Seeing that the two did not answer, Li Dingguo was about to step forward to ask for an understanding, and immediately a Burmese soldier used a knife against Yang Shengfang and Ding Tiaoding, and shouted to Li Dingguo: "You are not allowed to come forward, you just need to answer your emperor's holy decree." Seeing this, Li Dingguo did not move forward, and Yang Shengfang and the others did not answer Li Dingguo's question, and took out the holy decree from his body and began to read it.

The generals who went out of the camp with Li Dingguo knelt down one after another to listen to the order. The words of the holy decree were not much, just a few simple words, and then Li Dingguo and others were asked to immediately withdraw from the border of Myanmar. After Yang Shengfang finished reading the holy decree, the generals who had just left the camp all wept bitterly, the emperor abandoned us, what hope did Daming have.

At this time, the Burmese had already brought Yang Shengfang and Ding Tiaoding into the rear, and a Burmese official came out and said: "Listen to the generals of the Ming Dynasty, your emperor has gone to Fujian by boat and to the king of Yanping County. If you come to our Burma to harass you again, your emperor has also said that we can fight back against you with all our might. ”

In the back of Wu San Province, Qi Sansheng and others were furious and scolded: "Okay, you treacherous Burmese, General Wu Zisheng, who just came back from attacking you, also said that the emperor was detained by you in Ava City, and now he has come to lie to us and said that he went to Fujian." Are you really good at deceiving us? Behold, we will send troops against your royal city in Burma, and arrest the king of Burma for questioning. ”

The Burmese envoys didn't expect that Wu Zisheng, who had just been blocked back by them with a holy decree, was also in the army. Immediately panicked, didn't dare to say more, turned around and ran away. Li Dingguo saw the generals who were still angry, and said: "Okay, it's useless to say this now, the emperor's holy decree has also come, let's go back, and wait for the opportunity to pick up the emperor to come back." ”

Qi Sansheng and the others still had to argue, and Wu Sansheng said: "King Jin, if we are so timid, when will we be able to bring the emperor back?" I think it is better to ignore this holy decree directly, just send troops to attack Burma, and when Burma can no longer resist, they will naturally return the emperor to us. Qi Sansheng on the side also said: "Yes, King Jin, we have been timid several times, as soon as we attack Burma, they will use the emperor's holy decree to stop us, when will we be able to take the emperor back." ”

Li Dingguo scolded: "Ignoring the holy decree, are you asking me not to respect the holy decree and want Sun Kewang to be a traitor to the Ming Dynasty?" In the face of Li Dingguo's reprimand, Qi Sansheng and Wu Sansheng stopped talking. Bai Wenxuan said: "Why should the King of Jin be angry, they are also concerned about the emperor, and now that there is no emperor, our soldiers are like rootless Ping." If the emperor can be brought back, which soldier will have complaints? ”

Wu Sanxing cried: "Yes, I want us to set off from Kunming, and the army of more than 200,000 is now scattered and descended." We have tens of thousands of troops, but the emperor abandoned us and left. He Jiuyi, who was organizing the camp, came out and saw that Wu Sanxing and the others were sad, so he said: "A manly man, how can he be that woman's state?" Now that the Qing army has been behind us for two months, it is estimated that it will not be long before the offensive resumes. I think we should return to Yunnan as soon as possible, if the Qing army captures the whole territory of Yunnan, then we will really become rootless. ”

Bai Wenxuan also said: "King Jin, I think we should go back to Yunnan first, otherwise once the foundation is lost, we will lose the last chance." Li Dingguo glanced at everyone, these generals were just when they were young and strong, and now their faces were full of wind and frost. And I saw that in the barracks, the soldiers were also in rags. Due to the long-term lack of food, the soldiers who can now follow are all yellow-faced and thin-skinned, and their weapons are also broken. Where is there still the appearance of the Heavenly Dynasty king, it is simply a group of people called Huazi.

Li Dingguo looked at the soldiers in his camp, sighed deeply, and said, "Since there is the emperor's holy decree, let's go back to Meng Lian." Hearing Li Dingguo's words, Bai Wenxuan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that everyone else had returned to the barracks, Li Dingguo stood alone at the gate of the camp, looking at the direction of the royal city of Burma, and always felt a little unable to let go of his heart, as if he was saying goodbye to Yongli. Li Dingguo looked into the distance and remembered his life, first raising troops to resist the Ming Dynasty. Then he tried his best to assist Daming, wanting to keep Daming's country.

Several brothers, who are also Zhang Xianzhong's sons, first worked together to fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty and laid a lot of land, Liu Wenxiu went to Sichuan and almost recovered the entire Sichuan. In the end, he was dragged and distracted by his own people, and was defeated in Boryeong. After returning to Kunming, he never made any big achievements, and he has been riddled with injuries.

