It can be said that it was only when Wu Guogui's military intelligence was urgently reported into Changsha City, which proved that the soldiers of the Fat Army were indeed escorting Shang Kexi and Shang Lao Han to advance to Changsha, and it was also proved that the Fat Army also took Sun Yanling's brothers, Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong to Changsha to ask for surrender, and the top level of the Wu Army finally believed Lu Fatzi's outrageous military intelligence report - in two months, more than 12,000 soldiers of the East Route Army of the Wu Army swept through Guangxi under the leadership of Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi, and forced the surrender of the coalition army of the three provinces with fewer victories and more victories. Annexing the entire territory of Guangxi with fewer victories, and then repelling the main force of Pingnan Wangfu with fewer victories, it is gratifying to capture Pingnan Wangfu alive!

Stunned, it was naturally extremely shocked, and it was also at this time that the Pingxi Royal Mansion was pleasantly surprised to find that it was covered by the first and second generations of Pingxi General Stars, and in the third generation of Pingxi Palace, the new two new military stars were already rising, exuding a bright light no less than the first and second generations of famous generals, these two generals are the oldest two in the third generation of Pingxi Palace, Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi! - But there is no doubt that Lu Fatzi, who has a strange combat style, dexterity and changeability, and is both civil and military, is obviously better!

"Hahahaha, good! Hahaha! Good! Good! Good! Well caught, well caught! Good! ”

Entangled for many years, the lifelong rival Shang Lao Han Zhan was captured alive by his grandson-in-law, under the ecstasy, Wu Lao Han Zhan not only temporarily forgot the pain of losing his son, but also cheered excitedly and was a little carried away, patting Lu Fatzi's fat shoulder and laughing so much that his mouth couldn't close, and constantly praised Lu Fatzi and Wu Shizong for fighting for himself, and there were successors in Pingxi Wangfu. Hu Guozhu, Fang Guangchen, Wang Shirong and others next to them were stunned, but they also saluted and congratulated Wu Laohan on his capture of Guangxi in one fell swoop.

"Yifeng, Shang Kexi didn't make any trouble after the old thief was captured, right?" Fang Guangchen asked worriedly: "That old thing is notoriously bad-tempered, and now that he is captured by you, a junior, on the battlefield, he will definitely feel a great shame, and maybe he will have a sense of life and death, have you let people take a good look at him?" Although it doesn't matter to us whether this old thing dies or not, and we are not afraid that he will still raise troops to retaliate, but if he really dies, the use value will be greatly reduced. ”

"Mr. Xianyan is clever." Lu Fatzi said with great admiration: "I don't dare to deceive my grandfather and Mr. Xianyan, after Shang Kexi was captured, he really planned to commit suicide by hunger strike, and he was afraid that he would be accused of unfilial piety, so he asked his subordinates to remove his chin with a broken hand, and poured rice porridge and ginseng soup into his mouth, which pulled his life back, and later he saw that the hunger strike was ineffective, so he did not struggle anymore, and honestly accepted the diet sent by the last general." But on another occasion, he planned to commit suicide by cutting the veins of the porcelain pieces of the broken dishes, but fortunately, the lowly officials sent twelve personal soldiers to take turns to take care of them, and they found out in time that the porcelain pieces were snatched away, and then the lowly officials only dared to take the wooden bowls and plates to bring him food. ”

"It's hard, it's hard." Old Man Wu laughed and said, "Shang Kexi's temper of the old thing knows that he can definitely do such a thing!" But it doesn't matter, as long as you watch it closely, it doesn't matter, as long as you put this old thing into Changsha City and put it in front of the old man, the old man's previous bad mouth can be wiped out! ”

"Father-in-law, Shang Kexi, what are you going to do with this old thing?" Hu Guozhu couldn't wait to ask.

"What to do? This one....... Wu Lao Han Jian's face showed a hesitant look, don't say it, don't look at Wu Lao Han Jian, he gritted his teeth as soon as he mentioned Shang Lao Han Jian, he couldn't wait to peel this old thing and cramp it, and feed the dog Lingchi, but he really caught Shang Lao Han Jian, but Wu Lao Han Jian really didn't know how to deal with this sworn enemy.

