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Chapter 180 The Sinner of the Qing Dynasty

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    After eight or nine days of running for their lives in a hurry and discarding all their supplies to lighten their burden, the over 20,000 remnants of the Qing army led by Tu Hai finally escaped from this living hell in Guizhou, but they were terrified by the Wu army.  Tuhai, Yue Le, Zhou Peigong and others did not dare to stand firm in Huangzhou, and left the defense to the local government of Huangzhou and Yuanzhou, leading the defeated army and fled directly to Chenzhou, which is far away from Guizhou.  Stationed here to discuss the next step of contingency countermeasures and aftermath.

    Almost at the same time as Tuhai, Yue Le, and Tsani held a meeting of the surviving senior generals of the Qing army, new bad news came. The main force of the Wu army with 50,000 troops marched from Guiyang, and the Wu army stationed in Dading was also dispatched.  Li Benshen's Department, the Wu Army's Han Daren Department stationed in Zunyi, and more than 60,000 auxiliary troops outside the establishment. The total strength of the three armies exceeds 120,000.  Guandao was heading towards Huguang, and he assumed the posture of rushing into Huguang from all fronts.

    Hearing this news, Tu Hai, Yue Le, Hua Shan and others who had already been frightened by Wu Jun inevitably turned pale. Now the battleable army in Pianyuan is the more than 20,000 remnants in Chenzhou City who are still in shock.  After being defeated, the rest of the local garrison is sloppy when they bully the common people, but when they are actually sent to the battlefield, they are not even qualified to use up the strength of the Wu army as cannon fodder.  Urgently dispatching troops from other provinces, can we make it in time?

    "Prince An, it is impossible for Tutang, Chanibele, and Chenzhou to defend." Zhou Peigong was very calm, and was the first to say: "Don't talk about Chenzhou, even Changde, Changsha and Hengzhou are impossible to hold.  The best way is to return to Yuezhou and stick to it, trade space for time, and rely on Dongting Lake to wait for the navy to respond."

    "Fart!" Yue Le was furious, "Return to Yuezhou and stick to it, and give the whole Pianyuan to the old thief Wu Sangui? If the old thief Wu Sangui storms Yuezhou, will you still go back to Wuchang?"

    "My lord is right. If our reinforcements still haven't arrived when the old bandit Wu Sangui storms Yuezhou, there is only Wuchang." Zhou Peigong said very seriously: "Wuchang city has high moats and deep fortifications.  The more than 20,000 troops of Tang, together with us, should be sure to defend Wuchang and buy time to wait for the counterattack."

    "Say you are fat, and you are still panting?" Yue Le was even more furious, and roared: "Do you know what punishment is for losing a city or land? If you lose a county seat, you can even behead it, let alone lose the whole Pianyuan?"

    "My lord, of course this servant knows what the crime of losing the city and land is." Zhou Peigong asked in a neither humble nor overbearing way: "I just ask the lord, if you don't do this? What is the lord going to do? Do you plan to stick to Chenzhou? Changde? Changsha? Or  Go south to defend Hengzhou and Baoqing?"

    Yue Le was taken aback for a moment, and finally let go like a deflated ball, unable to utter another word¡ªthe actual situation of the Qing army right now is here, if you don't follow Zhou Peigong's suggestion, run to the Yangtze River  To defend a few vital points, and to continue to defend in the hinterland of Hunan where there are no soldiers and no support, the more than 20,000 Qing army elites and army seeds that Oboi sacrificed his life to protect will definitely be taken by Wu Sangui's army.

    "Okay, okay, let's stop arguing, let's discuss how to explain to the court and plead guilty." Tu Hai came out to smooth things over, and said helplessly: "Guizhou was defeated, and more than two hundred thousand troops died.  With less than 30,000 people, Grand Master Ao died in battle, and Prince Kang, King Shuncheng and a lot of princes Baylor were captured. We are all to blame. Don¡¯t say that you can¡¯t keep Biyuan, even if you can keep Biyuan  In the future, the emperor and the imperial court will pursue the guilt of Guizhou's disastrous defeat, and we will still have a dead end, so do we care about one or two more charges?"

    "Tutang, so you are also in favor of retreating to Yuezhou?" Duduo's fourth son, Bellezani, asked tentatively.

    "Master Baylor, I'm in such a mess right now, I really can't decide what to do." Tuhai sighed, and said helplessly, "Let's ask Lord An and Chabelle to make up their minds. I'm the only one who will see you."

