After Wu Sangui figured out the ins and outs, he was shocked, but he didn't dare to expose it to his face, and after taking a deep breath, he said: "Just now, General Su said that I should take care of myself, whether I go to the capital or go back to Ningyuan, I won't stop it, right?" ”

Su Thick Legs nodded: "My general ordered that from today onwards, Ping Xibo will no longer be blocked." ”

"Very good." Wu Sangui suppressed the horror in his heart, and said goodbye with a calm face, "Since that's the case, take your leave." ”

"No." Looking at Wu Sangui, who turned around and left, Su's thick legs seemed to be smiling.

After getting on the horse, Wu Sangui slowly urged the horse to make a calm appearance, so as not to let the other party see through his thoughts. After walking hundreds of steps, neither of them could hear the sound of talking, Wu Sangui said to his subordinates: "Don't look back, listen to me: the great change in Beijing, the death of the emperor, Li Zicheng became the emperor, all this may be the manipulation behind the scenes of Xia Nan, the reason why we are blocked is that I am afraid of ruining his good deeds......"

Several henchmen were shocked and dumbfounded. Only in the middle of the ring did a general ask: "Xia Nan actually has such great ability and courage?" Dare to commit rebellion, even the emperor dares to murder? ”

He has long proved his ability, and he is not lacking in courage - the siege of the imperial city is the best proof of this. It's just that when the army was raised, he was a chaotic minister and thief, unjustified and helpless, even if he could occupy the Forbidden City, he couldn't sit on the dragon chair, so he withdrew from the army and endured it to this day. Wu Sangui said with a gloomy face, "If my guess is right, Li Zicheng is just his banner, he is playing a big game of chess, as long as he succeeds, he will be the hero who saved the Ming Dynasty." The emperor has died, whether he sits on the dragon chair himself, or supports the prince to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, he is the biggest winner. ”

"Then what should we do, watching him become the emperor and bow down to him?"

Wu Sangui closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then said: "No matter who becomes the emperor, the status of our Guan Ning Army is unshakable, as long as we wait and see the changes, we can be invincible." But I'm not reconciled, everyone is a warrior who leads the troops to fight, and what he can do in Pingnanhou, I may not be able to do it in Pingxibo. ”

Several generals glanced at each other and asked in surprise, "What does the general want to do?" ”

Wu Sangui pulled the reins, urged the horses to speed up, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Bypass this surnamed Su, and rush to Jingshi in the starry night." The dish has just been cooked, and it's not too late to serve the table, so let's go and join in the fun. Even if you can't replace it, at least don't let Xia Nan be too happy! ”

The group urged their horses to speed up, rolled up puffs of smoke and dust, and ran to their camp.

The speed of the Guanning army was very fast, and an hour later, the large army set out from camp, bypassed the position of the Third Army of the Qiong Navy, and went straight to the capital.

In the formation of the Third Army, after seeing the banner of the Guan Ning Army slowly disappearing into smoke and dust, Su Thick Legs put down the binoculars and ordered: "Pull out the camp and catch up!" ”

One of his subordinates asked puzzledly, "Why did you let Guan Ningjun go over?" Isn't it pointless for us to block them for two or three days? ”

"How is it pointless? Before today, the situation in the capital was undecided, Li Zicheng was still outside the city, and letting Wu Sangui go over would become a chaotic war, which would destroy the general's plan. Su Rough Legs explained, "Tangma just now not only brought the news of the Beijing Division, but also brought the words of the general: Now that Li Zicheng has forced the emperor to death, and he is also the emperor, the situation is clear, let the Guanning army pass, and the water can be muddied again, and the general will have an excuse to enter the capital with a strong enemy......

Soon after Wu Sangui's army left, Su's thick-legged third army also followed.

At the same time, Gu'an County.

In the middle of the endless camp, in a spacious tent, Xia Nanzheng and the people of the Military Aircraft Staff Office stood in front of a sand table, carefully deducing.

Thanks to the efforts of Xia Nan and Lin Weiye, the use of sand tables for military exercises in important military operations has become a common practice in the Military Aircraft Staff Office. Although due to the backwardness of observation and mapping technology, there was a considerable error between the sand table and the actual terrain at this time, and the proportion was also seriously distorted, it was still an important tool for deduction, and compared with the old-style army that fought on experience, there was a generational gap in combat deployment.

This sand table is a real scene of the capital made according to the description of the insider, and in the process of production, it was helped by Wei Zhong, the former Jinyi Wei Qianhu - Wei Zhong is not only a high-level of the secret service, but also a native of the capital, and is very familiar with the pattern of Sijiu City. After this spy leader was arrested and returned to Qiongzhou, after experiencing the initial attitude of non-violence and non-cooperation, his attitude gradually softened with the passage of time in prison, after all, a good man does not suffer immediate losses, his life is pinched in his hands, and he cannot be relentless.

After being brought back to Beizhili and hearing the shocking news of the fall of the capital and Chongzhen's hanging, Wei Zhong's attitude changed one hundred and eighty degrees. Regardless of Pingnanhou's reputation in the court in the past, if he can advance to the Beijing Division, expel the Liukou, and stabilize the political situation of the Ming Dynasty at this moment, then he is the savior who can turn the tide, and in the foreseeable future, he is one of the most important figures in the court. Jinyiwei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, all the power comes from the imperial power, the emperor is gone, the new emperor has not been established, Pingnanhou is the thickest thigh at present, if you don't hold this thigh, who else can you hold?

Sima De and several staff officers kept an eye on the sand table and conducted repeated exercises in order to make arrangements for the military operations after the Qiong navy entered the city.

Xia Nan prompted: "I must remind you that when you make plans, you must take into account two possibilities: one is that Li Zicheng is jealous of me, except for a small number of troops, he may not be willing to let my army enter the city, so he can only carry out the 'beheading' operation, kill Li Zicheng with lightning speed, and then attack on a large scale when the Liukou group of dragons is leaderless; ”

Sima De frowned and said, "But how could Li Zicheng enlarge the main force of the army into the city?" If he had such a simple mind, he would not have taken the capital. ”

"It's up to the other player to work." Xia Nan said, "I have already ordered someone to inform Su Thick Leg and give up blocking Wu Sangui." With his character, he will definitely not obediently return to Ningyuan to watch me be in the limelight alone, and most of them will choose to rush to the capital and take advantage of the chaos to get a piece of the pie. At that time, I asked to enter the city on the grounds of joining forces to resist the Guanning army, and the chances of convincing Li Zicheng to let me into the city were much greater. ”

"The general's move is wonderful." Sima De stroked his palms and smiled, "The Intelligence Department said that Wu Sangui only has 20,000 people, and most of them are cavalry, and he is not good at attacking cities, so it stands to reason that he can't pose much of a threat to the Beijing Division." However, we can exaggerate and exaggerate the threat of Guan Ningjun at that time, and I believe that Li Zicheng will not dare to underestimate it. Using the Guanning army to threaten the Dashun army is called a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. ”