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After Wu Zheng recovered Yingtianfu, he threatened Jiangbei, the Qing court originally wanted to purge the two guards, but when he saw the status quo of the two guards, his heart was cold for most of the time, at this time, people's life expectancy was generally short, and he was in his forties, in fact, he should go home to retire, that is to say, the second guard needs to change blood, and at the same time, the already rusty armament also needs to be replaced from scratch, for the Qing court, the financial resources required are not as good as reforming a new army.

This is also the reason why the Qing court abandoned the second guard and transferred Zu Dabi and his Han army to garrison Huai'an City, that is, to use Zu Dabi to assist in the defense of Fengyang.

Li Hao and Ma Shiying contacted Luo Zhonglin, and then said that they would take the risk and take the waterway to Yongcheng.

But unlike the previous plan, Mao Xiang actually proposed to talk about the surrender of Wu Pingwei first, instead of the Ying Chuanwei he was familiar with.

Mao Xiang asserted that as long as people arrived in Bozhou, they could make Wu Pingwei subordinate without much effort.

The final result is the same, Wu Pingwei is almost a pass.

On the contrary, it was Ying Chuanwei, who Li Hao thought was the most relaxed, and it took a lot of time.

It's not that Mao Xiang can't say that he can't move his distant relative Xiong Anyuan (deputy general of Yingchuanwei, the actual person in charge), but that Prince Ying of the Qing Dynasty has moved westward before, and the army has reached as far as more than 100 miles west of Mengcheng, which also makes it difficult for Yingchuanwei to be like Wu Pingwei.

Yingchuanwei nominally has 6,000 troops, but the actual number of people who can fight is no more than 2,000, which sounds twice as large as the defenders of Mengcheng, but if it really wants to fight, I am afraid that it will ...... It's hard to say how it turned out.

Let's put it this way, just take the sword of the Yingchuan guard soldier and slash it on a pig's rib, it must be a knife in two sections, but it is obvious that it is not a bone that becomes two sections, but a knife.

When he was embarrassed, Mao Xiang thought of an idea.

He asked the tailors in Yingzhou City to make thousands of sets of military uniforms out of black cloth, which was obviously an infringement, but the effect was really good.

When these 1,000 "Northern Expeditionary Army" suddenly appeared 30 miles north of Mengcheng without shouting and making a huge noise, more than 1,000 Qing troops in Mengcheng immediately abandoned the city and fled, scattering as birds and beasts.

Even the two didn't even encounter, so the Yingchuan guards "recovered" the city of Mongolia without blood.

Then, it stands to reason that the second guard was lowered so easily, and the news should have been sent to Xuzhou long ago.

The problem is that Xiong Anyuan, a distant relative of Mao Xiang, changed his words at this time, and he was going to talk about the conditions.

What is called self-respect, this product is.

Distant relatives return to distant relatives, and the accounts must be distinguished, after Xiong Anyuan easily got Mengcheng, the lion opened his mouth and asked Ma Shiying to prepare a guard of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Isn't that a joke?

With the 2,000 people in Yingchuanwei's crooked melon and jujube land, can it also be reorganized into a guard of the Northern Expeditionary Army?

Even if Ma Shiying got Wu Zheng's authorization, he wouldn't dare to respond, you know, there is still Wu Pingwei watching in the north, wouldn't it be funny if the two Northern Expeditionary Army suddenly appeared in the land of Fengyang Mansion?

Ma Shiying naturally did not agree, and the two sides were deadlocked.

But soon Xiong Anyuan changed his tune, why?

When Azig heard that Mengcheng had been "defrauded and occupied", he was naturally unwilling and transferred a team of 3,000 people to counterattack Mengcheng.

Well, the 80,000 Han troops in Xuzhou are actually not very powerful, but Ying Chuanwei is not in their eyes.

Xiong Anyuan was "hard", in order not to be looked down upon by Ma Shiying and Li Hao, he mustered up enough courage and led the whole army out of the city to face the battle.

