After dark, one of the personal soldiers sent by Wu Sangui avoided the eyes and ears of the Eight Banners soldiers and came to the city.

When the Ming army at the head of the city saw that someone had entered the land of a stone's throw, they lit a lantern and found that it was only an unarmed Qing soldier.

"Brethren in the city, don't let your arrows go! I am the messenger! Wu Sangui's personal soldiers stood under the city and raised their heads and shouted.

"Emissary? Why did you come? The Ming army at the head of the city asked.

The soldier replied: "Come here to turn the war into a jade silk!" I want to see you, Lord Admiral! ”

A hanging basket was placed on the head of the city and the soldier was pulled up.

Entering the city, Wang Xinyu's personal soldier Li Rui introduced the Qing soldier to a large mansion and told him to wait patiently at the door, while he walked into the gate alone. After about a quarter of an hour, a guard inside walked out and bowed his hand to the Qing soldier very politely: "This brother, please come with me, Lord Admiral wants to see you in the lobby." ”

Qing soldiers walked into the mansion and followed the guards through the courtyard and into the lobby.

The hall was brightly lit, with a row of elite soldiers wearing plate armor and holding halberds standing on each side, and a young general in his early twenties sat on the Taishi chair in the middle of the hall, and five or six Ming generals from eighteen to nineteen to thirty years old sat on either side. Including the young general in the middle, everyone looked at this Qing soldier.

The envoy stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "General Wang, I have come to the peace talks by the order of the prince of Pingxi!" The prince of Pingxi hopes that you and my army can turn hostility into jade silk and stop unnecessary wars! ”

Wang Xinyu already knew in his heart the intention of this envoy, and negotiating peace with Wu Sangui was the first step in the whole plan. This plan was conceived by Deng Hong, and in the future, the two families will cooperate in the business of Baqi special offerings and cigarettes, so naturally they can't make too deep a feud, and they will stop when they should stop. Now Wu Sangui is going to withdraw his army, and if the Ming army pursues, it will inevitably lose both. weakening Wu Sangui's forces too hard, which is not conducive to cooperative business; If he didn't chase it, it would make Wu Sangui suspicious.

In fact, Deng Hong is indeed a strategist and has been instructed by Wang Yuyou.

Who is Wang Yuyou? He was the first strategist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties! Whether it is Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, or Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou, compared with this Wang Yuyou, he is not even worthy of lifting shoes! Wang Yuyou, the word Shenzhi, the number Wugong Mountain people, can restore the Zhuge Eight Array Diagram. He is the author of military books such as "The Illustration of Wansheng Che" and "Sketch of the Soldiers and the People".

Deng Hong is not only an undercover agent, but also a strategist. He carried out the plan roughly formulated by Wang Xinyu and handled it seamlessly, and with Liu Xuanchu's cooperation, Wu Sangui was convinced.

"Come, give me a seat!" Wang Xinyu shouted.

A guard had already come up with a stool and sat down the messenger.

The envoy sat down and exclaimed: "The Qiongzhou Army is really the best in the world!" This armor and equipment is far from being comparable to my Pingxi Wangfu army! The artillery of the Qiongzhou army is even more numerous. With such a city, it really works seamlessly! The prince of Pingxi knows that General Wang can fight well, and he is unwilling to continue to fight with the Qiongzhou army, and only hopes that you and my army can negotiate peace. ”

Wang Xinyu looked at the messenger with expressionless eyes. said lightly: "If you want to negotiate, you have to show sincerity, I don't know what the sincerity of your King Pingxi is?" ”

The envoy said: "We, the prince of Pingxi, are willing to withdraw our troops, and we will no longer care about your Son of Heaven in Burma!" I hope that you and my armies can live in peace! ”

"So much for the best. We can sit down and have a good talk! But you're just a soldier, and since you're coming to negotiate, you have to call someone with weight, right? Wang Xinyu snorted coldly.

"General Wang! The little one is just here to test General Wang's attitude! If General Wang is willing to sit down and talk. The prince will naturally send a weighty person. The messenger bowed.

"Good!" Wang Xinyu nodded, "As long as there is sincerity, then we can talk!" Well, since you're here, let's stay and have a few drinks before going back! ”

"The general wants to give wine, but the little one doesn't dare to stay, and he has to rush back to reply to our prince."

"It's okay, just a couple of drinks! Walk! Go to the back hall for two drinks and come back, it's our agreement! Wang Xinyu had a smile on his face and beckoned the messenger to go to the back hall.

The envoy thought to himself: Since General Wang has graciously invited, it is impossible not to drink two glasses. So he followed Wang Xinyu and the others to the back hall and sat down.

