Chapter 35 Wu Sangui Surrenders The fleet arrived at the Yalu River

Wu Sangui is a native of Liaodong, the son of Wu Xiang, the general soldier of Jinzhou, Wu Sangui was born in the 40th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1612), and Chinese New Year's Eve is seven years old today, ranking second, elder brother Wu Sanfeng, younger brother Wu Sanfu. Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, opened the martial arts department, and Wu Sangui won the martial arts department. Soon, Wu Sangui became the commander of the governor because of his father's care.

In August of the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631), Wu Sangui was promoted to the chief military officer of Liaodong and guarded the Shanhaiguan.

Of course, Zhang Zhimu was very clear about Wu Sangui's situation, and the original history was that he was angry and led the Qing soldiers into the customs. Zhang Zhimu was concerned about the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in Wu Sangui's hands. The Guanning Iron Cavalry led by him once made the Qing soldiers very jealous, and it was the last combat-effective Iron Cavalry Force of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Zhimu didn't want to use iron-blooded means to destroy this strong team. For his research, the kiln gang people have long carried out. At the beginning, Zhang Zhimu asked Li Zhi to send someone to Beijing to learn about a famous prostitute named Chen Yuanyuan, although Li Zhi didn't say anything, he was still a little strange in his heart. But since he got to know Chen Yuanyuan, Li Zhi admired Zhang Zhimu even more, which made Li Zhi more determined that Zhang Zhimu was definitely not a mortal.

Chen Yuanyuan's original surname is Xing, his name is Yuan, and he is one of the eight Yans of Qin Huai. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he was a famous prostitute in Nanqu, and Suzhou lived in Sushantang Street. When Chen Yuanyuan first entered Nanqu, he was sought after by celebrities, and his fame overshadowed the gentle and lovely Dong Xiaowan. Unexpectedly, halfway through, Zhou Kui, the uncle of the country, wanted to seek a beautiful woman for the emperor, and he plundered away when he heard Yuanyuanfang's name.

At that time, there were wars everywhere, and Chongzhen didn't have the heart to care about these. There was no way for Chen Yuanyuan to return to Tianfu again, and once he was taken by Wu Sangui, he was accepted as a concubine.

After getting the news, Li Zhi knew that Zhang Zhimu's attention was already on Wu Sangui, but he didn't know why Zhang Zhimu knew about Chen Yuanyuan. In fact, Zhang Zhimu knew that in the original history, Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, his subordinate Liu Zongmin kidnapped Chen Yuanyuan, and Wu Sangui "rushed to the crown and was angry for the red face" and then led the Qing army into the customs. After venturing the frontier, he combined with Dong Xiaowan. Chen Yuanyuan and Wu Sangui went to Yunnan, and later became a nun, and some people say that Chen Yuanyuan hanged himself.

When Jiang Jian and the others analyzed the situation in Shanhaiguan, it was not because they cared about Wu Sangui's private life and studied Chen Yuanyuan's affairs, but because they analyzed his personality characteristics based on these circumstances. The work done by the kiln workers has been very meticulous.

However, Jiang Zhuo's deliberate words about Chen Yuanyuan made Wu Sangui really feel a chill in his back. He thought to himself, it seems that the kiln gang people have already started to study and deal with me, and they even know about such things. So what else they don't know?

Came to Jinzhou to garrison the yamen, Jiang Pai and Wu Sangui dismounted, Jiang Pai asked people to take the pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, etc. brought by Wu Sangui, and also let people entertain these soldiers who followed Wu Sangui, and then invited Wu Sangui into the garrison yamen hall. Wu Sangui's personal soldiers wanted to go in with Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui shouted: "Bold! You're all waiting outside! My safety is in charge of Mr. Jiang! ”

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Hehe! Wu Zongbing, rest assured! There are no safety issues here. However, I'll introduce you to two people right away, and you'll definitely be worth the trip! ”

As they spoke, the two of them entered the lobby and saw Jiang Ping coming in with someone, Li Wei and Li Jing glanced at each other and stood up, Jiang Ping hurriedly introduced: "Two generals, this is the famous Liaodong General Wu Sangui." ”

Li Wei and Li Jing arched their hands.

