Liu Xuanchu suggested that Lu Fatzi take the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and the hardcore Han Annihilation Gan Wenkun sacrificial flag, create a good start for Lu Fatzi's ambition, and lay a solid foundation for Lu Fatzi's ambition, which is easy to say, considering that Gan Wenkun basically still trusts Lu Fatzi, it should not be difficult to start - but on the way back to Qujing, Lu Fatzi felt that this matter was quite tricky, and it was definitely not as easy to catch as he imagined.

It's not that Lu Fatzi still wants to continue to stage the good show of the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty and refuses to do anything to Gan Wenkun, and it is not difficult to trick Gan Wenkun into Qu Jingsheng and capture him alive, and the thorny problem appears in this link of the time difference in message transmission, Wu Laohan has already started in Kunming, took over the city defense and put the governor of Yunnan under house arrest, Fantai and Zhentai, and will definitely carry out a larger-scale internal purge activity soon, clean up those unreliable mite Qing civil and military officials, and consolidate the direct rule of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, such a big move, How could Gan Wenkun not hear the wind at all? How could it be possible to go south at this moment of urgency and go to Qujing, Yunnan to cast a net?

Taking a step back, even if Wu Laohan has blocked the large and small passes in Yunnan, and he is not allowed to enter but not to leave, even Lu Fatzi, a Western election official, must show the Pingxi Wangfu token to pass the Yanglin Pass and the Fenshui Pass, and successfully blocked the news of the mutiny of Wu Sangui's army.

In view of these problems, although Lu Fatzi coveted the first merit of Wu Jun's army to capture Gan Wenkun, but he was helpless, so after returning to Qujing Mansion to introduce the situation in Yunnan to Zhu Fangdan and Chen Dou, the two henchmen, Lu Fatzi specially told these two dogs about Liu Xuanchu's suggestion that he grab the merit, and consulted them to see if they had any good ideas.

"Lord Futai, Mr. Mao Yao's plan is very good, and it is also the best foundation for helping Lord Futai to show your prominence in the military!" After listening to Lu Fatzi's introduction, Chen Dou was the first to agree, and said seriously: "Lord Futai, I think you also know that there may still be a lack of advisers and scribes under the prince's account, but in terms of military generals, that is, even if it is not inferior to the Mangou Imperial Court, there are countless people who can recruit good fighters, those who have both offense and defense, those who are wise and brave, and those who are brave. And they are all veterans who have followed the prince for many years, and they have crawled out of the pile of dead people, as long as the prince is not confused, he will never hand over the main elite to the newcomers, let alone entrust the newcomers with important tasks in the military. ”

"In this case, if you want to make achievements in the military, further master more troops, and take charge of an army alone, then you are bound to compete with the meritorious veterans under the prince's account, and the only chance to win is military merit! Only by making miraculous achievements that others cannot reach, can you enter the eyes of the prince in the military, and then establish prestige, gain the heart of the army, and lay a solid foundation for the great ambition of the people of Futai! ”

Speaking of this, Chen Dou paused for a moment, and then said: "If not, even if the prince has always allowed Lord Futai to lead an army alone and continue to lead the Qujing Green Battalion of Lord Futai and your team, he will definitely not gain the trust of the prince militarily, and will suffer a lot of losses in terms of troop replenishment, equipment rationing, and money and food allocation, and he will not have the opportunity to show his strength in the war, and even be used as bait and cannon fodder by the prince." ”

"Boss, let's do it." Zhu Fangdan couldn't wait to say: "As long as Gan Wenkun is deceived to Qujing, he will be the turtle in the urn, and the student can also give you some sweat medicine, put it in Gan Wenkun's wine and rice, and you don't even need to compare swords and guns, you can capture him alive and dedicate it to the prince to show his merits." ”

"I also understand what Master Chen said, Gan Wenkun should still trust me at present, as long as the conditions allow, it should not be difficult to trick him into Qujing to die." Fat Lu frowned and said, "But when things come to this point, will Gan Wenkun still be fooled?" Even if he is fooled again and obediently comes to Qujing to give us credit, this great credit is likely to be cheaper than others? ”

Saying that, Lu Fatzi elaborated on the various situations he was worried about, pointing out that with the current situation, even if Gan Wenkun trusts himself again, he is likely to have no courage to take another step south, and will only go north as soon as possible to escape from Yungui, and even if Gan Wenkun is deceived into Qujing, it is very likely that the rest of Wu Sangui's army will be the first to make a wedding dress for others on the road.

