The Liaodong Army has been entrenched in Liaodong for decades, and has long formed an intertwined relationship, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and his son are entrenched in Shanhaiguan, and there are nearly 30,000 troops under their command, of which seven or eight thousand are elite Guanning iron cavalry. The Zu Dashou family occupies the Jinzhou area, and there are tens of thousands of elites under their command, so it can be said that these two are already the de facto emperors of the Liaodong region.

Would an ambitious feudal town like this be captured because of a holy decree? I'm afraid no more naïve people think so. If you want to take over the Liaodong defense line, Shanhaiguan is the first hurdle that cannot be bypassed, and Yue Yang can be sure that once he approaches Shanhaiguan with a large army, the father and son of the Wu family guarding Shanhaiguan will definitely not be captured, and I am afraid that there will be a big battle at that time.

"This is a bad idea from a turtle son who has a son and no asshole!" Yue Yang, who was in a hurry, couldn't help but scold, but Wang Chengen on the side was full of embarrassment and couldn't speak, after all, the court did not do this authentically, and Yue Yang simply became a professional black pot.

In the end, Wang Chengen said in a whisper: "Marquis Yue, you can't blame the emperor for this, the emperor is also forced to have no choice." Otherwise, he would not hand over Xuanda to you and then hand over Liaodong to you, this is a great grace. ”

"Hey...... I have to thank God for that. Yue Yang looked sarcastic.

Hearing Yue Yang's sarcastic tone, Wang Chengen was speechless. If someone else said this, Wang Chengen would have to spit on his face, but the master in front of him was different. This person in front of him is not an ordinary person, this person now holds more than 100,000 lions, and even ruthless characters such as Huang Taiji and Yue Tuo have died in his hands, and now people are still willing to listen to Chongzhen's dispatch It is already very face-saving for Chongzhen, if the court chirps crooked people again, maybe they will go back to the house and not play with you.

Wang Chengen didn't speak, but the more than a dozen brocade guards who followed Wang Chengen to deliver the decree heard the sound of Wang Chengen being reprimanded outside the house and couldn't help but look inside curiously, when they saw Wang Chengen being ridiculed by Yue Yang so much, they felt a little uncomfortable, and a brocade guard who was bent on patting Wang Chengen's ass quickly walked into the house and shouted to Yue Yang: "Marquis Yue, please respect yourself." The prince came this time to represent the emperor. Although you are a marquis, you should not be unreasonable to the prince, and you should not hurry up to make amends to the prince! ”

"Hmmm......"

At first glance, Yue Yang's first reaction was not anger but surprise, he couldn't remember how long it had been since no one dared to drink himself like this, did this little brocade guard eat leopard gall? In the end, Yue Yang even looked at Wang Chengen and laughed out loud, meaning where did you find such a heartless second goods.

Wang Chengen's face was also flushed, these brocade guards have always been used to showing off their might and domineering in the capital, and the capital is also a place where the princes walk all over the place, as the so-called ignorant are fearless. In the eyes of this brocade guard, the biggest in the world is the emperor, this time Wang Chengen came to pass the decree on behalf of the emperor, Yueyang is just a marquis even if he is awesome, and now he is unreasonable to Wang Chengen, this is the time for him to show his loyalty, so he stepped forward and patted his farts in a hurry.

"Shut up!" Wang Chengen, who was blushing by Yue Yang's smiling eyes, stretched out his hand in anger and gave the hundred households a resounding slap and scolded: "Didn't you hear the words of our family and the Marquis of Yue? Whoever let you in, don't let us get out! ”

The horse's fart slapped the horse's leg and Baihu didn't dare to say more, so he quickly covered his face and retreated. It's just that. The anger in Yue Yang's heart had disappeared a lot. Looking at Wang Chengen's slightly pleading gaze, he pondered for a while before saying: "Princess, the matter is very important, Benhou has to think carefully and weigh the pros and cons before making a decision." In this case, you go back first, and then make a decision after this hou has discussed it. ”

"This ...... Lord Yue, the emperor and several ministers of the court are waiting for our family to go back and report the good news to them. Well, you can let us stay here for a few days. When you think about it, give us an answer, and we will go back when we are. "Wang Chengen was anxious when he heard this, how can I explain if you don't give a reply like this, that's good...... If you don't give me an answer, I won't leave.

"Hey...... You've fooled me back! "Seeing Wang Chengen, he looked like he wouldn't leave if you didn't agree. Yue Yang couldn't help but laugh a little. However, he can also understand Chongzhen's anxiety, and there is a proverb in the West in later generations: when betraying becomes a habit, you will continue to sell. Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou these people can let go of the pass to lure the Qing soldiers into the customs this time, next time they dare to take refuge directly in the Tartars, and in history these two are not good birds, one is directly surrendered to the Manchu Qing Gan to be the lackeys of the Tartars, and the other was captured and directly raised his hands to surrender, although there are also "called beasts" and "bricks" jumped out to shout for them, saying that they surrendered is also a last resort, which is excusable, but this excuse Yue Yang has always scoffed, Even surrendering as if he was wronged, it's too fake to do this.

After Yue Yang settled down Wang Chengen and his party, he quickly convened a military meeting, at which Yue Yang read the will sent by Chongzhen to the generals, and the big tent suddenly began to be in an uproar.

Hu Dawei couldn't help but lose his voice and said, "Master Hou, how is this possible?" How dare the father and son of the Wu family and Zu Dashou let the Tartars enter the customs, isn't this a betrayal of the enemy? ”

After Hu Dawei finished speaking, many people also expressed their doubts, in their opinion, this fact is too incredible. Everyone is a peer, although one is in the Xuanda defense line and the other is in the Liaodong defense line, they know very well what the virtues of the generals at the border pass are. They have done it by eating empty salaries, drinking soldiers' blood, and even reselling some military supplies to the Qing soldiers, but such a thing as directly opening the border passes to let the Qing soldiers enter the customs like the Liaodong defense line is beyond the bottom line of their hearts, and this is no different from directly surrendering and betraying the country.

Yang Guozhu also expressed his doubts, "Master Hou, is the imperial court too arbitrary this time. The father and son of the Wu family and the ancestor of the great life received the emperor's favor, although there may be some flaws in the subsections, but as for directly letting the pass pass directly lead the Qing soldiers into the customs. ”

"You guys...... It's too high to think of these people's discipline. Yue Yang sighed lightly and shook his head, if he hadn't come from the later generations, he wouldn't have believed that the entire Liaodong defense line had been eroded to such a point, Wu Sangui would not have said that he would be a famous traitor representative in later generations, and a vanguard of the anti-Ming Dynasty. And it's still the kind of bitch who wants to set up a memorial arch, surrender it, but use what kind of anger as an excuse for the red face, packaging himself as a seed of infatuation.

The other Zu Dashou is not a good bird either. Wu Sangui only surrendered once, but he surrendered several times, and in the end, even the Tartars looked down on his character. In the end, Wu Sangui was finally named the king of Pingxi, but in the end he only gave him the title of the owner of the Han Army Banner and the Yellow Banner, and then was grounded in the capital and finally died of depression. Later generations gave him a very interesting evaluation: "A generation of famous generals, according to the outside of the customs, inside the customs, can be called reciprocating loyalty; The two dynasties were two ministers, contrary to the former lord and negative to the latter lord. It's not a human being inside or out. "That's too apt.

Hearing everyone express their doubts, Yue Yang waved his hand and said, "Okay, you don't have to excuse the Wu family and the ancestral family." This time, the Tartars dispatched 100,000 troops, from the Dushi Pass, Xifengkou two passes to break into the pass, the defenders did not send any news at all, until the Qing soldiers entered the customs on the third day by the defenders of Juyong Pass found out and reported to the court, so that the Tartars such as into the realm of no one in the Ming Dynasty raging, do you say this is normal? ”

Hearing this, Yang Guozhu and his party were silent. The most ridiculous thing is that it was not until the third day that the Qing soldiers entered the customs that the Ming army in the mainland called the police, and to say that there was no cat here is probably to challenge their IQ.

But why did they do it? What's in it for them? Hu Dawei weakly defended.

"The benefits ......" Yue Yang snorted coldly: "As the so-called raising Kou is self-respecting, there is no strong foreign country, how can the imperial court attach importance to their Liaodong Army." After the last time the Tartars were hurt by us, the pressure on the Qing soldiers on Daming was reduced at once. It is said that some time ago, the imperial court divided most of the grain tax we paid to Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng, who were suppressing bandits. The Liaodong Army only got a small part, how could the Liaodong Army, which was accustomed to taking the lion's share of everything, endure it, and it was not surprising that they got such a show. ”

Originally, Yue Yang didn't think too much about the reason for the Qing soldiers' offense. Although he also felt that the Qing soldiers were a little strange this time, he didn't expect the Liaodong Army to be so mad that they would lead the Qing soldiers into the customs, but after Wang Chengen said this, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was something strange, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was a problem. Even he has to admire those bigwigs in the court here, don't look at their level of governing the country with two knives, but if they pick up and ponder the crooked ways, they are all at the expert level, and they will know who pulled the shit as soon as the Liaodong Army pouted their butts.

The generals are not stupid, after hearing Yue Yang say this, they also felt a lot of clues, and felt that this Qing army's offense was indeed different from the past.

Chu Di on the side also said: "Actually, this matter is not easy to say, we just need to drive the army to the city of Shanhaiguan, let the Wu family father and son and a cadre guard go out of the customs to meet the holy decree, if they dare not come out, it proves that they have ghosts in their hearts, we don't talk nonsense, just attack the city directly." ”

At this time, Shunbao, who had not spoken, said with some concern: "Master Hou, the imperial court ordered us to take over the Liaodong defense line, and escort the Zu family and the Wu family back to Beijing, this job is not easy to do, Zu Dashou and the father and son are not good, they have such a swaggering past with an army The fools know what we are going to do, and I am afraid that there will be another big war." Especially Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou, which are even higher and deeper, if we attack hard, I'm afraid it will be another big battle."

Yang Guozhu also smiled bitterly: "Yes...... is also the elite of the Ming Dynasty, if you really fight to the death, I am afraid that the Manchu Tartars will die of laughter. ”

The generals in the big tent were silent, especially the generals of Yigan Xuan, led by Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, felt an indescribable awkwardness in their hearts, the day before yesterday, everyone was still a Ming general, but at this moment they were going to become enemies like life and death fights, and this hurdle in their hearts really couldn't turn around.

Yue Yang looked at the expressions of these people with cold eyes, and he said lightly: "You must feel a little unaccustomed, originally everyone was robed, and even many people have killed the Tartars side by side with them, but now they have to wave their swords at each other, which makes you a little unbearable, isn't it?" ”

Feeling Yue Yang's faint but sharp gaze, many Yuan Xuan generals lowered their heads, not daring to make contact with his gaze.

"But have you ever thought about how these people are like this, how different are they from brutes?" Yue Yang suddenly raised his voice, "Do you know that because of their selfishness, how many civilians, soldiers and civilians have been killed and injured by our Ming Dynasty, how many belongings have been taken away, and how many women have been insulted. Soldiers who were supposed to guard the border gates. But they have become murderers who lure wolves into the house, such people are no longer worthy of being Ming soldiers, they have become our enemies! ”

"Bang ......" Speaking of excitement, Yue Yang punched the table and made a loud bang.

"Hou Ye is right, everyone will be punished for this kind of evil thief! They are no longer worthy of my robes! As Yueyang's hardcore confidant and loyal dogleg, Shunbao has always been Yueyang's staunchest supporter, and he also shouted out at this time.

Yue Yang's eyes were blazing, and he looked at everyone and shouted: "I have made up my mind, the army will stay for a few days again, and wait for the rear to gather the grain, grass, and baggage and immediately go to Shanhaiguan, I want to see if this world's No. 1 Xiongguan is worthy of its name." ”

Three days later. When the baggage and grain and grass in the rear followed, Yue Yang finally wrote a handwritten letter to Wang Chengen and brought it to Chongzhen, in which Yue Yang promised to immediately follow the order and go to the front line in Liaodong to prepare to take over the Liaodong defense line.

