I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 37 Zheng Chenggong Takes Dinghai
At three o'clock on April 16th, [-]th year of Shunzhi, Sukesaha, the Minister of Guards of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Prince Taibao Sukesaha, was escorted by a thousand Zhengbai Banner elite Tartars, and went south from Yanjing City. They don't enter the city during the day, unless they need to replenish dry food and water, they only stop for a short time, and spend most of the rest of the time on horseback.

On this day, Sukesaha crossed the Yangtze River and arrived in Jiangning, where he was welcomed into the city by Angbang Zhangjing Kakamu, the garrison of the Eight Banners of Jiangning. During the banquet, Sukesaha said: "Kakamu, do you have any news from Yunnan? "

Kakamu said: "I just received the news the day before yesterday that Kunming has been captured by Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan and others of the puppet Ming Dynasty. After they captured Kunming, they divided their troops into three groups. , Shiping, Lin'an. Currently crossing the Ming River and marching eastward, there are indications that the next target of the puppet Ming Li Dingguo is Guangnan.

Bai Wenxuan, King Gongchang of the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty, led an army of [-] to the east, conquered Qujing Mansion, and is now besieging Guangxi Mansion.

He Jiuyi, Duke of Guangguo, Muyi, chieftain of Zheledian, and Nasong, chieftain of Yuanjiang, led [-] spears to the north to capture Xundian and Wuding mansions, and are now marching in the direction of Yao'an mansion. "

Suke Saha put down his wine glass with a "snap" and stood up: "Kakamu fetched a map of Yunnan."

"Bring a map of Yunnan." Kakamu said to a soldier beside him.

"Cha." The soldiers quickly left the lobby, came in with a map in their hands, spread it out on the desk, Sukesaha walked to the desk, slid his finger on the map, and kept chanting: " Lin'an, Guangnan, Qujing, Guangxi, Xundian, Wuding, Yao'an, hiss..." My heart skipped a beat.

Doesn't that mean that only Guangnan, Guangxi, and Yao'an Prefectures are still under the control of the Qing Dynasty in the whole of Yunnan? It has been occupied by the false three-way army.Thinking of this, Suksaha, who has always been calm, couldn't sit still.

He didn't expect the situation in Yunnan to deteriorate so much in a short period of time, so he said to Kakamu:
"Kakamu, arrange a place for me to rest. Tomorrow morning, I will set off for Guangdong to preside over military affairs. I can't afford to delay the time. If the delay continues, it will not only be a matter of Yunnan. Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, etc. There are still some remnants of hypocrisy in the land, once they get together, the whole Southwest may be in danger."

Kakamu smiled wryly, and said, "Sir Sukesaha, it's not just in the southwestern region. Recently, the false king of Yanping, Zheng Chenggong, is also ready to move in the area of ​​Panshiwei and Shaguan."

"Oh? Zheng Chenggong is dishonest again. In August last year, his fleet was not between Wusong and Dinghai, and encountered a strong wind. I heard that at that time, there were suddenly dark clouds, strong winds, heavy rain, and rough seas. Zheng Chenggong's The boats and boats did not meet each other. They collided with each other and were overturned by the big waves. Many of Zheng Chenggong's six concubines, the second, third, and fifth sons were drowned, and the soldiers, ships, and equipment were lost. Is it huge? It’s only been more than half a year, and it’s already recovered?”

"Report, Dinghai has fallen." At this moment, a Tartar hurried into the lobby, holding a letter in his hand and reporting loudly.

"Dinghai is lost?" Kakamu grabbed the letter and looked at it, leaned him slightly to look at Suksaha, and said: "My lord, Zheng Chenggong led an army of [-], and a thousand warships raided Dinghai. After two days of fierce fighting, Dinghai Paocheng fell, our army was wiped out, and more than [-] ships of our navy were burned."

Suksaha took the letter and quickly read it from the beginning to the end, frowning into a word, sighing secretly, what a troubled time!Yunnan has just suffered a strange and unpredictable defeat, and something happened in Dinghai again. The places in the south of the Yangtze River were not at peace, and various remnants of Remnant Ming attacked prefectures and counties from time to time.

It's all right now, the two forces of Remnant Ming are working at the same time, and one has more than [-] troops landing in Dinghai, Zhejiang, aggressively.A comeback in the Jedi in Yunnan, could it be that the hypocrisy is not exhausted?
Suksaha shook his head, expelling this terrible thought from his mind.

Now the only way is to send the situation of Dinghai to the capital in [-] miles, so that His Majesty the Emperor can make a decision early. If Zheng Chenggong's [-] troops come to invade, this person will not be satisfied with the small Dinghai, he must have bigger plans.

But at present, the territory occupied by the entire Qing Dynasty is too large, and every place must be guarded by soldiers, resulting in a serious shortage of troops in every place.

The most powerful army is in the hands of Zhao Butai, the general who conquered the south, and Wu Sangui, the king of the west, but they disappeared strangely in Yunnan without a trace.The 1 cavalry disappeared silently like this, and [-] of Suksaha didn't believe it.

What he was most worried about was that the [-] cavalry of General Zhao Butai and Pingxi Wang Wu Sangui who conquered the South were lured into Jedi by Li Dingguo on the way to pursue Li Dingguo, and the entire army was wiped out. If that was the case, it would be terrible.The situation in the entire south of the Yangtze River will collapse in an instant, and the troops in various places will be defeated one by one in the east and one in the west by the false Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan and others.

No, I have to rush to Guangdong as soon as possible, integrate the left-behind troops from Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Sichuan, block Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan from Nanming in Yunnan, and prevent them from entering Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangdong, or we will be in big trouble.

Thinking of this, Suksaha no longer had the mood to drink, and immediately wrote a memorial, and sent the news that Zheng Chenggong's [-] troops captured Dinghai to the capital eight hundred miles urgently, and then he went back to his room to rest.

The next day, I bid farewell to Kakamu in a hurry and hurried to Guangdong...

On April 13th of the 320th year of the Yongli calendar, when Suke Saha Xiaoxing was heading to Guangdong overnight, Zhu Cixuan welcomed 750 nine military craftsmen from Dali and [-] four of their family members in Kunming.

According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, at noon on April 13, the 12th year of the Yongli calendar, the 320-year-old prince Zhu Cixuan and the future Emperor Xuanwu personally welcomed 750 nine military craftsmen from Dali and their [-] four family members at Lizhengmen, the south gate of Kunming. , and announced on the spot that the craftsman status of these people would be abolished.

At the same time, it is announced that from today onwards, all craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty will be abolished, whether they are military craftsmen, blacksmiths, carpenters, Lehu, fishermen with nine surnames, beggar households, and those who are called untouchables. called good people.

320 nine military craftsmen and 750 four of their family members cried bitterly on the spot outside the south gate, and the sound shook the entire Kunming city. The news spread to the city, and there was thunderous cheers and firecrackers from various blacksmith shops, carpenter shops, fishermen, and prostitute villages. .

(End of this chapter)