In fact, when Shang Lao Han decided to raise troops at the beginning, it was really not completely to take advantage of the fire to rob, but to be completely angry with his unfilial son and unscrupulous son-in-law! If it weren't for the fact that he had been a slave under the rule of mites and dogs for many years, and had polished out countless fires and edges, the old man who was nearly seventy years old would have been killed on the spot by this pair of disobedient sons-in-law!

In all fairness, among the various things that happened during this time, Shang Lao Han's situation is indeed very sympathetic, for no reason lying down and being shot by Wu Lao Han and robbing Lianzhou of the mouth of the sea, not to mention, Shang Zhixiao, the second son who was sent to recapture Lianzhou and contain the eastern front of the Wu army, actually blatantly killed a feudal official like Ma Xiongzhen, the governor of Guangxi, and surrendered to Shang Lao Han's rival Wu Lao Han with more than 10,000 Guangdong troops! And what made Shang Laohan cry and laugh and be angry was that the one who persuaded his son to defect to the enemy was his son-in-law Lu Yifeng and Lu Fat!

There is a son like this, there is a son-in-law like this, Shang Lao Han Jian almost even has the mind of hitting his head to death, and it is precisely because of this that Shang Lao Han Zhan ignored the opposition of many henchmen and nephews, and also ignored the big trouble of Zheng Jing in Taiwan in his rear, and resolutely decided that the Guangdong army would go out and personally lead the army into Guangxi, vowing to personally break the disobedient son and the even more disobedient son-in-law into pieces, and recover the two vast lands that fell into the hands of Wu rebel thieves, in order to repay the kindness of the master of the mite Qing and the love of flesh and blood!

It is coincidental that although Shang Lao Han Zhan said nothing at the beginning of the army, he did not expect that the Wu Army's East Route Army would advance so quickly, and suddenly advanced to the city of Guilin, and swallowed the entire territory of Guangxi with a snake swallowing elephant, but when entering the army, in order to block the road of the Wu army to the north, and to form a line with the army loyal to the mite Qing in northern Guangxi, Shang Lao Han Zhan did not choose to take Luoding Road or Deqing Road to enter Guangxi, but chose the northernmost Sanshui and Sihui roads, and planned to unite the Qing army in Pingle, Guilin and Liuzhou all the way. Decisive battle with the Wu army in the area of Liuzhou.

Unintentionally inserted willows into the shade, Wu Jun's East Route Army had said nothing before that it did not expect that Shang Lao Han would do his best to kill the troops of Guangdong into Guangxi, the lone army was too deep, all the way to recruit rebels to absorb too many troops, and it took time to digest the surrender and the newly occupied land, when Shang Lao Han's army suddenly entered Guangxi from Sanshui Sihui, the fragile flank of the Wu army was immediately exposed to Shang Lao Han's sword, not only facing the danger of being blocked by Shang Lao Han in Guilin, but also facing the danger of too many troops suddenly rebelling and causing a chain reaction. Wu Shizong and Lu Fatzi, who were not prepared for this before, were naturally dumbfounded, and decided that Shang Lao Han had come to take advantage of the fire to rob and fall into the ground.

Under the mistake of yin and yang, Shang Lao Han Jian initially grasped this favorable situation through reconnaissance, and naturally he was a hundred times more energetic, not only speeding up the advancement, but also starting the idea of recovering Guangxi in one fell swoop and taking the opportunity to annex the entire territory of Guangxi - now the entire territory of Guangxi has been annexed by the Wu army, although the Wu army is now unstable, the situation is like a high-rise building built in the desert, a little push can be knocked down, but after Shang Lao Han regained Guangxi for Xiao Mazi from the hands of Wu Jun, Xiao Mazi was embarrassed to take Guangxi back immediately, right?

In the face of such a bad situation, no matter how useless it is to complain, in desperation, Lu Fatzi had to personally lead 10,000 troops from Guilin to the south to the east of Pingle to block his father-in-law - although this move is risky, but if Lu Fatzi can repel the main force of Guangdong in one fell swoop and drive the old man out of Guangxi, then it can not only win valuable time for the Wu Army's East Route Army to digest the surrender of troops and land, but also greatly stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale, which has infinite benefits for the Wu army to completely control Guangxi.