Jiang Pai also introduced: "These two are Li Wei and Li Jing, deputy commanders of the Yaogang People's Army. ”

Wu Sangui was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Oops! Wu is rude! Forgive sins, forgive sins! I've heard of it for a long time! What an honor to see today! ”

Li Wei said: "Mr. Wu, don't be polite, we have also heard of your name for a long time!" Have a seat! ”

"Two commanders, please!" Wu Sangui said to Jiang Ting, "Oops! Lord Jiang! You should have told me that our two commanders were here! Ha ha! Wu was reckless! ”

Jiang Ji laughed and said, "I want to surprise you!" However, you really don't have to be too polite. We don't talk too much about these false rituals! ”

"Huh!" Li Jing also smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, Mr. Jiang is right, we are very casual together." If you see our Mr. Zhang, it will be very easy-going! ”

"Good! Then you're welcome," Wu Sangui sat down as he spoke, and said, "I don't know when I'll be lucky enough to meet Zhang Dongjia?" ”

Hearing Wu Sangui say this, Li Wei and Li Jing both looked at each other, and then glanced at Jiang Jiao. Wu Sangui also saw this, smiled and said, "In my heart, Zhang Dongjia is like a god. What he did, I don't think we ordinary people can do. Don't look at our Shanhaiguan mountains and rivers, but we always pay attention to everything in your kiln gang. To tell you the truth, I read every issue of your kiln newspaper, and I can still listen to your radio broadcasts. ”

Jiang Ping, Li Wei, and Li Jing didn't expect Wu Sangui to say these words as soon as they met. In the Ming Dynasty, if the imperial court knew this, Wu Sangui was very dangerous. It seems that Wu Sangui is out of the way.

After everyone sat down, Jiang Jian introduced: "Mr. Wu is really angry, and he brought a lot of pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks over this time. ”

Li Wei said politely: "Mr. Wu is really polite!" ”

Li Jing also smiled and nodded.

Wu Sangui waved his hand and said, "It's not worth mentioning, don't say anything more!" After a while, he said, "I thought that you would be able to go through our Shanhaiguan to deal with Dolgon, and my brothers and I at Shanhaiguan were ready to entertain you, but I didn't expect you to bypass Shanhaiguan." ”

Li Jing took over and said: "In this matter, please don't misunderstand General Wu." When we came out, we originally wanted to walk from inside the side wall, but we were afraid that this road would cause misunderstanding and worry among the officers and soldiers who did not know us. ”

"Hey! I'm really looking forward to you leaving Shanhaiguan. It's good to be close to you. Wu Sangui knew that the people of Yaogang were still wary of the Ming army, and they didn't want to spend their energy on them.

"Haha!" Jiang Jian smiled and said tentatively, "Mr. Jiang, you are different from us. I used to be like you, but I know that things are very good at the ears and eyes. You're too close to us, don't you need to talk about the consequences, right? ”

"I think you kiln people are too partial!" Wu Sangui said more directly, "Why do you look down on the Datong General Army so much, but you look down on me as the Liaodong General Army?" ”

After Wu Sangui said this, Li Wei, Li Jing and Jiang Jian were all stunned, Wu Sangui's words were too sudden, and they didn't know what to say all of a sudden.

"Haha!" Wu Sangui laughed and said, "I know, you are all incredible people, and I don't go around in circles, I have made everything clear." I want to go and meet Zhang Dongjia, can you help arrange it? ”

Of course, Li Wei, Li Jing and Jiang Jian all understood Wu Sangui's words, but the three of them knew that this matter was too big, and the most important thing was to take into account how Zhang Zhimu explained to Emperor Chongzhen, otherwise they could call the shots by accepting Wu Sangui.

After Wu Sangui finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and drank the tea seriously, Li Wei, Li Jing and Jiang Jian looked at each other, Li Wei smiled and said: "We understand what Wu Zongbing means, in fact, this matter is simple and simple. But we also have to take into account the relationship between our President Zhang and the emperor, so we can't think about it too much. For example, General Jiang fell out with the emperor on behalf of the prince, and General Zhou Yuji was ordered by the emperor to follow our Yaogang People's Army to the west, and later the army was broken up and he disappeared. We have to talk to the family about Mr. Wu's affairs, and then answer you. But to be honest, we all know Mr. Wu very well. ”

