Tian Jianxiu, in the Dashun Dynasty, was named Cihou. Like Liu Zongmin, he is the official position of the commander of the general of Zhuyingquan. It's just that his personality is not as hot as Liu Zongmin, on the contrary, he is quite gentle, and even has some women's kindness. This also leads to the fact that his authority is not as high as Liu Zongmin, and his popularity is not as good as Liu Zongmin. However, from another point of view, his popularity is much better than Liu Zongmin.

After Liu Zongmin's death, Tian Jianxiu became the mainstay of the elders in the Dashun army, a backbone-like figure.

"Where there's a crowd, there's left, center, right." On the issue of the attitude towards the Nanyue Army, the attitude of the rest of the Dashun Army was also different. To be conservative, I will continue to follow the old path, and the two sides will carry out pleasant, frequent trade activities, I will pay in all kinds of hard currency you like, and you will sell me all kinds of goods I need. This is the attitude of a group of people. The more radical ones advocated following the path of the peasant armies of those years, merging with the Nanyue Army and fighting in joint operations. In this way, "we have enough food, grass and gunpowder, and we don't have to worry about the treatment and placement of military salaries and wounds, everyone just needs to fight the enemy in front of us!" ”

Luo Hu, Wu Ruyi and others, who were closer to the Nanyue Army in the camp, quietly expressed their views to Gao Guiying. Their views were more radical than fighting with the joint venture.

As the banner of the current Dashun army, the queen of the Dashun court, Gao Guiying also knows the current fragmented situation faced by the Dashun army, in order to avoid being broken by the Qing army, and to prevent the generals below from pulling away the team and working alone, she must also find a place that can give the Dashun army that is currently in turmoil a shelter.

As a result, Tian Jianxiu led the team, Luo Hu and Wu Ruyi participated, and Li Guo's son Li Laiheng came to experience and see the delegation. From this composition, we can see Gao Guiying's painstaking efforts.

Tian Jianxiu is the representative of the old people, Luo Hu is the commander of the new army and the leader of the second generation of the camp, and Wu Ruyi is Li Zicheng's head of the Chinese army and an absolute confidant. And Li Laiheng is the third generation of the Li family. The opinions and decisions made by this delegation are absolutely convincing and authoritative among the Dashun Army.

Tian Jianxiu's group rode along the very smooth and wide official road, led by the guide sent by the Nanyue Army, to Xiushui County.

As soon as he arrived in Xiushui City, Tian Jianxiu felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and it was very solemn.

In front of the originally tall castle tower, in the open space behind the suspension bridge, a huge torii was built with thick bamboo. On the archway, pine branches, black yarn, and white silk are used to tie up the shape. The four big characters in the middle were a little unclear for a while.

Not only was a huge archway erected in front of the city gate, but the entire city gate became a huge mourning shed. Up and down the city wall, the officers and soldiers of Nanyue who walked out inside and outside the city gate were all wrapped with black yarn on their right arms, the red tassels on their helmets were wrapped in white silk, and the handle of the knife was also wrapped with black cloth or white cloth.

"Excuse me, what happened in your army?" Wu Ruyi is much more experienced in doing this kind of thing than Tian Jianxiu, so he should ask the guide officer.

"Adults don't know. The commander of my family heard that the son of Dashun Yongchang was unfortunately killed by the Xiaoxiao people in Jiugong Mountain. He immediately wept bitterly and fasted for three days in mourning. Not only is he so, Lord Shi Lang ordered that all departments of the Jiangnan West Road of the Nanyue Army should wear filial piety for the whole army. Shrines were set up in various camps to set up sacrifices, and flowers and fruits were used to pay tribute. ”

Tian Jianxiu and others were a little suspicious of the guide's words, and rode across the suspension bridge, but saw that the archway was facing the side outside the city with four big characters tied with flowers, "the heroic spirit is not far away". Walking through the archway, facing the city gate is the side of "the mighty spirit lasts forever" four big characters.

And in the spiritual shed built with the city gate of Xiushui, it is in the position facing the city gate, enshrined a huge spiritual seat, "Dashun Yongchang Son of Heaven" and other words, bright yellow gold characters in the flame of incense candles, flashing light.

Seeing that there was Li Zicheng's spiritual seat, Tian Jianxiu and others immediately hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt down in front of the spiritual seat and cried loudly. After Li Zicheng died in Jiugong Mountain, because of the tense situation, not only could he not mourn and bury him with the gift of the Son of Heaven, but he did not even have a decent funeral. This point, no matter what, is to make those who are courtiers and brothers unhappy.

