After Zhu Guozhi came to Yunnan, although he felt the signs of Wu Sangui's rebellion, he was afraid that the imperial court would blame him for his ineffective work, so he was also lucky and did not report to the imperial court. He looked forward to the day when Wu Sangui set off on the road every day, and this day finally came, but he heard the news that Wu Sangui took the people to Grate Slope early in the morning.

An ominous premonition shrouded in Zhu Guozhi's heart, he was a loyal minister of the Great Qing Dynasty, even if he went to the soup and fire, as long as he could do it for the good of the Great Qing Dynasty. Zhu Guozhi asked people to carry the sedan chair, set up a formation, and the gong opened the way, and rushed to the cemetery. He lifted the curtain on the sedan chair and looked, it was over! All of them were white-armored warriors, with swords and swords, firearms and spears in their hands, and white pressure pressed against each other. On the central flagpole of the cemetery, the flag flutters, and there is a big "Wu" character on the handsome flag. Zhu Guozhi saw it, since this is the case, it is better to scold him happily, even if he dies, he can go down in history! So, he grabbed his robe and got out of the sedan chair. Seeing Wu Sangui, he flicked his horseshoe sleeves, slapped a thousand children with one leg, and saluted:

"King Pingxi, what are you doing here, do you want to rebel?" Zhu Guozhi shouted.

Wu Sangui saw that Zhu Guozhi was coming, and said unhurriedly: "It's anyway." This king got the order of the 14th grandson of Taizu to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Wu Sangui, you are the prince of my Great Qing Dynasty, standing on the land of the Great Qing Dynasty, how can you say such rebellious words? It's still too late to turn back, as long as you shave your hair and continue on your journey, I won't be able to play the court. ”

"The old man is the first emperor's Pingxibo, the king of Zhou who was the grandson of Taizu, not the king of your Qing Dynasty. The land where the old man is standing is the fiefdom of Zhu Muying, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, and even your so-called Manchuria is actually the founding state of my Ming Dynasty. As early as the Yongle period, Ming Chengzu sent Wu Siha to inspect the northeast, as far as the Heilongjiang River Valley, and set up boundary monuments in Miaotun to declare sovereignty. You have vainly announced the establishment of the so-called 'Great Qing State', which I, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, have never recognized. Since I have embarked on this anti-Qing road, there is absolutely no reason to turn back. ”

When Zhu Guozhi heard this, he knew that Wu Sangui was determined to turn back, "Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui, you are really ashamed." Did you kill Yongli with your own hands? Now you are holding out the head of a dead man and crying, you are really good at acting, you are a cat crying mouse fake compassion, it is the tears of a crocodile, it is you who betrayed the Ming Dynasty, and now suddenly said that the Ming Dynasty has been restored, you are rebelling against the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, rebelling against the Qing Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, you are really both a bitch and a memorial arch. Aren't you ashamed of yourself? ”

"Li Ling returned to Han and was a loyal minister. Many of the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty were originally officials and generals in the Yuan Dynasty, such as Liu Bowen, Xu Da and others, but this did not prevent them from later opposing the Yuan Dynasty and restoring the Song Dynasty and defecting to the rebels. Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, was a thief at the beginning, and Zheng Chenggong, the king of Yanping, originally belonged to Haikou. Jiang Hao in Shanxi, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren in Jiangxi, and Li Chengdong in Guangdong were promoted to the rank of commander and general soldier after the Qing Dynasty. But once they returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, after participating in the anti-Qing rebel army, they were still heroes admired by the world. Yes, I, Wu Sangui, am indeed sorry for the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Yongli. After repelling the thieves, I ascended the throne with the crown prince Zhu Cihong, drew the Yellow River as the boundary, and cut the land to thank the Qing, which was clearly stated in the oath with Dorgon. But you Qing people are treacherous, but they took the opportunity to seize the Ming Dynasty. It is precisely because of this that I will resolutely rebel against the Qing Dynasty today. Not only will I rebel against the Qing Dynasty, but I will also rebel against the Qing Dynasty until the Qing Dynasty is finally destroyed. Wu Sangui continued, "Zhu Guozhi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is surnamed Zhu, and you are also surnamed Zhu." You and I are both Han Chinese, and we both have the blood of the Han people for thousands of years, so you can also join me in opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Phew! I, Zhu Guozhi, am a minister of the Qing Dynasty in life, and I am a ghost of the Qing Dynasty in death! Wu Sangui, you are doing your own selfish work in the name of anti-Manchurianism. Since the Qing Dynasty settled in the Central Plains, I have worshiped Confucius and Limin. Zhu Guozhi said that he rose up, hugged his fists and bowed to the north, "Especially since my holy ancestor Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne, I have served my Chinese ancestors, learned my Chinese system, used my Chinese characters, and raised my Chinese people." It's not that the Han people have been included in the Manchus, but that the Manchus have been incorporated into the Chinese nation! Fangjin is peaceful in the four seas, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the folk are called: Kangxi is prosperous. If you mention opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, isn't it going against the trend of history? Aren't they scum who split the nation and the country?! ”