"Hmm!" Wu Sangui took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and said, "You still have a lot to think about. I thought that the situation of major events in the world was already clear, to be honest, we all know that the military expenses of our Shanhaiguan are actually given by you. Today's emperor is working hard, but the building is about to collapse, and the emperor is unable to support him alone. It's not that our border soldiers are disloyal and unfilial, I also have to think about it for hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Our military pay has not been paid for a long time. But the brothers still sacrificed their lives to guard the Shanhaiguan, and if the situation continues like this, I don't know how long the soldiers below can be held hostage. Besides, what you Yaogang people do, our brothers are all clear, the same people, your brothers in Datong have been well arranged, our brothers in Liaodong have worked in the army all their lives, but they will be reduced to the streets when they are old, needless to say that the brothers don't do it, I can't stand it. is an understanding person who knows that only by following the kiln gang can Zhang Dongjia have a good way out. For the sake of our hundreds of thousands of Liaodong brothers, please help contact us, I want to meet Zhang Dongjia in person and plead for our brothers in person. Besides, our Liaodong brothers are not bad breeds, we need the Zhang Dong family as our backing, with your support, without you, our Liaodong brothers can also pacify the Manchu Dynasty. ”

Needless to say, Li Wei stood up and said to Li Jing: "Mr. Wu has already said home, let's contact the family immediately, and give Mr. Wu an explanation today." ”

After listening to Li Wei's words, Li Jing also got up and said, "No matter what, General Jiang has to prepare wine today, and we can drink some wine now!" ”

Seeing Li Wei and Li Jing both going out, Wu Sangui and Jiang Pei stood up, and watched Li Wei and Jiang Pei both go out, Jiang Pei arched his hand and said, "Lord Wu, you did the right thing!" Later, when you arrive at the kiln, you will know that we used to live in vain! ”

Wu Sangui nodded and asked, "Are the two of them going back to the kiln together?" ”

"Huh!" Jiang Jian smiled and said, "Didn't you hear the broadcast of our kiln in Shanhaiguan?" Can't we hear the radio from our side on the kiln side? ”

"Yes, yes!" Wu Sangui understood, "I heard, you have a telegram." ”

"A telegram is a telegram," Jiang Jian couldn't explain clearly to Wu Sangui for a moment, "We can also use the radio to talk directly to our homes." ”

Li Wei and Li Jing walked towards the communication office, and Li Wei said: "In this matter, I should ask the family for instructions and then answer Wu Sangui." ”

"I have to ask for instructions, if Wu Sangui is accepted like this, Shanhaiguan will not have to fight. It depends on what to do at home, right? Li Jing also said.

When Li Wei and Li Jing asked the communications office to use a high-power short-wave radio station to communicate with the command center, it happened that Zhang Zhimu, Yan Boju, and Li Yan were also discussing things with Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He in the command center. Ouyang He came to the communication center, Li Wei used the radio to tell Wu Sangui about it, Ouyang He didn't immediately answer what to do about Li Wei and Li Jing, and asked them to wait for a reply.

Li Wei said to Li Jing: "Please show me, right!" Mr. Ouyang couldn't answer right away! ”

Ouyang He returned to the command center and told Wu Sangui about it, Chen Yufeng said: "I don't think it's strange that Wu Sangui can make such a choice, but now when we haven't negotiated with the emperor, it's not easy for him to move first." We don't need his troops, and when Liaodong is stabilized, many of his troops will need to be dismissed on the spot. ”

Zhang Zhimu thought for a while and said, "I didn't expect Wu Sangui to be in such a hurry, it really gave me a problem." But it's a good thing after all, let's stabilize him first! ”

Ouyang He said: "We can let Li Wei and Li Jing agree to him, but ask them to listen to our arrangements before they can act." It was business as usual until we gave him specific instructions. But we can quietly give them some support in terms of materials and salaries. ”

Li Yan said: "Wu Sangui's more than 100,000 people are the last troops of the Ming Dynasty. I see that I personally went to Shanhaiguan to talk to Wu Sangui in person, and let him know that we attach great importance to him. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Zhimu said, "This is a way, we just need to stabilize Wu Sangui." Make sure you let him know that not moving anything now is the greatest contribution. ”

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He also agreed to Li Yan's trip to Shanhaiguan.

After Li Wei and Li Jing got the decision of the family, they immediately came to the garrison yamen hall, although Wu Sangui pretended to be calm, in fact, he was also playing drums in his heart, and he didn't know how the people of Yaogang would treat him.

