Dawu Mountain is walking, and there is silence in Wu Sangui's study room.
Wu Yingxiong, Wu Yingqi, Wu Shilin, Wu Shicong and Liu Xuanchu have said everything they need to say, while the others who have not spoken should all bow their heads and remain silent - when speaking, you must make your stance clear and take sides!
Although the relationship between the two brothers Wu Yingxiong and Wu Yingqi has always been good in the past, they are now competing for supremacy!
It would be okay if the Wu family's rebellion is in a slump now... But now the situation is very good, not a small good, but a great good!
Don't look at Zhu San Taisun's unstoppable momentum, he can sweep Jiangnan in a blink of an eye. But moving south of the Yangtze River does not mean winning the world. To win the world, we must occupy the five provinces of Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Beizhili.
To seize these five provinces, it is necessary to have a cavalry suitable for fighting in the northern plains. Zhu Heji now only has two or three thousand cavalry in his hands, which is enough in the Yangtze River Basin, but it is completely insufficient in the Central Plains.
Wu Sangui's old foundation was the Guan Ning cavalry. When he was a cavalry in Yunnan, he had three to four thousand cavalry. In the Jianyang Water Battle, he defeated tens of thousands of Eight Banners cavalry and captured a large number of horses. After a period of reorganization and training, Wu Zhou can now produce a cavalry group of 20,000 people!
Moreover, this cavalry group is not a traditional cavalry group with bows, sabers, swords and guns as its main weapons, but a cavalry group that uses a mixture of hot and cold weapons.
Although they are not like Zhu Heji's "Guards Iron Fist Cavalry", they go to the battlefield with "Iron Fist" and grenades. But they still have enough cavalry cannons, small mortars, sugar mines... Such a cavalry, let alone the current Eight Banners soldiers, would be the same if you let Huang Taiji's Eight Banners cavalry fight. opponent.
In addition, from the Battle of Jianyang Water to the present, the Wu and Zhou armies have been hoarding grain and grass in Xiangyang. The food and grass currently stored in Xiangyang can definitely support the Northern Expedition of a hundred thousand troops!
And if Wu Zhou's army wants to advance eastward, the food stored in Xiangyang will not be used much - because the Yangtze River waterway is still under the blockade of Prime Minister Zhuge. Prime Minister Zhuge is not the Second Master Guan, and it is impossible to win in a sneak attack. . If the Yangtze River waterway cannot be opened, Xiangyang's stored grain will have to be moved overland through the Dabie Mountains to Huainan. That is a no-brainer.
Therefore, Wu Zhou's Eastern Expedition army could only follow the battle, and the Qing army and the Ming army had been fighting for Anqing for several months. Although after the Battle of Xiangkou, the Qing army did not dare to launch another war, but their However, the army is still lingering north of Anqing, which has caused great harm to Huainan.
Therefore, it is not easy for Wu Sangui's army to obtain a large amount of supplies in Huainan...
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui sighed and looked at his friend and military advisor Fang Guangchen. Fang Guangchen and Wu Yingqi had a bad relationship - Wu Yingqi had an offending mouth, liked to make random jokes, was greedy, and spent money like water. Not like a famous gentleman.
Although his son Wu Shicong has managed him better in the past two years, his nature is hard to change!
In contrast, Wu Yingxiong is a very humble gentleman... Just look at how good his relationship with Sun Yanling is now!
Even Sun Yanling could willingly give the tigress Kong Sizhen to Wu Yingxiong, not to mention the important civil and military officials under Wu Sangui. Including Wu Yingqi, everyone said good things about Wu Yingxiong.
Only Wu Shicong is an exception!
Thinking of this, Fang Guangchen could only look at Wu Yingxiong apologetically, and then sighed: "You only have one chance!"
"What opportunity?" Wu Shilin asked in a trembling voice.
Fang Guangchen really couldn't say anything.
"Of course it's an opportunity for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains!" Wu Shicong didn't have so many scruples. "Now let me and my son prepare 100,000 elite troops for the Northern Expedition. There is a 70% to 80% chance of winning! If you don't go now... then you don't have to go in the future. Got it!"
Fang Guangchen nodded.
Seeing Fang Guangchen nodding, both father and son Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shilin had pale faces, but Wu Shicong was indescribably proud.
Wu Sangui sighed, looked at his second son Wu Yingqi, and said word by word: "The prince is a scholar, you should encourage him!"
Wu Yingqi laughed: "Okay, dad, don't worry, Shi Cong and I will have a good fight... Before the 30th of the twelfth lunar month this year, dad will be the hero of the world who restores the Central Plains!"
Wu Shicong also laughed stupidly: "Grandpa, are you agreeing to the Northern Expedition? This is great... Kang Mazi is dead!"
Wu Sangui didn't want to see Wu Yingqi and Wu Shicong, father and son, succeed. He waved his hand and said: "That's it for today... Ying Qi, Shi Cong, Xuan Chu, Yifeng, you go back and make a careful calculation of how many troops are needed for the Northern Expedition, when to set off, and what route to take. As soon as possible. Get it done and bring it to me!"
"Got the order!"
Wu Sangui waved his hand, "I'm tired, let's disperse!"
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"Dad...what do grandpa's words mean today?"
Wu Shilin accompanied Wu Yingxiong back to his residence, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked questions with tears in his eyes.
Wu Yingxiong just sighed, lowered his head and walked inside.
Wu Shilin hurriedly caught up and asked, "What does it mean to be a scholar? Should you encourage him?"
"Shisun, you are wrong. Zhu Di said this to Zhu Gaoxu back then: 'The prince is often sick, so you should encourage him.'"
The woman who spoke was none other than Kong Sizhen.
"Sizhen," Wu Yingxiong didn't want Kong Sizhen to discuss "brothers, friends and brothers" with his son, so he asked, "When did you arrive? Did you bring the Guangdong magic medicine?"
It turned out that Dai Liangchen, who was sent by Wu Yingxiong to buy medicine in Guangdong, was from Kong Sizhen. After hearing Wu Yingxiong's question, Kong Sizhen turned around and walked into the main room. After a while, he came out holding a box.
The words "Gongyitang Pharmaceutical" were clearly written on the box.
"There are eight corked and wax-sealed vials inside...a total of eight miracle medicines. The doctors at the Guangzhou Public Hospital call it antibacterial liquid." Kong Sizhen said with a smile, "This antibacterial liquid The output is very low, the demand is huge, and the supply exceeds the demand.
Dai Liangchen bought these for a thousand taels of silver! "
One thousand taels of allicin was of course very sinister...but Zhu Heji did not keep the money in his pocket.
His "inventions", except for the benefits of perfume, are all shared by the world, and allicin is no exception.
He had already handed over the method of making allicin to doctors at the Guangdong Public Medical School and Public Hospital, and the proceeds from selling allicin were used to support the public medical school and public hospital.
Moreover, public medical schools do not charge tuition fees. In addition to allicin, other medicines and medical services in public hospitals are only charged at cost price.
Therefore, public medical schools and public hospitals rely on allicin to survive.
Wu Yingxiong asked: "Sizhen...the people at the Guangzhou Public Hospital don't know that this medicine is for my father, right?"
"Of course I don't know!" Kong Sizhen said as he handed the wooden box to Wu Yingxiong, "How could I reveal such a secret? Even Dai Liangchen didn't know... I only told him that my son wanted to use it. .”
"That's good." As he spoke, Wu Yingxiong took the wooden box, walked into the house, and opened the box on a table. Then he took out a medicine bottle inside and looked at it carefully - this medicine bottle is not big, just a small one, milky white in color, very beautiful, and a little transparent.
As long as you hold the medicine bottle under the light, you can see that it is full of liquid.
The medicine bottle has a cork and wax seal, and you can tell at a glance that it is intact and has not been opened.
Wu Yingxiong checked the medicine bottles one by one and found no problems. Then he put the medicine bottles back into the box and handed them to his son.
Wu Shilin seemed uneasy and asked, "You really won't be poisoned by someone named Zhu, right?"
"How is it possible?" Kong Sizhen said with a smile, "Dai Liangchen doesn't know anything, and the people at Guangzhou Public Hospital don't know anything... They are a good deal for one thousand taels of silver and a box of medicine! How can the patient Poisoned? If you don’t believe it, I will test the medicine myself when the time comes!”
Wu Yingxiong nodded and said to Kong Sizhen, "Sizhen, it's all your fault."
