Nanming Engineer

Chapter 283
Du Yinxi, courtesy name Zhongxian, nickname Muyou, was born in the Wanli period of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty. He was born in Yixing County, Changzhou, Nanzhili. He was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen. Xiangyong Pingzhi, captured his leader and beheaded him. Since then, his reputation as a soldier has spread far and wide, and he was promoted to the governor of Huguang.During this period, the honest children from the countryside were selected to form an army, named "Gentlemen's Camp", which was cited as the most important one, and they would be at the front in every battle, known as a powerful army.

During the reign of Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Du Yinxi entered the enemy camp alone. With his blood, he successfully persuaded Li Guo, Gao Yigong and other Chuang Wang troops to return to the Ming court. More than [-] people were included in the Du army camp. A senior member of Qingtian from the Nanming side stood side by side with He Tengjiao in Huguang, and dominated the Qing army.After Emperor Yongli succeeded to the throne, he blocked Yinxi as Uncle Guanghua, entered Dongge University as a scholar, and was a minister of the Ministry of War.

Wang Huan inquired about these news from Wang Yingxiong's mouth, and had an intuitive understanding of Du Yinxi's life and past. At the same time, Wang Yingxiong also learned from Wang Huan's mouth why he left Zhaoqing in a hurry. the real reason.

The old man's face turned pale, and his eyebrows and beard were trembling, partly out of anger and partly out of fear.

"Uncle Pingliang, you are so confused!" Wang Yingxiong said with a look of anger and mourning for his misfortune, "Then Li Yuanyin is Li Chengdong's son. Even if you are domineering, you are also a warrior. If you can make him a little bit, let him be a little bit. Why bother to fight with him for a moment? Now, if you offend Li Chengdong, it is equivalent to offending half of the imperial court. You and I have a bright future. There is still a long way to go, how can we get along with the people in the court and China?"

While talking, Wang Yingxiong couldn't help shaking his head, sighed for a long time, and then added sadly: "The old man has given a lot of money to tie Li Chengdong in the past few days. This is good, it's all in vain."

Wang Huan squinted at him, saw his grey-haired beard, and thought to himself that this half-buried man actually told me about his future. According to history, he died last year, but he didn't know that I saved his life.So he said with a half-smile: "Governor Wang, I think it's a minor matter for you to offend the imperial court when you are angry, but a major matter for heartache and money, right?"

Wang Yingxiong flicked his beard, stared and said, "Uncle Pingliang, is Bendu the layman who loves Ah Zhuwu? The sage said..."

Wang Huan interrupted him: "Governor Wang has ups and downs in his official career. He should know the truth that people are good at being bullied and horses are being ridden by others. If you blindly back down, in this era of the jungle, it will only make people think that you are easy to bully, instead you will not be bullied." In view of it, Li Yuanyin assassinated the two of us in the front, and if he did not counterattack with thunder, there must be a bigger killer move behind. It is not known whether you and I can leave Guangdong alive. What this general did, although he has been with Li Yuanyin since then The family and the party formed hatred, but in the long run, it made the whole court realize that you and I are not clay statues of Bodhisattvas, who can be manipulated by others, and your status as the king and governor is higher?"

Wang Yingxiong thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be the case, so he laughed a few times and said: "Well, this, in the future, it's best for Uncle Pingliang to inform the governor of this kind of thing in advance. It's always better to discuss everything with others. Well."

Wang Huan smiled, ignoring the meaning of his words, just changed the subject and asked: "Walking more than 100 miles ahead, we will enter the boundary of Jingzhou, which is the territory of Governor Du Yinxi of Huguang. familiar?"

Wang Yingxiong became complacent, showing an expression of "So you're so awesome that you sometimes need an old man", twisted his beard with one hand, and said in an inscrutable manner: "Familiar! Of course I am familiar! I have been an official for decades, no matter Hong Guang Emperor, Emperor Longwu, or the current Emperor Yongli, there are so many people who come and go in the officialdom, who doesn’t recognize them? Before Du Yinxi became the magistrate of Changsha, the old man had already entered the court as the Minister of Rites. I still have to call this old man my lord!"

After hearing this, Wang Huan laughed and said, stroking his hands: "That's great. Governor Wang, we must deal with him when we are passing through the border. I'm afraid the news from the court is transmitted very quickly. By the time we arrive at his territory, the court messenger has already arrived. In order to avoid the scandal of fighting in the same room, I also ask Governor Wang to go ahead and negotiate with Governor Du, and use words to fight."

Wang Yingxiong was suffocated for a moment, unable to speak for a long time, secretly thinking that the bullshit was blown, in fact, Wang Yingxiong's relationship with Du Yinxi was only limited to a few acquaintances, far from being a close friendship. At this moment, Wang Huan and him are the target of public criticism. Maybe the imperial court has already made a decree to take the two of them back to face the emperor. At this time, go to see Du Yinxi. If this person doesn't show face, if he meets him directly, he will drink a sword and axe, and if he is tied up and sent to Beijing, it will be a loss. big.

