Until the second half of the night, Song Xiance came back, and what he brought back was good news, Tang Mu's plan was approved by Li Zicheng, Li Laiheng would first take 100,000 taels of silver and a 100-person Shun army to Juehua Island to join the Oriental Brigade, as long as the Oriental Brigade completed the landing, it would give another 200,000 taels, as for the remaining money and reward, after fighting with the main force of the Qing army, and having captured, it would be sent to Juehua Island.

Tang Mu was satisfied with all this, and at least got 100,000 taels of silver for the trading company, which greatly alleviated the financial situation of the trading company.

Kyaw Wah Island.

A small boat landed on the Egret, Li Zhaoji stood on the side of the ship, looked at Wu Sangui who boarded the ship, stretched out his hand to help him and said: "Oh, Ping Xibo, I'm really sorry, I really didn't expect you to come in person, if I knew that you attached so much importance to it, even if I was sick, I would have to visit Ningyuan." ”

Wu Sangui naturally wouldn't debunk Li Zhaoji's fake cough, he said, "Mr. Li, are you feeling better?" Hey, you're not by Ben's side during this time, Benbo doesn't want to think about tea, he doesn't want to do things, he feels unstable everywhere, Benbo can't leave you for a moment.

For the sake of our great cause, Sir should also take care of his health. ”

As he spoke, he took a few boxes from his own soldiers and said, "These are all good ginseng mushrooms, which are used by Mr. to condition his body." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled, ordered someone to take it, and invited Wu Sangui into the cabin.

Three days ago, Li Zhaoji got a report on the battle of Yanggezhuang, the performance of the Shun army greatly exceeded his expectations, although the Qing army confronted, the casualties were too heavy, but the fight was presentable, the two sides faced off in a dignified manner, although the Shun army suffered a small loss, but did not show defeat.

Whether it was a few days of confrontation or the final withdrawal, they were all executed extremely beautifully, and Li Zhaoji had to admit that he underestimated Li Zicheng's army.

But the news he got was not told to Wu Sangui, compared to the communication between Dashun and the Oriental Trading Company, Dashun and Liaozhen were on mutual beware, Wu Sangui only knew that Dashun had withdrawn his troops in Yanggezhuang, so he directly linked the retreat with the fiasco.

Wu Sangui did not know that the Shun army had decided to defend the capital, and was strictly ordered to the Central Plains and Shaanxi and Gansu reinforcements to arrive quickly, Wu Sangui guessed that the Shun army suffered great losses, and perhaps would abandon the capital and flee westward.

Some of his judgments came from the true and false news obtained from the Guannei, and some of them were the warnings of the Qing army to Liaozhen.

But Wu Sangui has sent 10,000 elites to Jiangnan, supported King Lu to become a prison country, now King Lu has entered Nanjing, worship filial piety, the plan is steadily implemented, Qian Qianyi, Shi Kefa and Wu Xiang use various means to contact the real power figures in the south, all kinds of governors, town generals, hope that they support King Lu, as long as most of the provinces support, King Lu will directly change from the prison to the emperor, the plan is completely successful.

Obviously, dancing on the three eggs at the beginning, with Liaozhen sending 10,000 elites south, Wu Sangui has already made a choice, and the plan to tilt the power of the government and the opposition is advancing very smoothly, Wu Sangui is impossible to surrender to either side of Dashun and Manchu, and all the contact and discussion are false and wrong.

Merely........

“...... It's just that the battle in the Guannai can't have a situation where the winner and the defeat have been divided, and Li Chuang can't collapse at this time. Wu Sangui held Li Zhaoji's hand, he didn't care about his hospitality at all, and said earnestly.

Li Zhaoji smiled and said: "That's natural, for us, it's best for Li Chuang and the Manchus to fight until September, but in October, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, that's it." Wu Sangui said seriously.

