After a moment, many generals and officials gathered in the big tent.

Four commanders, eight commanders, twelve commanders, and twenty thousand households. These are all the generals who control the most elite 20,000 soldiers in the camp.

Zhu Cixuan went straight to the point: "Everyone, today I have something to tell you. Shangshu Wu was ordered by my father to lead his troops to the war and wanted to draw 10,000 people to follow him to Shanhaiguan.

He hopes to draw a group of people from you to follow him to Shanhaiguan, but this palace said that following this palace is a real future.

Shangshu Wu disagreed, so I didn’t force it. Anyone who wants to follow Shangshu Wu to go to the expedition today can come out to express their opinions. I don’t have to pay attention to your previous troops and bosses. Just collect enough 10,000 people.”

After listening to Zhu Cilang's words, the generals present had a small commotion.

This is indeed a very surprising news. The main general has always selected subordinates. Today, as subordinates, they can choose the main general to serve?

Wu Sangui naturally couldn't let Zhu Cilang be alone. He coughed and said, "Most of the people present were my old subordinates during the Guanning Army. They should be quite clear about my personality and abilities. What I want to tell you is that as long as everyone is willing to follow me, then even if you stand up, I will lead you to gain wealth and glory!"

Beside Wu Sangui, Zheng Jiaolin couldn't help but say, "Can you trust the people of the Supervisor? If you follow the Supervisor to make military achievements, you can have a good life and a good life and a good future!"

Zhu Cilang glanced at Zheng Jiaolin and was about to speak, but Wu Sangui had already shouted: "Where is there for you to speak here, shut up!"

Zheng Jiaolin retreated aside awkwardly.

Wu Sangui turned around and said to the generals present with great sincerity: "Don't worry, I have the imperial decree. You just need to make a decision to follow your heart and do not need to worry about anyone's pressure."

Wu Sangui said this because he was worried that these guys would not dare to stand up because they were afraid of offending Zhu Cilang. The emperor must be older than the prince, and there is no doubt about this.

Wu Sangui originally thought that speaking like this would definitely be refuted by Zhu Cixuan, but he didn't expect that Zhu Cixuan just stood there with a smile, looking at Wu Sangui with his hands on his chest, as if he was watching the performance of an actor.

After listening to Wu Sangui's words, the generals present did not make a decision immediately, but were all thinking about it.

Suddenly, a commander present spoke, "Sir Shangshu, I want to ask, what is our entire combat strategy next?"

Obviously, these generals and officials were a little swaying. They wanted to obtain more information to decide which side to go to to serve.

The commander-in-chief was not a small official. The serious second-rank official of the Ming Dynasty, the general with the largest number of official positions and commanding the most military forces among the generals present. Their attitude was very influential.

Wu Sangui said: "Commander Li asked this question well. At the order of Your Majesty, I will lead 10,000 troops to Shanhaiguan to defend and block Jiannu's attack on our Ming Dynasty. The British Duke of the South is already attacking Baoding. As long as Baoding conquers him, Jiannu will inevitably retreat. Our achievements in resisting Jiannu will be sure to be awarded a great reward from Your Majesty."

Wu Sangui's intention was very obvious. Anyone who joined the army either put his head on the belt or wanted to win the glory and wealth. So he directly used glory and wealth to attract these guys, and it was a very safe glory and wealth, so he didn't believe that they were not moved!

Sure enough, after listening to Wu Sangui's words, many people present showed heart-warming expressions on their faces.

The commander Li who asked the question looked at Zhu Cixuan again: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, what are your next combat goals?"

Zhu Cilang was also confident and smiled and said, "The order I received was very simple, which was to lead 30,000 troops to support Shanhaiguan and the capital. If the situation in Shanhaiguan is very critical, I will lead a large army to support Shanhaiguan. If Jiannu bypasses Shanhaiguan and attack from other places, I will lead the army to resist Jiannu on the spot, or return to the capital."

Commander Li hesitated for a moment and said, "So, if you follow His Highness the Crown Prince, you may not be able to fight?"

Zhu Cilang said seriously: "It is also very likely that he will have a life-and-death relationship with Jiannu's main force, so I will say in advance here that if you are indeed greedy for life and fear of death, it is best not to follow me, as that will only drag my back."

Commander Li's face changed and he said to Zhu Ciyang: "If you face the main force of Jiannu, what would His Royal Highness the Crown Prince do?"

Zhu Cilang laughed: "What should I do? Of course I just beat him!"

Commander Li said, "What if I can't beat it?"

Zhu Cixuan said very seriously: "How could the Ming army not be able to defeat Jiannu?"

Commander Li said: "In the past many years, our Ming Dynasty could not defeat Jiannu."

Zhu Cixuan said: "In the past six months, our Ming Dynasty also could not defeat Li Zicheng. What happened later? This palace was not Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Chuanting, nor Hong Chengchou. Others could not defeat Jiannu. What does it have to do with this palace?"

