The military situation of Dolgon's gathering of troops to march in two directions, and the edict of Chongzhen's order Fang Yuan to lead the army to King Qin, reached the Fengyang Palace almost at the same time.

Dolgon suddenly threw all his chips to bet, which was indeed beyond Fang Yuan's previous estimate. Fang originally wanted to slowly gamble chips with Dolgon to see who was more skilled in gambling and who had a better family background. Unexpectedly, Dolgon learned the gambling saint of the star master, and directly opened the stud.

Now that Dolgon has made a bet, he can't dodge, and he can't dodge this time and next time, and the only way is to fight.

At least for the time being, there is still Chongzhen who adheres to the national righteousness and sends the edict of King Qin, and the battlefield is in the Gyeonggi area. If the capital falls, and a puppet pro-Manchu comes to power, then what's the point? The flames of war will burn directly to Shandong, and the situation will be out of control.

Fang Yuan called Jing Jie, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, Chigutai, the deputy marshal and governor of Shandong, Shi Lang, the deputy marshal and admiral of the navy, and Liu Yiliang, who had been dormant in the Taihu military base for a year and closed the door to build a tank force, and Shi Song, the governor of the palace, gathered at the Fengyang Palace to hold a military and political meeting.

In order to respect the face of the future Ming Emperor Zhu Cihuan, Fang Yuan also invited Zhu Cihuan to attend. Of course, this kind of confidential military meeting is limited to Zhu Cihuan alone, and there is also a confidant eunuch, and none of the remaining ministers of the prince's palace can participate.

Fang Yuan ordered Wang Chengen to circulate to everyone the military information of Dolgon's invasion of the pass, as well as the edict of King Qin sent by Chongzhen, and asked unhurriedly, "The Manchu Qing Dynasty invaded in two ways, and it was aimed at the Xuanjia army, how should I fight?" Do you want to be Qinwang? Whether it is an unconditional king or a conditional king can be discussed. ”

Jing Zhuo said, "Boss, since Dolgon wants to play big, we will accompany you to the end!" ”

Fang Yuan thought of it with him, nodded and said, "Third brother, how do you say you should fight?!" ”

Jing Jie said, "The Tartars come in two ways, and I suggest defending the east and attacking the west." The DPRK did not have enough troops and the assistance it could give, and it did not have the conditions for a large-scale war with the Tartars. Taking a defensive position in Korea, as long as it can repel the attack of the Tatars with the allied forces of the Korean Nationalist Army, it is considered a victory if it can gain a firm foothold at Phi Dao. The Gyeonggi battlefield is the main battlefield of the decisive battle between our army and the Tartars, and it should be taken on the offensive, gather a large army to the north, and fight with Dolgon. ”

The road to Gyeonggi is a personal expedition by Dolgon, and it is a hard bone in terms of military morale and morale, and how to gnaw it is a thorny problem.

Fang Yuan muttered, "Your Majesty strictly ordered our army not to approach the capital, and can only choose Jizhen or Shanhaiguan to be stationed, should our army obey Your Majesty's edict?" ”

Chigutai smiled contemptuously and said, "Regent, who does that emperor think he is?" was beaten so that there were no pants left, and he was still putting the emperor on the shelf. Where is Lao Tzu's iron cavalry stationed, and he needs to give orders? Lao Tzu is going to lead troops to the capital and enter the city, what can the emperor Lao Er do to me? ! ”

Although Chigutai's words are a big rebellion, they are also reasonable, Zhou Kui has already surrendered, and now the other party in the capital is completely undefended. As long as Fang Yuan is willing, he can enter the capital at will. However, at present, the war with the Manchu Qing is imminent, and if such a rebellious act is made, the harm to the war situation will be immeasurable.

First of all, it would be impossible for Zhou Yuji's Jin army to live in peace with Fang Yuan, and Wu Sangui could also take the opportunity to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was simply worth the loss. Even if you want to force your way into the capital, you have to fight off Dolgon.

"Ahem! Cough! ”

Zhu Cihuan in the curtain behind Fang Yuan coughed lightly twice, expressing his dissatisfaction.

