"Li Sanbao, I asked you to greet Uncle Ping Xibo, why are you so unruly!"
At this time, Zhang Dabiao walked out slowly and shouted sharply at the Jin Yiwei who was holding hands with Wu Guogui.
When Li Sanbao heard this, a look of embarrassment flashed across his face, and he immediately walked over in a polite manner.
When Wu Sangui saw this, he couldn't help but frowned.
"Uncle Pingxi, please!"
Zhang Dabiao first saluted Wu Sangui and then said respectfully.
Upon seeing this, Wu Sangui hurriedly returned the courtesy and followed Zhang Dabiao into the military camp.
When they came to the hall, Wu Guogui, Wu Zhi and others were stopped, and only Wu Sangui was allowed to enter the hall.
"Uncle Ping Xi, you are finally here!"
As soon as Wu Sangui entered the hall, Gong Yonggu came up to him with a smile on his face and took the initiative to tell him the battle plan for today.
When Wu Sangui entered the military camp just now, he found that the security in the camp was much stronger than before. Now he saw that Gong Yonggu was completely different from the front and the front, so he knew that it was because of Chongzhen's arrival.
Moreover, based on Gong Yonggu's attitude of being arrogant in the past and respectful in the rear, he had already deduced that Chongzhen should have arrived after he left and before Liu Wenbing's body happened.
Then he thought that since Chongzhen had not been here long, he probably didn't know what he had been doing these days, and he felt a little more relaxed.
Then he acted like a loyal minister and put forward various opinions on Gong Yonggu's plan.
Although Gong Yonggu's expression changed several times during this period, he pretended not to see it and was just discussing the matter.
"Okay, Uncle Ping Xi, you have indeed lived up to our expectations!"
Just after Wu Sangui explained his plan, Zhu Yuanzhang walked out with a smile.
When Wu Sangui saw this, he pretended to be shocked and hurriedly knelt down to salute.
After Zhu Yuanzhang helped him up with his own hands, he looked at Gong Yonggu and said, "Ping Xihou, let's just say that Ping Xibo is a man with general knowledge. What do you think?"
A flash of embarrassment flashed across Gong Yonggu's face, and then he said respectfully: "Your Majesty is wise, but I am confused."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "It's not that you are confused. In fact, before we came here, we heard a lot of bad things about Uncle Ping Xi. But now it seems that he was wronged."
When Wu Sangui heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty and said: "Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. The general is a warrior and has many inappropriate behaviors. I will act with caution in the future and never betray your Majesty's trust."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not help him up this time. He just smiled and shook his head and said: "Uncle Ping Xi, you don't need to pay attention to those gossips. As long as you fight well, we will make the decision for you!"
Wu Sangui saw that although Zhu Yuanzhang was smiling, his eyes were staring at him like sharp arrows. His body trembled, and then he thanked him again and again.
After Zhu Yuanzhang signaled him to stand up, he said in a deep voice: "We came here mainly because of the robbery of Nanliang!"
He said and looked at Wu Sangui again.
Wu Sangui knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was testing him, so he hurriedly pretended to be panicked and said: "What, Nanliang has been robbed?"
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Yes, although this matter is not a big deal, we are worried about being used by others and affecting the morale of the military."
"Furthermore, the Jurchens are ready to move, and I'm afraid they will invade the south soon, so we came here this time to hope that you can win a quick victory."
Upon hearing this, Wu Sangui pretended to be a loyal minister and said proudly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as you give the order, the rebels will be crushed."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, with your words, we can rest assured."
"However, the rebels are powerful and it may not be easy to eliminate them. Therefore, we hope that you will lead Guan Ning's cavalry first and lure the rebels into the game with a tragic victory. Are you willing?"
Wu Sangui couldn't tell which of Zhu Yuanzhang's sentences was true and which was false, but when he heard that the Guandong cavalry was going to be used as bait, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Then he thought that what Chongzhen had just said about the Jurchen invasion of the south was probably still testing his loyalty, and he immediately said respectfully: "Your Majesty is serious. Everything in the world belongs to your Majesty. The general is just supervising for your majesty, so why would he be willing to do it?" explain."
