Prior to this, Wu Sangui had fought with Aobai twice, the first was the Songjin War in the eighth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, and the second was the Miyun War in the eighth year of Chongzhen, but both times Wu Sangui was defeated, especially the Songjin War, Wu Sangui simply fled back to Ningyuan City alone, and the real whole army was annihilated, and he couldn't lose anymore, and he couldn't lose again.

Of course, the responsibility for these two fiascos cannot be completely pushed to Wu Sangui Laohan's head, Songjin was Hong Chengchou's head convulsions, heavy on the front and light on the reserve, in the case that the Ming army was not as good as Jiannu in the field, the whole army was still on the line, and the Jiannu army took the opportunity to intersperse with the rear of the Ming army, cutting off the Ming army's grain route and the way back, which led to the annihilation of the Ming army, Wu Laohan annihilation, as the executor, of course, could not bear the responsibility for this decision-making mistake. Miyun's time was that Fan Zhiwan, the commander of the Ming army, was timid and afraid of battle, and did not dare to send reinforcements, so that Wu Laohan was fighting alone in front. Wu Laohan, who broke into battle at the age of thirteen to save his father and became famous before worshipping Aobai, has great ability, and it is futile to meet a pig-like comrade-in-arms, and he loses as a matter of course.

The reason is the reason, if you lose, you lose, no matter how you make excuses, you can't eliminate the psychological shadow, even Wu Lao Hanjian himself admitted in private that he still has a certain fear of the mite Qing veteran Aobai. Therefore, after Lu Fatzi proposed a decisive battle strategy to lure the enemy into Guizhou, and the four major think tanks under Wu Laohan's command unanimously agreed, Wu Laohan's annihilation also immediately decided to adopt this strategy.

After a lapse of nearly 30 years, in the decisive battle of Guizhou in the eleventh year of Mites Qing Kang Mazi, the army under the command of Wu Laohan was no longer the Ming army of the year, and the Mites Qing army under the command of Ao Bai was no longer the Jiannu army of the year.

At that time, the Guanning army under the command of Wu Laohan was outrageously high in the army, and the morale was depressed enough to be shocking, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, they would have no fighting spirit, civilian officials loved money, and military generals were afraid of death. And the Jiannu army under the command of Ao Bai is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and the soldiers are either brutal and vicious Jurchen barbarians, or hardcore Han Annihilation who betrays the country and seeks glory and has no way out, with high morale and high morale, which is in stark contrast to the Ming army soldiers under the command of Wu Laohan, and also forms an absolute overwhelming surname.

And now, the Yungui army under the command of Wu Laohan is fighting to defend the Eight Banners Fushou Paste profiteering, and at the same time, in view of Wu Laohan's use of family means to govern the army, the important generals are either Wu Laohan's sons, nephews and grandsons-in-law or cronies and friends, once Wu Laohan's annihilation falls, all of these people will inevitably die without a place to bury - including our poor Lu Yifeng, Lu Sanhao, Lu Fatzi, fighting for his family and personal interests, morale and fighting spirit are naturally far from being comparable to the Ming Dynasty army back then.

It's like dropping one, although the number of the Mites Qing army under the command of Ao Bai is numerous, most of the important generals have different intentions, and most of the soldiers are corrupt and degenerate, passive and war-afraid, and the backbone of the Mite Qing army, the core of the Mangou soldiers, has been degenerated by the superior life after entering the customs, and has polished their fighting spirit, greedy for the life of flowers and wine brought by hardcore crops, and is worried about the gold, silver and jewelry obtained by the people of all ethnic groups in China.

This is long and one is gone, the long is the Yungui soldiers under the command of Wu Laohan, and the elimination is the Eight Banners of Mites Qing under the command of Aobai, Aobai can still kill Wu Laohan like he did back then, will Wu Laohan repeat the mistakes of the past and flee back to Yunnan alone? Wu Laohan can't say for sure, and he can't be sure.

Standing on the top of the Guiyang City Tower, looking around the Qing army's camp with binoculars, and seeing the Qing soldiers slowly camping and setting up the village, shouting and shouting weakly, and running and training in a dead breath, Ao Bai inevitably became more and more worried -- the decisive battle had not yet begun, and it was only a march of thousands of miles on the rugged mountain roads of Guizhou, and the morale that had been inspired by strict training and strict military discipline on the Huguang border had declined to such a point, and at the critical moment when the white knives entered and the red knives came out on the battlefield, how many troops could the main force of the Qing army maintain their combat effectiveness and high morale, Ao Bai himself is really unsure.

"Yue Le, Tuhai, Jieshu, Rabu." After pondering for a moment, Ao Bai called out the names of the four important deputies. Yue Le, Tu Hai and the other four generals stepped forward together, hugged their fists and agreed to Hou Zhi, and Ao Bai ordered: "Pass the order, strictly order to reiterate the old man's order to behead the army, and if there is a flag in the military camp that is not in order and does not arrive on time, no matter who it is, it will be severely punished!" ”

"Order." Yue Le, Tu Hai and the other four generals agreed, and went down together to convey orders and re-enforce military discipline. After these people left, Zhou Peigong, who had already served as an enshriner in the Aobai shogunate, came up and said cautiously: "Enxiang, serious military discipline can certainly boost the morale of the soldiers and raise their morale, but the students think that the effect is too slow. Now that the war is imminent, if we don't think of a way to double our morale and morale, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Do you want to say that the old man should cancel the beheading of those who rob people's wealth?" Ao Bai asked coldly.

"Eun Xiang has a strict order, of course the students don't dare." Zhou Peigong was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "The student just thinks that since Enxiang loves the people like a son and refuses to bully the people of Yungui by arson, why don't Enxiang make some fuss on the people of Pingxi Wangfu and the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, so that the soldiers have a little hope." ”

Ao Bai hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Let's talk about it in detail, how to make a fuss about these two points?" ”

"Thank you." Zhou Peigong was overjoyed, and hurriedly cheered up his spirit, and said: "I don't know if Enxiang has noticed, the backbone core of my Qing army, the soldiers of the Eight Banners, are now inseparable from their hands, holding a spear and musket to kill the enemy in one hand, and a Eight Banners Fushou Paste Smoking Gun in the other. Because of Enxiang's blockade of Yungui, Yungui's Eight Banners Fushou Paste produced last year could not be exported, and the price of Eight Banners Fushou Paste on the Central Plains land soared, and many Eight Banners soldiers had run out of food, and there were several riots for this reason, forcing Enxiang to kill twenty or thirty people by marching to the army. ”

"The student thinks that since the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty love the Eight Banners Fushou Paste so much, and Wu Sangui has a large number of this thing in the hands of the traitors, why not give an order, after breaking the thief, the Eight Banners Fushou Paste in the hands of Wu Rebel will be shared equally by the Eight Banners soldiers? No need to hand over to the general's treasury? In this way, the morale of the soldiers of the Eight Banners, the core backbone of our Qing army, will not be immediately high? ”

Ao Bai was silent, and after a long time, he reluctantly said, "It's an idea, and then continue." ”

"Thank you, the student continued." Zhou Peigong was even more happy, and hurriedly said: "Enxiang, as far as the students know, Wu Sangui's army and clans have had children every year since they established themselves in Yungui for more than ten years, and the current population has reached more than 700,000, and most of the soldiers of Wu Sangui's army are also composed of the children of these feudal mansions. In this case, why didn't En Xiang give an order again, every person who killed the enemy on the battlefield of our Qing Dynasty soldiers, the wives and children of the Wu rebel army who were killed, along with the fields and family property, were rewarded to our army, the soldier who killed the enemy, so that even the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers of the ordinary green battalion were also boosted? ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Peigong paused, peeked at the fierce face of Ao Bai's thick and stiff beard, and added cautiously: "In addition, Enxiang can also send orders to the thief army, among the thief army, anyone who surrenders anyway can save his wife and daughter's property, and can also have the effect of dividing the enemy army and dissipating the morale of the enemy army, isn't it the best of both worlds?" ”

"In addition, the students feel that Enxiang can also be publicized in the main force of our Qing Dynasty, so it is said that the old thief Wu Sangui has monopolized the Eight Banners Fushou Paste for several years, and has accumulated a huge wealth of tens of millions of taels ......of silver...... Fight...... Will...... The effect ....... ”

Later, Zhou Peigong spoke more quietly - because the later he came, the more ugly the expression of Aobai's already terrifying ugly face became, so frightened that Zhou Peigong didn't even dare to take a breath of air, for fear of angering this murderous demon king and really cutting off his head, then he was really wronged.

Zhou Peigong really misunderstood Aobai this time, Aobai was not angry at his vicious suggestion, but was already greatly moved, but he was afraid of a precedent, and military discipline was bound to be difficult to restrain in the future, which was not conducive to the future pacification of the Yungui people's hearts and the restoration of the Yunnan-Guizhou economy in the Qing Dynasty, and then affected the future of Aobai's reform of the Yungui Tusi and returned to the stream, and the future troubles were endless, so he did not dare to make up his mind to adopt this advice that would definitely work to quench his thirst.

