Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"Great Khan, the Southern Expedition General Xirimo and Sichuan Governor Asumu have urgent reports." At night, the Lotus Khan, who was in high spirits, walked into the bedroom of Concubine Fatima. Just as he was about to have some fun, he was interrupted by the urgent military report. There was no way, this was the rule he set, if there was any urgent military information, no matter what he was doing, he had to report it immediately.

"What's the matter?" Someone, whose interest was disturbed, got up with a grunt and dressed with the help of Concubine Shun. He took a closer look at the military report, but it was not about his side, but about the Ming Dynasty's Qingfu Prince regime that had something wrong, or had collapsed.

"Alas! In the current situation, the big battle is temporarily over. The three fronts of the north, center and south seem to be silent, but in fact, undercurrents are surging! Look, the small waves are coming!" The Great Khan muttered to himself after reading it, and then fell into deep thought.
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At the beginning, Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi in the Qing Dynasty, sent two armies to attack Zhu Xuan, the King of Qingfu, who had risen up against the Qing Dynasty in western Sichuan. They successively conquered Chengdu, Meizhou and other places, forcing Zhu Xuan to retreat to Qingshen County with 5,000 remaining soldiers and Hao Chengyi to retreat to Qiongzhou with 10,000 soldiers. The small court of King Qingfu asked for help from Asumu, the governor of Sichuan in the David Kingdom. However, after Xi Rimo led his army into Guizhou, there were not many guards left in Sichuan. Asumu refused to send troops to rescue and only supported the Ming army with some supplies. Seeing that the situation was precarious, Shen Xunwei, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, took the risk to go to eastern Sichuan to persuade Ma Wannian, the envoy of Shizhu, Ran Qibiao, the envoy of Youyang, Tan Yi, the Marquis of Renshou, and Tan Hong, the Marquis of Zhongzhou, to rise up against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and only then stabilized the situation.

A few days ago, Emperor Shunzhi sent the Minister of Internal Affairs Dasu, Gushan Ezhen Suohong, the Commander of the Guards Lai Da, and the First-Class Guard Suo Etu to lead 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry to rescue Shaanxi, forcing the Central Guards to withdraw from Xi'an, and the situation in Sichuan changed accordingly. Prince Jian Jidu, who was freed up, ordered Shaanxi Admiral Wang Yizheng and the Red Banner Manchu Jiala Zhangjing Du Min to lead 8,000 Manchu and Han troops from Shaanxi to Sichuan to join the Sichuan Qing Army to recover Shu, and ordered Wang Yizheng to take charge of Sichuan's military. Jidu's move, in addition to threatening the rear of the Guizhou Guards, also meant to hit Sichuan Governor Gao Minzhan. A few days ago, the situation in Sichuan was critical, but Gao Fuyuan used the excuse that Chengdu was ruined and hid in the relatively safe Langzhong County of Baoning Prefecture, and did not dare to face the front of the Guards and the Ming Army. Damn it! You are a frontier official, and you have the responsibility to defend the land, but you are afraid of the enemy like a tiger! In this case, Sichuan's military does not need your command, just leave it to Wang Yizheng. There is no fool who can become a provincial governor. Although Gao Minzhan is timid, he is not stupid. After being criticized, he immediately moved to Chengdu with his subordinates, and ordered his trusted generals Liang Jiaqi, Cheng Tingjun, Wang Mingde and others to cooperate with Wang Yizhen in actively counterattacking, showing the Qing court his determination to recover the whole of Shu.

In short, under the urging of Prince Jian Jidu, the Qing army in Sichuan became a united front and launched a crazy offensive against the small court of Prince Qingfu. The strategy of attacking the Ming army first was formulated by Wang Yizheng, who was in charge of the military in Sichuan. This Shaanxi governor was cunning and was ordered by the army to recover Shu. Due to the prestige of Prince Jian, he dared not not express his opinion, but he also knew how powerful the guards were, so he decided to pick the weak ones and defeat the small court of Prince Qingfu first to gain merit. In this way, the prince was given an explanation and the risk was small. As for the guards entering southern and western Sichuan, they would try to fight after defeating the Ming army. It would be best if they could win. If they couldn't win, they would have the credit for destroying Prince Qingfu, and Prince Jian would not do anything to them.

Admiral Wang was not only good at politics, but also at fighting. After learning that Hao Chengyi, a powerful official under King Qingfu, was arrogant and domineering and had a bad relationship with King Qingfu, he first sent a small army to contain the troops directly under King Qingfu stationed in Qingshen County, and then concentrated the army to attack Hao Chengyi who was guarding Qiongzhou. This was beyond Hao Chengyi's expectations. Since ancient times, "to capture a thief, you must first capture the king". He thought that the Qing army would take King Qingfu as the primary target, but he didn't expect that they would come to him first. The Qing army in Sichuan was originally stronger than the Ming army. Wang Yizheng and Du Min brought 8,000 fresh troops to join the battlefield. How could Hao Chengyi, who was not well prepared, resist? Soon the Qing army successively captured Dayi, Qiongzhou, Pujiang and other counties, beheaded Hao Chengyi, Duke of Weining of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Jian, Marquis of Guangping, and more than 2,000 soldiers and soldiers, and captured 3,000. The remaining Ming army either withdrew to Qingshen County or to the area controlled by the Wei army or scattered all over the place.

Wang Gongcheng, a general under Hao Chengyi, saw that the situation was not good and led more than a thousand defeated soldiers to flee to Yazhou controlled by the Wei army to seek refuge. Sichuan Governor Asumu took in the defeated soldiers of the Ming army to strengthen his own strength, and ordered the provincial governor Mamut to lead 3,000 soldiers to enter Yazhou for defense. At the same time, he sent people to ask for help from Xi Rimo, the general of the Southern Expedition. Sichuan was the rear base of Guizhou. Once it was lost, the retreat route of the Southern Wei army would be cut off. Xi Rimo was shocked when he heard the news, and urgently ordered the deputy general of the Southern Expedition Na Risong, the general Long Haiyang, and Jin Youchen to lead 10,000 troops to defend Sichuan.
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"Your Highness, the situation is urgent! Please follow Minister Shen's advice and move the capital to Fuzhou, rely on Ertan and Shizhu, Youyang, and Kuidong Thirteen Families to deal with the Qing army, first build strong defenses and clear the fields, and then send troops to restore the Ming Dynasty when the Qing and Wei countries fight," the Minister of War Ouyang Zhi advised Qingfu King Zhu Xuan to avoid the enemy's edge.

"Retreat to Fuzhou?" Zhu Xuan stared at the map and sighed, "The people of western Sichuan have followed me for many years, I really can't bear to abandon them!" On the surface, he said that he was reluctant to leave the people, but in fact, he was reluctant to leave the base he had built for many years. Besides, Fuzhou was the territory of the Tan brothers. Renshou Marquis Tan Yi and Zhongzhou Marquis Tan Hong were always cruel and capricious. In the past, they even killed their own brothers for profit. If I enter their territory, I will inevitably be controlled. Hao Chengyi is an example.

Seeing that his lord was unwilling to accept the suggestion, Ouyang Zhi tried to persuade him again: "If Your Highness is unwilling to move to Fuzhou, you might as well go south to Jiading Prefecture. It is the defense area of ​​the Wei Army and is relatively safe. If you can't bear to leave the people of Qingshen, you can take them to Jiading with you."

"Go to Jiading?" Zhu Xuan smiled bitterly in his heart. If the vassal states like Hao Chengyi and the Tan brothers were wolves, then Weiguo would be a tiger. If we go to the tiger's territory, how can we not be controlled? He shook his head firmly and said, "Our army has been stationed in Qingshen for several years and is very familiar with the terrain. The people of Qingshen support our army. The people's hearts are with me, so we may not be unable to fight!"

Seeing that his master was determined to defend Qingshen, although Ouyang Zhi admired his courage, he also felt worried and asked, "What if we can't win the battle?"

"If we can't win the battle, it won't be too late to go to Fuzhou," Zhu Xuan drew his sword and said firmly. From the beginning to the end, this prince of the Ming Dynasty had no intention of surrendering to the Wei State as a puppet. He would rather surrender to the vassal state than to another country.

"I am willing to defend Qingshen to the death with Your Highness!" Ouyang Zhi was inspired by his master's bravery and pleaded loudly.

"Good! As long as our army is united, why should we fear the invasion of the Qing army!" Zhu Xuan shouted passionately. These days, he recruited soldiers with the support of Weiguo, and took in 3,000 defeated soldiers from Hao Chengyi's army. His army strength was more than 10,000, and the number of troops was not much worse than that of the Qing army. He thought he could fight. (End of this chapter)