"Wu Sangui is too deceitful!"

"Nanban, this is a deliberate provocation!"

"Lord Wang, they are breaking ground in Tai Sui Tai Shang."

"Yes, the tiger is not powerful, and we are sick cats."

"Wu Sangui has forgotten when he was killed by us under the city of Yizhou and fled in embarrassment?"

"Just kill the past and recapture Liaoxi!"

"Break the Shanhaiguan Pass and enter Beijing!"

When the news of the Ming army's raid on Zhenyuanbao on Chinese New Year's Eve reached Black Mountain City on the west bank of the Liao River, the generals with blue flags immediately burst into flames, all clamoring to kill them immediately.

Zilharang sat there, his face just as ugly. However, he hasn't lost his mind yet, Wu Sangui is just a defeated general, why dare he suddenly send troops to attack?

Something is wrong.

If he had been tempered before, he would have said nothing and would have sent troops immediately. However, since the Ming and Qing dynasties negotiated peace, Shengjing's side has repeatedly issued orders that he cannot provoke border disputes no matter what. Even if the Ming army provoked, they had to retreat three points.

Dolgon wrote to Zilharang, telling him that the situation in the Qing Dynasty was extremely unfavorable, and that after Liu Jiye's ravages in Liaodong for more than a year, all kinds of serious consequences were now revealed. With a loss of one million people, tens of thousands of people with Han army flags and black flags were almost gone, and even the surrounding area of Shengjing was plundered.

The invasion of the Chu army on the coast caused the Qing Dynasty to lose countless grange grain.

The Qing Dynasty was facing the most difficult situation, with a shortage of food, a drastic reduction in livestock, and many internal contradictions. Even the Haixi Jurchens, Monan Mongols, and other forces have a tendency to centrifuge.

In this case, he would never dare to go to war with the Ming army again.

Dolgon wrote to tell Zilharang that there was no time to go to war with the Ming army, and that the current situation must be maintained as much as possible. and planned to trade with Ming.

As the prince guarding the front line on the west bank of the Liao River, Zilharang was also shocked by the miserable situation of Liao Shen mentioned by Dolgon.

Wu Sangui, ah, Wu Sangui.

Zilharang's brows furrowed, he had always been angry at this enemy general who had cut off one of his arms. The losses he had suffered also made him a little more vigilant about this general.

At the beginning, Wu Sangui raided, so that he lost more than 1,000 soldiers. He also had a broken arm. Later, he took advantage of the situation to go north, relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and besiege Yizhou, he still remembers the scene at that time, and almost broke the city of Jinzhou.

Speaking from the heart, he still admits that Wu Sangui is a very powerful general.

Was this attack on Zhenyuan Fort a prelude to another large-scale attack? The most important thing is whether this is just a skirmish on the border or a long-planned conspiracy. Is this the meaning of Wu Sangui alone, or is the Southern Dynasty preparing to go to war?

Liu Jun, the general of the Southern Dynasty, was suddenly assassinated the year before, and then the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was subsequently killed, and it is rumored that Chongzhen and Liu Jun were both assassins sent by their Qing Dynasty. At that time, when the news reached the Qing Kingdom, Shengjing was still very nervous, thinking that this was an excuse for war that the Ming people were looking for, and they were ready to take the opportunity to resume the war.

Fortunately, things calmed down later, and the Ming side did not grasp this problem.

In the past six months. The news of the Ming Kingdom is also constant, and I heard that it is Liu Jiye who is now in power in the Southern Dynasties. This once came to Shengjing City. The generals of the Southern Dynasty who killed their emperor are now the auxiliary ministers of the Southern Dynasty.

I heard that Liu Jiye is now in charge of the state affairs of the Southern Dynasties, and he is vigorously reducing troops and horses to eliminate dissidents. The Southern Dynasty merged the soldiers and horses of several towns outside the Guanwai into the Guanwai Military Region, and Wu Sangui was removed from the post of governor of Liaoxi. Only the post of governor of Guangning remained, and his uncle Zu Dashou was transferred to Beijing, and Jinzhou Town was among the mergers.