Although Wu Sangui assured his political ally Jiangnan Shi Dafu group that Liao Zhen would not be withdrawn, it was just a false attitude, and let Jiang Nan Shi Dafu support King Lu with him. In fact, according to the plan, as long as the north wind is together, the elite soldiers and families of Liaozhen will go south, and the doctors will not be willing to do so at that time.

"Ping Xibo, don't panic, the situation has not yet collapsed......." Li Zhaoji smiled and pulled Wu Sangui to sit down, and said, "Ping Xibo, I'll go get you a reassuring pill." ”

"Oh, at this time, I can't take your foreign medicine." Wu Sangui said anxiously.

"Hey, the reassuring pill is not a foreign medicine, but a good thing to make you feel at ease, wait, wait." Li Zhaoji comforted Wu Sangui for a few words, and then entered a cabin next to him, he took out a letter from his arms, which was a secret letter sent by Tang Mu, which was the matter of sending troops to Liaodong and Dashun as agreed with Dashun.

Li Zhaoji ordered someone to take pen and ink, and some of the words related to secrecy and the relationship between the two sides were directly pulled out of the page of the specific plan, making it look more like the Shun army asked the Oriental Trading Company to send troops to Liaodong through the communication channel.

After doing all this, Li Zhaoji blew dry the ink on it before returning to the officer's cabin where Wu Sangui was entertained.

"Come, Pinsiber read this letter." Li Zhaoji handed the letter to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui took it and looked at it carefully, and said, "Sir, Li Chuang is asking you to send troops to Liaodong?" ”

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly: "That's what it means, don't hide it from Xibo, during this time, I did a little business with Tianjin Wei and Li Chuang, and the two sides had close contacts, and Li Chuang also seemed to know that I had a brigade of elite soldiers on Juehua Island." ”

In fact, not only the Oriental Trading Company, since the arrival of the Guangdong army on Juehua Island, except for the period when King Lu and King Fu disappeared, the fleet in Jiangnan continued to bring supplies and military supplies, and these ships also brought goods from the south.

Obviously, a Liao town could not be consumed, so Jiangnan merchants sold it on a large scale in the area of Tianjin Wei and Denglai.

Wu Sangui also turned a blind eye to these things, because the whole town of Liao participated in and shared the profits, and after the arrival of the north wind season, the south seized power, and the whole town of Liao still had to rely on these ships.

"Sir, Li Chuang also asked me to send troops to Liaodong, and once again raised the price, this time I will be named the Duke of Jiguo, Xu Wu Jiashi Town Liaoxi, if Liaodong is restored, it will also be a fief for me. And the annual salary is 1.2 million, but it needs to be handed over from Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui saw that Li Zhaoji had told him the secret with Li Chuang, and he naturally revealed it.

Li Zhaoji hated and said: "Li Zicheng is really a cheap bone, if he does it like this in early April, why will Ping Xibo have so much trouble." ”

Li Zhaoji's angry rebuke of Li Zicheng was sincere, and he always felt that if Li Zicheng had appeased Wu Sangui immediately after entering Beijing, and then offered similar favorable conditions, then Wu Sangui would definitely not surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty would have become a phantom when he entered the customs.

Wu Sangui didn't know this section, and smiled embarrassedly when he heard this, if Dashun gave this condition in early April, he really didn't know how to choose, after all, it was illusory to go to the south to take charge of the court situation, and Li Chuang also had a lot of uncertainties here.

But now, he has no choice.

Li Zhaoji poured a cup of tea for Wu Sangui and said: "Ping Xibo, as far as I can see, since Li Chuang is still willing to invest in persuading you and me to send troops to Liaodong, it shows that he is still confident in dealing with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and may not withdraw from the capital and retreat to the nine sides. ”

Wu Sangui had no intention of drinking tea and asked, "But what if Li Chuang is really defeated?" ”

Li Zhaoji said helplessly: "If that's the case, Liaozhen won't be able to retreat." Ping Xiber needs to prepare early. ”

"Okay, sir, tell me how to prepare."

