When they entered Kunming City, they settled in the military station. While they were having lunch, Deng Ming and the guards hurriedly conducted some brief investigations. The outside of Kunming City was very cautious, but the city seemed quite relaxed. There were some chefs who took care of their food in the military station, but they were not as crowded as the post station outside the city.

Now there are remnants of Xiying everywhere in Yunnan. The Kunming area has just been pacified, and the Qing army has robbed and flew over the local area. They also know that the people are very hostile to them. So Wu Sangui bombed away all the people who originally lived in the city. Now there are no people in Kunming city, no foreign vendors, no passengers, and even no miscellaneous troops. There has never been an accident in more than three months. Even if a bold person attempts to sneak into the city, it is difficult to pass the strict inspection of the guards guarding the city gate.

After preliminary observation, Deng Ming and his party felt that escaping from this military station was not difficult, but trying to escape from the city was a big problem. Deng Ming put away all his thoughts of causing trouble and planned to pay a low-key visit to Wu Sangui once.

Along the way, Deng Ming once asked indirectly why he was summoned to Kunming. Wu Sangui's guards clearly told him that they were to ask some questions about the battle in Dongchuan Prefecture. Wu Sangui had limited time, no time or the mood to slap with a soldier, so one of the responsibilities of the personal soldiers was to let Deng Ming understand what he should say and what he should not say before Wu Sangui met, and not to delay Wu Sangui's precious time.

While on the way, Wu Sangui's guards had asked several times. Deng Ming claimed that he knew nothing. They were just ordered to go from Chongqing to Jianchang to surrender. Later, they heard that Wu Sangui's Yunnan envoy arrived, so they went to meet. Then they were raided by Jianchang's troops and the army was disintegrated. They retreated to Dongchuan Prefecture, and then followed the avenue to Kunming, intending to take the Guizhou route to Chongqing. As for the battle in Dongchuan Prefecture, Deng Ming claimed that he had seen nothing, and when he passed through the strongholds along the way, everything was still there.

OK. After they passed, they saw that many beacon towers behind them were lit, but they did not return to take a look. In short, Deng Ming could not provide any valuable information. Deng Ming would never admit that he had received the command arrows and seals from the guards of Dongchuan Prefecture. As a Baoning soldier, he naturally strictly abides by his duties. In addition to accepting entertainment from the strongholds along the way, he would never interfere in their actions, nor inquire about whether they had received any news, nor inquire about the military information they conveyed.

Wu Sangui's personal guard did not talk about the news from the Dongchuan Prefecture newspaper, and Deng Ming never mentioned this. He asked the Qing soldiers when he was passing through the Dongchuan stronghold and knew that they had received the fake notice he wrote, which mentioned that there was a team of Baoning soldiers, but no one knew that it was the first notice sent by this team of Baoning soldiers.

After listening to Deng Ming's narration, Wu Sangui's personal guard felt that this person was of little use. However, since Wu Sangui had given the explanation, he would take the person back to see him. Maybe Wu Sangui could ask something useful; and if he didn't take the person back, it would be the dereliction of duty of this personal guard.

Deng Ming estimated that Wu Sangui would not take a little Baoning Qiang to heart, so he asked Zhou Kaihuang and others to prepare. He followed the guard to see Wu Sangui in the afternoon. After the other party was impatient to bombard him, everyone would set off to leave Kunming immediately. Now it is very dangerous to stay for a moment. No one knows when the defeated soldiers from Dongchuan Prefecture will flee back to Yunnan. When the time comes, the arrogant incident of Baoning Qiang "Li Ming" is reported to Kunming, and the lies will be exposed immediately.

After lunch, Deng Ming left the Bing Station. Zhou Kaihuang and others were waiting for him to come back. Everyone didn't even open their luggage, so they just waited for Deng Ming to leave immediately as soon as they came back. But Deng Ming didn't come back until the sun was in the west. He didn't come back. He didn't leave anymore and could not leave before the city gate was closed.

Deng Ming finally came back, but they could not leave now because Wu Sangui had not seen Deng Ming at all. Hong Chengchou had just returned to Kunming and discussed with Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong a new wave of offensives to be launched against Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan. In front of such an important military issue, Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong's irrelevant little gambling naturally had to be put aside.

