As the commander, Wu Sangui certainly knew that tens of thousands of old Qing troops stationed in the north of the city looked down on the newly surrendered former Xiying troops, but the hatred between them was not deep enough, so no general would have taken advantage of the riots in Kunming to sneak attack the Xiying surrendered troops. Even if there were such a madman who was not afraid of Wu Sangui's military law, all the generals would not be confused and led 50,000 troops to go out together. The most important thing was that Wu Sangui knew that no one could mobilize the army except himself.

But Wu Sangui couldn't help but disbelief. He asked the guards on the city tower carefully and confirmed that it was the Qing army in the north of the city that was the first to send troops. After Wu Sangui woke up, he sent his personal guards out of the city to send orders. Although the guards were stopped and could not leave the city, several people were also witnesses of the conflict. They confirmed to Wu Sangui that what the guards said was not false. It was indeed the Qing army who rushed to attack the forward Western army. For these guards and guards on the Kunming city tower, it was not very great that the Xiying surrendered troops went out of the camp. First of all, these troops did not come towards Kunming, which did not seem to be a threatening behavior. Secondly, it was not too strange whether it was the mobilization of the Xiying soldiers or the lighting of the lights in their camp. After all, it was a fire in Kunming. In this case, it was normal for the troops outside the city to enter a state of alert and wait for orders. The Qing army in the north of the city did this earlier.

Wu Sangui really wanted to send someone to ask the old Qing army outside the city, how dare he act without his own order? Treating this group of surrendered troops well was not only of military significance, but also of political significance to Wu Sangui. Most of the surrendered in the Huguang battlefield were Sun Kewang's direct descendants. After Wu Sangui entered Guizhou, some direct descendants who were not Sun Kewang also surrendered to the Qing army under the guidance of the former, not only because the situation in the Southern Ming Dynasty was critical, but also because the Qing army treated these surrendered troops quite well.

Now Kunming has been decided, and the Emperor of Yongli abandoned the country, Li Dingguo was forced into the wilderness and was unable to counterattack. A large number of Ming troops surrendered to Wu Sangui because they completely lost confidence. He knew that as long as they treated these surrendered troops well and set an example for the remaining Ming army, the surrendered Ming soldiers and generals would follow one after another. Without these Ming troops' restraints on the Qing army, Li Dingguo would be even more unable to resist the main attack of the Qing army, and Wu Sangui would be able to free up more mobile forces to drive Li Dingguo farther away, making the remaining Ming troops even more desperate. This was like rolling a snowball. The process had begun. As long as Wu Sangui did not make mistakes, Li Dingguo would not be able to stop the snowball from rolling. No matter how great he was, he could only watch himself be crushed to death.

Wu Sangui explained this truth to his generals, and he explained it very clearly to them: as long as he treats these surrendered former Xiying well, he will no longer need to fight tough battles in the future. He may even not even need to fight the war by himself, just let these surrendered troops go into battle. You can sit behind and watch others earn money for you desperately.

Wu Sangui finally surrendered 30,000 Xiying Army. He didn't understand why the Qing army in the north of the city foolishly attacked them. If the matter really made a big deal - that would be more than 30,000 Xiying Army. If it spread, people in the world would definitely think that they were killing surrendered soldiers. Not only would the remaining Ming army fight to the end in the future, but the Ming army that had surrendered elsewhere would be unstable.

Although some battle scenes can be seen with the help of the firelight rising from Kunming City, there was chaos outside the city, and it was difficult to find where the command flags of each battalion were. It was very difficult to contact the generals of each battalion. Although it was difficult, we still had to do it as soon as possible. What Wu Sangui thought was to restore control of the troops outside the city as soon as possible so that they would not kill each other inexplicably.

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At this time, the perpetrator was leaving Kunming, and the burning Kunming behind him was like a torch in the vast night.

"Is this the fire we set?" Li Xinghan and others turned around frequently. The current scene in Kunming made them very surprised while being happy. Half of the sky was reflected by the fire. Li Xinghan was still a little puzzled: "We came out of the city directly, and we didn't go to the city to set fires everywhere."

