This New Year was not a comfortable one.

Originally, the recruitment of Li Guo and Gao Yigong's Shunjun left an excellent impression in the mind of the Son of Heaven, but Changsha caused chaos.

According to the report of the Changsha prefect, an army of tens of thousands of people suddenly arrived in Changsha Mansion, although it did not attack the city, but the posture was very scary. The prefect of Changsha asked the governor to send troops to help quickly.

If the Changsha prefect had not falsely reported the military situation, the problem would have been somewhat serious.

Now it is a troubled time, and it is not uncommon for thousands of provinces and counties to make trouble, but it is too rare for tens of thousands of troops to suddenly appear.

Of course, this army could not be the Qing army, and the Qing army had already retreated to Shaanxi and Henan for the New Year.

It is also unlikely that the Left Army.

At the beginning, Zuo Liangyu launched a rebellion, but Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong suddenly rebelled under the arrangement of Plug Yinxi.

With the cooperation of Yuan Jixian, Huang Degong and others, all battalions of Zuo Liangyu's descendants were wiped out, while the battalions of the non-descendants were broken up and reorganized, and there was no possibility of escaping to Changsha.

Then there is only one possibility left, this army that suddenly appeared in Changsha is the remnants of the Shun army that suffered a crushing defeat at Jiugong Mountain.

Although Li Zicheng is dead, most of the generals under his command are still there.

These people did not want to surrender to the imperial court, so it was completely reasonable to transfer to Changsha.

But this is enough to block Yinxi's headache.

Send troops to suppress it, it will probably be a bloody battle.

If you don't send troops to suppress it, you will be impeached and the corpse will be impeached for inaction.

It's really hard for him to be the governor of Huguang.

Encountering such a blockage during the Chinese New Year, Plug Yinxi was naturally in a bad mood, and he quickly convened Jin Shenghuan, Ma Jinzhong and others to analyze and discuss, hoping to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds.

Jin and Ma were both living happily in their respective mansions, but they were suddenly called to the governor's yamen by Guan Yinxi, although they didn't say it, they didn't have any resentment in their hearts.

Du Yinxi didn't know what the two of them thought, so he told the situation by himself.

"What do you think Benfu should do?"

Jin Shenghuan smiled: "Blocking the military gate, according to the general, it doesn't hurt that these thieves are really thieves." Just block the army and send someone to appease you. Even the hundreds of thousands of troops of a tiger are willing to be appeased, what is there to hold on to the tens of thousands of defeated soldiers? ”

Ma Jinzhong also said: "Yes, block the military gate." If there is a war during this New Year, the soldiers will have to mutiny. It's better not to use troops. ”

This time, the attitudes of the two were surprisingly consistent. In fact, it is also very understandable, after all, if Du Yinxi really wants to send troops to suppress the bandits, he must have Jin and Ma to lead the troops. No one wants to ask for this drudgery during the New Year.

As for what they said about the fear of causing a mutiny among the soldiers, it was a half-truth.

With the prestige of the two, it is still easy to subdue the soldiers, but it is certain that the soldiers have resentment in their hearts.

Du Yinxi frowned and said, "Won't it be too soft to be directly appeased?" ”

After all, the army of Changsha Province has not played the banner of the Shun army so far. At this time, if Du Yinxi directly sent someone to appease him, it would indeed seem that the governor of Huguang was a little soft.

"Why do you say this when blocking the military gate? An army of tens of thousands, even a rabble, is enough to plunder a mansion. Why do you have to bleed if you can't bleed? ”

Jin Shenghuan had already made up his mind not to lead the troops to the battle, so he naturally tried his best to persuade Yinxi to take the road of appeasement.

"Even though I said that, Ben Fu still felt that something was wrong."

Du Yinxi sighed and said: "Now the situation in Huguang is not only watched by the imperial court, but also by Li Guo and Gao Yigong, and Ben Fu is worried that this matter will affect them." ”

Ma Jinzhong leaned forward and said: "Li Zicheng is dead, what are you worried about blocking the military gate?" Even if these tens of thousands of people are really the remnants of the Shun army, can Li Guo still pull the flag and rebel because of this? ”

Logically speaking, the only reason for Li Guo's rebellion again was that Li Zicheng appeared in Changsha. But everyone knows that Li Zicheng is dead.

Li Guo's prestige was not enough to subdue the generals of the Shun army, and even if he rebelled again, he would face a chaotic situation.

Why, then, did he bother to please this?

"Well, then let Changsha Mansion find out the situation first. If it is really Shunjun, Benfu will go to appease again. ”

Plug Yinxi also felt that it was not a good thing to act rashly. What's more, Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong's attitude is also relatively resolute, and it is always not beautiful to stiffen the relationship during the Chinese New Year.

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Li Guo, who had already arrived in Jingmen, could finally take a breath.

Jingmen City will definitely not be able to accommodate more than 100,000 troops. Except for him and Gao Yigong's thousands of personal soldiers stationed inside the city, the rest of the troops were stationed outside the city.

Originally, the large camp outside the city was definitely not enough, so Li Guo and Gao Yigong had to organize people to build new barracks.

Fortunately, the soldiers had a station, and after settling down, they were in a good mood, so they got busy.

There are many people and great strength, and the people are in a hurry to hurry up and finally build the barracks before the end of the year.

Although the improvised barracks were rudimentary, at least there was shelter from the wind and rain.

In any case, the surrender of the Ming Court gave Li Guo and Gao Yigong a chance to breathe, and as for the future, we will talk about it later.

Li Guo was named Marquis of Xing, but the Marquis' Mansion was not rebuilt, but directly purchased a ready-made house.

This is also a matter of no choice, could it be that Li Guo should live in the barracks during the New Year?

This house has five entrances, which is the largest in Jingmen City, and it is also in line with the identity of Li Guoxinghou.

At this moment, Li Guozheng and Gao Yigong were chatting in the new house, and Li Laiheng suddenly rushed into the flower hall in a panic, his eyebrows were full of melancholy.

Seeing Li Laiheng's appearance, Li Guo's face suddenly fell.

"So unruly, don't you know to report before you come in?"

Li Guo has always been very strict with Li Laiheng, and Li Laiheng's trespassing without notification really annoyed Li Guo.

"The father forgives the sins, and the child really has something urgent to report."

Seeing this, Gao Yigong hurriedly started a round: "Haha, don't be awkward all day long." Count it as giving me face. ”

"Hmph, for your Uncle Gao's sake, I will spare you this time. Anyway, what's the matter? ”

"Father, there have been rumors in the city recently that Grandpa Uncle died in the battle of Jiugong Mountain."

Li Laiheng heard the news when he first arrived in Jingmen. At that time, he did not care, thinking that the people were spreading falsehood.

But later, more and more people spread the news, and it began to circulate in the barracks. Li Laiheng couldn't hold back either, so he personally sent someone to inquire.

This is not to inquire, but fortunately, after inquiring, I learned that the Shun army led by Li Zicheng had indeed fought a bloody battle with the Qing army in Jiugong Mountain.

According to rumors, after Li Zicheng broke through the siege, he was beaten to death by a group of villagers, and the rest of the Shun army collapsed.

This statement is so true that Li Laiheng can't believe it.

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