(PS: There are only 20 hours left in April, ask for the last monthly pass in April, and book the May monthly pass.) Learned the lesson that Nanjing was almost attacked by the Qing Dynasty god of war Zhang Wangye, the surname is actually a little stubborn and paranoid, Lu Fatzi, who finally gave up his concept of building an army with a small number of elite systems, and decided to follow the unscrupulous warlords who have been common since ancient times to brutally exploit the people of Jiangnan, and once again expand the army, planning to expand the size of the army to more than 180,000, so as not to repeat the mistake of the last time, because of the lack of troops, even the old nest was almost killed by the enemy.

In fact, this is also a necessary stage for a traverser, as a traverser with the memory of later generations, Lu Fatzi is of course deeply impressed by the important surname of elite soldiers and the various harms of redundant soldiers and redundant troops, what he pursues is the supremacy of weapons and elite soldiers, try to reduce the heavy burden of large-scale troops on the people, and reduce military spending as reasonably as possible, which is also the fundamental reason why the fat army sits on the essence of the south of the Yangtze River, but only maintains the size of the army within 100,000.

Of course, Lu Fatzi's idea is good, and it is also sought by the people of Jiangnan, but facts have proved that good ideas may not necessarily be applicable to reality, Lu Fatzi completely forgot one thing, he knows and pursues the streamlining of the army and the small number of elite systems, which are based on the advanced science and technology of industrial productivity, means of transportation, transportation roads and communication speed in the 21st century, and the era in which Lu Fatzi lives, can not solve these prerequisites at all.

For example, the reason why the US Navy, Army, and Air Force, which together are only 1.4 million troops, is able to deploy forces around the world is that it relies on advanced satellites, aircraft, warships, and aircraft carriers, and can use these advanced means of transportation to drop troops to any corner of the world, and can also drop bombs and gunpowder to any region of the world, and can also watch and reconnoiter every move of any country on the earth at any time, and at the same time, the US industry can also produce these weapons and communications. Only in this way can the US logistics deliver the weapons, ammunition, gasoline, and food needed by the US military to the front line, and only in this way can the US military maintain the situation of global military deployment.

However, in the era in which Lu Fatzi lived, the highest grain yield per mu was only three or four hundred catties, and the transportation was all picked by horse-drawn people. The army marched on horseback and foot, and the waterway was large-scale and restricted by the waterway and the water royal, and the troops were transferred from Gaoyou City, the northernmost line of the Fat Army, to Huzhou City, the southernmost line, even if it took four or five days to run a dead war horse, and the normal march would take at least ten days, and when they arrived at the battlefield, the daylily might be cold. And the advanced firearms that the Fat Army is most proud of are completely produced by primitive handicraft workshops with the most primitive technology, and the production speed cannot keep up with combat consumption at all, and advanced firearms cannot always maintain a sufficient supply, no matter how elite the soldiers are, how much use is there?

As long as you don't have enough soldiers, the enemy can exchange three, five, or even ten lives for one of your lives, and when your elite soldiers are exhausted, you will not be far from death!

Besides, Lu Fatzi's ambition is to compete with Kang Mazi and Wu Laohan to fight for the world, since Lu Fatzi has such a big ambition, then of course the elite soldier Lu Fatzi must be used, and the second-rate army and the third-rate soldier Lu Fatzi must also be used, otherwise, where will Lu Fatzi go to find so much cannon fodder to consume with the enemy? Where to find so many elite soldiers to occupy hundreds of large and small cities, Chizhou County? Is it enough to rely on the less than 100,000 elite soldiers in your hands? Besides, the elite soldiers in the Fat Army are originally from the Wu Army, and the similar first-class elite Wu Army does not know how much more than the Fat Army, if the Fat Army does not seize the time to expand the army and train the troops, once it turns its face with the Wu Army in the future, will the consumption of elite soldiers win the Wu Army?

