After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, he saw that Wu Sangui was unmoved, and immediately glanced at Zu Dashou, who understood that he walked up to Wu Sangui and gently patted his shoulder with his hand. "Uncle, since ancient times, good birds have broken trees and perched, if it wasn't for my uncle asking you to be that disloyal and unrighteous person, the thief conquered the Jingshi and forced the monarch to death, the Ming Dynasty has long existed in name only, what is the difference between your empty loyalty and that Yue Wumu? When the time comes, the iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty will come when they hear the wind, will you follow the thief who killed the king and killed the people? ”

Wu Sangui looked at his uncle and ancestor Dashou with bloodshot eyes and opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't say a word in the middle of the morning. "Ping Xibo, but are you worried about the situation of Jingshi's family? It's not Fan's speculation, according to the tip, Old Man Wu and your family have long been in a life-and-death dilemma in prison! Li Chuang used this despicable means in vain to force Ping Xibo to beg to surrender, and his mind was on a par with the regent's judgment! Even if you are compromised now, but under the hands of such a person, you will be able to hide all the birds that will be difficult to protect in the future! ”

Wu Sangui has read poetry and books since he was a child, how can he not understand the importance of following the Ming Lord, as far as Li Zicheng's actions in capturing the capital division, how can he be regarded as a wise and heroic master, at best, it is just a reckless arrangement. But now that the family is in his hands, as a son of man, how can he ignore the life and death of his father, but he can be committed to serving the thief, and as a minister, how can he be right to Chongzhen's knowledge.

The heart of the Manchu tiger and wolf, aiming at the Central Plains, borrowing troops from Dolgon to avenge the revenge of the monarch's father, is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger and luring the wolf into the room, Wu Sangui's heart is like a mirror, but when he looks at the only 60,000 Guanning iron cavalry under his command, the only elite division of the Ming Dynasty, he can't help but feel powerless.

"Uncle, Master Fan, your intention Sangui is already clear, but the monarch's father is newly mourned, and the national capital is being ravaged by thieves, Gui's heart is in turmoil and he really has no intention of talking about this matter, you can go back for the time being! Let me think about it again! ”

After Wu Sangui finished speaking, he didn't wait for the two of them to reply, and staggered down the city tower, Fan Wenchen and Zu Dashou smiled at each other, and followed them and rode out of Shanhaiguan.

In the city defense, watching the two of them lead their subordinates away, the deputy general Yang Kun, the staff general Hu Shouliang, the staff general Fang Xianting, and the guerrilla Guo Yunlong hurriedly came to Wu Sangui's side, "General, don't listen to the rhetoric of the Tartars!" Once they enter the customs, we and the Guanning army will be the sinners of China through the ages, and the great rivers and mountains are equivalent to our hands in their hands, so what face do we have to meet the ancestors and ancestors under Jiuquan! ”

"General, what Vice Admiral Yang said is right, our own Han people's country can't turn to be Tartar to point fingers! Do you want to think twice? Wu Sangui looked at the four of them and sighed for a long time, "Shouliang, how can you not know your worries, but have you thought about it, now there is a shortage of soldiers and food in Shanhaiguan, there is a siege of the Tartar army in the back, and there are thieves sharpening their knives in front of Huohuo, how do we deal with ourselves?" Is it because of our selfishness that we have trapped 60,000 soldiers in a situation from which they will never recover? ”

"General, didn't the messenger of the thieves promise to send grain and grass first to show his sincerity? It is better to take it for the time being, as long as he Li Zicheng is really tolerant, why not let us guard this Shanhaiguan for him! Fang Xianting's words were unanimously agreed by the four of them, and Wu Sangui had to reluctantly agree when he saw this. immediately sent someone to discuss with Li Zicheng, hoping that he would return to his family.

On the other side, after Li Zicheng captured the city of Beijing, he completely lost himself, and a group of mud-legged people in tattered clothes suddenly came to Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the prosperity and wealth in front of them can be imagined, and their robber nature was immediately exposed.

Li Zicheng, who is eloquent and strategic, is almost everyone who believes that he will become the future lord of the new dynasty, and he is the only one after Chongzhen. Because, he has vigorous ambition, iron will, and superhuman courage and deep scheming. He was defeated by the imperial court several times, but he was miraculously resurrected. He is brave and invincible, even first-class generals such as Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting will eventually fall under his sword, and no one in the world seems to be able to stop him from approaching the emperor's throne.

