According to the counting, there are 4,652 officers and soldiers in the Li Division, 4,782 people in Jiakou, 350 horses, 3 elephants, more than 1,200 guns, 100 tiger squat cannons and 100 big poles, and 126 accompanying officials. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThere are also a small number of Tusi soldiers called the Soldiers, and the number is about 800.

Because the officers and men of the Li Division had not been able to receive food supplies outside the border for many years, most of them were malnourished and lacked weapons, and it was difficult for them to quickly restore their former combat effectiveness and devote themselves to the war against the Qing Dynasty in a short period of time. Therefore, after discussing with Li Dingguo, Shao Jiugong moved the officers and soldiers of Li to Kunming in batches for resettlement, rested for half a year and replenished, and then transferred.

According to this plan, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan's department, together with the Wu Army in Yunnan, will be reorganized into three towns, one first-class town, one first-class town, and one first-class town, and one first-class town, which will be under the unified command of the Third Theater.

After the reorganization, the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled people were all laid off on the spot, given severance pay, and resettled in various parts of Yunnan. Li Bu's family with the army was also settled in Kunming.

The soldiers of the three towns were respectively commanded by the general soldier Wu Sanxing, the governor Zhang Dayuan, the former Sun Kewang drove the general army of the front army, and Zhou Guoding, who later surrendered to the Taiping army in the battle of Liuzhou.

After learning about the differences between the three towns of the Taiping Army, B, and C, Li Dingguo had no opinion on this reorganization plan, but was very happy. Because his subordinates were reorganized into a first-class town, this means that Zhou Shi recognized the combat effectiveness of his soldiers relative to him, and he really trusted him Li Dingguo, otherwise, he would not have reorganized his subordinates into the ninth first-class town of the Taiping Army.

After experiencing Sun Kewang's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the fall of the southwest, the exile outside the border, and the repeated rescues but being regarded as a rebel, and his loyalty in exchange for constant betrayal, Li Dingguo has really seen through it now. In the past, he was dedicated to supporting Zhu Ming, expelling Manchuria, and restoring China. Now, he just wants his old brothers who have followed him for more than ten years to return to their hometown - Shaanxi in this life, and as for who the Son of Heaven will do, he no longer cares.

In the early years, Li Dingguo had the idea of fighting for power and profit with Sun Kewang, and even he faintly regretted that he should not have been co-opted by Zhu Youlang back then, and betrayed his righteous brother Sun Kewang, resulting in the complete destruction of the foundation of the Great Western Army.

How Zhu Youlang died, Li Dingguo didn't care at all, he was really chilled by this cowardly and incompetent emperor. He only hopes that Zhou Shixiang can promise that Li Dingguo can face off against the Manchus again on the battlefield and avenge the thousands of compatriots who died.

Under this mentality, Li Dingguo naturally could not have any dissatisfaction or objection to the reorganization of the troops and the arrangements of generals at all levels, even if he saw that this arrangement was a bit guarded against him, he would turn a blind eye. However, Bai Wenxuan's brows were furrowed, and he felt a little unhappy.

The reason why Bai Wenxuan was unhappy was because Zhang Dayuan was an eagle dog under Hong Chengchou, and when he was admiring Yunnan, he made the Ming army outside the border suffer, so Zhang Dayuan and his subordinates had a blood feud. But now this person has become a general of the Taiping Army, which inevitably makes him feel guilty. It is conceivable that if Zhang Dayuan hadn't gotten rid of Lin Tianqing, Yunnan would not have changed so quickly anyway. It's a little later, and I don't know how many corpses are lying in wait outside the city of Kapok Prefecture, and he and King Jin may not be able to survive.

Thinking like this, Bai Wenxuan's hatred for Zhang Dayuan faded, but for Zhou Guoding, he still couldn't let go of his hatred. This person, in his opinion, is a despicable and shameless villain, but somehow he took such shit luck and became the general of the Taiping Army.

After Zhou Guoding knew that he had been appointed as the town general of Yunnan Provisional Town, his heart was also gloomy. He was worried that Bai Wenxuan would find trouble for him, because he had betrayed Sun Kewang with Bai Wenxuan and defected to Li Dingguo, but after the Qing army entered Yunnan, he immediately defected to the Qing Dynasty and participated in the siege of Bai Wenxuan, causing Bai Wenxuan to flee south in panic, and even the golden seal of King Gongchang was captured by the Qing army.

This battle was also the most embarrassing and deadliest battle in Bai Wenxuan's life, and his wife and two sons were killed by the Qing army in this battle.

With this deep hatred, Bai Wenxuan gritted his teeth at Zhou Guoding, a traitor, and Zhou Guoding was sure that Bai Wenxuan hated himself to the bone, so he didn't want to go to Yunnan to be this town general, let alone meet Bai Wenxuan. Although the other party is the king of the county, he is now a brigade school in the Taiping Army, as long as he avoids him, it will be difficult for Bai Wenxuan to dare to come to his military camp to find him!

Zhou Guo made up his mind not to go, and asked the war zone to reappoint candidates, but Shao Jiugong, the governor of the war zone, ignored him and told him that unless he breathed his last breath, the town would not be able to treat him properly.

There was no way, Zhou Guoding couldn't really wipe his neck, so he had to go to Yunnan to take office under the eyes of Lu Sanxiang, a colleague who was also from the former army, and others.

Halfway through, Zhou Guoding was in high spirits, because he thought that although Bai Wenxuan was a county king, the phoenix in distress was not as good as a chicken, if he really dared to trouble his own town, it would be a big deal to have a hard top with him, and Bai Wenxuan would not dare to really offend the Taiping Army if he wanted to come. What he thought before was to scare himself, he Bai Wenxuan had just been rescued from the border, so he dared to attack him, a meritorious general of the Taiping Army who had entered the southwest? If he really dares to do this, it is a rebellion, and he can lead his troops to kill him directly.

