"That's what General Wang said."

"I have something to discuss with you right now." Wang Laohu said, "Han Licai connived at his subordinates to defect, wanted to kill the main general in the process of escaping, and privately ordered the soldiers to kill more than 100 soldiers who were at odds, and it was time for the matter to come to an end." ”

"This matter, if it is reported on time, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, Han Licai and these soldiers who escaped will be beheaded."

"So I want to discuss with General Shi, how to deal with this matter?"

"What does General Wang mean by the idea of being open?"

"These soldiers are my soldiers no matter what, and now more than a hundred have died, and if the rest of them are not great evildoers, I think they can be released."

"If the general does this, his prestige will be lost, they have made a mistake and deserve to be punished, and besides, these soldiers have no remorse, and we interrogated them, and they did not confess, so it can be seen that they are recalcitrant and cannot be used." Shi Youcai said.

"A person can describe him in two types of words, and their behavior can be said to be stubborn or loyal, and the key is who they are."

"Do you think they can be faithful to you?"

"A thousand soldiers are easy to get, but one will be hard to find. Today I want to say that a thousand soldiers are easy to obtain, but a loyal soldier is hard to find, and if these soldiers are kind-hearted, they are only bewitched by others, or they are preconceived, and mistakenly led by General Han, then it is a pity to kill them. ”

"General Wang has already thought in his heart that he wants to protect them, so why should he discuss with me."

"This matter still needs General Shi's cooperation with me."

"How to cooperate?"

"The first thing is the statement at the time of the report, these soldiers are not defectors, they are ordered by Han Licai. The second thing, the diehards among the soldiers, still have to be punished, but not to the point of being killed. ”

"You are saying that capital sins can be avoided, but living sins cannot be escaped."

"This is a vivid lesson for us, these people are living examples, not an example, to warn all generals and soldiers, there is only one core of the guard, and if you act privately, you will be severely punished."

"Okay, the emperor took the initiative to let me help General Wang, there must be a reason for him, and I will understand the favor."

"In the evening, I'm going to take a look at these soldiers and see their attitudes now."

At night. Wang Laohu came to the prison of the guard.

Zhou Liang and the other fleeing soldiers are now locked up together, no one is shackled, no rope is tied, it is such an ordinary house, like confinement.

Wang Laohu ordered someone to open the cell, and one person walked in.

At night, the cell was a little dark against the candle flames, which were not bright and swaying in the wind, so it didn't seem to feel good.

Wang Laohu walked into the cell, found a bed and sat down.

This was the first time Wang Laohu had come to the cell to see the soldiers, and when these soldiers saw the general coming, they all shouted, "General Wang." ”

Wang Laohu smiled and said, "Do you all know that I am your general?" ”

Zhou Liang said: "General Wang is still here to ask us this time?" ”

"After all this time, do you think I need to ask you anything?" Wang Laohu said, "I came alone today, without an entourage, and I also entered your cell, do you say that I am here for questioning?" ”

"Not here to ask? That's to say goodbye to us. Zhou Liang said.

"Farewell?" Wang Laohu said, "Why should I say goodbye to you? ”

"We escaped from the battle, assassinated the general, and murdered our comrades, each of which is a capital crime." Zhou Liang said.

"Why do you do it when you know these are capital crimes?"

"Don't persuade us, general, try to trick us again." Zhou Liang said, "We have done it, and we will die without regrets." ”

"Zhou Liang, do you think you really die without regrets? Are these brothers of yours also dying without regrets? ”

"General, I think you're here tonight to continue to be a lobbyist."

"I want to tell you about what's going on outside." Wang Laohu said, "You made such a big move, it is nothing more than to help General Han and Master Qian, or kill me, or move in to rescue the soldiers." On the back mountain, you can't kill me, there is only the second plan, move the rescue soldiers, you are really well-intentioned, in order to avoid our pursuit, the soldiers are divided into several ways, okay, okay, now as you wish, your rescuers are coming. ”

"Helpers are coming?" Zhou Liang looked at the other soldiers and said to Wang Laohu, "What do you want to tell us about this?" ”

"I want to tell you, what did the rescuers do when they came? He asked me to join them, and he didn't want to help you. Whether it's Lord Qian or General Han, no one mentions you, you are a hero, and you were kicked away. ”

"General, this is our own business."

