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

Chapter 157: There are no generals in Dian, so the military commander is the prime minister

"Prince Jin, please let me go back to Kunming. I don't believe it. If I go back with three thousand elite soldiers, I won't be able to kill all the monsters in the court!" Bai Wenxuan asked.

Li Dingguo's face was filled with hesitation. After a long time, he spoke.

"Wenxuan, how can you kill a chicken with a bull's knife? Now among the four kings and six governors of my Western Camp, only the two of you are left. If you leave again, the army will lack generals."

Ten years have passed. Among the four kings of the Great Western Army, Ai Nengqi died early, Sun Kewang ran away, Liu Wenxiu died of illness, and only Li Dingguo was left.

Among the six governors, Wang Fuchen and Lu Mingchen died in battle, and Wang Ziqi and Wang Shangli were taken to Guangxi by Sun Guozhu.

Feng Shuangli, who was originally going to be reactivated by Li Dingguo, was also caught by Sun Guozhu.

Ma Jinzhong, the most prestigious among the surrendered generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty, also died of illness.

Except for Bai Wenxuan, Li Dingguo really couldn't produce any independent generals, and there was no one available.

Bai Wenxuan had a look of astonishment on his face when he heard this, and then he reacted.

The Xiying of today is no longer the Xiying of the past.

Historically, heavyweights such as Wang Ziqi, Wang Shangli, Liu Wenxiu, and Ma Jinzhong all died before the decisive battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Facing the Qing army's three-pronged attack, Li Dingguo had to reuse Feng Shuangli, whom he had disliked in the past, as his commander in an attempt to resist the enemy in the middle.

But even so, facing Zhao Butai on the South Road, Li Dingguo could not find a person with enough weight to lead the troops to stop him. He could only make do with Li Chengjue as the general of the South Road and lead the troops to deal with Zhao Butai.

But now, because Lord Sun took Feng Shuangli away before leaving.

When the internal struggle between Jin and Shu was over, the powerful Western Camp of the four kings and six governors in the past was now the only one left with the combination of Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan.

Apart from this, there are no generals!

If Bai Wenxuan returns to Kunming to preside over government affairs, Li Dingguo will definitely be left alone.

"Jin Tongwu." Li Dingguo sighed and said.

"King Jin, the last general is here." Jin Tongwu cupped his hands and said.

"You will lead three thousand elite troops back to Kunming to supervise the food and grass government affairs and make sure there are no mistakes."

"Prince Jin, me?" Jin Tongwu said unconfidently.

Li Dingguo saw this and said slowly: "Tongwu, you have been stationed in Kunming for a long time and are familiar with the Duke of Guizhou, Wang Shangshu and others. These two people are loyal to the emperor. You only need to lead your troops back to Kunming and give them Just support your back.”

"They will take care of the rest."

"Prince Jin, the general is not only incompetent in government affairs, but is also just a marquis. Kunming is the center of the imperial court. No one but His Highness Gong can serve the people!" Jin Tongwu said.

Although Jin Tongwu was Li Dingguo's confidant, before that, he was just a figure like a captain of the personal soldiers.

Before the Battle of Jiaoshui, he was just an earl. After the Battle of Jiaoshui, he was promoted to Marquis of Pingyang because of his meritorious service in guarding Kunming.

With his qualifications and prestige, it is difficult to control the overall situation.

Not only Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, but also Jin Tongwu himself understood this.

But now, no one can use Li Dingguo.

Historically, Li Dingguo had two generals, Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli.

None of them sent a prince back to Kunming to calm down the situation.

Now that only Bai Wenxuan is left, Li Dingguo cannot let Bai Wenxuan go back to Kunming.

Therefore, the only person he can send back is Jin Tongwu, the most loyal to him, who is the most suitable candidate for him.

"Tongwu, you belong to Li Dingguo. The situation is tense now and there is no one available. You have to shoulder the important responsibilities of the country!" Li Dingguo said earnestly.

When Jin Tongwu heard this, he was deeply moved. This was Li Dingguo's respect and trust in him!
"Please rest assured, King Jin. When I am in Kunming, I will definitely supervise the food and grass management!"

"Okay!" Li Dingguo finally showed a smile on his face.

"With Tongwu here, I can rest assured."

"Prince Jin, all the civil and military officials in Kunming City have high positions and powerful positions. Although Marquis Pingyang is loyal, his qualifications are still slightly insufficient, so you should let me go back." Bai Wenxuan said in a serious voice.

In the past, when the Sun Kingdom was at its peak, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu under his command were unable to control the overall situation in the Western Camp.

Even in order to win over people's hearts, Sun Kewang tried his best to control the titles of Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu so as not to arouse the dissatisfaction of the elders of Xiying.

Zhang Sheng, the top general of the Jiaqian Army, only held the title of Marquis of Hanchuan and could not be compared with Li and Liu at all.

Not as good as the governor-level figures in Xiying.

After all, Lord Sun was just one of the generals in Xiying.