Fortunately, the prince of Zhangtai Zhang, who almost succeeded in the sneak attack on Nanjing, sounded the alarm for Fat Lu, and also made Fat Lu realize his fundamental mistake - from a certain point of view, our Prince Zhang did help Fat Lu again. Therefore, after learning from the pain, taking advantage of the precious time gained after the Qing army was repulsed, Lu Fatzi immediately began the work of recruiting new soldiers, preparing to expand the two corps of Han Daren and Li Tianzhi to more than 40,000 people each, Gao Dejie's corps and Li Guodong's naval division to more than 50,000 people, and the Central Army Corps to more than 60,000 people, so as to meet the more cruel and severe tests in the future.

Nearly doubling the expansion of the army in one go, although the fat army's current financial and material resources are fully affordable, but in order to achieve this goal in a short period of time, it is not so easy and simple, first of all, the screening of qualified soldiers is a big problem, and then there are weapons and uniforms, the training and brainwashing of new soldiers, the establishment and stationing of new recruits, and so on and so on and a bunch of headaches. But fortunately, Lu Fatzi's civil and military lackeys are quite competent, experienced and capable, Lu Fatzi basically only needs an order to go down, and there are people to carry it out, so that Lu Fatzi can spare time and energy to concentrate on thinking about and arranging another major event that induces Kang Mazi to conquer Jiangnan in person.

managed to make the main battle and main suppression faction in the Qing court gain the upper hand in the struggle against the main defender faction, prompting Kang Mazi to make up his mind to conquer in person. It's easy to say, but it's hard to really implement, first of all, Lu Fatzi has no acting spokesman in the Mites Qing court, Wang Xu was angry with Lu Fatzi, and Huang Ji rushed to the capital before the news of Lu Fatzi marrying his granddaughter was transmitted back to the capital, he resigned early and fled back to Jiangnan to retire, and is still waiting for Lu Fatzi to settle the world and then come out to be an official, and the only remaining brother-in-law of Yao Qisheng, Huang Xiyan, has not yet taken the line, and he can't be indulged in speaking for the Fat Army.

Secondly, Fat Lu's scheming notoriety can now be said to be famous all over the world, and he stinks for ten miles! Fraud, discord, anti-intermediary, false reports, false letters, bribery, rumors and slander, framing, pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, and other tricks of deception have been exhausted one by one, and the top and bottom of the Qing court have also suffered enough losses, and now use these tricks, not only the hope of success is very small, but it may also backfire, so that the main defenders in the Qing court have a mouth, overwhelm the main battle and suppression faction, but let Kang Mazi have the idea of pro-recruitment.

The third point is also crucial, that is, Lu Fatzi is ignorant of the current situation in the Qing court, just like Lu Fatzi himself said, the basis of the plan is to know oneself and the enemy, the more you understand the enemy, the greater the possibility of the success of the strategy, the reason why Lu Fatzi was able to do nothing in the past is completely based on the understanding of history and historical figures. And now history has been turned upside down by the storm caused by the wings of Lu Fatzi, the demon moth, how history will develop in the future, Lu Fatzi himself already knows nothing, other historical knowledge can also be used up, familiar historical figures have basically been scourged, Lu Fatzi wants to use tricks, naturally it is not so easy.

"What a headache!" After returning from Huang Ji's mansion, as soon as he entered the office of his signature room, Lu Fatzi sat on the pitiful chair, scratching his half-foot-long hair and lamenting, "I have a headache, I really don't know what to do, I really have nothing to do this time." ”

"The owner, in Huang Laoshangshu, didn't you catch anything useful?" Wang Shaobo asked tentatively.

"If I can catch something useful, I won't be so worried." Lu Fatzi said with a wry smile: "The Huang Laoshangshu who promised me the slippery granddaughter, although he was also considered a high position in the Mangou Imperial Court before, he had never entered Kang Mazi's southern study, and he basically didn't know anything about the most important southern study in the Mangou Imperial Court, and even Suo Etu, Mingzhu and Zhang Ying were not clear whether they were the main suppressors or the main guards, not to mention that they often had the opportunity to contact the old witch of the Empress Dowager who had the greatest influence on Kang Mazi, and grasped the attitude and opinions of this old witch, so they provided = news and intelligence, I don't even have any reference value. ”

