Dashun Yongchang

Hearing this, Wu Xiang quickened her pace, and when she got out of the hall, she called the servants outside to take her to find her wife.Seeing his father disappearing outside the door, Wu Sangui was silent for a few seconds, then clapped his hands, called the servant who was waiting outside, and said: "Go and invite Wang Zeyao, Zhang Ruoqi, and Zuo Maotai from the next door. Please be more polite."

Wang Zeyao is from Shanxi, Zhang Ruoqi and Zuo Maotai are from Shandong. Although Wu Sangui doesn't know why Li Zicheng only wants Wang Zeyao to go back (Li Zicheng forgot these two people, someone only remembers this name), but Wu Sangui still hopes to give him a hand before he leaves. The three of them put a nail in their hearts.

After the three of them were brought to the hall, Zhang Ruoqi and Zuo Maotai bowed their hands to Wu Sangui and called Wu Zongbing, but Wang Zeyao unceremoniously accused Wu Sangui: "Changbai, it is absolutely impossible to invite the Northern Dynasty to enter the customs. At that time, the northern soldiers broke in, and the three provinces of Shanxi, Zhili, and Shandong were devastated. You invite the northern soldiers to go south, which is to lure wolves into the house."

Facing Wang Zeyao's accusation, Wu Sangui just smiled and said nothing, turned to look at Zhang Ruoqi and Zuo Maotai and said, "My lords Zhang and Zuo, would you rather be loyal to the new lord than help and protect me again?" ?

Although the Dashun Army is strong, the Northern Army is stronger. Right now, the Dashun Army is stationed in front of the pass, and the Northern Army will arrive in a few days. The Dashun Army is now in a dilemma.If you attack the city, you have to worry about it. The northern soldiers will arrive before the city falls;

Mr. Wang said that the northern soldiers were torturing the common people. Because of this, the northern soldiers could not stay in China for a long time.The most they can do is to rob some people and property to return to the customs, this world is still the Ming Dynasty's world after all.

Two lords, the Dashun army is about to fall, and my Ming Dynasty can be revived. Are the two lords going to die for the bandits? "

Zhang Ruoqi fell silent, Wang Zeyao glared at the two colleagues, Zuo Maotai avoided Wang Zeyao's sight, and murmured, "But the crown prince is still in the hands of..."

Wu Sangui said righteously: "Although the crown prince is in the hands of the bandit army, the clan of the Ming Dynasty is not all in the bandit army. If the Ming Dynasty can rejuvenate, can't it be possible to find one to be the emperor?

The 36 members of my Wu family are not in the hands of the thieves. In order to rejuvenate Daming, I have no regrets. This Daming Jiangshan is surnamed Zhu, not Wu. If the prince knows that he can restore Daming Jiangshan with one death, he will agree with me. of ideas. "

Zhang Ruoqi and Zuo Maotai remained silent, one silently looked at the antique vase on the side, and the other looked at the calligraphy and painting on the wall, seemingly turning a deaf ear to Wu Sangui's confession.Although Wang Zeyao still looked at Wu Sangui with angry eyebrows, he didn't speak out to criticize him again.

Wu Sangui glanced at the three of them, and then continued: "Of course, I don't really want to abandon the blood of the prince and Emperor Daxing, so I want to invite the three of you to go back to the bandit army and contact the prince and others. The army is in chaos, please find an opportunity to get rid of the bandits, I will send someone to protect the prince and the clan."

Zhang Ruoqi and Zuo Maotai finally lost their composure, and almost exclaimed in unison with Wang Zeyao: "You want to let us go back?"

Seeing the strange expressions of the three of them, Wu Sangui knew that his words had planted the seeds. If the bandits were really in chaos, some of them would surely snatch the crown prince or King Yong and others to come out.As long as there are princes such as the prince or Yongwang in hand, the Wu family can really coerce the emperor to make the princes.

