Let's say that Yang Sichang waited until Liu Yuanbin finished speaking, and was about to refute, but saw Emperor Chongzhen waving his hand and said: "Although what Qing discussed is good, it is better to surrender the soldiers without a fight." ”

"If the thieves surrender by deception, the March thief strategy carefully arranged by the imperial court will definitely fall short! The emperor thinks twice! Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen had the idea of recruiting Zhang Xianzhong, Yang Sichang couldn't help but feel anxious.

But Emperor Chongzhen was worried that he would not win, but he missed the opportunity to appease, and immediately refuted: "Qing is too worried, since Zhang Xian's loyalty is obedient, the court should give him a chance to repent and reform, how can he come to surrender, so he will say that he blindly kills?" ”

Seeing that he couldn't say that Emperor Chongzhen could be moved, Yang Sichang had to shake his head and retreat helplessly.

Liu Guoneng, who had previously formed a bond with Zhang Xianzhong, heard that Zhang Xianzhong planned to accept Prime Minister Xiong Wencan's recruitment, so he was unwilling to be left behind, and took the lead in surrendering Henan Governor Chang Daoli in Suizhou on the orders of his mother.

I didn't want his subordinates to hear that they were going to submit to the imperial court, but the crowd was so enthusiastic that 50,000 or 60,000 people dispersed overnight, and less than 5,000 people finally surrendered.

In February, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, led troops into Shaanxi, and the governor Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting made a plan to set up three ambushes in the southern plains of Tongguan and break Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng was seriously injured, his wife and daughter were all lost, and only Liu Zongmin and other 17 horsemen broke out of the siege and hid in Shangluo Mountain.

The vigorous peasant uprising in the Central Plains fell into a low ebb for a while.

In April, Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the supervising army, finally returned from Beijing with the will of Emperor Chongzhen, who stated in the edict that Prime Minister Xiong Wencan was fully responsible for appeasing Zhang Xianzhong, and that he could act unless there was a major change.

After Xiong Wencan received the order of thanksgiving, he immediately sent his henchman Zhang Dajing to Gucheng County to contact Zhang Xianzhong about the specific matters of appeasement.

Hearing that Zhang Dajing was coming, Zhang Xianzhong urgently summoned the generals of each battalion to the festival hall in the backyard of his mansion to discuss countermeasures.

Everyone gathered together and sat on both sides of the handsome case, Zhang Xianzhong leaned on the Taishi chair behind the handsome case, turned his eyes to Zhang Kewang on the side, and raised his hand to signal: "Kewang, you can say it first." ”

These days, Zhang Kewang was ordered to wander among officials at all levels in Huguang, up and down, and took the opportunity to make friends with many leading figures in the officialdom.

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong had pointed to him, Zhang Kewang immediately stood up from the chair, walked to the center of the festival hall, looked around, and said unhurriedly: "Everyone! According to my observation in Xiangyang these days, the prime minister Xiong Wencan is not only greedy for money, but also a straw bag, and now he has boasted about Haikou in front of Chongzhen Lao'er, and he has full of tickets, and it is difficult to ride a tiger. If the appeasement fails, there is only one way to die! ”

Zhang Xianzhong stroked his long hair lightly and said with a smile: "According to what you said, wouldn't he dare not refuse any request we made?" ”

"Haha, it seems that this old man is on our thief ship, and there is no way back!" Feng Shuangli also smiled and agreed.

Driven by Feng Shuangli, the generals in the hall also burst into laughter.

After everyone finished laughing, Zhang Kewang continued: "Let's talk about this Zhang Dajing, this person is Xiong Wencan's henchman, in order to win him over, I have been in Xiangyang these days, and I have worked him, and now this kid has already introduced me as a confidant, and he has told me Xiong Wencan's bottom line of negotiation without reservation." ”

"So, shouldn't we be able to open our mouths?" Zhang Xianzhong leaned forward with interest, "Kewang, let me tell you, what is the bottom line of this lord?" ”

Zhang Kewang didn't plan to sell Guanzi anymore, and continued to introduce it to everyone.

It turned out that Xiong Wencan had appeased the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong before, and not only made a lot of money from it afterwards, but also was credited by the imperial court.

Speaking of this, Zhang Kewang turned to look at Zhang Xianzhong behind the handsome case, and reported: "Zhang Dajing has already made it clear to the child that as long as his father is willing to accept the official position granted by the imperial court and agrees to recruit An, the rest of the conditions can be mentioned, even if he does not accept the adaptation and dispatch, it doesn't matter, this is his Xiong Wencan's final bottom line!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong listened to the handsome case, laughed and said, "Hey! This lord of the mansion regards my old Zhang as Zheng Zhilong! But just right, let's just push the boat down the river, and we will plan it! ”

When everyone heard this, there was another burst of laughter.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Dajing arrived in Gucheng, he explained Xiong Wencan's appeasement plan to Zhang Xianzhong and Panhe: Zhang Xianzhong was granted the post of deputy commander-in-chief, so that he could continue to be stationed in Gucheng, and at the same time promised Zhang Xianzhong that if the army could be reduced to 20,000 people, he would also allocate military salaries for him.

Zhang Xianzhong politely accepted the official position of deputy commander-in-chief, and at the same time said that his subordinates were all elite in a hundred battles, and they were all willing to stay and serve the imperial court, and there was no need to do any more layoffs, and presented a roster of 100,000 people, asking Xiong Wencan to pay 100,000 military salaries as soon as possible, and set Xiangyang as a place to garrison troops.

The stakes were so high that Zhang Dajing couldn't call the shots, so he returned to Xiangyang overnight and reported to Xiong Wencan.

After Xiong Wencan heard this, he felt that Zhang Xianzhong's asking price was a bit too high, but after all, he had gained a lot of benefits from Zhang Xianzhong these days, and he was short of people, and in terms of cleanup, it was not good to refuse directly, so he simply dragged it out and did not respond, but just reported it to the court, which was decided by the court, so that he would not offend Zhang Xianzhong and throw the pot out.

On the eighth day of the first month, the two sides reached an agreement in Gucheng, and Zhang Xianzhong officially accepted the appeasement of Prime Minister Xiong Wencan, but still maintained his independence, and refused the reorganization and dispatch of the imperial court. As a compromise condition, Zhang Xianzhong agreed that Zhang Dajing would be the supervisor of the army and be stationed in the army.

With Zhang Xianzhong being appeased in Gucheng, the war in Huguang and Guangxi was initially decided, and the nearby states and counties had a little peace.

On this day, Zhang Dingguo took a group of personal soldiers out of the west gate of Gucheng, along the official road all the way to the west, and then turned onto a winding path and walked for about half an hour, and stopped in front of a small courtyard.

The villages in this area have been abandoned due to war, and now with Zhang Xianzhong's stationing, they have been renovated and become the temporary residence of the old camp family. Dingguo ordered all the soldiers to wait outside the door, then turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and gently pushed open the half-hidden firewood door, and walked into the small courtyard.

I saw that the small courtyard was cleaned cleanly, the fallen leaves were all piled up in the corners of the wall, several small huts in the courtyard were quiet, and the early morning sun was evenly sprinkled on the roof, and the roof was paved with a touch of golden, accompanied by a few crisp birdsongs, which seemed particularly quiet.

After years of war, I haven't seen such a scene for many years, and Dingguo can't help but be a little stupid. Just as he was stunned, the door of a hut was suddenly pushed open, and a female soldier stretched out of the house slowly. Seeing someone standing in the courtyard, the female soldier stopped and was slightly stunned, but soon recognized that it was Dingguo, and immediately shouted to the other room with a happy face: "Sister Xianglian! Look who's coming! ”

Ding Guo just wanted to make a silent action, but he knew that the female soldier shouted so fast, her whole face instantly swelled like a pig's liver, and she didn't know where to put her hand.

"What's the yelling this morning?" Hearing someone call her, Xianglian yawned and walked out of the house, looked up and saw Dingguo standing in the courtyard, his face turned crimson, and hurriedly turned around and hid back in the house, holding down the heartbeat of the deer in his chest, and let out two long breaths, and his mood gradually calmed down.

"What are you doing?" Through the door, Xianglian leaned against the wall and asked angrily.

