Li Zicheng invited Li Guodong to drink at a banquet, which was a hero who appreciated each other and never stopped drunk.

The alliance between the Ming Dynasty and Dashun was determined. The Ming Dynasty provided 500,000 stones of grain to Dashun every year and sold another 2 million stones of grain. Chongzhen also agreed with these conditions. Isn’t it because the disaster in the north was short of food? Providing food to Dashun was not only to let Li Zicheng help the Ming Dynasty block the Qing Dynasty, but also to help the people in the north.

However, if Li Zicheng lost Beijing, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to provide food in the north. In fact, Li Guodong used the "Present of Unrelief" to help Chongzhen leave 2.5 million stones of food.

Li Guodong compared the strength of both sides. Even if Wu Sangui did not lead the Qing army into the pass, as long as Wu Sangui did not resist the order and left Shanhaiguan and headed south, the Qing army entered the pass, the Dashun army was not the opponent of the Qing army. However, without Wu Sangui, the Qing army would suffer greater losses, and the Dashun army would not be defeated by a charge of the Qing army, but in the end, the Dashun army would still be defeated.

At Shanhaiguan, the envoy of the Dashun Army, Zhang Ruoqi and the angels sent by Chongzhen to deliver the orders arrived at Shanhaiguan almost at the same time.

After Wu Sangui received the imperial edict and sent off Chongzhen's angel, he met Zhang Ruoqi, the envoy sent by Li Zicheng.

After sending Zhang Ruoqi away, Wu Sangui asked Wang Yongji, the governor of Ji Liao, and Li Yutian, the right censor, beside him: "Xuzhi (Wang Yongji), in the letter (Li Yutian), Your Majesty ordered me, Wu, to go south to the south of the Yangtze River, and said why would you rather surrender thieves than surrender to the enemy? If Wu was ordered to go south, there were too few sea boats, Wuweibo had more than a hundred sea boats, and Shen Tingyang had more than a hundred small boats, so he could only take away 50,000 Guanning Army. But our Guanning Army left, what should we do if these more than 300,000 families were left? Should we throw it to Li Zicheng or throw it to Jiannu as a slave? The thief also sent an envoy to order Wu to surrender to the thief. Even if Wu surrendered to the thief, it would be considered as surrendering to the thief under the order."

Wang Yongji, the governor of Ji Liao, was nominally the boss of Wu Sangui, but now this governor has no territory or soldiers, and has become a counselor for Wu Sangui. At this time, whoever has soldiers at hand can only be counted.

Similarly, the right censor Li Yutian, also took up the position of governor of Liaodong. He could command less than 3,000 soldiers, and these 3,000 were still weak soldiers, so he could only surrender to Wu Sangui. At this time, the governor of Liaodong was not as good as a native chicken. The era of civil officials pointing fingers at military generals has passed, and it is even more impossible for Yuan Chonghuan to kill the generals if he wants to. The civil officials spoke fiercely in front of the generals, and they had to touch their heads first.

Wang Yongji frowned and stuck his beard: "Chang Bo (Wu Sangui), 50,000 Guanning Army soldiers may still have a way out if they surrendered the thieves, but what should the 300,000 Guanning Army families do? Where did the thieves come from so much food to support them? If the thieves surrendered, these 300,000 families would probably starve to death within a few months. Chang Bo, what you said about going back to the south is not a problem. Navy ships could not take away all the thieves and took away the Guanning Army. Let the family stay here, leave it for the thieves or Jiannu?"

"Cleaning, what do you mean is to let Wu resist the order?" Wu Sangui said in surprise.

Whether he stayed in Shanhaiguan and refused to leave or refused to surrender to Li Zicheng, he was considered to be against the order.

Li Yutian sneered: "What does it mean to surrender the thieves rather than surrender Jiannu? Whoever loses the tyrant monarch in the capital has the face of issuing such an edict?"

Wu Sangui sighed: "If I go south to Jiangnan under the order, even though 300,000 families were lost, the 50,000 Guanning Army would not only survive, but also live a good life in the wealthy Jiangnan. If I don't go south under the order, let alone 300,000 families, even 50,000 Guanning Army would starve to death."

"Didn't Chang Bo think about expelling the thieves?" Wang Yongji asked.

"How to expel?" Wu Sangui asked, "Wu is 40,000, and Gao is 10,000. The only one who can fight is me, Wu, and there are only 300 elite soldiers in Gao's army. The rest of the troops are as decaying as the border troops of the garrison. And there are millions of trespasses in the pass, so how do you expel the thieves?"