In order to gain time and not cause a chain reaction caused by the fall of Pingle Town, on the way to the battlefield, Lu Fatzi also made the army speed up the march, requiring the army to walk three miles in two days, relying on the Yungui soldiers and the Xuanjun of Yu, the fat army with three thousand new soldiers in the team also met Lu Fatzi's requirements, and it took only more than two days to arrive in Pingle City, and after resting in the city for a night and replenishing grain and grass, the fat army once again pulled out the camp to the east, all the way to the Guiling Mountains in the east of Pingle- Lu Fatzi's greatest hope now is the Guiling Mountains in the east of Pingle, and only in this kind of mountainous area with complex terrain can Lu Fatzi have the hope of winning by surprise or taking advantage of danger.

When the Fat Army arrived at Huitou Mountain, the bad news came, the vanguard of Shang Lao Han had arrived in the hinterland of the Guiling Mountains, and He County, which was only guarded by hundreds of township soldiers, once again played the style of the wall, and surrendered without resistance, and He County fell into the hands of the enemy. In this way, although the army of Shang Lao Han has not yet completely stepped out of the Guiling Mountains against the Fat Army, but counting the distance and time, the Fat Army also said that it is impossible to seize the choke point in the Guiling Mountains to block the enemy army.

"Hexian is lost?" Staring at the topographic map of the mountains and rivers of Guangxi provided by the leading party, Lu Fatzi's two eyebrows were almost twisted into a knot, and he muttered: "It would be good if Dong Chongmin sent an army to garrison He County, even if he couldn't hold it, at least he would be able to delay the old man for a few days, and now he ......." ”

Having said that, but Lu Fatzi can't put all the responsibility on the head of Dong Chongmin, the general of the Wu army, after all, he only has a complex 2,000 troops in his hands, and it has been less than ten days since he occupied Pingle Mansion. So Fat Lu quickly put this matter behind him, stared down at the map, and recalculated the new blocking position.

Soon, Lu Fatzi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he found that the distance between the two big rivers running north and south in the middle of Pingle Fu, the He River (now the Fuchuan River) and the Sile River, the distance between the rivers was less than 20 miles, and the terrain in the middle area was very complicated, and there were many mountains and forests, which was an ideal battlefield for beating stuffy sticks and putting black guns. Thinking about this, Lu Fatzi made a decisive point in Zhongshan Town (now Zhongshan County) on the west side of the Hejiang Ferry, and shouted: "Order the whole army, immediately speed up the march, and be sure to arrive at Zhongshan Town before it falls tomorrow." ”

"Order." Li Tianzhi, Wang Hongxun and Quan Jie and other Lu Fatzi deputies hugged their fists together and agreed, and rushed to pass the order. Yu Xuan asked tentatively: "Dead fatty, do you want to use the river cover to block the dogs?" We don't know the hydrological situation of the Hejiang River, can we stop the army full of dogs? ”

"There's no way, except for this area, I can't find a more suitable place to block the attack, so I can only try my luck." Lu Fatzi replied helplessly, and then ordered: "Yu'er, I now want you to immediately catch up with the forward army of Hutongchun, let his cavalry speed up the march, and build a pontoon bridge over the Sile River to facilitate our army to cross the river." In addition, I have to find out the hydrological situation of the two rivers of the Hejiang River and the Sile River, and the key to the victory or defeat of our resistance war this time is also on these two rivers. ”

"Okay, I'll take someone to scout myself." Yu Xuan agreed, and quietly pinched the fat man Lu, and shouted in a low voice: "When the old lady is away, don't take the opportunity to mess with the idea!" Otherwise, hum——! Lu Fatzi agreed with a wry smile, and Yu Xuan hummed and left with confidence.