Thinking of this, he began to have a headache again for the Qing army behind him.Although he betrayed Dashun, he really didn't think about joining the Qing Dynasty at this time. After all, even if a small country with a population of one million can fight, it is impossible for a long-term struggle with a large country with a population of one million.Especially after Huang Taiji's death, the Manchus fought again for the position of emperor. Although the little emperor was supported at the moment, the nine kings monopolize the power, and there may be internal fighting someday.

This is why Wu Sangui dared to borrow troops from Shenyang, but he did not think that the Qing army would stay in the pass for a long time.However, at the beginning, he didn't want to let the Qing army enter through Shanhaiguan, but hoped that the Qing army could go through the previous passage. Those places are now in the hands of the Dashun army. Once the two sides fight, he can Watching a play in Shanhaiguan.

It's just that he didn't expect that Li Zicheng, a thief, was so unwise. He didn't want to rush to the throne and become emperor, but brought soldiers to settle accounts with him, so he had to revise the invitation again, and asked the Qing soldiers to enter the customs from Shanhaiguan. United to fight the Dashun Army.This is the worst way, but also the most compelling way.

Now that Li Zicheng gave in to himself, he changed his mind a bit, thinking that he should guarantee his independence.

Chapter 10 My Brother Liehuang

Not to mention how Wu Sangui was entangled in Shanhaiguan, how to deal with Dashun and Daqing to stand on his own.Here Li Zicheng's big tent was surrounded by people, and the generals and generals around him looked at the commoner Zhu Cihong, the king of Ding Zhu Cijiong, the king of Yong Zhu Cizhen, the king of Jin Zhu Shenxuan, and the king of Qin Zhu Cunji with hemp crowns on their heads. Wearing plain clothes with hemp rope tied around the waist, under the leadership of Li Shichun and Chen Mingxia, they came to Li Zicheng standing in front of the big tent. Zhu Cihong was holding a set of white robes made of linen in his hand.

Except for the cronies around Li Zicheng, the other generals were at a loss. They didn't know what the former clans and surrendered ministers were doing. There were also many reckless soldiers who immediately shouted, "There is going to be a war soon. By doing this, is this going to offend my emperor?"

Li Zicheng gave his adoptive son Zhang Nai a wink, and this mighty general of the Dashun Army immediately shouted at the surrounding subordinates: "Quiet, Your Majesty has something to say, if there is any noise, whip."

As the hundreds of generals around became quiet, Li Zicheng looked at the setting sun in the distance, cleared his throat and said, "It's getting late, I'll just say a few words.

Our army entered the capital and entered the palace, but the palace was dilapidated, the palace treasury was empty, and the underwear on the emperor Daxing was patched. I heard the palace people say that the queen still has to weave every day. I was horrified and inexplicable. Whose pockets did the gifts go into?

Afterwards, Zong Min, the general of Zhenling Quan, visited Beijing, only to find that the gold, silver and property exploited from the people had all entered the hands of corrupt officials.The remaining half was used in Liaodong to fight against Jiannu.Emperor Daxing had a hard time. In order to make up for the military expenses of Liaodong, even the bronze wares in the palace were broken and sent to Liaodong.

However, those corrupt officials who exploited the common people with heavy taxes and paid the salaries of the Ming Dynasty refused to give even a copper coin to the Emperor Daxing to defend their wealth.When I think of these corrupt officials, I think of King Fu. I waited for the rebels to attack the city of Luoyang, and this miser refused to hand out a little bit of silver to the soldiers guarding the city.

This kind of people don't know how to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and they don't know how to protect the country and the people, but they always want to let the people of the world support them, and even kill the people who support them. They are really worse than pigs and dogs.

When we rise up to rebel, it is these shameless people who are not as good as pigs and dogs.Although the Emperor Daxing has some problems in governing the country, there is no loss in Dajie.I sympathize with Emperor Daxing, his mistake was that he shouldn't have been reincarnated into the Emperor's family.However, the fault of Emperor Daxing is just that, we cannot impose the mistakes of those corrupt officials on Emperor Daxing.

Emperor Daxing said: He is not a king of subjugation, but his officials are all ministers of subjugation.I don't quite agree with his words. I think that Emperor Daxing employs non-human beings, but ministers who have subjugated the country. Those ministers who are truly capable have not been discovered by Emperor Daxing.

Therefore, we can't make the mistakes that Emperor Daxing made. We can't even distinguish between our enemies and those who can really do things, so we just throw punches indiscriminately.The result is that we wasted our strength in vain, but let the enemy who stayed in the dark find an opportunity to attack us..."

The generals, who were originally looking at the Ming clan in mourning and sackcloth, were quite unlucky, but they were attracted by Li Zicheng's words, and for a moment they felt pity for the dead Emperor Chongzhen.

Of course, their emotions are not unique to today. Before entering the capital, everyone regarded the emperor as the leader who ordered the government to persecute them, and they all wanted to capture Beijing and settle accounts with the other party.But when they really broke into the city of Beijing and entered the palace, they realized that Emperor Chongzhen’s life didn’t seem to be going well. After the emperor committed suicide and died for his country, everyone’s hearts suddenly became empty, and they felt that this revenge was not at all happy.

When Liu Zongmin took the lead in torturing the officials, and the soldiers of the Dashun Army in the capital began to rob the wealthy households in the inner city, the sense of justice that had been surrounding them to settle accounts with the emperor was completely lost.It was from this moment that the Dashun army completely transformed from a rebel army to a bandit army.

Because no matter how brutal the Dashun Army was before, they still had the ideal of overthrowing corrupt officials and establishing a peaceful world.But after defeating Ming Dynasty, they did not set out to establish a peaceful world, which made many generals confused.

Li Zicheng used the Ming emperor to call on everyone, because he really had to get rid of his motive for torturing all officials.No matter whether he takes the charge for Liu Zongmin or not, people in the world will not think that this is just Liu Zongmin's own doing.Then it would be better if he took all the charges himself, and could gain the loyalty of Liu Zongmin and other subordinates.

Of course, someone didn't intend to really take this charge.He now wants to use the name of Chongzhen to vent his anger on Emperor Chongzhen and punish these subjugated ministers to wash himself off.No matter how many people believe this, at least the Dashun soldiers in front of them will believe it.

Sure enough, after Li Zicheng's speech, everyone really began to sympathize with Emperor Daxing.Li Zicheng then said immediately: "...Emperor Daxing was unable to tour the south on the day the city was destroyed, he just didn't want to.

Why did Emperor Daxing not want to go south, because he was worried that if the war between the north and the south continued, it would only attract foreign enemies to invade, which would make China miserable. The people, inheriting the will of Taizu, entrusted the Great Ming Dynasty to me.

Although Emperor Daxing is incapable of governing the country, he has a great personality, and I can only worship him again and again.I, like you, started in the wilderness, and have been able to come to this day because I uphold the four words, long live the people.Therefore, today I am mourning for Emperor Daxing, inheriting the behest of Taizu and Emperor Daxing, defending the people of China, defending the rights of our people, if I violate this oath, you may rebel against me..."

Hearing the last sentence, all the surrounding Dashun Army generals knelt down and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty!"

The clan of the Ming Dynasty and the surrendered ministers just froze for a moment, and under the eyes of the surrounding generals, they knelt down one by one. Only Zhu Cihong, who was holding a filial obedience, stood there at a loss, wondering if he should also kneel down .Just when he was hesitating, Li Zicheng had already walked over, took him by the hand and walked back to the main seat in front of the big tent, and shouted to the crowd again: "I will treat you as the emperor of Daxing and brother, Daxing The son of Emperor Xing is also my son. Cihong, come and put on the robe for uncle."

Zhu Cihong agreed numbly, then picked up the filial robe in his hand and put it on for Li Zicheng.Seeing this scene, Li Shichun was heartbroken and scratched the turf on the ground with his hands. Chen Mingxia, who was kneeling beside him, heaved a sigh of relief, feeling that he had finally passed the most difficult hurdle.As long as the crown prince doesn't disobey Emperor Yongchang in public, then going south to restore the country is half the battle. The next step is to see how to attract all the officials to go south after returning to Beijing.

