Seven or eight miles west of the camp in Liaodong Town, father and son Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shilin finally met each other. The Guanning cavalry under their command totaled more than 5,000 people, and they were quickly gathering together to join forces.
These Guan Ning cavalry were familiar with each other, and they were all well-trained and cooperated with each other tacitly, so they quickly integrated the formation. There was no confusion from beginning to end, and it also allowed those Liaodong cavalry who were monitoring from a distance to find out.
There is no opportunity to take advantage of it.
However, the meeting between Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shilin, the father and son, was not particularly pleasant.
When Wu Shilin saw his father Wu Yingxiong from a distance, as well as the Wu family's chief staff member Fang Guangchen and his clan uncle Wu Yinglin and others beside Wu Yingxiong, he immediately rushed forward to meet him.
Riding his horse, he rushed in front of Wu Yingxiong. After Wu Shilin got off his horse, he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Governor, Mr. Fang... you have finally arrived! I had previously estimated the time and distance. I thought... you had arrived as early as yesterday morning
, we should rush to Hujiazhuang territory."
The Wu family has a very strict upbringing. Although Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shilin have a father-son relationship, Wu Shilin will still call Wu Yingxiong "Governor" in front of outsiders, and he will also call himself a "humble position".
But there was a hint of resentment in Wu Shilin's words.
Yesterday, Wu Shilin misjudged Wu Yingxiong's arrival time and mistakenly believed that Wu Yingxiong would arrive soon with his troops, so he dared to join forces with Fang Zhenshan to fight the Liaodong Town army. As a result, when Wu Shilin and the Liaodong Town army officially started fighting, Wu Yingxiong and his men
The Guan Ning cavalry was actually a whole day away from the battlefield...
If the news of He Yu's murder hadn't suddenly arrived, forcing Liaodong Town to retreat in a hurry, Wu Shilin would have suffered a disastrous defeat yesterday!
The war situation at that time was so dangerous that Wu Shilin is still worried about it to this day.
In Wu Shilin's opinion, this was all because Wu Yingxiong marched too slowly and arrived late. It was simply a serious crime of delaying the military aircraft.
Unfortunately, Wu Yingxiong was not only his immediate boss, Governor Ji Liao, but also his biological father, the head of the Wu family. Therefore, Wu Shilin did not have the courage to accuse Wu Yingxiong, let alone question Wu Yingxiong, and could only express his dissatisfaction in a subtle way.
After hearing Wu Shilin's implicit accusation, Wu Yingxiong ignored it at all. He just raised his head with a serious expression and looked at the Liaodong cavalry who was monitoring his side in the distance.
Fang Guangchen, who was next to Wu Yingxiong, explained with a smile: "Young Master, the governor's marching speed during this period is definitely not slow. In order to get here as soon as possible, he even left behind the artillery rear...
However, considering the domineering style and tough attitude of Liaodong Town, we must be prepared to fight with them at any time, so we cannot let the soldiers' physical strength and horsepower suffer too much! What's more,
, because it is an away battle, we cannot rely on Liaodong Town to supplement our logistics, so the Governor cannot leave behind the military supplies, and the march will naturally be slowed down."
After hearing what Fang Guangchen said, Wu Shilin's expression softened slightly, and he accepted these explanations.
However, Wu Shilin did not notice that Fang Guangchen's eyes flashed with helplessness and worry.
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As the old saying goes, "You can only get rich in three generations." Even though the Wu family has always had a strict upbringing, they still cannot escape this rule.
The rise and fall of any family's power is always caused by the ancestors' hard work and hard work, and finally accumulated a certain amount of resources and capital for the family. Then an ambitious and talented successor appeared, and after working hard, the family's power accumulated.
After a rapid rise, there was then a successor with a stable character who was responsible for maintaining the business, and finally there was a self-righteous and frivolous successor who easily completely ruined the family business.
For the Wu family, the person who accumulated capital through hard work and hard work was Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang. This man was a general of Li Chengliang and his son. He also briefly served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, which laid the foundation for the rise of the Wu family.
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The ambitious and talented successor was Wu Sangui. Under his management, the Wu family gradually became the top generals of the Ming Dynasty. Their influence was so important that even the two key positions of Governor of Jiliao and Commander-in-Chief of Shanhaiguan could be hereditary.
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The current Wu family, Wu Yingxiong, the governor of Jiliao, has witnessed the hard work and hard work of his ancestors. He is well aware of the difficulty of starting a business. He also understands the vastness of the world and the truth that there is always something in the sky. Therefore, he has a stable character and knows how to awe and do things.
At this time, he was also extremely cautious, fearing that the Wu family's fortune would be lost in his own hands.
But in Wu Shilin's generation, even if the Wu family has extremely strict upbringing, most of the Wu family's children are not lacking in ability, but they always subconsciously think that the noble status the Wu family currently has is for granted, and all the preferential treatment they have
This is all taken for granted. They have lost their sense of awe and are eager to possess everything they desire. They have no understanding of the costs and risks. They even think that the world should run according to their own ideas.
