On the tenth day of the seventh lunar month, in the capital city of Yuezhou, the president and general of the Great Zhou Dynasty made their pilgrimage.
In the inner hall, a family banquet was about to begin.
Yuezhou Fucheng has been run as a military center since Wu Sangui first conquered most of Hunan. Wu Sangui's people didn't know much about forts. They only knew how to dig trenches, build forts and build forts layer by layer. Over the years, the construction has never stopped. Now, I am afraid that even the word "impregnable" is not enough to describe the solidity of Yuezhou City.
The general's palace in Yuezhou City is the core of the entire Yuezhou defense system. It is the most rigorous place, and the inner hall of the palace is even more strict and secretive... This is the president's general. The location of Wu Guogui's private residence.
But for Zhu Heji's newly named concubine Wu Tu, this was her natal home.
Now, Old Wu and Xiao Wu, two perfect foxes, one male and one female, are smiling at each other! Wu Guogui looked at his daughter, who had grown into a stunning beauty, and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, you will become a concubine... you will have to endure hardships, right? I heard that the one named Zhu is very fierce, he didn't bully you, right? ?”
"Bullying? He likes to bully Obo Rei and Aoi the most..." Wu Tu drank a few more drinks, his cheeks were flushed, he looked even more delicate, and he was starting to talk nonsense.
Wu Guogui looked at his daughter's happy face and didn't want to ask much about the fun in the curtains of the house, so he changed the subject and said: "Daughter, you have traveled all the way through the war zone to get to your father, how can you not Is it just to save the family?"
Wu Tuo smiled and said: "War zone? Is it popular to sit quietly and fight now? My daughter came here and didn't see any intention of fighting!"
Wu Guogui smiled awkwardly and said: "We are still confronting each other now!"
In fact, it's not that Wu Guogui doesn't want to make some noise, but that the generals below are conserving their strength-Wu Zhou now has a government military system on the surface, but in fact it is a Jia Ding government military system. The soldiers are cannon fodder, while the servants are the core and the real capital of the military leaders. .
The current situation is not good, and Wu Zhou's generals are certainly not willing to fight with their servants. Wu Guogui himself had thousands of servants, so of course he knew what they were thinking. So he didn't insist on being the villain.
As long as the Ming army did not go out of Wuchang Prefecture to attack the Zhou Army fortresses in Yuezhou Prefecture (located in the south of the Yangtze River) and Jiangling Prefecture (located in the north of the Yangtze River), and did not take the initiative to attack the Zhou Army patrols located in these two prefectures, Wu Guogui would not He forced the people below to attack.
During this period, the Ming army mainly built camps in Chibi Mountain, Luxikou, Shitoukou in Wuchang Prefecture, and along the north bank of the Yangtze River belonging to Hanyang Prefecture, and had no intention of invading for the time being.
Therefore, a rare scene of peace appeared on the Yuezhou Mansion-Chibi Mountain battlefield.
However, the soldiers on both sides did not interact with each other, but the envoys from both sides were very busy coming and going!
It can be said that Zhu Heji, Zhuge Sanhe, Fang Guangchen and others wrote letters to Wu and Zhou's military leaders every day during this period - civil war has always been divided into three parts military and seven parts politics. Moreover, it was impossible for Zhu Heji and Zhuge Sanhe to place their bets on Wu Guogui alone.
"Confrontation?" Wu Tuo smiled, "We can't continue to confront each other, right? Dad, you..."
"No, no..." Wu Guogui immediately shook his head, "Xiao Tu, my father is the one who killed the Ming Emperor!"
Wu Tuo smiled: "Dad, my daughter didn't say anything, why did you say no? The Holy Emperor didn't ask you to hand over your territory... I don't want you to join the Ming Dynasty for the time being. You killed the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty again. How about it? As long as you have soldiers and territory, and then hide in a place that the Holy One doesn't want to control and can't control, what will he do to you? And he doesn't care about you killing Yongli. If Yongli doesn't die, How can he become emperor?"
Wu Guogui already knew the true identity of Zhu Heji... This was the eldest son of the Tang Dynasty, and was the enemy of Yongli.
But Wu Guogui still shook his head, "No, no, as a father, I have received great favor from your grandfather, so I can't let the old Wu family off."
"Daddy, look at this." Wu Tu took out the letter of allegiance Wu Yingqi gave to Zhu Heji.