"Lord Wang, the student thinks that this thief must not be killed." Fang Guangchen was afraid that Wu Laohan would remember his old hatred and cut down Shang Laohan with a knife, so he hurriedly reminded: "Although killing this thief is relieving, it is not graceful, and it is not conducive to the prince to recruit Guangdong troops in the future, so it is better to hold it in his hands, use it as a bargaining chip, and negotiate terms with Shang Zhixin." Although Shang Zhixin is definitely unwilling to take his father back to Guangdong now, he will definitely not dare to ignore Shang Kexi and bear the reputation of unfilial piety, we can take advantage of this to make a big fuss and get more benefits from Shang Zhixin. ”

"Mr. Xianyan has a point." Wang Shirong nodded in agreement, and added: "At the moment, Shang Kexi has another effect, that is, to escort him to Wuchang City." Let the recalcitrant dogs in the city see the might of our army, shake their morale, and demoralize them. ”

Wu Laohan nodded his head and agreed with the bad ideas of several dog-headed military advisors, but Fat Lu didn't even dare to take a breath - give Wu Laohan an idea to clean up his father-in-law, Shang Laohan, then Fat Lu still has to let people break his backbone? At this moment, a guard suddenly rushed outside the hall, knelt down on one knee directly in front of Wu Lao Han Jian, raised a thick report above his head with both hands, and said respectfully: "Lord Qiqi, the second prince sent someone from Wuchang to send an urgent report. ”

It was a matter of military intelligence, Wu Laohan didn't dare to slack off, quickly took it apart, took out the military intelligence report written by Wu Yingqi who didn't know what to find and read it carefully, Lu Fatzi and Hu Guozhu and others didn't dare to come forward to look at it together without permission, but just looked at Wu Laohan's expression nervously, so as to judge the military situation ahead. And Wu Lao Han's face was uncertain, and he was silent for a long time after reading it, until Hu Guozhu asked about the situation in a low voice, Wu Lao Hanjian put the Tang newspaper into Hu Guozhu's hand, walked back to the middle handsome chair and sat down, bowed his head and calculated, Lu Fatzi and Fang Guangchen and others also hugged up, gathered around Hu Guozhu and read the Tang newspaper together.

It is no wonder that Wu Laohan's expression was so hesitant, in this Tang newspaper, Wu Yingqi not only reported that the Wu army's attack on Wuchang City was slow, because the Wuchang Qing army desperately resisted and caused heavy casualties to the Wu army, but also reported two extremely important situations, one is that the Qing court from Henan, Anhui and Shandong and other places to send a large number of troops south to reinforce, of which the army of Zhou Bangning, the general soldier of Henan, has arrived in Wuchang, making the Wuchang defenders more than 60,000 troops; The reinforcements of Dutong Jueluo Zhuman rushed to Jingzhou by boat, intending to join forces with the Qing army Labu who had retreated to Jingzhou, and form a corner with the Qing army in Wuchang, forming a Jinghu defense line to prevent the Wu army from moving north, and at the same time cutting off the waterway connection between the Wu army in Hunan and the Wu army in Sichuan.

Another important situation is from the side of the Qing court, Xiao Mazi sent the Taishi Kubilong as the plenipotentiary Qincha, the Ministry of Rites Lang Erken and the Hanlin Academy scholar Fu Dali as the deputy, went south to Wuchang to get in touch with Wu Yingqi's army, and asked to start armistice negotiations with Wu Jun, Wu Yingqi did not dare to make his own decisions, so he had to send a fast horse to return to Changsha and ask for instructions. At the end of the Tang newspaper, Wu Yingqi also forwarded a letter from Ji Bilong and others to Wu Lao Han Annihilation, the content of which was also very simple, one was to express humility to Wu Lao Han on the killing of Wu Yingxiong by the Ao Bai Yu Party, and the second was to ask the Wu army to immediately stop the attack and negotiate an armistice with the Qing court under the pretext that the thief Ao Bai was dead, and the third was a lot of nonsense commending Wu Lao Han for the country's annihilation, and implied that he would promise to return Wu Laohan's second grandson Wu Shilin and daughter-in-law Princess Jianning, in order to show the sincerity of the negotiations.

"Done it all?" Wu Laohan looked around at everyone and asked, and said: "Let's talk about it, what do you mean about Emperor Mangou sending an envoy to sue for peace?" ”

"Father-in-law, the sons-in-law really don't dare to call the shots on this issue, the key depends on what you mean by your father-in-law." Hu Guozhu said hesitantly: "Originally, in our previous strategy, the plan was to negotiate with Mangou after capturing Biyuan, while taking the truce as a condition to get more benefits from Mangou, and on the other hand, to gain time to build Biyuan into the rear of our counterattack on the Central Plains, and then play the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty or the banner of Xinghan and destroying Manchu after one to two years, and completely eliminate Mangou." But now ....... ”

Hu Guozhu's own talent is actually quite good, and he can definitely be regarded as a pillar of talent, but the fatal flaw is the lack of courage to dare to say and do, so that at this critical moment that determines the future of Wu Jun, Hu Guozhu still does not dare to speak upright, and directly say what he thinks to Wu Lao Han. But fortunately, there was also Fang Guangchen, a brave old fox present, who said: "But now that Mangou has killed our son, you swear revenge, whether we change the established strategy, or negotiate peace with Mangou according to the established strategy, we have to ask the prince to make a decision." ”

Wu Lao Han's expression became even more hesitant, his surname Ge was indecisive and passable, asking him to make up his own mind to decide such a big thing, didn't he want his life? It was also at this moment that the important surname of Lu Fatzi, who rode first to Changsha, was immediately highlighted, and he stepped forward and said loudly: "Grandfather, please don't worry too much, we can talk while fighting!" ”

"Talking while fighting?" Hu Guozhu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Yifeng, tell me carefully, how can we talk while fighting?" Recently, Wu Laohan, who has paid more and more attention to Lu Fatzi's opinions, also sat up straight and listened carefully to Lu Fatzi's opinions.