"Tell me again about the details of the Ming army's invasion!"

Zilharang listened to the detailed experience again from beginning to end, and the matter was very simple, Wu Sangui was on the night of the thirtieth night of the Chinese New Year's Eve. Suddenly, he led a large army to run to the border under the Zhenyuan Fort, surrounded the castle, and then asked the Qing army in the castle to hand over a patrol of soldiers from Panshan Fort. After the Qing army in Zhenyuan Fort said that it had not captured the Ming army of Panshan Fort at all, which must have been a misunderstanding, the Ming army immediately launched the siege without the slightest hesitation.

It took only a short time for the Ming army to take a strong fortress, and they not only brought tens of thousands of troops, but also used several cannons. After breaking through Zhenyuan Fort, they slaughtered more than 200 Qing troops in the city, and then waved their troops to the east and reached several Qing army castles in the east, but this time it was different from when they were in Zhenyuan Fort, Wu Sangui launched an attack on several castles, but after only attacking for half a day, he took the initiative to withdraw, and finally sent troops to occupy Zhenyuan Fort.

The more I thought about it, the clearer it became.

Wu Sangui came prepared.

Even if there was really a team of Panshan Fort patrolling the Ming army missing, Wu Sangui's normal practice should not be like this, he suddenly crossed the border with his soldiers and fought over, and even brought cannons, and finally slaughtered Zhenyuan Fort.

The patrolling Ming army at Panshan Fort was just an excuse, an excuse to attack.

Even if it is true that the Ming army is missing, under normal circumstances, someone will be sent to negotiate first, and it should never be such a surprise attack by a large army and the slaughter of the fort.

However, after thinking about it, he felt that this should not be the plan of the Ming army to start a full-scale war. Because during this period of time, the Southern Dynasties reported the merger of Liaoxi and Liaodong into a military region, the abolition of Jinzhou Town, and the transfer of Denglai to the Central Plains Military Region.

If the Southern Dynasty really wants to start another war, how can it be possible to reduce the soldiers and horses of the two towns at this time?

And now is not a good time to start a war, now is the cold winter season, at this time, the naval division of the Southern Dynasty will not be able to invest, and even the soldiers and horses of Liaodong will be difficult to cooperate with the battle.

Other food and salaries are also extremely unfavorable for transshipment.

All things considered, Zilharang believed that this would never be a sign of the war between the Southern Dynasties.

Especially after Wu Sangui raided Zhenyuan Fort, he retreated back with thunder and rain.

"Does the prince mean that this time it was just Wu Sangui's own provocation? But for what? After listening to Zilharang's analysis, some generals also felt a little confused.

"To maintain his position." After someone calmed down, they also figured it out. "The Han people have a saying called raising thieves and self-respect, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a general named An Lushan who guarded the north, and when he guarded Youzhou, he often deliberately provoked border provocations. In this way, you can increase your status. ”

Now that Liu Jiye is in power, the governor of Guanwai is Hou Sui, who is a disciple of Liu Jiye's teacher Mei Zhihuan, so it can be said that he is the same brother as Liu Jiye, and I heard that his son is also very close to Liu Jiye. He is also a person who has been reinstated. The admiral outside the customs is Qin Liangyu, this person is also very close to Liu Jiye, his son and nephew are all generals under Liu Jiye, she served as the governor of the customs and the chief military officer of Ningyuan, and she was also recommended by Liu Jiye. ”

Wu Sangui moved to Guangning and was relieved of his post as admiral, his uncle was transferred to Beijing, and Jinzhou Town was also among the annexes. Wu Sangui suddenly used an excuse to provoke a side provocation at this time, and his intention was obvious. ”

"Even so. Then should we just let Wu Sangui come to the door like this, and swallow our anger? "Some people are not convinced.

"We can't be used by Wu Sangui."

Zilharang's head hurts.

