The Battle of Seven Star Pass made Wu Sangui famous. Shunzhi sent guard Niyada to his army to express condolences, but there was one thing that was better than defeating Li Dingguo. The emperor sent a special envoy to express condolences to Wu Sangui, which was that Li Guohan, who went south to Guizhou with him, died of illness.

Li Guohan was a native of the Han army's Inlaid Blue Banner. At that time, Emperor Taizong was appointed as the palace guard. Because of his bravery in combat, he was later promoted to Gushan Ezhen, the Han army's Inlaid Blue Banner. His position has advanced to the first-class Angbang Zhangjing. In the fifth year of Shunzhi, he was awarded the Dingxi General by the Qing court and guarded Hanzhong with Wu Sangui.

In short, Li Guohan and Wu Sangui have been partnering with each other for almost ten years, but his death did not make Wu Sangui feel sad, but instead he was ecstatic. Because Li Guohan was nominally assisting him, but in fact, the Qing court sent him to monitor and restrain him, the King of Pingxi. Like Li Guohan, another person who had the mission of restraining Wu Sangui was Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Both Li Guoying and Li Guohan's surname are Li, and their names are also the same. People who don't know say they are brothers, but in fact they have no blood relationship. Li Guohan was a bannerman of the Han army as early as the Later Jin Dynasty, and Li Guoying was the general of the Ming Dynasty general Zuo Liangyu until the Jiashen year. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Zuo Menggeng, the son of Zuo Liangyu. Later, he followed Prince Su Haoge to Sichuan and was promoted to the general of Chengdu for his merits. Now he is the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Now that the second Li went, Wu Sangui didn't like it, what's more important is that when Li Guohan died, the Qing army under his command could only be controlled by Wu Sangui, which made Wu Sangui able to command more than 70,000 troops. In addition, the Southern Ming surrendered army, which was incorporated in Sichuan and Guizhou, was nominally dispatched by Wu Sangui, the King of Pingxi. It was because of the large number of soldiers and strong strength that Wu Sangui had the confidence to cross the Heishi and fight against Li Dingguo one after another.

However, although these two battles defeated Li Dingguo and forced Li Dingguo to retreat to Yunnan, Wu Sangui also paid a price of nearly 20,000 casualties. After the war, the Wu army was unable to continue to go deeper, so they could only rest in Zunyi and wait for the arrival of the other two Qing troops.

On the seventh day of the fifth month, Duni, the prince of Xin County who entered Guizhou, ordered Wu Sangui to quickly arrive at Yang Laobao in the southeast of Pingyue Prefecture to participate in the military convention. At the same time, the Qing generals such as Roto and Hong Chengchou in Guiyang, Zhao Butai in Duyun, and Shi Guoan in Xing were all received Duni's orders.

Wu Sangui did not rush to Yang Laobao. He knew that although the Manchu army led by Doni had entered Guizhou, it would definitely not serve as the vanguard of entering Yunnan, nor would it cause a large number of casualties in Yunnan. Therefore, Doni's troops were called the main force of the army, but in fact it was the supervisor of the Qing army of various units, especially Wu Sangui's troops. Who told him to Pingxi King was a Han Chinese, and his soldiers and generals were also Han Chinese. The Qing court used Manzhou to control the Mongolian army and Han army, and the Mongolian and Han army to control the green camp. This national policy and military strategy would not change at any time.

It was not that Wu Sangui didn't want to take the first contribution of destroying the country, but although Li Dingguo retreated to Yunnan, his direct troops still had 20,000 to 30,000 elite soldiers, including Liu Wenxiu, Bai Wenxuan, Feng Shuangli, Ma Bao, Ma Weixing and other Ming troops were scattered in Yunnan, and these people had more or less soldiers, and together there were 100,000 troops. In addition, there were chieftains in Yunnan who were still obeying the orders of the Yongli court, so although there were only one province territory left, the Qing army wanted to completely occupy Yunnan and solve the problem of various Qing troops. It was not easy to take Kunming directly, kill Li Dingguo, and capture Zhu Youlang so easily.