"Grandfather, uncle, and grandson-in-law believe that our established strategy must not be changed!" Lu Fatzi said categorically: "Now although our Pingxi Royal Mansion has won the three provinces of Biyuan, Sichuan and Guangxi in one go, we have nearly doubled our territory. However, the foothold was not stable, the army was tired and the strength was obviously insufficient, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Naval Division needed to cross the river had just been formed, and it was difficult to successfully cross the river under the condition that the Mangou Naval Division had an absolute advantage, let alone protect the grain routes, transport firearms and ordnance to the front, and the main force was going north in an all-round way, and the chances of victory were really not great. ”

"But what if there is an armistice and peace now? The situation is also unfavorable to us, the important town of Wuchang cannot be taken as soon as it is said, and the grain-producing areas in the north of our new rear will not be peaceful for a while, and we must make every effort to take this important town of the Yangtze River, and expel the main force of Mangou to the north of the Yangtze River, so that the grain-producing areas of Biyuan can be ensured! Moreover, the dog killed our son, but we swallowed our anger and accepted the negotiation, and spread it out, which will only make the people of the world look down on our Pingxi Palace, which is very unfavorable to our propaganda, and the anger in my grandfather's heart is even more difficult to eliminate. ”

"In view of these circumstances, the grandson-in-law believes that we agree to negotiate with Mangou, but there will be no truce during the negotiations! Attack Wuchang while negotiating, wait until you take Wuchang Mansion, and then end the negotiations with Mangou! ”

After Lu Fatzi finished saying that he had copied the bad idea of the Volunteer Army and the American Army to fight and talk, Wu Lao Han and the others all fell into deep thought, and after a while, Fang Guangchen was the first to speak: "The old man agrees with Yifeng's proposal, and negotiates while attacking the city, which can not only take Wuchang to ensure the safety of Biyuan, but also not change our previous established strategy, and give us time to prepare for a full-scale counterattack on the Central Plains!" And there is another advantage of negotiating while besieging the city, that is, you can use force to put pressure on Mangou and force Mangou to make more concessions at the negotiating table! ”

"It's a good idea, but after we conquered Wuchang, what if Mangou refuses to continue negotiations with us?" Hu Guozhu hesitated and asked: "The reason why Mangou is asking for negotiations now is because Wuchang is still in their hands, and they hope that the truce will keep Wuchang in order to gain the opportunity to counterattack in the future." After we storm and take Wuchang, the strategic value of Wuchang disappears for Mangou, and our naval strength is not enough to support us to capture the north of the Yangtze River. ”

"When the time comes, I will use Jiangxi and Jiangnan as bargaining chips!" Lu Fatzi said categorically: "We need time to accumulate strength for a full-scale counteroffensive now, and Mangou needs time to launch a national war machine, we threaten to capture Jiangxi and Jiangnan, Mangou will not ignore the cost!" ”

"Will the dog be threatened like us?" Hu Guozhu was still very hesitant, and said hesitantly: "With our current strength, it is more than enough to hold the bias, but it is obviously insufficient to capture Jiangxi and Jiangnan, and there are not no capable people on the Mangou side, once we see through this, our threat will not be effective." ”

"If Mangou doesn't accept the old man's conditions, Lao Tzu will slaughter all the captives in his hands! Directly play the banner of anti-Qing and restoration of Ming! Wu Lao Han suddenly spoke, gritted his teeth and said: "The dog killed the old man's beloved son, and in the end, he didn't want to accept the old man's armistice conditions, so Lao Tzu cut off a few dogs in his hand and a lot of dogs Belle Beyle!" Raise the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and call on the Han people all over the world to rise up against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty! ”

was reminded by Wu Laohan, and everyone, including Lu Fatzi, remembered that they still had a lot of mite Qing prince Baylor in their hands as a hostage, and they still had the capital to threaten the Mangou court. At the same time, judging from Wu Laohan's tone, he had also agreed with Lu Fatzi's idea of talking while fighting, so Hu Guozhu no longer insisted, and immediately nodded and said: "Father-in-law is reasonable, and the son-in-law has no opinion, we can follow Yifeng's strategy and talk with Mangou while fighting." ”

