There is one thing that Emperor Chongzhen did not think wrong, that is, these old thieves have rich battlefield experience.

When they saw that the mobilized army began to form formations and surrounded them from all sides, especially many musketeers and archers, they felt that something was wrong. No, to be precise, they know what fate they might face next.

Sun Kewang was a little desperate at first, although there were about 10,000 people in total, looking at the number of people, but they could only eat a little porridge these days, barely surviving, where did they have the strength to resist!

"Poof", he knelt down first, faced Emperor Chongzhen at the head of the city, and shouted loudly with panic: "Your Majesty, the grass people are going to fight Jianyu, and the grass people are willing to fight Jianyu......"

Not only him, but also other old thieves who had accumulated years also knelt down and begged for mercy one after another, asking to go to Liaodong to fight Jianyu.

The scene immediately became a mess.

Looking at this scene, the thieves in the other two queues were a little dumbfounded: from just now, the emperor should be very talkative, and he can even consider the situation after they go back, and send them a lot of expenses in advance. This kind of thing is not something that ordinary emperors can do!

Now in front of me, there are more than 10,000 people, looking at their appearance, is the emperor really going to kill them all? This...... It can't be!

They have the leisure to think about this question and wonder if the emperor means this. But Sun Kewang, who was the party concerned, was so anxious that he was sweating profusely in such a short period of time. He didn't see the emperor react, so he turned to the ranks of the five thousand people and shouted: "Dingguo, brother, help plead for mercy, Dingguo ......"

Speaking of which, when Li Dingguo chose to voluntarily go to Liaodong to fight Jianjiao, he actually secretly laughed in his heart: Is it because his conscience can't get by, so he wants to go to Liaodong to die? Why has it been so stupid for so many years?

It's no wonder that over the years, he has been able to read and write, and he is more than a little smarter than Li Dingguo, and because of this, he is the eldest of all the righteous sons under his father-in-law's name!

However, at this time, Sun Kewang had long forgotten that he had thought so, but grasped a possible straw, feeling that the person with a clear conscience that the emperor said was likely to refer to Li Dingguo and others.

Therefore, for the sake of this possible straw, he shouted loudly to Li Dingguo, wanting to ask for his help. And other old thieves also asked Li Guo and others for help, or begged the emperor, and the scene became more chaotic.

At this time, these people did not have the arrogance and unscrupulousness they had when they were thieves before, and most of them were just ordinary people who were afraid of death. I'm crying, I'm begging for mercy, just to survive.

Emperor Chongzhen watched all this, but was indifferent. I just thought in my heart: When you people harmed other people, did you think that they also cried and begged for mercy, they didn't want to be thieves, they just wanted to live, but at that time, did you let them go? Compared to them, I gave you a chance, but unfortunately, you didn't choose it!

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Shoot!"

“……”

With a sound of an order, under the cover of the phalanx of pikes, the archers and musketeers began to carry out the military order.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

"Woo Woo ......"

The sound of bowstrings, and the sound of firing guns, resounded the screams of the old thief.

On one side is the elite Ming army, and on the other side the old thieves are all defenseless, and there is nothing to eat in their stomachs for many days, and they have no strength at all, how can they resist?

These desperate old thieves rushed over like crazy, but in front of the archers and firecrackers, there was also a phalanx of spears, and the result of rushing forward could only be stabbed into blood gourds. This is not a reciprocal war at all, but a one-sided slaughter. To be precise, it was the officials and soldiers who were executing, representing the countless wrongs who were killed by this old thief, and repaying the blood debt!

Tens of thousands of people kept lying in pools of blood, screaming and wailing there, this scene made everyone who saw it deeply shocked.

Li Dingguo naturally heard Sun Kewang's shout, but he couldn't do anything.

He actually knew that Sun Kewang didn't come with him, which already showed that the two had different perceptions of the past. This point, in fact, has been reflected in ordinary times. The two have very different views when it comes to dealing with things.

Don't talk about the farthest, just take the nearest one, in order to avenge his father-in-law, he Li Dingguo decided to stay and escort Zuo Mengeng to surrender. However, Sun Kewang didn't have this idea at all.

