At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 109 Li Dingguo: How come I don’t know about gathering troops and gathering valleys?
"Your Majesty, if you only want the land of Gaozhou, Lianzhou, Qiongzhou, Leizhou, Zhaoqing, Nanxiong, Shaozhou, and Qifu, the envoy can request a favor for you, and the court will most likely agree. However, the land of Guangzhou is too important, and the court can only I'm afraid it's hard to agree!" Malji said seriously.

He is the envoy to appease Sun Kewang, and he is a Manchu, so he naturally knows the Qing Dynasty's trump card.

Guangxi, Guizhou, and the land of Gao Lian and Lei Qiong were the bottom line of the Qing Dynasty.

If Sun Kewang does not want Guizhou and replaces it with Zhaoqing, Nanxiong, and Shaozhou, although Zhaoqing alone is better than Guizhou province, it is related to the world's plans. We, the Qing Dynasty, would bite the bullet and give it to Sun Kewang.

But this place in Guangzhou...oh, I can't do that!
"Come here, drag Fu Gang down and behead him. Wash his head and put it in a gift box. I want to present it to the Qing court." Sun Kewang waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, Fu Gang is an extremely ignorant person. It is better to send him directly to Beijing and let the court explain the canonical punishment and execute him in Lingchi." Wan Niance said gloomily.

"Hmm...!" Sun Kewang took a breath.

After all, this scholar can compete with martial artists.

"Master!" Zhang Hu's eyes lit up when he heard this and he said quickly.

"It would be too cheap for Fu Gang, an old bastard, to kill him directly. Why not just follow what the minister said and send him to the imperial court to be punished?"

"This..." Sun Kewang thought about it for a moment. Fu Gang was a typical loyal minister and righteous man. He was useless in resisting the Qing Dynasty but was capable of internal fighting.

He also leaves his name in history one by one, making it seem as if he, the leader of the country, is killed and the people are in power and the Ming Dynasty is restored, and there is hope for the revival of the Ming Dynasty.

It would be too cheap for such a person to just behead him.

"Okay!" Sun Kewang said with a smile: "Pack up all the edicts and gold seals from Fugang and Yongli imperial court, and hand them over to Scholar Ma and Shangshu Hu."

"Master Ma and Shangshu Hu, I would like to trouble you to explain the situation in Nanning to the Emperor and the Queen Mother. My Sun Kewang's ultimate intention towards the Qing Dynasty can be learned from heaven and earth! As long as the imperial court can give me the land of the Eight Prefectures in Guangdong, my Sun Kewang will definitely Fight for the Qing Dynasty to the end!"

Sun Kewang was very angry and swore to the sky.

Malji wanted to say something when he heard this, but looking at everything in front of him, he finally endured the words that came to his mouth.

"Your Majesty, please try your best, little envoy." Malji said with a cupped hand.

The conditions between the two parties were still one step lower than Guangzhou, so he had no choice but to go back and ask the court for instructions.

After all, even if Sun Kewang failed to appease him, he still had to stabilize this tiger like he did with Zheng Chenggong.

"Okay!" Sun Kewang laughed and said, "Xiao Wang would like to thank Mr. Ma for this."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this." Malji said.

Sun Kewang saw this and said, "Master Ma, Shangshu Hu, apart from the reward to the imperial court, what do you think of the situation in the southwest?"

Malji and Hu Shangshu looked at each other, and then Malji spoke.

"Your Majesty, the envoy is not hiding the military affairs. It's just that our Qing army is progressing smoothly. It's not difficult to occupy Yunnan and Guizhou."

"If we can get the help of King Yi, the battle in the southwest will be a sure thing!"

Sun Kewang heard this and said in a deep voice: "Master Ma, you only know one thing, but not the other!"

"You only know one, but not the other?" Malji and Hu Zhaolong frowned, having a bad feeling in their hearts.

"I would like to hear from King Yi."

Sun Kewang smiled slightly when he heard this, and then put on an extremely serious expression.

"Bring me the map!" came the order.

A huge map of Yunnan and Guizhou was quickly hung up.

"Master Ma, Shangshu Hu, our Qing Dynasty's three-pronged march went smoothly. Apart from our Qing Dynasty's powerful soldiers and horses, what other reasons do you think?"

"The map of King Ziziyi worked." Maleki said with a cupped hand.

"Student Ma, it's true. Our soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty are sharp, and the Eight Banners soldiers are the most brave in the world. And I, Sun Kewang, have been running Yunnan and Guizhou for ten years. I am familiar with the geographical location. After getting my map, it will not be difficult to break through the Ming army's defense line."

Sun Kewang was talking eloquently, then changed the topic and said in a deep voice: "But have the two special envoys ever thought about whether our invasion of the Qing Dynasty was a little too smooth?"

"This..." Maleji and Hu Zhaolong frowned.

"To be honest, I didn't know anyone well in the past. When I was working for the former Ming Dynasty, with 20 people, I looked down at Hong Jinglue's [-] Huguang Green Camp."

"Now, after the battle, my soldiers and horses were scattered. Most of them rebelled or collapsed."

