Chapter 42: Unity Against the Enemy
Ma Jixiang shaved his hair and changed his clothes, and the people around him also changed into clothing that was full of people. Only a small group of people were still wearing Ming Dynasty clothing, such as Mu Tianbo, and so on. This group of people seemed inappropriate.
Ma Jixiang read out the edict from Yongli, which said that the destiny of heaven had already come to an end and it was not appropriate to resist any more. He should have surrendered to the Qing army to allow the world to calm down and gain peace.
Zhang Biwu took the edict in one go and tore it to pieces! Ma Jixiang couldn't help but point at Zhang Biwu and asked: "Zhang Biwu! What are you doing?"
Zhang Biwu glared at Ma Jixiang and said, "You are agitating minister! You are a disaster! If it weren't for you, the emperor wouldn't have been captured by the Tartars! I know the emperor's character and ambitiousness! He would never issue such an edict! This must be a forgery! The emperor once said that he would fight against the Qing Dynasty to the death! He would never surrender to the Qing Dynasty! This statement has been resounding in his ears!"
Ma Jixiang knew that he could not persuade Zhang Biwu, so he said, "This person will always change, Zhang, Zhang Biwu, you..."
Zhang Biwu had already drawn out his sword and said, "Ma Jixiang, I originally wanted to kill you! But if I kill you, the emperor's situation will be difficult! Go back and tell Dorgon and quickly put the emperor back!"
Ma Jixiang and everyone shook their heads. When they came, they knew that they could not convince Zhang Biwu, but Dorgon ordered that they would come, so they had to bite the bullet. Now that they heard Zhang Biwu's words, they knew that at least their heads were saved, which was worth having fun.
Ma Jixiang had to bite the bullet and say, "King Qi, you should not raise an army, otherwise the emperor's life will be difficult to protect! If you are really a loyal minister, don't kill the emperor!"
When Zhang Biwu heard this, he chewed his lips and said, "Okay! For the sake of the emperor, I will not raise an army for the time being! It is my responsibility to restore the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhang Biwu then looked at the group of people and said, "I only have one enemy in my mind - Dorgon! As for Emperor Shunzhi, it's not a bullshit! What if a little brat appears in front of me? Let's ask Shunzhi to go back and eat Da Yuer's milk! If Dorgon was not available, he would be nothing!"
Zhang Biwu said this, which was clearly intended to incite the relationship between Dorgon and Shunzhi to further deteriorate! They would convey the words to Shunzhi's ears.
Huang Qi and Wuxun pulled out their weapons to drive Ma Jixiang and others away. Zhang Biwu still asked someone to secretly bring some things to the accompanying officials in Ming Dynasty costumes, Mu Tianbo and others to deliver delicious food, good clothes, and good things to Yongli.
Mu Tianbo and others agreed with each other. They would hand over all these delicious clothes to Yongli and take good care of Yongli, so that Emperor Yongli would not suffer any harm.
Zhang Biwu just listened and nodded with satisfaction. Zhang Biwu held Mu Tianbo's hand tightly and said, "Duke Qian, don't worry! Guoxiong will definitely find ways to save the emperor, Duke and others from the sea of suffering as soon as possible!"
Mu Tianbo had tears in his eyes and said, "General Guoxiong, please be sure to be quick! We live like a New Year among the Tartars!"
Zhang Biwu nodded clearly, and he ordered someone to give the money to Mu Tianbo. Mu Tianbo took the money, and he had difficulties, because he didn't know if the money would be stolen by the Tartars. He even wanted to hide it in his boots and clothes, and hide it separately.
When Zhang Biwu saw Mu Tianbo's appearance, he was helpless. He was controlled by others and was slaughtered.
Zhang Biwu watched them leave, and he turned around. At this time, Huang Qi came forward and said, "Lord, I think it's a pity not to kill them! It's like such villains letting them go, I feel unwilling to let them go! And we have to keep our troops..."
Zhang Biwu shook his head helplessly and said, "Zhengli, there is nothing I can do about it! If I kill these people, Emperor Yongli will be in danger! Dorgon can say this, see! How could Zhang Biwu be loyal to the Ming Dynasty? Didn't Dorgon publicize in a big way how to treat Emperor Yongli in the past? He wanted to persuade Emperor Yongli to facilitate surrender. Of course, Dorgon also knew that his persuasion of surrender would not be effective, and he would do it! Secondly, he wanted to ignore Yongli and ruin our reputation! We could only stop moving for the time being!"
