Although the accuracy of Wang Shaobo's crow beak is smaller than that of Lu Fatzi, it is not very bad, when Lu Fatzi reported the plan to force Kang Mazi to choose who to fight to the death to Wu Lao Han Jian, not only the indecisive Wu Lao Han Jian hesitated, but even Hu Guozhu, who has always trusted Lu Fatzi very much and obeyed his words, frowned, and did not dare to express his support immediately. As for Wang Shirong, who looked at Lu Fatzi unpleasantly at the beginning, it was even more resolute and strong opposition.

"Lord, Mr. Mao Yao's idea, if it sounds good, it is to add to the snake, and if it is unpleasant, it is to take off his ass and fart, which is too much!" Even in front of Wu Lao Han Annihilation, Wang Shirong spoke unceremoniously, "Now the Mangou Emperor has asked Kabula to start secret negotiations with us, which is enough to prove that the Mangou Emperor has been tricked and has been tempted, and is ready to transfer troops from the Huguang battlefield to Fujian to quell the rebellion." We just need to wait patiently, and continue to negotiate secretly with Kabula, so once the negotiations are reached, the Mangou Emperor will naturally draw troops from the Huguang battlefield, and we will naturally have the opportunity to take the opportunity to storm and cross the river. ”

"In that case, why should we make more of a mistake and make this trick to deceive the dogs? In case it is discovered by Mangou, then our plan to cross the river will be immediately exposed, and the Mangou Emperor will definitely not draw troops from Huguang. Taking a step back, even if Lu Yifeng's plan is not seen through and makes Mangou believe it, then Mangou Emperor will face two choices, one is to fight to the death with us first, and the other is to fight to the death with Geng Jingzhong first, in case the Mangou Emperor chooses us, then we are not completely self-defeating? ”

Although Wang Shirong's attitude and tone were very intense, Wu Lao Hanjian and Hu Guozhu were not emotionally fluctuating, just frowning and calculating together, until a long time later, Hu Guozhu bowed and said: "Father-in-law, Mr. Liangchen is reasonable, now our strategic deception plan has reached the last moment, and the hope of success is very great, there is no need to do such a risky plan, forcing the Emperor of the Dog to make a choice that is either positive or negative." ”

"Right? As I said, taking another risk at this point is to add to the snake. Seeing that Hu Guozhu was rarely on his side when he and Lu Fatzi disagreed, Wang Shirong couldn't help but show some happy smiles - he didn't think that Hu Guozhu paused, and added: "But ......." ”

"But what?" Wu Laohan cheered up and urged: "After speaking in one breath, this king listens." ”

"But if you don't do this, when will you achieve the strategic goal of inducing Emperor Mangou to transfer troops from the Huguang battlefield to the south, the son-in-law is really not sure." Hu Guozhu said helplessly: "Now that the strength of the rebels in Chahar Purni has been determined, there are only more than 3,500 people, and all the Mongolian kings refuse to follow Bulni to raise troops, but rush to help Mangou quell the rebellion, I believe that within March, it will be the period of Bulni's destruction." ”

"At that time, the morale of the Mangou court will inevitably be greatly boosted, and the Mangou Emperor can not only get a new army that has experienced the test of war, but also take the opportunity to recruit a large number of Mongolian cavalry to be used, which will greatly alleviate the dilemma of insufficient troops, and it will be even more difficult for our army to induce Mangou to draw troops from the most critical Huguang battlefield."

"Therefore, the son-in-law now thinks that Mr. Liangchen is reasonable, and he also thinks that Yifeng's risky plan has risky value, which is really difficult, and he can only ask his father-in-law to make up his mind."

"Guozhu, what you say is equivalent to saying it in vain." Wu Lao Hanjian complained about his son-in-law, pinched his eyebrows and said: "If this king is not also embarrassed, how can he let you express your opinions?" ”

After a long sigh, Wu Lao Hanjian asked again: "Guozhu, how did you negotiate secretly with Kabula?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law, my son-in-law and he have made some concessions." Hu Guozhu replied truthfully: "In addition to the fact that there is no dispute about allowing the father-in-law to be the emperor, at present, the son-in-law and the Kabula are entangled in the coins and land, and the final price of the son-in-law is a military salary of three million taels of silver per year, plus the two prefectures of Nanchang and Jiujiang, and each state capital in the border area is only stationed with 10,000 soldiers. Kabula insisted on paying only 500,000 taels of silver a year, not giving up a cent of land, and the garrison of the state capital in the bordering area could not exceed 10,000. ”

"Actually, this condition can be agreed to, anyway, Lone doesn't plan to take this new peace treaty seriously." Wu Laohan smiled, "Just if you promise to be so refreshing, Kangxi Mazi will definitely be more suspicious, and he won't be deceived." There is no way, just adopt Yifeng's plan and force Kangxi Mazi to bet on the positive and negative. ”

"Father-in-law, have you made up your mind?" Hu Guozhu was a little surprised, saying that he didn't expect that the always indecisive Han Jian's father-in-law would decide such an important matter so quickly.