In the blink of an eye, the hundreds of people who came with Tian Jianxiu cried in the spirit shed. This is not the kind of false crying, it is really a painful cry that beats the chest.

Tian Jianxiu, Luo Hu, Wu Ruyi, and Li Laiheng knelt on the futon in front of the spiritual seat, crying so much that their eyes were blurred, and they just lit and offered the incense, candles, and paper money handed to them by the steward of the mourning hall next to them. Then, according to the etiquette of the Son of Heaven, in the midst of the loud chanting of the celebrant officer, he got up and bowed down.

After all these rituals were completed, Tian Jianxiu was shocked to find that the young man who was supporting him on the side was Shi Lang, the Xuanfu envoy of Jiangnan West Road and the commander of the Nanyue Army!

Shi Lang's set of methods can be described as extremely powerful, and Tian Jianxiu was caught off guard. In the form of the whole army mourning for Li Zicheng and wearing filial piety, he won the unanimous favor of the Dashun army, and then appeared in front of Tian Jianxiu and others when they wept bitterly. When the grateful people appeared at the weakest moment, Shi Lang immediately took a psychological and momentum advantage in front of Tian Jianxiu.

Knowing that the smiling young man in front of him was his opponent in this negotiation, Tian Jianxiu, who was crying with red eyes, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, how could his dignity be looked at by the negotiation opponent? This will certainly be underestimated.

However, Shi Lang didn't care at all. Even if he saluted Tian Jianxiu, Wu Ruyi, Luo Hu, and Li Laiheng, even the most provocative Mr. Daoist couldn't pick out the slightest difference in the number of etiquette.

"My lord Long Live Lord is unfortunately in Jiugong Mountain, and he can only hate us as courtiers, and he can't even mourn for him, which is really a shame for his ministers."

After sitting down, Shi Lang ordered someone to serve tea, snacks, and fruits, and after a busy meal, Tian Jianxiu had the opportunity to express his gratitude to Shi Lang. At this time, these Dashun officers and soldiers who came to Xiushui County already regarded Shi Lang as their own in their hearts.

"It's not just one day for you and my two families to get along. What's more, the Son of Heaven of Dashun Yongchang was killed by the traitor, and our Nanyue Army was also framed by the traitors, first the eldest brother of my family was unfortunately killed, and then the Donglin traitor party colluded with the Manchu Tartars when our army quelled the Zuo Liangyu rebellion, and plotted behind our army. This is the unfortunate defeat of our Nanyue army! Now, the two families of you and I will meet in the land of Hunan and Jiangxi, and it is the time to fight the same enemy! ”

Shi Lang's mouth, although it is not as good as those famous lobbyists, such as Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Lu Jiali, and other famous diplomatic liars, is also reasonable, and Tian Jianxiu, Luo Hu and others nodded frequently.

"Not bad! If the Manchu Tartars did not have these traitors to respond and respond, they would never be our opponents! ”

"Uncle Yufeng is right! Back then, in Shandong, in Shanhaiguan, and in Tongguan, we also fought with those pigtailed soldiers many times, and the Manchurian soldiers of the Eight Banners were our opponents. Besides, most of them are rebellious thieves now! ”

Hearing this, Shi Lang couldn't help but raise his head and carefully look at the person in front of him, looking at his description, which was basically the same as what Li Huayu and Wang Long described to him at the beginning.

"General Luo Hu is right! At the beginning, he also led his troops to cross the sea to the east, and swept the Liaodong Peninsula with thousands of soldiers and horses! Behead tens of thousands! If it weren't for the cold weather and heavy snowfall, Liaoyang, the old capital of the Tartars, would have been captured that day! ”

After several greetings, openly and secretly competing with each other's exploits, and various friendships, the negotiations between the two sides began.

On the side of the Dashun army, Tian Jianxiu sat in the center, with Luo Hu on the left and Wu Ruyi on the right. Li Laiheng sat casually behind Tian Jianxiu, fiddling with a short firearm that Shi Lang had just given him as a meeting gift, and on his lap, there was also a pair of double-barreled fine horse guns, a firearm used by firecrackers. Of course, Shi Lang took it out and gave it away, naturally it will not be a big road goods. In terms of the precision of creation, the degree of decoration is far greater than that of those firecrackers on the market.

