Zhang Yanchang responded, Kang Lu strode in, saluted Zhang Yanchang with a fist, and saluted Lian Zining, Lian Zining saw that he obviously had something to say, but he was in the way of being here, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "Dashuai, the last general will leave first." ”

"You don't have to go." Zhang Yanchang waved his hand: "It's not a big deal, Kang Lu, say it!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" Kang Lu first said to Lian Zining: "That's the case, Lord Lian, yesterday, we went to Haifeng to investigate the situation and came back, but on the way, we bumped into a small group of men on horseback, not like a good person, after being stopped by us, he even dared to resist with a sharp blade." They are going in the direction of Haifeng, we are worried about what to do with the white-robed traitors, so we have left a few alive and are being interrogated! ”

"Oh?" As soon as he heard that it had something to do with the white-robed army, Lian Zining immediately woke up and hurriedly asked, "Is there a result?" ”

Kang Lu frowned, shook his head and said: "Those people have extremely hard mouths, we beat one to death, and we won't move!" Didn't ask anything. ”

Lian Zining gasped, he didn't recruit when he was beaten to death, and he didn't recruit when he watched his companions being beaten to death, it can be seen how firm the will of these people is? And to have such a firm will, and to have a connection with the white-robed army, this matter, I'm afraid it's not easy!

Zhang Yanchang obviously thought of this problem, and his face suddenly became a little ugly, seeing that he couldn't turn the tables, but there were variables, could it be that the white-robed army was going to have something to do?

Lian Zining's heart moved, and he said: "Dashuai, otherwise, how about interrogating those few people who live [***] to their subordinates?" ”

Seeing Zhang Yanchang's puzzled gaze, Lian Zining hurriedly said: "Under his subordinates, there is a capable person, who turned out to be the hereditary hundred households of Jinyiwei, who has been on an errand in Nanzhen Fusi for decades, and has the most rich experience in interrogation. Something should be asked. ”

In the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyi Guards were a well-known golden signboard, and in terms of interrogation, if they considered themselves to be second, then absolutely no one dared to claim to be first.

As soon as Zhang Yanchang heard this, he immediately made a decision and asked Lian Zining to follow Kang Lu to mention people.

―――――― the dividing line―――――― night was dark, the camp was gradually silent, and the soldiers had already fallen asleep.

After Lian Zining checked the homework of the Kang Su sisters, he got up and walked out of his tent, looked left and right, and there was a newly raised tent on the left and right.

It was heavily guarded, guarded by more than a dozen officers and soldiers inside and out, with swords and guns unsheathed and vigilant looks. The reason why this is so is because inside this tent, there is a person who is very important to Lian Zining.

Lian Zining opened the door curtain and walked in, the furnishings in the tent were very simple, just a bed, a small few futons, and the small table was full of chickens, ducks and fish, which was very hearty, and there was even a pot of wine. Xiong Tingbi was sitting in the back, and when Lian Zining went in, he was holding a chicken leg in one hand and a wine jug in the other, and he was drinking happily.

Seeing Lian Zining coming in, he hurriedly threw the chicken leg away, put the wine jug down, and said loudly: "You finally came to see me!" ”

In that big war, Xiong Tingbi was pulled out of the pile of dead people, and he was still angry, so he naturally became a prisoner, and he was captured with him, as well as the brave and invincible Tang Yidao, Lian Zining originally thought that he had died in battle, but when he heard this result, of course he was overjoyed. After all, a person as amazing and brilliant as Xiong Tingbi, even in this time and space, must be an extremely outstanding and excellent general, if he dies, it would be a pity. So Lian Zining said something bad, pleaded a few times, and Zhang Yanchang also remembered that he had made great contributions, and finally relented and promised to write a battle fall for Xiong Tingbi, and then hand over the person to him for disposal.

That Tang Yidao is brave and invincible, with one enemy and thousands, and no one can stop the Mo knife in one hand, when everyone saw it, Lian Zining originally wanted to come over, but he didn't expect Zhang Yanchang to also fall in love with this person, and he wanted to be included in the account as a general, so he had to give up.

But getting a Xiong Tingbi is already an unexpected joy.

After getting him here, Lian Zining didn't meet him, but just let people heal his injuries, so he was locked in this tent, and he didn't abuse him, on the contrary, he was served by a fat chicken with a ton of wine, as long as he didn't leave this tent, other requirements could be met. But there was one rule, Lian Zining would not come to see him, and no one was allowed to talk to him.

In this way, Xiong Tingbi was choked enough. After being captured, he thought that he would die, and according to the custom, he should be escorted to the capital, and in front of the people of the capital, he was declared a traitor and rebelled, and he was killed by the most cruel Ling Chi! This made Xiong Tingbi feel great pain and fear, for him, death is not terrible, but what he is afraid of is that after death, Xiong Tingbi's name will be left for 10,000 years, and he will be scolded by the world! For a scholar who once took Confucius and Mencian ethics as the highest goal in life and pursued self-cultivation and Qi family governance to level the world, this is the most unacceptable!

At this time, he had a trace of remorse for his act of joining the rebel army. In fact, in the minds of everyone in this era, the Ming Dynasty is orthodox, even if it is a thief, it is no exception!

But I didn't expect that not only did he not die, but he was not sent to the capital, but he was served here, with good wine and meat. In the past few days, he has been living very comfortably, but his heart has been extremely tormented, he is a smart person, and smart people think more, not only think more, but most of them will think in a bad direction. So Xiong Tingbi guessed how this Lord Lian was going to concoct himself, and he was terrified, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

But he thought about it a lot, but he didn't think about Lian Zining wanting to subdue him at all. After all, in these years, the central authority is so heavy, and the military generals of Wenchen are conscientious, and they dare not have the slightest dissent, rashly taking in an anti-thief general, and taking great risks, which is too unwise. And Xiong Tingbi didn't find that he had anything worth subduing.

He naturally didn't know that Lian Zining was just trying to take him for his own use.

The most amazing and brilliant general in the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse, the founder of the three-thousand-mile Liaodong defense line, both civil and military, etc., lifted the veil of mystery given to him by history, and without the fear and emotion of this historical figure, Lian Zining can now look at him with a condescending eye, and find that even if he is like Xiong Tingbi, he is just a very capable smart person.

Smart people are always difficult to subdue and difficult to control, and smart people with ability are even more so. If you want to take these people for your own use, you must give them grace and pressure, and both are indispensable! Otherwise, I am afraid that the other party will accept it for a short time, and I will not be convinced, but it will cause a big trouble.

And smart people are rarely afraid of death, this is also their weakness, spare their lives! So Lian Zining has a target, hang him for a few days first, let him think about it, scare himself, and the psychological defense line will naturally collapse, and then it will be twice the result with half the effort.

Lian Zining was very satisfied to find that his plan had succeeded, although Xiong Tingbi's face did not change, his slightly trembling fingers and constricted pupils had already exposed his nervousness.

Lian Zining smiled and said: "The general of the defeated army, is it quite comfortable!" ”

Thinking of when he and Lian Zining said that they would see the truth on the battlefield, but now they were captured, Xiong Tingbi's face was a little red, and he sneered and said: "You have iron shields and spears, hard crossbows and strong bows, and firearms, we don't have anything, and the number is still twice as many as ours, even if you win, what can you do?" ”

"Joke!" Lian Zining sneered: "If you don't use a strong bow or a hard crossbow, you don't need a firearm, you don't need an iron shield and a spear, aren't you a fool?" Do you have to be like Song Xianggong and become a laughing stock for the ages? Xiong Tingbi, are you confused? ”

Xiong Tingbi was speechless for a long time, sighed, and said dejectedly: "My lord, whether you kill or kill, give me a good word!" I am frightened these days, and life is better than death. ”

Lian Zining knew that Xiong Tingbi had softened, and he didn't care about himself, stared at him, and said slowly: "Serve the general, and the general will guarantee you a bright future!" ”

"What?" Xiong Tingbi's face changed, and he couldn't believe it: "My lord, you, do you want me to surrender?" ”

Lian Zining nodded: "Not bad!" ”

"This?" Xiong Tingbi's face was blue and white for a while, thinking about his own frightened and frightened, and then thinking about this adult who is so powerful, following his brilliant future, he immediately made a decision in his heart, he gritted his teeth, knelt down in a big salute, and said loudly: "The last general, Xiong Tingbi, participate in the adult!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Lian Zining couldn't hide his smug laughter for a while, stepped forward to help Xiong Tingbi, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, you return to the general, the general will definitely not treat you badly!" ”

Xiong Tingbi was slapped by him, and suddenly felt that his body was half soft, and he quickly bowed his head and said, "The last general is panicked!" ”

In fact, in this era when the righteousness of the court is obeyed by everyone from the bottom of their hearts, there are many examples of captured rebel generals surrendering to the court, on the contrary, the captured officers and generals, the civil officials who are about to break the city, will never be thieves even if they commit suicide. Because everyone, including these rebels, believes from the bottom of their hearts that the imperial court is orthodox, and serving the imperial court is the right way to life.

This is also the reason why the imperial court has always failed to suppress bandits, but Zhao'an has always succeeded.

Lian Zining got Xiong Tingbi's heart, he was in a happy mood, and the two sat down again, since they had dignity and humility, they naturally couldn't be casual anymore, Lian Zining was sitting, and Xiong Tingbi stood in front of him very respectfully.

"At the moment, there are no vacancies in the army, so you can stay with the general for the time being, and the military aircraft will be counsellor. But you don't have to worry, after this war, Wu Yijun will be famous, and there will be a lot of benefits, and it will not be able to expand the scale, and when the time comes, you will naturally have a share! Lian Zining looked at Xiong Tingbi and said softly.

