The moment the four thousand Ming Army cavalry rushed out of Shidian Changguan Palace, they were well fed, warmly clothed, and even their horses were well-fed.

For the defeated generals of the remaining Eight Banners troops, the outcome was already doomed.

The most classic thing is to wait for work, and what follows is a complete one-sided massacre. If the Ming army had not dared to be too arrogant, Zhao Butai would not have been able to escape from this area with three hundred Qing troops.

The battlefield. However, Ji Xiha and Berhetu were not so lucky, especially the latter, who was chopped into pieces of meat on the ground by the Ming army, which was full of revenge.

If the Ming army had not only judged merit by head, probably no one would have received the reward for killing this officer.

There can only be one commander-in-chief whose name begins with the word "white" in Shidian's lawsuit, and that is Bai Wenxuan, King of Gongchang of the Ming Dynasty!

After defeating the Qing army, the Ming army temporarily gave up their intention of retreating to Mubang and continued to stay in Shidian to rest and recuperate from the lawsuit. At the same time, Bai Wenxuan also immediately sent people to look for Li Dingguo's army in the direction of Tengyue Prefecture, and sent Xizuo there.

Squatting near Yongchang Fucheng, it is a double insurance.

In the next half month, Bai Wenxuan was still anxiously waiting for news about Li Dingguo, while Zhao Butai, the lucky man who had escaped from death twice, began to suffer the backlash of the law of conservation of luck.

The more than 300 horses who escaped had been galloping for days, and nearly one-third of them fell dead that day. They were already frightened, and with only such a few manpower left, how could they dare to go near the mansion again?

The county town, the chieftain, and the garrison's stockade. Therefore, they had to slow down their speed, hoping to find a village, go in and kill and plunder, and allow the exhausted soldiers and horses to get valuable rest time.

However, ancient farming civilization was originally centered on agriculture, especially in China. However, before the popularization of modern chemical fertilizers and modern machinery, many land resources that could be developed in later generations could not be developed at all in this era. They did not dare to approach those

Yunnan people, whether they are Han Chinese or ethnic minorities, cannot live by eating soil and stones in a more highly developed place. As a result, in this highly developed place with a vast land and sparsely populated areas, they don’t have a single village along the way.

Not even finding it, because they lacked maps and guides, and because they did not dare to go near the official road, they even got lost in the mountains in the northern part of Guangyi Prefecture for several days.

And their economic model has completely degenerated back to the conditions of primitive people - living purely by hunting and eating dead war horses, and the meat they hunted cannot be preserved for long in Yunnan, a place with spring all year round, so that they died before arriving at the Lancang River.

There is no horse left to ride, but there are still days when you are hungry and full.

Hunger and fatigue no longer tortured these lucky and unfortunate Eight Banners troops all the time. Some people continued to disappear, starved to death, died of exhaustion, died of illness, or simply did not want to hang out with the Manchus anymore. In short, they waited until they arrived at the bank of the Lancang River

Not only were there no horses, but there were only a hundred or so people left, reducing the number of turns by half.

The chain bridge was connected to the official road, and they did not dare to cross there. They could only find a section of the river with a slower flow and built some rafts to cross the river. However, Xu was hungry and lacked strength.

The rafts were not tied firmly enough, and when they reached the middle of the river, three rafts disintegrated, one of which still contained some of their remaining armor.

However, after so many days of torture, they were obviously numb, and the only thing that kept them going was the word Dali. During the rest of the journey, the Eight Banners Army, who came in bright clothes and angry horses, had turned into corpses.

When they arrived at the gate of Dalifu City, they saw the red flag of the Ming army waving in the wind.

His body was covered in tatters and filth, and even the money rat's tail, which he usually had to take good care of, had been twisted into a dirty thing by hair oil, dandruff, sweat, dirt and other messy things. Zhao

Butai sat down on the ground. He really couldn't walk. As for whether he would be discovered by the Ming army, he didn't care at all.

However, at this moment, judging from the color of his uniform, a soldier of the Eight Banners Army who might be Manchuria with a yellow flag placed the sword in his hand that had lost its scabbard directly on the neck of Gushan Ezhen, a Manchurian with a yellow flag.

He went up to the city, ignoring the surprised looks of everyone, and shouted loudly to the top of the city: "Come quickly, people, I have captured the Tatar Gushan'erzhen Guarjia Zhao Butai, I want to surrender, I want to be a Ming army,

Just give me food to eat!"

