On the fifth day of the first month, before lunch, Yidougu personally rushed to Yongning City, Li Zicheng sent Li Ji, who had dealt with him, to meet outside the city, after the two met, there were talking and laughing, riding all the way, came to the gate of Wan'an Palace, only to get off the horse, and handed over the reins to their respective soldiers.

Li Zicheng greeted the second gate, and arched his hand from a distance, "It is said that Mr. Yidougu is elusive, and outsiders are not allowed to see each other, and today I have the opportunity to see honor, which is really a blessing for three lives!" ”

Li Ji approached Yidougu and whispered a few words, Yidougu hurriedly raised his hand to return the salute, "Where, where, the governor of the capital has been awarded, and the governor of the capital is the dragon and phoenix among the people. ”

"Let's talk in the house, please!" Li Zicheng laughed and raised his hand to sign.

"Metropolitan Governor, please!" Yidougu also signaled, but walked behind Li Zicheng.

Li Ji sent the two to the door of the small hall, and on the grounds that he was busy with affairs, he said goodbye to Yidougu, saluted Li Zicheng, and left the small hall.

Yidougu and Li Zi were seated as guests, and He Xiaomi saw the opportunity to serve tea, so he went out of the small hall and took Yidougu's people to the small hall next door to rest.

Li Zicheng looked at Yidougu with a smile and said, "How sincere is Mr. Entrusting the messenger to pass the message?" ”

Yidougu stood up suddenly, shook his body, and said: "In the next one, it is considered to be a single person who rode into the city alone, and came to see the Metropolitan Governor, can't the Metropolitan Governor still believe in the sincerity of the Metropolitan Governor?" ”

"The Governor of Pontus naturally believes," Li Zicheng laughed and sat down in Yidougu, "Sir should see that there are only you and me in this small hall, if the Governor of Pontus doesn't believe in Mr., how can he put himself in a dangerous situation?" ”

The two exchanged a few words of greeting, enlivening the atmosphere, and Yi Dougu took the initiative to tell Li Zicheng that he thought he was going to lead the whole army to join the Heavenly Mandate Army, not only because he had seen the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and in the case of inferior troops, he could also annihilate his subordinates, but more importantly, his subordinates had reached the point where the mountains and rivers were exhausted, and the 100,000 troops were almost cut off......

The brothers followed him, originally to survive, but they didn't expect that after the group uprising, they still couldn't step through the hurdle of food!

Yidougu is willing to let Li Zicheng adopt his subordinates, but he has only one request: no matter how difficult it is, try to keep his brothers alive!

Li Zicheng can basically believe these words, according to the information collected from all sides, Yidougu will not be able to take the prefectures and counties of the imperial court, and it will not be able to get large-scale supplies at all by wandering around the villages and mountains, and the 100,000 troops will inevitably lack food and clothing.

When it comes to this, there shouldn't be much water, and when he takes refuge in others, who will exaggerate his predicament?

Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes and bowed his head slightly, Yidougu's request was really not excessive, they were all Han brothers and sisters, as long as there was a little way, he would never abandon it, no matter whether these people were ordinary hungry people or rogues, whether they were Yidougu's subordinates or his subordinates......

The two only talked for less than half an hour before reaching an agreement, and Li Zicheng immediately set up a banquet to entertain Yidougu and his accompanying subordinates.

Yidougu was full of wine and food, and agreed to come to Yongning City with all his subordinates on the morning of the eighth day of the first month, and officially surrendered to the Heavenly Mandate Army, Li Zicheng was not ambiguous, and expressed his attitude to Yidougu in public, he would definitely prepare sufficient food, wait for his brothers in Yongning City, and help them survive the famine period.

Li Zicheng's confidence lies in Wan'an Palace!

Yidou Gu came out of Yongning City, and he didn't travel more than a few miles, and Fang Deng, the general who had stayed outside the city and waited outside the city in advance, immediately greeted him, "Master Gu, how are you talking?" ”

"Look at Gu Ye's face," Yi Dou Gu bared his teeth and smiled, and said: "If you can't negotiate, you can't give an explanation to the brothers, does Gu Ye have the heart to drink?" ”

"Gu Ye believes in Li Zicheng so much? It is necessary to guard against the ...... of the belly"

"Fang Deng, have you ever seen a rogue who distributed relief food to the people?" Yidougu slowed down his horse speed and walked parallel to Fang Deng on the official road.

"Gu Ye is saying that the Heavenly Mandate Army has enough food?" Fang Deng seemed to have an understanding, "Master Gu, the Heavenly Mandate Army, like us, is a rogue in the eyes of the imperial court, where do they have a lot of food?" ”

"I don't really care about this, how to feed our brother, that's Li Zicheng's business," Yidougu's expression was very relaxed, which was completely opposite to Fang Deng's solemnity, "Don't talk about Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, it's us, how can we ever provide disaster relief to the people?" If it weren't for the world, why would the Mandate of Heaven Army release grain to the people of Yongning? Moreover, the land is distributed to all the people, Fang Deng, don't you see? ”

"Gu Ye is saying that Li Zicheng is buying people's hearts?"

Yidougu nodded, turned around and looked at Yongning City behind him, and muttered: "Li Zichengzhi is not small, he will be able to succeed one day......"

"Master Gu, but in this way, aren't we completely eaten by Li Zicheng?"

