It was early morning on October 13th, the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, far to the north, more than 30,000 Qing troops led by Duoduo, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi had broken through Pingxing Pass and swept through Fanzhi and Daizhou with lightning speed. They were like a flood that broke a dike and spread across the country. Towards Li Zicheng's rear area, Taiyuan Mansion.
However, Wu Sangui's troops on the Guguan-Jingxing front line were still slowly establishing strongholds and fighting dull battles. They had no intention of competing with Duduo for the lead.
However, the 30,000 Guan Ning army that Wu Sangui brought to the Jingxing front line did not suffer from low morale because of the lack of support from the Ming court, as Li Zicheng imagined.
Li Zicheng didn't know that in the past, half of the salary paid to Guan Ning's army by the Ming Dynasty could be washed away before leaving Beijing! There is very little money that can really fall into the hands of the soldiers at the bottom. The main income of the officers and soldiers of Guan Ning Army actually comes from the land outside Guan Ning and rewards from battles.
Rewards must be given, otherwise the soldiers will not fight hard and the superior officers will not be able to bear it!
The land outside the customs is the most real source of income. Although it is the so-called Little Ice Age right now, one season of wheat can still be grown here in western Liaoning. No one dares to occupy Ningyuan's land, and no one has to pay taxes. It's all about the Ning army's soldiers. And the wheat produced does not need to be used as military rations, it is all their own!
After the Qing Dynasty replaced the Ming Dynasty and became the new master of the Guan Ning Army, although there was no more money to pay, the land they occupied in western Liaoning actually increased - originally the land occupied by the Guan Ning Army was from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan Zhongzuo All areas. Further east are Jinzhou and Guangning controlled by the Qing army.
Now that almost all the Manchus have entered the customs, the population outside the customs has suddenly become sparse, and many fertile fields have been left uncultivated. The Jinzhou and Guangning areas were already sparsely populated due to the tug-of-war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and now there are even fewer people. Ning Jun went to occupy it.
If the Qing Dynasty did not transfer Wu Sangui's troops into the Guan in history, but allowed them to cultivate and multiply in the fertile lands of Guangning and Ningyuan for more than 20 years, when Emperor Kangxi thought of cutting down the vassal, the 40,000 Guan Ning army would The number of people who have multiplied and multiplied each household is probably greater than the total number of Eight Banners descendants who have entered Beijing as citizens. By then the San Francisco Rebellion will turn into Wu Sangui entering the country!
However, Dorgon would not let the Wu Jiajun safely give birth to children and reproduce in western and eastern Liaoning - since he allowed the entire Eight Banners to enter the Pass after settling in Beijing (there were also some people left outside the Pass, but not many), he would A Han military group will not be allowed to fill the population vacancy outside the customs.
Moreover, Wu Sangui is also a trump card in Dorgon's hand that can be used to great effect!
As Wu Sanfeng and Wu Sangui analyzed that day, what Dorgon, the regent, was most worried about was actually a group of Eight Banners relatives headed by Hauge.
Dorgon's current status, to put it bluntly, is to hold the emperor hostage to order the princes! It is somewhat similar to Zhu Cixiang.
However, Zhu Cihong was the prince, so he could ascend the throne and become emperor. And Dorgon is the emperor's uncle, so it is basically impossible for him to seize Shunzhi's throne - the emperor has so many sons! Moreover, the old Khan King Nurhaci also had many sons. Why did Dorgon usurp the throne?
Therefore, among the Eight Banners relatives, there were many who were unconvinced, and the strongest among them was Huang Taiji's eldest son, Hauge.
If Dorgon wanted to make a "blacklist", the first person on the list would not be Wu Sangui, nor Zhu Cihong, but definitely Hauge! And after Haoge, there are Azig, Jilhalang, Nikan, Daishan, Abatai, etc., and they all have to die before it can be Zhu Cihong's turn. It's hard to say whether Wu Sangui can be listed.
Because Dorgon could not let these Manchu princes develop and grow, and to control their development, he could only make good use of the traitor Wu Sangui...
In addition, Dorgon cannot ignore the special relationship between Wu Sangui and Zhu Cixiang. Therefore, while making good use of Wu Sangui, we must also give Wu Sangui a nest as soon as possible.
