Chapter 141 (3) The Great Escape from Shanhaiguan

However, Wu Sangui sent this secret letter after a long period of painful thinking. Wu Sangui's current situation is truly indescribably pitiful. After defeating the Tang Tong Department, he captured more than 10,000 prisoners and forced them into the army, giving himself 50,000 horses.These 50,000 horses would have to walk for a long time for the military parade behind closed doors, but if they were scattered in the wilderness to fight, it would obviously be a little insufficient. And that guy Li Zicheng is famous for killing everything. Since Li Zicheng started his army, he has always been bright and straightforward. If you dare to resist, you will definitely be killed. Kill all.But this rule is not without exceptions. For example, Zhang Ruoqi, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Tang Tong, these two guys seem to be particularly appreciated by Li Zicheng.

But Li Zicheng is not pleasing to the left when he looks at Wu Sangui, and wrong to look at Wu Sangui from the right. In this way, Wu Sangui will be in trouble. Since Wu Sangui's military parade that day, the masses in Shanhaiguan have reacted strongly and held various forms of mass gatherings. Everyone said: Wu Sangui is really a strong man, loyal to the country, filial to his father, and righteous to the people. We all resolutely crowded He... before the meeting was over, everyone had already carried their bags, leaving the city in an endless stream, immigrating, wandering around indiscriminately, anyway, they would not play with Wu Sangui anymore.

As soon as the common people fled, Wu Sangui became anxious immediately, and sent troops to block them everywhere. At the same time, an emergency military meeting was held. There was only one topic to be discussed at the meeting: all the common people had fled, where should the troops go for dinner? Don't forget, Wu Sangui's army has not received a salary for a full fourteen months, and now that the common people flee again, it will only make things worse, making Wu Sangui's head bigger than a dustpan. Let me ask again, how many strategic materials are left in the treasury of Shanhaiguan?

There are poems to prove it: The warehouse is as clean as washing, and there are many households running around. There are fifty thousand people in Guan Liao, how about Geng Guihu? There is no excuse for the situation, and donations and losses are also collected. Let the alliance share the blood, and the scholars and the people will do their best. This poem is Wu Sangui's meeting minutes at that time.The meeting decided that if the common people had escaped, they were lucky, and if they did not escape, they would all go bankrupt.First, all the old backgrounds of the common people's homes were copied empty, and then all the common people were incorporated into the army and practiced every day.

Then Wu Sangui excitedly asked the audience: Everyone said, with our method, is there any drama? Everyone's loud answer: no play! It's really no play. Wu Sangui's misfortune is that he is a lone army with no backup and no rear. When a fight breaks out, every man who dies will be one less. When the soldiers are hungry, no one will escort him with food and grass. , If you lose, it will be completely over. What should I do? Only thinking about finding a helper. At this time, Wu Sangui was a lone army who had lost his country. He had to rely on one side, which was why he surrendered to Li Zicheng at the beginning.But now Li Zicheng insisted on killing him, so he had to find another way out.

So old badger Dorgon received that strange letter. Not long after this letter was sent, the rumble of cannons and dust was heard in the distance, and Li Zicheng had already rushed to kill him excitedly. Before reaching Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng could reach Yongping, and Li Zicheng looked up, his face was ashen for a moment, and he was shocked.