion Army. In the end, if we do it again, we can deal with Wu Gou's Yangzhou army alone, increasing the chances of victory. ”

"If you say it, you don't say it, isn't this kind of multi-way joint attack tactic exactly what is the king's previous strategic arrangement?" Yue Le smiled bitterly in his heart, and said even more helplessly: "Although this plan is wonderful, the firearms and soldier quality of our army are not as good as Wu Gou, even if we attack a Yangzhou legion alone, I am afraid that there is not much chance of victory." ”

"Lord Wang, things have come to this point, even if there is only a 10% chance of winning, you have to give it a try." Dong Weiguo reminded: "Don't forget, Lord Wang, we only have more than 20 days left, if we don't do it, it doesn't matter if we are dismissed from office by the imperial court and returned to prison, if the master really drives the expedition himself, then everything will be over!" ”

Thinking of the picture of Kang Mazi personally driving south to send him to death, Yue Le couldn't help but shudder, and was about to make a final decision. Tu Hai suddenly said: "You can't try, you will definitely fail miserably if you try, and if you attack in three ways, you will inevitably fail in three ways, not only will you not have a chance of winning, but you will only suffer heavy casualties." ”

"Why? What is the opinion of Master Tu? Yue Le raised his eyebrows.

"It's very simple, this three-way split attack tactic is too simple, don't talk about Lu Yifeng's dog thief, even Zhangtai's idiot can think of it." Tu Hai said coldly: "With the current deployment of our army, Lu Yifeng's dog thief can guess that once our army moves, it will inevitably be a three-way attack and a combined attack, so that his four major legions will fight separately and create opportunities for each breakthrough." Therefore, this dog thief, who is more slippery than a loach, must have already formulated a countermeasure, and may even have set a trap for us to drill, as long as we march according to his predicted route, we will be defeated! ”

"Lu Yifeng's dog thief really has such a god, can he be a prophet?" Dong Weiguo asked unconvinced.

"This dog thief can even guess our tactics of using Gao Jiayan to die with him, can you still expect this?" Tu Hai continued to sneer and said: "Lu Yifeng, this dog thief, is simply a fucking freak, he is the best at guessing what the enemy thinks, and quickly arranging traps according to local conditions. So if we want to defeat this dog thief, we can only surprise us, break the convention, and do the opposite, so that Lu Yifeng's dog thief will never expect our action steps, so that we can really catch some chances of winning. ”

"It makes sense." Yue Le asked, "Master Tu, then how can we do the opposite, so that Lu Yifeng's dog thief can't predict our action steps?" ”

"Put the breakthrough on the Western Front!" Tu Hai's words were amazing, "The north and south fronts are feints to contain them, and the western front is the main attack!" ”

"The Western Front?" Yue Le, Shang Shan, Dong Weiguo and the others were all in the same place, and they were surprised together and said: "But Wu Gou is the strongest on the western front, not only has the Taiping Mansion and Jiangning two legions, but the distance is only one hundred and fifty miles, it is very convenient to rescue each other, we have no chance at all." ”

"Just because Wu Gou's Western Front is the strongest, our army can only choose the Western Front as a breakthrough to make Lu Yifeng's dog thieves unable to guard against it!" Tu Hai waved his hand categorically, and said with a smile: "Besides, not only Wu Gou is the strongest on the Western Front, but also not the strongest on the Western Front in our army?" Whether it is the team of Le Erjin, King Kang or General Niyahan, the quality of the soldiers far exceeds the 120,000 rabble in our hands, so wouldn't it be safer and more certain to let their army take on the big responsibility? ”

Yue Le asked, "Then we should choose the Wugou town on the Western Front as the breakthrough?" ”

"Taiping Mansion, of course." Tu Haiyin smiled and said: "Wu Gou's Taiping Mansion guard Han Daren I know very well, fighting is a bit of a skill, can fight a tough battle can also use his brain on the battlefield, the biggest disadvantage is that he is very happy, he likes to take risks, the last time he inherited Beile to besiege Wei to save Zhao to attack Taiping Mansion, he still did not take the insurance defense strategy when Wu Gou's main force had gone south to Zhejiang, but chose to attack instead of defending, and took the initiative to attack and defeat Shuncheng Beile in Wuhu. This time, our Qing army is pressing on the Taiping Mansion again, if nothing else, this Wu dog will inevitably take the initiative to attack again and go to the west of Wuhu to fight a decisive battle with our army, causing the Taiping Mansion to be empty and revealing flaws. ”

"That makes sense, so what should we do?" Dong Weiguo asked.

