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When Li Mao climbed the Shanhaiguan, he couldn't help but praise the magnificent mountains and rivers in front of him, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the gloomy day for half a month finally cleared, the snow was clear, the mountains and rivers were magnificent, Li Mao's mood was extremely heavy, the corpses inside and outside the Shanhaiguan were all over the field, layer upon layer,

The corpses were all dressed in the uniforms of the Fourth Division and carried the same banner, if there was a difference in the fact that one side had a strip of white linen tied to its left arm.

"White cloth, bad omen. Whose idea is this, I can't complain about it. ”

"I can't figure it out, on a snowy day, you should tie a red cloth, the red cloth is easy to identify."

Qin Mo kicked a frozen corpse beside him, squinted his eyes in the direction of Liaozhou, and asked Li Mao: "I heard that Xue Qing was reversed, and that beauty of yours took the lead in rebelling against you, how do you feel?"

Li Mao's mood was desolate, he was not happy or sad, and only asked: "In Liaodong, am I Li Mao so hated by others, why do so many people rise up to rebel against me?"

Qin Mo said: "The steps are too big, and the eggs are pulled, this is the reason." You see too far, go too fast, go too fast, patronize your own walking, don't think about whether others can keep up, do big things must make your own ideas, but also consider the feelings of others. Another point, I said don't blame you, there are too many mountains in the two terms of Liaodong military and government, too miscellaneous, it's time to clean up, don't blame me for not reminding, now is a good opportunity. ”

Staff officers checked the battlefield casualties: The 3rd and 4th battalions of the 4th Division defending Shanhaiguan were completely annihilated, and the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, and 95th battalions of the 4th Division of the attacking side were reduced by more than 90 percent, completely losing their combat effectiveness. Only the 6th Reserve Battalion and the 8th Battalion were preserved.

Li Mao snorted, smiled, and said to Qin Mo in a depressed mood: "This pass failed to stop a foreign enemy, but instead reimbursed one of his main divisions, good, good, really good." ”

After the two battalions left behind in Shanhaiguan were rebelled by Ma and Dongce, there was a fierce battle with the main force of the Fourth Division, because there was no naval response, Huang Renfan and Du Shanwu could only attack head-on, the heavy snow closed the road, and the heavy siege equipment could not be transported.

Li Mao ordered Huang Renfan and Du Shanwu to rebuild the Fourth Division on the spot, and on the other hand, he paused his pace and waited for the arrival of the main force of the Third Division.

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Gao Su stationed in Bezhou sent an envoy to Li Mao to ask Li Mao whether to send troops south to quell the rebellion, and Li Mao replied that there was no need for Bezhou to raise troops, and the rebels were at the end of their rope. Gao Su is very good at being a man, and he confessed his loyalty with only one letter. Zhu Jiu was a real person, and when he heard of the rebellion in Ma Hedong, he personally led the main force of the Second Division to the south of the river, and the troops approached Ma Hedong's base in Donggao and Liangzhou.

Along the way, there were countless rebellious fortress resistance, bumps and bumps, and it was extremely difficult.

Shi Xiong rushed to Shanhaiguan and said to Li Mao worriedly: "Ma Xiong'an made a fatal mistake, he shouldn't let Ma go back to Donggaozhou, let the big handsome throw a rat bogey, how is it good?"

Li Mao knew that he was worried that Ma Hedong would destroy the East High Second Prefecture by fire at the end of his life, and even if he won, his strength would be greatly damaged, and it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Liaodong in the future.