"Lone has to make up my mind." Wu Laohan leaned back in his chair, looked up at the beams of the house, and said a thoughtless sentence for a long time, "Ma Harrier has come to the secret letter, he and the king of Mangou County, Eza, and Mangou Shaanxi, Gansu and Luo are all getting along extremely badly, Mangou Eza and Moluo have already shown signs of cutting him off the military power and driving him out of Shaanxi and Gansu. ”

"I see." Hu Guozhu suddenly realized, and hurriedly agreed: "It's still my father-in-law who is thoughtful, if you don't use Yifeng's plan and continue to give the dog time, then sooner or later Ma Harrier will be exposed or lose power." But with a peak of this strategy, whether it succeeds or not, the situation in the whole country is bound to deteriorate again, and the situation of the full dog is critical, for the horse harrier, whether it continues to lurk, or suddenly rises troops, it is very beneficial. ”

"But if this plan fails, then our plan to launch a campaign to cross the river will be wasted." Wang Shirong said unrelentingly: "Our army is small and weak, and it is not only difficult to break through the well-defended Yangtze River defense line head-on. ”

"If you can't cross the river, this king will divide his troops into two routes, attack Jiangxi all the way, and open up land connections with Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing." Wu Lao Han's voice suddenly became cold, "On the other hand, Lone uses the horse harrier as the internal response, captures Shaanxi and Gansu, and goes straight to the Central Plains through Tongguan!" For more than a year, he has secretly hoarded a large number of new firearms in Sichuan, and he can launch the Shaanxi-Gansu campaign at any time, making it difficult for the dogs to take care of them! ”

Speaking of this, Wu Lao Hanjian suddenly slowed down his face again, and said with a smile: "Besides, it's not that it's just that since this kid joined our Pingxi Palace, when did the plan he put forward go wrong?" Lone believes that this time, this fat boy may give Lone another surprise. ”

Wu Lao Han has already said so, what else can Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong say? After the carrier pigeon flew to Jijia Mountain, Wang Shaobo, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately rushed to Wuchang City, and according to the script made up by Lu Fatzi in advance, on the 28th day of August in the twelfth year of Kang Mazi, in front of Wu Laohan's Xing Yuanmen, a good show was staged in front of the gate of Wu Laohan's annihilation.

Not to mention, as Lu Fatzi's right-hand man's lackey, Wang Shaobo really has a bit of acting talent, holding Lu Fatzi's blood book, kowtowing and crying in front of Wu Laohan's line, begging Wu Laohanjan to see him, and accepting the blood book he forwarded for his master Lu Fatzi, attracting hundreds of people and passers-by to watch. Helplessly, Lu Fatzi's betrayal of Pingxi Wangfu was too bad, Wang Shaobo was affected by Lu Fatzi, and he had already been removed from all positions, and now he wanted to see Wu Laohan Jian, naturally it was not as easy as before, and in the end, not only did he not see Wu Laohan, but was beaten out by Wu Laohan's guards, and it was late, Wang Shaobo had no choice but to cry and leave.

That night, Wang Shaobo stayed in a small inn in the outer city of Wuchang, and before falling asleep, Wang Shaobo quietly glued a thin hair to the seal of Lu Fatzi's blood book, and then slept soundly. On the second day, Wang Shaobo got up to check the blood book in the package, and found that the hair on the seal had indeed disappeared, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly took the blood book out again, and came to Wu Lao Han's line door again to cry and plead.

It is also Wang Shaobo's luck, on the 29th, he caught up with Wu Laohan to go out of the city to inspect the army training, and when he went out on Wu Laohan's guard of honor, Wang Shaobo hurriedly risked his life to stop Wu Laohan's war horse, and wept bitterly and presented the blood letter. For the sake of Lu Fatzi and Wang Shaobo's previous contributions, Wu Lao Han finally reluctantly accepted the blood book, and after reading the blood book in public, Wu Lao Han Jian instructed Wang Shaobo again: "Go back to Ji Ji Mountain and tell Lu Yifeng what he said, Lone already knows, and Lone will consider it carefully." Let him serve his sentence with peace of mind, and when he makes more contributions to the king in terms of firearms, the king will consider commuting his sentence. ”

"Thank you, thank you." Wang Shaobo was overjoyed, hurriedly kowtowed, and hurriedly returned to Changsha Jijia Mountain to find Lu Fatzi to report the good news. And all the soldiers of the Wu army and passers-by present were extremely curious - what did the famous Lu Fatzi say in the blood book for Wu Lao Han Annihilation?

