Wu Sangui's face can be said to be extremely exciting at this moment.

He really didn't expect that the Guanning Army generals carefully trained under his command would stand on Zhu Cixuan's side just because of such a ridiculous reason!

Wu Sangui said to Li Jian: "Are you crazy? Do you know what would happen if you fought head-on with Jiannu? You will die!"

Li Jian said seriously: "Of course I know. But what I know more is that if our Guanning Army, as the most favored army of the Ming Dynasty, had been able to hide behind the fortress and walls, then what is the meaning of our existence?"

Wu Sangui couldn't speak.

Li Jian bowed to Wu Sangui and said, "Sir, after this battle with Gu'an, the last general thought a lot. Li Zicheng's command was full of mud legs, so why could they conquer cities and land all the way? That's because they had faith in their minds, and they hoped to gain a new and better life by overthrowing the Ming Dynasty.

This actually shocked the generals. It turned out that a group of mud legs could do this, but the elite Guanning Army, who consumed a large sum of money every year, could not do it, and they even lost the courage to fight against Jiannu.

A few years ago, Jiannu Huang Taiji led his army around the capital to attack Shandong. The hometown of the Mo General was in Shandong. Many of the Mo General's family members lived and died in that catastrophe. Some said they were captured and plundered to Liaodong as slaves, while others said they had been killed by Jiannu.

Mo Jiang doesn’t want to continue like this anymore. Dashuai, you are a good man, but Mo Jiang wants to fight Jiannu even more.”

Wu Sangui calmed down as much as possible and said slowly: "I will say it again. Follow me to Shanhaiguan and you can still fight Jiannu! Have you forgotten how I started? I also fought with Jiannu all the way to the position of Liaodong General!"

Li Jian nodded and said, "Yes, you have indeed fought with Jiannu. But Shu Mo will say bluntly, have you... won?"

Wu Sangui stopped directly.

If you look at Wu Sangui's past resume, you will find that his most famous and only battle was the Battle of Jiamashan that the Qing Dynasty suddenly encountered. In that battle, the Ming and Qing dynasties suffered casualties, and it was barely considered a draw.

As for other times, the Qing Dynasty basically came and went casually outside Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui could only sit and watch and did not dare to take the initiative.

Li Jian said: "It's not that Mo General looked down on lords. Mo General also fought the Battle of Jiamashan and knew how cruel Jiannu was. Mo General once thought that Jiannu was afraid that our Ming Dynasty would be a powerful enemy that could not be defeated. Until the Battle of Gu'an, Mo General followed His Royal Highness to defeat Li Zicheng."

Speaking of this, Li Jian glanced at Zhu Cixuan and continued: "After that war, I will feel from the bottom of my heart that if we follow His Highness the Crown Prince and meet Jiannu, then we... might be able to win."

Wu Sangui was silent.

Now that happened, he finally understood why so many Guanning generals were unwilling to follow him.

It’s not that Wu Sangui is not good at being a man and cannot be morale in the military, nor is he worried about being retaliated by the prince Zhu Cilang, but because they feel that following Zhu Cilang can defeat Jiannu!

Wu Sangui figured it out, but he couldn't figure it out even more.

His dignified Governor of Ji Liao, Minister of War, and a family of generals. He was a real sword and gunman who fought hard on the battlefield with Jiannu, how could he be better than Zhu Cixuan, a young prince who was only fifteen years old?

Wu Sangui wanted to ask, but he couldn't say it when he was right.

The reason is also very simple, because Zhu Cilang really has a record.

Although there were only two wars in the Battle of the Capital and the Battle of Gu'an, one was a Jedi counterattack, and the other was a win over the more with less, which could be said to be very good.

You should know that just before the Battle of the Capital Defense, even Wu Sangui felt that the Capital would definitely have no chance to defend it.

It was this war, which could almost be called 0 win rate, that was defended by Zhu Cilang.

Then, he turned the tables and defeated Li Zicheng!

With such a record here, combined with Zhu Cixuan's age of fifteen, no one can question it.

Wu Sangui took a deep breath, looked at the generals who were unwilling to leave the list, and said slowly: "So you all think so?"

No one answered, but this silence is actually a kind of default.

Wu Sangui laughed: "Okay, very good. Since that's the case, then you can stay by the prince's side and fight with the prince. I sincerely wish you all the best, hoping that you can defeat Jiannu in the future and make achievements for the Ming Dynasty!"

After saying this, Wu Sangui left without looking back.

As soon as Wu Sangui left, Zheng Jiaolin and others naturally had to follow him in shame, and the generals who were willing to follow Wu Sangui also left.

Zhu Cilang looked at Wu Sangui's departure back and couldn't help but shake his head.

Originally, wouldn’t it be great if everyone divided the elite evenly?

Now, after pretending to be in front of me for a long time, I finally got only 6,000 troops, which is still the relatively inferior 6,000. Why bother?

