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This time and space was only established in the first year of Qianyuan (1642), that is, at the end of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Southwest Hongguang Small Court was established. In terms of the construction of courtiers, its emphasis on civil affairs and military affairs.

This is natural - in troubled times, only soldiers have power.

Zhu Youlang was able to ascend the throne and establish the Hongguang small court, almost entirely thanks to several warlords who fled to Guangxi.

Nowadays, there are two most powerful generals in the Hongguang court. One is Guo An, Duke Baoguo, and Liu Liangzuo, Duke Zuoguo.

Under the two men, there were several less powerful generals, such as Mou Wenshou, Chen Bangfu, Zhang Xianbi, Huang Chaoxuan and others who were granted the title of marquis.

As for civil servants, the one with the highest official position before was Fang Zhenru, the governor of Guangxi, who was now appointed as the Minister of Rites and a bachelor, that is, a cabinet minister.

The reason why he is not the first assistant is naturally because Fang Zhenru did not participate in the support and was even initially in the Jingjiang King's camp - even if he was forced, it would inevitably make people suspicious after he defected to the Hongguang court.

In addition, Fang Guoan, Liu Liangzuo and others deliberately suppressed the power of civil servants, so that the Hongguang court only had cabinet ministers - as for the chief assistant, it was not that there were none, but Wu Zhaoyuan, the governor of Yunnan, was appointed as the chief assistant.

On the surface, it was said that this was done to win over the Ming government in Yunnan, but in reality, warlords such as Fang Guoan and Liu Liangzuo deliberately suppressed civilian power and even turned the Hongguang court into their puppets.

Therefore, the disagreement over the direction of escape was actually due to the different interests of the two most powerful generals.

Fang Guoan hoped to escape to Yunnan, and united with pre-Ming forces such as Mu Wangfu and the Yunnan government to try to separate Yunnan. Before the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Dali and other countries in Yunnan were already small countries that separated themselves from each other. Fang Guoan and others had this idea. That’s not to say that the idea has no basis.

However, Liu Liangzuo hoped to flee south and rely on Annan. If he still could not resist the Wei army, he would defect to Annan to protect everyone's wealth.

The reason why he made this proposal was because in the first half of the year, he sent people to hook up with the Zheng Lord's forces in Annan.

If Hongguang Xiaoting escaped, he didn't know what happened to Zhu Youlang, but he could at least be a semi-warlord noble under the influence of Lord Zheng.

At this time, Zheng Feng, the former Guangxi inspector who was attached to Liu Liangzuo and now the left minister of the Ministry of War of Hongguang Dynasty, was making "generous speeches" on this matter.

"We have all seen the strength of the Wei army. Now it has not only captured Wuzhou, Pingle, and Xunzhou Prefecture, but also defeated Wuxuan and Laibin, and cut off Liuzhou Prefecture.

In addition, some of his troops invaded Guilin Mansion from Hunan. Now I am afraid that they have captured Lingui and captured the traitor King Jingjiang.

It can be seen from this that the Yi army will not give up after taking Guangxi, and will definitely attack Yunnan.

Even if we retreat to Yunnan and join forces with Prince Mu's Mansion and other troops, how long can we survive? If we can't resist the Yi army by then, why don't we have to retreat to Burma?

In this case, it is better to take a direct detour through Sien, Taiping, and Longzhou, and enter Annan through Zhennanguan.

Compared with Myanmar, Annan Sumu and Central Plains culture, wouldn't it be safer to turn to the Annan court for help than to turn to Myanmar? "

Zheng Feng's words sounded reasonable at first. Guo An, the protector of the country, wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start, so he had to wink wildly at the civil servants who were attached to him.

Yan Rishu, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the former magistrate of Yongzhou, immediately came out and said with a cold face: "If we retreat to Annan now, wouldn't it mean that the imperial court will destroy itself? Or do you think Annan will allow a state within a state within its territory? ?”

Yan Rishu's words were much shorter than Zheng Feng's, but they were to the point.

That's right, if you choose to retreat to Annan, you must first retreat to Taiping Prefecture and Longzhou - once there, the Hongguang court has much less room to move than in Yunnan, and it is almost ten percent that the Yi army will be forced to move to Annan. .

Although Annam is in the middle of the dispute between the north and the south between Ruan and Zheng, the north basically belongs to Lord Zheng's territory. Even if Lord Zheng is willing to accept them, I am afraid he will not allow them to exist in the form of a country.

Therefore, retreating to Annan was almost equivalent to choosing to disband the Hongguang court. Only then did Zhu Youlang understand this, and his face suddenly turned ugly.

He was not a fool, so he looked at Liu Liangzuo pitifully and said, "Mr. Zuo, the country depends entirely on you and Duke Bao to maintain the country. We can't give up easily!"

Although Liu Liangzuo was very domineering in the Hongguang court, he couldn't help but blush a little after hearing Zhu Youlang's words, and explained: "Your Majesty, I don't want to give up, but Annan is indeed more reliable than Burma - if we want to use the vassal soldiers and horses to resist Well, Annan is the first choice!"

"Fart!" Fang Guoan also came to the end personally and cursed loudly, "Leave Yunnan Prince Mu's palace and the government's soldiers and horses without relying on them, and go to rely on the vassal? Doesn't it mean that you are looking far away from the near?

Moreover, if we can resist the Wei army in Yunnan, we can still retain part of the Ming Dynasty's territory.

But if we retreat directly into Annan, wouldn't we hand over Yunnan to the Wei thieves? ! "

Liu Liangzuo also did not give Fang Guoan face, and sneered: "Not to mention the rise of chieftains in Yunnan, Prince Mu's palace and the government soldiers have too much time to take care of themselves.

Even if I can suppress the Yunnan chieftain after I go there, are the Mu Prince's Mansion and the imperial court really of the same mind?

Since His Majesty ascended the throne, how many of the Mu Palace and Yunnan local officials responded to the imperial edict sent to Yunnan? ! "

Fang Zhenru stood at the top of the civilian train, watching with cold eyes the bickering debate between the two warlords headed by Fang Guoan and Liu Liangzuo, but in his heart he hoped that they would continue arguing like this until the Wei army came to the city.

Because only when the Wei army arrives at the city can his internal response be effective.

Although he has connected several generals with troops and horses, the troops and horses he controls are still insignificant compared to warlords such as Fang and Liu. If he launches the attack alone, he may be quickly destroyed by the combined efforts of the two parties.

As for the rebel side, Guo An or Liu Liangzuo, he had not considered it.

But later it was discovered that the reason why these two people escaped from the Battle of Nanjing and did not want to join Dawei was because they were both generals who committed many evil deeds.

If Da'ei's practice of accepting surrender was followed, not only would these two men have all their troops taken away, but they might even be fined with hard labor or even sentenced to death.

As for Mou Wenshou, Chen Bangfu, Zhang Xianbi and others who were weaker than these two, the situation was generally the same. They were notorious generals who were not accepted by Dawei.

Therefore, Fang Zhenru could choose few generals to instigate rebellion.

After arguing for nearly an hour, the meeting broke up unhappily without any results.

The next day, news came that the Yi army had captured Xiangzhou, and the atmosphere between North Korea and China became even more tense.

After another argument with Fang Guoan and others to no avail, Liu Liangzuo simply led his troops out of the city and headed toward Xincheng in the southwest, followed by several small warlords such as Zhang Xianbi and Huang Chaoxuan.

To the southwest of Xincheng is Si'en Mansion, and further to the southwest are Taiping Mansion, Longzhou and other places.

Obviously, Liu Liangzuo was determined to retreat to Annan.

Fang Guoan did not stop him, but ordered the money, food and other materials in the city to be collected that day, and marched westward the next day with Zhu Youlang and a group of civil servants, preparing to retreat into Yunnan.

As a result, the main force of the Hongguang court was reduced by less than half before the decisive battle with the Yi army... (End of this chapter)