The next day, Wu Sangui summoned the Manchu envoy Fan Yongdou, asked him to write a handwritten letter, and sent an entourage to deliver a message to the Manchus, agreeing to the Manchus' persuasion to surrender. Three days later, Dolgon and the Manchu soldiers were able to enter Shanhaiguan to take over the city defenses of Shanhaiguan.

After Fan Yongdou personally wrote a letter of surrender and sent it out of Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui immediately turned his face, ordered the sergeant to capture Fan Yongdou and his party alive, opened the South Gate, and went to the old dragon head Haicheng where Fang Yuan was located.

When Fang Yuan heard of Zhou Jian's return, Wu Sangui was willing to personally escort the Manchu envoy Fan Yongdou to Haicheng to meet him, and immediately put aside the previous suspicions and greeted Wu Sangui and his party in Haicheng.

Because Fang Yuan is not only the concubine of the Ming Dynasty, but also the regent, and his status is noble, Wu Sangui wanted to pay tribute to Fang Yuan, but was stopped by Fang Yuan, "Governor Wu, you and I are both ministers of His Majesty, so you can be exempted from saluting!" ”

Wu Sangui saw that he was still kind and pleasant, and it was not as unapproachable as he imagined, and his hanging heart was half down, so he entered Haicheng with Fang Yuan, and when he arrived in the lobby, he sat down as the guest of honor.

In order to show Fang Yuan's sincerity, Wu Sangui immediately ordered Fan Yongdou to be escorted up and waited for Fang Yuan's punishment.

Fan Yongdou never expected that Wu Sangui would suddenly turn around and surrender to Fang Yuan, and now that he has fallen into Fang Yuan's hands, where will there be a way to live? His face was as dead as death, staring at Fang Yuan with anger in his eyes.

Fang Yuan and this old traitor of Jin Shang are old friends many years ago, when the Fan family's full door was still slaughtered by Fang Yuan, the only living mouth was only a granddaughter of Fan Yongdou, and now she is Jing Jie's daughter, Jing Ling.

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Old traitor Fan, I made you escape back then, I never thought that Skynet would be restored and not leaked, you still came from the net, ha!" ”

Fan Yongdou's biggest enemy in his life was Fang Yuan, when the enemy met, his eyes were extremely red, and he stared straight at Fang Yuandao, "Fang thief, I do business with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but I am a businessman seeking profit." You, a rebellious minister and thief who usurped the Ming Dynasty, dare to call others traitors?! The biggest thief is you! Kill me! ”

Fang Yuan held the wine glass with a smile and said leisurely, "Old traitor Fan, your whole family is dead, and you have no children and grandchildren, the most damned thing is actually you, it is really Wang Ba who lives for a thousand years." However, you old Wang Ba want to die, but it's not so easy, ha! I will chop you alive in front of Dolgon and the Manchu Tartars before the Shanhaiguan closes, so that Liaotu will show all the Han people who are working for the Manchus, what will happen to being a traitor! ”

"However, you, the old Wang Ba, will not be lonely along the way, your whole family has been waiting for you to reunite in the underworld, and the whole family of the big traitor Shang Kexi who was exterminated is accompanying you; I will also send Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, Fan Wencheng, and Li Yongfang's children and grandchildren to accompany you in the future! ”

"Also, the statue you were torn alive will be erected forever in the border town of Shanxi, so that those Jin merchants who did business with the Manchu Qing Dynasty can also see what happened to the traitorous old Wang Ba who was scolded through the ages."

When Fan Yongdou heard that he was going to be chopped in public, his previous arrogance disappeared, and he was so frightened that he couldn't stand on his feet, collapsed to the ground, and fainted.

Fang Yuan sneered and said, "Someone, take him down!" Remember, he is not allowed to kill himself until he is chopped alive! ”

Ma Yishan immediately commanded Jinyiwei to escort Fan Yongdou down, Jinyiwei's full-time job is to interrogate prisoners, and there are many ways to make Fan Yongdou immortal.

Fang Yuan smiled slightly, and said to Wu Sangui, "Wu Dudu, Ling Chi killed Fan Yongdou, what do you say?!" ”

Fang Yuan punished Fan Yongdou with tough means, and he also set an example for Wu Sangui, who was watching from the sidelines. It is also a warning to Wu Sangui not to have any more dissenting intentions, and dare to be a traitor repeatedly, the fate of the Fan family and the Shang family is the fate of his Wu family.

