Chapter 551: Da Ming Ping Xi Hou Wu Sangui
In the Lord's Mansion, Wu Sangui sat on the table, beside him were the main generals of the Guanning Army such as Xia Guoxiang, and the person standing in front of them was a military general with a sven face and wearing crimson armor.
Wu Sangui had already learned in advance that this person who came to deliver the message was a student who had graduated from the first phase of the Licheng Military Academy, who looked like a gentleman and spoke politely, but he had a knife on his waist and a refined armor on his body, and he was dressed as a martial artist.
This made many people puzzled, Wu Sangui motioned for him to sit aside, and then said with a smile:
"Brother Qi, you should go to the Staff Mansion to be a scribe, instead of coming to this Shanhaiguan to deliver a message."
When Qi Yaowu heard this, he scoffed, and snorted coldly:
"Ping Xibo, now in Nanjing is in charge of the country, but His Royal Highness King Lu, in Shanhaiguan, not with the intention of surrendering, you are my Ming Ping Xibo."
This is quite rude, Wu Sangui is doing his best to solicit both sides at the moment, whether it is the Qing army or Dashun, how can he talk to himself in this tone when he comes up, this is too polite.
However, the other party obviously hadn't finished speaking, and saw Qi Yaowu take out a scroll of holy decree from his waist, spread it in the air with a solemn face, and said in a loud voice:
"Ping Xibo Wu Sangui, listen to the order."
Xia Guo pulled down his face on the spot, drew a knife and stepped forward to put it on Qi Yaowu's neck, and said fiercely:
"Boy, I'm afraid you haven't seen blood yet! Today, I will let you know how powerful our Guan Ning Army is! ”
Qi Yaowu glanced at it, his expression turned cold, and said:
"General Xia, do you know who you threaten?"
Xia Guoxiang disagreed, laughed, Qi Yaowu said that the opportunity had come, and before he could speak, his eyes were fierce, and he suddenly held one hand on the handle of the knife, and snatched the waist knife with a little effort.
"General Xia, you better learn how to hold the knife first!" Speaking of this, Qi Yaowu laughed, returned the knife to the stunned Xia Guoxiang, and continued:
"In the next is the Qin Cha of the current Lu Jian State Court, the person of the King of Qi, the name of the King of Qi must have been heard of by several people, Li Zicheng's million was blown out, but our Qi army is a real million!"
"Wu Sangui, do you want to disobey the holy decree, betray the Ming Dynasty, and be that disloyal and unfilial person!?"
No one expected that this first-phase graduate of the military academy facing Sven, who was only about twenty years old, would shoot so quickly and ruthlessly, Xia Guoxiang was one of the best civil and military all-rounders in the Guanning army, and he was actually snatched by him in front of him, and the speed of the shot, the general of the Guanning Army who was present could see it clearly.
Wu Sangui's face was heavy, he waved his hand to stop Xia Guoxiang, got up and said:
"Minister Wu Sangui, take the order."
"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui, for many years, has fulfilled his duties, guarded the Beijing Domain, and was named Pingxi Hou..."
“... Knowing that the salary of the Sangui Department has not been paid for 14 months, I am very worried, and I am very worried about it, and I am giving 300,000 salaries and grains, totaling 600,000 yuan, 100,000 new clothes and armor, and 50,000 spears and various copper and iron cannons... Pingxi Hou still led the Guanning army to garrison Shanhaiguan, the north to the east, the south to resist the thieves, to be the day after tomorrow, and to be rewarded. ”
Hearing this, Wu Sangui couldn't believe that this was true, Shanhaiguan had 30,000 Jing soldiers in Ning, all of whom had been in battle for a long time, and 70,000 Liao Min, who were the families of these 30,000 Guan Ning Jing soldiers.
So far, the Guanning army guarding Shanhaiguan has not been paid for 14 months, and Dashun has brought 40,000 snowflakes of silver, which has made the Guanning army ready to move.
But who would have thought that the court of the Lu Jianguo Kingdom in Nanjing would send 300,000 taels of silver and 300,000 stone military rations at one time, in addition, Wu Sangui was promoted to Pingxi Hou, and with it, there were countless new armor and weapons, which was simply a charcoal in the snow.
