Faced with a powerful enemy, his two advisers started arguing.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Dorgon coughed and said, "Gentlemen, please stop arguing, so as not to hurt the harmony."
Hong Chengchou immediately clasped his fists and bowed, his face full of apology: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was reckless."
Fan Wencheng had no intention of backing down and continued to question Hong Chengchou: "Hong Chengchou, answer my question. Are you targeting me everywhere?"
Looking at Fan Wencheng's relentless attitude, Dorgon suddenly felt a little disgusted.
He yelled, "Enough!"
"But I..." Fan Wencheng wanted to continue.
"With a powerful enemy at hand, this matter ends here." Dorgon made his conclusion.
Fan Wencheng's face immediately became very ugly.
Just when everyone thought he would shut up, Fan Wencheng said again: "Your Majesty, I have been ill recently. Please allow me to return to Hetuala to recuperate."
On the surface, this sentence was asking Dorgon for leave, but in reality it was forcing Dorgon to make a choice.
If Dorgon approved of Fan Wencheng, he would have tried to retain him.
If Dorgon approved of Hong Chengchou, he only needed to agree to Fan Wencheng's request.
At this time, Dorgon focused all his attention on Wu Sangui and never expected that Fan Wencheng would say such words at this time.
He was a little angry and said: "Since you are ill, please go back to Hetuala to recuperate, Mr. Fan."
Fan Wencheng did not hesitate at all and quickly bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Only after he walked away did Dorgon feel a little regretful.
But it was just regret, there was no attempt to keep him.
In order to prevent Fan Wencheng from plotting in Hetuala, Dorgon sent more than 20 Eight Banners soldiers to "escort" Fan Wencheng back.
No one noticed that Fan Wencheng had a smile on his face as he rode away.
His move seems to be an attempt to win favor, but in fact it is a step forward.
This time when he returned to Hetuala, he wanted to do something big.
Of course.
He had no intention of betraying Dorgon.
After seeing Fan Wencheng off, Dorgon and Hong Chengchou discussed the next countermeasures.
"Mr. Hong, next..."
"Send troops to force Wu Sangui to surrender."
"How many troops will be sent?"
Hong Chengchou's expression was serious: "The whole army will attack."
"Ah?" Dorgon was frightened. "The whole army is going to attack?"
"That's right. Only in this way can Wu Sangui be frightened and surrender."
"But...what if Wu Sangui refuses to surrender? Wouldn't it be a decisive battle if the two armies met on the battlefield?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Hong Chengchou smiled, "As long as we give the Ming army the evidence that Wu Sangui betrayed his allies and funded us, and let Wu Sangui know that we have handed the evidence to the Ming army, he will have no choice but to surrender!"
Dorgon covered his forehead and thought for a while: "It is true, but the risk of sending out the entire army is too great. If we are not careful, we will kill each other with Wu Sangui who is about to surrender."
"Your Highness, please decide for yourself how to proceed."
Dorgon thought for a while and began to prepare troops and evidence.
He did not dare to send out all his troops, but only sent out a few thousand cavalry.
When everything was ready, Dorgon set out.
At this time, the Ming army had already begun to set up camp five miles outside Fushun City.
Wu Sangui's camp was in the north and Wang Yongji's camp was in the south.
Dorgon first sent troops to approach Wu Sangui's camp. When Wu Sangui led his troops out to confront him, he sent a soldier with a stack of papers to Wang Yongji's camp in front of Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui was stunned at first, then horrified: "Oh no, Dorgon wants to betray me. If I'm not mistaken, the Jiannu has evidence in his hand."
"Sir, I will take people to capture him." Hu Xinshui requested.
"Not right!" Wu Sangui shook his head: "The more we do this, the more it will appear that there is something wrong with us."
"If Wang Yongji believed the evidence, I'm afraid..."
"Haha!" Wu Sangui laughed bitterly: "If he doesn't believe it, everything will be fine. If he believes it, we can only surrender to the Jian Nu."
In order to deal with possible attacks, Wu Sangui ordered the entire army to be on alert and deployed heavy troops in the direction of Wang Yongji inside the camp.
At this time, Wang Yongji was even more nervous than Wu Sangui.
He had only three thousand soldiers under his command.
If Wu Sangui launched an attack now, he would not only have to face tens of thousands of Guanning troops, but also thousands of Jiannu cavalry.
"Report!" The scout rushed to Wang Yongji and said, "The Jiannu released a prisoner. When he came back, he held a stack of papers in his hand and asked to see you, the governor."
"Surrendered soldier?" Wang Yongji seemed to have guessed something. He said in a deep voice, "Bring him here."
Soon, the prisoner came in front of Wang Yongji.
As soon as they met, he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Greetings, Governor."
Wang Yongji's confidant immediately asked, "What are you holding? Why did the Jiannu release you?"
"Dorgon asked me to come back and give this to the governor." The prisoner spoke while holding the paper in his hand high above his head.
The confidants took the paper, unfolded it and showed it to Wang Yongji.
After just a quick glance, Wang Yongji ordered, "Put it away."
"Sir!" the prisoner said, "Dorgon said this is evidence of Wu Sangui's treason."
"Don't say anymore!" Wang Yongji began to feel a chill on his back.
He saw through Dorgon's conspiracy.
As long as Wu Sangui realizes that he has been exposed, he will definitely rebel.
Before receiving a reply from the court, he could not act on his own, let alone force Wu Sangui to rebel.
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