The broken hand fell to the ground, and the boat board was smashed and thudded. Li Mingxun was shocked and could not speak for a moment. His original intention was to let the Zhongzhen Camp hand over a few riots to punish the world, but he never thought that Gao Yigong was such a real man, and he took on the blame for the Huaiji massacre. Li Guo grabbed Gao Yigong's broken arm and said, "What is this? Huaiji's business is obviously my own life and has nothing to do with you."

"You are alone in carrying the lives of tens of thousands of people in my camp. How can you make mistakes?" Gao Yigong said with a pale face.

Li Mingxun had already called his men to find a military doctor. Fortunately, the United States has studied trauma a lot over the years, and the consul followed the most experienced surgical military doctor next to him. The doctor came up to calmly stop bleeding and bandage the wound. Li Guo and others were waiting aside. Suddenly, Li Guo looked at Yuan Shizhong, pulled out his sword, and put his hand on the desk. Li Guo gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Shizhong, I attacked you back then, and I will give you a finger today, and the grudges will be cleared."

Yuan Shizhong didn't care about those things, and stopped Li Guo and said, "Don't let it do this, the old things have become clouds and smoke. You and I will fight against the enemy together. How can we still care about it? The grudges are cleared, and the grudges are cleared."

Li Mingxun didn't expect that the second leader of the Zhongzhen Camp who came to negotiate was so strong, and hurriedly said, "Everyone, we are here to seek peace, but don't be reckless."

Li Jiaodao: "We Northwest men are so happy. Since we want to do our career together in the future, we have to say ugly things. No one will owe anyone else!"

"I don't owe it anymore. General Gao has already paid off with one hand. You and I will only talk about the anti-Qing emperor's enemy in the future, regardless of the previous grudges and hatreds!" Yuan Shizhong said earnestly, his eyes red.

Gao Yigong held up Li Mingxun's hand with one hand, placed it on Li Guo's hand, and said, "From today, we will be brothers of comrades and will never give up!"

"I will never give up on you!" Li Mingxun responded in a deep voice.

The two sides reached an agreement and had endless joy. Li Mingxun asked to release all the loyal camps to freedom. The loyal camps also handed over all the captured men and women to the land battle camps. Only a small number of the gentry and landlords returned to their hometowns, and most of them went downstream to Hong Kong, and then immigrated overseas.

Just outside Zhaoqing City, the two sides jointly operated a place, and the baggage camp brought wine and meat to a banquet with Zhongzhen Camp. At the banquet, Li Guo announced his joining the Unified Front of the Anti-Qing Imperial Barbarians, and Li Mingxun also gave Zhongzhen Camp a relatively independent position in the Unified Front, and agreed to provide 40,000 shi of military rations each year. Both sides were very happy, but the Zhu Ming court in Zhaoqing City was uneasy.

On the three days of the banquet, Li Laiheng led the vanguard into Wuzhou, pretending to be friendly with Chen Bangfu, Duke of Qingguo, and set up a Hongmen Banquet, but the news came out, Chen Bangfu was not deceived, and Li Laiheng turned to attack directly, and attacked everywhere in Wuzhou and Xunzhou. Chen Bangfu was trapped in Xunzhou City, and his troops were swept away.

After the banquet, the angels in Zhaoqing City arrived and rebuked the Zhongzhen Camp, Qiongfan, Huifan and the Four Army of the United States stationed near each other, and made ill-conspiracy, requiring the Four Army to go to the front line and defend one side, and no longer stay near Zhaoqing. All the parties were surprised by the tough attitude of the court, as if the person trapped in the city was not the emperor, but the one on their own.

Fortunately, Li Yuanyin had been in Zhaoqing as the representative of Dongxun for a long time and had several political allies in the court. Jinbao, the Minister of Rites of Huya, was one of them. This person was recognized as a "direct minister" and "qingliu". Li Yuanyin said that although he was only thirty-five, he was a stubborn old stubborn man. Even so, Jinbao still brought shocking news to everyone. The Daxi Army, who had been in Yunnan for many years, was asking the emperor for title, and the envoy had arrived in Zhaoqing City.

