256 Sophistry

When Emperor Chongzhen saw that the infantry army was beginning to arrive, he immediately issued an order: "This time we must wipe out all the thieves, surrender and avoid death, and anyone who resists or tries to escape will be killed!" Especially those bandit leaders, we can't let them run anymore! ”

Through the layout in advance, almost all the thieves have been attracted here, as long as they are all solved at once, at least for a short time, there will be no more thieves to mess with. And if the follow-up measures are in place, it is expected to solve the problem of thieves in the Guannai.

The cavalry guarding him was thrown into the battlefield by Emperor Chongzhen. Five thousand Rock Battalions were left to guard the Imperial Driver's side, and the other Rock Battalion soldiers were also thrown into the battlefield.

All of a sudden, there were more Ming soldiers chasing and killing on the battlefield, and shouts were everywhere.

"Surrender or die!"

"Death to those who resist, death to those who escape!"

“……”

Many of the panicked thieves surrendered on their knees, not daring to run anymore.

Among them, many of them are coerced people, of course, most of them are already young and strong, and as for the old and weak among the people, they have become cannon fodder under Nanyang City.

Some of them did a lot of evil, thinking that even if they surrendered, it was estimated that the imperial court would not let go, that is, they ran desperately, trying to escape from the pursuit of the official army.

"Wechen has seen my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" On the occasion of the great victory, Chen Qiyu rushed to the emperor's side and paid his respects excitedly.

The decisive battle with the thieves, because the emperor's army arrived in time, made the dangerous battle easy, and for the commander who was fully responsible, I really don't know how surprised it was!

Moreover, the emperor's control of the battle situation and the encouragement of the morale of the army he led made him see the emperor's wisdom and martial arts with his own eyes, which also made him very happy.

If an emperor is wise, benevolent, but powerful, as a courtier who only wants to serve the country loyally, he is naturally very happy.

It is the combination of these factors that makes Chen Qiyu pay homage even on this battlefield.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he smiled and said with his hands: "Chen Qing has worked hard!" ”

So, in the next scene, the Ming feudal official wearing a big red scarlet robe accompanied a young man in armor, pointing out the battlefield in front of him from time to time, and introducing the situation.

Many Ming soldiers were busy, and involuntarily turned their heads to look at the emperor's place, and saw that the sunset was shining on the body of the monarch and minister, and the emperor's figure seemed to become more magnificent.

Every Ming soldier, seeing this scene, looked very down-to-earth in their hearts, even if they were busy for a day, they still felt that their whole body was full of strength.

On the emperor's side, Chen Qiyu looked at the sunset, and saw that it would be dark in half an hour at most, so he was a little anxious, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, now that the thieves have not captured the capital, Weichen is a little worried, and he is willing to lead the troops to search!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened, looked up at the fiery red clouds in the west, and then lowered his head to look at Chen Qiyu and said, "It's okay, I have issued an order to let the Yongwei Battalion, the White Pole Army, and other local elites on the periphery speed up the reduction of the encirclement and rush to this side." Even if a thief escapes the search here, he will run headlong into the outer army. This time, I must destroy them all. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's layout on the periphery, Chen Qiyu did not know. Therefore, he was slightly stunned when he heard it, but when he came back to his senses, he thought that the emperor asked the Panshi Battalion to find someone in Nanyang to pretend to be the emperor of him, which means that the emperor decided to use Nanyang as the main battlefield at that time to solve all the thieves in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Chen Qiyu had to admire, and said heartily: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

As he said this, he thought to himself that even if those thieves escaped, they would definitely not be able to escape soon.

Emperor Chongzhen heard this, and said with a slight smile: "Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxiang and other big leaders of the thieves have all killed each other. And Zuo Liangyu's rebellion has now been arrested. ”

Hearing this, Chen Qiyu was taken aback again, turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a team, about fifty people, coming this way. At this time, it can be seen with the naked eye that there are people tied to the front of the team and escorted to this side. Although he couldn't see the appearance of the kidnapped person clearly, the emperor said so, it should be Zuo Liangyu.

He guessed correctly, the person who was tied up was Zuo Liangyu. His target was too big, and when he wanted to escape, he was dragged by other thieves and surrounded by Liu Guoneng's subordinates. In the panic of the people, his guards did not fight to the death, but the trees fell and scattered, and they ran away.