"Let's go according to your plan first." Tu Hai clasped his hands on his chest and replied: "Immediately send people to inform the soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and let them immediately send troops to attack Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiangpu and Wuhu and other places, and we will also send troops to attack Gaoyou, and let Wu Gou's four legions fight separately first." ”

"Then, ask the prince to give two more orders." Tu Hai continued: "One to Leer Jin Belle Ye, let him retreat to Tongling after engaging Han Daren, and he must not retreat too quickly, so that Han Daren Xiao'er can see the hope of expanding the results of the battle, and induce him to pursue away from Taiping Mansion City." Another order was given to Zhangtai, asking him to lead 5,000 elite cavalry, carry a batch of firearms and Sanhao explosives he captured from Wu Gou, and make a detour to Ningguo Mansion to Majiayuan to ambush, once Han Daren was lured to Fanchang by Shuncheng Baylor, Zhangtai's cavalry could immediately sneak attack Wugou's empty Taiping Mansion, blow up the gate of Taiping Mansion with Sanhao explosives, and capture this important town of Wu Dog. ”

"Let Changtai take on this surprise mission? Is this waste OK? Yue Le and Shang Shan and the others asked in surprise.

"If someone else is on a surprise attack mission, Zhangtai is willing to take out the Miyoshi explosives he captured?" Tu Hai sneered and asked, Yue Le, Shang Shan and the others also remembered that with Zhangtai's two hundred and five selfish surnames, it was indeed a difficult thing to ask him to hand over the three good explosives that he had finally seized from Xia Guoxiang and help others to make meritorious achievements.

"Besides, there are two more benefits to letting Zhangtai take on this surprise mission." Tu Hai smiled and said: "First, although our new King Baojun is a typical two hundred and five, it is precisely because he is a two hundred and five that his head is different from other people's, and what he does can be beyond Lu Yifeng's dog thief's expectations." For example, Chizhou this time, this 25-trick strategy to copy Zhuge Liang completely killed Wu Gou by surprise, even if Xia Guoxiang and Lu Yifeng were exchanged for the two dog thieves, I am afraid that Lu Yifeng would never have dreamed of it, and some people would not change the idea of copying "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" at all, and they would still suffer a big loss. ”

"So we just let him try his luck again this time, maybe this two hundred and five triumphantly messed around, punched the master to death, and killed Lu Yifeng, who had always been like a god, and the dog thief caught us off guard, and brought us a surprise."

"That's right." Yue Le slapped the table and sighed: "Although Zhangtai is my cousin, he has never listened to me, this time I asked him to take on a surprise attack mission to sneak attack the Taiping Mansion, even if he follows the order, he will make tricks at the critical moment, maybe he can really kill Lu Yifeng by surprise." ”

"Tu Zhongtang, you only said the first benefit, but what about the other one?" Shang Shan asked.

"The second benefit, of course, is for our Daqing." Tu Hai smiled a little mysteriously, "To be honest, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is indeed very good, whether my unexpected sneak attack plan can't hide from his eyes, I am not absolutely sure, and it is still a dangerous gamble - since it is a dangerous gamble, then do you want to let the generals who are useful to us in the Qing Dynasty go?" Or do you want to let the generals who are useless to us go? ”

Yue Le, Shang Shan and the others laughed together, and they all said that Tuhai's words could not be more correct, since it was a dangerous adventure that was not absolutely certain, it was necessary to send the most useless person - so that there would be no need to feel distressed if he died. The idea must be that at the moment, Yue Le, Tuhai and Shang Shan and others immediately discussed the details of the action, considered each step, and calculated the action time of the soldiers and horses in detail, and it was best to formulate a perfect plan. Yue Le, Tuhai and others sent fast horses overnight to give orders to the Qing army in Zhejiang and Chuzhou respectively, and finally arranged for Shang Shan to rush to Anqing in person, command and coordinate the two Qing armies of Anqing and Tongling to cooperate with each other and launch a surprise attack.

