Chapter 492: Those who obey me are loyal and those who rebel against me are traitors
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In recent years, Li Guangen has been engaged in the construction of the area. When Li Dingguo entered Guangdong the second time, the Yongli court appointed Li Guangen as the Qingfeng Bo, hoping that he could lead his troops to respond to the Dingguo. Although he was unwilling to obey the Yongli court, Li Guangen had always wanted to avenge his old master and his son, so he happily accepted the title of Count Qingfeng and led his troops out to start construction and attack the Qing army in Zhaoqing, killing more than a hundred Qing troops in the Wende area.
After Li Dingguo retreated, Li Guangen's troops were attacked by Xu Erxian, the general of Zhaoqing of Qing Dynasty, and had no choice but to retreat into the mountains. Like the Ming army in other parts of Guangdong, Li Guangen's troops were short of medical and food, and struggled to support it. It was not until Zhaoqing's capital was suddenly occupied by General Linghai Chen Qice and General Zhenguo Zhu Tong, that he realized that Guangdong had undergone earth-shaking changes.
After receiving the invitation from the Taiping Army envoy, Li Guangen was very hesitant. This post directly stated that the Guangzhou military discussion was to discuss the affairs of the king, but he was extremely disappointed with the Yongli court and wished that the incompetent Zhu Youlang would die sooner or better. However, his wife Zhao said that the whole province of Guangdong has been restored and Zhu Ming's revival is expected. The husband should let go of his old prejudices and go to Guangzhou to participate in the military discussion. This will not only show his ambitions but also avenge the Ningxia king and his son. It is better than living in a difficult place to build a mountain.
Under the persuasion of his wife, Li Guangen replied and expressed his willingness to go to Guangzhou for military discussions. The post was followed by the Marquis of Weiyuan Guo Dengdi and came to Zhou Shixiang's hands.
Marquis of Weiyuan Guo Dengdi and Ma Bao, who had been named Duke of Huai by the Yongli court, were both from Guyuan, Ningxia. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng captured Longde, Guo Dengdi and Ma Bao participated in Li Zicheng's peasant army. After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Ma Bao was promoted to the deputy battalion general of the old camp for his merits, while Guo Dengdi served as the chief of the post under Ma Bao. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng ordered Ma Bao to lead cavalry to attack Wu Sangui from a piece of stone. Wu Sangui led the Qing army to fight Ma Bao. In the fierce battle, Ma Bao was shot into cannon. Seeing Ma Bao as a cannon, Guo Dengdi hurriedly got off the horse to rescue him, but both were captured by the Qing army. Later, the two went south as prisoners of war with the Qing army, and followed Li Chengdong into Guangdong. Anyway, they returned to the Ming Dynasty. Ma Bao was named Anding Bo, and Guo Dengdi was named Weiyuan Bo.
In the seventh year of Shunzhi, Geng Jimao besieged Guangzhou. Yongli ordered Ma Bao and Guo Dengdi to attack Qingyuan from Zhaoqing to restrain the Qing army, but were repelled. On the way back, in order to seize food and grass, Ma Bao actually sneaked into a friendly army that rescued Guangzhou, and the former general Liu Guochang of Dashun. This move made Guo Dengdi very dissatisfied. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, Zhu Youlang fled from Nanning to Anlu. After most of Guangdong fell, Guo Dengdi and Ma Bao still insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty in the mountainous areas of Guangxi. In the ninth year of Shunzhi, Li Dingguo captured Guilin. When Liuzhou marched into Guangdong, Ma Bao led his troops out to support him. Not long after, seeing that Sun Kewang was strong, Ma Bao led his army to surrender to Sun Kewang. However, Guo Dengdi did not join him with Sun Kewang, but led his subordinates back to Gaozhou to resist the Qing Dynasty.
Ma Bao changed his lord several times, and now he was appointed Duke of Huai by the Yongli court, and Guo Dengdi had also been appointed as the Marquis of Weiyuan Bojin. However, unlike Ma Bao's current subordinates, Guo Dengdi only had seven or eight hundred soldiers. Before Guangzhou was restored, he had been suppressed by the Qing army in the Shendianwei area. If Guangzhou had not been suddenly occupied by the Taiping Army, the Qing army green camp soldiers stationed in western Guangdong had changed their flags and returned to Ming, I am afraid that Guo Dengdi would have gone to sea to commit suicide.
