Since Zhaoqing moved to Anlong Prefecture in Guizhou, the Yongli court, Lian Chengbi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, became the highest official of the Ming Dynasty in Guangdong. He was nominally the governor of Guangdong (Guangdong, Guangxi) of the Yongli court, but in fact he could only command the Ming army and Yishi on the coast of Guangdong to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After Li Dingguo failed to recover Guangzhou twice, Lian Chengbi was in a more difficult situation. At the beginning of the year, he moved the governor to Leizhou further west. After learning that Chen Qice, who was stationed in Shangxiachuan Island, had entered Tanjiang without permission to support Xinhui without receiving the order, Lian Chengbi was more angry but worried, because just a few days ago he got accurate news - Li Dingguo's strange troops rushed into Anlong and moved the emperor to Kunming.

The emperor has been under the rule of Anlong Mansion controlled by King Sun Kewang of Qin, but now he was suddenly moved to Kunming by Li Dingguo. What does this mean? How can Lianchengbi, as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi?

In the face of national crisis, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, the two pillars of the Ming Dynasty, had internal conflicts, which made the country worried that the city wall could not sleep for a night, and at the same time, they were even more worried about the deterioration of the situation in Guangdong.

Last year, the news that Xinhui was recovered could make the Governor so excited that he couldn't sleep. Now he could only worry about how difficult it is to fall asleep. He knew how strategic Xinhui City was to Guangzhou, but if he wanted to play the role of Xinhui, the premise must depend on the Li Dingguo army's advance eastward again. Now Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang are fighting in an internal conflict to move the emperor to Kunming. Sun Kewang knows that he will not meet Li Dingguo in the future? By then, the two main forces of the Ming army will kill to the death in the rear, and how can they care about the Qing army? Without Li Dingguo's advance eastward, what is the significance of Xinhui's gain or not?

Lian Chengbi understood that the news of the domestic strife between Sun Kewang and Li Ding was sooner or later learned by the Qing army. At that time, the Qing army would definitely take advantage of the situation and Guangdong was the brunt of it. Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao would definitely take action. At present, his mission as the governor was no longer concerned about the safety of the emperor who moved to Kunming, but about whether he, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, could still stay in Guangdong, and whether the Ming Dynasty was really over.

After killing Chen Qice's envoy to report victory with a vague tone, Lian Chengbi went to see Guo Zhiqi overnight, hoping to get a way from the latter that can best ensure that the situation in Guangdong will not worsen...??`

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The Governor was vague. The envoy sent by Chen Qice was a smart man. He smelled something wrong from the Governor's words. He did not rush to return, but spent a lot of money to move around in the city. Finally, he got the detailed content of Li Dingguo's transfer to the emperor from the Governor's yamen.

It turned out that as early as when Li Dingguo first marched into Guangdong, Emperor Yongli of Anlong Mansion sent someone to bring secret edicts to let Li Dingguo lead troops to welcome the army. At that time, Li Dingguo's intention was to join forces with Zheng Chenggong to recover Guangdong. This would not only expand the Ming army's control area, but also rely on the power of the Ming army and other Fujian and Zhejiang coastal areas to support the Ming Dynasty to suppress Sun Kewang's ambitions, but who knew that Zheng Chenggong had short-sighted. Li Dingguo, who did not want to be born in the Western Army, made such a great contribution, so he delayed his troops, resulting in Li Dingguo returning in Zhaoqing without success.

After receiving the Yongli secret edict, Li Dingguo knew very well that the survival of the Yongli court was related to the success or failure of the entire anti-Qing cause. If the Yongli court was destroyed, the Ming army that insisted on anti-Qing in various places would lose its common rule, and the Ming Dynasty would be considered to be really dead. After much thought, Li Dingguo decided to move the Emperor Yongli to his controlled area to avoid being harmed by Sun Kewang. However, at that time, he was leading his army to attack Zhaoqing, and then he was infected for several months. This plan was impossible to implement.

When Li Dingguo defeated Xinhui for the second time, his hope of contacting the "Dongxun" to support the Ming Dynasty was completely lost. He retreated to Nanning, Guangxi to rest and recuperate his troops. At this time, news came that Sun Kewang was preparing to ascend the throne and become emperor. In a hurry, Li Dingguo could only decide to lead his troops to Anlong to rescue Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang from Sun Kewang's control.

