Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 645: Save the real dragon brothers and turn against each other (Part )
In July of the twelfth year of Qianyuan (1655), the palace of the Prince of Qin in Guiyang was filled with a strange atmosphere. His Highness Sun Kewang, Prince of Qin in the Ming Dynasty, could not restrain his beating ambition again and was preparing to depose Emperor Yongli and establish a new dynasty. Two things prompted him to make up his mind: first, his son was married to Princess Hami of Wei State, and both parties jointly sent troops to seize most of Sichuan. In order to win over Wei State, he even acquiesced in its annexation of Yazhou. In his opinion, his alliance with Weiguo has been relatively stable. With Weiguo as his backer, he will have a lot of help in becoming emperor; secondly, not long ago, the battle of Xinhui in Guangdong came to an end, and Li Dingguo, whom he feared the most, The army was defeated and its strength was greatly reduced, so it had to retreat to Nanning, Guangxi to rest and reorganize its troops.

There is news that Li Dingguo originally wanted to join forces with "Dongxun" (Zheng Chenggong) to attack Guangdong, but for some reason, "Dongxun" was delayed in arriving. The Battle of Xinhui lasted for half a year, but could not be conquered for a long time. Zhu Mala, the general of Jingnan of the Qing Dynasty, came to the rescue. He joined forces with King Shang Kexi of Pingnan and King Geng Jimao of Jingnan to defeat Li Dingguo and drove him out of Guangdong. This news reflects two points: first, the relationship between Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong is not as good as expected. If he proclaims himself emperor, they may not unite to fight him; second, Li Dingguo's elite troops suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Xinhui. He may not have the strength to stop himself from becoming emperor.

Not to be missed. This time, Sun Kewang made up his mind and even finished the dragon robe. Emperor Yongli, who was imprisoned in Anlong, had no choice but to seek help from Li Dingguo in Nanning again.
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The summer in Guangxi is still very hot, and cicadas are chirping on the trees. Li Dingguo didn't feel the heat at all, and was thinking about his thoughts in the big tent. Now he is in a very difficult situation. He failed to attack Guangdong twice, not only losing troops, but also making the entire anti-Qing situation passive. His original intention was to join forces with Zheng Chenggong to regain Guangdong, which would not only expand the area controlled by Nanming, but also control Sun Kewang with the help of powerful factions such as Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Mingzhen. He had high hopes for Zheng Chenggong, but "Dongxun" promised fully, but kept delaying until the reinforcements from the Qing army arrived, but his own reinforcements had not yet arrived. In the battle of Xinhui, we suffered heavy losses, what a pity! What a pity!

It's difficult for him, but it's even harder for Emperor Yongli! Under Sun Kewang's coercion, the situation was precarious, and he repeatedly sent envoys with secret edicts for Li Dingguo to lead troops to meet him. Li Dingguo knew very well that the survival of the Yongli court was directly related to the success or failure of the anti-Qing cause. He wrote to Zheng Chenggong: "The danger of the holy stalwart is indescribable. The sad words in the imperial edict are heartbreaking to read." He wanted to unite with Zheng Chenggong to check and balance. Sun Kewang's ambition. However, with the failure of the Xinhui Battle, the effect of this check and balance became worse and worse, and Emperor Yongli's letters became more and more distressing. Li Dingguo keenly realized that he could not wait any longer and continued to delay, as the emperor's life would be in danger. He decisively ordered the entire army to prepare and rush to Anlong to escort him early tomorrow morning.

Some people firmly opposed it, and counselor Jin Weixin hurried over and shouted as soon as they met: "King Anxi doesn't want Guangxi anymore? The Qing army is preparing to attack Guangxi. If we save him now, Guangxi will be lost!"

"Alas! Of course I know the harm of leaving Guangxi at this time, but if we don't rescue him, the whole world will be lost, and Guangxi will be the only one?" Li Dingguo sighed, his eyes full of concern for the country and the people.

Jin Weixin couldn't help but be moved when he saw this. He had been selected as a candidate for the Yongli Dynasty last year and still had feelings for the Ming Dynasty. After thinking for a moment, he said, "We have few soldiers. When you go to escort us, you must be fast. We can travel day and night, gallop to Anlong, and escort His Majesty and the ministers into Yunnan. Then we can use His Majesty's flag to give orders to all places. It's done." ".

"Well, pass on the order. Tomorrow the whole army will abandon their heavy baggage and march lightly. They must arrive in Tianzhou in three days. Gao Wengui, Li Chengjue, Shi Shangyi and Li Xianfang who are staying in Guangxi will be on guard."

Some are happy and some are sad. While Li Dingguo was depressed about the safety of Emperor Yongli, the Qing army was complacent about his departure. Li Shutai, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, found out about Li Dingguo's departure from Nanning and immediately reported it to Emperor Shunzhi, suggesting that taking advantage of the transfer of Li Dingguo's main force and the weak strength of the Ming army in Guangxi, King Shang Kexi of Pingnan and King Geng Jimao of Jingnan would lead the Guangdong army. Ma joined the officers and soldiers of Hunan (Jianlue Hongchengchou Department) and Guangxi (originally designated as the National Security Department of the vassal line) to quickly advance towards Guangxi.

After seeing Li Shutai's memorial, the young Emperor Shunzhi couldn't help but nod. Li Shutai, a slave, had some foresight and knew how to take advantage of Canming's internal discord to smooth things over. He immediately approved and said: "This will be followed. Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, Hong Chengchou and Xian Guoan will discuss sending troops to recapture Guangxi for me."

Under the supervision of the Qing Emperor, the Qing troops in Guangdong and Guangxi quickly took action. The Qing army from Guangdong arrived in Pingnan County. General Li Chengjue of Mingren'an who was guarding Xunzhou Prefecture, and Li Xianfang, the commander of the navy Yangchun Bo, realized that their troops were insufficient and took the initiative to retreat. Then the Qing army occupied Xunzhou Prefecture and then fought with Guoan and Jinglue, the admiral of Guangxi. Hong Chengchou's generals Nan Yikui and Zhang Guozhu's troops met in Guixian and continued to advance westward; they arrived at Hengzhou, and the Ming generals Gao Wengui, Li Chengjue, Shi Shangyi, and Li Xianfang retreated without a fight; they occupied Nanning again, and the Qing's Guangxi left-wing general Ma Xiong's troops pursued them The Ming army arrived at Laetuan and captured Li Xianfang, Chunbo of Mingyang.

Guangxi, which was finally captured, was lost so easily. The Qing army switched from defense to offense and gradually took the military initiative.

However, Li Dingguo couldn't control that much. He was only paying attention to the real dragon in Anlong Mansion at this time. Only by rescuing the real dragon emperor could the Ming Dynasty have hope. From Nanning to Anlong, we have to pass through Tianzhou and Sicheng Prefecture. There are many chieftains and strong folk customs. Sun Kewang sent his troops Liu Zhenguo and Guan Youcai to lead troops to station in Tianzhou (today's Tianyang, Guangxi) to block Li Ding's army from moving north, and even ordered "Every land that must be passed through to establish a kingdom will be burned to cut off the return route."

At first, the second general was loyal to his duty and took precautions, but as the days passed, there was no sign of attack from Xifu, so he couldn't help but relax. After the failure of the Battle of Xinhui, there were rumors that the Qing army wanted to attack Guangxi, and Xifu even fought with the Qing army in Guangxi. It was impossible to escape from Tianzhou. The two were relieved and often ate, drank and had fun together, and their guard became increasingly relaxed.

Li Dingguo arrived, as fast as a shooting star. He mobilized elite troops and "made all the troops easy to make flags." He marched day and night and entered Tianzhou in three days.

The Shuai Mansion in Tianzhou City was filled with singing and dancing. Marshal Liu Zhenguo was enjoying the singing and dancing of beauties. These singing and dancing girls were all tributes to Chieftain Huang of Tianzhou. Their singing voices were sweet and their dancers were beautiful, which made Marshal Liu feel relaxed and happy.

"Bang", the main door of the lobby was suddenly pushed open, and Guan Youcai stumbled in, "Brother Liu, something bad has happened, the Xifu has entered the city!"

The names of people and the shadows of trees. As soon as Liu Zhenguo, who was famous for his courage in fighting tough battles, heard that Xifu was entering the city, he was dumbfounded and pulled Guan Youcai to "ride on a horse."

"Both of these two are from the old Daxi tribe, let them go."

Li Dingguo put the overall situation first and ordered not to chase the two generals. He only sent his front cavalry to shout: "Here comes Xifu!" Liu and the corporal soldiers of the Guan Ministry knelt down on both sides of the road to greet them.

Seeing this, he sent an edict to reassure him: "If you have nothing to fear, I will treat you like a brother to the King of Qin, and I will talk to you in detail. Now there is no one else. If you return to camp, I will help you."

"So when the two soldiers met, they were as happy as father and son. Li Dingguo rewarded them with 20,000 silver and ordered them to rest. All the troops shouted a thousand years ago."

(End of this chapter)