Almost arbitrarily finalized the matter of the pro-conquest of Jiangnan, Kang Mazi and the mite Qing court were busy together, first of all, to decide on the candidates for the expedition and the candidates for staying. 【Reading.com】

However, the situation has reached this point, in terms of choosing generals to go out, Kang Mazi can not play many cards in his hand, and he can't mobilize the Shengjing general Unei Batulu and Ningguta general Bahai outside the pass to enter the customs to participate in the war. Prince Zhuang Jing, the grandson of Dan Zhen and Huang Taiji, loves Xin Jueluo. Bo Guoduo went out with the army, served as Kang Mazi's deputy, and slipped out of the Zongren Mansion because of the loss of Jingzhou's Labu, and from the prison to mention Cai Yurong, who lost Hanyang, let these two unlucky people with bad luck assist Dan Zhen and Bo Guoduo. In addition, a bunch of Beile Beizi and guard leaders were selected from the capital and Liaodong as generals, and Zhou Peigong was used as counselor of military affairs to construct Kang Mazi's expedition team.

By the way, Dai Zi was also personally named by Kang Mazi to go with the army, so that after the Qing army captured Nanjing and took over the Xuanwu Lake Arsenal, it could immediately produce and build new firearms for the Qing army, use these new weapons to quell other rebellions, and then kill Dai Zi, a dangerous Han man, - this is a good thing that Kang Mazi has dreamed of for many years.

In terms of the army, because Yue Le, Leerjin, Jieshu, Niyahan and Lai Ta and other soldiers and horses are still alive - although Kang Mazi did not know that Lu Fatzi deliberately did not hurt the vitality of these Qing troops, Kang Mazi did not need too many troops this time not to worry about it, from the forward battalion, Jianrui battalion and Fengtai garrison each a little, and then transferred some Mongolian cavalry from outside the Guan, from Liaodong to transfer some temporarily recruited bannermen, plus Kang Mazi's imperial guards and the pro-guard Shanpu battalion dispatched from the nest,, In the end, coupled with the 3,000 elites brought by Zhou Peigong from the Shaanxi and Gansu battlefields, they were put together in a patchwork piece, and the number of troops exceeded 12,000, which was enough to protect the safety of Kang Mazi.

In addition, Kang Mazi also promised the Russian envoy Goreini to cede Nebuchu and the territory east of Nebuchu, and in return, borrowed 800 musketeers from Russia with their own weapons, led by Russian generals Tolbuzin and Cupun, accompanied by the expedition, to counter the powerful firearms of the Fat Army.

In addition, Kang Mazi also promised to 'return' Taiwan and give a large number of tea and porcelain as a condition, borrowed from the Dutch East India Company a Dutch fleet composed of eight large three-masted iron-sailed ironclad ships, the combat effectiveness is not trivial, led by the Dutch Eastern Navy Commander Porter, is on the way to Ningbo at night, is also ready to enter the Jiangnan battlefield, used to cover Kang Mazi's army to cross the river, attack the waterway hinterland of the Fat Army, and there is a way to resist the Fat Army sailors whose strength has soared.

Finalized the candidates for the expedition and the composition of the southern expeditionary army, it was the turn of the left-behind candidates, at this time, Kang Mazi's cunning and suspicious ugly face was also completely exposed, and he rejected the seventh-year-old seventh brother Chun Prince Aixin Jueluo by his sixteen-year-old son. At the suggestion of Longxi to supervise the country, he chose to have his only son, the three-year-old eldest son Yinhe and the old witch of Xiaozhuang, join hands to supervise the country, and let his henchmen Suo Etu, Mi Sihan and Zhang Ying and others assist, and stay in the capital to supervise the food and wages. And Longxi not only did not get any power, but even the only two leaders in his hands were taken away by Kang Mazi under the pretext of the need for the southern expedition, and he became completely alone, and he could no longer pose the slightest threat to Kang Mazi's throne.

