Wu Sangui's eyes were already quite big and now they are almost as big as copper bells!
His father turned out not to be Cao Cao, but was dragged onto a pirate ship by a prince who looked like the reincarnation of Cao Cao... No, it should be a dragon boat!
If this prince is really as powerful as Feng Yuanyang said, wouldn't it be possible for the Ming Dynasty to revive? Then you and the third child can become princes in the future, right?
A family of two princes plus a queen can catch up with the descendants of Xu Da...
Wu Sangui's big eyes turned again and again, and he had already begun to think about his family's future. The Qing Dynasty could not provide a future for one family, two princes and one queen, let alone Li Zicheng. Therefore, taking refuge in Zhu Cixi was the first and most natural choice. Moreover, Wu Sangui was originally a minister of the Zhu family, so he was loyal to Zhu Cixiang. If you surrender and surrender, you will be a worthless minister!
But the question is, can Daming be saved?
If Beijing was still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui would not consider joining the Ming Dynasty. But now the Ming Dynasty has lost half of the world, and the other half... it seems difficult to save it!
"Uncle Ping Xi," Feng Yuanyang took out an envelope at this time, handed it to Wu Sangui, and said with a smile, "This is an autographed letter from His Highness the Crown Prince. Please read it... The Crown Prince asked you to read the letter first and finish it." Afterwards, we’ll talk.”
Is this an official appointment and a wish to win over Wu Sangui?
Wang Yongji and Tian Cunzhi both looked at Wu Sangui with sour eyes as he took Zhu Cixi's autographed letter with both hands.
This is not an edict, but a family letter. It was a family letter written by Zhu Cixiang to his second uncle, but what the family letter said was the general trend of the world.
Zhu Cixiang conducted an analysis from Wu Sangui's perspective, not as a prince or a monarch, but as a brother-in-law.
According to the analysis of Zhu Cixiang, a good brother-in-law of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui now had three strategies: upper, middle and lower.
Of course, Shang Ce immediately took the Wu family's servants to the south. Shen Tingyang has more than a hundred large boats in his hands, and it is not difficult to transport about 20,000 men and horses. The number of Wu's servants plus family members would never exceed 20,000. As long as Wu Sangui is willing to leave, they can be transported to Denglai at any time.
When Wu Sangui arrived in Shandong, Zhu Cixang made him the Duke of Lai, and set up the Shandong Capital Command to govern Denglai, which was controlled by Wu Sangui and his descendants!
The central strategy is for Wu Sangui to stay stationary at Shanhaiguan, not to take the initiative, and not to lure the Donglu into the pass. Just block the choke point of Shanhaiguan and watch the fight between the captives and traitors. After the Eastern rebels defeat the rebels and conquer Beijing, they can then cooperate with the imperial army to restore the capital. After the completion of the matter, the imperial court will move south to Yingtian, and the land in the north of Zhili will be handed over to Wu Sangui to stay in the town. Zhu Cixiang will also make him the Duke of Yan, and his descendants will inherit the garrison of Beijing.
As for the next best option, of course it is to lure the Donglu into Shanhaiguan. Borrowing troops to help suppress the enemy might lead to attracting wolves into the house! That would be big trouble!
The Donglu have been peeping at the Central Plains for more than ten years, and their troops are strong and powerful, far superior to the official army and the bandits. Once they occupy Shanhaiguan, the shortcut from Liaodong, they will turn against the guests and plot against the Central Plains.
If Wu Sangui must carry out this strategy, then after the Donglu defeated the rogue bandits, he would immediately send his army to pursue them and enter Shanxi to occupy Taiyuan Prefecture as the base. When the time comes, Zhu Cixang will make him the Duke of Jin, the commander of Shanxi Province, and will rule over the central and southern parts of Shanxi Province. His descendants will also be hereditary in Yongzhen!
The three strategies given by Zhu Cixiang, no matter the top, middle or bottom, gave Wu Sangui the title of Duke and the privileges of the Yongzhen side, which can be said to be full of sincerity! Not only is it full, but the price is extremely high. No matter Dashun or Qing Dynasty, they will not give any higher bids - even Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi in history, the land of Yunnan and Guizhou under his jurisdiction cannot be compared with the territory of Shanxi, Shandong and Beijing! Although the territory of Yunnan and Guizhou is large, it has a sparse population and barren land, and has always been regarded as a wilderness.
When Feng Yuanyang saw Wu Sangui put away the letter, he knew that he had finished reading it, so he smiled and said: "Master Qiansui has given three strategies: upper, middle and lower. I wonder what Uncle Ping Xi means?"
