Gao Qiqian tapped the table with his finger and said slowly: "Five days ago, Li Laiheng led 3,000 elite troops from the sea to land at Yanghekou, and captured Yuguan less than 40 miles from Shanhaiguan. Yang Zhen, the guard general of Funing Guard, raised an army to respond and made an appointment to steal Shanhaiguan. Because Yang Zhen's soldiers pretended to be defeated soldiers and infiltrated, Li Laiheng easily captured Xiluo City. The guards of the North and South Yicheng were dissatisfied with Wu Sangui's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and coupled with Yang Zhen's persuasion, they killed the Qing generals in charge of the army in the city and turned to Li Laiheng. The strength of the treacherous thieves increased greatly and attacked Shanhaiguan. At present, Gao Di only relied on the main gate and Dongluo City to defend, and even the Guancheng did not dare to leave."

Luo Yangxing shouted, his face a little unbelievable. "Didn't I tell them about Li Laiheng leading three thousand soldiers to sea in advance? Why did he fail like this?"

Gao Qiqian said lightly: "Gao Di is too arrogant and did not lead his troops to attack Li Laiheng at the first time. Besides, he did not expect that so many people were unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty."

Luo Yangxing frowned, "Mr. Gao, this seems not a good thing!"

Gao Qi curled his lips, "There are a large amount of military supplies stored in Shanhaiguan. Gao Di welcomed the Qing army outside the pass to enter the city to assist in defense, and urgently informed Dorgon and Wu Sangui on the front line of the news. The two had sent troops to return to aid, but the morale of the two armies was greatly affected. Li Zicheng seized the opportunity and took advantage of the situation to attack the Qing army led by Dorgon. The Qing army suffered great losses and has retreated to the east of the Luan River, and Wu Sangui also led his troops to retreat to the city of Luanzhou."

Seeing Luo Yangxing's face getting ugly, Gao Qiqian smiled faintly: "In addition, there is some news that is beneficial to the Qing army. Prince Yu Duoduo has already taken Taiyuan and is attacking Guguan and forcing Li Zicheng to return to aid. Haoge broke through Yuncheng and connected Shaanxi and Shanxi together. At the same time, he also took down Tongguan, Shaanxi, and Mianchi. The rebels in Henan have been forced to retreat to Luoyang."

Luo Yangxing laughed, "This is a good thing."

Gao Qiqian frowned, "Commander Luo, do you think this is a good thing?"

Luo Yangxing was stunned for a moment, and he didn't quite understand Gao Qiqian's meaning. He never answered his questions head-on. Instead, he was talking around and around, as if he had some meaning.

Gao Qiqian sighed and said, "Luo Yangxing, you were the commander of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei and the governor of Tianjin. Our family also served as the eunuch of the military supervisor and commanded tens of thousands of troops. You and I were both grateful to the late emperor, but now you are determined to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Do you have no shame in your heart?"

Zhao Hongzu was furious and shouted loudly: "Gao Qiqian, what do you mean? You..."

Luo Yangxing waved his hand to stop Zhao Hongzu and stared at Gao Qiqian: "Duke Gao, just say whatever you have, don't be so swaying." Luo Yangxing knew that Gao Qiqian was a human being, and he said righteously on the surface, but he thought about all the things that were about the crowing and dogs. What is the grace of the late emperor and the shameful heart, all of them are bullshit.

Gao Qiqin said: "Good birds choose trees to live in troubled times. People want to climb high branches in troubled times, but Commander Luo really thinks that the Qing Dynasty is the high branch you want? Can he make you the commander of the Jinyiwei, or can you supervise Tianjin?"

Luo Yangxing frowned, "But the Manchus are good at fighting, and even Wu Sangui led the Guanning Iron Cavalry to surrender to them. Now in the north, whose power can be compared with them? Besides, before you and I cooperated, didn't we all convey the news of the robbers to the Qing Dynasty? Did Gong Gao have other ideas?"

Gao Qiqian looked at Zhao Hongzu, then turned to look at Luo Yangxing, with a smile that seemed to be empty on his face. "The cunning rabbit has three caves! How can our family hang itself on a tree? To be honest, our family is now in cooperation with Wu Sangui, and the Qing Dynasty has also been linked with Dorgon because of the news you have heard. In addition, our family is also in contact with the south."

Luo Yangxing muttered in his heart for a while, weighed the pros and cons, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Gao, we are old acquaintances, and I, Luo Yangxing, have always listened to you in everything. If you have any good way out, you should help me!"

Gao Qiqian smiled and said, "Isn't our family here?" As he said that, he lowered his voice and said, "Xiao Luo, the Manchus are the barbarians of Liaodong. Although they are powerful now, they may not be able to accomplish anything in the end. Wu Sangui was named King Pingxi by the Qing Dynasty, but he was also named Prince of the Crown. Now he should be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and was named Marquis of Pingxi. His surrender to the Qing Dynasty was forced to do it, not entirely out of his heart. When the situation changes in the future, he will definitely raise the banner of anti-Qing again. At that time, whether to seek independence or return to the Ming Dynasty, it is possible. All we have to do is to help him accomplish things."

Luo Yangxing frowned. He didn't expect Gao Qiqian to be a lobbyist for Wu Sangui. "Gao Gong means we surrender to Wu Sangui, but he has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Can he really cause any big waves?"

Gao Qi curled the corner of his mouth, "It's not about joining, but about cooperating with him. If Wu Sangui can accomplish things in the end, you and I will have high officials, high salaries, wealth and glory. Moreover, our family can also contact the south through private relationships, saying that you have been cooperating with our family to carry out the major events of restoring the Ming Dynasty. In this way, even if Wu Sangui is not worthy of use at that time, we both have a way out, and at worst we can just escape to the south."

Luo Yangxing was a little hesitant, "Mr. Gao, can I ask you something?"

Gao Qiqin waved his hand, "You said."

Luo Yangxing said: "Duke Gao, you are a close minister of the emperor. If you had gone to the south with the prince at that time, you would have been in a high position. But why were you willing to take such a big risk and insist on staying in the north? It was really just because of the favor of the late emperor?"

Gao Qiqian picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then slowly put it down. "We have since entered the palace for a young age. But we have a brother who died early due to illness and left a son. Our family missed him alone and kept him like a biological son, giving him the best of everything. But later he was innocently killed by a military household, and the man fled. Later, after our family's investigation, it was found that the person who killed him had been Zhou Xian's martial arts master. Moreover, since he left Zhou Xian, he disappeared completely and has not been found yet. Such hatred, coupled with Zhou Xian's many times against our family, do you think our family will let him go?"

Luo Yangxing was a little unbelievable, "You did all this for Zhou Xian?"
Chapter completed!