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Chapter 394 Bargaining

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    "Guangwu, you left in such a hurry, did Tian Fengji send someone to ask for help?"

    Seeing his confidant Xu Wenyao hurrying to the door with a letter in his hand, before Xu Wenyao could open his mouth to report, Prince Geng immediately asked Xu Wenyao why he came, and Xu Wenyao nodded in shock and admiration.  Prince Geng couldn't help but smiled, very proud of his ability to predict things like a god, and then he knocked on Erlang's leg and asked with a big face: "Where did Lu Gou fight? How is the battle going?"

    "Lu Gou has already fought under the city of Shaoxing." Xu Wenyao quickly replied: "According to Tian Fengji's statement in the letter, the Man Gou garrison once mustered up the courage to go out of the city and fight Lu Gou, but they were quickly beaten to death by Lu Gou.  After fleeing back to Shaoxing City and guarding behind closed doors, Lu Gou then stormed Shaoxing. The battle was fierce and both sides suffered heavy losses. Tian Fengji was worried that he would not have enough troops, and he was also worried that there would be insufficient food and grass in the city. Please send troops quickly, my lord, or  Directly reinforce Shaoxing, or encircle Wei and rescue Zhao to attack Hangzhou, and cut off Lugou's food supply."

    "Okay! Good! Good!" Lord Geng called out three hellos in a row, applauded excitedly, and said more proudly: "It's good to fight fiercely, and the more fierce the better, the more fierce the fight between Mangou and Lugou is."  , the more beneficial it is to this king.¡±

    "My lord, Shengming, it would be better for Wugou's East Expedition Army to fight with Mangou and die together. Then we will be more relaxed." Xu Wenyao hurriedly flattered him, then quickly picked up the letter in his hand, and said flatteringly: "This is Tian Fengji.  Please read the letter of plea for help in your own handwriting, the envoy he sent is also waiting outside the Xingyuan Gate, and the prince can send it to you at any time."

    "Don't read it, as long as you know the general content, Tian Fengji's envoy, the king, will not see you either." Prince Geng waved his hand to refuse, and then ordered: "Go and tell Tian Fengji's envoy, just say that the king has a minor illness, so I won't see him.  He went back to Shaoxing to tell Tian Fengji, let Tian Fengji rest assured, as long as he persists in defending Shaoxing City, the king's rescuers will soon set out to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao to attack Hangzhou."

    Xu Wenyao agreed, and hurried out of the hall to answer, but Geng Jun general Ma Jiuyu was a little worried, and reminded: "My lord, it's best to meet Tian Fengji's envoy, learn more about the current situation in the Shaoxing battlefield, and judge whether the remnants of the Mangou army can survive."  How long it lasts, our army can formulate countermeasures and make preparations."

    "Why did you meet him? After seeing him, he asked the king to send troops immediately on behalf of Tian Fengji. Will the king agree or not?" Prince Geng sneered, and said grandly: "As for the specific situation of the Shaoxing battlefield, let Zeng Yanghe and Bai Xianzhong send more troops.  Just go to Shaoxing to investigate carefully, and we can directly ask the Mangou messenger, can we get the truth? Mangou is not an idiot, in order to let us send troops as soon as possible, can he tell us the truth?"

    Ma Jiuyu thinks about it carefully. In order to let us dispatch troops as soon as possible, the messenger he sent will naturally not tell the truth to us, but will only do everything possible to lure us to send troops, and may even be caught by his false information.  Confused, Ma Jiuyu no longer insisted, but begged Lord Geng to give Zeng Yanghe and Bai Xianzhong an order to closely monitor every move on the battlefield in Shaoxing, and Lord Geng agreed without hesitation.

    Prince Geng, who was determined to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, probably never dreamed that at the time when he and Ma Jiuyu were discussing the military situation, at the same time, on the afternoon of October 20, the first year of Zhaowu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Fatty Army's 30,000 Eastern Expedition  The army, under the personal leadership of Yang Yingyuan, the deputy commander of the Fat Army's Suzhou Legion, has already reached Changxi Ridge, Cixi County, the west gate of Ningbo, which is less than 80 miles away from Ningbo Fucheng!  (Cixi County was located in Changxi Ridge in the Qing Dynasty, and the current Cixi was called Sanshansuo in the Qing Dynasty.)

    At the same time, the main force of the Fatty Army navy led by Li Guodong has directly killed Jintangshan Island across the sea from Zhenhai City, cutting off the connection between Zhenhai Port and Zhoushan Islands. The last Zhejiang Qing army in Ningbo  The army was also in chaos. Some vowed to resist to the end, and some suggested surrendering to the fat man's army. There were also many soldiers who had simply become deserters. People were extremely panicked.  The coach of the Ningbo Qing Army, Jill Tabu, and the coach of the Navy, Chen Shikai, were also very hesitant, not knowing how to choose.

    The reason why the Fatty Army was able to fight from Shaoxing City to Changxi Ridge in six days was due to the surrender of the Qing army and the party leading the way. In the early morning of October 15th, Yang Yingyuan's army first caught up with Cao'e River and was blocked by the river.  It took more than an hour for the troops of Lang Su, the remnant of the Qing army in Shaoxing, to wipe out the remnants of the Qing army, which had less than 600 soldiers, and cut off Lang Su's head in the battle, and then killed them by the Cao'e River.  After a day's rest, I rushed to build a pontoon bridge across the river.

    Immediately afterwards, Li Tianzhi sent another rear army to bring Tian Fengji, the governor of Zhejiang who had just surrendered, and some local Qing soldiers in Zhejiang who voluntarily surrendered. With the help of Tian Fengji and these local Qing soldiers, the fat soldiers recruited Shangyu without bloodshed.  The two counties of Yuyao and Yuyao easily opened the road to Ningbo.  Ningbo Qing Army?Hongxun was desperate and chose to hang himself, ending his sinful life of betraying and massacring his compatriots in exchange for prosperity and wealth.  But even so, Fatty Lu, an angry youth from the former Qing Dynasty, still did not forgive Xu Hongxun's family members who remained in Shaoxing City. His two sons were skinned, and his wife and daughter were sent to the Fatty Army's prostitute camp to accompany Cao Yin's whole family of women.

    It took less than half a month to end the war on the Eastern Front. Li Tianzhi immediately ordered Yang Yingyuan to transfer 20,000 troops back to Hangzhou, and he personally led the Shaoxing army, which had been expanded to more than 45,000 through the reorganization of prisoners of war, to withdraw to Hangzhou first.  Start the war against Geng Jingzhong's army on the western front.  It was not until Li Tianzhi's army withdrew from the Qiantang River and was stationed in Fuyang County in the south of Hangzhou that Geng Jun's generals Zeng Yang and Bai Xianzhong, who were still flirting with the fat army in Xincheng, woke up like a dream, knowing that they had missed the only way to contain them.  Fatty's army's precious fighters hurriedly prepared for the battle, while dispatching fast horses to call the police to Geng Jingzhong, asking for instructions on the next move.

    After receiving the battle report that the Fatty Army wiped out the remnants of the Qing army in lightning speed, our Lord Geng could hardly believe his eyes. After being stunned, he quickly cursed again, "Zeng Yangxing! Bai Xianzhong! You two trash! My lord!"  Let you closely monitor the battle between Lu Gou and Man Gou until Lu Gou wiped out Man Gou and returned to the division and crossed the Qiantang River before you can report! What are you doing for food?! Trash! Idiots!"

    "My lord, it's too late to say anything now." Ma Jiuyu was calmer, and quickly suggested: "My lord, please issue a decree immediately, so that the two generals Zeng Yang and Bai Xianzhong will make amends, and immediately send troops to take the initiative to fight.  The soldiers who returned from the Eastern Expedition were exhausted, and the expeditionary force had not yet had time to join forces, so we must first win a battle to stabilize the morale of the troops.¡±

    "My lord, absolutely not." Xu Wenyao jumped out to stop him, and said loudly: "My lord, Man Gou has been wiped out now, our army is fighting against Lu Gou's main force alone, and Zheng Jing's son is taking advantage of the fire to rob us at the rear. At this time, we can only attack Lu Gou  Sue for peace, never go to war! Once we start a war, even if we win a battle, we will not be able to hurt Lu Gou's muscles and bones, and we will not be able to get rid of the dilemma of Lu Gou and Zheng Jing'er. On the contrary, we will completely offend Lu Yifeng as a thief  All hope for reconciliation!"

    The sycophant Xu Wenyao finally hit the point. Even Ma Jiuyu, who proposed to send troops immediately, had to admit that even if he could defeat Li Tianzhi's army who had just withdrawn from the Shaoxing battlefield, he would definitely not be able to hurt the fat man's army if he sent troops to a decisive battle at this time.  On the contrary, it will completely irritate the Fatty Army and invite the Fatty Army's full retaliation, making the already passive situation of Geng Jingzhong's army even more passive.  Xu Wenyao then said: "Your Majesty, right now our army should send envoys to Hangzhou to meet Lu Yifeng, congratulate him on the pretext, and take the opportunity to propose an alliance. The two armies will stop all hostile actions and join hands to deal with Zheng Jingxiaoer."

    "Lu Yifeng's thief, can you agree?" Geng Jingzhong hesitated, and said worriedly: "What if he asks for the whole of Zhejiang again?"

    "My lord, I think it's worth a try." Military Counselor Jiang Yuanxun was also very calm, and analyzed for Geng Jingzhong: "The reason why Lu Yifeng's dog thief sent troops to the south is to relieve the crisis on the southern front and free up his hands for the northern expedition against Mangou and Hebei.  Lu Yifeng doesn't really care about whether Guo Zhuangtu can annihilate our army in the westward expedition. At the same time, Lu Yifeng doesn't want to see our army fall and let Zheng Jing's thieves sit on the throne. Therefore, the humble official believes that our army seeks peace  It is in the interest of Lu Yifeng's dog thief to return the main force to Fujian to fight Zheng Jing's son, as long as he pays some price, there is a good chance of success in the peace."

    "These kings know, but what if Lu Yifeng's dog thief insists on asking for the whole of Zhejiang?" Geng Jingzhong said with a sad face: "The half of Zhejiang that this king has paid so much to get, is it necessary to give it to Lu Yifeng's dog thief for nothing?  No?"

    "Fight against him!" Jiang Yuanxun said loudly, "It took our army nearly three years, sacrificing hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and countless food, grass and supplies to take the land that Lu Yifeng's dog thief stretched out his hand to take away.  Such a cheap thing? I would like to go to the envoy, go to Hangzhou to argue with Lu Yifeng, persuade him to make concessions, and form an alliance with our army to fight against rebellion!"

    "Are you sure?" Geng Jingzhong asked happily.

    "Don't dare to say for sure, I will do my best." Jiang Yuanxun said helplessly: "Lu Yifeng's eloquence is very good. I may not be able to argue with him. I can only say that I did my best. Also, Lu Yifeng  The dog thief is extremely treacherous, and has already seen through the dilemma of our army being confronted by enemies on both sides and eager to seek peace, so you still have to pay the price of sacrifice, my lord."

    "The only thing left is to try." Geng Jingzhong was more helpless than Jiang Yuanxun, nodded and said: "Well, you can go to Hangzhou, as long as Lu Yifeng agrees to stop the war and form an alliance, half of Zhejiang will be one person, and he will conquer Guo Zhuang in the future  This king can also lend him the way when he is trying to steal a dog. Remember, half of the people in Zhejiang is the last limit of this king. If he is not greedy enough, this king would rather fight him to the death than give in!" (Unfinished  To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com)continued.  If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.  )(Remember this website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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