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Chapter 335
"Since you have no sincerity to give in, what are you doing here? Go back and wait for the intruders to make peace with you. If Wu Sangui thinks he can fight back against the intruders alone, go ahead and fight! I, Da Qing, will never Take advantage of others!

If he's not afraid of being accused of surrendering as a regicide, he can go for it, let's see if Li Zicheng can tolerate him!Would it be possible to use him as a gun to use it vigorously, and the two ends would die in the end! "

Faced with Tong Kuixing's toughness at the beginning, Fan Wencheng was of course not polite, and directly pretended to help Dorgon put on a posture that he was not afraid of anything, and made a momentum of lowering prices first.

On the contrary, Dorgon, who had been sitting on the tiger leather chair for a while, suddenly moved his strong and heavy body, and put on an expression of a loyal elder, Shi Shiran said:
"Hey, why did Xueshi Fan say these things? He is a guest from afar. General Wu was able to find me in Daqing, which shows that he is still a loyal person in his bones. My Qing Dynasty admires loyal people the most. How can you slander him for having a venture in his heart? idea?"

Fan Wencheng immediately took advantage of the situation and pretended to admit his mistake: "Your Highness is right, it's just that the officials are talking too much for a moment. We don't have to believe in General Wu's sincerity, but we shouldn't underestimate General Wu's character."

The master and the slave sang together, and the red faces and white faces complemented each other.

After Tong Kui Xing was so squeezed, it took a lot of effort to regain some momentum, and with difficulty appealed Wu Sangui's latest conditions:

"What the lord and Master Fan said is not unreasonable, and my general is not afraid to speak out, he really would not consider taking part in it, after all, the lord and father are utterly vengeful!
But if the prince is aggressive, my general will naturally have another way out—this emissary once again reiterated General Wu’s conditions. It is under the jurisdiction of General Wu, and soldiers and horses are not allowed to move the town.

In exchange, General Wu promised to instigate the defenders of the Great Wall at Jimen, and let your army enter the pass through Jimen to attack the intruders in a detour.After the matter is completed, General Wu is willing to pay with the land and population of Shandong and Hebei provinces.

In addition, considering that Yongping Mansion in Hebei is also under the jurisdiction of General Wu and cannot be delivered, you can cede some more land of equivalent value in Henan Province as compensation for your country——

Last time General Wu did not mention the ownership of several prefectures in Henan Province north of the old course of the Yellow River. This time, in order to show his sincerity, he is willing to cede the three prefectures of Weihui, Huaiqing, and Zhangde to your country.From then on, the Ming and Qing Dynasties formed a border along the old course of the Yellow River and became a country of brothers. They followed the stories of Song and Liao and never violated each other again. "

Tong Kui was eloquent, and first talked about Wu Sangui's new conditions after fine-tuning, but he was not in a hurry to say that Wu Sangui had a trump card of confidence.

Dorgon was a little impatient when he heard it, but after a little discernment, he also heard that Wu Sangui had indeed made some concessions compared to the previous conditions-mainly because the three prefectures in Henan Province located to the north of the old course of the Yellow River were indeed The last time I talked about the future national borders, I didn't touch on it.Now he promises to cut off the land of the three prefectures in one breath.

But this kind of concession, that is, the meaning of gesture is relatively large, and the actual benefit is not much.

The actual control of these lands is still in the hands of Li Zicheng!If Dorgon wants to cede these lands, can he still order Wu Sangui to fight back first, and then give them to the Qing Dynasty?

Is Wu Sangui willing to do this?Can you afford it?If he could afford it, wouldn't Wu Sangui do it himself?Still use the generosity of others?Therefore, in the end, Da Qing had to knock down the land with one knife and one gun!
Dorgon was angry in his heart, but he didn't show it. He just said lightly: "After seven or eight days, General Wu didn't let go, but promised to cut off three more mansions? It seems that he has nothing to worry about. I want to hear what he has prepared as a backhand."

Tong Kuixing took a deep breath, feeling a little excited in his heart, he didn't expect that Dorgon would have the courage to ask such a question on his own initiative, and he predicted it so accurately.

Fortunately, before Wu Sangui sent him as an envoy, he was fully prepared.Tong Kuixing quickly went through his train of thought, and then managed to remain neither humble nor overbearing and said:
"When General Wu sent me as an envoy, Shanhaiguan was still intact. However, the intruders were completely enraged by General Wu's feat of detaining Tang Tong and accepting the transfer of Gao Jie's troops, and accelerated the march on Shanhaiguan.

Maybe at this moment, Li Zicheng's men are already attacking Shanhaiguan!But General Wu, relying on the natural danger of Shanhaiguan, will naturally fight to the death!In order to look up and be ashamed!
As long as the noble army does not invade from behind, even if Shanhai Pass is held for a month, General Wu has confidence!However, if your army betrayed its promise and dared to let soldiers and horses approach Shanhaiguan from the Liaoxi Corridor, even if they only entered the front and rear defense areas, General Wu could only make a decisive decision to withdraw the entire army from the sea and hand over the natural danger of Shanhaiguan to Li Zicheng!

