That night, Li Zicheng also received news of Dolgon's death. Because Li Zicheng has also established his own spy network in Beijing, although it is not as powerful as Chongzhen's spy network, it is still possible to listen to the wind and grass in Beijing.

However, Li Zicheng only knew that Dolgon was dead, but he didn't know that Dolgon died of a stroke.

"Is Dorgon dead?" Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and at the same time a little disappointed. Dolgon's death meant that he could no longer seek revenge on Dolgon's defeat with a stone.

Fortunately, Wu Sangui is still there, otherwise there would be no one who would have had an enemy, and his hatred would have nowhere to vent. Song Xiance and Gu Junen were also a little emotional, no matter what, Dolgon could be regarded as a generation of heroes, but they didn't expect that they would die violently at such a critical moment.

"Now the slave is finished." Song Xiance sighed.

"Yes, with Dorgon's death, Jiannu must be finished." Gu Junen's opinion this time was completely consistent with Song Xiance: "It's a pity that our Dashun army was pinned down in the Hetao by the rebel Sangar, so we can only watch Nanming destroy Jiannu." Song Xiance said with a smile: "This is a good thing anyway. ”

"The Great Army Master is wrong." Gu Junen shook his head and said,

"As soon as Jiannu dies, Nanming can concentrate all his strength on dealing with our Dashun, and then our Dashun will be attacked by Nanming and the Mongolian army from both sides, and the situation will be very bad."

"Why should my Dashun army be afraid of the Ming army?" Song Xiance said abruptly,

"Five years ago, our Dashun army was able to sweep away the Ming army with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and after five years, our Dashun army can still defeat the Ming army with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying, as long as the border trouble in the northwest is solved, the Southern Ming is not a problem at all." Song Xiance's cognition of the Ming army is still at the node of Chongzhen's seventeenth year.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the Dashun army attacked Beijing in two ways, it was really devastating, where the army passed, the Ming army along the way was either defeated at the touch of a touch, or they begged to surrender, and they reached Beijing in just two months.

"Withering?" Gu Junen smiled bitterly,

"The Great Army Master should really go to Chaoyangmen to have a look." Gu Junen pretended to be an envoy to the Chaoyangmen camp and saw the military appearance of the Ming army.

"I don't have to look at it." Song Xiance said abruptly,

"The Ming army is still the original Ming army, otherwise it would not have besieged Beijing for half a year but still couldn't take it, and even used the Hongyi cannon to blast Chaoyang Gate out of a gap, and it still couldn't take it, and our Dashun army would have taken Beijing City a long time ago." Gu Junen was speechless.

…… Hong Chengchou, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi learned of Dorgon's death, but they wept bitterly in the governor's office.

Hong Chengchou even cried until he fainted. Back at his camp, Geng Jimao whispered to Geng Zhongming: "Dad, the Qing Dynasty is coming to an end. In other words, Geng Jimao said this, Geng Zhongming couldn't help but say that a big-eared scraper fanned over.

But today, Geng Zhongming just sighed and said lonely: "The Qing Dynasty is indeed going to be in trouble. Geng Jimao immediately rolled his eyes and whispered: "Dad, otherwise we will take the people and horses to the Ming Dynasty." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, boy." Geng Zhongming sighed,

"Back then, your father and I, Lao Kong and Shang Kexi had already done everything, Chongzhen couldn't wait to eat our flesh and sleep on our skin, how could it be good to return to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Dad, this time and that time." Geng Jimao persuaded again,

"Chongzhen Coal Mountain has become different after enlightenment, you see what he is doing now, what can be compared to Chongzhen before?" Geng Zhongming was speechless, Chongzhen after Jiashen was really the same as before.

But Geng Zhongming is still afraid, because he deeply understands a truth, repeated horizontal jumps will never end well, he has already jumped back and forth between the Ming and Qing dynasties three times, and if he jumps again, it will be the fourth time.

What emperor would tolerate a military general who jumped back four times? Inexistent. If he jumps back again this time, Chongzhen may not do anything to him at the beginning.

But when things change, Chongzhen will definitely find an excuse to take his life. Thinking of this, Geng Zhongming immediately said: "Don't think nonsense, even if the Qing Dynasty is defeated, it will not die, whether it flees back to Liaodong or Mobei, it can continue to exist, and you and my father and son will never be without food and clothing." Geng Jimao had no choice but to give up, in fact, he just said it casually.

really let Geng Jimao come to light, he also panicked, the most important thing is that there is no precedent. I don't know how Chongzhen will treat these ministers?

…… Not only Geng Jimao panicked, but Hong Chengchou was even more panicked at this time. If Dorgon does not die and continues to adhere to the policy of shrinking, although the possibility is also very small, at least there is still a chance to win a turnaround and defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop.

But once Dorgon died, it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty to shrink. In fact, the first holy decree issued by the little emperor Fu Lin after his personal government was to restore the Eight Banners political system and return the government to the Eight Banners nobles.

The first thing the Eight Banners nobles did after taking control of the government was to transfer the three-way army of Shanhaiguan, Yanzhou Mansion and Tianjin Wei back to Beijing.

The intention of transferring the three-way army back to Beijing was self-evident, that is, for a decisive battle. Obviously, the nobles of the Eight Banners had had enough of the turtle shrinkage policy and were ready to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army.

