Wu Sangui is also bitter in his stomach, when he is old, he is afraid of infamy after death, so he desperately wants to explain his past to others, but he is the king of the Great Zhou Kingdom, these words are useless to explain to his subordinates, they can only make them feel their weakness, and when they meet Cheng Xiaolian, they finally vomit out this sadness.

Cheng Xiaolian also saw Wu Sangui's weakness, but he didn't have the slightest pity in his heart, all this was his own choice, and if he was given a chance, Wu Sangui would definitely kill Cheng Xiaolian and destroy Daming, so he still talked less about feelings and did more practical things.

"Although these choices were made by General Wu as a last resort, General Wu also enjoyed the benefits, not to mention anything else, just say that the lord of this country is not someone else's knife on your neck for you to be. Now that we have come to this point, no one needs to complain about anything, General Wu should still say his purpose. ”

Wu Sangui's gaze suddenly drifted away: "I heard that you were under my nose and hid for a lot of days?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "I was a slave in Zhu Guozhi's mansion for a while, but I learned a lot of the doorways in the mansion. ”

"The king of the Ming Dynasty actually went to wait for people, if it is spread out, I am afraid it will make people laugh off their big teeth."

"In order to restore the country, King Goujian of Yue has helped raise horses in the palace of King Wu, pull carriages, the ancients, the gentleman hides the weapon in his body, and moves when the time comes, I don't think there is any shame in doing this, this move is not against morality, nor does it lose the face of the ancestors, when Emperor Taizu went out to beg, he was afraid that there were many times when he spit on himself, as long as he could recover the Ming Dynasty, the ancestors would not feel ashamed, why should General Wu provoke me."

Wu Sangui stared at Cheng Xiaolian carefully, as if he wanted to see a trace of insincerity on his face, but he didn't see anything when he looked at it, and couldn't help sighing: "My son was as outstanding as you at the beginning, just for his father, he can only be held hostage in Beijing, because Zhu Guozhi's old dog didn't escape in the end, if my son is here, why should Da Zhou be confined to Jiangnan." ”

"General Wu, I've already said it, we don't have much time, you can just say anything you want."

"Although there is a feud between our two families, but the ancients said that brothers are outside the wall to resist their insults, we are all Han people after all, what is there to wait for the Manchu Qing Tartars to be driven away, I don't know what you think?"

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "I deeply agree." ”

Wu Sangui continued: "In order to avoid the harmony between the two families, I also ask you to collect your troops and return to Sichuan and Shu, so that we can go all out to deal with the Manchus." ”

Cheng Xiaolian seemed to have heard a joke: "General Wu, isn't he old and a little confused?" This land in central Hubei was taken back by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty from the hands of the Geng Shang coalition army, but it was not taken back from the hands of your General Wu, where does this return come from? ”

Wu Sangui was a little ashamed in his heart, but his face did not change: "This Hubei is the land of my Great Zhou, Geng Jingzhong and Monk Zhixin, these two bastards, even occupy an area and do not leave, now Daming helps me recover the lost land, I am very grateful, I am willing to pay 100,000 taels of silver to thank Daming for his efforts in sending troops." ”

"General Wu deceived me when I was young? Geng Jingzhong just told me yesterday that this land in central Hubei was obtained by his monk's credit for the land of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, and General Wu now holds the land of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, so he will not turn his face and deny it, right? ”

Wu Sangui was choked, he couldn't say that what he said was to let them lead troops to attack Sichuan and Shu, and leave it for them to be a fief, right? Isn't this putting the handle in the hands of others? At that time, Cheng Xiaolian would definitely say that since General Wu sent people to attack Sichuan and Shu, he knew that there were gains and losses in marching and fighting, and there would be losses if there was greed, and victory and defeat were common things in soldiers.

The reason doesn't make sense, you can only talk about feelings, Wu Sangui cleared his throat: "This vast land is the retreat of my Great Zhou army, if it is handed over to the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the hearts of his subordinates will fluctuate, this battle will be difficult to fight, if I die, it will be nothing, I am afraid that His Royal Highness is still young and difficult to support alone, and the restoration of the country will become a dream of Nanke." ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled; "I don't bother General Wu about this, don't hide it from the general, we occupy Huguang not for anything else, but to merge into Henan, which can relieve some of your pressure, General Wu also knows in his heart that we have absolutely no ill will towards you, otherwise, I will not stand here."

Wu Sangui muttered in his heart, a difficult boy, and sighed: "It's still the same sentence, if we change places, will you give me your back?" In this way, I will add another 200,000 stone white rice, and you will return Huguang to me! If this doesn't work out again, then we can only meet each other in arms, and I Da Zhou will not do this kind of thing to cut off my own back road. ”

Cheng Xiaolian coughed: "Presumably General Wu hasn't figured out the situation yet, you must know that the little emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty hates most now is not our Ming Dynasty, but his former King of Pingxi, the current Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty Wu Sangui, he hates to arrest you and break your body into thousands of pieces, don't say that I am scolding you, you have seen the battle until now, the elite of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been fighting with your Great Zhou, I said, I am here to help you now, if you insist on fighting, will my Ming soldiers be afraid?" ”

He knew in his heart that he must not show a trace of fear at this time, although once the two sides really fight, they will definitely lose both, but if Wu Sangui sees his appearance of throwing a rat bogey, he will definitely make a big fuss.

Wu Sangui smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Then it's better for you to talk about your conditions, I can state in advance, it is impossible for Huguang to give you the decision, and it is impossible for me to hand over my heart to Da Ming." ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "It would be good to see each other frankly like this earlier, I have already said that the Ming Dynasty has no intention of plotting against the Great Zhou, except for the fiefdom of the Geng Shang coalition army, all the other places we occupy will be returned, and we will never take a step, with Poyang Lake as the boundary, if we wait to cross the border, let General Wu dispose of it." ”

The last sentence is a, Wu Sangui wants to deal with the generals of the Ming Dynasty, but he is afraid that he will have to wait until the next life.

Wu Sangui snorted coldly: "You don't have such a great kindness, do you?" ”

"Of course, our army is on the march, the soldiers are tired, and the grain and grass are seriously damaged, so General Wu must not be stingy with money and grain."

"How much do you want?"

"100,000 taels of silver, 200,000 stones of grain and grass."

"Don't deceive people too much! I offered these conditions to buy the whole territory of Huguang, not those bits and pieces. ”

"General Wu, you are mistaken, this money and grain is not used to buy land, but to buy a promise, before the world is decided, I will never step on Poyang Lake first, if General Wu wants to feel more at ease, I can also tell the world."

(End of chapter)