Wu Zisheng saw that Liu Wei was escorted down, so he said to He Jiuyi: "I didn't know about these circumstances before, but since I have agreed to accept his surrender, let King Jin deal with it." Let's deal with the Qing army here first, and finish the war as soon as possible. Seeing this, He Jiuyi didn't say more, since Liu Wei's surrender was acceptable, what could these Qing soldiers not accept?

Immediately, He Jiuyi and Wu Zisheng both let their men recruit the Qing army, the Qing army was already out of options, and now as soon as the Ming army surrendered, the remaining Qing troops surrendered one after another. The more than 2,000 Qing troops led by Liu Wei saw that except for the 700 people who died in the previous battle, the rest of the people became prisoners.

The next day, Li Dingguo also came to Mengmian with a large army, and as soon as they met, Li Dingguo said: "Lao He, you won't blame us for not coming to save you." Wu Sanxing also said: "Lao He, I must have scolded my mother in my heart a long time ago, and it is estimated that I was scolded the most at that time." Who told me to follow him, but when I saw that he was in trouble, he did not move. ”

After saying that, Wu Sanxing himself laughed, He Jiuyi gave Wu Sanxing a punch and said, "I couldn't wait to break your body into pieces." Then he said to Li Dingguo: "King Jin did the right thing, and now it seems that our results are also huge, so I He Jiuyi can still bear this grievance." ”

Li Dingguo saw that He Jiuyi did not hold a grudge, and he was immediately relieved. Then Xiang He Jiuyi asked, "Have you met the people of the Restoration Army?" He Jiuyi said: "No, we were just about to go to Jingdong when we ran into Liu Wei's army." At this time, Wu Zisheng also said: "Yes, I went around Dahou Prefecture here, and I didn't run into it." We interrogated the captives, and they only said that as soon as they entered Jingdong, they encountered a small army that was constantly harassing them, and there was no large army attacking at all. ”

Li Dingguo suddenly groaned: "That's not right, since they have all hit Jingdong, there is no reason not to come here." Wu Zisheng said: "What the King of Jin said is right, those captives said that if they were not harassed and could not go out to collect grain and grass, they would have returned directly to Jingdong." It was still Liu Wei who saw that there was a small army harassing him, and he was afraid that he would continue to retreat to Jingdong, so he ran out of food on the road, so he retreated to Mengmian. ”

Li Dingguo said: "Don't care about these now, first send spies to Jingdong to inquire about the situation." Now the situation of resistance to the Qing Dynasty is becoming more and more unfavorable to us, and if we attack rashly, we will not be able to withstand such losses. The leather bear on the side said: "King Jin doesn't have to worry too much, I already knew that the army was going to set off in Kunming at that time." I think they attacked the city all the way, and they just lost time. ”

Li Dingguo said: "Even if this is the case, we still have to find out." Seeing that Li Dingguo was cautious, Pi Xiong also knew that this was Yongli killed, which made Li Dingguo more careful. Just when Li Dingguo had just sent out scouts, a guard suddenly ran in and said, "King Jin, there are a few people outside the city, saying that they are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and want to come to see King Jin." ”

Li Sixing said: "Why do a few small soldiers also want to come to see King Jin, don't you know the general who asked him to go back to find him?" The guard said, "General Hui, those people are not our soldiers." "I heard that it was not a soldier in Li Dingguo's army, but everyone's military time came to the spirit, since it was not a soldier in Li Dingguo's army, it was very likely that he was a member of the Restoration Army.

Without waiting for Li Dingguo to speak, Qi Sansheng hurriedly said, "Let them come in." After a while, five people walked in. When Li Dingguo and others saw it, there were two Miao people, one Yi people, and the other two were Han people. With such a combination, Li Dingguo and others suddenly looked a little puzzled. Such a chaotic team of Turks and Hans, will it be an army?

