Kong Youde, who had just been reappointed as the king of Dingnan by the Qing court, was stationed in the northwest of Guilin at night, and the night rain was sneaky, the soldiers and civilians of Guilin had already fled, and there was no figure in the city, only outside the city of Guilin, the fire of the enemy camp stained half of the night sky, but Zhang Tongchang was drunk and lay on his pillow, snoring like thunder.

At the turn of the night the next day, the two woke up, and a few old soldiers who were left to defend the city entered the hall and told the two: "The Qing army has surrounded all the city gates and is ready to attack the city." ”

Zhang Tongchang chuckled and said, "Hehe, it seems that the death date of the two of us is approaching." ”

At dawn, I heard the noise of the enemy's horses' hooves and soldiers already appearing in the Jingjiang Palace, and after a while, from far to near, they appeared in the Liangguang Governor's Office.

Zhang Tongchang and Yu Yuanye tidied up the crown and belt, and sat on the top of the public hall, and saw a number of Qing soldiers in heavy armor with bows and swords, and tigers and tigers came in the wind.

The war horse kicked open the door of the office, and a slightly chubby and swarthy general squinted and paced into the gate, and the war horse walked until he walked to the door of the court, and the person on the saddle still did not mean to get off the horse.

The Qing soldiers gathered on both sides like goose wings, surrounded the two of them, and shouted this life, and the two knelt down, as if they couldn't hear it.

Zhang Tongchang turned his halberd into a halberd, pointed at the general and shouted: "Who is the one who dares to trespass on the gate of our office."

There was still a pot of wine on the bookcase of the two of them, a wine jar and two wine cups, and he was amused by his official authority, touched his mustache and said: "Pseudo-Ming Yu, don't you quickly kneel down when you see this king?" ”

Seeing the two of them who were still drinking just now, putting up their official authority in front of him, Kong Youde laughed angrily, waved his hand and said, "Tie them all up for me!" ”

Zhang Tongchang waved back the Qing soldiers, calmly dusted off his sleeves and said: "What are you doing shouting so loudly, we are not afraid of death, we have been sitting here waiting for you all night, and you don't need to be bound." ”

Seeing that the Qing soldiers were retreated, Zhang Tongchang nodded scrutinically, looked at him with disdain, and said, "Your subordinate is Kong Youde, the apprentice who followed Mao Wenlong and Mao Shuai to raise troops at sea, right?" ”

Kong Youde snorted proudly, did not answer, and confirmed it.

Zhang Tongchang hooked his lips: "Your subordinates have been ordered by the imperial court, and the officials are of the third grade, and now when the country is dying, the governor still thinks that his subordinates have already died and turned into a handful of dust, but I didn't expect you to be able to stand here alive." ”

Zhang Tongchang looked at Yu Yuanye again and asked, "Yu Gong, could it be that you and I saw a ghost today?" ”

Kong Youde has the heart to persuade these two people to surrender, after all, the status of the two in the Ming Dynasty is extremely high, especially Zhang Tongchang, who is the great-grandson of Zhang Juzheng, the first chief of the Ming Dynasty, if the two of them can surrender, they can definitely deal a great blow to the Ming court, is a kind face and said: "I think I Kong Youde, but also a descendant of the Confucian sage, just because of the situation, the king of the Ming Dynasty has no way, framing Zhongliang ......"

"Hugh is nonsense!" Before Kong Youde finished speaking, he was interrupted, he was still not annoyed, and continued: "How can I be talking nonsense, dare to ask the two of you, how did I set off the Chenqiao Mutiny, and it wasn't because Chongzhen refused to give me military rations, but let me go to Liaodong, thousands of miles away, to die?"

And when he arrived at Chenqiao, the soldiers were hungry and cold, and one of the soldiers under my command stole a chicken from the servant of the fourth palace protector Xiangchun just because he was too hungry, and he was beaten by the evil servant who took him to the housekeeper, and then paraded through the streets with arrows, and finally brought the corpse full of arrows to our army for display, which aroused the anger of our whole army! ”

"Hehe, Kong Youde, that's a good point, so you turn your back on your family and country, and your ancestors, just because Wang Xiangchun won't let you steal his chickens?"

