Chapter 325: Peeling and cramping

Taiyuan East City, Guanning Army Camp.

Hundreds of generals from Guanning's army had gathered on the school ground. They were originally going to ask Wu Sangui for an explanation. These people were either migrating from western Liaoning or natives in Shanxi. They were unwilling to leave the Central Plains to go to the desolate, cold and barren desert, but now Wu Sangui has sent Zhao Liujin.

Zhao Liujin looked indifferent and looked at the hundreds of generals in front of him without saying a word for a long time.

"General Zhao, you said something."

"Yes, should you go or not?"

"Brothers are all waiting for King Pingxi's decision."

Seeing that Zhao Liujin had no intention of speaking, the generals of Guanning Army began to become impatient.

Zhao Liujin's eyes gradually became cold and he shouted loudly: "Do you have no intention of going to the desert?"

"Yes, we're already determined!"

"Don't go to the desert even if you die!"

"I would rather fight with the Central Army than escape to the ghost place where birds do not shit."

"Is that a place where people stay? I will never go even if I die."

The Guanning generals responded one after another, and each of them looked very excited.

Zhao Liujin said sternly: "But King Pingxi insists that you go?"

The Guanning generals closed their mouths one after another. Although Wu Sangui is no longer as powerful as when he was guarding Shanhaiguan, his prestige in the Guanning army is still very high. Although the Guanning soldiers are unwilling to go to the desert, if Wu Sangui forces them to go, they will have no choice.

Wu Sangui also had strict control over the Guanning Army. He promoted almost all the senior officers. These senior officers have always been loyal to him. Although these generals complained about Wu Sangui's decision to flee to the desert, they were far from the point of betraying Wu Sangui for this.

If it weren't for the absolute confidence in the loyalty of his subordinates, Wu Sangui wouldn't have let Zhao Liujin mobilize him.

A hint of awe of awe passed through Zhao Liujin's eyes. Guan Ning army is worthy of Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army. It is not easy to make Guan Ning army betray Wu Sangui. However, now the arrow is out of the way, and Zhao Liujin can no longer take the arrow back. He can only fight to the end with Wu Sangui.

Zhao Liujin admires a sentence Wang Pu once said very much: There has never been no love for no reason, nor no hatred for no reason, and there has never been only eternal benefits!

Although the Guanning Army was loyal to Wu Sangui, there were not without conditions. When this condition no longer exists, the Guanning Army's loyalty to Wu Sangui will collapse!

So what are the conditions for the Guanning Army to be loyal to Wu Sangui? That is the interests. When Wu Sangui can bring benefits to the Guanning Army soldiers, the Guanning Army soldiers will of course be loyal to Wu Sangui to the death. However, when Wu Sangui can no longer bring benefits to the Guanning Army soldiers, and even in turn forces them to give up their original benefits, will the Guanning Army soldiers still be loyal to Wu Sangui as always?

No!

When that time comes, Guan Ning Army will not only not continue to be loyal to Wu Sangui, but will even go against Wu Sangui in turn!

In fact, from the moment Wu Sangui decided to go into exile in the desert, he had already damaged his foundation. Therefore, what Zhao Liujin had to do now is actually very simple. What Zhao Liujin had to do now is just to tell the truth of the matter to the Guan Ning soldiers, incite the anger in their hearts, and then guide the anger to vent on Wu Sangui!

Zhao Liujin's eyes turned to the two guards and ordered in a narrow voice: "Send someone to guard the campus. No one here is allowed to leave without authorization until the matter is finished!"

"yes!"

The two guards had obviously been bribed by Zhao Liujin and were ordered to go.

Soon, the two guards led the brigade of Guanning Army to drive from the camp and surrounded the entire college ground. The Guanning generals surrounded by the middle seemed calm and composed. They did not think that Zhao Liujin dared to play any tricks, nor did they think that the Guanning Army surrounding the college ground would be detrimental to them. After all, that was their soldiers! Zhao Liujin was just an outsider and had no foundation in the Guanning Army.

Zhao Liujin strode to the middle of the Guanning generals and said loudly: "Everyone knows that I am an outsider. I was not a confidant of King Pingxi and had no foundation in the Guanning army, so this time King Pingxi sent me here! King Pingxi sent me here to tell everyone something inconvenient to say, and then killed me with one knife..."

"Shut up!" someone in the crowd shouted loudly, "This guy is talking nonsense, don't believe him."

Immediately, Wu Sangui's hardcore confidant realized that something was wrong and tried to stop Zhao Liujin's "nonsense".

"This brother." Zhao Liujin said calmly, "Are you still afraid that I will say a few words?"

"Yes, listen to him."

"Qiu Song, close your bird's beak and let him finish his words!"

"I'll listen to it all. Before General Zhao finished speaking, no one was allowed to interrupt, let alone leave, otherwise I would like to think good-looking!"

Several Guanning generals shouted at the same time, and the hardcore confidants who had just spoken dared not say anything else.

Zhao Liujin took a breath and continued, "What did the King of Pingxi say to me? In fact, I hope everyone will give up their family business and follow him to exile in the desert! The King of Pingxi hopes that I will tell everyone that there are vast pastures and countless cattle, sheep and livestock on the desert, as well as beautiful Mongolian women. The King of Pingxi hopes that I will tell everyone that it is a pity to give up their industry in Shanxi, but after arriving in the desert, everyone will receive double compensation and live a better life that is more comfortable than now... But do you think this is possible?"

"Bad, what good life can you live in the desert?"

"Where can it be comfortable to go where birds don't poop?"

"A golden nest and silver nest are not as good as a dog nest at home, and I will never leave Shanxi even if I die."

The generals of Guanning expressed their opinions one after another.

"That's why the King of Pingxi asked me to say this." Zhao Liujin slapped his hands and smiled bitterly, "Because I said this, but I can't fulfill it after I arrive in the desert. He can kill me with one knife and then put all the blame on me. Wu Sangui never said this, so everyone has nothing to say, right?"

The generals Guanning showed a look of anger in their eyes. Although these guys were all simple-minded and rough people, they still had basic judgment.

"Brothers..." Zhao Liujin suddenly raised his throat and shouted, "Would you like to give up the land in your hometown and go to the desert? Are you willing to leave your beautiful wife and concubines at home and run to the prairie to hug the fishy and dirty Mongolian women? Are you willing to leave your father and children at home and be homeless? Anyway, I don't want to go, anyone who wants to go, anyway, I won't be with you anymore, so I will stay in this corner of Shanxi, and I will not leave. Whatever you want."

"Yes, I won't leave."

"I won't leave either."

"The fool goes to the desert."

The Guanning generals responded with a loud bang, and Zhao Liujin just said what they wanted to say.

A guy quietly got out of the crowd. Just when he was about to escape, he was blocked by Zhao Liujin and asked in a dark voice: "Qiu Song, where do you want to go?"

"Uh, that...want to get rid of it."

"Doesn't you go and inform King Pingxi?"

"Announce the news? What kind of wind is used to report? What kind of information is received? It's really a solution."

"Hmph."

Zhao Liujin laughed sinisterly, and suddenly drew his sword and slashed at Qiu Song. Qiu Song was chopped to the ground by Zhao Liujin before he could react. The Guanning general who was watching around suddenly exclaimed. Zhao Liujin raised his bloody waist knife and shouted sternly: "Brothers, you must know more about Wu Sangui's character than me. He is determined to escape to the desert. If everyone doesn't follow him, how do you think he will deal with everyone?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Wu Sangui's sinister face appeared in their minds.

"Wu Sangui will kill everyone here!" Zhao Liujin waved his bloody waist knife and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Tell everyone the truth, King Jingnan, the supreme commander of the Ming Central Army, has sent me a secret letter. King Jingnan told me that any military and civilians in Shanxi can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but Wu Sangui is not, so Wu Sangui is determined to escape, but why should we follow him to the end of the world? We don't stay in our hometown, and if we don't let the good Central Army be, why should we follow him to escape to the desert and be wandering robbers?"

Everyone was in an uproar.

"Come with me if you want to survive." Zhao Liujin raised his sword again and shouted, "Wu Sangui will know what's happening here soon, and he will never spare us! There is not much time left for us. If you want to survive, there is only one way to go. Follow me to Pingxi Palace, catch Wu Sangui, and leave..."

Zhao Liujin knew that he could not give Guanning Army generals too much time to consider. After all, these generals had been staying under Wu Sangui for too long. Wu Sangui usually had great power in the hearts of Guanning Army soldiers. If they were given too much time to consider, they would definitely be timid and stagnant. On the contrary, if they did not have too much time to consider, these simple-minded warriors would be much more straightforward to do things.

Zhao Liujin accurately grasped the weakness of human nature. After a few words, the crowd became angry and followed Zhao Liujin to Wu Sangui's mansion. Along the way, the personal soldiers and servants of the generals joined. When Zhao Liujin brought these people to the Pingxi Palace, thousands of people had already gathered.

Pingxi Prince's Mansion.

When Wu Sangui was helping his wife and concubines to collect the gold and silver, a servant suddenly stumbled in and gasped, "Prince, it's not good, something big is wrong..."

Wu Sangui frowned and said, "What happened?"

The servant said with a sad face: "Rebellion, the Guanning Army has rebelled."

"What!?" Wu Sangui was shocked when he heard this and said in a lost voice, "Impossible, how is this possible!"

"Really!" said the servant anxiously, "The Guanning Army is really rebelling. Prince, please take a few ladies through the back door. The villain will take people to the front door to block the rebels..."

"Kill!"

"Don't leave Wu Sangui!"

"Cluster the front and back doors, don't let anyone go!"

Before the servant finished speaking, deafening shouts of killing sounds sounded outside. Wu Sangui was like falling into an ice cave. The Guanning Army, which had been working hard for many years, rebelled. This was definitely the most fatal blow to Wu Sangui. If you lose the Guanning Army, will Wu Sangui still be Wu Sangui? What can you do if you escape to the desert?

"Prince." The servant said anxiously, "Take a few ladies away!"

The expression on Wu Sangui's face gradually changed from shock to shrill, and he said in a calm voice: "No, it's too late, gather all the servants together and guard the backyard!"

After a cup of tea, Wu Sangui's figure appeared on the courtyard wall.

After seeing Wu Sangui, the Guanning soldiers who were swarming in, stopped one after another, and the raised weapons were unconsciously put down. In less than a moment, the noisy shouts stopped. Wu Sangui's power did not dissipate so easily, and the Guanning soldiers' arrogance immediately restrained a lot.

"Li Xianglong, Xia Wei!" Wu Sangui's eyes fell on the faces of the two leading generals Guanning, and shouted sternly, "I treat you very well, why do you betray me?"

Li Xianglong, Xia Wei looked at each other with a blank expression.

"As long as you put down your weapons, I will not pursue everything that happened today!" Wu Sangui took a breath and turned his eyes to the Guanning soldiers behind the two of them. "The same is true for you. As long as you put down your weapons and return to the military camp, I can think that nothing has happened!"

All Guanning soldiers, including Li Xianglong and Ha Wei, began to hesitate.

At this moment, Zhao Liujin's voice sounded like thunder: "Wu Sangui, who do you want to scare when you die? If you don't pursue it, hum, can you still pursue it?"

After saying that, Zhao Liujin shouted at the Guanning soldiers again: "Brothers, don't be afraid. No matter how powerful Wu Sangui is, he is still a human being. Can he defeat thousands of troops alone?"

The expression on the face of Guan Ning soldiers immediately became firmer again.

"Zhao Liujin!" Wu Sangui's eyes fell on Zhao Liujin's face like a knife, and shouted sternly, "So it's you, it's you!"

"Hahaha." Zhao Liujin smiled at the sky, "Wu Sangui, didn't you expect that the guy who is usually timid and wagged his tail like a dog is your last gravedigger!"

"Don't be too happy too early!" Wu Sangui shouted sternly, "Even if you can kill me, the Guanning soldiers will not spare you. Just wait for the Guanning army to come into the city and chop you into meat paste!"

"Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui, you are so smart and confused for a lifetime." Zhao Liujin shook his head and sighed, "It's time that I still dream that Guan Ningjun will be loyal to you? Because you want to force them to leave their hometowns, because you want to force them to abandon everything, so they abandon you! Wu Sangui, you are already a lonely man now."

Wu Sangui was swallowed by thunder, and he was like a defeated rooster suddenly wilted.

Zhao Liujin waved his hand and said loudly: "Crash the door and those who capture Wu Sangui alive will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver!"
To be continued...