On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Li Zhi stood on the training ground and watched the training of 16,000 sharpshooters.
From time to time, crackling sounds of shooting could be heard on the training ground, and the human-shaped targets four hundred meters away were hit one after another, causing sawdust to fly.
As the scope workshop continues to produce scope units, Li Zhi's sharpshooter force has now expanded to more than 10,000 people. Although these more than 10,000 people are not as good as the 50,000 elite sharpshooters selected during the Northern Expedition last year
, but it can also exert the mechanical performance of the sniper rifle normally.
With more than 10,000 people accompanying the army in the southern expedition, it can be said that the victory of this war against Jiangbei Town is guaranteed.
Li Laosi stood next to Li Zhi. He looked at the human-shaped target in the distance and said in a deep voice: "My boss, the infantry of Jiangbei Second Town are nothing to be afraid of, but if we attack by force, Hongyi will sell the six hundred gates to Qian Qianyi."
The artillery may cause us a lot of casualties. Even if we bring a thousand cannons to attack, at least a thousand people will be killed."
Li Zhi was silent and said nothing.
Zhong Feng cupped his hands and said: "I followed Army Commander Chen Bing to request orders in the suburbs of Beijing and met Wu Sangui. I don't think this person is a strong-willed person. Wu Sangui first served in the Guan Ning Army, and then was asked by Qian Qianyi to form the Jiangbei Army.
I have only been in Jiangbei for one year, and my foundation in Jiangbei is not deep."
Li Zhi nodded.
Zhong Feng said: "I think the army commander can write a letter to Wu Sangui, urging him to abandon the dark side and join the army. As long as the boss explains the combat power of our army, maybe Wu Sangui will wake up and bring thousands of artillery to join us.
.As a result, only one of the two towns in Jiangbei is left, and we can easily defeat the enemy with a thousand cannons."
Li Zhi looked at the soldiers in the distance, and thought of Wu Sangui in history, who allowed the Manchus to enter the Pass, and finally rebelled against the Qing from Yunnan, and said slowly: "Wu Sangui is capricious and has no principles. I really don't want to use him.
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After a pause, Li Zhi said: "But for the sake of our soldiers in the Tiger Army, I will write a letter to him."
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On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Wu Sangui was sitting in the General Military Mansion in Jiangbei East Town, frowning as he read Li Zhi's letter.
Li Zhi explained that he would march south with a thousand heavy artillery pieces, and it would be easy to destroy the two towns in Jiangbei. Li Zhi even explained that the sharpshooters who destroyed the artillery of the Jiangbei Army now have more in the Huben Army. There is no chance that Jiangbei Town can defeat the Huben Army.
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Li Zhi promised that as long as Wu Sangui surrendered to the Tiger Army, he would give Wu Sangui the position of commander of the general, just like Zu Dashou.
Wu Sangui looked at the letter, his eyes gradually filled with anger. He crumpled the letter into a ball and held it firmly in his palm, as if this could eliminate his anger.
Wu Sangui is a person who is easy to advance but difficult to retreat.
It is very easy for Wu Sangui to be promoted. With Wu Sangui's intelligence, he can quickly grasp the key to the new position after being promoted and achieve success in all directions. But if you want Wu Sangui to step back, let him step down from his high position.
, that would be more painful than killing Wu Sangui.
At least in Wu Sangui's thirty-four years of life, he never retreated from his promotion and fortune.
In order not to lose power, Wu Sangui is willing to do anything. No matter what kind of power it is, he is willing to cling to it.
And on this day, the twelfth day of the first month of the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, Wu Sangui now felt that the most worthy force to cling to was not Li Zhi, but the gentry in the world.
Compared with Li Zhi who was rising like fireworks, Wu Sangui was more optimistic about the strength of the gentry. You must know that the gentry was not just one person, but millions and millions of people. These people controlled all the wealth, power and public opinion of the Ming Dynasty. No matter it was
Both the court and the countryside were actually controlled by these gentry.
The civil servants were only part of the gentry, but with a little talk, the civil servants allowed the hugely expensive Guan Ning Army to exist in western Liaoning for more than ten years.
But now, under the pressure of Li Zhi step by step, the gentry in the world, including civil servants, scholars and landowners with meritorious status, have gradually united. Under the pressure of survival, these masters who actually control all the resources of the Ming Dynasty have to use themselves.
Fight with Li Zhi with all his strength.
How powerful is this force? This is the whole world! Even if Li Zhi has advanced weapons, Wu Sangui does not believe that Li Zhi can defeat the whole world.
The more Li Zhi took a step forward, the more the gentry became more united and launched a greater combined force to fight back against Li Zhi.
Wu Sangui chose to side with the gentry, but Wu Sangui sneered at Li Zhi's persuasion to surrender.
Of course, Li Zhi currently has the advantage in terms of military strength, but this is only the surface of the matter. As long as the gentry is organized through various means, the gentry will throw a heavier punch, so heavy that Li Zhi cannot bear it. As long as the Second Town of Jiangbei is
As long as the troops and horses are preserved, a comeback will not be a problem at all.
Wu Sangui was thinking about it and suddenly shouted loudly: "Get your horses ready and go to Commander Zuo's house!"
Wu Sangui took his servants and rode fast horses to the General Military Mansion of Jiangbei West Town, which was Zuo Liangyu's official residence. In the third hall, Wu Sangui met Zuo Liangyu who was drinking tea alone.
Zuo Liangyu was not wearing an official robe, but was dressed in white. When holding the teacup, he was extremely elegant, looking like a scholar.
Wu Sangui sat on the chair and said with a smile: "I can't wait to get my eyebrows raised. Is Zuo Shuai still in the mood to sip tea?"
Zuo Liangyu didn't even look at Wu Sangui, but just blew the tea leaves in the teacup.
Wu Sangui observed Zuo Liangyu's face and said: "Now Li Zhi is going to lead an army of 40,000 people and a thousand heavy artillery to attack our Jiangbei Army. The capital of Nanjing, Yangzhou and Suzhou are in danger. Commander Zuo, what's the best plan?"
Zuo Liangyu put the teacup on the coffee table, looked at young Wu Sangui, and smiled.
"Back in Anqing, Li Zhi shot and killed my soldiers. From then on, I became estranged from Li Zhi and could not defect to Li Zhi. Mr. Wu once joined forces with Li Zhi to remonstrate with him, so why not just defect to Li Zhi?"
Wu Sangui laughed loudly and said: "Li Zhi's son is short-lived, how can he be the opponent of the gentry in the world? Even if he can impose his despotic power on Nanzhili for a while, he will eventually perish."
Zuo Liangyu looked at Wu Sangui and said: "If South Zhili falls to Li Zhi, where will General Wu's Jiangbei East Town survive? Could it be that General Wu wants to escape without fighting?"
Wu Sangui looked at Zuo Liangyu and did not answer the question. The two looked at each other for a while, and seemed to have reached a tacit understanding and made a joint decision.
Both of their faces looked a little heavy. Although this decision had to be made, they were helpless.
Suddenly a servant came running to the door: "Qian Qianyi and Qian Lao's sedan has arrived at the bridge!"
When Zuo Liangyu heard this report, he sighed helplessly, as if he was very tired of Qian Qianyi's arrival.
Wu Sangui said coldly: "If it weren't for Zhang Shenyan and Qian Qianyi, we would have defeated Li Zhi in Xinzhou."
He shook his official robe and stood up, saying: "But we still have to do the things on the scene. Commander Zuo and I can go out together to greet Qian Qianyi!"