"It's better than setting fires in the city. If there are not a few hundred people, I'm afraid I can't light such a fire." Deng Ming said. He didn't expect the fire to be so big at first, but no matter how big the fire is, it will eventually be extinguished. After all, there are nearly 100,000 Qing troops inside and outside Kunming City. He urged his companions to leave quickly.

There were still bursts of shouts and fighting from afar. Deng Ming estimated that his authorized action had achieved results. At present, the Xiying Surrendered Army was fighting with the Qing army. Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui had been through battle for a long time. Others might be helpless in such a situation of night-time chaos, but they were experienced and could quickly gather the storm and suppress the Xiying. At most, they would be in a hurry. The Xiying Surrendered Army had no unified command. If they did not surrender, they might be wiped out soon.

There are also Zhao Liangdong's troops. I have just been to several Qing army camps. Deng Ming was most impressed by Zhao Liangdong's camp. Just by looking at it from the outside, you can see that it is unique and orderly. After learning from the guards that it was Zhao Liangdong's military camp, Deng Ming made an excuse and turned around and left. Because he knew that with such a military discipline, it would be useless to send orders when the general was not there. No matter what, now the two armies are fighting fire, Wu Sangui, Zhao Liangdong and others will definitely support the old Qing army, and Zhao Liangdong's troops will be the new force to attack the surrendered army in the Xiying.

Zhou Kaihuang heard Deng Ming sigh and asked strangely: "Why do you still sympathize with those traitors?"

"It has been more than ten years since the Tartars entered the pass, and it is not easy for the Xiying soldiers to persist until today. These Xiying soldiers who stayed in Yunnan are even more embarrassing than the Jianchang Army. If the emperor does not abandon the country and they have commanders, I think most of them will not surrender."

However, although Deng Ming sympathized with them, no matter what, even if they were eliminated by the Qing army under the city of Kunming, they would be more likely to watch them attack Li Dingguoqiang.

"Xiying may surrender soon, or be eliminated by Wu Sangui. There will be fewer soldiers and generals in the surrender of Xiying, and there will be fewer vanguards sent by Wu thieves to attack King Jin in the future." Deng Ming was so determined that he no longer considered the fate of the surrendered army in Xiying. With Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou, their ending was already destined. This action helped Li Dingguo a little bit: "Then the Qing army will put out the fire with all its might. If the Xiying could drag it for a while, the Qing army would suffer greater losses and the Jin king would be less pressure."

Wu Sangui will not be able to end the chaos inside and outside Kunming at the earliest until dawn. When he finds out Deng Ming's identity and issues an emergency military order to intercept it along the way, it will be until afternoon.

"Snatch the time, we must rush back to Dongchuan Prefecture as soon as possible."

Wu Sangui's identity as a personal soldier may be available for one day today, but I'm afraid he will have to use the Baoning Qiang General's brand tomorrow. I wonder if Baoning Qiang General's brand will be intercepted tomorrow. If possible, maybe he can find an opportunity to ambush a letter messenger to see how Wu Sangui informed various places, and before leaving Yunnan, he would leave a letter to Wu Sangui.

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"It's all Hong Zhenglai..." Wu Sangui complained softly while instructing the city gate guards to open the city gate. He felt that it was all Hong Chengchou's fault for issuing the order to block the city gate, otherwise his personal guard might have arrived at the camp of the generals outside the city in time - in fact, it was still too late, but Wu Sangui felt that if he had the chance, he could at least stop a few so that he would not be like this.

As soon as the words "Hong Jingluo" were expressed, it seemed that a flash of lightning suddenly passed by Wu Sangui's eyes, tearing open the heavy fog in front of him. He felt that he had caught some clues. Today's incident seemed to have a lot to do with Hong Chengchou.

