At dawn the next day, the Ming army stationed in Dongguan Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai Department, the camp was brightly lit, and the soldiers also got up early and were eating breakfast, to their surprise, today's breakfast, each person had three white-flour steamed buns, which was twice as much as usual, however, I heard the herald say that after breakfast, he would pull out the camp and start the village, as for where to go, the herald did not know at all, only said that there would be a new military order after the meal.

The defenders at the head of the east city saw the movement outside the city from a distance, and immediately reported to Zhang Zhengxue, the guard general of the east gate and the magistrate of Luoyang, Zhang Zhengxue did not receive Wang Yinchang's general order to transfer the army outside the city, so he sent people to investigate.

Luoyang City was besieged, outside the south, west and north gates, there were soldiers stationed by Liukou, only the east gate, because Liu Jianyi, Luo Tai's army was stationed in Dongguan, and the city was a horn with each other, and the east gate was not closed for the time being.

The soldiers who gave the order asked to see the two deputy generals Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, "Two generals, where are you going......?"

Luo Tai said with a straight face: "In the direction of the Qili River, I found that there is the main force of the Liukou, at least 5,000 soldiers, General Liu and I will go to battle, first defeat this Liukou, and rub the sharp spirit of the Liukou!" ”

Such a reason is naturally impeccable, the Ming army in Luoyang City, I'm afraid they don't even dare to go out of the city, they take the initiative to attack the Liukou, and they should be rewarded.

The herald did not comply, "Since the two generals attacked the rogue, why didn't Lord Zhang know?" The two divisions were originally horns of each other, and the two generals went far away, in case the first-class Kou attacked the east city gate......"

"There's not a grain of grain in the city, and you won't let us go to the rogues to get it?" Liu Jianyi glared at him and said, "I heard that the Liukou of the Qili River has stored a lot of grain......

The herald said in his heart, it turned out to be for food, no wonder they took the initiative to attack the Liukou! said goodbye to Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai and returned to the city.

Qilihe is not a river, but the name of a village, only more than ten miles away from Luoyang City, and Li Xin's independent battalion is stationed in Qilihe Village.

When Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai led their troops to Qilihe, Li Xin's soldiers were already fully armed and waiting outside the village entrance to the west.

Luo Tai saw that the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army on the opposite side were all solemn, standing motionless in the cold wind, and sighed in his heart, which is this a rogue, it is clearly more neat than the Ming army, if it weren't for the soldiers wearing various colors, who would dare to believe that they were a group of rogues?

Maybe Liu Jianyi is right, Liu Jianyi has always been unscrupulous, but today he saved himself and the thousands of soldiers under his command!

He glanced at the guards around him, and the guards hurriedly pulled out the Kyushu military flag around their shoulders, tied it with a spear, and then ran to the front of the team, and shook it twice to the opposite side, and a fast horse immediately came over on the opposite side, and the soldiers on horseback shouted from afar: "You are the army of the two generals Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai?" ”

"Exactly, you're the Mandate of Heaven?"

"I am under the command of Li Gongzi of the independent battalion of the Heavenly Mandate Army," the person who came said loudly: "Li Gongzi has an order, in order to avoid misunderstanding and cause unnecessary trouble, please disarm the soldiers from the two generals!" ”

"This ......" Luo Tai was still hesitating, Liu Jianyi had already turned over and dismounted, throwing the spear in his hand, "General Luo, we have thousands of soldiers and horses, and the Heavenly Mandate Army is naturally afraid, since it is a sincere refuge, we should disarm our brothers." ”

Luo Tai hesitated for a moment, finally threw away the long knife in his hand, turned over and dismounted, turned around and said to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, don't hide it from you, our food has been exhausted, today's breakfast is our last meal, we came all the way to reinforce Luoyang, but the city did not distribute a grain of food to us!" ”

Liu Jianyi took over the conversation, and his voice was like a loudspeaker, "Brothers, since Luoyang has abandoned us, we simply surrender to the Heavenly Mandate Army, and from then on we will be at ease, have food to eat, and loot the government if we don't have food!" ”

The soldiers were stunned for a while, when they set off from the barracks, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai did not tell the soldiers the truth, they thought that they had come to Qili River to fight against the Liukou, and many soldiers had resentment in their hearts, but they didn't expect it......

