The sunset hung in the sky, blood red.

Everyone sat in a circle in the camp outside the city of Zezhou, and there was a small tree next to it, and there was a dry leaf on the top of the tree, which happened to be in front of the setting sun, so ...... The sunset in the eyes of everyone looks very broken, with a dead leaf-shaped hole on it, how awkward it looks.

"Wang Er, don't cry, what does such a big man look like when he cries so much?" Miao Mei gave Wang Er a hard punch in the back.

"Many people died...... I didn't save them...... I'll talk to Tianxing......" Wang Er's voice was not very sharp.

"Okay, okay, it's not your fault!" Ying Shanhong said helplessly beside her: "Do you really think you are amazing?" Will the Flying Earth cast spells and become a god? The whole world has been saved by you alone? You are also a strong cow, your hands are stretched out and you can't reach two zhang long, don't drag yourself like anything, the old lady was punched a few times by you, and the bones are still painful. ”

Wang Er was speechless.

Everyone turned their heads sideways to look at the city of Zezhou under the sunset, at this time there were still intermittent shouts of killing in Zezhou City, but the sound was already very small, it seemed that most of the officers and soldiers in the city had been suppressed, and the resistance was getting smaller and smaller.

Since Zhang Xianzhong broke through the south city, the morale of the city collapsed, the north gate and the east gate were also broken by Li Zicheng, the old Hui Ma Shouying, Gao Yingxiang also hurriedly reorganized the army, and then attacked the west gate, originally his army morale has collapsed today, it is impossible to launch an offensive again, but the appearance of the defenders at the head of the city is in chaos in the eyes of the thieves, so that they re-aroused their morale, so they broke through the west city...... After the four gates were broken, Zezhou City soon fell into the hands of the 36th battalion, and the next news that Zhu Yuanzhang and others were waiting for was whether Gao Yingxiang could suppress Zhang Xianzhong and keep the people in the city.

It's painful to wait, especially to wait for a piece of news that doesn't make you very happy no matter what the outcome is!

The sun sank, and torches were lit at the head of the city...... The long night passed slowly minute by minute, Zhu Yuanzhang's camp also lit a fire in the middle, Wang Er and others sat around the fire, all night until dawn, everyone did not talk more than ten words, until the next morning, the sun was dazzling...... Suddenly, they heard a loud noise from the city.

When I climbed the heights, it turned out that there was an army in the north of the city leaving the city, but unfortunately it was too far away, and I couldn't see which army it was, and I couldn't figure out how many people there were. Anyway, someone opened the north gate and left...... What an unusual move! Why did the early morning people leave suddenly? All the leaders felt inexplicable, only Zhu Yuanzhang's face showed a calm look: "If I guessed correctly, it was the army of the Eight Great Kings, and he was stopped from making trouble by the three of King Chuang, General Chuang, and Lao Huihui, so he was angry and left the city early in the morning." ”

"Oh? Zhu Bugs never guessed something! The people of Zezhou were saved? Miao Mei said happily.

Everyone is still a little unconvinced, but what Zhu Yuanzhang said has always been accurate, everyone has let go of the heaviness of their hearts, after a while, dozens of fast horses rushed in the direction of Zezhou City, it was Gao Yingxiang who came, he entered Zhu Yuanzhang's camp, and in front of the leaders, turned over and fell off the horse, although he was over forty years old, he was still very athletic, and he hugged his fists when he landed: "Brother Zhu, fortunately, I am not dishonored." ”

"What happened last night? I saw that the army of the Eight Kings seemed to have fled in a negative mood. Zhu Yuanzhang asked lightly.

Gao Yingxiang sighed: "What's this...... Alas...... What happened yesterday, let Brother Zhu also listen to it, don't laugh at our thirty-sixth battalion. ”

"Don't dare!"

Gao Yingxiang spoke slowly, it turned out that after the city was broken, Gao Yingxiang first ordered his soldiers not to disturb the people, and try to win the hearts of the people, he suddenly issued such an order to the thieves, which surprised the thieves, and there was a sudden chaos in the army, and it was not easy to suppress these different voices with years of prestige, and then he also encountered the troublesome problem that Bai Yuzhu had encountered, that is, the soldiers were willing to obey orders, and in fact they still did bad things in their own way.

Then there was a lot of rectification, and Gao Yingxiang also made up his mind to change his appearance, so he beat a few troublesome soldiers fiercely, and finally suppressed the situation. Next, he contacted Li Zicheng and Lao Hui Ma Shouying, and rushed to stop Zhang Xianzhong's perverse behavior.

first persuaded Zhang Xianzhong bitterly, but Zhang Xianzhong didn't listen! The next step is to take out the prestige of the No. 2 boss of the 36th battalion (at this time, the No. 1 boss is the Zijin Liang King's own use) to suppress Zhang Xianzhong, but Zhang Xianzhong still didn't listen! Gao Yingxiang didn't want to turn his face with Zhang Xianzhong, and when he was suffering and had no choice, he broke into Li Zicheng and Lao Hui Ma Shouying to come together to express their support for Gao Yingxiang, and finally bluffed Zhang Xianzhong.

