"Is this Itambu reliable?"

Different from the recklessness and credulity of Zhangtai Bei Ziye, Har Gaqi, the deputy general of the mite Qing Dingnan and the mite of the Ministry of Rites, was obviously calmer, and carefully read the letter sent by Qiu Sheng sent by Itambu, and after thinking about it for a long time, Hargaqi asked Zhangtai Bei Ziye: "How much do you know about this slave Itambu?" Do you think he can use such courage and ability to organize our army to surrender troops in Jiujiang City? ”

"Lord Ha, please rest assured, Itambu is definitely reliable, the younger generation is familiar with military books, and he is very knowledgeable in strategy, and he is still very reliable in looking at people." Zhangtai Bei Ziye patted his chest and said: "Itambu is the leader of our Mite Prefecture Zhenghongqi, he can fight well, he is brave and strategic, and he is loyal to the emperor and the Qing court, and he is dedicated to his best!" This time, because of the traitor's rebellion, he opened the city gate to welcome Wu Gou into Jiujiang City, and he was forced to surrender after losing the street battle. ”

Hargazi stopped talking, but read Itambu's letter again and pondered. Zhangtai Bei Ziye was afraid that this great opportunity to atone for his sins would be missed, so he hurriedly agitated: "Lord Ha, the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, now Wu Dog Coach Lu Yifeng is seriously injured and will die, and the two dog thieves Gao Dejie and Han Daren are fighting for power and profit, and the infighting is inexorable, and our Qing army can launch a counterattack, not only can we immediately recapture Jiujiang City, but also defeat Wu Dog, and even wipe out Wu Dog!" ”

"If you miss this opportunity, miss this God-given opportunity, wait until Wu Sangui's old thief sends another lackey to take over as Lu Yifeng's dog thief, Wu Gou's army is stable, or Wu Gou collects his troops and returns to Huguang, and then wants to annihilate them, but it will be extremely difficult."

In order to drag the main force of Anqing's Mites Qing into the water and help him to atone for his sins to the Mites Qing court, Zhangtai Bei Ziye showed his tongue like a spring, exaggerating the internal problems of the Wu army in Jiujiang a hundred times, and trumpeting how easy and simple it was for the Qing army to counterattack Jiujiang, and how the credit was to cover the world. It wasn't until Zhangtai Bei Ziye's voice was hoarse and his mouth was dry that Hargaqi hesitated and said: "Judging from the current situation, it is indeed a great opportunity to counterattack Jiujiang, but I can't be the master, and I must ask for General Hilgen's consent." ”

"Lord Ha, how about you and I jointly write a letter to General Hilgen?" Zhangtai Bei Ziye couldn't wait to ask.

"For such a big matter, I must present General Hilgen to him, report to him in person about the situation of Jiujiang Wugou, and negotiate with him whether to send troops to counterattack." Hargaqi replied.

"Then when will Lord Ha return to Anqing, and I will go with you to meet General Hilgen?" Zhangtai Bei Ziye asked nervously again.

"Don't worry, I have one more thing to do before this." "I have to confirm Lu Yifeng's dog thief's injuries to see if he has been seriously injured by your artillery." ”

"Do you need to confirm this?" Zhangtai Bei Ziye screamed miserably, "Lu Yifeng's dog thief was seriously injured by my artillery, and it has spread all over the city and outside of Jiujiang City, can there be a fake?" ”

"Why don't you have to confirm?" Hargaqi's face was serious, and he sneered and said, "Master Bei, you probably haven't heard of how cunning Lu Yifeng, a dog thief, is, right?" Over the years, he has worked for his master, monitored Wu Sangui's old thief for his master, but secretly provided Wu Sangui with a steady stream of Qing military information, betrayed countless Qing secrets, played countless Qing officials, and made countless Qing officials suffer big losses in front of him! Dealing with such a cunning brute, if you are not prepared for a hundred careful, what if you fall for the trick again? ”

"So, how does Lord Ha plan to confirm Lu Yifeng's dog thief's injuries?" Zhangtai Bei Ziye asked helplessly.

