Liaoxi, Jinzhou City.

Hu Guozhu held the letter sent by Dolgon from the capital in his hand, and hurriedly walked into the study of Wu Sangui's mansion.

Today, the situation has changed dramatically, and after the Manchu attack on Nanjing was blocked, revolts in various parts of the north have also begun to rise.

First of all, the Hui uprising in Shaanxi and Gansu was advanced, and the officers and soldiers of Shun who originally surrendered to the Qing court saw that Li Guo and others had gained a firm foothold in the south, and they went south anyway without waiting to cut their braids, and entered Kuizhou and other places.

After all, their purpose is to plunder the Guannai, and whoever enters the Guannai is their enemy, and the situation in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is getting worse day by day.

Not only that, in order to deal with Zhou Shixian of Nanzhili and Zuo Liangyu of Huguang, Li Guo and others, the Qing court transferred most of the elite brave generals of Shaanxi and Gansu to Huguang and Nanzhili, in an attempt to make them the vanguard cannon fodder of the war.

At the same time, thousands of Manchurian soldiers were also stationed in Xi'an, Nanyang, Jinan and other places, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty's anti-Han heart did not dare to relax at all.

Hu Guozhu is the son of Wu Sangui's confidant Hu Xinshui, and Wu Sangui's other confidant, Xia Guoxiang, the son of Xia Longshan, are Wu Sangui's sons-in-law.

Of course, the level of the two is another thing worth studying. After all, in addition to their talents, the two can also be called a pair of "sleeping dragons and phoenixes".

"Lord Wang, there is news from the capital." Hu Guozhu respectfully handed the letter in his hand to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui's face was calm, and after receiving the letter, he immediately opened it, and inside were three densely written pieces of letterhead, which were also Dorgon's instructions to ask him to lead his troops into the customs.

After reading the letter, Wu Sangui's face flickered, and Hu Guozhu couldn't see anything good for a while.

I saw Wu Sangui walking around the room, and suddenly asked, "Nanjing, have you been contacted?" ”

As in the original history, Wu Sangui at this time has always maintained a delicate relationship with the Southern Ming Dynasty, and it is precisely because of this that Dolgon has always let him stay outside the pass, if he is not forced to do so now, he will not summon Wu Sangui to help in the war.

However, the current Southern Ming Dynasty is not the Hongguang in the original history, and Wu Sangui, a big traitor, naturally has no effect on the contact of national sinners.

Zhou Shixian knew that the other party didn't really regret it, and wanted to do it anyway, but he just wanted to step on two boats and fight for his own best interests. Such a person cannot be trusted, nor can he use it. Otherwise, you don't even know when he's going to sell you.

After all, when you are thinking about selling him, he is also thinking about selling you, and if you are not careful, it will lead to an irreparable mistake.

"The people have been sent, but they haven't come back yet, and I don't know what the attitude of the saint is now." Hu Guozhu's heart tightened, Wu Sangui asked this, it was definitely a problem on the side of the Qing court.

"Lord Wang, is it the capital that wants us to fight Nanjing? The last general heard that the hundreds of thousands of border troops in Shaanxi and Gansu have been emptied, and there are only tens of thousands of weak people left behind. ”

After nearly two years of rest, Wu Sangui has basically recovered his strength before the Battle of Shanhaiguan, with nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, more than 10,000 war horses, and the guns and artillery equipment are no less than those of the Green Battalion. It is precisely because of this that the Qing court remembered this army when it sent the elite of Shaanxi and Gansu to the south to help in the war, and the troops were insufficient.

Although the Qing court was suspicious of Wu Sangui, if it weren't for Wu Sangui's bad deeds, and the crimes of letting the Qing army enter the customs were no less than those of Hong Chengchou, Shang Kexi and others, the Qing court would not have allowed him to grow.

In other words, in the unfavorable state of the front-line war, in order to preserve its own strength, avoid the Eight Banners soldiers and horses being consumed too much, and in order to eliminate the unstable factors outside the Guan, the Qing court had no choice but to use Wu Sangui's elite.

But the situation has changed, the Qing court is likely to be defeated by the Ming court in the next big war, Wu Sangui is not willing to be consumed in vain in Jiangnan, he must leave himself a way back.

Wu Sangui nodded, and then said: "Now Jiangnan is still in the hands of Daming, and the horses are not idle people, if the Manchurians can't beat them next year, then they won't have a chance." At this time, he wants us to be cannon fodder for him, and Dolgon thinks so beautifully. ”

Where can Wu Sangui not know about Zhou Shixian, he knows better that once the entire south is integrated, although there is a lack of war horses, it will never be vulnerable, and as time goes by, the Qing court is likely to be unable to withstand it.

"But as soon as the capital's order comes, let's ......"

Hu Guozhu wanted to speak and stopped, paused, and said: "If we don't go like this, the Tartars probably won't give up, and if there is no grain and grass in the pass, it will be difficult for us to persevere." ”

"Therefore, we must contact Nanjing as soon as possible, let Nanjing know our loyalty, and if we really fight at that time, we will not be ruthless. Otherwise, this king will really have to be cannon fodder for the Manchurians. ”

Wu Sangui's abacus naturally sounded, he knew that he couldn't delay it for too long, and he didn't dare not carry out Dorgon's orders. Of course, he still wants to go to Huguang, as long as he doesn't face the so-called horse master, he doesn't worry about his soldiers and horses being damaged too much.

