If Niu Wancheng were right in front of him, Wang Wu would definitely give him a big mouth.
Lure me into surrender? !
Damn you, did Batulu Obai give you the courage?
Half a month ago, Wang Wu would probably be tempted.
Now?
Look how much he looks like before!
However, the Emperor Dingwu mentioned by Niu Wancheng attracted Wang Wu's great attention, because he had no idea that this emperor existed in the Ming Dynasty.
If true, this Emperor Dingwu would be of great significance!
You must know that the reason why some people from the Ming army in Kuidong kept surrendering to the Qing Dynasty was because the news of Yongli's death reached Kuidong, which completely destroyed this group of warriors who had held Mingzuo in the Three Gorges area and fought for the Han family's clothes for eighteen years. The confidence to persevere.
To be more precise, these warriors don’t know why they are fighting, or even why they are still alive!
The loss of faith is more terrifying than a collapsed building.
There are Suo Yanlong and Tian Shouyi in front of them, and Ma Tengyun is nearby. They are all like this.
Now that Emperor Dingwu suddenly appeared, you can imagine how significant it was to the Ming army.
For a desperate army, nothing is more important than a flag that they can fight to the end!
Even if the Ming army in Kuidong is at the end of its rope, this flag will give the Ming army a shot in the arm!
Even if it still cannot change the outcome of final destruction, it will make the Qing army pay a greater price!
Let the last anti-Qing base in mainland China hold on for a few more years!
Therefore, the top priority is to find out whether there is really Emperor Dingwu.
Wang Wu didn't even bother to eat, so he asked the mute Zhu San to invite Ma Sizhong, Zhang Tianwang, Xu Deyi and other Ming army generals.
When he revealed the existence of Emperor Dingwu, what he didn't expect was that Ma Sizhong was the first to shake his head and said that he had never heard of Emperor Dingwu, but the two brothers Emperor Longwu and Emperor Shaowu knew about it.
Wang Wu's heart sank, and he looked at Zhang Tianwang again. The latter thought hard for a long time but shook his head and said: "My Ming Dynasty does not have Emperor Dingwu!"
It is said with certainty and beyond doubt.
Others also shook their heads and said that they had never heard of Emperor Dingwu.
"That's strange."
Wang Wu was extremely surprised. The Ming army didn't know the existence of Emperor Dingwu. How did the Qing army know?
Moreover, Niu Wancheng also lured himself to surrender to the Qing Dynasty by claiming that he could capture Emperor Dingwu alive and obtain a Qing marquis. This shows that according to Qing intelligence, there must be such a "Dingwu pseudo-emperor" in the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, where would the idea of becoming a marquis come from?
When he was confused, Ma Sizhong suddenly said "Yeah": "Could it be that you are talking about King Anton?"
"King Anton?"
Wang Wu was puzzled.
Ma Sizhong explained that Zhu Shenglang, the king of Andong, was a member of the Ming Dynasty clan. He was captured by Zhang Xianzhong's army in the 16th year of Chongzhen. He later escaped while the guards were lax. After moving to Hubei, he persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty in Hao Yaoqi's army.
Over there, Zhang Tianwang put forward a different opinion. He said: "It may not be King Andong, but it may also be King Han and King Tongshan."
Zhu Yunxi, the king of Tongshan, and Zhu Shenglang, the king of Andong, were both Ming Dynasty princes who persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty in Hao Yaoqi's army.
King Zhu Jingli of Han was the ninth grandson of King Zhu Song of Han Xian, the son of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. When the anti-Qing movement in Shanxi was raging in the fifth year of Shunzhi, he was elected as the "King of Han" by the rebel leaders Yu Yin and Han Zhaoxuan, as a call for the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. .
After the defeat of the Shanxi rebel army, Zhu Jingli fled to the Ming army-controlled area in Huguang. Around the tenth year of Yongli, he was continued to be regarded as the king of Han by Hao Yaoqi to extend Ming Zuo.
Although this Zhu Jingli was not the crown prince of the Han Dynasty enthroned by the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Hongguang and Longwu dynasties also did not recognize him as the King of Han. The Yongli court considered that the vassal vassal was withered, the pedigree was disordered, and Zhu Jingli was extremely capable of having soldiers. Hao Yaoqi respected him and recognized Zhu Jingli's title of King of Han out of strategic considerations.
In other words, after Emperor Yongli was strangled by Wu Sangui, there was still a prince and two princes in the Ming Dynasty in mainland China who persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty in Kuidong.
Before this, what was different from the common perception of Wang Wu's previous life was that as many as a hundred relatives and princes of the Ming Dynasty died fighting the Qing Dynasty after the Qing army entered the customs.
There are countless clans.
He is not at all the so-called loser, a cowardly loser who is afraid of death.
Twenty-eight people including the King of Lu, King of Shu, King of Zhou, King of Qin, King of Yi, King of Yi, King of Min, King of Rong, King of Chu, King of Jin, King of Ji, King of Hui, and King of Chang died for their country.
