Chapter 84: Li Dingguo's Decision

Even if the Qing army occupied Sichuan, the Xia army moved from Chongqing, to Zunyi, to Guiyang, and then to the defense line in Yunnan, which was not easy to touch.

"Happy." Zhang Xuan said: "Since Brother Sun is so happy, I will help Brother Sun again." I will first prepare 100,000 stone of grain for Brother Sun for military needs, but I will ask General Li Dingguo to enter the Privy Council of the Beijing Division. ”

After Sun Kewang heard this, he was a little unhappy. How could he not understand that this was clearly asking Li Dingguo to be a hostage.

But Sun Kewang thought about it carefully and immediately understood that this really helped him.

The sequelae left by Zhang Xianzhong's death have always been in the Great Western Army, and the current Great Western Army is just a combination of four generals.

Among them, Li Dingguo's prestige is second only to Sun Kewang, even if the two don't want to, there are still many people who have conflicts because of the two. Zhang Xuan used this name to transfer Li Dingguo away from the mountain, and the rest of the people, even Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and others, were definitely not Sun Kewang's opponents.

When the time comes, the Great Western Army will return to Sun Kewang's hands, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing for Sun Kewang?

Sun Kewang had some hesitation in his heart, and said, "What if the second brother doesn't want to go?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "It depends on General Sun's ability." And this is also a good thing for Brother Ling, who is in the center to deliver news to General Sun. With the talent of Brother Ling, he will definitely be a general. In this way, the two brothers are in high positions, and General Sun's position in Yunnan will be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

Sun Kewang finally made up his mind and said, "In this way, I have thanked the general." ”

"Why do you have to do that?" Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and said: "In the future, we will inevitably be ministers in the same palace, and we will ask the prince to take care of it." ”

Zhang Xuan's meaning was still to put on Sun Kewang's hat as the Duke of Dian Guo.

After Sun Kewang returned to Guiyang, he immediately gathered the three brothers and first told Zhang Xuan's intention to drive them to attack Yunnan.

Liu Wenxiu listened for a while, and said: "Big brother, this matter should be agreed, Zhang Xuan's meaning is clearly to exchange real profit for a false name, in the future, we will wait for the military power in hand, in Yunnan I am afraid that a few civilian officials will not succeed, and Zhang Xuan has already said that this point, if we offend Zhang Xuan, we may not be able to enter Yunnan this time." ”

"It's not too late to talk about what will happen in the future."

Sun Kewang sighed and said, "I also know that I can't refuse this, but there is a difficulty. ”

"What's the difficulty?" Liu Wenxiu said.

Sun Kewang said: "Zhang Xuan named the second brother to go to Nanjing as an official, is he clearly a hostage? How could I say yes? ”

"Second brother." After hearing this, Ainengqi said in a lost voice.

The eyes of the three people all looked at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo is very straightforward, but

Not a fool. Although Sun Kewang didn't say it explicitly, the accident was already obvious, how could Li Dingguo not hear it, and Li Dingguo also felt that Zhang Xuan's conditions were good.

After the Battle of Xichong, Li Dingguo strongly advocated the surrender of Great Xia, the reason is very simple, there will be only these two families in the world in the future, and if you want to avenge Zhang Xianzhong, you can only choose the Xia Dynasty. It's just that Sun Kewang is selfish and has been procrastinating. It's only been until now.

Now, although the Great Western Army is only in the name of Great Xia, Li Dingguo also thinks it is a good phenomenon.

Although he will definitely not be able to bring many subordinates with him when he goes to Nanjing, Li Dingguo is a little reluctant to let Li Dingguo give up his army, but Li Dingguo has a characteristic, that is, he focuses on the overall situation. In the original history, Li Dingguo made several concessions and compromises based on the overall situation. You can see it.

Now Li Dingguo feels that defecting to Daxia is the way out, and naturally it will not be destroyed, and said: "I will go to Nanjing." It's just that I have two things, please agree to my eldest brother. ”

Sun Kewang said: "Why do you need two things, although the second brother says, as for what the foolish brother can do, he will naturally not refuse." ”

"I want to take my little brother away." Li Dingguo said.

Zhang Yu's body is getting worse day by day. Li Dingguo was anxious, and since he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to take him to Jiangnan to find a famous doctor.

