Dashun Yongchang

If there was still some estrangement between the previous generals, Liu Zongmin's domineering after entering Beijing also made other generals feel dissatisfied.At this moment, under Li Zicheng's questioning, everyone felt sympathetic, and some of the dissatisfaction accumulated before was eliminated a lot at this moment.

After listening to everyone's answers, Li Zicheng couldn't help but sighed and said: "You should know why I rebelled in the first place. The tyrants in my hometown and my wife conspired to commit adultery, and I killed the adulterer and adulterer in a fit of anger. Only then did they vote for the Chuangjun rebellion.

When I rebelled, I had only one idea, to kill all the corrupt officials and bullies in Yurou Township, and to restore the world to a bright future.Therefore, Zong Min told me that day that when I became emperor, I should let my brothers rob money and women. I was extremely angry.I rebelled with my head up, let so many good brothers die under the swords and guns of the army, is it just to become this shit emperor?

Zong Min, is this how you see me?A selfish loner who treats his brothers as cannon fodder? "

Liu Zongmin gave a bang, feeling like his head was about to explode. He felt that he was extremely wronged. He never thought about it... Well, since Li Zicheng accepted scholars like Niu Jinxing, he felt that this elder brother seemed to have changed a little bit. I really feel that my eldest brother has become selfish, and even a good friend like Cao Cao can do it.

However, he soon came to his senses, turned over and knelt down to Li Zicheng to plead guilty: "I am terrified, and I am convicted. I really lied that day, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Li Zicheng scanned all the people present, and seeing Li Guo and Gu Kecheng staring at Liu Zongmin kneeling at his feet, Liu Xiyao bowed his head and remained silent, Song Xiance's eyes flickered, but no one came out to intercede for Liu Zongmin.It can be seen that the popularity of this domineering general in the army is really not very good.

He didn't ask Liu Zongmin to get up, but said to Song Xiance: "Mr. Song, please write it down for me. When I entered Beijing, Emperor Lie hanged himself. The whole world thought that Emperor Lie died by my hands, but it wasn't.

Ever since Emperor Shenzong punished Zhang Juzheng and Duke Zhang, and abolished his various reform policies, the Ming Dynasty had perished.Emperor Shenzong confuses family affairs with state affairs for his own selfishness, indulges eunuchs to harass the people, and puts a curse on corrupt officials.

Later, although Xizong and Liehuang tried their best to turn the crisis around, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, and there was nothing they could do.Therefore, the Ming Dynasty actually died at the hands of Emperor Shenzong, not at the hands of Emperor Lie.

When I was among the people in the past, officials and small officials put the heavy burden of knocking bones and sucking marrow on the orders of the superiors.However, when I went to Beijing to enter the palace, I realized that there was no savings in the palace. The fierce emperor lived frugally, and even the empress used textiles to supplement the needs of the palace.

Only then did I know that the taxes and taxes paid by the local governments were not transported into the palace for the enjoyment of the Emperor Lie, but were divided among those corrupt officials.This generation bullies the emperor above and abuses the people below, and claims to be a loyal minister of the country. I am not angry for the people, and I am not angry for the fierce emperor, so I ordered General Zong Min to torture and plunder the officials in the capital, and suddenly obtained millions of taels of gold and silver.

These gold and silver are originally the sweat of the people, and I should use them on the people.In order to fear that people in the world may misunderstand Liehuang's life and the reputation of General Quan Zongmin, I ordered my military adviser Song to offer a book to tell the world. "

Hearing the last sentence, Song Xiance was stunned. Liu Zongmin, who was still aggrieved, also burst into tears at this time, and kowtowed to Li Zicheng again and again, saying: "This is the crime of a humble minister, how can you let your majesty come down?" , I am willing to accept the crime and suffer death, but I can't let His Majesty suffer such grievances..."

Li Guo, Gu Kecheng, and Liu Xiyao also got up and knelt down one after another, begging Li Zicheng to take back this article, which really shook the scholars' favor towards Li Zicheng.

However, Li Zicheng did not answer the words of the generals, and then looked at Liu Zongmin and said: "Zongmin, we return one yard to one yard and torture the officials in the capital. I can't say that I have no responsibility at all. Therefore, I can handle this matter for you. I You can admit your mistakes to the people of the world. But do you admit to the crime of robbing civilian women in your mansion and army?"

Liu Zongmin nodded repeatedly and replied: "I plead guilty, plead guilty."

Li Zicheng then said: "You let those girls go home and give money to make amends. If they are really homeless and willing to live with soldiers in the army, then they have to be married by an official matchmaker, and they can't just hide in the dark like this In the barracks. I’ll fine you three months’ salary and demote you to deputy general for the shitty things you did in the capital, do you recognize it?”

Liu Zongmin replied without hesitation: "It's all up to His Majesty. Even if His Majesty dismisses me as a veteran, I am willing to go forward for His Majesty."

Li Zicheng then clapped his hands and said: "Then get up. There is no need to mention the matter of the capital from now on. Song Junshi, please pay attention when the time comes. If there is a victim, please apologize on my behalf."

Song Xiance nodded and said, "I obey the order."

Seeing all the generals return to their seats, Li Zicheng continued: "Next, I will talk about the strategy of this battle. I raised my troops to vent my anger on the people of the world, not to fight against Wu Sangui. This time I went to the East, the original He also wanted to persuade Sangui to surrender, but he did not expect that this person would actually collude with Jiannu, and the nature of this battle changed.

I, Li Zicheng, originally descended from the parachutist Li Guang. Although the history has changed and the genealogy is difficult to find, I have never forgotten the ambition of my ancestors.That is to fight against foreign barbarians and defend China.

As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, what I admire the most is the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. He drove out the Hulu with a piece of clothing and restored China. Since ancient times, he has achieved the righteousness of the country, which is unprecedented.Although Emperor Lie has no way to govern the country, there is only one thing that I admire. He did not dare to forget the founding virtue of Taizu, and he did not let Hu Ma go south. This is the virtue of Emperor Lie.

I have been entrusted by the Liehuang to the common people in the world, and I dare not go against the ambitions of my ancestors, nor do I want to be laughed at by the Taizu and Liehuang.Therefore, I want to persuade Sangui that the two families stop fighting and jointly resist Jiannu..."

Chapter 7 A thief as a father?

In the past, Li Zicheng had to let Liu Zongmin say that after the two of them finished speaking, it was time for everyone to speak.But today, Liu Zongmin was just beaten up by Li Zicheng. Although it was only a slight punishment, the basis for Liu Zongmin to have an equal conversation with Li Zicheng in the past was gone, because Li Zicheng had just defended him against the crime of robbing all the officials in the capital.

Being able to rebel with Li Zicheng, and to be No.1 under Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin is naturally not a reckless man.Although General Quan has two people, one is Liu Zongmin, and the other is Tian Jianxiu who stayed in Xi'an, but Tian Jianxiu is known as a kind person in the army, and it is really difficult to compare with Liu Zongmin in terms of combat performance.

The ten-odd years of rebellion had already turned Liu Zongmin from a simple and honest blacksmith into a ruthless General Quan.He naturally knew that his torture of all the officials had caused the people in the capital to lose their minds. Even Wu Sangui, who had planned to surrender, turned back and returned to Shanhaiguan to refuse to surrender. All the places were already preparing for the new dynasty, but now there is no news.

Seeing the consequences, Liu Zongmin was actually in a state of panic, which was also the root cause of his refusal to lead troops to Shanhaiguan alone to suppress the rebellion.He was worried that after he left the capital, those scholars who were already full of resentment against him would take the opportunity to speak ill of him in front of Li Zicheng, so no matter whether he won or lost the Battle of Shanhaiguan, his future life would not be easy.

After all, most of the famous generals in the official army died in the hands of the emperor, rather than being defeated by peasant troops like them.Even Zhang Xianzhong knew that he used the heads of Xiang Wang Zhu Yiming and Guiyang Wang Zhu Changfa to force Yang Sichang to commit suicide, and made the imperial court remove the officers and generals who followed the peasant army.

With such a lesson learned from the past, Liu Zongmin had to worry that he would end up like the generals of the Ming army who were forced to death by Chongzhen.Therefore, he would rather offend Li Zicheng than force him to send troops with him, so that at least he would not have to worry about civil officials like Niu Jinxing framing him.

But today, Li Zicheng first talked to him about the memories of the rebellion together in the past, and then asked Song Xiance to record his composition, and took the charge of torturing all officials.In this way, Liu Zongmin was exempted from this serious crime, and it will be difficult for civil officials to use this crime to attack him in the future. He is naturally very grateful to Li Zicheng.

In this way, although he didn't want to see Wu Sangui, and he didn't want to fight against Jiannu with a capricious villain, but he just received Li Zicheng's favor, but he couldn't jump out to oppose Li Zicheng immediately.Not only was this underestimated by the generals present, but if it was spread, the army might think that he was too domineering.

Liu Zongmin, who was able to oppose him in the military discussion, remained silent. His nephew Li Guo and his old subordinate Xia Gu Kecheng had always defended themselves. The remaining Liu Xiyao was from the Fifth Gezuo Battalion. Offering advice was insightful, but not decisive, so Li Zicheng's proposal to unite Wu Sangui to fight against the establishment of slaves was finally passed unanimously.

But soon Liu Zongmin asked Li Zicheng: "Wu Sangui is a capricious villain. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty treated him with great favor, but when our army besieged Beijing, he turned a deaf ear to the Emperor's plea for help. I said before He voted for Dashun, but he backed off on the road, and now he has colluded with Jiannu to deal with us, how does His Majesty plan to join forces with him? I am very worried that Sangui will betray us again."

Song Xiance also nodded in agreement and said: "General Quan's concerns are not out of thin air. Wu Sangui is really untrustworthy. Emperor Lie called him a filial son and loyal minister. I think he is a rebellious son and a traitor."

Li Zicheng also nodded and said: "Zong Min, what you said is not unreasonable, so we have to be prepared. If Wu Sangui is really willing to join forces with our army to fight Jiannu, then we will fight; if Wu Sangui is just pretending to us It’s a pretense, but it’s actually determined to take refuge in Jiannu, so of course we can’t be fooled by this, and we should first avoid the sharp edge of Jiannu and Guan Ning’s army, and then attack them one by one after they separate.”

Liu Zongmin immediately clapped his hands and applauded, "Your Majesty, this is a good idea. Our rebel army has always avoided the strong and attacked the weak. There is really no need to fight them in this unfamiliar place. If you win, you can't pursue them. If you lose, you must be defeated. Really. It's not worth it."

Song Xiance also breathed a sigh of relief, as expected Li Zicheng really didn't want to fight anymore, but the opponent was able to go around in such a big circle and tell the whole army's plan to retreat openly.

Although he had some slander against Li Zicheng in his heart, Song Xiance suggested respectfully: "If Wu Sangui wants to rebel against Jiannu and go to Dashun again, I don't think the title of marquis will be able to attract him, at least he must be male…"

Li Zicheng interrupted him unceremoniously and said: "Give it to the king, let him be the king of Liao. If he defeats Jiannu, Liaodong will belong to him, as long as he admits that he is a subject of Dashun. If Jiannu sees the opportunity early, return it." After Shenyang has gone, I will lend him Hebei and return it to me when he conquers Liaodong."

Song Xiance looked at Li Zicheng in astonishment. Under the persuasion of Niu Jinxing and others, Li Zicheng was quite stingy when conferring meritorious officials. The highest title was only a marquis, not even a duke. Be generous.

Sure enough, Song Xiance was still thinking about it, but Liu Zongmin quit. He stared at Li Zicheng and shouted: "Sangui boy has not done an inch for Dashun, why should he be king? Virtue at both ends, like a king? I don't agree..."

Li Zicheng glanced at the other three generals, and found that although they didn't make a sound, they still looked unconvinced. He could only be thankful that he didn't raise this question at the beginning, otherwise Liu Zongmin might not have shouted orally.

He waved his hand to calm Liu Zongmin, and then he said: "If a prince can let these old brothers who follow us live a few more lives and go back to reunite with their families, why would I be reluctant? We have fought for 15 years , so many old brothers died in other places, and they couldn’t even see the door of their house. Zong Min, if you have any objections, just come to me, and I’ll take them all today.”

Liu Zongmin glanced at the other three generals and avoided his sight. He felt that he was alone, so he could only sit back and mutter.Seeing that no one stood up to object again, Li Zicheng sighed and said: "The important thing right now is not the question of whether to give to Wang Jue, but what Wu Sangui wants. If we don't figure out this question, our [-] army will be in a dilemma. .

Military division, you go to see Wu Xiang later, tell him what you mean, and ask him to pass it on to Wu Sangui.In order to show sincerity, our army will take back the troops at One Stone and Nine Gates, and he can send people to take over the two camps.

In addition, you take [-] cavalry to meet Bai Guangen and Tang Tong to return to the main formation.Zong Min, you lead people to re-establish a battalion three miles behind the main camp, and this big camp will be handed over to Bai Guangen and Tang Tong.Xiyao, you urge the left and right battalions to set up camps on the two wings of the New Chinese Army, so that the four battalions surround each other and can deal with the sneak attack of the Jiannu cavalry.Do you have anything else to add? "

Everyone else took Li Zicheng's order one after another, only the boss Liu Zongmin said dissatisfied: "Why should we give up the camp we built to Bai Guangen and Tang Tong? They should go to the rear to set up camp by themselves. They are also served by the master." ?”

Li Zicheng finally looked at Liu Zongmin with a pale face and said, "I see, I, Emperor Dashun, are very incompetent. Why don't you let Zongmin do it? I'll set up camp for you, okay?"

Liu Zongmin's black face was about to turn purple, and finally he could only say embarrassingly: "Brother is joking, brother is joking. I will go to the rear to set up camp. Before dark, I will definitely allow His Majesty to move in..."

Here, after Chen Mingxia found Li Shichun and Zhu Cihong under the leadership of the soldiers, he pulled Li Shichun aside when the soldiers leading the way walked away, wanting to whisper something to him.Li Shichun actually looked down on this Tanhua Lang. After all, he had to enter the thief camp to protect the prince, but this Tanhua was recommended by someone, and he immediately responded to the thief's call.

Of course, the family backgrounds of the two are also very different. Although Chen Mingxia is a celebrity in Fushe, his family background is average, and there is really no way out if he is not an official.And Li Shichun is a son of a rich family in Fujian, and he can go home to be a landlord without being an official, so naturally he doesn't value the official position so much.

Now that people are under the eaves, in order to protect the prince, Li Shichun had to deal with Chen Mingxia.But when he heard what Chen Mingxia told him, he finally couldn't help becoming angry. He clenched his fists and stared at Chen Mingxia and said, "Are you crazy? Let the prince worship the traitor as his father, what face will the prince have in the future?" Go see Emperor Daxing."

Chen Mingxia looked at Li Shichun with an unchanged expression and said, "I don't worship Your Majesty as a father, but as an uncle. Senior Li, stay with the crown prince, don't you really think that your majesty can't see that you have the idea of ​​protecting the crown prince? It's just Li Senior, you are almost sixty, how long can you protect the prince?

Right now, the crown prince is just asking His Majesty to worship His Majesty as his uncle, His Majesty can justifiably mourn for Emperor Daxing, and let the Crown Prince go to Nandu to restore the country.Once this opportunity is lost, it is impossible to have it again.But Senior Li wants to be Guang Siheng?While preventing the former emperor from going south, but welcoming the new dynasty at the same time?

It's just a call to uncle, the prince can protect himself, the emperor Daxing can get courtesy, my Ming Dynasty can restore the country, and the people of the world will be stable because of this.Why not? "

Li Shichun's mind was confused, he was resentful towards Li Zicheng, so he was extremely unwilling to have any contact with this person.In Li Zicheng's view, it is a good thing to abolish Prince Song Wangzhijue today, because it can wash away the prince's notoriety as a thief.When the country is restored in the future, no one will attack the prince with this.

But he really didn't expect such a thing to happen later.After agreeing to this matter, he felt that his morality was about to collapse. If he didn't agree, as Chen Mingxia said, he would become a sinner in the lineage of Daming and Emperor Daxing, and he would have no face to go underground to meet Emperor Daxing in the future.

