When the visitor was more than ten steps away, Pang Yue could already see clearly that the civil official in the middle was about half a hundred years old, not amazing, with a thin figure, and a long beard under the jaw that was customary for civil officials, and there was a bit of wisdom and perseverance in his eyes. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The military general to his left was about forty years old, with a dark face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and an exceptionally strong build. The member on the right looked older and taller, a little thin but still powerful, with a face with high cheekbones and a bit of vicissitudes.

As for the identities of the two generals around the civil official, Pang Yue only glanced at it and knew the bottom in his heart. The reason is very simple, behind them there is a Li character and a high character banner, the slightly younger general is obviously Li Guo, and the other is naturally Gao Yigong. Although there is no banner to show his identity around the civil official, Pang Yue has already guessed that he is not far from ten, and he personally supervised the loyal battalion to come, and he can make Li Guo and Gao Yigong very polite, this person should be the current governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi.

Pang Yue grabbed the horse's belly, took the initiative to take a few steps forward, and hugged his fist at the civil official in the middle and said: "The last general, Pang Yue, the chief soldier of Huguang, dare to ask the lord if he is blocking Futai?" ”

The civil official was stunned for a moment, and then showed a smile: "This official is Du Yinxi, and you are Dingwu Bo Pang Yue?" Sure enough, young and promising! It's just that the official hasn't sent someone to contact him yet, so how can Ding Wubo know the identity of the official? ”

Pang Yue didn't answer clearly, but said with a smile: "Although the last general has never met with Lord Futai, he has also known that Lord Futai is famous for a long time. Seeing it today is really a blessing for three lives! ”

This is Pang Yue's sincere words, among the ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Du Yinxi can be regarded as one of the rare pillars. Although in the minds of later generations, Du Yinxi's popularity is not great, and he is not even as good as Tengjiao, Qu Shiyun and others, but he can be said to far surpass He Tengjiao in terms of mind and ability. In the original history, Du Yinxi was the first to write to Emperor Longwu, proposing to unite the rest of the Dashun army to resist the Qing Dynasty, and later only brought a small number of followers to go deep into the camp of the Dashun army and appease Li Guo and others. The original generals were impressed by their open-mindedness and courage. Later, Emperor Longwu was martyred, Emperor Yongli ascended the throne in Zhaoqing, and Du Yinxi served as the secretary of the military department of the Yongli court, dedicated to the country, striving for progress and having a strategic vision. He repeatedly suggested to Emperor Yongli that he should take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Qing army to recover the lost territory and open up the situation. and personally supervised the army to recover Changde, Chenzhou and other places occupied by the Qing army. It's a pity that although Du Yinxi has no enthusiasm, he has been repeatedly squeezed out by those pedantic and stubborn forces in the court, and he has a Yongli Emperor who is known for running away. He was never able to realize his ambitions, and finally died of illness in Xunzhou, Guangxi Province in the third year of Yongli (1649).

As early as in his previous life, Pang Yue had deep respect for the country and loyal to him, and felt extremely regretful about his depressed and hateful ending. But it has been two years since he came to this era, but Pang Yue has never met with Du Yinxi. Today, when I saw this important minister of Nanming who I respected, I was naturally full of joy and excitement.

"Uncle Dingwu is serious!" Du Yinxi smiled modestly, "This official is just talking about his duty, how can he be famous?" If you want to talk about fame, it is Ding Wubo who has defeated the Dongyu many times, and his prestige has spread all over Huguang, and it has long been like thunder among the people. By the way, this official will first introduce these generals to Ding Wubo......"

"Don't talk about blocking Futai first, let the last general guess." Pang Yue said with a smile. After that, he hugged his fist and saluted the military general on the left of Du Yinxi, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the Marquis of Xingguo, right?" I heard the name of the Marquis of Xingguo early, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name! ”

"Exactly. Ding Wubo is polite! Li Guo also immediately clasped his fists and laughed.

Pang Yue turned to the general on the right again, clasped his fists and smiled: "Then this is General Gao?" ”

"Exactly, Gao has seen Ding Wubo!" Gao Yigong returned the salute. After the rest of the Dashun Army was reorganized into the Loyalty Battalion, Gao Yigong has not yet received a specific title. He didn't receive a knighthood, so when facing Pang Yue. is more polite than Li Guo in tone.

But Pang Yue's guess is limited to this, there are several loyal battalion generals around him He doesn't know any of them, although everyone has generals around them, but they are not as famous as Li Guo and Gao Yigong, Pang Yue has not been able to fully understand the original generals of the Dashun Army, it is difficult to guess their identity from a surname.

Since he didn't know, Pang Yue naturally wouldn't be reluctant, and explained the truth to Du Yinxi with a smile, and asked him to help introduce it. Du Yinxi didn't think there was anything, and introduced the rest of the loyal battalion generals to Pang Yue one by one. Every time Du Yinxi introduced one, Pang Yue greeted each other.

