In this negotiation, Du Yinxi was undoubtedly the proactive party.

As expected, three days later, Li Guo sent someone to negotiate again.

The person sent was Li Laiheng.

After the last negotiation, both parties have a bottom line and nothing can be retained.

However, the title of king that Li Laiheng proposed last time became title of title.

Although it is only a word difference, it is a world of difference.

It was the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It was very common to have titles.

Not to mention the distance, just talk about the nearest ones, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Zheng Zhilong have all been awarded the title?

Even the rebellious Zuo Liangyu was named a marquis by the court before raising troops to cause trouble.

This condition is not too much.

Of course, Du Yinxi could not agree to Li Laiheng immediately, and such a thing would still be submitted to the court.

However, his attitude is much more peaceful than last time.

In his opinion, this was just a formality.

The emperor has no reason to refuse a tiger's request to be granted a title.

It is really worth it to exchange for a title for more than 100,000 troops.

While waiting for the emperor's will, there is not much to do on both sides.

Fortunately, Li Guo maintained considerable restraint and did not harass the people on a large scale.

When the imperial edict was passed to Huguang, Du Yinxi put out an incense table to receive the edict.

The emperor approved Li Guo's request and appointed him as the Marquis of Xing, and granted him the title of Gao Yigong Marquis of Ying.

Marquis is the highest-level title except for the title of king and duke. Huang Degong, Zheng Zhilong and Gao Jie are all Marquis.

The emperor granted the title of Li Guo and the Marquis of Gao Yigong, which was obviously to give equality and maintain the balance between the various martial arts.

As the saying goes, don’t worry about being weak but not being equal. If you cannot find a title, it is very troublesome to favor one and the other.

Du Yinxi told Li Guo the good news as soon as possible.

Li Guo also formally surrendered as promised before.

Du Yinxi was in a good mood to solve the problem of recruiting the pacification. He held a banquet in Jingzhou City and invited Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Li Laiheng and others to the banquet.

Li Guo and others were also very generous and only brought their personal soldiers to the city to the banquet.

After three rounds of wine, the dishes and five flavors were served. When the guests and the hosts were having fun, Li Guoban joked: "I don't know where to place someone on the military gate?"

The prerequisite for Li Guo to surrender to Ming Dynasty to retain the original organization of the Shun Army and to be directly led by him.

However, it is not an easy task to place more than 100,000 troops in one go.

It is said that after Zhang Xianzhong surrendered, he was placed in Gucheng, and he complained that his territory was too small every few days.

Li Guo's army of more than 100,000 is obviously more than Zhang Xianzhong back then. If it is not properly placed, Li Guo will inevitably show it to Du Yinxi, and it will be difficult for anyone to do it.

Du Yinxi cleared his throat and said, "I want to transfer Jingmen to Xinghou to station him, but I don't know what Xinghou wants to do?"

"Jingmen?"

Li Guo raised his eyebrows and looked very surprised.

Jingmen is located in the north of Jingzhou and is the northern gate of Jingzhou. Its location is extremely important.

Why did Du Yinxi give such an important place to himself?

"Yes. Xinghou is brave and good at fighting. Such an important city should be guarded by Xinghou."

Just from the perspective of wealth, Jingmen is not bad, and Li Guo has no reason to refuse.

But Du Yinxi's meaning is to let Li Guo lead his troops to protect Jingzhou.

Now that the Shun Army has surrendered to the Ming court, the only thing the Ming court is guarding against is the Qing army.

In other words, Du Yinxi asked Li Guo to station in Jingmen so that when the Qing army came to fight in the future, Li Guo's troops could act as a barrier to resist the Qing army's advancement.

"Um!"

Li Guo did not accept the call, but took a sip of wine and exclaimed: "Good wine, good wine. The jar of wine in the military gate is strong enough, just to meet Li's appetite."

This old fox wants me to be a vassal for him, and he thinks beautifully!

Li Guo fought with the Qing army led by Ajige. In his opinion, the Qing army was not as powerful as boastful, but its strength was definitely not bad, at least stronger than the ordinary Ming army.

Fighting with such a strong army will cause serious losses to the military's strength.

Since Li Guo made up his mind to just take over the army and recuperate, he naturally did not want to fight for the Ming court and the Qing army.

In the future, the Shun Army would fight with the Qing army and avenge the dead brothers, but not for the Ming court.

"Haha, this daughter has more than a dozen jars of Hongbenfu. If Xinghou likes to take a few jars, it's just that."

Du Yinxi was very scheming. Seeing that Li Guo was distracted from the topic, he said with a look: "It's time to speed up the training after this New Year. Judging from the situation of the Donglu, it's very likely that he will invade Huguang."

Li Laiheng, who was eating food on his own, put down his chopsticks and said, "What are you afraid of? If the Tartars dare to come, we will teach him a lesson and ask them to taste the power of the Han family!"

"Come on!"

Li Guo turned his head and shouted sternly.

"Haha, General Li Xiao said quickly, the young man's heroic spirit is okay, it's okay."

Du Yinxi stroked his beard and said, "General Gao is in Henan, and he attacked the cities and villages in Beizhili, and defeated the Eastern Barbarians. It proves that the Eight Banners are not worth ten thousand, and they are invincible. As long as we are sincere and dedicated, the Eastern Barbarians are nothing more than a slap, and there is no need to worry about it."

Du Yinxi's words were obviously for Li Laiheng to hear.

But Li Laiheng's young man was very wise and responded directly: "It's good to block the military gate. We Han people just like to fight in the nest and were defeated by the Tartars by chance. If we tie together, the Tartars will have no chance to take advantage of it. If the Tartars dare to invade again this time, I will be the first to not agree."

Gao Yigong frowned when he heard it.

Du Yinxi was so aggressive that Li Laiheng was so irrelevant that he was so excited that he would take over the work of guarding Jingmen and guarding the northern gate of Jingzhou for the Ming Dynasty?

"Ahem, Laiheng, you have drunk too much, go out to sober up."

Gao Yigong gave Li Laiheng a wink, and then he stopped unwillingly and bowed to Du Yinxi and said, "I'll laugh at Du Junmen. Rong went out for a break."

"General Li Xiao, please do whatever you want."

Du Yinxi narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

After Li Laiheng left, both sides said something without any pain and no substantial progress was made.

As the banquet ended, Li Guo’s residence has not yet been settled.

After Li Guo and Gao Yigong left, Wu Han said worriedly: "Looking at this tiger's appearance of being pushed and blocked, I'm afraid it's a little bit. It's better to be careful when blocking the military gate."

Du Yinxi raised his hand and said, "It may not be possible for me to look at it. A tiger has just accepted the surrender of the court, and it is inevitable that he has concerns in his heart. If he agreed to lead his troops to Jingmen without hesitation, then me to think it would be a little strange."

After a moment of pause, Du Yinxi continued: "This matter is not urgent, so let them stay near Jingzhou for the time being. When the imperial court gave the ward and the official seal arrived, there was no reason for a tiger to refuse."

"The military gate is wise, I admire you!"

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