Chapter 100

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Just as in the original, Wei Xiaobao and his group managed to escape the danger and left Yunnan Province smoothly...

Linsa also got her wish and had a fierce battle with the one-armed nun Jiunann.

This was a true peak confrontation. Linsa's skills were all in her martial arts, with her force transitioning naturally between overt and covert. Jiunann was a top expert with deep internal skills, each move carrying immense power, and the points of contact on the skin were also invaded by internal energy, causing extensive damage to the meridians.

This was the first time Linsa had encountered such a skilled practitioner in internal arts. The battle was extremely tough, and despite fully utilizing her abilities, she was still at a disadvantage. In the end, she barely managed to turn the tide by using the 'Foshan Shadowless Kick,' which allowed her to change between overt and covert force at will.

As always, internal martial arts experts have abundant qi and blood, and their endurance in battle far surpasses that of internal arts experts who only open the twelve main meridians. The one-armed nun was quite old and could not afford to waste energy.

Just as Linsa was gradually turning the tide and about to defeat the nun, another top expert, 'Hundred Victories Saber King' Hu Yizhi, jumped out. His saber techniques were broad and fierce, and for a moment, Linsa, holding a short spear, could hardly defend herself!

Fighting two of the top experts of the era, Linsa was at a clear disadvantage and could only ensure her own survival, making it extremely difficult to achieve anything more.

Seeing Linsa's life threatened by the two top experts, Old Wu decisively waved to let them go, watching helplessly as the 'rebels' left triumphantly. To Linsa's delight, not only were the captured Heaven and Earth Society members released, but the core members of the Mu王府 (Mu Family Mansion) also successfully escaped from Yunnan Province.

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As time passed, Linsa's position grew higher, and the situation in Yunnan Province became increasingly tense. Kangzi frequently weakened Old Wu's power while also constantly provoking his heart.

Finally, in the twelfth year of Kangxi, Old Wu raised an army against the Qing!

At the beginning of the uprising, the Yunnan army swept through the region, controlling most of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Hunan without encountering any significant resistance. Later, Wu's army defeated Yue Le and Dong Wei in Jiangxi, occupying Nanchang and Jiujiang, forcing the Qing army to retreat to Anqing for years, showing that the Qing court's Eight Banners and Green Standard armies were no longer effective.

Among them, Wu's general Gao Dejie twice defeated the Qing noble and "outstanding general" Prince An Yue Le. On the western front, Wu's generals Wang Pingfan and Wu Zhiqi outmaneuvered the Qing general Walga's 50,000 troops, causing them to disintegrate without a fight. In Shaanxi, Zheng Jiaolong and Wang Fucheng's forces surrounded and annihilated the 100,000 troops led by Qing minister Mo Luo, killing Mo Luo.

Subsequently, Wang Fucheng, Wang Pingfan, and Wu Zhiqi pursued the Qing Prince Zan's forces relentlessly, driving him out of Xi'an and occupying it without a fight.

As the first fierce general of the Yunnan army, Linsa followed the central army, fighting in Hunan and Jiangxi, always leading from the front, invincible, and cutting down enemy generals and capturing flags with ease, striking fear into the Qing army's officers and causing heads to roll. She was promoted from a colonel to a vice-general due to her achievements.

Later, Wang Fucheng, due to overconfidence, fell into the trap set by the Qing court's new minister Tuhai, leading to the loss of 80,000 troops. However, the Wu army quickly turned the tide. Wu Zhiqi and Ma Xiongtu split their forces and attacked Tuhai's rear, while Wang Pingfan and Tan Hong led the cavalry and infantry to follow up.

In this battle, Tuhai's forces were defeated and fled, with the Wu army pursuing them from Guyuan to Changwu. Of the 120,000 Qing troops, only about 20,000 remained, retreating to Xi'an with Tuhai.

After several major battles, the Qing army's main forces were actually defeated by Wu SanGui's army. The remaining forces included 20,000 Qinghai troops retreating to Yan'an, 30,000 Tuhai troops in Xi'an, 30,000 Cai Yurong and Prince Shang Shan troops in Wuchang, 50,000 Dong Wei, Yue Le, Lasi, and Xiligen troops in Anqing, and 30,000 Qing troops in Nanjing, totaling less than 200,000 troops nationwide.