Pang Yue showed sincerity, and all the generals of the loyal battalion naturally replied with courtesy, and the original kind of vigilance against the officers and soldiers in his eyes was eliminated a lot, and the surrounding atmosphere became harmonious.

Only one of the young generals who was about twenty years old seemed to have a trace of unconvincing on their faces when they saw Pang Yue, and they were also absent-minded when they replied, and they paid more attention to the spear in Pang Yue's hand than Pang Yue himself.

This young general is Li Guo's righteous son Li Laiheng, and Pang Yue, who is familiar with history, also knows his later nickname - Tiger Shuai. Li Laiheng is also one of the national heroes of the late Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty, and has led his troops to persist until the third year of the Manchu Kangxi Dynasty (1664), and finally fell into the siege of the Qing army in Maolu Mountain, Hubei.

But even without this, Pang Yue would not feel any unhappiness about Li Laiheng's actions, young people are strong-blooded, and naturally they can't avoid a crazy word, and it is not a good thing to be as dull as middle-aged and elderly people prematurely.

After greeting each of the generals of the Loyal Battalion, Pang Yue invited them to the city to rest and discuss military affairs together. In this regard, Du Yinxi naturally had no opinion, and readily agreed. Li Guo, Gao Yiguo and several other main generals of the loyal battalion let the army under their command temporarily stay outside the city, and also brought their own personal soldiers into the city.

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"This time, thanks to the timely arrival of the Futai, Xingguohou and the generals, the crisis faced by my Huguang Town was resolved." In the hall of the county government, Pang Yue said to Gu Yinxi and the generals of the loyal battalion, "Please allow Pang to thank you on behalf of all the soldiers of Huguang Town!" ”

Du Yinxi smiled and said: "Ding Wubo will see the outside when he says this!" You and I both serve the imperial court, and the Marquis of Xingguo and General Gao are all military generals of the imperial court like you, so why should they be so polite? Huguang Town and the Loyal Battalion are both Ming officers and soldiers, and it is also appropriate to help each other. ”

Hearing this, Pang Yue couldn't help but secretly sigh at the ingenuity and good intentions of Du Yinxi's words, which not only appeased himself. They are also quietly narrowing the distance between the officers and troops of the descendant line and the rest of the former Dashun army in order to eliminate the gap between the two. From this small detail, it can be clearly seen that the open-mindedness and the strategy adopted by Du Yinxi are far from comparable to those stubborn and corrupt Confucians who only shout empty slogans.

After Du Yinxi finished speaking, Li Guo and the others also nodded. Briefly echoed a sentence or two. The meaning is roughly the same, let Pang Yue not be polite.

"After the official commander led the loyal battalion to Changsha City, he learned that the main force of the Eastern Prisoners had gone to Hengzhou, and he was worried about the safety of the holy driver. Then, he immediately led 30,000 horses to the south with the Marquis of Xingguo and General Gao, and let Tian Jianxiu and General Liu Tichun lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to contain the Qing army under Changsha City. After several days of urgent marching, I did not dare to delay in the slightest, when passing through Hengshan County. It happened to meet the Nu chief Duoduo leading the army here, so there was a battle. Speaking of this, Du Yinxi asked with a little worry, "Hengzhou hasn't suffered an accident yet, right?" ”

Pang Yue said: "Lord Futai don't worry, the last general has just gotten the news, as of yesterday morning, Hengzhou City is still under the control of our army. Although the defenders in the city could not defeat the Qing captives, there were still 20,000 people and a large number of people could be recruited. If nothing else, Elder Zhu had already arrived in Hengzhou yesterday evening with a total of more than 10,000 men and horses under the headquarters of the two generals, Ma Jinzhong and Chen Youlong. And there are no more than 10,000 people in Qingqing. There are still thousands of sailors, and there is a lack of large-scale siege equipment, which cannot pose a threat to Hengzhou for the time being, and Your Majesty and the lords of the court are still safe. Now, Dufutai has arrived with the soldiers of the loyal battalion. The rest of the reinforcements are also coming one after another, and the Qing captives have little chance. ”

In the early hours of this morning, the secret agents of the Intelligence Department risked their lives to enter the city, and they couldn't help but bring news about reinforcements. also brought the situation about Hengzhou, so Pang Yue naturally knew.

