Chapter 46 10.Wu Sangui was appointed

Li Zicheng didn't stop until he retreated to Yongping. Duoduo's two white flags and Wu Sangui's Ningyuan soldiers also pursued them not far from Yongping city before stopping. Li Zicheng was still panting, Wu Sangui's men followed him.Liu Zongmin, Li Jin, Gao Yigong, etc. were injured to varying degrees. Seeing that there was no one to fight, he was in a mess, so he had to ask Song Xiance for advice. Song Xiance bowed his head and thought for a long time, and said: "The current plan, we can only take it easy for a while, doesn't Wu Sangui want to be a loyal minister and filial son, the prince and Wu Xiang are still in our hands, let Zhang Ruoqi pass the message, tell him not to go too far Otherwise, it's too late to cry!"

Zhang Ruoqi only went for half a day, then returned the same way, saying that Wu Sangui did not agree to make peace, unless he handed over Wu Xiang and the crown prince and withdrew from the capital, he would fight again tomorrow. Liu Fangliang said: "He is a victorious soldier, and he has already arrived at the city. How can he easily agree to peace? Wu Xiang and the crown prince will also instigate him to fight. The emperor can't fall into the trap." All the generals said, "That's exactly what I said." Song Xiance murmured for a long time before saying: "Yunhe is certainly a fake, but he can't be allowed."

Li Zicheng said, "Why?" Song Xiance said: "The crown prince is useless to us. It is better to be a favor, hand him over to Wu Sangui, and let him carry this burden. If he keeps the crown prince, he will be suspected by the Qing Tartars. If he kills him, he will lose it." The support of everyone; as for Wu Xiang, you cannot let him go, keep him as a hostage, but you can bind Wu Sangui's hands and feet." Li Zicheng suddenly understood, and immediately delivered an order to bring the prince. Zhu Cihong had already witnessed the battle in front of Shanhaiguan. Although he was happy in his heart, he had no way to escape, and he was afraid of being accidentally injured, and he was also afraid that Li Zicheng would turn his anger on him and kill his brother.Hearing "The Emperor's invitation", his heart tightened, thinking that his death was approaching, Nai Zhan walked up to Li Zicheng in shock, but still held his head high, and forced himself to say calmly:

"I understand what you're asking me to do." Li Zicheng sized up the young man in green with tolerance, smiled and said, "Then you guess." Zhu Cihong said loudly: "Evil thief, you just want to kill me. If you want to kill me, kill me. Why talk too much." Li Zicheng didn't think he was disobedient, but smiled tolerantly, and said: "Children, how can you be so angry? If your father wants to be as energetic as you, he won't fall into my hands. Let me tell you, guess what?" Wrong, I am not going to kill you, but to pardon you, go to Wu Sangui and tell him, don’t forget that you are a Han Chinese, a feud between barbarians and Han, and you will never be able to urinate together, even if you die, you will never see each other again ancestors!"

Zhu Cilang interrupted him and said, "Are you telling the truth?" Li Zicheng nodded and said: "I am the king of a country, so there is no joke. I really want to let you go, and the three brothers will leave immediately. However, when you see Wu Sangui, you have to ask him for me, do you want to reunite with your father and son?" At this time, the prince's two younger brothers: King Ding and King Yong were also brought.With a wave of Li Zicheng's hand, the three brothers did not thank him, turned around and ran out of the camp of the Dashun Army. Sure enough, Wu Sangui did not cease his troops because of the release of the crown prince. On the second day, just after dawn, there was a sudden sound of drums and the frightening sound of conch shells in the city of Yongping.

Li Zicheng had no choice but to go out of the city to fight.This battle was far less intense than yesterday—the Dashun Army's barely packed team fled after fighting Wu Sangui's men, let alone waiting for Duduo's white-armed soldiers to go into battle. So, Wu Sangui ordered to chase him deadly, not wanting to chase twenty miles west of Yongping, and came to a place called Fanzhuang. He saw a small mound in front of him, with a human head on a bamboo pole swinging against the wind. The former army did not dare to be negligent, and immediately stepped forward to identify it—the bloody head was none other than Wu Xiang, the father of the coach.At this moment, Wu Xiang's eyes were wide open, staring blankly at his proud son.

When Wu Sangui saw his father's head, he yelled and fell off his horse. Dashun's army walked away, and Wu's army finally stopped to rectify.On the way back to the army, I saw both sides of the Shihe River, stretching for more than ten miles, in a mess, with luggage and food and grass everywhere, broken halberds and broken weapons everywhere, and more dead bodies and wounded, and the horses were not allowed to intervene; the screams of the wounded The wailing of the wounded horse was unbearable to hear, and the dark red blood merged into a stream, like wild rice juice, gurgling towards the Stone River, and the river turned red all of a sudden.

This is a tragic massacre, a lonely son, a widowed wife, is it not just Wu Sangui's family? As they walked, they searched for living people in the pile of dead bodies, so as not to slip through the net-not looking for living people, but looking for money.Among the soldiers of Dashun, almost everyone had a burden on their backs, which contained everything that one could expect, such as gold, silver and jewels, which were plundered by them and rewarded to them by Emperor Li Zicheng of Dashun.In their life, they have never got so many yellow and white things at once, but these things have harmed them. They were extraordinary fighters, but they became old, lost their fighting spirit, and missed their hometown; After entering the battlefield, they also made them unable to move well, and they were slow to move when they fled, and they were finally hunted down.

Although Wu Jun is the winner, they don't expect to make a fortune from the dead body.Because right beside them, there is a large group of Eight Banners soldiers, they are the real victors, without them, would there be you?Wu Sangui is the clearest about this point, he has already issued an order that if there is anything seized, less than ten taels of silver can be returned to him, and if there is too much, it must be handed over. In this way, they stayed on the road for a long time before returning.When Prince Yu Duoduo and Wu Sangui appeared side by side, the front of Shanhaiguan was boiling again.