As soon as Li Wei and Li Jing came in, Wu Sangui and Jiang Jian both stood up.

Li Wei smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, you really have face!" When we were talking to home, Mr. Zhang happened to be in the command center. Mr. Zhang asked me to tell you that he understands your intentions and thank you for your trust in us. Home, though, let me tell you that you don't have and don't show anything right now. The family immediately sent Li Yan and Li Gongzi to Shanhaiguan. For specific matters, Li Gongzi will meet with you. Your stability here is the greatest contribution now! ”

Listening to Li Wei's words, Wu Sangui's hands trembled a little excitedly, and he even said, "Okay!" I'm going to do what you say! ”

Jiang Ji said: "Okay! Lord Wu, we will be a family from now on. You don't have to worry about anything else. We kiln gang is a cooperative collective, each of us has a different division of labor, but together things, more than you think about a thoughtful thing. ”

Li Jing also said: "The reason why we Yaogang people win every battle is not only because we have good weapons, but also because our various departments cooperate very well, and we never distinguish each other." ”

"Good! If I can be with you in this life, I will not live in vain! Wu Sangui was also very excited.

Jiang Jian said: "We borrow your light and have a good drink today." ”

"Hey! I heard that there is good wine in your kiln, and the emperor is willing to drink your good wine. Why don't you take some out today? "It can be seen that Wu Sangui is also a good wine guy.

"Of course!" Jiang Pai said, "However, the military discipline on our side of Yaogang is very strict, and alcohol is not allowed during wartime, and all soldiers must abide by it." But today is special, we accompany you, the guest, and we should have a drink to celebrate together! ”

During the banquet, when he was happy, Wu Sangui couldn't help but ask: "If you attack Shanhaiguan with all your might, how long will it take to capture it?" Can you beat it down in three days? ”

Jiang Ji smiled and said: "The plan I formulated is to solve it all in one day!" ”

"Shanhaiguan is a very large defensive community, with many castle passes!" Wu Sangui was not convinced.

"Huh!" Li Jing smiled and said, "Didn't I say that our understanding of Shanhaiguan is not much worse than yours?" For us, no castle is enough for a cannonball. ”

Li Wei, Li Jing and Jiang Jian had a bitter drink with Wu Sangui, and after sending Wu Sangui away the next day, they led a large group of men and horses to the northeast.

After Lin Feng and Wei Xiang wiped out Dolgon's men and horses on the other side of the Liao River, Lin Feng led a large group of men and horses across the Liao River and marched towards southern Liao.

They divided their troops into several routes and conquered Yongning, Fuzhou, Beixunkou, Nanxunkou, Hongzuibao, Wanghaibao, Huanggudao Fort, Guifu Fort, Jinzhou, Nanguan, Lushun, and Shuangdao.

At the same time, the warships of Yaogang left two to cooperate with Lin Feng to recover southern Liaoning, and Wei Xiang took two other warships, four landing craft, and two tugboats, followed several large ships in Yaogang, carrying a division of the 11th Infantry Army, from the sea to the mouth of the Yalu River.

At sea, the fleet used the radio to contact Huang Xin. Huang Xin, who had long been lurking in Zhenjiang (Dandong City, Liaoning Province) on the edge of the Yalu River with people, hurriedly called back happily and immediately went to the sea to pick up Yaogang's fleet.

Because the water of the Yalu River is too shallow, the big boats of Yaogang cannot enter the Yalu River, so they need to use tugboats to carry barges into the Yalu River.

Huang Xin rented a wooden boat and came to the sea, and when he saw the big ship in Yaogang, the boatman who was rocking the oars was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth and shut his mouth, and asked Huang Xin, "Is this a boat?" It's like a mountain! ”

"Huh! This is the 5,000-ton ship of Yaogang, and we Yaogang people will build even bigger ships. Huang Xin said proudly.

The big ship of Yaogang hoisted Huang Xin onto the big boat, Wei Xiang went over and held Huang Xin's hand and said: "You risked your lives to get here ahead of schedule, it's really hard!" ”

"Hey, nothing!" Huang Xin said, "I have one arm left, and I can't fight with you." It's okay to explore the road ahead. ”

"We'll talk about it later!" Wei Xiang patted Huang Xin on the shoulder and said, "Let's talk about the situation in Zhenjiang!" ”

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