Chapter 268: Yichang Deliberations

From Zhijiang to Yichang, it is one or two hundred miles, so Lin Yi took Zhang Hua to ride more than 100 times and entered Yichang City in less than two hours.

After Lin Yi and the others entered the city, the city gate was closed, the drawbridge was pulled up, and the jack gate was lowered, Lin Yi didn't know that at this time, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and others had already entered Yichang City more than half an hour earlier than him.

The team of more than 100 horses walking on the street was also very imposing, especially Lin Yi, all of them were dressed in military clothes, bright armor, and carrying sharp weapons to kill. The common people hurriedly dodged, and a group of war horses stepped on the hard stone ground, making a crisp and chaotic sound.

Lin Yi's team walked through the streets and alleys, and soon came to the temporary governor's palace.

At this time, inside and outside the palace gate, there were all the troops of the Ming Dynasty, and Lin Yi did not suspect anything, for Sun Chuanting, a military general with troops, he was also the trilateral governor of Emperor Chongzhen, and the first rank of the imperial court, such a pomp was normal.

When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, Zhang Hua reported Lin Yi's name, and after someone went inside, Sun Chuanting let them in.

Lin Yi and Zhang Hua and the others dismounted, and some soldiers came over to let Zhang Hua and other Lin Yi's more than 100 guards rest beside them, only Lin Yi was allowed to enter the hall alone, and all the weapons were dismounted at the door of the hall.

These did not arouse any suspicion from Lin Yi. The Governor convened a high-level military council, not to fight, and it was useless to bring long and short weapons to get in the way, and it was necessary to ask for weapons to go inside to discuss matters.

As soon as Lin Yi entered the hall, he immediately attracted everyone's attention, because now his fame is too great, on the contrary, he is too young, or too young, in his twenties, he is the second-grade member of the imperial court, the chief soldier of Miyun, the prince and the prince, and the third duke, such a prominent reputation and status, not to mention that in the history of the Ming Dynasty, it is unique in the 5000-year history of the hot summer.

There is also his proud record, in just a few years, from a small border soldier to rise, the first time he became famous was to fight the Qunkou, five people destroyed more than 200 thieves such as Mantianxing, and then repeatedly defeated the Tartars, from Yue Tuo to Amin, from Jierharang to Haoge, from the first warrior of Manchuria Ao Bai to Dolgon, and then to the founder of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, these high-level figures of the Tartars have been planted in front of Lin Yi.

Shou Yongping, fighting Yuyang, bloody Zunhua, thousands of miles of surprise attacks forced Huang Taiji to retreat, Xifengkou retreated, crisscrossing the desert of Southern Mongolia, Lin Yi cast one immortal legend after another with extraordinary courage and martial arts.

Suppressed the thieves internally, successively destroyed the stars, shot the sky and Luo Rucai, and the battle of Nanyang made Li Zicheng almost annihilated, leaving only the remnants of the eighteen cavalry to flee into the deep mountains and dare not come out, outwitting Xiangyang and capturing Li Dingguo alive, Jingzhou City defeated Zhang Xianzhong, and forced the eight kings to flee into the deep mountains and old forests of Sichuan as soon as they left Sichuan.

But he doesn't seem to be so loyal to the emperor, and he killed thousands of brocade guards overnight, which can be called a shocking act.

With such a remarkable record and such an earth-shattering gesture, even if the fame of Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others is added in one place, it cannot be matched.

Such a cow man who frightened the enemy and made the opponent tremble, these people in the hall, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong, including Sun Chuanting, and their henchmen Bai Guangen and Niu Chenghu, only heard their names, but did not see their people, and they saw them today, how could they not take a few more looks?

In addition, another reason why Lin Yi is so eye-catching is that he plans to behead Lin Yi today on the orders of the emperor, and He Renlong is connected with Lin Yi's fate.

At this time, He Renlong had already arrived, sitting next to Sun Chuanting, unaware.

When they saw Lin Yi himself, they were all a little incredible, Lin Yi's youth was worthy of his reputation, and he looked like a jade-faced scholar in his twenties. looks very sunny, he is a beautiful man wherever he goes, and with this decent military uniform, he looks even more heroic. But his divine power, his martial arts, can hardly be linked to his body and physique, it is simply incompatible, or called incompatible.

In everyone's impression, such a prestigious figure should be a tall man, with one arm, five big and three thick, and a great figure, but they didn't expect Lin Yi to be a young man with a jade tree in the wind.

Where does his divine power come from? And his amazing martial arts? If someone hadn't said that this was the famous Lin Yi, it would be difficult for them to associate people with his fame.