The Western Army was defeated by Prince Su Haoge in Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong was killed, and he moved to Yunnan, preparing for war. Now he is known as 300,000 soldiers. Although it is an exaggeration, there are always 100,000 people. In terms of the number and quality of the army, they are the number one force in the world's anti-Qing forces. This is also the reliance of the Zhu Ming court!

Li Mingxun saw hope in it. If the Western Army was willing to go out to Yunnan to fight the Qing Dynasty, then Guangdong and Guangxi would be safe. With such a weight, the power balance between the Ming and Qing dynasties would have changed. At least the Qing army no longer had an absolute advantage. Li Mingxun decided to stay and observe the situation. If the Western Army came out of the mountain, the United States could also throw away its chips. If necessary, it would be okay to even give up the Shandong battlefield.

Just imagine the Western Army, the Ming army's vassals, the Zhongzhen Camp, and the United Kingdom army gathered in the southwest to have a dignified battle between the Five Armies with the Qing Tartars. The anti-Qing forces are sure to win!

However, ideals are full, but reality is very backbone. Li Mingxun wrote to Zhu Ming's court in person, and spoke earnestly in the letter, directly explaining the importance of inviting the Western Army to Yunnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He even guaranteed that if the Western Army was willing to send 50,000 troops, the United Nations army would also do its best to protect the southwest half of the wall!

Zhu Ming's court's reaction was very cold. Yongli replied: The Western Army left Yunnan, which was the internal affairs of the country. The court had its own laws. How could it be considered by outsiders! The country of the son-in-law and our Ming Dynasty had a favor with the Qin and Jin dynasties. However, the matter of the imperial captives should be each working hard. Previously, the son-in-law insisted on opening up the battlefield in Shandong, but he had abandoned the southwest. How could he continue to take care of Guangdong and Guangxi and then give up halfway?

Obviously, the Zhu Ming court did not want Li Mingxun to participate in the Western Army's request for title.

In April, Du Yinxi, the Minister of War, returned from the front line, and Li Mingxun finally got to see him. Du Yinxi can be said to be the most realistic high-ranking official in the Southern Ming court. He had one hand in charge of the Shun Army being dependent on the Qing army, and also advocated persuading the Western Army to send troops. He also advocated uniting all the anti-Qing forces in the world, without any national views. This was the favorite ally of the Ming Kingdom of the United States. Unfortunately, before this, he had been controlling the various departments of the Shun Army in Huguang and could not meet the United States. More importantly, he was the political enemy of the chief minister Qu Shisi. Now the internal struggle between civil officials is led by these two people. The biggest contradiction is that Qu Shisi and other old Ming officials had great views on the Western Army and Shun Army!

Du Yinxi entered Zhaoqing and left the city to meet Li Mingxun on the tenth day. At this time, Li Mingxun had already led his troops to retreat to Sanshui. In Sanshui County, Du Yinxi appeared in front of Li Mingxun in a daze. The first sentence was: "My Ming Dynasty court was destroyed by such Qingliu. It's really damn!"

It turned out that the Zhu Ming court had a huge conflict with the Western Army's request for enfeoffment. First of all, the Qing sect strongly opposed the reward of the Western Army. Jinbao even said: I hope it would be a bandit, and I have a national hatred with me. How can I enfeoff? In fact, everyone knows that if the Western Army is enfeoffed and enters the Ming army system, even if the army is not employed to enfeoff the emperor to order the princes, they can also be dictatorial to the government. This greatly affected Jinbao, Yuan Pengnian and others in control of the vested interests of the government. The warlords Pi Xiong and others in Guizhou were also beating the side drums. They believed that the Western Army went out of Yunnan to resist the Qing Dynasty and affected their separatist rule. They wrote a letter saying: Although the reputation is upright, the matter is not changed, and the court should not be fooled!

However, Yang Weizhi, the envoy sent by Sun Kewang, was an old minister of the Ming Dynasty. He analyzed in court: He hopes that the army can be strong and can be used for use. Why not give a title to prevent people from trying to win over their hearts and make enemies!