As Li Zicheng put on the robe of filial piety and tied a hemp rope around his waist, the hemp ropes that had been prepared on the side were distributed to the generals, and the whole battalion wore filial piety for the emperor Daxing.Li Shichun immediately stepped forward, read out the sacrificial oration, and gave the emperor Daxing a posthumous title: Shao Tian Yi Dao Gang Ming Ke Frugal Kui Wen Fen Wu Dun Ren Mao Xiao Lie Emperor, the temple name Yi Zong.

When Li Shichun finished reading the sacrificial oration, although Li Shichun recited it with ups and downs and burst into tears, to be honest, Li Zicheng really didn't understand it very much, because there were too many allusions in the sacrificial oration, but this did not prevent the creation of a heavy atmosphere among the soldiers. atmosphere.

Li Zicheng then ordered Li Shichun and Chen Mingxia to accompany the former prince Zhu Cihong to read sacrificial texts in each army and offer sacrifices to the emperor.And he also asked Song Xiance to send a cart of hemp rope and a handwritten sacrificial letter to Shanhaiguan, saying that the Japanese battalion would sacrifice to Emperor Xiaolie in the next three days, and the two armies stopped fighting.

The Xuanji envoy sent by Song Xiance walked halfway, and happened to meet Wang Zeyao, Zhang Ruoqi, Zuo Maotai and others who had been sent back by Wu Sangui. They quickly dismounted and changed into sackcloth, and volunteered to accompany the envoy to Dongluo City.

The setting sun was like blood, and when it was about to fall under Yanshan Mountain, Wu Sangui's official residence was brightly lit, and they were organizing a wind-up banquet for the master Wu Xiang with great fanfare. Gao Di and other Shanhaiguan officials were also congratulating Wu Xiang in the mansion. I was lucky to get away, and inquired about the news in the capital by the way.

At this time, Wu Xiang naturally wouldn't dismantle his son's platform. He talked a little bit about the torture in the capital, but he just excused Emperor Yongchang, saying that these bad things were done by Liu Zongmin and other thieves , Emperor Yongchang himself was actually not that cruel.

While the silk and bamboo music was playing loudly in the mansion, the sound of wailing came from outside the mansion. The officials who were sitting in the hall eating wine peeped at each other, not knowing what happened outside the mansion.

Wu Xiang, who had just returned from the Dashun Army, was the most disturbed. He couldn't help but look at his son and asked, "Sangui, what happened outside, why is the city crying?"

Wu Sangui saw that the faces of the officials and gentry present changed drastically, with a tendency to break up, and his expression became serious. He put down his glass and went out to see what happened, but he saw the trusted general standing there with a look of bewilderment. At the door, he shouted and asked, "What's the noise outside? Could it be that someone withheld military rations?"

But the general looked at the people in the hall in distress, as if there was something he couldn't say face to face, Wu Sangui was about to leave the living room, but Gao Di got up and said to him: "Changbai, everyone is in the same boat now, what's the matter?" Can’t you say it in public? If something goes wrong, it’s still one person counting on the short, and the two counting on the long.”

Wu Sangui glanced back at the people on the table, and finally changed his tune and said: "Deputy General Zhang, just tell me what you have, everyone here is your own, there is nothing you can't say. What happened?"

The deputy general looked at everyone, finally lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said: "The Dashun army sent a cart of hemp rope and a sacrificial article, saying that three days from today, they will sacrifice to Emperor Daxing, so we and We stopped fighting for three days. The people in the city know that now every family is mourning Emperor Daxing and mourning..."

Chapter 11 West?southward?

Gaudy and the other gentry looked at the banquet in front of them and the beautiful maids of the Wu Mansion who were playing music, and suddenly felt that they were not well.Although they didn't regard Chongzhen's death as a major event in their hearts, after Dashun invaded the capital, they already regarded this faint emperor as non-existent, and the gentry everywhere were busy preparing to pledge allegiance to the new dynasty and continue to maintain their family continuation.

