Zhang Guoyong and Zhao Desheng glanced at each other, seemed to hesitate, paused, and under Bai Wenxuan's puzzled gaze, Zhang Guoyong coughed dryly and said: "Lord Wang, this time it is not a crime to fight." If you collect troops and return to Yunnan, you should also respect the son of Min Shizi who stayed behind, right? ”

"yes!" Zhao Desheng saw that Zhang Guoyong took the lead, and also opened his mouth and echoed: "The imperial court has sent the clan to stay behind, presumably there is no intention of leaving Burma for the time being, if the son of Min is lost, the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty will fall again, and the morale of the army will be difficult to muster!" ”

Hearing this, Bai Wenxuan frowned slightly, thinking about the second general's opposition to his attempt to join forces with Li Dingguo, the king of Jin. Of course, the two generals who discussed the military arrangements discussed by Li Dingguo and him also knew about it, and it seems that they are against it!

"Guarding the clan and keeping it behind, so that the soldiers will have some attention, of course it can be." After pondering for a while, Bai Wenxuan said euphemistically: "It's just that the news is a rumor, where is Min Shizi now, and where is he going to guard?" ”

"If His Royal Highness Min enters Yunnan, there is a chance that he should go through the copper and iron pass." Zhang Guoyong guessed and said: "Our army can temporarily retreat to Mubang, and then turn to Longchuan, and send more people to inquire about the news." ”

"If it is a rumor, or His Royal Highness Min has no news, it will not be too late for our army to join forces with the King of Jin." Zhao Desheng added on the side.

According to Li Dingguo's plan, after gathering troops, they should be stationed on the Yunnan-Burma border, and establish a barrier area that starts from Cheli in the east, reaches Mubang in the west, Menggong in the south, and Weiyuan in the north. On the one hand, it can prevent the Qing army from entering Burma to pursue Yongli and the small court, and on the other hand, it can deter Burma from making any changes to Yongli.

However, the barrier areas selected by Li Dingguo are all remote places outside the border, which not only have miasma frequent, but also it is very difficult to raise grain and grass. Coupled with the suspicion of the local toast, it is not easy to settle down. Therefore, Zhang Guoyong and Zhao Desheng thought about it again and again, and decided to take a look at the movements of the clan left behind, and the last to choose to obey Li Dingguo's arrangement.

Bai Wenxuan thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's okay, His Royal Highness Min will be jealous of the Qing army as a member of the sect, and we will protect it as a guard, so as not to lose hope at home and abroad." ”

Bai Wenxuan also had opinions about Li Dingguo's previous mistakes in his heart, mainly because after Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, pacified Sun Kewang's rebellion, he acted arbitrarily and alone. Later, he was bewitched by the traitorous minister Ma Jixiang, so that he could regain power after losing power, so that the struggle between the DPRK and China was endless, and the people's hearts were lost. Yongli entered Burma, and the state affairs were ruined to this point, and it is estimated that Ma Jixiang also played a very bad role in it.

It was precisely because Bai Wenxuan was resentful of Li Dingguo that he wept and rebuked him in Dali: "The master of the people entrusts the public with the important task of restoring the sect and society with the whole division of the whole country, once it comes to this, who will be to blame?" Gong Yu Luosha River went first, and he saw countless thousands of people rushing to the sky and the earth, and they were all slaughtered? ”

But after all, Bai Wenxuan and Li Dingguo are close comrades-in-arms, and when they are in trouble, they reach out to help them as friends; In times of tribulation, we treat each other with all our hearts, and we are brothers; Between life and death, sacrificing life for death is for confidant. Therefore, although he agreed to the request of his general, he still hoped in his heart that he could build a defense zone with Li Dingguo and fight the enemy side by side.

Of course, now that Yongli and the small court can't be connected, in order to boost morale, it has become important for the clan to stay behind. It's just that the news is true or false, and Min Shizi is not sure where he is now, so he can only act on speculation.

At this time, Zhu Yongxing had already taken the Mengshan Ke tribe out of Burma Pass and had just arrived at Zhanda, which was not far from Zhang Guoyong and Zhao Desheng's speculation.

As for the news that the Great Witch of the Mengshan Ke clan had spread out of the clan through the Zheng family in advance, it could not be said that it had no effect, but limited to the communication conditions and the long and difficult journey, the speed of diffusion was indeed not as fast as Zhu Yongxing thought.

It was not until Zhu Yongxing officially began to cooperate with the Zheng family at Tongtieguan that the news spread to various places became more targeted, and the Zheng family, under the guidance of Zhu Yongxing, sent people to contact the Ming troops scattered everywhere more clearly, hoping that they would move to the land of Sanxuan and Six Comforts in southwest Yunnan.

Surrender is not an easy thing to do, give up the court to which you once served and the titles and official positions you have already obtained, betray your former comrades-in-arms and fight against them in turn, surrender in the past is preferential treatment or dethronement, is there any possibility that the temporary courtesy will be settled by the autumn queen...... All these things have to be thought about again and again, and they have to be weighed repeatedly.

If you have already had the heart to clear up, or have had this kind of plan, you will naturally have a lot less entanglement and suffering. However, judging from the original history, the surrender of Yunnan Province was later than that of Sichuan, or it was affected by the large-scale surrender of the Ming army in Sichuan, so it can be judged that the will to resist of the military generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty in Yunnan Province was still stronger than that of Sichuan.

Among them, most of the generals suffered from many difficulties such as miasma plague and insufficient supplies after retreating to the border areas, so that the number of soldiers decreased sharply, and they lost contact with each other, and finally chose to surrender. As for the civil officials, most of them lost confidence in the future after Yongli entered Burma. Because they are knowledgeable and more sensual, they hate and despise the Son of Heaven for abandoning the country and the powerful ministers for the dynasty.

But if you can see a glimmer of hope in the predicament, even if it is slim, your faith will not be extinguished; In the dark trek, you can see a spark, even if it is small, it will strive to move forward. The most frustrating thing is that in the predicament and darkness, there is no glimmer of hope, no light is seen, and despair will naturally occupy the heart, and they will have no choice to make a choice against their original will.

Since there are Ming troops who have not traveled thousands of miles to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there will also be loyal and brave generals who are not afraid to travel through mountains and rivers to serve. Zhu Yongxing thought so in his heart, but he was not too sure in reality. Therefore, he asked the Zheng family to send people to spread the news and contact them, so that the scattered Ming army could have a little hope; On the one hand, he insisted on fighting a battle with the Qing army in Tengchong, even if it failed, even if it was a fleeting spark, it also had the effect of motivating and encouraging.

And just when Zhu Yongxing personally led his troops out of Gaoligong Mountain, preparing to block Daniel Zhang, the famous general of the Qing Dynasty, one or several Ming troops who were about to travel long distances to meet each other finally appeared. A butterfly flapped its wings and finally changed the history of the end of Nanming's journey.

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The river was getting shallower, the waves were rolling, and there was a noise on the rocky beach near the shore, and the hull of the boat shook violently, and stopped, and in a short time the gangplank snapped on the shore.

Daniel Zhang, the governor of Zuodu, got off the boat and looked into the distance for a moment with a calm face before getting on his horse and moving forward surrounded by the guards and soldiers.