In the battles between Black Stone Du and Qixing Pass, Wu Sangui's direct Guanning Army suffered heavy casualties. Although there were many surrendered soldiers, they could not rely on them. Therefore, Wu Sangui could only mobilize to Yunnan to fight with the Ming army in Yunnan. This little force could only barely fight against Li Dingguo's main troops. If he faced Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan's direct Guanning Army would probably not be able to defeat him. Even if he could win, after several major battles, he would be afraid that Wu Sangui's direct Guanning Army would be exhausted.

The rabbit was anxious and bitten. Wu Sangui didn't want to fight such a fierce battle that killed 1,000 enemies and damaged himself. When he was in Liaodong, he knew how to guarantee his own interests and saw too many uncles and fathers sacrificed the foreign tourists to preserve the Guanning Army. As the military leader, he had to have soldiers, and the same was true for being a prince. If there were no soldiers, what if you were emperors? Don't think that the Qing court is very favored to the Wu family now. Wu Sangui was named king, his son was granted a princess, and promised to support him in a province to pacify the Xi vassal state. If he really wanted to fight all the troops and the Ming army, the Qing court would probably put aside all the promises before and cleaned him up to pacify the Xi vassal state.

Wu Sangui saw it very clearly, so he did not want to act as the pioneer of Yunnan and consumed his old foundation in Yunnan. He summoned his advisers Fang Xianting and Hu Shouliang to ask them for advice on how to avoid becoming cannon fodder.

Hu Shouliang was a counselor of Wu Sangui's uncle Zu Dashou in his early years. After Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he surrendered to Zu Dashou's brother-in-law Wu Xiang, who was Wu Sangui's father. Since then, he has been working in the Wu family. When Wu Sangui decided to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Hu Shouliang and Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan, both advocated surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which made Wu Sangui make up his mind to contact Dorgon. When the Qing court asked Wu Sangui to lead the army south, Hu Shouliang happened to be sick and had no time to follow the army, but when he recovered, he hurried to Zunyi. This move moved Wu Sangui very much.

Hu Shouliang told Wu Sangui: "If you seek a strategy of self-protection, you must understand the distribution of the main force of the Ming army in Yunnan."

Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Returned to the spies sent to Yunnan, the main force led by Li Dingguo was stationed in Luoping. The pseudo-Shu King Liu Wenxiu became seriously ill in Kunming because of his military power being seized by Li Dingguo. He could no longer lead the troops. Where other generals such as Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and others were stationed, and there has not been a clear investigation yet."

Hu Shouliang smiled and said, "Just know where Li Dingguo is, others are not worth worrying about."

"How could Brother Hu speak like this?" Fang Xianting was a little surprised.

"In the Ming army, Li Ding's national football team is resourceful and the best at fighting, so as long as we don't go to Luo Ping to fight Li Ding's country head-on, we will never suffer any losses in the hands of others, so that we can naturally preserve our strength."

Wu Sangui agreed happily after hearing this and said, "This is reasonable. I don't want to fight against Li Dingguo anymore. After all, our foundation has been consumed too much. Who knows if the Qing court will hide all the birds and keep the rabbits dead and the dogs cook them?"

Fang Xianting pondered for a moment and said, "I think whether it is Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan or Feng Shuangli, we should try not to fight with them. Let Roto and Zhao Butai and the others fight. After they fight, we will decide on the next action according to the results."

"This method is good to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but Doni is afraid that he will not let me be idle." Wu Sangui was a little worried, and his idea was good, but could Doni let him preserve his strength in Zunyi like this?

Unexpectedly, Fang Xianting laughed and said, "Prince, you lead the soldiers and you fight the battles. How can Doni, a yellow-haired child, control the prince in the back?"

Hu Shouliang also laughed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, go to Yang Laobao. What arrangements are Donni's. Please listen first, and see what others say. If you can push, push it. If you can't push it, respond first. The commander of the left and right is the commander of the prince. Donni, the commander of the army, is too young compared to his father Dodo and his uncle Dorgon. He cannot compare with Nikan and Yue Le. So what if we bully him?"

After the two strategists said this, Wu Sangui immediately realized. To be honest, he looked down on Doni, a young army commander, from the bottom of his heart. Can a yellow-haired child who has never passed the battle formation but has only relied on attacking his father Prince?
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