Chapter 240 Mazi's choice

(***: The foolish quack doctor who killed the gods, the Pure Wolf family was almost scared to death by her, which made this book even more interrupted for one day. I deserve to die of sin!)

Although Wang Shaobo's crow mouth is smaller than Fatty Lu, it is not very bad. When Fatty Lu reported the plan to force Kang Mazi to choose who to fight to the death to the old traitor Wu, not only did the old traitor Wu, who had always been indecisive, he hesitated, but even Hu Guozhu, who had always trusted Fatty Lu and obeyed the rules, frowned and did not dare to express his support immediately. As for Wang Shirong, who had disliked Fatty Lu from the beginning, he was even more determined and strongly opposed.

"Prince, Mr. Maoxia's idea is to put it nicely, to put it bluntly, to put it bluntly, it's fartable, and to be extrapolated!" Even in front of the old traitor Wu, Wang Shirong was not polite to speak. "Now the Emperor Mangou asked Gabula to start a secret negotiation with us, which is enough to prove that the Emperor Mangou has fallen into a trap and is already moved, and is ready to draw troops from the Huguang battlefield to Fujian to quell the rebellion. We just need to wait patiently and continue to secretly negotiate with Gabula. Then once the negotiation is reached, the Emperor Mangou will naturally draw troops from the Huguang battlefield, and we will naturally have the opportunity to take the opportunity to cross the river."

"Since that's the case, why should we make trouble for ourselves? In this way, we should use this counter-espionage plan to deceive Mangou? If Mangou sees it out, then our plan to cross the river will be exposed immediately, and the Emperor Mangou will definitely not draw troops from Huguang. Let's take a step back, even if Lu Yifeng's plan is not revealed and Mangou believes it, then Mangou will face two choices: one is to fight us to the end first, and the other is to fight Geng Jingzhong to the end first. If Mangou chooses us, then we will completely backfire?"

Although Wang Shirong's attitude and tone were very fierce, the old traitor Wu and Hu Guozhu were both indifferent, and they just frowned and thought together. It was not until a long time later that Hu Guozhu bowed and said, "Father-in-law, Mr. Liangchen is right. Now our strategic deception plan has reached the last moment. The hope for success is very great. There is no need to take such a dangerous plan to force the dog emperor to make a choice of either positive or negative."

"Well? I said, taking risks at this time is a way to add to the slightest advantage." Seeing that Hu Guozhu rarely stood on his side when he had a disagreement with Fatty Lu, Wang Shirong couldn't help but smile happily - he never thought that Hu Guozhu paused and added: "But..."

"But what?" Old traitor Wu forced himself to cheer up and urged: "I will finish speaking in one breath, I listen."

"But if you don't do this, you will be unable to determine the strategic goal of luring Emperor Mangou to pull troops from the Huguang battlefield to move south." Hu Guozhu said helplessly: "Now the rebel forces of Chaharburni have been determined, with only more than 3,500 people. All the kings refused to follow Burni to raise an army. Instead, they rushed to raise an army to help Mangou quell the rebellion. I believe that if March is not completed, the period of Burni's destruction will be the period."

"At that time, the morale of the Mangou court will be greatly boosted. The Mangou Emperor can not only obtain a newly built army that has experienced the test of war, but also take the opportunity to recruit a large number of cavalry to listen to it, greatly alleviating the dilemma of insufficient troops. It will be even more difficult for our army to lure Mangou to draw troops from the most critical Huguang battlefield."

"So, now my son-in-law thinks that Mr. Liangchen is right, and he also thinks that Yifeng's adventure plan has adventurous value. He is really in a dilemma. He can only ask his father-in-law to make arbitrary decision and make up his mind."

"Guozhu, what you said is a waste of time." Old traitor Wu complained to his son-in-law, then pinched his eyebrows and said, "If I were not in a dilemma, how could I let you express your opinions?"

After sighing, the old traitor Wu asked again: "Guozhu, how are you secretly negotiating with Gabula?"

"When I go back to my father-in-law, my son-in-law and him made some concessions." Hu Guozhu replied truthfully: "In addition to the fact that my father-in-law is allowed to become emperor, the son-in-law and Gabula are currently entangled in the annual monies and land. The son-in-law's final offer was three million taels of silver in the annual salary, plus the two prefectures in Nanchang and Jiujiang, and each prefecture in the border area only stationed 10,000 troops. Gabula insisted on giving only 500,000 taels of silver in the annual salary, and not giving up a penny of land. The prefectures in the border area could not exceed 10,000 troops."

"Actually, this condition can be agreed. I don't plan to take this new agreement seriously anyway." Old traitor Wu smiled, "If you just agree so readily, Kangxi Mazi will definitely be more suspicious and will not be deceived. There is no way, so I will adopt Yifeng's plan and force Kangxi Mazi to bet on the front and back."

"Father-in-law, have you made up your mind?" Hu Guozhu was a little surprised and said nothing that he had never expected that the traitor father-in-law, who had always been indecisive, would decide such an important thing so quickly.

"I have to make up this decision." The old traitor Wu leaned back on the back of the chair and looked up at the beam of the room. After a long time, a stupid sentence appeared. "Ma Yaozi came to a secret message. He and Mangou County Prince Ezha and Mangou Shaanxi-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-Ganzhou-

"So that's it." Hu Guozhu suddenly realized and quickly echoed: "It's still my father-in-law who thought it carefully. If he didn't use Yifeng's plan and continued to give Moduo time, then Ma Jiazi would be exposed or lose power sooner or later. However, using Yifeng's plan, whether it succeeds or not, the national situation of Man Jiazi will inevitably deteriorate again. When the situation in Man Jiazi is critical, it is very beneficial for Ma Jiazi to continue to lurk or suddenly raise an army."

"But if this plan fails, then our plan to launch the battle of crossing the river will be wasted." Wang Shirong said unwillingly: "Our army has few and weak naval forces. It is not only difficult to break through the Yangtze River defense line with tightly deployed defenses on the front.

"If I can't cross the river, I will divide my troops into two groups, attacking Jiangxi one by one, and opening up the land connection with Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing." The voice of the old traitor Wu suddenly became cold, "Other side, I took the horse harrier as my inner support, captured Shaanxi and Gansu, and went straight to the Central Plains! Over the past year, I have secretly stored a large number of new firearms in Sichuan, and can launch the Shaanxi-Gansu Battle at any time, making it difficult for the whole dog to take care of the head and tail!"

Speaking of this, the old traitor Wu suddenly slowed down his face and said with a smile: "Besides, it's not a peak of eccentricity. It's just that when did the plan proposed by this kid have made mistakes since joining our Pingxi Prince's Mansion? Gu believes that this time, this fat kid may surprise Gu again."

The old traitor Wu has already said this, what else can Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong say? At that time, the old traitor Wu asked Hu Guozhu to reply to Fatty Lu with a pigeon and approved it to follow the plan. After the pigeon flew to Ji Jiashan, Wang Shaobo, who had been impatient, rushed to Wuchang City immediately and followed the script made by Fatty Lu in advance. On August 28, 12th year of Mazi Yu Kang, a good show of loyal servants crying for the King of Xi was performed in front of the gate of the old traitor Wu.

Not to mention, as a capable lackey of Fatty Lu, Wang Shaobo really has some talent for acting. Holding Fatty Lu's blood letter, he kowtowed and cried in front of the gate of the old traitor Wu's traitor Wu, begging the old traitor Wu to meet him and accept the blood letter he handed over for his master Fatty Lu, which attracted countless passers-by to watch. Unfortunately, Fatty Lu's behavior of betraying Pingxi Wangfu was too bad. Wang Shaobo was implicated by Fatty Lu and had long been removed from all positions. Now, if you want to see the old traitor Wu, you can't be as easy as before. In the end, not only did you not see the old traitor Wu, but you were beaten out by the guards of the old traitor Wu. In addition, it was too late, and 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. Before going to bed, Wang Shaobo secretly stuck a thin hair on the seal of Fatty Lu's blood book, and then fell asleep with peace of mind. 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. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took the blood book out again, and came to the gate of the old traitor Wu to cry and beg.

It was also Wang Shaobo's luck. On the 29th day, the old traitor Wu went out of the city to inspect the army training. When he was out of the house with the ceremonial guard of the old traitor Wu, Wang Shaobo quickly risked his life to stop the old traitor Wu's war horse and cried and presented the blood letter. Seeing the contributions of Fatty Lu and Wang Shaobo, Wu finally barely accepted the blood letter. After reading the blood letter in public, the old traitor Wu ordered Wang Shaobo again: "Go back to Ji Jiashan and tell Lu Yifeng that Gu already knows what he said, and Gu will consider carefully. Let him serve his sentence with peace of mind. When he makes contributions to this king in terms of firearms, I will consider reducing his sentence."