The soldiers were busy and served wine and food, including braised pork, sweet and sour fish, tofu soup, and fried vegetables, all of which were some homely meals. But for this soldier, this is already a very good banquet.

After a few glasses of wine, Wang Xinyu took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, opened them, first took out a cigarette for himself, put it in his mouth, asked people to take a fire fold, lit the cigarette, and then took out another cigarette and handed it to the Qing army envoy: "This little brother, you can have one too!" After drinking the wine and taking a few more sips, it feels like a fairy! ”

"Is it tobacco?" The soldiers had seen Liu Xuanchu smoking a pipe, and asked curiously.

"Yes, but it's a cigarette, it tastes much better than a pipe, you can taste it!" Wang Xinyu smiled and handed over the cigarette.

The messenger respectfully took the cigarette, lit it with a fire breaker, and took a deep breath.

"Suck it in, spit it out." Wang Xinyu said with a smile.

The messenger took a sharp breath and choked on his cough.

"Hahaha!" Wang Xinyu laughed and said, "Little brother, you haven't smoked a cigarette, and it's normal that you can't smoke it." If this thing is smoked by someone who can smoke a pipe, he will definitely lose his pipe when he turns around! ”

"There are such good things, can you take some back to the small ones and let the smokers identify them?" The pro-soldier asked.

Although Liu Xuanchu got a few cigarettes from Deng Hong's side, Wu Sangui and his cronies didn't know about it, and the messenger didn't know that Liu Xuanchu had actually smoked, and wanted to take this good thing back for everyone to identify.

Wang Xinyu smiled: "You can take this bag back!" Let them taste and taste. ”

The Ming army put down the Qing army envoy with a hanging basket.

After returning to the barracks, the Qing army envoy distributed the sample of the cigarette produced in Singapore to several Qing generals and Qing soldiers who smoked pipes in the barracks. After smoking this kind of cigarette, every smoker feels that the taste is particularly good, and the cigarette is more than 100 times better than the pipe he smokes. When I go to smoke the pipe after smoking, I only feel that the taste is bitter, irritating the throat, and it is difficult to eat. Cigarettes, on the other hand, have a faint aroma and are very easy to eat. and does not irritate the throat.

"Good stuff! What a good thing! Several smokers were full of praise for the cigarette.

Liu Xuanchu asked knowingly: "Where did such a good thing come from?" ”

"It was sent by General Wang over there, and it is said to be produced in an overseas place called Singapore." The soldier replied.

Wu Sangui has little interest in cigarettes, and is most concerned about whether the other party has the sincerity of peace talks. Hearing that the soldiers said that they were willing to make peace with him, Wu Sangui secretly rejoiced: "Since this is the case, it will be easy to do!" Just find someone to come over! ”

"These Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers are still here, and it is inconvenient for us to negotiate with the hypocritical people and send them away." Liu Xuanchu offered a plan.

Wu Sangui listened to Liu Xuanchu's proposal to prepare to withdraw the army and lead people to break the rear himself. The reason for letting the Eight Banners withdraw first was to send the Eight Banners Qing Army and the Green Camp Qing Army of the imperial court first, and he took the Pingxi Wangfu Army and the Pingxi Wangfu Green Camp Army to stay and continue to negotiate with Wang Xinyu.

But who should be chosen as a negotiator?

In the end, Wu Sangui chose Wang Shirong to negotiate.

Wang Shirong, who was originally Wu Sangui's little scholar, grew up beside Wu Sangui since he was a child, and Wu Sangui regarded him as almost like his own son. This person is also very smart, although he is only in his twenties, he is already talented. Later, Wang Shirong became the second military division in the Pingxi Palace, second only to Liu Xuanchu.

In a certain "famous" TV series. Wang Shirong was scolded to death by Zhou Peigong, this is simply nonsense, Zhou Peigong is certainly a very powerful strategist, but Wang Shirong is not so bad.

A man in a green shirt came down from the city. The handsome scholar shouted at the city: "I am the envoy of the Pingxi Palace, and I want to see your General Wang!" Let me go up! ”

I heard that it was the messenger of the king of Pingxi, and he put down the hanging basket in the city. pulled Wang Shirong up.

When I entered the city, I saw the Ming soldiers on both sides standing in two rows, swords and guns. The fine armor shone with silver light, and every soldier looked at Wang Shirong, their faces revealing a kind of confidence in the division of a hundred victories. Wang Shirong was shocked by the appearance and weapons and equipment of the Nanyang Ming Army, which was neat and tidy, with high morale, and every soldier had a kind of murderous atmosphere, and the weapons and equipment were even more sophisticated.

Wang Xinyu met Wang Shirong, his historical knowledge was so poor that he thought about it for a long time before he could barely remember that he had heard this name in the TV series. This Wang Shirong is also one of Wu Sangui's advisors, second only to Liu Xuanchu in ability, but he didn't expect to be so young and similar in age to himself.

"General Wang, I am the little scholar of the prince of Pingxi! Today, I came to the general to discuss specific peace talks! Wang Shirong introduced himself to Wang Xinyu.

"It turned out to be the scholar of the prince of Pingxi! Come, please take a seat! Wang Xinyu beckoned Wang Shirong to sit down.

Wang Shirong is Wu Sangui's close confidant, negotiates on behalf of Wu Sangui with full powers, and has the power to make decisions. Wang Xinyu knew this very well, and put forward it straight to the point, saying that as long as Wu Sangui withdrew his troops and did not trouble Yongli in the future, he promised that he would not pursue, and also guaranteed that Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan would not pursue Wu's army.

"The prince of Pingxi sent troops this time, the expenses were huge, the personnel were seriously damaged, and the two generals of the Eight Banners were damaged, and then asked the court for military salaries, I am afraid that the court will be angry, I hope General Wang can give us some compensation." Wang Shirong dismissed him from his condition. Wu Sangui was going to withdraw his troops, but he was unwilling to lose his troops and run away in vain, hoping to gain some benefits.

Who knows that this condition is exactly what Wang Xinyu wants: "Our two sides have fought this game, and both sides have a lot of losses, and your losses are even greater." Since it is a peace negotiation, then for the sake of everyone being Han Chinese, as long as you are willing to withdraw your troops, it is natural to give you some compensation! ”

Wang Shirong didn't expect Wang Xinyu to be so cheerful, and agreed to his own conditions. He was stunned at first, and then thanked him: "Thank you General Wang for your generosity!" ”

"But we don't have much silver, and we can give you something to replace it. Your prince has sold these items, and you can get more silver, I don't know if it is feasible? Wang Xinyu asked.

"What is it?" Wang Shirong asked.

"Gold, ivory, and jade are all specialties of Myanmar. If you are acceptable, we will sell you some gold, ivory, and jade cheaply, in addition to our share of the compensation. In addition, I hope that we can cooperate for a long time, and we will provide you with goods, and you will sell them in Qingguo. I'm sure you'll love our stuff. ”

"Gold, ivory and jade are all valuable things, no problem! As for long-term cooperation in the future, this still needs the nod of Prince Pingxi. ”

"No problem! Go back and tell the prince of Pingxi that we will have a long-term garrison in Burma, and the gold, ivory, and jade here can be sold to you. In addition, we will also open a cigarette factory and a special supply factory in Myanmar, which only we can produce, and we can let you be our agent for you to sell. ”

Wang Shirong has also heard that Wang Xinyu is the boss of Nanyang Company, who is very business-minded and has a lot of good things on hand, thinking that if they can cooperate, Pingxi Wangfu will definitely not suffer. So he replied: "As long as the price is favorable, our prince will consider it!" Everyone likes silver, General Wang said yes, right? ”

"Yes!" Wang Xinyu smiled, "Everyone likes silver!" As long as we can cooperate sincerely, both of us are winners! When you have more silver, you don't have to worry about the court sending troops to threaten you! I know that your King Pingxi has unspeakable hardships, the land of Yunnan and Guizhou is barren, there is not much food in the first place, your army of more than 100,000 is in Yunnan, and the food is provided by the Tartar court, if the court cuts off your supply, so many of you will be hungry! ”

"As long as you don't let us suffer, we can promise this!" Wang Shirong said.

Wang Xinyu asked people to prepare 1,000 taels of gold, 10 ivory, a small box of jade, 10 Singapore cigarettes, 5 cigarette guns and 5 catties of Fushou paste as gifts for Wu Sangui.

"These are small gifts for the king of Pingxi, not silver. If you are satisfied, the general can provide it to you again, but you will have to buy it from us for money. Of course, we can provide you with the best price, and you can be guaranteed to make a lot of money for nothing! Wang Xinyu pointed to the gift and said.

Gold, ivory and jade were all looted from Burma, and there was no need for money anyway, so they could be sold to Wu Sangui later.

After Wang Shirong returned with the gifts, Wu Sangui was very satisfied when he saw these gold belongings. When he saw the cigarette gun and the ointment, he asked, "What is this?" ”

"Back to the prince, I heard that it is a precious medicinal material, and it is also a specialty here in Myanmar." Wang Shirong replied.

Liu Xuanchu pretended to take a look at it: "This is a precious medicinal material!" Smoked like smoking. But this kind of high-end goods is not something we can enjoy, and can only be sold to the old men of the Eight Banners of Manmeng. (To be continued.) )

PS: The author is going to Beijing to do business, and in recent days, I can only change one shift a day, and wait for the resumption of double shifts when I come back