Regarding Azig's seemingly polite words, but in fact there was no room for negotiation, Wu Sangui felt ashamed and hateful in his heart, but he could only promise to repeat his voice, and then went down to arrange.

As he left, he clearly heard a cold snort of extreme contempt coming from behind him.

At this moment, Wu Sangui's heart was like a knife, and his teeth were clenched.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that when the Qing army entered the customs for the fourth time, his young self led the Guanning Iron Cavalry all the way south to aid Jinan, and then joined forces with Li Xiao, the king of Tang, to defeat the 100,000 Qing troops in Jinan City, killing the heads of the Qing soldiers in the city, and then chasing the heroic past of the Qing army for hundreds of miles.

The past is like yesterday, and things are not people.

The young and famous general who was full of spirit and personally led the iron cavalry to pursue the Tartars completely disappeared, and was replaced by a stranger who had no morality and no heart, only a life-saving and shrewd calculation. And this stranger is the current self.

The past is unbearable.

Now that he has surrendered to the Qing army and become a complete traitor, how ashamed to recall such a heroic past! What a hateful word!

One misstep becomes a thousand hatreds, and from now on, maybe I will only be like the walking dead, trying to exist between heaven and earth......

More than two hours later, Wu Sangui finished his luggage, and the whole army formed a column and silently withdrew from Ningyuan City. Azig arranged 20,000 Qing soldiers and horses, called escorts, but they were actually prisoners, and led Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses all the way to the north of Guangning.

The car was sparkling, Ma Xiaoxiao, the most effective elite unit in the Ming army, with this humiliating and reluctant attitude, gradually drifted away, disappeared at the end of the road, and disappeared into the depths of time.

Ningyuan City, a fortified city in Liaodong that has always made the Qing army fall under the city, fell into the pocket of the Qing army without a single shot or bullet, without losing a single soldier.

Ning Yuanjiancheng's easy acquisition of the city greatly boosted the morale of the Qing army, making them more and more inflated, and began to prepare to further seize the Shanhaiguan Pass in the south.

Azig's army, after only resting in Ningyuan City for a day, immediately waved its troops south again, approaching Shanhaiguan.

The soldiers are very fast, since they are determined to take Shanhaiguan, don't give Shanhaiguan Chief Soldier Zu Dale half a breather.

The sentry cavalry of the Zuda Lebu who was parading outside the Shanhai Pass suddenly saw the Qing soldiers and horses coming from the north, and they were so shocked that they almost fell off their horses.

At the fastest speed, they rushed back to the Shanhaiguan Pass, and immediately reported to Zu Dale: "General Zu, it's not good, the Qing army is coming!" ”

At this time, Zu Dale, the chief soldier of Shanhai, and Zu Dabi, the deputy chief soldier, were discussing in the living room that Wu Sangui wanted to give up Ning Yuan and go south to guard Shanhaiguan with them. When the two of them heard the report from the sentry horse, they were all shocked.

Deputy Chief Soldier Zu Dabi, as if stung by a wasp, jumped up from his chair, walked quickly to the kneeling sentry, clenched his big fist in a sand bowl, and roared like thunder: "Can you see clearly?" Is it really the Qing army? ”

"General, the little one is not mistaken, it is indeed the Qing army's soldiers and horses. When I look at it, the Qing army is boundless, and the momentum is very huge, and it is estimated that there are at least seventy or eighty thousand people! '

Hearing the report of the sentry rider, Zu Dabi, who is known as the first fierce general in Liaodong, also changed his face greatly, he subconsciously glanced back at Zu Dale, and saw that Zu Dale also had a sluggish expression.

Exercise! What's going on, aren't there Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses in the north? Why did the Qing army come, but there was no news to report, could it be that Wu Sangui's side had already fallen......

However, even if Wu Sangui's Ningyuan City was captured by the Qing army, it was impossible that there was not even a single rout who fled south, and there was not even a little rumor of the Qing army's southward movement.

There is only one possible outcome.

That is, Wu Sangui's gang is very likely to quickly surrender to the Qing army without firing an arrow or a single soldier, so that the Qing army can quickly move south without any news and approach the Shanhaiguan where he is stationed.

Wu Sangui, this guy is really fucking shameless!

In vain, he was unanimously valued by all the ministers in the court, calling him the star of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't expect that this person, who was once reused by the court and regarded as a pillar, is now selling himself so resolutely and thoroughly!

Reality is the greatest irony.

Thinking of this, Zu Dale's face was very embarrassed, and the muscles on his face were trembling slightly.

