When Luo Xiujin and the other two heard that Jirgalang asked them to contact the Ming army, they prepared for a peace talk. Luo Xiujin and Lin Tianqing looked at each other, and they didn't know whether this was Jirgalang's own idea or Dorgon's order.

Luo Xiujin asked carefully: "Prince Zheng, do you know that the peace talks with the Ming army were also agreed by the Regent?"

"This is naturally. The peace talks were agreed by the Queen Mother and the Regent! The two lords don't know that the envoys of the court and the Shenwu court had signed a contract in the capital. How could the Ming army hand over Prince Yu's old subordinate to me?"

Luo Xiujin felt relieved when he heard Jirgalang say this. As long as the Regent agrees, it’s easy to say.

"Since that's the case, how should we tell Ming Jun?"

"Mr. Luo, I don't know the treaty in detail, but the Queen Mother told me that the army was going to give Wuchang to our army, and then let our army go to Hunan to fight with the troops of the Yongli court! So you just need to discuss with the Ming army when they will give up Wuchang!"

Luo Xiujin was very happy when he heard Jiergalang say this. He had been confronting the Ming army on the other side for a year. Because the navy on the opposite side was too strong, they had not even touched the city wall of Wuchang. Now, after Jiergalang explained that the army had reached a contract with the court, Wuchang could get it without a single soldier, so of course he was very happy.

After Luo Xiujin and Lin Tianqing discussed some details with Jiergalang, they took people back to Hanyang Prefecture to prepare for contact with the Ming army on the other side.

Now the governor of Huguang in Wuchang City has been replaced by Liu Silai. The former governor of Huguang Yu Yinggui was transferred by the emperor to Yangzhou to become the governor of Yangzhou after Ma Jiyuan returned to the central government. He was considered to have left the miserable place of Huguang. The original governor of Jiangxi Liu Silai is now promoted to the governor of Huguang and the governor of Hubei, and the governor of Jiangxi is replaced by Zhang Jiayu, the original governor of Jiangxi.

Of course, Liu Silai was happy to be promoted to Governor General. This was from a first-rank high-ranking official and the same level as the cabinet master. However, after learning about the actual situation in Wuchang, Liu Silai had a grasshopper's eyes and had a long history.

Huguang in the late Ming Dynasty occupied a large area, including the two provinces of Hunan and Hubei in later generations, with a population of more than 20 million. Moreover, the strategic location of Huguang is very important. Huguang is Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms era. It is connected to Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou in the north, Guangdong and Guangxi in the south, and Jiangxi in the east. From here, you can attack Zhu Hongsan's hinterland down the river to attack the south Zhili, so Huguang is the heart of China.

If the emperor's confidants could only be guarded in peacetime, but now the governor of Huguang is a complete chore.

Now Huguang is occupied by three parties, with the Yangtze River as the boundary. The south of Jiayu is occupied by Emperor Yongli, Wuchang and several surrounding counties are occupied by Emperor Shenwu, and several prefectures north of the Yangtze River are occupied by the Qing Dynasty. In this way, Huguang is divided into three, which forms a strange thing about the entire Huguang Chengcheng proclaiming that there are three governors of Huguang.

After the Chu Palace in Wuchang Prefecture was burned by Zhang Xianzhong, the remaining ruins became the service locations of the Huguang Governor's Office and the Navy Inland Fleet. After receiving letters from the Qing army on the other side, Liu Silai immediately found two other big figures in the city, one was Ma Kun, the Wuchang War Zone Admiral, and the other was Ding Hai, the Navy Inland Fleet Admiral.

Although Makun and Ding Hai are both admirals, the Army Admiral and the Navy Admiral are not the same. The Army Admiral holds heavy troops and is in the first rank, and is a real senior official. However, the Navy Admiral can serve as the leader of the squadron. For example, Ding Hai is just a commander of a small fleet with more than a dozen inland gunboats, and is also an admiral, but the rank is only a third rank.

Liu Silai was born in a Hanlin area and looked down on these Qiu Bas. According to his wishes, he had to beat these guys a few times before letting them work. However, Liu Silai knew that now is different from before. These Qiu Bas are very trusted by the emperor. I heard that Ma Kun is a perfect disciple of the emperor, and he is a Hanlin who has no roots and no Ping, so it is better to be careful to receive it.

So the new governor of Huguang Liu Silai said in a rare tone: "The two generals are here, and there is one thing to discuss with the two generals!"

Liu Silai took out the handwritten letter from the Governor of Huguang, Manchu and said, "Please read the news from the Qing Tartars at this time. They wanted us to give up Wuchang according to the contract. What should we do if you two see?"

Makun recognized some words, but he could understand this kind of letter from Zhihu. Ding Hai was born as a pirate and was even illiterate who could not recognize a single word.

Ma Kun smiled and said, "Master Taichung, we are all rough people and do not recognize the letters. Please give an explanation to the National Taiwan University!"

Liu Silai despised him, but he had no choice but to explain the letter in vernacular.

The meaning of the letter is very simple, just ask Wuchang if the two imperial courts have signed a contract and Emperor Shenwu had already given Wuchang to the Qing Dynasty. Now the Qing army on the other side is going to cross the river to attack He Tengjiao from Yueyang, and ask Liu Silai when he can give way.

