Since Wu Xiang opened his mouth to Emperor Chongzhen, he sent a handwritten letter to Wu Sangui. Tell his son to stand still, not to see the rabbit and not to scatter the eagle, and not to work hard if he does not see the benefit.

After 16 years of winter, Wu Sangui was surrounded by the Qing army in Ningyuan City, and the latter raised troops and horses to approach Shanhaiguan again, so he wanted to retreat to Shanhaiguan very much.

The latter is different from Ningyuan City, the small Ningyuan City can be surrounded by the Qing army, if Dolgon is fully prepared, it can be like the previous battle of Jinzhou, surround but not fight, and completely 'besiege Wu Sangui to death'.

As far as he knew, there was no second nine-sided elite in the hands of the imperial court who could come to the "Songjin Decisive Battle" to rescue Ning Yuan. That is to say, as long as Ningyuan City is besieged, Wu Sangui and his Guan Ning army will end up with no reinforcements and sitting in a lonely city, which is a dead end.

And what about Shanhaiguan? However, it is the first pass in the world that leans on the mountains in the north and the sea in the south.

The city is more than four zhang high, that is, high and thick, the horizontal plane is not big, the general army of Shanhaiguan is even more submissive to it, the army retreats to Shanhaiguan, 50,000 soldiers and horses shrink into a group, the Qing army is to attack with all its strength, Wu Sangui is not afraid.

Therefore, after the Spring Festival of the seventeenth year, Wu Sangui was not waiting for the edict of the capital's troop transfer, not even a million taels of silver, but had been anxiously waiting for the order to withdraw Ning Yuan.

When the time entered March, he was the first to receive the good news of the conferment, and of course he was happy. He was crowned Ping Xibo at the age of 33, which is undoubtedly a major breakthrough in his career, looking at the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty after becoming an ancestor, he was awarded the title of knight with merit at such a young age, and Wu Sangui is also unique.

At that time, he really had a satisfaction in his heart that he had never felt before.

However, after his brief excitement, he couldn't help but think about what Chongzhen's exceptional reward meant this time. With his many years of experience, he realized that Chongzhen's generosity would be useful to him. Thinking about it a little deeper, he felt that the situation in the imperial court had become very serious, and it had reached a very critical level. Otherwise, how could Chongzhen suddenly add the gift of "Ping Xibo" to himself?

He lives in Liaodong, and his title does not add the words "Pingliao" and "Zhengliao", but adds the words "Pingxi", doesn't this clearly tell him that he is going to fight the people's army in the west?

Sure enough, Wu Xiang's urgent document was delivered, and Wu Sangui knew about the crisis faced by the capital, and he understood the light of the scope of this sealing.

When Chongzhen's envoy eunuch galloped to Ningyuan in the starry night, he gave him the order to recruit the "King Qin". Wu Sangui understood that he couldn't understand it anymore, and immediately bowed to the edict, thanked the emperor for his grace, and bluntly said that he didn't dare to be lazy, and immediately deployed the evacuation matter. At the same time, Governor Qiu Minyang had been ordered to leave the customs and lead the soldiers and civilians of Ningyuan outside the customs to enter the customs.

Wu Sangui's troops have 40,000 soldiers and horses, in Qiu Minyang's words, that is, they are resistant to fighting from top to bottom, and Yiding has 3,000 cavalry, which is particularly fierce. There are no less than 100,000 Liao people left and right. It would be easy to just withdraw troops, but it would be much more troublesome to evacuate the local people.

Don't look at Wu Sangui's words, most of his subordinates are from Liaodong. It is impossible to leave your relatives and neighbors and walk by yourself.

Wu Sangui couldn't help but think about his subordinates, because it was related to the morale of the army, and naturally he wanted to move all the people in Ningyuan and its vicinity into the pass. For him, that's the most important thing. As for the capital, no matter how urgent the situation there is, no matter how urgent it is, it must be put in the back of our minds.

In the words of Zhang Dou, that is, "if the delay is not immediate, simply read the foot, and the action is unhurried, and when the evacuation is completed, the time is already mid-March.

Although Emperor Chongzhen's will arrived late, it was not impossible. Just like when Yuan Chonghuan galloped to Yanjing to relieve the siege of the Jin soldiers, he chose the elite and personally led them to gallop at the same time, and he was able to arrive in Yanjing in time. But he only entered the pass with some foot horses, and he led the elite soldiers to the palace, and marched slowly with the people, and was not in a hurry to enter the army.

The angry Zhang Dou scolded, but he was helpless.

Wu Sangui moved slowly, and it was not unreasonable that he could not move quickly in order to protect the safety of the people from being attacked by the Qing soldiers. But that's not the case. The Qing army launched an offensive in the winter of last year, and although they broke several small cities, they quickly withdrew their troops and did not occupy them. Because these small cities were located between Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, the Manchu Qing were worried about being attacked by the enemy, so they would rather abandon the city than send troops to defend it, and only maintained military pressure on Ningyuan, and added detectives from time to time.

This time, the Ningyuan army and civilians evacuated, and they were not pursued by the Qing army along the way, but let them leave.

Wu Sangui did this, purely deliberately delaying time, unwilling to hit the wall, but wanted Zheng Zhilong's army to fight with the Dashun army in Yanjing City first, and then sit and reap the benefits of the fishermen, not only to protect his strength from big losses, but also to share the merits of the "King Qin".

So much so that when people entered Shanhaiguan with soldiers and horses, the time was March 16.

At this time, he received the latest urgent report from Wu Xiang, and also received an edict from Emperor Chongzhen.

It really caught him off guard. Because, he didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen would move the capital south.

After learning the news, Wu Sangui was stunned.

This emperor ran away to the southern capital, and the civil and military ministers in the court and the noble emperor's relatives could follow, and Zheng Zhilongjun could also follow together, so could their Guan Ning army also run away? It's impossible.

Wu Sangui's mind was confused, he didn't expect that he was just playing a clever trick, and he was going to be a few days late, so he would lose his fate with the Ming Dynasty.

Yes, no.

He realized from the first moment he received Chongzhen's move south that the time had come for him to part ways with Da Ming.

The Guan Ning army is inseparable from Liaodi, and he is inseparable from the Guan Ning army, so they can only leave the Chongzhen Emperor who went south together. It is impossible for him to follow the emperor to Jiangnan with only a few people who are willing to follow him and work for the Ming Dynasty, and leave most of the Guanning army in Shanhaiguan.

Wu Sangui never thought of being self-reliant.

Look at today, Zuo Liangyu and Zheng Zhilong, who are self-contained, each has a piece of their own territory. Zuo Liangyu is entrenched in Huguang, and Zheng Zhilong is in Fujian. They either have no shortage of money and food, or they have a place to raise money and food, but although Wu Sangui and the Guanning army led by him are very strong, a problem of money and food stuck his neck.

Compared with Zheng Zhilong and Zuo Liangyu, who have become warlords, Wu Sangui can only be a big soldier. And this is the biggest reason why the Ming court's trust in Guan Ningjun has always been higher than that of Zheng Zuo.

However, whether it is a soldier or a warlord, both have one thing in common, that is, the army is the closest and the army is the best. It is their subconscious to cling to all military power.

Now, there are only two roads left in front of him, one is Li Zicheng, and the other is the Manchu Qing outside the Guan.

Wu Sangui picked up the letter from Li Zicheng and Dolgon, compared, considered, and pondered, but he actually had the answer in his heart. It's just that he still needs an excuse, a proper excuse......