I saw a Han man: "I don't know who the generals are, His Royal Highness the King of Jin." Li Sixing on the side pointed to Li Dingguo and said, "This is His Royal Highness the King of Jin." Seeing this, those people immediately saluted Li Dingguo and said: "The Ninth Army of the Restoration Army, the 1,000th household under the command of Hu Guozhu, the sentry team, Xiaoqi Yuanxiu, have seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Li Sixing heard that this person had a big list of empty heads, and the result was a small flag. said: "It's just a small flag, and you are embarrassed to pull such a big tiger flag." Yuan Xiu said: "If you return to the general, the Restoration Army has a rule that anyone who visits Shangguan, especially if he is questioned by Shangguan for the first time." You must give the number of your unit, the name of your immediate general, and your position. ”

When Li Dingguo heard Yuan Xiu say this, he immediately looked at the leather bear. Pi Xiong said: "King Jin don't look at me, I only visited Zhang Zuochen at that time, and I didn't come into contact with the army."

Qi Sansheng asked, "Are you really the Ming army?" Why have we never heard of the name of the Restoration Army? Yuan Xiu said loudly: "I don't know who the general is?" Qi Sansheng saw that Yuan Xiu had just said that the Restoration Army had to report his official position, so he said: "I am Qi Sansheng, the Marquis of Xianning, who was enshrined by the imperial court. ”

When Yuan Xiu heard this, he immediately saluted Qi Sansheng and said, "Back to General Qi's words, we are indeed the army of the Ming Dynasty." Our Restoration Army was expanded from the Restoration Battalion created by the Marquis of Pingyu in Baoning Mansion in Sichuan Province in May last year. Take the meaning of recovering the Ming Dynasty. At the end of September last year, it was normal for General Qi to go to Shiqian and other prefectures in Guizhou to Duyun. ”

Qi Sansheng didn't care that Yuan Xiu didn't call him a knighthood, and after listening to Yuan Xiu's words. Everyone present took a deep breath, the army started in May last year, and in just half a year, the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan were recovered, and even the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing army did not have such a record. What's more, this Pingyu Marquis is still self-made.

Li Sixing said: "Then where are your troops now?" Why are there just a few of you? Yuan Xiu said: "The other armies went there, I don't know, these are all important military aircraft." We had been following the Qing army in Mengmi, and then we found that they had been annihilated here, so we came over to inquire. I heard that it was the army of the King of Jin, so we came to meet him. ”

Li Dingguo said: "You don't know where the army has gone, you always know where you have already conquered." Yuan Xiu said: "We are stationed in Muguaguan, Jingdong Mansion, and the entire Jingdong Mansion has been recovered by us. Is His Royal Highness King Jin going to Jingdong Mansion to rest? If necessary, I will send a message to them to prepare the needs of the army. ”

Before Li Dingguo could speak, other generals such as He Jiuyi, Le Tongwu and others all went to Jingdong to rest and recuperate, and also wanted to see what the Restoration Army looked like.

Li Dingguo saw that everyone wanted to go, so he said: "It's okay, we are worried about military supplies, if we can get rest in Jingdong, it will be the best thing." Yuan Xiu said: "Okay, I'll let people go back and inform us, and we will stay here with King Jin and lead the way for King Jin when the time comes." ”

After Yuan Xiu finished speaking, he turned to a Yi person next to him and said to a Miao person: "Yang Tong, Ma Fang, the two of you will return to Jingdong immediately, and let the generals who stayed behind prepare grain and grass to carry the weight." Then Yuan Xiu turned to Li Dingguo and said: "By the way, I don't know how many troops the King of Jin has now, and how many people's grain and grass we need to prepare." ”

Seeing Yuan Xiu ask about the army, Li Dingguo and the others immediately became a little nervous, after all, letting others know how many troops they have is tantamount to revealing their bottom to others. If these people want to work against themselves, they don't have any hole cards. But now it is necessary for others to prepare food for their own army, and it is impossible not to say it. Fortunately, Bai Wenxuan said: "We still have some grain and grass here, so you should prepare the needs of 10,000 people first." ”

Yuan Xiu saw that everyone hesitated, and immediately understood that the establishment of the Restoration Army was transparent before, and in order to prepare for the army, all localities only needed to know how many guards there were. It's just that I just came into contact with Li Dingguo's army, and I don't know much about their establishment, so I asked about it, but now people don't want to say it, and Yuan Xiu doesn't ask in detail at the moment.

