The gunfire suddenly intensified, and the figures on the city gate ran, and the fire was fierce.

The battle had already been provoked by Dai Qingyou, and the new army that rushed to reinforce it naturally only had to simply join.

"Hit, hit hard." Zhao Sheng, the standard commander, was afraid that the fight would not be ruthless enough and the fight would not be chaotic enough, so that Long Jiguang had a chance to argue, and ordered in a loud voice, "This group of traitors, eating the court and drinking the court food, do not want to repay the effect, but collude with the chaotic party, are ungrateful, should be killed, should be killed." ”

Dai Qingyou wanted to roll his eyes when he heard it, didn't he mean his own people. However, the fire has already been lit, and the arrival of reinforcements can be regarded as pouring barrels of oil on it, and it is almost impossible to extinguish it with words.

The guns were like popping beans, and although there were no machine guns, the bullets fired from hundreds of rifles were still dense. More people fell under the gate, and the momentum of the Ji army's attack was forced back, and they had to retreat between the pass and the city.

"It's over, it's ruined." Long Ji's phostocracy was extremely corrupt, spinning in circles on the ground, he knew that he had been fooled, but he didn't know that the new army was not anyway, but was fighting him as a "rebel" of the court. It was on the basis of this judgment that he would no longer attempt to make any arguments except to surrender.

There are forts in the passes, the revolutionary army is holding on, machine guns, grenades, firepower is fiercer than that of the new army, and the will to fight is even stronger than that of the new army; As for the city, the new army should all be opened, and it is difficult to break through the city wall. The Ji army is like a rat in a bellows, trapped in this small area, unable to advance or retreat. What's even more tragic is that the baggage, grain and grass are all in the city, and they can't even eat a meal.

Death! Needless to say, it was hit. Even if you starve for a day, this army will collapse. Long Jiguang thought clearly, and bursts of powerlessness and despair came to his heart.

Several officers and cronies looked at Long Jiguang with blank eyes. I didn't dare to say anything easily, for fear of offending Long Jiguang, who was at the critical point of emotional outburst. In fact, they were all waiting for Long Jiguang to speak, was there any other choice than surrender? If you want them to die in the court, they obviously don't have this awareness.

On the Jinji Mountain Fort, Chen Wenqiang also paid attention to the movements of the Ji army. Now in a predicament. If someone is sent to surrender, there is a great hope of success, but Chen Wenqiang hesitated and hesitated. It wasn't right away.

Long Jiguang is a person, Chen Wenqiang knows some information. There are three Long brothers, and his brother is Long Jiguang, the former Yunnan Nagen Tusi. Because Long Jiguang had the idea of usurping the power of Nagen Tusi. He attempted to kill his eldest brother twice. Long Jiguang did not want to kill each other. He left home and went to Kunming to take the examination, and then transferred to Beijing to find another backer, so that Jiguang obtained the position of Nagen Tusi.

Such a ruthless guy who murdered his eldest brother for the sake of power can be described as bad. What's more, the discipline of the Ji army was corrupt, and when the Huidang and Youyong riots in southern Yunnan and Guangxi were suppressed, there were frequent cases of looting and plundering the people.

So. Chen Wenqiang's attitude towards Long Jiguang and Lu Rongting is different. Although Lu Rongting has little reading, he pursues the tenet of "stealing is also a way". Strive to find a model of life in the clear teachings of the sages, emphasizing righteousness, honesty and faith, magnanimity, and popularity. Perhaps because he is a native of Guangxi, he "uses military law" to "control the troops" and rarely disturbs the people and harms the people.

Long Jiguang and his Ji army, if they surrender anyway, will undoubtedly pose a problem for Chen Wenqiang. Killing them will terrify those who come after them and add resistance to the revolutionary army; It is also troublesome to keep it, but it cannot be used with confidence, and it is necessary to take precautions everywhere.

"Did you send someone down to take the opportunity to persuade you to surrender?" Ge Zhichu didn't know what Chen Wenqiang was thinking, seeing that the plan had succeeded, and the revolutionary army had gone to the enemy again, why did he frown and think hard.

Chen Wenqiang shook his head lightly and said, "When they take the initiative to send someone over, do they have any other choice in this situation?" I think it is impossible to fight to the death for the Qing court. ”

After a pause, Chen Wenqiang sighed softly and said: "Long Jiguang is unusable, and the military discipline of the Ji army is corrupt, but he has a lot of soldiers from Yunnan, if he can be incorporated and transformed, it will be very helpful for our army to open up the Yunnan, Guizhou, and Yuebian base areas." ”

Backed by Vietnam's Gaoping, with southern Yunnan and western Guangxi as its base in the Sino-Vietnamese border areas, it was the established goal of the revolutionary army. Guangxi had troops led by two locals, Lu Rongting and Wang Heshun, while Yunnan lacked similar suitable candidates. Since Long Jiguang can't do it, he retreats to the second, and the Yunnan soldiers under his command are not without benefit.

