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

Chapter 8

Historically, Ma Bao belonged to Sun Kewang when Sun and Li were at odds with each other. However, due to his great contribution in the internal strife among the three kings, Ma Bao was directly granted the title of Duke of Huai by Xing Shanbo, ascending to the throne in one step.

However, the good times did not last long. The Qing army moved south in three directions. Li Dingguo gathered the main force of the Ming army in Yunnan, which delayed the fighter planes for half a year. He watched the Qing army penetrate into the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and capture most of the land in Guizhou, including Guiyang.

That's all, he also watched the three Qing armies join forces in Guiyang, and rested for another four or five months, until Doni got the momentum and led the main force of the Eight Banners into Guizhou for support, and the four armies gathered in Guizhou. The main force of the Ming army went out of Yunnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Such a suffocating operation not only angered Liu Wenxiu to death, but also caused the Ming army to lose its fighter planes. After the Jin king took sole power, he was jealous of the virtuous and capable, and wanted to eliminate dissidents. Li Dingguo was completely different when he became king. Just like Sun Kewang when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he led his troops to Yunnan ten years ago. He managed an army of 10,000+ for three years and was very energetic. He went out to Yunnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty and defeated the Qing army, bringing half hope to the world. The same as the king of the country!
Ma Bao was originally sent to counterattack Guangxi. He, Sun Kewang's original generals, and Guangguo Gong He Jiuyi, who took the correct side in the internal strife among the three kings, took over Nanning, and even once took Hengzhou eastward and restored a large area of ​​Guangxi. However, when After Kunzai fell in the Ming Dynasty, Ma Bao had no choice but to lead his troops all the way back to Yunnan for support. Finally, in the mountains and jungles of western Yunnan, countless of his subordinates died of illness and starvation due to lack of food and clothing, so he had to surrender to Wu Sangui.

Later, when the Qing government wanted to reduce the vassal state, he was overjoyed and tried his best to encourage Wu Sangui to rebel. In eight years of bloody battles, he achieved such a record as the Yongxing Victory. The Tatars who died in his hands were even better than those who died in the hands of Jin King Li Dingguo. Much more!
Although Ma Bao at this time was not the kind of general who was famous all over the world in the later period and fought all over the Eight Banners, he still had some heroism in his heart now.

It's just that if he was caught by the Tatars today, he might be able to be impassioned, rebuke and die righteously, but now he is caught by Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu, not to mention that it is already the time of victory. If this is so stupid, Even if he is in the palace of the king of hell, the king of hell will feel that Ma Bao died unjustly.

Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Guizhou, stood on the city gate and said sternly: "Zhang Sheng, Zhang Hu! Now that the traitor Sun Kewang has been defeated, the army of the King of Jin will come back later. If you change sides and disarm, please show courtesy." Surrender, still without losing the position of Marquis! If you resist stubbornly, when the king of Jin's heavenly soldiers arrive, you will all be pulverized!"

Zhang Sheng rode on the tall horse and smiled coldly.

"Mu Tianbo, I fought with the lord 20 years ago, and I was highly valued by the lord during the king's time. Now the lord is just a small setback, how can I, Zhang Sheng, betray him!"

Mu Tianbo continued: "Han Chuanhou, in the battle of Jiaoshui, Sun Kewang's 14 troops will be completely defeated. Bai Wenxiu, Ma Weixing and others will return anyway. It can be seen that the hearts of the people are against each other. If you and Zhang Hu continue to make trouble, you will definitely die without burial. land."

"Mu Tianbo, stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Hu said loudly: "The king has ordered us to exchange horse treasures for Baoguo Gong's family. We will give you two quarters of an hour. If we still can't see you after two quarters of an hour, Mr. Baoguo’s family is so evil that tigers eat horses, so I will kill the horses and let everyone see the consequences of working for you!”

Before he finished speaking, countless cavalrymen placed their swords on Ma Bao's neck, as if they were really going to chop off Ma Bao's head.