That's right, Wu Sangui felt that the generals outside the city could not go crazy collectively. They must have been instructed by someone in this way. Who can command the 50,000 Qing troops? Except for him, there is only one person who can mobilize the army, that is, Hong Chengchou. Wu Sangui asked himself that even if he wanted to order the Qing army in the north of the city to raid the surrendered troops in the south of the city, he also needed to spend time explaining to them, explaining the reasons, and letting them see the benefits of the merits, otherwise who would be willing to fight and work hard? Except for Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui himself, there is no third person who can command so many generals to send troops. Who supported these generals and dared to disobey their military orders?

Wu Sangui felt his heart contracting suddenly. His complaining words stopped abruptly, his hands were hanging in the air, thinking nervously. The more he followed this idea, the more terrible Wu Sangui felt, because there were some generals outside the city who were his confidants... Could it be that Hong Chengchou controlled them all?

Wu Sangui did not think that Hong Chengchou had the ability to make all his generals betray him. Perhaps this was why Hong Chengchou blocked the city gates, and he also specifically told him not to allow Wu Sangui's personal soldiers to leave the city and must be verified. He wanted to isolate the traffic inside and outside the city and contact him.

Wu Sangui immediately found that all the doubts were resolved

Why can we set fire in the arsenal? It is obviously arranged by Hong Chengchou. Since he has coordinated it, it is of course very easy. This fire is mostly to restrain Wu Sangui's attention. As for his personal soldiers and the unlucky Mr. Baoning Qian, it is likely that he happened to break through Hong Chengchou's arrangement and was silenced, so he has never come back. Wu Sangui never believed in the Li Ming's arson. Mr. Baoning Qian just happened to enter Kunming City. What plan could he have?

Wu Sangui felt that there might be two reasons for attacking the Xiying surrendered army outside the city. First, these Western troops were led by Wu Sangui, and they were also controlled by him. If they achieved military achievements in the future, they would be recorded in Wu Sangui's name. If they eliminated these Western troops and gave them a rebellion at night, they could fundamentally deny Wu Sangui's achievements; second, there should be some generals in these troops who tend toward Wu Sangui, and Hong Chengchou could only use a war to control them first, and then try to fully grasp them.

"Why did Hong Chengchou have to deal with me?" Although he could not answer this question, Wu Sangui did not delay much. He immediately began to guess the other party's trump card: "Are he not afraid of the court's crime when he did this? Or was his move instructed by the court?"

Wu Sangui quickly denied the latter question. If there was the instruction of the Qing court, Hong Chengchou would not have to cause such trouble. However, since the mastermind behind the scenes was Hong Chengchou and the target was himself, Wu Sangui immediately realized what to do now. He glanced at the soldiers around him, and there was a guard holding Hong Chengchou's arrow on the city tower. Wu Sangui winked and shouted lightly. The guards behind him rushed forward and captured these Hong Chengchou's people.

"Tell me, where is Hong Jinglei now?" Wu Sangui asked coldly. Hong Chengchou might be in charge outside the city, trying to use this fire to cover up his whereabouts and attract his attention completely in Kunming City.

Hong Chengchou's personal guards were all speechless, not understanding what was going on. Wu Sangui's sharp eyes moved away from them and swept over the stunned city tower guards. Suddenly he saw Zhao Liangdong hiding by the wall.

Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong have not been working for a long time. Zhao Liangdong used to be under Hong Chengchou. Because Wu Sangui felt that Hong Chengchou had similar ambitions, he needed to work together in the major event of extermination of the Ming army. In addition to his appreciation of Zhao Liangdong's military talents, he always regarded Zhao Liangdong as his own: "What order will he receive tonight? Was Hong Chengchou put it beside me and tripped me?"

After waking up, Zhao Liangdong also felt that things tonight were unprecedentedly messy. Just now, Wu Sangui spit out the three words "Hong Jinglei" and suddenly stopped moving. Zhao Liangdong was reminded and became suspicious about the same as Wu Sangui. But when Wu Sangui suddenly attacked and took Hong Chengchou's personal guards, Zhao Liangdong would not understand what was going on. This must be an internal strife initiated by Hong Chengchou!

