The "seriously injured" Dingxi General Agui was reading a book. Neither his face nor his body movements showed the appearance of a seriously injured person.
Agui is reading "Zuo Zhuan", a history book from the Spring and Autumn Period, and has already read most of it.
There is also a copy of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on the bed, which is a must-read military textbook for all Manchu generals since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.
Taizu Taizong used this teaching material to make the Han people prosperous.
There was no one else in the tent and it was very quiet.
Not long after, someone walked into the big tent. It was the deputy capital commander who had followed Agui for twenty years.
After signaling Guo Gui to sit down, Agui put down the book and asked, "Is Batulu leaving?"
Gu Guo nodded and said: "Let's go. I know that the master is injured, so I specially sent medicine."
Agui smiled and said, "He is really interested."
After saying this, he sighed and looked sad.
When Gu Guo saw this, he hurriedly comforted him and said, "Sir, you will definitely be able to turn the bad luck into good luck this time."
"Jinchuan is an unlucky place."
Agui smiled bitterly. This was actually his second time coming to Jinchuan. As early as twenty-six years ago, as a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he had been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of War to work in the Jinchuan military camp at any time.
As a result, he failed in the campaign to suppress Jinchuan and Jinchuan, so he was impeached for "colluding with Zhang Guangsi and the enemy, deceiving his relatives and losing the army", and was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment to be executed.
Qianlong thought that Agui's father, the scholar Actun, was old and only had Agui as a son, so he was extra merciful and did not kill Agui.
This was also the hardest fall for Agui Huanhai in his life.
The days when he was taken to the capital in a prison car to await beheading were the most painful memories in Agui's life and the ones he least wanted to mention.
He once swore that if God gave him another chance to live, he would never come to Jinchuan in this life. Who knows, God played tricks on people, and twenty-six years later, he came to the place where he almost lost his head again.
But this place is really unlucky.
Agui's inner demons are not without reason.
In the past thirty years, all the commanders in charge of countering the rebellion have died unexpectedly.
Qingfu, the first governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was ordered to commit suicide;
The second university scholar was ordered to commit suicide because of his lack of relatives;
Zhang Guangsi, the third governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was executed;
Altai, the fourth governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was ordered to commit suicide;
The fifth Wen Fu died in the rebellion.
And he, Agui, was the sixth commander-in-chief of the army.
He had to consider his own fate. Those days when he was supervising the battle in Gonggar La Mountain were really extremely painful.
He knew very well that if he could not achieve results as soon as possible, given the emperor's temper, sooner or later he would end up with the same fate as his predecessors, especially since he had killed the emperor's favorite adopted son Fukangan. Even if he was lucky enough to save his life, this time
If you fall down, there is no chance for you to recover.
More than twenty years have passed, and Agui is no longer the same person as before. There are many people behind him, and he cannot fall again.
Because that will kill a lot of people.
In order not to fall, Agui tried his best to break through the enemy's defense and regain Xiaojinchuan, regain the emperor's respect for him with his military exploits, and redeem the bad feeling left in the emperor's heart due to Fu Kang'an's death. However, the enemy's plan for him was
He knew it so well that the key attack he had planned for a long time was like a fist hitting a solid rock, causing pain all over his body.
Agui was helpless, he knew very well that there was someone in the army who collaborated with the enemy and leaked his deployment to the bandits.
These people, for the sake of immediate interests, disregard the country, and they really deserve to die!
But what can he do, because he is also a collaborator!
More than 20 years ago, the censor's impeachment of him for colluding with Zhang Guangsi's enemy was not a false accusation. He, Agui, was indeed bribed by the 1,600 taels of silver given by Zhang Guangsi, and secretly informed him of Neqin's deployment, which ultimately led to Neqin's defeat.
The 1,600 taels of silver became a thorn in his heart that he could never get around.
After coming to Jinchuan again, he really wanted to pacify Jinchuan for the imperial court, because he was defeated in Burma.
However, the golden mountain of Jinchuan could not sway him, Agui, but it could sway his subordinates who followed him in the north and south.
This is not Northern Xinjiang, not Southern Xinjiang, this is Jinshan, the real Jinshan.
As long as you are an official, you can make a lot of money from this war without any risk.
Agui couldn't stop it, he didn't want to get involved, but he couldn't block people's way of making money either.
Privately, he believed that Wen Fu was not killed by thieves, but died at the hands of those villains who made a lot of money from the war.
It took several days of fighting to break through the two fortresses of the Fan bandits at the cost of thousands of casualties. After killing dozens of enemies, Agui knew that he had to either adjust his deployment or think of a way out for himself.
But can the emperor really let him go?
Agui was so anxious that her hair turned white.
God-given opportunity, the thieves actually hid a cannon.
When the cannon fired, Agui immediately fell to the ground. The cannonball hit the soldier but not him.
However, after being stunned for several breaths, he was injured.
He wants to leave here, he doesn't want to die here.
Looking at the results of crawling out of the dead after him, Agui warned: "Stop all your previous transactions. The emperor will definitely send someone to check."
Gu Guo hesitated for a moment, a little reluctant to give up, but he also knew the serious relationship and nodded: "Don't worry, sir, I will make arrangements right away."
On the way out of Daping, the more Jia Liu thought about it, the more something was wrong. He stopped and asked Yang Zhi: "Shuan Zhu, do you think Agui was not injured at all? He just pretended to be injured so that the thieves could relax their vigilance, and then quietly arranged elite soldiers."
Caught Mr. Gu and the others off guard?"
This possibility is very, very high.
Although A Gui has been defeated in battles all his life, he has also suffered repeated defeats. Like Old Man Zeng, he has become a master of defeats. He might really be cheating.
"Young master is really smart!"
Yang Zhi was convinced, "When I was in the camp just now, I also thought that Agui had a ghost."
"Sir, what should we do? How about I go notify Mr. Gu and the others!"
Ever since he met Mr. Gu, Yang Yuchun had developed a feeling of respect for this gentleman who always insisted on being immaculately dressed and could not bear the loss suffered by Mr. Gu and others.
"No."
Jia Liu rejected Yang Yuchun's proposal to tip off the news because Mr. Gu's side was not safe either, and who knew who was Fulehun's spy.
"What should we do?"
Yang Yuchun was a little anxious.
Jia Liu also felt that the matter was difficult. Just as he was thinking about it, Yang Zhi said: "Master, I think we can't just look at things from one angle. It's better to look at it from another angle."
"What good advice does Wolong have for me?"
Jia Liu listened carefully. His family was an amateur in civil war and an expert in foreign war. He was a rare talent.
Seeing that the young master valued him so much and even called himself Wolong, Yang Zhi suddenly felt proud and said "hehe": "Master, we don't know whether Agui's injury is real or fake, and the emperor doesn't know either."
Jia Liu raised his eyebrows: "Explain clearly."
"Just give Agui a blow to the bottom of the cauldron!"
Yang Zhi had a bad look on his face: "Master, just tell the truth and tell the emperor in secret that you knew Agui was injured and came to visit, but as long as you don't see anyone, let the emperor go on his own."
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Author's note: During the first Jinchuan War, Agui "colluded with Zhang Guangsi and deceived his relatives" and was accused of collaborating with the enemy. This is a historical fact and not a fabrication.