Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

That night, Li Zicheng also received news of Dorgon's death.

Because Li Zicheng also established his own spy network in Beijing. Although it is not as powerful as Chongzhen's spy network, it is still possible to find out what's going on in Beijing.

However, Li Zicheng only knew that Dorgon was dead, not that Dorgon died of horse wind.

"Dorgon is dead?" Li Zicheng couldn't help feeling a little bit sad, but also a little bit disappointed.

Dorgon's death means that he can no longer seek Dorgon's revenge for his defeat.

Fortunately, Wu Sangui is still there, otherwise he would have no enemies, and his hatred would have nowhere to vent.

Song Xiance and Gu Jun'en were also a little emotional. In any case, Dorgon could be regarded as a hero of the previous generation, but he did not expect that he would die suddenly at such a critical moment.

"The establishment of slaves is over now." Song Xiance sighed.

"That's right, with Dorgon's death, Jiannu must be over."

Gu Junen's opinion this time is exactly the same as Song Xiance's: "It's a pity that our Dashun army was restrained in Hetao by the rebel Sanggar, so we can only watch Nanming destroy Jiannu."

Song Xiance said with a smile: "Anyway, this is a good thing."

"The Great Army Master is wrong." Gu Junen shook his head and said, "Once Jiannu dies, Nanming can concentrate on dealing with our Dashun, and our Dashun will be attacked by the Nanming and Mongolian armies on both sides. Big bad."

"Why do my Dashun Army fear the Ming Army?" Song Xiance said, "Five years ago, our Dashun Army was able to wipe out the Ming Army with the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Five years later, our Dashun Army can still wipe out the Ming Army." Defeating the Ming army with a destructive momentum, as long as the border troubles in the northwest are resolved, the Southern Ming will not be a problem at all."

Song Xiance's understanding of the Ming army is still at the point in the 17th year of Chongzhen.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Dashun army attacked Beijing in two ways. It was really destructive. Wherever the army passed, the Ming army along the way either collapsed at a touch, or begged for surrender one after another. They reached Beijing in just two months.

"Destroy the dead?" Gu Junen smiled wryly, "The Great Military Master should really go to Chaoyangmen to have a look."

Gu Junen pretended to be an envoy to the Chaoyangmen camp, and had seen the military appearance of the Ming army.

"I don't need to look at it." Song Xiance said sarcastically, "The Ming army is still the original Ming army, otherwise it would not have besieged Beijing for half a year, but they still couldn't take it down, and even blasted a gap in Chaoyangmen with Hongyi cannons. , but still can’t take it down, our Dashun army would have taken Beijing City long ago.”

Gu Junen was speechless.

……

After Hong Chengchou, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi learned of Dorgon's death, they cried bitterly in the governor's office as if they were mourning.

Hong Chengchou even cried until he fainted.

After returning to his camp, Geng Jimao quietly said to Geng Zhongming, "Father, the Qing Dynasty is coming to an end."

If Geng Jimao usually said that, Geng Zhongming could not help but slap him with a big ear.

But today, Geng Zhongming just sighed, and said desolately: "The Qing Dynasty is indeed going to be in trouble."

Geng Jimao rolled his eyes immediately, and said in a low voice, "Father, or else we'd bring our troops and surrender to Daming."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Geng Zhongming sighed, "Back then, your father, me, Lao Kong and Shang Kexi had already done everything. Chongzhen wished to eat our flesh and lay our skins on us. How could it be good to return to Daming?"

"Father, one moment is another moment." Geng Jimao persuaded again, "Chongzhen Meishan has become different after enlightenment. Look at what he is doing now, is there anything comparable to the previous Chongzhen?"

Geng Zhongming was at a loss for words, the Chongzhen after Jiashen was really different from before.

But Geng Zhongming is still afraid, because he deeply understands a truth that repeated horizontal jumps will never end well. He has already jumped back and forth between the Ming and Qing Dynasties three times, and if he jumps back and forth again, it will be the fourth time.

Which emperor would tolerate a general who jumped back four times?nonexistent.

If he rebounded again this time, Chongzhen might not have treated him in the first place.

But when the situation changes, Chongzhen will definitely find an excuse to take his life.

Thinking of this, Geng Zhongming immediately said: "Don't think about it, even if the Qing Dynasty is defeated, it will not perish. No matter if you flee back to Liaodong or Mobei, you can continue to exist. You and my father and son will definitely not have no food and clothing."

Geng Jimao had no choice but to give up. In fact, he was just talking casually.

It really made Geng Jimao come down, he also panicked, the most important thing is that there is no precedent.

I don't know how Chongzhen will treat these two ministers?

……

Not only Geng Jimao panicked, Hong Chengchou panicked even more at this time.

If Dorgon does not die and continues to stick to the tortoise policy, although the possibility is very small, at least there is still a chance to win a turning point and defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop.

But once Dorgon died, it would be impossible for the Qing Dynasty to retreat.

The fact is exactly the same. The first imperial decree issued by the little emperor Fulin after he came to power was to restore the Eight Banners deliberative system and return the government to the Eight Banners nobles.

And the first thing the Eight Banners nobles do after taking control of the government is,

It is to transfer the three-way army from Shanhaiguan, Yanzhou and Tianjin Wei back to Beijing.

