Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 525
In the lobby of the Wanxian government office, Wu Sangui was silent for a while after scolding people, and Li Guoying, who was kneeling on the ground, kept his head down all the time, not daring to speak out.

If Wang Zuntan hadn't sworn that Wang Yan would not be able to cross the river, Wu Sangui would never have stayed in Kuizhou, a place surrounded by mountains.

Now that Wang Yan is pushing from the west, if the terrain permits, he can defeat Wang Yan first, but the mountainous terrain severely limits the combat power of the Guanning Army, and the cavalry's advantage cannot be brought into play. Thousands of people are already unusable. It is estimated that they cannot defeat Wang Yan in a field battle. There is no way to escape.

Wu Sangui is a man of foresight, he will not put himself in danger, but this time he was really tricked.

The generals of the Wu army in the hall also had gloomy faces like him. Seeing him, Xia Guo stood up and said, "My lord, the current situation is indeed not good for us, but it has not reached the point where we can't handle it. From the humble point of view, at least There are still two ways to go."

Xia Guoxiang was Wu Sangui's favorite. He was a rare military and civil general in the Guanning Army. He was Wu Sangui's capable general and his brain trust.

Wu Sangui listened, raised his head and looked at him, collected his mood, straightened his body, and wanted to hear Xia Guoxiang's two ways, but Xia Guoxiang felt his gaze, but he did not follow Chen's words, but glanced at Li Guoying with his eyes .

Seeing this, Wu Sangui immediately understood, he immediately waved his hand, "This is the end, you get up, go down and rest first."

Li Guoying kowtowed and exited the hall as if he had received an amnesty, and Wu Sangui made several green battalion generals who were not confidantes in the hall also retreat, leaving only the old Guan Ning.

"Tell me quickly, the two roads?" Wu Sangui asked in a deep voice.

Xia Guoxiang clasped his fists and replied: "My lord, there are two ways that the humble official said, one is to defend the city and wait for Prince Su to rescue him, and the other is to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway. Let me talk about the first one first, since Prince Su has already sent troops to Hezhou, as long as he wins this Fortress, we can go south to Chongqing Mansion, and then outflank Wang Yan's rear. In this way, it is not impossible for us to cooperate with Prince Su to reverse the situation. Second, returning to Ming is actually simple. Our Guanning Army originally It is the Ming army. In the past, the Ming court was too weak and did not seem to be able to defend the world at all, but now it is different. It seems to be able to compete with the Qing court. Therefore, it is not wrong to help the Ming anyway. It is just that the soldiers and their families Under the supervision of the Qing court, it is not recommended to take the second path unless it is absolutely necessary."

Wu Sangui's face became serious when he heard this. The main reason he took refuge in Manqing was that apart from his family being detained by Li Zicheng's subordinates, the main reason was because he saw clearly that Li Zicheng could not win the world.

After entering Beijing, Li Zicheng still carried out the method of the peasant army attacking the gentry, wondering who would rule the world without the gentry, so Wu Sangui was extremely dissatisfied with Li Zicheng's practice of torturing and plundering officials of the Ming Dynasty.

If Li Zicheng could not unite the officials and gentry in time to feudalize the peasant army, Li Zicheng's Dashun regime would not be stable.In Wu Sangui's view, Li Zicheng, a rebel, is too unprofessional, and sooner or later he will be in bad luck!
It was precisely because of this that he chose to take refuge in Manqing. Even though Li Zicheng brought his father to persuade him to change his mind, he did not care about the lives of the whole family and resolutely surrendered.

Afterwards, when the Qing army entered the customs, the Ming Dynasty still had half of the south of the Yangtze River, with more than [-] strong troops. At this time, Wu Sangui, like Jin Shengheng and Li Chengdong later, had always had correspondence with the Ming Dynasty and had not completely severed contact.

It's just that the performance after the Ming Dynasty was really bad. Every battle would be defeated, and the internal chaos was in utter chaos.

In history, the Nanming court, especially the Yongli court, was constantly fleeing and making foolish tricks, which caused most anti-Qing people to lose confidence in Nanming. A large number of scholars were extremely disappointed and returned to their hometowns one after another. They became adherents, and some escaped into the mountains and became monks and Taoists.

This is true for scholars who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, not to mention Wu Sangui who only pays attention to his own interests. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty performed so poorly, he is no match for the Qing soldiers. On the side of the Qing court, all captured Ming dynasty clans were brutally killed, in order to express a complete severance of relations with the Ming court and to obtain the approval of the Qing court.

At this time, Wu Sangui pondered for a while, and said: "The first way, the key is that we have to defend Wanxian, and secondly, Haoge has to break through Hezhou and attack Wang Yan from behind. If it is spring and winter, the king is still quite concerned about this." I have confidence, but the weather in June and July is really hot, and many of the army are still wearing cotton armor. In addition, the army is tired from fighting for a long time. According to the prime minister, the families of the officers and soldiers are all in the hands of the Qing Dynasty. In addition, in the past two years, in order to show loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, this king not only brutally suppressed the remnants loyal to the Ming Dynasty, massacred the city at every turn, but also punished some clans who raised troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty. The descendants also spared no effort to exterminate them, which can be said to have completely offended Ming Dynasty, what conditions the Ming Dynasty will use to recruit this king, this king really has no idea!"

All the generals of the Wu Army heard this, and their faces were a little silent. Just like what Wu Sangui said, these two roads are indeed not easy to go. They have killed many Han people in recent years, and they have almost done bad things.

Xia Guoxiang shook his head, but said with a smile: "My lord, if you choose one of these two paths, it is naturally difficult to walk, but I suggest that your lord, why not take both paths together?"

The first one is loyalty and the other is loyalty, how can we go together?Wu Sangui was puzzled for a while, but soon raised his eyebrows and his pupils dilated, "What does the Prime Minister mean?"

"Eastern Sichuan is mountainous, and the terrain is not conducive to the Qing Dynasty's battle. Moreover, the climate is hot just after Xiaoshu. Wang Yan's southern Ming army is more resistant to the scorching heat than us. The situation in the Eastern Sichuan War is indeed not good for us. Therefore, I suggest that the prince can stick to Wanxian at the same time. , Waiting for Prince Su to break through Hezhou, while negotiating with Wang Yan, delaying time. During this period, if Prince Su can defeat the Ming army on the West Road and go south to outflank Wang Yan, the prince will attack the Ming army with Prince Su, but if Prince Su is late If we can’t make a breakthrough, then the prince will be able to negotiate a good deal for the brothers through the negotiations during this period, and it’s best to come to Sichuan like Prince Mu’s Mansion.”

After Wu Sangui listened, a smile appeared on his face. This two-pronged strategy, where the wind is strong, will fall to the other side, which suits his nature, "This method is very good! This king will be invincible!"

At this time, many generals of the Wu army in the hall understood it, and started discussing one after another, and the gloom on their faces disappeared.

Seeing this, Wu Sangui stood up, pressed his hands, made everyone quiet, and then ordered: "This king has decided, and we will implement it according to the policy offered by the Prime Minister. Hu Guozhu, take people to quickly arrange the city defense, and arrange The men and horses will go to the nearby villages to collect food again, and as for negotiating with Wang Yan and delaying the time, I will leave it to the Prime Minister."

(Come to give me a smile, little potato, Yue Dong's nest core, qdrthg's reward, thanks to a generation of heroes, prelude, Shi Zaifeng's monthly pass)

(End of this chapter)