Wu Sangui controlled more than 50,000 Guanning troops, and his strength was too strong, and the Qing court was naturally not at ease, so he found some excuses and sent a thousand-strong Eight Banners Army to accompany him.

In order to get money and food from the Qing court, and in order to reassure Dolgon, Guan Ningjun also acquiesced to the Eight Banners sent by the Qing court to monitor them.

In this way, the Qing court was relieved that the Guanning army could obtain military salaries and materials, and they got along very well.

It's just that this time Gao Yihuan proposed that the Guanning army must be cleared and eliminated, which decided the tragic fate of the Eight Banners.

Wu Sangui left these Eight Banners in Baocheng and asked them to contain Zhang Xianzhong, saying that if the Guanning Army wanted to recapture Guanzhong, it was necessary to block Zhang Xianzhong.

The generals of the Eight Banners were loyal to the Qing Dynasty and accepted the important task of Wu Sangui.

Zhang Xianzhong always paid attention to Wu Sangui's movements, and found that there was a change in the Guanning army, thinking that Li Dingguo had succeeded in attacking Xi'an, and suddenly there was a burst of ecstasy, and he immediately dispatched troops to attack and pursue the Guanning army.

When the Western Army entered Baocheng, it was blocked by more than 1,000 Eight Banner soldiers, and Zhang Xianzhong sent troops to attack from all sides.

The Eight Banners relied on the city walls, trenches, and accurate archery, giving the Western Army great damage, killing the red-eyed Zhang Xianzhong launched a sea charge, nearly 10,000 soldiers attacked, the Eight Banners resisted desperately, held on for three days, and finally was completely annihilated by the Western Army, and none of them left.

Zhang Xianzhong pulled out Baocheng, was about to continue to march north, ready to fight all the way into Guanzhong, but the north was rolling iron hooves, tens of thousands of Guanning iron cavalry suddenly killed, the western army was caught off guard and was defeated, Zhang Xianzhong was hit by an arrow, fled back to Nanzheng.

At dusk, Wu Sangui arrived in Baocheng, the air was still filled with the pungent smell of blood, and the smoke was billowing in the city.

In the open space in front of the city gate, nearly a thousand corpses, covered with white cloths, were neatly placed together.

Wu Sangui rode a horse and galloped, turned over and dismounted, and a group of generals of the Guanning Army greeted him one after another.

Niu Jinxing took Wu Sangui's horsewhip, led Wu Sangui to the rows of corpses, and said bitterly: "Lord Wang, the Eight Banner soldiers who held on to Baocheng were all killed!" ”

Xia Guoxiang lifted a piece of white cloth, "Lord Wang, this person is Bei Zi Shangshan, the second son of Beile Fei Yangwu." He fought tenaciously and heroically! ”

Wu Sangui looked at the corpse that was cut into bloody flesh, solemnly took off his helmet, and said bitterly: "It's a man!" ”

The generals of the Guanning Army outside the city gate also took off their helmets and greeted the Eight Banners who died in battle, and the scene was solemn.

Wu Sangui glanced at the corpses all over the ground, took the helmet back to his head, turned his head and whispered to Niu Jinxing: "Master Niu, you deal with it, throw these corpses to Gao Yihuan, and urge Wei Wujun by the way, the grain and grass must keep up!" ”

Niu Jinxing hurriedly saluted, "Don't worry, the prince!" ”

Wu Sangui turned over and got on the horse, Niu Jinxing handed over the horsewhip, and after he took it, he immediately clamped the horse's belly, raised the horsewhip, and shouted: "The whole army rushed straight to Nanzheng!" ”

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Xi'an City, the Governor's Palace, in the temporary festival hall, Gao Yihuan sat on the handsome seat with a golden sword, listening to the reports of many soldiers and staff.