Yuan Xiu said to the two who were going back: "Inform Jingdong to prepare 20,000 military supplies first, and also prepare tents and rooms, and there are a large number of family members." Seeing that Yuan Xiu had finished explaining, the two of them saluted Yuan Xiu and went out of the city.

Looking at the Restoration Army without dragging the mud and water, Li Dingguo was actually a little distracted, and the food of tens of thousands of people was just disposed of by a small flag? Bai Wenxuan, who reported 10,000 people just now, was also a little stunned, this small flag directly doubled for himself, can't the military supplies of the Restoration Army be used up?

No matter how Li Dingguo and the others couldn't believe it, two days later, Li Dingguo still set off with a large army and went to Jingdong Mansion. When he set off from Meng Lian, Li Dingguo was originally reluctant to bring his family. But under the guarantee of the leather bear, he still brought all his family members with him. So all the way, calling for children and daughters, the thousands of soldiers in front are better, and the soldiers in the back are completely mixed with their families, and there is no way to distinguish who is a soldier and who is a family member.

After three days of difficult marching, Li Dingguo and others finally arrived at Jingdong Mansion. It was Hao Yongzhong, the commander of the Tenth Army, who came out to greet Li Dingguo, although Hao Yongzhong and Li Dingguo were both in the same Yongli as Zhengshuo, but as early as the second year of Yongli, Hao Yongzhong went north and returned to Kuidong, so neither of them had seen each other.

Hao Yongzhong saw Li Dingguo's dragon and tiger steps, and the people around him faintly thought of him, and immediately understood Li Dingguo's identity. Immediately, Li Dingguo hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, in a barbaric place, he still does not forget the loyalty of the court, Hao admires it." Then he said like others: "When you are in trouble in the Ming Dynasty, you still do not give up, Hao admires." ”

The simple two sentences suddenly made Li Dingguo and others warm in their hearts. Li Dingguo hugged Hao Yongzhong and said: "General Hao has also worked hard, if it weren't for General Hao to save him this time, I'm afraid we would really bury our bodies in the wilderness." ”

Hao Yongzhong said: "There, King Jin is polite." Alright, let's go into the city and rest. Now that I'm in Jingdong, I'm home. After Hao Yongzhong arranged everyone else, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan stayed.

After everyone left, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan glanced at each other, and Bai Wenxuan said: "Hao Yongzhong, you are also the Marquis of Annan of the Ming Dynasty, why did you suddenly succumb to this Marquis of Pingyu?" ”

Hao Yongzhong smiled: "I knew you were going to ask this, King Gongchang, King Jin, what you want to ask is not why I am willing to submit to the Marquis of Pingyu, I think you want to ask what happened to this Marquis of Pingju?" Is it a real clan. ”

Bai Wenxuan and Li Dingguo glanced at each other, both a little embarrassed. Hao Yongzhong said: "Don't say that I am a marquis, it is Liu Feihu, the Duke of Wanguo, the little tiger of Linguo, and the Duke of Jingguo, Wang Guangxing, and the Duke of Jingguo, Yuan Zongdi. They all obeyed the command of the Marquis of Pingyu, what do you say I can't let go of as a mere marquis? ”

Bai Wenxuan said: "In that case, the Marquis of Pingyu is really the Ming Sect?" Of course, Hao Yongzhong knows Zhu Youdong's true life experience, but now telling Zhu Youdong's true identity is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty. Hao Yongzhong looked at Bai Wenxuan and said, "Of course, he is a descendant of King Xiang and the son-in-law of King Jinxian." ”

Seeing that Bai Wenxuan and Li Dingguo were still hesitating, Hao Yongzhong said: "It's useless to say these things at this time, I heard that the emperor was killed by Wu Sangui in Burma?" Speaking of Yongli's affairs, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan were suddenly a little sad.

But Hao Yongzhong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said secretly: "This Pingyu Marquis is really lucky, if Yongli can come back, it may be nothing for others." But for the Marquis of Pingyu, it can be said that there is no benefit. But at this time, Yongli was killed by Wu Sangui, this is God is helping him. Could it be that Zhu Youdong really has the luck of the Son of Heaven, and the little tiger is really going to become a master. ”