It's just that Wu Zheng always felt in his heart that he had suffered a loss.

Because Li Dingguo said this when he was fighting with Wu to resign, "Wu family boy, treat my son Puxing and Haiyue well, and then the dowry will be indispensable to you." ”

Wu Zheng replied with a wry smile at the time: "I treat you as a brother, but you are bent on being my father-in-law...... Isn't that hard for a strong man? ”

Li Dingguo laughed and said: "There are many people who want to be my brother, and I only have one son-in-law in this life...... I also had three brothers, but now one is dead and one is rebellious...... Wu family boy, weigh more. ”

Wu Zheng was speechless, slandering in his heart, history has changed, you are only past the age of establishment, who can guarantee that you will not have more daughters?

……。

The Liling Alliance established the formal union of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Great Western Army for the first time, and it was also the first time that the Northern Expedition Alliance was formally established.

It may seem sudden, but it was expected.

From Huang Yingyun's three envoys to Jiangnan, Li Dingguo's sending his eldest son and eldest daughter to Hangzhou Mansion, Wu Zhengling Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce spared no expense, thousands of miles away to transport ordnance to Li Dingguo, and then to Emperor Yongli's full support for Li Dingguo's Northern Expedition.

The union of the two armies is already doomed.

This is not simply a matter of like-mindedness, but of interests.

The Great Western Army needed firearms and food from the south of the Yangtze River and the Northern Expeditionary Army to contain the Qing army in Fujian, and the Northern Expeditionary Army needed a response from the southwest to deal with the Qing army and the Zheng army in Fujian and Guangdong.

Under this common demand of both parties, one plus one may be less than two, but it must be greater than one.

……。

"The ministers are guilty, please punish the prince."

Wu Zheng's gaze swept over Li Guo, Gao Yibian, Liu Tiren, and others who were kneeling in front of him, and they all lowered their heads.

"Not guilty. Not only innocent, but also meritorious...... Great work! Wu Zheng said lightly, "The three princes should get up, I don't dare to be such a big gift to the three princes." ”

Wu Zheng originally collected the loyal camp, and Gao Guiying was named Mrs. Guo of the Yixing Dynasty, and the title was changed to one word, as "Mrs. Zhongyi", Li Guo was named the Duke of Kui Guo, Gao Yigong was named the Duke of Yingguo, and Liu Tiren was named the Duke of Anhui.

Of course, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how high the official position is, he must kneel when he sees the prince.

Although Wu Zheng is a different surname, the respect of King Wu's title also overshadows the title of ordinary princes, so he is naturally worthy of three people kneeling.

But the coldness in Wu Zheng's words made Li Guo and others even more uneasy.

That's right, they do have merit, Guangxinwei in more than half a month, with less than 1,000 casualties, successively conquered Fuzhou, Linjiang, Yuanzhou three prefectures, can be described as a great achievement.

But Wu Zheng couldn't be happy, and Li Guo, Gao Yifang, Liu Tiren and others were naturally even more unhappy.

The reason is very simple, when an army has its own thoughts, this definitely makes Wu Zheng unhappy, and once Wu Zheng is unhappy, then no one can be happy.

Wu Zheng was originally a "generous" person, especially conniving at his generals, but whenever there were some situations where "the general was not subject to the orders of the kings abroad", he also did his best to protect the calves.

But this time, Guangxinwei and Jiang Quanyi and others resisted the order, which is obviously different.

This is not a battle, but a campaign, and it can even be said that it is a war independent of the Great General's Palace, or at least a separate battlefield.

In addition to the name, Guangxinwei is subordinate to the General's Mansion, but in fact, from the pre-campaign mobilization, to the tactical copywriting, the preparation of grain and grass, ordnance, the dispatch of reinforcements, etc., and then to the handover of the power of the General's Mansion after conquering the three prefectures, Guangxinwei is almost all autonomous.

