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

Chapter 5
On the west bank of the Nujiang River, there are clusters of peaks, dense forests, and a tall mountain in between. This mountain is called Mopan Mountain. It is more than [-] miles away from the Nujiang River.

Olive Slope, which is usually inaccessible, ushered in Zhu Cixuan's army starting from Tengyue in the evening.After the army arrived, the silent mountain forest immediately became noisy.

Under the leadership of Mu Tianbo, Jin Tongwu and others, the soldiers set up tents, felled trees for fences, set up camps, and erected sentry towers at the four corners of the gate and the camp.

After dinner, it was getting dark, Zhu Cixuan fell asleep early under the service of Qingchan and Qingyu.

On the second day, the army did not move out, but sent a large number of sentries to investigate in the direction of the Nujiang River. At that time, Jin Tongwu, the commander in chief, came to report and said, "Your Highness, we have contacted King Jin."

Zhu Cixuan was overjoyed, and said, "President Jin, where is King Jin now?"

"Your Highness, King Jin has crossed the Nujiang River and is leading his army towards us."

"Okay, that's great." Zhu Cixuan turned around twice in the big tent excitedly, and said to Jin Tongwu: "Jin Zongbing, you send someone to the Yuanmen to wait for His Royal Highness King Jin, and when King Jin arrives, immediately notify the Crown Prince. I want to go to Yuanmen to meet him in person."

"Yes, His Royal Highness."

An hour and a half later, Jin Tongwu sent someone to report that King Jin's army had arrived.Zhu Cixuan immediately led Mu Tianbo, Wang Sheng, Wang Qilong and other general soldiers to the Yuanmen to welcome them.

When Zhu Cixuan came to Yuanmen, he saw an eight-foot tall, handsome general in bright armor, about 40 years old, standing next to Jin Tongwu. Thanks to the memory from his original body, Zhu Cixuan recognized him at a glance. It is Jin Wang Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo was born in a poor peasant family in Yan'an, Shaanxi. He joined Zhang Xianzhong's uprising army at the age of ten. Zhang Xianzhong saw Li Dingguo's extraordinary appearance and adopted him as his adopted son. From then on, Li Dingguo followed Zhang Xianzhong and fought north and south.

As an adult, Li Dingguo was brave and good at fighting, and was loved by Zhang Xianzhong.

After Zhang Xianzhong's death, Li Dingguo returned to the Shunnan Ming regime. At the beginning of 1652 AD (the sixth year of Yongli, the ninth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty), Li Dingguo sent [-] troops to attack Hunan after full preparation.First took Yuanzhou and Jingzhou, then attacked Guilin, Guangxi, defeated the Qing army, and forced Kong Youde, the commander of the Qing army and king of Dingnan, to commit suicide.

Occupied Guilin at the beginning of July, and then went straight to Liuzhou, Hengzhou and other four states, and the soldiers pointed to Changsha.

The Qing court was shocked when they heard the news, and sent an additional [-] troops to help.In order to avoid the spirit of the Qing army, Li Dingguo temporarily withdrew from the outskirts of Changsha and retreated to Hengzhou.The coach of the Qing army, Prince Nikan, led the army to chase after him. Li Dingguo set up an ambush to surround the Qing army regiments and attacked fiercely from all sides. The Qing army was defeated.

Li Dingguo's victories in the two major battles of Guilin and Hengyang opened up a new situation in Nanming's struggle against the Qing Dynasty.

In January 1662, 1 troops from Wu Sangui's troops of the Qing army entered Burma. King Mangbai of Burma handed over the imprisoned Yongli Emperor to Wu Sangui. In April, Wu Sangui hanged Yongli Emperor in Kunming, and Nanming was destroyed.

Hearing the news, Li Dingguo became sick with grief and indignation. Li Dingguo, who had persisted in fighting the Qing Dynasty for 17 years in the southwestern border, died of illness in Mengla (west of the Lancang River) in June 1662 at the age of 42.

Zhu Cixuan looked at the anti-Qingming general and national hero in front of him, and stepped forward quickly.

When Li Dingguo saw Zhu Cixuan who was wearing the prince's uniform, he immediately knelt down on one knee: "Sir, Li Dingguo pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Prince Jin, please get up quickly." Zhu Cixuan stretched out his hands to support Li Dingguo.Under Li Dingguo's introduction, he met his generals Dou Minwang, Gao Wengui, Wang Guoxi, and Guanglu Temple Shaoqing Lu Guisheng.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Cixuan sat in the middle, and all the generals were divided into two compartments.

Zhu Cixuan looked at Li Dingguo and said, "Your Majesty Jin, this Crown Prince is ordered by the Emperor to come to support and fight against the army of Tartars. I don't know what good strategy the Prince of Jin has."

Li Dingguo Jishou said: "His Royal Highness, the Tartars who invaded this time include the rebel Wu Sangui's tribe, and the Tartar generals who conquered the south, Zhuobutai's and Doni's tribes have a total of 3 horses.

The Mopan Mountain that Weichen passed just now, the terrain is steep, the mountain road is rugged along the way, there is no other way to go except for a small road, and the only remaining road can only accommodate a horse. The woods are shaded, covering the sky and the sun.

