While chatting, a personal soldier came over and said to Wu Shigong, "My lord, those adults have come to visit you. ”

It was the four military attaches of the Ming army rescued by Wu Shigong who came. The two were the leaders of the Henan army, Chen Zhongzhidu Division of the Governor Biao Battalion and Jiang Cheng Qianzong of the guerrilla battalion. They were the highest military attachés of the Henan army after the Jiang guerrilla was killed.

There are also two people: the highest military attache of the Ming army of more than 600 people, Yuan Heng garrison, who led the local Ming army from Beizhili. and a garrison named Wei Li, who later approached, was a local Ming army in Shandong.

It is estimated that they were busy taking people to "search for tents" after dinner just now, so until now, they belatedly came to thank Wu Shigong for his rescue.

Although Wu Shigong somewhat despised their behavior of "collecting tents", he still concealed his emotions and welcomed them in very politely.

As soon as they came in, of course, the four military attaches sincerely thanked them, and Wu Shigong was also polite and modest. Anyway, he said something on the scene. Those military attaches also saw that they had exhausted their courtesies, so they waited for Wu Shigong's send-off.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong immediately asked very directly: "Colleagues." Our army is newly defeated, and chaos will inevitably break out in the army. Since you are the person who is broken this time, your position in the army must also be in the corner. And how can you protect yourself after returning to the camp? Do you still want to be the army of the severed tail? ”

"The younger brother is also a guest army in Henan, and he is also a subordinate position in the army. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here to rescue with a lifetime of death. Why don't we wait together and keep peace in the future. ”

Wu Shigong's outspokenness made the four military attaches stunned. They never expected that Wu Shigong would nakedly want to form a gang now. Moreover, they didn't know Wu Shigong's personality at all, and for a moment or three, they didn't worry about handing over the fate of themselves and their army to the young and excessively young garrison in front of them.

However, Wu Shigong has a life-saving grace for them after all, and it is not appropriate to resolutely refute Wu Shigong's face. Therefore, the four military attachés remained silent and deliberated.

After a long while, Yuan Heng's garrison of Beizhili broke the silence: "Wu garrison! It's not that the brother doesn't understand your good intentions. But in the end, we are all the army of the imperial court. With the Governor here, it won't be too unfair. If you suffer some small losses, I will admit it brother. ”

Seeing that someone spoke first, the guard also said: "Wu Guard's kindness, I don't dare to forget it." But it's too early to talk about anything else, and when the time comes, let's discuss it together, okay? ”

For the military attache of the Ming Dynasty, the strength in his hands was the guarantee of his official position. In the various Ming armies, acts such as fire mergers and forcible incorporations are not uncommon.

Therefore, although these military attaches are forced to get closer to Wu Shigong's Runing battalion due to the crisis, they are still very afraid that Wu Shigong will forcibly absorb the remnants of the army in their hands.

In the end, this is Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion, which is the strongest. Besides, although those military attachés now have remnants in their hands, these remnants are also the backbone of these military attachés with the strongest combat effectiveness and the most loyal to these military attachés.

As long as these backbone cadres are in hand, even if those military attachés are demoted, the army built up by relying on these backbones can quickly make meritorious contributions, and there is hope that the officers will be reinstated. So how dare they risk getting too close to Wu Shigong? Even if Wu Shigong said that no matter how fanciful it is, it will not work.

Of course, Yuan Heng and Wei Li also refused very tactfully. They didn't even say anything to death, but now the possibility of cooperating with Wu Shigong is definitely gone.

Wu Shigong was not reluctant, he looked at Chen Zhongzhidu Si and Jiang Cheng Qianzong, waiting for their answers. But the two men remained silent. After being cold for a while, seeing that there was no result, Wu Shigong had no choice but to say helplessly: "Then everyone should go and rest early." ”

Hearing that Wu Shigong was no longer pressing, the four military attaches also hurriedly saluted and said goodbye with a heavy sense of relief.

In fact, Wu Shigong did not think of forcibly absorbing the army of these four military attachés, what he just said was really his true thoughts.

Although Wu Shigong's Runing battalion was strong and strong, his total number of men and horses accounted for too little of the total number of Ming troops, and Wu Shigong's official position was too low. When all the Ming armies converge now, think about it, and you will know that Wu Shigong's Runing battalion is very likely to become cannon fodder.

But if Wu Shigong's Runing battalion and Liu Zeqing and other rear troops hug together, plus these Ming troops who are now rescued, they will no longer have the upper hand in terms of the total number of people, and everyone's life will be much better, which is a matter of mutual benefit.

Besides, although the behavior of the four military attaches in "collecting tents" is not commendable, the current Ming army has even become commonplace to kill good people and take meritorious deeds, so their behavior is not much worse.

Also, none of the four military attachés abandoned their armies and fled. You must know that the military attachés of the Ming army generally had their own soldiers and horses, and it was easy to abandon the defeated army and flee to save themselves. And these four military attachés took the initiative to stay, not abandoning their own army and leading them to retreat together. This is a tall man from the short, and it also proves that these four military attaches are still trustworthy. This is also one of the reasons why Wu Shigong wants to win them over.

However, seeing that they were unwilling to accept his own wooing, Wu Shigong gave up. This twisted melon is not sweet. I finally sold them a favor, and there is no need to turn against them for some preventive things in the future. Whether he will become cannon fodder in the future is still unknown.

So Wu Shigong also generously said goodbye to the four military attachés. However, when saying goodbye, Wu Shigong still reminded:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official will just say a word here. In any case, when the official rescues you, he must have a beginning and an end. In this retreat, you must obey the orders of your own officer. ”

"The official is ready to retreat in the middle of the night, and you must also greet your subordinates, and wait for the officer's notice when the time comes, so as not to cause panic. Let your sons who are outside the camp withdraw early, so that the hour is not too late. As long as you return to the rear camp, all colleagues can make their own decisions, and the official will not care about them. Is that good? ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" The four military attaches felt that Wu Shigong's words were also very reasonable, and of course they agreed.

Wu Shigong estimated that after the encounter between the Runing battalion and the rebel cavalry during the day, it was absolutely impossible for the rebels to immediately send a large army to entangle themselves on the basis of not knowing their own strength.

The only possibility is another night attack by the rebels. According to the general situation, there are generally two times when night attacks occur: one is the third watch in the middle of the night; The other is when you sleep most luxuriously before the rooster crows.

And Wu Shigong prepared to retreat at half an hour before the third watch in the middle of the night. In this way, it is effective to avoid night attacks by the rebels. And when the time comes, if the rebels attack at night and see this empty camp, even if they know that Wu Shigong is retreating, they will definitely be afraid of an ambush and dare not pursue again.

Wu Shigong saw the four military attachés leaving with their backs to him, and he also yawned and was about to take a nap. Suddenly, he saw that Jiang Chengqian always looked back at him, as if he wanted to say something and stopped.

Wu Shigong was moved, and immediately shouted: "Chen Dusi, President Jiang Qian, please wait!" Can we Henan villagers have a few words? ”

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