Looking at the Bai Wen Xuan Department that was gradually moving away, Wu San said: "Now at the end of this road, there are still a few people who can remain loyal, since they want to go, let them leave." Liu Zhen was unconvinced: "I led the troops to chase them back, but I want to ask them why they have such a dirty heart." "After speaking, I will lead the troops to chase.

Wu Sanxing grabbed him and said: "Let them go, no matter how you say it, it will be a common tribulation, and besides, you can't make a big deal now." This matter must not be known to King Jin, otherwise with King Jin's current body, once he knows this news, he may not know what it will become. I'm afraid that King Jin won't be able to withstand such a blow anymore, and he won't be able to hold on when the time comes. If King Jin does anything more, we really don't have any hope. ”

Liu Zhen said hatefully: "Is it so easy to let go of these traitors? Wu San said: "What else?" After all, they followed us all the way here. Okay, let's go back first, don't let King Jin worry too much. Liu Zhen is still very unwilling, but what Wu Sanxing said is right, if there is an accident with the King of Jin now, their Ming army will have no backbone, just like scattered sand.

Liu Zhen and Wu Sansheng returned to the barracks together, only to find that Le Tongwu was already waiting at the gate of the camp. When he saw the two of them returning, he asked, "What's the matter?" Just now I heard the boiling in the camp of King Gongchang, and the King of Jin heard it. Before Wu Sanxing could speak, Liu Zhen said angrily: "What else can it be, bullshit King Gongchang, Bai Wenxuan those dog thieves, they went to surrender to the Qing soldiers." ”

Le Tongwu was shocked and said, "How is it possible, King Gongchang has always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Liu Zhen said: "He is still loyal, he has long thought about surrendering to the Qing army." Now Zhang Guoyou and Zhao Desheng are instigated, and they directly lead the troops back to Yunnan. ”

Le Tongwu still didn't believe it, looked at Wu Sansheng and said, "Is this true?" Did King Gongchang really return to Yunnan and surrender to the Qing army? Wu Sanxing nodded and said: "King Gongchang has returned to Yunnan, as for whether he surrendered to the Qing army, it is difficult to say." ”

Liu Zhen said: "What's not to say, I heard with my own ears that Zhang Guoyou and Zhao Desheng, two dog thieves, were discussing there to surrender to the Qing army." When they saw that I had discovered what had happened to them, they directly led their troops back to Yunnan with Bai Wenxuan. What I just heard was clear, and they ...... still say. Liu Zhen thought for a while, and said that he didn't say anything about He Jiuyi, after all, this He Jiuyi was his father, the general of Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu.

Le Tongwu said: "That is to say, I am not sure if it is the meaning of King Gongchang, if it is really the meaning of King Gongchang, how can they discuss it with us." Okay, let's not talk about these for now, and if the king of Jin asks about it, don't talk nonsense. Now that King Jin needs to recuperate, if he knows this news, it will definitely be a big blow to King Jin. ”

Wu San said: "Of course I know this, let's go and see King Jin first." The two looked at Liu Zhen again, and Liu Zhen had no choice but to say, "I just don't say it." ”

After the three of them agreed, they entered the tent of King Jin together. At this time, the king of Jin, accompanied by Li Sixing, was in good spirits. When he saw the three of them come in, he asked, "What happened just now?" I heard a commotion in the army, if something was wrong. Why didn't you see Wen Xuan coming, did something happen to him? ”

Wu San said: "King Jin, don't worry, it's not a big deal, it's just that there is a growing shortage of food in the army, just now a few soldiers fought for a bite to eat, and I have already punished them." King Gongchang saw that there was a dispute among the generals and soldiers in the army, and now he is patrolling the camp with people. When Li Dingguo heard this, he said: "These soldiers have followed us all the way and suffered a lot, and it is not easy to come here, they are all loyal and righteous people." We can't guarantee them a full meal right now, and it's all our fault. Don't punish them too much, as long as they change their ways. ”

Wu San said: "Okay, I'll go and appease them later, and King Jin must get better as soon as possible before he can continue to take us to the battlefield." Li Dingguo listened to Wu Sanxing's words, but just shook his head and did not speak.

Liu Zhen on the side saw that Wu Sansheng had betrayed Bai Wenxuan and defected to the enemy, and he actually understated that several soldiers were fighting for food, and he kept covering up for Bai Wenxuan. I couldn't get angry for a while, and the whole person stood there angrily. But he finally remembered that he couldn't stimulate Li Dingguo now, so he had to sulk there alone.