Sun Kewang said slowly: "Two special envoys, during the battle of Jiaoshui, I had a main force of 14 troops, an army of more than 5000 from Ma Jinzhong's troops in Anshun, more than [-] troops from Guiyang's left-behind front troops, and [-] troops from Chongqing's Li Rubi and Taxince troops. There are five thousand elite soldiers of the Di Sanpin tribe in Xuzhou on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River."

"Yang Wu and Gao Qilong's troops in Wugang have 5000 troops, Xu Yanwei's troops in Chenzhou have [-] troops, and Yuanzhou and Jingzhou have more than [-] defenders."

"In addition to these 24 troops, more than 25 Wang Ziqi troops stationed in Yongchang are also loyal to me. This means that in Yunnan and Guizhou, my Sun Kewang's troops alone number more than [-]."

Malji and Hu Zhaolong took a breath. Although they had some rough guesses about Xiying's strength, they were still shocked when they heard it with their own ears.

"These more than [-] troops were obtained by a single man's management for ten years, and they are all warriors who dare to fight!"

Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "Since the battle of Huashui, most of these soldiers and horses have been obtained by Li Dingguo."

"In Yunnan, Li Dingguo's headquarters originally had 3 people, and the [-] elite soldiers from the Kunming King's Shangli Department were acquired by him. Wuding Guardsman He Jiuyi was originally a confidant of our Sun Kewang, but during the battle, he led his subordinates Five thousand elite soldiers defected to Li Dingguo!"

"The former governor of Xuzhou, Qi Sansheng, also had five thousand soldiers under his command. On the eve of my raising the troops, he led his troops to flee to Yunnan and returned to Li Dingguo's command. That is to say, in addition to Gu's army of more than [-], Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu He also has more than [-] soldiers and horses under his command!"

Malji's eyes widened when he heard this. According to what Sun Kewang said, the number of troops in the Western Camp was as high as 30!

Sun Kewang smiled slightly when he heard this. The Xiying troops in the southwest region were already strong.

After Li Dingguo came back, it was indeed 30. What he said was genuine and not false at all. No one could find fault with it!

Malji and Hu Zhaolong looked at each other and nodded heavily.

In fact, what Sun Kewang said is similar to the estimate of Hong Chengchou and others.

You must know that six years ago, Xiying dispatched 20 troops and marched in three directions.

"No wonder Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou didn't dare to attack in the past." Malji sighed in his heart.

As early as 1656, the Qing court was preparing to launch a strategic attack on Sun Kewang. The reasons were firstly the instability of the people's hearts and secondly the financial deficit.

When the Qing Dynasty had the power to dominate the world, there were so many Han people who turned against the fire.After Li Dingguo became king, the Han people all over the world were even more inspired.

If Yun and Guizhou cannot be defeated for a long time and a stalemate breaks out, the minds of the Han people in the world will become even more unstable if they can't defeat Sun Guozhu.

It was just that before the break between Sun and Li, Nanming had the strategic initiative and had a certain advantage in military strength.

The field troops that our Qing Dynasty can fight are only 10,000+ Eight Banners soldiers, and the 30 Green Battalion trained by Hong Chengchou, as well as some other troops, can only fight [-] field troops in full.

On the Nanming side, before Hong Chengchou's five towns and four battalions had finished training, Sun Kewang was defeated by Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo fled.

Based on the [-] field troops on hand, we will tap into the war potential of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and western Hunan and expand the army by more than [-].

Before the internal strife among the three kings, the Xiying troops alone had about 30 troops. Coupled with the remnants of the Shun Army in Kuidong and Zheng Chenggong's troops in Jinxia, ​​the military strength of the Nanming side was actually stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou, who were on the front line and well aware of the strength of the Western Camp, did not dare to follow the Qing court's orders and march into the southwest.

Sanguizi only had [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, and traitor Hong only had [-] green battalion elite troops. In addition to dealing with Sun Kewang, they also had to separate troops to defend Li Laiheng and others from Kuidong.

With just such a small number of troops and horses, if you can hold the defense line, you will burn incense, and then you will invade the southwest?Isn't this looking for death?

At that time, Lord Sun was on the Yunnan-Guizhou Highlands, and the Qing army was divided into three groups by the terrain.

There are not enough soldiers and horses, and the people are condescending, how can we fight?
"Master Ma, Shangshu Hu." Sun Kewang said solemnly: "Nothing I said is false. Now Li Dingguo has at least 20 troops in his hands!"

"His subordinates Bai Wenxuan, Ma Jinzhong, Qi Sansheng, He Jiuyi, Ma Bao, Ma Weixing, Gao Wengui and others are all fierce thieves!"

"And Yang Wu, Xu Yanwei, Di Sanpin, Li Rubi and others who stayed in Huguang and Sichuan are also strong men!"

"In addition to Li Dingguo's main force, Guan is the defender on the Huguang and Sichuan defense lines, with more than [-] troops!"

"You think if they were serious about fighting, could Hong Jinglue's troops penetrate the southwest defense line so quickly?"

As soon as these words came out, Malji and Hu Zhaolong's expressions changed drastically.

He knew Hong Chengchou's true strength. The Yongli court had [-] defenders on the Huguang defense line alone.

