After occupying Yuanjiang and pacifying Nasong and his son, Wu Sangui ordered the entire army to set up camps and rest in the area near Yuanjiang. At the same time, the troops who pursued the Ming Jin King Li Dingguo and the Yongli court were also withdrawn from Yongchang, Dali, Yao'an and other places one after another. This move made the Qing army commander Duni dissatisfied, but Wu Sangui used the excuse of excessive losses in the Battle of Mopanshan and urgently needed rest and supplements, which made Duni unable to convict Wu Sangui of withdrawing his troops.

On March 21, Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan appointed by the Qing court, suddenly met Wu Sangui late at night and presented a secret letter from Hong Chou, the governor of the five provinces, from Yunnan. The letter bluntly stated that Guoan was defeated in Guangxi and that the prince of Ping Luo Keduo could not advance north in Guizhou. In this letter, Hong Chengchou not only informed Wu Sangui of the war in Guangxi and Hunan, but also once again vaguely proposed the three words "holding the emperor" that he said to Wu Sangui at Yanglaobao, Guizhou that day.

After reading the letter, Wu Sangui immediately lit the letter and burned it. He then ordered people to quickly horses to tell him that his second son-in-law Hu Guozhu immediately led his troops back from Tengyue. After Hu Guozhu returned, he brought back a definite news, that is, Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang had already abandoned the country from Tengyue Prefecture to flee Myanmar. After Yongli abandoned the country was confirmed, Wu Sangui was relieved on the one hand, but suppressed the news and did not report it to Doni. On the other hand, he made the troops begin to surrender the Ming Dynasty's troops in the name of his pacifying King Xi.

On the 27th, good news came from Xia Kingdom, saying that the Ming Dynasty's Huai Kingdom had sent someone to contact him and intend to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Ma Bao was ranked third, or Sanbao. He lost his parents since childhood and was raised by his brother and sister-in-law. He liked martial arts and showed off his courage and had little plan. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng defeated Longde and Ma Bao joined Li Zicheng's subordinates. When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Ma Bao was promoted to the deputy general of the Laoying camp for his military achievements. In the first year of Shunzhi, Li Zicheng fought with Wu Sangui at Shanhaiguan. Li Zicheng ordered Ma Bao to lead 20,000 cavalrymen to attack Wu Sangui from a stone. Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing army. Dorgon of the Qing court led a large army to fight Ma Bao, and fought fiercely. Ma Bao got into cannon and was captured by Wu Sangui. When the Qing army advanced south, Ma Bao became a general of Li Chengdong and captured Qingyuan. After surrendering to Zhu Youlang, the King of Gui of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he was granted the title of Andingbo

, stationed in Deqing. In the seventh year of Shunzhi, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao besieged Guangzhou. Ma Bao and Guo Dengdi attacked Qingyuan from Zhaoqing to restrain the Qing army, but were repelled. Soon Ma Bao sneaked into the army of Liu Guochang, the former general of Dashun who rescued Guangzhou from the east. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, Zhu Youlang fled from Nanning to An6. After most of Guangdong fell, Ma Bao still insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty in the mountainous areas of Guangxi. In the ninth year of Shunzhi, when Li Dingguo captured Guilin and Liuzhou, he marched into Guangdong, Ma Bao led his troops out to support him. Seeing that Sun Kewang was strong, Ma Bao led his troops to surrender to Sun Kewang and captured Lianzhou. Later, Sun Kewang and Li Ding had a domestic strife. Ma Bao was named Duke of Huai by Emperor Yongli for his contributions to the rebellion.

Ma Bao had more than 20,000 soldiers and generals under his command, which was the largest force in the Ming army in Yunnan except for Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan. Therefore, Ma Bao was overjoyed by Wu Sangui. Ma Bao was loyal and honest. Although he was from Guyuan, Ningxia, and his hometown was mostly descendants of Semu, Ma Bao was an authentic Han. Ma Bao was brave and good at fighting, but lacked scheming, and often acted casually. After turning against him, he was granted the title of Duke of Huai and was usually ordered by King Li Dingguo of Jin. Now that the emperor abandoned the country, the King of Jin was defeated, the Qing soldiers occupied most of the land in Yunnan. Ma Bao was unable to see the monarch, and the second time he had no monarch to rely on, he felt as if he had lost a barrier, and he was confused and wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Ma Bao wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but now he could only surrender to Wu Sangui. However, Ma Bao and Wu Sangui had been fighting against the enemy for many years, and the two sides had a lot of blood feuds, so Ma Bao was worried that Wu Sangui would not accept him, so he had the idea of ​​trying it out and first contacted Xia Kingdom and came to ask for directions. If Wu Sangui had a little distorted, Ma Bao would give up the idea of ​​surrendering him, and would rather die in battle than say anything to Wu Sangui.

Ma Bao intends to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and this matter is of great importance. The Prime Minister of Xia did not dare to be proficient, so he made a quick horse report to Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui was overjoyed and ordered the Prime Minister of Xia to tell Ma Bao that the King of Pingxi was very happy about his surrender to the Qing Dynasty. As long as Ma Bao was willing to come and surrender, not only would he be given the position of various officials to protect his original position, but Ma Bao himself could also be reused.

After the news came out, Wu Sangui waited for the marquis in Yuanjiang. In a hurry, he invited the adviser Hu Shouliang to play chess in the army. Hu Shouliang was not sure about Ma Bao coming to the field, which shows that Wu Sangui was full of confidence, so he was very puzzled. When playing chess, he was distracted and made many wrong moves. However, Wu Sangui was calm and took every step to kill Hu Shouliang and defeated him one after another.

"Why is the soul disobedient?"

"I missed Ma Bao's resignation in my heart."

"Don't worry, Ma Bao is desperate and will come!"

Wu Sangui smiled softly, picked up his car, and went to pick up Hu Shouliang and his army.

"Your Majesty is going to die."

Hu Shouliang felt moved when he saw that he was dead, and at this time, someone came to sue outside, saying that it was Ming who threw Ma Bao, and he was stunned.

Wu Sangui was overjoyed, so he got up and ran away. He saw Ma Bao riding outside the tent. Wu Sangui staggered over and shouted as he ran: "We have been waiting for the general for a long time!"

When Wu Sangui's generals saw the prince running forward alone, they were afraid that they would be surprised, so they wanted to follow him, but Hu Shouliang stopped him.

At this time, Ma Bao, who was a single horse who came to Qingying, was secretly thinking that if Wu Sangui dared to ridicule him, he would snatch his horse and cut himself off before the military tent. But at this time, Wu Sangui came running in casual clothes, dressed in disheveled and didn't even wear shoes. It was like Cao Cao's attitude when he saw Xu You, which clearly showed no grudges towards him and had the intention of using it. Ma Bao was moved and immediately threw the knife off the horse and knelt down to greet him. Seeing this, Wu Sangui opened his arms to hug Ma Bao.

Ma Bao was excited and suddenly saw something flying out of Wu Sangui's hand. Ma Bao was shocked: Could it be that Wu Sangui is cheating? He is about to change his color.

Wu Sangui also realized that something was flying out of his hand and panicked. He then realized that he had grabbed the car that wanted to put Hu Shouliang's army on his hands and had not put it down. He was afraid that Ma Bao would suspect it, so he immediately burst into laughter.

Seeing that Wu Sangui's expression was not abnormal, Ma Bao stopped moving and hugged Wu Sangui and sat on the ground. But he was still wondering: What was flying out of his hand?

Wu Sangui was quite excited and said to Ma Bao: "We have been waiting for a long time!"

After hearing this, Ma Bao became confused. I did not make an appointment with you, why are you waiting for me?

Just at this moment, Hu Shouliang picked up the "car" that fell from Wu Sangui's hand, laughed suddenly, and said, "Why did my lord lose his composure? It turns out that a general has arrived."

Ma Bao was confused, and Hu Shouliang presented the chess in his hand to Ma Bao, and Ma Bao was even more confused.

Hu Shouliang then told the story of Wu Sangui's chess when he was playing chess with Wu Sangui when Wu Sangui learned that Ma Bao had arrived, so he told him that Ma Bao was in his hand. After hearing this, he was very moved and knelt down before Wu Sangui again: "I have a wise ruler and will never stop until death!"
Chapter completed!