Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 562: The triumphant return of the phoenix seeking the phoenix (Part )
"Your Majesty, I thought that Sun Ke would not be able to accomplish anything," Liu Haogu, a bachelor and minister of the Ministry of Rites, said with a smile.

"Oh, how come you see it?"

"Not long after the death of the Ming Dynasty, people's hearts are with Zhu and not with Sun. This cannot be accomplished. An emperor needs to be open to all rivers. Sun Kewang imprisoned Emperor Yongli in Anlong and refused to welcome Kunming and Guiyang. This shows his narrow-mindedness and suspicion. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were at odds with each other internally, which was the second reason why they could not accomplish anything; they were in one corner and attacked the whole country, they were eager to proclaim themselves emperor before the Northern Expedition was successful, and they were small in power but had arrogant ambitions.

After listening to Liu Haogu's analysis, Suletan nodded repeatedly, "Since Thief Sun can't succeed, it seems that I have to distance myself from him."

But Liu Haogu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is because Sun Kewang cannot succeed that you should form an alliance with him."

"Eh? Master Liu, what do you mean by this? Why do you advise me to form an alliance with someone who is destined to fail?" Sultan was surprised.

"If you want to get Zhu Ming's kingdom, you have to form an alliance with the mediocre lord; if you form an alliance with the heroic lord, Zhu Ming's kingdom will belong to that heroic lord."

Suletan suddenly realized and laughed loudly: "Master Liu is right. Now that the Manchus are powerful, I have to find allies, but if the allies are too strong, this picturesque country will actually make them easier. From this point of view, Sun The thief is really a good candidate for alliance!"

"I think that Sun Tie sent envoys to form an alliance with you, not necessarily for the purpose of seeking to usurp the throne. In order to establish prestige, two years ago, Sun Tie ordered the Great Western Army to march from Yunnan to the north to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and also sent people to Shubao to set off. , and obtained the imperial edict from Emperor Yongli. I heard that the Daxi Army has been victorious now and is on the verge of recovery. Maybe he sent you to discuss the joint attack on the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Hu Lianqi, the censor of Youdu, put forward his own opinion.

"Well, what Hu Qing said makes sense. Hada, what information did the Wu Yiwei collect on the Great Western Army's Northern Expedition?" Suletan stared at Hada, his childhood friend and the head of ten thousand households of the Wu Yiwei.

He was a middle-aged man about forty years old, with a simple and honest appearance, the kind of man you wouldn't find in a crowd. Although his appearance is ordinary, the simpler the knife, the sharper it is. Hearing that the Great Khan wanted to ask about Sun Kewang, he specially ordered people to pick out the intelligence about the Great Western Army in the past two years from the secret files of the Wuyi Guards, and put a heavy basket in it.

"Great Khan, Mr. Hu is right. Two years ago, Sun Kewang sent Yang Xing, a member of Zhongshushe, to ask Emperor Yongli for the decree for the Northern Expedition. I have ordered someone to copy the original text of the decree. Please read it." , Hada respectfully presented a secret file.

Suletan took it and read it, and it read: "I am very happy to read the report of the whole brigade's eastern expedition to exterminate the rebels for the imperial court. Now Gongshun (referring to Kong Youde) invaded Wuhan and occupied Chang and Yue. Your Majesty led the troops out of Chu. , Jian Ling went straight down, and swept the Central Plains in order to restore the country." After reading it, I couldn't help but sigh, "Just looking at the decree issued by Emperor Yongli, he can be regarded as a staunch monarch determined to recover. But how come I heard that since he succeeded to the throne, he fled whenever he encountered the Qing army and never fought a battle. A decent battle. Alas! Why are words and reality so different?"

"What the Great Khan didn't know is that the emperors of the Han people grew up in deep palaces and lived in fine clothes and fine food, so they lacked blood. Except for those who founded the country, most of them could only use a pen and not a knife. So they could only write. The article scolds people, but if there is a real fight, all they can do is run away. Hahaha~" Tiemoer laughed loudly.

"Hahaha~" There was laughter in the hall. Only Liu Haogu and Xue Zongzhou did not laugh. After all, they were once scholars of the Ming Dynasty. Although they have become Wei ministers now, they still have feelings for the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Yongli's cowardice and incompetence made them both feel heartbroken, but how could they laugh about it.

Sultan waved his hand, stopped laughing, and said to Hada: "Ignore the rest for now, and report the situation of the Great Western Army's Northern Expedition to me and everyone."

"Yes", Hada picked out a few more secret files and read them out slowly.

"After Sun Kewang took over Yunnan, Guizhou and southern Sichuan, he rested with the people, developed production, trained troops in the fields, and prepared for the Northern Expedition. The specific military deployment was that he and Li Dingguo attacked Huguang eastward, and Liu Wenxiu and others marched into Sichuan."

"The focus of the Northern Expedition of the Great Western Army was Hunan. In April of the eighth year of Qianyuan (1651), Sun Kewang sent Feng Shuangli to lead tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry and more than ten war elephants from Guizhou into Hunan, and divided his troops into three groups to attack Yuanzhou; in April On the th, Feng Shuangli occupied Yuanzhou and captured Qing general Zheng Yitong and Zhizhou Chai Gonggui alive. Taking advantage of the victory, he attacked Chenzhou and confronted Qing Xushun Gong Shen Yongzhong and Chenchang general Xu Yong. In April, the Great Western Army Li Dingguo's troops were led by Guizhou entered Hunan, joined forces with Feng Shuangli to attack Jingzhou, annihilated Shen Yongzhong's general Zhang Guozhu's troops, and conquered Jingzhou and Wugang. On June , Shen Yongzhong retreated to Changsha, and on August , he abandoned Changsha and fled to Yuezhou. Today in Hunan In this province, except for Yuezhou and Changde, which were still under the control of the Qing army, only the town of Xu Yong was left alone to defend Chenzhou."

"The Great Western Army Li Dingguo sent his troops into Hunan and recovered a large number of prefectures and counties. In June, he entered Guangxi and directly attacked the whole state. On June 28, Li Dingguo annihilated the Qing army in the whole state and killed the defenders Sun Long and Li Yangxing. , heading towards Guilin."

"In response to the Great Western Army entering southern Sichuan, the Qing government sent Pingxi King Wu Sangui and Dingxi General Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan to lead their troops from Hanzhong into Sichuan. On the seventh day of February in the ninth year of Qianyuan (1652), Wu and Li arrived in Baoning ( Langzhong), occupied Chengdu on the nd, and then captured Meizhou, Jiading (Leshan), Hezhou, Chongqing, Mahu, Qiongzhou, and Yazhou. Sun Kewang had sent more than reinforcements led by King Liu Wenxiu of Funan. Three routes enter Sichuan, and Jianchang, Xuyong, and Pengshui will counterattack. A war in the direction of Sichuan is imminent."

Silence, deathly silence, after listening to Hada's words, there was silence in the Qianyuan Hall. Judging from the intelligence, the Great Western Army has captured more than half of Hunan, and took advantage of the victory to enter Guangxi. Although the Qing army captured more than half of Sichuan, today's Sichuan has not yet recovered from the war, with a sparse population and poor people's livelihood. It is unable to compete with Hunan and other countries. Guangxi than. In short, the Northern Expedition of the Great Western Army achieved great results, and it was able to overwhelm the Qing army and demonstrate its extremely strong strength.

Suletan sighed, "I scolded the traitor Sun for being unfaithful and unjust, but this traitor achieved such great results. On the contrary, Zhu Ming's orthodox Yongli Emperor collapsed at the first touch and was vulnerable to a blow. It is surprising. If Everyone in the Ming Dynasty is like a thief, and it will be difficult for me to seize thousands of miles of mountains and rivers north and south of the Yangtze River!"

"Don't worry, Khan. Even if Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo are heroes, and there are mediocre masters like Yongli around, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty will not be able to thrive," Batu Hetan advised.

Suletan nodded and said to Liu Haogu: "Master Liu, who knows the affairs of the Ming Dynasty? Please analyze for me the future situation in the three battlefields of Hunan, Guangxi, and Sichuan."

(End of this chapter)