Li Dingguo, the king of Jin who was recuperating in the Mengma area of Burma, learned in March that Wu Sangui had been enshrined by Emperor Yongli as Zhengshuo, and at this moment he led a large army into Shaanxi.
Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, and Wu Sansheng and others had led the army to Taluo, which bordered the country, and tried to enter Yunnan, but they were repelled by Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan appointed by Wu Sangui, and had to retreat to the Mengma area.
The miasma in the area of Mengma is rampant, mostly primeval forests, rarely inhabited, nearly 10,000 Ming troops live here, although there are some Tusi relief on the border, but there is still a lack of medical treatment and little food, in just a few months, there are more than 1,000 soldiers dyed and died.
After Bai Wenxuan and Wu Sangui failed to enter Yunnan, they did not understand why Wu Sangui had already returned to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to block them outside the country.
The King of Jin made it clear that Wu Sangui blocked them from the country, but it was just to control the emperor.
Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan, was a student of Hong Chengchou, and before his death, Hong Chengchou repeatedly told him that he must not let Li Dingguo enter Yunnan.
When Wu Sangui led the main force to the north, he also left thousands of elite soldiers and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses surrendered by the original Great Western Army for Lin Tianqing to guard Yunnan.
Lin Tianqing used these soldiers and horses to garrison several important towns along the border, and did not take the initiative to go out to the border to find Li Dingguo's department, but only blocked grain, grass, salt and iron, which caused many difficulties for the Ming army outside the border.
But even so, thousands of soldiers of the Ming army stubbornly held on here.
After Bai Wenxuan and Wu Sansheng returned to Mengma, Li Dingguo, the king of the Jin Dynasty, who had recovered a little from his illness, personally presided over an offensive against the Burmese, defeated and captured more than 4,000 Burmese troops, and captured a batch of grain and grass from the Burmese army, which made the living conditions of the Ming army slightly better.
However, this was not a long-term solution, and the Burmese side saw that they could not defeat the Ming army, so they shrank on all fronts, and like the Wu army in Yunnan, they only controlled and defended important towns, and burned some Burmese villages and towns, and forcibly moved away from the locals, so as to achieve the goal of isolating the Ming army.
As time passed, it became more and more difficult for Li Dingguo's ministry to obtain food and grass supplies from the local Burmese, and at the same time, some officials who had been following Li Dingguo's ministry also advocated taking the initiative to surrender their arms to the Wu army in Yunnan in exchange for the Wu army to release them back to China.
The reason why these officials have this idea is because they are all followers of the Yongli Emperor, and now that the emperor is in Guiyang and Wu Sangui is returning to the Ming Dynasty anyway, then they naturally want to follow.
Many officials are very clear about Wu Jun's intention not to allow the King of Jin to return to Yunnan, but they are the courtiers of the Yongli Emperor, not the courtiers of the King of Jin, so it is naturally impossible to consider the King of Jin in terms of mentality.
The king of Jin was very hesitant about this, on the one hand, he was already discouraged and disappointed in Emperor Yongli, and he was unwilling to worship him as the son of heaven again; On the other hand, he couldn't watch the thousands of soldiers who were born and died with him starve and die in a foreign land.
It's just that if these officials are allowed to return to Yunnan, it will inevitably be a great blow to the morale of the military that is persistent.
As soon as this opening was opened, it was difficult to say whether the generals and soldiers would also choose to surrender to the Wu army.
After Lin Tianqing learned about the difficult situation of Li Dingguo's ministry through meticulous work, he lost no time in throwing an olive branch to Li Dingguo's subordinates, promising that as long as these soldiers of the Great Western Army took the initiative to leave Li Dingguo, they would all be accepted and appointed according to their official positions in Li Dingguo.
This method has achieved some results, and hundreds of Ming troops secretly left the camp and returned north because of their eagerness to return to the country.
Wu Sansheng did not do anything to intercept and pursue his subordinates who returned to the north, and Bai Wenxuan sent troops to capture some people.
But when he was about to form these soldiers who had fled the camp, King Jin stopped him.
Li Dingguo not only did not allow Bai Wenxuan to kill people, but also asked Bai Wenxuan to let them go.
The benevolence of the King of Jin made some soldiers who returned to the north cry bitterly, and many chose to stay and follow the King of Jin to the death.
But there are also some people who, after crying bitterly, continue to choose to go to Yunnan.
Compared with loyalty and faithfulness, the lack of hope is the most desperate.
And like some soldiers kneeling in front of the King of Jin and crying, they don't want to die in a foreign land, they just want to die closer to home.
Two days later, without the knowledge of Bai Wenxuan and Wu Sanxing, Li Dingguo suddenly summoned the civil officials who followed him in his resistance to the Qing Dynasty and told them 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 the Jin Dynasty, more than 100 officials had already set off for Yunnan with their retinue and families.
Bai Wenxuan painfully asked the king of Jin why he let these people go, doing so would lead to the collapse of the whole army.
"They are the courtiers of Yongli, not my Li Dingguo's courtiers, they follow me just to resist the Qing Dynasty.
Now that the Qing court has retreated to the north and Yongli has returned to China, they should follow Yongli, so what's the point of me forcing them to stay.
Besides, people don't want to stay with me, the twisted melon is not sweet" King Jin's expression was very lonely, and a serious illness made him not only gray hair, but also much worse spirit.
"Lin Tianqing can't look at us every day, one day, we can fight back to Yunnan and Guizhou, just like the king of Jin back then, as long as we don't give up, we can make a comeback" Bai Wenxuan saw that the King of Jin was not good-looking, so he couldn't bear to complain about him anymore, and only persuaded the King of Jin to cheer up.
"I was adopted by my stepfather at the age of nine, and I have been fighting for 32 years.
After the death of my father-in-law, Sun Kewang and I fought side by side, in order to continue to fight the banner of our Great Western Army and let the incense of our Great Western Army continue.
Later, I supported Sun Kewang to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and at that time I thought that I couldn't let the Manchu Tartars occupy the country of our Han people, so that we could become slaves to the country.
After one battle after another, I worked hard, but in the end, what did I get" Li Dingguo was full of vicissitudes, "I have never lost my eldest brother, nor have I ever lost the Son of Heaven, but they" Li Dingguo didn't say any more, but his face was very sad and angry.
Bai Wenxuan sighed and persuaded: "King Jin, Zhu Youlang has lost you, let's not recognize him, the emperor is the emperor has retreated to the north, and the southern capital has also recovered, the situation is much better than before, King Jin, you should cheer up and lead our old brothers down" Li Dingguo shook his head: "I can't even raise rations for my brothers, so how can I lead them down." ” "If there is no food, let's find a way together, the living can still suffocate to urine, as long as we survive, those who will always have the opportunity to return to China in the future want to go, then let them go."
Adversity sees the truth, the more difficult it is for us, but the people who stay are all good men who swear to follow King Jin to the death, it is because of the King of Jin that they can survive, if King Jin you give up, what should they do, do you really bear to watch them die in this foreign country, King Jin, because you are here, so we are here" "Me" Li Dingguo closed his eyes in pain, half a ring, he opened his eyes, with tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said to Bai Wenxuan: "I have never asked anyone for anything in my life, and now for the sake of these brothers who follow me, I have to ask someone." ” "Who does the King of Jin want to beg" Bai Wenxuan's heart suddenly changed, he thought that the King of Jin wanted to bow his head to Wu Sangui for help.
The King of Jin was not what Bai Wenxuan thought, he said: "I want to send someone to ask Zhou Shixiang." ”oshow7 t1706231537: