Liu Zeqing and the others walked down from the city in despair. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Subsequently, Liu Zeqing led a group of people, and after returning to the secret room of his mansion, they began to discuss urgently.

"Both of them are brothers who have followed the soldiers for many years, and the matter has come to this point, so everyone will open up and say, do you want to surrender to the Qing army?"

In the dimly lit secret room, Liu Zeqing asked in a low voice.

Li Huajing was silent, and Zheng Longfang kept blinking, thinking about whether Liu Zeqing's words were a temptation or a sincere inquiry.

"Everyone, the Qing army has already overwhelmed the city, and it is imminent, please ask the two of you to make a decision. The soldier hereby swears that no matter what the opinions of the two are, the soldier will not be held accountable. ”

Listening to Liu Zeqing's words, Li Huajing and Zheng Longfang were secretly in their hearts.

This Liu Zeqing, who once killed even his own nephew because of a disagreement, is completely a despicable and vicious villain. And he is just his subordinate, if what he says is not in line with his heart, although Liu Zeqing is now pretending to be generous in face, it is difficult to guarantee that this person will not secretly commit a black hand in the future.

And now, this Liu Zeqing's true intentions, in fact, the two of them can also see it.

This Liu Zeqing should have decided to clear his heart a long time ago, but he still hopes that they will pull off this fig leaf.

Zheng Longfang coughed lightly, and said: "General Liu, until now, the Qing army has overwhelmed the city with such heavy troops, and has surrounded this Jinan city like an iron bucket. In my opinion, it is better to descend, after all, stay in the green mountains, and I am not afraid of no firewood. ”

Liu Zeqing was silent, and cast his complicated and unpredictable gaze on Li Huajing.

Li Huajing sighed lightly and said, "What General Zheng said is also reasonable. I Shandong soldiers and horses, the deputy chief soldier Ni Chong divided more than half of the soldiers and horses to guard Dezhou, like Yao Wenchang and other troops stationed in the field, it was difficult to rush back for a while. With these 3,000 soldiers and horses in Jinan City alone, it is indeed difficult to resist the attack of the Qing army. From the student's point of view, the only way to go at the moment is to surrender to the Qing army. “

Liu Zeqing listened to the opinions of the two subordinates, and the look on his face suddenly relaxed a lot. He coughed pretendedly, and said: "Alas, it's not that Liu can't be loyal to the country, but the situation is really stronger than people, and the disparity between the enemy and our forces is too great, so what's the benefit of resisting in vain?" It is better to preserve the soldiers and horses, so as to have something to do in the future. Since the two of you have no objection, then wait until it gets dark, and this soldier will send you as a representative of the whale to sneak out of the city and negotiate with the Qing army about surrender. “

"Listening to orders."

After more than an hour, the night began to become thick, and there was no moonlight in the sky, only a few remaining stars, faintly shining in the flickering clouds, and between heaven and earth, there was a dimness.

At this time, at the head of the West Gate City, a hanging basket was suddenly put down, and a person was squatting inside, and the soldiers at the head of the city secretly put it down into the city.

The person squatting inside was Li Huajing.

With Liu Zeqing's secret letter in his arms, he had an extremely alert expression, and after the hanging basket landed, he hunched over and walked quickly to the west.

On the other side of the moat, there is already a small raft, waiting quietly here.

Seeing Li Huajing coming quietly, the small raft slowly sailed over and carried him across the river. Subsequently, someone took him to the Qing army camp.

After passing through the layers of Qing army tents, Li Huajing finally came to the Chinese army's tent and saw Yue Zhen, who was sitting on a tiger head chair with a solemn face.

Next to Yue Zhen was Beizi Nikan with a contemptuous smile, and a Han man who was brushing his beard with his hand and a faint smile on his face.

"Below is Li Huajing, a staff member under the account of Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, who met with General Yangwu. My lord has already decided that in order to avoid a sword fight, he is willing to lead all the soldiers and horses to surrender to the Qing Dynasty! ”

Under Yue Zhi's condescending gaze, Li Huajing knelt in a humble posture and bowed to Yue Zhi.

Hearing Li Huajing's words, Yue Yu communicated with the Han people on the side, and the two of them looked at each other unconsciously, and a faint smug smile appeared on their faces.

Beizi Nikan, on the other hand, snorted coldly, and the contempt on his face became more and more obvious.

"Excuse me! Stand up and speak. Yue Yu said lightly.

"General Xie."

Yue Xuan's Chinese dialect was good, which made Li Huajing unconsciously surprised.

After Li Huajing straightened up, Yue Yu on the chair coughed, stared at his smiling face and said, "Li Huajing, I ask you, then Liu Zeqing said that he is willing to surrender to my Qing Dynasty, but is it sincere?" ”

"The lord of my family is indeed sincere, and I also ask the general to know it." Li Huajing took out Liu Zeqing's handwritten letter from his arms, and replied hurriedly: "I brought a handwritten letter from my father-in-law, and I asked the general to take a look." ”

"Oh, bring it on."

