Wu Sangui is in trouble. His position requires him to obey Hong Chengchou, but secretly he is Dorgon's man. Of course, in fact, Wu Sangui is just his own man.

When Wu Sangui learned that the Ming army had raided Liuhe from two routes across the river, his first reaction was that this battle was not done. Hong Chengchou was hit by the enemy's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

At this time, Wu Sangui, the Jiangdu, had only eight thousand troops. In addition to having to station in Jiangdu, the maximum number of reinforcements could be adjusted was three to four thousand.

How to fight this battle?

Fuck it!

The response made by Wu Sangui was to defend the important city of Jiangdu and declared to the outside world that as long as Wu Sangui was in Jiangdu for one day, the Ming army would never be allowed to cross Jiangdu and step north.

This is said with great enthusiasm, but in fact it is just to sit and watch the changes. Yi Zhen does not send a single army or a soldier to reinforce Liuhe.

Wouldn't Wu Sangui be afraid of being impeached by Hong Chengchou and being punished by the court?

Of course, I am not afraid. When the sky collapses, there is a tall man holding on. Hong Chengchou launched this war. If it succeeds, Hong Chengchou will take advantage of the situation to seize more power. One will be reduced and the other will rise, and Dorgon's power will be weakened.

Is Dorgon willing? Can he agree?

Therefore, Wu Sangui knew very well that the Dantu of Zhenjiang had been captured by Hong Chengchou, and the Qingtai Dynasty was already in danger. If this Ming army was lost to Jiangbei again, the Qingtai Dynasty would be defeated immediately, what are the benefits of Wu Sangui?

As soon as the Qingtai Dynasty was destroyed, from Yangzhou to Fujian, Guangzhou was connected together, and the Qing army in the south could be transferred to the northwest. Is it necessary for him to be Wu Sangui? Wu Sangui doesn't want to go back to the northeast to sit on the bench.

This is not the most important thing. If Wu Sangui would choose to sit on the bench without hesitation between sitting on the bench and being punished by the Qing court. It would be better to live without hesitation.

But at this time, he had to stand in the opposite team. If he sent troops to fight against the Ming army's attack, it would be equivalent to helping Hong Chengchou. Then his chance to go west to lead the troops independently would be lost. It would be nice if Dorgon didn't wear him some shoes, and could he still lead the army alone?

Wu Sangui believed that Hong Chengchou was a surrendered minister after all, and Dorgon was a prince with great military achievements and great power. At least at this time, Dorgon did not have any sign of losing power.

After comparing this way, Wu Sangui will be easy to choose, and he will choose Dorgon to choose.

Even if the Ming army occupied a small city in Liuhe, they would not get anything. If you want to stand alone, you would be dreaming.

Yi Zhen was already ruined, and the people had been driven away by Qian Sudian before the war. In addition to the Qing army and the remnants of Qian Sudian, the people in the city had less than a thousand people. What's wrong with the Ming army occupying them for a few days?

As long as you guard Jiangdu, an important town where the Ming army went north, you would not be able to escape, crossing the river and the Ming army would not be able to turn the world. After the war, if the court wanted to punish it, it would be a minor mistake of ineffective rescue. With Dorgon's secret protection, the punishment would be to raise it high and fall gently. On the other hand, what you can get was the independent leader he had always dreamed of.

Wu Sangui ordered the city gates on all sides of Jiangdu to close the city gates and drank in the administrative office with peace of mind.

....

Qian Sudian and hundreds of people have been trapped in a corner of Nancheng for six or seven days.

In the previous three days, Qian Sudian led the remnants of troops to launch no less than ten assaults against the Qing army that besieged him.

Not for breaking through, just for the sake of death.

It's good to fight one.

But the problem is that in any attack, the Qing army's arrows were faced with locust-like arrows. What's strange is that the Qing army's arrows only greeted the Ming soldiers ten steps.

After a few times, Qian Sudian understood that the Qing army only surrounded but did not attack, and had no intention of annihilation.

Qian Sudian also understood that the Qing army wanted to use their hundreds of people to blackmail Qingtai for something they wanted but could not get.

Who wants to die if a person can live?

Qian Sudian wanted to die, but he knew that if he didn't die, his brother would be threatened by the Qing court.

But looking at the hundreds of people around him, Qian Sudian could not make up this decision.

If he died on the spot, he would be a horse-rimming and his life would be. However, such suicide would make Qian Sudian, who had already sent away 20,000 lives, unable to send away the hundreds of them in front of him.

After all, he is an ordinary person. Qian Sudian has not taken a shower for several days, and the dust and blood stains on his face have formed a piece, which has made him unable to express any expression.

Qian Sudian planned to wait, even if it was one of the hopes of one of the thousands, he wanted to let the hundreds of warriors return to Yingtian Mansion.

It became Qian Sudian’s biggest wish now.

The Qing army was "generous". Not only did they not annihilate the Ming army, which had no combat power, they also provided them with food that could barely be covered in belly.

The corner of the city where the Ming army is located is probably not even able to find a mouse.

If there were no such food and water for alms, the Ming army would have been starved to death and thirsty.

The soldiers' haggard faces, their eyes without glory, were empty and numb, and they faced Qian Sudian with doubts.

They don’t know why they are still alive, and all the 20,000 troops are dead. Why do they still live?

Why doesn't the general order an assault?

Will the general surrender?

Qian Sule did not explain, because he was afraid that his explanation would make the soldiers rush out and die.

Not being killed, but... suicide!

No one, even if he is timid, faces the death of 20,000 comrades before him and is in a desperate situation, he will still tolerate himself becoming a bargaining chip for the Qing court to threaten the court and survive.

The only hope in everyone's heart is to let themselves die gloriously, and then the court can give relief and treat their relatives well.

Instead of the court selling them back at an unbearable price and living humiliatedly.

At this time, if Qian Sudianzhen ordered them to surrender, Qian Sudian would definitely be killed angrily by these soldiers who were determined to save them.

Today seems different. Not only Qian Sudian discovered it, but also some clever soldiers.

It was already noon, and the food and water were very timely every day, and they were not thrown over.

Slowly everyone began to gather in the direction of Qian Sudian.

All eyes were looked at their chief general.

Is something happening?

Is today the final outcome?

Qian Sudian didn't know, he looked in the direction of the Qing army in a daze.

Could it be that the court rejected the Qing court's request?

Qian Sudian was a little disappointed and lost. Did he and these hundreds of lives be abandoned by the court like a bad person?

But Qian Sudian was still a little relieved, and the Qing court did not get what they wanted.

Then, the Duke of Zhenguo should have captured Zhenjiang City, and the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture should have fallen into the hands of the court. The previous 20,000 lives were worth it!

When Qian Sudian, who thought he would no longer have tears, found that the long-lost tears fell on his cheek, Qian Sudian finally smiled.

Looking south from the direction of Yingtian Mansion, Qian Sudian slowly bowed to the ground.

Brother, take care of yourself!

Hundreds of eyes watched their coach bid farewell to Yingtian Mansion, and they all smiled.

The haze that I suspected in my heart these days instantly dissipated like a clear rain.
Chapter completed!