"Anti-Qing, anti-Qing is not Qing, it is to expel Hulu; Restoring Sight, restoring Enlightenment is not Ming, it is the restoration of China. Zhu Guozhi, you open your mouth and close your mouth to the prosperous world, let me expose your lies now. Wu Sangui said, "China has the image of China, and now the Manchu Qing Dynasty ordered all the people to shave their hair and drag a long tail on the back of their heads, which is to turn the Han people into ugly; China has Chinese costumes, and now the Manchu Qing Dynasty has destroyed China's clothing and crown system and made the Han people forget their ancestors; China has Chinese morality, and the pseudo-Kangxi secretly ordered a Qing man to manage ten Han households and defile Han women in order to achieve the evil goal of assimilating the Han people; China has a Chinese system, and now the Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented the Eight Banners system, and the peasants were taken into slavery by the Manchurian aristocracy. China had a Chinese language, and the Manchu Qing changed the Chinese Chinese language and forced the Han Chinese to learn Manchu in order to promote slave education; China has Chinese etiquette, the Manchu Qing Dynasty takes the money rat tail as the beauty, and also forces the people to follow suit, everyone calls the slave, kowtows in advance, makes a waist, and the ugliness is exposed, and the state of dignified etiquette has become a country of slaves; China has Chinese culture, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty used all kinds of means to kill cultural celebrities, falsify historical classics, scandalize Han heroes, and fool the people. A thousand years are easy, and the sins of the Manchus are hard to get rid of. It can be said that a history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is a history of blood and tears of the sons and daughters of China. Zhu Guozhi, you are a scholar, it is impossible for you not to know about the crimes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but you are still desperately singing praises and beautifying them, what are your intentions? ”

"Wu Sangui, you, you... If you don't die well, you won't end well! Zhu Guozhi was so suffocated that his face was flushed, and he scolded angrily.

"Come on, give him to me..." Before Wu Sangui could say the word "charge", Hu Guozhu, who was standing on the side, couldn't hold it anymore and cut off Zhu Guozhi's head with a knife.

The onlookers were all filled with righteous indignation, and when they saw that Zhu Guozhi was dead, they rushed forward to eat his flesh! It is in response to the proverb:

"Oh my God, the Holy Sigh is really wronged to kill the head, this year the Holy Sigh is killed, and next year the national ruler will be annihilated by the national pillar."

People hated this Zhu Guozhi. It turned out that this Zhu Guozhi had a bad character and was greedy, and the people were extremely angry. During the Shunzhi period, he sought personal gain, built prisons, slaughtered celebrities, and the famous literati Jin Shengxi was killed by him. In the Kangxi period, the Qing government appointed Zhu Guozhi as the governor of Yunnan to deal with Wu Sangui with Zhu Guozhi's meritorious role in suppressing the gentry's resistance to grain in Jiangnan, regardless of his corruption and massacre of the people. After he arrived in Yunnan, he continued to embezzle and solicit bribes, all of which were recorded in Wu Sangui's diary. Therefore, the people called Zhu Guozhi "the most corrupt official in the world".

"Point-cannon-sacrifice-flag!"

Wu Sangui didn't want to kill Zhu Guozhi, but seeing that Hu Guozhu had already killed him, he announced that Ling Chi would execute Zhu Guozhi, the first corrupt official in the world, and used Zhu Guozhi's dog head to sacrifice the flag to comfort the spirit of Yongli in the sky.

Drums and horns rang out in unison, and cannons rumbled. The three armies moved to the school field, and in the drizzle, a white dragon flag was rising, with twelve big characters written on it, "The world is recruiting soldiers and horses, and the generalissimo Zhou Wang" was dancing in the cold wind. Wu Sangui tied his belt and hung up his sword, and the sergeant reported to him: "King Zhou, the generals have been assembled, and they are waiting for orders!" ”

"Good! Take the horse! ”

The sergeant brought Wu Sangui's mount, the BMW, the Flame Pony, over the human nature and knew that he was going to fight, and he had been suffocated for so many years! It was about to gallop on the battlefield again, and it was also happy to see Wu Sangui raise his head. "Pap" Wu Sangui patted his beloved horse: "Old man, it's time for you to appear again today!" ”

After Wu Sangui finished speaking, he flew on the horse and raised the whip: "Go!" ”

When they came to the large teaching field outside the north gate, all the officers and soldiers had formed a phalanx. The entire colonel field was solemn and silent, and only the hooves of Wu Sangui's war horse were heard.

