"No, this is absolutely not good," Wu Shaoling listened to Li Zicheng's plan, his head shook like a rattle, and the fine beads of sweat were like haze, first suspended in the study, and then slowly fell, "If you let the court know, our family can't be cut by a thousand knives, this is a matter of exterminating the nine clans." ”

"Father-in-law," Li Zicheng was not in a hurry to ask him to express his position, "I don't know what kind of sin it is in the eyes of the imperial court to lose Xihai and Fuqiang Fort, and now to lose Xining?" ”

"This ......" Wu Shaoling was suddenly choked and speechless.

This was indeed his weakness, because of the continuous invasion of the Mongol Chahar tribe, Xiningwei lost a large number of pastures on the coast of the West Sea, which was the most important horse ranch of the imperial court, and he was forced to buy war horses from the Mongols to cope with the imperial court.

If the court knew that even the Fuqiang Fort near Xining had been breached by the Mongols, this alone would make him the eunuch the town guard come to an end, and if he didn't do it properly, it was not impossible to be imprisoned and sent to the execution ground.

Now that he has lost the core city of Xining City, if the imperial court investigates it, he will not be able to cut off nine heads.

But Li Zicheng's plan is too bold, not to mention hiding from the court that Xining has changed hands, and he will continue to defraud the court of food and salary, which is simply trying to pull him down.

"Father-in-law," Li Zicheng retreated, "can his subordinates let his father-in-law go back, is his father-in-law willing to return to Beijing?" Can the imperial court spare the father-in-law? ”

Once Wu Shaoling returned to Beijing, the imperial court will inevitably treat him for the crime of failing to defend the land, although the Ming court is corrupt, but the scholars and doctors have an amazing attitude towards the land, when they fell into Guangning, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen belonged to the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party respectively, and they could not escape a death and apologize.

Since the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Xining has been included in the territory, the imperial court has been operating here for hundreds of years, the people have returned to their hearts, singing and dancing to promote peace, especially after the Ming Dynasty has lost the Hetao and Liaodong, Xining has become the most important horse ranch in the Ming Dynasty, if Xining is lost, the imperial court will be shocked, Your Majesty must be angry.

Wu Shaoling is using his buttocks, and he can also figure out what the consequences are waiting for him.

"Self-contained, for the sake of our family's kindness to you......"

"Only my father-in-law can afford this," Li Zicheng knew that his heart had been a little loose, but he couldn't be ruthless for a while, especially this kind of ruthlessness didn't bring him any huge profits, so he smiled: "Does my father-in-law have any good choices?" If you have a good idea, you might as well say it, and your subordinates will definitely follow it. ”

What can Wu Shaoling do? At this time, Xining can't be saved, with Xining's little force, even if he is not captured by Li Zicheng, he doesn't want to recover Xining City, Xining City is like his hairy head, if he loses his head, what good way can he come up with?

"Self-contained, do you really have to go this way?" Wu Shaoling's heart is also very entangled, once he agrees to Li Zicheng's plan, he will be the same as Li Zicheng, there is no way back, not only lose all authority, become Li Zicheng's lackey, it is likely to lose all the silver in vain, with Li Zicheng's temperament, he will never allow a eunuch to be greedy for a lot of food.

Wu Shaoling suddenly remembered that no matter how Li Zicheng covered it up, since he came to Xining, he tried every means to earn enough food and salary for the soldiers, and even asked for merit for the soldiers, asking for rewards and pensions, could it be that he had long been ready to rebel? Is he buying people's hearts?

No matter which one it is, in Xining in the future, I am afraid that there will be no more officers who are greedy for food and salary, Wu Shaoling felt a trace of cold sweat in his heart for no reason, he knew that this sentence was too much to ask, and he shook his head and denied it.

"Father-in-law thinks that his subordinates still have a choice?" Li Zicheng stared at Wu Shaoling's somewhat obese face playfully, not knowing how much of this fat meat was grown by drinking the blood of soldiers.

Just kidding, he has already killed the kingdom and taken Xining, how can he give up a great opportunity? Taking a step back, even if you are willing to give up this rare opportunity, will the court let you go? Do you want to give your life to him, Wu Shaoling, and to the imperial court? Don't even think about it.

Since coming to Daming, he has tasted enough of the disadvantaged groups, Ai Zhao, Yan Zibin, Wang Guo, Wu Shaoling, and even villains like Gai Hu dare to give him a turquoise turban.

Wu Shaoling sighed angrily, "That's it, that's it...... Our family is for the soldiers of Xining...... Can you spare those captured soldiers? ”

"Father-in-law, don't worry," Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, he even thought of this kind of reason, he was afraid of death, and it was not ashamed to say it, anyway, you are not a master, "These soldiers, after screening, are suitable for joining the army, accept the adaptation, and those who are not suitable for the army will also give them a way out, and their subordinates will not embarrass them......"

"That'...... Wu Fu ......" Wu Shaoling's gaze dodged, lest Li Zicheng refuse.

"What about this Wu Mansion...... Li Zicheng was not ready to drive Wu Shaoling out, at least to leave him some face that could convince him, but it was too easy to agree, and he would put forward other conditions, "If my father-in-law likes it, he can continue to live." ”

"Thank you!" Wu Shaoling smiled knowingly, and the two big white teeth looked particularly dazzling.

