Wang Pu looked at the direction of the Tiger Ben Army in the distance, brushed the dust off his shoulders, raised his chin, and asked in an arrogant posture that only a gentleman can have, "Who is the general on the other side?" ”

Wang Gu replied respectfully: "It's Pingdongbo Zheng Kaicheng, Zheng Kaicheng rushed to Baodi an hour ago. ”

After thinking about it, Wang Gu said again: "The detailed report from the south, Li Zhi, the king of Qi, arrived in Wuqing and personally commanded the Huben army against Yang Guozhu. The main battlefield in the Wuqing area may be very tight. ”

Wang Pu sneered.

It was as if he had heard a very funny joke and started laughing incessantly. His laughter made the military attaches around him a little puzzled and looked at him curiously.

After laughing for a long time, Wang Pucai said slowly: "Don't say that Yang Guozhu has tens of thousands of people in Wuqing, even if he gives Yang Guozhu 200,000 people, he is not the opponent of His Royal 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, they only understood the severity of the situation when Wang Pu told them that Wang Pu had to go to Tianjin every few months and knew the strength of one town and nine provinces best. Wang Pu said that Yang Guozhu would be defeated, and the Ming army would have no hope at all.

If this decisive battle is undoubtedly a big defeat, wouldn't the hard-working Son of Heaven Zhu Youzhen be a complete defeat?

The majestic Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years ended like this?

If the Ming Dynasty is overthrown, what will happen to them, the generals of the Ming army who attacked the Tiger Army?

Beheading? Annihilation?

Although they had long suspected that Wang Pu, who was close to Li Zhi, would defect before the battle, and the generals had long had the idea of following Wang Pu to defect to one town and nine provinces, but after hearing Wang Pu's words, the generals understood that surrender was the only choice.

Thinking about it, the generals' faces turned a little pale.

Wang Pu suddenly asked: "Third uncle, if Daqi replaces Daming, how will our Wang family, as a friend of one town and nine provinces, be treated in Daqi?" ”

Wang Gu took a breath and looked at Wang Pu. After thinking for a long time, the old man said, "Young Master, you know much more about King Qi than I do, and you have to decide this matter yourself." ”

Wang Pu smiled and looked at the generals under his command around him.

Wang Pu's words were actually not to ask Wang Gu, but to test the attitude of the surrounding cronies and generals. Such a thing as surrender cannot be said explicitly, and it is necessary to test the bottom line of others little by little.

After listening to Wang Pu's words just now, these generals had no confidence in shaking the Tiger Ben Army. At this time, hearing that Wang Pu had the heart to defect to Li Zhi, they became short of breath one by one - isn't this a good way to preserve their official position?

They looked at Wang Pu with wide eyes one by one, and their eyes were very determined. There is no need to talk nonsense, these generals have already expressed their determination to follow Wang Pugan.

Wang Pu has worked in Jizhen for four years, and in these four years, he has gradually soothed people's hearts and gradually controlled most of the important generals in Jizhen. At this time, the cronies and generals standing beside Wang Pu directly controlled seventy percent of the soldiers and horses in Jizhen. As long as these generals and Wang Pu raised the flag together, the other individual Jizhen generals would no longer have the possibility of insisting on resistance.

Once Jizhen defects, the entire front north of Wuqing will decisively collapse.

Wang Pu was wondering how Li Zhi would treat his banner.

Wang Pu understood that even if the Ming army on the northern front fought to the death with the Tiger Ben army, I am afraid that it would not be able to change the situation of the battle in the slightest, and it would still lose in the end. If Wang Pu defected and surrendered to Li Zhi, although he could directly let the Huben army win the victory on the northern front, it would actually mean little to Li Zhi.

With Li Zhi's character, he often attaches importance to the combat effectiveness of the other side when dealing with troops who abandon darkness and turn to the light. The key is to look at the combat effectiveness of the troops under Wang Pu 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, and only Zu Dashou, who surrendered to Li Zhi, has risen to prominence, and is now the general army of Liaodong, the prince Shaobao.

There is a precedent for Zu Dashou, Wang Pu feels that Li Zhi will not let himself mix too badly.

Wang Pu's index finger and thumb of his right hand were rubbing, and his eyes were looking at the tiger army column opposite, making a final hesitation. This is an extremely important decision, although Wang Pu has already made up his mind, but at the last moment of action, even Wang Pu has to make a huge determination.

Wang Pu suddenly saw a large banner erected on the hill in the distance.

Wang Pu knew that the position was obviously the Chinese army headquarters of the Tiger Ben Army opposite. He chuckled and raised his binoculars to look at the hill opposite.

Wang Pu was holding a 48x telescope given to him by Li Zhi, and he could see the distant scenery very clearly. On the hill, Wang Pu saw a group of officers wearing "new-style" uniforms of generals in one town and nine provinces.

Now Li Zhi is the generalissimo 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. The marshal's uniform on Zheng Kaicheng's body was as black as the fur of a black panther, with a golden gorgeous embroidered belt hanging diagonally on his chest, and a section of sleeve at the cuff was also golden. He wore a beautiful command knife around his waist, and on his shoulder was a golden marshal epaulette representing the status of a marshal.

The black military hat has a towering golden hat tassel, and it looks very handsome.

This is not the marshal uniform that should appear in this era, Li Zhi brought the marshal uniform 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 cold weapon era, which is a high degree of condensation of the aesthetics of the era of hot weapons, and is naturally more domineering than the general military generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Pu observed Zheng Kaicheng's marshal suit 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 small general who was made friends with the general soldier, while Zheng Kaicheng was just an indecent management officer under the general. And now, Zheng Kaicheng is already a dignified earl, and he is already an indispensable marshal in one town and nine provinces, and his status and strength far surpass Wang Pu.

In Zheng Kaicheng's headquarters, the atmosphere was very relaxed.

Zheng Kaicheng stood on the hill and looked at the situation on the Ming army's side with his eyes, and learned about the situation on the front line under the guidance of a regiment commander next to him.

Zheng Kaicheng had a signature affinity smile on his face. After a while, his subordinates brought in a rather large vertical telescope.

Seeing Zheng Kaicheng's movements, Wang Pu suddenly felt a sense of fear.

He suddenly found 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 it is estimated that he can even see the panicked expression on Ming Jun's face. Maybe in a quarter of an hour, Zheng Kaicheng will give the order to attack.

Although the number of tiger troops in Baodi's area is far at an absolute disadvantage, in the face of Li Zhi's technology, the number is meaningless. Wang Pu had seen Li Zhi's huge factory in Tianjin, seen Li Zhi's miraculous steamship, and even seen incredible internal combustion engine cars, Wang Pu believed that once the Tiger Ben army attacked, his front might not last a day.

Wang Pu took a breath, his face getting redder and redder because of nervousness.

Wang Pu is not like this on weekdays, this noble-born general is always exquisite. The surrounding generals looked at Wang Pu's expression and became nervous.

Wang Pu suddenly saw Zheng Kaicheng wave his hand.

Zheng Kaicheng's wave of his hand didn't mean anything, it was just an action to express confidence.

Wang Pu was so frightened by Zheng Kaicheng's actions that his body trembled, for fear that the Tiger Ben Army was about to attack. He let go of his grip on the telescope and nearly threw it into the trench.

Somewhat embarrassed by his nervousness and weakness, Wang Pu's eyes widened.

However, there was no time to hide this embarrassment at this time, Wang Pu almost roared loudly: "Surrender the flag!" Send generals to surrender to Pingdong Bo Zheng Kaicheng! “