Yu Yuanye playfully added on the side: "It's not Wang Xiangchun's chicken, it's his servant's chicken." By the way, Kong Youde, if you didn't immediately call for the soldiers to mutiny, but broke into the government with a strong bow and crossbow like today, the local prefect believes that you will definitely say a fair word about stealing chickens.

Others steal chickens and lose a handful of rice, you Kong Youde steals chickens, but you lose the face of the saint, and you lose yourself to sell to the wilderness as a slave and a maid, and I ask you if you are really disgusted to the home, don't you want a trace of face? ”

Kong Youde sneered and said: "The picture is quick to talk for a while, what good is it to say that those who have it and don't have it?" Change of dynasty, ancient common sense, now I Kong Youde has returned to the Qing Dynasty, enshrined the king of the south, and has endless wealth and glory, on the other hand, you two, why be stubborn so stubborn? ”

Zhang Tongchang slapped the book case and scolded: "Shameless villain, don't say that your surname is Kong, I don't allow you to insult the ancestors again, you are not worthy." You are just a disciple of Mao Wenlong, you have betrayed the country to seek glory, why bother still claiming to be a descendant of the Confucian saints, and insulting the name of the first saint? ”

Kong Youde was really enraged, the horsewhip put on the helmet on his head, and scolded in a low voice: "The sour Confucianism of the straight lady thief, a useless thing, see if Lao Tzu doesn't beat you to your knees and beg for mercy?" ”

is to reprimand his subordinates to tie up Zhang Tongchang and Yu Yuanye, and force the two to kneel.

Tongchang and the two of them were both mighty and unyielding, Kong Youde was so angry that he jumped off the horse, personally picked up a water and fire stick, and smashed it according to the two of them.

Especially when he was scolded too hard by Zhang Tongchang just now, Kong Youde, who was embarrassed, hit him very hard, and he broke Zhang Tongchang's two arms with a stick.

Zhang Tongchang did not wail or forgive, he still scolded more than once he was beaten, Kong Youde was still not satisfied, and poked his eyes with a stick, leaving only one eye for Zhang Tongchang.

Zhang Tongchang, who had broken his arms, was still standing in front of Kong Youde, still holding his head high, with one eye that was poked and his eyeballs hanging on his cheek, but he said loudly:

Ning Kanye cried for thousands of mountains, and all the men who cultivated and chiseled entered the camp.

The rest of the people have sleeves, and the old monk should not be shocked.

laughed at himself with broken arms and empty sleeves, if he saw a meditative monk in the future, I am afraid that I, a Confucian with a broken arm and a blind eye, would look like a ghost, Yu Gong, what do you say? ”

Both of them laughed loudly and continued to write poems and laugh.

"Knowing that the two of you are loyal and unyielding so-called loyal ministers, this king has no choice but to find a small house for the two of you in the north of the city, so that you can continue to chant poetry."

The Jingjiang Palace is located in the north and east of Guilin City, while the government office of Guilin City is in the southwest of Jingjiang Palace, and the prison and barracks are located in the north and west of the city. The small house that Kong Youde said is a prison.

He continued: "Fortunately, you only have the ability to chant poetry, and in the face of this king's siege army, you don't even have a way to fart, and besides, Lord Zhang Tongchang, if I remember correctly, didn't this king still fight you in Xiaorongjiang the day before yesterday?"

You weren't beaten away by this king with Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing, and you didn't die in Xiaorongjiang bloodily, but ran back to Guilin City to write some bullshit poems?

Hehe, in the eyes of this king, you don't care about the success or failure of the war at all, you only care about whether you can die heroically and brilliantly, so that the world can remember your name.

Zhang Tongchang, with this point, you are far worse than your great-grandfather, he would rather seem to be crushed by Emperor Wanli, and he will appear in front of the emperor as a strict teacher and helpful friend before his death, and help him and Daming really do something.

And you, what's the use of just dying vigorously? It's not in response to the words that many courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are doing, usually talking about their hearts and minds, and reporting to the king when they die. ”