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Chapter 193 Turning Grief Into Strength

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    It is not without reason that Fatty Lu is so anxious about the Battle of Wuchang, because the throat of the Yangtze River, which leads to nine provinces, is too important to both the Wu army and the Qing army.  It is even no exaggeration to say that whoever can control the martial field between the Wu army and the Qing army can control the initiative of the entire battlefield in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River!

    If the Wu army failed to conquer Wuchang as it did in history, and let the Qing army continue to control the throat of the Yangtze River, then the slow Qing court could mobilize the manpower and material resources of the whole country to supply food and grass in an endless stream through the two golden waterways of the Yangtze River and the Han River.  Send it into Wuchang City, and then build Wuchang into the base camp of the Qing army's comprehensive counterattack; at the same time, the cavalry and infantry of the Qing Dynasty can also gather in this important town on the south bank of the Yangtze River very calmly, threatening the Wu army's new rear and the granary in the hinterland of Hunan at all times.  , Retreat can be defended, and there is huge space for strategic recovery.

    Going deeper, Wuchang is even more terrible because the water routes extend in all directions. With the overwhelming advantage of the Mite Qing water division, the Mite Qing generals can use warships to send troops to southern cities such as Chongqing, Jiangling, Yuezhou, Jiujiang, and Nanchang.  Let the Wu army be defenseless, exhausted, and the deployment of troops is stretched; moreover, it can give the Wu army navy in the formation stage a fatal blow at any time, and kill the new Wu army navy in the bud, thus establishing a complete water surface advantage.  The advantage of the speed and consumption ratio of water transporting grain is not beyond the reach of land transporting grain in this era.

    But what if, on the other hand, Wu Jun can successfully capture Wuchang, the most important town in Huguang?  Then the situation is naturally quite different. First of all, the Qing army has no foothold in the south of the middle section of the Yangtze River. The pressure on the new rear Hunan grain-producing area in the Wu Army's strategic plan is greatly reduced, and the Wu Army's artillery fire can also cover the entire river at the head of Wuchang City.  , Delay and destroy the assembly and transfer of the Qing army. The Wu army navy planned to be trained and formed in Dongting Lake can also win valuable preparation time. The newly built navy can also transport the Qing army on the Yangtze River under the cover of land artillery fire.  The fleet launched a deadly attack, thus cutting off the Qing army's waterway and food road, increasing the difficulty and cost of food transportation for the Qing army, and then when the time is right, the Wu army navy can naturally use the Yangtze River waterway to go down the river and attack the Qing army.  Jiangnan cut off the water transportation, which completely collapsed the finances of the Qing court.

    At the same time, the grain output of the well-developed Hubei grain-producing areas, as well as the proportion of reserve sailors among the people in Hubei, are definitely not comparable to those in Hunan, which has many mountains and few lakes.  But for such an important place, Fatty Lu repeatedly reminded that the important town of the Yangtze River must be taken, and the old traitor Wu was still the same as in history, only sending the famous 250 Wu Yingqi and the famous brave and foolhardy  Ma Bao, led a newly surrendered army with a serious lack of combat power to attack, but the elite with the strongest combat power were broken up and divided into groups to occupy some remote cities with no strategic significance at all.  He was so angry that he even wanted to strangle this old traitor to death.

    No matter how much you secretly scold Old Man Wu for being a traitor, it¡¯s useless for being short-sighted. Fatty Lu, whose current strength is far from being self-reliant, can¡¯t really strangle Old Man Wu to death.  The war has not yet fully started, and the situation still has room for recovery. I rushed to Changsha as quickly as possible to persuade the traitor Wu to wake up, adjust his strategy to the right direction, and lay a solid foundation for the next step of exterminating the world's dogs!  And the first problem facing Fatty Lu was how to cheer up the old traitor Wu who had just experienced the pain of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man to lose his son, turn grief into strength, and lead Wu Jun to fight against the mite entrenched in Wuchang City.  Clean up the remnants of evil!

    After galloping fast for five consecutive days, on September 16th, Fatty Lu, who was covered in dust, finally arrived at the city of Changsha.  Fatty Lu was left behind, so when Fatty Lu appeared under the city of Changsha, even Hu Guozhu, who is currently in charge of Changsha's defense, was taken aback.  What happened to the East Route Army? Where is Wu Shizong? Has our East Route Army suffered a defeat?"

    "Uncle, let's talk about other things slowly." Fatty Lu wiped the dust off his face and asked, "Where is grandfather? I want to see him right away."

    "He's in the former governor's yamen of Pianyuan." Hu Guozhu replied smoothly, and then said nervously: "Yifeng, Lao Taishan has been in a very bad situation these days. What happened to the East Route Army? How much has it been damaged?"  Troop strength? You tell me first, don¡¯t attack Lao Taishan directly.¡±

    "Uncle, don't worry, the East Route Army is doing well now, and it's still very good." Fatty Lu said very proudly: "Now, our East Route Army has not only captured the entire territory of Guangxi, but also captured Shang Kexi alive on the battlefield.  If they are captured alive, we will be able to send Shang Kexi to Changsha City in five or six days at most."

    "You took the whole of Guangxi? You also captured theHe went to dress and shoe the old traitor Wu, and shouted: "The son-in-law will personally charge for you, grandfather, cut off the heads full of dogs, bring their heads back, and pay homage to the spirit of the son of the world! We will immediately  Let's go! Immediately-!"

