Wu Sangui galloped all the way, eager to rush to the pass immediately.
But when he approached the city gate, he slowed down again.
He first carefully observed the city gate and the surrounding situation, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he sent a few soldiers to the city to be on guard.
After a while, he slowly climbed onto the city wall, escorted by more than a dozen personal guards.
When Wu Zhi saw him coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and reported, "Master, I have been observing in the dark for a long time. Wu Guogui should have no intention of turning back."
When Wu Sangui heard this, he knew that Wu Zhiying had also placed people in the army, so he was so sure.
He nodded pretending to believe, then slowly walked to the dark place and looked down.
I saw all the soldiers under the city holding torches, shining like daylight.
Wu Sangui's heart sank when he saw that Wu Guogui, Hu Xinshui and Xia Longshan, who were at the front of the team, had all dismounted, and their expressions were solemn and rare.
Because he knew that Wu Guogui, Hu Xinshui and others were irritable by nature. Regardless of whether they were justified or not, they would always scold their mothers if they didn't go their way.
Now they have been kept out of the customs for at least half an hour, but they are so calm. If they don't have any objections, they may be defeated.
Thinking of this, he looked back again and saw a few soldiers in the middle of the team waving the "Wu" flag from time to time.
At the corners of the team, there were also a few people occasionally holding spears upside down.
When Wu Sangui saw this, he knew that Wu Guogui really had no intention of turning back. He must have suffered a defeat, so he looked like this.
Although he felt a little disappointed, he thought that Wu Guogui and others were still loyal and that their troops and horses had not suffered much casualties, so he suppressed his dissatisfaction, pretended to have just arrived, walked to the light and shouted: "What are you doing? You know who is under the city, but you still don’t open the city gate?”
As he said this, he quickly walked down the city wall to greet Wu Guogui and others.
When Wu Guogui and others saw Wu Sangui, they immediately knelt down and apologized: "The general is incompetent and failed to capture Suk Saha. Please punish me, Commander-in-Chief!"
Wu Sangui hurriedly stepped forward to help Wu Guogui, pretending to be heroic and authentic: "Guogui, you don't have to worry about it, victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers!"
"As long as you can return safely, I will be relieved. As for today's shame, I will recover it for you sooner or later..."
After he finished speaking, he personally helped up Hu Xinshui, Xia Longshan and other generals and encouraged them one by one.
Wu Guogui and others felt that they were estranged from Wu Sangui because of their previous private acceptance of gifts from Dorgon.
They were originally worried that Wu Sangui would take the opportunity to punish them this time, but they did not expect that the other party would treat them as kindly as before. They were all very moved and immediately knelt down to express their loyalty.
Wu Sangui learned from their conversation that Wu Guogui and his party were on the verge of capturing Suk Saha, but their success failed because of Obai's sudden attack.
However, because Obai arrived in a hurry, although he rescued Suk Saha, he was defeated by Wu Guogui and others, and fled back to Ningyuan in embarrassment.
Wu Sangui was overjoyed when he saw that the result was much better than he had expected.
However, because he wanted Wu Guogui and others to feel guilty so that they could better serve him in the future, he acted in accordance with everyone's emotions and believed that this battle would damage the reputation of Guan Ning's cavalry, so he should be aware of his shame and then be brave.
Afterwards, he encouraged the soldiers and then kindly took Wu Guogui, Hu Xinshui and others into the city.
When Wu Sangui finished inspecting the camp, settled the soldiers, and returned to the mansion, it was already the end of Haishi.
He was very tired from worrying about the past three days and being busy tonight.
At this moment, he very much wished to sit on the couch and let Chen Yuanyuan massage his shoulders to relax.
He even walked towards Chen Yuanyuan's room unconsciously and saw the beautiful figure reflected on the window.
But he hesitated for a moment, then turned his head firmly and walked towards the study.
When he came to the study, Wu Guogui's detailed records of the battle had been placed on his case.
Wu Sangui picked up the information on the case and read it carefully several times. He was relieved when he found that it was roughly the same as what Wu Guogui said.
Then he took out the marching battle map and carefully studied the terrain of Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places.
As well as the Jurchen military distribution in the local area, and added annotations again.
After about half an hour, he stopped writing, but his brows furrowed deeper.
Because now that all obstacles have been removed, he still can't make up his mind. He doesn't know whether he should follow Zu Dashou's suggestion and take the opportunity to seize Jinzhou and other places.
Wu Sangui stared at the march map for a while, then slowly closed his eyes, but his irregularly shaking eyelids hinted that he was not calm at the moment.
Suddenly, Wu Sangui stood up quickly, walked to the bookshelf, opened a hidden compartment, took out a note from it, and slowly unfolded it.
"It's Ling Zeping!"
Wu Sangui recited it in a low voice and pondered: "What do these four words Zhang Tianshi mean? Is it hinting to me that as long as we seize the Daling River, we can achieve success?"
It turned out that after Zhang Hongren cast a spell, Wu Sangui was granted the title of Marquis. Therefore, he was very convinced of Zhang Hongren and asked about the prospect many times, but he refused on the grounds that the secret could not be leaked.
Although Wu Sangui was dissatisfied, he did not dare to show it. He still served him diligently, hoping that Zhang Hongren would change his mind.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Hongren did not express or hint to him until he left.
Just when Wu Sangui was disappointed, the servant accidentally discovered this note when cleaning the room where Zhang Hongren had lived for the third time.
After Wu Sangui learned the details, he admired Zhang Hongren even more and thought about it secretly.
He was a little confused at first, but when Zu Dashou sent a letter inviting him to recover Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places together, he suddenly thought of the Daling River not far from Jinzhou, and he suddenly became enlightened.
It's just that although he admires Zhang Hongren, he also knows that Jurchen is powerful, and he is a little suspicious in his heart.
Later, he was very surprised when he heard that Chongzhen not only buried Zhang Yingjing and Zhang Yingdao of Tianshi Dao in a grand manner, but also asked Prince Zhu Cixiang to personally preside over the ceremony.
Because he knew that Chongzhen had never had a good impression of the Celestial Master Sect, and this time he was uncharacteristically trying to win over the Celestial Master Sect.
If Zhang Hongren only knew some tricks to fool people, he would never be able to deceive Chongzhen, so he paid attention to Zhang Hongren's prophecy and actively prepared to regain Ningyuan and other matters.
But Wu Zhizhi's words today made him hesitate again.
He pondered for a long time and couldn't decide. .
In desperation, he had to put away the prophecy and go back to his room to rest.
When he came to the room, Chen Yuanyuan, with blurred eyes, immediately greeted him with a ginseng tea and a big smile.
Wu Sangui took a sip of ginseng tea and said with some distress: "Didn't I tell you not to wait for me? Why didn't you listen?"
Chen Yuanyuan smiled sweetly and said, "I'm not sleepy, and I can't sleep even if your husband is not here!"
When Wu Sangui heard this, he felt a surge of pride in his heart, and all his previous worries were forgotten.
The next morning, just as Wu Sangui was about to inspect the military camp and gather people's hearts again, a personal guard came in to report that Li Guoji was outside asking for an audience.
