Gao Jie's more than 6,000 men and horses were blocked on the street by Lin Yi's invincible battalion and guard battalion, and most of them were killed and wounded in less than an hour, and in the end, more than 1,000 people remained, all of whom threw their guns, knelt on the ground, and pleaded guilty and obeyed the law. Including one of the culprits, Xu Dingguo.

Xu Dingguo saw that the momentum was not right, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in front of him was too strong, looking at this meaning, not to mention that they brought 6,000 people, even 60,000 people could not win!

It should be said that Xu Dingguo's brain is very good, and he immediately changed his position when he saw that it didn't work, and at the critical moment he killed Gao Jie, and then raised his arms and shouted: The culprit has been punished, we should confess to the prisoner, and we can no longer follow Gao Jie's nonsense.

Xu Dingguo made a gorgeous turn in time and used this method to prove his innocence and helplessness, because he heard the words "those who descend will not die".

In order to survive, this person is simply crazy!

Now he is carrying Gao Jie's head, with more than 1,000 people, kneeling on the ground, willing to be a prisoner, willing to accept the guilt, and wagging his tail in this way to beg for mercy, in exchange for a stealing life.

The generals of the invincible battalion and the battalion of the guards surrounded them, and countless swords, muskets, and bows and arrows were aimed at them.

As long as an order is given, these people's blood will be splashed on the spot, which is a matter of minutes.

At this time, Lin Yi came to the front, and the Ming soldiers flashed to the side, revealing these captives.

The streets were littered with dead bodies and rivers of blood.

Lin Yi's gaze finally fell on Xu Dingguo. This person fell to his knees, and he didn't dare to raise his head, let alone look at Lin Yi.

For Xu Dingguo, of course, Lin Yi had already remembered this name, just because he was Gao Jie's right-hand man, and Lin Yi knew about him before he crossed over.

After Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, if Xu Dingguo quietly surrendered to the Manchu Tartars, as a little traitor who went with the flow, this name would not have entered people's eyes at all, because there were many Ming soldiers who surrendered to the Qing Tartars at that time.

But because he is associated with Gao Jie's death, he becomes vigorous or notorious.

Although Gao Jie was reactionary in history, he really deserved to die, and his crimes were despised by the pedestrians, and it was difficult to write about them. But in any case, as one of the warlords of the four towns in Jiangbei, he was one of the strong pillars of the first regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

With these four town warlords here, if you count Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of horses guarding the Jiangfang fortress, at that time, it was not easy for the Manchu Tartars to cross the Yangtze River and eliminate the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

But Tianlai came out of the monkey's head, at this time the little-known Xu Dingguo appeared, in order to be a traitor, he was not a Ming minister for decades, and even did not hesitate to give his own son to the Manchu Tartars as a hostage to gain the trust of the Qing Dynasty, and then designed to trap and kill the top boss Gao Jie.

Gao Jie's death was not trivial, and he met an even more reactionary Li Chengdong, and tens of thousands of warlords in Xingping Bo Gaojie, a town, quickly disintegrated and surrendered.

Xu Dingguo did a great favor to the Qing Dynasty at this time. It is equivalent to opening a gap for the Qing Dynasty to occupy Jiangnan. The surrender of Xu Dingguo and Li Chengdong also set a precedent and set an example for other warlords.

From then on, the army of the Southern Ming Dynasty was out of control, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Zuo Liangyu, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the rebellion, so that the first Southern Ming regime headed by Zhu Yousong quickly collapsed in front of the Qing Dynasty's iron hooves and cannons.

Therefore, Xu Dingguo killed Gao Jie, although it was a dog biting a dog's hair, but he was even more guilty, or the consequences were serious, no wonder Shi Gongke beat his chest, saying that the Central Plains was out of control, and the state affairs were all ruined by Xu thieves.

Lin Yi knew all these things, and before crossing over, he had sighed and was filled with righteous indignation for the ups and downs of the late Ming Dynasty.

Finally saw this Xu Dingguo today, these clips entered his mind when Lin Yi stared at him, and of course others didn't know the ups and downs of Lin Yi's thoughts.

Lin Yi wanted to drive the Jiangnan thieves this time, because he knew that there were still a few notorious figures in the Ming army, and he not only wanted to eliminate the remnants of Sun Kewang's thieves, but also had the intention of purging the bandits, otherwise these black sheep would sooner or later harm the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Li Chengdong and Xu Dingguo were undoubtedly included in it.

But after all, the historical record is different from reality, Lin Yi is now in a high position, and he wants to clean up Zuo Liangyu and Gao Jie, and he wants to add to the crime, but as the Ming Dynasty, all eyes are on him, and his gestures and even smiles will affect the great powers of the Celestial Empire, especially now that the Ming Dynasty is still in troubled times, it is impossible to talk about governing the world at all.

If you want to kill the courtiers, especially the generals like Zuo Liangyu Gaojie, who have heavy hands and have certain meritorious deeds, you must be cautious, at least have sufficient reasons, the crime is conclusive, and the public will be the target, and the thousands of people will point to it, otherwise killing a few people will be small, and the people's hearts will be big. As the saying goes, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world!

This is also the deep-seated reason why Lin Yi named Zuo Liangyu and Gao Mingcheng to lure the enemy this time, of course others can't understand Lin Yi's mind, but Lin Yi can't express it directly.

Lin Yi, who has been a prisoner for a while, has only now discovered that Houhei sometimes has a certain use.

It is no wonder that Li Zongwu became famous, and many people sought after this book and became a science. "Thick Black Studies" also seems to have become a classic masterpiece, but if you want to talk about Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sima Yi, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang and others, who has the thickest skin and the darkest heart, this book really doesn't say it, but it is beneficial to open the book, and it really comes in handy today after learning a little.

Thinking about this, Lin Yi was overjoyed in his heart.

All the generals present did not know Lin Yi's inner activities, especially Xu Dingguo, who was furious in his heart, he knew that his life was in Lin Yi's thoughts, and the good fortune and misfortune were unpredictable.

Lin Yi looked at him for a few seconds, and the sweat on Xu Dingguo's face came down, and the ticking was mixed with blood and water, staining the ground, and he didn't sweat so much after fighting for a long time just now.

"Where is Xu Dingguo?" Lin Yi finally spoke.

"Where's the villain?" Xu Dingguo was so frightened that he trembled, like a pig about to go to the slaughtering table, he hurriedly carried Gao Jie's bloody head, crawled out of a captive on his knees, and kowtowed to Lin Yi, "The villain deserves death......

"What are you guilty of?" Lin Yi looked at him with disdain and asked knowingly.

"Ah, villain...... fell for Gao Jie, and he was confused for a while, and he was forced to oppose the prisoner out of helplessness...... commits an unforgivable crime, and the villain is willing to make up for it, but the adult is the first to look forward, and he will not hesitate to ...... his liver and brains" said and put Gao Jie's head up.

Lin Yi wanted to vomit when he saw him like this, and secretly said that he was really a natural traitor, Gao Jie and him were really destined enemies, and it was said that he should be dismantled into eight pieces and crushed his bones and ashes.

But it's not time to clean him up yet, okay, this guy has a good turn and is ruthless enough, but Lao Tzu is more ruthless than him!

Thinking of this, Lin Yi said expressionlessly: "In this case, this prison country asks you to find a person, you want to see people in life, and you want to see corpses in death, of course, the best person to live, this person is Li Chengdong." ”

On this trip to the southwest, Lin Yi already had an account in his heart, and Li Chengdong was already on the blacklist of this account.

Lin Yi hates the traitor the most, although Xu Dingguo is hateful, but compared to Li Chengdong, it can only be regarded as a small thing.

We must not let this Li bra Li belly pocket become a fish that slips through the net and harm Daming!

"The villain is willing to do the work of dogs and horses." Xu Dingguo was overjoyed in his heart, it seems that Lin Yi is really true to his word, the descendant is really spared death, see that this meaning can still be reused, just now he cut Gao Jie This knife is really right, why is it difficult to find this Li Hezi for my old Xu?

Lin Yi warned him again, "But you have to remember that you are not allowed to violate military discipline, you are not allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately, including ordinary people, one more casualty, not only will you not be able to make up for your mistakes, but you will also suffer one more sword, understand?" ”

"Ah...... The little one understands, and the little one takes orders...... Please rest assured...... "Xu Dingguo is only promised."

"How many soldiers do you need?"

"A thousand is enough."

Lin Yi nodded, and asked Dongsheng to send him a thousand people, if there is a need to replenish at any time, these thousand men and horses are all the generals of the invincible battalion, and they will be used by Xu Dingguo for the time being, and then Lin Yi will order these more than 1,000 captives to be temporarily imprisoned first.

Of course, Lin Yi would not let Xu Dingguo still toss with the original people, and the thousand people sent to him also had the intention of surveillance.

Xu Guoding also understands that now he no longer dares to have two hearts, and if he wants to save this life, he has to give his life to the new master. Therefore, he kowtowed like an island to pound garlic, and after thanking him, he took the thousand people to search for Li Chengdong.

Xu Dingguo also understands now that Lin Yi had already taken precautions, the gate of the city had already been closed, and no one could fly out of the city, so he took a thousand men and horses back along the original road, first carefully examined the corpses on the street, and found that there was no Li Chengdong, and then Xu Dingguo led people back to Gao Jie's camp......

After Xu Dingguo left, at this time, there was a sky-shattering cannon sound and shouting of killing from Xicheng, Lin Yi looked back, the sky in the west was red, and he knew who was tossing there, so he immediately took the women's battalion, the guard battalion and a part of the invincible battalion along the street to Xicheng.

A part of the generals of the Guards battalion were left here, and a guerrilla commander was put in charge of cleaning up the battlefield and dealing with the aftermath.

When Lin Yi left, he told them that they must be restored before dawn, and no traces should be left on the streets and alleys, so as not to affect the lives of the people in the city.

At this time, it was already three watches, and Lin Yi was not only sleepy, but full of interest, and left with the team like a gallop......

Zuo Liangyu has more than 20,000 people, and in order to cooperate with Gao Jie's actions, he almost came out of the nest this time, but when he came back from Gao Jie's camp and gathered so many soldiers and horses, there was a time difference between him and Gao Jie's men.

As a result, his more than 20,000 people did not go out of 500 meters on the street, a cannon sounded, ambushes broke out, countless torches illuminated the surroundings as if it were day, and almost all the intersections in the streets and alleys, as well as on the walls and trees, were Ming generals.

Although there were only four or five thousand people in the standard battalion, they blocked Zuo Liangyu's more than 20,000 people on the street in this way, just like Gao Jie's team was trapped on the street by the soldiers of the invincible battalion just now.

Under the illumination of countless torches, Zu Keyong, who was covered in armor, sat on a tall horse, holding a big axe in his hand, as mighty as a heavenly general.

After all, the thieves are timid, don't look at their numbers, but when they look at this formation, they are obviously defensive, so Zuo Liangyu's generals all looked at each other a little, and there was a commotion, and they didn't dare to go forward. And Zuo Liangyu was exposed.

"Zuo Liangyu, did you really rebel with Gao Jie?" Zu Keyong shouted loudly with a big axe.

Zuo Liangyu was also shocked, at this time, the wine was all awake, and the reaction of the surnamed Lin was fast enough, since this is the case, there is nothing to hide, today is today.

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu gritted his teeth: "The surname Lin is too deceitful, Zuo is the opposite, junior, what can I do?" ”

Of course, there is a reason why Zuo Liangyu called Zu Keyong a junior. Zu Keyong was born in Guanning Tiecai, and he also belonged to Yuan Chonghuan's subordinates back then. Zuo Liangyu also worked under Yuan Chonghuan when he was young, and they fought with the Tatars outside the gate together, and belonged to the comrades-in-arms in the number of a unit, and the number of the unit was of course the Liaodong Army.

At that time, Zuo Liangyu was in his 20s, and he had become the guerrilla commander of the right battalion of the car in Liaozhong, and was later promoted to the capital secretary because of his merits and was stationed in Ningyuanwei. At that time, there was a large-scale mutiny in the Liaodong Army, and Zuo Liangyu, as a young officer, also participated.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan, who had just arrived in office, quickly quelled the rebellion and dismissed Zuo Liangyu, who was later reinstated, and later came to Cao Wenzhao's command.

At that time, Zu Keyong was even younger, less than 18 years old, just an ordinary cavalryman in the Guanning Iron Cavalry, not even a small flag in the army.

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu pressed Zu Keyong a lot in terms of age and qualifications, so Zuo Liangyu called him a junior, full of contempt.

Zu Keyong's eyebrows furrowed, "The old man is really tired and crooked, and he will have to cut you with a thousand knives!" However, the Lord of the Prison is benevolent and virtuous in the world, and does not want to kill, there are a few words that must be explained clearly, and when he came down, the Lord of the Prison State ordered that those who descend will not die, and those who are obsessed will not be killed, and put down their guns and confess their guilt and obey the law. ”

"You fart, rush me-" Zuo Liangyu also had a fiery temper, how could he be stopped by Zu Keyong's words, so he shouted loudly and made a desperate bet.

The soldiers and generals ordered the grass to follow the wind, and the more than 20,000 judges under his command of course listened to him, so they shouted to kill the officers and soldiers.

"Exterminate them all, not a single one will be left!"