"General Hilgen has already arranged it." Hargaqi sneered and said: "It's also our luck, the prince of Pingnan Shang Kexi sent the guard Zhang Yongxiang to bring the watch into Beijing, the day before yesterday happened to pass through Anqing, General Hilgen knew that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was the son-in-law of the prince of Pingnan, and also knew that Lu Yifeng's dog thief's wife Shang Wanyan had been taken back to Guangdong by the prince of Pingnan, so he asked Zhang Yongxiang to send another deputy to Beijing with a watch to present the master, and let Zhang Yongxiang follow me to Hukou. is planning to take advantage of the relationship between the prince of Pingnan and Lu Yifeng's dog thief, let Zhang Yongxiang pretend to be the messenger of the prince of Pingnan, enter Jiujiang City to meet with Lu Yifeng, pretend to persuade Lu Yifeng dog thief anyway, and take the opportunity to observe Lu Yifeng's dog thief's injury. ”

"Really?" Zhangtai Bei Ziye was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Then I will arrange the boat, and tomorrow I will send the guard of Pingnan Wangye across the lake to meet Lu Yifeng's dog thief." ”

In the early morning of the next day, Hargaqi really sent Zhang Yongxiang, a guard of the Pingnan Palace, saying that he took a gift and raised a white flag to cross the lake by boat, and contacted the Poyang Lake ferry controlled by the Wu army, indicating his identity and asking to meet Lu Fatzi. Wu Jun Li Guodong, who controlled the ferry, flew into the city, and Lu Fatzi laughed when he heard the news, "Mangou can't wait, send someone to test my injuries." ”

"Boss, I can't see you." Wang Shaobo immediately suggested: "Let the Han Jianbai of the Pingnan Palace's Mansion run away, Mangou will definitely think that you are really injured." ”

"Wrong, you have to see it." Fat Lu shook his head and said with a smile: "If I don't see Zhang Yongxiang, Mangou will only further suspect that I am really injured, but it will not completely eliminate the suspicion, so I must see, I must let Zhang Yongxiang see my seriously injured appearance with his own eyes, and Mangou will fully believe that I am really injured." ”

"But what if a flaw is revealed?" Wang Shaobo asked worriedly: "Even if you are a famous actor-level actor, the Mangou envoy can't see the flaws, but with the reputation of the owner that you like to cheat, Mangou still won't fully believe it." ”

"Mountain people have their own tricks." Fat Lu smiled evilly, beckoned Wang Shaobo, Xiao Erlang, Zhu Fangdan and others to the front, and whispered in their ears.

At the same time, in order to prevent Zhang Yongxiang from taking the opportunity to spy on the military situation in the city, the Wu soldiers still blindfolded Zhang Yongxiang with a black cloth before leading him into Jiujiang City, until he was escorted to the general command department of the Wu army, and the black cloth on Zhang Yongxiang's eyes was untied. And what appeared in front of Zhang Yongxiang's eyes, in addition to the dazzling early spring sunshine, there was also Xiao Erlang, the absolute confidant of Lu Fatzi, who had several faces.

As soon as they met, Xiao Erlang smiled and said, "It's really General Zhang, do you remember the villain?" Xiao Erlang. Back then, in Guangzhou, when my young master visited the prince of Pingnan, I waited for him in front of the palace, because I accidentally blocked your way, general, and I also suffered from your big feet. ”

Zhang Yongxiang's eyes widened, and he remembered for a long time that he seemed to have this thing, and he seemed to have kicked this Xiao Erlang before, surprised by the changeable fate, Zhang Yongxiang hurriedly smiled bitterly: "General Xiao, don't blame, the villain really has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, the previous thing was that Zhang Yongxiang was offended, and I hope the general will not mind." ”

