Yu County and Wu Sangui camp.
Wu Sangui frowned and took a sip of tea. After slowly placing the antique teacup on the table, he said to Wu Yi beside him: "Was Ma Decai really killed by He Zhen's people?"
Wu Yi nodded and said, "Although I didn't arrive at the scene, I saw Ma Decai's body in He Zhen's camp. It's absolutely unmistakable!"
Wu Sangui was silent for a while and then said to Wu Guogui on the side: "Guogui, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
Wu Guogui thought for a while and said: "Commander, I think it's best if we don't help each other this time!"
When Wu Sangui heard this, he looked at him with some surprise and said, "Oh, tell me, why do we need to help each other?"
Wu Guogui said loudly: "I have seen that Ma Decai before. He is a complete bastard. If it hadn't been for the commander's orders, I would have wanted to beat him up."
"And He Zhen's law enforcement team has always been tolerant of him. I don't think it will be difficult for him this time. It should be that Zuo Liangyu is about to arrive in Shanxi and Wang Yuncheng can't hold himself back, so this happened."
"Since Wang Yuncheng wants to take action, the encirclement and suppression of the rebels will definitely fail. We just take the opportunity to return to Liaodong, so why bother to wade into this muddy water!"
Wu Sangui knew that Wu Guogui still had the idea of respecting the bandits, and there was nothing wrong with this method.
However, he always felt that Zhu Yuanzhang had seen through his frame-up of Wang Yongji, but he had been holding back because of the complexity of the war situation.
If he fails to perform, once Zhu Yuanzhang is angered, the consequences may be very serious.
Furthermore, when Wu Zhi came back a few days ago, he said that the Jurchens would attack Shanhaiguan soon, but there was still no news, which made him quite uneasy.
At the same time, he was also worried that if he did not return to Shanhaiguan during the civil strife, he would be implicated.
Thinking of this, he looked at Wu Zhi and said, "What's the news in the past two days?"
When Wu Zhi heard this, he shook his head and said, "Not yet, but when I saw my uncle, my uncle said that in three or four days, the Jurchens would send troops to Shanhaiguan."
"Given my uncle's status among the Jurchens, I think there won't be any problems. Master, you don't have to worry too much."
Wu Sangui nodded, and just turned to look at Wu Guogui, but immediately turned back to Wu Zhi and said, "Is there any news about Li Guozhen?"
Wu Zhi was stunned and said: "Li Guozhen has been staying at home since he returned to Beijing, and there is no news."
Hearing this, Wu Sangui shook his head and said: "No, this is wrong. When Chongzhen was besieged in the capital, he had not forgotten the Jurchens. Now that he has many talents, it is absolutely impossible not to try to contain the Jurchens. We may have miscalculated."
Wu Guogui thought for a while and said: "Commander, are you worrying too much? Last time Chongzhen was able to succeed, but it was just by surprise. If he wants to repeat the same trick, he will definitely not succeed."
"So if he wants to contain the Jurchens, he must mobilize his troops. But now that his soldiers and horses are gathered here, what ability does he have to contain the Jurchens?"
Wu Sangui muttered: "I don't know how Chongzhen will move, so in my heart..."
As he spoke, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Wu Zhidao: "Do you know when Shi Kefa's troops will arrive in the capital?"
Wu Zhidao: "According to our news, they should arrive in the next two days. However, most of the Jiangnan warships are old and have no combat power at all. It is impossible for Chongzhen to let them contain the Jurchens."
Wu Sangui nodded, and just as he was about to speak, another bodyguard came in to report that Gong Yonggu had urgently summoned the generals to discuss matters, and anyone who disobeyed the order would be punished according to military law.
When Wu Sangui heard the report, he was shocked and subconsciously looked towards Wu Guogui.
Seeing that the other party's eyes were also full of surprise, a feeling of uneasiness suddenly surged into my heart.
You must know that Gong Yonggu has been acting like a little daughter-in-law under their coercion these days. Why is he so stubborn today? Is it because of Ma Decai's incident, knowing that he cannot compromise, and is ready to break the pot, or is there another way?
When Wu Sangui rushed to Gong Yonggu's tent with doubts, he happened to see Wang Yuncheng making trouble there, but Gong Yonggu ignored him at all, and only He Zhen explained.
As for Gao Jie, Ma Jinzhong and others, they all looked on with cold eyes, as if nothing happened.
When Gong Yonggu saw Wu Sangui arriving, he stood up slowly and shouted: "Since the generals have arrived, please ask for the imperial edict!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier ran out immediately.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this.
Especially Wang Yuncheng, who forgot to close his open mouth and looked at Gong Yonggu in horror.
At this time, a guard wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife slowly walked into the tent, glanced at everyone coldly, then walked to the front and shouted loudly: "The imperial edict has arrived!"
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
The Jin Yiwei looked at everyone again, then opened the imperial edict and said loudly: "The emperor is destined to carry the emperor, and the edict is that Pingxihou Gong Yonggu..."
When Wu Sangui and others heard the "Edict", their brows immediately wrinkled.
It turns out that the imperial edicts of the Ming Dynasty were mainly divided into three types, namely, the imperial edict, the imperial edict, and the imperial edict.
Among them, the imperial edict is a document issued by the emperor to announce to the people of the world, and it is faced by everyone in the world.
Zhiyue was used by the emperor to express his favor and declare to all officials. The target audience was only court officials.
Although the imperial edict is also used on officials, compared with the imperial edict, it has an extra layer of warning meaning.
But now that Chongzhen was counting on them to defeat the rebels and issued an imperial edict with a warning, the meaning is worth pondering.
Sure enough, the imperial edict first praised their achievements and gave certain rewards to each of them, but it was only awarded to General Wu Sangui, and the reward given to him was actually higher than that of Gong Yonggu.
Then he changed his tone and accused the generals of being lax in their duties and disturbing the people too much. He also asked Wu Sangui to rectify military discipline as a supervisor because Gong Yonggu was busy with military affairs and Wu Sangui was good at running the army.
After hearing the imperial edict, Wu Sangui felt a chill on his back. Then he saw Gao Jie, Wang Yuncheng and others looking at him in a very different way than before.
It turned out that although Gao Jie and others had been in contact with Wu Sangui when they besieged Li Zicheng, they were not familiar with each other and only used each other.
Later, when they settled in Yu County and had a common opponent, Gong Yonggu, their relationship could be described as growing rapidly.
In particular, Wu Sangui had the Liaodong Iron Cavalry in his hands, and Gao Jie and others deliberately welcomed him. Therefore, even though they knew that Wu Sangui had tricked him, they did not pursue the matter and just vented their anger on Gong Yonggu.
And the things that harmed the people in the past few days were originally a means to suppress Gong Yonggu after they discussed with Wu Sangui.
Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui was promoted to the second rank of the Zhenguo General, and became the military supervisor second only to Gong Yonggu.
Gao Jie and others thought of what had happened before, and immediately felt hatred for Wu Sangui.
At this time, Gong Yonggu's voice sounded again: "Uncle Zhongxin, weren't you dissatisfied with the law enforcement just now? Now you can ask Uncle Xi to deal with it!"
Wu Sangui is also an old and cunning person, how could he accept this hot potato? He immediately bowed and said: "Ping Xihou has an order, and the general should not refuse it. It's just that this happened before, and the general doesn't know the whole story, so it's better to ask Ping Xihou to explain!" "
Gong Yonggu waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, I just learned about this, and I have brought the people here. Uncle Ping Xi will know after the first trial!"
After that, without waiting for Wu Sangui's reply, he shouted outside: "Bring him in!"
As Gong Yonggu finished speaking, two soldiers escorted Hu Siliu into the tent.
