Liu Wenxiu is good at stabilizing the morale of the army, which is the reason why Zhang Xianzhong urgently transferred him. However, it is precisely because of this that he knows better than anyone what the morale of the army is now!

If Li Dingguo didn't surrender, it would be fine, but with Li Dingguo's surrender, and he also personally came to Wuchang City to persuade him to surrender, this would have a greater impact on the morale of the army in Wuchang City!

If it insists on not surrendering, it will be impossible for Wuchang City to be defended under the attack of the imperial court officials.

But now, there is an opportunity. Li Laiheng, Li Dingguo is a role model!

Thinking so, Liu Wenxiu sighed in his heart, and finally said to Li Dingguo: "We have descended!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Dingguo was immediately overjoyed, and immediately responded: "Wenxiu, then we can still serve the country together, and see who fights him first to make a wife and a son!" ”

After finishing speaking, he came back to his senses, and immediately asked in surprise: "What about the father-in-law, the father-in-law is not in the city?" ”

Liu Wenxiu listened, shook his head and said, "My father-in-law transferred me back urgently, and he went to Hanyang!" ”

As soon as Li Dingguo heard this, he immediately turned his horse's head and drove his horse to Li Dingguo and said: "There are only Liu Wenxiu's men and horses in the city, and they are willing to surrender to the court and serve the country." My stepfather is no longer in the city, and he has gone to Hanyang Mansion. ”

Zhang Mingwei was overjoyed to hear this, Wuchang Mansion went down without a fight, and Liu Wenxiu accepted Zhao'an, this result was what he was most willing to see. As for Zhang Xianzhong running away, he didn't care much.

So, he immediately sent an order for Zhou Yuji to prepare to accept Liu Wenxiu's surrender.

It's not that he doesn't want to send troops to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, but after launching a surprise attack from the Huangzhou Mansion, he rushed all the way to the foot of Wuchang City, and the thieves who surrendered along the way, plus the Wuchang Mansion, are estimated to exceed 300,000.

Zhang Mingwei's department has only about 50,000 people, and he can't be in the waves, otherwise if there is a problem, the consequences will be unimaginable and will be overturned.

It is necessary to settle down the thieves who accept Zhao'an first, and wait for the other court officials and troops to come to Wuchang Mansion to converge, and then they can continue to pursue Zhang Xianzhong's headquarters westward. Anyway, to drive Zhang Xianzhong to the west, it is best to drive it into Sichuan, and then catch all the thieves and rebels in the urn, which is the most ideal situation.

Not long after, Liu Wenxiu brought a group of highest-ranking generals in the city, without weapons, to see the Duke of Xingguo.

This time, although it is not as exaggerated as Li Dingguo, it is not far behind.

Zhang Mingwei dismounted, greeted him surrounded by the generals, and said with a loud laugh: "Wenxiu has a benevolent heart, avoids military disasters, and returns the people of the Ming Dynasty to a peaceful place. ”

Liu Wenxiu didn't expect that before he had time to say something to plead guilty, this powerful Xingguo Duke would praise him. Suddenly, he was grateful, no longer regretted the idea of making the decision to surrender, and hurriedly humbly pleaded guilty.

By Guogong's side, there was also Li Dingguo, and he interjected, which was also happy and harmonious, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

In this way, Wuchang Mansion went down without a fight, and the thieves in the city saw Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo patrolling the whole city with Xingguo Gong's side, which made them all very relieved.

As a result, the whole process of accepting Zhao'an was unusually smooth.

Two days later, he did not receive a report at night, saying that Zhang Xianzhong was indeed in Hanyang Mansion.

Although the reorganization and registration of the thieves here is still in progress, generals at all levels have asked for war and want to pursue Zhang Xianzhong. Even Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo also asked Zhang Mingwei to fight, wanting to persuade Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves to surrender.

After Zhang Mingwei thought for a while, he sent Bai Guangen and Zhang Luofu to pursue, and Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu followed. It is also a good thing to be able to persuade Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves to accept Zhao'an. However, according to his thoughts, Zhang Xianzhong should be an old stubborn person, and it is impossible to accept Zhao'an.

As for Zhang Mingwei himself, it's not that he doesn't want to go to Hanyang, but there are too many things.

Although he went down without a fight, there were too many thieves who accepted Zhao'an, and there were more things that needed him to make decisions, and there were really too many requirements for the thieves who came up, those who wanted to go back to their hometowns to farm, those who wanted to continue fighting, whether to go to Tuntian or join the war army, etc., including coordinating with the local government, contacting the prince over there in Nanjing, and so on.

Especially now that it is October, the cold air from the north is coming one after another, and it is time for the whole army to change its uniform.

Maybe for other people, this kind of thing, if you can make do with it, you can make do with it first. However, Zhang Mingwei does not think so. In order for the soldiers to fight bravely, he must at least ensure their logistics.

Fortunately, with the power in his hands and the money collected from Yangzhou, it is no problem to ensure this.

