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The envoy of the King of Jin who was "escorted" by Lin Tianqing all the way to Guiyang was the general Le Tongwu under his command, who was originally ordered by King Li Jin to sneak back to the Yunnan-Burma border from Mengma, and then wait for an opportunity to sneak into Guangxi from southern Yunnan. However, because the Wu army was tightly guarded, Le Tongwu could not get through the checkpoint for a long time, and spent more than ten days outside the border, and when he was in a hurry, the Wu army at the opposite checkpoint suddenly sent people out of the pass to find the Ming army.

Lin Tianqing and Yuan Kuoyu, who was the former governor of the Qing Dynasty and is now a scholar in the cabinet of the Ming Dingwu Imperial Court, are both protégés of Hong Chengchou.

Yuan Kuoyu's career was worse than Lin Tianqing's, because Lin Tianqing served as the governor of Huguang as early as the tenth year of Shunzhi, and Yuan Kuoyu did not serve as the governor of Biyuan until the fourteenth year of Shunzhi under the guidance of his teacher Hong Chengchou. It's a pity that Lin Tianqing committed a crime in the thirteenth year of Shunzhi and was demoted by the Qing court by five levels, and his Huguang governor was replaced by Zhang Changgeng. It was not until the sixteenth year of Shunzhi that the Manchu army invaded Yunnan, and Hong Chengchou was able to re-sponsor Lin Tianqing to the Qing court as the governor of Yunnan. At that time, this appointment was rejected by Doni, and Hong Chengchou repeatedly fought for the party, and Wu Sangui also vouched for him.

Because of the teacher's support, Lin Tianqing is naturally grateful to the teacher. Hong Chengchou followed Wu Sangui against the Qing Dynasty, and he also followed the Qing Dynasty. After Wu Sangui led the main force north to Sichuan and Shaanxi, he left Hong Chengchou in Guiyang to take charge of the rear, and the people who assisted Hong Chengchou were Lin Tianqing and Guizhou Governor Zhang Guozhu.

Hong Chengchou was very wary of Li Dingguo outside the border before his death, and believed that he must not let this Ming Jin king, whose prestige was far higher than Wu Sangui's, return to China, otherwise, there would inevitably be another Sun Li infighting between Wu Sangui and Li Dingguo. Even if the two sides can't fight, I'm afraid that the generals of the former Great Western Army who were incorporated by Wu Sangui's subordinates will be shaken in their hearts one by one, and they will no longer honestly listen to Wu Sangui's dispatch. In other words, even if Li Dingguo didn't do anything after he came back, his existence would be a great threat to Wu Sangui's army of more than 100,000 people.

But since Wu Sangui has played the banner of restoring vision, there is also no reason to attack Li Dingguo, so the best way is to block Li Dingguo outside the border, out of sight and out of mind. Although some of his subordinates of the Great Western Army still think of the good of King Li Jin in their hearts, they can only suppress this old feeling in their hearts across the mountains and rivers, so as not to give birth to the centrifugation of Wu Sangui. In this way, when the overall situation in the north is settled, even if Li Dingguo returns to China, it is absolutely impossible to overshadow Wu Sangui, who has the ability to expel the Manchurians, recover the Central Plains, recover the old capital, and have the Son of Heaven in hand.

There is also a puppet emperor in his hand, and the Jiangnan thief Xiucai can't do it, and there are only thousands of remnants of Li Dingguo left.

It's just that no one expected that Hong Chengchou, who was full of ambition and wanted to lay a world for his nominal student, so that he could completely wash away his reputation as a "traitor" in the future, would "do his best" when Wu Sangui's soldiers came to Xi'an.

Hong Chengchou's death disrupted Wu Sangui's deployment, disturbed Wu Sangui's heart, and also made Lin Tianqing, who was bent on contributing to the teacher, panic. Fortunately, Wu Sangui's progress was also smooth, although it was delayed for a period of time in Tongguan, but finally succeeded in taking the Tongguan troops into the Central Plains. Jingzhice should be able to complete it, so that he, a student, can continue to recover the teacher's unfinished business.

After the death of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui asked Xuanfu in southern Yunnan to make Wang Xuan preside over the southwest government affairs, this Wang Xuanyuan was an official of the Yongli Dynasty, Hong Chengchou in order to recruit the old officials of Yongli, put this Wang Xuan out as a horse bone, the effect was very good, and attracted many officials who fled from the original Yongli Dynasty. Even Fang Yuxuan, Ren Jian and others, who originally supported Sun Kewang, came out of their respective hiding places to serve Wu Sangui.

However, although Wu Sangui asked Wang Xuan to preside over the affairs of the southwest, in fact, Wang Xuan could not manage specific affairs, and only made a false name. The important military and political affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou are still in charge of Lin Tianqing and Zhang Guozhu. Wang Xuan also knew that he was the same as the Son of Heaven in the Guiyang Palace, but he was just a puppet and an ornament for others to see, so he didn't have any desire to fight for power and profit, so it was peaceful.

