"Qiyu Taishi, according to the statistics of Lu Zhongcheng, the governor of Biyuan, in the province of Biyuan (Hunan), only the three state government offices of Chenzhou, Yuanzhou and Huangzhou have received fake reports! In addition, the rest of the state capitals and county offices have not found a fake newspaper so far! ”

After listening to Yue Le's loud recital, Ao Bai closed his daunting copper bell eyes, and it didn't take long to say: "So, Wu Sangui's thieves are under the hands of the post station between Changde Mansion and Chenzhou Mansion?" Or bribe the post envoy, or sneak into the post station and report the bag of the real mansion? ”

"According to common sense, it should be so, Xiao Wang has also instructed Lu Zhongcheng to investigate in detail, hoping to find out the truth as soon as possible." Yue Le replied respectfully.

Ao Bai nodded, and suddenly smiled again, saying with both pain and admiration: "To be honest, the old man really admires this fat man Lu a little, he was able to come up with a trick to change the mansion newspaper, not only deceived the old man, but also deceived the whole army of our Qing Dynasty, so that everyone believed it." It is also a loss that the main force of Wu Sangui's old thief is still in the Anshun area, if such a situation appears on the occasion of the decisive battle between the main forces of the two armies, then our main force of the Qing Dynasty is really a big deal. ”

"To be honest, Xiao Wang also admires Lu Yifeng, a dog barbarian." Yue Le echoed very depressedly: "Xiao Wang can also be regarded as well-read in the annals of history and has been in battle for a long time, but from ancient times to the present, it is the first time that Xiao Wang has heard that someone can actually hit the idea to the Di Bao, although this thing is inconspicuous, but the impact is extremely huge, very confusing, and it is extremely easy to forge, it is really unguardable, I dare not think about it." A few pages of light fluttering, the flute is to let us lose thousands of soldiers and horses! ”

"Have you counted the battle losses on the Sizhou battlefield?" Ao Bai asked casually, "How many men and horses have we lost?" How many soldiers? ”

"The statistics are out." Yue Le hesitated for a moment, and then said in a hesitant voice: "Our army has lost more than 1,800 soldiers, more than 300 war horses, and weapons, money, and food,...... Cannot be counted. According to the scout's report, after the Gao Dejie thief army discovered our arms and mergers, they once came to Jiaoxi Pass to prepare to fish in troubled waters, but fortunately, the Taishi had already taken precautions, and Lu Zhongcheng appeared in time to uncover the mystery, prompting Le Erjin to lay down his arms and surrender and ask for guilt, otherwise,...... The consequences are even more dire. ”

An enemy was not injured, but because of the tricks of a fledgling battlefield junior brother, his own people fought happily, losing nearly 2,000 troops and countless weapons, money and food, and almost caused the princes and county kings like Yue Le and Le Erjin to die in confusion. In the face of such a result, Rao is Ao Bai is old man is serious, and he is not shocked, and he is a little uncontrollable at this moment, and he slapped his palm on the case angrily, and said hatefully: "When the old man breaks Wu Shun and captures this Lu Yifeng dog thief alive, he will definitely be cut by a thousand knives and broken into thousands of corpses, and he will be ashamed of Xue!" ”

"Master, what should we do next?" Yue Le said worriedly: "Since the southern expedition of the second Taishi in the first month of the first month, our army has been defeated in successive battles in front of the 5,000-strong forward army of Wu Sangui's rebels, and now there is such a big movement in Sizhou, and the morale of the army is almost about to collapse, and I don't want to find a way to save the morale, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be chaos?" ”

"With an old man in charge, what kind of chaos can happen?" Ao Bai said proudly: "It is the old man's fundamental strategy to persecute and induce the main force of Wu Sangui's old thief to go out of Guizhou for a decisive battle, and it must not be changed!" No matter how tricky Wu Sangui is the old thief, the old man will never change his mind! Continue to hold on to Yungui, blockade Yungui, and force Wu Sangui's old thief out of Guizhou! ”