Although Zhang Xianzhong is an outlaw, he also knows the truth of public anger, and he knows that Li Zicheng and Ma Shouying are not easy to provoke, if he tears his face with these two brothers, it is even more terrible than against all the other leaders in the 36th battalion.

In the end, Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to compromise, no longer pointing the butcher's knife at the ordinary people, but turning to blackmail wealthy merchants, squires, and bureaucrats...... In short, the city of Zezhou was spared a massacre, but it still could not avoid a small massacre. The rich man was killed, and he didn't know how much gold and silver were robbed, after all, this is a state city, and there are many more rich people than the county seat, after Zhang Xianzhong made a fortune, he didn't want to act with Gao Yingxiang and others anymore, because he found that these people were not people he could control, and it was better to find some friendly leaders who were easier to fool and act together.

So at dawn, Zhang Xianzhong opened the north gate of the city and walked straight away, no longer acting with Gao Yingxiang and others.

After understanding the turmoil in the city, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, the small massacre is okay, fewer dead people are better than more dead people, he has done his best, what can be saved is luck, and what can't be saved is life...... After Gao Yingxiang finished telling the story, he hugged Zhu Yuanzhang again and said: "Eighth Brother Zhu, although I offended the eight kings, but this trick you taught me this time is indeed quite effective...... But after entering the city this time, I restrained the soldiers and told them not to loot and burn indiscriminately, but quickly brought the chaos in the city under control, and the people retreated back to their homes, and instead of hiding and waiting for the opportunity to fight with my soldiers, the losses were reduced a lot. ”

"That is, if the people are not cornered, why do they have to fight with the soldiers?" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "And most of the ordinary people are poor, and robbing and killing them will not get any benefit." ”

Gao Yingxiang spread his hands: "I didn't expect this before...... Alas...... I'll do it well in the future! My nephew also praised me, saying that I did the right thing this time, and only by doing this can I achieve great things. Ha, this nephew came back from being a border soldier, and his heart is high, he didn't praise me for what I did before, but this time he said two good words. ”

His high-spirited nephew is Li Zicheng! At this time, he is indeed the best among the people!

In fact, Li Zicheng was not a very villain in the early days of the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, his military discipline was much stricter than that of other thief armies, and he was better to the people than other thief armies, and he knew how to win the hearts of the people. Later, after he got Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, especially Li Yan and other strategists, he paid more attention to winning the hearts of the people, and also made up a ballad like "Open the city gate to welcome the king, and the king will not pay for food when he comes", which shows that he understands the truth of the people's back.

His army is also developing very fast, the so-called army of millions of thieves, that is not boasting, if it is not to win the hearts of the people, how can it have such a scale?

Of course, after this guy entered the capital and overthrew the Ming Dynasty, his heart was relieved, and he suddenly became a demon king, which shows that he has been pretending to be hypocritical before, and he is still a thief in his heart! But even the four words "know how to disguise" are not so easy to do, and unless you are a heroic figure with great perseverance, you can't do it to the same level of camouflage as Li Zicheng.

Hawkers, I accidentally pulled away!

In short, the matter came to an end, Gao Yingxiang smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Although the Eight Kings are negative and left, he is a part of my thirty-sixth battalion after all...... So my nephew and I are going south, what are your plans for the future? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang heard that they were going to divide their own things into the south and the north, but he didn't feel surprised, the 36th Battalion was divided into dozens of units and ran around, it was a historical foregone conclusion, he didn't want to meddle in this kind of thing, anyway, the more they made a scene, the more time he could buy to take root in Baishui.

He hugged his fists and said, "Brother, I don't have any plans, just go around, go wherever you go......"

Hearing him say this, Gao Yingxiang didn't ask again, he turned his head to Xue Hongqi, and said with the slogan of the elders: "Crazy girl, what are your plans?" If you don't have anywhere to go, come and go with your uncle...... Look at your hair, you're not married yet, are you? Do you want your uncle to give you a family affair? ”

"This ......" Xue Hongqi actually wanted to get married, but her daughter's family couldn't say it herself, she shook her head: "Uncle Chuang, don't make fun of me, where are you going to give me Zhang Luo's family affairs?" I'm looking for heroes, oh, I don't want cats or dogs or anything. ”

"Tsk! Look at you saying this, can your uncle's vision be poor? Uncle is talking about my nephew, Chuang General! This is the best of the best, and his future achievements are not below his uncle. Gao Yingxiang smiled: "If you don't want it, my uncle will marry his daughter to him." ”

Xue Hongqi heard this, her face changed slightly, after getting along with Zhu Yuanzhang and others for a long time, she was also influenced by Zhu Yuanzhang and others, and instinctively rejected the leaders of the 36th battalion, feeling that those guys were all thieves who were not on the stage, as soon as she heard that the object was a general, her heart was not happy, so she hugged her fists and said: "This is still Uncle Chuang, you should keep it as your son-in-law." ”

"Hahaha! It's really ......" Gao Yingxiang laughed, his eyes turned around Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Er, Miao Mei, Xu Renjie and others, as if he wanted to find out which one was Xue Hongqi's sweetheart, but after a round of inspection, he had no clue, the woman's mind, Gao Chuang Wang and his old man didn't understand, so he had to rein in his horse and leave: "Forget it, no matter which crazy girl you are......"

(To be continued)