It can be said that what Yang Weizhi said was exactly what most Ming officials meant. No matter whether Sun Kewang’s intentions were right or wrong, no matter what he wanted, he was the strongest force in the anti-Qing forces. Now that people are willing to give up their past grudges and go out to Yunnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty, that would be a good opportunity. The best strategy is to win over a title first and stabilize the southwest half of the country.

As the important officials such as Qu Shisi and others wrote a letter to talk about the matter, Qingliu's attitude of "not being sealed" was suppressed, but the title of He Jue became a problem. Sun Kewang asked for the title of King Jue. The reason was very simple. Zhang Xianzhong was dead. Although Sun Kewang was the leader of the Western Army, there was one thing that he was not different from Li Dingguo and other three brothers. Last year, he found an excuse to beat Li Dingguo, but the problem was not solved. Sun Kewang's most direct purpose of asking for title was to use the titles of the court to make the Western Army different from the Western Army to integrate all the forces. Of course, another purpose was not directly shown. Sun Kewang's ambition was not only the Western Army, but also wanted to integrate all the Ming Army. You must know that among the Ming generals, there are dukes all over the ground, and there are many marquises, but there are no king Jue. Sun Kewang needs a position below one person and ten thousand people!

However, this touched the bottom line of all court officials. Qu Shixi and Qingliu reached a tacit understanding, demanding that Sun Kewang be named Duke of Jingguo and the other three brothers be marquis, so that they can integrate the Western army without suppressing the Ming army's towns, and let Sun Kewang live in Yunnan. The anti-Qing forces were led out of Yunnan by Li Dingguo and other three brothers. Obviously, the country was in trouble, and Qu Shixi and other court officials had already played with the strategies of both use and preventing and differentiating.

Obviously, this was something that Sun Kewang couldn't accept. He only asked him to go out to Yunnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty and gave him a royal title!

"Now the matter of asking for a ban is in Zhaoqing, do you have a good idea?" Du Yinxi asked urgently.

Li Mingxun shook his head. This is not a good or bad strategy at this time. The best solution is of course to immediately agree to Sun Kewang's conditions, let him leave Yunnan and guard Guangxi and Guizhou provinces, while the United States dispatched troops to reinforce Guangdong. With these two armies, the Ming army on the front line, who were both determined and had a backbone, and the southwest half could defend!

(The biggest problem of the Ming army was not money, food and troops, but the will to resist. Often, the Qing army would scatter and surrender as soon as it arrived. Li Mingxun did not have the courage to cooperate with such an allies.)

But the current situation is that the Nanming had been arguing for nearly a month just to seal the seal. Although it was about to seal the seal, it was still a title of duke, and a title of prince, and a title of a prince. There has been no agreement on how to provoke internal relations between the Western Army and how to prevent them from being proficient. Based on the previous efficiency and party struggle habits of Nanming, this problem cannot be solved within half a year.

But in half a year, the Qing Dynasty was about to launch an autumn and winter offensive. At that time, the Western Army, which was still in Yunnan, was useless. If the Western Army did not go out, the United States Army was unable to support the South. It would be better not to move.

"The only way to break the deadlock is to come forward. Can you ask both sides to send envoys to discuss together? Our country is willing to mediate in the center!" Li Mingxun said sincerely. For the current plan, he can only break the deadlock by himself, but the reality is that the fallen flowers are intentionally flowing and ruthless.

Du Yinxi sighed and said, "The emperor asked me to inform you that the princess is young and has not yet married, so it is not suitable to live in Dongban for a long time. Please return to Zhaoqing temporarily and wait for the day of growth to marry you!"

This is something that is unrelated, but it shows an attitude. The emperor and the civil and military officials of the court do not want Li Mingxun to intervene. Li Mingxun said angrily: "He Zhu Youlang and the idiots around him don't know. Is the only one who can balance the Western Army in the world?"

