[224] It is advisable to chase the poor man 2

When they were fighting, the Ming army chased after them by land and water. The cavalry was still led by Zhou Guoqing and Zhang Nai, and the navy was newly added to Geng Jimao's new force. The Dashun army was not in time for the whole team and rushed to the battle. Most of them were scattered, killed and wounded, surrendered. Wu Ruyi led a part of the soldiers to resist desperately and covered Li Zicheng's escape. All the boats anchored on the river were captured by the Ming soldiers, and even the big boat on which Liu Guifei and Concubine Chen were riding, the palace maids on board, and the large number of gold, silver and jewelry carried by Li Zicheng became the trophies of the Ming army.

On April 30, Song Youliang took a boat to Jiujiang. He had long expected that Li Zicheng would be defeated step by step under the pursuit of his army. After the battle of Fuchikou, he strictly ordered the troops: Li Zicheng was exhausted, absconded into the mountains and hidden, and must divide his troops to search, capture Li Zicheng, and never suffer from future troubles, so as to win the imperial court.

Early in the morning of May 1, Li Xin took the list of prisoners to Song Youliang and asked how to deal with Li Zicheng's two uncles.

Li Xin said on the side: "These two people turned out to be farmers, and the winter before last, Li Thief returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors and brought them out, one was named Zhao Hou, and the other was named Xiangnan Hou. The father of Li Zicheng, who was named Zhao Hou, was an uncle and brother, and the one who was named Xiangnan Hou was far away. ”

"Slashed!" Song Youliang said lightly

Li Xinxin's cinnabar pen made a big cross on the names of the two people, and then said: "What should I do with Li Zicheng's wife and concubine caught in Sangjiakou?" ”

"What does it look like?" Song Youliang asked

Li Xin replied: "It's only a medium appearance, and with many days of wind and dust, of course it's not as good as Jiangnan Girl." ”

Song Youliang squinted his eyes, leaned back on the recliner covered with a red velvet blanket, and said, "Bring it up, and I will interrogate it myself." ”

After a while, Concubine Liu and Concubine Chen were brought to Song Youliang. They refused to salute Song Youliang and stood on the ground with their heads bowed.

Song Youliang asked, "Are you Li Zicheng's wife and concubine?" ”

Concubine Liu raised her head and replied fearlessly: "I am the Empress Gao of the Great Shun Kingdom, and she is Concubine Chen. Our country deserves death, you can kill us, and you are not allowed to be rude to us both. ”

Song Youliang smiled slyly and asked, "Are you really Li Zicheng's queen?" ”

Liu Guifei said with certainty: "I am the mother of the main palace of Dashun. ”

Song Youliang smiled and said nothing, and ordered his subordinates to move two chairs for them and let them sit down opposite. He only heard that Li Zicheng's wife's surname was Gao, but he didn't know Gao Guiying's age, appearance, and life parallels. Then he asked, "Now that you have been caught by me, life and death are in my words." If you will tell the truth and confess who you are, I will spare you from death. If you pretend to be Gao, I will cut you with a thousand knives, or cut your stomach open. You yourself are not afraid of death, don't you think about the fetus in your womb? Song Youliang pointed to Concubine Liu's bulging belly.

When Concubine Liu heard this, she knew that the enemy did not know her identity, and she felt even more bold, and she was determined to be disemboweled by the enemy or suffer the crime of being cut by a thousand knives, but also to coax the enemy and protect Queen Gao. So she sneered and said, "How can the queen be fake? The country is dead, as a queen, the festival of death is a matter of duty, how can anyone admit to death? You don't have to ask, just kill me! ”

Song Youliang shook his head and said with a smile: "Zhang Nai, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Tichun, Gu Junen, you come out to recognize who these two ladies are!" ”

Liu Guifei was startled, only to see Zhang Nai, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Tichun, and Gu Junen walking out from behind the screen, they glanced at Liu Guifei and Chen Guifei, Zhang Nai replied: "General Hui, these two ladies are the two concubines married by Li Zicheng, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Chen. ”