It was also the luck of Lu Fatzi, who preemptively sent Yu Xuan and Hu Tongchun to seize the key points of the ferry of Sile River and He River, although the vanguard of the Guangdong army also sent cavalry to seize the ferry, but Nie Yingju, who led the forward army of Shang Lao Han Jian, obviously did not pay enough attention to these two ferries, and did not immediately send troops in the case of close distance, but rested overnight in the Xiwan area before sending cavalry to the ferry, and when the Guangdong cavalry arrived at the ferry port of Zhongshan Town to prepare to build a pontoon bridge, the cavalry of the fat army led by Yu Xuan personally came first, He had already rushed to Zhongshan Town, quickly repelled the Shang army engineers, and secured this vital ferry of great tactical significance for Lu Fatzi.

On the evening of the next day, it was also the evening of the tenth day of August in the eleventh year of Kang Mazi, the fat army marched to Zhongshan Town, when the autumn rain continued, the river rose sharply, and the Shang army had difficulty crossing the river, so it could only confront the fat army across the bank, and could not prevent the fat army from camping and establishing a firm foothold. Lu Fatzi didn't even have time to cheer, and immediately plunged headlong into the hydrological data of the two rivers collected by the Xuanjun of Yuyu to study the strategy against the enemy.

Judging from the north-south direction of the He River and the Sile River, the terrain is indeed quite favorable to Lu Fatzi, and the army of Shang Lao Han Zhan must cross the river if he wants to attack, but there are neither pontoon bridges nor enough boats under the surge of autumn water, and crossing the river to attack is equivalent to the most dangerous refueling tactics, which is extremely conducive to the weak fat army to break through and eat Shang Lao Han's army in batches. However, what alerted Lu Fatzi was that just fifty miles downstream of the Nu River, there was also a Fanglindu that could cross the river, which means that even if the Fat Army held Zhongshandu, the Guangdong army with superior strength could also divide its troops to cross the river in Fanglindu, and then go north to encircle the Fat Army, so for the Fat Army, the certainty of holding the Hejiang defense line is not great.

He Jiang was not sure to hold it, and Lu Fatzi could only turn his eyes to the Sile River in the rear, but what made Lu Fatzi scratch his head was that the water flow of Sile River was much smaller than that of Hejiang, that is, bridges or boats must cross the river during the wet season, and in the dry season, the infantry and cavalry could directly swim across the river, which was less worthy of holding than the Hejiang defense line. Although the autumn rain is still surging, the river water is soaring, and the fat man must also rely on the pontoon bridge when crossing the river, but the rain in this weather is something that no one can say, if the fat army retreats to the line of the Sile River, in case the rain suddenly stops, the river recedes, and the Guangdong army directly flows into the water to attack, then it is useless for the fat man to cry his nose.

"Host, with all due respect." Not only Lu Fatzi, but also Lu Fatzi's dog-headed military advisor Wang Shaobo also saw the fatality of these two rivers, shook his ugly face and said: "Although the student does not know much about military affairs, the student still feels that if the owner wants to hope that he Jiang and Sile Jiang will block the army of dogs, there is really little hope. These two rivers are too narrow and the amount of water is too small, and it really doesn't make much sense to hold on. ”

"Those who make good use of soldiers, all things in heaven and earth, the moon and stars, mountains and rivers, can be borrowed for their own use, the key depends on whether you can use it." Fat Lu groaned and said, "In my opinion, there is still some room for use of these two rivers, but we haven't found this way to use them yet." ”

"Dead fat, we're running out of time." Yu Xuan reminded worriedly: "The scout is coming to report, the main force of Shang Kexi has arrived in Xiwan, and it will definitely be able to reach the opposite side of Zhongshan Ferry within tomorrow. ”

"Don't worry, let me think again." Fat Lu forced himself to calm down, and after thinking carefully for a long time, Fat Lu suddenly fixed his eyes on the mountains and forests in the upper reaches of the Sile River, and hurriedly asked: "General Liusan, when you explored the terrain of the upper reaches of the Sile River, did you find any narrow sections of the river that are conducive to blocking the river?" ”

