When Amida heard this, she saw that Li Bensheng's tone was wrong, and asked, "What?" Is there anything else? Li Bensheng said: "Of course, just when everyone thought that Yunnan was foolproof, something big happened. On the night of the seventh day of the winter month, the Guanning cavalry, which had already returned to Guizhou, suddenly appeared outside Kunming. ”

Amita said: "Since they have returned to Guizhou, there must be a problem with the sudden appearance of the situation. Li Bensheng said: "Yes, everyone knows that there must be a problem with such a thing, but they have already sent people back to Kunming, and they are also in tandem with Li Rubi, Gao Qilong and others in the city of Wu Sangui's army." After the Guanning army arrived at the city of Kunming, these troops made a rebellion in the city and opened the city gate, and the cavalry of the Guanning army suddenly rushed into the city of Kunming, and then a large number of Ming troops also attacked the city. ”

Amida: "At that time, there were tens of thousands of troops in Kunming City, why didn't anyone stop them?" Li Bensheng said: "There are tens of thousands of troops in the city of Kunming, and the king of Pingxi went to Burma to attack the 100,000 troops of Nasong. All of them withdrew to Kunming, and the Kunming army was 150,000 at that time. But these 150,000 troops were caught between the rebels in the city and the Guanning army outside the city, and the entire army was in chaos. At this time, the king of Xinjun, Hong Chengchou. There are other generals who want to mobilize a large army to suppress it, but they are no longer in a hurry. ”

Amida didn't want to believe it at all, and said: "How is it possible, the 30,000 Eight Banners army, as well as the 20,000 Huguang and Guangxi armies, can't be suppressed?" Li Bensheng said: "It was originally possible, but the Ming army behind also attacked Caicheng, so that the army was even more chaotic." These rebellious armies burned and plundered in the city, killing people and looting things they saw. The city of Kunming is like purgatory on earth. Fortunately, my guards saw the opportunity quickly, and when they saw the chaos in the city, they took me out of Kunming City directly. Then we went all the way south, caught a lone Ming army on the way, and after interrogation, we learned that the whole of Guizhou was occupied by the Ming army. We were so scared that we didn't dare to go back to Guizhou, so we had to go all the way to Guangxi Mansion and prepare to sneak back to Guangxi. ”

As soon as Li Bensheng finished speaking, Amida was still asking, when suddenly there was a commotion outside, and then torches lit up all around, and a person outside was heard: "It's impossible for you to go back to Guangxi, now I'll send you to Kunming." Then I saw a large number of Ming troops running in.

As soon as Amida heard someone talking, she immediately ran out of the window, and jumped out of the window to see that countless people had surrounded these houses, and there were still many Yi and Miao people in the Ming army. Amida suddenly understood that with these local natives, she couldn't hide them. At that time, if he had followed Li Bensheng back to Guangxi directly, there would have been a glimmer of hope, but now it is too late to regret it.

Amida still wanted to rush out, but the Miao people didn't give Amida a chance at all, and there were four or five people holding long wooden poles with ropes on them. It didn't take long for him to wrap his grip on Amida's neck, and the men pulled hard. Amida suddenly lost her breath and lost her strength. Suddenly, several more people came up and held Amida to death, and then trapped him with ropes.

When Amida came to his senses, he saw that Li Bensheng and more than a dozen of his guards were also escorted out. As soon as the guards saw Amida trapped on the ground, the general banner immediately shouted: "General of the Ming Dynasty, I want to report it." Then he pointed to Amida on the ground and said, "He is a messenger, a messenger sent by the imperial court." ”

Only then did the general of the Ming army pay attention to it, and walked up to Amida and said, "You are the Qincha of the imperial court?" Who are you? What is your name? Amida knew that she would die, but she didn't speak, she turned her face to the side, and then closed her eyes. Seeing this, Li Bensheng over there immediately said: "He is the emperor's guard, and his name is Amida." General, I have made a meritorious report, please let me go, I was also forced by him to come here. ”

The general ignored it and said, "It seems that there is a big fish caught here, and I will escort them back to Kunming together." Hearing the general's words, the other Ming soldiers suddenly came up and escorted everyone away, and then restored the dilapidated house to its original state, and then the general said to a Miao man: "Long Jizuo, you are right, we are here to arrest the big official now." ”

Long Jizuo said: "General Feng has won the award, this is just that we are familiar with some terrain." General Feng said: "Long Tusi just call me Tianyu, I can't say that I Feng Tianyu is an official in Yungui, and I want Long Tusi to take care of you." ”

Long Jizuo also said: "Why be so polite, now Hou Ye is very good to us Miao and Yi people, of course we will help Hou Ye." As he spoke, the two walked out of the path with everyone, and then turned to the official road.

Amida, Li Bensheng and others were escorted away for five days. On the second day of the lunar month, they entered Kunming City together. Amida came to Kunming for the first time, although she came in as a prisoner. But it can still be seen that the city of Kunming has begun to recover, and now there are not many soldiers in the city, and the people in the city are in order. There is no trace of a great war just now.

Originally, the people in the city were very orderly, but as soon as Amida and the others entered the city, the people in the city immediately became in an uproar. I saw Amida and his party before, wearing the clothes of the Qing army, and these people were still very afraid. Later, when he saw that they were being escorted by the Ming army, he immediately became bold and kept cursing at Amida and his party, and some people threw some stones and other things.

After the Ming army who was patrolling nearby found out, he came over to persuade everyone to leave, and said, "Don't worry, Master Hou will definitely give them the punishment they deserve." You are throwing things around now, but there are Ming officers and soldiers next to them, and it will not be good if you miss and accidentally get injured. Hearing what the Ming army said, these people apologized to the escorted Ming army, and then left with a scolding curse.

Seeing this scene, Amida suddenly felt a little strange, in the place of the Great Qing Dynasty, where there were people who dared to be so bold. There have never been such good-tempered officers and soldiers, the good ones are a leather whip, and the bad ones are directly cut with a knife. In Beijing, it is even more inhumane, so that the people in the city are not willing to go out at all. The soldiers of the Eight Banners wandering in the city, when they saw that the people were unhappy, they killed them directly and no one cared. The people were killed, and there was no place to reason, and the government didn't care at all.

The laws of the Qing Dynasty stipulate that it is not illegal for a banner person to kill a Han person. All Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han military officials, soldiers, and civilians, except for plotting rebellion, killing grandparents, parents, uncles, brothers, and killing a family other than three people; Whoever commits a capital offense shall be spared death once if his father, father, father, uncle, brother, and their descendants are killed. Those who are seriously wounded on their own expedition and have a basis for serving in the army are also allowed to die once.

That is to say, as long as you have been on the battlefield, you are still a flag man. As long as you don't kill your own family, as long as there are no more than three people in the killed family, killing one or two Han people is not a crime. Therefore, as long as the banner people come out, there are basically no Han people within a radius of one mile. Not to mention any welcome in the middle of the road, that's all.

No matter how curious Amida was, soon Amida and Li Bensheng were directly sent to the Yunnan Governor's Yamen. As soon as Amida came in, he found that there were people coming and going in this yamen, and it was very lively. Feng Tianyu, who sent Amida and the two here, directly entered the governor's yamen, and after a while, a general followed.

The man walked over and glanced at Amida and Li Bensheng and said, "Who is the Qin Cha of the Qing court?" Feng Tianyu immediately pointed at Amida and said: "He is, the other person said that he was the deputy envoy of Yunnan to the Qing court, called Li Bensheng." As soon as Li Bensheng heard about himself, he immediately nodded and said: "Yes, yes, I am the deputy envoy of Yunnan, I surrender, I am willing to serve the general." ”

The man smiled and said, "You're so interesting, you're going to surrender before I can speak." Li Bensheng said: "That is, those who know the times are Junjie, and besides, I am a Han Chinese, and it is also my honor to be able to work for the Ming Dynasty now." The man was not angry, and said, "Come on, tie Li Bensheng outside the yamen and dry it for two days." ”

Immediately, someone from the governor's yamen came and escorted Li Bensheng to the door of the governor's yamen, and then tied him to a pillar outside the gate despite Li Bensheng's screams. The man said: "Li Bensheng, Lao Tzu just disposed of a Li Benshen the day before yesterday, why did another one pop up?" Dry it for two days first, give him to go to bad luck, and also refresh himself. Those who were tying up Li Bensheng said: "Don't worry, general, we will let him dry up and never let him leave a little bad luck." ”

This person's actions suddenly made Li Bensheng and Amida inexplicable. But then the man said to Feng Tianyu: "Okay, I will accept you two, you go to rest for a few days first, now that Master Hou has a lot of things, and I don't see you anymore, your credit will naturally be credited to you." ”

Feng Tianyu suddenly said: "More General Lin, I will let the brothers go back." General Nalin said: "Go, take care of your brother, don't make a mistake, I will still not spare you when the time comes." Then he said to the two people beside him, "Escort him and come with me." ”

Amida was taken and sent directly to a room behind the governor's yamen, and then the general Lin said to the people inside: "Let him tell everything, it is said that he is a messenger." After General Nalin finished explaining, he left directly. When he was far away, Amida's screams rang out in the room.

