Niu Wancheng can't fight a war, but he is still very accurate in looking at people.

From the fact that Wang Wu released the prisoners, he concluded that this person was very likely to be a potential wavering element in the Ming army!

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

The Ming army in the Kuidong area fought with the Qing army for nearly 20 years, and the two sides can be said to be red-eyed, so neither the Qing army nor the Ming army will release prisoners at will, but more will be executed on the spot, so as to hit the opponent's living force.

Suddenly, a person from the Ming army who could be said to have unconditionally released the prisoners of the Qing army appeared, which surprised Niu Wancheng and couldn't help but think about the implications.

It is to peel off the surface of the incident and think and see it at a deeper level.

Touch it, pick it, and get things done thoroughly.

So after confirming that his subordinates' lives were really worry-free, Niu Wancheng tentatively put forward the non-trivial requirement of "decency" for him.

As a result, the young general named Wang Wu really agreed!

This made Niu Wancheng surprised and realized that this Wang Wu could fight, but he was not a deaf or blind person with his ears and eyes occluded, and it was very likely that he knew that the general trend of the Ming Dynasty had gone and was unwilling to give the Ming Dynasty a funeral.

I couldn't make up my mind for various reasons, so I wanted to leave a way back for myself through the "friendship" with his deputy general.

It is very likely that this Wang Wu wants to connect with Dong Xueli, the governor of Huguang, and Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, through him Niu Wancheng.

In the future, if things don't go well, this line might be able to save his life!

The idea is basically right, and there is nothing wrong with the logic of the reasoning.

It's just the wrong direction.

Wang Wu released Niu Wancheng indeed to leave a way back for himself, but it was not a way to clear down, but a way to stand out!

Niu Wancheng, who didn't know that he had mistaken the general direction, was immersed in his own imagination, and he fell deeper and deeper, and he sent someone to persuade Wang Wu with a slap of his brain.

also kindly reminded Wang Wu that if he wants to be prosperous and rich in the Qing Dynasty, it is best to get the Dingwu puppet emperor who is circulating in the Qing army.

It is said that it is a strange commodity to live in.

Niu Wancheng really wanted to persuade Wang Wu to surrender.

Wang Wu's willingness to surrender shows a fact that no one can deny.

That is, the ox is stronger than the king.

A soldier who surrenders without a fight is the real master!

Song En, the sentinel sent to lure Wang Wu in the past, came back unharmed, which further strengthened Deputy General Niu's opinion of Wang Wu and his determination to continue to lure him down.

Of course, Niu Wancheng also knew that this matter could not be achieved overnight, after all, the remnants of the Ming army were quite capable of fighting, and their self-confidence would definitely burst after several successive victories, so it was impossible to surrender to the defeated generals now.

Only after being beaten and frustrated will the opponent know how good his heart is.

The smart lieutenant general would never tell his opponent that on their way to Lao Mugang, there was a group of soldiers who he was afraid of waiting for them!

Terrible GIs!

The real Manchuria!

......

Wang Wu began to arrange the team to move forward after dawn, except for the supplies and weapons that were easy to carry, the rest of the things were left.

After a night's rest, the officers and men of the Ming army have a qualitative improvement in both military morale and morale.

According to Wang Wu's deployment, the Ming army was still divided into three branches.

The first one was led by himself, that is, the Ming army that originally followed him and the dozens of anti-rebel soldiers who surrendered with Ma Tengyun's troops, as well as more than a dozen anti-rebel soldiers of the green battalion who had convulsions such as Xu Lin.

Called the front team, there are 450 people in total.

The second team was commanded by Ma Sizhong, in addition to more than 200 Lao Shun soldiers, it was the 120 horse soldiers who were supplemented later.

Called the squadron, a total of 380 people.

The third team is the men and horses commanded by Zhang Tianwang, together with more than 800 family members, called the rear team.

The entire Ming army now has only more than 1,700 people, including their families, and only more than 1,300 can fight.

This is also the reason why even if he won the Qing army three times, Wang Wu did not dare to lead his troops to fight the Qing army.

