Caution is the boat.
Wang Wu had no reason to trust Hou Sanjiang 100%.
It is always right to have multiple minds and multiple arrangements.
But he was obviously a bit unfounded.
If he knew that among the twenty people Hou Sanjiang selected, two were chosen by his sons to choose their fathers, three were chosen by their brothers to choose their brothers, and the rest were all people he considered the most reliable, then Wang Wu might have chosen them from the bottom of his heart. Hou Sanjiang regarded him as a tactical "partner".
The remaining surrendered soldiers were guarded by Gou Sheng, Wang Wu's little follower in the children's camp, and a group of people. When the people from the rear arrived, Gou Sheng handed over the surrendered soldiers to them and rushed to meet Wang Wu.
The green flag was still in front, and "Mr. Zhang Qian" Xu Lin took the lead with Hou Sanjiang's men in charge.
Jiang Tiancheng, Zhang Beiqiu, Dong Da and other Ma tribe soldiers who were the first to repent were driving carriages carrying "food" in the middle of the team, while Wang Wu and other unshaven Ming officers and soldiers were walking behind the team.
In order to make the whole team look more "green", Tian Wen "invited" three women found from Hou Sanjiang's stronghold to get on the bus.
The three of them were all nearby villagers. When Hou Sanjiang was collecting food, he saw that they were slightly attractive and snatched them back to the stronghold.
However, Hou Sanjiang confessed that he didn't care about touching the three women yet. Wang Wu didn't investigate whether it was true or false, because he now needed Hou Sanjiang's cooperation.
Although he could put aside Hou Sanjiang and directly use the name of Huguang Green Camp Niu Lieutenant to defraud Han Dewang, but with the cooperation of an old face like Hou Sanjiang, he would definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, this "please" is not a real invitation, but a coercion.
The reason is that the three women do not know the true identity of the Qing army in front of them. Wang Wu, who pays great attention to details, also strictly prohibits his subordinates from telling the three women the truth.
After all, the three women were just ordinary people nearby and were not the female dependents who followed the Ming army's actions all year round. Their psychological endurance was actually very fragile compared to the female dependents of the Ming army.
That is, emotions are prone to fluctuations.
If the three women were informed of the truth, it would be difficult to guarantee that they would not collapse when the pressure reaches the limit, thus causing the failure of the Ming army's operation.
In history, countless military operations that should have been successfully completed often failed due to seemingly insignificant details.
Wang Wu talks about benevolence and righteousness, but he is not the Holy Mother.
Now, he wants to continue to make the three women think that they are "Qing Dogs".
The sound of gunfire just now was just a daily warning from the "Big Qing Dog" to the "Little Qing Dog".
Who knows that "Xiao Qing Gou" is the Ming army that just surrendered a few days ago.
After the three women were forcibly taken into the car, they were told that they would be sent to Huachanggou for the enjoyment of the Qing army officials. Naturally, they all burst into tears, feeling extremely scared.
The sound of women crying from time to time made the "flavor" of the team much stronger.
The progress is also extremely smooth.
The first one to be successfully captured was Shijiawan, where Hou Sanjiang's friend Ma Decai was stationed.
Seeing Hou Sanjiang bringing people over, Ma Decai warmly invited Hou Sanjiang to the village to warm up over the fire, and see if he could catch the autumn breeze from Hou Sanjiang.
In recent days, Ma Decai has also been having a hard time.
Who would have thought that before the fire was over, Hou Sanjiang changed his mind and took a knife to kidnap Ma Decai.
Then, there is no more.
Ma Decai, who was betrayed by his friends, and more than 60 of his soldiers were tied up with ropes and locked up.
This time Wang Wu did not send anyone to ask them if they were willing to continue to resist the Qing anyway, because this group of people was not defeated by him head-on, and they did not feel psychologically afraid of the Ming army, nor did they spontaneously develop the courage to continue resisting the Qing.
So if these people now answer that they are willing to join the Ming Army, it is probably just a stopgap measure to survive.
Eighty percent of them will still rebel.
Wang Wulian wanted to "exploit" those three weak women, how could he just bring a bunch of hidden dangers with him.
After imprisoning the people, he ordered the team to continue setting off.
There was no accident at the next water tank. The surrender troops stationed here were also solved by the sudden rebellion of the "Green Camp Soldiers".
Guard general Wang Mancang and more than a hundred of his soldiers were imprisoned.
