Bai Yuzhu took his men away, and Phoenix was left behind by them, and without looking at it again, he went around in a big circle, and finally returned to the tide of the peasant rebel army.

However, Wang Er and Xue Hongqi were a little unhappy.

Xue Hongqi grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Eighth Brother Zhu, my little sister has always served you, but you handled it really badly this time!" ”

"Yes! Brother Zhu, you are not right this time. Wang Er also helped.

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang had no sadness or joy on his face, and said lightly: "Tell me, what did I do wrong?" ”

"After the death of Wang Jiayin's eldest brother, this person named Bai Yuzhu actually surrendered to the officers and soldiers, he is not a man at all." Xue Hongqi said loudly: "A guy like this who betrays his brothers and betrays the rebels should be killed, how can he be let go so easily?" And you still talk to him with a smile on your face, I'm this kind of person, let alone talking to him, even if you look at him, you will stain the eyes of our heroes. ”

Wang Er also nodded: "It's not right to surrender!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at them seriously, and did not blame them for offending themselves, their doubts were not unreasonable, what the heroes of the green forest believed in was that they would rather bend than bend, this spirit is actually a virtue, although this virtue is a bit stupid.

In fact, in the long peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rebel army had suffered many catastrophes and encountered almost irreversible disadvantages many times. It was Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others who knew how to judge the situation and decisively surrender when their strength was not good, recuperate, and then make a comeback...... With this method, I have been able to overcome difficulties many times.

Bai Yuzhu's surrender is not wrong in itself, he is just wrong because the level of judging the situation is not enough, and he surrendered when he shouldn't have surrendered, and in a few years, after most of the leaders of the 36th Battalion have surrendered and then rebelled, no one will have the face to accuse Bai Yuzhu.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang also has a hand of preparation in his heart, if he is cornered by the officers and soldiers one day, he may also use the means of deception to win room for himself to turn around, since he has such a plan, he can't be too ruthless against Bai Yuzhu now, otherwise when he surrenders in the future, he will be asked why he once killed Bai Yuzhu in the name of righteousness? He couldn't get over his own face.

For the sake of possible surrender in the future, it is not impossible to instill some thoughts about surrender in the leaders of his subordinates in advance. Zhu Yuanzhang said to Xue Hongqi seriously: "Sister, if one day you are ambushed by officers and soldiers on all sides, and there is no hope of survival, will you surrender?" ”

"Of course not, if you die, you will die, and I, Xue Hongqi, can't afford to die." Xue Hongqi said proudly: "When I first embarked on the road of horse thieves, I didn't plan to have a good death. ”

"But if you die, all your brothers will have to die with you...... The thousands of men you left behind in Dali will also be leaderless and chaotic because of your death, and they will all be killed by the officers and soldiers. Zhu Yuanzhang's tone turned slightly: "Do you think that they all have the same consciousness as you and are ready to die at any time?" ”

"This ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Once you become the leader of a rebel army and lead them on the road of rebellion, you have the obligation to lead them to avoid defeat, move towards success, and live a better and better life." Wouldn't it be too reckless to bury all your brothers because of your personal will? ”

"This ......"

"If you would rather bend than bend, you may be able to leave a good name and spread it in the rivers and lakes. If you pretend to surrender, you will be stigmatized personally, but you can save the lives of thousands of brothers. Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Is your personal reputation important, or is the surname of your thousands of brothers important?" ”

"This ......" Xue Hongqi was speechless.

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Wang Er, the rough man lowered his head and said depressedly: "I...... I will surrender, I cannot let my brothers die in vain. ”

"Very good, just get it!" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and pointed in the direction where Bai Yuzhu left: "If after he surrenders, he slaughters his own brothers and becomes a lackey of corrupt officials, then he must be killed!" But he didn't do anything bad after he surrendered, so I spared him his life and gave him a chance. ”

"Got it!" Xue Hongqi and Wang Er said together: "It's that our knowledge is too shallow. ”

At this time, Xu Renjie came out of the side with a smile, he didn't come to discuss whether to kill Bai Yuzhu or not, because he didn't care about the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, reputation, betrayal of the righteous army or anything, he understood Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions early on, so he had been watching the play on the side and didn't interject indiscriminately, and now when he saw them chatting, he jumped out in time and smiled: "Okay!" It's time to get down to business after talking about partial matters, Brother Zhu, what should we do now? Do you go back to Baishui after going around in Taihang Mountain, or do you go to Jincheng to see the excitement of the 36th Battalion? When he said this, his eyes lit up, and it was obvious that this guy really wanted to see Jincheng.

At this time, Xue Hongqi was also very familiar with Xu Renjie, and knew that this guy was a hopeless military fan, so he sneered: "Generalissimo, you monkey really have a fight, where do you want to go!" ”

Xu Renjie grinned: "A man stands between heaven and earth, when he carries a three-foot sword, he makes immortal achievements, what's wrong with me like to fight?" This is the true nature of a real man. ”

What he said was the death words of Tai Shici, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, originally this was a very awesome sentence, anyone who said it would be domineering, but Xu Renjie said this sentence with a smile, which made him very discouraged and completely unconvincing.