He found that even if he found out the truth of the matter, he would definitely not help.

To fight or not to fight? Fighting, of course, is relieving, but it may lead to another war between the Ming and Qing dynasties, but Shengjing has reminded him five times or three times that he must not provoke a war, and now the Qing Dynasty cannot afford to fight.

But don't fight? Ren Wu Sangui was bullied like this. It's embarrassing.

"The order goes down, and there is no retribution. No sorties were allowed, and all the defenders west of the Liao River retreated to the castle to hold on. I repeat, there is no reprisals without my personal orders. ”

A group of Qing army generals looked at each other, but they were all blue flags, facing the orders of the flag owner. These minions did not dare to object, but could only comply.

The generals retreated, and Zilharang sat there sighing, and the strategists beside him came over and whispered. "Master, endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky. If we fall into Wu Sangui's case, if we really want the Ming and Qing dynasties to restart the war, then we will be at the forefront, and now my Qing Dynasty is also full of contradictions, and we must not be sold by Shengjing at this time. In case they don't save them when they die, or borrow a knife to kill someone, then we will have nowhere to cry out for injustice with the blue flag. ”

Nowadays, among the major forces of the Qing Dynasty, the blue flag is the weakest and has to be guarded against.

"Immediately send someone to report to Sheng Jing, and then send someone to contact the Chu army in Lushun, it doesn't make sense to Wu Sangui, now I can only hope that Liu Jiye's mind is calm, don't be used by Wu Sangui."

Beijing.

This New Year is Liu Jun's first New Year in Beijing, and it is also the first New Year after the new emperor ascended the throne.

A year ago, Father Liu also took Liu Jun's wife and two younger sisters, as well as his brother and sister-in-law and nephew into Beijing.

Liu Jun can't wait to have a doppelganger technique, so that he can deal with them one by one.

When it came to the first day of the first month, it was a little easier, and as a result, I received an urgent report from Guangning.

"Play the piano indiscriminately."

After reading the report sent by Fu Shan, Liu Jun slapped his palm on the table.

"Bad lies." Liu Jun saw the hidden problem in this report at a glance, "He, Wu Sangui, really thinks everyone is a fool?" ”

The whole incident is full of too many flaws, and Liu Jun can see the truth hidden in the incident at a glance. He didn't expect that Wu Sangui still had such a mind and courage to resist his dismantling of the Liaoxi Army at the expense of provoking a border provocation.

"What now?"

Although Wu Sangui's methods are clumsy and have too many flaws, I have to say that this trick is very practical. In this way, if Liu Jun wants to continue to abolish Jinzhou Town and transfer his ancestors to Beijing, it is not suitable.

"Immediately send a letter to Governor Hou and Governor Qin, the soldiers and horses of all towns outside the pass must exercise restraint, and no one shall start a war lightly without an order from the imperial court. If he, Wu Sangui, wants to fight, then let him fight, and other towns in the Guanwai Military Region are not allowed to send troops to support him, let him fight. ”

Liu Jun looked angry, Wu Sangui's move really made him very unhappy, and this kind of resistance made Liu Jun very annoyed. If it really attracts the Qing army to fight, it will make many of Liu Jun's plans have to be changed.

"From now on, the payment of food and military salaries to the towns of Jinzhou and Quang Ninh will be stopped, and not a single silver dollar or grain will be given to them, and all supplies of ordnance will be prohibited. I want to see how hard Wu Sangui is! ”

"The king of the county, in case the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry?"

There is indeed such a possibility.

But Liu Jun has no choice, since Wu Sanguizu has already made this choice, in order to resist his orders, he does not hesitate to provoke a war, so even if Liu Jun compromises, what is the point. Today, we will compromise and no longer dismantle Jinzhou Town, and no longer transfer our ancestors to Beijing.

Then tomorrow Wu Sangui may taste the sweetness and threaten more. If he really thinks that he has 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands and can do whatever he wants, then he is very wrong.

"If that's the case, he's killing himself!" (To be continued.) )

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