Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() While chatting, a soldier came over and reported to Wu Shigong: "My lord, those lords are here to visit you."

Those who came were the four military officers of the Ming army rescued by Wu Shigong.The two were leading the Henan army, Chen Zhongzhi Dusi from the Governor's Biao Battalion and Jiang Chengqian from the Guerrilla Battalion.They were the top military attaches of the Henan army after Jiang Guerrilla was killed in battle.

There are two more: Yuan Heng, the top military attache of the Ming army with more than 600 people, led the local Ming army from Beizhili.And later approached a garrison named Wei Li, who was a local Ming army in Shandong.

It is estimated that they were busy taking people to "search for tents" after dinner just now, so it was only now that they came belatedly to thank Wu Shigong for his rescue.

Although Wu Shigong somewhat despised their behavior of "collecting tents", he still concealed his emotions and welcomed them in very politely.

After entering, of course the four military officers sincerely thanked him, and Wu Shigong was also polite and modest.Anyway, I said something on the scene.Those military officers also saw that they had exhausted their courtesy, so they waited for Wu Shigong to see off their guests.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong immediately asked very directly: "My colleagues. Our army is newly defeated, and there must be chaos in the army. Since you are the ones who are cut off this time, you must be in a corner in the army. And return to the camp How are you going to protect yourself in the future? Do you still want to be that army with a broken tail?"

"The younger brother is also a guest army from Henan, and he is also a subordinate in the army. Otherwise, he would not have come here to rescue him after a narrow escape. Why don't we wait together and keep the future safe first."

Wu Shigong's outspokenness stunned the four military officers.They never thought that Wu Shigong was nakedly planning to form a clique now.Moreover, they didn't know Wu Shigong's character at all, and they didn't feel at ease in entrusting the fate of themselves and their army to this too young guard in front of them.

However, after all, Wu Shigong had the grace to save their lives, so it is not appropriate to resolutely refute Wu Shigong's face.Therefore, the four military officers kept silent and began to deliberate.

It took a while for Yuan Heng of Beizhili to break the silence: "Wu Shoubei! It's not that brothers don't understand your kindness. But we are all the army of the imperial court after all. With the governor around, we can't do things too well. It's unfair. If you suffer some small losses, brother, I will admit it."

Seeing that someone spoke first, Guard Wei also said: "I dare not forget Wu Shoubei's kindness. But it's too early to talk about other things. When the time comes, can we brothers discuss this together?"

For the military officers of the Ming Dynasty, the strength in their hands was the guarantee of his official position.In the various Ming armies, acts such as fire mergers and forcible recruitment are not uncommon.

So today, although these military officers were forced to get closer to Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion due to the crisis, they were still very afraid that Wu Shigong would take action to forcibly incorporate the remnants in their hands.

After all, Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion is the strongest here.Besides, although those military attaches now have remnants of the army, these remnants are also some of the most powerful and loyal backbones in the hands of these military attaches.

As long as these backbones are in hand, even if the military officers are demoted, the army built up by relying on these backbones can also make meritorious service very quickly, and there is hope that the officers will be reinstated.So how dare they risk getting too close to Wu Shigong?No matter how extravagantly what Wu Shigong said, it won't work.

Of course, Yuan Heng and Wei Li also refused very tactfully.They didn't say anything to death, but the possibility of cooperating with Wu Shigong is definitely gone now.

Wu Shigong didn't force it either, he looked at Chen Zhongzhi Dusi and Jiang Chengqian, waiting for their answers.But the two men remained silent.After a long silence, seeing that there was no result, Wu Shigong had no choice but to say: "Then everyone, go to rest earlier."

Hearing that Wu Shigong stopped pressing each other, the four military officers quickly saluted and left as if they were relieved.

In fact, Wu Shigong never thought of forcibly recruiting the army of these four military officers. What he just said was really his own true thoughts.

Although Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion had strong troops and horses, his total number of troops accounted for too little of the total number of Ming troops, and Wu Shigong's official position was too low after all.When all the Ming armies are now assembled, one can tell that Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion is likely to become cannon fodder.

However, if Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion and Liu Zeqing and other rear troops form a group, together with the rescued Ming troops, they will no longer be at a disadvantage in terms of total numbers, and everyone's life will be much easier. Combining piles is a matter of mutual benefit.

Besides, although the behavior of the four military officers "collecting tents" is not worthy of praise, but the current Ming army even kills good people and pretends to be meritorious behaviors have become commonplace, so their behavior is not that bad.

Also, none of the four military officers abandoned their troops and fled.You must know that the military officers of the Ming army generally have their own soldiers and horses, and it is easy to abandon the defeated army and escape to save themselves.And these four military officers took the initiative to stay and led them to retreat together without abandoning their army.This is taller than the short ones, and it also proves that these four military officers are still trustworthy.This is also one of the reasons why Wu Shigong wants to win them over.

But seeing that they were unwilling to accept his solicitation, Wu Shigong gave up.This twisted melon is not sweet.I finally sold them a favor, and there is no need to turn against each other for some preventive things in the future.Whether he will become cannon fodder in the future is still unknown.

So Wu Shigong also bid farewell to the four military officers generously.However, when leaving, Wu Shigong still reminded:

"Everyone, I'm just saying something here. No matter what, I rescued you, and I have to do it from the beginning to the end. You must obey my order for this retreat."

"I am preparing to retreat in the middle of the night. You should also say hello to your son Lang, and wait for my notice at that time, so as not to cause panic. The son you left outside the camp should also withdraw early, and don't go there It's time difference. As long as you go back to the camp at the rear, all colleagues can make up their own minds, and I don't care about it. How about that?"

"That's right!" The four military officers felt that Wu Shigong's words were very reasonable, so of course they agreed without hesitation.

Wu Shigong reckoned that after the encounter between the Runing Battalion and the rebel cavalry during the day, it was absolutely impossible for the rebel army to immediately send out a large army to entangle him without knowing their own strength.

The only possibility is that the rebels will attack again at night.According to the general situation, there are generally two times when night attacks occur: one is in the middle of the night; the other is when the most extravagant sleep is before the cock crows.

The time when Wu Shigong was about to retreat was half an hour before midnight.In this way, night attacks by rebels can be effectively avoided.And if the rebel army attacked at night and saw this empty camp, even if they knew that Wu Shigong and the others were retreating, they would definitely be afraid of encountering an ambush and would not dare to pursue them again.

Seeing the four military officers leaving with their backs to him, Wu Shigong also yawned and was about to take a nap.Suddenly he saw Mr. Jiang Chengqian looking back at him, as if he hesitated to speak.

Wu Shigong had a thought, and immediately called out: "Chen Dusi, Mr. Jiang Qian, please wait a moment! Can we fellow villagers in Henan have a few words?"