The Ping Liao army rested in Guangning for half a day and a night, and the various units left one after another the next morning.
Wu Sangui was the vanguard of the army and was the first to set off.
At noon that day, the Guanning Army arrived near Zheng'an Fort.
As expected, Zheng'an Fort was empty.
Not to mention the civilians and the defenders, there was not even a living thing breathing.
Wu Sangui had just ordered the troops to stop for lunch when a scout suddenly came to report: "Sir, I caught a Jiannu spy, and he wants to see you."
"See me?" Wu Sangui's gloomy face quickly turned into a smile.
He has been in a very low mood ever since his fight for credit failed.
I always want to find a place or someone to vent my anger.
When he heard that the Jiannu spy had taken the initiative to ask for a meeting, he knew that the opportunity to vent his anger had finally come.
"Bring him in." Wu Sangui ordered while half lying on the mat.
Soon, the Jiannu spy was brought to Wu Sangui.
After the other party introduced himself, Wu Sangui asked lazily: "Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"
"Replying to the general, Prince Zheng wants to avenge Nikan, so he came here with a small life to pass on the message."
"Revenge?" Wu Sangui stared into the eyes of the Jiannu spy.
"That's true!" The Jiannu spy lowered his head and replied, "Nikan is not only a member of the Bordered Yellow Banner, but also a close relative of the emperor (Fulin). In order to give an explanation to the emperor, Prince Zheng must kill the murderer who killed him, otherwise he will not be able to report to the emperor."
"The murderer is Li Dingguo, you should know that, right?" Wu Sangui reminded "kindly".
"Thank you, Lord Wu, for telling us, but we already knew it in advance." The spy said as he knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude.
"Since you already know the murderer, why do you come to see me?" Wu Sangui almost revealed his true colors.
"Prince Zheng would like to ask Lord Wu for a favor."
"Help?" What help?"
"Prince Zheng wants to know where Li Dingguo will go next and whether there are any changes in his military strength."
"How dare you!" Wu Sangui deliberately shouted angrily, "You are the old enemies of the Ming Dynasty, why would I tell you this news? Come, drag him out and chop him off."
"Please calm down, sir!" The spy knelt down and kowtowed. "I am only delivering a message as ordered! If you really want to chop me off, please allow me to finish my words!"
"If you have to fart, say it now. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." Wu Sangui couldn't help but reveal his true colors.
Since Jirgalang wanted to find out information about Li Dingguo from him, he would definitely have to pay a price.
He couldn't wait any longer.
"Prince Zheng is willing to pay for news about Li Dingguo."
"How much does he plan to pay?" Wu Sangui asked.
The spy answered without hesitation: "Three thousand taels of gold! Plus some famous calligraphy and paintings."
"Nonsense!" Wu Sangui immediately refused: "Li Dingguo and I are brothers, how can I betray him? Go back and tell Jirgalang not to mention this matter again."
On the surface, this sentence seems to be a rejection, but in fact it means that the customer is not satisfied with the price and wants to pay more.
The spy knelt on the ground in silence for a while and then gritted his teeth and said, "Five thousand taels of gold! Plus some famous calligraphy and paintings. This money is all Prince Zheng's own money. It's already the limit for him to take out so much. Please think twice!"
Wu Sangui pretended to be conflicted for a while and then chose to agree.
In fact, even if Jirgalang didn't pay a penny, he would tell the other party the news about Li Dingguo.
In addition to the issue of taking credit, there is another reason.
That is...he felt threatened by Li Dingguo.
It was not difficult to defeat the Eight Banners Army. Not only Wu Sangui and the Guanning Army could do it, but any Ming army could defeat the Eight Banners Army as long as their soldiers were willing to fight to the death on the battlefield.
but...
It would be difficult to kill Nikan in battle.
You must know that Nikan was leading the elite troops, and the soldiers of the Bordered Yellow Banner under his command were the elite among the elite.
In addition, this is Liaodong, which is strictly speaking the main battlefield of the Eight Banners Army.
Wu Sangui knew that he could not defeat a larger force with a smaller one on the main battlefield of the Eight Banners and kill the main general of the Eight Banners in battle.
Not only him, no one else can do it.
Although Li Xianzhong of the Beijing Camp killed Ajige in battle, that was inside the Great Wall, on the main battlefield of the Ming army.
At that time, the total strength of the Ming army was several times that of Ajige, and they were all well-rested and waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out.
So under the combined influence of these two things, Wu Sangui betrayed Li Dingguo without hesitation.
He wanted to use Jirgalang to get rid of Li Dingguo, so as to re-establish his prestige in the army to pacify Liao and his importance to the court!
"Li Dingguo will capture Zhenning Fort, Longwan City, Zhenwu Fort, Xixing Fort and other cities and fortresses. As for what will happen after these cities are captured, I don't know." Wu Sangui began to leak the secret to the Jiannu spies, "In addition, Li Guo and Li Laiheng, father and son, will go out with him. They have about 3,000 soldiers under their command, mostly infantry and a small number of cavalry."
"Thank you Lord Wu for telling me! I will go back and inform Prince Zheng right away." After the spy kowtowed, he turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait," Wu Sangui narrowed his eyes with murderous intent, "Where's the stuff? When will it be delivered?"
The Jiannu spy slapped himself hard on the face, knelt down again and said, "It's all my fault that I was so stupid that I almost forgot about it. The things have been placed in Zhenbianbao, and you will see them when you recapture Zhenbianbao."
"Ha!" Wu Sangui sneered, "You won't break your promise, or... set an ambush in the town's fortress, right?"
The Jiannu spy said seriously: "Don't worry, my lord. Prince Zheng values his word the most in his life and will never do anything that goes against his word!"
"I believe you for now," Wu Sangui sneered and then remembered something else.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
