"Dog thief! Dog thief! Lu Yifeng's dog thief who is not as good as a beast! I haven't even gone to settle accounts with you, but you came to the door first! Rob the Huzhou Mansion! Rob my Hangzhou Mansion! Dog thief! Dog thief! Lu Yifeng's dog thief with a thousand cuts!! ”

Hysterically slapping and screaming at the pseudo-dragon case, Kang Mazi almost broke his claw bones! Although he had experienced countless similar painful stimuli and desperate blows before, and had made certain psychological preparations in advance, Kang Mazi was completely angry and crazy this time!

I can't help Kang Mazi not be angry, in just half a month, the two most important granaries in Zhejiang, Huzhou City and Hangzhou City, have fallen successively, the city's grain and grass, military salaries and baggage are all soaked in the soup, and by the way, more than 30,000 Qing soldiers and countless Qing Dynasty good people, Kang Mazi can not be angry, it is strange! And what makes Kang Mazi even more incomprehensible is that other anti-thieves attack Jiancheng are all hard battles, and it is not surprising that they have been fighting for three or five months, a year and a half, why is it so easy for Lu Fatzi, a thief, to attack the fortified cities, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Yangzhou, which are famous in the world, are all fought in a battle? Could it be that this Lu Yifeng dog thief is really a Qing Dynasty nemesis, what kind of magic can't be done?

Kang Mazi's luck is not bad, the news that Lu Fatzi gave Hangzhou City to Zheng Jing has not yet reached Yanjing, otherwise Kang Mazi will definitely smash his claw bones! ――What is it called to take other people's important towns as favors, and to be generous and pockless?

"Master, please calm your anger, although Hangzhou unfortunately fell, but for my Qing Dynasty, it may not be all bad. Huang Xiyan, the brother-in-law of Yao Qisheng, the new Han Shangshu of the Qing Military Department and the military division of the Fat Army, was more courageous, and opened his mouth to comfort Kang Mazi and said: "The slave thinks that although Lu Yifeng's dog thief took Hangzhou City by luck, this thief has a firm foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, and his strength is still very weak. If he is not greedy enough and insists on annexing several prefectures in northern Zhejiang, then his troops will inevitably be stretched, and there will be omissions everywhere in the defense line, which is extremely conducive to a comprehensive counterattack by our Qing army! ”

Kang Mazi stared at Huang Xiyan and didn't speak, Huang Xiyan was also bold, and he was not afraid, but said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, the master is also a thin military strategy, and he doesn't dare to lie and bully the king, this is indeed the case!" The reason why Lu Yifeng's dog thief was able to defeat my Qing Dynasty king repeatedly before, all thanks to his elite soldiers and horses, sharp firearms, if he is insatiable, blindly expands without a stable foothold, and only cares about attacking the city and not thinking about recuperating and accumulating strength, then even if this thief is arrogant for a while, it is also the rootless duckweed, and the hidden dangers are continuous, and it is not difficult to break it. ”

Kang Mazi still refused to speak, and Ma's eyes seemed to be thoughtful, but Suo Etu interjected and said, "Lord Huang, are you too optimistic?" Lu Yifeng dog thieves captured Hangzhou City, less than six hundred miles away from the southern part of Jinhua controlled by Geng Jingzhong's dog thieves, as long as he wants, he can reach Jinhua City within six days, and he can meet Geng Jingzhong dog thieves within ten days. ”

"If you don't understand military affairs, don't open your mouth randomly!" Kang Mazi suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, "What do you know? Lu Yifeng, that dog thief is more cunning than a fox, and he will never go to meet Geng Jingzhong with the dog thief! His invasion of Zhejiang this time was just to weaken our Qing Zhejiang army, so that my Qing Zhejiang army could only protect itself and not have the strength to enterprising, and then continue to act as a shield for this dog thief to resist Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, so that this dog thief could have no worries in Jiangnan and welcome my army southward with peace of mind! ”

