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Qujing, Yunnan, the main camp of the Jin kings.

Although the night was dark, King Li Dingguo of Jin was still sitting alone in the big tent, and from time to time he got up and paced around the tent due to anxiety. Sun Kewang's advance threat from the front army made him unable to fall asleep at all.

The two candles lit on the table burned a little, and the tears slowly accumulated into heavy beads, flowing down like some people's tears, and they became oily on the silver candlestick. The candle wicks burst out from time to time, and a few sparks burst out. Before they fell, they turned into charred little pieces and fell on the pages. In this quiet night, you can also hear a slight sound.

In order to get rid of his bad mood, Li Dingguo took out a copy of "The Art of War" from the table and studied it carefully under the lamp. But if he couldn't see two pages, he could no longer read it quietly, staring at the flames on the wicks in a daze.

There was a stack of letters on the table, which were military newspapers and letters requesting instructions from generals from various routes. There was also a Tang newspaper sent from Kunming.

Finally, he couldn't feel at ease. Li Dingguo shook his head with a ridiculous thought, and threw "The Art of War" aside. He picked up the candlestick and came to the long table in the tent. On the table was a map of Yunnan and Guizhou terrain. There were small yellow silk strips on some places on the map, and the small strips were clearly marked with words such as "Zhang, Fifteenth Camp, Fifteenth Camp, and Wang Twentieth Camp..."

These yellow silk strips indicate the numbers and forces of the divisions under the Ding Kingdom, and the locations of the divisions indicate the garrison locations of each division. In addition, there are some red arrows on the map, which is the route of Sun Kewang's advance army invading Yunnan.

The map was quickly drawn by the staff of the King of Jin. Some of the terrain inside were not marked correctly the same day before yesterday. But now it is the most precious map in Li Dingguo's hands. If the people who were the best to draw the map were naturally the officials of the Fangsi of the Ministry of War in Beijing. Unfortunately, most of these people surrendered to the Qing Dynasty during the Jiashen Incident, and there were very few people going south, so that the Southern Ming regime could no longer draw a detailed map. After that, there were such a roughly correct map reference. Li Dingguo was extremely satisfied. He looked at the map carefully with the candlelight and saw his own military deployment at a glance, but what worried him was the eye-catching red arrow - Sun Kewang's army would arrive in Qujing in a short time.

This time, in order to deal with Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang almost used all his strength, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he had come in full. Even despite the threat of the Qing army in the north, he also transferred more than 20,000 troops from the Hunan defense line, which was actually 100,000 troops. The number of people worth 300,000 was extremely fierce. After the vanguard arrived in Yunnan, he broke into several counties in a row, and had an unstoppable momentum.

Compared with Sun Kewang's 100,000 Jiaqian Army, Li Dingguo only has more than 30,000 soldiers directly under his command, and his military strength is only one-third of Sun Kewang's. Therefore, Li Dingguo is able to fight well at this moment, and he can't help but feel uneasy and anxious. After all, the Jiaqian Army under Sun Kewang's command and his military soldiers are all elite soldiers of the Daxi Army. They cannot be stronger than the other party in combat power, and cannot beat the other party in terms of military strength. Even Li Dingguo is a little scared when he has such a huge disparity in strength.

People say that they can be good at governing the country and use military force, but Li Dingguo himself knew that Sun Kewang was not only good at governing the country, but also good at using military force. Otherwise, the eldest king Zhang Xianzhong would not have regarded Sun Kewang as his successor and vigorously cultivated it. When the Daxi Army entered Yunnan, Sun Kewang would not have been the leader of the alliance to command the Daxi Army.

My righteous brother is good in everything, but his ambition is too great. If he protects Emperor Yongli like me, why would my brother fight against each other? No matter who loses, he will win or lose, so cheaply that he will be the Manzhou Tartars...

Li Dingguo sighed. He never wanted to have an internal strife with Sun Kewang, and he always hoped to have a good talk with Sun Kewang, but this righteous brother was no longer willing to say anything more to him.

The large-scale advance of Sun Kewang's 100,000-strong army made Li Dingguo very worried, and there was also one thing that made him worry, that was, the Ming army under the jurisdiction of the Yongli court was too complicated, not only the original Ming official army, but also the troops and horses adapted from Li Zicheng's Dashun army, and the troops and horses merged by the volunteer troops and bandits from all over the country. There were many names that made people unable to remember.

This time, when Li Dingguo went to fight Sun Kewang, although Emperor Yongli issued an edict to specifically add that the King of Jin was given a special battle, granted Shangfang sword, allowed him to act cheaply, and held a call for the seal, and took the King of Shu as his deputy command, and ordered the Ming army in all places to listen to the unified recommendation of King Hou and Jin, but the fact is that Li Dingguo could only command his own direct troops to fight. Other Ming troops either did not obey the order, or they were polite, or simply ignored it. This made the combat plan to defend the enemy in Guizhou in the early days of Dingguo abandoned due to insufficient troops, and eventually they could only be forced to fight Sun Kewang in Yunnan.

