Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 466 Confrontation of Famous Generals ([-])

Li Dingguo was also frowning at this time, and the reason for frowning was because he and Sun Kewang had a disagreement.

Sun Kewang hoped to occupy Yunnan first and then go to Guizhou, because Yunnan was far away from the main force of the Ming army and it was easier to win.

On the other hand, Li Dingguo hoped to occupy Guizhou first, because once Tongren in Guizhou was occupied in the north, he could assist the Ainengqi tribe in the east of Sichuan, in the south he could threaten Guangxi, the food base of the Ming army, and in the east he could threaten Changde and Changsha in Huguang.

Zhang Xianzhong directly adopted the suggestions of his two adoptive sons, ordered Sun Kewang to go to Yunnan and Li Dingguo to Guizhou, and even made Sun Kewang the Duke of Dian and ordered him to live in Yunnan; Li Dingguo was named Duke of Qian and ordered him to live in Guizhou .

Li Dingguo had a lot of opinions on this. In his opinion, he and Sun Kewang were horns of each other and should not divide the troops, so as to achieve a certain amount of advance and retreat.

But Sun Kewang didn't follow Li Dingguo's suggestion, and relied on himself as the elder brother, and went south from Wusa to Pingyiwei on the grounds that his father had given the emperor's order. Returning to Usa Mansion, he has not been able to enter Qujing, Yunnan an inch of land so far.

Li Dingguo, on the other hand, took advantage of the fact that the Ming army was defending Yunnan and Guiyang, and used a surprise army to seize Zunyi. In the end, he even occupied Guiyang, Anshun, Pingyue and other cities for a while, and almost realized his goal of occupying the entire territory of Guizhou.

But what Li Dingguo didn't expect was that a well-equipped and extremely tenacious unit suddenly appeared in the Ming army, and they marched westward and took their lives to capture Zhenyuan, Pianqiao, Xinglong and other key passes.

Li Dingguo immediately and decisively withdrew his troops back to Zunyi Military and Civilian Mansion.

But he knew that if he marched alone into Pingyue, Guiyang or Tongren, he would be rejected by the main force of the Ming army.

Coupled with the frequent rain in summer, even sunny days will be unbearably hot.

Therefore, in his view, without the assistance of Sun Kewang's Ministry, if he goes deep alone, it will be difficult to realize his goal of occupying the entire territory of Guizhou and expanding the base area for his Daxi regime.

Therefore, Li Dingguo once again conveyed to Sun Kewang that he wanted him to lead troops into Guizhou, and also sent a memorial to Zhang Xianzhong.

But Sun Kewang didn't agree.

Sun Kewang felt that he was an elder brother, and he didn't want to be reduced to a general who cooperated with Li Dingguo, nor was he willing to make a wedding dress for Li Dingguo, and used his army to help Li Dingguo realize his goal of occupying the entire territory of Guizhou.

Even Sun Kewang, in the name of his elder brother, suggested that Li Dingguo withdraw his troops from the Zunyi and Guizhou occupied areas and go to Yunnan to help him occupy Qujing and then capture Kunming.

But Li Dingguo also rejected Sun Kewang's proposal on the grounds that it was hindered by the heavy rain and that Sun Kewang would block the main force of the Ming army.

thus.

Now there is only Li Dingguo in Daxi's military force in Guizhou, and Li Dingguo is in charge of all of them.

However, Li Dingguo also knew that it was more than enough to defend Zunyi with his own army, but it was very difficult to occupy the entire territory of Guizhou, so he never acted rashly.

But Li Dingguo did not give up easily, but chose a risky move.

"The Ming army will definitely try their best to retake Zunyi in the future, and to go down to Zunyi, we must first capture Wujiang Pass. We have to send heavy troops to guard Wujiang Pass! But we can't just give up the plan to occupy Guizhou so easily.