Commander Li was silent for a moment, and glanced at the other three commanders, as if he had some tacit understanding.

"Your Highness, Lord Shangshu, please forgive me for your courage. Can you please leave first and let me discuss for a while?"

Zhu Cilang glanced at Wu Sangui and smiled and said, "Of course."

So, Zhu Cixuan and Wu Sangui both left the tent, leaving only the generals and officials inside.

Wu Sangui is in a good mood and feels that this wave should be sure to win.

In Wu Sangui's opinion, the tasks he received this time were safer, and he did not need to worry about facing the main forces of the Qing Dynasty directly in the wild, and at the same time, there was a great possibility of defending Shanhaiguan steadily to achieve military achievements.

A few years ago, Huang Taiji led the Qing army around Shanhaiguan to attack Shandong, poisoning Hebei and Shandong countless times, and plundered hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians back to Shengjing, Liaodong. At that time, Wu Sangui took the Guanning army and watched the Qing army leave without anything. Didn’t he also receive the commendation from Chongzhen?

Who says that wealth and honor must be invincible? It’s not like that.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui couldn't help but look at Zhu Cilang and found that Zhu Cilang was also smiling and was still communicating with Li Guozhen.

Wu Sangui snorted softly, thinking to himself: "All the elites will follow me later, and see if you, the Crown Prince, can laugh!"

Li Guozhen was worried and said to Zhu Ciyang: "Your Highness, most of these generals are the old subordinates of Shangshu Wu in the Guanning Army. Letting them choose freely is not good for us."

Don’t forget that Li Guozhen is the chief general of the 30,000 army this time, and he is a grasshopper on the same rope as Zhu Cilang. If all the troops that can be fought are brought to Wu Sangui’s side, Li Guozhen will definitely not accept it.

Zhu Cilang smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, we can win."

From Zhu Cixuan's perspective, it is not very important that those who are elite or not. What is important is that Zhu Cixuan wants to distinguish which ones are willing to be loyal to Zhu Cixuan and the Ming Dynasty, rather than to Wu Sangui himself.

Due to the systematic bonus, Zhu Cilang feels that ability can be compensated by the system in this regard, so loyalty becomes the most important quality.

Even if the most elite ten thousand soldiers were pulled away by Wu Sangui? As long as the remaining people are loyal enough, Zhu Cilang can lead them to achieve a brilliant record, which will make the whole world look at him with admiration.

A quarter of an hour passed, and Zhu Cilang, Wu Sangui and others returned to the tent.

Zhu Cilang coughed and said with a smile: "Everyone, it's time to make your choice. Anyone who wants to follow Shangshu Wu should stand up and just walk to his side. I will say it again. You don't need to worry about the organization and your boss, you will be reorganized at that time."

Wu Sangui subconsciously raised his head, smiled, and looked back and forth among the most capable generals in his heart, waiting for their allegiance to come out.

Soon, someone began to delist.

One after another, many people stood in front of Wu Sangui.

After a while, no one continued to leave the list.

Wu Sangui looked at the generals in front of him, and the smile on his face... slowly disappeared.

One commander, one commander, two commander, and six thousand households, that's all.

In other words, among the 20,000 generals and officers present, there were only 6,000 willing to follow Wu Sangui, and the difference of 4,000 was left.

If we calculate according to the authority of the commander of the city, there are even only 5,300 people!

Not only that, the people who were willing to follow Wu Sangui were not the candidates Wu Sangui had hoped to get before. Most of the generals who truly commanded the most elite troops were still standing there and did not appear in front of Wu Sangui at all.

At present, the elite level of the guys who are willing to follow Wu Sangui is even worse than the list Zhu Cilang gave Wu Sangui before!

Wu Sangui pretended to be calm on the surface, but his hands in his sleeves trembled involuntarily.

how so?

The Guanning Army had only followed Zhu Cixuan to fight south for a month, why were these most elite Guanning Army generals no longer willing to follow Wu Sangui?

Wu Sangui's eyes fell on the commander Li and slowly spoke: "Li Jian, why are you unwilling to follow me? I should treat you well."

This commander-in-chief named Li Jian was a descendant of Li Chengliang, the commander of Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty, and led the most elite group of all the relevant Ning Tie Cavalry.

Li Jian bowed and spoke in a deep voice to Wu Sangui: "I'm sure you don't care about your ability. You are grateful to the generals for their value. But Generals still hopes to follow His Royal Highness to fight against Jiannu, so please forgive me."

Wu Sangui said angrily: "Can you not be able to fight Jiannu if you follow me to Shanhaiguan?"

Li Jian shook his head and said seriously: "Mo Jiang has been beaten in front of Jiannu for more than ten years. Now Mo Jiang only wants to have a real head-on confrontation with Jiannu as His Royal Highness said!"
Chapter completed!