Guangning, western Liaoning.

As the end of the year approached, Zu Dashou, the general of Jinzhou, suddenly received an order from the court, promoted him to the commander of the army of the Ministry of War, and transferred him from Jinzhou. Zu Dashou took some time to finally figure out what the position of the army commander was.

"What kind of shit is this Army Commander?"

Zu Dashou was furious.

"This is an open promotion and secret submission, depriving military power." The army commander sounded very noble. Except for the navy, all the troops on the land were under his command of the army commander, which was much more powerful than the previous five-army governors. But after a closer look, after the Privy Council, the Ministry of War only managed military and political affairs. The so-called military and political affairs, that is, the logistics equipment and so on.

The army commander sat in the military office of the capital, in charge of the list of soldiers under the army, and was promoted and promoted. As for the dispatch of troops and command decisions, they had no relationship with them, and those belonged to the Privy Council.

What angered him the most was that Liaodong and Liaoxi were the military districts outside the pass, and his Jinzhou Town was directly revoked.

Wu Sangui, who was sitting opposite him, felt unhappy when he listened to his uncle's roar. He sat there, drinking glass after glass.

Liu Jiye is aggressive and does not give him a way out.

Fu Zonglong was transferred to the court as the commander of the Central Army of the Privy Council, and the Liaodong Admiral Fu Shan joined the court as the chief of staff of the Privy Council. Now that Liaodong and Liaoxi were merged into the military region outside the pass, the new governor was Hou Xun, but the position of admiral was reduced to him and was granted to Qin Liangyu. He, the former Liaoxi Admiral, became just a general.

There is another appointment that is also very important to Wu Sangui. His father Wu Xiang was appointed as the general logistics director of the Ministry of War.

However, the chief logistics director could not give him any benefits. It turned out that the 100,000 soldiers and horses in Guangning and Jinzhou towns had 60,000 soldiers. Even if Liu Jun only gave half of the food and salary, he could barely support 100,000 soldiers.

But now, Jinzhou Town has been abolished, but only 30,000 soldiers are worth 100,000 soldiers. Even if the imperial court does not have enough excess, he will not be able to raise so many soldiers without giving food and wages.

Not to mention, half of the defense area of ​​the original Jinzhou Town will be assigned to Qin Liangyu.

"I won't enter Beijing, what can he do if Liu Jun?" Zu Dashou shouted angrily. He fought for a lifetime and led a soldier for a lifetime. Unexpectedly, he would become a general with a bare body in the end.

Zu Dashou refused this order in his heart. He was very scared, afraid of being questioned after entering the capital. In the early years of Chongzhen, he was one of the four generals under Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan was taken down to question, and he led his troops to break through Shanhaiguan and ran back to western Liaoning. Later, Chongzhen issued a special order saying that he would not blame him because Yuan Chonghuan asked him, so he forced his troops to return.

But since then, he has never left the military camp for so many years, for fear that the Jinyiwei will capture him when he is alone. Moreover, in recent years, many of the Zu family have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and his brothers and even his sons have held important positions in the Qing army.

Once he lost the soldier and went to the capital, he was very worried that Liu Jiye would ask him about his crime.

Soldiers are his amulet. Without soldiers, there is no sense of security.

"This is the order of the court." Wu Sangui said, "Uncle, I know your worries, but I believe that Liu Jiye dare not do anything after you enter the capital."

Zu Dashou sneered. "What do you dare not do to me? Don't forget how Commander Yuan was killed back then. What would Liu Jiye dare not? Even if he didn't kill him, he could be kept in the capital like a dog. What's the point? And how can you guarantee that Liu Jiye will not issue an order in the name of the court next time. You will be transferred to Beijing to serve as a nonsense position such as the commander of the Marine Corps?"

"Liu Jiye has removed Jinzhou Town and has also seized your position as the admiral of Liaoxi. You said, there is something he dare not do. We must not continue to sit still and wait for death."

"Liu Jiye has long strangled our throats. Any move of our resistance will cause him to tighten our throats." Wu Sangui said helplessly. He walked to this point step by step. He was in great pain in his heart, but if he wanted to resist, he had to have the ability.

When he commanded a 100,000 army to defeat the Qing army in western Liaoning, Liu Jiye killed Huang Taiji with only tens of thousands of people, defeated Liaoyang, surrounded Shenyang, and even when Dorgon and others led 50,000 elite Qing troops back to the rescue, they were helpless and were finally forced to sign a city alliance with Liu Jiye.

During the peace talks between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Qing army was actually completely defeated.

Wu Sangui had no confidence in fighting against Liu Jiye.

"hey-hey!"

Zu Dashou laughed a few gloomy at this time, "Changbo, we don't need to raise the flag to rebel to make Liu Jiye's plan fail."

"What are my uncle's plans?"

"Actually it's very simple. You said that if we suddenly fought with the Qing army at this time, can Liu Jiye still lay off Jinzhou Town?"

Will the Qing army invade the territory now? Wu Sangui shook his head, never. The Qing army's losses last year were heavier than the Ming Dynasty. Although the invasion in eleven years, the Ming Dynasty destroyed dozens of cities and the people lost hundreds of thousands. However, the Ming Dynasty had a population of billions, so the Ming Dynasty could withstand that little loss.

But in the more than a year when Liu Jun attacked Liaodong, he also destroyed dozens of cities and fortresses of the Qing army, and even captured tens of millions of gold and silver and a million people. But how many people in the Qing Dynasty were? Together, including the family and the servants, there would not exceed five million people. Being captured by one million people was already a serious injury to his vitality and his muscles and bones.

In addition, Huang Taiji was killed, and the Qing Dynasty chose a three-year-old young emperor, and the four princes assisted the government. There were many internal conflicts and it was impossible to send troops in a short period of time.

Like the Ming Dynasty, they all need rest and recuperate.

Wu Sangui suddenly saw a sneer on his uncle's face and suddenly realized it.

If the Qing army does not come, let him attack. If he just doesn't come, that doesn't matter. It's not easy to find a reason.

"Do you understand what I mean?" Zu Dashou looked at his nephew's sudden realization and smiled.

Wu Sangui nodded, but he was still a little worried, "What if we provoke a fire and attract the Qing army, then Liu Jiye will watch the fire from the other side of the river and refuse to save him, so he will use a knife to kill someone?"

Zu Dashou's smile solidified.

This is indeed a problem, but he bets that Liu Jun would not do this and did not dare to be so severe. "If the Qing army really invaded the country, Liu Jiye would not dare to refuse to save him."

Zhenyuan Fort, east of Guangning, the fortress closest to the border between the Ming and Qing armies, the Ming and Qing armies, was the fortress closest to the border.

Stationed in the fort are the two hundred flag soldiers with the blue flag, under the command of Prince Zheng Jierhalang. The one who commands the two hundred flag soldiers is Niulu Zhangjing. Since the peace talks, both sides have been in peace. Half a year has passed in a blink of an eye.

In the middle of the night, Niulu Zhang Jing and An were suddenly woken up by their subordinates from the warm bed.

"Master, no, the Nanman is here to kill him."

He An rubbed his sleepy eyes and was still not awake, "What did you say?"

"Master, wake up quickly. The Nanman has come to kill us and has surrounded us, at least tens of thousands of people."

He An woke up suddenly and asked his subordinates to help him wear armor. When he put on armor and climbed to the fort city, he found that the entire Zhenyuan Fort was covered with fire, which had already illuminated the surrounding area of ​​Zhenyuan Fort as bright as day.

There are really tens of thousands of people in a sea of ​​torches.

"Is the Southern Barbarians going to invade? But we have already negotiated peace?" The peace and stability for more than half a year made He An a little confused.

At this time, a cavalry ran to the fort gate in the city, shouting loudly, "Listen to the Tartars in the city, and immediately hand over my brothers from Panshan Fort, otherwise, you will definitely kill all the whole castle, and there will be no chicken or dog left."

He An couldn't speak Chinese and couldn't understand Chinese. He found a subordinate who could speak Chinese, "What are the Nanmans talking about?"

"That man seemed to say something that asked us to hand over the people from their Panshan Fort, otherwise he would break through Zhenyuan Fort and kill all of us."

He An was confused.

He knew that it was not far from them, a military fortress near the border of Guangning Town of the Ming army. Usually, they could often watch the people opposite the opposite to release horses and firewood through the small river on the border. Because Zhenyuan Fort had long received strict orders from the upper level and could not provoke and cause disputes, they usually had wells on both sides without overcoming the river.

"Which one of you guys has a bad hand? I caught the Nanman? Do you want to die?" He An cursed. "Hurry up, check it out immediately and see which one is a bad hand."

He An's order was passed down, and the small Zhenyuan Fort soon received the order.

But half a day later, officers returned one by one, but no one caught the Nan barbarian.

"Are you sure?" He An asked.

"It's true that I haven't asked them all. If I really want to arrest them, no one dares to hide them."

He An was relieved after hearing this report.

He hurriedly asked his subordinates to shout to the city, saying that this was just a misunderstanding, and that their people did not catch the people from Panshan Fort.

"Maybe their people have fled, let them go somewhere else to find them. We didn't catch them."

His subordinates shouted loudly to the city.

But after a while, the Ming army under the city did not evacuate, but instead blew the horn. The horn was so cold and sad in the cold wind of the cold night.

Amid the sound of the horn, the Ming army shouted and launched an attack on Zhenyuan Fort.

With a loud bang, a red light flashed away in the distance, and an iron ball roared over. He An was stunned and had no time to react, but he was hit directly, with blood splattering.

"Capture Zhenyuan Fort, kill all the Tartars, avenge the more than a hundred killed brothers in Panshan Fort, rescue the captured brothers, kill them!"

Under the city, Wu Sangui rode a tall horse, waved his long sword and shouted loudly.

Groups of Ming troops rushed to Zhenyuan Fort like a tide. The small castle guarded by a mere 200 people was soon submerged.

That night, the land of western Liaoning once again sounded the horn of war. This night was the last night of the 14th year of Chongzhen.

After dawn, Zhenyuan Fort was captured, and more than 200 Qing troops in the fort were massacred. Wu Sangui's personal soldiers did not find the dozen missing soldiers of Panshan Fort in the castle.

But Wu Sangui still insisted that it was the Qing army in Zhenyuan Fort that attacked and abducted the patrol soldiers of Panshan Fort.

"The Tartars tore up the peace agreement, attacked our Panshan Town patrol, and killed our Guangning soldiers brutally. We fought with them!"
Chapter completed!