Chapter 1370: Who's the Good Guy?

Li Hao's words were too sharp, which made Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu a little embarrassed, although it was not up to the two of them to decide whether the imperial court would send troops or not, but of course the two of them understood the battle situation, and they also had the right and obligation to admonish.

However, Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu chose to remain silent, in fact, their thoughts were no different from Zhang Tongchang, they all thought that the military power of King Wu was too domineering, weakening the strong domain, boosting the imperial power, and benefiting the world, although the practice was a little dirty, but the result should be good.

Of course, there is another reason, and that is common sense - the ass determines the thought, which boat to get on, and which side to speak for.

At this time, he was accused by Li Hao in person, and with the eloquence of these two people, he had nothing to refute for a while, and he also felt a trace of guilt in his heart.

But Dolgon did not expect that King Wu would personally go to Huai'an at the beginning of the war, so that Huai'an City, which could not be defended, actually defended for more than half a month, which triggered the reinforcements of the Northern Expeditionary Army to have enough time to cross the river and go north. The students believed that Dolgon had understood that his strategy had failed when he could not break through the city of Huai'an. ”

But the students still couldn't figure out why Dolgon didn't quickly join the Qing court's truce and make peace, and instead withdraw his troops and return north. In fact, after more than a month of fierce fighting, although each side had its own battle losses, the main forces of both sides were still there, and it was not yet time to decide who would lose and who would win, but when the students heard the news of Dorgon's death, they finally figured it out. Li Hao said eloquently, "Dolgon obviously can't go back, only if he can't go back, he will choose to isolate himself from Xuzhou City, for an overly conceited hero, rather than go back to accept his own people's pen and mouth, it is better to commit suicide in Xuzhou, and end up with a brave reputation for dying on the battlefield." ”

"It is impossible for the Yanzhou army to reinforce Peixian!" Li Hao said firmly, "It is the son of Dolgon who controls the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou, and the front foot of Dolgon was reduced to an abandoned son by the Qing court, and the son of Dolgon on the back foot sent troops to reinforce Pei County, which is unreasonable." Therefore, as long as the Northern Expeditionary Army does not cross the Yanzhou border, the Yanzhou Army will never go south. ”

"Then, the defenders of Peixian County have only two choices, one is to retreat north to Yanzhou to join the prince of Dolgon, and the other is to resist stubbornly and be annihilated by the Northern Expeditionary Army sent by King Wu [in the countryside], because the small walls of Peixian County are short, the defenders are not many, and the combat power is low, and it is by no means the opponent of the Northern Expeditionary Army."

"The students even speculated that with Dorgon's old calculations, he stayed in Pei County for more than ten days, and before committing suicide, he should have made arrangements for the Pei County defenders, so before the Pei County defenders were also attacked by the Northern Expeditionary Army, they should have fled and retreated to Yanzhou ......."

Speaking of this, Li Hao turned to Wu Zheng, "King Wu obviously understands the mystery, so he dares to raid Pei County with 3,000 people...... I wonder if the student guessed correctly? ”

This remark made the room silent.

The shock in Wu Zheng's heart was huge, which refreshed Wu Zheng's perception of Li Hao, it is not difficult to draw inferences from one another, but the difficult thing is to grasp human nature.

Although Li Hao finally misjudged Dolgon's true death, guessing that Dolgon was unwilling to be reduced to an abandoned son and chose to commit suicide, he did not hide it, which was enough to make his status in Wu Zheng's heart rise quickly.

Wu Zheng did understand the mystery, but Wu Zheng did not guess, but confirmed each other on Dolgon's dying conversation and after talking with Sukh Saha and Sonny, and came to the conclusion that Dolgon had abandoned Peixian.

In fact, once Xuzhou was lost, Peixian was a small county, and it had nothing to do with the war situation, and it was reasonable to give up.

But for Wu Zheng, he was entangled in the enemy's bottom line, whether Xuzhou should be defended, and whether the Qing court would cause a decisive battle because he was too close.

"Does King Wu agree with what this person said?" With a hint of excitement, Huang Zongxi asked Wu Zheng, he was really excited, if it was really according to what Li Hao said, then Xuzhou would have hope to be truly recovered, because as long as the army under the command of Dolgon did not participate in this battle, it would be difficult to support it alone with the Azig Division, which was equivalent to the Ming Army and the Northern Expeditionary Army attacking from the north and south.

"This king agrees." The four words that Wu Zheng spit out are equivalent to endorsing what Li Hao said.

Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu glanced at each other and said happily: "If this is the case, the ministers are willing to sign with the King of Qin, and the envoys of Wei Guogong and Zuo Ying will be commanded to delay the withdrawal of troops, and ask Wei Guogong and Zuo Ying to command the envoys to make a feint to the north to help King Wu." ”

Wu Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Thank you two gentlemen for your help." ”

"If it is beneficial to the country, the ministers should not give in...... Don't dare to be the king of Wu to say thanks! ”

The atmosphere in the room instantly became "harmonious".

Li Hao first bowed to Huang and Gu, "I also asked the two seniors to scold the students for their arrogance." ”

Huang and Gu returned the salute, "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the future is terrifying!" ”

Look, look, I was still nervous just now, and now I can't wait to sit down and have a cup of tea.

But Gu Yanwu raised another question at this time, and he asked carefully: "Dare to ask...... Does King Wu really want to help King Qin? ”

It seems that Zhu Cuncao wants to take the position, and it can be regarded as Sima Zhao's heart, and passers-by know it.

Gu Yanwu's question attracted everyone's attention, and they turned their eyes to Wu Zheng, even if it was Li Hao, he was also very "interested" in it.

Wu Zheng hesitated for a moment and replied: "This king did promise the king of Qin before, and after the end of this battle, he will be recommended by Shangshu, and he will replace Zhang Tongchang to lead the right battalion...... But Mr. Gu's helper is afraid that it is not appropriate...... To be precise, it should be an exchange. If the king of Qin can take over as the commander of the right battalion in exchange for the recovery of Xuzhou Mansion, this king thinks it is worth it! ”

This answer was realistic, which made Huang and Gu bow slightly, and they had a better impression of Wu Zheng.

Huang Zongxi said: "The King of Qin has different intentions, and the government and the opposition know that if he gets the help of King Wu, he will be like a tiger with wings, which is a great fortune for the court and the world." Fortunately, King Wu was just using ...... this time It's a blessing. ”

Wu Zhengdao: "It may not be as unbearable as Mr. Huang said, ambitious people must have great power, otherwise it will be ...... Dig your own grave. ”

This is said strangely, but in retrospect, the meaning is profound, and Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu were a little stupid for a while.

Wu Zheng was a little impatient, and glanced at Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying was sensible, and said with a haha: "The war is urgent, if the two adults want to talk with King Wu at night, they must ...... after the war At this time, the two adults were also requested to draft a document as soon as possible, and after signing it with the King of Qin, they would immediately send it to the south, so as not to miss the big event. ”

Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu came back to their senses at this time, and said to Wu Zhengyi: "The ministers and others retired first." ”

Wu Zheng nodded, "Two gentlemen, please...... Ma Yaocao, on behalf of the king of the two gentlemen. ”

Ma Shiying responded and led Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu out of the door.