At noon on this day, Wu Sangui sat alone in the study of the Shuai Mansion, his face was haggard, he had just met with the family sent by his father to deliver the letter, the family told in detail that after the city of Beijing was broken, Liu Zongmin went to the Wu Mansion to extort ransom and snatch Chen Yuanyuan, and the family also brought a letter from Wu Xiang, in which Wu Xiang said that the Dashun army was strong, and begged him to surrender quickly, otherwise the life of the family would not be guaranteed. Hearing this news, Wu Sangui's heart suddenly cooled, the ransom that Da Shunjun asked for was nothing in his eyes, snatching Chen Yuanyuan was also what he thought of in advance, his father had already mentioned in the letter that he wanted to dedicate Chen Yuanyuan to Li Zicheng, although he was distressed, but in order to keep his future, he also reluctantly agreed, money and women were far less important than these tens of thousands of troops in his mind, what really made him cold was Liu Zongmin's attitude towards his family, since they treated their families so unscrupulously, It shows that Li Zicheng and the others did not take themselves seriously at all, so there is no room for turning around in the negotiations between themselves and Li Zicheng. But the more this is the case, the more they can't surrender easily, otherwise Li Zicheng will think that they are afraid of him, they have tens of thousands of elite soldiers in their hands, forgive him Li Zicheng will not dare to do anything to his family, if it is really surrendered, it is impossible to say.

"Fight, fight, and let you see the majesty of my Guanning Iron Cavalry," Wu Sangui said to himself.

He got up and walked over to the map hanging by the wall, analyzing the disposition of the various forces. There are 55,000 soldiers and horses garrison in Shanhaiguan on their side, which is their own descendant troops, in addition, there are remnants of the four towns of the Ming army around Shanhaiguan, a total of more than 30,000 people, these soldiers and horses are only nominally under their own command, and they are not reliable at all. Li Gang, who was stationed in Qinhuangdao, was a general, but he had always been close to him, no matter how he co-opted, it was said that he was very close to the little eunuch, and his team was very strong, it was difficult for his own people to be inserted, this person was a nail beside him, and he had to find a way to get rid of it as soon as possible

He turned his gaze to the area of the capital on the map, Li Zicheng brought 200,000 elite troops from Shaanxi this time, and a large number of troops from the Ming court were incorporated along the way, and now there should be nearly 400,000 horses in the capital. If they come to attack Shanhaiguan, they will inevitably leave a group of men and horses to guard the Beijing Division, and at most bring 150,000 people to the Northern Expedition. With his own city fortification, he will definitely be able to support it for a while, as long as he tastes the bitterness and makes him realize that I, Wu Sangui, am not easy to mess with, then I will take the initiative to negotiate conditions with him again.

Wu Sangui moved his gaze to Liaoxi and Liaodong at the top of the map, where it is now the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu regent Dolgon and Prince Duoduo led the Manchu Han Eight Banners and the reorganized Han army with a total of 300,000 people gathered in Liaodong, and there is a possibility of attacking the Central Plains at any time.

At this time, a personal soldier entered the study and reported: "General Yu, the Qing army has sent someone to deliver the letter. ”

"Oh, bring it in." Wu Sangui said.

After a while, the soldiers took a man dressed as a merchant to the study. After the man saluted Wu Sangui, he respectfully handed over a letter. The letter was written by Dolgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, and in addition to polite words such as admiration and admiration, it proposed to send envoys to meet with Wu Sangui, saying that there was something important to discuss. Wu Sangui read the letter silently, smiled coldly, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that this Manchu Qing Dynasty wants to take advantage of my danger to persuade me to surrender, hehe, this is too underestimated Wu Sangui, no matter how difficult it is, how can I be a traitor and be scolded by the world, even these soldiers under my command will not agree." But it doesn't hurt to meet their envoys, let's listen to what tricks the Qing court wants to play first. Thinking of this, he said to the messenger: "Hehe, I don't know what important things your regent wants to discuss with General Ben, if you want to persuade me to surrender, then be exempt, General Ben doesn't have that mind." ”

"Oh, I don't know what exactly to discuss, but I know that our marshal is very important to the general, and every time he mentions the general, he is amazed." The messenger said.

"Okay, then please reply to your family commander, I am willing to meet your envoys." Wu Sangui said.

The messenger bowed down and said, "General, our envoy has arrived in the city, and now lives in another courtyard, and if the general wishes, he will lead the general to meet him." ”

"Oh, it's already here," Wu Sangui said in surprise. He considered that it would be inconvenient to receive the envoys of the Qing Dynasty in his own mansion, and it would be better to have a secret meeting elsewhere, and besides, this was his own territory, and he was not afraid of what tricks they would play, so he said: "Okay, you lead the way." ”

Wu Sangui led a team of guards, led by the messenger, to a courtyard in the east of the city, the courtyard was very quiet, an old servant led Wu Sangui to the living room of the main house, and the guards were in the courtyard

Everywhere on the lookout.

