Chapter 344: Wu Sangui’s Thoughts
Zhao Xiaofei looked up and saw that a white flag was raised on the city wall.
After a while, the city gate opened and the drawbridge lowered. Four men came out carrying a stretcher, followed by a large group of generals.
None of them wore helmets and had no weapons in their hands.
The leading officer walked near Zhao Xiaofei and the guards immediately stopped him.
"Let him over here!" Zhao Xiaofei waved.
"The guilty general Liang Wen greets the prince! He greets the admiral! He greets General Zhou!" Liang Wen knelt on one knee after saying this.
"Get up! Who is lying up there?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Your Highness! The one lying there is Lord Wu, the Marquis of Pingxi!" Liang Wen knew that he couldn't mention the title of Prince of Pingxi bestowed upon him by the Jianlu at this moment. It was like a birthday star hanging himself because he thought his life was too long!
"Oh! Bring him over here quickly!" said Zhao Xiaokun.
Several soldiers carried Wu Sangui over, and Wu Sanmei was the first to rush over.
"Second brother, second brother! Wake up, wake up!" Wu Sanmei rushed over and threw herself on Wu Sangui. It seems that Wu Sanmei had a good relationship with this second brother when she was a child.
Wu Sangui opened his eyes, looked at his sister, and said weakly: "Little sister! I was wrong! I should have listened to you. I can't defeat Kenan's army, and I can't defeat the prince. I..." Before he finished speaking, he started coughing and coughed up blood.
"Send him down for treatment!" said Zhao Xiaokun.
Someone carried Wu Sangui away, and Wu Sanmei followed him.
Zhao Xiaofei asked Liang Wendao, "I'm asking you, where is Jiang Xiang? Why doesn't he come out and surrender?"
Liang Wen knelt and replied, "Your Highness, Lord Jiang is already terminally ill. I guess it's..."
Before he could finish his words, someone came to report, "Your Highness, Jiang Xiang just died of illness. It seems to be the kind of kidney failure you described."
"Alright! I understand!" Zhao Xiaofei said. He then said to Liang Wen, "Tell the soldiers on the city walls to throw down their weapons, and then everyone should leave the city and assemble!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liang Wen answered readily. He stood up and waved behind him.
The soldiers on the city wall began to throw down weapons one by one, first bows and arrows, then muskets, and then swords and spears.
After a while, soldiers came out of the city one after another.
General Zhou sent people to arrange their camp, and finally the legendary Guanning Iron Cavalry came out one by one, leading their horses listlessly.
When Zhao Xiaofei saw the surrendered soldiers coming out, he immediately drew his imperial sword and pointed it towards the sky. He shouted, "Great Ming will win!"
The soldiers behind shouted together: "Great Ming will win! Great Ming will win! Great Ming will win!"
The sound shook the nine heavens, and the murderous atmosphere frightened the surrendering soldiers.
After the soldiers finished shouting, Zhao Xiaofei ordered: "Enter the city!"
At the Datong government office, Jiang Xiang's body was carried out. Zhao Xiaofei took a look and said, "Bury it!" Considering that Jiang Xiang had done something humane in the end, he rewarded him with an intact body.
In the back hall of the government office, Zhao Xiaofei and Zhao Xiaokun discussed: "Should we kill Wu Sangui?"
"Wu Sangui can still be used. Let him go and destroy Li Zicheng. After Li Zicheng is destroyed, let him go to Liaodong. If Liaodong is not destroyed, send him to Jiangnan." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"What are you going to do in Jiangnan?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Land! Let him kill those unkind landlords along the way, so that every common people can have land to farm." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"My goals are not as lofty as my brother's. I just want to make money for myself. When the time comes, I will take these targets and kill them all the way. If there are those who refuse to obey, I will specialize in dealing with all kinds of disobedience and send troops to deal with them directly." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"It's basically impossible for Jiangnan to cause chaos. There's only a slave rebellion in the south, which seems to have broken out in the past two years. I think if we take advantage of this opportunity, we can distribute houses and land to the people. That way, the people won't be able to cause trouble." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"This is a big project, I can't do it." Zhao Xiaofei's laziness came back again.
"I know! When the Jiangnan incident breaks out, I will go there in person. Don't worry about this matter!" Zhao Xiaokun said.
"Brother, you should be the Prime Minister, and that old guy Ni Yuanlu should step down!" Zhao Xiaofei said flatteringly.
"Nonsense! I don't have the skills of Ni Yuanlu. After all, we are outsiders and have no roots in the Ming Dynasty." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"We don't have a foundation yet? We have so many troops and yet we still don't have a foundation?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Of course, let me ask you, how many local officials are loyal to us? If we are arrested by the court, how many officials are willing to stand up? None! But Ni Yuanlu has them, and many people give him face. When people say that the court has no grain, he can still borrow from everywhere. In the end, he actually borrowed hundreds of thousands of stones." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"Then what should we do in the future?" asked Zhao Xiaofei.
"We should make friends with officials and local gentry from all walks of life. As long as they have a good impression of us, we should promote them! Especially those who are from poor families, we should recruit more of them. In addition, we should build more hospitals and distribute some medicines to the people for free, so that we can have a higher status in the hearts of the people. Then the court will not dare to touch us!" said Zhao Xiaokun.
After deciding on future policies, Zhao Xiaofei said, "Li Zicheng should be the toughest nut to crack. I plan to use Wu Sangui and the other rebels as cannon fodder to wear him down first."
"That's fine. Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui are sworn enemies, so a dog-eat-dog situation is the best option. We'll also send some methamphetamine to Wu Sangui's men so they can get a taste of it," Zhao Xiaokun said. These two brothers definitely had the same parents; they both had a ton of bad ideas.
In the evening, Zhao Xiaofei and Zhao Xiaokun went to visit Wu Sangui in person and told him to take good care of his health.
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