As soon as Zu Keyong gave the order, the soldiers of the standard battalion opened fire, first muskets, then bows and arrows, then bows and arrows and muskets, and finally they set up a charge.

The standard battalion is a team built by Lin Yi, and the combat power is incomparable, even the elite of the Eight Banners of the Tartars have to bow to the wind, not to mention the rabble of the Zuo Liang Lord, these two armies are compared to each other, one is like a storm, and the other is drizzle at most, which is not a grade at all.

Therefore, the rebels suddenly suffered casualties all over the place, rushed up one by one, and some fell in pools of blood before they could rush out.

For a time, the corpses were piled up like a mountain, the blood flowed like a river, and the rest scattered and fled, and it became a mess, and there were people who ran in either direction, and they did not listen to the command at all, and people and horses collided with each other, trampled and squeezed, causing countless casualties.

At this moment, Lin Yi arrived with the women's battalion and the guard battalion.

Lin Yi didn't move, but went to a high place, he wanted to see how good this famous Zuo Liangyu was? Is this centaur of his a dragon or a bear?

Zuo Liangyu saw that the team that came was too strong, not to mention that they had the most advanced firearms, and the self-generated flintlock pistol was extremely powerful. Even if you don't use muskets and bows and arrows, the two sides are fighting with white knives, and his men and horses are far from the team in front of you, and it is no exaggeration to say that ten or even a hundred are not worth one person, and this battle cannot be fought at all.

But now I have to work hard, even if I am a corpse on the street, I can't be caught back by them, can I have a good result in front of Lin Yi?

Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu took his son Zuo Mengeng and deputy general Ma Shixiu to charge into battle. The main general of the horse guard, followed closely behind, and the morale was suddenly greatly boosted.

Zuo Liangyu also let go, took off the bow and arrows behind him, and fired five or six arrows in a row from the left and right bows, and several Ming soldiers were shot to the ground.

Then he put away his bow and arrows, picked up his broadsword and rushed into the ranks of the Ming army, such as chopping melons and vegetables.

Zu Keyong was furious when he saw it, picked up the big axe and took Zuo Liangyu directly, and in the blink of an eye, the two main generals fought each other.

In the streets of midnight, in the melee of thousands of horses and thousands of troops, Zu Keyong's big axe fought against Zuo Liangyu's machete.

But after a few days, Zuo Liangyu couldn't resist, not because he couldn't do martial arts, but because he was not good at age, Zu Keyong was just in his early 40s, and Zuo Liangyu was already in his 50s, and the two of them were more than 10 years apart.

Of course, people can't accept old age.

Zuo Liangyu had no choice but to turn the horse and leave, and Zu Keyong chased after him, "The old horseman is gone, leave your head!" ”

At this time, his son Zuo Mengeng and deputy general Ma Shixiu both rushed up, and the two of them fought Zu Keyong.

Lin Yi could see clearly from a high place, and nodded when he saw this.

Look at Zuo Liangyu's other soldiers and horses were squeezed to a ten-junction by Lin Yi's standard battalion soldiers, like rats crossing the street, you chase me, the rebel soldiers were driven to the sky with no way to go, no door to enter the ground, only parry, and Hao had no power to fight back. The streets on all sides were full of dead bodies.

At this time, the shops and people living along the street had long been awakened from their sleep, and they didn't know what was happening, but listening to the thrilling sounds, the way was fighting again, and it was still very miserable.

I thought that Sun Kewang's army had attacked. One by one, they were frightened like sifting chaff, and locked all the doors of their homes, but they still felt that it was not safe, so they put all the bars on top, blocked the doors and windows with tables and beds, and hid under the beds and in the cellar like chaff, for fear that bad luck would befall them.

Lin Yi saw that it was almost there, Zuo Liangyu was enough to be a hero in troubled times, it would be a pity if so many soldiers under his command were buried on the streets, and if he could die on the battlefield outside the city, he would be considered to be dead, thinking of this, he immediately ordered the cannon to be fired.

"Knock knock," the three cannon shots were deafening. These melee generals, whether they were Ming troops or rebels, were stunned when they heard the sound of artillery.

"Stop it all!" Lin Yi shouted, and his subordinates amplified his order.

Zu Keyong and the other Ming soldiers present stopped, and they all looked at Lin Yi in shock, they didn't expect that on this occasion, their supervisor Lin Yi would be able to appear.

At this time, the rebels led by Zuo Liangyu were quite embarrassed, and the Ming army stopped attacking them, they collected their weapons one by one, snorting and panting, sweating hotly, panting while looking at the situation around them.