"Lord Futai's concern is very reasonable." After listening to Lu Fatzi's explanation, Chen Dou also calmed down and muttered: "As long as Gan Wenkun is not too stupid, after seeing the two holy decrees promulgated by Emperor Mazi, he will definitely understand that it is absolutely impossible for the prince to accept the conditions offered by Emperor Mazi, and at the same time, Guiyang is located in the north, even if Gan Wenkun did not see these two holy decrees, he must have seen the newspaper issued by the Mangou Imperial Court and knew the general content of these two holy decrees." In this case, no matter how stupid Gan Wenkun is, he will be more vigilant, closely monitor the movements in Yunnan, and prepare for battle or escape. ”

"Military preparations such as facing or sticking to Guiyang, Gan Wenkun doesn't even think about it." Lu Fatzi sneered: "The group of Admiral Li Benshen, the general soldier Wang Yongqing, Cui Shilu and Jiang Yi, who control the Guizhou army, have long been the prince's people, and they usually don't listen to Gan Wenkun's dispatch at all, what else will Gan Wenkun do to fight?" What to take to guard Guiyang? I'm afraid whether he can escape from Guizhou or not is a big question. ”

"Huh?" Speaking of this, Fat Lu suddenly stopped, and his white and chubby fat face also showed a confused look, and said to himself: "Strange? What did I just say? The last ......? ”

"Boss, what you just said yourself, you immediately forgot about it?" Zhu Fangdan was angry and funny, and repeated for Lu Fatzi: "Your last sentence just now is - I'm afraid whether Gan Wenkun can escape from Guizhou is also a big question." ”

"Really?" Lu Fatzi's expression was even more confused, and he muttered: "Whether Gan Wenkun can escape from Guizhou is probably also a big problem?" I understand this, will Gan Wenkun understand this again? On the prince's side, the big and small passes are allowed to enter but not to leave ....... ”

Muttering this, on the fat face of the fat man of Lu, the eyes were already slightly narrowed, the corners of the mouth were upturned, and the fat was squeezed into two balls. Sure enough, Fat Lu quickly ordered with a smile: "Lord Chen, quickly, go and call Xiao Erlang in, I have an envoy to explain to him." Master Zhu, you go and bring my big seal right away and open me three road guides. ”

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According to Lu Fatzi and Chen Dou, since he knew the approximate content of Xiao Mazi's two holy decrees on the Di Bao, Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou who lived in Guiyang, understood that something big must happen, and he understood that Wu Laohan would never agree to Xiao Mazi's conditions-every two Eight Banners Fushou Paste was taxed with eight silver coins, and Wu Laohan was asked to pay tribute to five thousand catties worth of Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds, which was not to Wu Laohan's old life?

Even if Wu Laohan agrees, the wolves, tigers and leopards under Wu Laohan's command who would rather die than suffer losses and desperately take advantage will definitely not agree!

Under the irreconcilable contradictions, Gan Wenkun no longer dared to imagine what unforeseen consequences these two holy decrees would cause. What made Gan Wenkun even more frightened was that almost at the same time that the Di Bao arrived in Guiyang, the Aobai decree that held the power of the court and government also came one after another - ordering Gan Wenkun to restrain the Guizhou army and prepare to hold the three key cities in Guizhou in Guiyang, Zunyi and Zhenyuan, and to report the movements of the Yunnan army to Aobai at any time, and provide the topographic maps of the mountains and rivers and the army garrison maps of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

Seeing this order, could Gan Wenkun still not understand the sinister intentions of Aobai? Can you still understand that the internal court of the Qing Dynasty has temporarily abandoned the contradictions, and is ready to take Wu Sangui first and then try the knife with Wu Sangui first?

However, it is a pity that Ao Bai obviously overestimated the control of Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, over Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, not to mention Yunnan, the base camp of Wu Lao Han Jian, that is, the slightly minor Guizhou army, without Wu Lao Han Jian's nod, Gan Wenkun did not want to mobilize a soldier, and even the civilian system headed by Guizhou Governor Cao Shenji also defected under the offensive of Wu Lao Han's money and beauties, and turned a deaf ear to Gan Wenkun's decree, what else did Gan Wenkun use to control the military and civilians in Guizhou, and blockaded Wu Lao Hanjian in Yunnan, Build a bridgehead for Aobai's counterinsurgency army? In desperation, what Gan Wenkun, who was proficient in military affairs, could do, that is, to provide Ao Bai with maps and army garrison maps and other information, as well as to do a good job of monitoring Wu Laohan's movements and preparing to escape.

pinching his fingers and calculating the distance and the degree of the year, waiting until the second day of the tenth lunar month of Kang Mazi, Gan Wenkun felt that the situation was not good, why had there been no news from Yunnan in the past two days? The last information on Yunnan's movements was also completely fixed on November 27, and since then, no eyeliner sent to monitor Wu Sangui has returned, and no news about the situation in Yunnan has come.

