Wu Sangui was originally more inclined to Li Zicheng between the Qing soldiers and Li Zicheng.

But it is a pity that after Li Zicheng achieved some achievements, he began to become arrogant.

Ultimately - self-destruction.

Some people say that the Ming Dynasty perished due to natural and man-made disasters, while the Qing Dynasty was a result of mistakes.

In fact, it is not unreasonable.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen was diligent and conscientious.

But it is true that the political level is not high.

Tomorrow is a mess.

Coupled with the constant natural disasters.

The Ming Dynasty finally came to an end.

It starts with a bowl and ends with a rope.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty, which was facing the fate of collapse, placed its bet on Wu Sangui, who had a large number of troops outside the pass.

Many courtiers, such as Wang Yongji and Wu Linzheng, went to court one after another, demanding that Ningyuan's division be withdrawn to defend the capital.

Dashun's army pointed directly at the capital, and Chongzhen issued an edict to conquer the world's most powerful soldiers. On March 5, Wu Sangui was granted the title of Ping Xibo and ordered Wu Sangui to quickly lead troops to defend the capital.

On March 19, Wu Sangui led his troops to Shanhaiguan, and then led his troops westward to the capital. On the 22nd, Wu Sangui's troops arrived in the Yutian area. At this time, they suddenly received the news that Chongzhen had committed suicide in the fall of the capital.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty caused Wu Sangui to lose his reliance. In order to find a new master, Wu Sangui carried out speculation activities among various political forces for more than a month.

Dashun Li Zicheng tried to surrender many times, but Wu Sangui hesitated again and again, and once had the idea of ​​surrendering to Li Zicheng.

But later he gave up after hearing that his concubine Chen Yuanyuan was kidnapped by Li Zicheng's men. Wu Sangui, who was faced with enemies on both sides, was defeated by Li Zicheng internally and could not stop Dorgon externally.

Chen Yuanyuan and Wu family members became Li Zicheng's hostages. In order to save the lives of his family, Wu agreed to negotiate peace with Li Zicheng.

To prevent Li Zicheng from committing fraud, he privately asked Dorgon for help on the condition that the Yellow River be divided into the north and the south.

On April 13, Li Zicheng personally led an army of 60,000 to Shanhaiguan. At this time, Li Zicheng, who was dazzled by the series of victories since the beginning of the year, underestimated the seriousness of the military confrontation at that time.

After Wu Sangui learned that Li Zicheng personally led the army to the Eastern Expedition, he sent six people, including Shanhaiguan gentry and Confucian scholars Li Yousong, Tan Suihuan, Liu Tailin, Liu Taishan, Huang Zhen'an and Gao Xuan, to welcome Li Zicheng's army in Beijing. Sanhe County, not far to the east, expressed its intention to surrender in order to delay the time and wait for the Qing army.

After the envoy sent to the Qing army for help returned to Shanhaiguan with Dorgon's reply letter, Wu Sangui immediately wrote to Dorgon, asking him to"quickly organize the tiger brigade and go straight to the mountains and seas." It was not until Li Zicheng arrived at Men's Gate that the representatives sent by Wu Sangui to contact him for surrender tried to escape, and then he discovered Wu Sangui's true intention of pretending to surrender, which had delayed the opportunity for light troops to advance quickly to seize Men's Gate.

However, after Dorgon received Wu Sangui's second letter asking for help, after a day and night of forced march, he arrived fifteen miles away from Menmen Gate on the 21st.

On April 21, Dorgon took advantage of Wu Sangui's critical situation to force Wu Sangui to abandon the policy of uniting with the Qing to attack Li and completely surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

On April 22nd, the Wu army was defeated for the first time. Wu Sangui asked Dorgon for help. Dorgon took advantage of Wu Sangui's negotiation with Li Zicheng and suddenly launched an attack on Li Zicheng.

Wu Sangui united with the Qing army to defeat Li Zicheng in the Battle of Yiyishi. After the Qing troops entered the customs and invaded Beijing, Dorgon moved the young Emperor Shunzhi and the imperial court from Shengjing in the northeast to Beijing. After the Qing Dynasty established the capital in Beijing, he canonized Wu Sangui as King of Pingxi.

At this point, Li Zicheng also began to die.

And Wu Sangui also rose to prominence because of this.

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Wu Sangui and Qianlong were in the main hall, making everyone blush.

"It doesn't matter if you hit an egg against a stone. We Wu people are not afraid of death. It is better to die on the battlefield than to kneel down and beg for mercy and survive." Wu Sangui is the main combatant. Wu

Sangui knows that the Yun State is powerful.

But he is not afraid.

If not back then. Thinking that Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, whether Wu Sangui would surrender is another question.

"you······you······It’s unreasonable, you want to die, no one will stop you, but those soldiers have their own families, they have their own relatives, you have your own choice, but have you considered it for them?" Qianlong was very angry.

"The moment they become soldiers, they should have the consciousness to die on the battlefield. I also have a family and I have parents, but I would rather die for the country than live." Wu Sangui is also very bloody.

"That's you. Have you asked them if they have a choice? You can die on your own. No one will stop you. But if you let them die, I firmly disagree." Qianlong just disagreed. In the main hall,

Xia Song and others Watching the two people quarreling,

I felt a little helpless.

In fact, they had no grudge.

They just had different political opinions.

"Wu Sangui, I will give you an army now and let you lead the army. If you can win, we will continue to fight. If you unfortunately die in battle, then we will make peace." Of course Pan Mei hopes to win.

But is it possible? ?

Pan Mei pinned all her hopes on Wu Sangui.

She hoped that Wu Sangui would give her a miracle.

Even if this miracle was very slim.

But what if it happened?

"Your Majesty, you are ruining the lives of soldiers." Qianlong bowed his head and was very angry.

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