This is the basis for Li Mingxun to intervene. The Western Army is powerful and balance is indeed necessary. The Ming Army is weak and divided into various towns. The internal struggle is endless. How can we talk about balance? The only thing that can shock the Western Army is the United States.

"The court officials are more willing to let the Western Army check and balance within themselves." Du Yinxi said helplessly.

Li Mingxun smiled coldly and said to Du Yinxi: "The Yongli court needs a defeat and a thousand miles to realize that what they did was the Qing Dynasty most hoped to see. The Yongli court was beyond help!"

When Du Yinxi saw Li Mingxun getting up, he hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, please don't want this, plan another two more, please think twice!"

As he said that, Du Yinxi had already knelt down, Li Mingxun helped him, and said, "Zhu Ming is no longer saved. The world depends on our Chinese and Western Army. Yongli, and those court officials who only know how to make noise. The biggest role is to keep it in a cage as a mascot. Giving them real power will only endanger this nation and the great cause of anti-Qing. Go back and tell Zhu Youlang that I am completely disappointed with him and his court. I will no longer participate in his affairs with the Western Army!

As for you, Lord Tu, I am very sorry that I didn’t meet you earlier. I am very sorry that I used to deal with me in the past. If you really want to make a difference in this moment of danger, go to Nanning, seize the camp of Zhongzhen and wait for the opportunity!"

"Which is the battle between Guangdong and Guangxi?" Du Yinxi asked.

"There is no rescue in Guangdong and Guangxi, it is completely unsuccessful!" Li Mingxun said.

In fact, the Western Army's request for a title was more complicated than Du Yinxi and Li Mingxun imagined. The traitor Chen Bangfu played an important role in it. In order to win over Sun Kewang, he relied on a big backer in troubled times. When Sun Kewang had the intention to request a title, Chen Bangfu took out a blank imperial edict given by Emperor Yongli, filled it out privately, and cast a golden seal of the treasure of the King of Qin. In the imperial edict, Chen Bangfu was extremely flattering. He not only claimed in the name of the emperor: I led the subjects of the world to serve the king with my father, but also ordered him to supervise the country, grant nine tins, the prime minister's court, and control civil and military troops in the world. It can be said that all the power can be given, so that the imperial edict was too inappropriate.

Sun Kewang did not expect that Zhu Ming would agree to his conditions and gave him more authority. He might not know that Zhu Ming's politics had become corrupt to this point, and a mere Duke dared to be king. Perhaps Sun Kewang knew, but he was happy to do so. Sun Kewang welcomed the envoy sent by Chen Bangfu, and held the grandest welcome ceremony with the highest etiquette, a grand banquet for three days, and informed the world.

When the envoy Yang Weizhi returned, the two were stunned. Zhu Ming argued for several months, and his title was promoted from Jingguo to the prince of the county, Ping Liao, but he never thought that Sun Kewang had been granted the title of King Qin. This slapped the Western Army in the face. The king of Yizi changed to the prince, and there was no authority he had agreed to before. This was to use the Western Army as a monkey, which directly led to the fact that when the Qing Dynasty invaded Guangdong and Guangxi, Sun Kewang sent elite troops to attack Guizhou regardless of Zhu Ming's life or death, swept away the warlords of the Ming Dynasty in Guizhou.

The party struggle and power traitors lost the best opportunity to defend the southwest half, which also put Zhu Ming's relationship with the United States into a freezing point. Li Mingxun completely lost confidence in Zhu Ming's war situation in Guangdong and Guangxi. After returning to Hong Kong, he transferred his last mobile force to the Beiyang War Zone, and both sides fought on their own.

No matter how hard Li Mingxun wanted to create a large coalition force against Qing forces, it would be useless if Zhu Ming and the Western Army had no intention of this.

"Only failure can make Zhu Ming realize how stupid he is, and only death can make those idiots realize how much they need the United States!" Li Mingxun said at the meeting of the command headquarters. The next focus of the work is the Great Retreat of Guangdong, and the second is the defense line between western Guangdong and southern Guangxi.
Chapter completed!