However, something unexpected happened to Wu Sangui, that is, the Regent Dorgon has moved his camp to the front of Shanhaiguan Pass, and issued a decree that the Guan Ning Army led by Wu Sangui will set up camp without entering the pass. To the west of Hongwadian, where the Dashun Army had camped, an order was issued to Wu Sangui and his subordinate General Gao Di to pay homage to them. Wu Sangui was so entangled in many things that he didn't have time to deal with Wu Xiang's funeral, and he was more concerned about his own fate - he didn't understand why the regent made such a move?In desperation, he asked the Chengxuan official who came to deliver the decree, and the Chengxuan official couldn't tell the reason, but Prince Yu Duoduo on the other hand knew the situation and said:

"Don't you understand? Although the rogues are defeated, the city of Beijing is still in their hands. Can we give the rogues a chance to breathe? Wouldn't it be superfluous to enter the city?" Wu Sangui nodded in agreement, but secretly complained in his heart - originally wanted to imitate Bao Xu and Qin Ting to cry, to rejuvenate Chu and destroy Wu, but in the end he drove the wolves to meet the tiger, and Dorgon turned against the guest.But this is the end of the matter, what is the time for repentance?Due to the situation, we had to order: our army camped on the spot, and there was no need to enter the city again. As a result, those who have personal affairs, or those whose families live in the city, are afraid that the Qing soldiers will come, and they can't help scolding their mothers, but Wu Sangui can only pretend to be deaf and dumb. After tidying up a bit, he went to see the regent with Gaodi, Feng Youwei, Guo Yunlong and Yang Kun. The Yellow Tent of the King Regent was set up on the bank of the Stone River. It was a huge square tent, surrounded by four smaller tents on the front, back, left, and right sides, surrounded by He Ge's guards holding halberds. The feathers are brilliant and the brocade robes are brilliant, making them look very majestic and solemn. Wu Sangui finally came to the front of the tent under the guidance of Yu Wang Duoduo, and saw Dorgon, Azige, King Sanshun, Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou and other princes and ministers standing outside the tent together.Wu Sangui hurried forward, intending to salute him, but this time the regent rushed forward, supported him with both hands, and hugged his shoulders, his face was almost touching his face, and turned around on the ground. Wu Sangui understood that the Prince Regent was a "meeting ceremony" with him as a Manchurian, and having done this ceremony meant that they were already as close as a family. At this time, on both sides of the avenue outside the tent, Yiwei Shengchen, Zidian Qingshuang, very dazzling.Dorgon took Wu Sangui's hand and walked into the big tent side by side, followed by Azig, Duoduo, Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou and other princes and ministers, and Gao Di and Feng Youwei and other generals.After entering the account, Dorgon stood facing south, and a Chengxuan official came forward with a roll of yellow silk in his hand, opened it, and shouted loudly: "Wu Sangui listens." Wu Sangui was stunned, but he still didn't understand what was going on. The civil and military officials around him, including Duoduo, Azige, Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou, etc., had already knelt down in unison, as if a piece of earth wall had fallen down. Wu Sangui couldn't help his legs As soon as he softened, he also knelt down, so he read the order from the Xuanguan. This is an edict of grace in the name of Emperor Shunzhi. In the edict, Wu Sangui was officially named the hereditary prince of Pingxi, and the things bestowed on him were innumerable, such as jade belts, python robes, mink fur, and horses— He has all the outfits that a Manchu prince should have; Gaodi, Feng Youwei, Guo Yunlong, Yang Kun, etc. were also promoted to three ranks and rewarded with many Shangfang treasures. At this time, Wu Sangui had already forgotten about the recovery of the Ming Dynasty, and the ghost of Emperor Chongzhen's hanging neck was far away from him.But then again - the situation in front of him, like a finished bridle, tightly covered his mouth, and he couldn't allow him to hesitate a bit.Besides, my tens of thousands of horses have already been killed by Li Zicheng. If the Eight Banners soldiers hadn't appeared in time, I really don't know where to collect the corpses. Now I have finally won. Before this, Emperor Chongzhen would only grant you an uncle , and Emperor Shunzhi is a hereditary iron hat king, so what else do you want? Tan Enpufu was very happy, and everyone celebrated with each other.But no matter what, Wu Sangui couldn't laugh - his father, Wu Xiang, was killed today. At this moment, there are piles of dead bodies outside the pass, and it is unknown where Wu Xiang's body is?As a minister, loyalty cannot be exhausted. Could it be that even filial piety cannot be exhausted? Therefore, others had already changed their hats and robes, but he was full of filial piety. When everyone congratulated each other, he stepped aside and called Wu Ruxiao, his trusted family member, and asked him to bring some reliable people with him. head, to find a body to match, and to be buried grandly at that time. In fact, Wu Sangui didn't know that just after they defeated Li Zicheng, there was a dispute between Azig and Dorgon.According to Azige, he wanted to return to the army and go to the pass to kill all the Han people in the pass.It turned out that Azige hated Shanhaiguan for repeatedly blocking them, making them unable to enter the Qing cavalry, and finally succeeded this time, so he wanted to massacre the city. Dorgon couldn't help scolding Azige angrily, and it took a lot of effort to supervise the disobedient 12th brother.In order to prevent him from murdering in secret, he was sent to lead his troops to pursue Li Zicheng with Wu Sangui; here, however, a notice was issued ordering all the soldiers and civilians in Shanhaiguan to shave their heads and change their Manchu clothes, and everything had to follow Manchu customs. With this order, Xiaoxiao Guancheng didn't know that they had narrowly escaped death, but cried and howled for this "starting from scratch".