Just when Li Shichun was in a dilemma, the crown prince suddenly jumped out from behind the tent and said to the two of them, "Teacher, I agree. As long as Your Majesty properly buries the emperor's father and mother, my Daming Ancestral Temple can continue..."

Chapter 8 Brother Sangui, are you sworn?

Looking at the tearful prince, Li Shichun had nothing to say.For the current Zhu Cihong, nothing else is actually important, the most important thing is to let the remains of his parents be buried in the ground.God knows what kind of catastrophe will happen to the bodies of Emperor Daxing and Empress if they don't bury them for a long time. If the remains are really humiliated, Zhu Cihong, who is a son of man, will really be unable to hold on.

Li Shichun gritted his teeth and said to Chen Mingxia: "I agreed on behalf of the prince, but Li Zicheng has to swear to keep the promise and settle the affairs of Emperor Daxing and Empress as soon as possible."

Chen Mingxia glanced at Li Shichun, bowed deeply to Zhu Cihong and said, "Your Majesty should cherish your own body. Whether there is a future for Ming Dynasty and whether the ancestral temple can receive sacrifices will all depend on you from now on. Although Your Majesty came from Reckless, but with the world in mind, the prince must not harbor resentment, otherwise it will be known by others, and then everything will be in vain."

Zhu Cihong wiped away tears with his sleeve, bowed to Chen Mingxia and said, "Thank you Mr. Chen for your guidance, Cihong will never forget."

Chen Mingxia looked at the prince and sighed, then turned and walked towards Li Zicheng's tent a hundred steps away.When he walked near the big tent, he was stopped by Li Zicheng's personal soldiers. Under the signal of the personal soldiers, he saw Song Xiance leading Wu Xiang towards the door of the big tent, so he had to stay where he was and waited.

Wu Xiang is only in his early 50s. Although he is a general, he looks like a white-faced scholar. It can be seen that he has been well maintained before, and looks like a middle-aged man in his early 40s.It's just that the days after the destruction of the city of Beijing seemed to have brought him a lot of blows. Not only was his back a little hunched, but he even had a few strands of gray hair on his sideburns, which made him look like a lot.

After entering the big tent, Wu Xiang quickly knelt down to pay respects to Li Zicheng, and shouted long live three times. Seeing how skillful he was in saluting, it was obvious that he was a person who cherished his life.Li Zicheng waited for Wu Xiang to finish his salute, and then stepped forward to help him up and said, "General Wu, have you suffered these days? I have been busy with official duties since I entered Beijing, and I haven't had time to care about you. The general won't blame me, will he?"

Wu Xiang hurriedly shook her head and replied: "No blame, dare not, dare not. Thanks to His Majesty's generosity, the guilty minister is fine, everything is fine. I only blame the rebellious son for offending Tian Yan, the guilty minister really deserves it." Doom."

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and said with a smile on his face: "There is no need to say anything else. Master Song has explained to you, I plan to ask you to send a message to Brother Sangui. As long as he is willing to join hands with me to fight Jiannu, The land outside the pass belongs to him, and the inside of the pass belongs to me. If there is any disagreement, I can temporarily lend Hebei to him. Do you remember, General Wu?"

Wu Xiang's feet were a little soft again, and he really wanted to kneel down and beg Li Zicheng for mercy, because he really didn't know whether the other party was telling the truth or testing himself.He has no idea about his son now, knowing that his father is still in the capital, yet he can still go back on his word and tear up the agreement to surrender to Dashun, what a rebellious son.

However, Li Zicheng's hands tightly grasped his arms, making it difficult for him to kneel down.Therefore, after a while, he reacted and stammered back to Li Zicheng: "I don't dare, I don't dare... Sangui, a bastard, can't be treated so favorably by His Majesty. I am willing to go and persuade Sangui to let him Come here and apologize to His Majesty..."

Li Zicheng shook his head, interrupted Wu Xiang and said, "General Wu just needs to remember the conditions I gave Brother Sangui. In addition, regardless of whether Brother Sangui is willing to accept it or not, General Wu will also invite Sangui when he goes to Shanhaiguan. Brother, let Wang Zeyao come back. Even if the business cannot be negotiated, we still have to keep some face, otherwise how can we trust each other?"