Wang Chengen stood on the official road, watching the endless army on the official road heading towards the northeast, and his heart was mixed. As the closest person to Chongzhen, Wang Chengen is naturally insightful about the major affairs in the court, although this Yueyang seems to be much more reliable than Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou and others, but the danger is also much greater. If those generals in Liaodong Town are just a group of white-eyed wolves who forget their righteousness. Then Yue Yang is a latent tiger, and his destructive power is many times stronger than that of Liaodong Town. In his opinion, the imperial court let Yue Yang take over the Liaodong defense line purely to quench his thirst, once Yue Yang took over the Liaodong defense line, with Yueyang's manpower, material and financial resources it would only take two or three years at most. The entire northwest frontier of the Ming Dynasty will be in Yueyang's pocket, but even if it knows that this is the case, the imperial court still has to swallow a bitter fruit.

On November 16, the tenth year of Chongzhen, Yue Yang marched towards Shanhaiguan with a gathered army of 70,000. After a seven-day long journey, the 70,000-strong army finally arrived outside the walls of Shanhaiguan.

Wu Sangui and his son have been running Shanhaiguan for so many years, naturally they are not eating dry food, tens of thousands of troops are approaching Shanhaiguan, if they don't know, they can also die. Wu Xiang's father and son, who received the report at night, panicked. Yue Yang's god-killing prestige is now unknown to everyone in the world, this guy even killed Huang Taiji, a ruthless man, was killed by him, is there anything else he doesn't dare to do? And looking at this posture, even an idiot knows that Yue Yang came with this army, and he would never come to congratulate Wu Xiangxin on accepting the eighth concubine.

In the Wu Mansion, Wu Xiang said angrily to his three sons: "You all talk about it, how did Yueyang, the killing god, come to our Shanhaiguan?" Our Wu family has never offended him? ”

Wu Sangui's elder brother Wu Sanfeng is a reckless person, and when he heard this, he said fiercely: "Father, why worry, our Shanhaiguan is known as the world's No. 1 Xiongguan, which is extremely strong, so Yueyang has great ability, what can he do if we don't open and close the door?" ”

"Shut up, you know a piece of!" Wu Xiang glared at his eldest son fiercely and scolded, "What do you know, you evil beast? Maybe Yueyang can't attack our Shanhaiguan, but we don't have much grain and grass in the city, if he surrounds us for three or five months, can we eat the northwest wind as food? ”

was scolded by his own Lao Tzu like this, Wu Sanfeng was also stunned, and lowered his head and said, "Then what should I do?" ”

Wu Xiang set his eyes on his son Wu Sangui, "Uncle, you have the most scheming on weekdays, can you tell me what we should do?" ”

At this time, Wu Sangui's heart had already turned thousands of times, and he thought about it before saying in an affirmative tone: "Father, according to the child's humble opinion, this time Yue Yang led the army here must be that the matter of our private release of the Qing army into the customs has been detected by the imperial court, otherwise Yue Yang would not dare to lead the army here even if he has the courage to do so." This time, Yue Yang must have come here to settle accounts with us at the behest of the imperial court! ”

"What...... What a good thing that is! Wu Xiang panicked when he heard this, he was not a scheming person in the first place, and immediately complained: "I said a long time ago that you can't let the Tartars enter the customs, but you and your uncle are surprisingly bold, and you have really done such a rebellious thing, and now the East Window incident has happened, right?" Now the retribution is coming! ”

"Father!" Seeing Wu Xiang's panicked appearance, Wu Sangui frowned, and couldn't help but shout: "What's the point of regretting it, the most important thing now is how to repel Yueyang's soldiers and horses, let him retreat, as long as there is no Yueyang, I believe that the rest of the Ming officers and soldiers are not our opponents." ”

"But what if Yue Yang besieges us for a long time?"

"Yue Yang is not that stupid!" Wu Sangui shook his head and said: "Yue Yang has brought 70,000 troops to Liaodong this time, and it will snow in half a month, and it will be cold at that time, I don't believe that these 70,000 troops can still fight with us in the ice and snow!" ”

"Huh...... yes, I didn't think of that. Wu Xiang thought about it for a while, although Shanhaiguan is not as cold as outside the pass, but it is also cold and abnormal in winter, if Yue Yang doesn't want all the troops to fall outside the city, he can only fight quickly, otherwise the cruel weather will swallow up his army! (To be continued......)