Therefore, they looked at Lin Yi's eyes in a daze, straight, with unimaginable expressions in their eyes, and their expressions were full of incredulity.

Lin Yi came in with two eyes, of course, he was not idle, and the people sitting here were naturally prominent figures, all of them were civil and military generals of the imperial court's honor guard, and they were all famous figures that Lin Yi was familiar with and left their names for future generations. It's just that Lin Yi only heard about it before, and today he saw a real person.

There is no need to ask the person sitting in the middle of the handsome case, it must be Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, Lin Yi is also the first time to see Sun Chuanting himself, this person has good facial features, a slightly dark face, thick eyebrows and broad eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, three locks of long hair fluttering on his chest, wearing an iron helmet, wearing iron armor, and a gray robe.

Lin Yi was also unfamiliar with the other generals, because it was the first time they met today, and they only felt that these people looked good.

Lin Yi took two steps and bowed to Sun Chuanting: "Subordinate Lin Yi see Lord Governor."

Sun Chuanting hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, others did not have this treatment, like Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, when these people came in to pay homage to Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides only smiled and nodded or snorted at most, not to mention getting up and returning the salute, he didn't even have to leave his seat in arrears.

The reason why he treats Lin Yi so politely is because Lin Yi's identity is different, because he is not only the chief soldier of Miyun, but also has the title of prince and prince, although this is a false position and has no real power, but he is ranked as the third prince (three orphans).

In that feudal era, the emperor's family was dominant, and the prince's teacher was not someone who could be if he wanted to, the emperor personally sealed it, Sun Chuanting was at most a trilateral governor, and even the military department was not mixed up, so in this respect, Lin Yi was higher than him, but from the combat sequence, Lin Yi, the Miyun commander-in-chief, was under the command and dispatch of the trilateral governor of Shaanxi.

Therefore, Lin Yi gave him a salute first after he came in, but he had to return the salute. This is the hierarchical feudal system.

"Haha, Lord Lin can't be polite, and the governor will return the courtesy." Sun Chuanting said, introducing Zuo Liangyu, He Renlongniu Chenghu, Bai Guangen, and other generals to Lin Yi.

Even the Governor Sun Chuanting stood up and saluted respectfully, let alone them? Therefore, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong, Bai Guangen, Niu Chenghu, etc., no matter what they thought in their hearts, they didn't dare to be rude on the surface, and they all got up and bowed to Lin Yi, saying: "I've seen Lord Lin, see Lord Lin, Lord Lin has been looking up for a long time."

"Hehe, don't dare to be, fortunately." Lin Yi also smiled at them and arched his hand, and said a few polite words.

"Come, give me a seat." Sun Chuanting said again, and then he sat down in the middle of the handsome case.

"No." Someone agreed, and hurriedly moved a Taishi chair for Lin, Lin Yi was not polite, and sat down with a buttocks, sitting upright and comfortable.

After Lin Yi sat down, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong, Niu Chenghu, Bai Guangen, these people dared to sit down.

Don't look at it all sitting, but due to their different statuses, there is a big difference between sitting and sitting.

In front of Sun Chuanting, the others sat with straight pens, which was the regular sitting posture of the Ming soldiers, only serious, and they didn't dare to slack off at all. I didn't dare to have Lin Yi's presumptuous sitting posture.

However, Sun Ting, Bai Guangen, Liu Chenghu and others secretly thought in their hearts, let the scenery surnamed Lin for a while, and after a while, he would be pushed out with He Renlong to cut off his head.

It wasn't until Lin Yi sat upright that he knew which one was Zuo Liangyu and which one was He Renlong.

Regarding Zuo Liangyu's fame, before Lin Yi crossed over, he had such a number in his mind. When it comes to the major warlords at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu is undoubtedly second to none, like Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing, the chief soldiers of the four towns, all have to go to the back row.

Because whether it is in terms of strength, military exploits, or influence on the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu has more capital than other warlords. In the early days, Zuo Liangyu was a general under Hou Sui, who fought with the Qing army in Liaodong, fought bravely, made many military exploits, and was promoted to the chief military officer, mainly to encircle and suppress the peasant army, and to Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and Lao Huihui and other large groups of thieves in the battle, it was even more meritorious. Although later, he was self-respecting, high-flying, and did not listen to the imperial court, compared with He Renlong, he was more than equal, in this regard, he was still He Renlong's teacher, but this is a symbol of his strength.

Emperor Chongzhen dared to order the execution of He Renlong, but he did not dare to attack Zuo Liangyu, and later raised him to the same important height as Wu Sangui, and all of them were awarded the title of earl, which shows how strong Zuo Liangyu's strength is.

