Wu Sangui was shocked when he heard Li Zhaoji say this, he grabbed Li Zhaoji's hand and said: "What Mr. said is exactly what I am worried about, it is really God who sent you to save me at this time of crisis, and I went to Liaozhen."

If Mr. does not give up, Wu is willing to worship Mr. as a military advisor. ”

Li Zhaoji smiled and said: "Ping Xibo laughed, I am a rough man, where did I become a military advisor, what I said today is not only for your Liaozhen family, but also for my future." When you and I get over this official and achieve great things, don't talk about worshipping the military teacher, we can also worship the master. ”

said this, but there was a stench in my heart, who wants to worship you, unless you give Chen Yuanyuan to me, we will be considered fellow believers.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, you and I have a good life ahead." Wu Sangui said excitedly.

Li Zhaoji pointed to the plate on the table: "Ping Xibo, you can peel the second egg." ”

Wu Sangui smiled excitedly, picked up the second egg, and said: "This second one, it's the Manchu Dynasty, this is not a good egg, maybe a bad egg." ”

"Turnips and cabbages have their own loves, but some people love rotten eggs." Lee Siu Kee said.

"Okay, please sir dissect this rotten egg of the Manchu Qing for me." Wu Sangui said seriously.

Li Zhaoji put down his chopsticks and asked carefully: "Ping Xibo, there is one thing you should have heard." ”

"What's the matter?" Wu Sangui asked.

"There are signs of a major attack by the Manchus." Lee Siu Kee said.

With a click, the egg fell into the bowl, and Wu Sangui said, "I don't know where the news of Mr. came from." Prime Minister, can there be such a thing? ”

Xia Guoxiang shook his head: "I didn't find anything unusual, and I didn't mention it in the letters we exchanged." Perhaps Mr. Li's information was deceived. ”

Xia was very confident in the intelligence of Liaozhen, because Liaozhen Jiangmen had a large number of captives on the Manchu side, and the Manchu Qing side not only treated those generals from Liaodong Jiangmen harshly, but also favored them, not only marrying Manchurian women to them according to their rank, but also allowing them to communicate with Wu Sangui's side

Li Zhaoji didn't say anything, Wu Sangui shook his head and said: "Don't say that, Mr. Li can go through the world, maybe there are channels that we don't know, don't doubt it." ”

"In fact, if you doubt it or not, you don't need to say it, just look at the facts. As far as I know, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had set a strategy of entering the customs and plundering a few years ago, and now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has changed power, Dolgon is in power, and in order to establish his authority, he has already decided to enter the customs and plunder.

Even if there were no thieves in Beijing, the Manchus were still like this.

Now that the thieves are in Beijing, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has received the news and is stepping up preparations to turn the entry into the Central Plains and plunder. Therefore, this time, it is not to send elites into the customs, but to pour out the strength of the whole country, which can be said to be out of the country.

The time is roughly in April, and there are many elite Hu cavalry under Ping Xibo, who can sneak in to explore next month, and if the men in the Manchu manor are exhausted, it will be to enter the Central Plains. Li Zhaoji said slowly.

As soon as they heard it, they could determine whether the information was true or not, and Wu Sangui and Xia Guoxiang had no intention of arguing anymore, but chose to listen to it and believe it.

"Mr. Li thinks that if the Manchu Qing Dynasty goes to war, will my Liao Zhen be able to defeat it?" Wu Sangui asked.

Li Zhaoji smiled, poured himself a glass of wine, and said, "Ping Xibo is a test of Li." ”

Wu Sangui said with a smile: "Let's talk on paper today, there is nothing to say, and we can't talk about the exam, just discuss one or two." ”

Li Zhaoji didn't care, and said: "Ping Xibo has been fighting with the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, and he has relatives over there, and he naturally knows more than Li Mou. In your place, Li is ugly. ”

"Please sir."

Li Zhaoji said directly: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty took the Eight Banners as the military system, the horses were the army, and the horses were for the people, and the strength should not be underestimated. As far as I can see, all parties in the world, with the Manchu Qing Dynasty being the strongest, Li Chuang, Liaozhen, Daming, etc., are invincible.

