At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 87 Southwest Collapse
At this point, Sun Kewang's anticipated strategic vision of resolving the Annan issue within three months has been basically realized.

Under the attack of the two armies from the north and the south, Zheng's military strength was completely damaged.

The next step is to make the Zheng family a tool for Sun Kewang to rule Annan.

In May, people in Thang Long City were in panic.

Lord Zheng entered the city in a hurry, drinking and having fun all day long, feeling that his time was running out.

Then at this moment, Wang Shangli's envoy entered the city and brought Lord Zheng a shocking good news.

"What! Make peace!"

"Exactly, my country's lord did not intend to destroy your Zheng family, but you detained my envoy from the Celestial Dynasty many times, and flirted with Man Qing, so the army came to attack!" The envoy said righteously.

"Okay, okay!" Master Zheng said quickly: "I, Dayue, are originally a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and I must be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. The little king is willing to contribute 200 million taels of silver, no! 300 million taels, to the heaven to prove his repentance!"

"Master Zheng, this is the end of the matter. My lord raised an army of [-] troops. He spent millions of dollars in labor and expedition along the way. I'm afraid your repentance is not enough." The envoy smiled.

"Then what does His Highness King Qin mean?"

"Ten million taels of silver, tens of thousands of grains of rice!" The messenger lion said with a big mouth.

"What!" Master Zheng was stunned when he heard this.

"Your envoy, you guys are bullying me too much!" Lord Zheng's staff scolded.

"Master Zheng, if you are not willing to give these tens of millions of taels of silver and tens of millions of stones of food and grass, Lord Mo can say so. He is willing to measure Annan's material resources and win the favor of my heavenly dynasty!"

The messenger spoke earnestly: "If my country's leader hadn't been unwilling to use his power to bully others, and felt that although you were guilty, the crime was not worthy of death, my army of [-] would have already attacked the city and welcomed Lord Mo into Shenglong."

As soon as these words came out, Master Zheng seemed to have been hit by a bolt from the blue, and he collapsed on the ground.

In this way, the two sides of Ming and Yue started the Thang Long negotiation, and Lord Zheng had nowhere to go. In order to survive, he could only meet Sun Kewang's request as much as possible. So far, the battle of Annan has come to an end, and the final treaty is only waiting for signing.

During the Battle of Annan.

The Manchu Qing's three-way invasion of the southwest has also begun.

After sending the clan Luo Tuo to lead thousands of Eight Banners soldiers to Hunan to strengthen Hong Chengchou's strength.

The Qing court appointed King Doni of Xinjun as the general of Anyuan Jingkou.

Leading tens of thousands of troops with more than 2 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners as the core went south from Beijing.

We are going to take a look at the situation of the three-pronged advance before deciding whether this main Manchu and Mongolian force will be committed to the Yunnan-Guizhou battlefield.

In February, Pingxi King Wu Sangui and Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan from North Road set out from Shaanxi.

Arrive in Baoning, Sichuan on the fourth day of March.

Wu Sangui had a capital of 1 elite troops and an attached Green Battalion of 7000 elite troops, for a total of about [-] troops.

Li Guhan had [-] elite soldiers and thousands of people from the green camp.

This 4 to [-] soldiers and horses.Go side by side from the Boryeong waterway and go down the river.

Passed through the no-man's land in Sichuan.

In April, the troops came to the city of Chongqing.

Because the main force of the Ming army in Sichuan has withdrawn to Yunnan.

Di Sanpin, Li Rubi, Ta Xince and others were all recalled by Li Dingguo.

The only Ming army guarding the important town of Chongqing was Du Zixiang, who was not a good man.

Under the threat of Wu Sangui's troops, Du Zixiang did not dare to resist and led his troops to abandon the city and leave.

On the third day of April, Wu Jun marched into Chongqing, and the north gate of Yunnan and Guizhou was opened.

After resting in Chongqing for several days, Wu Sangui left thousands of troops to defend the rear.

He led the main force across the unguarded Nanming Yangtze River defense line, and officially entered the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau on the 25th.