When the dawn of victory comes, everyone will cherish their lives, and Ma Bao, who doesn't want to die unjustly and unjustly under Zhang Hu's knife, shouts.

"Your Majesty, save me!"

Mu Tianbo's face was gloomy, Ma Bao had made great contributions to the country, if such a good general was not rescued, the hearts of all the soldiers would be chilled, but Wang Shangli's status was respected. Even above the governors such as Bai Wenxuan, second only to the four kings of the southeast, northwest, and north. If such an important person is released, wouldn't it be letting the tiger go back to the mountain?

After thinking for a while, Mu Tianbo went down the tower, entered the palace quickly, and reported to Yongli.

"Your Majesty, Ma Bao was captured by the traitors Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu. Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu threatened to kill Ma Bao in public if Wang Shangli and his family were not released. This is an emergency. Your Majesty, please make a decision."

The face of the extraordinary Yongli changed. When Zhang Shenggang approached the city, he was very panicked and wanted to use his strengths, but Mu Tianbo and Jin Tongwu repeatedly persuaded him, saying that if His Majesty runs away to Kunming, he will be destroyed by Zhang Sheng. .Once Kunming broke the front line, Li Dingguo's army lost its way back and would die without a place to bury it.

Only then did Yongli summon up his courage when he heard the words, and stood firm for the only time when facing Zhang Sheng.

Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang succeeded to the throne in Zhaoqing, Guangdong on October 1646, [-]. Seven days later, before he could proclaim himself emperor, news came that the Qing army had captured Ganzhou, Jiangxi.

Although the Qing army had not entered Guangdong at this time and was still hundreds of miles away from Zhaoqing, Yongli ran to Wuzhou, Guangxi without saying a word. When the prisoner fled, the scholars in Guangdong were very dissatisfied, and the opportunist Su Guansheng took the opportunity to support Emperor Longwu. His younger brother Zhu Yuyu, king of Tang, supervised the country, and before Zhu Youlang, he officially proclaimed himself emperor on the fifth day of November, and the second year was changed to the first year of Shaowu.

On the eighth day of January, the news of Zhu Yukai's ascension to the throne in Guangzhou reached Wuzhou. In order to calm the hearts of the people in Guangdong, Zhu Youlang returned east to Zhaoqing on November [-]th. On the [-]th, he announced that he would be the emperor. Year.

In this way, Yongli and Shaowu fought a civil war in Guangdong, and Li Chengdong led a mere five thousand soldiers and horses to attack Guangzhou City and capture Emperor Shaowu. However, Yongli ran away immediately after hearing the news and returned to Wuzhou again.

Soon Zhaoqing fell and the Qing army approached Wuzhou. Emperor Yongli was frightened by Li Chengdong and fled north to Quanzhou, Guangxi, and then entered Hunan, relying on the protection of the warlord Liu Chengyin in the Wugang area.

Within a few days, the Qing army went south to Hunan, and Huguang governor He Tengjiao's thirteen towns were about to collapse. Liu Chengyin wanted to sacrifice Emperor Yongli to surrender Kong Youde.

Yongli was very smart and immediately fled to Guilin. After the Qing army went south to Guangxi, Qu Shishu begged him to stay and defend the city, but Yongli was unmoved and ran to Liuzhou.

Immediately afterwards, Jin Shenghuan, Li Chengdong, and Jiang Tuan came to light, and Yongli returned to Zhaoqing anyway.

But the good times did not last long, and the three men were defeated and died one after another. King Sanshun went south in a big way. Yongli was in a panic and wanted to escape. Du Yonghe, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, begged him, saying that once the Holy Emperor moves, people's hearts will be dispersed. If he continues to run away, There was no place to run, so Yongli fled to Wuzhou, Guangxi again without saying anything, leaving behind the soldiers and people of Guangdong.

Eight months later, Guangzhou was captured by Shang Kexi, and Guilin was captured by Kong Youde. Yongli was shocked and went up the river to flee to Nanning. On the way, he was intercepted by the warlord Chen Bangfu, and Yongli fled to Nanning.

Soon after Kong Youde went south, Yongli transferred to Rufeng again, entered Yunnan, and was placed in Anlong by Sun Kewang.

However, Sun Kewang, the leader of the country, was domineering and did not regard Yongli's court as a court at all. Yongli and his ministers took advantage of the contradiction between Sun and Li to fan the flames and made repeated operations, finally allowing Li Dingguo to lead troops to take Yongli out and enter. Yunnan.

However, after the internal strife between the three kings, the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou were quickly lost. Yongli had to run to Burma, where he was eventually caught by Wu Sangui and strangled to death with a bowstring.

"Duke Qian, Ma Bao is a loyal minister and good general, I can't chill the hearts of the soldiers." Yong Li said slowly.

Although he is not expected to be an emperor, and he is not even a man, but Yongli's heart is actually very good, but it is a pity that his various actions have killed many soldiers and people.

In less than two quarters of an hour, Duke Baoguo Shangli was pressed onto the tower.

"Admiral, don't panic, the lord has sent us to rescue you!" Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu shouted from the city.

Wang Shangli burst into tears when he heard the words, and the news of Sun Kewang's defeat had already spread in Kunming City. Originally, Wang Shangli was deeply saddened and felt that he would not be able to survive, but he thought that he would be happy with the generals, and the happiness came too suddenly.

Zhang Sheng didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "Duke Qian, Zhang Hu and I led the cavalry to retreat, leaving a hundred people to guard Ma Bao and his soldiers, and you also send a hundred people to escort the admiral's family out of the city!"

"Okay!" Qian Guogong Mu Tianbo remained calm, watched Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu lead their troops back, opened the gate of Kunming, and sent a hundred elite soldiers to escort Wang Shangli's family out of the city.

Soon, under mutual vigilance, Ma Bao and Wang Shangli completed the exchange. A hundred elite soldiers in bright uniforms quickly helped Wang Shangli and his family mount their horses.

Mu Tianbo and Jin Tongwu wanted to order Wang Shangli to be shot several times, but after seeing the elite hard bows of the Jiaqian Army pointed at Ma Bao, they also considered that there were a large number of Wang Shangli's old troops in the city's defenders, and killing Wang Shangli might lead to chaos, so they decided He held back forcefully.

"A group of remnants and defeated generals. Once King Jin's army arrives, you will surely die without a burial place!" Mu Tianbo and Jin Tongwu looked at the scene of Zhang Sheng's army retreating and smiled coldly.

"The Marquis of Hanchuan, the Marquis of Dongchang, how is the Lord doing now?"

Zhang Sheng, the Marquis of Hanchuan, replied: "The king has now gathered his defeated troops and should have retreated to Guiyang."

Wang Shangli's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I only hate that Bai Wenxuan, a thief who has troubled the city, ruined the important affairs of the country's leader."

"Admiral." Zhang Hu said: "For the current plan, we should quickly return to Guiyang according to the order of the lord. The lord still has more than 2 old brothers in Guiyang, and Yang Wu, Gao Qilong and others are stationed in Guiyang." The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the border can still do great things with this family fortune!"

Seven thousand cavalrymen from the front army quickly moved north, preparing to bypass the main force of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu from the northern line, then pass through Wusa Mansion, exit Qixing Pass, enter the Shuixi area, and then drive southeast to Guiyang.

Along the way, Zhang Hu informed Wang Shangli of Sun Kewang's performance.

"What! You're saying that at a critical moment, the king got advice from the gods and men in the sky, and that's why he knew that Ma Bao and the others had rebelled?"

"Admiral, I'm also puzzled, but Ma Weixing and the others really turned against each other as soon as the lord said this, and Ma Bao was really a traitor once I caught him!"

Zhang Sheng, Zhang Hu, and Wang Shangli stared wide-eyed, and were taken aback by Sun Kewang's pretense.

"Next, let's see if Li Dingguo's army will appear near the muddy pond." Zhang Sheng frowned.

