Li Dingguo, who fought alone, abandoned Hengzhou Mansion and retreated to Yongzhou Mansion to station, surrendering this mansion to the Qing army. The Qing army did not dare to move lightly at first, and only after it was determined that Li Dingguo had really withdrawn, Tunqi took over the cities that had been defended by the Ming army with the Eight Banners Army.

At this time, the Qing army arrived at Hengzhou Mansion, and the Qianqian Army of Qin Wangfu and the partial divisions of Feng and Ma Ershuai of the Eastern Route Army were stationed in Chenzhou and Baoqing together, while Li Dingguo's headquarters troops and horses were huddled in Yongzhou Mansion. At this point, the great counteroffensive of the sixth year of Yongli officially came to an end, and the Ming army had the momentum of sweeping the entire southwest at the beginning, but under one mistake after another, it finally only won the territory of Xunzhou, Nanning, and Liuzhou in Guangxi, and Baoqing, Yongzhou, Chenzhou, and Jingzhou in Huguang.

In today's political situation of the Ming court, the Qin Palace's mansion has hollowed out the Yongli court, and the major military affairs are all out of it. Sun Kewang presided over the strategy, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu commanded the troops as the full power of one party, and Wang Shangli, Wang Ziyong, Zhang Xianbi, Bai Wenxuan, Ma Jinzhong, Feng Shuangli and other generals will be supplemented, and the strength of their military is unprecedented in the Yongli Dynasty. However, even so, no less than 200,000 troops were mobilized before and after, and after such a huge counterattack, the final harvest was very small, but it also made people sigh.

Yuanzhou, which has now been set up by Sun Kewang as the seat of the Qianxing Mansion, including Jingzhou. This prefecture led nine counties in one state, and was cut out from the political envoy department announced by Huguangcheng and assigned to the boundary of Guizhou. Due to the pressure of the Qing army, Sun Kewang's camp was temporarily stationed here, and it was good to arrive close to the Ming army commanding the front line of Chenzhou and Baoqing.

"Although Chen Kai is the governor, he is only a staff member surnamed Zheng Ci, and nine times out of ten, he will still be controlled by others."

"This may not be, don't forget that Chen Kai is Zheng Hongkui's son-in-law. At that time, Zheng Hongkui was also the second person after Zheng Zhilong in the Zheng family, and Zheng Hongkui decided on such a big thing as welcoming the Tang Dynasty into Fujian, Zheng Zhilong knew nothing in advance, and reluctantly admitted it afterwards. Counting up, now Chen Kai and Zheng Ci's surnames are based in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian, and there are already some signs. ”

"Governor, the weight in front of the prince is a little low, but Lianchengbi's side probably won't be able to tolerate another governor in Guangdong."

"If it can be beneficial to the great cause of the lord of the country, it will be his turn to be happy or unhappy."

"That's reasonable, but it's best to see what Chen Kai will do and what he will do. Now, there is no need to offend the surname Zheng Ci in vain, and there is no need to calculate that Chen Kai, who knows if it will be used in the future. ”

“……”

In the lobby of the camp, Sun Kewang and a group of cronies under his command were discussing things. Chenzhou and Hengyang won both battles, the Huguang battlefield was calmed down for the time being, and the matter of sending people to canonize Zheng Chenggong as the prince of the country and promote Chen Kai to governor finally had a gap to bring it up again.

This is all due righteousness, if Zheng Chenggongguo's dukedom had not been delayed by Chen Kai, it is estimated that the canonization would have been completed early, and it would not be their turn to buy it. And Chen Kai, although he is a white person, but the things he has done over the years are more important than hundreds of Jinshi and Dijia together, in terms of merit, even if it is given to a governor, it is not bad, but a governor seems to be a little low.

Speaking of which, eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian are too far away from them, and it is not very important for the time being, the real key point is still in this Huguang, and it lies in the Eight Banners Army that lost the commander but still put the spear in front of them.