As soon as Wu Sangui came, he ate Fang Yuan's dismount, and his body trembled slightly in fright, and his face was still pretending to have nothing to do with him, and he smiled and said, "Regent, traitor, everyone will be punished, and it is better to kill him alive." ”

Fang Yuan laughed and toasted Wu Sangui with a glass of wine, and changed it to a pleasant face, "Governor Wu, it's time to negotiate the terms with General Zhou before this trip?" ”

In fact, Zhou Jian did not negotiate with Wu Sangui on the conditions for adaptation, Fang Yuan was just knowingly asking.

Wu Sangui said hesitantly, "Regent, my trip is to discuss with the regent how the Guanning Army will fight against the Xuanjia Army. Retreat from the strong enemy first, and then discuss others. ”

Fang Yuan saw that Wu Sangui wanted to retain the independence of the Guanning warlords, and he also secretly sneered. However, the Guanning army is a group of arrogant soldiers, where is it so easy to succumb? It is necessary to use tougher means to make Wu Sangui honestly accept the adaptation.

At present, the most important thing is not to forcibly reorganize the Guanning Army and cause accidents, but to defeat the Manchu Eight Banners first.

Although Wu Sangui had already arrived in Haicheng and handed over the Manchu envoy Fan Yongdou, he was actually taking a step at a time to test Fang Yuan's true intentions.

Wu Sangui is also prepared with both hands, if Fang's original military plan is to make the Guanning army go out of the pass to meet the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and fight to defeat both sides, and the Xuanjia army is sitting in the back to enjoy the benefits of the fisherman, it is estimated that the surrender will have to be considered again.

Fang Yuan stroked the wine glass, his eyes fell on Wu Sangui's body, and said slowly, "Wu Dudu, do you have any strategy to retreat from the enemy?!" ”

Wu Sangui had ordered Fan Yongdou to send someone to the Manchu Qing to reply, willing to surrender in three days, but in fact, he had already thought of a plan to retreat from the enemy, and said tentatively, "Regent, I have a plan, which is to invite you into the urn, pretend to be the Guanning army to surrender to the Manchu Qing, lead the Manchu Tartars into the Shanhai Pass, and then the Guanning Army and the Xuanjia Army will jointly encircle and annihilate the Manchu Tartars who entered the Guan!" If the Manchu Emperor Dolgon also lost his guard and entered the pass, he would have succeeded in the battle. ”

Fang Yuan was silent when he heard this, Wu Sangui's method was a good strategy, it was easier to introduce the Manchu Tartars into Shanhaiguan and slaughter them with strong wall artillery than to fight a field battle. If the Manchu Emperor Dolgon can be slaughtered, then this Manchu invasion will inevitably end in failure.

But Wu Sangui's plan has two biggest variables.

First, will the Manchu Tartars be easily tricked? The Xuanjia army entered Shanhaiguan in a big way, and any omission in the cooperation between the two sides could be detected by the Manchu Tartars. Even if the Manchu Tartars planned to enter the Shanhaiguan, once the war broke out, with the cooperation of the Manchu Tartars, whether the Shanhaiguan could be guarded, and whether the Manchu Tartars would break through the Shanhaiguan Pass, it was difficult to predict.

Second, the biggest variable is not actually in the Manchu Dynasty, but in Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army. If Wu Sangui nominally surrounded the Manchu Tartars with the Xuanjia Army and fought against the water, how many of the Xuanjia troops who entered the customs could escape alive? This plan to invite you into the urn, I don't know whether to invite the Manchu Qing into the urn, or to invite Fang Yuan into the urn. Pinning the hope of victory on the loyalty of Wu Sangui and Guan Ningjun, it is better to believe that the sow will be on the tree.

Fang Yuan's eyes flickered, and he was also hesitating and tangled in his heart, did he trust Wu Sangui and bet on this? Or did he refuse this proposal and fight the Manchus with real knives and guns?

Wu Sangui also drank the wine silently, waiting for Fang Yuan's final decision.

After a long time, the corners of Fang Yuan's mouth finally showed a smile, and he spoke, "Wu Dudu's plan is very good, but I want to adjust the battle plan a little more and keep the Manchu Tartars who can annihilate the customs in one fell swoop." ”