"Yes, and not in more than one place." Yu Xuan was very obedient to his sweetheart's orders, and probed the hydrological situation of the river emphasized by Lu Fatzi very carefully, and immediately pointed out several narrow sections of the river that were conducive to blocking the river on the map, and finally asked curiously: "What are you asking for?" Do you want to block the river first, and then suddenly release the water to flood the dogs when the full dog army crosses the river? ”

"Of course, otherwise what am I blocking the river for? Repair reservoirs? Lu Fatzi asked rhetorically, and then muttered: "The Guangdong army is far away, and they are not familiar enough with the terrain in this area, if we can lead them across the Sile River, take advantage of the sudden release of water when they cross the river, use the flood to cut the Mangou army in two, and then suddenly turn around and kill back, we will win a great victory." ”

"It's not that easy, is it?" Yu Xuan hesitated and said: "This kind of trick is too old, Shang Kexi is an old thief with rich experience in the battlefield, how can he not even be wary of such an old trick?" Don't talk about him, in the case of the confrontation between the two armies across the river, it is the enemy who retreats by deception, you and I must at least explore the upstream situation before crossing the river to pursue, otherwise who dares to cross the river indiscriminately? ”

"Not necessarily, sometimes, old tricks work better than new ones. The key is, how can we make Shang Kexi's old thief take it lightly now, so that he will not be wary of us using such a trick. Fat Lu groaned and continued to calculate. After a long time, Lu Fatzi's two little eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "Yes, I have a way to let Shang Kexi old thief directly cross the river to pursue us without any precautions, and create a good opportunity for us to ambush." ”

"What's the method?" Yu Xuan and Wang Shaobo asked in unison. After asking, Yu Xuan reminded uneasily: "Dead fat man, I can warn you, Shang Kexi old thief has been fighting longer than you and my age combined, and his battlefield experience is a hundred times richer than ours, if you think of him too simply, you will only suffer a big loss." ”

"Don't worry, my trick will definitely work, and the old thief will definitely be cunning if he keeps it!" Fat Lu laughed and explained carefully in a low voice. And when Lu Fatzi finished saying his bad idea of lacking virtue and getting smoke from the ancestral tomb, Yu Xuan and Wang Shaobo's first reaction was to accuse in unison, "Shameless!" ”

"Dead fat man, it's so shameless! Such a cheap trick can be figured out! Yu Xuan couldn't help but add, and then smiled again, and said, "However, it will definitely work." ”

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The night passed quickly, and at noon the next day, the main force of Shang Lao Han Jian's main force finally arrived at the east of the ferry in Zhongshan Town, and without waiting for Shang Lao Han to set up camp, the fat army had already sent a small boat, so that a strangely ugly scholar crossed the river with a white flag, asking to meet Shang Lao Han Jian, the king of Pingnan, and claimed to be Shang Lao Han's son-in-law Lu Fatzi's account staff, Guizhou student Wang Shaobo, was ordered by Lu Fatzi to ask Shang Lao Han to say goodbye - in fact, Shang Lao Han Jian obviously said one less of his own identity, That's the diplomatic liar that Lu Fatzi is now dedicated to.

It's very pitiful that Shang Lao Han Jian obviously doesn't know what his son-in-law is best at, so he agreed to meet him - this is not surprising at all, no matter how much Shang Lao Han Hate this son-in-law, his beloved daughter Shang Wanyan's face always has to be given a little, and Lu Fatzi's wealth talent has always been coveted by Shang Lao Han, and he regrets that he can't use it for himself.