"Taishi, your strategy, Xiao Wang firmly supports and supports it. But....... Yue Le hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and returned to the big tent gate, lifting the curtain of the big tent - outside the big tent, hundreds of mite Qing generals knelt densely, blocking the road to the point of impassability. Seeing that the tent curtain was lifted, these mite Qing generals hurriedly pleaded neatly, "I implore the Taishi to be merciful and merciful, spare the life of the prince of Shun County, and allow him to atone for his sins!" ”

"Taishi, do you see it?" Yue Le put down the curtain and asked with a wry smile, "From their kneeling in the morning until now, none of them are willing to leave. The army's heart is already so flustered, how can Taishi continue to blockade Yungui and fight patiently with Wu Sangui's old thief? ”

"Let them kneel, even if they kneel until tomorrow morning, the old man will never let go of that bastard of Le Erjin!" Ao Bai snorted coldly, "I've made the old man anxious, and now let people cut off Leerjin and hang his dog's head on the gate!" The old man wants to see, after the old man slaughtered Le Erjin, who dares not to listen to the old man's orders? ”

"Le Erjin listens to and believes partially, does not distinguish between truth and falsehood, connects in private, and separates the hearts of the army, which eventually leads to internal strife in our army, and he really deserves death." Yue Le nodded, and said cautiously: "But Xiao Wang feels that although Leerjin's approach is wrong, the starting point is still good, it is because he is too loyal to the emperor and the imperial court, and he is worried about rebellion in our army, which led to the later results." Xiao Wang dared to plead, hoping that the Taishi would spare him from death and give him a chance to atone for his sins. ”

"He beat and insulted you, and almost killed you, and you still plead for him?" Ao Bai asked with a glare at the bronze bell.

"Xiao Wang is not interceding for Le Erjin, but for a loyal minister of the court and a member of the Qing Dynasty." Yue Le knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said loudly: "I hope that the Taishi will spare this loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty for the sake of his mistaken enemy's tricks, as well as for the sake of Xiao Wang's thin face." ”

"You, good man!" Ao Bai snorted coldly, and said: "Ci is not in charge of the army, you are so soft-hearted, what kind of general is it?" ”

"Taishi, it's not Xiao Wang who is soft-hearted, it's you Taishi." Yue Le said seriously: "If the Taishi really wants to kill Leer Jin, he will do it on the tower of Sizhou City, and he still needs to wait until now to settle accounts after the autumn?" And Xiao Wang believes that Taishi's sparing of Leerjin is also very good for appeasing the morale of the army and curbing the spread of rumors, at least it can make the Qing soldiers who are fighting with Leerjin rebel and infighting at ease, and it can also prove that Taishi is frank and selfless, and the discord between the emperor and the Taishi monarchs and ministers is purely a rumor, which further stabilizes the morale of the army! ”

Ao Bai's face was still extremely ugly and gloomy, and after a long time, Ao Bai sighed, waved his hand, and said weakly: "Since you don't care anymore, what else can the old man say?" Go and give an order, Rauler Jin will not die, remove him from the post of general Jingkou, and his army will be under your command from now on, and let him make meritorious service under your command. ”

"Master Xie." Yue Le happily agreed, and hurriedly issued the order. Ao Bai suddenly stopped him again, and shouted: "Spread another military order from the old man, from now on, there will be a private conspiracy in the army, and those who spread rumors will be punished for battle, and they will never be pardoned!" ”

Yue Le agreed again, hurriedly out of the tent to give the order, outside the Qing army tent, also soon sounded a cheerful cheer and thanks, Yue Le personally rushed to the Qing army camp where Leer Jin was imprisoned, and ordered the release of Le Erjin, and Le Er Jin escaped from death, and quickly rushed to Yue Le to kowtow and thank him, Yue Le picked him up with both hands, and comforted him softly: "Lord Shun does not need to be polite, from now on, as long as you kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions, I believe that you will soon be able to reinstate your duties and re-lead the troops." ”

"Uncle Xie, my nephew remembered." Leerjin agreed repeatedly, and suddenly asked again: "Uncle, my nephew is bold, and I want to ask another question - that night, since you knew that the holy decree was false, why didn't you show it to your nephew?" If you directly told your nephew that the holy decree was fake, then the nephew wouldn't have made such a big mistake? ”

