The Dongjiang Army's advance stopped, all because Mao Wenlong was in the consideration of safety, and before he understood Wu Sangui's intentions, he decided not to continue to attack the city behind.

Liaodong Wu Mansion.

Wu Sangui was anxiously waiting for news from the military advisor Li Ao, and it had been more than half a month since he went to meet Huang Taiji. Finally, Wu Sangui learned that Li Ao was already on the way back, but after waiting for two days in a row, he still didn't see Li Ao returning.

Waiting is the most grinding, and Wu Sangui has always been more steady, and he can't suppress his inner impetuousness.

"Lord Wang, Master Li is back." The housekeeper in the house hurriedly ran to Wu Sangui and said.

"Bring him to the king." Wu Sangui was immediately overjoyed.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" The butler did not dare to slack off, and immediately turned around and ran away.

After a while, Li Ao came to Wu Sangui with a spring breeze on his face and bowed: "Lord Wang, it's done." ”

Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment, and then said in ecstasy: "What conditions did Huang Taiji propose?" ”

Li Ao saw that Wu Sangui was in a hurry, he didn't dare to show off, and said bluntly: "Huang Taiji doesn't have any extra conditions, but he just wants the prince to attack the Ming Dynasty when the Jin soldiers attack the Ming Dynasty in the future." The prince must lead the army to go out with him, and there are no other superfluous requirements. ”

Wu Sangui was overjoyed: "Great, it seems that this Huang Taiji is also very jealous of Mao Wenlong." Otherwise, it would not have been possible to agree so easily to give this king and his subordinates a place to stay. ”

Li Ao suddenly put away his smile and said hesitantly: "Lord, Huang Taiji said that the place can be vacated for us, but we need to pay tribute to Huang Taiji every six months." Say it's our land tax! ”

Wu Sangui was stunned: "What is the land tax?" ”

Li Ao explained: "It was Huang Taiji who rented the land to us, and we need to pay taxes to Huang Taiji every six months. ”

Wu Sangui came over suddenly, he pondered for a long time, and then said: "No matter how much, the wool is still out of the sheep." Pay the tax, pay the tax, and now you can leave Liaodong as soon as possible is the top priority. ”

Li Ao saw that Wu Sangui was so anxious, he hesitated and asked, "Lord Wang, is the Dongjiang Army already coming?" ”

Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Although this king doesn't understand why Mao Wenlong has been stagnant after defeating Gaizhouwei. But judging from the current situation, Mao Wenlong has no possibility of retreating, and he can continue to send troops to attack other cities in Liaodong at any time. Therefore, we must retreat to Huang Taiji's territory as soon as possible before Mao Wenlong makes a move. ”

Li Ao was also shocked when he heard this, he had only been in Houjin for more than half a month, and Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army had already reached Gaizhouwei, which was indeed beyond his expectations.

"Lord Wang, when can we leave for the Kingdom of Jin?" Li Ao immediately asked.

"Now, without further ado, the sooner the better. The king had already packed up his things, and all the soldiers who were going to follow him were ready. Tonight, while it's night, we'll leave quietly. Wu Sangui didn't have anything to hide from Li Ao and told him about it.

Li Ao was very surprised when he heard this, and then he also knew that Wu Sangui was ready to run away early in the morning.

That night, when the lights were on, Wu Sangui had already ordered the guards in the house to escort his family members out of the city first. And he went to the barracks, led the troops to follow, and tens of thousands of people rushed towards the Jin country.

The misguided mansion has long been under Adou's gaze, and such a big movement naturally has not escaped Adou's sight. When he saw that Wu Sangui had actually assembled a large army, he thought that Wu Sangui was going to prepare to fight the Dongjiang army to the end.

But when he chased him outside the city, he saw Wu Sangui and his family fleeing in the direction of the Jin Kingdom. Adou immediately realized that this was the rhythm that Wu Sangui had already made up his mind to give up Liaodong and prepare to escape.

A carrier pigeon was released by Adou on the spot, and the next morning, when Mao Wenlong didn't get up, he was woken up by Chengzuo's voice.

Cheng Zuo was overjoyed and said to Mao Wenlong: "Chief soldier, Wu Sangui is not planning any conspiracy in secret, he does not send troops and does not resist. It turned out that he was ready to give up Liaodong from early in the morning. According to the news sent by Adou, Wu Sangui had already fled to the Jin Kingdom last night with his personal guards and family members, and it seemed that he was preparing to defect to Huang Taiji. ”

"Escaped......" Mao Wenlong was very surprised when he learned about it!

Cheng Zuo's face was full of bitterness: "It has been confirmed, this is the letter brought by the flying pigeon." ”

After speaking, Cheng Zuo handed the note taken from the pigeon's leg to Mao Wenlong to watch.

Mao Wenlong glanced at it hurriedly, and indeed found that it was consistent with what Cheng Zuo said just now. The facts are in front of him, even if Mao Wenlong feels strange, he can only admit it.

In this way, Wu Sangui's non-resistance is just planning to escape. Not against our Dongjiang Army. Mao Wenlong still felt that this thing was too ridiculous, and he couldn't believe it.

Chengzuo accepted such a ridiculous thing, after all, the general trend was the inevitable situation, facing the arrival of the Dongjiang Army. Wu Sangui already knew that he was not an opponent, and a smart person like him would naturally not fight to the death with the Dongjiang Army when he knew that he was invincible.

"Chief soldier, Wu Sangui is obviously not stupid, he must not be willing to be wiped out by us like this. Now he has the intention of keeping Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, so as to make a comeback in the future. Cheng Zuo made up his mind.

Mao Wenlong had to admit that there was no problem with Cheng Zuo's thinking, and he would compare his heart to his heart, if he faced such a situation himself, he might be the same as Wu Sangui, and it was common sense to choose to hide temporarily.

Thinking of this, the doubts in Mao Wenlong's heart suddenly disappeared, and he said in a fierce voice: "In this way, we don't have to be afraid anymore." ”

Cheng Zuo arched his hand and smiled: "Chief soldier, not only do we not have to be afraid, but now we can directly divide our troops into many places, and then spread the news that Wu Sangui has escaped here in Liaodong." And we can take the opportunity to take the entire Liaodong at this moment of panic, and I believe that we can get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Hahaha, good! Just do what you say. Mao Wenlong made a decision on the spot.

On the same day, the 100,000 Dongjiang army began to divide into several routes, and at the same time spread to other parts of Liaodong. As Cheng Zuo had expected, when the Liaodong army learned that Wu Sangui had fled to the Jin Kingdom, none of the other cities and defenders dared to resist the arriving Dongjiang army.

Wherever the Dongjiang Army went, the city gates were wide open, and the low-ranking officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army who were abandoned by Wu Sangui surrendered obediently. In just two days, the entire Liaodong was basically under the control of the Dongjiang Army!