The battle of Qixingguan made Wu Sangui famous, and Shunzhi sent the guard Niyada to his army to condole, but there was one thing that made Wu Sangui happy more than the defeat of Li Dingguo and the emperor's special envoy to condole, that is, Li Guohan, who went south to Guizhou with him, died of illness.
Li Guohan is a man with a blue flag in the Han army, Taizong was a guard in the palace at the time, and was given the title of "Morgen" by Taizong because of his bravery in battle.
In the fifth year of Shunzhi, he was awarded the general of Dingxi by the Qing court, and together with Wu Sangui, he guarded Hanzhong.
Counting up, Li Guohan and Wu Sangui have been partners for almost ten years, but his death did not make Wu Sangui feel half sad, but ecstatic.
Because Li Guohan was nominally assisting him, but in fact he was sent by the Qing court to monitor and contain him, the king of Pingxi.
Like Li Guohan, there is another person who has the mission of containing Wu Sangui, that is, Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Li Guoying and Li Guohan are both surnamed Li, and their names also have a national character, and people who don't know say that they are brothers, but in fact, the two have no blood relationship.
Li Guohan was the banner man of the Han army as early as the post-Jin period, and Li Guoying was still the chief military officer under the Ming Dynasty general Zuo Liangyu until the year of Jiashen, he and Zuo Liangyu's son Zuo Mengeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty together, and then marched into Sichuan with Prince Su Haoge, and was promoted to the general army of Chengdu because of his merits, but now he is the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Now that Er Li has gone to one, how Wu Sangui doesn't like it, and what is more important is that Li Guohan died, and the Qing army under his command could only be controlled by Wu Sangui, which made the Qing army under Wu Sangui's command reach more than 70,000 people.
Coupled with the Southern Ming surrender army that was incorporated all the way in Sichuan and Guizhou, the soldiers nominally assigned by Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, had nearly 100,000 troops.
It is precisely because of the large number of soldiers and strong strength that Wu Sangui has the confidence to fight with Li Dingguo in Heishidu and Qixingguan successively.
However, although these two battles defeated Li Dingguo and forced Li Dingguo to retreat to Yunnan, Wu Sangui also paid the price of nearly 20,000 casualties.
After the war, the Wu army was unable to continue to go deeper, so it could only rest in the Zunyi area and wait for the arrival of other Qing troops on the second route.
On the seventh day of the fifth month, Wang Doni, who entered Guizhou, ordered Wu Sangui to rush to Yanglaobao in the southeast of Pingyue Prefecture to participate in the military meeting.
At the same time, Luo Tuo and Hong Chengchou in Guiyang, Zhao Butai in Duyun and Xian Guoan and other Qing generals all received orders from Doni.
Wu Sangui did not rush to Yang Laobao, he knew that although the Manchurian army under the command of Doni had entered Guizhou, it would definitely not act as the vanguard of entering Yunnan, let alone let the Manchurian soldiers suffer a large number of casualties in Yunnan.
Therefore, the name of Doni's department is the main force of the army, but in fact, it is the supervision team of the Qing army of all departments, especially his Wu Sangui's supervision team, who made the king of Pingxi a Han, and his generals are also Han.
The Qing court used Manchuria to control the Mongolian army and the Han army, and the Mongolian and Han army to control the green battalion, and this national policy and strategy of using troops will not change at any time.
Wu Sangui didn't want to snatch the first merit of destroying the country, but although Li Dingguo retreated to Yunnan, there were still 20,000 or 30,000 elite soldiers directly under him, and there were Liu Wenxiu, Bai Wenxuan, Feng Shuangli, Ma Bao, Ma Weixing and other Ming troops scattered all over Yunnan, and the soldiers under these people were more or less, and there were 100,000 people together.
In addition, there are Tusi soldiers and horses in Yunnan who still obey the orders of the Yongli court, so although there is only one province left, the Qing army wants to completely occupy Yunnan, and I am afraid that it will still need a few vicious battles to solve the Qing army from all walks of life.
In the two battles of Heishidu and Qixingguan, Wu Sangui's descendant Guan Ning army suffered great casualties, although there were many surrendered troops, but they could not be relied on, so Wu Sangui could really mobilize into Yunnan now to fight with the Ming army in Yunnan There are only less than 30,000 people, this point of strength can only be worthy of Li Dingguo's headquarters soldiers, if they choose their soldiers and horses against Feng Shuangli and Bai Wen, I am afraid they will not be able to defeat them.
Even if he can win, after a few big battles, I am afraid that Wu Sangui's descendant Guan Ningbing will also be killed and wounded.
The rabbit was in a hurry and still bitten, and Wu Sangui didn't want to fight this kind of vicious battle of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred.
In the past, when he was in Liaodong, he understood how to ensure his own interests, and he also saw a lot of how his uncle and father sacrificed those guest soldiers from other provinces in order to save the Guanning army.
To be the head of the army, you must have soldiers, and the same is true for the prince, there are no soldiers and horses, that is, let you be the emperor, how can you not see that the Qing court is now very favored by the Wu family, Wu Sangui is the king, his son is married to the princess, and he promised a province of territory to raise him Pingxi Domain, but if you really want to fight the soldiers and horses and the Ming army, I am afraid that the Qing court will put away all the previous promises, and he will also come to the king of Pingxi.
Wu Sangui saw it very clearly, so he didn't want to be the vanguard of entering Yunnan anymore, and consumed his old foundation Guan Ning's army in Yunnan.
He summoned his advisers Fang Xianting and Hu Shouliang to ask them how to avoid becoming cannon fodder.
Hu Shouliang was Wu Sangui's uncle Zu Dashou's adviser in his early years, and after Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he voted for Zu Dashou's brother-in-law Wu Xiang, that is, Wu Sangui's father, and has been contributing to the Wu family since then.
When Wu Sangui decided to surrender or surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Hu Shouliang and Gao Di, who was then the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, both advocated surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, which made Wu Sangui make up his mind to contact Dolgon.
When the Qing court asked Wu Sangui to lead the army south, Hu Shouliang happened to be ill and did not have time to join the army, but as soon as he was well, he hurried to Zunyi, which moved Wu Sangui very much.
Hu Shouliang said to Wu Sangui: "If you want to seek self-preservation, you must find out the distribution of the main force of the Ming army in Yunnan. ” Wu Sangui nodded and said: "The spies sent to Yunnan reported that the main force led by Li Dingguo was stationed in Luoping, and Liu Wenxiu, the puppet king of Shu, was seriously ill in Kunming because he was robbed of military power by Li Dingguo, and he could not lead the troops, and where other generals such as Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and others were stationed has not been explored clearly for the time being. ” Hu Shouliang smiled and said, "Just know where Li Dingguo is, and others don't have to worry." ” "How can Brother Hu talk like this" Fang Xianting was a little surprised.
"Among the Ming army, Li Dingguo is resourceful and the most capable of fighting, so as long as we don't go to Luo Ping to touch Li Dingguo, we won't suffer in the hands of others, so we can naturally preserve our strength."
Wu Sangui happily agreed when he heard this, and said: "This is reasonable, this king also doesn't want to fight hard with Li Dingguo anymore, after all, our old foundation is consumed too much, who knows if the Qing court will hide all the birds and hide the bow, and the rabbit will die and the dog will cook."
Fang Xianting pondered for a moment and said: "I think that whether it is Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan, or Feng Shuangli, let's try not to do anything with them, let Luo Tuo, Zhao Butai, and Xian Guoan fight them, and after they fight, let's look at the results and decide the next move." ” "It's a good way to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but Doni is afraid that he won't let this king be idle."
Wu Sangui was a little worried, the idea was good, but Doni could let him preserve his strength in Zunyi like this I didn't want Fang Xianting to smile but "poof" and said: "Lord Wang, the soldiers are led by you, and the battle is also fought by you, Doni is a yellow-haired child who can control how the prince fights in the rear."
Hu Shouliang also laughed: "Although the prince is relieved to go to Yang Laobao, what arrangements does Doni have, the prince listens first, and sees what others say, if you can push it, you can push it, and if you can't push it off, you should respond first, the battle left and right is commanded by the prince, and Doni, the commander of the army, is too tender compared to his father Duoduo and uncle Dorgon, and they can't be compared with Nikan and Yue Le, so what if we deceive him" As soon as the two strategists said this, Wu Sangui suddenly realized, to be honest, in his heart, he also looked down on Doni, the 23-year-old commander of the army, and asked a yellow-haired boy who had never been through the battle formation, but only relied on his father to attack his father's lord, could have bullshit skills At that moment, he was also relieved, and after arranging the military affairs of various departments, he rushed to Yang Laobao with the general Hu Guozhu. oshow7 t1706231537: