Dai Junen really didn't know about the thieves in Xining, he rarely encountered thieves from Xining in his long-term war with thieves, and if it wasn't for the Overseer to let him conquer Lanzhou, he wouldn't even know that Lanzhou had fallen into the hands of thieves.

Isn't this gang of thieves in front of you thieves?

This Li Zicheng is indeed different from other thieves, with bearing, self-cultivation, and some indescribable things......

Without a sound, he swallowed Xining and Lanzhou, but it was not a stream.

Also, thieves are so high-sounding!

However, how is it possible for thieves to protect the territory and people? Where is this going to put the imperial court?

Although Dai Junen was still angry, he still asked in a calm tone, "Are you thieves?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled and didn't answer, but just said to He Xiaomi: "Untie up!" ”

Although He Xiaomi was reluctant, how could he dare to disobey Li Zicheng's order? I had to loosen the tie for Dai Junen with my own hands.

Seeing that the anger in Dai Junen's eyes gradually dissipated, Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, the integrity of a loyal man of the Ming Dynasty, who did not care about the second surname and refused to betray the master, reached its peak in the bodies of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, but it also weakened sharply with the departure of their immortals.

There is no shortage of people in the court, but they are just talking, and the matter of leaving a name in history is no longer their pursuit.

Etiquette and music are broken, people's hearts are not ancient, and the order changes day and night!

Emperor Chongzhen's suspicious temperament has almost tossed the court, and in the history of later generations, once the city of Beijing fell, even the senior officials of the cabinet and the six ministries turned the bow of the ship and competed for thieves......

This kind of thing is very intangible, and if it can't be accumulated, it will disappear quickly, especially at the end of the dynasty!

Li Zicheng's estimate is good, and Dai Junen's thinking has been loosened.

He is a member of Shaanxi politics, and he is far from a member of the court, and even in Shaanxi, there are governors, governors, and political envoys left and right......

If his status is low, his ethics will naturally be low, at least in his own mind, there is not too much pressure, and there are reasons to excuse himself.

Dai Junen has been in Shaanxi for a long time, and every day he opens his eyes, and he is faced with the chaotic information about thieves in various places, and Shaanxi seems to have endless thieves and wolf smoke that cannot be extinguished......

The country laid down by Taizu and Chengzu back then, the world of singing and dancing, where is there still half a shadow?

Natural disasters, man-made disasters, banditry, and foreign insults......

The chaos is one after another, has Daming reached the end of the road? At the end of every dynasty, it seems to be like this......

How about Daming, Dai Junen can't make a judgment, he just knows that he is tired, whether it is in his body or in his heart!

Dai Junen finally compromised, but he was basically the same as Zhao Guangrui's mind at the beginning, he had to see the new atmosphere of Xining before he was willing to officially surrender, if Li Zicheng deceived him, he would rather die.

I have the heart to join the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, but I still refuse to let go of the court with one foot!

Li Zicheng understood his thoughts, and he didn't say anything, but just asked him to knock on the Jingyu Acropolis, so as not to regenerate the spirit in the city.

Although Dai Junen was a little reluctant, under Li Zicheng's "coercion", he still wrote a letter of persuasion to surrender and sent it to the Jingyu Acropolis, demanding that all the 5,000 soldiers who stayed behind to guard the Acropolis should return to the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Zicheng's army also advanced eastward, approaching the city, and set up five mountain guns outside the west city gate, but deployed the Mongolian cavalry of Badasi outside the east city to cut off the eastward escape route of the soldiers in the city.

The commander persuaded him to surrender, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army pressed the border, and the 5,000 soldiers left behind in the city were forced to open the city and surrender.

Li Zicheng was worried that Badassi's cavalry would not respect the military order, so he left them outside the city and only brought Qin Danian and Li Jibu into the city.

Before entering the city, he also set up a strict military order outside the city: Jing Yuwei is already the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the people in the city are the people of the Mandate of Heaven, and any soldier who dares to plunder and disturb the people will be killed immediately!

Qin Danian and Li Jizi went to collect the troops in the city and guarded the east and west gates.

Li Zicheng gestured to He Xiaomi, He Xiaomi nodded, and said in a low voice: "Governor, subordinates understand!" Then he turned around, waved his hand, and went with a few soldiers.

After the city was a little settled, Li Zicheng took Dai Junen and Zhao Guangrui, and under the escort of his own soldiers, entered the city through the west gate.

The guards at the city gate have been replaced by soldiers from the Heavenly Mandate Army, and when they saw Li Zicheng, they knelt down one after another, "Knock on the Governor!" ”

"No need to be polite," Li Zicheng's heart blossomed, take the Jingyu Acropolis, this war should be over soon, "The Jingyu Acropolis has just been surrendered, and the situation in the city is unknown, so don't be careless, be careful to defend the city!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" After the soldiers defending the city got up, they stood upright on both sides, watching Li Zicheng enter the city.

There is a straight road in the city, which runs through the north and south, called the "north and south streets", and divides the entire acropolis into two, but at this moment, on the north and south streets, only a small number of soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army are wandering, and there are no pedestrians at all.

Li Zicheng walked along the north and south streets, walked for less than half a mile, and suddenly the ground lit up in front of him: on the left side is a huge mansion, blue bricks and blue tiles, although it is a little old, but the mansion is very wide, from the north-south avenue, to the north to the north city wall, east and west, and almost a quarter of the north of the city.

He was very curious and said, "Zhongfu, whose house is this?" I didn't expect that there would be such a magnificent manor in the Jingyu Acropolis......"

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, this is Pan's Mansion, and it was repaired by the Ministry of Industry back then." Dai Junen was shocked, didn't Li Zicheng take a fancy to Pan Mansion? It's really hard to say what the thief is, but he doesn't dare to say anything, he just looks on coldly.

"Ministry of Works?" Li Zicheng frowned, and then understood, "The imperial court is hoping that Pan Mansion will take the lead and suppress this Jingyuwei, right?" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is right," Dai Junen bowed down and replied, hoping that Li Zicheng would not harm the Pan family too much, so he tentatively said: "Do you want the Metropolitan Governor to temporarily live in the Pan Mansion......"

"No," Li Zicheng flatly refused, "The Pan Mansion is a big family, there must be many female dependents in the family, and the governor of Pontus is really inconvenient, so it is refreshing to live in the military camp," paused, and said: "Zhongfu, what kind of family is the Pan family?" You let the head of the Pan family come out, and the Pontus governor will meet him! ”

"Governor Dadu, the Pan family is a well-known wealthy merchant in the vicinity," Dai Junen arched his hand and said, "My subordinates, let the head of the Pan family come out." ”

Zhao Guangrui was already anxious like something, his home was in the Jingyu Acropolis, his mother was in the city, and the Heavenly Mandate Army entered the city, if he hurt his mother......

Although his mother was a stepmother, since he could remember, he felt that his mother loved him very much, even better than other people's mothers, if his mother was hurt by the Heavenly Mandate Army, he, as a son, would never follow Li Zicheng again, even if he admired him in his heart!

From entering the city to the present, he has not had the opportunity to intervene, at this time Dai Junen went to the Pan Mansion, and he finally waited for the opportunity to speak, "Governor, subordinates...... The subordinates' families are in the city, can the subordinates take leave, go back and take a look first......"

"It's human nature to care about your family," Li Zicheng smiled, "Go ahead, people who don't even want their families, the governor of Bendu still can't look down on them!" ”

"Thank you, Dadu!" Zhao Guangrui kowtowed to Li Zicheng, and then he flew away.

Dai Junen went for a long time, and then accompanied a man who looked like forty or fifty, and trotted over quickly, and the man saw Li Zicheng and hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Villain Pan Shen, knock on the governor!" ”

"Don't be polite, get up quickly!" After Li Zicheng waited for Pan Shen to get up, he said: "The Mandate of Heaven Army entered the Jingyu Acropolis and didn't disturb Pan's Mansion, right?" ”

"No, no," Pan Shen arched his hands, his body almost bent down ninety degrees, "The military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the villain has only seen it in his life, it is better than the Ming army, and he has never been to Pan's ......mansion at all."

Dai Junen listened, his heart was very uncomfortable, he asked Pan Shen just now, the Mandate of Heaven Army did not come to Pan's mansion, but the people who asked the Pan family to listen to the news outside should return to the house early, and don't run around on the street if they have nothing to do.

Pan Shen is right, the Ming army is indeed inferior to the Mandate of Heaven army, when the Ming army stayed in the Acropolis, although it did not kill people and goods, but it was a lot of food in Pan's mansion......

Is the Mandate of Heaven really not disturbing the people, or has it just entered the city, just to show for itself?

Dai Junen immediately denied his idea, if for his own sake, he would let such a big merchant go...... The weight of himself in Li Zicheng's heart may not be as good as food and silver......

Maybe this is temporary, the Mandate of Heaven Army has just entered the city, and the situation in the city is not stable, until the Mandate of Heaven Army takes control of the situation......

Dai Junen sighed in his heart, he had lost all his soldiers, and he could only resign himself to fate, I hope that Pan Fuzu will accumulate virtue and can avoid this disaster......

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "It's good that you didn't disturb the Pan Mansion, Lord Pan, if any brother who doesn't open his eyes dares to attack the idea of the Pan Mansion, as long as the Governor of Pontus knows, according to the military law, he will not be spared!" ”

"Most of the governors are serious!" Pan Shen bowed again, hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Dai Junen, seeing that Dai Junen was silent, and finally said: "The governor of Dadu has just entered Jingyuwei, and there are many brothers under him, so he should always ...... The villain was willing to donate some silver and grain...... It's like a villain......

"Lao Jun?" Li Zicheng frowned, this Pan Shen must have misunderstood, thinking that he was going to beat his autumn wind, his heart didn't move, and he said lightly: "What number is Pan Dong going to come up with?" ”

Dai Junen's heart sank, he was right, Li Zicheng was naturally a thief, he regretted a little, he shouldn't have been tempted by Li Zicheng and helped him persuade him to surrender the Jingyu Acropolis, if it wasn't for his own letter of persuasion, with the dangerous terrain of the Acropolis against the mountains and rivers, the Mandate of Heaven Army wants to take it, I'm afraid it will not be easy!

Pan Shen was happy, took a step forward, got closer to Li Zicheng, and said with a calm face: "...... 1,000 stone of grain, 10,000 taels of silver......"

Li Zicheng shook his head.

Pan Shen was shocked, but his face did not change color, "I don't know how many ...... the Metropolitan Governor needs"