Xia Guoxiang heard that this person was talking to save his life and Guan Ningjun's life, and because he was in a bad mood during the day, he suddenly said: "There is no one you want to save here, you can go." ”

Wu Guogui was about to step forward to explain, but Zhu Youdong grabbed Wu Guogui and asked him not to speak yet. Then he said to Xia Guoxiang: "If Luo Keduo knew that someone had come to you tonight, what would he think?" What would Duran think when he found out? Or let him know that the person who came to you is from the Ming Dynasty, what else will they think? ”

When Xia Guoxiang heard this, he was immediately shocked: "You are from the Ming Army?" Then he looked at Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu, and said in disbelief: "You all betrayed the Qing Dynasty and betrayed the prince?" ”

When Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu heard Xia Guoxiang's question, they immediately lowered their heads in shame and did not speak. Zhu Youdong said: "What is betrayal? Wu Sangui's betrayal of my Ming Dynasty is a betrayal, and now the two generals are reforming the evil and returning to the right, and the Qing Dynasty is returning to the Ming. This is in line with the will of God and the will of the people, how can it be said to be a betrayal. ”

Xia Guoxiang smiled contemptuously: "Does Zhu Ming still have the will of heaven and the people?" If so, how could it end up like this? Yongli fled to Burma, and Li Dingguo survived in the wilderness of the border. Now you're just a quick one, and when we conquer this victory, how many days do you think you'll be able to get away with it? ”

Zhu Youdong said with a smile: "But you can't beat the Victory Pass now, even if you win the Victory Pass, I'm afraid your Guan Ningjun will no longer exist." ”

Of course, Xia Guoxiang knew the current situation, if Luo Keduo and others continued to force the Guan Ning Army to attack the Shengjing Pass, even if the Shengjing Pass was defeated, the name of the Guan Ning Army would definitely no longer exist. But now that Zhu Youdong said this, he suddenly felt unwilling: "How can you be sure that my Guan Ning army will be wiped out at the Shengjing Pass?" ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Then do you think that those people from the Manchurians and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty will let you rest in the back, and they will climb the wall to attack the Shengjing Pass?" Xia Guoxiang was speechless, the people of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the people of the Han Army Banner are now eager to let the Guanning army die, how can they let the Guanning army rest in the back, they will attack the Shengjing Pass by themselves.

Zhu Youdong continued: "If Guan Ningjun is taken to Shengjing Pass by your Xia Guoxiang, and then all of them are consumed at Shengjing Pass, do you think Wu Sangui will let you go?" If you want to retain the strength of Guan Ningjun, do you think Duran and Luo Keduo will let you go? ”

Zhu Youdong said this situation, of course Xia Guoxiang knew that without Guan Ningjun, Wu Sangui's strength would drop by several levels. It's hard to say whether he can suppress those Ming troops, Wu Sangui will definitely not let go of Xia Guoxiang, even if for his daughter's sake, he will not kill Xia Guoxiang, but Xia Guoxiang will no longer be able to control the military power from now on.

Not to mention Duran and Luo Keduo, they can't wait to exhaust the Guanning army now and let Xia Guoxiang die in battle. So although Zhu Youdong said it unceremoniously, Xia Guoxiang did not refute it.

Zhu Youdong continued: "So now there are only three ways to go in front of your Xia Guoxiang. Xia Guoxiang couldn't think of a way before, but now when he heard Zhu Youdong say that there were still three ways to go, he suddenly asked, "I don't know which three roads are?" ”

When Zhu Youdong saw Xia Guoxiang asking, he was immediately overjoyed, afraid that Xia Guo would ignore him and ignore him. As long as he asks himself, it means that his heart is already in turmoil, and he has a better chance of persuading him.

Zhu Youdong immediately said: "The first way is to leave with the army now and hide until Wu Sangui comes back, so that he can keep the Guanning army for Wu Sangui, but in this way, Wu Sangui will almost be forced to the opposite side of the Qing court, it is estimated that with Wu Sangui's temperament and servility to the Manchus, he will not have the heart to resist the Manchus, and will only kill you and let you take the blame." ”

When Xia Guoxiang heard this, his whole face suddenly darkened, he kept the army for the prince, but he still had to die in the end. Then Zhu Youdong said again: "There is also a direct resistance to the Qing Dynasty, you leave with the army." But now you have 10,000 wounded soldiers, and it is estimated that before you can gain a firm foothold, you will be wiped out under the attack of the Manchu Qing and the noble natives. ”