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What the soldiers and passers-by of the Wu army present probably never dreamed of was that, as Wu Lao Han Jian, Lu Fatzi and others expected and expected, on the same day, Lu Fatzi's copy of the blood book to Wu Lao Han Jian, as well as every word that Wu Lao Han Jian said after reading the blood book, were copied in detail and put into an envelope, sealed with fire paint, and sent across the Yangtze River, and then through the post station set up by the Qing Dynasty, it was expedited by 600 li, and it took only more than seven days to send it to the Forbidden City thousands of miles away, and to the current supreme chief of the Mite Qing court. Kang Mazi in front of him.

"Lu Yifeng raised by a son of a bitch!"

is still the same as Lu Fatzi's expectation, after reading the copy of his blood book, Kang Mazi's hatred for himself not only increased by three points, but also took a pseudo-dragon case and scolded his mother, and scolded: "fat dog, Wu Sangui's old thief has already made you a slave for life, and he is still thinking about helping Wu Sangui's old thief to harm our Qing Dynasty!" When I catch you, a fat dog, I have to chop you with my own hands and chop you into dog meat sauce to feed the dogs! ”

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Weichen thinks this matter is very strange." Zhang Ying, a bachelor who has always been cautious in words and deeds, rarely rushed to speak, and reminded: "Please imagine that if Lu Yifeng's dog thief wants to write to Wu Sangui's old thief, even if he has been reduced to slavery now, he can entrust his former colleagues to hand it over, why do you have to send an ordinary subordinate who has no official position to Wuchang to attract the attention of our army's envoys, so as to easily steal the original blood book?" Besides, Lu Yifeng knew so many secrets of Wu Thief, and he was punished as a slave for leaking secrets, how could he easily meet with his subordinates and entrust the transfer of blood letters? Please think twice. ”

"What does Zhang Aiqing mean is that there is fraud in this matter?" Kang Mazi asked with a deep groan.

"Weichen suspects that this is a scene deliberately arranged by Wu Sangui's old thief, deliberately acted for us to see, and deliberately leaked the content of the letter to us." Zhang Ying replied in a deep voice: "Whether the letter is related to Lu Yifeng's dog thief or not, I'm afraid it still needs to be verified. ”

"So, what is the purpose of Wu Sangui's old thief doing this?" Kang Mazi asked thoughtfully.

"It may be an attempt to intimidate the imperial court." Zhang Ying hesitated and replied: "Weichen thinks that judging from the current situation, the more fierce Geng Jingzhong's rebel thief is, the more beneficial it will be to Wu Sangui's old thief, but this blood book reveals the intention of persuading Geng Jingzhong to negotiate peace with the emperor, which is obviously unreasonable. Weichen dared to speculate that Wu Sangui's old thief might want to intimidate the imperial court and show his attitude - even if the emperor and Geng Jingzhong negotiate peace, he will not let the emperor live in peace, but will only join forces with Geng Jingzhong to start a war with our Qing court, take turns to consume our Qing national strength, and gradually encroach on the land south of the Yangtze River. Of course, this is just a little foolish opinion of Wei Chen, and whether this is the case or not can only be judged by the emperor. ”

"Zhang Zhongtang's words are very reasonable." Suo Etu stood up and said respectfully: "Master, according to the foolish opinion of the slave, whether this matter is deliberately acted and intimidated by Wu Sangui's old thief, or Lu Yifeng's dog thief is stupid and stubborn, and continues to bewitch Wu Sangui's old thief to rebel, but the wheel tactics proposed in this blood book, the master has to guard against it." ”

"Yes, I can't be wronged anymore." Kang Mazi nodded his head and said hatefully: "I made concessions to the Aobai thief before, and made concessions to the old thief Wu Sangui, so Geng Jingzhong, Bulni, Yue Le and Monk Zhixin are the dog thieves who think that I am weak and can be bullied, so they dare to put their noses on my nose and face, even a barbarian clown like Yang Qilong dares to jump off the beam in my capital!" If I continue to be weak and negotiate peace with Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, then in the future, there may be some kind of clown barbarian who will jump out and dance in front of me, arrogant and presumptuous! ”

