Chapter 69: The Change of Yongcheng

"Is it all arranged?" Ma Shiying stretched out his hands and asked a servant to sort out his clothes, and the bright red official mansion was worn on him, which was very dignified and atmospheric.

"It's been arranged, don't worry, my lord." A middle-aged man said, he was dressed in a green shirt, with the temperament of a scholar.

Ma Shiying tidied up her clothes, put her official hat on her head, and said, "Wen Cong, this time thanks to you." ”

Yang Longyou, whose name is Wencong, is Ma Shiying's brother-in-law, and he is also his right-hand man, and he is the team pulled from his hometown.

"Mr. Liu, in fact, he is not bad, but he has taken the wrong path." Yang Longyou sighed, not happy because of Ma Shiying's praise.

"Man has to pay for what he does." Ma Shiying said lightly. He raised his head to look at the sun and said, "It's not too early, don't let Liu Chao wait for a long time." ”

"Yes." Everyone agreed, and surrounded Ma Shiying out of the big tent.

At this moment, hundreds of soldiers have been waiting for a long time under the leadership of Ma Shiying's eldest son, Ma Luan.

Ma Luan escorted his father out of the camp, and after a while, he saw another group of soldiers coming from a distance, led by a man in a python robe.

Or rather, not a man, but a eunuch.

He is Lu Jiude.

Lu Jiude and Ma Shiying saluted each other. Ma Shiying said: "Just invite Father-in-law Lu to sit in the camp, and I will meet Liu Chao for a while." ”

"What Liu Chao said is not credible, please be careful with Ma Gong, with Lu in charge, the camp will be foolproof." Lu Jiude said.

"Thank you." Ma Shiying didn't dare to be rude.

In any case, the army that Ma Shiying relied on the most was the Yongwei Battalion, and the Yongwei Battalion was under the management of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, if it was the orthodox eunuch armed in Donglin's mouth.

Although Lu Jiude is not a capable eunuch, and he gradually has the feeling that he can't control the generals below, he still has to get by on face.

Immediately, Lu Jiude stayed, and Huang Degong followed behind Ma Shiying with hundreds of elite horsemen in armor.

They passed through several camps and finally came to the innermost part.

I saw that there was an earthen wall more than a foot high here, and there were countless soldiers patrolling on top of the earthen wall. This is called a long circumference.

I have to say that Liu Chao, a veteran, still has some skills.

Yongcheng City is not high, and the pool is not deep, but it is Liu Chao's hometown, the Liu family has been in Yongcheng for hundreds of years, and I don't know how many people are related to Liu Chao. Under the leadership of Liu Chao, it can be said that they are united. Governor Ma Shiying's tens of thousands of horses and horses could not be attacked, and there were many casualties.

Under such casualties, not to mention the morale of the army, just the opinions of the generals below, Ma Shiying had to compromise.

It can only be changed to a long circumference.

Although it consumes manpower and materials

There was more force, but the casualties also came down.

Liu Chao attacked several times, suffered heavy casualties, and besieged the city for more than a month, Liu Chao has reached the point of exhaustion.

had to go out of the city and surrender under the persuasion of Yang Youlong.

And Ma Shiying is here to surrender this time.

However, if you are surrendered to the enemy, you can't tolerate the slightest carelessness, and if you are not careful, you will easily capsize in the gutter. So Ma Shiying specially brought Huang Degong with him.

Once there is a change, let Huang Degong protect himself.

"Open the door." The soldier let out a long shout, and the heavy wooden door was slowly pushed open.

Thousands of soldiers surrounded Ma Shiying and slowly walked from Changwei to the city.

The long encirclement to the city is not enough to cover the distance.

But the yellow sand is everywhere, the traces of blood and fire are everywhere, and even a few white bones are occasionally revealed, obviously someone cleaned the battlefield and didn't care, just buried things on the spot, and the burial was too shallow, as soon as the wind and sand passed, it was blown out.

Maybe it's not the legacy of this battle, but I don't know what year the white bones are exposed to the ground.

"Hey." Ma Shiying sighed softly. said secretly: "Liu Chao is also a general, the court is just when he is employing people, but he can't use it, but he ends up like this, it's a pity." ”

The sound of squeaking came from afar, the gate of Yongcheng opened, and hundreds of people surrounded Liu Chao and walked out of Yongcheng.

If he could, Liu Chao didn't want to surrender.

But in the current situation, Liu Chao understands very well that he can't hold on anymore.