Speaking of this, Le Erjin hurriedly added, "Uncle, don't get me wrong, my nephew definitely didn't mean to blame you, my uncle was so magnanimous, he saved his nephew's life regardless of his previous suspicions, and it was too late for his nephew to be grateful." The nephew is just still confused, is that holy decree true or false? ”

"Because the false decree was so similar, I couldn't tell if it was true or not." Yue Le patiently explained: "At that time, my uncle was also afraid that the false holy decree would be too similar, and you and I would not be able to distinguish the true from the false, which would lead to a larger scale of internal strife and cannibalism in our army, so he decisively tore up the holy decree and destroyed it. ”

"In this way, uncle, you don't know, whether that holy decree is true or not?" Le Erjin asked in surprise.

Yue Le's face changed, and then he remembered a big question - whether the holy decree that Lu Fatzi gave him was true or false, he still didn't know it yet! Thinking of this, Yue Le hurriedly shook his head and said solemnly: "Lord Shun, this king really doesn't know whether that holy decree is true or false, but this king believes that with the holy candle of today's son, he will definitely not promulgate such a confused will that makes relatives painful and enemies happy!" Therefore, this king can vouch for that holy decree that it must be false! ”

"What if, what if it's true?" Le Erjin asked unrelentingly.

"Lord Shun, what do you want to say? Do you really want to force the Taishi to punish you canonically? Yue Le said angrily: "Regarding the truth of this holy decree, this king will ask the emperor for verification!" What you should do now is how to make meritorious atonement for your sins, and make meritorious service for your sins! Instead of continuing to question the harmony between the emperor and the prince, shake the hearts of the army! ”

Le Erjin finally closed his mouth obediently, and the more Yue Le thought about it, the more wrong it became, and the more he pondered, the more worried he was about the aftermath of this matter, if he didn't find out the truth quickly and announce the truth, he was afraid that the army's morale would still be shaken and morale would still be frustrated, so Yue Le did not rush back to the big tent to pay the order to Ao, but first returned to his camp tent, hurriedly wrote a note about this matter, and sent six hundred miles to the capital to rush to the capital - in order to stabilize the army's heart, Yue Le also deliberately made this song clear in public, in front of Tuhai, Several important generals such as Jieshu and Le Erjin sent this song to the capital, and then returned to the big tent to pay the order to Ao.

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"Why did you go for so long?" When he returned to the big tent, Ao Bai was studying the battle situation in front of the sand table, thinking about how to kill Zhenyuan, a Wu Sangui army that was more slippery than a fox and more ruthless than a jackal, so as to boost morale. Seeing Yue Le come in, Ao Bai casually asked why Yue Le had been gone for so long, and then greeted: "No need to salute, come to the sand table and help the old man see if there is any way to get rid of Gao Dejie, a barbarian fox, and stabilize the morale of the army." ”

"Back to Taishi, Xiao Wang went back to the account first to write a recital." Yue Le walked to the side of the sand table and explained: "Xiao Wang thinks that regarding the false decree that Lu Yifeng forwarded, it is best to ask the emperor to prove that there is nothing to do, and then Xiao Wang will announce it to the generals to stabilize people's hearts." ”

"Who told you to do this?" Ao Bai's face changed color, and he turned his face and asked quickly.

"No one pointed out to Xiao Wang, it was Xiao Wang himself who felt that he should do this." Yue Le replied calmly.