With these, the Guanning army is stable, and Wu Sangui firmly believes that Shanhaiguan will be even more impregnable.
Qi Yaowu handed over the holy decree to Wu Sangui and said straight to the point:
"These are just a meeting gift for the Hou Ye, the King of Qi has personally led an army of 500,000 to the Northern Expedition, and Dashun is a grasshopper after the autumn, and it won't be able to stumble for a few days!"
"Our King of Qi attaches great importance to the Hou Ye, and also said that if Pingxi Hou Sangui respects the court of the Lu Prison State, it will not be difficult for the Qi army to pacify the thieves and destroy the Eastern Prisoners in the future."
Wu Sangui kept nodding his head, and at this moment, it seemed that someone had suddenly thrown a bomb in his heart, and it exploded with a "bang", and he didn't fully react until now.
Feng Wang worships the prime minister, a very popular minister, this was originally the end of Wu Sangui's life plan.
At this moment, all this seems to be within reach, Dashun, the Qing army, and the court of Lu Jianguo in Nanjing have all thrown olive branches to him, this is the most important decision in his life, Wu Sangui must carefully consider it.
Suddenly, there was a shout on the city of Shanhaiguan, and countless officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army poured into the city tower and watchtower, pointing at a fleet slowly moving in the distance, cheering and cheering.
"Look at those ships, when did we have such a huge ship in Daming?"
"You don't know yet? The King of Qi has unified Jiangnan, wiped out the Zheng family, and even the Dutch Maoyi has been beaten out of Taiwan, these are all our Ming sailors! ”
"The ship is full of silver and weapons, we are saved!"
"Yes, the court hasn't forgotten us yet!"
Listening to the shouts outside, Wu Sangui was uneasy, confessed his guilt, and hurriedly walked out with Xia Guoxiang, and after a while, the southeast fleet group under the jurisdiction of the Ding Navy came to Bohai Bay, waving the Ming banner flying high.
Shanhaiguan Shuicheng was forced to open the Guanning Army officers and soldiers who couldn't wait, and they laughed out loud as they watched the red-clothed and red-armored Dinghai sailors carry out boxes of supplies.
The officers and men of the Guanning Army spontaneously sent out of the city to help the sailors of the Dinghai Navy carry silver, food and various weapons, and Qi Yaowu shouted from afar on the Guancheng:
"Captain Du has been doing well lately!"
It turned out that the person in charge of the Southeast Fleet was Liu Si, the second-in-command of the Dinghai Navy, who glanced at the source of the sound in wonder, and saw a familiar person, this is the person who laughed a few times and walked into the city.
Liu Si looked Qi Yaowu up and down, nodded and said:
"Good boy, he is getting stronger and stronger, and he deserves to be the head armor of the first phase of our Licheng Military Academy!"
"Hey, what is that~" Qi Yaowu waved his hand, led Liu Si to Wu Sangui, who was directing the transportation of materials, pointed at him and said:
"Du Wei, this is Pingxi Hou, Wu Sangui, I haven't come to see Du Wei yet!"
Wu Sangui was busy, watching the boxes of materials being carried out, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, with these, Shanhaiguan is the real No. 1 Xiongguan in the world, even if the Tartars come, they can't be attacked.
Hearing Qi Yaowu's words, Wu Sangui hurriedly stepped forward and bowed:
"Sangui meets the captain!"
"Don't, don't!" Liu Si laughed, waved his hand and said, "You are a dignified waiting master, we are just a captain, how can we receive such a big gift?" ”
Having said that, Wu Sangui was still a full subordinate in front of Liu Si, without the slightest disrespect.
Liu Si was a cronie who followed Wang Zheng in Dengzhou in his early years, and he already held the Southeast Fleet, so the reason why he was only named a lieutenant was because Wang Zheng was still a king of Qi and could not be sealed too high.
Wu Sangui is like a mirror in his heart, these things are not something that King Lu can take out at all, they must be the handiwork of King Qi, Liu Si will be stronger than himself in the future, that is an ironclad fact.