Yunnan Mubang, the northeastern region of present-day Shan State in Myanmar, was assigned to Myanmar after the Qing-Burma War during the Qianlong period, and it was still part of Yunnan at that time.

The vanguard of the Qing army followed the rugged mountain road through the territory of Mubang in an attempt to detour back to Li Dingguo's back from the north of the Xibo River to attack. The vanguard generals of this Qing army were Ma Bao, Qi Sansheng, Ma Weixing and other three former Southern Ming generals, who later surrendered to Wu Sangui and were incorporated into the Green Camp Army of the Wu Army.

The green battalion army of the Wu army is different from the green battalion army of the imperial court, and it is also the army of the king of Pingxi, but the army of the king of Pingxi is the Han army organized according to the Eight Banners, and the grass-roots unit is the leader, while the green battalion army of the Wu army is the Han army organized according to the green battalion, and the grass-roots unit is the general.

More than 10,000 former Nanming troops were used as pioneers to open the way in front, but they were actually cannon fodder. Liu Liangdong, who was loyal to the "Great Qing Dynasty", naturally did not worry about these Southern Ming generals, so he planted a lot of his own eyeliner among them.

was about to attack his original comrades-in-arms, and Ma Bao, Qi Sansheng, Ma Weixing and others were very uneasy.

"Lord Zhentai, do we send someone to send a letter of persuasion to Li Cheng?" Qi Sansheng proposed.

Zhao Liangdong snorted coldly: "Persuade to surrender? Isn't sending it over now to remind Li Yi that we are going to attack him in a roundabout way from Mubang? When we arrived, we defeated Li Yi and then sent a letter of persuasion! When the time comes, it will be up to him to see if he understands the current affairs! ”

"Piercing!" Qi Sansheng knelt down on one knee and saluted.

"Slow!" Zhao Liangdong shouted to Qi Sansheng, who was about to retreat, "Let your people speed up the march!" After traveling forty miles a day, when will he be able to catch up with Li Yi's back? You must speed up and travel sixty miles a day! You must be behind Li Reverse within five days! ”

Qi Sansheng was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down and arched his hand: "Lord Zhentai, after traveling sixty miles a day, the brothers are exhausted, I am afraid that I will not be able to fight again after seeing Li Yi!" ”

At that time, the normal marching speed of the infantry was 30 to 40 miles a day, and 60 miles a day was considered a rapid march. The cavalry marched at a speed of up to 100 miles a day. On land, it is still the sailors who march the fastest. You can travel 150 miles a day. Of course, the march in the sea is faster, and the fleet can sail three or four hundred miles in a day and night. The so-called 800 miles on land can be traveled 800 miles a day and night, and it can only be achieved under the condition of continuous substitution of people and horses.

A rapid march of sixty miles a day was very tiring for the infantry, not to mention that this was a mountainous area in Yunnan. Although there were many cavalry in the more than 10,000 Nanming troops, most of them were infantry. But in real history, Zhao Liangdong ordered a rapid march of 300 miles within five days, detoured behind Bai Wenxuan's back to launch a surprise attack, and defeated Bai Wenxuan in one fell swoop. Later, Ma Bao, Qi Sansheng, Ma Weixing and others chased for 800 miles and forced Bai Wenxuan to surrender.

Now history has changed. Zhao Liangdong's opponent is Li Dingguo, not Bai Wenxuan.

It has been about a month since the Qing army set out from Kunming, passing through Dali to enter the Zhizhanda Deputy Xuanfu Division, which is now in the territory of Yingjiang, and then no longer pass through the relatively flat river valley, but through a rarely visited path, enter Mubang, and detour north. The trail is steep and rocky. On both sides are dense primeval forests, and lodging tree trunks and bamboo can be seen everywhere on the path. On one side of some sections of the road is a bottomless cliff, and if one accidentally falls down, the gods are not saved.

The terrain of the Hengduan Mountains from southern Sichuan to western Yunnan is very treacherous. The altitude ranges from 3,000 meters to 800 meters, the relative altitude is extremely large, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain is more than 1,000 meters high mountains, and in some places the relative height can even reach 2,000 meters! After entering Mubang. The terrain is a little gentler, but still very treacherous.

In the mountains and forests, two people came out wearing green clothes. A figure wearing a net bag, covered with leaves and blades of grass, and also wearing a grass ring on his head, was staring at the mountain road ahead. The disguise of these two people is so blended with nature that even if someone walks within five or six steps, they can't see clearly that there are two people hiding here. These two people are Wang Xinyu's members of the night team, one of them is named Chen Jincai, and the other is named Liu Jinbiao.

"Looks like there's a Tartar coming ahead!" Chen Jincai, who put his ear to the ground and listened to the sound, said softly.

Liu Jinbiao said softly: "You should have heard it right, right? ”

"No!" Chen Jincai said with certainty, "Obviously, a large team of people is coming!" Let's hide from high places to see! ”

The two walked through the primeval forest, climbed a hillside, and found a towering tree, Liu Jinbiao climbed to the top of the tree in a few clicks to observe the mountain road at the foot of the mountain.

"Sure enough, the Tartars are here! King Jin is really a clever calculation! Liu Jinbiao found that a Qing army had appeared in the mountain road. After careful observation, Liu Jinbiao found that the forward flag played by the Qing army was Ma and Qi. The line of the Qing army was very long, and it took a long time to see the Chinese army. I saw that the main general flag of the front team of the Chinese army was Zhao, and the deputy general flag was Wang. According to the information learned from the Wu army and the Qing army stationed in Yunnan, Liu Jinbiao judged that the Qing army's vanguard should be two horses and one Qi, and the commanders of the Chinese army would be Zhao Liangdong and Wang Fuchen.

