Before coming to this world, although Deng Ming didn't know Wen Anzhi, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, etc., he had heard of Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng. It was precisely because he knew that Li Laiheng was the last commander to resist the Manchu Qing in Chinese mainland, so when he found out that the other party was only thirty years old, Deng Ming felt that he was really too young.

Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, who is now Chinese New Year's Eve and nine, is the eldest of the three originally known to Deng Ming, and is four years older than Zheng Chenggong. A few years ago, Li Dingguo successively defeated the Han Dynasty, Kong Youde and Nikan, and the momentum of the Southern Ming Dynasty was revived. But the good times didn't last long, and in a blink of an eye, the infighting between the three kings of Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Sun Kewang broke out, and the Nanming regime collapsed.

After this catastrophe, Li Dingguo, who returned to Kunming, seriously reviewed his previous mistakes and was determined to mend his relationship with Feng Shuangli and other Qin generals. In addition to the Qin generals in Xiying, Li Dingguo planned to have more contact with the former generals of Kuidong, and no longer stick to the previous views of the door. After learning that Feng Shuangli and a large number of other Qin officers and soldiers had settled in the Xingdu Division in Sichuan, Li Dingguo sent envoys to Jianchang in succession, trying to persuade them to return to Yunnan to join him, or to allow Li Dingguo's Jin troops to go to Sichuan. In this way, the Xiying people will be reunited, and it will still be a force to be reckoned with.

But the Xiying Qin generals around Jianchang were dismissive of this. When they came to Sichuan to travel to the capital, they had already taken away all the people and supplies along the way, thinking that Li Dingguo could not send troops to pursue them. Even if Li Dingguo had this thought, the threat of Wu Sangui in Guizhou was enough to dispel his thoughts.

After learning that Jianchang's generals were unwilling to return, Li Dingguo retreated to the next best thing, no longer forcing the other party to come back to join his own division, or allowing his army to enter Sichuan, but hoped that the other side would at least strategically obey his leadership and be able to take unified action against the common enemy. Regarding this request, the Xiying generals of Jianchang were also vague and did not express their position clearly. With Li Dingguo's experience in rectifying Liu Wenxiu, Feng Shuangli and the others all suspected that Li Dingguo would settle accounts with himself after the autumn, so they had to maintain their military status.

Seeing that Li Dingguo's second request was still not satisfied, the Jin generals in Kunming were furious, and Bai Wenxuan and Li Jiucheng thought that the Jianchang army was too deceitful and demanded that Li Dingguo take responsibility in the name of the Son of Yongli. Ma Bao, who had just returned to Xiying, also said that the Qin and Shu factions in Xiying, who fled to Jianchang, only had about 20,000 armor soldiers in total, and the factions were mixed and the people's hearts were uncertain, so he was willing to take 5,000 jīng soldiers to take Jianchang directly and take Jianchang back to the court for the King of Jin.

However, Li Dingguo immediately vetoed the proposal of a solution by force.

He said to the generals: "When I was young and vigorous, I always felt that I was righteous, and others who did not agree with my plan were evil intentions, that is, they were greedy for personal gain, and they were unwilling to contribute to the court. Because of disagreements and some skirmishes, I locked up the king of Shu, causing him to die depressed, and now looking back, I am so ashamed that I sweat. Our dispute almost led to the overthrow of the imperial court and ruined the great cause of Zhongxing. Fortunately, the heavens are endless, and we can still return to Kunming today. This time, I must change my past mistakes, and I must not kill each other again, and give the Tartars a chance to take advantage of it. ”

But Feng Shuangli was originally disloyal to the imperial court. When Sun Kewang hijacked the Son of Heaven by the thief, he had an ambiguous attitude. Bai Wenxuan said.

Feng Shuangli had more respect for Sun Kewang, and during the confrontation between the three kings, he always stood firmly on Sun Kewang's side. After Sun Kewang began to usurp the throne, Feng Shuangli did not immediately oppose it like Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, but watched from the sidelines, and if Sun Kewang succeeded, it seemed that he would be optimistic about his success.

"Do you know what the Holy Lord told me when I defeated Sun Kewang and returned from Guizhou to report to the Son of Heaven?" Li Dingguo asked. Of course, everyone didn't know, Li Dingguo sighed, and said: "At that time, the saint was silent for a long time, and said to me and the king of Shu that if you can catch him, it will be fine, but it is best not to persecute him at first." ”

Everyone was stunned, but they didn't expect that the Son of Heaven Yongli would even want to let go of Sun Kewang, a rebel who was openly causing trouble.

