I want to be emperor

Chapter 453
The conditions for appeasement of the generals in the west of Liao, the Great Chu side thought that sincerity was good, not to mention that Zu Dashou had the rank of major general and the title of earl.

Even if it was Wu Sangui, since his father had already surrendered to Chu, he wrote a letter to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender, and Wu Sangui had actually controlled Wu Xiang's more than [-] troops in the Guanning area. Wu Sangui can be regarded as relatively preferential treatment, promising to give the rank of brigadier general and the title of baron.

The Chu army's treatment of the generals in western Liaoning is actually not bad. You must know that when Zheng Zhilong surrendered, he didn't get the title of rear admiral and Zhen Haibo.

As for the dignitaries in Youzhou City, the Great Chu Empire didn't even give them the qualification to surrender...

It's a pity that the Great Chu Empire thought that their sincerity was good, but in the eyes of Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and other generals, their sincerity was still too low.

People think that even if you don't become a king, at least you can give him a hereditary Duke...

It's fine to give Liao Xibo, but it's still a trash title inherited by a lower class. What's the use of this trash title.

And the most important thing is that in the surrender letter of the Great Chu Empire, it never said from beginning to end that Zu Dashou could continue to retain and lead the original army to guard Liaoxi.

If you think about it with your toes, you will probably have to hang up a dummy job and wait to die if you vote for the ancestor Dashou. The vast army in western Liaoning is likely to be the same as the other Ming armies that surrendered to the Chu army, except for cavalry and artillery. Except for a few technical arms, other soldiers will be eliminated.

No matter what, the follow-up armies in western Liaoning will become history, not the bargaining chip that Zu Dashou and the others can rely on.

This is not what Zu Dashou wants, nor is it what Wu Sangui and other Liaoxi generals want.

Zu Dashou is a standard warlord, and Wu Sangui and the others are also a standard small warlord. It is impossible for him to obediently let go of the army in his hands, and then hand over life and death to others.

The Ming court can't do it, the Eastern captivity can't do it, and the Chu thieves can't do it either!
At least, it is impossible until he is completely defeated!

Zu Dashou and the others refused to accept the consolation. At the same time, the Chu army was tired before rushing all the way to Shanhaiguan. More importantly, a large number of heavy artillery and ammunition were still behind.

At the same time, the other troops of the Chu army going north were scattered to Xuanfu and Jizhou to recruit and take over the defense lines of the Great Wall. It is unlikely to give Zhu Xingfa too much support.

Ever since, Zhu Xingfa stopped attacking at all, and built field fortifications outside Shanhaiguan, and then stationed outside Shanhaiguan generously, and began to stare at each other with the western Liaoning troops in Shanhaiguan.

Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa was waiting for the heavy artillery and a large number of shells in the rear, and he was also waiting for the Second Army and the Tenth Division to stabilize the situation in Xuanda, Jizhen and other places.

However, although the Chu army did not attack Shanhaiguan by force, Dongyao's side couldn't help but want to send troops into the pass.

Outside the city of Jinzhou, Huang Taiji, the leader of the captives, personally led an army of more than [-] to arrive here. However, he did not attack Jinzhou City immediately, but sent people into the city to try to persuade Zu Dashou to surrender again.

Zu Dashou was the one who had learned about the attack of the Eastern captive army before, and rushed back to Jinzhou from Shanhaiguan to take charge of the overall situation. Faced with the Dong captives' persuasion again, whether it was Zu Dashou or the generals under him, all of them were Hesitant.

Dongyao's conditions for persuading him to surrender were naturally a hundred times better than those of the Chu thieves. Once Zu Dashou surrendered, the opposite Huang Taiji would immediately make him the king of Liaoxi.

And most importantly, Huang Taiji also allowed him to continue to command the armies in western Liaoning, and invited him to accompany the Eastern Looting Army to enter the pass to avenge Chongzhen of the Ming court.

It is said to avenge Chongzhen, but to put it bluntly, it is to enter the customs and fight for the world.

This time the Chu thief's Northern Expedition gave Dongyao a chance to enter the pass.