Wu Xiang hastily swears that as soon as he arrives at Shanhaiguan, he will ask his son to release Dashun's envoy Wang Zeyao back.Only then did Li Zicheng let him go, and said to Song Xiance who was on the side: "Mr. Song, find a team to send General Wu to Shanhaiguan. In order to avoid misunderstandings by the defenders at Shanhaiguan, you must let people shout: Dashun is willing to fight with you." The Guan Ning army joined forces to deal with Jiannu, and now we are sending old General Wu Xiang back. The two families have made peace, and I hope they will not shoot. To show our sincerity, our army will retreat and set up camp, waiting for General Wu's reply."

Song Xiance immediately understood Li Zicheng's intention, which was to relax the garrison in Shanhaiguan. In this way, if Wu Sangui wanted to force the garrison in the city to attack, he would inevitably be opposed by some Ming soldiers who did not want to fight the Dashun army.And the soldiers on their own side can also understand the reason why they didn't start fighting when they arrived at Shanhaiguan.

As long as it can be explained, the army is still willing to obey the orders from above.What the army dislikes are orders that have no purpose and are always changing at will.If the army can have an excuse not to fight for the time being, then it will be changed to an order to withdraw the troops later, and there will be much less complaints in the army.

So Song Xiance quickly ordered a team of horsemen to escort Wu Xiang to Dongluo City with drums and gongs. Dongluo City is the avant-garde city of Shanhaiguan. It was repaired once in the 12th year of Wanli, so although the city The circumference is only 4 miles, not as majestic as Guancheng, but it can be regarded as a small but strong fortress.

In fact, the residents of Shanhaiguan and the Guan Ning army were also extremely shocked by Wu Sangui's back-and-forth.When Wu Sangui turned back halfway to Shanhaiguan, the local officials started to run away, and the scholars also took their wives away from Shanhaiguan. The farmers near Guancheng and the businessmen in Guancheng were panicked and did not know what to do.

After all, although Shanhaiguan is dangerous, the fields near Shanhaiguan cannot support the nearly 5 troops of the Guanning Army, and the Guanning Army sandwiched between Jiannu and Dashun has almost no place to expand its power.It can be said that from the moment Wu Sangui returned to Shanhaiguan, everyone believed that if the Dashun Army came, Wu Sangui would be defeated.

The only ones who were willing to support Wu Sangui were Gaodi, the former general of Shanhaiguan, and a small group of gentry and landlords in the Acropolis.They were also frightened by the news of the Beijing Dashun Army's torture and looting, thinking that the Dashun Army was still a bunch of thieves, and had no intention of appeasing the gentry and rebuilding social order.In contrast, they would rather surrender Shenyang than Beijing.

After all, after the old slave died, Huang Taiji treated the Han people quite preferentially, and he no longer killed innocent people indiscriminately like the old slave.What's more, the old slaves killed all the grainless men in Liaodong, so they would not attack them gentry and landlords indiscriminately. In contrast, the Dashun army slaughtered the gentry and landlords as fat sheep, which made them even more hateful.

It's just that although these gentry and landlords hated the Dashun Army, they never thought of letting the Guan Ning Army take the initiative to attack, because they knew that the Guan Ning Army had experience in defending the city, and field battles might not be possible.It's not that Guan Ning's army really can't fight, but that they can't pay enough.Those who can really fight in the field are only a few thousand family members around the generals.But in such a troubled world, if Wu Sangui wants to take his servants out to fight for them, this is overthinking.

The Dashun army came aggressively, and just when the soldiers and civilians in Guancheng were flustered, the old general Wu suddenly came from the opposite side, saying that they wanted to join forces with General Wu to fight against Jiannu.No matter what General Xiao Wu thought, most people breathed a sigh of relief.Although they didn't want to fight Jiannu, it was good to be able to seize this opportunity and delay the battle for two days.

Therefore, the guard of Dongluo City happily took Wu Xiang into the city, and then hurriedly sent him to Guancheng, so that Wu Sangui could meet his father.During this process, the soldiers and civilians in Guancheng also quickly learned that the Dashun Army wanted to join hands with the Guanning Army to fight against the establishment of slaves, and even released Old General Wu to show their sincerity. Also relieved.

In Wu Sangui's temporary mansion, looking at his father who was sent back by the Dashun Army, Wu Sangui was also at a loss. After sending out his subordinates, he asked Wu Xiang suspiciously: "Li Zicheng, the leader of the bandit, how can you send your father away?" Send it back at this time, what exactly do you want to do?"

After finally escaping from the Dashun Army, Wu Xiang was quite grateful to Li Zicheng, at least better than himself, a rebellious son.However, he didn't dare to complain in front of Wu Sangui. After all, during the days when he was far away from the Guan Ning Army, his direct lineage in the Guan Ning Army had already been subdued by this son.

He married the daughter of the ancestor's family, which is similar to being married to a certain extent, and Wu Sangui was able to climb to the head of the Guanning Army so quickly because of the support of the ancestor's family.Zu Dashou was unwilling to completely surrender to Manchuria, but he could not lose control of the Guanning Army, so he supported Wu Sangui, his nephew.

Therefore, Wu Xiang said to his son calmly: "Emperor Yongchang is quite generous. What he means is that whether it is the Guan Ning Army or the Dashun Army, it is nothing more than the Han people fighting for the world by themselves. Winning or losing depends on destiny." But the Manchus are different. They are Hulu and barbarians. They cannot be allowed to enter the Central Plains, otherwise it will be a catastrophe for China. Therefore, Emperor Yongchang said, as long as you can join forces with him to fight against the Manchus, then seal off the pass Here it is, canonize you as King of Liao."

After Wu Sangui heard this, he just blushed, and said, "Li Zicheng is generous to others. Is this outside the pass his? It belongs to the Manchus. Give me the outside of the pass. Doesn't it mean that I will fight the Manchus to death? He Fortunately, the fisherman is benefiting from the rear, is this treating me as a fool?"

Wu Xiang immediately added, "Li Zicheng also said that before Liaodong was captured, he could lend you Hebei. He is willing to make a sworn oath with you to prove his oath."

Now Wu Sangui was stunned, and after coming over for a while, he asked his father, "He, Li Zicheng wants to be sworn brothers with me? Father, you heard me right, right?"

Wu Xiang nodded without changing his expression, expressing that what he said was not false, and said: "Emperor Yongchang also said that whether you like it or not, you will also put Wang Zeyao back. He has sent people to Beijing to fetch our family. Sent to Shanhaiguan to reunite with us. The two countries are at war, and if you don’t want to kill the envoy, Emperor Yongchang begged so much, I think it can’t be done.”

Wu Sangui frowned tightly. He didn't know what the thief Li Zicheng wanted to do. Now he was at a disadvantage. Even if he had the best pass in the world, he was not sure to fight against Li Zicheng's 20 troops.Although Li Zicheng claimed to have an army of 10, after investigation, he felt that there were only [-] at most.

Chapter 9 Father's Kindness, Son's Filial Piety

Although Wu Sangui ridiculed the name of the Dashun Army in front of his subordinates, even the 10 Dashun Army is much stronger than the 4 Liao Army plus 1 Guan Army and militias under his command.

Because of the 5 people under him, the ones who are really united with him are the Wu family and the 3000 family members who inherited the ancestral family.In other words, if the Dashun Army did not come to attack the city, there would not be more than [-] people who were willing to go out of the city to fight the Dashun Army.

Even so, Wu Sangui was worried about these generals under him. He was very worried that if he went out of the city to fight the Dashun Army, if he was at a disadvantage, the generals in Shanhaiguan would still be willing to let him go back to the city.After all, it is also a tradition of the Guan Ning Army that "the friendly army has the upper hand and comes to grab credit, and the friendly army is killed and immovable like a mountain".

Wu Sangui had imagined that if he and these generals were moved and saw that the friendly forces outside the city were at a disadvantage, they would definitely not die with the friendly forces, but would surrender to the winning side.Unless there is a powerful force behind them, forcing them to go out of the city to rescue friendly troops.

