In the first year of the Ming Dynasty, there was destined to be an eventful spring, the winter snow had not yet melted, the west of the land of China, there were twists and turns, Sichuan, which was originally still a happy land, suddenly became a battlefield for the soldiers, from the north of Sichuan to the middle of Sichuan, the forces of all parties were surging, the war was not stopped, and the competition was endless.

Wang Huan, the general soldier of Ming Kuizhou, confronted Li Dingguo of the Great Western Army in Longquan Mountain, and after the Qing army He Luo would recruit Li Zicheng and the rest of He Zhen, sharpen his knife in Hanzhong, peep into Shu on the side of the couch, Zhang Xianzhong poured out of the nest, and the soldiers of the whole country went north, intending to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army on the border, laying the foundation for the future out of Qin Pass and looking at the Central Plains.

At this time, Huguang, from the Changsha line, is still in the hands of He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang in Daming, he and Huguang governor Plug Yinxi can be regarded as a number of good ministers at the end of the Ming Dynasty, although the restoration of the land is useless, but the defense can still pass, and the Qing Dynasty governor stationed in Wuchang Eight Provinces Junmen, Meile Zhangjing Tongyang and the north and south confrontation, barely maintained the situation of peace and quiet.

At the end of the second year of Hongguang, there was a change, because at the end of this year, Li Guo and others, who came to Huguang from Shaanxi thousands of miles through Sichuan, converged with Tian Jianxiu, Li Shuangxi and others who Li Zicheng stayed in Huguang.

In order to win over this force that can change the entire battle situation, Tong Yanghe and He Tengjiao have spent a lot of brains, at first He Tengjiao did not believe in evil, thinking that Li Zicheng died, and the peasant army was a rabble, and ordered the general soldier to slaughter the dragon, Mo Zongwen and others to lead the troops to clean up, and planned to break up the matter.

But they never thought that the officers and soldiers who went to the clean-up were beaten to ashes, almost all the troops were wiped out, and the faces of the people who fled back were pale, and even the thieves were invincible.

By the time the Ming army was fighting with the peasant army, the envoy of the Qing army had already arrived in the camp of the peasant army and talked a lot.

At this time, the people who were in charge of the peasant army were nominally Tian Jianxiu and Li Shuangxi, one was highly respected and qualified, the other was Li Zicheng's righteous son, protecting Li Zicheng's widow, and all the generals who supported the army still listened to them, Tian Jianxiu and Li Shuangxi also saw the big situation in front of them, thinking that Dashun could not be revived, and the Ming Dynasty would also collapse, Zhang Xianzhong of Sichuan was not worth mentioning, looking at the world, the Qing army was outstanding, and it was not a matter of time before Weijia was in the sea, and it was not the Qing army but the local armed forces of the Ming Dynasty who killed Li Zicheng, Therefore, with the idea of taking refuge in the Qing Dynasty, everyone sat together, and there were a lot of things to say, and the big conditions were almost discussed.

This is a very fatal question, because it is a strict order of the regent Dolgon that all Han people in the world must carry out.

That's the head-shaving order.

Leave your head or not.

As Han Chinese, Tian Jianxiu and others absolutely can't tolerate the head given to their parents being shaved off by the Manchurians, and they have to drag a rattail on the back of their heads, and Tong Yanghe is also tough, and other conditions are easy to discuss, so they must agree to this matter, otherwise everyone will not talk about it.

After coming and going, everyone talked about it.

At this time, the keen plug Yinxi smelled the smell of opportunity, and took advantage of the opportunity for Tong Yanghe's envoy to go back, personally ventured into the peasant army camp, and met with Tian Jianxiu and others.

More than 100,000 troops are stationed in a narrow territory near Jingzhou, the grain and grass are unsustainable, and there is an urgent need to take refuge in one side to solve the livelihood problem, Plug Yinxi is so sincere, and the courage to ride into the enemy camp alone is also admirable, the same Han people, everyone also has a common language, at least there is no need for a Manchu translation, so naturally, the peasant army entered the Ming army sequence.

This is a very remarkable thing, plugging Yinxi's subordinates, which is equivalent to more than 100,000 people for no reason, aside from the families of those who accompanied the army, there are at least tens of thousands of elite soldiers, Huguang Governor Blocking Yinxi, suddenly became a major minister of the Ming Dynasty, Plugging Yinxi is very keep-along, and immediately went to Emperor Longwu to ask for the title of peasant army.