Zhao Daxian stood up and said: "Dashuai, Tongguan and Pujin Pass have been taken, and in the entire Guanzhong, only Yan'an City is still resisting!" ”

Gao Yihuan touched his majesty, "Yan'an must be taken as soon as possible." After the beginning of spring, Ben Shuai didn't want to have the Qing army in Guanzhong! ”

Zhao Daxian immediately clenched his fists, "I understand that I will send someone to urge the siege!" ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, and then Li Yan stood up again and said, "Dashuai, most of the states and counties in Guanzhong have surrendered. After checking the next file, not counting Gansu and other places, our newly acquired population has more than 3.5 million. If you add Gansu and northern Shaanxi, the population should be more than 4.5 million! ”

In the early years of Chongzhen, Shaanxi had a population of more than 8 million, and at this time, there were no 5 million people in the entire Guanzhong area, and almost one of the two died, and the situation can be said to be quite miserable.

Huguang has a population of about 15 million, of which more than 8 million belong to Gao Yihuan, more than 3 million in southern Henan, and more than 4 million in Guanzhong, making the total population under Wei Wujun's rule more than 15 million.

Although there is a huge gap between this and the Ming Dynasty, it has narrowed the distance with the population under the Manchu rule.

According to Li Yan's estimates, the area occupied by the Manchus, including the slaves and savages outside the Guan, should be only more than 25 million.

However, if the Qing army occupied Jiangbei, the population controlled by the Manchus would definitely exceed 30 million.

Now for Gao Yihuan, population is a resource, he groaned slightly, and said: "Mr. Li, it is imperative to restore peace in Guanzhong as soon as possible to ensure that these more than 4.5 million people can survive and produce." ”

Li Yan nodded, but said: "Dashuai, to restore order in Guanzhong and rule so many states, counties and people, our system must be built!" There are so many degraded officials, there are seven rank magistrates, there are two or three rank three department officials, and there are military generals and two rank generals, their grades are so high, if according to our official positions, all of them will be demoted, they will inevitably be dissatisfied, which is not conducive to the stability of Guanzhong. If we let them stay put, we'll be uncomfortable ourselves! ”

This is indeed a problem, and the people sent to contact Li Guo and Gao Yigong also brought back news, and there was no progress in the negotiations.

Although Li Guo sent troops to reinforce him, he was hesitant to return to Gao Yihuan and become Gao Yihuan's subordinate.

Li Guo and Gao Yigong's large group of counts and marquis of the Dashun Dynasty, Gao Yihuan's identity, he can't give a good official position, and it is indeed not easy to surrender, and they don't know whether Gao Yihuan is the lackey of the Ming Dynasty, surrendering for the Ming Dynasty, or he surrenders himself, so the matter is deadlocked.

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, "What suggestions do you have for a few gentlemen?" ”

Chen Mingxia said: "Dashuai, it's time to call Wang Jianfan!" Establish a vassal state, the marshal is the king, and the following can be raised, and the problem of official position will be solved! ”

Gao Yihuan rubbed his hands, "I'm afraid this Nanjing won't be happy!" ”

Chen Mingxia said: "First cut and then play, the handsome first called the king, and then sent someone to Nanjing to ask for the seal, with the current situation in Nanjing, the promise is naturally happy, if you don't agree, what can you do?" ”

Gao Yihuan groaned slightly, if he didn't rise, his subordinates wouldn't be promoted, besides, if he took Guanzhong, he wanted to rule such a vast area, and it was time to be the king.

"Good! This matter will be handled by Mr. Chen! Gao Yihuan moved his buttocks, his face flushed a little, "What's that~ Mr. Chen wrote an excerpt for Gu, please seal the King of Wei!" ”

According to the rules, it should be repeated and persuaded by subordinates, but Gao Dashuai is not humble at all, which is cheeky and called "lonely".

Chen Mingxia suddenly shook his robe, walked to the middle, knelt on the ground, and bowed down, "Minister, meet the king!" ”

When he raised his head after worshipping, he was already in tears.

Many civil and military officers in the hall reacted, and Zhao Daxian immediately walked to the middle to bow down, and said excitedly: "The minister greets the king!" ”

"What's that~" For a while, Gao Yihuan was a little at a loss, he had no experience in being a king, raised his hand, and said with a smile, "Everyone is flat!" ”

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