Xing, who was originally on horseback, suddenly turned over, raised his horsewhip, and rode straight towards Gao's own soldiers.

In fact, the so-called He Jin detained Xing's family, Xing's letter for help, so that Gao Ze and Li Benshen came to the rescue, and even He Jin defeated the Xuanjia Army outside Wuchang City, which was a scene performed by everyone, the purpose was to capture Gao Ze and Li Benshen alive without blood.

Before Xing came to the front of the pro-soldiers, he stopped all the pro-soldiers who came to the rescue, and pointed at the crowd with a horsewhip and scolded, "Bold! Do you know who I am, stop me! ”

Xing had helped Gao Jie take care of military affairs before, and of course all the relatives knew her as Gao Jie's wife, and Gao Yuanjue's mother, all of them looked at each other, and they all stopped and didn't dare to go any further.

Seeing that the Xing clan was shocked, he scolded again, "You have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and without the military orders of me and Yuanjue, you were actually confused by Gao Ze and Li Benshen, rebelled without authorization, and attacked the regent, do you want to find death?!" ”

Xing's delay lasted for a while and a half, and Zhang Ying's side had already arrived to arrest Gao Ze and Li Benshen and tie them up tightly.

The culprit was arrested and brought to justice, and all that was left was how to take over the rebellious Gao family's army. In Zhang Ying's view, it would be best to persuade this group of rebels to surrender. If it can't be done, it can only be exterminated.

Zhang Yingren tied Gao Ze and Li Benshen back to the barracks, and then took 500 special combat troops to Xing's side to cheer her on. The hope of persuading the rebels to surrender is only on this Xing clan.

Seeing that Gao Ze and Li Benshen were captured alive, he knew that the general trend had gone, and he no longer acted rashly, and saluted respectfully to Xing's family, "Madame's eyes are like torches, we are indeed coerced by Gao Ze and Li Benshen." ”

He followed the ladder and directly put all the blame for the rebellion on Gao Ze and Li Benshen.

This Gao family army is the only capital of the Xing family, and she doesn't want to make the Gao family army irreversible, seeing that Gao Yuan is knowledgeable and interesting, she said, "Since you are also unintentional, put down your arms and surrender!" ”

When Gao Jie was there, the Gao family army was far from being the opponent of the Xuanjia army, and now that he turned the gun to attack Fang Yuan, Gao Yuan was reluctant, but he was forced by the pressure of Gao Ze and Li Benshen. If there is a chance to surrender anyway, he still does not want to be an enemy of Fang Yuan.

However, before Fang Yuan and the Xuanjia Army did not pardon everyone, where did they dare to lay down their arms and surrender?

Seeing that Gao Yuan was still hesitating, Xing said in a deep voice, "Gao Yuan, I'm waiting to come out and fight with my head up, but it's just for the sake of glory and wealth, and to seal my wife and son, right!" ”

Gao Yuan replied honestly, "Yes!" Auntie, if we surrender, will the regent be able to avoid the blame?! ”

Although Xing was Fang Yuan's woman, Fang Yuan still guarded against her, and the power to surrender was not given to her, but only to Zhang Ying. How to punish Gao Ze, Li Benshen, and the rebellious Gao Jiajun, she and the Xing family couldn't be the master, so they could only look at Zhang Ying, "Commander Zhang, what does the regent say?" ”

Zhang Ying held up the military order given to him by Fang Yuan, and said loudly, "The regent has already made it clear that the Gao family army was coerced by Gao Ze and Li Benshen, and there is no fault. If everyone surrenders, they will perform their duties and be under the continued leadership of Gao Yuanjue and Xing! ”

Fang Yuan's reputation in the past was excellent, and he had never gone back on his word and surrendered.

Since Fang Yuan personally promised not to pursue the high family's army for the felony of attacking Wuchang City, everyone immediately laid down their weapons, and they were not to blame for the past, and everyone was convinced.

Gao Yuan snatched away the sword, knelt down at Xing and Zhang Ying, and said, "Auntie, General Zhang, we have surrendered!" It's down! ”

As soon as Gao Yuan surrendered, all his personal soldiers also surrendered, and then the 10,000 sergeants in the formation also threw their weapons together, knelt down and surrendered, waiting for the Xuanjia Army to be absorbed.

He Jin knew the proportions of advance and retreat, and hurriedly said to Zhang Ying, "General Zhang, the matter of absorbing and surrendering the army will be left to you!" ”

If the Gao family army is absorbed by Zhang Ying, what right do the Xing family and Gao Yuanjue have to speak? Is Fang Yuan crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and wants to take the opportunity to take the Gao family army as his own? However, even He Jin doesn't want to get his hands on the hot potato of Gao Jiajun, and Xing's lonely widow is against having a fart?

