Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 19 I still use the system, and you teach me how to drive?
After Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang fled to Hongsha Kingdom, the generals of the Dashi Army led their subordinates to join the border chieftains and continue to resist the Qing Dynasty.

The generals who stayed behind in western and southern Yunnan were isolated by the Qing invaders, and it was unknown whether they were still holding on.

Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, who were close to Hongsha State, led their troops to rescue the Ming Dynasty officials who were trapped in a foreign country, climbing snow-capped mountains, crossing forests and rivers.

Coupled with the hot and humid miasma in Hongsha Kingdom, only a few thousand soldiers were left.

If it were not for Duke Guang He Jiuyi withdrawing from Nanning, Guangxi Province, and going out of the border via Yuanjiang, he would have joined forces with Li Dingguo in Menggen and brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

The Ming Dynasty probably only has remnants of its army and defeated generals left.

If it weren't for the fact that the people of Hongsha were so greedy for food, Li Dingguo would have relied on plundering the chieftains and barbarians for supplies and capturing able-bodied men.

It is possible that the last remnants of the Southern Ming army had already fallen apart in Mubang.

Zhu Cixuan also understood Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan's concerns about his regent status.

If we say that Li Dingguo was a rare flower in the court struggles of the Southern Ming Dynasty who was full of anti-Qing sentiment, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

Bai Wenxuan was an outlier among the Dashi Army, which had complex origins.

Sun Kewang built camps and villages in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, stored grain and recruited soldiers. Almost half of the soldiers of the Dashi Army were from Yunnan and Guizhou.

But the generals came from all over the world.

Emperor Yongli was born into a vassal state and had few personal troops, but as the last banner of the remnant Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the army and defeated generals from all corners of the country fled to his side.

For example, the chief minister Deng Shilian was a native of Shu and a Guangdong official.

The Yongli Dashi regime included the Dongxun military general who rebelled after Li Chengdong rebelled, and the Jiangchu warlord who defected to the Huguang Governor He Tengjiao after his death for his country.

Even within the Dashi Army there are several factions.

Among the four kings, Ai Nengqi died early from poisoning during the campaign to pacify Yunnan.

Sun Kewang, the King of Qin, and Liu Wenxiu, the King of Shu, were both able to compete with Li Dingguo for a time.

Although Li Dingguo imprisoned Liu and drove away Sun, and dismissed the Qin army and respected the Jin army, the old generals of the Qin and Shu vassal states were still there.

At this banquet to reward the troops, He Jiuyi, the Duke of Guang, who had an army of more than 10,000, was a Qin general.

Wu Dading, the Marquis of Jingyuan, who participated in other peasant uprisings, surrendered to Sun Chuanting and later joined Li Zicheng. He fought in Shaanxi and Sichuan before joining the Dashi Army and was considered a Shu general.

After his defeat in Hongsha, he still had some grudge against Jin Wang Li Dingguo.

Bai Wenxuan, who wholeheartedly followed Li Dingguo to save the emperor, was truly an outlier.

You should know that he and King Qingyang Feng Shuangli were the five commanders-in-chief under Zhang Xianzhong, and their power was only second to the four kings.

Feng Shuangli was dissatisfied with Li Dingguo's monopoly of power in Kunming, Yunnan Province. When the imperial court withdrew its troops from the western border of Yunnan, he did not follow the majority of the troops. Instead, he took his own troops north to Jianchang in southwestern Sichuan.

If Zhu Cixuan does not rally the troops' morale soon, he is afraid that internal strife will break out again once the Eastern Tartars arrive.

"As the Prince of Jin said, Wu Sangui will not send a large army to attack."

Li Dingguo saluted and said, "Although Wu Sangui has stationed a large number of troops in western Yunnan, the number of troops that can enter Hongsha will not exceed 30,000 to 50,000."

"So that Your Highness knows that the Eastern Tartars are from Liaodong. The weather in Hongshawadi is hot and full of miasma. The Eight Banners cannot adapt to the climate here. The only troops Wu Sangui can move are the Green Camp and our surrendered old army."

"However, the army will be dispatched for several months."

"It's only November now, the weather is cool, and the miasma has dissipated. But by the time they have a large army from western Yunnan marching to the border and crossing the eight passes, it will take two months. By the time they conquer the Liuwei Tusi and reach Awa City, it will be February of next year."

"The weather will turn from cool to hot, and the miasma will rise again. We cannot destroy our army in a short time and capture the emperor and his highness. Even if we have an army of 200,000, we will be reduced to flood ghosts."

Zhu Cixuan made an estimate.

"Then August or September of next year would be the best time for the Eastern Tartar army to move out."

A look of worry flashed across Li Dingguo's face.

"I'm afraid the Eastern Tartars will send an urgent force of 20,000 to 30,000 men to attack together with the over 100,000 men from Xiahongsha."

Zhu Cixuan pursed his lips.

Xiahong Shawadi is densely covered with water networks and is three-tenths mountainous and forested.

The Ming Dynasty had few ships, so it was difficult to destroy them in a surprise attack.

If Mangbai defends his position and refuses to come out, it may be difficult to capture Hongsha until August or September next year.

Zhu Cixuan ran his finger across the map of Hongsha Kingdom presented by the Europeans.

At present, they only occupy the central part of Hongsavadi, Ava City, Mubang, Bagan and other counties.

The Nandian Ganya Longchuan Sanxuanfusi, adjacent to Shanghongsha Mengyang, fell into the hands of the Qing invaders after Li Dingguo moved to Menggen during the Mopanshan Battle.

If we do not take precautions, the Eastern Tartars will only need two or three thousand men to capture Manmo Mengyang.

The northwestern counties adjacent to Assam may rise up in arms to assist the Eastern Tartars in their march south to Ava.

By then, we will join forces with Mangbai to form an army of 200,000.

Unless Zhu Cixuan can draw the meteorite from the great magician, he can only flee to Siam and occupy Penghu.

We must use threats and inducements to force Mangbai to attack early.

Zhu Cixuan told Li Dingguo and others about his plan.

Li Dingguo frowned slightly, thinking that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to use himself as bait again and take a risk.

But now they were short of troops, so they had no choice but to do so. Later, they considered returning to Guangxi and Guangdong along the Yuanjiang River to join forces with Zheng Yanping.

"The King of Toungoo, with the Marquis of Pagan as his envoy, sent Wu Sangui to appease him and tell him that the new king had succeeded to the throne and wanted to offer the Ming Emperor as a sacrifice to drive out the Ming army."

"If you continue to use the emperor's letter to delay the Eight Banners of the Eastern Tartars, it will be inappropriate for Hongsha to raise a large army."

"Prince Jin and Duke Guang, lead an army of 20,000 north to pacify the Shanghongsha counties, recapture the Mengyang Xuanwei Division, and strictly guard against the Qing invaders at the border."

"The Duke of Qian, along with the Empress, Empress Dowager, and the Prince, has moved to Menggen to recruit chieftains from various ethnic groups to come to the rescue of the Emperor."

The Ming Dynasty was famous for being the emperor.

The reputation of Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang as the escaped emperor also made the civil and military officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty terrified.

Of course I'm scared.

The soldiers were fighting bloody battles on the front line, but when they turned around, the emperor had disappeared.

Escaped sixteen times.

The two empty cities were left to Dai Qing Gulun.

He was once imprisoned by the military commander of the feudal lord.

Once he was captured by a foreign barbarian king.

Both of Zhu Cixuan's brothers ran away and got lost.

How could Zhu Cixuan dare to let Emperor Yongli out of his sight?

It is possible that he will disappear as soon as he reaches Menggen.

By the time he heard the news, he had already been captured by Dai Qing Gulun.

"I, my father, the emperor, and Prince Gongchang will remain in Ava City, waiting for Mangbai."

The eunuch Li Chonggui, who held the seal, stamped the imperial edict, and the generals took the order and went down to sort out the affiliations of their respective departments.

After the army rested for another five days, they set out in three parts.

Zhu Cixuan also took the time to pay attention to his own system.

Name: Bai Wenxuan (First-class military commander)
Age: 45
Official title: Prince Gongchang of the Ming Dynasty
Command: 88 Military Strength: 81 Intelligence: 53 Politics: 68

[Name: Li Dingguo (top general)

Age: 39
Official title: Prince of Jin of the Ming Dynasty

Command: 97 Military Strength: 97 Intelligence: 59 Politics: 55

So young.

Zhu Cixuan was quite emotional.

I think Zheng Yanping is only in his thirties now.

The famous generals and ministers who founded the Qing Dynasty have all passed away.

In fact, after Emperor Yongli and the Dashi Army joined forces, the Southern Ming Dynasty had the upper hand in terms of the most capable military officers and soldiers.

These peasant uprising armies had been fighting for twenty or thirty years, but they could not withstand the cavalry advantage of the Eastern Tartars in the flat northern Central Plains. When they reached the south, they had already fought back and forth.

Ten years after the Qing invaders entered the pass, a number of generals including Dorgon died of illness, and the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners was weakened.

Before Sun Kewang betrayed his country and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Southern Ming Dynasty had already sounded the clarion call for a counterattack.

It's a pity that the king is incompetent and is prone to internal strife.

The last hope of the Ming Dynasty has been extinguished.

The two brightest generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty were in their prime, but they could only vomit blood and die in a foreign land.

It is estimated that the old Dashi army that surrendered in Yunnan Province is not short of first- and second-rate generals.

When he thought of this, Zhu Cixuan wanted to punch the emperor three times.

The Ming Dynasty was not without generals and soldiers, it was simply that the emperor was not the true emperor.

No destiny?
Then smoke!
[You have recruited top-tier general Li Dingguo, first-rate general Bai Wenxuan, and second-rate generals He Jiuyi, Jin Tongwu, and Li Sixing.]

[Gained 450 Mandate points.]

Let’s have a go first.

The five colors of gold, purple, blue, green and white are dazzling.

The four thousand years of history, regardless of ancient and modern times, China and abroad, slides rapidly.

Frozen in the scene of the assassination at the banquet.

Zhu Cixuan, who had just dealt such a trick to Ping Dali, felt something was wrong.

[Ding, the player has obtained a mysterious destiny. You can check it in the Destiny column on the personal interface.]

[Northern Qi Heritage (Emperor Shizong of Northern Qi): You are very good at driving a large cart.]

(End of this chapter)