"Huh?" Several Kang Mazi henchmen Mingzhu, Suo Etu, Zhang Ying and others present were all taken aback, and couldn't help but secretly glance at each other a few times, and said together: "Our master, when can you have such a unique insight in military affairs?" ”

Looking at the surprised and inexplicable lackeys, Kang Mazi was inevitably a little proud, and turned to Huang Xiyan and asked, "Huang Aiqing, in your opinion, what will Lu Yifeng's dog thief do next?" ”

"Back to the master, in the opinion of a servant, the smartest thing for Lu Yifeng's dog thief should be to follow my example as Emperor Taizong Wen of the Qing Dynasty, rob the money and grain of Hangzhou and return to the north, and abandon Hangzhou." Huang Xiyan replied respectfully: "If Lu Yifeng does this, he will not only be able to further strengthen his strength, but also concentrate his strength to meet the counterattack of our Qing army." If Lu Yifeng is greedy and refuses to give up Hangzhou, then he will inevitably have to stay in Hangzhou to provide a godsend opportunity for the main force of our Qing Dynasty to break through all his subordinates. ”

"I think so too, I hope this Lu Yifeng dog thief can make a mistake once." Kang Mazi nodded decently, as if these wise judgments were all from his opinion. After thinking about it for a while, Kang Mazi turned to Suo Etu and asked, "Suo Etu, how is the preparation of the money and grain for the southern expedition that I asked you to prepare?" ”

"Back to the master, it's almost ready." Suo Etu hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "The military coins of 18 million taels of silver have all been exchanged for cash, and the minions have exchanged 10 million taels of silver for grain and grass, a total of 1,221,526 stones, and the arrears of the banner man Ding Yi and the Beijing official Yulu have been repaid for four months, and then the rest of the necessary expenses and the military salaries and grass for other battlefields should be enough for the master's 120,000 army to requisition in the south for half a year." ”

"10 million taels of silver, only to exchange for 1.2 million stone grain and grass? On average, a stone of grain costs more than eight taels of silver? Kang Mazi frowned again, and said angrily: "Those minions in the household department and the military department, they are too greedy for corruption, right?" If I'm not mistaken, even when the spring famine was at its worst in the past, a stone of grain in Zhili was only two taels of silver, right? ”

"Master Mingjian, it's not the minions of the household department and the military department who are corrupt, it's that the price of grain has risen too hard now." Suo Etu said with a sad face: "When the luck was broken more than half a year ago, the price of grain in the capital immediately tripled, and it has reached more than five taels of silver and one stone. ”

Kang Mazi stopped talking again, his face was even more gloomy, Suo Etu peeked at Kang Mazi, and hurriedly added carefully: "Also, as far as the slaves know, the price of grain in the capital yesterday has risen to ten taels of silver and one stone, if you pay with military currency, you will get twenty taels, and most of the people in the capital can only use sweet potatoes and yam eggs to satisfy their hunger ......." Therefore, if the master wants to ask the slave to purchase a stone of military ration at the price of eight taels of silver in the future, the slave is powerless. ”

Kang Mazi's heart trembled, it's only November now, and it's only been two months since the end of the autumn harvest, and the grain price of Zhili has soared to this point. What will be the consequences when the time comes, Kang Mazi is even more afraid to imagine.

"It's all fucking because of that Lu Yifeng dog thief!" Thinking of this, Kang Mazi couldn't help but get angry again, and scolded a dirty word. Then Kang Mazi slapped the pseudo-dragon case again, and roared: "It's good that the money and grain can be used for half a year, from today onwards, you will go all out to prepare for my personal conquest, and ten days later, I will personally lead an army of 120,000 to drive the personal conquest and go to fight to the death with Lu Yifeng's dog thieves!" ”

"Master, don't do it!" Several of Kang Mazi's henchmen present were frightened, and they hurriedly kowtowed together, and admonished in unison: "The master is the weight of the world, and he must not leave the capital lightly. ”

"Fart!" Kang Mazi roared again, "Lu Yifeng's dog thief has cut off my luck and choked my money and food lifeline, if I don't quickly recapture the money and grain in Jiangnan, in less than a year, my country will not need to be taken by Wu Sangui and Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and I will be shaken and collapsed!" ”

