Chapter 57: High Hopes from Far Away

I just don't want to waste medicine and food to feed these wounded soldiers, and as for the other prisoners, although I don't kill them for the time being, I don't want to let them go unconditionally, and now is not the time to let them go.

Zhu Yongxing looked at the generals who had just left as if they had suddenly realized, and there was still admiration and understanding in their eyes, and he knew that they had complicated the problem, and his reason was obviously not fully recognized by them.

Who said that the ancients were simple-minded, but in fact, they often thought deeply, a lot. Just like the concise literary sentences, the expression of meaning may be multifaceted, ignoring a single word may be understood off, not to mention those many allusions, which cannot be fully understood without ten years of cold windows.

Forget it, there is no need to explain more, they think complex but can show their incomprehension. Zhu Yongxing shook his head slightly, took out a pen and paper, and wrote on it.

Every time he was writing, Zhu Yongxing had to carry others on his back, except when Mengzhu was beside him, so that he could avoid this drudgery. It's not that he doesn't trust others, but this bad character is really not easy to see, and in order to keep it secret, Zhu Yongxing deliberately wrote extremely concisely, and the key words are still written in pinyin or abbreviation. What was written was just a reminder to him, and he could use it in the future to make the Dream Bead record complete.

Na Song, Long Tao, Yu Qi, Zhou Yu, Yang Yandi...... A series of names and locations are shortened on paper, these are all characters that Zhu Yongxing may have used and recruited, and behind them are the anti-Qing deeds recorded in the annals of history.

A spark can start a prairie fire. These sparks in history were extinguished by the Qing court one by one because they were isolated or misplanned. What Zhu Yongxing wanted to do was to bring these events under his control as much as possible, so that they could break out at the right time according to his own plan, and then ignite a raging fire.

Is it still too late? Zhu Yongxing recalled, pondered, and made a heavy stroke in the abbreviation of Na Song's name. The recent, the easiest, or perhaps the most likely opportunity to hit Wu Sangui hard, is going to fall on the most powerful Tusi in Yunnan.

In Yunnan, the Ming Dynasty had more than 300 local officials, among which the strongest were the Lijiang Mu clan, the Yuanjiang Na clan and the Menghua Zuo clan, known as the three major Tusi in Yunnan. The Yuanjiang Na clan is not only strong, but also more loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and the anti-Qing uprising in history made Zhu Yongxing have high hopes for Na's blue eyes.

Militarily, the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the "native soldiers" in the hands of local officials must obey the training of local guards and institutes in peacetime, and must obey the state's requisition and deployment in wartime, and they are not allowed to lead troops across the border on their own. However, this is only for ordinary local officials, and there is no such restriction for local officials of the "military and civilian government". That is to say, the local officials of the "military and civilian government" can control the military power, integrate politics, economy, military and justice, and control the political, economic, and military lifeline of one party.

The administrative area of the "Yuanjiang Military and Civil Government" is bordered by Shiping and Lin'an (Jianshui) in the east, Annam (Jiaozhi) in the south, northern Laos in the west, Cheli and Fuhai in the southwest, Zhenyuan in the north, and Chuxiong in the northeast. However, the scope of its military jurisdiction is much larger than that of the administrative region, and once the war requires, he can exercise moderation against the surrounding prefectures and counties such as Cheli, Dahou (Yunxian), Mubang, and Zhenxiong according to the military orders of the Yunnan Governor.

The "Yuanjiang Military and Civilian Government" also has the power to use troops abroad. For example, in the nineteenth year of Ming Hong, the second year of Longqing, the third year of Longqing, and the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Yuanjiang military and civilian governments all carried out military operations abroad to assist the Ming army in defending the territory and defending the country.

During the military operation of "Three Expeditions to Luchuan", the Yuanjiang Military and Civil Government commanded the East Road Column, and more than 50,000 native soldiers from Hemubang, Mengtong Zhuzhai, Cheli and Dahou opened the passage from Mubang to Luchuan, and gathered with the men and horses of various columns in Luchuan to coordinate with the Ming army.

After many years of conquest, the Yuanjiang Military and Civilian Government has formed a powerful local armed force with actual combat capability and technical combat experience. According to the record of "Yuanjiang Mansion": Nong people (now Dai people), their species in Yuanjiang and Guangnan are the same...... The long skill is in the gun, the person who can cover the toe, the sword, shield and gun armor, the sleeping place is not separated, the day fights, Fang, Yang, Pu, Li four surnames Luoluo, known as good at fighting, the strongest among the Yi.

There may be exaggerations, but Zhu Yongxing knew that Wu Sangui could personally conquer and hold out for several months under the large-scale attack of the Qing army, and the strength of Yuanjiang Nasong was indeed considerable. If it weren't for the mutinous local officials who led the Qing army to the road, they avoided the ambush of Yuanjiang Nasong; If it weren't for the Ming general Zhu Yangen, who was afraid of the strength of the Qing army, he didn't dare to attack to respond to Yuanjiang on the side; If it weren't for Na Song's stubbornness, he didn't contact Li Dingguo in advance, and he would have been isolated......

The occurrence of history has its inevitability, and it is also determined by countless accidents. If he does it all over again, Zhu Yongxing is confident that he will fight the Battle of Yuanjiang better, even if he can't use it to reverse the situation in Yunnan, he will also break down a few teeth of Wu Sangui, an old traitor.

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Zhu Yongxing led several remnants of the army to start a big battle with the Qing army in Gaoligong Mountain, and the Qing army in Yongchang, Dali, Yao'an and other places all took action, or drew troops to reinforce, or provided grain and grass materials, and the news inevitably spread in western Yunnan.

Of course, this is exactly what Zhu Yongxing wants. In a situation full of disappointment, he appeared as the superintendent of state affairs left behind by the clan, and challenged the seemingly powerful Qing army, which was no less than a lightning bolt that pierced the gloomy sky.

Some people see hope and have the courage to persevere; Some people are not very sure and act cautiously and carefully to obtain greater benefits; Others saw it as a dying struggle, believing it to be nothing more than a futile revolt that would soon be defeated by the Qing army.

Even if the edict was conveyed through the Zheng family, Zhu Yongxing could not expect to make everyone change their minds, but hoped that his actions would at least make some Ming generals delay their surrender, or try to win over some Ming generals who were still hesitant.

The Ming army in Sichuan is already irretrievable, Zhu Yongxing is beyond the reach of the whip, and there is not enough time. There is still hope for the Ming army scattered in western Yunnan, and there are many generals who can recruit and fight in battle, only if they can see hope, they may not categorically abandon the officials who have already arrived, and become a general who is desperate to surrender. Moreover, shaving hair is easy to wear for many people, and there is huge psychological pressure.

According to Zhu Yongxing's guess, there will be many generals who have the mentality that they can drag on for a while, and they have soldiers in their hands, so why not be heavy?