This time, the messenger sent by the Dashun army was Gu Junen, who persuaded Li Zicheng to take Guanzhong as the foundation of the strategist, Cao Bianjiao also showed absolute courtesy, and personally went out of the city to greet him, in the face of Cao Bianjiao's attitude, Gu Junen was also completely relieved, knowing that their choice was not wrong.

"General, more than 200,000 people in my Dashun army have decided to return to the Ming Dynasty, these are our army's muskets, military salaries and other things, which can be regarded as our sincerity, my first batch of people have left Jinzhou and went to Yunyang to wait for resettlement, and I hope that the general can arrange for acceptance as soon as possible!"

"Sir, rest assured, everything I have been dispatched, I will send someone to arrange this matter, the first batch of resettlement in Xiangyang, for the arrival of your Dashun army, I welcome it, from now on, I hope you can abandon the previous suspicions, work together sincerely, recover the old mountains and rivers, and help me to recover the Ming Dynasty."

"Thank you General, I am willing to follow the General in the inferior class!" Gu Junen also behaved very low-key and respectful.

The return of the Dashun army is definitely a force to be reckoned with for Cao Bianjiao, which can not only break the existing situation, enrich his strength, but also make those generals in the army have a sense of crisis, because the strength that Cao Bianjiao can rely on is not only them, even if someone has two ambitions, Cao Bianjiao also has the strength to extinguish it, and it is also to solve the dilemma in Cao Bianjiao's heart.

Subsequently, Cao Bianjiao sent Jiang Tianyi, Yang Longyou and others to settle those Dashun troops who came out of the mountains, and brought them to Xiangyang for resettlement first, the land of Hubei, now is the time when there is a shortage of people, the land of Hubei back then, the population is more than 6 million, and the land of Xiangyang has a population of one million, but thanks to the credit of Zuo Liangyu's bastard, Xiangyang Mansion was empty all of a sudden, he plundered the people into the army, not to mention, but also wantonly burned and killed adultery, except for good things, everything was done, making the entire land of Hubei, and the population was sharply reduced, Almost half of them were lost, otherwise he would not have been able to gather hundreds of thousands of military horses.

The placement of the Dashun army in Xiangyang is also able to enrich the population of Xiangyang, and at the same time, Yunyang is also sparsely populated because of the war, and Wuchang is also because of the strong alliance of Zhang Xianzhong and Zuo Liangyu, which is sparsely populated, and Cao Bianjiao has to migrate a group of people from Hunan, but it is still difficult to restore the old scene, and the placement of the Dashun army in these three places is also Cao Bianjiao's careful consideration.

At the same time, Cao Bianjiao also sent his subordinate Zhang Tianfu to take over the defense of Jinchuan, so that the Dashun army could be driven out as soon as possible.

On the first day of November, Cao Bianjiao personally came to Yunyang Mansion to greet the main personnel of the Dashun Army who came to attach, this time it was Gao Guiying, the Empress Dowager Gao, who personally led the troops out, and the Dashun Army had 50,000 people moved out a few days ago and settled in the territory of Yunyang Mansion, and Gao Doushu personally placed them, this time it was 100,000 people led by Gao Guiying personally, and it was also the last group of people, Cao Bianjiao naturally wanted to show his sincerity and sincerity.

"General, the one in front of the horse team wearing iron armor and red cloak is my Empress Dowager Gao." Song Xiance saw that the crowd was approaching, and he was also pointing out Cao Bianjiao at the moment.

"Good! Now that the Empress Dowager Gao has already arrived, let's go forward to greet her! Cao Bianjiao also said with a smile, just take a few steps, Cao Bianjiao doesn't mind that, he is a pragmatic person, and he doesn't do those things that want to save face.

Soon, Gao Guiying came to Cao Bianjiao with his people, and he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, quite heroic, and came to Cao Bianjiao to worship: "Dashun Gao Guiying, I have seen General Cao, thank you for being able to take in my Dashun soldiers and civilians, from now on, we are willing to obey the general's dispatch and serve the Ming Dynasty, and I will never regret it." ”

"The Queen Mother please get up quickly, you don't have to be so polite, I have already played to the court, posthumously crowned King Li Chuang as the King of Shun, hereditary replacement, the edict has come down, it will be sent in a few days, although the Queen Mother is no longer the Queen Mother of Dashun, but it is the Queen Mother of my Daming, and she is also crowned as Mrs. Jiexiao Zhenyi, even Li Cuiwei, the daughter of King Li Chuang and the Queen Mother, was also named the county lord, since it is already a family, why bother to be polite, I Cao is also a figure from the military, don't talk so much about false courtesy."

"Thank you, General!" When Gao Guiying heard this, she was completely relieved at the moment, and finally got the solution she wanted, and she lived up to the relationship between Li Zicheng and her husband and wife for many years.

"I have discussed with Song Xiance and Mr. Gu Junen and others, 200,000 Dashun troops, including as many as 130,000 family members of the old and weak women and children, and only 70,000 soldiers and horses of the Dashun army, and some old and weak After taking it, retain the establishment of 50,000 people, all of which are commanded by you, I will place you everywhere and serve the imperial court. Our army implements the separation of the army from the family, which is different from your Dashun army, and I hope to be able to tell every soldier about this, but there is a one-month return holiday every six months, although this is reassuring. ”

"We are waiting for everything to obey the general's arrangement, since we have chosen to return to the Ming Dynasty, we will naturally act according to the rules of the Ming army, although the general can rest assured in this matter, we will explain it clearly to the soldiers under our command, and there will be no chaos."

"That's good! Your next group of people will move to Wuchang Mansion, where I have ordered people to prepare, there will be a place to resettle, and at the same time distribute the resettlement expenses, as well as the grain for cultivation, everyone will be allocated to the field, and will be included in my Ming household registration as civilians, and will not despise any Dashun army, but if anyone is embarrassed, but even if I make it clear, I will be severely punished and will never forgive! Cao Bianjiao also assured them.

"Obey the general's orders!" Gao Guiying also responded casually, this is something that has been agreed, but Cao Bianjiao will take it out and talk about it again, so that they can feel more at ease, the people who have gone out of the mountain have been properly resettled, and they naturally still trust Cao Bianjiao very much.

"There is another thing, the Queen Mother needs to help, that is, in the Henan territory, there are still a group of remnants of the Dashun Army entrenched in the mountains and forests, these days, although there has not been much friction with our army, but frequently harassing the nearby people, I want to ask the Queen Mother to come forward and recruit them out of the mountain, I don't know what the Queen Mother wants?"

"This matter is not difficult to do, but let Gu Junen, Tian Jianxiu and others go to appease, they are all quite authoritative people in the Dashun army, enough to do this!"

"Then there is work, you will go to Xiangyang with me first, and I will settle you all when the time comes, and I have one more thing, that is, your titles may have to be rearranged, which also needs to be understood, after all, you have just arrived, and you have not yet made contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and the titles are too high and too high, which will inevitably cause gossip."

"Song Junshi said this matter when he went back before, although the general can rest assured, I will understand, everything is subject to the general's arrangement!"

"That's good! Please come with me, I have set up a banquet for you! ”