To sum it up in a simple sentence, that is, even if Guangxinwei does not have the leadership of the General's Mansion, he can fight on his own.

It sounds like this is a good thing, a great thing, and you don't have to worry about the General's Mansion to fight such a big battle.

But in fact, this is a manifestation of the rise of the mountain and the difficulty of the General's Mansion to control Guangxinwei.

Can Wu Zheng be happy?

If you win, you can't be happy.

Because if he wins, he will be rewarded, but if he loses, Wu Zheng can take the opportunity to severely rectify Guangxinwei and limit the authority of Li Guo and others.

Wu Zheng's "great achievement" made Li Guo and others worried.

They all know in their hearts that they are indeed selfish.

Although this selfishness is not anti-Wu Zheng, in fact, it has the intention of breaking away from the actual control of the Great General's Mansion.

Their original idea was that if Wu Zheng was killed in Huai'an, Guangxinwei would expand westward, establish his own power, and regain the glory of the loyal battalion.

But they obviously didn't expect that Wu Zheng, who was trapped in Huai'an, not only completely solved the predicament in less than a month, but also defeated Huai'an and Xuzhou, and even killed the regent of the Qing court, Dorgon, such an immortal achievement, so that Guangxinwei completely lost the possibility of wanting to break away from the control of the General's Mansion.

But Li Guo and others were still ready to continue to move westward, because as long as the merit was greater, it would be difficult for Wu Zheng to make a move against Guangxinwei, and what the two sides thought was actually completely identical.

This is the reason why Liling Guangxinwei and the forward of the Great Western Army rushed to the Longwang Temple and had an encounter.

It's just that after doing it, Li Guo and others found that it was very difficult to defeat the morale of the Great Western Army in a short time, even if they were desperate, they were afraid that in the end it would be a defeat for both sides.

After weighing left and right, at the insistence of Gao Yigong, Li Guo and Liu Tiren agreed to report the battle situation to the general's mansion, seeking reinforcements at the same time, but also to resolve the possibility of a major war between the two sides.

Wu Zheng only then got the news from Hangzhou Mansion and rushed to Liling, otherwise, with the speed of news transmission at this time, no matter how fast Chang Linwei was, I am afraid it would take four or five days before the General's Mansion could get the battle report.

Li Gong plucked up his courage and said: "The prince forgives the sin, and the ministers are not dissatisfied with the prince in their hearts, but they ...... The General's Mansion is indeed unfair to Guangxinwei, and in the past two years, the guards have already completed the replacement of new muskets and artillery, but Guangxinwei is only less than forty percent ....... ”

Wu Zheng suddenly interrupted: "In addition to the First Army, Jinhua, Wu Song and other guards have not all changed their clothes. ”

Li Gong was about to open his mouth to argue, but Wu Zheng raised his hand to stop it and asked, "How many people are there in Guangxinwei?" ”

Li Guo was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly defended: "Originally, there were 20,000 people...... But the prince was trapped in Huai'an, the general's palace issued a conscription order, and Guangxinwei expanded by 10,000 people, which was ....... ”

"Lone just wants to know, how many people are in Guangxinwei now?"

Li Guo said: "Forty thousand...... About 50,000 people. ”

"In this way, if you change your clothes, it should be nearly 20,000 people, right?"

“……。”

"So, has the General's Mansion treated Guangxinwei badly?" Wu Zheng said in a deep voice.

"It's ......." Li Guo still had to argue, but was dissuaded by Gao Yigong's tugging of the corners of his clothes.

Gao Yigong bowed his hand, "The ministers know that they are wrong, and I respectfully ask the prince to punish him." ”

was bowed by Gao Yigong like this, and Li Guo and Liu Tiren could no longer continue to argue, and bowed down together to ask for guilt.

Wu Zheng's face slowly returned to calm.

The room was silent for a long time, Wu Zheng didn't speak, and Li Guo and the three didn't dare to stand up.