It is not for nothing that Lu Fatzi is so anxious about the Battle of Wuchang, because this throat of the Yangtze River, which runs through the nine provinces, is too important and important for both the Wu army and the Mites Qing army. It is even no exaggeration to say that whoever can control the martial arts field between the Wu army and the Qing army can control the initiative in the entire middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River!

If the Wu army fails to conquer Wuchang as it did in history and let the Qing army continue to control this throat of the Yangtze River, then the Qing court, which has been relieved, can mobilize the manpower and material resources of the whole country to send grain and grass into Wuchang City through the two golden waterways of the Yangtze River and the Han River, and then build Wuchang into a base camp for the all-round counterattack of the Qing army; At the same time, the cavalry and infantry of Mites Qing can also assemble in this important town on the south bank of the Yangtze River very calmly, and always threaten the hinterland of Hunan, the new rear of the Wu army and the granary.

Going deeper, Wuchang is more fatal is that the waterway routes extend in all directions, with the absolute superiority of the mite clear water division, the mite Qing generals can use warships to send the army to Yucheng, Jiangling, Yuezhou, Jiujiang and Nanchang and other important southern towns, so that the Wu army is overwhelmed, exhausted, and the deployment of troops is overstretched; It can also give a fatal blow to the Wu Army Naval Division in the formation period at any time, and nip the newborn Wu Army Naval Division in the bud, so as to lay a complete water surface advantage. The speed and consumption ratio of grain transportation by water are not beyond the reach of land grain transportation in this era.

But what if the Wu army could successfully capture Wuchang, the first important town in Huguang, on the other hand? First of all, the Mites Qing army has no foothold in the south of the middle section of the Yangtze River, the pressure on the new rear Hunan grain producing area in the Wu army's strategic plan has been greatly reduced, and the Wu army's artillery fire can also cover the entire river surface at the head of Wuchang City, delaying and destroying the assembly and transfer of the Mite Qing army, and the Wu army's naval division, which is planned to be trained and formed in Dongting Lake, can also win valuable preparation time, and the newly built naval division can also launch a fatal attack on the Qing army's transport fleet on the Yangtze River waterway under the cover of land artillery fire. In order to cut off the grain route of the Qing army, increase the difficulty and cost of grain transportation for the Qing army, and then wait until the time is ripe, the Wu army and the water division can naturally use the Yangtze River waterway to go downstream, capture the south of the Yangtze River to cut off the transportation, and completely collapse the finances of the Qing court.

At the same time, the grain output of the developed grain-producing areas in Hubei and the proportion of reserve sailors among the people of Hubei are definitely not comparable to those in Hunan, which has many mountains and few lakes. But in such such an important place, Lu Fatzi nagged and repeatedly reminded the important town of the Yangtze River that must be taken, Wu Lao Han Annihilation was still like in history, only sent the famous two hundred and five Wu Yingqi and the notoriously brave and unscrupulous Ma Bao, with a new army with serious combat effectiveness to attack, but the elite with the strongest combat effectiveness was scattered and divided to occupy some remote cities that had no strategic significance at all.

No matter how much you secretly scold Wu Laohan for destroying rats, it is useless, and it is impossible for Lu Fatzi, whose current strength is far from enough to stand on his own, to really strangle Wu Laohan to death, the only thing he can do is to take advantage of the fact that the war of the Qing Dynasty has not yet had time to start in full swing, and there is still room for redemption in the situation, so as to rush to Changsha as soon as possible to persuade Wu Laohan to wake up and quickly adjust his strategy to the right direction, so as to lay a solid foundation for the next step of exterminating the global dog! And the first problem in front of Lu Fatzi is how to make Wu Laohan, who has just experienced the pain of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man to lose his son, cheer up again, turn his grief into strength, and lead the Wu army to clear the remnants of the mite Qing entrenched in Wuchang City!

After five consecutive days of galloping, on September 16, the dusty Lu Fatzi finally arrived at Changsha City, because the speed was too fast, Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi's previous military reports were even left behind by Lu Fatzi, so when Lu Fatzi appeared under Changsha City, even Hu Guozhu, who is currently in charge of Changsha's defense, was taken aback, and as soon as they met, he split his head and asked: "Yifeng, why did you come to Changsha?" What happened to the Eastern Route Army? What about Wu Shizong? Has our Eastern Route Army suffered defeat? ”

"Uncle, talk about the rest slowly." Fat Lu wiped the dust on his face and asked, "Where is Grandfather?" I'm going to see him right away. ”

"He was in the former Yamen of the Governor of Biyuan." Hu Guozhu replied casually, and said with a nervous face: "Yifeng, Lao Taishan, his situation has been very bad these days, what happened to the East Route Army?" How many troops were lost? You tell me first, don't go and hit Old Tarzan directly. ”

"Uncle, rest assured, the Eastern Route Army is very good now, and it is still very good." Lu Fatzi said very proudly: "Now, our Eastern Route Army has not only taken the entire territory of Guangxi, but also captured Shang Kexi alive on the battlefield, and in five or six days at most, we will be able to send Shang Kexi to Changsha City as a prisoner." ”

"You took the whole of Guangxi? And caught Shang Kexi's old thief? Hu Guozhu's small eyes suddenly turned into bull's eyes, and he shouted in disbelief: "How is it possible? You and Wu Shizong's army combined is less than 13,000 people, how can you take the whole of Guangxi so quickly? How could it be possible to catch Shang Kexi's old thief? What are you bragging about?! ”

"Uncle, let's talk about these things on the road." Lu Fatzi dragged Hu Guozhu and left, and said anxiously: "Take me to see my grandfather, I don't know the road, let's talk about the situation in Guangxi while walking on the road." ”

"Ouch, boy, don't pull me, I know, I'll take you to see Old Taishan, but if you take down the whole of Guangxi and capture Shang Kexi, the old thief is bragging, you have to tell me quickly!"

While hurriedly giving Hu Guozhu a brief report on the war situation in Guangxi, Hu Guozhu led the way, and hurriedly came to the former Biyuan Governor's Yamen where Wu Laohan was staying, and when he entered the hall where Wu Yingxiong's spiritual seat was placed, Fang Guangchen and Wang Shirong, who were acting clerks in the official office, also hurried over when they heard the news, and the result was the same as Hu Guozhu, as soon as they saw Lu Fatzi coming in with a dusty face, Fang Guangchen and Wang Shirong were also startled, and asked in unison: "Why did you come to Changsha?" What happened to the Eastern Route Army? ”

"Mr. Xianyan, Mr. Liangchen, why can't you trust our Eastern Route Army?" Lu Fatzi, who was completely underestimated, asked very depressedly, and couldn't wait to say: "I have already introduced the situation in Guangxi to my uncle, you can ask him, where is my grandfather and his old man?" I'm going to see him right away! ”

"The prince is resting in the bedroom in the back garden." Wang Shirong replied casually, and then glared at him and warned: "But you'd better not go to see the prince, the prince is sick now, if you hear the news that the Eastern Route Army is defeated and urgently needs the main force to rescue, then the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Mr. Liangchen, Yifeng and they didn't lose the battle!" Hu Guozhu shouted excitedly: "Not only did they not eat a single defeat, on the contrary, they also ate the entire Guangxi in one go, and Yifeng personally captured Shang Kexi on the battlefield, and he was about to be taken into Changsha City as a prisoner!" ”

"What?! Bragging, right? How many troops does our Eastern Route Army have, and can we take the whole of Guangxi? Can you still capture the old thief?! Fang Guangchen and Wang Shirong also screamed in amazement, but Lu Fatzi was so anxious that he didn't bother to explain to them in detail, he pushed them away and rushed directly into the back garden, leaving Hu Guozhu in the hall to introduce them to the brilliant achievements of the Wu Army's Eastern Route Army.

Strode into the back garden of Wu Laohan's guards, Wu Laohan's guard Lu Shrimp immediately greeted him, and also screamed to ask why Lu Fatzi appeared in Changsha City, Lu Fatzi briefly said that he was escorting Shang Kexi back to offer prisoners, Lu Shrimp was naturally stunned and screamed, but Lu Fatzi didn't have time to explain in detail to Lu Shrimp, and asked where Wu Laohan's bedroom was, and he didn't wait for the guards to report, and directly broke in.