On that day, Li Zicheng paid homage to the Emperor Daxing and announced a three-day road sacrifice outside Chang'an Gate, but except for two monks who spontaneously came to the coffin to chant scriptures, all the old officials of the Ming Dynasty who chose false posts were all dressed in brocade clothes and straddled their horses. Meaning nothing.

It is said that Li Zicheng and Song Xiance happened to visit the streets of the capital in plain clothes. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help asking Song Xiance: "Why is the gauze hat not as good as a monk?"

Song Xiance said: "Those gauze caps are originally inferior products, and the products of non-monks can surpass those of their peers."

The gentry of the Ming Dynasty abandoned the Daxing emperor like a shoe. If it wasn’t for the Dashun Army’s strategy of plundering and recovering stolen goods, letting them know that the world of Dashun is not the world of the Great Tomorrow, and let them be at ease, how could these gentry change their minds? What about turning the faint emperor Chongzhen back into the martyrdom emperor?

To smear Chongzhen as a faint emperor is to show loyalty to the new dynasty, but if this new dynasty does not suit the gentry, then raising the banner of Chongzhen is to eliminate the rebels and rebuild a Ming Dynasty that suits their wishes.

Now that Gaodi and the officials and gentry of Shanhaiguan are standing on the opposite side of Dashun, they regard Dashun as a thief and themselves as officials, so they have to rely on the old banner of Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the thieves are wearing sackcloth and filial piety for the Daxing Emperor, while their loyal ministers loyal to the Ming Dynasty are drinking and having fun. This is obviously morally unfeasible. It is estimated that these people will become the ministers of subjugation in the mouth of Emperor Daxing.

Thinking of the consequences, Gao Di hurriedly confessed to Wu Xiang: "Originally, I was supposed to clean up the dust for Old General Wu, but I suddenly remembered that there was still work to be done, so I will take a step forward today, and I will serve Old General Wu another day." Host a banquet to make amends."

After finishing speaking, Gaodi turned around and left without waiting for Wu Xiang to speak.Seeing this, the officials and gentry at the table also left one after another.Looking at the banquet that was originally full of seats, suddenly there were only himself and his father left, Wu Sangui felt an unknown fire rushing up from the back of his head, and he didn't know who to send it to.

On the other side, Wu Xiang, sitting at the top, looked at the food and drink at the banquet, at the bewildered female singers in the hall, and at the brand-new and gorgeous clothes on her body, finally got up with a sigh and said, "Go down!" , let the banquet be withdrawn, and help the old man get a set of filial piety clothes, I will recite scriptures and sacrifices for Emperor Daxing in the inner house in the past two days, so don't bother me if you have nothing to do."

Seeing his father leave listlessly, Wu Sangui, who was standing alone in front of the hall, became even more angry. At this moment, he saw that the general outside the door was also wrapping hemp rope around his waist. He finally couldn't help shouting With a loud voice, "I love your mother's Li Zicheng..."

Half a waning moon shines on the field in front of Shanhaiguan. The tall Great Wall is like a sleeping black dragon. From the northwest, a team winding like a long dragon comes. The light from the torches completely exposes this team to the Shihe camp. Between Shanhaiguan City and Shanhaiguan City, there was no movement on either side, just watching silently as this army entered the Shihe Camp of the Dashun Army.

Standing on Xiaogangfu, Li Zicheng waited and watched Bai Guangen and most of Tang Tong's troops enter the camp at night. After seeing that Shanhaiguan would not send out a surprise attack, he couldn't help but said to Song Xiance, Li Xi and others beside him: " Go back, I should be able to sleep soundly tonight. Wu Sangui seems to have other ideas, and he has no determination to fight us to the death."

Such an aboveboard move in front of the enemy line, if Wu Sangui really wanted to keep the Dashun Army behind, then tonight would be the best time to make a surprise attack.After all, Bai Guangen and Tang Tongbu are both the Ming army that has just surrendered. If the Guan Ning army conducts a surprise attack, this army is likely to collapse quickly. No matter how good the Dashun army is, there is no way to rescue them at night. , because there is no way to tell who is your own.

The new camp of the Chinese army is far away from Shanhaiguan, and is located on the right bank of the Shihe River.This river floods every summer and autumn, and the rainwater from Yanshan Mountain rushes out of the mountain pass along the narrow and curved riverbed between the cliffs. up.

Now is the turn of spring and summer, which is the most suitable season for fighting in this area. It also means that once the Dashun army is defeated, the cavalry of the Qing army and the Guanning army can cross the Shihe River to pursue without hindrance.

But now that 2 people from Bai Guangen and Tang Tong stood in front of them, Li Zicheng was not in such a hurry to run away. Now he began to think about how to bring more people back to Beijing.The 8 army in his hands, plus his husband's service, exceeded 10.

But in the east of Shanxi, the truly reliable team, that is, the 6 people around him, 4 infantry, 2 cavalry, the real elite of all battles.It can be said that without these 6 elite soldiers in hand, the more than 30 surrendered troops in Hebei and Shanxi could not be suppressed.It is even more impossible to obey his orders in Shandong, Henan, and even the Jianghuai land in the south.

He thought about it that day, and realized that what Song Xiance said was right. Fleeing back to Beijing was the first step, and the second step was where to flee.From Beijing to Shanxi back to Shaanxi along the original road, this is of course the most convenient way, and it seems to be the safest way.

But Song Xiance reminded him that once the Qing army and the Guanning army chased him behind him, the surrender of the Ming army in Hebei and Shanxi may be repeated.No matter how righteous he was, those Ming troops would not be able to resist the mighty Qing army for him. After all, if they had such ability, they wouldn't let the Qing army break in again and again.

No matter how these surrendered Ming army generals swear allegiance to him after receiving their salary, he will not give more than Emperor Chongzhen.Since the generals of the Ming army were unwilling to contribute to Chongzhen, how could they possibly contribute to his new master.Unless he can defeat the Qing army independently, then those Ming army generals who surrendered may come to add icing on the cake.

Otherwise, these generals of the Ming army, who were used to avoiding battles, would only serve the seemingly stronger Qing army.Although the Dashun Army was not afraid to fight against the Qing Army, once the surrendered Ming troops fell to the Qing Army, the strength of the Dashun Army was obviously insufficient.At that time, the Dashun army will face the end of being besieged by the Qing army and hundreds of thousands of surrendered Ming troops, and Shaanxi will not be able to keep it.

And once Shaanxi can't be kept, the morale of the Dashun Army will be confused, because the main force of the Dashun Army is from Shaanxi.Although the largest number of the Dashun Army was the Henan Battalion composed of hungry people from Henan, compared with the Shaanxi Rebel Army, which was dominated by frontier troops and fought for a long time, the Henan Battalion at this time was only suitable for logistics.

Therefore, Song Xiance believes that if the surrendered Ming army does not fall to the Qing army and the Guanning army, then the most important point is to bring the [-] elites back to Beijing as much as possible, and then do not retreat to Shanxi, but Take the prince Zhu Cihong to the south.

If the Qing army and the Guanning army do not pursue, then rely on Shandong and Henan as bases to contain the Qing army.Then let Prince Ming go south to Nanjing to restore the country, took the opportunity to bring the Jianghuai land under control, and then separated the Yangtze River from Daming.With the merit of restoring the country, Dashun asked Daming to provide food and military supplies, and then recruited soldiers to go north to fight the Qing army and the Guanning army.

Someone also thought that Song Xiance's strategy was good, he would definitely not go to Shaanxi, and he was not the real Li Zicheng, and he didn't have that deep affection for his hometown.In his view, Shaanxi is now a desperate place. Once the Qing army takes down Shanxi and Luoyang, the Dashun army will become a mouse locked in a cage.Because the Northwest is a poor place, it will be hundreds of years later, and it simply cannot support hundreds of thousands of troops to fight for a long time. After the passage to the Western Regions was cut off, Gansu was poorer than Shaanxi, so it was impossible to go west or north.