"You think you're dead anyway, are you? But have you ever thought about it, is a general who doesn't put his brother's life first worth your life for them? Wang Laohu said, "There is one more thing, your rescuers have only come with 20,000 people. ”

"Twenty thousand?" Zhou Liang and these soldiers knew that what was the use of commanding all the guards with 100,000 soldiers and horses, and only 20,000?

"But I surrendered, do you know why I did it?" Wang Laohu asked.

After Wang Laohu asked, they were at a loss, Wang Laohu explained to them such a thing, what he was going to do.

"I wanted to stabilize him, and I came to a false surrender, and in addition, he used my wife as a threat, if he didn't surrender, the consequences might be unimaginable. But what I didn't expect was that when I surrendered, they didn't release my wife and continued to escort her back to Jiangxi, in order to achieve the goal of continuing to control me. ”

"General, what are you trying to tell us about this?"

"What kind of people are your rescuers? I think you're already aware. The rescuers you never expected did something that even I couldn't think of.

They actually captured the people of Jinyiwei, and they really brought about their own destruction. ”

"The one who captured the Jinyi Guard?" Zhou Liang didn't understand even more, in such a knotted eye, Qi Lian had extraneous branches and caught Jinyiwei's people.

"Yes, now, I'm afraid that your rescuers are no longer able to survive on their own, and these 20,000 troops have been lost on the mountains of our Hangcheng."

"General Wang, you want to tell us that our rescuers can't save us, right?"

"Your rescuers will never be able to save you! This time, you have taken the wrong first step since you took it, did you think about your parents, your family before you did it? Being a deserter, killing a brother, punishing a superior, plotting a rebellion, which of these is not a capital crime! Wang Laohu said loudly.

"General Wang, we have acknowledged the first three points you mentioned, but we have not done anything about the rebellion on the fourth point." Zhou Liang said.

"Do you know who your rescuers are?"

"King Ning's subordinates."

"You also know that he is a subordinate of King Ning. Let me tell you, who is the Jinyiwei? Why did Jin Yiwei have to deal with him, because Jin Yiwei had already received the news that King Ning had signs of rebellion, and you still went to King Ning to move rescue troops, didn't you also become one of them? ”

Wang Laohu's words took them as a slap in the face, no matter what kind of mistake it was, no one wanted to make it, after all, this was a matter of the Nine Clans.

These soldiers finally regretted what they had done, and they drooped their heads and said to Wang Laohu: "General Wang, our mistake has been forged and irreparable, we are wrong, but my family is not at fault, please let our family go." ”

Zhou Liang said: "It's all our own fault, my life can be taken by the general at any time, but please let my family go." ”

"Zhou Liang, you have old parents and a sister who is two years younger than you." Wang Laohu said, "You people, I have investigated, you are not living alone, and the director is still so brainless, you." He pointed at Zhou Liang and said, "You are dead, what will happen to your old parents, what will happen to your sister?" ”

Wang Laohu pointed to a soldier beside him and said: "And you, you have only one father in your family, who sells firewood for a living, and looks forward to your return at home all day long, and if you die, how can he live again." ”

Wang Laohu pointed to the third soldier and said, "And you......" Wang Laohu was so angry that he couldn't say anything, and he didn't even say any more, "And you, you ......" He pointed to the soldier and said.

These few sentences seem to poke at their weakness, and after being locked in the cell for so many days, the will of the people itself is different from when they first entered the cell, and now when it comes to the sore spot in their hearts, this naturally has some new waves in their hearts.

"You asked me to release your family, do you want me to release it? You ruined them with your own hands, and if you were killed in battle, you were heroes, they would be proud of you, but what about you? They will live in the spit of others for the rest of their lives, and they will not be able to raise their heads. ”

"General Wang, we were wrong, we were wrong." Zhou Liang knelt down with the soldiers to Wang Laohu.

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