Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 665: Sending the Eight Banners to Unify Jinou (Part )
Emperor Shunzhi's ascension to the throne relied on the support of his mother, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng. In these years of ups and downs, his mother has always been the big tree that shielded him from the wind and rain. Although he is now firmly on the throne, he still wants to listen to his mother's opinion when it comes to important matters. It was a big deal to mobilize the main force of the Eight Banners to go south to destroy the Ming Dynasty, so they came to Cining Palace again.

"Emperor Eni, the Lotus Khan of the Wei Kingdom went to Waikalka to worship his ancestors. The ministers all said that this showed that the Guards would not take advantage of the war between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty to invade the border. They should send the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners southward, and in one fell swoop The Ming Dynasty will be destroyed. But in this case, the capital will be empty, and I am a little undecided." Emperor Shunzhi said to his mother as if asking for advice.

The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng actually already knew what happened during the day. She had been in politics for many years, and she had countless spies, both overt and covert.

"The capital is the center of the country and must be stationed with heavy troops." She paused and then asked: "What? Luo Tuo and the others conquered the Ming Dynasty, but the battle was not going well?"

"It went well at the beginning. Luotuo captured Guiyang and successfully joined forces with Zhao Butai and Wu Sangui. But then the bandit leader Li Dingguo arrived in person. Luotuo and the others were short of troops. Yunnan and Guizhou are mountainous, and they are currently at the border with the Ming army. There was a confrontation in the Ling and Anshun areas. According to Luo Tuo's report, the old bandits (the Qing army's disparaging name for the troops under Li Dingguo's command) intended to outflank Guiyang and counterattack Guizhou." Emperor Shunzhi introduced the battlefield situation to his mother.

The Qing army entered Guizhou in large numbers, and after news of their defeat continued to spread to Kunming, the Yongli court finally stopped fighting among itself and decided to send Jin Wang Li Dingguo and Huang Yue to attack. Previously, the King of Shu Liu Wenxiu passed away, which delayed some time. Li Dingguo decided to first regain the provincial capital Guiyang. He stationed himself in Guanling and ordered the troops of Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan to concentrate on Anshun. The forwards Qi Sansheng and Li Rubi led more than 30 battalions of soldiers and horses to Pingba, which was not far from Guiyang. In addition, he also conferred the title of Longping Bo on Luo Dashun in the name of the Yongli court, and sent him to lead the troops to attack Xintian. He also sent envoys to contact Wang Youjin, the Marquis of Ning, and Wang Guangxing, the Marquis of Jingchuan, who were originally stationed in Youyang Xuanwei Division in Sichuan, to lead the troops. Attack Meitan from Sinan Prefecture to contain the Qing army.

However, at this time, the three Qing armies had joined forces in Guiyang, and the Manchu and Han Qing armies gathered near Guiyang were already quite strong. The Eight Banners soldiers of the Luotuo tribe were stationed in Guiyang, and the Han army was stationed in eastern Guizhou under the strategic plan of returning to the control of Hong Chengchou. This made it difficult for Li Dingguo's plan to outflank Guiyang in several ways to be realized. The two sides fell into a confrontation in the Guanling and Anshun areas.

"It turns out that Li Dingguo is extremely brave. It seems that it will be difficult for Luo Tuo, Zhao Butai, and Wu Sanguishun to destroy the Ming Dynasty. They have to send the main force of the Eight Banners. Moreover, Luo Tuo's title is not high, and it is difficult to subdue Zhao Butai. Wu Sangui, if you want to integrate the southern army, you need to send a clan with a higher status," Empress Dowager Zhaosheng murmured to herself.

"Emperor Eni also thinks that the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia should be sent south?"

"Well, good opportunities are hard to find. If we don't take advantage of the Ming Dynasty to attack the Ming Dynasty at this time, it will be difficult to destroy the Ming Dynasty in the future." Empress Dowager Zhaosheng showed a determined look, "However, we need to call the Mongolian tribes in Monan to do a good job Defense preparations; adequate preparations must also be made in the direction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, especially Shaanxi, and absolutely cannot be careless."

"My son knows that Monan and Sichuan have been informed to prepare. Li Guoying, governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, said that he has expanded the recruitment of 35,000 green battalions in Shaanxi, repaired the city, and improved war preparations," Emperor Shunzhi told Empress Dowager Zhaosheng.

"It's not enough. Your Majesty should ask Li Guoying to recruit another 20,000 people from the Green Battalion. Only then will it be safe." Empress Dowager Zhaosheng still felt that it was not enough.