"Zhang Nai, you treacherous traitor~" Liu Guifei raised her fist to hit Zhang Nai, despite being pregnant, but was immediately held down by the soldiers and couldn't move. Chen Guifei also scolded Tian Jianxiu, Liu Tichun, Gu Junen and others for bending their knees and surrendering

Song Youliang waved his hand, and after Zhang Nai and the others retreated, he said, "If you want to die, I can fulfill you." If you don't want to die, I can also arrange for you to live in a remote village. After all, it is our men's business to fight and take over the world, and you women are innocent. ”

Concubine Liu Guifei straightened her hair and said with a smile: "I have already said that the country is dead, and as His Majesty's favorite concubine, the festival of death is a matter of duty." ”

Chen Guifei also said calmly: "My sister is going to die, and my sister will never live alone." ”

Song Youliang sighed and said to Li Xin: "Behead, bury after death." ”

Li Xinxin's cinnabar pen drew a cross on the names of Liu and Chen, and he also admired these two women very much in his heart

Immediately, Liu Zongmin and Lai Xiance were taken to the bottom of the stairs, and Song Youliang ordered someone to bring Liu Zongmin to the hall alone. Song Youliang's left and right drinks made him kneel. Liu Zongmin's eyes widened, he looked at Song Youliang's face coldly, a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, he snorted with his nostrils, and said: "I am the general of the Great Shun Dynasty, unfortunately defeated and captured, I am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, how can I kneel down to you, a son-in-law who relies on a woman's belt to be a concubine?" ”

Guan Yunbao and Zhang Feixiong, who were on Song Youliang's side, shouted loudly again, ordering him to kneel quickly, and the sound was deafening. Liu Zongmin continued to stand still, just sneering. Song Youliang used gestures to stop everyone from shouting, and said to Liu Zongmin: "Li Zicheng has exhausted his strength, fled to the mountains around Jiugong Mountain to hide, I have ordered my soldiers to search and suppress in separate ways, and they will be arrested within a few days, I know that you have the courage of ten thousand people, if you surrender to the Ming Dynasty, you will inevitably be reused by the imperial court, not to mention wealth and glory, are you willing to surrender?" ”

"Hahahaha~" Liu Zongmin looked up to the sky and laughed, his voice overshadowed the voices of Guan and Zhang, and he said proudly: "Since the day I rebelled with King Chuang, I didn't expect to surrender to the enemy in the future. To tell you, my family has been born in iron for three generations, so even my Liu Zongmin's bones are made of iron. I'm an iron-clad man, and I'll kill or kill as you please. If you don't know how to persuade me to surrender, I'll scold you for being a fool!" ”

As soon as Liu Zongmin's voice fell, he suddenly presented an urgent document to Song Youliang. The letter was written by Wu Sangui, who went straight from Wuchang to Xingguo Prefecture after clearing out several scattered forces of the Dashun army in the Huanggang and Hanyang areas, and did not participate in the two battles of Fuchikou and Sangjiakou. The letter was very humblely worded. First of all, he congratulated the "army" for another great victory in Sangjiakou and the capture of Liu, Song and others, and congratulated Song Youliang, the general of the world's soldiers and horses. He then said that his parents and more than 30 members of his family were brutally killed by Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, and that they had a common hatred against the sky, and begged that Liu Zongmin be handed over to him and sacrifice his parents to the gods, and then he personally executed the enemy Ling Chi.

Song Youliang finally asked Liu Zongmin, "Liu Zongmin, this is a letter written by Wu Sangui, saying that he will kill you alive and sacrifice his ancestors." Of course, if you're willing to surrender at this moment, I'll keep you from dying. If you don't want ~~ then you can only eat this one. ”

Liu Zongmin laughed and said: "What kind of sacrifice to the ancestors, Wu Sangui is nothing more than jealousy of Lao Tzu for sleeping with his woman." Okay, Lao Tzu recognized it, and he was a good man eighteen years later. ”

Song Youliang waved his hand helplessly, and Li Xin drew a cross on Liu Zongmin's name

After Liu Zongmin was escorted down, Song Xiance was brought in. He arched Song Youliang with his two handcuffed hands, and then stood tall, waiting for the questioning without humility or arrogance.