Seeing this, Li Sixing on the side hurriedly asked Liu Zhen quietly. Liu Zhen glanced at Li Dingguo, then pulled Li Sixing out of the tent, and then told Bai Wenxuan that he had returned to Yunnan and led the army to surrender to Qing. Li Sixing is also a hot-blooded young man, and when he heard this, he immediately became angry and shouted: "I'll lead the troops to kill these dogs." ”

Li Sixing roared outside, and suddenly everyone in the tent heard it. Wu Sansheng and Le Tongwu's faces suddenly changed greatly, and Wu Sansheng yelled outside: "What are you yelling about? I don't know if King Jin needs to recuperate? As soon as Li Sixing outside the tent roared out, he knew that he was going to suffer. Hearing Wu Sanxing's words, he suddenly said, "Yes, it's my nephew who is reckless." ”

Li Dingguo saw that something was wrong, and immediately said, "Xing'er, you come in." Li Sixing saw that he couldn't hide, so he had to enter. Li Dingguo asked, "What happened, you were so flustered?" Li Sixing dared to tell Li Dingguo the true situation, so he had to stumble and say: "Son, I heard that the soldiers in the barracks actually fought for a mouthful of food, and the child couldn't be angry, so he scolded it." ”

When Li Dingguo saw everyone's expressions, he knew that it was definitely not as simple as a fight between the sergeants in the battalion. It's just that everyone is hiding from him, and they immediately keep beating the side of the bed, shouting: "I'm not dead yet, are you going to hide it from me?" Wu Sanxing and the others were busy saying that they didn't dare. Li Dingguo looked at Liu Zhen and said, "You say, what's going on?" ”

Liu Zhen glanced at Wu Sanxing and Le Tongwu, and didn't dare to speak. Li Dingguo looked at Wu Sanxing and said, "What." Do you see that I am sick, and now you will turn against me? When Wu Sanxing and Le Tongwu heard this, they immediately knelt in front of Li Dingguo and said: "King Jin, how can you say such a thing, we are loyal to King Jin, and we can learn from it every day." ”

Li Dingguo saw that Wu Sanxing and Le Tongwu were reluctant to speak, so he looked at Li Sixing and shouted, "You also want to hide it from me?" Say, what the hell is going on? Li Sixing looked at Li Dingguo in fear, and saw that Li Dingguo was pressing tightly, and he couldn't prevaricate. I had no choice but to say: "The noise just now was that King Gongchang returned to Yunnan with his army, and I heard that he went to surrender to the Qing army." ”

When Li Dingguo heard this, he was stunned and didn't speak. When Wu Sanxing and the others saw it, they immediately panicked. When Li Sixing saw his father, he was speechless with anger, and immediately said: "Please rest assured, father, the child will lead the army forward, arrest these traitors, and then kill them all." ”

After saying that, Li Sixing was going out to gather the army and prepare to hunt down Bai Wenxuan and them. Liu Zhen also said: "I will go too, and I will never let those traitors go." As soon as the two of them were about to leave the tent, they heard Li Dingguo shouting, "Come back to me." ”

Li Sixing returned to the tent and said, "Father, you can recuperate with peace of mind, I only need 3,000 elite soldiers to kill all those traitors." Li Dingguo shouted: "I'm not going to go." Li Sixing looked at Li Dingguo puzzled, only to see Li Dingguo said calmly: "At the beginning, there were few of our old brothers in the Great Western Army, since Wen Xuan wanted to surrender, let him go." ”

Wu Sansheng saw that Li Dingguo was abnormal, and immediately said: "King Jin, this is ......." Li Dingguo stopped Wu Sanxing's words and said: "They have come to the present with us, and they have done their best to the Ming Dynasty." Let them live, they are all the last soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, why kill each other again. ”

Li Dingguo waited for a while and said: "Three provinces, you go and arrange, let the soldiers rest for a day today, and return to Yunnan tomorrow with all the troops." Although everyone didn't understand why Li Dingguo was so calm, they still didn't ask. After everyone left, Li Dingguo said to Li Sixing: "If there are other people who want to go back and surrender, let them go." ”

Li Sixing didn't understand why his father was suddenly like this, and said, "Father, they are all gone, what should we do?" What about Daming? Are we just looking at Da Ming like this? Li Dingguo said: "Now we can't save the emperor, the soldiers can't see hope, even if they follow us, they won't follow us anymore." Instead of killing each other, it is better to let them each find a way to survive. ”

