After burying Li Rufeng, Ling Jingyang never slept all night, and he stayed in front of Li Rufeng's tomb until dawn.

After dawn, the scattered troops basically returned to the team, and Ling Jingyang brought more than 7,000 old troops from Wuchang Mansion, among which the Iron Fist Legion suffered the greatest loss, while the artillery battalion had almost no losses, and the losses of other departments were not large.

Because Li Rufeng died in battle, Ling Jingyang promoted Gao Ding to the chief soldier, Gao Ding was very grateful to Ling Jingyang for trusting him again, and he and Ling Jingyang swore that they would definitely bring the team to new heights.

Ling Jingyang waved his hand and asked him to familiarize himself with the troops, because he lost one-third of his soldiers and horses, and urgently needed to recruit soldiers, but there were thousands of rogues who wanted to join the Ming army.

For these rogues who do all kinds of evil, Ling Jingyang is contemptuous, but there is a shortage of major generals in the army, so let these thousands of rogues disperse, isn't it a waste of thousands of valuable new forces?

After weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, Ling Jingyang still endured the nausea and let this group of rogues enter the team, more than 4,000 rogues became official soldiers, and Ling Jingyang's soldiers and horses were restored again.

He led his troops to Changsha Mansion, and collected a lot of rogues along the way, and when he arrived at Changsha City, Ling Jingyang was surprised to find that he had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Of the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, half of them were rogues, and a small part were local young people.

The sudden surge in troops and horses caused great pressure on the logistics of the army, and the grain and grass were only enough for more than 20,000 people to eat for fifteen days, and the return time should be counted, that is, after seven days, the army must withdraw to Wuchang Mansion, otherwise it will run out of food, and without grain and grass, the army will be scattered as birds and beasts, and it is more likely to mutiny.

Ling Jingyang led the whole army to Changsha Mansion, and perhaps he could get supplies in Changsha City.

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In Changsha City, Leng Rutie had already reported to Du Yinxi that he had eliminated the Liukou in Yiyang County and Lingjingyang, and basically exterminated the Liukou.

But Ling Jingyang's best general, Li Rufeng died at the hands of the rogue, and after listening to it, Du Yinxi couldn't calm down in his heart for a long time.

Du Yinxi is a very open-minded feudal courtier, and he is also one of the few in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the first to propose to join forces with the Dashun Army and the Great Western Army to resist the Qing Army.

He was recruited by Emperor Hongguang a month ago and appointed him as the governor of Guangxi, and Qu Shiyun presided over the soldiers and horses of Guangxi, but he was halfway through, but he was recalled by Emperor Hongguang and let him continue to stay in Huguang.

The reason is that there is a Great Western Army in Huguang, and he is in Huguang and can talk to the Great Western Army.

So he continued to stay in Huguang and was appointed as the Huguang Economic Strategy, but the northern part of Huguang was the battlefield of the Qing Army and the Great Western Army, the central part was the territory of Jinsheng and Lingjingyang, and to the south was He Tengjiao's army.

He had no choice but to live in Changsha Mansion, but fortunately, the Changsha Mansion guard Leng Rutie listened to his orders, and Du Yinxi was able to gain a firm foothold in Huguang.

He admired Ling Jingyang's rise in the chaos army very much, and heard that Leng Rutie was Ling Jingyang's general before, and he also looked up to Leng Rutie.

After Leng Rutie came back, he appointed Leng Rutie as the chief soldier of Changsha Mansion, and Leng Rutie also thanked him very much and said that he would be with him firmly.

Du Yinxi nodded with satisfaction, he asked Leng Rutie to do a good reception and ceremoniously entertain Ling Jingyang.

At the same time, he convened the civil and military officials in the city, and discussed with everyone that Jingyang let the Qing army of Xiangyang Mansion not fight, and suddenly went south to Changsha Mansion, could it be that he had the intention of annexing Changsha Mansion?

Du Yinxi wanted to listen to the opinions of his subordinates, and his subordinates all pretended to be stupid, in Du Yinxi's opinion, this group of people was the grass on the wall, if Ling Jingyang led his troops to surround Changsha City, these people did not hesitate to tie him up and open the city gate to Ling Jingyang.

But he didn't panic, after all, he had the support of the army, Leng Rutie was Ling Jingyang's former general, standing firmly on his side, there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Changsha City, and Ling Jingyang did not have several times more troops, and it was almost impossible to break the city.

Everyone didn't speak, and they choked cold as iron, and he angrily reprimanded this group of officials, all of whom were a group of negative people.

He repeatedly told everyone that Ling Jingyang was not a rebel, let alone a slave, he came to Changsha Mansion to meet Lord Du, not to mention that Ling Jingyang was loyal to Emperor Hongguang, and he, the governor of the five armies, was also the governor of the five armies of the Hongguang court.

The people who were as cold as iron scolded did not dare to raise their heads, and at this time, Du Yinxi suddenly remembered that there was another heavyweight in Changsha Mansion, that is, the kings of Changsha in the past dynasties took Changsha City as their palace.

This generation of Changsha Wangji King Zhu Cixuan, Changsha City was broken by Zhang Xianzhong a few years ago, and took his family to Guangdong.

After the Great Western Army left, the Qing army went south, and King Ji was too frightened to come back, until the Qing army and the Great Western Army, the Great Shun Army fought flawlessly south, and the Hongguang court gradually restored all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, and King Ji returned to Changsha Mansion.

At this time, King Ji was in the palace, but this was a secret, Ling Jingyang traveled all over the place, could it be that he got the news that he knew that the prince was here and wanted to take the prince away.

If this was the case, Ling Jingyang would have made up his mind a long time ago, and the Chongzhen court would have disappeared under the attack of the Qing army, and His Majesty himself would not be nowhere to be found.

And the Qing army joined the Dashun Army and the Great Western Army, and the next step was to continue to destroy the Hongguang Imperial Court, and Ling Jingyang took the prince away, wouldn't he be able to immediately support the new vassal king and inherit the canon?

But soon plugging Yinxi denied this idea, King Ji is too far away from Emperor Hongguang in blood, Ling Jingyang supports King Ji, and he will not get too many people to support him, and Ling Jingyang is a loyal minister of the Chongzhen court, so he should not be shameless to this point.

He continued to discuss with his subordinates how to welcome Ling Jingyang.

While speaking, a county official came in from outside the door and said to Guan Yinxi and the others: "Ladies and gentlemen, the envoy of Ling Jingyang has arrived outside the city. ”

Everyone was surprised by Ling Jingyang's speed, he defeated the Liukou a few days ago, and he came to Changsha City today, is this to be in a hurry to eat Changsha City?

Du Yinxi was not in a hurry, and ordered everyone: "All are dressed up, and I will meet with the envoy of the Governor of Lingdu." ”

Ling Jingyang was still a day away from Changsha City, and in order to avoid misunderstanding, he deliberately used Zhou Yuan as a special envoy to visit Du Yinxi and others in Changsha City, so as to show that he did not come to Changsha to start a war, but to meet your lords.

Zhou Yuan came to Changsha City and was received by officials such as Plug Yinxi, Zhou Yuan is a seven-grade official, Plug Yinxi is a feudal official, such a high-level reception of Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan was also a little flattered.

Fortunately, he quickly calmed down, explained his intention to Du Yinxi and others, and Ling Dudu thanked Leng Rutie for leading his troops to help on the battlefield, and came to visit you.

And euphemistically said that the Lingdu Governor exterminated the Huguang Liukou, and blocked Yinxi, as the Huguang Economic Strategy, had the obligation to provide food and grass for the Lingdu Governor's 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Du Yinxi's heart was put down, it seemed that Ling Jingyang was by no means in the nest, he and the Tongzhi on the side nodded, Tongzhi went to the warehouse to prepare grain and grass, and told Zhou Yuan that he had prepared wine in the city, and waited for the Governor Ling and the soldiers to enter the city.

After Zhou Yuan spoke, he didn't stop

Go back and bring the meaning of blocking Yinxi to Ling Jingyang, who immediately ordered the whole army to advance and arrived in Changsha City the next day.

Changsha City was broken by Zhang Xianzhong a few years ago, and under the governance of Plug Yinxi, it was repaired, and the scale was comparable to Wuchang City.

A group of officials greeted him at the gate of the city, Ling Jingyang looked at it from a distance, Leng Rutie stood behind one person respectfully, thinking that it was Plug Yinxi.

He was also full of admiration for Plug Yinxi, and he said to his general: "That Plug Lord is also a hero among the people, go and see him with me later, don't be arrogant, don't be contemptible." ”

The generals were surprised that Ling Jingyang would respect a person so much, under the leadership of Ling Jingyang, everyone came to the city gate, Ling Jingyang walked and came to Du Yinxi, and Du Yinxi was also busy coming forward to greet him.

"The five armies are all supervising Jingyang, and leading their troops to meet the blocking strategy."

After speaking, Ling Jingyang and the generals saluted Du Yinxi, and Du Yinxi was moved to the bottom of his heart, this Ling Du Du looked not big, and there was no bit of martial arrogance.

Ling Jingyang's attitude was respectful, the officials of Changsha Mansion did not dare to put on a score, Du Yinxi invited Ling Jingyang to enter the city to rest, Ling Jingyang happily went, and He Zhen quietly pulled Ling Jingyang's armor.

Be careful that there are ambush soldiers in the city, after all, there are 20,000 soldiers and horses of Ling Jingyang outside the city, which is coveted, and it is very likely that Yin Xi will lure Ling Jingyang into the city and kill him, and then incorporate the Ming army outside the city.

This kind of thing was common in the last years of the dynasty, He Zhen asked him to lead his troops and Ling Jingyang into the city, Ling Jingyang didn't want to take risks, Gu Yinxi was a virtuous minister, but the group of people below him was a good general if he didn't see it.

He said to Plug Yinxi: "Blocking the scriptures, our troops are tired, so it is better to let them and the governor of Pontus go into the city to rest." ”

Ling Jingyang has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, all of whom have entered the city, and this Changsha City wants to change its name and surname, and Du Yinxi obviously refused.

Ling Jingyang didn't embarrass him, and said: "I only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses into the city, and the soldiers of the other departments camped outside the city. ”

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

Five thousand soldiers and horses entered the city, and the defenders of Changsha City could defend the city, which was a very good choice for both sides.

Du Yinxi warmly entertained Ling Jingyang and 5,000 soldiers into the city, and at the same time asked people to send 20 carts of coarse grain to the Ming army outside the city, each cart had 50 stones of grain and grass, Ling Jingyang did not have to worry about the food shortage in the army.

A group of people entered Changsha City, Ling Jingyang looked at the city's appearance, Changsha City under the governance of Plug Yinxi, social order has been restored, the streets are full of people, small merchants and hawkers are everywhere, and people come and go very lively.

Wuchang City is very close to the front line, Ling Jingyang works hard to govern, but it is still not as lively as Changsha City, he has a kind of and said to Plug Yinxi: "Lord Plug has a good way of governance, Ling wants to learn more from you." ”

"No matter how good the governance is, it also needs the protection of your warriors, my Changsha Mansion has few major generals, unlike the governor of Lingdu, there are thousands of troops and horses, and I am not afraid of that Jiannu."

There are words in this, Ling Jingyang can't figure out Plug Yinxi, and doesn't understand whether Plug Yinxi is wooing him, or is he sarcastically not going to the front line, but leading the main force to Changsha Mansion to show off?

Plug Yinxi is sincere envy of Ling Jingyang's ability to fight, from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, and the Qing army all the way to the bloody battle, but he values Ling Jingyang more and did not go to war with the Dashun Army and the Daxi Army, which is very commendable in his opinion.

Perhaps Ling Jingyang is his like-minded person, and he has a bold idea to use his connections in the Ming officialdom to assist Ling Jingyang's military forces, work together to drive away Jiannu, quell the rebellion, and reopen the Ming Sun and Moon.