Zhu Youzhen's surrender to the thieves was intellectually distrustful. In another time and space, the "peasant army" surrendered and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered, and I don't know how many times similar tricks were played. In particular, Li Zicheng once staged a good show of "defrauding the carriage gorge to get out of trouble", which not only saved the army of thieves who were about to be destroyed, but also completely ruined the last glimmer of hope for the imperial court's "peace and mind".

In fact, he has always wondered: Are the officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty so stupid, how can they be deceived again and again?

It wasn't until he had many confrontations with the thieves that Zhu Youzhen understood the reason, that is, the court couldn't do anything about these thieves. Although the official army can defeat the thieves, due to internal and external difficulties and the exhaustion of national strength, it is impossible to eradicate the thieves. Although the thieves suffered defeat, they could still wander to other places, and soon they were able to pull up a large team by coercing the people.

Therefore, the thief is like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, although he seems to be weak, he can play the court around. Of course, they often choose to surrender, but it is only a stopgap measure, and they will never really be captured. Anyway, the imperial court can't do anything about them, in other words, the cost of breaking their promises is too low, and it's a bit like the contemporary rogue emperor. Since no one can control them, it doesn't matter if you don't say it!

Therefore, whether the court is really fooled or helpless, in the final analysis, it still lacks the strength to exterminate the thieves. Therefore, Zhu Youzhen resolutely opposed the trilateral governor Yang He's pacification strategy, and was based on fighting from the beginning, which led to the brilliant record of the Qin soldiers defeating and breaking into the camp.

But Hao Yongzhong's surrender is another matter, and it cannot be regarded as an ordinary thief's surrender. He did not surrender in a desperate situation, on the contrary, he also had the opportunity to capture Zhu Youzhen to blackmail the imperial court.

But he didn't do this, but desperately killed the rebels who retreated He Jinhu, and paid a heavy price for it. Based on this alone, it can be proved that he was not using fraud or selfishness, but was really moved by Zhu Youzhen!

And emotionally speaking, in another time and space, Hao Yongzhong would rather die than resist the Qing Dynasty and adhere to the national righteousness, which also made Zhu Youzhen have a good impression of him. This is just like Zhang Xueliang, the young marshal of the Northeast, although he was born as a bandit, and he gave up the three eastern provinces without "resistance", his crime is not small, but after he repented and used force to promote the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to resist Japan, he is still respected by the people!

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen also treated Hao Yongzhong with sincerity. He first expressed a warm welcome to Hao Yongzhong's submission and did not pursue his past behavior, and then asked solemnly: "Since the general wants to surrender, but he wants to go to Xi'an to pay homage to Yang He, the governor of the three sides?" ”

"I don't care about him, he is a sheep, a crane, a horse, a crane, and Hao Yongzhong only recognizes the King of Qin!" Hao Yongzhong said loudly, "To tell the truth, if you don't have King Qin, even if you get out of the camp, I will never return to the imperial court and let those corrupt officials come and go!" ”

"That being the case, General Hao is going to join the Qin soldiers." Zhu Youzhen said seriously, "Qin Bing is different from other officers and soldiers. The military household system of the imperial court existed in name only, and the officials and soldiers often defaulted on food and salaries, but this would never happen to the Qin soldiers, not only on time and in full, but also far higher than the ordinary officers and soldiers.

Not only that, but every ordinary soldier had his own field, and there were special workers to plant it. The wife of a soldier can also get a job that she can, and her children can go to primary school for free, and they can get scholarships. If a soldier dies in battle, he also receives a lump sum pension equivalent to several decades of salary. It can be said that as long as you are a Qin soldier, you don't have any worries! ”

Just when everyone was fascinated and eager to try, Zhu Youzhen changed his words and said: "But on the other hand, Qin soldiers train hard, and those who fail to meet the requirements are not qualified to join." In addition, the army is governed very strictly, and anyone who violates military discipline will be severely punished in accordance with military regulations, regardless of the generals and soldiers. If General Hao joins the Qin soldiers, whether it is you or your subordinates, as long as you violate the ban, you will never show offences outside the law, and this king must speak first! The general has to think about it, if he doesn't want to be restrained, it's too late to leave. ”

Hao Yongzhong immediately turned around and shouted to his subordinates: "Did you hear clearly? If you are willing to follow me to the King of Qin, I will not force you if you don't want to, let's go our separate ways! ”

As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and these subordinates of Hao Yongzhong have different ideas. Some people are used to being thieves, and when they heard Zhu Youzhen say it, they felt that they couldn't stand it, so they left with their families one after another.

Hao Yongzhong did not stop him, on the contrary, he also took out some entanglements and gave them them, saying that it was good to get together and disperse, and hoped that they would be good brothers when they met in the future. These people were also very moved, and repeatedly said that they would never be enemies of the Qin soldiers, so they reluctantly left.

In the end, there were about fifty horsemen left, and except for more than ten of these people who were Hao Yongzhong's henchmen, who swore to follow him wherever he went, the rest were all moved by Zhu Youzhen's words. They have expressed their willingness to change their past mistakes, break with the past, and join the Qin soldiers to become new people.

At this time, Hao Yongzhong said: "King Qin, I still have one condition, if you can't agree, Hao Yongzhong will not dare to join the Qin soldiers even if he kills himself immediately!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned and said: "I don't know what the conditions are?" ”

Hao Yongzhong said sincerely: "I know that King Qin hates the generals deeply, and sooner or later he will have to crusade. But the general has a great favor to me, can you not let me fight with the general's men? That's all I have, and I can do the rest! ”

Zhu Youzhen also said movingly: "The general is worthy of the word 'Yongzhong', and he has affection and righteousness for the old people, and this king has allowed you this!" Hey, hey, do you think there is only Li Zicheng in the eyes of this king? The Qin soldiers have a lot of battles to fight, not to mention the distant Mongols, Jurchens and Japanese Kou, just Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong, these people are enough for you to fight for a while! ”

Hao Yongzhong's scruples were completely dispelled, and he also laughed heartily at this time: "That dare to be kind, don't hide it from King Qin, among these leaders, what I hate the most is Zhang Xianzhong!" This guy is cunning, ruthless, and loves to kill innocents indiscriminately, if it weren't for the general to stop him, I would have wanted to clean him up! ”

While talking and laughing, everyone gathered the team, escorted the team of their families, and slowly marched towards Jingyang. This time, Zhu Youzhen also found a horse to ride alone, so he didn't have to squeeze together with Qi Meifeng.

At this time, there was Hao Yongzhong on the left, Qi Meifeng on the right, and behind him was the elite cavalry who had just returned to Shun. Looking at the surrounding mountains with undulating mountains, he suddenly remembered a poem by the Southern Song Dynasty poet Yang Wanli: I am entering the circle of ten thousand mountains, and one mountain lets go of one mountain!

Yes, isn't the road of my life just like this undulating mountain, full of difficulties and obstacles! But no matter how many mountains there are, there are mountains, and there are mountains to obstruct them, and the mountains are over!