In August of the seventh year of Yongli, in the reed marsh at the Jiangkou at Liuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi, Li Dingguo and his southwest Ming army lurked here, observing the movements at the Jiangkou.

After abandoning his guards in Yongzhou, Li Dingguo quickly crossed Longhu Pass, recovered Wuzhou through He County, and then went out of Guangdong. On March 14, Li Dingguo captured Kaijianhe Deqingzhou through Fengchuan County, and arrived at the city of Zhaoqing on the 25th. The next day, Dingguo personally visited outside Zhaoqing City and commanded his troops to attack from the east, west and north, and at the same time divided his troops to occupy the four academies, Guangning.

The two famous kings were famous. Once the army entered Guangdong, the anti-Qing forces in Guangdong and Guangxi were all deeply inspired and responded one after another to cooperate in combat.

For a time, the Prime Minister of Song State in Cenxi, Guangxi and Wei Yingdeng's troops attacked Luodingzhou, Guangdong and the two counties of Lower Dong'an and Xining; the anti-Qing Yi troops on the coast of Guangdong, Zhou Jintang, Ye Biao, Shi Shangyi, Xiong Chaozuo, Wang Han, Deng Yao and other troops sent more than 200 warships from Xinhui and Shunde rivers to Jiujiangkou; even the anti-Qing forces in the Qingyuan Mountains in Shaozhou also sent envoys to contact Li Dingguo, preparing to attack Guangzhou from Conghua County to the south.

It can be said that throughout March and April, except for Hao Shangjiu, the Chaozhou General who had originally raised an anti-Qing army in this year, all the rebels in Guangdong and Guangxi who had raised an army in response to Li Dingguo's anti-Qing army in history were dispatched!

"The public sincerely remembers that the king is virtuous and the father hates him deeply, and then the five sheep are red seas, standing on the sails, half the Great Wall, the center is full of blessings. Otherwise, the revival will be completed, and the capital will be victorious, and the word "Yuntai Xiang" has been passed down for thousands of years, and the country's surname will not be expected. How can they respect the relatives and comfort this? I look at it every day, and I am lucky to shine."

This is a letter written by Li Dingguo to Zheng Chenggong during the Battle of Zhaoqing. He was full of confidence in the attack on Guangdong, and Sheng invited Zheng Chenggong to lead his army. The situation in western Guangdong was very good, and Li Dingguo was also full of confidence. Who knew that he was disappointed under the Jiancheng of Zhaoqing.

On March 26, the siege began. Li Dingguo first had a large army of ants to attack, but was attacked by Zhaoqing General Xu Erxian while resisting on the top of the city, and attacked the city with elite troops, resulting in a large loss of the ladder. In the event of a strong attack, Li Dingguo turned to the strategy of excavation and raid. As a result, Xu Erxian dug a trench under the city inside the city wall, and the raid failed, which became a fuel-added person.

Li Dingguo's army was tens of thousands, and in the long run, Xu Erxian would not last long. Although the movement of Jingnan Fan to Fujian led to a sharp reduction in the troops in Shang Kexi's hands, the situation in southern Fujian deteriorated sharply last year, which also made the Qing Dynasty not rush to plunder the time bomb of Chaozhou General Hao Shangjiu, which made the local emperor of Chaozhou still remain in Gaole, the capital city. There was no threat in eastern Guangdong, and Shang Kexi decided to pacify the Nanfan and fully assist the western gate of Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, and only some green camp soldiers left behind in Guangzhou.

After Shang Kexi arrived in Zhaoqing, he first broke the walls of the fort and seized the tunnel of the Ming army and set fire to fire. Then, when the Ming army retreated and established a stable foothold, he dispatched a large army to attack the Ming army camps. He even specially created a large number of 15 feet long hook-and-gun spears to break the "armor" of the Ming army wrapped its head with a long cloth and covered its quilt. He captured the Longdinggang camp in one fell swoop.

When Pingnan Fan came to aid, the military advantage of Li Dingguo's troops was greatly reduced. After this defeat, although only hundreds of people were lost each time, it was just a fur for the 40,000 to 50,000 troops. However, after leaving Huguang, Sun Kewang cut off the supply of Li Dingguo's army. The military was strong but insufficient food, which was beneficial to the rapid battle but not long-lasting. In addition, Li Dingguo had to give up and continue to siege Zhaoqing and return to Guangxi to eat.

However, although it was called Guangdong and Guangxi, the taxes of Guangxi province, which were everywhere in the late Ming Dynasty, were actually less than one-tenth of Guangdong's fashion, and it was even more so in terms of cultural governance and education. After returning to Guangxi, Li Dingguo had to accumulate food and grass for another battle, and at the same time tried to regain the entire Guangxi area to enhance his strength.

Last year, when Li Dingguo summoned Sun Kewang to the north to Huguang to fight Nikan, Shang Kexi took the opportunity to order the military generals of Dingnan vassal who fled to Guangdong, Guoan, Ma Xiong, and Quanjie, together with the Guangdong Navy deputy general Qiang Shijue, to send troops to Guangxi. Because Li Dingguo's army headed north, the Ming army left behind in Guangxi were all miscellaneous and had weak military strength. In a few months, the Qing army successively captured the three prefectures of Wuzhou, Pingle and Guilin.

When Li Dingguo left Huguang, he passed through He County in the eastern part of Pingyue Prefecture and recovered Wuzhou in the east gate of Guangxi. Unfortunately, in April, Hu Yiqing, Duke of Wei, had not yet attacked Guilin. Last month, Li Dingguo led the army and was also frustrated by Guoan, the Guangxi admiral line of the Qing Dynasty, and had to return to Liuzhou to rest.

