Lu Fatzi was sent to the Eastern Front by Wu Laohan, and led the people of the headquarters to assist his brother-in-law Wu Shizong, and sent a total of more than 12,000 troops to attack Guangxi.

It was only after statistically summarizing the military situation in Guangxi that it was discovered that compared with the main battlefield in the northeast of Guizhou, which was raging in flesh and blood, and the relatively calm, but in fact murderous and tense Sichuan-Guizhou battlefield, the eastern front battlefield of the Wu army could only be described in two words - ridiculous!

Of course, it is definitely not the two lone armies of the Wu army's eastern front, Du Huijun and Yu Xuanjun, but their opponents Geng Juzhong, Shang Zhixiao and the green hat king Sun Yanling. First in early March of the 11th year of Kang Mazi, Shang Kexi, who was lying down and was shot, sent Guangdong Governor Yan Ziming to lead an army of 10,000 soldiers to attack Lianzhou in order to recapture the mouth of Lianzhou, and as a result, before the camp could be stabilized in Lianzhou, it had been beaten by Du Hui and Yu Xuan, and retreated to Leizhou in embarrassment.

In late March, after Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places received Xiao Mazi's so-called holy decree to raise troops to suppress Wu, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi and Sun Yanling and others were very obedient and sent troops to attack the eastern front of the Wu army, but unfortunately the troops were not too much, Geng Jingzhong let the second brother Geng Juzhong, who had a ghost in his heart, lead five thousand second-line troops Jiaying, Sihui, and Huaiji into Guangxi, and robbed houses and houses all the way to disturb the place, not only the speed of the army was comparable to that of a snail, but also continued to reach out to Jin Guangzu, the governor of Liangguang, to ask for money, food, and military salaries, and the reason was very sufficient- Lao Tzu is ordered to beg for thieves, and of course the grain, grass and military salaries must be paid by your local officials.

Compared with Geng Juzhong's shamelessness, Shang Kexi's second son Shang Zhixiao is much more competitive, not only threatening to break through Kunming and capture Chen Yuanyuan alive, but also opening his mouth to ask his father for half of the Guangdong army, but it is a pity that Shang Zhixiao's powerful eldest brother Shang Zhixin saw through the second brother's black heart at a glance - to take the command of half of the army in Guangdong, then I, who is the eldest brother, will I be able to cure you, who is a brother, in the future? So Shang Zhixin naturally didn't say a word to make a move, after a battle between the open and the dark, Shang Zhixiao finally only got the command of the 5,000 troops and the 10,000 defeated army in Leizhou, angry and disappointed, Shang Zhixiao of course did not have the intention of attacking Yungui, and took the army all the way to the mountains and rivers, slowly and slowly marched west along the coastline, and after walking for nearly a month, Leng did not arrive in Lianzhou, and naturally did not hand in with the Wu army.

The hardest working is Kong Sizhen's official husband green hat Wang Sun Yanling, after receiving Xiao Mazi's secret order, the whole army was dispatched without saying a word, leaving his brother Sun Yanji to guard Guilin, with the army he could directly control and the army taken over from Dai Liangchen, a total of 16,000 people went south, and at the same time united with Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, in the name of the Guangxi general, ordered troops to be sent from all over Guangxi, and joined his army in Liuzhou to discuss Wu's plan.

It is also a pity that Sun Yanling's ambition to serve the country is admirable, but his prestige in the Guangxi army, which is a Guangxi general with a noble wife, is really pitiful, not only the army generals in Guangxi do not have any birds, but even the army generals and soldiers he took over from Dai Liangchen are not honest and obedient, Sun Yanling ordered them to walk forty miles a day and only walk twenty miles, let them walk twenty miles and simply lie down and do not move, and threaten to launch a mutiny at every turn, to kill Sun Yanling and set up a new commander. Sun Yanling is a crab with a hard outside and soft inside, and he really didn't dare to completely anger these old Qiu Ba, so he had to swallow his anger and go by them, from Guilin to Liuzhou for hundreds of miles, Sun Yanling Junleng walked for more than half a month.

After finally arriving in Liuzhou, it does not mean that Sun Yanling can show his strength, and the old general Ma Xiongma, the governor of Guangxi stationed in Liuzhou, did not take Sun Yanling in his eyes, not only on the pretext that Sun Yanling's army was corrupt and disturbed the people, and even did not allow Sun Yanling's army to enter the city, but also refused to provide grain and grass for Sun Yanling's army under the pretext that there was no food to be satisfied with at present, no matter how Sun Yanling and Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, urged and begged, they would not give a grain of food. Under the internal and external troubles, Sun Yanling, whose ambition was gone, simply had the idea of withdrawing his troops, and finally gave up this plan under the persuasion of the hardcore Han Annihilation of Maxiong Town, and stationed in Liuzhou to wait for Maxiong Town to allocate grain and grass supplies from all over the country.

