Niu Wancheng is not good at fighting, but he is still very accurate in reading people.
From Wang Wu's release of prisoners, he concluded that this person was most likely a potential waver in the Ming army!
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
The Ming army and the Qing army in the Kuidong area have been fighting for almost twenty years. It can be said that both sides are red-blooded. Therefore, neither the Qing army nor the Ming army will release prisoners at will, and more often execute them on the spot. To attack the opponent's vitality.
Suddenly, someone appeared among the Ming army who could be said to have released the prisoners of the Qing army unconditionally. This surprised Niu Wancheng and he couldn't help but think about the implications.
It means peeling off the superficial coat of events to think and see at a deeper level.
Touch it, pick it, and understand things thoroughly.
So after confirming that the lives of himself and his subordinates were really safe, Niu Wancheng tentatively made an undue request to give them "dignity."
As a result, the young general named Wang Wu actually agreed!
This surprised Niu Wancheng and at the same time he realized that this Wang Wu could fight, but he was not deaf or blind. He probably knew that the Ming Dynasty was over and would not be willing to be buried with the Ming Dynasty.
Due to various reasons, he was undecided, so he wanted to leave a way out for himself by "befriending" his Lieutenant General Niu.
It is very likely that this Wang Wu wanted to connect with Huguang Admiral Dong Xueli and Huguang Governor Zhang Changgeng through his Niu Wancheng.
If something goes wrong in the future, this line may be able to save his life!
The idea is basically correct, and there is nothing wrong with the logic of the reasoning.
It's just the wrong direction.
When Wang Wu released Niu Wancheng, he really wanted to leave a way out for himself, but it was not a way to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but a way out!
Niu Wancheng, who was ridiculously unaware that he had taken the wrong direction, was immersed in his own imagination, and got deeper and deeper into it. He didn't know where the inspiration came from, and he sent someone to persuade Wang Wu to surrender.
Fortunately, Wang Wu kindly reminded Wang Wu that if he wanted to be prosperous and wealthy in the Qing Dynasty, it was best to get the Dingwu Puppet Emperor who was rumored throughout the Qing army.
It is said that rare things can be lived in.
Niu Wancheng really wanted to persuade Wang Wu to surrender.
Wang Wu's willingness to surrender shows a fact that no one can deny.
That is, the cow is stronger than the king.
The true master is the one who subdues his troops without fighting!
Song En, the sentry sent to lure Wang Wu to surrender, returned unscathed, which strengthened Lieutenant Niu's view of Wang Wu and his determination to continue to lure Wang Wu to surrender.
Of course, Niu Wancheng also knew that this matter could not be accomplished overnight. After all, these remaining Ming troops were quite capable of fighting. After several consecutive victories, their self-confidence would definitely be overwhelming. Therefore, it was impossible to surrender to their defeated generals now.
Only after being severely beaten and frustrated will the opponent know how good his heart is.
The deputy general who is as smart as a cow will never tell his opponents that on their way to Laomugong, a group of soldiers that he is afraid of are waiting for them!
Terrible soldiers!
Real Manchuria!
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Wang Wu's side began to arrange the team to move forward after dawn. Except for the supplies and weapons that were easy to carry, the rest of the things were left behind.
After a night's rest, the soldiers of the Ming Army had a qualitative improvement in their morale and morale.
According to Wang Wu's deployment, the Ming army was still divided into three branches.
The first group was led by himself, that is, the Ming army who originally followed him, along with dozens of surrendered soldiers from Ma Tengyun's tribe, as well as Xu Lin and a dozen other Green Camp soldiers who had gone crazy.
Called the front team, there were 450 people in total.
The second branch was commanded by Ma Sizhong. In addition to more than 200 Laoshun soldiers, there were 120 horse soldiers who were supplemented later.
Called the squadron, there are 380 people in total.
The third group is the troops commanded by Zhang Tianwang, together with more than 800 family members, called the rear group.
The entire Ming army now only has more than 1,700 people including their families, and only more than 1,300 are capable of fighting.