    "Old cunning, you obviously dare not bear the responsibility of abandoning the whole province of Pianyuan, and you still say that we are the only ones following the horse?" Chani cursed inwardly, saying that you are a traitor, and I am not stupid, anyway, there is a tall man like Yue Le  Two hundred and five, who of us is afraid of whom?  At that moment, Chani turned to Yue Le again, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Wang, you are the one with the most noble status and title in the entire army. Please give me an order. Let us stick to Chenzhou, and we will stick to Chenzhou.  Let us defend Yuezhou, we will defend Yuezhou to the death!"

    "Yes, my lord." Tu Hai also said hypocritically: "Now that the situation is so critical, you should stand up and take the lead as the backbone. Please make up your mind, we are all up to you! If you think you should stick to Chenzhou  , then we will stick to Chenzhou and wait for reinforcements. At worst, it will be the last battle of the Qing Dynasty.happened?  "

    Zhou Peigong's proposal was unanimously supported by Tuhai and Chani, who applauded together and said, "That's right, I can't play this part. Anyway, old man Ao doesn't itch if he has too many lice, and he doesn't worry about debts. Let him carry it all by himself."  Come to think of it, it was because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and refused to send reinforcements to Prince Kang, which led to Prince Kang being defeated and captured."

    Having said that, there is still one thing that makes Tu Hai very embarrassed. He doesn't know whether he should report the truth to Xiao Mazi-this matter is naturally the last two pieces of advice that Oboi wants Tu Hai to convey to Xiao Mazi  One is to ask Xiao Mazi to negotiate a peace with the Wu army, so as to buy time to prepare the army for war; the other is to kill Wu Yingxiong, so that he can put all the charges on Aobai afterwards, and use the lives of Aobai's family to appease the traitor Wu  Anger - this is also what puzzled Tu Hai the most.

    Fortunately, there was a reliable counselor beside Tuhai. That night, when Tuhai disclosed the matter to Zhou Peigong in private, Zhou Peigong immediately came to his senses and explained: "Zhongtang, Oboi is doing this for the Qing Dynasty.  To make plans in the future, right now my Qing Dynasty has lost all its elite, the people are panicked, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and will have no courage. We can only temporarily stabilize the old thief Wu Sangui, buy time to prepare the army, build weapons, and concentrate the manpower and material resources of the whole country to kill Wu Sangui.  Old thief, in this way, the losses caused by the old thief Wu Sangui can be controlled in the Huguang and Yunnan areas, so that the unrest will not expand."

    "Of course I understand this point." Tu Hai asked puzzledly: "What I don't understand is why Aobai would rather risk the lives of his whole family than the emperor must kill Wu Yingxiong? Is this Wu Yingxiong really so important?"

    "Zhongtang, this is the foresight of old man Oboi." Zhou Peigong said with a smile: "Wu Sangui, the old thief, is struggling. He has only two sons, and one of them is a well-known idiot. If you don't kill Wu Yingxiong, put Wu Yingxiong back.  Yungui, the old thief Wu Sangui has successors, and the harm caused to our Qing Dynasty is bound to last for a long time, and may even be further expanded."

    "But if Wu Yingxiong is killed, how long can the 60-year-old Wu Sangui live? After he is dead, who else can convince the crowd and convince the wolves and hungry tigers in Yunnan and Guizhou? At that time, whether it is Wu Yingqi or  When Wu Shifan succeeds to the throne, there will inevitably be civil strife in Wu Sangui's old bandit army, and Wu Dog's civil strife, won't our Qing Dynasty take advantage of it?"

    "So that's the case. No wonder old man Ao would rather risk his family's life than ask the emperor to kill Wu Yingxiong. So he was planning for this!" Tu Hai suddenly realized, and began to admire Ao Bai's foresight.  But after thinking about it, Tuhai inevitably felt even more embarrassed, and asked: "Pei Gong, now that you are me, should you report this passage to the emperor truthfully? If you do not, it will harm the country.  Then wouldn't it prove that the old man Oboi was very sober and calm at the time, and the matter of letting me lead the army to withdraw first and him in the rear, wouldn't it be completely exposed?"

    "Enxiang, do you still want to give it to others for such a great contribution?" Zhou Peigong said with a half-smile: "To kill Wu Yingxiong to break the root of Wu Sangui's old thief, to create an opportunity for Wugou's civil strife, such a far-sighted decision¡ª¡ªen  I think you are loyal to the country, can't you issue a secret decree and personally suggest that the emperor do this?" (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,  It is my biggest motivation.) (Remember this site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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