Ma Ju opened his mouth and said: "In the sixteenth year of Yongli, the prince sent troops to attack Wu Sangui, marched to Dongwu, the epidemic was epidemic, more than half of the people and horses were killed and injured, the prince was depressed and abnormal, and later the car preached the sword and wood to pray that Yongli Ye had died, and the prince blamed himself for the loss of the king and the country, so that the Central Plains sank, why to the ancestors, why to the world for all generations, immediately hunger strike. ”

Speaking of this, he cried bitterly: "There are three relics of the prince, one is in Siam, when Yongli Ye entered Burma, the general soldier Wen Ruzhen received Siam, and the king of Siam loved Wen Taowuluo, so he recruited as a concubine. Generals Ma Jiugong and Jiang Guotai went to the ancient thorns and gathered 2,000 defeated troops. When these two forces heard that the prince was dead, they were disheartened, and they didn't know if the soldiers and horses were still there. ”

"The second is the stragglers who entered Burma, gathered in the east of Awa City, gathered tribes to live, cultivated as a business, and were called the Gui family. The third is the relatives under the command of the prince, but the prince left General Jin Tongwu to supervise the army, and the prince's cousin Ma Siliang was not convinced, and poisoned Jin Tongwu in the sixteenth year of Yongli and led the army to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. We followed the prince to fight in the south and the north, and naturally refused to be in cahoots with Ma Siliang, so we parted ways, but people changed their minds, and only half of the team of thousands of people left with us, and the rest of the people all joined the Qing court with Ma Siliang. ”

It can be seen that because Ma Siliang is Li Dingguo's cousin, although Ma Ju hates him very much, he still doesn't dare to insult loudly in words, because no matter how he scolds, he can scold Li Dingguo's head, and scolding him for being a dog mongrel bastard or something like that has even caused Li Dingguo to become a dog and Wang Ba, so he can only endure it and not scold.

Cheng Xiaolian coughed: "Now it's the twelfth year of Kangxi, that is, the twenty-eighth year of Yongli, more than ten years have passed, how many people are left?" ”

Ma Ju continued: "We settled down at the junction of Myanmar and Daming, and soon after, the family members from all over the world also got the news to come and defect, and we stayed, but I don't know why, whether it is Wu Sangui's dog traitor or the treacherous things in Myanmar, they all turn a blind eye to us, and we have no brains, so we can only live a peaceful life." ”

Cheng Xiaolian can understand that these people have no value and have one life left, no matter who goes to exterminate them, they have to exchange their lives, and Wu Sangui itself is already not good, according to rumors, Hong Chengchou told Wu Sangui before leaving, if you want to save your life, you can't make Yunnan idle for a day. The meaning is obvious, if Wu Sangui calms down the disasters in the south, the Qing court will take action against him, and then it will be more comfortable to change the emperor's relatives to be the king of Yunnan than Wu Sangui.

Therefore, since Wu Sangui killed Emperor Yongli, he has no longer raised troops against Burma, and he has not even moved the remnants of this group of Li Dingguo, just waiting for them to be used as a shield if the situation is not good, and the border is not peaceful, and the general cannot be killed, right?

So Wu Sangui began to defile himself, how to fly and dominate, he originally thought that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty would definitely let down his guard when he saw him like this. Who knows how the little emperor of the Qing Dynasty has time to think so much, but I heard that Wu Sangui is not only Kaienke, but the reputation of Xixuan is greater than that of the imperial court, and he began to withdraw the feudal domain with the principle that if you dare to bully me, I will kill you.

Wu Sangui defiled himself and found that it had no effect, and the prince couldn't do it anymore, so he could only rebel.

It's just that his subordinates have completely forgotten about this force after a few years, and they treat them as ordinary people, and even if they want to make trouble, it is just a disease of scabies, and it can't become any climate, so they didn't start to deal with them before raising the army.

When they heard that the banner of the Ming Dynasty reappeared in Burma, they finally couldn't hold back the flame in their hearts, they had been practicing according to Li Dingguo's method of leading troops all these years, and they were waiting for this day. But whether the person who came was really a Ming man or Wu Sangui's dog traitor sent someone to impersonate, they were also unstable, and they couldn't let thousands of people lose their lives, so they came up with this method, as long as the people who led the army followed them to their place, they had a way to distinguish the true from the false, if he didn't come, the big guy would farm with peace of mind, as if this incident had not happened.

Cheng Xiaolian listened to these and glanced at Yang Youcai deeply, Yang Youcai immediately understood what he meant, if he didn't go, he would have to go, if he didn't go, he could only withdraw from Myanmar, and now the vast majority of Burmese people have given up supporting them, if they can't get help, they have no way to go down.

Yang Youcai nodded: "In that case, we will accompany His Highness on a trip." ”

Ma raised his hand and waved his hand: "Slow, our village is small and can't withstand the toss, if Your Highness is willing to come, it can't be more than ten people at most, otherwise it's better not to come." ”

Cheng Xiaolian understands, although he admits Cheng Xiaolian's identity and is a highness, but he still doesn't fully agree with him from the bottom of his heart, but it's no wonder that Ma Ju, the Ming Dynasty has been in the country for so many years, and suddenly a person who claims to be a descendant of Zhu Ming suddenly appeared, and these people will have to lose their lives to fight with him, which is a bit too stupid.

Thinking of this, Xiaolian nodded: "I promise you, Yang Youcai, go and arrange people." ”

Yang Youcai hurriedly found Meng Ke, and then selected a few clever ones from the Jinyi guards around him, and looked at Meng Ke: "Your Highness is also a gamble, if the situation is not right, our Jinyi Guard, no matter what, you have to run out with His Highness." ”

"Don't worry, as long as it's not besieged by the army, I can't be stopped by a few farmers."

"Don't underestimate them, they are the pawns of a hundred battles under the King of Jin, if it is one-on-one, we may not be opponents of others, we can only use crossbows and hidden weapons to help you buy a little time."

Cheng Xiaolian followed Ma Ju out of Mubang City, handed over the major affairs in the city to Mu Xiaodi, and told Mu Xiaodi that if he couldn't come back, he would immediately take someone to withdraw to Mengyang City, and then began to discuss retreating, never stay in Burma.

Mu Xiaodi was not hypocritical, but just stretched out his hand and pulled someone over: "This is Uncle Mangshan, let him follow His Highness, he can help." ”

Cheng Xiaolian couldn't refuse, and motioned to Yang Youcai to vacate a vacant seat, and a group of eleven people headed towards the northeast.

Yang Youcai pulled Cheng Xiaolian aside on the road: "Your Highness, Mu Xiaodi is a descendant of the Duke of Qianguo, if he has a different heart, I am afraid that it will be easy to change the dynasty." ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "If he had a different heart, he wouldn't come to us, and even if he did, he should run away now, our current future is very bleak." Besides, at the beginning of our great cause, don't have the mind to doubt people, since they have come to us in all kinds of difficulties, we should trust them, and don't say this kind of thing in the future, if people listen to it, it will inevitably cause a gap in our hearts. ”

(End of chapter)