"My son immediately sent an order to Li Guoying. But Emperor Eni, who should he send to command the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners going south?" Emperor Shunzhi was worried about the candidate for the commander. Nowadays, princes and princes with combat experience are invited to the court. Some of them are sick, some die in battle, or they are implicated by Dorgon. It is difficult to find a high-status clan to be the commander-in-chief!

No matter how difficult it was, the wise Empress Dowager Zhaosheng couldn't help it. Her big eyes flickered a few times before she thought, "Your Majesty can order the two princes, Prince Xin and Prince Ping, to go." "Doni and Luo Keduo are too young and lack battle experience. I am not worried about sending them." Emperor Shunzhi was a little worried. Duke Duoni, Prince of Xin County, is the son of Duduo, Prince of Yu, and Luo Keduo is the son of Luo Luohong, Prince of Yanxi County. Both of them are only in their early twenties and have never fought in a war. No wonder he is worried.

"It doesn't matter, I can ask Baile Shangshan to help. He is a tiger general. He accompanied Duoduo to attack Li Zicheng in the south, leveled Henan, and went to Jiangnan. He made great achievements in battle." Empress Dowager Zhaosheng pursed her lips and smiled.

When his mother mentioned Shang Shan's name, Emperor Shunzhi finally nodded.

"Your Majesty, I think you should write a letter to your brother-in-law and sister to reiterate the friendly relations between Qing and Wei." Empress Dowager Zhaosheng made another suggestion. The so-called brother-in-law and sister refer to Sultan and his imperial concubine Makta. Aixinjueluo Makata was the second daughter of Huang Taiji and the sister of Emperor Shunzhi, so Suletan naturally became his brother-in-law.

"Well, I will write now and ask my sister to dissuade Lianhua Khan from sending troops." Emperor Shunzhi's eyes lit up and he immediately wrote the letter.

On March 1658, the th year of Qianyuan (), Emperor Shunzhi appointed Prince Doni of Xin County as the Great General of Anyuan Jingkou, and Princes Luo Keduo, Beile Shangshan, Dulan, and Gushan Ezhen Yild of Tongping County. , Aerzin, Bashan, Zhuoluo, etc. led a large number of Eight Banners troops southward to "take Yunnan exclusively." The edict clearly stipulated that "if the soldiers of the three routes of Guizhou have unfinished food, they will also be Sui Ding." This means that they will be given Doni controlled the command of the three Qing armies.

Due to the threat from the Kingdom of David, the main force of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia went south two months later than in another time and space. This gave Li Dingguo more time to prepare.

The reinforcements led by Doni entered Guizhou from Hunan, held a meeting at Yanglaobao in the southeast of Pingyue Prefecture (today's Fuquan County), and decided to divide the troops into three groups to attack western Guizhou and Yunnan. In addition to leaving some troops led by Luotuo and Hong Chengchou to temporarily stay in Guiyang to guard Xinding and take care of food and wages, the middle route, led by Doni, attacked Anshun, Anzhuangwei (today's Zhenning County), Guanling and Pu'an from Guiyang and entered Yunnan; From the north, Wu Sangui led the army to attack Bijie and Qixingguan and entered Yunnan; from the south, Zhao Butai led his headquarters and line Guoan and Zhang Guozhu's troops, and additional troops from Gushan'e Zhenji and Xiha were sent from Duyun to the west to attack Anlong and Huangcaoba. Yunnan.

Li Dingguo immediately ordered Feng Shuangli to lead the troops to guard Guanling, Qi Sansheng's troops to station on Jigong's back, and coordinate with each other to block the main force of the Qingduoni tribe; Li Chengjue's troops were stationed in Liangshuijing (in today's Zhenfeng County), and Zhang Xianbi's troops were stationed in Huang Caoba (now Xingyi County, Guizhou), blocked the Qing army of Zhao Butai; ordered Bai Wenxuan to lead troops to garrison at Qixingguan, a strategic location in Bijie, to block the Qing army of Wu Sangui; sent Dou Mingwang to lead troops to reinforce Liu Zhenguo and strengthen Anzhuang Guards He also provided Luo Dashun with food and salary, allowing him to attack the Qing army from Shuixi and harass the Qing army's food routes; he himself took command at Shuanghekou west of Beipanjiang River.

His Royal Highness King Li Jin is the real commander-in-chief. Although his military strength is not as good as that of the Qing army, he is still confident of victory.

(End of this chapter)