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On the first day of the first month of the third year of Shenwu, this year is the New Year, but there is no atmosphere of the New Year in the city of Guangzhou. Feng Ziyong, the governor of Liangguang, was frowning and looking at the Ming army outside the city.

This Ming army was not Zhu Hongsan's new Ming army, but the rogue of the former Great Western Army who was recruited by Zhu Youlang. Many of these guys are Zhang Xianzhong's old subordinates, and many of them followed Zhang Xianzhong to China, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

At the beginning of the second year of Shenwu, when Zhu Youlang, who was far away in Guilin, knew that Zhu Hongsan had occupied Nanjing first, he was furious. At the same time, the Donglin Party in the central court, under the tandem of Qu Shiyun, Lu Daqi and others, in order to suppress Ding Kui Chu and He Tengjiao of the Chu Party, carried out the Great Western Army that had just surrendered to Zhu Youlang.

Although the Great Western Army is now being chased and beaten by the Manchus, the elite old battalion is still there, and there are more than 200,000 cannon fodder. Of course, the Onishi Army is not monolithic. Among Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons, Ai Nengqi died early, and Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, who were the most capable of fighting, both felt that taking refuge in the Ming Dynasty was a way out, but Sun Kewang, as the boss, didn't think so.

Although Sun Kewang did not study, he was a capable ruler, and after occupying Yunnan and driving away Mu Tianbo's forces, he governed part of Yunnan and Guizhou in an orderly manner, and in some places there was a population increase. I can't help but say that Zhang Xianzhong is still very discerning, and these godsons are very powerful.

Sun Kewang originally asked for the title of King of Qin, but he knew that the Yongli Imperial Court had already recruited the remnants of the Dashun Army at that time, and at the same time Zhu Hongsan's Guangdong was to the east, so there was basically no crisis. In addition, Ding Kuichu and others in the DPRK did not want the Donglin Party to become bigger, so they kept dragging it out.

Originally, Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang was not a very eloquent figure, he felt that the current environment was very good, Huguang He Tengjiao led the Dashun army with more than 400,000 stalls, Sichuan and Yunnan's Great Western Army blocked the Manchu Qing Dynasty from going south, and Guangdong around him was still his ally Zhu Hongsan's territory, and there was no danger to his life at all, so Zhu Youlang wanted to get it like this.

But who knew that the world was changing, and in the second year of Shenwu, news came from Nanjing, that bastard, Chu King Zhu Hongsan, actually took Nanjing first. This made the good old man Zhu Youlang angry.

In the past, in Zhu Youlang's heart, his bloodline was much more noble than that remote clan Zhu Hongsan, but he was the direct grandson of Emperor Wanli, what kind of thing was he Zhu Hongsan? The father was a thief, and the mother was the daughter of a servant. Even the first generation of Chu King Zhu Zhen is also a concubine, and he is far from the Yongle Emperor, who is also a descendant. Originally, Zhu Youlang's calculation was that he was orthodox anyway, and if the Northern Expedition was really successful in the future, Zhu Hongsan would definitely be able to bow down to his authority, and when the time came, he would be crowned the king of Chu, which could be regarded as the righteousness of his relatives.

But who knew that Zhu Youlang thought very well, that bastard Chu King Zhu Hongsan did not act according to his script. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Jiangxi Jin Shenghuan and Fujian Li Chengdong anyway, he actually took Nanjing by sea first, and announced to the world and worshiped the filial piety tomb.

What made Zhu Youlang angry the most was the sacrificial text of Zhu Hongsan's worship of Xiaoling, which scolded Emperor Yongle for scolding him with blood, even Zhu Youjiao, who was named Mingjun, did not escape. Zhu Youlang was angry after seeing the sacrificial text, and directly flipped the table in the court, you must know that Zhu Youlang has a docile temper, and this is the first time he has been angry since he became the emperor.

Ding Kuichu in the court was overjoyed when he saw that the emperor was angry, but he knew that Zhu Hongsan's sacrificial text was written by Qian Qianyi, the boss of Donglin, so why not take this opportunity to give Qu Shiyun some bad medicine to them?

"Your Majesty, this rebellious sacrificial text was written by Qian Qianyi, I didn't expect Qian Qianyi to be deeply favored by the emperors of Wanli, Tianqi, and Chongzhen, and he actually did such a thing that is inferior to pigs and dogs, it really deserves to be killed!"

As soon as Qu Shiqi and Lu Daqi heard Ding Kuichu say this, they knew that the big thing was not good, and they were just about to stand up and distinguish it, but they knew that Ding Kuichu was fast-mouthed, and then said: "Your Majesty, Qu Shiyun is Qian Qianyi's student, Lu Daqi and Qian Qianyi have a good relationship, these two must be Qian Qianyi's comrades, please ask Your Majesty to behead these two people and sacrifice the flag, and then raise an army to attack the rebellious Zhu Hongsan!" ”

When Qu Shiyun and Lu Daqi heard this, they quickly knelt down on their knees and shouted: "Your Majesty, the ministers have broken with Qian Qianyi, and now they have not had any contact with him for many years, please Your Majesty to investigate!" ”

Zhu Youlang suppressed his anger and looked at Qu Shiyun and Lu Daqi, although Zhu Youlang was not stupid, he knew that this was Ding Kuichu using his own hands to eliminate dissident forces. Qu Lu and the others can't be killed as the forces that contain Ding Kuichu, but a little punishment is still needed.

"You two said, now that Chu Shun Zhu Hongsan has occupied Nanjing before me, what should I do next?"

Qu Shiyun saw that there was no way, so he could only stand up and say: "Your Majesty, now Chu Shun Zhu Hongsan has transferred all the troops to Nanjing, I heard that there are only more than 10,000 people left in Guangdong, and his base camp Guangdong is empty, why don't we send a large army to occupy Chu Shun's base camp?" ”

Of course, Zhu Youlang also wanted to occupy Guangdong, Guangdong was extremely rich under Zhu Hongsan's many years of operation, Zhaoqing Mansion is a large grain field, as well as the commercial houses in Guangzhou, the salt works and sugar factories in Leizhou, and the iron mines in Qiongzhou, which are all good things that Zhu Youlang covets. But Zhu Youlang knew his strength, just two years ago, he sent 20,000 troops to occupy Guangdong, who knew that before he arrived in Zhaoqing Mansion, he was defeated by the Guangdong Ming army, and Wuzhou in Guangxi was also occupied by the Guangdong Ming army.

"Although Guangdong is good, the fighting effectiveness of the Ming army in Guangdong is very strong, and this battle is not easy to fight!" Zhu Youlang had no hope at all for the waste army under his command.

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the minister got a letter from Zhang Tongchang, a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, please read it!"

After Qu Shiyun finished speaking, he took out the secret letter from Xu Bengao of Songjiang Mansion, and Zhang Tongchang handed the letter to his master Qu Shiyun after receiving it.

Zhu Youlang took the letter and looked overjoyed, that Zhu Hongsan didn't know if he was sick and burned his brain, and he actually wanted to do a new deal in Nanzhili that the officials and gentry were on errands and paid for food, when is it now? It's a troubled time, this time is the time to appease people's hearts and win over scholars, then Zhu Hongsan went against the grain and engaged in this kind of thing, didn't he burn out his brain?

Qu Shiyun saw Zhu Youlang with a smile on his face, and then said: "Your Majesty, we were defeated in Zhaoqing back then, because Chu Shun and Zhu Hongsan had already taken the Guangdong scholars under his command, and Chen Zizhuang, a famous man in Guangdong, was also appointed as the first assistant by Chu Shun, so naturally Guangdong worked together!" But now it's different, the minister heard that in January, Chen Zizhuang didn't know why he offended Zhu Hongsan, and was sentenced to a summary execution, and in the end, all the ministers persuaded him hard to change the sentence to raid the house, and Chen Zizhuang's three adult sons were all sent to Luzon. Coupled with the fact that Chu Shun wants to implement this new policy, does His Majesty think that the Cantonese scholars can still support him? When the time comes, as soon as our army arrives, all the prefectures and counties will surrender! ”

Zhu Youlang was overjoyed when he heard Qu Shiyun say this, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Qu, then how do you say this battle will be fought?" ”

"Your Majesty, now that the Great Western Army has been annexed, why not let Sun Kewang lead his troops to Guangdong? The Great Western Army fought in the north and the Manchu Qing Dynasty all the year round, and its combat effectiveness was naturally very strong. ”

Zhu Youlang now swept away the anger of being scolded, and laughed: "Haha, good! Good! Good! Mr. Ding, your cabinet is planning to transfer Sun Kewang and other generals of the Great Western Army to Guilin for an audience! ”

Zhu Youlang's holy decree was transmitted to Kunming but there was a little change, Sun Kewang was not agreed to ask for the king of Qin, but only made him a prince, and he was unhappy, but let Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu go to Guilin with the main force of the Great Western Army, and Sun Kewang stayed in Kunming.

Li Dingguo was born in a poor peasant family and did not study much, but in his heart he was still loyal to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would not be able to take refuge in Emperor Yongli.

At the same time, Li Dingguo is still the last military god of the Ming Dynasty, as the so-called heroes are born in troubled times, as long as it is a troubled era in Chinese history, there will be a large number of capable military generals.

From the rebellion of Gao Yingxiang in Shaanxi in the first year of Chongzhen, to the April 15 of the sixteenth year of Yongli, the last emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youlang, was hanged by Wu Sangui in Kunming. In the past 51 years, countless generals have emerged on the land of China, such as Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng in the early period, Hong Chengchou, Man Gui, and Zu Dashou in the middle period, and Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, and Li Chengdong in the later period.

But the most awesome of these generals is this Li Dingguo, because he only occupies Yungui in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and he can still "two famous kings" in front of the battle, you must know that Hong Chengchou and Sun Chengzong have fought with the Manchu Qing for half a lifetime, and they have not killed the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, and Li Dingguo killed two by himself.

Li Dingguo was just twenty-nine years old at this time, and he was a young general, coupled with his heroic appearance, Zhu Youlang didn't like it. That is, Zhu Youlang's daughter is still young, or he is sure that Zhu Hongsan will recruit this Li Dingguo as a concubine.

And the young Li Dingguo did not disappoint Zhu Youlang, after learning that the emperor wanted to use troops against Guangdong, he immediately talked eloquently, proposing not to contact the Guangdong Ming army in Wuzhou, but to make a detour to Yulin Prefecture, from the Darong Mountain, can kill the Guangdong Ming army by surprise. At the same time, because the opposite side of Darong Mountain is Luoding Prefecture, where most of the Yao people are occupied, the Han people have a weak ruling foundation here, and their own side can easily hide their whereabouts.

After hearing the great joy, Zhu Youlang immediately made Li Dingguo a marquis, and at the same time ordered him to be the general soldier of Guangdong, responsible for all the wars in Guangdong.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty has always used literature to control the military, and Zhu Hongsan ordered the local governors not to interfere with the new army, Zhu Youlang also made the cabinet university scholar Lu Daqi as the governor of Guangdong and Fujian, which was used to supervise Li Dingguo.

In this way, Zhu Youlang's eastward marching corps was formed, and 240,000 horses left Guilin under the leadership of Lü Daqi and Li Dingguo, detoured through Liuzhou and Yulin Prefecture, and entered Guangdong from here.