"Master Shengming." The first hawk pearl of Mite Qing hurriedly kowtowed, "Since ancient times, peace has never lasted long at the negotiating table!" The more concessions are made to the enemy, the more the enemy has to gain inches, and the people's hearts are insufficient, Geng Jingzhong's dog thief clown jumps off the beam, if the master follows Wu Sangui's example of the old thief and asks him for peace with the land compensation payment, it will only make more ill-intentioned anti-thieves and traitors see hope, produce luck, and make the situation more difficult to clean up. Therefore, the slave thinks that whether it is Wu Sangui's old thief or Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, only by resolutely fighting back and resolutely suppressing can we deter more unscrupulous ministers and thieves! ”

"Ming Zhongtang, you want to suppress Wu Sangui's old thief, and you want to suppress Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, so where do your army, military rations, salaries, and weapons come from?" Suo Etu squinted at Mingzhu and said with a sneer: "At present, our Qing Dynasty can still maintain the balance of power on all fronts, mainly because the strongest thief among the thieves, Wu Sangui, has a temporary truce with the imperial court, and the imperial court can still have some spare strength. ”

"Then Suo Zhongtang wants to ask the master to ask Geng Jingzhong for peace again?" Mingzhu sneered at each other without showing weakness, "Does Suo Zhongtang want to ask the master to send an envoy to appease Geng Jingzhong, ask him to stop attacking Zhejiang, ask him to return to Fujian, and then the imperial court will imitate Wu Sangui's old thief example, reward him with 35 million taels of silver salary, and reward him with 5 million grains and grass?" ”

"Please don't argue with the two middle halls, the lower officials still have something to say to the emperor." Zhang Ying was afraid that Mingzhu and Suo Etu would quarrel again, so he hurriedly played a round, and turned to Kang Mazi and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know if the emperor still remembers Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms?" During the Warring States Period, the strength of the Qin State was better than any of the six countries, and if the six countries joined forces, they were far superior to the Qin State, but the Qin State finally annexed the Six Kingdoms and unified the world, and the emperor was among them, couldn't he not understand any reason? ”

"What does Zhang Aiqing mean by long-distance and close-range attacks, and each one is broken?" Kang Mazi, who had already had this thought, moved again, and asked in a deep voice: "First stabilize one of the two dog thieves, Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, concentrate your strength, annihilate the other side first, and then clean up the remaining party." ”

"That's true." Zhang Ying nodded, and said solemnly: "Distant and close attacks, each one is broken, this is the eternal righteousness of the soldiers, Wangsheng must not be rash, think carefully." ”

"Master, the slave seconded it." Suo Etu knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said: "The slave also thinks that the only way to get out of the predicament is to attack from afar and closely, and to break through each one, I hope the master will adopt it." ”

"The minions agree, too." Mingzhu also knelt down and said: "Although the minions have always been the main battle, they never advocate brute force, let alone blind all-out war. First cut off the wings of the thieves, and then kill the leaders of the thieves, and the minions agreed. ”

Kang Mazi closed his numb eyes, and after thinking for a long time, Kang Mazi asked in a hoarse voice: "Then you say, I should stabilize which side first?" ”

"Wu Sangui!" Mingzhu, Suo Etu and Zhang Ying replied in unison. Suo Etu kowtowed and said: "Master, Wu Sangui's old thief has hinted several times that he is trying to divide the river with his master and establish himself as the emperor in the southwest, which shows that he has no great ambitions, and the five provinces and one government in the southwest are enough to fill his appetite, and as long as the master nods slightly, the peace agreement can be reached immediately." However, Geng Jingzhong's dog thieves raised troops not long after, Zhejiang only accounted for half of the army, if the master asked him for peace, he was bound to be insatiable, open the mouth of the lion, not only the peace treaty was difficult to reach quickly, but also the court had to suffer more money, grain and land losses. ”

"Geng Jing is loyal and weak, Wu Sangui is an old thief and strong, first easy and then difficult, which is also the right reason of the soldiers." Mingzhu kowtowed and said: "Our Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty also once said that the big tree should be cut down with an axe and an axe, and only by first killing Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, cutting off the wings of Wu Sangui's old thief, eliminating hidden dangers, and concentrating the strength of the whole country, it is possible to annihilate Wu Sangui's old thief." ”