"Of course not, my young master often teaches me that old enmities cannot be forgotten, old enmities cannot be remembered, not to mention that we have no grievances that we can't get over." Xiao Erlang grinned, made another gesture of invitation, and said with a smile: "General Zhang, please, my young master is discussing with the generals, and I can meet you by the way." ”

"General Xie Xiao." Zhang Yongxiang hurriedly agreed, and at the same time secretly wondered in his heart, "Didn't you say that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was seriously injured and was about to die?" Could it be that it is really a rumor hoax? ”

As Xiao Erlang entered the lobby, before he could salute, Zhang Yongxiang saw at a glance that the fat man Lu he had met was sitting in the middle of the hall, obviously thinner than before, his face was also a little pale, his small eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed to be staring at himself, and there were also Wu generals who were tall, short, fat and thin on both sides. Zhang Yongxiang didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly went up and knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and saluted: "Slave Zhang Yongxiang, the guard of the Pingnan Palace, meet the county master of his family, and ask for peace to the county horse master." ”

Fat Lu didn't speak, nor did he move, and a general of the Wu Army stood next to him, shouting: "Less fucking set is almost!" Our general's wife has been deceived back by your shameless Pingnan Palace, and she is no longer your county horse! If you have anything to say directly, the general doesn't have the time to nag you. ”

"This general, please don't get me wrong, the reason why our Pingnan Royal Mansion took Xiao Gege back to Guangzhou is because the princess misses her daughter, and there is absolutely no malice." Zhang Yongxiang hurriedly explained, and then bowed his hand to Lu Fatzi and said: "Master Junma, the slave came to visit the Junma this time, is the prince has a few words of message for the slave to tell the Junma, I don't know if the Junma is willing to listen?" ”

"Speak directly, my young master listens." Xiao Erlang who answered this time.

"Strange, why didn't Lu Yifeng talk to the dog thief?" Zhang Yongxiang was puzzled in his heart, and said with consideration: "The old prince ordered the servants to tell the prince, Wu Fan acted against the sky, rebelled and rebelled, you follow him, whether it is voluntary or not, the old prince will give you a way to live, no matter what time, no matter what the situation, as long as you are willing to get lost, anyway, when you return, the old prince will protect you from death in front of the emperor, I hope you think carefully, don't make mistakes again and again, and lose this last chance." ”

"Hahahaha!" Before the words were finished, all the generals of the Wu army present had already burst into laughter, and the previous general of the Wu army laughed and said: "Boy, your dog lord must have taken the wrong medicine and is talking nonsense, right?" Our Yungui army held high the banner of righteousness, and the six roads came out together, and it was already a matter of time before the dog barbarians were destroyed, and your dog prince was also too busy to take care of himself, and he still wanted to persuade our general to surrender? ”

"This general, the slave is just a person with a letter, whether to listen or not, of course, it is up to the county master to decide." Zhang Yongxiang replied without humility or arrogance, and peeked at Lu Fatzi, and said tentatively: "Master Junma, the words of the slave have been finished, I don't know how the master of the county plans to send the slave next?" Is there anything you want the minions to bring back? ”

Lu Fatzi's pale lips trembled a few times, and finally stopped, and he didn't speak, but just looked at the general of the Wu army with his eyes, and the general of the Wu army was concerned, and hurriedly turned to Zhang Yongxiang and shouted: "Our general is too lazy to pay attention to you, the two armies will not fight and make a decision, for the sake of the general's original wife, you can get out!" Go back and tell Hilgen, Hargazi, and Zhangtai to wash their necks and wait, or in a few days, our general will personally lead the army east to ask for their dogs' lives! ”

"Why doesn't Lu Yifeng's dog thief keep talking?" Zhang Yongxiang was even more puzzled in his heart, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind, and he secretly exclaimed in his heart: "Could it be that Lu Yifeng's dog thief is so seriously injured that he can't even speak?" I was just afraid that I would find out, so I deliberately led the generals to meet me and asked me to go back and report to the masters that he was safe and sound?! ”

"Did you hear that? Still not rolling? Xiao Erlang also urged.

"General Xiao, please wait a moment." Zhang Yongxiang hurriedly raised the gift box he brought with him, and while peeking at Lu Fatzi's expression, he said respectfully to Lu Fatzi: "Master Junma, this is a gift from the old prince to the slave, and there is also Xiao Gege who asked the slave to bring some things, please accept it." ”

Fat Lu's body shook, and he tried to stand up, but as soon as his body moved, his face could not contain a painful look, and he sat back in his seat weakly. Seeing this scene, the general of the Wu army and Xiao Erlang both understood that the situation was not good, Xiao Erlang hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the gift box, and the general of the Wu army kicked Zhang Yongxiang in the chest and shouted: "The general of the gift has accepted it, get out!" ”

"Master Junma, the slave ......." Zhang Yongxiang still wanted to speak, but the Wu soldiers next to him rushed up, and left without saying a word. Zhang Yongxiang, who had the bottom in his heart, was afraid that Wu Jun would kill people, and he didn't dare to struggle, but he couldn't help but look back, and when he was about to be put out of the lobby door, Zhang Yongxiang was pleasantly surprised to see that the corner of Lu Fatzi's mouth actually flowed out of a wisp of bright and abnormal blood! Seeing this scene, Zhang Yongxiang was even more determined in his heart, no longer peeking, but just let the Wu soldiers go out, blindfolded them with black cloth again, and escorted them out of the city.

Extremely lucky, probably for the sake of the face of his original wife Shang Wanxiang and the morality of the war pact that did not behead the envoy, Lu Fatzi did not order Zhang Yongxiang to be detained or killed, but just allowed Zhang Yongxiang to leave by boat and return to the east shore of Poyang Lake. As soon as the boat docked on the dock, Hargaqi, Zhangtai and others had already led a group of Qing generals to greet them, and they couldn't wait to scramble and ask, "How is it?" Have you seen Lu Yifeng's dog thief? See? ”

"Congratulations to Lord Ha, congratulations to Master Pei." Zhang Yongxiang said to Zhangtai with a smile on his face: "Master Pei, the slave is here to say hello to you, congratulations to you." ”

"Congratulations to me?" Zhangtai Beizi was a little flustered, and then suddenly came to his senses, and shouted in surprise: "So, Lu Yifeng's dog thief was really injured by Ben Beizi's artillery?" ”

"Is it just a wound? It's a serious injury! Zhang Yongxiang smiled very proudly, and quickly told in detail about the before and after he met Lu Fatzi, and especially emphasized that Lu Fatzi couldn't even speak and spit blood, and said with a smug smile: "The slave can be sure that Lu Yifeng's dog thief must have been injured, and the injury was not light, his face was very white and abnormally red, and he must have used rouge to disguise his real injury of excessive blood loss." ”

"Okay!" Zhangtai Bei Ziye was overjoyed, clapped his hands and laughed: "The more seriously injured, the better, it is best to die of serious injuries immediately, so that the Wu dogs in Jiujiang will be leaderless and kill each other!" ”

"Ha-sama, it seems that we are really lucky this time." At this point, even the most veteran Yang Jie said: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief must be afraid that we will grasp the situation that he is seriously injured and about to die, and he is worried that if he doesn't see Zhang Guard, it will only expose the fact that he is seriously injured and will die, so he insisted on pretending to be nothing to meet Zhang Guard, intending to cover up and make us believe that he was not injured by the gun, and he didn't dare to act rashly to treat his injuries or buy time for Wu Gou to change the coach." ”

"That's right, that's it!" Zhangtai Bei Ziye nodded again and again, appreciating Yang Jie's analysis with great appreciation.