"Oops!" Ao Bai stomped his feet and said angrily: "Who told you to be smart? If the old man thinks that he should do this, he has already been on the table himself, and he still needs to borrow your hand? ”

"What's wrong?" Yue Le asked blankly, "Master, is there anything wrong with proving that the Holy Decree is false?" ”

"Big mistake!" Ao Bai slapped the sand table and roared: "If this matter is over like this, forget it, if you go to this trick to let the emperor know and let the court know, then there will be rumors everywhere, which will not only shake the morale of the army, but also make the court also quarrel, and the hundred officials will be suspicious of each other, and the consequences will be even more unimaginable!" ”

"Is it that serious?" Yue Le's eyes were dumbfounded, and he said suspiciously: "As long as the emperor comes forward to prove that the holy decree is fake, won't there be nothing?" How could it lead to such serious consequences? ”

"Fool! The more you smear, the darker it gets, do you understand? Ao Bai stomped his feet and roared, "The old man and the emperor's governing philosophy are not in harmony, and there are constant contradictions and conflicts, which has long been known to the government and the opposition!" Even if the emperor comes forward to refute the rumors and prove that there is no such thing, the civil and military officials and the princes and bailes will only suspect that the emperor is secret, so they cover it up and send others to plot against the old man, which will prove that the false decree is true! ”

Yue Le's face turned white as soon as he brushed it, and then he realized that he had done a big stupid thing - something like this was originally getting blacker and darker, and it was too late to cover it up and fade it, and he even openly stabbed the matter to the court, didn't he want to make the world know what it was? Thinking of this, Yue Le hurriedly said: "Xiao Wang understands, Xiao Wang will send someone to ask the messenger!" ”

"Wait!" Ao Bai shouted loudly to stop Yue Le, and asked with a roar: "Who knows about the matter of you sending six hundred miles to send this twist and turn urgently just now?" ”

"Tuhai, Leerjin and Jieshu." Yue Le replied honestly: "In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Xiao Wang deliberately made it clear in front of them, and also told them a piece of content. ”

"Prince An, you are really kind to do bad things." Ao Bai almost wanted to strangle Yue Le to death, and said angrily: "You sent this excerpt in front of them, and sent someone to ask about it, what will they think?" Before you did this, why didn't you say hello to the old man and ask him for his opinion? ”

The sweat on Yue Le's forehead was rolling, and then he remembered that if he sent someone to chase the messenger at this moment, it would not be equal to Tu Hai, Le Erjin and the others, the false holy decree was actually true, so he didn't dare to confront Xiao Mazi. Thinking about this, Yue Le knelt down on his knees, and said with a bitter face: "Xiao Wang knows his mistakes, he has done something bad with good intentions, and he asks the master to punish the crime." ”

"Punish your sins now, and what is the use of fart?" Ao Bai said angrily: "That false holy decree is an unbreakable knot, strangling the seven inches of the old man's discord with the emperor!" At that time, you received that false holy decree, and you had already fallen into the trap of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, whether it was true or not, the morale of our army generals and leaders would inevitably be affected! Now the only way, that is, to try to dilute the existence of the holy decree, the clear self-purifying, the turbid self-turbid, after a long time naturally turned into intangible, you just picked up this matter again, re-formed the dead knot, how to remedy?! ”

"It's not Xiao Wang, it's ......." Yue Le blurted out a defense, but halfway through the words, Yue Le forcibly stopped him again-Le Erjin had just come down from the guillotine, and now he told Ao Bai that this matter was actually picked up by Le Erjin, with Ao Bai's fierce dog and bear temper, can Le Erjin's life be saved?

"Who is it? Say! Ao Bai Tong Ling's eyes glared, and he asked sharply.

Yue Le hesitated for a long time, and finally said what had just happened, and at the end, Yue Le hurriedly added: "Taishi, Xiao Wang feels that he can't completely blame Le Erjin, the key is that the fake holy decree is too similar, even Xiao Wang suspected it was true at that time, let alone Le Erjin who didn't see the content of the holy decree at all." It's Xiao Wang's fault, please don't blame Le Erjin. ”

To Yue Le's expectation, the imaginary storm did not appear, on the contrary, a dejected and old look appeared on Ao Bai's face, and after pulling a chair and sitting down, after a long time, Ao Bai said slowly: "Prince An, you get up, it's not you who is wrong in this matter, and Le Erjin is not wrong, the only person who is wrong is the old man himself." ”

"Taishi, how can you say that?" Yue Le shed tears, walked a few steps to Aobai, and choked up: "Taishi, this matter has nothing to do with you, it was Xiao Wang's own cleverness to recruit Lu Yifeng's barbarian, which fell for his trick, which led to today's dilemma, and it was Xiao Wang's fault." ”

