On the walls of Star City, the Guards soldiers on duty used telescopes to observe the surrounding areas vigilantly.
Suddenly, a stream of flags appeared from the distant horizon, followed by cavalry on foot.
He quickly but calmly blew the whistle.
The sharp whistle sounded one after another, and finally spread throughout Star City.
In the fortress-like palace, Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen heard the whistle, and their expressions changed.
Wang Chengen bowed to Zhu Youjian and said, "Your Majesty, this must be King Qin's army coming to pacify Xibo Wu Sangui."
Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "Let's go out and meet him right now."
Queen Zhou on the side dissuaded her and said: "Your Majesty, I think it would be better to inform Uncle Gui about this matter."
Zhu Youjian moved his lips and wanted to speak, but finally swallowed his words and walked out without saying a word, followed by Wang Chengen.
Wu Sangui rode out on horseback and shouted to the soldiers guarding this strange city.
Unexpectedly, the other party ignored him.
When Wu Sangui was about to get angry, a figure wearing a bright yellow robe appeared on the top of the city wall.
Although Wu Sangui had been mentally prepared, his heart palpitated when he saw this person.
He quickly jumped off his horse, knelt down and bowed: "I pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor."
Zhu Youjian, who was on the top of the city, said loudly: "Uncle Ping Xi, you are the one who brought troops to serve the king.
You can take back the capital from the hands of the intruders."
When Wu Sangui heard this, he thought that the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian must have been hiding in the walled city for a long time and did not understand the situation outside.
So he replied: "I have driven out the intruders in the capital.
I am here to welcome the Holy Emperor back to the palace.
Please return to the capital with me."
Zhu Youjian was overjoyed after hearing this.
Just as he was about to agree to Wu Sangui, a person appeared from behind him.
That person was Xia Hua, who had just returned from Beijing.
Xia Hua said to Wu Sangui: "Uncle Ping Xi, I recaptured the city of Beijing ten days ago.
Which capital city did you say we captured?
Could it be Nanjing?
But there are no thieves in Nanjing."
Wu Sangui's face turned red and white, and he cupped his hands to Xia Hua and said: "This is the uncle Gui Yi who rescued the Holy Emperor from the palace in danger.
I was greedy for a moment and took the credit of Uncle Gui Yi.
I am really ashamed.
Today, Uncle Ben has brought a large army to escort the Holy Queen back to the imperial city safely."
"But, how can you take on this responsibility after you have betrayed me?"
Xia Hua still said coldly.
"What nonsense are you talking about?
I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
The sun and the moon can tell me.
The intruder has a grudge against me for killing my father and taking my wife.
How can I surrender to him."
Wu Sangui roared angrily.
"But if you don't admit that you surrendered to the Tartars, you can prove it by taking off your helmet."
Zhu Youjian also looked frightened at this time.
Said: "Uncle Ping Xi, what Uncle Gui Yi said is true."
Wu Sangui continued to quibble and said: "Your Majesty, some time ago, bandits captured the city of Beijing.
When I returned to Shanhaiguan from Ningyuan for rescue, I heard that the city had been captured, that your majesty died for the country, and that the entire five northern provinces had fallen into the hands of thieves.
I am alone in guarding the city, and there are bandits in front and behind.
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It is impossible to protect myself.
How can I avenge my father?
It is impossible without the help of the power of the Tartars."
Xia Hua ruthlessly exposed his sophistry: "If it is true as you said, although your move to surrender to the Qing Dynasty was unwise, it was forced by the situation and excusable.
But you clearly knew from Wang Chengen that the Holy Spirit He is still alive, and the Holy One is protected by Uncle Ben and a group of soldiers who still love the Ming Dynasty.
The three guards of Tianjin are still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
Why did you surrender to the Tartars?
If you are worried that we are weak and not strong enough to resist the invaders, so you still have to borrow troops to enter the pass.
Then why have you deceived Your Majesty several times today?
Motive, this crime of deceiving the emperor alone is enough to punish you with death. " Wu Sangui originally wanted to lure Emperor Chongzhen out of the city and hang him with a bowstring, and then claimed that he had rescued Emperor Chongzhen, but Chongzhen died due to serious illness.
In this way, he can not only gain the reputation of loyalty, but also obtain the actual benefits that he can gain after the Tartars take over the Central Plains.
But now, Xia Hua has seen through his own thoughts, and it is no longer possible to use tricks to easily kill Emperor Chongzhen.
He can only use force.
"Send my military order and attack the city," Wu Sangui secretly ordered the surrounding generals.
Unexpectedly, some of the generals resisted with various reasons such as "the artillery team has not arrived", "it is difficult for the cavalry to attack the city", "there are no siege equipment", etc.
Some of them simply remained silent and turned a deaf ear.
Wu Sangui knew in his heart that this was due to the fact that Emperor Chongzhen's power was still there.
After all, Zhu Youjian had been the emperor for seventeen years.
Even though the country was in ruins during his reign, he had no personal faults in his moral character.
The imperial court also distributed military pay to Guan Ning's army day after day.
Although Guan Ning's army has now become his own private army, there is still some resistance to asking these officers to personally attack and kill Emperor Chongzhen.
Wu Sangui drew out his sword and shouted loudly: "It is said that this king's army has ordered that after the city is conquered, the whole city will be slaughtered.
The chickens and dogs will not be left behind, and then they will all be burned.
Anyone who does not obey the army's order will be killed."
Then the generals began to take action one after another.
Zhu Youjian, who was standing at the top of the city, was trembling with anger.
He pointed at Wu Sangui and said, "Wu Sangui, you are an unfaithful and unjust person."
Wu Sangui suddenly took off the bow and arrow from the saddle, bent the bow and nocked the arrow, and shot it towards Zhu Youjian as fast as thunder.
Wang Chengen, who was beside Zhu Youjian, suddenly flashed in front of Zhu Youjian, and the arrow pierced his chest in an instant.
"Kill" followed by Xia Hua's violent shout, followed by four or five gunshots.
Wu Sangui was shot three times and fell from the saddle.
There was sudden chaos in Guan Ning's army.
On the city wall, Emperor Chongzhen cried bitterly while holding the body of Wang Chengen, his only trusted servant who could be regarded as half of his family.
Xia Hua shouted to Guan Ningjun, who was overwhelmed by the darkness below the city: "I know that you were deceived by the Wu thieves, and you just surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.
Now that the Wu thieves are dead, I hope you and others will surrender immediately."
Those who are stubborn will be killed without mercy and the nine clans will be executed."
The generals under Wu Sangui looked at each other in confusion, and then some of them turned their horses one after another and walked out with their troops.
It was obvious that these people still wanted to join the Tartars.
Xia Hua made a gesture, and another burst of chaotic gunfire rang out.
Most of the generals of the Guan Ning Army who were about to leave were shot dead immediately and fell off their horses.
The soldiers surrounding them dispersed in a panic.
At this time, the generals of Guan Ning's army knew what the sharp firearms in the hands of Gui Yibo's "musketeers" meant, and Wu Sangui's death was definitely not caused by accidental gunshots.
The remaining generals of the Guan Ning Army immediately knelt down with their soldiers and said in unison: "We are willing to obey Uncle Gui Yi's order, serve the Ming Dynasty, and be loyal to the Holy One."
There were about 30,000 Guanning troops.
Except for 3,000 to 4,000 who were taken away by a very small number of generals who were unwilling to join Xia Hua and were able to escape, most of the rest were controlled by Xia Hua.
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Xia Hua did not activate them immediately, but left more than 20,000 troops in the acropolis of Tianjin Youwei for a week of training and reorganization.
A large number of Star City system officers were deployed
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