"Master Pei." Halgaqi finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "The fighter plane is fleeting, please Bei Ziye hand over the command immediately, and we will immediately go back to Anqing to report this matter to General Hilgen!" And over there in Nanchang, please go to Bei Ziye to give another order to urge them, let them send troops as soon as possible, and join forces with my Anqing army to counterattack Jiujiang! ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!" Zhangtai Bei Ziye happily agreed, and hurriedly arranged for the messenger to give orders to the Nanchang guards Zhao Guoqi and Xi Bu, ordering them to send troops as soon as possible, and temporarily handed over the command of the remnants of the Hukou army to Yang Jie, and then boarded the ship with Hargaqi and others, and went all the way east to Anqing with a smooth sail, and Zhang Yongxiang, who saw Lu Fatzi's injury with his own eyes, also accompanied him on the same boat, and went to Anqing to explain Lu Fatzi's situation to Hilgen in person.

Let's talk about the situation of the Dingnan general Hilgen, after the death of Aobai, Kubilon and other veteran Mite Qing generals have been killed, this Jueercha. Hilgen is basically already the oldest veteran general with the most qualified mite Qing, and he first participated in the Battle of Ningjin as Huang Taiji's personal guard, and later participated in the Battle of Phi Dao, the Battle of Songshan and the battle of Mites Qing five times bypassing the Shanhai Pass to enter the Central Plains, and the battlefield experience is so rich that it can almost be compared with Wu Laohan's annihilation -- it is two years later than Wu Laohan's annihilation.

And what is even more rare is that Hilgen is also the only veteran of the Qing army who has experience in water warfare, and the results are also very fruitful. It is precisely because of this that after the Wu army raised troops, Kang Mazi entrusted Anqing, the first gateway to the south of the Yangtze River, the first place in the mite Qing Dynasty, to him, and also handed over most of the Eight Banners cavalry drawn from the north to him to command - except for this veteran of his grandfather's generation, Kang Mazi really couldn't find anyone to lead these proud generals. is almost a fledgling Fat Lu man, what can happen if he meets an experienced mite Qing veteran like him? Punch the master to death? - To be honest, I'm afraid that even Fat Lu himself has no bottom in his heart.

Sooner or later, the meeting will still have to meet, when Hargaqi, Zhangtai and Zhang Yongxiang and other people returned to Anqing, carefully listened to Zhang Yongxiang's recital, repeatedly interrogated the details of the size, and bowed his head to calculate and analyze for a long time, and finally Hilgen raised his head, looked at the dozens of mites present who were eager to try, and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" Can't hold it back? ”

"Back to the general, I can't hold it back for a long time!" Ghent Baturu was the first to shout, "Please give the order of the general!" ”

"Order, please, General! Counterattack Jiujiang and annihilate Wu dogs! "Sange, Kyaw Lo Pabul, Ilduqi, Shi Jiabao, Yalai, Akani, Shuta, Musen, Niyahan, Chokto, Quaran Daqirambu, Hudara, Emu, Befyangu, Sitku, Kyaw Lo Raihua, Ilishin, Geseli, Echi, Kyaw Luo Fu Latta, Muheiling, Nikan, etc., and so on, roared together! ――From this long list, it can be seen that we don't accumulate virtue Lu Fatzi, what a terrifying dog pack we have encountered this time.

"General, as for the sailors, please don't worry." The commander of the mite Qingshui army roared, "The warships processed and built by Jiangning Governor Mu Tianyan at night, together with the five thousand new sailors, have all been sent to Anqing, and now our Daqingshui division in Anqing has a hundred sand boats and more than 120 bluffing bird boats, which is almost four times the number of Jiujiang Wugou warships!" Not to mention the counterattack on Jiujiang, it is more than enough to counterattack Wuchang, Yuezhou and Jingzhou! ”

"Let's fight, then." Hilgen smiled and casually ordered: "General Chuanben will order to send 43,000 troops to counterattack Jiujiang, and be sure to completely annihilate the enemy of Wu Gou's invasion in the east, so as to make a good start for my Qing Dynasty to quell the Wu Dog Rebellion." ”

(To be continued)