Even so, General Wu can be regarded as worthy of the spirit of the late emperor in heaven!When this happened, it was definitely not that he was unwilling to defend the soil, but that he was pinched from front to back and unable to fight anymore!He didn't turn to the enemy either, he just fought hard and abandoned defense!

If Shanhaiguan falls into the hands of Li Zicheng, after he gains a firm foothold and cleans up the interior, if your country wants to take control of Hebei again, it will be the year of the monkey! "

Tong Kuixing's words can be regarded as a very sincere truth.

He imitated Dorgon's straightforwardness, first took the initiative to bring up the dangers and embarrassments he faced on the table, and admitted that Li Zicheng might already be fighting Shanhaiguan at this moment, to prove that what he said did not hide his shortcomings.In this way, his remaining words also appear to have a lot more credibility.

In history, Wu Sangui did not choose to stick to Xiongguan when the Chuang army was approaching. Fight tough battles with your scalp.

He hasn't voted yet, and he still has a threatening bargaining chip. Of course, Wu Sangui doesn't need to go out to fight in the field. Why not use the level?
Of course, Shanhaiguan is just a checkpoint, not a city, so its own strategic depth is insufficient.

In the past hundreds of years, the purpose of Shanhaiguan’s existence was to resist the nomadic Tartars from Liaodong and the grasslands. Therefore, the warehouse barracks and other rear facilities were mostly left on the inner side of the pass.
Once the enemy attacks from inside the pass, these implementations will face the problem of being temporarily occupied by the enemy, and the materials and personnel can only be transported to the other side of the pass, or at least transferred to the narrow fortress area of ​​the pass wall-this is also the case. An important reason why Wu Sangui chose to attack instead of defending in history.

After all, when it came to the step of defending the pass wall, the facilities in the pass would definitely be severely damaged by Li Zicheng, and Wu Sangui's lasting capital would be gone.

Even if Wu Sangui spent a lot of money to transfer all the valuable and soft strategic materials to the other side of the pass, if he was attacked by Dorgon, he would lose all his money, so it would be meaningless to do so in history .

But everything is different now. Wu Sangui can rely on foreign aid for logistical supplies, the Ming army's navy still has an absolute advantage, and it is impossible for Dorgon to cut off the last lifeline of sea supply.So if Dorgon still breaks his promise and tears his face, Wu Sangui will leave Xiongguan to Li Zicheng!He still has a chance to withdraw!
Tong Kui acted generously, first talking about his own weaknesses, and then talking about his own retreat. He made it clear: whoever betrayed General Wu, he would rather leave it to the other side!Even if this other party is also a vicious enemy!

When Wu Sangui chooses who to leave the checkpoint to, he doesn't look at who is more vicious, but who doesn't keep his promise in the end!
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Fan Wencheng and Dorgon had to fall silent after hearing Tong Kuixing's undisguised truth.

Indeed, if Wu Sangui sent someone to speak big words and brag about righteousness, they would not be afraid.But Wu Sangui is so pragmatic, and he explained all the operational details in such detail. Obviously, he can do this step in practice.

Dorgon also had to give up the idea that "if Wu Sangui really didn't surrender, he would transfer the old and weak materials to the other side of the wall in order to defend the pass against Li Zicheng, so that he could sneak attack and take advantage of the opponent's weakness".

Really taking this step has angered Wu Sangui, and he can really offer it to Li Zicheng!
Li Zicheng won Xiongguan, and it would be too difficult for the Qing army to enter again!

How difficult it is to attack Shanhaiguan, Dorgon has learned many times in the past ten years!This question needs no explanation at all!
Tong Kuixing saw that the other party had finally loosened up, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and told the last condition of Zhu Shuren's secret promise to Wu Sangui:
"My lord, if your country is willing to cooperate with General Wu and only attack the intruders from Jimen Pass, then General Wu can stick to Shanhaiguan to consume the energy of the intruders. When his soldiers are exhausted, your army will attack from the flanks. , why worry about not being able to win a complete victory!
Your country also has the Eight Banners of the Han Army. If you can force an elite group of intruders to be incorporated into the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty in your country, wouldn't it be a boon to your country and your army's national strength?
In the end, General Wu is still willing to be responsible, and finally promises a benefit to your army: as long as your army joins forces with General Wu, General Wu can promise to persuade Zheng Chenggong and Zhu Shuren that they will not destroy your country's supply route on Bohai Bay in the future. The navies of our two countries have ceased fighting!As long as your country does not betray the alliance and sneak attack, our Daming Navy will not take any hostile actions!

