"Aiqing has a play!" Gao Yiming planned to see what happened to this guy who was dismissed by himself for his ineffective work, he didn't remember that he had been assigned a job again, so he only let him recuperate at home.

"It was originally the duty of the minister to supervise the hundred officials, but because of his own slackness, he missed the emperor's major affairs, and the emperor had no complaints about the minister's disposition."

"Is this to admit your mistake and take the initiative to work?" Gao Yiming thought to himself.

Unexpectedly, Xie Sheng changed his words and said: "Now, after the unremitting efforts of the ministers, I finally have the evidence of Wu Sangui's collaboration with the enemy. ”

As soon as these words came out, the court was in an uproar, and now Wu Sangui is the commander of an army of 340,000 troops, if he collaborates with the enemy, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Seeing that the civil and military officials were shocked by their words, Xie Sheng was very proud.

Gao Yiming raised his hand, and the court was immediately silent: "Present your evidence." ”

Xie Sheng immediately took out the three letters from his sleeve and handed them to Han Zanzhou, Gao Yiming took them and looked at them carefully, they were indeed Wu Sangui's handwritten letters, one was written to Haoge, and the other was addressed to Dolgon, which probably meant that they discussed borrowing troops to quell the rebellion in Guannei.

Gao Yiming beckoned, let Han Zan come closer, and whispered in his ear: "You immediately take the guards to the Xie Mansion and catch the spy sent by Haoge." ”

Han Zan Zhou Deling left quietly, and Gao Yiming looked at the letter again: "It is indeed Wu Sangui's handwritten letter, do you have any other evidence?"

"Your Majesty, my son was wronged, it must be Xie Sheng Lao'er who wronged a good person." Wu Xiang, who was standing in the court, immediately knelt down and shouted that he was wronged.

Gao Yiming stopped him and asked Xie Sheng again: "Does Aiqing have any other evidence?" ”

Isn't that enough, three letters to the head of the enemy, this is not ironclad evidence? Xie Sheng shouted in his heart.

"Back to the emperor, that's all for the time being."

"Oh, where did you get this faith?"

"A friend of the minister has been doing business outside the customs all the year round, and when he heard that Wu Sangui was collaborating with the enemy, he spent a high price to buy the people around the main figures of the Qing army and stole it." The reason Xie Sheng had already prepared it, and it took a long time to come up with it last night.

"Oh, you also say that Hauge's envoy is still in the house."

"In! - "It's bad, it's bald.

"Humph! Lord Xie is very sincere, come on, send Lord Xie to the Criminal Department, see if there are any accomplices, and after the interrogation, let people send Lord Xie to Lord Wu Sangui Wu, with these three letters. Gao Yiming sneered.

After a pause, he continued: "The same hall is a minister, you must be in one place, chase the wind and catch the shadow and frame your colleagues, I will severely punish you, this Xie Sheng has collaborated with the enemy for many years, for a little money, he dared to betray the country and falsely accuse his colleagues, he is really innocent, and he retired from the dynasty!" ”

After Xie Sheng was tried by the Criminal Department, Gao Yiming sent him to Wu Sangui for him to dispose of, Wu Sangui was so angry when he saw Xie Sheng, fortunately the emperor is not the same as before, otherwise he would be safe.

The so-called enemies were very red when they met, Xie Sheng came to Wu Sangui's military camp less than half an hour later, and was hacked to death by Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui handed the emperor a plea, and sent his concubine Chen Yuanyuan, who had been in Jinan Mansion, to live in Nanjing.

Gao Yiming criticized Wu Sangui's recital: "Xie Sheng is innocent of death, and it is not necessary to love a concubine as a hostage!" ”

Gao Yiming's method of dealing with Xie Sheng changed the atmosphere of Ming Dynasty officialdom, with less involution and significantly improved work efficiency.

Wu Sangui received Gao Yiming's reply to his own performance, and the more he looked at it, the more he was impressed, especially the fact that he let his concubine enter Nanjing, which did have the meaning of reassuring Chen Yuanyuan to be a hostage for the emperor, and his careful thinking was exposed, Wu Sangui was a little embarrassed, but from the brief reply, he also saw the emperor's trust in him, as well as a strong-willed and confident emperor, which made him feel confident.

Haoge waited in the military camp for more than a month, neither saw his subordinates come back, nor did he see Xie Sheng write to him, he estimated that the matter was exposed, but even if the matter was revealed, Yi Chongzhen's suspicious nature should also remove Wu Sangui, but after investigation, the main general of Gubeikou is still Wu Sangui, is this a trap of the Ming Dynasty?

Hauge was uncertain, and he was also a little impatient, because the sky at this time had been overcast for four or five days, if nothing else, the first snow outside the gate was about to fall, so he was a little unwilling to return in vain.

Although Hauge was conceited, he was not a brainless person, so he came to Ao Bai to consult.

"Aobai, this king is going to take advantage of this snow before it falls, lead troops to attack Gubeikou, if we can fight down, we can celebrate the New Year in the capital this year, what do you think?"

"Absolutely not, Lord Wang, at this time, the Ming army is strong, not a good time to attack, and my Qing Dynasty warriors are good at archery and horse archery, if you attack the Ming army's heavy troops to guard the pass, it is to promote the enemy's strengths and suppress their own shortcomings, and it is even more undesirable."

At this time, Hauge looked up when he thought of Dolgon's eyes looking down on him, and when impulse took the upper hand, people would go crazy, so Hauge personally led the army to attack Gubeikou without any declaration of war.

Wu Sangui had already prepared, he first ordered five 107 rocket artillery to bombard the artillery positions of the Qing army, after knocking out the artillery positions of the Qing army, he turned the muzzle of the guns and fired at the Qing army.

Ao Bai, who was covered with cannon fodder, came to Haoge, who was also blown up in a panic, and persuaded: "Lord Wang, the Ming army has a new type of firearms, which is very powerful, and we have suffered heavy casualties, so withdraw quickly, otherwise there is a danger of the whole army being destroyed." ”

At this time, Hauge also came to his senses, and the Ming army was indeed powerful in the way of firearms, but the huge casualties made him unwilling.

"Lord Wang, make a decision, there are too many Ming troops, and they are condescending, which is really unfavorable to our army, and now our army is only afraid that the casualties have passed thirty percent."

Hauge slammed the ground and said to Ao: "Order to retreat!" ”

Wu Sangui saw that the Qing army was repelled by himself, so he took 50,000 cavalry out of the pass, and the Qing army was responsible for fighting for a while, and the two sides suffered casualties on both sides, but the Qing army's horse physical strength and the soldiers' will to fight were stronger than the Ming army, so although the number was small, the Qing army still had an advantage in the confrontation with Aobai.

However, fearing that a large number of infantry from the Ming army would kill, the Qing army did not love to fight, and soon separated from the Ming army and disappeared into the grassland. Wu Sangui did not pursue again, the confrontation just now has made him see the gap with the Qing army, this time the victory is that the Ming army has a numerical advantage, and there is a strong defense of the city plus advanced weapons, if the real knife and real gun fight on the battlefield, the Qing army should be able to fight with one enemy and two, the army fights, 100,000 Qing troops break 300,000 Ming troops should have a great chance of winning, the gap is huge.

This is not only the feeling of the border generals, but also the feeling of Gao Yiming after reading the battle reports of Wu Sangui, Li Dingguo and others, so in recent years, Gao Yiming does not plan to take the initiative to attack, he is ready to hold on to the city, train elite soldiers, and print this as a national policy to the world.

Returning to Haoge in Daning, counting the number of people, he found that there were 110,000 people when he went out, and less than 70,000 people came back, and his heart was cold, this was a rare defeat of the Qing army against the Ming army in decades, and he thought of Dolgon's ugly face, and an indescribable sense of frustration arose.