851 sent a letter to Wu Sangui

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On the square in front of the Liancheng Mansion, the screams of Duoduo and Agu Yang rang for a whole day and a night, and in the end, the two of them couldn't stop shouting.

At the same time, the execution of Master Wu and Master Zhang lasted for three days.

In the end, Master Zhang, with the assistance of his disciples, spent two and a half days peeling off the whole human skin of Agu Yang.

And what's even more amazing is that at this time, Agu Yang still has a faint breath, and it hasn't died yet.

When Master Zhang carried a whole human skin of Agu sheep, accompanied by Zhou Dazhu, came to meet Li Zixiao.

When Li Zixiao saw Master Zhang carrying, the bloody and complete human skin, and showing it to Li Zixiao, Li Zixiao couldn't hold back anymore and vomited.

"Take it, take it, take it away, it's disgusting."

Li Zixiao leaned down next to the seat, vomiting vigorously, and waved his hand to Master Zhang below.

Li Zixiao can be regarded as having seen a lot of killings and life and death, but it is the first time he has seen a complete human skin that has just been peeled off, not to mention how disgusting.

"Yes, Master Hou."

Originally, he also planned to show the human skin and introduce Master Zhang to Li Zixiao to introduce his proud masterpiece.

Seeing Li Zixiao couldn't help vomiting again, and when he waved his hand again and again, he also responded helplessly, and then put away the human skin.

"Forehead ......"

Even Master Zhang below, when he put away the human skin, Li Zixiao couldn't help but gag when he looked back at him.

"Master Hou, the general outside hasn't breathed yet, do you want to go out and check it yourself?"

At this time, Master Zhang said to Li Zixiao excitedly.

"Forehead ......"

Hearing Master Zhang's words, Li Zixiao suddenly thought of the outside, and at this time, there was a skinned Agu sheep hanging from him, and he couldn't help vomiting again.

"Forget it, Ben Hou won't go to see it, Zhou Dazhu, you can go out and check it on behalf of Ben Hou."

Li Zixiao waved his hand, rejected Master Zhang's request, and said to Zhou Dazhu below.

At this time, Zhou Dazhu's face was not very good-looking.

Because just now when he was outside, when he saw Master Zhang peel off a whole piece of human skin from Agu Sheep, he almost threw up.

"Yes, Master Hou."

At this time, after Zhou Dazhu heard Li Zixiao's order, he also responded with a dark face.

Immediately, Zhou Dazhu turned around and went out, and it didn't take long for him to come back.

"Master Hou, my subordinates have checked it, and the Agu sheep outside has just lost his breath, and Master Zhang is not lying."

Zhou Dazhu reported to Li Zixiao.

"Good, good. Master Zhang, you have done an excellent job of Ben Hou's instructions, and Ben Hou will naturally fulfill his promise.

Quartz, hand over the honorarium to Master Zhang. ”

Li Zixiao said to the quartz behind him.

After Quartz heard Li Zixiao's words, he took a wooden plate covered with red cloth from the hand of a White Dragon Army guard behind him and walked to Master Zhang below.

Master Zhang excitedly lifted the red cloth, and there were four large silver ingots of fifty taels on the wooden plate between them, a full two hundred taels of silver.

"These are two hundred taels of silver, a bounty for you."

"Thank you for the reward, long live the Hou Ye."

When Master Zhang saw so much silver for the first time, he knelt down excitedly and kowtowed to Li Zixiao several times.

"Alright, get up.

In a few days, there will be a group of ships returning to Haizhou, and you will be able to return by boat.

Now, you can take the bounty and go down.

By the way, leave that human skin behind. ”

Li Zixiao said with a smile.

"Yes, Master Hou, the old man has retired.

If Master Hou has such an errand next time, just send someone to inform the old man. ”

Before Master Zhang left, he didn't forget to advertise himself, and then handed over the wooden box containing Agu sheep's skin to Zhou Dazhu next to him, and then took his disciples and left.

On the square outside the palace, the hanging corpse of the Agu sheep that had been stripped of its skin was bloody, and it was blown by the wind, and it was all dried up, which was extremely miserable.

The surrounding onlookers had already dispersed, leaving pools of vomit around, and those people couldn't stand such a cruel scene.

At the same time, the people of Liancheng were hired by the White Dragon Army to transport the corpses of those Tartars who had been cut in half to be buried outside the city.

On the night of the second day of the execution, Zhou Dazhu came to report to Li Zixiao that Duoduo was dead.

In the end, Duoduo still didn't make it to the third day, and when he was cut three thousand and nine knives by Master Wu, he choked his breath.

"Okay, I got it.

Let Master Wu continue the execution until he has cut 4,000 knives. ”

Li Zixiao said to Zhou Dazhu.

"In addition, tomorrow the Japanese Marquis will leave for Jinzhou.

