Although he was comforted by Li Yuanyin, Hu Maozhen was still very angry and returned to his camp with a huff.

His camp is a three-entry mansion, which was originally the residence of a famous gentry in Jinan City, close to Daming Lake, with excellent scenery. After Hu Maozhen followed him into the city, he drove the gentry's family out, and by the way, the gentry's maids, wives and daughters stayed. Now this mansion lives Hu Maozhen and his 500 personal soldiers.

As soon as he came back, Hu Maozhen ordered someone to set up wine, and scolded while drinking, "I'm angry with Lao Tzu, Li Chengdong is a dog, he was called a brother and sister to Lao Tzu at the beginning, Lao Tzu rebelled against the court and took refuge in the Qing Dynasty for the sake of righteousness, and now he is the prince, and the high-ranking officials have to be high-spirited!"

Lao Tzu is still a general soldier, and he doesn't even have a knighthood! I still look at his eyes every day and let him beat and scold! ”

The soldiers waiting on the side looked at each other, but they didn't dare to speak, but just poured wine for Hu Maozhen.

Hu Maozhen's depression he felt the same with these personal soldiers, the same is a general, when he was in the Pingnan Army, Hu Maozhen and Li Chengdong's status was not much different, when Lu Zhenfei was on the Northern Expedition, Li Chengdong became the general soldier, and Hu Maozhen was also a deputy general. Because they are all Gao Jie's old subordinates, their friendship has always been very good, so when Li Chengdong decided to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Hu Maozhen also sided with him.

But now, Li Chengdong was named the king of Western Xia by the Manchu court, and Zheng'er was the king of the vassal domain, but Hu Maozhen was nothing, and he was still a general soldier. The status changed dramatically in an instant, which made Hu Maozhen uncomfortable and deeply jealous. Why can he Li Chengdong be crowned king, but he is nothing, and he hasn't even earned a title? How much worse is he than Li Chengdong?

Originally, I felt uncomfortable for a while, and today's insult by Li Chengdong on the city wall made Hu Maozhen extremely angry, and Li Yuanyin's comfort did not play a role at all.

"Alas, it would have been nice if it hadn't been cleared at the beginning, but who would have thought that it would have been so long that Daming suddenly flourished again, and it actually hit Shandong." Hu Sanli, a confidant of Hu Maozhen, a personal guard general who was drinking on the side, said.

Hu Maozhen put down his wine glass: "Do you think Lao Tzu wants to surrender, wasn't there no way at that time, the Ming court did not use Pingnanhou, but used Lu Zhenfei Scholar Northern Expedition, the army was attacked by the Qing army on both roads, and if you don't surrender, there is a danger that the whole army will be wiped out, so Lao Tzu was persuaded by Li Chengdong." Alas, the time is also fate! ”

Hu Maozhen depressedly picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

At that time, although the Qing army was defeated, it still occupied the north, and only two partial divisions could defeat Lu Zhenfei's 200,000 Northern Expeditionary Army, which made Hu Maozhen and many people despair, and at that time, the Southern Ming court actually refrigerated Chen Yue, which made people even more indignant. And Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen and others were originally from Gao Jie's bandit army, where is there any loyalty to speak of, so they will surrender easily.

But now it seems that the surrender was really a bit hasty, if it was not surrendered, even if most of the army losses fled to the south, now I am afraid that it will be reused by Chen Yue, the king of Qi, and the future will be very different. And judging from the current situation, with Chen Yue leading the troops, it seems that it is not very difficult for the Ming Dynasty to defeat the Qing Dynasty. So, to say that you don't regret it is a lie.

"It would be nice if I hadn't cleared it up at the beginning......" Hu Maozhen said unconsciously in his heart.

"General, it's not too late." Hu Sanli came to his senses, looked left and right, leaned into Hu Maozhen's ear and whispered, "If you have the mind to return to the Lord, now is a great opportunity." If we can help the Ming army take Jinan City together, not only can the sins of the Ming Dynasty be written off in the past, but the King of Qi will definitely reward us. After all, it was Li Chengdong's mastermind to surrender the Qing at the beginning, and you were coerced by him to surrender the Qing. ”

"Huh?" Hu Maozhen looked at Hu Sanli thoughtfully, and put down the wine glass in his hand, "It's easy for you to say, but even if I want to surrender, can I feel where the gate of the Ming army is?" If there is no recommendation, how can the generals of the Ming army trust me! ”

Hu Sanli said: "If you insist on returning to the Ming Dynasty, are you afraid that you will not be able to find a way, there is a large army of the Ming army outside the city, as long as the general is willing, the small one is willing to run for you." ”

"Hehe......" Hu Maozhen laughed, smiled, and pulled out the sword placed beside him with a "swish", and the sharp blade was on Hu Sanli's neck, "Say, are you colluding with the Ming army behind Lao Tzu's back!" ”

Hu Sanli's face turned pale all of a sudden, his strands trembled, but he gritted his teeth: "What are you doing, general, what the last general said is all for your good!" ”

"Hmph, in order not to be good for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will distinguish himself, I just asked you, did you meet with the people of the Ming Army? Yes and no? Hu Maozhen sneered.

In the cold weather, beads of sweat rolled down Hu Sanli's face, looking at the murderous aura contained in Hu Maozhen's eyes, he knew that if he didn't tell the truth again, this sword would really cut over.

"General, I am the one who met the Ming Dynasty! But I am also thinking about you and the future of these three thousand brothers! Hu Sanli said with a stiff neck.

"Heh, for the sake of the future of the brothers, with Lao Tzu here, this kind of thing will be your turn? Tell me quickly, where are the people of the Ming army? Hu Maozhen asked.

Hu Sanli was silent for a moment, feeling the sharpness of the sword close to his neck, and seeing that Hu Maozhen's face was getting more and more stern, he had to say it.

Hu Maozhen snorted coldly, waved his hand, and several guards left.

The sword left from his neck, Hu Sanli sat on the ground, and only came back to his senses after a while, and said in despair, "General, if you kill the people of the Ming army, you will never be able to turn back!" ”

Hu Maozhen sneered: "Who said that I want to kill him, even if Lao Tzu wants to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, he has to talk to the people sent by the Ming Dynasty in person, and ask you to deliver a dog thing from it?" ”

"Ahh Hu Sanli's mouth suddenly opened wide.

Under the escort of several Qing soldiers, Shen Lian walked into the hall with a calm expression, and saluted Hu Maozhen with a fist, "Shen Lian has seen Hu Zongbing!" ”

"Jinyi Wei Qianhu, such a high status!" Hu Maozhen looked Shen Lian up and down, "Why do I think you are so familiar?" ”

Shen Lian smiled slightly, "I was originally an errand officer of Huai'an Mansion, and I was recruited by the Marquis of Pingnan at that time as a member of the Enemy Intelligence Division, and I joined the Jinyi Guard later. And Mr. Hu, you surrendered to Hou Ye not long after I joined the Pingnan Army, so it was normal for us to meet at that time! ”

"Hahaha, it turned out to be a former acquaintance, come on, Brother Shen, please sit down, let's have a drink and catch up on the old days!" Hu Maozhen quickly smiled on his face, grabbed Shen Lian's arm, and invited him to the seat. His face changed so quickly that Hu Sanli, who was still sitting on the ground on the side, was dumbfounded.