In addition, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong's headquarters are also about to arrive in Wuchang Mansion, and Zhang Mingwei will also review their two armies, and those that should be reorganized must also be reorganized. The captain of the Jinyi Guard should also be placed in their army in large numbers, so that the establishment of all the imperial court armies capable of fighting is the same as the imperial court officers and troops he leads, at least the Jinyi Guard is at the level of the general flag, and the general no longer has the final say in everything.

Only in this way can we control these imperial court troops that have been released for a long time.

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Two days later, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo led their troops to Wuchang Mansion.

To be honest, in the past, they were originally a little disdainful of Xingguogong's military order, which required them to advance slowly and steadily, and this kind of tactics based on attacking the heart and mind.

I feel that Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates are all old thieves, and if it is so simple to defeat these thieves, it is basically impossible for them to accept Zhao'an.

You must know that Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates had only accepted Zhao'an in Gucheng before, and then rebelled, and even caused Xiong Wencan, the governor who was in charge of Zhao'an, to be beheaded in the city.

However, what followed took them both by surprise.

At first, they were very surprised, the effect of such a heart-to-heart battle was so good? They talk about it casually, and the thieves are unstable. However, they also quickly learned that there had already been an internal response from the imperial court in the thief army, and it was sent by the Duke of Xingguo half a year ago.

Seeing that the situation seemed to be going well, of course the two of them were also happy. However, they never expected that all of a sudden, the thieves would retreat in a big way, and then they would raise their troops to chase after them.

As a result, before they could catch up with Wuchang Mansion, news came that Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu had already accepted Zhao'an, and the army of thieves, including Wuchang Mansion, was undergoing reorganization, and there was no request to bring the original soldiers and horses.

This is also equivalent to saying that the army of thieves really accepted Zhao'an, and the battle that was originally thought to be a huge scale ended quietly.

Whether it is Liu Liangzuo or Huang Degong, they can be regarded as having seen the power of Xingguo Gong with their own eyes. Therefore, hurry up and come over to meet Xingguo Gong, and dare not slack off at all.

Even their immediate boss, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the prison army who was hiding behind them, also came with Pegasus, and finally went with them to meet the Duke of Xingguo.

Lu Jiude, originally a faction of Wang Zhixin, was sent by Wang Zhixin, and has always controlled the Beijing camp, and later was the supervisor of the imperial army in Fengyang in the south.

However, when the king's heart was liquidated, Lu Jiude was pardoned because of his military exploits.

Despite this, when Lu Jiude saw Xingguogong's words, he was still terrified, and he didn't know how to change his thighs to Xingguogong.

Now that he has this opportunity to win, he will naturally not let it go, and the compliments to Zhang Mingwei have made Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong stunned.

The great eunuch in the palace, who was originally majestic in front of them, still has such a side?

If they were in Kyoshi, they wouldn't be surprised by this situation. Because as long as you are from the palace, regardless of your status, as long as you meet the Duke of Xingguo, it is almost the same.

Originally, no matter who it was, the imperial court would definitely not be happy to send so many brocade guards to their army. Even Huang Degong, who has no crooked thoughts, is the same.

But after seeing this, they didn't even dare to let out a fart, whatever Xingguo Gong said, that's what it is.

So, just like that, inside and outside Wuchang Mansion, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered, all of them were undergoing reorganization, but they did not cause a little riot.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how powerful Zhang Mingwei is, he can't arrange so many people.

However, it just so happened that Wuchang Mansion was the place where the King of Chu lived, which was handed down from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Although the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years was robbed by Zhang Xianzhong, the fixed assets could not be snatched, including the field property.

With the experience of Kaifeng, plus the death of the original King of Chu, he was destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong. Needless to say, the land that originally belonged to the king of Chu could just be used to settle most of the thieves.

However, this matter is too big, involving local squires, and with the experience of Kaifeng, it is definitely necessary for a heavyweight to be in charge.

Zhang Mingwei himself has to continue to pursue Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, and he has to fight in Shu, so it is impossible to stay here for a long time. But there is one person who is suitable, and that is the prince in Jinling.

But it will take time for the prince to come over.

Just when Zhang Mingwei was busy in Wuchang Mansion, the news from the front line came one after another.

Ai Nengqi was persuaded by Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu to lead his subordinates to accept Zhao'an. This is, of course, good news.

Then, Sun Kewang also heard the wind and fell. This was another piece of good news, and at the same time it stimulated the pursuing court officers and soldiers. Right now, it's Zhang Xianzhong's headquarters, and this great achievement depends on who the flowers are!

However, perhaps it was too smooth, Bai Guangen and Zhang Luofu couldn't wait to settle the thieves who had just surrendered in order to grab the credit, so they went to chase Zhang Xianzhong's department.

As a result, he never expected that Zhang Xianzhong actually ambushed Bai Guangen and Zhang Luofu halfway. Without waiting for the two of them to stabilize their positions, Sun Kewang, who had surrendered before, came out from behind, and suddenly, Bai Guangen and Zhang Luofu were defeated, and the whole army was scattered.

The news was immediately reported to Wuchang Mansion, and the atmosphere here immediately changed.