Chapter 163: Don't want anyone who doesn't comply with Lantian's rules

Zu Dashou coughed very badly, and his former tall figure became hunched because of his hard work.

Wu Sangui stood in front of the window and looked at the pair of swallows playing under the eaves, which were fascinated by the sight.

Wu Xiang leaned against a brocade couch, holding a slender cigarette pole and clattering, smoking a cigarette.

"It's a good thing that swallows can enter the house."

Zu Dashou finally coughed enough, so he barely squeezed out a smile on his face to Wu Sangui.

He was very old and extremely weak, but with a ridiculous money-tailed hairstyle, he suddenly destroyed the majesty he tried to show.

After thinking about it, I understand that no matter how majestic an old man is, if he only leaves a bunch of money-sized hair at the top door, shaved the rest, and let a braid that is not much different from the mouse's tail hang down, like a clown on the stage, how can he become majestic?

Zu Dashou himself doesn't like this hairstyle, the problem is that he has no choice.

"Stop it, we have no choice."

Wu Xiang knocked the cigarette pot at the edge of the brocade bed and refilled a cigarette. Before igniting it, he still said to Wu Sangui.

"The reason why my uncle didn't advise you to surrender to the Qing Dynasty was because of the choice of Li Hongji. Now that Li Hongji is about to be defeated, the Liaodong generals still have to survive.

You didn’t choose Lantian Yunzhao for your uncle. Now, you have no choice. I know that it makes you uncomfortable to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. However, when people are seeking life, don’t pay too much attention to it.”

Zu Dashou seemed to be nagging when he spoke, and he had long lost the tough spirit of jumping on his sword and horse.

"I actually envy Lee Hongji."

Wu Sangui finally spoke, but he just said nothing.

"I envy him for doing so much, just a bandit."

Wu Xiang was a little dissatisfied with what his son said without any beginning or end.

Wu Sangui turned around and looked at the two old people in the room and said a little annoyed: "At least you can live happily!"

"Ahem cough cough..."

Zu Dashou coughed violently again and said, "What's the point of living? The important thing is to live. I know that you will look down on your uncle when you say this. But, think about it, are there few heroes buried in Liaodong?

Where are the dazzling heroes of the past now?

No matter how bad a person's reputation is, he will still be alive. Chang Bo must not act voluntarily. Our Liaodong generals do not have the capital to survive alone.

Li Hongji wanted to leave, so he let him go. He used to live in the Central Plains, but he didn't know the terribleness of the north. Sooner or later, his men would be destroyed in the ice and snow in the north. This is the courage of an ordinary man and cannot be followed.

Changbo, there are still 80,000 generals in Liaodong. You must not be ruined by a single thought.

Yun Zhao is used to being able to rush to the tiger and swallow the wolf. He chased a bandit Zhang Bingzhong to the south, and chased Li Hongji, who was rampant in the world, and had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. Now he is even more eager to survive in the extremely cold land.

In Yun Zhao's eyes, my Liaodong General Gate was nothing more than another wolf pack that could be driven away. When our strength was exhausted, it was time for the Liaodong General Gate to disappear.

You have to think clearly about this."

Wu Sangui said coldly: "Is this the will of everyone in the Liaodong generals?"

Wu Xiang was now a little afraid of this domineering son. Seeing his son staring at him and asking questions, he couldn't help but lower his head and said, "Yes."

Wu Sangui laughed to the sky for a while and said, "The backbone of the Liaodong general's gate has been broken. It is worse than that of his father and uncle, and I took them to join Jiannu. I took my wife and children to drive a flock of sheep to the wasteland to grazle for a living, and from then on I have hidden my name."

"Nonsense..." Wu Xiang patted the brocade bed and said angrily: "At this time, do you expect your uncle or your father to go to the battlefield?"

Wu Sangui looked at his uncle's ridiculous hairstyle and said, "Uncle's hair is so ugly."

Zu Dashou smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle is old and has a thick skin. As long as he lives, it will be fine. You are still young. It is natural that you will not be able to destroy your body like this. Uncle has long been pleaded with the Regent, so you don't need it."

Wu Sangui looked at Zu Dashou and said, "I feel uncomfortable shaving my hair. How can I win Xin Jiannu if I don't shave my hair?"

Wu Xiang touched his gray hair and said, "I'll go shaving my hair for my father, I won't need it."

Wu Sangui sneered and said, "I'm afraid they want me!"

Zu Dashou laughed and said, "That's right. You are the backbone of the Liaodong generals now. It's really not suitable for you to not shave your hair. Chang Bo, it's actually nothing to shave your hair. It's still cool in summer."

Wu Sangui frowned and was about to speak, but there was a burst of urgent footsteps outside the door. In an instant, someone reported to him: "Report to General, Li Hongji's army suddenly moved closer to us."

Wu Sangui opened the door and looked at the report: "Who is coming?"

"Hao Yaoqi!"

"Purpose!"

"I don't know!"

"Send the order and the three armies are on guard. Immediately send an envoy to ask what the intention of Hao Yaoqi's troops come to me?"

After exploring the report and giving a gift, Wu Sangui quickly left. He looked back at his uncle and said to his father: "I'll go and handle military affairs."

Wu Xiang waved his hand repeatedly, "Go quickly, go quickly."

Wu Sangui left quickly, leaving only Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang in the room.

"Uncle, do you think Chang Bo will agree?"

Zu Dashou sighed and said, "Who gives him the choice? Who gives us the choice? In just twenty years, there have been too many things happening, and the world is changing too quickly.

The Ming Dynasty was over, Yun Zhao was about to rise, the Mongolians were almost killed, Li Hongji was about to be over, Zhang Bingzhong was also survived, and the powerful Jianzhou people also retreated, leaving us unknown people to suffer alive."

Wu Xiang hesitated and said, "Or why should we try Yun Zhao?"

Zu Dashou shook his head and said, "Don't even think about it. Over the years, we have tried countless times and worked hard countless times. No matter what we say, everything will sink into the sea.

Look at the appearance of Lantian Royal Court, how many old people are we familiar with?

Qian Qianyi, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dayue and others were sharpening their heads and trying to get into the Lantian imperial court. Have you ever seen them appear in the Lantian court?

Don't think about this anymore. Yun Zhao wants a brand new Ming Dynasty. He doesn't want old people..."

Wu Xiang sighed and said, "It's really hard to return home and the country is hard to run away. Now I think about it, Yun Zhao ordered our troops to send out a stone to stop Li Hongji from escaping. It is our last chance to surrender..."

The swallows finally chose a roof and began to build nests.

Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang looked at the two swallows busy building their nests in a daze, and kept silent for a long time.

In the afternoon, Wu Sangui came back. Before he had time to remove the armor, he returned to his room and said to Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang: "Hao Yaoqi was abandoned by Li Hongji, and he wanted to form an alliance with us."

Zu Dashou said: "Why was Hao Yaoqi abandoned by Li Hongji?"

Wu Sangui frowned and said, "According to the envoy, Hao Yaoqi was unwilling to follow Li Hongji and go far north, so he wanted to form an alliance with us and continue to stay in Liaodong.

Hao Yaoqi also said, follow my orders in everything."

Wu Xiang said: "How many soldiers are there under Hao Yaoqi's command?"

Wu Sangui said: "According to the investigation, there were originally 50,000 people, but when they officially broke with Li Hongji, 20,000 people left Hao Yaoqi and disappeared, and the remaining people were less than 30,000."

Zu Dashou looked at Wu Sangui and said, "What are Chang Bo's plans?"

Wu Sangui sneered and said, "Wait until Li Hongji pacified the rebels."

Zu Dashou said: "What if Li Hongji doesn't do this?"