Emperor Chongzhen hoped that the two of them would defend the Jingshi against the thieves and the Jiannu outside the Guan, and help the Ming Mansion to fall, but unfortunately Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui did not let Chongzhen survive the tragic fate of hanging on the crooked neck tree in the coal mountain.

After Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, Zuo Liangyu also began to be more active in the political arena of the late Ming Dynasty, occupying Wuchang, when the army was at its largest, it is said that he had 800,000 horses, becoming the strongest warlord of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Later, after Zhu Yousong ascended the throne in Nanjing, Zuo Liangyu and Ma Shiying did not agree, and in the name of the Qing monarch, this Ning Nanbo started from Wuhan and went down the river with hundreds of thousands of troops, and blatantly pulled the flag and rebelled. Jiujiang Battle Zuo Liangyu died of illness, at this time, the Manchu army had pressed the river, his son Zuo Mengeng led more than 200,000 troops, surrendered without a fight.

If you can't fight and don't want to die senselessly and surrender, it can be considered forgivable, the key is that this Zuo Mengeng surrendered because he didn't dare to fight, and he surrendered not a strong enemy, but with 200,000 people, surrendered 10,000 Qing troops, and became a traitor who has no one before and no one in history.

Zuo Liangyu and their family have been around for two generations, Lin Yi knows everything about it, and now when he looks at this Zuo Liangyu, oh, the majestic Zuo Liangyu originally looked like this, with a strong body, a face of black ginseng, a slight beard, and about 40 years old.

Thinking about his past and later lives, I feel that their left family is two words - nest, and I want to make a comment on their left family, that is: Lao Tzu was once vigorous, and his son finally nested in the nest.

Then Lin Yi's gaze inadvertently fell on He Renlong's body again. Just by hearing his name, you know that this is an amazing character, a dragon among men!

Looking at his appearance carefully, I found that this person had a pair of eight-character sharp sword eyebrows, and a pair of tiger eyes were exceptionally bright, similar to the martial arts masters in martial arts novels. Square face, black stubble, looking at his age in his 30s, if you talk about toughness, you are compared with Zu Keyong, a famous general from the Guanning Army.

Of course, Lin Yi is no stranger to this He Renlong. Although He Renlong is a fellow villager with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, he is fundamentally different from Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

That is to say, He Renlong has never been a thief, he is a military attache of the Ming Dynasty who is rooted in Miao Hong, and later suppressed the peasant army and fought very bravely.

From this point of view, Emperor Chongzhen thought that He Renlong and the thieves Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were fellow villagers, and it was unreasonable to doubt his loyalty, which also exposed Emperor Chongzhen's fatal character weakness.

It is not entirely his fault that he does not listen to the imperial court, fundamentally speaking, it is because the imperial court cannot control him, and the direct reason is that he is only allowed to work and does not give him benefits.

Like Zuo Liangyu, Wu Sangui, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and later Li Chengdong, and then Geng Jingzhong after the founding of the Qing Dynasty, it is still gratifying, but this is not the case.

If according to Emperor Chongzhen's character, if possible, Emperor Chongzhen's whip can reach it, these people are estimated to have the same fate as He Long, then from now on, the Ming Dynasty will no longer have a good general.

But if in other words, Emperor Chongzhen can control them, let these people serve the public wholeheartedly and serve the court loyally, then the history of the Ming Dynasty will be rewritten, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng want to enter Yanjing to force Chongzhen to hang himself is just a dream, the Manchu Tartars enter the customs, and Emperor Shunzhi wants to enter the Central Plains, which will inevitably become a bubble.

But Lin Yi knows that there is no ifs in history, Chongzhen is Chongzhen, He Renlong is He Renlong after all, Zuo Liangyu is Zuo Liangyu after all, Wu Sangui is still him Wu Sangui.

It's just that now this game of chess has added a protagonist, that is, Lin Yi, he can't go with the flow, he has to do something.

Lin Yi is thinking now, in history, He Renlong was arrested and cut off by Sun Chuanting after his comeback, and now after his comeback, Sun Chuanting and He Renlong and others are sitting together, isn't it today......

When Lin Yi thought about it, he immediately felt that there was a murderous scene all around, whether there was an ambush or not, the atmosphere was definitely different, if you wanted to pay attention, a master like Lin Yi would definitely be able to feel it.

Lin Yi peeked at Sun Chuanting, as well as his generals Bai Guangen, Niu Chenghu, etc., and found that their eyes were erratic, with the color of a yin owl.

Lin Yi's heart flipped over: It seems that there is an episode in today's so-called deliberations...... Is Sun Chuanting going to do something to He Renlong? If it is really recorded in history, no, Lao Tzu must not stand idly by and watch this matter!