A breakthrough organized by the last group still ended in a fiasco, and the remaining brothers, less than 40,000 people, lost more than half.

It was already mid-to-late July, and Gao Yingxiang and others had been besieged in the Carriage Gorge for more than a month, and they knew that if they continued like this, the final way out would be to annihilate the entire army, and they had to think of other ways.

What they didn't expect was that there were also some problems with the officers and soldiers outside.

From the beginning of July to the middle and end of July, the Liukou organized many breakouts, and each time they fought and killed, they were all tragic, and the soldiers of the Ming army waiting at the mouth of the gorge suffered the same heavy losses, which can be described as killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 themselves.

The officers and soldiers were transferred from the four provincial guards, and in the many killings, there was finally a discordant factor.

The general soldiers of the provinces, because of the loss of troops, found Chen Qiyu, they were not convinced, some of the provincial sergeants, the losses were greater, some were slightly better, but everyone's treatment was the same.

Chen Qiyu also had a headache.

The time that Liukou insisted on was beyond his imagination, he originally thought that within a month, he could completely end the battle, but now, a month has passed, Liukou has suffered huge losses, and he still insists, the sergeant he led, the loss is close to 30,000 people, and the blow to the sergeant is also very big.

If it weren't for the encouragement of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Pu, he would have thought about organizing the sergeants, rushing into the carriage gorge, and completely exterminating the rogue.

In the imperial court, they are also waiting for news, and Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is even more anxious, and often has edicts coming down, and even sent envoys to inquire about the progress of the war. When will this group of rogues be completely eliminated?

The long period of rain also hit the morale of the court sergeants.

All kinds of factors add up, and Chen Qiyu's mind has undergone subtle changes.

Seeing the huge military exploits at your fingertips, you just can't get it. If this stream of rogues is completely eradicated, promotion is indispensable, and it may become the Six Shangshu, or the Imperial Envoy, and if you are lucky, you will continue to struggle, and you may be able to enter the cabinet.

It's a great temptation, a temptation that no one can resist.

July 21, late at night.

Three rogues came out of the mouth of the canyon. They carried white flags and did not carry weapons.

Soon, the three people were brought to the officer, and at this time, Chen Qiyu and the others had already rested, and the officer did not disturb.

The three of them brought the news, and the marshal made a decision. Surrender to the officers and troops.

Before the officer could say anything, the other four rogues were brought in. They carried the boxes.

The officer let the sergeant on guard, leave for the time being.

The box was opened, and it was full of gold and silver, and it seemed that it had added more than 10,000 taels of silver.

In the face of great temptation, the attitude of the officers changed significantly.

After a night of discussions. Before dawn, the Liukou returned to the Carriage Gorge.

Late at night on the 22nd, still seven rogues walked out of the gorge again, this time. Several officers were waiting for them, and three chests were brought out, full of gold and silver.

There's even a small box of jewelry.

The officers took the jewels and gold and silver.

Early in the morning of the 23rd, more than a dozen officers entered Chen Qiyu's tent.

About half an hour later, the officers walked out, smiling.

Zhang Pu found out about the situation and entered the tent.

Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng were both in the tent, with smiles on their faces, and they were relieved, it seemed that they had encountered some happy event.

Seeing Zhang Pu coming in, Chen Qiyu, who was in a good mood, said for the first time that after this campaign, Zhang Pu must be recommended to the imperial court.

Zhang Pu was very strange, during this time, Chen Qiyu's face was almost smiling, why was he so happy today.

Chen Qiyu took the initiative to explain the reason, it turned out that the rogues in the carriage gorge couldn't bear it anymore and decided to surrender to the imperial court.

Zhang Pu instinctively felt that it was wrong, it was time for the imperial army to win victories one after another, and under such favorable conditions, it was precisely to completely exterminate the Liukou.

After a few words of debate, Zhang Pu agreed with Chen Qiyu's point of view, Chen Qiyu believes that the Liukou was originally the people of the Ming Dynasty, and when he was desperate, he thought of rebellion, and now he has suffered a major blow, his vitality is injured, he has no ability to resist, and it is reasonable to surrender.

Zhang Pu wrote the recital again.

This letter was quickly sent to the imperial court.

Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, first expressed his agreement, for more than a month, he was clear about all the battle situations ahead, the Liukou did suffer a devastating blow, but the sergeants of the imperial court, the losses were also very large, and now the Liukou is willing to surrender, which is a good thing, and can avoid the casualties of the soldiers to the greatest extent.

Zhu Youzhen also agreed with this opinion.

Zhu Youzhen still has a trace of guilt in his heart, feeling sorry for the rogues, these rogues rose up to rebel because they couldn't survive anymore, and they were willing to surrender to the court, so don't kill too much.

