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Text Chapter 229 Li Dingguo regains Shandong

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    After Turai and Suksaha withdrew from Jinan, they took advantage of the Qing army's advantage in field warfare and fought several times with the Ming army. There were victories and defeats for each other, but the morale of the Qing army was slowly recovering.

    "Li Dingguo is very powerful in his use of troops. He was able to severely damage the Ming army several times, but he was turned around by Li Dingguo. This person is really unpredictable! His use of troops is unpredictable. Once he establishes a firm foothold in Shandong, we may not be able to stay long.  It's over." Turai said to Suksaha after a small battle.

    Suk Saha nodded, "Zhang Xianzhong was so rampant back then because his four generals supported him. Sun Kewang and Ai Nengqi both died, but two more powerful ones, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, were left behind.  , if we had taken advantage of the victory to pursue them and annihilate them, there would have been no disaster today."

    "It's too far to talk about that. Now we are at the Zihe River, which is not far from Qingzhou. Qingzhou has been destroyed by the Ming army. It is impossible to replenish supplies from Qingzhou. I think we can attack Changyi as long as the Ming army touches it.  If they don't reveal our plans, they can't do anything to us. When the emperor sends troops, we will definitely be a support. I just don't know what is going on with Wu Sangui. He should have more than 20,000 people in his hands. How about we go and fight with him?  Will he join forces?" Tu Lai thought this was a good idea.

    Suk Saha expressed his opposition, "Our victory now is that our whereabouts are erratic, so that the Ming army cannot do anything to us. Once we join forces with Wu Sangui, the target will be too big and it will be difficult to escape the siege of the Ming army. I think we should attack Changyi!"  After making a circle, we returned to Lunan and killed the Ming army by surprise."

    Tu Lai and Suk Saha had a good discussion and launched an army to attack Changyi. They received the news that Changyi had been captured by the Ming army. The direct consequence of the Qing army abandoning the city for field warfare was that two-thirds of the cities in Shandong changed their flags.  Now, under the general situation, various places have returned to the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing army has really become a loach wandering through the gaps. However, as long as the Qing army avoids the main force of the Ming army, no city can stop them.

    When Tu Lai and Suk Saha marched to Mihe, the sky had darkened, but a group of men and horses appeared in front of them. When they got closer, they realized that they were Wu Sangui's men. Suk Saha sighed, "It seems  Laiyang is also finished."

    When the two armies met, Tu Lai saw that Wu Sangui had only about ten thousand men left, and they were all tired troops who had lost their armor. When he asked, he found out that Shi Lang's navy and army of the Ming army were attacking Laiyang, and Wu Sangui was really against it.  They had no choice but to break out of the encirclement and prepared to withdraw from Shandong along the coastline. However, they happened to encounter the Qing army of Tulai.

    Wu Sangui first asked for some food from Tu Lai, "Let the army rest here for one night! Otherwise, they will all have to lie down from exhaustion. Our current total strength is more than 30,000, so it is better to take Qingzhou after resting."

    Suk Saha nodded in agreement, "Now that we have a lot of troops, we can consider capturing Qingzhou. In this way, moving to Lunan will make the places occupied by the Ming army unrest, which will delay the progress of the Ming army's northward march."

    Both times, the soldiers were tired. I heard that they could rest in place for a night. The soldiers were very happy. However, due to the lack of tents, many people had to crowd together to rest.

    "Wu Sangui what are you doing? Do you want to rebel?" Tu Lai was very tired after days of fighting. Today the two armies joined forces. Generally speaking, the situation has improved a bit and his strength has increased, so he also had a peaceful sleep, but  When he slept until midnight, he felt something was wrong. When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was tied up, but Wu Sangui was staring at him with a cold face.

    Wu Shiqi came in from the outside and said, "Commander, all the hidden brothers have arrived and basically have everyone under control." When sleeping at night, Wu Sangui's men deliberately crowded together with Turai Suksaha's men, for the sake of  The best thing is that it is convenient to "work" at night and ensures nothing goes wrong.

    When Wu Sangui heard this, he felt relieved, "Tu Lai, I'm afraid there's something you don't know. I'm alone now, my family is gone, everything is gone!" Wu Sangui told the story of the incident in Beijing.  Said, "I have to make some plans for the future, so I want to borrow something from you in exchange for some money."

    Tu Lai didn't understand what Wu Sangui meant yet, but he sympathized with Wu Sangui's family misfortune, "Are you short of money? I can give you some to rebuild the palace, and the emperor will definitely allocate some to you." I heard that Wu Sangui wanted to take care of it.  He borrowed something, "What do you want to borrow? I'll lend it to you."

