October 13, the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, in the early morning.

At this time, far to the north, more than 30,000 Qing troops led by Duoduo, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi had broken through the Pingxing Pass, and swept through Fanzhi and Daizhou with lightning speed, like a flood that broke the embankment, and spread to Taiyuan Mansion in the rear of Li Zicheng.

And in the department of Wu Sangui on the front line of Guguan-Jingcheng, he is still slowly hardening the village, fighting in a daze, and has no intention of competing with Duoduo for the first time.

However, the 30,000 Guanning army that Wu Sangui brought to the front line of Jingcheng did not fall into demoralization as Li Zicheng imagined because of the lack of support from the Ming court.

Li Zicheng didn't know that in the past, half of the salary issued by the Ming court to Guan Ningjun could be washed away before leaving Beijing! There is not much money that can really fall into the hands of the soldiers at the bottom. The main income of the officers and men of the Guanning Army actually came from the land outside the Guanxi and the rewards for going to war.

The reward must be given, otherwise the soldiers will not fight hard, and the officials will not be able to stand it!

The land outside the customs is the most substantial source of income. Although it is the so-called Xiaoice River period, the wheat in western Liaoning can still be planted in one season. No one dared to occupy Ningyuan's land, and there was no need to pay taxes to anyone, all of which were divided among the soldiers of the Ning army. And the wheat produced does not have to be supplied with military rations, it is all their own property!

After the Qing Dynasty replaced the Ming Dynasty as the new master of the Guanning Army, although there was no salary to be paid, the land they occupied in western Liaoning really increased - the land occupied by the Guanning Army was originally from Shanhaiguan to the area from Ningyuan Zhongzuo. Further east were Jinzhou and Quang Ninh, which were controlled by the Qing army.

Now almost the whole Manchurian people have entered the customs, the population outside the customs has suddenly become sparse, many fertile fields are uncultivated, Jinzhou and Guangning have been sparsely populated because of the tug-of-war between the Ming and Qing dynasties, and now there is no one left, and the Guanning army will occupy it.

If the Qing Dynasty did not transfer Wu Sangui's troops into Guannei, but allowed them to cultivate and multiply on the fertile land of Guangning and Ningyuan for more than 20 years, by the time Emperor Kangxi thought of cutting the feudal domain, most of the 40,000 households in the Guanning army would have multiplied more than the total number of the children of the Eight Banners who entered Beijing as citizens. At that time, the rebellion of the three feudatories will become Wu Sangui's entry into the customs!

However, Dolgon would not let Wu Jiajun have children and reproduce in western and eastern Liaodong - since he let the whole Eight Banners enter the customs after Dingding Beijing (there were also some people left outside the customs, but not many), he would not let a Han military group fill the population vacancy outside the customs.

Moreover, Wu Sangui is also a trump card in Dolgon's hands that can be used!

Just as Wu Sanfeng and Wu Sangui analyzed that day, the most uneasy thing about Dolgon, the regent, was actually a group of Eight Banners relatives headed by Haoge.

Dolgon's current status, to put it bluntly, is to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes! It's a bit similar to Zhu Cihong.

However, Zhu Cihong is the crown prince, and he can be enthroned as emperor. And Dolgon is the emperor's uncle, and it is basically impossible to take the throne of Shunzhi - Huang Taiji has several sons! Moreover, the old Khan king Nurhachi still has many sons, why did Dorgon usurp the throne?

Therefore, within the Eight Banners family, there are many people who are not convinced, and the strongest among them is Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge.

If Dolgon wants to make a "blacklist", the number one cannot be Wu Sangui, nor Zhu Cihong, it is definitely Haoge! And what are the Azig, Zilharang, Nikan, Daishan, Abatai and so on after Haoge, and they are all dead before it is Zhu Cihong's turn. And it's hard to say whether Wu Sangui can be listed.

Because Dolgon couldn't let these Manchurian princes develop and grow, and to control their development, he could only use Wu Sangui, a traitor, well......

In addition, the special relationship between Wu Sangui and Zhu Cihong cannot be ignored by Dolgon. So while making good use of Wu Sangui, you also have to move Wu Sangui as soon as possible.

As for "killing his commander and using his soldiers", Dolgon will not do it - if this kind of thing is not done well, he will smash the pot. Even if he succeeded in killing Wu Sangui, Wu Sanfeng and others, he controlled the Guan Ning army. What's next?