Benefiting from Ma Tengyun and Niu Wancheng, the Ming army, which originally lacked equipment, was armed to the teeth.

There are more than 300 firearms, and the cotton armor is basically a set for each person, and the total number of bows and crossbows has increased to more than 200.

Gunpowder and arrows can ensure that the Ming army fights a high-intensity battle.

The reason why Ma Sizhong and them changed from the front army to the Chinese army was mainly because the Lao Shun army had suffered too many casualties in the battle in the previous two days, and it was a bit difficult to let them be used as the vanguard of the whole army.

After all, the average age of the old Shunjun reached 50 years old.

It's an old man in this day and age.

"Go and tell the deputy general Niu in the back, Dachang we will let him out, but he is not allowed to follow us anymore, at least he has to stay in Dachang for two days, otherwise don't blame me for ambushing him again!"

Wang Wu let his dumb flag Zhu San send a leg and foot to Niu Wancheng to say, he is not afraid that Niu Wancheng will have the courage to backstab himself, but the tail hanging behind his ass is also very eye-catching.

"Captain, how do you divide those war horses?"

Tian Wen came over to ask how to dispose of the more than a dozen war horses seized, except for two captured from Ma Tengyun's department, the others were all "filial piety" by Niu Wancheng.

Tian Wen is still used to calling Wang Wu the captain, rather than the general like the newly surrendered soldiers.

Wang Wu looked at the war horses not far away, and after pondering for a while, he asked Tian Wen to hand over all the horses to Zhang Tianwang to use to pull people or materials in a cart.

Hearing this, Tian Wen said with a little pity: "These are all good war horses, are the horses used to pull the cart ruined?" ”

It would be better to give these horses to the generals of each team to use as mounts.

As the backbone of the whole army, the horse of Niu Wancheng should be ridden by the captain.

"What am I doing on horseback?"

Wang Wu smiled, shook his head and said, "Riding a horse in the mountains is not as good as riding a horse on two legs. ”

This is true.

Although riding a horse looks tall and majestic, riding a horse in the mountains is really a stupid move.

There is a great risk that the enemy will release cold arrows.

After hearing this, Tian Wen also felt reasonable, so he said: "Okay, I'll let people send the horse." ”

When he was about to leave, he saw that Xu Lin, who was crazy in his brain, actually let go of the good "company commander" and had to do it with the Ming army, and walked over with a group of sub-battalion soldiers.

Seeing Wang Wu, Xu Lin and the others immediately knelt down and saluted.

All of them had a look of adoration on their faces.

"Get up."

Wang Wu motioned for the group to get up.

"General Xie!"

Xu Lin and the others hurriedly got up, although they were green battalion soldiers, their uniforms were no different from those of the Ming army.

When the Ming army fought with the Green Battalion, it also used flags to distinguish whether it was friend or foe.

The military flags of the green battalion are very simple, they are green military flags.

Therefore, it is also called the Green Flag Soldier.

"General, since we have returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, this braid naturally can't be left any longer!"

Xu Lin took the lead in cutting off his braids as he spoke, in order to show a complete break with the previous camp.

But just when this person was taking the dagger to cut his braids, the voice of General Wang Wu came from his ears: "Slow! ”

"Huh?"

Xu Lin and the other battalion soldiers were all stunned, looking at Wang Wu for some reason.

Wang Wu ignored them, but looked at Tian Wen thoughtfully, and said: "I remember that when we went to fight Wushan City with Hu Shuai and Liu Shuai the year before last, Li Guoying seemed to have specially asked his Qing army to pretend to be our people, but as a result, our grain road was destroyed by this gang of Qing troops, and Hu Shuai and they had to retreat?" ”

Tian Wen nodded and said: "That's the case, at that time, our people made these fake Ming soldiers miserable." ”

"Hmm."

Wang Wu's gaze swept over the faces of the battalion soldiers with a thin short braid hanging from the back of their heads and a bare forehead.

finally fell on Xu Lin's face, "This braid is of great use, you don't have to cut it." ”