Chapter 120: The General Trend, the Decision
"Shunzhi is dead, change his name to Kangxi-" When Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, received the news, he had already complied with the order and led his army to the north of Wuding, and formed an encirclement of Kunming with the men and horses of Bai Wenxuan, the king of Zhao, on the west and northwest sides.
Although Zhu Yongxing's proverbs to disturb Wu Sangui's mind are rarely known internally, they do not include Li Dingguo. Of course, Zhilu Dao is Zhilu Dao, he only regarded it as a strategy to attack the heart, and did not take it seriously. Now, the proverbs have come true one by one, and his shock is no less than that of Wu Sangui.
The Min Domain is already in power, and no one can compete with it. After the government's official newspaper published the agreement reached between Zhu Yongxing and Burma, as well as several edicts from Yongli, Li Dingguo clearly understood this.
The emperor voluntarily stayed in Burma, not that Zhu Yongxing was unwilling to welcome him; Daming is no longer the suzerainty of Myanmar, and he deigns to send money and gifts, but Zhu Yongxing is thinking about the safety of Yongli monarchs and ministers, and it is all the fault of Yongli monarchs and ministers to lose power and humiliate the country; There is also the edict that in exchange for the favor of the Burmese authorities, "I have sailed to Fujian, and the officers and soldiers of all battalions will come later, and they can fight to exterminate them", I don't know how many soldiers and righteous soldiers are chilled and discouraged.
knew that Lu Dao was deliberately done by Zhu Yongxing to hit Yongli's prestige, but Li Dingguo had nothing to say. Who is to blame, Yongli is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is not angry, and he can only blame himself.
The emperor is giving up power step by step, Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, is helpless, Zhu Yongxing now represents the imperial court, even if he is grateful for Yongli's kindness, he doesn't dare, he can't do anything. Otherwise, Zhu Yongxing can accuse him of being a rebel and a thief.
The crown prince died, although Li Dingguo grieved for a while, but after thinking about it, it also created conditions for bloodless power alternation in the future. I hope that Min Fan will keep his promise and not wave a butcher's knife at his own people. so that the eternal calendar can have a good end.
"King, I'm afraid this is the last battle in Yunnan Province." Pingyang Marquis Jin Tongwu urged him to step forward and interrupted Li Dingguo's thoughts.
Li Dingguo came back to his senses, nodded and said: "Yes, this time, the soldiers and horses of western Yunnan, eastern Yunnan, and southern Yunnan are moving together, and His Royal Highness Min has made up his mind. It's time to recover Yunnan Province. ”
"His Royal Highness Min is really cautious, if the provincial city is recovered, he is sure before." Jin Tongwu said with a smile: "If you don't take action unless there is the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, hehe, it's okay, Wu Thief is afraid that he will be punished by the head." ”
Before, it was an internal turmoil, but now under the operation, the Min Fan has been confident and no longer worries about the matter of driving. but to make a contribution to himself and increase his prestige.
Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, smiled bitterly, and he couldn't say this.
"His Royal Highness Min's edict said that he would buy women to settle down for the veterans who settled in Sichuan, which is really a big deal, and these guys below are very eager!" Jin Tongwu gently slapped his combat boots with a horsewhip and smiled happily, "Fighting in the east and west, rolling in the swords and guns." It is also a blessing for them to be able to have a peaceful life after being discharged from the army. ”
Li Dingguo exhaled a long breath gently. Knowing the general trend of the Dao, the Min Domain's methods are clever, and the hearts of the soldiers have been collected, even if the generals of the army want to make a mess, in addition to the hardcore cronies, I am afraid that it is also Liao Liao. It's good. The former soldiers of the Great Western Army who followed him could get a good death, which can be regarded as fulfilling his wish.
Thinking of the abandonment of Kunming back then, the people of Kunming knew that a catastrophe was coming, and the cries inside and outside the city were boiling, and many people helped the old and the young to flee to the west with the army. Li Dingguo's heart rose again. If it weren't for His Royal Highness Min, how could he recover the old land and comfort the people of Li.
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Zhu Yongxing still maintained a cautious mind, not only mobilized the military strength of the three major theaters of western Yunnan, southern Yunnan, and eastern Yunnan, but also transferred the soldiers and horses of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, from Jianchang, so as to win the victory of recovering Yunnan Province with absolute superiority and full certainty.
In this way, the time is prolonged. But there was also a bonus, the flintlock pistols purchased and manufactured were constantly equipped with the Ming army, making the Ming army more powerful and his confidence even higher.
It's just that things in this world are often unsatisfactory, and Zhu Yongxing finally made up his mind to recover Dian Province and annihilate the army led by Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui did not give him this opportunity.
When the information about the movements of the Qing army came, it was obvious that it was a delay of several days, and since the movement of troops had not yet been put in place, Zhu Yongxing and the General Staff Department were aware of it, but they did not dare to change the plan without authorization. It wasn't until Zhang Weihan and Liu Xuanchu came to meet and tell the truth that Zhu Yongxing was really sure that Wu Sangui had run away, and his main force had also withdrawn to Qujing.
"His Royal Highness is sharp, Wu thief does not dare to resist, and has entered Guizhou to hide." Zhang Weihan's attitude was already very respectful, and he no longer had the frivolity of Dali, and the things that Zhu Yongxing expected came true one by one, and even he felt shocked and had to admire.
"So afraid of death?" Zhu Yongxing felt that the heavy fist had fallen on the cotton, and he wasted some planning and mobilization.
"There is a proverb that His Royal Highness has broken, and Wu Thief is afraid that he will not dare to step into Yunnan Province for the rest of his life." Zhang Weihan snorted disdainfully and said: "This time, I also sent someone to give a generous gift, and I want to delay the army with a fake surrender." ”
Zhu Yongxing smiled and said: "Guizhou is barren and poor, and even if Wu thief temporarily retains his strength, it is difficult to develop and expand. The Qing court pinched money and food again, forcing him to fight to the death with our army. In such a situation, he still wants to struggle in the cracks, which is really stupid. ”
Zhang Weihan nodded yes, but he still couldn't help but express the doubts in his heart, "Why is Your Highness unwilling to surrender, if you are tempted by Juelu, and then coerced by troops, there is still a great hope of success." ”
Zhu Yongxing shook his head lightly and said, "If I speak first, Wu thief will have to bargain, but he will regard himself as important; If such a traitor comes down with righteousness, I can only protect him from death at most, but Jue Lu cannot give it to him. ”
Zhang Weihan felt that Zhu Yongxing was a little harsh, but he didn't say more, just relayed Wu Sangui's meaning clearly, and added some of his own opinions and suggestions.
Zhu Yongxing fell into deep thought, and it was not easy to decide whether to agree to Wu Sangui immediately. According to the original plan, after the recovery of Yunnan Province, on the one hand, it is necessary to continue to march into Sichuan, and on the other hand, it is necessary to increase the number of troops in Guangxi and carry out strategic development. Now, if Wu Sangui is pursued and attacked, he will have to enter Guizhou, and the strategies of Sichuan and Guangxi will be postponed. Weighing the pros and cons, it is difficult to decide for a while.
"This matter needs to be carefully discussed." Zhu Yongxing said cautiously: "The Wu thief retreated into Guizhou, showing that he had no fighting spirit, and if he was too pressed, he seemed to take advantage of the Qing court's wishes. However, Wu thieves are capricious, and they should not be gullible in their words. Well, you just said that the Wu thief used a delaying tactic. ”
Zhang Weihan nodded, although Wu Sangui sent Liu Xuanchu, he was extremely cautious and tried not to leave a handle. From this point of view, Liu Xuanchu's level of trust is obviously not as good as Fang Guangchen, although it seems to be very valued, but it can also kill people. (To be continued......)