"Father, father, something is wrong!" Just when Gan Wenkun was sitting on pins and needles, his son Gan Guocheng brought new bad news, as soon as he entered the door, the sweaty Gan Guocheng gasped and shouted: "Father, I just received the news, just dawn today, the Longli Li'er Pass in the east of Guiyang and the Xiuwen Zazuo Pass in the north are all closed, and they are all allowed to enter and not go out!" ”

"What?" Gan Wenkun jumped up violently and yelled, "Who did it? Who gave the order? Why the closure?! ”

"Admiral Li Benshen!" Gan Guocheng replied: "I have asked, it was Li Benshen's personal order, and the excuse used was to strictly investigate the smuggling of Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds, but he did not search the past business trip Li, but he was not allowed to leave the customs. ”

"Could it be that something really happened in Yunnan?" Gan Wenkun's face turned white as soon as he brushed it, and he hurriedly asked, "What about Li Benshen?" Where are you now? ”

"I don't know." Gan Guocheng shook his head and gave an answer that made Gan Wenkun extremely frustrated, "The child sent someone to the Admiral Yamen to inform him, but the people in the Admiral Yamen said that they didn't know Li Benshen's whereabouts, and only said that when Li Benshen came back, they would report to him that his father had summoned him." ”

"Something big is wrong, something is definitely wrong!" Gan Wenkun stomped his feet and said with annoyance: "I knew that as soon as those two holy decrees arrived in Kunming, something big would definitely happen. ”

"Brother, why don't we go quickly." Gan Wenjiong came up and suggested: "Taking advantage of the fact that Li Benshen has just started to act now, let's hurry out of the city, take the mountain trail to leave Guizhou, and return to the capital to report the news." ”

"Nonsense!" Gan Wenkun said angrily: "Now the situation in Yunnan is still blind, we don't know what happened at all, how to explain to the imperial court if we escape from Guizhou now?" In case Li Benshen really wants to inspect the smuggling of Eight Banners Fushou Cream, and I become a frightened bird and flee now, then I can't let Li Benshen and Cao Shenji's gang of thieves laugh off their big teeth? ”

"But when the situation is clear, I'm afraid I'll ......." Gan Wenjiong reminded.

"No way!" Gan Wenkun waved his hand, and said with a blushing face: "Even if you want to escape from Guizhou, you must at least find out what happened in Yunnan first, and what Wu Sangui's reaction is to those two holy decrees, so that you can give an explanation to the imperial court!" Otherwise, even if we escape from Guizhou, the court will investigate the responsibility for leaving our posts without authorization, and we will be a dead end! ”

I didn't even know what was going on in Yunnan, so I left my job and fled for my life without permission, and when I returned to the capital, Xiao Mazi and Ao Bai would inevitably cut off Gan Wenkun's head to get angry, of course Gan Wenjiong understood this truth, so he had to obediently close his mouth. But just when Gan Wenkun's father, son, and brother were at a loss, Gan Wenkun's personal soldiers suddenly came to report, "In the Ministry Hall, a young man came from outside the governor's yamen, claiming to be a person sent by Lu Yifeng, the prefect of Qujing, and there are confidential matters to report to the minister. May I ask the department, do you have a meeting? ”

"The people sent by Lu Yifeng?!" Gan Wenkun was stunned at first, and then overjoyed, and sighed: "Sure enough, Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he has seen the hearts of the people for a long time, among so many officials in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, there is only one loyal minister, Lu Yifeng!" Quick, quick, invite the people sent by Lord Lu in! ”

A moment later, the envoy sent by Lu Fatzi entered the back hall of the governor's yamen where Gan Wenkun was, and to the delight of Gan Wenkun's father and son, the three brothers were overjoyed that this messenger turned out to be the confidant and hardcore lackey of Lu Fatzi they had all seen - Xiao Erlang! As soon as they met, Xiao Erlang, who was in the dust, was about to salute Gan Wenkun, but Gan Wenkun hurriedly stopped him and said, "Excuse me, Brother Xiao, please sit down and tell the governor, what happened in Yunnan?" ”

"Your Excellency Governor, something big has happened in Yunnan!" Xiao Erlang wiped the dust on his face and replied.