"Fang Deng, you are my most trusted person," Yi Dougu's face suddenly became solemn, "Such words, don't mention them in the future, even Gu Ye and I are waiting for Li Zicheng's arrangement with peace of mind, if Li Zicheng's suspicion is encountered, disaster will not be far away!" ”

“……”

"To tell the truth, when we started the incident, we didn't think of fighting for the world, just to eat our stomachs, but this matter is not the end of the game, sooner or later the court will free up its hands to deal with us, if we can't overthrow the court, we will be exterminated by the court," Yidougu said: "Even if there is no court, it will be swallowed by other rogues." ”

"Master Gu, we may not be able to create a piece of heaven and earth......

"We can't stay in the mountains forever, the mountains can't feed us, it's still the winter cold season, we have to cut off cooking, and you let the brothers drink the northwest wind to survive for a few months?" Yidougu kept shaking his head, "Looking at the world, the Heavenly Mandate Army has occupied several provinces, and its combat effectiveness is significantly stronger than that of the Ming Army, they are most likely to succeed in the future," after a pause, he said: "Let's climb the big tree of Li Zicheng as soon as possible, and also seek a good future for our brothers......

"We have a good future, but you ...... Gu Ye"

Yidougu's eyes were a little uncertain, and when he talked with Li Zicheng today, he didn't talk about his whereabouts, but he estimated that Li Zicheng would definitely relieve him of his military power and prevent trouble before it happened.

He reluctantly said: "Li Zicheng naturally wants to buy people's hearts, and he will definitely not be unfavorable to me, otherwise, how will he win the trust of others in the future?" ”

"Master Gu, now ...... It's still too late to ......."

"I remember," Yi Dougu's eyes suddenly lit up, and his eyes were also shining, "When I was drinking just now, the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials faintly proposed to let me be a civil official, yes, that's what he meant, but I didn't hear it at the time, this must be Li Zicheng testing me!" ”

"Master Gu, don't, in this way, you will alienate your brothers, and after a long time, ......"

"Fang Deng, have you forgotten what I just said? In the future, the object of your allegiance is the Heavenly Mandate Army, Li Zicheng, and no longer Gu Ye," Yidou Gu frowned slightly, as if he was a little dissatisfied, "This is also the best protection for me and for you, I plan to accept that Director Zhang's suggestion and go to the Heavenly Mandate Governor's Mansion to serve as any civilian official!" ”

"Gu Ye ......"

"Don't say any more," Itogu waved his hand, "I am satisfied that my brothers can survive, I didn't expect high-ranking officials to be Houlu at the beginning!" In my heart, I thought that it was a good thing for Li Zicheng to transfer himself and his brothers, if he had been staying with his brothers, once he was suspected by Li Zicheng, I am afraid it would be difficult to die well.

"Master Gu, let's ...... like this"

"You can't forget your roots, don't forget, the lives of our 100,000 brothers were saved by Li Zicheng......" Yidougu didn't finish speaking, he had already raised his horsewhip and whipped it on the horse's buttocks, the war horse was in pain, and he walked away, Fang Deng hurriedly whipped the horse and followed closely.

On the eighth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1641 AD), Yidougu led all his subordinates, close to 100,000 old and young, and came to Yongning City one by one.

Among the 100,000 subordinates, most of them are the families of the soldiers, and the real sergeants are more than 10,000 people, Li Zicheng first reorganized the soldiers, and selected eight soldiers from 1,000 households.

These more than 8,000 soldiers are already auxiliary soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, although they are not paid, but their food and salary will not be less, and they are not only worried about survival.

The remaining 90,000 subordinates are actually just ordinary people, they have neither food nor can fight, and most of them are women, old and weak, Li Zicheng has already calculated that they will be gathered together, even if the Heavenly Mandate Army has enough food to raise them, when the summer grain is ripe, they will still be hungry, because there is not enough arable land at all.

After negotiation with Yidougu, Li Zicheng divided them into four groups as a family unit.

Eight thousand families of soldiers, more than 20,000 people, all settled in Nanyang Mansion, Nanyang Mansion did not have a drought, only man-made disasters, after the Mandate of Heaven Army occupied Nanyang, it has adopted the method of light endowment, initially let the people ease up, these people settled in Nanyang Mansion and the prefectures and counties to which they belong, that is a long-term thing, the local government will allocate land to them.

In addition, as the family members of the sergeants, in addition to preparing dry food for them on the road, after arriving in Nanyang, all the population, regardless of men and women, old and young, will be rewarded with a stone of grain;

The second batch of 30,000 people, the third batch of 20,000 people, respectively moved to Jianchang, Sichuan, Lanzhou, Gansu, the Mandate of Heaven army also provided them with dry food along the way, after arriving at the destination, the local government will provide them with land, assist them in building houses, and will also provide them with rations, but the strong men of these populations must work for the local government for no more than three months, the specific time is determined by the local government;

In the end, there are less than 20,000 people left, and they will move eastward with the Mandate of Heaven, except for a small number of people along the way, the vast majority of the population will be placed near Luoyang, and the Mandate of Heaven Army will provide the people with food, arable land, seeds, etc. free of charge, but the people must completely obey the management of the Mandate of Heaven, and when necessary, they must participate in a certain period of conscription.

Yidougu himself, was appointed as the capital of Nanyang Prefecture, responsible for the recruitment and training of sergeants in Nanyang Prefecture, and assisted Xie Junbao, the prefect of Nanyang, to take all the states and counties of Nanyang Prefecture as much as possible.