There are so many soldiers who can fight under his hands, and Zhu Yujian, the Longwu Emperor who was trapped in Fuzhou, was very happy, and threw away a lot of official titles, and named Li Guo as the candidate of Xingguo, etc., and renamed the peasant army as the Loyal Battalion, which means loyalty.

In this way, He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, was a little unhappy, the governor and the governor were originally superiors and subordinates, but in the late Ming Dynasty environment, the level of the position is not unrelated to the strength of the soldiers and horses in the hand, like Wang Huan, there are soldiers and money in his hands, although Wang Yingxiong is the governor, he is still not a bird, and he can ignore it at any time, not to mention that a governor has a heavy army, isn't it a few days to kick the governor down and replace him?

Considering this, He Tengjiao immediately used his means to win over the generals in the peasant army, such as Hao Shaoqi, Wang Jincai and others, and took advantage of the fact that Emperor Longwu's edict was still on the way, separated them from the loyalty camp, and assigned them to his command, strengthening his own strength.

As a result, the remnants of the peasant army that had finally gathered together suddenly collapsed, although Tian Jianxiu and others tried their best to dissuade them, but the generals who supported the army and respected themselves were already warlords who were in their own way.

The trees fell and scattered, and the loyalty battalion of more than 100,000 scattered a lot, and then divided into two large parts, each with tens of thousands of people, and some of them belonged to He Tengjiao's subordinates, such as Hao Shaoqi, Wang Jincai, etc.; Some of them entered the loyalty camp and were controlled by Yinxi, such as Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, etc.

With soldiers in his hands, he naturally has an idea, He Tengjiao feels that most of the Qing army has returned to the north and stayed in Huguang, but Tong Yang in Wuchang and less than 10,000 people, even if the Eight Banners soldiers are one enemy and ten, and the fierce generals in their hands are like clouds, tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is a matter of not overnight to recover the entire Huguang, if you let Du Yinxi take the lead, then maybe he will really let him climb on his head.

So He Tengjiao made a bold move, the first strike was strong, sent troops to Yuezhou, the Qing soldiers were caught off guard, he grabbed the first hand, He Tengjiao ran to Jingzhou non-stop, intending to expand the results, but Tong Yanghe is not good at stubble, immediately asked for help, General Qingping Nan, Belle Ke Dehun waved the army to help, outside Jingzhou City and the Ming army field battle, first attack He Tengjiao, He Tengjiao's department collapsed at the touch of a touch, the two armies were slightly defeated and immediately fled the whole army, Wangfeng fled directly back to Changsha, even Yuezhou did not want, leaving the other side of Jingzhou stupidly attacking the city of Plug Yinxi.

Plug Yinxi didn't know that he was pitted, and still stayed outside Jingzhou City, until the Qing army surrounded him, he suddenly realized that under a vicious battle, he returned defeated, leaving countless corpses and retreating to Changde to gain a foothold, in this defeat, Tian Jianxiu, Li Shuangxi and other generals were killed.

However, these things are not brilliant compared to the actions of Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army, at most they are the scale of a province, so they are not eye-catching, and even Wang Huan, who is familiar with this history, only let Xu Tiezhu, the prefect of Kuizhou, pay attention to it.

However, the direction of history has changed because of his arrival, and He Tengjiao, who returned to Changsha, hit the idea of a comeback to Kuizhou.

On the 10th day of the first month, in the yamen of the governor of Changsha Prefecture, there were two people sitting side by side, on the tea table of Huanghuali wood, two cups of Longjing fragrant tea had been cooled, but the tea drinkers had no intention of tasting tea, and were fighting with each other.

However, to be precise, one person shouted and scolded, and the other person sneered again and again.

The person who scolded was Wang Yingxiong.

