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Chapter 326

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    It's hard to say two things with one mouth, and the chaotic and complicated situation in the Jiangnan battlefield can't be explained clearly in two sentences.  The 120,000 Qing army led by Yue Le, the main force of the unhindered Southern Expedition Army, arrived at the Yellow River Xiba Ferry in Qinghe County, Jiangsu Province on the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirteenth year of Kang Mazi.  Baoying County, Yangzhou Prefecture, the northernmost place controlled by the Fat Man Army, is less than a hundred miles away.

    Due to lack of knowledge of the enemy's situation, the cautious Yue Le was not in a hurry to cross the river, but hurriedly summoned Cai Shiying, the traitorous bannerman Cai Shiying, the governor of the Miqing Water Transport in Huai'an City, and Yang Yingyao, the prefect.  In Huai'an), go to Xiba Ferry to report the enemy's situation.  Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao didn't dare to be negligent when they heard the order, so they hurriedly left the guard Wu Zhanyang to guard the city, and brought a heavy gift to the Xiba Ferry to kowtow. It's a pity that Yue Le is a more practical character among the kings of the Qing Dynasty. For Cai Shiying  He didn't even look at the presents presented by others, and asked, "Wu Gou in the south, is there any change?"

    "Return to the lord, the next official sent more scouts to investigate carefully according to the lord's order, and found that Wu Gou had no other changes except to strengthen the city defenses everywhere." Cai Shiying replied respectfully.

    "What about Hongze Lake?" Tu Hai was concerned about another matter, "This year, the Yellow River broke its embankment in Henan and diverted its course in the upper reaches of Hongze Lake, so there must be a lot of sediment rushing into Hongze Lake  , how is the situation at Gaojiayan?"

    "The situation at Gaojiayan is a bit serious." Cai Shiying replied honestly: "Since the Shunzhi Dynasty, the Yellow River has breached every year, and the water of the Yellow River has invaded Hongze Lake many times.  Although we tried our best to rescue and repair it, there was little success. However, this year the Yellow River burst, and the river rushed into the sea near Huoqiu, Anhui Province. A large amount of yellow sand rushed into Hongze Lake.  Gaojiayan, which was in disrepair, burst out two openings, flooding a lot of fertile fields, and also caused a serious reduction in grain production in Huai'an this year."

    "God damn Lu Yifeng's thief!" Tu Hai cursed, "No wonder this slick thief refuses to take down Huai'an and defend by the river. He must have discovered the danger of Gaojiayan in Hongze Lake. He would rather not have Huai'an Mansion.  Don't want the Yellow River defense line, and don't want to take this risk!"

    "Prince An and Master Tu, please don't worry." Yang Yingyao, the prefect of Huai'an, who is also a traitor Zhengbai Banner like Cai Shiying, hurriedly said, "It is winter now, and there is little water from the upper reaches of Hongze Lake, and the lake level has dropped a lot.  At least, Lord An and Lord Tu can cross the river with confidence."

    "Be careful." Yue Le turned to Tu Hai and said, "Master Tu, you should be careful. Tomorrow, you will take a few water control officials from the Ministry of Industry and go to Gaojiayan in Hongze Lake to make sure there is no danger.  Decide whether to cross the river."

    "Zha." Tu Hai agreed without hesitation, while Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao, two traitors from the banner over there, looked at each other in dismay, thinking that it was difficult for us, Lord An, to deal with Mr. Tu, and we would not even believe our report, so we had to do it in person.  Seeing is believing after a trip, it seems that we will work together with them to suppress thieves in the future, and we will have a hard time for a while.

    Next, Yue Le couldn't help but ask Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao about the situation in Huai'an City, mainly about the situation of soldiers, horses, food and grass in Huai'an City, as well as the situation of the Fatty Army in Yangzhou Prefecture south of Huai'an.  Cai and Yang reported the truth, saying that there were about 4,000 troops in Huai'an City, and another 2,000 township militiamen could join the battle. However, due to the diversion of the Yellow River and the breach of Hongze Lake, the grain production in Huai'an was reduced.  Apart from the grain in the treasury, there are only more than 50,000 shi of grain in the city, which is barely enough for the local army in Huai'an until next year's autumn harvest, and it is really unable to prepare food for Yue Le.

    As for the garrison situation of the Fatty Army in Yangzhou Prefecture, Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao don't know much about it. They only know that the Fatty Army has heavy troops stationed in Yangzhou City and Zhenjiang, but the exact number of troops is not very clear. The only one who fully understands the situation is the one closest to Huai'an  Baoying County Fatty Army, there are only about 2,000 Fatty Army stationed in Baoying County, and most of them are composed of refugees from the Yellow Flood Area recruited before, and their combat effectiveness is not very strong.  In addition, Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao also have accurate information, that is, the fat army in Baoying City does not have much military rations, and it is supplied by the Gaoyou Granary once a month.  The Fat Man Army is not far from defeat without a fight.

    Cai Shiying and Yang Yingyao, two novices on the battlefield, thought that Fatty Lu didn't pay enough attention to Baoying, but after hearing this situation from Yue Le and Tu Hai, these two old sparrows on the battlefield shivered together, and said together: "  Damn Lu Yifeng's dog thief! Baoying's army is definitely a lure army, deliberately pretending to be false, luring our army to cross the river and step into his ambush circle! Don't be fooled, absolutely can't be fooled again!"

    ? In the early morning of the next day, Tu Hai led a group of mite cleanersThe truth, of course this king understands.  "

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    At about the same time, in the city of Nanjing, Fatty Lu, who was worrying about the enemies coming from all directions, welcomed another uninvited guest, an envoy sent by Zeng Yangxing, the commander of Geng Jingzhong Army's right army, an officer of Jingnan Palace, a native of Zhangpu, Fujian¡ª  ¡ª Huang Kun!

    This Huang Kun is not very well-known, but his elder brother Huang Yong is quite famous in the coalition forces of Wu, Geng and Zheng, three kings¡ªit's just notorious.  When Geng Jingzhong raised troops, he was worried that his prestige was not enough and his reputation was too bad to convince the public, so he sent Huang Yong and Huang Kun brothers to Taiwan to contact Zheng Jing, persuade Zheng Jing to send troops, and Geng Jingzhong joined forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and promised to send it to Zheng Jing  After passing Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Fujian, as a foothold, Zheng Jing, who hated the dog so much, was naturally overjoyed when he heard the news. He immediately agreed, and personally led the army to gather in Penghu, preparing to send troops to support Geng Jingzhong.

    The bad thing happened to Geng Jingzhong's emissary, Huang Yong. Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing had just reached an alliance, and he immediately reported to Geng Jingzhong the situation in Taiwan, which was extremely exaggerated.  , the soldiers are disheveled, the armor is not neat, the ships are moored scattered, and there are very few-of course, this is not entirely an exaggeration. Zheng Jingtai, which has been blocked by the Qing Dynasty for many years, is indeed on the verge of collapse.  It is definitely not like what Bao Yi said, he can easily spend millions of taels of silver to honor a certain Lord, and it is not as prosperous and prosperous as Taiwan in the late Qing Dynasty.

    Huang Yong tried his best to belittle his allies, and even persuaded Geng Jingzhong not to fulfill his promise to give Quanzhou and Zhangzhou to Zheng Jing as a foothold in the mainland.  Severed the covenant with Zheng Jing and prevented Zheng Jing from landing by force.  As a result, coupled with Geng Jingzhong's confidant Liu Yan's brother's instigation and discord, Geng Jingzhong, who was also in the water, actually wrote a letter to Zheng Jing to break the contract, prohibit Zheng Jing from landing, and sever the covenant with Zheng Jing!  It made Zheng Jing furious, and also angered Zhao Desheng, the commander-in-chief of Haicheng who sincerely opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty (appeared in Chapter 231 of this book). In anger, Zhao Desheng contacted the generals of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to start an uprising, and greeted him.  Zheng Jing's army landed successfully, and Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing turned against each other.  Later, it was the old traitor Wu who came forward to mediate the conflict between Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing, making Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing use Fengting as the boundary and not to invade each other, which temporarily quelled the dispute between Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing.

    The story is far away, let¡¯s get down to business, seeing Huang Kun sent by Zeng Yangxing as an envoy, Fatty Lu inevitably frowned, because according to the information that Fatty Lu had, when Huang Yong provoked Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing to turn against each other, this Huang Kun was also there  Among them, it was Huang Kun who sent a letter to Huang Yong and desperately instigated and belittled Zheng Jingyou's army in front of Geng Jingzhong.  It doesn't bode well for the fat men on the border.

    Sure enough, after entering the city of Nanjing, Huang Kun's money-greedy, lustful and arrogant face was immediately exposed. He not only boasted arrogantly and exaggerated the powerful combat power of Geng Jingzhong's army in front of the fat man's army generals, but also hinted at threatening the fat man's army officers and soldiers, and asked Fatty Lu for help.  The military rations demand military pay, and even molested Huang Xifeng, the fianc¨¦e of Fatty Lu, whom he bumped into by accident, Little Pepper. Seeing that Pepper was pretty and young, Huang Kun thought that Pepper was just Fatty Lu Xingyuan's servant girl.  She wanted to do whatever she wanted, so she reached out to touch Xiaojiali's tender buttocks without saying a word.

    As a result, the fat man's army, who had been suffocated for a long time, finally broke out. Seeing Xiaojiao screaming and crying, An Jiarong, the nephew of Fatty Lu's Yi nationality, was the first to rush up and smashed Huang Kun away with one punch.  Gao Hongchen and Hu Tongchun punched and kicked Huang Kun rolling all over the floor, howling like ghosts and wolves.  Fatty Lu, whose fianc¨¦e was being molested over there, couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted an order, "Shoot me out with sticks! Hit me out of Xingyuan! Hit me out of Nanjing City!"

    "General, please calm down." Yao Qisheng hurriedly persuaded: "General, although this Huang Kun is a scoundrel and despicable, he is always the envoy of our friendly army."

    "Fucking friendly envoy!" roared Fatty Lu, he raised his leg himself, kicked Huang Kun's stomach, who was being held up by Hong Xiguan and Xiao Erlang, and shouted, "Go back and tell Zeng Yangxing to join forces against the Qing Dynasty!"  Fuming, if you want military pay and rations, send another envoy who speaks human language! Send another animal like you as an envoy, don¡¯t blame me for not giving him face, cut it off with a knife! Shoot out!¡±

    "Great General, spare your life, Great General, spare your life!"

    Amid the cries of ghosts and wolves, Huang Kun, who was already covered in bruises, was beaten away by Fatty Lu's own soldiers, but Fatty Lu was still angry, and he picked up his teacup and smashed it on the back of Huang Kun's head.  If you want to turn your face, turn your face earlier, I can save some food and military pay! If I start a war with you, I will have an excuse not to send troops to the west!"

    Note: As early as the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Hongze Lake was formed as a hanging lake due to the diversion of the Yellow River. In the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Pan Jixun served as the governor of Hecao.  It is already more than ten meters above the ground.  The phrase "Down Gaojiayan, Huaiyang will not meet" is recorded in Pan Jixun's "River Defense Overview".  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com  )?When we started repairing and heightening Gaojiayan, it was recorded that the highest water level of Hongze Lake was already more than ten meters above the ground.  The phrase "Down Gaojiayan, Huaiyang will not meet" is recorded in Pan Jixun's "River Defense Overview".  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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