The intention of transferring the three-way army back to Beijing is self-evident, it is for a decisive battle.

Obviously, the nobles of the Eight Banners have had enough of the shrinking policy and are ready to fight the Ming army.

However, in the current Qing Dynasty, where does it still have the strength to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty?The day of the decisive battle is also the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty. It seems that it is time to think about one or two for one's own future.

"Ada." Hong Chengchou handed a sealed letter to Hong Da, and said, "Take this secret letter to Chaoyangmen Camp and hand it to Eunuch Gao. Be careful on the way."

Hong Cheng knew how important this letter was.

In response, he put away the letter and left in a hurry.

Watching Hong Da leave, Hong Chengchou sighed softly.

Then he turned his head and looked out of the window, only to see that the sky had already darkened and was about to change again.

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Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui Xingyuan.

Fang Guangchen came in and reported: "My lord, Ye Bilong has left with two red flags."

"Really." Wu Sangui looked out of the window, a little out of his mind, and the sky was about to change again.

To be honest, Wu Sangui really did not expect that Dorgon would die suddenly at this time.

Let me add one more thing here, the news of Dorgon's death is well known in Beijing, but it is still blocked from the outside world. Wu Sangui was able to know the news because he had his own source of information.

"My lord, I'm afraid the Qing Dynasty is really coming to an end." Fang Guangchen said in a deep voice.

"So, next we have to think about our own future."

"Future?" Wu Sangui shook his head and smiled wryly, "Ting Xian, do you think we still have a future?"

"Of course, we certainly have a future, and we still have a great future." Fang Guangchen paused, and then continued, "Of course, the premise is that the prince must have military power in his hands."

"Military power?" Wu Sangui smiled wryly again, "Just [-] to practice bravery?"

When he first took refuge in Jiannu, Wu Sangui had a total of 3 Guanning troops, [-] Liaoxi Xiangyong, and [-] troops under his command. However, after several fierce battles such as Yiyishi and Guguan, it dropped sharply to [-].

It is not so easy to be a dog for Jiannu, sometimes it can only be cannon fodder.

But even if there were only 3 people left in the Guanning Army, Dorgon still refused to let it go.

After several restructurings, the Guan Ning Army was split into the Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Camp.

Even Xia Longshan, Wu Guogui and other former generals of the Guanning Army were sent to the Eight Banners Han Army.

Now beside Wu Sangui, there is only Fang Guangchen, a counselor, and [-] Lian Yong.

"My lord, 17 yuan is already a lot of courage." Fang Guangchen persuaded, "If the business is done well, it is enough for the lord to make a comeback. Back then, the intruders were beaten by Yang Sichang to only [-] riders, and in the end they also took down Beijing, almost destroying Ming Dynasty. Dynasty? My lord, you now have [-] training courage, and the situation is much stronger than that of the robbers back then."

"Ting Xian?" Wu Sangui lost his voice, "Are you asking me to stand on my own?"

"No, at least it can't be done now." Fang Guangchen said, "The top priority is to try to win Chongzhen's trust, and then entrust Liaoxi to the prince. In this way, great things can be expected."

"This is absolutely impossible." Wu Sangui said, "How could Chongzhen entrust Liaoxi to me?"

"As long as the prince can make a world-class contribution in the war of destroying the Qing Dynasty, everything is possible." Fang Guangchen said with a smile.

"Did you make an unrivaled contribution in the battle to destroy the Qing Dynasty?" Wu Sangui felt itchy for a while, and asked, "Please Tingxian teach me."

Fang Guangchen analyzed for Wu Sangui one by one: "After Dorgon's death, the Qing court has been incapable. With reckless men like Duoduo and Le Kedehun, they will definitely choose to fight the Ming army. If there is no accident, The Qing army is bound to be defeated, but because of the Mongolian cavalry protecting the two wings, even if the Qing army loses, the whole army will not be wiped out."

After a pause, Fang Guangchen said again: "There will definitely be a considerable number of remnants of the Qing army who escaped. If there is no accident, the remnants of the Qing army will definitely come towards Shanhaiguan, trying to escape back to Jianzhou through the Liaoxi Corridor."

Hearing this, Wu Sangui's eyes lit up: "You mean to take the remnants of the Qing army to plead guilty to Chongzhen?"

"Yes, take the remnants of the Qing army to plead guilty to Chongzhen." Fang Guangchen said solemnly, "Such a great achievement, even if Chongzhen still has a grudge against the prince in his heart, I'm afraid it's not easy to pursue it."

After a pause, Fang Guangchen said again: "Then the prince bribed Eunuch Gao with a lot of money. If Eunuch Gao speaks for you, the title of Duke of the country and the commander-in-chief of Ji Town will not be difficult."

"I don't want the title of duke of the country, and the commander-in-chief of Jizhen is enough."

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui's whole body came back to life, and he was no longer depressed like before.

Fang Guangchen smiled again and said, "Your Majesty, now you can find Eunuch Gao to pave the way in advance, so you can also give Eunuch Gao a great contribution to strategizing."

"Oh yes, you should first find your godfather to pave the way."

Wu Sangui immediately wrote a letter in his own hand, and selected a few valuable belongings to give to his confidant, Wu Aliu, who asked Wu Aliu to take the letter and the belongings to Beijing to find Gao Qiqian.