Not only Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi, the three of them have roughly the same status as him.

Even the status of Bai Wenxuan, Wang Shangli, Wang Ziqi, Wang Fuchen and others is close to this.

Sun Guozhu is General Pingdong. Although he has the right to control civil and military affairs, he is still on an equal footing with the many generals in Xiying.

It was just that he performed well in Sichuan and became the number one general in Xiying.

Compared with many elders in Xiying, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu under Sun Guozhu are not ranked at all.

Not on the same level at all.

Although as Lord Sun's status rose, Zhang Sheng, Zhang Hu and others also became more powerful.

But after all, the status and qualifications of the past are there. ,
Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu couldn't even convince the governor-level figures, let alone Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu.

When Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were following Zhang Xianzhong as the generals, Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu were still charging into the battle under Sun Guozhu. They had to nod and bow when they met them!

Therefore, in Yunnan, Zhang Hu faced the efforts of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu and was unable to prevent Emperor Yongli from entering Kunming.

Now, with Sun Guozhu starting a business again in his middle age, this problem has been thrown to Li Dingguo.

Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu, who were under Sun Guozhu in the past, could not control the situation.

Can Jin Tongwu, now under Li Dingguo, control the situation?

The Yongli court even refused to obey Sun Guozhu, and kept making small moves.

How many things can one Jin Tongwu do?How many nails can be crushed?

Bai Wenxuan also saw this, so he spoke again.

Even he, the former military commander of Xiying, is now the prince of the Yongli court.

They all feel that after returning to Kunming, facing the civil and military officials, they will be constrained by many things.

With Jin Tongwu’s qualifications and status, one can imagine what will happen after he returns to Kunming!

"Wenxuan, there is a lack of generals on the front line. If you return to Kunming, you will be alone." Li Dingguo let out a long sigh.

Now he really regrets treating Liu Wenxiu like that.

This major military and state matter, whether it is a frontline war or a political matter in the rear, is extremely difficult to handle.In the past, Sun Kewang appointed Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo as the two main generals, supplemented by Feng Shuangli, Ma Jinzhong, Bai Wenxuan, Wang Fuchen and other Western Camp governor-level figures, as well as Nanming generals.

He himself was based in Guiyang and had an overview of the situation, while Yunnan sent Wang Shangli and Wang Ziqi to guard it.

This arrangement actually highlights one word - stability!

Bai Wenxuan and Wang Fuchen of Sichuan are both governor-level figures, so their status and qualifications are roughly equal, and no one can obey the other.

Therefore, it is necessary for Liu Wenxiu, the Prince of Xiying, to go to Sichuan to take charge of the overall situation and coordinate one side, so that the situation in Sichuan can be stabilized.

The same is true in Hunan. Feng Shuangli is the governor of Xiying and Ma Jinzhong is the general of Nanming.

Not only do the two have equal status and qualifications, but they are not from the same camp.

Therefore, Li Dingguo was sent to take command. With Li Dingguo's status as one of the four kings of the Western Camp, he was able to suppress Ma Feng and the outside world in unison.

By the same token, why did Lord Sun appoint Liu Wenxiu as commander during the Battle of the Yangtze River?

Not because of the generals on the front line, Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan, Ma Jinzhong, Lu Mingchen and others have roughly the same status.

If one of them is appointed as the chief general, the others will definitely be dissatisfied.

Therefore, only King Sun himself took action and relied on his status as the king to convince everyone and keep the army stable.

At that time, Lord Sun was unwilling to personally lead his troops eastward because he was defeated at a fork in the road and lost his prestige.

In this case, using Liu Wenxiu, a figure of the Four Kings level, to lead the expedition was Sun's only choice.

It's still the same principle. The Qing army now invades from many directions.

Only one of the four kings of Xiying is left, and among the six governors of Xiying, only Bai Wenxuan is left.

If Li Dingguo lets Bai Wenxuan return to the rear, who will stand up for him?

We can't let Gao Wengui deal with Wu Sangui!

If this is really done, apart from other things, without Bai Wenxuan in charge, the Ming army will not be at ease!
Even Liu Wenxiu, a world-famous figure like Wu Sangui, was defeated by him.

Even if Li Dingguo doesn't take action personally, he should send four king-level figures to deal with it.

Even if a Four Kings-level figure cannot be sent, a Governor-level figure should be sent to deal with it.

If not even the governor-level figures were sent, but the unknown Gao Wengui and Wu Zisheng under his command were sent to deal with Wu Sangui.

Before the battle even started, the Qing army's morale had to be raised by three points, and the Ming army's morale had to be dropped by three points!

Therefore, Bai Wenxuan couldn't get away. No matter what, Li Dingguo, who had only such a general left, would not allow him to leave the army.

With the current situation in Xiying, Li Dingguo had to regret looking at the generals he had lost this year.

In just one year, Xiying, which was full of talents, had to act like there were no generals in central Yunnan and the military was unified as the prime minister.