Deng Ming waited for an afternoon, and then a personal soldier came out and asked Deng Ming to go back first and come to see him tomorrow. Because Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou were going to have dinner, they would not meet Deng Ming today.

After hearing this, Zhou Kaihuang and others even complained. If Wu Sangui had something to do today and something to do tomorrow, wouldn’t he have to stay in Kunming for a long time? As time goes by, the danger they exposed became greater and greater, but when they entered the city, everyone handed over all their weapons, and they wouldn’t even be able to do it if they wanted to take a cushion.

Li Xinghan proposed to set fire in the city. Ten thousand Qing troops were stationed in camps near several city gates. Most of the Kunming urban areas were empty, and they would not be discovered even if they were secretly ignited. The fire was so big that it would be discovered. These days, almost everyone under Deng Ming's subordinates have become arson experts. Seeing this situation that is particularly suitable for arson, Li Xinghan and others felt itchy.

However, this opinion was immediately rejected by everyone. It was easy to ignite the fire at night, but when the city started to catch fire, the soldiers guarding the city gate would not let anyone out of the city. With these eighteen bare hands, could they still cut the pass?

"Wait for another day, if Wu Sangui doesn't see me tomorrow, we will slip away in the evening." Deng Ming felt that it was too conspicuous to slip away immediately, so he planned to endure it for another day. If he had nothing to do tomorrow, Wu Sangui's personal guards would probably not be particularly concerned about this matter anymore.

...

Some young guards of Wu Sangui have heard of Hong Chengchou's reputation for a long time, but this is the first time they have seen him. After seeing this famous figure, some guards were a little unexpected and disappointed. At this time, Hong Chengchou was already old and needed to walk slowly. He seemed to be too old to open his eyes. When looking at maps or official documents, he needed to bring his eyes closer. Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong both shouted desperately when talking to Hong Chengchou, but this master of the strategy often couldn't hear it clearly. Even if he heard it clearly, he rarely expressed his opinions. He looked like he could do anything to the various plans proposed by Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong, as if he was completely exhausted.

There were many people who had always talked about Hong Chengchou's arrival in Huguang a few years ago. He blocked the powerful Li Dingguo, so that the Ming army could no longer go further. In addition, Hong Chengchou's previous achievements in the Qing Dynasty's southern and northern expeditions, the Qing army officers and soldiers who had never seen this person thought that Hong Chengchou was definitely a god-like figure. But after seeing Hong Chengchou's old age, many guards on the side, as well as the Qing generals who had not dealt with Hong Chengchou, secretly felt that he should really go home to retire. It seems that blocking Li Dingguo in Huguang in recent years may not be Hong Chengchou's contribution. He has become so old, so how can he command the army? It would be nice not to be confused when he was in the face of the battle and not sending his subordinates into the tiger's mouth. Most of the time, Li Dingguo was at the end of his strength at that time. Hong Chengchou was lucky and was at the right time.

The dishes prepared by Wu Sangui were very rich, including various Yunnan specialties. All the generals who were fortunate to participate were smiling. Only Hong Chengchou still looked slow to react, with only a few teeth falling off his mouth. He put down the spoon after just taking a few bites of porridge.

Seeing that Hong Chengchou seemed to be asleep, Wu Sangui talked about some interesting things he had encountered recently to liven up the atmosphere, which caused laughter after laughter. But Hong Chengchou did not raise any spirit. After trying to smile a few times, his eyelids drooped even lower, and he was about to doze at the banquet.

"There is something in Dongchuan Mansion recently. I am a little confused. I hope the old master will give me some advice." Wu Sangui mentioned the war in Dongchuan Mansion. Zhao Liangdong sat next to him and also interjected a few times. The two of them expressed their opinions and immediately had a debate. Several generals next to him also discussed a few interesting words, and there were many absurdities, which were unanimously ridiculed by Wu and Zhao.

After a few arguments, Wu Sangui suddenly realized that this was a banquet to entertain Hong Chengchou, so why did he ignore the guests? But when he turned to look at Hong Chengchou again, he saw that the old man had already tilted his head and leaned against his seat and fell asleep.