On the side of the Nanyue Army, Shi Lang sat in the center, Li Derun was wearing a long robe, and Shi Shiran sat on Shi Lang's drooping hand casually.

"Our army came thousands of miles, and we were not afraid of General Shi's jokes, and we suffered defeats again and again. At present, the army is in urgent need of food, grass, medicine, gunpowder, and if there are oil, salt, meat, cloth, etc., please transfer some with us. ”

As the head of the Chinese army, Wu Ruyi has been in charge of trade affairs with South China for many years, so he naturally wants to talk about trade when he comes up.

"It's a simple matter. There is no one here, and there is nothing else, but more is the weight of grain and grass. I'm not afraid that Mr. Wu will be strange to you, that day there was a disaster on the Xiao Wall, and there was chaos in Nanjing. My father led the boat division eastward overnight, and all the baggage carried by the army was lightly armed, and all of them were in my hands. A certain family is from a poor boy, and he knows that it is not easy to get a grain of rice or an inch of cloth, so he is naturally reluctant to burn him. He refused to stay and give it to the Tartars, so that they could eat and drink enough to hunt down our army, so he carried a lot of baggage and slowly went south. But fortunately, several Qing troops in northern Jiangxi, whether it is Wang Yuncheng in front of him or Jin Shengheng behind him, are all people who have been beaten by us and are afraid of their dreams, and they only dare to shout and disturb from afar, but they dare not fight our idea. I wonder how much your army wants? ”

Shi Lang's tirade with a gun and a stick made Tian Jianxiu's face hot, as if he had been slapped dozens of times by Shi Lang left and right. On the same day, Li Zicheng gave up Shaanxi and went southwest, and when he left, he ordered him to burn a large amount of grain and grass stored in Xi'an. As a result, this general Quan, who has the kindness of a woman, did not carry out Li Zicheng's instructions on the grounds that the Qin people were hungry and left this rice to live", and only set fire to the East Gate City Tower and the Nanyue City Tower, and rushed to tell Li Zicheng that he had obeyed the order. Li Zicheng looked at the smoke and flames from afar, and believed it. Tian Jianxiu's villain's benevolence enabled the Qing army to get a large amount of supplies in Xi'an, and the soldiers were full of horses and Teng, and they soon caught up. The fact that the Dashun army did not have sufficient time to rest and recuperate during the transfer process had something to do with the mistake of Tian Mixiu.

Your own food has been cheapened by the Qing soldiers, and now you are being pursued by thousands of miles. Shi Lang's words were like cannonballs that made Tian Jianxiu dizzy.

"This requires at least a month's worth of food and grass. As for oil, salt, medicines and other things, the more the merrier, as long as you are willing to start with help, you will bid. Wu Ruyi also felt Tian Jianxiu's embarrassing situation, and hurriedly opened his mouth to change the topic.

"So, what about a month from now? What are you going to do? Where are you going? Or do you want to have a good fight with the Qing army?! Li Derun, who was sitting under Shi Lang, didn't talk much, but he was very sharp.

Oh, yes! We have food and medicine, but what should you do after you have eaten this month's food? Will you continue to be pursued by the Qing army, or will you have a good fight with the Qing army after recuperating your strength?

"General Shi!" Luo Hu, who was sitting on Tian Jianxiu's left hand, gritted his teeth, and Huo Ran stood up.

"Our army was pursued by the Tartars and the rebel soldiers and horses for thousands of miles, and the soldiers and horses were extremely tired. It takes at least half a month to a month to rest. So that the brethren can breathe and their wounds can be healed. After half a month, you can gallop on the field! ”

"After half a month, our army will be able to recover its initial vitality, and at that time, we will be able to see a real chapter on the swords and guns of the Tartars and the rebellious thieves under the command of the general!"

Li Laiheng, who was behind Tian Jianxiu, Luo Hu, and Wu Ruyi, also put down the fire gun in his hand and echoed Luo Hu with his boyish voice that was in the period of voice change.

"Oh! How to do it under Shi? It's a shame for Shi! It should be under the command of Liang Guogong, the handsome father of the family! Shi Lang politely said a few words, but his heart was as comfortable as eating a bowl of chilled snowflake cheese in summer.