    Wu Sangui sneered, "I'm not borrowing anything, I'm just going to lend you your head as a stepping stone. I don't know if it will work." Wu Sangui turned around and asked Wu Shi?, "Where's Suk Saha? Tie them all up, just the two of them.  Bricks, I guess the weight should be enough.¡±

    It turned out that after Wu Sangui was ill and held a meeting that day, he discussed with his generals that, among other things, the situation of the Qing court in Shandong was over. If he persisted in resisting, the only result would be to be wiped out by the Ming army. After all, the Ming army had already occupied the territory.  Absolute advantage, the final conclusion is that to join the Ming Dynasty, Guan Ning Cavalry also has favorable conditions for making this decision, because Wu Sangui was once HongThe Emperor conferred him the title of King of Liao, but Wu Sangui never broke up with Nan Ming. Nan Ming never said anything about depriving Wu Sangui of the title of King of Liao, and the King of Liao's seal was not returned or handed over to the Qing court. Therefore, Wu Sangui's head is on the head.  The title of King of Liao was recognized by Nanming. Wu Sangui's subordinates all felt that there was a glimmer of hope.

    Of course, Wu Sangui knew that he would join Nan Ming just by relying on the title of King of Liao on his head. Even if Nan Ming accepted it, he would not be able to stand up again in the future. At most, he would be a Prince of Taiping. In order to obtain the maximum benefit, Wu Sangui decided to use Tulai  and Suk Saha's head as a stepping stone, plus the troops in Tu Lai's hands, it is also a great achievement; in addition, Wu Sangui did have feelings for the Ming Dynasty, and he did ask the Manchus to send troops as a former official of the Ming Dynasty.  Li Zicheng was wiped out, but the development of things gradually escaped his control. Dorgon was more powerful than him. Externally, it was announced that he had defected to the Manchus, and internally, Azig was tied to him. If he made any changes, the result would be  It was to be eliminated, and over time, it became the current situation.

    Li Dingguo also had a headache when the Qing army abandoned the city and fought in the field. Although they recovered a large area of ??lost territory, the Qing army hid it and the hidden dangers were very great. Liu Wenxiu and Gao Yigong, who were responsible for annihilating the Qing army, made little progress.  The confrontation was not advantageous. The only advantage was that they used this time to recover the Shandong Peninsula. Wu Sangui actually followed suit and abandoned Laiyang City and fled, hiding somewhere.

    Li Dingguo and Li Guo were based in Jinan, coordinating the overall situation in Shandong. Lin Chengcheng also arrived in Jinan twenty days ago. The delivery of baggage, grain, grass, artillery and other supplies relieved Li Dingguo's worries. Li Dingguo had already informed the court and Yan Yingyuan.  Let Yan Yingyuan begin to install new local officials and replace the officials who detained the Manchus.

    Li Guo came to see Li Dingguo early in the morning and said, "Commander, Wu Sangui has arrived outside the city."

    Li Dingguo exclaimed, "This guy came so quickly. Let's order our troops to fight immediately!" Li Dingguo was a little confused as to why Wu Sangui came to Jinan. He really didn't know whether to live or die!

    Li Guo smiled and said, "Commander, there is no need to fight. I have sent a letter to the commander, please read it." Li Guo sent Wu Sangui to the city to write a personal letter to Li Dingguo and handed it to Li Dingguo.

    Li Dingguo received the letter with slight surprise. The content was naturally about Wu Sangui's process of earning money from the Qing army, followed by a statement about his "endurance and humiliation". The final signature was quite particular, it was the seal of Wu Sangui, King of Liao.  Although Li Dingguo is a marquis, he is now the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Northern Expedition, and his power is much higher than that of the real prince. Wu Sangui, the ambiguous king of Liao, is naturally very polite, although he did not mention any words of submission in his words.  , but the inner meaning is revealed everywhere.

    Li Dingguo handed Wu Sangui's letter to Li Guo. After Li Guo finished reading it, he asked, "I heard from the battle report that Li Chengdong has rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and returned to the Ming Dynasty, but his specific identity is still pending for the emperor to decide. Wu Sangui once again presented the story of the King of Liao."  Identity is really difficult to deal with!¡±

    Li Guo smiled and said, "Anyway, Wu Sangui has tricked Tu Lai and Suk Saha. In this way, the overall situation in Shandong has been decided. As for how to deal with Wu Sangui, we should report it to the emperor for a decision! But now we have to entertain him well.  After all, this gift from Wu Sangui is not light!"

    "Yeah! What I'm saying is, let's do this! Let Wu Sangui's troops all disarm and wait for the emperor's disposal. This way we can also see what Wu Sangui's bottom line is. As long as he listens to us, he will definitely not be able to play any tricks." Li Dingguo  He sighed and said, "As for those Tatars, it seems they have to learn from Yan Shatou. Although our army has ample food and grass, it is impossible to support so many Tatars. Let's execute them all!"