Yue Zhi called lightly, and the Han messenger came up, took the letter from Li Huajing's hand, and respectfully handed it to Yue Zhi.

Yue Yu opened the letter and read it quickly, and a sneer appeared on his face.

"Mr. Liu's letter is written sincerely. What to say, I hope that our army is like a baby looking forward to his parents, and he also said that he had long wanted to go over to join me in the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately he has never had the opportunity. But I don't know, are these words really what he thinks in his heart? ”

Li Huajing hurriedly said: "General, please rest assured, my lord wants to return to the Qing Dynasty, it is really sincere, and the world can learn from it!" As long as your army accepts the surrender of our army, my lord also said that in order to avoid long nights and dreams, but tonight, I will open the gates of Jinan and enlarge the entry of the Qing official army into the city. And personally responded to the internal response, helping the Qing Dynasty officials and troops to take Jinan City, the capital of Shandong Province in one fell swoop! ”

"Good! Mr. Liu knows current affairs so well, knows how to advance and retreat, and is really a handsome man! He can really use this Jinan City to dedicate my Daqing, and my Daqing will naturally not treat him badly! When you go back, you can tell him, and you will take tonight's time as the standard, and ask him to open the four gates of Jinan and let my Qing officials and troops enter the city. This Jinan Ruoke, he Liu Zeqinggong is the first! Yue Zhen said loudly, the smile on his face was very bright.

Li Huajing's face was happy, and he knelt down again and said, "The general is wise, then I will go back and tell my lord." “

"Wait!"

Li Huajing turned around and wanted to leave, but there was a soft call from Yue Yu behind him.

"What else does the general command?" Li Huajing turned around and asked in a low voice.

Yue Yan sneered, and then said slowly: "Li Huajing, I would have thought about it, but I still can't trust you and wait." If you are really willing to surrender, you still need to show some sincerity first. “

"Oh, the general means 。。。。。"

"Shave your hair first, then send the hostages!" Yue Yu said coldly.

"Ahh

Seeing that Li Huajing was stunned for a while, Yue Zhen replied: "You shave your hair here first, and then, I will send two people to return to Jinan with you, let them go and shave Liu Zeqing's hair, and take his little relatives out of the city and join our army as hostages temporarily, so that the general is willing to believe you." “

Listening to Yue's words, Li Huajing stood in a daze, with an embarrassed expression.

At this time, the Han people came over and said to Li Huajing with a look of concern: "Huajing, in this world, how can there be a reason to sit back and enjoy good things without paying the slightest price?" The general has never dealt with General Liu, so it is normal for him to be more suspicious. From the student's point of view, this shaving is not a big deal. There is a saying that under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, and the king's ministers, since you have served my Qing Dynasty, you want to be like my Qing Dynasty's hairstyle clothing, what is the doubt about this? ”

Seeing that Li Huajing was still silent, the Han people said: "Huahuahua! It's still the old saying, those who know the times are handsome, and now that you are planning to surrender to our army, the big festival has changed, so why should you care about this little thing? Besides, if it's vulgar, these pants are all off, and they won't be allowed to be inserted, what's the matter? Now that time is pressing, the opportunity is rare, you don't have to hesitate anymore, so as not to miss a big event! ”

Li Ta Whale gritted his teeth fiercely, and sighed: "Okay, don't say it, I'll shave my hair." ”

A smug look flashed on the face of the Han general, and he said loudly: "Come on, quickly shave the hair of the whale!" ”

"Huh!"

Soon, a head shaver in the Qing army, carrying a pick, walked into the tent, first asked Yue Yu and the others to say goodbye, and then walked quickly to sit next to Li Huajing, who was sitting on a small wooden tie.

Li Huajing, who lowered his head and face like ashes, sat like a puppet, and let the shaver tear off his scarf, pull off the hairpin, and scatter his hair.

Subsequently, the shaver casually wiped the scalp of Li Huajing with wet wipes, then took out a sharp razor, and skillfully scraped it on Li Huajing's scalp, and suddenly, a large clump of hair fell silently.

Li Huajing's eyes were closed, the corners of his mouth trembled, and he let the rude shaver shave off his hair piece by piece, and the sharp razor shaved his scalp hissed, and he was in pain, and there were several places where blood was scraped, but Li Huajing didn't dare to say anything at all.

At this time, Yue Zhen, who was sitting on the top, Nikan on the side, and the Han general, everyone had a hidden smile on their faces.

Hmph, since you're going to sell yourself, don't fucking hide it!

I, the Qing Dynasty, want to destroy your national self-confidence, destroy your cultural inheritance, and let the clothes and hair accessories that you are proud of be completely eliminated and thrown into the garbage heap of history. It is even more necessary to constantly torture you psychologically and spiritually, so that you, the so-called descendants of Yan and Huang, the so-called descendants of the dragon, will forever become slaves of the Manchurians, and will always kneel in front of the Manchurians, and you will never be able to turn over!