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo had a headache, but he had no choice but to do anything.

For a long time, the Ming army belonging to the Southern Ming regime had their own rule, and their relationships were complicated, and the power of the original generals was deeply rooted. In addition, these Ming armies were scattered in various places, and their contact with the Yongli court was cut off by the Qing army from time to time, forming isolated territory. This made the Ding Kingdom unable to command and mobilize the troops and horses to fight in a unified manner even with the full support of Emperor Yongli. He could not directly dispatch the troops and horses under the command of King Liu Wenxiu of Shu.

If you can't mobilize those Ming troops when facing Sun Kewang, how can you expect these Ming troops to face the Qing army in the future?

Dingguo looked further, and he was worried that in the future, although there were many Ming troops, they were a mess. If the Ming troops could not be integrated immediately, they would be defeated one by the Qing army in the future. In the end, the Ming Dynasty would still be destroyed.

The candle flames flashed and then shaking and trembling. This made Li Dingguo's heart tremble slightly. He looked at the jumping candlelight and felt that there were many things squeezing into his cold heart. Is it depressed? Depressed? Or sad? Perhaps there was still some fear?

His past career continued to flash into Li Dingguo's mind. The bloody battles made Li Dingguo breathe a little rapid. He didn't want to think about it, but he could not drive away these memories. His spirit became more and more nervous. A layer of cold sweat oozed out from his forehead.

"well!..."

Li Dingguo sighed long, walked to the side of the desk and put down the candlestick, and sat back on the chair. The anxiety in his heart was so unbearable that he could not tell others, and could only endure it alone and support it alone.

The sound of footsteps sounded outside the tent. The sudden sound of footsteps brought Li Dingguo back to reality. He looked out and saw that the person coming was his general Liu Yong, so he asked him: "What's the matter?"

"Prince, the King of Shu has sent a letter. He has led his troops back from Qianqiu Temple and will be able to meet with the prince in half a month at the latest."

As Liu Yong said that, he handed the letter from King Liu Wenxiu of Shu to Li Dingguo. Dingguo took it and took it apart. After reading it, he became much more annoyed. He smiled and said to Liu Yong: "The King of Shu still has a court in his heart. If he can arrive in time, we will be much less pressure."

Liu Yong was a little worried and said, "Although the King of Shu has tens of thousands of troops, they are mostly scattered in various parts of Sichuan. The King of Shu can only bring back its headquarters. I am afraid that there will not be too many. Compared with Sun Kewang, our troops are still much smaller."

"It might be better, as long as the King of Shu can come back, it will be better than tens of thousands of troops." Li Dingguo put down his letter and said in a deep voice: "There will not be everyone who listens to my righteous brother there. There are also many people waiting and watching. If the King of Shu comes back to help me, the King of Jin, they will always consider it again. When I think about the fight, I may have many old brothers who are unwilling to help my righteous brother come to fight us."

"I hope so."

The haggard appearance of King Jin under the candlelight made Liu Yong's nose a little sore. King Jin was only 38 years old this year, but his sideburns had gray hair.

With a feeling of distress, Liu Yong advised: "Your Majesty, you should take care of yourself. It's not too late. There are still many things to do tomorrow. The King of Shu is coming back soon. Shouldn't the prince be more content and rest first? Otherwise, if your body is broken, who can still bear the heaven of the Ming Dynasty?"

"I can't sleep." Li Dingguo smiled bitterly and said to Liu Yong: "If you were you, could you sleep?"

“Can’t sleep.”

Liu Yong also smiled bitterly, shook his head, knowing that he could not persuade King Jin. At this time, footsteps came from outside the tent, so he went out and asked, "What's the matter?"

People outside said, "General Kunmingle delivered the matter urgently!"

"Kunming?"

Before Liu Yong could ask what happened in Kunming, Li Dingguo, the King of Jin in the tent, had already walked out and said to the person from Kunming: "Come it!"

The visitor rushed forward and delivered the urgent delivery. Dingguo took it and walked in while tearing off the sealing wax he handed it out.

Before the case, Dingguo took a closer look with the candlelight. He handed over a few pages of paper. Dingguo looked at it very seriously and did not say a word.

Seeing this, Liu Yong felt nervous and asked in a low voice: "Prince, isn't Wang Shangli unable to hold on to his anger?"

Wang Shangli was Sun Kewang's general. When Li Dingguo helped Emperor Yongli to Kunming, because Liu Wenxiu advocated the welcome of Emperor Yongli into the city, although Wang Shangli was unwilling, he did not dare to refuse, so he could only welcome Emperor Yongli. Later, in order to appease these generals of Sun Kewang in Kunming, Emperor Yongli added Wang Shangli from Guyuan Marquis to Duke Baoguo. However, Wang Shangli had been contacting Sun Kewang privately. After hearing that Sun Kewang's army invaded Yunnan, Wang Shangli was even more ready to act and wanted to be Sun Kewang's inner support in Kunming.

