Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 241
Wu Sangui clearly felt that the atmosphere of his army had changed, and the morale had increased a lot. This was just a change of direction in a short period of time.

When the target was directed at the new army before, the morale was obviously low, but now that the target was changed to the Qing army, the fighting will of the team was instantly improved.

Wu Sangui also knew the main reason. On the one hand, the strength of the new army was awe-inspiring.

Another important reason is that Wu Sangui knew that many people in the army didn't really want to work for the Tartars, including himself, Wu Sangui, who had also secretly connected with the Hongguang court.

But the Hongguang court was even more corrupt and incompetent than the Chongzhen court, and they dared not trust it at all.

Seeing the face of the Hongguang court clearly, he was finally determined to serve the Qing court and seek a future for himself, so he charged forward for the Qing court and indeed gained some trust.

But unexpectedly, the strength of the new army far exceeded everyone's expectations. What he saw with his own eyes a while ago also made him recognize the reality more clearly.

If you don't take advantage of this opportunity anyway, I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity in the future.

If he continued to work hard with Azig like before, even if he could defeat Tangning's new army, Wu Sangui probably wouldn't end well.

Because he, Wu Sangui, really had a decisive battle with the new army, the Guan Ning army and Shang Kexi's troops must be the first forces to be consumed.

The new army has proved their strong combat effectiveness. The Guan Ning army, which was responsible for the decisive battle with the new army first, fought to the end, even if the entire army was not wiped out, there were not many people left.

Without Guan Ningjun, Wu Sangui's fate is completely in the hands of others, and the head on his neck may be taken off at any time. This is not the result he wants for Wu Sangui.

Therefore, his idea of ​​surrendering to the new army became stronger at that time, because he compared the changes in the strength of both sides after he led the Guan Ning army to surrender to the new army.

With the addition of the Guan Ning Army, as long as Tang Ning does not make low-level command mistakes, the probability of the new army winning is [-]%, or even [-]%, and Azig loses more than wins.

Assessing the situation, as for what will happen after winning this battle, Wu Sangui is not very worried.

Tang Ning's prestige in the south, especially in Guangdong and Fujian, was so high, with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, there was no need to worry about the tartars daring to send troops to make an expedition.

Taking [-] steps back, even if the Tartars took over Fujian and even Guangdong by chance, Tangning still had a lot of staff.

So, Tangning was already invincible, so why worry so much about following Tangning?
Besides, he felt that the possibility of the Tartars being able to win Fujian and Guangdong was very small. If Azig was defeated this time, it would be hard to say whether the Tartars would dare to cross the Yangtze River again.

The most important thing now is to gain Tangning's trust, so he, Wu Sangui, has to work harder. After all, how can someone who has surrendered several times, easily gain the trust of others?
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The camp of the Qing army had already appeared before the eyes, and thousands of soldiers kept shuttling, forming a tight line of defense.

At a distance of six miles from the Qing army, Wu Sangui ordered the whole army to stop advancing and rest in place for two moments.

Behind Guan Ning's army, Tang Ning led an army of [-] to follow, and then stopped.

Wu Sangui sat on horseback, at the position of the central army, looked around at the soldiers lined up neatly, and suddenly said loudly:
"Brothers, like everyone else, I, Wu Sangui, have never really surrendered to the Tartars. We just used their hands to avenge the Ming Dynasty."

"We used the Tartars to destroy Li Zicheng and avenged Daming. We have never done anything wrong to Ming. Today, we join forces with the new army to retake Daming as a comfort to the late emperor."

"Brothers, today, let everyone see the loyalty of our Guan Ning army to Daming. All soldiers, restore my Ming, follow me, kill..."

Wu Sangui's words are indeed quite deceptive, no one wants to bear the infamy of a traitor, let alone the Guan Ning Army who once made great military exploits in the Ming Dynasty.

Now, finally able to fight for Daming again, morale suddenly rose, "Restore me to Ming, kill..."

The [-] Guanning Army directly advanced towards the Qing camp, with nearly [-] infantry in front and more than [-] cavalry behind.

The Qing army's defensive formation is also the same. Shang Kexi's troops are mainly infantry and placed in the front. The Mongolian Eight Banners and Manchu Eight Banners are mainly cavalry and are placed in the rear. The total strength is only about [-].

Seeing that the new army behind him was also moving, Wu Sangui felt more at ease, and continued to command the army to approach the Qing army, and the two sides immediately engaged in battle.

The fierce battle first unfolded between the infantry of the Guanning Army and Shang Kexi's troops. Seeing that Shang Kexi was indeed fighting the Guanning Army hard, Azig finally let go of his grudge.

He picked up the binoculars and looked coldly at the Guan Ning cavalry in the distance. He knew Wu Sangui was among them.

At this moment, Azig hated Wu Sangui far more than he hated Tangning.

There is still a gap between Shang Kexi's combat effectiveness and Guan Ning's army. In addition, the morale of his troops was not very high, while the morale of Guan Ning's army was high.

Azig turned his head and nodded slightly to a Mongolian general next to him, who immediately comprehended and left.

Not long after, a group of cavalry rushed out from the rear, circled a half arc, and rushed directly towards the left flank of the Guanning Army infantry.

Wu Sangui was naturally on guard against this move. As soon as he gave an order, three thousand cavalry rushed out, directly charging at the enemy cavalry. He knew that they were the Mongolian Army of the Eight Banners, and their fighting power should not be underestimated.

Seeing the cavalry rushing from the opposite side, the Mongolian army naturally did not dare to attack the Guanning army's infantry, otherwise, it would be easy to expose the flanks to Guanning's iron cavalry.

They didn't dare to underestimate Guan Ning's iron cavalry.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of both sides also fought together fiercely, and the killing was very tragic.

Tang Ning led the main force to appear around Ruo Lixu in the southeast direction of Wu Sangui, watching the battle from afar.

Wu Sangui knew that Tangning had the same thoughts as Dorgon back then.

At the beginning, after Wu Sangui surrendered to Dorgon, Dorgon also ordered him to lead the Guan Ning army to resist Li Zicheng's Chuang army with all his strength, which consumed both the Chuang army's strength and the Guan Ning army's strength.

Seeing that the Guan Ning army was about to be unable to hold on due to the disparity in strength and the Chuang army was exhausted, he quickly dispatched troops to directly attack the Chuang army's side, and defeated the Chuang army in one fell swoop.

Right now, Tangning must be thinking the same way, and there's nothing wrong with it. After all, from Tangning's point of view, this is indeed the best strategy.

Wu Sangui himself knew that since he surrendered repeatedly, Tangning's trust in him must not be high. If he didn't show enough sincerity, it would be very difficult to get anything from Tangning's hands in the future.

"Kill..." With an order, Wu Sangui directly led the remaining troops and took the initiative to kill towards the left wing of the Qing army camp.

Seeing that Wu Sangui had put all the troops in, Tangning's eyes were also slightly fixed. He originally thought that Wu Sangui would save the thousands of cavalry and wait for Azig to take action before responding. He did not expect that he would instead launch an attack on his own initiative.

This was indeed beyond his expectation, but it was understandable after a little thought.

Looking at Wu Sangui's life, he is not considered a hero, but he is almost a villain. With the power of one person, he directly affected the fate of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

For his own future and ambition, he bet the entire Guan Ning army and family, and he dared to give up. It can be said that the entire Wu family died because of him.

Now Wu Yingxiong should still be a child, this time I am afraid that he will die sooner.

(End of this chapter)