Li Sixing cried: "Do we let them betray the Ming Dynasty? I want to get all these traitors back, and then kill them all, and cut them all with a thousand knives. Li Dingguo said: "Don't talk about them, even I can't see the hope of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor abandoned us, the soldiers have no backbone, and the generals have lost the will to resist the Qing." In such a situation, we still have hope of defeating the Qing army. ”

Li Sixing looked at Li Dingguo, who was in a state of interest, and felt that Li Dingguo was a lost fighting spirit, as if he was arranging the aftermath, and suddenly said urgently: "Why is there no hope, our army is still there, we still have Meng Lian, and the emperor is still there, why is there no hope." Father, you have to cheer up, as long as your father is here, we can go back to the Central Plains, think about the two famous kings of the father, what a majesty it was. ”

Li Dingguo said: "Those are all things of the past, what's the use of talking about them now." Xing'er, let me tell you, others can go and surrender, but I, Li Dingguo, will definitely not surrender. Xing'er, you also remember, even if we die outside the country, we can't surrender to the Manchus even if we become lonely ghosts. ”

Li Sixing saw that Li Dingguo became more and more depressed the more he spoke, and immediately cried: "Father, rest assured, the child will not surrender to the Qing court even if he dies, and he also asks his father to cheer up, and then take us back to the emperor and go back to the Central Plains." Li Dingguo just sighed, and then said, "Okay, you go out first, I want to rest." ”

Li Sixing had to retreat, and in the following days, Li Dingguo's condition gradually improved. Wu Sansheng discussed with He Jiuyi and others, so it was not a way to wait here, so he decided to return to Yunnan first and find a way later. At this time, Li Dingguo's condition was also improving, so several people led the army to return to Yunnan.

By the time Li Dingguo's army returned to Meng Lian, it was already the fifteenth day of the first month of the seventeenth year of Shunzhi and the fourteenth year of the Yongli of the Ming Dynasty. Watching the people in the city celebrate the Lantern Festival with joy, Li Dingguo's mood also improved, and said: "It is rare to see such a festive scene in this war." ”

Wu Sansheng, who followed behind Li Dingguo, said: "Yes, since the twelfth year of Yongli, the Qing army began to invade Yungui on a large scale, and such a situation has never been seen again. Li Dingguo heard the words and said: "This is all our incompetence and inability to protect the people to live and work in peace and contentment." In the past few years in Yungui, we have not brought stability to the people, but have let the people suffer from the devastation of war. ”

Wu San said: "The King of Jin doesn't have to blame himself, if it wasn't for the Qing army slaughtering the Central Plains, why would we lead the army to fight?" King Jin didn't know that after we left, wherever the Qing army went, burned, killed and looted, it can be said that there was no humanity at all, and it was simply inferior to a beast. The place was plagued by the Qing army and became a hell on earth, so all this was the sins of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ”

Li Dingguo said: "Okay, don't talk about this, we must drive the Qing army out of Yungui as soon as possible, and then think of defeating the Qing army and recovering the Ming Dynasty." He Jiuyi said: "It is the best that King Jin can think like this, as long as King Jin can regroup, we will definitely be able to do it." ”

At this moment, a person suddenly ran over from the rear army, but it was Wu Guoan, the nephew of Wu Sanxing, who saw him sweating profusely and looking panicked. After Wu Sanxing saw it, he scolded: "Guoan, what are you doing? The army is entering the city, you look panicked, what kind of system have you become? ”

Wu Guoan looked at his uncle, and then stared at Li Dingguo again: "It's not good, it's not good." He Jiuyi saw that Wu Guoan hadn't spoken yet, so he shouted first. Immediately said: "Don't worry, talk slowly, what do you have in the rear army, how to panic." ”

Li Dingguo also said: "You take a breath first, seeing that we are about to go to the barracks, wait until we enter the barracks." After speaking, he took He Jiuyi, Qi Sansheng and other generals back to the barracks.

Only Wu Sanxing stayed, and when he saw that Li Dingguo and the others had already gone away, he said: "Look at you, you don't have a steady personality at all, what can you do in a panic?" Go ahead! What happened? Wu Guoan looked around and whispered in the ear of Wu Sanxing: "Someone from Burma has returned, it is General Deng Kai, the emperor's chief guard." ”

Wu Sanxing was shocked: "What? Deng Kai is back, what about the emperor? Wu Guoan was about to speak, but when he saw the crowd around him, he immediately pulled Wu Guoan straight to the barracks. After entering the barracks, Wu Sanxing's general Wu Guoan pulled Wu Guoan to a remote corner and said, "Tell me quickly, how is the emperor." ”