Chapter seven hundred and ninety-six thousand miles to escape
Wu Sangui's worries came true, and the news that Li Dingguo was trying to rescue Zhu Youlang finally reached Doni in Guiyang's ears.
"What does Wu Sangui want to do? How dare he hide Zhu Youlang from the court!"
Doni, who was just sick, was shocked and suspicious. If this matter was true, then what was the difference between Wu Sangui's move and his desire to rebel? Could it be that Wu Sangui was not optimistic about the Qing Dynasty. He has been a Manzhou hawk and dog for 16 years, and turned around and wanted to be a dog of the Zhu family again?
Luo Keduo was also frightened by the news and stayed there and couldn't speak. If Wu Sangui raised the flag and rebelled, and more than 100,000 troops headed north to attack Guizhou, he and Doni would definitely not be able to defeat him!
Doni and Luo Keduo were both young people in their early 20s. They had not experienced any battles before, and everything went wrong since they entered Yunnan. They were trapped in Guiyang and wanted to return north every day. When they heard that Wu Sangui had a rebellion, they were so panicked that they didn't know what to do.
"Let's go, hurry up, this ghost place can't stay for too long in one day! Doni, let's go from Sichuan, go to Shaanxi, and go back to Beijing!"
Luo Keduo really wanted to leave Guizhou. When the news of Jiangning being recaptured by the Ming army came, he wanted to leave. This ghost place in Guizhou requires food, drinking and drinking, and local people who used the children of Manzhou to exchange for pork. He didn't want a dignified prince of Manzhou to end up worth half a piece of pork!
"Walk?"
Doni was stunned, but was moved. But he didn't have the imperial order and left like this, afraid that Fulin would definitely not forgive him after returning to Beijing.
"When will we leave if we don't leave? Will we wait for the Ming army and Wu Sangui to attack us? If we leave now, we can at least bring these 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian children back. Fulin will not blame us! Even if he wants to punish us, the Empress Dowager will not ignore it, right?"
Seeing that Prince Ping desperately persuaded King Xin to withdraw his troops, Aixing was anxious and quickly advised: "Don't be anxious, both princes, either. This matter is just a rumor, and it is unknown whether it is true or not. I think it would be better to send someone to Yunnan to find out clearly, not the Ming army's treacherous plan."
Ai Xing'a was the minister in charge of the guards, his grandfather was the first-class general officer, the king of Wuxun Yangguli, and his father was the first-class Gongtazhan. Ai Xing'a led the army to war as early as the eighth year of Shunzhi, so his experience and experience were much better than the two princes. He advised Doni not to worry, and not to doubt Wu Sangui because of unconfirmed rumors. Under his persuasion, Doni settled and asked Ai Xing'a: "What do you think you should do?"
Ai Xinga thought about it and suggested that people be sent to Yunnan and let Wu Sangui go to Guiyang to discuss the attack on Huguang military. If Wu Sangui comes, it means that he has no intention; if he refuses to come, he is afraid that Wu Sangui will really hide Zhu Youlang and have a rebellious intention.
Luo Keduo asked Ai Xing, what if Wu Sangui refused to come. Ai Xing Ai smiled bitterly and said bluntly that if Wu Sangui didn't come, Guiyang would have no choice but to do it, and even the court would have no choice but to do it. The only thing they could do was to report Wu Sangui's rebellion to the court, and to find a way back for the 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian children in Guiyang.
After hearing this, Doni sighed, not knowing why the situation turned out like this. Luo Keduo thought that he could not wait for Wu Sangui to be true or false, so he had to start preparing to retreat immediately, so as not to be too late to run away.
"Don't think too much about the two princes. Whether Wu Sangui is rebelling has to try to find out."
Ai Xinga tried his best to comfort the two young masters. Doni had no choice but to send someone to Yunnan to ask Wu Sangui to come to Guiyang for military discussion.
After receiving the military order from Doni to Wu Sangui to go to Guiyang, Wu Sangui's subordinates and generals unanimously opposed Wu Sangui's trip to Guiyang, and Hong Chengchou also believed that he could not go. At this critical moment, going to Guiyang was too dangerous. Although Doni and Luo Keduo were yellow-haired children, if these two people were unfaithful and detained Wu Sangui or killed them, then the army of more than 100,000 in Yunnan would be without a leader.
Hong Chengchou gave Wu Sangui an idea, giving him the excuse of Li Dingguo fighting with the chieftain in the Mengla area and intending to counterattack, saying that he had no time to go to Guiyang.
"If I don't go, Doni will decide that I will rebel. Isn't this telling me to rebel if I don't rebel?"
Wu Sangui was very worried that the victory and defeat in Southeast was not decided, so he hurriedly raised the flag anyway, which was not in his interest. It would be okay for the thief scholar to win, but what if Shunzhi won?
Hong Chengchou knew that this nominal student was the most powerful and wanted to get the greatest benefits but refused to take risks. He was actually a person who could not accomplish great things. If his reputation had not fallen on Wu Sangui after his death, he would not be willing to help him.
"So what if Doni believes you are against you? Can he still come and beat you?"
Wu Sangui hesitated and said, "Doni doesn't dare to hit me, but Shunzhi always thinks I'm against me."
Hong Chengchou shook his head slightly: "If you don't call him a Ming minister for a day and don't hold the Ming flag for a day, how can Shunzhi determine that you are against you?"
"Uh? What does the teacher mean?" Wu Sangui looked puzzled.
Hong Chengchou patiently analyzed Wu Sangui. In his opinion, the Qing court could use only two heavy troops now, one in Jiangbei Daying and the other was the Qing army under Duni. Jiangbei Daying was restrained by Taiping Army, and Shunzhi could not even draw troops to deal with Wu Sangui. Doni was afraid of Wu Sangui. The yellow-haired child was unable to do anything. Where did he get the courage and ability to deal with Wu Sangui who had been through the battlefield and his Guanning elite?
Therefore, Hong Chengchou believed that Wu Sangui didn't have to worry that the Qing court would free up his hands to deal with him first. Shunzhi did not have this strength and Doni did not have this ability. As long as he did not openly raise the banner of restoration of Ming Dynasty in one day, even if the Qing court knew what he wanted to do, it would only comfort him, instead of breaking up and pushing Wu Sangui to the Ming Dynasty completely.
"You are invincible, so why worry about this and that?"
Hong Chengchou's words strengthened Wu Sangui's confidence and sent someone to Guiyang to report to Doni that he could not go to Guiyang. Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou both thought that Doni would pinch his nose and accept it after receiving this reply. At most, he was wary on the Yunnan-Guizhou border. However, when he discussed it, Doni and Luo Keduo decided to directly order the Qing army in Guizhou to escape to Sichuan despite Ai Xing's opposition.
In addition to more than 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian soldiers, the Qing army in Guizhou had more than 60,000 Ming troops surrendered, most of which were Sun Kewang's front army. Doni withdrew his troops and ordered the Qing army to burn, kill and loot the cities stationed in Guizhou. Later, Manchu and Mongolian soldiers escorted the tens of thousands of Ming troops surrendered soldiers and fled to Chongqing.
After entering Chongqing, Doni immediately led his troops to Chengdu west, robbed all the military rations hoarded by Sichuan Governor Gao Mingzhan, and then washed the city of Chengdu and ran north. On the way, he ate all the food and searched the people, and the civilians were fed for food, and then killed the soldiers from the south of the Green Camp for food. The soldiers in the camp were dispersed. Finally, when Doni arrived in Baoning, there were only more than 20,000 Qing troops left, and the rest were either fled or killed by them.
Chapter completed!