Han’s Son is Not a Slave

In Xi'an, the death of Hong Chengchou left Wu Sangui's heart empty.

After Xi'an General Subai surrendered, Xin Wang Duoni, Heping County King Luo Keduo, and Sichuan-Shaanxi Governor Li Guoying fled to Tongguan, Wu Sangui was really complacent and wanted to command Tongguan.

Wu Sangui believed that as long as Tongguan was closed, the Central Plains and Beijing City would be his possessions. At that time, the Eight Banners of Manzhou, which had been hit hard by the Taiping Army in Yangzhou, would not be able to resist his front. As for the strength of the Manchus, if Wu Sangui didn't know about it more than ten years ago, now he knows it very well.

The rise of the Taiping Army in Guangdong and the loss of Nanjing were of course important reasons for Wu Sangui's rebellion against the Qing, and the loss of Manchurian strength was also an important factor in his determination. Duny and Luo Keduo's withdrawal from Guiyang allowed Wu Sangui to see the true face of the so-called Eight Banners of Manchuria.

On Wuhua Mountain in Kunming, Hong Chengchou made a strategic plan for Wu Sangui to enter Sichuan and take Shaanxi, and enter the Central Plains eastward. Even Hong Chengchou's letter to Wu Sangui before his death made him quickly seize Tongguan, and he could not stay in Shaanxi. Because although Shaanxi and Gansu are large, their population and products are not abundant, which is not enough to support the 200,000 Wu army to fight for a long time. At the same time, Wu Jun's control area is like a long snake, and the traffic is very inconvenient. If the snake head can't bite on the key point of the Qing court, the long snake body will break out, and the consequences will be fatal to Wu Jun.

However, a few months later, Wu Sangui was still in Xi'an, where nearly 100,000 elite Wu troops gathered, consuming a lot of food and grass, overdrafting the human and material resources of Shaanxi and Gansu, but there was no sign of advancing eastward.

His subordinates persuaded him countless times, but Wu Sangui always took a second look at the resignation, and he was uncertain about his determination to seize Tongguan.

The fatal flaw of Wu Sangui's hesitant character was invisibly magnified after Hong Chengchou's death.

A few days ago, the great scholar of the Qing Dynasty, Malji, came from Tongguan to persuade Wu Sangui that if he went north, the Qing Dynasty vowed to deal with him to the death.

Xia Guoxiang, Ma Bao, Hu Guozhu and other Wu generals naturally knew that Malji was intimidating, because the defenders of Tongguan were only 20,000 to 30,000 people. Although Ebilong came from Shanxi to take the position, it still could not change the reality of the weak Qing army.

Hu Yuxuan and Fang Xianting, the two most important advisers of Wu Sangui, also advised Wu Sangui to make up his mind quickly and send troops to Tongguan. Don't be fooled by the bluffs of the Qing Dynasty and repeat the tragedy of Zheng Sen in Nanjing last year. You know, the later the Wu army marches into Tongguan, the more reinforcements Tongguan can get.

Wu Sangui still hadn't made up his mind. He was not frightened by Malji's big words, but he felt that he really wanted to attack Tongguan. If he left the Central Plains, the Qing Dynasty would definitely fight with him. This is likely to be cheap already. Obtained Zhou Shixiang of Nanjing.

"The Qing court still has the power to fight, and the lives of 200,000 soldiers are at stake. This king must be cautious."

When Fang Xianting walked out from Wu Sangui disappointedly, he saw Chen Yuanyuan, the prince's concubine.

The arrival of his concubine Chen Yuanyuan has finally relieved Wu Sangui's heart that has been stagnant for many days. He took Chen Yuanyuan into his arms and looked at the beauty with love and pity.

Chen Yuanyuan, who is nearly forty years old, is still as beautiful as she was back then, and the years have left no trace on her, even though her daughter is sixteen years old.

"My lord."

Chen Yuanyuan saw Wu Sangui looking at her madly, just like when she first met, and said with a smile: "My lord has seen the foolish concubine for almost twenty years, why does he always look at the foolish concubine like this? Has the foolish concubine changed? "

Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Yuanyuan hasn't changed at all, and it's precisely because you haven't changed that I like to look at you like this. You know, Yuanyuan, I'm never tired of seeing your face."

Hearing her husband's loving words, Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help blushing, and said angrily, "Your Highness, don't make fun of the foolish concubine! The foolish concubine is already old and our daughter is sixteen years old. ?"

Wu Sangui shook his head and said seriously: "Yuanyuan is really not old in my eyes, and will never be old!"

"Is it?"

What a woman likes most is being praised by a man and never getting old. Chen Yuanyuan's face has a woman's unique hypocritical smile.

When Wu Sangui saw it, he couldn't help but swayed in his heart, kissed Chen Yuanyuan lightly, and then asked, "Yuanyuan, tell me, you and I live every day, why do I age fast, but you age slowly?"

Chen Yuanyuan thought for a while, and said, "That's because the prince always leads the army to fight. The more his mind moves, the more he will grow old. But Yuanyuan never thinks about anything."

"Is this the truth?" Wu Sangui smiled and shook his head, "Why does Yuanyuan seem to be saying that I am too keen on fame, but I don't care about you."

"Maybe." Chen Yuanyuan sighed slightly, her husband hadn't been with her for a long time.

Wu Sangui stroked Chen Yuanyuan's face lightly: "I'm fighting outside, not because we can have a good ending in the future. Who in this world doesn't like their husband's success."

"It stands to reason that women always like their men to become famous. Although men who become famous tend to like the new and hate the old, and women are in danger of being abandoned, women still like men to become famous. But these women are worldly women, and concubines are not snobbish. Disciple, how can you care about whether the prince is successful or not, the foolish concubine only wants the prince to be safe and sound."

"Yuanyuan's intentions, I know of course, but now, I am also difficult to ride a tiger~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I am not who I used to be, I can't just think about myself now, I also want to be for my subordinates. Soldiers consider it."

"For the consideration of the soldiers, is the prince going to be a traitor?"

"The world of the Qing Dynasty was originally taken from Daming, and the husband was originally a Ming minister. Now that the husband has taken the world back for Daming, how can it be called treason?"

"Yuanyuan doesn't understand these things. Yuanyuan just hopes that the prince can be well. The prince in Yuanyuan's heart is a man who stands up to the sky and does what he says he does."

This sentence made Wu Sangui stunned, and immediately ordered to the outside: "Please come over, Mr. Fang!"

Chen Yuanyuan was a little surprised by her husband's sudden action, but she knew that her husband must have something important, so she obediently withdrew from the room.

After Fang Xianting was summoned by the prince, he hurried over, Wu Sangui motioned him to sit down, and then meditated there without saying a word. Seeing this appearance, Fang Xianting knew that the prince was afraid that he had something important to explain, so he didn't speak and sat there quietly.

After a long time, Wu Sangui suddenly asked, "Sir, do you think this king can persuade Li Guoying to surrender?"