When Li Dingguo approached the wide carriage, he saw several generals and ministers standing around the carriage, his son Li Xiao made a compilation of his hands on the carriage, and then turned around and walked towards him, it is inconvenient to talk about private affairs here, the father and son looked at him wrongly, Li Xiao shouted in a low voice to his father, as if there was something urgent to walk away, Li Dingguo's eyes gently looked at his son's burly body and staggered away with himself, then solemnly walked to the carriage, bowed to the bead curtain in front of the carriage and said: "Minister Li Dingguo knocked to see the emperor, Long live my emperor, long live, long live. **-**”

"Huh? Is Li Aiqing here? The bead curtain in front of the carriage was opened, and Zhu Jun, who was dressed in gold-inlaid leather armor, got out of the carriage with the support of the guards on both sides, Zhu Jun's face was full of energy, this battle was really a bit risky, fortunately, the reinforcements led by him arrived in time, once the opportunity was missed, the Dingbei Army could be explained here. Now that Wu Sangui has been defeated, Nan Ming's confidant has finally been solved, and the next thing to do is how to pursue the defeated enemy who fled into the mountains and the problem of Wu Sangui's big traitor alive.

"Ahem......" Zhu Jun choked on the pungent gunpowder smoke outside the carriage, stepped forward to help Li Dingguo up, and said: "Li Aiqing quickly flattened down, if it weren't for Li Aiqing and the soldiers of the Dingbei Army who were struggling to support him this time, I'm afraid that Wu Thief would still be showing off his might at this moment." ”

Li Dingguo said humbly: "The emperor has won the award, if there is no emperor who plans thousands of miles away and sets a wise plan, I am afraid that Wechen is still nesting in the deep mountains day and night, how dare Wechen be greedy for the merits of the sky, it is just to serve some hard work." ”

When Zhu Jun heard Li Dingguo say that he was hiding in the deep mountains, he remembered the guerrilla tactics of later generations, although he had not yet formed a theory at this moment. In the hands of Li Dingguo, it is quite rudimentary. I couldn't help laughing and said, "Where is this dialect, Li Aiqing, I still have the help of your place now, come here." Swing the map up. ”

In a few moments, several guards placed a long case in the open space, and the table was covered with a long-axis map outlined in ink. Zhu Jun pointed to the rough map on the case and said: "Now that the main force of the Wu army is in ashes, although the traitor Wu Sangui has fled into the mountains, I have also sent a mountain battalion into the mountains to search for him. I believe that he will not be able to escape far, Li Aiqing, now the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou are empty in air defense, and there are no dragons. It is the time when I have recovered the two southwestern provinces, and I must not miss the opportunity. ”

Zhu Jun said with a high spirit. Although Yungui is located on the border, it is the two provinces that suffered the least in the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Not only does it have a large Han population, but the terrain is dangerous. If you occupy it, it will not only be easier to defend. can also stab in the southwest, and let the Han people in the world who were oppressed by the Manchu Qing know that the Ming Dynasty did not perish, and although Hu Hansan is gone, it is just a strategic transfer, and sooner or later he will have to fight back.

"Li Aiqing, you have fought in Yungui and are familiar with the terrain of Yunnan-Guizhou, come and see, if our army drives straight in, where should we enter Guizhou from?"

As soon as they heard that Yungui had been restored, the faces of the generals and ministers around the city suddenly turned red, and they gathered around the long case, looking greedily at the rough map of Yungui. Li Dingguo's expression moved, he glanced at Zhu Jun deeply, and finally fell on the map, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has the courage to admonish, if you want to take Yunnan lightly, it is necessary for Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, to be in command, as long as Mu Tianbo enters Guizhou, naturally all the people will be attached, and tens of thousands of defenders who have lost their commanders will lay down their weapons without Wang Shi moving a knife or a gun." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Jun obviously does not believe that Mu Tianbo has this prestige, although the history books record that the Mu family has guarded Yunnan for three hundred years, and has been kind to all ethnic groups in Yunnan, and even after the death of the Ming Dynasty, there are many Yunnan natives who have built shrines for them, and the incense is endless, and the Qing court has repeatedly not been able to prohibit it, and finally can only turn a blind eye and acquiesce to the existence of this matter, but if Mu Tianbo has the ability to take Yunnan without using swords, it is really an exaggeration.

"Your Majesty, all ethnic groups in Yunnan have been suffering for a long time, after Wu Sangui entered Guizhou, in order to expand the soldiers and horses, he ordered the Tusi of all ethnic groups to offer gold and silver, and most of the soldiers and horses brought into Yunnan by Wu Sangui were Liaodong people who guarded the Shanhaiguan Pass, and these people were promised official positions, and they were powerful and blessed in Yunnan, and imitated the practice of the Eight Banners in the suburbs of Kunming and other cities, but they did not accept the slaughter, without any consideration. Nowadays, the natives of Yunnan miss the kindness of the Qianguo Gongdi, and even many people secretly worship the statue of the Qianguo Gongmen at home day and night, hoping that the Qianguo Gong, who followed the emperor into Burma, will one day be able to return to Yunnan. Now the rear of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is empty, if the Duke of Guizhou is in command, and Weichen dares to guarantee with his head, Yunnan Province will definitely be boiling, and Yunnan can be recovered without abolishing a soldier. ”

Zhu Jun nodded thoughtfully, what Li Dingguo said was not unreasonable, Wu Sangui had emptied most of the troops in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces for the southern expedition, and most of the people left behind were old, weak, sick and disabled, which was not enough to suppress the two provinces.

Inadvertently, a thought came out of Zhu Jun's mind, Yunnan people miss the kindness of the Duke of Qianguo, but what they miss is not the Ming Dynasty, now Mu Tianbo is the cabinet assistant, Mu Jianming is the commander of the Shenji Battalion, plus the people's wishes, is there a possibility of rebellion?

It is impossible for Zhu Jun not to take this into account, when he became the emperor in a daze, he was already in opposition to his courtiers from a certain point of view, the relationship between the emperor and the courtiers is delicate, they have to coexist, but also suspect each other, for the courtiers, this is a companion to the king like a tiger, for the emperor, this is a high achievement. What if this balance is upset? Zhu Jun couldn't help but shudder, and then shook his head, he really had too much heart, maybe Zhou Mubai couldn't believe it, Yang Side couldn't believe it, but Li Dingguo and Mu Tianbo were his right-hand men, if even they couldn't be trusted, there would be no more loyal ministers in the world.

"Spread my will, quickly ordered Mu Tianbo, a cabinet auxiliary scholar, to enter Dingbei, and the whole army set up a meal on the spot, and after the meal was full, assist the mountain battalion to enter the mountain to search for the remnants of Wu Wei." Zhu Jun felt that he was suspicious and absurd, so he immediately laughed and made a will.

In the deep mountains, Wu Sangui's face was covered with blood marks scraped by thorns and sharpened branches, and with the support of his own soldiers, he fled aimlessly in the lush mountains that covered the sun for three or four hours, his mind was blank, just a few hours ago, he was still full of ambition, and he was in the dream he had made up, and in the end he could almost feel that this dream was almost within reach, but a sudden change knocked him to the ground, and perhaps from then on, he had no possibility of turning over.

To this day, he still couldn't understand why the reinforcements, who were supposed to travel seven or eight days, were able to arrive at the battlefield two days later, as if they had pinched the right time, and they were striking a fatal blow to themselves from the back of the abdomen at the moment when the battle was in full swing.

Everything is over, Wu Sangui felt a trace of uncontrollable panic in his heart, even if he heard in Shanhaiguan that Beijing City had fallen, and the thieves had invaded Beijing, it was terrifying, this was a feeling that he had no support, the emperor was dead, and the empire collapsed, so wouldn't his hard-earned Ping Xibo be nothing?

All of a sudden, the future of an imperial earl was bleak, the soldiers of Shanhaiguan were panicked, one after another news came from the rear, they were worried about the family in the pass, at this time, a Qing envoy entered Shanhaiguan, he told Wu Sangui that his glory and wealth can still be enjoyed, Pingxibo is too condescending for him, he should be the king of Pingxi, what he wants to do is very simple, only need to open the pass, he can get everything he wants.

A very fair deal, at least for Wu Sangui, it is very cost-effective. Immediately after the Qing army entered the customs, Wu Sangui became the biggest lackey of the Manchu Qing, and ten years later, the Manchu kept his promise, and Wu Sangui became the largest prince in the jurisdiction of the Manchu regime.

"Lord Wang, there is a path ahead." One of the soldiers beside him exclaimed, he couldn't tell the direction in this endless deep mountain, and if he could find a path, he could at least go out.

Wu Sangui showed a hint of joy on his face, and then shook his head and said: "Later, if you follow the trail, you will be noticed by the chasing soldiers sooner or later, and you can't go from here." ”

He resolutely raised his steps in the other direction, and a dozen or so personal soldiers behind him followed him tirelessly, shuttling through the thorns.

There was a burst of birdsong behind them, what they didn't know was that in the giant tree behind them, a black-clothed warrior was hiding in the branches and leaves, a pair of bright eyes were looking at their backs, the warrior raised the steel crossbow, aimed for a moment and then put it down, there were too many people on the other side, he alone would never be able to do it, so he quickly picked off the two leaves that were blocking his eyes, put them together and put them to his lips to play a sound similar to birdsong. After a few moments, the sound of birdsong was loud all around, and a smile appeared on the warrior's face, and his companion had already answered him, and he saw a dozen of them walking farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into a jungle, and then he cautiously climbed down the tree and chased in the direction of the back.

"Sneer......" The frightened Wu Sangui and his own soldiers suddenly heard a crossbow, Wu Sangui looked around keenly, but did not see anything unusual, when he turned his head to look at his own soldiers, but there was a feathered arrow with a trembling arrow tail stuck in the throat of several pro-soldiers, and a strange syllable sound came out of his mouth, looking at him with wide pupils.

"There are pursuers!" Wu Sangui and the rest of the pro-soldiers hurriedly fell to the ground, and the corpses of the pro-soldiers who were shot beside him also fell to the ground, and a heavy blood came into Wu Sangui's snort, and Wu Sangui's heart was almost about to jump out.

"Dog thief, let's just catch it, you can't escape." A man's shout could be heard from beyond the bushes......

really can't escape, Wu Sangui is desperate and clear about his situation.

"No, this king can't be caught with his hands tied." Wu Sangui thought again in his heart, the car cracked, a thousand knives, these are the foreseeable endings after he was captured, he stabilized his mind, prostrate and pulled out the feather arrow from the throat of a dead corpse, snorted, and at the moment when the feather arrow left the throat, bright red blood overflowed......

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