Chapter four hundred and thirteen
Cough, I originally wanted to write a story about my wife, I raised you and you went there with peace of mind, but I was scolded by readers, no longer voted for recommendations, no longer supported the genuine version, I felt ashamed. Yes, what does the description in the previous section have to do with anti-Qing? What does the daughter of the Shi family, the eight masters of the Han army, and the concubine of Prince Jingnan, have to do with anti-Qing?
The bones are silent
After the news of the recovery of Guangzhou and Zhaoqing came out, the Ming army in several prefectures and counties in eastern and western Guangdong launched a counterattack against the Qing army in the territory.
Zhou Tengfeng from Haibei Province led his troops to recover Haikang County. The Qing Dynasty appointed Xuwen magistrate Kaicheng, anyway, Deputy General Luo Guangqian surrendered to the Ming army; Tang Pingbo Zhou Jintang, stationed in Lianjiang County, Gaozhou, also led his troops to recover Luodingzhou City, and Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of the four prefectures of Gaozhou, sent troops to recover Wuchuan and Shicheng counties; Li Changrong from Hailing Island to the south of Yangjiang County, Zhaoqing Prefecture heard that Zhaoqing Prefecture was recovered, and he also sent troops to attack Yangjiang County, which was defended by Qing soldiers. After three days of besieging the city, the Qing army green camp in the city opened its doors to surrender. Wang Xing's troops, the army of the General Hu Ben of Enping, led troops to recover Taishan County, and sent troops to Baisha, Chishui and other places to open a liaison channel with the Ming army in Zhaoqing and the Ming army in Qinzhou.
Due to the loss of Guangzhou and Zhaoqing, the soldiers and horses of Manchus and Han dying, the Qing army green camps stationed in various places had no fighting spirit and almost no resistance. By October, except for Shaozhou, Nanxiong, Chaozhou in northeast China, all other prefectures and counties in Guangdong were all returned to the Ming Dynasty. There were 36 officials below the deputy generals and below, and the momentum was far beyond the Eastern Expedition of King Jin in that year.
As the situation was getting better, Zhu Yue, the Tang king who lived in Wen Village, Taishan, insisted on anti-Qing, met with the second visit of the Taiping Army envoy Xu Yingyuan.
After Xu Yingyuan visited the last time, the Taiping Army transported a ship of grain from Xiangshan by naval sea ship to help King Tang and General Wang Xing of General Hu Ben, alleviating the food shortage in Taishan.
Xu Yingyuan did not come empty-handed this time. Although he came in a hurry and did not bring food, he brought 20,000 taels of silver, more than a thousand weapons, and four war horses. He also brought several jade and antiques from the Pingnan Palace to the King of Tang. These treasures were selected by Zhou Shiying himself, one of which was the "Autumn Sounds of the Sounds of the Yuan Dynasty" written by Zhao Mengfu, the most beloved master of Emperor Shaowu's calligraphy. This calligraphy also has the inscription of Emperor Shaowu.
After Xu Yingyuan presented the "Fu of Autumn Sounds", he saw his brother's inscription. The King of Tang was stunned, but did not take over the calligraphy and painting that the emperor's favorite was back then. Instead, he sighed inwardly and asked Xu Yingyuan to take him to see the weapons brought to Wencun.
The move of the King of Tang shocked Xu Yingyuan. The prince did not love calligraphy and painting, antiques, or treasures. However, he was interested in weapons, which surprised him somewhat. He had no choice but to put down the "Autumn Sounds Fu" and led the King of Tang to see the weapons he brought.
This batch of military ordnance was selected from the Pingnan Prince's Palace. In addition to 400 muskets, there were 500 well-forged swords, a hundred powerful crossbows and more than twenty iron armor.
Because these weapons were gifts given to the King of Tang by the Grand Marshal, Xu Yingyuan always picked up good ones when he was in the vassal treasury, and none of them were inferior.
"Okay, okay. Guangzhou Town is really interested!"
King Zhu Yue of Tang repeatedly inspected the batch of weapons, and from time to time he drew his sword to check, which was happier than the treasures he had seen before.
