Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 477 Liu Wenxiu urges Li Dingguo to surrender

"Your Majesty, news came from Zhou Ze that Zhang Xianzhong had been executed by him, but he claimed that it was Prince Su Haoge who killed him. In addition, Prince Su Haoge, the general who conquered the West, led troops into Sichuan to seize Chengdu from Sun Kewang. Now that Sun Kewang has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he claims to be the king of Shu, while Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu are entrenched in Xuzhou, Ai Nengqi hanged himself when the city of Chongqing was destroyed; Zhou asked for instructions, when will he turn against the water?"

After Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, reported to Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian was not very sad: "Since Zhang Xianzhong is dead, the Southwest War will enter a new stage. Tell Zhou Ze that when Jinyiwei takes his wife and children After the secret is transferred back to Daming, he will be informed of the exact time of betrayal, and you Jin Yiwei should pay more attention to this aspect."

"In addition, tell Zhou Ze to let the main force of Hauge Zhenglan Banner enter Sichuan. Once he arrives at Baoning Mansion, he will immediately inform us of the news. Since Hauge is coming, let him come and go. Sichuan has been easy to defend since ancient times. It is difficult to attack, but it is also easy to trap people, so Zhou Ze must ensure that all the checkpoints from Baoning Mansion to Hanzhong and Mianzhou to Hanzhong are in his hands, and Hauge will be trapped in Sichuan so that he cannot get out! "

After Zhu Youjian's order, Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, also responded and went down to carry out Zhu Youjian's will.

At this time, Li Yan also came in: "Your Majesty, Weng Zhengchun, the First Corps of the Seventh Army of the Guards, was ordered to be transferred to Anshun, and has successively recovered Zhenxiong, Wusa, Wumeng and other mansions, and has now occupied In Jiading Prefecture, Yan Yingyuan of the Second Corps has occupied Yong'an Xuanfu Division and captured Shihuguan. After the extermination army occupied Chongqing, Yuan Zongdi's department has occupied Fushun, and Yang Zhan's department has now recovered Dongchuan, Mahu and other prefectures. Entering and occupying Qianwei, the Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu tribes in Xuzhou have lost their wings!"

"Okay, order Gao Jie, the general of Guizhou, to set off for Nanxi in three days. I will meet Li Dingguo this time, and see if he can escape this time. All the troops from all walks of life will gather in the direction of Xuzhou."

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he took Li Yan, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, out of Zunyi Prefecture.

Nearly 30 Ming troops came to encircle the Syrian prefecture with great fanfare. They did not make any cover-ups. They were all armed with guns and cannons. The Ming army had appeared in the entire area of ​​​​the Syrian prefecture. Li Dingguo wondered if the Ming army appeared. no.

At this time, Li Dingguo's officers and soldiers in the entire Syrian state capital were already panicking.

"Second brother, tell me what to do now, the Ming army is powerful, we are afraid that we will be defeated!",

Liu Wenxiu also anxiously asked about Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo himself was helpless.

At this time, Ma Shiying rushed to the city of Xuzhou Prefecture with Zhang Tongchang's guard battalion under the order of Zhu Youjian. '

"My official is Ma Shiying, a scholar of the Wuying Temple in the Ming Dynasty. Today, I have come to see General Li on the orders of His Majesty. I hope that General Li will take the time to meet. Although we were enemies, we are all Han family sons. Now the Qing army is invading. Bashu, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty intends to make a Northern Expedition to cleanse the world and clarify the universe. He is willing to recruit General Li as my minister of the Ming Dynasty and help General Li achieve great achievements forever!

"If General Li is willing to surrender to Daming, please invite Ma to see him in Kaicheng, and dedicate it to Xuzhou City in three days. His Majesty is still willing to abide by the promise in the previous letter to retain General Li's current title. If General Li refuses to surrender to Daming, three days later In the future, our army will surely break through the city, and the people in the city will not survive, all because of your stubbornness, General Li!"

Ma Shiying shouted, and soon someone passed the news to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo has mixed feelings in his heart, he knows that he is no longer an opponent of the Ming army.

At this time, some generals within Li Dingguo also began to agitate, and began to persuade Li Dingguo to join Daming, and even the middle and lower ranks became even stronger.

In the end, Liu Wenxiu couldn't help asking Li Dingguo: "Why don't you surrender, second brother, it's better than surrendering Qing."

"But have you ever thought about it, if we descend to the Ming Dynasty, we will become enemies with the eldest brother from now on. Besides, we have fought against the Ming army for a lifetime, how can they easily spare us?"

"Brother, he chose to recognize the thief as his father. If the father is reborn, he will never allow him to do this. Besides, if we don't descend to the Ming Dynasty now, how can we talk about resisting the Qing Dynasty, and how can we talk about avenging our father!

Moreover, we are Han Chinese after all, and now that the Ming court intends to make the Northern Expedition, in the humble opinion of the third brother, joining the Ming Dynasty may be the only way out. It won't be so tragic.Moreover, Li Yan and Gao Yigong, who were rebels in the past, have all belonged to the imperial court, and now they are all high-ranking officials and rich salaries. "

After Liu Wenxiu said this, Li Dingguo suddenly looked at Liu Wenxiu: "According to what you mean, you are definitely going to belong to Daming?"

"Second brother! I'm just talking about the facts. Don't you understand today? It's not that they can't break the city, it's not that they can't annihilate us. We are already the turtles in the urn. The dignified scholars outside are talking about General Li. The Emperor Ming wrote to you personally , What is the reason? It’s not that you are a general, and you die for your confidant. Since you are so sincere, how long are you going to be stubborn!”

Li Dingguo was silent, and at this time his general Tang Ming rushed in with a large group of generals:

"General, the last general begs the general to join Daming. I would rather follow Daming than shave my hair and follow the Qing army. We don't want to be slaves of the Hulu! General!"

"Tang Ming, you are trying to force this general, don't think that this general is afraid to kill you!"

Li Dingguo was furious and immediately drew his sword to kill Tang Ming, Liu Wenxiu immediately hugged Li Dingguo:

"Second brother, these are brothers who have been with you through life and death for many years. Tang Minghe has saved your life three times. Even if you don't think about your own way out, you have to think about their way out!"

"Okay, since I want to surrender, I will only surrender to the Emperor Daming, let Zhu Youjian come, let him come in person! I will not surrender that dog official outside!"

Li Dingguo roared angrily.

Not long after, Ma Shiying also learned that Li Dingguo was only willing to submit to Zhu Youjian, but did not want to see his own news, so he hurriedly sent someone to ask Zhu Youjian for instructions.

"It can be seen how far you officials have lost their hearts. Li Yan seems to have said the same thing back then. Is there any difference if you are only willing to demote me and not a hundred officials? Well, let me go and meet Li Dingguo for a while! "

Zhu Youjian ordered someone to send a message to Li Dingguo to meet in Luolong Town, Nanxi County on the [-]rd.

After Li Dingguo heard that Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty agreed to see him in person, he was indeed in a better mood. First of all, he did not expect that the morale of his army would belong to Daming, so he no longer had the intention of establishing his own family. Now he heard that Emperor Ming wanted to After seeing himself in person, he really felt satisfied, and he was mentally prepared to join Daming.

(End of this chapter)