"Crash."

The boiling boiling water flew out along the long spout of the pot, and the new Mengshan leaves in the teacup were like dancing fairies, blooming flutteringly, and the fragrance with greenness also spread out, making people feel comfortable from the heart.

However, tea is a good tea, and the female chef who cooks tea was hired by Feng Ji Restaurant from Jiangnan at a high price. Not only are they beautiful, but their demeanor and techniques are also pleasing to the eye. But at this time, Wu Xiang's mind was not at all...

He looked at the young man who was as calm as abyss in front of him, and was unable to come back to his senses for a long time...

When he first met Xu Changqing, he realized Xu Changqing's extraordinaryness. He did not have the impetuousness, calmness, low-keyness, responsibility, and more capable people!

So even though he knew that his baby daughter was married and could only be a fair wife, he still did not stop him and chose to support him.

But his original intention was to forge a good relationship with Xu Changqing and win him over to their Wu family's cart.

Who would have thought...

In just a few years, time has changed. Xu Changqing has indeed maintained a certain degree of intimacy with their Wu family, but he is no longer the Wuxia Amon of the past...

Xu Changqing's power, energy and foundation at this time were not only no longer inferior to their Wu family, but also became their Wu family's biggest competitor!

Nowadays, we have to face a choice that is almost like a life-and-death choice...

"Why……"

While thinking, the beautiful master had finished cooking. Wu Xiang couldn't help but sighed and smiled bitterly: "Changqing, I remember the first time I met you when I was with you. Everything seemed to be yesterday."

Xu Changqing smiled: "Yes, my father-in-law, if you hadn't been your support and guidance back then, Changqing wouldn't have been today. We both must have had a few drinks today."

"hehe."

Wu Xiang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

I originally wanted to play some emotional cards so that Xu Changqing could give in, but at this time, Xu Changqing didn't give him this opportunity at all...

But this was all expected. After all, if Xu Changqing didn't even make such a cunning decision, how could he have come to this day?

Housework is family matter, and serious matter is serious matter!

Wu Xiang thought for a moment, no longer had any worries, and directly confronted Xu Changqing: "Changqing, between you and my father-in-law and son-in-law, I don't want to hide anything from you. Changgong, after thinking about it for a while, he decided... to take advantage of the Tartars!"

As he said that, Wu Xiang stared at Xu Changqing's eyes tightly, trying to capture Xu Changqing's fluctuations.

But what disappointed him was that Xu Changqing's face did not fluctuate at all, and his eyes were not hesitant at all. After a moment, he said calmly: "My father-in-law, is this the second brother's intention, or what do you mean after discussing it?"

Xu Changqing was not surprised that Wu Sangui and the Wu family would choose this path.

This has nothing to do with "a angrily a woman in the capital", nor has it to do with love, hate, love, everything is a careful plan made after the butt determines the head and the overall situation.

Even, let alone the Wu family, Xu Changqing had already clearly understood Shi Kefa and his friends' thinking: to join forces with the Qing army to deal with the refugee army!

I'm afraid that by this time, these superiors from the Ming Dynasty would still regard the Qing army as a leper!

In history, it was not until the Qing army settled firmly in the capital city, quickly occupied the entire north, and stabilized the north, and began to form a force to sweep the world. The Southern Ming and the remaining troops of the refugee army came to their senses and began to unite against the Qing Dynasty.

However, in this joint process, there were many jokes, exposing the ugliness of the world so that people could not look directly at it. Until everyone finished playing together, they went to the Qing Dynasty to be a submissive people, and they could not even reach a slave...

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page)

At this time, looking at Xu Changqing's appearance, Wu Xiang already understood that Xu Changqing's thoughts and preparations were definitely much deeper than he had imagined!

He must have expected this situation and had a suitable response strategy!

At this point, it was no more interesting to hide it. Wu Xiang calmed down and said calmly: "Changqing, there is the meaning of Changbo, the meaning of me, and many brothers under his command. But Changqing, you must understand that this is just a temporary solution. Once the thieves are driven away, we will still be on the same front!"

"My father-in-law, then, I wonder what the son-in-law needs to do?"

"Simple. Changqing, I hope that you can report this matter to the court fairly. My Wu family has always been loyal and courageous to the Ming Dynasty and the court..."

...

After seeing Wu Xiang off, Xu Changqing's face was already so gloomy that water was about to drip out of water!

What should have happened, it still happened!

Even though it had been expected, Xu Changqing still took a long time to gradually calm down.

In fact, it was already a foregone conclusion that the Wu family made such a choice.

Because their roots are in Ningyuan, not only their Wu family, but also tens of thousands of households in Guanning and hundreds of thousands of Guanning families!

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has long raised them. How could the thief meet their requirements?

What's more, if they take advantage of the situation and defeat Li Zicheng and the others, even if Xu Changqing has the crown prince and queen at this time, their Wu family can still become the first-class force and occupy greater righteousness and prestige.

Even if it were someone else, as long as they were heroes, ninety percent of them would probably choose this plan!

I don't have to think about this year!

really.

At noon the next day, Xu Changqing received news from western Liaoning that the Zu family in Jinzhou was conquered, Jinzhou was lost, and the Zu family surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in an all-round way.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of main forces of the Qing army approached Ningyuan, pacified Xibo, and Ningyuan General Wu Sangui, and cooperated with the Ji Liao Governor Hong Chengchou. He had no choice but to lead tens of thousands of elite troops to retreat to Shanhaiguan.

At the same time, they did not send rescue information to the Dashun Dynasty in the capital, but directly sent it to Xu Changqing in Haicheng, Shi Kefa in Qufu, and Nanjing.

The news came out and the world was in an uproar!

Capital.

Forbidden City, Imperial Hall.

Dashunchao received the news immediately, and Li Zicheng hurriedly attracted everyone to discuss it.

"What?"

"The Zu family surrendered. Wu Sangui, a little boy who doesn't know what he is, wants to surrender to the Ming court again?"

Liu Zongmin is busy asking about the "Silver of Atonement" these days, and he is making a fortune and is preparing to let everyone have a good New Year. When Mu Ran heard this news, he will be enlightened for a moment. He is already uncontrollable and tyrannical: "What do he want to do? Are he playing with me?! This is tolerant, who can't stand that!"

"Emperor, Wu Sangui, the traitor, has always been scammers and has been asking for a lot of price. I have long disliked him. Now, this dog thief is indeed a wolfish ambition!"

"Your Majesty, you can't let this dog thief be so rampant. We must teach him a lesson!"

"The Emperor..."

The crowd was filled with righteous indignation and was unhappy.

At this time, the momentum of the refugee army had reached its peak and had completely absorbed the prosperity of the capital. Liu Zongmin even married a concubine of Tianqi.

Seeing that he had just occupied the Grand Principal, he was depressed by another stick, and ordinary people couldn't bear it, let alone this guy with powerful soldiers?

Li Zicheng was extremely cautious.

He knew very well that their status was at this moment,

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page)

I haven't had a hot day yet, and I'm not prepared well, so it's really not advisable to use a rash move!

But Wu Sangui's move is really a bit vicious!

Originally, they had been asking for a chance with them, but for the sake of the overall situation, they did not rush to stabilize him. Who would have thought that the Chinese New Year was about to celebrate, and at such a critical moment, he actually had to deal with it, which made them not want to face it, but they had to face it.

Ignoring the tyrannical people, Li Zicheng looked at Song Xiance: "Grand Military Advisor, what do you think?"

Song Xiance was also sweating constantly, and his intestines were regretful for a moment. He had long realized that Liaodong was a big hidden danger and had to make plans. However, during these days, he had always enjoyed the prosperity of the capital. In addition, he was troubled by social engagements, so he thought about dealing with it after the New Year, but he never thought that something happened because of his ink traces...

After thinking for a long time, seeing everyone looking at him and starting to calm down, Song Xiance swallowed and said, "Emperor, Liao affairs are the top priority, and Shanhaiguan is the most powerful pass in the world. The throat of our Han family! Wu Sangui is a thief, killing people to kill their hearts! Even if there is a difficulty in this matter, I have no choice and must be forced! Otherwise, the general trend that I have gathered together will be..."

"That's right! What the great military advisor said is! What kind of things is Wu Sangui like? Emperor, please give orders. If we send troops to Shanhaiguan, we will destroy this bastard, and we will not let the Tartars enter the pass!"

"Yes, Emperor, we can't let the Tartars enter the pass! The people will poke our backbone..."

"The Emperor..."

The crowd suddenly burst out.

Everyone has only lived a few good days? How could it be enough? Wu Sangui's actions at this time have directly involved their core interests!

But Li Zicheng still did not dare to make a decision rashly, and looked at Niu Jinxing again.

Niu Jinxing didn't say anything, but nodded to Li Zicheng. This situation could no longer allow a big retreat.

Seeing that everyone reached an agreement, even though Li Zicheng had a little chill on his back and always had a bad premonition, he could not go against everyone's wishes and immediately slapped his head: "Okay! Since everyone has this intention, then I will now order to immediately recruit elite troops from all departments to prepare for war. It is necessary to prepare for the expedition in the shortest time, take down Shanhaiguan, and eliminate the Wu thieves. We must never let the Tartars enter the pass!"

"Eliminate the Wu thieves and never let the Tartars enter the pass..."

...

The mobilization ability of the refugee army is still very strong.

After all, they were guerrillas. In just two days, they mobilized hundreds of thousands of people, and the scale of the warriors exceeded 100,000!

Especially the large number of firearms and weapons seized from the warehouses of the capital, and the flowering bullets of the model army that craftsmen at all levels desperately imitated, really gave Li Zicheng a lot of confidence.

In addition, there were many surrendered troops in the Beijing camp, including Tang Tong and Bai Guangen as cannon fodder, and Li Zicheng's confidence became more and more powerful.

But there is still a little lack of food and grass.

However, this did not cause Li Zicheng. They now had a lot of cash. Soon, Niu Jinxing cheated and seized a large amount of food and grass reserves from the capital and major Shanxi merchants.

Finally, on the fourth day after receiving the news, on the 22nd day of the 16th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the day before the New Year, Li Zicheng personally led the main force of the Dashun Army, known as a 500,000 army, and was proud and heading straight to Shanhaiguan!

The news came out and the world was shocked!

For a moment, almost all eyes were gathered in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

At the same time, Xu Changqing also ordered more than 20,000 elite troops of the model army to start boarding the ship one after another!
Chapter completed!