"So, it's really hard for us to do." Wang Shaobo muttered: "If the proprietor really can't come up with any clever plan to induce the Mangou Emperor to continue to dominate, then the student thinks that the proprietor should not make any small moves, let it be natural, and respond to all changes without change." Otherwise, once the owner's small actions are discovered by the Mangou Emperor, they will only receive the opposite effect. ”

"General, why don't you let the students come forward to surrender." Yao Qisheng hesitated and said: "Now that the student has served as a military advisor in your shogunate, I think that the full dog has already been spied on, the reason why the student turned his back on the full dog, the emperor of the full dog should also grasp it, the student came forward to deceive and surrender, the full dog should be tempted, and the student should also be given a chance." ”

"I've reconsidered the plan and think it's still too much to take for granted." Fat Lu shook his head, and said weakly: "Not to mention that it will affect your sister and brother-in-law, just to make the Mangou Emperor Kang Mazi trust you, thinking that you can provide him with full help during his personal expedition, it is definitely not so easy." I've cheated Kang Mazi too many times, he's not a stupid person, he's suffered so many losses, he's been fooled so many times, and now at the critical moment when he hesitates to change his counterinsurgency strategy, you suddenly jump out and surrender, expressing your willingness to do internal response, even if he is tempted, the first thing he will consider will be - will this be my strategy again? ”

"Indeed, if I were the Emperor of the Full Dog, I would say that I would not trust the owner of anything." Zhu Fangdan echoed: "The Emperor of the Dog has been cheated so many times, no matter how stupid he is, he will learn to be obedient, it is estimated that what the owner says and does now, the Emperor of the Dog Yanjing will listen to it in turn and judge it in turn." ”

"That's the reason." Fat Lu pressed his temples with his thumbs and said distressedly: "So if I want to use tricks on Kang Mazi now, no matter how seamless the arrangement is, the Mangou Emperor is not easy to be fooled." Even if you end up being fooled, it will take ten times more time and energy than usual! ”

"Huh?" Zhu Fangdan suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly said: "Dongjia, speaking of which, the student has an idea, since the Mangou Emperor will definitely not believe you anymore, and will listen to you in turn and judge what you have done, then why don't you act the opposite?" Deliberately let the Mangou Emperor think that you are hoping that he will not drive the expedition in person, and you are hoping that he will change his counterinsurgency strategy and stop continuing to fight the main battle? ”

"Doing the opposite? How did I get into the horns and I didn't think of this? Lu Fatzi's mung bean eyes lit up, and he quickly sat up straight, muttering: "Yes, since Kang Mazi will never trust me, then why don't I let him think that I don't want him to come to the royal expedition?" ”

"It's a workable idea." Yao Qisheng also came to his senses and said: "With the arrogance of the Emperor Mangou, and his unforgettable hatred for the general, it must be that the more you don't want him to do anything, the more you want him to do something, he must do something!" Saying anything won't make you happy, General! ”

"Don't speak, let me think." Fat Lu waved his hand to shut everyone up, and after blinking his little eyes and thinking for a long time, Fat Lu suddenly said a clueless sentence, "It's time to buy Mingzhu to serve as an internal response to our army." ”

"Wonderful!" Yao Qisheng applauded and praised: "It's still the general's brain that is fast, Mingzhu is indeed the best breakthrough, he is the Yehenala clan full of dogs, and he is the general you hand-picked to fight for the full dog, even if the emperor of the dog doesn't say it, he must be suspicious of him in his heart, starting from him, even if Mingzhu has any doubts, he must immediately take the initiative to poke this matter in front of Kang Mazi!" Otherwise, he can't tell even if he has a hundred mouths. ”

"High! The owner is really high! Uncle Wang, who had been completely damaged by Lu Fatzi, also came to his senses, first extended his thumb to Lu Fatzi, and then suggested: "But the owner, the messenger sent to contact Mingzhu must be prepared not to come back, not only has enough weight to make Mangou believe, but also has to let him do an errand for you sincerely, and cannot escape because of fear and timidity, which means that the owner must be mentally prepared to sacrifice a warrior who is loyal to you this time." ”

"Let Hong Xiguan go." Fat Lu whispered without blinking his eyelids.

"Hong Xiguan?" Wang Shaobo, Yao Qisheng and the others were all in the same place, and hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Dongjia, Hong Xiguan is your personal soldier, and his skills are excellent, isn't it a pity to sacrifice like this?" ”

Fat Lu smiled, and said after a while: "It is precisely because of Xiguan's good skills that he was sent, at least, he has hope to fight his way out of the encirclement and come back alive." ”

Seeing the hideous smile on Lu Fatzi's fat face, Yao Qisheng and Wang Shaobo and the others shivered together, and then they understood Lu Fatzi's sinister intentions - Lu Fatzi had long been extremely dissatisfied with the members of the Heaven and Earth Society in the Fat Man Army, and communicating with Zheng Jing secretly Not to mention the news, it was still a huge hidden danger when Lu Fatzi and Zheng Jing turned their faces, and the Heaven and Earth Society were sent in the two major internal lines in the Fat Man Army, Fang Shiyu was a stupid boy who was scheming and illiterate, easy to indulge, and easier to guard against and deal with, Hong Xiguan, who is quite scheming and a little inky, is completely different. This means that it is best to send Hong Xiguan to serve as the dead, and it is best to come back alive, if he can't come back alive, he can also borrow the knife of the Qing Dynasty to eliminate this hidden danger for Lu Fatzi.

Thinking of this, secretly admiring Lu Fatzi's ruthlessness and killing two birds with one stone, Wang Shaobo and the others hurriedly nodded and replied: "Understood, the student will arrange it." ”

…………………… When Lu Fatzi formulated countermeasures here, Tuhai, who was shouldering the heavy responsibility, had already embarked on the road to return to the capital, but it was a pity that because the Yellow River was diverted and affected the canal, the middle section of the canal was either blocked here or silted there, and the speed of Tuhai's return to Beijing was not fast. So when Tu Hai returned to Yanjing City, which had been absent for several months, it was already the fourth day of the fourth month of the fourteenth year of Kang Mazi.

It has only been five months since leaving the capital, and when he entered the city, Tuhaidu was already a little afraid to recognize the city, the streets of the capital that used to be prosperous are now deserted, the shops on both sides are basically closed, and there are a few pedestrians, most of them are also noodles, their clothes are old, and the number of beggars has increased significantly. The only lively place is the grain store rice store, but after quietly inquiring about the price of rice in the capital, Tu Hai's face turned pale, and a bucket of rice actually cost one or two or five dollars of silver! That is to say, an ordinary flag man can only buy one bucket of rice for one or two or five dollars a month!

"Oops." Tu Hai was secretly shocked: "I didn't expect that the price of food in the capital has risen to this point, and this time I want to persuade the master to give up the plan to recapture Jiangnan, but I am afraid that it will be more difficult." ”

Worried, he remounted the war horse, Tu Hai did not directly enter the palace or return to his mansion, but rushed to Yue Le's Prince An's mansion, and sent his henchmen to the post house in the city to inquire about Zhou Peigong's whereabouts. And Tu Hai went to the palace of Prince De'an to hand over Yue Le's family letter, and after presenting Yue Le's secret fold to Yue Le's Sanfu Jin and entrusting her to pass it to the old witch of Xiaozhuang, the soldiers had already come to report from Pegasus, saying that they had found Zhou Peigong, and now they were living in the post house on Qipan Street in the capital.

When it was dark, Tuhai arrived at the chessboard street post house, handed the famous thorn to Goshha in front of the door, and after a while, Zhou Peigong, who was dressed in a Confucian robe, personally greeted the door, and knelt down on Tuhai's knees without saying a word, and said excitedly: "Slave Zhou Peigong, please give grace and ask for peace." I haven't seen you for many years, is Eun Xiang okay? ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Tu Hai slapped his swollen face and became fat, nodded reluctantly, when he looked at Zhou Peigong's appearance, Tu Hai couldn't help but be sad and jealous, two years of not seeing, Zhou Peigong not only did not show the slightest old elephant, but also became more and more handsome and elegant, handsome and chic, and the very open eight-character eyebrows were thick, black and bright, revealing a sense of pride and spirit. Looking at his wrinkled hands and gray beard, Tu Hai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "People are just different." ”

"Eun Xiang, Eun Xiang please come in." Zhou Peigong hurriedly led the way and asked affectionately, "Eun Xiang must not have eaten yet, right?" The slave then asked someone to arrange wine and dinner for Eun Xiang. ”

"I didn't eat anything." Tu Hai nodded, and said, "But I came to you today because I have something important to discuss with you." ”

"That's right, the slave hasn't eaten yet, and the slave asked people to arrange wine and dinner, how about we talk while eating?" Zhou Peigong hurriedly asked again.

Seeing Tu Hai nodding, Zhou Peigong hurriedly explained, and personally led Tu Hai to the back hall, served tea to Tu Hai with both hands, nodded and couldn't help but ask for warmth, and was respectful as when he was in Tuhai Shogunate before. After a while, the rather delicate wine and food were sent into the back hall, and Zhou Peigong drove away the soldiers in the room, and then invited Tu Hai to the table, and sat opposite Tu Hai, personally poured the wine for the cup, and Tu Hai humbly thanked him.

After pretending to be polite and greeting each other for a long time, Tu Hai knew that Zhou Peigong had also arrived in the capital only the day before yesterday, and had already met Kang Mazi once, and when asked about the situation when he met Kang Mazi, Zhou Peigong did not answer directly, but asked instead: "Enxiang, do you know that the master already has the idea of personally conquering the Jiangnan battlefield?" ”

"That's what I'm back for." Tuhai said with a wry smile: "At the end of February, the master gave the final ultimatum to Prince An, ordering Prince An to be sure to come up with a satisfactory record before March 23, otherwise, the master will have to drive the expedition himself." ”

"Enxiang, did Prince An do a good job of the envoy that the master explained?" Zhou Peigong asked.

"If it's done, I won't go back to the capital." Tu Hai's smile was even more bitter, and he hurriedly introduced Yue Le's attack on three sides and four directions, but he was defeated on three sides.

"Oops!" Zhou Peigong slapped the table and said bitterly: "Prince An's battle is like this, the master has to make up his mind to conquer in person!" ”

"We must not let the master take the lead in person!" Tu Hai hurriedly shook his head, and was about to communicate with Zhou Peigong, when he agreed on the tone, but the sound of Zhou Peigong's personal soldiers sounded outside the door, "Tu Zhongtang, Lord Zhou, someone has come to the palace, it is the chief eunuch in the palace of the Empress Dowager's ancestor, Li Zhigong." ”

"Please." Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong were overjoyed together, and hurriedly got up and went out to greet them, and just walked to the front hall, Li Yinzheng, the personal eunuch of the old witch of Xiaozhuang, hurriedly entered the hall, and sang before saluting: "The old ancestor of the Empress Dowager said that Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong knelt to receive it." ”

"The slave is here, the ancestor is a thousand years old." Zhou Peigong and Tu Hai hurriedly knelt down together. Li Yinzheng sang: "The Empress Dowager's ancestor Jun Zhi, Tuhai and Zhou Peigong quickly followed Li Yinzheng into the palace to see His Majesty. Chin this. ”

"The slave obeys the order, the ancestor is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong happily agreed together, saying that it would be good to see the Empress Dowager's ancestor, as long as her old man could stand on our side, things would be much easier.

"Two adults, please get up and go with the minions, the old ancestor is still waiting for you in the palace." Li urged. Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong agreed, and just as they were about to get up, a new singing and cheering voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Gonggong Zhang, the head of the Heart Cultivation Palace, has arrived." ”

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong to react, Kang Mazi's personal eunuch Zhang Wanqiang walked in quickly and sang directly: "The emperor's master dictated: Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong will enter the palace immediately to see you." Chin this. ”

"How does the emperor know that I have entered Beijing? Do you still know that I am here with Zhou Peigong? Tu Hai complained again in his heart, and said secretly: "Oh no, at the same time, I met the emperor and the empress dowager's ancestors, many words could not be agreed in advance, and the emperor was so anxious, I don't know that tonight, the emperor's master will have to decide whether to drive the expedition in person." ”

(To be continued)