    Li Guo laughed and said, "This is very good, but to execute the Tatars, the general has a good idea, that is, let the local squires and landlords in Shandong do it. Anyone who has a good reputation and has been too close to the Tatars in the past will have them cut off."  I have understood the thoughts in my heart, Marshal, do you think so?"

    Li Dingguo nodded in agreement. In this way, the Shandong people have become enemies with the Tatars. When the time comes to go north, there will be no trouble at all in the rear. Why not!

    When Wu Sangui¡¯s generals heard that they were told to disarm and march into the city, they all expressed objections. Wouldn¡¯t that mean Tai Ah was backpedaling and leaving his life to others?

    Wu Sangui's face sank, "At this point, there is no way out. Disarm everyone and let Li Dingguo arrange it." Wu Sangui knew that Li Dingguo couldn't make the decision. The person who arranged for him in the end was Hongguang Emperor, so he  Regarding the safety of the troops and the troops, Li Dingguo would not put him in too much danger. As for disarming and entering the city, it was reasonable.

    Li Dingguo was indeed very polite to Wu Sangui. After all, Wu Sangui had received the title of King of Liao in the Ming Dynasty. After learning that Wu Sangui's family had died in Beijing, Li Dingguo made such a decision knowing that Wu Sangui had no worries. Otherwise, he might have to do it twice.  The swordsmen meet!  Li DingguoyeI wonder what kind of beauty Chen Yuanyuan is that made Wu Sangui make repeated actions several times.

    The news that Li Dingguo had regained Shandong reached the Qing court and Nanming respectively. Naturally, one family was happy and the other was sad.  It took Li Dingguo and Yan Yingyuan half a month to liquidate Shandong's "old accounts" and officially re-integrate Shandong into the territory of Nanming.

    Regarding the direction of the next march, there were internal disagreements within the East Route Army. Li Dingguo and Gao Yigong felt that they should take advantage of the victory and march northward, approaching Beijing; while Li Guo and Liu Wenxiu said that the army should march westward and join Zhu Youlang's Middle Route Army.  Annihilate the Manchu military power; as for Wu Sangui and others, due to special circumstances, only Wu Sangui attended the meeting, and it was difficult for him to express his opinions.

    A battle report from the Central Route Army made the East Route Army make a decision, because the progress of the Central Route Army was very unfavorable. Although it established a firm foothold in Hebei and captured Xinxiang, the Qing army always had the upper hand, preventing the Central Route Army from continuing to move north.  , was entangled in the Hebei area.

    Li Dingguo immediately wrote two letters, one to the navy of Shi Lang and Shen Tingyang, hoping that the navy could advance to Beijing and Tianjin, preferably to conduct limited landing operations, so that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties could transfer some Qing troops back to Hebei, and then he would  You can annihilate the remaining Qing army with the Central Route Army; another letter is written to Gui Wang Zhu Youlang, hoping that Zhu Youlang will avoid large-scale confrontations with the Qing army during this period, and wait for the Qing army to mobilize troops and break up the Qing army.  Strength.

    At the same time, Li Dingguo did not give up going north, and ordered Ma Degong and Lin Chengyang to lead 10,000 troops to continue the Northern Expedition, and he wanted to capture Dingtao, the last city in Shandong occupied by the Manchus, to form an attack on the Qing army in Hebei.  The potential of a pincer attack.

    The process of killing the prisoners of the Qing army became Li Dingguo's swearing-in ceremony. The common people in Shandong had suffered from being bullied by the Qing Dynasty. This time it was a great relief and they breathed a sigh of relief. As for the aftermath of burying the corpses, they were left to the common people.  The Ming army didn't even need to reach out.

    Wu Sangui admired Li Dingguo's arrangements. He couldn't think of a better strategy. What Wu Sangui wanted to know most now was how Emperor Hongguang would treat him and arrange him, so he took the initiative to let his troops stay.  He obeyed Yan Yingyuan's arrangements, and he led five hundred soldiers alone to follow Li Dingguo westward.

    The battle situation of the Central Route Army was indeed as stated in the battle report. It was in a stalemate. The famous Manchu general Ying Erdai caused a lot of trouble to Zhu Youlang and other Ming army generals. As a result, the Central Route Army was unable to break through the Hebei Fifth Army defended by Ying Erdai.  Town, bringing tens of thousands of troops to a standstill.

    On this day, Zhu Youlang received a letter from Li Dingguo. After learning that Li Dingguo had recovered Shandong, Zhu Youlang was disappointed for a while. He originally thought that he could be the first to accomplish a miracle, but he did not expect that Li Dingguo had already recovered Shandong.  After reading the letter, he felt that Li Dingguo was indeed handsome and had a very thorough consideration of the overall situation. When he was preparing to discuss with his generals, he received secret information conveyed by Zhao Ting that Emperor Hongguang was injured, and the injury was serious.

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