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

Chapter 180 Go north to fight the Qing Dynasty or go south to fight the civil war?

Li Dingguo nodded slightly. For the current Jin Dynasty, going south to Guangxi is the best choice.

Just as in the past, Guangxi was given up to capture Yunnan, now only by giving up Yunnan, which can no longer be defended, and going to Guangxi, which is under great rule, can the Jin vassalage be able to recuperate, fight, and develop.

If we do not go to Guangxi and withdraw into western Yunnan or eastern Kui, then the development potential will be extremely small.

The Jin vassal will definitely lose its qualifications in the battle for the world, and based on the relationship between the Jin vassal and the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the lineage of the king, once they lose the world, destruction will be waiting for them.

As the saying goes, if you sail against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat.

Compete in the Central Plains and compete for the world. Once you take action, you can never look back.

Li Dingguo and Jin Fan knew that they and Sun Kewang had formed a deadly feud.

As for Sun Kewang's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, not to mention that in this time and space, Sun Guojun still had soldiers and territory.

In another time and space, Li Dingguo and Yongli did not expect that Lord Sun would surrender to the Qing Dynasty even after Sun Kewang's power collapsed and there was no way out!
So now, Li Dingguo still thinks that his eldest brother will never surrender to the Qing Dynasty in Guangxi.

Since the Qing Dynasty will not be surrendered, Sun Kewang of this world will still compete with our Qing Dynasty.

Once the Jin vassal retreated to eastern Kui or western Yunnan, they would be limited by territorial issues and lose the qualification to compete for the world.

So whether it is Sun Kewang or our Qing Dynasty that takes over the world, they will not let go of Li Dingguo and the Jin vassal.

Even for other soldiers of the Jin vassal, the threat of the Manchu Qing conquering the world was even smaller than that of Sun Guozhi.

Because if Jin Fan is willing to surrender, our Qing Dynasty will still accept it.

Sun Guo's main goal was to conquer the world, and it was about these two major forces.

The hundreds of military generals in Kunming Lingchi alone were enough for the ruler of the country to implicate the Jin vassal and the nine tribes.

As the saying goes, heretics are more terrifying than heretics!
Although the rulers of the country and the Jin vassal both resisted the Qing Dynasty, now they are the real mortal enemies!

Even in the hearts of the Jin vassal, compared to the Manchus, the rulers of the country would not even give them the qualifications to surrender!
Therefore, for the Jin vassal, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were enemies, and Sun Kewang was even more an enemy!
In this case, capturing Guangxi can not only enhance its own strength, but also weaken Sun Kewang's strength. Why not do it for the Jin Dynasty?

In the face of a survival crisis, neither Li Dingguo nor Jin Fan could care about anything else.

In the past, in Guangxi, Jin and Fan could bow their heads in style and fight hard.

Now in Yunnan, they are no longer qualified to bow their heads.

Once they choose to enter East Kui or West Yunnan, the only thing waiting for them is chronic death, so Jin Fan needs to fight to the death.

"I will enter the palace now and make my interests clear to the emperor. The Manchus and Sun Kewang are both enemies of the Ming Dynasty. Only by growing stronger can we help the world." After Li Dingguo measured his power for a long time, he sighed and slowly came out. Voice.

"Your Highness the Holy Ming!" Jin Weixin laughed loudly.

Soon Li Dingguo entered the palace and reported his decision to Yongli.

After learning about Jin Fan's decision, Yongli also hurriedly held a court meeting.

At the court meeting, most of the officials in the Yongli court agreed with the Jin vassal's decision.

"Your Majesty, both Guangdong and the Manchu Qing Dynasty are enemies of the country! Only when the imperial court continues to strengthen itself can the country be restored!" Chief Assistant Lei Yuelong said solemnly.

As soon as this was said, most people in the court nodded.

Why did people like Wen Anzhi try their best to hold him back when Sun Guozhi wanted to launch the Battle of the Yangtze River and seize the south of the Yangtze River?

It is not for Nanming or the Yongli court.

Are Sun Kewang and the Manchu Qing enemies enemies?

Sun Guo mainly conquered Jiangnan. Can our Ming Dynasty still exist?Can the Yongli court still exist?
In this case, it is death anyway, and death by whose hands is not death?
Why doesn't our Ming Dynasty fight against Sun Kewang to gain a chance of survival?
By the same token, whether Nanming retreats to western Yunnan or enters eastern Kui, it is just lingering on.

If you want to survive, you can only survive between Sun Kewang and the Manchus by developing and growing.

In the past, Nanming and Li Dingguo joined forces to seize Yunnan and successfully completed the comeback.

Now only by capturing Guangxi can Li Dingguo and the Yongli court have hope!

For the Yongli court and the Jin vassal, there was no difference between death at the hands of the Manchus and death at the hands of Sun Kewang.

It's death anyway, maybe the Manchus will only kill the first culprit, and ignore the rest.

If Sun Kewang really wanted to win the world, Sun Kewang would have to kill them all because of the behavior of the Jin vassal and the Yongli court that forced them to lose their families.

Now that this is the case, things like hindering Sun Kewang from resisting the Qing Dynasty are not worth mentioning.

After all, now, if Sun Kewang succeeds in resisting the Qing Dynasty, basically few of the Jin vassal and Yongli court will survive.

Therefore, in order to successfully resist the Qing Dynasty, we must first identify who is successful in resisting the Qing Dynasty.

In the hearts of the Yongli court, Li Dingguo could successfully resist the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong could successfully resist the Qing Dynasty, and even Li Laiheng might be able to hold his nose and recognize it successfully.

But only Sun Ke is expected to succeed in resisting the Qing Dynasty, which can be fatal!
Since this is the case, it is appropriate to hinder. Not to hinder is contrary to the laws of our Ming Dynasty.

Yongli looked around at the courtiers around him and nodded slightly.

But just when he was about to speak, Guangping Bo Chen Jian suddenly came out.

"Your Majesty, Chen Jian, asks your Majesty to move to Sichuan in accordance with the last wish of the King of Shu!"

Chen Jian once again held up Liu Wenxiu's suicide note.

"Your Majesty, please move to Sichuan!"

Zou Jianchen, Liu Xuanchu and other Shu vassal personnel all came out and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, please move to Shu and refrain from any further internal strife."

Ai Nengqi's eldest son Ai Chengye also came forward to apply.

Although the decision to move to Guangxi and pick Sun Kewang's peaches was in the interests of the Yongli court and the Jin vassal, Nanming was never monolithic.

As for the Shu vassal, they helped the Jin vassal and the imperial court and risked their lives to defeat Sun Kewang.

However, after the incident was completed, Liu Wenxiu was angered to death by Li Dingguo and abandoned by the Yongli court.

This kind of behavior has already made Shu Fan feel cold towards Li Dingguo and Yongli.

Therefore, in the decision of going north or south, Shu Fan firmly supported going north.

Because from a personal emotional point of view, it was Liu Wenxiu's last wish to go north, and Shu Fan was fulfilling the last wish of his late master.

Although personal feelings are often not applicable in world affairs, they are not without effect.

Just like Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui, Li Dingguo, and Sun Kewang all have their own die-hard loyalists.

Chen Jian and others are Liu Wenxiu's confidants, and many of these people are even willing to die for Liu Wenxiu.

Therefore, Liu Wenxiu’s last wish was even more important in their hearts than their lives!

Just like after Wu Sangui's death, Wu Guogui, Hu Guozhu and others died for Wu Fan.

Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu died for Sun Kewang in another time and space.

In order to repay Liu Wenxiu's kindness and to fulfill Liu Wenxiu's last wish, Chen Jian and others were willing to sacrifice their lives!
From an overall perspective, the decision to go south was beneficial to the self-interests of the Jin vassal and the Yongli court.