Speaking of which, when Zuo Liangyu was arrested, there was another episode.

Liu Guoneng's department is an infantry army, so Zuo Liangyu fled, and he chased after him, and it was not something that could be chased at once. However, when a cavalry army passed by, Zuo Liangyu was startled, and when he wanted to turn around and leave again, he was chased and surrounded by Liu Guoneng's subordinates.

In the midst of their shouts of killing, the cavalry heard that Zuo Liangyu was here, and wanted to come up to grab the merit.

At this time, Liu Guo could see the banner with the word "Wu" and look at the majestic cavalry, and his heart was timid. There is no way, his background as a thief makes him feel inferior when facing the majestic cavalry. Especially today's cavalry, with the royal car, suddenly descended like heavenly soldiers and generals.

The young general drove his horse closer, with a hint of excitement on his face, and shouted: "The one who is surrounded is the rebellious Zuo Liangyu? ”

Zuo Liangyu, who was surrounded, recognized this as Guan Ningjun, and he hated Liu Guoneng who betrayed him very much in his heart, so he naturally wanted Liu Guoneng to die, anyway, as long as it was not good, he was willing. Therefore, as soon as he heard this, he shouted loudly: "This general, I am Zuo Liangyu." These are all thieves, that person, it is called Breaking the Sky, and he is also very famous among the thieves. ”

In his mind, after shouting like this, with him here, this young general of the Guan Ning Army will definitely not have scruples, he will steal the credit, and maybe he will kill Liu Guoneng and others. If that's the case, then he's got a bad breath.

Liu Guoneng's subordinates were all shocked when they heard this. If this Ming general, who seemed to want to rob the merit, indiscriminately killed them and robbed Zuo Liangyu, then they would really die unjustly.

So, they hurriedly pointed to the white ribbon on their arms and defended themselves in nonsense.

"This general, we are our own people, look, we are our own people!"

"Yes, we are also court officials, and those with white belts are undercover!"

“……”

This general surnamed Wu is naturally Wu Sangui. To be honest, he was indeed a little moved when he saw Zuo Liangyu here, this was the head of the thief this time, and it was a great achievement to catch him. And these people in front of them are all dressed as thieves, although they are tied with a white belt, but the leader of this person, according to Zuo Liangyu, still has a bandit name, what is it called Breaking into the sky, if he kills him, even if someone knows, he may not care much.

He was thinking in his heart, and suddenly, he saw a person next to Liu Guoneng who was a little frightened, but he was not panicked at all, and took out a waist card and shouted loudly: "I am Liu Yue of the hundred households of Jinyi Wei, I followed General Liu by the emperor's order, and now I am arresting the rebellious Zuo Liangyu, please ask this general to help, you must not run Zuo Liangyu!" ”

In fact, at this time, Zuo Liangyu was no longer able to run. However, when he said this, he deliberately gave a little credit to this general. Of course, it was indeed the reason why the general's subordinates rode the army that allowed them to catch up with Zuo Liangyu so quickly.

When Wu Sangui heard that this person turned out to be a hundred households in Jinyiwei, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, the emperor's secret agents are really everywhere, and there are even thieves lurking. That's not good, among the guards or subordinates around you, there are still Jinyi Guard's secret agents!

Thinking like this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted Liu Yue: "It turned out to be Liu Baihu, congratulations for catching this rebellion." The general still has military affairs, farewell! ”

He simply said goodbye almost immediately after Liu Yue reported his name, indicating that he had no other meaning.

"Drive!" Wu Sangui then pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and immediately led his men to continue to chase and kill the other thieves.

Watching him leave, Liu Guoneng breathed a sigh of relief. However, at this time, he was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that Liu Yue was just a hundred households, but he could make this general so courteous, it was really amazing!

And Zuo Liangyu, who was surrounded by the crowd, was dumbfounded, this matter, that's it?

When did Guan Ningjun become a good bird? Take advantage of the chaos, even if there are hundreds of households in Jinyi, what will happen, kill and steal merit!

For him, who usually has good luck in killing, this seems a little unimaginable. However, if he understood that Wu Sangui had followed the imperial driver in the past few months, knew how unpredictable the news of the emperor was today, and knew how wise and martial the emperor was, he would probably be able to understand why Wu Sangui turned around so neatly.

