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Li Dingguo was a Southern Ming General.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 248Volume 248 Biographies 35: Xu Dingguo, Zuo Menggeng, Tian Xiong, Zhang Tianlu, Sun Kewang · 11 passages
初，定國自廣西入湖廣，兵益強，不復禀可望約束。
Earlier Dingguo had marched from Guangxi into Huguang. His army grew stronger and he no longer submitted to Kewang's authority.
會定國敗於衡州，使召詣沅州議事，將以為罪而殺之；
When Dingguo was defeated at Hengzhou, Kewang summoned him to Yuanzhou on the pretext of consultation, intending to condemn and kill him;
定國辭不赴，又自柳州攻肇慶，下高、廉、雷諸府。
Dingguo refused to come. From Liuzhou he attacked Zhaoqing again and took the prefectures of Gao, Lian, and Lei.
至是，桂王聞定國兵強，密詔使入衛。
By then the Prince of Gui, hearing how strong Dingguo's army had become, secretly ordered him to come and guard the court.
俟定國至，奉桂王自安南衛走雲南。
They waited until Dingguo arrived, then escorted the Prince of Gui from Annan Guard into Yunnan.
定國、文秀率師御之，次三岔河，夾水而軍。
Dingguo and Wenxiu marched to meet them and halted at Sancha River, encamping on opposite banks.
文選輕騎奔定國。
Wenxuan rode with a light detachment to join Dingguo.
可望遣其將張勝、馬寶等自尋甸間道襲雲南，而自率勁卒擊定國等。
Kewang sent his generals Zhang Sheng and Ma Bao by a hidden route from Xundian to strike Yunnan, while he himself led elite troops against Dingguo.
戰方合，其將馬惟興先奔，遂大潰，定國遣文秀等追之。
As battle was joined, his general Ma Weixing fled first. The army collapsed in rout, and Dingguo sent Wenxiu and others in pursuit.
及為定國所敗，窮蹙來歸，濫膺非分。
Only when Dingguo defeated him and he was driven to extremity did he come over, yet he was showered with honors beyond his deserts.
及將舉兵，諸將說可望原得文選為大將，可望使將前鋒，遂降定國，可望以是敗。
When Kewang was about to march, his generals urged that he should have Wenxuan as commander. Kewang made him lead the vanguard. Wenxuan then went over to Dingguo, and that was how Kewang was defeated.