"Governor He, you and I are both important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and we have to follow the rules of the court when we speak and act, how can we cross the border and do our own thing?" Wang Yingxiong blushed and had a thick neck, almost turned his face, patted the table and shouted: "Sichuan is under the jurisdiction of this governor, and it has its own square inch, what do you mean by entering Kuizhou?" ”

He Tengjiao slowly touched the armrest of the circle chair, and said with a smile: "Governor Wang Hugh is impatient, isn't this a relief for you?" ”

Wang Yingxiong's neck stiffened, and he said angrily: "Where does this governor's worries come from? ”

He Tengjiao snorted coldly: "Where does the worry come from? Lord Wang, don't think that others don't know, your Sichuan has already made a pot of porridge, not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong occupies most of the land, and even the generals who were originally under your jurisdiction have also caused infighting. ”

Wang Yingxiong's face changed, and he roared: "So what? In these years, the imperial court is in decline, and it is common for a general to mutiny, so what? The governor has already pressed it, and now the three mansions in eastern Sichuan are very stable, and I don't care about it! ”

He Tengjiao sneered and said, "Stable? Don't you just rely on Qin Liangyu? That old woman should have been buried a long time ago, and now she pushes a half-sized son out to support the situation, how can it be done, I think sooner or later you will lose your foundation, and besides, I won't go deep into Sichuan, just take over Kuizhou, why are you so excited? ”

When Wang Yingxiong heard the sound, his originally red face turned into the color of pig liver, he stood up angrily, pointed to He Tengjiao's nose and said: "Okay, after talking for a long time, this sentence has only come to the point, I said why did you suddenly have the idea of Sichuan, it turned out that you fell in love with Shizhu Silver Mine!" You want to get the silver ore to pay your thieves, right? I know, how can those thieves listen to you so much, it's strange that they still follow you without money, and now the taxes are not enough, right? Just thinking about occupying my Kuizhou? ”

He Tengjiao's face did not change, obviously he was very well cultivated, and said lightly and leisurely: "Don't say so ugly, what is yours and mine, Lord Wang, you and I are both Ming courtiers, why do you need to divide each other, your silver mine income is to be handed over to the imperial court, and you don't pay half a tael of silver these days, what kind of heart do you have?" I just collect a little mining tax on behalf of the emperor, and the income is not used for the imperial soldiers, in the final analysis, it is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the society, which is a loyal act. ”

He Tengjiao said things as if they were very solemn, and Wang Yingxiong trembled with anger, his fingers were messy, and he couldn't say a word after choking for a while, while He Tengjiao Shi Shiran picked up the teacup, and now the tea was already cold, and he frowned slightly, but he still took a sip gently.

"Okay, Lord He, since this is the case, we have nothing to say, I will rush to Fuzhou, meet the Son of Heaven, impeach you for the crime of crossing the border arrogantly, and see how the emperor treats you!" Wang Yingxiong's lips trembled, even the hat on his head was almost crooked, and he shouted, looking like Lao Tzu can't win, you will be called an adult.

He Tengjiao smashed his mouth, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, he met with Wang Yingxiong today, but he took care of Shilin's friendship and said hello in advance, Wang Yingxiong's reaction is not important, anyway, this person has no strength, and the court will not support him if he suffers a loss, after all, compared with Wang Yingxiong, who is only guarding Zunyi, he is the object that the court relies on.

Wang Yingxiong brushed his sleeves away, strode out of the gate with a snort, got into his sedan chair, and shouted loudly to go quickly.

The soldiers escorted his sedan chair through the streets and alleys in Changsha City, walked to the place where he stayed, and when he walked halfway, he couldn't wait to order the sedan chair to stop, opened the sedan curtain and replaced a trustworthy guard, and handed out a letter, which was actually covered with fire paint in the sedan chair, and it was obvious that Wang Yingxiong carried this set of things with him.

"Send this letter to Kuizhou for 800 miles and hand it over to Xu Tiezhu, the prefect of Kuizhou, don't slack off, remember to remember!" Beads of sweat appeared on Wang Yingxiong's face, and he looked anxious, which made the guards startled, and hurriedly agreed, put it away closely, and went in a hurry.

Looking at the back of the guard, Wang Yingxiong wiped a handful of sweat, a hideous smile appeared on his face, and said hatefully: "Okay, you He Tengjiao, this official wants to see, you have a few catties and taels, dare to spy on Kuizhou, don't rub off a layer of your skin, I write the word upside down!" ”

He didn't feel the language in his words at all, hurriedly lowered the sedan curtain, and then, from the sedan chair, there were faint bursts of deliberately suppressed laughter, full of revenge.