Arrive in Tongzi County, Guizhou.

In this area, it rubs against the sky, while below it falls into the deep abyss. The terrain is extremely dangerous.

However, at this time, not only the main force of the Ming army gathered in Yunnan, but also Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu who was in Guizhou, was also outsmarted by Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo accused Liu Wenxiu of "hiding the meaning of rebellion" that was unnecessary, and issued an edict in the name of the court in March to let him lead his troops back to Yunnan.

At this time, Liu Wenxiu only had a few thousand direct line soldiers in Guiyang, and Bai Wenxuan and others returned to Yunnan under the imperial edict.

He was unwilling to disobey the order and disrespect, and let Li Dingguo's charges be implemented.

Feeling powerless and disheartened.

So he was ordered to return to Yunnan.

Under the attack of Jin Fan civil and military forces, he had to hand over "all military and horse things".

He drank and got drunk all day long in the palace of the King of Shu.

Under these circumstances, the collapse of the situation in the southwest was unavoidable.

On April 26, Ming general Liu Zhenguo led thousands of troops to defend themselves.

But at this time, in the southwest Ming army, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were in Yunnan, and the next-level Bai Wenxuan and Ma Jinzhong were also in Yunnan.

The next-level Qi Sansheng, Di Sanpin, Li Rubi, Ma Weixing and other tribes are still in Yunnan.

Liu Zhenguo's soldiers and horses were crushed by Wu Sangui, both in terms of quantity and quality.

On April 27, Liu Zhenguo's troops collapsed.

On the [-]th, Wu Jun arrived in Zunyi, an important town.

Guo Liai of the Ming army saw that it was difficult to resist Wu Sangui, so he decided to surrender in Kaesong, and led more than [-] soldiers to join Wu Sangui.

On the third day of May, Wu Jun continued to go south, arrived in Guiyang via Xifeng, and joined forces with Hong Chengchou.

A few days later, Yang Wu, who led his troops back to Yunnan from Wugang, received news that Guiyang had fallen when he marched to the border of Yunnan.

So Yang Wu and others decided to fight back on their own. When Wu Sangui marched into Guiyang, they recovered Xifeng and cut off Wu Sangui's retreat.

Then the good times didn't last long. On May [-]th, Wu Sangui quickly joined forces, defeated Yang Wu's more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, and regained Xifeng.

So far, northern Guizhou was completely controlled by Wu Sangui.

Soon Wu Sangui returned to Zunyi to rest his troops.

Seeing that the Qing army had penetrated deep into the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with a huge momentum, the Nanming side had been defeated repeatedly and showed no signs of parrying.

Led by An Kun from Shuixi, a large number of chieftains defected to Wu Sangui.

Shuixi chieftain is as famous as Yang Yinglong of Bozhou.

An Kun's Shuixi chieftain soldiers assisted Wu Sangui in the battle, which undoubtedly made the situation in the southwest worse.

In addition to chieftains, many second- and third-rate troops of the Ming army stationed in various places also took refuge in Wu Sangui.

For example, Guo Liai had more than [-] soldiers, and Xingning Bo Wang Xing had more than [-] soldiers and horses.

As a result, after Wu Sangui's troops moved to the battle for many days, instead of weakening, their troops became stronger and stronger.

At the same time Wu Sangui entered the army.

The main force of the Qing army in Hunan also launched an attack at the same time.

The Green Battalion stationed in Huguang has a strength of more than [-].

However, in addition to stationing in various places to maintain law and order, the rest of Kuidong's Shun army also had to guard against it.

Important towns such as Yunyang, Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and Yiling all need to be heavily guarded.

Although Sun Kewang of Guangxi was negotiating peace with the Qing court, and on the eve of the war, the chicken thief presented a real map that was useless to the Qing army.

But who is Hong Chengchou, he naturally has to guard against Sun Guozhu. In addition to the Ministry of National Security in Guilin, which should not be moved lightly, Hong Chengchou also arranged for more than ten thousand soldiers to station between Yongzhou and Baoqing.

Guard Sun Guozhu.

(End of this chapter)