Gao Yingxiang seemed to have heard some big joke, and couldn't help laughing out loud, until Zuo Liangyu was annoyed and angry when he laughed, then he asked Zuo Liangyu in a weak voice: "General Zuo has accepted a lot of money from us to buy his life over the years, right?" ”

"How could the emperor Shengming believe your false words and mistakenly hurt the general!" Zuo Liangyu's words are no longer as straightforward as just now.

It is the practice of the Ming army to collect the money for buying roads and buying lives for Liukou, and it is the practice of the Ming army to be an official for thousands of miles, and he only loves money, and he is afraid that many people will quit without this silver in his account. The finances of the imperial court are known to everyone how bad they are, and the Liao salary is a little better, after all, there is the great enemy of the Qing Dynasty, and the successive governors of Liaodong are all able to do things.

And Zuo Liangyu and their troops don't have such good treatment, and many sergeants only have a mandarin duck robe for a lifetime. The salary can only depend on fate, and the salary allocated by the imperial court is not enough, and then the bigwigs of the household department have to take half of it, and the military department has to take half of it, and finally it is exploited layer by layer, and there is not one out of ten that falls into the hands of the soldiers.

If it's in peacetime, it's just that, anyway, they are all farming for the officers to be farmers, and now they are in the war, and there is no pension for those who died in the war these years, and if they win the war, tens of millions of people will share a certificate of award, who wants to do this kind of life-saving work without money, and the Liukou are repeatedly suppressed and the Ming army does not contribute to the work, and every time it just drives the Liukou out of their own defense area.

Of course, this is not bad, in the face of the big soldiers, the officers will always pay a little attention to their appearance, and leak some soup for them from time to time, and the generals below will also take care of their soldiers, at least so that they can eat before they go into battle, otherwise the mutinies that have come and gone one after another in this year can make them anxious.

But there is no such care for the people, and the disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court is, of course, indispensable to the adults above. The officials below also took a copy, and the imperial power did not go to the countryside in these years, and the squire Li Zheng, who was really responsible for relief in the last place, only went in and could not pull out a dime, and even forced the people to sell their sons and daughters in the disaster year, and finally received it into their hands at the price of a few bags of rice.

"That's all there is to it, I also know that General Zuo deliberately indulged his subordinates to loot in all directions, and did it even more ruthlessly than us, in the past, there was our righteous army to resist the tyranny, and the Ming Dynasty in order to exterminate us, so Emperor Ming and the ministers deliberately turned a blind eye to General Zuo's actions, and when our righteous army was destroyed, the Ming Dynasty in order to calm the people's anger, I am afraid that I will take General Zuo's head to thank the people of the world!"

"Fart, this general is still not for the court to make this decision, this will lead the army to work hard and forget to die to exterminate the Liukou, the local government is not only unwilling to contribute, but even the city will not let us in, we have no food and will not starve to death, soldiers can not get pay for a few years, not to mention that it is a good thing to fight a war and not mutiny, if I don't let them plunder and give them benefits, how will they listen to my orders!" The people guarding the entrance of the cave were all Zuo Liangyu's cronies, but Zuo Liangyu was not afraid that others would spread this, so he retorted directly to Gao Yingxiang.

Immediately, Zuo Liangyu glanced at the cave in surprise and confusion, and only after half a sound did he sneer at Gao Yingxiang: "Gao Yingxiang no matter how much nonsense you talk today, the general will definitely not let you go!" ”

"This king knows that he will die today, where would he expect General Zuo to let me go. Besides, even if General Zuo wants to let the king go, there is nothing he can do, Hong Chengchou, the king of Lu Yan, is here, General Zuo, do you dare? Gao Yingxiang smiled disdainfully.