"At that time, I argued with the king of Shu on the basis of reason, and we both thought that the saint's words were inappropriate, and the so-called elimination of evil was exhausted, how could we sit back and watch the Sun thief entrenched in Guizhou, at that time, ...... Alas...... "At that time, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were still discussing in private, thinking that it was just because Yongli was as timid as a mouse, so they didn't take Yongli's worries to heart.

But when the Qing court learned that Sun Kewang had fled to Huguang with more than a dozen people, Shunzhi immediately sent an envoy to Huguang and named Sun Kewang the prince. When Sun Kewang had hundreds of thousands of troops and owned a large territory in the southwest, it was extremely difficult to get a throne from Yongli, and now it was the end of the road, but Shunzhi and Aobai regarded him as the treasure of conquering southwest China.

When the Qing army broke through Kunming before, the Manchu Qing thought that the major events in the southwest had been decided, and there was no need for some duets between Shunzhi and Hong Chengchou to continue to be kept secret, so they proudly announced it as evidence of the wisdom of the Shunzhi Emperor, and Li Dingguo also had the opportunity to know the contents.

It turned out that Hong Chengchou was ordered by Shunzhi to set off from Běijīng to Changsha to serve as the governor of the five provinces. In the following years, Hong Chengchou repeatedly emphasized this general strategy in his correspondence with Shunzhi, and presided over the construction of a 5,000-mile defense line stretching from Shaanxi to Guangxi to resist the offensive of the Southern Ming.

In the secret recital, Hong Chengchou tirelessly pointed out to Shunzhi that if there was no internal strife in the Southern Ming, then it would be impossible for the Qing court to succeed in defeating the alliance of Xiying, Chuangying and Zheng Chenggong's naval division militarily. Rather than trying to conquer by force, it is better to try to negotiate early and form a northern and southern dynasty.

But Hong Chengchou repeated his views again and again: first, Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong were suspicious of each other and would never cooperate sincerely; The second is that Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang are expected to inevitably break out into infighting. The Qing court should have gathered strength to attack the torn Southern Ming after the outbreak of infighting.

The strategy of the entire Changsha shogunate can be simply boiled down to: never take the initiative to attack, never invade the territory of the Southern Ming, until the Southern Ming itself collapses.

Hong Chengchou's strategy was fully supported by Shunzhi, and several Běijīng household officials felt that Hong Chengchou's strategy had brought great pressure to the Qing court, and that it was costly to maintain a 5,000-mile defensive line, and because he was determined not to attack, this burden could not be lifted in sight. For the pressure from all sides, Shunzhi resisted Hong Chengchou to ensure that the defense strategy of the Changsha shogunate could be adhered to.

Before the outbreak of the internal strife between the three kings, the tense Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo each transferred troops to prepare for the war, and the Ming army on the front line returned to the rear one after another, preparing to solve the Ming army of other systems by force. Seeing that the territory of the Ming army was empty, the soldiers of the Eight Banners stationed in Huguang thought that they were Manchurians, and despite Hong Chengchou's ban, they attacked Chenzhou and seized it, and reported to Běijīng for reward. Hong Chengchou was furious by the unauthorized actions of the Eight Banners, and he demanded that the Shunzhi Emperor immediately transfer these domineering Manchus from his banner.

In this conflict, Shunzhi still stood firmly on Hong Chengchou's side, and did not hesitate to veto the request for merit, ordering the Eight Banners occupying Chenzhou to retreat immediately, and then return to Běijīng immediately.

According to Nanming's reaction, we can see the accuracy of Hong Chengchou's judgment: when the news of the loss of Chenzhou reached Guizhou, Sun Kewang immediately ordered to stop the mobilization against Li Dingguo, and transferred Feng Shuangli and other main forces to return to the Huguang front line to prepare to recapture Chenzhou; Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu also temporarily put away their hostility towards Sun Kewang and resent their respective Jīng soldiers to the Eastern Front. Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo both wrote to each other, saying that at the moment of the great enemy, no matter what unhappiness there was between the brothers, they should try to resolve it amicably.

But when the Manchu Qing took the initiative to abandon Chenzhou, the three kings of the Southern Ming Dynasty immediately forgot the goodwill they had just released, and soon the relationship broke down completely and fought.

"Forty is not confused." Li Dingguo remembered that Hong Chengchou's dangerous strategy almost destroyed the Han people's country, and he said to his generals: "In the past, I was reckless and had no room for people, so I was able to return to Kunming with great difficulty, and in the future, I must unite with the generals of Yanping and Kuidong, expelled the Tatars, and recovered the Central Plains." Those people in Jianchang are all old brothers in Xiying, if I can't even tolerate them, how can Yanping Domain and Kuidong Army work with me in the future? ”

Therefore, after learning the news that Deng Ming had won a series of battles in Huguang, Li Dingguo was determined to cooperate and tried his best to launch some containment battles against Guizhou, so that Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong could not turn back. Moreover, Li Dingguo examined the map and believed that the importance of chóngqìng to the Sichuan-Hubei Ming army was self-evident, and only by capturing chóngqìng could the east and west rivers be integrated. In this way, Yunnan and Sichuan can concentrate on dealing with the frontal enemy back to back.

Li Dingguo sent an envoy to Jianchang to jointly launch an offensive against the Sichuan-Guizhou Qing army. It was difficult for Li Dingguo, who was greatly injured, to launch an attack on Guizhou alone, so he hoped that Jianchang's Ming army would be able to move north to the Chengdu Plain, and then attack Chóngqìng, threatening Baoning, Zunyi and other places, so that he would be able to contain part of the attention of the Qing army in Guizhou. Although the road in Zunyi is not suitable for the passage of large armies, perhaps the Qing army will send thousands of men and horses to reinforce, and then Li Dingguo will make some feints on the Yunnan-Guizhou border, which may make Wu Sangui feel in danger.

However, Li Dingguo's mind was completely ununderstood by the Jianchang Ming Army, and in the eyes of Feng Shuangli and others, the Sichuan Xingdu Division and Chengdu were now back-to-back - the two were allies under Deng Ming, and they had a lot of grudges with the Yunnan Ming Army.

Now the main attention of the Jianchang Ming army is to the south, and the troops of Feng Shuangli and others are also deployed in the border areas with Yunnan, and even the Dongchuan Mansion, which has been completely destroyed, has sent reconnaissance troops to ensure safety, in case Li Dingguo's army suddenly enters the territory of the Sichuan Xingdu Division to deal with them by force.

In the past, there was a feud between the three kings when they were infighting, and in the future, maybe Deng Minghe and today will have a big battle for the throne, and Feng Shuangli and they have already regarded the king of Jin as a great enemy.

"Although Mr. Deng is in Chu, we are already Mr. Deng's people." Di Sanxi spoke at the meeting, and all the generals knew that his words represented Feng Shuangli's meaning: "Mr. Deng has already distributed all the military households and land here to all the people here, can the King of Jin give even more?" If the Son of Heaven returns to Luan, will the land and military households that Mr. Deng gave us still have to be returned? ”

The crowd shook their heads, and no one would spit out the meat they had eaten in their stomachs.

"Back then, the King of Jin said that Sun Kewang was to blame and had nothing to do with other people, and we believed in the King of Jin. But the King of Jin classified us as the 'Old Qin Army', took our posts and dismissed them, and also took away our armor soldiers, we can't be the last time!" Di Sanxi's speech caused a resonance again, and now almost all the people in Jianchang have been rectified after the infighting among the three kings.

"Even if Mr. Deng doesn't return to Sichuan for the time being, it's impossible for him not to want Sichuan. Now we are still weak and cannot follow Mr. Deng to fight the world, but we must at least keep Sichuan for Mr. Deng and prevent others from getting involved. The more Di Sanxi spoke, the more impassioned he became: "In the future, Mr. Deng will recover Nanjing and Běijīng, and when he looks back and sees that Sichuan is still in the hands of the generals he promoted, he is still loyal to him, and then Mr. Deng will know our loyalty and hard work." ”

Di Sanxi's words made many people think so.

After hearing that Deng Ming was far away from Sichuan, many people were shaken, and their fear of Li Dingguo had been deep-rooted, and now that they had gone far away from the mountains, they couldn't help but want to go back again. But today, Di Sanxi's speech progressed layer by layer, first talking about everyone's good fortune now, and then reviewing the resentment of the year, reawakening everyone's dissatisfaction with Li Dingguo, and making everyone even more reluctant to hand over the rights in their hands, and finally eloquently proved: As long as Sichuan is kept for Deng Ming and not let it fall into the hands of Yongli, this credit is enough to ensure everyone's future prosperity.

has immediate benefits, future merits, and can also add obstacles to the unkind old boss...... Everyone agreed to do so, saying that they could no longer listen to the command of King Jin.

"And in my opinion, King Jin definitely didn't have a good heart this time." Di Sanxi had already learned of the King of Jin's request in advance from Feng Shuangli, and after he relayed it to everyone, he further analyzed: "The King of Jin saw that we were united and the border of Chen Bing, and knew that there was no gap, so he persuaded us to go to Chengdu and then to Chóngqìng. When the time comes, we will fight on the front line, and the king of Jin will take the opportunity to seize our roots, and then force us to drive forward and seize Sichuan for the guy who fled to Burma. ”

When Di Sanxi talked about Yongli, he couldn't help but show a look of disdain. When Sun Kewang rebelled, he persuaded Feng Shuangli to send troops to help, because he couldn't understand why Li Dingguo had to support the incompetent Zhu family. Could it be that the King of Jin forgot that it was precisely because the Emperor of the Zhu family forced everyone to live that everyone rose up to rebel?

