Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 54
Li Dingguo's advance was far faster than Wu Sangui thought.

On the third day after Wu Sangui received the news that Li Dingguo's soldiers were suppressing the border, the forward troops led by Li Dingguo had already appeared on the outskirts of Kunming City. The army defeated in one fell swoop.

After this battle, although they were puzzled, the Qing army no longer dared to act rashly. When they saw the Ming army camping far away, they just pretended not to see it and did not dare to attack for a fight.

When Jin Wang Li Dingguo arrived outside Kunming the next day, he was also quite high-spirited and looking forward.

For him, it has been a long time since he led such a magnificent army into battle.Although it was very encouraging to win the first battle in northern Myanmar with fewer troops, the feeling of being able to fight with thousands of troops is extraordinary.What's more, although the Battle of Northern Myanmar was nominally fought by Li Dingguo, most of the decisions that affected the battle situation were actually made by Bai Mingxiu. This time, the war to conquer Yunnan was led independently by Li Dingguo.

"I don't know if His Royal Highness and His Majesty have arrived in Australia at this time." Li Dingguo didn't think about how to fight before the battle, but was thinking about Australia.

Jin Tongwu, one of his subordinates, said: "It is said that there is a 20-day flight from Myanmar to Australia. I think Lai Shengjia has already arrived in Australia, and the letter back will probably be sent to Ava soon."

Jin Tongwu laughed again at this time and said: "Speaking of which, His Highness the Crown Prince is really a man of God. His Highness met the British in Yangon, and together with the trade between my Myanmar and India, just a sea ship can harvest hundreds of thousands of dollars." With the income of [-] taels, if we open up more sea routes, our military expenditure will be very promising."

Li Dingguo said: "The king of Yanping lives in Fujian and has hundreds of huge boats. The Zheng family has always controlled the East China Sea trade. From this point of view, the Zheng family's financial resources are very rich. His Royal Highness has a unique vision, and he is familiar with ancient and modern China and foreign countries. With the Crown Prince Jianguo in charge of the overall situation, there is hope for my great Ming Dynasty to flourish."

With the red flag rolling in the hunting wind, Li Dingguo looked at the city of Kunming and said in an impassioned voice: "Let's recapture Yunnan, kill the Wu thieves, and dedicate it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty."

After the Great Ming Fuguo Army formed its own army, it always only recognized Zhu Cixuan, the crown prince in charge of the country, and did not recognize the real emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang.Even Jin Wang Li Dingguo is the same now, because he clearly guided that the prince is a man of destiny, talented, bold and courageous.Compared with the emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang who ran away all the way, A Dou, who was completely unable to support him, was sent to Australia to find a job at this time, which was absolutely the best solution.

When the Ming army began to camp around Kunming City, its military strength was already superior to that of the Qing army.

The Daming Fuguo Army led by Li Dingguo was divided into two army divisions, which were organized according to Bai Mingxiu's plan.Each division has 5 line infantry regiments, 2 spear and heavy infantry regiments with cold weapons, 2 cavalry regiments and 1 artillery regiment.

In the Daming Rejuvenation Army that participated in the Battle of Northern Myanmar before, the 1st and 2nd regiments of the line infantry belonged to the First Division of the Army, and the 3rd Regiment belonged to the Second Division of the Army as the backbone force.The newly rented line infantry of the defection troops were assigned to the two army divisions.The cavalry units are still dominated by the original regiments, which are directly assigned to the two divisions.The newly joined cavalry unit was directly incorporated into the First Cavalry Division by Li Dingguo.

The strength of these three divisions is almost 2, and the number of firearms is about [-]%.In addition to the large number of weapons that Bai Mingxiu exchanged from the system, the Ava Ordnance Bureau has already begun to produce some weapons, and the production will increase.The shotguns captured in the previous battle in northern Myanmar were also distributed among the line infantry regiments.

According to the phalanx technique taught in the "Western Land Art of War", the training center of the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army trained the newly formed troops, and basically made these troops have the ability to fight in a phalanx.

However, Li Dingguo also basically judged that it should be impossible for Wu Sangui to have another field battle with him.After the Qing army led by Ta Xince was defeated in a frontal attack on a small number of Ming troops, it was even more impossible for the Qing army to go out of the city to fight the Ming army.

In addition to the three divisions of the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army as the main force, Li Dingguo also commanded several generals who were instigated to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, such as Wang Hui.These people actually surrendered from the Ming army to the Qing army, but Bai Mingxiu still gave these people a step down.The lobbyist Li Dingguo sent said that "the general had no choice but to commit himself to the Tartars, wait for the opportunity to wait for the king's division to return, and rise up", which can be regarded as dispelling these doubts.

However, Bai Mingxiu would later take back the military power of these people and send them to a training center for re-education.

There is also the fan army affiliated to the Xuanwei Division of Myanmar. At this time, the size of the Burmese fan army has grown stronger.Wu Min not only recruited the Burmese, but now the Mon and Shan people also joined the fan army one after another, making the fan army brought by Li Dingguo from Burma also have a scale of [-].

The last one is the Yunnan chieftains who were moved by Li Weizuo and others. In fact, there are some political opportunists among these people, but at this time, Bai Mingxiu hopes to unite all the forces that can be united.

Therefore, at this time, there was a relatively large reversal in the military strength of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Ming Fuguo Army, the Surrender Army, the Fan Army, and the Chieftain Army combined together had a total strength of 7 to 2.This is because in the absence of weapons, there are still more than [-] people in Ava who cannot be used.

After Wu Sangui's defeat in Myanmar, coupled with the reversal of the entire situation in Yunnan, he now has only about 3 troops in Kunming who can mobilize defensive troops, and there is basically nothing he can do except stick to the defense.

It is not a matter of one day to transfer troops from Guizhou or Guangxi to support, but Wu Sangui is confident that he can delay the arrival of reinforcements.

Li Dingguo also judged Wu Sangui's thoughts, and more plans were placed in front of Li Dingguo.

"...We can besiege Kunming. Our army has Burma as the rear, and Australian Austrian aid. The siege will continue to consume the strength of the Qing army. If we control the surrounding state capitals, we can further consolidate and manage Yunnan. Although Kunming is of great significance, But it doesn't have to be so fast." Li Dingguo had a plan in mind.

The number of artillery in his hands is not too much, but the advantage is that he and Australia continue to send new ordnance.Moreover, the Ava Ordnance Bureau has also been able to cast Napoleon guns, but the maximum caliber of Napoleon guns is 12 pounds. According to the new standard of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, that is, 120mm guns, it is still a little thin to use for siege.

However, Li Dingguo read "The Art of War in the Western Land" day and night, and he has become more and more aware of the use of guns and weapons. After he set up his camp, he immediately ordered the artillery to set up a position. He decided to bombard Kunming for a few rounds first.

(End of this chapter)