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Chapter 357 Han Daren bombards the fat army

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    Because the baggage fleet carried 150 pieces of light and heavy artillery and a large amount of supporting ammunition, it was going upstream against the river. In order to prevent the army from being out of touch with the progress of the baggage fleet, and it was necessary to investigate the enemy's situation on the western front in order to formulate  Combat strategy, so the main force of Lu Fatty's western expedition was not very fast. It took Lu Fatty almost three days to walk for more than 140 miles from Nanjing to Taiping Mansion.  And these three days, for Han Daren, the fat general of the army with evil intentions, is equivalent to three years.

    There are too many facts that make Han Daren fearful. From Han Daren's strategic perspective, when the Fatty Army is surrounded by enemies and has determined the Western Front as the first goal, the most correct tactic should be a quick battle.  He quickly dealt with the enemies on the western front and freed up his hands to calmly deal with the enemies on the other three fronts. However, Fatty Lu, who had a strategic vision far above his own, did the opposite.  Taking the army on an outing, is there a strategic and tactical plan?  Is it an old horse stumbled?  Or because of other reasons?

    Another thing that frightened Han Daren was that Fatty Lu sent his only brother Han Yuanren to Liuhe Port in Taicang Prefecture on the pretext that the coastal areas needed to strengthen defenses.  According to the warning of collusion with the United States, the Jiangnan coast, which is relatively empty in defense, should indeed increase its defense, but who is not good for Fatty Lu to send Han Yuanren to a relatively distant coast? Is it a coincidence?  Or is there another purpose?

    Feeling guilty, timid and frightened, Han Daren has not had a good night's sleep since he received the news that Fatty Lu personally led the army to the west. Almost every time he closes his eyes, he is quickly awakened by a nightmare, not a dream  Fatty Lu exposed his plot and tried to get rid of himself first. He dreamed that he was forced to follow orders and was hacked to death by wolves and tigers under Fatty Lu. He was so nervous that he almost collapsed.  But Han Daren, who is so popular, is so pitiful that he can't even find a person to confide in. All the tension, hesitation and worry can only be carried by himself. In just three days, dozens of hairs have turned white.  .

    It was time to come and finally it was coming. On May 12th, the elite Fatty Army led by Fatty Lu finally arrived at the city of Taipingfu.  After hesitating again and again, Han Daren finally led the prefect Jixuan and his deputy Li Maozhu out of the city to welcome them. However, after arriving at the scene, something that made Han Daren even more frightened happened¡ª¡ªthe direct corps of the Fatty Army was already in the outskirts of Taiping Mansion  Camps began to be set up on the school grounds, assuming that they did not plan to enter the city to station!

    "Why did the general camp outside the city? Could it be that he doesn't trust me to this extent?" Han Daren's heart almost stopped beating, and he almost wanted to run away.

    "General Han, look!" Li Mao's exclamation pulled Han Daren back, "White clothes, white robes and white flags! The brothers in Nanjing are wearing mourning! The general is wearing mourning!"

    "Really!" Jixuan also noticed this anomaly, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Why did the general go to war in filial piety? What happened?"

    "Really, why does our army go out in filial piety?" Han Daren took a closer look and found that this was indeed the case. The fat army from Nanjing was all dressed in white clothes and white robes, with pure white flags in their hands.  A white belt was hung on the gate of Lianyuan, but Fatty Army used to respect white, wearing a white felt hat and a black flag on a white background, so he didn't notice it from a distance just now.

    "Could it be the prince?!" Li Maozhu suddenly exclaimed again: "Could it be that the prince is an old man?!"

    "It's possible!" Han Daren suddenly had a ray of hope, and said in his heart that if the prince really died, then everything would be easy!  Thinking of this, Han Daren quickly clamped his horse and shouted: "Quick, go to the camp to meet the general, and ask what's going on! Quick! Quick!"

    Of course, Han Daren and others misunderstood the true meaning of Fatty Army's filial piety, and Fatty Lu didn't need to explain it himself. As soon as they arrived in front of Fatty Army's central army camp, Han Daren and others realized that something was wrong, because Fatty Army  There are two large white flags in the big tent of the Chinese army, with the four characters of revenge and hatred written on them.  After entering the big tent of the Chinese army and seeing the spirit tablets of the Chinese compatriots enshrined in the big tent, Han Daren, who is not too stupid, immediately understood the true meaning of Fatty Lu's filial piety, and secretly admired Fatty Lu's ingenuity in inspiring the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers and people in the south of the Yangtze River  In addition to the means, Han Daren was completely desperate again¡ªsince the old traitor Wu is not dead, will he carry out the errand he gave or not?

    "Everyone, please sit down, please sit down." Fatty Lu, dressed in filial piety, waved and asked Han Daren and others to sit down on both sides of the big tent, explaining that he did not want to because Taiping City was too small and had too many troops.  He planned to enter the city to be stationed, and he personally explained the true meaning of the filial piety campaign, that is, to pay filial piety for the people in the south of the Yangtze River and the Chinese compatriots who were slaughtered by Mi Qing thirty years ago.  Waiting for someone, saying that he has brought the army to Taiping MansionWhen he got up, Xiao Erlang was so frightened that Xiao Erlang who was behind Fatty Lu hurriedly drew his knife, but Fatty Lu quickly held Xiao Erlang's hand, smiled at Han Daren and said, "Brother Daren, don't panic, there are really no ambushes here.  That is, just ask casually, without any other malicious intentions."

