The next day, Wu Sangui led his men to chase south again.
At noon, Wu Sanfu also led his people back to the city. After giving him a reward, he also chased after them.
Liu Fangliang, who Wu Sanfu also killed yesterday, was urinating and dumped countless corpses along the way. Finally, he took 30,000 remaining soldiers and escaped into Tongzhou City with many dangers.
Only then did Wu Sanfu give up.
After a night and a morning of gathering, King Chuang of Fangshan once again gathered thousands of people around him.
Almost all of them were the leaders who escaped on horseback yesterday, including the two generals Li Guo and Liu Zongmin.
King Chuang was also quite relieved to see that all the old brothers didn't show much concern except Liu Fangliang.
Although morale is a little low, people's hearts are still there.
"Report! Your Majesty, the Ming Army cavalry is here again."
"What?"
"What a fool, this Wu Sangui wants to kill them all."
"Brother, this Fangshan is a dead city. Once it is surrounded, there will be no way out. Heroes should evacuate quickly if they don't suffer the immediate consequences!"
"Your Majesty, General Liu still has 50,000 troops in Baoding. It's better to retreat to Baoding first and then make long-term plans!"
"What the Prime Minister said is true, let's go!"
Originally, King Chuang planned to stay here for a day or two, collect some infantry, and even planned to send people to find out about Liu Fangliang, and then retreat south.
But now he had no choice but to lead a group of old brothers out of the city and continue to flee south.
Wu Sangui was still hanging on behind, not forgetting to extort and blackmail the gentry officials along the way.
After all, those officials and gentry were all surrendered to thieves, so being killed by Wu Sangui was like killing a chicken.
Wu Sangui was very prosperous here, taking advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and collect gold and silver treasures, but over there in Shanhaiguan, the sound of cannons was loud.
I saw galloping war horses to the west of Shanhaiguan City, completely blocking a fifty-mile radius.
To the east of Guancheng, large armies gathered, with men, horses and vehicles stretching for more than ten miles, with no end as far as the eye could see.
Two hundred red-coated cannons were lined up in a row, spitting out tongues of fire, beating the city head and the entire city like a riot.
It kept beating and beating, from the morning until the afternoon when it was completely turned off, and then it galloped to Guanxia.
"Wu Sangui, my regent will give you one last chance. Kaicheng surrenders, and he will make you the King of Pingxi. If you continue to persist in your stubbornness, after the city is destroyed, no chickens or dogs will be left, and not a blade of grass will grow!"
"Third General, why don't you surrender?"
"Yes, third general, King Chuang has already captured the capital. The Ming Dynasty is over, and the general has died in the battle. Now we are surrounded again. Jiannu has hundreds of red cannons. If we don't surrender, we will be finished sooner or later!"
"Fart, this is Jiannu's plan to deliberately mess up the morale of our army. There is no way that my second brother will die in battle!"
Faced with the persuasion of the generals around him, Wu Sangui cursed in anger and gnashed his teeth in hatred.
He would believe that the second brother was defeated, but he would not believe that the second brother was killed by a robber and beaten to death.
"Third General, we naturally believe that the commander is still alive, but the brothers below don't believe it. See for yourself... How can you have any fighting spirit?"
Wu Sangui glanced at the soldiers on the wall and below, and saw that they had indeed lost their fighting spirit, and was extremely helpless.
At this time, the annoying shout came from under the wall again.
"People inside, listen, my regent has said that whoever can kill Wu Sangui and open the door with his head will be crowned King of Pingxi and rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"
Wow!
The Ming army in the city immediately went into an uproar, and many people had golden lights in their eyes, including the generals on the wall.
There is no way, everyone can't help but feel moved.
Now there are no reinforcements, the court is ruined, the commander-in-chief is dead, and he can't escape. People's hearts are already in chaos, and there are many people who want to find another way out.
"Quickly, open the door, I'm surrendering..."
Wu Sangei saw everyone's reactions in his eyes and was shocked. His scalp was numb and his back was cold. He still dared to persist. He was so anxious that he yelled.
With a creak, the gate of Shanhaiguan, which had only been guarded for two days, slowly opened.
It wasn't until the city gate tower was completely under control that Duo Ergun rode his tall horse and came over to kill the general.
Wu Sangui had already held a big seal in his hand and led a group of military officers to kneel at the door to greet him.
"The guilty general Wu Sangui pays homage to the regent!"
"OK!"
"General Wu is indeed a talented man who knows current affairs. He is much better than your second brother Wu Sangui."
"Don't worry, I have always kept my promise. If I say I will make you the King of Pingxi, I will make you the King of Pingxi."
"Come here, send General Wu to Shengjing immediately to see the emperor and be crowned king."
After Dorgon took over the city defense seal from Shanhaiguan, he laughed out loud, not to mention how proud he was.
Even though Wu Sangui was unwilling in every possible way, he had no choice but to be invited into a carriage and escorted to Shengjing.
At this moment, he was sure that his second brother was definitely not dead, let alone defeated.
Otherwise, according to the way the Manchus treated the returned Ming generals in the past, they would definitely reuse him instead of putting him under house arrest in disguised form like now.
Dorgon just sent Wu Sangui away, but the other generals tried to win over him, and they were all promoted to officials, but they still commanded their own troops.
…
It's night at the General Military Mansion.
The smile on Dorgon's face never stopped.
"Mr. Hong, Shanhaiguan is now in the hands of our army. We have just received news that King Chuang has been defeated by Wu Sangui and is fleeing south. Wu Sangui is chasing him with his cavalry. What should our army do next?"
"I didn't expect that Zhu Cixiang was much stronger than his father Chongzhen, and he was able to turn the tide, and finally teamed up with Wu Sangui to defeat the Chu army!"
Hong Chengchou first sighed with emotion, and then clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, after this battle, the morale of the Ming army must have greatly increased, and they have accumulated experience in defending the city. If our army goes to attack Beijing at this time, it will definitely be hindered like King Chuang."
Even if we capture the city in the end, we will probably suffer heavy losses and will be unable to continue moving south."
"Oh! In your opinion, sir, what should we do?"
"Is it possible that my army of hundreds of thousands finally entered the pass and then retreated?"
Dorgon frowned and his tone became a little unhappy at the end.
How could they, the Eight Banners warriors, be comparable to the ragtag group of soldiers in the Chuang Army?
Not to mention the two hundred red cannons in hand, even if they didn't, the city of Beijing would never be able to resist the Eight Banners cavalry.
"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. As the saying goes, attack the city first and attack the city first. What I mean is that our army does not need to forcefully attack Beijing. We can first capture the entire Yongping Mansion and completely eliminate all worries, and then march forward. At that time, we will only
It needs to be so…
In the end, we will be able to complete our work in one battle, and the entire north will be at our fingertips, and the world will be at our fingertips."
Hong Chengchou hurriedly explained and told his plan. After finishing speaking, he was very proud of himself, as if he had the general trend of the world in his hands.
"Okay! Haha, Mr. Hong is really talented in the world! I'm afraid it will be like this even if Zhuge is resurrected!"
"Presumably this is the highest state that you Han people often talk about in the art of war, subjugating the enemy's army without fighting, right?"
After Dorgon listened, there was no displeasure on his face. He praised him repeatedly and laughed excitedly.
I was also secretly shocked. Fortunately, Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, otherwise it would definitely become the biggest stumbling block for the Qing Dynasty to take over the Central Plains.
Such a plan is simply mind-numbing.
"My lord, this is a wonderful compliment!"
Hong Chengchou hurriedly said modestly.
But I sighed in my heart, this is more than just defeating the enemy without fighting.