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be very satisfied with Wu Sangui's answer and nodded: "Okay, he is indeed our Uncle Ping Xibo. He is indeed loyal to us."
"But Guan Ning's cavalry will have to deal with the Jurchens in the future, so they can't all be left here. We remember that Wang Yuncheng also has a lot of cavalry in his army. You might as well join forces."
"We can just use some tactics to make the rebels think that Guan Ning's cavalry has suffered serious losses. What do you think?"
Wu Sangui heard this and knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was already suspicious of Wang Yuncheng. In order to avoid talking too much and causing trouble, he immediately bowed and agreed.
Zhu Yuanzhang then discussed some combat details with him and then let him leave.
"Your Majesty, I have been secretly observing Wu Sangui just now and found that he seemed to be aware of something. Will there be any changes then?"
After Gong Yonggu waited for Wu Sangui to leave, he said to Zhu Yuanzhang with some worry.
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "Don't worry, we have given up on his idea of returning north. Coupled with the forged secret letter and his superstition, he will not dare not try his best this time."
Hearing this, Gong Yonggu remembered Zhu Yuanzhang's previous arrangements and admired him even more.
It turned out that Li Sanbao had obtained Wang Yuncheng's secret letter not long after Liu Wenbing's body was discovered.
The letter stated that the use of soldiers to harm the people had failed and that it could not be used to force Ma Jinzhong and others to surrender to Li Zicheng to achieve the purpose of forcing Wu Sangui to surrender. He asked for permission to use superstition to subdue Wu Sangui.
At the same time, he also elaborated on Gong Yonggu's combat plan and suggested that Zuo Liangyu slow down his marching speed and wait for the battle between the two sides before suddenly attacking to gain the advantage of the fisherman.
After Zhu Yuanzhang read the letter, although he didn't know why Wang Yuncheng didn't mention Yuan Zongdi, he thought that Wang Yuncheng's words should mean that they were confident of dealing with Yuan Zongdi.
So he asked someone to imitate two letters, one was for Zuo Liangyu, and the other was prepared for Wu Sangui.
In his letter to Zuo Liangyu, he postponed the battle and suggested that Zuo Liangyu take advantage of Taiyuan's emptiness to let a partial force lurk near Taiyuan, while he himself led the main force to Yu County.
By then advancing together from both sides, not only can the rebels and Gong Yonggu be defeated, but Taiyuan can also be conquered as a foundation. In this way, they can advance to the capital and retreat to defend Wuchang.
In order to strengthen Zuo Liangyu's determination to attack Taiyuan, Zhu Yuanzhang also attached the military distribution map of Taiyuan discovered by Jin Yiwei.
The letter to Wu Sangui stated that Wu Sangui should be eradicated by the rebels to prevent him from affecting Zuo Liangyu's plan.
Because Li Sanbao had already captured Wang Yuncheng's messenger and asked for his contact information, Zhu Yuanzhang directly asked Jin Yiwei to deliver the letter.
But the letter to Wu Sangui took him a lot of effort.
Because he knew that Wu Sangui was suspicious by nature, and if the letter appeared unreasonable, it would be counterproductive.
Therefore, he took advantage of Wu Guogui's investigation and asked Li Sanbao to deliberately reveal his whereabouts and lure Wu Guogui to collect the letter.
At the same time, in order to take advantage of Wu Sangui's superstition and make the other party believe that destiny is on his side, he asked Zhang Dabiao to lurk on the road and took the opportunity to attack Wu Longju.
In the end, Li Sanbao took advantage of the opportunity of following Wang Yuncheng to deliberately reveal his identity, making Wu Sangui worry about being exposed. With no way to retreat, he devoted himself to fighting the rebels.
"Be careful, there is an assassin!"
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang and the two were discussing the details of the battle, Zhang Dabiao's voice suddenly came from outside the hall, and then a thin soldier rushed in.
