Wu Sangui, who was in his fifties, couldn't stand such a big blow and fainted on the spot, Wang Pingfan ordered his guards to carry Wu Sangui to the big account of the Chinese army, and asked people to go to the city to call Xia Guoxiang, Guo Zhuangtu and others to come over, and he hurriedly began to gather soldiers and horses and organize firefighting.

After dawn, as the last bit of fire was extinguished, Wang Pingfan, who had been busy all night, sat on the ground tiredly, and Wu Guogui next to him also looked tired, although Guo Zhuangtu was also exhausted, but he still held on to count the losses.

Gao Dejie said hatefully at this time: "Ma Sanbao, raised by a son of a bitch, don't let Lao Tzu catch him, catch him and pick him up." ”

Xia Guoxiang, who was sitting on the ground, smiled bitterly: "Don't say cruel words, if you really meet him, can you beat him?" ”

"Hehe," Gao Dejie laughed twice when he heard this.

At this time, Wang Pingfan spoke: "Let's go to the big tent to see if the prince is awake." ”

"Good"

"Good"

Everyone agreed, so the group came to the big tent, Xia Guoxiang opened the tent curtain and walked in first, and the rest of the people also entered the big tent one by one.

The sound of the generals' armor crashing and footsteps woke Wu Sangui up, he slowly opened his eyes, looked at Xia Guoxiang, who was the first to come in, and asked, "Prime Minister of the country, how about the losses in the camp?" ”

Xia Guoxiang said with a sad face: "The last general estimates that there will be more than 10,000 dead and wounded, and the specific number Guo Zhuangtu has been counted." The casualties are still secondary, and the most serious thing is that almost all the war horses in the camp were captured by Ma Bao. ”

Wu Sangui heard that all the horses in the camp were taken away by Ma Bao, and he was so angry that he almost fainted again, "Ah, this king will kill this thief for the time being." Wu Sangui's voice gritted his teeth and swore an oath.

"The prince is discouraged, and now we still think about how to deal with Li Dingguo without the war horse." Wu Guogui, who walked in after Xia Guoxiang, spoke.

Wu Sangui closed his eyes and sighed, and said: "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to report to the imperial court, let the imperial court send war horses over, and you go to Guangzhou to find the king of Pingnan for help, and you personally take the king's excerpt to Beijing to the capital." ”

After finishing speaking, Wu Sangui asked people to bring up the four treasures of the study, and immediately began to write excerpts on the small case, while the generals waited quietly on the side. Half an hour later, Wu Sangui put down the pen and picked up the fold to read it, and then handed it to Liu Xuanchu next to him.

Liu Xuanchu took the fold and looked at it, and after reading it, he picked up the pen and polished it one or two, and after the revision, Liu Xuanchu handed the fold back to Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui took the fold and read it again, nodded at Liu Xuanchu, and ordered the document to be copied to the new fold.

The document was copied in a moment, and then Wu Sangui handed the fold to Wu Guogui, who took the fold and turned out of the big tent.

Wu Sangui wrote another letter and asked Wang Pingfan to take him to Guangzhou immediately.

Wang Pingfan didn't hesitate, took the letter and went out of the tent.

After arranging the matter of asking for help, Wu Sangui spoke: "You go out, wait for Zhuangtu to report the loss, and then discuss." When the generals heard this, they withdrew from their tents.

At this time, in Yuanjiang Mansion, Li An was discussing with his subordinates at the prefect's yamen about the establishment of the Ordnance Bureau and the War Bureau.

"Cathay, the matter of spreading the land into the mu has been almost done, it's time to grasp the manufacture of armor and weapons, this king plans to set up an ordnance bureau and a war bureau, the ordnance bureau is responsible for the manufacture of swords and armor, and the war bureau is responsible for gunpowder and firearms, what do you think?" Ang Lee asked everyone.

Wu Sanxing stroked his beard and said: "Dashan, now that the armor and stomach weapons in the army are not only few but also tattered, the armament should have been replenished and replaced a long time ago." In addition, the production of weapons is mainly firearms, followed by armor, and swords, guns, and cards. ”

In fact, during this period, all the generals who had some ability clearly understood the importance of firearms. Firearms have been used in warfare on a large scale in the early Ming Dynasty, and they shined even more at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, firearms occupied a very important position in the Qing army. Without firearms and relying only on arched horses, where could the Manchu Qing Dynasty defeat the great rivers and mountains of these two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Wu Sansheng proposed to focus on the production of firearms.

Lei Pilgrim, Jin Tongwu and others also agreed with what Wu Sanxing said.

At this time, Jiang Guotai spoke: "I don't know if this Ordnance Bureau and the War Bureau are under the control of the army, or under the control of the government?" ”

Li An shook his head and said, "It is not in the army or in the government, it is directly under the king." ”

"Report ......" A report from the herald interrupted what Jiang Guotai wanted to say.

"King Qiyu, Ma Bao took more than 20 people to ask for a meeting outside the city." The herald came in and got down on one knee to report.

Li An stepped forward to help the herald and said softly: "Isn't it that Xiaoyu's whole army is not allowed to kneel, and remember not to kneel next time." ”

The herald Wang Xuan's face was red with excitement, he didn't expect that he would be helped up by King Jin himself, and hurriedly said: "Follow the king's order." ”

Ang Lee then asked, "Are you sure it's Ma Bao?" How many people are there? ”

Wang Xuan nodded and said, "It is indeed General Ma Bao, I recognize General Ma Bao's appearance." ”

Li An was puzzled, Ma Bao surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the thirteenth year of Yongli (1659), but at this time he only brought more than 20 people to Yuanjiang Mansion to see him, which was not a trick to lure troops.

No matter what kind of conspiracy he has, he will go out and meet this famous general Ma Bao for a while. Then Li An spoke: "That's all for today, let's go out of the city to meet this Ma Bao." ”

Without waiting for the generals to react, Li An took the lead in striding out, and the generals hurriedly got up to follow. The group soon came to the North Gate Tower, Li An looked down, and sure enough, he saw more than 20 people standing not far from the city.

At this time, Ma Bao under the city saw that Li Dingguo's figure appeared on the city tower, and he couldn't help but be a little timid in his heart, and he didn't dare to face Li Dingguo.

Although he surrendered to the Qing court in desperation, he was already a general anyway. came to join King Jin again, I don't know what King Jin will think of himself in his heart.

After being voted under the command of King Jin this time, he will not be able to defect if he dies, otherwise the world is so big that there is no place for himself.

Just thinking about it, Ma Bao saw that the King of Jin and his subordinates had come out of the city, he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and said to Li An: "General Ma Bao saw the King of Jin, because Wu Sangui had to defect, I hope the King of Jin will not blame the Qing Dynasty for the fault of taking in me and other brothers." ”

Li An hurriedly stepped forward to help Ma Bao with his own hands, held Ma Bao's hand and said: "Sanbao, please get up quickly, you were helpless to clear it at the beginning, this king can understand." Now the three treasures can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and the king will welcome him. ”

Ma Bao said with tears in his eyes when he heard this: "From now on, Ma's body will be the body of King Jin, but with drive, there is no other word." ”

"Three Treasures, from now on, this king will treat you like a brother." Li An said tightly holding Ma Bao's hand.

Ma Bao continued: "The 10,000 soldiers and horses of the last general are now 50 miles outside the city, and when the last general was anyway, he also looted Wu Sangui's horses, and half of his grain and grass were burned and half robbed. ”

Ang Lee was overjoyed when he heard this, this Ma Bao really gave himself a big surprise!