"That's good! Seemingly. I'm not too late. Hearing Pang Yue say this, Du Yinxi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Pang Yue with appreciation, "Speaking of which, this time Dongyu's delusions are shattered, and the soldiers of Dingwubo and Huguang Town can be said to have made great contributions!" ”

Seeing that Pang Yue seemed to be polite again, Du Yinxi waved his hand to stop him, and continued: "Ding Wubo, don't be modest first. This official never praises people easily, but this is indeed the case! Ding Wubo first led the army to fortify the north of Changsha layer by layer, annihilating more than 10,000 enemies, and greatly dampening the spirit of the Eastern Captives. Later, he restrained the slave chief Duoduo here, so that he could not go south with peace of mind, and bought a lot of time for Hengzhou. Without this effort, the situation would undoubtedly have deteriorated further! ”

"Blocking the public is reasonable," Li Guo also commanded, "If it weren't for the bloody battle before Dingwubo and all the soldiers of Huguang Town, the Tartars under Changsha City would not have suffered a lot of vitality, and we would not have come south so smoothly!" ”

Pang Yue said with a smile: "Blocking Futai and Xingguo Hou have won the award!" The last general also dared to borrow the words of Lord Futai, all of them served the imperial court, and the last general and all the soldiers of Huguang Town also did their duty. ”

Above the lobby, a hearty laugh suddenly sounded.

Then, Pang Yue smiled again, and said to Du Yinxi with concern: "Lord Futai, although the Holy Lord is not in danger for the time being. However, what the last general feared was that the Qing army that entered Huguang still had tens of thousands of people, like a hundred-legged insect that died but did not freeze, and although our army temporarily stopped its intentions, it could not be completely wiped out, and they would inevitably continue to poison the living beings, and even integrate the follow-up reinforcements to make a comeback. The land and population that our dynasty can control are already much worse than before, and I am afraid that we will no longer be able to withstand many tosses. ”

"Ding Wubo's worries are very reasonable, even if our army can't annihilate the Dongyu, we must first force it to withdraw south of Huguang, the longer the war lasts, the more unfavorable it will be for our dynasty." Du Yinxi nodded, and looked at Pang Yue again, "Before going south, this official has already made some arrangements, let General Liu Tichun and Tian Jianxiu lead their troops to stay near Changsha City, and let General Yuan Zongdi lead the army to attack Xiangyin. Nowadays, Xiangyin has become an important transfer point for the follow-up grain and grass of Dongyu, once captured by our army, it will not be long before Dongyu will fall into trouble due to the shortage of grain and grass. Since Dongyu has always despised our army, there are not many defenders deployed in Xiangyin. The troops of the Dongyu near the north of Xiangyin are weak, and the more than 20,000 Dongyu troops under Changsha City have also been seriously injured, and they are restrained by Liu Tichun, General Tian Jianxiu, and the soldiers and horses in the city, so it is difficult to withdraw to the rescue. Therefore, no matter whether General Yuan can conquer Jiangyin or not, Nu Shuai Duoduo will not sit idly by, and it will be even more difficult to continue to fight in the hinterland of Huguang with peace of mind. It is expected that there will be news in the direction of Xiangyin soon, and it will be clear at that time. ”

Hearing that Du Yinxi had already made these arrangements, Pang Yue's heart relaxed a lot. Indeed, once Xiangyin was recovered by the Ming army and the Qing army lost this important material transfer point, the long logistics supply line would be dealt a fatal blow. Without the follow-up food and grass, it was naturally difficult for Duoduo to stay. Even if Xiangyin was not conquered, after it was besieged by the Ming army and seriously threatened, it was also a great deterrent to the Qing army, just like a pig-killing knife hanging from the head with a strand of hair, even if it did not fall, it could make it tremble. What's more, there are still Liu Tichun and Tian Jianxiu's soldiers and horses under Changsha City that can threaten the waterways for the Qing army to transport grain, no matter what, the soldiers and horses left by Duoduo on the front line of Changsha and Xiangyin are difficult to deal with, and the only safe strategy is that he personally leads the main force back north, and there is almost no choice.

Thinking of this, Pang Yue couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this series of arrangements is in line with the consistent style of blocking Yinxi, in the face of the Qing army rarely passive response, once the Qing army's loopholes are found, they will be firmly caught, and take a series of proactive measures to quickly open up the situation and change from passive to active. In the original history, due to the cowardice of Emperor Yongli and the exclusion of stubborn conservative forces in the court, many of the correct strategies of blocking Yinxi were not implemented, and now because of the trust and support of Emperor Longwu, his strategic planning finally has a place to use.

"Blocking Futai is far-sighted, and it can be said that he has firmly choked the seven inches of Qing Yu, which is really impressive!" Pang Yue said in his heart.

Du Yinxi just smiled slightly, and then looked at the generals of the loyal battalion: "Right now, although Dongyu can't conquer Hengzhou for a while, I can't relax my treatment." In this way, after the army has lunch, if the slave Shuai Duoduo has no movement. General Gao first led 10,000 soldiers and horses south to Hengzhou to strengthen the defensive force in the city. The Marquis of Xingguo and the rest of the generals joined forces with the army of Huguang Town of Dingwubo to continue to monitor the movements of the slave commander Duoduo. Do you have any opinions? ”

"I have no objections, just listen to the orders of the duke!" Li Guo and Gao Yigong expressed their attitudes on behalf of the generals of the Loyal Battalion.