"Benzhongtang now solemnly declares that it requires the prince of Pingxi to think about his family and country and the world, and exclude Lu Yifeng, the former prefect of Qujing, from the officials of your army participating in the armistice negotiations, in order to express the sincerity of the Pingxi royal palace and the Qing court to negotiate an armistice!"

"If not, the old man and others will immediately announce the cessation of negotiations, and will report to the imperial court to explain the reason, explain how your military official Lu Yifeng treacherously committed treachery during the negotiations, spread rumors and slander, and deceived the king to divide the flesh and blood between the Qing Dynasty and the people of the world, and explain why the old man and others were forced to give up the negotiations! All the consequences caused by this are the responsibility of the Pingxi Palace! ”

As soon as the second armistice negotiation began the next day, the plenipotentiary sent by Xiao Mazi made the above declaration with a blue face, and the two people who were very good-tempered, Erken and Fu Dali also glared at Lu Fatman, blowing their beards and glaring at them, and their eyes were so fierce that they almost wanted to eat Lu Fatzi alive.

But it's still that sentence, you really can't blame Curb Pilon and his two deputies for being cautious and narrow-minded, the key is that Lu Fatzi did too much, and even made the matter of the Qing Dynasty ignoring the life and death of the Qing army's green battalion prisoners of war public, and also printed it on leaflets and sprinkled it into Wuchang City, which led to the morale of the Qing army's green battalion soldiers in Wuchang City, and rumors spread everywhere, and they were all angry with the negotiations between the Qing court and Curb Billon, which greatly affected the overall combat effectiveness of the Qing army in Wuchang, although the commander of the Qing army desperately refuted the rumors to stabilize the army's heart, However, because of the lack of practical action, the results have been minimal.

"Ji Zhongtang, you don't understand when you say that." Fat Lu jumped three feet high, jumped up and shouted confidently: "Dare to ask Zhongtang, why is the lowly duty treacherous?" Why did you spread rumors and slander? ”

"And what is this?" Fu Dali, a good old man, couldn't stand Lu Fatzi's shameless quibbles, slapped the two kinds of leaflets that Wu Jun threw into Wuchang City yesterday on the negotiation table, and asked angrily: "You said it yourself, is this your handwriting?" Our people have said that in Guizhou, Yunnan, the only person who can do this kind of immoral thing is you! ”

"I printed this flyer well!" Lu Fatzi picked up the map of the Qing army's prisoners carrying mines, and asked confidently: "But is it true that I would like to ask Zhu Zhongtang, Lord Zhe and Master Fu?" Did you mention in the terms of the negotiations that the Han soldiers of the Green Battalion who were captured by us and refused to surrender were mentioned? If you are unkind and unrighteous first, can I not even make it public? Is that a rumor slander? ”

"Besides, did you ask for it before the negotiation, and did we have an agreement that the content of the negotiation should not be disclosed to the public? You didn't ask for it, we didn't agree, and I am the treacherous man of that sect? ”

The three of them were speechless together, and only then did they finally understand why Tu Hai, Yue Le and others hated and feared Lu Fat Man so much - this dead fat man was simply a scoundrel among scoundrels and a scoundrel among hooligans! Ruthless in doing things, strong words when talking, unreasonable can also stir up three points, they bumped into such an opponent in the negotiation, it is simply the evil mold that has fallen for eight lifetimes!

"Curb Zhongtang, Yifeng is right." Hu Guozhu smiled and said: "Yifeng did this because before this, you did not ask us to keep the terms of the negotiation secret, if you made this request at that time, and asked us not to disclose the content of the negotiation, then I can assure you that neither I nor my father-in-law, Prince Pingxi, will never allow Yifeng to do this." ”

"That's right." Fang Xueshi said even more confidently: "You can't blame Yifeng for this, you can only blame yourself for curbing Zhongtang, it was you who didn't think about it and didn't ask for confidentiality, which led to the current result!" ”

The blame for Lu Fatzi's shameless behavior was actually pushed back on his own heads, and the green tendons on the foreheads of Ji Bilong and the others had a feeling that they were about to explode, and Zheerken was furious and slapped the table, pointing at the Zhang Yue Le Emperor and yelled: "What about this one? Lu Yifeng, as a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, actually printed and distributed such rebellious leaflets, pictures and texts, do you have any consciousness of being a minister? ”

"You can't really blame me for this." Lu Fatzi said aggrievedly: "It was someone from your army who asked for this, because we had a request for him, so we had to agree." ”

"You want to slander Prince An again?" The veins on Erken's forehead finally sounded with an explosion sound, and he shouted: "You want to frame Prince An again for trying to usurp the throne?" Do you know that this is a felony of raiding the family and destroying the nine clans?! ”

"Who slandered Prince Ann again?" Fat Lu immediately retorted: "Lord Zhe, did I mention the name of Prince An again?" But you, my lord, as soon as you mention the matter of plotting to usurp the throne and rebel against the war, you will immediately pull it on Prince An, what kind of intention is this? If the emperor and Prince An knew, they would definitely be impressed by you, right? ”

"Shameless dog thief! I'm fighting with you! The notoriously elegant and polite waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Erkenzhen, could no longer suppress the anger in his chest, and jumped up to pounce on him and strangle Fat Lu to death. Fortunately, there were also Suppilon and Fu Dali who were more calm, and quickly grabbed Zheerken, who struggled desperately, shouting with red eyes, "Let go of me!" Let me go! If I don't kill this dog thief today, I swear I won't be a man! Swear not to be a man! ”

"Hahahaha......!" Hu Guozhu and Fang Xueshi both laughed, Hu Guozhu smiled: "Lord Zhe, this is your mistake, Yifeng didn't say a single dirty word from beginning to end, let alone half a word that offended Lord Zhe, how can you say such evil words and fists and kicks each other?" Could it be that the folded adults have forgotten the virtue of a gentleman, and he talks but does not do it? ”

"General Jin Wu, it's still the same sentence, if Lu Yifeng doesn't withdraw from the negotiations, we will never reopen the negotiations!" Ji Bilong said with a blushing face: "If the prince of Pingxi and General Jinwu don't want the negotiation to break down, then please let Lu Yifeng withdraw from the negotiation and change another negotiator!" ”

"Curb Zhongtang, since ancient times, has there been a reason to appoint the other party's negotiator?" Hu Guozhu asked slowly: "If we also ask that if we want Yifeng to withdraw from the negotiations, you must also invite Emperor Kangxi to negotiate in person, can Ji Zhongtang agree?" ”

He was speechless, gritted his teeth and pondered for a long time, and then he said in an almost pleading tone: "Hu Jinwu, it's not that we ask for rudeness, it's mainly this Lu Yifeng ......, alas! Hu Jinwu, as long as you ask Lord Lu to withdraw from the negotiations, then everything is negotiable, and the old man will try his best to make the greatest concessions to you within his authority. ”

Hu Guozhu's words made Hu Guozhu a little tempted, but considering that the Mites Qing court must bargain in the negotiations, and lacking a good negotiator like Lu Fatzi, they will definitely suffer a big loss, and considering that Lu Fatzi has created a huge psychological blow to the Mites Qing negotiators, leaving Lu Fatzi will definitely be able to grasp the initiative. So Hu Guozhu quickly shook his head and said: "Ji Zhongtang, I'm very sorry, Yifeng's participation is the decision of my father-in-law, Prince Pingxi, and I have no right to let him withdraw." ”

"Then please ask General Jinwu to return to the prince of Pingxi, unless your army asks Lu Yifeng to withdraw from the negotiations, the negotiations will never be reopened." Suppilon gritted his teeth and replied.

"Then it can't be helped." Hu Guozhu stood up and said with a smile: "Then let's stop here today, please go back and think carefully, we are also very sincere in negotiations, when does Ji Zhongtang want to reopen negotiations, you can send an envoy to contact us at any time, and we are waiting for you at any time." ”

"Curb Zhongtang, please interject from your humble position." The culprit, Lu Fatzi, also smiled and said: "General Jinwu, what he said is at any time, so please remember that even if it is in the midst of our army's attack on Wuchang City, we can still resume negotiations!" ”

"Thanks for the reminder." He agreed coldly, and led Erken and Fu Dali and others out of the tent and left.

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After returning to Wuchang City empty-handed, Ji Bilong and others soon met Tuhai and Yue Le and other front-line commanders of the Qing army on the tower of Wuchang's South Gate. As soon as they met, Tu Hai and Yue Le naturally had to ask about the negotiations, and after Ji Bilong told the truth, Tu Hai and Yue Le and others scolded Lu Fatzi for being shameless and Hu Guozhu was despicable, Tu Hai said hatefully: "Ji Zhongtang, in fact, I don't feel that I need to negotiate with Wu Gou at all, even if the negotiation is successful, it won't take much time, we still have to start the war with Wu Gou again, exterminate Wu Gou's entire army, why waste our energy to negotiate, and give Wu Gou so much food, grass and military salary in vain!" ”

