This time, it is aimed at those who are from military households in the thief army, that is, the former court officials and soldiers, as well as the leaders of all levels among the thieves.

"Now the imperial court has issued the "Regulations on the Preferential Treatment of Pensions for Ming Soldiers", as long as it is a Ming soldier, the military salary is guaranteed, and the disability is guaranteed, protecting the family and defending the country is what a soldier should do, don't be a thief anymore!"

"Look at Xiao Yuanying, now when he goes home after the thief, he is returning to his hometown, and his family is safeguarded. If you keep being a thief, you will be poked in the back by the villagers! ”

"Now accept Zhao'an, that is the glory of the ancestors! Only those who have a black heart will continue to be thieves, so that the world will be ruined! ”

“……”

Even began to name and call Li Dingguo directly, asking him to accept Zhao'an, and not let the people suffer from the war again!

Over the years, the people of Daming have suffered enough! The imperial court has also recognized the shortcomings of the past, and now it is working hard to improve, so that the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is what every person with a conscience will do!

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Under all this, coupled with the fact that the undercover agents inside the thieves are taking the opportunity to "fan the flames", it can be said that the inside of the thieves' camp is already quite unstable.

Li Dingguo has nothing to say about leading troops to fight, and it is enough to prove that he has become one of Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons for so many years.

However, in the face of such a fierce public opinion offensive from the side of the imperial court officials and soldiers, after all, he was a halfway monk, had no formal training, and had not studied books, how could he withstand it!

Of course, this also has something to do with his character.

In the original history, when he led his troops to attack Xinhui, 200,000 horses against the 8,000 Manchu troops in the city, it stands to reason that there is no problem in taking Xinhui.

However, the Manchu army threatened the people in the city, which is really rare in history. As a result, Li Dingguo threw himself into a bogey, worried about the people in the city, and finally failed.

Seriously, his compassionate character is really not suitable for troubled times.

That is, in the early stage, based on his resentment against the imperial court, the so-called officials forced the people to rebel, and he had no scruples about leading his troops to fight.

Now at this time, the imperial court's measures against the people have improved significantly, and Li Dingguo's belief in continuing to lead troops to fight has been shaken again.

In this case, it is natural to find it a little difficult to hold on.

But after all, he is one of Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons, and he really has to surrender before he reaches the public opinion offensive on Zhang Mingwei's side. Instead, he immediately reported to Wuchang and reported the situation here to Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was anxious when he heard it, not only because of the loss of Huangzhou Mansion, Wuchang Mansion lost the barrier to the east, but more importantly, Li Dingguo was a famous general under him, if there was a problem, under the chain reaction, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, when he couldn't leave, he sent Xu Yixian, the military advisor he valued the most, to Huangzhou Mansion to stabilize the morale of the army.

Xu Yixian had already thought of countermeasures before he arrived in Li Dingguo's army, so as soon as he arrived, he immediately launched a counterattack.

I saw him ask Li Dingguo seriously: "Let me ask you, why is there a change in the imperial court?" Is it because we were forced to rebel, and the court was unable to encircle us, so we had to change? ”

For Li Dingguo, Xu Yixian knew that it was unrealistic to directly deny what the imperial court had done. So, he's talking about it from another angle.

Li Dingguo listened, and nodded in response: "Hmm! ”

"Okay, then I'll ask you again!" Xu Yixian then asked, "How many rebels have been recruited, and what happened to them?" ”

Without waiting for Li Dingguo to answer, Xu Yixian asked himself and answered, and said first: "How many of the soldiers of the righteous army who were captured by the imperial court, and those who listened to the lies of the imperial court and were recruited, do you remember?" Hong Chengchou, how many of us did Sun Chuanting kill at that time, you won't forget it, right? ”

Killing prisoners and pitting and killing surrendered thieves, Hong Chengchou did the most easily. Even at the beginning, when his immediate boss, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, asked to treat these thieves well, he did not listen at all.

Of course, Hong Chengchou also has a reason, since the imperial court has no spare strength to settle them, it is better to kill them to prevent future troubles than to wait for them to return and rebel.

But no matter what, for Li Dingguo, they absolutely do not want to be killed.

Therefore, after hearing Xu Yixian's words, Li Dingguo's expression stretched a little and nodded.

Xu Yixian saw that Li Dingguo seemed to have untied a lot of the ideological baggage he said, so he took a breath and continued: "Also, even if he is recruited by the imperial court, you see Liu Guoneng, Bai Guangen, and now this Yuan Shizhong, don't you just give them an official name, and then drive them to fight with us, for the imperial court, this is to use thieves to control thieves, it is best to die together, and the imperial court will be the most worry-free." ”

Li Dingguo listened and was silent.

