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Volume 2: A Different Chief Chapter 781: Scam

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    In fact, the matter of chasing stolen goods and providing salary assistance reached Shanhaiguan at the end of March. The capital was six hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, which was close and far away.  If you walk slowly, it will take more than ten days; if you drive fast, day and night, it will only take two or three days.  When the news reached Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui, Liu Zhaoji, Fan Zhiwan, Li Yutian and others were all surprised and couldn't believe their ears.  However, more news came, and this matter was definitely true. Immediately, all the civil servants and generals in Shanhaiguan were frightened and didn't know what to do.  Even though he was in Shanhaiguan at this time and surrendered earlier, Dingxi Bo Tangtong, who was responsible for recruiting and surrendering, felt frightened and confused.  On the second day of April, Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui stood in a daze on the east tower of the town. Shanhaiguan was extremely majestic. It was a dragon and phoenix compound castle defense line. In addition to Guancheng, there were also Dongluo City, Xilao City, South Wing City, and North Wing City.  Seven castles including Yicheng, Weiyuan City and Ninghai City are connected.  Moreover, Guancheng is also connected with the Great Wall, including Guancheng Great Wall, South Wing Great Wall, North Wing Great Wall, Laolongtou Great Wall, Jiaoshan Great Wall, Sandaoguan Great Wall and Jiumenmenkou Great Wall (a piece of stone), etc., with a total length of more than 50  inside.  Guancheng is located in the middle of the plain. Its east wall is both the eastern part of Guancheng and a part of the Great Wall. It serves two purposes. At this time, where Wu Sangui was standing was the East Gate Archery Tower "Zhendong Tower", also known as "the second largest tower in the world".  One pass of the archery tower."  Wu Sangui took out his telescope and looked outside the archery tower for a long time. Through the urn city, he could see the Dongluo City on the opposite side. This is the first barrier to the east gate of the city and the first entrance to the city.  The city is more than 100 feet long and extends in a slight arc. The west wall is connected with the east wall of Guancheng and the Great Wall. The southeast wall is connected with the east gate of Guancheng. The connection is guarded by Linlu Tower and Muying Tower.  Looking through Dongluo City, one could see Qing military camps scattered for several miles, especially on Huanxi Ridge, where flags were fluttering.  Wu Sangui looked there for a long time. He had seen the yellow dragon umbrella of the slave chief Dorgon appearing on Weiyuan Fort. Perhaps the Qing emperor's camp was stationed in that mountain range at this time.  Looking further to the Jiaoshan Mountain in the northwest, the huge rocks look like dragon heads wearing horns. The mountains of Changshou Mountain and Yanshan Mountain to the northeast of the Jiaoshan Great Wall are also filled with dense Qing army camps. The vast camps and banners seem to be endless.  Wu Sangui looked worriedly and blankly for a long time. At this moment, rapid footsteps sounded. Wu Sangui turned around, only to see one of his personal guards rushing over.   In the governor's palace, Wu Sangui had just entered the lobby when he heard the joyful and hearty voices of Uncle Dong Ping and Shanhaiguan Commander Liu Zhaoji: "Haha, this is such a great joy. The prince is safe and sound. This is really God's blessing for me." Wu Sangui was startled.  , and then he felt happy in his heart: "Is the prince safe?" When he walked into the lobby, he saw Liu Zhaoji's tall figure standing. He laughed and waved a letter in his hand, with extreme joy on his face.  Beside him, Fan Zhiwan, the governor of Jiliao, and Li Yutian, the governor of Guanmen, were sitting, whispering to each other, but their faces were full of joy.  There was another person sitting awkwardly, but he had already defected to Dashun, the former Miyun Commander-in-Chief, Dingxi Bo Tangtong.  Seeing Wu Sangui come in, everyone looked at him. Liu Zhaoji strode over and called out: "Uncle, come and see. This is a letter sent by Yang Shuai. Prince Yan has been welcomed into the Xuan Mansion by Yongning Marquis. I am very enlightened.  Not finished, hahaha" Wu Sangui first saluted Liu Zhaoji, Fan Zhiwan, and Li Yutian calmly: "Liu Shuai, two military men." He was polite and thoughtful, and his every move showed the demeanor of a member of a noble family.  , both Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian had soft smiles on their faces, while a look of jealousy flashed in Tang Tong's eyes.  Then Wu Sangui took the letter from Liu Zhaoji and read it carefully, his hands trembling involuntarily: "On the 28th of last month, the prince was rescued by martyrs and fled into Xuanfu town. Now the prince of Yongning, Wang Dou, the governor of Xuanda, Ji Shiwei, and the former  Chen Xinjia, Secretary of the Ministry of War, and Du Xun, the guarding eunuch, have welcomed him and settled down. Is this news true? "Liu Zhaoji laughed and said, "This is a letter written by Marquis Yongning to Yang Shuai, and then Yang Shuai hurriedly informed us.  "Can it be true?" He laughed and said, "Prince An Ran will surely launch an army with Yongning Marquis soon, and the end of the bandits will come." Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian both caressed their beards and smiled, while Tang Tong's face was blue.  I felt blank for a while, especially when I heard the word "traitor".  He laughed dryly and said: "Liu Shuai, Wu Shuai, you two military sects, we are now Dashun officials, these two thief" Liu Zhaoji shouted sternly: "Dashun? What Dashun? Torturing officials and gentry.  Dashun? Dashun who goes from house to house to steal money? Liu Zhaoji joins the new dynasty to protect the people, not to let thieves go from house to house and plunder them!  flowers?Funny words to deceive the people, but the thief is a thief after all. It has only been a few days, but he can't help but reveal himself.  Damn it, a certain family was almost deceived by this thief!  " Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian also looked at Tang Tong with a cold look. Ever since they learned about the pursuit of stolen goods, especially when they heard that many noble officials were tortured to death, they drew a clear line with Dashun in their hearts. They also heard that the prince was An Ran  If they are still here, then they are even more sworn in with the bandits. They can't imagine the consequences. One day they declared their allegiance, and the next day they were arrested and tortured, and then they and their families were beaten to death, and their lives and wealth were lost.  , thinking about it makes people shudder. Li Yutian said lightly: "Torturing the gentry and the common people, extorting money and women, is this the new dynasty?  Still a thief!  Never mention the word Dashun again!  Fan Zhiwan also laughed and said: "Uncle Dingxi has been favored by the emperor in his lifetime, and Emperor Daxing has been as generous as a mountain. Now that I have not exhausted my great power, people want to be loyal, so Dingxi uncle should have planned it early."  " Tang Tong was restless. At first, he was very high-spirited and proud in front of Wu Sangui, Liu Zhaoji, Fan Zhiwan and others, but now his momentum has waned a lot. After the news came that the capital and other places were pursuing stolen stipends, he also secretly regretted it in his heart  , felt that this Dashun was unreliable, and his earlier decision was rash. It was obvious that this Dashun was not an ideal tree, but he still had hope in his heart, and he laughed dryly:  "Sure enough, if Shun Guo Tian is angry and resentful, Tong Zi should abandon the dark side and surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and return his allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.  It's just we need to do more research to see if this news is wrong.  "Liu Zhaoji sneered, Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian also mused. Tang Tong's words made sense. The rumors were so unbelievable. Could it be that the news coming from Beijing was untrue and exaggerated? After all, chasing stolen money and plundering people is too much.  It is appalling that any wise king or emerging dynasty would not do such a stupid thing. It would be better to inquire further so as not to make a difficult fate decision again. Especially Fan Zhiwan, who is greedy and cowardly, can do nothing but make money.  Apart from wealth, it is about being harmonious and not causing trouble. Wu Sangui had been sitting quietly, not knowing what he was thinking. At this time, he was about to speak when he heard the sound of rapid footsteps, but it was the governor.  A family member from the mansion hurriedly came in and brought important news to everyone in the hall. ¡°What, someone in Uncle Ping¡¯s family escaped from the capital, and there is a close friend among them?  "Fan Zhiwan and others stood up suddenly. " Several people were brought into the meeting hall. Wu Sangui looked hesitantly, and one of them was supported by two servants of the Wu Mansion. He was walking with difficulty. He looked very familiar, and seemed to be  There is another person. "Uncle Chang" "Brother Ting Xian.  ¡± This person turned out to be his good friend Fang Guangchen, named Tingxian, the son of Fang Yizao, the former Minister of Rites. When Fang Yizao was patrolling Liaodong as a bachelor, he once worshiped his disciple and formed an alliance with his son Fang Guangchen. Now,  He appeared in front of him in a dusty state. After saying hello, he stepped aside, revealing the man who was being supported. The man was bruised and his hands and feet were trembling. If he hadn't been supported, he would have shrunk to the ground.  The more he looked, the more familiar he looked. Finally, he woke up and realized that this unrecognizable person was his eldest brother Wu Sanfeng. He saw Wu Sanfeng trembling, his tears rolling down, his lips trembling, and he suddenly pounced.  When he reached Wu Sangui's feet, he screamed: "Brother!  " He hugged Wu Sangui's feet and howled heart-breakingly. His voice was like a cuckoo crying for blood. Wu Sangui knelt down and said tremblingly: "Brother, you why are you like this?  " He simply didn't dare to recognize the man in front of him. Just looking at his hands and feet, you could tell how much inhumane torture he had endured. Wu Sanfeng howled and said, "Ying Qi Ying Qi is gone, and your sister-in-law and the others are all gone.  died!  Clamped to death" Wu Sangui said: "Clampedclamped to deaththenwhere's dad?  " Wu Sanfeng howled and cried: "Dad is about to die too. He was burned" Wu Sangui stumbled suddenly. His face was as pale as gray. He murmured: "How dare they How dare they"  He murmured, he didn't understand, he was an important border general. Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and others didn't look at the monk or the Buddha, and they shouldn't attack his family. Why did they ignore it at all?  , so unscrupulous? "Ah!  " He suddenly let out a roar, the sound was cruel and full of incomparable malice. Looking at his ferocious expression, the hall was silent. Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian were silent, and even Liu Zhaoji was sitting with a sigh. "I swear not to  Born with thieves!  "Roaring anger"In the middle of the attack, Wu Sangui suddenly drew out his sharp sword and knocked over the tables and chairs in front of him with one strike.  Listening to the crazy sound coming from his mouth, Tang Tong unconsciously shrank his body a little so as not to attract Wu Sangui's attention.  Suddenly Wu Sangui remembered something and pointed his sharp sword at him. Tang Tong was so frightened that Tang Tong stood up in a hurry. He put a hand on his sword and said in a panic: "Wu Shuai, I have abandoned the dark and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. I have returned to the Ming Dynasty. I am not a traitor."  Don't misunderstand" He cursed even louder: "Hateful thieves, a certain Tang Tong and others are incompatible with each other." Fan Zhiwan, Li Yutian and others also hurriedly tried to persuade him, but Wu Sangui just said coldly: "I.  Let me ask you, after you took refuge with the bandits, the bandits once said that you would be in charge of the defense of Shanhaiguan, Jizhen and other places. They also said that we need to lead troops to Beijing. Will thieves come to defend Jizhen, Shanhaiguan and other places in the future?  Side wall?" Tang Tong thought for a while and shook his head: "It seems not!" "What?" Fan Zhiwan and others were shocked. Liu Zhaoji stood up and shouted to Tang Tong: "It's up to you.  Tang Tong can also defend these two points?" Fan Zhiwan murmured: "What kind of rules are they doing?" Fan Zhiwan didn't think much about it at the time, but now Wu Sangui asked, and he was shocked.  This is ridiculous.  There are hundreds of thousands of Tatars outside the customs, and it is still difficult for so many good ministers and generals to be in charge. How can Tang Tong be more virtuous and capable than Yang Guozhu, Wu Sangui, Liu Zhaoji and others?  What did the intruder think? Or did he think that there was always peace outside the wall and that hundreds of thousands of Tatars never existed in this world?  Wu Sangui returned the sword to its sheath, and he was clear in his heart. No matter how ridiculous the intruders and others acted, one thing he was sure of was that this recruitment was a scam!  Their purpose is to deceive their own people into Beijing, and then they will be used as swords and soldiers, and I will be used as fish and meat.  Wu Sangui could not imagine what it would be like to be tortured. Thinking about that scene, an indescribable panic emerged in his mind. In the end, he felt unprecedented fear and horror in his heart.  Fortunately, I didn¡¯t fall into a trap myself. ? ?Fortunately.  (To be continued.)
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