Immediately afterwards, Kang Mazi was even more busy, first ordered Qin Tianjian to occupy a good hexagram of good fortune, and then fasted, bathed and burned incense, and sacrificed to the Temple of Heaven, Taimiao and Tai Sui God according to the procedure, and then went to the real mausoleum of Shunzhi to shed tears and pray silently, begging the dead ghost father to protect himself from victory, and in one fell swoop to level the Jiangnan anti-thieves, recast the Qing Dynasty, and was very busy. The performances are frequent and the acting skills are superb, almost catching up with another actor in Yanjing City hundreds of years later.

During this period, in order to solve the problem of money and grain in the south, Kang Mazi had to reach out to the officials in Beijing and the prince Baylor, asking them to 'lose' the grain. Xiaozhuang also had to secretly summon Dan Zhen, Bo Guoduo, Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong and other generals to go on the expedition, and issued them a top-secret decree, asking them to supervise Kang Mazi for themselves and prevent Kang Mazi from crossing the Yellow River and going deep into the real danger, Dan Zhen, Bo Guoduo and Tu Hai also knew that the stakes were very high, and solemnly swore to ensure that the mission assigned by the old witch of Xiaozhuang would be completed, and that would stop Kang Mazi from crossing the river at all costs - even if they sacrificed their lives for this!

Or during this period, Emperor Zhaowu, who had ascended the throne, also delivered the letter of state to Wu Laohan to annihilate Yanjing City, vetoing the armistice chips issued by Xiaozhuang before, and put forward new armistice conditions, that is, the Qing army all withdrew from the south of the Yellow River, and ruled by the Yellow River as the boundary, and the people south of the Yellow River were not allowed to be moved. Only in this way can Wu Lao Han accept the armistice friendly begging of the old demon woman of Xiaozhuang, otherwise, the two sides will continue to talk with swords and guns.

Wu Lao Han Jian's conditions were extremely harsh, Kang Mazi and the old witch of Xiaozhuang naturally couldn't agree, and they basically affirmed one thing, that is, Wu Lao Han's condition must have gradually improved, and there is hope for a complete recovery. Therefore, Wu Laohan, who has no worries about the future, also gave up the plan to immediately solve the Jiangnan problem, and planned to use political means to regain control of Lu Fatzi, and use Lu Fatzi as a thug and pawn to launch the Northern Expedition and seize the whole world - after all, as long as the old and immortal Wu Laohan Jian, who still has a breath of air, Lu Fatzi, who started by relying on the speculative drilling camp of Pingxi Wangfu, will not dare to rebel, and can only obediently return to Wu Laohan's broad and warm embrace, and continue to charge into battle for Wu Laohan Jian, acting as a thug.

In view of this important reason, the old witch of Xiaozhuang and Kang Mazi also completely died of opportunistic thoughts, and honestly prepared to fight to the death, breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat to kill the weaker Lu Fatzi first, and using the rich money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River to compete with Wu Laohan, whose economy was extremely rotten. - This is also the fate of Lu Fatzi, the Qing Dynasty is now fighting Wu Laohan and destroying it, and it will completely collapse financially, and there is not much oil and water to make out of the letter of Geng Jingzhong and the monk, and only Lu Fatzi seems to be easier to bully, and there is money and food to fill the bad debts owed by Kang Mazi.

Seven days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the 14th day of April in the first year of Zhaowu and the 14th year of Kang Mazi, Kang Mazi, who was wearing a golden helmet and a military uniform, came to the Wufeng Tower where the army had been paraded again, holding the sword in his hand and holding his head high and ascending the Wufeng Tower. And at this moment, downstairs in Wufeng, the civil and military officials who stayed in the capital knelt on their knees, and 12,000 soldiers stood solemnly, and when they saw the apricot yellow pseudo-dragon flag, they immediately sang in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" ”

"Soldiers!" Kang Mazi shouted in high spirits.

"Hooray!" More than 10,000 Qing troops who had been trained in advance replied neatly.

"Lu Yifeng is a dog thief with great ambitions, and for several years he has colluded with the thief Wu Sangui to invade my Qing Jiangnan, seize my city, kill my Qing Banner people, and brutalize the people of Jiangnan, which is tolerable, which is unbearable!" Kang Mazi shouted: "I personally commanded the three armies today, and led me to ride all over Mongolia to beg this national thief!" Don't ......, don't destroy the ugly, and swear not to return to the court! ”

"Don't destroy the ugly captive, swear not to return to the court!" The apricot yellow flag was recruited again, and more than 10,000 Qing troops once again sang in unison the slogan that had been explained in advance.

"Raise the flag!" Kang Mazi waved his hand again, the imperial guards below sent a signal, the drum music immediately sounded, and the Minghuang pseudo-dragon flag in the middle of the school field also rose, fluttering in the wind with teeth and claws - if it weren't for a crow flying over and pulling a bunch of excrement to smash on this pseudo-dragon flag, there might really be a little bit of Wang Ba's spirit.

Drinking the good wine in the bowl with 12,000 Qing soldiers, thinking that the long-awaited long-cherished wish of the pro-conquest was finally fulfilled, Kang Mazi was so excited that the pockmarks on his face were shining, and he smashed the porcelain bowl of the Shanghao official kiln in Ma's hand down, smashed it to pieces, and shouted: "The three armies are out of the city!" Break Jiangnan and kill Lu Dog! ”

More than 10,000 Qing soldiers did the same, they all smashed the wine bowl to pieces, strode behind Kang Mazi's imperial horse, strode out of [***] to the outer city of Yanjing, and then out of Zhengyang Gate and Yongding Gate, strode towards the south of the Yangtze River, and walked towards their place of destruction.

…………………… Because of the relationship between roads and traffic, the news of Kang Mazi's personal expedition actually entered Nanjing City earlier than the news of Wu Laohan's annihilation of the emperor, and when he heard the news, Lu Fatzi, the number one target of Kang Mazi's personal expedition, fainted on the spot - of course, he was not stunned, but stunned.

What's even more annoying is that after Lu Fatzi was woken up by Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang in a hurry, the first thing he said was, "The dog is over!" It's completely over! Mangou never wants to have a chance to turn over! If Kang Mazi knew about this situation, it was estimated that he would be able to faint like Lu Fatzi and be fainted.

"General, don't be too happy, the situation is not so optimistic." Yao Qisheng reminded: "Let's not talk about the Mangou Emperor's personal conquest, it will definitely greatly boost the morale of the Mangou army, the Mangou Emperor is not as easy to deal with as you think, the general wants to capture the thief and capture the king first, I'm afraid it is not so easy." ”

"Yes, Master Yao has a point." Wang Shaobo rarely echoed Yao Qisheng and said: "The strength of the Mangou army around us is still very strong, and most of the Mangou on the Western Front are elite veterans from all over the country who have survived a hundred battles, and they have strong combat effectiveness and rich experience; The Mangou on the southern front has already colluded with Geng Jingzhong's children semi-openly, and their strength has risen sharply, and the situation on our southern front is also not optimistic. As long as the Mangou Emperor is not stupid, he will definitely use the Mangou of these two roads to contain our troops first, and will not stupidly rush directly from the northern front to send him to death. ”

"And the Eastern Front, you have to be careful." Yao Qisheng said quietly: "Huang Laoshangshu has already warned us about the inside line that we bought in the Mangou Imperial Court, and the Mangou Emperor colluded with the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Hongmao Kingdom (Netherlands) to borrow troops from them to crusade against us. If this news is true, and the Hongmao country does send troops, then our eastern front is also in danger, not only the coastal areas of Songjiang, Taicang and Haimen will be in danger, but also Nanjing and Taipingfu will also face a threat - the Yangtze River waterway, but it can pass through sea ships. ”

"I'm afraid that Kang Mazi will be [***]!" Lu Fatzi scolded arrogantly, and said even more arrogantly: "With Kang Mazi's military talent, no matter how good the cards are in his hands, they will be played poorly!" I don't pay attention to the Rakshasa soldiers and red-haired soldiers that he borrowed from the country! No matter how powerful the Rakshasa soldier's musket is, can it be as powerful as my pin gun and rocket? Only Kang Mazi's kind of military straw bales treat them as treasures! The Red-Haired Country, now that France has entered their homeland (the Franco-Dutch War that began in 1672), the English are also looking for trouble for them everywhere on the seas of the world, and they are also grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't reach it for a few days! ”

"The general knows so well the situation in the red-haired country?" Yao Qisheng's eyes widened and asked.