As soon as General Lin walked into the courtyard of the governor's hall, a female general walked over from the side and said, "Lin Zhuang, where did you just go, Master Hou said that he wanted to find you for something." ”

Lin Zhuang immediately agreed: "I just arrested a Manchu Qincha, and I asked them to interrogate." The female general said, "Why is it another Qincha?" We also raised a Qincha for the Manchus in Kuidong. Lin Zhuang smiled and said: "This is different, this time the Qin Cha is a Manchurian, it is estimated that he is an important person, or has some important information." ”

The female general said: "That's just right, I estimate that we will return to Sichuan in a short time." Lin Zhuang stopped and looked at the female general and said, "Really? Did Master Hou say it? The female general said: "Master Hou didn't say it, I guessed it." ”

Lin Zhuang suddenly put his mind at ease and said: "Don't talk nonsense, it will affect the morale of the army at that time, but it will be troublesome." Now our soldiers have been fighting for several months, and they are somewhat homesick. The female general also felt that she was talking nonsense, and immediately stuck out her tongue and said, "I didn't go out to say it, I just said it here." Okay, I won't say it, let's go see Master Hou. ”

The two came to the back of the lobby, only to see Zhu Youdong talking to a group of people, Lin Zhuang came in and waited for Zhu Youdong to stop and said, "Master Hou, are you looking for me?" Zhu Youdong glanced at Lin Zhuang and said, "You send someone to inquire about the situation in western Yunnan immediately to see what the military situation is over there and whether there is any possibility of sending troops." ”

Lin Zhuang was stunned for a moment and said: "Master Hou, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, although we have defeated the Qing army in Kunming now, but now there are still a large number of Qing troops in Lin'an Mansion, Yuanjiang, Dali Mansion, Lijiang Mansion, Jingdong Mansion, Weiyuan Prefecture, Menghua Mansion, Shunning and other places, and we can't rush into the army." ”

As soon as Lin Zhuang's words were finished, Zhu Youdong glanced at him directly and said, "I know, now let you go to investigate the situation first, do you wait until our army is about to start?" Lin Zhuang suddenly lost his temper and said: "Yes, I'll arrange it, I'm not afraid that Hou Ye will suddenly march and fall into an ambush of the Qing army when the time comes." ”

At this time, a person next to him said: "What, doesn't the Hou Ye plan to send troops to save the emperor and come back?" Zhu Youdong was stunned for a moment, and looked at the person who spoke, but it was Wan Niance, the household servant of the Yongli Imperial Court. Zhu Youdong said: "Is there any way for Lord Wan?" What do we think we should do now? ”

Wan Nian said: "Of course, I will immediately send troops to rescue the emperor, as long as I can save the emperor, it is natural to sacrifice." Lin Zhuang was about to get angry when he heard this, and Zhu Youdong immediately stopped Lin Zhuang when he saw it. Then he said to Wan Niance: "We can send troops now." ”

Wan Niance immediately rushed and said: "Then I don't know what Hou Ye is waiting for?" Now that Kunming has been restored for 20 days, Hou Ye has been holding his troops still, does Hou Ye want to put the emperor's safety at risk? ”

Zhu Youdong said: "What Lord Wan said is so easy, now send troops to western Yunnan, what should I do in Kunming?" Now there are still tens of thousands of troops in Yao'an Mansion, and there are even more 100,000 troops in Lin'an Mansion. ”

Lin Zhuang also said: "Yes, we finally defeated Kunming, if we directly let the army go west, the back road will be cut off, and the army will disperse in an instant, you are trying to harm our Ming Army." ”

Wan Nian Ce saw that Lin Zhuang also came to refute him, and immediately pointed at Lin Zhuang and said: "Who are you, a small soldier in the army, and you dare to talk about the affairs of the court, you are so bold." Lin Zhuang has never had any official position, although Zhu Youdong put him in control of the Military Intelligence Department, and under the influence of Zhu Youdong, the Restoration Army attaches great importance to military intelligence.

So although Lin Zhuang has no official position, he is in the Restoration Army. Speech carries a lot of weight. Lin Zhuang has always been in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, but in the establishment of the imperial court, there is no such position. According to the rank of the imperial court, this is just a small colonel in the army who investigates the military situation, and it is great to be able to give it to a hundred households.