In fact, the matter of recovering stolen goods and subsidies reached Shanhaiguan at the end of March, and the Beijing division was 600 miles away from Shanhaiguan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf you walk slowly, it will take more than ten days, and if you are fast and the horse is in a hurry day and night, it will only be two or three days away.

When the news reached Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui, Liu Zhaoji, Fan Zhiwan, Li Yutian and others were all shocked and couldn't believe their ears. However, more news came, and this thing was confirmed to be true, and immediately the civil and military generals of Shanhaiguan were all frightened, and they didn't know what to do.

It was at this time that he was in Shanhaiguan and surrendered earlier, and Dingxi Bo Tangtong, who was responsible for the heavy task of surrendering, was frightened and uncertain, and his heart was at a loss.

On the second day of the first month of April, Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui stood on the east floor of the town in a daze, Shanhaiguan is extremely magnificent, it is a dragon and phoenix compound castle defense line, in addition to the Guancheng, there are seven castles such as Dongluo City, Xiluo City, South Wing City, North Wing City, Weiyuan City, Ninghai City and so on.

Moreover, Guancheng is also connected with the Great Wall, including the Great Wall of Guancheng, the Great Wall of the South Wing, the Great Wall of the North Wing, the Great Wall of Laolongtou, the Great Wall of Jiaoshan, the Great Wall of Sandaoguan and the Great Wall of Jiumen (a piece of stone), etc., with a total length of more than 50 li.

Guancheng is located in the middle of the plain, its east city wall is both the east part of Guancheng, and a part of the Great Wall, one body and two positions, at this time Wu Sangui stands is the East Gate Arrow Tower "Town East Building", also known as "the world's first Guan Arrow Tower".

Wu Sangui took out the clairvoyant mirror to look, he looked outside the arrow tower for a long time, through the urn city, you can see the opposite Dongluo City, which is the first barrier at the east gate of the city, and it is also the first hole to enter the pass. The city is more than 100 zhang on Friday, with a slight arc-shaped extension, the west wall is connected with the east city wall of Guancheng, the Great Wall is connected as a whole, the southeast city wall is connected with the east gate of Guancheng together, and the junction is guarded by Linlu Building and the Muying Building.

Looking through Dongluo City again, you can see that the Qing military camp tents are covered several miles away, and it is especially happy that above the ridge, it is even more flag-waving. Wu Sangui looked over there for a long time, he had seen the Yellow Dragon Umbrella of the slave chief Dolgon appear on Weiyuan Fort, perhaps the camp of the Qing Emperor at this time was stationed in that mountain range.

Looking at the Jiaoshan Mountain in the northwest again, the boulder ridge is like a dragon's head wearing a horn, and the Changshou Mountain and Yanshan Mountains in the northeast of the Jiaoshan Great Wall are also full of dense Qing army camp tents, and the vast camps and banners seem to be out of sight.

Wu Sangui looked at it worriedly and blankly for a long time, and at this moment, hurried footsteps sounded, Wu Sangui turned around, but saw that one of his personal guards was hurrying over.

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In the governor's line, Wu Sangui had just entered the lobby, and he heard the joyful and hearty voice of Dongpingbo and Liu Zhaoji, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan: "Haha, this is really a great joy, the prince is safe and sound, this is really God bless my Daming." ”

Wu Sangui was stunned, and then rejoiced: "The prince is safe and sound?" ”

When he walked into the lobby, he saw Liu Zhaoji's burly figure standing, he laughed, and waved a letter in his hand, his face was extremely happy.

Beside him, Fan Zhiwan, the governor of Jiliao, and Li Yutian, the governor of the closed gate, were sitting, exchanging words, but their faces were full of joy.

There is also one person sitting awkwardly, but he has already taken refuge in Dashun, the former Miyun commander-in-chief, Dingxi Bo Tangtong.

Seeing Wu Sangui coming in, everyone looked at it, Liu Zhaoji strode over and called: "Uncle Chang, come and see, this is a letter sent by Yang Shuai, Prince Yan has been welcomed into the Xuanfu by the Marquis of Yongning, I have not exhausted my great energy, hahaha......"

Wu Sangui first saluted Liu Zhaoji, Fan Zhiwan, and Li Yutian calmly: "Liu Shuai, two military gates." ”

His manners were polite, his manners were thoughtful, and his every move showed the demeanor of a child of the family, Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian both showed soft smiles on their faces, and a look of jealousy flashed in Tang Tong's eyes.

Then Wu Sangui took the letter handed by Liu Zhaoji and looked at it carefully, and his hands trembled involuntarily: "...... On the 28th of last month, the prince was rescued by righteous soldiers and fled into the town of Xuanfu. Now Yongning Marquis Wang Dou, Xuanda Governor Ji Shiwei, the former military secretary Chen Xinjia, and the eunuch Du Xun have been welcomed and settled, this ...... Is this news true? ”

Liu Zhaoji laughed and said: "This is a letter written by the Marquis of Yongning to Yang Shuai, and then Yang Shuai hurriedly told me to wait, how can it not be true?" ”

He laughed and said: "The crown prince is safe, presumably he will send troops to fight with the Marquis of Yongning soon, and the end of the thieves will come." ”

Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian both stroked their beards and smiled, while Tang Tong's face was blue and white for a while, especially when he heard the word thief.

He laughed dryly and said: "Liu Shuai, Wu Shuai, two military gates, we are now Dashun courtiers, this thief is ......"

Liu Zhaoji shouted: "Dashun? What Dashun? Poison the Dashun of the officials and gentry? Dashun who broke down doors from door to door to ask for money? Dashun, who robbed women of money? A certain Liu Zhaoji defected to the new dynasty in order to protect the people of the country, not to let thieves break down and plunder from house to house! …… These thieves are accustomed to rhetoric and deceive the people, but thieves are thieves after all, and they can't help but show up after only a few days. Damn, a certain family was almost deceived by this thief! ”

Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian's gaze at Tang Tong was also a little cold, from the time they knew that they were recovering stolen goods and helping salaries, especially when they heard that many officials and nobles had been tortured and killed, they drew a line with Dashun in their hearts. I heard that the prince was still alive, so I swore an oath to be against the thieves.

They can't imagine the consequences, the day before they declared their allegiance, the day after they were arrested and tortured, and then they and their families were beaten to death, and both people and money were lost, which makes people shudder to think about.

Li Yutian said lightly: "Torture the gentry and the common people, and rob the money and women, is this the atmosphere of the new dynasty?" Still a thief! The word Dashun, never mention it again! ”

Fan Zhiwan also smiled and said: "Dingxi Boshi received the emperor's favor, and the emperor's grace was as heavy as a mountain. ”

Tang Tong was restless, at the beginning he was full of spirits, and he was proud in front of Wu Sangui, Liu Zhaoji, Fan Zhiwan and others, but now his momentum has shrunk a lot.

After the news of the recovery of stolen goods and subsidies in Jingshi and other places came, he secretly regretted it in his heart, feeling that this Dashun Dynasty was unreliable, and his earlier decision was hasty. Good birds choose trees to perch, and it is obvious that this Dashun is not an ideal tree.

However, he still had the hope of what happened in his heart, and he smiled dryly: "Sure enough, if the country is angry and resentful, you should abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, and regain your allegiance to my Daming." It's just that...... Whether this news is wrong or not, we need to listen to it more. ”

Liu Zhaoji sneered, Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian also groaned, Tang Tong's words also made sense, the rumors are not credible, will the news from Beijing be untrue and exaggerated?

After all, it is too appalling to chase stolen goods and help the people, and no wise king, or a new dynasty, would do such a stupid thing. Indeed, it would be better to listen again, and save yourself from making difficult choices about fate again.

In particular, Fan Zhiwan is greedy and cowardly, in addition to making money, he pays attention to a group of harmony, and it is better not to make trouble, or not to make trouble.

Wu Sangui had been sitting quietly, not knowing what he was thinking, when he was about to speak, and heard the sound of hurried footsteps, but it was a family member from the Governor's Mansion who hurriedly came in and brought important news to everyone in the hall.

"What, someone in Pingxibo's family escaped from Beijing, and there is still a friend in it?"

Fan Zhiwan and the others stood up violently.

……

Several people were brought into the hall, Wu Sangui hesitated to look, one was supported by two servants of the Wu Mansion, walking with difficulty, looking extremely familiar, it seemed to be ......

There was one more.

"Uncle ......"

"Brother Tingxian."

