The moment he heard the news, Zheng Chenggong felt his head buzzing.
His first reaction was, damn, the emperor is gone!
The second reaction was his instinct as a small expert in party fighting.
If the emperor is gone, can he re-establish one?
That's right, the emperor had just been captured by the Burmese, and before he died, Zheng Chenggong had the idea of establishing a new emperor.
Zheng Chenggong felt that it was necessary for him to have a good relationship with his dear son-in-law-to-be!
Zheng Chenggong decided to personally go to Luzon before the year to have a good talk with Zhu Hongyu.
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The fifteenth year of the Yongli calendar is the first day of December, 1661 in the Western calendar.
Wu Sangui personally led tens of thousands of Qing troops across Mu State and approached Ava, the capital of Myanmar. He ordered the king of Myanmar, Mangbai, to hand over Yongli, otherwise he would be at your own risk if he troops came to the city.
Across the river from Ava!
The royal flag representing the identity of Pingxi King Wu Sangui is flying high!
Warriors wearing bright helmets and armor stood in a row. Looking from a distance, people and horses connected to the sky, forming a continuous line.
On both sides of the neat military formation, tens of thousands of war horses galloped back and forth, and the ground seemed to be shaking.
The knight on horseback is majestic, wearing cotton armor, holding a broadsword, bow and arrow and other weapons, and looks menacing.
A fierce momentum is coming, and the killing energy is overwhelming!
That power is like a heavenly soldier or a heavenly general!
Wu Sangui is sitting on the horse. Even though he is nearly fifty years old, he still looks energetic.
He is tall and strong, with ape-like arms and waist, and a majestic face. In addition, his ugly money rat tail is also covered by a hood, and he is wearing bright golden armor.
Extremely majestic!
It’s also very ostentatious!
Even in a formation of thousands of Guan Ning's cavalry, Wu Sangui is the absolute center.
Thousands of elite and powerful Guan Ning cavalry, one of the most skilled troops in the world, are just his foil!
He is Wu Sangui. With the Guan Ning cavalry, he almost conquered half of the northwest and southwest for the Qing Dynasty. Wu Sangui has numerous military exploits!
On the other side of the river, tens of thousands of Burmese troops were waiting in formation, but they were so frightened by the scene in front of them that they turned pale from top to bottom and were extremely frightened.
Even across a river, they could feel the power of the Qing army.
The king of Burma, Mangbai, who had just killed his brother and usurped the throne, also took a breath of air, his heart filled with fear and fear.
"The Heavenly Soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom, they really are the Heavenly Soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom!"
He was moved and excited about his choice to launch the Cursed Water Disaster to capture Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty and use it to please the Qing Dynasty.
If the Qing Dynasty sent troops to fight against such a majestic military power, how could little Burma resist?
Just when the Burmese king Mangbai was feeling happy, someone from the Qing army crossed the river.
A Qing army general crossed the river, strode up to the Burmese army formation, and spoke.
"Where is Mangbai, King of Burma?"
"The Qing Dynasty King Ping Xi is in front of you, why don't you come out to pay homage?"
The generals of the Qing army were domineering, but no one in the Burmese army dared to speak out.
Even a large number of Burmese soldiers in the front row were intimidated by the power of the Qing general and could not help but take half a step back.
Mang Bai's face turned pale, but he still spoke loudly.
"The little king of the lower country has met the king of the upper country!"
Although he was scared, Mangbai only expressed his greetings verbally but did not take any actual actions.
Didn’t Wu Sangui not cross the river yet?
If Wu Sangui crossed the river, Mang Bai would definitely bow to him without saying a word.
Wu Sangui was the Pingxi King of the Qing Dynasty. He kowtowed to Wu Sangui for nothing, it was not embarrassing!
However, the only person crossing the river now was a Qing general. If he gave up, where would he put his face?
The general of the Qing army didn't pay attention, but continued to speak.
"Where is the false emperor Yongli?"
Mang Bai waved his hand and said.
"Invite King Gui of the Ming Dynasty to come out!"
Mang Bai did not dare to directly refer to the pseudo-emperor Yongli, and it was even more inappropriate to call him Yongli. He could only use the title of King Gui before Yongli became emperor.
Not long after, although the white guard moved, Yongli, whose face was pale and his whole body was shaking, was escorted up.
It's said that they were escorted, but that's not necessarily the case.
Although King Mangbai of Burma killed all Yongli's subjects and their family records, he did not dare to take action against Yongli himself and Yongli's family records.
I only dare to hand the person over to Wu Sangui!
The reason is very simple. No matter how depressed Yongli is, he is still the emperor, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
If a Burmese king dares to kill the emperor, he is guilty of the following crimes and is disobedient.
Shunzhi would think, since you dare to kill the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, then rounding things off, do you also dare to attack the emperor of the Qing Dynasty?
No matter how downcast Yongli is, he is still the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty!
We are in the same group as Shunzhi!
Not everyone can be killed!
At the very least, without the imperial edict, Wu Sangui could only put Yongli under house arrest.
The same goes for Mang Bai!
He dared to kill Yongli's subordinates, but he did not dare to attack Yongli.
Not only did he not dare to kill, he even had to give Yongli and his family dignity after launching the cursed water disaster.
Therefore, when Yongli was escorted out, he was still wearing a dragon robe and maintaining the most basic dignity.
Even though he was being escorted, there were only two rude and white guards watching behind him, but they didn't dare to take action.
Yongli and Yongli's family were withdrawn from the Burmese army's formation, and Yongli continued to beg for mercy.
"King Burmese, King Burmese, I beg you, I beg you, don't hand me over to Qinglu!"
"Whatever you want, I will reward you with everything. I will make you the Emperor of Burma, recognize you as my brother, marry you to my daughter... you can do whatever you want!"
However, Mang Bai remained expressionless in the face of Yong Li's pleading.
He waved his hand to signal his bodyguards to escort Yongli to the other side and hand him over to Wu Sangui.
Just kidding, Mangbai is not stupid, the Burmese army can't defeat the Qing army on the other side, he doesn't want to die!
The general of the Qing army came forward and spoke with murderous intent.
"The Puppet Emperor Yongli, come with me!"
"Follow me across the river to meet King Pingxi!"
Yongli felt the murderous aura coming towards his face and almost collapsed to the ground.
Just shook his head desperately!
"no no!"
"I can't pass the river, I can't pass the river!"
"General, please let me go. Whatever King Pingxi wants, I will agree to it. I will agree to it!"
At this time, Yongli showed his ugliness in order to survive.
The face of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years has been completely lost by this runaway emperor!
However, no matter how much Yongli begged for mercy, the Qing generals remained unmoved and waved their hands to order Yongli to cross the river.
Everyone boarded the boat, crossed the river, and reached the other side!
Yongli was escorted in front of Wu Sangui's horse. Wu Sangui no longer sat on the horse, but turned over and dismounted, strode up to Yongli, and yelled.
"The Yongli pseudo-emperor, the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, are the destiny of heaven. You don't know the destiny of heaven, and you pretend to be emperor. Have you ever known your crime?"
Yongli didn't dare to look into Wu Sangui's eyes at all, he just shrank his neck and spoke in a very timid manner.
"The guilty minister... the guilty minister knows his mistake!"
"Please spare me, General!"
Wu Sangui just snorted coldly, and then spoke.
"Let's go, return to Kunming, and wait for me to send my decree to the capital to see how Your Majesty wants to deal with this traitor like you!"
Wu Sangui gave an order, and after gathering Yongli and his family, the Qing army broke camp and retreated.
Tens of thousands of Qing troops marched northward in mighty force!
On the other side of the river, Mang Bai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.
The expression on his face is full of joy of surviving the disaster!
"It's over, it's over!"
"Send the order and the class teacher will return to Ava!"