Chigutai's words are very disrespectful to Chongzhen, where is there still a little bit of a courtier? If Fang Yuan's subordinates can arrogantly and arrogantly insult the righteous emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, then what kind of onion is Zhu Cihuan, the prince of the prison country who has not yet ascended the throne? After ascending the throne, in the eyes of the generals under Fang Yuan's command, how much better can it be than Chongzhen?

Chigutai's words were indeed excessive, they were simply unseemly, flying and domineering, Fang Yuan had to reprimand angrily, "Chigutai! Your Majesty is still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming royal family is still the master of the world, even I, the regent, dare not be disrespectful to Your Majesty, you dare to insult at will? You don't even care about me, the regent, and want to rebel?! ”

Chigutai is the character of the Mongols, there is one to say one, there is two to say, look down on Chongzhen and scolded in public, until he was scolded by Fang Yuan, then he knew that it was a disaster from his mouth, so frightened that he hurriedly closed his mouth, half knelt on the ground, and slapped him a few times, "Regent, I, I, where do you dare to rebel?" Don't dare, don't dare! It's time to fight, it's time to fight! ”

Fang Yuan said coldly, "Chigutai, after the military meeting, go down and get fifty military sticks, you must fight as it is!" ”

Chigutai promised repeatedly, "If you want to fight, you will fight a hundred, and if you don't fight, you won't have a long memory!" ”

Fang Yuan was secretly amused by his uprightness, and no longer bothered with him, he looked at Jing Jie and said, "Third brother, before the Manchu Qing retreated, our army could not enter Beijing City. ”

Jing Jie said, "Since you don't enter the capital, you can only choose a place to camp in Shanhaiguan and Jizhen." Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan has always been at odds with our army, but Zhou Yuji of Jizhen has a tacit understanding, should our army go to Jizhen to station? ”

Fang Yuan had his own thoughts, shook his head and said, "No, if our army and Zhou Yuji are all in Jizhen, and Wu Sangui lets people enter the customs, what should we do?!" ”

Jing Jie was stunned and said, "Wu Sangui is so bold that he dares to let people enter the customs?!" ”

With Fang Yuan's understanding of history, Wu Sangui's surrender to the Manchus was made in a few days.

Before the acquisition of a company, the two parties must first find out each other, build mutual trust, and then negotiate specific terms, and finally the placement of senior officials and even middle managers. It will take at least a few months for this to come and go.

In just a few days, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to complete the integration of such a large force as the Guanning Army, which was more efficient than the acquisition of a company, and it was absolutely impossible. It can be seen from this that the truth of history is by no means that Wu Sangui temporarily surrendered to the Manchus, but that a month or two before, Wu Sangui and Guan Ningjun had already secretly communicated with the Manchus, and all the conditions for surrender must have been negotiated long ago.

Dolgon led his army to Shanhaiguan, not to negotiate improvisably, but to perform the ceremony of surrendering the Guanning army.

In Fang Yuan's opinion, Wu Sangui and Guan Ningjun actually didn't have any loyalty at all, they were an army that could defect at any time on the battlefield, and said lightly, "What does Wu Sangui not dare?" The army of a warlord like the Guanning Army staying on the Gyeonggi battlefield is the biggest variable! If Wu Sangui lets the people enter the customs, what is the point of us guarding Jizhen again?! On the battlefield, he will be led by the nose by the Manchu Qing Tartars. ”

Jing Jie had vaguely captured Fang Yuan's thoughts, and asked tentatively, "Boss, what do you think?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Third brother, the defense line of Jizhen is handed over to Zhou Yuji, I can rest assured." Although Zhou Yuji couldn't hold Jizhen, at least the main force of the Manchu Tartars would not break through the Jizhen defense line in a short time. What I'm really worried about is Shanhaiguan, let's go to Shanhaiguan and station! ”

He made Shanhaiguan his own back garden, and he could enter if he wanted to, Jing Jie said in surprise, "What if Wu Sangui doesn't let us enter the customs?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled coldly, the murderous aura on his face swept by, "Third child! You also look up to Wu Sangui and Guan Ningjun's discipline too much. It couldn't be easier to get Wu Sangui and Guan Ningjun to open the door and surrender! ”