Daming: I help my wife be the empress

"Can't drop!"

When the party leader Su, Zhang Shijie, and He Lan, two young generals, heard Tian Jianxiu's idea of ​​surrender in the gatehouse of the west city, they all opposed it in unison.

Tian Jianxiu was extremely surprised, but also a little frightened. He watched the three of them raise a voice and questioned: "Are you willing to take the soldiers and people in the city to die together?!"

Both Zhang Shijie and He Lan frowned and fell silent for a while.

Zhang Shijie is a young general from Chuangjun Boyer Camp, but he is not as famous as Zhang Nai, Li Laiheng and others.Now the Shunjun talents have carved zero, and Zhang Shijie has been promoted to a mighty general.

He Lan is the nephew of Zuojin King He Jin. After He Jin died in Qinghai, He Lan was first a mighty general, and now he is a general Guo Yi.

As for the head of the party, he was promoted to a general.

After a while of silence, the party leader Su said: "At least we can't surrender so easily - we have to negotiate terms with the Ming army and get certain guarantees, otherwise who knows if they will kill us after surrendering?"

Zhang Shijie followed, "That's right, even if we surrender, we still have to negotiate terms with them."

He Lan said: "Our Dashun army is different from those of the Eight Great Kings. We broke through the capital of Daming, and Emperor Chongzhen was forced to hang himself. Can the Ming army spare us? I think the Ming army outside is probably just trying to induce surrender we!"

Tian Jianxiu patiently explained, "Now Daming is Princess Kunxing who is in charge of the family. Back in Wuchang, she was able to negotiate peace with King Chuang. How could she settle old scores with us?"

He Lan snorted, "Zehou was in Xi'an back then, and he had never been to the capital, so how can there be old debts to settle?"

Tian Jianxiu frowned and didn't speak for a while.

He felt that He Lan was talking to him.

To be honest, if he hadn't remembered the friendship of the old brothers, he could have had someone open the west city gate to welcome the Ming army into the city, and enjoy the credit of dedicating the city to himself, how could he have discussed with these people?
There was silence for a while, Tian Jianxiu said: "Don't forget King Chuang's last order, before meeting a tiger, the forehead is the main one.

What's more, King Chuang also said that if Dashun couldn't do anything, he would surrender to Daming.Why, are you going to violate King Chuang's will? "

Now He Lan couldn't say a word.

In fact, he just felt that the Ming army was untrustworthy, not because he wanted to be resolute in the obedience army.

At this time, the party leader Su said: "Surrender, but you have to negotiate terms with the Ming army."

"Okay." Tian Jianxiu also took a step back and agreed.

After another discussion, Tian Jianxiu took He Lan out of the city, and met Li Dingguo more than 100 steps in front of the moat.

Tian Jianxiu was not surprised to see that the leader of the Ming army was Li Dingguo.

Last year Liu Tichun escaped from Kuizhou Mansion, and told Li Zicheng, Tian Jianxiu and others about Li Dingguo and other Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates surrendering to Ming Dynasty.

Li Dingguo heard that Tian Jianxiu had come to discuss the terms of surrender, so he told the story of Zhu Wei's surrender of the peasant army.

Tian Jianxiu frowned deeply after hearing this.

He thought that Li Dingguo would promise an official position to the general who surrendered, but he didn't expect that not only would he not have any official position, but he would also send them to some military academy to study - maybe he would find an excuse to put them under house arrest?
Li Dingguo saw Tian Jianxiu's expression full of hesitation, and said again: "Yuan Zongdi, Niu Wancai, and Liu Rukui all arranged this way before. Before I came, Yuan Zongdi had become the commander-in-chief of the sixth town of the frontier defense army and was stationed at In Xing'an Prefecture, Li Laiheng is a general of the first battalion under his command."

Tian Jianxiu saw that Li Dingguo's words were convincing, and somewhat dispelled some doubts, but after all, this arrangement was a bit far from what he expected, so he said, "I'm going to go back and discuss it with the other generals."

"Please."

Back in Xiangyang City, Tian Jianxiu explained the arrangement given by Li Dingguo. He thought that the leader of the party would also object, but after thinking for a while, the leader of the party said: "If this is the case, what Li Dingguo said should be true. It doesn't matter whether you are appointed or not, as long as the soldiers who follow you are settled."

After speaking, he looked at Zhang Shijie and He Lan.

Although the two are young, they each have five or six hundred soldiers in their hands, and they are actually the third or fourth in command in the city.

Zhang Shijie was more convinced of the leader of the party, thought for a while and said: "Since the Ming army is credible, so be it."

"What about you?" Tian Jianxiu looked at He Lan expectantly.

He Lan was the only one who explicitly opposed surrender before, but now that the conditions of the Ming army are so harsh, why can't he also agree?
Unexpectedly, He Lan also said: "You all think the Ming army is credible, what can I say? It's up to you."

Tian Jianxiu was completely speechless.

It never occurred to him that he was the only one dissatisfied with the conditions given by the Ming army.

But he didn't dare to openly oppose the three leaders of the party, and he didn't want to start a war with the Ming army for this.

After thinking about it, he finally chose to compromise.

In this way, Li Dingguo took Xiangyang City without bloodshed, and incorporated more than 3000 Shunjun troops and more than 5000 civilian warriors.

As a result, when he entered Xiangyang City and learned that Xiangyang City was short of food, Li Dingguo also had a big head.

More than 3000 Shun troops have laid down their weapons and armor, and are undergoing selection and temporary reorganization by the Ming army.

The four of Tian Jianxiu were kept by Li Dingguo's side, just in case.

After sitting down in the dilapidated "Hanging Palace", Li Dingguo said, "There is not much food in the Yunyang Mansion, and our military rations were brought from the Chief Secretary of Chongqing, which is only enough for the soldiers of the Fourth Town."

After hearing this, the four of Tian Jianxiu became worried, fearing that Li Dingguo would not keep his promise and kill them.

In ancient times, few prisoners were killed by the victorious side because of bloodthirsty, mostly because there was not so much food to feed the prisoners, and secondly, to deter the enemy.

If the food problem cannot be solved, it is not surprising that Li Dingguo regretted killing these 3 people in Xiangyang City.

In today's world, tens of millions of people have died, so what if tens of thousands more die?
Tian Jianxiu was tense and did not speak.

The party leader Su asked directly: "Will Li Junmen watch us and the people in Xiangyang City starve to death?"

"Of course not." Li Dingguo replied without hesitation, then pondered for a while, and asked, "Do you know what the border guards and guards in Dufutai and Huguang are doing?"

Tian Jianxiu and the others were taken aback.

Then He Lan asked: "Didn't Li Junmen say that Du Yinxi led hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers to the north?"

Li Dingguo showed some embarrassment, and said: "That's to scare you - I came from Xing'an Prefecture to Yunyang and then to Xiangyang, how could I know the situation in Huguang?"

Tian Jianxiu and Dang Shou Su fell silent immediately.

Li Dingguo was afraid that a few people would be overwhelmed and do something stupid, so he added: "However, according to your city defense strength, it is indeed impossible to stop our army's strong attack. Therefore, it is indeed a wise move for the four to surrender."

"Alas," Tian Jianxiu sighed, and said, "Let Li Junmen talk about how to solve the problem of food shortage in the city.

Right now, there are only [-] to [-] people in the city, and the food can last for about ten days.

But after a while, when the common people know that Xiangyang City has returned to Daming, many people will gather here again. At that time, the food shortage in Xiangyang City will only increase. "

Tian Jianxiu has been in charge of logistics for a long time in the Shun Army, and has a deeper understanding of governance than the rest of them.

It is precisely because of this that he knows how difficult Xiangyang City is facing today.

Li Dingguo said: "There is no other way, we can only ask Dufutai for help, let him transport grain from Wuchang as soon as possible."

Tian Jianxiu and the leader of the party now understand why Li Dingguo asked about Du Yinxi's movements before.

Tian Jianxiu immediately said: "After the Qing captives withdrew from Huguang, we and Du Yinxi were trying to seize the place where the Qing captives withdrew. We fought a few battles with Huguang officials and troops in Chengtian Mansion, but we basically lost.

According to the latest news we have obtained, the Huguang army occupied Zhongxiang ten days ago.

At present, it may be near Yicheng in the south, and it may even have captured Yicheng. "

Li Dingguo smiled and said: "Then the matter will be easy to handle. We will immediately send people to Yicheng, even Zhongxiang, to contact Dufutai to ask for food and grass."

Before Li Dingguo led his army to Yunxi, he had already learned about Du Yinxi from the documents sent from Chengdu.

He can be sure that since Du Yinxi was promoted to governor of Huguang by leapfrogging Zhu Yuxi and replaced He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, he must be a famous capable minister in later generations.

Such a capable minister has managed half of Huguang for several months, so it is always possible to allocate some food to Xiangyang for emergency, right?

Even if there is not enough food in Hunan, they can still be transferred from Sichuan.

As far as Li Dingguo knows, Sichuan has a bumper harvest of spring grain this year!