Zhang Xianzhong was already there when he crossed Hanzhong and entered Sichuan. He didn't think it was a good idea to enter Sichuan and kill Zhang Xianzhong.Then we can only go to Xiangyang through the Qinling Mountains, but Xiangyang is dilapidated, and the Qinling Road is so difficult to walk. After such a relocation, the Dashun Army will be seriously injured, and it is difficult to have time to recover. Will give him this chance, he knows who Dorgon is better than anyone in this era.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Qing army from invading Shanxi on a large scale, he had to take the Dashun army southward, and the Qing army must first chase and kill him, the Yongchang Emperor.If the main force of the Qing army chased him, the pressure on Shanxi would be much less, and there would be a chance to adjust, and the Ming army who surrendered in Shanxi would have more time to hesitate and would not rebel against Dashun categorically.

After returning to his big tent, Li Zicheng only left Song Xiance to discuss matters. He took out the map and studied it, and asked Song Xiance: "Military Master, do you think Wu Sangui would have the mind to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" ?”

Song Xiance looked at the candlelight and thought for a while, then said: "Wu Sangui should have the intention of watching us fight with the Qing army. The generals of the Ming border army have similar thoughts. Since Wu Sangui is one of them, it is impossible not to have this kind of thinking. The oriole is the last consideration.

But the Manchus are not Mongols, they are more cunning and fierce than the Mongols, so the Manchus will definitely not give Wu Sangui the opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.Therefore, I thought that the Manchus would force Wu Sangui to fight us.And after Wu Sangui offended me, Dashun, he must not dare to offend Manren again.Therefore, after a few days of delay, Wu Sangui still wanted to go out of the city to serve as a vanguard for the Manchus, consuming the strength of our army. "

After thinking for a while, Li Zicheng looked away from the map, looked at Song Xiance and said, "Military division, Bai Guangen and Tang Tong, do you think there is anything wrong with them?"

Song Xiance was a little surprised and asked: "Why does Your Majesty make such a guess? Have you heard any rumors?"

Li Zicheng said quietly: "I didn't hear the rumors, but now 8 of the [-] army are in the hands of two unreliable people. If something goes wrong, wouldn't I regret it? I think we should try tomorrow." They try..."

Chapter 12 Fraud

At the end of the morning on April 4st, Tang Tong came to invite Bai Guangen to visit Emperor Yongchang at the Chinese army camp. First, he thanked the emperor for allowing the camp to station them, and second, he wanted to ask for advice on future combat strategies.

Bai Guangen immediately agreed to Tang Tong, brought a few soldiers and came with Tang Tong to the camp of the Chinese army.Their current front camp is more than three miles away from the main camp of the Chinese army, and there is only a small stone river a few feet deep and more than ten meters wide in between. They can just find a shallow beach and ride across.Therefore, when we arrived at the camp of the Chinese army, it was only the first moment of the past.

April in Shanhaiguan is almost the season of spring. The banks of the Shihe River at the foot of Yanshan Mountain are full of spring. Seeing the golden wildflowers blooming on the field, it looks like a blue carpet dotted with glittering gold stars. Looking at the scenery, Bai Guangen and Tang Tong couldn't help being in a good mood.

If it wasn't during the war, the two couldn't help but make an appointment to go hunting in a nearby valley.Tang Tong said with emotion: "Although the roe deer in spring are weak, drinking and enjoying the beautiful scenery of Yanshan Mountain in this season is truly a great joy in life."

But as soon as the two of them arrived at the gate of the Chinese Army camp, Bai Guangen met his former colleague Zuo Guangxian. The other party said he wanted to talk to him about some personal matters, so Tang Tong told Bai Guangen that he would go to see His Majesty first and let him come later.

Zuo Guang first led Bai Guangen to a heavily guarded camp, and the two left their soldiers outside the camp, and walked into a tent in the camp, Zuo Guang immediately reported to the tent : "Military division, the last general has brought Mr. Bai here."

Song Xiance's voice came from inside the tent, "Please come in, Mr. Bai, General Zuo can go back."