Although Xing was reluctant, he could only respond, "Yes, everything is in charge of Commander Zhang!" ”

Zhang Ying looked at He Jin and Xing, before Fang Yuan left, he had already explained to him that the Gao family army continued to retain an independent establishment, and before Gao Yuanjue was rescued, the Gao family army was still controlled by the Xing family.

Zhang Ying smiled and said, "The regent has already had a military order, and the Gao family army will continue to retain its establishment, which will be led by the Xing family and Gao Yuanjue. ”

"Commander He, your army will assist the Xing clan in recruiting the Gao family's army. From now on, the money, food, and strength of the Gao family army must be declared to the military department by the Xing family and Gao Yuanjue, and then disbursed. If anyone disobeys the leadership of the Xing family and Gao Yuanjue, he will end up like Gao Ze and Li Benshen! ”

It is fortunate that He Jin can retain the establishment of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, and he is unwilling to mess with this hot potato, and it is best for the Xing family to deal with the aftermath.

Only then did Xing realize that his previous worries were completely superfluous, Fang Yuan had never thought of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, but gave full support to her and Gao Yuanjue to lead the Gao family's army. If it weren't for Fang Yuan's support, where would Gao Ze, Li Benshen, and even Gao Yuan, who were proud and fierce, take their orphans and widows in their eyes? In the future, there may be a second one, or a third one.

But right now, Fang Yuan gave all the money and food power of the Gao family army to the Xing family and Gao Yuanjue, just to establish the authority of their mother and son in the army. Except for the Xing family, Gao Yuanjue and the others, no one in the Gao family army could ask for money and food from the military department.

Xing was so moved that he almost burst into tears, but in front of everyone, he still held back his tears and said to Zhang Ying, "Thank you, Lord Regent, Commander Zhang's great grace, our mother and son will die in revenge!" ”

Wuchang City

Gao Ze and Li Benshen were escorted to the lobby of the Governor's Palace, and they were already so frightened that they fell to their knees.

A huge momentum, but also alarmed the capital court, Li Zicheng's rebellion was so easily put down, Gao Ze and Li Benshen's stupidity really made Fang Yuan angry and funny.

Fang Yuan sipped the tea leisurely, and his eyes didn't look at the two of them.

Li Benshen knew that this time he was dying, so he kowtowed again and again, "Regent, I, I was also coerced by Gao Ze, this beast, I will, I want to surrender." ”

Fang Yuan saw that he had committed the felony of exterminating the clan, and he was still thinking about dying, so he put down the teacup and said with a smile, "Oh, it turns out that you were coerced by Gao Ze, not the main culprit, so let you go to the ground as soon as possible." ”

"Ma Yishan, write down, Li Benshen committed the crime of conspiracy and disobedience, and was executed in the barracks of the Gao family army!"

Fang Yuan openly executed Li Benshen in the Gao Jiajun barracks, just to use Li Benshen's head to give Gao Jiajun, and even Xing and Gao Yuanjue a warning. If there are two more hearts, the end will be like Li Benshen.

Ma Yishan reminded on the side, "Regent, if you plot rebellion, you should at least punish the three clans." ”

Fang Yuan had also exterminated many people before, but most of them were corrupt officials and corrupt officials. Because of the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it is shared by the whole family, the whole clan, and even future generations, no one can say that they are wronged, why does no one come out to persuade corrupt officials not to be greedy when they are corrupt? !

Although the crime of rebellion is more serious than the crime of embezzlement, in Fang Yuan's view, the vast majority of the people of the three clans and the five clans of Gao Ze and Li Benshen are innocent, wronged, and unaware. We should not indiscriminately kill innocent people just because the crime of rebellion is greater. Although Fang Yuan had also exterminated the rebels before, it was because his foothold was not stable at that time, and he needed to kill to deter opponents.

Now, Fang Yuan had already gained a firm foothold, and he still decided to set things right, and he could no longer kill innocents indiscriminately for the sake of deterrence.

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Old Ma, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty is the main punishment and auxiliary of morality, and the governance of the country should be based on education, supplemented by punishment. ”

Ma Yishan hurriedly said, "The regent is merciful, it's me talking nonsense." ”

Li Benshen was so frightened that he begged again and again, and Fang Yuan ordered Jinyiwei to drag him out and send him directly to the Gao Jiajun's military camp for execution.

Gao Ze didn't say a word the whole time, he knew that he would die, and he didn't want to say more, which made people laugh.

Fang Yuan didn't bother to talk nonsense with Gao Ze anymore, and said to Ma Yishan, "Old Ma, Gao Ze is the main culprit, sentenced to be beheaded, after the beheading of the Gao family's military camp, the violent corpse was ten days, and the head sent someone to Li Zicheng, and gave Li Zicheng a message, if he didn't surrender again, the end would be like Gao Ze." ”

He wanted to use Gao Ze's head to demonstrate to Li Zicheng and dispel any illusions of breaking into the army.