"Student Wang Shaobo, on the order of Lord Lu Yifeng, the prefect of Qujing, to meet the prince of Pingnan in the Great Qing Dynasty and say hello to the prince." After seeing Shang Lao Han Jian, Wang Shaobo first gave Shang Lao Han a thousand very standard. At the end, Wang Shaobo ignored the slippery and muddy ground in the autumn rain, knelt down on his knees, and respectfully kowtowed to Shang Laohan three times, and said respectfully: "Lord Qi, these three heads are made by the owner to let the students kowtow on their behalf, and the owner also asked the students to turn their wishes on their behalf, wishing the prince a thousand blessings and a long life." ”

"A long life? If you don't get angry with him, Lao Tzu will be Amitabha. Shang Laohan smiled fiercely and asked viciously: "Don't talk nonsense, Lu Yifeng sent you to meet this king, why?" ”

"Back to the prince, the owner asked the students to come to see the prince, in addition to kowtowing to the prince, there is also a gift." Wang Shaobo held the gift box in his hand high above the top with both hands with extremely respectful hands, and said: "Qi Yu Wangye, the student's owner heard that Wang Ye has been fond of Eight Banners Fushou Paste recently, and the special student presented a box of Yunnan specialty, Zhu Fangdan, the world's first miracle doctor, personally refined the fine Eight Banners Paste, talk about filial piety, and ask the prince to reward it." ”

"Really?" Shang Laohan snorted coldly, first asked his entourage to accept the gift, and then asked coldly: "If that little cub wants to show filial piety, it seems that he has given one less gift, right?" ”

"I don't know what other needs the prince has, please make it clear, I believe the owner will do his best." Wang Shaobo replied more respectfully.

"His head!" Shang Laohan said viciously: "If he wants to fulfill his filial piety, he will obediently cut off his head and send someone to send it!" ”

Wang Shaobo didn't dare to say anything, and honestly pressed his forehead tightly on the muddy ground, and he didn't even dare to take a breath of the atmosphere. Shang Lao Han Jian was also quite satisfied with Wang Shaobo's respectful and timid attitude, and changed his mouth and snorted: "Go back and tell him, if you don't want to give your head yourself, it's okay, hurry up and take the army to lay down your arms and surrender, for the sake of Wanyan's face, Lao Tzu can consider sparing his life, and he will also protect him in front of the emperor in the future!" Otherwise, when Lao Tzu's army crosses the river, it will be too late to surrender. ”

"The prince forgives the sin, before coming to meet the prince, the owner also guessed that the prince would say such things." Wang Shaobo raised his ugly face stained with mud, and said with a sad face: "So the owner asked the student to convey a few words on his behalf to reply, I don't know if the prince is willing to listen." ”

"Say, look at what other farts he has!" The old man shouted angrily.

"Back to the prince, the owner asked the students to report to the prince." Wang Shaobo said tremblingly: "He responded to the prince of Pingxi to beg the thief in heaven, in order to set things right, kill the thief, and return the government to the saint, not to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, let alone to go against the prince, the army entered Guangxi, and he was also ordered to conquer the remnants of the thief in Guangxi, and he was by no means deliberately offended the prince." Therefore, the owner hopes that the prince can calm his anger for a while, collect the troops and return to Guangdong for the time being, and don't hurt the harmony of Weng Son-in-law, otherwise in the future, after the prince of Pingxi and the court strike the army and make peace, the owner will no longer have the shame to see the prince....... ”

"Fart!" Shang Lao Han jumped three feet high and shouted, "Whose order is he? On the orders of that family? Wu Sangui's old thief rebelled and let him lead his army across the border to make trouble, which is already a blatant rebellion and usurpation, is he still reasonable? ”

"Lord Wang, forgive the student for correcting it." Wang Shaobo said cautiously: "The owner is not crossing the border to make trouble, just to kill the Aobai Yu Party, now the Aobai Yu Party in Guangxi has been basically cleared, and the owner also plans to retire after the prince collects the troops and returns to Guangdong, the owner will also return the military power to the prince of Pingxi, and return to Guangdong with the county lord and the grandson of the prince, and ask the prince for your guilt." ”

"It's better to say than to sing, Lao Tzu retired and returned to Guangdong, so he took Lao Tzu's daughter and grandson back to Guangdong to plead guilty?" Shang Lao Han sneered, and suddenly yelled again: "When Lao Tzu is a three-year-old child? Would you believe such nonsense as him? Go back and tell him that he can either put down his weapons and surrender on his knees now, and Lao Tzu can consider sparing his dog's life! Either talk with knives and guns, Lao Tzu begs for thieves for the country, even if he is Lao Tzu's son-in-law, Lao Tzu will not show mercy to his subordinates on the battlefield! ”

