Chapter 287: The Prologue of the Great War
Wu Lao Han personally planted the largest internal Ying Wang Fuchen in the mite Qing army, and finally played a role, and as soon as he made a move, he killed the mite Qing important minister Wu Yingdian University Shi Mo Luo, who was touted by the mite relics, and took the granary of the main force of the mite Qing Shaanxi and Gansu, and cut off the retreat of the 100,000 army of the main force of the mite Qing Shaanxi and Gansu. Ten years of sharpening the sword no one knows, once famous the world knows! The direct and indirect consequences caused by it were so serious that Kang Mazi, known as the first Tartar emperor in the ages, vomited blood and fainted on the spot when he heard it - by the way, he also helped Lu Fatzi to take the lives of Kang Mazi's wife and children. γReading.comγ
Kang Mazi couldn't help but be dizzy, and the Wu army at the beginning of the war once reached 650,000 mite Qing army, now only the two main forces of Jiangnan and Shaanxi and Gansu can still maintain more than 100,000 troops, among which the Shaanxi and Gansu armies with many cavalry are already the only capital for Kang Mazi to confront the Wu army in the field, but such a significant and crucial army, but Wang Fuchen is such a super traitor, and Wu Laohan joined forces to lead hundreds of thousands of Shaanxi and Gansu main forces into a desperate situation and force them to the cliff. Facing the danger of the whole army that may be wiped out at any time, no matter how good Kang Mazi's psychological quality is, he can't afford to say anything like this.
Under the fear and anger, coupled with the fact that his favorite wife and son who had not yet met were 'poisoned' by Lu Fatzi's lackeys at the same time, Kang Mazi, who urgently needed to find a punching bag, naturally set his sights on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, where the Qing army only had an advantage, and ordered the commander of the Qing army in northern Jiangxi, Hilgen, to march as soon as possible, and with the assistance of the Han brothers who had confirmed that they were sincerely obedient to the Qing army, they took Jiujiang City, annihilated the Jiujiang Wu army and Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, and avenged his wife and son.
Surprisingly, Kang Mazi's will to interfere with the tactics of the front-line army promulgated in extreme anger did not appear at all in the decision-making level of the Mites Qing Imperial Court, which is not to say that the scholars of the Middle Hall of the Mites Qing Imperial Court have lost their fighting spirit and are ready to be ignored by Kang Mazi's indiscriminate tossing, but Mingzhu and Suo Etu and others all believe that with the current situation of the Mites Qing Imperial Court, if they don't fight a big victory to boost morale and inspire people, the Mites Qing Imperial Court that steals from China will really be over, whether it is the military heart, Whether the people's heart or the official heart is likely to collapse, it will be completely finished!
Since a big victory is urgently needed to boost morale and boost people's morale, at present, the only battlefield in northern Jiangxi where the Qing army completely occupies an absolute advantage is also the only choice for the Qing court. On the battlefield of northern Jiangxi, the Qing army not only had an absolute advantage in troops, terrain, cavalry and warships, but also had two grandfather veterans Hilgen and Zhao Guoqi, and the battlefield experience was so rich that it could be compared with Wu Laohan, the commander of the Wu army. On the Wu army's side, except for firearms and individual combat effectiveness, the others are all down, and the naval divisions that must not be missing on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi are so weak that they don't even dare to go out of the port, and there are hidden dangers of discord between generals and generals defection.
It is precisely with this in mind that the decision-making level of the Qing Dynasty, including the scheming Xiaozhuang, unanimously supported Kang Mazi's wise decision, but only the opinions put forward by Suo Etu, Mingzhu and Zhang Ying and others were trembling, that is, the time set by Kang Mazi to Hilgen, and felt that ten days was too short, which was likely to cause Hilgen and Zhao Guoqi to behave at a loss, and take risks in order to complete the mission, giving the opportunity for Lu Fatzi, who was a fledgling but was already famous for his devotion and resourcefulness. And after careful consideration, Kang Mazi finally agreed to double the time - give Hilgen twenty days!