After a short time, the shaver finished shaving, and he skillfully braided the two small locks of hair on the back of Li Huajing's head. Then, he took out another copper coin, and after passing the braid through the middle hole of the copper coin, he nodded in satisfaction and began to pack up the utensils.

"Shaved up, take a good look at yourself!"

Li Huajing opened his eyes, just in time to see the shaver holding a bronze mirror in his hand, dangling in front of him, when he saw his own extremely ugly face, completely different from before, Li Huajing couldn't help it anymore, and actually hid his face and cried.

Yue Zhen, who was sitting on the tiger head chair, had a smile on his face that became brighter and prouder.

Hmph, that's what you want!

"Li Huajing, now that you have shaved your hair, go back with the two envoys of our army to deliver the message, and there is no need to delay here."

After Yue Zhi finished speaking coldly, he glanced back at the Han man and the shaver, and the two of them understood, agreed in unison, and walked out of the tent with Li Huajing.

When they left the tent, Bezinikan could no longer hold back and laughed.

"Hmph, these soft-boned Han people, these Southern barbarians who fall with the wind, they really have no backbone at all! It is also thanks to the benevolence of the general that he is willing to accept the surrender of this group of garbage. If it were me, where could I still tolerate them, I would have chopped up these useless scumbags with a knife! ”

After listening to Nikan's words, Yue Zhen smiled and shook his head: "Nikan, there is a way, a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff." Although this Ming Kingdom is decaying and erosive, its size is so huge, and it will not be able to kill and occupy it for a while. Only by encouraging them to fight each other internally and commit suicide will the Ming Kingdom finally lose out of control. Now that Liu Zeqing is surrendered, one can let my soldiers take Jinan without blood, and the other can set a good example for other Ming generals who want to serve me in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Nikan laughed and said, "Miao Miao, it's still the general who is thoughtful!" Then let's wait for the good news. ”

Li Huajing took the Han general and the shaver to cross the moat together, quietly came to the outside of the West Gate, and after making a secret word to the city, a hanging basket was put down and they were hung up one by one.

Subsequently, Li Huajing took them through the streets and alleys in the dark of night and came to Liu Zeqing's mansion.

Li Huajing and his entourage entered the mansion and quickly came to the secret room again, at this time, Liu Zeqing, the general of Shandong, and Zheng Longfang, the general of Shandong, had been waiting in this room for a long time.

Li Huajing silently tore off his scarf, and under the reflection of the jumping candlelight, his shaved blue scalp and the small wounds on it brought a deep shock to Liu Zeqing and Zheng Longfang.

"Whale, you ......"

Before Liu Zeqing finished speaking, Li Huajing waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to say any more.

Subsequently, Li Huajing gave a brief introduction to Liu Zeqing about the Han general and head shaver.

"General Liu, General Yangwu said, I want you to shave your hair immediately, and then take your family members hostage and hand them over to this messenger to bring back, so that the general will allow you to surrender and protect your power and money."

Li Huajing's words were very difficult, but in Liu Zeqing's ears, they were like a heavy hammer, slamming into his heart.

Damn!

They have to shave their own soldiers' hair, and they have to hand over their families as hostages in order to accept their own surrender, these Qing Tartars are really too deceitful!

Liu Zeqing's face was tense, and his fists were clenched unconsciously.

Seeing Liu Zeqing like this, the Han people looked Liu Zeqing up and down with a smile in their hands, and said lightly: "Mr. Liu, we finally meet again." ”

Liu Zeqing came back to his senses, he held back the anger in his heart, and squeezed out a smile with difficulty on his face: "Your envoy came from afar, but Liu was not considerate." ”

The Han general waved his hand, and said: "General Liu, time is pressing, I won't talk nonsense with you, if you want the general to believe you, you must shave your hair and hand over your family members as hostages temporarily, otherwise, the general will never agree to this surrender." Where to go, please think twice. ”

Listening to the cold words of the Han people, Liu Zeqing stood stunned like a puppet.

Now, do you have any other choice?

If you regret it and kill this Han person and this shaver, then tomorrow the Qing army will attack the city fiercely, and after the city is broken, the fate of yourself and your whole family will be even more miserable.

What's more, they are already planning to sell themselves to the Qing court anyway, and the big festival is already losing, so why care about such trivial details?

As long as he can keep his power and wealth, he can even betray the country and the emperor, what is it to shave hostages.

Liu Zeqing raised his head sharply and laughed miserably, his face was full of hideous and painful looks, but tears were falling from the corners of his eyes.

He snorted, tore off the crown of his hair violently, and his hair fell down in a hurry, and then he sat down on a chair next to him, gritted his teeth, and said loudly to the Han people: "Your envoy is right! Since Liu had taken refuge in the Qing Dynasty, he should have acted according to the orders of the general. It's just a shaved hair, so please do it quickly! ”