Since May last year, he began to proclaim himself emperor in Xi'an, and then began to conquer Beijing, crossed the Yellow River on the second day of February, conquered Ningwu Pass on the first day of March, and arrived at Juyong Pass on March 15.

But what did Li Zicheng do before he entered Beijing?

Li Zicheng called the emperor to conquer Beijing, the soldiers and horses should be between 100,000-200,000, but Li Zicheng is known as a million heroes, scared that the Ming Dynasty soldiers surrendered one after another, often Li Zicheng has not yet gone to the place, the book has arrived, Li Zicheng intends to return to Shaanxi to continue to claim the king, but the people who came to surrender are endless, Li Zicheng can only meet all the way to "surrender" into Beijing.

At that time, some troops of the Ming army had not been paid for a long time, and the generals were also very embarrassed, so they worked hard for the imperial court, but the imperial court did not pay military salaries, and the soldiers often mutinied, so when Li Zicheng shouted from Shaanxi in a violent manner, everyone began to surrender one after another.

However, Li Zicheng does not produce wealth, but is just a porter of wealth, "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land", the more people who surrender, the more wealth they need to rob, there is no way, Li Zicheng can only go all the way to Beijing.

Li Zicheng refused to conquer Beijing at first, the victory came too suddenly, according to the normal process of establishing political power, it should be to establish a base in a certain place, and then step by step with all kinds of bigwigs to compete for the world, and everyone is afraid of the big step.

So, Li Zicheng wrote a letter to Chongzhen at the beginning, recruiting Chongzhen, the Ming court refused, and then Li Zicheng wrote again, no, we are on an equal footing, the Ming court refused again, and then Li Zicheng soldiers came to the city, sent people to Chongzhen and said, no, you let me be the king of the northwest, count you to recruit me, after the saddle and the horse, give you a deal, you just give me a few million taels of silver, the Ming court refused again.

These were the two things Li Zicheng did before he "attacked" into Beijing, surrendering and surrendering

There is a kind of arrow that has to be sent "on the string", so Li Zicheng did not expect that the city of Beijing, which had not been breached for nearly 300 years, would open it by himself to welcome him into the city, dua

G's moment, Li Zicheng's hegemony is in front of him, happiness comes too suddenly, I just want to travel back to the Ming Dynasty to be the prince, you actually let me be the emperor. And what he did after entering Beijing was not done by a Ming Jun.

After entering Beijing, the people at that time still supported King Chuang, but Li Zicheng, who entered the capital, began to make money in the city because of the lack of economy and food sources. The first is to take the princes and ministers under the knife, and for this reason, Liu Zongmin specially made tens of thousands of torture instruments for the torture of officials.

At that time, most of the emperor's relatives and ministers were not spared, and they were basically beaten half to death without giving money, or directly beheaded all over the house! This is not over, after robbing the officials' money, Li Zicheng began to extend his hand to the rich and the people. Open looting in the capital continues to occur! This act completely made Li Zicheng lose the hearts of officials and the people!

Chongzhen hanged himself on a coal mountain, leaving behind thousands of palace maids and concubines. After Li Zicheng entered the palace, he completely fell into the snatching of palace women, and basically the peasant army generals with status at that time all married wives by robbing palace women, and they were all happy. However, Li Zicheng's cadres also died because of women, and many army generals gradually lost their fighting spirit. are immersed in the gentle countryside of women.

Even Li Zicheng personally robbed a few beauties, of course, the legendary Chen Yuanyuan has been cut off by Shen Xing, but there are many beautiful women? You think, a group of poor peasants who are single, enter the palace, and it is simply impossible to control the situation. By snatching women, Li Zicheng's army rapidly declined in combat effectiveness.

As the old saying goes, if you want to perish, you will be crazy first, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, thinking that the world was his own, so he began to prepare for the enthronement to be the emperor, mainly three points: first, sent people to Shandong, Hebei and other places to announce the decree, saying that he had ascended the throne, and asked all places to be attached, but at that time he did not send troops, most of them were still not convinced, and they were perfunctory on the surface; The second is to recruit Wu Sangui and let him serve the new dynasty, but there are no specific measures, and he feels that Wu Sangui is waiting for the price to sell, so he has no interest.

The third is to prepare dragon robes, select concubines, harems, and prepare for a grand enthronement ceremony. It was in a hurry to ascend the throne and lose a good opportunity to strike at the Qing army. actually included Shen Xing, a fierce beast, in his cyst, thinking that everything would be fine with the red lady from it, thinking that after taking care of the northern affairs, he would just accept Jiangnan directly. It's nothing more than a fool's dream.