Seeing this posture, Bai Guangen felt a little guilty inexplicably, he couldn't help holding Zuo Guang who was about to turn around and leave, and asked in a low voice, "Why does the military commander want me?"

Zuo Guang shook his head first and said: "I don't know, the military commander ordered me to stop you at the gate of the camp early in the morning, but don't disturb others. Offend you."

After leaving this sentence, Zuo Guangxian broke free from Bai Guangen's grasp, and strode away from here.Under the watchful eyes of several soldiers outside the tent, Bai Guangen could only walk into the tent with hesitation.Not only was there Song Xiance in the tent, but there was also a young general standing behind him. It was Li Guo's son Li Laiheng, who was famous for his martial arts at a young age.

Bai Guangen glanced at it and didn't dare to look again, he just stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute: "The last general Bai Guangen has seen Army Master Song."

Song Xiance sat behind a short table, stared at Bai Guangen for a long time, then sighed and said, "Your Majesty treats you well, why did General Bai seek refuge with Jianu?"

Li Laiheng didn't know what Song Xiance had asked him to do, but when he heard this, he immediately became nervous, ready to arrest this sinner who had betrayed Dashun.It's just that Bai Guangen looked even more surprised. He almost shouted to Song Xiance at the top of his voice: "The last general was wronged, and the last general didn't. I want to see His Majesty to defend himself. Someone framed the last general."

Looking at Bai Guangen's expression, Song Xiance couldn't see anything suspicious. For a moment, he felt that Emperor Yongchang was probably suspicious, but he could use this opportunity to beat the two of them, at least it would not be a bad thing for the current Dashun Army.

Song Xiance then picked up a letter from the case and said: "Your Majesty was shocked when he heard about this at first, and thought that Mr. Bai couldn't have betrayed Dashun. But the person who exposed you is also a general whom His Majesty values. , Your Majesty gave you this opportunity to explain yourself. Your Majesty has something to say, if General Bai can honestly explain the matter, then he can be punished lightly, otherwise he cannot be blamed for being ruthless."

A name suddenly flashed in Bai Guangen's mind. He looked at the letter in Song Xiance's hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Can you ask the military advisor to show the general the contents of the letter, and the general will give the military advisor an explanation after reading it. .”

Song Xiance thought for a while and said, "Forget it, you can be regarded as a fellow of His Majesty. Since Your Majesty cherishes the feelings of the hometown, he will always convince you."

After finishing speaking, Song Xiance dropped the letter in his hand, and Bai Guangen immediately picked up the letter from the ground in front of him, and after just a few glances, he recognized that it was the handwriting of an acquaintance.Then at the end of the letter, the person said: The next day he will bring Bai Guangen to the Chinese army to meet His Majesty, and His Majesty can be captured and interrogated.

The guess in his heart became more certain. Even if the letter's title and the name at the end were smeared, he knew that Tang Tong was framing himself, and then he immediately realized why Tang Tong wanted to frame him.

So Bai Guangen grabbed the letter, looked up at Song Xiance and said excitedly: "It's not the last general who colluded with the Manchus, but Tang Tong."

Song Xiance's heart skipped a beat. He leaned forward on the table, stared at Bai Guangen and said sternly: "Bai Zongbing, you should honestly admit your mistakes to His Majesty now, instead of slandering others. If there is no evidence, Your Majesty No matter how much you care about the fellowship, you will not be spared this time."

Bai Guangen couldn't turn his head anymore, he just thought that Tang Tong was going to harm him, if he didn't get Tang Tong off, he couldn't clean himself up, so he said without hesitation: "The last general is telling the truth, Before Tang Tong, he had told the general in private that Wu Sangui occupied Shanhaiguan's fortified city, and he was waiting for work at leisure.

His Majesty did not rectify his name first, appease Shandong and Henan and gather the hearts of the people, but led a lone army to conquer Shanhaiguan. If he wins, he will win miserably.Therefore, he said to the general that soldiers and horses are the foundation of life in troubled times, so he advised the general not to do his best after the war, but to wait and see the situation first.