The Manchu Eight Banners are divided into Manchu, Mongolia and Han, each with eight banners, of which there are more than 300 Niulu in the Manchurian Eight Banners, about 12 in the Mongolian Eight Banners, and one hundred and sixteen in the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Nominally, there are 300 people in a Niulu, but in fact, there are very few who are so full, and most of the Niulu are 200 people, because Huang Taiji has been repeatedly split, so there are fewer of them.

A brief calculation, Manchuria Eight Banners should have about 55,000 Dingkou, Eight Banners Mongolia and then count Chahar, it will not be more than 30,000, two years ago, the Han Army Eight Banners were just established, 24,000 people, after the first battle of Songjin, Dingkou increased, should be about 40,000.

There are also three kings and one duke, Kong Youde has 3,100 soldiers, Geng Zhongming has 2,005, Shang Kexi has 2,003, and Shen Zhixiang has more than 1,000 people.

In addition, there is a foreign feudal Mongolia belonging to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a total of 960 cattle records, and the Eight Banners Niu Lu is different, the outer domain has more than 50 households for one Niu Lu, so there are about 48,000 households.

This constituted all the Manchu military ......... ”

Wu Sangui and Xia Guoxiang listened, and their mouths couldn't close in surprise, because this matter was a top secret of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if Wu Sangui's uncle Zu Dashou held an important position over there, he would not know it in such detail, but it was easily said by Li Zhaoji.

However, Li Zhaoji continued to say lightly: "As far as I can see, the Manchu Qing can mobilize about 160,000 troops, of course, even if the country is exhausted, it will not all go to war. Three points of soldiers and horses, two points of marching, and one point of staying, therefore, if the Qing army attacked, it should have about 100,000 soldiers.

The number alone is twice that of Liaozhen, and the Qing army is multi-horse, marching fast, and has a strong impact. And there is Wuzhen Chaoha, the red cannon of the department, the best in the world. Liao Zhen is afraid that it cannot be defeated, even if it is Li Chuang, it may not be its opponent. ”

"What the gentleman said is very true, very true." Wu Sangui said.

Li Zhaoji smiled, and ordered the egg in Wu Sangui's hand, Wu Sangui hurriedly peeled it, Li Zhaoji continued: "Speaking of open-mindedness, Huang Taiji is beyond the world, Li heard that Ping Xibo's uncle, Zu Dashou, rebelled against the Manchu Dynasty, but after the Manchu Qing Dynasty was lowered, Huang Taiji was favored by him, and he was not guilty of the past.

Dolgon is far inferior to Huang Taiji, but he is pouring out of the country, gambling on the fortune of the country, for the survival of the country and personal authority, he will also try his best to win over Liaozhen.

That Kong Youde and the other three people, but with two or three thousand soldiers, you can be crowned king, you have 50,000 elite soldiers under your command, a prince can't run, this is better than Li Chuang's prospects, Li Chuang can also give you a marquis.

But like Li Chuang, the Manchu Qing Dynasty can't give you much silver taels to reward the army, that is, you will be allowed to live in Liaoxi.

As far as I know, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was very good to the Han Chen, and the estates of the three kings and one prince were all arranged in a centralized manner, close to the domain, and people could also live in the domain, which can be said to be a country of its own. However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty itself, all the nobles needed to live in Shenyang and were not free.

If you choose between Li Chuang and the Manchu Qing, it is better to choose the Manchu Qing. Li Chuang killed Chongzhen, he is the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and if you vote for Li Chuang, you are treason and rebellion. But Dongyu is different, as far as I can see, in the future, the imperial court will be newly established in Jiangnan, and it may unite with the Manchu Qing Dynasty to exterminate Li Chuang.

