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When Li Zicheng came out from behind the slope, the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army had already bound all the surrendered Ming troops, including their officers, and the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield.

The corpses will be burned intensively, and the remaining ashes will be dug in deep pits on the spot and sold.

Li Zicheng just saw that when the Ming army knelt and surrendered, two people stood but did not kneel, presumably officers, so he said to He Xiaomi: "Bring the officers of the Ming army over!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi, who came to the prisoners of war, whispered a few words to the soldiers guarding the prisoners of war, and then asked them to escort Zheng Guodong and Ai Wenbin to Li Zicheng.

Ai Wenbin glanced at Li Zicheng, frowned and said, "Who are you?" ”

He Xiaomi kicked him in the crook of the leg and forced him to kneel, "Dare to talk to the Metropolitan Governor like this, are you impatient?" ”

"Xiaomi, you can't be humiliated!" Li Zicheng didn't know who the officer in front of him was, he was ready to subdue these prisoners of war, maybe the officer could play a certain role in helping, so he asked Ai Wenbin to get up, "I am Li Zicheng, the governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”

"Destiny Army? The Grand Governor? Li Zicheng? Ai Wenbin thought hard, he seemed to have some impression of the Heavenly Mandate Army, but he was not very familiar with it, he just stared at Li Zicheng's face, hoping to see some clues from Li Zicheng's expression.

"The matter of the Heavenly Mandate Army will not be finished for a while," Li Zicheng smiled faintly: "You already know who I am, now you should tell me, who are you, right?" ”

"Below is Ai Wenbin, the capital of Shangzhou!"

Ai Wenbin?

Li Zicheng immediately thought that he was laid off by Ningxia Post Station and returned home that day, was framed by Ai Zhao, and entered the county prison, if it wasn't for Gao Ligong's rescue, I am afraid that he would have died in hard labor, the surname "Ai" is rare, maybe Ai Wenbin and Ai Zhao have some kinship, so he said: "Where are you from?" ”

"Shaanxi rice fat!"

Li Zicheng's heart moved, since he is also Mizhi County, it is inseparable, his face remains unchanged, and he said lightly: "There is an Ai Zhao in Mizhi County, I don't know if you know each other?" ”

"Ai Zhao?" Ai Wenbin's heart moved, maybe there was something ...... Liukou and Ai Zhao Seeing that Li Zicheng's face was calm, it was estimated that he would not be an enemy, so he said: "Ai Zhao is the elder brother of the next, I don't know if the governor has an old ...... with his brother."

"Brother?" Li Zicheng turned his smile and said, "Ai Zhao is really the elder brother of Lord Dusi?" ”

"It's true!" Ai Wenbin said in his heart, maybe Li Zicheng has received the favor of Ai Zhao, if it is for Ai Zhao's sake, he may let himself go, so he said: "We are siblings born of the same mother...... I don't know how the Metropolitan Governor met his brother......"

"Very good," Li Zicheng suddenly sank on the ground, and said, "Xiaomi, pull Ai Wenbin out and cut it!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Although He Xiaomi didn't know why the Metropolitan Governor wanted to cut Ai Wenbin, he just followed the Metropolitan Governor's order, and he didn't need to ask anything.

Ai Wenbin was shocked, it turned out to be self-defeating, this Li Zicheng turned out to be Ai Zhao's enemy, but the words had been spoken, and he couldn't take them back for a while, so he had to shout urgently in He Xiaomi's arms: "Did Ai Zhao offend the Metropolitan Governor, what is the matter...... Maybe it's just a misunderstanding......"

"You don't need to know anything," Li Zicheng said in a deep voice with a gloomy face: "When you arrive at the Netherworld, Ai Zhaozi will tell you what things he has done to hurt his morality!" "Ai Zhao has been killed by him, Ai Wenbin wants to ask why, so he can only go to the Netherworld to meet Ai Zhao.

He Xiaomi originally thought that the Metropolitan Governor was just scaring Ai Wenbin, but seeing that the Metropolitan Governor was decisive, he hurriedly dragged Ai Wenbin to the foot of the mountain, pulled out the waist knife, grabbed Ai Wenbin's hair with his left hand, pulled it back, and let the throat out......

Ai Wenbin's eyes quickly dissipated, and the whole person was like a kite with a broken string, shaking back and forth twice, and with a "snap", it was planted in the ground, splashing countless dust.

Li Zicheng looked at Ai Wenbin's corpse, and let out a bad breath in his heart, the suffering and humiliation he suffered in Mizhi County, as long as the opportunity came, he would take revenge one by one......

After a long time, his mood basically returned to calm, looked at the other officer standing in front of him, and said, "Who are you?" ”

Zheng Guodong's head, there were already fine beads of sweat, although it was the cold winter of Sanjiu, his body was very hot, he secretly glanced at Li Zicheng, met Li Zicheng's gaze, hurriedly lowered his head, trembled and said: "The villain is Zheng Guodong, a general stationed in Shangzhou City......"

"Zheng Guodong?" Li Zicheng chattered again, but he didn't know him, so he said: "The Mandate of Heaven Army will not kill innocents indiscriminately, and the reason why they killed Ai Wenbin just now was because the people of the Ai family had done a lot of things that lost their morals!" ”

"Yes, yes," the beads of sweat on Zheng Guodong's forehead became denser and denser, he bowed and said, "The villain has always been unaccustomed to Ai Wenbin, and before leaving the city, he had a quarrel with him......