Zhao Liangdong dared to swear that he had never participated in this conspiracy and was also deeply saddened by the war outside the city. In order to win over these surrendered Xiying generals, he spent a lot of time these days; Zhao Liangdong was also sure that there was no third person in Kunming City except Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou, which could launch this mutiny. Although Zhao Liangdong was appointed as the commander of the expeditionary army outside the city and was about to lead a large army, he asked himself that he could not convince the generals to disobey Wu Sangui's military orders and attack the newly recruited Xiying troops.

After finding himself in a dangerous vortex, Zhao Liangdong quietly moved to the wall slowly, thinking that he would move to the steps and slip down the city tower without knowing it, trying to escape back to the military camp outside his city, and then close the gate and never come out until the winner is decided in Kunming City, and then lose to the winner.

Every time he took a small step, Zhao Liangdong felt that he was farther away from this terrible vortex, but unfortunately, even though one foot had already hit the edge of the steps, Wu Sangui discovered it. As soon as he contacted Wu Sangui's fierce gaze, Zhao Liangdong knew that he had no chance to stay out of it and had to make a choice at this time.

"The general knows nothing about this. If there is a half-thunderous statement, the sky will hit five thunders!" Zhao Liangdong's reaction was very fast. He knelt on the ground with a thunder and swears. Zhao Liangdong didn't understand what Hong Chengchou was going to do. Did he want to murder Wu Sangui and take the credit for pacifying the southwest? It is not impossible to make such a great contribution even if he was named a vassal state by the court. I really didn't see that Hong Jingluo is really old and his heart is not old. Zhao Liangdong muttered in his heart.

Wu Sangui stared at Zhao Liangdong and thought about it again and again. This person was unlikely to be involved in Hong Chengchou's conspiracy against him. Zhao Liangdong drank a lot of wine at the dinner, and Wu Sangui had indeed put in some effort to win over Zhao Liangdong these days. He felt that Hong Chengchou could not give more credit to buy this person. Finally, Wu Sangui thought of the Li Ming incident again. This matter was likely to be a slander by Hong Chengchou and told the court that his personal soldiers and Zhao Liangdong's subordinates set fire in Kunming. It seems that Zhao Liangdong was also under Hong Chengchou's plan.

"I am loyal to the emperor and the court. This is a frame-up of loyal and kindness." Wu Sangui changed into a sad expression and said to Zhao Liangdong. He felt that whether Hong Chengchou planned to use Li Ming to frame Zhao Liangdong or wanted to use this handle to threaten Zhao Liangdong, it means that Zhao Liangdong is not Hong Chengchou's person yet.

"That's right, right? The last general dares to ask the general to write to the court to explain clearly. The last general dares to ask for a letter to be named."

Zhao Liangdong felt that Hong Chengchou's move was too risky. Although it could be said that Wu Sangui was rebelling and colluding with Li Dingguo of Xiying to seize Kunming and welcome Yongli, would the court believe this kind of lies? Hong Chengchou was scheming and had a series of fierce killing moves afterwards. Zhao Liangdong really didn't want to get involved in this muddy water of Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou's fight. He just couldn't get through Wu Sangui's level without expressing his attitude, but Zhao Liangdong had only one way to go. He immediately suggested: "The generals have a battalion of soldiers outside the city, and no one could move without the generals. The generals were willing to send a personal soldier to greet them into the city."

Zhao Liangdong put himself in his shoes and thought for Wu Sangui. The most urgent task at the moment is to ensure Kunming and control the army at hand to ensure Wu Sangui's safety. Hong Chengchou's biggest opportunity is to kill Wu Sangui in the chaos. As long as Wu Sangui can persist until the daytime and let the officers and soldiers outside the city see him clearly, then Hong Chengchou will not be able to kill and silence him. No matter what Hong Chengchou's reason, as long as this lawsuit is beaten into the court, Wu Sangui will not seem to lose. Most of the time, Hong Chengchou is going to be unlucky. The worst case is that the court will each hit fifty boards, so that they can continue to work together.