When Kang Mazi's two so-called holy decrees were sent to the battlefield in northern Jiangxi with an expedited of 800 miles, it happened to coincide with Han Daren's brother to send Itambu to send Hu Guozhu's letter to Hilgen, in the reply to Han Daren's brother, Hu Guozhu scolded the two cousins for a bloody dog, in addition to scolding them for their stupid actions that led to the defeat of the Wu army due to their unauthorized attack, there was also a scolding of the Han brothers for their personal vendettas, deliberately spreading rumors to slander Lu Fatzi, in a vain attempt to induce his cousin to interfere with Lu Fatzi's decision-making! In the end, Hu Guozhu threatened the Han brothers again, asking the Han brothers to restrain themselves and be honest and obedient, if there is another similar thing to attack privately, then there is no need for Lu Fatzi to do it, Hu Guozhu will be the first to kill his relatives in righteousness!
After carefully reading Hu Guozhu's reply to the Han brothers, and listening to Itambu's report on the Han family's observations, the old and slippery Hilgen frowned, and he was really not sure whether he should trust the Han brothers in this regard, or continue to test the two brothers, so as not to fall for the tricks of the fat man Lu who was nicknamed the oiled loach? But at this time, Kang Mazi's henchman guard Li Xu also entered the Chinese army's tent with Kang Mazi's two holy decrees.
What is the content of Kang Mazi's two holy decrees, I believe there is no need to repeat them here, in short, when Li Xu finished reading, Hilgen was dumbfounded on the spot, and even forgot to thank him, and directly exclaimed: "The master trusts the Han family brothers so quickly?" Do you want the minions to capture Jiujiang within 20 days and annihilate Jiujiang Wugou? What kind of joke is this? β
"Old General Xi, you still haven't thanked you?" Li Xu reminded carefully.
"Slave Xie Lord Longen, long live the emperor, long live, long live." Hilgen quickly kowtowed, then jumped up violently and asked Li Xu, "Guard Li, you must tell the old man, what happened?" Why did the emperor believe in the Han brothers so quickly and give them such a heavy reward? Do you want the old man to capture Jiujiang City in twenty days? β
Li Xu silently didn't answer, just quietly took off his official hat and flashed it to Hilgen, and Hilgen also realized that the silk hat weft on Li Xu's official hat that should have been red had turned black on behalf of the great mourning! Hilgen's heart jumped, and he asked tremblingly, "Could it be that the queen mother ......." β
"Not only the queen's mother, but also the queen's newly born dragon son, also ...... together." Li Xu said listlessly: "In a few days, the matter of the queen's mother should be reported to the world, and the old general can prepare early, and the filial piety clothes and filial clothes that should be prepared are all ready, so as not to be caught off guard when the time comes." β
"The Queen's Motherββ!" In front of Li Xu, all the Qing army generals in the big tent howled decently. Hilgan asked again, "What about the reason?" Can Guard Li tell the old man conveniently. β
"The master asked the slave to give a message to the old general." Li Xu said helplessly: "The matter of the queen's mother, the old general, you are considered meritorious, but it is still a little late, and you can't save the queen's mother, so in this matter, the master decided not to reward or punish you." β
"Queen Mother......!" Hilgen slowly knelt down on his knees in the direction of the capital in the northeast, and cried loudly: "It was the slave who hurt you, if the slave had known the news earlier, and had rushed the news to the master earlier, maybe you would not have ......." Slaves are guilty, slaves deserve death! β
While crying, Hilgen kowtowed again and again in the direction of the capital, and although Li Xu and the generals of the Qing army did not know whether he was sincere or false, they all hurried up to persuade him. And after finally letting Hilgen hold back his tears, Li Xu told again: "Old General Xi, don't blame the slave for talking too much, the master ordered you to capture Jiujiang within twenty days this time, maybe you will feel that it is difficult for some strong people, but the master is very serious this time, if the old general disappoints the master, then the consequences will definitely be unimaginable." Therefore, the old general is cautious. β
Hilgen nodded with tears in his eyes, did not speak, and after thinking for a long time, Hilgen turned to his deputy Hargaqi and ordered: "Lord Ha, immediately send someone to contact Brother Han Daren, and ask them to cross the lake as soon as possible and discuss important matters with the old man." By the way, tell them that it is a good thing, and the master has already rewarded them. Hargaqi clenched his fists and agreed, and hurried down to make arrangements.