When it was difficult to make a decision, the order before Ao Bai had been passed to the army layer by layer, and many Qing soldiers who were slowly camping and setting up the village were speeding up in the officer's leather whip and horse whip, and the army training slogan was also neat and louder, but on the whole, it was still not very effective, and there was never the kind of effect that Ao Bai hoped for. Seeing such a scene, and considering that the decisive battle was imminent, Ao Bai gritted his teeth, and finally said in a hoarse voice: "You go and give orders to Yue Le and Tu Hai, tell them your suggestion, and say that the old man agreed, let them discuss it!" ”

"Thank you for it!" Gong Zhou Pei breathed a sigh of relief, knelt down ecstatically and agreed, and happily ran down the city tower to give the order, leaving Ao Bai alone to stand on top of the city tower, closing his eyes and pondering. And when he turned down the city wall, Zhou Peigong inadvertently saw the lonely burly figure of Ao Bai again, and couldn't help but spit secretly, and said in his heart: "Phew! Rubbish! If it weren't for the ruthlessness of our Qing Dynasty soldiers who relied on grabbing money, food, and women, would we have today's Dingding Central Plains? When fighting, you have to restrain military discipline and don't allow you to plunder the silver, do you think you are the second brother of Kong?! Bah! ”

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Not to mention, although Zhou Peigong's suggestions did not please Aobai, none of the Mite Qing generals, including Yue Le, objected, and they all raised their hands in favor of it-after all, this would not only effectively boost morale, but also benefit them a lot. After careful discussion, Yue Le, Tu Hai and others quickly formulated several new reward and punishment measures, announced them to the 180,000 Qing army, and asked the craftsmen to step up the printing of leaflets and notices, ready to be used for propaganda against the enemy, so as to undermine the morale of the Wu army and shake the morale of the Wu army.

The new military order of the Qing army is as follows, the first article, after the defeat of the Wu army, the Eight Banners Fushou paste hoarded in the Pingxi Wangfu is owned by the Qing army, and there is no need to hand it over, and the personal income belongs to the individual, and the overall income is divided equally by the army, and there is no need to hand over one or two dollars.

Article 2: On the battlefield of the two armies, every time a Qing soldier kills a Wu soldier, he will receive all the property and land of the Wu soldier by his head, and all the wives and children of the Wu soldier will be rewarded as slaves to the Qing soldier. Killing a Wu general on the battlefield can also get all of the Wu general's family property and land, as well as the Wu general's wife and children, as well as maids and servants.

Third, after the capture of Wuhua Mountain, half of the gold, silver and jewelry in the treasury of the Pingxi royal palace were handed over to the national treasury, and half was divided equally by the Qing army, and all the female servants in the palace were also obtained by the captive. In addition, Tu Hai, Yue Le, Jie Shu and others also repeatedly emphasized that Wu Sangui's old thief had made huge profits with the Eight Banners Fushou Paste in recent years, and he had earned a huge sum of more than 40 million taels of silver, and on average, every soldier of the Qing army could get more than 100 taels of silver!

The new military order was promulgated, and in the lifeless mite Qing barracks, there was suddenly a sound of excitement and cheering everywhere, some of the Qing soldiers were amazed, some of the Qing soldiers were envious, and more of them were jumping with their arms and shouting: "Kick the Wu Sangui nest of the dog, and snatch all the gold and silver women back!" ”

The loudest shouting was the Manchurian Yellow Flag Jialazhang Jinglushi, this old Mites Qing who was over 70 years old and insisted on going into battle, with a large group of children and grandchildren shouting everywhere, "Kill!" Kill! Kill! Kill the barbarians! Snatch all the barbarian women back! One brother divided into three barbarian women! Lao Tzu is seventy-three years old this year, and there are at least five thirteen-year-old barbarian women! Cover Lao Tzu with the quilt every night! ”

"Old general, you are so old, five a night, can you hold on?" Countless mite soldiers asked with a loud smile.

"Why can't you hold it?" Old Dog Lush yelled, "Don't say five a night, it's no problem if it's ten!" ”

At the end, Lu Shi grabbed his grandson Qiyan again and yelled, "Little cub, remember for Lao Tzu!" If your grandfather dies on the battlefield and is buried, remember to catch five thirteen-year-old barbarian women for Lao Tzu, nail them in Lao Tzu's coffin and bury them together, and let them serve Lao Tzu in the underworld! Qi Yan agreed loudly, and before he finished speaking, the surrounding mite Qing soldiers were already laughing, and their morale was greatly high.

(Note: Lu Shi Lao Dog is non-fictional, a historical character, in the history of the Rebellion of the Three Feudatories, he still insisted on leading the troops to fight, and was famous for his love of killing Han soldiers, and later died in Jiumazui, Dongting Lake, and was divided by Wu soldiers.) ）

The morale of the Mites Qing army was finally boosted, and when Ao Bai saw it on the city tower, he was even more worried, and secretly said: "Military discipline is easy to let go and difficult to collect, such a drink quenches thirst, even if this battle is won, the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces will have to become a ruin." If this battle is unfortunate ...... and the Yungui soldiers retaliate, we will be full of ......, alas. ”

No matter how much you worry, it's useless, there is no arrow to turn back, things have come to this point, Ao Bai can only grit his teeth and persevere, and at the same time, in view of the difficult roads in Guizhou and the inconvenience of grain and grass transfer, Ao Bai does not dare to stay in Guiyang for a long time. After three days of rest, on the second day of the sixth month of the eleventh year of Kang Mazi, Ao Bai finally ordered the camp to be raised, leaving only more than 10,000 troops stationed in the granary of Guiyang, and the remaining 170,000 troops marched south on the whole line, advancing towards Anshun, where the main force of Wu Sangui's army had been stationed for a long time.

