Chapter 340 Come and see you off

Sure enough, the people sent by Wu Sangui quickly found out the problem for him.

Liu Xia continued to send military grain to Li Dingguo. Under careful investigation, it could not be concealed at all. In anger, Wu Sangui pulled out the sword next to him and cut off a corner of the table.

He said angrily, "I and Liu Xia should be like this, never die!" Either he dies, or I die!"

Wu Sangui was very angry. He didn't expect that Liu Xia would intervene in the matter of Li Dingguo. With Liu Xia's involvement, it was not so easy to deal with Li Dingguo.

"Where are the soldiers who killed Zhang Xianzhong?" Wu Sangui suddenly asked the ministers next to him.

They looked at Wu Sangui in surprise. Didn't they have to die with Liu Xia just now? Why do you want to hand over those soldiers now?

"To the emperor, they are all protected in Guiyang City at present. Previously, the emperor asked to protect their safety. General Ma did not dare to neglect, so he moved them directly from the original station to Guiyang City, and now everything is fine. If the emperor wants to give it to Li Dingguo, I'm afraid - I'm afraid the official didn't finish it, but the meaning is obvious. If Wu Sangui hands over these soldiers, it will definitely make the soldiers distracted. Originally, Li Dingguo fought everywhere in Guizhou, but Ma Bao could not destroy it quickly, which has made the local The morale of the soldiers is low.

Once Wu Sangui makes a move to hand over his own people to Li Dingguo, the consequences are self-evident.

Wu Sangui stood up angrily, glared at the minister who was talking, and scolded, "Bastard. How can I give my love to Li Dingguo's dog thief? Tell Ma Bao to send those soldiers to Wuchang, and I will meet them in person. After telling Sun Kewang to receive the food and fodder, he immediately launched a raid on Li Dingguo. Be sure to beat Li Dingguo out of the boundaries of Guizhou. It's best to annihilate it if possible."

"Since Li Dingguo has Liu Xia's support, it is not easy to annihilate him. It is said that Li Dingguo's soldiers and horses have reached 20,000, all of which are elite divisions. Sun Kewang lost most of his soldiers and horses, and it was impossible for him to fight against Li Dingguo. After all, Sun Kewang is not a fool. How can he lose his own strength?

"Sun Kewang, such a villain, has been good to him by giving him food and fodder to send troops. Don't think that I don't know what Sun Kewang did in Guizhou, but I still need him now and I'm not in a hurry to deal with him. And you, don't think I didn't know that you took Sun Kewang's gold and silver. Humph." Wu Sangui roared and immediately scared the next ministers to pale. They thought the things were hidden, but they didn't expect that Wu Sangui knew everything.

"Didn't Sun Kewang say that things were done secretly? How could the emperor find out? However, it seems that the emperor does not intend to pursue this matter, but it's just because he is angry that we speak for Sun Kewang. Thinking of this, those people knelt on the ground in a hurry and said to Wu Sangui, "Please forgive me. I know the crime. I know the guilt!"

"It was the minister who accepted Sun Kewang's things for a moment. I will charge all of it to the treasury and ask the saint to spare my life!"

Wu Sangui did not intend to dismiss all these people. After all, he still needs these people to help him with his official duties. He doesn't care if he is greedy for a little money.

Wu Sangui nodded, but his face was still gloomy and terrible, which made the expression of the person kneeling down more pale. Maybe Wu Sangui suddenly got angry and killed them, which is also possible.

In the end, Wu Sangui did not take action on these people, but asked them to confiscate all the bribes he received and pardoned them.

"You just tell Sun Kewang that you must let him lead his troops."

The next day, the imperial edict from Wuchang was handed over to Sun Kewang. Sun Kewang looked at it and looked gloomy. There is nothing wrong with this order, but Sun Kewang is not loyal to Wu Sangui, and he also has his own small calculation in his heart. It is just a stopgap measure to obey Wu Sangui's orders.

Now that Wu Sangui asked him to die, he was naturally unwilling to return. But he had to obey the order.

