Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 92: Party strife harms the country

"Where did the Ming army come from?"

Yunnan-Dian Admiral Zhang Yong looked at the scout in disbelief.

After repeated confirmation, Zhu Cixuan ran to Qujing to attack Pingyiwei.

Zhang Yong and the other generals in the tent all found it strange.

Why is Zhu Cixuan running in the opposite direction?
Eastern and southern Yunnan are roughly divided by the Yuanjiang River, and the remaining branches of the Yunling Mountains extend south of Jingdong to form the Wuliang Mountains and the Ailao Mountains.

As long as the Qing army guarded the two mountains and one river, Zhu Cixuan would never be able to escape to southern Yunnan.

For this purpose, Zhang Yong even transferred half of the troops in Zhenyuan Prefecture to Xinhua Prefecture to prevent Zhu Cixuan from infiltrating Yuanjiang Prefecture and Jingdong Prefecture from there.

All the Qing army generals felt that Zhu Cixuan saw that the situation was not right and should go from Wuding Prefecture in the northwest to western Yunnan.

Wu Yingqi, who had a deep hatred, personally led the Guanning Cavalry to Wuning Prefecture to take charge.

As a result, Zhu Cixuan did run north, but to Guiqian in the northeast.

"Admiral, what is Zhu Cixuan doing?"

Guerrilla Wang Jinbao was puzzled.

Small groups of elite cavalry harassed the rear, disrupted the enemy's military deployment, created panic, and gathered intelligence.

This was the signature skill that led to the rise of the Qing Dynasty.

They are not strangers.

After looting and destruction, Zhu Cixuan should have headed south to join up with the majority of his troops.

But after the looting, Zhu Cixuan did the opposite and continued to plunder and invade.

The elite cavalry of the Qing army harassed the capital, but failed to reach Nanzhili.

Zhang Yong tapped the table lightly with his fingers, his eyes scanning the map of Yunnan and Yunnan.

From Wuding Prefecture to Lin'an Prefecture, along the Yuanjiang River, 30,000 Qing troops had set up numerous obstacles and stationed troops immediately, waiting for Zhu Cixuan to fall into the trap.

Of course, even if Zhu Cixuan really had the ability to capture Wang Fuchen alive, he could not stop him from traveling through mountains and rivers.

However, Zhu Cixuan fled to Qujing.

If the troops are redeployed, loopholes will inevitably appear in the encirclement.

Wang Jinbao hesitated and asked, "Does he want to block the Pingyi Guards and prevent the Pingnan King's army from entering Yunnan?"

There is a special existence in Qianxi, which is close to Yunnan and Yunnan, the Shuixi Tusi.

Although he surrendered to Dai Qing on the surface.

But no one knows whether they will be like the chieftains in southern Yunnan, who will surrender to the Ming Dynasty as soon as Mu Tianbo and Zhu Cixuan show their faces.

Mu Tianbo's more than 10,000 Hongsha miscellaneous soldiers were not worth mentioning at all to the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp.

As soon as they arrived at Yuanjiang Prefecture, they were defeated.

But he could not withstand the appeal of Mu Tianbo's hereditary defense of Yunnan and Dian and the deterrent power of Zhu Cixuan's destruction of the country in three months.

The Cheli Xuanwei Office and the Lancang Tusi continued to provide Mu Tianbo with food, fodder and logistics.

They were defeated three times, but they came back again each time.

Mu Tianbo now has more troops at his disposal than when he first arrived.

If Zhu Cixuan and An Kun of Shuixi Tusi get together, they will be in danger.

After all, Guiqian is not short of Ming Dynasty's remaining ministers. It is said that Pi Xiong, the King of Qianyang of the Ming Dynasty who originally guarded Guiyang, fled to the Shuixi Mountains and Forests.

Zhang Yong shook his head slightly: "It's okay, there's still Luo Xiongzhou."

Three years ago, the three armies of the Qing Dynasty joined forces and entered Yunnan from Guizhou and Guizhou.

Wu Sangui went from Bijie to Wusha Prefecture in southern Sichuan, and then to Qujing Zhanyizhou.

The Doni Army is a line of Guiyang Annan Wei and Pingyi Wei.

Zhao Butai went from Anlong to Luoxiongzhou and entered Qujing.

Even if Shui Xi'an Kun rebelled and blocked the first two routes.

Shang Kexi was also able to go via Anlong and enter eastern Yunnan.

Instead, they can't move.

As soon as the restraint on Mu Tianbo was relaxed, Mu Tianbo marched westward to Jingdong, joined forces with the Ming army, and had 30,000 troops in Jingdong.

Then all of southern Yunnan will be lost.

It is said that Jingdong Prefecture is sandwiched between two mountains and a river.

Wuliang Mountain and Ailao Mountain are located between the Chuan River and the Yuan River runs across the north.

Based on this terrain, Zhang Yong sent two thousand Green Camp soldiers to garrison Mugua Pass.

If Jingdong Prefecture had not been defeated from within by the alliance between Zhao Yinxuan and the traitor Tao Dou, it would never have fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

If the Ming army gathers 30,000 troops in Jingdong Prefecture, then the Pingxi King will be in danger when he passes through Dahou Prefecture from Shunning Prefecture to Jingdong Prefecture. Zhang Yong said calmly: "Zhao Liangdong, the general of Guangluo, is also a brave general in Hexi. He will guard Luoxiong Prefecture and will not be captured by Zhu Cixuan's mere hundreds of troops."

The Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp was second only to the Eight Banners Army.

Even in Zhang Yong's opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners was no longer as strong as when they entered the Pass more than ten years ago.

At present, apart from Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi and other Han kings, the only ones who can fight for the Qing Dynasty are the generals from Hexi.

Eight Banners generals?

People like Shangshan and Zhao Butai can still say a thing or two, and they are at a higher level.

A guy like Donny, who is in his early twenties and hasn't even grown all his hair yet.

It was all in vain that his uncle Dorgon had conquered this empire.

Unfortunately, Ma Ning died as he went deep into enemy territory and was killed by Wang Fuchen.

Otherwise, the general will be indispensable in the future.

However, Zhang Yong had just finished speaking before he had time to drink some tea to moisten his throat.

Another scout hurried into the tent.

"Admiral, Luoxiongzhou has been lost."

Zhang Yong was holding the tea bowl but he didn't hold it firmly and it fell to the ground.

"What about Zhao Liangdong? He guarded Guangxi Prefecture and Luoxiong Prefecture. Don't tell me that his Green Camp was well-equipped with firearms and that they were all dangerous cities and passes, but they were destroyed by Zhu Cixuan in an instant."

As for the passes in eastern Yunnan, they were all built on the mountains and were situated on dangerous terrain. They were equipped with all the necessary tools for defending the city, such as firearms, stone clinkers, and wooden stakes.

If Dai Qing had not entered Yunnan from the three western routes of Sichuan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guizhou and Guangxi, it might not have been possible to capture Qujing Prefecture.

If Zhu Cixuan really relied on a few hundred people to break through these dangerous passes, Zhang Yong would have defected to the Ming Dynasty on the spot.

Fortunately, Zhao Liangdong didn't really let him be a traitor.

The scout said anxiously, "The King of Pingnan ordered Lord Zhao to go north to guard Pingyiwei and Zhanyizhou."

The scout swallowed his saliva and said, "Two pieces of Wu Hou's relics were unearthed in Qujing Prefecture, and they say Shuixi is planning a rebellion."

"The King of Pingnan was afraid that the Shuixi Tusi would go south to Pu'an Prefecture and block the Pingyi Guards."

"So Lord Zhao was ordered to go north to protect the Pingyi Guard."

"The Ming Dynasty's false crown prince Zhu Cixuan took advantage of the situation and marched south to seize Luoxiong Prefecture."

"The Prince of Pingnan also ordered the Admiral to lead his troops north from Lin'an Prefecture to hold Guangxi Prefecture and Qujing Prefecture."

Zhang Yong was stunned.

My first reaction was that Shang Kexi was crazy.

How many troops can Shuixi have to block the Pu'an Road from Guizhou to Yunnan?

His 20,000 or 30,000 elite soldiers were unable to defeat the chieftain soldiers who came out of Shuixi?
And asked me to withdraw my troops.

Are you going to hand over the entire southern Yunnan to Zhu Cixuan?
As the governor of Yunnan and Yunnan, Zhang Yong only obeyed the orders of the imperial court and King Pingxi, and had nothing to do with the guest army, King Pingnan.

However, when Zhang Yong heard about the relics of Wu Hou, he hesitated for a moment.

Even if he didn't get too involved, he knew what was involved.

Donny was in his early twenties and led an inexperienced army. After he was defeated in a battle, he was demoted and died of illness at the beginning of the year together with Emperor Shunzhi.

The struggle between the two factions of Dorgon and Huang Taiji, the positions of Han ministers and Han kings, and Wu Sangui's self-reliance in supporting his own army.

Wu Sangui had an army of 100,000, but the imperial court was more wary of Wu Sangui than the Ming Guiwang and his son who fled to Hongsawadi.

Shang Kexi was not worried about the Shuixi chieftain, but the remnants of Wu Sangui and Dorgon.

Well, although I know that Wu Sangui and Shangshan were defeated in Hongshawadi.

Zhang Yong and Shang Kexi didn't know how much of it was true and how much was false.

Was he trying to prove his loyalty by suffering a crushing defeat and losing many soldiers and generals, or was he really dealt a heavy blow by Zhu Cixuan?

In the opinion of Zhang Yong and others, Zhu Cixuan definitely could not have an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000.

So what were Wu Sangui and Shangshan thinking?
Are you really scared by the beatings by Zhu Cixuan and Li Dingguo?

Now it is no longer a question of whether the hand touches the butt or the butt touches the hand.

The imperial court did not trust Wu Sangui and wanted him to step down.

Zhang Yong scratched his smooth head and made up his mind after a while:
"Forget about the Prince of Pingxi. We will withdraw our troops from Xinhua Prefecture in Zhenyuan Prefecture, press up along Lin'an Prefecture, and encircle the fake Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan."

All the generals in the tent were shocked.

That means that only King Pingxi's ten thousand elite soldiers were left in southern Yunnan.

Zhang Yong thought about it, and for the sake of the 150,000 taels of silver, he ordered his confidant:
"Let's inform the King of Pingxi in advance and tell him not to go to Jingdong Prefecture and return directly to Chuxiong Prefecture."

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