Ai Nengqi died young, and before he was thirty years old, he was ambushed by Tusi Lu trillions and Lu Wan trillions, was shot by poisoned arrows, and then died. He led the army all the way to Huguang, and the great opportunity was calculated by Sun Kewang behind his back, so he had to give up the opportunity and move to Guangxi.

There is also a Sun Kewang, who can contribute to the Ming Dynasty at first, but later his ambitions are too inflated, and he actually surrenders to the Qing court after the defeat. At the beginning, the four people who were all Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons are now left alone, and the country of the Ming Dynasty is already in the midst of ups and downs.

Li Dingguo remembered that he had worked hard all his life, but in exchange for the current Ming Dynasty, the soldiers who followed him were like lonely ghosts and ghosts on the border. The more Li Dingguo thought about it, the more disappointed he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt sorry for the soldiers and the emperor's entrustment.

As if he was in a demon, Li Dingguo suddenly felt panicked in his heart, and then spit out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person fell directly. Li Dingguo's guards, who were frightened, hurriedly stepped forward to catch Li Dingguo. When I looked at Li Dingguo again, I saw that Li Dingguo's whole person was no longer bloodless, his face was pale, and his eyes were staring at the sky blankly.

The guards did not dare to delay, and immediately carried Li Dingguo back to the barracks, and immediately found a military lieutenant to treat Li Dingguo. After a lot of rescue, Li Dingguo was finally rescued. But at this time, Li Dingguo had lost his former demeanor, and he wanted to be more than ten years old, and he couldn't see the slightest vitality on Li Dingguo's face.

When other generals heard that Li Dingguo was ill, they all rushed over to visit. Li Dingguo saw Bai Wenxuan and others coming in, and said, "Wenxuan, return to Yunnan with the army, I have a hunch that something has happened to the emperor." I just saw the emperor coming, and he was blaming me for not saving him. ”

Bai Wenxuan said: "King Jin, don't think about it, this must be King Jin missing the emperor too much." After we return to Yunnan and push the Qing army back. We will join forces and re-enter Burma, and we will definitely take the emperor back. Wu Sansheng in the back also said: "Yes, King Jin, you are now our pillar, you can't have any accidents, can you bear to leave us?" King Jin, don't worry, as long as one of us is still alive, we will definitely take the emperor back. ”

When the other generals saw Li Dingguo like this, they were both sad and desperate, if Li Dingguo had any more strengths and weaknesses, where should they, the last army of the Ming Dynasty, go. Li Dingguo seemed to hear everyone's persuasion, and turned his eyes with difficulty to look at the generals in the tent.

Seeing that these generals were all like the sky was falling, some people were even more panicked. Li Dingguo said: "You don't have to worry, I'm fine." Intensify your efforts to keep an eye on the army, and don't tell the soldiers about my illness. Let's go back to Yunnan to rest first, and then find a way to save the emperor. After speaking, Li Dingguo couldn't support it, and fell asleep tiredly.

Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to ask Lang Zhong to treat him as soon as possible, and then they all withdrew from the tent, leaving Li Sixing alone to take care of him. After leaving the big tent, Wu Zisheng and Bai Wenxuan glanced at each other, and Wu Zisheng said: "It's really unbless by God, the emperor is trapped in Burma, and state affairs are becoming more and more difficult." But at this time, King Jin was still sick, is it really God who wants to destroy my Daming? . ”

Bai Wenxuan persuaded: "I think the king of Jin is sad that the emperor has repeatedly blocked us back, and he is worried about state affairs, so he is exhausted and falls ill." Otherwise, how could King Jin's body suddenly become ill. He Jiuyi said: "Yes, during this time, the King of Jin not only has to guard against the Qing army, but also has to deal with the Tusi in various places, which can be said to be busy without touching the ground." Moreover, the emperor is still trapped in Burma, and we have repeatedly asked the emperor to disobey, but there has been no response. Even the iron-clad men can't stand such a situation, not to mention that our food and grass supplies come and go. ”

Bai Wenxuan said: "No matter what, let's settle the army first, so that King Jin can recuperate with peace of mind." If something happens to the army, we will really be doomed. As long as we can work together, there is still hope for Daming. ”

Several people felt that Bai Wenxuan was right, so they had to go back to the camp first to appease the army. That night, Bai Wenxuan's subordinate Zhang Guoyou and Zhao Desheng discussed: "I think the King of Jin is no longer good, if we continue to follow the King of Jin, when the time comes, we will all die in this wilderness." ”