Zhang Guozhu is mainly responsible for this side of Guizhou, and Lin Tianqing is able to govern the government on the Yunnan side, but he can't manage the army, so the surveillance and interception of Li Dingguo's department is mainly the responsibility of Zhang Dayuan, the chief soldier of Kunming.

Zhang Dayuan, like Wang Fuchen, was the guard given to Hong Chengchou by Emperor Shunzhi, but now Wang Fuchen, the horse harrier, has changed to the new master, I heard that he was named an uncle in the Taiping Army, and he was deeply trusted by the thief Xiucai, and often said to people that this horse harrier was his first general, Changshan Zhao Zilong of the year.

is also a guard, and in terms of martial arts, Zhang Dayuan is not weaker than Wang Fuchen, so he is very dissatisfied with what the thief Xiucai said in Jiangnan. I always feel that if I really want to compare who is the first general immediately, he Zhang Dayuan may not lose to Wang Fuchen. It's just that he is in Kunming, and Wang Fuchen is in Jiangnan, so he can't compare.

It's just that Zhang Dayuan never thought that although he couldn't compete with Wang Fuchen who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, he was about to compete with other generals of the Taiping Army who invaded Guizhou.

Guiyang was lost, Wu Sanfu and Zhang Guozhu fled to Sichuan with Zhu Youlang, and the passage between Yunnan and Guizhou was blocked by a town of the Taiping army at the first time, and then the Taiping army of another town and no less than 10,000 troops rushed over, and the road of 30,000 Wu troops in Yunnan out of Yunnan was blocked.

Yunnan is now cut off from the north, and no one knows what is going on.

Xuanfu in southern Yunnan made Wang Xuan, out of the mentality of "protecting the car", strongly asked Lin Tianqing to send troops north to recover Guiyang. Lin Tianqing didn't know if he could fight, so he asked Zhang Dayuan what he meant, but Zhang Dayuan said that he couldn't fight, because the Taiping army's defense line was too strong, and there were a lot of firearms and artillery.

Zhang Dayuan is the chief soldier of Kunming and the general who actually leads the troops, he said that he can't fight, and Lin Tianqing will not force him to fight hard. He could only hope that Wu Sangui would send a large army back as soon as he learned the news, so that the Wu army in Yunnan and the Wu army from Sichuan would be flanked by each other, and the Taiping army that had just entered Guizhou would not have a firm foothold, and it would be impossible to say that they would retreat.

A day and two days have passed, and half a month has passed, and Lin Tianqing has not received good news from the front line. On the 23rd day, a small worker sent out risked his life to deliver the information.

Zhu Youlang died, Tan Hong, Ta Xince and others rebelled, Sichuan governor Gao Minzhan retreated to Chongqing, and the admiral Gao Qilong, who came from Xi'an, also retracted to Baoning, and several key points in eastern and southern Sichuan were occupied by the Taiping army and the soldiers and horses of Feng Shuangli, the king of Qingyang in the Ming Dynasty.

The news of Zhu Youlang's death made Lin Tianqing not come back to his senses for a long time, and when he came to his senses, what he thought of was not Yongli's death, Wu Sangui and the others lost the name of regaining their sight, but thought that Wu Sangui could no longer send troops into Yunnan to rescue Yunnan.

In other words, Lin Tianqing, after knowing that Zhu Youlang was dead, the only thing he could do was to fight the north desperately, even if there was no emperor in hand, he would also fight the north. Kyo won. Otherwise, it will be a dilemma, and in the end, the army's morale will be dissipated and reduced to a plate of scattered sand.

It is impossible for Wu Sangui to come to save Yunnan, Yunnan can only save itself. Although the Taiping army blocked several key roads from Guizhou to Yunnan, it was not easy for them to attack Yunnan.

Lin Tianqing's governance in Yunnan in the past two years is still quite effective, and the pacification of the toasts in various places is also very fruitful, as long as the toasts do not turn against the water, he is still confident that he can hold on for more than half a year or even a year. As long as the northern battle is decided, Wu Sangui will be in charge of the north. Jing, then his efforts are worth it.

After learning the news of Yongli's death, Wang Xuan, the Xuanfu envoy in southern Yunnan, was so disheartened that he locked himself in the palace and did not even go to the yamen. Lin Tianqing didn't care about him, and told Zhang Dayuan and other generals about his intention to stick to it, but Lin Tianqing found that Zhang Dayuan didn't seem to have much confidence in fighting the Taiping Army, or that Zhang Dayuan might not have any intention of being an enemy of the Taiping Army at all.

Zhang Dayuan's abnormal attitude made Lin Tianqing very surprised, you must know that this person is a close confidant of his teacher Hong Chengchou, and his teacher's last confession before his death was also said to Zhang Dayuan, at that time he also asked Zhang Dayuan what the teacher said in the end, but Zhang Dayuan was vague and refused to reveal.

In public and private, it is impossible for Zhang Dayuan to have the idea of surrendering to the Taiping Army, but the fact is that this person does not support Lin Tianqing's claim. And because Zhang Dayuan has the elite of the Yunnan defenders in his hands, if he is negative or has a heart to oppose the water, Lin Tianqing's plan to stick to Yunnan and count on changes in the north to win vitality is very ridiculous.

