Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 697
Changan.

Wu Sangui called all the generals under his command to Chang'an.

"The Tatars are exhausted, we have to think about the future of the brothers who follow, my lord." He Jinzhong, the second-rank duke who was appointed by the Tartars as the commander-in-chief, took the lead in speaking.

Lieutenant General Yang Kun, the first-class marquis, also stood up with his wine glass in hand, "My lord, Shaotian Zhongxing is full of anger. Emperor Shaotian is generous and kind, and he is willing to give us a chance to reform. He has even made so many promises. If Guanzhong is still entrusted to us to be guarded, it will be organized as a foreign town, and the title will be retained, so why should the prince hesitate."

A group of generals were impatient to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender.

He Jinzhong, Yang Kun, and the other 21 lieutenants, including Sun Wenhuan, Wu Chaozhong, and Li Kezhi, were newly awarded the third-class Marquis by the Tartars, and they were also awarded the title of admiral.

The 52 participating generals, including Bing Guoqian, Xu Xueyan, and He Qilong, were all added as second-class uncles and awarded the rank of commander-in-chief.

Guerrilla Ma Chun, Wang Shengzong, Liu Zhengmin and other 52 people were all added as third-class uncles and deputy generals.

The Tartars also exhausted all their rewards to Wu Sangui's troops, and recruited them in every possible way. The generals who were formerly guerrillas and above were all conferred titles and titles.

But this did not bring the loyalty of He Jinzhong and others.

On the contrary, it made them feel more and more that the Tartars were exhausted, and they rushed to escape from the wrecked ship of Manqing.

Nikan personally came to Xi'an to announce the dispatch of troops.

But none of these generals is willing to serve the Tartars anymore. The Ming army is so powerful that they are going to fight for the Tartars now. Isn't that going against the trend?
Wu Sangui looked at these old generals who had followed him outside the pass, and was silent and did not express his opinion in a hurry.

This is the last capital in his hand and the only bargaining chip.

After going south, he also lost some soldiers and horses, but this year he also recruited some more, and now there are more than 5 troops in total.

The Ming army broke through Yingzhou, and then they were going to encircle Nanyang, and then they had to take Jingxiang to recover Hubei, and the next step was to go to Guanzhong.The situation was at stake for the Manchu Qing Dynasty and for him.

Jierhalang and Nikan still want to fight again.

But what Wu Sangui saw was a situation in which the Tartars were bound to lose. The other 10 troops of the Ming army had already attacked several prefectures in Hebei, and they had already reached the city of Baoding.

Jierhalang is busy moving the capital to Yanbei.

Zhu Yihai sent envoys to persuade him to surrender over and over again, and Wu Sangui also refused from the beginning, but now he is very polite.

The only thing he is still hesitating now is that he doesn't trust Zhu Yihai.

"My lord, so many people have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, but anyway, Emperor Shaotian will still have to reuse them. We still have more than 5 horses in Guanzhong. Isn't it better than Geng Zhongming, Jin Shenghuan, Tu Guobao, etc.? Guo, Gao Yiguo, and Li Dingguo are more trustworthy, right?"

"They can confer dukes and marquises now, why can't we?"

The conditions given by Emperor Shaotian were getting better and better, and Guanzhong was handed over to Wu Sangui, the original team, as an outer town.

Wu Sangui was renamed Lu Guogong, hereditary, sealed [-] households, added the prince Taibao, and was awarded the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi.

Not given to the king, but the different surnames of the Ming Dynasty were not crowned kings. The two different surnames of the Shaotian Dynasty were conferred posthumously, Jingnan Wang Huang Degong and Fuling Wang Qin Liangyu.

Geng Zhongming, Mi Layin, He Hongqi, Li Chixin, Jin Shenghuan, etc. are all outside towns.

The reward for Wu Sangui is not bad.

As for his more than [-] tribes, the imperial court proposed to set up an outer town with an allocation of [-].The rest were resettled in Tunzhen, Tuanlian and Guanzhong.

He Jinzhong and other generals were promoted one level up from the original rank. They were promoted to join the guerrilla generals.

The generals are all awarded lifelong barons, the vice generals are all awarded lifelong viscounts, the chief soldiers are all awarded lifelong earls, and the deputy admirals are awarded lifelong marquises.

In the future, if you make meritorious deeds, you can be reincarnated.

The various conditions are very attractive.

Wu Sangui was still hesitating and didn't quite believe it.But He Jinzhong and the others are already very moved. They are also very tormented by the current situation. They originally thought of entering Sichuan and then going to Yunnan and Guizhou.

But last year they returned to Guanzhong to quell the chaos. As a result, although Li Guohan killed Zhang Xianzhong, he lost Hanzhong, and they could only stay in Guanzhong.

Being able to get out of trouble and go ashore is naturally a wish.

He Jinzhong would rather have the lifelong marquis given by the Ming Dynasty than the world title second-class duke given by the Tartars. The Tartars will soon be finished, and their titles are worthless.

"Emperor Shaotian has already arrived in Luoyang, and it is said that the elite of his imperial battalion have also come to the Central Plains. Now Luoyang, Shanzhou, Ruzhou, and Runing have all entered the army, while Zhu Shengli, Li Chixin, Jin Shenghuan, and Gao Bizheng in Sichuan, Hunan, and Jiangxi , Yuan Zongdi are also heading for the Yangtze River.

Hubei is about to be defeated. We can't just watch the boat capsize and jump on the leaky boat. "

Wu Sangui scanned the faces of these more than 100 generals one by one, and had a panoramic view of the expressions on their faces.

The expressions on the faces of the generals revealed their thoughts undoubtedly.

They were all eager to return home anyway.

Some people even suggested that when Meng Qiaofang and Nikan were preparing to transfer troops to Nanyang through Wuguan, they suddenly sent troops to annihilate and capture them in one fell swoop, and then dedicated them to Emperor Shaotian.

Wu Sangui was full of disdain for this kind of eagerness to do meritorious service.

Even if the situation is like this, it can't be like this. Besides, guys like Li Guohan, Obai, Meng Qiaofang, Zhang Yong, Wang Fuguo, and Zhao Liangdong all have soldiers in their hands, and they are quite capable of fighting.

Furthermore, why did Wu Sangui want to merge with the Qing army for Emperor Shaotian?

Let the Ming army take advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman?
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Wuguan.

He Jinzhong led an army all the way to Guanxia, ​​and sent someone to deliver a letter to Guanshang.

Nikan and Meng Qiaofang are closing the door.

Seeing He Jinzhong leading the army, he thought that Wu Sangui had obeyed the order to lead the troops out of the customs to meet up, but when the letter was opened, Nikan stood up in shock.

"Your Majesty?"

"Wu Sangui is rebellious!"

"Huh?" Meng Qiaofang was also taken aback.During the time he and Wu Sangui got along in Guanzhong, there were constant conflicts, but he also had to admit that if Wu Sangui turned against him now, the whole situation in Qin and Chu would collapse.

The hands of the respectful and coordinating prince Nikan trembled.

When he was in Chang'an, he met with Wu Sangui and read out the decree. Wu Sangui also accepted the decree and said that he would dispatch troops to leave the customs immediately.But who would have thought that when he arrived at Wuguan, Wu Sangui would repent and change his mind.

Now send him a letter directly, asking them to leave Wuguan and Shaanxi immediately.

In Wu Sangui's letter, he brazenly said that when the bandits broke through Beijing and forced to kill the Emperor Lie, he borrowed troops from Dorgon to fight the bandits for revenge. Who knew that the Tartars did not keep their promises, and even occupied the Central Plains after entering the customs, and wanted to live in stealth The seat of master.Now that there is Emperor Shaotian, the Ming leader of Zhongxing, Wu Sangui should respect this descendant of Taizu as his king.

But thinking of their friendship in helping Li Zicheng in the past, so he doesn't force Nikan and the others now, but sends them out of Shaanxi.

And as long as Nikan and the others voluntarily withdraw from Guanzhong, Wu Sangui also promises not to attack them.

non-aggression.

"Leave the country within three days, otherwise we will meet you in battle, and you will not be welcome!"

In Wu Sangui's politeness, there was also a murderous look.

He could let Nikan leave, and he could also let the former governor Meng Qiaofang leave, and even allowed Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong, and Wang Fuchen to leave with their subordinates.

But you must leave the border of Shaanxi within three days, and you cannot leave a single soldier or occupy a city or village, otherwise war will start.

