"Li Weiguo, if I don't kill you, I won't be called Wu Zhiqiang!"

Jinling, the headquarters of the Fourth Army of the South Seas.

Suddenly there was a roar in the office, followed by the crackling sound of porcelain vases popping.

After Wu Zhiqiang, the commander of the Fourth Army, got the news that his father was shot dead by Li Weiguo, he immediately went violent.

"Commander Wu is calm and don't be impatient, Li Weiguo has no way and will surely bring about his own destruction. Right now, there is a big fortune sent to Commander Wu, but I don't know if Commander Wu dares to accept it? ”

Opposite Wu Zhiqiang, there was a person dressed as a scholar, who said mysteriously.

"Don't sell Guanzi, are you Li Hongzhang's person or Yixin's person?"

Wu Zhiqiang, as Wu Yong's son, although he did not fully inherit Wu Yong's mantle, he was not a fool, and he guessed it as soon as the other party opened his mouth.

"He is worthy of being the son of Chief of General Staff Wu, and he has the insight of his father." The man smiled slightly, reintroduced himself, and said: "Pretending to be a relative of the Wu family was a last resort, and the political envoy of Anhui Province has a way, and he is ordered by King Yan to come to give Commander Wu a great fortune. ”

Wu Zhiqiang snorted coldly: "The political envoy of Anhui Bu turned out to be Li Hongzhang's minion, if you come to me, you are not afraid that I will shoot you?" ”

Yu Youdao smiled and said, "What does Commander Wu mean?" You and I have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, why did you shoot me with one shot? ”

Wu Zhiqiang replied: "You and I belong to different camps, you are my enemy, why can't I kill you with one shot?" ”

Yu Youdao seemed to have suddenly realized, but he still said with an unchanged face: "It turns out that King Wu's account has long regarded King Yan as an enemy, but this official doesn't understand, King Wu has not publicly rebelled now, so you don't have the right to kill me?" Besides, on what charges did you kill me? Is it because I have reported to you and let you know that King Wu killed your father, so you have to kill me? ”

"This ......" Wu Zhiqiang really has no excuse to kill Yu Yu, after all, a political envoy from Anhui Province will kill him if he says to kill? Unlikely.

But Wu Zhiqiang is strong. Naturally, he didn't admit it, and snorted coldly: "Lao Tzu can kill whoever he wants, whether you are a political envoy or a governor!" ”

Yu Youdao didn't quarrel with Wu Zhiqiang, it was meaningless, he had to get down to business, so he asked: "Then do you dare to oppose Li Weiguo?" ”

Wu Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, his heart was extremely complicated, he had always treated Li Weiguo like an idol, a fanatical worship.

However, Li Weiguo killed Wu Yong. Wu Zhiqiang's father, this is an enmity that does not share the sky, and it cannot be avenged.

Seeing Wu Zhiqiang's hesitation, Yu Youdao hit the railway while it was hot: "If the commander of Wu is willing to take the fourth army to defect and return to King Yan, then King Yan will be crowned Duke of Wu by the imperial court." ”

What a temptation!

Wu Zhiqiang was a little moved, no one doesn't like fame and fortune, but he also understands what it will mean once he defects.

"Just a MG. Like impressing me? ”

Yu Youdao's eyes suddenly lit up, these words already showed that the other party was interested, but the chips were not enough.

Before leaving, Yu Youdao had been given full authorization by Li Hongzhang. No matter how much it costs, you must agree first, because there is still a time in this world when you unload the mill and kill the donkey, and it is not enough to speak. As long as Wu Zhiqiang dared to defect and help Li Hongzhang destroy Li Weiguo. So whether to fulfill the promise in the future is up to Wu Zhiqiang to speak.