However, in the current Qing Dynasty, where does it still have the strength to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty? The day of the decisive battle was also the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and it seemed that it was time to think about his future.

"Ahh Hong Chengchou handed a fire paint letter to Hong Da and said,

"Take this secret letter to the Chaoyangmen camp and hand it over to Father-in-law Gao, be cautious on the road." Hong Cheng knew how important this letter was.

In response, he put away the letter and left in a hurry. Seeing Hong Da leave, Hong Chengchou sighed lightly. Then I turned my head to look out the window, and saw that the sky had already darkened, and it was about to change again.

…… Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui Xingyuan. Fang Guangchen walked in and reported: "Lord Wang, Kubilong has already left with two red flags. ”

"Yes." Wu Sangui looked out the window, some thoughts did not belong, and the sky was about to change again. To be honest, Wu Sangui really didn't expect that Dolgon would die violently at this time.

One more thing to say here, the news of Dolgon's death is already known to everyone in Beijing, but it is still blocked from the outside world, and Wu Sangui can know the news because he has his own intelligence source.

"Lord Wang, I'm afraid the Qing Dynasty is really going to end." Fang Guangchen said in a deep voice.

"So, we have to think about our future next."

"Future?" Wu Sangui shook his head and smiled bitterly,

"Ting Xian, do you think we will have a future?"

"Of course, we certainly have a future, and we have a great future." Fang Guangchen paused, and then continued,

"Of course, the premise is that the prince must have military power in his hands."

"Soldiers?" Wu Sangui smiled bitterly again,

"Just 20,000 Lianyong?" When he first took refuge in Jiannu, Wu Sangui had 50,000 Guan Ning troops plus 20,000 Liaoxi Xiangyong and 70,000 troops, but after several fierce battles such as a stone and Guguan, it was sharply reduced to 30,000.

It's not so easy to be a dog for Jiannu, and sometimes you can only be cannon fodder. But even though there were only 30,000 men left in the Guanning army, Dolgon still refused to let go.

After several restructurings, the Guanning Army was split and incorporated into the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Battalion. Even the old generals of the Guanning Army such as Xia Longshan and Wu Guogui were also sent to the Eight Banners Han Army.

Now there is only one strategist left by him, Wu Sangui, plus 20,000 Lian Yong.

"Lord Wang, 20,000 Lian Yong is already a lot." Fang Guangchen persuaded,

"If you manage it well, it is enough to make the prince make a comeback, when the thief was beaten by Yang Sichang to only 17 horses, and finally didn't he also beat Beijing, and almost destroyed the Ming Dynasty? Lord Wang, you now have 20,000 Lian Yong in your hands, but your situation is much stronger than the original thief. ”

"Tingxian?" Wu Sangui lost his voice,

"You're telling me to stand on my own?"

"No, at least not now." Fang Guangchen said,

"The top priority is to try to win Chongzhen's trust, and then entrust Liaoxi to the prince, so that great things can be expected."

"It's impossible." Wu Sangui Dao,

"How could Chongzhen entrust Liaoxi to me?"

"As long as the prince can make a world-class contribution in the Great War of Exterminating the Qing Dynasty, everything is possible." Fang Guangchen said with a smile.

"Conquer the world in the battle to destroy the Qing Dynasty?" Wu Sangui was itchy for a moment and asked,

"Please teach me." Fang Guangchen analyzed Wu Sangui one by one: "After Dolgon's death, the Qing court has no one to do, just with such reckless men as Duoduo and Luckdhun, they will definitely choose to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, if nothing else, the Qing army will inevitably be defeated, but because of the Mongolian cavalry to protect the two wings, the Qing army will not be wiped out even if it is defeated." After a pause, Fang Guangchen said again: "There will definitely be a considerable number of remnants of the Qing army who will be able to escape, and if nothing else, the remnants of the Qing army will definitely come towards Shanhaiguan and try to escape back to Jianzhou through the Western Liaoning Corridor." Hearing this, Wu Sangui's eyes lit up: "You mean to take the remnants of the Qing army to ask Chongzhen for guilt?" ”

"Yes, take the remnants of the Qing army and ask Chongzhen for guilt." Fang Guangchen said solemnly,

"Such a great achievement, even if Chongzhen still has a problem with the prince in his heart, I am afraid it is not easy to pursue it again." After a pause, Fang Guangchen said again: "Then the prince bribed Grandpa Gao with a lot of money, if Grandpa Gao speaks for you, it is not difficult to add the title of Duke of Guo and the general soldiers of Jizhen." ”

"The dukedom of the country is not what I want, and it is enough to have the general army of Jizhen." Speaking of this, Wu Sangui's whole person came to life, and he was no longer depressed and depressed just now.

Fang Guangchen smiled again and said, "Lord Wang, then you can find Grandpa Gao to pave the way in advance, so that Grandpa Gao can also be given a great contribution to strategizing." ”

"Oh yes, you should find your godfather to pave the way first." Wu Sangui immediately wrote a handwritten letter, and selected a few valuable belongings to hand over to his confidant Wu Aliu, and asked Wu Aliu to take the letter and property to Beijing to find Gao Qiqian.