When Huang Qi heard this, he had to sigh and express his approval. Since Yongli was captured, each side has been controlled by others.
Zhang Biwu thought of one thing that Yunnan has lost more than half of it. Although half of it is still under the control of Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo was separated and his power was difficult to develop, because in his own hands, Emperor Yongli was captured, and Li Dingguo's confidence was greatly hit, which was not conducive to his development alone.
It would be better to persuade Li Dingguo to come to Huguang or Henan to meet Zhang Biwu, so that Zhang Biwu's power would be even stronger. If you want to take advantage of it, now, because the Qing army is mourning and internal rumors are rumored that Dorgon is sick, he will leave as long as he can. If he drags on it, it will be difficult for Li Dingguo to leave.
Zhang Biwu really sent someone to Li Dingguo one by one, in order to persuade Li Dingguo to arrive as soon as possible and meet Zhang Biwu.
Fortunately, in the Huguang area, Zhang Biwu's power and Dashun's power can still be reached. If it continues, once the Qing army forms an encirclement, it will be difficult to protect Li Dingguo's retreat.
Among them, Li Guo also sent a letter to Li Dingguo, hoping that Li Dingguo would adopt Zhang Biwu's opinion and join forces to form a line to fight the Qing Dynasty together.
Li Dingguo held a meeting, and he showed Zhang Biwu's letter to everyone, and everyone was discussing it! Everyone knew that the anti-Qing situation in the south had been silent.
If they were in the south, they would be isolated and helpless like Zheng Chenggong, Shi Kefa and others, and would have difficulty in making great progress. The best way now is to go to the north to join Zhang Biwu. There is still a lot of military pay and food supply here in Zhang Biwu.
After discussion, we unanimously decided to follow Zhang Biwu in the north. However, we must maintain the character of the Western Army. If we unite together, we will be more confident that we can save Emperor Yongli.
In this case, they went there as soon as they said they were going and advanced towards Zhang Biwu's territory. Zhang Biwu's original intention was to let Li Dingguo and others be in the Huguang area, so that the four provinces of Huguang, Shaanxi, Henan and Shanxi were united, and they could attack and retreat.
Moreover, the united forces are strong, and the Qing army dare not underestimate them and cannot act easily!
The Qing Dynasty knew this, of course, to find a way to stop it. Unfortunately, the Qing army could not gather so many people in a short period of time to stop Li Dingguo from moving closer to Zhang Biwu.
In addition, the Daxi Army has followed Zhang Xianzhong in the east and west for many years, traveling from south to north. Even if they follow the military family, their ability to move is very fast and strong. The habits they have developed over the years have made them move very quickly and have not fallen behind.
Zhang Biwu had been waiting for them for a long time and wanted to meet them cordially!
Li Dingguo looked at Zhang Biwu, and Zhang Biwu also came forward to hold on to Li Dingguo's hands and said, "King of Jin, if I can meet with you, I will be more confident that I can save the emperor!"
Li Dingguo coughed a few more times and said, "I am ashamed! If it weren't for me, I wouldn't have let the emperor be humiliated! As the saying goes, the king and the ministers die, but now I can't die from the king's humiliation! I feel ashamed!"
However, Zhang Biwu shook his head vigorously and said, "General Ning Yu, please don't speak like this! Now is the time when we need to work together to solve this crisis! None of us can lose our confidence! We must unite!"
Li Dingguo laughed. He saw that Li Guo and Gao Guiying were both here, and Zhang Biwu informed them to come to welcome Li Dingguo.
Li Dingguo looked at Li Guo and Gao Guiying and said, "General Buzhi and the Lady of the King of Chuang are here too!" Li Guo stepped forward and said, "King Jin, you fought in two battles to kill Kong Youde and Nikan, and the battle was really wonderful! I admire him very much!"
Li Dingguo smiled bitterly and said, "What's the use? Everything is a painting cake! Alas! Your Majesty..." It can be seen that Li Dingguo was captured by Wu Sangui under his nose and was attacked by Yongli, which was a big blow to him!
Li Dingguo said: "The Tartars are threatening the emperor and let us surrender, but I have not surrendered! I think all the generals have been sent by the envoys sent by the Tartars to make you surrender with the emperor's will?"
Zhang Biwu and Li Guo both nodded. They really accepted it. Even so, they would not surrender.