When he learned about the movement of Li Dingguo's advance to Anlong, Sun Kewang immediately sent his general Liu Zhenguo. Guan Youcai led his troops to station in Tianzhou to stop Li Ding from going north. In order to break through Sun Kewang's attack, Li Dingguo drew elite troops and traveled day and night in the army. He went to Tianzhou in three days. Liu Zhenguo, Guan Youcai couldn't figure out the details of the coming army. He caught off guard and left his troops and horses to escape on horseback. After appeased Liu and Guan's more than 20,000 soldiers left by Guan, Li Dingguo kept advancing to Anlong for a moment.

After receiving the news that Li Dingguo broke through the Tianzhou defense line and approached An Longjin, Sun Kewang was shocked and urgently sent General Bai Wenxuan to An Long. He had only one order to Bai Wenxuan, that is, he had to move the monarch and ministers of Yongli into Guiyang and put them under his direct control.

Although Bai Wenxuan was Sun Kewang's old subordinate, he did not agree with Sun Kewang's successor. Therefore, he always protected the monarch and ministers of Yongli, and even went to Anlong Mansion to visit Yongli every time. He was so sad that he did not dare to look directly at him.

After receiving the order from Sun Kewang to move the monarch and ministers of Yongli to Guiyang, Bai Wenxuan disagreed. Although he arrived in Anlong, he refused to act. Seeing that Bai Wenxuan refused to take the monarch and ministers of Yongli to Guiyang, Sun Kewang sent a hundred trusted households Ye Yingzhen to Anlong to urge him.

Sun Kewang repeatedly sent troops to Anlong to urge Yongli to move to Guiyang. Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang knew that the accident was good and the women in the palace were so scared that they cried. Bai Wenxuan felt so embarrassed that he couldn't bear it when he saw this, so he told Ye Yingzhen that Anlong was remote and small, and it was not easy to recruit civil servants. Everything was important to move, and he could not be dealt with rashly. It would be better to wait a few more days, and it would not be too late to move when the people were in full.

Although Ye Yingzhen was Sun Kewang's confidant, the troops he led were not as good as Bai Wenxuan, so he did not dare to disobey Bai Wenxuan's words. He could only wait patiently, but unexpectedly, Li Dingguo had personally led his troops to arrive in the past few days.

Li Dingguo sent an order to rest not far from Anlong. He ordered the gang general Yang Xiang to go to Anlong and the monarchs and ministers of Yongli to contact him first. However, Li Xiang was captured by Liu Zhenguo troops in Bantun River, 50 miles away from the city, and sent to Baiwen Selection.

Bai Wenxuan personally asked Yang Xiang about his purpose. Yang Xiang said, "I am the general Yang Xiang, and the king of the country ordered me to supervise the prefectures and counties to prepare food and grass to wait for the king of the country." After saying that, he took out a dragon card from his armor and wrote "Preparing food for Yang'an Long Dao Mansion". There was nothing else. Bai Wenxuan knew that Yang Xiang's "lord" was not Sun Kewang, but he pretended to be confused and ordered people to treat him with wine and food and let him act freely.

In this way, with the secret help of Bai Wenxuan, Yang Xiang was able to enter the city to visit Emperor Yongli, and after presenting the secrets that Li Dingguo presented to Yongli by his heart. At this point, Yongli only realized that the Li Dingguo army was about to arrive in Anlong, and his heart that had been tightly suspended was finally let go. After Yang Xiang met, he immediately disguised himself back to Li Dingying Camp.

No matter how much Li Dingguo led his army to hide his fortune, he was finally revealed. When Ye Yingzhen heard that Li Dingguo's army was about to come to Anlong, he hurriedly led his soldiers into the palace and forced Emperor Yongli to ride a horse. Later, he immediately rode his horse to Guiyang. Because he was worried that Li Dingguo would suddenly arrive, Ye Yingzhen treated the emperor very badly, and the palace was so scared that he cried again inside and outside.

