Wu Sangui sneered: "Save my life? Do you have the qualifications?"

Li Sizhong's smile was even colder than Wu Sangui's. He pointed at Wu Sangui's head and said, "Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui, you are about to die but you are still stubborn. It's really sad."

"You're looking for death!" Hu Xinshui stretched out his hand and put his knife against Li Sizhong's neck.

As long as Wu Sangui gave the order, he would kill people without hesitation.

However, Wu Sangui did not order the attack, but stopped Hu Xinshui: "Don't act rashly."

Hu Xinshui snorted coldly and retracted his sword reluctantly.

Li Sizhong became even more proud when he saw this. He took two steps forward and was only one step away from Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui held out his hand to stop him and asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do when you come to see me?"

"I just said that I came to save your life." Seeing Wu Sangui laughing, Li Sizhong immediately added: "You have been exposed. Wang Yongji's real purpose of withdrawing his troops is to deal with you."

"Impossible!" Wu Sangui immediately denied: "I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty. How could he cross the river and destroy the bridge?"

"Why did Wang Yongji withdraw his troops?" Li Sizhong asked.

"Huang Degong was injured, and a large number of traces of Mongolian activities were found in the direction of Kaiyuan, north of Shenyang." Wu Sangui replied.

"It's fake, all fake." Li Sizhong shouted at the top of his voice, "There is no such thing! The Ming army suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Sarhu yesterday, but Huang Degong couldn't have been injured. If he was really injured, the battle would not have ended in a draw yesterday."

"It is impossible for there to be a large number of Mongolian cavalry activities in the Kaiyuan direction, because most of the available soldiers in Liaodong Mongolia have been recruited by the Qing Dynasty, and all those who can fight are here. Where did the Mongolian cavalry in the Kaiyuan direction come from?"

"This..." Wu Sangui was speechless.

Now his mind is in a mess.

On the one hand, he felt that what Li Sizhong said made sense, but at the same time he hoped that what he said was inconsistent with the facts.

"Lord Wu, General Wu!" Li Sizhong struck while the iron was hot: "Instead of passively accepting it, it is better to take the initiative. Kill Wang Yongji before becoming a prisoner, and destroy the Ping Liao army together with the Eight Banners soldiers, and then surrender to the Qing Dynasty and stay in Liaodong forever!"

Wu Sangui thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, I can't do it."

Wu Sangui's words have two meanings.

The first meaning is that he himself cannot do it.

His entire family was in the capital. If he really did this, his entire family would be executed.

The second meaning is that even the soldiers under his command cannot do it.

There were hundreds of thousands of family members of the Guanning Army.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, when he was on a campaign to defend the country, he moved hundreds of thousands of his family members back to Shanhaiguan.

After Ningyuan was recovered, some of the family members were moved back to Ningyuan.

If they rise up against the Ming, their family members will become prisoners.

The soldiers of the Guanning Army under his command naturally understood this truth.

How many people will really be willing to work for him by then?

Seeing Wu Sangui's hesitation, Li Sizhong turned his head and said as he walked away: "Then you just wait for death."

"Stop, you can't leave."

Li Sizhong stopped and asked: "What? Do you regret it?"

"This is a serious matter. I need to think about it carefully." Wu Sangui said in a low voice.

He fell into his old habit of indecision.

He was afraid that if Li Sizhong left, he would lose the opportunity to join the Jiannu.

But he was also afraid that after joining the Jiannu, he would be controlled by them.

After all, once they fall out with the Ming army, there will be no way out.

Li Sizhong waited for a long time but still didn't get the answer he wanted.

He was very angry and decided to leave immediately to force Wu Sangui to surrender.

Wu Sangui disagreed and tried to stop it in various ways.

During the negotiation, both sides became more and more angry.

"Fuck you," Li Si pointed at Wu Sangui's nose and said, "If you don't let me go, I'll fight you to the death."

Wu Sangui became even more angry and shouted, "Come here, tie up Li Sizhong and lock him up."

The surrounding personal soldiers rushed forward, tied up Li Sizhong and took him away.

Wu Sangui thought for a while while riding on his horse.

Seeing that the main force had already moved some distance away, he still hadn't figured out what to do.

Helpless, he could only sigh: "Follow them first and talk later."

"What about Li Sizhong..." Hu Xinshui asked.

"Take them together."

The army quickly set out to catch up.

The hesitant Wu Sangui led the Guanning Army step by step towards the unknown.

Thousands of miles away in the capital, the Ming Emperor Chongzhen was discussing the future of Wu Sangui with his court ministers.

There were only three people attending the meeting.

In addition to Chongzhen himself, there were also the chief minister of the cabinet Fan Jingwen and the Minister of War Wang Jiayan.

Chongzhen held up Li Dingguo's letter and said, "You two, have you read the contents of the letter?"

"Your Majesty, we have seen it." Fan Jingwen took the lead.

"Now that you've seen it, tell us what you think."

"I think this matter... needs to be discussed." Minister of War Wang Jiayan was the first to answer: "This confession came from Shuo Sai, a surrendered general of the Jiannu army. It is not ruled out that he used a sowing of dissenters."

"No need for you to remind me!" Chongzhen rebuked, "Whether the evidence is credible or not, Wang Yongji and Zhu Cixiong will find out. I want to ask you how to deal with Wu Sangui and the Guanning Army if the evidence is true?"

"Hmm..." Wang Jiayan pondered for a long time without saying a word.

This matter was so big that even he, the Minister of War, was at a loss as to what to do.

"Lord Fan?" Chongzhen looked at Fan Jingwen and said, "Tell me what you think."

Fan Jingwen looked regretful.

In his opinion, Wu Sangui was already a dead man.

Regardless of whether Shuo Sai's confession was true or not, the imperial court and the Ming Emperor could no longer tolerate Wu Sangui.

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