While the King of Tang was happy, Xu Yingyuan expressed his intention. Zhou Shixiang wanted to invite King of Tang to live in Guangzhou and preside over the overall situation of Guangdong's anti-Qing.
"Guangzhou Town wants me to go to his place?"
King Tang was stunned, closed a long sword in his hand and looked at Xu Yingyuan silently.
There were also two people in the Qinzhou Governor's Office a hundred miles away. One was the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Lianchengbi, and the other was the Grand Secretary Guo Zhiqi who had just returned from the Kunming court. What made the two silent was the imperial edict that Guo Zhiqi brought from Kunming to enthrone Zhou Shixiang as Xingpingbo.
Macau Governor Bugalo was also silent. After discussing with his confidant Rotoni for a long time, he sent someone to call Xiao Bailang to express his friendship with the Portuguese Macau authorities to the Ming Dynasty to the Taiping Army.
In the Jiao River in Qujing, Yunnan, thousands of miles away, King Li Dingguo of Jin and King Liu Wenxiu of Shu were also silent. What made them silent was not only the 36 large military camps of Sun Kewang, who were magnificent on the other side of the Jiao River, but also the fear of Sun Kewang's army by his subordinates.
"King of Jin, Wang Shangli and others in Kunming City responded to Sun Kewang. Twenty days later, Wang Ziqi will definitely lead troops to come when he hears the news in Yongchang. At that time, we will be attacked from both sides and will collapse without fighting."
After repeated weighing, Liu Wenxiu finally gritted his teeth and told Li Dingguo about his thoughts for a few days. He advised: "Now we still have time to escape to Jiaozhi. If we set off immediately, we can still be safe."
Li Dingguo Zhi Liu Wenxiu's words were heartfelt words and the most realistic choice, because he was really not sure to defeat Sun Kewang's 100,000-strong army.
Thirty thousand is against more than one hundred thousand, and all the soldiers are afraid. Li Dingguo, who is good at fighting, was also shaken. However, he disagreed with going to Jiaozhi, and said, "There are many soldiers in Jiaozhi. Our total strength is less than 30,000. How can we occupy Jiaozhi? It is better to head to Yuanjiang and Jingdong to seize the chieftain's place to settle down."
"Although there are many soldiers in Jiaozhi, they are not worth fighting. Although we have few soldiers, they are all elite. Thirty thousand are enough to destroy Jiaozhi's country!"
Liu Wenxiu insisted on leading troops to Jiaozhi, but Li Dingguo insisted on not going to Jiaozhi. He discussed for two days and could not decide.
On the third day, an unexpected situation happened. The general under Sun Kewang was appointed as the general of the rebellion and attacking the general. Bai Wenxuan, who was appointed as the general of the rebellion, crossed the water late at night and came to meet Li Dingguo.
Hearing that Bai Wenxuan came late at night, Liu Wenxiu hurried to Li Ding's national tent.
"King Jin, King Shu, you can no longer waste time with Sun Kewang here. You will send troops to fight Sun Kewang tomorrow. Don't worry. Although Sun Kewang has many soldiers, Ma Jinzhong, Ma Bao, Ma Weixing and others have secretly agreed with me that as long as King Jin and King Shu send troops, they will turn against each other in front of the battlefield!"
Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were stunned by Bai Wenxuan's words. They hesitated in their hearts, thinking that Bai Wenxuan was using a counter-espionage plan and did not dare to believe his words.
"If you feel a little bit of awkward, the opportunity will be revealed, and the major matter will be gone!"
Bai Wenxuan saw the thoughts of the two and said loudly: "If you don't make it late, we will never be buried in death! If I deceive the emperor with one word and lose the country, I will die under ten thousand arrows! I will go to the front of the formation first, and you will be able to move forward quickly at dawn!"
After saying that, regardless of whether Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu believed him, Bai Wenxuan turned around and left.
After Bai Wenxuan left, Li Dingguo took a breath and asked Liu Wenxiu: "Does the King of Shu think this matter is credible?"
Liu Wenxiu hesitated, Bai Wenxuan came suddenly, and the things he told were too amazing. Although Ma Jinzhong, Ma Bao, Ma Weixing and others were all former Nanming troops, no one could guarantee that they were really willing to serve the old master and rebel in front of the battlefield.
