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Chapter 247 Extreme Joy Begets Sadness

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    The day of October 27th in the twelfth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty was undoubtedly the most elated day for Kang Mazi, the supreme chief of the Qing Dynasty, who had been in a state of distress for a long time.  General Anbei of the Qing Packing Army consulted Zhou Peigong Zhou Daotai, and personally brought the heads of the thief king Burni and his younger brother Luo Buzang who dared to rebel and returned to the capital to report victory to Kang Mazi!

    As for why Zhou Peigong, deputy commander of the Baoyi Army, had to personally send the heads of the Burni brothers back to Beijing?  This is not entirely because our Zhou Peigong, the handsome guy, wanted to show his face and ask for credit. The main reason is that this time the Burni rebellion was quickly quelled.  Existence, the Burni Rebellion is absolutely impossible to quell so quickly!

    In the Battle of Dalu, the Burni brothers escaped the misfortune of annihilation by chance, leading the nose of the Packed Army to escape to the depths of the boundless grassland desert. In view of the sparsely populated grassland terrain and the high mobility of the Mongolian cavalry  The entire Qing court, including Kang Mazi, believed that this counter-insurgency war would be protracted and would not end in half a year.

    Heroes come out in troubled times, and when there is a crisis, Zhou Peigong will naturally have the opportunity to show his strength. With the Burni rebels constantly fleeing and difficult to encircle, Zhou Peigong decisively suggested that Tong Guogang stop the pursuit of the Baoyi Army and stop and rest in the area of ????Sira Chahan Lake  , and let the treacherous army attack Chahanhot, the old nest of the Burni brothers, so that Burni fell into a dilemma where the brothers either completely abandoned the old nest or returned to the old nest.  It was the relationship between Horqin and Shuo's younger sister Shajin who sent Shajin to the Burni army to surrender, promising that as long as the Burni brothers led the army to surrender, then Tong Guogang, Zhou Peigong and others could protect them from death in front of Kang Mazi.

    Just like in history, the Burni brothers are indeed a pair of idiot brothers with great ambitions and talents. Seeing Shajin's surrender, they were moved to surrender, but they did not dare to agree immediately because of Kang Mazi's cruelty.  After surrendering, Zhou Peigong took advantage of the opportunity that the Burni brothers stopped fleeing and relaxed their vigilance during the negotiations, and suddenly dispatched elite cavalry into the Burni brothers' camp, killed the Burni brothers, defeated the Burni rebels and recruited most of the rest, and obtained  decisive victory in this counter-insurgency war.

    Although the methods are not glorious enough, a victory is a victory. For the Qing court, which has been accustomed to consecutive defeats for more than two years, this victory not only solved the threat from behind, it was also a one-shot.  The heart booster is truly a timely rain of life-saving ¡ª¡ª besides, compared with Fatty Lu's vicious methods, such methods are already very aboveboard.  So after receiving Zhou Peigong's victory report, Kang Mazi was still ashamed and delighted, and immediately ordered to reward the three armies, and added officials and ranks to meritorious ministers such as his uncle Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong.  Kang Mazi pardoned his previous crimes and was promoted to a higher rank.

    Misfortunes never come singly yesterday, and good fortune is here today. Just as Kang Mazi was thinking about how to publicize and exaggerate the great victory in the grassland to boost morale, at noon on the same day, Zhejiang sent another good news.  Man Jingui, the Shaoxing defender, and Xu Hongxun, the prefect of Shaoxing, took the opportunity to set up an ambush on Guimen Mountain, Changling, Shengxian County, ambushed Geng Jingzhong's rebels, and beheaded them.  More than 1,700 people captured 14 Geng army generals Ma Ruizhi, Qiu Erzhang, and Ma Yu alive, forcing the remnants of the Geng army to return to Taizhou.  The southeast Qing army's first big victory!

    Both the Mongolian battlefield and the southeast battlefield won great victories at the same time. Kang Mazi, who had been in fear for a long time, was so ecstatic that he could hardly express it in words. In addition to rewarding Man Jingui, Xu Hongxun and other meritorious ministers on the spot, Kang Mazi  He also ordered a banquet to be held in Tiren Pavilion to feast all the officials and celebrate these two great victories with all civil and military officials.

    At you in the afternoon, the celebration banquet was officially held. Kang Mazi led all the civil and military officials to the table. The great hero Zhou Peigong sat at the first table, and sat with Kang Mazi's confidants such as Suo'etu and Mingzhu.  Arranged by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, they each took their seats, followed by congratulations from all the officials, who sang their praises and flattered them, praising that the two victories were achieved under the leadership of Kang Mazi's Wei Guangzheng and under the blessing of Kang Mazi.  Tired of hearing similar words, but today because I am in a good mood, I suddenly feel like I can't get tired of hearing them again and again. I can shake my head, my pockmarked face is full of smiles, and I am full of will.

    After finally waiting for Zhang Ying to lead a group of civil officials to finish reading "Longevity Without Boundaries", Kang Mazi waved his hand to stop the flattery of the next batch of officials, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Everyone around was crying, and it was only at this time that Kang Mazi realized that he had returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Zhang Ying and other close confidants were kneeling by the door, but he didn't know why Zhou Peigong followed in.  , and Zhou Peigong saw Kang Mazi's small eyes turned to him, he immediately understood the reason, and hurriedly kowtowed to Xiaozhuang: "Old ancestor, the emperor has woken up, and this humble minister should also retire."