"The boss is really tired." Wu Sangui was bored and signaled Hong Chengchou's guards to send him back to rest.

But Hong Chengchou woke up at this time, and then apologized to everyone present, claiming that he was too old and he was really unbearable. He asked all the accompanying generals to stay and continue to have a good meal. He left first with the help of several guards.

After leaving Wu Sangui's residence and boarding the carriage, Hong Chengchou closed his eyes and rested in the carriage. Now he had no interest in this kind of human communication. He felt that he was not far from being buried, and interpersonal relationships were no longer of little significance. The biggest suspense for Hong Chengchou was whether the Qing Dynasty could firmly consolidate its roots and firmly control the entire China.

Hong Chengchou knew that he was despised and cursed by the world, and he knew that he would definitely not get any good reviews in history, and even his Qing master would not say good things about him in the future. As for the reputation of "maintaining the unity of the motherland", "adhering to the historical trend", and "promoting the great integration of cultures of various ethnic groups", Hong Chengchou did not understand these terms, and even if he understood, he would not expect to be able to hold his head in his dreams. As for the former residence in his hometown, even Hong Chengchou's biological mother and his brother refused to live back, and even his relatives despise Hong Chengchou to such an extent, he would not have thought that one day, someone would build it into a patriotic education base where everyone passes by.

Since he was scolded so badly by the world, Hong Chengchou made up his mind to help the Qing Dynasty establish a foundation that will last forever. If the descendants of the Chinese were ruled by the Tartars for generations, if the whole Chinese were slaves of the Tartars in the end - then how could you be better than me?

As for the argument between Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong, Hong Chengchou had just heard it. At this moment, he snorted in his heart: "After all, they are still two martial artists, and they can only think from a military perspective. This is obviously Jianchang is having an internal strife. Some people are in charge of the war, some are in charge of surrender, and the ones who surrender must have the upper hand, so the ones who are in charge of the battle will fight to the death and cut off the retreat of Jianchang's surrender."

However, in front of Wu Sangui, Zhao Liangdong, or in front of the generals, Hong Chengchou was not interested in showing off. Didn’t Wu Sangui say that someone had already returned from Jianchang just now? Hong Chengchou knew that Wu Sangui would know the truth after asking about the situation. Hong Chengchou felt that instead of trying hard to convince everyone, he might as well go home and carefully ponder the offensive plan that Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong told him today. Hong Chengchou felt that there was no big problem in the plan. But it was time to help the Tartars take over the whole of China. Everyone would soon be a slave to the Tartars like me, and would never have a chance to turn over again. We can’t make any mistakes at the last minute and leave others the opportunity to resist the Tartars.

...

At the military station, Deng Ming was secretly discussing his escape route with the guards after he was about to leave the city tomorrow. Suddenly there was a noise at the door, which sounded like several cavalry arrived.

A moment later, another Qing army with Wu Sangui's personal guard sign entered the military station and stood in the hall and shouted: "Baoning Qianzong Li Ming!" Deng Ming went out to see him after hearing the sound.

It turned out that after Hong Chengchou left the seat, Wu Sangui told Zhao Liangdong that an eyewitness had been taken to Kunming. Since the two talked about the war in Dongchuan Prefecture, they asked the guards to bring Deng Ming to question.

After learning about the situation, Deng Ming was happy and worried. What was happy was that at the banquet, Wu Sangui might be even more impatient and asked more questions; what was worried was that there was no time limit for the banquet, and Wu Sangui might ask endlessly. In addition, there were many people, so who knew if others would suddenly ask any difficult questions. With this uneasy mentality, Deng Ming followed Wu Sangui's personal guards to the temporary palace of the King of Pingxi alone.

When the guards went in to report, Wu Sangui and his friends had already touched other places, and the people were a little drunk. When they were sent to find someone, Wu Sangui asked the guard who brought Deng Ming to Kunming for a few questions, and knew that Mr. Baoning Qian actually knew nothing. Now that the conversation was over, the person who came could not provide any useful information, Wu Sangui frowned and asked the guard to bomb the person away. But Zhao Liangdong said to the side, thinking that since he came, he would have some useful news. Maybe Mr. Baoning Qian still had some questions and asked him to leave.

