In this 644 year, Dashun and Daming alternated, and Wang Zheng led the Shandong army to unify the provinces of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, supported the king of Lu to supervise the country in Nanjing, and established the power of the king of Qi.

However, the Qing army outside the pass was not to be left behind, and the iron hooves had already arrived.

In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongde Huang Taiji died suddenly in Xingjing, the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time was the most fragile period, North Korea was ready to move, Mongolia was kind and discordant, and it seemed that it could disappear in the long river of history at any time.

The Manchus were in an unprecedented crisis, and the two Yellow Banner ministers were important ministers of the imperial court, and they were the representatives of the armed forces personally controlled by Huang Taiji during his lifetime.

At this critical juncture, Dorgon proposed a compromise plan for the succession of the crown prince Fulin.

Zilharang was a supporter of Hauge and served as the first regent, and most of the high-ranking officials of the court had no objections, while Dolgon, the prince of Rui, served as the second regent, and stabilized his supporters, leaving the ministers speechless.

However, in this way, Hauge lost the precious opportunity to inherit the throne, and it was obvious that Dolgon had a slight advantage, and many people thought that this battle for the throne was over, but Dolgon did not intend to stop there.

In May of the first year of the Lu Jian Kingdom, in the name of slandering the regent and oppressing Hanchen, Dolgon mobilized two white flags and heavy troops to cut Hauge to the solitary imprisonment in one fell swoop.

When the rest of the princes and ministers learned of this, they went to meet the first regent, Zilharang, but Zilharang remained steady, feeling that the matter had been controlled by Dorgon, and did not want to make a big move, so he did not say anything in order to protect himself.

The princes and ministers had no choice but to go to Emperor Shunzhi again, but at this time, Fulin was only six years old and could not effectively issue decrees, which further increased Dorgon's status and prestige in the Eight Banners.

Immediately after, Dolgon cleared Hauge's power in the Two Yellow Banners step by step in various names, overthrew the ministers left by the original Emperor Taiji, and monopolized power in the Eight Banners, almost holding the entire Qing army in his own hands.

Now that the interior has been stabilized, Dolgon immediately looks at the inside of the gate, watching every move.

On May 14, although Shengjing was far away in the south, he heard the news of Li Zicheng's capture of Beijing one day before the south, and learned that the Ming Dynasty had fallen, and Dolgon immediately entered the palace.

After two months of assembly and preparation, on July 20 of the first year of the Lu Jian Kingdom, Emperor Shunzhi worshiped the regent Dolgon as a general in the Dugong Palace, and personally gave him the imperial seal, so that he commanded the army of the Eight Banners to go south.

This battle was regarded as a golden opportunity by Dolgon, and the Qing army poured out, with 120,000 soldiers in the Eight Banners and 60,000 in the Eight Banners, counting the chaotic Green Battalion soldiers and many conscripts, totaling about 300,000 troops.

When Dolgon led the army of the Eight Banners to Laopo outside Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng was still busy torturing and plundering, while Wang Zheng was carrying out a large-scale army rectification, and he had no time to take care of it.

Dolgon has surrendered Wu Sangui three times, but each time he has categorically refused, the strong attack naturally failed, and Dolgon was at a loss for a while, so he could only wait for news from the pass.

The Eight Banners Army's clothes and armor are distinctly colored, the banner covers the sun, and the company camp is more than ten miles, although it arrived at the city a few days ago, but Dolgon has always been still.

On the evening of May 24, a letter was sent to the Shanhaiguan Mansion by the Qing envoy.

In the Lord's Mansion, the first thing that catches your eye is a dazzling, shining long knife, on which the double dragon pattern is engraved, more than one meter long.

The big knife hung behind the screen, and there were two letters in front of Wu Sangui's eyes, both of which were here to surrender, but he frowned, sighed repeatedly, and really didn't think about which one to go to.

The first to come was Dashun, who had already entered the Jingshi, Li Zicheng promised to give him one million taels, and the high-ranking official Houlu was not a problem, but Wu Sangui still had doubts.

Yesterday, he was still a high-ranking Ping Xibo, a feudal official of the Ming Dynasty, but now only a few months have passed, the monarch has become the king of the dead country, and he is the minister of the dead country like a lost dog.

Since he was a child, Wu Sangui has especially admired his father Wu Xiang, and has always given people the reputation of being a loyal and filial son, but now, he must choose between the two.

The remaining letter was a letter of surrender from Dolgon, the regent of the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the Guanwai, but it may be that Liu Zongmin died early, and his subordinate Bai Wang was bent on plundering gold and silver.

This person is a yin owl, not a womanizer, although he has a heavy army, but it has not affected the Wu Mansion.

So now, Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang is well protected by Li Zicheng, and Chen Yuanyuan has not been insulted, in fact, in his heart now, he has not considered the Qing army outside the customs at all.

In the final analysis, as long as Wu Sangui had any other choice, it was impossible to surrender to the Qing army.

The surrender of the Qing army is a matter of common indignation, which means that Wu Sangui will live in humiliation in this life, which is more uncomfortable than death for Wu Sangui, who has always been arrogant.

After thinking about it again and again, Wu Sangui burned the surrender letter sent by Dolgon to ashes, and found the messenger of Dashun outside the lord's mansion to express his desire to return.

The two sides talked very speculatively, and the envoy repeatedly assured Wu Sangui that King Chuang attached great importance to him and the Guan Ning army under his command, and he must be crowned king and worship in the future.

But it didn't take long for a rush of footsteps to come, it turned out to be the general of the Guan Ning Army guarding the arrow tower, Wu Sangui had already made his choice, he suddenly relaxed a little, and asked with a smile:

"It turned out to be the Minister of State, what happened, did Dolgon's dog jump off the wall in a hurry?"

Hearing this, the Dashun envoy beside Wu Sangui also relaxed, and laughed loudly together, but Xia Guoxiang shook his head, hurriedly came to Wu Sangui's side, and said a few words in his ear.

After hearing this, Wu Sangui's face changed greatly and asked:

"What, what did you say!?"

"The King of Qi has already established the Lu King Prison State in Nanjing, and the entire Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces have been annexed?"

Wang Zheng's name Wu Sangui can be described as thunderous, at the beginning he thought he was just a nouveau riche, but with the passage of time, this nouveau riche has won more than half of the land of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Dashun claimed to have a million troops and quickly broke through the Beijing division, the Qi army was also invincible in Jiangnan, and in several battles against the Dashun army, there were small defeats, but there was never any collapse.

Emperor Chongzhen's will was written clearly, and the surname of the king was the king of Qi, which was orthodox.

The Qi army led by Wang Zheng supported the Lu Dynasty in Nanjing, and until now, no other vassal king has come forward to supervise the country and claim the emperor, which is undoubtedly the only court that speaks effectively.

"Pinxiber, don't you ......"

The envoy of the Great Shun Army seemed to see something from Wu Sangui's face, so he couldn't wait to stop it, but before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Wu Sangui.

The smile on Wu Sangui's original face disappeared, and he waved his hand expressionlessly:

"Come, send the messenger back to rest."

"General Wu, this-" The envoy of Dashun seemed to have something to say, but Xia Guoxiang immediately stepped forward and motioned for him to leave quickly.