In the Manchu military camp, a group of braids looked nervously at a Han man dressed in a Taoist priest. This person was Song Xiance, a military advisor of the former Chinese thief Li Zicheng.

After surrendering to the Qing army, Song Xiance was highly valued by Prince Ajige because of his skill. Not only did he often accompany him, but he also provided Song Xiance with more than a dozen Manchu guards, freely entering and leaving the Manchu military camps, and treated him like a bell. He was the most valued by Manchu among the civil and military officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Song Xiance was silently praying. After reciting a mantra that the Manchu generals couldn't understand, he sprinkled several turtle shells in his hand on the table with a "trumpet".

A Manchu general asked hurriedly: "Song Aita, what is the hexagram?"

"Is it auspicious or unlucky?"

The other generals and schools also looked anxious and were eager to know what the Han nationality master had measured.

Even Prince Ajige, who was sitting there, subconsciously looked up at Song Xiance, trying to see the joy from the other party's face.

However, Song Aita's expression was very heavy, which made Prince Ying's heart jump.

Outside the house, Tan Tai and several generals frowned, and were disappointed by the actions of Prince Ying in the house without asking the people about ghosts and gods. But they seemed to want to hear cheers from the house, but the house was very quiet.

"Song Aita, can we return to the north?"

The first Manchu general to ask for the results was Meilezhangjing Tong Yanghe of the Yellow Banner. The Manchu name was also called Tong Dai. Because he was appointed as the "Governor of the Eight Provinces Army" by Prince Ajige of the British, he called him the "Eight Army Gate" in the army.

There is also a general named Tong in the tent, named Yangjia.

Although both of them were surnamed Tong, they had nothing to do with each other, and they were different from Tong Yanghe. Tong Yangjia was a Qing army who surrendered to Hubei a few months ago. Before, he had been under the command of Zuo Liangyu as a responsibilities in charge of salt and salary under the command of the Chinese name Dong Yuan.

Whether outside or inside the pass, as long as the Qing army arrives, even if the Jurchens who have become Han people for hundreds of years will surrender to the Qing army as soon as possible, or follow the army to fight, or tell the truth about the Han people they know.

Tong Yangjia has a relationship with the Tong Yangxing clan in the west room. In addition, the first choice for the Han people in Manchu was the Liao people. The Liao people first changed from the Jurchens to the Han people in the early years. Therefore, after Tong Yangjia surrendered from the left, Ajige trusted him very much and awarded the position of Meile Ezhen of Zhenghong Banner.

It was precisely because Tong Yangjia brought Zuo Liangyu and did not dare to fight with the Qing army at all. He went east along the river under the banner of supporting the prince. The Qing army in Huguang was insufficient and the area was empty, so the Qing army boldly collected grain in various parts of Hubei and some parts of Hubei.

Song Xiance looked up at Tong Yanghe, shook his head, and sighed: "The Eight Army Gate, the hexagram says that it is not auspicious to return to the north."

"Impossible?"

Tong Yanghe felt a stern, and the other generals also looked dark when they heard this. Tong Yanghe was about to ask why it was not auspicious, but saw Prince Ying Ajige suddenly stood up and waved, and ordered: "You all go out."

But Song Xiance and Tong Yangjia were asked to stay.

"Prince, the hexagram shows that returning to the north is not auspicious. Combined with the current situation, the prince still needs to find a way out for the army." Song Xiance was obscure in his heart. If he knew that the Huai Marquis could seize Beijing and kill Dorgon, he would never surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Now, like Niu Jinxing, he can no longer get off the Manchus' ship, and he can only bite the bullet and give advice to the Manchus. Otherwise, the sky and the earth will be great, and there will be no place for his founding military advisor.

Ajige, 41, touched his bare forehead. The death of his younger brother Dorgon made Prince Ying, who had the best military merits in the pass, look much older, just like his mother was forced to death by her second brother, star brother and others.

"I am also in a state of chaos when the Qing Dynasty suddenly suffered this major change, but I don't know what strategies can I do to teach me?" Ajige really valued Song Xiance and hoped that the great military advisor who assisted the great thief Li Zicheng to overthrow the Ming Dynasty could come up with a feasible solution for him and the army, retaining this army for the Qing Dynasty and protecting the blood of the Manchu clan.

Tong Yangjia also sighed in his heart that the situation was very good a few months ago. Manchus could occupy the Chinese world and enjoy the glory of the Han people. He, the old Jurchen, could also find a job in the Qing Dynasty.

Now, even the capital was lost, and more than 100,000 troops became lonely troops without the court overnight. Such changes were unexpected.

Nowadays, there is no future, life is hard to protect, and people are in panic, and I really don’t know what to do.

Song Xiance pondered slightly and said bluntly: "Only there are three strategies now."

"Please say Aita."

Ajige signaled Song Xiance to sit down.

After sitting down, Song Xiance sorted out his ideas and said, "The best plan is to lead the army to surrender to the Ming Dynasty."

"What? Give up the Ming Dynasty!"

Tong Yangjia lost his voice.

"How can Aita let me surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"

Ajige was also shocked. Unexpectedly, what Song Xiance said was the best strategy that made him the Qing prince surrender to the Ming Dynasty, which was only half of the country left. This was simply unimaginable.

"Prince, the best plan is to surrender to Ming Dynasty."

Song Xiance admitted that the Qing army was already alone because the Shun army's heavy defenses in Henan could not return to the north at all. Even if they could break through the Shun army's defense line and enter northern Zhili, they would face numerous encirclements from the Shun army and end up being wiped out by the entire army.

Moreover, the food and grass plundered by the army from Huguang were not enough to support the army to return to the north. Therefore, when the main force of the Shun Army had not yet been transferred from Northern Zhili to Henan, he quickly sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty in the southern capital to submit a petition, begging the Ming Dynasty to accommodate it and give the army a place to temporarily settle down, and then take advantage of its plan.

"Now that the Shun Army has captured Beijing, it will definitely go south to conquer the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's military strength is weak and it is difficult to stop the Shun Army from crossing the river. Although the prince of Shun Army is embarrassed, he is strong in his troops and sharp in armor."

Song Xiance believed that although the army under Ajige was alone and had no foundation, for the Ming Dynasty, which was short of soldiers and major generals, it was to protect half of his country and even restore the great help from the north.

Therefore, as long as Ajige is willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will definitely treat him as a guest of honor. In order to fight against the northern Shun Army, he will respond to Ajige, so that the Manchurian army will maintain a certain degree of independence.

"Prince, the Han people have the saying that they have slept on firewood and tasted gall, and they have the truth that they have left the green mountains and are not afraid of burning firewood. Although the situation is not good for the prince now, the prince can also make the unfavorable changes and fight smoothly. It is still unknown who will win the despair. The prince may not be unable to restore the country in the future."

Song Xiance's words were sincere, because this was indeed the best choice for Ajige and also the best choice for him, Song Xiance.

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