Wu Sangui frowned and looked at the people and horses opposite, and asked, "Where is the horse, who is the person on the other side, and why is it blocking the way of our army?" ”

After a while, the scout cavalry in charge of exploring the road rushed over to report: "General Yu, my subordinates have already found out, this is a soldier from Qionghai Town, Guangdong, and the subordinates of Pingnan Hou Xia Nan ......"

In fact, seeing the word "Qiong" in Douda, Wu Sangui had vaguely guessed the origin of this group, and the scout's words were just to confirm his guess. But for the other party's intentions, he didn't dare to think deeply, and he was extremely afraid to think about it - a group of officers and soldiers with strong combat effectiveness came to Beizhili from Guangdong thousands of miles away, and did not go to Jingshi Qinwang, but ran to Xianghe, a hundred miles away, to block the way of another Qinwang officer and soldier, saying that they didn't have any crooked thoughts, and fools would not believe it.

Since Wu Sangui was promoted to the chief soldier of Ningyuan's regiment, he gradually broke away from the protection of his uncle Zu Dashou and began to stand alone. Zu Dashou is also very good for this nephew, let him train the army alone in Ningyuan, give strong support in terms of food and salary, and most of the firearms purchased from the Qiong Navy were also allocated to him - of course, this is not unrelated to Zu Dashou's idea of building an army, this old soldier always thinks that the combination of cavalry and three-eyed guns is enough to deal with most opponents, and that kind of long-winded long-barreled bird gun is really not suitable for Guanning Iron Cavalry, and using this thing is equivalent to self-destruction of martial arts. After Wu Sangui saw the all-firearms unit of the Qiongzhou battalion in Shandong, he was deeply inspired and insisted on organizing and training a firearms unit as an important supplement to the cavalry.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, he groaned for a while, and said: "I don't know who is leading the troops on the other side, if it is Pingnanhou himself, it is also an old acquaintance, and I will meet him later." "At the moment of the great enemy, Wu Sangui will naturally not be stupid enough to rush hard, and he knows the combat effectiveness of the Qiong Navy better than anyone else. The two families also have a friendship in Shandong, plus the later war horse for firearms transaction, the cooperation between each other is quite pleasant, if you can find out each other's plans and smoothly pass through the Xianghe, it is the best result.

In order to show his sincerity, Wu Sangui did not bring too many people, but only brought more than a dozen henchmen to the Qiong Navy array, and the army stayed in place and waited. The other party also seemed to have a tacit understanding, and did not show hostility, but let him go directly to the position of the Chinese army.

However, the chief general of this army is not an acquaintance of Wu Sangui, but a general who has never been seen before, so he doesn't know where to start with the prepared rhetoric.

Su squeezed out a smile on his thick legs: "Su Chutu, the commander of the Third Army of the Qiong Navy, has seen Ping Xibo." Although he is more accustomed to vulgar real names, on formal occasions, Su Thick Legs still uses the name given by the general, although he himself is a little awkward.

Wu Sangui's heart sank, and he promised to give him the title of Right Governor and Ping Xibo in the secret decree, but this matter has not been announced for the time being, the imperial court is still going through the process, and few people know about it.

But now is not the time to dwell on this, Wu Sangui asked: "I don't know what your ministry is trying to block in the Xianghe, what is the purpose?" And what is the charter of this Third Army? The imperial court does not have such an establishment......"

Su Thick Leg answered his second question first: "All members of the Qiong Navy use firearms, which are different from officers and soldiers, so the common battalions, sentinels, generals, teams, and corps of the battalion are not suitable for us, and they can be regarded as a bit maverick." Now the Qiong Navy is divided into land divisions and naval divisions, and the land division is divided into three corps, each with three regiments, with a total of 15,000 men......"

Wu Sangui's heart was shocked, fifteen thousand people! When did the Qiong Navy hold back so many soldiers and horses, and where did Nan get so much money to raise troops in the summer? You must know that his Ningyuan regiment training is only about 10,000 people, this time in response to the edict of King Qin, Liaodong Town, in order to support him, a junior of the lineage, allocated another 10,000 to him, only to gather 20,000 elite soldiers, and the other party, an unknown person, commanded 15,000 people, more than the direct subordinate troops of an ordinary general army.

He couldn't help but look at the men and horses behind the other party, the banners were waving, the swords and guns were like a forest, and the army of 10,000 or 20,000 people did not make a single noise, obviously a well-trained and strong army, not a rabble that temporarily pulled the strong men to make up the numbers.

Su Thick Legs continued: "As for the intention...... Everyone is a person in the army, so if you don't learn to read, you can go around the bend and open the skylight to speak brightly. Before leaving, the general of my family explained that the Qiong Navy also received an order from the Ministry of War, to enter the king of Jingqin, this credit is inevitable, if Ping Xibo is willing to become an adult, everything is easy to talk about, otherwise ......"

"Bold, Qiong Haijun is the oldest, dare to speak to our general like this!"

Several subordinates behind Wu Sangui were furious, the lord humiliated the ministers to death, they felt the deep malice of the other party, this could not be more obvious, it was simply a naked slap in the face, Qiong Haijun wanted to monopolize the credit of King Qin's protection, and let the Guan Ning army from afar stand aside, there is a kind of domineering that I opened this mountain, which made the Guan Ning generals, who have always been arrogant, put their faces down.

Su Thick Leg has never been a person who is afraid of things, if it weren't for the general's repeated explanations not to use force easily, according to his ideas, he would fight directly, and his fists would be more effective than anything. He put his hand on the short gun around his waist and grinned: "I hope Ping Xibo won't make it difficult for me, I am also acting on orders." ”

After several years of tempering, Wu Sangui is much calmer than back then. Although he was also angry, he still kept his composure. In summer, Nan is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so fearless, there must be a backhand to deal with himself. This person only had 2,000 people and dared to run deep into Shandong to quell the rebellion alone, and then fought several victories in succession, which shocked the world, and later was even more lawless, trapped in the imperial city, and he could retreat with his whole body after committing such a big thing, and what was it to compete with friendly troops.

He quickly assessed the strength of the two sides in his heart: 20,000 people against 15,000 people, even if they can win, it is a miserable victory, how can the remaining remnants confront hundreds of thousands of rogues and the other two complete armies of the Qiong Navy?

He took a deep breath and asked, "Pingnanhou did not hesitate to offend Liaodong Town and the Guanning Army, and even did not hesitate to fight?" It's just for the exclusive credit, is it worth it? ”

Su replied indifferently: "These are not things for me to consider, I have to ask the general himself." ”

"Okay, very good, Pingnanhou has a kind." Wu Sangui grabbed the reins, "Let's go, go back to the main formation." With more than a dozen unwilling generals and family members, he left without looking back.

Returning to the army, his subordinates couldn't help but ask, "Just admit it?" General, our Guanning army is not even afraid of Tartars, are you still afraid of these Guangdong barbarians? ”

Wu Sangui had been tense just now for the sake of face, and now he sighed: "Look at the posture on the other side, the military discipline is strict and immobile like a mountain, is it easier to deal with than a Tartar?" Don't forget, the Tartar Beylor and the King of the County have both suffered defeat at their hands. In the field battle, against the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners of Abatai and Azig, what do you think we have a chance of winning? ”

Several of his subordinates were speechless when asked. The Guanning Iron Cavalry was once considered to be the only strong army in the Ming Dynasty that could fight against the Tartars in the field, but when they encountered generals of the level of Abatai and Azig, they said that the opening of the Five Fives was a gold paste on their faces. But the Qiong Navy just fought hard and fought in the field, and he couldn't accept it.