In Yutian County, Yongping Prefecture, flags were fluttering, spears and spears were like a forest, and groups of soldiers were walking on the road.
In the middle of the team, there are thousands of knights in armor, riding tall horses, each wearing a helmet and a sword.
Even the horses have armor on their faces and chests.
They are the famous Guan Ning cavalry.
Wu Sangui frowned and rode in the middle of the team.
At this moment, he was very confused about the unknown future.
As early as early March, when he was still stationed in Ningyuan City, he received an imperial edict from Chongzhen to order King Qin.
However, Ningyuan is the front line of the resistance against the Qing Dynasty.
In addition to its 40,000 troops, there are also 89,000 or 90,000 soldiers' families.
How can they just retreat?
If he led his troops and went to Beijing to serve the king, it would be tantamount to leaving his family and people to the Manchus.
However, as a general of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui naturally did not dare to disobey the emperor's imperial edict.
He immediately ordered the withdrawal from Ningyuan City on the day he received the imperial edict.
The army was stationed in Ningyuan, and the family members followed them to settle down in Ningyuan.
Even retreat was not that easy.
There were too many belongings and they were not willing to throw away anything.
It took more than half a month for 40,000 troops to protect 890,000 people.
They withdrew from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan and were stationed along the line from Shanhaiguan to Luanxian, Changli, Leting and Kaiping.
At this time, Wu Sangui had just joined the Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief, Gao Di.
Before he could go to Beijing, news came that the Dashun Army had captured Beijing.
He had no choice but to stay in Shanhaiguan and observe the situation.
For Wu Sangui at this moment, there is not much room for choice.
Outside the pass is the Manchu forces, while inside the pass has been occupied by the Dashun Army.
Forty to fifty thousand troops are trapped in Yongping Prefecture where Shanhaiguan is located.
Yongping Prefecture alone can basically Unable to support tens of thousands of troops, and without the support of the Ming court, the source of food and salary would also be lost.
The military rations would be exhausted in less than two months, leaving Wu Sangui with little time left.
In fact, for Wu Sangui now, there is only one choice, which is to surrender to Dashun, because his father Wu Xiang and his family of 34 fell into the hands of Li Zicheng in Beijing.
So when Bai Guangen led his troops to Shanhaiguan and brought Li Zicheng's surrender edict, and after seeing Li Zicheng's promise of father and son becoming marquises, Wu Sangui decisively decided to surrender.
So he left Shanhaiguan to Bai Guangen's department, and he and Gao Di led the army to Beijing in accordance with Li Zicheng's order.
According to Bai Guangen, Tang Tong, Jiang Quan, Niu Chenghu, Wang Chengyin, Zuo Guangxian, Chen Yongfu and other Ming generals all surrendered, and they were all highly used by Li Zicheng.
This is why Wu Sangui was willing to surrender to Li Zicheng.
However, no matter how important he was, he was not a direct descendant of Li Zicheng.
The cool days of being the commander-in-chief of a town were gone forever, Wu Sangui sighed to himself.
"General" hurriedly came from the front.
The knight ran to the side of Wu Sangui's horse, leaned over and whispered softly into Wu Sangui's ear.
Before he finished hearing the words, Wu Sangui's face changed drastically.
"Send the order, the whole army stops advancing and rest on the spot" Wu Sangui ordered sternly.
Following his order, the 50,000-strong army slowly stopped.
"Speak slowly and make it clear."
Hundreds of knights dispersed and formed a large circle.
Wu Sangui in the circle looked at the person with a pale face and ordered in a deep voice.
"General, I have been arrested by Li Zicheng.
Our residence in Beijing has been raided.
Dashunquan General Liu Zongmin ordered the old soldier to be tortured and demanded 200,000 taels of silver.
When I escaped, I had already been beaten to the point of vomiting blood by Liu Zongmin.
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Even the young mistress was snatched away by Liu Zongmin, and it is said that she became Liu Zongmin's concubine," the general said with his head lowered and weeping.
"Father" Wu Sangui suddenly knelt on the ground, "Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, you insulted my father, took away my woman, and yet you still want me to surrender to you, you are really bullying me too much."
Wu Sangui pointed to the west and cursed fiercely.
Just a moment ago, he was still thinking about how to gain a foothold in the new dynasty, but in the blink of an eye, he was given a bucket of cold water.
What kind of sage master or wise new king can't even save his family's wealth?
Even if he arrives in Beijing according to Li Zicheng's order, what will happen to him?
Thinking again of the beautiful and fragrant concubine Chen Yuanyuan, being graced by Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng and others, Wu Sangui's heart was bleeding, and a surge of anger rushed straight to his forehead.
Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng, I, Wu Sangui, are at odds with you.
"General, what's wrong?"
Deputy General Yang Kun, guerrilla general Guo Yunlong, aides Li Yousong, Liu Tailin, Gao Xuan and others came in a hurry and asked Wu Sangui.
Before it was time to camp, the army suddenly stopped.
Something must have happened.
"Why don't you go to Beijing?
Turn around and return to Shanhaiguan," Wu Sangui said coldly.
"Ah" everyone was shocked.
"Mr.
Li, go and ask General Gao to come and tell him that I want to discuss something with him."
Wu Sangui said to Li Yousong first.
Li Yousong nodded, without asking any further questions, mounted his horse and headed towards the rear.
"Yang Kun, Guo Yunlong, you two and your cavalry are ready immediately.
When Gao Di first arrives, you will lead your troops and set off to surround Gao Di's troops."
Wu Sangui continued.
Yang Kun and Guo Yunlong looked at each other, clasped their fists and left.
On the same day, Wu Sangui placed Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief Gao Di under house arrest, annexed Gaodi's 10,000 troops, and then led the army back to Shanhaiguan to launch an attack on Bai Guangen who was caught off guard.
Bai Guangen's army had less than 10,000 people.
Facing the sudden return of Wu Sangui's 50,000 troops, they were unable to resist.
They were forced to withdraw from Shanhaiguan and led the remaining troops to station in Yishi.
He immediately sent people 600 miles away to rush to Beijing to confront Li Zicheng.
Report the news.
Li Zicheng was extremely shocked when he learned that Wu Sangui had surrendered and rebelled again.
He ordered Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui's father, to be released and appeased.
He also ordered Wu Xiang to write a letter to Wu Sangui to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender.
At the same time, he ordered the convening of the Gyeonggi army to prepare for the counter-rebellion. .
The main force of the Dashun Army in Beijing is only more than 60,000.
In addition, Zhang Nai's cavalry and Liu Fangliang's right battalion are encircling and suppressing Chen Yue's troops in Tianjin.
Li Zicheng no longer cared about chasing Chen Yue and ordered Liu Fangliang and Zhang Nai to lead their troops back to Beijing quickly.
Compared with Wu Sangui's 50,000 Guan Ning army, Chen Yue's 2 to 3,000 troops were scabies, even if Chen Yue's army carried the dog emperor Chongzhen.
Because it is not terrible for Chen Yue to take Chongzhen to the south, the Dashun army has an overwhelming psychological advantage over the Ming Dynasty army.
Wu Sangui's 50,000 troops are just three hundred miles away from Beijing.
They pose a great threat to Beijing and must be wiped out quickly.
In Jinghai, Liu Fangliang received a report from Wuyi County and discovered that Chen Yue's tribe was heading south via Wuyi County.
Before he sent out troops to pursue, he received Li Zicheng's order to withdraw his troops, and had no choice but to give up the pursuit
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