Shanhaiguan is built when Emperor Hongwu of Taizu, the city wall is five zhang high, two zhang thick, the north side is the continuous Yan Mountain, the south side is close to the Bohai Sea, the terrain is extremely dangerous, there is a husband when the pass, the momentum of ten thousand people is not opened, known as the first Xiongguan under the great tomorrow.

"Report, marshal, a few days ago, Li Zicheng personally led an army of 200,000, carrying seven red-coated cannons and sixty general cannons, to attack Shanhaiguan, and at this moment Li Zicheng's army is still one hundred and eighty miles away from Shanhaiguan." A scout ran into the hall of the general of Shanhaiguan and reported to Wu Sangui and a group of generals who had gathered here a long time ago.

"Li Zicheng only walked less than thirty miles in one day?" Wu Sangui said with a slight doubt

Li Zicheng would come to attack him, which he had expected, but he didn't expect Li Zicheng to march so slowly. Soon Wu Sangui figured out that Beijing was about 200 miles away from Shanhaiguan, and it should be that the weight of the red-coated cannons and the general's cannon was too heavy, which seriously delayed the march speed of Li Zicheng's army to Shanhaiguan, and Li Zicheng did not seem to have the intention of leaving these bulky cannons to advance by himself.

"Hmph, just a rabble, Li Zicheng killed my father and took my wife, this time I came, and I Wu Sangui just happened to fight with him and killed his dog!" After Wu Sangui figured it out, he smiled coldly, and did not take Li Zicheng's 200,000 army in his eyes at all, but planned to wait for Li Zicheng's army to arrive, and then line up to fight Li Zicheng to the death.

"The commander can't, although Li Zicheng is not afraid, but after all, there are 200,000 people under his army, and the last general thinks that it is not appropriate for us to fight hard with Li Zicheng." One of the generals objected at this time.

"Yes, the commander, the last general also thinks that it is not appropriate to fight hard with Li Zicheng, our Shanhaiguan is known as the first Xiongguan in the world, even the Qing soldiers dare not knock on the pass easily, although Li Zicheng has an army of 200,000, but he can't help me." Another general said.

"Yes, Marshal, there are ten red-clothed cannons and thirty general cannons on the wall of our Shanhaiguan City, and the firing range is superior to Li Zicheng's, which will definitely make Li Zicheng run into a bloody mess outside the pass." Everyone was in favor of sticking to Shanhaiguan.

All the generals here know very well that the hatred of killing his father and taking his wife, Wu Sangui has no possibility of reconciliation with Li Zicheng, he must not die, and he is also ashamed of Li Zicheng's character, and no one has the intention of surrendering Li Zicheng.

After listening to the discussion of these generals, Wu Sangui was silent for a while, and his heart was extremely unwilling, what he wanted was to kill Li Zicheng and avenge the murder of his father and wife, not to shrink in Shanhaiguan as a turtle with a shrunken head, if he really did this, what would the people of the world think of him Wu Sangui, the enemy who killed his father and his wife only dared to dodge in front of him, it was a coward's move, and what face did he have to stand between heaven and earth.

Although Wu Sangui thinks so, Guan Ningjun must be of the same mind.

Wu Sangui paused, and said slowly: "Have you ever thought that now the capital and the whole of Hebei have been occupied by Li Zicheng, and outside the pass is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, although my Guanning Army has the world's first Xiongguan garrison, but there are no reinforcements inside and outside, and the grain, grass and artillery shells cannot be replenished, and being trapped in the city has not become a turtle in the urn, besides, my Guanning Army is a cavalry army, and field warfare is our strength, our Guanning Army is known as the first elite of the Ming Dynasty, if it will only hide in the city and be slaughtered, will it become a joke in the world, what do you think?" ”

"This" All the generals were speechless, and they looked at each other a little dazed.

Thinking about it, they were originally the Ming army, but now that the Ming Dynasty is thin, even the capital has been occupied by Li Zicheng, and their Guanning army is sandwiched between two enemy forces, and there are no reinforcements inside and outside, like a tree without roots, and their hearts are empty, and they have to be at a loss.

Wu Sangui glanced at all the generals, and suddenly said a proposal that shocked all the generals of the Guanning Army, and said: "Everyone, this commander wants to know, if this commander writes a letter to ask for help from Dolgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, what do you think?" ”

Asking for help from the Qing soldiers? All the generals were shocked by Wu Sangui's proposal, one by one, their eyes widened, looking at each other, their Guan Ning army and Qing Lu have been fighting each other for nearly 20 years, the two sides are as deep as the sea, Wu Sangui actually proposed to ask Qing Lu for help, doesn't this mean that Guan Ning Army has bowed to Qing Lu since then, and everyone is a little difficult to accept for a while.

"Will the Regent of Qinglu agree to our request for help?" After a long time, one of the generals came back to his senses and said.

"Ben Shuai thinks that as long as Dorgon is not stupid, he should agree to our request for help." Wu Sangui said with great confidence. He had fought with Dolgon more than once, and Wu Sangui still had some understanding of Dolgon's ambitions.

