Mercenaries of the Heavens

Chapter 216 Wang Zuogui Surrenders

This also opened up a rich land for the Ming Dynasty, became a food and mineral base of the Ming Dynasty, and made a lot of contributions to the economic take-off of the Ming Dynasty.

On the second day, Wang Zhi returned to the pass with the Xinjun, Wu Sangui, and the captured Dorgon and others.

Sitting in the wooden prison car, Dorgon and the others looked at the familiar scenery along the way with ashen faces and empty eyes, feeling extremely sad.

In a few days, after entering the customs, Wu Xiang went out from a distance to meet Wang Zhi and others. After entering the military town, he immediately threw a banquet to reward Wang Zhi's new army, his son Wu Sangui and other generals.

Wang Zhi was not too polite, and after eating and drinking, he asked Wu Sangui to take the captives back to the capital early in the morning, and then meet him in a place in northern Shaanxi, so that Wu Sangui could show his face in front of the emperor, and he would not return to the capital!

Regardless of how grateful Wu Sangui and his son were, or how the father and son reminisced about the old days, Wang Zhi took the three of them back to the temporary camp to rest.

Early the next morning, Wang Zhi bid farewell to Wu Sangui and his son and embarked on the journey to Ganzhou.

At this time, Li Zicheng had already mutinied and revolted, and defected to Zuogui, the king of Hanzhong.

However, there were quite a few people who rebelled in the northern Shaanxi generation, and Wang Jiayin, Wang Daliang, Gao Yingxiang, etc. in history also raised troops to respond.

As a result, the entire northern Shaanxi area suddenly became the world of the rebel army, and all court officials were killed.

Of course, Wang Zhi didn't care about the death of these corrupt officials at all. Who let them be greedy and force the people to rebel!It really complied with the saying 'If you don't do it, you will die'!
After several days of trekking, Wang Zhi led his team to the boundary of Yichuan. At this time, Wang Zuogui was entrenched here. He had gathered tens of thousands of horses under his command, but only [-] were able to fight.

The entire northern part of Shaanxi is the territory of the peasant army. When Wang Zhi's team entered the border of Yichuan, Wang Zuogui knew about it.

To be honest, Wang Zuogui didn't want to confront the imperial court's army in his heart, and he was forced to kill officials as a last resort.

Hearing that it was the arrival of the new imperial army, Wang Zuogui immediately became flustered.

The deeds of the new army defeating the tartar Azig have long been spread all over the world. Knowing the strength of the new army, Wang Zuogui wanted to surrender to the court, but he was worried about the opposition of his subordinates. He was really anxious like ants on a hot pot. Turn around.

Gu Congxin, the confidant next to him, saw that the leader was impatient, so he interrupted his movements and said:

"Boss, the army of Governor Wang Zhi is not easy to mess with! Even Azig, the fierce Tartar with a white flag, is no match for him, so how can we, the mob, be his opponent? Boss, we need to make plans early ah!"

Hearing Gu Congxin's words, exactly what Wang Zuogui wanted, Wang Zuogui stopped, looked at him fixedly and said:

"What the military master said is really something I am worried about! I don't want to fight him! Since the military master has seen the key points, how can he teach me?"

Hearing Wang Zuogui's words, Gu Congxin saw Wang Zuogui's intention to surrender, so he said confidently:
"Currently, the army is at war with the Tartars. We must hope that the civil uprising in northern Shaanxi will subside as soon as possible, leader! Why don't we contact the army earlier and ask for a surrender? It's better to avoid guilt. If we can find an official position, isn't it? Is it better?"

When Wang Zuogui heard the words, he was in the middle of his arms, and when he got excited, he held Gu Congxin's shoulders with both hands, and said excitedly:

"What the military adviser said is exactly what I want! I have planned this for a long time, but I don't know if Governor Wang will accept me?"

Gu Congxin didn't mind either. Wang Zuogui pinched his shoulders, and he smiled confidently:

"I'm sure he will accept us. After all, northern Shaanxi is corrupt. He also wants to quell the rebellion and go back to the capital! Since the leader is interested, why not send his confidants to negotiate with the Governor-General!"

Hearing Gu Congxin's words, Wang Zuogui's heart was moved, and he made quick calculations in his mind, but he couldn't find a trustworthy person to contact the officers and soldiers.

Gu Congxin saw Wang Zuogui's hesitation, so he volunteered and said:
"Boss! This matter is extremely confidential, and you need a reliable person! If the boss can trust me! Why don't you go from here?"

Hearing Gu Congxin's words, Wang Zuogui was taken aback, let go of his hands holding Gu Congxin's shoulders, and bowed his head in thought.

In my heart, I was worried that Gu Congxin would take the lead in surrendering to the army, and would lead the army to attack him!He also suffers from the fact that there is no trustworthy person to contact the official army, which leads to a war between himself and the official army, and he ends up dying without a place to die!

After thinking about it, I thought again, but if Gu Congxin contacted the army, accepted his surrender, and got an official position, he would have something to look forward to in the rest of his life, and he would not have to worry about food and clothing!

After thinking for a while, the temptation to surrender was greater than the possibility of Gu Congxin's rebellion. Wang Zuogui said to Gu Congxin with a serious face:
"Since this is the case, please trouble the military division to set off today to contact the officers and soldiers. It is best to implement the matter of recruiting us! Please leave everything!"

After speaking, Wang Zuogui cupped his fists and saluted Gu Congxin.

Seeing Wang Zuogui's actions, Gu Congxin was quite moved!
If it were me, I would not dare to trust my subordinates so easily, and would easily entrust such an important matter to myself.

So Gu Congxin, who was moved, stretched out his hand to support Wang Zuogui's bent body, and said solemnly:
"Don't worry, leader! Since the leader trusts me so much, Congxin will definitely live up to the leader's expectations, and will do his best to make this happen! Please just wait for my good news!"

Wang Zuogui, who was being supported up, looked at Gu Congxin with a solemn expression, listened to his words, and saw the sincerity in his words, so he felt relieved and said to Gu Congxin:

"Then leave everything to the military advisor!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Congxin bowed his hands to Wang Zuogui and said boldly:

"Don't worry, leader! Just wait for my good news!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and strode out of the room, and went out.

But they didn't know that when the two were talking, there was a person crawling outside the room and eavesdropping on their conversation.

This person was none other than Li Zicheng who had just defected to Wang Zuogui.

He was determined to rebel, and when he heard the two discussing the matter of surrendering to the army, he had a plan in mind:
My nephews and uncles are all rebels. Surrendering to the army will definitely end badly. Since Wang Zuogui wants to surrender to the army, he can't stay here. He should take his brothers and join his uncle as soon as possible to find a way out!

Thinking of this, before the two of them came out, Li Zicheng ran to his camp, called his nephew Li Guo to discuss it, and took his men and horses to leave Yichuan in a hurry on the pretext of going out for practice, and went to Yanqing Mansion to join his uncle Gao Yingxiang .

Half a day later, Wang, who was on the march, went directly to his personal guards to report that a military division under Wang Zuogui came to see him.

As soon as Wang Zhi heard that he was Wang Zuogui's military adviser, he recalled in his mind that in the history of the end of Ming Dynasty, this was Wang Zuogui who was the first to be recruited by the army.

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