Song Youliang glanced at him and saw that although he was short, his clothes were tattered, and there were stains of blood, he had a good face and a calm demeanor, so he didn't need to look at him angrily. Then he asked: "You are Li Zicheng's military advisor, you were caught by me, do you want to die or live?" ”

Song Xiance said with a smile: "Before I was caught by you, of course I wanted to live." Since I was caught by you, it is not up to me to live or die, so why bother to ask so many times? ”

Song Youliang asked again: "What kind of person do you think Li Zicheng is, is it worthy of your assistance?" ”

Song Xiance replied without thinking: "Since ancient times, there have been princes and losers, and heroes cannot be judged by success or failure. The Ming Dynasty had no way and trapped the people in dire straits. Since the end of the apocalypse, heroes have risen together, disturbing and crowding, big and small leaders, not to mention thousands. Some spin up and down, and some are attached to others and cannot be autonomous. The only one who can really be unique, indomitable, and popular with the people, surrender to the heroes, overthrow the Ming Dynasty, and build the emperor is only King Li. Therefore, although Dashun died, King Li did not lose his heroic nature. ”

Song Youliang said with a smile: "You are a mouthful, you are indeed very good at talking. I ask you, are you willing to surrender? ”

Song Xiance felt even more bold, and replied calmly: "Thank you grandfather for your attention, the mountain people really dare not be." The mountain people were originally cloth clothes in the rivers and lakes, and they had no intention of fame and wealth. In the winter of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led his troops into Henan, and called for the crime of hanging the people, robbing the rich and helping the poor, opening warehouses and giving relief, eliminating corrupt officials, and exempting money and grain. At that time, the people of the Central Plains had been suffering from continuous natural disasters for more than ten years, and their deaths and displacements were unspeakable. For this reason, wherever King Chuang went, the people regarded them as saviors, opened the door to welcome him, and the followers were like streams. The mountain people helped the king to save the people of the Central Plains from the dire situation, so he was willing to be hired to be his military advisor. Today, King Chuang has been defeated, the mountain people were captured, and they became the fourth under the rank of the grandfather. The mountain man was once favored by King Chuang, and he couldn't do his best for him, and he was already ashamed in his heart, and my grandfather was very grateful for saving my life. If you don't kill it, you will let the mountain people go back to the rivers and lakes, and you will never ask about the world, and you will often be idle clouds and wild cranes, which is enough! ”

Song Youliang shook his head and said, "You are too good at talking, too good at demagoguery, you can't be left, come on, behead!" ”

Song Xiance was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed, "Thank you grandpa for fulfilling my righteousness." With that, he walked out of the cabin with his hands behind his back

Then, Li Xin reported a list of the names of the captives

"Li Zicheng's adopted son Li Shuangxi has a wife, how to deal with it?"

"Slash!"

"Pseudo-Hou Gu Ying's wife, how to deal with it?"

"Slash!"

"Zuo Guangxian, the puppet chief soldier, has a wife and three sons, a total of five, how to deal with it?"

"Slash!"

"What to do with the two concubines of the late Jin King of Taiyuan Mansion?"

"Send it back to Beijing, and the emperor will send it down!"

"Pseudo-Marquis Liu Zongmin, with one wife and two daughters-in-law, how to deal with it?"

"Leave it to Wu Sangui to dispose of!"

Song Youliang glanced at something wrapped in yellow cloth on the table, and said, "The most important thing at the moment is to catch Li Ziben himself. Once caught, his head was immediately sent to Beijing along with his golden seal. ”

Li Xin closed the roster and said, "The subordinates will urge the generals of all departments to carefully search the mountains and prevent the thieves from escaping." ”