"Master, Jiangnan is indeed extremely important, and it should indeed be recaptured as soon as possible." Mingzhu hurriedly kowtowed and said: "But the master, as the Son of Heaven, breathes and breathes are related to the weight of the world, and if there is an accident, the consequences will be unimaginable." I also hope that the master will find another good general, so that he can go out on behalf of the sky, and he can also fight the thieves and recapture the important land in the south of the Yangtze River! ”

"Yes, master, you must not drive in person! Only one good general can be selected to go on behalf of the sky! "A few of Kang Mazi's henchmen and lackeys didn't care that Kang Mazi's numb face was already extremely ugly, but they tried their best to dissuade them, and said in their hearts, master, don't you pit us in the Qing Dynasty, just your military level, when you get to the battlefield in Jiangnan, aren't you the fat pig sent to Lu Yifeng's dog thief to slaughter?

"Besides the Great Purge of Me, what other good generals are there?" Kang Mazi was also completely red-eyed, and shouted arrogantly and angrily: "Who of the so-called good generals you recommended before has ever bargained in front of Lu Yifeng's dog thieves?" Masterpiece book? Le Er Jin? Rabhu? Glamorous? Hilgen? Or Tuhai Cai Yurong? Of these so-called good generals you are talking about, which one has never suffered a big loss in front of Lu Yifeng's dog thief? Except for the Great Purge, who else can eradicate that Lu Yifeng dog thief?! ”

"Master, maybe Prince An Yue Le can do it." Mingzhu was even more anxious, for fear that Kang Mazi would really send it to the door to be slaughtered by Lu Fatzi, so the surname Suo also went out, raised his head and said: "Master, Prince An Yue Le is brave and strategic, has the style of a general, and he will lead the army to fight for the master, and he will definitely be able to break the thief in a battle!" ”

"Lord An?" Kang Mazi finally took a beat, but soon waved his hemp hand again, and said hatefully: "He's not the same, is he a defeated soldier under Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" If he hadn't lost so badly in Guizhou and Wuchang back then, would my country have come to this point? ”

"Master, Lord An did fail twice at the hands of Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, but it was not his responsibility." Mingzhu said boldly: "Guizhou fiasco, the main responsibility is in Aobai to destroy the thief, the secondary responsibility is in Tuhai, if it is not for the Aobai thief who fell into Lu Yifeng's dog thief's lure of the enemy into the poisonous scheme, and the unknown enemy is compiled to go deep into the hinterland of Guizhou, if it is not for Tuhai who refuses to respond in order to flee for his life, the main force of our Qing Dynasty will be wiped out?" ”

"That time in Wuchang, the main responsibility was Tuhai, and the secondary responsibility was Cai Yurong, if it wasn't for their greed for life and fear of death, they took the lead in fleeing for their lives, and if they didn't fight to the death, would the Wuchang army be wiped out? But what about Prince An, the only one in Guizhou who led the army to turn back was him, and the Wuchang Battle was the last time he withdrew across the Yangtze River, such a loyal and brave general, rare in the world, master! ”

was reminded by Mingzhu like this, Kang Mazi recalled, indeed, among the lackeys under his command, it seems that only Yue Le has not suffered a big loss in front of Lu Fatzi, and the two major battles in Guizhou and Wuchang Yue Le only fought against Lu Fatzi as a deputy marshal, and the real reason for the fiasco was not because Ao Bai and Tuhai listened to Yue Le's wrong advice, but because they did not listen to Yue Le's correct opinion, which led to the big defeat and fiasco, and the responsibility was not on Yue Le at all.

"Master, the slave dares to remind a few words." Zhang Ying, who has always been silent, suddenly opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "I don't know if the master still remembers?" Lu Yifeng's dog thief has used tricks and plots several times, and the spearhead is all aimed at Prince An? Let me ask, if Lu Yifeng's dog thief is not very jealous of Prince An, why would he take such pains to target Prince An so much? even did not hesitate to go to Wuchang in the prisoner car, and let the thieves and soldiers laugh and insult, in order to frame Prince An, if Lu Yifeng was not afraid of Prince An, would this be the case? ”

Kang Mazi's head nodded lightly imperceptibly, admitting that Zhang Ying's words were reasonable, if Lu Fatzi wasn't afraid of Yue Le to the core, as for every time he stirred up discord, it was aimed at Yue Le? Why don't you frame a military straw bag like Changtai?

After thinking about it for a long time, Kang Mazi finally changed his words, and instructed weakly: "You first start preparing for the southern expedition, when will the army go out, and who will be the commander, Rong Zhen will think about it carefully." This is my last belongings, I have to think twice, you kneel down. Kang Mazi's henchmen who were present understood that Kang Mazi was finally shaken, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly kowtowed together to retire, leaving Kang Mazi to ponder and think in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Time passed minute by minute, for more than an hour, Kang Mazi almost did not move at all, during which the official Shangshu Huang Ji came to hand in the resignation, saying that his family in Hangzhou had all fallen into the hands of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, life and death were unknown, he missed the safety of his family and could not be a director, and asked to resign and go into hiding, Kang Mazi did not pay attention to it, but just asked Huang Ji to change his name and come again. Just like that, when it was almost time in the afternoon, Kang Mazi finally made up his mind, turned to Zhang Wanqiang, the personal eunuch next to him, and ordered: "Pass the decree and announce that person immediately." ”

Kang Mazi didn't say who he was proclaiming, but Zhang Wanqiang didn't ask much, just cautiously ran out of the Heart Cultivation Hall to pass the decree. After more than half an hour, Lu Fatzi's old friend, Kang Mazi's cousin, and the former Prince An Yue Le, who has been punished for studying behind closed doors, wore civilian clothes, and finally came to the Heart Nourishing Hall again, and bowed to Kang Mazi three times and nine bows, "Slave Yue Le, I am ordered to see Long live the master, long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live." ”

Kang Mazi waved his hand, listlessly let Yue Le calm down, and asked Zhang Wanqiang to bring a chair for Yue Le to sit down, Yue Le saw Kang Mazi's face gloomy, knew that something big must have happened, and didn't dare to say anything, so he sat down honestly and waited for Kang Mazi to speak. After a long time, Kang Mazi finally spoke, and said weakly: "Uncle Huang, I was right by you, Lu Yifeng's dog thief did attack Zhejiang, and in half a month, Huzhou and Hangzhou fell one after another, and I lost nearly 40,000 yuan in Zhejiang. ”

"Take Huzhou and Hangzhou in half a month? And annihilated the 40,000 army of our Qing Dynasty? Yue Le's face jumped, and he said in his heart that this Lu Yifeng dog thief finally showed his fangs, and the sharpness of his hidden fangs was far beyond my imagination.

"Master, please be relieved, victory or defeat is just a common thing in soldiers." After being surprised, Yue Le could only bite the bullet and comfort: "And the slave thinks that with Lu Yifeng's current situation as a dog thief, such a rapid expansion will be harmful to him, unless he can be like my Emperor Taizong Wen of the Qing Dynasty, he has the courage to attack the city and conquer the land without defending it, and only rob the population and property and return to the north." Otherwise, once he is greedy and vainly tries to occupy the important town of Hangzhou for a long time, this thief's defense line will inevitably be in danger everywhere, and the deployment of troops will be overstretched immediately. ”

"I think so too, Uncle Huang and I are really heroes." Kang Mazitian nodded shamelessly, and asked again: "Uncle Huang, so far, I am determined to personally lead the last 120,000 Qing troops to conquer in person, recapture the wealth of Jiangnan, and reopen the Caoyun, I don't know what Uncle Huang wants?" ”

"Master, don't do it!" Yue Le almost collapsed on the ground in fright, and quickly got up and kowtowed and said: "The master is the king of a country, the lord of the world, you must not leave the capital of Gyeonggi lightly, otherwise, if you make a slight mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Kang Mazi stubbornly raised his numb face, and said in his heart, why is everyone against my relatives? I am the Supreme of the Ninety-Five, the Lord of the World, the Wise and Martial Arts, the Handsome Celestial Table, Yue Lishenghong, Actuarithmetic, Calligraphy and Painting, Astronomy, Foreign Languages, Military Affairs, Politics, Dredging River Transportation, Ten Martial Arts, and All the Hanging Sons The Kangxi Emperor! Why doesn't everyone believe that I can eradicate Lu Yifeng's dog thief? Do they think that I am not even as good as that fallen talent?

"Master, don't do it in person, you can't do it in person!" Seeing that Kang Mazi didn't speak, Yue Le was also anxious, and hurriedly persuaded again: "The master's urgency to recover Jiangnan, the slave understands, but the sword and gun on the battlefield have no eyes, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is also an anomaly, notoriously scheming, the master personally conquers Jiangnan, in case of a slight accident, my Qing Dynasty's social foundation will be ruined!" ”

Kang Mazi's numb eyes flashed with anger, and he said in his heart that no matter how Lu Yifeng's dog thief is deceitful and scheming, what can he do to me? I am the wise and martial Emperor Kangxi, not your bunch of straw bales two hundred and five!

Finally suppressing his anger to calm himself down, Kang Mazi asked again: "Uncle Huang, since you are resolutely opposed to my personal conquest, then in your opinion, among the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, who should I choose as the commander?" Instead of Lu Yifeng's dog thief? ”

Yue Le was stunned for a long time before he replied dejectedly: "Back to the master, according to the view of the slaves, this Manchu Dynasty minister and civil and military officials, on the battlefield, no one can be Lu Yifeng's dog thief opponent, although Lu Yifeng's dog thief character is despicable, but on the battlefield, he is indeed a rare general. ”

"So what if I send you?" Kang Mazi finally laid out the carriage and horses, and asked: "If I hand over the last 120,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Qing Dynasty to you and re-use you as the commander, can you have the confidence to recapture Jiangnan for me and eradicate Lu Yifeng's dog thieves?" ”

"The master finally thought of reactivating it to me." Yue Le was ecstatic in his heart, but when he thought of going to a decisive battle with Lu Fatzi, Yue Le's little face was inevitably a little pale - the current Fat Lu was no longer the Fat Lu who only had a few thousand miscellaneous troops in his hands, but a generation of heroes with 100,000 male soldiers and a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention that Kang Mazi was only going to hand over to himself a quasi-second-line army composed of 120,000 new Mongolian soldiers, even if he gave himself 120,000 first-class elites, he didn't have the confidence to win.

"What? Uncle Huang is also not confident? Kang Mazi stared at Yue Le and said slowly: "If Uncle Huang really doesn't have this confidence, then it doesn't matter, I'm not reluctant, it's a big deal that I drive the imperial expedition in person." ”

Kang Mazi's words can be regarded as completely frightened Yue Le, for the sake of the 120,000 innocent Mite Prefecture soldiers and Mongolian soldiers not to die innocently and tragically, and for the sake of the wild boar skin grandfather, the eighth uncle Huang Taiji and his cousin Shunzhi The Qing Dynasty that was not easy to defeat was buried, Yue Le finally made up his mind, kowtowed and said: "Master, as long as the master gives the slave three graces, then the slave will definitely be able to recapture Jiangnan for the master and eradicate Lu Yifeng's dog thief!" ”

"Say, the three graces?" Kang Mazi's sparse burnt yellow eyebrows raised.

"One, please ask the master to allow the slaves to take two people from the prison, let them serve as the slaves' deputies, and assist the slaves in leading the army to the south." Yue Le said cautiously.

"You want those two people in the prison?" Kang Mazi asked again.