If our army occupied Mopan Mountain and set up an ambush around the Yangchang trail at the foot of the mountain, even if the Qing army had tens of thousands of soldiers, they would surely never come back. "

Zhu Cixuan nodded, turned his eyes to Lu Guisheng, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, and said, "Where is Lu Aiqing?"

When Lu Guisheng heard the prince asked him, he was very surprised. He didn't know why the prince suddenly asked him about marching and fighting.

He didn't know that when Zhu Cixuan heard his name at Yuanmen just now, he remembered that it was because of him that Lu Guisheng defected to the enemy and reported the secret of the ambush to Wu Sangui.

As a result, Wu Sangui, who had already entered Mopan Mountain, was shocked. He sent an order to stop the advance, the troops retreated quickly, and ordered the cavalry to dismount and walk to search for the ambush.

At the same time, the artillerymen were ordered to fire at the bushes in the ditch, and the archers shot fiercely with arrows. For a while, "arrows and cannons rained down" in the bushes on both sides.

The Ming army in ambush did not get the order and did not dare to fight. They let the guns and arrows attack and fell dead in the forest ditch.

Dou Minwang, who was hiding in the first ambush line, saw that the ambush had been seen through, so he had no choice but to fire artillery, and the Ming army on the second ambush line also fired artillery and rushed out to rescue.

In the end, only a part of the Qing soldiers entered the ambush circle. Soon, the Qing soldiers who followed Wu Sangui to the South, Zhuobutai and Doni, arrived and reinforced Wu Sangui. The ambush failed.

Lu Guisheng was stunned for a moment, and then he came out to be the chief inspector, and said: "Your Highness, I believe that King Jin's plan is wonderful. If it works, it will definitely wipe out the Tartars."

Zhu Cixuan said with a smile: "I also think His Royal Highness King Jin's plan is feasible, King Jin, please tell me the specific plan."

"His Royal Highness, I plan to divide the entire front into three ambushes, each with two thousand elite soldiers, densely covered with firecrackers, bows and crossbows, buried in the grass in the mountains.

After all the 3 men of the Tartars entered the ambush, the first round of strikes was carried out with cannons, firecrackers, and crossbows, and then the whole army came out to wipe out the 3 men of the Tartars in one battle. "

"Hmm! King Jin, with [-] elite soldiers against the [-] Banner elites of the Tartars, is the force a bit weak? The crown prince has brought [-] soldiers and horses this time, and they are all under the command of King Jin. What do you think? "

"That's right! That's right! The six thousand elite soldiers are a little less, we can fight with the whole army, and the world will be settled in one battle." Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo, the commander-in-chief Wang Sheng, and Wang Qilong also spoke one after another.

Li Dingguo smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness, my six thousand elite soldiers were selected from the more than ten thousand troops I led this time, and each of them is a good soldier who has experienced many battles.

They can also defeat the Tartar Eight Banners cavalry one-on-one, not to mention the rugged mountain roads, and the Eight Banners soldiers can only dismount and fight on foot, so we will be able to win this battle. "

Zhu Cixuan thought to himself, although Li Dingguo is a rare and famous general who has been in battle for a long time, he said that [-] elite soldiers can defeat [-] banner soldiers, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

But Zhu Cixuan was still a little worried. You must know that the opponent this time is none other than Wu Sangui!The military level is not comparable to that of ordinary people, and one cannot be too careful when encountering such an opponent.

So Zhu Cixuan said: "King Jin, what do you think of this? I will also add 4000 troops of Jin Zongbing to the ambush army, so that our ambush troops will reach [-]. Then, I will lead the [-] soldiers of Duke Qian The soldiers and horses and the remaining [-] soldiers and horses of the King of Jin will be used as reinforcements to support them at any time."

Li Dingguo thought to himself, yes, although he is very sure of defeating the Qing soldiers in this surprise attack, but six thousand against thirty thousand?The gap in troop strength is indeed too great. If we add the [-] troops from Jin Tong's military department, then the troops on our side will reach [-]. In this way, we will have a greater chance of defeating Wu Sangui.

So he said: "What the prince said is true, so I will follow what the prince said. In addition, I estimate that Wu Sangui's army may arrive at Mopan Mountain tomorrow, so let the soldiers have a full meal for the battle, prepare dry food, and rest for a while. So send troops to Mopanshan.

In addition, from tomorrow onwards, our army is not allowed to light fires and cook food, lest the smoke from the cooking will be noticed by the tartars, and the event will be ruined. "

"Well, what the King of Jin said is true, Lu Aiqing, now, you are responsible for preparing five days of dry food for the entire army, and supervise the entire battalion starting tomorrow. It is forbidden to make fire and cook food. There must be no mistakes, otherwise the military law will be followed."

"My minister obeys the order." At this time, Lu Guisheng, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, was 1 reluctant.

Mommy, the wrecked ship of Ming Dynasty is about to sink. If it wasn't for the fact that I haven't found a chance to leave the army these days, I would have gone to the Qing army to enjoy the blessings, and I don't have to worry about it every day.

Thinking that I am the dignified young minister of Guanglu Temple, and I am responsible for the royal family's meals. As a result, now I am asked to prepare dry food for the whole army, which is really overkill.But the crown prince has issued a general order, and I have no choice but to agree, alas!Don't I just want to live a good life?Why is it so difficult.

(End of this chapter)