If people like Liu Wenxiu, Wang Ziqi, Wang Shangli, Feng Shuangli, and Ma Jinzhong were still there, why would Li Dingguo be so worried?
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

In any case, people cannot be resurrected after death, so Li Dingguo can only rely on Bai Wenxuan to support Nanming's crisis.

"Prince Jin." Bai Wenxuan wanted to say something more after hearing this, but in the end he didn't say much.

Xiying now cares about the head but not the body, and cares about the body but not the head.

From the perspective of Bai Wenxuan, who has not been severely beaten by the Ming Dynasty, the Qing court is more harmful than the imperial court.

So he finally decided to cooperate with Li Dingguo to expel the Qing army from Guizhou first, and then go back to sort out the internal affairs.

"Tongwu, mobilize [-] elite troops, return to Kunming quickly, supervise the provision of food and grass, and make sure there are no mistakes!" Li Dingguo spoke solemnly and took out his Jinwang Order Arrow.

"Yes!" Jin Tongwu accepted the order, not daring to disobey Li Dingguo's military order, and hurriedly left the tent.

"Wenxuan, the Duke of Guizhou is loyal to the king, and Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi are the ones who have been handling government affairs all year round. With the support of the three thousand elite soldiers of Tongwu, the army's food and fodder will not be like this." Li Dingguo said with emotion.

"That's what King Jin said." Bai Wenxuan agreed.

But for some reason, the haze in his heart never dissipated.

This kind of thing has already happened when the army is still in Yunnan. What will happen when it arrives in Guizhou?
Can he and Li Dingguo still invade Sichuan and Hunan?
Even marching into Sichuan and Hunan is extremely difficult, so how can we go north to the Central Plains, go east to the south of the Yangtze River, and restore the Ming Dynasty?

"The matter of food and grass has been resolved. Everyone, I wish to advance the army in two directions."

Li Dingguo regained his former vitality, pointing to the huge map of Yunnan and Guizhou in the big tent and said:
"On the north road, Bai Wenxuan is the main general, commanding the headquarters and battalions of soldiers and horses, a total of more than [-] soldiers, heading north from Qujing along the official road."

"Pass through Usa Mansion, pass Qixing Pass, go deep into the west of the river, contact the chieftain's soldiers, and attack Guiyang from the north!"

"The middle route is led by Gu himself, with more than [-] battalions of soldiers and horses including Qi Sansheng, Di Sanpin, and Li Rubi as the vanguard."

"More than ten thousand people marched from Qujing along the road, passed through Pu'an Prefecture and Annanwei, crossed the Beipan River, captured Anshun, and headed straight for Guiyang!"

"What do you guys think?"

General Bai Wenxuan looked at the map and nodded slightly.

"King Jin, the Tatars are cruel and unkind and have killed many chieftains. If I lead my troops to the west of the river, the chieftains will definitely respond in large numbers. By then, Hong Chengchou will be restless in Guiyang."

"And the main force of our army will march straight towards Guiyang along the main road. With the strength of 10,000+ troops, Hong Chengchou will not be able to stop it!"

Bai Wenxuan handed it over and deeply agreed with Li Dingguo's decision.

"The King of Jin's plan is very clever. Combined with the strength of my 20-strong army, we can attack from two directions. Guiyang can easily win!"

Gao Wengui and others also agreed.

Of course, apart from these trusted generals of Li Dingguo, Di Sanpin and others had strange expressions on their faces.

"Let me be cannon fodder! And let Qi Sansheng be the general!" Di Sanpin was quite dissatisfied.

Qi Sansheng was originally the garrison of Xuzhou appointed by Sun Kewang. Later, he took refuge with Li Dingguo and the Yongli court and was named Xianning Bo.

After the Battle of Jiaoshui, Qi Sansheng was granted the title of Marquis of Xianning by Bo Xianning.

Di Sanpin originally had a higher status than Qi Sansheng, but after the Battle of Jiaoshui, he was demoted and his troops were seized.

Not only was the title reduced from Marquis De'an to De'an Bo, ranking lower than Qi Sansheng, but also many of the thousands of elite soldiers under his command were stripped away.

Not only that, as Li Dingguo imitated the division of Qin people and Shu people in Sichuan by his adoptive father, the 20 Ming army was divided into Qin soldiers and Jin soldiers.

The status of Di Sanpin's tribe is only higher than that of Jia Qianjun. It is far inferior to people like Qi Sansheng, Ma Bao and Ma Weixing, let alone Bai Wenxuan. As for Li Dingguo's hometown Jin Bing, that is not to mention.

With all kinds of treatment, one can imagine what Di Sanpin was thinking.

Now, war is about to begin.

He, an unpopular Qin general, and his subordinates who were short of food and clothing, wanted to be both a vanguard and cannon fodder for the Jin soldiers.

And having to be restrained by Qi Sansheng, who was far inferior to him in the past, Di Sanpin is now full of resentment and dissatisfaction.

(End of this chapter)