Li Mao smiled and said confidently: "Don't complain about Ma Xiong'an, it's commendable that he can stand on my side without abandoning righteousness, you don't know, his parents died when he was a child, and he was raised by Ma Hedong, an uncle." Ma Hedong was born in a poor family, at the age of thirteen, he followed General Yu Hualong to mix pirates, with ups and downs in the middle, until he was twenty-six years old, he suffered a lot in the middle, Ma Xiongan also suffered hardships and sins, two meals a day when he was embarrassed, and a set of clothes in spring, summer, autumn and winter, even so, he did not treat his nephew badly, he was really closer than his own son. His nephew is also very filial to him, that is true filial piety, and it is by no means hypocritical. Ma and Dongman thought that as long as the rod was lifted, Ma Xiongan would stand up, but he miscalculated, and Ma Xiongan stood on our side. After the defeat in Guizhou, Ma Xiongan did not take advantage of the victory to hunt down his uncle, which cannot be blamed on him. People's hearts are flesh and blood, and his heart must be very bitter at this moment. ”

After speaking, he said: "I wrote a letter to Ma Hedong and persuaded him to hand over the second state of Donggao, so that at least there would be fewer deaths." ”

Shi Xiong said: "He may not be willing to listen. ”

Li Mao said: "Do your best and obey the destiny of heaven." ”

Since Ma Hedong returned to Dongzhou City, the rebel empire he painstakingly built began to collapse, especially after Shanhaiguan was captured by Li Mao, there were escapees under his command every day, at first there were dozens of people, and gradually developed to dozens of people, hundreds of people, and finally the defection of the whole battalion, Ma Hedong knew very well in his heart that it would not be long, in addition to his own tax police corps, he would become the head of the bare-bones army.

However, his own tax police corps lost two-thirds in one go when attacking Kikko Mountain.

It's time to think about the back road, what is the back road: stubborn resistance, fight to the last soldier, and then burn Donggaocheng and Li Mao to die together or abandon Donggaozhou and abscond with his own guards, if you do this, Li Mao will definitely give himself a way out, and he still has this belly. Either take the initiative to surrender and let him dispose of it, so that he can save his subordinates, but his subordinates will definitely not agree, they are all iron-blooded men, and they are not allowed to be soft bones.

Ma Hedong hesitated, unable to see the road in front of him.

At this time, Li Mao's handwritten letter of persuasion came, Ma Hedong only read it once, and then put it aside, he sat in the secret room all day long, unwilling to see anyone, unwilling to listen to any favorable and unfavorable news.

After three days of silence, Ma Hedong sent a letter back to Li Mao, promising to surrender to Li Mao, and Donggao Liangzhou, Wen Cheng, and Zhao Guangliang returned to Zhao on the condition that Li Mao must promise to pardon all those who participated in the rebellion except him.

Li Mao quickly replied to his request, and sent two ** battalions of the Fifth Division to secretly drive into Donggaozhou, take over the city defense, and prevent Ma Hedong's subordinates from jumping over the wall and absconding from Ma Hedong.

When Li Mao's letter was still on the way, he received a secret report from Yingzhou, a secret report that made him cry and laugh, Xue Qingnian, the deputy commander of the Ninth Division who stayed behind in the White Wolf Village on the outskirts of Yingzhou, did not know which tendon was in the wrong place, after the situation in Liaodong had been fundamentally reversed, the situation became clearer, and suddenly rose up, vowing to stand with Li Mao, he instigated a rebellion of 500 people at noon, and at dusk there were only a dozen iron rods left around him, Xue Qingnian saw that the situation was not good and was ready to surrender to the Khitans, Before the people left the White Wolf Village, they were tied into zongzi by the soldiers anyway and sent to Yingzhou City.

Xue Qinglian's rebellion was the last spark of the Liaodong rebellion, on the third day after the incident, Li Mao only returned to Dongzhou with two battalions, Ma Hedong had already dismissed his subordinates who swore to follow him, and went out of the city to apologize to Li Mao under the escort of the third battalion of the fifth division that had entered the city in advance. When the rebels were defeated, the two cities of East and Gao became undefended empty cities, which were sacked three times in a row by bandits of all colors, and most of the city's residents were lost.

Ma Hedong was escorted to Li Mao, bowed his head and confessed, without saying a word, and Li Mao was silent.