"I inquired about it from an English merchant." Lu Fatzi didn't lie this time, because Lu Fatzi was really unfamiliar with European history during this time, and explained: "Because I know that the Hongmao Country has always been obsessed with Zheng Chenggong's recapture of Taiwan, and has wanted to join forces with Mangou to flank Zheng Jing many times, so I have been paying attention to contacting British businessmen and learning a lot about the situation of the Hongmao Country from them - you know, I know some English dialect, so it is very convenient to communicate." ”

"Then why doesn't the general consider joining forces with England to clean up the Red-Haired Country?" Yao Qisheng asked in surprise.

"Who says I don't?" Lu Fatzi smiled, "I have already written to the manager of the British East India Company, inviting them to come to Jiangnan to start trade, and promised them that as long as they join forces with us and drive the Hongmao country that has the closest hook up with Mangou out of the East and drive it out of Malacca, I will allow them to monopolize the trade, porcelain and silk in Jiangnan." ”

"And did they hear back?" Wang Shaobo hurriedly asked.

"Not yet." Fat Lu shrugged his shoulders and replied: "But we can't completely count on foreigners, even if we use each other now, we will have to turn our faces sooner or later in the future." In this way, for the sake of prudence, let Li Guodong send a fleet to Chongming Island to strengthen the defense there, and then build me some more batteries on the island to prevent the Hongmao Kingdom from attacking from the sea. ”

"Understood, the student immediately drafted the order." Wang Shaobo respectfully agreed, and then suggested: "Boss, the students think that we should strengthen our maritime contact with Zheng Jing and use them to monitor every move of the Hongmao Nation's fleet, so that we can also have some time to prepare." Fat Lu was very satisfied when he heard this, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Whether Lu Fatzi is too optimistic or not, let's say it later, within a few days, Lu Fatzi also quickly received second-hand news from the inner line of the capital - that is, the specific news that Wu Laohan was proclaimed emperor in Xi'an on the first day of the fourth month. As mentioned above, hearing that Wu Laohan was in good condition and performing martial arts on campus, Lu Fatzi, a young man with a ghost in his heart, was so frightened that he even dropped his chopsticks and rice bowl on the table, his little face was as pale as a dead man, and there was only one thought left in his mind, "Oh my God! If Wu Laohan really lived to be sixty-seven years old like in history, then wouldn't I be miserable? ”

After finally calming down, Lu Fatzi naturally immediately called Zhu Fangdan to study Wu Laohan's condition and analyze the degree of improvement of Wu Laohan's condition, but unfortunately, Wu Laohan's handwriting has not been sent to Nanjing in the past half a year, Zhu Fangdan can no longer judge the severity of Wu Laohan's illness from the handwriting, and can only analyze according to the news of Wu Laohan's martial arts performance on the Xi'an campus on March 30, "Dongjia, if Wu Quanbin's medical skills are similar to those of students, then he should have started treating Wang Ye two months ago. Only in this way can the prince perform martial arts on the school field on March 30. ”

"Rush out of the ghost!" Lu Fatzi slapped his fat palm on the table, so depressed that he almost hit his head to death - he was so immoral that he deliberately didn't send Zhu Fangdan to treat Wu Laohan's illness, why did he run out of a scourge named Wu Quanbin? Isn't that a big deal bad for yourself?

"Boss, it looks like we're going to have to get ready for both." Wang Shaobo reminded in a low voice: "As long as the prince has a breath, the core backbone of our team will not follow you, and you can only continue to act as a thug for the prince, charge for the prince, and fight the world for the prince." ”

Lu Fatzi's fat face was ugly and miserable, and he said in his heart that it was okay for me to continue to beat him, as long as the Han people sat on the country, killed all the dogs and exterminated the mites, I didn't care if I did it or not, but what if Wu Laohan was a rabbit like Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bang? If he does his best to attack the hero, I will definitely be the first hero to be killed!

"Dongjia, why didn't you consider joining forces with Zheng Jing?" Zhu Fangdan, who is familiar with Lu Fatzi's anti-bone surname, cautiously suggested.

"Zheng Jing is too weak, even Geng Jingzhong can't compare." Fat Lu shook his head, "Besides, Zheng Jing is not a good thing, if he is really just a selfless anti-Qing Dynasty and restoration of the Ming Dynasty, why not help King Ning Jing ascend the throne?" Yes?! ”

Speaking of this, Fat Lu suddenly remembered a big event, and hurriedly slapped the table and shouted: "Erlang, quickly, immediately clear out all the members of the Heaven and Earth Society in my pro-army team, including Fang Shiyu, and put them in the army as low-level officers!" ”

"Including Fang Shiyu?" Xiao Erlang was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Young master, Fang Shiyu has the best skills, and he is a stupid boy who doesn't understand the world, why do you want to clean him up?" ”

"You pig's head?!" Lu Fatzi made an unprecedented fire at Xiao Erlang, slapped the table and shouted: "Fang Shiyu is a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, the Heaven and Earth Society is controlled by Zheng Jing, the prince is called the emperor is to give up the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, who knows what Zheng Jing's reaction will be?" If you don't get these people out of me, will I dare to close my eyes when I sleep? ”

"Understood, the little ones will do it." Xiao Erlang broke out in a cold sweat, hurriedly agreed, and turned around to go down to arrange.

"Erlang, remember to pick some good players from the army to supplement the owner's pro-soldier team." Wang Shaobo hurriedly reminded that after Xiao Erlang agreed again, Wang Shaobo turned to Lu Fatzi and said, "Dongjia, the situation is not good, this time we are afraid that we will be embattled." The prince gave up the banner of anti-Qing and Ming restoration and proclaimed himself emperor, and gave you the title of king of Yuejun, you don't accept it is a protest order, the old man Yungui in the team is not convinced, if you take it, Zheng Jing will have a dislike with us, and may even tear up the covenant. Coupled with Geng Jingzhong, who has already publicly turned against us, in this way, we are all enemies around us, and we don't have any friends. ”

"Wu Laohan can't be on purpose, right?" Lu Fatzi was puzzled, "The old thing chose to be the emperor at this time, and directly named me the king, and put on a posture of using political means to envelop me, so that I, who is relatively weak, will not only become the target of the public and the number one target of the dog's counterattack, but also lose the only ally Zheng Jing, the real enemy on all sides!" Unaccompanied! ”

"Got it!" Thinking about this, Fat Lu slapped the table again and wailed: "I finally understand why the prince is so good to me, why do you skip Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Wu Yingjing and Wu Guogui, these cronies, and directly give me the crown!" He wants to tell the world that he will not turn his face against me, and will continue to treat me as a grandson-in-law and right-hand man, forcing Mangou to take me, the number one accomplice of the prince, to open the knife, and also make me lose the support of my allies and fall into the danger of fighting alone surrounded by enemies! Use the full dog to weaken my power! ”

"It's possible!" Wang Shaobo also woke up and said in a lost voice: "This trick of the prince is indeed clever, forcing the full dog to encircle and suppress us with all his might, not only to prevent the owner from continuing to sit in Jiangnan, but also to greatly weaken the strength of our army, so that the owner you have no chance to do what he is most afraid of, and then sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when we and the full dog are defeated, the prince will come out again to pick ready-made peaches, and easily take Jiangnan and the whole world!" ”

"Really? Is this really the plan of the prince? Zhu Fangdan was taken aback and asked Fat Lu.

"Judging by the situation, this should probably be the largest." Fat Lu smiled bitterly, and lamented again: "The prince's hand, but it is really clever, it seems that this time, I have to be a free thug for the prince again, I fight, I die, I am out, and I have to kowtow to the prince in the end." ”

"I still don't even have the opportunity to raise a thief for self-respect." Wang Shaobo smiled bitterly and added for Lu Fatzi: "This time, even if you don't take the initiative to take action, the enemies of the prince Mangou and Geng Jingzhong will pounce on us like mad dogs, fight with us in the dark, lose both, and let the prince reap the benefits." Our lord is really an old man, and he has slipped to the point of becoming an old man. ”

(To be continued)