Okay, Di Sanxi admits that Deng Ming is also surnamed Zhu, but Deng Ming has the ability, if Yongli is like him, he dares to run into Di Sanxi's army alone and smash his four teeth, then Di Sanxi will also admire him.

Although Feng Shuangli didn't speak from beginning to end, everyone understood that Di Sanxi was his mouthpiece, and the mobilized Xiying generals stood up one after another and said loudly to Feng Shuangli: "What the king says, we will do, we will advance and retreat with the king." ”

"Yes, King Qingyang is also the righteous son of the eldest king. When Mr. Deng was leaving, he said that he wanted us to listen to the king of Qingyang, and asked the king of Qingyang to supervise the military affairs of the Sichuan Xingdu Division and control the battalions. Whatever the king of Qingyang wants the last general to do, the last general will do. ”

Seeing that everyone had unified their thoughts, Di Sanxi asked the herald to bring Li Dingguo's envoy in.

"I've seen the king." The envoys of Yunnan were very respectful to Feng Shuangli. Before leaving, Li Dingguo repeatedly explained that he must politely talk to the generals of Jianchang, and he must not have the previous proud style, and he must not look at the generals of other factions because he is the descendant of the King of Jin.

In front of everyone, the envoy repeated Li Dingguo's plan, that is, that they should go north with the main force, and then attack Chóngqìng, trying to threaten Baoning and Zunyi. Li Dingguo not only promised not to send a single soldier into Sichuan, but also tried his best to coordinate with them to support and cooperate with the war in Huguang and Nanjing.

Feng Shuangli's guards took Li Dingguo's official documents from the envoys—although they were built up, Li Dingguo, as a prince, had a fake Huang Yue granted by the Emperor of Yongli, and all the official documents issued to local generals were similar to orders.

In front of everyone, Feng Shuangli slowly tore Li Dingguo's official documents in half, then tore them again, tore them into four pieces, and then let go of his hand and let them fall to the ground.

Although he was repeatedly told to pay attention to politeness, seeing that Li Dingguo was treated with such contempt, the envoy still changed violently, and shouted angrily at Feng Shuangli: "King Qingyang, this is the edict of King Jin!" ”

"What edict?" Di Sanxi jumped up and replied in place of Feng Shuangli: "What right does the King of Jin have to give the king an edict?" ”

"The king of Jin is fake Huang Yue, and he supervises internal and external military affairs." The messenger said coldly. The fake Huang Yue gave Li Dingguo the authority to act as the Son of Heaven, and his status was equivalent to that of the prison state, and now what Li Dingguo said was not much different from the holy decree.

"Where is the Son of Heaven?" Di Sanxi sneered, and then sneered at each other: "The Son of Heaven is in the country, and the fake Huang Yue is the same as the Holy Decree and acts on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but where is the Son of Heaven now?" ”

"The Son of Heaven patrols the vassals, and if he doesn't, he will return to Luan." Not to be outdone, the messenger said.

"Then wait for the Son of Heaven to return to Luan before giving us an edict." Di Sanxi burst out laughing.

"Arrogance!" The envoy turned his eyes to look at Feng Shuangli: "King Qingyang, is this also what the king means?" ”

Feng Shuangli nodded. Before Yongli fled, although the whole of Xiying had been a thief, the holy decree still had a considerable effect on them, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of respect - more or less.

But now the imperial court is completely discredited, at least in the Jianchang army.

Di Sanxi said with a smile: "The Son of Heaven granted the King of Jin a fake Huang Yue and asked him to do the affairs of the Son of Heaven on his behalf, and if the Son of Heaven is not satisfied, he can take it back." But now that the Son of Heaven has gone to the country, how do you know if the Son of Heaven is satisfied with the disposal of King Jin? Maybe the Son of Heaven already wanted to get back King Jin's Huang Yue, but he couldn't take it back. If the Son of Heaven doesn't come back, can King Jin rely on this fake Huang Yue to be the Son of Heaven forever? Haha, it seems that the one who is most looking forward to the Son of Heaven not being able to return to Luan turns out to be the King of Jin. ”

Feng Shuangli waved his hand, interrupting Di Sanxi's mean words, and he said to the envoy: "Now this king only knows that there are Mr. Deng and Inspector Wen, and he doesn't know anything else. Mr. Deng and Inspector Wen asked the king to lead the generals to garrison Jianchang, so the king categorically could not move to other places. If the Son of Heaven returns to Luan and gives a holy decree to this king, it is naturally a different matter. Now forgive me, you can repay King Jin like this. ”