"This is..." Wu Guogui froze as soon as he saw the writing on it.
"It's a letter from my second uncle," Wu Tuo said, "Please read the content again!"
"He actually arrived in Liaodong..." Wu Guogui pondered for a while and said with an unbearable expression, "Your Majesty wouldn't want me to kidnap Wu Yingxiong, would he? Wu Yingxiong is my eldest brother!"
"That's true," Wu Tu nodded, "You don't want to betray my uncle!"
"Ah?" Wu Guogui was stunned and blurted out: "Then who are you betraying?"
Wu Tu blinked his big, watery eyes, "You betray Kang Mazi! All the Holy One wants to buy is Kang Mazi's demon-clearing soldiers... He is willing to pay a big price! He will give you one million silver yuan first, and then he will give it to you after the deal is completed. One million can also give you 5,000 flintlock rifles and 30,000 kilograms of military sugar.
In addition, he only wants the land of Huguang at the moment. If you can't bear to abandon your uncle, you can keep him in Sichuan for a few more years. When you can't survive anymore, you can go to Yunnan and Guizhou. If you can't stay in Yunnan and Guizhou anymore, you can also go to Myanmar! But remember, don’t hand over your weapons! "
It was quiet in the hall. The father and daughter just looked at each other. I don't know how long it took before they heard Wu Guogui say: "No!"
"No? Dad, what do you mean..."
Wu Guogui said seriously: "I have to add more money...can I add another one million?"
.......
July 18th, Jiangling Mansion, Dazhou Palace.
In the imperial study of Emperor Zhou Wu Yingxiong, three people were staring at each other. Wu Yingxiong didn't go to court today. He just stayed in his study, holding a letter and reading it carefully over and over again. He didn't know how long he read it. Wu Guogui and Hong Shiming stood aside, both frowning.
It was so quiet in the study room that you could hear the breathing of three people.
At the end, Wu Yingxiong shook his hand and placed the letter written by Zhu Heji on the table. He covered his honest face with his big, plump hands and sighed deeply: "Why is this letter so bad?" Isn't it for me? King Pingxi! He can still claim the land of the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou... and he will hand over Jingmen, Xiangyang, Anlu, De'an, Huangzhou, Wuchang, Hanyang, Changsha, etc. After the eight state capitals and all the navy, you can still give two years to slowly move to the feudal domain... You can move the population however you want... Third brother, don't worry about this condition for you. Even I want to surrender! How about we just surrender..."
Hearing Wu Yingxiong's words, sweat broke out on Wu Guogui's forehead! How can you surrender? Why are you, a "bear", so cowardly? He wanted to surrender before even fighting.
Thinking of this, he quickly shook his head: "We can't surrender! Brother, you have been an emperor... Can the emperor who surrenders have a good life? Besides, how did our father treat others forever? Now the new Ming Dynasty is... The person who recognized Yongli as the late emperor was given the posthumous title of Zhaozong!"
"I know, I know..." Wu Yingxiong nodded, "I just want to be a rich man, why is it so difficult?"
"Brother," Wu Guogui said, "This is an opportunity!"
"Opportunity?" Wu Yingxiong was stunned, "Third brother, didn't you say you can't surrender?"
Hong Shiming on the side couldn't bear to listen anymore and hurriedly interrupted: "Your Majesty, what the Third Master means is that this is an opportunity to defeat Zhu Heji!"
"Defeat Zhu Heji?" Wu Yingxiong showed an unbelievable expression, "Is it possible?"
"It's possible!" Wu Yingxiong said, "I can use a false surrender strategy to attack the Ming Army's Chibi Shanshui Camp and the Floating Bridge... In this way, the Ming Army's Jiangbei Camp will be isolated and helpless, and the main force of the Ming Army is in Jiangnan. In the Chibi Mountain camp, Jiangbei is just a partial division. As long as the Qing soldiers move south, we can work together to annihilate them!"
Wu Yingxiong didn't know how to fight, so he could only ask Hong Shiming, who also didn't understand, for advice.
Hong Shiming pretended to think deeply for a while, then nodded and said: "Your Majesty, this is a clever plan... I will ride a fast horse north to Xi'an to discuss this matter with the Qing Emperor!"
Wu Yingxiong nodded: "Okay, okay, go and come back quickly."