In the eyes of Dongyao and others, the Chu bandits in the Northern Expedition were only tens of thousands, and the outside of Shanhaiguan was only 4 to 6. Our own army was more than [-] plus about [-] from Zu Dashou's troops.

The combined forces of the two sides are at least 20!
At that time, it will not be easy to kill [-] to [-] Chu thieves, even if the Chu thieves' guns are sharp, they will be exhausted to death!
After killing these [-] to [-] Chu thieves, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry and his ancestor Dashou's tens of thousands of troops will join forces to sweep the entire world, but it is not a big problem to win North China and even the Central Plains.

After all, if the two of them join forces, they will have a great advantage in terms of strength, especially the cavalry!

It is said that after the Eastern Captives surrendered to the Mongolian tribes in the east, they received a large number of cavalry from the Mongolian side and a large number of horses for service from the grasslands, so they have a great advantage in mobile combat.

At that time, after they joined hands to enter the North China Plain, tens of thousands of cavalry and 20 infantry with a large number of mules and horses swept southward. How could the mere bandits be able to stop it?
Unstoppable!

Once the Central Plains is taken, and the southern provinces are taken later, several provinces can be allocated to Zu Dashou, and the other provinces can be given to other generals under Zu Dashou as fiefdoms.

At that time, Dongyao will rule the area north of the Yellow River, while Zu Dashou and his generals will divide and rule the provinces south of the Yellow River.

Huang Taiji even said that even if he retreated [-] steps and failed to enter the pass, then the land in western Liaoning would become the fiefdom of Zu Dashou in the future. The ancestor's family, like the Mu family in the previous Ming Dynasty, guarded western Liaoning for generations.

This is what Huang Taiji said to persuade Zu Dashou.

To be honest, Zu Dashou was a little moved by this!
Not only him, but a group of generals under him are also excited!
Although it is a bit awkward to take refuge in a foreign race, in the face of real interests, barbarians can also become a state of etiquette at any time.

Among them, Wu Sangui strongly advocated persuading Zu Dashou to surrender!
Although Wu Sangui's father, Wu Xiang, voted for Chu, even Wu Xiang wrote to persuade Wu Sangui to follow him to vote for Chu, and even scolded Zu Dashou for being an inhumane person and tricked him, but Wu Sangui was indifferent to his father's words.

He is an ambitious man!

Regardless of military rank or title, in fact, he doesn't care too much. The key point is that after voting for Chu, he will give up his military power.

How can a man be powerless for a day?
He succeeded his father in controlling Guan Ning's military power, and now he has nearly [-] troops under his command. Relying on these [-] troops, even if Dongyao came to surrender, he would have to obtain a title of prince and promise a province as well. manor.

After tasting the sweetness of holding a large army, don't let Wu Sangui give up his military rank to join Chu, even if Lao Tzu Wu Xiang came here in person and wanted to take back his military power, he would dare to cut him down with a single blow.

Wu Sangui wanted to go to the pass, and then get a province to become a fiefdom and become the real emperor of the land, but he didn't want to go to the Great Chu Empire and become a dispensable rich man... He even had to worry every day whether he would be killed or not. The Great Chu Empire was killed after the war.

In history, there are many examples of saying nice words before surrendering and giving a glass of poisoned wine after surrendering. Wu Sangui doesn't want to follow in his footsteps.

Furthermore, at this time, the situation in Youzhou City also gradually spread to the west of Liaoning.

It is said that after the Chu thieves entered the city, they plundered wantonly. Many dignitaries and even ordinary gentry in the city were ransacked and exterminated one by one without exception.

Those goddamn Chu thieves stole tens of millions of taels of real gold and silver in the capital!
And one of these gold and silver belongs to their Wu family!
Although Wu Xiang surrendered, he was only a surrendered general, but he couldn't keep their Wu family's property in Youzhou City, and the Wu family's property was confiscated.