Well, the Qing army has 70,000 or 80,000 people, but he only has 2,000 soldiers and horses, even if he wants to garrison with the world's first male pass, it is extremely difficult!

Zu Dale's face was ugly, and Zu Dabi, known as the first fierce general in Liaodong, was even more dazed.

Zu Dabi had been working under his brother Zu Dashou, and was the deputy commander of the Jinzhou Forward Battalion, and later in the Battle of Songjin, because of the collapse of the Ming army, Zu Dabi led his troops and fled south to Ningyuan with Wu Sangui's department, and finally barely saved his life. avoided the sad fate of being captured by the Qing army, just like his own brother Zu Dashou.

It's just that although Zu Dabi is in Ningyuan, he is ashamed to work under his nephew Wu Sangui, he later found an excuse to leave Ningyuan and come to his cousin Zu Dale, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and then appointed by Zu Dale as the deputy chief soldier and guard Shanhaiguan with him.

Some time ago, the Liukou soldiers came to the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen urgently transferred soldiers and horses near Gyeonggi, and the 2,000 soldiers and horses of the Zuda Music Department also received the holy decree of the King of Jingqin.

In the face of this holy decree, Zu Dale and Zu Dabi were both hesitant and very difficult.

They knew very well that the rogue army was dispatched to besiege the city, and under the weight of hundreds of thousands of rogue bandits, their own two thousand soldiers and horses were very likely to be insufficient to stuff the rogue army.

What's more, people such as Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun, Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Jizhen, and Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, all watched from each other, and never sent reinforcements to King Qin.

When the news of Emperor Chongzhen's death reached Shanhaiguan, Zu Dale, Zu Dabi and others all understood that they would face a major choice next.

And the problem they are most concerned about now is that now they are now, when the Ming court has been destroyed and the emperor has died, how to find the best way out for themselves and their subordinates is the most urgent and important thing.

And the best way out that Zu Dale could think of was to strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan, and at the same time sit and watch the situation change, waiting for his son-in-law Li Xiao, to send troops to rescue or receive him, which should be the most reliable measure.

After all, in this world, perhaps the most reliable person is this son-in-law who started from a broken Orion and eventually became the Prince of Daming.

If he can work under Li Xiao, I believe that he will take good care of himself, even if he can only get an idle job, he can live this life in peace, and he will never live like his cousin Zu Dashou, like the walking dead under the hands of Qing Lu.

Zu Dale's idea, Zu Dabi also agrees very much.

I think that Li Xiao was only a small hundred households in the Liaodong Army, helpless and lonely, and it was his own deliberate promotion of him that made him emerge step by step with his military exploits, and finally became the Prince of Daming with his own efforts.

If he can serve under Tang King Li Xiao in the future, Zu Dabi believes that with the grace of this promotion in the past, Li Xiao will definitely take a look at himself and take care of him vigorously, and he will be able to end his current gloomy and powerless life and start fighting for fame and work hard again.

It's just that now that Wu Sangui raised the city to surrender to the Qing court, the Qing army of as many as 70,000 or 80,000 suddenly overwhelmed the border, making Zu Dale's original idea come to naught. Now, an even more serious problem of survival is in front of us.

The Qing army took advantage of the weakest time to launch a surprise attack on itself, and caught itself by surprise, which is really hateful!

At that moment, the door to the hall slammed open again.

The one who came in was his only son, Zu Zeyan.

This Li Xiao's brother-in-law broke into the room with a frightened face and sweat on his face, and immediately shouted to Zu Dale: "Father, it's not good! The Qing army has already approached the city, so they will quickly surround our entire Shanhaiguan! ”

Hearing his son's report, Zu Dale's face turned pale, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.

"Xingyu, what do you say to do now?" Zu Dabi on the side also hurriedly asked.

'Bang!' With a bang, Zu Dale slammed his fist on the table. He stood up, his face full of determination.

"Fuck it! The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth! I'm afraid of him! Since the Qing captives are coming, let's just fuck it! There is no reason why a soldier has not fought, raised his hand to surrender without firing an arrow, and handed over this world's first heroic pass to people! Pass on our military order, the whole army quickly go to the city to garrison, and fight to the death with the enemy! “

"Order!"

When the garrison of Shanhaiguan was dispatched to the whole city and urgently deployed at the head of the city, the overwhelming Qing Dynasty army had arrived outside the north gate of Shanhaiguan.

