Sun Kewang proclaimed himself King of Pingdong, Li Dingguo was King of Anxi, Liu Wenxiu was King of Funan, and Ainengqi was King of Dingbei.

Among the four, Sun Kewang was extremely ambitious and had a irritable personality, so he often enjoyed killing people. Liu Wenxiu was cowardly and did not dare to fight for anything; Ainengqi was a good man who pleased him from all sides and no one could offend him. Only Li Dingguo had a straightforward personality and dared to speak out and make suggestions. In addition, he was not convinced by Sun Kewang's actions, so he often contradicted him.

"I am the king of the country, so it's decided. Take Guilin first, and then go east to Guangdong." Sun Kewang was anxious when he heard Li Dingguo oppose him again, and waved his hand and made arbitrary decision.

"Are you the lord of the country? What are your lords? But the army cannot be without the lords. The three of us recommend you to be the lord for the time being. What we agreed at the beginning, let the four of us discuss everything. Do you really think that you are the lord of the country and want to act on your own?" Li Dingguo was so angry that his face turned pale, and pointed at Sun Kewang and scolded him.

"It is also the Lord for the time being. If you don't obey, I can blame you!" Sun Kewang was not willing to be outdone, and slapped the table, stood up and pointed at the National Highway Li Ding.

"Hmph, attacking Guilin and Guangdong are inconsistent with the general trend, I swear to never follow!"

"If you don't follow, you have to follow it. This is the matter!"

"Walking eastward will inevitably be opposed by the people of the world. Emperor Yongli is not without self-protection ability. The Western Army will be in danger. Since you are determined, I will die in front of you first!" Li Dingguo was furious. After saying that, he pulled out his sword from his waist and wiped it on his neck.

Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were shocked when they saw this. They rushed forward, one hugged his arms and the other hugged his waist, and finally did not allow Li Dingguo to commit suicide successfully. However, their movements were still a little slower, and Li Dingguo's neck was still injured by Jian Ren, and blood flowed down.

Ainengqi hurriedly cut off a piece of clothes, bandaged it for Li Dingguo, and helped him sit down.

"Brother, they are all brothers. If you have anything, you can't discuss things well?" Liu Wenxiu turned her head and looked at Sun Kewang and said.

"Yes, brother, we are all brothers. Although we were not born by a mother, we are like brothers. As the saying goes, brothers are united and their strength is to cut off gold. Our Western Army has reached this level and can no longer withstand the tossing." Ainengqi looked at Sun Kewang and echoed.

Seeing this, Sun Kewang knew that his opinion would not work.

Li Dingguo had 50,000 troops under his command, the same number as his own army, but Li Dingguo had always been good at governing the army and fought bravely for the first place in every battle. He had a high prestige in the army. If he was forced to death, his subordinates would rebel immediately.

Moreover, although Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi did not say it clearly, their meaning was clearly expressed, which was to agree with Li Dingguo's proposal.

Sun Kewang sighed: "Oh, Dingguo, Wen Xiu and Nengqi are right. We are in love with brothers, why is this? Since you do not agree to attack Guilin and Guangdong, we will follow you and join forces with Ming to fight against the Qing Dynasty. However, we have to send people to negotiate with Emperor Yongli, and all four of us must be named as kings, otherwise we will never surrender to Ming!"

"Brother, since we are sincere in surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, we should not ask too much. Emperor Yongli is different from others and will not let others threaten..." Li Dingguo still had different opinions.

"Dingguo, stop talking about it. Our 200,000 army cannot get a throne? Besides, if you don't take advantage of this time, you won't be able to get a good price. In the future, you won't know what it will be like." Sun Kewang insisted on seeing him.

"Second brother, I agree with my elder brother. Let's work hard for him, don't even give him a throne?" Ainengqi stood up to support Sun Kewang.

"Brother, I think what my second brother said is reasonable. Although we have soldiers and generals, we have not made any achievements, so we ask for a king to stand shoulder to shoulder. I am afraid it is not good, and there is a suspicion of "holding troops to respect ourselves." Liu Wenxiu agreed with Li Dingguo's opinion.

"Two to two, but I am the king of the country you recommend, so you have a bigger share, right?" Sun Kewang said.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu looked at each other and agreed helplessly.

...

This is what Zhu Youlang is worried about.

Zhu Youlang was not willing to win over the hearts of the people, as in real history, to win over the hearts of the people, all the civil and military officials under him could be awarded the title.

Zhu Youlang could understand the original owner's difficulties in doing this. He wanted no soldiers, no money, no territory, and only the only one who could win over people was a false reputation like a title.

But now it’s different. There are soldiers and generals, and the territory is not small. I have strong confidence and thick waists, so I don’t want to win titles randomly.

If there are too many titles, it will be worthless and will not be motivated. It is better to have few titles. Those who do not make great contributions will not be granted. Rare is precious. The fewer titles are awarded, the more they can motivate the soldiers to make achievements.

This is Zhu Youlang's original intention.

But now Sun Kewang sent someone to negotiate, and the designation was to "hold troops to respect themselves", and asked to be named King Yi-sei. In history, what he wanted was the title of "King of Qin". The original owner was overjoyed and immediately agreed.

May he?

It is not in line with his original intention, and Li Chengdong, Zhang Jiayu, and Yang Guodong are all leading soldiers. What should they do? They can't be inferior to him, right? How can they explain these things to their subordinates long ago?

No?

The Western Army dispatched 200,000 troops to Yunnan, threatening the back of Guangxi. Moreover, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were all good at fighting, and Yang Guodong and Jiao Lian might not be able to withstand it.

The most important thing is that if that happens, there will be a lack of an anti-Qing force, and there will be a lack of a barrier to the west of Guangxi.

From the overall perspective, I am not allowed to push this new force, and I am not allowed to turn this new force into an enemy.

Zhu Youlang is in a dilemma.

"Your Majesty, I will inevitably ask for money, grain and seal when I come to the envoy. The so-called negotiations are nothing more than these three." Qu Shixiu replied after leaving the troupe.

"Yes, I also judged this way. But what if they say a lion, what should I do? It's easy to say that the national treasury is abundant, and it's easy to give more and less. What if they ask for a seal of the throne? Or not?" Zhu Youlang asked.

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other and did not answer for a while.

They naturally thought of this secret, which was really difficult to deal with.

"Your Majesty, if Sun asks for the throne, you must not allow it! The best reward is up to the emperor, so how can the ministers ask for a title? Besides, it is an irresponsible act to take power with their own troops. Such soldiers cannot be relieved if they surrender." Wu Bing took the lead in expressing his opinion.

"Your Majesty, I dare not agree with Lord Wu. As the adopted son of Xian Gui, Sun and others have irreconcilable enemies with the Qing soldiers. The will to resist the Qing Dynasty should be firm. When they are attacked from all sides, they must not be kept out." Chen Zizhuang came out to report.

"Yes, Sun Kewang and others must have carefully considered the situation in our dynasty and had already predicted that I was in a difficult situation, so they dared to make such rude requests. I would not hesitate to reward a royal title, but what should others do? It cannot make the hearts of others." Zhu Youlang said embarrassedly.
Chapter completed!