Wu Sangui also thought about it this way, but he also knew Hong Chengchou's power, and the opponent's move tonight would be a killer move. It burned Kunming and triggered a melee between 80,000 troops outside the city. After Hong Chengchou made such a big noise, he didn't know what other methods would be next, and perhaps he had a killer move to kill him.

Wu Sangui nodded in agreement and rushed to the north gate with Zhao Liangdong. On the way, Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong were drunk a little more, and began to doubt the judgment just now: Hong Chengchou is an important official of the country, why did he burn Kunming? However, no matter how you think it is that mobilizing troops and setting fire to the city are related to it. It is unlikely that the two groups of people created chaos at the same time by coincidence.

After the two arrived at the north gate, Wu Sangui immediately called the officers from the city gate tower to ask about the situation again. These people also said that they saw the Qing army voluntarily leaving the barracks and heading south. After hearing this, Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong concluded that someone was mobilizing the army. Since it was not Wu Sangui, it could only be Hong Chengchou. If the army was mobilized by Hong Chengchou, then he did the fire - it could not be someone else setting the fire. Then, when Hong Chengchou saw that Kunming was on fire, he suddenly dispatched troops to attack the barracks in the south of the city, right? This old guy has cheated many people in his life, and he can be regarded as a cunning person. Wu Sangui thinks that safety is the first priority and must not be careless.

After seeing from the top of the city that Zhao Liangdong's military camp was indeed safe and sound, Wu Sangui changed his mind: "No, don't let the personal soldiers pass the order."

Wu Sangui knew that Zhao Liangdong wanted to win the trust of him, but who dared to say that Hong Chengchou did not ambush outside Zhao Liangdong's military camp, or had already bribed one of his generals? Zhao Liangdong's personal soldiers returned with the arrow and just gave the troops to Hong Chengchou. Wu Sangui knew that the situation was extremely dangerous and did not dare to explain to everyone his suspicion of Hong Chengchou. He could only use the excuse of extinguishing fires to mobilize the troops and first control the city gates. With such a large city, except for unreliable and uncontrollable chaos soldiers, Wu Sangui calculated that the troops in his hands were still very nervous.

Zhao Liangdong's thousands of subordinates plus Wu Sangui's headquarters are important bargaining chips to hold on until dawn. Now I bet whether Zhao Liangdong is willing to advance and retreat with him. Wu Sangui said: "I will go with the general."

Letting Zhao Liangdong return to the camp can ensure control of the army. Going with him is not only to ensure Zhao Liangdong's safety, but also to prevent Zhao Liangdong from closing the camp after returning to the camp, and no longer care about his life and death.

After ordering a trusted general to guard the city gate for him, Wu Sangui hurriedly rode his horse with Zhao Liangdong toward his military camp. In the midst of chaos, he finally saw the main general return to the camp. Zhao Liangdong's generals were both surprised and happy. Wu Sangui did not give them time to ask, and hurriedly urged Zhao Liangdong to lead troops into the city as soon as possible.

With Wu Sangui being supervised by the side, Zhao Liangdong no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the entire army to enter the city.

Tens of thousands of Qing troops in the south of the city are still fighting fiercely, and someone urgently needs to command the entire army. However, Wu Sangui thought that they were commanded by Hong Chengchou, so he did not intend to run inside. Without seeing Hong Chengchou's methods clearly, Wu Sangui decided to use static to control the situation.

After entering the city, Wu Sangui felt that his safety had been guaranteed, so he sent a few capable confidants to let them leave the city with their orders. Some generals outside the city, Wu Sangui, thought they would definitely obey their orders, so he asked these confidants to find these troops and let them stop fighting with Xiying and return to the camp.

Now Wu Sangui plans to carefully restore his control over the army and let his subordinates withdraw from the unnecessary battle. As for the issue of firefighting...Wu Sangui is still in mind now to consider the fire in Kunming City?
Chapter completed!