In the next few days, Yue Le's army began to prepare for the siege, creating a large number of siege weapons such as ladders, cloud platforms, flying ladders and crashing vehicles, and the precious Sanhao explosives were also taken out of 200 catties and divided into four groups, ready to be used to learn the city gate blasting tactics when Lu Fat attacked Hangzhou - although the Qing army could not confirm whether the fat army returned to block the city gate when defending the city. Ten days later, on the ninth day of the third month of the 14th year of Kangxi (there are 30 days in February of the 14th year of Mazi in the lunar calendar), Yue Le's army crossed the Ziying ditch and went south, and the blade pointed directly at Gaoyou City, the hometown of Wu Lao Han Annihilation!

On the day of Yue Le's army, Tian Dazhuang, the general of the Fat Man Army who guarded Gaoyou, had already received a scout report, Tian Dazhuang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly flew to report Gao Dejie, the number one general of the Fat Man Army who was sitting in Yangzhou, while gathering the people to return to the city to avoid the war, and organizing the people to strengthen the city defense, carrying the materials to defend the city and preparing to defend it with all their might. Fortunately, in view of the previous evil deeds of the Mites Qing army in Jiangnan, the people of Gaoyou were afraid that the Mite Qing army would slaughter the city again, and they all supported the Fat Army's defense of the city, and in less than half a day, they all returned to Gaoyou City and invested in assisting the Fat Army to defend the city.

At the same time, Gao Dejie received an urgent report from Tian Dazhuang, and Gao Dejie also immediately sent a clipper back to Nanjing to pay tribute to Lu Fatzi, and at the same time sent a batch of grenades and instructions to the Gaoyou defenders to reply - resolutely defend to the death! The city is in the people, and the city is dead! Hold for one month, the Gaoyou garrison will be rewarded with 50,000 taels of silver, and two months will be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver, and so on! As for the reinforcements, not for the time being! There is also a message to Chen Ming, the guard of the fat army in Xinghua, so that he can also prepare to defend the city and prevent the Qing army from dividing troops to fight Xinghua.

In the afternoon of the next day, Gao Dejie sent an urgent telegram to Nanjing, and Lu Fatzi, who was sitting in Nanjing, did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent 3,000 reinforcements to Zhenjiang to meet with Li Guodong's naval division, so that in case of an emergency, he could rescue from the canal north at any time. There is also to send messengers to contact Han Daren and Li Tianzhi's two legions, so that they are ready to start a war at any time, if nothing else, the Qing army teams on the southern and western fronts will also start, and Han Daren and Li Tianzhi must hold their territory and not attack rashly!

At noon on March 11, Quan Jie, who was stationed in Jiangpu County on the north bank of the Yangtze River, sent an urgent report, saying that it was found that the 30,000 troops of Jieshu stationed in Chuzhou had poured out of the nest and were coming to Jiangpu through Wuyi Town and Liutang Mountain.

"Yue Le'er finally jumped off the wall in a hurry." Lu Fatzi said contemptuously: "I definitely can't bear the pressure of Kang Mazi, so I have to gamble on the same multi-way attack and try my luck." ”

"Boss, how should we deal with it?" Wang Shaobo asked: "Do you stick to each other according to the original plan, or do you take the initiative to attack and repel the full dogs from all walks of life in turn?" ”

"Master Yao, what do you think? Which battlefield should my immediate legion be sent to? Fat Lu turned his head to Yao Qisheng and asked.

"The general already has a plan, so why bother asking the students again?" Yao Qisheng asked with a smile, and said: "Annihilating or severely damaging the Mangou on the northern front will cut off the hope of the Mangou Emperor's personal conquest; Annihilating or severely damaging the full dog team of Leerjin and Niyahan will allow the prince of Pingxi to reap the benefits; It is too far to go south to Huzhou, and it will be difficult to return in case there are changes in other routes. But if the full dog of Jieshu is severely damaged or annihilated, the impact will not be so great. ”