Sun Kewang immediately said, "Okay." ”

For Zhang Xianzhong's son, Sun Kewang can get by on face, but he doesn't have much emotion in his heart, and letting Li Dingguo take him away at this moment is one less trouble. He said: "I will also discuss with Zhang Xuan, and I will definitely give my little brother a knighthood, and I can't wronged him." ”

Li Zicheng did such a thing, and he was posthumously crowned an emperor after him. And where Zhang Xianzhong's prestige lies, it is impossible for the Luo family not to express it, as Zhang Xianzhong's only son. It's normal to have a knighthood, but as for the size of the title, I don't know.

Sun Kewang is just a favor.

Li Dingguo said: "And since the eldest brother is the minister of Great Xia, and I am in Nanjing, I have to ask the eldest brother Ming's intentions, and let me and the younger brother have a preparation in Nanjing." Doesn't the eldest brother mean anything else in Yunnan? “

Sun Kewang seemed to have been stabbed by something, and immediately said, "Second brother, what does this mean?" Yes, I used to think of being self-reliant in Yunnan, but am I the kind of person who doesn't care about brotherhood? ”

Li Dingguo looked at Sun Kewang for a long time before saying, "Since this is the case, I am relieved, but after I go, I ask my eldest brother to be more careful." ”

Sun Kewang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Second brother, don't worry." There is nothing to do at home, only the second brother sends someone under the fence, but he has to be more careful. ”

At this moment, what Sun Kewang said was really sincere.

The four brothers said goodbye, so naturally there was no need to mention it.

Without further ado, Sun Kewang immediately sent someone to report to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed when he heard that Li Dingguo was coming soon.

In history, none of the generals in the Southern Ming Dynasty has ever been Li Dingguo. The famous general of the two famous kings. If Zhang Xuan hadn't fought with the Eight Banners, he might have doubted the moisture of Li Dingguo's record, but after really understanding the strength of the Eight Banners, Zhang Xuan valued Li Dingguo even more.

What makes Zhang Xuan value Li Dingguo more is Li Dingguo's character.

Li Dingguo is loyal and upright, even in a stormy environment, he still maintains loyalty to Yongli. Perhaps there is too much to this loyalty. But under the banner of Great Xia, Li Dingguo is unlikely to betray.

As long as you recover more, you will be a fierce general.

It is even difficult to say whether Zhang Xuan's actions today are for the purpose of stabilizing the southwestern border or for Li Dingguo alone.

On the second day, Zhang Xuan's army entered Guiyang City, and the army set up an altar under Guiyang City.

Sun Kewang took all the generals out of the ranks, Zhang Xuan took all the generals out of the ranks, Zhang Xuan on behalf of the Emperor of Great Xia named Sun Kewang as the Duke of Yunnan, the governor of Yunnan, the commander of the West Road of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and the commander of the headquarters of the Western Expedition to Yunnan.

The whole ceremony was huge. Immediately, all units of the Great Western Army changed banners one after another, from the Great Western Army to the Western Route Army of the Southern Army of the Great Xia Expedition.

However, it is just a change of name, and as for the generals of the military system, everything is still the same.

Because Yongli's whereabouts are unknown, Sun Kewang did not dare to stay for a long time. personally sent Li Dingguo to Zhang Xuan's camp. Zhang Xuan heard that Li Dingguo was coming and greeted him personally. When I saw Li Dingguo, I found that I was a little more weathered than when I saw Li Dingguo under Huangling City.

However, this color of wind and frost also wore away Li Dingguo's childishness. After several years of fighting, he has already been molded into a strong man. is no longer the young general who captured the gate of Xiangyang City.

"Brother Li hasn't talked about the old for many years, don't come to harm?" After Zhang Xuan greeted Sun Kewang first, he said to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo said: "I knew that Brother Zhang was the dragon and phoenix among people, but I didn't want to fly to this day. ”

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed, knowing that it was a kind word, but it depended on who said this kind word. When ordinary people said this, Zhang Xuan didn't have a brain at all, but it was King Li Jin who spoke. Zhang Xuan only felt a hot current rushing to his ears, and he was actually a little drunk.

Over the years, Zhang Xuan has also been a little bit of a city, although he was happy in his heart, he did not lose his temper, but he just said in an ordinary tone: "Awards, awards." ”

Before the two could greet each other, they heard a faint sound of a baby crying from behind. The voice was not loud, but a little hoarse.

Li Dingguo's face changed when he heard this, and he didn't care about anything else, so he immediately turned around and walked over to a woman. Zhang Xuan didn't know what to do, he was stunned on the spot for a while, he didn't know what was going on, so he could only follow along.