There was only a middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy merchant in the living room, who was looking at a painting on the wall, Wu Sangui entered the living room, the man turned around, Wu Sangui saw it, and couldn't help but be taken aback, the person who came was actually the regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon

Dolgon clenched his fists and smiled: "Hehe, General Wu, I have been fighting for many years, and I have always met before the battle, I have long admired the prestige of the general, and I am really fortunate to meet in person today."

Wu Sangui immediately calmed down, thinking that since Dolgon was here in person, the matter discussed today was naturally extraordinary, which also showed that Daqing really attached great importance to himself. Wu Sangui also clenched his fists and saluted back: "I didn't expect the regent to come in person, you risked your life and entered an unpredictable place, this courage made Wu admire." Hehe. ”

"Eh, the two countries will not fight each other, and as a general, they will never take this opportunity to embarrass me, so I am very relieved to come this time." Dorgon said lightly.

The two of them sat down, and the servant withdrew after serving his tea. The two are mortal enemies on the battlefield, but they also know each other very well and admire each other.

Wu Sangui asked bluntly: "The marshal came this time, I don't know what advice I have, if you want to persuade Wu to surrender, then don't open your mouth." ”

"Hahahaha." Dolgon smiled and said: "General, you are too careful, you are a famous general of the anti-Qing Dynasty, a hero in the world, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, no one can underestimate it, if I come to persuade you to surrender, won't I humiliate the general?"

When Wu Sangui heard this, he was used in his heart, and said secretly: "It seems that this Dolgon is a knowledgeable person, a hundred times stronger than the arrogant and arrogant Li Zicheng. ”

Dolgon continued: "However, now that Chongzhen is dead, and the Ming court is gone, I don't know what the general plans to do next."

"I haven't thought about this yet, I want to make a decision when the situation is clear." Wu Sangui said perfunctorily.

"Hahahaha" Dolgon said with a smile: "The general has said it, as far as I know, Li Chuang has detained your family and robbed your concubine, and is now reorganizing the troops and horses to prepare for the Northern Expedition against you, the situation is already so critical, don't you see it clearly, General?"

Wu Sangui saw that Dolgon was so clear about his situation, he was secretly frightened, and he didn't feel a little embarrassed, so he stroked his head and said: "Yes, this thief has insulted me too much, I will fight against him and take revenge." ”

Dolgon said with a respectful look: "The general is really a great man who stands up to the sky, and this pride is admired by you. However, the thief is powerful, and I hope that the general will make a prudent decision. ”

Wu Sangui smiled slightly: "It's okay, the eldest husband is happy to take revenge, it's just a big deal, but he is not afraid of being handsome, you don't want to provoke the relationship between me and Li Zicheng, and then profit from it."

That Dolgon didn't care about Wu Sangui's intentions, and said with a smile: "The general is really sharp-eyed, I don't want to hide this little trick from you, since I am a minister of the Qing Dynasty, it is naturally for the sake of our Qing Dynasty." To tell the general, we had many contacts with Li Zicheng a long time ago, and the two sides agreed that we would help him unify the Central Plains, on the condition that he permanently assign the land outside the customs to the Qing Dynasty, so we invaded the Ming Realm several times, in fact, to mobilize the officers and troops, and to deal with Li Zicheng. I don't want Li Zicheng to be treacherous, and after his power is strong, he actually reneges on the agreement, and claims that once he wins the world, he will raise the Northern Expedition and recover the land outside the Guan, which has become the mortal enemy of my Qing Dynasty. I think that this time Li Zicheng's Northern Expedition, although the target is you, but I am afraid that the next thing is my Qing Dynasty. Now that Li Zicheng is the common enemy of our two families, so I am here to discuss cooperation with the general and jointly resist Li Zicheng. ”

Wu Sangui was silent, but he pondered Dorgon's words upside down in his heart, he thought about it carefully, the Qing army's several attacks were when Li Zicheng encountered setbacks and fell into trouble, judging from the results, the Qing army was indeed helping Li Zicheng, and it seems that the things agreed between them are probably true. As for saying that the two families joined forces to defend against the enemy, this is really a way to get out of their current crisis, but could this be a trick of the Qing court?

Dolgon said: "I estimate that Li Zicheng's troops will be less than 150,000, our army can send 100,000 troops, plus the 50,000 horses you stationed at Shanhaiguan can completely repel the attack of the thieves." Our army did not enter the city, but only borrowed the Shanhaiguan, secretly went out to the near a stone in the pass to ambush, when Li Zicheng's army attacked Shanhaiguan, our army attacked from behind, we attacked before and after, and the enemy could retreat in a battle. As for the repulsion of Li Zicheng, our army will naturally retreat outside the pass, and the general can lead the troops to continue the pursuit and take the opportunity to recover Beijing

Give it to me, otherwise, we don't want to do this useless thing. ”

Dolgon's words made Wu Sangui no matter how he analyzed, he couldn't find fault with it, so cooperative, he didn't have any risk at all, the Qing army just took the pass to resist Li Zicheng, the team was within the range of artillery fire in the city when it passed, it was impossible to take the opportunity to occupy Shanhaiguan, after repelling the Dashun army, he could still make his own decisions, as long as the army was in hand, or surrender Li Zicheng, or support the new lord can decide for himself according to the situation at the time. As for the land outside the Guan, it was occupied by the Manchus, but there is no need to feel distressed.

He pondered in his heart, and the expression on his face was also uncertain, and Dolgon said in a good time: "This matter is very important, and I hope that the general will give me an answer as soon as possible after thinking carefully." The general is busy with military affairs, so I won't bother much, so I will rush back to the barracks and wait for good news. ”

The two got up, walked out of the house together, and returned separately.

Wu Sangui rode back to his house on horseback, pondering all the way how to explain to his generals if he cooperated with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, saying that his allegiance to the Ming Dynasty could not be explained, because all the cronies and generals knew about his negotiation with Li Zicheng, and there was only one reason for turning his face with Li Zicheng now: it was for Chen Yuanyuan. Li Zicheng snatched his wife, and I turned my face with him for this, not only my own subordinates, but also the people of the world listened to it, and I was also reasonable. Besides, I cooperated with the Manchus to borrow troops, and I didn't surrender, so I can't say anything to forgive others.

Entering the mansion gate, the soldiers reported that the lady sent a letter, and the person who sent the letter was still waiting in the mansion, Wu Sangui wondered in his heart: "Wasn't Yuanyuan snatched away by Liu Zongmin, why is there another letter, could it be a letter persuaded by Li Zicheng to surrender?"

He commanded that the man be brought to the study. Wu Sangui opened and read Chen Yuanyuan's letter, in which Chen Yuanyuan briefly said that Liu Zongmin robbed people and was rescued by Wang Qiang, and also said that there was nowhere to live in the troubled times, and he wanted to come to Shanhaiguan to defect, but he did not specify where he was.

Wu Sangui read the letter, and his heart was irritable, Chen Yuanyuan looked like a fairy, he was the only one he saw in this life, and he was really unwilling to give it up, but if Chen Yuanyuan came to vote at this time, it would undoubtedly cause chaos for himself, then if Li Zicheng heard about it, he would definitely think that he had instructed Wang Qiang to snatch Chen Yuanyuan back, and he would hate himself even more, and his retreat would be blocked; On the other hand, when Chen Yuanyuan returned to his side, there was no excuse to cooperate with the Manchu Qing, so now Chen Yuanyuan couldn't let Chen Yuanyuan think about it anyway, he squinted at the person who sent the letter, and said lightly: "Then where is Miss Chen now?"

"This is still on the way." The messenger did not answer truthfully for Wang Qiang's safety.

Hearing that Chen Yuanyuan had not yet entered the city, Wu Sangui was a little more solid, and said: "That's good, you go and reply to Miss Chen, General Ben is busy with military affairs now, and he can't take care of her, and there will be a war here soon, please leave this place quickly, so that she can do it herself." ”

The messenger bowed and replied, "Yes, the villain must tell the truth." ”

Wu Sangui shouted, "Come, take him to the tent and get five hundred taels of silver, and send him out of the city." ”

The soldiers went down with the messenger. Wu Sangui thought of Chen Yuanyuan's gorgeous face, and felt helpless for a while, of course it was a good thing to have a beauty in his arms, but now he didn't even know if he could save his life, so he had to endure the pain and cut his love. He gritted his teeth and said secretly: "Yuanyuan, don't blame me, I was also forced to wait for me to defeat Li Zicheng and gain a firm foothold, and I will definitely take you back to my side and let you enjoy all the glory and wealth." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, the guards sent to deliver the letter returned to the hotel, and truthfully recounted the experience of meeting Wu Sangui in front of Wang Qiang and Chen Yuanyuan, and relayed Wu Sangui's original words. Chen Yuanyuan heard Wu Sangui call himself "Miss Chen", he already had a premonition, it seems that Wu Sangui no longer recognizes himself as his wife, hearing Wu Sangui's words, she is even more faithful Wu Sangui really abandoned herself, she can't help but feel ashamed and indignant, I can't wait to find a crack in the ground and hide.

Wang Qiang was also confused when he heard the guard's relay, isn't this Wu Sangui famous "Chong Guan and angry for a red face", how could Yuan Yuan come to him with all the hard work, but he didn't want it, it was really strange. He couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, and when he saw Chen Yuanyuan's heartbroken look, he couldn't help but comfort: "Miss Chen, don't be too sad, I think this Wu Sangui is afraid that the war will implicate you, so he won't let you go." This place is about to start a war, it is not advisable to stay for a long time, I think you should go south with me first, you can rest assured, as long as Wu Sangui does not surrender to the Manchu Qing, and when the battle is over, I will definitely keep the agreement and send you back. ”

Seeing that Wu Sangui was so ruthless, Chen Yuanyuan was sad but made up his mind, and decided not to have anything to do with him anymore, and said sadly: "In this way, there is the prince of Lao, no matter whether Wu Sangui is cleared or not, there is no need to mention the proposal to send me back, I plan to find a clean place to live after I go to the south." ”

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