When Wu Sangui thought about it, he was so, and he brought everyone to Kunming. He was so cold that he was so loyal to the guards. For such a guy who didn't know anything, Wu Sangui didn't have this leisure.

"Bring it in." Wu Sangui ordered.

Deng Ming was taken to a noisy banquet. Wu Sangui, who was already a little drunk, had a bright look when he saw the person. The young man looked in good health - Deng Ming developed well because of his good nutrition, with a straight waist and a good appearance.

With Wu Sangui as his general for many years, he also saw that this young officer had a sense of courage: "This is a man who has been on the battlefield, fought and killed people, and he is still so young, that's not bad." Wu Sangui commented in his heart. Zhao Liangdong next to him glanced at Deng Ming, and his judgment on this person was similar to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui asked about the situation of Dongchuan Prefecture, and Deng Ming said that he was not aware of it. He was just busy heading south and planned to detour and return to Chongqing earlier, and had no time to care about the war later. Deng Ming was even more impossible to ask about the military information report delivered in Dongchuan Prefecture due to his authority. As for Jianchang's current situation, Deng Ming's statement was similar to the report he sent, that is, Jianchang is currently in charge of Di Sanxi. Maybe in order to gain prestige, he deceived Li Guoying and Wu Sangui to surrender and deceived several Qing soldiers to kill him to establish his authority. Deng Ming repeatedly emphasized that this was his guess and the specific facts were not clear.

If it was an ordinary person, the conversation would probably end here. Wu Sangui might throw some rewards to Mr. Baoning Qian, who had run a detour, and send Deng Ming away and let him leave Kunming tomorrow. However, because Deng Ming left a good first impression on Wu Sangui, he asked more: "How did you get ambushed in Jianchang?"

...

Two hours later, Hong Chengchou's general returned from the Pingxi Palace. After a confidant general returned to the palace, he saw that the study was still brightly lit. Hong Chengchou was frowning and pondering at the huge map of southwestern Yunnan and Myanmar spread on the table. At his hand was a thick stack of reports from the frontline generals.

"My elders have worked so hard." The confidant was so moved that he didn't know what to say. While they were having fun at Wu Sangui's banquet, Hong Chengchou was alone thinking about the loopholes in the military plan.

"How can a king's affairs be neglected?" Hong Chengchou said lightly and asked a few questions about what happened at the dinner.

When he heard Wu Sangui come to the witness who had been to Jianchang, Hong Chengchou smiled slightly and asked without raising his head, "Who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who

"Huh?" Hong Chengchou's words stunned the general. He was very familiar with Hong Jingluo. He knew that this old man looked old, but in fact he was still a sword that was not old and he would be right.

"Isn't Jianchang the one sect the main battle and the other sect the main surrender?" Hong Chengchou saw that the general did not reply, slowly raised his head and asked slowly, "What did that Bao Ning Qian say?"

"He said..." The general quickly repeated the general's general's general's narrative: there was no sign of internal strife and disagreement in the Jianchang Ming army, and it was likely that Di Sanxi was in order to establish his authority.

"No!" Hong Chengchou began to shake his head before he finished listening.

Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong had actually thought of the Ming army's military operations, but because they could not explain it politically, they retreated. Hong Chengchou was very clear about what happened in Dongchuan Prefecture. This statement by Baoning Qian was inconsistent with the facts recognized by Hong Chengchou, making Mingming's clear facts blurred. Hong Chengchou did not remind Wu Sangui just now because he felt that the truth would be revealed in a moment, which was not a particularly important matter. But after listening to the report from his confidant, Hong Chengchou immediately felt a little uneasy: someone was trying to deceive the generals of the Qing Dynasty. Although he didn't know why, it was obvious that this person attempted to be unfavorable to the great cause of the Tartars to conquer China!

"This person's words are not completely untrue," Hong Chengchou reached out to take out a command arrow from the bamboo tube and threw it to the general. At this time, his eyes opened, and there was no sluggishness in it, and there was a hint of turbidity: "Go quickly and bring this Mr. Baoning Qian to this wise man!"
Chapter completed!