"Because Wu Sangui has some activities recently, he has some private letters with me." Deng Ming explained that recently, two letters from Wu Sangui were transferred from Myanmar. Yang Zai told Deng Ming: Wu Sangui secretly sent an envoy to Myanmar to contact him, saying that as long as the Yongli court could control Li Dingguo and not attack his Guizhou, he would be willing to live in peace with the Ming army.

A similar incident happened to Kunming. Although Li Dingguo did not inform Deng Ming of the details, it seemed that Wu Sangui and him had secret letters. This time, Wu Sangui finally came to western Sichuan. The Guiyang envoy who came to see Deng Ming not long ago claimed to be the confidant of Prime Minister Xia, and he also took a charcoal sketch as a token. After Deng Ming recognized his work, he believed in the identity of the visitor.

"Wu thief..." Gong Yong was not young anymore. He had given Deng Ming an impression that his personality was open-minded and most of the worldly feelings could be seen. However, when he mentioned Wu Sangui, Gong Yong showed a deep hatred on his face. Liu Tichun also had a similar reaction. Yuan Zongdi was not as strong as Liu Tichun, Gong Yong was as strong as Liu Tichun, but there were some. The two were both military generals. Deng Ming felt that they were relatively cunning and might still be resentful of the defeat of the camp more than ten years ago. However, he did not expect that Gong Yong still had such a strong disgust towards Wu Sangui, and he looked ten times better than Yuan Zongdi.

"Let me guess." Gong Yong did not immediately explain the reason, but asked quickly: "Does the Duke of the State think he already knew the bottom line of the Wu thief, or think that he had figured out what he could - maybe a woman, a treasure, or a title - is the most important for the Wu thief? And I guess that the Duke of the State now has the feeling of 'The Wu thief's just this', and he thinks he is narrow-minded, petty and greedy. Isn't that wrong?"

Deng Ming was stunned when he heard this. Now he really felt this way.

In the letter transferred by Yang from Myanmar, Wu Sangui mentioned his fiefdom of the vassal state, implying that the Qing Dynasty could recognize his Pingxibo, as the orthodox emperor, Yongli recognized his current throne and attached importance to his rights and interests. Although there was no detailed explanation in Kunming, the King of Jin also mentioned that if Wu Sangui repented and was willing to change his past, the necessary compensation should be given, and Deng Ming probably also refers to the issue of the vassal state. This time, the secret envoy of the Prime Minister of Xia came to Chengdu and brought Deng Ming to Deng Ming again mentioned Guizhou. Xia State said that if the emperor returned to Shenjing after expelling the Tartars - this is certain, then Guizhou should be left to Wu Sangui, and Yunnan should be rewarded - at that time, the King of Jin would definitely not look down on this territorial territory.

Seeing Wu Sangui obsessed with Yungui, Deng Ming felt angry and funny. It was hard for Ping Xiwang to enjoy a great reputation in his previous life. Who would have thought that he was so like a rich man. He bit a piece of fief and seemed to hold a meat in his mouth, and he refused to speak out even if he died.

"No," Deng Ming nodded, and told Gong Yong all the communications between King Pingxi and him. In a vague way, Deng Ming had a bad premonition.

"This old thief!" Gong Yan cursed again, but there was no look of surprise on his face, or he had any contempt for Wu Sangui's petty aura, only a deep hatred. It seemed that he had expected such a situation to happen: "It was exactly the same as twenty years ago."

"Twenty years ago?" Deng Ming immediately realized that it was the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, which had a sudden change. It also had two names, namely the first year of Yongchang and the first year of Shunzhi. Li Zicheng had just entered Beijing for a few dozen days and suffered a crushing defeat and retreated back to Shaanxi in disgrace. Deng Ming had asked his witness Liu Tichun about this battle that determined the situation in the world, but the answer he got was only a simple sentence: "We were sneak attacked by the Tartars and the Wu thieves." Apart from this sentence, Liu Tichun had no other sentence. Seeing that the other party could not let go, naturally he would not continue to ask, although he was very interested in the past and after the war.

Seeing that Gong Yan might have to talk about the Battle of a Stone, Deng Ming waited patiently without urging. In Deng Ming's previous life, most historical researchers believed that this showed Dorgon's talent and strategy. As early as when Li Zicheng arrived in Shanxi, Dorgon announced to the Eight Banners that the one who is now fighting for the world with the Qing Dynasty was the Li Zicheng group. However, in order to paralyze Li Zicheng, Dorgon also wrote a letter to send it to Li Zicheng, claiming that he was willing to jointly attack Chongzhen with the rebel army. However, Li Zicheng, who was not very tall enough, was indeed trapped and was not prepared for the Qing Dynasty, so the sudden attack of the Qing army in Shanhaiguan and the sudden collapse of the Shun army. Events that were inconsistent with this narrative were intentionally or unintentionally ignored by the Qing officials of the Qing Dynasty, such as the reaction of Dorgon's letter to the Shun army and the reply to it by Shun army.

Deng Ming naturally knew nothing about this. After a moment, Gong Yong did not immediately explain the battle at Shanhaiguan, but asked Deng Ming about his impression. Deng Ming immediately honestly expressed his true thoughts: "The King of Chuang must have been a little careless at that time."

"It turns out that the Duke of the Kingdom also sees it this way, but it's no wonder." Gong Yong nodded: "Does the Duke of the Kingdom really have nothing to do with the emperor?"

Deng Ming knew that when Gong Yan was talking in private, the word "Emperor" could only refer to Li Zicheng. When Gong Yan raised this question again, Deng Ming smiled bitterly: "How many times has Mr. Gong asked about this? I really have no relatives and King Chuang for no reason."

"On March 19, the first year of Yongchang, the King of Chuang entered Beijing, three days, that is, the twenty-two," Gong Yong finally began to tell the story of that year: "Wu Sangui wrote his first letter to me, which was about asking whether we had broken through Beijing, whether his family had left the city, and told him not to bring more money, and to bury them all in the ground..."

"At this moment, we are still discussing whether to bring money or not," Deng Ming laughed and said, "Is Mr. Gong kidding?"

As a general and princes, they did not ask about the political situation in Beijing carefully at this critical moment, but instead told their own father not to take too much money to escape, or to bury it... If they hadn't had a little understanding of Gong Yan's character in the past two days, Deng Ming would almost think that this was spreading rumors and burying Wu Sangui.

"When I saw Wu Sangui's letter, the emperor couldn't help but smile. Ping Zhang shook his head and couldn't cry. Many laughing generals thought that Wu thief was simple and easy to deal with." Gong Yan did not have a smile on his face and continued: "What makes people laugh the most is that the end of Wu Sangui's letter was 'Praying for Zhu and Chen concubine, who was very strong and asked him to be patient.' This is the last sentence."

Deng Ming thought to himself that "Chen Ci" must be the famous beauty Chen Yuanyuan, who was born in later generations. I don't know who Zhu Ci was. However, when Wu Sangui was in that kind of family and his future was at a critical moment, he did not forget to instruct the beauties at home to favor concubines. How could he still look like a hero? He was obviously a playboy.

"There was a letter sent back at the same time. After the previous envelope was mentioned, he learned that the emperor had 400,000 troops and said to him that such a powerful force was not something he could resist, so he planned to surrender and asked him what he thought. The last sentence of the letter was the same as the one just now. Gong Yan once again quoted the original text of Wu Sangui's letter, rather than explaining it in his own words. After so many years, Gong Yan still remembered these two sentences in Wu Sangui's letter, which shows how profound the impression he left on him at that time: "How about Chen Meng? I'm very impressed!"

If the owner of this anecdote was someone else, Deng Ming would have burst into laughter at this moment. In just two short sentences, the image of a vulgar and foolish playboy was about to emerge.

"What then?" Deng Ming remembered that in the history books he had read, many people thought that Li Zicheng stole Chen Yuanyuan, and some people said that it was Liu Zongmin. In order to mock Wu Sangui, some even made Yuanyuan songs, they called him "a furious woman for the beauty". Deng Ming was not sure about this matter, so he asked Gong Yong: "What's wrong with Chen Meng?"

"The Wu thief held 30,000 Liao soldiers at that time, and his strength was still above Jiang Xiang, Tang Tong and others who had surrendered to the emperor. The Duke thought what the emperor would do? We knew about this concubine Chen long before entering Beijing. The emperor had told him that this was a person who would never have any trouble." Gong Yong told Deng Ming that after Li Zicheng entered the city on the 19th, he immediately ordered the sixteen women to be sent to the palace. At this time, Li Zicheng did not live in the palace. He left before dark. The sixteen women were all handed over to the eunuchs in the heavily guarded palace to avoid accidents: "If I remember correctly, Wu Chen will give the eunuch Wang Yongzhang to Chongzhen's eunuch Wang, and the idle people will not be able to get closer."

"On the 25th day, Wu Sangui surrendered, presented the letter of surrender, and handed over Shanhaiguan to the emperor's men and marched towards Beijing; on the 27th, Wu Sangui returned at night, and the officials who attacked the emperor took back Shanhaiguan, and then wrote a letter to his father: 'The day before yesterday, because he reported that Liu Zongmin had plundered Chen concubine... Alas, I can't see him again in this life, so he raised an army to kill all the thieves and borrowed troops from the Qing Dynasty..." When Gong Yan came to recite Wu Sangui's letter, Deng Ming's expression changed after hearing the word Qing Dynasty, but Gong Yan continued to recite: "I originally planned to go straight in, but I was afraid that Chen concubine might have gone home, or Liu Zongmin knew that he was a son's concubine and had not raped and killed him, so he was to surrender. Once the army advanced, he had no physiological consequences, so he reported to the news."

After hearing this letter, Deng Ming couldn't help but sigh. Maybe this is the origin of "I'm angry at the beauty", but when Gong Yan said this, it seemed like a misunderstanding. Li Zicheng clearly protected Chen Yuanyuan very well: "Why don't you send someone to tell Wu Sangui the true feelings immediately?"

"What does the Duke of the State mean?" Gong Yan showed a confused look on his face.

"Why didn't the King of Chuang send someone to meet Wu Sangui immediately to let him know that his concubine Chen was safe and sound?" If it weren't for the fear that Gong Yan would not come to Taiwan, Deng Ming would have wanted to ask if Li Zicheng really brought Chen Yuanyuan into his harem, otherwise how could such a simple thing not be done well?

"Of course I've notified..." Gong Yan blurted out, and then realized where the problem was: "The Duke thought Wu Sangui had rebelled against the Tartars?"

"Yes, he has surrendered, and then rebel again, wait." Deng Ming also realized what the problem was. In his impression, Wu Sangui surrendered and rebelled once: "Did Wu Sangui surrender to the King of Rebellion again?"

"Of course," Gong Yong replied loudly: "Don't the Duke of the State thought Wu Sangui had only repeated it once?"

"The King of Chuang stayed in Beijing for more than 40 days," Deng Ming asked in surprise: "How many times did Wu Sangui repeat?"

Gong Yan stretched out three fingers and shook in front of Deng Ming's eyes: "Three times! This is the first time after surrender! And after this rebellion, the emperor, Ping Zhang, the generals, and me, all thought that Wu Sangui's matter was too easy to handle, just return Chen concubine to him. I don't know if the Duke felt very familiar, and I don't know if the Duke thought that he had already figured out Wu Sangui's background. Yungui was his life gate. As long as he gave Yungui to him, he could conquer him."

"Then he surrendered and betrayed again?" Deng Ming was stunned.
Chapter completed!