Liu Jianyi saw that the soldiers were silent, and knew that they were stunned for a while, so he pulled out his waist knife from his body, threw it into the sky, and shouted: "Brothers, let's turn it around!" ”

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around......"

At first, there were only sporadic sounds, and in less than half a pillar of incense, the soldiers all pulled out their waist knives, following Liu Jianyi's example, holding their waist knives while shouting.

The sound of thousands of people almost toppled the roof of Qilihe Village, and even the awe-inspiring soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army on the opposite side changed color slightly.

Luo Tai visually saw that almost all the soldiers were shouting along, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, he also pulled out his waist knife, followed and shouted twice, and then waved his waist knife, so that everyone stopped shouting, "Brothers, we rebelled against the imperial court, not to be the king of the mountain, the king of the mountain will be exterminated by the imperial court sooner or later, we came to Qilihe to join the Mandate of Heaven Army, from now on, we will follow the Mandate of Heaven Army to eat and drink spicy ......"

"Follow the Mandate of Heaven, follow the Mandate of Heaven Army......"

The soldiers cheered again, hearing such a voice, Li Xin on the other side smiled, the Metropolitan Governor said well, the soldiers were excited, and they had accepted the Mandate of Heaven Army from their hearts, even if the officers wanted to make ghosts, they had lost the opportunity.

Luo Tai and the other soldiers cheered for a while, and waved the waist knife in their hands again, letting the soldiers calm down, "Brothers, we are sincerely surrendering to the Heavenly Mandate Army, in order to show our sincerity, now, starting with me and General Liu, we must put down the weapons in our hands and accept the review of the Heavenly Mandate Army!" He took the lead in throwing the waist knife in his hand, and when he saw the soldiers hesitating, he said: "Brothers, rest assured, the Mandate of Heaven Army will not treat us badly, throw down the weapons in our hands, and after being reviewed by the Mandate of Heaven Army, we are the members of the Mandate of Heaven Army!" ”

Liu Jianyi also added fuel to the fire, he threw the waist knife in his hand in front of the soldiers, and shouted in a loud voice: "Brothers, throw down your weapons and join the Mandate of Heaven Army!" ”

"Join the Mandate of Heaven, join the Mandate of Heaven Army......"

Although the soldiers did not know about the Mandate of Heaven Army, they knew that the Mandate of Heaven Army was a rogue, and they had always killed people, set fires, and plundered large households...... Follow the Mandate of Heaven Army, and there is no longer the constraints of the military discipline of the Ming Army, at least you don't have to fight hungry!

Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai lined up four teams for the unarmed soldiers, and the two walked at the front of the line and walked towards the Heavenly Mandate Army opposite......

"Da Da Da ......"

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, first faintly, and after a while, it was already clearly audible, and experienced soldiers immediately judged that there were at least a thousand horsemen.

Could it be that the officers and soldiers in the city are chasing after them?

Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai's faces changed slightly, they just threw down the weapons in their hands, and now they are similar to ordinary people, if the officers and soldiers chase them, they will only be slaughtered!

Luo Tai's eyes were already staring at the glittering waist knife not far away, but without Li Xin's order, he didn't dare to pick up the knife, and his heart was very anxious.

Li Xin judged the number of cavalry from the sound of horses' hooves, and couldn't help laughing, "Don't be nervous, it's the Metropolitan Governor who is here!" ”

"The Grand Duke?" Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai said in unison: "Who is the Grand Governor?" ”

"You'll know when you see the Metropolitan Governor in a while," Li Xin waved his hand to tell the soldiers not to be nervous, and then said to Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai: "The Metropolitan Governor heard that the two armies and the two armies had surrendered, so he came to see you!" ”

At this time, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai had no other way but to obey Li Xin's orders, they had already disarmed, and they were already lambs to the slaughter at this time......