It should be said that Wu Sangui really wanted to join Dashun at the beginning, and he didn't want to be buried with Emperor Chongzhen. After all, when Dashun army surrounded Beijing and Emperor Chongzhen sent him to rescue Beijing, he didn't move. After Shun occupied Beijing, why did he want to avenge Emperor Chongzhen and refuse to surrender?Even if he believes it himself, the soldiers below won't believe it if he can't stand it.

But who made these ant thieves so short-sighted, they tortured and looted all the officials when they first entered Beijing and didn't want to stabilize the Quartet.What are the Baiguan of the capital?They are the representatives of the gentry from all directions in the capital. To torture them is to offend the gentry everywhere. How can you issue an edict in the future to make these gentry forget their hatred and support you as emperor.

Therefore, after Wu Sangui heard the news from the capital, he realized that it was impossible for Dashun to get the support of the gentry from all over the country, especially the southern gentry, who especially tabooed this kind of behavior of copying people's property, because they were indeed rich.

Without the support of the southern gentry, Dashun would not be able to pay the border troops at all. It is impossible for a dilapidated Shaanxi to spend tens of millions of taels to feed the nearly 60 troops on the nine borders every year.After all, for the 4 troops under his command alone, the annual military salary reached one million taels.

After realizing this, Wu Sangui immediately regretted leading his troops back to Shanhaiguan.He is very clear about the virtues of his colleagues on the nine sides. If you have money, you are Emperor Yongchang, but if you don't have money, you are a thief.Therefore, as long as Li Zicheng spends the little money looted from the capital, he will face the resistance of the southern gentry and the rebellion of the nine border troops, so why would he bother to accompany Li Zicheng to bury him.

Seeing his son frowning and not speaking, Wu Xiang finally couldn't help asking: "What on earth are you thinking? You promised to surrender, but then backed down halfway? Do you really want to kill us all?"

Wu Sangui looked up at his father, thinking to himself, isn't my mother still in Shanhaiguan, how could she kill you all, your concubine and the brothers raised by my concubine are none of my business.

However, he still showed a look of sincerity and fear on his face and said: "Father calm down, my son didn't intend to kill you, my son just heard about the torture of the capital on the way, and felt that Li Zicheng didn't look like a gentleman, our Wu family How can I be buried with him, so I regret going back to Shanhaiguan.

Hai'er thought, judging from Li Zicheng's eagerness for quick success and quick profit, Li Zicheng should be busy enthroning at this time, instead of coming to find Hai'er to settle accounts.After he has ascended the throne and rewarded the heroes, and after everything is done, if there is any fighting spirit in the army, he must return to his old nest in Shaanxi. At that time, he will only leave a partial division in Beijing to guard against his children.

As long as Li Zicheng leaves Beijing, with Hai'er's ability, who else in the Dashun Army will be Hai'er's opponent?At that time, the boy will join the loyal men in the south and invite the Qing army from the north to help me in the south. Then Beijing will be restored and the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous. Isn't my Wu family the number one hero in the revival of the Ming Dynasty?Compared with the glory of the ancestors, father's momentary honor and disgrace should not be on his mind.My uncle once said that riches and honors require battles on the battlefield. "

Wu Xiang looked at this son and felt that he was really worthless. It was rumored that Li Zicheng even made Fulu soup for King Fu. Would such a vicious thief just humiliate himself?His son wants to be Liu Bang. Where did the great achievements of Zhongxing Daming come from? Pooh, what a black-hearted rebellious son.

Although many thoughts had passed through his mind, Wu Xiang relaxed on the surface. He stroked his beard and let out a sigh of relief: "Sangui my son has such ambition, it is really a blessing to my Wu family. I am not a father. Interfering with your great cause, I ask you two things, put Wang Zeyao back, and wait for Emperor Yongchang to send him back before talking about other things, will it work?"

Wu Sangui pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "What the father said is that my son invites Wang Zeyao to come here and ask him to give the son a few words for Li Zicheng. Right now, the bandits are strong and we are weak. If Li Zicheng does not come to attack the city, what will my son do?" Will you take the initiative to provoke him?"

Wu Xiang didn't live much, she got up and asked, "I'll go see your mother first, and you can figure out what's next."

Seeing Wu Xiang leave the hall, Wu Sangui hurriedly saluted and shouted: "The child sends father off respectfully."