Xia Guo's heart was almost dead when he heard it. I heard Zhu Youdong say again: "Of course, you can ask me to surrender, but I won't let you keep the banner of the Guanning Army, as long as you join our army, the army needs to be fully reorganized." But now all of you are alive without the banner of the army. Oh yes, you still have a fourth way to go, which is to listen to the orders of the Manchurians and let the Guanning army die at Shengjing Pass, so that maybe you can live yourself. ”

Xia Guoxiang directly ignored the fourth way and said: "Hmph, what you said sounds good, isn't it just to collect my current army, and I will be able to dispose of it to you when the time comes." Zhu Youdong said: "This is different, as long as it is a person who sincerely surrenders, I will not kill him, and it is also for your good, so that your army and you can integrate into us as quickly as possible, and we are like one body, and we are no longer separated from each other." ”

Zhu Youdong saw that Xia Guoxiang still didn't believe it, so he pointed at Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu and said: "Although the two of them have not been in our army for a long time, they know very well that not only your army will be reorganized, but all generals are the same in our army. ”

Wu Guogui said: "It's true, last night they had another general who came to converge with seven thousand descending troops, but the first thing was the reorganization of the army. ”

Seeing that Xia Guoxiang still didn't believe it, Zhu Youdong said: "Even if you don't believe it, can you get out of Yunnan now?" You can still move in Yunnan, and I tell you, if you go to Guizhou now, within three days, I guarantee that your army will be completely wiped out. It's just that I don't want to let Guizhou fight again, so I want to block you at the victory level. ”

Although Zhu Youdong said these words, Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu saw a large number of Miao people, Yi people, and many local natives yesterday, who went to join the army to help the army carry supplies. I believed Zhu Youdong's words.

Hu Guozhu saw Xia Guoxiang looking at him, and said helplessly: "That's the case, we wanted to find help from the local people in Yunnan at that time, whether it was the Han people, the Miao people or the local natives, we had to let people use knives to help." Now the Miao people in Guizhou don't need them to send people to supervise them at all, but the people sent there persuade the people not to carry too much, so as not to get hurt. ”

When Xia Guoxiang heard this, it was like listening to a book from heaven, and he was willing to believe it. But Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu both said at the same time that this was true, and Xia Guoxiang didn't know if he could believe it.

Seeing this, Zhu Youdong knew that Xia Guoxiang had already been moved, so he said: "Of course, I won't force you to surrender to me, but you should think about the 10,000 Guan Ning troops under your command, or think about yourself." Okay, I don't want to say anything more, if you really get through, send someone to the big tomb mountain in the south, five miles to the south, where my people are waiting for you, but you only have three days, and you can't wait for it. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youdong stood up and walked out, Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu were stunned for a moment, and they hurriedly followed. After leaving the barracks, Wu Guogui said: "Hou, Master Hou, Xia Guoxiang already had the intention of surrendering just now, why did you leave directly?" ”

This is the first time that Wu Guogui called Zhu Youdong Marquis, Zhu Youdong looked at Wu Guogui and said: "Xia Guoxiang takes the army too seriously, he thinks that his surrender is crucial, but I want him to know that in fact, I don't value the Guanning Army in his hands, and even if he doesn't surrender, they won't live long." ”

Wu Guogui was curious: "Then since Hou Ye is not optimistic about the Guan Ning Army under him, why do you want to take the risk of being single to persuade Xia Guoxiang to surrender?" Zhu Youdong glanced at Wu Guogui and said: "If you want to say that the Guan Ning Army in your hands, the heinous crimes committed by the Guan Ning Army against the Han people on the land of the Central Plains, even if they are broken bones, it is not enough to make up for it, but I can't watch the innocent sacrifice of the soldiers of the Restoration Army, they joined the army to kill the Manchurians and the people of the Han Army Banner." ”

After listening to Zhu Youdong's explanation, Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu were stunned for a moment, Zhu Youdong actually risked surrendering Xia Guoxiang alone in order not to let the Restoration Army suffer too many casualties. Hu Guozhu said: "The general said it, how can you be sure that you can defeat the Qing army of Pingyiwei?" ”

Zhu Youdong said: "It's not that I'm sure, but I will definitely be able to defeat, which is why I gave Xia Guoxiang three days, if he didn't make a choice in three days, I wouldn't leave him and Guan Ningjun." ”

Hearing what Zhu Youdong said, Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu were worried about Xia Guoxiang. But Zhu Youdong didn't give them time to persuade Xia Guoxiang, and immediately took them back to Shengjing Pass.

After Zhu Youdong and the others left, Xia Guoxiang reacted, but the three of them had already left. Xia Guoxiang was afraid that Du Lan and the others would know, so he hurriedly called the general flag who had just patrolled to come in and ask. It wasn't until the patrol flag repeatedly assured that no one was really in a situation.