There are ninety-five county kings, including King Fuping, King Fengxin, King Jingjiang, King Huayang, King Yiyang, King Yongshou, and King Chongxin.
The names of many clans are so uncommon that even their names cannot be passed down after they die for their country.
Moreover, most of these Ming Dynasty clan members who died for their country were not compiled into the so-called "History of the Ming Dynasty" by the Qing court, and the private sector was strictly prohibited from compiling biographies of these people. As a result, later generations only learned about these heroes in the many Southern Ming historical materials circulated in Korea, Japan, Vietnam and even overseas countries. The presence.
sad.
With a clear direction, the next step is to start the analysis.
Zhang Tianfang raised the possibility that after Hao Yaoqi learned that Emperor Yongli had died for his country, he might have elected a relative or prince in his army as emperor in order to continue Ming Zuo.
Ma Sizhong did not rule out this possibility. He guessed: "If Duke Yi Guo really supports the emperor, he will most likely be the King of Han!"
Wang Wu agreed with Ma Sizhong's statement. After all, King Han was a close vassal, and was more dear to him than the two princes, King Andong and King Tongshan.
However, these analyzes are all based on speculation. In the past two years, no one has heard that Hao Yaoqi supported the emperor, otherwise it would have been spread long ago.
Xu Deyi guessed: "Could it be that Duke Yi Guo recently urgently proclaimed the emperor?"
After hearing this, everyone said that this possibility could not be ruled out. Judging from the time point, it was very likely that Hao Yaoqi had urgently supported the emperor to calm the morale of the army out of some strategic considerations in the past few months.
Due to the siege of the Kuidong area by the Qing army and the successive surrender of Ming armies to the Qing Dynasty, the remaining Ming armies were unable to communicate with each other. This led to the fact that the Ming army on Liu Tichun's side did not know that the new emperor had ascended the throne. On the contrary, the Qing army knew about it through some channels. The existence of the "Dingwu Puppet Emperor".
In order to completely eliminate the remaining forces of the Ming Dynasty and eliminate the possibility of the Ming Dynasty coming back, the Qing court offered a price for capturing and beheading the puppet emperor Dingwu and making him a marquis.
But this is all still speculation.
There is only one way to find out whether the "Dingwu Puppet Emperor" mentioned by Niu Wancheng really exists, and whether it is the Korean King Zhu Jingli who was in Hao Yaoqi's army.
We just have to find Hao Yaoqi immediately!
Where is Hao Yaoqi?
The latest news about Yiguo Gong is that three months ago, he retreated to the Wushan area with Yuan Zongdi and Dang Shousu after his defeat in Fang County.
Wang Wu made the decision and immediately set off to Laomukong at dawn, first to rescue Liu Tichun, the Duke of Anhui, and then to find Hao Yaoqi, the Duke of Yi.
"Whether there is an emperor or not, we will fight to the end!"
After saying that, he picked up the wine seized from the Qing army and drank it all in one gulp. He threw the big bowl on the ground with a bang, "With the emperor, we will fight to the death! Without the emperor, we will fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
Everyone drank it all in one gulp.
The house was littered with broken porcelain.
........
The Qing soldiers, who had no room to shelter from the cold, warmed themselves up around the campfire in the woods. Although everyone was still shivering from the cold, fortunately, they did not have to worry about being attacked by the Ming army.
Song En, who came back from Dachang, found Lieutenant Niu.
Niu Wancheng, who was roasting his boots, stood up excitedly. He didn't even bother to wear the boots. He grabbed Song En's shoulders and asked eagerly: "What did Wang Wu say?"
"He said...he said..."
Song En hesitated, looking embarrassed.
Niu Wancheng said anxiously: "Damn it, you should tell me!"
"He said..."
Song En hesitated for a long time, and then said honestly: "He said that the toad wants to eat swan meat."
"Um?"
Niu Wancheng was stunned: What do you mean?
Who is the toad and who is the swan?
"Sir, I have said before that a man like Wang Wu is determined to be buried with the Ming Dynasty. How can he surrender to the Qing Dynasty? If he is willing to surrender, why should we..."
Perhaps because Lieutenant General Niu didn't look so good, Qi Yikui swallowed back the rest of his words.
"snort!"
Niu Wancheng knew what Qi Yikui wanted to say, and he was a little angry that the boy mistook his kindness for nothing. Then he suddenly laughed out loud after thinking about it.
A general who was roasting meat for the lieutenant general saw this and asked, "Why are you laughing?"
"That boy is actually tempted by my proposal."
When he said this, Niu Wancheng actually looked proud.
Qi Dusi looked at him and was stunned: "Why do you say this, sir?"
"Because, the first time I saw him, I knew that this kid was not the kind of person who would go all the way to the dark side."
Looking at Dachang Town, which was dimly lit by fire in the distance, there was a burning look in Lao Niu's eyes.
Brat, let's see how long you can keep dancing!
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