Maybe it's to set off the atmosphere or mood, Wu Laohan's bedroom is very dark, the smell of herbs is almost terrifying, seeing Lu Fatzi come in, the maid in the room hurriedly came up and whispered to dissuade, saying that Wu Laohanjan had just fallen asleep after taking the medicine, and no one was there, and the anxious Lu Fatzi didn't bother to pay attention to so much, pushed away the maid and broke into the bedroom directly, and saw Wu Laohan's back lying on the bed with a little rickety, and a little sobbing could be faintly heard. Fat Lu tried hard to brew his emotions again, and then walked to Wu Laohan's bed and knelt down on his knees, crying loudly: "Son-in-law Lu Yifeng, please say hello to my grandfather." ”

"One peak?" Wu Laohan's stiff body moved, struggled to get up and sat on the edge of the bed, and tried to open his cloudy old eyes to look at the person in front of him, when he saw that the fat man covered in dust in front of him was indeed his grandson-in-law Lu Fatzi, Wu Laohan couldn't help but cry like rain, choked up and asked: "Yifeng, why are you here?" Grandfather remembers, it seems that he didn't summon you to Changsha? ”

"Grandfather, grandson-in-law heard the news of the murder of the son, so they hurried back." Fat Lu wiped his tears and replied briefly, hugged Wu Laohan's legs again, and cried loudly, "Grandfather, Shiziye, was he really killed?" Grandfather, please tell your grandson-in-law, it's not true, it's not true! ”

"Good boy, your uncle, my son ......." Seeing that Fat Lu was so sad about Wu Yingxiong's death, Wu Lao Han was both relieved and painful, and sobbed and said, "He has really been killed." ”

"Nope! No! Son-in-law doesn't believe it! Fat Lu cried and cried: "Grandson-in-law doesn't believe it, what a good person he is, how could he be killed like this?!" He once said to his grandson-in-law that when he returned to Kunming, he must be with his grandson-in-law and do his filial piety under your grandfather's knees. Grandson-in-law doesn't believe it, grandson-in-law doesn't believe it! ”

"Good boy, you're good boy...... Wu Lao Han was even more miserable, and he couldn't help crying out loud, hugging Lu Fatzi's fat head and crying like rain, "But he is really gone, really gone, and he will never come back......!" ”

"No—!" Fat Lu screamed hoarsely, and cried frantically: "Grandfather, is this so possible? Grandfather, you have made so many contributions to the Mangou court and carried so much infamy, how could Mangou be so ruthless and vicious?! Grandfather, you say, how can those dogs with human faces and beast hearts bear to be so poisonous? Are they beasts? Or is the conscience eaten by the dog?! ”

"They are inferior to beasts, but their conscience is eaten by dogs!" With sadness in his heart, Wu Laohan couldn't help but cry along with Lu Fatzi's words, "They are human-faced beasts, but they are not as good as beasts!" Ying Xiong is so loyal to the Mangou court, his grandfather sent someone to pick him up, but he refused to leave, he is too stupid! What can't you do with those beasts full of dogs?! ”

"Lord Shizi, you are not filial!" Lu Fatzi cried in pain: "You obviously know that your grandfather and son are in difficulty, just you and the second prince's two sons, all the hopes of your grandfather are all on you, how can you bear to go like this?" Let the grandfather send the white-haired man to the black-haired man, and let us have no successor to the Pingxi Palace, why do you bear to go like this? You're not filial! Unfilial! ”

"Kangxi Xiao Mazi, I, Lu Yifeng, are inseparable from you in my life! You ungrateful brute, beast with a human face and a beast's heart! I swear that one day, I will cut off your head with my own hands, dig out your heart and liver, and sacrifice yourself to the spirit of the prince! I swear, one day, I will drive all your dogs to the end, take your dogs' heads, and comfort the heavenly spirit ...... the prince! ”

Lu Fatzi was crying and shouting, while desperately hammering Wu Laohan's bedside, Wu Laohanjian was also crying, holding Lu Fatzi's head, and the grandparents and grandchildren cried into two tears. Fat Lu suddenly hugged Wu Laohan's legs and shook them, crying and asking, "Grandfather, where are there full of dogs nearby?" And full of dogs there?! The son-in-law will personally lead the troops to settle accounts with them, cut off their heads, and take their heads to the mourning hall of the prince! The son-in-law wants everyone in the world to know that our Pingxi Mansion is not so easy to bully! ”

"Son-in-law wants the world to know! Even if the dog shamelessly kills our son, our Pingxi Mansion will not stop there, and there are countless good men in our Pingxi Palace, who can kill all the dogs in the world and eliminate the world's blood! We, Pingxi Wangfu, will never give in to the full dog! The blood shed from our Pingxi Royal Mansion must be repaid a hundred times by the ungrateful full dogs! If I don't take revenge, I swear that I won't be a human being! ”

Hoarse crying and roaring, Lu Fatzi shook Wu Laohan's legs desperately, almost throwing Wu Laohan off the bed, Wu Laohan was not angry, but hugged Lu Fatman's head and cried even more sadly, choked and said: "Good boy, good boy, you just have this heart, you just have this heart, your uncle knows in the spirit of heaven, and he can also look at ......." ”

Choked up, Wu Laohan was sad from the heart, and couldn't help crying loudly again, his body shook and almost fainted on the spot, so frightened that the maid next to him was in a hurry, and hurriedly called Langzhong. Lu Fatzi deliberately continued to stimulate Wu Laohan with great unfilial piety, and cried frantically: "Grandfather, grandson-in-law is not convinced!" We, Pingxi Wangfu, have done so much for Mangou over the years, why do Mangou still treat us like this?! ”

"Grandfather, if it weren't for you, would Mangou have been able to enter Shanhaiguan back then?"

"If it weren't for you, grandfather, would they be able to defeat Li Zicheng as a traitor? Can it be overwhelming to determine the Central Plains? ”

"Grandfather, if it weren't for you, Mangou would be able to pacify the southwest? Can it smooth out the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty? Can the Shuixi barbarians who have been entrenched in the southwest for thousands of years be wiped out?! ”

"Grandfather, you have done so much for Mangou, why does Mangou still treat you like this? Why do you want to kill your son, the eldest son on whom you have high hopes? This breath, my son-in-law can't swallow anything! ”

"Grandfather, please give your grandson-in-law 3,000 troops, and your son-in-law will take these 3,000 dead soldiers to find Mangou for revenge! The son-in-law wants to use his grandfather's sword to wash the dog's nest with blood, and let the dog's blood stain the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the sea! Let everyone in the world know that we can't be bullied in Pingxi Palace! Not to be humiliated! ”

"Grandfather, grandson-in-law, please!"

Like a mad demon crying, Lu Fatzi's throat was almost torn, and Wu Laohan heard these words of Lu Fatman, and saw Lu Fatzi's madness, relieved and sad, he couldn't help but be angry from his heart, evil rose to the side of his bold, and roared: "Yifeng, you are right!" We can't be bullied! Not to be humiliated! If I don't even avenge the murder of my son, am I still a human being? Grandfather will personally raise the army and go with you to find the full dog to settle accounts! Wash away our hatred with the blood of dogs! ”

"Grandfather, we'll leave right away!" Fat Lu cried and jumped up, hurriedly went to dress Wu Lao Hanjian and put on shoes, and shouted: "Grandson-in-law will personally charge for your grandfather, cut off the heads of dogs, take their heads back, and pay tribute in front of the spirit of the prince!" Let's go right away! I'm going to go right away! ”

Wu Laohan, who had not gotten out of bed for half a month, was so provoked by Lu Fatzi that he didn't know where a spirit came from, so he let Lu Fatzi put on his shoes for himself, and pushed away the maid who came up to serve, put on his own clothes, ripped off the treasure knife on the wall, and strode out with the help of Lu Fatzi, shouting as he walked, "Pass the order, assemble the whole army, go to Wuchang City with the old man, and find a full dog to settle accounts!" Avenge the old man's own son! ”

Wu Laohan, who was depressed, suddenly became so energetic, Hu Guozhu and others, who eavesdropped on Lu Fatzi and Wu Laohan's answer in the courtyard, were stunned, and hurriedly rushed up again, holding Wu Laohanjan and Lu Fatzi to persuade each other bitterly - just kidding, Wu Laohanjian has been lying on the hospital bed for more than half a month, and this will all rely on a breath of anger to support it, and when the anger is gone, Wu Laohanjan has to lie down again, and the military is bumpy, and his condition will definitely worsen. But Fat Lu didn't pay attention to Wu Lao Han, who was already a dying old man in his sixties, and just yelled frantically: "You all get out of the way!" Get out of the way! You don't fight Wuchang, grandfather and I will fight! You don't avenge the son, grandfather and I go to avenge the son! ”

"I want everyone in the world to know that we should bear the blood of the son of the world, and we will never shed it in vain!"

"Smack!" Wang Shirong slapped Fat Lu in the face, interrupting Fat Lu's crazy roar, and roared with blood-red eyes: "Who said we won't fight Wuchang anymore?" Who said we won't avenge the Son? Don't you look at it, what kind of illness the prince has become now, can he still personally lead the troops to take revenge? It's okay to fight Wuchang, but you can't lead the troops in person, change someone, we can all go and charge into battle! But the prince, you must not go now! ”

It seems that he was woken up by Wang Shirong, Lu Fatzi finally came back to his senses, and looked back at Wu Laohan Jian, not to mention, Wu Laohan, who had just experienced the blow of losing his son and the torture of illness, would be really very old, he had only been seen for a few months, and the whole person seemed to be ten years old, his face was full of wrinkles, and his money braids were completely white, looking both old and weak. Fat Lu's nose was sore, and he couldn't help but fall to his knees again, hugging Wu Laohan's legs and crying, "Grandfather, grandson-in-law is not filial, grandson-in-law is not filial, I didn't expect grandfather that you have become so sick, and you are still pulling you out on the expedition, grandson-in-law deserves ...... death." ”

After such a toss, although Wu Lao Han's heart was still sad, his frustration had been swept away, and he choked up and said while going to pick up the fat man: "Good grandson-in-law, get up, if you are not filial, then there will be no filial children in this world." It's okay, grandfather is much more comfortable now, let's go to the hall and discuss how to avenge your uncle. ”

Lu Fatzi saluted and thanked him, stood up with tears in his eyes, and everyone present was also in tears, but Wu Lao Hanjian shouted in turn: "Don't cry!" What's the use of crying? Crying can bring Ying Xiong back to crying? Pass the order, blow the trumpet and raise the account, and Lone will discuss with you the war against Wuchang, and take the blood of Wuchang full of dogs to avenge Lone's son! ”

"Yes." Everyone choked up and agreed, and hurriedly hugged Wu Lao Hanjian and walked to the hall together, and it was at this moment that Wang Shirong found an opportunity to apologize to Lu Fatzi and said, "Lord Lu, I'm sorry, I'm too heavy." ”

Fat Lu smiled slightly, and replied in a low voice: "Mr. Liangchen doesn't have to be polite, if you don't do this, it's really difficult to end." ”

Wang Shirong smiled proudly, but he couldn't help but snort coldly, secretly scolding Lu Fatzi for being so shameless that he could use such a despicable method to revive the spirit of Wu Laohan. But at this moment, Wu Lao Hanjian suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned around and exclaimed at Lu Fatzi: "Yifeng, it seems that I sent you to Guangxi, why did you come to Changsha?" How are you and the Eastern Route Army led by Shi Zong? Did you lose the battle and come to Changsha to seek help from the Lord? ”

"Grandfather misunderstood, our Eastern Route Army did not suffer defeat." Lu Fatzi replied with a wry smile: "My son-in-law is not talented, and I assisted my eldest brother not only did not lose the battle, but also helped my eldest brother sweep Guangxi and take the entire territory of Guangxi in one go." You don't get along with your grandfather, although you are not with that Shang Kexi, although you led the main force of Guangdong Mangou into Guangxi, but you were beaten back by your grandson-in-law, and you captured Shang Kexi alive for your grandfather on the battlefield. ”

"Bastard boy!" Wu Laohan was furious, and a chestnut knocked on the fat head of the fat man Lu, and roared angrily: "I'm not afraid to flash my tongue if I brag!" Lao Tzu only gave you more than 12,000 troops in total, and you can take the whole of Guangxi, and you can still capture the old thief alive?! ”

"To be honest with Lao Tzu, how much defeat have you suffered in Guangxi?! If you dare to brag nonsense, Lao Tzu will personally beat you to death! ”

(To be continued)