Ming Zuo

In dealing with Wu Sangui, Li Zicheng made too many mistakes.

First of all, due to negligence, Liu Zongmin and others hurt Wu Xiang, which made Wu Sangui stop thinking about surrendering.

Of course, the reason why Wu Sangui did not choose to surrender to Dashun in the end had little to do with what happened to Wu Xiang.

As a member of the landlord class, Wu Sangui was naturally at odds with the Dashun regime.

This was the main reason for his refusal to surrender.

Secondly, in the process of receiving Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng did not send Liu Zongmin and other core generals and core troops, but let Tang Tong, a surrendered general, complete the matter.

Not to mention that Tang Tong just surrendered, how much loyalty can he have?
The fighting power of the soldiers and horses in his hands is very doubtful.

As a result, Wu Sangui fought back, and Tang Tong was defeated, and the world's first pass returned to Wu Sangui's hands.

When Li Zicheng decided to go east in person, he made another mistake.

That is to let Bai Guangen be the vanguard of the whole army and fight the first battle against Wu Sangui.

In the end, Bai Guangen also lost miserably, and retreated disheartened.

The head start effect Li Zicheng expected did not appear, but cast a shadow over the entire war.

In fact, this is not Li Zicheng's fault.

When he decided to take over Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng once asked who would be in charge of the matter.

As a result, Liu Zongmin and others became cowards one after another, and none of them were willing to leave the capital.

This is the limitation of the peasant class.

After entering the capital and seeing the prosperity, he quickly lost his fighting spirit when he thought about his wife and children being hot on the kang.

Everyone is waiting to be promoted to a noble position, to be appointed as a wife and son, and they are not willing to go to Shanhaiguan to blow the cold wind.

Now under a series of mistakes, Li Zicheng has to pay for it.

Knowing that Li Zicheng was approaching with an army of nearly [-], Wu Sangui was very nervous, and he sent two waves of envoys one after another.

The first wave, mainly local gentry from Shanhaiguan, went to meet Li Zicheng.Hope to stabilize Shunjun and buy time.

In the other wave, lieutenant general Yang Kun and guerrilla Guo Yunlong went to ask Dorgon for help.

Although the Manchu Qing had already made a plan, they were waiting for Wu Sangui to surrender due to the situation.But wait and see, Wu Sangui didn't move.

After discussion, Dorgon, Hauge and other high-level officials decided to adopt another method.

Dorgon, Duoduo, and Azige led nearly two-thirds of the troops of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners and all the Han Army Banners. They adopted Hong Chengchou's suggestion and planned to detour through Mongolia and enter through Jizhou and Miyun. Repeat the previous strategy.

On April [-]th, the Qing army went to Wenghou and bumped into Wu Sangui's emissary head-on.

"As long as the regent leads his troops to rescue, my general will open and close the door to welcome the king's division."

Wu Sangui expressed his intention to surrender to Dorgon for the first time.

Dorgon was overjoyed, and while keeping Yang Kun, he sent his brother-in-law Bai Ran to follow Guo Yunlong to Shanhaiguan to find out the truth.At the same time, he changed his marching route and marched towards Shanhaiguan Starry Night.

Regarding asking for help from Dorgon, Wu Sangui used the word "joint forces" just in case.We hope to maintain a relatively independent position so that we can turn around in the future and seek greater benefits.

But Dorgon completely avoided this word, and explicitly surrendered to Wu Sangui, and made the condition of cracking the soil to become the king.

On April 21, the Shun army arrived at Shanhaiguan and disembarked.

Although Shanhaiguan is the most powerful pass in the world, all defensive deployments were originally aimed at the outside of the pass, and the inside of the pass is actually very weak.

Of course Wu Sangui understood this.

Therefore, only a small number of troops were left to guard the pass city, while he led the main force to spread out on the Shihe line.

Compared with him, Li Zicheng has much more troops.Not only did they fight tit-for-tat on Shihe, but at the same time, the Shun Army also launched an attack on Dongluo City, Xiluo City and Beiyi City, encircling Wu Sangui.

The battle has heated up from the beginning.

At this time, Wu Sangui had completely given up the idea of ​​surrendering to Dashun, and Li Zicheng also knew that it was impossible for Wu Sangui to recruit him.

Although the combat deployment is still exactly the same, the combat effectiveness of the Shun army has been greatly improved.

In particular, the Shun army had more than 20 bronze cannons purchased from Xia Guo, which greatly enhanced their combat effectiveness.

As soon as they fought, Guan Ning's army was beaten into a mess, and the soldiers and horses on the front line of Shihe were completely untenable.

If Wu Sangui hadn't let the red-clothed cannon on Guancheng fire, the Shun army would have broken through the Shihe defense line within an hour.

At this time, the Shun Army was full of vigor, and its combat effectiveness was relatively strong.

However, after the battle of Songjin, the Guanning Army lost all of its original elite, and the newly formed soldiers and horses were more or less meaningless.

Reflected on the battlefield, the situation of the Guan Ning Army is precarious.

By the early morning of the next day, Wu Sangui already had a premonition that he couldn't hold on anymore.

"Report to the general, the bandits have invaded Beiyi City."

Upon receiving the news, Wu Sangui was so startled that he almost fell off his horse.

Of course he understood that once Beiyi City fell completely into the hands of the Shun Army, his retreat would be cut off.

"Where did the Qing army go?"

Gao Yi's beard was burned off by the fire, and he looked very embarrassed.

"The Qing army has arrived a long time ago, and it's just behind Huanxiling."

Wu Sangui was in a hurry.

"Why didn't Dorgon make a move?"

Gaudi snorted coldly.

"Don't you understand yet? Dorgon is up for grabs."

Wu Sangui's heart was bleeding, and he finally understood what it means to be forced by the situation.

His little calculation has become a joke in the face of life and death.

If he wanted to survive now, he had no choice but to abandon all his pride and walk on the road that was reviled by thousands of people.

Wu Sangui had no choice.

He hurriedly led his generals and gentry to Weiyuan Terrace on Huanxi Ridge to meet Dorgon in person.

"The guilty minister has now understood the general trend, and from now on he is willing to be a running dog of the Qing Dynasty. He will never be single-minded, and is willing to be the pioneer of the Qing Dynasty and do the work of dogs and horses."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wu Sangui bowed down three times and finally chose to surrender completely.

Dorgon got what he wanted and immediately ordered to send troops.

He made an agreement with Wu Sangui to let Guan Ningjun tie a white cloth around his shoulders.As a signal, so as not to be accidentally injured by the Qing army.

In the morning of the same day, the Qing army entered the pass from Nanshuimen, Beishuimen and Guanzhongmen, and took Shanhaiguan into their hands.

And all of this, Shun Jun didn't know.

The Shun Army was still attacking the Guanning Army's defense line, but after fighting for a day and a night, the Shun Army was actually exhausted to the extreme.

Suddenly a cannon rang, and Guan Ning's army changed their array, revealing a gap.

Shun Jun was baffled, completely bewildered, and didn't know what Guan Ning Jun was playing.

And at the same time they were astonished, the cavalry of the Qing army roared out of the formation, crashing into the formation of the Shun army with lightning speed.

The joining of this powerful new force immediately reversed the situation on the battlefield.

In the new year, there will be no disease, no disaster, good health and full of vitality.All wishes come true, big fortune, good luck, everything is fine!