When he arrived at the teaching platform, Wu Sangui strangled the reins, turned over and dismounted, and the generals looked fixedly, Wu Sangui gestured, clean and neat, no different from thirty years ago. I saw Wu Sangui pressing the sword in his hand and striding forward. Walk up to the school stage. There was a thick red carpet on the stage, and there was a handsome case in front of it. Wu Sangui was dressed in a military uniform, with a helmet and armor, and a pure white cloak, like a god descending from heaven!

There was a big flag in the center of the field, and there was a red dot in the center, and he said to the generals: "If the old man can shoot the red heart, then the pseudo-Qing Dynasty will be destroyed, and China will be prosperous!" Three arrows in a row, all hit the target. The crowd roared with joy. He also put all kinds of weapons, swords, guns, swords, and halberds on the case, and practiced them one by one, and he was omnipotent. Wu Sangui ordered someone to get his big knife, the Wu family knife. The knife weighs 12 kilograms, has a total length of 2 meters, a handle length of 1.2 meters, a thickness of 3 centimeters, and a blade length of 75 centimeters. The tip of the knife is like a cone, and the double dragon protects the blade. He wielded his sword on a galloping horse, fought and attacked, used it freely, and was brave and powerful, not letting it go back then.

Then, Wu Sangui began to order the ban.

"The people will listen to the command! Hu Guozhu! ”

Hu Guozhu took a step forward, clicked on the ground with one leg, hugged his fists and said: "The last general!" ”

"Title you as General Zhengshuo! You lead 10,000 horses as a pioneer and go straight to Guiyang! ”

"Yes!"

Wu Sangui said: "Ma Bao! ”

"The last general!"

"Title you General Fushuo! You lead the headquarters of the people and horses! ”

"Yes!"

"Wu Yingqi!"

"The last general!"

"Title you as the general of Shuo! You lead the people of the headquarters and go to the Naturalization Temple to camp first! ”

"Yes!"

Wu Sangui said: "Wang Pingfan! ”

"The last general!"

"Title you as the general of extermination! You lead 40,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Sichuan! ”

"Yes!"

"Xia Guoxiang!"

"The last general!"

"Named you General Shushuo! Defend the Left Army! ”

"Yes!"

"Gao Dejie!"

"The last general!"

"Title you General Poshuo! Defend the Right Army! ”

"Yes!"

Wu Sangui said: "Wu Guogui! ”

"The last general!"

"Title you as General Shuo! You lead the people of the headquarters and take Qujing after the victory! ”

"Yes!"

Wu Sangui said: "Zhang Guozhu! ”

"The last general!"

"Title you General Jingshuo! You are located in Yunnan, assisting Shifan! ”

"Yes!"

Wu Sangui sealed a total of eight generals, including Zhengshuo, Zhengshuo, Fushuo, Extinguishing Shuo, Destroying Shuo, Poshuo, Suppressing Shuo, and Jingshuo, all of whom were the most effective generals in the Wu army.

"Shuo, that is, the meaning of Yi and captivity, refers to the Manchurian Hulu, preceded by the eight characters of conquest, requisition, overthrow, extermination, annihilation, extermination, suppression, and appeasement, all of which are to show the determination to completely eliminate the Qing captives!" Wu Sangui explained, "From today onwards, we will only serve the Ming Dynasty, and all those who have the national titles of 'Qing' and 'Manchuria', the regime and their official positions at all levels will be preceded by 'pseudo'. Please remember. ”

Long live the generals.

Under this, Wu Sangui also named Wu Yingzheng as General Fenwei, Wang Xu as General Renwei, Tao Jizhi as General Qinwei, Wei Pu as General Jianwei, Wang Hui as General Longwei, Du Hui as General Suiyuan, Gao Qilong as General Huaiyuan, Tian Jin as General Guangwu, Liao Jinzhong as General Yongluo, and was controlled by the Eight Great Generals of Zhengshuo.

Further, there are 20 partial generals, including the left and right Jinwu generals, the left and right wing generals, the front and rear left and right generals of the pro-army, the left and right generals before and after the hussars, the left and right generals before and after the Xiao cavalry, and the left and right generals before and after the iron cavalry.

In this way, a total of 37 generals were counted in the Wu army's array, and 200,000 horses and horses, including infantry, cavalry, musketeers, artillerymen, and elephant soldiers, were ready to be prepared.

Wu Sangui also ordered Guo Zhuangtu to be the general in charge of the stay and sit in Yunnan. Ordered Fang Guangchen to be the official Cao Shangshu, Feng Su to be the criminal Cao Shangshu, Laidu to be the household Cao Shangshu, Qian Dian to be the gift Cao Shangshu, Han Daren to be the soldier Cao Shangshu, and Lu Xiaozi to be the worker Cao Shangshu. "Cao" means "ministry", and the rest of the officials, large and small, have their own appointments, just like the Ming Dynasty official system.

