Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Along the way, messengers from both sides kept communicating...

Little did he know that it was this move that allowed Wu Sangui to successfully hold Li Zicheng back for three days.

On April [-], Wu Sangui's second letter was delivered to Dorgon.

Wu Sangui's generals Yang Kun and Guo Yunlong, carrying the letter, met the Qing army halfway at Wenghou.

The two submitted a letter of borrowing troops, requesting the Qing army to enter the pass from the "Chinese Association and Western Association", "join forces to reach the capital", and jointly destroy the thieves, and the result was "split the land to reward".

Dorgon made a fake move and headed towards Miyun.

Later, Li Zicheng also made an incredible move. He led his army towards Miyun!

(Based on Tang Tong's subsequent actions, it is easy to draw a conclusion - Tang Tong most likely lost to Wu Sangui on purpose so that he could hand over his troops to Wu Sangui.

The only possibility for Li Zicheng to get news about the Manchu Qing Dynasty was that among the 8000 people previously handed over to Tang Tong, there were Li Zicheng's spies.

It can be said that neither party is completely at ease with the other. This is a performance of two men in the same bed but with different dreams. )

On the [-]th, Dorgon replied to Wu Sangui with a letter saying:

"If Bo comes back with his troops, he will be granted the title of his homeland and promoted to prince";

"For generations to come, descendants will enjoy wealth forever, just like mountains and rivers forever."

Even though Dorgon set out to avenge Chongzhen, what he wanted in his heart was to swallow Ming Dynasty in one bite...

He was testing Wu Sangui.

At the same time, he was also trying to stabilize Wu Sangui.

Because there were too many Tatar troops, stretching for dozens of miles, Dorgon could only hold Wu Sangui steady in order to buy time and wait for the arrival of subsequent troops.

At this time, the Qing army was only one day away from Shanhaiguan!

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Wang Yongji and Li Yutian, the governors of Liaodong, were relieved when Dorgon replied.

With only a few dozen servants, they left Shanhaiguan and hurried all the way back to their hometown to wait.

The purpose of the two of them is obvious. If it succeeds, the two of them will make great contributions to making decisions, and their benefits will be indispensable.

If things fail, Wu Sangui will take the lead!

(It can be seen from this that until this time, civilian officials were still able to stabilize the military commanders.)

……

At the same time, Dorgon waited for the follow-up troops, suddenly changed direction and headed straight for Shanhaiguan.

After arriving not far from Shanhaiguan, Dorgon settled down.

Later, Li Zicheng also suddenly changed direction and headed straight for Shanhaiguan.

The march routes of both sides are very strange!

Knowing that Li Zicheng had changed his route and headed straight for Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui sent Guo Yunlong and Sun Wenhuan out of the customs with the second letter of borrowing troops to send Dorgon off.

In this letter, Wu Sangui ignored Dorgon's attempt to induce him to surrender, and hoped that Dorgon would "quickly organize the tiger brigade, go straight into the mountains and seas, attack from head to tail, and capture the rebels."

However, Dorgon ignored Wu Sangui's repeated urgings and chose to stand still.

Wu Sangui had no choice but to send a message to Li Zicheng, stating that he was willing to surrender and asking Li Zicheng to postpone the advance...

On the one hand, Li Zicheng was waiting for Niu Jinxing to bring follow-up reinforcements, and on the other hand, he did intend to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender. Therefore, he actually stood still for three days.

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Li Zicheng suddenly broke out of camp and headed straight for Shanhaiguan.

however……

late!

In these three days, the Qing army arrived near Shanhaiguan earlier than the Dashun army. They were even ready to wait for work.

On the northern land, a far-reaching war is about to take place.

And Nanyang——

Zhu Youjian, who had just captured Nanyang City and had not yet had time to arrange strong men to guard the ancient Shang Yu Road, looked extremely ugly.

Damn!

Yuan Zongdi is here!

This guy has crossed the ancient Shangyu Road, which is difficult to navigate, and has arrived at Zijingguan Pass.

This Zijin Pass is not a pass on the Great Wall in the north, but an ancient town in Xichuan County on the banks of the Danjiang River in the upper reaches of the Han River.

This place is one of the exits of the ancient Shangyu Road.

The location of Zijingguan and the ancient road with merchants

Located at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces, it is known as "one foot in three provinces".

"His Majesty!"

Zhang Luoyan had a fighting spirit on his face: "The matter has come to an end. It's useless to talk more. I ask you to fight to the death!"

Zhang Luoyan has always been the backbone of the Zhang family brothers. Seeing the second brother making such a statement, the remaining four brothers stood silently behind Zhang Luoyan.

Li Laiheng tried several times and finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said:

"Yuan Zongdi was granted the title of Marquis of Mian, and he always led an army alone. Last year, he invaded Shangluo from Dengzhou in Nanyang. His army had many artillery pieces.

He is not like Liu Fangliang, because he is just a partial teacher, uncle...

Uh……"

Li Laiheng scratched his head, feeling really embarrassed.

He didn't know how to call Li Zicheng...

Zhu Youjian smiled.

He waved his hand: "You mean that all Liu Fangliang's artillery was taken away by Li Zicheng and used to attack the capital. You can't treat Yuan Zongdi as lightly as you treat Liu Fangliang, right?"

Li Laiheng nodded hurriedly.

Li Laiheng's words made the faces of Wang Jiayan, Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu and others change drastically.

The Heartless Cannon and Ox Exploding Technique are indeed sharp, but the conditions for their use are too harsh.

If it is placed at a pass, or if the enemy attacks with all its strength, both of these are great weapons.

However, facing Yuan Zongdi, who is old from fighting, I am afraid it will not have much effect!

Even if they wanted to retreat to Ye County, they would not be able to defend at the pass.

The fortifications at the pass have not been built, and it is not enough to face Yuan Zongdi's 10,000+ people!

How to do?

Not only could the gate of Nanyang not be closed, but Yuan Zongdi also broke into the lair, causing the courtiers to panic for a while.

At this moment, Fang Yuegong, who had just arrived, stood up:

"Your Majesty, my hometown, Gucheng, is located to the west of the Han River, with mountains on my back. You can go here!"

Gucheng?

Zhu Youjian was stunned.

This place is more than two hundred miles west of Nanyang, west of the Han River and south of Wudang Mountain.

The Han River and surrounding mountains surrounded Gucheng into a closed place...

He had an idea and ordered:

"My ministers, organize your army immediately, let's go to Gucheng!"

At the same time, Yuan Zongdi, who had crossed Danshui from Zijin Pass, led [-] elite troops first, and the rest of the army, led by Bai Jiuhe and others, followed.

The army rushed directly to Nanyang.

Zhu Youjian asked the people to disperse and go find unowned land to cultivate. He took all the cavalry and headed straight for Tongbai, holding his flag high.

This place is not far from the Suizhou Corridor, and Zhu Youjian must mobilize Yuan Zongdi.

Otherwise, when he crossed the Han River, Yuan Zongdi would only have to pursue him one after another, and it would be a huge defeat.

When Yuan Zongdi learned that Zhu Youjian had dispersed all the people, he smiled contemptuously.

Emperor Ming actually wanted to try something that Liu Bei had never accomplished back then?

ridiculous!

He ignored it and went straight to Zhu Youjian's base camp. At the same time, he asked his brother Yuan Zongdao to lead five thousand cavalry through Xiangyang. He asked him to take the Zaoyang Corridor, detour, turn back, and return to Zhu Youjian. Youjian hits the head!