Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 756 King Pingxi leads his army northward (Part )
"Are you saying that the Wei army defeated Jianchang and Shuchenghou died in the battle?" Wu Sangui asked Wang An, the deputy general who had escaped from Jianchang, with bright eyes at Pingxiwang Camp in Kunming, Yunnan.

"Exactly, Marquis Shucheng was killed by the traitorous general Zhang Mingzhi. That guy was originally the deputy general of Marquis Shucheng's army and was deeply trusted. Unexpectedly, he was so unjust," Wang An said angrily. Although he was a general selected by King Bai Wen of Gongchang and was not a close confidant of Di Sanpin, he was still very shameless about killing his general in order to survive.

Wu Sangui disagreed. In troubled times, he had seen many sellers seeking glory. He just asked calmly: "Do you know the approximate number of guardsmen who attacked Sichuan?"

"When I return to His Highness King Ping Xi, I will only know that the number of guards who invaded Jianchang was only a few thousand. The city was captured because An Taining, the commander of the Jianchang Guard, pretended to surrender and let the guards enter the city. Otherwise, Jianchang would never have been lost so easily. . As for the guards who attacked Sichuan, I heard that there were 100,000 in number, but the general is not sure." Wang An answered honestly.

"Well, you've been working really hard this whole way, please go down and have a rest," Wu Sangui said gently, his sword eyebrows raised, not angry but powerful.

"Ting Xian and Mao Xia, what do you two think?" After Wang An retreated, Wu Sangui looked at his two advisers and asked. Fang Guangchen, courtesy name Tingxian, was the son of Fang Yizao, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. He was good at strategy. In his early years, he formed an alliance with Wu Sangui and became a close friend. Later, he fled to Yunnan and joined Wu Sangui. Wang Liu Wenxiu served as a guest in the tent. After Liu Wenxiu was defeated and returned to Guizhou, "Pingxi King Fu Luo placed himself in the tent." These two people are his two great think tanks, and they have actually given him many good ideas.

"Your Highness, there are hundreds of thousands of guardsmen attacking Shu, but only a few thousand go south to Jianchang. Their main force has been moving eastward, including Jiading, Mahu, Xuzhou and other places. This shows that they do not want to go south from Sichuan to Yunnan. , but wanted to invade Guizhou. It was very strange. The Wei army seemed to want to outflank and annihilate our army. However, our army in Yunnan and Guizhou has more than 200,000 troops, and they only have 100,000. How can they have such great ambitions? Fang Guangchen said with a frown.

"I heard that Qianyuan, the leader of the guard, was attacking the north. Maybe the Southern Guard's actions were just to drag down the main force of our army living in Yunnan and Guizhou to facilitate the movements of the Northern Guard," Liu Xuanchu put forward his own point of view.

"Mao Xia means that the focus of the Guard's attack is Beijing, and the Guard in the south is just feigning an attack?" Wu Sangui took a breath, "Then Emperor Qianyuan of Wei is so ambitious! He actually wants to capture it in one fell swoop. Beijing, Dingding Central Plains".

"It may not be a feint attack. I think that the guards in the south have the intention of containing our army, but if the offensive goes well, they don't mind attacking the south in one fell swoop." Liu Xuanchu spoke calmly, admiring the Mongol emperor's courage in his heart.

"Then tell me, do you want to send troops to rescue Sichuan?" Wu Sangui asked.

"Your Highness now has many soldiers and generals. How can the Qing government sit idly by and ignore it? It is not a question of whether to save or not, but how to save." Fang Guangchen said.

At this time, Wu Sangui did have many soldiers and generals. After the Qing army entered Yunnan and Guizhou from Sichuan, the Ming army surrendered in large numbers. Because his troops were Han troops and he himself was a surrendered general of the Ming Dynasty, most of the surrendered troops were willing to surrender to him. First, the Ming deputy generals Sun Chongya, guerrilla Chen Baoguo, Guo Zhifang, Zhang Yu, Ye Shixian, Zhang Yinghu and others led troops to surrender from Nandian; on May 16, the Syrian Gong Ma Weixing, the Huai Gong Ma Bao and the generals Ta Xince and Li Gui, Jiao Hongcao, He Tianyun, Cao Fude, Shan Taizheng, and Ma Zide (son of King Ma Jinzhong of Hanyang) led a group of more than 4,000 people to cross the Lancang River and surrender; on May 28, Gong'an Bo Li Rubi, Yichuan Bo Gao Qilong, and General Liu Zhenguo , the governor of Qianshi Dynasty, each led more than 2,000 people to surrender from the Lijiang River; after that, there were Mengjin Bo Wei Yong, Yongchang Marquis Zhang Yingjing, Qishan Marquis Wang Hui, General Yang Cheng, Zhao Wu, Deng Wanggong, Wan Zhiyuan , Wang Jing, Han Tianfu, Wang Chao More than ten people and more than 3,800 soldiers surrendered from Tengyue Border; more than 7,900 soldiers including Xianyang Hou Qi Sansheng led Wei Junzhong, son of Mengjin Bo Wei Yong, and general Wang Yougong and other soldiers surrendered. All in all, the number of Ming troops who surrendered to King Pingxi exceeded 30,000. After petitioning the Qing court for approval, he divided the surrendered Ming troops into ten battalions, led by Ma Bao, Li Rubi, Gao Qilong, Liu Zhifu, Ta Xince, Wang Hui, Liu Kai, Ma Weixing, Wu Zisheng, and Yang Wei were the general soldiers of the Tenth Battalion.

In fact, in addition to military generals, civil servants such as Zhang Zuochen, the scholar of Dongge University in the Yongli Dynasty, Gong Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Sun Shun, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Liu Bi, the Shaoqing of Dali, and Hu Xian, the military officer, all also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Only the remaining defeated generals led by Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan hid in the mountains and forests and continued to resist. On the surface, it seems that the day when the Ming Dynasty will fall and the Qing Dynasty will unify Jinou is not far away. But this is exactly what His Highness King Pingxi is worried about: when the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden; when the cunning rabbits die, the lackeys are cooked. A few days ago, he saw that Yunnan and Guizhou were about to be pacified, and wanted to keep his military power. He asked Hong Chengchou, the manager of the five provinces who had the title of master and apprentice with him and was also his second minister, to ask for advice. "Chang Bo (Wu Sangui's nickname), you must remember that Yunnan and Guizhou cannot be idle for a day." Hong Lao's words were concise and concise, which meant that Yunnan and Guizhou should not be peaceful. As long as trouble continues, the Qing Dynasty will have to keep you to continue fighting. Your military power will be preserved. He believed this deeply. After the Battle of Mopanshan, he only recruited surrenders and rebels, expanded his strength, and tried his best to avoid confrontation with the Ming army. Now his troops have reached 60,000.

"Ting Xian's words hit the point. His Highness now has an army of 60,000 people. How can the Qing government trust you? When the guards enter Shu, they will definitely force you to fight to the death with the guards in order to consume you. So, do you want to It doesn't matter if we don't rescue Sichuan. The key is how to rescue in order to preserve our own strength to the maximum extent. It is believed that the focus of the Wei army's offensive is Guizhou, so the main force of our army must not be placed on the Sichuan-Guizhou border. We might as well divide the troops into two groups and attack with the main force. Jianchang, according to what Wang An just said, there are only a few thousand guardsmen in Jianchang now, which can be easily taken to expand the strength; another partial division is sent north to Yongning Guards and Bozhou to pretend to prevent the guardsmen from entering Guizhou. The main force of the guard army can only send a small number of troops to march slowly, the slower the better." Liu Xuanchu came up with an idea with a smile.

"Well, what Mao Ya said makes sense." Wu Sangui let out a long breath. This way he would not disobey military orders, but could effectively maintain his own strength. It was a good plan!
"Your Majesty, General Anyuan Jingkou and His Highness Prince Doni of Xin County invite you to go to his big tent to discuss matters." Wu Sangui was discussing military aircraft with his advisers when a message came from his bodyguard.

Haha, it’s a blessing, not a curse, it’s a curse that cannot be avoided. Wu Sangui sneered in his heart, ordered his guards to prepare their horses, whipped their horses and whipped them, and headed for Doni's camp.

(End of this chapter)