Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 553
In Wanxian City, Wu Sangui paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, shaking his confidants to the point of dizziness, but it was difficult to ask him to stop.

At this time, a soldier hurried into the hall, knelt down on one knee, and reported: "My lord, the ninth general is back."

Wu Sangui was overjoyed when he heard the news, but then he was slightly taken aback, wondering why it wasn't Xia Guoxiang?
With doubts, he ordered his own soldiers to bring Wu Sanmei. As soon as Wu Sanmei stepped through the threshold, Wu Sangui came up to him and grabbed his hand, and asked impatiently, "Ninth Brother, can you see Wang Yan?"

Wu Sanmei was frightened half to death in the Ming army camp, but now she smiled and said: "My lord, don't worry, I and General Xia entered the Ming army camp, and Wang Yan personally received them."

"What did Wang Yan say?" Wu Sangui was delighted.

"Wang Xianggong didn't say anything. He has already agreed to Guan Ning's request anyway. It's just that other people have doubts. Gao Yigong and others have a lot of opinions on Guan Ning, and they make things difficult for us. It's probably because of our defeat. I hold a grudge. However, fortunately, the voice was suppressed by Wang Xianggong, so it won't have any impact on him anyway." Wu Sanmei said.

Wu Sangui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, as long as Wang Yan agreed, the plan would be half done. After a while, he asked again: "Why didn't Prime Minister Xia go back to the city?"

"I don't know about this lowly position. Wang Xianggong suddenly asked General Xia to stay, maybe he wanted to discuss the details." Wu Sanmei clasped his fists and said.

Wu Sangui frowned, but still nodded, and then patted Wu Sanmei's shoulder with a smile, "Ninth Brother, you've worked hard. Now that you're back, let's go back and clean up, and prepare to evacuate!"

"Evacuate? Isn't it anyway?" Wu Sanmei's heart was shocked when he heard this, and he suddenly remembered that he saw many people packing their bags outside, and immediately felt a chill in his heart.

Straight mother thief, brothers and sons sell as soon as they say, really black-hearted.People say that the emperor's family has no family ties, but the Pingxi Wang family is also the same!Fortunately, Wang Yan asked him to come back for some unknown reason, otherwise he would have been sold directly.

Wu Sanmei wanted to understand, and was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. He had nothing to do about it, and he couldn't get away from Guan Ning. He could only remind himself to be careful about this cousin in the future, and pay more attention to everything, so He saluted hastily, then backed out.

At this time, Hu Guozhu stepped forward and couldn't help but worried: "My lord, what should Xia Guoxiang do?"

After hearing this, Wu Sangui was speechless for a while, and then said for a while, "Guozhu, you can't stick to small things when you do big things."

Hu Guozhu was silent for a while, then nodded, "I understand that in this troubled world, not everyone is qualified to go to the end."

Wu Sangui was very relieved, "Very well, then everyone hurry down and get ready, we will leave tonight!"

"Tonight?" Several people exclaimed, didn't they promise tomorrow?Why are you in such a hurry.

Wu Sangui explained: "This king is afraid that Wang Yan will become suspicious, and the country's prime minister may not be firm in his will."

After everyone heard this, they couldn't help nodding their heads, deeply convinced that the Guan Ning Group is an interest group, that is, an interest group, and the bond that connects them is interest, not spirit.

If it is the spirit, then if you are deeply trapped in the enemy camp, you can be willing to suffer the death penalty for the belief in your heart, like Chen Zizhuang, Zhang Jiayu and others who were captured by the Qing soldiers in history, why did they not surrender? righteous and willing to sacrifice.

But for the Guan Ning Army, it was more embarrassing. They were neither loyal to the Han family's orthodoxy, nor to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Wu Sangui was not the emperor, and there was only a relationship of interest between them. Isn't it sick to let the enemy scrape alive?
The generals of Guan Ning, after thinking about it with their hearts, they all felt that what Wu Sangui said was reasonable, and it was better to be careful.

At that moment, everyone saluted and retreated, and went back to pack up their luggage, but the Ming army was just outside the city, and how the 2 people should leave without being noticed, Wu Sangui had already had a countermeasure.

There are also allusions to his strategy, saying "Hanging a sheep to beat a drum, and a hungry horse to lift a bell". Duke Huan of Qi and General Bi Zaiyu of Song Dynasty all used this strategy to get away.

However, any strategy depends on the occasion. Duke Huan of Qi used it for the first time. Of course, there is no problem. The opponent Song Jiang Bi meets again is an uneducated golden man, but Wang Yan is a well-read poem and book. It's over.

At this time, Wu Sangui had already made up his mind, so he could only hope that Wang Yan would not see through it too early. As long as he escaped into the mountains and distanced himself from the Ming army, he would be done.

At this time, the Qing army really found more than ten goats in the city, so they found dozens of bronze drums, and directly above the dozens of bronze drums, they dropped the rams, and the rams would struggle from time to time. When the hind hooves step on the bronze drum, there will be a "dong dong dong" sound. If you don't see it with your own eyes, you will definitely mistake it for someone beating the drum.

The Qing soldiers tied up dozens of bad horses near the city gate. Not far from the dozens of bad horses, there were troughs full of hay. These bad horses could see the hay but could not eat it. Then the sad horse neighed continuously, and the bell hanging around his neck rang from time to time.

The Ming army didn't seem to be aware of the layout of the Qing army in the city, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong. They didn't pay attention to the dense sound of gongs and drums and the faint neighing of horses in Wanxian City from time to time.

Wu Sangui just copied it, but soon some of his generals gave him advice. Qi Huangong and Bi Zaiyu met the enemy in the wild. We are in the city, and the city is empty. The sheep beat the drums, and the hungry horses rang the bell." It is estimated that the sheep and horses were immediately moved home by the people.

This is not a matter of sheep and horses. As soon as the army withdraws, the gentry in the city must immediately notify the Ming army. In the mountains of Kuizhou, the Guan Ning army is not the opponent of the Ming army. If the local soldiers who are good at fighting in the mountains and forests pursue them, the entire army may be wiped out.

The best way is to leave a part of the army behind, but who among the generals of Guan Ning dares to take this job?Even if Wu Sangui forcibly ordered one part to be cut off, the result would be similar to that of the people in the city. As soon as the army left, they would directly open the city and surrender.Because they are connected by interests, not loyalty.

For the problems in the city, Wu Sangui can order people to tie up straw men to hold them together, but how to solve the problems in the city?

Wu Sangui frowned and walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps, thinking for a while, but there seemed to be only one way.

At this time, he looked at the generals in the hall and ordered: "Hu Guozhu, you lead people to gather the people in the city, and then slaughter them. Don't let any fish slip through the net, and don't make too much noise!"

After Hu Guozhu heard this, he became embarrassed, but Wu Sangui had a problem for him, there should be no fish that slipped through the net, and there should be no big movement, how could it be possible!
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