Tang Tong carried thorns on his back and knelt on the ground to bow down.

As the guard of Juyong Pass, he finally took refuge in Li Zicheng, which is definitely a big crime of killing his head, if he has no value, he will be directly dragged to the noon gate and beheaded.

However, since Chongzhen asked him to come over, it means that the emperor wants to keep him!

Zhu Youzhen yawned and said, "For the sake of your sincerity, I will give you a chance to atone for your sins!" ”

Tang Tong was stunned and secretly surprised.

And so it was!

"Thank the emperor for not killing!" Tang Tong knelt down and said.

"Wu Sangui contacted Tartar to open Shanhaiguan, and your task now is to go to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender, and tell him that as long as he doesn't let Tartar go, I can not blame the past!"

"According to the speed of the Tartars' march, they will reach Shanhaiguan in less than ten days, and they will enter the customs completely, and you must go there immediately."

Tang Tong knelt on the ground, and when he heard Zhu Youzhen's words, he was shocked into a cold sweat.

In the past, there were two ways for the Tartars to go south, one of which was to go southeast of Liao, and they needed to conquer the city, and their losses were also very heavy.

The other is to go south from the west through Mongolia, although the Tartars can burn and loot along the way, but this road is also blocked by the Yanshan Mountains, and it is impossible to enter the capital.

And if Wu Sangui lets go of Shanhaiguan, the Tartars can easily enter the customs and go straight south into Beijing.

Tang Tong swallowed, a little speechless.

He fought with the Tartars in Jinzhou at the beginning, but he suffered heavy losses, escaped overnight, and almost fell into the sea and couldn't come back!

Zhu Youzhen looked at Tang Tong, who was trembling, and smiled.

"Aiqing, don't think that I just sent you!" Zhu Youzhen pursed his lips.

If he really sent this person over, it is estimated that he would have surrendered to Tartar with Wu Sangui as soon as he arrived at Shanhaiguan.

"Thank you, Lord Longne!"

Tang Tong's mood immediately eased a lot, although there was an extra monitor, it was better than going to die alone.

"Your Majesty, may I ask who is the governor?" Tang Tong asked boldly.

Zhu Youzhen clapped his hands, called Wang Chengen, and said, "Wang Chengen, Xuan Zhaoyun!" ”

Not long after, Zhao Yun came to the palace.

Tang Tong looked at the young general who came from the side, and his heart was a little bottomless.

Last time, the emperor sent Du Zhizhi, an inner servant who followed him to Juyong Pass, saw that after the invasion of the army, he surrendered faster than him, and took the lead in opening the city gate.

This won't be the case, right?

"Zhao Yun, from now on, you will be the governor of Liaodong, and you can follow Tang Tong to Shanhaiguan later, persuade Wu Sangui to surrender, and prevent the Tartars from entering the customs."

Zhu Youzhen paused, and then said: "I give you five hundred Xuanjia soldiers, three years of Qingzhou soldiers, you need to go to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible, don't delay!" ”

"Weichen takes the order!" Zhao Yun clasped his hands together and said.

"Since this is the case, I will make a holy decree, I want to see if this Wu Sangui is obedient!"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, and then sneered.

Wu Sangui, a wall-headed grass, is going to put pressure on him.

At that time, it is good that Wu Sangui does not open the door to the Tartars, if the door is opened, his soldiers and horses are not vegetarians, as long as Zhao Yun's army is the vanguard, people like Tang Tong will not surrender casually unless they have to.

At that time, with these troops, it will be enough to hold out until Zhu Youjian goes out of Beijing to support.

Tang Tong looked at Chongzhen, waved his hand, and said, "Your Majesty, there is another person from Weichen who has sent it to you!" ”

"Who?"

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Tang Tong.

Tang Tong sneered and said, "It's Du Zhizhi!" ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard this name, he couldn't help frowning.

Du Zhizhi was the chamberlain he sent to supervise Tang Tong, and when Li Zicheng hit Juyong Pass, this eunuch took the lead in opening the city gate, forcing Tang Tong to surrender.

"It's him!"

Zhu Youzhen said lightly, but his tone involuntarily cooled.

"Give him five horses to divide the corpse!"

……

In the afternoon of the same day.

went to Shanhaiguan, without further ado, Zhao Yun went to Shanhaiguan with Tang Tong.

Tang Tong quietly observed the young Zhao Yun on the side, feeling a little uncertain.

Dressed in silver armor and white robes, he looks heroic!

It won't be useless!

"Where is Governor Zhao from?" Tang Tong said tentatively.

"Tsuneyama!"

Listening to Zhao Yun's answer, Tang Tong nodded silently.

Changshan, that is, Zhengding County, is not far from the capital.

"Does the governor think Wu Sangui will obey orders?" Tang Tong continued.

Zhao Yun frowned and said, "Then it depends on who goes to Shanhaiguan first, us or the Tartars!" ”

"According to the informant, Wu Sangui mistakenly thought that the emperor had died, so he decided to join forces to break the Kou, if he was a smart man, we would definitely retreat immediately when we arrived; But if we're late, he'll probably take a hard gamble! Zhao Yun analyzed.

Tang Tong was on the side, listening to Zhao Yun's analysis, and was a little surprised.

Looks like this governor still has some skills!

……

Shanhaiguan at this time.

"What did you just say? Say it again! ”

Wu Sangui looked at the news from the scout, and his body trembled slightly.

"The capital is not broken, and the anti-thief Li Zicheng has been beheaded by the emperor and hangs his body in the capital!"

Hearing the news, Wu Sangui immediately couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

He received fake news before, mistakenly thinking that the capital was broken, although he had a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands, but he was also unwilling to consume with the thieves, so he decided to switch it off and prepare to meet the source left and right.

But now the scout told him that Li Zicheng was dead, and his switch now would not definitely be written in the history books, leaving a stench for 10,000 years.

"This cunning Li Zicheng is damnable!" Wu Sangui clenched his fists tightly and paced in the hall. "What are the actions of the capital now?"

"It is said that the chief soldier Tang Tong and a new governor were sent to Shanhaiguan to give you an order to intercept the Tartars!" The scout whispered.

"How many days are left?" Wu Sangui exclaimed.

"It will take about three days according to the schedule!"

Wu Sangui held his hands behind his back and spun around in the court, while his mind was constantly thinking.

In the current situation, it seems that Da Ming can last longer!

If he didn't close the gates now, there was no reason why the Emperor would punish him severely.

And yet at this moment.

Suddenly, a soldier rushed from outside and half-knelt in front of Wu Sangui.

"Report! Qi Qi general army, the Qing army is leading 150,000 troops under the white flag Dolgon, just three miles outside the city, asking the general army to open the city! ”

What the!

"An army of 150,000!"

Hearing this news, Wu Sangui's mind boomed, and he was stunned for a moment.

An army of 150,000 Eight Banners!

That's pretty much all the elites in the Eight Banners.

If there is a real fight in the past few days, even if he defends the city, his soldiers and horses may not be able to defend it.

If you surrender, his reputation will stink!

Now what?

Wu Sangui's eyes rolled sharply, and he grabbed the soldier.

"Now say that I'm not here for the time being, send people to escort three carts of silver and antiques to them, hold them down first!"