"The Tartars have no boss, but the strength still exists, according to the detailed report, it is said that the original deputy general of the Tartar prince, Dorobelle Tunqi, took over the handsome seal, and is now fighting in Hengzhou Mansion."

"The king of Xining was able to kill the prince of the Tartars, purely because of the blessing of the lord of the country. If the lord of the country personally presided over this battle, he would have already annihilated all the divisions, and the victory in Chenzhou is a clear proof, and he still needs to give up Hengzhou Mansion? ”

"That's right, now that the king of Xining has withdrawn south, it's a good time. When the army is rested, let's follow the lord of the country and fight another great victory, and show the people of the world! ”

“……”

A few months ago, Li Dingguo forced Kong Youde to death, and Sun Kewang was not too taboo over there, but this time, it was a Manchu prince who was killed, and the majesty of a "two-man king" alone was enough to make him feel a great threat.

Sun Kewang has been very taboo about this matter recently, but it can't be mentioned if he doesn't mention it, so a group of cronies simply touted it. The reason is also very simple, the victory in Chenzhou, which was one day earlier than Hengzhou Street, was presided over by Sun Kewang, and the Ming army is still firmly in control of Chenzhou Mansion, rather than giving away Hengzhou Mansion like Li Dingguo.

The horse's ass slapped loudly, and Sun Kewang's complexion was rarely relaxed. Lord Tartar, but such a thought gradually formed in Sun Kewang's mind, but the fear of Li Dingguo did not change at all because of this, but it was better than before.

"That's a matter of the future, the front army has gone through the first battle of Chenzhou, and it still needs time to rest before it can fight again. But before that, all the people in the world saw was that Li Dingguo killed a Tartar prince, and even if he killed a Tartar prince again in the future, it would never be as shocking as his this time. ”

When it came to this Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang scratched his head. Zhang Xianzhong died that year, and he, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi, the four princes of Daxi, joined forces to kill Wang Zhaoling, the left prime minister of the Daxi regime, and Zhang Xianzhong's wife, establishing a situation in which the four generals jointly presided over the overall situation.

When Zhang Xianzhong was still alive, the Daxi regime was in Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong was the emperor, and Sun Kewang was the pillar state, the Taishi, the supervising army, and the control of civil and military affairs above 10,000 people under one person.

However, after such a situation was established, although the banner of the Great Western Army remained unchanged, the authority was divided into four, and Sun Kewang was only a slightly higher status at most, but he could not take over Zhang Xianzhong's position as the head of Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son.

Restoring the power of life and death is what Sun Kewang desires the most. However, whether it was in Sichuan or at the beginning of his southward trip to Yunnan, the military power was equally divided, and Sun Kewang had the least number of troops because he also had to preside over administrative affairs.

So, first after the death of Ainengqi in battle, Sun Kewang relied on Feng Shuangli, who took over Ainengqi's military power, to have stronger military strength than the other two brothers, and then suppressed Li Dingguo in the flag-raising incident at the martial arts field in the second year, thus establishing his leading position in the Yunnan Great Western Army.

Speaking of which, when he entered Yunnan, there was a dispute between them between self-reliance and support for Ming, and the reason why he wanted to take Li Dingguo instead of Liu Wenxiu in the flag-raising incident in the martial arts arena was that Li Dingguo was upright and not as able to bend and stretch as Liu Wenxiu, to put it bluntly, it was easier to calculate, and more importantly, they had disagreements because of differences.

However, such a leadership position cannot be convincing to the public, especially Li Dingguo, who was suppressed. Sun Kewang wanted to monopolize power, and he hit it off with Yang Weizhi, the deputy envoy of Yunnan Province who was seeking to recruit the Great Western Army to resist the Qing Dynasty.

"If the general can win the title of King Qin of the imperial court, he can not only shock the southwest, but also subdue the two kings of Li and Liu, how majestic!"

Yang Weizhi persuaded Sun Kewang like this, even when he said it in Sun Kewang's heart. It's just that Sun Kewang didn't know that Yang Weizhi gave advice to him in front of him, and when he saw Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, he persuaded the two to beware of Sun Kewang, and Sun Kewang was arrogant, arbitrary, and didn't think about brotherhood at all, and reminded them to beware of the two princes' mansions replacing the "Sun" banner.

In the final analysis, Yang Weizhi's allegiance was not to Sun Kewang, but to the Ming court. Even when Yang Weizhi was a fledgling, he relied on his reputation for playing tricks with Liukou to provoke discord between Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, which was precisely to divide his authority and prevent the Ming court from being set aside by the three kings of Daxi.

Unexpectedly, when the three feudatories of Dingnan, Pingnan, and Jingnan went south, the Ming court collapsed on the whole line of Liangguang, and without the strength in his hands, no matter how good the plan was, it was useless, and in the end, the Yongli court was still hollowed out by Sun Kewang.

With the title of King Qin of the Ming Court, Sun Kewang established his former leadership position within the Great Western Army Group, and on the other hand, with the strong strength of the Great Western Army Group, Sun Kewang's Qin Wangfu set up the Yongli Imperial Court, and even put the Yongli Emperor and the entire imperial court under house arrest in the small Anlong Thousand Households.

In this way, Sun Kewang finally got what he wanted, but his power was not stable, whether it was Emperor Yongli, who had only existed under the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty, or his two brothers, there was a great threat to his authority. And what makes him most taboo is that his two brothers intersect with Emperor Yongli, because in that case, the source of his power to check and balance will fall apart, and even if he wants to go back to the past, it will be a fool's dream!

Before the great counteroffensive in the sixth year of Yongli, Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo had the behavior of greeting Emperor Yongli, which had made Sun Kewang extremely dissatisfied.

For this reason, after Liu Wenxiu was defeated by Baoning, Sun Kewang took advantage of the situation to seize military power, and now he is no longer a threat. The emperor was still under guard in Anlong, and by dealing with Chen Bangfu's affairs, Yushi Li Ruyue jumped out and made a fuss, and finally he was skinned, and no one dared to make a noise.

In contrast, the great victory in Guilin, although Li Dingguo sent the captured Chen Bangfu, Chen Zengyu, Kong Tingxun and others to the Qin Wangfu in Guiyang and handed them over to Sun Kewang for disposal, but he also sent a document to Emperor Yongli to report the victory, and this dissatisfaction was even deeper. Also after the victory in Guilin, Li Dingguo sent the only seized items to Guiyang were the golden seal, gold book and human parameter bundle of the king of Dingnan given to Kong Youde by the Qing court, and there were not many gold and silver treasures.

It's ridiculous, Guilin's victory, Kong Youde burned the gold, silver and jewelry in the palace along with himself, and now he wants Li Dingguo to carry this black cauldron, which can be regarded as another achievement he inadvertently made for my Qing Dynasty. But in fact, even without these gold, silver and jewelry, the contradictions between Sun and Li have been occurring for many years, and the gap between them is constantly expanding, in fact, it is not much worse.

So, when Li Dingguo went north to face Nikan, Sun Kewang secretly ordered Feng Shuangli to quietly withdraw the army, leaving Li Dingguo and the Eight Banners Army to fight to the death, just to get rid of this disobedient righteous brother by the hands of the Eight Banners Army!

The power struggle has always been more brutal, not the most cruel. In his mind, the scenes of the past came to mind, Sun Kewang's face became more and more ugly, and even those cronies quickly felt the change in the lord of the country, and he didn't dare to continue to say anything, lest he would anger him.

In the battle of Hengyang, Li Dingguo not only won, but also killed a Manchu prince, although Sun Kewang destroyed the possibility of Li Dingguo to establish a greater career, but its purpose was not achieved. At this moment, my thoughts returned to this, and my breathing became heavier and heavier, but I still couldn't vent the depression in my chest. Since this was the case, Sun Kewang did not need to think about it, and simply directly issued an order for Li Dingguo to go to Jingzhou to attend the military meeting.

"Jingzhou is the proud place of that guy, and it is between Yuanzhou and Yongzhou, so there should be no doubt."

………………

Sun Kewang's order arrived at the Yongzhou camp on a fast horse, and Li Dingguo received a letter that told him to go to Jingzhou to attend a military conference to discuss the battle against the Qing army in the coming year.

This thing seems to be perfectly normal, and when they were preparing for the great counteroffensive in the sixth year of Yongli, they also held many related meetings before finally deciding on the earlier strategy. However, in the first battle of Hengyang, Feng Shuangli's private withdrawal of troops was always a pimple in Li Dingguo's heart, thinking about it, and repeatedly reading the order, Li Dingguo always felt that he should go over to talk to Sun Kewang, talk about those brotherhood, talk about the current good situation, or talk about the necessity of unity.

He was a resolute man, and when he thought of it, he did it, so he hurriedly set off, ready to persuade his righteous brother. However, he had just hit the road, and he hadn't gone far before he received a report that he couldn't believe.

The secret report came from a confidant named Gong Yi of Li Dingguo, and the content was very simple, that is, Sun Kewang invited him to Jingzhou this time, called the Military Meeting, which was actually a Hongmen banquet!

After receiving the news, Li Dingguo could be said to be in a dilemma, and stopped halfway, and Sun Kewang issued seven orders in three days asking Li Dingguo to rush to Jingzhou immediately without the slightest delay. This eagerness made Li Dingguo's heart even more suspicious, and in the next few days, one after another, someone rushed to report to Li Dingguo secretly, saying that Sun Kewang was afraid that his merits would be high, and he was ready to kill him during the military discussion, and use Sun Kewang's confidant Feng Shuangli to lead the army under Li Dingguo's command. These people who reported the news even included Liu Wenxiu's son Liu Zhen.

"Unfortunately, he was less trapped in the army, prepared for dangers and hardships, thought about his great merits, supported the royal family, and became immortal. Jinfu has to kill the king and play a great victory, and suspicion is everywhere. And I went to Yunnan with Brother Funan, and once I made a mistake, I was abandoned. Be jealous of me, especially if you are jealous. My wives are all in Yunnan, how can I run away?

Twenty years of brotherly love, but the successive news made him have to believe in Sun Kewang's conspiracy to kill his people and seize his army. After returning to Yongzhou, Li Dingguo still couldn't let go of this, and said to the general with grief and indignation.

Going to Jingzhou is a dead end, and if you don't go, you will completely fall out with Sun Kewang, and even meet each other in battle. These two roads are not what Li Dingguo wants to see, holding the last glimmer of hope, Li Dingguo sent someone to send Sun Kewang a handwritten letter to the past, talking about the righteousness of loyalty to the monarch, hoping to prompt Sun Kewang to work with him to help Ming. However, Sun Kewang didn't intend to help Ming, but thought that Li Dingguo was ridiculing him, so he hit the messenger and blasted him away, but soon got the news, Li Dingguo gave up Yongzhou Mansion, and the whole army retreated into Guangxi.

Returning to the battlefield in Guangxi was not Li Dingguo's goal, even if on his way south, the three prefectures of Guilin, Pingle, and Wuzhou in Guangxi were still under the control of the Qing army. His real intention is to cross Guangxi and attack Guangdong!

In the Zhongzuo Institute, the letter that Zheng Chenggong handed to Chen Kai was written by Li Dingguo, which was written by Li Dingguo, and the content of it was Li Dingguo's proposal to go straight from Zhaoqing to Guangzhou, and ask Zheng Chenggong to send troops to recover Guangdong Province.

"These guys ......"

The letter did not mention the contradiction between Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, but Chen Kai was very clear about the reason why Li Dingguo chose to enter Guangdong. What should have happened still happened, the battle of Zhaoqing was about to kick off, Chen Kai knew very well what he should do, but before he could speak, another question flashed in his mind, raised his head, and set his eyes on Zheng Chenggong's face.

"What does Damu think should be done about this?"