As for "killing his commander and using his soldiers", Dorgon would not do it - if this kind of thing fails, it will be ruined. Even if he succeeded in killing Wu Sangui, Wu Sanfeng and others, he controlled Guan Ning's army. What to do next?
The Wu family has many cronies in Guan Ning's army. Dorgon killed their master. Will they be loyal to Dorgon wholeheartedly? Can Dorgon use them with confidence and boldness?
What if they all defected to Haug? If Hauge is so powerful, won't Dorgon's regent become a coward?
As for the elimination of Guan Ning's army...who will do it? This thing will kill people. Which flag is willing to die thousands of people to fight off Guan Ning's army?
Therefore, moving Guan Ning's army away and making good use of it is Dorgon's only correct choice.
Dorgon did not make any mistakes on this issue. Even if he knew that there must be contact between Wu Sangui and Zhu Cixiang, he would turn a blind eye or close a blind eye. Because he knew that Wu Sangui would not go to war with the powerful Eight Banners soldiers unless he jumped over the wall in a hurry.
At this time, Wu Sangui held an autographed letter from Zhu Cixiang in his hand - Zhu Cixiang now writes three autographed letters to Wu Sangui every month, and Wu Sangui must reply to every letter!
His current position is actually clear: he only fights against the bandits, not against the Ming Dynasty, nor against the Qing Dynasty...
"Haha, my husband-in-law has the same opinion!" Under the dim candlelight, Wu Sangui read Zhu Cixiang's letter, and then made a comment in a low voice - the reason why he said this was because Zhu Cixiang and Dorgon actually wanted to be together. .
They all want Wu Sangui to deal with Li Zicheng...but the direction of using troops is slightly different. In his letter, Zhu Cixiang suggested that Wu Sangui first take Henan Prefecture as his home, and then develop to Nanyang Prefecture and Xiangyang Prefecture to cut off Li Zicheng's southward passage from the Han River.
Dorgon hoped that Wu Sangui would march to Shaanxi and turn Li Zicheng's hometown into Wu Sangui's "fiefdom", and then stay in Shaanxi honestly.
After reading the letter, Wu Sangui folded the letter paper in his hand into a long strip, placed it on the flame of the candle and lit it. As soon as the letter was clicked, Wu Sangui heard a series of dull roars in his ears, which startled him, and the half-burned letter in his hand fell to the ground.
Then he saw Liu Sheng lifting the curtain of the big tent and walking in, "Your Majesty, the first and second battalions of A are under attack!"
Wu Sangui stood up suddenly, then strode out of his tent. He raised his head and looked to the southwest. He saw sparks exploding over the first and second camps in the southwest! That was someone firing an alarm rocket.
"Instruct all battalions to stay calm. Anyone who acts rashly will be killed without mercy!" Wu Sangui's face darkened, "The Yi Ding suddenly rode, wearing armor! Prepare your horses!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the hillside in the northwest corner of Wu Jun's camp suddenly lit up with light spots like a sea of stars, and there were faint sounds of drums and trumpets!
Wu Sangui snorted: "It's a bluff!"
Liu Sheng had already followed Wu Sangui out of the tent at this time. Hearing Wu Sangui's words, he leaned into his ear and whispered: "Your Majesty... Why don't you complain to Prince Ying about the rogue army?" Once the troops arrive, we can switch from offense to defense!"
During this period, Wu Sangui's men feigned attacks on the front line of the Guguan Great Wall and suffered some losses. It would be great if they could switch from offense to defense.
These words played right into Wu Sangui's hands, and he nodded: "That's right...Liu Sheng, you also take the personal fire gun team and go to the front with me to have a look."
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"Called in, called in..."
Li Zicheng murmured to himself. His brows were knitted into a knot, and his one eye was motionless, just staring at the two Wu army camps that were blazing into the sky.
The Dashun Army's Children's Battalion and Iron Man Battalion had already rushed into the two camps and set fire to tents, watchtowers, vehicles, fodder, etc., causing considerable chaos. However, the Wu army that was attacked did not collapse and was still resisting desperately. Moreover, the Wu Jiajun's camp was very strong. In addition to the outer fence, there was also an inner fence, which was surrounded by vehicles and shields to protect the core camp.
Now the two sides are fighting in the "inner circle"!
Shouts of killing, roars, and the sound of golden drums came from the two camps.
Obviously, the soldiers from the Iron Man Camp and the Children's Camp who raided were once again locked in a tough fight!