Forget it, you can never stop the people who are rushing to hell.

Zhu Cilang turned around and stared at the many generals in front of him, with a smile on his face.

"To be honest, your choice is still a surprise to me."

The accident was really an accident. Zhu Cilang originally wanted to select a group of loyal generals, but in the end he realized that these talented generals of the Ming Dynasty were actually very loyal.

Headed by Li Jian, many generals and officials saluted Zhu Cilang.

"The last generals and others swear to follow the prince to the death!"

Zhu Cilang laughed: "It is of course good to follow me, but there is no need to die. If I want me to say that, let those Jiannu and Li Zicheng die! Okay, everyone will clean up and be ready to set off!"

A few hours later, Wu Sangui set out with ten thousand troops.

Due to the previous episode, Wu Sangui only obtained 6,000 elite troops of Guanning Army, and the remaining 4,000 soldiers and horses came from the relatively ordinary Ming troops.

A deep sense of frustration stirred Wu Sangui's heart, making his mood surge like a volcano that was about to erupt.

He was so despised.

He was actually ruthlessly crushed in comparison with a fifteen-year-old child with yellow mouth!

I will wait for me. I will use my real record to prove to you that I am the best general that the Ming Dynasty can rely on!

Wu Sangui looked back at the camp and issued an order.

"The whole army set out and headed to Shanhaiguan!"

Wu Sangui made up his mind to show off this time so that everyone in the world knew what an excellent general Wu Sangui, the governor of Ji Liao of the Ming Dynasty, was.

At least, it is better than Zhu Cilang!

...

In the palace, Emperor Chongzhen was dealing with political affairs.

Chongzhen was a very famous diligent emperor. A few days ago, he was almost knocked down when he was surrounded by Beijing. That period was the only time he had ignored political affairs since he inherited the throne for seventeen years.

Now the Ming Dynasty has recovered half of Northern Zhili, and the land in the capital has returned to the Ming Dynasty. So Chongzhen, who has been revived, has begun his busy and diligent career.

Wang Chengen walked in and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the distribution of troops in the military camp has been rewarded."

Chongzhen put down his pen, looked up and smiled, "So quickly? It seems that Wanger should not make things difficult for Wu Sangui this time."

Wang Chengen recalled the report he had just received, and his expression couldn't help but feel a little strange, saying, "...it's true."

Wang Chengen's abnormality was immediately discovered by Chongzhen, and he couldn't help but wonder: "What, what happened again? This Feng'er seems to be too young and not doing things steadily enough. Wu Sangui may not be likable, but his ability is in it and it also works for the Ming Dynasty. Feng'er can't always make things difficult for him."

Wang Chengen's face became more and more strange. He coughed and said, "Your Majesty misunderstood. Actually, this is the case. The 40,000 troops in the camp outside the city were 20,000 elite soldiers. His Highness originally wanted to allocate 10,000 to Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui disagreed."

Chongzhen was a little surprised: "Why did he disagree? Could it be that Wang'er's distribution was unfair?"

Wang Chengen shook his head and said, "No, according to the information obtained by the slaves, the distribution of His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince should be very fair. However, Wu Sangui may think that he has too few soldiers, so he wants the most elite ten thousand people."

When Chongzhen heard this, he was a little unhappy: "This Wu Sangui is too ignorant. Although there are many soldiers in Feng'er, it is to support Shanhaiguan and defend the capital. Wu Sangui has one task to guard Shanhaiguan. How could he take away all the elites?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly said, "I think so too, but His Highness the Crown Prince is generous and said that the 20,000 elite generals and officials can choose freely, and those who want to follow Wu Sangui can go."

Chongzhen slapped the table with a bang: "Yan'er is too young, how can this be done? This Guanning army was built by Wu Sangui alone. Now all the elites are born to Wu Sangui! No one is a nonsense! Wang Cheng'en, please draw an order for me quickly and distribute it according to the fair plan before Wang'er. It should be too late before Wu Sangui has gone far."

Wang Chengen was amused and cried, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is not necessary. Because most of the generals chose to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to fight, only 6,000 soldiers chose to follow Wu Sangui, and it is said that they are the ones that are worse than 20,000 elites."

Chongzhen was shocked.

After a few seconds, Chongzhen subconsciously said, "Are you kidding me?"

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "Your Majesty is joking. Even if I have ten courage, I will not dare to commit the crime of deceiving the king."

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

After a while, Chongzhen was furious and rubbed his hands and said to Wang Chengen: "Add two more dishes tonight and call the queen to have dinner with me. I want to talk to the queen so that the queen can know how outstanding her son is!"

Wang Chengen nodded with a smile, and felt a little moved.

For the past seventeen years, Wang Chengen has been following Chongzhen and has watched with his own eyes the emperor's face become less and less until it disappears.

Now, everything is different. With the performance of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Majesty has more and more time to be happy.
Chapter completed!