Who should be betrayed?
Wu Sangui suffered from decision-making difficulties.
Seeing this, counselor Fang Guangchen reminded: "General, you can change your thinking."
"What idea?"
"First eliminate those who cannot be betrayed, then the rest can be betrayed naturally, and then choose one from them."
"Good idea!" Wu Sangui couldn't help but give Fang Guangchen a thumbs up.
The army to pacify Liao is now divided into four parts.
They are the front army, center army, left wing, right wing and rear army.
He is the front-line soldier, so first of all, he must rule out the possibility of betrayal.
The central army included Wang Yongji, Huang Degong, Gao Yigong and Li Xingzhong who was temporarily transferred here.
If they were betrayed, once the central army was defeated, it would very likely lead to the defeat of the entire Ping Liao army.
At that time, let alone betraying friendly forces, it would be a question whether Wu Sangui's Guanning Army could survive in the chaos.
So the central army was also excluded.
On the left wing were Li Chengdong, Li Benshen, Yuan Zongdi and Liu Xiyao.
These people were all surrendered bandits. Wu Sangui came from a military family and had no good feelings towards these people.
He originally wanted to betray the left wing, but the left wing of the Ming army was transferred to the Yizhou front line to guard against the Mongols and was not on the Guangning battlefield.
are also excluded.
The rear army was composed of Tang Tong, Gao Di and Liu Fangliang.
Tang Tong was in Jinzhou and Liu Fangliang was in Songshan.
Gao Di was stationed at Dalinghhe Fort.
Gao Di had a close relationship with Wu Sangui and would not betray him unless it was absolutely necessary.
More importantly, these three cities are all behind the Ping Liao army. Even if he personally led the Eight Banners soldiers into the city to attack the Ming army, the Eight Banners soldiers might not necessarily come.
After all, the tactic of long-distance raids and sieges is too radical.
Three of the four options are eliminated, and the only friendly army that can be betrayed is the Ming army on the right wing.
The Ming army on the right wing included Liu Zhaoji, He Jin, Ma Shiyao, Liu Tichun, Li Guo and Li Laiheng.
Wu Sangui first ruled out Liu Zhaoji.
There are two reasons.
First of all, Liu Zhaoji and he were both from a military family in Liaodong, and they knew each other well.
It is not easy to successfully betray Liu Zhaoji.
Secondly, Liu Zhaoji's men were all cavalry. Even if he was betrayed to the Jiannu, as long as the cavalry did not want to fight, they could withdraw from the battlefield in time.
After eliminating all options, Wu Sangui began to look for suitable candidates among the remaining people.
But things are not as simple as imagined. He can't betray anyone he wants.
Each unit on the battlefield has its own camp and defense line.
Only those at the edge of the defense line will be most vulnerable.
It is also the most difficult place to break through.
After all, the generals on the edge of the defense line will make targeted deployments on the defense line.
After thinking about it, Wu Sangui thought of a person: He Jin.
......
Five miles south of Guangningwei City is Jirgalang’s central army camp.
A personal soldier came up to Jirgalang quickly and whispered, "Your Majesty, the scouts caught a spy, and he wants to see you by name!"
"Why do you want to see this king?"
"He claimed to be a Ming army courier, but he didn't have anything related to the Ming army on him. Even his clothes were ordinary cloth." The personal soldier replied.
"Bring him in." Jirgalang said confidently.
After layers of inspection, the messenger was brought to Jirgalang.
"You are Wu Sangui's man!" Jirgalang spoke first.
The man was startled, then nodded: "Your Majesty knows me?"
“I don’t know him.”
"Then why can Your Majesty guess my identity?"
"Because your face is full of betrayal." Jirgalang laughed out loud after saying this.
Before Jirgalang's laughter died down, the other eight banners generals in the central military tent also burst into laughter.
After a long time, the laughter slowly disappeared.
The Ming soldier who delivered the letter took out a paper crane from his arms with a gloomy face and handed it to the Eight Banners soldier next to him.
This is a token of trust between Wu Sangui and Jirgalang.
After confirming that the token was genuine, Jirgalang asked, "Tell me, what do you want from me?"
"Win-win!" Wu Sangui's messenger showed a mysterious smile.
"How can we achieve a win-win situation?" Jirgalang became interested.
Wu Sangui's messenger did not tell the plan immediately, but indicated that it was confidential because there were too many people in the military tent.
Amid the curses from the Eight Banners generals, Jirgalang drove most of them out.
He only left a few trusted confidants with him.
Wu Sangui's messenger paused and then told them the plan of betraying each other's friendly forces.
After hearing this plan, even the knowledgeable Jirgalang was a little dumbfounded.
This was the first time he heard of a plan to sell out one's own people, and both sides were selling out their allies at the same time...
Bolo next to him had his mouth open, but couldn't make any sound.
Man Dahai swallowed hard, "This...is this an idea that a human could come up with?"
"What do you think, Your Majesty? If you agree, I will go back and report." asked Wu Sangui's messenger.
"Let me think about it!" Jirgalang began to think.
He first had to figure out whether Wu Sangui really wanted a win-win situation or was trying to trick him.
This is the most critical issue.
"Why did Wu Sangui betray his friendly forces?" Jirgalang raised his eyebrows and asked the messenger.
The messenger hesitated for a moment, then said frankly, "Since ancient times, when the birds are gone, the bows are put away, and when the rabbits die, the foxes mourn. In order to prevent this from happening, General Wu has come up with this bad idea!"
"Isn't he afraid of causing a major defeat if he goes too far?" Jirgalang asked again.
"He Jin's army only has more than 3,000 soldiers. His life or death will only affect the war situation in the region and will not interfere with the overall situation."
"He's really cruel!" Bolo nodded to the messenger. "Wu Sangui is really cruel!"
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