Guo Dengdi values friendship very much, otherwise he would not have been dismounted from a rock to rescue Ma Bao, who was in the cannon. If Ma Bao had not beenhaved in a bad manner in the future, Guo Dengdi would not have parted ways with him. Therefore, although it was not the Taiping Army who personally rescued him, if it were not the Taiping Army, the Qing army in western Guangdong would not have been in chaos, which gave Guo Dengdi a chance to breathe. Therefore, Guo Dengdi treated the Taiping Army as his life-saving benefactor, and he was very self-aware. Although Zhou Shixiang was only Xingping Bo, he was Weiyuan Marquis, and his title was one level higher than Zhou Shixiang, but he dared not really put his marquis above Zhou Shixiang's uncle. In the reply, Guo Dengdi's attitude was very sincere and his words were always polite. This move made Zhou Shixiang very satisfied. If these dukes, marquis and uncles in Guangdong could be as tactful as Guo Dengdi, he would not have to use force to deal with them.
The reply from General Jingxing Deng Yao and the post of Zhou Tengfeng from Haibei Province were both expressed their willingness to lead their troops to Guangzhou to discuss the affairs of the king and accept the command of Xingpingbo. The former was a military officer from the Ming Army Guards, while the latter was a civil servant. As of now, the two were also Yongli court officials who officially expressed their recognition of Zhou Shixiang's dominance in Guangdong. As the first civil servant to express their support for Zhou Shixiang, Zhou Tengfeng from Haibei Province was even more important.
Deng Yao was originally stationed in Changhailing Island, and his troops were mostly Zhoushi, with more than 3,000 soldiers. After the Taiping Army captured Guangzhou, the Green Camp soldiers who had originally advanced to suppress Deng Yao surrendered to him in order to survive, which expanded Deng Yao's troops to more than 5,000. Zhou Tengfeng was a civil servant, and his troops were mostly recruited by the volunteers and brave men, and they were mainly Zhoushi, with low combat power, but his troops were the first to rescue the Taiping Army of Xinhui. Later, because of their combat strength, they were really inferior to Liang Biaoxiang's Guangdong Navy, so they had to give up rescue. Zhou Tengfeng's troops currently have 3,000 soldiers.
The three generals of Hu Ben Wang Xing, Zhangping Bo Zhou Jintang, and Weiding Bo Shi Shangyi were actually bandits and pirates. Wang Xing was extremely brave when he was young. Warriors from all over the country recommended him as the leader and gathered thousands of people. Later, he was recruited by the Guangdong government. When he was a thief, he had a nickname called "Embroidery Needle". It sounded like a woman, but in fact it meant that it was sharp. The needle hurts a lot.
After receiving the post, Wang Xing consulted with the King of Tang. The King of Tang asked him to respond without hesitation and immediately led his troops to serve the king. Wang Xing has always respected the King of Tang, and his troops have received food and grass favors from Zhou Shixiang, so he happily replied to the post to express his support. Zhou Jintang and Shi Shangyi were both bandits when they were young and were recruited as officials by the Ming Dynasty. After the Qing army entered Guangdong, they both surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. When Li Dingguo led a large army into Guangdong, they turned around again. Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo was defeated in Guangdong and retreated for two battles. The two had no way out and had to lead their troops to persist in Guangdong. Thanks to the great victory of the Taiping Army in Guangzhou, the two of them expanded a lot of troops under their command and surrendered many garrison battalions.
In addition to these seven people, the Ming army with more power in Guangdong include the Duke of Song Ye Biao, the Duke of Dai Shi Shangyi, the Duke of Fengzheng Xiong Chaozuo, the General Wang Han, Zhang Yue, Xian Qiyu, Gao Jinku and others. They either refused to pay attention to Zhou Shixiang and did not want to lose their own strength to work for the king; or they only followed the generals of the Governor's yamen, or they just watched the style. Moreover, these people were mostly surrendered to the Qing army, some of whom surrendered to the Ming Dynasty when Li Dingguo entered Guangdong, and some of whom were recaptured by Guangzhou;
After waiting for three more days, but still not seeing any movement from these guys, Zhou Shi said to his subordinates: "Those who obey me are loyal, and those who oppose me are evil."
With this statement alone, all the Ming generals who were added to each other with more than 20,000 or 30,000 people were designated as traitors, and Zhou Shixiang was also very domineering. After receiving the order of the general, the first town, the second town, the eighth town, and the various divisions of the navy launched one after another. The situation suddenly became tense and there was a great potential for internal strife.)
Chapter completed!