Li Dingguo, the King of Jin who was recuperating in Mumma, Myanmar, learned in March that Wu Sangui had regarded Emperor Yongli as the main story, and at this moment he led his army into Shaanxi. King Bai Wenxuan of Gongchang, Wu Sansheng and others once led their troops to Taluo, who had tried to enter Yunnan, but was repelled by Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan appointed by Wu Sangui, and had to retreat to the Mumma area.

The Mangma area was full of malaria, mostly in primeval forests, with few people. Nearly 10,000 Ming troops lived here. Although some chieftains on the border were rescued, they were still short of medical and food. In just a few months, more than a thousand soldiers died in the army. After Bai Wenxuan and Wu Sangui failed to enter Yunnan, they did not understand why Wu Sangui had already returned to Ming and wanted to block them outside the country. The King of Jin said that Wu Sangui blocked them outside the country, but only to control the emperor.

Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan, was a student of Hong Chengchou. Before Hong Chengchou died, he repeatedly told him not to let Li Dingguo enter Yunnan. When Wu Sangui led the main force to go north, he also left thousands of elite soldiers and more than 10,000 troops and horses that were surrendered by the former Daxi Army for Lin Tianqing to guard Yunnan. Lin Tianqing used these troops to guard several important roads and towns on the border, and did not take the initiative to go out to find Li Dingguo's troops, but only blocked food, grass, salt and iron, causing many difficulties for the Ming army outside the border. But even so, thousands of Ming soldiers insisted here.

After Bai Wenxuan and Wu Sansheng returned to Mengma, the Jin King Li Dingguo, who had recovered from illness, personally presided over an offensive against the Burmese people, defeated and killed more than 4,000 Burmese troops, seized a batch of food and supplies from the Burmese army, making the Ming army's living conditions slightly better. However, this was not a long-term solution. Seeing that the Ming army could not defeat the Ming army, Myanmar retreated across the board, and like the Wu army in Yunnan, they only controlled the important towns, burned some villages and towns of the Burmese people, and forcibly moved away from the locals to achieve the goal of isolating the Ming army.

As time goes by, the Li Ding Ministry has become more and more difficult for the Li Ding Ministry to obtain food and grass supplies from the local Burmese people. At the same time, some officials who have been following the Li Ding Ministry also advocated taking the initiative to disarm the Wu army in Yunnan in exchange for the Wu army to let them return to China. The reason why these officials have this claim is that they are all followers of Emperor Yongli. Now that the emperor is in Guiyang and Wu Sangui has returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, they naturally have to follow him. Many officials are very clear about the Wu army's intention to not allow King Jin to return to Yunnan, but they are ministers of Emperor Yongli, not of King Jin, so they naturally cannot consider King Jin in their mentality.

The King of Jin was very hesitant about this. On the one hand, he was already disappointed with Emperor Yongli and was unwilling to regard him as the emperor anymore. On the other hand, he could not watch thousands of soldiers who had lived and died in a foreign country and were buried in a foreign country. However, if he allowed these officials to return to Yunnan, it would inevitably be a great blow to the morale of the army that was insisting on. Once this opening was opened, it was hard to say whether the generals and soldiers would also choose to surrender to the Wu army.

After learning about the difficult situation of Li Dingguo's troops through detailed work, Lin Tianqing seized the opportunity to send an olive branch to Li Dingguo's subordinates, promising that as long as these soldiers of the Western Army took the initiative to leave Li Dingguo, they would accept them all and be appointed according to their official positions in Li's troops. This method achieved some results. Hundreds of Ming troops secretly left the camp and returned north because of their desire to return to the country.

Wu Sansheng did not intercept and pursue the subordinates who returned to the north, and Bai Wenxuan sent troops to capture some people. But when he was about to put the soldiers in the escape camp formation, the King of Jin stopped him. Li Dingguo not only refused to allow Bai Wenxuan to kill people, but also asked Bai Wenxuan to let them go. The benevolence and righteousness of the King of Jin made some soldiers returning to the north cry, and many people chose to stay and follow the King of Jin to die. But some people continued to choose to go to Yunnan after crying. Compared with loyalty and trustworthiness, the most desperate thing is to see no hope. Like some soldiers kneeling in front of the King of Jin and crying, they did not want to die in a foreign country, they just wanted to die closer to home.

Two days later, without Bai Wenxuan and Wu Sansheng's knowledge, Li Dingguo suddenly summoned the civil servants who followed him to fight against the Qing Dynasty and told these civil servants that if any of them wanted to return to Yunnan, they could leave.

When Bai Wenxuan received a notice from Li Sixing, the prince of King Jin, arrived, more than 100 officials had already set off for Yunnan with their entourage and family.

Bai Wenxuan asked the King of Jin why he let these people go, as doing so would lead to the collapse of the entire army.

"They are the ministers of Yongli, not the ministers of my Li Dingguo. They followed me just to resist the Qing Dynasty. Now that the Qing court has retreated to the north, Yongli has returned to the country, they should follow Yongli. What's the point of forcing me to keep them? Besides, they don't want to stay with me. The forced melon is not sweet." King Jin's expression was very lonely. A serious illness made him whiter his hair, but his spirit was also much worse.

"Lin Tianqing can't look at us every day. One day, we can fight back to Yunnan and Guizhou, just like back then! King Jin, as long as we don't give up, we can make a comeback!"

Seeing that King Jin was in a bad mood, Bai Wenxuan couldn't bear to blame him anymore and only advised King Jin to cheer up.

"I was adopted by my adoptive father as my adopted son at the age of nine. I have been fighting for 32 years. After my adoptive father's death, Sun Kewang and I fought side by side in order to continue to defeat the flag of our Daxi Army and let our Daxi Army continue to incense. Later, I supported Sun Kewang to unite the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty. At that time, I thought that the Manchu Tatars could not occupy the territory of our Han people and call us to be slaves to the country. After one battle after another, I put all my efforts into it, but in the end, what did I get?" Li Dingguo was full of vicissitudes, "I have never let my elder brother down nor the emperor, but they."

Li Dingguo didn't say anything more, but his face looked very sad and angry.

Bai Wenxuan sighed and advised: "King of Jin, Zhu Youlang has taken you away. We don't recognize him as the emperor! The Manchus have retreated to the north and the southern capital has been restored. The situation is much better than before. King of Jin, you should cheer up and lead our old brothers on the way!"

Li Dingguo shook his head: "I can't even raise the rations for my brothers, so how can I lead them on."

"If there is no food, let's think of a way together. Can living people still suffocate to death? As long as we survive, there will always be a chance to return home in the future. Since those who want to leave, let them go. The true feelings are seen in times of adversity, the more difficult it is for us, but the people who stay are all good men who follow King Jin and you will die! It is because King Jin that they can hold on. If King Jin gives up, what should they do? King Jin, do you really have the heart to watch them die in this foreign land? King Jin, because you are, we are!"

"I"

Li Dingguo closed his eyes in pain. For a while, he opened his eyes, with tears in his eyes, and gritted his teeth and said to Bai Wenxuan: "I have never asked anyone for anything in my life. Now for these brothers who follow me, I must ask for help."

"Who does the King of Jin want to ask for?" Bai Wenxuan's heart was stunned. He thought that the King of Jin wanted to bow to Wu Sangui for help.
Chapter completed!