Before May, it was the time when the green and yellow were not harvested, this battle began to be fought last year, and until now, Ma Shiying has consumed a lot of manpower and material resources in Fengyang, and Liu Chao has also consumed the entire Yongcheng food cleanly.

Although the Ming Dynasty is not good, Liu Chao wants to use the power of just one county and one county to the power of the Fengyang Governor's Mansion, which is still a little too self-sufficient.

In particular, Ma Shiying spread rumors, saying that Liu Chao had discussed the surrender with him, and also sent out some "secret" letters, saying that as long as Yuan Shizhong's head was mentioned to surrender, Ma Shiying would not be blamed in the past.

Yuan Shizhong was skeptical, but with Ma Shiying's perseverance, Yuan Shizhong finally believed it. Moreover, Yuan Shizhong's subordinates were weaker than the generals under Ma Shiying.

can only retreat to Xiayi.

Immediately, Ma Shiying used a long fence to cut off the connection between the inside and outside of Yongcheng.

If the fight continues, the people of Yongcheng County will probably starve to death. Liu Chao had to surrender, even if he didn't believe in Ma Shiying too much, because he had no other way.

"Sin will visit Ma Gong, and the sin will fight against the heavenly soldiers, and the death penalty will be the death penalty." Liu Chao came to Ma Shiying's horse, immediately knelt on the ground, buried his head heavily, and said.

Ma Shiying turned over and dismounted, picked up Liu Chao, and said: "Old General Liu, I took the wrong road for a while, and it is good to know that I am lost, and now that thieves are rampant, it is the time to employ people, and I also ask General Liu to cheer up and make new contributions, and will also make achievements."

Crime. ”

Liu Chao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said secretly: "Sure enough." ”

To be honest, Liu Chao felt that he was going to die, so he had no intention of surrendering, but Yang Longyou used this reason to persuade him, and he surrendered.

Without him, who wants to die if he can live, and Yongcheng is his hometown, if he dies, he will die not alone, but many, many people.

"Thank you, Lord Ma, for your magnanimity." Liu Chao immediately said: "I have prepared a small gift at home, and I ask the adults to smile." ”

It is said to be a thin courtesy, but according to the rules of officialdom, it is definitely not thin.

"Well said, well said." Ma Shiying smiled slightly. He lowered his head slightly, saw the long knife hanging on Liu Chao's body, and said, "General Liu came to see me, do you still need to bring a knife?" ”

"Of course not, it's rude." Liu Chao asked, and without saying a word, he untied the long knife and handed it to the person behind him.

"In that case, let's go into town." Ma Shiying, under the escort of Ma Luan, crossed Liu Chao's department and was about to enter the city.

"Lord Liu." Huang Degong said suddenly.

Liu Chao turned his head abruptly and said, "Is there something wrong with Lord Huang?" ”

Huang Degong opened his mouth, smiled, and said, "Offended." ”

Liu Chao didn't know what was going on, so he saw Huang Degong suddenly pull out an iron whip from the saddle, this iron whip is similar to a weapon like a mace, not a soft whip.

An iron whip smashed heavily on Liu Chao's head.

Huang Degong's iron whip is so delicious, iron whips, maces and other weapons are very heavy, but not long, generally used to break armor.

Huang Degong's whip, even if he wears armor, he can kill people at once. At this moment, a whip smashed on Liu Chao's head, and half of Liu Chao's gray hair was suddenly gone, and he didn't even have time to cry out for pain, and fell on the spot.

"The superintendent has an order, and Liu Chao's subordinates will not be forgiven." Huang Degong shouted loudly.

Huang Degong's subordinates were already ready and rushed over. surrounded Liu Chao's personal soldiers outside the city.

Ma Luan, with a team of horses, rushed forward and seized the city gates. Huang Degong's subordinates immediately killed him. In the eternal city, the sound of shouting and killing was earth-shattering. Crying and shouting followed.

Even if Huang Degong's military discipline is relatively good, it is limited compared to other officers and soldiers, and when fighting, it is even more uncontrollable.

Ma Shiying stood outside the city. Listening to the sound of killing, it became louder and louder. secretly said in his heart: "Yongcheng, this hard bone, has finally been gnawed down." I'll have to think about the rest. ”

Beijing urged the march, but Ma Shiying understood that he had a few catties and taels, not to mention the great responsibility of protecting the tomb as the governor of Fengyang, which was destined to dare not leave Fengyang for a long time. Ma Shiying hopes that the moment will stop, the merit has been established, the bones have been gnawed, and it is time to retire.

However, above is Chongzhen.

./57_

.。 m.