"Sire! Let's quickly send an envoy to the Qing Regent's army and ask him to enter Bingshan Pass as soon as possible!"

"But Master Chitose told us to stick to Shanhaiguan and prevent the Qing troops from entering...Shanhaiguan is the most powerful pass in the world. Even if there are 200,000 rogue bandits, they will not be able to defeat them in a hurry. As long as the Qing army is ready

When dense clouds enter the pass, the thieves will surely retreat."

"But what to do with so many civilians and family members accompanying the army in Shanhaiguan? The several gates in Shanhaiguan are not large and cannot accommodate so many people."

"Then transfer out of the customs."

"Going out of the customs? The Qing army is also coming to Shanhaiguan! Do you want to give the families of the soldiers to the pro-army soldiers as slaves?"

"Yes, we can't ignore the families of the soldiers! In addition, the salary and silver are not enough! We don't have a penny of the millions of starting salaries we asked the court for. Once the army goes to war, we have to pay for pensions and silver rewards, which is a lot of money.

Flowing water! The city of Shanhaiguan is indeed strong, but we fucking have to have money to hold it! The imperial court is pointing out that our Guan Ning Army is going to fight, so we have to give money!"

"It's better to let the Qing soldiers in! I heard that the Qing soldiers have arrived at 100,000, and with our troops and horses, we have 150,000. We can defeat Li Zicheng no matter what... Once Li Zicheng is defeated, we might as well go to Shanxi

, it doesn’t matter if you go to Beijing, where would it be better than being stuck in Shanhaiguan?”

In Wu Sangui's commander-in-chief's mansion, there was a commotion among the staff and generals. These people in Guan Ning's army can fight, but they have to be coaxed with gold and silver.

If they really wanted to fight Li Zicheng's army, they would have to be rewarded with hundreds of thousands or millions of taels of silver!

But Zhu Cixi didn't have that much money to squander, so he didn't send any money to Wu Sangui. Now Guan Ningjun's military salary is supported by Wu Sangui's money that he had embezzled before.

But with expenses but no income, he can't sustain it for long! If he really wants to fight Li Zicheng's 200,000 troops under Shanhaiguan for a month, how much will it cost? Even if Wu Sangui is willing to do so, he won't!

In addition, the hundreds of thousands of people who evacuated into Shanhaiguan gave Wu Sangui a headache - to be honest, it would be better to evacuate these people into Ningyuan than stay in Ningyuan!

If the families of these common people are now in the castles and surrounding forts such as Ningyuan Guard, Ningyuan Zhongyousuo, Ningyuan Zhongzuosuo, Guangning Zhongyousuo, Guangning Zhonghousuo, Guangning Qiantunwei, Guangning Zhongqiansuo, etc.

Stay.

Wu Sangui can really wait and see what happens now. Even if Li Zicheng takes Shanhaiguan, he has nothing to worry about. It is impossible for Li Zicheng to go out and compete with Wu Sangui for western Liaoning. After fighting this way, Dorgon, let alone Dorgon, will win.

Beijing and even Shaanxi were captured.

If Guan Ning's army had entered the Pass after the Songjin War and settled in Yongping Mansion and Jizhou Town, then there would have been no chance of Li Zicheng breaking the capital.

As long as Guan Ning's elite troops go to support Datong and Xuanfu, the defenders there will not surrender, and Li Zicheng cannot even touch the edge of Shuntianfu.

However, Emperor Chongzhen issued the decree to abandon the cities of Ningyuan and move the people into the customs on March 6, just ten days before the fall of Beijing. It was better not to issue this bullshit decree!

Without this decree, Wu Sangui would still be staying at Ningyuan Guard!

It's good now, Dashun and Qing are stuck in Shanhaiguan! It's really impossible to advance, and we can't retreat. Now it's impossible to go back to Ningyuan!

Most of Dorgon's army has crossed the Liao River, will Wu Sangui be allowed to retreat to Ningyuan?

Wu Sangui is worried!

Chongzhen's imperial edict deceived him, Dorgon's Qing soldiers forced him, and Li Zicheng, the thief, took the wrong medicine. Instead of going to Dagukou to chase the emperor, he came to Shanhaiguan instead! Another one robbed his own girl,

The prince who deceived his father and brothers actually took the clever plan to lure Qing soldiers into the pass as a bad idea!

But having said that, it is easy to attract Qing troops, but it is difficult to send them away! Maybe it will be self-defeating, and the Tatar regent Dorgon will force him to surrender to the Tatars...

At this time, the people below were still noisy and noisy, and the noise was getting louder and louder. The veins on Wu Sangui's forehead jumped, and finally he couldn't bear it and yelled: "Stop making noise!"

The sound was so loud that everyone in the capital hall was startled and no one dared to speak.

Wu Sangui's eyes swept over the generals and staff under his command one by one, and all he saw were expressions of helplessness.

His group is a bit more military than civilized, and there is no shortage of men who can fight and kill. There are no counselors who may plan strategies for him, and even if there are a few civilian staff, they are only at the level of clerks.

Just when he was disappointed, he suddenly saw a strange expression on a strange black face, as if he had some thoughts.

This person is... Wu Sangui thought for a while and remembered that this person was the guard brought by Chen Yuanyuan, named Liu Sheng. He seemed to have worked with Sun Chuanting, and he knew the bandits better, and he also knew a few words, so

So he appointed a minor official and placed it among the staff.

"Liu Sheng, do you have anything to say?" Wu Sangui asked.

Liu Sheng nodded and said: "Sir, you have forgotten Prince Ding."

This black-faced and vulgar person is actually a juren! And the level is not low. If it were not for the chaos of war, it would be a matter of time for him to become a civil servant.

As a preparatory civil servant, Liu Sheng certainly knew how to take the blame.

"Yes, yes..." Wu Sangui slapped his forehead, "I almost forgot about the great god His Highness Prince Ding! Tell me more, how should I make good use of this great god?"

Liu Sheng said with a smile: "Didn't the Lord borrow troops from the Manchurians in the name of King Ding? Now we might as well continue to use the banner of King Ding to deal with the Manchus on the one hand; on the other hand, we can post notices in Yongping Mansion.

His Highness King Ding has borrowed 100,000 Manchurian soldiers and will counterattack Beijing in the near future. If the rebels retreat upon hearing this, then we will not open Shanhaiguan and release the Manchurian soldiers."

"Hahaha," Wu Sangui laughed, "I didn't expect you, a crude creature, to have such a plan...Okay, okay, let's do it! I'm just the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, with thistle on it.

Governor Liao, and His Highness Prince Ding of the Ming Dynasty! I am a very loyal minister, so of course I must listen to the words of the Governor and His Highness Prince Ding!"

...

Li Zicheng left Beijing on April 13th and began his expedition to Shanhaiguan, one day later than Dorgon left Shenyang. The distance from Beijing to Shanhaiguan is similar to the distance from Shenyang to Shanhaiguan, both seven or eight hundred miles.

.However, Li Zicheng’s journey was more difficult than Dorgon’s.

Dorgon's army marched on Qing territory before entering Ningyuanwei's territory. Not only did they not have to worry about being attacked, but the government along the way would also organize civilians and provide food and drink. The morale of the Eight Banners soldiers was also very high, almost everyone

Everyone is eager to enter the Pass and seize the city of Beijing.

However, Li Zicheng's army was marching in "enemy territory", which surprised him very much. The so-called enemy territory did not mean that the land east of Beijing to Shanhaiguan was still under the firm control of the Ming Dynasty. It meant that the gentry and common people along the way,

They all regarded the Dashun Army as intruders!

This situation was completely opposite to what he encountered when he marched to Beijing. At that time, everyone was welcoming King Chuang, and wherever the army passed, people were eating pots of pulp to welcome the king's division. King Chuang's army did not even need to prepare rations.

With supplies from the people along the way, we can travel all the way.

But now, when the army passes by, no one can be seen! Let alone military rations, there is no one who can even ask for news!

After entering the territory of Yongping Prefecture, not only was there no one on the roadside, but the Kaiping Acropolis and Luanzhou City were also empty. All the people and officials were gone. The only thing to greet Li Zicheng's army was a notice posted at the city gate.

"Your Majesty, look."

Outside Luanzhou City, Li Shuangxi, who was in charge of the imperial camp, handed a notice that had just been taken off to Li Zicheng with both hands. Li Zicheng took it and took a look, and his thick eyebrows knitted together unconsciously.
Chapter completed!