Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 58: Li Dingguo is fighting again?

Chapter 58: Li Dingguo is fighting again?
Hongshawadi was completely pacified.

Zhu Cixuan, with Bai Wenxuan's 3,000 soldiers and the Shenjiying's 2,000 Han and Yi troops, immediately sailed north.

Make final preparations to resist Wu Sangui.

As long as the strategy was correct, Wu Sangui would have arrested Emperor Yongli in advance.

The main force was still the old Dashi army that had just surrendered two years ago.

It would be best if we could get them on the front line.

Even if they did not rebel, they could rely on the geographical advantage. Even if they could not defeat Wu Sangui's army, they could still hold out until March or April, when the weather became hot and the miasma rose, and then they would kill him.

"I'm just worried that Wu Sangui won't come and we can keep it stable."

Bai Wenxuan continued, "Your Highness, when the Sun Yat-sen rebels surrendered to the Qing, Wu Sangui conquered Guizhou and Guizhou, and eastern Yunnan was under siege, he waited until the three armies of the Eastern Tartars gathered before entering Yunnan."

Zhu Cixuan sighed softly.

No one dared to underestimate Wu Sangui.

Almost all the famous generals who entered the Pass during the Qing Dynasty died of illness. After the death of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Wu Sangui became the most capable general of the Qing Dynasty.

Li Dingguo was already a famous general throughout the country, but for various reasons, he was expelled from western Yunnan by Wu Sangui and exiled to the border. The Mopan Mountain incident shocked the world, but both of them suffered losses.

Wu Sangui really saw that the timing was not right, and he wanted the Yongli regime to grow stronger in Hongshawadi so that he could support his enemies and wait for the elite Eight Banners troops in the capital to join him.

Zhu Cixuan had no choice.

More than 20,000 old Ming Dynasty troops and tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Hongsha soldiers were no match for the hundreds of thousands of Dai Qing elite troops.

At that time, field battles will not be possible, and we can only defend the city by relying on firearms.

Real war is not a game of chess, where you take a step and I take a step, and the big one wins over the small one.

The outcome will still depend on the right time, place and people.

"Then we'll set up another battlefield. Wait for Mu Tianbo to recapture part of southern Yunnan. Wu Sangui will return to Kunming to defend southern Yunnan. Let the King of Jin seize the opportunity to conquer the Three Xuans, capture the eight passes of Tengyue, and recapture western Yunnan."

Zhu Cixuan said, "I will lead a group of troops along the Yuan River in southern Yunnan, heading towards western Guangxi, to disperse the Eastern Tartar army."

"Let Prince of Jin, Li Dingguo, divert his main forces and pacify western Yunnan."

……

The last group of Ming troops returning north just passed Pyin Uyen and arrived at Sarin County.

A speedboat suddenly arrived.

Li Chonggui, the former eunuch of the Eastern Palace and current eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, hurriedly boarded the main ship where Zhu Cixuan was.

When Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang ascended the throne as regent, he tried to please his ministers and abandoned the East Factory.

Pang Tianshou, who was baptized as a Catholic, borrowed 300 soldiers from Macau to give the eunuchs some power.

Three hundred Portuguese soldiers were defeated and Pang Tianshou died.

The Imperial Household Department was reduced to a mere shell, and Li Chonggui, the eunuch in charge of the seal, was a ruthless tool for stamping.

He just stayed in Ava City to check for Zhu Cixuan whether Emperor Yongli was interfering in state affairs.

As a result, as soon as Li Chonggui opened his mouth, Zhu Cixuan, Bai Wenxuan and others were shocked.

"Your Highness, please return to Pegu in Lower Hongsa as soon as possible."

Li Chonggui said in panic, "Prince Jin, Li Dingguo has rebelled."

what?
Zhu Cixuan and others were stunned.

Not to mention Bai Wenxuan, even Ma Bao, the old general who had surrendered, angrily denounced it and expressed disbelief.

It would be better to say that Emperor Yongli rebelled rather than Li Dingguo rebelled.

Even if Zhu Youlang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Li Dingguo would not be able to do so.

There was no rebellion in Kunming, no rebellion in western Yunnan, no rebellion on the Ming-Myanmar border, and the exiled foreign countries were still trying their best to save the emperor.

Now, Hongshawadi has been pacified and has become the foundation for the Ming Dynasty's counterattack to restore the country.

When the situation is so good, what is there to oppose?
On the other hand, Emperor Yongli might have taken advantage of the Crown Prince's trip south to leave the imperial court and recruit troops in an attempt to regain power.

Zhu Cixuan also scoffed: "If they wanted to rebel, they would have done it long ago."

"Tell me what happened immediately."

Li Chonggui, who had rushed over overnight, breathed lightly:

"Li Dingguo, without any reason, led a large army from Manmo to Mubang and captured the troops of He Jiuyi, Duke of Guang."

"Your Highness ordered Li Dingguo to defend Manmo and He Jiuyi to station in Mubang. Li Dingguo abandoned his defenses without an imperial decree and imprisoned his fellow officers and soldiers. Minister Li Weizha in Mengding sent word that Li Dingguo intended to kill He Jiuyi and his generals."

"The court was shaken, and it was unclear what Li Dingguo was going to do. Ren Guoxi and Deng Shilian sent servants ahead to persuade His Highness to return to defend Xiahongsha, and they followed closely behind with the imperial guards."

Zhu Cixuan was stunned for a moment and held on to his phoenix-wing helmet which was about to fall off.

From the Central Plains to Hongsawadi, the army could only go west through Yaoguan to Manmo, and south through Hanlongguan to Mubang.

After pacifying the northwestern counties of Hongsha, they ordered Li Dingguo, a strong general with few soldiers, to guard Manmo, and He Jiuyi, a weak general with many soldiers, to guard Mubang. For some reason, Li Dingguo abandoned Manmo and the army surrounded and imprisoned He Jiuyi.

One is Zheng Yanping and the other is Li Dingguo.

Can you still make people feel at ease?

Bai Wenxuan hesitated for a moment, then spoke cautiously, "Could it be that Prince Jin is pulling the same trick he did in Kunming again?"

Zhu Cixuan asked further and finally understood the past events.

Li Dingguo monopolized military power in Kunming and not only imprisoned Liu Wenxiu but also stripped him of his military power.

They also rejected many of Sun Kewang's former subordinates, the Qin generals and soldiers.

All of Sun Kewang's old generals at the various passes in Guizhou and Guizhou were replaced and transferred back to Yunnan and Yunnan, causing great chaos and low morale among the troops on the front lines.

Faced with Wu Sangui's attack, most of them surrendered without a fight and fled back to Yunnan and Yunnan.

When the Daiqing army attacked Guizhou and Guizhou, Li Dingguo was still in Chuxiong, Yunnan, besieging Wang Ziqi, an old subordinate of Sun Kewang.

Wang Ziqi, like Bai Wenxuan, was the commander-in-chief of the Dashi Army.

After Sun Kewang became powerful, he and Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli joined Sun.

Li Dingguo brought Emperor Yongli from Anlong to Kunming. When Li and Sun were in confrontation, Wang Ziqi was buried in Yunnan and Yunnan as a stake, ready to welcome Sun Kewang's army into Yunnan.

Of course this nail must be removed.

However, Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli both defected to Li Dingguo and Emperor Yongli, and Sun Kewang shaved his head and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Do I need to fight? No, I don’t.

Like Wang Ziqi, Wang Shangli, who was ordered by Sun Kewang to attack Kunming, surrendered after being stabbed in the back by Ma Bao, and Emperor Yongli did not kill him.

The reason Li Dingguo launched the expedition was simply because he did not come to apologize.

Bai Wenxuan hesitated and said, "Your Highness, in fact, when Duke Guang He Jiuyi first arrived in Menggen, the King of Jin had already shown signs of taking action against him."

"It was only when Your Highness suddenly sent us a secret letter that we all put aside our prejudices and attacked Ava together."

hemp eggs.

He Jiuyi, an old general of Sun Kewang, fled to Xining, Guangxi with his army alone after the internal strife in the Dashi Army and Li Dingguo became the dominant force, refusing to obey the imperial edict.

Li Dingguo fled to Menggen with only three or four thousand soldiers and horses left by his side, while He Jiuyi came with his army intact, with more than ten thousand men.

Considering what Li Dingguo did in Kunming, the reason why he waited until now to fight against He Jiuyi was all for Zhu Cixuan's sake.

Zhu Cixuan kept complaining in his heart.

One is Zheng Yanping, who only cares about the territory of Minhai, and the other is Li Dingguo, who always wants to monopolize military power.

Can the Southern Ming Dynasty be saved?

Ma Bao, who was an old minister of Yongli, had a lot of experience and knew some of the secrets. He also spoke hesitantly:

"Your Highness, when the Emperor was trapped in Anlong, Sun Kewang became arrogant and plotted to usurp the throne. The Emperor sought the assistance of the Prince of Jin."

"A secret letter was sent in the sixth year of the Yongli reign, but it wasn't until the tenth year of the Yongli reign that the Prince of Jin came to Anlong to rescue the emperor."

"I believe the Prince of Jin is not truly committed to saving the Emperor. He is simply worried that Sun Kewang will deprive him of his military power after two failed attacks on eastern Guangdong. That is why he wants to take the Emperor with him to protect himself."

"Regardless of whether Prince Jin really intends to rebel, it is clear that he has a large army. If Your Highness wishes to return to Ava, you should send the Emperor and the Imperial Guard to Pegu in Lower Hongsha."

Zhu Cixuan was silent for a long time.

We must prevent Li Dingguo from coercing the emperor and forcing him to become like Sun Kewang.

He nodded and said, "Speed up and return to Ava City within three days."

No matter what, Ava City and the 30,000 troops brought back by Mu Tianbo.

He also didn't believe that Li Dingguo, who would rather die in the wilderness, would rebel.

Besides, Li Dingguo is his father-in-law.

I've never heard that Lu Bu was afraid of his father.

……

The next day.

The army entered Pagan County along the Jinsha River.

Deng Shilian also hurried over by boat.

Bringing some news that is neither good nor bad.