"Thank you, thank you." Wang Shaobo was overjoyed and kowtowed one after another, then hurried back to Jijiashan, Changsha to report the good news. All the Wu army soldiers and passers-by present were extremely curious - what did the famous Fatman Lu say in the blood letter to the old traitor Wu?

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What the Wu army soldiers and passers-by were probably not dreaming of was that, as expected and expected by the old traitor Wu, Fatty Lu and others, on the same day, Fatty Lu copied the blood books to the old traitor Wu, and every word that the old traitor Wu said after reading the blood books were copied in detail and put into a leni bag. After sealing the fire lacquer, he sent it across the Yangtze River that day. He also rushed through the station established by the Qing Dynasty court, six hundred miles in a hurry. In just over seven days, he sent it to the Forbidden City thousands of miles away, and in front of Kang Mazi, the current highest chief of the Qing Dynasty court.

"Lu Yifeng, a bitch!"

Just like Fatty Lu expected, after reading his blood copy, Kang Mazi not only increased his hatred for himself by three points, but also filmed the fake dragon case and cursed her mother, saying, "The fat and bastard dog that the gods kill, Wu Sangui's old thief has made you a slave for life, and is still thinking about helping Wu Sangui's old thief harm our Qing Dynasty! When you catch your fat and bastard, I will have to cut you into one knife and chop it into dog meat sauce and feed it to the dog!"

"Prince, please calm down. I think this matter is very strange." Zhang Ying, a senior secretary who has always been cautious in speaking, rarely rushing to speak, reminding him: "Please imagine that if Lu Yifeng's dog thief wants to write a letter to Wu Sangui's old thief, even if he has been demoted to slavery, he can entrust his former colleagues to pass the old friends. Why do you have to send an ordinary subordinate without an official position to Wuchang to attract the attention of our army envoys and easily steal the original blood letter? Moreover, Lu Yifeng knew that Wu's thief had so many secrets and was punished as a slave for leaking the secret. How could he easily meet with his former subordinates and entrust the blood letter? Please think twice."

"What Zhang Aiqing means is that there is a fraud in this matter?" Kang Mazi asked in a pondering manner.

"I suspect that this is a scene deliberately arranged by the old thief Wu Sangui, who deliberately performed it for us to see, and it was also deliberately leaking the content of the letter to us to know." Zhang Ying replied in a deep voice: "Whether the letter is related to Lu Yifeng's dog thief, it may still be verified."

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

"It may be planned to intimidate the court." Zhang Ying replied hesitantly: "Weichen believes that, judging from the current situation, the more violent the rebel thief Geng Jingzhong is, the more beneficial it will be to Wu Sangui's old thief. However, this blood letter reveals the intention of persuading Geng Jingzhong to negotiate with the emperor, which is obviously unreasonable. Weichen dared to speculate that Wu Sangui's old thief might want to intimidate the court and express his attitude-even if the emperor and Geng Jingzhong negotiate with the dog thief Geng Jingzhong, he will not let the emperor live. He will only join forces with Geng Jingzhong to launch a wheel war with our Qing court, take turns to consume the national strength of the Qing Dynasty, and gradually erode the land in the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, this is just a foolish opinion of Weichen. If the facts are like this, we can only ask the emperor to judge."

"Zhang Zhongtang's words make a lot of sense." Soetu stood up and said respectfully: "Master, in my opinion, whether this is the old thief Wu Sangui intentionally acts intimidation, or whether Lu Yifeng's dog thief is stupid and unreasonable, he continues to bewitch Wu Sangui's old thief Wu Sangui's tyranny, but the master has to guard against the wheel tactics proposed in this blood book."

"Yes, I can't beg you anymore." Kang Mazi nodded and said hatefully: "I have made concessions to the traitors of Oboi and to the old thief Wu Sangui. Therefore, Geng Jingzhong, Burnie, and Yue Le Monk Zhixin, these dog thieves think that I am weak and can be bullied, and dare to put on the nose to me. Even barbarian clowns like Yang Qilong dare to jump in my capital! If I continue to be weak and negotiate with Geng Jingzhong dog thief, then in the future, there may be some clown barbarians who will jump out, open their teeth and claws in front of me, and be arrogant and presumptuous!"

