Returning to Nanjing again, Li Dingguo's mood this time was obviously more irritable than the last time.

Although he also expected that Su Yan was likely to usurp the throne and become emperor, he didn't expect this day to be so soon, and he also felt very confused.

This confusion stems from the army loyal to him in Nanping, as well as the last words of his father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong before his death, if it is for the sake of the tens of thousands of soldiers, allegiance to the new dynasty is the best choice, but this will be against his father's order.

If the last words of the father-in-law are resolutely followed, there is no doubt that the tens of thousands of soldiers in Nanping will be requisitioned by the imperial army, and with the strength of the imperial army, it will be effortless to quell these tens of thousands of troops.

From the departure of the ship into the port, Li Dingguo unexpectedly saw an old man he didn't expect, Liu Wenxiu, the Duke of Shu, had been waiting for him here for a long time.

As soon as he saw Li Dingguo get off the boat, Liu Wenxiu hurriedly greeted him, grabbed his arms cordially, and said, "Hongyuan, I've been waiting for you for my brother for a long time."

"Wen Fu, why are you here?" Li Dingguo looked at the other party in some surprise and asked.

"I've been coming to Nanjing for a few months, and I've been looking forward to hearing that you're coming, and today I've finally been looking forward to you." Liu Wenxiu said with a smile, and then he raised his hand, made a gesture of please, and said, "Let's go, our brothers haven't seen each other for many days, treat your brother, go to Qinhuai River to have a few glasses of wine, and relax your mood."

"Oh, I ......."

Li Dingguo just wanted to refuse, but Liu Wenxiu didn't give him a chance to refuse, so he dragged him away, and the personal soldiers who followed Li Dingguo saw this, looked at each other, and followed.

The two pulled and pulled all the way, but they still came to the Qinhuai River, and sat down in a private room in a green building called Huafang, and the two of their own soldiers were also given a reward and went to have fun.

It didn't take long for the wine and food to be served together, and Liu Wenxiu personally poured a full glass of wine for Li Dingguo, raised his glass with both hands, and drank a glass first.

After a glass of wine, Li Dingguo's mood finally improved a lot, Liu Wenxiu pretended not to know, and deliberately asked Li Dingguo about the purpose of coming to Nanjing.

Liu Wenxiu listened to Li Dingguo's confession, nodded from time to time to indicate that he was listening, and after the other party finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and said, "Hongyuan, you are really a bystander who is fascinated by the authorities."

"What do you mean?" Li Dingguo was puzzled and asked.

"My righteous father did say before his death, "I die, I am in a hurry to return to the Ming, not unjust", my righteous brother obeyed the last words of my righteous father to support the Ming family to resist the Qing Dynasty, and now the Ming room is exhausted, and the king of Chu has replaced the Ming room with the desire of the people, and it is not my righteous brother who can stop it.

If Hongyuan openly opposes the new dynasty at this time, causing the same room to fight, it will definitely be spurned by the world, and what is the difference between him and Sun Kewang?

According to what my brother sees, Hongyuan should obey the mandate of heaven and submit to the king of Chu, the king of Chu is majestic and majestic, and is the sage of the world, unsurpassed, you and I brothers work together to serve the king of Chu, open up the territory and expand the territory, make immortal achievements, and leave a name in history, isn't it faster than the stupid and corrupt Ming family?"

After listening to Liu Wenxiu's words, Li Dingguo was silent for a long time before finally sighing, he picked up the cup on the table, drank it all by himself, and then put the cup heavily on the table, making a crisp sound.

"Wen Fu." He called out to Liu Wenxiu's name, "I can see that you were entrusted by the King of Chu to persuade me to submit to the King of Chu, right?"

Liu Wenxiu smiled slightly, he did not deny it: "That's true, some time ago, the King of Chu summoned me, I was impressed by his charm, and I was determined to serve him to the death."

"But he took away your Shu prince and demoted him to the prince of the country, don't you hold a grudge?" Li Dingguo asked.

"Why do you hold a grudge?" Liu Wenxiu asked rhetorically: "This is the false lord that Sun Kewang usurped the canonization in order to win me over, in contrast, I am more willing to rely on my own sword and gun to fight for a prince."

Li Dingguo was speechless, but he had to admit that he was indeed moved by Liu Wenxiu's words, they had also fought for the death of the Ming family, even if they went down to the underworld a hundred years later, they were worthy of the last order of their father before his death.

Now that the Si people are gone, they should look further ahead, even if not for their own sake

For the sake of the lives and future of tens of thousands of soldiers in the army, isn't it?

Seeing that Li Dingguo was deep in thought, Liu Wenxiu did not rush to urge, but sat opposite and drank by himself, I don't know how long it took for Li Dingguo to finally make up his mind, he looked at Liu Wenxiu, who had already killed half a pot of wine by himself, and said:

"Wen Fu, I know what to do, thank you for today's wine."

After speaking, Li Dingguo seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and his boredom dissipated, Liu Wenxiu saw his change, he raised his wine glass, and said, "Since you have thought it through, let's come and drink, Qinhuaihe's flower wine is a must."

After the words fell, he and Li Dingguo drank all the wine in the cup together, and then, Liu Wenxiu clapped his palms, and with three crisp applause, the door of the private room was pushed open, and several women with heavy makeup walked in with fragrant breeze......

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The next day, after sobering up, Li Dingguo changed into an official robe and hurried to the imperial city in the east of the city to participate in the court meeting.

The content of the court meeting was very boring, and it was nothing more than a report on the twists and turns of the performances in various places and the progress of the war in the north.

Li Dingguo was not interested in the twists and turns in various places, but when the military headquarters reported on the situation of the war in the north, he cheered up and listened with his ears pricked up.

It turned out that Zhang Mingzhen, the governor of Henan, continued to march west after recovering Henan Mansion, and pursued Li Benshen's remnants all the way to the outside of Tongguan City, where the Tongguan wall was high and strong, and it was a strong fortress guarding Guanzhong since ancient times, and the Ming army attacked his subordinates several times, and could only be blocked outside Tongguan and temporarily give up continuing to move west.

Wu Sangui of Shanxi continued to advance north after conquering the Fenzhou capital, and the Qing army in Taiyuan chose to surrender in Kaicheng because of the annihilation of Hong Chengchou's whole army.

Wu Sangui's next target doesn't need to be thought about, it must be the Jingshi who has been the capital of the Ming Dynasty for 300 years.

Although he knew that Wu Sangui would soon fight under the Jingshi City, Su Yan still looked calm and light-hearted, and his calmness calmed down those officials who were excited and wanted to recover the Jingshi first.

"Wu Sangui is just a clown jumping off the beam, so there is nothing to worry about." Su Yan said indifferently: "Zhongqing doesn't have to be so excited, when our soldiers go on a northern expedition, Wu Sangui can be wiped out."

Subsequently, Su Yan ordered Zhang Huangyan, the governor of Shandong, to rectify the soldiers and horses in Shandong, lead the army to the north, and Wang Yi, the Marquis of Beixi, went north together to guard against the Wu army in Shanxi.

After the court meeting, Li Dingguo took the initiative to find Su Yan, because Liu Wenxiu told Su Yan about Li Dingguo one night in advance, so Su Yan did not show surprise, accepted Li Dingguo's intention to surrender, and encouraged him to command the old department to make meritorious contributions and leave a name in history.