In the first year of Zhaowu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, on September 27, the Fat Army, which had once severed the alliance, and the Zheng Army of Taiwan signed an alliance agreement again outside Hangzhou, agreeing to join forces to strangle the remnants of the Qing army in Zhejiang and the Geng Jingzhong forces who betrayed the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty. [Full text reading]

At the same time, the Suzhou Army of the Fat Army carried out the covenant and gave 15,000 stone of military rations and 1,000 good rockets to Liu Guoxuan, the general of Taiwan's right military guard stationed in Hangzhou, and Liu Guoxuan also handed over the city defense of Hangzhou to Yang Yingyuan's department of the Fat Army in accordance with the provisions of the covenant, and led the army to withdraw to Fujian by sea, and at the same time took away all the materials and baggage that could be taken away in the city of Hangzhou, but there were still more than 5,000 soldiers recruited by the Zheng Army in Hangzhou who refused to go south, and chose to stay in Hangzhou to join the Fat Army. It was finally returned to the hands of the Fat Scouts in a peaceful way.

On the same day, after the Fat Army entered the city to take over the defense, the first thing they did was to give 15,000 stone of grain to the people in the city free of charge, and at the same time posted a notice to appease the people, strictly prohibiting the soldiers from destroying silver and plundering and harassing the residents. The people of Hangzhou, who had lived a miserable life under the rule of Zheng Jun, were grateful, and begged the fat army of benevolence and righteousness not to abandon Hangzhou again, not to abandon the people of Hangzhou again, and Wu Qi, the governor of Zhejiang, who entered the city with the army to take over local government affairs, swore in public on behalf of the Great Zhou Yue Mansion that he would never give up Hangzhou, and swore to live and die with Hangzhou, and the people of Hangzhou were safe.

The news of the alliance between the Fat Army and the Zheng Army spread again, and the remnants of the Qing Army in Zhejiang, which were entrenched in Shaoxing and Ningbo in northeastern Zhejiang, were in chaos, and the people were panicked, and the civil and military generals were all terrified, knowing that the end was near, and the people and gentry in the territory began to prepare to burn incense and worship the Tao, carry pots and carry pulp, and welcome the preparations of the Wang Shi to liberate Shaoxing and Ningbo. Even Tian Fengji, the commander of the Qing army, quietly sent henchmen into Hangzhou to try to get in touch with the Fat Army and test whether the Fat Army could accept his surrender.

What was even more devastated was Geng Jingzhong, who came to Yanzhou to try to reconcile with the Fat Army, but he had sent envoys to Nanjing six times to meet Lu Fatzi, and repeatedly apologized for the fact that Huang Kun, the envoy of Geng Jun, molested Lu Fatzi's fiancée, saying that as long as Lu Fatzi was willing, Geng Wangye could cut off the heads of Huang Kun's entire family to apologize to Lu Fatzi, and he was still the only warlord force to congratulate Lu Fatzi on his ascension to the throne of King Yue, and the sincerity of seeking peace with the Fat Army was not insincere.

In response to Lu Fatzi's land demand, Geng Wangye even took the initiative to say that he could give up half of Zhejiang, draw Yiwu as the boundary with the Fat Army, and give the control of northern Zhejiang to the Fat Army for free, just to sign a non-aggression peace agreement with the Fat Army, so that the main force of the Geng Army could free up his hands and turn south to deal with Zheng Jing who tried to annex his lair. But what makes Geng Wangye so angry is that Geng Wangye has already shown so much sincerity and made such a big concession, Lu Fatzi still bites Lu Dongbin, he doesn't know the hearts of good people, and would rather exchange food for Hangzhou City and form an alliance with Zheng Jing than an alliance with Geng Wangye!

Of course, after anger, there is fear, although Geng Jun can't spy on the specific content of the new covenant between the Fat Army and Zheng Jun, but even if Geng Wang Ye thinks with his toes, he can guess that this covenant is aimed at him, and the ambitious Zheng Jing and the Fat Army who are eager for revenge must want to cut themselves with a thousand knives and join forces to completely annex their own territory! He will soon face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, and he will be killed by Lu Fatzi and Zheng Jing in turn!

On the fourth day of the first month of October, the sixth envoy sent to Nanjing returned to Yanzhou, bringing Geng Jingzhong the news that Lu Fatzi had once again refused to sue for peace, and also brought Lu Fatzi's declaration of war, as well as the news that Lu Fatzi had arrived in Suzhou to personally command the battle on the southern front. Hearing the news and seeing Lu Fatzi's declaration of war again, Geng Wangye was furious, and regretted that he hadn't slashed Lu Fatzi back then, but he was also completely desperate and completely helpless.

Lu Fatzi's excuse for war was very sufficient, accusing Geng Jingzhong of betraying the anti-Qing alliance and joining forces with the Qing army to rob himself, so he had no choice but to retaliate by force, and refused to recognize Geng Jingzhong's ownership of every inch of Zhejiang's land, and demanded that Geng Jingzhong immediately lay down his arms and surrender, cede the entire territory of Zhejiang, and declare himself to the Great Zhou court, and take him back to Fujian to be an idle prince, and his army was assigned to the command of King Yue of the Great Zhou! Otherwise, as soon as the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty arrive, the old and young of the Jingnan Mansion will not be forgiven, both men and women will be beheaded, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!

"Dog thief! dog thief! The villain's dog thief! While tearing up Lu Fatzi's declaration of war to shreds, Prince Geng roared with red eyes, "Fuck your mother's Luodi Xiucai, the seven-grade sesame official who went to Lao Tzu Wanghailou to ask for food!" If you didn't have the five hundred taels of silver that Lao Tzu rewarded you back then, you can be a fucking official, and you can fucking have today? Ungrateful! Ungrateful dog thief! ”

Unlike Zheng Wangye's henchmen, Jiang Yuanxun, Liao Yanyun, Xu Wenyao, Dong Yide, Lu Yunxiang and other Geng Wangye's civil and military henchmen did not shout and shout to kill, let alone shout any slogans to skin and cramp Lu Fatzi, one by one they all had sad faces, hung their heads, and were silent. It's not that Geng Wangye's henchmen don't want to echo and pat on the back, but the current situation of Geng Wangye's army is too dangerous, and Zheng Jing has turned his face, and Lu Fatzi has also turned his face, the north and south are enemy, and the allies who can be won are unreliable, and there is also a Shang Zhixin Shang Wangye who is watching and delaying in the periphery, and he may join the war group at any time and fall into the ground, in this case, what to shout the slogan of peeling and cramping Lu Fatzi, not only is it meaningless, but also dangerous - in case Geng Wangye can't bear it that day, he really surrenders to Lu Wangye, The despicable villain stabbed these slogans in front of Lord Lu, do you want to die?

"Lord Wang, it's useless to scold these, let's start preparing for war." Ma Jiuyu, the general of Geng Junxiao's cavalry, who was deeply trusted and relied on by Prince Geng, said in a deep voice: "Zheng Jingxiao'er returned Hangzhou to Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and it is meaningless for General Zeng to continue to be stationed in Dusong Pass, and it is possible to be cut and surrounded by Lu Dog. ”

Geng Wang Ye closed his mouth, and after thinking for a long time with a blue face, he finally let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "That's the only way, send a fast horse to send an order, let the army surnamed Zeng Yang return to the new city, and block Lu Gou from going south there." ”

Geng Wangye's subordinates agreed one after another, and Jiang Dehong, the soldier Cao Zhangyin, hurriedly drafted an order and sent a fast horse to Dusong Pass, two hundred miles northwest of Hangzhou, so that Zeng Yang, who was stationed there, abandoned the pass and returned to Xincheng County, the southern gate of Hangzhou Prefecture, for defense. When the order was drafted, Prince Geng asked again: "Do you think this king should send an envoy to Shaoxing to form another alliance with Tian Fengji, the governor of Mangou, and join forces to meet Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" ”

"The prince's plan is wonderful, he should make another alliance with Mangou." Most of the generals of the Geng army praised the goodness and were in favor of forming an alliance with the Qing army again, but a few pessimists also questioned, "Tian Fengji still has more than 30,000 full-dog troops in his hands at most, and the military salary has been suspended for three or four months, and the morale is very low. ”

"It's useless and can't be helped, even if there is a glimmer of hope, we have to fight to the end." Ma Jiuyu refuted it, and suggested to Geng Wangye: "Prince, if Tian Fengji agrees to form an alliance, we should make an appointment with him on how to send troops, if Lu Gou's army comes south to fight us, Tian Fengji must go west to attack Hangzhou and cut off Lu Gou's grain and grass support." On the contrary, if Lu Gou goes east to fight Shaoxing and Ningbo, we will also send troops to the north to cut off Lu Gou's backup food route, so that Lu Gou will fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides. ”

Geng Wang Ye nodded silently, explained to the staff to write a book, and then turned to the Jingnan Wangfu Licao palm seal Lin Yueguang next to him and ordered: "Immediately arrange a messenger who can speak kindly, bring more gifts, prepare the letter, and let the messenger set off immediately, the sooner the better." ”

Lin Yueguang agreed, and hurriedly led the envoy who had just returned from the fat army to retire, but the messenger followed Lin Yueguang to the door of the hall, stopped again, turned around and saluted, and said: "Lord Wang, the villain is bold, there is one more thing that must be reported to the prince, that is, when the villain went to Nanjing, he found that among Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, there were also people who opposed Lu Yifeng's dog thieves and Zheng Jing's dog thieves' alliance, and supported Lu Yifeng's dog thieves to form an alliance with our army. Also, the villain believes that Lu Yifeng's dog thief actually doesn't trust Zheng Jing's dog thief, but the situation forced him to choose to form an alliance with Zheng Jing. ”

"And this? Tell me more about how you found out? Geng Wangye rekindled a little hope.

"The villain was discovered when I saw Lu Yifeng for the last time." The envoy of Geng Jun recalled and said: "At that time, Lu Yifeng refused the villain's alliance plea for the prince in person, and when the villain pleaded bitterly, the bachelor and soldier of the Great Zhou Yue Palace, Cao Zhangyin Yao Qisheng Yao, also said a few words for the villain, and also pointed out to Lu Yifeng that Zheng Jing dog thieves are actually more dangerous and untrustworthy, Wang Ye, you and Zheng Jing dog thieves have formed an alliance, but Zheng Jing dog thieves sent troops to attack the hinterland of our army and seize many state capitals in Fujian, which is enough to prove that Zheng Jing dog thieves are a despicable villain who forgets his righteousness and falls into the well!" ”

"Lord Yao also said that the Great Zhou Yue Mansion and Zheng Jing's dog thieves are tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, and Lord Wang, you have sent envoys to sue for peace six times, which is enough to prove the sincerity of your alliance, Lord Wang, and I suggest that Lu Yifeng think carefully, don't lose watermelons and sesame seeds, and lose real and reliable allies."

"This Yao Qisheng, he is not bad, at least he has a vision for Lu Yifeng!" Geng Wang Ye was overjoyed and said: "Zheng Jing'er is treacherous, sneak attack on the hinterland of this king, the despicability of character is rare in ancient and modern times, and an alliance with such a dog thief, isn't that what is it to seek skin with the tiger?" ”

"Then what did Lu Yifeng say later?" Ma Jiuyu also ignited a little hope.

Lu Yifeng didn't speak at first, but later Lord Yao persuaded him repeatedly, and Lu Yifeng sighed and said so. The envoy of Geng Jun paused for a moment and added: "Lu Yifeng's original words are probably like this, he said that he didn't know that Zheng Jing's dog thief was more dangerous and untrustworthy than you, and you were still kind to him, Wang Ye, he never found a chance to repay him well, but the current situation has decided, he can only temporarily form an alliance with Zheng Jing's dog thief, and temporarily I'm sorry for you, Wang Ye." ”

"This dog thief still remembers the king's kindness to him!" Prince Geng scolded and asked, "Then did you ask him later, since he remembered the kindness of this king, why did he still refuse to form an alliance with this king to stop the war?" ”

The villain dared to ask, and Lu Yifeng also answered frankly. The envoy of Geng Jun replied honestly: "Lu Yifeng said that he was entrusted by the Great Zhou Emperor Wu Sangui, and he urgently needed to clear the surrounding areas and send troops to the west to eradicate the Great Zhou Dynasty annihilation of Guo Zhuangtu's dog thieves, but Geng Wangye, you Chen Bing in northern Zhejiang, always threatened his hinterland in the south of the Yangtze River, if he didn't drive the prince back to Fujian, and didn't take back the buffer zone in Zhejiang, he wouldn't dare to rest assured." So there was no way, he had to form an alliance with Zheng Jing and the dog thieves first, force you back to Fujian, and then consider making peace with Wang Ye. ”

"Fuck, I still want the whole of Zhejiang! How big is his buffer zone? Geng Wang Ye jumped up like thunder again, and shouted at the envoy of Geng Jun: "Then you won't tell him, this king can give Yanzhou to him, and then give Quzhou to him, as long as he stops fighting, support this king to drive Zheng Jingxiaoer back to Taiwan!" ”

"The villain said it, but Lu Yifeng insisted on the whole territory of Zhejiang and did not make concessions at all, and then declared war on the villain and sent the villain back." Geng Jun's envoy replied helplessly.

"it!" Geng Wangye smashed his fist on the table, and scolded the eighteenth generation of Lu Fatzi's ancestors in his heart, and said in his heart that Lao Tzu paid so much price, and finally won most of Zhejiang, you Lu Yifeng dog thief will take it all away as soon as he stretches out his hand, and Lao Tzu will give you a long job? !

"Lord Wang, it seems that there is only fighting." Ma Jiuyu was also very disappointed, and said: "Although we are not sure of defeating Lu Yifeng's main force on the battlefield, we only need to play with prestige and fighting spirit, and let Lu Yifeng's dog thief know that we are not easy to bully, so that we can force him back to the negotiating table." ”

"Yes, let's fight first, let Lu Yifeng's dog thief know that this king is not easy to provoke, and then force him to negotiate." Geng Wang Ye nodded, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Transfer Bai Xianzhong's army in Changhua back to Xincheng, and gather 60,000 troops to fight with Lu Yifeng's dog thieves!" Tell Zeng Yang and Bai Xianzhong that no matter whether they win or lose, they are not allowed to embarrass Lao Tzu on the battlefield! Even if you lose, as long as you let Lu Yifeng pay the price, you will still be rewarded when you come back! ”

…………………… Two days later, the last Fat Army team that was ready to be put into the battlefield on the southern front also arrived in Hangzhou under the personal leadership of Lu Fatzi and joined Li Tianzhi's army, which arrived here first. At this point, the layout of the southern front of the Fat Army was completed, and the Taiping Army sent 20,000 troops, stationed in Ningguo, Guangde and Huizhou respectively to contain Geng Jingzhong's flank; A total of 6,000 Fat Men from Huzhou and Yixing marched south to Dusong Pass, guarding the obstacles north of Dusong Pass to prevent Geng Jingzhong's army from breaking into the hinterland of Huzhou; Li Guodong's 8,000 sailors were stationed in Haiyancheng to monitor the remnants of the Qing army's Ningbo sailors, and directly threatened Shaoxing and the northern coast of Ningbo. As for the city of Hangzhou, the advance base of the southern front, more than 70,000 infantry cavalry, the main force of the two major corps of the Fat Army, were gathered, with a total of 105,000 troops, which formed an overwhelming advantage over the remnants of the Qing army in Zhejiang and the Geng Jingzhong army!

However, it is impossible for the fat army to put all these troops into the battlefield, just like Lu Fatzi said to the old lackey Li Tianzhi, "This king is here to give you a strong momentum and charge grain and grass, the main force of the battle is the Suzhou Corps, you fight well, all the troops in Zhejiang will be under your command in the future, and the commander of the southern expedition to Fujian and Liangguang is also you!" If I didn't fight well, I lost hope, so let's go back to Nanjing to defend the city, and change Wang Xu to the southern front. Li Tianzhi smiled heartily, patted his chest and asked Fat Lu to rest assured that the position of the coach of the Southern Expedition had been decided by himself.

The first time he wore a flat yellow dragon robe of the nine regiments, Lu Fatzi was naturally very majestic, and when he entered the city, the slogans of the soldiers and the soldiers who had worked hard were not shouted, and the gentry of Hangzhou who greeted him in front of the city, Lu Fatzi naturally had to shed a few crocodile tears to blame himself in public, complaining that he was deceived by Zheng Jing's hypocritical illusion of reversing the Qing Dynasty and restoring his sight, and gave Hangzhou to Zheng Jing and pushed the people of Hangzhou into the fire pit, which hurt the parents and people of Hangzhou, and then announced that Hangzhou City was tax-free for two years, and the grain for the spring of the next year was also supplied by the Fat Army free of charge, Compensate the suffering Hangzhou fathers and villagers.

Decided to give Hangzhou city tax exemption for two years, Lu Fatzi certainly has some intention to compensate the people of Hangzhou, but Hangzhou was indeed harmed by Zheng Jun badly enough, a large number of tax draws and taxes wantonly looted, needless to say, when he left, he also robbed a handful, and now the people's livelihood in Hangzhou is withering, the land is barren, the merchants in the city are closed, and every household is closed, and Lu Fatzi can't collect much if he wants to collect taxes - so the tax exemption for two years is equivalent to fattening the pigs and then killing them, and there is no good intention.

No good heart is not a good heart, Lu Fatzi's so-called benevolent government was announced, or won the unanimous applause of the people of Hangzhou, the gentry and the landlords, the slogan of the prince Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose also echoed in front of the north gate of Hangzhou, Lu Fatzi was triumphant in the crowd of people who knelt down to thank him, smiling so much that his fat face almost blossomed, and the villain was ambitious to the extreme.

In the end, the fat man Lu who was not addicted to the prince also walked to the local gentry team in Hangzhou led by Wu Qi, shook hands and greeted them one by one, shh The whole family of the grass people is broken, and it is difficult to repay the great kindness of the prince. ”

"Sir, please get up, get up." Lu Fatzi hurriedly went to pick up the old scholar, and Wu Qi, the governor of Zhejiang next to him, also came up and introduced to Lu Fatzi: "Lord Wang, please allow the official to introduce to you, this old gentleman is the famous Mr. Cha Jizuo Cha Yihuang, Mr. Zha came from Haining to greet you." ”

"Zha Jizuo?!" Fat Lu almost didn't jump up, and exclaimed, "You are Mr. Yi Huang?" ”

"Back to the prince, the grass people are none other than Cha Jizuo, and Mr. doesn't dare to be it." Zha Jizuo was secretly happy in his heart, and said busily: "The last time the prince waved his army to the south, the grass people wanted to come to Hangzhou to visit the prince and see the honorable face, but it is a pity that the prince quickly collected troops and went north, and the grass people often regret it. ”

"Is Mr. Cha Shenxing here?" Fat Lu blurted out.

"Lord Wang, do you still know the nephew of the grass people?" Zha Jizuo was a little dumbfounded, and said in his heart that the old man's reputation is loud, and Prince Lu must have heard of the old man's name, how could he even hear the name of the old man's nephew?

"The student is cautious and asks for peace to the prince." A young man of twenty-five or sixteen couldn't wait to squeeze forward and kowtow to Fat Lu. When Fat Lu hurriedly picked him up and took a closer look, he found that this person's Guozi face and cheeks were round, and he was so fat that he turned into goose eggs, which was indeed very similar to a famous coat that specialized in smearing Han heroes, and Lu Fatzi was immediately overjoyed and said: "Mr. Shen Xing, your great name, this king has long been like thunder, and now I can see it, this king is really fortunate to have three lives, and three lives are lucky." ”

"Am I so famous?" Cha Shenxing was also a flurry, and hurriedly said modestly: "The prince has won the award, and the students really don't dare to be it, don't dare to be it." ”

"Young uncle, come on." Fat Lu beckoned, called Wang Shaobo to the side, smiled at Cha Shenxing and said: "Mr. Cha, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Wang Shaobo, the former Guizhou Xie Yuan, and now he is serving as the official Cao Zhangyin in my Great Zhouyue Palace." Young uncle, this is the famous Mr. Cha Shen Xingcha, a very talented young man, you know each other. ”

"Long admiration, long admiration." Wang Shaobo bowed inexplicably, saying that the owner is crazy, and Cha Shenxing is also famous, why haven't I heard of it? It's his clan uncle Cha Jizuo, I've heard the name.

"The student is cautious, and I will say hello to Lord Wang." Cha Shenxing also knew that the official Cao Zhangyin of the Fat People's Army was equivalent to the official book, and he was in charge of the selection, appointment, promotion and transfer of all civilian officials in the areas controlled by the Fat People's Army.

"Young uncle, Mr. Shen Xing is so young, talented, and talented, why don't you ask him if he is interested in serving in our Great Zhou Imperial Court?" Fat Lu's next words made Cha Shenxing even more overjoyed, and Fat Lu patted Uncle Wang's shoulder and smiled: "It's worth reusing." ”

Laughing, Fat Lu leaned into Wang Shaobo's ear again, smiled and whispered: "Remember this kid, reuse him, secretly collect evidence of his crimes, hide it and not release it, and Zha Jizuo, the real first accusation of "Ming History Case", the crime deserves death, and when the overall situation is decided, the messenger who killed their whole family will be handed over to you." ”

Wang Shaobo blinked his mung bean eyes, smiled and said: "Don't worry, the prince understands, since Mr. Cha is so good at financial management, there is just a gap in the Yamen of Nanjing Customs, I just don't know if Mr. Cha is interested in becoming an official?" ”

"Customs Road Yamen?!" The literati present gasped one by one, the fat army vigorously developed shipping, encouraged overseas trade, and the customs and yamen were so fat that they were like farting oil crotch, Wang Shaobo got Cha Shenxing into the customs as soon as he made a move, and his appreciation for Cha Shenxing can be imagined. Cha Shenxing was so excited that his whole body trembled, and he hurriedly kowtowed again and again to thank him, "The grace of the prince's knowledge, the grace of the king's promotion, the student's toothless and unforgettable, even if the student is broken, it is difficult to repay the prince and the king's great kindness!" ”

"Mr. Cha, please get up quickly." The smiling tiger of Lu Fatzi and Wang Shaobo hurriedly picked up Cha Shenxing, and while pouring [***] soup, praising Cha Shenxing as rare in the sky, unparalleled on the ground, fluttering and wanting to die, while snorting coldly in their hearts, "Boy, wait." ”

(To be continued)