Wu Sangui frowned, "There are 50,000 troops here in Shanhaiguan, and there are hundreds of thousands of family members and civilians accompanying the army. Wu cannot abandon them, and only takes his family members south to Denglai... This is not an unwillingness, but an inability to do so." .”
"Then let's use the middle strategy," Feng Yuanyang twirled his beard, "Now it's the rogue bandits and the Donglu who are fighting. There are 50,000 troops here in Shanhaiguan, and the mountains are dangerous. I believe that neither side of the bandits will take the initiative to provoke Guan Ning's army. It should be possible to wait and see.”
Wu Sangui said: "But there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians here in Shanhaiguan, and their daily consumption is staggering. The food stored in Shanhaiguan is only enough for three or two months. How should Wu deal with it?"
"Isn't three or two months enough?" Feng Yuanyang said with a smile, "The Donglu people have already started to gather their troops, right? Bypassing the mountains of western Liaoning from Shenyang, and then breaking through the Yanshan Mountains, one month is enough. The rogue bandits In these days, the people in Beijing have been tortured and forced to pay. The people have lost their moral support and will never dare to defend the city. They will only fight decisively in the wild. Therefore, within three months, the capital will inevitably change hands again. By then, if the Donglu cannot break through the Shanhaiguan fortress, The way back is threatened by Dongjiang Town again, and they might be plundered."
"Dongjiang Town?"
"Is the imperial court going to reopen Dongjiang Town?"
"Wouldn't that make Mao Donglu angry?"
Wu Sangui, Wang Yongji and Tian Cunzhi were all surprised. Back then, Dongjiang Town, under the leadership of Mao Wenlong, was a sharp knife stuck in Donglu's back! Although they could not defeat the Donglu army on land, Dongjiang Town's base was Pi Island on the sea, and it relied on the navy and the Sand Ship Gang to control the sea routes, so it could invade and harass various parts of the long Liaodong coastline. This made Donglu very uncomfortable, and at the same time he hated Dongjiang Zhen to the core.
If Zhu Cixiang really wants to open Dongjiang Town again, then Donglu may have to try again!
In this case, how can we negotiate for peace? If Ming Dynasty could not negotiate peace with the Donglu, Ming Dynasty would still be trapped between the Donglu and the Donglu. What other way out could there be?
This prince seems to be similar to his father Chongzhen, and he takes it for granted...
Wu Sangui, Wang Yongji, and Tian Cunzhi exchanged glances with each other, and Tian Cunzhi said: "Feng Futai, to be honest, Shanhaiguan is cut off from the imperial court these days, and I don't know if His Majesty the Holy Emperor and the Crown Prince are out of danger.
And His Royal Highness King Ding was escorted by Zu Zepu and Qiu Zhizhong to break through the encirclement a few days ago... So after discussing with Uncle Ping Xibo and Wang Zhitai, we all felt that we could borrow troops from the Donglu, so we sent Zu Zepu. Went to Shenyang as an envoy. "
"Oh, Prince Ding is out of danger...then Prince Yong, the fifth prince, and Concubine Yuan Guifei..."
"They all fell into the hands of bandits!"
Feng Yuanyang nodded without comment. "It doesn't matter if we send an envoy to Shenyang. The Donglu are going to send troops anyway... then we can just close Shanhaiguan and let them go around."
Tian Cunzhi asked: "Should we send King Ding to Dagokou?"
Feng Yuanyang still didn't answer, and just said: "His Royal Highness still doesn't understand the situation here in Shanhaiguan. Why don't you send someone to follow me and go south to the sea, and go and tell His Highness face to face."
This is as it should be. Wu Sangui, Wang Yongji, and Tian Cunzhi looked at each other.
Wang Yongji said: "Ping Xibo is the commander-in-chief and cannot leave Shanhaiguan... Why don't we just let the official go?"
Tian Cunzhi also said: "Our family went to Shanhaiguan to handle matters according to the order, and now it is time to go back and report to the Holy Spirit."
Feng Yuanyang just smiled and turned his eyes to Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui was also a knowledgeable person. He knew that Feng Yuanyang must have brought a secret edict, so he cupped his hands and said: "I have to go to the military camp to inspect, so I'll say goodbye."
We won't go to the military camp today... After all, Chen Yuanyuan is here with Feng Yuanyang! Of course Wu Sangui had to go and meet the beautiful lady.
In addition, Chen Yuanyuan must have brought Wu Xiang's personal letter. He had to read it carefully and then discuss countermeasures with his staff.
