"Wang Shuai, do you know how many soldiers and horses the pirates have?"

"Sixty towns for land and water armies." The Ming army had hand grenades and had already entered the battlefield. At this moment, Wu Sangui suddenly mentioned this. Wang Fuchen didn't know why, but he still followed Hong Chengchou's words.

Unexpectedly, in response to this answer, Wu Sangui had an expression like "You have only known Hong Chengchou for a few days." The doubts revealed made Wang Fuchen secretly annoyed, but he still had to admit that he did know Hong Chengchou much earlier, and he was also the Qingming Emperor.

I also understand the old manager’s thoughts better.

"Last year when Chen Kai traveled to eastern Jiangxi, the kings and nobles reached a consensus at the court meeting. After the pirates regained Fujian and Guangdong provinces, they had to rest and recuperate for a few years. Now they have accumulated many years of general outbreak. The land and sea army

Sixty towns, haha, the old manager just said that to appease people. As far as I know, there are no less than sixty towns for the land division alone, and there are countless naval battleships. I am afraid that only the sea division

Only Kou himself knows the exact number, and even Chen Kai can only know a rough idea."

"This, so much..."

"It's not much anymore." Looking back at the feudal vassal soldiers and the Ming army Yifu who were still fighting, Wu Sangui sighed: "The Zheng family can collect tens of millions of taels of silver just from the gift alone in a year, otherwise Chen Kai would

Why do they have to go to Guangzhou to extract teeth from the tiger's mouth while resisting the pressure of the two kings of Pingnan and Jingnan, and also to seize Hong Kong Island and Hainan Island? It's not just to do sea trade and collect sea wealth. Now they have two

The territory of the province is even more powerful than the pirates when I was still in Fujian. As far as I know, even the feudal officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who want to do maritime trade have to pay money in private, otherwise they will directly

They seized the ship and its belongings, beheaded the captain to the sailors, and sent them to Fuzhou for reward..."

"This is it, this is it..."

For a while, Wang Fuchen couldn't figure out how to describe his mood at the moment. It's no wonder that a bandit who was born in the inland and has never seen what the sea looks like in his life would understand this, even if he was just exposed to this information.

It also took a long time to digest it.

Seeing Wang Fuchen's behavior, Wu Sangui just waited for it to digest, and then continued: "The pirates invaded Zhejiang, and they have the navy to assist them. The coastal counties will be harassed day by day. The land army,

Even if Chen Kai could only dispatch half of them, there would still be at least thirty towns. How many officers and soldiers are there in Jiangxi? At least half of them must be from the southern green camp. Will they be elite opponents like Dubiao No. 1 Town? Prince Zheng was defeated

, with the morale of the officers and soldiers plummeting, the old manager is afraid that he will not be able to defend Jiangxi. As for Huguang, it is already an empty shell. Within a month of Jiangxi's complete fall, Huguang will surely lose most of its counties. Therefore, Xin County

The king changed the marching order just to catch the false emperor and the old thieves as soon as possible. Maybe it was the old manager who urged him to do this."

After all, Wu Sangui came from the big dye vat of Guan Ning Army. How could he have a clear understanding of the battle situation that this general soldier who was born as a middle- and lower-level officer among the bandits could not match. After what he said, Wang Fuchen was stunned, as if

Only in this way can such a huge amount of information be absorbed.

"Then, Your Majesty..."

Seeing that Wang Fuchen was already frightened by the tiger skin of the Southeast Ming Army, Wu Sangui smiled and patted his shoulder: "Wang Shuai, you are now under my command, and you are a person whom I value. Take good care of the people below.

The soldiers, and the others, will be punished by my own king."

"At the end of the day, I will obey the prince's orders."

Recovering Wang Fuchen not only added support to him, but also convinced him in the process of convincing others. The army had stopped. According to Wu Sangui's order, the feudal soldiers turned to increase their attack power on the Ming army on both sides of the hillside.

Instead of continuing to move forward. But soon, as the rescue operation came to a halt, urgings from the Green Camp came from the rear. So Wu Sangui handed over the command to his son-in-law, Xia Guoxiang, and he took Wang Fuchen with him

He rode his horse towards the rear army.

"Prince Pingxi, my master is waiting for us to join forces to attack the old traitor. Why is the army stagnant?"

It was the palace guards again, Sun Sike and Zhao Liangdong had become followers. Seeing this, Wu Sangui was not angry, but sighed and said: "My forward was ambushed by bandits just now, and we are currently fighting with them."

"My master, the prince, is at war with his old thief. How can a mere ambush inflict any damage on the army? More than 20,000 vassal soldiers under the command of Prince Pingxi rushed over in one go. If we stop now, wouldn't we put our master and prince into a trap?"

The more the palace guards talked, the more excited they became. Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui frowned at this moment, and his anger quickly condensed in him: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Wu Sangui's rage shocked everyone present, but before they could react, Wu Sangui pointed his halberd forward and shouted loudly: "You are just a second-class palace guard and a fourth-grade servant, but you want to interfere with the army."

How to fight, and where are the imperial laws?"

As soon as he finished speaking, with a wave, the guards from Prince Pingxi's Palace swarmed forward and grabbed the guard from Prince Xin's Palace with his backhand, forcing him to kneel to the ground. Then, one of the guards pulled out his sword and wanted to kill him with one blow.

The head was chopped off.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Seeing such a shocking change, Zhao Liangdong quickly saluted and persuaded. Sun Sike, on the other hand, hesitated for a moment before agreeing, but then he said to Wu Sangui: "Prince Pingxi, it is only because he is dedicated to protecting the Lord that he speaks unhesitatingly.

Sir, please be tolerant. Besides, Prince Xin is the banner lord after all and has a noble status. If something happens to him, it will be hard for us to explain to the court." Qiao

Sun Sike's words made Wu Sangui listen. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties did have eight banners of Manchuria, eight banners of Mongolia, and eight banners of the Han army. Literally they were twenty-four banners, but in fact there were only eight banners. Although the Mongolian and Han armies had

Gushan Ezhen, but in fact it is subordinate to the Mongolian Niulu Collection and the Han Army Niulu Collection in the Eight Banners system, and is not an independent banner. In the Qing Dynasty, there were even Russian Niulu, Korean Niulu, and Goryeo

Units like Niulu are also subordinate to each banner and do not exist independently outside the Eight Banners system.

Throwing away the three banners directly led by the emperor, there are only five flag-lord princes among the Eight Banners, and Duni is one of them. Although he is only a county prince, his status is very different. Think of the Battle of Hengyang, Prince Jingjin Nikan

Although he is a prince and was once one of the three kings in charge of politics, he is not the prince of the banner. His status within the Eight Banners is far inferior to that of Doni today. Once he dies, Beletunqi and the others, as their subordinates, will defeat the Zhou Dynasty.

The battle at Jiapu severely damaged the vitality of Sun Kewang's army, and they were inevitably severely punished when they returned to Beijing.

The punishment of execution was temporarily waived for the sake of the generals, but Wu Sangui was not ready to let him continue to move around, so he simply tied him up and said that he would hand him over to him until he saw Duny in person.

After resolving a fight, Zhao Liangdong breathed a long sigh of relief, but Sun Sike was still worried: "The general dares to ask Prince Pingxi, how many troops are there in the ambush of the bandits, and when will they be able to break through?"

"It seems that Sun Jiala still can't trust this king."

"I don't dare." Sun Sike quickly slapped Qian'er, bowed and said: "I am just worried about the war ahead, and I am willing to lead my troops to share the worries for the prince. I have no other intention."

"Even so, that's fine." Now the feudal soldiers are in front, and the green camp is behind. The word "sharing worries" is a joke. Wu Sangui snorted coldly, and then turned to Wang Fuchen, who had been standing beside him for a while: "Then please invite Mr. Wang

Let me tell you, Bing." Qiao

Wang Fuchen was a general in Southwest Jingbiao. He was ordered by Hong Chengchou to join the expedition. More importantly, he was also a guard of the imperial family. Theoretically, his credibility would be higher. However, Wang Fuchen gritted his teeth before speaking to Sun Sike.

He replied: "There are countless bandits all over the mountains and plains."

After hearing this, Sun Sike and Zhao Liangdong immediately changed their expressions. But they also knew that according to those who surrendered, Li Dingguo still had 20,000 troops in hand. These 20,000 troops could do many things, but compared with Li Dingguo's military tactics and strategies

, they are still very self-aware, how dare they question Li Dingguo's formation. What's more, now Wang Fuchen and Wu Sangui are venting their anger from the same nostril. Whether it is true or false, questioning Wang Fuchen is equivalent to questioning Wu Sangui.

"You two, please relax for the time being. I have sent Wu Dutong to lead my troops on a rapid march to help. Perhaps Wu Dutong is not my own commander, so the bandits did not move out at that time. They did not kill them until I showed up.

."

Although Wu Guogui was the commander-in-chief, he was only a general under the Pingxi Prince's vassal. Wu Sangui was the real big fish, and it was normal for the Ming army to be so picky. Speaking of this, the second general did not dare to say much, so he had to hold off for the time being.

Retreat and wait for fate. How much they believed Wu Sangui's words is unknown.

Wu Sangui's main army of vassal soldiers remained in place. Except for Hu Guozhu and Wu Yingqi who were still fighting against the Ming army, only Wu Guogui's troops came forward for reinforcements. Not long after, Wu Guogui sent news that they had already fought with the Ming army.

A Ming army led by the Qishan Hou Wanghui encountered an enemy, and it was probably Li Dingguo who sent them to intercept them. And further away, the battle between Li Dingguo and Duni seemed to have entered a fierce stage.

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