"Master Shengming." The first hawkish gentry Mingzhu kowtowed quickly, "Since ancient times, the peace obtained by whispering to the negotiating table has never lasted forever! The more you make concessions to the enemy, the more you become more and more aggressive. Geng Jingzhong's dog thief jumps over the beam. If the master imitates the old thief Wu Sangui and cedes land and seeks peace from him, it will only allow more ill-hearted thieves and rebels who are ill-hearted will see hope and make luck, making the situation more difficult to deal with. Therefore, the slave believes that no matter whether it is Wu Sangui's old thief Wu or Geng Jingzhong's dog thief, they can only resolutely fight back and resolutely suppress them to intimidate more ill-hearted thieves!"

"Mingzhongtang, you want to suppress the old thief Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong dog thief. Where will your army, military rations, military pay and weapons come from?" Soetu looked at Mingzhu squintly and said sneeredly: "At present, our Qing court can still maintain a balance of power on all fronts, mainly because the strongest thief Wu Sangui and the court are temporarily on the treacherous thieves. The court can still have some spare energy. If we start a new war with the old thief Wu Sangui, then we may not even be able to maintain this balance of power, right?"

"Does Suo Zhongtang want to ask his master to ask Geng Jingzhong for peace again?" Mingzhu retorted without showing any weakness, "Does Suo Zhongtang want to ask his master to send an envoy to appease Geng Jingzhong, ask him to stop attacking Zhejiang, ask him to return to Fujian, and then the court imitated the old thief of Wu Sangui, rewarded him with 35 million taels of silver and 5 million grains?"

"Please don't argue with the two central government officials. The subordinates have something to report to the emperor." Zhang Ying was afraid that Mingzhu and Soetu would argue again, so he quickly smoothed out the situation, and turned to Kang Mazi and bowed: "Emperor, I don't know if the emperor still remembers the destruction of the six kingdoms? During the Warring States Period, Qin State was stronger than any of the six kingdoms. If the six kingdoms work together, they will be far better than Qin State, but Qin State eventually annexed the six kingdoms and unified the world. If the emperor is in it, can't he understand any truth?"

"What Zhang Aiqing means is to fight far and near, and defeat each one?" Kang Mazi, who had already had this idea, was moved again and asked in a deep thought: "First stabilize one of the two dog thieves Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, concentrate their strength, annihilate the other side first, and then clean up the remaining side."

"It's true." Zhang Ying nodded and said solemnly: "Far from a distance and attack near each other, each defeating each other is the principle of military strategist that has remained unchanged throughout the ages. I hope the emperor must not act voluntarily and think carefully twice."

"Master, the slave is attached." Soetu knelt down on both knees and kowtowed, "My slave also believes that the only way to get rid of difficulties is to get rid of difficulties with each other."

"I agree, too." Mingzhu also knelt down and said, "Although I always advocate warfare, I never advocate reckless action, and I do not advocate blindly starting a full-scale war. First, I cut off the wings of the thieves, and then kill the heads of the thieves. I agree very much."

Kang Mazi closed his eyes and after thinking for a long time, Kang Mazi asked hoarsely: "Then do you think I should stabilize the side first?"

"Wu Sangui!" Mingzhu, Soetu and Zhang Ying answered in unison. Soetu kowtowed and said, "Master, Wu Sangui's old thief has repeatedly suggested that he had tried to rule the river with his master and to separatist the southwest and become emperor. It can be seen that he has no ambitions. Five provinces and one government in the southwest are enough to fill his appetite. As long as the master nods slightly, the peace agreement can be reached immediately. However, shortly after Geng Jingzhong's dog thief started his army, Zhejiang only occupied half. If the master asks for peace from him, he will be insatiable. Not only will the peace agreement be difficult to reach quickly, but the court will also suffer more money, grain and land losses."

"Geng Jingzhong is weak, and Wu Sangui's old thief is strong. It is easy first and then difficult, which is also the right military strategist." Mingzhu kowtowed and said, "Our Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty once said that a big tree must be cut by axe. 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 national strength, can the old thief Wu Sangui's old thief be wiped out."

