On May 25, the second year of Chongzhen, at noon, on the school field in front of the official office of Xiwei Liulin Fort in the former Shanxi Dusi Town, the guards of the Thousand Households, the crowd was crowded, and there were many knives and guns.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, Zhang Zongheng, the envoy of Shanxi, and Jiao Shengchang, the governor of Suizhou, three civil officials of the imperial court who were born as scholars, sat side by side on three official hat chairs under the shade of a tree at the end of the school field.

Hong Chengchou was in the center, Zhang Zongheng was on the left, and Jiao Shengchang was on the right, quietly waiting for the surrender of the "Zijinliang" king and his thieves, who had been crisscrossing northern Shaanxi and Shanxi for nearly a year.

Wang Ziyong and his thieves were desperate when there was artillery bombardment in front and the Yellow River in the back, and chose to surrender.

As soon as the order was issued, almost all the subordinates breathed a sigh of relief, threw down their rudimentary weapons one after another, and surrendered to the nearest officer and soldier.

One morning, the last 8,000 or so thieves who were surrounded on the bank of the Yellow River all surrendered, and their weapons were confiscated one by one, and then they were wrapped around their necks with hemp ropes, and they were put on strings one after another, and were escorted by Wang Chengen, the general of Shaanxi Province, and Li Bei, the general of the mining camp, all the way to Yongning Prefecture City to clean up the rotting corpses and ruins in the city.

Now that the weather is hot, if the ruins in the city of Yongning Prefecture are not cleaned up quickly, then the city can only be scrapped.

When all the more than 8,000 captured minions were escorted on the road, and after passing through Qinglongdu and continuing to the east, the famous "Zijin Liang" Wang was also brought to the school yard of Liulinbao by Li Wenyun and his subordinates.

Brought to this school yard with his hands tied with him, there were also the leaders under Wang Ziyong's command: "Ground Snatcher" Liu Liu, "Xing Red Wolf" Xing Zhanao, "Scorpion Block" Tuoyangkun, and "Non-muddy" Wang Zishun.

These thieves, who have been in the limelight for many years in history, are all disgraced and depressed at this moment.

After they arrived at the school grounds, they were pushed by the musketeers under Li Wenyun's command, stumbled to a distance of more than ten steps from where Hong Chengchou and the others were sitting, and consciously knelt on the ground.

Wang Ziyong knelt at the front and said first: "The sinner king has kowtowed to the lord of the court for his own use!" ”

Of course, Wang Ziyong has seen the world, but the world he has seen is all the world in the reckless rivers and lakes, similar to the battle in front of him, he has not experienced it, just nearly a month and a half ago, the scene of Zhang Guoxing, the former Shaanxi commander-in-chief, was tied up by him and sent to Shennanyu, of course, it is still vivid, but at this time, the bitter master was replaced by himself.

At that time, Zhang Guoxing was killed on the spot after suffering humiliation, what kind of fate will he have now?

He didn't dare to think deeply.

Seeing the three civil officials sitting on the official hat chair not far away, even if he had not dealt with the civil officials of the imperial court, he knew that the one sitting in the middle was the one who could decide his fate.

Wang Ziyong knelt down and finished speaking, only to see the person sitting in the middle looking at him expressionlessly, without saying a word, while the officials on both sides looked sideways at the one in the middle, and no one spoke.

Wang Ziyong knew that the current situation was not the time for him to respond to the call in Guangwuzhuang or Shennanyu, and people were waiting for him to continue talking.

Wang Ziyong swallowed a mouthful of spit, then kowtowed and said: "The sinner king uses himself, leads all the leaders under his command, the land sweeping tiger Liu Liu, Xing Red Wolf Xing Zhanao, and the scorpion block Tuoyangkun, and does not touch the mud Wang Zishun, come to surrender to the government, please ask the court lord to be merciful, and spare a cheap life of the sinners!"

"Sinners are willing to change their minds, be new people, follow the adults, obey the orders of the adults, make meritorious atonements, and serve the court!"

After saying this, Wang Ziyong took a few more thieves, took a few steps forward, and kowtowed heavily to the ground, and the thieves who had crisscrossed the two provinces and killed countless people before were lying on the ground under the scorching sun, and couldn't help but tremble.

Just as Wang Ziyong was waiting with fear and anxiety for the court officials opposite to make a judgment on his fate, he suddenly heard the civil official sitting in the middle say coldly: "Bring Wang Zuohang and the others over!" ”

"Wang Zuohang?! Could it be that Ningxiang is also broken?! Wang Zuohang was captured?! ”

When Wang Ziyong heard the voice of the big official, he couldn't help but look back, and the four people of "Ground Sweeping Tiger", "Xing Red Wolf", "Scorpion Block" and "No Mud" all turned around at the same time, and their eyes were full of shock.

Soon, the officers and soldiers around the school field dodged a passage, and under the escort of a team of officers and soldiers, seven men with big flowers tied up and covered with black cloth were dragged to the center of the school field.

At this time, Hong Chengchou shouted: "Verify the right body!" ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou's words fell, Li Wenyun, who was standing beside him, immediately stepped forward quickly with a team of musketeers and ripped off the black cloth covering the heads of Wang Zuojiao and others.

Wang Ziyong and others saw all this in their eyes, and they were simply shocked and inexplicable.

The first person who was brought into the school was really the "King of Liang" Wang Zuohang!

After a closer look, the black cloth that was ripped off and covered on the head was the "King of the Whole World" Wu Yangui, the "Big Red Wolf" Du San, the "Star of the Sky" Hui Dengxiang, the "Star of the Sky" Zhang Tianshou, and the "A Gust of Wind" Miao Mei and the "Heavenly Dragon" Bai Wenbo.

Although these people were torn off the black cloth that had been covering their heads for a long time, and they couldn't open their eyes for a while under the strong eyes at noon, for Wang Ziyong and others, who were quite familiar with each other, they could see the identities of those people clearly at a glance.

"Wu Yangui?! Du San?! Whyeden Sang?! ”

"Zhang Tianshou?! Miao Mei?! Bai Jiu'er?! ”

After lying on the ground and looking back at the few people who were tied up and brought into the school yard by Wuhuada, the leaders under Wang Ziyong's command exclaimed one after another.

These people are all Juyi brothers who drank wine and ate meat together before, although there is rarely any true affection between each other, but at this time, looking at them half-dead and at the mercy of others, there is also some empathetic sadness!

Wang Zuohang, who had been accustomed to the strong sunlight for a while, finally opened his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him in a trance.

When he saw Wang Ziyong, who was kneeling on the ground not far away and looking at him with a frightened face, his eyes instantly widened and he shook his head desperately.

Because since he surrendered out of the city and was brought into the camp where Hong Chengchou was, he was pushed to the ground by the officers and soldiers, and was tied up on the spot, not to mention, and was tightly gagged by several officers and soldiers with a large piece of rags, and then covered his head with a black cloth bag.

Two whole days and two nights have passed, and it is now noon on the third day, Wang Zuo has not eaten the grain, not a drop of water, and the person has reached the verge of collapse and coma.

However, at this time, suddenly illuminated by the strong sunlight, Wang Zuohang still barely maintained a trace of sobriety, but the first scene that caught his eye was a scene that shocked him extremely much.

"The Purple Gold Liang King's own use has also been reduced?!"

This was the first reaction of Wang Zuo's head after he could think about it, and then he wanted to open his mouth and shout, wanting to tell Wang Ziyong that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi in front of him, was a murderer and must not surrender to him!

It's a pity that his mouth has been blocked for three days, and he hasn't even had a chance to say a word for three days, and of course he hasn't had a chance to meet Hong Chengchou.

It was the first time we had met, but it was on such a confusing occasion.

After Wang Zuohang and others surrendered, they were initially imprisoned in Hong Chengchou's camp, and after Hong Chengchou entered the county seat of Ningxiang, these seven people were brought into the city again, although they were gagged, covered with their heads, unable to speak, and unable to see the surrounding situation, but their ears could hear.

That night, the sound of all night of cries resounded outside the city, and although they were in the city, they could also be faintly heard.

What's more, the officers and soldiers who were guarding them also quietly discussed the terrifying and miserable scene of the pit killing several times in private.

Therefore, these thieves who used to be powerful in the past were all full of remorse, and they all felt that they would rather die in the city of Ningxiang than surrender in such a daze.

At this time, none of them mentioned the fact that they were originally going to surrender by fraud, rather than surrendering to the court sincerely.

At this moment, Wang Zuohang couldn't speak, so he had to shake his head desperately, using up the little strength he had, desperately struggling to warn Wang Ziyong and others.

However, it was useless for him to do so, and instead he received a heavy blow from the butt of the officer's gun.

After receiving a heavy blow to the butt of the officer's gun in the abdomen, Wang Zuo hung his waist like a fried shrimp, fell to the ground, curled up into a ball.

Of course, Hong Chengchou knew what Wang Zuojiao wanted to do, but he just wanted to tell the thieves in front of him not to surrender to him, but now that it is up to them, is it up to them to choose?

Originally, these people were retained, just to use them when recruiting the Guangwuzhuang thief army, and at this time, Wang Ziyong and others knelt in front of him, so it was useless for Wang Zuo to hang a few people.

Since it's useless, what's the point of keeping them? Have a casual meal?

Hong Chengchou didn't look at the frightened Wang Ziyong and the others, but just said to Li Wenyun: "What are you waiting for!" Let's execute! ”