The edict of the Ministry of War soon reached Chen Qiyu's hands.

On July 26, all the rogues in the gorge of the carriage left the gorge and surrendered to the imperial army.

It is said that the rogues who surrendered should have all been disarmed, and they were to be kept in centralized custody, but the rogues who surrendered were not disarmed at all, let alone kept in centralized custody, and their establishment was not disrupted.

All of this is the role of money, and in a few days, Gao Yingxiang and others discussed, took out a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and gave them to the officers around Chen Qiyu.

When you take people's money and eliminate disasters with others, it is the time to repay them, and of course the rogues have to accept hospitality.

The officer got the gold, silver and jewelry, and he didn't care about anything else.

The news of the surrender of the Liukou quickly spread to the imperial court, and this time the surrender was carried out by the important leaders of the Liukou, including Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and others, and the whole court was cheering.

Zhu Youzhen was even more happy, such a major victory, even if it cost more than a million taels of silver, it was worth it.

On July 28, the rogues, who had surrendered, had fully recovered their morale after eating and drinking, and suddenly launched an attack on the imperial army.

Look at the army of the imperial court, because the rogues have surrendered and completed their tasks, they are all packing up and preparing to go home, there is no morale left, and the energy in their hearts has long been lost to Java.

rashly encountering an attack, the army of more than 100,000 was in chaos, and there was no time to respond to the battle.

Of the 40,000 Liukou, only less than 4,000 people were lost, and more than 36,000 people rushed out of the encirclement, and the morale of the Liukou was greatly boosted, all the way out of Hanzhong Mansion, entered Xi'an Mansion, and captured some areas around Xi'an Mansion.

Immediately afterwards, they entered the territory of Gansu and occupied the area around Qingyang, Gansu.

The news soon reached the imperial court.

Zhu Youzhen was furious, he couldn't believe that the rogues who surrendered, why did they still have such combat effectiveness, why did they launch an attack, what did more than 100,000 officers and soldiers do, they could fight against 80,000 rogues in the early stage, and why did they face less than 40,000 rogues, and they became so vulnerable.

The imperial court spent more than a million taels of silver, but in the end it was nothing.

Zhu Youzhen felt that he was being teased, not only by the rogue, but also by Chen Qiyu. The self-esteem is hurt, and the anger that erupts is immeasurable. At this time, the ministers of the imperial court did not dare to persuade at all.

The holy decree went down immediately, and Chen Qiyu was dismissed and arrested in prison.

In the holy decree, it was also mentioned that Zhang Pu, who was supposed to be at home and guarded himself, but he was involved in the military affairs of exterminating the rogues, and he was not enough to succeed and more than he lost, so he ordered him to be arrested and thrown into prison.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, was appointed as the secretary of the military department, and the governor of the military affairs of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, Sichuan, and Henan provinces, and was fully responsible for the eradication of the Liukou.

Originally, he was waiting for the court's commendation, hoping to prove himself in front of Su Tiancheng, but he didn't expect to usher in such an ending.

Zhang Pu had already discovered that something was wrong, the surrendered rogues received the highest courtesy, some people provided them with food, some people provided them with tents, no one asked them to disarm, and no one asked them to gather in one place and accept the adaptation, where is this a surrendered rogue, it is simply the army of the imperial court.

When the Liukou attacked, Zhang Pu was still resting, and there was a deafening shout of killing in the distance, as well as the sound of weapons colliding, and he already felt that something was wrong.

It's just that Zhang Pu didn't expect that he had become a scapegoat.

The officers who accepted the gold, silver and jewelry, of course, had to cover up their actions, they didn't want to lose their official positions, and they didn't want to be put in prison, so Zhang Pu, who had always been a senior staff, would definitely have to bear the blame.

In addition, Zhang Pu belongs to a person with a criminal record, when he was in Nanjing before, he was almost imprisoned for meddling in military affairs, but this Zhang Pu not only did not appreciate the emperor's grace, but interfered in military affairs again, which led to this failure.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Pu's situation cannot be very good.

Before being taken away by the imperial court, someone couldn't see it and secretly told Zhang Pu some reasons.

Knowing these reasons, Zhang Pu's face was like ashes, and he couldn't imagine that he would be full of blood, in exchange for such an ending.

At this time, he thought of Su Tiancheng, it seems that there is really a gap between people, Su Tiancheng is stronger than himself, and he is stronger than himself, and he is strong enough to kill people, this time he was imprisoned in the prison, I don't know if Lu Dao can still live, for the sake of the battle of will, he may have to take his life.

Zhang Pu knew that his defense had no effect, and he had no chance to debate.

In this world, there is no regret about taking medicine. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )