Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 509
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Yang Chao had just dispatched troops to Hunan and Guangxi, and at the same time sent a letter to Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, asking them to cease fighting immediately.

But at this time, the situation of the Qing army suddenly came from the north.

Hong Chengchou sent sailors from Jingxiang to suddenly attack Wuchang, but his small boats were no different from wooden boards in front of Yang Chao's big boats, and thousands of boats were buried at the bottom of the river in one day.

But then the infantry of the Qing army attacked Guide Mansion from Henan and Shandong from Zhili in the north.

Yang Chao did not expect that the Qing army would launch an all-out attack at this time.

"What a Hong Chengchou. It's really disgusting. Look, this is a master. Whatever the enemy wants, he must stop it. I want to stop Sun Kewang and Li Ding from fighting domestically, but he beat me with his life at this time, making me unable to escape. Make a move. Then let Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang fight each other."

Huangfeng Mansion is more concerned about the situation in Yunnan: "What if Sun Kewang snatches the emperor and threatens the Holy One to abdicate?"

Huangfeng Mansion is more concerned about the issue of the throne.

Yang Chao snorted, "Sun Kewang? He can't win."

Huang Fengfu was surprised and said: "How is this possible? Sun Kewang has 30 troops, while Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu have only [-] troops."

Yang Chao said: "Wars are not based on the number of people."

Sure enough, news of Sun Kewang's defeat soon came.

He had an army of 30, and led 20 to conquer Li Dingguo himself. However, the generals Ma Jinzhong, Ma Weixing, and Ma Bao among his subordinates were all generals of the Ming army in the past, and they were recruited by Sun Kewang.And Bai Wenxuan, who was ordered by Sun Kewang as the striker, used to be the subordinate of Dingbei General Ainengqi. During Ainengqi's time, Bai Wenxuan basically controlled Ainengqi's old department and supported Sun Kewang. Sun Kewang was able to monopolize the power, so He has always trusted Bai Wenxuan, and Bai Wenxuan let Long Wu go, but he didn't pursue it, and still let Bai Wenxuan be the striker.

But Bai Wenxuan, the striker, went to Li Dingguo's account in person, and made an appointment with Li Dingguo to join forces with Ma Jinzhong and others to defect. In this way, Li Dingguo attacked fiercely, and with Bai Wenxuan's defection, Sun Kewang's 20 troops collapsed in an instant.

I have to sigh, Li Dingguo can fight, and this situation has brought him back. Yang Chao even thought that even if there was no defection before the battle, Sun Kewang would not be able to beat Li Dingguo.

However, due to the internal fighting between Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, Yang Chao's subordinates easily entered Hunan and Guangxi. It was dilapidated, but Yunnan was intact. Li Dingguo led almost all his troops back to Yunnan. Those who stayed in Guangxi were only some soldiers who surrendered. These people did not know how many times they surrendered. There is no reason not to surrender this time.

Sun Kewang did leave some troops in Changsha and other places, but when these people heard that Sun Kewang had failed, they also opened the city gate and surrendered.

Yang Chao only used Song Kun and Lu Mo's two chief soldiers, and easily took over the two provinces, but he was just a paper tiger. If these two places really fought against him, Yang Chao would definitely not be able to defeat him, because the north was occupied by the Qing army. Containment made him unable to distract at all.

"Find a way to contact our people and tell Sun Kewang that he must never surrender!"

Although Sun Kewang failed, Sun Kewang's troops are still there. Even Zhang Sheng, the general Sun Kewang stayed in Yunnan at this time, is storming Kunming City, and the troops stationed in other places, if Sun Kewang surrenders to the Qing Dynasty, will probably follow Sun Kewang .

In the original history, it was because of Sun Kewang's return to the Qing Dynasty that the situation in Nanming took a sudden turn for the worse, and it collapsed in an instant. Not long ago, Li Dingguo became a king and became famous all over the world.

Kunming, Yunnan.

Zhang Sheng was loyal to Sun Kewang. After Sun Kewang launched the attack on Yunnan, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu personally led the army to go out. When the rear was empty, Zhang Sheng immediately began to attack Kunming, trying to cut off Li Dingguo's retreat.

It turned out that Li Dingguo defeated Sun Kewang so quickly and returned to the army to attack, while Ma Bao, who followed Zhang Sheng to attack Kunming, fired from behind and processed Zhang Sheng back and forth. Zhang Sheng was defeated and fled, and was soon captured by his generals Dedicated to Li Dingguo.

On the other side, Liu Wenxiu led his troops in hot pursuit of Sun Kewang.

Sun Kewang fled with his wife and children and a dozen of his own soldiers, but no one opened the city to let him in when he encountered a city along the way. At most, he dropped some food from the city for him, which can be said to be unpopular.

Fleeing all the way to Wuchang Mansion, the Qing army went to the north, and the Yang Chao army went to the east. Sun Kewang was in a dilemma.

Fortunately, the magistrate of Wuchang Prefecture is Sun Kewang's confidant, and it is impossible for him to worry about putting someone in this important place.

The prefect Wu Fengsheng immediately opened the city gate and welcomed Sun Kewang into the city.

As soon as he entered the Wuchang Yamen, Sun Kewang couldn't wait to ask Wu Fengsheng to pick up his troops and return to the army to fight Li Dingguo.

"My lord, you can't! Wuchang's lowlands are less than a hundred miles away, not more than [-]. It is unwise to compete with Li Ni!"

Wu Fengsheng immediately dissuaded him.

Sun Kewang said violently: "Then what do you think? Li Dingguo is about to pursue his troops. If he doesn't send troops at this time, he will die!"

Wu Fengsheng immediately said: "Hong Jinglue sent people across the river."

Hong Chengchou has been paying attention to the conflict between Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, and even forcibly launched an offensive on Henan and Shandong to contain Yang Chao, so that Yang Chao could not feel at ease to send troops to stop it.

So Hong Chengchou sent people to Wuchang Mansion a long time ago, but Hong Chengchou's purpose at first was to persuade Wu Fengsheng to surrender, but he didn't know that Sun Kewang would come here, and he didn't even think that Sun Kewang would fail.

It's just that Wu Fengsheng is a shameless literati, or the kind of opportunist who has no loyalty and only seeks fame, so he will take refuge in Sun Kewang, but he still has the traditional loyalty of a man who dies for his confidant, so as soon as Sun Kewang arrives, he starts City, if possible, he is still willing to be a loyal.

It's just that such speculators obviously can't be upright, no, he also entertained the lobbyist sent by Hong Chengchou, and he stayed in Wuchang Mansion. At this time, he introduced him to Sun Kewang. Whether he wants to surrender or not depends on it Sun hopes to own it.

Soon Sun Kewang met Hong Chengchou's emissary, who was a good lobbyist, and when he heard that Sun Kewang was here, he keenly realized that this was a golden opportunity, and it was time for him to make great contributions.

There was no chance to ask Hong Chengchou for instructions at all, so he made his own claim and promised King Sun Kewang to enshrine the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan.

With such a high price tag, Sun Kewang seemed to have no reason to object at this time.

But Wu Fengsheng was a bit worried and said: "If you surrender to the Qing Dynasty, you will have to shave your hair!"

Shaved hair and easy clothes, this is exactly what the literati Wu Fengsheng was worried about. Hong Chengchou's emissary promised a high-ranking official and rich salary, and he was recruited as the governor of Huguang. Official uniforms, although the shaving order is no longer forcibly promoted to ordinary people, but civil servants must shave their hair.

Sun Kewang said: "Li Dingguo has humiliated the orphan to this point, and he spared no effort to pay for it. He should surrender to the Qing master to avenge his eternal hatred."

Obviously, Sun Kewang, a rogue, doesn't have as many concerns about cutting his hair as a literati.

He went on to say: "People's hearts have changed all the way, and the only way to avoid it is to vote for the Qing Dynasty."

"Who said that?"

A voice sounded hastily, and then a person barged in. The person was extremely embarrassed, covered in mud and water, with disheveled hair.

Sun Kewang's guard kept pulling this man, but he still forced his way in.

Sun Kewang couldn't help being taken aback, he waved his hand to drive back the guards, and said in surprise, "Why is Mr. Xu in such a mess?"

The visitor's surname is Xu, and his name is Xu Sinan. He is the fourth younger brother of many men. He is only this year and has not yet married.

Xu Sinan clasped his fists and said: "My lord is polite, I will follow along the next road, I don't want to break up and loot everywhere. I got this by breaking through the siege. So I was a little embarrassed, my lord forgive me."

Sun Kewang sighed: "Hey, I'm all to blame, but I don't care about Mr. in the chaos."

Xu Sinan is the envoy sent by Yang Chao to Sun Kewang. He has been in charge of contacting Sun Kewang. His mission is to prevent Sun Kewang from fighting with Li Ding, and his current mission is to prevent Sun Kewang from surrendering to the enemy.

After Sun Kewang's defeat, Xu Sixan kept going east, and met Lu Mo who captured here in Changsha. Only then did he know that Sun Kewang had gone north to Wuchang, and at the same time, he also knew his new mission.

Xu Siman said: "It is not a pity to die at the end of the lower district, I dare not criticize the prince. But if the prince wants to vote for the Tartars, please forgive me for being bold, I have to block the prince's future."

Sun Kewang's face turned reddish, surrendering to the Qing Dynasty was really ugly.

Quickly explained: "I don't know where Mr. Xu heard such rumors, this is completely slandering the king!"

Xu Siman nodded, but he didn't say anything. The city of Wuchang Prefecture was full of Yang Chao's spies. He contacted him as soon as he arrived. He didn't know what was going on.

But he couldn't tear his face apart, instead he pretended to be relieved and said: "It seems that I have indeed heard the rumors. Please forgive me, my lord!"

After speaking, he bowed down to worship.

Sun Kewang played tricks, and Wu Fengsheng immediately helped Xu Siman up.

Only then did Xu Siman say: "I have always thought that the King of Ji is a real man, and my governor also often said that the heroes of the world are nothing more than the King of Ji and the governor. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu are nothing but clowns, Dorgon, Hong Chengchou and others. , It’s just a barbarian. In my humble opinion, the king of Ji should not be a hero and become a barbarian!”

Xu Sinan's few words really aroused Sun Kewang's complicated mood. Just now, he really decided to join Manqing, but he felt that there was no way out for a while, and he hated Li Dingguo to death, and wished he could kill his righteous brother immediately.

But at this time, Xu Shinan said that Sun Kewang's proud heart also revived, yes, he is a hero, at least he has always thought so, but he didn't want to decide to go to the barbarians just now, and suddenly felt extremely humiliated.

Seeing Sun Kewang's expression, Xu Sinan knew that his lobbying had touched his heart.

Only at this time did he raise the question: "The governor of my family wants to come to respect the King of Ji, and is willing to form an alliance with the King of Ji to achieve a great cause together. I don't know what the King of Ji wants?"

Sun Kewang was taken aback suddenly. He didn't expect Yang Chao to be willing to win him over at this time. He has no power or power now, with less than a hundred miles of land and less than [-] soldiers. Qingdu was overwhelmed by him, how could he think highly of Sun Kewang now?
So Sun Kewang would rather surrender to the Qing just now, because he felt that he was more valuable to the Manchus if he took refuge in the Manchus. At least he could give the Manchus a reasonable chance to invade Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan, but as far as Yang Chao was concerned, Yang Chao had already fought After entering Hunan and Guangxi, Yang Chao didn't care if he had his grandson Kewang or not.

Another concern is that Yang Chao is just a warlord, while the Manchu Qing Dynasty is a court like the Ming Dynasty. What can Yang Chao offer Sun Kewang? With the noble in his body, he is the vassal king of the three provinces.

"My king is a bit tired. Please ask Mr. Xu to discuss it with the prefect Wu."

Sun Kewang didn't reject it outright, because it was a good way to join Yang Chao. After all, surrendering to Manqing always felt a bit awkward, and he was not very optimistic about the future of Manqing. Of course, if he had Sun Kewang, Manqing would definitely be able to enter Yunguixiang once again had the upper hand. Without him, Sun Kewang, Manqing might not be able to consume Yang Chao in the end if the stalemate continued.

Sun Kewang is very jealous of Yang Chao's annual financial and taxation, and also feels very jealous of the prosperity of Jiangnan. Sometimes he even thinks that if he had such strong financial resources, he would have gone to Beijing long ago, but Yang Chao has worn himself out. For so many years, Mo Haw has been in a stalemate with Man Qing, he is really incompetent.

Perhaps according to the set of high-pressure policies that Sun Kewang played only in Yunnan and Guizhou, such as collecting half of the people's harvest as food tax, Yang Chao would definitely receive more food, but he would definitely not be able to get so much money. The money-making model is not the same in terms of scale.

It's just that Sun Kewang didn't understand. What he didn't understand was that Yang Chao would never be able to earn 2000 million taels if he scraped the land poorly, but if he issued bonds to borrow money, he would be able to receive taxes for the next three to five years.

Sun Kewang left Shi Shiran. He asked Wu Fengsheng to talk to Xu Siman first, and planned to see what conditions Yang Chao could offer him. If the conditions were similar to those offered by Man Qingkai, or even a little worse, he would admit it. Clean it up.

Xu Sixan's mind was spinning rapidly, and Sun Kewang asked him to talk to Wu Fengsheng, and he knew that Sun Kewang was tempted.

He quickly analyzed Sun Kewang's mentality, Sun Kewang's current situation, and what Sun Kewang wanted, and soon felt that he was sure of winning.

"My prince has great righteousness in his heart. Hong Chengchou promised to take the title of prince, and the land of the three provinces, my king also refused! But Governor Yang is only willing to come forward to mediate. This is too petty."

Wu Fengsheng was very dissatisfied with Xu Siman's conditions.

Xu Siman immediately burst into laughter: "Wang Jue? Sanxing!"

Wu Fengsheng snorted, "What are you laughing at?"

Xu Sixan had been in Sun Kewang's army all along, and all Sun Kewang's soldiers knew him, but Wu Fengsheng didn't know him, and he didn't know that this young boy was a difficult character to deal with.

Xu Si'nan laughed and said, "A barbarian's king? Don't Master Wu think it's funny? With the Ji King personally appointed by my great son, why can't he compare to the barbarian?"

Wu Fengsheng was at a loss for words for a while, but this was quite true, Sun Kewang's King Ji was conferred by Zhu Cihuan, son of the Great Ming Dynasty, and he was better-looking than the so-called princes of the Manchu Qing in any way.

But Wu Fengsheng was unconvinced and said: "Hong Chengchou is the land that promised three provinces."

Xu Sinan laughed even more: "Zheng Zhilong's three provinces?"

Hong Chengchou also promised Zheng Zhilong the land of the three provinces back then, but everyone knew what happened to Zheng Zhilong, and he was put under house arrest by the Qing court in Beijing.

Wu Fengsheng was completely speechless.

He simply asked, "What can Governor General Yang give?"

It is impossible for Yang Chao to make Sun Kewang surrender with empty teeth, so he has to come up with something practical.

Xu Siman said: "The King of Ji is already a prince. As for the vassal land, the governor thinks that the King of Ji has made great contributions to the country in managing Yunnan and Guizhou, so he should be named Guizhou!"

"Guizhou?"

Wu Fengsheng couldn't help laughing, Guizhou is a barren land, the sky is not three feet high, the ground is not three feet flat, a mere Guizhou, you want to get rid of Sun Kewang?

The most important thing is that Wu Fengsheng is Sun Kewang's subordinate, and his honor and disgrace are tied to Sun Kewang. If Sun Kewang can't make it to the top, Wu Fengsheng won't be able to ascend to heaven.

Xu Siman sighed: "Master Wu, please discuss with the King of Ji first. Although Guizhou has few people and a small land, if you go north to pass through Jingxiang and go west to pass through Sichuan and Shu, it is a place with great potential."

Then Xu Sinan stood up gently, and said leisurely: "It's not pleasant to say. The King of Ji condescends to Wuchang Mansion, Li Dingguo will come after him, and there is my Jiangnan Navy athlete on the river. It can be said that he is at a loss. Want to vote? You have to see My family's governor will agree or not!"

Wu Fengsheng was already full of anger. Xu Sinan didn't come here to lobby at all, but to humiliate them.

Xu Sinan patted Wu Fengsheng on the shoulder lightly.

"Tell King Ji, what the Tatars can't give him, my lord can give it. He goes to Guizhou, and my lord will help him recall the old ministry!"

After speaking, he smiled and left, leaving behind Wu Fengsheng who had reached the limit of his explosion.

(End of this chapter)