"Your Majesty, although Wechen doesn't understand military affairs, Wechen has also learned from the words of your lords that Wu Sangui's old thieves are majestic in the world, and the sharpness of firearms is unparalleled in the world. Zhang Ying kowtowed and said solemnly: "However, Geng Jingzhong is different, his soldiers and horses are both few and weak, and the firearms are all supplied by Wu Sangui's old thief, and he can jump off the beam for a while, and it is also thanks to Wu Sangui's old thief who has restrained my main force of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Besides." Speaking of this, Zhang Ying cautiously added, "Wu Sangui's old thief and I share the danger of the Yangtze River in the Qing Dynasty, even if the emperor temporarily stabilizes Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, if the war on the Yangtze River is unfavorable, Geng Jingzhong's dog thief takes the opportunity to rebel, wouldn't it be a waste of all his achievements?" ”

Kang Mazi nodded slowly, but he didn't speak, and he didn't easily make up his mind to decide whether to adopt the public opinion of the ministers. In the end, Gao Shiqi, the waiter in the South Study, who was the youngest official in the room, saw Kang Mazi's thoughts, knelt down and asked boldly: "Your Majesty, are you worried that Wu Sangui's old thief will deceive and induce his master to divide his troops in the name of peace and take the opportunity to break through the Yangtze River defense line?" ”

Kang Mazi didn't speak, and after a long time, he nodded slowly, admitting that he was indeed thinking this. Gao Shiqi kowtowed again and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter is not difficult to solve, and the lord can ask Qincha Kabula to make a request, asking Wu Sangui to reduce the strength of the provinces along the river to less than 10,000, and my Qing army garrison 30,000." If Wu Sangui and the thief agree, it proves that he really has no intention of breaking the contract, and if Wu Sangui refuses, it will not be difficult for the Lord to discern the sincerity of his peace talks. ”

"Wonderful, why didn't I think of this trick?" Kang Mazi's eyes lit up, and he patted the case: "Just do it, although this move is suspected of showing weakness, but in order to be foolproof, it is the only way." Immediately drafted an order, 600 li to the Kabula, let him put forward this condition to Wu Sangui old thief, as long as Wu Sangui old thief agreed to this condition, the rest can be discussed. ”

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It only took more than seven days, Kang Mazi's great instructions were passed to Kabula, Kabula did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly made an appointment with Hu Guozhu again, and put forward a one-to-three request to Hu Guozhu for the troops along the river, and frankly admitted that the Qing court was indeed afraid of Wu Laohan and the Wu army, so the Wu army did not reduce the troops along the river to one-third of the Qing army, and the Qing court really couldn't believe the sincerity of Wu Sangui's old thief's peace treaty.

Hearing the request of Kang Mazi conveyed by Kabula, Hu Guozhu was of course proud, happy and worried, of course proud that he had completely scared the full dog, and of course he was happy that Kang Mazi had been tricked, and he was naturally worried that if he agreed to this request of the Qing court, and he wanted to launch a sudden campaign to cross the river, it would be extremely difficult. However, to Hu Guozhu's surprise, when he reported the news to Wu Lao Han Jian, Wu Lao Han Jian slapped the table and shouted: "Promise full of dogs!" ”

"Father-in-law, of course it is easy to promise Mangou, but we have reduced the garrison to one-third of Mangou, and it will be difficult to launch a battle to cross the river." Hu Guozhu reminded in embarrassment.

"Stupid!" Wu Laohan laughed fiercely, "Lone retreated the army to Changsha, and Mangou transferred the army to Jiangnan, which is far, which is close?" Is it easier for the lone army to go north to Wuchang, or is it easier for the main force of the dog to withdraw from Jiangnan to Huguang? Don't forget, it's easy for a warship to go down the river, but it's a thousand difficulties to go up the river. ”

"Oops!" Hu Guozhu slapped his head and said ashamedly: "The little son-in-law is confused, how can you forget the distance and the headwinds?" ”

"Although the prince is reasonable, it is impossible for Mangou to transfer all the troops to Fujian." Wang Shirong said worriedly: "Our army's naval division has just been built, the ships are scarce, the sailors lack experience, and it is difficult to be the opponent of the full dog sailor division on the water, even if we go north so quickly, from Changsha to Wuchang seven or eight hundred miles down, the mite dog army in the north of the Yangtze River still has enough time to react and prepare." ”

"Regarding these questions, leave it to Yifeng for a headache." Wu Laohan laughed fiercely, "This king believes that with his skills, there must be a way to solve these problems. Besides, as long as the main force of Mangou goes south to Fujian, even if it can't sneak attack, a frontal attack will be much greater than the current certainty! ”

(To be continued)