Chapter Ninety-Seven: Depressed
The bright sun spreads the earth, the trees spit new green, and a peach tree outside the worship shrine is blooming. The smile on Wu Sangui's face in the court was like a blooming peach blossom, and he asked with a smile: "Tell me, what the prince said is good?" Although it was an instant, Xia Guoxiang was surprised to find that His Royal Highness King Zhou also pouted his nose when he was in a good mood.
At this time, each has its own thoughts, and some are thinking about what kind of arrangement King Zhou has made for Guangxi? Some people are thinking about which of the upper, middle and lower three strategies is most suitable? Others wonder if there are other better strategies besides these three strategies?
Tan Yanliang was the first to stand up again, his triangular eyes narrowed into the appearance of squid silk, and flattered: "The world's son has an incisive analysis, which makes us wait for a moment!" ”
Wu Sangui asked: "What strategy do you think should be adopted?" ”
There was a lot of discussion among the people, some people said that it was better to march to the west, some people said that it was better to march to the east, but no one said that it was better to march north, that was too risky!
In the end, Wu Sangui concluded: "March west!" ”
Qi Liang was disappointed for a while, although he was a generation of heroes, he had no tendency to break the boat. In fact, Qi Liang still had a superior strategy that he did not say, and he did not dare to say it, that is, either surrender to the Qing court or flee overseas, or save the lives of most people!
Wu Sangui moved his body and sat upright, and said in a deep voice: "The generals will listen to the order!" "Everyone lined up and bowed down to listen.
"General Ma Bao was stationed in Yuezhou and Changdezhou in northern Hunan Province, and defended along the Yangtze River to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river; General Liu Fengxiong led 4,000 troops south to southern Hunan to seize Guiyang Prefecture and other places; General Wu Guogui guards the Hengzhou Mansion and defends the Jiangxi Qing army from attacking from the flank! ”
Although he chose to march westward, the three orders issued by Wu Sangui were all aimed at the enemy in the southeast. In particular, Liu Fengxiong's intention to lead 4,000 troops south to seize Guiyang Prefecture was obvious, and Guiyang Prefecture bordered Lianzhou and Shaozhou in Guangdong, which was not only to monitor the Qing army in Guangdong, but also to force Wang Shangzhixin in Pingnan, Guangdong. Qi Liang understood that Wu Sangui did not simply take a middle strategy, but a combination of several strategies.
"Do you have anything to add?" Wu Sangui swept over everyone's faces one by one.
Xia Guoxiang said: "You can send people who can speak the Tao to lobby the king of Jingnan in Fujian, the king of Pingnan in Guangdong, Zheng Jing in Taiwan and the governor of Shaanxi***, if one person responds to His Royal Highness, the Qing court will be tired of coping, and the building will collapse!" ”
Wu Sangui sighed: "I have already sent an envoy before, but I am annoyed *** and is unmoved, the Jingnan King is waiting and watching, Zheng Jing has no response, and the king of Pingnan has also detained the lonely messenger!" ”
Xia Guoxiang said: "Your Highness should send someone of weight!" ”
Wu Sangui pondered for a moment, glanced down and asked, "Is there that Aiqing who is willing to go?" ”
The people below couldn't close their mouths when they heard Xia Guoxiang's words, and Wu Sangui looked at everyone in danger, for fear that they would choose themselves.
"Would you like to go?" Wu Sangui's gaze stayed on Wang Shirong, Wang Shirong was stunned for a while, the peach on his face was scattered without a trace, and he stood up and bowed and said, "The slave is willing to go!" "Who told him to look like a peach blossom?
Wu Sangui asked with concern: "Where is Shirong willing to go?" ”
Wang Shirong pondered for a moment and said, "The slave is willing to go to Shaanxi!" After thinking about it, he felt that Shaanxi *** had worked with him under the throne of Zhou, if he couldn't say that he had a personal relationship, he wouldn't have to worry about his life!
Wu Sangui said: "Okay! If he wants to start with Lone, he will be appointed as the general in charge! Then he sighed: "Then the king of Jingnan and the king of Pingnan will be difficult to do, why don't they know that the three feudatories share weal and woe, one glory and common prosperity, and one loss?" "It's quite a sense of hating iron and not making steel.
Wu Sangui looked at everyone expectantly, hoping that someone would volunteer to stand up, he also knew that these two feudal domains could not be moved at all, and even the two sides signed a contract and made an oath, so how could they hope for a mouth?
Everyone lowered their heads and no one answered, especially those who were civil servants and strategists. Qi Liang pondered for a moment and said, "Father! It doesn't matter if the King of Jingnan, the King of Pingnan, the Second Domain, and the Zheng Jing faction in Taiwan send envoys or not, what they believe in is only strength, as long as our army wins one or two more battles and captures one or two more cities, they don't need us to persuade them to be in a hurry! ”
Wu Sangui nodded slowly: "What Xiong'er said is reasonable!" Then he asked, "What is the bear's plan?" ”
Qi Liang said: "You can order General Xianning Qin Guilin to go north to seize Wuchang Mansion (Wuchang Mansion at this time is not the current Wuhan, and the government is located in the south of the Yangtze River.) ), swept away the Qing army on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and then threatened Jiujiang Mansion in Jiangxi Province to the west, which must have a huge impact on the two feudatories. When our army opened up Xiangxi and occupied the entire territory of Sichuan, the general trend of the world was initially decided, and the two feudatories were opposed! ”
Wu Sangui felt justified and nodded frequently, but still hesitated: "In this way, isn't it another division?" ”
Qi Liang smiled calmly and said: "Father, don't worry, there is not much left of the Qing army in Jiangnan, and Zhu Man, who is stationed in Wuchang Mansion, has become a frightened bird, our army only needs to make a move, Zhu Man will flee to Jiangbei in a hurry, and in the future, as long as our army does not take the initiative to attack, our army will face off with the Qing army across the river in a section of the Yangtze River waters in Hunan, Hubei, and Hubei." ”
Wu Sangui's spirit was greatly lifted: "According to Xiong'er's plan, General Ma Bao's headquarters will go north and seize Wuchang Mansion!" ”
The stout Ma Baohu stepped forward: "The last general will obey the order!" ”
Wu Sangui then asked: "To open up Xiangxi, who is willing to lead the army?" ”
Several generals were about to move, but seeing Wu Sangui's eager gaze on Qi Liang, they dismissed their thoughts with interest. But Qi Liang looked at his nose and nose, his nose looked at his heart, pretending not to see it, and he was secretly praying in his heart: "Don't call me!" Don't call me that! "Fighting a war is just a false name, he just wants to open a government and build an army now, cultivate his own power, he has too many things to do, all he needs is time!
Seeing that Qi Liang didn't move, Wu Sangui had no choice but to take the initiative to ask: "Xiong'er!" Would you like to lead the army? ”
Qi Liang only had to list: "Erchen is willing to lead the army to go!" ”
Wu Sangui was overjoyed and said with relief: "Don't worry, Wu'er, you will lead 10,000 troops to attack Xiangxi, and let General Hu Guozhu follow you, in addition, Lin'er will also lead 5,000 troops to be your backing!" He worked hard to train his son, and thought that the brothers would be foolproof when they went into battle!
Qi Liang obeyed the order: "The son will not disgrace his mission!" But he secretly complained in his heart, telling Wu Yinglin to help him better than not to call.
At this time, Qi Liang realized that Wu Sangui had already discussed all this with the strategists, otherwise who would not be able to lead the troops to the expedition with so many generals under him? But 100,000 people were in a hurry to let him come back from the front line in northern Xiangbei? Suddenly, what he said in the hall was so boring, and he was played as a monkey again.
After the court meeting dispersed, Qi Liang walked out of the Chongsheng Shrine depressed, and the other two people were also unhappy, one was Wu Yinglin; One is Wang Shirong. Wu Yinglin rode on a white horse and hurried away, Qi Liang lowered his head and was very troubled, how to cultivate his own power when he was always fighting outside? Thinking about it, Wu Sangui didn't fall so quickly, so he had to take his time.
Footsteps came from behind, and a magnetic voice said, "Shizi! Congratulations! ”
Qi Liang stopped and saw that it was Wang Shirong, and took a step back vigilantly and said politely: "Xiao Wang, how can he be happy?" Seeing such a beautiful man, he was afraid that he would have the urge to do it.
Wang Shirong burst into a bright smile like a summer flower: "Isn't it happy that the prince has been promoted to General Tianshuo?" Isn't it happy that His Royal Highness King Zhou allowed the prince to open a mansion and build an army? Isn't it nice for the prince to be in charge of the pioneer camp again? It can be described as three joys, isn't it worth congratulating? ”
Qi Liang arched his hand and smiled: "This is really worth congratulating!" Seeing that the smile on Wang Shirong's face flashed away, replaced by a thick cloud of sorrow, he couldn't help but pity this beautiful man, and asked with concern: "Mr. Wang is worried about the trip to Ganshan?" ”
Wang Shirong nodded sadly, Qi Liang smiled and said: "Sir, don't worry, you will succeed this time!" ”
Wang Shirong smiled like a woman, and asked in disbelief: "Really? ”
Qi Liang nodded solemnly: "What did Xiao Wang do to deceive you?" ”
Wang Shirong bowed deeply: "Thank you, son!" He is also a scholar with his own judgment, but for some reason he was happy with Qi Liang's words of relief.
Qi Liang smiled and shook his head and left, didn't he want to stay with this woman-like man for longer, and he didn't see many people avoiding him? There are two people in the Wu army that everyone avoids, one is Wang Shirong and the other is Lu Huixiang!
Qi Liang returned to his gallery, and someone excitedly reported: "Shizi! Who do you see coming back? ”