Hearing that Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, was back, Yongli, who was eating, didn't even eat, and rushed to meet him in a panic.

"The King of Jin is back, how is the military situation on the front line, can the Qing army be repulsed?" As soon as he saw Li Dingguo, Yongli asked what he was most concerned about this month.

"The minister is incompetent, the minister is guilty, and the minister fails the saint! The minister suffered a defeat in Guizhou and failed to drive the Qing army out! ”

Li Dingguo was dusty, and his clothes were full of dust, so he was in a hurry all the way. But seeing that the emperor was so flustered, he was already uneasy because of the defeat, and immediately felt guilty and knelt down in front of Emperor Yongli.

"Huh? Defeated? Yongli was taken aback, "When was King Jin defeated?" Why didn't you report it to me? How many soldiers and horses does King Jin still have, where are they stationed, and the soldiers may fight again? Can the king of Jin be sure to block the Qing army in Guizhou, if not, can Kunming be sure to hold it? If Kunming can't hold on, where am I going? ”

Yongli's series of questions made Li Dingguo unable to answer for a while, and looked at him in a daze. Yongli came to his senses and knew that he had lost his temper, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Dingguo up, and sighed: "What is Aiqing's crime? It's my incompetence, and I'm tired of Aiqing! ”

"Holy Lord, Minister"

Li Dingguo slowly got up with great self-reproach, but when he stood up, he found that the emperor's face had become extremely pale, and at that moment, the guilt came to his heart, which only made his nose sour, and he couldn't help choking. He choked up, where is Yongli comfortable, King Jin is his backbone, the backbone is like this, his future is even bleaker, and he is crying at the moment. As a result, after Ma Jixiang, Wang Kun, Mu Tianbo, Guo Zhiqi, Hou Zhen, Fu Gang, Lei Yuelong and other courtiers rushed to hear the news, they found that the emperor and the king of Jin were hugging and crying. Suddenly, the hearts of the ministers immediately cast a shadow, it seems that the king of Jin failed to recapture Guizhou, the Qing army is about to enter Yunnan in a big way, and the future of the court is worrying.

Li Dingguo cried for a while, and found that Ma Jixiang and the others were here, and the emperor was also crying bitterly, knowing that if this continued, it would inevitably make the emperor and the ministers lose confidence. He wiped away his tears with his dusty sleeves, and said to Yongli with vigor: "The saint doesn't have to be sad, the matter has not reached the point of no return, and the minister can gather troops and horses to fight against the Qing soldiers again!" ”

"Can King Jin still fight?"

Emperor Yongli has no idea in his heart, and he is also very suspicious, Li Dingguo cried just now, and he suffered a defeat in Guizhou, can he fight again now?

Seeing that the emperor's confidence was insufficient, Li Dingguo regretted that he should not have lost his temper in front of the emperor, which caused the monarch's heart to be shaken, so he said: "The saint does not have to doubt, the minister took the initiative to withdraw from Guizhou, the strength of the soldiers and horses of the headquarters has not been broken, and the Qing army Wu Sangui has also been severely damaged by the minister, and it will not be able to kill it for a while and a half." The minister ordered the headquarters to be stationed in Luoping to prevent the Qing army from going south, and rushed back to the court in the starry night, just to talk to the saint about the whole army and then fight. ”

Guo Zhiqi heard Li Dingguo say that his headquarters soldiers and horses had not been broken, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as long as the strength of the Jin King's headquarters was still there, plus Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli, the Qing army would never be able to hit Kunming in the short term. In addition to cooperating with the King of Jin to fight again, it is also imperative to immediately ask the emperor to issue an order to marry the lord of Changle County to Zhou Shixiang, so that he can restrain the soldiers and horses of Guangdong to come to King Qin, if he can't hold on to it, then talk about the marriage of King Qin, and even allow the prince, but it is too late.

There are more than 20 courtiers who rushed to hear the news, although these courtiers are the courtiers of Yongli, but everyone knows that the court really relies on Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, and the king of Jin is the pillar of this court, if even Li Dingguo can't defeat the Qing army, this court will definitely not be able to keep it. Therefore, as soon as they heard that the King of Jin was defeated by the Qing army and retreated to Yunnan, what they thought was not that the strength of the Jin King's headquarters was still there, but that the capital was broken, and even the invincible Li Dingguo was defeated, who else in this court could be saved, and who else could stop the Qing army!

Ma Jixiang's face was bitter, and some of the six gods had no master. The others also had ugly faces, all thinking about where they would go in the future, everyone was anxious, even Mu Tianbo, who had always been loyal, had no idea.

Emperor Yongli looked at these ministers who were standing very neatly, but their faces were all panicked, and then at Li Dingguo, who was already firm, he couldn't help but say to the ministers: "King Jin is newly defeated, but the soldiers and horses of his headquarters have not been broken, and he intends to reorganize his troops and horses to fight with the Qing army, what do you think?" ”

These words made Li Dingguo stunned, he had already made it clear that he was going to fight again with his troops, and the emperor meant to ask the ministers whether they could fight or not.

Guo Zhiqi also frowned slightly, secretly saying that the emperor is not confused, and the king of Jin is loyal and brave, if you want to fight again, you should give your full support, and ask for the opinions of others again. If someone says that they can't fight, is it difficult to ask the king of Jin not to fight, and to abandon Yunnan?

Some of the courtiers also thought of this section, and they were all puzzled by the emperor's actions. Li Dingguo did not dare to question the emperor, so he had to turn his head to look at the ministers, hoping that the ministers could express their positions together and fully support him in fighting the Qing army again. I didn't want to, but Ma Jixiang suddenly stepped forward and said to the emperor: "Holy Lord, the minister thinks that the defeat of King Jin is not for other reasons, but because there are many soldiers in Qianqing. If Guizhou is still in the hands of our dynasty, the king of Jin can enter Guizhou and the Qing army to deal around, now Guizhou has been lost, our dynasty only has a province of Yunnan, if the king of Jin and the Qing army fight again, if defeated, I am afraid that our dynasty will have no foothold. Therefore, the minister thought that at the same time as the king of Jin re-fought the army, the imperial court should abandon Kunming and retreat to the west of Yunnan, which was a foolproof strategy! ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar, and Yongli was even more shocked: "Why do you want the imperial court to retreat to western Yunnan?" ”

Ma Jixiang ignored the angry eyes of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, and said: "Western Yunnan is located on the border, the terrain is complex, if you defend it, there is a barrier to rely on, and if you attack, you can also attack immediately. If the king of Jin is defeated, we can also withdraw to Burma when the mountains and rivers are exhausted! Burma is not the land of the Qing Dynasty, if we live here, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to interfere! He obviously didn't think that King Jin would win the battle again, but made the most unsuccessful plan.

"Holy Lord, this plan is not allowed!"

Guo Zhiqi and the scholar Fugang spoke out at the same time to stop them, they were not confused!

Ma Jixiang glared angrily at Guo and Fu Er, and said unhappily: "Why can't I make this strategy?" ”

Guo Zhiqi said angrily: "If you retreat to western Yunnan, you will fall into a desperate situation!" Although Myanmar is not the land of the Qing Dynasty, but Myanmar is small, the Qing Dynasty is powerful, if it is pressed by force, Myanmar will not offend the Qing Dynasty and protect the saint! ”

Li Dingguo was also trembling with anger at Ma Jixiang's words, and he said angrily: "Holy Lord, although the minister was defeated, he did not reach the end of the mountain. If you gather all the soldiers and horses, you can still fight to the death with the Qing soldiers! It is not yet known who killed the deer. If the imperial court retreats to western Yunnan at this moment, the army will inevitably be unstable, and the ministers can fight to the end, but others are afraid that they can't! ”

Li Dingguo only had to say that if the imperial court retreated to western Yunnan, no matter how disappointed he was, he Li Dingguo would still be able to work for Yongli, and the others might not be, and they would be cleared up one by one. Retreating from western Yunnan is a stinky chess in a stinky chess, which is even more stinky than when Yongli retreated from Zhaoqing to Guangxi.

Ma Jixiang didn't know if he was really afraid of the Qing army, or he still wanted to oppose Li Dingguo, so he actually held on and said: "As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain!" The new defeat of the king of Jin is bound to decline, and if he reluctantly gathers his forces to fight against the Qing army, he can only increase the new defeat. If you lose again, there will be nowhere to escape! ”

Fu Na said angrily: "The country is huge, there is no place for us, I have to go to the Jedi of western Yunnan!" ”

Ma Jixiang snorted and said, "Although the country is big, it is difficult to tolerate two days a day, do you dare to say that the King of Jin will win the battle again?" If it is not victorious, the imperial court will still stay in Kunming, and the Qing army will arrive, how to escape? If the imperial court falls into the hands of the Qing army, will the Ming Dynasty still have a chance to prosper? Now that he has retreated to western Yunnan, the reputation of the imperial court is not good, but there is still a chance to come back! ”

"The saint must not listen to Ma Jixiang's bewitchment, and he can't go to western Yunnan!" Guo Zhiqi said angrily: "The minister thought that at this moment, he should order the King of Jin to fake Huang Yue to go on the expedition, and then order the soldiers and horses from all over the country to come to King Qin quickly, and the court must not retreat to western Yunnan, otherwise how to call King Qin's soldiers and horses to deal with themselves!" ”

Ma Jixiang sneered: "Yunnan is surrounded by the Qing army, where did the soldiers and horses of King Qin come from!" ”

Guo Zhiqi said: "There are soldiers in Guangdong, you can call the Guangdong soldiers into Guangxi, so that even if Yunnan can't be saved, the imperial court can also be moved to Guangdong by the Guangdong soldiers!" ”

"It turns out that you, Scholar Guo, still have the idea of Guangdong! Guo Zhiqi, you dare to say that you have confiscated the benefits of Guangdong, otherwise how could you think that even the imperial court would have to move to Guangdong! ”

Seeing that Ma Jixiang was still framing himself at this time, Guo Zhiqi was so angry that he couldn't speak, Yongli saw that Guo Zhiqi's face was red, and he was afraid that something would happen to him, so he hurriedly ordered the inner eunuch to move a stool for Guo Zhiqi to sit on, but a small eunuch outside happily rushed into the main hall and shouted happily: "Long live Lord, Guangdong has come to report the victory again!" (To be continued.) )