    After being so excited by Fatty Lu, the old traitor Wu, who hadn't gotten out of bed for half a month, had no idea where it came from. He let Fatty Lu put on his shoes and pushed away the maid who came up to serve him.  He put on his clothes, pulled off the treasured sword on the wall, and strode out with the support of Fatty Lu, shouting as he walked, "Send the order, the whole army is assembled, follow the old man to Wuchang City, and find the dog to settle the score! To the old man's relatives!"  The son's revenge¡ª¡ª!"

    The depressed old traitor Wu suddenly became so energetic. Hu Guozhu and others who eavesdropped on the conversation between Fatty Lu and old traitor Wu in the courtyard were stunned, and rushed forward again, grabbing old traitor Wu and Fatty Lu with all their might.  Trying hard to persuade¡ªjust kidding, the old traitor Wu has been lying on the hospital bed for more than half a month, and this will be supported by a mouthful of anger. When the anger subsides, the old traitor Wu will have to lie down again.  Definitely have to add more.  But Fatty Lu didn't care about the old traitor Wu, who was already in his sixties and was dying. He just yelled frantically, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! If you don't fight Wuchang, grandfather and I will fight!  Don't avenge the son, grandfather and I will avenge the son!"

    "I want everyone in the world to know that we will never shed blood in vain¡ª¡ª!"

    "Crack!" Wang Shirong slapped Fatty Lu on the face, interrupting Fatty Lu's crazy roar, and roared with bloodshot eyes: "Who said we won't fight Wuchang? Who said we won't avenge the prince? Neither will you!"  Look, the prince is so sick now, can he lead the army to take revenge himself? It is okay to fight Wuchang, but the prince cannot personally lead the army. If someone else goes, we can all go to the front! But the prince, we must not go now  !"

    It seemed that he was woken up by Wang Shirong. Fatty Lu finally came to his senses, and turned to look at old traitor Wu in the sun. Not to mention, old traitor Wu, who had just experienced the bereavement of his son and tortured by illness, would be really old now.  It's very pitiful, I haven't seen you for only a few months, and I seem to be ten years older, my face is full of wrinkles, and my money braids are completely white, making me look old and weak.  Fatty Lu had a sore nose, and couldn't help but knelt down on his knees again, hugging old traitor Wu's legs and crying loudly, "Grandfather, grandson-in-law is not filial, grandson-in-law is not filial, I didn't expect you to be so sick, grandpa  If you go out to fight, your grandson-in-law deserves death"

    After such a lot of tossing, old traitor Wu¡¯s heart was still sad, but his sense of depression was gone, and while helping Fatty Lu, he choked up and said, ¡°Good grandson-in-law, get up, if you¡¯re counted  If you are not filial, then there will be no filial children in this world. It doesn¡¯t matter, grandfather is much more comfortable now, let¡¯s go, let¡¯s go to the hall and discuss how to avenge your uncle.¡±

    Fatty Lu saluted and thanked him, and stood up with tears in his eyes. Everyone present was also in tears, but the traitor Wu turned around and shouted: "Don't cry! What's the use of crying? Crying can bring Ying Xiong back? Pass the order down."  , Blow the trumpet to raise the account, I want to discuss with you the war to attack Wuchang, take Wuchang's blood full of dogs, and avenge my son!"

    "Of course." Everyone agreed with sobs, and hurriedly surrounded old traitor Wu and walked to the hall together. It was only at this moment that Wang Shirong took the opportunity to apologize to Fatty Lu and said, "Master Lu, I'm sorry, I hit you hard."

    Fatty Lu smiled slightly, and replied in a low voice: "Mr. Liangchen, you don't have to be polite. If you don't do this, it will be really hard to end."

    Wang Shirong smiled triumphantly, but couldn't help snorting coldly, scolding Fatty Lu for being shameless, for being able to use such a despicable method to revive old traitor Wu's spirit.  But at this moment, the old traitor Wu suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned around and screamed at Fatty Lu: "Yifeng, I seem to have sent you to Guangxi, why did you come to Changsha? You and the world  What happened to the Eastern Route Army led by Zong? Did you come to Changsha to seek help from the main force after losing the battle?"

    "Grandfather misunderstood, our East Route Army did not suffer a defeat." Fatty Lu replied with a wry smile: "Son-in-law is not talented, and assisting my uncle not only did not suffer a defeat, but also helped my uncle sweep Guangxi, and won the whole of Guangxi in one go."  It¡¯s good to be at odds with your grandfather, although he led the main force of Guangdong Manchu into Guangxi, but he was beaten back by his son-in-law, and it¡¯s good to have captured you alive for grandfather on the battlefield.¡±

    "Bastard boy!" The old traitor Wu was furious, and he knocked on Fatty Lu's fat head with a chestnut, and roared: "I'm not afraid to flash my tongue if you brag! I only gave you more than 12,000 troops in total.  Can you take down the entire Guangxi, and capture the old thief Shang Kexi alive?!"

    "Tell me the truth, how many defeats did you suffer in Guangxi?! If you dare to brag, I will beat you to death!" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian.com  ) Vote for recommendation votes, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember this site URL: www.hlnovel.com)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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