"Then it's decided." Wu Laohan slapped the table and shouted: "Pass the order, let Yu Xuan and them speed up and escort Shang Kexi old thief to the north, and when they arrive, the old man will immediately lead an army of 60,000 to reinforce the Wuchang battlefield and annihilate the remnants of the dogs in Wuchang City!" ”

"Lord Wang, your body ......." Fang Guangchen reminded worriedly: "Is it a different person to lead the troops?" ”

"The old man's body can still bear it!" Wu Laohan snorted coldly: "The Wuchang battlefield is so important, except for the old man personally leading the troops, the old man can't find a second candidate who can be replaced." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, and they also knew that after the 60,000 Wu army went north, plus Wu Yingqi and Ma Baojun, who had arrived at the Wuchang battlefield in the early stage, the Wu army's investment in Wuchang had reached 100,000, accounting for half of the total strength of the Wu army. At that moment, Lu Fatzi bravely asked for help: "Grandfather, please let your grandson-in-law serve as the vanguard and lead the people of the headquarters to attack Wuchang City for your grandfather." ”

"Yifeng, you are eloquent and good at improvisation, you should be responsible for negotiating with Mangou, so that you can play the most role, right?" Fang Guangchen suggested.

"This ......." It was rare for Lu Fatzi to hesitate a little, not only thinking of playing prestige at the negotiation table, bullying and bullying the mite Qing lackeys who urgently needed to negotiate and seek peace, but also thinking of going to the battlefield to command and take Wuchang hundreds of years in advance to slaughter all the dogs in the city, fish and bear's paws, it was really difficult to choose. However, after Lu Fatzi's eyes rolled, he immediately said shamelessly: "Grandfather, if it doesn't happen, my son-in-law will charge into battle for you during the day, attack Wuchang, and go to negotiate with Mangou Qincha at night, how about it?" ”

"Hahahaha......." Wu Lao Han and the others all laughed, Wu Lao Han Jun smiled: "You kid is really greedy, you want to occupy all the cultural and martial arts, there is such a good thing in the world?" But you seem to have forgotten that your descendant army has just finished the Guangxi Campaign, and you are escorting Shang Kexi's old thief thousands of miles north, and you are very tired from top to bottom, so you can't bear to throw them into the Wuchang battlefield immediately? You should help your uncle to take charge of the negotiations, and cut some dog meat from the dog for the old man. ”

After that, Wu Lao Han added another sentence and said: "Of course, in addition to negotiations, you can also give this king more military officers, if you can come up with a good way to help this king take the important town of Wuchang at the lowest cost, of course, you will also have a share in the military achievements." ”

Considering that his descendant fat army was indeed too tired, Lu Fat had no choice but to reply dejectedly: "Grandfather Xie, grandson-in-law will do his best." ”

After finalizing the strategy of the Wuchang battlefield while fighting and talking, on September 22, Yu Xuan, Li Tianzhi and others escorted Shang Kexi's old thief to Changsha. To everyone's expectation, Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, who have not dealt with each other all their lives, met again after more than ten years, as the victor, Wu Lao Han did not say a word of insult or ridicule to Shang Lao Han Jian, but the extremely affectionate monk Lao Han Zhan recounted his farewell, condoled Shang Lao Han's physical condition, and scolded Lu Fatzi, the grandson-in-law of the captive Shang Lao Han, in public, and blamed Lu Fatzi for not being too rough in dealing with Shang Laohan's hunger strike - he actually removed Shang Laohan's chin and forcibly fed!

Of course, the more cordial and enthusiastic Wu Lao Han Jian was, the more embarrassed Shang Lao Han Jian, who was a prisoner of the ranks, and the more desperately he struggled and shouted, scolding Wu Lao Han for being a hypocrite of benevolence and hypocrisy, and asked Wu Lao Han to put himself to death immediately for the sake of being the king of the Han Dynasty, and not to let himself endure such a shame again! What a real shame!

But it's a pity that Wu Laohan, who hates Shang Lao Han and hates it so much, will say that he won't do anything - anyway, he has already caught it in his hand, isn't it good for cats to play with mice? So Wu Lao Han Jian not only did not get angry, but smiled and ordered the guards to treat Shang Lao Han Jian well, and the beautiful women in food, clothing, and living must give what they wanted, and continued to appreciate Shang Lao Han's crazy and hideous expression, as well as the tide of flattery and sycophants who enjoyed the lackeys under his command - our Pingxi prince is really a great good person, a good prince.

On September 23, the eleventh year of Kang Mazi, in the bleak autumn wind, Wu Laohan left Fang Guangchen to guard Changsha to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and personally led an army of 60,000 from Changsha, with Xia Guoxiang and Gao Dejie as the vanguard, and sent the troops to Wuchang, and went to make the final decisive battle with the remnants of the mite Qing entrenched in the important town of Wuchang.

(To be continued)