And if you vote for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you can claim to be in Cao Ying's heart in Han, if you make trouble, you can be ordered to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, or you can protect your reputation. ”

When Xia Guoxiang heard this, he hurriedly said: "In this way, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is strong, gives many benefits, and has a chance to preserve its reputation, so it's not bad to vote." ”

"Don't interject." Wu Sangui reminded, he pointed to his head: "After voting for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you have to shave your hair, and the pig's tail braid is combed, can you still remove it?" ”

As he spoke, Wu Sangui put the peeled egg in the bowl in front of Li Zhaoji, picked up the last one, and said, "Mr. Li, three eggs, you talked about two, it's up to the third one." ”

Li Zhaoji saw that Wu Sangui was about to peel the egg, so he pressed his hand and said, "Ping Xibo, this third egg, Li is not easy to explain." ”

"What kind of truth is this, now we are all working for the Ming Dynasty, you Li Chuang and the Manchu Qing are all talking about the Tao, how did you get to the Ming Dynasty, it's not easy to explain." Wu Sangui was puzzled.

Li Zhaoji said: "Li is employed by Lord Shen Youlong, if I say too many good things about Da Ming here, let the three eggs, Da Ming's one is too outstanding, you will think that I am here to be a lobbyist for Lord Shen, my head melon, but I can't keep it." ”

"Haha, absolutely not. The authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and Benber just wants to listen to the thoughts of you, the bystanders. Wu Sangui said.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "In this case, then I will be Ping Xibo to forgive me for my innocence and speak boldly." ”

"That's nature, today you only have merit, no sin." Wu Sangui said.

Li Zhaoji said with a smile: "As far as I can see, among the three eggs, choosing Daming is the most appropriate, but the risk is too great." ”

"Tell me about it." Wu Sangui put on a posture of humbly asking for advice.

Li Zhaoji said: "There is one thing, just now I said in the future, I just said, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has entered the customs and wants to enter the Central Plains, Ping Xibo thinks, which road will the Manchus take?" ”

"Aren't you going to enter through Shanhaiguan?"

Li Zhaoji said: "If you go to annex, Dolgon will naturally enter the customs from Liaoxi. Is Keping Xibo willing to take the initiative to join? ”

Wu Sangui thought for a while and spread out his hands: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty and Li Chuang have never divided the winner or loser, wouldn't it be better for Ben Bo to wait?" ”

"That's right." Li Zhaoji continued: "As far as I can see, before the Manchus sent troops, Ping Xibo should not negotiate with the Manchus, just treat it as if nothing happened, but negotiate with Li Chuang to redeem Ling Zun. Negotiations with the Manchus should be made after the Manchus entered the customs.

If you don't express your position, Shanhaiguan will not be able to pass, and the Manchu Qing will go to the grassland and enter the customs from Jizhen. Although the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was stronger than that of the Shun army, the supply line was extended, and the strength of the Shun army could not be underestimated. ”

"Benber is naturally on the winner's side." Wu Sangui said.

Li Zhaoji smiled: "It is precisely this reason, the two armies are facing each other, they need the support of your Liaozhen strength even more, and the price will naturally increase at that time, Li Chuang cannot be sent away as a marquis, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty cannot be unemployed."

What's more, both sides will lose, who will fall on the credit for recovering the capital and exterminating the thieves? ”

"Haha, if it is at that time, the uncle will be the benefactor of the Ming Dynasty." Xia Guoxiang laughed, causing the two of them to look sideways for a while.

In fact, Xia Guoxiang is also a smart person, Wu Sangui relies on him a lot on weekdays, but Li Zhaoji and Wu Sangui are immortals fighting, and Xia Guoxiang is on the side, like a second fool.

Wu Sangui said: "Sir, when you talk about it, it seems that you are still talking about the first two eggs." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Regarding the Ming Dynasty, I do have a plan, but it is useless to say it now, and there is a lack of a key person. I have already sent someone to invite me, and I will definitely arrive within twenty days, or I will definitely not be there, and when the time comes, it will be more appropriate to listen to you. ”

Wu Sangui thought to himself, twenty days of hard work, just to find out whether the Manchu Qing side is pouring the country into battle, and can also negotiate various affairs with Li Chuang, and Li Zhaoji wants to live here by himself, and it seems that nothing will be delayed.

But then he thought of Shen Youlong on Juehua Island, and said: "Mr. Li, Lord Shen has gathered troops on Juehua Island, and I heard that the Yue army and the vassal army are nearly half, I don't know if you think it is better to have a showdown with Lord Shen now, or wait a few more days." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "I thought that when the main forces of the Guangdong army and the feudal army arrived, it would not be too late for a showdown. ”

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