Wu Sangui sneered: "He, Li Hongji, is unwilling to fight in internal conflicts and consume his own troops. How can we do such things that harm others and not benefit ourselves?"

"Stop holding the troops?"

"Don't move! Don't explain or answer, see the movements between Hao Yaoqi and Li Hongji, and then make up your mind."

Just as Wu Sangui and his uncle and father discussed a plan to adapt to changes, Hao Yaoqi and an ant on a hot pan were rubbing their hands in the military palms.

He also looked outside the military tent from time to time.

Just two days ago, his military camp did not receive the military rations distributed by the old camp. He knew that things were not good, so he sent someone to the old camp to ask, and the answer he got made his heart feel cold.

He never expected that at this time, Li Hongji actually knew about him secretly communicating with Yun Zhao.

Fortunately, Li Hongji still had some old feelings and did not send troops to wipe him out, but asked him to be independent. He also sent someone to send a letter congratulating him on climbing up the high school, hoping that he could have a smooth journey to the Duke Wandae.

He quickly ordered the blockade of the news, but unfortunately, he didn't know why the news was spread. Overnight, his 50,000 army turned into less than 30,000 people, and they were all anxious and their morale was unstable.

What scared Hao Yaoqi the most was that the men in black in Lantian who were usually hiding in the army disappeared without a trace overnight. Hao Yaoqi sent a large number of people to find these men in black, but there was no news yet.

When it was dark, Hao Yaoqi finally understood that it was not only Li Hongji who abandoned him, but even Yun Zhao who abandoned him at this time.

With this discovery, Hao Yaoqi's sky collapsed... He still doesn't understand why he became a betrayal dog overnight.

Just when he was in panic, a group of men in black led more than 20,000 people, carrying the Lantian flag, and passed through Li Jin camp and Li Zhu camp. Finally, in Liu Zongmin's joking gaze, he passed through Liu Zongmin's camp and went straight to Bijia Mountain and Motianling.

Twenty-one, three hundred bandits who had unloaded their weapons sat cross-legged on a huge school field and were inspected by Li Dingguo.

The leader of the man in black, Chen Ziliang, waited by Li Dingguo with his hands down, waiting for the general to review the people he brought back after he had chosen thousands of choices.

Zhang Guofeng sat on a chair and first glanced at these honest bandits, then said to Chen Ziliang: "There are only a few people among Hao Yaoqi's 50,000 people who can meet our requirements?

Even Hao Yaoqi is not among the recipients?"

Chen Ziliang sneered and said, "Boss Han has never told us who can be special as long as he accepts people according to the regulations."

Zhang Guofeng said strangely: "What did he do that he could not catch your eyes?"

Chen Ziliang opened a thick account book and handed it to Zhang Guofeng and said, "Please take a look. This records all the illegal things that Hao Yaoqi has done since he defected to me, Lantian, including 425 people, including 311 men, 78 boys, and 36 women.

The total amount of robbery is 6,800 taels of gold, 398,700 taels of silver, pearls and jade…”

Zhang Guofeng slapped his mouth and said, "When he was doing these beheading things, you didn't stop him?"

Chen Ziliang, the man in black, sneered: "The man in black only has the right to supervise, but has no right to advise."

Zhang Guofeng sighed and said, "You Boss Han is really too careless."

Chen Ziliang curled his lips and said, "Our boss Qian means to kill this guy who ruined my name Lantian. It was Han who opened the net and did not ask for his head, so he could fend for himself.

So, Boss Han is still very kind."

Zhang Guofeng nodded and said, "Block the news and cannot let others know that Hao Yaoqi is our person."

Chen Ziliang said: "We in Lantian have never had a fine work called Hao Yaoqi."

Just as the two of them were talking, Li Dingguo had already reviewed the group of surrendered people and came to Zhang Guofeng lazily and said, "Zhao Bi and the others can leave Bijia Mountain and head towards Ningyuan."
Chapter completed!