Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 677 Sangui
Xi'an.

This former ancient capital of thirteen dynasties has long since dissipated its royal aura.

Although Wu Sangui occupies Qinchuan for eight hundred miles, he is not at all proud of the current situation.

"My lord, Li Guohan sent someone to ask for help again, saying that if my lord doesn't bring troops to rescue them, they will really be wiped out in Baocheng Town."

Guerrilla Hu Xinshui came in to report to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui just snorted coldly.

The world-renowned Marshal Guan Ning is actually only 36 years old this year. He is the same age as Dorgon, only five or six years older than Emperor Zhu Yihai of Shaotian, and only two or three years younger than Chongzhen, who hanged himself at the age of 34. .

Born as a general, good at riding and shooting, with his father Wu Xiang and uncle Zu Dashou as the backers of the two leaders of the Guanning Army, Wu Sangui had already made his mark very early.

To be able to get to this position step by step, besides his background, he has some luck, let alone his ability.

But until now, Wu Sangui is extremely confused.

"My lord, there are people from Beijing again."

"What about people?"

"Meng Qiaofang has already welcomed him into his governor's office." Xia Longshan, a guerrilla from the right battalion, came in to report.

Wu Sangui frowned.

"This man surnamed Meng is going too far," Hu Xinshui said bluntly.

Meng Qiaofang is the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and Wu Sangui is the general of Pingxi. Originally, Wu Sangui was named the king of Yunnan, but the imperial court promised that after Wu Sangui conquered Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, Yunnan would be allocated to him to guard Kaifan.After the defeat in the war, Beijing even went so far as to promise to assign the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui was quite excited, but the result was not satisfactory.

The battle against Zhang Xianzhong at Yangping Pass in Hanzhong was already a matter of course. Zhang Xianzhong could be wiped out immediately, and then he would enter Sichuan, and then go straight to Yunnan and Guizhou to open a feudal clan and set up a mansion, southwest of Yongzhen.

Who knew that Zhang Xianzhong was indeed killed by Oboi in the end, but Li Guohan and the others were defeated in Hanzhong, not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals, and almost the entire Hanzhong.

Even the two kings Ma Ke and Bai Guangen were killed.

He retreated to Baocheng Town and defended the Baoxie Road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. Wu Sangui also rushed to the rescue, but he fought back and forth for more than a year, but he didn't win.

Not only was Wu Sangui unable to break out of the siege, Wu Sangui was still in the Qinling Mountains. He suffered several ambushes and lost a lot of soldiers. Especially in the Battle of Qingqiaoyi last year, Zhu Dingguo, the former adopted son of Zhang Xianzhong, who was adopted by Zhu Yihai as his adopted son, led his troops across the mountains. Ridge, unexpectedly bypassed Li Guohan and Obai, ran behind Wu Sangui like a divine soldier, attacked his supply unit, and burned all the military supplies he was carrying.

This is not only Wu Sangui's military rations, but also what he transported to Li Guohan.

The army rations were burned, and even the copper materials transported to Baocheng Town to cast cannons and defend the city were also taken away.

Zhu Dingguo also burned the plank road to make Wu Sangui come and go.

Fortunately, Wu Sangui was strong, and his subordinates were also like a cloud of fierce generals. The two sides fought several battles in the mountains. In the end, Wu Sangui lost his troops and lost his generals, and finally escaped and returned to Chang'an.

Li Guohan was looking forward to the stars and the moon at the top of Baocheng Town, but in the end Wu Sangui's reinforcements were already dozens of miles away, and he could see them from the top of the city, but he just couldn't come.

In the end, Wu Sangui returned without success, losing countless grain, grass, equipment, copper, gunpowder and lead, and even tens of thousands of civilians.

In the end, Zhu Dingguo garrisoned the Qingqiao post behind Li Guohan. Instead, he used the captured copper materials to cast cannons there, and took the captured civilians there to reinforce the Qingqiao post, turning it into Qingqiaobao town.

Obai also had to retreat to Liuba County in the north and guard the gate for Wu Sangui in the mountains to prevent the Ming army from entering Guanzhong.

Li Guohan was abandoned on the edge of the Hanzhong Basin and was heavily surrounded. Although he held on for so long with the fortification of the city, he had already become a dead chess game that could not be escaped.

Wu Sangui suffered several losses, especially after the defeat of Qingqiao, and now he has no plans to save Li Guohan, let alone regain Hanzhong and lay down Yunguichuan.

All he can think about now is how to stabilize the [-]-mile Qinchuan in his hand, how to guard the four gates in Guanzhong, and manage the one-third of an acre of land well, and he doesn't care about the rest at all.

The four fortresses in Guanzhong and the four major gates are still in his hands, but except for Wuguan, the other three gates are now blocked by the Ming army.

Outside Dasan Pass in the west, there are two armies of Zhu Pengfei from the Shaanxi-Gansu camp in the Ming Dynasty and Zhang Shipeng from the Bashu camp.

Outside Xiaoguan in the northwest, there are groups of people from He Hongqi of Longyou Town, Milayin of Hexi Town, and Wangyong Town of Shanbei Town, occupying the area north of the Wei River, west of Longshan Mountain, and east of the Yellow River.

Wu Sangui sent several confidant generals of Guanning Army to guard Pingliang and Fengxiang respectively.

Nanyang and Shangzhou are still there, which makes Wuguan relatively safe, but with the loss of Zhengzhou, Luoyang and Shanzhou, the east of Tongguan is clearly there, and Wu Sangui has to station troops to guard Tongguan.

The only thing that still allows him to breathe a sigh of relief is that Shanxi and Hubei are still there. If these two places are lost, then Guanzhong will completely lose the two wings of guards, and it will be completely dead.

But under the current situation, Shanxi may be able to hold on, but how many days can Hubei and Nanyang hold on?
Nanyang has been aided for a long time, and Xiangyang has also sent many messengers to him asking for help.

But at this time, Wu Sangui was still a guest general, and had constant conflicts with the landlord Meng Qiaofang, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Meng Qiaofang is a Han minister who has won the trust of the Tartars. He has entered the Han army banner and is also very capable. Whether it is in the court, or the [-] coalition forces that defeated Gao Doushu and He Zhen before attacking Xi'an, they performed extremely well.

Wu Sangui also intended to win him over, but Meng Qiaofang kept a distance from him, and was even very rude.

You are the Ming minister of the Qing Dynasty, and you look at Lao Tzu with the eyes of a traitor every day, why are you pretending to be a wolf with a big tail?Wu Sangui was young after all, and after a few times, he became more and more dissatisfied.

Now that the Beijing imperial court came to envoy, they had a secret meeting with Meng Qiaofang first, which aroused Wu Sangui's dissatisfaction and even uneasiness.

At the beginning, he surrendered, led the Qing army into Shanhaiguan, conquered Li Zicheng for the Qing army, and beat Zhang Xianzhong, but now he has fallen to the ground and is in a dilemma.

Wu Sangui, who was dissatisfied, did not see the envoy from Beijing until the afternoon.

A second-class guard with a yellow flag brought the regent and the court's decree, asking Wu Sangui to lead his troops out of Shaanxi immediately, join the soldiers from Hubei, first break the siege of Nanyang, and then save Yingzhou.

He also asked that after the siege was relieved, he should be moved to Xiangyang and divided into Nanyang and Yunyang.

After Luke Dehun in Yingzhou got out of trouble, he led his troops back to Chang'an in Guanzhong to rest and recuperate.

Hearing this order, Wu Sangui was so angry that he almost tore up the order.

He took the order with a livid face, and then announced to the outside world the next day that he had a sudden illness, which was so serious that he could no longer get out of bed.

Wu Sangui fell ill so suddenly, the troops under his command were naturally unable to move.

Meng Qiaofang came to visit, but was blocked by Wu Sangui's department, saying that her condition was serious and she should be treated in isolation in a secret room.

Meng Qiaofang hurriedly sent the envoy back to Beijing to report.