Before Li Dingguo went to war, in order to prevent Wang Shangli from causing trouble in Kunming, in addition to dispersing several battalions of troops from Wang Shangli's subordinates into other troops, he also ordered his general Le Tongwu and Guizhou Duke Mu Tianbo to secretly guard against him. Before that, Wang Ziqi, the general of Kui, was also Sun Kewang, who was also Sun Kewang's general by accident because of drunkenness. He was worried that Dingguo would launch a military conviction, so he led his troops out of Kunming to cross the Lancang River to Yongchang Prefecture. However, Dingguo was not worried about Wang Ziqi, because Yongchang Prefecture was remote and the news was not effective. Wang Ziqi fled there and could not contact Sun Kewang at all, and it would not be possible to pose a threat to Kunming. Therefore, Dingguo ignored him.

The only thing that makes people worry about in Kunming City now is Wang Shangli. If Le Tongwu and Mu Tianbo can't bear to see Wang Shangli and make trouble, then King Jin will be passive.

Liu Yong was very worried, but fortunately Li Dingguo waved his hand and said, "It's not him, it's a good thing."

Liu Yong breathed a sigh of relief. Wang Shangli had no civil strife. He asked Li Dingguo curiously: "Prince, what good thing is it?"

"Good news is coming to Guangdong." After reading the urgent delivery in one breath, Li Dingguo laughed and gave the urgent delivery of Le Tongwu to Liu Yong, "You can see it yourself."

Liu Yong hurriedly took a look. He had studied in a private school for two years in his early years. Later, after joining the Daxi Army, he asked some gentlemen to teach him from time to time, so he could read the official military newspaper. He approached the candlesticks slightly, and looked carefully with the candlelight. After reading the two pages, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of excitement: "I have won 218 heads of the true tatars in Manzhou, and 856 Han flag soldiers under Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, more than 3,230 soldiers from Guangdong Green Camp, and 3,150 Qing soldiers were captured, and 14 soldiers from Manzhou surrendered, including a leader. Guangdong is a great victory this time!"

"It's indeed a great victory. I admire Zhou Shixiang very much now." Li Dingguo was also laughing, smiling very cheerfully, and he wiped out his depression.

Liu Yong remembered and asked, "Isn't this scholar that Zhou Shixiang said to the prince a few days ago?"

"Not him, who else?"

Li Dingguo rubbed his temples. The news that King Liu Wenxiu of Shu King returned to the army made him most of the troubles. The good news from Guangdong made him worry all the time, and he was very happy, even if the great victory in Guangdong was of no help to him.

"This person is amazing. I heard that he could regain Xinhui under Shang Keyan's nose and successfully defend Xinhui. At that time, the last general felt that he was amazing. Now he defeated the Qing army twice in a row near Guangzhou and defeated the Eight Banners soldiers of Manzhou. It is really impressive. I heard that Zhou Shixiang was only in his twenties, and like the prince, he was a young hero." Liu Yong said sincerely.

"It's a talent, I'm not as good as him at his age." Li Dingguo's smile suddenly froze and sighed: "It's a pity that we know too late."

Liu Yong was also a little depressed and hummed: "This matter was in the hands of Ma Jixiang. If he hadn't suppressed the news, how could we not know that such a big change had happened in Guangdong? If the prince had led the army into Guangdong, I'm afraid that the whole province of Guangdong would have been recovered."

"It's no wonder that Ma Jixiang is wrong. This is because the king has not considered it well. The court has moved to Kunming and the whole country is in chaos. Whether it is the cabinet or the various departments, it is inevitable that it will be misleading the matter. It is not fair to blame Ma Jixiang for all the blame."

"Why did the prince still say good things about Ma Jixiang?" Liu Yong was not out of order.

Li Dingguo shook, and said nothing.

Seeing that King Jin didn't want to say more about Ma Jixiang, Liu Yong had to shut up. He continued to look down and was stunned. When he looked up at Li Dingguo again, he was already confused.

"With such great contribution to Zhou Shi, why did the emperor only give him the title of Xingping Bo? At that time, Chen Bangfu, a villain like Chen Bangfu, could not have been awarded the title of Duke Qing, and those under Li Chengdong only rely on Duke Zhi, and the Duke of Hou Yi, even Wang Shangli and Wang Ziqi, also the title of Duke, Zhang Hu, a guard, were awarded the title of Uncle. Now Zhou Shi, who has made such great contribution to the court, has only given him the title of Uncle Xingping. What's going on? Isn't this a disheartening person?"
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