Song Xiance replied: "Your Majesty, there are no absolutes in the world, enemies can become allies, allies can also become enemies, and everything can't bypass the word 'profit'." ”

Li Zicheng frowned and said: "Lone originally thought that the Marquis of Pingnan rashly appeared in Jingshi, although he had bad intentions, but he would not be the enemy of my Dashun, listening to Mr. Song say this, Lone thought things too well?" ”

"Not bad. Although the minister has not seen this Marquis of Pingnan, he has been famous for a long time. This person is rampant and arrogant, and he thinks very highly of himself, not ordinary people can surrender, even if the emperor occupies the capital and sits on the dragon chair, he may not be able to make him surrender willingly......"

Li Zicheng reminded: "This lonely person is mentally prepared. However, when the Marquis of Pingnan funded the Dashun army to go north, he had already put forward conditions: he did not want to continue to work for the Ming Dynasty, but he did not want to bear the infamy of betrayal, as long as he overthrew the imperial court, he was willing to take the Yangtze River as the boundary and divide the world equally. Lone never thought of making him surrender......"

"Hmm...... It seems that the only thing that can restrain him is word of mouth and reputation, this person cherishes feathers, but a martial artist has the hypocrisy ......of a literati," Song Xiance nodded, "Even so, the Ming Emperor is dead, and what he fears no longer exists, the emperor must be careful that the other party crosses the river and demolishes the bridge!" ”

"This lonely knows, although the Qiong Navy is powerful, more than 200,000 Dashun troops occupy the capital, relying on high walls and artillery, they can't take advantage." Li Zicheng asked, "It's Guan Ningjun's side, is it possible that there is any turning point?" I want to hear Mr. Song's opinion. ”

Although the Guanning Army is known as the strongest army in the border town, it has always supported the army and respected itself, and Zu Dashou and his ilk are by no means iron-clad loyal ministers - he can surrender to the Tartars, and he can also refuse Chongzhen's holy decree to summon him to Beijing five times, and his character can be seen. Wu Sangui is a rising star in the Guanning army, and as one of them, he naturally can't be alone and can't go beyond the Guanning army. ”

Li Zicheng thought thoughtfully: "What Mr. Song means: The Guanning army supports its own troops, as long as they don't move their one-third of an acre of land and change someone to be the emperor, they won't rebel?" ”

"The minister is also guessing, but eight or nine is not far from ten, the emperor can try it. At this moment, Wu Sangui came to King Qin, most likely because he did not hear the news of Chongzhen's death, and the emperor could send someone to tell him the news, maybe he could withdraw from the army. And then reward the Guanning army, so that this strong army in the border town can serve me, and it is not known. ”

Li Zicheng was overjoyed: "This plan is very good. Just do as the gentleman says. Song Xiance analyzed the Tao at the head, and he couldn't help but believe it. If you can persuade the Guanning army to retreat without blood, and deal with the Qiong Navy alone, the pressure will be much less. In his opinion, the pressure of the Qiong Navy soldiers is nothing more than to gain more bargaining chips for the next "drawing the river and ruling the country", and most of them will not be able to fight.

At the suggestion of Song Xiance, the countermeasures of the Dashun army to deal with the two armies in the north and south were released: for the Qiong navy, the procrastination trick was adopted, neither agreeing to its request to enter Beijing, nor tearing its face to refuse; For the Guan Ning army, a gentle strategy was adopted, focusing on wooing.

The Dashun regime was established in a hurry, many systems were neither formulated nor perfected, and there was no sense of secrecy from top to bottom. Liu Heizi and Zhang Geming were still in the Dashun army, one in the light and the other in the dark, and soon found out the content of the Dashun army's decision-making, almost at the same time that Li Zicheng's envoy rushed to the Guanning army, the people of the intelligence department also mixed out of the city from Guangqumen, went around in a big circle, and went straight to the Qiong naval garrison near Yongding Gate in the south.

Tongzhou, Guanning Army Battalion.

Wu Sangui received the envoys of the Dashun Army at the Great Tent of the Chinese Army. The person who came brought him very shocking news, which he couldn't digest for a while.

"The Holy One has died? Li Zicheng is the emperor? ”

Wu Sangui and several henchmen looked at each other. Although he had vaguely guessed the direction of things from Qiongjun's actions, he was still very shocked when he heard the news with his own ears.

The messenger said proudly, "Exactly." Now our emperor established the Dashun Dynasty, the year name Yongchang, and replaced it by the Ming Dynasty, and the trip of General Wu to King Qin is meaningless. As the saying goes, 'good birds choose trees and perch', the Guanning army is the head of the border town, sitting in Liaodong, holding a strong army, no matter who is the emperor, the status can not be shaken, there is no need to be loyal to the Ming court, one road to the dark, why not take advantage of this change of dynasty to find a way out for yourself? ”

Wu Sangui's heart moved, and he asked, "I don't know what conditions your master gave Guan Ningjun?" ”

The envoy raised two fingers: "First, the Guanning army will remain unchanged in Liaodong, and the food and salary will be doubled; Second, from General Zu down, including General Wu, everyone is sealed, and positions and titles can be hereditary. And what the Guan Ning army has to do is only to withdraw the army and not interfere in the situation in the capital. ”

Several subordinate generals were overjoyed when they heard this, such conditions were very kind, and everyone could be promoted to a knighthood without spending a single soldier, and the hereditary replacement could be doubled, and the salary could be doubled, so I really couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

Wu Sangui was much calmer, he was silent for a while, and replied quietly: "The conditions proposed by your lord are also generous, but the incident happened suddenly, and it involves the entire Liaodong Town, Wu can't be the master, let me think about it, and I can only make a decision after informing General Zu." ”

When the envoy heard this, this was also reasonable. He nodded: "What General Wu said is reasonable. Since I am willing to talk, then I will go back to the city to report to the emperor and come back in a few days. I hope to hear good news from General Wu then. ”

"Tongzhou is not close to Liaodong, and even if Wu sends someone back to Jinzhou quickly, it will take a lot of time, and a few days will definitely not be enough. In this way, let's take ten days, and after ten days, Wu will give you an answer. ”

"Then wait for good news and take your leave."

After sending off the envoys of the Dashun army, the generals asked, "General, why don't you agree to come down?" Li Zicheng's conditions are very generous, let's fight hard, isn't it just to add an official to the knighthood and seal his wife and son. Now you can get benefits without going to war, and why don't you do things that benefit without cost? ”

Wu Sangui shook his head: "Things are not as simple as you think. If it weren't for the intervention of the Qiong Navy, I would have believed that Li Zicheng would have been able to become a climate. But Qiong Haijun spent so much effort and did not hesitate to use fire and threats to block us in Xianghe for more than ten days, is it just to push Li Zicheng to the top? Xia Nan has gone from a pirate who recruited an to his current position, and he is by no means a person who is willing to make wedding dresses for others. Let's wait and see how things unfold, maybe things will turn around in a few days. ”

Wu Sangui still has some words to say. Before setting off for King Qin, he had already received the promise of the imperial court to seal Xibo, and at the moment he was not the speaker of the entire Liaodong, and the addition of an official to the lord did not mean much to him, and he agreed to Li Zicheng's conditions, and his personal benefits were limited. Now that the situation in the capital has been decided, and the plan to fish in troubled waters has failed, he believes that Xia Nan will never do nothing, anyway, they are all waiting for the price to sell, why not wait for the buyers to raise the price of each other and sell themselves at a good price?