After occupying Yuanjiang and pacifying Na Song's father and son, Wu Sangui ordered the whole army to camp near the left side of Yuanjiang to rest. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the Yongli court, who pursued Li Dingguo, the king of the Ming and Jin dynasties, and the Yongli court on the orders of Wu Sangui also withdrew from Yongchang, Dali, Yao'an and other places. This move made the commander of the Qing army, Xinjun Wang Doni, very dissatisfied, but Wu Sangui used the excuse that the battle of Mopanshan was too heavy and urgently needed to rest and replenish, so that Doni could not question Wu Sangui's withdrawal of troops.

On 21 March, Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan appointed by the Qing court, suddenly visited Wu Sangui late at night and presented a secret letter from Kunming from Kunming through the five provinces through Liuhongchou, in which he bluntly stated that the national security of the line had been defeated in Guangxi, and that Luo Keduo, the king of Pingjun, could not advance north in Guizhou. In this letter, in addition to informing Wu Sangui of the war in Guangxi and Hunan, Hong Chengchou once again concealed what he said to Wu Sangui in Yanglaobao, Guizhou that day.

After reading the letter, Wu Sangui set the letter on fire, and then ordered someone to pass on the second son-in-law Hu Guozhu quickly, and asked him to immediately lead his troops back from Tengyue. After Hu Guozhu returned, he brought back a definite news, that is, Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang had abandoned the country from Tengyue Prefecture and fled to Burma. After Yongli's abandonment of the country was confirmed, Wu Sangui was relieved on the one hand, but suppressed the news and did not report it to Doni, and on the other hand, he asked the ministries to start recruiting soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty in the name of his king of Pingxi.

On the 27th, Xia Guoxiang came with good news, saying that Ma Bao, the Duke of Huaiguo in the Ming Dynasty, sent people to contact him and intended to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Ma Bao, the third in line, lost his parents since he was a child, and was raised by his brother and sister-in-law. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng broke Longde, and Ma Baotou Li Zicheng became a subordinate. When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Ma Bao had been promoted to deputy battalion general of the old battalion because of his military exploits. In the first year of Shunzhi, Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui fought in Shanhaiguan. Li Zicheng ordered Ma Bao to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack Wu Sangui from a stone pinch, Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing army, and the Qing court Dolgon led the army to fight Ma Bao and fought fiercely. Ma Bao was shot and captured by Wu Sangui. When the Qing army went south, Ma Bao was Li Chengdong's general and captured Qingyuan. After returning to Zhu Youlang, the king of Nanming Gui, he was awarded the title of Andingbo and stationed in Deqing. In the seventh year of Shunzhi, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao besieged Guangzhou, and Ma Bao and Guo Dengdi attacked Qingyuan from Zhaoqing to contain the Qing army, but they were repulsed. Soon, Ma Bao attacked Liu Guochang, the former general of Dashun who rescued Guangzhou in the east. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, Zhu Youlang fled from Nanning to Anlu, and after most of Guangdong fell, Ma Bao still insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty in the mountainous areas of Guangxi. In the ninth year of Shunzhi, when Li Dingguo captured Guilin and Liuzhou and marched into Guangdong, Ma Bao led his troops to respond. Ma Bao saw that Sun Kewang was strong, so he led his army to take refuge in Sun Kewang and captured Lianzhou. Later grandson Kewang and Li Dingguo strife, and Ma Bao was named the Duke of Huaiguo by Emperor Yongli because of his defection.

Ma Bao has more than 20,000 soldiers and generals, which is the largest force in the Yunnan Ming army except for Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, so Ma Bao's intention to surrender to the Qing Dynasty made Wu Sangui overjoyed. Ma Bao is loyal, although he is a native of Guyuan, Ningxia, and his hometown is mostly descended from the Hui people, but Ma Bao is an authentic Han person. Ma Bao is brave and good at fighting, but he lacks scheming and acts recklessly on weekdays. After defecting, he was awarded the title of Duke of Huaiguo, and he was usually dispatched by Li Dingguo, the king of Jin. Now that the emperor has abandoned the country, the Jin king has been defeated, and the Qing army has occupied most of the land in Yunnan.