When the time comes, you will bring the heads of the Tartars, and the heads of Duoduo and the Agu sheep, and the people of the Agu sheep on their belts, and bring them to the Golden State.

When he arrived in Golden State, Benhou was to give the head of Duoduo, the skin of the Agu sheep, and all the Tartar heads to Dorgon and Haug.

When the time comes, Ben Hou believes that they will definitely like this gift that Ben Hou gave them. ”

"Yes, Master Hou, my subordinates remember."

On the third day of the execution, Master Wu finally finished cutting the 4,000 knives, and this is the end of the execution.

Immediately, Li Zixiao took Zhou Dazhu, Wu Beiwang and other generals of the White Dragon Army to set off for Jinzhou and arrived in Jinzhou half a day later.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also asked Li Sheng to be responsible for the reconstruction of Nanguan City and Liancheng, relocate people from other places, and complete the reconstruction of the two cities as soon as possible.

"See Master Hou."

After Li Zixiao arrived in Jinzhou, the guards of the White Dragon Army in Jinzhou City took the initiative to go out of the city to greet him.

However, Liu Chong was not in Jinzhou City at this time, but on the defensive line of the large and small black mountain fortress groups further north, resisting the offensive of the Tartar armies of Dolgon and Hauge.

"Where's Liu Chong?"

"Back to the Hou Ye, the general led the army to the Great Black Mountain a day ago."

"Okay, got it."

After Li Zixiao heard that Liu Chong's army had gone to the Great Black Mountain, he knew that Liu Chong was ready to counterattack Dolgon and Hauge's army.

Immediately, Li Zixiao temporarily stayed in Jinzhou to learn about the battle situation in the north of the big and small black mountains.

"Back to the Hou Ye, after several days of fierce battles, the tens of thousands of soldiers of our army stationed in the Great Black Mountain firmly held the defensive line and did not let the Tartars conquer it.

Among them, eighteen fortresses in the main fortress group of the Great Black Mountain were unharmed, and only seven small fortresses on the northernmost periphery were conquered by the Tartars.

After several days of fighting, the casualties of our defenders in the Great Black Mountain were not very large.

On the contrary, it was the Tartars who attacked, and the losses far exceeded ours. ”

Listening to a general of the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao couldn't help but nod his head for a more detailed introduction to the battle situation in the Great Black Mountain.

Liu Chong and Zhou Dazhu spent more than two years of hard work to build the defense line of this fortress group in the north of Jinzhou, which is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This time, let alone the Tartars coming to attack, even if Li Zixiao leads the White Dragon Army, in the face of those fortresses built on the mountains, if you want to conquer them, you will have to pay a heavy price for casualties.

A strong fortress, in this era when firearms were just being developed on a large scale, was definitely a defensive weapon.

The stupidest way to deal with this kind of fortress is to storm it.

The most correct way to deal with it is to besiege it.

It's a pity that the siege countermeasures at this time are not feasible on these fortresses of the Great and Small Black Mountains.

On the one hand, it is due to the fact that the Tartars do not have so much time, and on the other hand, it is due to the special terrain of the Great and Small Black Mountains.

"Okay, Ben Hou believes in Liu Chong and believes that he will bring good news to Ben Hou.

Zhou Dazhu, you take Wu Beiwang, Qin Hu and them, rush to Daheishan to support Liu Chong.

By the way, he also brought the gifts that Benhou had prepared for Dolgon and Hauge.

Find a suitable time and send it to Dolgon and Hauge, and Ben Hou will tell them that whoever kills my Ming people will pay for it with blood. ”

Immediately, Li Zixiao instructed Zhou Dazhu.

Li Zixiao rushed to Jinzhou this time, and he did not intend to personally command the White Dragon Army and prepare for the battle with Dolgon and Hauge in the north of the Great Black Mountain.

After all, Li Zixiao didn't know much about the situation in Jinzhou, and it was most appropriate for Liu Chong, the commander of the Zhenliao Army, to command this battle.

Moreover, Li Zixiao has to believe in his subordinates and believe that they can win.

Immediately, Li Zixiao stayed in Jinzhou temporarily, and at the same time summoned Leng Feng and asked him to use the intelligence network outside the customs to find out as much as possible the specific situation of the various Tatar armies at this time.

Li Zixiao stayed in Jinzhou from July 17 to July 20, and Leng Feng also collected enough information about the Tartar army from all over the border one after another.

"Master Hou, according to the report of some of the spies we have planted in the Eight Banners of the Tartar Han, in the past half a month, the Tartars have frequently mobilized their troops.

In addition to the Yellow Banner of the Tartars who stayed in Shengjing, and the Yellow Banner of the Han Army who guarded the periphery of Shengjing, the two divisions of men and horses.

The rest of the Tartar Seven Banners and the other Seven Banners of the Han Eight Banners were all transferred.

Among them, the four banners led by Dolgon and Hauge, with a total of 780,000 horses, went south to attack our Golden State.