Shanhaiguan, also known as Yuguan, Yuguan and Linlu Pass, is one of the northeast passes of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty and is considered to be the starting point of the eastern end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

It is known as the "first pass in the world", known as "the throat of the border county, the guarantee of the Beijing division", and echoes with the Jiayu Pass at the end of the Great Wall thousands of miles away, and is famous all over the world.

In the fourteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the general Xu Da built a city and built a customs guard in this place, because it was called Shanhaiguan because of its mountain and sea.

Shanhaiguan is not big, it is only a small city, it is about 4 kilometers in circumference, connected with the Great Wall, with the city as the pass, the city is 14 meters high, 7 meters thick, there are four main city gates, a variety of defensive buildings. Including the "first pass in the world" arrow tower, Jingbian building, pastoral camp building, Linlu building, urn city and other types of defense buildings. It can be regarded as the strongest fortress and the most powerful barrier in Liaodong.

At this time, surrounded by a group of well-armored guards, looking at the huge plaque with gold on a blue background of "Every Pass in the World" hanging high on the city gate, Prince Azig of England had a smug smile on his face.

Shanhaiguan, the world's first Xiongguan, this majestic fortress that forced the Qing army to take a detour every time they entered the customs, is about to fall into my hands!

Thinking of this, Azig only felt that his palms were hot, and his heart was even more excited.

"General Ben ordered that the whole army immediately prepare siege equipment, and the defenders in the fort must be completely wiped out!"

"Whew, the minions obey!"

After Azig finished giving the military order, he turned his head and said with a smile to Ning Wan on the side: "Master Ning, you have always liked to say that only by combining civil and military forces can you firmly control the world." Now when our army is preparing equipment, Mr. is going to go to Zu Dale and the others first, and go to persuade him to surrender first? ’

Ning Wan nodded, and said, "Prince Ying, I have this intention in the future." If you don't use soldiers, you can persuade the Zuda Music Department to lead the people to surrender, which is very good. And stay in front of the city to go to the city, drum up your tongue and shake your lips to persuade its good life, if you can persuade it to turn around and surrender, it can be regarded as a small contribution to the Qing Dynasty. “

"Haha, don't worry, sir. As long as you can persuade Zu Dale to surrender and let him sacrifice the pass to surrender, this king will definitely remember the first merit for you, and personally ask the king for merit for you! Azig laughed as he patted me warmly on the shoulder, his words full of affirmation and encouragement.

I was encouraged, and I was deeply encouraged in my heart. Subsequently, under the protection of a group of guards, he came to the place about an arrow away from the arrow tower at the north gate of Shanhaiguan, and shouted loudly towards the city: "Below is Shi Ning Wan of the University of the Great Qing Dynasty, and now I ask to see the ancestral general soldier of Shanhaiguan, please go and report quickly!" “

After listening to Ning Wan's call under the city, the soldiers at the head of the city did not dare to slack off, and immediately went to report it.

After a while, Zu Dale, who was covered in armor, walked quickly to the city with a gloomy face, and when he saw the Qing army formation outside the city, which was black and oppressive, and could not see the end at a glance, and looked at Ning Wan and others who were outside the city, he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable tingle in his heart.

He suddenly remembered that his cousin's ancestral birthday, when he ran out of food, he was isolated and helpless to defend Songshan, and finally couldn't survive, so he had to sacrifice the city in desperation and humiliation.

Unexpectedly, in such a situation, it is my turn......

Could it be that I also want to follow the path of my ancestor's birthday, let myself endure humiliation, and let my family suffer shame?

No!

Absolutely not!

Even if he dies in battle, he will never take such a humiliating path!

If he leads the crowd to surrender here, what face will he have to see his son-in-law Li Xiao in the future! What kind of face do you have to regain and go to see the dead Emperor Chongzhen!

The only death through the ages is difficult, let yourself, here, live and die with this world's first hero.

Zu Dale gritted his teeth, the muscles on his face were tense, and he shouted: "Finish me!" You thief, but you want to persuade the general army to surrender? ”

Ning Wan, I didn't expect that when Zu Dale was besieging the city with heavy troops, he could still ask himself in such a loud voice, and he was secretly taken aback.

However, he quickly came back to his senses, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said calmly to Zu Dale: "General Soldier Zu, don't be angry, and don't say this so thoroughly. In the next place, it is not to persuade you to surrender, but it is for the future of the general, as well as the soldiers, to have a better way out! There is a saying that the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear, and when they come here, they must make a clear understanding of the stakes with the general. I hope that the general will not be angry at first, and listen to my detailed words, and it will not be too late to make a decision. ”