At this time, the Wu army had grown to 400,000 (120,000 in the north, 100,000 in the center, 170,000 in the south, and 30,000 new recruits in Yunnan), and the situation was extremely favorable for Wu SanGui. Advisers like Liu Xuanchu strongly advised Wu SanGui to cross the Yangtze River.

If Wu SanGui had really launched a northern campaign at this time, a change of dynasty might have been possible. However, due to his indecisive nature and considering his advanced age and declining health, the idea of a peaceful rule gradually replaced his initial ambitions, causing the Wu army to remain on the south bank of the Yangtze River and lose the best opportunity.

In the end, Liu Xuanchu died of frustration, and no one dared to suggest a northern advance to Wu SanGui again. In August 1678, Wu SanGui declared himself emperor and died of illness, leaving the Wu army without a capable leader, and no one could unify the command of the vast Wu army.

At this time, Linsa had become the Sichuan General, commanding 60,000 Yunnan troops, officially becoming one of the main commanders of the Yunnan army.

Without Wu SanGui's restraint, she unleashed all her skills, and the martial artists she had gathered over nearly a decade swarmed out, assassinating Qing officials in Sichuan and conducting guerrilla harassment around Qing military bases, supporting the main Yunnan army in strong attacks, and sweeping through the entire Sichuan.

She then contacted the Heaven and Earth Society and the Mu Family Mansion, and following the same strategy, they took Hubei and Hunan, becoming the top general of the Yunnan army in just a year.

Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity when other Yunnan army units were being defeated by the Qing army, she vigorously gathered the remaining Yunnan troops within her territory, rapidly increasing her strength.

To create chaos for Kangzi, Linsa used her intelligence network to reveal the 'Forty-Two Chapter Scriptures' incident, proclaiming that the wealth belonging to the Eight Banners had all been taken by Kangzi, and that Wei Xiaobao, the Duke Wei, was the main force in Kangzi's search for the 'Forty-Two Chapter Scriptures' and the treasure!

Indeed, the capital was thrown into chaos...

Three years later, taking advantage of the chaos in the capital, Linsa launched a full-scale offensive, dividing her forces into several routes and capturing the entire Jiangnan region, facing off against the Qing army across the Yangtze River.

In this year, Linsa's main wife, Mu Jianping, gave birth to a legitimate son, and her concubine, Fang Yi, was also pregnant.

Three years later, Linsa used iron-fisted methods to integrate the Jiangnan provinces, allied with the Zheng family of Yizhou, and joined various anti-Qing forces to cross the Yangtze River and advance into the northern region.

With the Yunnan army as the main force, the Zheng family's warships patrolled the northern coast, and various anti-Qing armed forces wreaked havoc in the Qing-controlled areas, assassinating local officials. The army advanced like a sharp blade, reaching the Zhili region.

Five years later, after years of intense battles, Linsa finally led her troops into the capital, driving the Manchu Tartars out of the Shanhai Pass, and was crowned emperor in the almost ruined capital in the same year, with the new dynasty named 'Xin Ming'!

In the following ten years, the Xin Ming dynasty continuously fought to reclaim lost territories. The Tartars, who had retreated beyond the pass, suffered heavy losses and were driven deep into the Siberian wilderness, directly confronting the Russian barbarians.

The northwest region was also fully reclaimed by the Xin Ming army, and they advanced all the way to Central Asia, restoring the Western Regions Protectorate of the Han and Tang dynasties.

In addition, the countries of Annam and Burma were severely beaten by the Xin Ming army, ceding territory and submitting to the Yunnan army. Those who refused to join the Xin Ming dynasty were all expelled.

The Zheng family of Yizhou, under the powerful military pressure of the Xin Ming dynasty, had to leave Yizhou and, with the help of the Xin Ming dynasty, attacked Luzon nearby.

The Xin Ming dynasty vigorously developed firearms and actively engaged in maritime trade, and the economy recovered from the losses of years of war in just a few decades. After about twenty years on the throne, Linsa, at the age of sixty, formally abdicated in favor of the crown prince.

Two years later, at midnight, a bright light suddenly shone from the place where the retired emperor Linsa was in seclusion. When the emperor sent people to investigate, there was no trace of the retired emperor. The world believed that the retired emperor had ascended to the heavens...

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