In Xi'an, Hong Chengchou's death made Wu Sangui's heart empty.
After the surrender of the Xi'an general Subai, the king of Xin, the king of Doni and the king of Heping County, Luo Keduo, and the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Li Guoying, fled to Tongguan, Wu Sangui was really full of ambition and wanted to wave his army to Tongguan, and set a good situation in a battle like Li Zicheng did back then.
Wu Sangui believed that as long as Tongguan was passed, the Central Plains and Beijing City would be in his pocket, and it would be impossible for the Manchurian Eight Banners, which had been heavily damaged by the Taiping army in Yangzhou, to resist his troops.
Regarding the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if he Wu Sangui was not clear more than ten years ago, now, he knows it very well.
The rise of the Taiping army in Guangdong and the loss of Nanjing were certainly important reasons for Wu Sangui's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, but the loss of Manchurian strength was also an important factor in his determination.
Doni and Luo Keduo's withdrawal from Guiyang made Wu Sangui completely see the true face of the so-called Manchurian Eight Banners, and they were also afraid of the soft and the hard, and they were also afraid.
On Wuhua Mountain in Kunming, Hong Chengchou set a strategic plan for Wu Sangui to enter Sichuan to take Shaanxi and enter the Central Plains in the east, and even Hong Chengchou's letter to Wu Sangui before his death was to let him quickly seize Tongguan and not stay in Shaanxi.
Because although Shaanxi and Gansu are large, the population and products are not abundant, which is not enough to support the 200,000 Wu army for a long time.
At the same time, the control area of the Wu army is like a long snake, and the traffic is very inconvenient, if the snake head cannot bite the vital point of the Qing court, the disadvantages of the long snake body will break out, and the consequences will be fatal to the Wu army.
However, months later, Wu Sangui was still in Xi'an, where nearly 100,000 elite Wu troops gathered, consuming a lot of grain and grass, and overdrawing the manpower and material resources of Shaanxi and Gansu, but there was no sign of eastward expansion.
His subordinates advised him countless times, but Wu Sangui always said that he was unsure of his determination to seize Tongguan.
The fatal flaw of Wu Sangui's hesitation was invisibly magnified after Hong Chengchou's death.
A few days ago, the Qing Dynasty's scholar Ma Leji came from Tongguan to persuade Wu Sangui that if he went north, the Qing Dynasty would swear to fight him to the death.
Xia Guoxiang, Ma Bao, Hu Guozhu and other generals of the Wu army naturally knew that Malerji was intimidating, because the defenders of Tongguan were only 20,000 or 30,000 people.
Hu Yuxuan and Fang Xianting, the two most important advisers of Wu Sangui, also advised Wu Sangui to quickly make up his mind and send troops to Tongguan, so as not to be confused by the bluff of the Qing Dynasty and repeat the tragedy of Zheng Sen under the city of Nanjing last year.
You must know that the later the Wu army marches into Tongguan, the more reinforcements Tongguan can get.
Wu Sangui still didn't make up his mind, he was not frightened by Maleji's words, but he felt that he really wanted to attack Tongguan, and if he went out of the Central Plains, the Qing Dynasty would definitely fight with him, which was likely to be cheaper Zhou Shixiang, who had already obtained Nanjing.
"The Qing court still has the strength to fight, and it is about the lives of 200,000 soldiers, and this king cannot be cautious."
When Fang Xianting came out of Wu Sangui disappointed, he saw Chen Yuanyuan, the prince's concubine.
The arrival of his concubine Chen Yuanyuan made Wu Sangui's mind finally feel a little more relaxed.
He took Chen Yuanyuan into his arms and looked at this red face lovingly.
Chen Yuanyuan, who is nearly forty years old, is still as beautiful as she was back then, and the years have not left a trace on her, even if her daughters are sixteen years old.
"Lord Wang."
Chen Yuanyuan saw Wu Sangui looking at himself stupidly, the same as when he first met, and said with a smile: "The prince has been looking at the foolish concubine for almost twenty years, why do you always look at the foolish concubine like this, has the foolish concubine changed?"
Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Yuanyuan hasn't changed at all, and it's precisely because you haven't changed that I like to look at you like this."
Yuanyuan can know, I never get tired of looking at your face."
Hearing her husband's love words, Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help blushing slightly, and said angrily: "The prince can't make fun of the foolish concubine anymore, the foolish concubine is already old, our daughters are sixteen years old, how can the foolish concubine still make people never get tired of looking at it."
Wu Sangui shook his head and said seriously: "Yuanyuan is really not old in my eyes, and it will never be old."
"Yes?"
What women like most is that they will never grow old when they are praised by men, and Chen Yuanyuan's face is rippling with a woman's unique hypocritical smile.
When Wu Sangui saw it, he couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, kissed Chen Yuanyuan gently, and then asked: "Yuanyuan, you and I are living day by day, why do I age fast and you age slowly?"
Chen Yuanyuan thought for a while and said, "That's because the prince always leads the army to fight, and his mind is much more moved, so he will naturally get old."
Yuanyuan never thinks about anything. ” "Is this the truth" Wu Sangui shook his head with a smile, "How does Yuanyuan's words seem to be saying that I am too keen on fame, but I don't care about you." ” "Maybe."
Chen Yuanyuan sighed slightly, her husband hadn't been with her like this for a long time.
Wu Sangui stroked Chen Yuanyuan's face: "I'm working hard outside, so that we can have a good ending in the future."
Who among the women in this world doesn't like her husband to become famous. ” "It stands to reason that women always like their men to be successful.
Although successful men tend to like the new and hate the old, women are in danger of being abandoned, but women still like men to be famous, but these women are all secular women, foolish concubines are not snobs, how can they care about whether the prince is successful or not, the foolish concubine just wants the prince to be safe and sound. ” "I know Yuanyuan's intentions, but now, it's hard for me to ride a tiger.
I am no longer the person I used to be, and I can't just think about myself now, I have to think about the soldiers under my command. ” "For the sake of the soldiers, is the prince going to be a traitor?"
"The world of the Qing Dynasty was originally taken from the Ming Dynasty, and the husband was originally a Ming minister, and now the husband has taken back the world for the Ming Dynasty, how can it be said to be a rebellion" "Yuanyuan doesn't understand these things, Yuanyuan only hopes that the prince can be well.
The prince in Yuanyuan's heart is a man who stands up to the sky and does what he says. ” This sentence made Wu Sangui stunned, and immediately ordered outward: "Please come over Mr.
Fang" Chen Yuanyuan was a little surprised by her husband's sudden move, but she knew that her husband must have something important, so she obediently retreated from the house.
After Fang Xianting received the summons from the prince, he hurried over, Wu Sangui motioned for him to sit down, and then pondered there without saying a word.
Seeing this, Fang Xianting knew that the prince was afraid that he had something important to explain, so he didn't open his mouth and sat there quietly.
After a long time, Wu Sangui suddenly asked: "Mr. thinks, can this king persuade Li Guoying to surrender" oshow7 t1706231537: