Seeing that Dong Chang was frightened by the news he said, Li Yuanbai was overjoyed. Now these bandits know how powerful our Zheng family is, there are people above us!

Tong Tuchang was really frightened enough when he heard the news, you must know that he had been a Tongzhi of Zhaoqing, but he knew that there was only one regiment of more than 1,000 people guarding the border between Guangzhou. There was no problem before, but the Ming army in Guangxi on the other side was scared. If Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo's Great Western Army joined, it would not be good, even if more than 400,000 people of the Great Western Army were combat troops, there would be more than 200,000 troops, which was far from being able to deal with the more than 1,000 people on the border. The Guangdong New Army can fight, but 1,000 people believe that 200,000 will be defeated.

However, Tong Tuchang thought about the news that the Zheng family got in May, it is now July, if the news is true, there should have been confirmation news from Guangdong, but now that Guangdong is calm, there are no suspicious movements on the border between Guangdong and Guangzhou. Tong Tuchang analyzed that the matter of the Great Western Army's defection to King Gui had not yet been decided, and the Li Yuanbai in front of him should use this news to intimidate himself.

Tong Tuchang's analysis is very correct, Li Yuanbai said the news is to intimidate Tong Tuchang, but it is a fact that the Great Western Army sent representatives to contact Emperor Yongli.

After Beijing was captured by the Manchus in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen's reign, Dolgon sent two armies south to eliminate the various armies. Going south along the canal from Shandong was the first prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Duoduo, and all the way was Dolgon's eldest brother Azig, who led Wu Sangui's Manchurian and Han armies of 100,000 people to Xi'an, defeated Li Zicheng at Tongguan, and then chased Li Zicheng to Huguang. At this time, Zhang Xianzhong saw that the situation was not good and entered Sichuan again, and on November 16, the 17th year of Chongzhen, he was proclaimed emperor in Chengdu, the founding name was "Daxi", and the yuan was changed to "Dashun", with Chengdu as Xijing.

There is an old saying in Chinese history, "The world is not chaotic before Shu is chaotic, and the world is peaceful and Shu is not peaceful", although it is not correct, but it also shows that Sichuan is completely excluded from the Central Plains. At this time, the Manchu Qing in the north pursued Li Zicheng to fight, and the Hongguang regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty also fell into infighting, and no one in the whole of China paid attention to Zhang Xianzhong, who was entrenched in Sichuan.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's good days did not last long, and in the first year of Hongguang, local Ming officials in Sichuan began to organize a counterattack. The Manchu Qing in the north had eliminated Li Zicheng by this time and began to free up their hands to deal with other forces. At the same time as sending Bo Luo to serve as the general of the expedition to the south of the Yangtze River, he also sent He Luohui to conquer Sichuan for the general of Dingxi. However, He Luohui was not as powerful as Duoduo, and the Qing army led by He Luohui was pinned down by the rebel army in Shaanxi, so it never entered Sichuan.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's good luck was finally exhausted, and in the second year, that is, the second year of Hongguang (1646 AD, this should be the second year of Longwu, but Zhu Hongsan did not recognize Emperor Longwu, so he still used the name of Hongguang, although Emperor Hongguang had been dead for more than a year), the Manchu Qing sent Prince Su Haoge as the general of Jingyuan, and Wu Sangui and others led the Manchu and Han armies, and rushed to the Great Western Army in Sichuan. At this time in Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong was attacked on all sides. Ming general Yang Zhan led his troops to recapture Nanzhou County, led his division to the north, and fought fiercely with Zhang Xianzhong's troops at the mouth of Pengshan, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and retreated to Chengdu. Yang Zhan forced Chengdu from the south. Wang Yingxiong also sent Zeng Ying as the general and Wang Xiang as the general to attack with the joint division to block the eastward movement of the Great Western Army. They carried out a frenzied attack on the Onishi Army, seriously threatening the Onishi regime. In this regard, Zhang Xianzhong took a-for-tat approach and gave a resolute response. In May, Haoge led the Qing army to capture Hanzhong.

In July, in order to go north to Shaanxi to fight against the Qing army, Zhang Xianzhong decided to abandon Chengdu. and "kill all his wives and concubines, and kill one son while he is still young." He said to Sun Kewang: "I am also a hero, I can't leave my young son to be captured, and you will be the son of the world in the end." The three hundred years of orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty may not be extinct, and it is also the will of heaven. When I die, I will return to the light in a hurry, and I will not be unjust. It shows Zhang Xianzhong's determination to resist the Qing Dynasty. Then, he divided his troops into four, and ordered his four godsons "Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi" to each lead more than 100,000 troops to Shaanxi. In September, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to leave Chengdu and go north to meet the Qing army. In August, Zhang Xianzhong's army camped in Phoenix Mountain in Xichong.

At this time, Hauge sent the commander of the escort army, Ao Bai and other generals, and led the Eight Banners Protector Army to advance lightly, and launched a surprise attack on the Great Western Army. On the morning of the 27th, the Qing army met Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army across the Sun Creek. In the face of this unexpected sudden attack, Zhang Xianzhong responded to the battle in a hurry and commanded the horse infantry of the Daxi Army to resist the Qing army on two sides. At this time, the commander of the Qing army, Hao Ge, led a large army to follow, and sent the staff leader Gebuku and others to attack the right flank of the Great Western Army, and all of them attacked the left flank of the Great Western Army. The battle was very fierce, and the Qing army general Gebuku and others were killed by the peasant army, and the peasant army also suffered heavy losses. Zhang Xianzhong "was not prepared at the beginning, and when he heard the soldiers, he still thought that he was a coward, with half an arm in his body and three arrows in his waist, and he would look at the river with his teeth." The rebel general Liu Jinzhong pointed out to the Qing general: "These eight kings are also." The Qing general hurriedly shot a dark arrow, and Zhang Xianzhong was unfortunately hit by an arrow. At the age of 40, the legendary life of a generation of heroes Zhang Xianzhong ended here.

After Zhang Xianzhong's death, the four generals Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi collected thousands of remnants and more than 10,000 people in their homes in danger, and rushed south from Shunqing (now Nanchong City), galloping hundreds of miles in a day and night to preserve some of the living forces. In September, the Great Western Army reached Jiangbei in Chongqing, and Zeng Ying, the general soldier of the Southern Ming Dynasty, led his troops to block it. The peasant army rushed across the Yangtze River and killed Zeng Ying when they were out of food for more than ten days, causing the remnants of the Ming army to collapse in an instant. At this time, most of Sichuan had been occupied by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and could no longer stay here, so the Great Western Army entered Guizhou, Yunnan, and continued to develop and grow here.

Because Zhang Xianzhong hoped that his sons would "join the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty" before he died, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu repeatedly proposed to defect to the Ming Dynasty. However, Sun Kewang ignored the righteousness of "Lianming and resisting the Qing Dynasty", and tried in vain to seize Yunnan and dominate one side. Li Dingguo said to him solemnly: "Now that there are still two emperors in the Ming Dynasty, you don't see what virtues you have, you dare to be arrogant, do you want to bring about your own destruction?" Due to the strength of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, Sun Kewang temporarily dispelled this idea, but he was worried in his heart.

Since you are ready to take refuge, you have to choose a good emperor, and now there are two emperors who are called emperors, Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor of Guilin, Guangxi, and Zhu Hongsan, the Shenwu Emperor of Guangzhou. Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and others made difficulties on the issue of candidates.

Yang Weizhi, the deputy envoy of Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty, was Sun Kewang's fellow villager, and he said to Sun Kewang: "Now that Guangxi is on the edge of Yunnan, is there a reason to ask for help?" There is also the Yongli Emperor who is a relative of Wanli, and he is extremely right, and he is the best candidate for allegiance. ”

However, Sun Kewang didn't listen to these words, he didn't care what kind of bloodline he didn't care about, only actual interests could move him.

However, what Yang Weizhi said next was to completely impress Sun Kewang.

"I heard that Emperor Shenwu was the king of Chu before he ascended the throne, and the domain was Wuchang, how was Wuchang back then, and the general didn't need me to elaborate on it, right?"

Sun Kewang was stunned, the King of Chu in Wuchang let his godfather Zhang Xianzhong throw it into the Yangtze River, and the Chu Wangfu and the entire Wuchang City were killed, it is inevitable that this Shenwu Emperor has any relatives who died in his hands, so it is better to take refuge in Emperor Yongli.

Hearing Yang Weizhi say this, Sun Kewang made up his mind and sent Yang Weizhi as a representative to Guilin to discuss with Emperor Yongli about taking refuge. When Yang Weizhi arrived in Guilin, he was just in time for Zheng Chenggong's representative to be in Guilin, so the news also spread to Kinmen, Fujian. As for why Zheng Chenggong took refuge in Yongli, it is very simple, it is for power. You must know that the foundation of the Zheng family is the sailor, and the navy of the Guangdong New Army is no less than the Zheng family, and the overall strength is even stronger than the Zheng family. As for why Zhu Hongsan killed Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, Yan Qingshan and the Zheng family, etc., it is not a matter in front of interests.

So after thinking about it, Zheng Chenggong decided to take refuge in Yongli. Things were also developing as he thought, and after the representative met the Yongli Emperor, he immediately named Zheng Chenggong the king of Yanping County.

Tong Tuchang is not a scholar who doesn't listen to things outside the window, and coupled with the intelligence in Guangdong, he can guess the cause and effect of this incident.

"Lord Li Xiang, more than 400,000 people are such a big matter anyway, I don't believe it can be agreed in a few months, are you lying to me?"

Li Yuanbai didn't expect the unsurprising guy on the other side to be so powerful, he was shocked at first, but he didn't expect to guess the truth of the matter after a while.

"Hehe, Dong Junshi, although the Great Western Army has not finished negotiating with the emperor, it is estimated that it is about the same, if you think about it, there are no poor mountains and bad waters in Yungui, and if they don't take refuge in Emperor Yongli, they will be a dead end!"

This is the truth, Tong Tuchang nodded in agreement.

"Lord Li Xiang, since you have found your thighs, why do you still contact my Dashun Army?"

Li Yuanbai sighed and said, "Master Dong, just now you also said that hundreds of thousands of us are staying on a few small islands, which is the truth. Now we are short of salt, food, cloth, and so on, and the Manchus have closed us off the sea, and if we don't think about it, we will only be dead. So my prince sent me to Fuzhou, just to get in touch with Li Chengdong, can you get some salt and grain through his way! ”

So that's the case, it seems that Zheng Chenggong's life is not easy, Guangdong has strictly banned the sale of any materials to the Zheng family, plus the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is not bad if there are no dead people on Kinmen Island.

"Please rest assured at this point, the others dare not guarantee, it is no problem to let Li Chengdong sell you some salt and grain!"

Tong Tuchang is making a lot of nonsense here, anyway, he is not a member of the Thirteen Kuidong Families, so he can blow it no matter how he wants.