The female soldier grimaced at Dingguo in amusement, and then jumped out of the courtyard. As soon as he went out, he saw a row of soldiers waiting on horseback at the door, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I said, the little couple is in love!" What are you doing here with your stunned pestle? Do you have a bit of eyesight? Afraid that our girl will abduct your general? ”

After being reminded by the female soldiers, all the relatives and soldiers suddenly realized that they covered their mouths and snickered. Wang Guoren, the leader of the pro-soldiers, stuck out his tongue and shouted loudly into the courtyard: "Second general, take care!" Brothers, let's go hunting! With that, he turned his horse's head and galloped away with his group.

As soon as the pro-soldiers withdrew, Dingguo was even more embarrassed, thinking of countless opening remarks in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, and he secretly regretted it in his heart, it was not good to go somewhere, what did he come here for some reason?

Dingguo was silent for a long time, but Xianglian was anxious first, she grabbed the bamboo sword used to practice martial arts on weekdays, rushed out of the house in a huff, and stabbed at Dingguo without saying a word.

Dingguo was startled, hurriedly flashed to the side, and dodged sideways, Xianglian used too much force, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

"Be careful!" Seeing Xianglian falling, Dingguo's heart tightened, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help, but Xianglian took advantage of his close approach, turned around suddenly, and directly put the bamboo sword against Dingguo's choked throat.

"Hey, you're losing!" Xianglian looked at Dingguo with excitement on her face.

The two of them were facing each other and leaning on the ground, only separated by a bamboo sword in the middle, Xianglian exhaled like an orchid, and for a moment Dingguo was a little uncontrollable, and physiologically reacted unconsciously, and his already red cheeks became even redder.

A small sparrow fluttered its wings and flew off the fence with its chirp.

Xianglian also noticed that the posture maintained by the two people was a little awkward, and in a panic, she pushed Dingguo who was pressing on her aside, got up from the ground, slapped off the dust, and scolded: "Stinky rascal! Shameless to die! I'm going to sue my brother and say you're bullying me! ”

Dingguo also stood up and looked at Xianglian with a face full of grievances: "Eldest sister, wronged!" It's you who fight and kill as soon as you meet, okay! ”

Xianglian was not happy when she heard it: "Eldest sister? Who's your name, big sister? ”

Dingguo knew that he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Sister, it's me who is wrong, you have a lot of adults, just spare my little brother this time." ”

Seeing that Dingguo's uniform was soft, Xianglian showed a satisfied smile: "This attitude is about the same, let's say, why did you suddenly remember to find this girl today?" ”

Dingguo scratched his head, and didn't come up with a good excuse for a long time: "It's nothing, I just haven't seen you for a long time, I want to come and see your ......"

didn't wait for Dingguo to finish speaking, Xianglian was immediately happy: "Poof, do you miss me?" ”

Dingguo waved his hand again and again: "No, it's not...... I am, I meant to say, look at your ......"

Seeing Dingguo's flustered appearance, Xianglian's heart suddenly surged with an inexplicable throbbing, her eyes closed, she bit her lip tightly and jerked her face forward, and a small mouth instantly stuck to Dingguo's jaw, and instantly popped off like an electric shock.

"Brother Ning Yu, I'm ......" After kissing Dingguo, Xianglian suddenly regretted that she was too active, ashamed and ashamed, and quickly turned around, turned her back to Dingguo, clenched her fists, and didn't know what to do.

Dingguo was also stunned by Xianglian's kiss, and it took a while to come back to his senses, looking at the graceful figure in front of him, all kinds of things in the past came to mind, and he couldn't help himself for a while, so he hugged Xianglian from behind, and whispered: "What do I not know about your thoughts?" I'm sorry I've wronged you these days! ”

Xianglian cried with joy, rubbed herself in Dingguo's arms, faced Dingguo, put her head on his strong chest, listened to his fast heartbeat, and whispered: "Brother Ning Yu, do you know how much I miss you these days? ”

"I know...... I'm sorry, the war in Japan was tight some time ago, and I haven't been able to take care of you. Dingguo lowered his head guiltily, looked at Xianglian in his arms, and then hugged her tightly, and said solemnly, "Don't worry! I'll go to my father-in-law and let him make the decisions for us!" ”

With the hiss of "Erdoujin" outside the chaimen, Dingguo raised his head and looked up at the sky, and the sky was exceptionally blue.