The three opponents climbed slower than the other, although the forces of Du Hui and Yu Xuan were relatively thin, they were safe and sound for a while, and they were very relaxed, and the battlefield on the eastern front of the Wu army never brought any trouble to the main battlefield, causing the main force to be distracted and changed. But at the beginning of April and May, this situation changed because of a holy decree publicly issued by Xiao Mazi, which was naturally the holy decree proposed by Zhou Peigong, the invitation of Aobai, and the decree issued by Xiao Mazi to declare that the first person to enter Kunming was the king.

Although Zhou Peigong's character is notoriously inauthentic, I have to admit that his hand is indeed extremely clever, and he just hit the key points of Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong, and even hit Sun Yanling, who dreams of being a prince. So after receiving this holy decree, Sun Yanling, who has always been light and arrogant, actually took the initiative to propose a joint effort to Geng Juzhong and Shang Zhixin through Ma Xiongzhen, but Shang Zhixin and Geng Juzhong, who were worried about their lack of strength, of course felt that someone would send a pillow to sleep, so they hurriedly agreed and hit it off with Sun Yanling.

At the same time, after all-out mobilization and frantic promises of benefits to the soldiers, the three armies finally accelerated their march, and on May 18, they successfully joined forces in Ancheng, and jointly appointed Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, as the commander of the whole army, and set a strategic plan to attack Nanning first and then enter Yunnan. At this time, the main force of the Qing army had been personally led by Ao Bai on the second day of the fifth month of the second day of the fifth month of the whole line of the news happened to come, Sun Yanling monk Zhixiao, Geng Juzhong and others were even more ecstatic, more determined to take advantage of the main force of the Qing army to go south Wu army was unable to return to Yunnan to help, gathered more than 34,000 troops from the three provinces, known as 100,000, joined forces to kill Nanning, and the coalition army of Yu Xuan and Du Hui fought many fierce battles in the area of Nanning Bachizhai, and won and lost each other.

"Brother-in-law, it seems that we don't need to do it." After reading the battle report on the Eastern Front carefully collected and sorted out by Lu Fatzi, Wu Shizong laughed and said confidently: "Judging from the dispatch schedule and marching speed of this group of rabble, they don't have the courage to fight with our Pingxi Wangfu at all. When the news of the annihilation of the old thieves reaches Nanning, we don't need to do anything, and they will run clean by themselves. ”

"From the point of view of common sense, after this group of rabble heard the news of the annihilation of the main force of Mangou, they should indeed disperse with a bang, and dare not wipe us again." Lu Fatzi groaned and said: "But uncle, don't forget, this rabble does not dare to enter Yunnan again, it does not mean that they dare not continue to attack Nanning, Nanning National Security Department is a staunch ally of our Pingxi Palace, and it is also the first armed barrier on our eastern front. ”

"What's the use of them storming Nanning?" Wu Shizong asked inexplicably: "Although the capture of Nanning can cut off our connection with the sea mouth, can they hold it?" Angered us, the main force can kill them cleanly with a counterattack, they have eaten too much to support, and they must do this thankless thing? ”

"Uncle seems to have forgotten, what else is there in Nanning?" Fat Lu asked slowly.

"What else is there in Nanning?" Wu Shizong was stunned at first, then slapped his head, and said with annoyance: "Look at my surname, I forgot that Nanning has a current world's largest silver mine!" Even if you can't defend Nanning, you can make a lot of money in the city and silver mines, and these dogs can make a fortune! ”

"That's right, Sun Yanling and Monk Zhixiao, these idiots are all masters who would rather die than suffer losses and desperately take advantage, Nanning Big Silver Mine is close at hand, will they not want to make a profit?" Lu Fatzi said slowly: "So brother, I dare to conclude that even if this rabble hears the news of the annihilation of the whole army, they will definitely not withdraw their troops easily, but may gamble to the death and storm Nanning before our main force returns to the division, and see if we can break through Nanning and make a fortune." ”

"Makes sense." Wu Shizong nodded vigorously, patted the case and said: "We are moving quickly, we will set off tomorrow, march urgently to rescue Nanning, and send someone to inform Yu Xuan and Du Hui, so that they can patiently hold on to Nanning City, and the reinforcements will arrive soon." ”

"Uncle, why are you in such a hurry to inform Yu Xuan and Du Hui of them? How nice would it be to surprise them? Lu Fatzi laughed evilly and said: "Besides, if the news that our reinforcements have set off reaches Nanning, and the straw bales of Monk Sun Yanling and Geng Juzhong know about it, and they run away in advance, how can we fight this battle?" City by city, city by pass, pass by pass? How much effort does that take? If we can annihilate the enemy's main force in the field battle outside Nanning, won't the rest of our battle be much easier? ”

"So what do you say?" Wu Shizong hurriedly asked.

"Slow and urgent, unexpected!" Lu Fatzi said categorically: "Don't inform Yu Xuan and Du Hui of the news that our reinforcements have set off, march in a hurry to Guangxi, and when we reach the area of Tianzhou, we will send a messenger to inform Yu Xuan and Du Hui and others, saying that although our main force won a complete victory in the decisive battle in Guizhou, it is also greatly damaged, and it will not be able to reinforce Nanning for a while and a half, so that they can hold Nanning at any cost for two months, and after two months, our reinforcements can arrive in Nanning." ”

"Then, we secretly ordered Du Hui to deliberately spread the news, be sure to let Sun Yanling's fools know, let those fools continue to attack Nanning without taking precautions, our reinforcements take the opportunity to march to the peak pass, and suddenly kill to cut off the retreat of Sun Yanling's fools, then our army will win a complete victory!"

"Brilliant plan! That's it! Wu Shizong slapped the table again and applauded loudly, but said worriedly: "But brother-in-law, Sun Yanling and Ma Xiongzhen are just that, Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong are there, grandfather just let us teach us a lesson, we can't be too heavy, if we annihilate them all, my grandfather will not be able to speak in front of Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi in the future." ”

"It's easy to do." Lu Fatzi said with a smile: "After we cut off the retreat of Sun Yanling's gang of straw bales, as long as we let them taste some hardships first and let them know that they are powerful, we will immediately send someone to recruit Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong, the two of them are not complete idiots, so they naturally know how to choose." If it goes well, maybe we can recruit Sun Yanling over, and then our eastern front will be even more stable. ”

"That's it, that's it." Wu Shizong was overjoyed, agreed, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Kong Si is not in Guangxi, otherwise we two brothers will have the opportunity to taste the taste of this Hangege." ”

"yes, alas." Fat Lu nodded in agreement, and said with a smile in his heart: "Even if Kong Sizhen's bitch is in Guangxi, Lao Tzu has no interest in her, and in Guangxi, there are people I am interested in." ”

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After finalizing the strategy of slowing down the light and slowing down the darkness, on June 26, Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi's coalition army set out from Kunming together, and all the way was an emergency march to sleep in the wilderness, not to enter the city, let alone camp - anyway, now the weather is hot in June, but he is not afraid of the cold of men and horses, and he is racing against time and night to travel just to the south in a hurry, and it took only four days for the whole army to arrive in Tianzhou. Then Wu Shizong sent two official documents to Nanning in light and dark, and after the army rested in Tianzhou for a night, he hurried south and went all the way to Nanning.

No matter how fast Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi's march was, naturally there was no faster speed than the expedited fast horse of the Wu army messenger, and when Wu Shizong's reinforcements had just arrived in Danliang, the Wu army messenger had already arrived outside Nanning. And the current situation in Nanning is just as Lu Fatzi expected, after hearing the news that Aobai was defeated and killed, and the main force of the Qing army was wiped out, Sun Yanling, Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong not only did not withdraw their troops and fled, but stepped up the pace of attacking Nanning, Sun Yanling and Shang Zhixiao and others even shouted the slogan of breaking through Nanning, the People's Liberation Army Ji for three days, in order to boost morale.

Not to mention, the shameless slogans shouted by Sun Yanling, monk Zhixiao and others are really effective, plus it is said that the Nanning garrison has mined millions of taels of silver in the Phoenix Mountain silver mine and hidden it in the city, Sun Yanling, Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong The morale of the three armies of Lao Qiu is even higher, relying on the strength of the crowd to rush down violently, and actually forced the Yu Xuan army back to Nanning City, and surrounded Nanning City, causing the Wu army messenger to spend a lot of effort to mix into Nanning City, and was almost captured by the three provinces coalition army.

The rationing of the Wu army on the eastern front is like this, Du Hui's Yungui army has 3,000 people, and the Nanning army of Lian Guoan and his son is 8,000 people, but there are only more than 6,500 people, and the total strength is less than 10,000. In this way, although the combat effectiveness of Du Hui and Yu Xuan's armies is obviously higher than that of the Qing army's allied forces in the three provinces, due to the lack of troops, after several major battles, this will also feel a little stretched.

"Two months?" Holding Wu Shizong's military order, Yu Xuan's beautiful eyebrows were twisted into a knot, and many worries were revealed on the face that was beautiful enough to make a woman blush.

"Major General, this is not good." The Hutong Chun next to him was not as polite as Yu Xuan, so he shouted directly, "Originally, it was absolutely no problem to hold Nanning City for two months, and the grain and grass in the city were barely enough, but the autumn harvest will be soon, let Sun Yanling's gang of beasts besiege the city for two months, what will we do with our food next year?" ”

"General Hu, please rest assured, since your losses were caused by our Pingxi Palace, then we should compensate." Du Hui opened his mouth and said: "After the siege of Nanning is lifted, I will naturally write to the prince to ask for money and food to make up for your various losses, and I will definitely not let you suffer." ”

"General Du, don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about our military rations, I'm talking about the grain of the people of Nanning." Hu Tongchun shook his head and said: "You have also seen the virtue of those beasts outside the city, you can do anything to kill, set fire, destroy silver, and plunder, and now Yongchun and Hengxian in the east of Nanning are completely destroyed, if they are surrounded by them for another three months, the county towns of Longan, Guide, Xinning, Zhongzhou and Shangsi in the west are afraid that they can't keep anything, what should I do?" Did you lose it? ”

"Of course we can't afford that." Du Hui smiled bitterly and said: "But the war is like this, if you want the war not to affect the people, it is a good thing that has not been done since ancient times, and the only way is to report this deep hatred on the battlefield." ”

"Then watch ......." Hutongchun is about to continue to insist. Yu Xuan waved his hand to interrupt and said softly: "Brother Hu, needless to say, General Du is right, it is impossible not to completely affect the people during the war, this is something that no one can avoid, since the Pingxi Royal Mansion wants us to hold Nanning for another two months, then we have been guarding it for more than half a year, and we still care about these last two months?" ”

"Besides, although Nanning is good, we can't be limited to Nanning forever." Yu Xuan said with great foresight: "Now that the prince of Pingxi has broken the main force of the lackeys, and a full-scale counterattack is imminent, it is impossible for our Nanning soldiers to hide in the rear forever to enjoy the blessings, sooner or later we will have to obey the prince's order to go north to kill the thieves, and then there will be more prosperous and richer places than Nanning to occupy, so why stick to the gains and losses of one city and one place?" ”

"That's just as well." After Yu Xuan's personal enlightenment, Hu Tongchun also quickly turned around, patted Du Hui's shoulder and said: "Old Du, the ugly words are in front, after we help you repel the Aobai lackeys, when it is time for you to fully counterattack, remember to report to the prince and ask him to return Guilin City to us. Damn, I haven't eaten for a few years, and my saliva is about to come out. ”

"Well said, well said." Du Hui laughed and agreed, and couldn't wait to say to Yu Xuan: "General Liusan, since you have already prepared to be transferred to the north, I will also be transferred to the north by the prince sooner or later, so when the time comes, how about we continue to join forces to kill the thief?" ”

"Regarding this, please forgive General Du, because the last general has already promised people and promised to kill the enemy side by side with him under the command of the prince, so I can't promise General Du anymore?" Yu Xuan replied with a smile.

"Who? Who did General Cord promise? Du Hui was stunned, and said in his heart that that bastard started so quickly, although the equipment of the army of the Lianjia family was rotten, but it was the most reliable in the war, who the hell started so fast, and grabbed this elite first?

"General Du, you know." Yu Xuan suddenly twisted up, and said with a slightly red face: "General Qujing of your Pingxi Palace, I heard that this time he also fought very well in Guizhou, and the prince of Pingxi was able to annihilate the main force of the old thief, and he made great contributions." ”

"Lu Yifeng! General Liusan, when did you promise him? Du Hui asked in surprise.

Yu Xuan stopped talking, and on her beautiful face with two mustaches, she suddenly became redder than pork liver, all the way to the base of her neck, and her clear big eyes also revealed some watery spring love. Seeing Yu Xuan's expression, Du Hui, who had long suspected the orientation of Yu Xuan's surname, suddenly had goosebumps all over his body, and began to admire Fat Lu in his heart, "Damn! For the sake of an elite, so many sacrifices have been made! changed Lao Tzu, but absolutely not to do it! ”

(To be continued)