Li Zicheng put his hands behind his back and paced in front of Zhuang Langwei's soldiers, "Killing Bo Ping, you are happy for a while, but how to end it, have you ever thought about it?" Whether it is the imperial court or Zhuang Langwei, they will not let you go, you also heard it just now, even Bo Ping's personal soldiers, and they will not let you go, don't think that you are a group killing, you can't find the direct murderer - in fact, it doesn't matter if you can find the culprit, all of you have to be buried for Bo Ping's death.

“……”

Li Zicheng continued: "I know that some of you are already thinking about running away in your heart, and I can also let you go," he consciously gave Zhuang Langbing some hope, but this hope was very short-lived, "Even if you run away, what will happen to your parents?" What about your wives and children? Are you sure you can escape? ”

“……”

Li Zicheng continued to say coldly: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, no matter what the reason, if you kill Shangguan, you will be punished, including your children and grandchildren, all men will be beheaded, and your children and grandchildren will be sent to the Jiaofang Division, reduced to thousands of people riding thousands of people, and finally have to ......" He suddenly stopped, glanced at Zhuang Langbing with a cold gaze, and scared these soldiers who finally raised their heads like frosted eggplants again.

"Since this matter started from the deduction of food and salary, you were originally reasonable, but because of your reckless behavior, you have exceeded the limit, and now not only are people dead, but also your superiors are still dead, Weili wants to explain to the imperial court, how can he not use you as a scapegoat?"

"My lord," the hundred households who spoke just now "poofed" and knelt in front of Li Zicheng, "My lord, we know that we are wrong, please show us the way, subordinates...... The subordinates must be grateful to the adults......"

Zhuang Langbing suddenly knelt down, "Ask the adults to show us the way!" ”

"Please show us the way!"

"Please show us the way!"

……

Looking at the Zhuang Lang soldiers who all knelt on the ground, Li Zicheng didn't let them get up, these brainless soldiers really deserve a lesson, "I'll show you the way?" He sneered slightly: "You are not my people from Xiningwei, can I still move your family to Xining?" ”

"My lord, we are willing to move our family to Xining!" The hundred households cried.

"Zhuang Langwei has a large number of soldiers, are they vegetarians? Will they let me move your family to Xining? Li Zicheng shook his head, "You are a great crime of rebellion, do you want to implicate Lord Ben?" ”

"My lord," the hundred households kowtowed like pounding onions, "my lord must save us, brothers are confused for a while...... From now on, we will follow the adults and join the Xining Army! ”

"Join the Xining Army!"

"Join the Xining Army!"

"Join the Xining Army!"

……

In order to protect themselves, Zhuang Langbing couldn't take care of it, the hundred households had earned a little hope for them to live, they could only use this hope as a life-saving straw, although the hope of survival was not great, think about it with your brain, how could the thousand households in Xining be able to embark on the road of rebellion against the imperial court for the sake of their own big soldiers?

To their surprise, Li Zichengbing did not prevent them from joining the Xining Army, "Do you know that even if you join the Xining Army, you are also sinners of the imperial court, and in the future, you can only go all the way to the dark." ”

"Yes, we do!"

"We are willing to follow Xining and Master Li!"

"If you follow Master Li, you will not only be spared death, but you will also have meat to eat!"

……

The hundred households grew up, clasped their hands into fists and said, "Lord Li, the brothers are willing to follow Lord Li and beg the Lord to give us a way to live!" ”

Li Zicheng fell into deep thought, and after a long time, Fang said to the hundred households: "Who else are you here?" ”

"Lord Hui, there are two more!" The hundred households felt a glimmer of hope, and unconsciously raised their eyes to look at Li Zicheng, like a dog.

"I ......"

"I ......"

In the kneeling crowd, two people raised their hands tremblingly, their arms shaking, as if they were about to go to the execution ground.

Li Zicheng sighed and said, "You three, come with me, let's negotiate," and then turned to Zhuang Langbing, who was kneeling, "You get up first, and wait for us to discuss a feasible method before making plans." ”

Some of Zhuang Langwei's soldiers did not dare to get up, but under the urging of Li Zicheng's own soldiers, they finally got up and waited for Li Zicheng's verdict in the cold wind.

Li Zicheng and Zhuang Langwei's three hundred households left everyone's sight, went to the nearby big tent, and began to negotiate behind closed doors.

About an hour later, just when Zhuang Langbing was frightened, the four of them came back, and from the faces of the three hundred households, Zhuang Langbing saw the hope of life.

The hundred households named Mao Biao came to Zhuang Langbing with great dignity, attracted their eyes together, and said: "Brothers, after all our pleas, Li Qianhu finally agreed to accept us, and we finally don't need to ...... Don't worry about being hunted down by the guards! ”

The other two hundred households also stepped forward and encouraged the soldiers to listen to Li Qianhu's teachings and embark on the road of new life.

The soldiers immediately smiled and thanked Mao Biao and the two hundred households in unison, but Mao Biao said with a straight face: "You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank you, thank Master Li Qianhu!" After speaking, he took the lead in kneeling in front of Li Zicheng, "Subordinate Mao Biao, from now on, only adults and horses will be the first!" ”

"Only adults and horses are the first to look forward!"