After being open-minded, Zhou Guoding really had all kinds of courage, and this courage was the Taiping Army standing behind him, and it was his identity. He didn't believe that Bai Wenxuan had eaten the bear's heart and the leopard, and dared to touch him, the general of the Taiping Army.

At the same time, Zhou Guoding was also speculating that the governor of the war zone let such a person who was not dealing with Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan go to Yunnan to be a town general, did he also have the intention of monitoring Li Bai's old department?

As soon as this idea came out, the more Zhou Guoding thought about it, the more right it became, because Zhang Dayuan, another town general, was not from the Great Western Army, and he couldn't go with Li and Bai, and even had hatred with Li and Bai. Therefore, Zhang Dayuan, like himself, can only go by hugging the thighs of the Taiping Army, and will never fall to Li and Bai.

The soldiers of the three towns in Yunnan, now the town in the three provinces of Wu is adapted from the old department of Li and Bai, and the other two are completely in the Taiping Army, so what Li and Bai want to do in Yunnan, I am afraid that it is impossible.

At least, that's how Zhou Guoding sees it.

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After Zhou Guoding left, Shao Jiugong shook his head, in addition to having a headache about how to reorganize the Wu army in Yunnan and Li Dingguo's department, he also had a headache about how to be the governor of the third war zone under the control of the king of Jin.

Shao Jiugong, the governor of the third war zone, is really not good.

Zhou Shixiang treated Li Dingguo well, hoping that Li Dingguo would be able to show his prestige as King Li Jin again in the war against the Qing Dynasty in the future, so he did not completely weaken Li Dingguo and summoned him to Nandu to be an idle prince, but clearly explained to the Third War Zone, in addition to accepting the orders and deployment of the Dadu Governor's Office and the appointment and dismissal of generals, Li Dingguo was responsible for the actual battle command.

With this order, Shao Jiugong naturally did not dare to disobey the order, so he asked Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan to go to Guiyang to prepare for the battle of leaving Sichuan and entering Shaanxi half a year later. At that time, Li Dingguo will command the third theater to enter the northwest with the dignity of the prince.

For Li Dingguo, although Shao Jiugong was born in the Manchu Green Battalion, he was also very respectful and willing to accept Li Dingguo's command. But there are some things that he can't help but think about in advance. The marshal respects Li Dingguo and does not wary of him at all, but the third theater is one of the five major theaters of the Taiping Army, and the New Fifth Army under its jurisdiction is also one of the five main forces of the Taiping Army, and there are as many as 12 other B-level and C-level towns. In addition to the three towns that are now reorganized in Yunnan, there are 3 first-class towns, 4 B-level towns, and 8 C-level towns under the jurisdiction of the entire Third War Zone, with a total strength of more than 150,000 troops.

Such a huge force is beyond the reach of any of the other four theaters, although the real combat effectiveness may not be in the forefront, but after all, the real soldiers and horses are here. In addition, the third theater is also the largest theater in the territory, responsible for the five provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan (southeast Sichuan), and undertakes the heavy task of attacking Shaanxi and Gansu.

Such a large war zone is that Zhou Shixiang is really completely relieved to hand over to Li Dingguo, and Shao Jiugong and the generals of the Taiping Army in the fifth war zone do not dare to really do this.

People do not hurt the tiger, and the tiger is harmful to people's hearts.

Shao Jiugong considered from the worst point of view, now Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan brought back only four or five thousand remnants from the border, so they have no ambition, nor do they have the strength to support this ambition. But is it really necessary to take over the third war zone in its entirety, and in the face of the territory of the five provinces and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, is the former fake Huang Yue and King Li Jin, who went out on behalf of the Son of Heaven, really indifferent and completely gave up power? He is willing, is Bai Wenxuan willing, and is the Ming army generals who came back from the border willing?

If there is a change in the third theater, it will be a heavy blow to the entire great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty. Shao Jiugong didn't want to see that happen, and he didn't want to see his own marshal meet Li Dingguo one day, so he made this "villain".

The appointment of Zhang Dayuan and Zhou Guoding as the town generals of the three new towns in Yunnan was a means of Shao Jiugong's prevention. At the same time, the Governor's Office of the Fifth War Zone in Guiyang also stepped up the reorganization of the former Wu Sangui Army and the Qing Dynasty's Great Western Army, and some Wu army generals who were considered untrustworthy by Shao Jiugong were quietly transferred from the army by him, or "promoted" to the imperial court, or transferred to other war zones, so as to avoid to the greatest extent the seedlings of internal division within the Third War Zone due to Li Dingguo's return.

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Before leaving Kapok, Li Dingguo sent people to Mengma, Mengyang and other places with a large number of medicinal materials, trying his best to treat the infected soldiers and collect the stragglers scattered in the dense forests of Burma. In order not to let a soldier be left outside the border, Li Dingguo specially asked Le Tongwu to set up two shelters in Taluo and Kapok, and prepare enough food and medicinal materials to ensure that every soldier who was found could step into the land of his homeland alive.

The news of the return of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, soon spread from Yunnan to all directions, and Feng Shuangli, the king of Qingyang in Jianchang, and Ai Chengye, the prince of Yan'an, sent people to Yunnan as soon as possible to express their joy at the return of the king of Jin.

After knowing that the King of Jin had returned, Wen Anzhi, the governor of Kuidong, immediately sent his second son Wen Xieji from Kuidong to Guiyang, wanting to invite the King of Jin to sit in Kuidong. This made Li Dingguo, who had just arrived in Guiyang, feel very embarrassed.