Wang Pu looked at the direction of the Tiger Army in the distance, brushed the dust from his shoulders, raised his chin, and asked in a arrogant manner only for a playboy: "Who is the general on the opposite side?"
Wang Ju replied respectfully: "It's Zheng Kaicheng, Pingdong Bo. Zheng Kaicheng rushed to Baodi an hour ago."
After thinking for a while, Wang Ju added: "A detailed report from the south is that Qi King Li Zhi arrived in Wuqing and personally commanded the Huben Army to fight against Yang Guozhu. The main battlefield in Wuqing area may be very tight."
Wang Pu sneered.
He seemed to have heard a very funny joke and started laughing non-stop. His laughter made the military attachés around him a little confused and looked at him curiously.
After laughing for a long time, Wang Pucai said slowly: "Not to mention the tens of thousands of people Yang Guozhu has in Wuqing, even if Yang Guozhu has 200,000 people, he is no match for His Highness King Qi."
Wang Gu's face darkened and he took a breath.
The surrounding generals were very surprised when they heard Wang Pu's words. Although they had no confidence in this war before, it was only when Wang Pu told them that they understood the seriousness of the situation. Wang Pu would have to fight every few months.
A trip to Tianjin gave me the best understanding of the strength of one town and nine provinces. Wang Pu said that Yang Guozhu would be defeated, so the Ming army had no hope at all.
If this decisive battle was undoubtedly a huge defeat, wouldn't the emperor Zhu Youjian, who had worked so hard, be completely defeated?
Did the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for more than two hundred years, end like this?
If the Ming Dynasty was overthrown, what would happen to the Ming generals who attacked the Huben Army?
Beheading? Genocide?
Although they had long suspected that Wang Pu, who was close to Li Zhi, would defect before the battle, and the generals had long thought of following Wang Pu to defect to one town and nine provinces, it was only after hearing Wang Pu's words that the generals understood that surrender was the only option.
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After thinking about it, the generals' faces turned a little pale.
Wang Pu suddenly asked: "Third uncle, if Da Qi replaces Daming, how will our Wang family, as friends and merchants from one town and nine provinces, be treated in Da Qi?"
Wang Ju took a breath and looked at Wang Pu. After thinking for a long time, the old man said: "Young Master, you know King Qi far better than I do. You have to make your own decision on this matter."
Wang Pu smiled and looked around at the generals under his command.
Wang Pu's words were not actually asking Wang Ju, but testing the attitude of the trusted generals around him. Surrender should not be said explicitly, but the bottom line of others must be tested little by little.
After listening to Wang Pu's words just now, these military generals had no confidence in overcoming the Tiger and Ben army. When they heard that Wang Pu was determined to defect to Li Zhi, they all started breathing rapidly. Isn't this a good way to save their official titles?
They all looked at Wang Pu with wide eyes and very firm eyes. No need to say any more nonsense, these generals had already expressed their determination to follow Wang Pu.
Wang Pu worked in Jizhen for four years. During these four years, he gradually gained people's support and gradually controlled most of the important generals in Jizhen. At this time, the trusted generals standing next to Wang Pu directly controlled 70% of the troops in Jizhen.
.As long as these generals raised the flag together with Wang Pu, other individual Jizhen generals would no longer be able to resist.
Once Ji Zhen defected, the entire front north of Wuqing would collapse decisively.
Wang Pu was wondering how Li Zhi would treat his flag raising.
Wang Pu understood that even if the Ming army on the northern front fought hard with the Huben army, it might not be able to change the situation of the war at all, and would still lose in the end. If Wang Pu defected and surrendered to Li Zhi, although it would directly allow the Huben army to win the victory on the northern front, he would still lose.
In fact, it doesn't mean much to Li Zhi.
With Li Zhi's character, he often values the combat effectiveness of the troops who turn from darkness to light. The key lies in the combat effectiveness of Wang Pu's troops and the relationship between the Wang family and Li Zhi over the years.
At the beginning, Zu Dashou led the Jinzhou cavalry to defect to Li Zhi and was reused by Li Zhi. The other generals of the Guanning Army who were recruited by the Donglin Party to attack Li Zhi that year have all been wiped out. Only Zu Dashou, who surrendered to Li Zhi, has risen to prominence and is now the leader of Liaodong.
Commander-in-Chief, Prince Shaobao.
With the precedent of Zu Dashou, Wang Pu felt that Li Zhi would not let him get away with it too badly.
Wang Pu rubbed the index finger and thumb of his right hand, looking at the column of Tiger and Ben troops on the opposite side, making the final hesitation. This was an extremely important decision. Although Wang Pu had already made up his mind, at the end of the day he made the move.
At this moment, even Wang Pu had to make a huge determination.
Wang Pu suddenly saw a large flag erected on a hill in the distance.
Wang Pu knew that the location was obviously the headquarters of the Chinese Army of the Huben Army on the opposite side. His heart skipped a beat, and he raised his binoculars and looked towards the hill opposite.
Wang Pu was holding the forty-eight-power telescope given to him by Li Zhi, which could see the distant scenery very clearly. On the hill, Wang Pu saw a group of officers wearing the "new style" uniforms of generals in one town and nine provinces.
Now Li Zhi is the general marshal of one town and nine provinces, while Zheng Kaicheng, Li Xing, Zhong Feng and others are marshals.
Li Zhi likes black, and both the marshal's uniform and the general's uniform are all black. Zheng Kaicheng's marshal's uniform is as black as a panther's fur, with a gorgeous gold embroidered belt hanging diagonally on the chest, and a section of sleeves at the cuffs are also gold.
He wears a beautiful command knife on his waist and a golden marshal's epaulette on his shoulder that represents the marshal's status.
The black military cap has a towering golden tassel, which makes him look very handsome.
This is not the marshal uniform that should appear in this era. Li Zhi brought the marshal uniforms of later generations to this era. This kind of marshal uniform in the era of hot weapons is generous and capable, without the steel armor of the era of cold weapons, and is the height of aesthetics in the era of hot weapons.
Condensed, it is naturally more domineering than the general costumes of Ming Dynasty generals.
Wang Pu observed Zheng Kaicheng's marshal uniform for a while, and suddenly licked his lips subconsciously.
He was a little jealous of Zheng Kaicheng's gorgeous outfit.
Once upon a time, Li Zhi was just a junior general whom he, the commander-in-chief, Qu Jie, befriended, while Zheng Kaicheng was just a mediocre team officer under the general. But now, Zheng Kaicheng is already a dignified earl, a powerful figure in one town and nine provinces.
The marshal's status and strength far surpassed that of Wang Pu.
The atmosphere in Zheng Kaicheng's headquarters was very relaxed.
Zheng Kaicheng stood on the hill and looked at the situation on the Ming army's side with his eyes, and understood the situation on the front line under the guidance of a regimental commander next to him.
Zheng Kaicheng had a signature friendly smile on his face. After a while, his subordinates brought in a rather large vertical telescope.
Seeing Zheng Kaicheng's actions, Wang Pu suddenly felt a sense of fear.
He suddenly discovered that he was not only afraid of Li Zhi, but even Li Zhi's general Zheng Kaicheng.
Zheng Kaicheng used such an advanced telescope to observe the situation here, and he could even see the panic expression on the faces of the Ming army clearly. Maybe it would take less than a quarter of an hour for Zheng Kaicheng to issue an order to attack.
Although the number of Huben troops in Baodi is far at an absolute disadvantage, the number is meaningless in the face of Li Zhi's technology. Wang Pu had seen Li Zhi's huge factory in Tianjin, Li Zhi's magical steamship, and even more
After passing the incredible internal combustion engine vehicles, Wang Pu believed that once the Tiger Army attacked, his front might not be able to hold out for a day.
Wang Pu took a breath, his face getting redder and redder due to nervousness.
Wang Pu is not like this on weekdays. This noble-born general is usually all-rounded. The generals around him became nervous when they saw Wang Pu's expression.
Wang Pu suddenly saw Zheng Kaicheng wave his hand.
Zheng Kaicheng's wave has no meaning, it is just an action to express confidence.
However, Wang Pu was so frightened by Zheng Kaicheng's actions that he was afraid that the Tiger Army was about to attack. He loosened his grip on the telescope and almost dropped the telescope in the ditch.
A little embarrassed by his nervousness and weakness, Wang Pu stared.
However, there was no time to hide this embarrassment at this time. Wang Pu almost shouted loudly: "Lower the flag and surrender! Send generals to surrender to Ping Dongbo Zheng Kaicheng!"