    "You stay, you know medicine, you can't go." Xiaozhuang hurriedly stopped him, then turned to Kang Mazi and said, "Grandson, you should reward Zhou Peigong well. Just now you passed out in Tiren Pavilion, and a mouthful of phlegm blocked your throat.  Thanks to Zhou Peigong, who asked the court lady to suck the phlegm out of your throat with her mouth, she pulled you back from the gate of hell. Seeing that he knows medicine, the Ai family took him as well.  Called to this Hall of Mental Cultivation."

    ¡ª¡ªXiao Zhuang did not tell the truth. It is true that Zhou Peigong asked the maid to suck the sputum just now, but the palace lady's lung capacity is too small to suck the sputum. In the end, Zhou Peigong took the initiative to save Kang Mazi's life, but it was too much  It's indecent, it's just that Xiao Zhuang can't explain it to Kang Mazi.

    "Zhou Aiqing, I'm sorry." Kang Mazi nodded slightly, then gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Aiqing, don't go anywhere else, just stay in the capital, and I'm going to lead an army of 100,000 to fight to the death with the old thief Wu Sangui!  You stay by my side, drive with the king, and follow me to conquer the old thief Wu Sangui!"

    "Master, no!" Mingzhu, Suo'etu and others were frightened out of their wits, and hurriedly kowtowed together and said, "Master, you must not go on a personal conquest! The capital is an important place, master must not stay away!"

    "Shut up!" Kang Mazi yelled angrily while lying on the bed, "The old thief Wu Sangui shamelessly breached his promise and broke through my defense line on the Yangtze River. My Central Plains is no longer safe to defend. If I don't go out in person again, do I have to wait until the old thief Wu Sangui hits the capital?  At the door, will I commit suicide like Chongzhen Meishan again? I have made up my mind, so there is no need to say more!"

    "Grandson, don't be so impulsive." Xiaozhuang said, first ordered all the imperial doctors to kneel in the hall, and then said kindly: "Your Majesty, you plan to personally conquer the old thief Wu Sangui.  If necessary, the emperor only needs to send a capable general to drive the old thief Wu Sangui back to the south of the Yangtze River, it is not hopeless, and there is no need for you, the emperor, to send troops yourself."

    "Grandmother, besides myself, who else can I send my grandson?" Kang Mazi sobbed, "Jieshu, Yue Le, Leerjin, Tuhai, Labu, it's gratifying.  The one who didn't lose his army in front of the old thief Wu Sangui, didn't he return in a disastrous defeat? Now besides myself, who else can I entrust with the heavy responsibility to stop the old thief Wu Sangui's rebellious army?"

    "Master, in fact, this slave thinks that master should not be so pessimistic." Zhou Peigong said surprisingly, kowtowed and said: "Because this slave believes that, judging from the current situation, even if the old thief Wu Sangui breaks through the Yangtze River defense line, it will be difficult to launch the Northern Expedition in a short time.  , the master still has time to dispatch troops to prepare for the battle, as long as the master manages properly, it is not hopeless to drive the old thief Wu Sangui back to Pianyuan."

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

    "There are two reasons. One is that Jingzhou and Jiangxi are still in the hands of the master." Zhou Peigong said loudly: "Jingzhou is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.  Nail, the old thief Wu Sangui would never dare to make the main northern expedition! Jiangxi is directly bordered to the east of Pianyuan. If our Jiangxi army of the Qing Dynasty is not wiped out, the rear of the old thief Wu Sangui will always be threatened by our Jiangxi army. The old thief Wu Sangui also dare not go all out for the northern expedition  .¡±

    "Secondly, our main force in the Qing Dynasty was not seriously injured, and our strength still exists. I am bold. I have read the report in Tutang just now, and know that although Wu Dog broke through the Yangtze River in the Battle of the Yangtze River, our 30,000 army of the Qing Dynasty only lost 10,000.  There are many people, and the navy is still alive. At the same time, Tutang has returned to Jingzhou to consolidate Jingzhou's defense. The navy has also withdrawn to Jiujiang to meet with Governor Dong Weiguo to consolidate Jiangxi's defense.  The army has not lost a single soldier, so as long as the master orders Lord Kang to return to the army in time, there is great hope to block the Yangtze River again!"

    "That's why the slave thinks that the master can issue three imperial decrees. The first is to Jingzhou, ordering the garrison there to defend the city and block the way for Sichuan Wuni and Pianyuan Wuni to join forces! The second imperial decree is to Jiangxi, ordering the Jiangxi army  Defend Jiujiang Poyang Lake, block Wugou's eastward route, and ensure Jiangnan's financial and taxation center! The third imperial decree was given to Prince Kang, asking him to divide his troops and return to the division. One army guards Luzhou Lu'an, and the other consolidates the defense of Anqing.  Wu Sangui's idea of ??going north by luck, forced him to capture Jingzhou and Jiangxi, and won at least three months for our Qing Dynasty to prepare for the war!"

    "Then what if Wu Gou goes directly north to Henan? What should we do?" Kang Mazi asked doubtfully.

    "Master, please rest assured." Zhou Peigong said in a dark voice: "If Wu Dog dares to go north directly to Henan, the slaves only need three thousand old and weak soldiers to stop his army of one hundred thousand or one million!"

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

    "Master, I don't know if you know that there is a place in Henan called Cunjin Dike?" Zhou Peigong said in a dark tone: "During the Southern Song Dynasty, our Mongolian allies of the Qing Dynasty used this place to block the Han barbarians' army going north.  "(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  com)?His army of one hundred thousand, one million!  "

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

    "Master, I don't know if you know that there is a place in Henan called Cunjin Dike?" Zhou Peigong said in a dark voice: "During the Southern Song Dynasty, our Mongolian allies of the Qing Dynasty used this place to block the Han barbarians' army going north.  "(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  com
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