Chapter 250: Extreme joy leads to sorrow

On October 27, the 12th year of Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty, for Kang Mazi, who had been in a state of trouble for a long time, it was undoubtedly the most proud day since he ascended the throne. The reason was no other reason. Just one day, General Anbei of the Qing Dynasty, Sen. Zhou Peigong Zhou Daotai, personally brought the heads of the thief King Burny who dared to rebel and rebellion and his brother Luo Buzang to return to the capital to report the victory to Kang Mazi!

As for why Zhou Peigong, deputy commander of the Baoyun Army, personally sent the heads of the Burni brothers back to Beijing? This is not entirely because our handsome Zhou Peigong, Zhou, deliberately wanted to show his face to seek credit. The main reason was that this time, he quickly quelled the Burni rebellion. Zhou Peigong was indeed a great contribution and played an irreplaceable important role. It can even be said that without the existence of Zhou Peigong, the Burni Rebellion would never have been quelled so quickly!

During the Battle of Dalu, the Burni brothers escaped the misfortune of the entire army by chance and led the nose of the Baoyi Army to flee deep into the boundless grassland desert. Given the vast and sparsely populated grassland terrain and the high mobility of the cavalry, the Qing court, including Kang Mazi, believed that the war of suppressing the rebellion would last for a long time and would not end without half a year - this is also an important reason why Kang Mazi decided to draw troops from the Huguang battlefield to Fujian to suppress the rebellion.

Heroes come from troubled times, and when there is a crisis, there will naturally be a chance for Zhou Peigong to show his strength. When the Burni rebels continued to flew around and could not be encircled and annihilated, Zhou Peigong decisively suggested that Tong Guogang let the Baoyi army stop pursuing and rest in the area of ​​Han Lake in Thiracha, and let the Mongolian and raping army attack the Burni brothers' nest Chahanhot, causing Burn to fall into a dilemma of the brothers' brothers' either completely abandoning their nests or returning to the help of their nests. Immediately afterwards, Zhou Peigong took advantage of the relationship between the Burni brothers' wife Luo Buzang, the sister of Korqin and Shuoer's support, and sent Shajin to the Burni army to recruit surrender, promising that as long as the Burni brothers lead the army to surrender, Tong Guogang, Zhou Peigong and others could protect them from death in front of Kang Mazi.

Like in history, the Burni brothers were indeed a pair of idiot brothers with great ambitions and talent. When Shajin saw that he surrendered, he became interested in surrendering. He was only worried that Kang Mazi was cruel and did not dare to agree immediately. He put forward conditions and asked the Qing army to present Kang Mazi's edict to pardon the crime, and only agreed to surrender. Zhou Peigong took advantage of the opportunity of no longer wandering and relaxing his vigilance during the negotiations of the Burni brothers, and suddenly dispatched elite cavalry to enter the Burni brothers camp, killed the Burni brothers, defeated the Burni rebels and surrendered most of the remaining troops, achieving a decisive victory in the counter-rebellion war.

Although the methods are not glorious, if you win, you will win. For the Qing court, who has been used to losing streaks for more than two years, this victory not only solved the threats from behind, but also was a shot of a heart-warming agent. What was absolutely timely and life-saving rain. Moreover, compared with Fatty Lu's bad methods, such methods were already very open and upright. Therefore, after receiving the victory from Zhou Peigong, Kang Mazi was still very happy and immediately issued an order to reward the three armies, and promoted meritorious officials such as uncle Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong. Even Fei Yanggu, who had made meritorious contributions, also benefited from it. He was pardoned by Kang Mazi and promoted to another level of official position.

The misfortune never goes alone yesterday, and the blessings are unparalleled. Just as Kang Mazi was thinking about how to promote and exaggerate the great victory in the grassland to boost morale, at noon on the same day, Zhejiang sent another good news. Geng's general Zeng Yangxing sent general Ma Ruizhi to lead a side army to the Shaoxing Prefecture, with the intention of luring the Qing army in Ningbo to divide the troops and transfer the tiger away from the mountain. He never thought that Ma Ruizhi underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. Shaoxing garrison Man Jingui and Shaoxing prefect Xu Hongxun took the opportunity to lead the army to ambush the Guimen Mountain in Changling, Sheng County, ambush Geng Jingzhong's rebels, beheaded more than 1,700 people at the stage, captured Geng's general Ma Ruizhi, Qiu Erzhang and Ma Yu and other fourteen others alive, forcing the remnants of Geng's army to retreat to Taizhou, and seized a batch of new firearms that Wu army helped Geng's army, achieving the first great victory of the Southeast Qing army since the Geng's rebellion!

***The battlefield and the southeast battlefield both won great victories at the same time. Kang Mazi, who had been worried for a long time, was simply unable to express his ecstasy. On the spot, he issued an order to reward Man Jingui and Xu Hongxun and other meritorious ministers. Kang Mazi also ordered a banquet to be held in Tiren Pavilion to celebrate the two great victories with all civil and military officials.

At the right hour of the afternoon, the celebration banquet was officially held. Kang Mazi personally led all civil and military officials to the table. The great hero Zhou Peigong sat at the first table and sat with Kang Mazi's confidant lackeys such as Soetu and Mingzhu. The civil and military officials took their seats according to their official positions and arranged by officials of the Ministry of Rites. Then, the officials congratulated each other, sang praises and flattered them. They praised the two victories under the leadership of Kang Mazi's Wei Guangzheng, and were both obtained under the blessing of Kang Mazi's Hongfu. Although Kang Mazi had long been tired of hearing similar words, today, because of a good mood, he suddenly felt that he was not tired of listening. He heard that he was shaking his head, his face was full of smiles, and his will was full of joy.

After finally waiting for Zhang Ying to lead a group of civil servants to finish reading "The Fu of Life and Border", Kang Mazi waved his hand to stop the flattery of the next group of officials, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Dear friends, don't come to me anymore. These two great victory, the real heroes are still the millions of soldiers of our Qing Dynasty, as well as loyal and capable ministers such as Tong Guogang, Zhou Peigong, Man Jingui and Xu Hongxun. If they were not for their proper planning and the soldiers were using their lives, how could I have these two great victory in the Qing Dynasty? I want you to raise your glass and respect these heroes together!"

"Abide by the order, long live my emperor!" The ministers shouted, and raised their glasses to greet the soldiers from north to south. After putting down the wine glass, Soetu quickly said loudly: "Long live, now we will pacify the rioters of Chaharburni and severely defeat Geng Jingzhong's thieves. It is a blessing for long live, and can protect the wise lords of all generations. We will be the role model of emperors in the future. The slaves are deeply honored and dare to ask our emperor to raise their glasses and accept the servants and other ministers to respect each other."

"Suei Suo is really good at speaking, so he's right!" Kang Mazi laughed and agreed. Zhang Wanqiang next to him quickly poured another glass of wine for Kang Mazi. Kang Mazi raised his glass and laughed: "Dear friends, please."

"Long live thank you!" All the civil and military officials agreed happily, quickly raised their glasses to greet each other, and drank the things in the glass with Kang Mazi. After putting down the wine glass, Kang Mazi smiled again: "My dear friends, I am not only very happy when I received these two good news today, but also completely relieved. Burnie in the north has already given the title, and the destruction of the treacherous thieves in Geng Jingzhong in the south is just around the corner. I believe that as long as my main army of the Qing Dynasty arrives on the battlefield in Zhejiang, the good news of restoring the entire Fujian region will be spread to the palace within half a year!"

"My emperor's civil and military skills are far superior to those of Qin emperors and Han dynasties. It is rare in ancient and modern times. Long live my emperor!" All the officials quickly knelt down together and shouted long live again.

"My dear friends, too much praise." Kang Mazi laughed smugly and sighed: "If one day I can receive the good news of pacifying the southwest, that is the real civil and military achievements, and the true pursuit of the Qin Emperor and Han Wu!"

"Master, please don't worry." Mingzhu said flatteringly: "Just wait until my Qing Eight Banners slandered Geng Zheng's sins, cut off the wings of the Western thief, and gathered the national strength. The good news of the Southwest victory will naturally be delivered to the Master sooner or later."

"Yes, yes, this is just a matter of time sooner or later." Countless civil and military officials agreed loudly, Kang Mazi was even more happy and said with a smile: "If there is really a day, I must give a banquet in this Tiren Pavilion again, celebrate with my beloved ministers for three days, and celebrate the reunification of the Qing Dynasty and the reign of the Qing Dynasty, forever--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Forever forever!" All the officials agreed in unison. Kang Mazi burst into laughter again and raised his glass again, "Dear friends, raise your glass again..., Hey, Huang Aiqing, what did the eunuch say to you just now? Is there anything wrong? Why is he so anxious?"

"Go back to the emperor, my father-in-law just informed me." Huang Xigun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, went out and kowtowed and said: "The Ministry of War has just received a report from the 800-mile emergency military intelligence pond. The messenger cannot enter the palace, so he can only ask the guards and father-in-law to report to me, saying that it is urgent and that I must go and pick me up immediately."

"The military intelligence pond newspaper where?" Kang Mazi asked nervously.

"Go back to the emperor, the young master didn't explain it clearly just now." Huang Xiguen replied respectfully: "I just said that it was a messenger from other places. The situation is extremely urgent. I want the minister to pick him up immediately."

"Then you go." Kang Mazi smiled generously and arranged: "Go and go quickly. If it is good news, then present it to me immediately."

"I obey the order." Huang Xiguen kowtowed and hurried to the palace gate. Hundreds of officials and powerful officials such as Kang Mazi continued to drink and have fun in the Tiren Pavilion, celebrating the victory in the north and south, and waited for Huang Xiguen to bring good news - better good news!

"Master, I have a suggestion." Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mingzhu, the first hawk in the Qing court, took the opportunity to suggest: "Master, please send these two great victories from *** and Zhejiang to the residence, and spread the world to the world, inspire our Qing subjects and soldiers from all over the world, and also warn those villains who are ill-hearted, so that these clowns dare not have any other intentions."

"What I said is very good, so I am right!" Kang Mazi waved his hand proudly when he heard this, "After the publication of the diary, I will also send a copy to my father-in-law Cheng Ben, so that the people in the southwest can know the bravery of our Eight Banners soldiers!"

"Take, I obey the order." Mingzhu quickly kowtowed with pride. Some more upright Han officials next to her, such as Wang Xu, thought Kang Mazi's move was suspected of being successful, but considering that Kang Mazi had been frustrated for so long and had finally encountered two big victories, it was normal for him to do something extraordinary when he was overjoyed. So he did not advise him, but just celebrated with the ministers.

At this time, a figure in front of the main entrance of Tiren Pavilion flashed. Huang Xigun, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, had gone out to receive the Military Intelligence Pond, suddenly appeared in front of the main entrance of Tiren Pavilion again. Kang Mazi smiled and said, "Huang Aiqing is back. He is walking so fast. It seems that it is easy to get rid of..." At this point, Kang Mazi couldn't say anything anymore, because Huang Xigun was tripped by the threshold when he entered the door, and a dog ate shit and fell to the ground.

In the surprised eyes of the ministers, Huang Xiguen climbed up in a mess and rushed to Kang Mazi - the real one, rolling and crawling. While walking quickly, Huang Xiguen, who has always been known for his meticulousness and scheming, tripped his left foot several times, and almost fell down a few times. Seeing this scene, the banquet hall, which was still laughing and laughing, suddenly became silent, and everyone had a thought in their hearts, "I'm afraid something is going to happen."

While watching nervously, Huang Xigun knelt down on both knees in front of Kang Mazi, kowtowed one head and his forehead against the ground, but said nothing but refused to raise his head, let alone a word. In the end, Kang Mazi couldn't help but ask: "Huang Aiqing, what happened? Why didn't you speak? What kind of military intelligence report did you receive? Are you so nervous?"

"Yes, Lord Huang, you have to report any major event." Mingzhu echoed and asked, "The sky has collapsed? The earth has sunk? Even if the sky has sunk, there is no need to be so embarrassed, right?"

"Your Majesty, it's more terrible than the sky and the earth sinking." Huang Xigun said tremblingly: "Please be calm and never get angry. If you hurt the dragon's body, you will report it."

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Kang Mazi asked nervously.

"Wu...Wu..." Huang Xigun's lips trembled, and after a while, a sentence was squeezed out from her throat, "Wu Gou broke through the Yangtze River."

"I still think it's something. It turns out that Wu Gou broke through the Yangtze River." Kang Mazi smiled before she could react for a while, but when she was halfway through laughter, Kang Mazi jumped up and asked loudly, "Wait, what did you say just now? Wu Gou broke through the Yangtze River?!"

"Go back to the emperor, that's true." Huang Xigun held up the military intelligence report he had just received in his hands and said in a crying voice: "General Fuyuan Tuhai reported urgently at 800 miles. On the 17th night of October 12th year of Kangxi, the Wu thief army shamelessly tore up the peace agreement. The thief general Lu Yifeng led 30,000 troops to attack our important town in Hanyang, the Qing Dynasty! In the morning of October 18th of the 12th year of Kangxi, the old thief Wu Sangui personally led 50,000 troops to raid Luoshan. Although our soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty fought bloody battles, they were outnumbered and suffered heavy casualties. Within one day, Luoshan and Hanyang were successively lost, and the Wu thief army crossed the entire line... the Yangtze River."

"How is it possible? How is it possible?" Mingzhu yelled wildly, "Didn't the old thief Wu Sangui retreat to Changsha Mansion in the whole line? So many troops came to attack our Yangtze River defense line? And that Lu Yifeng, wasn't he dismissed from all his official positions by the old thief Wu Sangui and punished him for life-long hard labor? How could he lead his army to attack Hanyang?"

"Mingzhongtang, we were trapped!" Huang Xigun cried. "Tuhai only discovered afterwards that the prisoners of war taken to Wuchang to exchange were all replaced by elite soldiers of the Wu bandit army! Although the incident of Lu Yifeng's dog thieves coming out again was unclear for a while, it is certain that this is probably Wu Gou's trick! Also, Prince Gong's whereabouts were unknown in the Hanyang War, and he may have been captured or killed by Wu Gou!"

Mingzhu was stunned, and all the miqing civil and military officials present were stunned. In the huge Tiren Pavilion, it was so quiet that even a needle fell to the ground could be heard clearly. Everyone's eyes were all turned to Kang Mazi's face. Our Kang Mazi Tartar was completely stunned. His face was first as dumb as a wooden chicken, then gradually turned ashen, from blue to white, then from white to black, and finally gradually turned gray.

"Old thief Wu Sangui! I want to cut you into pieces-!" This sentence was roared from the heart. Kang Mazi's yellow teeth suddenly spurted out a mouthful of dirty blood from his mouth. He fell to the sky and kicked his legs. He was so angry that he fainted from the spot.

"emperor--!"

"master----!"

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When Kang Mazi was rescued, there were naturally dozens of imperial physicians around him. Zhou Peigong, who was known as the doctor and divination, was kneeling beside Kang Mazi's bed crying, holding a small medicine bottle in his hand, and the old witch of Xiaozhuang also came after hearing the news. Seeing Kang Mazi awakening, Xiaozhuang, who had tears on his face, quickly clasped his hands and said, "Amitabha, Master, you finally woke up. Fortunately, Zhou Peigong is proficient in medical skills and proposed to use Chen Xiang to prescribe medicine to save you. It is much better than these imperial physicians."

"Grandma..." Kang Mazi screamed bitterly, forcing her to sit up. Xiaozhuang quickly said, "Don't move, grandson, you are so angry that you must lie down and be able to sit down."

"Grandma." Kang Mazi cried again, tears rolling down unscrupulously. Xiaozhuang choked and said, "Son, you don't have to cry, you don't have to hurry. You are the true dragon emperor. It's nothing that Wu Sangui has passed the Yangtze River. This colorful country is still yours, and he can't take it away."

As he choked, Xiaozhuang couldn't help but shed tears. Everyone around him shed tears. It was at this time that Kang Mazi realized that he had returned to the Hall of Heart. Soetu, Mingzhu and Zhang Ying and others were close to each other knelt at the door, but they didn't know why Zhou Peigong followed him. Seeing Kang Mazi's small eyes turned to him, Zhou Peigong immediately understood the reason and hurriedly kowtowed to Xiaozhuang and said, "Old ancestor, the emperor has woken up, and the minister should take his leave."

"You stay, you understand medicine, you can't leave." Xiaozhuang hurriedly stopped him, and then turned to Kang Mazi and said, "Son-in-law, you should reward this Zhou Peigong well. You fainted in Tiren Pavilion just now, and a mouthful of phlegm blocked your throat. I almost couldn't get up in one breath. Thanks to this Zhou Peigong asking the palace maid to suck out the phlegm from your throat for you with her mouth, and then pulled you back from the gate of hell. Seeing that he understood medicine, the Ai family called him to the Palace of Yangxin."

——Xiaozhuang didn’t tell the truth. Just now, Mr. Zhou Pei asked the palace maid to suck phlegm, but the palace maid’s lung capacity was too small and he could not suck out phlegm. In the end, Mr. Zhou Pei spoke in his own mouth, which saved Kang Mazi’s life. It was just that this matter was too indecent, and Xiaozhuang couldn’t speak clearly to Kang Mazi.

"Zhou Aiqing, I'm in trouble." Kang Mazi nodded slightly and gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Aiqing, don't go to other places, just stay in the capital. I want to lead a 100,000 army of imperial commanders in person to fight to the death with the old thief Wu Sangui! Stay by my side, accompany the king, and follow me to personally fight against the old thief Wu Sangui!"

"Master, no!" Mingzhu, Soetu and others were so scared that they were scattered, and quickly kowtowed together: "Master, the imperial guards must not personally conquer! The capital is important, so the master must not stay away!"

"Shut up!" Kang Mazi lay on the bed and shouted angrily, "The old thief Wu Sangui shamelessly broke the promise and broke through my Yangtze River defense line. My Central Plains are no longer at risk. If I don't go out in person, will I have to wait until the old thief Wu Sangui hits the gate of the capital and commit suicide by learning from Chongzhen Coal Mountain? I have decided, so there is no need to say much!"

"Son, don't be so impulsive." Xiaozhuang spoke, first ordered the imperial physicians to kneel down in the hall, and then said kindly: "Your Majesty, you plan to personally conquer the old thief Wu Sangui, and your mind is good, but the Ai family thinks that there is no need for this. As long as the emperor selects a capable general as the commander and drives the old thief Wu Sangui back to the south of the Yangtze River, there is no hope. There is no need for you to send troops yourself, the emperor."

"Grandmother, who else can I send my grandson besides myself?" Kang Mazi sobbed, "Jieshu, Yue Le, Le Jin, Tuhai, Labu, Shang Kexi, these so-called imperial pillars, those who did not lose their troops in front of the old thief Wu Sangui, who did not return in disastrous defeat? Now, who else can I entrust the heavy responsibility to block the old thief Wu Sangui's rebellion army?"

"Master, I actually think that the master should not be so pessimistic." Zhou Peigong said in a shocking manner and kowtowed, "Because I believe that, judging from the current situation, even if the old thief Wu Sangui breaks through the Yangtze River defense line, it will be difficult for the Northern Expedition in a short time. The master still has time to prepare for the war. As long as the master is properly responsible, he will drive the old thief Wu Sangui back to Panyuan, there is no hope."

"Why do you think so?" Kang Mazi asked nervously.

"There are two reasons. First, Jingzhou and Jiangxi are still in the hands of their master." Zhou Peigong said loudly: "Jingzhou is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is a nail between Wu Ni and Wu Ni in Sichuan. If this nail is not pulled out, the old thief Wu Sangui will never dare to fight the north! Jiangxi and Pianyuan east of Pianyuan will directly border, and the Jiangxi army of our Qing Dynasty will not be eliminated. The rear of Wu Sangui's old thief Wu Sangui will always be threatened by our Jiangxi army. Wu Sangui's old thief Wu Sangui will also dare not fight the north with all his strength."

"Second, our main force in the Qing Dynasty has not been severely damaged and its strength remains. The slave is brave. I have read the report from Tu Zhongtang just now. I know that although Wu Gou broke through the Yangtze River in the Battle of the Yangtze River, our Qing Dynasty lost only more than 10,000 troops, and the navy is still alive. At the same time, Tu Zhongtang has returned to Jingzhou to consolidate the defense of Jingzhou. The navy has also retreated to Jiujiang to meet with the Governor of Dong Weiguo to consolidate the defense of Jiangxi. In addition, there is also a 60,000 army led by Prince Kang to Jiangnan, and no one soldier has been damaged. Therefore, as long as the master ordered Prince Kang to return in time, there is great hope for the Yangtze River to be re-elected!"

"So, the slave believes that the master can issue three imperial edicts, the first one is to Jingzhou, let the garrison there defend the city to block the path of the meeting between Wu Ni, Sichuan and Wu Ni, Panyuan, and Wu Ni! The second imperial edict is to Jiangxi, ordering the Jiangxi army to defend Jiujiang Poyang Lake, blocking Wu Gou's eastward path, and ensuring the important financial and taxation areas in Jiangnan! The third imperial edict is to Prince Kang, let him divide his troops back, one army defends Lu'an, and the other army consolidates the Anqing defense, which can dispel the old thief Wu Sangui's idea of ​​going north by chance, forcing him to conquer Jingzhou and Jiangxi, and win at least three months of preparation time for our Qing Dynasty!"

"What if Wu Gou goes north to Henan directly? What should I do?" Kang Mazi asked in confusion.

"Master, please rest assured." Zhou Peigong said in a dark voice: "If Wu Gou dares to go north to Henan directly, he will only have three thousand old and weak soldiers to block his 100,000 army and a million army!"

"I don't want to listen to your bragging, how can you stop it?" Kang Mazi asked angrily.
Chapter completed!