In this regard, Li Dingguo did not force him, but only had requirements for himself.

And before just now, the emperor had actually made it very clear. has been a thief for so many years, whether he wants to be intentional or not, he has always harmed a lot of people. The emperor gave him the opportunity to fight Jianyu and save the people of Liaodong from fire and water, but Sun Kewang still did not choose this path.

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo turned his head to look at Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi beside him, and felt a little more relieved in his heart.

Although Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi did not surrender for their father-in-law with him, they chose to go to Liaodong to fight Jianyu after hearing about the emperor and hearing what the emperor said. Therefore, they will be able to live!

Li Dingguo looked up at the place where blood was pouring on the ground, and his eyes were indifferent. In fact, he has seen a lot of scenes like this, even worse than this. At this time, he was just thinking in his heart, in the next life, be a good man!

Then, he looked up at the figure on the head of the city, and had another understanding of the current emperor: The emperor is not only benevolent, but also iron-blooded!

The people who have this idea of him account for the vast majority of the remaining thieves and soldiers of the Ming army.

But they also recognize it: the emperor is merciful, and he is merciful to the people! The emperor's iron blood is against those who teach and do not change, and who are treacherous and evil!

Such an emperor is the real Shengming!

Half an hour later, nearly 10,000 old thieves all fell in a pool of blood, and they were inspected by officials and soldiers, even if they still had a breath, they would make up for it. Then, Cao Bianjiao, He Renlong, and Zhou Yuji went to the city to pay the order.

At this time, under the head of Nanyang City, it became very quiet again, except for the sound of war horses, only the pennant was left! Even in Nanyang City, it may have been affected by those previous sounds, and it became very quiet.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at everyone below, and looking at their expressions, he knew that his intention to do this was approved by them.

Speaking of which, there is actually no one who does not hate these old thieves. At least the nearly 100,000 people in the queue hated the old thieves among these thieves. It is these people who have brought them to this end. If it weren't for the emperor, it is likely that they would have become dry bones on the side of the road without knowing when.

At the head of the city, Emperor Chongzhen didn't seem to see the corpses below, but just said loudly: "My wish is that all my people can live and work in peace and contentment!" To this end, I am working hard to achieve this goal as soon as possible. ”

After finishing speaking, he drove back to Nanyang City. As for these things outside, Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, will finish it.

It takes a lot of effort to register the information of all the living thieves, to issue silver tickets from the Ming Emperor's Bank to those who can go home, and to register those who went to Liaodong to fight for Jianjiao.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen is not the shopkeeper, but he has his own things to be busy.

So far, the rebellion of thieves in the Ming Dynasty has temporarily subsided. As for whether the word "temporary" can be removed, it depends on the follow-up disaster relief. If there is no food and the affected people can't survive, even if there are no more Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, there will definitely be figures such as Zhang Zicheng and Li Xianzhong.

And the disaster relief may continue for several more years.

This is much more difficult than defeating the thief. It involves all aspects, such as the reform of the tax system, the development of production, the rectification of the administration of officials, and so on, and many things are still involved in the whole body, and it is not so easy to do.

Of course, no matter how difficult it is, since you want to ZTE Daming, you have to do it!

Fortunately, at this time, especially since the departure of the royal driver, some conditions have matured, and it should be tough when it is time to be tough, and it should be nothing!

Putting aside this problem, which is still far away, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but concentrate on the Tusi Rebellion in southern Yunnan, which is known in history as the Shapu Rebellion.

From the fourth year of Chongzhen, the reputation of Tusi Pu in Amizhou began to rebel, and now it has been the twelfth year of Chongzhen, but this rebellion, although Pu's reputation has died, but his mother-in-law Wan Shi is still rebelling, and there are signs of rebellion with other Tusi.