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The method of contact between Han Yuanren and the Qing army was as follows: the two sides chose Tuanshan on the shore of Poyang Lake as the contact location, and hid the correspondence in a marked tree hole or under the roots of a tree, and the two sides sent people to inspect every time to check whether there was any correspondence, so the letter from Hargaqi to the Han brothers was sent to the Han brothers in the afternoon of the same day, and it was also sent to Lu Fatzi's case. After obtaining Lu Fatzi's consent, Han Daren personally crossed the lake that night and went to the Qing military camp to meet Hilgen.
Han Daren crossed the lake for a long time this time, and it was not until the morning of the tenth day of the third month of the thirteenth year of Kang Mazi that he returned to Jiujiang City and met Han Yuanren and Lu Fatzi, who had been waiting all night. And when Han Daren truthfully reported the news that Kang Mazi had canonized his brother as a high-ranking official, Lu Fatzi was taken aback and exclaimed: "So fast? How could the Mangou Emperor canonize you so quickly? Could it be that the old fox of Hilgen is playing tricks on us? β
"General Hui, it shouldn't be." Han Daren said with a red face: "Because in the camp of the last general, I also saw a full dog guard wearing heavy filial piety, a full dog guard that you must know!" β
"Who?" Fat Lu asked nervously.
"Li Xu!" Han Daren replied, and said with a smile on his face: "General, it seems that your enemy is no less than the last general's brother, that Li Xu repeatedly told the last general, if there is a chance to capture the general alive, you must capture the general alive, first give him an outlet for evil anger, and then send him to the capital to sacrifice to the Mangou Emperor Ling Chi to be executed!" β
"It's that kid!" Fat Lu suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "The enemies of this general are not less than yours, maybe dozens or hundreds of times that of yours - but they are all on the side of the dogs." β
Han Daren and Han Yuanren brothers laughed together, and at the end, Han Daren reported again: "General, Li Xu, that Han Zhan wore a black official hat, and personally told the last general that Queen Mangou had unfortunately died under the slow poison of Doctor Zhu, and the evil seed in the belly of Queen Mangou also rolled to Lord Yama with Queen Mangou to complain." Although the last general's brother was exposed a little slower, it was also considered meritorious, and he took the initiative to abandon the light and secretly return to Mangou, so the Mangou Emperor named the last general's brother a high-ranking official. When Mangou breaks through Jiujiang and captures the general alive, the Mangou Emperor will be rewarded. β
Fat Lu closed his mung bean eyes, knocked his fat fingers on the table and carefully calculated, and said in his heart: "In the thirteenth year of Kang Mazi in history, Hesheri did die in childbirth, but I can't remember when he died." Now the time is uncertain, Hesheri took Yinren's little cub to report to the eighteenth layer of hell in advance, is it true or false? Will I have that good luck? Could it be that Hilgan's old fox saw through my clever plan and set a trap to trap me? How big is this possible surname? β
"Owner, will this be a fraud?" Also raising similar questions was Wang Shaobo, who said in a deep voice: "Could it be that the old fox of Hilgen deliberately pretended to trust General Han and set us up in turn?" β
"This one may be there, but it's not big!" Fat Lu stopped tapping on the table and said solemnly: "The reason is very simple, Hilgen and Li Xu, two full dogs, should not be so bold to joke about the death of the full dog queen!" Otherwise, even if they succeed, the pockmarked emperor full of dogs will not be able to spare them! So I think there is at least a ninety percent chance that this is true, and the old fox of Hilgen has basically trusted General Han. β
Wang Shaobo nodded, deeply convinced of Lu Fatzi's judgment, and then Wang Shaobo turned to Han Daren and asked, "General Han, then next, did the old fox of Hilgen explain anything to you?" Or did the old fox tell you about his next move? β
