Now that he understands that he is no longer Mao Wenlong's opponent, sitting and waiting for death is obviously not Wu Sangui's style. After some contemplation, he finally came to a decision.

Wu Sangui hurriedly came to the dungeon where Li Ao was being held, and Li Ao was quite surprised to see Wu Sangui coming.

In his mind, Wu Sangui would never let him out without ten days and half a month, unless there was a great change in the war between the Liaodong Army and the Dongjiang Army.

"Lord Wang, has Guangningwei been captured?" Li Ao opened his mouth and asked directly.

Wu Sangui looked at Li Ao and was silent for a moment before nodding with difficulty: "Mao Wenlong didn't spend a single soldier, and only used two hundred altars of fierce fire oil to capture Guangningwei. ”

Li Ao frowned, thought deeply for a moment, and suddenly remembered what Wu Sangui often talked about.

"What does the prince mean...... Then Mao Wenlong used the same trick in Jinan City? Li Ao said uncertainly.

Wu Sangui retracted his unfocused gaze and said firmly: "Now it seems that no matter how we struggle, we are not the opponent of the Dongjiang Army in the end. Instead of sitting and waiting for death, it is better to find a way back early. ”

Li Ao didn't seem surprised that Wu Sangui said such words, he just paused, and then asked: "Does the prince want me to go to Houjin and meet with Huang Taiji?" ”

Wu Sangui didn't hesitate: "It's time to talk to Huang Taiji, otherwise, I'm afraid there will be no chance later." ”

Li Ao didn't say anything more, just nodded to indicate that he knew.

Wu Sangui did not delay, and immediately ordered someone to release Li Ao, and then said to him: "This time, it doesn't matter if you lower your requirements appropriately and suffer a loss." As long as we stay in the green mountains and are not afraid of running out of firewood, now we have to preserve our strength for the purpose of making concessions to the rest. ”

Li Ao arched his hand and said: "My subordinates understand that this time I will go to Houjin and will live up to the trust of the prince, please rest assured." ”

Wu Sangui showed a trace of bitterness on his face, then reached out and patted Li Ao's shoulder, and left silently.

Li Ao looked at Wu Sangui's back at the moment, and he was helpless in his heart. And he is also more cautious about Mao Wenlong, Li Ao has been by Wu Sangui's side for nearly ten years, and he has witnessed Wu Sangui's strength.

is such a ruthless person, but in the end he was still forced to this point by Mao Wenlong. Li Ao had to admire Mao Wenlong's awesomeness, it was not easy for Wu Sangui to get to where he was today in the troubled times, and he also had extraordinary skills, but in the end he was still defeated like this.

Time was running out, and Li Ao had to negotiate with Huang Taiji on the terms before the Dongjiang army reached the Liaodong Provincial Capital. Then Wu Sangui was able to lead his pro-army and flee to Huang Taiji's territory to temporarily avoid Mao Wenlong's purge.

On the same day, Li Ao, escorted by two guards, quickly rode to Houjin to meet Huang Taiji.

Wu Sangui was anxiously waiting for Li Ao to bring back the good news, while paying attention to Mao Wenlong's movements.

After Mao Wenlong took the Acropolis of Guangning, he did not rush to continue to advance, but stayed overnight in the Acropolis of Guangning.

Guangningwei is the only way to enter Liaodong, and it is also the retreat of the Dongjiang army, Mao Wenlong does not dare to be careless, he must improve everything before he can consider continuing to advance to the next goal.

After Cheng Zuo dealt with nearly 10,000 surrendered soldiers, he returned to the palace of the guard in the evening and said to Mao Wenlong: "General soldiers, there are more than 8,000 soldiers in total, nearly half of them are old and weak, and the real strong men are less than 4,000. ”

Mao Wenlong pondered: "Send all the old and weak who are not suitable for continuing the war to Datong Mansion, and let the prefect there classify these old and weak as ordinary people." They were given food, seeds, and all of them were disarmed and returned to the fields. ”

Cheng Zuo nodded and agreed, and then asked a new question: "The problem of the old and weak has been solved, but now those young and strong soldiers don't seem to be suitable to stay in the army." These people look like ordinary people when they don't have weapons, and when they take up arms, they are enemies. The subordinates implored the commander-in-chief not to leave these in the army, so as not to cause accidents. ”

Mao Wenlong frowned: "These people really can't stay in the army. ”

"Then how is the chief soldier going to arrange these people?" Cheng Zuo also felt that this matter was difficult to do at the moment.

"The safety of the army is the most important thing, since these surrenders may threaten the safety of the army. Naturally, they couldn't be allowed to stay in the army, so they were all escorted to the Beijing Division and handed over to Chengguangzuo to arrange. After thinking about it, Mao Wenlong made a conclusion.

"Yes!" Cheng Zuo did not refute Mao Wenlong, and agreed very quickly.

The fire at the East Gate burned until midnight before it gradually subsided, and the air in Quang Ninh Wei was filled with a strong smell of burning. Fortunately, Guangningwei is the garrison guard of the Liaodong Army, and there are no ordinary people in the city.

Therefore, although Mao Wenlong's fire burned more than 1,000 people, it did not hurt an ordinary person. In fact, strictly speaking, half of the people who were burned to death by the fire were ordinary people.

The only difference between these half dead people and ordinary people is that their household registration is just a military household.

The corpses, which had been burned to the bone, were collected in ox carts and transported to the outskirts of Quang Ninh for burial, far from the Acropolis. It's easy to destroy, but it's much harder to clean up.

A fire directly destroyed the entire Dong Thanh, but fortunately the wind was not strong that day, otherwise, it was likely to affect the entire Quang Ninh Acropolis.

During the day, the weather was still fine, but in the middle of the night, it began to rain heavily. The heavy rain was menacing, and the pouring raindrops washed away the burning smell in the air, and also made Mao Wenlong more sure of the flood in Kaifeng Mansion.

Such unpredictable weather is often the time when a storm is coming.

"The general soldier is still worried about the flood in Kaifeng Mansion?" Cheng Zuo didn't know when he came, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Mao Wenlong standing in front of the window and looking out of the window in a daze, so he spoke.

"Judging from the heavy rain without warning tonight, there is a chance that the flood in Kaifeng Mansion will not be able to run." Mao Wenlong turned around and sighed.

Cheng Zuo was different from his worries two days ago, he chuckled and said, "The chief soldier doesn't need to worry about it at all now, just now his subordinates have received a reply from Yexiang from Kaifeng. ”

Mao Wenlong was immediately overjoyed: "Tell me how she replied." ”

Cheng Zuo said: "Yexiang said in the letter that she has begun to evacuate all the people and villages along the Yellow River Valley in accordance with the orders of the general army. Only some crops that have not yet been harvested can be removed. According to this situation, even if there is a big flood in Kaifeng this time, then there should be no loss. ”

Knowing that Zhuang Yexiang had already done what he had ordered, Mao Wenlong was suddenly relieved.