This is an extremely important decision, all the generals looked at each other, and everyone didn't dare to speak first, but everything must be decided, and all the generals were silent for a while, and then they bowed their hands to Wu Sangui and said: "The last generals and others will listen to the commander." ”

Wu Sangui smiled, Huo Ran stood up and said:

"Okay, since this is the case, Ben Shuai decided to immediately write a letter to the Qing regent Dolgon for help, and set up a battle with Li Zicheng dog thief outside Shanhaiguan, if you don't kill this dog thief, I, Wu Sangui, swear not to be a man!"

"The last general and others will follow the decision of the commander!" All the generals said in unison, none of them objected, after all, in their eyes, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was occupied, Emperor Chongzhen also died, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, they didn't want to die, if they were looking for Qing soldiers to rely on, they would find Qing soldiers to rely on.

At this moment, all the generals of Shanhaiguan also knew that if they wanted to survive and defeat Li Zicheng's 200,000 elite of the Great Shun Army, it was their best choice to unite with the Qing soldiers.

"Marshal, there will be a proposal at the end!" At this time, suddenly a staff officer stood up and said.

"Say." Wu Sangui looked at the general.

"Great Shuai, the last general thinks that we can try to consume some of his strength before we fight Li Zicheng in a decisive battle. Our land of Guanning for many years because it is located in the border, perennial war with the Qing captives, the people have already developed a martial atmosphere, although Guanning is not big, but there are hundreds of thousands of people, it is not a problem to temporarily recruit tens of thousands of strong men, this is not a small force, we can arrange these people all the way to the Shanhaiguan City, let Li Zicheng attack one by one, consume Li Zicheng's army, when Li Zicheng's army conquers these walled cities one by one, there will be some fatigue and loss, then we will fight with it, There are a lot of odds of winning! The general said what he had in mind.

"It makes sense, just do as you say, if you can defeat Li Zicheng in the future, this commander will take credit to you." Wu Sangui nodded in agreement.

"Xie Dashuai!"

After setting a strategy, Wu Sangui began to draft a letter of request for help to Dolgon, the regent of the Qing army, and asked all the generals to sign on it, so that everyone became grasshoppers on a rope, and no one could get rid of it.

"Hahahaha" Shengjing City, the regent of the Qing Kingdom, Dolgon, received a letter of help from Wu Sangui and other Guan Ning soldiers, and laughed.

"Dare to ask the Lord Regent why he is happy?" Fan Wencheng asked at Dolgon.

"Do you know what this king has in his hands?" Dolgon excitedly raised the letter in his hand, and only after satisfying everyone's appetite did he say happily: "This is a letter from Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan asking for help. ”

Guan Ningjun Wu Sangui's letter of request for help from the Qing Dynasty? All the civil and military generals of the Qing Dynasty looked at each other, and they were extremely puzzled.

Dolgon didn't wait for anyone to ask, so he explained with a smile on his face: "A few days ago, Li Zicheng killed Wu Sangui's father, occupied Wu Sangui's confidante, forced Wu Sangui to rebel, and personally led an army of 200,000 to the north to crusade against Wu Sangui. ”

"Hahahaha! Lord, this is a great time for the Qing Dynasty to stay in the Central Plains, this is God bless my Qing Dynasty! Fan Wencheng looked excited, even more than Dolgon.

If you want to say what is a traitor, Fan Wencheng is the best example. I don't want to contribute to my country and nation, but I take refuge in a foreign race, and I always think about how to help the aliens enslave their own race, so as to prove their talents and achieve what so-called revenge, the entire Qing Dynasty, to say that the people who want to enter the Central Plains the most are not other princes of the Qing Dynasty, nor Dolgon, but the great traitor Fan Wencheng.

"Not bad! God bless me! The Ming Dynasty is declining, even the capital has been lost, only the remnants of the south of the Yangtze River are left, there is nothing to be afraid of, Li Zicheng is so stupid, he actually forced Wu Sangui to oppose at this time, so stupid that he can't be stupid anymore, the world must be my Qing Dynasty! Dorgon said, his expression full of greed.

In the main hall, the other Manchu princes and nobles were also all excited and excited, thinking that they also knew what it would mean for them if the Qing Dynasty could enter the Central Plains.

It is said that after decades of plundering and hard work in the Qing Dynasty, these Manchu princes were no longer satisfied with just plundering a little population and property like robbers.

"Fifteenth brother, the Guan Ning army has been my mortal enemy of the Qing Dynasty for many years, and after many years of fighting, we have both suffered casualties, and now the Guan Ning Army has asked for help from my Qing Dynasty, and I don't know if I can believe it." Dolgon's brother, the king of the Great Qing Dynasty, asked.

"Whether it's credible or not, such a good opportunity, Daqing has to give it a try!" Dolgon said: "There is only Jiangnan remnants left in the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui is sandwiched inside and outside the Shanhaiguan Pass, only relying on the small Shanhaiguan, it is impossible to resist Li Zicheng, asking for help from my Daqing is his only choice, and the matter of entering the customs will inevitably be carried out!" ”

"Spread the king's will! Gather all the armies of the country and set out to conquer Shanhaiguan! ”

Time was pressing, and on the same day, Dolgon decisively replied to Wu Sangui, agreeing to send troops to defeat Li Zicheng together, and then ordered to mobilize the whole ** team, the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the Han Eight Banners almost all dispatched, a total of 150,000 troops went out, led by Dolgon himself, Duoduo, Azig as the right-hand man, and ran to Shanhaiguan all night, and a big war that changed the pattern of the world was about to break out.

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