After all, Huguang is the remnants of Zuo Liangyu and the Shun army, he doesn't take it seriously, and his current status is far from enough, and he needs to consolidate his position with military exploits, so that whether the Manchu Qing Dynasty wins or loses, he can have greater capital.

Moreover, for Wu Sangui, he still needs to destroy the remnants of the Shun army, you must know that he and the Chuang army have a common enmity, and these people must be eliminated, and then wait for the day when the situation changes greatly, and strive for more favorable conditions for themselves.

Wu Sangui has nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and there are also nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in Gaodi's department, most of these soldiers and horses are affected by him, as long as the situation does not collapse, Wu Sangui is still confident that he will be invincible.

"Send a few more reliable people to Wuchang secretly, and contact Zuo Liangyu."

Wu Sangui suddenly spoke, and said with a yin smile: "Zuo Liangyu naturally doesn't want to consume too many soldiers and horses, if this king goes, he may be able to feel at ease, and this king can be more calm." ”

"Yes, lord." Hu Guozhu hugged his fists.

Wu Sangui naturally knew what kind of virtue Zuo Liangyu was, and what was the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses under his command, but if the road in Nanjing was impassable, he would need to start with Zuo Liangyu, the princes, and match the bridge.

He knows the court of the Ming Dynasty too well, and there will always be all kinds of open and secret battles. As long as there is a struggle, there will be a chance, and there will be strength to win him over, then his name is justified anyway. Of course, if the Ming Dynasty was defeated, he would be able to skillfully avoid the most powerful main force of the Ming army by marching from Huguang.

When Wu Sangui was thinking about these things in his heart, he suddenly hoped that Li Guogao Yigong and the rest of the Shun army and Nanjing could fight better, and it was best to win a few more battles and completely defeat the spirit of the green battalion, so that he would most likely be sent to Huguang to destroy another Ming court soldier and horse, and Duoduo and Azig would be able to concentrate on dealing with Nanjing.

However, what he didn't know was that Dolgon had actually sent an envoy secretly to Li Guo and Gao Yigong's station. He seems to want to take advantage of the contradictions between Shunjun and Ming Court to divide each other.

Although the rest of the Shun army has now retreated to Huguang, its strength is still strong, and Dolgon naturally does not want to have one more enemy, so he has given up attacking Sichuan, just to watch the internal fighting between Daxi and the Ming court and contain these two Han forces.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he has now set his sights on the rest of the Shun army. But after all, the two sides are in a life-and-death contradiction, and they don't want the Manchus to be the same as Onishi, there is no direct contradiction, and Dolgon actually doesn't have much hope for this.

In the yamen of Changde Mansion, Li Guo glanced at the secret letter in his hand, and then handed the letter to Gao Yigong, and then looked up at the Dolgon secret envoy standing in front of him, and only felt a little funny in his heart.

He couldn't figure out which tendon was wrong with Dorgon's Tartar, and he actually thought that he Li Guo would turn his back on Dashun, forget Shunqing's national war, and cooperate with these Tartars who had a deep blood feud?

To say that in order to compete for political power, the Shun army led by Li Guo and Gao Yigong used to be incompatible with the Ming court, but now the situation is different, before the Qing Dynasty was extinguished, it was basically impossible for them to take the initiative to fire.

Li Guo and Gao Yigong may not listen to the Ming court, or they may directly pull the flag and restore the name of Dashun. But they probably won't do such a thing as taking the initiative to attack and backstabbing friendly troops, after all, there is a threat from the Qing army.

From this point of view, the rest of the Shun army is much better than the so-called Ming army. You must know that most of the routs of Nanming in history were due to constant fire and internal friction. However, the peasant armies of the Shun Army and the Western Army, which were returned to Shun, were the most affected by this and failed to exert their real combat effectiveness.

"King, my master said, as long as you don't move your troops at that time, in the future, the north and south will negotiate peace, or the Ming court will be destroyed, and the Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, and the five southwestern provinces will be yours." The Manchurian secret envoy spoke in a rather stiff Chinese dialect and persuaded him word by word.

"Hiss~~" a few times, Gao Yigong didn't say a word, he tore up the secret letter sent by Dolgon, and then glanced directly at a few guards on his side.

Seeing this, the Manchurian envoy who was standing more than ten steps away from the two of them was shocked, and before he could react, guarding the house, the four armored soldiers who had been prepared immediately pulled out their waist knives, and blood and mist suddenly splashed in the room.

"Damn Tartar, what do you think I Li Guo is, I actually think that I, Li Guo, will cooperate with Tartar and do such a trivial thing." The muscles on Li Guo's face twitched slightly, and he scolded sharply as he got up.

Gao Yigong also sneered twice, and then threw the shredded paper in his hand into the air and scattered it all over the ground.