"Haha," Li Zicheng suddenly laughed, "It turns out that he is a fellow traveler?" I wonder if General Zheng is willing to submit to the Mandate of Heaven Army? ”

"The villain has surrendered to the Mandate of Heaven Army......"

"This is different, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, the form on the battlefield is unfavorable, in order to protect innocent soldiers, surrendering as a last resort is not considered submission," Li Zicheng shook his head and said: "I am asking General Zheng, from now on, if you are willing to serve the Mandate of Heaven Army?" ”

"The villain is willing, the villain is willing to serve the Metropolitan Governor!" Zheng Guodong has been keeping his head down, this Li Zicheng will kill people in a few words, who dares to say half a word?

Li Zicheng shook his head and chuckled, regardless of whether Zheng Guodong was sincerely obedient or frightened by Ai Wenbin's corpse, "Since General Zheng is willing to serve the governor of Bendu, then let me ask you, how many Ming troops are there in Shangzhou City?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, in the city of Shangzhou, almost all of the more than 1,000 soldiers originally stationed in the city went out of the city," Zheng Guodong looked back at the Ming prisoners of war behind him, and said: "In addition to these prisoners of war, there are less than 100 people in the city now, if the metropolitan governor is attacking the city, he doesn't have to do it himself, his subordinates will help open the city gate, and the soldiers will not be bloody......

Li Zicheng nodded, and said to He Xiaomi: "Untie up!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Although He Xiaomi loosened Zheng Guodong's bonds, he asked the two pro-soldiers to monitor Zheng Guodong's every move at any time.

Zheng Guodong wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, secretly called "lucky", rubbed his arms that were a little numb, and said, "Is the Metropolitan Governor going to take Shangzhou City now?" ”

"Don't worry," Li Zicheng said: "Since there are only dozens of soldiers in Shangzhou City, they can be taken at any time, so there is no need to rush," he pointed to the prisoners of war with his hand and said, "Are these your soldiers?" ”

"About half of these soldiers are subordinates of the villain......"

Li Zicheng's gaze fell on the prisoners of war, and under visual inspection, it was not accurate, but there were hundreds of them, so he said: "Can you persuade them to surrender?" ”

"This ......" Zheng Guodong hesitated for a moment, and said: "The soldiers under the villain, the villain should be able to persuade them to surrender and let them serve the Grand Governor, but the soldiers under Ai Wenbin ...... The villain can give it a try......"

Li Zicheng nodded, spread out his palms, and said, "Zheng Shenjiang can try it!" ”

Zheng Guodong hurriedly saluted Li Zicheng, and then trotted over to the prisoners of war, first lobbying those soldiers under him, but Li Zicheng was calm and relaxed, and asked Zheng Guodong to persuade the prisoners of war, which was to give him a ready-made opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and it would be more intimate to join the Mandate of Heaven Army in the future.

If there is no Zheng Guodong, he also has a way to get these soldiers to surrender, the current Ming army, except for the Liaodong front, the rest of the Ming army is short of food, lack of food and clothing, and can not fulfill the war exploits in time, how can the soldiers have loyalty?

The biggest advantage of the Heavenly Mandate Army is that the food and salary are sufficient, and there is a large amount of coarse grain to help the soldier's family and fill the stomach.

But half an hour later, Zheng Guodong came back at a trot, "The Metropolitan Governor, the subordinate soldiers, are all willing to serve the Metropolitan Governor, and among the government soldiers, there are also many soldiers who are willing to ......."

"Let's go, let's see." Li Zicheng took the lead and walked towards the prisoners of war, He Xiaomi followed closely behind, and Zheng Guodong followed far behind.

The faces of the prisoners of war were no longer as frightened as before, and Zheng Guodong's words had made them understand that although the rogues brutally killed Dusi Ai Wenbin, they were not ready to execute their soldiers, and the greatest possibility was just to force them down.

If the rogues give enough conditions, it is not unacceptable, everywhere they are soldiers to eat, as for the future development situation, they are just ordinary soldiers, who can see the future direction? Who cares about the future?

Li Zicheng stood in front of the prisoners of war with his hands behind his back, like Hong Zhong, Zheng Guodong leaned forward slightly, leaned forward, and whispered a few words to Li Zicheng across He Xiaomi, seeing Li Zicheng nodding, he said: "Brothers, the Metropolitan Governor of the Heavenly Mandate Army has come to visit you." ”

"The Mandate of Heaven Army has the rules of the Mandate of Heaven Army, not everyone can join," Li Zicheng said coldly: "All prisoners of war must first complete a one-year period of hard service, and at the end of the year, the final decision will be made according to the performance of each person. ”

The prisoners of war immediately gasped, and even the soldiers who had decided to join the Mandate of Heaven Army secretly retreated, blaming Zheng Guodong for deceiving himself just now......

Although they didn't dare to make a loud noise, the soldiers who approached each other still whispered, each with their own calculations.

Originally, Ai Wenbin's subordinate soldiers thought that Zheng Guodong deliberately made things difficult for him and deliberately set these conditions, but they were just rogues, which were stricter than the imperial court's conscription......

Zheng Guodong's face was also ugly, he didn't expect that the Heavenly Mandate Army was just a rogue, and it would be good to have soldiers willing to join, and he had to set these harsh conditions......

Li Zicheng watched coldly, did not speak, but just glanced at the prisoners of war with his eyes.