The soldiers knelt down together and bowed down in front of Li Zicheng.

"Get up," Li Zicheng slowly stood in front of Zhuang Langwei's soldiers, and said awe-inspiringly: "Brothers, for the sake of today's plan, it is not difficult to save you, but it is impossible to withdraw all your family members from Zhuang Langwei, and extraordinary countermeasures must be taken." ”

Mao Biao said loudly: "It's all up to the orders of the adults!" ”

"It's all at your command!" The soldiers said in unison.

"Okay, good," Li Zicheng smiled slightly, "As long as you listen to me, I will ensure that your family is safe and sound, from now on, you are my subordinates, training together with my subordinates, and eating the same meals." ”

Zhuang Langwei's soldiers were divided into four general banners, three hundred households temporarily served as chief flag officers, plus another general flag officer, four general flags, under the direct leadership of Ma Youshui, began a new day of training.

Although Mao Biao and others from 100 households will be the general flag officer, Li Zicheng has long said that the original Zhuang Langwei officer and soldier system no longer exists, if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, you must establish new military merits, and it is not limited to those few hundred households, all soldiers have a chance.

Now Ma Youshui is the official of 100 households, and it is naturally impossible for another 100 households to appear in the army.

The soldiers trained for three days in a row, and Li Zicheng felt that something had taken shape, so he summoned Ma Youshui and Liu Yunshui, two hundred household officials, and ordered them to act according to the plan.

In the middle of noon, Ma Youshui's soldiers went first, except for Mao Biao and a few other chief flag officers and soldiers who came to the original Zhuang Langwei, the rest were all his original subordinates, the soldiers of the original Zhuang Langwei, as the Chinese army, about ten miles behind, and the last was Liu Yunshui's department.

In the evening, Ma Youshui arrived at Kushui Bay, which was both a military fort and a post station, because it was close to the southeast border of Zhuang Langwei, the soldiers were relatively neat, and there were dozens of people.

Mao Biao was originally the guard of this fort, and when he was guarding against thieves in Shaanxi, he was transferred out by the guards and temporarily became Bo Ping's subordinate.

He glanced at Ma Youshui, saw Ma Youshui nodded, and just took a few soldiers to the south gate, and came to the south gate with a big grin, and the defenders at the head of the city suddenly saw many soldiers and horses coming from afar, and they had already closed the city gate, and at this moment someone came to the city, so they shouted: "Who are you?" Why did you come to Bitterwater Bay? ”

Mao Biao scolded: "Rabbit cub, blind your dog's eyes, and you don't even know Lord Ben?" ”

The defenders in the city rubbed their eyes, saw that it was Mao Biao, and were a little incredulous, and hesitated: "Didn't your lord go to the Guanting Ferry?" How did you end up here? ”

"Damn, I still know that Lord Ben went to the Guanting Ferry," Mao Biao pointed to the city with his hand, "There are no thieves at the Guanting Ferry, Lord Ben was ordered to rush back to Zhuanglang, now that it is getting late, I will rest for a night in Kushuiwan, and go north tomorrow, Lord Bo Qianhu is in the army, if you neglect it, beware of uncovering your skin." ”

The defender looked back, and it was really the banner of the Ming army in the twilight, and the big word "thin" was unfolding in the wind, which was particularly dazzling, and he nodded and said: "Yes, yes, the villain will open the door!" As he spoke, he shouted to the two soldiers beside him to open the city gates.

Mao Biao's expression was calm, until the defenders of the city greeted the city gate, and then followed them into the city, but they were guarding the city gate, and the "Bo Qianhu" behind saw that Mao Biao had occupied the city gate, so he swaggered in.

More than 200 people all entered the castle, and the soldiers guarding the city thought that they were going to enter the barracks to rest, but they didn't expect Mao Biao to say: "A few of you, go down with me to rest first, and the guards in the city today will be handed over to Bo Qianhu's personal soldiers for the time being." ”

"Your Excellency......" The defenders hesitated.

"You rabbit cub, it's only been a few days since Lord Ben left Bitter Water Bay, and you can't speak well, right?" Mao Biao's eyes widened, he grabbed the horsewhip, and was about to split his head and cover his face, "Lord Bo's identity is expensive, if something goes wrong, how many heads do you have?" ”

"Bo Ping" was a little impatient, and said: "Mao Baihu, don't blame those who don't know, take them down first!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Mao Biao bowed and said, but when he turned around, he glared at him and shouted, "Don't you retreat with me?" ”

Under the double pressure of Mao Biao and "Bo Ping", where did the defenders dare to say "no", and Mao Biao was originally the defender of Kushui Bay, so he could only give up the position of the city head and hand it over to the "Bo Ping" soldiers, and he followed Mao Biao to bypass several other city gates.

All the defenders of the city were replaced by "Bo Ping" people, but the original defenders of each gate were concentrated in the barracks, and together with the rest of the defenders in the barracks, about thirty people, were all gathered in the training ground at this time.

Bo Ping's subordinates, except for those guarding the city gates, were all lined up on the opposite side of these soldiers, and their right hands were unconsciously pressed on the hilt of the sword at their waists.

Mao Biao coughed and slowly came to the defenders of Kushui Bay.