Don't want to...... A pillar of incense, just a pillar of incense, Ying Chuanwei was beaten so that he didn't know the north at all.

After paying forty percent of the casualties, Xiong Anyuan fled back to Mengcheng with more than 1,000 Yingchuan guards, at this time, he changed his mind, and he was willing to return to the banner of King Wu as agreed.

But the Qing army attacked the city.

As a last resort, Mao Xiang discussed with Ma Shiying and others and abandoned Mengcheng to return to Yingzhou.

Originally, Ying Chuanwei was afraid that he would not be able to escape the end of being pursued and destroyed, but fortunately, at this time, the negotiations between the Yixing Dynasty and the Qing court began.

And Azig did not have the intention of fighting with the Northern Expeditionary Army in his heart, as soon as Dolgon died, his strength rose, and if he wanted to occupy a higher position in the court, he naturally had to have capital, and preserving his strength became his most urgent need, which allowed Yingchuanwei to return to Yingzhou smoothly and survive.

After that, the news of Erwei's change of flag was sent to Xuzhou, and it became one of the tools for Wu Zheng to "blackmail" Suke Saha and Sony.

"Please forgive me." Ma Shiying knelt down.

Wu Zheng looked at Ma Shiying quietly, noncommittal.

Li Hao didn't say a word.

Ma Shiying bowed his head and said: "The minister promised the title of Wu Pingwei's commander Chen Mingzhen Yiwei...... For the crime of unauthorized despotism, please punish the prince. ”

Only then did Li Hao bend over and say, "This is the student's idea, if the prince punishes Master Ma...... Please also punish the student along with the student. ”

The people around Wu Zheng know that Wu Zheng is not interested in government affairs, but military power is Wu Zheng's counter-scale.

The commander of the first guard of the Northern Expeditionary Army, this position is too heavy.

Wu Zheng laughed, and suddenly laughed.

"Since the king has given you a golden seal, this promise is made by the king...... What are you guilty of? Wu Zheng casually flicked his sleeves and said, "Get up...... Speaking of Chen Mingzhen, this king must at least know that he is not worthy of the position of commander of the first guard of the Northern Expeditionary Army. ”

Ma Shiying looked up at Wu Zheng with a hint of surprise, Li Hao suddenly smiled, and he said: "Even if this world is full of Bole, I'm afraid I can't recognize Chen Mingzhen's horse." ”

When Wu Zheng heard this, he snorted slightly, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Hao said: "To be able to command Wu Pingwei to such a point, I'm afraid it's just that." ”

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "But he chose the right path after all...... With that alone, he gets what he wants. ”

Li Hao was slightly stunned, "What does the prince mean...... Meritocracy? ”

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "It's not all ...... It should be said that only virtue is used. ”

"But students think that meritocracy is to use talents to help the prince achieve great things."

"The sage has no virtue, and the disaster is even worse."

Li Hao pondered for a moment and arched his hand: "The student has been taught." ”

Wu Zheng smiled, "Li Hao, although this king is flattering, your pen and ink are too heavy, and you are too preoccupied." ”

Li Hao's face flushed slightly, and he bowed his head and said, "The prince blames him." ”

"Tell me, what reward do you want?"

"The student said before that he was willing to follow the prince's side as a staff member."

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "You have made a great contribution to this trip...... That's right. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Li Hao knelt down and said, "The minister still has a please." ”

"Speak."

"Please enable the prince to open up the territory."

"Presumption?"

"Exactly."

Wu Zheng was silent, he had no ill feelings towards Mao Xiang, on the contrary, he had a good impression.

In fact, Wu Zheng has a good impression of everyone who opposes the Qing Dynasty, such as Zheng Sen.

But Wu Zheng is also wary of these historical Confucians.

The icing on the cake and the praise of virtue are far from that time.

But the energy of these Confucians is huge, and it often affects the likes and dislikes of people in a place.

The consequences of using such a person are like a double-edged sword, and it can hurt others as well as oneself.

"Ma Shiying, what do you mean?" Wu Zheng turned to Ma Shiying, "Can you be reused?" ”