    "General, you, what are you talking about, why can't you understand?" Han Daren asked tremblingly.

    "Brother Da Ren, you can't hide it from me. In fact, I already guessed it from the moment the prince arranged you to be my deputy." Fatty Lu sighed, and said quietly: "But I don't blame you, let alone  Blame you, this is also human nature, Brother Ren, if you want to make progress, the prince must prevent me from rebelling, so naturally you have to arrange an eyeliner by my side. You are not the first, Kong Fanlin and Luo Kedi before, and later  Chen Dou, they are all the same as you, but after they came to me, they became brothers with me and wore a pair of pants, so the prince had no choice but to arrange you who were very hostile to me at my side."

    Han Daren stopped talking, but lowered his head in shame.  Fatty Lu smiled again and said: "Brother Da Ren, you don't need to feel guilty. You did nothing wrong. We were able to take Jiangnan, and you also contributed a lot, so I never thought of getting rid of you. Instead, I also took the west gate of Jiangnan  Entrusted to you."

    Han Daren peeked at Fatty Lu, his lips trembled a few times, but he still didn't speak.

    "Brother Ren, can I ask you something?" Fatty Lu suddenly asked in a low voice.

    "Please tell me, General." Han Daren quickly replied.

    "Brother Ren, no matter whether the prince wants you to kill me or arrest me, please give me some more time." Fatty Lu said very sincerely: "The Emperor Mangou has personally conquered the south of the Yangtze River.  Internal strife will only lead to the collapse of the army's morale, and the Emperor Mangou will be cheap for nothing. Therefore, I hope you can give me some time to finish this decisive battle in the south of the Yangtze River, use this golden opportunity to get rid of Emperor Mangou, and then  Can you catch me again? I can assure you that I will not resist when the time comes, and will just obediently catch me with my hands."

    "General, are you joking?" Han Daren was so nervous that he couldn't believe his ears.

    "I'm definitely not joking. On the contrary, I'm very serious." Fatty Lu said with firm eyes, "Since I came to this world, my biggest wish is to expel the Tartars, kill all the dogs, and restore China to China."  Jiangshan! This is also the fundamental reason why I am willing to give up my dog-filled glory and wealth, tie my head on my trouser belt, and accompany the prince to fight against the Qing Dynasty."

    "Now, I'm only one step away, and I'm only one step away from succeeding and fulfilling my life's wish, but at this time, my lord Sigh, I don't blame my lord, because you can see it too  , Over the past year or so, I have done a lot of things that I have done wrong to the lord in Jiangnan. I can understand what the lord wants to get rid of me. I also don't blame you, because the lord is not only your coach,  It's your uncle again, not to mention that he must have secretly promised countless benefits to you, even if he doesn't give you any benefits, even if he orders you like this, you have to carry it out."

    Speaking of this, Fatty Lu paused, closed his mung bean eyes, and said in a deeper voice: "Originally, I also have a chance and a way to get rid of you, for example, tricking you back to Nanjing, or ambush you here today."  hand, but I don't intend to do this. Because I believe that you will understand my painstaking efforts, understand my pursuit, and for the sake of the world's suffering, give me some time to finish this decisive battle in the south of the Yangtze River.  Then you arrest me and dedicate it to the prince. In this way, I have fulfilled my life's wish, and you have also fulfilled the prince's entrustment, the best of both worlds."

    "Brother Dajie, for the sake of the Han compatriots who have been abused by dogs for decades, can you agree to my request?"

    After asking this sentence, Fatty Lu opened his eyes, staring at Han Daren with piercing eyes, waiting for Han Daren's answer.  Under Fatty Lu's sincere gaze, Han Daren's face was hot and red at first, and then he recalled Fatty Lu's earnest teaching to him in Jiujiang, and he was as close as a brother to him in Jiangnan, so ashamed,  In the end, he knelt down to Fatty Lu with a plop, and took out a long-preserved warrant from his bosom, crying loudly, tearing the warrant into pieces, and crying loudly:

    "General, what are you talking about? The general doesn't understand, the general doesn't understand! The general has never obtained any secret orders from the prince! The general only remembers that the general is the deputy sent by the prince to accompany you.  The deputy who accompanied you to kill all the dogs, accompanied you to expel the Tartars, and accompanied you to restore China! Other than that, the last general doesn¡¯t know anything! I don¡¯t know!¡±

    Note: Han Daren, a native of Zhonghousuo (now Suizhong County, Huludao City) in the Qing Dynasty, belonged to the Xianghuang Banner of the Han Army.  The title of Wai Lang, a member of Chenyuan, died in Kang Mazi's first personal conquest of Galdan, and was awarded the title of Captain Yunqi, which was inherited by his son Han Chengde.  (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  )The title of Wai Lang, a member of Chenyuan, died in the first battle of Kang Mazi's personal conquest of Galdan, and was posthumously awarded the title of Captain Yunqi, which was inherited by his son Han Chengde.  (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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