At the critical moment, Bai Wenxuan arrived. Seeing Ye Yingzhen’s arrogant and unruly manner, he called him over to intimidate him and said, “The king of the country is afraid that Li Dingguo will surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so he moved the emperor to Guiyang in order to avoid the emperor being poisoned by Li Dingguo. Now that Li Dingguo has not arrived yet, how can you dare to force the emperor like this? Things are urgent. If you insist on forcing this, the emperor is a jade leaf and a golden branch, the lord of all people in the world, and you are different from your and my lives. If you change your life, can you bear this responsibility?"

Ye Yingzhen was stunned. After all, before coming, Sun Kewang did not tell him clearly what he did to Emperor Yongli. He was panicked and was afraid that he would be scolded by Sun Kewang after he went back.

Seeing Ye Yingzhen's face was fearful, Bai Wenxuan comforted him and said, "I have sent someone to explore Li Dingguo. If he really brought Qing troops to come, it would be too late for you to move again. If Li Dingguo did not join the Qing Dynasty, he and the king were still a family. Why should we force the emperor too much for him and blame him for his crimes!"

In this way, finally, under the fear and coaxing of Bai Wenxuan, Ye Yingzhen was forced to give in and no longer force Yongli to move. As a result, in the early morning, heavy fog was filled, and suddenly dozens of cavalrymen arrived directly under Anlong City, and immediately cavalrymen roamed around the city and shouted: "The troops from the West Mansion have arrived!"

The monarch and ministers of Yongli in the city, and the people heard the shouts, were cheering and thundering. Ye Yingzhen did not dare to be an enemy of Li Dingguo, and hurriedly led people back to Guiyang.

After dawn, Li Dingguo personally led the army to Anlong, and then entered the city to meet the emperor.

When Emperor Yongli saw Li Dingguo, he cried and said, "I have known you for a long time that you are loyal and righteous, and I regret that you will meet too late!"

Li Dingguo was also so excited that he burst into tears and said, "I am thankful for your Majesty's grace to meet you. I want to take the two Guangdong people to welcome you. Not only did I not obey my wishes, but I also caused your Majesty's worries. I will not be able to redeem myself until I die!"

At this point, Li Dingguo obtained control of Anlong. Because he lost more troops in the Xinhui Battle last year and the Guizhou area was Sun Kewang's sphere of influence, Li Dingguo discussed the transfer with Bai Wenxuan after returning to the camp. The two agreed to move to Kunming, Yunnan as the best strategy.

After the decision, Li Dingguo chose five hundred people under his rank to guard the palace and his family to go first. Two days later, he personally protected Yongli's monarch and ministers and left Anlong to advance to Yunnan. After arriving in Qujing, Yunnan, because Liu Wenxiu, Wang Shangli and others were obeying Sun Kewang's orders, Li Dingguo asked Emperor Yongli to stay here for the time being and led his elite troops to Kunming to discuss the event of welcome to Liu Wenxiu and others.

Liu Wenxiu actually supported the Yongli court like Li Dingguo, and because he had conflicts with Sun Kewang when he entered Sichuan, although he had a high status, his military power was not great. The news that Li Ding Guogong arrived in Qujing reached Kunming. Liu Wenxiu and Wang Shangli, Mu Tianbo and others discussed ways to deal with it, but they were undecided. Because if they opened the door to welcome Emperor Yongli, they would be almost betray Sun Kewang, but it was obviously inappropriate to send troops to refuse.

Although Emperor Yongli was just a puppet in the minds of Wang Shangli and others, he had to accept his "righteousness" and recognized his status as an emperor. Moreover, Li Dingguo, who was escorting the emperor, was a figure second only to Sun Kewang in the Western Army, and his influence could not be ignored. Just when Wang Shangli and others were in a dilemma, Li Dingguo had personally led his troops outside Kunming City.

After learning that Li Dingguo was outside the city, Wang Shangli was panicked and, after Liu Wenxiu's persuasion, he reluctantly followed the crowd out of the city to welcome him. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu decided to welcome Emperor Yongli to Kunming. Wang Shangli was not convenient to disobey the two kings, and he was not clear about how many troops Li Dingguo brought, so he did not dare to act rashly and agreed to welcome Emperor Yongli to the city. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!