Thinking of this, Yu Youdao immediately proposed: "If it is Wu Guogong, it is not enough. How about adding another governor of Huguang? ”

Wu Zhiqiang suddenly said: "The governor of Huguang is too small, I want the governor of Liangjiang, and the other Fourth Army will always be under my command, and the officials of Liangjiang must also be appointed by me." ”

Yu Youdao suddenly gasped, was surprised, and sneered: "I didn't expect that Commander Wu's appetite is not small!" ”

Wu Zhiqiang snorted coldly and said, "Don't think I don't know your plans, if you unload the mill and kill the donkey in the future, I won't have a place to cry." Besides, this condition is nothing, you know that my Fourth Army is stationed in Jinling, which is the gateway to the Yangtze River, and once you get Jinling, the army can quickly cross the river. And Jinling has just built a railway, which can go directly to Shanghai and the surrounding military towns, even if Li Weiguo has a million troops, once you and my army go straight to Shanghai and arrest Li Weiguo's family and his civil and military officials, the rest of the Nanyang army will have to surrender obediently, and you will take advantage of this deal. ”

Yu Youdao laughed and said: "It is worthy of being Wu Yong's son, sure enough, the tiger father has no dog, since the words have been said to this part, then the official will not hide it." Before leaving, His Royal Highness King Yan had given full authority to this official, and the conditions of Commander Wu could be agreed to immediately, but how could this official trust Commander Wu? ”

This is a big problem, if Wu Zhiqiang cheats, not only will there be no threat to Li Weiguo, but Li Hongzhang will be killed.

Therefore, Yu Youdao has to be cautious.

Wu Zhiqiang said indifferently: "The hatred of killing my father is not shared, do you think it is necessary for me to talk nonsense with you?" Without your help, I would definitely not be able to win against Li Weiguo by relying on the Fourth Army alone. Of course, if you don't believe it, forget it, anyway, with Li Weiguo's shrewdness, he will soon find a way to transfer me away, and Mingsheng will secretly descend to take away my military power, and even if you want me to help, I can't do anything at that time. ”

Yu Youdao was suddenly happy, he still has the ability to see people, from Wu Zhiqiang's eyes, he read hatred and ambition, as long as there are these two things, it is enough.

"This official believes in Commander Wu, but whether King Yan can believe it or not is not guaranteed. If Commander Wu is willing to write a letter to King Yan to abandon the darkness and surrender to the Ming, then there will be no problem. ”

Abandon the darkness and turn to the light?

Uncle, is it a letter of surrender allegiance?

Wu Zhiqiang guessed that this was something that threatened him, and although he was not happy, he still wrote it, and then handed it to Yu Youdao.

Yu Youdao was very satisfied after reading it, with this thing, if Wu Zhiqiang is disobedient, then he will send it directly to Li Weiguo, I believe that Li Weiguo will definitely kill Wu Zhiqiang.

The two made an appointment with the contact information, and Yu Youdao immediately left happily.

Wu Zhiqiang suddenly sighed and said to himself: "Li Weiguo, don't blame me for opposing you, my father has made great contributions to you, and you actually killed him if you said kill." I don't oppose you, heaven will not tolerate it. ”

At this time, Wu Zhiqiang suddenly felt that there was someone behind him, and hurriedly turned around, but he was greeted by a hot big-eared scraper.

Syllable!

The ear scraper was very loud, and Wu Zhiqiang's face instantly had five blood hatreds.

Wu Zhiqiang was furious, and was about to scold who was so bold and dared to hit his ear, but when he saw the person in front of him. But he was suddenly stunned.

"Father? You're not dead! ”

Syllable!

Another big-eared scraper, Wu Zhiqiang's other face had five bloody hatreds.

"Bastard, I'm angry with you if I'm not dead!"

Wu Yong suddenly scolded, and reached out again to continue to shave his ears, as if the two ear scrapers just now were not enough.

"Dad, why are you beating me!"

Wu Zhiqiang quit and immediately dodged, he is also a dignified army commander, and he has 50,000 people under his hands. This person can't afford to lose, how can he lead troops in the future?

"You still dare to hide, it's against you!" Wu Yong didn't explain, he taught his son to be a word, hit! If you don't obey, you will be beaten, and if you do something wrong, you will be beaten!

Wu Zhiqiang was so sad that he had to kneel down and say mercy, covering his face with both hands, which meant that he was also open. Hit casually except for the face.