Xue Hongqi rolled his eyes helplessly: "Eighth Brother Zhu, let's ignore this fool, what is there to see in Jincheng, let's go back to Shaanxi directly." ”

"Don't do that...... Brother Zhu, this woman doesn't know how to fight, she only knows how to take care of children, don't pay attention to her, let's go to Jincheng to see, the thirty-six battalions of tens of thousands of troops besieged the state city, this is a rare spectacle. Xu Renjie hurriedly said: "We relied on luck to capture Puzhou, but I really want to know what method the 36th Battalion used to attack Puzhou." ”

"What? How dare you say that the old lady will only take care of the children at home? You dead monkey doesn't want to live anymore? Xue Hongqi wanted to pull out the knife, but his arm was put on his waist and retracted, and the knife was not pulled out after all, but he just pinched a beautiful little fist.

"I only said that you take care of the children, not that you are at home with the children." Xu Renjie is playing with words: "Are you taking the child on horseback...... Hey...... Although the children brought out can ride horses and cut people, they cannot fight, and one day they will be trapped in a spear formation with men and horses. ”

"You hippie-smiling dead monkey, you will die for me......" Xue Hongqi swung his fist to beat him.

Xu Renjie hid behind Wang Er, and said, "I'm obviously masked, how do you know that I'm hippie smiling?" I'm leaning on you, although I'm laughing, but I don't have any expression on my face, it's just that you can't see it. ”

"You flamboyant bastard!" Xue Hongqi was really angry.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay attention to their quarrel, and seriously thought about Xu Renjie's words, he was right, what method did the 36th battalion use to attack the state city, it is indeed necessary to take a look, of course, he himself has seen it floating in the sky in his previous life, but Wang Er, Miao Mei, Xu Renjie, Xue Hongqi and others have not seen it yet, they should be allowed to see it, so he said in a low voice: "Jincheng is not far from here, only seventy miles away, it can be reached in one day, let's go and see the excitement." ”

The army marched and headed for Jincheng.

The official title of Jincheng is not actually called Jincheng, but Zezhou, which is a state city. There are many other names in this city, also known as Fengtai and Danchuan. The various titles are very confusing, and some people use them, Zhu Yuanzhang and others call it Jincheng, which is just one of the other names used.

The geographical location of Jincheng is very important, according to the southernmost part of the Taihang Mountains, bordering Xinxiang, Jiyuan, Qinyang, Boai, Jiaozuo and other places in the southeast, it is an important gateway to Henan Province in Shanxi Province. It is known as "Pinghan in the Central Plains, Xiongzhen in Southern Hebei". Since ancient times, the Central Plains culture, the northern Henan culture, and the Taihang culture have blended and coexisted here, forming a unique cultural style.

After a day's march, Zhu Yuanzhang's army finally arrived at the west of Jincheng at dawn on the third day.

There are still more than ten miles away from the city, and the scout network of Zhu Yuanzhang's army and the scout network of the 36th battalion have intersected...... Scout reports back: "Friendly scouts ...... spotted"

Although it is not very appropriate to use the word friendly army, Zhu Yuanzhang did not correct the words of the scouts, and for the time being, the 36th battalion must be regarded as a friendly army, which is also a helpless thing. He was more surprised that this thief army actually knew how to use scouts, and also spread the scout network more than ten miles away, it seems that with the continuous sublimation of the peasant uprising war, the thief army is becoming more and more like a real army.

Soon, the scouts of the Zhu army began to try to make contact with the scouts of the 36th battalion, although they both knew that the other party was a friendly scout, but the scouts were still very careful in their contact, and did not dare to approach easily, in case they were attacked and killed by the opponent. They stopped their horses from within range of their bows and arrows, shouting and shouting, trying to communicate in some way, and never approached to give their opponents a chance to attack them until the communication was successful.

At this time, Xue Hongqi's horse thieves actually played an unexpected role, they blew a unique whistle at the scouts of the 36th battalion, and then shouted out a black language that outsiders could not understand at all in a northern Shaanxi accent, and the scouts of the 36th battalion on the opposite side actually replied with whistles and black words, and the two sides got closer and closer, and finally, Xue Hongqi's horse thieves actually got together with the scouts of the other party, and Prime Minister Ma laughed loudly: "Long admiration, long admiration, it turns out that you are the brother of the eldest sister of Xue Hongqi in Yulin, haha, I am the brother of the eldest brother of Ansai Chuangwang." …… A few years ago, our two horse gangs also did ticket trading together, hahaha, looking back on the old things, it's really happy......"

After doing it for a long time, the horse thief saw the horse thief with tears in his eyes.

(To be continued)