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If the general hesitates and is indecisive, we and the general and tens of thousands of sergeants will surely be crushed to death by the thieves and the Dolgon army. Bai Moushi said to Wu Sangui, who was restless, at the right time. "Daming has been finished playing with Zhu Yuanzhang's unscrupulous descendants, and there is no cure. The general saved Ming at this time, just like Wen Zhong helped Yin Shang, Qu Yuan was martyred, and Wen Tianxiang saved Song ...... It is purely a mantis arm blocking the car, and it is not measurable. The so-called loyalty to the monarch and patriotism also depends on the object. For example, the Holy Lord of the Ming Dynasty like King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou of the Western Zhou Dynasty, even if his liver and brain are smeared with pure bones, he will not give up; Is it worth it to throw their heads and spill their blood for tyrants like King Yin, King Chu Huai, Sui Yangguang, and Ming Chongzhen? Is it meaningful? All true heroes and heroes can judge the situation and disdain to be in the company of those who are foolish, loyal, foolish, and filial. Besides, the trend of the times and the tide dictate that those foolish people who hated the corruption of the late Ming Dynasty and the vassals in the capital have pushed the thieves to the throne and named the country Dashun. If the general continues to be loyal to the former dynasty at this time, he is pedantic and dim, and if his name is not right, it will not be good, and if he does not go well, he will not be able to achieve anything, how can the general and tens of thousands of soldiers gain a foothold?"

"If I am wise and decided, and choose the affairs of the outside master, and those who know me, say that I am only moving according to the times, following the trend, in public and private, with no way out, helpless, and no choice; Those who do not know me will say that I am a traitor seeking glory and bringing disaster to the country and the people...... In this way, I will bear the infamy of the ages, and the people of future generations will take all the responsibility for the death of the dynasty on me!" Wu Sangui sighed.

"Those who achieve great things are not informal. Throughout the ages, how many heroes and heroes have not been scolded by later generations? The official history and rumors all say: Qin Shi Huang, who destroyed the Seven Kingdoms and ruled the world, was a murderous tyrant; The top feather who is powerful and domineering is a lascivious reckless man; Cao Cao, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, was a cunning traitor; Even Li Shimin, the holy lord of the Ming Dynasty, could not escape the notoriety of killing his brother and forcing his father....... If they are still like this, how can the general be afraid of the slander and slander of the historians? The real people who died were Li anti-thieves, the faint monarch Chongzhen, and the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty, not the generals. If the general continues to make judgments, he will eventually suffer from chaos. Martyrdom in this way, you can't save the country and the people from fire and water, you can't avenge your father and your concubines, and tens of thousands of soldiers are involved in the deaths of your life.

"What do you think I should do?" In fact, Wu Sangui had already made a decision in his heart after listening to Bai Moushi's enlightenment, and he asked Bai Moushi just to get a coincidence from Bai Moushi's side.

"At this time, the general cannot advance in the front, cannot retreat in the back, and cannot stand on his own feet in the center. For now, the general had only two options: surrender to Li Chuang or defect to Dolgon. The former is bound to bring the general to the ground, to be disgraced and humiliated, and to lose his dignity as a human being. Let me ask: If a general is a thief with Li Chuang, how can you, as a child, face your old father, who has been imprisoned by the thief? As a bloody man, how can you face Chen Yuanyuan, the concubine who was forcibly captured and occupied by Li Chuang's thief? The prisoner father and the concubine are both men in the world, and it is a strange shame and great shame that the general is a hero in troubled times, a dragon among people, and a commander of thousands of troops, how can he shrink his head and forbear, so that the people of the world despise and disdain to scold? If Li Chuang is really like Liu Bang and Zhao Kuangyin, Zhu Yuanzhang is a wise monarch who can stabilize the country, and the general can still sacrifice his ego for the righteousness of the whole world...... However, what is the difference between him and the hooligans, robbers, bandits, and bandits and thieves who are so reckless in the capital? Is it worth serving the general? Moreover, compared to Dorgon, Li Chuang is just a thief with no ambition and short-sightedness. The greedy and lustful robbers will never become the founding lord and the king of Anbang, and the general will vote for him, but he will really abandon the Ming and surrender, and he will be willing to fall, and his future will be worrying, and there is no light at all. And that Dorgon, although he has wolf ambitions, will definitely be jealous of the general and cannot fully trust, but because he has the great ambition to dominate the world, it is the time to employ people, naturally recruit talents, love talents, cherish talents, keep promises, and reuse generals. Since ancient times, good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose their masters. If the general submits to Dolgon, although he will not be able to become a hegemon, it will not be difficult for him to be the king, glorify his ancestors, and enjoy all the glory and wealth; more importantly, if he does not borrow Dolgon's hand, how will the general repay Li Chuang's hatred for the thief's father and his concubine? The lesser of the two evils and the heavier of the two benefits, the general should know what to do, right!?"

"Those who know me say I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want. When I met Bai Aiqing, I met Zhang Liang and Xuande met Kong Ming. Mr.'s words made Wu Mou's mouth open suddenly, and the clouds were cleared...... Everything is according to what the gentleman said. ”

As a result, Wu Sangui and the Qing soldiers fought a bloody battle with Li Zicheng's Dashun army at the nine gates.

After a day and night of bloody fighting, Li Zicheng's army of hundreds of thousands was almost completely annihilated. And attacked the city of Beijing in one go, and drove Li Zicheng, who had only dreamed of the emperor for 42 days in the capital, completely washed the imperial city of Beijing in blood, and scavenged more than 70 million taels of silver, and drove him out of the palace, making him like a lost dog, and then embarked on the road of escape without return.

After the Qing army occupied Beijing, Wu Sangui led his troops westward and southward, leaped into the Central Plains, and pursued Li Zicheng until he annihilated Li Zicheng's troops.

Li Zicheng was also killed by villagers on May 17, 1645 at the Yuandi Temple on Jiugongshan in Tongcheng, Hubei.

Subsequently, Wu Sangui's troops went straight into Sichuan, and eliminated Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army and the Ming Dynasty rebels in other places, and fought all over half of China, conquering everything and being invincible, becoming the most handy army of the Qing Dynasty.

After Wu Sangui was crowned the queen of Pingxi, he rewarded his merits and deeds, and respected the wishes of the strategists surnamed Bai: he only accepted the Linshan field industry in his hometown (among which there was a Linshan called 'Ghost Valley' by the locals), and enjoyed the wealth and glory.