"This traitor!"

Nikan cursed angrily.

Originally thought that Wu Sangui had already accepted the reward and was satisfied, but the imperial court ceded Shanxi and Gansu to him, but he was still so greedy and dissatisfied, so he turned around and voted for Ming.

After seeing it, Meng Qiaofang let out a long sigh.

"This is somewhat in line with Wu Sangui's character. This person is not firm and likes to speculate. Now that the court is in trouble, he wants to rebel, but he doesn't want to start a war with us, but wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. This kind of person will not It will end well."

Nikan doesn't care if he will end well, he is now angry at Wu Sangui's sudden betrayal, then all the plans drawn up before will be lost.

Without Wu Sangui's 5 troops, relying on Meng Qiaofang's more than [-] Guanzhong troops, how can he go to Huguang to fight Zhu Yihai?

"Go back to Xi'an and kill Wu Sangui!"

Meng Qiaofang dissuaded.

"We are now short of food and wages, and the strength of Wu's bandits is very different. If we fight back, Wu's bandits will invite the Ming army to flank us, and we will be defeated."

"It's better to leave this place and go to Nanyang."

Nikan is very desperate, what's the use of going to Nanyang now?Without the Wu Sangui Corps and the Guanzhong rebellion, the entire Hubei and Nanyang have been cut off and surrounded.

It was also connected to Shanxi through Guanzhong before.

Now surrounded by a complete cut.

If you go to Nanyang, you will only be wrapped in dumplings, but if you go to Xiangyang, the dumplings will be even tighter.

despair.

Wu Sangui's betrayal made Nikan completely desperate.

It was originally a narrow escape plan, but now it is completely hopeless.

"Talk to Wu Sangui, give him whatever he wants."

Meng Qiaofang reminded Nikan, "No, Wu Sangui, since he turned his back on him, he must have figured it out."

Silence, deathly silence.

After a long time, Nikan sighed, opened the map, and looked at it for a long time.

Zhu Yihai personally mentioned the imperial camp to Luoyang, and Shanzhou also had an imperial camp, which almost blocked the possibility of the Qing army in Huguang area evacuating from Shanzhou. Shanzhou strangles the Yellow River, and Zhu Yihai still has many guns. It is difficult to cross the river. .

Damn Wu Sangui rebelled against Guanzhong again, they have no way out now.

"The only way for us to survive now is to still occupy Wuguan. The terrain in the west of Wuguan is flat, and the eastward journey out of the pass is winding along the mountainside, with high cliffs and deep valleys. Now Shan and Luo are blocked by Zhu Yihai in the north, and Kaifeng and Runing are in the east. It's all about the elite imperial battalion, we can only fight in Guanzhong to have a chance of survival."

Nikan gritted his teeth, "Hurry up and send an order to Nanyang, Yunxiang, Jingzhou, Wuchang, let them go north to meet up, and go to Guanzhong together. It must be fast, if it is too late, it will be too late."

"What about Huguang? What about Nanyang, don't you want them all?"

Nikan is also a well-known general of the Tazi clan who has been fighting for a long time. He followed the Mongol conquest of North Korea to attack Daming. As much as you can escape, at least you can save some vitality.

"Zhu Yihai's main force has arrived in the Central Plains. Why don't we go south and meet in the Wuchang area, and then we will see the situation. If the situation is unavoidable, we will go down the river at that time? Avoid the truth and let it flow?" Meng Qiaofang thought that Wu Sangui's 5 horses, It's not easy to fight.It is rare for him to let them go now.

If you turn around and go to fight, you will inevitably face the enemy at that time.

But Nikan thought that going south would be a dead end. Their Eight Banners lacked ships and guns, and they would be no match for the Ming army when they moved along the river.

"Since Wu Sangui is willing to give way now, then we will go back to Guanzhong and ask him to borrow the way back to Shanxi. If we don't let him, we will kill a bloody road to break through. Wu Sangui doesn't want to break the army and lose his strength. Then he may not Will really fight us hard!"

Nikan smashed the table down with one punch, "Hurry up and send an order, hurry up, we must retreat to Wuguan before Zhu Yihai's large army surrounds Nanyang. I'm late, I don't wait for anyone!"

(End of this chapter)