When things came to this, Zuo Liangyu saw that the imperial court cavalry was galloping everywhere, dividing and surrounding, or forcing the thieves, or directly killing the thieves, he knew that it was useless for him to resist stubbornly, so he rolled his eyes, and immediately lost his blade, and at the same time ordered a few relatives who were still following behind him to also lose their blades, and then squeezed out a smile to Liu Yue and said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's all your own people." I'm also undercover, I'm heart-to-heart for the court, really! Believe me! ”

Speaking of this, he dodged the package he was carrying behind his guard, shook out a human head and said: "Look, this is the head of the Eight Great Kings, and there is this, this is the head of Cao Cao, this is the head of King Chuang......"

Zuo Liangyu laid out all the heads he had cut off, introduced them to Liu Yue one by one, and then said with a smile: "Look, I also pretended to surrender to the thieves, just to kill them for them." Now the emperor's Hongfu has been succeeded and killed the thief leader! ”

"......" Liu Yue and Liu Guoneng and others, just at this moment, they all looked stupid. They didn't expect that things would take such a turn.

Zuo Liangyu looked at their expressions, and couldn't help but feel secretly proud in his heart, he kept a hand, maybe he could escape from the ascension to heaven, if he was lucky, he might be promoted to the rank of knight!

Liu Yue came back to his senses, but he immediately flashed Zuo Liangyu's things in his mind, and he knew that he had been fooled by Zuo Liangyu, so he immediately sneered and shouted: "It's a nice word, but there is the emperor's will?" ”

"Huh?" When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he was a little dumbfounded, the emperor's will, how could he take it out! However, he is also a wise man, and immediately defended himself, "The situation is urgent, and I am afraid that I can't wait to ask the emperor for instructions, so I made my own decision and decided to catch these bandit leaders first!" ”

Liu Guoneng on the side was confused, what Zuo Liangyu said, is it true or false?

However, Liu Yue had the bottom in his heart, and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, tie them all up, take them to see the emperor, you know!" ”

So, just like that, they escorted Zuo Liangyu and his guards, with the heads of the leaders of the thieves, to the place where the royal car was.

Seeing the royal driving place getting closer and closer, listening to the shouts of "kill the thieves" coming from time to time on the battlefield, Liu Guoneng didn't know why he was a little bottomless in his heart.

Zuo Liangyu is right about one thing, he was originally a well-known person among the thieves, and he "broke through the sky", and I don't know if the emperor will mind if he listens to it? If you kill yourself, it seems to be just a sentence.

Can the emperor really know that he is loyal to the king and the country, and the rebellion is just a last resort? Will Zhang Xianzhong and others be wary of themselves because of their repeated rebellions, and now that the overall situation has been decided, they want to settle it once and for all?

To be honest, Liu Guoneng was really a little apprehensive along the way. At this time, he was a little bit of a "ugly daughter-in-law wants to see her in-laws". Regarding his characterization, no matter what happened before, it can only be finally counted after meeting the "in-laws", that is, the emperor.

However, his subordinates, such as Wang Liuhui, Wang Gui and others, did not think so much, but they were excited because they might want to meet the current emperor. They felt that they had done the right thing to do with their eldest brother in the court!

When they were still a hundred steps away from the royal car, the soldiers of the Rock Battalion who were guarding the royal car stopped them, and then went to the emperor on their behalf.

Liu Guoneng and the others could see that the emperor was watching them, and after saying something, the will came over, allowing Liu Yue and Liu Guoneng to escort Zuo Liangyu and take the heads of other thieves to see them.

As for the others, for the emperor's safety, the soldiers of the Rock Battalion stopped them.

Whether it is Zuo Liangyu or Liu Guoneng, they have never seen the emperor. However, when they saw Chen Qiyu and saw Chen Qiyu behind that young man, they knew that this young man was definitely the emperor today.

A good Zuo Liangyu, when he was about to reach the front of the palace, he knelt down first, and then said loudly with a look of panic: "Your Majesty, the last general is guilty, and the last general should not pretend to rebel against the court to approach the thieves without getting the will." Fortunately, the last general entrusted the emperor with Hongfu, and worked hard to behead the leaders of all kinds of thieves! ”