In fact, everyone knows that even if the Qing Dynasty captured Yongli, it would not be possible to allow Li Guo, Li Dingguo and Zhang Biwu to surrender. However, this would still be done to show the kindness of the Qing Dynasty. It also forced Zhang Biwu and Li Dingguo to be jealous of the mouse and to act like a loyal minister, so that the Qing Dynasty could take a breath for the time being.
Lu Xiangsheng sighed here and said, "Originally, we wanted to march into the northwest to expand the horse farm and enhance our strength, but because the emperor was in the hands of the enemy and sent a new envoy, even if we knew it was a fake edict, we could not send troops immediately! As ministers, we still have to have some time to confirm!"
Li Dingguo looked at Zhang Biwu and said, "Advance to the northwest?" Zhang Biwu nodded and responded, "Yes! I think the King of Jin thinks I should be advancing towards Shandong or běi? But the Qing army's troops in these places are strong and difficult to remove. Only in the northwest, the Qing army's rule was unstable, and this place has always been a horse farm. If we break through this place, we will have a large horse farm! We can cultivate more cavalry for us, so that we will not be afraid of the cavalry of the Tartars!"
Li Dingguo nodded one after another. He recognized Zhang Biwu's decision. It would be difficult to make any progress in advancing eastwards. In addition, if it is too urgent, perhaps Emperor Yongli may have an unfortunate accident.
It is indeed easy to attack the northwest, because the road was broken and the Qing Dynasty could no longer take into account the northwest. The loss of the northwest was expected and the impact on the Qing court was not very big.
Zhang Biwu even said: "What we are thinking about now is that after breaking the northwest, I will have to tear each other apart with General Buzhi and others! Haha!"
"Ah!" Li Dingguo was stunned. Why would he break up with Li Guo once he broke through the northwest? Now unity is the bottom line! How can you be inclined to be in love with each other?
Li Guo said: "Yes! If the King of Qi and I don't break up, how can we let the Qing Dynasty follow the King of Qi's plan? Only when the Qing Dynasty is in chaos can we have a chance. If it is not in chaos, it will be difficult for us to make a big move! The dispute between the King of Qi and the King of Qi is for the future great progress!"
Li Guo was not clear about Li Dingguo, so Zhang Biwu said to Li Guo: "Add to General, you will be sloppy with the King of Jin again! Let's tell him the truth!"
Li Guo then said: "This is the thing! The King of Qi knew that the relationship between the regent of the Tartars and the pseudo-emperor Shunzhi was not good. If they were provoked to deteriorate, it would be better to fight each other! Of course, there is also the so-called auxiliary king Jiergalang. The three sides fought each other, and the Qing Dynasty would be consumed by internal struggle. Is this extremely beneficial to us?"
After hearing this, Li Dingguo nodded one after another and said, "Yes! This is a plan to remove firewood from the cauldron! OK! Then the general and the King of Qi must fight hard, and fight together! Otherwise, how could the Qing Dynasty feel at ease?"
The three of them laughed at the same time, and Li Dingguo's sorrow was wiped out. The three of them joined hands and had a great conversation during the meal!
Zhang Biwu had to detect the situation of being a virgin, and also sent envoys to the Qing Dynasty and strongly demanded his return to Yongli. He knew that this request was nothing but a big deal, but he had to do a good job.
After knowing that it was useless, Zhang Biwu sent another envoy. This time it was different. What Zhang Biwu wanted to say was that if Emperor Yongli was not sent back, he would immediately expel his troops to save Yongli.
Zhang Biwu was not just talking, but he actually started preparing for war, actively preparing for war, and wanted to raise troops that would scoop up the country! The same is true for Li Guo, who must respond with Zhang Biwu.
When Shunzhi saw this situation, he hurriedly issued an order to make all parties closely guard against each other and build defensive measures. Compared to Dorgon, he was shaking his head, because Dorgon felt that Zhang Biwu would not advance eastward, but would only advance to the northwest. When Zhang Biwu and Li Guo's connection to the northwest, it would be destroyed and unstoppable.
Dorgon thought about how to provoke the relationship between Zhang Biwu and Li Guo and make them worse. In addition, he heard that Li Guo once accused Zhang Biwu of being responsible for Yongli's capture, so he would be better off.
Dorgon also knew something. He Tengjiao, Qu Shixi and others wanted to rescue Emperor Yongli. Zhang Biwu did not move, and Li Guo naturally did not move. Although Li Dingguo had the will, he now went to Huguang and other places, which was equivalent to being controlled by Zhang Biwu, and even more so on Zhang Biwu to obey him. Zhang Biwu was equivalent to strengthening his strength.
Chapter completed!