Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh surrounded without dying
In Yunnan, Yongli, after the Anning Change, fled to western Yunnan in a panic and arrived in Yongchang six days later. ◎, Ma Jixiang and others instigated Yongli to go straight to Myanmar, but the Empress Dowager and Empress Wang insisted on going. Thinking that they were eager to escape in Anning, and left the Empress Dowager, Empress and Prince, Yongli felt guilty and ordered to station in Yongchang. At this time, 80% of the officials with the carriage had left, and there were less than 4,000 troops left.
Hundreds of miles away, Wu Sangui, who had not encountered any resistance, led his army to the city of Kunming. Everything he saw in front of him made him stunned. His generals also opened their mouths, as if they had seen the most undisputed thing in the world. They could not help but be shocked, because the Ming army made the stupidest and smartest decision to burn the entire city of Kunming!
Wu Sangui's face was extremely difficult to see. On one side, the son-in-law Xia Guoxiang could even see his father-in-law trembling slightly while holding the saddle.
Wu Sangui thought that the Ming army might have saved Kunming in death, and that the Ming army might have given up Kunming, but he did not expect that the Ming army would neither protect Kunming nor give up Kunming, but instead chose the simplest and most rude way to set fire to Kunming.
The staff member Fang Shouliang also took a breath. Everyone said that Li Dingguo was kind and righteous, but he didn't expect that this person would have such courage and dare to set fire to Kunming! Fang Shouliang admired this courage, and even if he was afraid he would not be able to make such cruelty.
Wu Sangui had to hate him. He decided to attack Kunming. In addition to taking the big pear and holding the imperial court, what was more important was to make the millions of scattered military rations in Kunming City. With these millions of scattered military rations, Wu Sangui no longer had to worry about the restriction of the grain. He could have more spare time to decide on the Yunnan affairs and make his plans come true little by little. Now, Li Dingguo actually burned Kunming with a torch, which made all his plans and plans turn into smoke. How could he not hate him?
Kunming City has become ruins, and most of the buildings in the city are made of wooden structures. After a few days of fire, the entire Kunming City has turned into ash, and the rest are left with a few burning wooden pillars. The air is filled with the smell of charcoal, and countless dust falls in the sky. In addition to the ruins, there are corpses burned into charcoal, and no living person is living. Kunming is completely destroyed. Apart from the city's walls around it, this largest city in southern Yunnan with a population of hundreds of thousands no longer exists. The Qing army could not live in Kunming City for even one night, because the city is full of charcoal smell, and I don't know how many Kunming people died under the fire.
The big pear was obtained, but it was a rotten pear that could not be eaten. Wu Sangui went to Beile Shangshan Army to discuss matters with anger. General Zhao Butai, the general of the Southern Expedition, also led his army to arrive. Seeing Kunming in ruins, his reaction was as angry and helpless as Wu Sangui.
Beile Shangshan represented the Prince of Xin, and asked Wu Sangui to lead his army to western Yunnan to hunt down Yongli, but Wu Sangui had other ideas in his mind. The Yongli court was at the end of his strength, and abandoning Kunming and retreating to western Yunnan showed that its power was declining. It would be no problem to destroy it. At present, there were many Qing troops gathered in Kunming. Wu Sangui had more than 50,000 people under Wu Sangui, Shangshan had more than 20,000 people, and Zhao Butai also had more than 20,000 troops. Nearly 100,000 troops advanced into western Yunnan. Yongli had only Li Dingguo, and Bai Wenxuan was in the process of carrying on the death of the two kings. The combined number of troops and horses of the two kings was less than half as big as the Qing army. The number was huge, and the destruction of the Ming Dynasty was only in a moment.
However, Wu Sangui was unwilling to destroy the Yongli court, or he didn't want Yongli to die like this. He knew very well that the Qing court relied on him because Zhu Ming was still there. If Zhu Ming really perished, could he have a good ending?
The cunning rabbit died and the lackeys cooked. Hong Chengchou wrote the three words "holding the emperor" written by the tea in Yanglaobao, Guizhou that day. Wu Sangui himself had various explanations, Hu Shouliang and Fang Yuxuan and others also had various explanations, but in the final analysis, they were all for him to pacify the King of Xi and not to end up being a lackey.
Which emperor should I hold?
Hu Shouliang thought it was a threat to the emperor Shunzhi. What threats should he use? He used the emperor Yongli to use the emperor Shunzhi.
Wu Sangui agreed with Hu Shouliang's speculation, so the Qing court refused to die in Yongli, but Wu Sangui could not. However, if the Yongli court was still in Yunnan, Wu Sangui would not be able to make plans for Yunnan and Guizhou. Therefore, he could not let Yongli stay in Yunnan.
Therefore, Wu Sangui said to Shang Shan and Zhuobutai: "According to the probe, the pseudo-emperor is in Yongchang, our army must advance to Yongchang immediately and capture and kill the pseudo-emperor."
Shang Shan nodded and said, "The King of Pingxi is right, but my troops are exhausted from the long distance, so I am afraid that I will not fight again." The implication is that I do not want to lead troops to Yongchang, because there are Ming army Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan in Yongchang. Although the two generals were repeatedly defeated, the Qing army did not dare to say that they had no power to fight." My troops were too injured and were afraid that they would not be able to fight again."
Zhao Butai had long been dissatisfied with Wu Sangui. When he was in Yang Laobao that day, if he hadn't squeezed himself to fight against Li Dingguo, his troops would have suffered such great casualties. Therefore, he would have subconsciously pushed the task of chasing Emperor Yongchang to Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui sneered in his heart. Shang Shan and Zhao Butai refused to lead troops to Yongchang, but they hit him. In his opinion, if he was allowed to pursue Emperor Yongli, Emperor Yongli's life and death would be in his hands, and his plans would be realized according to his wishes. Although he was happy, he said, "Although our army is tired, the enemy is even more tired. If he lets breathe, he may be rekindled. It will be more difficult to destroy it at that time."
Shang Shan glanced at Zhao Butai, and said for a moment, "As long as the King of Pingxi is willing to take the lead, we are willing to help." "Kunming has become a ruin, and our army's food and grass is a big problem. "Wu Sangui immediately followed the trend. Shang Shan and Zhao Butai refused to go to Yongchang, so they had to pay the price.
Shang Shan and Zhao Butai made a few plans and agreed to allocate some food and grass for Wu Sangui's army to use. The three of them agreed to lead Wu Sangui's army to attack head-on, and Shang Shan and Zhuo Butai led their troops to follow.
After the military discussion, Wu Sangui returned to the barracks and immediately set off for Yongchang. On the way, he encountered Bai Wenxuan's troops, the King of Gongchang, Ming Dynasty. Bai Wenxuan guarded Yulong Pass with more than 10,000 elite troops. Wu Sangui sent the vanguard to command Bai Erhetu to fight. After Bai Wenxuan's army joined the battle, he was defeated by Bai Erhetu and had to escape first. Wu Sangui ordered the Qing army to chase him, Bai Wenxuan turned around and came to fight again, but he was defeated again and had to retreat in a hurry. In this battle, the Qing army seized one golden seal of King of Gongchang, captured the Ming general Lu Sangui alive, and captured three elephants and one hundred and forty horses.
After defeating Bai Wenxuan, Wu Sangui immediately led his army to Yongchang. He ordered the army to camp five miles away from Yongchang, and then took his son-in-law Xia Guozheng and Hu Guozhu to investigate the terrain of Yongchang.
The spy came to report that he found a small road to Myanmar in the west of Yongchang City. When Wu Sangui heard about it, he felt aroused and ordered the generals: "After that, all the troops surrounded the east, south and north of Yongchang City, and only left the west to not surrounded it."
Hu Guozhu said in confusion: "Prince, if you surround me without being tight, wouldn't you want to keep a life of your lineage for the enemy?"
However, Xia Guozhu knew his father-in-law's wishes, so he smiled and said to Hu Guozhu, who was about to become his brother-in-law: "If you surround him closely, it may make the enemy fight with his back, and it will be unfavorable to oppose our army at that time."
Hu Guozhu was a little puzzled: "Now the Ming army is as strong as the end of a powerful crossbow. Just surrounded them tightly. Within a few days, the Ming army will be in chaos without fighting. If it can capture Emperor Yongli, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"
Xia Guoxiang said disapprovingly: "The rabbit still wants to bite people when it is anxious. Be careful to sail the ten thousand-year-old ship."
Hu Guozhu still wanted to speak, but was stopped by Wu Sangui. In addition to his direct Guanning soldiers, most of his subordinates were the Ming army surrendered in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, so some words could not be heard by these people.
Chapter completed!