Soon the sound of cannons and smoke were heard in the distance, and the reconnaissance scouts at the rear issued an early warning.

"According to the current position of Li Dingguo's army, if I don't wait to take the path, I will definitely encounter Li Dingguo's army in the muddy pond..."

A cavalry general looked at each other, and the expressions of Zhang Hu and the others changed, and then fanaticism appeared on their faces.

Zhang Sheng said excitedly: "The ruler of the country has been advised by gods and men in heaven, so he should be the ruler of the world!"

For a time, the seven thousand cavalrymen of the Qianqian Army were talking a lot. Many generals of the Qianqian Army were extremely excited. Even the surrendered general Wu Dading had a look of astonishment on his face.

"Let's go to Yizhou quickly and kill Li Chengjue!" Zhang Shengma pointed, and the [-] cavalry marched in an orderly manner.

Thanks to Sun Kewang's early warning, Zhang Sheng's [-] cavalry successfully bypassed Li Dingguo's main army. Li Dingguo also showed the style of a famous general. After receiving the news from Kunming, he learned that Zhang Sheng had withdrawn his troops and quickly moved his troops. Going north, we finally detected the movements of Zhang Sheng's army.

Since Zhang Sheng's troops were all cavalry, Li Dingguo personally led thousands of cavalry in pursuit in order to catch up with Zhang Sheng and destroy Sun Kewang's loyal troops. However, because his troops had just experienced a great battle and were marching back to Kunming to aid, they had already The division veterans are tired.

Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu personally led the elite soldiers to defeat Li Dingguo's pursuers repeatedly, and the morale of the leading army was greatly boosted for a while. In desperation, Li Dingguo had no choice but to give up the pursuit and let his already exhausted troops rest.

Zhang Sheng and his party quickly arrived at the ground in Zhanyi Prefecture. Looking at the flag of the Jiaqian Army, Li Chengjue, the commander-in-chief guarding the area, quickly led his troops to greet them.

"The Marquis of Hanchuan, Marquis of Dongchang, and Duke Baoguo, please come into the city to rest." Li Chengjue greeted Zhang Sheng and the others respectfully.

Zhang Sheng looked at his former subordinates, smiled and said: "The country is in trouble and I think of a good general, I didn't expect you to be quite loyal."

"That's natural." Li Chengjue said quickly: "The king of the country is my master, and the Marquis of Hanchuan is my commander. I shall be loyal to the king of the country and the Marquis of Hanchuan."

"Very good!" Zhang Sheng rode on the horse, pointed at the horse in his hand, and said, "Take it!"

In an instant, the cavalry from the front army swarmed forward, captured Li Chengjue without any suspense, and entered the city.

"Marquis of Hanchuan! What do you mean?" Li Chengjue shouted repeatedly.

Zhang Sheng said: "Of course I want to check your loyalty."

As soon as this remark came out, Li Chengjue felt as if he was mourning his concubine.

Soon Zhang Sheng's generals searched the city and reported back: "General, there are five hundred elite soldiers in ambush in Li Chengjue's mansion in the city, and we are waiting to capture them."

Zhang Sheng was shocked when he heard this, and then looked at the ashen-faced Li Chengjue and smiled: "It is not easy for you, a small general of Zhanyi Prefecture, to gather five hundred elite soldiers, and your subordinates just accepted it. "

Before he finished speaking, the sword fell. Li Chengjue and dozens of his rebellious subordinates were beheaded and hung on the tower of Zhanyi Prefecture. All his subordinates and the treasury in the city were taken over by Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng and the others did not dare to stay in Yunnan for long. After plundering all the money and food in Zhanyizhou, they quickly went north along the road to Wusa Mansion in Yunnan, then left Qixingguan, passed through the Shuixi area, and quickly returned to Guiyang.

When the Jiaqian army on the North Road left Qixingguan and entered the border of Guizhou, Sun Kewang finally led his troops to the city of Guiyang.

(End of this chapter)