Luo Hu is the representative of the young generals in the Dashun army, and Li Laiheng is the third generation of the Li family, and Wu Ruyi also agreed. Tian Jianxiu naturally didn't want to say anything more. He stood up and gave Shi Lang a military salute of the Great Shun Army, "General, since the joint camp is now against the enemy, I don't know how the general should deploy next?" ”

"It's simple. Your ministry has come here and needs to rest for a while. These soldiers and horses under my command, because of the escort of a large number of heavy grain and grass, as well as these 60,000 or 70,000 prisoners, escorted tens of thousands of refugees who retreated south with the army, even if they wanted to fight, they had no combat power. Just like a man in several layers of armor, how can he shine and move? Your ministry only needs to rest and recuperate in this place of repairing water, copper drums, Pingjiang and other places, protect the flanks for me, guard the grain and grass baggage, and guard the passage to southern Jiangnan, so that this passage does not fall into the hands of the Qing army! ”

Shi Lang looked relieved, confident, and eager to try, but it aroused Luo Hu's curiosity and competitiveness. "General Shi, I don't know which one you want to fight? There is still a battle strength in the next soldier and horse, and I am willing to help the general! ”

"Hey! It doesn't have to be! These days, I led my troops south, and along the way, Wang Yuncheng and Jin Shengheng flew around us like flies. It's so noisy and irritating! You give us half a month, let's clean them up! Clear this land in northern Jiangxi and central Jiangxi! ”

Wang Yuncheng, Jin Shengheng, Wang Deren and others are all Zuo Liangyu's old subordinates. The difference is that in the battle of Jiujiang on the same day, Wang Yuncheng was defeated by the land battalion of the naval division of the Nanyue Army and the 12th Garrison Brigade, and led his troops to flee south to the ground in northern Jiangxi. Because Li Shouhan encountered the change in Nanjing, he couldn't take care of him for a while, but as a result, he was caught by the opportunity. In just over ten days, the Left Army recruited stragglers, scattered soldiers, sheltered mountain bandits everywhere, and practiced in various places, and there were nearly 100,000 people. For a time, he was also a small soil emperor on the ground in northern Jiangxi. However, when Ghost Li met Li Kui, he was naturally frightened. Facing Shi Lang's mighty marching procession that stretched for nearly 100 miles, he only dared to spy from afar, and did not dare to go up to fight any ideas.

But Jin Shengheng, Wang Deren and others are another scene. All of them followed Zuo Mengeng and secretly surrendered to Duoduo, and together with Anqing, they killed Huang Chuangzi Huang Degong and captured Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong. This generation was sent to northern Jiangxi by Duoduo to serve as the chief soldier of Jiangxi, and was promoted to the commander of the Jiangxi military officer, and controlled Wang Deren, Wang Tizhong, Ke Yongsheng and other general soldiers. He is in charge of three general soldiers, which can be regarded as a large number of generals. However, there were too many soldiers, but Duoduo did not get so much military salary, so he had to find a way in Jiujiang and other places. However, Jiujiang fought again and again, where could he raise so much military pay to support his hundreds of thousands of horses?

So, he also set his sights on Shi Lang, who led his troops to retreat south with a large number of heavy goods. However, like Wang Yuncheng, he was also scared by the Nanyue army, and knew that the master in front of him was not easy to mess with. Although this piece of meat is fatty and delicious, it is hot and tight, and once you eat it, you may choke to death first.

Shi Lang was also angry and hated these soldiers and horses. But he couldn't walk with a large number of baggage, and he couldn't fight. Now that the soldiers and horses of the Shun army have arrived, they are just able to free up their hands to clean up these people.

Two days later, Luo Hu led his troops into Xiushui City to take over the defense. Wu Ruyi led people to inspect the grain and grass carried by Shi Lang's department. Shi Lang led his subordinates out of the city and headed north.

Ten days later, Shi Lang led his troops back. Three battles and three victories, successively annihilated Wang Yuncheng and Jin Shengheng's subordinates. The captives stretched for dozens of miles, and the captured mule and horse equipment were piled up.

In the city of repairing water, Tian Mixiu rode here alone.

"General Shi, Tian was ordered by the Empress Gao of my family and entrusted by the brothers of all the families to make an agreement with you in this water repair city!"

The conditions of the Dashun army are very straightforward and simple. They are willing to join the Nanyue Army system with the whole army. However, there are also their own conditions.

"First, our commander, surnamed Li is not surnamed Zhu."

"Second, we must not be discriminated against, but we must be given official positions in the same way."

"Third, the food and salary treatment is the same as that of the Nanyue Army."