"I don't want to negotiate with Wu Gou, the old man is a battle-hardened veteran, and he can see it." Kupilon said helplessly: "Although the old thief Wu Sangui is menacing now, in fact, he has reached the end of the crossbow, and the army is very tired up and down. ”

"But if we refuse to negotiate, what will happen to the more than 20,000 Manchurian soldiers we have been captured by Wu Gou? Really let them be wantonly slaughtered by Wu dogs? Their family members and relatives are about to make trouble, and I'm afraid the emperor will be difficult to suppress it. ”

Speaking of this, Curb Bilong paused again, lowered his voice and said, "Besides, in our current situation, we can't help but negotiate peace with Wu Gou's side and gain some respite." The emperor has just eradicated the Ao Bai annihilation party and encountered so many things, at present, the people in the court are panicked, the army and the new people are panicked together, there are Rakshasa in the north, Geldan in the west refuses to surrender, there is Taiwan Zheng Zheng in the southeast to protect the former Ming, Fujian Geng Jingzhong and Guangdong Shang Zhixin support the army and self-respect, all of them have bad intentions, if you don't hurry up to temporarily stabilize Wu Sangui, the biggest thief, these people will make chaos one by one, and the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Tu Hai and Yue Le were silent together, and they also knew that at present, with the power of the Qing Dynasty, there was some hope just to prevent Wu Laohan from annihilating, and it was a fool's dream to completely exterminate Wu Laohan, but if Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin, Zheng Jing and Geerdan also came to join in the fun, then the fun of Xiao Mazi would be great, and in the case that the elite soldiers and good generals were almost swept away, whether the country could sit firmly or not was probably a big problem.

"The curb is reasonable, in the current situation, we need to buy some breathing time." Yue Le reluctantly agreed, gritted his teeth and said: "But before the armistice, we must keep Wuchang, the counteroffensive stronghold and the general hub of the Yangtze River defense line, and firmly grasp the strategic initiative of the Yangtze River battlefield!" In this way, even if you suffer some losses and pay some costs in the negotiations, it is worth it. ”

"Not bad." Ji Bilong nodded, and said solemnly: "The old man has already thought carefully on the way back, and at present, when Wu Sangui's old thief soldiers are in the city, the old man will only be passive everywhere and suffer losses everywhere, so the old man temporarily stopped negotiating with Wu Sangui's old thief on the grounds of Lu Yifeng's dog thief." Next, the old man is going to ask Tu Zhongtang and Prince An to you, please be sure to defend this Wuchang City, let Wu Sangui old thief meet under Wuchang City and break the bloodstream, so that the old man can minimize the loss for the court at the negotiation table, and can also hit Wu Sangui's old thief's ambition, so that he does not dare to peek at the north of the Yangtze River. ”

"Please rest assured, we will definitely do our best to defend this Wuchang City." Tu Hai said with a full heart: "The person that Wu Sangui's old thief relies on is just that his flying boat can fly into the sky, and his rocket can fight in the field, killing us by surprise and caught us off guard." But now we have seen all his various weapons, and we have basically mastered the method of coping, and we have also discovered an important weakness of Wu Sangui's old thief. ”

"What are the important weaknesses of Wu Sangui's old thief?" Suppilon asked curiously.

"There is no ideal siege weapon!" Tu Hai replied with a cruel smile: "I don't know if Zhongtang has noticed, Wu Sangui's old thief went north to attack Biyuan this time, every time he encountered a siege, he either relied on buying the inner line to open the city gate, or relying on the same cloud ladder Yuntai siege as us, and there is no particularly great siege weapon, which can gain the upper hand in the battle, and the city defense here in Wuchang is extraordinarily strong, which is a good place for us to show our strength and let Wu Sangui's old thief suffer a lot!" ”

"Although the words are reasonable, they should not be taken lightly." Ji Bilong nodded, and suddenly pointed to the moat under the south gate and asked: "By the way, the old man hasn't had a chance to ask you today, what is the intention of the old thief Wu Sangui who suddenly sent someone to fill the moat at the south gate of Wuchang last night?" ”

"It's just a little trick to hide people's eyes." Tu Hai said contemptuously: "Wu Sangui's old thief plans to use the tunnel to fill in the gunpowder to blow up the city wall, but he is afraid that we will find out, so he deliberately fills the two sections of the moat outside the east gate and the south gate at the same time, wanting to create the illusion of filling the river and attacking it, but unfortunately he probably can't imagine that the water tank we buried in the ground has already heard the underground movement and found that his tunnel is coming towards our east gate." ”

"Be careful." Kupilon warned: "I think you also know that Wu Sangui's old thief's ghost gunpowder is much more powerful than ours, and it is even more convenient to blow up the city wall!" ”

"Please put a hundred hearts in the middle of the hall." Tu Hai's smile was even more hideous, and Yin Yin said: "Not only have we prepared countless poisons to release poisonous smoke, but we also specially dug a canal from the north gate of Wuchang to bring water over, just wait for Wu Gou's tunnel to dig under the city, we will immediately dig through the tunnel, release water into it and drown those Wu dog spade soldiers!" ”

"That's good!" He was overjoyed and said with a cruel smile: "The old man really can't wait now, I can't wait to see what kind of expression the old thief Wu Sangui will have after the tunnel of the old thief Wu Sangui is filled with our river!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey." Above the city tower, a smug laugh soon sounded, a terrifying laugh that was enough to make people chill.

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"After all, you still have to rely on knives and guns to speak!"

At the same time, in the tent of Wu Junshuai, after listening to the negotiation situation reported by Hu Guozhu and Lu Fatzi, Wu Laohan first sighed, and then said with a cruel smile: "But it doesn't matter, the sailor full of dogs can't transport many people across the river at a time, as long as we can break Wuchang City and surround the full dogs in the inner city of Wuchang, we can't help him stop the old thief from obediently asking for negotiations!" In the inner city of Wuchang, not only is there an army full of dogs, but there are also their families and children, and if you see him, you won't be able to stop the old thief! ”

"Father-in-law, we have to speed up our siege of the city." Hu Guozhu reminded: "There is not much time left for us, today is September 30, the weather is getting colder and colder, if it is delayed until it snows in Wuchang, we will be in big trouble." ”

Hu Guozhu's worries are certainly not unreasonable, with the rapid and huge control area of the Wu army, the Wu army is not only exposed to the problem of insufficient troops, but also the supply of baggage is also a great problem, especially the cotton clothes and shoes needed for winter, because the main force of the Wu army is advancing too fast, if the already very weak logistics of the Wu army cannot send these things to Wuchang City in time, when the time comes, it will snow heavily, and Wu Lao Han will not even have a place to cry. Therefore, Wu Lao Hanjian quickly nodded and said: "The virtuous son-in-law is reasonable, within ten days, we must take Wuchang City, and use the full dog hoarding in the city to solve the winter problem." ”

To change the usual Wu Junshuai account to discuss the military situation, for fear that he would not have the opportunity to show his face Lu Fatzi always rushed to express his opinions, but this time no, Wu Lao Hanjian and Hu Guozhu have obviously shifted the topic to the imminent Wuchang War, Lu Fatzi not only did not rush to express his opinions, but also jumped out and said: "Grandfather, uncle, grandson-in-law is a little urgent, I want to go to the workshop, please grandfather's approval." ”

"Yifeng, what's wrong with you these days?" Wu Lao Hanjian also discovered Lu Fatzi's abnormality, and asked suspiciously: "Why do you run to the workshop all day and night?" We can't make cotton dynamite here, make some simple things like ladders and gimbals, can you go there yourself? ”

"Please forgive my grandfather and son-in-law for keeping it a secret." Lu Fatzi replied with a smile: "My son-in-law is making some siege weapons that everyone doesn't expect, and I am going to give my grandfather a big surprise when it comes to attacking the city." ”

"A siege weapon that everyone didn't expect? What siege weapons? Wu Laohan asked confusedly. Lu Fatzi resolutely closed his mouth and refused to answer, Wu Lao Hanjian was quite reasonable in dealing with his cronies, and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, are you still keeping it secret from Lao Tzu?" But if you don't want to say it, forget it, you go and tinker, I hope you can really surprise Lao Tzu when the time comes. ”

"Thank you grandfather for your understanding." Fat Lu hurriedly thanked him, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, grandfather, where have we dug our siege tunnel?" ”

"It's probably only two miles from the wall." Wu Laohan replied casually.

"Then when they dig to the edge of the moat, please grandfather must send someone to inform his grandson-in-law." Lu Fatzi said respectfully: "When the time comes, it will be time for my grandson-in-law's siege weapons to play a role." ”

"Well, I'll remember to tell you when the time comes." Wu Laohan said lazily: "But Lao Tzu can warn you, if you make Lao Tzu happy, don't let Lao Tzu deduct your reward." Damn, I've caught all the old things like Shang Kexi, and the headache for Lao Tzu now is how to reward you, a bastard. ”

(To be continued)