Wu Yong couldn't hit his son's face, and he couldn't find a family weapon such as a feather duster around, so he suddenly sat down angrily and glared at his son fiercely.

Wu Zhiqiang asked weakly, "Father." What's going on? How did I hear that your old man was killed by Li Weiguo! ”

"Bastard! The name of King Wu is something you can scream about! Is there any gentleman or minister! ”

Seeing Wu Yong's glare, Wu Zhiqiang was also unintentional, he was so angry just now that he hurriedly corrected it.

Wu Yong then told the ins and outs of the matter. stared at his son fiercely and asked, "You seem to have finished talking when I came just now, and you are not small. How dare you rebel? ”

Because Wu Yong wanted to avoid the eyes and ears of acquaintances, he was active at night after leaving Shanghai, lurking during the day, taking the tiger talisman given to him by Li Weiguo all the way through various defense areas, secretly meeting with the commanders of various defense areas, conveying Li Weiguo's orders, and also appeasing the army's heart.

Therefore, by the time Wu Yong arrived in Jinling, several days had passed since the incident, but he did not expect that Li Hongzhang's people would act so quickly, and they had already sent the Anhui political envoy Yu Youdao to plot against his son.

At that time, when Wu Yong heard the last conversation between the two, he was also frightened into a cold sweat.

Wu Zhiqiang was even more soaked, this was when he first joined the army, he sweated, and now he has been in power for seven or eight years, and it is the first time he has sweated so much. This is his hard work, how did he know that this was actually a play.

This Li Weiguo is also too terrifying, the before and after schemes are set one by one, even the serial plans of the Three Kingdoms are directly weakened at this moment.

Wu Zhiqiang's young heart was hit badly in an instant, this Nima didn't rebel immediately, otherwise Li Weiguo's scheming, fighting with him is purely the rhythm of looking for death!

"Father, then—what now? The child also heard that his father was killed by Li-King Wu, so he agreed to Yu Youdao with a hot head. ”

Wu Yong kept his face calm, and soon stretched it out again, and said: "Blessings and misfortunes depend on them, disasters and blessings come, this matter seems to be a good thing, I am thinking about how to lure Li Hongzhang and Yixin into the bait, just so that you can take advantage of it." ”

Wu Zhiqiang asked weakly: "Father means to let the child surrender?" ”

Wu Zhiqiang was naturally not stupid, so he immediately thought of it.

Wu Yong nodded and said, "That's right, you are guarding Jiangning Mansion, and the position is extremely important, so if Li Hongzhang wants to sneak attack King Wu, it is best to open a gap from you." ”

Wu Zhiqiang learned from Wu Yong, otherwise he would not have been promoted to the commander of the Fourth Army at such a young age. At this moment, when I heard Wu Yong's words, I understood it and said: "Bring Li Hongzhang's army over and fight dogs in Jiangnan, but it can be decided in a battle." ”

Wu Yong nodded and said, "If you can fight, it will naturally be the best." If we pit Li Hongzhang on our side, and if you Uncle Chen pit Yixin again, then the two largest armies in the country, Li Hongzhang's Yan Army and Yi Xin's Manmeng Eight Banners, are estimated to be greatly damaged, and they will not pose a threat to King Wu in a short period of time, so King Wu can devote all his energy to destroying the Anglo-French army. ”

This was designed by Li Weiguo, Wu Yong, and Chen Jingnan from the beginning, first using a strategy to trap Li Hongzhang and Yixin's main elite, and after severely invading them, they would definitely not dare to attack southward easily, so Li Weiguo would not have to worry about the safety of the Yangtze River defense line for the time being, and instead concentrate on defeating the second invasion of the British and French forces.

From beginning to end, in Li Weiguo's eyes, the British and French coalition forces are the great enemy, but they don't want to let Li Hongzhang and Yi Xin be behind the back at the critical moment of dealing with the British and French forces, so they will come up with this series of serial schemes to lure and deceive Li Hongzhang and Yi Xin, the purpose is just to hit them hard first, take Li Weiguo to eliminate the invading British and French forces, and then turn around and clean up Li Hongzhang and Yi Xin.