How majestic is the advance of the 170,000 army, on the relatively open road from Guiyang to Anshun, the mite Qing army with various banners is like a colorful python, and like a torrent of poisonous water heavily polluted by highly toxic chemicals, stretching for dozens of miles, mighty and slow to the south, everywhere you go, the world changes color, the river is blocked, the momentum is terrifying, but also suffocating.

The war has not yet begun, the outpost battle has begun, in order to reconnoiter the enemy situation and counter-reconnaissance, the Mites Qing army and Wu Sangui's army have sent a large number of elite cavalry to act as scouts, in the hills and forests on the north side of the Anshun Basin to carry out reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance battles, chasing and fighting, ambushing and anti-ambush, only on the first day of the Mites Qing army, there are hundreds of soldiers on both sides buried on the battlefield. It was also at this time that Lu Fatzi decisively asked to see Wu Sangui's old Han Annihilation, and proposed to him to let the whole army of the Qujing Green Battalion be dispatched to supplement the scout team to reconnoiter the enemy's situation.

Relying on the privilege of Qujing folk planting Eight Banners Fushou ointment, although the combat effectiveness of the Qujing Green Battalion is not the highest in Wu Sangui's army, it is equipped with war horses that can only be equipped by the elite of the Wu army, and it has a natural scout advantage. Therefore, Wu Lao Hanjian readily agreed to Lu Fatzi's request, and let the Qujing Green Battalion supplement the scout army, and under the leadership of Lu Fatzi's cousin Qin Yong and henchman Li Tianzhi, he started an outpost battle with the Qing army scouts.

In the face of Lu Fatzi's request to make his own claim, Qin Yong didn't say anything, and honestly took the order to fight, but the old military affairs Li Tianzhi was a little dissatisfied, and said to Lu Fatzi in private: "Brother Lu, why are you so stupid? Although we have always paid great attention to scout training, scout warfare is a skirmisher battle, and it is difficult to rescue each other, and the loss of troops is the most serious. If the losses are too great, and when the time comes for the decisive battle between the two armies, others use the excuse that we have lost too much and transfer us to the rear, what else will we take the credit? ”

"Brother Li, I still don't understand this truth?" Lu Fatzi replied with a smile: "Let me tell you honestly, I just want to find an excuse to retreat to the rear during the decisive battle, and after the two armies decide the victory, it is time for us to show our skills and establish miraculous achievements." ”

"What do you mean?" Li Tianzhi was full of confusion, and asked suspiciously: "Everyone else has finished the battle, let's go and collect the prisoners and chase down the enemy's stragglers, how much credit can we have?" ”

"Wrong, and very wrong." Lu Fatzi shook his head decisively, and said slowly: "In this battle, Ao Bai was forced to fight by Xiao Mazi, and he didn't know anything about our real military strength. But although our army wins, it may not be able to completely annihilate the enemy, if we can highlight the surprise soldiers, and block most of the Mangou army in the hinterland of Guizhou, then this merit is no less than the frontal defeat of the enemy! ”

Li Tianzhi is an old military minister in the end, although he is not as bad as Lu Fatzi, he didn't have any good intentions at the beginning, but after getting these tips from Lu Fatzi, Li Tianzhi finally understood Lu Fatzi's vicious intentions, and said in surprise: "It turns out that Brother Lu is planning this, I finally understand, no wonder Brother Lu insisted on taking Kong Fanlin ...... last time." ”

"Shhh Fat Lu hurriedly made a silent gesture, and said with a low smile: "Don't keep it secret, if this matter is leaked, then our great credit, but someone will rob it." In the past few days, I will help the prince to act as the military aircraft, and the army should be more careful, and take the brothers to see more blood, so as to prepare for the bloody battle in the future. Don't be afraid of casualties, an army that has never seen blood will definitely not become an elite, in the future, we have reserve troops to replenish! ”

"I understand, Brother Lu is far-sighted and far above ordinary people." Li Tianzhi suddenly realized, and said to Fat Lu with great admiration: "Brother Fool now believes that Brother Fool left the Pingnan Mansion to join Brother Lu, which was the most correct choice in his life, and Brother Lu's glorious future in the future will inevitably be far above the Pingnan Palace!" ”

(To be continued)