"Appeal ......"

With a soft shout, a warrior jumped off his yellow-maned horse, wearing bright light armor and a white felt hat on his head, who seemed to be just a Confucian who had come to play in the army.

When Li Xin saw it, he hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and bowed to the ground, "Subordinate Li Xin, knock on the governor!" The soldiers behind Li Xin also followed Li Xin to kneel in the cold wind.

Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai glanced at each other, and also bowed down, "Villain Liu Jianyi (Luo Tai), knock to see the Metropolitan Governor!" They saluted, and the soldiers behind them had to salute.

Li Zicheng looked at the black pressure in front of him, and knew that the columns on the left were the Ming troops who had just surrendered, so he waved his hand at Li Xin and asked him to get up, but he came to the front of the surrendered troops, "The two are Liu Jianyi and General Luo Tai?" Get up! ”

"Thank you, Governor!" After the two got up, they stood with their hands down in front of Li Zicheng!

"The Governor of Pontus welcomes the two of them to abandon the darkness and turn to the light!" Li Zicheng's eyes swept away, and saw that there were scattered weapons everywhere dozens of steps away, and his heart didn't move, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, since they had already surrendered their weapons to Li Xin, it should be true that Guishun should be true, otherwise, who would be willing to hand over their net worth and life to others?

Li Xin leaned over to this side, "Metropolitan Governor, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, what should you do now?" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, since the two departments are sincerely surrendering, they are the people of the Heavenly Mandate Army, the Heavenly Mandate Army is besieging Luoyang, and now is the time to employ people, "General Liu and General Luo have already surrendered, how can they disarm?" ”

Li Xin was stunned, but he didn't dare to speak, Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai were happy, and Liu Jianyi said in a thick voice: "The governor of the capital, the villain is newly descended, and it is common to disarm him, and he will see people's hearts for a long time!" ”

"After a long time, General Liu said it well," Li Zicheng laughed and said: "Since the two trust the Heavenly Mandate Army, the Governor of Pontus naturally trusts the two generals!" ”

"Thank you, little man!"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and glanced at thousands of soldiers, "Brothers, Luoyang has abandoned you, are you just going to forget it?" ”

Luo Tai immediately heard the meaning of Li Zicheng's words, he had just joined the Heavenly Mandate Army, could it be that Li Zicheng gave him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions? It can't be a vote, right? He bowed his hand to Li Zicheng and said, "The villain listens to the governor of everything!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded to Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, and then said to the soldiers: "Brothers, pick up your swords and guns, since Zhu Changxun doesn't let you enter the city from the east gate, then I will enter the city myself and enter from the north gate!" ”

"Ah......" The soldiers were stunned, they had just disarmed, could it be that the Heavenly Mandate Army trusted themselves so soon?

Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai were overjoyed, Li Zigong naturally wanted them to attack the city, this is not only a vote, but also an opportunity to give them meritorious service, as long as they fight back, no matter whether the city is broken or not, from now on, they will be regarded as members of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and they will no longer be suspected by others!

Seeing that the soldiers were still hesitating, Liu Jianyi shouted: "The governor of the capital has an order, why don't you pick up your swords and guns and go with the governor of the capital to attack the city?" ”

Li Xin heard that Li Zicheng was going to attack the North City Gate with his troops, and knew that the Metropolitan Governor was going to take them away, so he hurriedly said: "Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates have something to report!" ”

Li Zicheng understood Li Xin's thoughts, and obviously had something to say, but he didn't say it, obviously it was related to Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, and when Li Xin got closer, he put his ear and said: "Li Gongzi is not worried about Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai?" Don't worry, on the way to Qilihe, I have carefully investigated, and there is no Ming army behind them, so I should be sincere and obedient! ”

"It turns out that the Metropolitan Governor ......"