Recently, when I read the history of the Ming Dynasty, when I read about Wu Sangui's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, I suddenly felt that if Wu Sangui was a little more lucky, or the Ming Dynasty was a little more lucky, Wu Sangui would really be like the Emperor Taiji's persuasion book said, "the mainstay, the pillar of protecting the country, and the first merit in history."
The wind hunted and hunted the battle flag, Wu Sangui, who wore linen and wore filial piety, stood at the head of Shanhaiguan and looked at Beijing from afar, and all the soldiers under his command were dressed in white, which was to mourn the Chongzhen Emperor who hanged himself in the coal mountain of Beijing not long ago.
The six armies were all plain, and they were angry at the crown. This is a sentence in the "Round Song" written by Wu Meicun, a relict of the Ming Dynasty, and the first half of the sentence is correct.
Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang and uncle Zu Dashou were both generals of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen was not thin on him, and Wu Sangui was grateful to the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen.
Wu Sangui stood at the head of the city with his hands behind his back, holding two letters in his hands behind his back, one of which was sent to him by his friend Tang Tong from Beijing City, Beijing City was broken by Li Zicheng, Tang Tong surrendered Li Zicheng, Li Chuang Wang asked Tang Tong to write a letter to Wu Sangui to persuade him to surrender, the condition was nothing more than to be promoted to become rich and rich.
In order to show sincerity, along with Tang Tong's letter, there are still **40,000 taels.
There are only 40,000 people under Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and there are hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops of King Li Chuang in front of him, and there are Qing troops like wolves and tigers behind Huang Taiji.
As the commander of one side, Wu Sangui must think carefully about the last strength of these tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty.
Another letter was written by Huang Taiji himself, of course, it was also persuaded to surrender, and this letter was sent by his uncle Zu Dashou, who had already surrendered.
Let Uncle Zu Dashou send someone to send a letter of persuasion, the meaning of which is self-evident, Huang Taiji's letter of persuasion is more patterned, and it can make Wu Sangui think about it better.
Li Chuang's chaotic ministers and thieves troubled the court, disturbed the society and harassed the people, and even the emperor was forced to die, although it shows that the dynasty and the Houjin have been fighting for decades, but for such a crime, we really can't stand it, and we are willing to send troops to suppress bandits for the Ming Dynasty and avenge Emperor Chongzhen.
General Wu, you are not surrendering to our Qing Dynasty, you are working with our Qing soldiers to avenge Emperor Chongzhen, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, if you drive Li Chuang out of Beijing and return the Ming Dynasty to the world, General Wu, you are the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty to protect the country, and the first contribution to the history of the country.
Huang Taiji's persuasion book pattern was suddenly opened, which was far from the insight that a person like Li Chuangwang who had risen from the bottom of the peasant should have.
To be the most important general of Emperor Chongzhen, Wu Sangui is definitely not a simple-minded and reckless man, he knows very well that once he surrenders to Huang Taiji, the Qing army will definitely not retreat from occupying Beijing, and the wolf's ambition is obvious.
Back in the house, Wu Sangui asked for news from Nanjing again, he had sent three groups of people to Nanjing to ask for help, Wu Sangui did not expect Nanjing to really send a support army to support him, he was concerned about whether Nanjing had elected a new emperor and gave him some instructions.
At this time, the small court of the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing was still in a mess, they did not want to concentrate all their forces as soon as possible not to let the Qing army enter the customs again, and first keep the basic plate, the small court of the Ming Dynasty was concerned about who would be the emperor, who would form the cabinet, and who would control the military power.
No one cares about Wu Sangui's force, after all, Shanhaiguan is too far away from Nanjing.
Without the instructions of the small court in Nanjing, Wu Sangui could only wait, and he could only delay these two letters of persuasion.
For Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, Wu Sangui sent someone to tell Li Zicheng that he wanted to ensure the safety of his family, including his father Wu Xiang, in Beijing, and if King Chuang was sincere, could he send the children of Emperor Chongzhen to our army at Shanhaiguan.
Mr. Guo Moruo said in "The Three Hundred Years of Jiashen" that Li Zicheng's most important adviser, Li Yan, suggested that he should be kind to the children of Emperor Chongzhen to buy people's hearts.
Li Zicheng didn't care, or just occupied Beijing, and didn't care about it, for Wu Sangui's request to send the children of Emperor Chongzhen to Shanhaiguan, the internal opinions of the Dashun regime were not unanimous, and most people thought that Wu Sangui's 40,000 horses were isolated and helpless, so there was no need to give him so much nonsense, just send troops to clean up.
Anyway, with Wu Sangui's father and family in hand, I'm afraid that he will be able to turn against the sky
There was news that Wu Sangui's favorite concubine Chen Yuanyuan was snatched away by Liu Zongmin, a general under King Li Chuang, and Wu Sangui smiled slightly.
This must be Huang Taiji's conspiracy, used to divide and exert pressure on him, and now facing the critical moment of life and death decision, even his father can't take care of it, let alone a woman?
There is nothing to rush to the crown and be angry, Wu Sangui tried his best to delay time, Huang Taiji could wait, but Li Chuangwang was afraid that he would not wait, Shanhaiguan was very close to Beijing, and he had to make a decision as soon as possible.
Wu Sangui on behalf of the Ming Dynasty and Huang Taiji negotiated conditions, the two sides secretly signed a treaty to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he could surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty sent troops for the Ming Dynasty to suppress bandits, after driving Li Zicheng away, the Ming and Qing dynasties took the Yellow River as the boundary, the south of the Yellow River belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and the north of the Yellow River returned to the Qing Dynasty.
Beijing is north of the Yellow River, the two sides signed a brotherly treaty in the future, mutual non-aggression and friendship for generations, this treaty is already the best result for Wu Sangui, he also has a very speculative plan, let the Qing army and Li Zicheng's Dashun army and the clam fight, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty can benefit from the fisherman, these two parts of the forces are the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, let them consume each other, but also buy time for the Ming Dynasty.
When they were both defeated and exhausted, Wu Sangui could lead his subordinates and the small court of the Ming Dynasty to turn the situation around in one fell swoop.
This idea is very good and feasible, but the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, in 1644 the Qing army entered the customs in a big way, defeated the Dashun army of Tang Tong in a stone, followed by the momentum like a bamboo, and captured the city of Beijing.
Not only did Wu Sangui not expect the smooth process, but even Huang Taiji did not expect that the luck of the Qing Dynasty was too good, and there was no imaginary war of attrition at all, and the city was defended to the attack.
On March 19, 1644, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and the plague was raging in the city, and many peasant troops were infected with the plague, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness.
A few months later, when the Qing army entered Beijing, the weather was getting hotter and the temperature was higher, and this wave of small plague had gradually gone away, coupled with the serious internal fighting that Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and severely cracked down on the gentry in Beijing, which did not get their support, but made them very resentful of the peasant army.
The situation is stronger than people, Wu Sangui's general trend has gone, fake surrender can only become real surrender, speculation can not be successful every time, and the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty has not done any support for him from beginning to end.
What he has to do is only to cooperate with the Qing army to clear these remnants of the rogue soldiers, and avenge the blood and hatred of Emperor Chongzhen, so that his conscience can be a little more peaceful.
Wu Sangui chased the remnants of the peasant army into Handan, Hebei, and there was news that Chen Yuanyuan was in Hebei, and she had fled long before Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Wu Sangui was overjoyed and hurriedly sent someone to pick her up.
Chen Yuanyuan saw Wu Sangui again, with tears in his eyes, he stroked Wu Sangui's Qing Dynasty general's outfit, and asked softly: "Why is the general like this?"”
Wu Sangui was silent and did not answer her question from beginning to end.
How could this be, I'm afraid that Wu Sangui himself doesn't know.