In this negotiation, there is no doubt that Plug Yinxi is the party that takes the initiative.

Sure enough, three days later, Li Guo sent people to the peace talks again.

The person sent was still Li Laiheng.

After the last negotiations, both sides had a bottom line, and there was nothing to keep.

It's just that the king proposed by Li Laiheng last time has become a knight.

It's just a word difference, but it's a world of difference.

It was the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. And knighthood is very sparse and ordinary.

Don't talk about the far, let's talk about the near, aren't Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Zheng Zhilong all knighted?

Even the rebellious Zuo Liangyu was made a marquis by the imperial court before the rebellion.

This condition is not excessive.

Of course, it is impossible for Du Yinxi to agree to Li Laiheng immediately, this kind of thing still has to be invited to the imperial court.

However, his attitude was much calmer than last time.

In his opinion, it was just a formality.

There was no reason for the Holy Lord to refuse a tiger's request to be knighted.

A knighthood in exchange for an army of more than 100,000 is really worth it.

While waiting for the will of the Son of Heaven, there was not much that could be done on either side.

Fortunately, Li Guo maintained considerable restraint and did not harass the people on a large scale.

When the holy decree reached Huguang, he put out an incense case to receive the decree.

The Son of Heaven granted Li Guo's request, named him the Marquis of Xing, and gave him the title of Marquis of Gaoyigong.

The marquis is the highest-ranking title except for the prince and the prince, and Huang Degong, Zheng Zhilong, and Gao Jie are currently all marquises.

The Son of Heaven bestowed the titles of Li Guo and Gao Yigong Marquis, obviously for the sake of leveling a bowl of water and maintaining the balance between the martial arts.

As the saying goes, if you can't make it even in the matter of the title, it is very troublesome to favor one over the other.

Du Yinxi told Li Guo the good news as soon as possible.

Li Guo also officially surrendered as previously promised.

Gu Yinxi solved the matter of appeasement, and was in a good mood, and set up a banquet in Jingzhou City, inviting Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Li Laiheng and others to the banquet.

Li Guo and the others were also very bold, and only brought their own soldiers into the city for the banquet.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, when the guests and hosts were happy, Li Guoban joked: "I don't know where to place a certain place in the military gate?" ”

Retaining the original establishment of the Shun army and placing it under its direct command was a prerequisite for Li Guo's surrender.

However, it is not a simple matter to place more than 100,000 troops in one go.

It is said that Zhang Xianzhong was placed in Gucheng after his surrender, and complained that the territory was too small for three days.

Li Guo's hundreds of thousands of troops are obviously more than Zhang Xianzhong back then, if the placement is not good, Li Guo will inevitably throw his face to show Plug Yinxi, and it will be difficult for anyone to do it at that time.

Du Yinxi cleared his throat and said, "Ben Fu wants to allocate Jingmen to Xinghou to station, I don't know what Xinghou wants?" ”

"Jingmen?"

Li Guo raised his eyebrows, looking very surprised.

Jingmen is located in the north of Jingzhou, which is the north gate of Jingzhou, and its location is extremely important.

Why did Du Yinxi hand over such an important place to himself?

"Not bad. Xinghou is brave and good at fighting, and such an important town should be guarded by Xinghou. ”

Purely in terms of wealth, Jingmen is not bad, and Li Guo has no reason to refuse.

can listen to the meaning of blocking Yinxi, which is to let Li Guo lead his troops to play the role of defending Jingzhou.

Now that the Shun army has surrendered to the Ming court, then the Ming court can only defend the Qing army.

In other words, the reason why Yinxi let Li Guo be stationed in Jingmen was so that Li Guo's headquarters could be used as a barrier to resist the advance of the Qing army when the Qing army came over in the future.

"Hmm!"

Li Guo did not answer, but took a sip of wine and exclaimed: "Good wine, good wine." The jar of wine in the military gate is strong enough, and it is facing Li's appetite. ”

This old fox wants me to be a fan screen for him, and he wants to be beautiful!

Li Guo fought with the Qing army led by Azig. In his opinion, the Qing army is not as powerful as it boasts, but its strength is definitely not bad, at least stronger than the average Ming army.

Fighting such a strong army is a serious depletion of the army's strength.

Since Li Guo had made up his mind to just rest the army by surrendering, he naturally didn't want to fight hard for the Ming court and the Qing army.

In the future, the Shun army will fight the Qing army, and will avenge the dead brothers, but not for the Ming court.

"Haha, this daughter Hongbenfu still has more than a dozen altars, if Xinghou likes to take a few altars."

Du Yinxi is very scheming, and when he saw that Li Guo diverted the topic, he was not reluctant, so he took the opportunity to say: "After this year, it is time to step up military training." Looking at Dongyu's posture, it is likely to invade Huguang. ”

Li Laiheng, who was eating by himself, put down his chopsticks when he heard the words and said: "What are you afraid of, if the Tartar dares to come, we will teach him a good lesson, so that they can taste the power of the Han family!" ”

"Come to Heng!"

Li Guo turned his head and shouted.

"Haha, General Li Xiao is fast-talking, young and arrogant, it's okay, it's okay."

Du Yinxi stroked his beard and said: "General Gao attacked the city in Henan and Beizhili, and broke the eastern captives, proving that what the Eight Banners are less than 10,000 and that they are invincible are their own boastful nonsense. As long as we are sincere, Dongyu is just a mayfly, and there is no need to worry about it. ”

Gu Yinxi's words were obviously said to Li Laiheng.

However, Li Laiheng was a young man, and responded directly: "What you said about blocking the military gate is good." We Han people just like to fight in the nest, and they are broken by the Tartars who seize the opportunity. If we twist into a rope, there is no chance for the tartars. If the Tartars dare to attack again this time, I will be the first to refuse. ”

Gao Yigong frowned when he listened.

Plugging Yinxi's agitation method made Li Laiheng excited, and if he said a few words, wouldn't he have to take over the work of guarding Jingmen and guarding the north gate of Jingzhou for the Ming Court?

"Ahem, Laiheng, you've drunk too much, go out and sober up."

Gao Yigong gave Li Laiheng a look, and then he unwillingly stopped and arched his hand at Yinxi and said: "Tell the army gate to see the smile, Rong Mou went out to breathe the air." ”

"General Li, please take care of yourself."

Du Yinxi squinted slightly.

After Li Laiheng left, the two sides said some painless words, and there was basically no substantive progress.

By the end of the banquet, Li Guo's location had not yet been decided.

After Li Guo and Gao Yigong left, Wu Han said worriedly: "Looking at the appearance of this tiger pushing three and four times, I am afraid that I have reservations." It's better to be careful when blocking the military gate. ”

Du Yinxi raised his hand and said, "This is not necessarily. A tiger has just accepted the court's surrender, and it is inevitable that he will have scruples in his heart. If he didn't hesitate to agree to lead his troops to Jingmen to garrison, then Ben Fu would feel a little strange. ”

After a pause, Du Yinxi continued: "This matter is urgent, so let them be stationed near Jingzhou for the time being." When the court's uniforms and official seals arrived, there was no reason for a tiger to want to shirk. ”

"Blocking the military gate is wise, and the lower officials admire!"

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