Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 307 The Battle of Shanhaiguan

Ma Bao led an army of 1 to abandon a piece of Shiguan City, and returned to Shanhaiguan to see Wu Sangui handing over orders.Although he executed Wu Sangui's army, he was a little puzzled.

"Uncle, do you really want to cooperate with Li Zicheng?"

Ma Bao's question is very straightforward. Does that mean that you don't plan to take revenge for taking your wife?Speaking of Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, you once gritted your teeth, wishing to burn his bones and ashes, eat his flesh and drink his blood.

In addition, Ma Bao saw the importance of the status of a stone pass city. Although it is a subsidiary pass city of Shanhaiguan, it affects the whole body.

Because he cooperated with Li Zicheng to give up a piece of Shiguan City, Shanhaiguan might not be protected. Once Li Zicheng's army moved into a piece of Shiguan, Shanhaiguan's dangerous position would be greatly reduced.

Li Zicheng was born as a traitor, if he broke his promise and sent troops to Shanhaiguan to attack him, what would he do?
Wu Sangui smiled indifferently, "Hmph, they all have to die!"

They in Wu Sangui's hands, of course, include Lin Yi.Of course, Ma Bao didn't know that the wily and calculating Wu Sangui had already met with an important person before that, otherwise how could he let the important pass be turned into a piece of stone?

Ma Bao could see this step, why couldn't Wu Sangui see it?

Of course Wu Sangui knows revenge, as long as he is a bloody man, he will do it.But he is not only a bloody man, he is also the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, Ping Xibo personally sealed by Emperor Chongzhen.Now that the world is in chaos, and he has 5 Guanning troops in his hands, how can he be willing to be lonely and let him be at his mercy?
He understood what was going on just by looking at the imperial edict issued to him by the crown prince. Of course he also knew now that Li Zicheng captured Beijing in a flash, and Lin Yi drove away Li Zicheng's troops in a flash and took back the city of Beijing.

The prince is just a puppet, a 15-year-old child, and he knows this child well. After returning to the capital several times, he knows that this prince is taciturn, unknown, and a bookworm.

Then Wu Sangui would be unlucky?In Wu Sangui's eyes, anyone can exercise power, but Lin Yi can't!

Wu Sangui knew that it would be a matter of time before Lin Yi sent his soldiers to Shanhaiguan, and now the 10 Qing army's Eight Banners elites had arrived in Ningyuan City, watching Shanhaiguan.

Now he is entangled with Li Zicheng, killing 3000 enemies and losing 800, and he has seen that Li Zicheng's strength is extraordinary. These 10 horses are not easy to deal with. After a long time, he may not be Li Zicheng's opponent.

Instead of consuming your own strength, it is better to consume the strength of others, preserve your own strength, and use it again at critical times to achieve great things.

Therefore, after thinking twice, he made an important decision, and with a bodyguard, he secretly left Guancheng to Ningyuan to meet Dorgon.

In recent years, the top leaders of the Tartars have also caused a major earthquake. The reason is that in September last year, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, suddenly died of a sudden illness.

Inside and outside the royal family, scrambling for power and intrigue have been inevitable in all dynasties.The Great Qing Kingdom established by the Manchu Tartars was no exception.What's more, this Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty did not set up an heir during his lifetime. He was probably on the battlefield. He was as strong as a cow and never dreamed that he would die suddenly at the age of 51. If possible, he should borrow another 500 years from the sky.

Now the situation in the Qing Dynasty is very good. Except for a few tribes, Monan Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia have all surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Due to the invasion of Tsarist Russia, Moxi Mongolia also sent envoys to communicate with the Qing Dynasty, and Huang Taiji also agreed to send troops to Mongolia. Northwest border, deal with Russia's big nose.

Here, the Battle of Ning Jin has just ended, the Qing Dynasty has won a complete victory, Zu Dashou also surrendered, and Hong Chengchou also surrendered.Jinzhou and Ningyuan were all captured, and the elites outside the Ming Dynasty's pass were basically lost. Only Wu Sangui from Shanhaiguan was left, which was another pawn that Huang Taiji had long favored.

This chess piece can help them aspire to the Central Plains and drink horses to the Yangtze River, but at this moment, who would have thought that God is so blind that he is cruelly let him go to heaven.

