In Yutian County, Yongping Prefecture, flags are unfurled, guns and spears are like forests, and teams of soldiers are walking on the avenue.

In the middle of the team, there are thousands of ironclad knights, straddle high-headed horses, each helmet and armor are fully armed, and even the face and chest of the war horse are hung with iron armor, which is the prestigious Guanning iron horse.

Wu Sangui frowned tightly and rode in the center of the team, at this moment he was very confused about the unknown future.

As early as the beginning of March, when he was still holding on to Ningyuan City, he received a holy decree from Chongzhen ordering King Qin. However, Ning Yuan was at the forefront of the resistance against the Qing Dynasty, and in addition to the 40,000 troops under him, there were also the families of 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers. If he led his troops and went to King Qin in Beijing, 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 not listen to the emperor's holy decree, and ordered to withdraw from Ningyuan City on the day he received the holy decree. The army was stationed in Ningyuan, and the family members followed to settle down in Ningyuan, even if it was not so easy to retreat, there were too many belongings and they were reluctant to throw anything, 40,000 troops protected 80,000 or 90,000 people, and it took more than half a month to withdraw from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, stationed in Shanhaiguan to Luanxian, Changli, Leting, Kaiping line.

At this time, Wu Sangui had just joined up with the Gao Di Division, the general army of Shanhaiguan, and before he could go to King Qin, the news of the capture of Beijing by the Dashun army had already arrived, and he had no choice but to garrison Shanhaiguan to observe the movements.

And for Wu Sangui at this moment, there is not much choice at all, outside the pass is the power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, inside the pass has been occupied by the Dashun army, forty or fifty thousand troops are trapped in the Yongping Mansion where the Shanhaiguan Pass is located, only Yongping Mansion can not support tens of thousands of troops, and lost the support of the Ming court, the source of food and salary will be lost, and the military food will be exhausted in less than two months, leaving Wu Sangui with little time.

In fact, for the current Wu Sangui, there is only one choice, which is to surrender Dashun, because his father Wu Xiang and the whole family of 34 fell into the hands of Li Zicheng in Beijing.

Therefore, when Bai Guangen led his troops to Shanhaiguan and brought Li Zicheng's edict of surrender, after seeing Li Zicheng's promise of father and son, Wu Sangui decisively decided to surrender. So he left Shanhaiguan to Bai Guangen's department, and he and Gao Di took the army to Beijing according to Li Zicheng's order.

According to Bai Guangen, Tang Tong, Jiang Huang, Niu Chenghu, Wang Chengyin, Zuo Guangxian, Chen Yongfu and other Ming generals all surrendered, and they were all reused by Li Zicheng, which is also the reason why Wu Sangui was willing to surrender Li Zicheng. However, no matter how much it is reused, it is not Li Zicheng's descendant, the chic days of being the chief soldier of a town are gone forever, Wu Sangui sighed secretly.

"General!" A horse hurriedly ran from the front, the knight ran to the side of Wu Sangui's horse, leaned over and whispered softly in Wu Sangui's ear, and before he finished speaking, Wu Sangui's face changed greatly.

"Give the order to go down, the whole army will stop advancing and rest on the spot!" Wu Sangui ordered sharply, and with his order, the army of 50,000 slowly stopped.

"You speak slowly, speak clearly!" Hundreds of pro-soldiers and knights dispersed, isolating a large circle, and Wu Sangui looked at the person with a blue face in the circle, and ordered in a deep voice.

"General, the master has been arrested by Li Zicheng, our mansion in Beijing has been raided, the general Liu Zongmin of Dashunquan ordered to torture the old soldier and asked for 200,000 taels of silver, when I escaped, the master had been beaten by Liu Zongmin and vomited blood. Even, even the young grandmother was taken away by Liu Zongmin, and it is said that she became Liu Zongmin's concubine. The family general hung his head and said with tears in his eyes.

"Daddy!" Wu Sangui fell to his knees all of a sudden, "Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, you bullied my father and snatched my woman, but you still want me to surrender to you, it is really too deceitful!" ”

Wu Sangui pointed to the west and scolded sharply. Just now, he was still thinking about how to gain a foothold in the new dynasty, and in the blink of an eye, he was given a bucket of cold water. What Lord of the Sages? What is the new king? I can't even preserve my family's wealth, even if I arrive in Beijing according to Li Zicheng's orders, what will happen to him?

Thinking of Chen Yuanyuan, the concubine of the national color and Tianxiang, who was tactfully acknowledging Huan under the crotch of Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng and others, Wu Sangui's heart was dripping blood, and a wave of anger rushed straight to his head. Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng, I, Wu Sangui, and you don't share the sky!

"General, what's wrong?" Adjutant General Yang Kun, guerrilla general Guo Yunlong, staff members Li Yousong, Liu Tailin, Gao Xuan, and others hurriedly came and asked Wu Sangui. Before it was time to camp, suddenly the army stopped, something must have happened.

"What's wrong? Don't go to Beijing, turn around and return to Shanhaiguan! Wu Sangui said coldly.

"Ahh Everyone was shocked.

"Mr. Li, if you go and invite General Gao to come, you will say that I want to discuss with him." Wu Sangui said to Li Yousong first.

Li Yousong nodded, didn't ask much, rode his war horse and walked towards the rear.

"Yang Kun, Guo Yunlong, the two of you will prepare immediately with the cavalry of the department, and when the first Gao comes, you will lead the troops to set off and surround the first department." Wu Sangui continued.

Yang Kun and Guo Yunlong glanced at each other and walked away with their fists clenched.

On the same day, Wu Sangui placed Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, under house arrest, annexed the 10,000 troops of Gao Di's department, and then led the army back to Shanhaiguan and launched an attack on Bai Guangen, who was caught off guard.

Bai Guangen's army was less than 10,000 people, and in the face of the sudden return of Wu Sangui's 50,000 troops, he was unable to resist at all, so he was forced to withdraw from Shanhaiguan, led the remnants to be stationed in a stone, and immediately sent people to rush 600 li to Beijing to report to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was extremely shocked to learn that Wu Sangui had surrendered and rebelled, and ordered Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang to be released and appeased, and ordered Wu Xiang to write a letter to Wu Sangui to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender, and at the same time, ordered to gather the Gyeonggi army and prepare for counterinsurgency.

The main force of the Dashun army in Beijing was only more than 60,000, and Zhang Nai's cavalry and Liu Fangliang's right battalion were encircling and suppressing Chen Yue's troops in Tianjin. Li Zicheng couldn't care about chasing Chen Yue anymore, so he ordered Liu Fangliang and Zhang Nai to quickly lead their troops back to Beijing. Compared with Wu Sangui's 50,000 Guan Ning army, Chen Yue's 2,000 or 3,000 army is the disease of scabies, even if Chen Yue's army carries the dog emperor Chongzhen.

Because it was not terrible for Chen Yue to run to the south with Chongzhen, the Dashun army had an overwhelming psychological advantage over the Ming Dynasty army. Wu Sangui's 50,000 troops were 300 miles away from Beijing, posing a great threat to Beijing and must be quickly annihilated.

In Jinghai, Liu Fangliang got a report from Wuyi County and found that Chen Yuebu was going south through Wuyi County. Before he could send troops to pursue, he received Li Zicheng's order to withdraw his troops, and he had no choice but to give up the pursuit.