Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 66 Where does the Great Wall come from?

Longchuan Xuanfu Division is adjacent to Mubang Manmo.

Although Wu Sangui had transferred part of his troops to western Yunnan and Longchuan several months ago.

However, it still took more than a month to mobilize the army. It was not until mid-February that the soldiers from Yunnan and Yunnan arrived in Longchuan, and they quickly provided assistance to Hanlong Pass and Tiebi Pass.

There were 8,000 soldiers and horses under Wu Sangui's own command, 2,000 from the Eight Banners of Shangshan, 20,000 from the Green Camp, 30,000 from the old Dashi Army, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses recruited from local chieftains.

There were 70,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 civilians, totaling 80,000, which was known to the outside world as an army of 100,000.

The army marched along the Longchuan River.

Wu Yingqi rode alongside his father. Seeing his father's unhappy expression, he couldn't help but speak:
"Father, are you worried that our 60,000 elite troops won't be able to defeat Zhu Cixuan's 20,000?"

Wu Sangui reined in his horse and slowed down: "So what if I win?"

"Li Dingguo and Zhu Cixuan fortified their walls and cleared the fields, while we held the city. During the Qingming Festival, miasma rose in the southern wilderness, and we had no choice but to return empty-handed."

Wu Sangui sighed as he spoke, "Originally, the best opportunity would have been to wait until September, when General Ai Xing'a led his elite troops to arrive and the summer heat had subsided and autumn had arrived."

"Even if we capture Mubang Manmo and Ava City now, the Ming court can continue to flee south. When we withdraw our troops, the Ming army will reoccupy Shanghongsha."

If the rumors from Yunnan and Dian had not reached the capital, Hong Chengchou would have been dismissed from his post and placed under guard, and Pingnan King Shang Kexi and the third-class Earl Xian Guoan would have entered Guizhou to contain him.

The capital sent several urgent reports asking him to wipe out the remaining Ming Dynasty members.

How he now marched south.

Even Shang Kexi, who was also a vassal king, sent three secret letters asking him to advance in order to appease the Qing court.

If he really continued to wait for the cool autumn weather, there was a chance that Monk Aixing'a would be happy to seize his military power.

Only then will we have to resist even if we don’t want to.

Wu Yingqi said: "Thanks to Wu Guogui's plan, my army and the Eight Banners did not make any major moves this time."

"To deal with the Qing court, the time is running out. We will retreat to western Yunnan and hold on to the dangerous terrain, forcing Zhu Cixuan to move to Guizhou and Guizhou."

Not only did they fail to transfer their own elite troops, they also failed to bring Qi Sansheng and Wu Zisheng, the soldiers from the old Daxi army who had entered Hongsha to rescue the emperor.

In case Zhu Cixuan cries again, they will turn against him.

Some stayed in western Yunnan, and some were stationed in Chuxiong and Lin'an, with Zhang Yong as the commander, to prevent Mu Tianbo from invading Kunming and western Yunnan from southern Yunnan and cutting off their retreat.

Wu Sangui shook his head: "The old Dashi army is also the foundation of our family's defense of Yunnan and Yunnan. This time, most of them will be lost."

The key is.

Too many soldiers and horses were lost.

How could he ask the Qing court for food and money in the future?

This is far contrary to his strategy of relying on his own military strength.

Zhu Cixuan set such an example, and Li Dingguo and Zheng Yanping were so young.

The Qing and Ming dynasties would have to fight for more than ten years, forming the pattern of the two Song dynasties.

In troubled times, strong soldiers and powerful horses are the truth.

"The Qing court envoy is supervising the army right beside Shang Shan and me. How can we just pretend to deal with it and be done with it?"

Not only do we have to fight, but we have to fight a bloody battle.

To show the loyalty of King Pingxi and the two white flags.

Shangshan may also have received a secret letter from Dorgon's faction, realizing that he was going to die, and that he wanted to die to show his determination and indicate that they had no involvement in the rumors.

Fortunately, I only brought two thousand eight banners.

The sun began to set, and Wu Sangui arrived at Hanlong Pass with his vanguard troops.

When they walked up to the city gate and saw the long wooden wall winding and circling outside Hanlong Pass, everyone from Wu Sangui on down was stunned.

Wu Sangui pointed at the long dragon and said in a trembling voice, "Where did the Great Wall come from?"

This is even more exaggerated than the city walls and fortresses built by the Ming Dynasty when he was in Liaodong.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the land outside Hanlong Pass, and the ancient trees and vines in the mountains are intertwined into a green ocean.

And that wooden wall stood in the ocean like a giant beast.

Through the telescope.

There are chevaux de frise outside the wooden wall, and the wooden wall is covered with sharp wooden spikes.

At the firing holes a few steps apart on the wooden wall, muskets and cannons flashed cold light, already loaded and ready to fire.

The commander of the tribe, He Jinzhong, had been at Hanlong Pass earlier, preparing to accept Mang Bai's arrest and offer him to Emperor Yongli. He had been there for several months.

He Jinzhong felt that his scalp was still itchy even after shaving:

"Your Highness, I sent you a letter a month ago to inform you that Zhu Cixuan was building a wall here."

Wu Sangui's face turned pale: "You didn't say he built a wall around Longchuan?"

He Jinzhong lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, Zhu Cixuan has emptied Mubang, Mengding, and Zhenkangzhou, and mobilized tens of thousands of civilians to build the wall. Things are changing almost daily." Wu Guogui spoke up in time, "General He, didn't you attack to stop them?"

