"Your Majesty, news came from Zhou Ze's side, Zhang Xianzhong had been executed by him, but it was claimed that it was killed by Prince Su Haoge, in addition, the general of Jianyu Zhengxi, Prince Su Haoge, led his troops into Sichuan to seize Chengdu from Sun Kewang, and now Sun Kewang has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and proclaimed himself the King of Shu, while Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were entrenched in Xuzhou, and Ai Nengqi hanged himself when the city of Chongqing was broken; Zhou Ze asked for instructions, when will he turn against the water? ”

After the Jinyi Wei commanded Wu Mengming to report to Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen was not very embarrassed: "Since Zhang Xianzhong is dead, the war in the southwest means entering a new stage, tell Zhou Ze that after Jinyiwei secretly transfers his wife and children back to Daming, he will be informed of the accurate time of the anti-water, in this regard, you Jinyiwei have to put more effort into this." ”

"In addition, tell Zhou Ze to let the main force of Haoge Zhenglan Banner enter Sichuan, once he arrives at Baoning Mansion, he will immediately inform us of the news, since Haoge is coming, let him have no return, Sichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times, but it is also easy to trap people, so that Zhou Ze must ensure that all the checkpoints from Baoning Mansion to Hanzhong and Mianzhou to Hanzhong are in his hands, and when the time comes, Haoge will be trapped in Sichuan so that he can't get out!"

After Zhu Youzhen gave this order, Wu Mengming, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, also responded and went down to implement Zhu Youzhen's will.

At this time, Li Yan also walked in: "Your Majesty, after the first corps of the Seventh Army of the Guards Army, Weng Zhengchun, was ordered to be transferred to Anshun, and has successively recovered Zhenxiong, Wusa, Wumeng and other prefectures, and has now occupied Jiading Prefecture, Yan Yingyuan of the Second Corps has entered the Yongan Xuanfu Division and captured Shihu Pass, since the capture of Chongqing, Yuan Zong's first department has occupied Fushun, Yang Zhan's department has now recovered Dongchuan, Mahu and other prefectures, and now it has occupied Qianwei, and Li Dingguo's department and Liu Wenxiu's department in Xuzhou have been unable to fly!" ”

"Okay, pass on the order of Gao Jie, the chief soldier of Guizhou, to set off for Nanxi in three days, I want to meet this Li Dingguo, this time to see if he can escape, all the armies from all walks of life are assembled in the direction of Xuzhou."

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he took Li Yan, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, out of Zunyi City.

Nearly 300,000 Ming troops came towards the Xuzhou Mansion with great fanfare, without any cover-up, all with guns and cannons, and the Ming army had appeared in the entire Xuzhou Mansion, and Li Dingguo didn't want to know that the Ming army appeared.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of Li Dingguo in the entire Xuzhou Mansion were already panicking.

"Second brother, tell me how it is good now, the Ming army is strong, I'm afraid we will not be defeated!" 、

Liu Wenxiu was also very anxious to ask about Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo himself is at a loss.

At this time, Ma Shiying was ordered by Zhu Youzhen to rush to the city of Xuzhou with Zhang Tongchang's Praetorian Battalion. ‘

"This official is the Ming Dynasty Wu Yingdian University scholar Ma Shiying, today by His Majesty's decree to ask to see General Li, but also hope that General Li will take the time to see, although everyone has been each other's enemies, but in the end are the Han family children, now the Qing army Hulu invaded Bashu, my Ming Emperor His Majesty intends to go on a northern expedition, cleanse the universe, and clear the universe, and I am willing to appease General Li as my minister of the Ming Dynasty and help General Li achieve eternal achievements!

"If General Li is willing to belong to the Ming Dynasty, please open the city to allow Ma to see a certain meeting, three days later to offer Xuzhou City, Your Majesty is still willing to abide by the previous letter promise to retain General Li's existing official title, if General Li is unwilling to belong to the Ming Dynasty, our army will break the city in three days, and the people in the city will not survive a single person, all because of your General Li's stubbornness!"

As soon as Ma Shiying shouted, someone soon passed the news to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo's heart was mixed, and he knew that he was no longer the opponent of the Ming army.

At this time, some generals within Li Dingguo also began to agitate and began to persuade Li Dingguo to join the Ming Dynasty, and even the middle and lower-level officers became more intense.

Liu Wenxiu finally couldn't help but ask Li Dingguo: "Otherwise, it's better to surrender, second brother, it's better than surrendering." ”

"But have you ever thought about it, if we descend to Ming, we will become enemies with our eldest brother from now on, in addition, we have fought with the Ming army for a lifetime, how can they easily spare us?"

"Big brother, he himself chose to recognize the thief as his father, if his father is reincarnated, he will never allow him to do this, and if we don't surrender to the Ming now, how can we resist the Qing Dynasty, and how can we avenge our father!

Moreover, we are Han people in the end, now that the Ming court intends to go on a northern expedition, in the humble opinion of the third brother, attaching to the Ming Dynasty may be the only way out, even if we are really punished in the future, it is just the crime of our rebellion back then, if it were not for us, the people of the world would not be miserable so much. Moreover, Li Yan and Gao Yigong, who rebelled in the past, have all joined the imperial court, and now they are all high-ranking officials. ”

As soon as Liu Wenxiu said this, Li Dingguo suddenly looked at Liu Wenxiu: "According to your meaning, are you determined to belong to the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Second brother! I'm just talking about things, don't you still understand today, people are not unable to break the city, it's not that they can't annihilate us, we are already the turtle in the urn, the dignified scholars outside take a bite of General Li, the Ming Emperor wrote to you personally, for what, it's not a pity that you are a general, the scholar dies for his confidant, people are sincere to this point, how long do you want to be stubborn! ”

Li Dingguo was silent, and at this time, Tang Ming, the general under his command, suddenly broke in with a large group of generals:

"General, the last general and others have the courage to implore the general to belong to the Ming Dynasty, we would rather follow the Ming Dynasty than shave their hair and follow the Qing army, we don't want to be Hulu's minions!" Checkmate! ”

"Tang Ming, you are trying to force the general, don't think that the general will not dare to kill you!"

Li Dingguo was furious and immediately drew his sword to kill Tang Ming, and Liu Wenxiu immediately hugged Li Dingguo:

"Second brother, these are brothers who have followed you from birth to death for many years, Tang Ming has saved your life three times, even if you don't think about your own way out, you have to think about their way out!"

"Okay, since I want to be attached, I will only belong to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, let Zhu Youzhen come, and let him come in person! I won't descend to that dog officer outside! ”

Li Dingguo roared angrily.

Not long after, Ma Shiying also learned that Li Dingguo was only willing to join Zhu Youzhen and was unwilling to see him, so he had to send someone to ask Zhu Youzhen for advice.

"It can be seen how popular you officials have become, Li Yan seems to have said the same thing back then, only willing to surrender to me and unwilling to surrender to a hundred officials, does this make a difference, okay, I will go to meet him Li Dingguo for a while!"

Zhu Youzhen said that he ordered someone to send a message to Li Dingguo, and met in Luolong Town, Nanxi County, on the 3rd.

Li Dingguo did feel much better after hearing that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen agreed to see him in person, first of all, he did not expect that the military heart of his army belonged to the Ming Dynasty, so he no longer had the intention of setting up his own door, and now he heard that the Ming Emperor wanted to see himself in person and did feel content, and was ready to join the Ming Dynasty.

(End of chapter)