Wu Xiang finally left Gaoyang's new house with a panicked expression. Top? Since his family knows his own affairs, the Guan Ningjun at this moment has long since lost his majesty in the past. Even if he wanted to threaten Gao Yang, he didn't have enough qi when he spoke.

The territory of the Guanning army was only left in the area of Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan. Not to mention the sergeants, most of whom have been killed and captured during the years of siege and fighting. Especially last year, Zu Dashou surrendered with the last elite of the Guanning Army in Jinzhou. If it weren't for the inexplicable death of Huang Taiji in Shenyang, and the magnates of the Houjin were busy fighting for power and profit, perhaps the Houjin army would have already begun to enter the customs in a big way!

At this moment, most of the remaining members of Guan Ningjun are some old, weak, sick and disabled and family members. Of course, there are also elite families who have survived many wars over the years. This is the capital of the Wu family's father and son. It's just that the number of these family members is not much, and Wu Sangui is reluctant to use them.

If the imperial court really doesn't pay Liao, Guan Ningjun doesn't dare to do anything for the time being. It is impossible to do this kind of thing until it is forced to do it. Who has nothing to do and wants to be someone else's minion?

This national teacher with a mysterious origin obviously has great malice towards Guan Ningjun. Before he figured out Gao Yang's details, Wu Xiang didn't dare to make any moves. As for the matter of Liaoyu, there is no other way for the time being. I can only talk to Wu Sangui first to see if he has any other good way.

"I don't know." After Wu Xiang left, Gao Yang pouted and shook his head speechlessly.

"Aren't you afraid that they will really take refuge in the Manchus? That's what they've done historically. Origin asked curiously.

Gao Yang waved his hand and packed up the clothes on his body, preparing to leave the mansion given to him by Emperor Chongzhen and go to the military camp outside the city. "The Guan Ning Army is a private army, and now it is Wu Sangui and Wu Xiang who can decide their fate, not me." Gao Yang reached out and pinched his chin, and said in a low voice, "This time I broke the Liao salary that supported their lifeline." or accept the arrangement of the imperial court from now on and honestly work for the Ming Empire. Or go to Houjin and shave your hair to win a future. There is no other way for them to go. It's impossible to please both sides as before. ”

"I feel that Wu Sangui will definitely throw himself into the Manchu Qing Dynasty. After all, that's what he did in history. And he's a hero. Later, there was a rebellion in the three feudatories. He is now in the prime of life, and he should not give up his position so easily. The origin said with a careful analysis.

"You've only forgotten one thing." Gao Yang said with a smile: "Wu Sangui defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty to a large extent because Li Zicheng destroyed the Ming Dynasty. Wu Sangui, who had lost his goal, refused to join Li Zicheng when his father was arrested, Chen Yuanyuan was robbed, the source of salary and silver was cut off, and Li Zicheng asked him to surrender on his own initiative. At that time, he just refused to take refuge, and at that time he did not defect to the Manchus. It was when Li Zicheng decided to send troops to attack him that Wu Sangui finally made up his mind to borrow troops from the Manchu Qing and defeated Li Zicheng at a stone. ”

"So you mean he's going to throw himself at you?" Origin asked, confused.

"Not me." Gao Yang shook his head and said, "It's Emperor Chongzhen." Wu Sangui and Guan Ningjun are both Zhu Youzhen's courtiers, and they are nominally guarding one side on behalf of the Son of Heaven. You must know that Zu Dashou surrendered to the Manchus twice after the food supply was exhausted, and he also escaped from the Manchus once. This day and age are very much looking at this. If Wu Sangui rebelled because the court did not give him Liaoyu, then even Houjin would look down on him. ”

"As long as Emperor Chongzhen is alive, everything has an orthodox statement. Is that what it means? Origin continued.

"Hmm." Gao Yang nodded, and said in response, "The only thing that Emperor Chongzhen lacks is a truly powerful and capable army. Otherwise, the situation of Daming would not have collapsed to such a point. Well, let's go see the training of the new army. ”

......

Ningyuan, Liaozhen General Military Mansion.

Wu Sangui, the commander of the Liaodong Military Affairs, who had a high nose and big ears, a white face and no beard, a strong body and a handsome face, sat on the Taishi chair with a serious expression. In his stout, calloused hand, he held a letter sent by his father, Wu Xiang, from Jingshi, and looked through it carefully.

The meaning of Wu Xiang's letter is very simple, that is, to inform him that he should not count on this year's salary, and it is likely that there will be no more in the future. However, the imperial court will still give the food to eat. But if you want silver, you have to exchange the heads of the Jianlu and the Mongols. The origin of the national teacher is unknown, but between his words, he is very dissatisfied with Guan Ningjun. Wu Xiang asked his son how to deal with the matter.

Wu Sangui put away the letter and waved his hand. Standing aside. The maid who bought it at a high price from Jiangnan hurriedly took the tea and came forward to serve. After taking a sip of tea and clearing his thoughts again, Wu Sangui frowned, pinched his chin and whispered to himself, "Without Liaoyu, how can you live this day?" Do you want to let the captives in? "A soldier cannot be an army without food. You can't fight without pay. If the army does not have money to boost morale, it will have no fighting power. At this moment, the only way Wu Sangui could think of was to lead the thief to self-respect. Use Houjin to threaten the Jingshi and force the imperial court to comply.