Ma Bao wants to descend to the clear, but now he can only descend to the nearest Wu Sangui. However, Ma Bao and Wu Sangui have been enemies for many years, and the two sides have formed a lot of blood feuds, so Ma Bao is worried that Wu Sangui will not accept him, so with the idea of trying it, he first contacted Xia Guo and came to ask for directions. If Wu Sangui's side gave a little excuse, Ma Bao would dispel the idea of surrendering him, and would rather die in battle than say a word to Wu Sangui.

Ma Bao intends to reduce the Qing, this matter is very important, Xia Guoxiang does not dare to be good at it, so people can quickly report to Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui was overjoyed, and ordered Xia Guoxiang to tell Ma Bao that the king of Pingxi was very happy with his move to surrender the Qing, as long as Ma Bao was willing to vote, not only would the officials under him protect their original positions, but Ma Bao himself could be reused.

After the news was sent, Wu Sangui waited in Yuanjiang. In a hurry, he invited the strategist Hu Shouliang to play chess in the army. Hu Shouliang is not very sure about Ma Baolaitou, but it can be seen that Wu Sangui is full of confidence, so he is very puzzled. However, Wu Sangui was calm, step by step, and killed Hu Shouliang again and again.

"Why don't you give up?"

"I'm worried about Ma Bao's refuge."

"Don't worry, Ma Bao is desperate, he will come!"

Wu Sangui smiled softly, picked up his car, and went to take Hu Shouliang's army.

"Lord Wang, this is going to checkmate me."

Hu Shouliang saw that he was already a dead chess, and sighed in his heart, at this time, someone outside came to sue him, saying that he was Ming General Ma Baolai, and he was stunned.

Wu Sangui was overjoyed, got up and ran, got out of the tent, and saw Ma Bao riding outside the tent. Wu Sangui staggered over, shouting as he ran: "I've been waiting for the general for a long time!" ”

Wu Sangui's subordinate generals saw that the prince was running forward alone, and they were afraid of an accident, so they wanted to follow, but Hu Shouliang stopped him.

At this time, Ma Bao, who came to the camp alone, was secretly thinking, if Wu Sangui dared to ridicule him, he would rein in his horse and cross the knife and cut himself off from the front of the military tent. But at this meeting, I saw Wu Sangui running in civilian clothes, untidy, and didn't even wear shoes. Ma Bao's heart was moved, and he immediately threw his knife and dismounted, kneeling down to greet him. When Wu Sangui saw this, he opened his arms to hug Ma Bao.

Ma Bao was excited, and suddenly saw something flying out of Wu Sangui's hand, Ma Bao was shocked: Could it be that Wu Sangui is cheating? Just waiting to change color.

Wu Sangui also realized that something flew out of his hand, and he panicked. Immediately understood that he had grabbed the car that was going to take Hu Shouliang's army and had not yet put it down, he was afraid that Ma Bao would be suspicious, so he immediately laughed.

Ma Bao saw that Wu Sangui's expression was not abnormal, so he stopped moving, and only hugged Wu Sangui and sat on the ground. It's just that I still wonder in my heart: what is flying out of his hand?

Wu Sangui was quite excited and said to Ma Bao: "I've been waiting for the general for a long time!" ”

When Ma Bao heard this, he was puzzled, I didn't make an appointment with you, why are you waiting for me?

At this moment, Hu Shouliang picked up the "car" that fell from Wu Sangui's hand, immediately laughed, and then said: "Why did my Taoist lord lose his temper, it turns out that a general has arrived." ”

Ma Bao was confused, and the chess in Hu Shouliang's hand was presented to Ma Bao, and Ma Bao was even more confused.

Hu Shouliang told the story of when he was playing chess with Wu Sangui, and Wu Sangui learned that Ma Bao was coming, so he came out with a chess piece in his hand. When Ma Bao heard this, he was greatly moved, and knelt down in front of Wu Sangui again: "I have the master, and I will not swerve until death!" ”

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Hurry up the system, and make up for the four shifts tomorrow. (To be continued.) )