This point is undoubtedly the biggest hidden danger in the future of the Wu family. Not only Fang Guangchen can see it clearly, Wu Sangui, Wu Yingxiong and his son are also aware of it, but they have no better way to reverse this situation.
This time, Wu Sangui and Wu Yingxiong arranged for Wu Shilin to lead his army into Liaodong and act alone, hoping to take the opportunity to polish Wu Shilin's arrogance.
But unfortunately, according to follow-up information, it has almost no effect.
At least, in the eyes of Wu Yingxiong and Fang Guangchen, Wu Shilin had done almost nothing right since he entered Liaodong.
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Thinking about this, Fang Guangchen sighed secretly in his heart, but he did not show any abnormality, but he became more and more eager to help the Wu family in Shanhaiguan annex Liaodong Town.
As long as the Wu family in Shanhaiguan successfully annexes Liaodong Town, it can directly affect the rise and fall of the entire Ming Dynasty. In the future, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty will no longer dare to target them at will. Such a political position can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai, and the Wu family's family business will be able to last for a long time.
Prosperity will no longer be affected by the ability and temperament of the heir.
But on the other hand, Wu Yingxiong would not tolerate Wu Shilin. After carefully observing the Liaodong cavalry in the distance for a long time, he finally confirmed that the Liaodong cavalry would not act rashly, so he turned his attention to Wu Shilin and said coldly: "You still
You have the nerve to say that I am marching too slowly, and I don’t even look at the good things you have done during this time!"
Wu Shilin was stunned and asked: "What did you do in your humble position?"
Seeing that Wu Shilin still didn't realize his mistake, Wu Yingxiong's expression became even more angry and said: "Just after you arrived in Liaodong, you led your army to compete with the Liaodong cavalry, and also had an argument with He Yu, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.
It’s a conflict, right?”
Wu Shilin nodded repeatedly and said proudly: "That's right! I led my subordinate Guan Ning Cavalry at that time to completely defeat the Liaodong Cavalry of the same size, which can be said to have greatly increased the prestige of our Wu family! But because Liaodong Town can't afford to lose, so
With subsequent conflicts..."
Before Wu Shilin could finish speaking, Wu Yingxiong had already reprimanded: "Hu Tu! Stupid! Why did the governor send you to Liaodong in the first place? Let you bring the Guan Ning cavalry to support Zhao Junchen, and let Zhao Junchen beg our Shanhaiguan Wu family to take action.
Help him attack Liaodong Town and take the opportunity to sell Zhao Junchen a favor!
But it's better for you. Before you can contact Zhao Junchen, or before Zhao Junchen takes the initiative to ask for help, you have already completely offended Liaodong Town, making the relationship between the two parties on the same level... In this way, the situation will become that our Wu family is begging for help.
Zhao Junchen came forward to help us fight against Liaodong Town, instead of Zhao Junchen begging our Wu family to help him defeat Liaodong Town! Do you understand the difference between the two?
What's more, the governor has already seen the detailed information of the original contest. Although you won one game, your victory was extremely lucky. If it weren't for the command mistake of the second generation ancestor Li Shijie, you would have lost even more... If it were true
If you lose, Guan Ning Cavalry will be in disgrace now, and you still have the nerve to claim credit? It’s okay not to accept such a lucky victory!"
Seeing that Wu Shilin was still dissatisfied, Wu Yingxiong continued to scold: "But when you should show your courage, you turned into a coward! After He Yu was kidnapped, Liaodong Town sealed off the entire Hujiazhuang, and even ordered you and
The Guan Ning cavalry under his command are all guarding the camp and cannot be dispatched at will... And you actually agreed to such conditions from Liaodong Town? You didn't even think about it. You represent the Wu family in Shanhaiguan, and you obeyed under such circumstances.
Liaodong Town’s order, if we don’t take the opportunity to get more benefits, doesn’t it mean that our Wu family is lower than Liaodong Town?”
While reprimanding, Wu Yingxiong's expression became more and more angry, and his voice became louder and louder: "There is also the battle yesterday. You started the war with Liaodong Town simply because you took it for granted that the governor would arrive soon with his troops.
, but did not take into account various variables at all, and when commanding on the battlefield, he was completely defeated by He Bandit's mere Liaodong Iron Cavalry Qianhu..."
Under Wu Yingxiong's constant scolding, Wu Shilin's expression became more and more unconvinced, but when he saw that Wu Yingxiong was angry, he could only lower his head and endure the scolding, and did not dare to refute.
Seeing that Wu Yingxiong was going to continue to reprimand, and Wu Shilin was about to reach the limit of his endurance, Fang Guangchen finally tried to dissuade him: "Mr. Governor, it's better to talk about business first! Look at the attitude of Liaodong Town, I vaguely feel that... the situation is a bit...