But it had a huge negative impact on the overall anti-Qing situation.

The Shu vassal has long been dissatisfied with the Jin vassal and the imperial court, so in terms of the overall situation, the Shu vassal will also adhere to the northward strategy.

In terms of interests, the interests of Jin Fan and the imperial court have long been decoupled from Shu Fan. Shu Fan and Jin Fan can only share hardships but not wealth.Even in the hearts of the Shu vassal at this time, Li Dingguo and the Jin vassal who forced Liu Wenxiu to death were far inferior to Sun Kewang and the monarch.

Therefore, from the perspective of interests, Jin Fan's southward strategy is not in line with Shu Fan's interests at all. If Jin Fan gains power, Shu Fan will be attacked. This has been proven.

If it weren't for the lack of opportunity, the Shu vassal would have wished that Li Dingguo and the Jin vassal were dead.

Since the strategy of going south is not in line with Shu Fan's wishes in terms of feelings, interests, and overall situation, why does Shu Fan still support Li Dingguo's decision?

Shu Fan's current wishes are only to fulfill Liu Wenxiu's wishes, expel the Tartars, and improve his status.

Jin Fan's decision was not beneficial to these three items, so Chen Jian and others would naturally disapprove.

Although Ai Chengye was not a member of the Shu clan, as the eldest son of Ai Nengqi and the nominal heir of the Yan'an clan, he was also suppressed by the Jin clan and the Yongli court.

You know, among the four kings of Xiying, Ai Nengqi, the king of Yan'an, was the most convinced of Sun Kewang, the eldest brother.

After Ai Nengqi's death, the soldiers, horses and soldiers of Yan'an were completely accepted by Sun Kewang.

The top general Feng Shuangli was even entrusted with important tasks by Sun Kewang, and is now brought to Guangdong and Guangxi.

The Yan'an clan and the feudal clan have always shared weal and woe, and can even be regarded as the clan of the clan.

After the Battle of Jiaoshui, even the Shu vassal was suppressed and excluded by the Jin vassal.

The treatment of Yan'an Fan can be imagined.

In another time and space, Li Dingguo decided to withdraw westward.

Feng Shuangli, Chen Jian, Zou Jianchen, Di Sanpin, and Ai Chengye all directly parted ways with the Jin vassal and chose to go to Sichuan.

Ai Chengye even led his personal guards to kidnap Yongli and completely broke with Li Dingguo.

From this we can see how deep the gap between these people and the Jin vassal is.

Now that everything is like this, the decision to go south to Guangxi is also not in line with Ai Chengye's emotions, overall situation and interests.

In the past, when Li Ding was in great power, Ai Chengye naturally did not dare to fight.

But now, with Li Dingguo's series of policies and the disastrous defeat in Beipanjiang.

The image blessed by great righteousness and the military exploits brought by the two famous kings have long been exhausted.

Naturally, Ai Chengye was no longer so afraid and jealous of Li Dingguo.

All in all, just like Sun Guozhu couldn't suppress Bai Wenxuan, Ma Bao and others after losing his prestige and righteousness.

Li Dingguo had gone through so many things in Yunnan, and he could no longer convince the public.

After all, he did far more to Shu Fan and other factions than Sun Kewang.

The governance of Yunnan even caused 10,000+ Qin soldiers to lack food and clothing.

The soldiers of Xiying, who were originally dazzled by the military exploits of Dayi and Li Dingguo, were so hungry that they talked about the goodness of Lord Sun all day long.

If Li Dingguo can win the battle of Beipanjiang, he can still rely on his military exploits to cover up one or two.

But in the crucial battle of Beipanjiang, Li Dingguo suffered a complete defeat.

Sun Guozhu fought a fork in the road and internal problems emerged one after another.

But during the Battle of the Fork in the Road, Sun Kewang at least took two of Mele Zhangjing's heads to save his dignity.