How could Hong Chengchou's [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, which had been in Wugang, Chenzhou, Yuanzhou, Jingzhou and other strongholds for several years, progress so smoothly!
"King Yi, is there something fishy about this?" Malji said with a heavy heart.

Sun Kewang smiled meaningfully. This reality does not require logic, but our Qing Dynasty's thinking is based on logic.

"Master Ma, I wonder if you have heard of Jiang Wei's plan to gather troops and gather grain?" Wan Niance said solemnly.

"Gather the troops and gather the valley!" Malji was startled.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was very popular in the Qing Dynasty, and he naturally knew it.

In the past, Jiang Wei's nine expeditions to the Central Plains failed and he was unable to penetrate Cao Wei's Qinling defense line, so he sent Cao Wei's troops into Hanzhong to prepare for a decisive battle and establish victory in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that Jiang Wei's strength is limited, and the Shu Han court did not follow his advice and sent reinforcements to reinforce the most important Yang'an Pass and Yinping Bridge strongholds. As a result, Jiang Wei's plan of gathering troops to gather in the valley was self-defeating and moved a stone. Smashing his own foot became the trigger for the demise of Shu Han!
"Special envoy, please take a look at the information detected by Gu Cong Southwest." Sun Kewang waved his hand, and the attendants respectfully presented the selected information.

Malji and Hu Zhaolong quickly picked up these letters.

"What! The defenders of Huguang and Sichuan were withdrawn by Li Dingguo himself!" Maleji and Hu Zhaolong were shocked.

"Yes, Li Dingguo, the traitor, loves to play dirty tricks most in his life."

Sun Kewang said angrily: "Isn't it because of his tactic of showing weakness that Prince Nikan was defeated in the future?"

"Now, Yang Wu and others have withdrawn from the southwest defense line. He is preparing to imitate Jiang Wei's strategy of gathering troops to gather in the valley. He will make dangerous moves and let our Qing army enter Guizhou so that they can gather together and annihilate them!"

"What a vicious strategy! If it weren't for the fact that Yunnan and Guizhou are all over my old army, I'm afraid if Li Dingguo succeeds in this plan, our Qing Dynasty will be in danger!"

Sun Kewang sighed endlessly, and explained Li Dingguo's strategy of gathering troops and gathering valleys that he didn't even know about.

Malji and Hu Zhaolong were sweating coldly. Their scalps were numb when they saw the news of the evacuation of Yang Wu and others in the intelligence.

"Li Dingguo withdrew the defenders on the defensive line. No wonder Wugang, Chenzhou and other important towns fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty easily!"

"It's just that in this way, Sun Kewang's plan to gather troops and gather valleys is probably true!"

Malji shuddered at the thought of this!

The fundamental reason why Jiang Wei could not succeed was that the Shu Han was too weak, and they could not absorb the Cao Wei army that was brought in.

But Li Dingguo's strength was different. Although Malji was reluctant to believe the 30 troops Sun Kewang said.

But as early as six years ago, Xiying had already given us a small shock to the Qing Dynasty.

Their 20 elite troops marched north to Sichuan, south to Guangxi, and east to conquer Huguang. Their results were truly outstanding. We, the Qing Dynasty, cannot tolerate disbelief!
Now the main Manchu and Mongolian forces of the Qing Dynasty are still waiting and watching. The only ones attacking are the [-] troops of Hong Chengchou and others. If Li Dingguo really tries to gather troops and gather grain, the Qing Dynasty will be in danger!

"Scholar Ma, the treacherous traitor Li Dingguo goes beyond that!"

Sun Kewang clenched his fist and said in a deep voice: "He wanted our Qing troops to leave the Huguang defense line and fall into his trap."

"In addition to withdrawing the border defenders, they also pretended to be at odds with Liu Wenxiu, making a gesture of discord within the Ming Dynasty."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Kewang clapped his hands again and sent several more pieces of information.

Malji and others quickly watched. At this sight, under Sun Kewang's exaggeration, Malji and others felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

"Liu Wenxiu was originally stationed in Guiyang, but Li Dingguo even abandoned Guiyang because of his vicious plan!"

"No!" Maleji said quickly: "King Yi, Guiyang is a province of Guizhou and is located in the center of the southwest. How could Li Dingguo give up such an important place to others?"

Sun Kewang sighed and said: "This is exactly the viciousness of the traitor Li Dingguo! Didn't Jiang Wei also abandon Nanzheng, the capital of the Hanzhong region, for the decisive battle?"

"Your country's defense line in Huguang is extremely strong. Li Dingguo has no confidence in breaking it. He can't trap the wolf without leaving his children!"

"If it weren't for Gu, wouldn't your country be careless after occupying Guiyang?"

"On the one hand, Li Dingguo concentrated his troops in the southwest, on the other hand he pretended to be at odds with Liu Wenxiu, and in the end he made some Ming troops and chieftains deliberately surrender to our Qing Dynasty. Not only did he abandon important towns such as Wugang and Chongqing, but also surrendered Guiyang people!"

“It’s self-evident how vicious his intentions are and how grand his plans are!”

(End of this chapter)