"If one day in the future, we are really defeated by the imperial court, believe it or not, the imperial court will cross the river and tear down the bridge, and settle accounts with those who surrendered to the imperial court! The matter of rabbits and dead dogs cooking has been done in all dynasties. Xu Yixian continued, "When that time comes, the world will be peaceful, the emperor will continue to enjoy himself, and corrupt officials will run rampant again, and the people will still be miserable." Instead of this, it is better to help your father-in-law fight the world, you can't not believe your father-in-law, right? ”

When these words came out, Li Dingguo immediately raised his head and nodded as a matter of course: "Of course!" ”

Seeing him like this, Xu Yixian was relieved, and finally said: "You are the most powerful general under the king, and the king dug up the tomb of the Zhu family and surrendered to the imperial court, that is really self-defeating!" When Gucheng recruited security before, the king realized this, not to mention the military power, in fact, it was an expedient measure at all, and it was impossible to really be recruited. ”

"After the military advisor said this, the last general suddenly opened his mouth, and he will not be fooled by that Xingguo Gong again!" When Li Dingguo heard this, he said to Xu Yixian.

"Oh, that's good, that's good!" Xu Yixian was very happy when he heard this, shook his feather fan, and instructed Li Dingguodao, "Then pass on my meaning, so that the brothers below can also recognize the hypocrisy of the imperial court!" ”

When Li Dingguo heard this, he immediately agreed, and did as Xu Yixian wanted.

However, when Xu Yixian left, he didn't behave so cheerfully. Instead, looking at the direction of the other side, there are some things that he actually doesn't agree with what Xu Yixian said.

"Regulations on the Preferential Treatment of Pensions for Military Personnel in the Ming Dynasty", which was written into the "Daming Law".

The reform of salt administration has benefited the people of the whole world, which is also being implemented.

There is also Xingguo Gong opposite, who donated his cement formula, especially for the south, which is the most practical. This cement is used in various places to build water conservancy.

There is also a new branch of the imperial army, the health army, which is a life-saving measure for the soldiers who are fighting.

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In this way, it will not be that the rebels are gone, and they will all be restored!

In other words, the court is really getting better!

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo remembered Xu Yixian's last warning, so he sighed, thinking of the word in his heart: Is the rabbit dead and the dog cooking?

Liu Guoneng was defeated and captured by the rebels after being recruited, but he didn't want to be a brother anymore, and would rather die than give in!

Bai Guangen, Yuan Shizhong is still fighting for the imperial court, will they be settled by the imperial court afterwards?

By the way, I heard that Li Zicheng was also recruited over there, named Li Laiheng, and his reputation is not small, but he has not heard any more news of Li Laiheng, could it be because he also participated in the burning of the imperial tomb that year, and has been secretly executed by the imperial court, right?

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo sighed again, and finally did what Xu Yixian wanted.

Not to mention, Xu Yixian's statements are somewhat useful. The number of soldiers in Li Dingguo's army who fled every day was finally significantly reduced.

Zhang Mingwei was not angry about this situation, but stepped up the offensive of public opinion.

The army under Li Dingguo in front of him is actually just a roadblock piled up in sand, and it will disperse sooner or later. And if Li Dingguo's army is recruited, Zhang Xianzhong, a thief, will basically be about the same.

At the moment, it seems that it is just a thief in Huangzhou Mansion, but in fact, it is aimed at the entire Zhang Xianzhong department, as well as the five battalions of Gezuo, and even the thieves in the whole world, can be affected.

Therefore, Zhang Mingwei was not in a hurry to attack, but continued to launch a public opinion offensive.

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On the other hand, the reason why Zhang Xianzhong couldn't leave Wuchang was because of the problem of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution.

In the previous time, he was called the king, and according to the official position of the imperial court, he set up the governor's office of the six departments and the five armies, which made his cooperation with the fifth battalion of the revolution go wrong.

Since he is the king and the emperor in the future, that is to say, in the future, the five battalions of the left will submit to Zhang Xianzhong alone. But for the time being, the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution and Zhang Xianzhong's department are actually in a cooperative relationship, and there is no subordinate relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Although Zhang Xianzhong gave a large reward to the leaders of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, however, on the side of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, especially the five people led by him, Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Ge Li Yan He Yilong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, Liu Xiyao, and King Lin of the Troubled Times were not convinced.

It's just that before, Zhang Xianzhong's power was greater, and the imperial court officials and troops were advancing, and they didn't want civil strife.

Now that it was found that the offensive of the imperial court officials and troops was not as fierce as imagined, the five people in the fifth battalion of the left had ideas.

Zhang Xianzhong wanted to stabilize them, but in the end, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo suddenly pulled out the camp and went west, going to Sichuan to find Li Zicheng.

This is equivalent to giving Zhang Xianzhong a knife in the back, and he was so angry that he was like thunder, but there was no way, because he still had to deal with the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court officials and soldiers.

However, at this time, a major event happened in the north, and although Zhang Xianzhong's side was far away, it was the last straw that crushed him. That is, Li Laiheng's department has returned from Liaodong!