Cao Wenzhao only ran out of six or seven miles, and was caught up by the revival army and besieged by the regiments and could not escape.

By this time, the army had already collapsed, and there were only more than a hundred personal soldiers around him. Although Cao Wenzhao fought bravely, he was finally exhausted and captured.

Cao Wenzhao was still scolding until he was tied up his hands and feet, and he was not angry.

Mo Li walked over and said a little apologetically: "General Cao, I'm sorry, I have to wronged you first!" ”

Cao Wenzhao scolded angrily: "Phew! You traitor, why do you need to be hypocritical! ”

Mo Li smiled and said, "General Cao, we are not some traitors, I am Mo Li!" I am a subordinate of Yuan Governor's Division, and we killed the Tartars together in Jingshi last year, but I am just an unknown pawn, and General Cao should not remember me. ”

"You're Moli?" Cao Wenzhao was a little surprised, a few months ago, He Kegang and other Liaodong generals repelled the Tartar soldiers in Jinzhou and set a new record of Jinzhou victory, this is a great and exciting event, Cao Wenzhao naturally heard about it, and it seems that Moli's contribution is also included.

Moli nodded.

"Aren't you in Jinzhou? How did you get here? Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but be full of suspicions.

"General Cao, this matter is not clear in a few words, let's go back to the city and talk about it." Moli said.

Although Gao Qiqian and Lin Jianyue escaped, many of their subordinates were captured by the Renaissance Army.

The Baath Army came so fast that many of them were still asleep and were caught and tied up by the Baath Army soldiers before they could react.

Another is because of the level of nutrition, many people in this era have night blindness, although many soldiers woke up, but because they were blind, they could not see the road clearly, and they rushed everywhere, and were easily captured by the soldiers of the Renaissance Army.

The revival army chased more than 20 miles before returning to the army to collect troops.

It wasn't until after dawn that Moli and the soldiers of the Renaissance Army were busy. An inventory revealed that more than 1,800 officers and men had been killed, countless were wounded, nearly 9,000 had been taken prisoner, and countless other weapons, materials, horses, and food had been taken.

And the Baath Army's own casualties were only four or five hundred, which can be said to be a complete victory.

Back in Lingchuan City, Mo Li ordered all the captives to be gathered and imprisoned, and then feasted the soldiers of the three armies. As a result of the great success in this battle, the Baath Army was filled with a jubilant atmosphere.

In the county office, Cao Bianjiao, who was dressed as an officer of the Fuxing Army, saw Cao Wenzhao and shouted, "Uncle!" Then he fell silent.

Cao Wenzhao was a little surprised, he only knew that Cao Bianjiao was captured by the Revival Army, but he did not know that he had joined the Revival Army and became an important cavalry commander.

"Bianjiao, you ......" Cao Wenzhao looked at Cao Bianjiao in confusion, and then looked at Mo Li.

Mo Li smiled and said: "General Cao, Ling Nephew is now the cavalry commander of our Huaxia Revival Army, but he is our core right-hand man!" ”

"What's going on?" Cao Wenzhao asked.

"This matter has to start from the beginning...... Mo Li immediately told the beginning and end of his grievances with Liu Tianlu, and how the Battle of Jinzhou defeated the Qing army and forced the Qing army to retreat, and then how Liu Tianlu betrayed himself and was killed by himself, and how Zu Dashou and He Kegang let themselves lead people to Beizhili to rescue Yuan Chonghuan's wife and children, and then how they were forced to go to Liangshan after encountering a killer.

Cao Wenzhao listened and was silent for a long time. He also doesn't know much about Yuan Chonghuan, but Cao Wenzhao actually doesn't believe much about the fact that he colluded with the Tartars to besiege Jingshi. But he is a general of the imperial court, and he is naturally not good at questioning the emperor's decision.

After half a ring, Cao Wenzhao raised his head and said: "Mo Li, you used to be a general of the Ming Dynasty official army, regardless of whether Yuan Chonghuan was wronged or not, now you are openly pulling up people and horses to fight against the court, is this the way of the minister?" ”

Mo Li shook his head and said, "General Cao's words are wrong. We didn't mean to go against the imperial court, but the imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress us again and again, and we had to rise up and resist in order to survive.

In fact, we just want more people to live, and our ultimate wish is to be able to train an elite army and pull them to Liaodong to kill those Tartars who are inferior to pigs and dogs! ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "But you don't count as the king of the mountain, but also send troops to attack the city and seize the village, what do you make the emperor think like this?" Can the imperial court not send troops to suppress it? ”

Mo Li raised his eyebrows and said: "General Cao, if you have seen the general trend today, disasters and famines are everywhere, but the imperial court not only does not want to find a way to relieve the people, on the contrary, the government is still searching for the people's fat and ointment!" Can the world not be chaotic? Since ancient times, the officials have forced the people to rebel, why don't the princes in the court understand? ”

Mo Li stood up, took two steps back and forth, and continued: "What are we doing here to occupy territory, take in the victims, and strengthen our own power? Not to be the king, but to be able to save more people! ”

Cao Wenzhao was a little surprised and said, "How do you say this?" ”

"We do what we can to take in the victims so that they don't starve to death and freeze to death in the wilderness.

After we take in the victims, everyone needs food, and we will not conjure up food out of thin air, so we organize the victims to open up the wasteland and farm, so as to avoid the victims from wandering around, once people can't survive, they will often do bold things.

Therefore, we need to open up wasteland in Lingchuan to collect the victims, stabilize the people's hearts, and prevent more victims from taking risks to rebel, which is the second.

Third, when our power grows, we can bargain with the imperial court, asking the imperial court to eliminate corrupt officials and corrupt officials, implement benevolent government, and improve people's livelihood, so that the people will gradually settle down and live and work in peace and contentment. Mo Li said them one by one.

Cao Wen Zhaoqi said: "Do you want to recruit An? ”

Mo Li Zhengse said: "If the emperor can really think about the people, punish corruption, and implement benevolent governance, we can't sit down and talk, after all, we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and we still have advanced governance methods and various technologies here, if the emperor really loves the people like a son, he should listen to our opinions." ”

Not only did Ruan and others never advocate being enemies of the imperial court, but it would only make the Han family Huaxia lose their vitality in vain, and let the Manchus have a chance to take advantage of it.

Isn't this the case in history, because of the internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, which allowed the Manchus to pick up the cheap. It would not be a bad thing if the conflict with the imperial court could be resolved peacefully, and at the same time, the new policy could be carried out in the name of the word.

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while and said, "If you really don't want to be an enemy of the imperial court, I can ask someone to report this matter to the imperial court, and let the imperial court send someone to negotiate with you......