Although Wu Sangui was sixty-two years old at this time, he wanted the soldiers to see: I, Wu Sangui, am not old! He wants his soldiers to join him in breaking the heavy national shackles and reclaiming what is rightfully theirs!

At this time, a military band of 500 people, with horns more than a foot long, rushed into the sky.

After the review, Wu Sangui ordered: "Play music!" ”

Military music plays, and the earth shakes! Wu Sangui said loudly: "Come on! Officers and men of the three armies, listen to the order and go! ”

Nine cannon shots rang out, shaking the valley, and the generals of all walks of life led their men and horses to set off as planned. Stormy. If you don't break the oath, you won't return it. Wu Sangui and his soldiers were all dressed in white scarves. At the front of the team, there are two big flags, the right book: Xingming begging for capture, and the left book: Return me China. Wu Sangui personally commanded the Chinese army, Hu Guozhu served as the vanguard officer, and behind Ma Bao's palace, 200,000 iron cavalry and heavy vehicles could not be seen at a glance!

In 1673, the first year of Zhou (Qi), on December 1 of the twelfth year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui officially raised an army against the Qing Dynasty and swore to the Northern Expedition.

This year, the winter in Kunming was exceptionally wet and cold. The weather is cold, but the hearts of the people are warm. When the people of Kunming heard that Wu Sangui had raised an army against the Qing Dynasty, they poured into the streets one after another, offering flowers and wine. People cut off their braids and changed into hanfu. Jumping, singing, celebrating the arrival of a new era:

"There are two hammers in the waist of the Taoist priest, and the fire, wood, water and soil return to gold.

The solid dumb man rides a white tiger, and the blood in Beijing is like water. ”

Wu Sangui listened and didn't understand what he meant, so he asked Wang Shirong beside him; "What do you mean by this ballad sung by the people?"

Wang Shirong explained: "'Two hammers in the waist of the Taoist', 'Dao' homonym 'down', turning the 'Shi' upside down, that is, 'dry', the two hammers in the waist are two points, synthesizing a 'flat' word." The fire and wood and the water and the soil belong to the gold, according to the fire belongs to the south, the wood belongs to the east, the water belongs to the north, and the earth is in the middle, all belong to the 'gold', and the 'gold' is the qi of the west, implying that there are people in the west who are in charge of the world; 'Blood is like water' means 'killing'. The east Qinglong, the north Xuanwu, the south Vermilion Bird, but the west is the 'White Tiger', which together is - the King of Pingxi rode the White Tiger into Beijing. ”

"The king of Pingxi rode a white tiger into Beijing." Wu Sangui said silently.

"King Zhou, folk songs are the hearts of the people, and the people are looking forward to your entry into Beijing as soon as possible to relieve the suffering of the people of the world!"

The Han and Qing dynasties are not opposed. Wu Sangui looked at the crowd of farewells and was full of emotion. Suddenly, he saw an old lady in the crowd, waving her arms in one hand and wiping her tears with a handkerchief in the other, crying very sadly, out of place with the celebratory crowd. Wu Sangui's heart flashed with a trace of unease, he turned his horse over and asked, "Old mother, what's wrong with you, why are you crying so sadly?" ”

"Back to Dashuai, this is not my tears of sadness, but tears of excitement. Our family of five, my husband, eldest son, and daughter were all killed by the Qing soldiers, and only my youngest son and I were lucky enough to flee here. Today, seeing you raise troops against the Qing Dynasty, I feel that our family's revenge is finally hopeful! The old lady choked up and said, pulling her youngest son to her side, "Baby, quickly kowtow to the big handsome, let the big handsome accept you, go to fight the Qing soldiers, and avenge your father!" As he spoke, the child bowed his head and bowed. Wu Sangui took him into his arms and said to the old lady, "Old mother, don't worry." Your son is going to have a great future! ”

After speaking, Wu Sangui stepped on the war horse again. He is full of tears, what a good people! His biggest fear was that the people would not forgive him for his past, and now everything is relieved.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Heavy rain washed away the humiliation of the nation for 30 years. Now, the traitor's Wu Sangui has died, and the heroic Wu Sangui is about to step onto the stage of history. After eight years of the three feudatories, the curtain of the first large-scale armed struggle against the Qing government in Chinese history is slowly opening, and Wu Sangui will also open a new chapter in his life!

Heavy rain said goodbye to the past,

The cold wind awakens from sleep.

Gray hair crawls all over the temples,

Hold the sword and ride the horse, the desolate shadow.

A song of heroic loyalty to the Ming Dynasty!