.When he was named the number one slave traitor, Wu Sangui actually felt in his heart that the reason why he cooperated with the Manchus was that he fought for revenge for his king and father was the Hongguang Dynasty. Didn’t he still have any suggestions to unite the enemy to suppress the enemy? He just took the lead. Without him, maybe the country had fallen into the hands of the thieves now.

However, Wu Sangui could not distinguish between these words from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and from the people of the world. The third prince of the late emperor died in his hands. When Hongguang Dynasty convened the imperial edict, he refused to win the trust of Manchus. At that time, he could see clearly that Manchus had irreversible gains from the world, but he did not know that the changes would be so great in just five years.

"Prince, it is impossible for the army to return to Taiyuan before the Ming Dynasty army. There is only one way to solve this problem." Fang Xianting said calmly. When he died, he tried to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender. He planned for Wu Sangui wholeheartedly. When he led the Qing army into the pass, he also played a key role in it. Wu Sangui could not turn back, and he could not turn back.

"What's the solution?" Wu Sangui asked hurriedly.

"It's very simple. The prince brought his own cavalry to Taiyuan first, and the remaining supplies, cannons and other supplies and infantry were all placed behind."

"How can that be done? Without cannons, how can I compete with the Ming army? Besides, my king's military strength is already insufficient, so how can I divide the troops into two groups?" Wu Sangui blurted out. It was not that he had thought of bringing some of the troops back first, but his military strength itself was insufficient, so what's the use of bringing only a small number of troops back.

Fang Xianting sighed in his heart. Although King Pingxi admitted the gap between the two sides on the surface, he actually had fantasies in his heart that could block the Ming Emperor's personal expedition: "Prince, Taiyuan cannot be defended, Shanxi cannot be defended. No matter how many soldiers there are, it is useless. If you do not decisively give up the city and deal with the Ming army, the Guanning army will no longer exist within a few months."

Hearing Fang Xianting's words of affirmation, Wu Sangui was stunned. The entire Guanning Army in Shanxi had been in operation for five years, so how could he give up? He said for a while: "Mr. Fang, is it really going to be like this? If there was no Taiyuan, where would our army survive?"

Fang Xianting pointed to the northwest, and Wu Sangui kept paced in the camp. After a long time, he made up his mind: "Okay, tomorrow I will take all the iron cavalry back to Taiyuan, but this candidate for the rear-end..."

To retreat to the northwest, this army that was cut off is equivalent to abandoning it, but after all, it is tens of thousands of troops. If it is entrusted to him, he might surrender to the Ming army as soon as he leaves. This candidate must be relieved and he can give up at any time. Even though Wu Sangui has always acted decisively, he has become embarrassed for this candidate.

"If the prince cannot find a suitable candidate, he is willing to stay and stop the rear."

"No. Mr. Fang. I can't live without you." Wu Sangui vetoed. Is it really inseparable? Or is it Wu Sangui uneasy about Fang Xianting? Only he himself knows.

Fang Xianting's lips showed a slight smile. But he quickly stopped. He knew that he would die and stayed behind. Fang Xianting was not that noble. He just wanted to advance as a retreat: "Prince. Since that's the case, I think General Xia is the right candidate."

General Xia refers to the Prime Minister of Xia. Prime Minister of Xia is Wu Sangui's son-in-law. He just got married last year. The son-in-law is half a son. He can be considered his own family. But after all, he is not a real son. He will not feel too distressed when he dies. At worst, he will let his daughter remarry. Wu Sangui immediately decided: "Mr. Fang's proposal is exactly what I mean. People come to summon generals to discuss matters."

"yes."

The personal soldiers went down to about half a stick of incense. In addition to the four people in Shanxi, Hu Shouliang, Wei Pu, Guo Zhuangtu and the dead Wang Pingfan, the other six generals under Wu Sangui came one after another. They were Ma Bao, Xia Guo Prime Minister, Hu Guozhu, Yang Kun and others.

"See the Prince." The six of them bowed to Wu Sangui together.

"Dear generals are exempted from gifts."

"Thank you, Prince." After everyone stood on both sides, Ma Bao hurriedly asked: "Prince, the last general heard that General Wang was ambushed by the Ming army and was seriously injured and died. I wonder if this matter is true or false?"

Wu Sangui's face was heavy: "The news about General Ma is true. I just received the news that General Wang was plotted against by the Ming army and had already died."

"how so?"

A hint of panic flashed across Hu Guozhu, Yang Kun and others' faces. The Ming army could plot against Wang Pingfan, so how could they not plot against them? For a moment, the few people couldn't help but touch their heads, and they felt relieved when they felt their heads were still there.

"Prince, I wonder how General Wang died?" Ma Bao asked calmly.

"General Ma, that's the case." Fang Xianting said the stabbing of Wang Pingfan, and comforted him: "Don't worry, the Ming army is not able to fly to the sky, nor has three heads and six arms, but it is just a longer range of the musket. As long as everyone is careful, the Ming army will not succeed again."

Although Fang Xianting said it easily, there was still a depressing atmosphere in the big tent. Muskets with a range of hundreds of steps were of course easy to deal with in the city, but they were hard to defend against during the march. As long as an assassin was ambushed, he could easily take his life.

You can't search every inch of land on both sides of the road.

"Everyone, let's not talk about the assassination of the Ming army for now. I have an important matter announced." As soon as Wu Sangui spoke, everyone quickly raised their ears and heard Wu Sangui continue: "In view of the Ming army getting closer and closer to Taiyuan, and our army was harassed by the Ming army, and the march was slow. In order to protect the safety of Taiyuan, I decided to personally lead the light cavalry back to Taiyuan, and the army then went."

When everyone heard Wu Sangui's words, they felt a little nervous. No one was a fool. If they stayed behind, who knew if they could go back. They looked at Wu Sangui with their eyes.

"Superior Xia."

"The last one will be there."

"I entrusted you with tens of thousands of troops in the back. These tens of thousands of troops are the elite of my Guanning Army, especially muskets and artillery, which are the property of my Guanning Army for many years. I hope you can bring the army back intact."

"Abide by the order." Xia Guoxiang's face was bitter. Although he dreamed of expanding his power, it was not at this time. Looking at the scar on Wu Sangui's nose, Xia Guoxiang thought viciously: "You want your daughter to be a widow, but I don't want it. If the situation is not good, at least I can surrender to the Ming army. Don't think that I lost my life for the Wu family. Maybe with these tens of thousands of troops in hand, I can get rich." After thinking about this, the bitterness on Xia Guoxiang's face was eliminated.

Wu Sangui was also secretly observing the expression of Prime Minister Xia, thinking that Prime Minister Xia was indeed loyal to him. He knew that there was danger in the rear and did not delay it. He turned to another person and shouted: "Yang Kun."

"The last one will be there."

"General Xia is alone and can't help you, so you can stay as General Xia's deputy."

Yang Kun opened his mouth wide. He thought that only Prime Minister Xia would stay, but he didn't expect it would be his turn soon. Thinking of the family and family staying in Taiyuan, Yang Kun couldn't help but be confused. If he died in the rear, what should the family members do?

"What, may General Yang not want to?"

"The last one will follow the order." Yang Kun shivered. He heard the gloomy meaning in Wu Sangui's words. How dare he refuse to agree? Wu Sangui is not a generous person. If he violated his will, Wu Sangui would have some means of yin hatred to deal with him.

Wu Sangui nodded with satisfaction and said, "The rest of the generals will all be the cavalry of their own troops tomorrow and follow me."

"Abide by the order!" Ma Bao, Hu Guozhu and others replied very loudly.

The next day, Wu Sangui left the army and only led his troops to rush forward with more than 13,000 cavalry, and advanced towards Taiyuan with fast horses and whips. The army slowly walked behind and lost the guards of the cavalry. The more difficult the marching of this army was, the Ming army was cruising without any worries, and it would be fine if it was just a cruising. From time to time, a small team of Ming troops rushed over and fired a few shots at the Wu army. Because the Wu army had too few cavalry, they did not dare to leave the team to chase them too far, so they had to watch the other party go away.

On the first day, the army advanced only five miles away. On the second day, the Wu army was already very immense under such a blow. They walked listlessly and looked around with their eyes, fearing that the Ming army would suddenly come out from somewhere.

"Da da." The sound of horse hooves sounded, and Wu Jun shouted: "Ming Jun is here again." Everyone immediately squeezed into the middle, and the whole team was in chaos.

"Don't be messed up, prepare for bows and arrows, and the musketeers move forward to prepare for shooting." Yang Kun and his personal soldiers rushed to arrive and ordered loudly.

Seeing Yang Kun coming, and the appearance of hundreds of personal soldiers eyeing him, the chaotic formation of the Wu army quickly returned to normal. The sound of "hiss, hiss." The Wu army, who used the fuselage, tried hard to ignite the fuselage and aimed at the front. Soon, a red cloud appeared in front. Hundreds of cavalry and Ming army rushed up. Seeing the Wu army waiting for battle, the Ming army general in front showed a smile on his face, and with a round of horse heads, the entire cavalry rushed along the flank of the Wu army.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" As the gunshots, the Wu army's flanks were in chaos. After shooting, the Ming army rode their horses and left. When the Ming army left, the Wu army's flanks were already in a terrible scene. Dozens of corpses were lying in a row, and hundreds of wounded people moaned loudly.

"Stop moving forward! Stop moving forward." Xia Guo Prime Minister had no choice but to order the army to set up camp, and at the same time ordered the cannons to be set up to make a defensive look.

Just now, when Yang Kun was resting, two personal soldiers of the Prime Minister of Xia came to Yang Kun’s tent and said, “General Yang, my master is welcome.”

"Okay, I will be here soon." Yang Kun actually looked down on the Prime Minister of Xia. Not only him, but also the other generals. Prime Minister of Xia is only in his twenties, and he can become a general at such a young age. In addition to family background, it would be impossible if he was not Wu Sangui's son-in-law.
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