This is why even if he defeated the Qing army three times, Wang Wu did not dare to lead his troops in a head-on confrontation with the Qing army.
Thanks to Ma Tengyun and Niu Wancheng, the Ming army, which originally lacked equipment, was armed to the teeth.
There are more than 300 fire guns, basically one set of cotton armor, and the total number of bows and crossbows has increased to more than 200.
Gunpowder and arrows can ensure that the army fights a high-intensity battle.
The reason why Ma Sizhong and others were asked to change from the front army to the center army was mainly because the Laoshun Army suffered too many casualties in the battles in the previous two days, and it would be difficult to let them serve as the vanguard of the entire army.
After all, the average age of Lao Shunjun reached 50 years old.
In this day and age, he is an old man.
"Go and tell Lieutenant Niu at the back that we will let him out of Dachang, but he is not allowed to follow us anymore. He must stay in Dachang for at least two days, otherwise don't blame me for ambushing him again!"
Wang Wu asked his flag-bearer Zhu San, who was mute, to send a nimble man to Niu Wancheng to tell him that he was not afraid of Niu Wancheng having the guts to stab him in the back, but the tail hanging from his butt was also very eye-catching.
"Captain, how do you divide those war horses?"
Tian Wen came over and asked what to do with the more than a dozen captured war horses. Except for two captured from Ma Tengyun's tribe, the others were "honored" by Niu Wancheng.
Tian Wen still used to call Wang Wu captain, instead of calling him general like the newly-resigned soldier.
Wang Wu looked at the war horses not far away, and after a moment of thought, he asked Tian Wen to hand over all the horses to Zhang Tianwang, so that they could be used to harness people or materials.
Hearing this, Tian Wen said a little regretfully: "These are all fine war horses. Are the horses used to pull carts ruined?"
It's better to distribute these war horses to the generals of each team to use as mounts.
As the backbone recognized by the entire army, the captain should ride the ox-Wancheng mount.
“What am I doing riding a horse?”
Wang Wu smiled, shook his head and said: "It is better to have two legs when riding a horse in the mountains."
This is true.
Although riding a horse looks tall and majestic, riding a horse in the mountains is really a stupid move.
There is a great risk that the enemy will fire a cold arrow.
After hearing this, Tian Wen thought it made sense and said, "Okay, I'll have someone send the horse over."
Just as he was about to leave, he saw that Xu Lin, who had gone crazy and ignored the good "company commander" and insisted on fighting with the Ming army, came over with a group of battalion soldiers.
Seeing Wang Wu, Xu Lin and others immediately knelt down and saluted.
Everyone has a look of admiration on their faces.
"Get up."
Wang Wu signaled the group of people to stand up.
"Thank you General!"
Xu Lin and others stood up quickly. Although they were green soldiers, their uniforms were no different from those of the Ming army.
When the Ming army fought with the Green Camp, they often used flags to identify the enemy or the friend.
The military flag of the Green Camp is very simple, just green military flags.
Therefore, they are also called Green Flag Soldiers.
"General, since we have returned to the Ming Dynasty, naturally we can no longer keep these braids!"
Xu Lin took the lead in cutting off his braids as he spoke, to show a complete break with his former camp.
But just as the man was cutting his braids with a dagger, General Wang Wu's voice came to his ears: "Slow down!"
"Um?"
Xu Lin and other battalion soldiers were all startled and looked at Wang Wu without knowing why.
Wang Wu ignored them, but looked at Tian Wen thoughtfully, and said, "I remember that when we followed Commander Hu and Commander Liu to attack Wushan City the year before last, Li Guoying seemed to have specially asked his Qing troops to pretend to be our people. As a result, our food route was destroyed by these Qing troops, and Commander Hu and the others had to retreat?"
Tian Wen nodded and said: "That's what happened. At that time, our people caused trouble to these fake Ming troops."
"Um."
Wang Wu's eyes swept over the faces of the battalion soldiers who had short braids hanging from the back of their heads but had bare foreheads.
Finally, it fell on Xu Lin's face, "This braid is of great use, you don't need to cut it off."
