It is said that impulse is the devil, and Xie Zaixing regretted it immediately after he impulsively surrendered to Zhang Shicheng.

Zhang Shicheng was indeed very lenient to his subordinates, and he was also very courteous to them. But Zhang Shicheng has a soft personality, has no courage at all in dealing with the world, and indulges in a quiet life all day long and does not want to forge ahead, how can such a leader compete with Zhu Yuanzhang?

However, Xie Zaixing was already difficult to ride a tiger and could only go one way to the end, but he still let go of some of Zhang Shicheng's subordinates who were unwilling to surrender.

The general manager Hu Ruming, Qianhu Ye Wang, and Ma Yun were a group of generals who were let go by him, and they were all reused when they returned to Zhu Yuanzhang later.

Don't look at Li Wenzhong's young age, he is one of the few educated generals among Zhu Yuanzhang's generals. He will not shout and kill recklessly like other generals, he will first analyze the opponent's situation, find out the opponent's strengths and weaknesses, and then avoid his edge and focus on his weaknesses. This is what Ma Xiuying taught him, "only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles".

This time, Li Wenzhong also seriously analyzed the situation of his old subordinate Xie Zaixing, and he believed that Xie Zaixing was able to release Hu Ruming, Ye Wang, Ma Yun, and others back, which showed that this person was still generous. Xie Zaixing's rebellion may have been motivated by anger rather than deliberately.

Before the expedition, he went to bid farewell to Ma Xiuying, and Ma Xiuying had to prepare some travel items for him as usual.

Although the two are no longer commensurate with mother and son, Li Wenzhong can still feel Ma Xiuying's sincere care, which makes Li Wenzhong, who lost his mother at a young age, very moved. It's a pity that Ma Xiuying gave him full of maternal love, but she was also indispensable to chatter like other mothers, "When you return from the counterinsurgency this time, you will honestly marry a daughter-in-law for me and give birth to a child quickly, Wenzheng and Mu Ying are all married, but you have no wife and concubine to have children, and your father's hair is gray." Hmph, if you are disobedient again, I will find you a wife at will. ”

Li Wenzhong's eyes widened, and he deliberately said: "Uncle, uncle just married Xie Zaixing's daughter casually to make Xie Zaixing betray, and you want to force me like this?"

Ma Xiuying knocked him out of the way, "Nonsense, I'm doing this for your good, and your father agrees, how can it be considered a random marriage? Your father is old now, he said that he just wants to tease his grandson, so you can't bear to let him be lonely in his old age?"

Li Wenzhong covered his head and made a painful appearance, "Hey, then let's talk about it when I come back." ”

"What are you waiting for? The daughter-in-law will choose for you, and you will get married when you come back. Ma Xiuying didn't give him a chance to delay at all.

Li Wenzhong said helplessly: "How can you know the exact return date when you go out to fight, it's not good to make the woman wait for a long time, right?"

Ma Xiuying looked at him, "Don't worry about this, just go out safely and return safely." After thinking about it, he sighed: "Your uncle is a little arbitrary, I have long said that he will go wrong if he oversteps his subordinates, and now the evil consequences have appeared." Alas, this incident is not Xie Zaixing's fault alone, if you can persuade him to come back, persuade him to come back. If he really had an accident, I was afraid that Wen Zheng's side would not be at peace. ”

Xie Cuiying gave birth to a son soon after marrying Zhu Wenzheng, and the couple raised their eyebrows and lived in harmony. If Xie Zaixing dies at the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, it will inevitably affect the feelings of this young couple. She doesn't care about others, but she is reluctant to embarrass Zhu Wenzheng, who is regarded as a parent.

Li Wenzhong condensed and said: "Xie Zaixing's nature is not bad, I try my best to persuade him back, but I don't know if my uncle will forgive him." ”

"Alas!" The two looked at each other speechlessly, and they both knew that Zhu Yuanzhang hated the betrayal of his subordinates the most, and Xie Zaixing's matter was really hard to say.