"What's wrong?" Gan Wenkun stood up nervously.

"The prince of Pingxi wants to clear the king's side and raise troops to kill Aobai!" Xiao Erlang gasped and replied: "Now that the big and small passes in Yunnan have been closed, all business travelers in the past are allowed to enter but not leave!" The small one is still because of the fast running, and he got out of the pass before the victory closed the pass, otherwise, the small one would not be able to get out of Yunnan! ”

"Sure enough, something happened!" Gan Wenkun gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Wu Sangui, you are really the opposite!" Qingjun side? Phew! Continuing to dominate the Eight Banners Fushou Paste profiteering is your real goal, right?! ”

"Lord Governor, my young master, let me bring this to you." Xiao Erlang took out a letter from his arms and held it in front of Gan Wenkun with both hands. Gan Wenkun hurriedly took it, but when he opened it, what made Gan Wenkun stunned was that there was no word in the envelope, only three brand-new road guides - the customs clearance road guide from Qujing Mansion!

"What is Lu Yifeng doing for me?" Gan Wenkun asked confusedly: "The road guide opened by his Qujing Mansion can pass through the pass of Guizhou?" ”

"Back to the Governor, my young master said that these roads can't lead through the checkpoints in Guizhou." Xiao Erlang replied very honestly: "However, they can help you pass the Shengjing Pass and the Jiaoshui Pass, and now the passes in Yunnan are allowed to enter but not to go out, if you change into the people's clothes and disguise yourself a little, you can easily pass the Shengjing Pass and the Jiaoshui Pass and return to Qujing City." ”

"What am I going to Qujing for at this time? Sent to the door to Wu San Gui Jae? Gan Wenkun almost didn't roar.

Fortunately, Xiao Erlang immediately said: "In addition, the young master of my family also asked the little one to report to the governor, and he is ready to stick to Qujing and die for the country." Before this, the only thing he could do for the Governor was to send the Governor out of Yunnan to Guangxi! In addition, the young master of my family also asked the young lady and the young master to be ready, and wanted to ask the governor to take them out of Qujing, out of Yunnan, and back to the young lady's maiden home in Guangdong. Lord Cen of Sicheng Tufu and General Yuxuan of Nanning are both lifelong friends with my young master, and when you arrive in Guangxi, you can immediately ensure your safety, Lord Governor! ”

"Oh, I see." Gan Wenkun suddenly realized, and finally understood Lu Fatzi's hard work for himself - now that Wu Sangui has begun to do it, Wu Sangui's lackey Li Benshen in Guizhou will inevitably be like Yunnan, and he will completely block the checkpoints in Guizhou, and his hope of escaping from Guizhou is extremely slim. And Wu Sangui probably never dreamed that he would not go north but south, so as long as he disguised himself as an ordinary person and took these road guides from Qujing Mansion, he would definitely be able to easily pass the Shengjing Pass and Jiaoshui Pass where Xu Nan did not allow the north to return to Qujing City, which was directly controlled by Lu Fatzi.

When I returned to Qujing City, I was a bird flying in the sky, and a fish jumping in the sea. Willing to stay and hold on, there is Lu Fatzi to control the Qujing Green Battalion absolutely obey his command, rely on the fortified city to resist Wu Sangui's army, and wait for the imperial court to rescue. If you don't want to stay, you can completely escape east from Qujing into Guangxi, and by the way, you can also take away Lu Fatzi's wife and children, put an end to the possibility of Lu Fatzi's defection to the enemy, and also have the reputation of saving the orphans of loyal ministers. And with the popular desire of Lu Fatzi in Qujing, he sent himself out of Qujing safely under the nose of Wu Sanguijun, and he had a great grasp!

Thinking of this, Gan Wenkun's eyes couldn't help but get wet, and he sighed: "One peak, three good ......, the last loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan!" ”

"Lord Governor, move fast!" Xiao Erlang reminded: "If Guiyang City is also controlled by the army of the King of Pingxi, or if the army of the King of Pingxi goes north to Qujing, then it will be too late!" So, Lord Governor, move fast! The little one didn't dare to stay here for a long time, so he said goodbye first! ”

(To be continued)