Beijing side.

Daishan died of illness suddenly, and Jierharang became the regent alone, and the situation in the court became turbulent again. While the court was busy arranging the funeral for Daishan, it began to secretly discuss the matter of moving the capital.

However, although many princes Baylor agreed to the proposal to move the capital, they couldn't make up their minds about where to move. Finally, they roughly agreed to move to Chengde, outside the customs, but what should we do with the Central Plains?
Ji Erhalang was also very busy, and he was counting on Wu Sangui in Guanzhong to share some of the burden with him. It would be even better if he could send troops to rescue Nanyang and Yingzhou, but who knew that he would get such a result.

"Wu Sangui is supporting his own self-respect. What is he trying to do? Do he want to rebel?"

Jierharang slapped the table angrily.

Both Mandahai and Nikan hurriedly persuaded him.

Scolding is scolding, but after the scolding is over, you have to face it.

At this time the Tartars were already in a state of distress, and Wu Sangui was considered a rare army capable of fighting, so he could not offend him at this time.It can only be recorded in the account first and then calculated later.

"I suggest that you simply give Huguang to Wu Sangui, let him move the town to Huguang, establish a feudal clan in Xiangyang or Jingzhou, and make him the King of Huguang." Man Dahai, the new prince of Li, proposed that although his father had just died, he would still take care of him now. It's not about mourning, and the Manchus don't have such Ding You's rules.

As the co-government king, Man Dahai couldn't do without.

"Inappropriate." Nikan quickly objected. He is also the assistant king, the third son of Chu Ying, named Prince Heshuo Jingjin. He is nearly 40 years old, and he is also a famous king of the clan with great military exploits.

Compared with his cousin Man Dahai, who is only in his 20s, he has more experience.

"At this time, if Wu Sangui is changed to King of Huguang and moved to Jingxiang, I am afraid that Wu Sangui will continue to say that he is ill, and he will be in a hurry. Maybe he will rebel, or even surrender.

The imperial court can't stand Wu Sangui's rebellion, so it has to win over.Wu Sangui said he was sick, obviously he didn't want to go to Huguang, the court should give him some rewards in exchange.

I suggest that the imperial court can directly decree to restore Wu Sangui's title of Pingxi King, and grant Guanzhong directly to Wu Sangui as the guardian. Confer worship, control Shaanxi, Gansu, civil and military affairs, and unify the power of soldiers and horses. "

Man Dahai thought it was too much.

But Jierhalang nodded directly, "At this time, I really don't need to pay too much attention. As long as I can appease Wu Sangui and send him troops, I can give him all of these."

"It's best to transfer Meng Qiaofang out of Guanzhong to show the sincerity of the court. Meng Qiaofang can be changed to the governor of Huguang, and Datong's generals Yang Zhenwei and Wang Fuchen, as well as Meng's Guanzhong generals Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong, etc. are also transferred to Huguang. "

"First find a way to get Wu Sangui to send troops, and then relieve the siege of Nanyang and Yingzhou. After the siege was relieved, Luck Dehun retreated to Xiangyang, Nanyang to rest." Nikan believed that it was a mistake and too hasty to abandon Huguang directly.

Only by guarding Jingxiang can the Qing Dynasty protect the wings of Guanzhong, and the stability of Guanzhong can ensure the safety of Shanxi.

As for the safety of Shanxi, the Qing Dynasty still has a glimmer of hope.

Jingzhou, Wuchang, Xiangyang, Nanyang, Xi'an, Tongguan, Puzhou, Taiyuan, Datong, Xuanfu, Shuntian, Baoding, Tianjin, these places cannot be given up no matter what.

It must be guarded, guarded to the death.

Keep Huguangguan, Zhongshanxi and Hebei, and the Qing Dynasty will still have a chance, otherwise even if the capital is moved, the situation will be over, and it will be difficult to recover!
"I am willing to go to Xiangyang to supervise the battle in person. There is no way to retreat, the only thing to do is fight!"

(End of this chapter)