Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 510 Sun Kewang's Thoughts

Wang Yan made a salute, and the surrounding soldiers had no choice but to put away their spears and bowed on one knee when they saw this.

Although King Gui is timid, good at escaping, and has cheated countless people in his life, he is actually not stupid. Although he has not read any books, he still knows a lot of stories between monarchs and ministers in history.

Liang Ji ordered people to poison the cakes, Emperor Zhi was poisoned to death by eating cakes, Dong Zhuo killed the young emperor Liu Bian, Sima Zhao killed Cao Mao, etc., every time he thought of it, he felt that it was very appropriate and his heart trembled.

Right now, he has no other choice. Although Wang Yan said that he didn’t mean to hurt him, he was still very scared, so he could only choose to obey, “I’m very tired and want to go back to the palace to rest. Guilin will be handed over to the Wangge Department!"

Wang Yan was very satisfied when he heard the words, and Zhu Youlang gave in, so his next actions will be justified, "His Royal Highness wants to go back to the palace to rest, and don't call the servants to come and serve!"

Everyone was busy together, Zhu Youlang was finally sent back to the inner palace, Wang Yan looked at Qu Shixu again, and then ordered the soldiers to take him down and put him under house arrest.

The Five Loyalist Army took control of Guilin. Wang Yan asked Chen Zilong, who had come from Taihu Lake, to become a civil servant. The title is supported in Guangjing.

At the end of May in the third year of Longwu, Wang Yan issued an edict in the name of King Gui, telling officials in Guizhou and Guizhou that King Gui abdicated and returned to the vassal.

A few days later, Zhongzhen Town rushed to Guilin, Gui Wang Zhu Youlang was sent back to Zhaoqing, and ordered Zhaoqing Mansion to send people to monitor and put him under house arrest.

The ministers of King Gui's faction, Qu Shixu and others were sent to Guangjing, and a group of Guangjing who did not want to go resigned from office and returned to their hometowns, or became monks.

The government of King Gui, which existed for about a year, was announced to be disbanded, which shocked the world. Except for the regime of King Lu who had not received the news, the most surprised one was Ding Kuichu and his party who had not yet left Guangxi.

They hadn't left the house yet, but the King Gui's regime fell first, which meant they became homeless people, and Ding Kuichu and others were so frightened that their faces turned pale. The order from the governor of the province allowed them to continue to lead the army and promised to give Ding Kuichu a bachelor's degree.

Ding Kuichu originally supported Longwu's faction, but because Wang Yan pushed him out of Guangzhou and gradually marginalized him from the Longwu court, he finally chose to support Gui.

He is the chief academician of King Gui's regime, but to be honest, the population and taxes under King Gui's jurisdiction are pitifully small, not to mention Guangdong, even half of Fujian's, and there is no profit at all. Sitting in Guangzhou with him There is no comparison at all.

King Gui's Shoufu University Bachelor, although it looks majestic, but in addition to being basically ignored, it is actually not as good as the provincial government history of the Longwu court.

Now that King Gui has abdicated and returned to the vassal, they have no object of allegiance. If they do not accept the leadership of Guangjing, they will not only lose their status, but Wang Yan will attack them, so Ding Kuichu accepted Wang Yan very well. leadership.

Before they were in the King Gui regime, they held great power, and they were still not punished in the first battle at the beginning of the year, but now that they have changed leaders, it is different.

Ding Kuichu and his entourage changed from the previous day's speed of more than ten miles, and finally returned to normal, allowing Wang Yan to enter Sichuan first unexpectedly.

In Kuizhou Prefecture, Sichuan, Hauge personally led an army of [-] to defeat Liangping, followed the defeated Daxi army, and entered the boundary of Wanxian County, intending to surround the remnants of the Western Army again.

After Zhang Xianzhong was shot and killed by Oboi, the hearts of the Daxi Army were scattered. Coupled with Empress Chen and Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling, they were superior to the generals, oppressed the army, and exploited fiercely. Hundreds of thousands of people disappeared. They instigated rebellion, surrendered to Hauge and Wu Sangui, and some escaped into the mountains after being separated from the main force, and became bandits.

At this time, the Great Western Army was different from the more than [-] remnants who entered Guizhou in history. After experiencing the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Hanzhong, the Western Army failed successively in Sichuan and Shu, and its strength was less than [-]% compared with history.

After the Western Army fled to Wanxian County, they basically had nowhere to go, only to follow Zhang Xianzhong's last will of "I die, I return to the Ming Dynasty in a hurry, don't be unjust".

Zhang Kewang discussed with several people, and then executed Empress Chen and Wang Zhaoling. The four kings restored their original surnames, and divided the remaining 1 Western Army into four divisions, each of which was under the command of the four.

At this time, after the death of Empress Chen and Wang Zhaoling, the Daxi Kingdom was basically declared destroyed, and the conditions for the Western Army to seek refuge in the Ming Dynasty were ripe, but Sun Kewang was unwilling.

With such a small number of troops in the Western Army, what kind of treatment can they get if they join the Ming Dynasty?I'm afraid it's hard to be a general soldier!

Of the three courts in the Ming Dynasty, King Lu of Zhejiang could not be contacted. Only the two regimes of Longwu and King Gui were close. to what benefit.King Gui is a good choice. They are weak. If the Western Army joins, they might be able to get high officials and noble titles.

After several weighings, Sun Kewang discussed with them and decided to vote for King Gui, but Li Dingguo objected to this, thinking that he should go to the Longwu court. Just when they hadn't made up their minds, Wu Sangui attacked Ba County, and the Ming Dynasty in Chongqing The army also retreated to Wanxian.

At this time, Hauge had already arrived at Liangping County, west of Wan County, and after Wu Sangui occupied Ba County, he went eastward along the river and captured Fengdu in the southwest of Wan County. .

Of course, even if he wanted to vote for Gui, the Gui Wang supervised the country at this time has disappeared.

Faced with this situation, Sun Kewang, as the temporary head of the four generals, had to make another difficult choice.

Is it fighting or defending?

At this time, behind the Western Army was the allied Ming Dynasty, and in front of it was the Qing Army that was chasing after it. Should the Western Army stay in Wanxian and wait for the reinforcements that will arrive at an unknown time, or should they leave Sichuan quickly and get rid of the pursuit of the Qing soldiers? , fled into the area controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

The Great Western Army came from rogues, and if they couldn't beat them, they ran away. That was the basic rule of survival. When the Western Army couldn't stand in Sichuan and didn't know if there were reinforcements, Sun Kewang decisively decided to abandon Wan County.

At this time, Li Dingguo suggested to go to the Three Gorges and retreat to Chu, but Sun Kewang thought that there were more than [-] Ming troops gathered in Chu, and [-] Western troops entered Chu. Therefore, he still suggested to go through the mountains and enter Guizhou, where the Ming army was weak, so as to facilitate the development of the Western army.

(End of this chapter)