In order to prevent Jin Sheng from being killed at one time, and also to prevent being provoked into infighting, Ling Jingyang thought about it and decided to go to Jixi County in person to see if Jin Sheng was safe, and told him that there were assassins on the mountain tonight.

Du Yinxi nodded, telling Ling Jingyang to be careful of the assassin as well.

Ling Jingyang asked him to protect Ma Shiying and other downed officials, if Ma Shiying and others were killed by assassins, it would further stimulate conflicts within the court.

"Or do you think far, I'll lead the troops to protect Ma Shiying, you go to Jixi County, and meet at the gate of Congshan Pass early tomorrow morning."

The two of them went their separate ways towards their destinations.

Ling Jingyang took dozens of people to Jixi County,

Congshanguan is not far from Jixi County, Ling Jingyang is the governor of the five armies of the imperial court, and the defenders and sentries along the way see that it is him, they have avoided both sides, and make way for Ling Jingyang, and the group arrived in Jixi County in the second half of the night.

Jixi County is in the rear, far away from the fighting, and no curfew has been imposed.

When everyone came to the city, Xu Gao shouted loudly.

"The governor of the five armies has come to Jixi, and the military attache in the city is invited to come and pay a visit."

The guard of Jixi County is Jin Sheng's subordinates, and he went to bed early tonight for the garrison in Jixi County, when suddenly a personal soldier came running and woke him up.

Finally slept comfortably, he was woken up by his subordinates, and the garrison was so angry that he scolded his mother, but the soldiers told him that the five armies of the imperial court were all outside the city.

"It's so late, even if it's the governor of Lingdu, Lao Tzu thinks he's a fake."

The garrison was reluctant to get up, and wanted to go to the city wall to open the gate, but when he went out, he ran in another direction.

Jin Sheng came back from Congshan Pass in the middle of the night, returned to the city, and rested in the house, when suddenly the garrison came running with a group of people.

The garrison is his confidant and favorite general, he saw his subordinates in a hurry, thought that there was a military coup, and hurriedly called out to his family, ready to live and die with Jixi.

"My lord, there is a group of warriors, who claim to be the governor of the five armies outside the city, and the last general doesn't know if it's true or not, so I'm here to ask Lord Monk Shu for instructions, don't open the city gate?"

"Isn't Ling Jingyang in Guannei, why did you come here in the middle of the night, come and take a look with me."

Jin Sheng and a group of people came to the city wall, Ling Jingyang was a little impatient waiting under the city, the city was full of Ming army troops, nominally still his subordinates, he was endured by the original enterprise.

But Xu Sheng was so angry that he was carrying a rifle, if it weren't for Ling Jingyang not letting him put on a score, he would have forcibly asked the defenders in the city to open the city gate, otherwise they would all roll to the front line tomorrow.

When Jin Sheng came to the city wall, Ling Jingyang was a little sleepy.

"Dare to ask if the city is the governor of Lingdu?"

Jin Sheng's voice came from the city wall, Ling Jingyang cheered up, and hurriedly responded to him.

"Lord Kim, it's me, there are assassins in the pass tonight, and the juniors are here to greet you."

Hearing that there were assassins in the Guannai, Jin Sheng realized that there might be a secret force in the imperial court planning the assassination, and he ordered the city gates to be opened to welcome Ling Jingyang into the city.

Ling Jingyang did not hesitate, led the guards into the city, after the two met, Jin Sheng did not have time to speak, Ling Jingyang told him that there was an unknown assassin raiding him and blocking Yinxi's mansion tonight.

Fortunately, the Assassins were a rabble that vanished without a trace when they were repulsed.

Someone actually launched a surprise attack at Congshan Pass, or attacked Gu Yinxi and Ling Jingyang, Jin Sheng's eyes widened, and he didn't dare to breathe.

"Ling Jingyang, you said that you and Jing Jinglu were assassinated?"

Ling Jingyang nodded, Jin Sheng's heart was mixed.

He resolutely opposed peace with the Qing army, Ling Jingyang and Du Yinxi both agreed with peace, and in the eyes of outsiders, he was likely to be the mastermind behind tonight's assassination.

"Lord Kim, you put it

Heart, I and I are worried about you, so I came to the bottom of the mountain to say hello to you, and asked my lord to stabilize his mind and go to the gate with me as soon as possible, so as not to be assassinated by assassins in the city. ”

This is to get rid of Jin Sheng's black hand, Jin Sheng and Ling Jingyang went up the mountain overnight, and the two arrived at the mountain pass at dawn the next day, and Du Yinxi was already waiting for the two here.

Seeing that Ling Jingyang and Jin Sheng were here, Du Yinxi was very happy in his heart, he personally led a thousand soldiers to the back mountain last night.

There is a street in the back mountain, which was inhabited by the imperial court for Ma Shiying and others, and there are dozens of guards here.

At this time, these dozens of guards were under attack by masked swordsmen.

Du Yinxi arrived in time, drove away the masked knife hand without blowing any effort, and then came to Ma Shiying and the others to hide in the cellar.

Ma Shiying was frightened tonight, he thought that Plug Yinxi was going to betray his faith and slaughter their faction officials, and he scolded Plug Yinxi villain in the cellar.

When Plug Yinxi opened the cellar, he stared at it unrelentingly and roared.

"Plug Yinxi, give grandpa a good time, don't learn Sima Yi."

He asked the soldiers to carry him out of the cellar and gave him up.

"Lord Ma, it was the lower officials who didn't come in time, so that Lord Ma and all of you were frightened, please be blocked and pay you compensation."

Ma Shiying was stunned.

"Not your people to assassinate?"

"I'm blocking Yinxi above board, how to do that dirty thing, the assassin not only attacked you tonight, but also attacked me and the Governor of Lingdu, and tonight I blocked a certain here to protect your safety."

This made Ma Shiying even more dissatisfied, and asked: "Plug Yinxi, don't let me pretend to be garlic, how long do you want us to live here?" ”

"If Master Ma wants to leave, I will definitely not stop me, but the world is in chaos, where can you go?"

Ma Shiying's eyes rolled, and he said that he wanted to go back to Guiyang, which was his hometown, to go to Guiyang to pull up the army and continue to fight against the Qing army.

He thought that as long as he resisted the Qing, Plug Yinxi would let it go.

But Du Yinxi ignored him, and whispered in his ear about the Qing army's peace talks.

"Lord Ma, the envoy of the Qing army came to Congshan Pass yesterday and said that he was here to seek peace, do you want to know why the Qing army asked for peace?"

"Summation?"

"Well, sum."

The Qing army's iron cavalry swept through Jiangbei, isn't it crazy to seek peace?

Ma Shiying wanted to break his head, and he couldn't imagine what the Qing army would ask for.

"How does the old man know why the Qing army asked for peace, could it be that you defeated the main force of the Qing army?"

Seeing that he was not convinced, Du Yinxi said: "Although you are not benevolent to politics, you are also a good person in the officialdom, and you are ashamed of yourself. ”

"As soon as I introduce cloth, I am a defeated soldier under you, so don't humiliate me."

"Aren't you the magistrate of Congshan County? How can it be a cloth cloth? ”

Ma Shiying rolled her eyes at the top.

Du Yinxi did not continue to sarcastically mock him, but pulled Ma Shiying back to the cellar, and asked everyone else in the cellar to go back to rest, leaving him and Ma Shiying in the entire cellar.

"Say, why did Jiannu suddenly sue for peace?"

Ma Shiying is also very shrewd, and looked at Du Yinxi's face while talking.

Du Yinxi said with a smile: "Jiannu is attacked in the abdomen, and if he continues to fight, he will be beaten to death by the group." ”

"Oh, isn't it the Great Shun Army, the Great Western Army defeated Jiannu?"

"No, it's that Master Ma can think of the Great Shun Army and the Great Western Army, which is really valuable."

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Shiying used to be the first assistant of the cabinet, much bigger than the governor of Huguang in Duyinxi.

He continued to hold the shelf and asked Plug Yinxi to talk to him about the general trend of the world.