"Lord Wang, please think twice." Wang Shaobo kindly persuaded: "Lord, now that Aobai is dead, the prince of Pingxi has sent an envoy to Beijing to sue for peace, and once this peace talks are successful, it will ......." ”

"Shut up!" Shang Laohan interrupted angrily and shouted: "Lao Tzu is too lazy to listen to your nonsense, just go back to me now, Lao Tzu will give him a night to think about it, whether it is to lead the army to surrender and let Lao Tzu continue to recognize him as a son-in-law?" Or is he stubbornly resisting, wanting Lao Tzu to cut off his fat head on the battlefield with his own hands?! ”

Wang Shaobo had no choice but to kowtow honestly and leave. After Wang Shaobo left, Jin Guang, the dog-headed military advisor of Shang Lao Han, came up and said cautiously: "Lord Wang, Lu Yifeng sent an envoy to send this useless nonsense, could it be that he is engaging in some conspiracy?" The student heard that your little son-in-law is also very good on the battlefield, and the old thief Wu Sangui was able to annihilate the main force of Aobai in one fell swoop, and the old man made a great contribution. ”

"You just like to listen to others blow, a yellow-haired child who has not dried up, and Lao Tzu will be afraid of him?" Shang Lao Han snorted confidently and coldly, and said: "Besides, Lu Yifeng's kid is extremely slippery, and he sent a messenger over to give gifts and kowtow, and he wants to test Lao Tzu's attitude and see if Lao Tzu can accept his surrender." ”

"Really?" Jin Guang was a little suspicious, but Jin Guang didn't completely believe those folk rumors, saying that the Yungui army could defeat Aobai, all because of Lu Fatzi's clever plan, interspersed with hundreds of miles to cut off Aobai's retreat. Therefore, Jin Guang didn't pay much attention to the matter of Lu Fatzi's envoy showing weakness, just looked at the Hejiang River in the distance, and sighed: "If it can really be as expected by the prince, it would be good if the little aunt just wanted to test whether he could surrender." Otherwise, it is now the autumn flood, if my aunt guards the river, we want to cross the river and attack, there will definitely be a lot of casualties. ”

"I have to guard against that." Shang Lao Han is experienced in a hundred battles, although he looks down on his son-in-law's ability to command the army, but he will not take it lightly, and soon ordered in a low voice: "Send fast horses to order the rear army, let them build a pontoon bridge in Fanglindu overnight tonight, and if they fail to storm Zhongshan tomorrow morning, they will send light horsemen to cross the river from Fanglin and take a detour to copy Wu Gou's back." ”

"The prince is high, and the students will arrange it." Jin Guang was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed. Just as he was about to turn around, another herald in front of him came over, knelt down to Shang Lao Han and said: "Lord Qiyu, Wu Gou sent a messenger over there, saying that he wanted to send thirty cattle and sheep to the prince, but the ferry boat was scarce and could not carry it across the river, and asked our army for permission to build a pontoon bridge over the He River so that cattle and sheep could pass through." ”

"And this good thing?" Shang Lao Hanjian almost didn't laugh out loud, and said in his heart that my son-in-law is really stupid, I am worried that I can't cross the river now, and you also took the initiative to build a pontoon bridge for me, which saved Lao Tzu countless things. Thinking of this, Shang Lao Han immediately agreed: "Okay, allow them to build a pontoon bridge." ”

"Lord Wang, our army is about to cross the river, but the enemy has taken the initiative to build a pontoon bridge to facilitate passage, beware of fraud." Jin Guang hurriedly reminded again.

"How many people can cross a pontoon bridge at one time? Even if he sneaks across the river at night, we won't be able to strangle them to death? Afraid of him making balls? Shang Lao Han sneered, and snorted proudly: "Besides, this kid sent cattle and sheep to the army, and it was to test Lao Tzu's meaning, if Lao Tzu refused, then the kid would say that he would not dare to surrender." ”

(To be continued)