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    The unforgivable Pingnan Palace was completely eradicated. The Fat Man's Southern Expedition Army, which has been fighting continuously for more than a year, has almost reached its limit. The generals and soldiers are exhausted, and it is very difficult to supply ammunition.  There are countless civil uprisings in the newly captured Fujian and half of Guangdong.  The Fatty Army's grain transportation team is a great threat to the safety and stability of the Fatty Army's rear.

    What's even more funny is that there was also a disturbance in the new land occupied by the Fatty Army. A Zhangzhou man named Cai Yin called himself the third prince Zhu, and recruited a gang of rogues, known as the leaders of the eighty-two gang, to collude with the Quanzhou city.  A triad leader named Xu Yan took advantage of Zheng Jing's return to Taiwan and the main force of the Fat Man Army's southern expedition to Guangdong to take advantage of the opportunity to take Quanzhou, establish the capital and build a country.  It turned out to be natural, the newly released Third Prince Zhu just came to the city of Quanzhou with his lackeys. The fat general Yang Yingyuan who stayed in Quanzhou to recuperate sent only 300 infantry, and killed them to the ground.  Nei Xuyan, who was about to set fire to the incident, was also sent south by the fat man's army patrolling the city, and became a ghost under the sword with Cai Yin. Cai Yin also became the first third prince Zhu to die under the fat man's saber.

    Although a group of hooligans took advantage of the fire to rob, and they were just too overwhelmed to shake the tree, it also reminded the Fatty Army South Road Army that the Fatty Army has not yet gained a firm foothold in Fujian, and it will take time to consolidate its rule and stabilize the place.  , not only is it difficult for Fujian to become the rear of the fat army to attack Guangdong and Guangxi, Zheng Jing, who still has strength, may make a comeback at any time.  So after much deliberation, Li Tianzhi finally decided to write to Fatty Lu, reporting the actual situation in Fujian and Guangdong, and requesting a temporary suspension of military operations against the remaining state capitals of Guangdong, allowing the soldiers of the Fatty Army to recuperate for a period of time, freeing up their hands to wipe out the locals.  The remnants of rebellion consolidated Fujian and Guangdong.

    Li Tianzhi's memorial was sent to the capital together with the victory of the victory over Guangzhou. Fatty Lu quickly approved Li Tianzhi's request to suspend large-scale military operations, but he also asked Li Tianzhi to send another team north to Shaozhou to cooperate with General Fatty's army.  Wu Yonghua teamed up to besiege Shaozhou, and completely eradicated the remnants of the Shang army Jin Guangzu and Shang Zhiying who were entrenched in Shaozhou city, and then stopped the large-scale war completely, lest the weeds would not be eradicated, and the spring breeze would blow again.  In addition, Lu Fatzi also named Tian Fengji the governor of Guangdong and Li Tianzhi the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and authorized Li Tianzhi to use his official position and salary to appease small local warlords in Guangdong and Guangxi that could be won.

    Then, Fatty Lu naturally went to Shang Wanyi's room to report the bad news and comfort his wife. At the same time, Fatty Lu, who deeply felt that he owed Shang Wanyi a lot, made a promise in front of his wife that he would do whatever it takes  Rescue Shang Wanyi's son Lu Bangjing, and promise that he will make Lu Bangjing's position as the eldest son unshakable in order to compensate for the harm he did to Shang Wanyi's mother and son.  Fortunately, Shang Wanyi is a very reasonable and good wife. She knows that her natal family has deserved it and deserved it, so apart from crying, she didn't blame Fatty Lu for a single word.

    The fat man army on the southern front has reached its limit, but the fat man army on other battlefields still has a lot of strength to spare, especially in Zhili and Liaodong.  In order to deal with the remnants of the Qing army in the primeval forest of Daxing'an Mountains, and stationed 70,000 troops on the sparsely populated Liaodong battlefield, all of them were elite soldiers. Not only was it a waste of troops, but it was even more wasteful  Money and food.  Therefore, Fatty Lu made a large-scale army adjustment. He dispatched 30,000 troops from the Gaodejie Army, and 20,000 troops from the Wangxu Army. They were handed over to General Gao Hongchen to lead the army.  An elite team with extremely powerful combat effectiveness rushed to the Huguang battlefield via Fengyang and Luzhou, Anhui, and attacked the Huguang Huangzhou and Hanyang prefectures controlled by Xia Guoxiang's army, directly deterred Xia Guoxiang's base camp Wuchang and Yuezhou, and forced Xia Guoxiang to retreat from the Jiangxi battlefield.  Get ready for the next attack on the southwest, and at the same time monitor Han Daren who is attacking and fighting in the west of Huguang.