That's not counting, and they also heard that except for a very few officials and eunuchs in Youzhou City, the rest of the officials were murdered one after another by the brutal Chu thieves, it was inhumane!
That sentence, "the king will die and the officials will follow", has frightened many remaining officials of the Ming court, and the civil and military officials in western Liaoning are no exception!
Whether Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, or other civil and military officials in western Liaoning, they are also very worried that after the vote of Chu, it will be fine if they have no power or power, and don’t lose their family property and life in the end...

This can be regarded as the price of 3000 million taels!
But even if they knew it would cause such a negative impact, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Chu Empire would still do it without hesitation.

That's at least 3000 million taels of real gold and silver, and there are countless other treasures, soft and bulky materials.

For so much money, the Chu army dared to fight another battle to destroy the country. The negative impact on the surrender is nothing!
Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui hesitated for a long time in Jinzhou, and finally made a decision on August [-]th.

It was too much for them not to make a decision, because there was an urgent report from Shanhaiguan, those damn Chu thieves had already bombarded Shanhaiguan with heavy artillery, and it seemed that the Chu thieves were about to capture Shanhaiguan.

At this time, no matter whether you decide to vote for Chu or decide to vote for Dongyao, you have to make a decision.
As for not voting on both sides, and directly carrying it to death, it is impossible to give Zu Dashou several times more troops and money...

On the front line of Jinzhou, Huang Taiji personally led more than [-] troops.

On the front line of Shanhaiguan, there are now more than [-] Chu troops and a large number of heavy artillery.

It is impossible for Zu Dashou and the others to fight against the two sides of the Chu army and the Dong captives at the same time.

After repeated entanglements and overnight quarrels, with the strong support of Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou finally decided to surrender to the East.

Of course, this does not mean surrender or surrender, but a decision to join forces with Dongyao to enter the pass to destroy the thieves and avenge Chongzhen and the many ministers who died in vain.

On the morning of August [-], Zu Dashou led Wu Sangui and a group of Liaoxi generals out of the city to meet Huang Taiji by kneeling in worship.

Huang Taiji made Zu Dashou the king of Liao and Wu Sangui the king of Pingxi.

Immediately, a total of 20 people from the coalition forces of the two sides began to head towards Shanhaiguan day and night.

At this time, the [-] troops left behind at Shanhaiguan had been bombarded by the Chu army for three days, but Zhu Xingfa looked at Shanhaiguan in the distance, gritted his teeth and said, "Let the first division attack!"

This broken place is really difficult to attack, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Rao has already received fire support from a heavy artillery regiment and a mortar artillery regiment, but the shelling effect is still not very good.

However, Zhu Xingfa has already learned that Dongyao has merged with Zu Dashou, and that 10,000+ troops are coming from the front line of Jinzhou in the east, according to the news reported by the Navy.

At this time, the opponent's army was less than five days away from Shanhaiguan.

He has to take Shanhaiguan within five days and build a defensive position, so that he can rely on Shanhaiguan to block the nearly 20 troops!

Therefore, even if the shelling effect in the first three days was not obvious, he still wanted the infantry to launch an attack, even if he paid some casualties for it, otherwise it would be too late!

He can't really, in the wilderness of Shanhaiguan, bring less than 20 troops and the opposite [-] troops to fight a big melee!
On the same day, Zhu Xingfa ordered the first division to launch a strong attack on Shanhaiguan, but failed, resulting in hundreds of casualties.

The next day, the No.11 Division took over from the First Division and continued to attack Shanhaiguan, but failed, resulting in hundreds of casualties.

On the third day, the Army's No.20 Third Mixed Brigade crossed the sea and landed in Shanhaiguan to reinforce the various departments of the Third Army.

On the fourth day, Zhu Xingfa became ruthless and directly sent the first division and No.11 division into the attack.

More than 2 troops, under the cover of more than 100 various artillery pieces, launched a joint storm towards Shanhaiguan.

In the evening of the same day... After a bloody battle, the commando of the First Division of the Chu Army successfully killed Shanhaiguan!
On August 23, the fourth year of Chengshun of the Great Chu Empire, the Chu army successfully captured Shanhaiguan.

At this time, the coalition forces of Dongyao and Zu Dashou were less than [-] kilometers away from Shanhaiguan!
(End of this chapter)