Although a defeat is a defeat, there are degrees of defeat.

In the Battle of Beipanjiang, Li Dingguo led an army of 20 to defend the natural dangers.

Judging from the launch of the attack by the Qing army in November, the Ming army was completely defeated in just one month.

Not only Anzhuangwei, Jigongbei, Guanling, Beipanjiang, Qixingguan, Liangshuijing and other important places were all lost.

And its results are pitiful.

The price of the total collapse of the 20 Ming army was only the heads of a few middle and low-level Eight Banners generals such as Nikan, the counselor, and Suodan, the forward guard.

Compared with the two Melezhangjing heads at the fork in the road, Li Dingguo had no way to cover himself up with the heads of the counselor leader and the forward guard.

Therefore, Li Dingguo now is not even as good as Sun Kewang in the past.

Gunpowder has long been spread throughout the entire Nanming Dynasty, and the Battle of Beipanjiang not only failed to allow Li Dingguo to obtain military exploits and enhance his prestige to overwhelm everyone, but it completely destroyed the military exploits brought by the two famous kings.

Under this situation, Li Dingguo has fallen into the strange circle of Sun Guozhu's past.

From being unable to convince the public because of his military exploits, he turned to exerting his political efforts, and then because of his political efforts, he even made the people alienated from him.

"The policy of going south is related to the life and death of the imperial court, and even more important to the world's plans. It will never be changed just because of a few of you!" Li Dingguo spoke decisively, overturning Chen Jian and others' northward proposition, and completely finalizing the strategy of going south.

However, the matter did not end there.

Since Li Dingguo, whose prestige is no longer as good as before, can no longer convince the public, Chen Jian and others will definitely not give in.

The next day, Chen Jian and others still held Liu Wenxiu's suicide note and cried for Yongli to move to Sichuan.

Sure enough, he and Li Dingguo started to play against each other and started a line dispute.

This time, Li Dingguo's anger was completely ignited, and a storm was about to come.

That night, Chen Jian, who had been crying and begging all day, returned to the Shu Palace and cried in front of Liu Wenxiu's memorial tablet.

"Your Highness, the general is incompetent, and the court will go south tomorrow."

Chen Jian felt sad and extremely guilty.

Like Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu, Chen Jian also joined Xiying since childhood and has been following Liu Wenxiu for 20 years.

It can be said that Liu Wenxiu is his god.

Since Liu Wenxiu's death, his last wish was that Chen Jian must complete things, but now Chen Jian is desperate.

"Your Highness, my subordinates are also incompetent!" Advisor Zou Jianchen also cried loudly.

As the saying goes, a scholar will die for his bosom friend. Although many scholars are shameless, some are also proud.

Not every sage’s book is read into the dog’s belly.

Zou Jianchen also tried his best for Liu Wenxiu's kindness.

However, the Shu vassal had already declined, and even Liu Wenxiu was unable to influence the court's decision-making when he was still there, let alone the remnants of the Shu vassal.

"Uncle Guangping, youtong political envoy, as things stand, we are unable to fulfill His Highness's last wish." Liu Xuanchu let out a long sigh.

"But His Highness's long-cherished wish to expel the Tartars before his death, we still have to work hard."

"Expelling the Tartars?" Chen Jian said with red eyes: "The imperial court is about to go south to start a war with Sun Kewang. If you want to expel the Tartars, what chance do you have!"

"That's not necessarily true." Liu Xuanchu sneered and clapped his hands.

In the lobby, a burly man appeared in front of Liu Wenxiu's memorial tablet dressed in the uniform of a Shu vassal soldier.

"Liang Cheng, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, has come to offer incense and pray for the King of Shu on behalf of the King at the order of the King of the Kingdom! May the King of Shu's soul rest in peace in heaven."

Liang Cheng solemnly offered three sticks of incense to Liu Wenxiu and kowtowed nine times.

(End of this chapter)