However, he said that Xie Zaixing's defection to Zhang Shicheng was impulsive, and when he heard that his former boss Li Wenzhong was coming to conquer him, he was suddenly weak and timid. And his soldiers were originally in the same army as Li Wenzhong's soldiers, and they had no confidence to fight.

He deliberately avoided Li Wenzhong and led Zhang Shicheng's army to attack the strategic Dongyang, but Li Wenzhong and Hu Shen, who were chased to Yiwu, were beaten in embarrassment and escaped on their own. Later, he accompanied Li Bosheng to attack Zhuxin City, and was defeated again. Defeated again and again, Xie Zaixing, who had no power to resist, had no choice but to defend Yuhang with his younger brothers Xie San and Xie Wu.

Li Wenzhong's soldiers approached the city and persuaded him with good words: "The old general is resourceful, brave and tenacious, has always been loyal to his duties, and has made great achievements. Now don't make a mistake that you will regret for the rest of your life for some small things. ”

Xie Zaixing stood on the city wall and said angrily: "If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's repeated deception, if it weren't for Zhu Wenzheng's eyes, if it weren't for Luan Feng and Li Mengeng's repeated ridicule, sarcasm, and restraint of my subordinates, how could I be like this?"

Li Wenzhong said: "You misunderstood the prince, Zhuquan is an important place for soldiers, and he entrusted you with a heavy responsibility to guard Zhuquan because he trusts you." He often said that you are an old subordinate who has followed him for many years, and you have no merit and hard work, so he didn't care about your greed and bribery, and he didn't punish you for privately trading prohibited items in the army. He gave your eldest daughter to Governor Zhu Wenzheng, and the second daughter to Xiangguo Xu Da out of good intentions, one is his own nephew, and the other is his important minister, not a grievance, right? As for Wen Zheng's kid, the prince had already reprimanded him severely, saying that he disrespected his elders and punished him for thinking about it. ”

In the end, it is a cultured military general, as soon as Li Wenzhong's words came out, Mo said that Yu Hang's soldiers changed color when they heard it, and even Xie Zaixing's younger brothers Xie San and Xie Wu looked at Xie Zaixing with strange expressions, as if they were blaming him for misunderstanding Zhu Yuanzhang's good intentions and guiding everyone astray.

Xie Zaixing said bitterly, laughing miserably, "Whether it's wrong, it's right, now you and I have become hostile, and it's useless to say more." ”

Li Wenzhong continued to persuade: "I have found out the reason, you did not deliberately rebel because of some misunderstandings, and besides, you are my old subordinate and my relative, I really can't bear to see you die." If you will surrender, I will keep you from dying. ”

Xie Zaixing asked loudly, "Is this true?"

Li Wenzhong swore to heaven, "I swear in front of all the soldiers that I will not kill you and your relatives." ”

Xie San, Xie Wu and the others suddenly became excited, they were already desperate, if Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to accept them again, it would obviously be a good result.

"Okay, I'm dumbfounded by your words. I beg you to keep your promise and not to kill my relatives. After Xie Zaixing finished speaking, he looked at the brothers, and without hesitation, he turned over and jumped off the city wall. He knew very well that even if Li Wenzhong would not kill him, Zhu Yuanzhang would not let him go, so it was better to die neatly and leave a glimmer of life for his family.

"Big brother!"

"General Xie!"

Everyone shouted in panic, but they couldn't stop Xie Zaixing's fall. Listening to the sound of "bang", Xie Zaixing, who was still on the city wall just now, had turned into a corpse with a burst brain, and blood gushed out silently and seeped into the earth.

No one expected such an ending, all the soldiers were silent, and Xie San and Xie Wu hid their faces and wept.

Li Wenzhong was saddened, and said in a dumb voice: "Bring back General Xie's body, and still bury it according to the generals of our army." ”

Xie San and Xie Wu knelt down on the city wall to bow and thank them, and then led their sons and nephews to open the city gate and surrender. A farce of rebellion ended in such a tragic way.