"However, the mansion needs to be replaced," Li Zicheng decided not to waste any more time, a person who likes to enjoy and like silver, must have nostalgia for the world, how could he commit suicide in shame? "In addition, Wu Gong's subordinates have to borrow the food and silver gathered on the fair day, and now the food and salary in the army are in short supply, and the subordinates have to take the next step," regardless of Wu Shaoling's godless eyes staring at a dead fish, "These originally belonged to the soldiers, and the subordinates ...... The subordinates are now just borrowing. ”

"This ......" At this time, how could Wu Shaoling not understand that his net worth and life are in the hands of others, and what is the use of fighting for these floating wealth outside his body? He is alone, how much food can he consume in a day? Maybe one day Li Zicheng will be unhappy, or he won't need to be reconciled with the court, and the knife waiting for him will come.

Thinking of the desperate savings in the past and wanting to return to the palace to do something, I couldn't help but feel a trace of remorse.

"However, the subordinates will leave sufficient food and salary for the father-in-law, it is not good to make a fortune, but to live a rich life, it is more than enough, the father-in-law does not have to worry, if the father-in-law is not very satisfied with the daily living and eating, you can find a subordinate theory, as long as it is not too excessive, the subordinate must comply with the father-in-law's requirements." Li Zicheng learned from Wu Shaoling's appearance just now, and smiled gloomily, "If the father-in-law deceived his subordinates, it would be no wonder that his subordinates were rude." ”

Wu Shaoling was happy, but he was under the eaves, and if he didn't want to bow his head, he could only be hit by the eaves and his head was bleeding, Li Zicheng even killed the Ganzhou General Kingdom, and a ruthless lord had to pick up a pen and paper, and wrote down several grain storage warehouses near the silver collection site and Shixia on paper one by one, and handed them to Li Zicheng.

"Then the father-in-law will rest first, his subordinates still have military affairs to deal with, and he will come to visit his father-in-law later," Li Zicheng left four personal soldiers to serve Wu Shaoling, and take care of the property in the house, and he took the rest of the soldiers and strode away from the Wu Mansion, and before he walked to the middle gate, he looked back and said: "I hope that the father-in-law will be trustworthy and trustworthy, and the subordinates will be able to get along with the father-in-law in the future!" With that, he bowed slightly and turned away.

The soldiers surrounding Wu Mansion were also withdrawn, Wu Shaoling's Mansion was either killed or wounded, or disarmed, and the new Mansion Ding was temporarily served by Li Zicheng's own soldiers, monitoring day and night at twelve o'clock, even if they were relieved of eating, they would not relax.

"What time is it?" Li Zicheng looked up at the sky, it was still pitch black, and he couldn't tell the time.

"My lord, it's almost over!"

It's only an hour until dawn? Li Zicheng was originally going to go to the official office to have a look, but suddenly changed his mind, the official office is all detained by officers, the number is small, let's go to the barracks first, the barracks not only hold more than 300 soldiers, but also corpses in one place, and when the barracks are cleaned up, if there are no deserters, the city gate will be opened at dawn.

The news of the raid on Xining will spread among the people sooner or later, Li Zicheng planned to hide it from the imperial court, but he did not intend to hide it from the people, besides, many people live in the city, and it is impossible to hide it, so he simply live in harmony with the people generously.

As far as the people are concerned, who controls Xining has nothing to do with them, as long as it does not affect their normal life, if martial law is imposed in the city after dawn, and even the city gate is not allowed to enter or exit, the people will inevitably be suspicious.

On the contrary, if everything in the city is dealt with in a timely manner, mainly the affairs of the military camp, after dawn, the city gate is opened on time, all rumors can be self-defeating, the city will remain stable, and Xining will change hands, which will minimize the impact.

Liu Yunshui's cavalry was still outside the city, and there were only more than 400 soldiers in the city, Li Zicheng left Li Guo and 50 soldiers to guard the official office, and the rest of the soldiers participated in cleaning up the barracks.

There was a quiet scene in the barracks, the wounded soldiers had already been cut off their heads because of their wailing and screaming, and there were corpse heads everywhere inside and outside the barracks, and if you were not careful, you might trip over the corpses, Li Zicheng took a deep breath, although the north wind blew for nearly an hour, the smell of blood had not completely dissipated.

"My lord, will you clean up the barracks now?" Song Wen originally had some respect for Li Zicheng, and after this battle, he admired it even more.

"Don't worry about the barracks first, after dawn, the people won't come to visit the barracks, it's okay to be late," Li Zicheng looked at the deep night, and felt a little unbearable in his heart, "The body will be transported outside the city to be buried first, and it must be completed before dawn." ”

"Yes, sir." Song Wen thought about it for a while, and then understood Li Zicheng's intentions, and then transporting the corpse after dawn would inevitably alarm the people in the city, and maybe even cause panic, so he immediately commanded the people to start carrying the corpse.

Song Wen ordered the soldiers to throw the corpse directly out of the wall, and then go out of the city to clean it up, and transport the corpse to the mass grave for burial.