In order to prove the sincerity of General Wu, here is also a personal letter from Zhu Shuren, the governor of Huguang, the great Ming Dynasty, and his seal letter. He is willing to bear this responsibility and cooperate with General Wu's promise! "

Tong Kuixing's last offer shocked Dorgon again.

In the original history, it was impossible for the Qing army to agree not to personally control Shanhaiguan. An important reason was that it was too long a detour to supply supplies through the Jimen Great Wall, and it was not as good as the Liaoxi Corridor.

However, no matter how easy the Liaoxi Corridor is to travel, it is definitely not as convenient, low-cost, and large-capacity as the sea route close to the northern shore of Bohai Bay.

Historically, the Qing army’s Bohai Bay sea route supply line was not harassed by the Ming army, but the Qing army’s own navy was not strong. The former Department of Jundenglai Navy is the main one.

But now, if the Qing army still wants to use the sea supply line, it will be much more difficult.Because the Zheng family has been seduced by Zhu Shuren to go north.

And the Shen family of the three generations of "Yellow Sea Kings" directly mobilized their horses and soldiers, and relied on Chongzhen's previous "five-year transformation of water transportation to the sea" to build [-] high-performance large sand ships for sea transportation, which can cut Kong Youde's neck at any time.

This provided the Ming army with a new bargaining chip. Dorgon's demand for a safe route in the Bohai Bay was no less than his demand for Shanhaiguan.

Although the condition of "harmonious shipping" is attached to the premise of "the Ming and Qing Dynasties do not betray the alliance", if one day Dorgon really wants to tear up the alliance after he completely occupies the land of Hebei and Shanxi, Zhu Shuren will certainly Will adjust the strategy again.

"However, if the Qing Dynasty completely occupied Hebei and Shanxi, we would be able to rely on the money, grain, and goods from Hebei and Shanxi to support the war. The Han area is rich, and the support of the two provinces is not as good as that of Liaodong?
At that time, there is no need to rely on Liao to transfer food and supplies to support the army. Even if you want to tear yourself apart and continue going south, the worst thing is to let Kong Youde's navy back in advance and not give Zheng Chenggong and Zhu Shuren a chance..."

Dorgon thought about it for a while, thinking to himself that it was still acceptable.

There is no way, the main reason is that Wu Sangui has a way out and supplies. He is already on the ground of immortality. Even if he loses, he can at least leave. He really has the ability to choose who to dedicate the fortress of Shanhaiguan to.

"Forget it, then according to General Wu's suggestion, this king also has some responsibilities, so he entered the pass through the Great Wall of Jimen and attacked Li Zicheng. After the matter is completed, the two provinces of Hebei and Shanxi will belong to our Qing Dynasty, and there will be no competition! Wu Sangui only needs to work hard to kill the thieves. Naturally, he doesn't have to move town."

Dorgon agreed painfully, but he didn't intend to fully implement his promise in his heart.He promised Wu Sangui not to move the town, but he actually hid a guarantee period, that is, he didn't need Wu Sangui to move the town before he took over Hebei and Shanxi provinces in the Qing Dynasty.

If they enter the customs and gain a firm foothold, the land in the two provinces is under control, and the city of Beijing is also settled, it will not be too late to tear up the face and ask Wu Sangui for more!

The Qing Dynasty never intended to keep its promises for a long time, it was just a year or so of false promises.

And Dorgon said that he also has to take some responsibility, which is not a lie.Because Huang Taiji had just died for four months, he had not yet established enough decisive credit to establish his absolute leadership within the Manchu Qing.

Right now, Jierhalang and Brother Hao still have some ability to dictate his decision-making. If Dorgon betrays the benefits he should have obtained, it will also damage his prestige (in the eyes of the Qing people, less profit is loss, If the conditions that could have been wiped out have not been wiped out, leaving a mouthful of meat to the opponent, that is also a loss, and the leadership and decision-makers can be held accountable for their ineffectiveness)
All of this required Dorgon to endure humiliation for the time being and settle the situation until he really entered Beijing. Only with such great achievements could he completely establish his unquestionable ruling prestige—after all, the former emperor Huang Taiji also failed to enter Beijing.

After some difficult supplementary negotiations, the two sides confirmed that some details were finalized. Of course, these details were mainly discussed between Tong Kuixing and Fan Wencheng, and Dorgon would not take care of such details personally.In the end, the Qing Dynasty and Wu Sangui finally reached a covenant of "to form an alliance but not to be a vassal, willing to help the war as a guest general of the Qing Dynasty, and promised to cut off two provinces, and promised not to invade the supply route of the Bohai Bay of the Qing Dynasty".

Dorgon's troops also set off immediately, from Tashan to the grassland route north of Yanshan, went straight to the Great Wall of Jimen, and entered the pass from there.

On the front of Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui's battle to defend the city had already started tragically.Wu Sangui's and Li Zicheng's soldiers were inseparable, but relying on the world's mighty pass, although Wu Sangui's troops were small, they were as strong as a rock.

(End of this chapter)