This person turned out to be his friend Fang Guangchen, the word Tingxian, the son of Fang Yizao, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, when Fang Yizao was a scholar to patrol Liaodong, he had worshiped his disciples, and made an alliance with his son Fang Guangchen to forget his friendship, and now he appeared in front of him.

After he said hello, he stepped aside, revealing the man in the middle. This man was scarred and trembling, and if it had not been for the help of someone, he would have shrunk to the ground. Wu Sangui looked at it hesitantly, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became, and finally he woke up, this unrecognizable person was his eldest brother Wu Sanfeng.

I saw Wu Sanfeng trembling, his tears rolled down in big pieces, his lips trembled, and he suddenly threw himself at Wu Sangui's feet, and shouted bitterly: "Brother! ”

He hugged Wu Sangui's feet and howled heartbreakingly, his voice like a cuckoo crying blood.

Wu Sangui knelt down, he trembled and said, "Big brother, you ...... How did you get to this? ”

He didn't dare to recognize the person in front of him, just by looking at his hands and feet, he knew how much inhumane torture he had endured.

Wu Sanfeng howled and cried: "Ying Qi...... Ying Qi is gone, and your sister-in-law and them are all dead! …… I was caught alive......"

Wu Sangui said: "Clip...... Clamping ...... That...... What about Daddy? ”

Wu Sanfeng howled and cried: "Dad is also dying, he was branded ...... cannon."

Wu Sangui stumbled suddenly, his face was as pale as ashes, and he muttered, "How dare they...... How dare they ......"

He muttered, he didn't understand, he was a heavy general at the border, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others didn't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, and they shouldn't have attacked his family, why did they ignore it completely? What do they think, so unscrupulous?

"Ahh

He suddenly let out a roar, his voice was miserable, full of incomparable resentment, looking at his hideous expression, the hall was silent, not to mention that Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian were silent, or Liu Zhaoji was sitting with a sigh.

"I swear I won't be a thief!" In the midst of the roar, Wu Sangui suddenly drew his sword and slashed the table and chair in front of him with a sword. Listening to the crazy voice coming out of his mouth, Tang Tong unconsciously shrunk his body a little, so as not to attract Wu Sangui's attention.

Suddenly, Wu Sangui remembered something, pointed his sword at him, and Tang Tong was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up, he pressed one hand on his sword, and said in a panic: "Wu Shuai, the younger brother has abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the Ming, and regained his allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, not the thief side, don't misunderstand......"

He scolded even louder: "Hateful thief, a certain Tang Tong and his generation will not be separated. ”

Fan Zhiwan, Li Yutian and others also hurriedly persuaded them, but Wu Sangui just said coldly: "Let me ask you, after you took refuge in the thieves, the thieves once said that you were in charge of the defense of Shanhaiguan and Jizhen, and said that we need to lead troops into Beijing, so will there be thieves who will come to defend the border walls of Jizhen and Shanhaiguan in the future?" ”

Tang Tong thought for a while and shook his head: "It doesn't seem to be!" ”

"What?"

Fan Zhiwan and the others were all shocked, Liu Zhaoji stood up violently, and shouted to Tang Tong: "Just with you Tang Tong, can you also defend these two passes?" ”

Fan Zhiwan muttered: "Them, what kind of sub-discipline are they doing?" ”

Fan Zhiwan didn't think about it so much at the time, but now that Wu Sangui asked, he was shocked to realize that this matter was ridiculous. There are hundreds of thousands of Tartars outside the Guan, and it is still difficult for so many good ministers and fierce generals to sit in the town, how can Tang Tong be more clever than Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui, Liu Zhaoji and others?

What did the thief think, or did he think that outside the wall had always been peaceful, and hundreds of thousands of Tartars had never existed in this world?

Wu Sangui returned the sword into the sheath, his heart was bright, no matter how ridiculous the thieves and others were, one thing he was sure of was that this appeasement was a scam!

Their purpose is to deceive their own people into Beijing, and then people will be swordsmen, and I will be fish and meat.

Wu Sangui didn't dare to imagine what it would be like for him to be tortured, thinking about that kind of scene, an indescribable horror came to his mind, and finally he was even more terrified than ever before.

Fortunately, I didn't fall into the net.

Fortunately. (To be continued.) )