"Tuhai, Dong Weiguo." Yue Le stole at Kang Mazi's face and said, "Although Tu Hai is guilty, he is a fine man, good at using wisdom, and is enough to match Lu Yifeng's dog thief in terms of battlefield strategy. Dong Weiguo is good at soothing the hearts of the army, and can get the soldiers to use their lives, with these two people to assist the minions, the minions dare to go to battle. ”

"Of course Dong Weiguo can, but why do you want to map the sea?" Kang Mazi asked suspiciously: "What Tuhai is best at is escaping, aren't you afraid that he will harm you again?" ”

"Tuhai is indeed a little too greedy for life and afraid of death, and his character is also a little too despicable." Yue Le explained: "But Tuhai is tenacious, indomitable, still determined to change after several ups and downs, and has rich experience in the battlefield, is good at using tricks, and is almost the same person as Lu Yifeng's dog thief. Therefore, the minion wants to bring him to the army to staff the military plane to help the minion crack the endless shameless tricks of Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, and at the same time, the minion will never give him the power to lead the troops, lest his old illness relapse, and escape from the battle again will shake the hearts of our army and ruin the major affairs of our army. ”

"Well, I promise you this grace." Kang Mazi nodded, and asked again, "What about the other two graces?" And what is it? ”

"The second grace, please ask the master to give the slave a year, it will take about a year for the slave to recover the entire territory of Jiangnan and eradicate Lu Yifeng's dog thief." Yue Le continued to bite the bullet and said: "The second grace, please give the minions the right to control all the soldiers and horses in Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, so that they must all obey the command of the minions. ”

"Let me tell you the truth, the imperial court can only support your 120,000 troops for half a year at most." Kang Mazi said solemnly: "Therefore, I can only give you half a year, and if it exceeds half a year, you can only rely on your own military salary and grain and grass, and I will never be able to get it anymore." ”

"The imperial court is already in danger to this point? The strength of the whole country can only support 120,000 troops for half a year? During this time, hasn't the imperial court been engaged in some military coins to raise military grain and grass? Yue Le's face turned a little pale, but he also knew that it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and it was impossible for the military salary and grain to come out of thin air, so Yue Le thought about it carefully, and then said stubbornly: "That slave does his best." ”

"It's not about doing your best, it's about doing it, you can go to Beijing another day to have a look, and you will understand how difficult it has become." Kang Mazi Yin Yin said: "Within half a year, if you can't recapture the south of the Yangtze River, you can't get through the luck, and I can't sit still." ”

Yue Le also heard from his family about the fact that the price of grain in the capital and Zhili had skyrocketed several times, so he nodded, indicating that he understood, and asked: "Master, can the master agree to the third grace that the slave wants?" ”

"I can promise you." Kang Mazi nodded, and said: "I can give you the power to control the soldiers and horses of Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Anhui provinces, but you must also agree to one condition. ”

"Please make it clear." Yue Le replied respectfully.

"Do not give up any of these provinces on your own." Kang Mazi said solemnly: "I know, you have always wanted to use what strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, give up Zhejiang to let Lu Yifeng dog thief and Geng Jingzhong dog thief kill each other, give up Jiangxi and let Wu dog kill each other internally, but my country is not easy to come by, don't say that giving up the land of a province is to give up a government and a county, and I am also sorry for the ancestors and ancestors of the Qing Dynasty." Therefore, you must agree to this condition before I can allow you to lead the army into battle. ”

Yue Le was a little desperate, but he regretted that he had said his plan in front of Kang Mazi too early, which made Kang Mazi wary. After thinking about it for a long time, Yue Le played a trick gun and said: "What the master said is very true, the slave's previous thoughts were indeed a little negative and cowering, and after being scolded by the master several times, the slave has also repented and will never give up a province of land. It's just that the two armies are fighting, and they must not be confined to the gains and losses of one city and one place, so in the decisive battle, in order to win the whole army, the minions may choose to retreat tactically and temporarily abandon one or two of the state capitals, hoping that the master will understand. ”

"You still want to use your tiger to devour wolves." Kang Mazi was not stupid, and immediately heard Yue Le's off-string sound, but considering that there was no one available in the court other than Yue Le, and Yue Le's words were somewhat reasonable, Kang Mazi gritted his teeth and finally said: "Okay, I promise you, and I will understand your difficulties." ”

(To be continued)