So he was trying to find an excuse to decline, but he heard Wang Huan say again: "If Governor Wang doesn't go, then Wang can only drive the army first. We have to walk slowly in the back, the strongmen are infested in the mountains and the bandits are rampant, Governor Wang must be careful on his own."

When Wang Yingxiong heard that he was going to leave Lao Tzu behind, it was so sinister, he became frightened, and quickly said: "Go, why not go? Don't worry, Uncle Pingliang, and let's see how I can convince the old man with his three-inch tongue. Du Yinxi get out of the way."

Wang Huan smiled, showing his white teeth and said: "So, without further ado, I would like to ask Governor Wang to get on the road immediately and go to see Du Yinxi before the army. I will send someone to escort you."

As he said that, Wang Huan called Liu Yun and ordered him to lead two centurions to escort Wang Yingxiong first, and go straight to the Changde area where Du Yinxi is currently stationed, to find Du Yinxi.Wang Yingxiong groaned secretly in his heart, but the cowhide that was blown out always had to be cashed in. In desperation, he reluctantly followed Liu Yun and turned around every step of the way.

When they were far away, Li Dingguo rode his horse close to Wang Huan, looked at Wang Yingxiong's leaving figure solemnly, and asked in a deep voice: "My lord, are you sure that Wang Yingxiong is going?"

Wang Huan pondered for a while, then shook his head slightly and said: "Du Yinxi and Li Chengdong are not in the same party, so we shouldn't help him logically, but this person is known for his loyalty, so we are afraid that he will be stubborn when he sees the will. You still have to be prepared to fight!”

Li Dingguo nodded, understanding.

The Kuizhou army continued to move forward, maintaining a constant speed of [-] miles a day. Every [-] miles, they stopped to let the horses rest, feed grass and drink water, and maintain their physical strength in case of battle.

After walking like this for two days, when the sun was high on the third day, Wang Huan led the cavalry to set off early in the morning. The sun was a little less harsh, and it was not too late to walk, but I heard a rush of horseshoes on the road ahead.

Li Dingguo accompanied Wang Huan and stood up suddenly when he heard the sound. He listened carefully and found that he did not hear the warning whistle from the whistle in front. He was relieved. The whistle did not sound, indicating that it was not the enemy.

Wang Huan sat calmly on the stone and gnawed on a piece of dry biscuit without moving. The dry biscuit had no filling and was extremely hard. Wang Yingxiong's eyes almost bulged out every time he ate it, but Wang Huan ate it with gusto. Swallow the boiled water slowly.

Li Dingguo pressed his sword and left for a while, then turned back after a while, and brought back a group of dusty and exhausted people.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Liu Yun, Wang Yingxiong and others who left two days ago.

Wang Yingxiong's body was covered in dirt, and he was almost invisible in his purple uniform. He looked haggard and frightened, as if he had been greatly stimulated, and he kept panting for breath.

Wang Huan looked at him, waved his hand directly before he spoke, and asked Li Dingguo to send someone to take him down to rest and drink water, and then looked at Liu Yun.

Liu Yun's face was covered with sweat, he was wearing armor and was fully armed. He knelt down on one knee and reported to Wang Huan in a hoarse voice: "Sir, there is an enemy situation ahead!"

Wang Huan's face tightened, he put down the dry biscuit and asked solemnly, "What kind of enemy!?"

Liu Yun licked his chapped lips, pushed away a water bag handed by a personal guard, and responded eagerly: "The last general escorted Governor Wang to Changde. In the past two days, Xiaoxing stayed overnight. I dare not delay for a moment. I just entered In the area of ​​Baoqing Mansion, a large number of fleeing people came on the way. The general wondered that Baoqing Mansion had just been taken back from the Tatars by the government army. How could there be so many refugees? So he stopped and asked, and after a question, Just got some urgent news!"

Wang Huan sat up straight, frowning, and listened carefully to every word Liu Yun said, without blinking his eyes, extremely serious.

"There are tartars! Tartars Guangxi governor Li Maozu, general soldier Yu Shizhong, Ma Jiaolin and others led an army of [-], detoured from Luxi, bypassed the Changde line, and went to Chenzhou and Baoqing lines to block Yinxi's rear Road, to relieve the siege of Changsha!" Liu Yun said all the news he had heard in one breath, his throat was about to smoke, and then he took the water bag, and drank "gudong gudong".

But Wang Huan stood up from the rock, and asked in a deep voice after Liu Yun drank the water, "How far is the Tartar from here?"

Liu Yun wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and replied: "Baoqing Fucheng has been besieged by the Tatars. They can attack anytime soon. The Fucheng is only a hundred miles away from now."

After hearing this, Wang Huan and Li Dingguo looked at each other, and they both sensed the approaching danger from each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)