"Prince An, the old man is not humble, it is indeed the old man who is wrong." Ao Bai stretched out his big hand full of calluses and wrinkles, stroked Yue Le's bare forehead, and said weakly: "The old man was wrong from the beginning, overestimating himself, thinking that as long as he is loyal to the country and serves the king honestly, he will definitely be able to retreat from all evils, bow down to the demons, and can't afford rumors, so he formulated a conservative strategy to force Wu Sangui's old thief to go out of Guizhou for a decisive battle." However, the old man was wrong, the old man overestimated himself and underestimated the enemy, so the enemy pushed the quasi-old man to death and was pushed to the cusp. ”

"Of course." Speaking of this, Ao Bai smiled bitterly and said: "If the old man is just Wu Sangui's old thief, and the scheming straw bags under his command who can only fight, then even if the old man is wrong, he may not lose." But what the old man didn't expect was that Lu Yifeng, who was ignored and connived at by the old man back then, turned out to be the old man's natural enemy and nemesis. ”

"Master ......." Yue Le was moved in his heart, and cried loudly: "Taishi, why doesn't the emperor understand your hard work for the emperor and your loyalty to the Qing Dynasty?" If the emperor can give you more support and less restraint and prevention, how can you not let the Taishi fall into the current dilemma. ”

"It's all the same, your loyalty and hard work to the emperor, doesn't he still understand?" Ao Bai's smile was even more bitter, and he said in a low voice: "Actually, to be honest, Prince An, whether that holy decree is true or false, the old man is also doubting!" The emperor wants to get rid of the old man, and it hasn't been a day or two, and the old man is also worried and suspicious. ”

Yue Le's tears flowed even more, and he did not understand the irresolvable conflict between Ao Bai and Xiao Mazi, but was more sympathetic. And Ao Bai said to himself: "Perhaps, this is fate." The emperor is ambitious, he wants to create a prosperous era of Kangxi, he is in a hurry, the old man is high and powerful, and his temper is not good enough, he wants to be the Duke of Yiyin Zhou, and he can't see the emperor's biased and radical methods. The surnames are diametrically opposed, the ambitions are opposite, the contradictions cannot be reconciled, and it is inevitable that others will be exploited into loopholes. ”

"Master Taishi......!" Yue Le wailed, opened his hand to hug Aobai's legs, put his cheek on Aobai's thighs, and cried bitterly.

"Alright, stop crying, get up." Ao Bai patted the top of Yue Le's head, and said calmly: "We are full of men, bleeding without tears, you are here to cry until dawn, you can't cry Wu Sangui old thief, you can't cry Lu Yifeng dog thief, let alone cry the conflict between the old man and the emperor, stand up." ”

To put it mildly, Yue Le finally held back his tears, stood up with his tears, and asked in a choked voice, "Master, then what should we do now?" ”

"You don't have to chase that twist, let's temporarily stabilize the morale of the army and stop the rumors from spreading." Ao Bai said word by word: "Also, the whole army is ordered to raise the camp and raise the village in the Ming Dynasty, advance to the hinterland of Guizhou, and fight to the death with Wu Sangui's old thief!" ”

"Taishi, have you decided to give up the established strategy?" Yue Le asked tremblingly.

"The old man can't stand it anymore." Ao Bai said slowly: "If the old man adheres to the established strategy, Wu Sangui's old thief will definitely bite the old man's weakness to death, and continue to use the contradiction between the old man and the emperor to make a big fuss. Wu Sangui's old thief took the opportunity to go north, causing more and greater losses to our Daqing Jiangshan Sheji! Instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to enter Guizhou now and fight a decisive battle with Wu Sangui's old thief. ”

"Wu Sangui old thief!" Ao Bai suddenly raised his head, looked up to the sky and shouted: "The old man knows that you want to eat the main force of the Qing Dynasty in the hinterland of Guizhou and lay the foundation for your northward trip to the Central Plains!" The old man let you get your wish now, but I'm afraid that you can eat it and won't be able to pull it out! ”

(To be continued)