Wang Yongji smiled and said, "Borrow the enemy and pacify the enemy, borrow troops from Jiannu!"

"This is not considered as disobeying the order, right?" Wu Sangui asked.

"It is to use troops to suppress the enemy, not to surrender to Jiannu, how can it be considered as disobeying the order?" Wang Yongji said.

Wang Yongji said that he would use the enemy to pacify the enemy, but he did not surrender to the Qing army, but the Qing army really came in, and it would still be surrendered if he should surrender. It doesn’t matter if he surrendered.

For their gentry, these kerosene-like scholars didn't care whether they were Han or Tartars in the world, because they could surrender to the Qing army, and the only one who was unlucky was the Ming Dynasty. If the gentry surrendered, there would be no loss. They were just changing their masters. As long as this master still used them, what's wrong with changing their masters? For the gentry, no matter how bad Dorgon was, it would be Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng would confiscate the gentry's fields and distributed them to Mud Legs.

As for Emperor Chongzhen's order to surrender the bandits rather than surrender to Jiannu, it would be a foolish monarch.

As for Wu Sangui, as long as he opened the door to pry the enemy into the enemy's position, he would have no choice but to wait until the Qing Dynasty soldiers entered the pass.

What happened to Jiannu? Huang Taiji was respectful to the wise and the nobles. Dorgon still trusted a scholar. Hong Chengchou and other surrendered ministers were also valued. This is much better than Li Zicheng.

Li Yutian also said, "Changbo, don't hesitate anymore. 300,000 families are the root of Guanning Army. The imperial court owes wages for half a year. How did Guanning Army survive? Isn't these 300,000 families farming and supporting us in western Liaoning? If we use the enemy to pacify the enemy, 300,000 families are still there, and millions of acres of land in western Liaoning are still there. If we go south to Nanjing and surrender to the bandits, we will lose nothing."

Wu Sangui hesitated: "But what if Jiannu doesn't leave when they come, what should they do if they occupy the magpie's nest?"

"That is also the capital. Changbo, your Guanning Army will only live a better life. Changbo, what life did you live in the Ming Dynasty? You have not seen the Sanshun King live in the Ming Dynasty. If you steal a chicken to eat, you will be severely punished. After going outside the pass, not only will you carry the flag to become a naturalized person, but everyone will also have coated slaves to work for them. The Han women snatched from the pass are also distributed to them. Life is not getting better day by day? Jiannu treats you military generals much better than the Ming Dynasty." Li Yutian advised.

"But Wu's family is all in the hands of a fool. If Jiannu is surrendered, they may not be able to survive!"

"Chang Bo can report to Your Majesty that it is not to surrender to Jiannu," Wang Yongji advised him hard, "If Jiannu forces Changbo to surrender, then you might as well surrender first. If the emperor misunderstood Changbo and harm your family, then he is a fool. We will first use Jiannu to destroy the foolish monarch, and then use the banner of revenge for the Emperor Ming to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Then, Changbo will surely achieve great achievements! Why care about his family if he can achieve great achievements?" Li Yutian said.

"Master, don't hesitate anymore. Wang Tuchen and Li Futai made a point! Leaving the field in western Liaoning and leaving 300,000 families, we are nothing! If it weren't for the field in western Liaoning and 300,000 families who farmed us, wouldn't we be reduced to fish on the court's chopping board?" Zu Zepu also persuaded.

Wu Sangui hesitated for a long time and finally made up his mind: "Send an envoy to ask Jiannu for help, then Zu Zepu, you go!"

"No!" Zu Zepu stood aside and waited.

Wu Sangui picked up his pen and wrote a letter, but this letter was difficult to write. If it were the original time and space, Chongzhen had already passed away, and Wu Sangui could be said to have borrowed troops from the Qing Dynasty to avenge Chongzhen. Now he is colluding with the Qing Dynasty, so this letter will be difficult to write.

Now the thief leader usurped the title of honor and captured women and plundered money. He was extremely evil. Sangui received deep kindness, sympathized with the death of the people, refused to guard the border gate, and wanted to raise an army to comfort people's hearts. However, Jingdong was small, with few major generals, and the enemy soldiers were millions. I was powerless to turn the world back, so I cried and asked for help...
Chapter completed!