"That old fox is very cunning, and only gave me two very vague messengers, one is to continue to lurk patiently, and wait for the dog to cross the lake and attack the city." Han Daren replied truthfully: "The second messenger is that when Mangou crosses the lake and lands, the last general will try his best to persuade the general not to go out of the city to fight, and to persuade the general to first use the fortified city to consume their strength and sharpness, and then it is not too late to go out of the city for a decisive battle. As for when the main force of Mangou crossed the lake to attack the city, and where to cross the lake and landed, the old fox did not say a word. β
"There are certainly reasons for caution for refusing to tell you the time and place of the main force of the dog crossing the lake." Fat Lu knocked on the table again and muttered: "But in my opinion, the old fox probably can't confide in you, because in his heart, I'm afraid he hasn't made up his mind yet, when to cross the lake and choose which ferry to land." β
"It's possible." Wang Shaobo echoed: "For Anqing Mangou, the most favorable ferries are two, one is the Jiujiang Meijiazhou ferry with the shortest route to cross the lake, and the other is the Nankangfu ferry (now Xingzi County) with the longest route but under the control of Zhao Guoqi's department of Mangou, both ferries have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they are likely to be ambushed by our army, so it is difficult for the old fox of Hilgen to choose." β
"It doesn't matter to us which ferry the dog chooses to land." Lu Fatzi smiled and said: "Mangou is the main attack and defense of our army, our army is fighting on the inside line, it is easy to dispatch and march, no matter which ferry Mangou chooses to cross the lake, we can strike at the rear and attack it halfway." So for us, what we should consider now is whether to choose to attack it halfway, or to fight a decisive battle in the field under Jiujiang City? β
"Boss, how about we just let the full dog go across the lake and fight again?" Wang Shaobo suggested: "The students believe that there are three advantages to letting Mangou go across the lake to fight, one is to make Mangou trust General Han more, and then use this relationship to lay traps in the defense of the city, and consume a large number of Mangou troops, so as to facilitate our army's all-round counterattack." Second, after our army let Mangou cross the lake, Mangou fought on his back, and there were not so many ships to transport all the troops from the waterway at one time, so that our army could annihilate the main force of Mangou in northern Jiangxi on the Jiujiang battlefield; The third advantage is that even if our army cannot annihilate the main force of Mangou on the battlefield of Jiujiang, Anqing Mangou can only retreat to Nanchang if he wants to retreat. β
Fat Lu didn't speak, just carefully considered Uncle Wang's suggestion, and after a long time, Fat Lu hesitated and said: "Wait and see, whether Mangou has made up his mind to cross the lake and attack the city, we haven't decided yet, and now we don't need to think about it so long-term, first observe the enemy situation for a period of time, wait until it is confirmed that Mangou crosses the lake to attack the city, and then formulate countermeasures." β
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In the next few days, Lu Fatzi, who was determined to watch the enemy and then move, sent a large number of scouts to monitor the movements of the Qing army on the other side, but the return of the scouts was that the Qing army was collecting large and small ships by unscrupulous means, and sent a large number of scout ships to patrol the various routes across the lake. And Lu Fatzi also repeatedly ordered the Fat Army's naval division Li Guodong not to attack, not to give the Qing army's naval division the slightest opportunity, and to keep this only naval division for great use.
The Wu army was on strict guard on the west bank of Poyang Lake, and Hilgen was worried on the east bank of Poyang Lake, because the situation was as Lu Fatzi expected, Hilgen really hadn't made up his mind about which ferry to cross the lake and land, although the Meijiazhou ferry was close, it was also the closest to Jiujiang City, and it was the most dangerous for the Wu army to cross the lake and attack it; Although the Nankang Ferry in the south is relatively safe, the distance is too far, and the route from Hukou to Nankang Ferry is nearly 100 miles of waterway, which is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also has the strength of the Wu Army Naval Division may also drill into a loophole in the long route and give a fatal blow to the Qing infantry cavalry on the troop transport ship! Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it is really difficult to choose.