Xiong Tingbi was moved in his heart, and kowtowed again and thanked him: "The last general Xie is promoted, and the last general is a new returnee, don't dare to do this, I am willing to start from a small pawn!" ”

"Well, don't say that! Isn't it a joke to let you start as a pawn? Lian Zining smiled and said, "This matter is so decided!" ”

"The last general obeys, and the last general thanks you!" Xiong Tingbi said respectfully.

"I'm looking for you this time, and there's one more thing." Lian Zining frowned, and continued to ask: "Qi Jiguang and Zhang Geng, what are the trends, for example, if you lose this battle, arrange a way out, the next move and other things, do you know?" ”

At the mention of Qi Jiguang, Lian Zining couldn't help but smile bitterly. Qi Jiguang's name was learned from the captives, and as soon as he heard this name, Lian Zining was trembling.

What is this situation? Why did the strong people emerge one by one? And they are all on their own enemies, and they don't let people live? Although Lian Zining kept telling himself that Qi Jiguang at this time might not have grown to such a strong level, the thought of playing against him made his heart feel bottomless for a while.

This is not timidity, but a natural weakness in the face of living historical figures, especially extremely strong ones.

What's more, these Qi Jiguang are already the top corners. After interrogating the prisoners, the generals realized that the movements and decisions of the white-robed army during this period of time were all made by this military advisor.

This kind of ability, even Zhang Yanchang is also surprised, lamenting that such characters are reluctant to be thieves.

"This, but the last general doesn't know, the small and small affairs in the army are all decided by the military division, the big leader and the seventeenth lady, and I can't get involved, only to be ordered to carry it out." Xiong Tingbi replied.

"Oh? Lady Seventeen? Who is this? Lian Zining asked in surprise, I didn't expect Zhang Gengjun to be really capable, listening to the name, this seems to be a woman, but she can meddle in military affairs, she must have some ability.

"Back to the words of the adults, this seventeenth lady said it, and there are some origins." Xiong Tingbi said with a smile: "This was originally from Jiangnan Mingji, and later fell in love with a talented scholar, so he redeemed himself, married the scholar, and funded him to go to Beijing to take the exam." Later, the scholar became a jinshi and became an official, but a few days ago he said that he was implicated and was exiled for 3,000 miles, and this famous person was also included in the teaching workshop as a slave, and was later bought by a wealthy merchant from Leling and made his own concubine. Hehe, the rich businessman was caught on fire, and this woman was later taken in by Zhou Xingbo, the governor of the Yamen of the four counties, and found a reason, cured him of his offense, and took the woman into the seventeenth room. Later, the big leader broke through Leling County, and Zhou Xingbo's family, servants and children were all in a mess, but she was not in a hurry, and led everyone to open the door to welcome the righteous army in, and offered the family's property, fields and other things. Seeing that she was a woman, but she was so calm, the big leader was quite interested...... Now, the civil affairs of the four counties are all in her hands, and they are done in an orderly manner, which is amazing. ”

After listening to this, Lian Zining couldn't help but be amazed, this woman's life experience is also legendary enough, but there is no doubt about her ability, in this era, many celebrities are very good at politics.

Lian Zining got up and said, "It's just right, I'm going to watch an interesting scene with Ben." ”

Xiong Tingbi was stunned, and hurriedly said, "Yes, my lord!" ”

Except for the tent, go to the left, which is newly set up and dedicated to the torture of those people.

Seeing him coming, the soldiers kept saluting along the way, Lian Zining nodded in response, opened the door curtain and entered, the inside was divided into two rooms, the outside was empty, only Liu Liangchen sat there alone and drank tea, and when he saw Lian Zining, he quickly stood up. saw Xiong Tingbi behind Lian Zining, but he was stunned.

Lian Zining said: "This is Xiong Tingbi, and he will stay in the army in the future to counsel the military aircraft, you two, you will be closer and closer in the future." ”

He also said to Xiong Tingbi: "This is Liu Liangchen, Wu Yijun's pacification, and he is specifically responsible for military law." ”

Xiong Tingbi took a step forward and saluted respectfully: "Xiong Tingbi has seen adults, please give me more advice in the future." ”

Liu Liangchen also squeezed out a smile, returned the salute, and said politely.

"It's done, don't be polite, how is the interrogation??" Lian Zining asked.

"Not yet!" Liu Liangchen smiled bitterly: "This matter is indeed not simple, those prisoners are all stubborn, no matter how hard they torture, Lao Wang is ready to be tortured." ”

"Oh?" Lian Zining frowned: "Let's go in and have a look." ”

Liu Liangchen hurriedly said: "My lord, you have to think twice, the scene inside is really miserable!" ”

Lian Zining laughed: "We have come over the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, are you still afraid of this?" ”

After saying that, he entered the inner room, and Liu Liangchen hurriedly followed.

(To be continued)