    Fatty Lu finally dispatched the long-stored Zhili Army and the powerful Liaodong Army. The news spread to Huguang, and Xia Guoxiang, who had always been helpless against the two strong cities of Jiujiang and Nanchang, was even more helpless. In order not to run out of strength, he even fought back  With no strength, Xia Guoxiang had to retreat obediently, quickly retreated to Wuchang, and changed the focus of offense to comprehensive defense.  At the same time, Xia Guoxiang is also very clear that this strategic change is likely to be the last strategic change of the Honghua court. Unless Fatty Lu wants to rule against the Honghua court, otherwise from now on, the Honghua court will have to keep defending  And the life of constantly retreating.

    Guo Zhuangtu, the brother-in-law of Xia Guoxiang, who came to the same judgment, saw the allies who could be used were wiped out one by one by the Fatty Army, and saw the Fatty Army gradually adjust its strategic defense and counterattack.Due to the light situation, it has been difficult to open the situation under the Jingzhou city.  "

    "This time, our main opponent on the Huguang battlefield, Xia Guoxiang, also has new firearms in his hands. The firearms we need to consume are bound to be more, and the number of firearms we need to supply is bound to be larger.  If we put our forces into the Huguang battlefield, we might be like Han Daren again, relying on primitive sabers and spears to attack Changsha, Wuchang and Yuezhou."

    "That's true." Yao Qisheng nodded to express his understanding, and echoed: "I remember that the prince also said that when fighting against rebels Guo Zhuangtu and Xia Guoxiang, what you fight is not soldiers and horses, but firearms supply. Xia Guoxiang was in Changsha and Yuezhou.  He and Wuchang have hoarded a large number of firearms, and the only way for us to win is to fully guarantee the supply of firearms for the Huguang army."

    "But Li Tianzhi's main opponents in Guangdong and Guangxi did not have many firearms?" Zhu Fangdan asked suspiciously: "Among our enemies in Guangdong and Guangxi, except for Dong Chongmin who has some firearms, the other opponents are Zu Zeqing and Ma Chengyin.  Li Fengchun and Li Fengchun must not have many firearms in their hands. The firearms we have supplied to General Li Tianzhi in the past half a year should be enough? Besides, people like Zu Zeqing and Ma Chengyin can all try to recruit them?"

    "This is the second important reason, political reasons." Fatty Lu replied: "Zu Zeqing and Ma Chengyin, Zu Zeqing is the first cousin of Emperor Gao, and Ma Chengyin's father, Ma Xiong, has always been loyal to the emperor.  What honor to appease them? Or use the last emperor's edict?"

    "Of course I used the last emperor's edict." Zhu Fangdan said in surprise, "Could it be that other reputations can't be used to appease him?"

    "Using the emperor's edict to appease you will cause endless troubles." Fatty Lu replied coldly: "Wang Xu and Gao Dejie asked several times to move their troops to Shaanxi, and attack Hanzhong and Sichuan from the south of Shaanxi, but I refused for various reasons.  This is also the reason¡ªSichuan is controlled by the Wu clan, and it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath in the future if they are recruited here."

    "It's difficult to deal with the aftermath? But it's impossible for us not to fight Guangdong, Guangxi and Sichuan forever?" Zhu Fangdan asked again doubtfully: "Could it be that the prince still wants to use a knife to kill people and use Guo Zhuangtu's hand to kill them?"

    "Of course not. If I wanted to borrow Guo Zhuangtu's knife, I wouldn't attack Huguang now." Fatty Lu smiled, then waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I have my own solutions to these problems. Hurry up, it's already five years old."  It's been a month, and the time is almost up."

    "The time is coming soon?" Yao Qisheng and Zhu Fangdan looked at each other, feeling more and more that Fatty Lu was elusive.

    "Master Yao, Doctor Zhu, do you still remember?" Fatty Lu suddenly asked again: "On the first day of the first lunar month last year, what did you lead all the civil and military officials say to me in the Hall of Martial Heroes, and how did I answer you?  I have too many official duties and often forget small things, when it comes to the first day of July, remember to remind me to answer your requests."

    Yao Qisheng and Zhu Fangdan were completely dumbfounded. They couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Fatty Lu's gourd. They had already made a poisonous oath at the Temple of Heaven that they would never do such a thing, so why bring up the old story again?  Could it be that Fatty Lu has gone back on his word again, that he is not going to leave the throne to his son, and is planning to proclaim himself emperor by force regardless of the world's scolding?

    "Give Wang Shaobo and Gao Dejie two Jun decrees." Fatty Lu ordered again: "Let them hurry up and account for their errands, and return to Beijing before the first day of July. There are Liucao's palm prints, Wang Shirong and the chief  The general Wu Jun surrendered, must be gathered at the Hall of Martial Arts on the first day of July." (To be 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 site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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