He and He Jinzhong were both former subordinates of the King of Pingxi in Liaodong. When Dai Qing first entered the Pass, He Jinzhong served as the commander-in-chief under the King of Pingxi and was once the second-in-command in the army.

He had only been granted the title of second-class Angbang Zhangjing in Beijing and served as a bondservant, and only then did he gradually fall behind.

He Jinzhong cried out in indignation, "Why didn't you stop it?"

"But with Bai Wenxuan's 3,000 cavalry and Zhu Cixuan's powerful Shenji Battalion, we simply can't leave the city and fight in the field."

"From the Manmo direction, Li Dingguo made several incursions, bypassing Wanren Pass and Jushi Pass, and breaking into Tengyue territory, threatening Tongbi Pass. I had no choice but to send a large force to resist Li Dingguo from Manmo."

He Jinzhong pointed to the wooden wall opposite Hanlong Pass and said, "There were more traps and barricades outside this wall before, but I attacked and cleared some of them a few days ago."

Wu Sangui regained his composure at this point and asked, "Has it been completely surrounded from the south?"

He Jinzhong nodded heavily. "From Tianma Pass to Hanlong Pass, all the way to Nujiang River, it's all surrounded."

He didn't even know how Zhu Cixuan managed to build this long wall in just over a month.

The border is nearly a hundred miles long.

Not even a gap was left.

Wu Sangui asked, "Can we send a small group of elite troops to bypass and cross over?"

He Jinzhong shook his head: "Your Highness, you also fought in western Yunnan."

"This Hongshawadi is even more terrifying than western Yunnan. The forests are densely covered, and even in spring, the air is already filled with miasma. There are many poisonous insects in the dense forest. Even the chieftains of the southern barbarians dare not go deep into it."

Shang Shan sneered: "Really? I don't believe it."

It's not like he had never fought in Yongchang before. No matter how difficult the journey was, the thick snow in Liaodong in winter made it even more difficult to travel.

He Jinzhong looked back at Shangshan, who looked like he wanted a beating. Even though he was a servant, he couldn't help but get angry:
"Gushan Beizi, you can go and give it a try."

"Zhu Cixuan has soldiers guarding that place, and there are so many traps that it's daunting. If they don't even reach the wooden wall, they'll probably all be trapped in the dense forest."

Wu Sangui glanced at the two Manchu military supervisors sent by the Qing court behind Shangshan and sighed softly:
"Where is Manmo? Can we get out of Tiebi Pass and defeat Manmo, and then move on to Mubang?"

He Jinzhong bowed and said, "Your Highness, you have repeatedly warned me not to pursue Li Dingguo recklessly or leave the army."

"Most of the Ming troops who fled south to Hongsha were under the command of Li Dingguo. Twenty to thirty thousand men are simply not enough to wrest Manmo from Li Dingguo."

Wu Sangui couldn't help but sigh heavily again.

Although Zhu Cixuan emerged as a rising star, he was still far inferior to the famous generals known throughout the country in the eyes of everyone.

Zhu Cixuan destroyed the country at the age of eighteen.

Wu Changbo once saved his father when he was eighteen years old.

Huang Taiji led an army of 40,000 to surround his father Wu Xiang. His uncle Zu Dashou did not send troops to rescue him. He directly led 20 servants to rush into the 40,000-strong army and successfully rescued his father.

Li Dingguo was still called Zhang Yuer. When he was about 20 years old, he killed Zhang Ling, the second most powerful general in Shu after Qin Liangyu, in battle, and completely destroyed the Baigan Army, which had once been a strong opponent of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Having defeated two famous kings, who would dare to look down on Li Dingguo?

Guilin, Hengyang, Mopan Mountain, Li Dingguo is best at ambushes and assaults.

There were no 100,000 elite troops, and no camps set up along the way.

From Manmo to Mubang, the battle line stretched for hundreds of miles, creating an opportunity for Li Dingguo to kill the general.

Wu Sangui looked at the map presented by He Jinzhong, and his smooth head couldn't help but feel itchy.

"Such a 'Great Wall' cannot be attacked head-on."

"Wu Guogui, you and He Jinzhong go, lead 20,000 troops to Nanya Pass and Tiebi Pass to stop Li Dingguo of Manmo."

"Ma Ning, you will lead 20,000 troops to Mangshi, cross the Nujiang River, bypass the Great Wall, and attack Zhu Cixuan from both sides."

Ma Ning was a member of the Plain White Banner of the Han army and a brave general in Hexi.

Zhang Yong guarded western Yunnan and was the number one general in Hexi under Wu Sangui.

Shang Shan suddenly said, "I'm going to Tiebi Pass. The Eight Banners are all from Liaodong. They are not accustomed to the flood and sand climate and it is difficult for them to travel long distances."

Although his superiors wanted him to fight and die, dying on the battlefield was more glorious than dying in the miasma and poisonous insects in the dense forest.

Shangshan still listened to He Jinzhong's words.

Wu Sangui thought for a moment and nodded: "Then Gushan Beizi and He Jinzhong will go to the western front."

"Wu Guogui, you and Ma Ning go to Mangshi Division."

"Wu Guogui, cross the long wall and attack Zhu Cixuan directly."

"Ma Ning, lead your troops to continue crossing the mountains and rivers, cross Zhenkang Prefecture, and attack Lashio City, the capital of Mubang Prefecture, from Mengding Prefecture."

"Try to surround and kill Zhu Cixuan in Mubang."

(End of this chapter)