Wu Sangui and Xie Zhenglong went into the mountains to search, and sure enough, as Feiyanggu said, they searched the entire mountain carefully, and really did not find any trace of Dolgon, but reduced the number of more than a dozen people.

Wu Sangui said to Xie Zhenglong: "Brother Xie, it seems that this Dolgon has really escaped!"

Xie Zhenglong gritted his teeth and said: "Grass damn! This turtle grandson killed half of my five military camps, I really want to cut him with my own hands!"

Wu Sangui sighed and said: "I won't tell you, my Guanning Iron Cavalry, 2,200 people, nearly 2,000 people died......"

Xie Zhenglong asked in surprise, "Isn't it still more than a thousand people?"

Wu Sangui said with a red smoke ring: "Those 1,000 people are the people who spontaneously defended the city in the city, my men and horses, long before you arrived, there are not many people left, my deputy generals Li Jiucheng and Han Xian Wen were all killed......"

Xie Zhenglong patted Wu Sangui's shoulder and said, "Good job! Guanning Iron Cavalry is really Guanning Iron Cavalry, and it has won glory for our Ming Dynasty!"

The two searched the mountains until late at night, and in order to avoid more casualties, they returned with their soldiers and horses.

When he returned to the city, the first thing Wu Sangui did was to greet Wang Zhizheng.

Wang Zhizheng looked at the twenty-one-year-old young man who was kneeling below, and couldn't help but say with appreciation: "Wu Sangui, your ancestral home is Yangzhou?"

Wu Sangui nodded and said: "Back to the governor, my father is Yangzhou Gaoyou, and later came to Liaodong to the border, I grew up in Liaodong!"

Wang Zhizheng nodded with satisfaction and said: "In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, when the governor of Pontus saw you for the first time, he could see that you were a talent, a seedling of a famous general, time flies, seven years have passed, and you have grown into a general!

Wu Sangui said in a loud voice: "In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the last general served with Inspector Yuan in Ningyuan, and the last general was fortunate to see the governor in Ningyuan City, and now the matter seems to be in front of him." ”

Wang Zhizheng sighed and said, "Yes." ”

Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "So far, the last general does not believe that Inspector Yuan is plotting rebellion. ”

Wang Zhizheng looked at it, and there were cronies all around, so he simply walked over and helped Wu Sangui up and said: "Changbai (Wu Sangui character Changbai), Inspector Yuan was executed by the holy decree of the Holy Lord, whether he collaborated with the enemy or rebelled, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that he was executed according to the law of the country, and the emperor personally issued an edict, as a minister, don't discuss this matter in the future!"

Wu Sangui is an upright person: "Governor, you also think that Inspector Yuan is wronged, right?"

Wang Zhizheng waved his hand and said: "Whether Inspector Yuan is wronged or not, it is inconvenient for Governor Bendu to discuss, but Inspector Yuan has two things that he has done very badly: one is to execute Mao Wenlong, the commander of the Dongjiang River, without authorization, causing us to lose our base behind the gold thieves. Second, there should be no peace and demarcation with Huang Taiji. After the negotiation and demarcation, we completely lost the two flanks of Mongolia and Korea. ”

When Wang Zhizheng said this, Wu Sangui trembled his lips, wanting to argue but stopped talking.

Wang Zhizheng waved his hand to stop Wu Sangui and said: "As for Inspector Yuan, his soul has already returned to his hometown, and the merits and merits are free for future generations to comment, so let's not mention this matter again." Now the emperor asked me to run the northern defense line, in order to echo the Liaodong defense line, Mongolia lost, the north is equal to open under the guns of the golden thief, so there are Dolgon frequently enter the pass to plunder, but we have a Great Wall, three passes, and thirteen important towns, it is not difficult to build the northern defense line. If the northern defense line can be built, Gyeonggi can be more peaceful, and the emperor can also focus on Liaodong and northern Shaanxi. ”

Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Governor, please instruct!"