"Emperor, although I don't understand military affairs, I have learned from the words and opinions of all the great masters that Wu Sangui's old thief soldiers are majestic and armored in the world, and the sharp firearms are unparalleled in the world. Even if the national strength is concentrated, they will not be destroyed at any time." Zhang Ying kowtowed and said seriously: "However, Geng Jingzhong is different. His troops are small and weak. The firearms are all due to the supply of Wu Sangui's old thief. At present, it is also due to Wu Sangui's old thief who can control my main force of the Qing Dynasty. If the emperor can free up his hands and eliminate them, it is only a matter of raising his hands. Why should he give up the strong and take the weak?"

"Besides." Speaking of this, Zhang Ying carefully added, "The old thief Wu Sangui and I, the Qing Dynasty, share the danger of the Yangtze River. Even if the emperor temporarily stabilizes the dog thief, if the Yangtze River war is not good, and the dog thief Geng Jingzhong takes the opportunity to rebel, wouldn't it be wasted all his previous efforts and wasted no effort?"

Kang Mazi nodded slowly, but did not speak, and did not easily make up his mind to decide whether to adopt the public opinion of all the ministers. In the end, Gao Shiqi, the attendant of Nanshufang, who was the youngest official position, saw Kang Mazi's thoughts, knelt out and plucked up his courage and asked, "Master, are you worried that the old thief Wu Sangui would be cheating, and instigate the master to divide his troops 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 and admitted that he was indeed the same. Gao Shiqi kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is not difficult to solve. The Lord can ask the imperial envoy Gabula to make a request, asking the old thief Wu Sangui to reduce the troops of the governments along the river to less than 10,000, and our Qing army stationed 30,000 troops. If the old thief Wu Sangui agrees, it proves that he does not have the intention to break the contract. If the old thief Wu Sangui refuses, it will be difficult for the Lord to distinguish his sincerity in the peace talks."

"Wonderful, why didn't I expect this move?" Kang Mazi's eyes lit up and he slapped the table and said, "Just do it like this. Although this move is suspected of showing weakness, in order to be foolproof, it is only so. I immediately drafted an order to 600 miles to rush to Gabula, asking him to propose this condition to the old thief Wu Sangui. As long as the old thief Wu Sangui agrees to this condition, everything else can be discussed."

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It took only more than seven days for Kang Mazi's great instructions to be passed to Gabula. Gabula did not dare to neglect, so he quickly made an appointment with Hu Guozhu again and made a request to Hu Guozhu for one to three, and admitted frankly that the Qing court was indeed afraid of the old traitor Wu and the Wu army, so the Wu army did not reduce the strength of the Yangtze River to one-third of the Qing army. The Qing court really couldn't believe the sincerity of the old thief Wu Sangui's peace agreement.

Hearing Kang Mazi's request conveyed by Gabla, Hu Guozhu was of course proud, happy and worried. Of course, he was afraid of Mangou. Of course, he was happy because Kang Mazi had already fallen into the trap. Of course, he was worried that if he agreed to the request of the Qing court, he would want to launch a sudden battle of crossing the river. However, what surprised Hu Guozhu was that when he reported the news to the old traitor Wu, the old traitor Wu slapped the table and shouted: "Promise Mangou!"

"Father-in-law, it is of course easy to agree to the dog, but we have reduced the garrison to one-third of the dog, and it will be difficult to start the battle of crossing the river." Hu Guozhu reminded in embarrassment.

"Stupid!" The old traitor Wu smiled grimly, "Gou retreated his army to Changsha, Mangou transferred his army to Jiangnan, that far or near? Is it easy for the lonely army to go north to Wuchang, or is it easy for Mangou's main force to withdraw from Jiangnan to Huguang? Don't forget that it is easy for warships to go down the river and go up against the current, which is a huge difficulty."

"Oh!" Hu Guozhu slapped his head suddenly and said ashamed: "Son-in-law is confused. Why do you forget the distance and the distance between you and the water?"

"Although the prince makes sense, Mangou cannot transfer all his troops to Fujian." Wang Shirong said worriedly: "Our Navy was first established, with few ships and lack of experience in sailors. It is difficult for him to be a rival to Mangou Navy on the water. Even if we go north so quickly and walk seven or eight hundred miles from Changsha to Wuchang, the mite dog army on the north side of the Yangtze River still has enough time to react and prepare."
Chapter completed!