Therefore, the general decided: Lieutenant General Feng Xianchu led [-] elite infantry to carry ropes and planks, enter Dalou Mountain overnight, cross Renjiang, Tanshui, Wujiang, Yuewumeng Mountain, Tixi, Tongren Dajiang, Tongren Xiaojiang, and cover it with lightning speed. Er Zhishi occupies Tongren!
The governor of the Ming army, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and the general soldiers are all in Tongren. Once they occupy Tongren, they will achieve the goal of capturing the thief and the king first. At that time, I will lead the army to the south to Pingyue, and I will be able to sweep the entire territory of Guizhou. It is a dangerous game, but it is also the only way to occupy the whole territory of Guizhou! "

Li Dingguo conveyed the strategy he had thought about for a long time to his generals in the form of orders.

It is his habit to make decisions before acting, and his meticulous thinking habits have always been convinced by his subordinates. His deputy general Feng Xianchudang even started to prepare, while Li Dingguo himself began to think about how to keep the law. .

At this time, Li Dingguo did not know that his opponent of the Ming army was Yan Yingyuan, the deputy commander of the Second Corps of the Seventh Army of the Ming Dynasty Guards. He was the best among the officers of the Qing Zhuang faction of the Ming Dynasty who had fought pirates and suppressed reactionary gentry.

Li Dingguo also instinctively felt that the officers and soldiers of the Ming army would still choose to focus on Wujiang Pass for defense.

But the most basic military quality of a famous general is to be considerate, so Li Dingguo is no exception.

He could predict that the Ming army would definitely focus on attacking Zunyi in the next step, so he did not choose to personally lead elite soldiers to attack Tongren, but personally sat in the rear, preparing to block the main force of the Ming army.

At this time, Li Dingguo's own eyeliner came to Li Dingguo:
"My lord, we sent back news that Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian has recently entered Guizhou territory, and at the beginning of the year Nanjing City issued a decree, indicating that the court has declared war on the Qing court and is preparing to launch the Northern Expedition in October this year."

"Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian came to Guizhou, why did he come to Guizhou?"

Li Dingguo was puzzled, but he still thought to himself:
"The Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming court has never failed since he moved south to take over the military power himself. Duoduo, Azige and even Hong Chengchou were all defeated by him. Now that the war in the southwest is pending, he came here just to make peace Southwest, so that he will not have to worry about the future during the Northern Expedition."

"Thinking about it this way, the Ming army will definitely step up its offensive against Zunyi! This general should not take it lightly! Is there anything else in Zunyi that may be breached besides Wujiang Pass? Could it be Dalou Mountain?"

When Li Dingguo asked, his subordinate Du Shilun couldn't help but said: "The Dalou mountain is very steep. The Ming army is all Huaiyang soldiers. It may be okay to swim, but climbing the mountain may not be possible. Now it is midsummer, and leeches and poisonous snakes are infested. The Ming army Don’t dare to take that risk.”

"No matter what, we still need to send more scouts around Dalou Mountain. In addition, send people to investigate the direction of Wujiang Pass!"

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The mountains in the Southwest are not comparable to those in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Many of these mountains are uninhabited and barren mountains, or are covered with snow all the year round or infested by wild animals.

Otherwise, Yan Yingyuan would not personally lead a team to attack Zunyi.

And Li Dingguo would not send his most trusted and elite troops to cross several steep rivers and cross Wumeng Mountain to attack Tongren.

The two world famous generals who had made great contributions to China's national salvation and preservation began their official confrontation in this way at this moment in the Shiwan Mountains in the southwest.

At this time, Yan Yingyuan and Li Dingguo were both young generals valued by their own monarchs Zhu Youjian and Zhang Xianzhong respectively.

One has been announced in the southwest and is in the position of Duke.

One was already a popular general in the Imperial Guards, and under the reports of the domestic media in Ming Dynasty, he had become the crush crush of countless boudoir ladies and courtesans.

(End of this chapter)