After the leaders of the various departments of the Liukou left from Zhang Xianzhong, they gathered their henchmen to discuss the escape, Zhang Xianzhong's words were that they were clearly aware of the time to make a trade-off, if they wanted to survive, they must abandon the old and weak, and only with elite men and horses could they have the opportunity to escape, but after these months of life, they were already very familiar with each other, and these old and weak were the relatives of the sergeants under them, and if they were abandoned, they could only be abandoned with the sergeants. This is the most embarrassing place for the leaders of the various departments, after all, they are all small leaders, not as big as Zhang Xianzhong's family, once they lose so many people, their strength will be greatly reduced, and they will be sent to the fence from now on!

No matter how reluctant the leaders of the various tribes were, they had to give up in order to survive. After deliberation, most people chose this seemingly cruel decision. In order to paralyze the rest of the unsuspecting people, the leader of the rogue began to order his subordinates to build a cottage instead, ostensibly preparing for long-term refusal, but secretly stepping up to gather their belongings and prepare to escape.

For a time, the entire Jinan region fell into a strange calm, and several sides had no desire to fight again, and they were busy with their own affairs. Liukou is busy building and escaping, Liu Fan is busy educating the prisoners, Wang Pu and others are busy doing their "big deal", and Zuo Liangyu and others are also busy catching strong men to expand their strength. Only the rogues knew that this was all appearance, and once the court knew that they had surrendered, what awaited them was a stormy attack.

At this time, Liu Fan's battle report and Wang Pu's recital were also placed on Chongzhen's desk. Chongzhen was overjoyed when he saw these two folds, and shouted "Okay!" Good! That's great! Although these two parts are different, they express the same meaning! It's clear that the thieves are going to die! Under the repeated blows of the Broken Army, the strength of the rogues was greatly reduced, and they were surrounded in a small mountain, and they were about to be destroyed, so they wanted to come out and surrender.

On the side, Wang Chengen was very curious when he saw Chongzhen's excited appearance, you must know that since Chongzhen ascended the throne, he almost couldn't see any smiles, except for Liu Fan's occasional smile when he was there, the rest of the time he was sad. I couldn't help but ask out loud, "Emperor, what is so happy?" Can you tell the old slave? Let the old slave also be happy! ”

Chongzhen took the two copies of the fold in his hand and couldn't put it down, and said, "Big companion!" You don't know! Liu Fan really lived up to my expectations, as soon as he arrived in Jinan, he started a war with the thieves, and defeated the coalition army of the thieves in just two days, capturing nearly 60,000 thieves and killing the leaders of many thieves. The thief was forced by him to beg for a confession, and this piece of music was jointly sent by Wang Pu, Yang Jinchao, and Lu Jiude, which said that the thief wanted to ask me for peace through them. Hum! These thieves, now desperate, remember me! What a pipe dream! ”

Wang Chengen asked a little strangely, "Why didn't the thieves surrender to Liu Fan, who defeated them, but came to Wang Pu to intercede with them?" ”

Chongzhen laughed and said, "I think they may have been scared by Liu Fan!" Do you think, if it were you, you would surrender to your enemies? After all, fighting a war is about killing people! When the dead are dead, there will be hatred! I think most thieves think the same way in their hearts! ”

Wang Chengen suddenly realized and praised, "It's still the emperor Shengming, it turns out that this is the truth, the old slave hasn't turned a corner for a while!" What are you going to do about this, sir? ”

Chongzhen pondered: "According to my thoughts, these thieves cannot be forgiven!" But this matter still has to be listened to the opinion of the courtiers! Let's wait for tomorrow's meeting to decide! ”

Wang Chengen said cautiously: "Emperor! I remember that Liu Fan once said that our Ming Dynasty was taken away by Jianyu because of that rogue Li Zicheng. I can't let go of the rogue! ”

Chongzhen's face instantly became ugly when he heard this, Li Zicheng! Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji have always been two sharp swords hanging in Chongzhen's heart, since he knew that the Ming Dynasty was broken in his hands because of these two people, Chongzhen has not been thinking about getting rid of the two troubles all the time. Helplessly, he was in the palace, and there were no competent people under him, so he could only watch the Ming Dynasty sink in his own hands. That's why he grabbed Liu Fan's life-saving straw, hoping that Liu Fan could change the situation and save him from the Ming Dynasty. And Liu Fan did not live up to his expectations, and in less than two years, he not only opened up the situation in Shandong, bringing himself two million taels of silver per year, but also trained a powerful army to start the campaign for the Ming Dynasty.

Now that some results have just been achieved, from the bottom of my heart, Chongzhen is not willing to let go of these culprits who destroyed the Ming Dynasty, thieves! But he was an emperor, and he couldn't let his own temperament be, he had to take into account the attitude of the courtiers, who were now the cornerstone of his rule. Chongzhen could only endure the hatred in his heart and slowly figure it out.

After being entangled in his heart for a while, Chongzhen smiled bitterly and said, "Big companion!" I understand your feelings! I don't want to exterminate these thieves in one fell swoop, but as you know in the current situation, I have too many constraints! I can't do this with a word! Alas! I hope that the ministers of the DPRK and China can see the situation clearly! Although he said this, Chongzhen didn't have much hope in his heart. glanced at Wang Chengen helplessly, and found that the other party's eyes were also full of bitterness. The two of them glanced at each other, and they both let out a wry smile, and they no longer had the excitement they had just now.

The next day, in the Taihe Palace, Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, and after everyone worshipped, he said loudly, "Yesterday, Jinan sent two battle reports, everyone take a look!" Chongzhen signaled, and immediately a little eunuch handed over the two copies to Wen Tiren. The fold was circulated in the hands of the minister, and for a time there was a lot of discussion in the court.

Chongzhen was patient, listened to everyone's discussions, and waited for a long time before Chongzhen asked, "You've all seen it!" Tell us what you think! How can this matter be resolved? ”

Wen Tiren, as the first assistant of the cabinet, first replied: "Your Majesty! The minister's opinion is that since the thieves are now exhausted and want to surrender, we might as well accept their conditions and appease! As for Liu Fanguan's promotion to the next level, just reward the sergeants of the Broken Army! ”

As soon as Wen Tiren's words were finished, Hou Sui, the head of the household department, immediately objected, "Wen Ge said easily, reward?" What is the reward? The household department has no penny now, and the army of 20,000 people is destroyed, and according to the prisoners and the head, it will be at least 100,000 taels! The elder wants to reward him, please find a way by himself, Hou Sui has no choice! ”

Wen Tiren coughed dryly and said, "Since the household department has no money, then forget it!" The minister suggested that Liu Fan be promoted to the rank of deputy general of Shandong and the governor of the right capital. (To be continued.) )