As a result, Zhang Xianzhong really died in battle.

If Zhang Xianzhong did not die, how could the Manchus unify China?

When Li Dingguo became a famous king and shook the world, the Qing court was so frightened that it planned to divide the north and south with the Great Western Army.

If Zhang Xianzhong hadn't died, the 500,000 Great Western Army would not have dispersed in a hurry, and the four brothers such as Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo would not have met ...... the sword soldiers in the end, but unfortunately there was no if!

Therefore, at this time, Li Dingguo insisted on obeying his father-in-law's will, and this insistence was supported by the other two brothers.

But Sun Kewang thought that he was the boss, and forced Li Dingguo to obey him, forcing Li Dingguo to say angrily, "If you have the ability, go by yourself, don't pull me on your back", after speaking, he drew his knife and wanted to kill himself, but fortunately the other two brothers pounced on him and hugged him, otherwise, the feat of "two famous kings, the world will shake".

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sun Kewang had to retract his opinion, and the four generals set up an oath to restore their original surnames, and respected Sun Kewang as the leader, and united the Ming to resist the Qing Dynasty.

But at this time, this sentence is still empty words at all, Zhang Xianzhong's death has broken up the 500,000 army, and the remnants of the four people in their hands are only a few thousand, adding up to 10,000 people, and more than 10,000 soldiers and their families are dragged down, and there is no food or salary.

Fortunately, at this time, timely rain came, Yunnan was in the midst of the rebellion of Tusi Shadingzhou in Ami Prefecture, and Mu Tianbo, the prince of Ming Qianguo, fled Kunming.

Because Mu Tianbo's deputy general, Long Zaitian, knew Sun Kewang as early as when Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to Gucheng, he sent someone to ask Sun Kewang for help, saying that as long as you Xingyi came to crusade, then the whole province of Yunnan could be taken.

The four generals thought that this was a good opportunity to expand the territory of the Great Western Army, so they sent troops to Yunnan in the name of avenging the Duke of Qianguo.

When Sha Dingzhou heard that tens of thousands of western troops were coming, he was terrified and abandoned Kunming and fled south.

The Great Western Army marched into Kunming, and the people in the city came out to greet them.

The four generals immediately divided the road and pacified, persuaded Mu Tianbo to unite with the peasant army, and announced that they would join King Qin and restore the great tomorrow.

Since then, it has initially entered the Lianming period.

But Lianming is linked, but anti-Qing may not.

With the territory, it is obviously not appropriate to call the four generals again, and you can't shepherd the people as a general, right?

So after the four of them discussed, they decided to set themselves up as kings.

Sun Kewang is called the king of Pingdong, Li Dingguo is called the king of Anxi, Liu Wenxiu is called the king of Funan, and Ai Nengqi is called the king of Dingbei, continuing to maintain the tradition of the peasant army.

With the land in hand and the support of the people, the life of the Great Western Army is getting better day by day.

Sun Kewang's ambition also gradually swelled.

What the king of Pingdong, but the self-styled Laoshzi, so there are people who vote for it, the original Ming Dynasty Yushi Ren ran to the front of the account to say, General Sun might as well be the lord of a country, set up a hundred officials, issue and print coins, and promulgate the new era name.

This is persuasion, Sun Kewang felt the spring breeze proud, and immediately convened a joint meeting of four people to ask the opinions of the three brothers.

However, Li Dingguo strongly objected.

After doing this several times, Sun Kewang regarded Li Dingguo as a thorn in his side. He plotted with his confidant Wang Shangli to subdue Li Dingguo and establish personal authority.

The two conspired to set up a plan, when the armies were practicing martial arts in the big school field, Sun Kewang deliberately delayed some time to enter the field, and Li Dingguo didn't expect Sun Kewang to attack him at all, Li Dingguo saw that Sun Kewang had not arrived, so he took the lead in entering the big school field, put a salute, and raised the handsome flag.

At this time, Sun Kewang led his troops into the arena, pointed at Li Dingguo and scolded: "If you are so disrespectful, you should be severely punished." ”

Immediately ordered Li Dingguo to be punished with a hundred military sticks.

A hundred military sticks, even a cow must be crippled.

Li Dingguo was furious when he heard this, and shouted, "You and I are brothers, but the army has no commander for the time being, and I respect you as the master, so why should I expect you?" ”

Seeing that the four brothers were about to fight among themselves, the other two were busy playing a round.

In the end, Li Dingguo reluctantly accepted fifty canes of military sticks in order not to divide the four brothers, but since then, the contradictions between the two have been revealed.

After Li Dingguo's stick was healed, in order not to meet Sun Kewang, he invited himself to pacify Shadingzhou, who was on the run.

At this time, Ai Nengqi, the king of Dingbei who was sent by Sun Kewang to conquer Dongchuan, was killed by the poisonous arrow of the Sichuan people in the battle, and the department was immediately incorporated by Sun Kewang, so Sun Kewang became the strongest among the three brothers.

In order to expand his territory, Sun Kewang led his army into southern Sichuan.

Before leaving the army, in order to prevent Li Dingguo from launching a coup d'état behind his back, Sun Kewang arranged for Li Dingguo to attack Anshun.

At this time, this person named Huang Yingyun appeared in front of Li Dingguo, and after a conversation, Li Dingguo's heart was deeply touched.

Huang Yingyun said to Li Dingguo: "If it falls apart today, it will be like the princes of the late Han Dynasty fighting for hegemony, the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north, the Yixing Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Yongli Dynasty in the southeast and southwest, with these three forces as the main ...... If the general relies on the name of the great emperor, coupled with the general's divine martial arts, to sweep away the treacherous and rebellious, who in the world dares to be the enemy of the general? ”

Li Dingguo asked: "But the son of Yongli is unarmed and has no soldiers under his command, what can support me to go north to resist the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Huang Yingyun replied: "Although the Son of Heaven has no soldiers and money, he has great righteousness, and there is a way to call for a hundred people, and there are many responders...... Moreover, now there is the king of Yanping in the southeast with an army of more than 100,000 people, and there are invincible sailors under him, and the Yixing Dynasty occupies Zhili, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. The general can not only march east to join the army of the king of Yanping, but also go north to Huguang and join forces with the northern expeditionary army of the king of Wu of the Yixing Dynasty, so that he can make immortal achievements, and the general can also be recorded in history. ”

Li Dingguo looked at Huang Yingyun gloomily and said: "Li has asked for help from King Yanping several times, but King Yanping always likes to ignore him, I don't know what he thinks in his heart...... I'm afraid I won't be able to do it. ”

Huang Yingyun said firmly: "Since the king of Yanping and the general are not the same people, why not ask for help from the king of Wu in the Yixing Dynasty, once Huguang is opened, the territory of the world can be divided into two halves from the northeast to the southwest, and the Qing army in Fujian and Guangdong will lose the support of the Qing court in the north and become a lone army, like dry bones in the mound, and there will be no day to turn over...... At that time, the general echoed with Wu Wang Jiangxi, that is, the king of Yanping, and he was afraid that he would have to bow his once noble head to the general...... I hope the general will think twice. ”

Li Dingguo's eyes flashed with excitement, he was really moved by Huang Yingyun's words.

For Li Dingguo, inheriting his father-in-law's legacy, expelling the Tartars, and restoring China is far more meaningful than Sun Kewang's expectation of being named the "King of Qin".

So, Li Dingguo and Huang Yingyun made a bloody alliance on the spot and set a master-slave. Li Dingguo sent Huang Yingyun as a secret envoy and quietly went to Zhejiang to discuss with Wu Zheng the matter of joint resistance to the Qing Dynasty.