He walked back and forth in the room with a sad face and said, "If I ignore his imperial edict of Wu Sangui, I'm afraid that Wu Sangui will definitely use troops against me. At this moment, I have lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and I can't resist Wu Sangui. I can't turn against Wu Sangui for the time being. However, it is said that Li Dingguo has many soldiers and horses now, and it is not easy to drive Li Dingguo out of Guizhou. It is even more difficult to annihilate it. Wu Sangui did not tell him where Li Dingguo got the food, that is to say, Sun Kewang is still not clear about Liu Xia's secret support for Sun Kewang.

Wu Sangui also has the intention to exhaust Sun Kewang's soldiers and horses. After all, a tiger without teeth and claws is easy to control. Once Sun Kewang's men don't have warable soldiers, won't Wu Sangui want to do anything to him? I'm not afraid that Sun Kewang will eat back at all.

On August 10, Sun Kewang, with the decree of Wu Sangui and the reconvened 10,000 soldiers and horses, began to go to Qingshan Division. At the same time, Ma Bao in Guiyang also led 10,000 troops to assist Sun Kewang.

With the help of Liu Xialong's group, Li Dingguo soon learned that Sun Kewang and Ma Bao came to attack him. So a general came and prepared to go to Sun Kewang's only way to ambush and eliminate the trouble in one fell swoop.

On the afternoon of August 11, when Sun Kewang came to Cuiliu Mountain, suddenly there was a sound of killing from both sides of the valley, and countless arrows shot at them like locusts.

Suddenly, countless soldiers and horses were killed and injured. Sun Kewang was shot in the shoulder in the chaos, and Li Dingguo won a complete victory. This time, Sun Kewang is basically finished. So he retreated with the last soldiers and horses to the army led by Ma Bao, who was coming from Guiyang.

Ma Bao looked at Sun Kewang's awkward appearance, and there were still 3,000 people left in the 10,000 troops led by him, which was a bigger loss this time than the last time. Ma Bao was shocked. He naturally understood Sun Kewang's strength. Although he was not too strong, he was not too weak. I didn't expect to lose so hard.

Ma Bao immediately asked him to describe the plot at that time before he knew the reason for the defeat.

While Ma Bao was still considering whether to continue to go to Qingshan Division, Niu Chao welcomed a guest in the Iron Fist Brigade Camp not far from the Yeerqiang Khanate in the northwest border, and A Bou told Niu Chao his intention in poor Chinese.

Niu Chao sneered and said, "Surrender?" When they came before, the Yeerqiang Khanate did not show any intention to surrender, and due to the war in the Central Plains, many Han people in Gansu were persecuted by the people of the Yeerqiang Khanate. Now there are still many Han people in the Yeerqiang Khanate who have become slaves.

This is what Liu Xia can't tolerate. Naturally, Ye Erqiang Khanate will not continue to exist. Ye Erqiang Khanate's hands are stained with the blood of the Han people. Liu Xia will not accept an enemy stained with his own blood to surrender to himself, and this kind of surrender is still a kind of false and permissive.

A Fudu nodded to Niu Chao, as if he didn't see any sarcasm.

Niu Chao said coldly, "Go back and tell you to sweat, and let him open it and surrender in person. At that time, the general will consider and let him serve as the deputy governor of the newly established Western Regions. The rest of the people will be screened according to the rules of this dynasty. If they are qualified, they will be newly assigned to the position. If they are not qualified, get out of here. Dissolve all the soldiers and horses of Ye Erqiang, and our Pingbei army is stationed here to protect.

When A Bu heard the words, his face suddenly changed. Didn't this destroy their Ye Erqiang Khanate? What's the difference between this and being occupied by the quasi-Gerkhanate? Even if they surrender, they will become their puppets.

"Is this - is this - I'm here with sincerity." A didn't look at Niu Chao and said carefully. Although he is very angry, he also understands where he is now. This is the camp of the Pingbei Army, and the Niu Dynasty can easily kill it.

Niu Chao said, "This is the condition given by my king. If you Khan agree, our army will no longer attack the city and pull out the fortress. If you don't agree, I will inform you Khan and prepare for battle. When Ye Erqiang is broken, I will slaughter all of you, wash your necks and wait for my butcher's knife. Come on, see you off!"