That night, the battle of Shanhaiguan was still going on, and the shouts of killing outside the pass shook the sky.

The Guan Ning army has been fighting with the Dashun army outside the pass for a day, the blood is flowing like a river, the corpses are everywhere, the soldiers on both sides are already exhausted, but everyone knows the importance of this victory, and no one takes a step back.

For Dashun, only by taking Shanhaiguan can he have the capital to gain a foothold in Beizhili, and only then can he have the ability to fight against the court of Lu Jianguo in the south.

For Guan Ningjun, this battle is of great significance, it is a battle of life and death for everyone, if they can't win, even their own families will die in the hands of thieves.

The soldiers on both sides came and went, and every moment there were people who fell down with a miserable howl.

Although the Dashun army occupies the initiative on the battlefield and presses Wu Sangui to fight, the Guanning army is not a guard soldier who eats soft rice, and it has been supported by the Nanjing Lu Jianguo court, so the rout is naturally even more impossible, and it is difficult to kill for a while.

"General, this is the third time that Ping Xibo has asked for reinforcements, let's not go out of the customs for assistance?"

A stone, about 20,000 Dashun troops are in battle under the pass, and the 10,000 soldiers under the command of Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, are responsible for the defense.

Listening to the general manager's words, Gao Di fell silent.

These 10,000 soldiers are not the Guanning army, they are the border army that originally guarded Shanhaiguan, and now they and the Guanning army are grasshoppers on the same rope, and they are all attached to the Nanjing Lu Jianguo court.

After the martyrdom of Chongzhen, the era of the Ming Dynasty's actual unification has passed, and the Ming army in Shanhaiguan has become a lone army.

Dashun, the Nanjing court, and even the Qing army outside the Guan, recruiting Wu Sangui and Guan Ningjun all had to use very important bargaining chips, and they were like dowries, and no one cared, which made Gao Di secretly hateful.

Originally, it should be himself who held the important bargaining chip of Shanhaiguan, and he should also be the one who was waiting to worship the general, why did he Wu Sangui take the Guan Ning army into the city, and all of them became his?

"Unwilling, I'm not reconciled to ......"

Gao Di also understands the combat effectiveness of the more than 10,000 people under his command, Wu Sangui holds the elite of Guanning and controls the mountains and seas, so he can weigh the pros and cons of the solicitation of various forces.

In contrast, Gao Di is more like a homeless person, and this little power in his hand is nothing at all, and he may be destroyed with a flip, and he can't even make a wave, so he is eager to find his own backer.

In addition to the 10,000 headquarters, Gao Di can only mobilize tens of thousands of volunteers, in his opinion, this number of people is not enough to guard the 100,000 Dashun army, how can he go out to rescue others.

At present, the backer that Gao Di has found is Wang Zheng, the king of Qi who supports King Lu in Nanjing.

On the one hand, the King of Qi is orthodox, and Emperor Chongzhen's will is personally sealed, on the other hand, judging from the materials given to the Guan Ning Army, the current Qi army has a solid family background, and it is indeed much stronger than the Dashun army.

Since he has submitted to the Nanjing court, then Gao Di has to secretly consider himself, some time ago Qi Yaowu sent someone to find him, secretly promised to determine the position of Marquis of Xi, and said some whispers that could not be known to outsiders.

Gao Di listened to all these words in his heart and remembered them silently, and at this time he suddenly remembered them, which made him shudder and feel that it was a huge opportunity.

Wu Sangui holds 30,000 elites of the Guanning Army, which is indeed a military force that cannot be ignored, and this Guanning Army is not like the 10,000 soldiers and horses of his subordinates.

King Qi would not be afraid of these miscellaneous soldiers under Gao Di, but if he said that he was not afraid of the Guan Ning army in Wu Sangui's hands at all, even Gao Di himself would not believe it.

To put it bluntly, what Qi Yaowu conveyed to Gao Di was that King Qi didn't care about Wu Sangui's life or death, and he didn't care about the survival or destruction of Guan Ning's army.

So looking at the world, what does the King of Qi care about, only whether the owner of the Shanhaiguan is himself, if he guards the Shanhaiguan and dedicates it to Wang Zheng, the reward will be extremely rich.

The people sent by Qi Yaowu analyzed everything at that time, saying that even if Wu Sangui died outside the gate this time, and the Guanning army would be wiped out, the King of Qi would at most reprimand him on the surface, and he would not say anything more about it, let alone punish Gao Di, because he had helped solve a big problem for his henchmen.

If you think about it, that's really the case.

Unconsciously, Gao Di's palms were a little sweaty, if he refused to send troops, Guan Ning's army would inevitably suffer heavy damage, and Wu Sangui would hate himself for this.

However, in this way, Gao Di can use this to show his sincere loyalty to Wang Zheng, and his backer has become the current King of Qi, what will happen to Wu Sangui, these are no longer important.

Helping King Qi solve Wu Sangui's trouble is the shortcut that Qi Yaowu promised Gao Di to soar in the future, and it is also a fork in Gao Di's life.

Having said that, the generals who led the 20,000 Dashun soldiers and Gao Di are old acquaintances, one is Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun, and the other is Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Jizhou, who are all generals entrusted with important tasks by Emperor Chongzhen in the past.

In the battle of Songjin, after the retreat of the Qi army, the official army immediately became a plate of scattered sand, Wang Pu ran the fastest, followed by Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, these people were as timid as mice, and it was reasonable to surrender to Dashun.

Gao Di even thought about whether to recruit these two people for King Qi, but after thinking about it again, he felt that it was better to forget it, this was a great credit for guarding Shanhaiguan, but if there were more people, it would not be big.

It is for brotherhood to go out of the customs and send them to death, or to follow the secret promise of King Qi and indirectly kill Wu Sangui and the officers and soldiers of Guan Ning, this is the most difficult choice in Gao's first life.

The answer is unusually obvious, and it exudes an irresistible temptation.

If you obey King Qi, you will get what you want, such as the position of marquis, the hero of the opening of the dynasty, all of which you couldn't think of before, and now it seems that you can get it at your fingertips.

Gao Di constantly comforted himself that he had to respect the meaning of the Nanjing court, and he was also responsible for the soldiers and volunteers who were closed, and for the sake of his family, so he had to do it as a last resort.

"Keep the gates shut, and let no one enter."

When Gao Di gave this order, his voice trembled, and he even thought that he had heard it wrong, and wanted to be confirmed in astonishment, but it was Gao Di's angry roar:

"Didn't you hear me, I said close the city gates, and I won't cut you again!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The general manager is a clever person, and his heart is really a ghost, but the military platform, which is usually mild-mannered, is so irritable this time, and quickly ordered the city gate to be opened.

This is not the first time that many people have heard this sound of the gate, Bai Guangen heard it from afar, so he pointed to Guan Chengshang and laughed:

"Gao Di, this guy should be scared, do you want to take advantage of the situation to attack?"

Tang Tong laughed, but after hearing this, he quickly shook his head, and grabbed Bai Guangen, for fear that this thing would rush forward, so he whispered in his ear:

"Brother, have you forgotten that behind us are all old camps! King Chuang's meaning is to block the back road and prevent reinforcements from entering Shihe, even if we give an order, these people are afraid that they will not respect it. ”

These words reminded Bai Guangen, and he nodded again and again:

"You're right, I'm confused."

At this moment, most of the people who are following him are actually only nominally respected, all of them are brave people who Li Zicheng has accumulated over the years of fighting, and the real descendants of Dashun.

If he disobeys Li Zicheng a little, he is afraid that he will be arrested immediately, and then he will make a big joke, and where will he put his face.