After dawn, sure enough, no one came to trouble Xia Guoxiang, and Xia Guoxiang was sure that the patrol flag last night was not lying. As soon as Xia Guoxiang was relieved, someone came to spread a message that Luo Keduo had summoned everyone to discuss the military situation.

Xia Guoxiang hurriedly arranged the affairs in the camp and hurried to Luo Keduo's residence. By the time they arrived, the others had already arrived, and only a few royal Baylors had not arrived.

Seeing this, Luo Keduo didn't wait, and said directly: "Yesterday we had a day off, and now only Qujing supplies us with some military supplies, this is not a long-term solution, we still have to capture the victory pass as soon as possible and go to Guizhou to get military supplies." ”

Of course, these were discussed by a few of the Eight Banners first, and now they are only discussing who to send to attack the Victory Pass. Xia Guoxiang now only has 10,000 people in his hands, and most of them are wounded soldiers, so he thought that he would have to give himself a few days to repair.

As a result, as soon as Luo Keduo's words were finished, Du Lan preemptively said: "The Guanning army is the elite, and the day before yesterday it was also very effective in attacking Shengjing Pass, and the terrain of Shengjing Pass and the experience of tackling key problems are also available, I think let the Guanning army fight, I am willing to lead the soldiers of the Han army to sweep the battle for the Guanning army." ”

The generals of the other Han army also echoed one after another, saying that the Guanning army deserved to be a strong general, and if it wasn't for the sudden arrival of reinforcements from Shengjing Pass the day before yesterday, they would have been able to capture Shengjing Pass in one fell swoop that day. This exaggeration simply means that the Guanning Army was formed to attack the Shengjing Pass, and it would be a waste not to use it to attack the Shengjing Pass.

Xia Guoxiang didn't think that now there are only 10,000 remnants left in the Guanning army, and Du Lan and others still don't let go of the Guanning army, and Luo Keduo and other generals of the Eight Banners of Manchuria have no one to speak for the Guanning army. Xia Guoxiang said to Luo Keduo: "Lord Jun, it's not that the last general is unwilling to contribute, but the Guan Ning army attacked Shengjing Pass the day before yesterday and suffered heavy casualties, and now there are still thousands of injuries that have not been treated, and they are indeed unable to fight again." ”

Du Lan said: "Xia Guoxiang, what you said is not right, you go up to attack the people of the Shengjing Pass, there are a total of five waves of attacks, even if there are 3,000 people at a time, there are still 5,000 people who have not gone up to attack the Shengjing Pass." And not all of the 15,000 people who went up were injured, and even if they were injured, they weren't all with broken arms and lame legs, and there were thousands of people injured? Why can't you tackle the problem? ”

When Xia Guoxiang heard this, he immediately became angry and said, "Are you happy that all of our Guan Ning army is killed?" Don't forget, the Guanning army is the army of our Pingxi prince, and this is only to assist in the capture of Guiyang. ”

Du Lan also jumped up and said: "Ah, listen, Xia Guoxiang, you listen, even if he Wu Sangui is also a slave of our Manchurians, why don't you attack the pass and want us Manchurians to die?" Now it is your honor and blessing for you to go and die for us Manchurians, you are nothing but a lowly Han dog, what right do you have to yell at me. ”

Xia Guoxiang was humiliated by Duran, and his face turned red and purple, but he still didn't get angry on the spot. Xia Guoxiang gritted his teeth and said to Luo Keduo: "Lord Jun, do you know the weight of Guan Ningjun in the heart of Prince Pingxi, do you really want to fight Guan Ningjun before the Lord of the County is willing to stop?" ”

Ji Xiha saw that Du Lan was indeed making a little trouble, so he said: "King Pingjun, since the casualties of the Guanning army are too large, I think it is better to let the people of the Han army attack a few times, even if you let the Guanning army go up now, it is estimated that it will not have any effect." ”

Hearing Ji Xiha say this, Luo Keduo thought for a while and said, "It's okay, then let the people of the Han Army Banner go, and let the Guan Ning Army rest for two days." ”

Duran wanted to say more, but was glared at by Luo Keduo, and then had to accept the order. Seeing that Luo Keduo finally agreed to let the people of the Han army flag fight, Xia Guo immediately resigned and returned to the barracks.

Thinking of everyone's expressions just now, Xia Guoxiang suddenly became angry, Xia Guoxiang said secretly: "It seems that they really want the Guan Ning army to be exhausted under the victory pass, although they have given me two days now, but what about two days later?" ”