For several days in a row, Lin Tianqing either directly interrogated him head-on, or asked someone to knock on the side, trying to find out Zhang Dayuan's true thoughts, but he found nothing. Things quickly went to the side that Lin Tianqing didn't want to see, except for the thousands of elites in the hands of Zhang Dayuan, the Wu army in Yunnan was adapted from the original Ming army, so after knowing that Guizhou was occupied by the Taiping army, which was also the Ming army, some generals inevitably had other thoughts.

Lin Tianqing finally felt the helplessness and distress of his teacher during the Battle of Songshan, because his generals didn't listen to him at all. After receiving a secret report that there were unknown people in and out of Zhang Dayuan's camp in recent days, Lin Tianqing resolutely gritted his teeth and struck first.

This "strike first" is not that Lin Tianqing has the courage to solve Zhang Dayuan, he wants to, but he doesn't have the strength. The "first strike" he wanted was to express goodwill to the Taiping army first, and strive for the other side not to take the initiative to attack Yunnan. As long as the Taiping army does not attack, these generals in Yunnan who have the intention to fall into the past can't help but think about it, they can't stick their hot faces to the Taiping army's cold fart. Share it.

Surrender is also a technique, and there is no enemy in this world who will fart before he makes a move. As soon as you pout and kowtow, you will worship.

Surrender also has to be on the point, if it is early, there is no work to speak of; If it's late, there's nothing to be done.

Lin Tianqing didn't directly send people to contact the Taiping Army, he thought of a very feasible way. Didn't the Taiping army in Guizhou under the banner of welcoming back Li Dingguo outside the border, then he would be. The beauty of people brought King Li Jin back, and then politely sent him to Guizhou.

Le Tongwu, who did not know the situation outside the border, was soon found by Lin Tianqing's people and was respectfully taken to Kunming. Lin Tianqing personally hosted a banquet to entertain Le Tongwu, and was full of praise for King Li Jin and King Gongchang, and also praised Le Tongwu.

Le Tongwu is not a three-year-old child, Lin Tianqing made them suffer a lot, but his face changed, there must have been something that made this Yunnan governor so low-voiced. Immediately stacked the wine bowls and asked Lin Tianqing to explain that there was no need to make any detours.

Seeing this, Lin Tianqing didn't pretend to be any longer, thought for a moment, and told Le Tongwu what happened in Guizhou. When Le Tongwu heard that Zhou Shixiang's Taiping army had entered Guizhou to pick up His Royal Highness King Jin and His Royal Highness King Gongchang to return to China, he was overjoyed. Subsequently, he was shocked by the death of Emperor Yongli and was speechless for a long time.

Under Lin Tianqing's arrangement, Le Tongwu and his entourage were secretly sent to Guiyang. Shao Jiugong, who had just rushed to Guiyang from Guangxi to preside over the overall situation, personally received Le Tongwu, and then sent people to rush the news of King Jin to Jinxia for 800 li.

"King Li Jin and King Gongchang and the soldiers under their command are the backbone of my Ming Dynasty and the heroes of our Han people. There is a saying that if you don't know King Li Jin in your life, it is in vain to be a hero. Ben Shuai has been in the army for several years, and he should be a hero in the eyes of others, but I haven't seen King Li Jin for a day, and my hero is always not worthy of his name. ”

When Zhou Shixiang said this, he suddenly sighed to Yao Wenlong, the guard beside him: "You know, some of those survivors of Xinhui think that if it weren't for King Li Jin, their relatives would not have been captured and killed by the Qing army. But is this really the case, do you and you really want to blame King Li Jin? ”

"Of course I don't blame King Li Jin, when King Jin withdraws his troops to relieve the siege, the food in the city can still be eaten for three months." Yao Wenlong's face was expressionless, his eyes were extremely cold, but his nostrils were slightly dilated.

"Some people just can't tell who is the culprit, they just don't understand, if it weren't for the Tartars who entered Guangdong, occupied the world of my Han family, and killed the people of my Han family, how would King Li Jin and them raise troops to resist? ... Fighting always kills people, and instead of blaming the culprit who enslaved us, we blame our heroes for not resisting, and obediently obey the people like them, and be the cattle and horses of the Tartars, so that their relatives do not have to die, this truth is always unreasonable. ”

Zhou Shixiang turned his head a little painfully, and his voice became very cold.

"Later, I heard someone in Guangzhou say that Xinhui's daughter is incense, and I heard that Li Shutai is also going to ask the Qing court for a reward for us who survived Xinhui, and want to erect a monument and engrave it for us."

Yao Wenlong still didn't say anything, but his eyes were very red. His daughter is also fragrant and is six years old.

Zhou Shixiang stood up and no longer talked about the most hated and painful thing in his heart, he patted his somewhat greasy hand and instructed Xu Yingyuan: "Ask Shao Jiugong to send a message to Le Tongwu, and ask General Le to tell King Jin and His Royal Highness Gong that my Taiping Army will do its best to solve Yunnan, and once Yunnan is solved, then King Jin and His Royal Highness Gong will return to China." In the future, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains will still need the help of King Jin and His Royal Highness Gong. ”