After some discussion with Gao Yigong, Li Guo decided to try to negotiate peace with the Ming army.

The current state of this Shun army is really too bad, and if it continues to force the march, it is likely that something uncontrollable will happen.

But when Li Guo sent an envoy to Jingzhou, he brought back an extremely surprising news.

It turned out that it was no longer He Tengjiao and Zuo Liangyu who were in charge of Huguang's military affairs, but the governor Du Yinxi.

As for Zuo Liangyu and He Tengjiao, they have been killed by the imperial court leading the army to quell the rebellion because they launched a rebellion.

Although this news only circulated within the Dashun West Route Army, it still caused an uproar.

You must know that Zuo Liangyu is the largest warlord in the south, and his commander is called 800,000. It is really embarrassing that a warlord with such a powerful strength ended up in death and annihilation while talking and laughing.

So, how many troops did the Ming court have? The strength behind this is too terrifying, right?

Originally, Li Guo still had a trace of hesitation to negotiate peace with the Ming court, but now this last trace of doubt has also been dispelled.

Those who know the times are Junjie, if Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of troops are difficult to shake the rule of the Ming court in Jiangnan, his hundreds of thousands of tired troops will naturally not be able to.

Of course, the negotiation of peace is not immediate, and it has to wait until the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, comes to Jingzhou.

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Du Yinxi, who was sitting in the Yamen of the governor of Wuchang and Huguang, was surprised and delighted after getting the news that a tiger had come to Huguang Jingzhou.

He was shocked that a tiger was able to break through many obstacles and come to Huguang. He was glad that he finally had the opportunity to recruit the remnants of the Shun army.

The Holy Lord once gave him a secret decree, asking him to seize the opportunity to recruit the rest of the Shun army.

After Li Zicheng's death, Gu Yinxi also actively sent people to contact, hoping to bring all the fierce generals under Li Zicheng's command into the account.

To his disappointment, the remnants of the Shun army seemed to have moved.

The envoys sent by Plug Yinxi did not succeed in contacting any of the generals of the Shun army.

He has always left the impression of the Son of Heaven that he is shrewd and capable, but he did not do a good job in recruiting the rest of the Shun army, and he was worried that this matter would more or less affect the Son of Heaven's perception of him, and then affect his career.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, a tiger came to Huguang crookedly!

The Son of Heaven just asked him to surrender the rest of the Shun army, but he didn't say that he must surrender the Shun army that followed Li Zicheng to the south.

The Shun army led by a tiger Li Guo is also a Shun army, and it has not fought too tragic battles along the way, and its strength is more intact. If this army can be recruited and surrendered as a whole, it will be a great supplement to the strength of the Huguang official army.

The saint will definitely take a look at Gu Yinxigao, thinking that he is very capable and effective.

Of course, Plug Yinxi would not let such a good opportunity slip by.

He hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the Governor's Standard Battalion and rushed to Jingzhou in the starry night.

Negotiation requires sincerity, but it is also skillful.

Plug Yinxi obviously took the initiative, so naturally there was no need to be too eager.

On the contrary, it is now Li Guo and Gao Yigong who should be in a hurry.

Approaching the end of the year, the rest of the Shun army lacked food and clothing, and if they could not take down one or two cities, they would probably be starved to death and frozen to death.

Under tremendous pressure, Li Guo was likely to accept the conditions of blocking Yinxi and surrendering to the Ming court.

Of course, the specific conditions have to be discussed one by one, and Du Yinxi is prepared for this.

In the end, Li Guo sent an envoy as a representative of the Shun army into Jingzhou City to negotiate with Yinxi.

At first, Du Yinxi was still very angry, thinking that it was too insincere for Li Guo to send only one envoy to negotiate.

But after learning that this person was Li Guo's adopted son Li Laiheng, Du Yinxi's anger calmed down a lot.

He also knew that it was very popular among the peasant army to recognize the righteous son. The leaders of these peasant armies often groomed their sons as their successors.

A tiger is willing to send Li Laiheng to negotiate, at least to prove that he wants to negotiate well.

In order to show the majesty of the imperial governor, Du Yinxi ordered people to put out all the honor guards and personally met Li Laiheng in Jingzhou Mansion.

Seeing Li Laiheng for the first time, Du Yinxi felt a sigh of emotion.

Young, so young.

Looking at Li Laiheng's appearance, he is less than twenty years old, right?

"Presumably this is blocking the military gate, right? My father sent me to discuss peace talks with the military gate, but I was reluctant to take out a chair when I blocked the military gate? ”

Li Laiheng's words were quite provocative, and a group of civil and military officials in the hall glared at each other.

Du Yinxi pressed down with both hands, signaling everyone to be calm.

He admires Lee Rae-hyung quite a lot. In his opinion, this person can have such a bearing at a young age, and he will definitely not be a thing in the pool in the future.

He had a heart of peace and love for talent, and said in a harmonious voice: "Come on, give General Li a seat." ”

Immediately, someone brought in a chair and placed it in the middle of the lobby.

Li Laiheng did not hesitate, lifted the hem of his robe and sat down.

"Now General Li can talk, right?"

Li Laiheng laughed and said: "It is said that the blocking of the military gate is extraordinary, and Laiheng is convinced." ”

After a pause, he hugged his fist at Yinxi and said: "Don't hide it, my father really wants to accept the court's recruitment this time." However, the father has three requirements. As long as we can agree to block the military gate, we are willing to change our flag. ”

"Bold thief, he even negotiated terms with the imperial court!"

Wu Han, the prefect of Jingzhou, was angry, and pointed at Li Laiheng and reprimanded: "You are already dying, if you don't surrender to the imperial army, you can be crushed into powder at any time." ”

"Oh? If the court is so sure, why did it sit down with us? Isn't it enough to directly send troops to encircle and suppress it? I think it's a strong outsider, right? ”

Li Laiheng was not to be outdone, and pushed Wu Han back with a word.

"You!"

Thinking that Wu Han was born in the third list of Jinshi, he couldn't even say that he was a grass king, and he was so angry that he quickly turned his back on it.

"Okay, General Li might as well state your conditions first."

Du Yinxi gently stroked his beard and said in a harmonious voice.

"It's still a gas to block the military gate!"

Li Laiheng glanced at Wu Han fiercely, and then said loudly: "The first condition, the imperial court must supply us with all the grain and straw, and treat the officials and soldiers equally. ”

Du Yinxi nodded lightly.

"It's easy to say, if you accept the surrender, you will be an officer and an army. Benfu will naturally not shorten your food, grass and military salary. ”

Li Laiheng continued: "The second condition is that our army cannot be broken up, and it is still under the command of the original generals. ”

Plug Yinxi frowned when he heard this.

This condition is a bit overbearing.

If the imperial court wants to really control the Shun army, the best way is to break up the original establishment and recreate the organization, so that the Shun army will not know the soldiers, and the generals will not know the generals.

But a tiger obviously understands that he can't easily give up the right to command the army, so he will put forward this condition.

"Go on."

Du Yinxi didn't say yes, nor did he say no, he had to listen to the last condition before making a decision.

"This third condition, the court wants to crown my father Shuai as the king of one word!"

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