Zuo Liangyu is such an arrogant person, even though he knew that it was Gao Yingxiang's provocative words, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and laughed angrily: "What kind of person is Governor Lu, who has an amazing military force, has never tasted defeat since he was in the military, and can defeat the Qing army head-on. Governor Hong is the secretary of the military department in the future, and there is no need to talk about entering the prime minister in the future, they really don't dare here, Gao Yingxiang, you don't need to provoke me! ”

Gao Yingxiang leaned against the wall weakly at the moment, his heart was full of disdain for Zuo Liangyu, and he calculated before he died, Zuo Liangyu was afraid that he was not far from death. His words today have already moved Zuo Liangyu, and when he exterminates the rest of the rogues, he will definitely have reservations. will even take the initiative to let them escape.

However, as Gao Yingxiang asserted, Zuo Liangyu is only a little clever but can't see the general trend clearly, the Ming Dynasty now has the upper hand both internally and externally, and there is a faint image of Zhongxing, Gao Yingxiang does not report any hope for his career after death, Zuo Liangyu's approach is not wrong before, leaving a way back for himself.

Look at the endings of Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang, you can see the difference, Qi Jiguang is a few streets away from Li Chengliang in terms of military affairs, but Qi Jiguang finally fell and died, while Li Chengliang grew up in Liaodong, laid a century-old foundation for the Li family, and finally was able to be a marquis.

The biggest difference between the two is that Qi Jiguang exterminated all the Japanese and beat them so that they did not dare to invade the Ming Dynasty again. And Li Chengliang first beat the tribes of Liaodong to call him father, and then raised tigers from time to time when he knew that these sons had ghosts in their hearts, proving the necessity of his existence to the imperial court.

But now the situation is different, there are a lot of capable people in the Ming Dynasty, if you don't have Zuo Liangyu, maybe with Zuo Liangyu's usual merits, he will not die if he is finally liquidated, and he can go home and be a rich man, Zuo Liangyu will do that again, that is, there is a way to die.

Gao Yingxiang thought about this, and finally smiled with satisfaction, and suddenly covered his mouth and coughed a few times, and then felt that there was something wrong with his hand, and opened his palm to see it by the light of the torch, and his hands were directly covered with blood, first smiled bitterly, and then sighed softly: "I didn't expect that I Gao Yingxiang should die here!" ”

Looking around, seeing that the cronies around him were all pale and had relatives, Gao Yingxiang supported himself and laughed: "I, Gao Yingxiang, have galloped through several provinces in the past seven years, repeatedly defeated the Ming army and led a million troops to sweep the Central Plains, and finally was trapped in a cave, and died and laughed for the world, which is really sad!" ”

"Don't lose confidence in King Chuang, so and so, I will take King Chuang and kill you!" The cronies and generals around him mourned and comforted.

"You have been with this king for several years, and you have always done your best for this king, and now you are not waiting for the crime, you are waiting to take my head to ask for merit from the Ming army, maybe you can get a wealth and wealth, and you will not live up to your acquaintance with this king!" Gao Yingxiang sighed and said.

At this time, the rogues, who were already fluctuating, suddenly quieted down. If a man can live, who wants to die! Everyone followed Gao Yingxiang because they hoped that Gao Yingxiang could bring benefits to everyone, and now Gao Yingxiang is about to die, except for a few people, others are not willing to die with Gao Yingxiang.

"Who should take a good head!" Gao Yingxiang glanced at everyone with pity, and then drew his sword and killed himself.

Zuo Liangyu outside heard the movement, and rushed in with people regardless of the danger, but he was shocked to see the scene of Gao Yingxiang killing himself, and he didn't have time to stop it.

"General Zuo, this king has taken a step first!" Gao Yingxiang smiled gloomily, the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang", and the whole person fell against the wall.

Zuo Liangyu looked extremely angry, Gao Yingxiang didn't follow the kind words that first provoked him, and then he killed himself in front of him, and the great work slipped away in front of him, how could Zuo Liangyu not be angry. Gao Yingxiang, who was caught alive, was sent to the capital, and Gao Yingxiang, who died, were two different things.

"Kill them all!" Zuo Liangyu will not let go of these people, they are not more important than Gao Yingxiang's status, and they know too much!