Not available, military discipline is corrupt! Ge Zhichu pondered for a while, and then understood why Chen Wenqiang was a little hesitant. And how to place the demoted troops and generals is indeed a bit of a headache.

"If you surrender, you won't be treated anyway." Chen Wenqiang thought about it and said: "Long Jiguang can't send leading troops, and he won't give too high a rank. If you stay in the General Staff and take up a deputy post, you must always take precautions. In the future, if he makes a mistake, he will be severely punished. As long as the time is not too short, it should not make us have a bad reputation for not being trustworthy. ”

"That's the best way to do it." Ge Zhichu nodded in agreement, "The staff can be said to be all our people, Long Jiguang has no army, no personal soldiers, what kind of storm can one person turn over?" ”

"If he is honest, he will keep his fortune safe; If you have bad intentions, hehe. Chen Wenqiang sneered twice, stretched out his hand and cut down categorically.

With the charter here, Long Jiguang has almost made a decision. He thinks very well, and in the old saying it is, "there will be something to do". In layman's terms, endure humiliation first, and then be able to make a difference with this!

When Lu Rongting took refuge, there were not more people than the current Ji army, and he could get a general to do it, so how bad could he be? As long as the strength is still there, whether to continue the "revolution" in the future, or to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light", what is the difficulty of deciding based on the situation?

Of course, Long Jiguang could not have imagined what the revolutionary army's "recruiting and accepting rebellion" was, let alone that because of his own conduct and the military discipline of the army, Chen Wenqiang and others had already made an assertion that it was "unusable".

Since he chose to "endure humiliation and take refuge," Long Jiguang would definitely choose to show his sincerity to the main force of the rebellious party or the leader of the rebellious party, rather than bow down and surrender to the new army that had just "rebelled."

The condition is needless to say, in such a situation, where is there too much capital to raise its value? The first emissary sent to surrender after hitting a nail in the hands of the revolutionary army. Long Jiguang had no choice but to lower the conditions again and send another envoy. After three rounds of negotiations, Long Jiguang reluctantly agreed to the conditions offered by the revolutionary army. He led his troops to the pass, and surrendered under the guns of the revolutionary army.

That's right, it's called anyway, it's just to take care of a little bit of it, and it's also convenient for external publicity, but in fact it's no different from surrender. The revolutionary army is neither a monetary bribe nor a call for justice. Long Jiguang had no choice. The treatment is naturally different between the poor and the initiative.

Surrendered soldiers are held in a centralized manner, and generals are imprisoned regardless of their size. are under house arrest. Eat and drink, do not beat or scold, the attitude of the revolutionary army is neither enthusiastic nor indifferent. With a feeling of apprehension. Long Jiguang and others were invited to Chen Wenqiang. The first meeting and conversation took place.

"If you can lay down your arms and not be an enemy of the revolutionary army, we will welcome and appreciate it." With a faint smile on his face, Chen Wenqiang looked at these generals who had just reported one by one, and his voice was low and powerful, "In the past, you suppressed the party and You Yong, but this is not all a crime, some bandits should be suppressed." It is time to restore the stability of the people. But there is one thing--" A finger was stretched out, and the tone of emphasis suddenly increased. "Harassing the people and harming the people and killing innocents indiscriminately is absolutely intolerable to the revolutionary army. And you help the army, and the corruption of military discipline is known to all. Look at your hands, which one is not stained with the blood of the innocent, and which one is not burdened with blood, and he has killed you all, and he has not been wronged. ”

Suddenly got up, his eyes were aggressive, Chen Wenqiang's momentum was obviously stronger, Sen Leng's murderous aura, his will to kill, and his posture as steady as iron, only people who were used to life and death could exude such coercion.

Even Long Jiguang and others who had experienced battles and seen countless bloody battles also felt Chen Wenqiang's sword-like gaze, cold and ruthless murderous aura. Cold sweat kept coming out of my body, and my back was cold, like sitting on pins and needles.

"You, Long Jiguang, really want to join the revolution? Or are the two ends of the first rat, helpless? Chen Wenqiang unceremoniously stretched out his hand and pointed at Long Jiguang, and sneered: "Will you do something?" Ridiculous, hateful. You think the Revolutionary Army cares about your rabble; will treat you as a guest; will give you high-ranking officials; will continue to let you take the original team with corrupt military discipline; Will you find an opportunity to be an accomplice of the Manchus and slaughter your compatriots? Spring and Autumn dreams. With your heart, you should be killed. ”

Long Jiguang's face turned white, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, from the momentum to the intimidation, he felt that he had completely lost the strength and spirit to resist. Sit or not, stand or stand, he struggled to move himself from his chair, his lips trembling, trying to plead a few words.

"Hmph, for the sake of glory and wealth, you can do whatever it takes, I didn't misunderstand you." Chen Wenqiang narrowed his eyes slightly, he really had an impulse to pull out a gun and kill Long Jiguang, but he still held back, snorted, he turned to the others, stared at Long Haishan and Long Jiang for a long time, and only when the two of them were sweating like rain and their faces were like earth, they scolded disdainfully: "Two dog-headed military advisors, they should be killed." ”

"Spare your life!" A suppressed voice changed from Long Haishan's throat, and the muscles in his whole body seemed to stiffen.

Long Jiang stood up tremblingly, holding on to the table to keep himself from falling, trembling his lips to say something.

"Sit down!" Chen Wenqiang's interruption frightened everyone, and Long Jiguang and Long Jiang immediately collapsed in their chairs.

Chen Wenqiang smiled lightly, sat back in his chair, and tapped his fingers on the table one by one, but the sound hit the general's heart like a heavy hammer. Life and death are snatched, such power really makes people's hearts palpitate; The feeling of being powerless to resist and sitting and waiting to die is also really frightening.

"I won't kill you!" The percussion stopped, and Chen Wenqiang said in a deep voice: "It's not an old account, because you abandoned your weapons and surrendered." Before everyone could relax, a deep and powerful voice sounded again, "But you also want to be the same as before, whether you continue to be a soldier or be dismissed as a citizen, you have to be honest with me." ”

"There are no conditions to speak of, you must obey the arrangement absolutely." Chen Wenqiang relaxed his body, reclined, and glanced at these guys who could be disposed of at will with a condescending look, "Give you a chance to be a new person." Hehe, murder and arson are recruited, this rule will be gone from now on. The guilty will be punished, and the capital will be killed! Do you understand? The last few words were said through gritted teeth, bursting out from between the teeth one by one, like an alarm bell.

"Ming, understood." Long Jiguang knew that this fate was saved, relaxed a little, and arched his hand and said to Chen Wenqiang: "Mr. Chen forgives, brother is grateful." In the future, I will never dare to commit it again, let alone have a different heart. I, Long, swear to God. ”

Chen Wenqiang pursed the corners of his mouth, bowed his head slightly, and showed a slight look of appreciation on his face. After waiting for the generals to show their understanding in a mess, to express their painful changes to their past, and to express their loyalty, he pressed down his hand and said again: "It's easy to say, but we have to wait and see how we perform in the future." If you have no dissenting intentions, I will keep you safe for the rest of your life; If I don't be honest and peaceful, I will never be merciful when I kill people. After a pause, Chen Wenqiang stretched out his hand and pointed one by one, making arrangements.

"Long Jiguang, you are now appointed as General Guiyi, sitting in the headquarters and commanding the southern Yunnan detachment to fight." Chen Wenqiang's arrangement is very interesting, the southern Yunnan detachment is under the command of Long Jiguang, but Long Jiguang is a remote command, as for whether he can command, it depends on Long Jiguang's future performance.

"Long Haishan, Long Jiang, you serve in the General Staff." The two dog-headed military divisions can also be regarded as being assigned according to their professions, serving as staff officers with duties but no powers, not only separating them from Long Jiguang, but also trying to give full play to their strengths.

"Long Ming, Ye Chao, you are assigned to the southern Yunnan detachment and serve as staff officers of the army." Chen Wenqiang paused, then added with a smile: "The revolutionary army has clear rewards and punishments, you work hard, and it is time for the husband to make meritorious contributions." The prince and the general, would you rather have a kind? How many generals and marshals in history were from low backgrounds, but they relied on their own efforts to achieve them? ”

Long Ming was originally a slave under the rule of Nagen Tusi, and Ye Chao was a Han Chinese who was plundered up the mountain by native soldiers. The two came from humble backgrounds, but with their intelligence, studiousness, wit and bravery, they gradually became famous in the army and became petty officers. But also because of their background, the two were not ambitious in the Ji army, and they were often bullied and ridiculed.

No one knows why Chen Wenqiang is so kind to these two petty officers, but he is cautious about others. And Chen Wenqiang is not immediately relieved to use, starting with a staff officer who has a job but no power, and then paying the military power if he performs well, which is also the safest way.

After all, in southern Yunnan, outside the Sanjiang River, there are many ethnic groups mixed and there are many local officials, and if you are not familiar with it, it is easy to cause unnecessary conflicts. With these two small officers who can let go of their hands and feet, plus the Yunnan soldiers in the hundreds of Ji troops, the men and horses of the southern Yunnan detachment can be counted.

…………… (To be continued......)