In Zhaoqing and Guilin, both battles were not allowed, but Li Dingguo received another news that Sun Kewang sent Feng Shuangli to raid Liuzhou. The Ming army raided the city occupied by the Ming army. This sounds ridiculous, but it is not uncommon in the entire history of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the power between Sun and Li is now like water and fire, so Sun Kewang naturally does not need any moral lower limit when fighting in the internal battle.

At this moment, in the reed marsh, Feng Shuangli was leading the army to land and fought with the small troops that Li Dingguo had left there. Then he gave an order and ambushed the troops everywhere. Seeing that the situation was not good, Feng Shuangli had to jump into the water, but was captured by Li Dingguo's subordinates.

"Brother Feng, why bother like this?"

"If you want to kill, you will kill, it will be useless to say more."

"I know Sun Kewang treats you very well, but in this world, the Tartars who have killed the big dog are still there. If we lose the banner of the Ming Dynasty, we will immediately become bandits. Do you still remember the dilemma we were when we followed the big job?"

The stool that Li Dingguo called was Zhang Xianzhong, not only him, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Feng Shuangli were also Zhang Xianzhong's adopted sons. However, his status and fame were far less than these four people, but he was also the top general in the Daxi Army.

After hearing this, Feng Shuangli, who was originally determined, couldn't help but show a little sadness, as if he remembered the embarrassment of the day back then. After all, the good days in Yunnan and Guizhou have been too long, and no one wants to return to the day when he doesn't know how to live or die tomorrow.

"I am away from Guangxi to avoid Sun Kewang in order to prevent internal strife in our Western Army. Look, this time, you and my brothers use this weapon, so that they can only make the relatives hurt and the enemy happy, and let the Tartars laugh at us. If the joke is gone, we will be a plate of loose sand!"

"Why."

Zhang Xianzhong was cruel and suspicious, but he supported his godsons in the chaotic times in the late Ming Dynasty, and they were lucky to live. When talking about Zhang Xianzhong here, it was not only Li Dingguo, but also Feng Shuangli was also in tears. However, Sun Kewang treated Feng Shuangli very well, and this time he seized the army of Li Dingguo and gave it to Feng Shuangli to lead him, so that even so he did not say what Sun Kewang was wrong. Li Dingguo knew this well, but he did not kill Feng Shuangli because of his anger at this moment. Seeing that he was a little regretful, he let Feng Shuangli go.

After returning to Liuzhou, a few days later, Guan Zhou of Confucius in the Hanlin Academy arrived in the army. The Qianhu House of Anlong went to Liuzhou, heading east, and there were only a few places of residence. Zhou Guan quickly arrived here all the way.

After reading the imperial edict of "the decree of the word and the meaning of the word", Li Dingguo turned to the west and bowed to the ground several times. After several knocks, blood was blown all over the ground.

Fu Ming and independence are not only reflected in the conflict between Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, but it can even be said that this itself is the source of the conflict between the two of them.

Over the years, Yang Weizhi's two sides instigated him. Later, the Ren Zhuan, Ma Zhaoxi, Fang Yuxuan and others from Sun Kewang were instigated by the people and others, and they set off an abdication for Sun Kewang. Civil officials from the Yongli court, such as Jin Gongshen, continued to instill in him the traditional moral concept of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. For example, whenever they annotated the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu would praise him whenever they met Liu Bei, and when they met Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and others would criticize him. Over time, Li Dingguo formed a deeply rooted concept of monarchy and subordinates.

"I have not died for a day. I would rather let Your Majesty be humiliated for a long time. I am fortunate to bear it. My brothers are expected to have a year, so I would rather let my friends down than let the king down."

After writing this reply, Li Dingguo wrote in his heart to Wu Zhenyu, the chief minister of the cabinet, and said: "It is not decided in Guangdong, and it is difficult to advance and retreat. Everything must be secret. It is up to the old man."

The news that Chen Wen defeated the Eight Banners of the Han Army and killed Shi Tingzhu, the veteran general of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, had long been conveyed to Li Dingguo's army. Originally, Li Dingguo was not unhappy about the joint attack on Jiangxi, but based on the returns of Zhang Sheng and Gao Bigui, Jiangxi was very destructive. There was no supply from Yunnan and Guizhou provinces behind it, and it would even be isolated by the Qing army. It would be difficult to support the army under his command, let alone to expand its army eastward to Nanjing.

In contrast, Guangxi was recovered by Li Dingguo in one fell swoop last year. It is said that Shang Kexi from Guangdong is not as good as Kong Youdeliang, and the taxes in that province are even more gratifying. In addition, Zheng Chenggong, who can reach an alliance through marriage, is in southern Fujian. No matter how you look at it, it is more beneficial to attack Guangdong for the overall situation.

Of course, these military considerations are not the biggest factor for Li Dingguo to deny the joint march to Jiangxi. Sun Kewang, the domineering behavior his righteous brother has shown in recent years is no longer something a minister should have. The small actions of Sun Kewang's trusted staff and the thoughts of Sun Kewang's trusted generals. Li Dingguo is also one of the leaders of the Western Army. How can he not tell what his righteous brother is thinking in his mind?

"The army is in Guangdong and Guangxi. However, if Sun Kewang is not good for the emperor, he can raise troops to help the king in more than a month. If he is in Jiangxi, most of Huguang has been occupied by the Tatars and is both from the Daxi Army. Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong must be suspicious of me. If the emperor is unlucky, the reputation of this thief will be hard to cleanse."
Chapter completed!