In addition to Wu Yingxiong and Xia Guoxiang, there was also a burly old man in the room, and an official wearing a flower feather, aged around forty.

The burly old man was dressed in earthy yellow brocade, embroidered with a four-clawed dragon ornament, his eyebrows were like swords, and he was not angry and arrogant, needless to say, he was the famous Wu Sangui.

I only heard Wu Yingxiong in front of Wu Sangui Chao and asked, "Ying Xiong, what do Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi say?"

Wu Yingxiong immediately replied with a happy face, "Father, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi all agreed to go back, and they also sent their own envoys to come back with me, and after we set a date for the event, we can go back and report, in addition, there are some details of the dispatch to be finalized, in short, they promised to take their father and the king as the leader." ”

Wu Sangui nodded slightly, his face was full of waves, and then he asked, "Then did they say how many soldiers and horses they have?"

Wu Yingxiong's face was slightly suffocated, and he replied uncertainly, "Geng Jingzhong should have no less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, as for Shang Kexi...... I'm afraid it's less than 20,000. ”

Wu Sangui's face sank suddenly, "Hmph, what I want is the exact result, how do you know that these two old foxes secretly don't have some means? I asked you to contact the two, and naturally I also want you to find out the details of the two, it's better for you to leave empty-handed and return empty-handed!"

Wu Yingxiong was scolded by him for a few words, and he didn't dare to say anything, his face was quite aggrieved.

"Lord Wang, it's no wonder that the prince of the world," Xia Guoxiang said helpfully, "After all, the prince is still young and has little experience, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi These two old guys are cunning and cunning, in terms of strategy, although they are not as good as the prince, but they are not comparable to the prince, according to the general, the soldiers and horses that these two old foxes add up openly and secretly will not exceed 60,000 at most." ”

After a pause, he continued, "You must know that the heritage of Pingnan Wangfu and Jingnan Wangfu is not comparable to our Pingxi Wangfu, not to mention the strength we have retained back then, just relying on the wisdom and wisdom of the prince over the years, the forces that have been secretly operated are not comparable to them, not to mention that the little emperor Kangxi has deliberately suppressed them in these years, and it would be good if they could protect that little bit of family foundation." ”

"That is, Lord Wang, even though these two people are a little cautious, but in the face of absolute strength, they can't make any big waves, and in the end, they are not obedient to the orders of the prince. Another official sneered.

Wu Sangui's face softened slightly, but then he still glared at Wu Yingxiong, "During this time, you don't want to get involved in the affairs of the house, be your concubine well, and take the time to accompany the princess." ”

Wu Yingxiong was unwilling, but he didn't dare to refute it, so he had to be the only one.

Immediately, Wu Sangui looked at the official who had just spoken, "Guozhu, I asked you to contact all forces, but what do you gain?"

It turned out that he was one of Wu Sangui's sons-in-law, Hu Guozhu.

"Back to the prince, General Tolbu of Yaksa City in the north has agreed to send troops to assist us, as long as we fight together, they will immediately send troops to capture Changbai Mountain, the old nest of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Grand Lama of the Mudra Sect Sanjie in the west has also said that they will send out masters to assassinate Qing court officials when we clash with the Qing army, in the name of avenging Aobai. ”

With the previous experience of Wu Yingxiong, Hu Guozhu also mentioned a little caution when he spoke, as detailed and accurate as possible, and added, "General Tolbu's troops will not be too much, only two thousand, but they are all the elite of the elite, and the Handprint Sect is less, they can only send two hundred monks at most, and those small clans and tribes in the north will also form a coalition army, about more than 5,000 people." ”

After Wu Sangui heard this, his face finally showed a little joy, "Okay, Guozhu is doing a good job, although these people are a rabble, but with them attacking the Qing court from different directions, we can directly take the Beijing Division." ”

Seeing this, Wu Yingxiong's face was a little ugly, he opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything.

"That's right," Wu Sangui suddenly remembered something and looked at Xia Guoxiang, "Is there any news from Shenlong Island?"

"Shenlong Island?" At this moment, a figure that hurriedly flashed outside the house suddenly stopped, and he vaguely heard a familiar name, this person was none other than Murong Fu who visited the Pingxi Palace.

After Murong Fu stopped, he dodged into a hidden corner, looking at the inconspicuous wing room in front of him with gloomy eyes, and his face showed a little joy.

In the past half an hour, he walked around nearly half of the Pingxi Palace, and explored several extremely heavily guarded places, many of which seemed to be Wu Sangui's daily residence, but he didn't even see a single hair on him, but he didn't expect to have a harvest in this simple wing room that seemed to be inhabited by subordinates.

Murong Fu held his breath and concentrated, and soon found that there was not a single guard around, and there was the breath of four living people in the wing, so he immediately felt relieved, swaggered out, slowly approached the window, pierced the window paper, and looked inside.

When he saw the burly old man in the top position, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and immediately recognized that this person must be Wu Sangui Undoubtedly, without him, in this era, the dress of the officials and the people is very particular, as far as the Qing court is concerned, ordinary officials and people are not allowed to embroider "dragons" on their clothes, even if the prince and Baylor, they are only allowed to embroider four-clawed dragons and pythons.

"I didn't expect this old fox to be so cunning, and even put so many *** in his own house, which made it easy for my son to find!" Murong Fu suddenly understood, the previously well-guarded "residence of the prince" was just used to confuse outsiders, and he couldn't help but secretly slander himself.

Then he listened intently to the conversation of the people in the room.

When Xia Guoxiang heard Wu Sangui's question, his face couldn't help but change slightly, and he hesitated, "Lord Qiqi, General Wang from Shenlong Island has some news, but it's just ...... Just ......"

"Just what?" Wu Sangui's face sank slightly when he saw this, and he snorted, "This king spent so much money to put him in the position of governor of Jinmen, can't he even do this little thing?"

Xia Guoxiang hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, it's not that General Wang is unwilling to do his best, but that Shenlong Island is too difficult, and our scouts can't get close to Shenlong Island within fifty miles, so he hasn't even touched the situation of Shenlong Island so far, let alone go to see that General Shi Lang." ”

"Hmph, can't the scout think of other ways?" Wu Sangui didn't listen to his explanation, and scolded bluntly, "I think he doesn't know how to use his brains, as long as he finds a way to reveal some news to Shenlong Island, he doesn't need to ask for it, and he will also send someone to contact him, and now I and Kangxi are in a posture of exterminating Shenlong Island, and this king doesn't believe that the people on the island will not be in a hurry." ”

Xia Guoqi didn't dare to argue anything anymore, and said in a continuous voice, "Yes, the last general will send a letter to General Wang and ask him to handle it accordingly." ”

Wu Sangui didn't know what he remembered, and a little hatred flashed on his face, "If it weren't for that damn Murong Fu, who killed Hong Antong and seized Shenlong Island, this king would not be so passive now, he was led by Kangxi everywhere, not to mention, and now he has to pull down his face and beg for help." ”

Outside the house, Murong Fu's expression moved slightly, it was not that Wu Sangui scolded him, but that he was a little strange, what did Wu Sangui ask him for? Could it be that he wanted to unite with him to deal with Kangxi?

But I heard Hu Guozhu speak, "Lord Wang, in fact, with our current strength, we may not ask for people, the big deal is to send troops as usual, as for whether to contribute, it can be determined by the time." ”

"Oh?" Wu Sangui glanced at him unexpectedly and muttered, "Tell me carefully." ”

"Yes," Hu Guozhu replied with a slightly happy face, "This time I joined hands with the little emperor Kangxi to attack Shenlong Island, saying that the power of mobilizing troops and horses is completely in the hands of the prince, in fact, the little emperor must have other plans, we can isolate the Qing troops, divide the troops into four ways, and let them attack the front, and we will besiege but not attack, and reap the benefits." ”

Wu Sangui glared at him angrily when he heard this, "I thought you could come up with some clever tricks, this strategy has been mentioned before, and it won't work at all." ”

"Why is this?" Hu Guozhu was stunned for a moment and blurted out.

As soon as the words came out, he felt speechless, and he was about to ask for guilt again, but Wu Sangui waved his hand indifferently and glanced at Xia Guoxiang.

Xia Guoxiang immediately understood, and explained, "Brother Hu has been traveling around all these years, and he doesn't know much about the situation on Shenlong Island, do you know who are the people entrenched on the island, and who is the leader of the army?"

Hu Guozhu was stunned for a moment, slightly stunned, "Isn't it the Divine Dragon Sect that is entrenched on the island? ”

"Brother Hu's words are wrong," Xia Guoxiang smiled slightly, and said, "As early as two years ago, the Shenlong Sect had changed hands, and now Shenlong Island has tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and the leader is General Shi Lang, who is very good at naval warfare. ”

"Shi Lang! it turned out to be him, but ......" Hu Guozhu was taken aback, and then he was about to say something more, Wu Sangui interrupted, "Okay, you know now that it is impossible to besiege Shenlong Island, not to mention that there is no powerful sailor under the command of this king, even if there is, it is impossible to lose his strength on Shenlong Island." ”

Hu Guozhu's lips twitched for a long time, but he didn't say anything more.

Wu Sangui's eyes flickered slightly, and he changed his words and asked, "How is Guo Shitu doing over there?"

Wu Yingxiong immediately replied, "Father, General Guo replied that enough grain and grass have been raised, and now it is being transported to Shanhaiguan in batches, and it will only take less than three months to arrive, but in terms of blades, there is still a gap, because the mining of ore veins in Yanshan is too slow, and it is expected that it will take about a year to replenish it." ”

"One year?" Wu Sangui was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "How can you do it in a year, it's too long, now the situation is very urgent, and the slightest negligence is a catastrophe, so immediately send an order to Guo Shitu, let him do whatever it takes, and be sure to raise the armor completely within half a year." ”

"Yes!" Wu Yingxiong immediately replied.

Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu glanced at each other, and they both saw the bitter smile and helplessness in each other's eyes, they were in the army, and naturally understood the importance of blades and armor, but countries have extremely strict control over iron weapons, and they can't start in large quantities at all, and although there is a small vein in Pingxi Wangfu, it is very difficult to mine.

It's just that they don't have their own positions and don't seek their own politics, and they each have their own tasks, so it's best not to meddle in other people's affairs easily.