Nanjing City.

Zhu Ci couldn't help but sigh when he learned the news that the Eight Banners had attacked the Guanning Army and that the Guanning Army was almost annihilated.

"It's a pity that this first male soldier of the Ming Dynasty was shocked outside the pass, and he was even more frightened, but now it is all destroyed by Wu Sangui!" Zhu Ci sighed, feeling sorry for such a strong force as the Guan Ning Army.

Guan Ningjun has honored, awe-inspiring, and scolded, it was they who opened the Shanhai Pass and let people enter the customs, although they defeated the number one anti-thief Li Zicheng's million male soldiers in the minds of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but in the end, they drove wolves into tigers, and there was a suspicion of collusion with foreign races.

Moreover, it is the attitude of Zhu Cihe, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as a person who knows the history, Zhu Ciji is very aware of the final consequences of Wu Sangui's opening of Shanhaiguan, and psychologically Zhu Cijiao hates Wu Sangui's actions more than everyone else.

Zhu Ci hesitated and thought about what to do with Wu Sangui.

Kaifeng City.

It has been two days since Wu Sangui was taken to Kaifeng by the Red Lady, and this morning, Wu Sangui found the Red Lady.

"Wu Sangui?" Seeing that Wu Sangui came by herself, the red lady's face flashed with a different color, and then greeted her with a smile.

"General Wu can't rest and recuperate, why did he come here?" The red lady asked.

Wu Sangui fought with the Qing army for a day and a night, although he barely escaped with more than 20 remnants, but he himself was not lightly injured, and the red lady arranged a military doctor for him and arranged for him to rest.

Wu Sangui was a little embarrassed, but in order to achieve his goal, he couldn't be thin-skinned, and then gritted his teeth and asked: "I don't know when General Hongniangzi can help me restore the strength of the Guanning army, the emperor is about to go on a northern expedition, and the Guanning army will also have to do a part." ”

In the past two days, Wu Sangui has repeatedly mentioned to the red lady that he wants to restore the strength of the Guanning army.

The Guanning army now exists in name only, and if you want to restore the system, you not only need money, food, and weapons, but also need the help of the Red Lady, the supreme military commander of Henan, to recruit people, and without soldiers in his hands, Wu Sangui can't feel at ease, as long as there is a slight possibility of restoring the strength of the Guanning army, he will not give up.

Although there are only about 20 people left in the Guanning Army, if the Red Lady is willing to assist, Wu Sangui still has a certain degree of confidence in restoring part of the strength of the Guanning Army.

After all, Wu Sangui had occupied one-third of the territory in Henan for several years, how could it be said that there was no accumulation, in fact, Wu Sangui secretly buried more than one million taels of silver in a secret place, as long as he took it out, it was enough for him to buy weapons and horses and restore part of the strength of the Guanning army.

Wu Sangui's abacus is very good, and he doesn't really need any kind of support from the red lady, as long as the red lady has an attitude.

Who knows, the red lady didn't even give Wu Sangui the attitude that Wu Sangui expected.

The red lady smiled: "Wu Zongbing is laughing, this matter is very important, the red lady does not have that power to help Wu Zongbing recruit troops, but Wu Zongbing rest assured, two days ago I have sent someone to Nanjing to report to the emperor Guan Ningjun What happened, I believe that the emperor will have a decision, at the latest tomorrow, the emperor's holy decree will come, Wu Zongbing can wait with peace of mind." ”

Wu Sangui's complexion changed immediately, the red lady had already reported Guanning to Nanjing, but now he told him, he has been vague and unexpressed his attitude for the past two days, could it be that he is playing tricks on him?

Wu Sangui's eyes flashed with anger, and then he realized that the red lady would definitely do this, but he didn't think about it himself, the Guan Ning army had just been defeated, and it could be regarded as the destruction of the whole army, and intellectually Wu Sangui didn't want to see Zhu Ci in this situation.

Wu Sangui was silent, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, thinking about whether to leave Kaifeng and find a remote place to develop his strength before the arrival of the holy decree.

After thinking about it, Wu Sangui still gave up that unrealistic thought.

If the world is still chaotic, there are anti-thieves everywhere, he is looking for a place to secretly develop his strength, no one will care, but today, the political situation in Daming is stable, the people are peaceful, and the north is a world full of people, it is impossible for him to go back, and in the territory of Daming, it seems that it is also delusional to seek local development forces.

Helpless, Wu Sangui had to wait for the imperial court's decree with peace of mind, no matter what, Wu Sangui was confident that he should not worry about his life.

The next day, the holy decree really came, and it was the holy decree that summoned Wu Sangui to Nanjing.

The holy decree could not be resisted, and after Wu Sangui received the decree, he had no choice but to take the remaining more than 20 soldiers of the Guanning Army to Nanjing City.

Stepping into the majestic palace gate, Wu Sangui couldn't help but feel a trace of trepidation in his heart, it might be the place where his life and death would be decided, how could he not be afraid.

Although Wu Sangui is confident, he should not worry about his life when he goes in, but it is not certain in the end.

"Wu Sangui, the general of Shanhaiguan, see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" As soon as Wu Sangui entered the hall, he bowed to the ground, and did not dare to come out of the atmosphere, although he was once a hegemon, he had also been the king of Pingxi of the Manchurians, and even in front of Dolgon, he looked at each other as equals, but in front of Zhu Cijiao, he lost any courage.

If possible, he did not even dare to enter the city of Nanjing, for fear of being imprisoned or even killed.

The Ming Emperor in front of him is really powerful, the year of the weak crown ascended the throne, only five years, just turned twenty years old will be the Ming Dynasty from the building will fall into decline, in one fell swoop to the current light burst, even the Manchu people who have been pressing the Ming Dynasty for decades now do not dare to easily respond to its edge, Donglin Party, Wei State Mansion, Yan Zhengsi, Fu Wang, Lu Wang, and countless people under his words to the ground.

When the Guan Ning army opened the Shanhai Pass and let the Manchu people enter the customs, it was his order, although it was nominally to avenge Chongzhen's father and kill Li Zicheng, but now that Li Zicheng is dead, the Manchus occupy a larger place than Li Zicheng occupied back then, and the blame for all this can be attributed to him Wu Sangui, how can Wu Sangui not be afraid.

"Wu Sangui, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Although Zhu Ciji smiled, Wu Sangui heard the coldness from Zhu Ciji's words.

"The last general was panicked, and he has been busy exterminating the rebels, and he failed to enter Beijing to meet the emperor as soon as possible, and hoped that the emperor would atone for his sins." Wu Sangui made excuses for himself.

"Busy exterminating the thieves?" Zhu Ci smiled faintly and laughed out loud: "What a busy one is to exterminate the anti-thief!" ”

"I heard that you are the king of Pingxi, the regent of the Manchu Dynasty, Dorgon, and you are very majestic! Also, you claim to be the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, but now you haven't been in Shanhaiguan for a few years, and it seems that it is currently occupied by Manchurians! Speaking of this, the smile on Zhu Ci's face instantly closed, and his tone was extremely cold: "Wu Sangui, you are guilty!" ”

Wu Sangui's heart trembled suddenly, and the cold sweat soaked his back in an instant, and he fell to the ground, even more daring to move.

"Your Majesty, the last general, the last general has been wronged."

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