Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 316 The Battle of Yicheng

After the Jiashen Revolution, the capital was overthrown. At that time, Wu Sangui had 4 Liao troops, Gaodi had [-] closed soldiers, and [-] township warriors. They were accompanied by a large number of people who abandoned the land outside the pass and withdrew into the pass with the army. Officials and common people in Liao.

They were trapped in a corner of Yongping Mansion. They didn't have enough money to support soldiers and food to support the people. They were caught between the two forces of Shun and Qing. It was already unrealistic to continue to be loyal to Daming.

What Wu Sangui and Gao Di could do was to make a choice between Shun Qing. At that time, Wu Sangui's uncle Zu Dashou and his brother Wu Sanfeng had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. This caused an ambiguous relationship between Wu Sangui and the Qing court.

The Ming and Qing saw each other for more than 20 years in Liaodong, and there was blood feud between the armies. However, during these years, some former comrades surrendered to the Qing army and turned to fight the Ming army.

Not only Wu Sangui, but everyone in Liao Town also had an ambiguous relationship with these old comrades and relatives.

The slave leader took advantage of this relationship and ordered people to submit letters to surrender, but at this time Wu Sangui still had a lot of room to maneuver, so he did not accept it, but he did not cut off contact, leaving a way out for himself.

After Jiashen, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, who participated in the Liaodong War together with Wu Sangui, quickly surrendered to Dashun and gained high positions. Along the list of upstarts, my heart is moved immediately.

For Liaozhen, the Manchus were of a different race after all, while Dashun was of the same language and race, which was easier to accept. Tang Tong, who came forward to recruit him, also "bragged himself to be a virtuous man, and he was a father and son as a marquis", which attracted Wu Sangui. It was very big, so he immediately accepted Dashun's surrender in Gaoyi.

In March, Wu Sangui and Gao Di went to Beijing to be summoned by Li Zicheng, and posted notices along the way, "This town will lead the troops to meet the new lord, and there will be no crimes during the autumn. You people don't need to panic." It can be seen that Wu Sangui sincerely wants to surrender to Dashun.

If things go well, history may be rewritten in the future. There is basically nothing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but when Wu Jun marched to Yutian County, Hebei, a servant of the Wu family who fled from Beijing in a hurry changed history.

In history, there are three theories about Wu Sangui's sudden change of mind. First, Zhang Yi's "Gouwen Supplement" records, "Wu Sangui heard that his father, General Xiang, was his subordinate and locked his salary at 20 yuan. , cut what you are afraid of. It is a return of soldiers."

Second, Peng Sunyi's "Ping Kou Zhi" records, "Wu Sangui met his father, Xiang Cangtou, and Yi Ji rode eastward, and asked him in surprise. If he is confiscated, all his family members will be his teeth, and he and Ji Detuo will return to the east to report to the general, and the general will act quickly."

The third is the "becoming a confidante when she gets angry at the crown" that the world loves to talk about.

It is impossible to verify the three situations, but Wu Sangui surrendered for the purpose of expanding his own interests. It was only the news from Beijing that made him suspicious and suspected that Li Zicheng was going to harm him, so he temporarily changed his decision.

Some people say that Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty because his family members were killed, his concubine was taken by force, and he borrowed troops to avenge Chongzhen. Wu Sangui is portrayed as a tragic hero who is affectionate and righteous, and has his homeland in his heart, but the author believes that he is just a Just warlords looking out for their own interests.

When he suspected that Li Zicheng would be unfavorable to him, he immediately took back Shanhaiguan, but everyone knew that relying on Shanhaiguan alone could not compete with Dashun, so he had already decided to surrender to the Qing court at the beginning of seizing the pass.

Wu Sangui was able to make such a quick response and make such a big determination in a short period of time, which also shows that the relationship between him and the Qing court is very extraordinary.

When Li Zicheng led the army to Shanhaiguan, he brought his father Wu Xiang with him, as well as the princes of Ming Dynasty Zhu Cihong, King Yong, King Ding, and King Jin. He wanted to rely on the relationship between father and son and the righteousness of the monarch to make Wu Sangui change his mind, but Wu Sangui still insisted. Lower Qing.

At this moment, Wu Xiang is not dead yet, so it can be seen that Wu Sangui doesn't care much about the lives of his family members, let alone Chen Yuanyuan, a concubine?

After the battle of stones, Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, under the banner of avenging the late emperor, and claimed that he would "not be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty for life", which is even more ridiculous.

If Wu Sangui has the Ming Dynasty in his heart, he will not oppose Jin Shengheng when he is upright, he will not be against Li Chengdong when he is upright, he will not be against when Jiang Xiang is upright, he will not be against Li Dingguo when he is two famous kings, and Emperor Yongli will give him When he wrote so many letters, he didn't rebel, but waited until the Ming Dynasty died and the Qing Dynasty entered the customs for 30 years before he rebelled. He was just a warlord.

When Wu Sangui voted for the Qing Dynasty, he still valued Dorgon's sentence, "If the Boss leads the people to return today, he must enshrine his homeland and be promoted to the vassal king."

Regarding the matter of presenting the pass, Wu Sangui is often mentioned in history, but Gaodi is rarely mentioned. At that time, Wu Sangui was the general soldier of Liaodong, and Ping Xibo had [-] Liao troops in his hands. Wan, Xiangyong [-], the strength is not too weak.

The two offered the customs together, but the treatment was very different. Wu Sangui became the king of Pingxi, and he was still ordered to be the general soldier of Shanhaiguan. In September, the ancestor Fulin of the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. , but still the chief soldier.

Over the past few years, no matter it was the Ming Dynasty or the Qing court, titles have become less valuable. When the Qing army invaded south, more than 40 general soldiers surrendered in only the four towns in Jiangbei. Go, this made Gaudí extremely disappointed.

This time Azige attacked Huguang and transferred him from Kaigui to his tent. Seeing that Wu Sangui had become the No. 1 traitor in the Han Dynasty, he felt even more frustrated.

Gaodi saw that the gap between him and Wu Sangui was getting bigger and bigger, and even his soldiers complained, which made Gaodi feel competitive.

He felt that there was no difference between Wu Sangui and Wu Sangui. Why could Wu Sangui be crowned king while he could only be the chief soldier of the green battalion?
Just at this time, Azige ordered him to go south to plunder, arrest the people and attack the city, so he went there happily.

Looting is a good job. At first Gaudi not only fulfilled Azig’s order, but also captured tens of thousands of people and sent them to the Qing camp. He himself was rewarded by Azig, and his men also gained However, with a Ming army stationed in Chengtianfu City, the people fled south one after another, or went to the city to avoid disaster, but it was difficult for him to gain anything.

A few days ago, Azig had sent someone to urge him to send tens of thousands of people to Xiangyang immediately.

At this time, there were almost no people in the countryside, and Gaodi couldn't arrest tens of thousands of people and send them to the camp. In desperation, he had to lead the army to attack Chengtian Mansion, but he didn't expect the guards to be very strong. The attack failed several times, which made him very distressed, but he had no choice but to drink in Yicheng.

In the early morning of this day, Gaodi was drinking with his arms around the woman who had been robbed, but a patrolling soldier from outside came to report to Gaodi that a Ming army of about 1000 people was found a few miles to the south. Hearing the news, Gaodi couldn't help putting the wine glass on the table With a heavy slap, he pushed the woman in his arms aside fiercely, and said angrily, "I'm bullying me too much! I didn't want to beat him, but he came here by himself. It's really unreasonable."
(Thanks to Xining for the ten-year autumn monthly pass, the title of the book is inspired by you, and thanks to Yuedong Woxin for the reward)
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