Although Wu Zhiqiang had already guessed Li Weiguo's intentions, Wu Yong sighed and said to his son in a serious tone: "You listen to me, this time it is your luck, otherwise if you really dare to rebel, our Wu family will be doomed." ”

Wu Zhiqiang smiled: "It's not because of my father, otherwise-"

"Otherwise what?" Wu Yong immediately slapped his son again, and said angrily: "You idiot, you are in your twenties, you can't even see the situation clearly, you have been a military commander for more than a year, and you have been a dog!" ”

Wu Zhiqiang covered his face, and suddenly looked aggrieved.

Wu Yong sighed: "Remember, even if King Wu kills his father one day, it will be a doomed fate for his father, and he can't blame anyone." You must not remember to be resentful, and you must continue to support King Wu, let alone rebel, that is the most stupid, and it will involve the Wu family all over the house. ”

Wu Zhiqiang was puzzled: "What kind of truth is this?" Children don't understand, the hatred of killing their fathers is not shared! ”

Wu Yong shook his head and continued: "As the chief strategist and chief of staff by King Wu's side, Father Wei has unlimited scenery on the surface, but in fact, the power he holds will threaten King Wu. In all dynasties, the final fate of a person like his father was death, except for the Song Dynasty's cup of wine and military power was mild, and that was also the best ending. ”

"Why? Father made great contributions to King Wu, why did he unload the mill and kill the donkey! Wu Zhiqiang was unconvinced, although he knew that what his father said was the truth, but he didn't want to believe it.

Wu Yong smiled faintly and said: "King Wu is a broad-minded person, as the male master, he will definitely do it, as for whether to kill the donkey or not, it all depends on our own performance." When it comes to the status of a father, he has done a lot of shady things openly and secretly, and it is enough to kill his head if he takes out one at will, and there are many people who are jealous of his father's position, even if King Wu doesn't do it, these people will find a way to force King Wu to do it, and they will use King Wu's knife to cut off the head of his father, so when one day King Wu really kills his father, it is not his original intention, because this is officialdom, this is politics. If you can understand, then King Wu will see the merits of your father to make your official fortune prosperous, and the children of the Wu family to be rich and happy. If you dare to rebel, the Wu family will be completely buried by you, and the credit for your father will be in vain. ”

Wu Zhiqiang snorted coldly, although he was not angry, he also understood.

Seeing that his son was not convinced, Wu Yong asked: "Do you really think that if you rebel, your Fourth Army will listen to you?" ”

Wu Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why can't you?" Military orders are like mountains, I am the army commander, who dares not to listen to me? ”

Wu Yong shook his head and said: "You, the commander of the army, are not as good as being a father in mastering the heart of the army, don't forget, how was the Nanyang Army trained, and the chief of staff system in the Nanyang Army do you think it's just to give advice?" Then you are very wrong, it is used for brainwashing, and the real intention is to make the army completely loyal to King Wu. If you dare to oppose King Wu, you don't need King Wu to come, and your soldiers will turn against you first. ”

Wu Zhiqiang was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat, he really never seriously thought about this problem, but at this moment, he immediately remembered some military training content, in addition to military physical training every day, there is also a half-hour political class, and there are a lot of things, but every time before the lecture, the staff officers will lead everyone to recite the "Li Wei's Chinese Record", I used to think that it was to collect Li Weiguo's famous sayings, but now in retrospect, the first sentence is to love the motherland, love the people, and support the great leader Li Weiguo, This Nima is not brainwashing, no wonder the soldiers screamed as soon as they heard Li Weiguo's three words, and they carried out whatever orders to the letter.

"Okay, there's a lot of things you need to understand slowly!" Wu Yong felt that his son had almost comprehended, as long as he understood these words, he could at least save his life.

Wu Zhiqiang knew his father's temper, so he asked, "Then what should we do now?" ”

Wu Yong smiled and only said one word.

"Wait!" (To be continued.) )