The words really woke up the dreamer. When the Ming army hurriedly arrived, the twenty or so Eight Banners soldiers present claimed that they had captured Zhao Butai and unanimously asked to join the Ming army. Probably, they might still have some thoughts.

The choice of method depends on the thought involved - even if you can't join the Ming army, you can still have enough to eat in prison as a "meritorious minister".

When this absurd and unruly scene occurred, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan had already completed their rendezvous, and the army was marching in Chuxiong Prefecture. Wu Sangui, who was faster than them, had already crossed Qujing Prefecture, and was always one or two prefectures away from Li Dingguo.

distance.

His plan was to return to Guiyang first, and then go north to Sichuan. As for staying in Guizhou or going to Huguang, he was not alone between Chen Kai and Li Dingguo, and fell into the special habit of two men advancing and retreating. However, before leaving Qujing Fucheng

On this occasion, he found a staff member who had stayed in Kunming before, handed a letter into his hands, and sent a team of elite soldiers to escort him.

"King Qingyang, I hope Mr. Liu can speak kindly to me."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, students will fulfill their mission."

In the following days, Wu Sangui went all the way east, heading straight to the capital of Guizhou Province. Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan also quickly arrived in Kunming.

It only lasted three months, but it felt like a lifetime ago. When they were forced to evacuate, it was because of the disastrous defeat at Zheyan River and the massive invasion of the Qing army into Yunnan; when they came back, it was because of the Mopan Mountain

The great victory was so overwhelming that it was like entering an uninhabited country along the way. Even in the mighty southern cities like Kunming, the Qing army did not dare to give up without any hesitation.

The army approached the city, the city gates were wide open, but a group of gentry and petty officials were waiting outside the city. Not a single official was seen. When Li Dingguo entered the boundary of Kunming Prefecture, he had already met the local representatives of Kunming who came to greet him, and he was even more concerned about this.

It is very clear that all the civil and military officials who had not left with him before, such as Xu Xinzhen, the minister of Guanglu Temple, Huang Fusheng, the admiral Liu Zhifu, and the chieftain Long Shirong, etc., all disappeared after the Qing army arrived.

After surrendering to the Manchus, they naturally did not dare to stay anymore.

After all, His Highness the King of Jin has never been a tolerant and generous person. Even the people of the Prince of Qin's Mansion who are also members of the Xiying faction, because of Sun Kewang's internal quarrels, will inevitably be treated differently even if they re-affiliate to the Ming Dynasty. They dare to

If you stay after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, you must be mentally prepared to have your head chopped off by His Highness the King of Jin.

Among the waiting team, the person at the head seemed very abrupt. To be precise, he was a monk. When he saw Li Dingguo approaching, he also chanted the Buddha's name. He was not at all shivering like the guys around him who had just cut off their whips.

"Duke Weiguo."

"Amitabha, Your Highness King Jin is polite."

That monk was none other than Hu Yiqing, the Duke of Wei, one of the most powerful officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the former bandits and pirates such as the Xiying Clan, the Chuangying Clan and the Zheng Group.

This man was the cousin of the founding father Zhao Yinxuan, and he was also from Lin'an Prefecture in Yunnan. During the Hongguang, Longwu, and the first half of the Yongli Dynasty, he fought in Huguang and Guangxi all the year round, and made many military exploits, so he was awarded a title. After the fall of Guilin, Zeng

For a time, he retreated to Liuzhou. When Li Dingguo entered Guangxi, he led his army to surrender. In the following year, he led his troops to attack Guilin, which was again captured by the Qing army. Unfortunately, he was defeated. In the following days, the background of the officers and soldiers made them always be controlled by the Xiying clique.

If you want to exclude them, you can simply become a monk and stop caring about worldly affairs.

Later historical materials have different records of his life after becoming a monk. Some say that he surrendered to the Qing army when the Qing army occupied Kunming in the 13th year of Yongli era. Others say that he did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but was captured by the admiral of Dingnan Palace.

The murder of Xian Guoan was caused by Hu Yiqing's jealousy of Xian Guoan after he almost killed him in a battle many years ago.

In any case, at this moment, this powerful monk seemed quite calm, standing in front of the trembling fellow travelers nearby, as conspicuous as a cockerel standing among a flock of quails.

滕

When Sun Kewang was in power, Hu Yiqing was squeezed out by the Xiying clique. Later, when Li Dingguo came in power, his situation did not change. The friendship between the two had long since faded. They only exchanged a few pleasantries before Li Dingguo was about to lead his army into the city. However,

At this moment, Hu Yiqing could no longer hold back.
Chapter completed!