Compared with the Jianyu Rebellion in Liaodong and the Thieves' Rebellion, the Tusi Rebellion in southern Yunnan had a much smaller scope of influence. However, after all, it has not been suppressed, and it has been rebelling, which also has an immeasurable impact on the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Yunnan is in charge of Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, but he is only in his twenties, and he does not have the ability of his ancestor Mu Ying, so he has not been able to quell the Tusi Rebellion, and he has not even been able to deter other Tusi. It can be said that the situation in Yunnan is not optimistic.

This time the royal drive is a rare opportunity. If it is possible, it is better to continue to go south to quell the rebellion and destroy all the rebel Tusi! Emperor Chongzhen thought so in his heart, but sighed again: The so-called ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny, which is the problem he is currently encountering!

Nanyang Province is far from Yunnan Province, Hubei and Guizhou provinces. If you want to go to southern Yunnan to suppress it with the traffic of this era, I don't know how much time it will take on the road.

If it's just a matter of time, it's nothing!

However, when a large army marches, it costs money and food, and it is not a small amount. As far as the current financial capacity of the imperial court is concerned, the money copied from the Jin merchants has to be spent in more places, and it must be spent.

Another important reason is that the main force of the army led by himself, whether it is the three major battalions or the Qin soldiers, is the army of the north. If you don't do it, you can't afford it without combat attrition!

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh: The Ming Empire is indeed a bit big! Of course, if you want to keep the sun from setting, you have to continue to work hard.

This is the first time I left Beijing, and it is not good to come out for a long time, if I go south, at least the Chinese New Year will definitely be spent outside. And now the main enemy of the Ming Dynasty is actually the Jianguo of Liaodong. As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, if he leaves for too long, it is not good!

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen still forgot about it and did not plan to continue to lead the army south to quell the rebellion.

However, for the toast rebellion, you can't ignore it. Otherwise, the toasts in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places will learn from each other when they see that those rebellious toasts are alive and well.

The rebellion of luxury has caused the Ming Dynasty, Sichuan and other provinces to lose money and money, and exhausted financial and material resources; If another big toast rebellion breaks out, it will be really unbearable!

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a long time and thought of a countermeasure.

After relaxing a little, he looked at the feedback from the eavesdropping seeds, and frowned again.

On the Shanhaiguan side, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Jiliao, and the local generals of Guanning, that is, those headed by Zu Dashou, the contradictions and conflicts gradually came to the fore. The reason is that Sun Chuanting wants to clean up the military tuntian, and most of these fields are now occupied by local generals such as Zu Dashou.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried that if Sun Chuanting didn't handle it well, it would lead to serious consequences.

In the original history, in fact, the Guan Ning army already had a tendency to be independent outside the imperial court. Or to put it more bluntly, Zu Dashou has warlord tendencies and thinks that Guanning is his ancestral territory. It is also because of this that he was sandwiched between the Ming and Manchu Qing and became his grass king.

Huang Taiji repeatedly surrendered him, wanting to take Shanhaiguan as his own, through Shanhaiguan, looking at the pass, but Zu Dashou did not agree, several times in a desperate situation is pretending to surrender, and then fled back to his own territory. In order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to kill the generals of the imperial court as his sincerity in surrendering.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a while, and felt that the three major battalions still had to return to Beijing to sit in the town. If there is really something going on at Shanhaiguan, the three battalions can quickly rush to suppress it. And this is one of the reasons why he does not plan to go south to quell the rebellion.

Thinking about the matter of Shanhaiguan, Emperor Chongzhen naturally thought of Wu Sangui, the general beside him. He went out with the car this time, and his performance was quite good, at least he was a qualified general of the Ming army. After accumulating merit, it is time to be promoted to the general army.

However, he and the 1,500 cavalry he brought, Emperor Chongzhen did not plan to let them go back to Shanhaiguan. It can be taken as part of the Beijing camp as the next step to renovate the Beijing camp. But based on the situation at Shanhaiguan, it is not possible at the moment. It's best to keep Wu Sangui away from Shanhaiguan.

Going south to quell the rebellion are all northerners, which is not very suitable. So where to arrange him without making him suspect the purpose of the arrangement? Emperor Chongzhen thought about this question, thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up.