Du Yinxi was not angry, although Ma Shiying was beaten by him, Ma Shiying was not going to be skinned and cramped, at least he did not surrender to the Qing army.

And there are more civil and military officials who surrendered to the Qing army, and before killing Ma Shiying, they have to kill the soft bones who surrendered.

"The Dashun Army is still nesting in Shaanxi, but the Daxi Army is violent, from Shaanxi to Shanxi, gathering hundreds of thousands of people in Shanxi, quite a spark in the prairie fire."

Ma Shiying suddenly realized that perhaps it was the Great Western Army's burning of the plains in Shanxi that seriously threatened Beizhili and forced Jiannu to sue for peace with the imperial court.

"The Great Western Army is like a bamboo in Shanxi, but after all, most of its elite troops have been lost in Huguang, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Shanxi, most of whom are poor people, cannot become a mortal threat to the Qing army."

This aroused Ma Shiying's curiosity and asked.

"Plug Yinxi, don't fool me here, although I didn't bring improvement to the court, but I didn't kneel down to Jiannu, you tell me, how did Jiannu suffer from the enemy in the abdomen?"

"It was the Fuso people, that is, the Wakos, who landed on the Goryeo Peninsula and went all the way north to break through the Goryeo Kingdom, and entered the Jiannu puppet dynasty, forcing Jiannu to sue for peace."

The Fusang people still have this ability, which makes Ma Shiying even more curious.

He shook his head at first, then thoughtfully, and finally said, "Do you say that this Fusang person is more hateful and stronger than Jiannu?" ”

"We didn't fight with Jiannu, but King Lu's troops, Zheng Zhilong's troops have Fusang meticulous work, a few days ago King Lu was beaten by the rebels and was embarrassed, that is, there are thousands of Fusang soldiers in the rebels, and the weapons they use are even more powerful than those of Jiannu."

"The Fusang people are so terrifying, it seems that my Huaxia people have one more enemy."

"Don't be discouraged Master Ma, the Fusang people are wolf-like, but they are not without opponents, Qu Shiyun was supported by the Fran man, and Zheng Zhilong, I heard that he also got the weapons and ammunition of the Franco man."

Although Ma Shiying was a feudal bureaucrat, he still knew some geography.

"Franc man, isn't it Europa, Westerner, red-haired devil?"

Du Yinxi touched his beard and nodded: "Well, the Fulang people have been very active recently, and obviously they don't want the Fusang people to dominate China, so they gave Qu Shiyun and Zheng Zhilong weapons and ammunition." ”

"It's all a raccoon dog, and I really think that Francois is kind-hearted, and the weasel will give you a New Year's greeting."

"Master Ma's heart is like a mirror, I want to ask you for advice tonight, negotiate peace with the Qing army, do you want to cut off a piece of meat from the Qing army?"

This made Ma Shiying think for a while, and finally cautiously expressed his opinion.

"I used to think that Jiannu was the enemy, and I thought that I could join forces with Jiannu to destroy the Dashun army, but in the future, Jiannu is the big trouble, but tonight, I talked about the Fusang people, and the Fusang people are the strongest, so we will unite with other forces to eliminate the strongest enemy and continue to fight for the world."

I have to say that Ma Shiying also has some vision, and he said: "As for whether to cut off Jiannu, the old man thinks you want Jiannu to return Shandong, Henan and other places, right?" ”

His strategic vision surprised Du Yinxi again and again.

"What Master Ma said is that recapturing Shandong and Henan can strengthen the defense of Jiangbei, so that it will not be stationed alone in the Yangtze River defense line, and it can also expand the territory and population, which can kill two birds with one stone."

"Have you ever thought that if Jiannu returns these two lands to us, will you be able to withstand it?"

Du Yinxi couldn't speak for an instant and couldn't respond to Ma Shiying.

"If Jiannu surrenders to the Fusang people, and the two strong enemies join forces, I, Da Ming, Da Shun Army, Da Xi, King Lu, and Zheng Zhilong of Fujian, will become a meal on the plate of others."