Huang Taiji passed away suddenly, and Shengjing was caught off guard. Inside and outside the palace, the Qing Dynasty fell into chaos, people were panicked, and there was no master.

The country cannot be without a master for a day, and the struggle for power will begin.In fact, this kind of struggle has never stopped.

The past conflicts among the princes existed for a long time, but when Huang Taiji was around, these conflicts were hidden and did not dare to explode. Now there is nothing to worry about, just like Pandora's magic box has been opened.

Now the most acute form of conflict and struggle is the question of who will inherit the imperial power of Huang Taiji, which is the flash point and focus of the conflict.

Ordinarily, Huang Taiji had sons, especially the eldest son, Prince Su Hauge, who was a dragon and phoenix among men and completely inherited Huang Taiji's bloodline.

Hauge is an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs. He is in his prime. He leads an army of ten thousand horses galloping across the battlefield. Killing the enemy is like chopping melons and cutting vegetables. He is also a good hand at governing the country. Very good, Huang Taiji appreciates it very much.

Such an outstanding talent is of course the No. 1 choice for Huang Taiji to inherit.

Moreover, Hauge now holds a high position and authority, he is the king of the Qing Dynasty, he has outstanding military exploits and strong strength, and he holds the Zhenglan Banner and Xianglan Banner in his own hands. In addition, Oboi, the number one warrior of the Qing Dynasty, strongly supports Hauge's succession to the Datong.

However, the Tatars are different from the Han people after all. He has no tradition of inheriting his father's business from his sons.Who is the successor of these barbarous peoples on horseback?It depends on people's aspirations and personal merits.Otherwise, when Nurhachi drove west of Hehe, it would not be the turn of the eighth prince, Huang Taiji, to inherit the great cause.

Because the rest of Nurhachi's sons are all extraordinary generations, the eldest son Chuying, the second son Daishan, the fifth son Mongolia Ertai, the seventh son Abatai, the twelfth son Azige, the fourteenth son Dorgon, and the fifteenth son Duoduo , which one of these is not the all-powerful generation?
It can be said that among these people, there are some who are better than Huang Taiji in their thesis on martial arts, talent and morality, and at the beginning, Nurhachi did not take a fancy to Huang Taiji.What he valued was Chu Ying, and then Dai Shan.If Huang Taiji hadn't been extraordinarily scheming and ruthless, it would definitely not be his turn to keep the seat.

Of course, after Huang Taiji came to power, the princes and grandchildren of Aixinjueluo formed cliques, intrigues, and struggles for power. ready to go.

This includes Azige, Dorgon, and Duoduo's brothers who can never forget their own mother who was forced to death by Huang Taiji and were helpless.

In Tarzi tradition, there is no such thing as a wife being buried with her husband, let alone a concubine being buried as an emperor.

However, under the planning of the Hong Taiji Group, Dorgon's biological mother, Abahai, was buried alive with Nurhachi.

In essence, Dorgon knew very well that Huang Taiji was not his half-brother, but his mother-killing enemy!
Not only that, because of the burial of the big flying son Abagai, the three brothers of Dorgon lost power, and the power fell to the side. Nurhachi's inheritance rights fell into the hands of the old eight emperor Taiji.

Over the years, Dorgon has been holding grudges in his heart, but with the absence of power, people are not as good as dogs, and he has always buried these hatreds in his heart.

Now that Huang Taiji died suddenly, how could Dorgon let it go?
Competing for the throne, Dorgon not only has this ambition, but also has such strength.

Dorgon is now the Prince Rui of the Qing Dynasty, and his essays on martial arts, talents, virtues, and meritorious connections are not inferior to Huang Taiji at all, let alone the current Hauge.

Now that Huang Taiji died suddenly, Dorgon would of course have to compete with his nephew for the throne that belonged to him.

Such an opportunity is something he can only wish for. He once lost an opportunity, and he never wants to lose this opportunity again, because the opportunity is too rare for him.If he loses this whole life before him, it is impossible to have this point, he understands it very well.

There are also many supporters of Dorgon, although his brother Prince Yu Duoduo died under Lin Yi's knife.But Duo Duo's soldiers and horses were firmly controlled by Dorgon, and now he also has his own brother, Prince Azig, although he is not good at words and expressions, he is not in a hurry to fight for power. Pioneer, but once the critical time comes, he will definitely stand on his side.

After all, the three of them crawled out of a mother's belly. Now that Dodo is gone, only the two of them are left. Fighting brothers, father and son soldiers, how can there be a brother who can't help his brother by then? of?

Therefore, among the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, the two brothers controlled two banners. Such strength is quite terrifying.

Therefore, Hauge and Dorgon both have a large group of supporters, and their two factions are equally powerful, and the two sides launched a life-and-death power struggle. There are tens of thousands of people on both sides, and they all rushed into the palace at one time. The two sides were at war. The situation is very critical.

At a critical moment, a woman appeared.This is the famous Empress Xiaozhuang in the Qing Dynasty.

This Mongolian woman who is as beautiful as a fairy is indeed a legendary figure. Seeing the critical moment when the royal family was about to kill each other, she stepped forward, with a weak body, to shoulder the heavy responsibility, mediate from it, and benevolent to the prince , Oboi, the number one warrior in the Qing Dynasty, and Prince Zhuang Jierhalang, under their mediation, Hauge and Dorgon finally sat down and negotiated peacefully.

The two sides had already held back and bargained, and finally they reached an agreement. They both backed down a step, and neither would inherit the throne. Instead, Fulinlai, the ninth son of Huang Taiji's many princes, who was six years old, would succeed. It was Emperor Shunzhi. Since Shunzhi was young, Dorgon was made regent as the regent.

In this way, the Qing royal family avoided a disaster, but the real power of the Qing Dynasty fell into the hands of the regent Dorgon.After all, Prince Su Hauge was young, inexperienced, unable to play with Dorgon, and was excluded from real power.

A few months later, their spring came again. Li Zicheng broke through Beijing and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself. Dorgon immediately dispatched troops to Shengjing and stationed troops in Ningyuan with 10 troops, preparing to capture Shanhaiguan and enter the Central Plains again.

Just a few days after Dorgon arrived in Ningyuan, he welcomed Wu Sangui, an important figure in the history of the Qing Dynasty and an important minister of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

After Dorgon found out why Wu Sangui came, he treated him with courtesy and warmly took him into the city.The two sides quickly reached a cooperation intention to jointly deal with Lin Yi of the Ming Dynasty, because the Manchu Manchus headed by Dorgon also hated Lin Yi to the core.

The two sides agreed that after doing their best to get rid of Lin Yi, Wu Sangui supported the crown prince, and then Da Ming and Da Qing would form an alliance forever.

But Wu Sangui raised the question before him again, that is Li Zicheng, King of Dashun, and Dorgon laughed: "Put him outside the Great Wall, my king will kill Li Zicheng, like slaughtering a pig and a dog!"

Wu Sangui was overjoyed and left with his guards.

Dorgon looked at Wu Sangui's back, and smiled slyly, "Humph, are you doing this with me? Come on, spread the word about our meeting with Wu Sangui today to deal with Li Zicheng, and let Li Zicheng's men know as soon as possible." .”

"Hey." Kong Youde agreed, as the prince of the Eight Banners, it is more appropriate for him to arrange this matter.

Ao Bai, the number one warrior of the Qing Dynasty beside him, said puzzledly: "My lord, it is obvious that this Wu Sangui is plotting us to come. If that is the case, why didn't you kill Wu Sangui just now?"

"Hehe, what do you know? He Wu Sangui wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, and asked me to fight with Li Zicheng. This time, I have to watch the two of them fight before I talk about Wu Sangui. I haven't used enough of Wu Sangui's talent. How can I kill him? What! Besides, the Han people have a good saying, don’t look at the monk’s face to see the Buddha’s face, his own uncle is General Zu Dashou after all!”

"My lord is brilliant!" Obai cupped his hands in admiration.

Wu Sangui secretly returned to Shanhaiguan City, and the next day he came to a piece of Shiguan City to meet Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng of course treated him with courtesy and grandeur.

Wu Sangui told him that the Tartars were coming behind him, and the elites of the Hundred Thousand and Eight Banners were watching Shanhaiguan. We need to fight the enemy together. Before Lin Yi's soldiers and horses have arrived, we need to drive back the enemy behind us, so as not to be attacked by the enemy.

Li Zicheng slapped the table: "General Wu, don't worry, I will spare no effort to eradicate the Tartars!"

The two sides quickly agreed that three days later they would jointly dispatch troops to Ningyuan to punish the Tartars.

