In addition to Wu Yingxiong and Xia Guoxiang, there was also a burly old man and an official wearing a flowered feather in the room, about forty years old.
The burly old man was dressed in khaki brocade with a four-clawed dragon subdued embroidered on it. His eyebrows were like swords and he was calm and intimidating. Needless to say, he was the famous Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui asked Wu Yingxiong in front of him, "Ying Xiong, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, what do they say?"
Wu Yingxiong immediately replied with joy on his face, "Father, Geng Jingzhong and Monk Kexi all agreed to rebel. They also sent special envoys to follow me back. After we set a date for the incident, we can go back and report. In addition, some troops will be sent.
The details have yet to be finalized, but in short they promised to follow the lead of their father."
Wu Sangui nodded slightly, his face calm, and then asked, "Then did they say how many soldiers and horses they have under their command?"
Wu Yingxiong looked slightly suffocated and replied rather uncertainly, "Geng Jingzhong should have at least 30,000 troops under his command. As for the good news... I'm afraid it will be less than 20,000."
Wu Sangui's face suddenly darkened, "Huh, what I want is the exact result. How do you know that these two old foxes don't have some tricks secretly? I asked you to contact them, and naturally I also wanted you to find out their details.
, it would be better for you to leave empty-handed and return empty-handed!"
Wu Yingxiong was scolded by him a few times, and he immediately dared not say a word and looked aggrieved.
"Your Majesty, it's no wonder that the Crown Prince is responsible for this," Xia Guoxiang helped. "After all, the Crown Prince is still young and has little experience. Monk Geng Jingzhong is happy that these two old guys are cunning and cunning. Although they are not as good as the Prince in terms of strategy, they are not worthy of the Crown Prince.
Comparatively, General Yimo will see that the total number of soldiers and horses these two old foxes have secretly and openly cannot exceed 60,000 at most."
After a pause, he continued, "You must know that the background of Pingnan Prince's Palace and Jingnan Prince's Palace is not as good as our Pingxi Prince's Palace. Not to mention the strength we have retained from back then, it is just the power that we have secretly managed over the years relying on the prince's wisdom and wisdom.
They are not comparable to each other, not to mention that the young Emperor Kangxi has deliberately suppressed them in recent years, so it would be good if they can preserve their family fortune."
"That's right, Your Majesty, even if these two people have some small thoughts, they can't make any big moves in the face of absolute strength. In the end, they are still obedient and only obey the orders of the Prince." Another official sneered.
Wu Sangui's expression softened slightly, but then he still glared at Wu Yingxiong, "You should not get involved in the affairs of the house during this period. Be your consort and spend more time with the princess."
Wu Yingxiong was unwilling, but he didn't dare to refute, so he had no choice but to do what he said.
Wu Sangui then looked at the official who had just spoken, "Guozhu, I asked you to contact all parties, but what will you gain?"
It turned out that he was one of Wu Sangui's sons-in-law, Hu Guozhu.
"Back to your lord, General Torb from Yaksa City in the north has agreed to send troops to assist us. As long as we fight together, they will immediately send troops to capture Changbai Mountain, the home base of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Great Lama Sangye of the Mudra Sect in the west also said that they will fight between us and
When the Qing army clashed, they sent out masters to assassinate Qing officials in the name of avenging Ao Bai."
With the lessons learned from Wu Yingxiong earlier, Hu Guozhu was a little more careful when speaking, trying to be as detailed and accurate as possible, and then added, "General Torb's troops will not be too many, only two thousand, but they are all elites."
The elites of the Mudra Sect are less, and they can only send out two hundred monk soldiers at most. As for the small tribes and tribes in the north, they will also form a coalition army, with about five thousand soldiers."
After hearing this, Wu Sangui's face finally showed some joy, "Okay, Guozhu did a good job. Although these people are a mob, but with them attacking the Qing court from different directions, we can take the capital directly with overwhelming force."
Seeing this, Wu Yingxiong's face looked a little ugly. He opened his mouth but said nothing more.
"By the way," Wu Sangui suddenly remembered something and looked at Xia Guoxiang, "Is there any news from Shenlong Island?"
"Shenlong Island?" At this moment, a figure hurriedly flashed outside the house and suddenly stopped. He vaguely heard a familiar name. This person was none other than Murong Fu, who was visiting Pingxi Prince's Mansion at night.
After Murong Fu stopped, he ducked into a hidden corner and looked at the inconspicuous wing in front of him, his face showing a little joy.
After nearly half an hour, he visited nearly half of Pingxi Prince's Mansion and visited several extremely heavily guarded places. Many places looked like Wu Sangui's daily residence, but not even one of his hairs was seen.
Unexpectedly, I would gain something in this simple side room that looked like a servant's residence.
Murong Fu held his breath and concentrated, and soon found that there were no guards around, and there were four strangers in the wing. He immediately felt relieved and walked out in a big way, slowly approached the window, and pierced the window paper.
Look inside.
When he saw the burly old man in the top position, he couldn't help but be surprised. He immediately recognized that this person must be Wu Sangui. Without him, in this era, officials and people were very particular about their clothes. As for the Qing court,
For example, ordinary officials and citizens are not allowed to embroider "dragon" on their clothes. Even princes and Baylor are only allowed to embroider four-clawed coiled dragons and pythons. It is normal for Wu Sangui and Prince Wu to embroider a four-clawed subduing dragon.
"I didn't expect this old fox to be so cunning. He would even put so many poisons in his own home, making it difficult for me to find him!" Murong Fu suddenly understood that the previously well-guarded "Prince's Residence" was only used to confuse outsiders. He couldn't help but
He secretly cursed.
Then he listened attentively to the conversations of the people in the room.
After hearing Wu Sangui's question, Xia Guoxiang couldn't help but change his expression slightly, and said hesitantly, "Prince Qi, General Wang has sent some news from Shenlong Island, but...just..."
"Just what?" Wu Sangui's face darkened when he saw this, and he snorted, "I have spent so much money to help his wife to the position of governor of Jinmen, can't he even handle this little thing?"
Xia Guoxiang said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, it's not that General Wang is unwilling to try his best, but that Shenlong Island is too difficult to deal with. Our scouts can't get within fifty miles of Shenlong Island, so he hasn't even touched the situation on Shenlong Island so far.
One or two, let alone go to see that General Shi Lang."
"Humph, if the scouts are not good enough, why don't they think of other ways?" Wu Sangui didn't listen to his explanation and cursed bluntly, "I think he doesn't know how to use his brain. He just wants to find a way to reveal some information to Shenlong Island without him going there.
Please, someone will be sent over there to contact him. Now Kangxi and I are planning to destroy Shenlong Island in a big way. I don’t believe that the people on the island are not in a hurry."
Xia Guoxiang immediately did not dare to argue any more and said repeatedly, "Yes, I will send a letter to General Wang and ask him to handle it accordingly."
Wu Sangui didn't know what he thought of, and a look of hatred flashed on his face, "If that damn Murong Fu hadn't killed Hong Antong and seized Shenlong Island, I wouldn't be so passive now, being led by Kangxi everywhere.
Now I still have to look down and beg for help."
Murong Fu's expression changed slightly outside the house. It was not that Wu Sangui scolded him, but that he was a little strange. What did Wu Sangui ask of him? Did he want to unite with him to deal with Kangxi?
But I heard Hu Guozhu say, "Your Majesty, with our current strength, we may not necessarily ask for help. At most, we will send troops as usual. As for whether we will send troops, it will all depend on the opportunity."
"Oh?" Wu Sangui glanced at him unexpectedly and said thoughtfully, "Tell me carefully."
"Yes," Hu Guozhu looked slightly happy and replied, "This time we join hands with the young emperor Kangxi to attack Shenlong Island. It is said that the power of mobilizing troops and horses lies entirely in the hands of the prince. In fact, the young emperor must have other plans. We can easily bring the Qing Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.
The soldiers are isolated and divided into four groups, allowing them to attack the front, while we encircle and not attack, reaping the benefits."
When Wu Sangui heard this, he glared at him angrily, "I thought you could come up with some clever trick. This strategy has been mentioned before and it won't work at all."
"Why is this?" Hu Guozhu was stunned and asked.
As soon as the words came out, he felt that he had made a mistake, and immediately wanted to apologize again, but Wu Sangui waved his hand indifferently and glanced at Xia Guoxiang.
Xia Guoxiang immediately understood and explained, "Brother Hu has been traveling around these years and is not very clear about the situation on Shenlong Island. Do you know who are the people entrenched on the island? Who is the leader?"
Hu Guozhu was startled for a moment, and was slightly stunned, "Isn't it the Shenlong Cult that is entrenched on the island? It's just a bunch of rabble."
"Brother Hu's words are wrong," Xia Guoxiang said with a slight smile, "As early as two years ago, the Shenlong Sect has changed hands. Now the Shenlong Island has tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and the leader is very good at naval warfare.
General Shi Lang."
"Shi Lang! It turned out to be him, but..." Hu Guozhu was startled, and then he wanted to say something more. Wu Sangui interrupted, "Okay, now you know that it is impossible to besiege Shenlong Island, let alone this king.
I don’t have a powerful naval force under my command, and even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to waste my strength on Shenlong Island.”
Hu Guozhu pursed his lips for a long time, but finally said nothing.
Wu Sangui's eyes flashed slightly, and he changed the topic and asked, "How is Guo Shitu going?"
Wu Yingxiong immediately replied, "Father, General Guo replied that enough grain and grass have been collected and are now being shipped to Shanhaiguan in batches. It will only take less than three months to arrive. However, there is still a gap in terms of weapons."
,The reason is that the mining of the ore veins in Yanshan is too slow, and it is expected that it will take about a year to replenish it."
"One year?" Wu Sangui was startled, then shook his head and said, "How can one year, it is too long? The situation is now very urgent. A slight negligence will be doomed. He immediately sent an order to Guo Shitu, asking him to do it at all costs.
The troops will be fully mobilized within half a year."
"Yes!" Wu Yingxiong responded immediately.
Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu looked at each other, and both saw the wry smiles and helplessness in each other's eyes. They were in the army, so they naturally understood the importance of weapons and armor. However, various countries had extremely strict control over iron weapons and could not purchase them in large quantities. And Prince Pingxi's Palace
Although there is a small mineral vein, it is very difficult to mine. Guo Shitu's one year is probably just a word of relief, so how can he achieve his goal in half a year.
It's just that they are not in their positions and do not seek their own policies. They each have their own tasks and it is best not to meddle in other people's affairs easily.