"Yao Junshi is really my confidant." Lu Fatzi applauded and laughed heartily, "Originally, I was too lazy to go on an expedition to Chuzhou, and I exposed my strength too early and broke Kang Mazi's hope of personally conquering Jiangnan, but since Jieshu Xiao'er took the initiative to send him to death, I naturally won't be polite, weaken him, and when Kang Mazi drives the expedition in the future, I can also relax a little." ”

"The students immediately went to arrange and prepare a boat for the owner to cross the river." Wang Shaobo agreed in understanding, and asked again: "Dongjia, are you planning to personally go to meet Jie Shumangou?" Or send a general on the expedition? ”

"Anyway, it's not far, it's easy to contact, Prince Kang and I are old friends again, if I don't run in person, I'm too sorry." Lu Fatzi waved his hand generously, and then ordered: "You all prepare, Yao Junshi and Zhu Shenyi will go with me on the expedition, Shaobo, you and Xie Dong will stay in Nanjing City, as for the generals, Wang Xu, Han Yuanren, Hu Tongchun and Yao Yi will go out with the army, Gao Hongchen and Xiaoyong will stay behind, the defenders will be headed by Gao Hongchen, and you will give him more ideas in the military." ”

Wang Shaobo, Yao Qisheng and others agreed, and hurried down to arrange and prepare for the expedition. Two days later, on March 14, Lu Fatzi personally led Wang Xu, Han Yuanren and other generals, led 20,000 troops to cross the river with a large number of rockets and artillery, Gao Hongchen and Lu Fatzi's cousin Qin Yong led 7,000 troops to stay in Nanjing's nest, as soon as the fleet set off, Lu Fatzi sent a clipper to order Quanjie, ordering Quanjie to abandon Liutang Mountain, which was being attacked by the Qing army, and retreat across the Chuhe River to induce Jieshu's army to go deep into Jiangpu County.

Lu Fatzi's messenger had just set off, and when the river-crossing fleet had just crossed halfway, Wang Shaobo sent a fast boat to send an urgent report, saying that Liu Guoxuan, a Taiwanese army stationed in Hangzhou, had discovered that the Qing army in Shaoxing had sent troops to the west, and the target was Hangzhou.

"Before the battle started, I already asked for help, do you Liu Guoxuan want me to send troops to take the whole territory of Zhejiang for you?" Fat Lu sneered, turned to Zhu Fangdan and ordered: "Doctor Zhu, reply to Guo Yingfu and Li Tianzhi, and ask them to use the excuse that the military situation on the northern front of our army is urgent, and they cannot send reinforcements for the time being. Also, closely monitor the every move of Geng Jingzhong's team, and beware of this bastard taking advantage of the fire to rob. ”

Zhu Fangdan agreed, after writing the letter and letting the messenger send it, the fat army's river-crossing fleet had arrived at the north shore wharf, and before Lu Fatzi had time to board the ship, Wang Shaobo's second clipper carrying the messenger had already come to Lu Fatzi, and submitted an urgent report of the military situation from Taiping Mansion to Lu Fatzi, and said: "General Qiyu, the scouts of our army's Taiping Mansion Corps have found that the Mangou Leer Jinbu stationed in Tongling has set out on March 11 and is killing the Taiping Mansion, the west gate of our army. At noon at the same time, traces of the Anqing Naval Division were also found on the river, and they joined forces with Leer Jinmangou to go east together. ”

"As expected, Yue Le Xiao'er is really playing the idea of multi-way and combining." Fat Lu snorted coldly, but just after he finished humming, Fat Lu suddenly felt his heart skip a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "Wait, what did you just say?" Le Er Jin is on the day of departure and the division of the full dog water division? ”

Seeing the messenger nodding and repeating, Fat Lu couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in his heart, "Is it a coincidence?" In just three days, I have received three urgent routes from the north, west and south lines, and Anqing Mangou is on the day of the departure of Leer Jinmangou, and Leer Jinmangou will go east? Even if it was as expected, Yue Le Lao'er wanted my four major legions to fight separately and not be able to rescue each other, but there was no need to arrange them so carefully and cooperate so thoroughly, right? Could it be just a coincidence, it's just that Yue Le's order happened to reach the hands of all the dogs in the past three days? ”

Under the suspicion of the fox, Fat Lu inevitably regretted his lack of concern and greed, and hurriedly crossed the river to clean up the annoying fly of Jieshu.

(To be continued)