When both of them were unsure of their minds, Liu Yong hurried over and handed a secret letter to Li Dingguo. After Li Dingguo opened it, he changed his color and said in surprise: "Ma Bao's secret letter said that Sun Kewang sent him and Zhang Sheng to lead 7,000 elite troops to attack Kunming. If Kunming is broken, then things cannot be done!"
When Liu Wenxiu heard that Sun Kewang's powerful general Zhang Sheng led his troops to attack Kunming, he was also panicked. If Kunming city was broken, he and Li Dingguo would have no way out.
"If Kunming asks Zhang Sheng to succeed in a sneak attack, we will die without a burial place! Two princes, let's fight the decisive battle!"
Liu Yong knew that Bai Wenxuan was the purpose of his visit. He and Ma Bao were brothers of the same brothers, otherwise Ma Bao would not have sent someone to send him a secret letter.
After Li Dingguo looked at Liu Wenxiu, he finally made up his mind and ordered Liu Yong: "Send an order to cross the river and fight Sun Kewang to the death!"
"Get orders!"
Liu Yong responded loudly, and Liu Wenxiu also passed the general order. Soon, the two men gathered together and fought with Sun Kewang just after dawn.
After dawn, the troops of King Liu Wenxiu of Shu took the lead in the battle. At the beginning of the battle, Li Bengao, the general under Liu Wenxiu, fell off his horse and was killed by Sun's army. Liu Wenxiu's army was beheaded. Seeing this, Li Dingguo was frightened and hurriedly put on armor and led his troops to rush. Sun Kewang saw this scene in Gaogang Mountain. He hurriedly waved the flag and ordered the battalions to attack Li Dingguo's troops.
More than 100,000 elite troops of the former Daxi Army fought on both sides of the Jiaoshui River. After dusk, the west side of the center of the battlefield was removed. There was no sound of fighting or shouting. The ruins were everywhere, with bloody corpses: there were those who were stabbed in front of their chests; there were those who were shot behind them, and those who were holding their throats: those who were each other stabbed their spears into each other's chests... The wild grass everywhere was soaked in human blood and horse blood, and sometimes the neighing of undead horses was heard. The entire battlefield was terrible.
Sun Kewang whipped the black and shiny horse under his crotch hard, and the horse rushed forward like a gust of wind. Under the leadership of the commander, Sun Kewang's large group of people, cavalry let go of horse hooves, infantry pulled their legs apart, and rushed forward desperately. Liu Wenxiu and Sun Kewang worked with him for many years, knowing that they had many plans and were out of reach. When Bai Wenxuan and others were still moved, they felt frightened and discussed retreating in front of the front.
Li Dingguo angrily rebuked: "Zhang Sheng has already brought troops to attack Kunming. If he retreated now, Sun Kewang will definitely be frightened and dispersed after chasing our army with his elite cavalry. We cannot return to Kunming alive. We are not better than retreating and dying under the hoofs of the pursuers?"
After Li Dingguo said this, he patted his horse to meet Sun Kewangbing again. As for Bai Wenxuan, Ma Bao and others, he no longer asked whether he could really rebel. Now he had to fight hard and there was no other plan.
When Liu Wenxiu hesitated, Bai Wenxuan's troops in Sun Kewang's army suddenly turned around and rushed towards Sun Kewang's back formation.
Bai Wenxuan led his troops to pass by Ma Weixing's army, but saw that Ma Weixing's army did not move. Knowing that the other party was interested, he rushed straight over. Sure enough, Ma Weixing's army did not fire an arrow, and suddenly opened the formation, freed up the space, and let Bai Wenxuan's team rush in. In a moment, the two generals joined forces and directly copied Sun Kewang's back formation.
Bai Wenxuan's army and Ma Weixing's army joined forces, and tens of thousands of people turned against each other at the same time. The army loyal to Sun Kewang's army was caught off guard and was defeated by them.
Sun Kewang was shocked when he saw this situation in Gaogang: "Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing'an dared to betray me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Jinzhong's troops turned against each other. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were overjoyed and led their troops to pounce on Sun Kewang's central army.
Suddenly, when Sun Kewang's troops were shocked, they all had no fighting spirit. Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing and the other troops worked together to kill, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu also seized the opportunity to lead the troops to attack suddenly.
Sun Kewang's army was in chaos, and some people in the chaotic army shouted, "Protect the Emperor, welcome the King of Jin! Protect the Emperor, welcome the King of Jin!"
The situation changed drastically, and more than 100,000 troops collapsed. Sun Kewang's army was defeated like a mountain collapse. He never dared to stay for a moment and turn around and flee wildly.
Seeing that the victory and defeat on the battlefield had been decided, Li Dingguo asked Liu Wenxiu, Bai Wenxuan and others to continue pursuing Sun Kewang. He himself led his troops to rescue Kunming.
Sun Kewang's general Zhang Sheng walked on a small road and rushed to Kunming City within five days to prepare for the attack. Wang Shangli in the city was wearing a hanger and riding a horse. He was about to respond, but was deceived into the court by Mu Tianbo and placed under house arrest.
Zhang Sheng waited for half a day, but he did not see anyone in the city responding, so he had to bite the bullet and order the siege. When he wanted to wave the order flag, he suddenly saw the "Flying Report Victory Flag" hanging high on the gate of Bijifang in the city, and was shocked.
Ma Bao, who had been discussing the rebellion with Bai Wenxuan, took the opportunity to say, "Our camp was defeated, and Li Dingguo must send troops to intercept our retreat. Now we can only retreat!"
So, Zhang Sheng, Ma Bao and others dared not attack the city anymore, so they plundered outside the city and fled in the chaos. Wang Shangli, who was under house arrest in the city, heard that Zhang Sheng had withdrawn and knew that the matter was exposed, so he hung himself on his belt in panic. On the way back, Zhang Sheng met Li Dingguo in Hunshuitang, and the two sides fought to the death. Since there was only this retreat, Zhang Sheng rushed his troops to fight to the death before killing Li Dingguo's troops, and it was almost unstable for a moment.
After the war between water and water, before it was repaired, he rushed to the road overnight. The combat effectiveness of Li Ding's soldiers was extremely exhausted. After nearly an hour of fighting, they suddenly became tired. The soldiers under Li Ding's soldiers could not withstand it and showed a situation of defeat on the entire line. Ma Bao, who was listed behind Zhang Sheng's formation, found that the situation was not good, and immediately fired cannons at Zhang Sheng's formation and shouted to fight.
Although Zhang Sheng was a brave general, he had to be shocked when he saw this and shouted, "Ma Bao has also rebelled!" He ran away. After running all night, Zhang Sheng saw his general Li Chengjue coming to greet him halfway, and was very happy, glad that he had finally escaped. While the two were making noise, several soldiers suddenly rushed out and attacked Zhang Sheng under the horse, tied up all kinds of flowers.
Zhang Sheng cursed: "You are a general, why dare you betray me?"
Zhang Chengjue replied: "If you dare to betray the emperor, how can you blame me!"
Zhang Sheng was speechless and after being escorted to Kunming, Emperor Yongli ordered him to be sent to the downtown city and beheaded.
Sun Kewang fled to Guizhou and ordered the left-behind general Feng Shuangli to guard Weiqing and other places to ask for directions, and told him: "If Liu Wenxiu pursues his troops, you can quickly fire three cannons to notify me."
As a result, Feng Shuangli also betrayed Sun Kewang, and not long after, he fired three cannons, which scared Sun Kewang so much that he didn't even drink a sip of water. He fled from Guiyang City with his wife, children and a large number of gold and silver supplies.
When everyone was betrayal of their relatives, Sun Kewang, the "national lord", was extremely embarrassed. When he arrived in Xintian, his wives, concubines and supplies were all robbed by Feng Shuangli. When he arrived at the Bianqiao, there were only twenty people left of Sun Kewang's followers. Passing by Zhenyuan, Pingxi, Yuanzhou and other places, the Nanming garrison and his former subordinates were all closed to their doors. Sun Kewang was already desperate, but when he arrived in Jingzhou, Wu Fengsheng, the Zhongshu Sheshou, led his troops to greet him.
Chapter completed!