This wait lasted half a day.

The Eight Banners soldiers neither attacked nor retreated, but stayed lazily where they were, and some even fell asleep.

Not only the defenders were confused, but Wu Sangui was also confused.

What's the logic behind besieging without attacking?

In the blink of an eye, the sun sets in the west.

Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of Guanning troops, the Eight Banners soldiers slowly retreated.

Soon, it disappeared into the darkness before the night.

Tens of thousands of Guanning troops on the city wall looked at each other in shock at the Jiannu's unreasonable behavior.

"Why didn't the Jiannu attack the city?"

“That’s a good question. I don’t know either!”

"It looked scary when they were making so much noise, but I didn't expect them to run away without saying a word. These Eight Banners soldiers are too cowardly!"

"It's better not to attack the city. If we do, both sides will suffer casualties. Let's all disperse!"

As the immediate crisis was resolved, the Guanning Army walked down the city wall and took turns to rest.

Wu Sangui stroked his beard and thought for a moment before smiling and telling the messenger: "Tell the artillery to fire two shots in the direction of the Jiannu retreat."

Hu Xinshui touched the back of his head and was even more puzzled: "The Jiannu have already retreated, and our artillery can't reach the Jiannu, why are we still firing?"

Wu Sangui patted Hu Xinshui on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Firing cannons is an attitude, you will understand it later!"

Boom boom.

After two cannon shots, Wu Sangui walked down the city wall with a happy step.

He quickly returned to his room and wrote the following question:

"Your Highness, Your Highness, is here to receive your greetings."

"The Jiannu gathered outside Shanhaiguan to attack the city at the end of noon on May 18th. I led my troops to fight bravely for two hours and protected the pass."

"The Jiannu gained nothing in this battle. Our army killed thousands of enemies. It was a great victory!"

"......"

Looking at Wu Sangui's "good news", Chongzhen felt angry and helpless.

The Jinyiwei in the city had already spread the news that the Jiannu did not attack the city. After the Jiannu left, Wu Sangui fired two empty shots and then returned to the city to rest.

"This letter from Wu Sangui is very meaningful!" Chongzhen handed the letter in his hand to the chief minister Li Banghua.

Li Banghua frowned after reading it, and after a while he sighed: "Wu Sangui said that there were tens of thousands of Jiannu who attacked Shanhaiguan, which means..."

"Lord Li guessed correctly. Wu Sangui told me through Tangbao that if the capital is hit by war again, he will be powerless to help the king even if he wants to." Chongzhen gritted his teeth, and countless plans emerged in his mind.

A moment later, those plans vanished again.

The Guanning Army is different from the troops of Liu Zeqing and Zuo Liangyu. Killing Wu Sangui will not force the Guanning Army to surrender, but will force them to rebel.

It is difficult to capture the thief and the leader!

"He, Wu Sangui, really deserves to die!" Li Banghua was furious when he saw the newspaper in his hand slowly put down.

Lying about military intelligence and military achievements, deceiving the emperor, any of the charges would be enough to get Wu Sangui killed.

but...

He has soldiers at his disposal, so he can neither be cornered nor annoyed.

It's really frustrating.

"Lord Li, is there still no news from Xuanfu?" Chongzhen asked.

Li Banghua shook his head slowly: "On May 18, the sentries found traces of Jiannu in the Dushikou area, and no news came back since then. In my opinion, the Jiannu should be attacking Longmenwei or Longmenso at this time."

"The mountain roads in these two places are rugged, and news travels slowly."

"There has been no news from the Miyun area, so there should be no trace of the Jiannu army found," Li Banghua added.

Just when Chongzhen was about to go back to the palace to rest, a young eunuch came running from outside holding two envelopes: "Your Majesty, Xuanfu Tangbao, Damingfu Tangbao!"

Chongzhen and Li Banghua stood up at the same time. The young eunuch handed the Tangbao to Wang Chengen. After receiving the signal, Wang Chengen opened the envelope and read: "Damingfu Tangbao."

"Baoding General Li Xingzhong fought a battle in the north of Damingfu with Li Chuang's bandit Liu Fangliang. He killed 4,000 enemies and lost more than 700 people. It was a great victory!"

"After the battle, Liu Fangliang's troops retreated to Guangping Prefecture and held their ground. Li Xingzhong stayed in Daming Prefecture, waiting for the emperor's decree."

"Good, a great victory!" Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

He was not worried about Li Xingzhong's combat effectiveness. He had nearly a thousand Guanning cavalry under his command. These cavalry were like butchers on the plains.

The only thing he was worried about was the soldiers under Li Xingzhong who had surrendered to Li Zicheng, and he was afraid that they would surrender to Li Zicheng again.

It now appears that those worries were unnecessary.

Seeing Chongzhen nod, Wang Chengen picked up the second Tangbao: "Xuanfu Tangbao."

"On May 18, the Jiannu broke through the Great Wall and entered the pass from Dushikou. Due to the strategy of clearing the fields, poisoning the well water, and cutting off the river water in Xuanfu...

......

"Damn, this water is poisonous!" A Jiannu soldier covered his butt, took off his pants impatiently, and started puffing water in front of a group of soldiers.

"Get the hell away from me, I'm eating porridge!"

"Don't drink it, the water... is poisonous. The Ming army put laxatives in it. Damn it, it hurts so much!" The Jiannu soldier quickly moved to another place to avoid his shoes being contaminated by filth.

"No, I tried it on a sheep. I only let it drink after seeing that it was fine." The Jiannu soldier who was drinking porridge held the bowl and looked at the sheep in confusion.

It would have been fine if he hadn't watched it, but he got angry after watching it.

Because the sheep stood there and ate grass leisurely, as if nothing had happened.

"The sheep is fine! You f*cking lied to me!"

"If you don't believe me... just... drink it. If you have diarrhea... don't look for me!" The Jiannu soldier moved to another place again, looking haggard.

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