The emotional silence lasted for a while, and Li Mao opened his mouth first: "Old friends for many years, why did they come to this point." ”

Ma Hedong bowed his head and was silent.

Li Mao said again: "Even if you are dissatisfied with me, how dare you raise an army to rebel, just rely on the little people in your hands to make things happen, you are a cautious person by nature, why do you want to do such a stupid thing"

Ma Hedong opened his eyes and replied calmly: "I know that I am not your opponent, I want you to know that this Liaodong is not something you can cover with one hand, Liaodong is the Liaodong of Liaodong people." The people are embarrassed to the extreme, they can't eat, they don't have clothes, the soldiers are so tired of fighting that they want to flee, and the generals are so war-weary that they want to uncover the rod and rise up to rebel against you. You're not going to end well. ”

Shi Kong shouted: "Where are your applicants, why is there no one?"

Ma Hedong closed his eyes and said nothing, and sighed for a long time: "I am defeated because the means are not as good as you, not because the people's hearts are towards you, I am defeated because the scheming is not as deep as yours, not because the people's hearts are not towards me." I have today's defeat because you have calculated everything and are waiting for me, you have opened a net and waited for me to jump up, so that I and all those who oppose you can be wiped out, so you succeeded, no, you did not succeed, and people's hearts cannot be killed. ”

Qin Mo said: "The human heart can't be killed, but the human heart will die, the person is gone, where does the human heart depend on You also said that the people's heart is not the key to success or failure, but what kind of human heart cannot be killed, isn't it contradictory and ridiculous." ”

Ma Hedong ignored Qin Mo and continued to say according to his own train of thought: "I am defeated, convinced, your intentions are deep and ruthless, in order to cover the sky with one hand, you do not hesitate to use me as bait, and bet the lives of tens of thousands of Liaodong people to eliminate your opponent, your heart is too black and ruthless, I am convinced but unwilling to lose to you, Liaodong will be defeated in your hands sooner or later." ”

Qin Mo clasped his hands in his sleeves and said quietly: "It's a pity that you can't see that day, it's a pity." ”

Li Mao asked: "If you really succeed, how will you deal with me?"

Ma and Dong said: "I never thought that my Ma and Dong rebellion was not all for myself. ”

Shi Kong sneered: "Then you are for the military and civilians of Liaodong, you are a big hero." ”

Qin Mo sneered: "Big hero, it's time to hit the road, do you want to drink a bowl of guillotine wine, I have good wine." ”

Ma Hedong sneered, straightened his body, straightened his clothes, and walked calmly towards the river.

The law enforcement in the army read out the indictment, the firing squad verified the identity, the executioner squirted wine on the torture knife, and was about to show the public, Qin Mo suddenly shouted: "Slow." ”

He took out a pardon order from his sleeve and publicly announced that Ma Hedong's capital crime would be pardoned and commuted to life imprisonment. The pardon order was issued by Li Mao.

Ma Hedong was then escorted away by the "Marquis of Heiyu", and if nothing else, he would spend the rest of his life in the newly built prison in Kikkashan.

Ma Hedong was pardoned for preserving the two states of Donggao, but his hardcore subordinates were not so lucky, because of the indiscriminate killing of civilians and participation in looting, they were put into station cages, lined up on both sides of the city gate and in front of the yamen of the two state capitals, slowly waiting for the end of their lives in the cold wind and thirst.

Qin Mo is right, there are too many mountains in the military and political system in Liaodong, it is necessary to clean it up, and now is a great opportunity. Li Mao ordered Zheng Xiaozhang to take charge of the Internal Security Department, and use all the forces at his disposal to purge the rebellion, preferring to kill a thousand by mistake rather than let go of one.

As long as the internal security department believes that the evidence is conclusive, they can be killed, and they can be beheaded first and then reported, and they are not subject to normal procedures.

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