The thief saw that Sun Yingyuan's outfit was similar to Huang Degong's, and probably guessed his identity, he smiled and said: "This should be Mr. Sun, my family is also in charge of the plate and admires Mr. Sun, calling you the first ....... of the Ming Dynasty Mars! ”

Sun Yingyuan said with a smile: "The god of war doesn't dare to be, and when the fifth battalion of Gezuo and Zhang Xianzhong and others are destroyed, he may be reluctantly called the god of war by the thieves." ”

The thief general was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Lord Commander, you can't say that, it is with us thieves that the two of us seem to be useful, if we thieves are exterminated by adults, can adults still be free in Jiangnan?" ”

The thief general said again: "Even the prince above the two is also, if the thieves in Jiangnan and the Central Plains are exterminated, can he still stay in Jiangnan?" Can you still cover the sky with one hand here, and kill whoever you want? ”

Sun Yingyuan smiled and said, "I didn't see that your knowledge of this thief general is extraordinary." ”

The thief will smile and say: "This is all what Ma Ye said, I just relayed Ma Ye's words." ”

Sun Yingyuan glanced at Zhu Cihong, saw that he was silent on the side, and said to the thief: "You mean, you give some benefits, let Lao Tzu let you go?" ”

The thief general said happily: "General soldier Sun is really a smart person, Ma Ye said, as long as the two general soldiers are willing to raise their noble hands and let us live, we are willing to give each adult 200,000 taels of silver, plus 5,000 heads, as an adult to ask the court for reward." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled, sure enough, when they were cornered, the rogues in the late Ming Dynasty either surrendered by fraud, or bribed the officers and soldiers, seeking a way to survive with money.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Liukou camps were besieged in Datong, and Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, took bribes to open a gap and let them escape.

Such things are not uncommon, and if these officers and soldiers had not released water, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves would not know how many times they would have been arrested.

These are the usual methods used by the Liukou in the late Ming Dynasty, and even formed a special rule, before the two sides start fighting, the Liukou will ask, Wendou or Wudou? If the officers and soldiers answer Wen Dou, they will say that they can talk about the conditions, and the two sides will benefit each other, you will be promoted to get rich, and I will go to other places to grab grain and money, and we will meet again in the rivers and lakes.

If the other party answers martial arts, it means that there is nothing to talk about, and you can only show your weapons, which is an unspoken rule that many people in the court know.

Therefore, the imperial court will send the army of Liaodong to the south to quell the chaos, instead of using local officers and soldiers, such as the current governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, and Cao Bianjiao and other Liaodong generals below, beat Li Zicheng in the northwest and called his father to run away.

This trick Ma Shouying and other rogues have used it more than once, and they have tried it repeatedly, and now in the face of the Tianwu Army, which is good at fighting, they have also used this trick.

In Ma Shouying's view, how many officials are not moved in the face of such a good thing? It does not lose the soldiers, but also makes meritorious contributions, and the most important thing is that there is a lot of money, as long as it is a normal person, it should be accepted!

Sun Yingyuan and Huang Degong both looked at Zhu Cihong and wanted to see what he said, both of them knew that the crown prince wanted to gain a foothold in Jiangnan, and what the thief would say made some sense.

Seeing that the eyes of the two looked at the young man next to him, and with a respectful look on his face, the thief was curious, and suddenly, he suddenly understood in his heart that this young man might be the emperor's son!

The thief never expected that the emperor's son was so young, in his heart, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be an old thing who slept with concubines in the harem all day, and his sons had to be in their thirties, at least in their twenties.

Looking at this somewhat surprised thief general, Zhu Cihong said slowly: "The greatest hope of this palace is that the world is peaceful, the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, and the Quartet is coming, with you rogues, can the world be peaceful?" ”

The thief's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "My righteous army can withdraw from His Highness's defense area, or you can leave one on Huo Mountain, you can fight when you want, so that you can explain to the imperial court." ”

Zhu Cihong said lightly: "Are you teaching the palace to raise self-respect?" ”

The thief general smiled and said, "Don't hide it from Your Highness, are there still few officials like Daming?" ”

Zhu Cihong's face turned cold, and he said: "No matter how many officials in the Ming Dynasty raise their own respect, within the jurisdiction of this palace, they are never allowed to appear, and they are not allowed to appear in the Tianwu Army, one kills the other!" There are a hundred to kill a hundred, and if all the officials are like this, then I will kill all the officials! ”

After hearing these words, the thief will feel a chill in his heart, this prince is so young and murderous, when he encounters such an opponent, it seems that the situation of the righteous army is very bad.

Sun Yingyuan and Huang Degong also kept in mind that against the opponent and the rogue Kou, they could never release water, but could only kill them.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "Drag this thief down and cut it down, and the army will continue to pursue!" The whole army was ordered, and one of the old battalion soldiers who killed the thieves was promoted to one level, and those who killed the thieves' first horses, Ma Shouying, He Jin, and Liu Xiyao, were promoted to three levels in a row, and a reward of 10,000 taels of silver! ”

Zhu Cihong wants to develop in Jiangnan, but he will not use the safety of the people as a bargaining chip to consolidate power and political struggle.

"The prince spares his life! The two countries are at war without slashing! The thief cried out and begged for mercy, but no one paid attention to him and he was dragged out.

Sun Yingyuan said: "It's just a thief, and it's ridiculous to say that the two countries are at war!" ”

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After Zhu Cihong's order was issued to all departments, Huo Mountain became more lively, and the Tianwu soldiers were in high spirits, and all departments were desperately chasing and chopping, just like wolves seeing sheep.

The veteran soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Left Revolution suffered heavy losses, and they did not dare to make a fire at night, for fear that the officers and men would not find out at night.

In fact, it makes no difference whether there is a fire or not, there are dozens of team members in the old camp who do not collect at night, no matter where they slip away, some special marks will appear on some trees along the way.

In a valley, thousands of veteran soldiers of the 5th Battalion of the Revolution were repairing here.

Zuojin Wang He Jin shouted loudly: "Lao Tzu ran from Huoshan to Yingshan, and he ran for more than 300 miles, why are the dog officers and soldiers still chasing!" ”

Liu Xiyao, who was on the side, took a few sips of wine and said, "Master Ma, fight with the dog officer!" ”

Ma Shouying, who had been chased for hundreds of miles, was even more annoyed and said: "It's really too deceitful! The clay man also has three points of energy, not to mention that Lao Tzu has been dominating the world for several years, and if I don't give some color to the dog officers and soldiers, they don't know how powerful I am when I come back! ”

Ma Shouying decided to face the battle in person, he wanted to see how powerful the Tianwu Army was, and how much stronger it could be than his five battalion veterans!

Ma Shouying gathered 8,000 cavalry, and the leaders such as He Jin, the king of Zuojin, and Liu Xiyao, the king of the troubled times, all went to battle, and set up a battle in the open place outside Yingshan County to meet the Tianwu army.

The two sides opened up the formation, and the Tianwu army used the formation of the Qing army to fight, the musketeers were in a line shape in the middle army, the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers were preparing to respond in the back, and the cavalry divisions were on both flanks.

At the beginning of the battle, the 5th Battalion of the Left wanted to quickly eat the Tianwu Army with the help of war horse maneuvers, and the cavalry brigade rushed up.

According to the method of dealing with the Tartar cavalry, the musketeers of the Tianwu Army took turns to shoot in four rows, and the team was also mixed with some tiger squat cannons to fire shotguns, the advantage of the tiger squat cannon was that it was light and could be carried by one person, which was very suitable for mountain warfare.

The effective range of the Tiger Squat Cannon is not far after firing shotguns, and it can also be used as a firepower supplement in the musket array, which is perfect.

The shotgun of the Tiger Squat Cannon is normally loaded with one hundred and twenty iron pellets at a time, and one shot will have to kill thirty or forty enemies, let alone kill thirty or forty enemies, and fire them together in the musket array, which greatly increases the power of the Tianwu Army's musket array.

The fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution has not yet approached the array of the Tianwu army, the corpses are all over the field, countless casualties, the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution has been driven for a few days to fight has already been very weak, at this time, after a few rounds of blows, it is even more unintentional to fight, turn the horse's head on the spot and turn around and run, ignoring the shouts of the leaders such as Ma Shouying.

After half an hour of formation, the battle ended in less than a quarter of an hour, and the old battalion soldiers were completely vulnerable in the face of the Tianwu Army, and they were all defeated.

Zhu Cihong smiled and ordered the whole army to attack, and all the cavalry to attack, and launched an all-out charge towards the old camp of thieves.

In the chaotic army, the three leaders of the Liukou were taken care of, I don't know how many pairs of eyes stared at them, after a frantic chase, the three leaders of the Zuojin King He Jin, was chased by Li Shaoyou and the cavalry for more than fifty miles and finally killed.