Zhao Desheng said: "What's the use of knowing, now that the army has reached this point, the King of Jin and they are still bent on saving the emperor." If you want to save the emperor, you can make up your mind to save it, but you can't make up your mind to fight to the death with Burma. Those who are timid, as soon as people mention the emperor, they will throw a rat taboo, and they will not dare to attack Burma at all. ”

Zhang Guoyou looked around, leaned in front of Zhao Desheng, and whispered: "I think, we might as well return to Yunnan and surrender to the Qing court." In this way, it will also give his brothers a place to belong. Zhao Desheng was shocked: "You are crazy, you don't know that King Jin hates those who surrender the most." ”

Zhang Guoyou said: "King Jin saw that our emperor was good to him, and he was desperate to accompany the emperor to the funeral." But we are different, we are originally subordinates of the lord. The emperor has always been worried about those of us who surrendered from the lord of the country, and now in this form, do we still have a chance to turn the tables? The Qing army is pressed in by hundreds of thousands of troops, and as far as we, the soldiers who lack food and clothing, I am afraid that as soon as the Qing army comes, we will have to continue to flee. But now that the entire Ming Dynasty has been occupied by the Qing army, where else can we flee? You can't flee to a foreign country like the emperor, look at their faces. ”

After listening to Zhang Guoyou's words, Zhao Desheng said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but if we leave directly, what will King Gongchang do?" When the time comes, will King Jin let go of King Gongchang? Zhang Guoyou thought for a moment and said, "Otherwise, if we don't do it, we will not stop and rob King Gongchang directly." ”

Zhao Desheng said: "Can this work?" When the time comes, King Gongchang won't blame us? Zhang Guodao said: "Blame? What to blame? I think King Gongchang also wants to surrender, but they don't want to bring it up, so we will directly rob him and surrender. When the big thing is a foregone conclusion, it is too late for him to be happy in his heart, and he may complain about you and me at that time, but he is grateful in his heart. ”

Zhao Desheng said: "No." Zhang Guoyou said: "Why not?" You see that these few times we went to save the emperor, King Gongchang obviously didn't use his life for the first few times, and every time the war was delayed. Zhao Desheng still didn't believe it, and said: "This is unsubstantiated, you can't talk nonsense." ”

Zhang Guoyou said: "Look at your timid appearance, now that King Jin is critically ill, it is the time for us to act, if we wait for King Jin to get better, will we still have a chance to go?" Seeing that Zhao Desheng still couldn't make up his mind, Zhang Guoyou said again: "You should be the only one who thinks like this." ”

Zhao Desheng exclaimed: "What? And others who also surrendered to it? Zhang Guoyou said: "Of course there is, let me tell you, Guangguo Gonghe Jiuyi also wants to surrender." Zhao Desheng asked in disbelief, "How do you know?" ”

Zhang Guoyou said: "I know that He Jiuyi received a letter from his wife, think about it, when we left Kunming, He Jiuyi's wife and children were scattered in Kunming. So where will his wife be now? Kunming is under the occupation of the Qing army, and suddenly such a letter came, what do you say it is for? ”

Zhao Desheng said: "You mean, this is a letter of persuasion from the Qing army?" I haven't heard He Jiuyi say it like this. Zhang Guoyou said: "Of course it is to persuade him to surrender, will the Qing army let his wife write a letter to him to continue to resist the Qing army?" Of course, he didn't dare to let others know about such a letter, if it was known, what would King Jin do with him? Since he secretly concealed this letter, didn't he have the idea of surrendering? ”

When Zhao Desheng was still hesitating, he suddenly heard someone outside, and the two immediately glanced at each other, and chased them out to see that Liu Wenxiu's son Liu Zhen was running towards Li Ding's camp in a hurry.

Zhao Desheng and Zhang Guoyou saw that the matter was revealed, and immediately did not dare to care about it, so they hurriedly ordered the direct people and horses, and went to Bai Wenxuan instead. Bai Wenxuan saw the two of them coming over with soldiers and horses, and thought that the Burmese were attacking the camp, and said, "What's the matter?" Did the Burmese come to attack, why didn't you two go to defend it? ”

Zhao De and the others didn't answer, and rushed over directly and set up Bai Wenxuan. Then with a greeting, he fled in the direction of Yunnan with Bai Wenxuan in his arms. The soldiers in Bai Wenxuan's camp did not know the situation, and when they saw that the generals in their own camp had kidnapped Bai Wenxuan, they had to follow all the way to the north.

By the time Liu Zhen and Wu Sanxing, the generals in Li Dingguo's camp, arrived with soldiers and horses, the entire Bai Wenxuan camp was already empty, and there was no one in sight. Liu Zhen said angrily: "They must have gone to surrender to the Qing army." ”