After roughly estimating the number of Qing troops, Liu Jinbiao judged that there were more than 10,000 Qing army vanguards, and there were about 30,000 green battalion soldiers and more than 10,000 Han Eight Banner soldiers behind.

"We've got to get back quickly! Tell General White that the Tartars are coming, and get them ready! Chen Jincai said.

The two returned to the place where the horses were tied behind the mountain forest, untied the horses, got on the horses and rushed back, and ran more than 50 miles quickly, reporting the Qing army's attack to Bai Huiyu, the general of the Southern Ming Dynasty stationed nearby.

There are only 500 men and horses in Bai Hui's hands, and the Qing army has 50,000, and the strength is 1 to 100.

"General, the King of Jin has already built a defense in the Mubang area, we must not startle the snake!" A general said.

Bai Hui thought for a moment, and finally made a decision: "We still intercept according to the danger, the Tartars know that we have few soldiers, and they will definitely not think that the King of Jin is ready!" You two scouts hurry back and report to King Jin and get him ready! ”

"Let's go back to one person, and the other person will stay and cooperate with you, we know how to create traps, and we can help your army." Liu Jinbiao replied.

"Good! Then the two of you decide to keep one of them! Bai Hui nodded.

Chen Jincai went back to report the news, and Liu Jinbiao stayed behind to cooperate with the Bai Painting Department, relying on many dangerous places to block the enemy, delay the march speed of the Qing army, and buy sufficient time for the King of Jin to prepare.

Ma Bao led the vanguard of the Qing army of the 3,000 green battalions and walked more than 40 miles. Towards evening, Ma Bao found a relatively open river valley and prepared to set up camp. At the same time, he also sent scouts to the front to explore the way, so as not to be ambushed by the Ming army when the Qing army set off early the next morning.

As soon as the Qing army was about to settle down, Zhao Liangdong's personal soldiers galloped behind them.

"General Ma, I've only walked less than fifty miles today!" The soldier asked.

Ma Bao hurriedly arched his hand and said: "This little brother, I haven't been ready for today, and I only traveled less than twenty miles in one morning." After receiving the order of Lord Zhentai at noon, he hurried for more than 30 miles, and the brothers were exhausted, and they hoped that this brother would go to Lord Zhentai to say a few kind words. ”

The pro-soldier sneered and said, "Master Ma! You are from a rogue background, and you are a pseudo-Ming general! Don't look at the fact that the prince of Pingxi trusts you on weekdays, if you dare to have different intentions for the court, as long as Lord Zhao says a word, be careful that your heads fall to the ground! When the time comes, even the prince of Pingxi will not be able to protect you! ”

"The last general will not dare! Since the last general has returned to the imperial court, he must be loyal to the imperial court. Ma Bao sent people under the fence, and had to bow to the soldier in a low voice.

When Zhao Liangdong's personal soldiers left, one of Ma Bao's personal soldiers really couldn't stand it, and stepped forward and said: "General, the one surnamed Zhao is also too deceitful!" We are submissive to the prince of Pingxi, not to his boy surnamed Zhao! He is Zhentai, and you are also Zhentai, why should he point fingers at us! ”

Ma Bao was so frightened that he made a shushing gesture: "Be quiet!" The one surnamed Zhao mixed a lot of sand among us! If his people hear it, we'll all die! ”

The pro-soldier was still very unconvinced, and said in a low voice: "Why are you so afraid of that kid? We are the soldiers of the king of Pingxi, not the soldiers of his surname Zhao. ”

Ma Bao sighed, lowered his voice and whispered in the ear of the pro-soldier: "This surnamed Zhao is Hong Chengchou's cronies!" They are soldiers of the imperial court, and this king of Pingxi still has to listen to the imperial court? This surnamed Zhao is a fox and a fake tiger, but there is nothing we can do. What's more, there are also the Eight Banners of Manmeng by the side of King Pingxi, what can we do. ”

In real history, after Ma Bao surrendered to Wu Sangui, he was loyal to Wu Sangui. Later, he followed Wu Sangui against the Qing Dynasty, and when attacking Chenzhou, Ma Bao killed many generals of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Later, after the death of Wu Sangui, the Wu army was defeated all the way, and Ma Bao was defeated by the Qing general Zhao Liangdong and died in a fierce battle.

Zhao Liangdong is destined to be Ma Bao's nemesis, when he was in Yunnan, Hong Chengchou arranged for Zhao Liangdong to be Ma Bao's real boss, and Ma Bao and others swallowed their anger under Zhao Liangdong. After Wu Sangui rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, Ma Bao was killed by Zhao Liangdong again.

In the mountains and forests, Liu Jinbiao looked at the Qing soldiers encamped at the bottom of the valley.

Bai Hui, who was hiding in the mountains and forests, watched the Qing army of the Ma Bao Department set up camp, only to see that this person was well versed in the art of war, and arranged the camp in an orderly manner, digging trenches on three sides around it, and enclosing it with a wooden fence, and the other side of the camp was close to the river, which could not only obtain water sources, but also use the natural danger of the river to prevent enemy attacks.

"Lord Bai, did we take advantage of the Tartars' defenselessness and go to the camp at night?" A pro-soldier asked.

Bai Hua took a look at the formation of the Qing soldiers and rejected this extremely risky suggestion: "That Ma Bao is also a fierce general, brave and good at fighting, and the arrangement of troops is orderly. ”

"How about we bypass the path and directly attack Zhao Liangdong's camp?" Another pro-soldier suggested.

"That's even more wrong! Zhao Liangdong is Hong Chengchou's confidant, this person has Hong Chengchou's guidance, he camps at night can be said to be leaky, we don't have this opportunity at all. Bai Hui replied.

"My lord, are we not doing anything here?" One of the generals asked.

"Wait until dawn before we act!" White Painting Road. (To be continued.) )