It's just that this kind of thing is not easy to do. At this moment, Ning Yuan had already lost his previous role. The Houjin army had even captured the guards between Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. Ningyuan is completely an isolated city. Wu Sangui estimated. If Hou Jin really attacked again, it would be his turn to follow the old path of his uncle Zu Dashou. But this time, it is estimated that it is impossible for another army to come to rescue him. The army that the Ming Dynasty was able to fight had already been exhausted in the previous battles of Liaoxi.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui's head was full of irritability. Da Ming really can't hold on anymore. The country has decayed to such an extent that it is already in ruins and irretrievable. I don't know what the reason is this time, I miraculously escaped from Li Zicheng's attack, but what about next time? The most important thing is that there is an even more terrifying threat of Houjin!

Originally, Wu Sangui refused the 40,000 taels of silver sent by Li Zicheng, and still led troops to rescue Jingshi. It's just that his rescue intentions are not resolute, but he hopes that Li Zicheng can capture Jingshi and completely eliminate the hopeless imperial court. Maybe there will be a new way out?

But that magical national teacher suddenly appeared, and he really saved the Jingshi in an impossible situation. At this time, this national teacher is dissatisfied with Guan Ningjun, how should he, Wu Sangui, deal with it? Wu Sangui, who was annoyed, fell into boredom for a while.

Soon, however, a hurried servant relieved him from his boredom.

Zu Dashou, who was in Shenyang, quietly sent a secret letter to Wu Sangui. Dolgon, the regent of Later Jin, had already begun to mobilize the soldiers of various Niu Lu and slowly assembled in Shenyang, and also sent letters to the Mongolian tribes to send troops. At the same time, they began to hoard grain and grass on a large scale, and they may be preparing to go south in a big way.

The secret letter in his hand slowly slid down, and Wu Sangui raised his head slightly, his eyes glazed over. He whispered, "There's no need for a salary now." ”

After the death of Huang Taiji, Dolgon showed his strength, and all kinds of power tricks continued, and soon seized the supreme power of Houjin. After consolidating the forces of the post-Kim parties, Dolgon's ambitions were about to unfold. Going south to enter the customs and ruling the world is his greatest wish at the moment!

......

The news that Houjin was about to enter the customs again quickly spread into the customs and was sent to Emperor Chongzhen as soon as possible.

"High Immortal, how should we deal with this matter?" After Emperor Chongzhen received the report, he immediately invited Gao Yang back from the military camp outside the city.

"Your Majesty." Gao Yang casually put the letter in his hand aside, arched his hand to Emperor Chongzhen with an indifferent expression, and said loudly, "They will definitely come." And it's not like you've gone back after a lot of looting. I'm afraid they won't want to leave when they come in this time. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was silent, his hands clenched into fists and trembling slightly. Of course he understood what Gao Yang meant. There are too many hungry wolves staring at this big tomorrow. After decades of accumulation and development, Houjin finally showed his fierce and bloodthirsty fangs, intending to swallow the entire Ming Dynasty in his mouth!

"I." After a moment of silence, Emperor Chongzhen slowly raised his head, looked at Gao Yang with a resolute expression, and said in a deep voice, "I want to live and die with the Ming Dynasty!" I will never leave Jingshi! ”

Gao Yang laughed silently. If he is not there, no matter what Emperor Chongzhen says or does, the outcome of the fall of the Ming Dynasty will not change. As for Zhu Youzhen himself, it is best to end up committing suicide. But now that I am here, the wheel of fate will inevitably be forcibly reversed by myself and driven towards a completely unknown future!

Thinking of this, Gao Yang raised his eyebrows, chuckled, and said lightly, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much about this matter. At most, it's just a Houjin army of more than 100,000, which is not a big deal. Gao Yang is really not wrong in what he said. The army of more than 100,000 cold weapons era was nothing to Gao Yang at all. If he didn't have to worry about time and space rejection, he could have eliminated them all in a matter of minutes.

But for Emperor Chongzhen, who had never left Jingshi in his life, Gao Yang's first reaction was that Gao Yang was blowing nonsense. If it weren't for the fact that he had seen Gao Yang's powerful ability with his own eyes, Emperor Chongzhen would have already asked someone to throw Gao Yang out of the nonsense.

Gao Yang waved his hand, and then said, "Houjin is only in the mobilization stage now. In the era of cold weapons, large-scale military operations of more than 100,000 people would have to be prepared for at least several months. This time, their target must be the Liaoxi Corridor, all the way to Shanhaiguan, intending to enter the customs in a big way. There is nothing but stones and wild grass in western Liaoxi. If they want to feed the war with war, they won't be able to grab anything. So many people have to prepare their food and drink in advance. Otherwise, if you fight from a long distance, the logistics supply will not be able to keep up, and you will collapse. They don't have Antonov. ”

“...... Ann, Ann what? Emperor Chongzhen couldn't understand what Gao Yang was talking about, and asked with a puzzled face. (To be continued.) )