Wu Sangui happily returned to Shanhaiguan City, and was ready to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. One day passed, and a scout came to report that the Tartars from Ningyuan City had already arrived under the leadership of Wu Sangui. On the third day, Li Zicheng Liu Zongmin was ordered to lead an army of 5 to drive out a piece of Shiguan City.

Wu Sangui was full of ambition, and immediately ordered 3 horses, and asked Ma Bao to stay and lead the remaining 2 horses to garrison Guancheng. He was going to run over and stand nearby to watch the excitement.

But at this moment, Li Zicheng's troops suddenly turned against each other. The [-] Dashun army divided into two groups and came to Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui was shocked and hurried back to Fangshanguan, but it was already too late. Haunted by Liu Zongmin.

Above the pass city of Shanhaiguan, Ma Bao’s 2 horses were killed by surprise. Li Zicheng led an army of [-] to [-] troops, rushed out from the Great Wall to Shanhaiguan, and rushed into the pass city with one charge. , In Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui's men and Li Zicheng's horses were inextricably killed, and blood flowed like a river.

At this time, Dorgon, who was only a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan City, brought 10,000+ sweaty cavalry, and was stopping to watch. Shang Kexi waited, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Dorgon's men and Li Zicheng's men fought from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon. After several hours passed, Wu Sangui finally couldn't hold on anymore. The vast battlefield outside Shanhaiguan was full of dead bodies. There are many people and horses.

Ma Bao, who was above Guancheng, couldn't hold on any longer, and asked Wu Sangui for help.At this time, Wu Sangui got a report that Dorgon's 10,000+ iron cavalry were watching 100 miles away, standing still.

Only then did Wu Sangui know that he had been fooled. He wanted to trick Dorgon and Li Zicheng, but he was tricked by Dorgon instead.

If the fight continues, if Guancheng is not secured, all his troops will be wiped out, because his 3 troops outside the pass cannot deal with Liu Zongmin's 5 troops, and Ma Bao's 2 troops above Guancheng cannot deal with Li Zicheng's [-] troops. [-] troops.

While Wu Sangui was cursing and cursing, he calmed down and thought, he must not just sit and wait for death like this, and have to ask the Manchu Tartars for help.

So he took his personal guards to kill a bloody road, came to Dorgon again, and asked Dorgon why he didn't abide by the covenant, didn't send troops, and sat here to watch the tigers fight, what is his intention?

"Hehehe, why did General Wu say this? I'm afraid you have to ask yourself this matter. It's not that I, Dorgon, didn't keep my promise, but that you have ghosts in your heart. But I, Dorgon, have always treated people with integrity. You You can be unkind, I, Dorgon, will never be unrighteous, if you want me to send troops, you can, there is only one condition..."

Dorgon stated his conditions, and Wu Sangui immediately knelt down.

"I, Wu Sangui, am willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and pledge my allegiance to His Excellency the Prince Regent forever." With a click, he snapped a feathered arrow in two.

"Hahahaha, well, those who know the current affairs are heroes, and General Wu will be my Great General Pingxi from today on."

"Thank you, my lord, for your support. This servant kowtows to my lord!" Wu Sangui fell to his knees and kowtowed to Dorgon. From this day on, he was considered a traitor.

Dorgon did not break his promise, and immediately sent troops, 10,000+ Manchu Eight Banners, like a rolling iron stream, rushed towards Shanhaiguan...

By the time Dorgon's troops arrived at Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui's troops had been nearly wiped out by Liu Zongmin's army, and the Dashun army was about to rush to Chengguan.

It was sunset at this time, the setting sun was like blood on the western mountain, and the wind was blowing up dust. 10,000+ Eight Banners cavalry attacked from behind the Dashun Army. Led by Dorgon himself, he went straight to the rear of Liu Zongmin of the Dashun Army...

At this time, on the other side of the Shanhaiguan Pass, more than forty miles away, Lin Yi's vanguard Hao Yaoqi was galloping forward, and 1 cavalry were rolling in the dust.

Dozens of miles behind this team is Lin Yi's main force. After receiving the previous report, Li Zicheng immediately ordered Hao Yaoqi's team to stop advancing and stand by on the spot, while Lin Yi stepped up his march and moved forward at a faster speed. Hurry up.

(End of this chapter)