Li Zhaoji said: "Take control of Juehua Island, build fortifications and shacks on the island, and immediately retreat the army and their families to Juehua Island as long as there is a major change in the pass." Block the Qing army by sea, and wait for the north wind season, that is, to the south. However, as far as I can see, the situation will never reach that point, and if it is moved, it will be unstable in the hearts of the army and the people. ”

Wu Sangui immediately shook his head: "No, no, no, Mr. is right, now that the focus has shifted to the south, no matter what, we must be fully prepared, not afraid of 10,000, just afraid of a case." Ben Bo also thought so in his heart, once there is a change in the pass, whether the Manchu Qing wins or the Dashun wins, the victorious side will inevitably go all out against us.

Even with the support of money and food from the south of the Yangtze River, my Liaozhen is not an opponent of any side with these 50,000 soldiers, and the north wind is still more than three months, and the army and hundreds of thousands of relatives cannot move in western Liaoning. It's just that this Juehua Island is controlled by the Cantonese army, and Chen Ping is not sent by Benbo. ”

In addition to the main island, Juehua Island also has Yangjiashan Island in the southwest, and Mopanshan Island in the northeast, and the Cantonese army controls the main island of Juehua Island and Mopanshan Island, while the Oriental Trading Company garrisons on Yangjiashan Island.

Li Zhaoji smiled and said, "I fully understood what Ping Xibo said. Ping Xibo now has two difficulties, first, the Guangdong army is willing not to give up Juehua Island, and second, this is to help Li Chuang, send troops to Liaodong, can you do it, how to do it! ”

"The parents who gave birth to me, and Mr. Li, who knows me." Wu Sangui looked excited and bowed down.

Li Zhaoji helped him up and said, "These two matters, as far as I can see, can be solved together." ”

Wu Sangui was even more excited: "If Mr. has a way, if Mr. has a way, my heart will settle down." ”

Li Zhaoji said with a smile: "Ping Xibo, last time I told Ping Xibo to ask Shen Youlong to be the governor of Jiliao, and there will be a response from Jiangnan." ”

Wu Sangui sighed and said: "My father said to Qian Qianyi and other adults, but most of them objected, Qian Qianyi directly thought that it was impossible, Shi Kefa had a softer attitude, and felt that as long as Shen Youlong supported King Lu, it would be nothing to make him a governor of Jiliao."

The father of the family fought the basis of reason, and made a deal with Qian Qianyi for Zheng Sen's safety to get this ........ ”

Wu Sangui said, took out a roll of yellow silk from his sleeve, opened it and saw that there was a blank edict on it, and the recipients and official positions were blank, and Wu Sangui filled it in casually.

Li Zhaoji is no stranger to this thing, in history, the Yongli Dynasty was hurt by this thing, Sun Kewang and the King of Qin, isn't that how he came?

Obviously, the struggle of the Wu family father and son is only to fight for a camera.

"Ping Xibo, it's easy to do with this." Li Zhaoji nodded with satisfaction, put away the edict, and returned it to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui hurriedly asked, "Sir, what should I do?" ”

Li Zhaoji said: "You fill in the edict, seal Shen Youlong as the governor of Jiliao, and then hand him and Zheng Sen over to me, and I will persuade him to support King Lu and accept the edict."

When this step is done, it will be easy to do next, use Shen Youlong, retake charge of the Guangdong army, and then send the Guangdong army ashore, in the name of Shen Youlong, send troops to Liaodong, and my Oriental Trading Company will assist from the side, as for Pingxi Boma, take over Juehua Island, build a large number of buildings, and make all preparations

In this way, Doctor Jiangnan can't blame you for breaking the plan of Lianyu Pingkou, and you don't have to divide your troops to deal with Li Chuang's request, what does Ping Xibo think? ”

Wu Sangui frowned: "Good is good, there is nothing better than this, but what Mr. said is certain." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "I heard that Ping Xibo deducted the Yuejun's salary last month, if you are willing to take it out, this matter will be certain." ”

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