Although Ma Kun does not study, he is not stupid. Although the emperor has agreed to give up Wuchang, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will pay the debt. What if the emperor refuses to admit it?

"Master Taichung, we are all military generals and are controlled by the Master Taichung. We can just follow the Master Taichung's arrangements!"

Ding Hai is not the little pirate back then. He has been immersed in the officialdom for many years. Ma Kun must have known what it means by saying this. He also echoed: "Master Taiwan Master, we all listen to it!"

Liu Silai secretly scolded these Qiu Ba in his heart, but he had no choice. As the governor of Huguang, he is the highest commander of the entire Huguang province in legal sense. However, Liu Silai was not afraid of these people being blamed. He had another trick, that is, the letter sent by the Military Affairs Office. The emperor had decided to suspend the contract and was not prepared to give up Wuchang.

Liu Silai took out the letter from the Military Affairs Office and said, "Two generals, look, this is the letter sent by the Military Affairs Office yesterday. The emperor is ready to suspend the contract with the Qing Dynasty! Now, two generals, you can see how to answer the Qing Dynasty?"

Although Ding Hai is not stupid, he is a martial artist after all. He is outspoken. He heard Liu Silai say this loudly: "Master, General Ma, since there is His Majesty's order, he will discuss with the Qing Dynasty and kill the messenger directly, and then... and then he will take the gunship to Hanyang to demonstrate!"

Liu Silai frowned slightly when he heard Ding Hai's rude language, but he had no choice. He could not control these Qiu Bas, who were directly under the emperor.

"It would be simple to do as General Ding's wishes, but what if there is another conflict with the Qing Dynasty? According to the information of the Jinyiwei, the Qing Dynasty gathered 200,000 troops in Xiangyang for this attack. However, there were only 20,000 people in our city, and only 15,000 musketeers in Admiral Ma, and it was almost the same to defend the city, but fighting with the Qing Dynasty was not enough!"

Liu Silai's words really touched Ma Kun's heart. Two years ago, the emperor cleaned up Wang Deren, who was guarding Jiujiang, but no one was stationed in Jiujiang, so a big hole was made on the Yangtze River defense line. In the end, there was no way to transfer Ma Rufeng's troops from Wuchang to Jiujiang to block the hole. In this way, only Ma Kun had one division left in Wuchang City, with 15,000 people.

"Master of Taiwan, you are right. Wuchang is the place where His Majesty's Dragon Rise is. The grandson of the late emperor is outside Wuchang City. If there is no special reason, it is really not appropriate to move troops! The last general thought he could reply to the Qing Dynasty and ask them to cross the river to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Aren't they going to fight He Tengjiao? Then wouldn't it be better to cross the river directly to Yueyang?"

Liu Silai was waiting for this sentence, so that he could even put the blame on Ma Kun if something happened in the future.

"Okay, since General Ma thinks so, that's what the governor will do! However, General Ding still needs to inspect the Yangtze River. We must clarify the movements of the Qing army to avoid us from being attacked from both sides!"

"Master Taiwan Master, you can hand it over to the last general on the river, but the Qing army has no choice but to go ashore. After all, the last general's gunboat cannot go ashore!"

Liu Silai laughed and said, "Please don't worry about this, General Ding. I am the governor of Huguang, and I can still order my subordinates to the Jinyiwei!" Liu Silai sarcastically mocked the new army masters. Now, except for the five thousand inspection departments in the city, only these Jinyiwei can obey Master Liu's orders.

The news that Ming Jun disagrees quickly reached Hanyang, separated by a river. When Luo Xiujin heard the news, he was so angry that he scolded Zhu Hongsan for not being trustworthy. He could not abide by the contract in black and black. But Luo Xiujin had no choice but to do it. The situation is better than others, so there is no way for others to not let you cross the river. Luo Xiujin had no choice but to pass the news to Jiergalang in Xiangyang and let him make an idea.

Jirgalang was also angry when he received the news from Luo Xiujin, but he could only accept this reality and cross the river from Yueyang in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Jiergalang is in Xiangyang, five or six hundred miles away from Yueyang. Jiergalang brought 200,000 troops across the Han River from Xiangyang, then went south to Jingzhou, from here to Yueyang along the north bank of the Yangtze River. The naval gunboats of the Shenwu court also cruised on the Yangtze River to guard against any sudden actions of the Qing army.

The Qing army marched on the north bank of the Yangtze River, but it scared the Ming army in Guangxi on the south bank. Just two years ago, He Tengjiao was suppressed and beaten by the army led by Tan Tai. Now that he saw the Qing army coming back, He Tengjiao was so scared that he quickly handed over Yueyang's defense to Hunan Governor Yin Duxi, and ran back to Changsha on the grounds of central coordination.

Yin Duxi was also afraid that the Qing army would suddenly come back and attack him across the Yangtze River, so he ordered Hao Yongzhong, who was stationed in the public security, to follow the Qing army on the south bank of the Yangtze River with 20,000 troops. For a time, the three forces in Huguang formed a tacit understanding. The Qing army marched on the north bank, the Ming army marched on the south bank, and in the middle of the Yangtze River were the twelve gunboats of the Guangdong Navy that monitored the Qing army.

After more than a month of march, the Qing army finally arrived at Bailuoji opposite Yueyang, which is where Jiergalang was preparing to cross the river.
Chapter completed!