Wang Zhizheng said: "I recommended two young Junyan to the emperor, you and Cao Bianjiao. You are all generals, and you are all used to fighting. Cao Bianjiao fought in Pucheng, and before he arrived in Pucheng, Dolgon retreated to Datong, but he didn't succeed in the battle this time. My northern line is armed, and the plan is to coordinate the thirteen major towns, and I, the governor's office, will be responsible for coordination, and the first major town, Datong, will be personally seated by me. Pucheng was handed over to Cao Bianjiao. The Xuanfu will be handed over to you. Pucheng and Xuanfu, one is the necessary place for the Tatars to pass through Gyeonggi, and the other is the place where the Tatars retreat after all, Cao Bianjiao protects Gyeonggi, you intercept it, the two of you are directly under my jurisdiction and coordinated by me, and you don't need to go through any third-party agency to give orders, understand. ”

Wu Sangui bowed down and said: "Yes, Governor, the last general will obey the orders of the Governor and let him be sent, as long as he can kill the Tartars, how the grandfather of the country arranges, Sangui will definitely do his best to kill the thief!"

Wang Zhizheng nodded with satisfaction and said: " Dolgon's whole army is annihilated, he is now going straight to Xifengkou, he took hundreds of people to Xifengkou, it is difficult to break through, I believe that after the spy of the gold thief passed the news to Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji will definitely send troops to Xifengkou Kouguan to rescue his brother, I will send you to Xifengkou, and Xifengkou general soldier Zuo Liangyu changed guards, Zuo Liangyu just arrived at Xifengkou, there are only less than 2,000 people in his hands, he guards Xifengkou is equal to a layer of paper, can't stand it at all, you take this thousand soldiers and people, I will allocate 3,000 people from the five military camps to you, 4,000 people Xifengkou fortification, and at the same time pass my generals, Zuo Liangyu will be changed to Longjing Pass, remember, no matter how many people the gold thief comes, I must be annihilatedThere can't be anyone who goes back alive, as for Dolgon, remember, you must kill it, if you don't get rid of this person, the Ming Dynasty will have endless troubles! Remember?"

Wu Sangui arched his hand and said loudly: "Xie Dudu trusts, and the last general will guarantee to complete the task!"

Wang Zhizheng nodded and said, "Let's go!"

Wang Zhi was wandering around Datong City, only to see a good Datong Town, ten rooms and nine empty rooms slaughtered by the Tartars, there were less than 1,000 households left in the whole city, and the corpses of the people who were slaughtered did not have time to be buried, they were all thrown in a mine in the eastern suburbs, most of the corpses were highly decomposed, and the smell was stinking.

Wang Zhizheng looked at the bleak situation, and scolded angrily: "This group of Tartars, sooner or later, I will attack Jianzhou and tie Huang Taiji to Jingshi Ming Zhengzheng for punishment!"

Jiang Nai, who was behind him, said: "The Tartars frequently slaughtered, entered the Kou, caused ten rooms and nine empty rooms in the north, and suffered heavy losses in the population, they are vainly trying to consume our population and economy by slaughtering the city and plundering, and again, Jianzhou is not having a good time now, there is a famine, it is said that more than 60,000 people starved to death in Jianzhou, and Huang Taiji will fight with us for Liaodong, if we do not enter the customs and plunder, it is estimated that if we do not attack, Huang Taiji will destroy himself!"

Wang Zhizheng pointed to Beicheng and said: "This is where Hu Shaodong, the former chief soldier of Datong, died in battle, right? You take someone to dig up the bones of Hu Zongbing, and then send troops back to Guannai, a generation of martyrs, you can't bury your bones in a foreign land! After all, he sacrificed his life for the country, although he failed to defend Datong, but he dared to fight to the last person, such a heroic figure is rare!"

Then he called over Huang Zongxi: "Taichong, you immediately call on the people in the city to bury the corpses, these piles are easy to spread the plague here, and there can be no more plagues if the disease continues! Bury a corpse, receive five cents, and go out to the Ministry of Business and Taxation!"