There are also capable people on the side of the Qing army, when Hilgen put this problem to the meeting of the army to discuss, after some rhetoric and expression, the Qing army generals summed up two solutions for Hilgen: first, ordered Zhao Guoqi to lead the Qing army of Nankang to the north, to Meijiazhou ferry to build temporary fortifications, to block the Wu army's crossing army, Hukou Qing army took the opportunity to cross the lake under the cover of the superior water division. The second plan was very conservative, Zhao Guoqi's army continued to stand still, and the Qing army at Hukou pulled out its camp and moved south, camped in the area of Zhutou Mountain in the east of Nankang Prefecture, and then crossed Poyang Lake from Zhutou Mountain, and landed and crossed the lake under the cover of Zhao Guozhu's army.
"Let Zhao Guoqi move north?" Hilgen thought in his heart, "As soon as Zhao Guoqi's army moves, Wu Gou must immediately understand that the old man is going to land in Meijiazhou, and it is possible to set up an ambush in Meijiazhou in advance, and at the same time, Zhao Guoqi's army is also more dangerous, it is possible to be blocked by Wu Gou's troops, and it is possible to be in danger of losing on both sides at the same time." The main force of our army moved to Zhutou Mountain to cross the lake, and it was safe, but in this way, Wu Gou immediately understood that the old man was preparing to land in Nankang, and he also had enough time to react and adjust, and the old man was still in danger of being hit by Wu Gou, and the route was still a little longer, and it was too time-consuming ......for the ships to turn back and forth. β
"General, I think that our army should choose to cross the lake at Pig's Head Mountain." Hilgen's deputy, Hargaqi, opened his mouth and said solemnly: "Although it takes a little longer to cross the lake from Pig's Head Mountain, it is better to be safe, even if the army of General Zhao Guoqi cannot defeat Wu Gou in the field battle, it can hold the beachhead and buy time for our army to cross the lake." However, the army of General Zhao Lao was mobilized to the north. General Zhao's team was prone to being heavily damaged by Wu Gou in the field, which could not play a covering role, and could also suffer heavy losses. β
Hargaqi's status in the Qing army in northern Jiangxi is second only to Hilgen, as soon as this remark came out, it naturally won a lot of support, but the old fox of Hilgen remained silent, just lightly tapped the table with his thin fingers, and carefully considered it. After a long time, the old fox of Hilgen suddenly slapped the table, Huo Di stood up, gritted his teeth and said categorically: "Order Zhao Guoqi, order him to prepare for the attack, prepare more dry food and horse materials, and send 10,000 troops to the north early the morning after tomorrow to build a blocking position in Meijiazhou to cover the main force of our army to cross the lake and land in Meijiazhou!" β
"General, have you made up your mind?" Hargaqi asked in a deep voice: "The army of the old general Zhao Guoqi may be blocked by Wu Gou's division of troops!" β
"I've made up my mind!" The old fox of Hilgen shouted: "By the way, tell Zhao Guoqi in the order, if he wants him to prepare for a hard battle, Wu Gou will divide his troops to block the attack, rush if he can, and hold on to the spot with all his strength if he can't rush over, as long as he can drag the army of more than 15,000 Wu dogs, it will be his great achievement!" β
"Piercing!" Khargazi knew that Hilgen was the kind of person who would never change once he had made up his mind, so he immediately agreed.
"Wait." Hilgen stopped Halgaqi again, beckoned him to him, and whispered in his ear: "Write another letter to Brother Han Daren, tell them that when our army crosses the lake, whether Lu Yifeng sends troops to block Zhao Guoqi or sends troops to attack our lake-crossing army, the two brothers, no matter what method they think of, what means they use, they have to stay in Jiujiang City for me, at least one of them and an army of descendants!" β
Hargaqi's eyes lit up, and he quickly agreed respectfully. And when Hilgen's order to the Han brothers was sent to the Han brothers, and the Han brothers shamelessly presented this order to Lu Fatzi, Lu Fatzi first calculated a little, and immediately laughed, and laughed: "Okay, you Hilgen, good old fox, if it weren't for Brother Lu and I who are a chess player, I knew your order in advance, I wouldn't have fallen for your trick!" But since Brother Lu and I are a good chess player, this time, the person who falls into the trap will only be you, not you Brother Lu and me! β
(To be continued)