If Gou Sheng hadn't arrived with his men in time, the manpower left to guard the prisoners in the two small strongholds would have accounted for a quarter of Wang Wu's available troops.
The successful completion of the two operations not only made the Ming army full of confidence in capturing Ma Shiwan and Huachanggou, but also made Hou Sanjiang and others who participated in the operation start to look strange.
Everyone seemed to be thinking.
What are you thinking about? Wang Wu asked lazily, as long as they are willing to cooperate.
It was almost dark at this time, and Wang Wu asked Hou Sanjiang how far it was from Ma Shi Bay. If it was far, he would spend the night in the trough and set off again tomorrow.
As a result, Hou Sanjiang said it was not far away, only three or four miles away.
Looking at the mountains that were about to be shrouded in darkness, Wang Wu decided to set off for Ma Shi Bay now, trying to completely wipe out Han Dewang from the world today.
Hou Sanjiang was also worried about the long nights and many dreams, so he agreed and continued to head towards Ma Shiwan with "Mr. Zhang Qian".
The place name Ma Shi Bay sounds like it is a horse breeding area. In fact, the place has nothing to do with horse breeding. I really don’t know how the locals came up with such a name.
When Wang Wu and the others arrived at Ma Shi Bay, it was already completely dark. In order to illuminate the team, they lit up torches. From a distance, it looked like a fire dragon was swimming towards Ma Shi Bay.
The Korean surrender troops stationed at Ma Shi Bay immediately discovered the team approaching from a distance. The officer on duty was General Qian Guo Sheng, who was a close aide of Han Dewang.
After hearing the news from his men that there were men coming to collect water from the trough, Guo Sheng took people to the village gate to check, and sent two people there to contact the team in advance to avoid misunderstandings.
The person who was sent came back soon and reported that it was General Hou from Houjiawan who had sent the grain.
"Why didn't Hou Sanjiang send someone over to let him know in advance?"
Guo Sheng asked his men to lift their alert status and asked someone to open the gate of the village. He did not suspect that there was anything wrong with the food delivery team from Houjiawan.
This is not to blame for Guo Sheng's lack of vigilance. In fact, neither Shijiawan nor Shuishuizi sent anyone to warn them. In addition, it was now clear that the Ming army was defeated, so there was no doubt that the situation would turn around.
After the troops from Houjiawan came over, Guo Sheng laughed and cursed before Hou Sanjiang came over: "You damn monkey, why are you here delivering food so late?"
"Master Guo, isn't it time to catch up?"
Hou Sanjiang asked people to drive the car to the suspension bridge in front of the village gate, and at the same time led the people towards Guo Sheng, glancing into the village on the way.
"Where is your lord, are you resting?"
"No, the adults are having a banquet."
Guo Sheng said casually, his eyes fell on the grain cart arriving at the suspension bridge, and he couldn't help but feel strange when he found that there were three women tied to the cart.
Hou Sanjiang said "hehe" and said across the suspension bridge: "These three girls are pretty good-looking. I'm thinking of bringing them here to honor your lord."
"You damn monkey, you do have a filial piety,"
Guo Sheng laughed and asked the soldiers at the village gate to lower the suspension bridge.
Seeing that Hou Sanjiang had seven or eight carts of food delivered this time, he couldn't help but said, "That's great of you. You can have so much food."
After hearing this, Hou Sanjiang immediately complained: "Don't mention it, my fucking legs are almost broken trying to find more food."
As he spoke, he led seven or eight people across the suspension bridge to Guo Sheng. He looked around and then lowered his voice and said, "If we weren't afraid that the uncles from the Green Camp would cause trouble for us, we would be sending food to them."
"Come on, don't say these words anymore. Now that we have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, we can no longer speak as openly as before, otherwise we won't know how we died."
Guo Sheng was cautious and signaled Hou Sanjiang's people to move faster.
Hou Sanjiang hurriedly shouted to his men who were crossing the suspension bridge: "Please make your hands and feet more agile and move faster!"
After shouting, he turned around and asked Guo Sheng casually: "Who is Mr. Han inviting to this evening?"
"Want to know?"
Guo Sheng's expression was a bit mysterious.
"Um?"
This made Hou Sanjiang look curious.
Guo Sheng did not show off, and also lowered his voice and said to Hou Sanjiang: "We are inviting Manchu soldiers!"
"What?"
Hou Sanjiang was stunned there, and subconsciously blurted out: "Real Tatars?"