In addition, the rest of the Tartar army basically moved towards the Songjin area, and it seems that it was commanded by the Tartar Prince Zheng Jierharang.

Not only that, but on the northern grassland, the Mongolian Eight Banners are also ready to move, and they are also gathering their troops during this time, obviously with the intention of going south. ”

Leng Feng reported the information he had discovered in the past few days to Li Zixiao.

"Well, the situation is similar to what Ben Hou thought.

Tartar obviously also received the situation in the country, and knew that Li Zicheng wanted to send troops to attack the capital.

If Ben Hou's prediction is correct, when Li Zicheng attacks the capital, it will be the day when the Tartars knock on the pass again.

Only this time, the Tartars obviously wanted to completely take Shanhaiguan and break through the last obstacle to their southward movement. ”

After listening to Leng Feng's words, Li Zixiao nodded, the situation was not much different from what he expected.

"Then Master Hou, what should we do now?

You can't sit back and watch the Tartars attack Shanhaiguan, do you want to send someone to remind Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan! ”

Leng Feng said.

"It's still necessary to remind, Ben Hou will write a letter later, and you will send someone to Shanhaiguan secretly and hand it over to Wu Sangui."

"Yes, Master Hou."

Subsequently, Li Zixiao wrote a letter and handed it to Leng Feng and asked him to take it to Wu Sangui.

"Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui, it depends on how you choose this time?

If you choose the right one, you may be able to go down in history, but if you still choose the wrong one, you can only continue to sten thousand years old. ”

Looking at Leng Feng, who had taken away his letter, Li Zixiao whispered to himself.

At this time, Li Zixiao certainly didn't want to see Wu Sangui surrender to the Tartars, open the Shanhai Pass, and let the Tartar army enter the customs smoothly.

If Wu Sangui resolutely refuses to surrender the Tartars, he will defend Shanhaiguan to the death.

Even if the Tartars raised the strength of the whole country to attack, with the strength in Wu Sangui's hands, coupled with the easy defense and difficult attack of Shanhaiguan, it was enough for him to hold on to Shanhaiguan for a long time.

As long as Wu Sangui can hold on to Shanhaiguan for two or three months, Li Zixiao will be sure that after Li Zicheng conquers the capital, he will quickly eliminate them.

Historically, before Li Zicheng did not conquer the capital, Wu Sangui had no rebellion and did not surrender to the Tartars.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui faced two choices, one was to surrender to the Tartars, and the other was to join Li Zicheng.

In the end, Wu Sangui chose Tartar.

It has always been rumored in folk history that Wu Sangui surrendered to the Tartars because Liu Zongmin occupied his concubine Chen Yuanyuan, which made Wu Sangui surrender to the Tartars in anger.

This is definitely one-sided, and definitely not the main reason.

How could a tyrant like Wu Sangui easily make such an important decision for the sake of a woman.

The real reason that prompted Wu Sangui to surrender to Tartar was that he felt that the benefits of surrendering Tartar far exceeded his surrender to Li Zicheng.

Moreover, more importantly, Wu Sangui, as a general of the Ming Dynasty and a prominent family, felt incompatible with Li Zicheng, a rebel who rebelled against him.

Even, in Wu Sangui's heart, he looked down on Li Zicheng and these anti-thieves.

Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng represent two completely different interest classes.

Wu Sangui was worried that if he surrendered to Li Zicheng, he was afraid that the end would not be very good, but the conditions proposed by the Tartars to induce him to surrender were extremely lenient.

At the same time, in that era, when Li Zicheng broke through the capital and forced Chongzhen to death, the loyal courtiers left by the entire Ming Dynasty took it as their duty to oppose Li Zicheng and avenge Chongzhen.

Even Wu Sangui is no exception, because only by opposing Li Zicheng can he show his loyalty to the former lord Chongzhen, which is the right thing to do.

Just look at the Southern Ming Dynasty at that time, even after the Tartars entered the customs, they joined forces with the Tartars to deal with the Dashun Army together.

Even Chongzhen's heirs, as well as those officials in Nanming, hated Li Zicheng more strongly than Tatar.

After all, for Chongzhen's heirs, Li Zicheng and them are enemies of killing their fathers, and they don't share the sky.

At that time, people's vision had huge limitations after all, and it could not be compared with Li Zixiao, a later generation.

Only Li Zixiao knows what kind of disaster Tatar brought to China after he entered the Central Plains, and people in this era don't know.

But in this time and space, the appearance of Li Zixiao has made a huge change in the situation in Daming at this time.

In addition to the choice between Tartar and Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui can also have one more choice, Li Zixiao.

In the letter that Li Zixiao sent to Wu Sangui again, he gave him a high bargaining chip, and at the same time chose several other paths for him.

just hopes that Wu Sangui will not take the road of surrendering to the Tartars, as for whether he can succeed, Li Zixiao is not sure.

(End of chapter)