Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 85 The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty Arrives in Kunming, His Loyalty

As the beginning of summer approaches, farmers around Kunming begin to apply fertilizer and weed the rice fields.

The war in western Yunnan and the exchanges between the Qing and Ming dynasties were too far away for them.

In these troubled times, they have to live one day at a time and they will always have to till the land.

No matter how the dynasty changed, farmers had to pay grain and serve in the army.

For Ma Zide, it made no difference whether he followed the Ming Dynasty or replaced the Qing Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty returned to Yunnan and needed the Ming army under his command.

Wu Sangui suffered a defeat at Sanxuanmubang and was short of soldiers and generals, so he would not lay off his elite troops.

The only thing that annoyed him was the instigation of the Ming Dynasty's remaining officials in Kunming, eastern Yunnan.

If it were Qi Sansheng or Wu Zisheng, who had lost their military power, they might be tempted.

Although Ma Zide was also transferred back to Kunming from western Yunnan to garrison.

But he was not worried at all that the Qing court and Wu Sangui would exile him.

How do you say that?
If the sons of Li Dingguo, the Prince of Jin in the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Yanping, the Prince of Yanping, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they would be granted high positions and generous salaries as examples to demonstrate the grace of the court.

They may even be reused because of their abilities.

He, Ma Zide, is such a second-generation person.

This is because his late father was Ma Jinzhong, the King of Hanyang of the Ming Dynasty, whose military achievements against the Qing Dynasty were second only to Li Dingguo and Zheng Yanping.

There is no need to say much about Ma Jinzhong's qualifications. He followed Li Zicheng, fought against Zhang Xianzhong, and followed the two most powerful warlords of the remaining Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu and He Tengjiao.

From the perspective of Ma Zide and his Lao Zhongwu Camp.

Zheng Yanping defeated the Qing army simply by spending money, and Li Dingguo defeated two famous kings, which was partly due to Ma Jinzhong's contribution.

Kong Youde of Guilin City was recruited by their old acquaintance, King Hanyang, who persuaded him to surrender and broke through the city gate.

The greatest contribution to the Battle of Hengyang also went to Ma Jinzhong, the King of Hanyang. Without him, Li Dingguo would not have been able to recapture Changsha and advance directly towards Wuchang, and would not have been able to lure Nikan into an ambush.

During the Chongzhen period, their Lao Zhongwu Camp was hailed as the strongest rebel army.

Later, they repeatedly defeated the Qing army and annihilated 7,000 Han Eight Banners in Mahe, which was the greatest achievement since the rise of Nanxing.

The value of unity is here.

Even if Dai Qing Gulun disbanded all the Dashi Army, he would not attack Ma Zide's powerful army.

The reason why Wu Sangui transferred Ma Zide back to Kunming.

This was all because Ma Baoma Weixing, who defected to the Ming Dynasty, had too close a relationship with his father Ma Jinzhong.

To Ma Zide, He Jiuyi's repeated visits to Kunming City to persuade him seemed a bit noisy.

The remnants of the Ming Dynasty and local chieftains in eastern Yunnan are jumping around, but does it affect the overall situation?
The 50,000 Qing troops in western and southern Yunnan held their ground. How could the Prince Jin, who was exiled to Hongshawadi, break through the numerous passes without 100,000 elite troops?

From Sichuan, Guizhou, Huguang and other provinces surrounding Yunnan and Yunnan, tens of thousands of elite Qing troops could enter Yunnan at any time.

Ma Zide didn't think that the Ming Dynasty could fight back in a short time.

Although his father fought against the Qing Dynasty until his death, he also warned him not to follow others and make unpredictable moves.

Never be the leader who dies the fastest.

When the emperor abandoned his country, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

When the prince returns to the country, he will rebel again.

Ma Zide once again declined Liu Xuanchu's invitation and inspected the military camp as usual.

Suddenly, a guard from the Prince of Pingxi's mansion told him that there was an urgent matter and he should go to the government office immediately.

Ma Zide, smelling the smoke of war, called in his deputy general to reorganize the troops.

He then mounted his horse and galloped towards the government office in the city.

There were only two people entering the meeting hall.

Xia Guoxiang, the son-in-law of King Pingxi, is temporarily in charge of the affairs of eastern Yunnan.

Bai Hanzhen, the general of Pingxi, was in charge of military affairs in Kunming.

It turned out that Wang Pingfan, the adopted son of King Pingxi and the person in charge of Kunming City, had already rushed to western Yunnan with the remaining Pingxi generals and elite troops.

Ma Zide sensed a solemn atmosphere. After paying his respects in turn, he was informed of urgent military intelligence.

Tens of thousands of chieftain soldiers besieged the city.

General Duolong of Mancheng sent a messenger to ask for help.

Ma Zide asked in surprise, "Where did these tens of thousands of Tusi soldiers come from?"

Xia Guoxiang also kept pulling at his short beard: "We don't know either. There is no military intelligence report from any place."

"It was as if tens of thousands of troops had descended from the sky and suddenly appeared in Kunming Prefecture."

"No news from Chuxiong Prefecture or Wuding Prefecture?"

Ma Zide was still puzzled: "A few thousand soldiers can hide their tracks, but tens of thousands of troops are definitely not possible?"

"Why should we care about their origins now? Perhaps the chieftains of the various prefectures of Chuxiong and Wuding are secretly colluding and constantly sending small groups of soldiers to sneak into Kunming Prefecture. It's impossible that the Eight Banners generals have deceived us."

Bai Hanzhen said anxiously, "The most urgent task is to send a message to the Green Camp in Chuxiong Prefecture and Lin'an Prefecture to send troops back to support Kunming."

"Then how should we defend the city? Should we send troops to rescue the entire city?" Seeing that Xia Guoxiang and Bai Hanzhen were looking at him together, Ma Zide suddenly understood.

The Pingxi vassal generals and their troops went to western Yunnan.

The two thousand garrison soldiers under Bai Hanzhen's command cannot be relied upon.

Only his two thousand cavalrymen were capable of fighting in Kunming City.

Ma Zide still hesitated: "If it's just a few 20,000 or 30,000 local chieftains and their miscellaneous soldiers, they shouldn't be able to do anything to the Eight Banners in the city."

"Without my troops, Kunming City will be unable to defend itself."

Ma Zide knew that there were eight Manchu banners in the city, and together with the bondservants, there were as many as four to five thousand people.

Even if we cannot defeat the chieftain's soldiers, we can easily defend the city.

Unless those chieftains can secretly transport a few red cannons.

Xia Guoxiang was silent for two breaths, then said, "Kunming has over a hundred cannons and a city wall two feet high. The Tusi rebels won't be able to take it down in a day or two."

"By then, the Green Camp reinforcements should have arrived."

"But I don't know if we can hold the whole city."

Xia Guoxiang said seriously:
"General Ma, you may have heard the rumors about the Zhenglan Banner."

"However, no matter how the Qing court treats them, they are still legitimate Manchu soldiers, not to mention that Duolong and Duoduo have some connections. If they ignore our requests for help and report it to the Qing court one day, it will give the Prince of Pingxi something to criticize."

"The Prince of Pingxi is now under great suspicion from the Qing court, and he and Shangshan are vaguely aligned with the Zhenglan Banner."

Ma Zide looked at Bai Hanzhen who was squinting at him and was stunned for a moment.

Fang was a little surprised.

The King of Pingxi was afraid that the Qing court would suspect him.

Xia Guoxiang and the other man also suspected him as a Ming army general who defected to the Qing Dynasty.

Tens of thousands of rebels appeared out of nowhere.

There is no doubt that there is a connection between the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan and Yunnan.

Who knows whether Ma Zide has colluded with others.

After thinking for a moment, Ma Zide bowed and said, "I will lead a thousand soldiers to check the situation in the city."

Xia Guoxiang nodded slightly and advised: "It would be best if you can help the Eight Banners of Manchuria defeat the enemy. The rebels are truly powerful. General, please return to Kunming."

Ma Zide said nothing more and immediately went back to his own barracks.

A thousand well-equipped soldiers and horses galloped out of Kunming City and headed towards Mancheng, thirty miles away.

however.

Ten miles out of the city, I met two unexpected people.

Ma Zide rubbed his eyes, still unable to believe it.

Wait until the two of them are brought to him by the personal guards.

Ma Zide asked anxiously, "My two brothers, were you the ones who started the rebellion in Kunming Prefecture?"

As the earliest peasant army, Ma Jinzhong was ranked according to seniority with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Therefore, Ma Zide and Ma Baoma Weixing called each other brothers.

Ma Bao cupped his hands, pointing to the sun, moon, and dragon flag behind him: "It is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who has come in person."

Ma Zide was shocked again.

He heard from He Jiuyi that the Ming army would launch a surprise attack.

But he never thought that it was Crown Prince Yongli who came in person.

Was his soul really taken away in Hongsawadi?
If the Crown Prince was so courageous, he would have been drinking from the Yangtze River long ago.

Ma Zide immediately defected to the Ming Dynasty.

He, Ma Jinzhong, was a bandit in his life. He followed Zuo Liangyu and He Tengjiao in killing, burning, looting, and committing all kinds of evil.

After joining Sun Kewang and having sufficient food and money, he reorganized his army and did not harm anyone, becoming the best among the Ming army.

why.

It was nothing more than a constant fluctuation in the overall strategy of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Now that the prince is here, how can we not waver back to the Ming Dynasty?

……

When Ma Zide's two hundred cavalrymen entered Kunming City, they led the Ming army disguised as defeated Eight Banners soldiers.

Xia State Prime Minister Bai Hanzhen saw that the city gate had been captured and there were nearly 10,000 enemy troops outside the city.

He made a prompt decision and fled to Chuxiong with dozens of cavalrymen.

Wait for Zhu Cixuan to arrive at the Kunming city gate.

A group of Ming Dynasty officials who had already removed their braids and were wearing Ming Dynasty court robes and armor were waiting for the Ming Crown Prince to return to Kunming.

(End of this chapter)