The Wu family planted cronies in the Guanning army, and Dolgon killed their master, will they be loyal to Dolgon? Can Dorgon be safe and bold to use them?

What if they all take refuge in Hauge? Hauge is powerful, isn't Dorgon's regent yellow?

As for the elimination of the Guanning army...... Who goes? This thing will kill people, which banner is willing to die thousands to fight for the Guan Ning army?

Therefore, removing the Guan Ning army and using it well is the only correct choice for Dolgon.

And Dolgon didn't make any mistakes on this issue, even if he knew that there must be a connection between Wu Sangui and Zhu Cihong, he opened his eyes and closed his eyes. Because he knew that Wu Sangui would not go to war with the powerful Eight Banners until he jumped over the wall.

At this time, Wu Sangui was holding a handwritten letter from Zhu Cihong - Zhu Cihong now writes three handwritten letters to Wu Sangui every month, and Wu Sangui must reply to every letter!

In fact, his current position is also clear, only fighting the Liukou, not the Ming Dynasty, and not opposing the Qing Dynasty......

"Hehe, it's the same thing that Weng's son-in-law sees!" Then, in the dim candlelight, Wu Sangui read Zhu Cihong's letter, and then whispered a comment - the reason why he said this was because Zhu Cihong actually wanted to be with Dolgon.

all want Wu Sangui to deal with Li Zicheng...... It's just that the direction of the use of troops is slightly different. In the letter, Zhu Cihong suggested that Wu Sangui first take Henan Mansion as his home, and then develop to Nanyang Mansion and Xiangyang Mansion to cut off Li Zicheng's passage from the Han River to the south.

Dolgon, on the other hand, hoped that Wu Sangui would march to Shaanxi and turn Li Zicheng's nest into Wu Sangui's "fiefdom", so that he would stay in Shaanxi honestly in the future.

After reading the letter, Wu Sangui folded the letter paper in his hand into a long strip and lit it on the flame of the candle. As soon as the letter was lit, a dull roar came from Wu Sangui's ears, which startled him, and the half-burned letter paper in his hand also fell to the ground.

Then I saw Liu Sheng open the curtain of the big tent and walk in, "Lord Wang, the first and second battalions of the first and second battalions of the first character have been attacked!" ”

Wu Sangui stood up suddenly, then strode out of his camp tent, looked up and looked in the southwest direction, only to see that there were sparks exploding in the sky above the first and second battalions in the southwest! It was a rocket that someone was firing an alarm.

"Command all battalions, stay calm, and those who act recklessly will be killed!" Wu Sangui's face sank, "Yiding suddenly rides, wearing armor!" Prepare the horses! ”

As soon as his words fell, a point of light like a sea of stars suddenly lit up on the slope in the northwest corner of the Wu army's camp, and there were faint drums and trumpets!

Wu Sangui snorted: "Bluff!" ”

Liu Sheng had already followed out of the big tent at this time, and when he heard Wu Sangui's words, he leaned into his ear and whispered, "Lord Wang...... It's better to tell Prince Ying in an emergency, just say that the army of thieves has arrived, so that you can turn from offensive to defensive! ”

During this time, Wu Sangui's men and horses made a feint attack on the front line of the Guguan Great Wall, and the loss was a little bit, if they could turn from attack to defense, it would be better.

These words fell into Wu Sangui's arms, and he nodded: "That's right...... Liu Sheng, you also bring the personal soldiers and firearms team, and go to the front with this king to have a look. ”

......

"Hit in, hit in......"

Li Zicheng muttered to himself. His brows were already twisted into a ball, and one eye didn't move, just staring at the two Wu military camps that were blazing.

The children's battalion and the iron man battalion of the Dashun army had already rushed into these two camps at this time, and they also set fire to them, igniting tents, arrow towers, vehicles, forage, etc., causing a lot of chaos. However, the Wu army, which was attacked by surprise, was not defeated and was still desperately resisting. Moreover, the camp of the Wu family army is very firmly rooted, in addition to the outer fence, there is also an inner fence, which is to use vehicles and shield vehicles to circle together to protect the core camp tent.

Now the two sides are fighting in the "inner encirclement"!

The sound of shouting and killing, roaring, and golden drums came from the two camps one after another.

It is clear that the soldiers of the raiding Iron Man Battalion and the Child Battalion are once again in a bitter battle!